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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 196.-/^
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SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11- 1925.
PEICE TEN CENTS
SHRINERS DANCE
OF WELCOME TO
NILE TEMPLE
I
ILLUSTRIOUS POTENTATE WITH
PARTY TO ARRIVE IN TOWN
ON NORTHWESTERN.
STAGE BIG PUBLIC DANCE
“Smile with Nile” At Free Dance At
Odd Fellows Hall Is Message
Being Broadcast.
On a pilgrimage to Alaska to con
duct novices across the burning sands
of the desert, Nile Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, under the leadership of its
> illustrious potentate, Walter F. Meier,
is steaming north from Seattle to Se
ward on the steamer Northwestern.
Accompanying the potentate are F.
B. Lazier, recorder; Van S. McKenny,
director, and John Rex Thompson,
orator of the Temple. Mrs. Meier
and other ladies are included in the
party.
Eighteen Local Shriners.
Ceremonials will be staged at An
chorage, Fairbanks and at Cordova,
with a brief visit to other Alaskan
towns. The visitors from the South
will be greeted and royally entertain
ed upon their arrival in Seward by
the 18 local shriners, ail well known
and prominent in the business life of
the community and the majority of
Uwhom have been residents of Seward
for many years. These include: H.
V. Hoben, Sheik; Wayne Blue, Cal M.
Brosius, Charles Leckner, Leon Ur
bach, Hugh Dougherty, F. E. Leslie,
P. C. McMullen, Carl Orlander, J. P.
Hannon, A1 Peel, John Rosness, Cap
tain O. A. Johansen, G. W. Colwell,
W. W. Flynn, Charles Sheldon, E. N.
Sweek and Andy Simons.
Wearing their Fez the local shrin
ers will be at the Seward dock,
, morning noon and night, to person
ally welcome the visitors ashore.
They will be escorted uptown, thru
the big welcoming arch, gaily dec
orated with the Shrine colors, to
their quarters.
Dance Saturday Night.
Regardless of when the Northwes
ern arrives, it is stated the big
dance Saturday night will be held
as per schedule. The “Jolly Three”
orchestra will be the “Jolly Four”
on this night, due to the addition of
an extra musician for the affair.
Members of the orchestra will be
*“Vfli33 Cecil Leslie, Miss Elsie Les
lie, Andy Anderson and George
Richardson.
Public Is Invited To Attend
In order that no mistake might be
made with reference to this affair it
is stated that no charge will be
made for admission to the dance
and that the entire public is cor
dially invited to attend. As the ad
vertisement reads, the price of ad
mission is one continuous smile.
fl'Just Smile with Nile.” The Odd
Fellows hall, where the dance will
be held will be turned over to a
corps of fancy decorators, who will
endeavor to create a bower of love
liness.
Prominent In Lodge Affairs.
Potentate Walter F. Meier is one
of the most widely known men in
fraternal circles of Washington and
"Alaska. In addition to being Illus
trious Potentate of Nile Temple at
the present time he is serving as
Deputy Grand Master of Adoniram
Council No. 17, Royal and Select Ma
sons, and Junior Warden in Wash
ington Chapter Rose Croix, Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite. He al
so hold3 the distinction of being a
past commander-in-chief of Lawson
Consistory, Ancient and Accepted
.'Scottish Rite, past patron of Uni
versity Chapter No. 83, Order of the
.-fW^tern Star, and past grand patron
the Grand Chapter of Washington,
tOrder of the Eastern Star. More
over, the Eastern Star world is in
debted to him for the publication of
two books, one being the compiled
decisions of the General Grand Chap
ter from it£* organization in 1876
down to the present time, and the
second being the decisions of the
Grand Chapter of Washington from
its organization in 1888 down to, and
including 1924. He is also chairman
of the committee on grievance and
appeals of the General Chapter and
vice-chairman of the committee hav
ing the movement looking toward
the construction of the International
Eastern Star Temple at Washington,
D. C.
In private life Mr. Meier is a law
yer and a member of the firm of
Farrell, Meier & Hess, maintaining i
offices in the city of Seattle. He
recently returned to the private prac
tice of law after having served eight
years in public life, one year as
chief deputy prosecuting attorney for
King County, and the balance of the
time as corporation counsel of the
city of Seattle.
Mrs. Meier, who accompanies her
husband, has also been active in fra
ternal circles, and is now serving as
Worthy Matron of University Chap
ter No. 83, Order of Eastern Star.
Argentine Swimmer Will
Abandon Hazardous Feat
BOULOGNE, France, Aug. 11 (Jp)—
Lillian Harrison nearly drowned yes
terday in attempting to swim the En
glish channel. She fainted when 8
miles from shore, and was taken into
the launch accompanying her. “This
is my last attempt. The channel is
too much for me,” the noted swimmer
said.
