VOLUME XVIII . NUMBER 166
SEWARD. ALASKA MONDAY, JULY 2,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
"BEYOND POWER OF WORDS TO
DESCRIBE” IS DESCRIPTION
NATION’S PLAYGROUND
GARDNER, Mont., July 2. Stand
ing at Artists’ Point overlooking the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
^National Park yesterday, President
^tlarding expressed himself as being
overcome by the grandeur of the scene
before him. He admitted his inabil
ity to reply properly, saying: The
grandeur is beyond my power to de
scribe.” The trip through the can
yon came to the President and Mrs.
Harding as a climax to a two days
stay in the Nation’s, greatest play
ground.
The presidential party departed tor
the Coast Sunday nighty and will sail
Thursday for Alaska.
Will Speak at Spokane
* ' SPOKANE, July 2—President Hard
ing will invade the Northwest this1
afternoon on a speaking tour, when
he stops here for nine hours, during
which time he will deliver an address1
on reclamation.
NENANA IS LIVELY
Reports from the Interior state
that Nenana and Fairbanks are very
lively owing to railroad activities. It,
is stated that houses are at a premium
^*nd hard to get.
SYDNEY, N. S. \Y., July 2.—Fifty
rioters were injured in a clash last
night with police and soldiers near
the coke ovens of the British Empire!
Steel Corporation plant. The battle
continued until midnight when the
»■ S' military retired behind the stockades.
MAY CALL CONFERENCE
TOKYO, June 30.—Conversations
between Japan and Soviet Russia, in
an effort to find a common base, on
which a third conference between the
two countries may be called were for
mally opened yesterday afternoon.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
TO ENTERTAINMENT FUND
The Chamber of Commerce wishes
to thank the following firms and per
■0 sons for tlieir help in contributing to
the entertainment fund by the pur
chase of President Harding’s picture:
L. V. Ray, W. H. Whittlesey, Leon
Urbach, Ellsworth Buick Service, Ray
Lewis, Chris Larssen, Curtis R. Mor
ford, Seward Grill, Hugh Dougherty,
Banbury & Ogle, C. E. Orlander, Fred
Miller, Marathon Cafe? Jordan’s Valet
Service, J. H. Flickinger, Wayne Blue,
J. D. Vickery, A1 Davis, Sven Lund
blad, N. N. Richardson, Mr. Strom,
Seward Dock, b> H. Painter, Andv
Nd'mk, Chas. Lechner, Cal Brosius,
John Mattich, Chas. Tecklenberg, The
' Commerce Cafe, C. Henning, Brown &
Hawkins, Geo. Phelps, Mrs. Ashton,
Gus Borgen, Ellsworths, Frye-Bruhn,
Aron Ericson, Norman McKay, George
Sexton, Sylvia Sexton, Seward Drug
Co., Alaska Cafe, Seward Steam Laun
dry Alaska Shop, Van Gilder Hotel,
Seward Hotel, Bank of Seward, Star
Pool Room, George Thorkleson, Sew
ard Bakery, J. L. Graef, M. B. Malloy,
Northern Pool Room, Jos. Hoffman,
Ralph Reed, U. S. Ry., by Sweek, Gate
, way Publishing Co., Mrs. A. M. Roy?
Wm. Patterson, Mrs. J. E. Perry, Dr.
Braafladt, J. L. Abrams, Morris Mich
el.
LONDON, July 2.—A British syndi
cate has secured a grant of thirty mil
lion acres of land from the Bolivian
government for the development of
^ oil.
CODE GOVERNING AERIAL
WARFARE FRAMED BY JURISTS
WASHINGTON, July 2.—A tar
reaching international code< govern
ing aerial warfare has been framed by
the commission of jurists appointed
by the principal powers, under an
agrement reached at the Washington
Arms conference. One of the most
important articles in the perfected
code would prohibit the bombardment
of cities, towns, villages, dwellings or
buildings ont in the immediate neigh
borhood of the operations of land
forces.
