J — Hemnrd Dale Gnteumy
VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 153
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
New Steamship Alaska In Seward Today
Prominent Seattle Society Women Beaten and Robbed
Appointments of New Liner
Alaska are Most Luxurious
The new steamship Alaska repre
sents the highest tj pe ot construction
and owing to her superior passenger
accommodations and cuigo carrying
capacity of 3,000 tons, will enable liei
owners, the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, to offer to the public a service
on the Southeastern and Southwestern
Alaska run such as it has never been
able to do before.
The Alaska is a twin screw passen
ger and freight steamship. It has a
double bottom throughout, with collis
ion bulkheads. The hull construction
has been especially designed tor
strength and durability. The engine
room is a marvel of convenience and
this Department will prove of deepest
interest to those who follow and are
interested in mechanical and electrical
engineering. There are two triple ex
pansion engines of the Hoovens Owen
and Rentschler type, each being of
2S00 indicated horse power. The boilei
installation consists of six of the Bab
cock and Wilcox type. In addition to
the main engines there is the most
complete installation of electrical and
refrigerating machinery, while the
deck equipment includes some of the
very latest designs in winches and
, windlasses, all of which will be operat- j
ed by steam.
Forward of the bridge deck and j
* chart room are handsomely appointed
quarters for the Captain and other of
* ncers, with necessary baths.
The Alaska is 3^ r^t fen inches in
length over all, with a beam of 49
* feet and depth of 33 feet six inches,
so some idea can be pained as to her
immense size. As a matter of compari
son. however, it might be added that
the Comet, first steamship built in
Europe in the year 1811, was but 42
feet in length. The ship of Columbus i
in which he discovered America or I
the good ship Washington, command
ed by Robert Grey, when he sailed in- ;
to the Columbia, were less than one
third as long, and the famous Britan
nia, initial steamship of the Cunard
Line to cross the Atlantic was only
207 feet in length. None of these his
toric vessels could at all compare in
the ration of cargo capacity or gen
eral dimensions.
This increased cargo capacity is of
the greatest importance in consider-,
ing the ores, fish, merchandise and j
* miscellaneous commodities which
must be moved expeditiously in the |
general service of Alaska s gi owing i
industries, and it is to keep pace with ,
those growing industries and the in-1
creased pasenger traffic expected that
* the steel tseamship Alaska has been
built. The Alaska was built at the
yard of the Todd Dry Dock and Ship
* building Corporation at Tacoma, and j
the vessel is certainly a credit to her
builders.
The Alaska will operate on the
weekly service out of Seattle in con
junction with the Alameda and North
western, both of which steamship? !
* have been lately rearranged and re- j
furnished so that they would be in a
position to maintain the standard of
•the service. One of these boats will
be scheduled to leave Seattle every
Saturday morning at 9 o’clock.
It would be impossible to describe
in minute detail each one of the dif
ferent staterooms, suites, or public
* rooms, because (hey will have to be
thoroughly inspected before they can
be appreciated. Whenever the Alaska
is in port and time permits, Captain
Nord and his staff will be only too
glad to have visitors come aboard this
super-ship, which bears the name of
their home territory.
Merely as a general description,
* every stateroom on the vessel has
running water, electric lights, steam
heat, electric bells new and comfort
able berths, with attractive decora
tions. Twelve of these staterooms have
hot and cold shower bath, and eight !
more of them are arranged ensuite, !
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with a modern bathroom, all of the
plumbing being of the very latest de
sign. All of the rooms on the upper
deck have both hot and cold running
water.
Quite the most distinctive features
of the palatial vessel are the public
rooms, the Social Hall, Smoking Room
and the Dining Saloon. The Social
Hall has windows on three sides of the
Beclawat design, which is entirely
new on this coast, and they can be
raised and lowered as desired. This
large room is harmoniously decorat
ed in a Colonial design, in soft tones.
The room has a baby grand piano,
with an Aeolian Piano player. The
Brussels carpet can be quickly taken
up, disclosing a smooth maple floor
for dancing.
The grand stairway from the social
hall to the saloon deck and the contin
uation of that stairway into the din
ing saloon below have two attractive
paintings of typical Alaska scenes,
the work of Rev. E. P. Ziegler, of Cor
dova, who also painted the murals in
the city ticket office of the company
at Seattle.
