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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 201.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Governor William
Salzer Guest of
Seward Chamber
One of the largest crowds that ever
turned out to its weekly luncheons
welcomed Former Governor William
Sulzer today at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon at the Seward Grill.
Governor Sulzer spoke at length on
his friendship for Alaska ,and told
of -he many times he had appeared
before congiess on problems touch
ing the territory. He stated that he
was one of the persons who helped
may out the itinerary of the late
President Harding, and declared that
his death was a great blow to the
Territory .
The Governor dwelt at length on
the riches of Alaska, and prophesied
that within a few years the Alaska
Railroad would be extended to the
Yukon, crossing at Rampart, thence
on to the vast oil deposits of the
Arctic slope. He stated that he was
one of the objectors to the railroad
being built from Seward to Fair
banks ,advocating the building of the
line from Valdez to Yukon. He spoke
at length on the benefits to be de
rived by Seward from the railroad,
and that freight must be developed
to make the road pay. This freight
must come from the interior and
would consist in time of oil, the na
vies of the nation bearing away the
Alaskan products from Resurrection
Bay.
He paid a glowing tribute to Col.
Lee H .Landis, general manager of
the railroad . He stated that he had
always been averse to army engi
neers building and operatin g rail
roads, but that Col. Landis was a
competent and thoro railroad man
and should receive the support and
indorsement of all true Alaskans.
Gov. Sulzer declared that the fun
damentals in building up a great na
tion were roads and schools. He eulo
gized Col. Steese whom he declared
to be one of the greatest road build
ers of modern times, and told of
helping Col. Steese secure a larger
appropriation for Alaskan roads and
trails.
Continuing Mr. Sulzer launched in
‘ to a description of the great White
River valley, declaring that within
three years a branch line would be
built through the valley connecting
with the Cordova railroad, giivng a
great scenic loop for tourists and
adding immensely to the potential
wealth of the country. With its great
mineral deposits, fine grasses, mild
winters and wide scope of tillable
lands, he predicted the valley could
support 5,000,000 population, with a
climate more equalable than that of
Finland.
Former Governor Sulzer concluded
his address by an eloquent appeal for
fiar play for capital invested in the
Territory.
His remarks were greeted with
great applause by the members.
Governor Sulzer has long been an
ardent champion of Alaska. Coming
to the Territory in 1886, at a time be
fore the Klondike strike was made,
he traveled from the southern to the
northernmost borders of the territory
and from the internation boun lary
to Attu. At all times he has been a
vigorous defender on the floor of
oCngress of matters beneficial to the
g v Territory, and has extinguished much
harmful information disseminated by
men unfamiliar with com/tions.
One of the greatest of the old-time
politicians he has held many import
ant offices. He was born at Eliza
beth, N. J., in 1863. Admitted to he |
’A'ew York bar in 1884; was elected 1
a member o fthe New York assem-1
bly in 1890-94 ;speaker of the House i
*' in 1893; minority leader in 1894;
member of the 54th to 57th Con
gresses; and 58th to 62nd Congress
es; elected governor of New York in
1912; elected to New York assembly
in 1913.
Following the address by Mr. Sul-1
zer several other speakers endorsed j
his remarks and complimented him
upon his good work for Alaska. Ow
ing to the absence of President C. C.
Hinde .Judge Wm. Whittlesey pre
sided over the meeting.
Governor Sulzer will leave on one
of the next boats for the south, with
a-definite program for Alaskan de
velopment.
FARMER RETURNS MONEY
LOANED HIM BY STATE
OLYMPIA, Aug. 26.—A. D. Mc
Elhimey, a Douglas county farmer,
yesterday loaned him for the purch
ase of fall wheat seed, marking the
first payment of funds advanced by
the state to assist farmers.
