Semard Dnily Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 271
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
FLAPPER PARTY
AT LOS ANGELES
FATAL ENDING
FIGHT RESULTS OVER AUTO COL
LISION AND MAN’S SKULL
IS FRACTURED
SEATTLE, Oct. 3 (JP)— A Post-In
telligencer dispatch from Los Angeles
tells of a preliminary hearing in a
justice court yesterday of Frank
Browne, with whom Theodore Han
^ son and his son, Ole, engaged in a
list fight at a “flapper party” staged
by a number of young movie actors
and actresses. Hanson wept as he re
lated how Ole was taken to the hospi
tal with a badly fractured skull.
A number of gaily dressed flappers
dressed in tight, black felt hats, at
tended the hearing.
It developed that seven or eight
couples attended a party at the home
of Wilfrid Butts, junior, at Santa Mo
nica Canyon Saturday night, among
whom were Frank and Ted Browne,
amateur boxers. Robert Lafollette
Hanson, a younger brother to Ole, at
tended with Sammy Rosenstein, fly
weight boxer. Browne swore he hit
Ted once in self defense, but said that
\ kfter the fight “we made up and Ted
* kissed me on the forehead. He hit
my automobile and then tried to
square the repair bill with twelve
pints of liquor.”
One of the girls testified that the
liquor was spiked, and said that Ted
filled a quarter of a glass of alcohol
with orange juice and swollowed the
contents without stopping to draw a
breath.
Young Hanson may die.
' ALASKA NATIVES
MAKE HEADWAY
BUREAU OF ED.
ASKS THAT APPROPRIATION FOR
PERIOD OF YEARS BE PRAC
TICALLY DOUBLED
SEATTLE, Oct. 3 (JP)—Arthur Mil
^ ler, assistant chief of the Alaska divi
sion of the Bureau of Education, an
nounced that Jonathan Wagner, chief
of the division, has gone to Washing
ton, D. C., to appeal to congress for
doubling the appropriation for Alaska
native schools.
“The natives show an encouraging
response to experimental instruction,
and already are expert boat builders
and weave fish nets, make stoves,
and are well versed in gas engineer
ing, radio and other vocational lines
* adapted to Alaska,” said Mr. Miller.
“We have every reason to be confident
that additional money will be allowed
our department.”
Mr. Miller said that 86 government
schools in Alaska had an enrollment
of approximately 3,000. The schools
opened last month with 320 teachers.
Baychimo Free of Ice
* and Working to Safety
VANCOUVER. B. C., Oct. 3 (£>)—'The
schooner Baychimo, which was caught
in an ice pack in the far northern wa
ters, from making a trip from Her
scheel Island to Vancouver, is now
free of ice and is beating south, ac
cording to a message received here
today. The vessel of off Tangent
Point with good prospects of round
ing it into safety.
JUNEAU GIRL DROWNS
Verne, the small daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Johnson, was drowned
last week at Juneau. The child had
wandered away from its home and fell
into the water from the end of the
street.
LETTER CARRIERS TO MARK
ROUTE OF OLD R. F. D.
HOPE, Ind., Oct. 2. (IP)—'The Indi
ana Rural Letter Carriers Association
has planned to erect a monument to
mark the site of the oldest rural free
delivery in the United States, which
was started 29 years ago.
Two experimental routes were
started a year before the Hope pro
ject, but they since have been aban
doned. while the route out of here has
continued without interruption.
Not a record is available in the
Hope postoffice that establishes the
exact date of starting the route. All
postmasters who knew the story are
dead and Raleigh Norman, the first
carrier was killed in an automobile ac
cident a year ago.
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ATTENTION WITNESSES!
The District Attorney desires
that all Government witnesses
in all cases report at the U. S.
Attorney’s office, in the Feder
al Building tomorrow (Sunday)
at 1 p. m.
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DEATHTOLLOF
SUBMARINES 51
STANDS AT 33
BOAT FILLED WITH WATER AND
MANY BODIES WASHED OUT
AND FLOATED TO SEA
NEW LONDON, Conn., Oct. 3 (JP)—
The death toll on the sinking subma
rine stands at 33. Rescue work has
ceased following the discovery that
the boat is filled with water from
stem to stern. Salvage work of rais
ing the ship will begin as soon as the
bodies are taken from the wreck,
j The fifth body recovered from the
sunken submarine S-51 was that of
Engineman Paul Berk. It was fully
! dressed and with in the engine room
atop the cylinders. Apparently he -was
, on watch. Divers started to work
j early this morning in an apparently
I smooth sea despite the rain, but the
! sea soon bedame rough and operations
j ceased before noon. The vessels en
I gaged in the rescue work were ordred
1 to return to port.
j Captain King, commander of the sub
base to which the S-51 was attached,
declared that most of the crew of the
submarine would be unaccounted for
ion account of being washed away.
