Heulen-d Daily Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 118
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 1?, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
NOME WOMAN IS
CARRIED TO SEA
ON CARE OF ICE
* IMPROMPTU RAFT GROUNDS ON
REEF AND WOMAN AND HER
COMPANION ARE SAVED
NOME, Alaska. May 18 (/P)—Mrs. G.
O. Brady, a government nurse, had one
of the hardest trips a woman of the
far north could possibly have, while
mushing from Kotzebue Sound to this
city, near Cape Thorp. Mrs. Brady
left here March 27 with Superinten
dent Chance to give medical attention
to a native village. Three hours after
her trip started she was forced by a
blizzard to take refuge in a native
cabin at the mouth of the Noatak riv
er, after mushing 14 hours in a blind
ing snowstorm with the temperature
30 below. When the storm subsided
she continued on to Point Hope.
On her return Mrs. Brady was ac
companied by a native, as Superinten
dent Chance had preceded her. High
winds wrenched the ice floe on vrhich
she was traveling from the shore and
V carried them seaward a mile or more
when the ice grounded on a reef. The
woman and the native then made their
way to the shore over the piled up ice
cakes. Mrs. Brady said hotels were
not very frequent along the route she
traveled.
EXCURSION ON MISSISSIPPI
MEETS WITH DISASTER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mhy 19.—
(JF)—The government engineering
boat, M. E. Norman, which was on an
excursion up the Mississippi river
with approximately 45 persons on
board, sank while returning, to Mem
phis. A second boat, the Choctaw,
completed the excursion and return
ed to Memphis without knowing of
the fate of the Norman. Approxi
mately twenty were saved by a boat
man who was near and a few swam
ashore.
To Investigate.
£ A board of inquiry of three army
officers will be appointed to investi
gate the sinking of the steamer Nor
man. It is alleged overloading -was
the cause of the sinking, and an in
vestigation is started to determine
the responsibility. The known dead
is now placed at 22 persons, and
many of the bodies have been re
covered.
6 YEGGS HOLD UP BANK OF CAL.
LOS ANGELES, May 19— (IP)—Six
bandits held up the California Branch
of the Bank of California and es
caped with $500,000 in an auto.
BEER PASSES IN ONTARIO
ONTARIO, May 19.—(jP)—A bill
providing for the sale of 4.4 per cent
beer was passed here yesterday.
STEAMER YUKON CARRIES
OUT SMALL LIST PASSENGERS
The steamship Yukon Sunday morn
ing carried out a small list of passen
gers, the following taking ship for
the ports named:
For Latouche—J. N. Nettleton, P.
Simonoff, Carl Benson.
For Valdez—W. A. Horner, Allen J.
Lange, Rasmus Simonsen, E. V. Mc
Mahill, Chas. Liljgren, J. P. Hannon.
For Cordova—J. A. Reed, Jos. F.
Bernard, A. Bellmore, Allen J. Lange,
R. Watonke, P. Weigel.
For Ketchikan—Eli Osborne.
For Drier Bay—Sam Asp.
For Juneau—Ed Sultan.
For Seattle—Mrs. W. H. C. Goode,
Mrs. J. L. Taylor, H. E. King, Nels
Hegge, Ida Triplett, Harry Tucker.
ELKS, ATTENTION!
All Elks are urged to lend a hand
in assisting in clearing the field foi
the Jesse Lee Home, Thursday, May
SEWARD ELKS’ CLUB.
UNITED STATES FLEET IN
VICINITY OF HONOLULU
LAHAINA, Maui, May 18 (#»)—'The
U. S. naval squadron is standing to
sea today for five more days of man
euvering in Hawaiian waters. The
program includes torpedo practice,
steaming formations, shifts, and high
speed runs.
DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE
APOLOGIZE FOR GOV. HARTLEY
SEATTLE, May IS (TP)—A dispatch
today reports that legislator William
Phelps Totten, of Seattle, who with
Mrs. B. F. Westmore of Spokane, is
representing the State of Washington
at the convention of the National
Child Welfare Committee at New
York, said in an address yesterday7:
“A decent regard for ordinary cour
tesies compels me at the outset of my
remarks in behalf of my state to make
a simple apology over its failure to
endorse the child labor bill, but I
cannot take issue with my governor.
I like him; I helped elect him and be
lieve what he says comes from the
heart.”
Bodies of Seattle
Business Men Found
In Pilchuch River
SEATTLE, May 19 (£>).—Searchers
today} found the bodies of J. A. Schaff
and Harold Loughary in the Pilchuck
river, Snohomish county. The men,
who were prominently identified with
Seattle’s business interests, left Seat
tle last Thursday on a fishing trip, and
when they failed to return eighty men
joined in the search until the bodies
were found.
It is believed Schaff drowned in an
attempt to rescue Loughary, as the
former’s shoes and vest, and a handful
of silver dollars w'ere found on the
bank of the river, probably cast aside
before his plunge into the icy waters
of the swift running trout stream.
FORD ENTERS WALL STREET
NEW YORK, May 19.—(JP)—the
entrance of Henry Ford on Wall St.
and also seen with some bankers
led to the announcement by the Guar
dian Detroit company that they have
established an investment branch,
with Edsel Ford, .director of Guardian
Trust company of Detroit as direc
tor.
