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SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1923
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LAST SAD RITES OVER BODY OF
LATE PRESIDENT WILL BE
PERFORMED TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 9—
Under the vast dome of the capitol,
with low-spoken prayer, and the ten
der words of old hymns he loved, the
late President Harding was given in
to God’s keeping at noon yesterday,
by men of high place in the nation,
•who had served with him in the short
years of his leadership, for the glory
of the Flag that draped the casket
holding the remains of the man whose
simple faith in the goodness of God
and the nation never faltered.
The religious ceremony took a bare
20 minutes, then under the ceaseless
vigilance of the motionless sentries
who stood at the corner of the bier,
the great doors were opened for the
waiting thousands who stood outside
in the sheltering heat, to pass slowly
by the casket on which the sorrow of
the nation and the world poured out
today.
The sorrowing procession continued
until the hour set for the beginning
of the arrangements for the journey
to Marion, beginning at 7 o’clock last
evening.
Body Leaves Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 9—
The body of President Harding left
the nation’s capitol last night forever,
as the singing rails bore it back to
Marion, Ohio, the town from whence
he came to the capitol.
Had Preminition.
MARION, August 9—President War
ren Harding when he left for Alaska,
confided to some of his close personal
friends that he believed he would
never live to return to Washington,
Gen. Sawyer, his personal physician,
told Marion friends of our late chief
executive, when they met the train at
Willard, Ohio.
Thousands Wait for Train.
YORK, August 9—Twenty thousand
persons stood in the sweltering heat
of the evening and saw Harding’s fun
eral train pass through here tonight
at nine o’clock.
186 Overcome by Heat.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 9—
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 8—Speaking for
the Army and Navy Board now here,
Admiral Coontz said, “For the first
time in the history of our country we
now have a definite naval policy, and
we have a 25-years program outlined
by a joint army and navy board. We
are at last getting down to business.”
RETAIL PRICE OF FOOD
INCREASES ONE PER CENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The Labor
Bureau announced that the price of
retail food on an average had increas
ed one per cent the past month, al
though the general levy of wholesale
prices over the entire country had
decreased nearly 2 per cent. Build
ing material showed the largest de
crease with an average of 4 per cent.
Thirteen articles of food increased in
retail price whereof potatoes increas
ed 19 per cent. Cabbage decreased
23 per cent.
BELLEAU WOOD DEDICATED
AS PERMANENT MEMORIAL
CHATEAU THIERRY , August 9—
Belleau Wood was formally dedicated
as a permanent memorial to those
American who died there. Marshal
Foch come anued and ordered the
French flag to De hauled down and
the American flag run up. Foch call
ed the wood the “cradle of victory.”
The Beileau Wood Memorial Associa
tion sponsored the memorial.
One hundred and twenty-five marines,
fifty school children, five soldiers and
six civilians were overcome by the in
tense heat in the Harding funeral pro
cession today. It was one of the hottest
days of the summer season, the mer
cury standing around the hundred line
and great suffering ensued.
Will March in Seattle.
SEATTLE, August 9—Many Alas
kans now in Seattle, will march in the
Harding memorial parade as the body
is interred Friday.
Bells Will be Tolled.
MARION, August 9—Bells in Mar
ion county will begin tolling when the
Harding funeral train crosses the coun
ty line, and will continue until the
train halts at the station.
Will March in Honolulu.
HONOLULU, August 9—British and
American authorities have been re
quested to permit 150 British sailors
from the British cruiser Curlew to
land and march in the procession to
parade here Friday as a part of the
Harding memorial program.
Plainest of Services Tomorrow.
| WASHINGTON, D. C., August 9—
! Tomorrow’s services will be in a di
i rect contrast to the official services of
j yesterday, held in the capitol at Wasli
I ington.
! The elaboi'ate services of yesterday
| were for Harding, President of the
i United States; the simple services of
tomorrow will be for Harding, citizen,
neighbor, and husband. Such are the
1 wishes of Mrs. Harding, and only rela
i tives, and intimate friends will make
up the small party going to the ceme
l tery; even newspaper men will be ex
cluded from service at the tomb.
Coolidge be Present at Burial.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 9—
President Coolidge will leave tonight
for Marion, not to represent the gov
ernment, over which he presides, but
rather to pay homage to a plain Ameri
can ai ^ie tomb of a fallen chieftain,
and to give expression to his personal
sorrow, ovei the loss of a dear friend.
Poland Pays Homage to President.
WARSAW, August 9.—Flags are at
half mast throughout the nation in re
spect to Harding.
