Help “Seward Beautiful” Grow More Beautiful in Every Wax
VOLUME XIX.
NUMBER 83.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AVIATORS HOP-OFF ON WORLD FLIGHT
FOOT AND MOUTH
DISEASE RAVAGES
CALIFORNIA STOCK
> SACRAMENTO, April 7—The De
partment of Agriculture states that
the foot and mouth disease is now on
a more favorable basis according to re
ports from Oakland, San Francisco,
and Los Angeles. No reports have been
received from Merced county but it is
assumed that no fresh infections are
being experienced. Stanislaus county
has enacted a strict local quarrantine
ordinance to protect dairy herds, and
San Joaquin county has placed guards
on all roads leading into the county,
automobiles crossing the border being
compelled to drive through a disinfec
tant vat.
Salesmen are not allowed to operate
on farms and reading of electric met
ers has been suspended in an effort to
prevent the carriage of the disease to
animals. Animals lost to date exceed
20,000, chiefly cattle.
A herd of forty animals in Merced
county in the Buhack district were lat
er reported infected with the disease.
The infection marks the advance of the
disease into a considerable section of
the dairy part of the county. Twelve
additional federal experts have assum
ed duty in the Merced and Los Angeles
districts.
STOCKTON, April 7—The Califor
nia development association passed a
resolution requesting: the governor to
call a meeting of governors of western
states to discuss the foot and mouth
disease and means to combat the mal
ady. Secretary Hecke of the Depart
ment of Agriculture asserted the prob
lem is directly affecting the entire
west. The Association’s entire prob.
lem is directly affecting the entire
west. The Association’s entire mach
inery was placed at the disposal of the
State to combat with the disease. Sec
retary Hecke estimated the loss at
nine hundred thousand dollars from
livestock which have been killed in an
effort to prevent the spread of the di
sease.
MRS. CHAS. S. MATHiSON
PASSES AWAY IN SEWARD
( lrs. Charles S. Mathison, beloved j
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gil
patrick of this city, died Saturday
night at the home of her parents,
following a long illness from cancer
of the brain. Mrs. Mathison was brot
over from Anchorage on Wednesday’s
train, by Mrs. Gilpatrick, who has
been in Anchorage attending her tor
several weeks’ past, and altho every
thing possible was done to relieve
the patient, she died without regain
ing consciousness.
Mrs. Mathison was the wife of C.
S. Mathison, and was born in Sioux
City, Iowa, March 15, 1887. The fam
ily has been living at Hope, but re
moved to Anchorage last fall. Mrs.
Mathison leaves a husband, a son and
her sorrowing parents, to mourn her
demise. Funeral services will be held
at the Undertaking Parlors tomorrow
at 1:00 o’clock, after which inter
ment will be made in the Seward
cemetery.
Government Will Aid
Building Cold Storage
SEATTLE, Apr. 7— Jonathan Wag
ner, chief of the Alaska Division ol
the U. S. Bureau of Education, an
nounced today that the government
has indicated its willingness to join
private captal in establishing a great
cold storage plant in southwestern
Alaska for the purpose of promoting
the reindeer industry.
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES LOSE
FIGHT TO AVOID TAX PAYMENT
f WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7—
Foreign steamship companies lost
their fight to avoid payment of a por
tion of their income in taxes on income
earned from traffic originating in the
y nited States by a ruling of the Treas
CHICAGO BROADCASTS TO
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
i CHICAGO, April 7—A Jazz soloist
on the program of the Chicago Tri
| bune’s broadcost program for Austral
i ia, sang to Radio Fans in Melbourne
ton thousand miles away. The singer
was broadcasting at four A. M. yes
terday morning and the listeners were
I tuning in at 8 p. m. last night.
CHINESE OUT ON STRIKE
HONG KONG, April 7—Two thous
and Chinese employed in the Kowloon
dockyard struck as a protest against
the demoliation of a block of buildings
where they were living, in preparation
of extension of the dockyard. Police
are patrolling the district as a precau
tionary measure.
BERGBOLL BE BROT
BACK DEAD OR ALIVE
SAYS GERMAN PAPER
MUNICH, Germany, April 7—A lo
cal newspaper carries an item charg
ing' that the American Government in
tan attempt to lure Bergdoll back to
the United States promised him a light
sentence which would provide the Am
erican public with fresh scandal to dis
j tract their minds and attenton from
the oil scandal.
