: X, NUMBER 154.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY JULY, 1, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
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£ GAINING STRENGTH IN TODAY’S BALLOTTING
loo Supporters Claim
e be Nominated Tomorrow
4unr Interests Prominent
YORK, July 1—William G.
YAi’oo ,addressing a rally held in the
interests of his candidacy, declared
that the liquor interests as well as
big g.'Pit business was seeking to
1 !ooc hi. nomination.
Two Candidates Eliminated
The seven.h and eighth ballots fail
'd t'' accomplish the nomination of
, ..ho received 442 votes to
vl Srnit1 261. Two favorite sons
v dnated, the first being Gov
o 'weet of Colorado ,his delega
i g to Smith and Senator Ken
.w ox Wyoming, whose delegation
-' divided between McAdoo and A1
raitu.
Recess at Ninth
At the end of the ninth ballot the
invention took a recess until 8:00
Vn< k last night .McAdoo received
'4, Smith 278, and John W. Davis,
ho began with 31 votes rose to 63.
'1 the campaign managers declared
•e satisfied with the result
lie oa noting which did not indi
;ng favorable to any can
Fcurteenth Ballot
. o fourteenth ballot with 1098
ing, McAdoo received 475, Smith
John W. Davis 64, Raison 31,
rwood to. Ritchie 17, Glass 24,
Cox 60, Robinson 19, Har
is o material change in the
, ballot and the convention ad
.urned until 10 a. m. tomorrow.
Governor Davis Withdraws
KVV YORK, July 1—Governor
is i. Kansas released his twenty
■gau-s to McAdoo while New Jer
.* changed her 28 votes from Silzer
i Smith.
McAdoo Gains Trifle
' ile McAdoo climbed to 478 in
• Ueenth ballot he dropped to
the seventeenth with 312 for
John W. Davis 64, Cox 60,
,» 44, Ralston 30, Robinson 28,
il* nvood 28. The aim of the
i managers to show a one-thiid
thus convincing McAdoo he is
,-ked in the nomination.
uri Deserts McAdoo
iORK, July 1—Missouri de
Adoo on the twentieth bal
thirty six votes for Davis
ginia. The results of the
McAdoo 432, Smith 307,
•rwood 45,. 732 votes
■> nominate McAdoo.
.ned six votes on the
lot and the twenty
show any material
a Carolina and Kansas
e reportc vering in their sup
)ort of Me/ jo.
NCW YORK, July 1—The dragging
^acit set by the leaders heartened all
the favorite son supporters to a hope
a deadlock and that the voters
.ould break away in a new direction.
McAdoo leaders say he will be nomi
ited today or tomorrow. Smith peo
hold their prediction that at seme
hr another their candidate will
OSS.
- LE TO PURCHASE
. CTOS FOR POLICE DEPT
CATTLE, June 30—The efficiency
it,tee of the council recommend
purchase of six automobiles for
ice department and the em
t of thirty-eight additional
n. Mrs. Landes told the com
,.'t the Taxpayers would not
sured that the Depart
,, vyu be efficient.
shingicaian Maker
of Best Speech
MEW YORK, June 30—Mrs. Aver
nl leavers of Kenewick, Washintgon
was acclaimed as the maker of the
acet speech. All she said when she
seconded the nomination of McAdoo
was “The State of Washington es
wsem# it a great honor to second the
omination of Wm. Gibbs McAdoo.
EFFORTS TO REVOKE
SOLDIER BONUS LAW
END IN FAILURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30—
The efforts of John Wheless to have
the Soldier Bonus law declared un
constitutional failed when Justice
Stafford of the District Supreme court
dismissed the injunction suit. Wheless
noted an appeal was to be made.
JAPANESE HAULS DOWN
AMERICAN FLAG, T0KI0
TOKYO, July 1.—An unidentified
Japanese today went into the Ameri
can embassy grounds and cut down
the American flag, carrying it off.
Jefferson Caffery, American charge
d’Affaires took the matter up with
the Japanese foreign minister de
manding replacement and an apology.
CANNIBALS EAT LIGHTHOUSE
KEEPER; FORCED TO ANCHOR
SAN FRANCISCO July 1—Because
cannibals had eaten the lighthouse
keeper on the island of Sokotra and
consequently no light was showing, j
the President Garfield of the U. S. S.
Shipping Board was forced to anchor
outside the island port all night and
was delayed one day, officials of the
Dollar Line advised.
Admiral Line Plans to
Extend Alaska Trade
SEATTLE, June 29—Grant E. Mc
Micken, passenger and traffic mana
ger for the Pacific Steamship Com
pany last week announced that the
company is considering plans to ex
tend the Alaska steamer excursion
from three to five months.
