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VOLUME XVIII.
NUMBER 162
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
LOS ANGELES PARTY COMING TO SEWARD IN JULY
PRESIDENT HARDING SPEAKS
IN MORMON TABERNACLE
TELLS WHAT GOVERNMENT HAS ACCOMPLISHED
IN REDUCING TAXES AND PUBLIC DEBT
SINCE THE WORLD WAR
Salt Lake, June 27.—Making his sixth prepared ad
dress in his western trip, President Harding, in the Mor
mon tabernacle tonight discussed taxation. The address
cm this question was made here because Utah is the home
of Chairman Smoot, of the Senate Finance Committee. He
told what the government had accomplished in decreasing
taxes and public debt; the latter being within four billions
of the cost of the world war. He said altogether, that the
war was not only the greatest horror the world has ever
known, but was also the greatest orgy of spending.
HARDING PLAYS GOLF
Salt Lake, June 27.—President Harding played golf
yesterday afternoon with President Heber J Grant, of
the Mormon church as a partner.
RECENT DECISIONS CHARACTER
IZED AS STEP BACKWARD
IN WORLD PROGRESS
WASHINGTON, June 27.—“Women
should be members of an enlarged su
preme court of the United States said
Mrs. Florence Kelly of New York
saying the minimum wage ruling “is
a new Dred Scott decision, and pro
gress backward.”
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT.
The Civic Committee will give the
best dance of the season Saturday
night, the purpose being to raise
funds for the Fourth of July celebra
tion. Everyone is. invited to ar.ftnd,
01 at leatt buy a ticket and help the
celebration along
Practically every youngster in S* w
ard to 'ay repair J to '.he ball grounds
with well filled lunch baskets, to at
tend the Sunday School picnic being
held by the Methodist church. Itev.
and Mrs. Dunlap are looking after the
kiddies, who are reported to be hav
ing a wonierful time.
SON OF MORGAN WEDS
CONCORD, Mass., June 27.—Katli
erine? the daughter of Charles Fran
cis Adams was married today to Hen
ry Morgan, son of J. P.
PLASTERERS JOIN MILLIONAIRES
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 27.—The pay
of union plasterers was increased to
$14 for a day of eight hours.
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S8ETE
SEATTLE, June 27.—Local physi
cians and surgeons have just con
cluded one of the most notable meet
ings in the history of the Pacific
Northwest. Twenty-five speakers of
national and international reputation
and a thousand medical men attend
ed.
Of particular interest was the ad
dresses of Dr. J. B. Collop, one of the
discoverers of the Insulin treatment
for diabetes; Dr. H. Gideon Wells, of
the University of Chicago, a world
authority on cancer; and Prof. K. F.
Wenckebach, international authority
on the heart.
Dr. Collop’s lecture on the Insulin
treatment was broadcasted over the
country by radio.
VAUDEVILLE MAN KILLED
BY LIGHTNING IN NEW YORK
LONG BEACH, N. Y., June 27.—
Bert Savoy, a member of the vaude
vile team of Savoy and Brennan, and
Jack C. Grosman were struck by
lightning today and killed.
LECI5L1T1 BE PISSED
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OTTAWA, June 27.—The Minister
of Marine today proposed legislation
! designated to make effective the
North Pacific halibut fisheries treaty,
recently concluded between the Uni
ted States and the premier of Canada.
The king gave notice of a motion for
approval of the treaty by the premier.
A report was received in Seward a
short time ago that T. E. Dougherty,
I a former merchant of Valdez, had
passed away, but this is denied in a
recent letter received by friends of
Mr. Dougherty, who state that he suf
fered from a paralytic stroke a shorl
time ago, but is now improving.
Mrs. Anna Stotko has reopened
Jack’s Place, and is selling cigars, to
baccos and soft drinks.
Fire which started in the partition
between the Seward bakery and the
Seward News company damaged the
building and stock abeut $1500 today.
The alarm was turned in about 11:00
o’clock and by the time the depart
ment arrived on the f c ene the flames
were shooting from the roof. It was
necessary to chop away toe upstairs
floor and flood the building with wa
ter before the fire was extinguished,
badly damaging :he apartments and
flooding the lower floor with water.
The building is owned by George
Schmidt, and is covered by insurance.
Mr. Phelps carried no insurance on
his stock and furnishings, and will be
ios-^r about $(>09 i->
Gus Borgen took a high dive from
the platform in the rear of the Sew
ard News Company, at the fire this
morning that shook and bruised him
up considerably, but did no other in
jury. George Cotter was his com
panion in misfortune and while they
did not refuel in the air they experi
enced all the sensations of a para
chute jump. The platform was rotten
and gave way under their weight
dropping them about 12 feet.
LOCAL COLO STORAGE
RAISES PIE FISH
SAN JUAN FISHING AND PACKING
COMPANY WILL PAY MORE
FOR FRESH HALIBUT
Announcement was made today by
G. C. Henderson, local manager of the
San Juan Fishing & Packing Company
that from now on eight and five cents
would be paid for fresh halibut, the
cold storage having considerably in
creased its capacity last spring by ad
ditional coolers and the installation
of its own ice making plant.
