VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 177.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 29 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
GOV. SCO'IT C. BONE
AND NOEL W. SMITH
ARRIVE ON YUKON
Governor Scott C. Bone arrived on
the S. S. Yukon, accompanying Noel
W. Smith, of the Pennsylvania Rail
way System, recently designated by
Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work
ns an assistant secretary with full
, aad paramount authority to investi
gate present conditions as to opera
tions of The Alaska Railroad, and to
take full charge and control of all
mattei’s connected with the railroad.
Mr. Smith is loaned to Dr. Work, for a
period of ninety days, by the T’enna
R. Mrs. Smith accompanies the new
director of the railroad.
On Sunday afternoon the advisory
board of the project, met in their
office in the Federal Building at Sew
ard, and adjourned to Monday morn
ing to await the arrival of General
Manager Landis. On Monday fore
zioon, the board met with Governor
Bone, Chairman, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, N. W. Smith, General
Manager Landis, and Mr. B. S. Bam
dollar ,as secretary. No information
is available as to what matters were
discussed at the meeting.
At twelve o’clock, Secretary Smith,
and Mrs. Smith, with General Man
ager Landis, departed on a special
train, ordered by Smith, for Anchor
age.
Governor Bone remained in Sew
ard all day, visiting with friends and
acquaintances, listening to suggestions
of our citizens, and generally, with
his usual courtesy and tact, making
things pleasant for the large number
of distinguished tourists of the Yukon
who were also enjoying the wonderful
Seward weather.
Governor Bone held a political con
ference at the Fairman Hotel at Mile
Seven, with certain local Republicans.
The Governor was a guest of Mayor
Ray, on behalf of the City, while here.
The next meeting of the advisory
board is expected to be convened in
Seward, according to the Governor, in
a month.
Assistant Secretary Smith impres
sed all who came in personal contact
with him as a refined, courteous gen
tlemah, of great strength of charac
ter—evidently the same matters which
craped Secretary Work to make the
appointment.
Divorce Suit Filed
Against Noted Actress
ATLANTA, ■ Ga., July 29—Mrs. M.
Little Candler will not oppose the di
vorce suit filed against her by her
aged millionaire husband, Asa Candler
the “Coco-Cola’ ’king, because of the
payment to her of $60,000 cashT prior
to the filing of the suit, according to
the “Atlanta Journal.”
Mrs. Candler was formerly May
Little ,actress, and is being sued for
divorce following her presence being
discovered, by detectives hired by her
husband, at a “party” in an apartment
here, where considerable liquor was
said to have been drank.
RECOMMEND REORGANIZATION
OF ENTIRE POLICE FORCE
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OAKLAND, July 29—The entire
reorganization of the police and fire
departments of Emeryville, is recom
mended in the final reports of the Al
ameda County Grand Jury, which
was’v ied yesterday.
Gambling and vice are rampant in
Emeryville, according to the report.
ARGENTINE AVIATOR
IN ITALIAN CAPITAL TODAY
ROME, July 29—Major Zanni, the
Argentine aviator, attempting the
flight around the world, arrived from
Lyons, France, today.
LIGHTHOUSE TENDER CEDAR
IN PORT AT SEWARD
The lighthouse ship Cedar, Captain
Leadbetter, which has been in port the
past few days, sailed west this morn
ing.
W. 0. Perry, M. S. E., who has been
in charge of the local cable office for
several years past ,was a southbound
passenger on the Yukon, enroute to
Fort Sheridan, 111., where he will' be
stationed until his term of enlistment
expires. His wife and children ac
companied him. They leave a host
of friends behind, who wish them the
best of luck. Burr M. Snyder, M. S. E.,
whoilBS until recently been in charge
of the Valdez Cable office, has taken
Mr. Perry's place'here.
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LATEST PICTURE OF CALVIN COOLIDGE, JUNIOR
4 OHOCRWOOO, H. V.
This picture was taken on the south
portico of the Executive Mansion and
is one of the best of Calvin, Jr., whose
sad death from blood poisoning oc
SENATOR HOWELL WILL
SUPPORT REPUBLICAN PARTY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29
Senator Howell, of Nebi*aska, a mem
ber of the progressive republican
group in the Senate ,announced yes
terday after a conference with presi
l-nt Coolidge, that he would support
and campaign for the republican nat
ional ticket, in Nebraska.
