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VOLUME XVIII. 126
SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
CURRY, Alaska, June 7—The con- ^
gressional party leaves Anchorage for
Seward at two-thirty Friday afternoon
and one hour will be given for the pur
pose of meeting the citizens of Seward.
The party is now contemplating a
trip to Chickaloon Friday morning but
plans may be changed giving more time
to Seward'
automobiles asked to
MEET TRAIN
A later telegram was received from
Mayor L. V. Ray, wlio with President
\V. H. Whittlesey, of the chamber ot
commerce, is acocmpanying the con
gressional party, stating that it would
leave Anchorage about 1:30 o clock,
arriving in Seward about 6:00 or 6:30. ,
Mayor Ray requested every automo-!
bile owner in town to be at the sta
tion with his car to give the visitors j
a short ride before going aboard the
transport. Station Agent Sweek will
advise any party as to the time the
train is expected to aiiBe.
Autos are requested to line up at
the stations and visitors will be as
signed to them. So far as known this
will be the only entertainment pro
vided for our guests, woli are expect
ed to sail about ten for Chilkoot Bar
racks.
five medical men will at
tend to SCIENTIFIC SIDE
OF PROPOSITION
CHICAGO^ June 8.—The Plymouth
Congreational Church, Rev. Chauncey
J. Hawkins, pastor, announced this
afternoon that he will hold a clinic
for treatment of the diseased, b> us
ing the “laws of the Almighty.”
Five medical men will aid “in a sci
entific way.”
MINNEAPOLIS, June 8—Every pos
sible means should be employed to
prevent unnecessary increases in the
cost of government, President Hard
ing wrote in a letter to Prof. M. B.
Lambie of the University of Minneso
ta, in a letter made public today.
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WASHINGTON, June 8.—Senator
Fess of Ohio told President Harding
today that Middle West Republicans
are against his proposed world court.
boat crews leave for east
SEATTLE, June 8.—The U. of W.
* Varsity and Freshmen crews depart
ed from Seattle for Poughkeepsie to
compete In the regatta on the Hudson.
WILL ATTEMPT FLIGHT TO AM
ERICA PROBABLY IN MONTH
OF OCTOBER
FRIEDRICKSHAFEN, June 8—The
greatest aircraft the world has ever
seen is being constructed for the Am
erncan navy here at the Zeppt lin
plant. The craft is known as the ZR-3
and will attempt a flight to America
probably in October or November. She
is 9S5 feet long, and 121 feet high and
has a speed of more than 62 miles per
hour. The craft expects to make the
trip from Berlin to New York in at
least 60 hours.
PENN ROAD GRANTS INCREASE
CHICAGO, June 8—The Pennsyl
| vania Railroad granted an increase of
pay amounting to aboui four million
| to fifty five thousand for shopmen.
FIGHT BETWEEN WILLS
AND DEMPSEY REVIVER
NEW YORK, June 8—A discussion
of a probabfile heavyweight champion
ship match on September 6 between
Dempsey and Harry Wills the negro
challenge^ was revived today by re
ports that a bid for the fight had
been made by interests who are plan
ning to erect an arena capable (.■ sein
ing 150.000 persons at Long island
City.
SELL AMMUNITION TO BANDITS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8—Of
ficial advices from Peking say that un
paid Chinese soldiers at Shangtung,
| are replenishing their pockets by sell
| ing ammunition to the bandits.
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PARIS, June 8—The paper “La Ma
tin” says that the array of occupation
will be increased upwards of 20,000
men, following a decision to more com
pletely exploit the occupied German
territory.
HUGE SHIP BE DRY AS BONE
WASHINGTON, June 8—Shipping
board officials announced that the Le
viathon will be as dry as a bone, and
there will be unceasing vigilance. Las
ker said, “I am not a Dry myself, but
President Harding says no liquor on
shipping board vessels and his words
must go.”
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SECRETARY WEEK S INTERESTED IN ALASKA
Before Secretary Weeks and his party of Senators and Representatives
left New York for Alaska, the transport Grant was equipped with the
newest thing in loud-speaking telepht ny, the Western Electric Public Ad
dress System. It was used to give oiders to the ship’s crew and to project
entertainments broadcast by radio to all parts of the ship. His interest in
electrical communication is counted on by advocates of a new Government
cable between Alaska and the United States.