SON OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOUND WORKING IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—According to
dhe Heiald Examiner here, Major
Draper Daugherty, son of United
States Attorney General Daugherty,'
who fled from New York because of
his alleged connection with the start
ling murder case which held New York
spellbound for weeks, when the body
oi Dorothy, the pretty model, was
lound, has been located as a salesman
for a coal company in Chicago. The
paper quoted him as saying, “I am
here to get a fresh start and am at
work as hard as I can.”
COAL MINERS RETURN TO WORK
SYDNEY, N. S., August 9—South
Cape coal miners have decided to re
turn to work on Tuesday. The North
Cape Breton miners expect to follow
suit; this action would end the strike'
of coal miners that has been on for
niany months and which was taken
because troops were present in the
neighborhood when strike rumors
were current.
ELKS ATTENTION
I onight at the club rooms. No ex
cuses accepted. Important.
By order of Board of Governors.
GASOLINE DROPS IN PRICE
DALLAS, Tex., August 9—Gasoline
dropped to eleven cents per gallon as
a result of a rate war at this place.
I. W. W. NEED ANOTHER LESSON
PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Aug. 9.—
Several hundred members of the I.
W. W. arrived here this week as a
protest against the arrest of three
members of the organization.
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8 PROCLAMATION 8
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8 To the People of Seward: 8
8 By National Proclamation and 8i
8 by order of the Governor of the 8
8 Territory of Alaska, F iday, Aug- 8
8 ust 10th, 1023, is set apart as a 8
8 day of prayer and mourning 8
8 throughout the United States 8
8 and Territories. 8
8 At the hour of tl ‘ee o’clock 8
8 in the afternoon on /fiat day at 8
8 Marion, Ohio, the moi al remains 8
t of the 8
interred. 8
ition, me- 8
111 be held 8
In Seward, 8
8 of the late Presidf
8 United States will t
8 Throughout the
8 morial observances
8 as of the same hour.
8 memorial services will be held in 8
8 the Arctic Brotherhood Hall, 8
8 commencing at the hour of 11 8
8 o’clock in the forenoon. 8
8 By virtue of the authority 8
8 vested in the undersigned by the 8
8 citizens of Seward, Alaska, all 8
8 citizens are called upon to make 8
8 due and proper observance of 8
8 this sad event, bearing in mind 8
8 the exceptional and distinguish- 8
8 ed honor paid to our city by the 8
8 extended stay of our late Presi- 8
8 dent here with us. 8
8 Seward, Alaska, August 10th, 8
8 1923. 8
8 L. V. RAY, 8
8 Mayor. 8
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PLAN TO 008 VAULTS
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LOS ANGELES, August 8—A plan
to rob the vaults of the American Ex
press Company, by shipping a man in
to them in a box was frustrated by the
arrest of three conspirators.
RED FLAG PULLED DOWN
BY CROWD AT HOBOKEN
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Crowds en
raged at the red flag floating over a
building of the Hoboken headquarters
of the Industrial Workers of the
World, stormed the building and tore
the emblem down. The men in charge
were warned they would be tarred
and feathered if it was put up again.
KEPT IN PIGSTYE TEN YEARS
BY VENGEFUL STEPMOTHER
EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 9.—Reared in
a pigstye for ten years through the
malice of a vengeful stepmother, a 12
year old girl was found asleep in her
pen, at the home ot her parents, by
Detectives Fen ley and Cline.
The child was stunted to the growth
of a tliree-year-old the child could
hardly answer questions.
She had lived in the pen as long as
she could remember. Her food con
sisted a scraps given to her thru the
bars.
The stepmother said the child was|
put in the jjen that day to play, but
neighbors say not. Officials are in
vestigating.
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DOVER, August 9—The oft-attempt
ed swim across the English channel
was accomplished yesterday by Henry
Sullivan, of Lowell, Massachusetts,
who landed in front of tb£ Calais Cas
ino. Sullivan’s time was twenty-six
hours and fifty minutes, the distance
neary sixty miles.
Sullivan is the third man to accom
plish the hazardous feat, the others
being Captain Mathew Webb, who
swam the Channel in 1875, and T. W.
Burgess, who made it in 1911. This
was Sullivan’s seventh attempt.
JAPANESE SUES FOR DIVORCE
SEATTLE, August 9—Teruko Von
Kratzer, Native Japanese 25, sued
Count Egan Von Kratzer for a divorce.
The plaintiff said that he was “by
birth, an extradition, a member of the
Japanese race,” and that “the ideas
and habits of both parties were entire
ly different and incompatible.” She
was married by the American Consul
at Tokio, eight years ago when the
count was a professor of languages at
Tokio University and she was his
student.
PROGRAM BE GIVEN AT A. B. HALL
UNDER AUSPICES AMERICAN
LEGION
Tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock,
Seward citizens will meet in A. B.
