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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 196
SEWARD. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1923
PRICK TEN CENTS
BODY OF PRESIDENT
LIES 111 STITE IN
DRAPED WITH BLACK CLOTH,
CAISSON BEARING BODY SLOW
LY MOVES TO CAPITOL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—The body
of the late President Harding today
made its last solemn progress down
Pennsylvania avenue from the White
House to the capitol, over the hallow
ed route which has been traversed by
so many of the Nation’s^ great in life
and in deathh. At 10:19 this morning
a marine bugler standing at attention
beneath the pillared portico of the
President’s manison. sounded a call,
and instantly from the Marine band
at the gates came the ruffle of drums,
and at that moment the doors of the
White House swung slowly open and
the flag-wrapped casket appeared,
borne by twelve soldiers. The Presi
dent was leaving for the last time
the place where for more than two
years he resided as chief of the Na
tion, starting back to the capitol
where he served as senator; thence
to go back to his Marion, Ohio, home.
Train Arrives in Washington
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—Harding’s
funeral train, freighted with sorrow
of the nation reached Washington at
ten twenty-two o’clock last night and
although nine hours late, thousands of
people jammed the concourse.
The train backed into the station so
that the funeral car with its flag-drap
ed casket rolled in first to stop where
a little group headed by President
Coolidge waited.
The lights in the funeral car cast a
bright glow in the big train shed upon
the faces of thousands of sorrowing
friends.
Mrs. Harding stepped olf her private
car leaning on Christian’s arm, and
with Dr. Sawyer on her other side.
The band in the concourse began play
ing, “Nearer My God, to Thee,” Mrs.
Harding walking erect but slowly
along the platform, needing no sup
port, having stood the trip well.
Body Reposes in Rotunda
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—The body
of the President was carried from the
station and lifted to a black draped
gun cassion while troops composing
the escort sal with sabres lifted high
in salute. Then the troops turned
slowly and led the inarch to the
Whitehouse. Six bay horses drew the
caisson.
President Coolidge and Speaker
Gillette rode in the first car follow
ing the casket; Wm. H. Taft and
Secretary Hughes rode next, and the
newspapermen of the Harding party
walked beside the Coolidge car. A
picked guard of Tionor walked beside
the caisson.
Thousands upon thousands of per
sons lined the street, no sound being
heard in the utter hush save the
click of the horses hoofs and the rum
ble of the gun wheels on the pave
ment.
The casket was taken to the East
room of the White House, which was
banked with flowers. 'The head ol
the casket was placed to the East.
President Coolidge and others entered
and stood silently a few moments and
then departed. After Mrs. Harding
had witnessed the arrival of the fu-i
ueral cortege she went to her rooms!
for the night.
Shortly afterward the body was
taken to the rotunda of the capitol
building.
Pershing Leads Parade
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—The ma
rine band played the funeral march.
As the coffin came into view, dense
masses all around the grounds, held
back by cordons of police and troops,
bared their heads. Coolidge, Hughes,
senators and congressmen paced
from the House and entered their au
tomobiles. An army band struck up
“Onward, Christian Soldier.” With
Pershing in the lead the parade mov
ed off, Pershing rigid and pale as he
sat on his big bay horse and led the
funeral procession of his commander
in chief. Mrs. Harding rode in a
closed carriage, just behind the cais
son, following President Coolidge and
Taft. Just behind the widow .came
Woodrow Wilson, in an open touring
car, in the terrific heat. He was ac
companied by his wife and Dr. Gray
son.
Plan Simple Funeral
MARION, Ohio, August 8—Plans for
Harding's home funeral call for sim
plicity. Rev. J. M. Landis, pastor of
the Trinity Baptist Church will con
duct the services.
Thousands Pay Tribute
PITTSBURG, August 8—Thousands
upon thousands, forming a line along
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, from
the tip of the most distant suburb to
Glenwood station, paid voiceless, but
impressive tribute to Harding as the
funeral train passed on its way to
Washington.
Death Certificate Signed
SAN FRANCISCO, August 8—The
death certificate, signed by Dr. Ray
Lyman Wilbur, made public tonight,
gave as a cause of the death of Pres
ident Harding as follows: Cerebral;
■ apoplexy, following acute gastro intes
tinal infection, including inflamation
of the gall bladder, and bronchial
pneumonia, causing instantaneous
death. Contributing to the cause of the
death of the President was the hard
ening of arteries of several years’ dur
! ation.
