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VOLUME XIX.
NUMBER 148.
SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24. 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
Fairbanks Excursion
Was Grand Success
Hats off to the Alaska Railroad and
the Seward Chamber of Commerce!
The excursion to Fairbanks to at
tend the Midnight Sun festival was
an unqualified success, and the tired
but happy crowd that returned last
night was enthusiastic over the trip
with its scenic grandeur and chance
to view the interior towns first hand.
Leaving Seward Thursday morning
the train took on two cars at Anchor
age filled with boosters for the coast
Chambers, proceeding to Curry where
elaborate eight course dinner was
served by the railroad management,
the affair last two and a half hours
and being most elaborate. The menu
was as follows:
Alaska Shrimp Cocktail
Caviar en Canape
Green Olives Salted Peanuts
Clam Broth, Seldovia
Cheese Straws
Boiled King Salmon, a la Seward
Creamed Sweetbreads au Anchorage
Cranberry Sauce
Fried Spring Chicken a la Alaska Ry.
Sweet Potatoes Green Peas
1 Salad au Fairbanks
Nesselrode Pudding Assorted Cakes
Coffee
Following the dinner the crowd
danced the remainder of the night.
From Curry the run was made to
Mile 278 where a grand view of Mt.
McKinley was obtained, the train
stopping ten minutes to allow the ex
cursionists to gather flowers and to
take pictures. A stop was made at
Hurricane Gulch to enable the tourists
to view this wonderful engineering
feat, after which the run was made
,vo Nenana, where an elaborate lunch
eon was served, consisting of reindeer
steaks, wild sheep, caribou and moose
steaks, with grouse and ducks being
on the bill of fare.
Leaving Nenana the train stopped
at Standard to enable the incoming
tourist train and the coast excursion
ists to meet and become acquainted.
Here the Seward bunch distinguished
themselves under cheer leader J. P.
Hannon by making the wilderness ring
with Seward yells.
Upon arriving at Fairbanks the ex
cursionists were taken over the town
in autos provided, and later that night
were given a dance by the Chamber of
Commerce. The Hard Boiled members
were separated from their ladies and
taken to 18-Mile roadhouse where a
cold lunch was provided, the crowd
returning to Fairbanks during the
early hours of the morning. Saturday
many of the Seward delegation visited
the creeks and mining camps, togeth
er with the many fine farms and the
Alaska college. The farms were espe
cially attractive, showin gthe poten
£il resources of the district. The
creeks were busy sluicing, despite the
scarcity of water owing to the dry
season. The visit to the college was a
revelation to Sewardites, who were
cordially greeted and entertained by
President Bunnell. The college will be
treated later in another article lack oi
space forbidding a detailed account ol
the visit.
Saturday night a dance was giver
by the Native Sons and Daughters
Juul a baseball game was played a1
midnight by the Fairbanks and Anchoi
age teams, the latter winning by the
score of 9—0.
Rodebaugh’s airplane was kept busy
during the day, practically all the
Sewardites taking the trip up in the
plane, the pilot looping the loop and
going thru special tricks with his pas
sengers for their entertainment.
At 10 o’clock Sunday morning the
party left for home, stopping twe
hours at Nenana where a trap shool
was enjoyed by the visitors. At Curry
another elaborate banquet was served
and a dance given the visitors by
the splendid orchestra taken along by
the railway management. The trair
stopped at Anchorage for luncheon
arriving a Seward about 9:00 o’clock
tired but happy.
Sewardites attending the excursior
were :Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Urbach, Thelmz
Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moul
tray, Beatrice Baughman, George Ya
kornote, Elsie Leslie, Patricia Ray
John Walker, Wm. Kaiser, Mel Hornei
A. .E Rucker and wife, Mr. and Mrs
J. H. Elickinger, Mrs. E. Swetmann
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Crow, Mrs. O. A
Johansen, Otto Schallerer, J. P. Han
non, P. C. McMullen, Oscar Dahl, J
W. Edmunds, Mrs. Seiffert, Mrs. Mar
tha Jones and two children, A. H
Young, Mr. Kelly, Nick Meckem, H
\5^Hoben, Mr .and Mrs. H. B. Selby
($as. Benson.
