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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 241.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
Gas Boat Tom & A1 Adrift
With Eleven Men Aboard
The fishing schooner Tom and Al,
Capt. Brown, one of the finest of Sew
ard’s fishing fleet, which left Seward
about three weeks ago for the hali
but banks, is adrift on the bleak wat
ers of the North. Pacific, with eleven
of her crew of 15 aboard. The ves
sel has been adrift since Friday morn
ing, but so fierce have been the gales
and so heavy the seas that four men
l^ent out to Seward for help only
reached here last night. ’lhe four
men who arrive on Pete Sather’s boat
from Nuka island, after three days of
fighting mountainous seas, are Fred
Olson, Fred Noren and John Peter
son, the name of the foui’th man be
ing unknown.
They reported that when off Pye is
land Friday morning, the engine timer
broke, and the men rowed in a dory
to Sather’s ranch, who took them in
his gasboat and started for town to
secure aid. The survivors believe the
boat has drifted to sea, or piled up
on the reefs in that section, as a stiff
off-shore wind has been blowing for
the past six days. The wind was so
strong that the tops of the waves were
blown into spindrift, making it impos
sible to see any distance over the
water. Messages sent to Seldovia and
Kodiak have brought no information
of the boat, and if it is not found to
day an effort will be made to have a
cutter dispatched to- search for it, as
eleven men are aboard.
Owing to the heavy w'eahter and the
freezing seas, no search has been
made as yet by the local fleet.
Practically the only cutter north of
Juneau now is the Mojave, at present
in the vicinity of Nome ,wThere it was
cafted to render surgical aid to Mayor
Maynard, who was reported danger
ously ill. This leaves the coast abso
lutely unprotected at a time when aid
is most needed. The matter will again
be taken up with naval officers and an
effort made to have a cutter stationed
here thru the halibut fishing season.
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Secretary State Hughes
Narrowly Escapes Being
Killed By Falling Bar
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 14—An
iron bar, falling from the sixth floor
of the new Columbia building narrow
ly missed Secretary of State Hughes
just as he finished the ceremony of
laying the cornerstone of the struc
ture here this afternoon. The bar
had been left by a workman and was
blown off by the wind.
DAVIS MAKES BID FOR
ORGANIZED LABOR VOTE
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 14.—
Pledging himself anew to a govern
ment of common honesty, common
courage and common justice, John
4, W. Davis made a bid here this after
noon for the support of organized la
bor when he addressed one of the
largest audiences.
CASE OF BRIBERY AND
GRAFT STILL UNCHANGED
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Landis said
today that the case of bribery and
graft against O’Connell and Dolan is
still unchanged. This statement was
given out after a visit from each play
er to the baseball judge. Dolan ex
plained he did not know anything of
the whole affair.
TRIAL OF FORBES
IS STARTED TODAY
BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 14.—Chas.
Forbes, former director of the veter
ans’ bureau, under indictment here
on charges on conspiring to defraud
the government began this afternoon
y before Federal Judge Hopper. Forbes
was dismissed from the head of
the veterans’ bureau some time ago,
and through his attorneys had his
case continued from time to time.
SHENANDOAH IN SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 14.—The sailing
of the Shenandoah for northern cities
has been postponed until tomorrow.
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Legion Meeting Tonight
IMPORTANT MEETING TONIGHT
at 8 o’clock at the Fire Hall. All
members are urged to attend.
ENDURING CHRISTIAN
PEACE FOR EUROPE
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 14.—“An
enduring Christian peace for all Eur
ope,” is the way Charles G. Dawes, in
an address here, characterized the rep
arations plan which bears his name.
“National demagogues and obstruc
tionists which preconceived ideas have
blocked the peace of Europe,’ ’the can
didate said.
JUNEAU LIGHT CO.
LOSES IN RATE CASE
IN SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14—
The Alaska Electric Light and Pow
er company of Juneau. Alaska, lost
the decision in the United States su
preme court today in its petition for
a rehearing of a suit to prevent the
city of Juneau enforcing an ordi
nance reducing the rates charged by
the company for light and power. The
case was bitterly fought from the
time Judge Reed made a decision in
favor of the city, early last year.
The company will be compelled to
refund several thousand dollars to
electric consumers.
HUGE DIRIGIBLE MAKES
TIME ACROSS ATLANTIC
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14.—
The huge dirigible ZR-3 was reported
at 1 o’clock this afternoon as making
25 miles per hour against a strong
! southwest gale. The airship is prac
tically hove to, with but three engines
running to hold her against the gale.
The airship is steering a direct
. course from the Azores to its hangar
at Lakehurst, N. J., the navy depart
ment was informed today by a mes
i sage received from Captain Steele, on
board the airship. The message which
was relayed by the cruiser Detroit to
the Boston Navy yard, said that the
air cruiser, after passing the Azores
I was running with only three engines
to save fuel, and at that time was
making a speed of 48 knots an hour;
I but was forced to reduce speed when
encountering southwest gales.