Detail Will Guard Body
MARION, O., Aug. 8.—An officer
and detail of 25 men will guard the
vault wherein Harding’s body will be
1 placed pending the erection of a
handsome mausoleum.
AT MEETING LAST NIGHT IT WAS
RESOLVED THAT ALL BUSI
NESS CEASE 11 TO 12
At a meeting of the Civic Commit
tee, held last evening it was resolved
to hold appropriate memorial services
for the late President Warren Gama
miel Harding in A. B. hall, Friday,
from 11 to 12 o’clock. Mayor Ray will j
deliver the eulogy on the deceased |
executive, and the program will be un
der the auspices of the American Le
gion.
As the day the remains of the late
president will be interred has been
declared a National and Territorial
day of mourning, Mayor Ray has re
quested that all business houses with
the exception of stores and hotels, be
closed fqr the day, and that every cit
izen attend the memorial exercises.
In the States even the trains will
cease running for a brief time, in
honor of the memory of our late
president, and it is felt but fitting
that our citizens do likewise.
The program will be announced in
tomorrow’s paper.
WILL MEET SEPT. 14
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Jack Demp
sey will meet Luis Angel Firpo in a
15 round fight to a decision for the
world’s heavyweight championship at
the Polo Grounds September 14th.
A crowd of 80,000 is expected. The
terms agreed upon will be announced
later. 1 ickets will range from three
to $25. Dempsey will start training
at baiatoga Springs immediately upon
his arrival from Los Angeles. Firpo
is now barnstorming in the middle
west and is expected to return about
the middle of August.
STOCKS TUMBLE SHARPLY
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Prices tum
bled sharply in Saturday’s stock mar
ket in response to another series or
bear attacks. Oil shares were the
hardest hit, being hammered down
one to three points.
RE0RGANI2E CUSTOMS FORCE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—The treas- 1
ury department said it would shortly I
reorganize the customs force in the <
principal cities of the Nation. i
NEW SCOUT CRUISER MAKES DEBUT
In the teeth of a howling gale the new scout cruiser Detroit, which was
just completed at the Fore River, Mr.ss., shipyards, made a trial trip of 30
knots per hour and was accepted by t he Navy Department.
3 BSOW DAMAGES
DENSE FOG HANGS OVER STRAIJ
AT TIME—RADIO APPARATUS -
OF RAINIER DAMAGED
SEATTLE, Aug. 8.—At. 2 o’clock
Saturday morning, the steamer Rain
ier of the Albers Milling Company,
outbound for San Francisco was ram
med and seriously damaged by an in
bound Japanese vessel. The collision
occurred in the vicinity of Race Rocks
in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The
bow of the Japanese steamer was
badly damaged but she was able to
proceed under her own power.
The U. S. coast guard cutter Sno
homish, the Washington Tug & Barge
Co. of Seattle’s tug Daniel Kern and
the Canadian salvage vessel Algerine
proceeded to the scene of the colli
sion but due to the dense fog which
is believed to have been responsible
for the accident, it was many hours>
before the Rainier was found. She
was finally taken in tow by the Al
gerine. The Rainier’s radio appara
tus was damaged as a result of the:
collision. The distressed vessel was
taken into Esquimalt.
The Rainier was in bad condition
when found, being low in the water, >
the seas sweeping over her decks, but
her housing and deck cargo was in
tact, all damage being below main
decks. It is stated no lives were lost.
AFTER TEN MINUTES OF SHARP
FIRING RETIRE— NO DAM
AGE REPORTED
AMOY, August 8—Two gunboats of
the Peking government steamed into
the harbor here at 2:30 Monday alter
noon and opened fire on the fort. The
?uns of the fort returned the fire.
After ten minutes of firing the gun
boats retired to the western side of
the isle^of Kulangsu and the internat
ional settlement, where they were pro
tected from the guns or the fort. No
casualties were reported and practi
cally no damage was done.
TWENTY-EIGHT ENTOMBED
SHEFFIELD, Eng., Aug. 8.—Twen
:y-eight men were entombed by an
explosion in a mine near here. Res
cue work was started at once but
nany difficulties are being encoun
:ered.
MEW MANAGER FOR ST. LOUIS
TEAM IS NAMED TODAY
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.—Wm. Austin,
hird baseman, was appointed mana
ger of the St. Louis Americans to
lay; Billy Fries will be business
nanager.
