THE
voii. IV. NO. 4 t
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1924.
PRICE 25 CENTS
TEAPOT IS
SEETHING
Sinclair, Oil; Magnate,
Flees to France and
Talks Defiantly.
Washington, Jan. 24.—Secre
tary of Navy Ben b;/y despite the
storm raging over the Teapot
Dqme oil lease, declared today:
“The Navy made a good trade
in the lease which ex-Secretary
Fall made to Sinclair, and there
was not a better one in sight. ”
Senator Walsh, of Montana, in
a speech before the Senate, de.
dared that speoial counsel
should be employed, and pro
ceedings to recover the govern,
ment’s oil rights should be con
ducted entirely independent of
the Department of Justice, as
the?attorney general himself is
under'-suspicion as being in
volved.
Unarging it a brazen trau&rer
of'publie property for a private
consideration and that the whole
T§apot Dome lease was tainted
with corruption, Senator Cara
* way, in an address, moved for
immediate action on hi*. resolu
tion to cancel the lease.
Fall has been subpoenaed by
the Senate committee investigat
ing the< Teapot Dome lease to
appear before it Thursday for
further examination.
Havre, France.—Harry F. Sin
clair, oil- magnate, respecting the
demand-of the American Senate
for his return, said: “I’m not
going back- until my business,
which includes my forming a
partnership with Hugo Stinnes
in oil exploitations, is finished.”
Washington, Jan. 25.—Archie Roose
velt, who appeared before the Senate
public lands committee today, an
nounced that he had resigned as vice
president of the Union Petroleum Com
pany because of certain suspicions be
bad of Harrv F. Sinclair’s dealings in
connection with the lease of the Teapot
Dome oil reserve from fex-Secretary
Fall. The Union Company is Sinclair’s
subsidiary corporation.
Archie Roosevelt indicated that he
and his brother, Theodore Roosevelt,
assistant secretary of the navy, had de
cided on such course for the best. He
said G. D. Walberg, Sinclair's private
secretary, also so advised him, intimat
ing that, the whole Teapot Dome trans
action smelt- to heaven. Archie ex
plained that Sinclair, when he sought
to flee to Europe, about ten days ago,
asked hi-oa to arrange so that his (Sin
elair’s) name would not appear on the
passenger list
0, Boy! People to Be
Kept Young Till Death
St. Louis.—Dr. Charles M. Mayo, of
Rochester, Mina,,, addressing the
American College of Physicians and
Surgeons, now in session here, said
it is entirely probable1 that in- the fu
ture people Will’be kept young until)
death by artificial chemical means
rather than, -'by.- transplantation of
gfaoda. «
*
American Murdered in
| Oil Fields; Obregon at
Head of 15,000 Army.
Washington* Jan, 23. Corla
M. Underwood, an American,
has been murdered near Pamuco,
in the oil fields of Mexico, ac
cording to a dispatch received
by the State Department from
American Consul James B. Stew
art, at Tampico. The American
embassy at Mexico City has been
instructed to investigate the kill-;
ing and purpose,. also to deter
mine the responsibility for the
crime. _
New Orleans, Jan. L4..—Revo
lutionists in Mexico have de
manded four hundred thousand
dollars from the Mexican Pe
troleum Company, an American
concern, threatening to destroy
the refineries and other proper
ties of the company at Tampico
if this sum is not forthcoming,
Doheney, president of the cor
poration, announced today.
Washington.—The government, con
tinued to study the Mexican situation
today, with particular attention to the
rebel attempt to block Tampico, while
the cruiser Richmond approached Vera
Cruz to take aboard 2611 members of
the crew of the wrecked cruiser Ta
coma, who are ashore in that city un
der the protection of American Consul
Wood.
Austin, Tex. —Acting Governor Dav
idson today acquiesced in the request
of President Obregon of Mexico for
permission to transport troops across
Texas soil, reversing his decision of
Tuesday at the urgent request of Sec
retary of State Hughes.
Mexico City.—President Obregon. at
the head of his Ernie army of fifteen
thousand men, is marchingaeroas coun
try to give battle to revolutionists in
the west.
Washington.—De la Huerta having
lifted the Mexican ports blockade,
seven American warships have been
I ordered to leave Mexican waters.