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FOUR CANDIDATES WILL
KEEP “MAPS” OFF ROADS
SEATTLE, Aug- 26.—Four candi
dates for the nomination for Gov
ernor have pledged themselves to
refrain from placing their campaign
posters along the highway of the
state, as a result of the editorial ap
peal in the August number of the
Washington Motorist, the official
publication of the Automobile club
of Washington. E. L. French was
the first candidate to send in his
pledge and he was closely followed
by W. J. Coyle, Thomas P. Revelle
and E. T. Mathes. It is anticipated
that numerous other car.fidates will
make a similar pledge.
$250,000 ESTATE DROPS
N TRUCK DRIVER’S L AP
DAYS OF TOIL ABRUPTLY END
FOR 60-YEAR-OLD HARD
WORKING MAN
PORTLAND, Aug. 26.—Robert
Moreland, 60-year-old truck driver,
will leave this city soon for Lamar,
Ark., to claim a $250,000 fortune.
Revelation that his days of toil on
a hard truck seat were ended—if he
so chose—was made by Tom Blair
of Portland, acting for the estate.
According to Blair, a woman
named Kansas Simpson, died at
Lamar , leaving her estate to an
Emsley Moreland, residing some
where in the Northwest. Blair
agreed to try to find Moreland, and
he is now convinced that the truck
driver here is the heir.
Robert Moreland left Lamar 41
years ago and had no idea that
such an estate was waiting him.
“I’m not going down there on any
wild goose chase,” Moreland said
when Blair first informed him.
Subsequent discoveries of relatives
have convinced each that he was
the rightful heir to the estate.
The estate consists of some 900
acres in a rich river bottom planta
tion and other property.
Steffansson Sails For
United States Today
WELLINGTON, N. Z„ Aug. 26.—
Steffansson, the Arctic explorer who
recently made a trip into the interior
of Australia, sailed today for the
United States. He made no com
ments on his recent trip.
LOS ANGELES SQUADRON
WINNER OF DAVIS TROPHY
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 26.—hTe Mich
ael F. Davis trophy model airplane,
offered as a permanent prize to the
military aeronautical squadron scor
ing the highest efficiency at this
year’s aviation encampment at Rock
well Field, was awarded to the 478th
pursuit squadron of Los Angeles,
commanded by Captain Frye.
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DAWES IN PLYMOUTH
PLYMOUTH, Vt., Aug. 26.—Chas.
G. Dawes arrived her* today for a
conference with President Coolidge. |
Prominent Missionary
Here From The Yukon
B. W. Gayther, a pEminent mis
sionary of Eagle, who has been on
the Y'ukon for a number of year, ar
rived in Seward on a recent train,
with his family, en route to Alex
andria, Va., where Mr. Gayther will
enter the Virginia Theological Sem
inary for a two-year course of study.
Mr. Gayther nqs been stationed at
Eagle the past five years, where he
has about 71 Indians in his charge.
His mission is known as St. Paul
White and Indian Mission, and is un
der the direction of the Right Rev
erend Peter T. Rowe, well known
missionary, and bishop of the Episco
pal church for Alaska.
Mr. Gayther states that conditions
are good at Eagle, the camp being
prosperous. The Indians have a
large cabin for clubroom purposes,
wjiere dances .councils and dinners
are held. Since Indian Charley, chief
of the tribe died several years ago,
there has been no head to the tribe,
but Mr. Gayther is trying to have
one appointed, believing it is better
for them to work under organized
direction.
Rev. Gayther preached Sunday
night in the M. E. church to a large
audience. He will leave with his fam
ily on the Admiral Evans.
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THE NEW ORLEANS
Plane in which Erik Nelson, pilot and his mechanic, Lieut. John Harding
reached Hoefn Hornafjord, Iceland, alone, after having been separated from
the other two planes in a fog off Kirkwall, Scotland.
Oil Gusher Comes in
On 5,000 Barrel Basis
Near Ft Collins, Colo.
DENVER, Aug. 25—The Whittaker
oli well of the Union Oil company of
California has a capacity of five thous
and barrels a day, according to an an
nouncement today by the company.
