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SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ^ 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
IS
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WHILE CONDITION IS SERIOUS
COMPLICATIONS ONLY WILL
PREVENT RECOVERY
Time Chief Element in Recovery
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.—Time
today seemed to be the chief element
in the recovery of President Harding.
It was also regarded by his physi
)£ns as one of the most uncertain.
The President, howeverfi, passed an
other restful night and his tempera
ture this morning was normal.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 2—At
tending physicians at noon yesterday
stated the president’s lung condition
was the same as yesterday that “he is
still much exhausted but maintains
his normal buoyancy of spirit.” While
progress is being made every care is
necessary to assure treedome from
further complications.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 2—Hard
Yng in last night’s foreign policy state
ment, discussed Russia in this fashion.
“International good faith forbids any
sort of sanction of Bolshevist policy.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 2—Other
than a slight improvement in lung con
dition, last night’s bulletin reveals no
change in President Harding’s condi
tion.
Harriett Stephens, of Seattle, is a
goest of the Van Gilder.
Volney Richmond, manager of the
N. C. Company of Fairbanks, is in
Seward.
Henry Lucas returned to his home
at Skilak lake this morning, after
spending the past week in town.
Mrs. Roberts returned to her home
at Roosevelt this morning.
Mrs. Aron Ericson left for Anchor
aj ■ this morning to spend the week
end with her mother.
Chas. Brown, of the firm of Brown
& Hawkins, who has been in Seward
the past few days, returned to An
chorage today.
LOS ANGELES, August 2—Carlos
T. Hall, automobile salesman, thirty
live years old, was so overcome with
joy at the recovery of an automobile
which had been stolen from him that
he lost his memory, according to po- ■
lice surgeons. i
Several hours after he had reported
the theft to the police they notified
Hall they had found his car and ask
ed him to go to the police station to
gtt it. Hall went to the station, but
instead of telling the police, who he
was and why he was there, he sat
down and was still there five hours
iater when his father andy^vite be
came alarmed at his absence and be
gan to search for him.
Acording to police surgeons, Hall
did not know his wife or his father
or why he was there or anything con
nected with his past life. They pro
nounced it a “remarkably strange
case” but said time and quiet might
restore his memory.
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MINNEAPOLIS, August 2—In sym
pathy with wheat, flour broke today
to a new low mark in about eight
years, when one of the largest mills
here set the price at $6 a barrel for
family patents when sold in car lots.
^The decline registered at the mills
here today ranged from fifteen to 24
cents a barrel.
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SAYS PANAMA CANAL SHOULD
BE RENAMED FOR TEDDY R.
SEATTLE, August 2—The Panama
canal should be renamed the Roose
velt canal, in the opinion of D. P.
Dyer of St. Louis, federal judge and
former member of congress.
Judge Dyer, here on his way to Port
land to participate in the unveiling of
a statue to Theodore Roosevelt, said
that the activities of the former pres
ident in bringing about the creation
of the canal merited the honor pro
posed.
SENATORS SET SAIL EUROPE
NEW YORK, August 2—Senators
Lafollette and McKellar sailed this af
ternoon for Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jacobson, who
have been residents of Anchorage for
the past few months, returned to Sew
ard to live on last night’s train. Mr.
Jacobson will take a position in the
local carshops.
SI ROOSEVELT
WILL MAKE PARK, DANCING PA
VILION AND ARRANGE FOR
CARE OF TOURISTS
Nellie Neal, former proprietress ot
the famous roadhouse at Deadhorse
Hill, and known in every camp in the
Territory, yesterday completed a deal
tor the Roberts roadhouse, at Roose
velt, Mile 23, on Lake Kenai. She
will make extensive improvements in
the property, making a nice park, a
dancing pavilion, and placing boats on
the lake for the convenience of tour
ists and others. Mrs. Neal will catei
especially to those desiring a good
place to spend a vacation, having fur
nished cabins tor rent, or pro\iding
first class board for those who desire
an easy time. The Kenai Lake dis
trict is a hunters’ and fisherman’s
paradise, and Miss Neal has long rec
ognized its importance as a summei
resort.
Mrs. Neal left this morning for
Curry and will return Saturday to
1 Mile 23 and take possession at once.
Mrs. Roberts, who has owned the
property for many years, has not yet
decided what she will do, but it is
stated she will take a trip to the
States before deciding.