He said a number of the men would
be on deck and in the conning tower,
and believed that at least 15 were
thrown into the water.
KILKENNY HONORS AMERICA
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 2 (JP)—Kil
kenny Corporation has conferred the
freedom of the city on Chevalier Pat
rick Haltigan, reader of the House of
Representatives at Washington. His
father, John Haltigan, was a leader
in the Fenian movement and the mon
ument to the latter in St. Patrick’s
cemetery, Kilkenny, has been a shrine
of pilgrimage for Kilkenny National
ists.
BERLIN RE-ENGAGES COACH
BERLIN, Sept. 30 (/P)—'Ted Sulli
van, former champion sculler of Eng
land, Australia and New Zealand will
resume his position as trainer for the
Berlin Rowing Club October 1. He
trained the club’s crews for three
years before the world war.
PULP MILL STARTS WORK
The manufacture of pulp will be re
sumed at the Alaska Pulp and Paper
Company’s plant at Speel river in 30
days according to announcement made
at Juneau recently. The mill is now
being put in readiness for operation
it was stated. Lack of market for its
product forced the mill to suspend op
erations some two years ago.
COURT OFFICIALS
ARRIVE SEWARD;
FOR COURT TERM
JUDGE E. E. RITCHIE HEADS LIST
OF ARRIVING OFFICIALS—
JURORS AND WITNESSES.
COURT MAY LAST THREE WEEKS
Many Cases On Court Calendar
Court Convenes at 10 A. M.
Monday.
E. E. Ritchie, judge of the Third
division, who will sit on the bench
during the Seward term of the Dis
trict Court, accompanied by Warren
N. Cuddy, clerk of the Court; Harry
G. McCain, assistant district attor
ney; Mrs. L. B. Millard, deputy clerk;
Mrs. D. B. Chase, court stenographer;
Stephen O. Casler, chief deputy U. S.
marshal, and Deputy Marshal Con
rad from Latouche, arrived in Sew
ard last evening on the steamer Al
aska.
U. S. District Attorney Sherman
Duggan arrived in Seward last week,
and has been over in Anchorage on j
official business. He returns this!
evening. Marshal Harvey Sullivan is
now in the States and will be late
in arriving for the local court term.
Captain Cole, of the Bureau of Fish
eries vessel, Kittiwake, arrived in
port last evening from Cook Inlet,
in connection with the numerous fish
cases which are on the court calen
dar. The heads of some of the can
nery companies involved also arriv
ed on the Alaska. Numerous jurors
came in on the Alaska last evening
while others will arrive on this even
ing’s train from the Anchorage dis
trict.
Court will convene at 10 o’clock
Monday morning, in the Federal
Building court room, and according
to previous announcement, may last
for three weeks.
Hold-Over Fish Cases.
The court calendar will consist
mainly of the hold-over fish cases as
follows:
U. S. vs. Henry Emard.
U. S. vs. Libby-McNiel.
U. S. vs. Northwestern Fish Co.
U. S. vs. Iimlach Packing Co., of
Sawmill Bay.
U. S. vs. O’Brien Fish Co., of Saw
mill Bay.
There will also be some misdemean
or cases come up for appeal, it is
expected. It is also believed there
will be a few civil cases on the cal
endar, such as forfeiture of vessels
and fish traps. It is possible, in ad
dition to the cases mentioned that
small appeals from the commission
er’s court may also come up before
the court term.
Root Warns Convention
Quarrels Must Cease
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 3 (£>)—
Elihu Root warned the convention of
Interallied Parliamentary Uunions
that controversies and quarrels be
tween nations are certain to come, and
not mere agreements to have these
things happen. Any arrangement
looking toward the elimination of con
troversies would be futile.
YUKON SAILS AT
9 FOR SEWARD
SEATTLE, Oct. 3 (#»)—The steam
ship sailed at 9 o’clock this morning
for Seward and way ports with 57
passengers aboard. Those for Seward
are: Mrs. H. G. McCain, A. C. Lind
say, C. F. Lindsay, Lois Price, Charles
Payne, Ruth Peterson, Mrs. F. Peter
son, P. A. Woldren, George B. Blair,
I. G. Naylor, Mrs. Myrtle Coleman
and two steerage.
CORN SUBS FOR SNOW IN MOVIES
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 2 (£>)—
There are few commodities that some
time or other do not find their way
into motion pictures. Another of the
many uses to which corn is put is ar
tificial snow flakes for winter film
scenes, which are manufactured in a
mill here. The owners of the mill
have received orders for large quan
tities of white corn flakes, the making
of which has become an important
part of their business.
BRITAIN FEARS
BALDWIN WAS
EASY WITH U. S.
