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VOLl’ME XIX, 1X0/52.
SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY JUNE, 28, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
DEMOCRATS PREPARE
TO NOMINATE TODAY;
M’ADOO THE FAVORITE
IS’EW YORK, June 28—The Mc
Adoo forcei are preparing to take a
start on balloting before the platform
is released by the committee, and the
plan is being vigorously denounced by
the combined forces opposed to the
McAdoo movement, who declare that
the McAdoo managers want to let the
delegates get started on balloting
without being obliged to take a po
sition on the Ku Klux Klan and oth
er issues in the fight over the plat
form.
While the band played “Should Old
Acquaintance Be Forgot,” delegates
from every state stood on their chairs
and cheered the name of James Cox,
the party’s standard bearers four
years ago. It was a personal tribute
to the Ohioan and was not meant as
favoring his candidacy.
The Ralston boom under the handl
ing of Tom Taggart, the Democratic
boss of Indiana, is dominating the
floor of the convention this afternoon
putting up a vigorous fight for their j
candidate.
Committee In Session All Night
NEW YORK, June 28.—Chairman
Cummings of the platform committee
told the convention amid dramatic si
lence how after an all night session
the committeemen gathered around
the table in the breaking dawn of
day and recited in unison the Lord’s
Prayer, after which Bryan prayed for
divine guidance.
An Anti Klan Plank
NEW YORK, June 28.—Bainbridge
Colby has been selected at a confer
ence with Norman E. Mack and Geo.
Brennan ,New York and Illinois lead
ers to take the fight on the floor of
the convention for an anti-Klan plank.
Bryan will probably lead the fight
against such plank.
Bryan Appealed to
NEW YORK, June 28.—The plat
form committee in a last effort to
prevent an open rupture on the floor
of the convention authorized William
J. Bryan to select as many members
as he might deem necessary and to
enlist the aid of party leaders and
various candidates for nomination to
remove what is regarded as a serious
split in the party. Moreover, a num
ber of the committeemen under in
structions from their delegations, will
support a plank specifically naming
Klan volunteers to confer with their
colleagues and urge that there be a
consideration of the Klan plank.
Would Vote on League Nations
NEW YORK, June 28.—The Reso
lutions committee tonight inserted in
the Foreign Relations plank of the
platform a declaration for a referen
dum on the question of America’s en
trance into the League of Nations.
Placing him in nomination, Newton
D. Baker pictured James M. Cox a
knightly figure even in defeat. “Both
America and the world,” Baker said,
“stand at the parting of the ways.
The same forces and influences that
combined to set the world afire in 1914
are again in flames and can be check
ed only by a recrudescence of that
lofty idealism which Wilson brought
into a war tom world.”
.... May Straighten Out Tangle ....
' NEW YORK, June 28.—The plat
form committee this afternoon asked
for more time to find a way to
straighten out the tangle over the
Ku Klux Ivlan plank. Alarmed over
threats of trouble on the floor, all
convention managers were working to
find a way to smooth things out and
smother the threatened storm.
Adjournment Until Monday
NEW YORK, June 28.—Owing to
delay in the committee framing the
platform the convention adjourned
this afternoon until Monday. The
extreme hot weather has made the
Western delegates suffer greatly. A
conference is on between McAdoo ad- I
herents and the supporters of Gov
ernor A1 Smith, who is believed to
be the Western man’s strongest op
ponent.
It is expected the platform com
mittee will be able to report by Mon
day morning.
TRAVEL NORTH HEAVY
SEATTLE, June 28.—Travel to the
Northland is unusually heavy for this
time of year. The Canadian boats
are booked full until fall and the two
Alaskan lines are swamped with ap
plications for passage.
YACHT SAMONA 'ON WAY
WESTWARD VIA SEWARD
The yacht Samona, owned by W. J.
Hole, a retired millionaire of Balboa,
California is on her way to the west
and will call at Seward. The Sa
mona is in command of Capt. W. W.
Putta, who visited Seward in com
mand of the trading schooner Iskum,
which was seized by the Soviet au
thorities in 1922, and later was de
tained by Seward officials for having
a quantity of liquor aboard.
The Samona s i 15 fetl long with
18 feet beam having a gross tonnage
of 125 and 81 net. She is powered
with three Atlas Diesel engines of 100
horsepower e;Yh, driving the boat 10
knots or about 12 miles an hour. She
carries a crew of eight, and the only
passengers are the owner and his
wife.