The dining room is covered with in
terlocking rubber tile. The tables
are arranged to seat five or six and
each table has an art lamp in the cen
ter, connected by concealed electric
wiring. By daylight this airy room is
flooded with sunlight through the
round glass ports, usual to steamships
while at night a square frame of stain
ed glass closes against each port and
an electric light behind diffuses a soft
and colorful light into the room.
In fact, the whole lighting effect of
the social rooms and staterooms is
one of the distinctive features of this
vessel. While the women have their
social hall and music room the men
are not overlooked. They have their
smokine room aft, on the upper deck.
It is furnished in Flemish Oak. chairs
and sofas being deeply upholstered in
bronze art leather. The skylight is of
stained glass and again the electric
lighting effect at night is striking.
Connecting with this is the usual
ship’s bar, with the added conveni
ences of a sanitary barber shop and
modern bathroom with an expert at
tendance in charge.
These are merely passing refer
ences to some of the features of this
new steamship, named Alaska, built
for Alaskans by an Alaskan company.
It is manned and officered by men
known generally to Alaskans—Capt.
J. G. Nord being the master: Oscar
Johnson, chief engineer; Arthur
Payne, chief steward, and E. E. P.
Morgan, purser, all of whom will be
very glad to welcome their friends on
board during their stay in port, or up
on their return.
It is a vessel that Alaska can well
take pride in and for that reason it
should be inspected by all who see in
its coming the dawn of a new era of
prosperity in the northland.
At the launching of this ship on Apr.
19th she was sponsored by a native
daughter of Alaska, Miss Frances
Nowell, daughter of the company’s
agent at Juneau, in the presence of
a large gathering. Many men have
have been employed since that date
rushing the work of interior decora
tion, so that the steamship would be
in a position to sail on schedule June
9.
CONTRACTOR HERE
E. A. Carlson, of the firm of Sims &
Carlson, contractors, of Spokane, ar
rived on the Alaska and will leave
for Mile 12 where his company has a
contract for grading the Kenai Lake
road. Sims & Carlson have secured
many contracts in the territory.
Miss Helen Balderston, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Balderston, is re
turning to Seward on the Alameda.
She has been attending school in the
States.
MIS. GEO. NEWLOVE.
FORMER ALASKI,
IS VICTIM
SEATTLE FOOTPADS OVERPOWER
PARTY AND TAKE VALUA
BLE JEWELRY
SEATTLE, June 16.—Leaving a
dinner party at the Capital Hill home
of Cecil H. Bacon, a society leader,
last evening, Airs. Dockery, wife of
Colonel Oliver H. Dockery, comman
dant of Fort Lawton, and Mrs. George
Newlove, wife of Major George New
love, post medical officer were at
tacked and badly beaten by a gang
of youthful bandits, who robbed them
of a small sum of money and valuable
jewelry. The women put up a strong
fight, but both were knocked down,
Mrs. Dockery being dragged down the
street and severely cut and bruised.
Mrs. Newlove was formerly a resi
dent of Fort Liscum, near Valdez.
FORMER PREMIER BULGARIA
KILLED WHILE TRYING ESCAPE
SOFIA, June 16.—Former Premier
Stamboulisky, of Bulgaria, was killed
last Saturday while trying to escape
capture after his flight following the
attempt to overthrow the government.
800 WOMEN LOST IN
SEATTLE, June 16.—Aroused by
the unexplained disappearance Mon
day of two Seattle women, police have
made an investigation of the records,
and found that 800 women residents
of the city have dropped from sight
during the past year.
FOOD AND STORES WILL BE
DROPPED ALONG ROUTE TO
BE TRAVELED
LONDON, June 16—Dispatches from
Copenhagen say that Hakon Ham
mer, wealthy shipowner of Seattle,
who has already rendered'Amundsen
considerable help in equipping his
ship Maud, will give further assist
ance to the explorer in his attempt to
fly across the North Pole.
Hammer intends to set out to meet
Amundsen over the projected lines of
flight, flying in an opposite direction
and dropping quantities of stores and
food en route.
Hammer intends to use a Funcker
plane, capable of remaining in the air
26 hours at a stretch. If Amundsen
lands at the Pole provision is being
made to fly to his rescue in the event
of his being isolated there.
E. H. Thede, well known old timer,
former wharfinger in Seward, will
leave tonight on the Alaska for a
round trip to Seattle. He is employed
at the Brosius shops at the present
time.
RUM RUNNERS FIGHT CUTTERS
ATLANTIC CITY, June 16-—A run
ning fight in which several volleys of
shots were exchanged, occurred today
between rum runners and government
cutters.
