VOLUME XIX NUMBER 55
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
At the Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon yesterday, which was attended by
a large number of members and visit
ors, it was shown that if a man ship
ped his furniture from Seward to the
states in crates made from lumber pur
chased from the local saw mill he
would technically be violating the laws
of the interior department which pre
vent lumber made from timber cut
from the public domain being shipped
f out of Alaska. This was the opinion
given to the chamber by George W.
Parks, of the U. S.. Land Office, who
was ;oresent at the luncheon and who
explained to the members why lumber
and tiber products could be shipped
from Southeastern Alaska, and not
from this section. Mr. Parks stated
that the law had been changed in re
gard* to timber cut from the Forestry
lands, and that it could jprobabl.v be
easily in regard to the public domain,
f but that it would have to be so chang
ed before the local, mill could cut
spruce and ship it outside for box
shooks. Birch timber for furniture
could be cut, in the Anchorage dis
trict said Mr. Parks, as a permit had
been obtained for doing this. The ques
tion arose over the recent delay in the
negotiations for the sale of the Resur
rection Bay Lumber company to a Se
attle party, who had intended to make
cargo shipments of spruce to the
states but was forced to abandon the
plan because of the absurd ruling.
It appears that away back in 1898,
m President McKinley’s administra
tion, some one believed that Alaska
was being denuded of its timber, and
to safeguard posterity, represented by
the present generation, a law was en
acted preventing timber being export
ed from Alaska for any purpose what
soever, either in a raw state of in man
ufactured products.
Therefore if you desire to send any
household goods, pianos, salmon or,
any other crated article, you are not
within the law unless you turn your
hack on local products and buy outside
lumber. Mr. Parks stated that the
land office still owned the lands sur
rounding the lagoon in front of the
Chamberlain ranch, between there and
the sawmill, and these had not been
placed on sale by the land office be
cause of a desire to help intending in- i
dustries. These lots could he sold at a |
low figure provided they were wanted j
bv citizens or others.
were read by Secretary Hannon, rela
tive to jobs wanted, information de
. sired and many other queries pertin
ent to Seward and vicinity. A commu
nication was received from Senator
Wesley L. Jones, defining: his position
on Section 27 of the Shipping Bill and
the White Fisheries Bill. In a previ
ous communication John Rustgard, at
torney general had placed stress upon
Mr. Jones’ avowed interest in having
this section which he alleged discrimi
nated against Alaska repealed. Mr.
Jones in his letter stated that he de
♦ sired to have the discrimination re
moved, not by a repeal of the section
as Mr. Rustgard would have the mem
bers believe, but by extending its
scope to include all coastwise trade in
the States.
•Senator Jones deftly sidestepped the
White Fisheries Bill with a few well
sounding platitudes and the chamber
followed suit, the bill upon motion be
ing indefinitely tabled.
In reply to a communication from
» the Chamber, the Booth Fisheries, thru
its vice-president in Chicago, express
ed its regret at not being able to en
ter the fishing field at this place, ow
ing to its investments at Sitka, but
intimated that the rihgt bait might
bring forth a nibble, whereupon Presi
dent C. C .Hinde of the chamber ,in
structed the secretary to secure charts
of the bay which were to be forwarded
to the company, showing available tax
free sites.
Wayne Blue and W. E. Root in short
talks showed that it was to the inter
ests of our citizens to offer every in
ducement possible to prospective in
vestors.
The “Seeing Things” corporation
' which handles “Where to Go” tours,
sent the Chamber a list of magazines
covered by its advertising, among
which were Scribners’, and others.
The secretary read certain sections
of Delegate Sutherland’s proposed
game bill, which has been introduced
k before congress,—The bill provides
* that a commission of stet bona fide
Alaskans of five years’ residence in
KING CUPID IS PRINCE’S ONLY
MONARCH
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For love Prince Viggo fourth son
of Prince Valdemar, uncle of King
Christian of Denmark, has given up
his title and relinquished all possible
claims of succession to the throne. His
engagement to Miss Eleanor Marga
ret Green, daughter of J. 0. Green,
of New York City, was officially an
nounced and from now on he will be
known as Prince Viggo, Count of Ro
senberg. The Prince and Miss Green
met last year in Copenhagen and it
was a case of love at first sight.