The well, located near Fort Collins,
wras brought in late last Thursday but
no definite official estimate of the
flow was made until today.
According to General Manager Sher
man of the company, the well proves
the Fort Collins dome of 2,000 acres
and puts Colorado on the map as a
producing oil state,
ARGENTINE ARRANGES TO
MODERNIZE HER NAVY
QUINCY, Mass., Aug. 26.—A con
tract was signed by officials of the
Bethelem Shipbuilding Corporation
and Admiral Julian Irizar, President
of the Argentine Naval Commission
in this country, calling for the mod
ernization of the Argentine battle
ships Rivadavia and Moreno, The
work will be done at the corpora
tion’s Fore River yards here.
The Rivadavia already is on her
way to Quincy and is expected here
by September 1. The work on the
; Moreno will be done later and it is
! expected that the two jobs will re
quire nearly a year to complete.
The Rivadavia was built at the
I Fore River yards and the Moreno at
I the Camden yards about eleven yeais
| ago.
CALIFORNIA HOLDS
BIENNIAL PRIMARY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.—With
a registration of a million, six hun
dred thousand, the largest in the his
tory of the state, California today is
holding her biennial primary election
to nominate candidates for congress
members of the legislature and oth
er officers.
CAPT. JOHN WORTH ARRIVES
SEATTLE WITH ALASKA FUR
SEATTLE, Ayg. 22.—With fifteen
passengers and Alaskan furs valued
at $45,000, the auxiliary powered
schooner Carolyn Frances, Captain
John Worth, of the Western Whaling
& Trading company of San Fran
cisco arrived in Seattle this week
from Bethel on the Kuskokwim riv
er .
When the vessel was seventy-five
miles southeast of Unimak Pass
June 24, on her homeward voyage,
Andrew Holmand, 41 years old, a
mining man of Bethel, leaped from
the after deck of the vessel into
the sea. In answer to the cry a
“man overboard’ ’ members of the
crew of the schooner launched a
lifeboat and in twenty minutes had
Holmand back on the deck of the
vessel- He was unconscious and des-^
pite the efforts of the officers of
the ship to revive him, died in a
few minutes. The body was buried
at sea. Holmand had been in ill
health for some time.
Passengers arriving in the Caro
lyn Frances included Chas. Knisher,
a merchant of Bethel and wife; Chas.
Rebbun, a mining man who has
been in the Kuskokwim district and
around McGrath since 1885; Thomas
McLean, a trader of McGrath; John
Stephenson, a trader of the Kusko
kwim river district and Edward Blok
of Bethel. ^
Actress Weeps When
Prosecution Tears
Into Her Reputation
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25—Ann Lu
ther, moving picture actress, who is
suing Jack White, wealthy New York
mining man for 100,000 for alleged
failure to keep an agreement to star
her in four motion picture productions
burst into tears on the witness stand
yesterday while defense attorneys bat
tered away at her reputation.
The tears came after she had an
grily denied that during an alleged
dispute with Jack White at Los An
gedes Ambassador hotel, she had told
him she would return his letters lot
a consideration of $100,000.
.Court was momentarily halted while
Miss Luther dried her tears, but the
defense resumed the attack on her
asserted relations with White in New
York and in Los Angeles. It was Miss
Ldihei’s second day on the stand.
Berkeley Police Head
Charges Death Threat
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BERKELEV, Calif. August 25—Mrs.
Charlotte M. Lex of Los Angeles who
is suing Chief of Police August Voll
mer of Berkeley for $50,000 for breach
of promise threatened to kill both the
I chief and herself during one of their
[interviews in a Los Angeles hotel, the
chief said yesterday. Vollmer recently
resigned as chief of police of Los An
geles.
“The suit is but one of a long ser
ies of attempts by the Los Afigeles
underworld to ‘get’ me,” Vollmer said
here today. “Mrs. Lex asked me re
peatedly to marry her and when I
finally refused, she threatened to kill
herself and me. I knew she was go
ing to make trouble for me, but I had
no means of stopping her.