General Manager Lee H. Landis ac
t
companied the excursion in person,
and was everywhere at once seeing
the visitors had a good time. Ray
Larson was in charge of tVe Anchor
age delegation and J. P. Hannon the
Seward party. To their efforts were
due the successful termination of the
first excursion party over the Alaska
railroad.
Engine No. 614 pulled the train,
with Hank Howard at the throttle,
Seth K. Sharpless, conductor; Carl
and Lang firemen; John Roderick, J.
Axe, brakemen; J. C. Knapp, electri
cian.
BRYAN IS READY
FOR CONVENTION
NEW YORK, June 24—When asked
whether he expected to make any
speeches in the convention, Bryan re
plied:
“I am like a volunteer fireman and
hope thei-e will be no alarm, but I am
ready to fight a conflagation. I am
sleeping in my clothes.
MAIL ROBBER ARRESTED
BY ILLINOIS POLICEMEN
CHICAGO, June 24—Ernest Fon
taine, one of the four missing men who
actually participated in the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul mail robbery
several days ago, has been apprehend
ed in this city, according to a state
ment given out by the police last eve
ning.
The loot obtained by the robbers is
said to have exceeded two million dol
lars, a considerable part of which has
j been recovered.
Demo. Candidates are
Numerous Today
NEW YORK, June 24.—Ralston of
Indianapolis, was formally entered in
the Democratic presidential race late
this afternoon. The Missouri delega
tion, claimed by both Smith and Mc
Adoo, declared for McAdoo at the
close of a prolonged conference.
After Texas declared for McAdoo,
Governor Neff of the delegation with
drew from the delegation, and issued
a public statement assailing McAdoo
for his oil connections.
Chairman Hull of the Democratic
National Committee is under the care
of a physician tonight as a result of
a collapse today from heat and over
work, which superinduced heart fail
ure.
FORMER KATALLA CITIZEN
IS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Many people of Alaska will remem
ber William Corliss, who was a resi
1 dent of Katalla for years. He arrived
there in 1899 and was the original lo
cator of the famous Cunningham coal
claims .Later he owned and operated
the Katalla water works. In 1917, just
; twenty years since he first landed in
i Cook Inlet he remover to Oregon, says
the Cordova Times. A son who was
! married in Katalla to a daughter of
Judge Frost, was killed in France. A
| recent copy ,under the date of May 20
| of the Medford Tribune .gives the fol
> lowing account of the sudden death of
I Mr. Corliss.
William Corliss, a resident of Phoe
; nix was acidentally killed Monday af
i ternoon about 3:30 o’clock by the elis
| charge of a 28-gauge shotgun. The
evidence showed that the gun was dis
charged when Corliss fell, while cross
ing a fence. The unfortunate man had
gone of a neighbor’s on business and
had taken a gun along to kill rabbits
The body was found by relatives.
William Corliss was born in Ontario
and when a child, his parents moved
I to Michigan. He lived for a quarter ol
i a century in Alaska, where he jour
: neyed at the beginning of the Klondike
| rush.
GO WITHOUT STOCKINGS
BUT MUST NOT SMOKI
ATLANTIC CITY, June 24—Youn?
women visiting Atlantic City this sum
mer are not permitted to smoke or
shore. When women were permittee
to discard stockings, they took more
liberties and started to smoking pub
licly, thus removing an additional bar
rier to the modest appearance thai
some demand at the sea shore.
LIEUT. SMITH IS
ILL AT RANGOON
CALCUTTA, June 24—Smith, com
, manding America’s round-the-worlc
flight is ill at Rangoon delaying the
■ flight.
WASHINGTON SQUARE TO BE TURNED INTO AL RESTAURANT
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Washington Square, ordinarily abandoned to the re-cries of the free-verse poets in ‘the village\ the
bemused strollings of loviiui couples, th play of kids, is to be turned into a great open air restaurant
during the Democratic National Convention, opening in New York today- Photo shows Washington
Square Park from the west with the famous Washington Arch at center, left.
