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VOLUME XIX
NUMBER 207
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1024
PRICE TEN CE$T8
American Aviators
Reach New Foundland
On Flight Down Coast
BAY ISLANDS. X. P,. Sept. 3.
Bucking a thirty mile jrale and
head winds- Lieutenants Smith
and Nelson- round the world fly
ers. covered the distance between
Indian Harbor- Labrador* to
Hawkes Bay- a distance of 27b
Whiles in 5 hours and 32 minutes.
They landed at Hawkes Bay at
4 o'clock this afternoon.
May Reach Boston Friday
ICE TICKLE, Sept. 2.—The Amer
ican tlyers hopped off at 10:30 today
^/or Cartridge Harbor. They - may
reach Boston Saturday.
RDM RUNNERS USING
AIRPLANES IN TRADE
^ ( SEATTLE. Sept. 2.— Airplanes
equipped with radio sending and re
ceiving apparatus and carrying ob
servers armed with powertul binoc
ulars are now co-operating with the
Puget Sound rum fleets.
Allaska Education Assn.
Is Organized Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN, Sept. 3.—The Alas
ka Education Association at the an
nual meeting held yesterday adopt
ed a resolufion urging the Territorial
Legislature of Alaska to adopt a law
establishing a literacy test for Al
askan voters.
The members of the Association
received the committee reports arid
transacted routine business and elect
ed the following officers:
W. Harold Evans .superintendent
of Cordova Schools, as President.
Bernice Scoville, superintendent of
the Douglas Public school, was chos
en Secretary-Treasurer.
W. K. fCeller. superintendent of
the Juneau Public school, was made
Cice-President.
These officers, with Lester D.
Henderson, territorial commissioner
of education; Charles E. Bunnell,
President of the Alaska Agricultural
'ffollege and School of Mines; Mrs.
Lva Lanterman, of Craig, and I. E.
Heise, superintendent of the Valdez
Public Schools, form the Executive
Board for the ensuing year.
Two Young Damsels
Traveling Northward
SEATTLE, Sept. S.—The lure of
the Northland has called two young
damsels of Oakland, Calif., who are
in this city on their way to the Land
of the Midnight Sun. They are not
going, they say, to the*civilized parts
but they are instead, going to head
straight for the wilds, just to show
what two ambitious maiders can do
on the frontier. They are Miss Ce
cilia Haage and Miss Hazel Nystrom.
As they passed thru they took occa
sion to say, “We’re not afraid of
anything ;just watch us. We hope to
secure an Eskimo guide and go as
jfcjr as possible into the wilds—so far
that it will take 20c in stamps to
send us a post card.”
Both young ladies are amateur pho
tographers and hope to get some
good views.
New Radio Set Gives
• Pleasure to Citizens
Cal Brosius had his new Badiola
super-heterodyne out last evening on
the dock entertaining the public. Over
150 people gathered to listen to KGO,
the General Electric Co., of Oakland,
broadcasting music from the St.
Francis Hotel in San Francisco, and
KFI, Earl Anthony at Los Angeles.
It was a line entertainment.
RECORD IS SET IN THE
' CANCELATION LICENSES
OLYMPIA, Sept. 3.—Te largest
number of operators’ licenses ever
canceled in a single month since the
law became effective were called in
by judges in various parts of the
state during the month of July, ac
cording to Fred J. Dibble, directed* of
licenses. Fifty-one cancelations were
ordered as compared with the previ
ous record of twenty-nine. Fully 75
per cent of the cancelations were on
citffciffes of driving while intoxicated
Mr. DiCble declared.
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I . S. SECRETARY OF STATE 1)1 .ED BY PILGRIM SOCIETY IN LONDON
At
Davis Promises to
Emulate the Example
of Woodrow Wilson
CHICAGO, Sept. 3.—John W. Davis,
on his arrival here this afternoon,
said: “If I am elected 1 will, do my
best to emulate the great record of
Woodrow Wilson. The Democratic
party under Wilson gave this nation
more beneficial legislation than, any
other administration in its history.”
Davis plans to remain in Chicago
until Friday evening when he will
leave for the west on a two weeks’
tour of the corn and wheat belts.
Nearly All Wheat in
Northwest Needed Here
OLYMPIA, Sept. 3.—The state de
partment of agriculture predicts that
practically all of the wheat harvest
ed this year in the Pacific Northwest
will be needed at home by th .eflour
mills. If any considerable amount
is exported the departent predicts
that before the next crop can come
in the millers will be scouring the
country for wheat.