Hall, to pay their last respects to the
memory of our late president and
guest. As the day has been proclaimed
a National and Territorial holiday, it
is expected that all stores and places
of business will be closed, at least dur
ing the hour of services, from 11 to
12, and all day if possible.
The fraternal organizations of Sew
ard will attend in a body, and the Jun
ior Red Cross Girls will act as ushers.
The program will be under the aus
pices of the Seward Post, American
Legion, Mayor Ray delivering the eul
ogy. The program follows:
Program
1. Song: “Nearer My God to. Thee,”
(by all.)
2. Selection: “Abide With Me.” by
quartette.
3. Salutation: Post Commander Am
erican Legion.
4. Prayer: Mr. A. E. Rucker.
5. Eulogy: Hon. L. V. Ray.
6. Selection: “Lead Kindly Light,”
quartette.
7. Song: “Star Spangled Banner,” (by
all).
8. Benediction: Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap.
9. Taps: Sgt. W. O. Perry.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
Juneau, August 8—Halibut ten and
one-half, and seven; King salmon, and
reds, twelve and eight; white saimon,
three.
Ketchikan. August 8—Fresh halibut
eleven and one half, and seven.
LOWEST PRICES IN YEARS
NEW T’ORK, Aug. 8. — Stock mar
kets are tumbiirg to their lowest
prices in years.
BERLIN, Aug. 8.—It is impossible !
to negotiate with France under the'
present circumstances, Chancellor
Cuno declared in the Reichstag today.
Passive resistance to French occupa
tion ol the Ruhr will continue.
SOVIET GOVT. SEIZES
GERMAN STEAMSHIP
MOSCOW, August 9—The Soviet
government seized the steamer “Pet
er burg which arrived at Archangel
recently under the German flag. Rus
sia charged that the vessel belonged
to her and therefore she intended to
keep it.
COURT REJECTS APPEAL BARON
PARIS, August 9—The court today
rejected the appeal of Baron Krupp
Von Bohlen, head of the Krupp plant
at Essen from a prison sentence im
posed by the French Military court.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—Fight fans |
in this city believe that Wills and I
Dempsey will nevt meet, not because
ot any action of the chalelnger of the
champion, but because the race feel
ing following a fight of this character
is too high. Race feeling in New York
where there are hundreds of thou
sands of colored persons, and in New
Jersey, which has a negro population
suggesting Southern states is peace
fully sleeping now and the* authorities
want it to remain so.
Dempsey could defeat Wills and
nothing would happen but if Wills de
feated Dempsey scenes like those
which ensiled wfien Jack Johnson be
came. champion might ensue.
Wills ia one man, however, of whom
it is believed, would give Dempsey a
hard struggle to retain his title.
CHANCELLOR CUNO CALLED
TRAITOR AND IS HISSED
BERLIN, August 9—When Chancel
lor Cuno arose to address the Reich
stag this afternoon, the Communist
members greeted him with epithets of
“traitor,” and “The president of the j
Stinnes Company's Board is going to ’
speak.” He was also hissed by the
members.
PRINCE COLONNA DEAD
ROME, August 9—Prince Colonna,
president of the Senate is dead.
FLAHERTY REELECTED
TO HEAD K. OF C.
MONTREAL, August 9—James A.
Flaherty, of Philadelphia, was today J
re-e-lected Supreme Knight of the K.
of C. Organization.
GERMAN MILLIONAIRES ARE
IN PENNILESS CLASS TODAY
BERLIN, Aug. .v—This is a city of
penniless millionaires today. Bank
deposits and iaveign bills of exchange
are useless as thousands of banks in
the country had only a small amount
of currency which they paid out in
small bills while the supply lasted All
banks promistd to have currency to
morrow but no bills ate available. A
large number of tourists are unable to
get money to continue their journeys.
. ill.», SUM POLICE
SEATTLE, Aug. 8.—Three hundred
I. W. W. stormed the central police
station last night in an endeavor to
release one of their number. Officers
armed with riot clubs and fire hose
finally beat off and dispersed the an
gered Reds.
CIDER MAY BE MANUFACTURED
IF PRESERVATIVE IS USED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Secretary
of Internal Revenue Blair made a reg
u'ation authorizing the manufacture
of cider and other non-intoxicating
drinks without the formality of ap-i
plying for a permit, but makers must
add preservatives to prevent fermen
tation. The use of dried fruits, dan
delions and rhubarb is prohibited.
NOTICE TO FRATERNITIES
All Elks, Pioneers, Odd Fellows and
A. B.’s, with other organizations, are
invited to attend the memorial exer
cises in A B. hall tomorrow in a body.
AMERICAN LEGION.
By Its Secretary.
PERLEY P. CHRISTENSEN
EXPECTS TO GET NOMINATION
—
SALT LAKE, Aug. 9.—Perley P.