It is expected that this increase in
price will materially increase the
number of boats arriving from the
halibut banks, as heretofore most of
the fish have gone to Sitka and Ketch
ikan on account of lack of fueling fa
cilities and the lower price paid for
halibut. With the erection of the oil
tanks here and the increased price
paid for fish there is no reason why
Seward should not become the cen
ter of the halibut fishing industry, as
the banks are right against the mouth
of the harbor, and extending west
ward for an hundred miles.
The local company received 15,000
pounds of fresh halibut today from
the banks.
IS
WRITTEN BY C. L. ANDREWS WHO
LIVED FOR SOME TIME IN
OLD HISTORIC TOWN
“The Story of Sitka” is the name
of a small volume from the capable
pen of C. L. Andrews, who formerly
resided in that ancient historical place
and who has collected much material
relating to the old town, so closely
connected with all of the history of
Alaska. The book is illustrated with
photographs of historic buildings and
reproductions of drawings made by ar
tists of early days.
The discovery of the port, the set
tlement of the town, called by Rus
sians Novo Archangel, the growth and
history of the settlement, the descrip
tions of the natives, all make a nara
tive of interest and one that can be
had from no other writing.
Sitka, the New Archangel of the
Russians, wras the chief fur trading
post of the Russians from 1806 to 1867
and there the chief manager of the
Russian American Company had his
residence, there were the foundaries,!
the machine shops, the tanneries, the
sawmills, and flouring mills. The first
steam vessel built on the wrest coast
of America was constructed there and
all the machinery wap made in the
machine shops. The first steamboat to
ply on the inland waters of California
was a product of the shops and ship
yard at Sitka. Bells were cast there
for the California missions and hoes
and ploughs wrere manufactured for
the Spanish farmers of Monterey and
San Francisco.
The book is of special value to the
lover of the history of the Northwest,
and also to the touristy for in it is a
map fixing the location of all the old
historic monuments as well as a short
guide to the places of interest.
TREATY OF 1908 EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, June 25.—Secretary
Hughes and Ambassador Geddes sign
ed the convention extending for five
years the arbitration treaty of 1908
between the United States and Great
Britain.
Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day.
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FOUR DAYS
OUT FOR ENDURANCE RECORD
AND TWELVE OTHERS—WILL
REFUEL IN AIR
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 27.—Cap
tain Lowell H. Smith, forestry patrol
flyer and his wingmate, Lieut. John
B. Richter, took off from Rockwell
Field at 4:43 this morning in a D«
Haviland plane, in which they hope
to remain aloft four days and night?,
and break twelve aerial records,
among them being the endurance re
cord, which they hope to attain by
refueling in midair.
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FIFTY CEI1IT CUT
FREIGHT MIES
Agent Wayne Blue received noti
fication today of a fifty cents per ton
cut on freight rates by the Pacific
Steamship Company, from Seattle to
Seward, effective July l. Mr. Blue
states that this cut is made possible
by his company absorbing handling
charges, and tnat it is Lie second cut
in freight rates since April 1st. of the
present year.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.—Should
Tommy Gibbon win from Jack Demp
sey in their fight for the heavyweight
championship of the world at Shelby,
Mont., July next, the heavyweight
crown will have passed eigth times in
31 years with one wearer taking it by
default.
Sullivan to Corbett, Corbett to Fitz
simmons; Fitzsimmons to Jeffries;
Jeffries to Burns by default; Burns to
Johnson; Johnson to Willaid, Willard
to Dempsey.
James J. Corbett wrested the crown
from the brow of John L. Sullivan at
New Orleans on September 7, 1892,
knocking the veteran out in the twen
ty-first round.
Corbett held the title to the heavy
weight championship for five years,
and then lost it to Bob Fitzsimmons
by a knockout in the fourteenth round
at Carson City, Nev., March 17, 1S97.
Lanky Bob held the title for only
two years, being knocked out by Jas.
J. Jeffries in the eleventh round at
Coney Island, N. Y., June 9, 1899.
Jeffries retired and Tommy Burns
claimed the title.
Burns defended his claim against
Jack Johnson at Sydney, Australia, on
December 26, 1908^ and was defeated
in the fourteenth round by the color
ed fighter on a technical knockout.
Jeffries was dragged back from re
tirement in 1910 and met the colored
champion at Reno, Nev., July 4, but
failed to regain the crown. Johnson
knocked the former champion out in
the fifteenth round.
The next transfer was made on Apr.
5, 1915, at Havana, Cuba, when John
son was knocked out in the twenty
sixth round by Jess Willard.
Willard held the championship belt
for four years, but lost to Jack Demp
sey when the latter knocked him out
in the third round at Toledo, Ohio, on
July 4, 1919.
