Heutan aily -
VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER 179
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 19,1923
PRICK 1’KN CKNTs
RESTFUL QUIET
SECRETARY HOOVER GOES FISH
ING; OTHER MEMBER TAKE
TO HILLS AND LAKES
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The transport Henderson, bearing
the Presidential party, sailed tor t al
dez at 2:00 o’clock this morning. A
large number of citizens were on the
dock, despite the early hour of leav
ing, and an enthusiastic farewell was
given the Nation s chief.
The President before sailing gave
orders that he be awakened as the
vessel went out Harding Gateway
nto the Pacific, that he might view
he great sign erected by Seward,
searing the name of the passage in 1
ioot letters, 250 feet long, “Harding
gateway.”
The Presidential party enjoyed
he day hugely, autoing, fishing, moun
ain climbing and shopping giving the
visitors a busy time. From 9:30 un
til 11, Secretaries Hoover and Work
held hearings in the Federal build
ing, after which the members scat
tered about town, each having his
good time in his own way.
Secretary Hoover and Senator E.
Chamberlin went down the bay fish
ing, catching 50 pounds of sea bass
and a number of silver salmon. The
secretary was delighted with his
catch and the camera men met him
on the dock and photographed it.
The President wandered over town
unattended, entering the stores and
investigating prices and stocks. In
the afternoon he attended Masonic
Lodge, and later in the day received
visitors, chatting unreservedly with
them on local affairs. A part ot the
day was spent on his Seattle speech,
after which he proceeded to enjoy
the beautiful weather. At nine o’clock
a salute of twenty-one guns was fired
by the town, TNT being used, the
echoes reverberating from side to side
of the bay, in an impressive manner.
President Harding walked into the
Hotel Sexton and examined the fine
collection of game heads, later regis
tering as a guest of the house.
Mrs. Harding spent the greater part
of the day in bed, reading and rest
ing from her interior trip. She sent
out numerous small tokens ol regard
to Seward citizens during the even
ing, and received a number of pres
ents.
Governor Bone visited about the
street with Sewardites, and enjoyed
himself thoroughly. The Governor
declared he would return to Seward in
about six weeks with his wife and
daughter, and would remain with us
^ a week or more.
Gov. Wm. Spry, commissioner of the
General Laud office, W. J. Donald,
secretary to Mr. Work, and George
Parks, head of the general land office
in Alaska, spent the day at Hawkins’ i
bungalow.
Gen. Chas. E. Sawyer and wife were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Sex
ton, and Miss Sylvia, taking an auto
ride out the Kenai road.
The Gateway and Gus Borgen enter
tained a part ot the newspaper con
tingent.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Jen
nings, Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Hugh Rod
man, W. V. Shipley, Admiral Hugh
Rodman, Chas. Michaelson, Arthur J.
Sinnott, Joe Mitchell Chappell, Mr.
Ball and Mr. Hoover’s secretary, to
gether with four nurses and Mr. Trues
dale.
A1 Davis placed his big Studebaker
at the disposal of Commissioner of
Education Tigert and friends.
Admiral Rodman, of the Navy,
spent the day at the lakes, in com
4' pany with Game Warden Cotter and
Roadmaster Colwell. He caught over
150 fine trout, some of them very
large ones, and was greatly pleased
at the splendid fishing.
Other officials were scattered about
among Seward homes, the list being
incomplete.
The day was one long to be remem
bered by Seward, and her guests.
George B. Christian, secretary to
the President, was on the bridge of
the Henderson this morning when the
vessel pulled out at 2 o’clock for Val
'i dez.
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BAND BOYS GIVEN NUGGETS
The civic committee presented each
of the boys comprising the U. S. Navy
band a gold nugget pin and Direc
tor Chas. Benter a gold nugget ring,
as a souvenir. The boys were greatly
delighted with the gift, and stated
Seward would surely hear from them
when they returned to Washington.
C. E. Orlander made up the nugget
stick pins.
WIFE SAYS TWAIN LIVES IN DIF
FERENT THOUGHT PLANE,
SO WANTS FREEDOM
SEATTLE, July 19.—Prof. Charles
Fuller Baker, celebrated zoologist and
dean in the College of Science at Ma
nila, has been named defendant in a
divorce action started in the Superior
court yesterday by Dr. Nita Baker, a
cousin of Former Vice President Mar
shal. Baker is a brother to Ray S.
Baker, noted writer.
“We live in a different thought
plane,” Mrs. Baker charged.
MOVING PICTURE MEN
RETURN FROM LONG TRIP
A. H. Young of San Francisco, and
Jack Young, of Oakland, who have
been touring Alaska taking moving
pictures of all its most prominent
places, were passengers for Seward
on the Watson this morning. They
have been all through the Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes and report an
exceedingly hard trip, wit£ very un
satisfactory weather. Although Ko
diak would be having ideal weather a
heavy cloud blanket hangs over Kat
mai constantly making it very diffi
cult to secure any pictures.