UNSINKABLE SHIP CALLED
MYTH BY SEA AUTHORITIES
LONDON, June 25—No ship has
been built that can be truthfully des
cribed as unsinkable, according to Sir
Alan Anderson, noted English ship
ping authority and director of many
shipping companies.
Addressing the assembled delegates
to the International Shipping Confer
ence, here recently, he characterized
the unsinkable ship as a myth, and a
particularly dangerous myth by vir
tue of its inducing a false sense of se
curity. »
“A modern ship, properly handled,
would not sink unless she hit some
thing harder than water,” he declared.
“But, if she charged'another ship or
rock, or iceberg, she would sink in
spite of bulkheads, load-line and deck
cargo regulations, and lives' would be
in peril, in spite of life boats and the
rafts aboard.”
“The one absolute safeguard at sea
is a vigilant master; but bulkheads
and ether'precautions might mitigate
disaster.”
FOREST FIRES DESTROY
jM’KINLEY PARK CABIN
Two cabins at Mile 345, formerly
used as construction camps by the
railroad but lately occupied by Mich
ael Joseph Sullivan of McKinley Park,
were burned to the ground early yes
terday morning. A forest fire in the
vicinity is supposed to have caused the
blaze.
TO SPEND MILLIONS ON
PAPER MAKING TOWN
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 28
Raising of the hydroelectric dam at
Powell River1 and the construction of
a new wharf at a cost of $350,000 has
been contracted for< by the Armstrong
Morrison Company, recently taken
over by the Powell River Company.
The company is planning to spend
approximately $600,000 this year in
extension and improvement work to
the plant and townsite of Powell River
and plans for the completion develop
ment of the model paper making city
and plant are being laid to spread
over a period of three years, the to
tal expenditure being estimated be
tween $5,000,000 and $6,000,000.
WOBBLY PRISONERS ARE
IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., June 28—
Ninety-two Wobbiies in prison here
have been placed in solitary confine
ment for 12 days according to an
nouncement of the officials for dis
obedience to duties.
ADM .EVANS DUE TUESDAY
The steamship Admiral Evans is
due to arrive in port sometime Tues
day and will remain until after the ar
rival of the train.
MANY ROUND TRIPPERS
Many round trippers arrived on the
steamship Alaska today. A party of
17 who went over the Richardson road
are expected to reach Seward tomor
row.
STILLS FOUND AT SELDOVIA
Deputy Marshal James Hill and
Special Officer Shea swooped down on
Seldovia recently in a search for dry
law violators. The officers found
nothing wrong with the town but a
search to nearby woods disclosed two
stills, a quantity of mash, and 100
bottles of beer, none of which has as
yet been claimed by the owners.
STEAMSHIP ALASKA ARRIVES
The steamship Alaska arrived in
port about 1:30 o’clock this after
noon with a large passenger list and
considerable freight
CHAMBER EXCURSION
WILL BE BIG SUCCESS
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
| excursion to Bristol Bay and west
! ward points on the steamship Starr
I July 13th promises to be more suc
I cessful than its originators imagined,
a large number of members taking
j reservations. The latest acquisition
! to the ranks is Dr. J. W. Edmunds, of
I Seattle, a good fellow and a booster
j for Seward. The Doctor has mining
j interests near Moose Pass, and will
take advantage of the excursion to see
! the westward towns. Charley Hinle
and wife, John P. Hannon, Leon Ur
bach and A. E. Rucker have also se
| cured reservations, and the party will
be a jolly one.
Manager Henderson of the San
Juan Company has made a fare of
$100 for the round trip, requiring
over three weeks, and this rate in
cludes stateroom and meals, which is
cheaper than staying at home.
Portlock, Seldovia, Afognak, Ko
diak, Uyak, Kanatak, Chignik, Unga,
Akutan, King Cove, Unalaska, Port
Moller, and Dillingham will be ports
of call with a number of side trips
not yet known until the freight man
ifest is made up.
The trip is being made to become
acquainted with our neighbors to the
westward and it will give tourists
an opportunity to see a country that
was settled nearly the same time that
some of the eastern states were.
EUROPE OPENS CAMPAIGN
TO STOP EXPORTING ART
TREASURES TO AMERICA
PARIS, June 27.—The campaign
against the draining of Europe’s art
treasures by American collectors has
taken on new force since the depart
ure of Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, a well
known American connoisseur with
forty objects that formerly belonged
to Napoleon I at St. Helena.