The plans cali for steamer service
from Seattle during the months from
May to September, starting a month
earlier and continuing one month lat
er.
The steamship official states that
insistent and growing demands from
the man ytourists caused the proposed
addition. The company was unable to
accommodate the demands this season,
he stated.
TORNADO HITS BELFAST
BELFAST, July 1—A terrific tor
nado struck Belfast yesterday, wreck
ing many buildings and injuring a
number of people.
New Foreign Minister
Appointed to Denmark
.KEYSTONE VIEW CO.. NEW YORK
COPENHAGEN, July 1—Count
Carl von Moltke, who holds the port
folio of Minister of Foreign Affairs
in the new Labor abinet formed in
Denmark by Theodore Staning. Count
von Moltke is married to the former
Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer, of
Boston, Mass. '
CORVRIOMT KCYETONE VIEW CO. HEW YORK
GREAT FRIENDS
Premier Mussolini, of Italy, alwa ys finds time to play with his pet
lion cub, who will let nd one pet him but his master. Photo shows the
Premier and his pet having a little p lay in the Rome Zoo, where the'lion is.
COMMANDER SMITH
FRACTURES A RIB
WASHINGTON, July 1.—Comman
der Smith of the American flying
squadron fractured a rib in Allahabad
today while walking around the town
but states that he will be able to
continue his flight.
Army Planes Hare Left
For Allahabad, India
CALCUTTA, India, July 1—Three
American army planes this morning
for Allahabad, British India. * ,
ALASKA SAILS WITH
LARGE LIST FOR STATES
The steamship Alaska sailed south
about 3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon
with an unusually large list consid
ering the time of year. A large num
ber of round trippers were also on
board. The vessel loaded about 200
tons of halibut at the San Juan dock
before sailing south. Her passen
gers from Seward for the various
ports were:
For Latouche—R. Brown, Mrs. W.
T. Jacobson, Chas. Karadich, Mike
Stanton,
For Valdez—H. P. Sullivan, A. J.
Dimond, S. O. Casler, Wm. Donald
son, H. Tindail.
For Cordova—Mrs. W. Moore, Joe
Perrin, Mrs. C. M. Carrigan, J. G.
McCrea, C. M. Hall, Nellie Coleman,
Harry McCain.
For Juneau—Wm. L. Bogue, Gus
Gelles, Leopold David,T. E. Walker.
Chas. Atzingich, Wm. Butler.
For Ketchikan—E. S. Gaines, Joe
Johnston.
For Seattle—Otto Johnson, L. M.
Hill, Mrs. L. M. Hill, Jos Lyons, L.
Larrson, Mrs. Ludwiz Larssen, W. B.
Cerbon, K. Johnson, Miss L. E. Bor
rell, Richard Harper, Mrs. Blanche
E. Borrell, Richarp Harper, Carl B.
Eielson, R. W. Calderliead, A. C. Ol
son, Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Jones,
J. E. Tuttle, A. W. Bainbridge R. R.
Redmond, C. Ruddiford, Henry Rap
polt, Mrs. G. B. Smith, Mrs. Jerry
Gilpatrick, W. J. Buckley, Miss Wil
coxson, Mrs. H. H. Wilcoxson, H. H.
Wilcoxson, Mrs. M. B. Thompson, M.
F. Setters, Mrs. Setters, Miss Set
ters, W. H. Graves, Mrs. J. C. Hardy.
Miss A. E. Rhoades, Caroline Larson,
Mrs. Fitzwilliams, P. S. Slocum, Mrs.
.T. N. Nielson, Tom Morgan, Mis. J.
R. Reagh, Wm. R. Lewis, Mrs. Lyle
Larson.
SIX DROWN WHILE BATHING
SEATTLE, June 30.—Six including
Carl Koepfli, a university student,
were drowned Sunday while bathing
in nearby waters.
STORES TO CLOSE
ON JULY FOURTH
The following merchants have all
agreed tp close their places of busi
ness on July Fourth.
Banbury & Ogle, Frye Bruhn Com
pany, Flowers’ Grocery, Carstens
Packing Company, C. E. Orlander, L.
Urbach, Ellsworths, J. L. Graef, P. C.
McMullen, Brown & Hawkins Corp.
Do your shopping early so the store
keepers can enjoy themselves.
MORE THAN SCORE
PRISONERS ESCAPE
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 1—More
than a score of prisoners led by H.