HER RIOT’S COMMISSION IS
STILL HOLDING SESSIONS
PARIS, Oct. 14.—Premier Herriot’s
' commission for studying a l’esumption
of relations between Russian and the
; -French nation, is still in session. The
commission will endeavor to obtain as
' surance for protection of French hold
ers of Russian bonds and Russian prop
erties, but there is little for an agree
ment in this direction.
ENDICOTT RANGE HAS
: GREAT DEPOSITS COAL
| SEATTLE, Oct. 14.—“The foothills
and great valley just north of the En
' dicott range on the Arctic slope of
Alaska contain some of the greatest
coal deposits on the continent,” said
Dr. Philip S. Smith, geologist, tell
ing of the discoveries his survey party
had made in Alaska the past summer.
He added: “This is further proof
that Alaska in the past ages had a
I tropical if not a sub-tropical climate
I and that the vegetation was suitable
| for forming huge coal deposits.”
; HARRIMAN INTERESTS
GET BIG OIL LEASES
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—It was an
1 nounced here that the American in
! terests, representing the Harriman’s
I of New York, have obtained from both
j the Russian and Georgian govem
! ments contracts in the fields of the
Chatour district of the Georgian re
j public for five years, to be protected
against British or other competition
for that length of time .
ALASKA DAY CELEBRATED
BY BROADCASTING PROGRAM
SEATTLE, Oct. 14.—Alaskan songs
and Robert Service poems redolent of
the mad rush to Alaskan gold fields a
generation ago, was a feature of the
KFOA radio program last night, with
the Young Men’s Business Club as the
sponsors of the entertainment.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
THE QUEEN AND HER CHAMPION
Pretty Josie Sedgewick of Los Angeles, chosen as Queen of the recent
! Pendleton, Oregon, Roundup. World’s Steer Roping Champion Tommy M.
I Grimes seen “guarding” Her Majesty, was appointed as one of her two
! men-at-arms. Tommy defended his title at the Roundup.
GEOLOGY AND MINING RESOURCES OF THE REGION
TRAVERSED BY THE GOVTS ALASKAN RAILROAD
Bulletin No. 755-C, by Stephen R.
Capps, geologist, contains some in
teresting information as to the geo
! logy and mineral resources of the
district traversed by the Alaska rail
road, the introduction, written by Mr.
|Capps, being of special interest to
'this section. In a prelude to the sc;
Sen ,'.c cia a 1 ■ the bulletin, Mr. Capps
says:
A few years ago tlje Fairbanks
l mining man who had purchased sup
plies in Seattle during the winter or
spring was unable to land them on
;his property much before the end of
June, for it required three weeks or
more to make the journey by way of
Skagway and the upper Yukon, and
that river is not navigable until it
'runs free from ice in the spring. Now
it is possible to land a shipment at
Fairbanks in half that time from Se
attle at any season of the year. Not
long ago the trip from Nenana to Se
ward by way of Broad Pass eant
j weeks of severe physical exertion
ocver a trailless country by pack
train in summer, or a hard, long
trip by dog sled in winter. For weeks
in the spring during the “break up’
and in the fall during the “freeze
up” the trails are practically impas
sable to all travel. Now the journey
can be made in a few hours in com
j fort. Before the railroad was com
Ipleted the miner in interior Alaska
| who in the spring and summer sud
'denly found that he needed machin
|ery which could be obtained only by
| sending to Seattle had often to resign
, himself to the fact that he could not
i supply his needs in time to take ad
j vantage of the short summer season
jthat year. Now only two or three
| weeks may be necessary before his
i order is delivered to him. The ef
fects of the stimulus of better trans
iportation are already evident. Ore
! shipments from the Yukon basin, ev
;en rrom points so rar east as tne ua
jnadian side of the international boun
Idary, are being diverted to the new
railroad. Passenger travel that for
jmerly followed either the upper or
i lower Yukon on the trip between Se
attle and interior points now goes by
way of the lower Tanana river and
the railroad. By the broadening of
markets farming and stock raising
have been encouraged. Many mines
that were once unprofitable can now
be operated at a profit, and prospects
that were worthless owing to the
lack of transportation may now be
come paying mines.