The objects formed part of the so
called Vignani collection and were will
ed to the Abbe Paul Vignani who
administered the last sacrament to the
Emperor.
French papers comment bitterly on
the fact that more relice of Napoleon
are to be found in America than in
F ranee.
FAIRBANKS SLOWLY CHANGES
TO,SMALL MONEY TOWN
According to residents of the Inte
rior metropolis, Fairbanks is slowly
changing from a two-bit town to a
chicken feed camp, the railway being
responsible for the change by bring
ing numerous tourists to the town.
Paying two bits for small articles is
responsible for much adverse criticism
1 among these travelers and there is nc
question but that Fairbanks would be
! much better off if she adopted small
: change, and went after the business,
' Already several firms have adopted
coast prices and it is said others are
falling into line.
NEW RESORT BEING
BUILT ON GROUSE LAKE
Wm. S. Dryden, the local grocer,
is building a summer resort and
dancing pavilion at Grouse Lake
which should be popular with autoists
1 and picknickers. Soda pop, candies,
j ice cream and sandwiches will be kept
on hand and a good dancing floor will
i be maintained for those who enjoy
terpsichore. Grouse Lake is one of
: the most beautiful spots along the
• Kenai highway, and Mr. Dryden’s re
| sort will undoubtedly be popular with
the kiddies and their parents.
HONOLULU, June 27.—Island po
lice estimate that a thousand Filipinos
have walked out on a strike on seven
big sugar plantations.
NEW CHURCH AT SELDOVIA
The new M. E .Church building at
; Seldovia is being erected by Rev. R.
! B. V. Dunlap, is nearly completed and
j bill be a handsome structure.
■ CLERGYMN MAKES LONG
TRIP TO THE ARCTIC
_
DAWSON, June 27.—Rt. Rev. I. O.
| Stringer, Bishop of Yukon, and Mrs.
Stringer left yesterday for the Por
cupine where they will take a boat
to the head of navigation and pro
ceed overland to Fort McPherson,
thence down the Mackenzie to Her
schel Island. After visiting the vari
ous missions in the Arctic they will
go up the Mackenzie to the head of
Navigation and on to Toronto. The
trip will tike until September.
BRAZIL ALSO EXCITED
OVER JAP EXCLUSION
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28.—Pend
ing legislation in the United States,
to exclude Japanese immigration, has
caused widespread agitation in Bra
zil for similar action in this country.
Many newspapers are urging ex
! elusion of Japanese, and the Nation
| al Academy of Medicine has adopted
i a resolution urging amendment of the
' present immigration laws to restrict
j the Japanese quota annually to five
I per cent ,f the Japanese po.mration of
j Brazil. The resolution declares the
Japanese are a race that cannot be
assimilated and that Japanese immi
gration threatens the ec n omic stabil
ity of the country .
The agitation follows extensive ef
forts by Japanese to increase immi
gration to this country, following es
tablishment of Japanese rural colonies
in the state of Sao Paolo, where the
Japanese already have become pros
perous rice planters.
Nenana Has Chance
To Be Large Town
|
I
Nenana, the pretty little town on
the Tanana rive-*, where the railroad
crosses the artery to the lower Yukon
is a pretty little town with nice build
ings, good business houses and pro
gressive citizenry. The streets are
wide and clean and the town has an
air of prosperity at variance with the
reports spread by oldtimers of its de
eply. The commission has a number
of fine building- there and there are
tL-o a number of modern hotels and
restaurants.
Being at the junction of the rail
road and river, ad freight destined to
lower Yukon points, and passengers
making the lower or upper river
must necessarily stop over at Nenana.
Large shipments of Mayo ore have
been coming through the port of Ne
nana during teh past year, and nu
merous river boats touch there.
With its location Nenana should
become a town of great importance,
in time, and all reports as to her
poverty are apparently unfounded.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ERECTS HANDSOME SIGN
—
One of the neatest signs ever er
ected in Seward has been placed on
i the Seward dock this week. The
| sign which is about twenty-five feet
I long by twelve high is between two
massive pillars, and depicts Mt. Mc
Kinley with the Susitna river in the
foreground. The river is flowing be
tween precipitous bluffs and on its
banks stands a large bull moose.