John M. Larsen, who has been vis
iting in California, will leave on the
next boat for the westward;
the Territory be named by the Secre
tary of Intel ior, the fifth member to
be the head of the biological survey,
i One member to beappointed from each
division. The bill provides that Al
askans leaving the territory may take
out a limited number of trophies killed
by the owner, and that no alien can
have a gun in his possession without
a license. The bill also gave schedule
o flicenses to be fixed by the commis
sion ,ranging from a few dollars to
1 $500. The bill is a good one, and one
! that is sorely needed in Alaska but it
j is too good as it has as much chance :
of passage in congress as a paraffine
rat in hades.
Lieut. Bissell explained to the mem
bers that it was unwise to makear
rangements for moving pictures of the
round-the-world flight when the avia
tors arrive at Seward ,as the flight or
ganization had arranged for pictures,
which would be more elaborate than
ihose taken by local photogiaphers,
and would be shown in many more
places ,and used as reference after
ward, whenever Seward was brought
into the limelight. The Pathe News
will also cover the flight.
A communication was also received
from Delegate Sutherland relative to
the closing of the radio station at the
present time. Mr. Sutherland declar
ed that while thearmy through the
Signal Corps was ready and willing to
take over the station, the navy depart
ment, with a dog-in-the-manger spirit
wanted to keep the coast stations un
der its control. The matter was still
in abeyance, without aetion being tak
en. In the meantime, Seward resi
dents and persons along the railway
are paying five cents per word addi
tional to get messages to the Cordova
station and thence to ship or to the
westward. Secretary Hannon stated
tht all possible data had been forward
ed to the Delegate and to the Navy.
The report of the treasurer showed
that over $500 was in the treasury.
Gov. Scott C. Bone wroe he chamber
relaiv o GFofffaoHjl
relative to te Spruce creek road nstat
ing that a meeting would beheld soon
and the matter taken up again.
The increasing attendance at the
luncheons and the greatly augmented
membership, is encouraging to the
charter members of the chamber who
see in the interest taken much bene
ficial action for the town at large.
Some discussion ensued over the
placing of a sign on the dock, with the
points of interest explained for the
benefit of tourists, and the many nat
ural and economic advantages of Sew
ard. Mr. Blue stated that most of the
towns along the route between here
and Seattle had such signs and they
were bringing beneficial results.
The chamber will hold its next
luncheon Tuesday, March 11.
FIFTY-EIGHT BILLS
FOR IKING BEER
UP BEFORE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.— Fifty
eight bills for the manufacture and
sale of beer were introduced in the
House this afternoon by anti-prohibi
tion representatives.
BONUS BILL ATTACKED
Obligation to Bear Arms Bests On
Every Citizen
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.—Describ
! ing the proposed soldier bonus as a
| “squalid and odious gratuity,” Sena
tor Bruce, democrat, of Maryland,
i gave notice of his unalterable opposi
; tion to its enactment in any of the
j forms so far proposed.
“If I really thought all or nearly
all of our world war veterans were
soliciting the bonus,” he said, my faith
in popular rule and its ability to resist
class pressure would be destroyed. It
would be driven to the conclusion
that the tendency of our great body
of voters to break up into special
groups or blocs, which is the most
alarming feature of our political life
at present had reached its culmination
and that henceforth government in
the Cnited States would be given over
to the wretched business of setting oft
one class against another,
j “The obligation to bear arms, rests
! upon every citizen. Throughout histo
S ry few things have been more striking
than the persistent contempt held by
all peoples for mercenary soldiers or
i those who fought for pay.”
Monex Cut Off;
Veteran a Suicide
SEATTLE. Mar. 5.—Charles Emil
Brown, a disabled world war veteran,
was found asphyxiated in a rooming
house today. He was a member of
the 157th Infantry. A letter from the
veterans’ bureau, informing his disa
bility compensation had been discon
tinued was found in his room.
KETCHIKAN HA LI BET
KETCHIKAN— Fresh halibut 16
and 9 cents per pound. Pickled none.
FAVOR OFPROHfBITlON!
LONDON, Mar: 5.—Lloyd George fn
an address said that America got
prohibition by the world war and that
he believed it to be a good thing to
banish the saloon forever.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET
The Woman’s CluEr will meet tomor- \
row afternoon at two o’clock ir the
clubrcoms under the Bank of Seward.
TRAIN OUT TOMORROW
A train will leave Seward tomorrow
morning at 8 o'clock for Anchorage.
Passengers will be taken as far as the
big slide and will transfer. All pas
sengers are requested to take plenty
of lunch with them?..
Train out tomorrow morning at 8
o’clock.