TALE OF GIRL ON NAVY
SHIP NOW EXPLAINED
BREMERTON, June 24—For the
honor of the Navy, R. Berquest, sea
man ,first assistant in one of the bat
tleship Arizona’s store-rooms, admit
ted in the court martial proceedings
against fourteen members of the Ari
zona’s crew that he took pictures of
“Madelaine,” a girl stowaway, in a
sailor’s uniform when ;ho boarded the
vessel in New York on March 14. She
remained on the ship until discovered
and put ashore at Balboa on April 12.
Berquest said “Madelaine’s real
name was Mrs. Madelaine Blair, wife
of Leonard Blair ,of New York City.
Mrs. John T. Elliott
Passes Away Saturday
--
■ Mrs. John T. Elliott, wife of the civ
! il engineer for the bureau of public
! roads stationed at Girdwood, passed
1 away yesterday morning at the home
of Mr. and Mrs .Phillip H. Webber.
Mrs. Elliott had been a guest at the
' Webber home the last three weeks and
had been under the care of Dr. Beeson.
The young couple were married
shortly after New Year’s and took up
their residence in Anchorage. Mrs.
Elliott was notified of the death of
his wife yesterday morning. The Alas
ka Railroad kindly sent a gas speeder
to bring Mr. Elliott to town from Gird
wood.
Mrs. Isaacson, mother of Mrs. El
j liott, and Mrs. Leo Speybrook, a sis
ter came down from Fairbanks on
! yesterday’s special to attend the fu
| neral which was held today at 10 a.
m. at Anchorage. The Christian Sci
ence Society was in charge of the
i services. Solos were rendered by
1 Mrs. Mabel Clayton accompanied by
Miss Ophelia Howard, as organist.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were but re
cently married ar/i are both well
I known in Seward, where Mr. Elliott
i was stationed with the Bureau of
I Public Roads crew.
MANY MINES OPERATING
Fairbanks is enjoying a revived
| mining era, judging by the numer
i ous properties working along the dif
|ferent creeks. Several tractors are
i hauling supplies into Fairbanks creek
and the company bonding the Gold
i stream properties will place dredges
at work in the near future.
DOROTHY MILLS
underwood VuNOiRWOOtCVj'i
Titled Girl Explorer
Cordova Times Tells
of Postoffice Robbery
CORDOVA, June 17—The Cordova
I post office was robbed last night pre
j sumably early this morning. About
five thousand dollars in currency and
two money order books, each contain
ing 200 orders, were taken.
It would seem as though the work
I was done by experts or by one who
was familiar with the workings of
| combination locks. The outer door of
1 the large safe in the office was open
; ed, apparently without much difficulty
by manipulating the combination, and
after that the small inner safe that
held the money, was likewise opened.
The compartment containing the
cash was taken to the middle of the
floor where the weight scales stand
and most of it was evidence that the
man or men were disturbed in their
j work and made a hasty flight, as a
j small bag of gold was left lying on the
I floor as well as possiby $150 in green
I backs, of denominations that incuded
ones, twos, fives ten and twenties. It
i was scattered within a radius of a
i yard.
The robbery was planned for a time
j when there is ordinarily quite a few
; thousand dollars in the safe as well
as considerable in the registered mail.
A train over the Copper River & N.
railroad left for the north this morn
ing taking a lot of registered mail.
Then the steamer Yukon was due to
reach here for the south at noon, with
considerable money and registered
mail to leave on her.
No registered mail or postage
stamps were disturbed, possibly be
cause of the necessity of making a
hasty flight. Postmaster C. H. Scheff
ler had not checked up on his accounts
early this afternoon, so that it is not
known definitely what is missing, but
the amount is in the neighborhood of
$5,000. Neither the postmaster or his
bondsmen will be affected by the loss,
as there was no evidence of neglect
upon the part of any of those conduct
ing the postoffice. In similar cases the
loss, if there ultimately is any, falls on
the government.
The postoffice force worked late last
night preparing the registered and all
other mail for the train this morning.
