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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 150
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Pirn OF E
LEJ1VE SEATTLE
STANDARD OIL COMPANY WILL
RUSH CONSTRUCTION OF
PLANT AT SEWARD
Word was received here today fhat
a party of Standard Oil Engineers
will leave Seattle on the Alameda<
Saturday, en route to Seward to su
perintend the erection of the Standard
Oil dock, buildings and tanks. It was
stated that work would be rushed on
erecting the plant, and it would be
ready tor business before fall.
Recent arrivals from Seattle state
that this company has greatly in
creased its proposed capacity, a tank
of 70,000 barrels capacity being built
to hold fuel oil, and two two million
gallons tanks being erected to hold
distillate and gasoline. Other tanks
will be erected for kerosene, and by
products, a full line of greases and
oils being handled.
Officials of the Resurrection Bay
Lumber Company, which has the con
tract to furnish materials for the
buildings, announce that deliverey will
start immediately.
If this company builds according to
expectations it will furnish work for
a large number of carpenters and la
borers.
Employes of the Alaska Sulphui
Company have asked that a recei\ ei
be appointed for the Akun Island in
stitution, and J. H. Flower, a well
known resident of Seward, was sent
over by the court as caretaker for the
receiver, until its affairs could be un
tangled.
The affairs of the company are said
to be in good shape, and the tangle
has apparently arose o^er internal
dissension.
■0 SHIP GOLD STM
The United States radio supply ship
Gold Star arrived in port about nine
o'clock this morning, and will unload
100 tons of coal and a lot of supplies
for the local radio station, which will
be hauled to the station at the head
of the bay by Hoben & Davis. The
vessel also has a cook and a radio
operator for the local station.
The Gold Star will be in port until
late tonight.
RUSSIAN REFUGEES MAY
SETTLE IN WASHINGTON
ABERDEEN, June 12—The last
remnant of the Vladivostok anti-bol
shevik army of General Kappell, now
on its way to the United States from
Manila, may find shelter here, accord
ing to a plan under way here by the
Russian residents. The refugees, who
will be admitted under a special* im
migration ruling, will be brought to
Gray’s Harbor immediately upon their
arrival in San Francisco and homes
and employment for them found. The
plan has the approval of the immigra
tion authorities. The band numbers
540.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
TO BE ROSE QUEEN
PORTLAND, June 13—Miss Lucy
Thomas, Portland high school girl, will
reign as queen at the coming Rose fes
tival, according to announcement of
judges who finished counting the votes
cast for candidates.
The successful candidate polled
136,989 votes in the heated contest,
which ended yesterday. Her nearest
competitor for the honor gained 129?
904 votes. ...
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ONE SLAIN IN FARM
FIGHT NEAR HOQUIAM
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HOQUIAM, June 13—Cero Pamichr
mi, 49 years old was slain two miles
west of here last evening, in a scuffle
with Karl Kirch, who accused Pam—1
ichrrai of annoying his daughter. A
participant in the scuffle was M. Cal
vert, who had run in response to calls
for help by Kirch in the meadow,
where the killing occurred.
Calvert, who was held as a material
witness, and Kirch, who was not ar
rested, said that Pamichrmi was shot
in the chest when they tried to get ;
possession of a revolver that Pamich
rmi had drawn.
HI HERS SHIFT;
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REVENUE CUTTERS KEPING A
CLOSE CHECK ON FLEET
NORFOLK. Jure 12—Rum runners!
who have shifted the scene ot their op :
erations from the Jersey coast to thj} j
Virginia capes, faced a com er concen- j
tration of coast guard craft here io-|
day.
When the rum runnel Cartona, with,
a cargo of iiquors from Bermuda, was!
reported at the Norfolk coast guard ol j
flee yesterday to have dropped anchor
alongside the Istar, wh5ch has been;
eK the capes for several days, *wo|
other coast guard outers were sent,
to join the revenue cutter Manning.
They were ihe tug Mascouti’i and the1
cutter Aiache4 obtained front Norfolk
and Prf’ti'uore, respei/1 •- -. " • for
mer having been outfitted with guns
at the navy yard before leaving. It is
understood that a third coast guard
boat has been oidered from New York.
