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VOLUME XIX NUM ER 184
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMANY ASKED TO
MAKE DECISION ON
DAWES’ REPARATIONS
LONDON, Aug. 6.—Premier Mac
donald, presiding at the plenary ses
sions of the inter-allied conference at
noon today formally handed to the
German delegation a protocol em
bodying the program of the confer
ence putting the Dawes reparation
v report into effect. He asked the
Germans to study the report and be
ready to express their opinions to
morrow.
Governor Smith Will
* , Not Be a Candidate in
New York Campaign
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Governor
Albert Smith today, during a con
ference with John W. .Davis, Demo
cratic nominee for the presidency ,in
f formed Mr. Davis that he would not
be a candidate for the governorship
of New York at the next election.
Smith told Mr. Davis that he was
convinced that the Democratic party
cannot carry New York in Novem
ber, and that he does not wish to
jeopardize his political future by ty
ing up with a losing cause. Mr. Da
vis expressed himself as highly dis
appointed that he had been unable
to convince the governor that he
should run.
New York democrats are appar
ently disheartened by the apathy dis
played by the party in the coming
election.
American Flyers Cross
Iceland to West Side
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug:. 6-—
Lieut. Smith, piloting the Chicago,
and Lieut. Nelson, in the New Or
leans, arrived here from Hoenafjord
on their way across Iceland on their
round the world flight at 2 o’clock
this afternoon. They will continue
.their flight tomorrow.
Both aviators expressed regret ov
er the accident happening to the
plane of Lieut. Wade, and hoped that
he would be able to continue t he
jjlight^ so nearly completed. ‘It is
hard for a man to go thru what we
have, and be knocked out on the last
lap,” said Lieut. Nelson.
SEATTLE. Aug. 6.—A monument
twenty feet high with a copper plate
made from Alaska copper due to the
hard stages of the flight through Al
aska will be dedicated at Sand Point
v, hen the American filers return, to
onnmemorate the lust circumnaviga
tion of the globe by air. The memo
rial shaft will be of Washington
granite surmounted by a bronze
globe with great bronze wings
.springing from it. The Chamber ol
Commerce has endorsed the proposi
tion of Alonzo Victor I.ewis, sculptor,
Many New Buildings
Going Up in Kodiak
A number of new buildings are
being erected in Kodiak, one of
^rhieh will be used by Otto Kraft as
a restaurant. This will give Kodiak
four restaurants . Two meat mar
kets are also found in the town, both
with good cold storage plants.
AAAKL POISONED BEER
FROM WHICH TWO DIE
* BUDAPEST, Auf. 6.—Martin Rol
ler, a bar keeper ,and a customer,
each drank a glass of beer from a
freshly tapped keg, and in a few
seconds dropped dead. The keg was
opened and it contained the dead
body of a snake. It had evidently
crawled in the bung hole before be
ing filled at the brewery and dis
charged poison in the beer during
a struggle against drowning.
WANT FLIGHT END AT L .A.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6.-In a tel
egram sent President Coolidge by
authorities here it is stated that the
American world flight “would be for
ever clouded in Its globe encircling
trip success unless the end was at
the starting point, instead of ending
at Seattle as is now contemplated.
FIVE DIE FROM HEAT
IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—Heat caused
five deaths here today, and many
prostrations. It was one'of the hot
test days on record.
TREATY BETWEEN BRITAIN
AND RUSSIA NOT SIGNED
LONDON, Aug. 6.—Negotiations
between representatives of Great
Britain and Soviet Russia have brok
en down according to reports receiv
ed here today by the Foreign office,
and the treaty will not be signed.
LA FOLLETTE’S NAME
WILL BE ON TICKET
WISCONSIN BALLOT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.—
LaFollette’s name will be presented
to the voters of Wisconsin on the In
dependent ticket the same as it will
be presented to the voters of other
states, .despite the fact that the reg
ular Republican organization in Wis
consin is controlled by LaFollette,
was announced today in a letter to
; Chairman Butler from Robert LaFol
lette ,jr., chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee of Wiscon
sin.
Germany Will Sign
Says Chancellor Marx
LONDON, Aug. 6.—Chancellor
Marx, head of the German delegation
which came here to participate in an
inter-allied conference. He told the
commission in plenary session this
afternoon that Germany intends to'
carry out all the provisions of the
Dawes plan.
The fate of Germany and of Eu
rope depends upon the success of the
conference, Marx told the members
of the plenary session. It is proba
ble that Germany will subscribe to
the Dawes policies some time before
Saturday. Chancellor Marx believes
the plan to be eminently fair to all
nations concerned and believes that
Germany will stand by the agree
ment.