The department points to the pre
dictions made during -E. L. Frenchs
administration when the director re
peatedly insisted that the stories of
an over-production in this country
last year were misleading and vic
iously injurious to the farmers. It
now is the new crop year with only
a months supply of wheat on hand
and actually was importing some
milling wheat to add to the better
grades produced at home. The de
partment still contends Air. French
was right in maintaining the bear
ovement on last years crop was
unjustified.
JLast August the departments
months news letter declared “no one
is a friend o fthe farmer who lends
any further aid toward spreading the
vicious stories about a tremendous
surplus of wheat; in September it
wa sdeclared “there is not enough
milling wheat in the country to sp
ply the needs of our mills” and in
October it against insisted the over
production story was false. To guard
against a repetition of last year’s
condition, the department in Febru
ary demanded that that the realf act
ary demanded that the real facts be
gatheied and gotten before the pub
lic and the farmers before any new
bear raid could star:
ONALASKA PIONEER,
83 YEARS OLD, DIES
CHEHALIS, Wn., Sept. 3.—Dock
E. Watson, agen eight-three, died
Sunday morning at the family home
at Onalaska. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Harriet Watson, and one
son, M. B. Watson of Onalaska; and
two daughters, Mrs. Anna Laymoyne
of Seattle and Mrs. Cora Dodd of
Everett. The body is at the Fissel
Funeral Home in Chehalis, pending
funeral arrangements.
LOCK BOXES FROM CORDOVA
WILL BE USED ANCHORAGE
The lock boxes in the old postof
fice belong to the government and
Postmaster Shepard has been direct
ed to send them without delay to:
Anchorage, to be used in the post- j
office there. It is necessary, how- j
ver, that keys also be forwarded and
it is requested that any persons hav
ing keys for any of the old boxes re
turn the at once to the postoffice.
If they are not returned before Sept.
1, the holders will forfeit their de
posit. <
Major MacLaren Tells
of Dramatic Failure
PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 1—“With
all my hopes ended I sat on the
beach at Nikolski and wept bitterly”
said Squadron Leader A. S. C. Stuart
MacLaren, leader of the British world
' flight, when he addressed the people
of Prince Rupert at the dinner ten
dered him upon his arrival there on
board the Thiepval, after having been
forced to give up the flight due to
the loss of his plane.
MacLaren announced in Prince Ru
pert that if the Americans for any
reason failed he would again next
year attempt to encircle the globe.
He said his first attempt was more
of a private venture than an official
one. The two officers were fed up
on army life and wanted a bit of
excitement and obtained permission
to make the flight from the air min
istry wheih furnished a machine, pe
trol and supplies.
Three firms financed* the venture,
which took 12 months to get going,
On March 20 the pair hopped off
from Croyden a most unlikely season.
Rain and fog hindered all the way
across Europe. At Corfu a new en
gine was installed. At Akyab in
Burmah they ran into the monsoon
season. Rain came down in such
torrents that everything became wa
terlogged and when the machine at
tempted a take-off it was so badly
damaged the trip would have been
abandoned, but the United States
rushed a plane to him, assembling it
and helping him in every way. “It
was the most sporting thing that
could possibly have been done,” said
the Major.
Two thirds of the way between
Siam and Indo-China, they ran into
high mountains and thick fogs, and
were forced to fly higher and higher.
Finally they found themselves in a
jungle hemmed in by mountains, A
landing was made in a clearing which
turned out to be a marsh. Herds of
elephants and deer dashed into the
jungle as the plane landed.
Tokio was reached without mishap
and the real journey began. After
Iturup they chugged over masses of
fog. Bad weather came up so quick
ly they did not know if they were
upside down or inside out. They made
out water and landed. They spent
a week in a small hut, after their
tent had been washed away. And all
the time there was fog, fog, fog, and
they were greatly relieved when a
Japanese destroyer found them.
All the way up the Kuriles it was
a condition of thick fog and more
engine trouble. At last they reached
Petropavlovsk and found the Tbiep
val. Being forced back they had to
land in the sea as a boat had taken
their mooring place. This caused con 1
siderable damage which was repaired.
They had to land in Kamchatka in
stead of Nikolski as was planned.
The final stage was through th'ick
fog, which necessitated flying only
two feet above the water and before
they knew it they hit & small island.