PAYMENT 11 DEBT
CAUSING BRITAIN
“DAY MAY WELL BE KNOWN AS
BLACK FRIDAY” SAYS EN
GLISH EDITOR
LONDON, June 16.—This day may
well be known as Black Friday, for
every six months for the next sixty
two years a payment like this will
have to be made,” comments Lord
Beaverbrook’s Daily Express, com
menting on the payment today of sev
enty-seven million to America, the
first installment on the British war
debt to America, under the Anglo
American debt agreement.
PIONEER HARDWARE MAN DEAD
SEATTLE, June- 16.—Sol Frieden
thal, pioneer and vice-president of the
Schwabacher Hardware Company is
dead.
FAILS TO EFFECT PEACE;
EVERETT MAN IS SUICIDE
EVERETT, June 16.—Failing to ef
fect a reconciliation with his wife,
from whom he had just been sepa
rated, Erwin Watts, a world war vet
eran, shot and killed himself.
TRANSPORT
SEATTLE, June 16.—With the con-!
gressional delegation which has been
in Alaska, the transport Cambrai, is.
due in Seattle tomorrow. The ship
passed inside Cape Flattery today and |
proceeded to Vancouver, B. C., for
several hours stop.
TOO MUCH LAUDATION OF BRI
TAIN TO SUIT SOME
REPUBLICANS
—
WASHINGTON, June 16.—A report
of Commissioner of Accounts David
Hirsclifield of New York, denounced
as unAmerican a number of school
histories, as the outgrowth of a prpo
British plot is strongly commended in
this week’s issue of the National Re
publican organ of the Republican Na
tional committee.
VOLSTEAD ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS KILL MAN AND WIFE
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.—State;
authorities today launched an investi
gation into the killing today of Basil
Artuffo a contractor, and his wife,
Julia, in a raid by Volstead enforce
ment officials on the Artuffo home.
C. W. Cheatham of the Bureau of
Public Roads arrived on the Alaska.
SMALL BLAZE LAST NlGHT
A small blaze at Mrs. Ashton’s la
dies’ furnishings store was quickly
suppressed by the chemical last night.
The department responded to the
alarm in what is said to be. record
time. The damage was small.
Miss Lydig of Cordova is visiting
friends here today.
Press Representatives are
Guests of Steamer Alaska
Many representatives of the press
are making the round trip on the
steamship Alaska, as guests of the
Alaska Steamship Company. Among
the papers represented are the fol
lowing:
A. Oppenheimer, representing the
Tacoma Ledger.
Herman Hunt, representing the Ta
coma News-Tribune.
E. W. Knight, business manager of
the Alaska Weekly, of Seattle.
C. C. Murton, representing the Se
attle Post-Intelligencer.
Will A. Steely editor of the Juneau
Capital, Juneau.
Mrs. J. W. Pritchard, wife of the
editor and proprietor of the Sentinel,
Wrangell.
Elmer Friend, formerly editor of
the Seward Gateway, but now repre
senting the Juneau Empire.
Miss Kathyrn Wilson, special writer
for the Cordova Daily Times, and rep
resenting H. G. Steel on the trip.
Mrs. Chas. H. Wilcox, wife of the
editor of the Valdez Miner, Valdez.
George J. Love, representing the All
Alaska Pioneer Magazine, The Path
finder, of Valdez.
RULING OF DEPARTMENT OBEY
ED TO THE LETTER BY
U. S. VESSEL
NEW YORK, June 16.—When the
steamship George Washington arrived
in New York from Europe this after
noon 87 cases of liquor were thrown
overboard just outside the three-mile
limit, according to officials of the
Treasury department. The vessel
jettisoned her cargo to obey the rul
ing regarding liquor in American
ports.
POPE RECEIVES ADMIRAL
AND SIXTY U. S. SAILORS
ROME, June 16.—The Pope today
received Rear Admiral Andrew Long
and his staff, and a group of sixty
sailors from the United States cruiser
Pittsburgh, the admiral’s flagship^
now at Naples.
THE LEATHER-PUSHERS
The Leatherpushers, a series of
prize ring anecdotes, which ran in
Colliers’ Weekly some time ago, will
be shown tomorrow night at the Lib
erty. The first two reels will be
shown, others to follow later.