While Dempsey has engaged in a
number of exhibition battles, he has
defended his title only three times In
four years; defeating Billy Miske, in
three rounds; Bill Brennan, twelve
rounds, and Georges Carpentic-r, four
roundv
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY
ARRIVE ON STR. BUFORD
WILL VISIT NEARLY ALL OF THE PRINCIPAL
ALASKAN PORTS ON EIGHTY EIGHT HUN
DRED TON STEAMSHIP BUFORD
Seattle, June 27.—-One hundred and seventy-five Los
Angeles and San Francisco business men are booked for
a July excursion voyage cn the former transport Buford,
which will include nearly all of the principal Aaskan ports
including Ketchikan, WrangelJ Petersburg, Juneau, Cor
dova, Seward, and Anchorage, according to a wire receiv
ed this morning from Vice President Ogden of Los An
gees. Indications are that a proportionate number of Se
attle business men will join the excursion.
The excursion party will sail from Seattle about
July twelfth.
BOGUS DRY AGENTS FAIL TO
FIND RUM BUT STEAL $400
LOS ANGELES, Jine 27.—Two men
posing at prohibition ayen.'s search.-cl
the house of Edward Carre t to. He
told them they would find nothing but
they did. After they departed he
discovered $400 in currency missing.
He informed the police who told him
the men were imposters.
NORTHWESTERN OUT OF JUNEAU
The steamship Northwestern sailed
from Juneau at 11:30 p. m. yester
day.
PARIS, June 27.—France’s greatest
difficulty is to make her coucse of ac
tion understood by the rest of the
world, President Millerand said in an
address today; adding that the pros
perity and peace of the world have
nothing to fear from France.
CARD PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT
The Auxiliary of the Seward Amer
ican Legion will act as hostesses to
morrow evening at their headquarters
on upper Fourth avenue, at 8 o’clock.
Whist will form the diversion of the
evening and prizes will be awarded.
Refreshments will conclude the eve
ning’s entertainment. Everyone is
invited. Admission 50 cents.
WASHINGTON, June 27.—Alaska
produced minerals in 1922 to the val
ue of $19,500,000, the Interior depart
ment announced this afternoon, an in
crease of $2,000,000 over the previous
year.
UU PAPER FOR B
IS M OF CIS, HM
The Hyder Miner Publishing Com
pany has been organized at Hyder,
taking over the Hyder Miner. Thf
new company will soon begin the pub
lication of a first class weekly news
paper. The incorporators are Chas.
F. Sanford, Charles E. Herron and
Arthur G. Coulter. Mr. Sauford will
be the editor and manager of the new
publication.
TODAY’S FISH MARKET
KETCHIKAN—Fresh halibut 13 %
and 8 cents; pickled cod, $lo per bar
rel.
JUNEAU—Fresh halibut liy2 cents
and 7y2 cents; king salmon and reds
12 cents; small reds; 7 cents; whites
3 cents.
I BROOKS
WOULD TAKE A TRAIN TO HAUL
ALL THE REPORTS MADE TO
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
SEATTLE, June 27.—“Washington
has been full of Alaska experts, and
it would take a train to haul all the
reports they have compiled for Pres
ident Harding and Congress,” said
Dr. Alfred Brooks, chief of the Alas
ka geological survey, upon his arrival
here from the National capital.
The launch Rolfe III., conveying Dr.
W. H. Chase of Cordova, as guide, and
M. L. Carr and L. B. Carr, of Okmul
gee, Oklahoma, big game hunters^
who left Seward May 13 for westward
points in search of bear, returned to
Seward last evening, on their way to
Cordova, where the Carrs will take
steamer for the States.
It is reported that the party were
unfortunate in that they killed no
bears and were unable to get into the
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes ow
ing to thejieavy pumice fall covering
the grounfl.
EVANS DUE TOMORROW
The steamship Admiral Evans is
due at 6:00 o’clock tomorrow morn
ing, from the south. The vessel has
35 passengers for interior points.
The contractors on the Liberty the
atre building have the metal lath on
the end and side, and will soon be
slinging cement. They are making
exceptionally fast time on the job.
About 400 fish were received by the
local canning company today, the run
falling off slightly on account of good
weather.
PARTY FOR MISS STOTKO
A large number of youngsters gath
ered at the residence of Mrs. Anna
Stotko? yesterday afternoon, the occa
sion being the tenth birthday anni
versary of little Miss Helen. Games
were played and at a late hour re
freshments were served the hungry
youngsters, con sis-,i eg of ice cream,
cake, sandwicnes, nu •» and candy. A
large number of presents were re
ceived by ibe little hostess. Those
present were Eleanor Kre/ting Eliza
beth Dykstra, Mildred Parker, Elva
Petersen, Roberta McIntosh, Virginia
Skeen, Betty Balderston, Tiny Dry
den, Susan Dryden, and Masters Wm.
Shellhorn, Forrest Skeen, Franklin
Skeen, Don Shellhorn, Clarence Mil
ler and Shultz.