Knowing they were near land they
attempted to land on the rough sea,
but the big swells broke the wings,
and wrecked the plane. The place was
inaccessible and there was no oppor
tunity to make repairs. The journey
had to be given up.
Two BDedWhenRane
Crashes on Kelly Field
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 3.—
Lieutenant Thomas -M. Conroy, a stu
dent officer, and Private H. C. Aritz,
3f the 42nd squadron, were killed
ivhen their plane stalled at an alti
tude of one thousand feet and smash
'd to the ground at Kelly Field.
Fifty Thousand Sign
La Foliette Petition
In State of California
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.—An
nouncement was made by Frank R.
Havener, state director of the LaFol
lette campaign that fifty thousand in
CaliforHa had signed the petitions
to put the La Foliette and Wheeler
i election ticket on the state ballot.
A great drive was made Labor Day
to secure signers.
Advisory Board to
Meet in Juneau Soon
H. E. Ellsworth, recently appoint
ed a member of the Alaska Fisheries
Advisory committee, by Secretary of
Commerce Hoover, left on the steam
ship A’aska for Juneau, where the
first meeting of the committee will
take place some time the latter part
of the week.
Members of the advisory commit
tee in addition to Mr. Ellsworth, are
Gov. Scott C. Bone, Juneau; J. R.
Heckman, Ketchikan; Calvin Haze
let, Cordova; Carl Sutter, Ketchikan;
A. J. Dimond, Valdez; and Sam Butts
of Sitka. The members of the com
mittee were appointed by Secretary
Hoover upon recommendation by |
| Commissioner Henry O’Malley, after
I a series of conferences with the gov
| ernor. All members appointed have .
accepted.
It has been Secretary Hoover’s j
■ purpose to give every interest rep-1
resentation on the committee. The
inclusion of the members of the
Territorial Commission on the ad
visory committee insures close har- ,
mony between the federal and ter- j
ritorial bodies which are actively I
concerned with the fisheries indus- i
try. Mr. Sutter, who is one of the j
leading cannerymen of Alaska, willi
represent the packers. Mr .Butts,
,who is a pioneer salmon fisherman
and troller, will be able to present
the viewpoint of those actually fish
ing . Senator Dimond was named to
represent the interests of the terri
tory generally.
Martin Lanning Remains
Seward’s Fire Chief
The city council met last night at
the town hall in regular semi-month
ly session. Among the business brot
up was the appointment of a new
fire chief to succeed J. H. Walker,
resigned. Seven applicants presented
their names to the council, viz: Mar
tin Lanning, Gordon Shea, Frank B.
Murphy, Walter R. Holben, Gus
Manthey, Robert Guest and„ H. V.
Henricson.
No appointment was made, Martin
Lanning retaining the position tempo
rarily.
But four councilmen were present,
Messrs. McMullen and Ellswmrth be
ing absent from the city, and Mayor
Ray being in Valdez.
Cableship Will Reach
Seward September 23rd
The cableshif) Delwood will reach
Seward September 23, with the north
ern end of the new cable laid from
Seattle to Seward. The radio station
will be continued and will work with
five men on the job, it is said.'. A
rumor states that it wall be changed
Into a high-powered tube station.
The new cable will greatly facili
tate business between northern towns
and the states.
SMALLEST REGISTRATION
PRECINCT IN WASHINGTON
FOUND IN GRANT COUNTY
* OLYMPIA, Sept. 3.—What is *
* believed to be the smal'est reg- *
* istration precinct in the State of *
* Washington was discovered the *
* other day by Charles A. Foster, *
* superintendent of elections. Mr. *
* Foster has been compi’ing an of- *
* ficial list of the registered vot- *
* ers o fthe state and today re- *
* ceived the lecord breaking list *
* from the White Bluffs precinct *
* in Grant County. The total list *
* of registered voters amounts to *
* two, the list revealed. Terry A. *
* Chambers is registration officer *
* and also half the number of reg- *
* istered voters. His wife, Mrs. *
* Rose Chambers ,is the other vot- *
* er. Election officials here are * ;
* trying to figure out how Mr. and *
* Mrs. Chambers livide up the el- *
* ection offices when»election time *
* comes around. Four officers, an *
* inspector, two judges and a clerk *
* are required by law. *
******** * *
One Killed Another
Injured When Man
Rons Amuck on Train
—
CASS LAKE, Minn., Sept. 3.—
Running amuck on a Great North
ern train near here the other night,
N. J. Lindberg, believed to be fioni
Portland, Ore., attacked passengers
and trainmen .jumped from the train
here .where he killed one man and
wounded another probably fatally,
and then kelled himself.
