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Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-05

It is reported that eight deaths have charge of construction last summer will arrive shortly with his assistants to build them. The tanks are of wood and when completed about July first, with a storage capacity of 4O,0OO bar rels at Dutch Harbor.
 A strange thing happened here on Friday, April 18th. The tide which was low at a. m. raised six or seven feet inside of half hour and receded just as fast, going out and coming in all day and until we'll into the night It is the opinion of the people here that a volcanic eruption occurred at the Bogoslof islands. The last time they blew up was in 1911. They lie about 65 miles from here in a west erly direction.
 A school election was held here on April IA. N. E. Bolshanin was elected treasurer, Father Orloff, clerk, and Dr. A. w. Newhall, trustee.
 Harry Jacobson, who purchased the power boat Pettising, from parties at Unga arrived here on the 17th, ac- companied by William Anderson and Charles Rose. They report great activ- ity among the canneries on the way here and also report that a strike was in progress among the codfisher- men at Unga, which was later settled, the fishermen getting raise.
 c. E. Crompton, agent at St. George island, accompanied by his wife and son, will leave for the south on the first boat. MT. Crompton, who sus- tained an injury last winter, is going Outside for medical treatment.
 w. c. Allis, who has been engaged in the fur seal industry in this part of the country for the past forty years and who is considered the best known authority on the habits and the handling of the fur seal, will ar rive on the coast guard cutter Haida in few days to resume his position as seal expert on St. Paul island.
 H. D. Aller, who is associated with A. c. Proctor as agent at the seal isl ands will arrive shortly to relieve c. E. Crompton at St. George island. occurred from the influenza at King Cove and BelkOfsh.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-05
UNALASKA NEWS

UNALASKA, Apr. 30.-The first ship of the year arrived here on April 2nd, the power schooner Emma c, Capt Fred Schroeder, coming in from Attu. The island of Attu is the most westerly point in Alaska, and lies in sowhwesterly direction from here about 1000 miles Gas the crow flies). Capt. Schroeder has store at Attu village and some fox islands inrthat vicinity. He departed from here last August, and since then his friends have not heard from him. He reports no sickness or accidents dur ing the winter.
 Four days later the Everett Hays, Capt. A. c. Goss, arrived unexpectedly from Attu. He left here September 10th last and was not expected back until the latter part of the month. He had 14 people on board when he ar rived, among there being his mate Wm. Dirks and wife, and the Gardner brothers, Nick and William, who have been to the westward looking after their fox islands interests. MT. Goss reports a quiet and uneventful winter at Atka. He will make trip to Uni mak island and he returns will sail south to Seattle to have deisel en zines installed in his ship. He expects to leave here for Seattle about May first.
 MT. Cornwall, chief radio operator and wife, will leave here on the steamer Starr en route to Seattle Their many friends wish them DOT voyage.
 Leon Anderson and Nick McGlasher left here on the launch Frederick A. for their fox islands in the vicinity ol Akutan. They had as passenger Mrs. Carrigan who sailed for Seatue on the Victoria from Akutan.
 The Victoria arrived here early thls week with the seasons supplies 1o' the whaling station at Akutan.
 The A. c. company has crew O men, in charge of w. J. Moran, a Dutch Harbor excavating for the foun dations for two more 10000 barrels l oil tanks. MT. Elliot who was here il
Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-05