60,000 Rail Employes
On Strike in London
London..The strike of sixty thou
sand rail engineers and firemen, which
commenced last Monday morning, is
stilt at its height, all efforts toward
reaching an agreement having failed
Tom Shaw, labor minister, and Mar
garet Bondfield, parliamentary secre
tary for the labor ministry, took stepo
today which it is hoped may result in
a settlement of differences.
Mr and Mrs. Thomas P: Aitkeu, of
Candle, who left over the trail for Ne
nana. some time ago, did not continue
to the Outside, as leported. ' A tele
gram received early this- week from
Fairbanks 6tated that Mr. Aitkeu-, fol
lowing a successful operation,- is con
valescing in the hospital there.
Mail Carrier Milligan arrived Sun
day, bringing the incoming mail. .
Couzens Asks Mellon
Some Personal and
Pertinent Questions
W as'nmgton.—Senator J ames Cou isens
threw another challenge at Secretary
of Mellon today, in which he asked
i Mellon to tell the public how much he
is worth and bow much he personally
would save under the reduction of sur
taxes proposed in the Mellon tax re
duction program.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Portland. — Persistent swearing in
the circuit court jury room, and be
cause the men smoked and spit on the
floor, resulted in Mrs. Louise Palmer
Webber being dismissed from jury
duty today. Mrs. Webber is prominent
in Oregon, both socially and politically.
San Francisco.—Frank Simons, for
four years mourned as dead, and do
clared legally dead by the courts in
order that his supposed widow might
collect the insurance, has been located
alive in Seattle. Simons was supposed
to have committed suicide.
Pittsburgh.—Three capta'msand four
hoeem<'n of the Pittsburgh fire depart
ment suffered a terrible death by
drowning in oil while lighting Ore at
the p! ;t of the Atlantic City Refining
Company, Thursday.
New York.—A battle in North river
between federal dry authorities and
bootleggers, Friday, resulted in the
seizure of $200,000 worth of liquor and
the arrest of six violators
Sau Francisco.—Mrs. Abe Apple, of
Spokane, despondent because of ill
health, jumped overboard from the
liner Dorothy Alexander, en route from
Seattle* Tuesday, and was drowned.
Seattle.—The Utah-ldaho Beet Sugar
Company has completed arrangements
for the establishment of a $1,000,000 re
finery at the suburb of Auburn.
Fargo, N. D.—V. L. Burdick, last
partner of former Governor Burke, has
been named as campaign manager for
Hiram Johnson in North Dakota.
N'aco. Ariz.—Twelve thousand Mex
ican federal troops crossed into United
Staten Territory Tuesday allot uoou, eu
route to Chihuahua.
Chicago. -Eight persous have died
from freezing since Sunday rfight
throughout the Middle West.
San Francisco.—Madame Demiadee
Jean, internationally known siar, com
mitted suicide last night.
Nome.—Albert Orland, one of the
early residents of Nome died at his
home here. Thursday.
Seattle.'—David Whitcomb wan today
elected president of the Seattle Cham
ber off Commerce.
2 Big Seattle Banks
Enter Consolidation
Seattle.—The Dexter Borton Na
tional Bank and the Union National
Bank were consolidated this morning
as the Dewter Horton National Bank,
the combined capital of which is two
and one-half million dollars, with de
posits of thirty-two million dollars.
W. H. Parsons, former Fairbanks,
Alaska, banker, is president of the
newly consolidated institution, with H.
A. Swalwell, president of the Union
National, as chairman of the board of
director*
FILIPINOS’
GOVERNOR
Cill to Investigate Ac
tivities of Leonard
Wood.
Washington, Jan. -1.—In a
resolution introduced by Senator
laidd. this afternoon, Congress is
asked to investigate the activi
ties of General Leonard Wood in
his relations with the Philip
pines government, its legisla
ture, banks, railways, sugar con
trol, and efforts to exploit the
island by American commercial
interests. Senator Ladd also
asked a separate investigation
into the depositing of $31,449,219
of Philippine government funds
in American banks and of stock
transactions by Wood himself or
his sons, associated with him.
Washington.— Tbe Philippines inde
pendence mission has lodged with Con
gress eight charges against Leonard
Wood as governor-general of che
islanhs, including his attitude of being
above the laws passed by the Philip
pines legislature aud claiming for him
self unlimited executive responsibility
and abuse of tbe veto wer.