PARTY PROSPECTING
NUSHAGAK SEEPAGE
Wm, Lee, the old time oil pros
j pector of Wide Bay, accompanied
I by Hank Russell, is prospecting the
oil fields in the Nushagak district.
They took the Starr to Dillingham
and will take a small boat for the
; scene of the seepage about 60 miles
i up Nushagak river.
Mr. Lee, who has long known of
j this seepage, has been financed for
; the trip by oil men, and expects to
i find good prospects. They will catch
! the Starr on her August trip, return
ing to Kanatak.
INDIANS MAKE DISCOVERY
LOTS RICH PLACER GOLD
PEACHLAND, Aug. 6.—The Brit
; ish Columbia Indians are returning
from Orient, in the Okanogan dis
trict, with pouches full of gold. They
refuse to tell where they got the
treasure, which they cashed into
money here. Prospectors have com
menced a diligent search in the
effort to find the source of the
gold.
CHAMBER COMMERCE MEETS
The Chamber of Commerce held a
luncheon at the Seward Grill yes
terday, much of the time being taken
up with reading communications ao-J
cumulating during the absence of
Secretary Hannon.
SHEEP FOR KODIAK ISLAND
j It is reported at Kodiak that ten
I thousand head of sheep vrill be land
| ed on the island next spring by east
ern capitalists. Grazing is excellent
on the island and sheep can be win
tered with little trouble.
Ed #Dolan, son of the well known
guard at the Valdez jail, has enlisted
in the Signal Corps and been station
stationed at Valdez.
Mrs. Toake, field representative of
the Red Cross who came in on the
Admiral Watson, will be in Seward
until Sunday. The Red Cross will
hold a meeting Friday evening at
8 o’clock in the fire hall.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Kelsey and Mrs.
P. C. McMullen left for Anchorage
this morning where they will take
the Admiral Watson, making the
round trip to Uganik and Kodiak. Mr.
and Mrs. Kelsey, who have been
visiting their daughter Mrs. Kelsey,
will then return to their home in
Ferndale, Calif.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
C0KVR16HT KEYSTONE VIEW CO.. N«W VO*K
SAILS FOR HOME
Lady Diana Manners, who played the stellar role in “The Miracle," is
here seen with her husband, Alfred Duff Cooper, on board the Steamship
Homeric, on which they sailed for England.
LOCAL NEWS
W. E. Root and wife left on to
day’s train for Fairbanks ,on their
first vacation for eight years. It is
hoped they will enjoy the tri^> great
ly.
The Lorang residence is being pa
pered and renovated by F. B. Moore
W. E. Moultray, manager of the
Standard Oil company at Seward,
left on the Watson for Kodiak on
business connected with the opening
of the recently built station at that
place.
Mrs. F. A .Hansen, wife of the su
perintendent of the Copper River &
Northwestern railroad, was an arriv
al on the Northwestern en route to
Anchorage where she will visit with
friends for a time. Mr. Hansen was
formerly connected with the Alaska
Railroad in the capacity o fsuperin
tendent of the construction work.
Bert Denny left this week for Bird
where he has accepted a position
with the Alaska Railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly of Cant
well, left for the States on the last
boat, where they will reside. They
have been living at the Reindeer sta
tion for some time.
H T. Tripp, of Juneau, arrival '*n
the last train and is registered at the
Van Gilder.
Deputy Ma“ -a! Ralph Reel r.rd
wife, are taking a vacation trip to
Fairbanks.
T- J. Anderson of the McKinley
Gold Placer Mining company, accom
panied by several employes, left on
the Northwestern for the States on a
business trip.
Mrs. A. J. Windier and daughter’s
are passengers on the steamer Alas^
ka en route to their home in Anchor
age.
Earl Lewis, an Anchorage contrac
tor, was a Northwestern passenger
for Ketchikan, where he will build
several new residences.
Mike Henry, a well known oldtimer
of the Interior who has mined on
every creek and pup in Alaska, left
for the States on the Northwestern
on a vacation trip. He is located in
Iditarod at the present time.
Grant Courtney of Fairbanks was
an outgoing passenger for the Out
side on the last boat. He is a broth
er to Robert Courtney, the Anch
orage C. P. A.
BORN—To Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Holben, a son, at the Anchorage hos
pital, Tuesday, August 5. Mrs. Hol
ben and baby are doing well.
Miss Jennie Cameron, a school
teacher for the government schools
in Honolulu, stopped off in Seward
on her way to Fairbanks to visit her
brother. She is a guest of Mrs. B.