The steamship Northwestern arriv
ed in port Saturday morning and
sailed at 10:00 Saturday night with a
large passenger list: Those arriving
on the Northwestern were Mollie Iv
erson, E. Nettlin, B. Larsen, Rev. J.
F Vernon, Mrs. Vernon, Master Ver
non, Mrs. L. W. Wells. L. W. Boy?.
Dr. V. G. Gregory, Mrs. Aralla Greg
ory, F. Wojack, Chas. Rockefeller,
Mrs. G. E. Rockefeller, E. A. Tonseth,
Mrs. Tonseth, Josephine Pritchard^ A.
R. Hickey, Billie Shellabarger, B. S.
Bartholf, Mrs. S. Weaver, Miss M. R.
Bartholf, R. Lee Bartholf, Lyman
Knuppe, R. Hoyt, Mrs. Hoyt, Pearl Iv.
Johnson, Henry Carlson, Delin Eantes,
Mrs. C. C. Hinde, R. Johnson, A. H.
Moore, C. K. Wilcox, A. Celi, J. A.
Norton, N. Colson, C. Black, Lee
Wright, L. Haggerty, J. Gorman, J. 1 •
Wagner, S. King, S. L. Cox, A1 Kiut-t\
Fred Ketchum, C. A. Clark, A. Mason,
K. Bird, C. Christie, W. Connor, H. M.
Thompson, Andy Haggerty, J. W. Fel
der, Mrs. Felder, Mrs. Sylvia Sodner,
Mrs. J. Hardin, Stanley Tull, Alexan
der Vachon, Mrs. G. B. McClellan, G.
B. McClellan, Louise A. Pinska, Ma
thilda J. Johnson, six steerage.
Round Trippers—W. Y. Henry, Mrs.
Henry Edith Henry, Elizabeth Henry,
Master Henry, D. Gallanger, V. C.
Jorgensen, Mrs. Jorgensen, R. Norris,
Nat Berger, Geo. E. Towle, Mrs.
Towle, Dr. J. W. Thomas, Mrs. Whit
man, A. Wolfe, R. F. Clarke, Mrs.
Clarke, Hute Ehret, C. N. Chantland,
Miss R. Bugge, Anna Shulke, Kelso
Sliulke, Jas. G. Mulroy, H. N. Young,
Miss M. Young, Mrs. Reidinger, Miss
Reidinger.
Outgoing passengers on the North
-western were:
For Latouche—Amanda Anglund, C.
i Thacker.
For Valdez—Dan Ross, M. Aquila,
Ed Lambert, Juan Carillo, Romain
j Espiriosa, H. H. Ross, Mrs. Ross,
Thelma Johnson, Verla Johnson.
For Cordova—George V. LaFarge,
Sylvia Ladner Pearl Hardin, Mrs. C.
Barry, A. Collins, Ellen K. Rogers,
Mrs. Jack Laurie, Mrs. James V. Sher
idan, C. Johansen.
For Juneau—Alex Nusach, E. T.
| Crance.
Wrangell—Miss Frances Wither
j spoon.
For Seattle—H. J. Sellers, A. H.
Clough, Alex Black, Nick Kovak, Mrs.
M. Camp, Wm. F. Joseph, H. Dryer,
Campbell Church, and son; J. A.
Northway, Sister M. Theda, Marga
ret M. Demientreff, B. Fraser, W. C.
1 Koch, Jane Balderston, Elizabeth Bal
derston, Mrs. C. N. Christensen; Mrs.
John Nordbye, Thorwald Nordbve,
Vera Nordbye, Chas. Thacker, Mr. and
Mrs. V. C. Jorgensen, Martha Reidin
ger and mother C. M. Tungbluth, M.
C. Gallagher, J. Hunter Harrison, C.
B. Whitman and wife, I. W. Thomas<
D. H. Buxton and wife, I. W. Cross,
Jack Love, John F. Coffey, D. H. Wil
liams, Miss Iver Mason, Miss Edna
C. Hegner, Emily M. Townsend, Mrs.
C. E. Bunnell, Jean Bunnell.
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WILL FORCE PLANT GROWTH
YONKERS, July 2.—Dr. William
Crocker, research director of the In
stitute for Plant Research^ has an
nounced that experiments are to be
made with powerful electric lamps to
supplement sunlight in forcing a rap
id growth on plants.
