AflEHD THE MAY DAY DANCE TMOEBT L 0.0. F. HALL
•^putarii Uatly dotnuau
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 99.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY. MAY L
PRICE TEN CENTS
. GRAFT IS DISCLOSED
III HUGE SEIZURE OF
ALGOHOL ON VESSEL
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PRO
TECTION MONEY PAID AU
^ THORITIES SAYS CHIEF
CONTRABAND IN WATER TANKS
Record* In Memorandum Book Re
veals Transactions with
the Police. J
\~EW YORK, May 1. (/P)—Aesist
n t Federal Attorney Stichman said
a recoil of thousands of dollars in
protection money paid to the poli'C
! and pToh:r ,1on agents by rumrun
ners on the steamer Eker, which
was seized in the Hudson last night
with a fl,200,000 alcohol cargo in its
water tanks was disclosed in a mem
andum book found on the ship. He
id entries led him to believe $20.
<00 had been paid for immunity.
Some of the notations he quoted
as when a twelve-man crew and
mother man were found in a row
■oat near Bker and arraigned in the
ommlssfioner’s court. The notations
•ad: “Paid cops $8,500, paid prohi
bition agent $1800, paid Red $5,000.
paid oop $125.”
The crew has been charged un
der the Volstead law with conspir
acy and is being held for $5,500 bail
each. The officers of the vessel es
4 caped.
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S. S. NORTHWESTERN
LEWES FOB m
'\TTLE, May 1. (£>)—The S.S.
western, of the Alaska Steamship
rwmy sailed from Seattle at nine
ock this morning carrying 235 pas
sengers for Alaska ports. Those list
ed through to the northern terminus
are:
Hilsna Johnson, A. McDougal, Geo.
Smith, Hent-y Pope, T. H. Burman, S.
H. Gordon and wife, I. Jacobson, G.
C. Stewart, Mrs. F. Smith, Mrs. J. D.
Landers, Mrs. F. I. Reed, H. G. Cros
y, H W. Tyler, Charles Shaw, J. L.
Loelling, Thomas H. Long, J. S. San
ders, E. C. Apple, Roy Roberts, H.
; anle, O. H. Perry, Albert Miller, G.
A. Murdock, H« WalDack* Beatrice
Cook, Dr. H. A. Fach, Mike WeaveT,
Lave E. Dunbar, T. L. Lewis and wife,
O. J. Murie and wife, C. S. Hubble, E. j
^'.aw and wife, K Kitzmiller, J. E. ;
Zanders, S. E. Squires, J. D. Meenaeh,
James Crowley, R. Kandron, C. V.
King. A. R. Morton, G. J. Seebeck, H.
C. Johnson, Frank Small, Mrs. Edith
Small and 13 steerage.
WIFE FAIRBANKS OFFICIAL HERE
Mrs. G. W. Metcalfe, wife of the
general manager of the Fairbanks Ex
ploration Company, Fairbanks, was
among the arrivals on the S.S. Alaska
* this morning from Seattle. Mrs. Met
calfe, nrior to her departure tor the In-1
terior is a guest at the Hotel Van Gil- j
I
ENORMOUS HE N
TU MSHmiN NISH
1 _ ?
TAOOTVIA, May 1. ^$»)—tBtxune mx
payments from Washington and Alas
ka for the nine months ending Marwh
SI, totaled $9,307,000 as against $3.
307,000 under a similar period the
year previous.
cm anas bill
school Bn aan
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1. i&)
—Chairman Curry of the House Ter
ritories Committee introduced a ball
authorizing $75,000 for a school bond
eflection at Juneau.
new mm ufflnEs
fox mom oi
fiRDYLE COES SEIM
C. D. Blake of Seattle arived In Se
ward this morning from Seattle and
is assuming charge of the local Frye
Bruhn meat market, relieving J. B.
Broyle, who has re«igned. Mr. Broyle
departs tonight on the Alaska for Se
attle where his family resides.
Mr. Blake said this morning that
his wife and si* children will proba
bly be leaving Seattle shortly to make
their home here with him.
In Mr. Brovle’s departure he leaves
many friends though he has only been
a resident for a few months. Since
his arrival he has taken a keen inter
est in civic affairs and would have
liked to have stayed on but with the
family in Seattle, and he way up here
in the north, his thoughts have been
wandering homeward for a long petiod.
■mu nans
msiicnm of n
Comdr. J. F. Hottel has been nam
ed to superrise the construction of
the Coast Guard Arctic ship Bear at
Newport News, and will in all prob
ability by the first “skipper” of the
vessel, which on behalf of the Tnited
States, will camy civilization to the
Eskimos, trappers and adventurers
in the northermost parts of this con
tinent. The new Bear will succeed
the famous old vessel of the same
name which will shortly sail for its
last cruise in Arctic waters.