FOUR BATTLESHIPS :
SENT TO JUNK HEAP
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PHILADELPHIA, June J2—Four of
the “Eagles of the Sea”—the Kansas,
Louisiana, New Hampshire and Min
nesota—are now being scrapped at the.
Philadelphia navy yard. These first
class battleships are being scrapped
under the provision of the arms con
ference treaty. While actual oblitera
tion of the vessels has not been start
ed, the dreadnaughts have been strip- j
ped of all their equipment so they are j
practically useless as fighting crafts, j
Si!’! FEEDS SOLDIERS
m 270 FEB !
WASHINGTON, June ‘13. — Army
quartermaster reports show that the
army is feeding its soldiers three
meals at a cost of twenty-seven cents
per day per man.
SAILORS FILE IT
AGAINST SCHOONER
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MARSHFIELD, Oregon, June 13—
The steam schooner Bangor of San
Francisco is tied up here today as the
result of a suit brought by five sea
men against the owners of the vessel.
The men are demanding wages they
claim, are due them. They also set
forth in their complaint that the ves
sel is not equipped with life boats.
The sailors deserted the vessel at
Coos Bay, the first stop out of San
Francisco, hurried here and filed joint
action in tne tederai court.
SHORTAGE OF MEN EXISTS
Contractors and others report a
shortage of laborers in this vicinity,
the logging camps, sawmills and road
work taking the available supply.
DES MOINES, June 13—Miss Mary
Thomas was arrested here on a charge
of burglary, the first woman ever ac
cused of this offense in Iowa.
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LONDON, June 13.—One hundred
and fifty thousand Jews have been
killed in various pogroms in Ukraine
and other parts of Russia^ according
to Dr. Schwarzmann of the Jewish Re
lief conference. He quoted this figure
which he said was obtained from
reliable sources.
CANNERY BUSY
The Kodiak Island Fishing and
Packing Company are busily engaged
in packing fish^ a fair-sized run hav
ing set in. This company puts up the
finest brand of fish ever produced in
Alaska; the pack being fresh and
the fish firm and clean.
PRESIDENT LE KON SUNG
FEKtNG, June 13 —President Le
Kun Sung, with a hostile army of his
couutiymen at the gates of his pal
ace, has yielded to the demands for
him to resign and he left today for
.Tientsin this afternoon on a special
train.
BROOKLYN EAGLE PARTY
BE IN SEWARD THREE HOURS
The Brooklyn Eagle party of sev
enty members will arrive some time
next month, and will be in port about
three hours, taking train to Fairbanks.
The wrote the secretary of the local
chamber asking what the cost would
be to take the party over the Kenai
lake road and around the city by
auto. The chamber will arrange to
have autos convey the party without
charge.
MARINERS KICKING
Mariners are still voicing ocm
plaints about being unable to reach
the local float to load supplies. It is
seated that vessels tie up to the float
for weeks at a time instead of an
chorage in the stream. The council
recently took cognizance of the mat
ter but no action has beenjtaken.
JUNEAU, June 12.—Halibut 11 and !
7 cents; king salmon, reds, 13c; small |
reds, 10c; white, 3 cents.
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EUROPEAN EXPERTS AT ODDS
OVER RELATIVITY THEORY
PARIS, June 2—A division in scien
I tific circles has been made here by the
| relativity theory of Einstein, challeng
| ing old conceptions of time and space.
1 Former Premier Painleven, first a
mathematician and later a politician,
is threatening to drop politics long
enough to prove that the earth has
stopped turning. In fact, he asserts it
never did turn. M. Painleve ftas a new
theory of universe, based on mechan
ics. He says Einstein is rignt, except
that he is not right enough.
Professor Langevin, phycist of the
College of France, inventor of the
sounding machines by w hich ships can
be piloted at sea, has made what his
friends describe as a religion of the
Einstein theory, combating old theo
ries and all others with much ardor.