Deputy Marshal Watson left today
on his return trip to Anchorage, hav
ing in custody one Sanders, a colored,
man picked up by Deputy Marshal
Ralph Reed, wanted at Anchorage for
jumping his bail bond. Sanders was
out on bail charged with violating the
dry law.
'.COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
MEASURES H IAT OF STARS
Dr. W. W. Coblentz of the U. S. B ureau of Standards and one of the
leading astronomers of the country, has perfected a machine for measuring
the heat of each star and planet in the heavens. To illustrate the minute
volume of this heat it is said that sh ould the heat reaching the earth from
all the stars in the heavens be collected and concentrated on a thimble
full of water, it would require two c enturies of time to bring the water
to a boiling point. Dr. Coblentz is shown using the Thermopile.
VEIN TWO AND A HALF FEET IN
WIDTH AND FAIRLY PLAS
TERED WITH GOLD
Frank Skeen returned from Nuka
Bay last evening with two hundred
pounds of the richest gold-bearing
quartz every shown in this vicinity.
So rich is the rock in gold that it
fairly glitters with the precious min
eral, and old timers who have seen
the samples state they are better than
have been shown in Alaska for many 1
a day.
The vein, which is two and a half
feet wide at the surface, was found
by Mr. Skeen while burning off the
grass around a property held by him
at Nuka Bay. A piece about as large j
as one’s fist was discovered sticking
out of the ground, and upon examina
tion the larger vein was found. Mr.
Skeen stripped the vein for fifty feet
and it showed the same high values at
all points with no diminution in
width. The vein is in block slate for
mation similar to the deep mines of
California, and has everjr sign of per
manency.
The new strike is about a mile and
a half from salt water, on the Nuka
river, and at about 500 feet elevation.
A wagon could be driven from the
saltchuck to the mine.
REPORT OF DEATH OF
ANDY GROSVOLD WAS ERROR
Some three weeks ago a report
reached Seward from the westward
that Andy Groswald, the well known
magnate at Sand Point, had died sud
denly from heart failure. The Gate
way refused to publish the report un
til it was verified and we are happy to
state that it proved to be erroneous^
and Mr. Grosvold was very much
alive and attending to business at the
time the Starr passed his place of
business.
Mr. Grosvold has been in Alaska
for a large number of years, and has
many friends, who are greatly pleased
over the denial of the rumor.
WEATHER FORECAST
Coast and lower Suistna valley gen
erally fair tonight and Tuesday; Ta
nana valley partly cloudy and proba
bly local showers tonight and Tues
day.
Mrs. Jack Laurie, of Cordova, who
has been visiting in Anchorage for
the past two weeks, passed through
Saturday night on her return to her
home. • _ -
Miss Florence Witherspoon, demon
strator for the S. & W. products, sail
ed on the Northwestern for Wrangell.
WASHINGTON, July 2.—Receipts
for the government fiscal year end
ing Saturday at midnight were four
billions, seven millions; with expendi
tures of three billions, ninety-seven
millions.
NEW YORK, June 30.—Twenty-five
foreign steamships are nearing New
York with more than 16,000 immi
grants who will storm Ellis Island
with the opening of the quota year,
July first.
ARMY .MOT BE USED
WASHINGTON, June 30.—Flat op
position to any project for using the
army, to aid in prohibition enforce
ment work, was voiced here yesterday
by Secretary Weeks, speaking at the
graduation exercises, at the army war
college.
FRENCH OCCUPY KRUPP WORKS
BERLIN, July 2.—The Krupp works
at Essen were occupied by French
troops yesterday.