The published details allege that
! three representatives of an American
i News syndicate in charge of a man
■■ named Leighton Blood who was the
| spokesman who offered Bergdoll the
| terms supposedly emanating from the
American Legion. The article alleges
that Blood carried credentials from
Secretary of State Hughes and prom
ised Bergdoll he would get a maximum
sentence of four months if he return
j ed to the United States by April 30th. ■
warning him that failure to comply
i with the offer would mean his, Berg
doll’s dealing with two expeditions be
ing organized and raised in the United
States for the purpose of kidnapping
or killing Bergdoll.
Officials in Washington stated that I
the United States government never I
promised Bergdoll either immunity or I
a maximum sentence.
TWO LOSE LIVES IN FIRE
NEGUANNE, Mich, April 7—Two '
patients and one attendant lost their
lives in a fire of unknown origin which
destroyed the hospital here.
LIGHT SHIP RAMMED
BY BRITISH FREIGHTER
NEW YrORK, April 7—Rammed by
the British freighter Castelian in a
fog this afternoon the fire island light
ship with a gaping hole in its quarter
is proceeding to Tompkinsville, Staten
Island attended by craft which were
summoned by distress calls. The
crew aboard are safe but the damage
to the Castilean is as yet unknown.
NOME DISCOVERER
MUST PAY ON STOCK
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—The Superior
Court today ordered John Bryotenson,
one of the four original discoverers
of Nome to pay an additional assess
ment of $44,000 on his stock in the
defunct Scandinavian American bank.
AMERICA WILL HAVE HARD
STRUGGLE PROTECT DAVIS CUP
NEW YORK, April 7—Further in.
dications that America is preparing
or the hardest fight it has had in re
cent years for the defense of the Davis
cup is seen in the announcement that
W .H. Johnson will concentrate his
1924 campaign on National title events
and the Davis cup. This follows a simi
lar statement by Tilden.
WILLS TO FIGHT THIS SUMMER
NEW YORK, April 7—Tex Rickard,
fight promoter, announced that he had
signed Wills to me€t Firpo, Spalla or
Rojas next June or July and agreed
that the winner should fight Dempsey
next September. Both Spalla and Ro
jas will appear in the United States
under the auspices of Rickard. Wills
accepted a percentage basis.
Squadron of Four Planes Commanded by Major Martin
Reached Prince Rupert Yesterday Without Incident
Flagship Seattle Breaks Two Struts
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 7.—Pour United States
Army round the world pianos arrived here safely yester
day. Three of the machines zoomed down tit 4:54 and the
! fourth arrived at 5:26. The flyers were the recipients of
a rousing welcome by the American consul, and the citi
zens’ committee. As the planes passed over Nanaimo a
Dominion government plane joined them and flew with
the American flyers to the end of Vancouver Island, 100
miles up the coast.
The weather was perfect, visibility being good and
a light wind blowing.
The machines were in perfect condition when they
reached here.
Major Martin said the trip was made without diffi
culty, not the slightest trouble being experienced.
Planes Leave Seattle Yesterday
SEATTLE, Apr. 6.—The four army planes, Chicago,
New Orleans, Boston and Seattle hopped off at 9:15 this
morning for Prince Rupert on their flight around the
world. The first stop will be at Prince Rupert.
Cutter Haida on Way to Seward
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—The coast guard cutter Haida
sailed today for Seward and Dutch Harbor to render
any assistance possible to the Army airmen. She will
be joined at Unalaska by the Algonquin, now en route
from Astoria.
Plane Breaks Struts In Landing
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 7.—The flag plane Seattle
broke two struts in landing and this will delay the de
parture for Sitka. Gusts of wind and snow flurries af
fected the visibility and Major Martin miscalculated his
distance and caused his plane to hit the water too
hard making a tremendous splash. The shock snapped
two struts on the port side.
ASKS AUTHORITY TO
IMPROVE BATTLESHIPS
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7—
Secretary of Navy Wilbur, asked Con
gress for authority to make the bat
tleships Utah, Arkansas, and Wyom
ing into oil burners at a cost of eleven
and a half million dollars and other
improvements including the installa
tion of an additional torpedo and mine
protecting deck.