They went into the Valley rather
light of food, planning to live off the
country to a great extent. However,
they found no fish in the streams and
no game in the valley, so ran out of
food and have been forced to live on
clams for a number of days while
waiting for the boat. However, they
secured some good films and are fair
ly well satisfied with the trip. Today
they made a trip to the Seal Rocks
near Harding Passage. Mtessrs. Rob
ertson and Young in taking these
Alaskan pictures are trying to give
the people the best representation of
Alaska possible.
Bert Higgins, Moose pass operator,
returned to his work today after
spending the past vreek in Seward.
Duke Stubbs made a trip out the
line to Kenai this morning and will
return on one of the next trains.
Passengers arriving from the west
ward on the Admiral Watson were:
Miss Lillian Drumb, Mrs. W H Moo
dy, Mrs Alice M Law, Caroline White,
Sarah Riddle, C. H. Swanson, G. W.
Langer, J. Robinson, A. H. Young and
two steerage.
Outgoing passengers were:
For Seattle—Mrs. Margaret Grisse,
C. Burnette, Mrs. W. E. Rich, Mrs.
Wayne Blue, J. J. Finnegan, Mrs. N.
Moore, W Maza, C. E. Groetz, A.
Retzlef, C. N. Tutt, P. V. Smith, E.
M. Forrest, Jack Warren, Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Pence, J. E. Seur.
For Valdez—Sherman Duggan, J. P.
Morgan.
For Latouche—L A. Southerland,
Peter Van, B. J. Sholl, Mrs. G. Guile
son, N. Jahn, Geo. Gillison.
For Cordova—J. H. Bell, Wm. Davis.
Ketchikan—John Martin.
Additional for Seattle—Miss A. L.
Keller, G. N. Langer, Mrs. M. C. Ar
vin, Mrs. Sam Campbell, Geo. Lund.
For Kodiak—G. , Neilson, T. S.
Haynes, Capt. J. M. Lathrop.
For Seldovia—Mrs. J. S Billy.
For Latouche—Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Wentworth and children; Mrs. B. B.
Green and baby, J. S. Smith
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BE OPENED AUGUST FIRST IN
OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, SEATTLE
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Bids for
guttapercha insulated cable to replace
the old strand now doing duty be
tween Seattle and Sitka will be open
ed August 1 in the office of Chief
Signal Officer it was announced to
day at the War Department. A new
cable from Sitka to Seward will be
laid next year.
LETTERS IF Till:
efforts of Mr. Carle E. Orlander, in
Mr. Carl E. Orlander, the local jew
eler, is in receipt of the following let
ter from Director Chas. Benter of the
U. S. Navy Band:
“U. S. S. Henderson, July 18, 1923.
“My Dear Mi'. Orlander; In behalf of
the members of the United States
Navy band I wish to express our
thanks to the citizens of Seward for
the gifts of gold nugget stick pins.
Nowhere in Alaska have we been so
graciously received, and so generous
ly entertained, and we value very
highly the sentiment of good will and
friendship that are in keeping with
this token of our visit.
“I can assure you that the recep
tion tendered us in Seward has been
more than appreciated and it has
been a pleasure on our part to offer
you our best efforts. We feel that our
visit to Seward has been one that will
long be remembered and we shall re
call it with fond remembrances of
the friendships which we have estab
lished. In leaving Seward tomorrow
our last thoughts will be for a pros
perous and bigger Seward on our re
turn.
(Signed) CHAS. BENTER,
Director U. S. Navy Band, Washing
ton, D. C.
Office of the Commanding Officer, U.
S. S. Henderson, July IS, 1923.
Messrs. Orlander and Hoffman: The
officers and men of this vessel and of
the destroyers Corry and Hull, who
have shared your gift with us, join
me in extending my sincere thanks
for your generous gift to this vessel
of one thousand pounds of fish. Our
visit here has been most pleasant,
and the different activities which
have taken place during our stay,
music, baseball, boxing, etc., have, I
am sure, cemented a friendship with
the citizens of Seward which we of
the navy are proud to acknowledge.
“Please accept for yourselves, gen
tlemen, and thru you to the citizens
of Seward, the expressions of my re
spect and esteem.
“Very truly yours,
(Signed) ALLAN BUCHANAN,
Captain U. S. N.”
ENTERTAINS MUSICIANS
Mr. Gus Borgen entertained a num
ber of musicians from the U. S. Navy
Band in his rooms above the store,
Tuesday night. Also members of the
press last evening.
Elwyn Swetmann was presented
with a fine photograph and a history
of the transport Henderson, by officers
on the ship. The Henderson bore an
important part in the late war, hav
ing been abandoned once and having
many narrow escapes from being tor
pedoed.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Swetman and
Mrs. O. A. Johansen were dinner
guests last night aboard the Hender
son.