Of interest to those who have fol- lowed the allegations and fight being made by Delegate Dan Sutherland against the big cannery interests is the following statement, made recent ly, by an official of one of the con- cerns coming within the scope of the delegates allegations. The commen- tary was occasioned by the reading of the proclamation made by the Bureau of Fisheries in creating reserve in Chignik Bay and which vitally con- cerned the Alaska Packers Associa- tion, the Northwestern Fisheries and the Columbia River Fishing Associa- tion. There appears to be some mer it in the statement offered.
 Concerning the creation of Ghe re- serve this move is in measure coun- tenanced by the three concerns men, toned on the ground that the limita- tion of operators conserves the fis' supply in the following manner: It prohibits the indiscriminate fishing by a multitude of concerns. With but three plants allowed within the re- stricted area only a limited number of fish are canned; with several con- cerns operating within that area il would be only the matter of a few short years before the supply would be deplpeted to a stage beyond re placement. The creation of the re serve does not establish a monopol! of the food fish supply, as allocated tt the big canning plants, for the reason as above stated.
 In the matter of investment tht narrator maintains that no little cor porations or companies could pos sibly make the investment reQuir ed to establish and maintain plan of the proportions needed to pack thu amount of fish allotted to the larg' concerns. The investments made af IOTu d uldIhSt lOi 1dUOl, CNCh IiiooSi some of it is brought to the nortl from the States; fishermen local t' the establishments are given employ ment, with an average wage of $2O month being paid to white labor the scale for natives being trifl lower; and extends over a period 0 at least five months. In addition t absorbing the surplus labor othe items of monetary distribution ar mentioned, chief of which is the con struction of the plant which oftime approach an investment of $300,000; sum far beyond the reach of the lit tie concerns. Food supplies to the eX tent of S15O,O00 are brought north 1 (although it is admitted that thi money is not spent in Alaska but serves to conserve that which is al ready here) these two items alon bringing the investment up to the hal million mark before a single sOurc of production is put into operation.
 The revenue to the territory is con siderable: Each employe, Oriental included, pays to the territorial fun
 five dollars school tax; every fisher man pays five dollars license; the car nery company pays hundred dollar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
IMMEDIATE PROBE
 OF LyNCH|NG WILL BE |NAUCURATED
Authorities Offer No Resist ance When Mob Enters
 Jail And Seizes Negro

COLUMBIA, Mo-, April 2s.-(By Associated Press )-Imme ediate grand jury investigation of the 1ynching here early today of James T. Scott, negro, who was held in jail, charged with an attempted attack on a IA year-old girl. will be requested by Prosecuting Attorney Tuby NJ. Hulen, he announced tonight.
 "I am gc.ug to ask the circuit court to convene the grand jury to- morrow for investigation of the lynching." Hulen said. We have wit nesses who will tell us who did the work. We know the leaders. They were rough neck men from out of Columbia"
 A mob of more than 500 men and boys broke into the jail and with an acetylene torch burned it's way into Scott's cell, pushed and dragged him through the streets and hanged him to bridge over the Missouri, Kan sas ana Texas railroad tracks in the southwestern part of the city.
 It developed that Governor Arthur M. Hyde ordered out local company of the national guard, but the lynch ing took place before it could be mobilized. County officers offered no physical resistance to the mob. Clash Not Feared.
 Adjutant General Raupp of Jeffer- son City was here today investigat ing the possibility of race clash following the hanging, and upon satisfying himself that local author ities had the situation well in hand returned to the state capital.
 The mob carried out it's work com paratively orderly. Only single sho' was fired during the lynching and that was by someone on the outsk irts of the crowd, apparently not one o1 the mob proper.
 Just before the negro was thrown from the bridge, the father of the girl who is head of the German de partment of the University of Mis-. souri, appealed to the mob to let jus tic take it's course in the courts, but he was howled down and even threat ened by some of the more extreme members of the mob.
 Scott whC was identified last Fri. day by the girl as the negro who April 20, lured her to lonely spot along the railroad tracks and at tempted to assault her. vigorously asserted his innocence, and prayed fer mercy. Racous shouts of derisior was the answer of the mob as boy member adjusted the moose. Prosecuting Attorney Hulen anC other officials, including Sheriff Brown, pleaded with the mob to spare | the negro's life and let the law take | it's course. but the pleading was ir vain. A large man threw the victim over the bridge railing with the rope 1 around his neck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
France, Worried by Enormous Claims Against Germany, Is Ignoring Small American Bill