Foreign Flashes
i’aris.—Reginald McKenna, former
chancellor of the Bn: sh exchequer,
was today elected president of the sec
ond experts committee appointed by
tbe reparations comm -ion to locate
German capital in foreign countries
and find means for its return.
Berlin.—Local ling the anniversary
day on which the French and Belgians
occupied the Ruhr, Chancellor Marae
issued a special appeal to the world to
aid Germany in bringing about restora
tion in the Ruhr and Rhineland.
Moscow —General Kuropatbln, cum
mauder of the Russian armies n tbe
Russo-Japanese war, has been discov
ered living in Squeshurino, in Pskov
province, where he is perfarmiDg du
ties as village librarian.
Copenhagen.—Rebellion has broken
out among the Cossacks in the Don re
gion of Russia, to which section troops
have been despatched.
Athena. -The Venizelos cabinet ne .
Wednesday w ill recommend to the na
tional assembly the formation of a re
public for Greece.
Manila.—Vicente Blauco Ibanez, the
noted Spanish novelist, in ud address
today, urged Filipinos to keep the
Spanish tongue.
Paris.—The first committee of repar
tition experts began today to investi
gate conditions in Germany’s railroad
lystem.
London.—Owing to the rail strike
ind unsettled political conditions, the
pound sterling slumped badly, Monday.
Munich. — Former Grand Duchess
Marie of Luxemburg passed away on
Fbursday.
Guayahuil.—Doctor Geonzalo Gor
lova is the newly-elect* d presideut of
Rcuador.
Baldwin Govt. Falls Be
fore Onslaughts of
Opposition.
! London, Jan. 23. —The Bald
win government fell tonight be
fore the onslaught ol laborites
and liberals, the laborite no-con
fidence motion passing the House
| of Commons by a vote of 326 to
i 256.
; Baldwin, in resigning, advised
i the king to summon Ramsay Mac
| donald, the labor leader, which
| was done, and after a house con
I ference bis majesty invested
I Macdonald with the duty of
I forming a ministry.
! Macdonald announced that he
I will combine the foreign office
| with the premiership. The labor
| party* had the support of As
} quith. leader of the liberals.
I Miss Isabel, Macdonald’s daugh
ter, twenty years of age, will
preside for her widowed father
at No. 10 Downing street.
Parliament has adjourned till
February 12.
London. The Cabinet uarued by
Premier \] actional j .jlWtghf inosijdft*
the follow’ng: Lord ot tue privy seal,
JohD Robert dynes; chancellor, Lord
! Haldane; chancellor of the exchequer,
j Philip Snowden: homo becretarv of
' war Stephen Walsh; secretary for
j India. Sir Sidney Oliver; first lord of
j admiralty. Viscount Chelmsford: tain
| ister c>f labor, Torn Shaw
| —-—- —
3 Perish When Cruiser
| Tacoma Goes to. Bottom
Vera Cruz.—Captain Herbert Spar
row, commander, and ridwar i'buxter,
Derrick Homer ami H Hussies, radio
men, who remained aboard, perished
when the America' order Tacoma,
which went ou Be r. " > . • near
tnis uort, was swept off by storm at,d
jtlil Lo tuc bottom.
i Johnson Says Mellon
Plan a Smoke Screen
Chicago.— Hiram Jobnsou, iu an ad
clre.ts here last night, ter me. thr Mel
lon tax reduction plan a a aJonnistra
tion smoke screen, and averted that
taxes could he reduced and a bonus
. paid soldiers at the same time.
Washington Notes
Washington.—One thousand promi
nent residents of Los Angeles and San
Diego have petitioned President Cool
idge to close the California-Moxico
border at nights after ■> o’clock.
Washington.—An average of $67.11
for every man, woman aDd child in tho
United States was collected by the
Treasury Department in 1022. the cen
sus bureau announced today.
Washington. The supreme court to
dav declined to review the impeach
ment proceedings against former Gov
ernor Walton, of Oklahoma.
Washington.—President Cooiidge, iu
j an address today, touching upon the
1 prohibition issue, dedatod he stood too
! the law’s enforcement