Before the sailing of the Starr Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Urbach entertained
Delegate Sutherland and Mr. Morris
of Juneau.
P. C. McMullen was a dinner guest
last evening of the officers of the
Henderson.
PROMINENT AUTHOR HERE
Joe Mitchell Chappelle, represent
ing the National Magazine, with the (
Presidential party, has been a guest
of Seward while the boat was in port.
Mr. Chappelle has promised some in
teresting articles on Seward and the
Territory, which will appear in the
McClures for September, the Cosmo
politan or Ladies Home Journal in
November and December, and in thej
Meti'opolitan for January. Mr. Chap
pelle is engaged on a biography of
President Harding.
ALiSiSWit
MOSTLY TO BE LET
LIKE 01 LIVES
SECRETARIES EXPRESS SENTI
MENTS OF ALASKANS AT
ANCHORAGE HEARING
ANCHORAGE, July 18.— “Within
three months we shall effect some
measure that will co-ordinate Alaska
better than heretofore, so that out of
this visit we may do something worth
while. Alaska has the building of a
great state.” So spoke Secretary
Hoover at a Chamber of Commerce
dinner here last night.
Secretary Work said he had discov
ered Alaskans do not want anything
but to be allowed to live here the
same as elsewhere.
The Department of Commerce in
tends to create an advisory board to
guide it in regard to Alaskan fisher
ies, Secretary Hoover announced. He
said that the board will be composed
of resident Alaskans, who will aid in
drafting regulations that will benefit
salmon canneries and fishermen as
well as conserving the fish of the
Territory.
AVIATOR HAS CHANCE OF HANG
ING UP RECORD ON PRESENT
LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT
NEW YORK, July 19—Lieutenant
Russel L. Maughan, on a dawn to dusk
flight from New York to San Fran
cisco left here at four o’clock this
morning. He refueled at Dayton, O.,
and resuming his flight at 9:00 pass
ed over Hannibal, Mo. At a quarter
past ten he was nearing St. Joseph.
Leaves St. Joe at Noon
ST JOSEPH, Mo., July 19.—Lieut.
Maughan arrived and hopped off from
here again at noon.
Nearing Denver at 3:00
OMAHA, July 19.—Lieut. Maughan
passed over Kearney, Neb., at 1:30
this afternoon and was nearing Den
ver at 3:00 o’clock.
NEW YORK, July 19.—A represen
tative group of progressives have con
ferred together and decided to back
William H. Kenyon of Iowa, now a
Federal judge, for the presidency.
Mrs. W. H. Moody and Alice M.
Laws wer^ passengers for Fairbanks
on the train this morning.
F. I. Reed, proprietor of the Hotel
Anchorage, accompanied by his son,
returned to his home in Anchorage
after making Seward a short business
trip.
F. A. Hansen, engineer of mainte
nance and construction, accompanied
by his wife, came over from Anchor
age in their Dodge Tuesday evening
and have been sharing In the Presi
dential activities.
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BUILT SEATTLE
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
WILL BUILD GIGANTIC
WHARVES
SEATTLE, July 19.—The construc
tion of a four million dollar ocean
terminal on the 25-acre site of the
Skinner & Eddy shipyards by the Pa
ciiific Steamship Company was an
nounced today by President Alexan
der. The site adjoint the Skinner &
Eddy plant No. 2 for which the Port
commission is now negotiating. Plans
drawn state that construction will be
gin this fall and continue over a pe
riod of three years.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Reports
received here today indicate that j
Secretary Work may at an early date
name Colonel Mears as operating head
of the Alaska railroad.
(Newspaper correspondents on the
Henderson believe the report to be
false, stating that Col. Mears was re
moved at the personal instiigation o,
the President and that it was hardly
possible he would be reinstated.)
Mrs. Alvah Eames will entertain
the Seward Bridge Club at the usual
time Friday afternoon at her apart
ments in the Brown & Hawkins
building.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair on coast; probably showers in
Tanana valley tonight and Friday;
warmer Tanana valley Friday.
TODAY’S FISH MARKET
SEWARD—Fresh halibut eight and
five cents.
KETCHIKAN —Fresh halibut 13,
10 and 8 cents.
SEATTLE—Fresh halibut, 1S!4 cts.1
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Skrivan of Val
dez who have been visiting friends in
Seward the past week, wrere passen
gers for Fairbanks this morning. They
will return in about ten days.
—
E. W. Wentworth, territorial fish
commissioner, accompanied by his
wife and two children, were thru pas-:
sengers on the Watson for Juneau.
Hotel Sexton—Warren G. Harding,
H. E. Sawyer, Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. May E. Sawyer, White Oaks
Farm, Marion, O.; Geo. A Parks, Jack
Warren, Anchorage; Andy Simons,!