PARIS. April 29.-(By Associated Press.)-The efforts of the commits sion which is trying to find out how the United States may be reim- bursed in something like a quarter of billion dollars as cost for the in the Rhineland, probably would have passed unnoticed had not the American newspaper correspondents shown interest in the proceedings. Outside of official circles the French people are not aware of the presence in Paris of Eliot Wadsworth, assis tant secretary of the American treasury, who is looking after the negotiations on behalf of the Wash ington government.
 This is partly due to the discre tion with which Mir. Wadsworth is carrying out his mission, but es- pecially to the fact that no money matters, unless reckoned in billions. seem to attract attention here. To a nation which is trying to collect 132 billion gold marks and which owes something like 400 billion paper francs, discussion over paltry quar- ter of billion dollars seems noth- ing. The commission has met and adjoined several times without any one. except its members, knowing anything about it. The French press hasn't had an inkling that there have been difficulties in reaching an agreement.
 Mir Wadsworth makes no complain, but he is finding the time spent in trying to reach some decision ex- tremely lengthy He is being treated with the utmost courtesy by the other delegates of tn committee, and the officials of the French government are most favorably impressed with him; but the French who are endeav- ing to collect several billions from Germany refuse to get excited over an attempt to obtain a similar fig ure in millions from the same debtor. SEES HIMSELF
 Premier Poincare the other day saw himself as others see him, and he smiled one of his rare smiles Nine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
SKEPT|CAL PRIEST.
 ] |S BEING STUNNED BY DOYLE SHOCKS
This Is Explanation Of Sir Ar thur, Who Is Trying To
 Show Up Pastor

CHICAGO, April 29.-Rev. Father Charles De Hered:a. champion ghost buster, can produce as many spooks as he wants to by mere sleight-of- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's spooks, be- cause Doyle's spooks wont play with him: so there.
 Sir Arthur can fake spirit pie lures if he wants to, but he doesn't have to.
 This is the substance of Doyle's answer to the distinguished Jesuit priests attempts here and elsewhere to show that all spirits and spirit pictures are produced by legerde- main and that someone has been kid ding the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
 Sir Arthur came here to lecture only a week after Father De Heredia had been here to lecture. It rather seemed that the latter had stolen a march on him. for, after the priest had shown all who would come and see just how spirits and spirit pie lures could be made at home. even easier than home brew, Sir Arthur's lectures have failed to draw the ex- pected chowds. Doyle was placed in somewhat the position of a vaudeville magician who might see man in the preceding act demonstrate to the audience how all his best tricks were going to be done.
 O O O
 Finds Task Difficult
 Hence, it was rather up to Sir Ar thur to show that Father De Heredia was all wrong. He has done his best but two things made the task diffi- cult. First, for any evidence of the existence of the spirit world that he might present, Father De Heredia can come right back and say, Huh! I can do that. too, and here's how. Secondly, according to Doyle. the spirits won't come back for Father De Heredia because he's so skeptical. Spirit pictures can only appear in dark rooms in the presence of Sir Arthur and other stanch believers in their genuineness.
 So Doyle has been forced to adopt largely please believe me" atti- tude in his lectures here as he turns to his spirit photographs. It is easy to see that Sir Arthur has been very sensitive to attacks on convictions and proofs which he is so sure of.
 Anyone can fake photograph. but that doesn't prove that every photograph is faked," he shouts. Everybody admits that it doesn't, and Sir Arthur goes on to show his pictures of spirit faces and ecto- plasms. More convincing yet he thinks. is paraffined glove which formed about the hand of a spirit during a brief visit to the United States.
 "Father De Heredia claims that this is glove" he says. May I call your attention to the nails. to the closely clasped fingers. to the veins. This is an impression of hand And note, the wrist is much smaller than the hand. So flesh and blood hand could not have been withdrawn with- out cracking the paraffne. which ,fs intact The hand must have dema- terialized"
 All of which proves a great dial to Doyle and nothing at all to Father De Heredia except. perhapG that somebody's been Kidding Sir Arthur again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
HIGH PRICE OF SUGAR IS LAID TO HOOVER
Due To Department Report Of Short
 age. Says Spreckles sg