E. Crow.
CONVICTION MINE
CASE FROM ALASKA
The criminal prosecution involving
the financial promotion of the Tjose
vig-Kennecott Copper property, loca
ted on the other side of the Kenne
cott glacier from the Kennecott
mine, which was put on trial in New
York last month, resulted in convic
tions for four of the defendants,
Messrs. D .K. McDonald, George E.
Snyder, Christian Tjosevig and W.
B. Hancock. The fifth defendant,
George F. Rowe, was confined to the
hospital during the trial and will be
tried later .
McDonald and Snyder pleaded guil
ty shortly after the trial started. Tjo
esvig and Hancock preferred a trial
and were convicted by the jury. Han
cock and McDonald were each sen
tenced to sixty days in jail. Snyder
was given a term of ninety days in
jail, and Tjosevig was likewise sen
tenced to ninety days in jail and in
addition was fined one thousand dol
lars .McDonald and Snyder are resi
ents of Spokane ,and Christian Tjo
sevig and W. B. Hancock are former
Alaskans well known in the Copper
River valley.
The charges against the defendants
were based on using the mails to de
fraud in selling the stock of the Tjo
sevig-Kennecott Copper Company.
Among those who testified at the
trial were W. S. Seagraves, former
superintendent of the Kennecott Cop
per Co. ,and Prof. Allan B. Bateman,
of Yale, geologist for the Kennecott
Copper Company. Louis B. Leven
saler ,a well known mining engineer
who operated for years in Alaska,
was subpoenoed as a witness but was
excused from testifying.
These proceedings were started
because of a visit or two during
the summer of 1916, when George
Francis Rowe went to Cordova and
on up to Kennecott ,to engage in
negotiations with Christian Tjosevig
and Nels Tjosevig for the mining
property they were working in a
small way, situated across the
Kennecott glacier. These visits re
sulted in deeding the property to
the Tjosevig-Kennecott Copper com
pany, which included a syndicate of
Seattle and Spokane business men,
among whom were former Governor
Hay, John W. Roberts, W. L. Gaz
zam, L. H. Burnett, and Messrs. Me.
Donald and Snyder.
Vaudeville Act Pleases
Patrons of Liberty
“Scotty” Wray, a noted entertain
er, who has until recently, been a res
ident of Anchorage, pleased the the
ater patrons with a vaudeville act,
during both shows, including danc
ing, singing and several comic stunts
which brought down the house. At
the close of the act, a bouquet, made
up of Alaska fireweed and celery,
with an onion dangling down on a
string was presented to Mr. Wray.
“Scotty” has contributed greatly to
the success of several shows put on
by the Legion Post at Anchorage,
during the past year. !
U. S. BATTLE FLEET
ENGAGES MIMIC BATTLE
PORT ANGELES, Wn., Aug. 6.—
The strait of Juan de Fuca became
the battle ground for forty ships of
the United States battle fleet, which
has mobilized here for ten days’ ma
neuvers and tactical drilli.
COURT OF APPEALS
DECLARES FISH ACT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
SAN FRANCISCOfi Aug. 6.—The
Act passed by the Alaska legislature
in 1923 defining fish and game regu
lations and their limits and penalties
was declared unconstitutional today
by the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals, on the ground that it
sought to alter or nullify certain acts
of Congress on the*same subject.
The action was filed by Attorney
John Rustgard for the Territory
against the Auk Bay Canning Co.,
which was accused of violating the
provisions of the closed season.
The decision was a far reaching
one and will have an important bear
ing on the fisheries and game ques
tion.
Butler Disputes Claims
of La Foilette Backers
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Chairman
Butler, of the Republican National
Committee, disputed the claims of La
Foilette backers that he would carry
the Northwestern States this fall.
“I do not think that there is any
thing to the claims that La Foilette
will sweep the Northwest,” he said.
“I just returned from there this week
and I did not get any such impres
sion from my visit.
Steamship Starr Has
Accommodating Crew
The members of the chamber ol
commerce which returned Monday
from a three weeks’ trip on the Stan
are loud in praise of the attentior
bestowed upon them by Capt. O. A
Johansen and crew. Especially was
the crowd grateful for the efforts
made by Steward Wm. (Curly)
Geory, who was busy night and day
looking after his passengers. Capt
Johansen gave the party all the time
desired at each port and in othei
ways made the* trip pleasant. While
the Starr was crowded with passen
| gers the trip was not monotonous
and was enjoyed every minute of the
time . The personnel o fthe crew is
Captain O. A. Johansen; Mates, Aug
ust Ekholm, Roe Dykeman; Engi
neers, Morris Sargent ,Frank Hunt
j and Thomas Murray; Steward Will
! iam eGory; Messhall, Henry Saeger
Purser, Louis Meehan; Mail Clerk
William Gooelnow; Cook, T-Bone
Slim.