BERLIN THIEVES ARE
AWAY ON VACATIONS
BERLIN, Aug. 25—Berlin thieves
have departed for their annual vaca
tion. There have been no robberies
here on a large scale for the last few
weeks and the police report that this
is because most of the porch-climbers
burglars, office thieves, and profes
sional thieves generally left for their
summer resorts with the advent of
hot weather to rest and play, so they
will be in proper trim for their fall
and winter activities.
Seven Men Including
Pastor Are Held For
Alleged Negro Murder !
FAIRMONT, ‘W. Va„ Aug. 25—Sev
en men, including Rev. E. O. Jones, a
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church of Shinston, were arrested last
night upon warrants charging con
spiracy to murder Daniel Washington,
a negro, last February. Washington
was shot in the back by a masked
and hooded band here, and, according
to the officials, a ceremony was held
aver him before the band departed.
Davis Will Speak
At Columbus, Ohio
NEW YORK, Aug. 26".—John W.
Davis presidential candidate, will
make two speeches tonight at Co
lumbus, Ohio.
DILL SCORES COOLIDGE AND
MELLON IN TACOMA SPEECH
SEATTLE, Aug. 25.—Senator C.
C. Dill made his first public address
in Seattle before the King County
Democratic club at the Dartnall cafe
teria this noon. In his first political
campaign speech of the year at Ta-!
coma Senator Dill pledged his un- j
qualified support of Davis and scored
Coolidge for his opposition to the Me-1
Nary-Haughen bill, the bonus bill
and the civil par pension bill.
Dill declared the Mellon tax bill !
favored the rich, which the demo-1
cratic tax plan as passed lifted the
burden from the poor.
He also paid a warm tribute to
La Follette but said that he couldn’t
support the Wisconsin senator be
cause if elected his success would be
only temporary. La Follette’s plat
form is a personal affair ,he said.
“The fact-finding commission ap
pointed to investigate irrigation
projects was the reason that the
Northwest didn’t get an appropria
tion bill,” Dill said.
Trans-Atlantic Flight
From Brest to N. Y.
In Less Than 20 Honrs
PARIS, Aug. 26.—A flight from
Brest to New York in less than twen
ty hours is being planned here and
undoubtedly will be undertaken next
May. The trial will be made in a
type of plane used by Lieutenant
Pelletier d'Oisy, hero of the Paris
to Tokio flight. The pilot of the
flight will be Captain Wiess, who
will fly at a height of 25,000 feet in
order to avoid disturbing air cur
rents.
Convincing Proof of
Mars’ Two Moons Is
Given By Observatory
FLAGGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 26.—
Protographic proof of the existence
of Mars, two moons were obtained
| tast light at the Lowe’l observatory,
i American scientists announced.
HELL *N MARIA STARTS - -
FIGHT IN NEBRASKA
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 25.—Going to
establish another record for doing
things on a big scale, Dawes arrived
heie today to start a desperate fight
to win the eight electoral votes of
this state for the presidential candi
dacy of Coolidge and himself. Davis
will arrive here next week.
FLYERS READY TO GO
ABOARD U. S. S. RICHMOND,
Aug. 26.—Lieuts. Smith and Nelson
have notified Rear Admiral Magru
der, commander of the squadron that
they expect to leave on their flight
from Greenland to Labrador.
Bones of Aniiifals That
Roamed California in
Pliocene Age, Claimed
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Aug. 25—The
bones of extinct animals including
those of the horse, dog, and pig fam
ily believed to have roamed Kern
county hills some two million years
ago, have been found near Paso creek
station by W. H. W. Kew, a geologist
who has been making a study of the
geological formations. The geologist
stated that he believed the bones to
be those of the pliocene age. He has
sent them to Dr. Chester Stock of the
University of California.