SAYS SETTLEMENT FRENCH DEBT
ON TERMS PROPOSED WILL
AFFECT GREAT BRITAIN
—
LONDON, Oct. 3 (/P)—Newspapers
here fear the temporary debt settle
ment between France and the United
States will affect most unfavorably the
French debt to Great Britain, and se
verely criticised Premier Baldwin for
i his hasty generosity to the United
States when he arranged the payment
of the British debt. The papers de
clare that Great Britain was bluffed
by America and deplored the fact that
England did not posse’ss a finance
minister as astute and courageous as
Caillaux.
The steamer Alaska arrived in port
from Seattle last evening at 11:15 o’
clock.
ALL BlIT SEVEN
ENTOMBED MEN
DIG OUT TUNNEL
MANY BADLY INJURED WHILE
SIX NEGROES AND ENGINEER
OF TRAIN ARE DEAD
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 3 (itp)—All but
seven workmen trapped in the collapse
of the railroad tunnel at Jefferson
Park near here, escaped from their
involuntary tomb by digging out to
safety. Many were seriously injured
by falling debris. Tom Mason, engi
neer of the work train and six negro
workmen are dead. Three gangs of
men are clearing the tunnel.
Benjamin Moseby, fireman, caught
when the tunnel collapsed, died here
today, shortly after being rescued. A
check up shows all but seven of the
40 entombed men escaped.
MAILPLANEAND
FLYER ARE LOST
BELLEFONTAINE, Pa., Oct. 3 (/P).
1 The search for Charles H. Ames, flyer,
and his mail plairte, who disappeared
Thursday night 30 miles east of New
York, while flying to Chicago, is still
under way. It is believed that Ames
may have become confused and flown
north into some isolated district.
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FABULOUS GOLD MINE OFFERED UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT; DYING PROSPECTOR PLANS TO
REVEAL RICH “BANK OF MONEY” NEAR SUNRISE
FROMER SUNRISE DISTRICT GOLD MINER, LANGUISHING
IN CALIFORNIA ALMSHOUSE, SAYS GOLD CACHE'
IN ALASKA IS THE LARGEST IN WORLD
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A dying man in a California alms
house has offered the government untold wealth. It is gold, buried
in his claim in Alaska, he says. And officials here are inclined to
take him seriously.
Jens ITarold Jensen, 91-yer-old prospector, trapper and sailor,
in his letters to the Navy Department, makes only one condition—
the government must work the claim and take out the gold which
he has seen there in great banks.
After months of study, he hasl
prepared maps for the government’s
guidance.
His story of the claim and how he
found it, is a tale of high adventure,
hardship and tragedy. Ship-wrecked
pursued by bandits and broken in
spirit, Jens -wandered up and down
the Pacific coast. When the great
Alaskan gold rush started in ’97,
the friendless man started toward
the frozen north. Two years of pros
pecting followed—ever searching,
never finding.
Then one winter’s night he drag
ged himself into the bleak trading
post of Sunrise. He had been with
out food for weeks, except game he
had killed. He hoped to trade the
furs he had saved for a grubstake
and tools to replace those lost in a
wreck off Cook Inlet.
Meets Miner.
At this |)ost he met Charles Swen
son. Swenson had found gold but
treachery of a former partner had
left him stranded. That partner had
taken their small food supply and
deserted him, just as winter settled
down.
“Swenson approached me, and we
talked for a long while,” Jensen re
lates in one of his letters. “As a re
sult I there swore before God never
during the Retime of Swennen to
divulge the location of the claims,
which we were to share.”
When the winter lifted the two
men set out from Sunrise with sup
plies and equipment. That summer
they located and filed the claims.
In the fall Jensen took his share
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of the gold they had mined and re
turned to the United States. After
that he made 15 trips to Alaska,
mining each time enough gold to
carry him over until his next jour
ney.
Writes Navy Department.
Jensen has been in communication
with the Navy Department since
1916. First he wrote to Secy. Dan
iels regarding the possibility of a
naval attack on the unprotected Pa
cific coast. Later he wrote of his
Alaskan claim.
Hydrographic maps were sent to
the satisfaction of the experts here.
On one map he drew a large hand
pointing to the direction of his
claim, with the caption, “Uncle Sam,
the gold is here.”
The death of his partner has re
leased Jensen from his solemn prem
ise not to divulge the claim’s loca
tion. Now, as a naturalized citizen,
he wants “to turn it over to the
greatest government in the world.”
Money Can’t Help Him.
This dying Swede, friendless in
i an almshouse, says he does not
want to sell his rich mine, because
the money cannot help him now.
Naval authorities have assured
him they will investigate his claim
at once, an unusual commitment be
cause the government is besieged by
“cranks” with schemes and offers
which cursory scrutiny discloses to
be worthless.
Meanwhile, Jensen says another
Alaskan gold rush is coming and It
will be in the direction of Sunrise.