VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 122.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 28,1926
PRICE TEN CENTS
re mm of
FAIRBANKS BOUND
OVER. EMBEZZLEMENT
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MANAGER FOR MANY YEARS FOR
WAECHTER BROS. MARKET
IN INTERIOR TOWN
IS WELL KNOWN IN SEWARD
_
Judgment Sought to Recover $30,-;
466; Two Embezzlement Charges
Placed Against Him.
ANCHORAGE, May 28. (/P)—J. Fred
Struthers, manager for Waecliter
Bros. Meat Company at Fairbanks
from 1919 to February of this year
was bound over to the grand jury
at Fairbanks on two charges of em
bezzlement. The first for $17,662 and
the second on $2SS. He is made the
defendant in a civil action in which
judgment is sought for the sum of
$30,446 which he is alleged to have
wrongfully converted. Struthers fur-;
nished $12,500 bail.
ENGINEER MUSING
James G. Watts, former townsite
manager of Anchorage, passed thru
Seward Wednesday night en route to
Latouche on the Admiral Watson. He
was known, in the early days of An
chorage as the first “mayor” of the
Inlet town. For the last two years,
and at the present time, Mr. Watts
■has been connected with the Valuation
Engineers, Inc., a Seattle concern
handling appraisals and valuations
for large corporations. The present
trip is made for the purpose of looking
over several canneries located west of
Seward. •
ALASKA RAILROAD IS
PROMOTING INDUSTRY
IN RAILROAD DISTRICT
STEERS IN POOR CONDITION SHIP
PED NORTH FROM STATES
THRIVE THIS REGION
ANCHORAGE, May 28. (^—Experi
ments conducted by the Alaska Rail
road at Curry demonstrate beef
steers can be shipped from the States
in poor condition in thespring and at
a low price, be fattened during the
summer on natural forage and slaugh
tered in the fall at a saving of over
imported beef. General Manager N.
Smith said farmers along the rail
road belt can make money this way
supplying a large section of Alaska
with fresh killed meat. The railroad
hotel at Curry is now producing pork,
beef, milk and a great variety of vege
tables to serve during the tourist sea
son.
ANCHORAGE DOG LICENSE
At a special meeting of the Anchor
age City council last week an amend
ed ordinance fixing the annual license
for a dog at $6.
Principals in Ohio Furnace Mystery
Shown above are Rev. C. V Sheatsley, Lutheran Minister of CoJum
bus, 0„ who found the partly cremated body of his wife burning ,ir
the furnace at their home; the wife who burned, and one of the sons
who first discovered the body but went away to plav without teHiw
anyone. The theory advanced by the minister that Mrs. She^fch ,>
a religious fanatic and threw herself into the roaring furnace iV o.s
believed by authorities She was a small woman, but couid she' hi. *
trawied through the 14-inch furnace door/
CUT SUBSTANTIATE
CLAIM TO ISLAND NODI,
DIPLOMATIC RELATION
SEATTLE, May 2S. (^)—Carl Lo
man announced the Lomen Reindeer
Trading Corporation filed a claim to
Wrangell Island with the State de
partment and declared that any im
mediate action to substantiate their
claim is impossible because Russia
and the United States are without dip
lomatic relations.
EVANS WESTWARD ITINERARY
The Admiral Evans of the Pacific
Steamship Company, en route to Sew
ard, will make the following ports of
call to the Westward: Portlock, Port
Graham, Seldovia, Red Fox Bay, Iron
Creek, Uzinkie, East Arm of Zaeher
Bay, Alitak, Shearwater Bay and Port
Holbron.
FITHEA STMTED GIRL
OFF (DUNG MING
IN BRANDY HE STATES
CHICAGO, May 28. (JP)— Anotone
Dougelas, when his daughter Theresa
was a little tot put brandy in her
bath to make her big and strong.
Theresa at present is called Joyce
Hawley of the tub. Business at An
tones grocery store has never been
so good. Joyce Hawley recently fea
tured in the Earl Carrol bath tub riot,
which set New York agog,in eluding
the dry squad.
BYRD ARRIVES IN ENGLAND
GRAVESEND, Eng., May 2S. (£»)—
Lieut. Comdr. Byrd arrived on the S.S.
Chantier today.
BASEBALL RESULTS
National League
St. Louis S. 1. Cincinnati 4. 2.
Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 2.
Brooklyn 1, 5. Phila. S. 1.
New York-Boston, cold.
American League.
Phila. 3, Washington 2.
Detroit 4. Chicago 5.
Cleveland 5. St Louis S.
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 4. Seattle 6.
Missions 4. Frisco 6.
Hollywood 0, Los Angeles 5.
Oakland 0, Portland 4.
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NORGE FILMS DUE HUE
SEIM TOOK? ON HUSH
SEATTLE. May 2S. {$>—The ai>
plane from Seattle yesterday obtained
the Norge moving pictures at Alert
bay on a boat from Skagway where
they were taken by train from the
Yukon river town of Whitehorse. The
International Newsreel arrives today
on the steamer Alaska.
SHEEP PLACED IN PARK
The ewe and two lambs frollicking
about in one of the Arcade parking
strips are attracting much interest
from the townfolk and visitors in the
city, and adds much to the beauty
of the gardens. A concrete watering
trough has been made for the animals, j
With the luxuriant growth of grass
the animal will live high, wide and
become handsome.
Mrs. Fred C. Miller, wife of the lo
cal dermatician, plans leaving Seward
next month en route to Sweden where
she will visit several months with
relatives. Mrs. Miller contemplates
quite a stay, as well, in New York.
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the sip ns fo* marry futir-r * *res
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a membr of a scout r-ooc back
in Ohio, where most of tte
Uteri ts come from.
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a nee? will hep;:: a; The vena: - ime, >
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ture film exhibit**: each ev**:nc. USan
aper Boehm annocnoes.
EKTERTAI* AT OlWE'
Captains C. C. Orahatt and H T
Brewer rtf the Admiral War eon.. and
Mr. R I). Pinttea. rqnare*arfve of
the Pacific S'eamshlp CemraT. were
entertain-ec, Wednesday ever nc hy
Rev. anc A!rs. T. P. Orahatr
MILLION FISH SELEISEE
FROM UHL Mite
INTO FEME UK
The local hatchery releasee a mlB
ion fish into ihe feeding ponds Wed
nesday. accor<?!rf: r© Mr K3*"r©rih.
member of the Territorial Beard of,
Fisheries. There are ye* three- million
left in the harchery which wfE be re
leased ini© the ponds at a later dare.
The Grouse lake feed ire pond area
has beer Increased considerably, he
ari!ounces, by settinfr the fence rr
farther out in the lake. It is estimated
the pond will new take care of three
or four minima fish.
NOTICE
There will be nc paper Monday or
account of Decoration Day. The Bank
of Seward and the PosrolEjce will ike
close on that day.
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