SUIT FILED TO
RECOVER SHIPS
USED BYREFUGEES
SUIT IN BEHALF OF SOVIET GOV
ERNMENT TO RECOVER 11
SHIPS TAKEN BY STARK
MANILA, August 8—Suit was filed
in the court at Zambales, Luzon in be
half of the Russian Socialist Federat
ed Soviet republic for the recovery of
eleven Russian ships in which several
hundred refugees under Admiral
Stark, came here in last January.
MONSTER SPERM WHALE
ATTACKS STEAM VESSEL
VICTORIA, August 8—A monster
sperm whale, after being harpooned,
charged the steam whaler Brown, for
ty miles out of Kyuquot, damaging the
propeller and shaft.
ITALIAN TROOPS BATTLE
WITH AFRICAN TRIBES
LONDON, August 8—Italian troops
battling with African rebels in Cyre
nica, killed several tribesmen, and
suffered casualties of eight dead and
fourteen wounded, according to a Cen
tral News dispatch from Rome. Cyre
nica was acquired by Italy from Tur
key after the war in 1911.
IS
Volney Richmond, manager of the
N. C. company at Fairbanks, who left
on one of the last boats for the
States reports that business along the
lower Yukon river and other points
on the inland waterway is decreasing
to a point where it is negligible. Mr.
Richmond states that at Circle where
a business of from $150,000 to $200,000
a year was formerly done, it now
averages about $60,000; and where the
river trade used to be supplied with
nine boats but two boats are running.
The company used to employ nine
men in its Dawson store, and now but
four are employed. Mr. Richmond at
tributes conditions to a lack of popu
lation, the railroad having withdraw
the population from along the river to
points touched by it.
SAN DIEGO, ugust 8—James W.
Coffroth, racing promoter and presi
dent of the Tia Juna Jockey club, Mon
day morning wired an offer of $400,
000 to Dempsey and $150,000 to Luis
Firpo for a championship bout to be
held at Tia Juana.
MOVIE ACTRESS FILES SUIT
TO DIVORCE HER HUSBAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.—Marjo
rie Rambeau filed suit today for di
vorce against her husband* Bugh
Dillman, charging cruelty.
ANTI FASCISTI DAY PROVES
BE BOLSHEVIKI HOAX
BERLIN, August 8—Antl-Fascisti
Day, ou which German communists
had threatened to overthrow the Cuno
government was revealed as a Bol
shevist hoax of a familiar type. Dem
onstrations in Berlin and other places
simmered to indoor meetings, distin
guished by lurid oratory rather than
by heavy attendance.
WATSON DuE AT 8:00 TONIGHT
The steamship Admiral Watson is
due in port at S o'clock tonight, was
the last word received this afternoon
by Agent Wayne Blue The Watson
will make Anchorage, Kodiak and
other westward ports.
CUSTOMS COLLECTOR WILL NOT
ALLOW BOATS TO CLEAR
FROM EAGLE BERING SEA
JUNEAU—Permission has been re
fused by Collector of Customs J. C.
McBride for a Canadian steamer to
clear from Eagle for deep sea to take
on a cargo of liquor for Dawson. Ne
gotiations covering the shipment of
liquor through American Territory
from British Columbia to points in
Yukon Territory are now pending be
tween Ottowa and Washington and
until these are concluded the clear
ance sought will not be granted, said
Mr. McBride.
The action of the Collector followed
an official request made by Commis
missioner McKenzie of Yukon Terri
tory of Deputy Collector T. J. Hillard
at Eagle for a clearance for the Can
adian river steamer Canadian from
Eagle to deep sea. It was the pur
pose of the ship to take a cargo of
liquor for Dawson and return via St.
Michael and the Yukon river. It is
understood that the Canadian boat
would have met another British bot
tom outside of Territorial waters
from which it would obtain the Yukon
liquor shipment now held up in Van
couver.
REFERRED TO FORD
LONG BEACH, Aug. 8.—George W.
Harvey said today that he was not re
ferring to Senator Johnson but to
Henry Ford when lie wrote a recent
article on the presidency for New
York evening papers.
KM KIDEHTS
No one boat in the history of steam
ship service to westward ports re
ceives so many compliments and
commendatory remarks as does the
steamship Starr, Capt. Johansen, and
his crew from Purser Lucas to Engi
neer Jenson.