Emile Picard, the genial permanent
secretary of the Academy of Sciences,
from his retreat in the Institute pal
ace, has sought to dodge this battle of
the worlds. However, he is inclined to
the belief that the old-timers were
fairly correct.
Director Ballaud, of the Paris Ob -
servatory, says that in many respects
science is still like Diogenes stumb
ling along with his lantern, “as for me
I have no opinion as to the relative
merits of the discussion. It would take
me two years of my life to become
familiar with the Einstein theory, and
as I am 75 now, I really haven’t the
time to spare.”
BELGRADE, June 13.—A dispatch
to Jugo Slav newspapers today report
the existence of a state of civil war
throughout the greater part of Bulga
ria.
Former Cabinet Ministers Oboff and
Douparinoff were killed during an en
gagement with revolutionary troops.
B. F. M. ARRIVES IN PORT
The B F. M., formerly owned by the
Granite. Mine, arrived in port last
night from the halibut banks. The
B. F. M. is now owned by Henry Tho
dy of Seward.
GRAVELING
Hoban & Davis yesterday made
a temporary camp at Mile 12, where
a crew of six men and teams will be
engaged for the next few weeks in
graving the new forestry service road
from Mile 12 to Mile 14.
DEMPSEY WILL GET DOWN .
TO GRIND AGAIN SOON
GREAT FALLS, June 12- Dempsey,
who will battle Tommy Gibbons in
Shelby, Montana, July 4, is taking a
real layoff from training this week.
Returning last night from a three day
fishing trip at the Rock Creek bunga
low of C. B. Power, in the heart of the
Rocky Mountains, he spent today with
friends riding about the city in an au
tomobile, visiting the several falls of
the Missouri and the refining plants
and wire mills of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company.
Dempsey looks to be in the best of
physical condition and declares he is
enjoying his outing immensely. He
will enter training again Monday at
the camp and will not leave it until
he goes to Shelby July 4. on a special
irain.
Lee Moore, 126-pound boxer from
Los Angeles, arrived here last night
as a sparing partner of the champion
and Monte Farrell, coast middleweight
is expected to arrive next week.
unconscious in an irrigation ditch near
here yesterday, the 2-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Corbett was saved
by the heroic work of Mrs. Nina Poole
who plunged into the stream and res
cued the child.
She fainted from her exhaustion,
but soon recovered and revived the
baby’s respiration. She then drove to
her home.
WASHINGTON, June 13—The re.
ceivership suit filed against the Ku j
Klux Klan "doesn’t amount to a hill
of beans,” H. W. Evans, imperial wiz
ard, said here today.
Evans said he had never heard of
David M. Rittenhouse, of Philadelphia,
in whose name a suit was brought
yesterday in Atlanta and to whom a
temporary restraining order against
the officers of the Klan was granted.
“This suit is just a yell for the los
ers,” Evans said. “We have things like
this all the time. They cannot prevent
our use of klan funds. We are not wor
ried about it. Our affairs will go on
as usual.”
Evans and W. D. Simmons, emper
or of the invisible empire are here to
attend a meeting of the imperial klon
cilium of the klan. Both denied reports
that headquarters of the klan would
be moved to Washington.
Frank Slaker, an insurance adjuster
has been gfcring the town the once
over for the companies represented.
IOWA PAI« GUILTY OF . .
DODGING INCOME TAXES
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DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 13—A A
and W. F. Cooper, wealthy Dubuque
manufacturers and businessmen^ were
found guilty on three counts of con
spiracy indictment which charged
them with making false and fraudu
lent income tax return during the
years 1918, 1919, and 1920 by a federal
court jury here last night.
Conviction of the Coopers on the
conspiracy charge means that the
government may proceed with the col
lection of about $750,000 in income, ex
cess profits and war profits, and pen
alties and fines. It also means that the
Coopers are liable to imprisonment.
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SLACK BID FOR SHIPPING BOARD
BOATS UNDESIRABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12—
A thorough investigation has convinc
ed the shipping board, Chairman Las
ker announced today, that there is no
prospect that the bid of more than a
billion dollars made by John W. Slack
I of Silver Creek, N. Y., for the board’s
merchant fleet would ever be execut
ed if they were accepted.