Postmaster Scheffler was the last one
there, about 11:30 o’clock, having gone
in for the last look around before go
ing home. Everything then was prop
erly locked and secure.
This morning when the office was
opened it was found that both the
front and back doors were open, mak
ing it uncertain as to which entrance
was used by the cracksmen. The pro
vision was evidently made for a flight
in either direction, as should seem
more advisable, with the probability
that the rear entrance was used, both
going and coming.
Various theories have been advanc
ed as to who was implicated in the
robbery. It is generally believed that it
was done by a professional, who was
sufficiently familiar with locks that he
had but little trouble in finding the
right combination on the postoffice
safe. It may have been someone who
came here weeks or months ago and
who will quietly remain pursuing some
'occupation until he thinks it safe to
make his exit from Alaska. Later, if
he attempts to use the money orders,
it may lead to his apprehension.
Postmaster Scheffler promptly noti
fied the government authorities and
the postal department and it is expect
ed that ere long, some experienced
men will be on the case. In the mean
time the public of Cordova are sym
pathizing with the postmaster and his
employees because of the unfortunate
circumstance that has occurred just
prior to the transfer of the office to
the new appointee.
CORSET IS DOOMED SAY
PARIS STYLE CREATORS
PARIS ,June 24—Style creators to
day declared the corset is doomed tc
go the way of the hoopskirt and the
bustle. The new silhouette gown is th«
! thing and clinging close without un
j necessary fullness at the hips makes
: the use of corsets impossible.
Admiral Evans On
Way West Vfilh
Many Passengers
The Admiral Evans arrived in por
j last evening about nine-thirty with i
; large list of passengers, included ii
which were about fifty school teach
'■ ers making the round trip.
Seward Passengers were E. Gibbs
Ward Carson, Miss Virginia Nye, Mis:
j Margaret Cook, Harold Graham, Editl
. Magnusson, Florence Polk, Lt. A. N
! Caldwell and wife, Miss Agnes Leher
j Miss Carola Leher, Miss Gertrude an<
i Eleanor Lehrer, S. H. Wilder anil wife
j Mrs. M. M. Bragdon, Margaret Vai
j Patten, Corine Falconer, C. E. Neil, J
j S. Bogart, Mrs. James Paulson, N. C
Vestal, C. R. Hart, Wm. F. Rohrbach
For Seldovia—Mrs. C. A. Ristine
Mrs. Beatrice Stiekney and infant.
For Anchorage—Ruth Maryatt, M
G. Kennish, Jennie Gell, Mrs. J. E
Gottstein, and Infant, Miss Mary A
Plumb, Jennie Williams, Miss O. Min
er, Miss S. Tuttle, Miss F. Hoffman
Miss Griffith, Ethel Peterson, Am
Tandy, Esther McKinney, Miss M
Chandler ,Miss G. Cavanaugh, Miss F
Stipe, Miss F. Irving, Effa Cochran
H. M. Fickinger, Pearl Thomas, Mis
Aileen Pipes, Mrs. Robt. Trevey, Geo
Freitzsche, Miss G. Lyman, Miss Elk
C. Davis, Mrs. Fred Stindt, Fred W
Stindt, Miss E. G. Judd, Miss Laug;
Bellanger, Miss Madelyne Hall, Trigj
Garner and wife, Mrs. N. P. Hoyt
Miss Hazel Landahl, Miss V. Squires
Miss Aileen Hart, Miss Anna Hart
Miss Pearl Hummel, Miss Ethel Hum
mel, Miss Floy Hummel, W. V. Black
well, Mrs. Kelley Robinson and daugh
tei\
For Kodiak—Curtis Koester, Eliza
beth Kashevaroff, J. O. Donnell, Johi
Deduty, Donald Grey, Mrs. F. Narrser
MAUGHAN MAKES GOOD TIME
CHEYENNE, June 23—Lt. Maugh
an .attempting a one day flight fron
New York to San Francisco, passe<
over Cozad, 250 miles north of here a
noon today.
TOWN LOTS WILL BE ON SALE
SOON AT OIL TOWN KANATAI
J. J. Finnegan, who is in Seattle a
the present time, received work las
week from the surveyor general advis
ing him that the surveys had been ap
proved on the townsite of Kanatak.