The Katmai party recently returned
from the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes are loud in their praises of
courtesies extended by the boat and
crew. The Gateway has also received
many letters from westward points
congratulating Seward on having the
boat’s headquarters here, stating that
Capt. Johansen is one of the most ar
dent boosters the town has.
ITTEMPI TO ESTABUSH
REPUBLIC l» GREECE
LONDON, Aug. 8—The British gov
ernment has received reports of an at
tempt to establish a republic in the
Grecian province. British authorities
and diplomatic officials informed the
foreign office that there is little cause
for immediate alarm, although there
is a republican agitation. The Greek
legation said there was no truth in
reports of a revolutionary movement.
BANK WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY
Cashier Hinde of the Bank of Sew
ard announces that the bank will be
closed all day Friday.
MISSIONARIES TELL
OF MURDERS DONE
By BED SOLDIERS
NEW ALPHABET FORMED BY
ESKIMOS—EXPEDITION RE
TURNS TO NOME
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NOME: The gas schooner New York
returned to Nome recently after
Spending the winter at the Little Di
omedes Island and the mainland of
Siberia, says the Nome Nugget.
On October 10th, 1922, Reverend N.
F. Hover, a missionary of the Evan
gelical Christian Church accompanied
by Mr. and. Mrs. J. A. Earnest, Hans
, Olsen and six natives, left Nome In
the small schooner New York, for the
Little Diomedes Island. It was the
: purpose of the expedition to proceed
to the Little Diomedes and there es
tablish a missionary base for the dis
semination of the teachings of Christ.
Having heard that the natives on
the island were without sufficient
food supplies the local Bureau of Ed
ucation had intended to send a large
outfit of food stuffs in the New Pork
but the supplies of the missionaries
took up so much space that very lit
tle room was left for the Bureau sup
plies. But three-fourths of a ton were
taken. It was understood between
the missionaries and the Bureau that
the New York would later go to Cape
Prince of Wales and there procure
enough extra supplies to tide over the
Diomedes natives.
As the New York approached the
Islands the anchor was lost and the
boat drifted ashore, but no particular
damage was done. It was soon real
ized that the winter had so far ad
vanced that to go over to Cape Prince
of Wales was impossible and the par
ty made ready to winter on the isl
and.
j Native tood was scarce thruout the
winter an<] blubber tor fuel purposes
was hard to get; there was no fresh
meat and much distress was in evi
dence. The missionaries gave up all
they could spare. Thru the lack of
blubber for fuel the natives were
forced to consolidate their living
quarters and so conserve their scanty
fuel supply.
As spring approached living condi
tions improved. Seal and walrus ar
rived and lood became plentiful. No
sugar, flour, or other civilized foods
weie available, but the native thrived
nevertheless. ... ^
Rev. Hover established a literary
precedent in creating an alphabet
consisting of Latin, Russian and Ar
menian so combined that the many
difficult sounds of the Eskimo are
easily articulated. The Eskimo has
no written language, his transmission
of legendary lore and events is thru
the spoken word. The alphabet was
first taught to a native girl and she in
turn translated the gospel into her
own language and then translated it
to others.
At New Oskum, near East Cape, is
the largest village in the world, and
until very recently it was uncontami
nated by whites, even traders failing
to find a foothold. The natives or
Eskimos live in good homes and are
well satisfied. Now the Soviet repre
sentatives have sent representatives
and the villages are overrun with
them.
While at the village Mr. Hoyer
states that one of the Soviet officers
became angered at a remark bv a fel
low officer and shot and killed him.
the shooting occurring at the front
door of where Mr. and Mrs. Earnest
were staying and the dead man falling
at the teet of Mrs. Earnest. This ex
perience discouraged the lady from
further missionary work.
WANTS TROOPS TO PURSUE
ASSASSINS OF BROTHER
MEXICO CITY, August 8—Colonel
Hipolito Villa has written President
Obregon asking authority to organize
a group of guerilla to pursue the as
sassins of his brother, General Fran
cisco Villa. He believes the fugitives
have not yet tried to cross the boun
dary into the United States.
GOVERNOR OF MANILA SEAT!
MANILA, Aug. 8.—Eulogio Rod
guez, former governor of Manila, w
inaugurated mayor of this city todt