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VOLUME XIX NUMBER 162
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHASLES W. BRYAN
RECEIVES NOMINATION
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Charles W. Bryan, democratic gov
ernor of Nebraska, was nominated
vice president yesterday morning on
the first ballot. Mr. Bryan is a bro
ther to Wm. Jennings Bryan of Flor
ida, erstwhile free silver champion,
, 3nd two times candidate for presi
dent. Charles Bryan was born in |
Illinois.
LONDON, July 11—The nomination
of Davis for President of the United
States was commented upon with sat
isfaction here due to the nominees
popularity when he was ambassador to
England.
CHICAGO, July 11—Dawes expres
sed pleasure today that the Democrat
ic vice presidential nomination had,
been conferred upon his old friend Gov
ernor Bryan.
NEW YORK, July 11—If Davis is
elected he will be the eighth Presby
terian president of the United States.
ETERNAL TRIANGLE IN
SKAGIT STILL UNSOLVED
ANACORTES, July 11—The eternal
triangle—that apparently is the key to
the mystery of the murder of Mrs. Is
berto, of Guemes island. The woman’s
body has been found, six miles from
where she was last seen alive. The wo
man’s companion who was with her in
the skiff Sunday morning, is also miss
ing.
“CONTRARY GUS” IS JAILED
BY OFFICIALS AT SELDOVIA
SELDOVIA, July 11—Gus Holm
strom, commonly known as “Contrary
Gus.” has been sentenced to five
months in the Seldoiva jail, following
his conviction on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly.
dCmpsey quits ring for* time
NEW YORK, July 11—Tex Rickard
fight promoter, is authority for the
statement that Champion Jack Demp
sey will not enter the ring again this
yeai^iio matter what the induceemnts
may be. This announcement was made
by Rickard after a conference with
Jack’s manager, Jack Kearns.
DISABLED VETS STAGE
PARADE AT SALT LAKE
SSALT LAKE CITY, July 11—The
several thousand delegates here at
tending the session of annual conven
tion of the Disabled American Veter
ans of the World War staged today
as a monster military parade and later
were to attend a barbecue at which
buffalo meat was to eb served.
JAPAN WILL FIRE 7,330
NAVY WORKERS IN JULY
TOKIO, July 11—The navy depart
ment announces that it will discharge
7,330 workers from its arsenals during
the month as part of its retrenchment
program. Nearly half of these men
will be taken over by private ship
builders. An effort is being made to
induce some of them to join the grow
ing stream of emigration to South
America.
TWO.DEATHS REPORTED
MV PIONEERS HOME, SITKA
Henry Hendricks, who was admit
ted fco the Pioneers home June 15,
1918, died recently at the Sitka Pio
neers’ Home. He came into the ter
ritory in 1901, spending many years
in the Ruby district.
Frederick K. Lerned who was ad
mitted to the Home in August last
year died also, and was buried in
the local cemetery. Mr. Lerned had
lost, one of his feet by freezing a
year ago on the trail between Willow
Creek and Anchorage.
Robert Michaelson will return to
his home at Moose Pass on Sunday’s
train. He has a rich placer property
on Mills creek.
July 13th is children’s Day at Mile
23. Every child on Kenai Peninsula
s invited to come to the Masonic
picnic.
J. B. Crique is registered at a local
hotel.
H. M Flickburger of Bowlder, Col.
irrlved from Anchorage last night
,n his way south.
TOURISTS MAY. NOW BE
HANDLED M’KINLEY PARK
Two parties of tourists have taken
in the McKinley National Park under
guidance ot' Dan Kennedy, and others
are making reservations. The main
camp at Savage river is now estab
lished with many tents, a large din
ing room and kitchen.
FRANK REEDY PARTY
ARRIVE ON EVANS
The Frank Reedy party, consisting
of ^ine hundred tourists, will arrive
in Seward on the Admira. Evans,
July 23. H. E. Ellsworth has been
requested to have cars ready to take
the entire crowd out to Mile Seven
and the Radio, and has been busy to
day collecting cars for the-occasion.
CURIOUS CUSTOM
IN BUENOS AIRES
BUENOS AIRES—This city prob
ably possesses the most curious res
taurant in the world. It lies in Pasco
de Julio ,a street frequented by sailors
and dockers. The whole establish
ment consists of a great pot, about
one yard in diameter, and an equally
large fork. Only one dish, called the
“puchero,” is offered to customers .It
is simply prepared. The proprietor
fills the pot with water, lets a few
chunks of meat and bones drop to the
bottom, then adds some coloring ma
terial, partly to give a touch of mys
tery to the whole, partly to make the
meat at the bottom invisible.
A fire is now star#d under the pot.
When the mixture boils a sign is dis
played, stating that lunch, dinner or
supper is now ready.” Each customer
pays five cents and is handed a huge
fork, which he dips into the boiling
water. If he is lucky he harpoons a
piece of meat, which he is entitled to
fish out and devour. If not, he can buy
another chance, if he has another five
cents to pay for it.