A photograph of the new vessel
and of Comdr.! Hottel appeared re
cently in a Seattle newspaper.
MANAGER LIBERTY THEATER
Seward’s permanent population In
creased by four this morning with the j
arrival of Ur. and Mrs. Otto Boehm
and their two children. Mr. Boehm,
a former resident, was sent north by
Mt. Brownell, proprietor of the Ldbety
theater, as manager of the theater.
He assumed charge of the playhouse
today.
UISKM HIVES R
FIMK5, en
WOPEU.OI! PATCHED WITH
WOOD PIECES EY ESKIMOS:
TP IP WADE € HOUPS
FtAERB ASKS, Mar l. ,JT*—The We
•plane Alaskan arrived 82 7 4© ©Vkwifcj
las: tifah: and made a root l&i»©tsc |
The aviarons took off Tom Parr-ear at |
1:45 it the afternoon I: -was- rioo$r
’at Point Barrw and risibiMt?- *hk|
poor ox the flight The broket pro- *
peBor •was patched vrttl root
pjecines imdicatinf haadimnsk o Es
pinos. Wilkin? otrntinced » oarrr
Tr? arm it a sliag as- a remit e: ax I
‘injury ot a previoas trip.
WiHcim Broke His Anr
NEW YORK -—’May l—Nan*
tior. a nnoonoec Oaptait WfikSas broke j
hie ant ▼her be hnr: ft eat the |
previous trip to Point Ba~rr^.
BMUJESH15
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f^ffOAVTS £**RES
Coast
S settle. 6. 1»< Anreles ?>
IffTSsaon? 7, Oailwie 2
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Ciwcirmari 4. Pfrsfccrjrh H
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Wa^hfrupBCL 2. X>ev York 7
BoAtot 2. Pfaiia. 5.
I^tro-h 7, Sr Iwcr? €
Obicafrr S. CJerelaiw 2
C*kVf* GOES TO JUN^U.
E D. Cabin, cades rm; eogrlneie la
the office of public surveys at ?ux?ea«
is in Seward following tbe comple
'ion of making sppwC forest ktte
stead surveys in the Kena. peninsula,
district, some near Seward. He re
cently completed an official survey for
riie proposed team park survey near
Eyak lake Cordova. Mr. Cabin leaves
for his Juneau office Tonight cm the
S-S Alaska. Touring his stay Ik* kc«
been a {rues: at the Hotel Sertot
:
smart a mi
TlWEBWWl
The Arrtic schemesr UueaMscai..
Oaj»ta.it Alexander AT)#* wiC it
Seward abon: 13a: E ottorrrdiup to a
telepntit received her* pesreerdav. Th*
T-esse: WED proceed t® Xn®# frwt this
port.
CHanSEfi EXCOfTSK SUAE
Seattle aptl ». i**—Afr«
hearing the iEveedpoctior coatmiire*,
the Chamber of Cummer^ —zmaiil]
Ite ntomn: of 11k ode of *h»j
Oriental ships 1® the ftofet BoObt
Hoe.
AIMERS SIM IIEKUUO BACKED
mm FWIIC!tl RESOURCES OF»
THROE liBB: MA¥ SETTLE BY TUESDAV
MILLIONS OF TR ADE l“MON MEMBERS STRIKE IN
ENGLAND; GOVERNMENT PtOOUMS AN
“EMERGENCY^ WHICH GRANTS INI.IN
rm> iower to althoritiks
IMF! WQ1 am ikes IS I rKWIU »ID
COAL MINERS l-AY HORN TVHMS WHK.N GOVERN
MENT SCBSTOY ENDS—STEAMERS AT SEA
WIRELESSED TO RETVRN COAL CARGOES
LONTV>\, May 1. (AH.-Owii miners Laid down their
tools when the government subsidy ex*. tred at midnight.
Representatives from :Xt$ trade unions comprising iOOd*
members and enormous financial resources* decided to
back the miners by a strike if a sett lement with the miners
is not reached by Tuesday. The government proclaimed
&r, "vmerpeiKry,' which means almost unlimited ivnxr to
the authorities to act in protecting the public front a cur*
taihnent of its vital necessities. The government moved
troops into the mine areas of So. Wales, Lancashire and
Scotland asJjHirely a precautionary measure,"
CARDIFF Eng-. May L 1 APE—Exportation of coal
from South Wales has stopped and all steamers which have
sailed with coal cargoes were wirelessed to return to port
ami tfaehmrpe their taadfe. Thir wrrt in hrilf Him tu
mean that the government has assumed control of the coal
miring industry .
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