Big Whale Catches
At Magdelena Bay
SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 19.—(£>)—
One of the largest whaling catches
in recent years in Pacific waters wras
made betwree-n December 12 of last
year and April 15 of this year, by
two Norwegian wdialing fleets, based
on Magdelena Bay, according to of
ficers of the Whaler, Columbus, here.
Six hundred and seventy-four
humpback, grayback, blue and fin
back whale were brot to the factory.
The steamer Mexico, which was
also whaling at Magdelena Bay ren
dered enough blubber to procure 5,
500 barrels of whale oil, which sold
in California for $53 a barrel.
Alaska Lawmakers Are
Assembling In Seattle,
Awaiting Ship to North
SEATTLE, Wn., May 19.—(JP)—
Fred N. Ayer, president of the last
Territorial Senate, and Representa
tives Andrew Nylen, R. D. Sundquist,
and Lawrence Kerr, chief clerk of
the House, are here awaiting the op
ening of June travel to Nome, their
home. They are taking the first
sailing.
If you cannot help clear the site for
the Jesse Lee Home hire a substitute
and send him out.
SEVEN BILLION
DOLLARS OWED
UNITED STATES
ALLIED NATIONS OWE UNITED
STATES WAR DEBTS TOTAL
ING $7,100,978,695
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18 (/p)—
If paid today the nine circularized gov
ernments would owe the United States
a total of $7,100,978,696 and the total
is rapidly increasing with interest due
and unpaid. The present amounts due
and unpaid range from $5,132,287 by
Latvia to $3,340,516,043 by France.
Italy owes us $1,647,869,197; Belgium
$377,000,000, which is omitted from the
calculations; Armenia $14,950,479, but
without government recognition; and
Liberia under $35,000.
Russia owes the United States about
$200,000,000 but has repudiated her
debt and it is problematical if it will
ever be paid.
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PROCLAMATION
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tt By request of the Chamber of tt
tt Commerce, and by reason of an tt
tt agreement therefor made with tt
tt the representatives of the Wo- tt
tt man’s Home Missionary Society tt
tt as a part inducement for the lo- tt
tt cation of the Jesse Lee Home at tt
tt Seward, THURSDAY, MAY 21, tt
tt 1925, is hereby set aside as a hoi- tt
tt iday for the City of Seward, tt
tt Alaska, for the purpose of clear- tt
tt ing a building site for such tt
tt Home. tt
tt A personal request is -nade to tt
tt each and every citizen to thus tt
tt ratify and carry out promises tt
tt made on their behalf and: to give tt
tt to such undertaking all assistance tt
tt in our power on the date stated tt
tt as an evidence of our good faith tt
tt in a spirit of friendliness to the tt
tt Society named. tt
tt Dated at Seward, Alaska. May tt
tt 19, 1925. tt
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L. V. RAY, tt
Mayor, tt
Flying Ebony Guided
To Victory by Sande
CHICAGO, May 18 (Jp)—In all the
51 years of the history of the Ken
tucky Derby, no horse from the field
has ever; won until Earl Sande guided
Flying Ebony to victory Saturday. A
veteran horseman who saw the race
is quoted as saying; “There was noth
ing to it but Sande. If that boy had
been mounted on a Holstein cow he
could have won.”
Ebony Paid Eight to Two
CHICAGO, May 18.—In the Paris
mutual Ebony, the prize winner of
the Kentucky Derby, paid $8.32 for
every $2 wagered; Captain Hal $4.40;
and the Son of John $.50.
Ebony started for New York today
in a three door express car all to him
self, apparently as sound as before his
great triumph. Figures showed that
$661,856 was bet on the race, the odds
going on Quatrain to win.
Seattle Council Asked
To Impeach City’s Mayor
SEATTLE, May 19 (/P)—1The coun
cil’s efficiency committee agreed yes
terday to ask the council for further
time to report on the request of Rev.
U. G. Murphy and others that Mayor
Brown be removed from office. This
is taken as a renewal of a movement
to impeach Mayor Brown.
Avery Nelson of Duluth, gave
blood twice for transfusion to his sick
brother, but physicians refused to
allow him to do so the third time.
GERMAN MINE EXPLOSION
TAKES FORTY-THREE LIVES
DORTSFELD, Germany, May 18 (/P)
The death list from the mine explo
sion here Saturday has reached 43,
with 27 injured. Two hundred and
fifty-five miners were in the three
pits through which the blasts ran.
Approach to the victims was difficult
the oxygen apparatus being dragged
into the narrow passages. Many of
the rescuers were overcome and the
efforts of the workers to save their
comrades wrote a heroic page in Ger
man history.
TRIAL OF CHICAGO MURDERER
WAS STARTED THIS MORNING
CHICAGO, May 18.—W. D. Shep
herd went on trial here today for the
murder of Wm. McClintock by admin
istering typhoid germs to his victim.
Shepherd, himself a lawyer, was pale
and clean shaven, but his clothes
needed pressing. His wife hastened
to his side and kissed him, but had to
sit across the aise instead of behind
him.