NEW YORK, Auril 2s.-Claus "A. lSpreckles, chairman of the Federal Sugar Refining company. blames Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Com merce, for the high price of sugar. Spreckles. who sailed today on the Olympic, declared that the depart ment of commerce report stating that sugar shortage exists, caused the wild speculation which increased the price of sugar.
 No matter what figures may have been given out as to the sugar short age" said Spreckles, it is my be- lief thaN there is enough sugar here for everyone.
 When asked for the reason of thc| high sugar prices he said: "Secre it tary Hoover Is to blame. consideL him a political chameleon, chanEingl his spots every day. He started the ball rolling toward high sugar prices. could not stem the tide: There wms too much against me-"
 Spreckles was asked how long he intended to remain abroad and this was his answer: Until get thirsty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
RUSSIAN GRAIN ID APPEAR IN WORLD
 MARKET IN FALL
Nearly 200,000,000 Bushels To Be Available Says
 Head Of Soviet Trade

MOSCOW, April 29.-Russian grain will appear in the worlds markets next fall in great quantities. sss-
 The amount of food grains avail able will be between 170,o0o,O00 and 180,000,000 bushels.
 Leonid krassin, soviet commisar, makes this forecast in an interview with Rosta, the Russian semi official news agency.
 Krassis advanced three reasons why reappearance of Russian grain and other farm products-after near ly ten years absence-will be an inn portant event in a world of high food prices.
 First-from the Moscow point of view-exportation of grain and farm stuff Is the only solution of the So- viets great problem of guaranteeinfi an income for the farmers of Russia. Moreover, by exporting grain, a slump in price of breadstuffs now noticeable in the villages of Rus sia can be topped
 Second Reason I.oIitical
 Krassin's second reason is politi- cal. When huge shipments of Rus sian grain are again pouring into the have a weighty argument on the side of much desired full and formal rec ognition by the great overs.
 Thirdly--Grain exports will be a mighty factor towards stabilization of the now stricken Russian rouble.
 Krassn pointed out the soviet government itself will handle forth coming exportations. There is no in tention of returning to the pre-war practice of allowing foreign firms to have predominating part in hand ling foodstuffs.
 However, foreign capital is not to be absolutely excluded from the lgrain trade.
 Also-it is indicated the soviet government will drive some close bfrgains Krassn declares while on.y the highest grade grains are to be shipped, these must bring the highest obtainable prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
TVO FATHERS DROWN

TVGO FATHERS DnOWN
 NEW NRLEANS, April 29.-Two boys, memNogs of bathing parties, were drown today. Richard Bar tholomew, 16 ears old. was drowned in Lake Pon artrain and Louis Kenner, 22. los his life in the New Basin canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30

years of war and of a peach much like war have emphasized his seri- ousness. The premier was guest at large private dinner.l which was followed as is the custom here. by an entertainment At the entertain ment Dolphin, a dwarf familiar to the Parisian theatre goers, daringly impersonated NJ. Poin care. The little fellow did it so ad- mirably and with such good humor that the head of the government laughed as he seldom does, and thein quite astcnished his diminutive double by the warmth of his congrat- ulations.
 MONTE CARLO PROFITABLE
 The profits of the Monte Carlo gambling tables for the 1922-23 sea- son amounted to 13,23S,000 francs. ac- cording to figures just published by a financial journal. This amount rep resents an increase of 50S,000 francs oyer the previous season. The total receipts were 65,S6O.176 francs and the expenses 52,622.176. A dividend of loo francs per share on the stock was declared at meeting of the board of directors of the Casino sev- eral days ago.
 The old saying, so familiar to Americans frequenting the tables at the Casino, rouge ct noir," some- times wins. but Blanc wins always, will be heard no more, as Camille Blanc, president of the Casino com pany, has retired owing to ill health.
 AMERICAN FILMS POPULAR
 American moving picture films formed nearly nine-tenths of the total mileage thrown upon French screens during the month of March. Statis- tics just published show that out of close to seven miles of films-102.SS0 meters-only 14,350 meters were French The other SS,830 meters excepting a few thousand meters were American. French habitues ap- pear still to have much liking for the wild west, broncho- busting. gun play i films, many of which were taken years ago and for which the Euro : rean market remains very good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30