The border of the sign bears the
words, “The Hunter’s Paradise,”
j “Fishing,” “Mining,’ “Pulp, Timber,
j Lumber,” at the bottom the words,
“Ask Seward Chamber of Commerce,’
giving information to the tourist and
big game hunter. A wire cable has
been stretched across the dock to
prevent autos crowding in.
The sign which is a work of art,
was made by Aron Ericson, local ar
tist. It has been copyrighted.
Mrs. George Donberg, Thelma Don
berg and Lambert Donberg arrived
on the Alaska. Mrs. Donberg is Mrs.
0. A. Johansen’s sister.
Charles D. Garfield, secretary of
the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce arrived on the
Alaska on a brief visit to Seward.
Mx\ Garfield visited Fairbanks during
the Midnight Sun excursion and came
out over the Richardson road with
Col. James G. Steese.
BRITISH FLYER FORCED DOWN.
RANGOON, India, June 28.—Major
Stuart MacLaren, British aviator, in
his flight around the world, was
forced down at Tavoy, Lower Burma.
He hopped off from Bangkok today.
CUTTER FIRES INTO BOAT;
SEVERAL BADLY HURT
SEATTLE, June 28.—The cutter
Areata fired a one pound sheel into
a feeing bootlegger’s speed boat off
Whidby Island today wounding four
rum runners, three of whom were se
riously burned when the gas tank
exploded.
POWER OFF TOMORROW
The power wil Ibe off from 8:00 a.
m. all day tomorrow. Consumers take
notice. S. M. GRAFF.
OREGON TIMBER LOSS
RUNS INTO MILLIONS
TILLAMOOK, Ore., June 25—The
forest fire on the Salmon-berry river
in the Enright-Cochran district, has
swept over an area of fir timber val
ued at more that two million dollars
and with the present crew exhausted
the only hope of checking the flames
lies in the enlistment of several hun
dred men, according to a message re
ceived here from District Fire War
den Batterson, who is directing the
battle against the fire.
The flames have reached the Mac-!
Pherson Logging company and with
the humidity there the situation is
rapidly assuming more serious pro
portions. Yesterday it was thought
the fire on the north side of the river
was under control, but this morning it
broke out with greater intensity than
before, reports here said.
72-YEAR-OLD PAINTER ON
HIKE TO HAMPSHIRE HILLS
PHILADELPHIA, June 25—Carry
ing a 72-pound pack, Herbert Welsh,
72-years old painter and publicist, is
hiking from his home in Germantown
to Lake Sunapee, N. H.
Monkey glands and other modern
medical aids have done wonders to
keep people youthful, but there is
nothing like walking as a panacea for
all ills, says Welsh, who is the son of
John Welsh, minister to Great Britain
under President Hayes.
EVERYBODY GOT GOOD CUT
FROM ORIGINAL JUDGMENT
In the district court at Juneau the
; other day judgment was granted E.
! Valentine ,against John Tupelli for
$5,750 balance due the plaintiff in fi
| nal settlement of his claims against
the defendant for moneys furnished,
| etc., in Tupelli’s famous suit against
the Chichagof Gold Mining Co. In all,
! for his assistance in the case Mr. Val
i entine received $27,000, having origin
| ally advanced something over $5,000.
The suit is said to have arisen over
! disputed interest payments. The
amount of the judgment was virtually
agreed upon by both parties to the
suit and is more than $1,000 less than
the amount asked for in the bill of
complaint filed in the local court sev
eral months ago. The judgment was
! given against Tupelli, John H. Cobb,
! as trustee, and Grover C. Winn, as
Tupelli’s guardian.
Judge James Wiekersham appeared
for Mr. Valentine, Messrs Cobb and
Winn, repi-esented the defense.
SLEMr TO REMAIN
SECRETARY TO COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, June 28.—C. Bas
com Slepm, secretary to President
Coolidge, reiterated his intention to
day of holding on to the job. Slemp
said he would not resign and would
remain active in campaign matters.
GIRDWOOD GIVES ANNUAL
PICNIC TO SEWARD PEOPLE
James Girdwood, one of the oldtim
ers of this section, who has been in
Alaska since 1886, gave a number of
Seward citizens a picnic at the lower
end of Grouse lake this week. Mr.
Girdwood has made an annual event
of his picnics, which are greatly en
joyed by his friends.
SALT CHUCK MINE ELECTRIFIED
With the arrival of a 50 horsepow
er Diesel engine together with com
plete electrical equipment, on the Ad
miral Rogers recently, the Salt Chuck
mine, the only mine in the country
producing palladium, will be so elec
trified that crews can work 24 hours
a day.