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VA«. l'EZ MI \ F R f'AYS f.OMPLI
MENT TO MAN RESPONSIBLE
FOR BUILDING CITY
(Special to the Gateway)
VALDEZ, Alaska, June 8—The Val
dez Miner, in an editorial and news
article says; “John E. Ballaine, toun
| der of Seward and originator and
builder of the Alaska Central Kau
way, now a part of the Government s
Alaska Railroad was a passenger on
the steamer Northwestern for Seward
and Fairbanks, arriving in Valdez to
day. — ■
“It will be Mr. Ballaine’s first trip
on the train over the completed rail- i
road, occupying the identical route
which he first explored and laid out
for the Alaska Central twenty-one
years ago when the War department
had officially recommended the route
through the Copper River Valley, and
when Valdez had a population of
eight thousand. The site now' occu
pied by Seward was then a timbered
wilderness.
“His judgment alone backed that
terminus and that route against the
then combined belief of every other
man and woman in Alaska, that a
railroad to the interior should be
built through the Copper River Val
ley. His judgment alone backed that
terminus and that route in the hear
ings on the Alaska Railroad bill be
fore the committees of congress
against the combined and powerful
interests that favored the route thru
the Copper River Valley, and he alone
presented the facts and the argu
ments which persuaded the President
of the United States to locate the
Government Railroad from Seward
through the Susitna Valley.
It was a single-handed achievement
against big odds and based on his in
dividual judgment alone which has
I few parallels on the Pacific Coast 01
in the Nation; an achievement which
will look larger with the passing of
time and the unfolding of develop
ments.
Valdez and Cordova were disap
pointed keenly in not being selected
as the terminus of the Government
i Alaska Railroad but in all truth and
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sincerity and generosity it can be said
that every man and woman of each :
city today takes his hat off with re-j
spect to John E. Ballaine for the judg- 1
ment, the industry, the perseverance j
and the courage he displayed in car-;
rying his vision of 1902 to tull reali- j
zation in 1923.
The Miner requested a statement
from Mr. Ballaine on the policies that
should be put into effect to make the
Government Railroad a success and
to develop the country tributary to it.
He said in reply: “The first step is
to put government steamer^ on the
route direct from Seattle or San
Francisco straight across to Seward,
making the run in three days as com
pared with eight or ten at present,
and reducing the passenger and
freight charges in proportion to the
time and distance saved then reduce
the transportation charges on the gov
ernment railroad to the same sched
ules as in the States.
The next is to have the management
of the railroad adopt a policy ot
building up industries anil population
For example, it must enlist private
capital to provide such industries
along the railroad as a smeuei t>u mai,
mines can be developed and a pulpj
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and paper mill which would use tim
bebr fresh from the cleared-off farms
of the Interior. These are but sam
ples. The general policy should be!
simply such as all privately owned |
railroads in the west have practiced. (
With that policy inaugurated the |
country tributary to the Alaska Rail- j
road could absorb at least thirty thou
sand settlers and immigrants every
year, thus indefinitely making both
the railroad and the steamship lines
better than self-sustaining within a,
few years to the great good of the j
whole nation.
“Legal authority for this is given in
the Alaska Railroad Act “and .n the
Shipping Board Act. It is wholly a
matter of intelligent management. Ir.
handling this subject adequately we
must keep in mind that the eountiies
of Northwestern Europe which cor
respond with Alaska in area, in lati
tude and in climate; containing like
Alaska, 591,000 square miles, support
twenty seven million of the haidiest
and best people in the world. Alaska,
by comparison, can support fifty m 1
llon.”
VALDES MINER.
BANDITS SHOOT CASHIER
LOS ANGELES, June 8—Auto ban
d?is held up and shot and wounded
Pave Ar tink, cashier for the Sun Diug
C'c They escaped with move than
Ot-O which he had been carrying to the
bank.
FRENCH SEIZING GOODS
ESSEN, June 8—The Germans re
port that the French have begun seiz
ures of household goods belonging L,
Germans who have failed to pay tines
Imposed on them. The French have
planned to seize the homes of Doctor
Krupp and the coal magnate Fritz
Thyssen.