MAKES TRIP TO INTERIOR
Commissioner O’Malley, Senator W.
L. Jones and wife, Congressman L. H.
Hadley and wife left this morning for
Fairbanks. They may decide to go
by way of the Richardson road to
Cordova.
—
J. C. Johnson and wife, Hannah
Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Williams, Roger Williams, C. A.
Williams, jr., Helen Williams and Jack
Williams of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and
Miss Louise Natson of Sioux City, la.
arrived on last night’s train and are
registered at the Van Gilder.
LUTE HOTEL
Hotel Sexton—Earl G. Reed and
wife, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Nellie Neal,
G. E. Lewis, J. Adams, A. N. Brown,
A. C. Dahl, J. J. McCarthy, Nels
Steele, John Slovarp, B. Larson, E.
Wettlin, Mrs. Moen, Joe Morris, Tony
Frank.
Hotel Van Gilder—E. Bazinet, Mile
3y2; C. G. Lewis, Fairbanks; Harriet
Stephens, Seattle; Jas. th Steese, An
chorage; Antoma M. Rehinke, Frisco;
J. C. Johnson and wife, Hannah John
son, Kelly Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Williams, Roger Williams, C. A.
Williams, Jr., Helen Williams, Jack
Williams, Oskaloosa, la.; Miss Louise
Natson, Sioux City, la.; Clack A. Ca
rey, E. W. McKay, Nulato; Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Mace, Seattle; Wm. But
ler.
Hotel Seward—C. G. Osborn, E. O.
Nelson, Peter Rindel, Fairbanks; Mrs.
C. W. Tibbitt, Nenana; Jack McDon
ald, Lewis Lee, Hunter, Jack King
ston, A. Long; Dan Sutherland, Wash
ington, D. C.
HELD FOR NEARLY YEAR BY THE
SOVIET AUTHORITIES AT
EAST CAPE, SIBERIA
NOME, August 2—The schooner
Silver Wave arrived here after being
held by the Soviet authorities at East
Cape since last fall.
Captain Hammer reported that all
the property of the Olaf Swenson com
pany in Siberia had been confiscated,
on the grounds that Swenson was not
acting in good faith with the Soviet
government. Hammer said the Schoon
er Blue Sea was confiscated, and is
being used as a Red transport.
He said that during the winter one
hundred men were killed within a rad
ius of a few miles of his ship by the
Reds. Mrs. Hammer’s hair turned
gray, as a result of the terrible ordeals
she witnessed.
"TEXAS PARTIES"
SOMERVILLE, Tex, August 2—“If it
rests within my power the murders
and tar and feather parties will cease
in Texas.”
With this pledge Acting Governor
T. W. Davidson brought to a close a
speech here on the “supremacy of the
law,” delivered at a barbecue given
by Company H, 143rd Infantry.
Louis Liebel, who has been working
for the Standard Oil company, has re
turned to his home at Mile 23.
The Van Gilder has received sever
al telegrams from Starr passengers,
asking for reservations.
It is reported that the Folsom party
of fifteen will return from the Valley
of Ten Thousand Smokes on the Starr
tonight.
Thos. G. Paradine and wife, of Erie,
Pa., left for Mile 23, to spend the
week end, as guests of the Sextons.
Ed Bazinet was in town last night
from Mile 3V2.
Delegate Dan Sutherland left on to
day’s train for interior points. He
will visit Ruby and Nome before re
turning.
Col. J. G. Steese, chairman of the
Alaska Railway Commission, arrived
on last night’s train tomeet the fish
eries party, returning today.
lEPElEffi IS
HOPE OF MS
JERUSALEM, August 2—An inde
pendent Arab government for Pales
tine is the minimum that will satis
fy Arab aspirations declared Musa
Kasim Pasha, chairman of the Pales
tine Arab executive committee, in an
interview here on the eve of his visit
in London, where he will strive for
British recognition.
“We shall persist in our demands,”
he said, “and canont renounce any
thing. It England wants an understand
ing with us it must establish a nation
al constitutional independent govern
ment.”
BRIDGE CLUB
The Seward Bridge Club will meet
wTith Mrs. O. A. Johansen on Friday
afternoon at the usual hour.