DRAFT OF REGULATIONS MADE
\\ ASHINGTON, June 30.Acting Sec
retary of the treasury department,
said late yesterday, that a draft of the
proposed regulations, to cary out the
seizure provisions of the Volstead Act
has been prepared, and was in the
possession of the prohibition officials.
He added that a formal approval had
not been given to the draft, and that
the situation would not develop where
a formal approval would be necessary.
Mr Gilbert explained that it had been
the treasurys view, that the seizure of
ships bringing beverage liquor into
American waters would be a drastic
step, and that such a policy would not
be adopted, without notice to the for
eign government^.
RESOLUTIONS TABLED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.—The
American Medical Asociation con
vention, being held here, tabled four
resolutions denouncing the prohibi
tion law, and urging the removal of
restrictions from the present users of
liquor for medicinal purpposes. They
approved a resolution recommending
that pharmacists be permitted to sell
on prescription, bottles of bonded
whisky, in sizes appropriate for med
icinal purposes.
W. E. Shields, a former resident of
Seldovia, who arrived on the Starr,
left today for Nenana where he will
engage in the taxidermy business.
E. R. Weaver, a Moose Pass resi
dent, is registered at the Seward.
KRWPP PLANT TAKEN OVER
LONDON, July 2.—The whole of
Krupp plant .as Essen was occupied
and work in the plant ceased accord
ing to a Central News dispatch.
SLACK CONFESSES OFFER
TO BUY VESSELS WAS HOAX
NEW YORK, July 2—The New
York Times has printed a signed arti
cle by John W. Slack, of Silver Creek,
New York, confessing that his bid of
more than a billion dollars for all of
the property of the Shipping Board
was a hoax designed to give publicity
to his home town.
MAYO RECEIVES DEGREE
DUBLIN, Ireland, July 2.—Dr. Wm.
J. Mayo, noted American surgeon of
Rochester, Minn., has received an
honorary degree of M. D. from the
Dublin university.
I
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn., July 2.—
Sheriff R. E. Balker of Aberdeen, S.
Da., was shot and killed by a prisoner
he was taking to Aberdeen on the
Great Northern train, from which the
slayer made his escape.
Hundred of citizens are scouring
the country today in an effort to ap
prehend the slayer.
ALIENS EXAMINED
NEW YORK, July 2.—Six thousand
aliens underwent an examination for
entry into the United States.
CONTRACT IS LEGAL
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30-—The
California Superior Court has handed
down a decision, that a contract be
tween a white man and a Jap, where
by the latter may settle upon agricul
tural land, for the purpose of prepar
ing it for planting, receiving wages
for the work, and sharing equally in
the future profits, is no violation of
the Alien Land Law, passed by the
legislature in November 1920.
HARDING BE RE-ELECTED
CHICAGO, July 2.—President Hard
ing will be re-elected over Henry Ford
who will undoubtedly be a candidate.
Senator Smoot declared here today.
Andy Simons and wife left today
for their home at Mile 23. Mr. Si
mons recently returned from King
Cove where he was in charge of the
Ira Meenich hunting party.
Gus Mantliev has the big piledriver
to be used by the Standard Oil Com
pany practically assembled and will
start on the piling for the founda
tions and wharf in the near future.
Milton Noll left on today’s train
for Anchorage.
Campbell Church and son, big
I game hunters who have been in the
j vicinity of King Cove the past six
j weeks, left on the Northwestern for
his home in Eugene, Oregon. Both
men secured the limit of three bears
each.
A. Mason, A. Krause, K. Bird? S. M.
King, iron workers for the Standard
Oil Company’s new plant being erect
ed here, arrived on the Northwestern.
B. S. Bartholf, an old timer from
the Willow Creek district, who has
been Outside for a time on a trip
through the States and extending into
Mexico, arrived on the Northwestern
accompanied by the Misses Lee Bar
tholf and Mabel R. Bartholf, and left
on today’s train for Anchorage.
A. H. McDonald, Anchorage agent
for the Alaska Steamship Company,
is a guest of Seward, arriving on Sat
urday’s train.