Ivan L. Peterson,, S Fran, Henry Lu
cas, Skilak Lake; Theodore Honour,;
Washington, D. C.; E. M. Forrest,'
Alsiak; A. Retzlaf, Everett, Wn.; C
E Gratz, Seattle; Mrs Sam Campbell,
Long, Alaska; M. C. Arvin, Fairbanks,
W. Mazna, Seattle; C. W. Tutt, Healy
Forks; John E Ballaine, E E Cham
berlin, city; A H Young, San Fran
cisco; Jack Robertson, Oakland.
Hotel Seward—Mrs Harry Brown,
Roosevelt; Paul Holden, Curry; F. B.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. O M Cass, Miss
Agnes L Kelly, P V Smith.
Hotel Overland—W F Jacobson,
Mrs F Gillespie, Walter Giles,, Peter
Van.
Hotel Van Gilder—H P Sullivan,
Valdez; Frank Hoffman, Matanuska;
Mr and Mrs. F. A. Hansen, Anchor
age; Mrs Ralph T Keenan, Fair
banks; Mrs J Sharboro, Seattle; Lu
cille M Saxton, Minneapolis; Irene R
Hart, Seattle; W F Parish, Anchor
age; H McCarting and wife, Iowa;
Miss Ora Amble, Omaha; Mamie Eld
ridge, Dora Lidgate, Honolulu; J P
Morgan, Seattle; Clara Silvers, Wal
nut, la., Julia Carlson, Denver; Mrs
Frank Johnson, Anchorage, Mir. and
Mrs H Carlson, Anchorage; Chas W
Hawkesworth, Juneau, C D Pence and
wife, Chicago; C M Lamb, Anchor
age; F I Reed and son, Anchorage;
Sherman Duggan, Valdez.
V1RS. HARDING UNABLE RECEIVE
Mrs. Hoover, wife of the Secretary
ind Major O. M. Baldringer, military
ilde to the President, called upon
Mrs. L. V. Ray yesterday afternoon
to convey Mrs. Harding’s regrets that
she was unable to receive anyone
while in port. She spent the day in
bed recovering from the effects of the
long trip. She desired to thank the
ladies of Seward for their hospitality
and sent them her best wishes.
MATTER BE TAKEN UP BY PRESI
DENT ON RETURN FROM HIS
ALASKAN TRIP
MANILA, July 19.—A move in the
political crisis that yesterday stripped
the Philippine government of all its
leading Filipino officials is expected
to come from Washington, it is an
nounced today. A ruling is expected
here from the National capital on the
controversy.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Final ac
tion will be taken in Washington in
connection with the incident at Ma
nila, which resulted in the resignation
of the Philippine cabinet and council
of state as a protest against the poli
cies of Governor General Wood will
await the return of President Hard
ing from his Alaskan trip.
George A. Parks, chief of the land
department of this division, went
duck hunting yesterday, although the
season is closed. He procured one
bird. While out driving about Mile
11 he noticed a baby duck in the mid
dle of the road and brought it to Sew
ard. He found it had a porcupine
quill in its breast. Mrs. Sawyer, wife
of the President’s physician was pre
sented with it, and will take it to
White Oaks farm, at Marion, Ohio, if
it is possible to get it there alive.
SEATTLE, July 19.—With 225 pas
sengers, ^including 20 laborers for
the Alaska Anthracite Railroad, and
about 50 excursionists, mainly from
Iowa, the Admiral Evans sailed to
day. The following are for Seward:
Mrs. J. R. Cobb, Emily Protz, Mrs. W.
H. Howard, Master Howard, J. R.
Plegeley.
Capt. J. M. Lathrop was an outgo
ing passenger on the Admiral Wat
son.
Chas. Cooper left for Talkeetna this
morning. He will return in a week
or two.
PROMINENT AVIATOR COMING
Lieut. J. H. Stevens, commanding:
officer of the flying squadron of
southeastern Alaska, will arrive on
the steamship Northwestern to be a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reed.
Mr. Reed and Lieut. Stevens were
in the aviation service at Pecsacola
during the world war.
Now that our distinguished visitors
have left us and we are again back
in harness, endeavoring to catch up
with work left undone, while we en
tertained our visitors, we will have
time to appreciate the great honor
shown Seward by its being chosen as
a resting place for the President The
chief executive wandered about the
streets like a private citizen, unmo
lested by requests for patronage; the
members of the cabinet went fishing;
others took long auto rides or climb
ed Marathon, while numerous house
visits were made, and dinner invita
tions accepted. We believe our guests
enjoyed the last day better than any
other. Bright sunny ^skies, and cool
weather added to the enjoyment.
The way the Standard oil tanks are
going up and the magnitude of the en
terprise is gratifying to our citizens.