Mrs. A. H. McNeer and sons will
leave on the Alaska for Richlands,
Virginia, to join Mrfl McNeer, who is
engaged in business at that place.
Mrs. McNeer is a daughter of Post
master and Mrs. W. E. Root and is an
Alaska girl, having lived at Valaez
and Seward for a number of years.
She is an acocmplished pianist and
she will be greatly missed by the
younger social set.
SEATTLE, June 16.—The steam
ship Alameda sailed this morning for
southwestern Alaska with 260 pas
sengers .including forty excursionists,
and forty copper miners for Latouche.
Seward pasesngers are: T. J. Rouner,
R. Simmonson, F. F. Rouner, R. Ses
sions, W. Ervine, G. A. Lenge, Miss
Berry Marguerite Collins, Mary Ja
cobs, Patricia Ray, Helen Balderston,
Verna Smith, J. T. Torris, and wife;
M. P. Remis, O. Binninger, S. Hern
ing, Wm. Solt, Jas. Caddock, C. G. Os
borne, S. Beck, G. G. Follerty, Mrs. N.
Woadley, J. H. Hutchinson, William
Rinber? Mrs. G. W. Kennedy, J. S.
Seeley, R. H. Fleser and wife, Misses
Fleser, W. G. Burne, and nine steer
age.
I _
MANY OLD TIME STEAMSHIP
MEN COMPOSE CREW—VES
SEL SAILS TONIGHT
The steamship Alaska arrived in
port last night about twelve o’clock.
Many familiar faces ar > seen aboard
the new liner, and the crew and offi
cials were kept busy while the ves
sel was in port receiving visitors. The
Alaska will sail south tonight about 9
o’clock, for Seattle and way ports. Her
passengers for Seward were: Elmer
Friend, Will A. Steel, Mrs. J. W.
Pritchard, Miss Kathym Wilson, Mre
Mary F. Wilcox, George J. Love, S. A.
Morse, J. J. Luke, Miss Sal'ie Lund,
M. E. LaBlanc, D. Morris, Mrs. D.
Morris, Mrs. O. A. Hall, E. O. Goebel,
J. A. Borges, J. E. Carlquist, J. A. Me
Gilvray, Mrs. McGilvray. Edna B. Da
vis, A. A. Clough, Mrs. McConnell,
C. W. Chatham, J. G. Anderson, Mrs.
M. A. Tennant, Miss Alice Dille, E.
L. Refner, M. E. McDonal, Louis
Wolfe, J. P. Hannon, Mike Nosik, H.
Bahrenberg, John W. Jackson, Mrs.
Jackson, J. M. Haley, Win. R. Jarell,
Mrs. B. Anderson, Rex Anderson, L.
C. Thompson. F. F. Purcell E. A.
Carlson, Ed Tindall, Miss J. Patter
son, M. L. Lindenberger, Mrs. Lindon
berger, Mrs. M. C. Moore, Emmet
Richter, Mrs. Richter, Miss E. Broad
wed, A. J. Johnstone, F. Anderson,
Mrs. Anderson, F. G. Stone, M. Wag
ner, K. Sommer, nine steerage
Round Trip Passengers—Mrs. J. J.
Haw, A. Ottenheimer, J. N. Akey, Mrs.
M. Jaiger, Miss M. Gillespie, Earle
Liederman, Mrs. Liederman, Herman
Hunt, Dr. Daniels, Mrs. Daniels, Miss
J. Buten, A. P. Cameron, J. W. God
win, J. L. Yacum, Mrs. R. R. Hetrick,
Jas. Girdwood, Edith Hook, Mrs. J. F.
Hook, Mrs. W. W. King, Miss M.
Robinson, Mrs. L. S. Bacharach, J. H.
O’Neill, Peggy O’Neill, Jean O’Neill,
James O’Neill, E. W. Knight, C. C.
Murton, Myrtle E. Willav, Miss M. J.
Kluger, A. F. May, Mrs. May.
Miss Myrtle E. Willey, of Seattle,
representing the Carter Rice & Co.
paper house of Seattle, is in the city.
Miss Willey is one of the most suc
cessful woman commercial travellers
for the larger paper concerns.
The members of the Alaska Moving
Picture Corporation, will arrive on to
night’s train en route to Cordova,
where they will film the Miles and
Child’s glacier.
CARD OF THANKS
I desire to thank the members of
the fire department and Mr. George
Sexton for valuable assistance at the
small blaze at my store last evening.
* MRS. A. E. ASHTON.