MAKING FRANTIC APPEALS
TO HAVE WORLD FLIGHT
ENDED AT CLOVER FIELD
LOS ANGELES, July 29—The Am
erican round-the-world flight, which
started from Clover Field on March
17th “will be forever clouded as a
globe-encircling trip unless the race
ends at the starting point,” says a
frantic appeal for Coolidge to inter
1 vene and change the finishing point
from Seattle, where it has been set
j by the head of the army air service.
The appeal was made by the Los
| Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
REDONDO SAILS WEST
WITH NUMBER PASSENGERS
The steamship Redondo of the Alas
ka Steamship Company, with it’s
home-port at Seward, sailed west yes
terday afternoon with a large quan
tity of freight and a number of pas
sengers for the westward.
Those taking passage were:
Mrs. A. Elianik, Kodiak, Ollie Gray,
Port 'Chatham, Mrs. Jno. McOnde, K.
McCullough, Mrs. Nellie McCullough,
Seldovia, H. C. Feldman, Kodiak, R.
E. Mclvor, Seldovia, Miss Pederson,
Uganik, H. Lauer, A- Lauer, Seldovia. J
A1 Blair, Snug Harbor; Ai-thur Young, j
Seldovia, W. W. Kelly, Snug Harbor, I
| F. Kristensen, Snug Harbor, Victor
Engblom, Kodiak.
i RIVER BOATS AGROUND
DUE TO LOW WATER
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CINCINNATI, July 20—At least
five river boats are aground and in
numerable house boats stranded, as
the result_of the unprecedented drop
of ten feet in the Ohio river, within
the past twenty-four hours, caused by
the sudden draining of wickets in the
dams above Cincinnati.
WOOLWINE SUFFERS COLLAPSE;
PARIS, July 29—Thomas Lee Wool
wine, formerly District Attorney of
Los Angeles, has suffered a relapse
and his condition is most serious, at
tending physicians told the “United
News” last evening .
STEAMER SINKS
NORFOLK, July 29—The steamer
“Gratitude^” with 286 passengers on
board, sank yesterday in Norfolk har
bor, but there was no loss of life.
LARGE STOCK WINE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29—The
Internal Revenue Office reports that
there are 325,245,780 gallons of pre
Volstead wine under bond in North
ern California, at the present time.
curred July 7th. The bright smile!
is typical of his happy disposition. The
complete group includes, left to right:
Charles G. Dawes, (vice-presidential
HIGH OFFICIALS AT
CAPITAL INDICTED
JIN LIQUOR CHARGE
FEDERAL GRAND JURY HURLS
BOMBSHELL INTO LIQUOR
RING YESTERDAY
TAMPA, July 29—A Federal Grand
jury here yesterday, hurled a bomb
shell into the,liquor ring of the east
coast, when an indictment was re
turned, involving thirty-six persons,
from Jacksonville to Washington, in
cluding railroad officials, police offi
cers and government officials of the
Capitol.
FOUR MEN SHOT
IN PISTOL DUEL
MONTEREY, Calif., July 29—Four
men, including F. R. Lafferty, army
captain, were shot and severely wound
ed in a pistol battle between Rum
Runners and the civil and military po
lice on a wharf here today.
PALLING SMOKE STACK
KILLS THREE PERSONS
DETROIT July 29—Four persons
were killed and several injured when
a smoke stack fell from the roof of the
“Charleroix” Building, down town,
Saturday night.
The building is eleven stories high
the stack killing three persons in an
automobile parked in Front of the
building, when it fell. The street at
the time was crowded with cars and
pedestrians returning home from their
work.
FISHERMEN HOLD MEETING
SAN DIEGO, July 29—One thous
and Tuna Fishermen, at a mass meet
ing at the local plant last night, to
discuss the cut in price, which has
been posted by the packers voted to
remain in port indefinitely, rather
than to fish for $120.00 a ton.
This decision resulted in the great
est fishermen’s strike in Southern
California, 2500 men being affected..
WILL TOUR EUROPE
CINCINNATI, July 29—Permission
to tour Europe after the world’s ser
ies is finished, has been granted the
“White Sox” and “Giants” by Com
missioner of Baseball, Judge K. M.
Landis, according to announcement by
manager McGraw yesterday.