After treating briefly the cost of
transportation, Mr. Capps continues:
“Rail transportation wrill make it
possible to place mining and milling
machinery on lodes that have hereto
fore not warrants such an expendi
ture. The agricultural population ot
this region, however, may sometime
outstrip in numbers that employed
in mining. Mineral resources, even
in a country rich in its mineral de
posits, are exhaustible, whereas farm
lands may produce indefinitely. It so
happens that the Alaska Railroad
touches the two districts in Alaska
that are farthest advanced in their
agricultural development—the Knik
Arm-Matanuska district and the Fair
banks district. In each of these dis
tricts it has been conclusively dem
onstrated, by farming for several suc
cessive years, that properly selected
crops can be matured, that stock can
be raised, and that a livelihood can
b*' gained by tilling the soil.
i “1920 census report shows that
iin 1919 crops from 4,473 acres, val
iued at $393,902, were harvested in
| Alaska. Tn 1921 sc*1 3.50') bushels
hf spring wit*-at, of go. .{ milling e,ual
i »y, was karvestedT in the Fait banks
| iistrict and about l.OOi) bushels in
!the Matanuska district. It is est
imated that the Tanana Valley con
tains 640,000 acres of land available
■for agriculture, and that in the Cook
i Inlet-Susitna region 1,296,000 acres is
j suitable for farming without costly
[drainage. It is therefore obvious that
only a very small fraction of the ag
ricultural land in this region has been
taken up, and that farming will in
'crease as rapidly as the Alaska mar
jket for farm products develops. To
I be sure, the market for crops rais
ed in these districts has been main
ly to such adjacent regions as were
[readily accessible. The railroad has
now widened these markets, but the
main outlet for Alaska farm prod
mainucts, except livestock, is likely
to continue to be found in Alaska
consuming centers. Stock raising In
Alaska is believed by many to of
fer great possibilities for profit. Do
mesticated reindeer have been for
jmany years successfully raised and
furnish both food and clothing to
their owners. Some reindeer meat
has been shipped to the United
States, and it is likely that a large
arket for this meat may be develop
ed. There are now said to be more
than 200,000 domesticated reindeer
;in Alaska, and those qualified to
ljudge estimate that the Territory has
[sufficient pasturage to support many
[millions of these animals.”
| i nt' uptunug ui nit? xvan
road has now made possible an easy
summer tourist trip that includes a
great variety ,of scenery and a large
'area of country, a trip that could for
merly have been ade only at a much
larger expenditure of time, money,
and effort. The traveler can now
leave Seattle or Vancouver on a
comfortable ocean steamer and jour
ney northwestward along the “inside
passage” past Vancouver Island and
through the picturesque and rugged
Alexander Archipelago to Skagway,
the ocean terminus of the White
Pass & Yukon Railroad. A daylight
trip of 112 miles across the coastal
mountain range will bring him to the
town of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory,
at the head of river navigation in the
Yukon basin. There river steamboats
begin the long down-stream journey
through Cake Lebarge and Lewes
River to the Yukon, past the mouth
of the turbid, glacier-fed White Riv
er to Dawson, at the mouth of the
Sen. Brandegee Found Dead
in Room; Probably Suicide
INDICTMENT OF WHEELER
WAS DASTARDLY CRIME
GREENCASTLE, Ind., Ui. 14.—
“The 'i;dictment of Sen-ito*1 Wheeler
for <. noilicity in the oil scand .is was
as blari; and dastardly a crime as :
u.d h-.-e been committed by any
man,” John W. Davis said las: night
in a speech before a large audience,
adding that the Coolidge attack on La
Follette was simply a smoke screen
designed to divert attention from the
real issues of the campaign.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HAS WEEKLY LUNCHEON
The; Seward Chamber of Commerce
held its usual weekly luncheon at the
Seward Grill today, about a dozen
members being present. Consider
able business vvas taken up and dis
posed cf. The principal item discus
sed was the proposed closing of Res
urrection Bay 84 hours a week and
Uganik bay, both canneries being own
ed by Seward stockholders. A tele
gram was read from Henry O’Malley,
fish commissioner, stating that no ac
tion would be taken until such time
as the protests of the chamber were
received.
Communications were read from
various parties making inquiries about
Alaska.
President Hinde named G. C. Hen
derson as a member of the committee
to take up correspondence with Mr.
O’Malley.
The question of finances w'as dis
cussed at length, the Chamber being
short of funds for working purposes.;
Action will be taken later to raise
funds for completing this year’s work.
After a general talk on pertinent
topics the chamber adjourned to meet
next Tuesday.
LA FOLLETTE TALKS TO
AUDIENCE OF FARMERS
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 14.—Sen
ator La Follette this afternoon made j
;his first formal address to a farmer
audience, laying down the specific
[program promised by the Progressive
party for American agriculture, by
the creation of a Federal marketing
corporation. LaFollette urged as an
i immediate step the restoration of ag
riculture “to its place as a business!
which can earn a reasonable profit.”
| OLD TIME SOLDIER DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
I
MANILA, Oct. 14.—Thomas Harti
gan, lawyer and soldier, died after a
long illness at the age of 63. He serv
ed in the Philippine Insurerction and
during the World War was a brigadier
general in the Philippine National
Guard.