Diggs Nolen, a notorious police char
acter escaped from the Shelby county
jail hese last night. They dug a tun
nel under the jail in the rear wall and
escaped through while guards were
on the other side of their beat. Nolen
is wanted in several states for crimes
committed in the last few years, and
was being held here for trial.
MUST ALLOW INSPECTION
OF PACKING CO. BOOKS
CHICAGO, June 30—The Federal
Court issued a mandate ordering all
Packing Companies to allow Depart
ment of Agriculture officials to in
spect their books.
TWO KILLED IN AIRPLANE
AKRON, Ohio, June 30—Miss Wil
da Wickersham and Howard E. Cal
vert of Cuyoga Falls and Median, 0.,
were killed last night when the air
plane in which they were riding fell
one thousand feet.
Mrs. Wm. J. Muirhead
Divorced From Major
SEATTLE, July 1.—Mrs. Muirhead,
wife of Major William J. Muirhead,
secured a divorce from her husband
today on the ground that he had con
sorted with Mrs. Derby, whose hus
band, Henry, now divorced took sev
eral shots at the Major while he was
dining with Mrs. Muirhead in the
Gerald Cafe.
ANCHORAGE HAS FIRST
AEROPLANE CIRCUS
Soaring high overhead, the first lo
cal commercial airplane made its ini
tial appearance in Anchorage skies
Friday evening, when Noel Wien cut
up in the air various stunts for the
benefit of Anchorage people. Tail
spins, looping the loop, verticle banks
and wing-overs were performed with
remarkable ease and accuracy by the
daring youth, who for ten minutes
thrilled all on the ground.
Wien will fly the Fourth of July,
taking up passengers ,and expects a
busy day.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
MOUNT VERNON, July 1—John
Kanaga, a brother of Mrs. Rene Is
berto, whose body was found floating
on a skiff in Thatcher Pass Monday,
was arrested and held on open charge.
No trace has been found of Shaddrach
Wooten with whom she was last seen
alive.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
Water will be shut off tomorrow
morning from 6 to 9 on Adams street
from the Bank of Seward corner, in
cluding Federal building, depot, light
company and Fifth avenue. Consum
ers will govern themselves accord
ingly. *
JOHN NELSON, Supt.
FOREST FIRES IN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1—Forest
fires, which are out of control are
burning from Truckee to the heart of j
San Barbara county a distance of 300j
miles. Several national forests and
national reserves are endangered.
RECEIVES LOVING CUPS
SAVING LIVES JAPANESES
OAKLAND, July 1—Mrs. Eva B.
Townsend, a resident of Piedmont, a
suborb of Oakland, has received two
loving cups from the Japanese gov
ernment for presentation to her son,
Ward Townsend in appreciation of his
act in saving the lives of two Japan
ese sailors of the Port of Yokkaichi,
in Japan, August 27th, 1921.
Steamer Admiral Evans
In Port Southbound
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived in port today about ten o’clock
and will leave tonight southbound fol
lowing the arrival of the train. The
Evans has been as far west as Alitak,
where she carried a cargo of 100 tons
of coal for the cannery, and also call
ed at Uzinkie and Uganik. Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Cuddy and sons, and Mrs.
S. 0. Casler of Valdez, are making the
trip on the Evans, and Mrs. Wayne
Blue and son Burdette, Mrs. Emelie
Weybrecht and Mrs. H. B. Selby of
Seward are passengers. A large crowd
of excursionists are aboard the Evans.
Outgoing passengers from Seward
will be given tomorrow.
Aviator Will Return
To New York Soon
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1—Lieut
enant Maughan proposes to refly to
New York from here, in easy stages.
Regarding the flight he said the in
clination to sleep, caused by the buzz
of the engine which synchronizes with
the drone of the wind as the plane
goes along, was almost unbearable
The noise makes a little lullaby which
causes a feeling of drowsiness. He
figured the cost in gas and oil was
102 dollars.
ERECTION OF WIRELESS
IN JAPAN HAS STARTED
SAN FRANCISCO July 1—Officials
of the Federal Telegraph and Tele
phone Co., announced that construc
tion of five wireless stations in China
had already begun. Much trouble was
caused in diplomatic circles about a
year ago over the concessions granted
the Federal Company, Japan, claim
ing that a Japanese concern had a
prior right from the Chinese govern
ment for the right to construct and
operate wireless stations in that
Country.
MOTORSHIP SINKS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1—The
motorship Mary Hanlon, enroute from
Albion, Cal., to the Azore Islands,
foundered and sank at midnight last
I night of the Mendocino coast. All ten
' of the crew were saved by their life
boats. , : '
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Veteran Navigator of
Coast Dies in Seattle
I ______
SEATTLE, June 30—Captain John
J. Doyle, veteran navigator for the
Pacific Steamship Company and the
Northwest Fisheries company, died
here Saturday. As a naval command
er he was in charge of the Transport
Westover when the Germans torpedo
ed her on July 11, of 1918 and later
was Lieut. Commander and Pilot of
shipping in French coast waters.