ID CROSS PROGRAMS
OE GIVEN 01 SCHOOLS
A meeting was held at the schools
yesterday by a number of members of
the Red Cross at which it was decided
to give a vaudeville and concert on
the last Friday or Saturday of this
month. The performance will be
staged at the Liberty theatre, the pro
gram to be given latei\ The scholars
of the Seward school will assist in
making the program a success. The
chairmen of the several committees
named are: General Manager, Mrs.
Charles Lechner; Lighting and fix
tures, D. C. Brownell, Cal Brosius.
Music, Miss Thelma Ellsworth; Pub
licity, Miss Beatrice Baughman.
jThe school faculty will assist in the
I management.
j MOSCOW, Mar. 5.—Nineteen men
and three women were condemned jto
death today for participating in Jew
| ish fhassacrcs at Minsk, in 1911). The
women’s sentences were later commu
ted.
Coolidge Opposes Unfair Opposition
to Soldier Bonus
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.—Threats
of business firms to dismiss employes
on failure to ^petition Congress for en
actment of the Mellon tax bill and for
defeat of bonus legislation were de
dounced by President Coolidge as ut
terly un-American and calculated to
arouse hostility between employers
and employes.
G. Bascom Slemp, secretary to Pres
ident Coolidge in a letter to Harlow
W. Ross, editor of the American Le
gion Weekly, criticised sharply a pur
ported letter sent by the Aeolian Co.
of New York to its employes declar
in gthat the company would check up
its payroll the next couple of weeks
to find out who had written and who
had not.
Coolidge May Not
Care to Make Race
MIAMI, Fla., Mar. 5.—“It is en
tirely possible that President Cool
idge may not care to run by the time
the Teapot Dome investigation is end
ed,’’ Wm. J. Bryan said today.
PHONE EXCHANGE IN
CHINATOWN IS BEDLAM
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 5.—San
Francisco’s “Tower of Babel,” is a
telephone exchange set in the midst of
its world famous Chinatown. This
exchange has 1463 lines to serve the
10.000 Chinese o ftho district. The
operators are Chinese girls, 10 in
number. All must speak, read and
write English, and more important,
b‘> familiar with severa. Chinese dia
lects for China as a nation has many
tongues.
The girls handle an average of 1500
calls daily.
AGE OF EGGS SET PAST
TIME FOR GOOD EATING
CHICAGO, Mar. 5.—Two eggs be
lieved to be bird eggs between 35 and
60 million years old and which were
found in South Dakota have been add
ed to the crliection of fossils in the
Fic'd museum it was announced.
The age rf the eggs was determin
ed by the reek in which they were
found.
MICK MADE ARREST
Seattle Police Chief Says Captain
Acted Unwisely.
SEATTLE, Mar. 5.—William Sev
eryns, chief of the Seattle police de
partment, today denounced Claude G.
Bannick, former chief who is acting
captain for permitting C. S. Stanhope,
a patrolman, to be arrested.
When one of Bannick’s men found
Stanhope fighting with a civilian a
few weeks ago, he was conducted to
headquarters, and a pistol and a pair
of handcuffs were taken from him.
Severyns restored Stanhope to duty.
S. H. Short Resumes
Police Duties Seattle
SEATTLE, Mar. 5.—S. H. Short,
the patrolman, whose bullets killed
j Isaac Hamburger and seriously crip
!;pled Mrs. Viola Davis, was reinstated
I last week by the police chief. At the
trial of Short it was shown that he
was not responsible for the shooting,
but was carrying out the orders of
his superiors. Short’s badge and dub
were leturned to him following his vin
dicatior and he is again on duty.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
BRYAN’S PRESIDENTIAL, CANDI
DATE
CorrmoHT xcYiTONt view co* NtwjroftK/
Dr. A. A. Murphree of Gainesville,
Florida, who according to recent an
nouncements is Wm. J. Bryan’s candi
date for the Democratic nomination
for president. Mr. Murphree express
ed surprise when told of Bryan’s plan
and does not know whether to accept
the honor or not. He has been an ed
ucator since 1887 and is well known
and highly thought of.
A move is on foot among members
of the Chamber of Commerce to make
a trip to the westward on the steam
ship Starr, on her nr»t trip to the
Bristol 3ay district, probably ten or
a dozen Seward firms sending repre
sentatives to establish better commer
cial relations with the rapidly grow
ing district.
Arrangements will be made by wire
less to meet trie Seward bimen, arid
the ship will oe rlecoarted with large
banners setting forth the fact tha- the
Seward Chamber is aboard.