THANKS COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29—
Liang Shi Yi, former premier of Chi
na, has expressed his thanks to the
President for the remission of the
Boxer Indemnity by the United States.
CORN SELLS DOLLAR BUSHEL
CHICAGO, July 29—Corn for May
delivery sold for one dollar a bushel
today.
nominee), Mrs. Coolidge, President
Coolidge, Mrs. Dawes. Back—Calvin
Coolidge, Jr., Frank Stearns, John
Coolidge, William M. Butler.
FIRST DAYLIGHT BANK
ROBBERY IN CUBA
HAVANA, Cuba. July 29—The first
daylight bank robbery in the history
of the Cuban republic, police officials
believe, occurred here yesterday at
nton, when six bandits held up the
Banco del Comsecia, and escaped with
a loot estimated to be thirty thous
and dollars in currency.
FORMER MANAGER OF
SEATTLE STREET CAR
SYSTEM DEAD IN SOUTH
NEW ORLEANS, July 29—A. L.
Kempster, former manager under
Stone and Webster , owners of the
Seattle Street Railway system, died
here yesterday.
MANY WHEAT FARMERS
ARE RICH MEN TODAY
WICHITA, Kansas, July 29—Many
wheat farmers, who have struggled
for years, and have been compelled to
appeal to the public at times, for cash
to buy seed wheat to raise another
crop, find themselves wealthy today,
because of the unprecedented crop and
the high price of wheat.
Wheat yesterday reached a new
high level for the year, but the heavy
profit taking sales on the exchange
caused a reaction and the price has
gone down somewhat.
BATTLING SIKI MARRIES
WHITE WOMAN OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK, July 29—“Battling
Siki,” the French Colonial, Senegalese
boxer, whose real name is Louis Fall,
was married yesterday to Lillian Wer
ne1*, white, 30 years old, each giv
ing their occupation as an “artist.”
Siki gave his age as twenty-three.
RENAULT AND MADDEN
WILL FIGHT IN AUGUST
NEW YORK, July 29—Renault will
fight Madden on August eleventh, in a
fifteen round bout. Both men are in
the heavyweight class.
COTTON JUMPS IN PRICE
NEW YORK, July 29—Cotton
jumped from fifty-one to fifty-eight
points over night, representing a rise
of more than ten dollars per bale in
the past two days.
LOW METER WAVE
NEW YORK, July 29—The Gener
al Electric Company announced that
they were to broadcast today's radio
program on a wave length of 15.85
meters, which is said to be the short
est wave ever used by a broadcasting
station in this country.
RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE
PARIS, July 29—Alphonse Gabriel
Mourey was sentenced to death yes
terday after a conviction on twenty
counts, including his participation in
the robbery of the home of Robert R.
Shattuck, a New York banker, resid
ing in Paris, two years ago.
livPO MORE SILENT THAN
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29
Following a sight-seeing tour of Wash
ington, Luis Firpo, Argentine’s hero
was entertained in the White House
Friday by President Coolidge.
The president was obviously im
pressed by Firpo’s physique, while
Firpo retained his usual gravity with
the President and the meeting was in
teresting, as indicating that Firpo, if
anything, is a more silent man than
Mr. Coolidge.
Tennis Tournaments of
Olympic Games Progress
COPENHAGEN, July 29—Czecho
slovakia wofTthe European Davis Cup
tennis semi-finals from Denmark in
a series of three matches, in two of
which Zemla of Czechoslovakia, de
feated Pederson of Denmark, 6-2, 7-5,
7-5, while in the third match, Roher,
of Cxechoslovakia, defeated Wurm of
Denmark, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
EAST BOURNE, England, July 29
—In the European Davis Cup semi-fi
nals, Cochet of France, defeated King
scote, of England, 3-7, 7-4, 4-6, 6, 3,
6-3, while Lacoste of France defeated
Gilbert of England, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.
OTTAWA, July 29—The Canadian
Davis Cup Championship competitors
qualified to meet Japan yesterday
when Crocker of Canada, defeated
Pares, of Cuba, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, making
three matches won.
U. OF C. FURNISHES MOST *
RECRUITS FOR MISSIONS
LOS ANGELES, July 29—At yes
terday’s sessions of the Presbyter
ian meetings, here, the Reverend
Robert E. Speer, Secretary of the
Foreign Mission, Board, of New York,
declared that more recruits for the
foreign mission field came from the
University of California, during the
past five years than from any other
educational institute in America.