An inquiry was conducted by the
shipping board in conjunction with the
other government departments which
Mr. Stack has business transactions
that the offer has been definitely class
with, with the result, Mr. Lasker said
“it was but a summer dream.”
This conclusion will be .communicat
ed to the special comnfittee on the
shipping board now sitting in New
York and before which Mr. Slack has
been invited. The Silver Creek bidder
will be free, the chairman said to ap
pear and give any further details of
his proposal and backing that he may
desire.
CHICAGO, June 13— Senator Borah
en route to Idaho, said this morning
that he had no intention of joining a
third party movement to defeat Presi
dent Harding.
SEAMAN GETS $40,000
DAMAGES FOR INJURIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12—J.
Murphy, an ordinary seaman, obtain
ed a $40,000 verdict against the emer
gency fleet corporation today when he
proved that he would no longer be able
to work at his calling because of flat
feet, resulting from an injury aboard
a shipping board vessel.
RUSSIAN C0JTJHG
CLEAN-UP OK BANDITS
MOSCOW, June 12—Twenty-five
bandits have just been sentenced to
death in the most vigorous cruisade
against outlaws that the Soviet gov
ernment has yet undertaken. Boris Iss
musky, leader of the band near Mos
cow, and the most daring of all brig
ands is on trial today.
SENTENCED TO II
Sx\N FRANCISCO, June 13—“Chick
en Charlie” Hing, Chinese of San Jose
aged 104, and blind, was sentenced by
Federal Judge John S. Partridge yes
terday to thirteen months in Leaven
worth prison, for peddling drugs.
Attorneys for the government told
the court that Hing was a “station”
for the higher-ups in the coast drug
ring and was considered immune from
the law.
In consequence of which the attor
neys asked that the weight of the
statutes not be withheld from Char
lie’s shriveled shoulders.
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REPORTS TODAY SHOW DAMAGE
BY FLOODS UNDERESTIMAT
ED BY PUBLIC
Word was received from Commis
sion headquarters today that the dam
ages to the right-of-way between the
Nenana River and Cantwell is much
greater than was at first estimated.
Practically sixty miles of roadbed are
cutoff but washouts at both ends, and
it is also reported that damage has
been done to bridges and culverts be.
tween the two points.
It was stated that no traffic would
be maintained over the road for at
least two weeks, passengers and mails
destined for Fairbanks being diverted
by way of Cordova and Chitina. All
passengers on the Watson and the
steamship Alaska were put off at Cor
dova, and will be taken from Chitina
by Sheldon & Galen stages.
TACOMA, June 13.—Aubrey Hall
and Peter Jensen were killed and
three persons were injured when a
Milwaukee train at Sumner ran down
an automobile in which eight fight
fans were returning from Seattle,
at midnight, alter witnessing the Ber
coi.-Krache bout.
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H. E. Wilson, long-time cashier of
the Bank of Seward and a resident of
the North for the past seventeen
years, will leave on the steamship
Alaska for Kelso, Washington, where
he will engage in business. Mrs. Wil
son left for Kelso several months ago.
Mr. Wilson has been one of the
most enthusiastic workers for the up
building of Seward, and by his un
failing courtesy and application to
business has made a host ot warm
friends who greatly regret his de
parture.
SIS & GXRLSON
SUIT Bill WORK
The firm of Sims & Carlson, of Spo
kane, who have secured the contract
to finish the remaining four and a half
miles of road to Kenai lake, started
work this week, and have a large
crew of men engaged. While the
season ,is pretty well advanced it is
believed they will ocmplete the road
this season.
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LlDLiD-ILEO
CHICAGO, June 13—“I’ve fought
for my rights all my life and am still
going strong,” asid Josliu Bevis, aged
91, when arraigned for striking his
landlord.
TO PUNISH USURPERS
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PARIS, June 13.—The Bulgarian
volunteer army numbering 100,000
Is steadily increasing in size, and is
preparing to march on Sofiia to pun
ish the usurpers to the throne. An of
ficial dispatch from Minister Balakof
at Prague states that the nation is a
vast armed camp.