Prosecutor Crowe obtained a sepa
rate trial for Charles C. Fairman.
Fraser River Salmon
Fishermen Settle Strike
NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C., May
18.—The strike of the Fraser river
salmon fishermen was settled yester
day and operations resumed. The can
neries opened immediately with a
guarantee of eight cents a pound for
reds and springs until July 1.
RUM SKIRMISH OFF ASHBURY
ASHBURY, N. J., May 19.—(JP)—A
skirmish between the Coast Guard and
the rum runners occurred here last
night. The guards managed to seize
100 cases of liquor that the runners
were attempting to land.
WOMEN AGREE WITH FRANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., ,May 19.—
(JP)—The International Women’s Coun
cil voted to support France in her mil
itary policy and approved of the stand
taken by France: “No nation can be
expected to disarm until it is guaran
teed personal safety and security.”
FIRES ASSUMING PROPORTION
IN WISCONSIN BACKWOODS
BRANDON, Wis., May 19.—(#>)—
Forest fires which have been sweep
ing over southwestern Wisconsin for
the past week, assumed dangerous
proportions today, and are threaten
ing several mills in this district.
BURKE AWARDED DECISION
NEW ORLEANS, May 19.—(iP)—
Martin Burke of New Orleans was
awarded a decision last night over
Floyd Johnson, of New York in a
15-round bout here.
FOUR PERSONS DROWN
NASHVILLE, Ky., May 19.—(£>)—
Four persons were drowned in the
Cumberland river when the steamer
Fish sank. Five others swam ashore.
WEEKS IMPROVING
WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 19.—
(yP)—Secretary of War Weeks, who
is convalescing here after an attack
of thrombosis since early April, also
suffered an attack of acute gall blad
der colic.
IMPORTANT WITNESS VANISHES.
CHICAGO, May 19 (fP)—Prosecutor
Crowe announced to the court today
that Robert White, a former employe
of Fairman’s National University of
Sciences, by whom the state hoped to
show Shepherd had visited the school
had vanished together with his wife
and two children.
EVANS SAILS AT 5:00
The steamship Admiral Evans is
, scheduled to sail southbound at five
o’clock this afternoon.
MANY INJURED IN
SUBWAY JAM IN
NEW YORK CITY
JACK BLOWS ON CAR AND PANIC
CAUSES PASSENGERS TO
JAM CAR EXITS
NEW YORK, May 19 (/P)—About 7i
jpersons were hurt, two critically, whe*
a subway train stopped suddenly af
ter departing from the Grand Central
terminal and running a block. Th*
train was jammed with passengers,
and a short circuit blew the jack and
caused the motorman to stop the long
train of cars. When he attempted to
start the train every light bulb in tho
train exploded causing the smell of
burning insulation and stifling smoke
to fill the cars. Men, women and chil
dren fought and surged for the exits
smashing window's and seats. Scores
w'ere knocked to the floor and tramp
led upon while the guards vainly at
tempted to quell the excitement. The
Vanderbilt Hotel nearby was turned
into a hospital throwing the entire
staff into the work. Fifty-one persons
werd treated there.
Policeman George Deno, arriving at
the Thirty-fourth street exit saw' burly
men knocking hysterical women about
in their mad plunges for freedom, and
throwing off his coat the policeman
rushed into the crowd knocking five
men down before the panic w'as sub
sided.
TOWN BE ESTABLISHED IN
DEASE LAKE DISTRICT
| VICTORIA, B. C.. May 18—On ac
i count of the magnitude of the rush
| to the Dease Lake district the govern
ment is taking steps to establish a
town and postoffice in the area.
FOUR HUNDRED VESSELS
BE SCRAPPED BY BOARC*
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18 (/P)—
The Shipping Board committee ex
pect soon to recommend scrapping
400 vessels built during the war, thu3
paving the way to accept the offer of
Henry Ford or competing bids for the
x’emainder of the fleet.
STATE OF SIEGE IN SPAIN
DECLARED OFF BY ALFONSO
MADRID, Spain, May 18 (JP)—By
royal decree King Alfonso yesterday
ended the state of siege which has
existed since the advent of the direc
| torate and restored constitutional
privileges to the citizenry. The king
declared General Primo de Rivera
president of the military directorate,
and requested that a decree be issued
declaring public order and public
safety had been restored.
SEWARD SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
The patrons of the Seward School
will be interested to know that on
Friday afternoon of this week from
two till four o’clock they will have an
opportunity to survey the work of the
pupils for the entire year through an
exhibit to be held by each grade. Many
parents know little of the daily work
of their children or the degree of per*
fection attained in their work except
as indicated by the report card brot
home at the end of each month. The
exhibit will include all branches of
school wrork and will afford parents
an opportunity of seeing first hand
samples and of comparing one indi*
vidual with another. Pupils will be
dismissed for the afternoon and they
will do their best to see that Ma and
Pa and a friend or two come in their
stead. We hope the building is packed.
NO SHOW TONIGHT.
Owing to the films for tonight’s
show at xv ^ Liberty not arriving from
the inte. . there will be no show to
night.