E. R. Tarwater, A. E. C. employe,
checked out of the Van Gilder and
left today for Anchorage.
Dr. G. V. Gregory and wife arrived
on the Northwestern from a trip to
Hollywood, California, and other cit
ies, and left today for Anchorage,
where Dr. Gregory is connected with
the Dental Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Hoyt of Fair
banks, arrived on the Northwestern,
and left today for their home in Fair
banks.
.4
Delin Eames, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alyah Eames, of this $ity„ arrived on
the Northwestern from Seattle and
will visit with his parents for a time.
Si FRANCISCO
CHAMBER GIVES
BUFORD ITINERARY
VESSEL WILL STOP AT SEWARD
TWO DAYS TO ALLOW DELE
GATION GO TO INTERIOR
Alaska and Siberia, rugged lands of
indescribable beauty that fascinate
tourists and thrill the hardy trail
blazers of commerce, will be the goal
of a^fade expansion excursion of the
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
This announcement was made yes
terday by L. J. Calender, director of
the Domestic Trade Bureau ot the
Foreign and Domestic Trade Depart
ment as he commenced organizing a
commission that will sail for the
North on July 20 aboard the elegant
ly appointed steel steamship Buford.
The ship, operated under the flag of
the Alaskan-Siberlan Navigation Com
pany is scheduled to make a cruise of
8316 miles, lasting forty days. The re
turn is set for August 29.
Leaving San Francisco July 20 the
trade emissaries from San Francisco,
responding to Alaska’s call to become
better acquainted with the commer
! cial possibilities of the North will
! make a brief stop at Seattle.
Prince Rupert situated close to the
' border line between British Columbia
and Alaska, 1404 miles from San
Francisco, will be reached the fifth
day out. Ketchikan, the Wrangell
Narrows, the Taku glacier, Juneau,
Haines, Skagway, Sitka and Cor
dova, and across the mouth of Prince
William Sound to Seward, where a
stop will be made to permit the dele
gation to go over the government
railroad to Anchorage and Fairbanks.
After a two-days’ stop at Seward the
course will be laid westward to Ko
' diak, which was founded 140 years
before the founding of San Francisco.
Cold Bay, will next be visited, then
i along the coast past Light House
| Rocks, where are located the largest
j sea lion rookeries in the North Pa
: cific ocean.
Dutch Harbor Unalaska, Bogoslof
Island, and the Pribilofs where a stop
will be made at the seal islands, spe
cial permission being given to the
party by the Department of Commerce
to land on the island.
From the Pribilofs the party will go
to Cape Chaplin, Anadir, Siberia and
St. Lawrence Island. The Buford will
head for Nome where two days will
be spent. From Nome the course is
northward thru the Bering Straits and
into the Arctic ocean and northward
to the Ice pack. Thousands of wal
rus will be seen, with frequent sights
of polar bear. From the ice pack
East Cape will next be visited. Here
the voyagers will see a typical native
Siberian village. From here the next
stop will be St. Michael, thence to
Aliutan island with its extensive
whale fisheries. From Akutan the
Buford will steam to Seattle and San
Francisco, the return being scheduled
for August 29, just 40 days from the
date of sailing.
A. C. Anderson, general traffic man
ager of the Alaska-Siberian Naviga
tion Company refers to the scenic
route as the “Dream Trip,” one nev
er-to-be-forgotten.” He is co-operat
ing with the Chamber of Commerce in
arranging details.
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SAIL NORTH TOMORROW
SEATTLE, July 2.—Senator Jones
and Superintendent O’Malley and par
ty which goes north to investigate
fisheries conditions will sail for Alas
ka tomorrow, stopping at Ketchikan
to pick up Delegate Sutherland.
The dance Saturday night given at
Odd Fellows’ hall by the Ciyic Com
mittee to raise funds for the Fourth
of July celebration, was well attended
and a considerable sum was realized.
R. W. Felder, a Bethel merchant,
accompanied by his wife, left today
for fhete* Interior home. Mr. Felder
was formerly connected with the old
K. C. Co.