DAWSON MINER
DROWNS WHEN
CANOE UPSETS
DAWSON, Aug. 11 (/P)—While mak
ing an inspection trip to a new gold
field in which his company was inter
ested, Harry B. Iseman was drowned
Sunday when a canoe in which he
was riding with three other men, up
set in a rough stretch of the McMil
lan river. The others reached shore
safely.
Iseman was manager of ihe Klon
dike Mines Railway at Dawson.
Republican Fusion Ticket
Placed New York Field
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (£>)—A repub
lican fusion ticket was placed in the
field here today with Frank Water
man for mayor and James E. Finne
gan, a democrat, for comptroller.
Mechanical Horse Owned
By the Late W. J. Bryan
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 11 (£>)—The me
chanical horse belonging to the late
Wm. J. Bryan, is being held here at
Mrs. Bryan’s home, pending a decision
as to ownership. Bryan bought the
contrivance after a visit to President
Coolidge in July.
Small Listing Passengers
On Redondo for the West
Reservations made on the steamer
Redondo which left port last night
for Westward ports included Mrs.
C. J. Carlson, Florence Hayes, A. A.
Burglin, Mrs. Mary Bock, Miss Bock
and Baby Bock, all for Seldovia, Nels
Hatley, Halibut Cove; M. Campbell
and E. Campbell for Seldovia.
“Smii* With Nile” Saturday night.
CONGRESSMAN
TELLS COOLIDGE
ABOUT ALASKA
DESCRIBES SITUATION AS VERY
GLOOMY WITH SETBACK TO
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 11 (£>).
Representative White of Maine, head
of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee, who returned from Alas
ka, told President Coolidge that the
fishing industry suffered considerably
during the past year owing to a lack
of fish. He said the new law giving
the Department of Commerce com
plete jurisdiction over the fisheries of
Alaska would remedy the situation,
but in the meanw'hile he saw' no way
of offering an immediate cure.
Representative White described the
situation as gloomy with the trans
portation business seriously affected
by the shortage of fish.
Representative White said his trip
to the Territory had opened his eyes
to the magnitude of the Territory and
its possibilities, and believed that an
effort should be made to colonize the
country and open its tremendous re
sources.
Lyle and Hazeldne
Work for Appointment
As Prohibition Director
SEATTLE, Aug. 11 (£>)— P^y Lyle,
state prohibition director, has gone
to Washington, the Post-Intelligencer
declares today, to seek a high appoint
ment in the new organization to en
force prohibition. Lyle went in re
sponse to a telegram from Director
Haynes.
The newspaper said that F. A. Ha
zeltine, Pacific Northwest director,
and George Hulbert, formerly of Mon
tana, an assistant to Hazeltine, and
Director Linville of Oregon, are rivals
of Lyle.
ADMIRAL WATSON I
SAILS YESTERDAY;
SEATTLE, Aug. 11 (/P)—'The Ad
miral Line steamer Admiral Watson
sailed at 10 o’clock this morning
carrying forty passengers. The fol
lowing are for Seward: R. E. Ellis,
Mrs. J. S. Andrews, Miss Lilly King,
Mrs. F’ C. Clifford, B. B. Green, Miss
E. Bergren, Elmer Smith and wife,
Rev. Bowman.
Mrs. Irene Scott, wife of the former
well known Valdezan, later deputy
marshal at Kodiak, left yesterday for
the Sates, where she will reside. ^
Adoption of Polish Girl
Annuled By the Court
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (JP)~The
adoption of Mary Louise Spas Brown
ing, the young Polish girl who was
adopted by Edward F. Browning, the
millionaire real estate dealer, was an
nulled by the court today cn the
ground that she misrepresented her
age., Mary’s parents assented to the
cancellation giving the girl no right
to the Browning property.
Mrs. Laura Edge of Little Rock,
Ark., smashed ten window panes in
a neighbor’s house and got a month
in jail.
Mrs. Kate Barry told a Chicago
judge that her husband had called
her “all the names in the nation.”
•St. John O. A. W. Forbes and D.
W. A. W. Forbes, twin brothers, have
made the cricket team at Eton, Eng
land.
NORTHWESTERN SAILS
NORTH FROM KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 10 (^P)—The
steamship Northwestern sailed north
from Ketchikan at 8 p. m. date.