Capt. Johansen is an enthusiastie
booster for Seward and is already
planning another excursion for nex1
year.
A PLEASED EXCURSIONIST
WILL COME NEXT SEA SOM
SEATTLE, Aug. 6.—A. L. Somers,
of Sheboyrgan, Wis., and editor of the
magazine “See America First,” is on
his way home from a vacation trip in
Alaska with a party of friends. He
says they have been delighted and
will return next year with a larger
party.
BORGEN BELIEVES THAT
COOLIDGE BE ELECTED
Gus. Borgen, who arriveel on a re
cent boat from the States, where he
traveled extensively in the west, be
lieves that President Coolidge will
be re-elected to office this fall. Mr.
Borgen declares that the sentiment
of the people generally is for CqoI
idge and the Republican warty.
WATSON SOUTH TUESDAY
The steamship Admiral Watson
will return to Seward from the west
ward and sail south Tuesday, con
necting with the train from the
Interior.
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
The town council will hold an ad
journed meeting tonight for the pur
pose of transacting some important
business left over from Monday
night.
Mrs. W. N. Cuddy of Valdez has
been chosen as committeewoman for
the Anchorage Agricultural Fair As
sociation.
ORG ANIZED LABOR
WILL BRING GUNS
TO BEAR ON DAWES
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 6.—Or
ganized labor’s heaviest campaign
guns will be brought to bear on
Dawes ,the Republican nominee for
vice president, the Executive Council
of the American Federation of Labor
announced today. Labor’s chief strat
egists are mapping out a secret cam
paign in the Federation’s plans to
elect La Follette and Wheeler, and
have made it plain that their chief
aim is to defeat Dawes, whom they
accuse of being unfriendly to labor
in the past.
Labor leaders declare that Com
jpers will not be able to hand over the
organized vote to the Progressives,
many of them refusing to abide by
any action of the convention.
Loeb Told Doctor He
Had No Scruples in
Killing Young Franks
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—Dr. William
Healy, a Boston alienist for the de
fense in the Loeb murder trial, tes
tified: “Loeb told me that he could
contemplate committing a murder
with no more conscience than was
necessary in selecting the sort of pie
he desired for dinner.” The doctor
testified that the wealthy criminal
was mentally defective when it came
to the matter of conscience.
i CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—In the Loeb
| Leopold case .being tried here, this
! afternoon Judge Caverly, on a mo
tion by the State to call a jury, ruled
that Leopold and Loeb, the youthful
murderers are “as sane and as guil
ty as they were yesterday, and on
the day of Ihe murder. I do not care
what Drs. White and Haley, or any
of the experts may call insanity, this
term is clearly defined and settled by
the Supreme court of this State. The
motion is over-ruled and the trial
will take place,” declared the Judge.
The ruling created a sensation a
mong the audience and knocked one
of the strongest points from under
the defendants, who hoped to have
| a verdict of temperamental insanity
returned by the judge.
Committee Refuses to
ProJuee Sugar Figures
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.—
The tariff committee decided today
to refuse the demand of Robert La
Follette that he be furnished with
> data upon which the sugar report is
| based, and the minutes of the com
! mittee in making up such report.
The members of the committee stat
ed that the refusal was based upon
the fact th,at LaFollette desired to
make a campaign issue of misrepre
sentations over the report and that
it were better to withhold it from
him.
LAW PARTNER OF WHEELER
TO BE MONTANA MANAGER
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—The appoint
ment of James H. Baldwin of Butte,
a law partner of Wheeler as mana
ger, was announced today by Nelson.
$5000 IS ALLOWED
DREDGE NOME HARBOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.—
The army engineers have ’ allowed
$5000 for improvements on the har
bor at Nome, Alaska.
OIL TANKS AT KODIAK
Kodiak is rejoicing over the erec
tion of three oil tanks by the Stand
ard Oil Co., the tanks being nearly
completed. They stand on the hill
near the bay and give a good gravi
ty flow without pumping. Two tanks
are about 12 feet in diameter and
30 feet high and the other is about
18 feet. A big sign bearing the
words “Kodiak, Standard Oil Co.,”
is on the pumphouse on the dock.
CHEECHACOES GOING STRONG
Harry G. Steel, editor of the Cor
dova Times, who is in Baltimore
writes that the weather is excessive- \
ly hot for an Alaskan and that the
Cheechacoes is going strong, the
playhouses being crowded with peo
ple anxious to see the picture.
NOTICE TO MASONS
Stated Communication Seward
Lodge No. 219 tonight, at 8 o’clock,
I .0. 0- F. Hall.