THOMPSON ON WAY HOME
NEW YORK, Apr. 7.—W. F. Thomp
son, editor of the Fairbanks News
Miner will start for Alaska tonight
with Nellie Cashman if she is well
enough to make the trip. Thompson
will stop a week and tour Michigan.
He says his only present sickness is
neuralgia.
FRENCH RADIO MESSAGE
HEARD IN MASSACHUSETTS
NEW YORK, April 7—A French
radio programme broadcasted from
the Eiffel tower, was heard in Chat
ham, Massachusetts for more than an
hour, according to the radio corpoi’a
tion of America. It is believed this is
the first time a French program was
heard over a few minutes.
THREE HUNDRED OIL
DERRICKS ARE WRECKED
ELDORADO, Ark. April 7—Three
hundred oil derricks were wrecked in
southern Arkansas by an electrical
storm.
Ninety Per Cent of Travel
Goes Thru U. S. Ports
WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.—Ninety
per cent of the passenger travel han
dled through United States ports in
1923 traveled through New York,
Boston, Seattle and San Francisco.
CONTROL OF BANK
GIVEN TO EMPLOYES
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 7.—Presi
dent A. J. Gianniu is working out a
plan to give control in ownership of
the Bank of Italy with capital of $125
000,000 to 2,000 employes of the bank
and its branches. He is the principal
owner.
GREAT BRITAIN READY
TO LIFT EMBARGO
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7—
Senator Hale announced that the State
Department was informed that Great
Britain has agreed to lift the embargo
on Canadian live stock passing thru
American ports, and American live
stock passing thru Canadian ports,
from east of the Rockies. The embargo
effected cattle, sheep, hogs, hay and
straw.
WORK ON WRANGELL HAR30R
Work on the Wrangell breakwater
has been started and it is expected it
will be completed before winter. N.
Flieness, a Seattle man, has the con
tract. An appropriation of $50,000
was made by congress for the "work.
MATANUSKA SETTLERS MEET
The Matanuska Settlers Associa
tion met last week at the depot and
a fine time was enjoyed. A luncheon
was served by the ladies.
Glacier Bay Area Is
Withdrawn from Entry
WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.—The Gla
cier Bay area in Alaska, consisting
of two and a half million acres, has
been withdrawn from settlement and
homestead entry by executive order
of the president to permit investiga
tion into the advisability of including
it within the area of the proposed na
tional monument.
FRANCE REFUSES REQUEST
FOR CUSTOMS CONFERENCE
PEKING, April 7—France has re
fused China's latest request for a pre
liminary customs conference because
France did not ratify the Washington
treaty and China has declined to pay
the Boxer indemnities in Gold Francs.
FISII DEALERS STRIKE
BECAUSE OF TAX LEVIED
TOKIO, Apr. 7.—Fish mongers de
clared a three days cessation of busi
ness as a protest against the tax lev
ied to finance the municipal fish mar
ket., They stormed the residence of
Municipal assembleymen and restaur
ants specializing in seafoods are pre
paring to close down. Dealers threaten
to continue the strike indefinitely un
less the tax is repealed.
FOX FARMERS DISCUSS
CANNING OF SALMON
HEADS FOR FEEDING
The plan to can salmon heads on a
large scale and use the product as a
food for foxes will be seriously taken
up at a meeting of the southwestern
Alaska fur farmers to be held at Kodi
ak early in June.
W. T. White, assistant in charge of
the Alaska agricultural stations, has
sent out the following self explanatory
letter:
“I am endeavoring to secure data re
garding the cost of installing machin
ery and containers for the canning of
salmon heads and rejected fish to be
used as fox food; the containers to be
two and five gallon in size.
“It is hoped to have such data as
sembled for the consideration of west
ern Alaska fox farmers called for a
fox farmers’ convention at Kodiak on
the 30th of May to June 2.
“Would your firm kindly notify ad
vertisers of machinery and containers
that serious consideration of purchase
of the necessary machinery and a test
lot of containers will be made at the
convention.”