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GERMAN MARKS LOWER
NEW YORK, June 8—German
Marks have fallen to the low level of
50,000 for a dollar.
FLYING CADET KILLED
SAN ANTONIO, June 8—Flying ca
det Robert Adams aged 24, and private
Hall, 22, were killed and their bodies
burned when their plane crashed here
today.
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PILES UP ON ROCKS OF CHIRIKOF
ISLAND—OFFICERS AND
CREW SAVED
SEATTLE, June 8—The Govern
ment mine sweeper Cardinal, which
piled up on Chirikof Island reef, south
west of Kodiak, Alaska, is a total loss
and cannot be salvaged. Sixty-eight
officers and men of the Cardinal were
taken off the wrecked vessel early this
morning and are aboard the naval
supply ship, Cuyama, according to a
radio dispatch received in Seattle to
Cuyama Speeds to Rescue
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—The
| mine sweeper Cardinal is stranded on
1 Chirakof Island, Alaska, and the Cu>
ama, in charge of Rear Admiral Chase
is speeding to her assistance.
Survey Boat Hits Rock
SEATTLE, June 8.—The Geodetic
Survey steamer Discoverer, struck a
rock in attempting to go alongside
■ the wrecked steamer Cardinal, alter
I the latter had grounded off Chirikot,
! The Discoverer was not injured and
remained standing by.
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COPENHAGEN, June 8—The Rus
sian General Ivan Khaiin died here
last night. During the war he wasj
sentenced to death in Ge-manv as a
Russian spy, but was later pardoned
by the emperor. Before the war he
was the richest man in Russia but
diea in poverty.
REIRST FIBS REED
FIB THE PRESIDENCY
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico, June 8.—
Hearst today declared that he favored
Senator Reed of Missouri over Henry
I Ford for presidency.
COST OF LUG SUB
BE SLOWLT MB
WASHINGTON, June 8.—The cost
of living continues creeping upward,
according to a bulletin issued today
by the Bureau of Labor.
MIME READY FOR
NAVY YARDS AND ARSENAL.S ARE
WORKING AT FULL CAPAC
ITY GETTING FLEET SHA°E
LONDON, June 8—It seems that if
Britain has another war on her hands
that she is not going to be caught nap
ping this time. Both huge naval arse
nals and dockyards at Chatham and
Portsmouth are working full speed'in
getting a whole fleet of light cruisers
and mine sweepers ready to dispatch
to Russian waters as soon as possi
ble.
Reports also say that significant
preparation are being made in their
heavy battleship fleet and there is
great movement of the Bril is ti war
snips in the Mediterranean am. it in
reported that seven sup n- dread
naughts and battleships of lesser no e
have arrived off the Dardanelles.
MOSCOW, June 8—Russian officials
believe that any break with Britain
would result in a war between the So
viets and the border states.
LONDON, June 8—Krashin, when iu
terviewed, predicted that any rupture
in the Anglo-Russian trade agreement
would probably result in war between
Britain and the Soviet within a year.
He pointed out that any cancellation
of the agreement would reruit in the
Entente to resume their tactics of stir
ring up th border States like Roland
and Rumania to interfere in Russian
affairs, inevitable causing a clash.
PART OF CAMPAIGN TO HAVE
VOLSTEAD ACT AMENDED
BY NEXT CONGRESS
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WASHINGTON, June 8.—The New
York World and other metropolitan
papers in the east are in a concerted
drive to have the next Democratic
National Convention held in that city
as a part of a campaign to have the
Volstead Act amended so as to permit
the manufacture and sale of light
wines and beer.
BERLIN, June 8.—Chancellor Cuno
on whom the people depeud for the
solution of her political and economic
troubles was granted an increase of
salary, bringing his total monthly in
’ come up to $17.15 in June.
NOTICE OF FIRE MEETING
Regular meeting of the Seward vol
unteer fire department will be held at
the fire hall at 7:00 p. m. Friday, June
8th. All members requested to be
present.
J. H. WALKER, Fire Chief.
WILL REVIEW BATTLE FLEET
WASHINGTON, June 8.—President
Harding will review the United
States battle fleet off Seattle July 27.