LUNCHEON ENGAGEMENT
MADE 20 YEARS AGO
KEPT BY ’04 GRADUATE
BELLINGHAM, July 1—Twenty
years ago Robert Robbins, member of
the graduating class of the Whatcom
High school in 1904, left Bellingham
by boat just before graduation /xer
cises were held. He was urged by
Hugh Rickerson, another member of
the class and a close friend, to re
main for the commencement exercis
es. .
“Can’t do it,” said Bob, but I’ll tell
you what I’ll do. Twenty years from
today, Til take you out to dinner.’
Last night Robbins, who operates a
general merchandise store at Silver-;
dale, near Seattle, motored to Bel-j
lingham to keep the appointment ^
which Kickerson long ago had forgot-1
ten and today the latter was the,
guest of his old schoolmate at lunch-1
eon. Robbins left for his home this
afternoon.
Seattle Mayoress Is
Busy Cleaning House
SEATTLE, July 1—Mrs. Henry
Landes, Seattle’s temporary Mayoress
clurin glhe absence of Dr. Brown, who
is attending the Democratic National
Convention in New York, defended her
dismissal of Police Chief W Severyns,
saying she had not time to make any
other appointment to take his place
and that a special emergency exist
ed justifying her course.
A dispatch from Dr. Brown was pub
lished saying “Severyns is all right,
and he will be put back just as soon
as I can get home.” Inspector Joe
Mason, who automatically became the
new chief of police, on the retirement
of Severyns, has been quoted as say
ing that the Department was conduct
ed as it should be, under Severyns and
he saw no changes to be made when
taking charge.
Mrs. Landes names Captain Claude
G. Bannick, former chief, as her aide
with the title of acting chief.
Making Cleanup
After Chief of Police Bannick had
been ordered to clean up the city yes
terday by Mrs .Landes ,acting Mayor
ess, seven clean-up raids were stag
ed in which seven prisoners were tak
en, constituting the tally after her
first clean-up.
Three captives were accused of liq
uor offenses, three of gambling and
one held for investigation after his
liquor store was seized.
Immediately after Mrs. Landes took
office a general exodus of gamblers,
bootleggers and other misperformers
began, according to statements.
Bannick named a special dry squad
to survey law enforcement and all
will report to him. He said the ad
ditional forces which Severyns had
requested and which were refused by
the city council, were to small. He
declared thirty additional patrolmen
were needed to cope with disorders,
and four more automobiles were need
ed to prevent holdups and convey the
larger shipments of money.
Brown telegraphed his secretary
Dalby to have a new commission
drawn up to place Severyns back as
chief and ready for him to sign as
soon as he gets off the train from
New York city.
At the city hall here it was recalled
in 1910 when Max Arball, then Pres
ident of the council, acting as mayor
in the place of Hi Gill, similar to
Mrs. Landes’ present position, remov
ed Chief of Police Wappenstein when
Gill was on a Yachting trip on the
Yacht Ranier belonging to the Seattle
| Brewing and Malting Co. Gill re
stored Wappenstein when he return
ed but Wappenstein was accused of
taking money for permitting evil
practices and sent to the penitentiary
later.
Sevcryns Reinstated
j SEATTLE, July 1—Severyns, re
moved a week ago by Mrs. Landes, as
; acting mayor, was reinstated chief of
police by Mayor Brown today, upon
the latter’s arrival from New York
' this afternoon.
American Flyers Are
Making Good Time
ALLAHAGAD, India, July 1—Lieut
Smith, Nelson and Wade, American
flyers, arrived here today from Cal
cutta. The men are in fine spirits and
confident of making the flight suc
cessfully. Commander Smith stated
that from India to England fine fly
ing weather would be expected.
Free For All Fight Results
in Injuries for Two Men
LONDON, June 30—Newspaper re
ports from Torquay say a free for
all fight between American and Fili
pino sailors from the American war
ships at Torquay, was waged last
night. The trouble started in a dance
hall. Two American Sailors were re
ported knifed.
DERTTON WINS OVER FRUSH
PARIS, July 1—Fred Dertton, light
weight champion of Europe, defeated
Danny Frush in the 8th round of their
scheduled 20-round fight. Frush, who
defeated Eugene Criqui of France a
short time ago, was unable to respond
U> the bell.