E. V. BOYLE ELECTED
MAYOR OF CORDOVA
—
At the recent municipal election in
Cordova there were 189 ballots cast
for councilmen and 197 for school di_
rector, which is a good vote consider- j
ing that there was practically no con-1
test on for any of the offices, there ,
being two candidates for but one of-:
fice. The result was as follows:
Mayor—E. V. Boyle, 146.
Councilmen—W. E. Browne, 166, J.
Muller, 176, W. M. Wolf, 166.
Town Clerk—K. G. Robinson, 172.
Treasurer—Thos. S. Scott, 74.
Clerk of School Board—Mrs. Marion
Foyston, 38; Chester Davis, one-fifty
nine.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT
BARRED FROM SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—California fruit |
has been quarantined here because
of the prevalence of foot and mouth
disease in that state.
PARKS APPOINTED SAYS RUMOR
WASHINGTON, Apr. 5-Wm. S.
Spry, commissioner of the general
land office, announced today that
George A. Parks, of Anchorage, had
been appointed assistant supervisor
of surveys to succeed John P. Walker.
HOUSE DELAYS ACTION ON
ALASKA BILL UNTIL LATER
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7—The
house yesterday took up the White bill
for protection of Alaskan fisheries but
action was postponed, probably until
next Wednesday.
Los Angeles Alarmed Over
Rapid Spread of Disease
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 7.—All city
parks were ordered closed today on
account of the epidemic of foot and
mouth disease ranging throughout
the State.
CUMBERLAND, April 3—The most
devastating t'iooci in the history of
Cumberland, is sweeping the region to
day. Bridges were washed out and
houses destroyed. Trains are starned
half-submerged in water. Half of the
city was inundated. The entire city of
McCoole was inundated and the dis
ruption of communications makes it
impossible to estimate the causalties.
Severe storms were felt in Chicago ex
tending from Ohio to the Mississippi
valleys. Over a score of lives are be
lieved to have been lost and the prop
erty damage is estimated at many
hundreds of thousands.
Two immense steel bridges were
washed away by the flood which reach
ed its crest with half the city under
three to eight feet of water. East of
Cumberland the Patomac is raising at
the rate of four to eight inches per
hour with Hancock, Md., threatened.
Many homes were washed away along
the patomac.
PITTSBURG, April 4—Scores of
families vacated their homes in the
lowdands and business firms removed
their merchandise to safety in an ef
fort to escape the rapidly rising wat
ers of the Allegheny and Monogahela,
and Ohio livers. Unprecedented rains
and melting snows are causing the
rise.
PITTSBURG, April 6—Floods in
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Mary
land, caused by warm rains and melt
ing snows had devastated a wide area
last night and taken a toll of thirteen
lives and caused millions of dollars in
damages to property after having cov
ered an area of one hundred and sev
enty square miles extending from
Gorman, Maryland to Harper’s Ferry,
West Virignia, with the greatest dam
age at Cumberland, Maryland. The Pa
tomac is now rapidly returning to its
channel in Western Pennsylvania. In
Western Pennsylvania the Mononga
hela and Allegheny rivers swept over
the lower sections of their valleys and
a score of city blocks in Pittsburg
were inundated. Cities along the Ohio
river are preparing for flood waters
tomorrow.
Four Killed When
Ku Klux Klan Parade
LILLY, Pa., Apr. 7.—Four persons
were killed and thirteen injured in
clashes between citizens and mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan who at
tempted to stage a parade yesterday.
WEALTHY MILK MAN DEAD
EDWARDSVILLE, 111., April 7—L.
F. Lathe, once a farm hand, and the
inventor of the process of condensing
milk, died yesterday. He was twelve
times a millionaire.
Admiral Rodman May
Be Floated Off Reef
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—The Canadian
Pacific steamer Nansook is expected
to float the steamship Admiral Rod
man, aground near Prince Rupert.
Washington Delegation
Captured by Coolidge
WENATCHEE, Wn„ Apr. 7.—The
Washington delegation elected by
the Republican State convention, was
instructed for Coolidge. N. C. Rich
ards of Yakima was elected National
Committeeman.
BUYS WRECKED TENDERS
Says the Cordova Times: William
Crooker has purchased the cannery ten
ders Marcus and Universal which went
ashore several months ago at Kenak
island near Katalla, from the under
writers. They were owned by the
Pacific Everett Fisheries company and
chartered to a herring plant to the
westward.