TORNADO WRECKS
ROCKWOOD, CAL
NO ONE KILLED
THOUSANDS OF CHICKENS RAIN
DOWN FROM THE AIR—CITI
ZENS HIDE IN DITCHES
ROCKWOOD, Cal., Aug. 11 (#>)—
Damage estimated at $75,000 resulted
from a tornado, which ripped Rock
wood apart, leaving only two buildings
out of twenty. Hundreds of persons
escaped death by hiding in irrigation
ditches when they saw two large,
black, funnel-shaped clouds approach
ing, with flying timbers, hail and
slaughter stock. Chickens rained
dowm in the towm by thousands, the
wind catching them up, stripping
them and tossing their dead bodies
along the path of the storm.
Bryan’s God Daughter
Picks Site for Monument
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (/?)— Miss Dio
nessa Bryan Evans, a god-daughter
to W'm. J. Bryan, announced that
Clewiston, Florida, had been selected
as the site for a national monument
to Bryan.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Close Harmony Among
Republican Senators
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11 (/p).
Treasury officials are said to be
working in close harmony with Re
publican senators in selecting new
prohibition administrators, and in no
case where a man is objected to by
interested senators will he be ap
pointed.
Filipinos Will Send
Delegates to States
MANILA, P. I., Aug. 11 (/p)—A ma
jority of the legislature selected. Sen
ator Osmena and Speaker Roxas as
members of a mission to proceed to
the United States to wrork for “the
fulfilment of America’s pledge of in
dependence for the Philippines.”
Bryan Made Quarter
Million In Few Months
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (#>)—E. L.
Lambright of Tampa, head of the
Florida delegation to the last Demo
cratic national- convention, said that
Bryan must have made more than a
quarter of a million in Florida real
estate within the last few months of
his life.
He pointed out that Bryan declared
in April that he was worth but half
a million, whereas his will disposed
of cash and securities aggregating
over $800,000.
Dawes Plans Speeches
On the Pacific Coast
CHICAGO, Aug. 11 (#»)—Vice-Pres
ident Dawes, who is fighting for revi
sion of the Senate rules, plans to
speak at Portland, Seattle, San. Fran
cisco, and Los Angeles in Septem
ber. Dawes returned yesterday to
his desk at the Central Trust Com
pany, following a vacation in Colo
rado.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
FORTY MEN TO BE
AT WORK MOOSE
PASS HIGHWAY
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS WILL
START WORK ON MOOSE
PASS ROAD THIS WEEK
Forty men will be on the payroll of
the Bureau of Public Roads Moose
Pass road project, Unit No. 3, from
! Mile 29 to the Hope district by the
end of this week, according to high
way engineer J. B. Reher, who return
ed to Seward a few days ago from
Girdwood. Taking the weather into
consideration the work will be con
tinued until as late in the season as
it will permit.
! The first camp will be established
! at Mile 29, Moose Pass, for the pres
j ent. C. H. Keil will be engineer in
j charge of the road construction. A
number of the crew, mostly station
men, will leave Seward tomorrow for
the project. These will include Gus
Wickland, Carl Linberg, Carl Eric
son, Nels Swanson, D. Sail and Ernie
Levin, the well known cook. The re
mainder of the outfit will depart from
Seward for the camp on Friday.
The road will be of standard six
foot type, ten feet clear in the cuts,
11 feet on side hills and 12 feet in
fills. There will be no grade to ex
ceed seven per cent. Turn-outs will
b made on all curves and on tan
gents of about 1000 feet.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Police Looking for
Schwartz’s Confederates
OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 11 (£>)—An
apartment house proprietor, where
Charles Schwartz the missing chem
ist suicided yesterday, said that he
had had several visitors during the
days he was in hiding. Sheriff Veale
said, “We are looking for two men
confederates.”
SILVER INDUSTRY
REPRESENTED IN
COMING CONGRESS
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 11 (£>)—
The American Silver Producers Asso
ciation at a meeting yesterday to
discuss perfecting the organization,
reports opinions from former Senator
Thomas of Colorado and others. It is
indicated that the new Pittman bill
will pass congress this fall, and that
the silver industry will be well rep
resented in the House Ways and
Means committee, October 10, when
proposals to change taxation on mines
will be considered.
Resolutions were passed commend
ing the research work of the United
States Bureau of mines. The associa
tion produces 100,000,000 ounces of
silver annually.
New Mining Engineer
for Kennecott Mines
Arrives from States
Samuel Lasky, mining engineer,
was a passenger on the steamer Yu
kon, for Cordova, where he will act
in the above named capacity for the
Kennecott corporation for the next
three years. Mr. Lasky recently re
turned to the United States from
Honduras where he had been station
ed for two years by the Guggenheim
interests.
Solving cross word puzzles has re
stored a patient in a Bracebridge,
England asylum to sanity, aocording
to a medical report.