Greater service can be obtained from linoleum by applications of liquid wax about once month, than by using varnish, it is claimed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30

First cotton mill in the world to have it's machinery and floors cleaned daily with vacuum cleaners is said 60 be at Chesnee. South Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
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BRITISHER TAKES HAND
Financier Arrives In Turkey To Dis.
 cuss Chester Agreement


 cuss Chester Agreement CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2s.-Col Clayton Kennedy, British financier who is interested in the Chester agreement under which American capitalists have been granted impor- tant concessions in Turkey, has ar rived here on an American destroyer to confer with the Turks on the de- tails of the plan.
 Kenney will continue to Angora by way of Mudania, and is to hold a conference with the commissioner of public works.
 It is believed that Kennedy came here to counteract the work of Brit ish and French agents who are at tempting to induce the Turks to re- pudiate the agreement, which threat ems to disrupt the negotiations at the near-eastern peace conference at Lausanne.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
RIALTO-"Three Wise Fools. y

The stage has proved a supply
dono, for plots for motion picture
nlavs. Many failures on the stage
have been turned into successful
movies. Lately. however there Is
noticeable increase in the number
nf etape productions hastily gobbied
mn nv IN. motion pictures and placed
harnre the public. One of the latest
and hest of the group is "Three w Use
Fools" a Goldwyn screen version OF
Austin Strong's successful Comeds,
which is shown at the Rialto Theater
this week.
Many in the capacity audience last
night after the showing were heard
To comment on the picture as compar-
cd with the stock company production
of the play at the Garrlck iheateT
last summer. Undoubtedly the full
value OF the witty lines is impaired
nv screen limitations, but the action
is fast and logically balanced and
the original story is kept intact.
The screen advantages of depicting
every bit of action connected with
the story and thrilling episodes i'm
posSible to show on the stage. more
than make up for the loss in dialogue.
Eleanor Boardman is admirable as
the worried young heroine. victim OF
circumstances, yet ciH !oyai G,,,,ns 10 nsr
water, Alec b. Francis and William
II. Crane, all fine character delinea-
tors of the stage and screen. are ex-
celient In the three leading roles of
the comedy. Craig Biddle. jr.. the
society youth who recently took up
motion picture work as career. Is
quite pleasing as the young guard
ian" and Ia Su Pitts does small
bit very well.
The picture is well directed, the
photoplay is good. and the thrilling
pursuit of two escaping prisoners in
an armored car by an airplane drop
ping bombs, is one of the most ex-
citing scenes that have been shown
on local screens.
Nearly every one knows the story
Of the Three Wise Fools" 1t con-
Germs the effect on the life of three
old bachelors of well-rutted habits
of sweet young girl who comes to
them for helps
The Carter De Havens frolic
through a short-reel comedy. THE
Panic is On; a collection of beau
tiful scenery is shown in a Bruce
feature called From the Windows
of My House." and an. exceptional
musical setting is played by the or
chestra, under Claude V. Burrows.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
PROBE OF ALABAMA
COAL MINES SOUGHT
Use of Convict Labor Scored by
Union in Appeal to Fed
eral Commission.

The United Mine Workers Of
America has asked the United States
Coal Commission to investigate
conditions under which Alabama
mining companies are said to employ
convict labor \ letter made public
last night by the union, carrying the
petition said that reports spread
broadcast" indicated that convicts
had been Compelled to suffer torture"
IL order that mon union mining COM
panies might reap a profit
The union. il was added. emphatic
ally protested against the employ
ment of convictS i'll coal mines in
competition with free labor in Ala
bama or anywhere else. There is
40 doubt" it was declared. but that
"the public will stand aghast at the
revelations Of cruelty and mistreat
ment of convicts so employed if the
commission would go into the sub
ject'
The unions letter also asserted d
that Alabama nOn-union coal com
panies have hammered wages of mine
workers down since last year and
lowered costs of coal production, but
at the same time had raised the
prices of coal. The unnamed con-
Germs were said to be "gouging the
public puCkctbook in shameless fash
ION"