Firms desiiing to make the trip
are requested to send in their names
to Secretary J. P. Hannon as soon as
possible in order that space may be
reserved.
CHURCH ADVERTISED BY
44-FOOT ELECTRIC SIGN
OAKLAND, Mar. 5.—What is said
to be one of the large church signs
in America has been erected over the
First Baptist Church here. The let
ters are 18 inches high.
The sign is surmounted by a cross
operated by a flasher.
Another Investigation
Started by Coolidge
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.—President
Coolidge ordered the immediate grand
jury investigation of charges that two
members of congress had accepted
bribes to obtain paroles and pardons
for prisoners convicted of crime.
Kill Pi FOR CLOTHES
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 5.—Clothes
worn by Abraham Lincoln, when he
was assassinated in Ford's Theatre,
Washington, by John Wilkes Booth,
were sold at public auction for $6500.
They consisted of an old black suit,
the collar stained with the life blood
of the president, the trousers badly
wrinkled, a badly torn overcoat and
a faded silk stock.
Bidding opened at $500 and rose to
the sale price, when the lot was sold
to a man who gave his name as Doug
las.
The garments were given by Mrs.
Lincoln to Alphonse Donn, a White
House doorkeeper, of whom the pres
ident was fond. Other relics sold at
auction included a pin cushion pre
sented to George Washington at the
age of six which brought $75.
A
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WASHINGTON, Mar, 5.— Senator
Heflin, on the floor of the senate here
j this afternoon charged that Harry
: Sinclair had handled many race track
bets for cabinet members; that Attor
{ney General Daugherty himself had
j gone to the tracks with Sinclair.
Doheny, Senator Heflin said, got
j the $40,000 refund in taxes from the
Treasury in 1020, and the clerk in the
Treasury department responsible for
the favor was now in the employ of
Doheny, Senator Heflin shouted.
Son of McAdoo Explains
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.—Francis
j H., a son of W. G. McAdoo, told the
| Senate Committee his father had be
! came counsel for McLean shortly after
j leaving the Wilson cabinet. He said
| that A. Mitchell Palmer represented
Doheny and Sinclair.
“Fall is the man who put the dough
in Doheny, the Sin in Sinclair and the
; Dent in Denby” Senator Heflin de
j dared, while Lodge replied with a
parody on one of Longfellow’s poems
while the senate rocked with mirth.
Committee Examines Telegrams
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.—Before
I calling any witnesses today the oil
j committee held an executive session to
; examine additional telegrams supplied
by the Western Union.
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Lieut. Clayton Bissell
Give Talk Thursday
Under the auspices of the Enter
tainment Committee of the Women's
l Cuib, Lieut. Clayton E. Biss'*!! wiP
| speak •nursda> evening, March 7, at
8 o’clock in jie Methodist ehirdi
Lieut. Bissell is the advance agent
for the “Round the Wrorld Flight,” by
Army aviators, which will reach Sew
ard about April 5.
He will explain the flight, its course,
purpose and details and problems
which had to be worked out before the
| final plans could be made. The ob
! stacles, which we on earth have no
jidea must, be encountered in the air.
land the means of overcoming them
are intensely interesting.
I Lieut. Bissell is a very fine speaker
and this coupled with his knowledge
of the air and. aircraft should prove
one of the most entertaining and in
teresting evenings we have had in
I Seward.
j It is hoped that everyone will be
present. It is an opportunity that no
j one can afford to miss. Thursday eve
ning, 8 o’clock at the Methodist
church.
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PLATFORM OUTLINED
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j William G. McAdoo Tells Policies to
Supporters
CHICAGO, Mar. 5.—Styled by his
friends as the best available material
for the presidency, and the hope of
the Nation, William G. McAdoo, for
j mer Secretary of the Treasury, is in
the Democratic presidential nomina
tion race to stay.
Here are some of the things Mr.
McAdoo stands for:
Drive corruption out of Washington
and the nation.
Call a new world conference to deal
with political and economic problems.
Submit the question of American
foreign policy to a national referen
| dum.
Take TJVall Street’s grip off the de
partment of treasury and federal re
serve system.
Repeal the Fordney-McCumber tar
iff act.
Prompt raih-oad reforms.
Put agriculture on its feet again.
Strictly enforce all prohibition acts.
Reduce taxes.
Adopt a constitutional amendment
prohibiting child labor.
Establish a national labor code..
Clean out the veterans’ bureau and
pay the soldiers’ bonus.