Ethnologists Puzzled
By Peel River Indians
Ethnologists throughout the world
are puzzled over the origin of the
Peel river Indians, a tribe in the
Yukon teritory, the river being a
tributary to the Mackenzie. These
Indians are as black as negroes, but
have long, straight hair, and aquiline
features. They are said to be proud
of their blood and have no mixed
marriages. Whether they are an off
shoot of the Hindoo race, or are des
cendents of some tribe coming up
from the far south has never been
settled by the few' ethnoloigsts who
have studied these Indians.
At the present time there are three
villages of them, all prosperous and
in good circumstances. Like the Se
minoles .however, they are vanishing
because of their antipathy to mter
nary wrth*other tribes.
JAPANESE PEOPLE
FEAR DISASTER
IN NEAR FUTURE
WHOLE NATION PRAYS, ASKING
CESSATION OF THE CON
TINUED TREMBLORS
TOKIO, Aug. 25.—Tokio, with the
anniversary of the earthquake dis
aster of last September drawing
near, was in a high state of tens’on
yesterday as a result of a severe
shake which visited the city ami was
genera) thruout eastern and north
ern Japan.
The shock was one of the most se
vere since the destructive earthquake
of September 1, 1923.
In many sections of Tokio the
pec ole were panic stricken. The iri
habiiants of the poorer sections of
the city rushed into the streets
shouting and screaming. About one
third of the guests of the Imperial
hotel, headquarters for foreign vis
itors, fled.
Investigation showed that broken
china and crockery was the main
item of damage done.
Royal Crockery Smashed.
TOR TO, Aug. 26.—Immediately af
ter the shock, official inquiries were
flashed to the palace of 'be prince
regent and to the royal household to
lerr. whether the rulers of Japan
were safe.
Clocks and crockery in the royal
residences suffered just like similar
household articles in humbler homes,
crashing to the floor as the buildings
rocked to the force of the shake but
no olher damage was done.
I hr shock was the longest in dur
ation as well as the most sever? to he
I felt since last September. Tim seis
| meter record in Fukushima observa
! -orv is broken to § width of half an
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Pray for Cessation.
fGKJO, Aug. 26.—Under th > urge
°f appeals from the superstitious,
preparations for the great religious
demonstration and memorial service
| to be held by a1! creeds September 1.
\vere hastened. ■ • » - -«»»»•:;•• —
The Japanese .particularly in the
larger cities, apparently have -ast
aside all other thought in the face of
what they believe to be the certainty
of more and severer quakes and are
centering their attention on "he an
niversary preparations.
Even foreigners have felt the con
tagion and Christian bodies arc tak
ing an active part in the plans for
the event. •*? -w
Primrose Mining Case
Settled Out of Court
Yesterday the litigants in the
Primrose Mining case before Judge
Ritchie appeared before the court
and announced that they had agreed
on a plan of operation satisfactory
to the participants. This ends a long
drawn out legal battle in which one
of the most promising mines in this
vicinity was involved.
Northern Pacific Ry.
Insures Employes;
Help Pay Premium
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The Nor
thern Pacific railroad announced to
day that it had insured its twenty
five thousand employes for $50,000,
000 in a group policy. Under this
plan every employe who has complet
ed a probationary term of service
will be insured for an amount paya
ble at the time of his or her death.
The premium is to be paid wholly by
the company.
PUBLIC NOTICE
All persons who have served in the
armed forces of the United States,
who are now in such armed service,
either actively or in the Reserve, to
gether with all citizens who are
members of civic or fraternal organ
izations advocating loyalty to coun
try, are requested to meet with the
American Legion ,at the Court House
at the hour of 8 p. m., August 27th,
1924 for the purpose of perfecting
plans whereby “Defense Day’' may
i>e fittingly observed on September
L2th, 1924.
Seward quota 28 for service on
that date only.
L. V. RAY,
Member Central Committee,
Territory of Alaska.