ANCHORAGE MAN ARRESTED
Jack Cook was discovered last Fri
day evening on Eight street dabbling
in physics, by the local dry squad,
which came upon one of the choicest
breweries seen here since the day
Volstead arrived. Two kegs of moon
shine and 310 bottles of beer, many
empties, corks hydrometers and other
paraphenalia were taken to headquar
ters.
ranm empress
WARNED il 10
FAMOUS GEM PAWNED BY EM
PEROR CHARLES IN FLIGHT
IN SWITZERLAND
ROME, August 2—The Italian gov
ernment lias warned former Empress
Zita of Austria, not to sell the Floren
tine diamond, which weighs 13912
carats, and which has been claimed
from the Hapsburgs by Italy under
the Versailles treaty.
The late ex-emperor Charles of Aus
tria took the gem with him when he
fled to Switzerland, later pawning it
in that country.
STARR DUE TONIGHT
The steamship Starr is due tonight
at S: 30, according to word receiv
ed today by Agent Henderson. The
Starr has a full list of passengers.
RELATIVE KING ITALY
VISITING II ALASKA
VANCOUVER, Aug. 2.—The Ducli
ess of Aosta, the Duke of Spoleto and
Commander Marrlanna, relatives ol
the King of Italy sailed on a short
| cruise to Alaska.
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ADMIRAL WATSON
l SAILS WITH 116
—
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—The steamship
Admiral Watson sailed today with lit
passengers, including 42 excursionists
Her list for Seward follows: Miss
Minnie Green, W. J. Stewart and wife
G. J. Williamson, W. J. Stewart, Jr.
C. R. Erwin, Mrs. Robert Camion
Mill E. Stanglund, Mrs. Grace L. Stew
art, John Young, Henry Leiner.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight and Friday.
Nels Steels, of Curry, was an arri
val on last night’s train.
NEW STRIKE MADE NEAR
MILE 44 ON RAILWAY
Capt. George Howe, an old timer oi
the Third division, especially the Cool
Inlet district, has an outfit at worl
at Mile 44, where a strike has beer
made which assays about $19.50 ir
gold and good values in silver.
The new strike is said to be righ
alongside the railway track.
M’ALESTER, Okla., August 2—One
guard was stabbed with a pair of scis
sors, several were beaten and furni
ture was destroyed by women inmates
of the Oklahoma state "penitentiary,
who turned on guards who sought to
end a quarrel between several of the
women yesterday and staged a gener
al riot in the women’s ward.
A1 Jedlicka, deputy warden, today
admitted that reports of the disturb
ance were true. He said that several
of the women obtained access to the
prison larder and drank a quantity of
extracts, becoming tnroxicated. A
quarrel between them led to the riot
he explained, which developed when
guards separated the combatants.
A number of sewing machines were
demolished and every window in the
building was shattered. Under prison
rules guards were not armed.
HOT WAVE NHL
1 GOLF SUITES
DALLAS, Tex., Aug 2—Six deaths
a number of lightning shocks and pros
trations have striken persons in Texas
in the heat wave of the past few
days. The thermometer at Fort Worth
yesterday stood at 103 degrees.
THUNDER A^D LIGHTNING
KEEPS J-ONDON AWAKE
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
LONDON, August 2—England exper
ienced one of the worst thunderstorms
in many years early today. It lasted
from midnight to six o’clock this morn
ing.
London appeared to get the lull
brunt of the storm, the remarkable
thunder and lightning display keeping
the majority of people awake for sev
eral hours. The fire brigade was kept
busy answering some forty calls from
fires caused by lightning. One house
was destroyed and many persons in
jured.
The rain came down in torrents and
brought London traffic to a standstill
in many places.
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C. W. McKay and C. A. Carey ar
rived on last night’s train from Nu
lato, where they have been stationed
for several years. They are mem
bers of the signal corps, and on their
way outside for discharge.
John Noon, a former member of the
firm of Brosius & Noon, of this city,
wrho left for Portland about three
years ago, died last week in the Rose
City, his body being cremated. Ac
; cording to Mr. Noon’s last wishes his
ashes will be brought north and scat
tered over Resurrection Bay, where he
resided for many years.
Mr. Noon since his departure from
Seward, had been in the grocery bus
iness in Portland. A year or so ago
one of his limbs became infected with
tuberculosis, and was amputated at
the knee. It was reported later that
his other leg became affected and he
was in a hospital, following amputa
tion of this member, at the time of
his death.