Christensen, Farmer Labor party can
didate for President in 1920, announc
ed yesterday that the party next year
will nominate him for the Presiden
tial election on a full ticket.
FRENCH SEIZE METAL WORKS
AND 26,000,000,000 MARKS
DL SSELDORF, Aug. 9—The French
seized the Rhine Metal works and
several thousand German workers
struck work immediately as a protest.
The French seized 26,000,000,000
marks which were in transit near
Wiesbaden and which the French be
lieved were only to pay strike money
to a idle employes.
Judge E. E. Ritchie has called a
term of court at Valdez for Septem
ber 4, which will be a grand a petit
jury term. This was originally intend
ed to be called at Cordova, but so
many cases were on the docket that
Judge Ritchie felt it better to have
the term held at headquarters at Val
dez.
The residents of Cordova entered a
mighty protest over the change, and
the chamber of commerce held a meet
ing and made a protest in "no uncer
tain terms over the treatment being
accorded that city.”
And thus are feuds and political en
mities started.
BUSINESS IN IS
BADLY NEEDED HI
DEAD OE NATIOI
MOST SUCCESSFUL MAN IN TH
WORLD TODAY IS FORD, SAYS
STEINMETZ
WELLSELEY HILLS, Mass, Augu:
9—“The United States badly needs
business man for President,” said <
P. Steinmetz, electrical wiztard ft
the General Electric Company. “Tf
most successful man in the world t
day is Henry Ford.”
SEED RICE IMPORTATION IS
PROHIBITED BY DEPARTMEN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9— Secretai
of Agriculture Wallace has order*
the prohibition of seed rice from a
countries excepting Mexico on a
count of injurious plant diseases ar
insect pests.
COTTON BROKERS FAIL
AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 9.—Headqua
ters of Barrett & Co., reputed to f
the world’s largest cotton factors ar
nounced that they are unable to met
their obligations amounting to a mi
lion dollars. New York, New O
leans and North Carolina bankers ai
conferring.
FRENCH CONFISCATE COAL
AND TEAR UP RAILWAY LINE
MULHEIM, Aug. 8.—French troo£
today confiscated the coal supply c
the Thyssen Steel Works and tore u
the rail lines to the docks, the raic
ers found a wireless receiving set i
the plant and arrested the director.
WILL ORGANIZE STEEL WORKER
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—William Har
non, A. F. L. organizer, has startei
organizing 375,000 steel workers ii
the United States.
CHINESE DF/'TH RATE HIGH;
JAPANESE THE LOWEST
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 9.—The Chi
nese have the highest and the Japa
nese the lowest death rate in Caliror
nia, so the State Board of Health an
nounced. The death rate per luOO ir
1922 was, Chinese, 27; Japanese, 12
and whites, 13.9.
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port at 9:30 last night, west
bound. 1 he Watson will arrive in
seward on its return trip southbound
Thursday, August 16th.
The following passengers were list
ed for Seward:
R. J. Rajland, Mrs. Robert Camer
on, W. J. Stewart and wife, W\ J.
Stewart, jr., G. R. Williamson, J. R.
Lewis, Miss Minnie Green, Miss C.
Stangelund, Mrs. Grace L. Stewart, H.
Kastenes, E. B. Larson, Andrew Deck
er and wile, W m. Leonard and six
steerage.
For Seldovia—G. L. Chambers, C.
H. Pantske.
Anchorage—Wm. E. Ash, G. F.
Hatch an d wife, Alfred E. Kralowec,
A. H. McGraw, N. Bayovich.
Snug Harbor—Mrs. D. J. Graham,
Theresa Graham, Bert Graham, Geo.
Graham.
For Kodiak—H. J. Reinhardt, C. C.
Georgeson.
Round Trip—F. F. Broach and wife,
Leonard Foster, Mrs. W. J. Foster,
Miss H. Lenihan, iMiss Jessie Smith!
Miss H. L. Church, Mrs. Flora Case!
Blanche Gray, Mrs. A. B. Curry, Mas
ter Curry, Miss Rose Haisner, Mrs.
Nina Greenhalgh, Dorothy Green
es11’ Thos. A. Irwin and wife, Jessie
C. Birner, Mrs. Jessie Stewart, Mrs
Geo. Birner, Mrs. C. J. McComber,
Mattie Stewart, Ethel Burris, F E
Scott and wife, Mrs. H. H. Hatterv
Miss Lucille Fleet, Arthur Stearns'
Miss Edith W. Beggs. Miss Eliza Mur
phy, James Barker, Mrs. Ellen p.
Baiker, Mrs. Anna C. Sherman, O. T.
Crane, Miss Gena Berg, Miss Elsie
Bull, Miss Lillian Allesina.