ESTABLISH SIX HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29—
The establishment of six regional
campaign headquarters has been plan
ned by managers of the Lafollette
campaign.
CHOLERA SPREADING RUSSIA
SOFIA, July 29—Reports reaching
here today state that cholera is spread
ing rapidly in Russia, and many
deaths have occurred from the plague.
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KEYSTONE VIEW CO.. NEW VOKK
HAS PERFECT FIGURE
Veta L’Ehmann, who has been
awarded prizes for her facial, physi
cal and all other kinds of beauty at
different national contests. She is
a Los Angeles girl, a fancy diver and
swimmer, and has been acclaimed by
the well-known Annette Kellerman as
being the most perfectly formed girl
in the world.
BEACH DWELLERS GET
AWAY WITH LARGE
CARGO OF WHISKEY
PRESUMABLY DEPOSITED ON
BEACH BY PLANES FROM
RUM SHIPS
NEW YORK, July 2‘J—About 1800
cases of whiskey, deposited on Rock
away beach during the night, presum
ably by airplanes from ships on the
Rum Row, were appropriated and car
ded off yesterday, by bungalow dwel
lers along the beach.
NEW YORK, July 29—Permission
to board the vessels lying on “Rum
Row” and search them, without a
special warrant, was being sought by
the agents of the Treasury depart
ment yesterday, following the seizure
of a letter on a prisoner, which re
vealed that the vessels are using air
planes, which were making six trips
daily to shore, carrying nineteen cas
es of liquor each trip.
Motion Pictures of Fight
Show Carpentier Tripped
NEW YORK, July 29—The motion
pictures of the Carpentier-Tunney
match revealed that it was not really
a blow, but a trip-up that felled the
Frenchman in the fourteenth round.
After the showing of the film, Des
camps, the manager of Carpentier,
said he was satisfied with the decision
and hoped for a return match, which
he was confident of winning.
YUKON HAS LARGE LIST
PASSENGERS FOR SOUTH
The steamship Yukon sailed south
bound at midnight last night with the
largest list of passengers ever taken
out of this port. Besides the regular
traffic the Yukon bore a large crowd
of tourists. Those leavingTrom Sew
ard were given local mention; those
leaving from Anchorage are; *
For Seattle—Mrs. R. D. Chase, and
daughter, Nancy; B. B. Mozee, Miss I.
Nesbitt, Edward Miller, Mrs. I. Bay
les and daughters, Edith and Dorothy,
Mrs. W. J. Boudreau ancl daughter
Louise and son Joe, Miss Grunhilda
Peterson, Pat Thornton, Miss Emily
Hull, Mrs. Knapp, Mrs. C. E. Quinton.
For Ketchikan—W. L. Waller.
For Cordova—Mrs. A. K. Johansen
and three children.
Owing to the length of the passen
ger list we are not able to publish it
in detail.
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FORMER GOV. NEW YORK
RUNS DOWN MRS. KEATING
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29—For
mer Governor Dix of New York, was
arested here yesterday for running
down and dangerously injuring Mrs.
Nellie Keating with an automobile.
SAFE IN POLICE OFFICE
ROBBED BY BURGLAR
SAN FRANCISCO July 29—A safe
in police headquarters was jimmied
this afternoon and $390 taken.
WILL NOT ASK FARMERS TO
OBSERVE NAT. DEFENSE DAY
LINCOLN, July 29—Governor Bry
an announced this afternoon that he
will not ask farmers and laborers of
Nebraska to join in the observance of
National Defense Day, as requested
by Coolidge.
AUSTRALIA BANS U. S. CATTLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29—
Fearing an epidemic similar to the
foot and mouth disease, recently in
California, Australia has banned the
shipment of cattle from the United
States.
SECKLE DEFEATS MANSON
ELGIN, 111., July 29—Albert Seckle
of Riverside, 111., defeated Jimmy
Manson, of St. Louis, in a fast ten
round mill last night.
SENATOR LODGE BETTER
BOSTON, July 29—Senator Lodge
is reported as resting easily with an
even chance of recovery.
The Lighthouse shif edar is now
working on the light at the entrance
of the bay.
The crossings on Third avenue are
being repaired by the Town of Sew
ard.