INTOXICATION BARRED
Supt. Pitt of the Premier mine at
Stewart, has issued an order to all
employes of the mine to cease patron
izing the Border roadhouse under
penalty of dismissal. He has already
fired several men and several fore
men have quit over the order. A gen
eral strike is talked of by the em
ployes who hold that it is none of
Mr. Pitt’s business how or where they
spend their money.
Veteran Navigator
Of Alaska is Dead
SEATTLE, June 28.—Captain Jas.
R. Doyle, prior to the world war mas
ter of various vessels in the Alaska
service died today following a long
illness.
PRINCESS PAT PARTY
RETURNS FROM TRIP
The gas boat Princess Pat, bearing
a hunting party from the States, ar
rived in port yesterday from the far
west, where they have beep the past
six weeks. The Princess l'at lcrt
Seward M«,y 12th, reaching Pavlof
Bay about May 18th. The main camp
was pitched at Pavlof bay, with sub
camps at Canoe Bay and one inland
from Pavlof. Rain and fog were en
countered the whole trip with the ex
ception of three or four days.
Capt. Andy Peterson was master of
the boat, with Pete Larsen of Unga,
and Howard Long of Seward as
guides. Five bears were secured, one
bein gextra large and all browns.
Very little hunting was done owing
to bad weather, the wind blowing so
fiercely as to make it nearly impossi
ble to hold a tent down to the ground.
Dr. Hardy remained at Grub gulch
for a few days hunt, and will reach
Seward on the Starr.
Mr. and Mrs .Jones, Mrs. Hardy
and R. Johnson will leave on the
Alaska tomorrow, and Capt. Peter
son w’ill leave Sunday morning for
Seattle with the boat.
ARCTIC MARRIAGES
ARE CAUSE TROUBLE
EDMONTON, June 27—The custom
somewhat prevalent in the Arctic of
a woman having two husbands, fol
lowred by the murder of one man by
the other, will take Jude Debuc of the
Alberta courts ,into the Arctic Cir
cle again this summer, repeating his
j experience of 1923, when he held the
first court of its kind at the Hersche!
Island police post.
; Judge Debuc and the judicial party
i will leave Edmonton sonrn time in
July. The story is a simple one.
Ikalukipiak, the accused, is to be
| tried for the murder of Havougach,
; the husband of Khattis. For three
I years Ikalukpiak lived with Khattis
and Havougach, and it is altogether
probable that following a custom pre
valent among these primitive people,
the two men shared Khattis as a com
mon wife
AFRICAN TOWN WILL HAVE
FREE NATURAL HOT WATER
JOHANNESBURG June 25—Wind
hoek, a small town in South West Af
rica, stakes its claim to be the only
town in the world that can boast of
a natural hot-water service.
Windhoek possesses a hot-water
mineral spring and by means of pipes
the spring is to be connected with the
water supply, making it possible at
any time 'of the day, without stoking
up the kitchen range.
The municipal authorities clain that
the water from the spring is most
healthful, and that the water is very
efficacious in cases of jaundice and
other similar complaints.
SON OF GOV. SHEAR LEY
IS VISITING TERRITORY
Fred E. Sheakley, son of the fourth
governor of Alaska, is visiting in
Sitka, accompanied by his wife and
son. The three autoed from San
Diego to Seattle. This is his twelfth
visit to Alaska the first one being in
1888.
HALIBUT BOAT WRECKED
According to word reeceived here
this week the halibut boat Wave was
wrecked in Metlakatla passage eight
miles from Prince Rupert this week.
The boat was a total loss but the crew
recovered the cargo and took it in to
Prince Rupert.
GUN CLUB MAY BE FORMED
Local shotgun enthusiasts are talk
ing of ofrming a club and purchasing
traps and clay pigeons for weekly
shoots. Anchoi-age is anxious to meet
the Seward club and will come over
any time an organization is effected
and place to shoot provided.
BRUSH FIRE CAUSES RUN
A brush fire at 7:00 o'clock this
morning caused the fire department
to make an early run. No damage was
done.
BLUEBERRY PETE DEAD
Peter Peterson, known over Alaska
as Blueberry Pete, died in St. Joseph’s
hospital in Fairbanks last week at an
advanced age, from natural causes.
Edith Hoag and Ester Johnston
were Port Ashton passengers on the
Alaska.