The townsite contains one hundrei
acres, extending about one half a mil
along Portage Bay, in Southwesten
Alaska. It is the base of the oil drill
ing operations in the Cold Bay district
Judge Finnegan has platted and ded
icated the ground and {plans to place i
portion of it on the market for a shor
time.
LIEUT. MAUGHEN
MAKES RECORD
TRIP ACROSS U. S.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.—Lieut.
Manghen successfully completed his
dawn to dusk flight from New York
to San Francisco last night, arriving
at Creswell field, San Francisco, at
0:47 p. m. Pacific time. During the
flight he made five refueling stop.-.
His total flight in an air line was
2C70 miles.
SESNATOR ACCUSED OF
BEING LAW VIOLATOR
WASHINGTON. June 24.—Senator
Glass, Democrat of Virginia, who was
charged in the senate that Sena*tor
Gooding, Republican, of Idaho, on th •
basis of the latter’s own statements
in reference to his relations with
the war finance corporation had done
something expressly prohibited b\ ti e
federal statutes and is subject to a
fine of $4,000.
Senator Gooding, the Virginia sen
ator, decared, had said a corpora
tion in which he was interested had
received loans from the war finance
corporation and Mr. Glass added that
he would demand an investigation.
I ROSSMANN CLAIMS HE HAS
TAKEN PICTURE OF
AURORAE IN COLORS
According to advices received by let
ter from Point Barrow, by friends in
Juneau, Earl Rossman, who was in the
city over a year ago representing the
Famous Players Corporation and dis
playing movies, he, himself had taken
in all parts of the world, had succeed
ed in photographing the aurorae in its
natural colors. The letter came from
Mollie Ward Griest, special observer
to R. C. Mi/.e, weather forecaster of
Alaska. The letter says;
“Earl Rossman, during the winter,
remained at Wainwright, 100 miles
south of Point Barrow .He is now tem
porarily in Barrow. For four months
he has worked night after night until
well toward morning in the attempt to
■photograph the au.vrae in colors, and
tells me today that he has succeeded.
If r is shall prove correct, you will
know how important is the achieve
ment.” ,
CONTEST OF SEXTON
FRAME IS INDEFINITE
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’ SEATTLE, June 24—Information
1 received here from members of the Re
• publican national committee states the
• sub-committee which had first consid
• ered the Frame-Sexton contest for a
’ place from Alaska, referred the con
test to the executive committee. This
• is headed by Daniel Mulvane ,of Kan
• i sas City, and date of settlement is re
•, garded, as uncertain.
’ DRIVERS OF AIRPLANES
1 DO NOT NEED LICENSES
• OLYMPIA, June 24—While automo
• bile drivers in the State of Washing
3 ton must obtain licenses before they
• can operate over the highways of the
1 state, there is no state law under
• which airplane pilots may be licensed,
1 Fred J. Dibble, director of licenses, de
> dared.
» Several municipalities in the states,
> notably Spokane, have ordinances gov
> erning flights of aircraft within their
' jurisdictional limits, but as far as the
• state laws are concerned birdmen may
' fly unregulated and undisturbed.
“If some manufacturer will develop
' a low priced machine it looks as if
1 flivvers would have hard going,” Mr.
• | Dibble pointed out, “because the gaso
j line used by airplanes could not be
I held subject to the state gasoline tax
and owners of machines are entitled to
1 refunds from the state treasurer, as
j same as all other users of gasoline
who do not make use of the public
highways in its consumption.
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SNOHOMISH AND ISLAND
COUNTIES GET RAINFALL
EVERETT, June 24—Snohomish
t and Island counties were drenched last
t night by a rainfall that broke all sum
- mer records and did incalculable bene
- fit to all farm products, berries par
ticularly. A. Smith, agricultural
1 agent for Snohomish county, estimates
; that it will add from 20 to 25 percent
i to the strawberry crop.
This is the first beneficial rain in
. several months and put out brush fires
- in the two counties.
Arrangements are being made for a
ball game tomorrow.
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