Is Not Known.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 3.—Noth
ing is known in Portland of N. J.
Lindberg, who, according to dis
patches from Cass Lake, Minn., ran
amuck on a train there, killing one
man and thend ending his own life
by a bullett.
The name is not listed in the city
directory and the police say they
have no knowledge of Lindberg.
Troops Leave for Homs
After Quieting Klans
HERRIN, 111., Sept. 3.—The state1
troops which were called here the
latter part of last week to suppress
rioting between Kian and anti-Klan
factions have been ordered home,
quiet having been restored.
Several persons were badly injured
in the rioting.
DRASTIC STEPS BE TAKEN
REMOVE ROBBER SUSPECTS
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. ,Sept. 3
—A large quantity of sulphur will
be fired this afternoon in the mine
near Palisade, Colo., where three fu
gitives .suspected of being the ban
dits who obtained $15,508.71 in the
robbery of the Palisade postoffice i
early last Saturday morning, have I
taken refuge and have since refused
to heed the pleas of Sheriff Jeff Wat-1
son to surrender .
This action was decided upon
early today by Sheriff Watson after
the fugitives had refused to obey
printed signs placed throughout the
mine late yesterday warning the
men that unless they surrendered
chlorine gas would be let loose in
the mine.
A survey of the mine this morn
ing revealed prints of feet and hands
in the dust near the main portal and
also around the pillars where the
signs and warnings had been post
ed.
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Foreign Legations Ask
Authorities to Stop
Pending Naval Battle
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Prospects
of a battle between the Chinese naval
and land forces in the vicinity of
Shanghai have caused the diplomatic
representatives of the United States,
Britain, Japan, and France in Pek
ing to formally notify tin- foreign
office that such military engagements
are unthinkable and c-c uld not be tol
erated.
Fearing results in the impending
naval battle in the harbor at Shang
hai, American, British, French and
Japanese envoys at P king, have ask
ed Wellington Koo, the Chinese for
eign minister, to announce a procla
mation of neutrality for the Shang
hai district.
WISE COUNSELLOR DE
FEATS FRENCH NAG
BELMONT pAitK, N. Y., Sept. 2.—
Wise Counsellor defeated Epiuard,
the great French champion this aft
ernoon, in a six furlong race by half
a length. The Prince of ^'ales was
present and came close to being
mobbed a curious throng when he
suddenly appeared at the race.
Party to Ascend Mt. Logan,
Second Highest Mountain
An attempt wiH be made in 1925
to ascend Mt. Logan ,the highest
peak in Canada and save and ex
cept Mt. McKinley, the highest on
the North American continent. Mt.
Logan is located in the southern
corner of the Yukon territory; is
twenty-six miles from the north end
of Mt. St. Elias; is twenty miles
from the Alaska boundary and is
about seventy miles from the shore
of Yakutat bay, on the Pacific
Coast. Its altitude, determined by
photographic survey, Is 19,850, and
its summit stands almost 14,000 feet
above the level of the surrounding
glaciers.
The ascent will be attempted un
der the auspices of the Alpine Club
of Canada, in cooperation with the
American and English Alpine Clubs.
Each of these clubs are invited to
have a member with the climbing
expedition.
GERMANY PAYS FIRST
MONEY UNDER TREATY
BERLIN, Sept. 2.—The government
today completed its first financial
transaction under the Dawes plan,
when 25 million gold marks were ,»
deposited in the Reisch bank to the*^
reparations account.
A1 Smith Will Stump"
Western States for Davis
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—Governor A1
Smith is going to take the stump for
the Davis and Bryan ticket October
1, and has been invited to speak in
nine states during the month, it was
announced at Democratic headquar
ters where the governor conferred
with Thomas J. Spellacy, the demo
cratic manager in the East.
Dry Squad Pays Quiet
Visit to Select Hotel
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.—
The fashionable LeParidis and hotel
roofs were raided again last night
in the polite, almost noiseleess man
ner recently adopted by Washington
prohibition agents. Two arrests were
made, the man in each case ,as us
ual, being invited to accompany the
raider to the. nearest police station,
where he is allowed to post collater
al for appearance. This was the
third raid within' the last few weeks
at the LeParidis.
New York Swelters in
Blistering September Heat
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—One of the
lottest days for September in the
iistory of the city was broken last
light by a violent thunder storm.
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