Mr. Noon was identified with the
upbuilding of Alaska for many years.
| At one time he was a member of the
Territorial legislature, and filled many
other positions.
John Noon was about 65 years of
age. He was born in a little placer
camp in California, and came to Alas
ka in 1896. Mr. Noon had lived in
Seward since the town first started, in
'1903.
CHICAGO, August 2—Rum running ;
today along the Florida coast has de
veloped into such a flourishing indus
try that some Florida auto dealers
sell cars especially built to transport
liquor, furnish a negro chauffeur and
guarantee safe delivery anywhere, the
Chicago Daily News declares in a ser
ies of copyrighted articles describing
rum running along the seaboard.
Even Supplies Chauffeur
The writer, who, with a bootlegger
named “Terry” investigated rum run
ning along the Florida coast, declared
he had been approached by such an
auto dealer who believed the newspap
er man to be a bootlegger, and des
cribed transportation methods, parti
cularly the negro driver.
“The secret is this,” the article stat
ed, “if you buy a car from me, I will
supply a negro chauffeur who will
drive you through in any style for $10
and his expenses. Most of the North
ern rum runners who try to take booze
through from Florida make the mis
take of driving the cars themselves.
“They are a hard lot, they wear
caps and sweaters, do not shave, chew
tobacco, talk with their ‘r’s’ spread
all through their conservation, and a
Southern cop can spot them as far as
he can see them. If you take one of
my sedans and one of my chauffers,
and simply loll back all dressed up in
the back seat and let my chauffeur do
your lying, I positively guarantee you
will get by. To make assurance
doubly sure, take a pretty girl with
you in the back seat. For a trifling
extra charge I will furnish the pretty
girl.”
NEW ALASKA DIRECTORY WILL
BE DE LUXE EDITION, WITH
MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
John D. Hall, representing the R. L.
Polk Co., Inc., publishers of directo
ries in every city and state in the na
tion, arrived in Seward last night
from the Interior, accompanied by his
wife. Mr. Hall will remain here un
til Monday, compiling data for his
company’s new 1923 Alaska-Yukon
directory. He has already visited the
Y'ukon river country, including Mayo,
Stewart and Dawson, and met with
great success in his work.
Mr. Hall states that the new book
will be a radical departure from the
old style of directory, in that it have
no advertisements on the pages car
rying the name of residents of Sew
ard and will contain no advertise
ments of mail order houses, or other
firms in the States competing with
Seward merchants. Each town will
have a liberal write-up, with copious
illustrations, giving an added appeal
to tourists and travelers. Copies of
the directory will be sent to each
member of congress, and to every li
j brary and chamber of commerce in
I the L'nited States.
Mr. Hall will be in Seward but a
short time, and as he desires to get
| through as speedily as possible, it is
probable that a meeting of the local
business men will be called to talk
over directory matters.
119 OFFERS TO ■
10 DRUG SCI
I OAKLAND, Calif, Agust 2—When
i May Cantrell appeared betore Super
for Judge Geo. Samuels for sentence
as a drug addict today, Frank Saun
ders, a steam fitter, arose in the court
room and offered to make the woman
his wife.
Saunders’ proposal so seprised the
i woman that she could make no ad
' dress for a few minutes. Recovering,
j her poise she said that she would mar
; ry Saunders.
j Officers of the court explained that
I Saunders had aided the woman in her
j winning fight against the drug. Proba
I tion was granted.
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SAN FRANCISCO, August 2—World
peace can never be achieved until
Japan changes its present policy of
naturalization and immigration. Mac
Caughey, former superintendent of the
schools at Hawaii declared in an ad
dress before the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union of California here
yesterday. By the present system a
Japanese is always a Japanese, he de
clared, regardless of where the sub
ject is born.
On the Island of Hawaii he assert
ed, there are fifty thousand children
in the public schools. Of that number
at least half of them are Japanese. Not
alone do they dominate education, he
said but they also prove the dominat
ing factor in many other fields.
BOOZE HiO ISSUE ■
NEW YORK, August 2—Herbert C.
Pell, chairma n of the Democratic
state committee, said that he believed
prohibition would not be an issue in
the next campaign, except possibly to
the extent that its enforcement exem
plified interference by government in
terests in every day affairs of the peo
ple.
Particular interest attaches to Mr.
Pell’s statement in view of the action
of the "wets” who are urging Govern
or Smith for President.
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