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GASKILL MEMBER TRADE BOARD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14.—
Nelson Gaskill of New Jersey was re
appointed a member of the Federal
Trade Commission.
j Klondike River. Continuing down
j stream he stops at the old settle
jinents of Fortymile, Eagle, and Cir
icle and crosses the Arctic Circle at
Fort Yukon, at the great northern
| bend of the Yukon. From Fort. Yu
|kon the river flows in many branch-1
ling channels through the Yukon flats
to the site of old Fort Hamlin, i
i whence, once more confined to a
I single deep gorge bordered by high
rock bluffs, it follows its devious
course to the town of Tanana. at the!
outh of the Tanaha River. At this
point the route leave the Yukon and
ascends its largest tributary, the Ta
nana, to Fairbanks, the center of j
the great Fairbanks gold-mining dis
trict and the largest town of interior
Alaska.
rFom Fairbanks the tourist takes
the Alaska Railroad to Anchorage and
Seward, the latter the southern ter
minus of the Alaska Railroad where
sail and rail connect. He may then j
take his steamer from Seward and'
so thru the Gulf of Alaska and on;
to Seattle via the outside passage.)
This gives the tourist the so-called i
“loop” trip thru Alaska and affords
the sight-seer the pleasure of see
ing Alaska without ever going over
the same stretch of territory twice.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14.—
Senator Frank Bosvvorth Brandegee,
of Connecticut, long a leader in nat
ional politics and a Republican of in
ternational prominence, was found
dead today in the bathroom of his
home here by W. D. Lundy, his pri
vate secretary .
Police who were called, said that
Lundy told them that the gas jet in
the room with a hose attached and in
the hands of the Senator, was turned
on when he entered the room and dis
covered the body.
Frank Bosworth Brandegee. was
born in New London, Conn., July 8,
1864; graduated from Yale in 1885;
admitted to the bar in 1888; elected a
representative to the general assem
bly in 1888; a delegate to the Repub
lican national conventions of 1888, of
1892, 1900, and 1904; speaker of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
in 1899; elected a Representative to
the second session of Fifty-seventh
Congress in 1902; reelected to Fifty
eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses;
elected United States Senator May 9,
1905, January 20, 1909, November 3,
1914, and reelected November 2, 1920.
H's term of service ended March 3,
1927.
WILL UNFROCK MINISTER
WHO COMMITTED CRIME
CARBONDALE, 111., Oct. 14.—Law
rence M. Hight, of Ina, no longer has
the prefix “reverend”, for he was de
prived of his title by the select num
ber of the southern Illinois confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church in session here yesterday.
He lost his title after a church trial
on a charge of murder, preferred in
connection with the poisoning of his
wife and of Wilford Sweetin, a mem
ber of his last charge, who became the
victims of the confessed plot between
the former minister and Mrs. Elsie
Sweetin, in order that the survivors
might be married.
CAVERLY TELLS WHY HE
GAVE MURDERERS LIFE
CHICAGO, Oct. 14.—Judge Caverly
in a statement from the hospital in
this city, where he has been a patient
for the past three weeks, gave his rea
sons for giving Loeb and Leopold life
sentences. He said it was done simply
to follow the dictates of his conscience.
“If I had hanged those boys there
would have been no appeal by the Su
preme coui’t, which wouldn’t have in
tervened.” He admitted the evi
dence in mitigation was made manda
tory by the statutes and there could
be no further rppeal that would stand
if he had passed a death sentence.
C’OOLIDGE REQUESTS FURTHER
INFORMATION ON COST OF
PRODUCTION SUGAR IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 14.—
Coolidge requested additional infor
mation from the Tariff Commission on
the costs of sugar production in this
country, telling those interested that
he proposes to protect the American
sugar beet industry from the possibil
ity of any combination which might
be developed in Cuba or elsewhere,
with a view to controlling sugar prices
and sales.
LONDON TORN BY
STRIFE, ELECTIONS
LONDON, Oct. 14.—Fascisti and
communists furnished the first dis
order in a campaign which promises
more strife than any pre-election pe
riod in recent years, when four per
sons were arrested after a riot in
Trafalgar Square.
WORLD FLYERS RETURN
FROM WASHINGTON TODAY
SEATTLE, Oct. 14.—Lieutenants
Smith, Nelson and Wade, with their
mechanics, arrived here today from
Washington.
ASKS MOSLEMS INTERVENE
JERUSALEM, Oct. 14—The Mos
lem supreme council has telegraphed
all Moslem States and representative
organizations ascking them to inter
vene in reverence to Holy Moslem
places, and send delegations to Jeddah
in the interests of their religion.