NO LABOR TROUBLES IN NOME
It is quite noticeable that there are
a few idle men loitering about the
streets of Nome this Spring. Every
available man who is able to work and
really wants to do something can find
employment on the creeks or roads in
the vicinity of Nome. Another notic
i able sign that is encouraging is the
i fact that all the members, and even
j officials of the Western Federation of
' Miners are out working, most of them
on Little Creek. The incentive to work
is so strong that the above mentioned
labor union has closed its hall, turned
the key in the the latch, and one and
all are busy. H
TOLOVANA VALLEY
REPORTED ON FIRE
I lie entire Toloyana valley is re
ported to be ablaze according to- Air
Pilot Sampson who returned to Fair
banks this week from a trip to the
I town of Brooks. A big fire is sweep
ling the right' limit of the upper Tolo
vana and the country has either been
burnt or is burning. Small, fires are
to be seen all along the route.
ROAD WORK STARTED KODIAK
Hawley Sterling and a crew of men
are working on the Kodiak road. He
will also construct winter trails and
roads in the Iliamna district.
REINDEER FOR BROAD PASS
The big reindeer herd of George
Ashenfelter will be driven from Coun
cil to the Broad Pass district this
fall. The animals number from five
to seven thousand head.
PORT GRAHAM HAS BIG RUN
The cannery at Port Graham is en
joying a good run of fish according
to officers on the Redondo. The run
is nearly all reds.
GENERAL MANAGER HONORED
General Manager Lee H. Landis
was given a handsome gold watch
chain and a pair of cuff links by the
employes of the Alaska railway this
week the occasion being his 52nd
birthday.
CLEARY CREEK MINER DEAD
D. T. Boone, a well known old
timer who once operated on Cleary
creek died at Fayetteville, Arkansas,
May 18.
ST. LOUIS PAPER SUSPENDS
ST. LOUIS, July 11—“The Ameri
can morning newspaper suspended
publication this morning, by action of
the directors.
DAVIS WILL SPEAK
ON TOUR OF STATES
NEW YORK, July 11—Davis an
nounced today to newspaper men that
he would make a speeck-making tour
which will take him into every large
city in the country. Bryan at the
same time will cover the Western and
Northwestern sections of the States in
a speeking tour which will be devoted
principally to appeals for the Farmer
vote and he will also make some
speeches in the east.
CHICAGO, July tl— Congressman
John Nelson, campaign manager of
Lafollette, declared today that the
nomination of Davis by the Democrats
has made Lafollette certain of the
Presidential election.
NATURE HAS PROVIDED
INEXHAUSTIBLE POWER
LONDON, July 11—The hot springs
of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
in Alaska, Yellowrstone Park in Wyo
ming, and in California can be said
to produce power cheaper than is ob
tained from water, Prince Pierro Gi
nori Conti told the World Power con
ference yesterday.
Sir Charles Bedford ,late chemical
advisor to the Indian government, de
clared that the world need not worry
about the exhaustion of oil, because of
alcohol from vegetable waste matter,
which would upplace it. He said the
rice straw of India would afford en
ough to equal the annual production of
petroleum.
COLDSTREAM WOODMAN
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Alphonse Dubois, a Goldstream
wood contractor, was instantly killed
this week at Fairbanks on the Rich
1 ;on highway when a Buick Six
driven by Jack L’Hereux, overturned
on a piece of newly graveled road
near the Joy ranch. The six other
passengers, several of whom were
women, were uninjured.
Dubois was born in St. Flavien,
province of Quebec about 50 years
ago and went to Dawson in 1901,
joining the stampede to the Iditarod.
He went to Goldstream and engaged
in the wood contracting business up
to the time of his death.
WEDDING AGE LIMIT IS
BAR TO U. S. COUPLES
VANCOUVER, B. C., July 11—Van
couver has been the mecea during the
past three weeks of many young coup
les from the States, whose destination
has been the marriage license depart
ment at the courthouse. Not in pairs,
but in parties have they come. In
Washington, marriage can be contract
ed by young women of 18 years, but
in British Columbia they must be 21
years. This has caused many heart
breaks, wheft licenses have been refus
ed.
DENIES MOTION NEW TRIAL
AND ARRESTED JUDGMENT
Judge E. E. Ritchie, in the district
court this w$ek in the case of the U.
S. vs. George Baker, denied the mo
tion for a new trial and arrest of judg
ment. It is stated that the case will
be appealed to the court of appeals at
San Francisco. The issue in the case
was the adequateness of the search
warrant by which the premises owned
by George Baker were searched. After
listening to the opposing arguments,
Judge Ritchie denied the motion. The
attorneys in the case for Baker were
Ray and David.
NEW HISTORY OF ALASKA
Eight thousand copies of a care
fully and condensed history of Alaska
have been lately printed for the
governor and these will be distribu
ted free to all applicants. Copies of
the booklet should be placed in ev
ery school in the Territory as well
as in every home.
BARGE SINKS ON KOYUKUK
Evans and Huntington, trades at
Kokulcuk station and Alatna, lost a
barge load of merchandise recently
while moving the barge up the river
to ther Alatna station. A snag in
the river penetrated the hull and
fifteen tons of goods were lost with
no insurance.
NEW SERVICE STATION
The Ogle garage has installed a
500 gallon -service tank in front of
its garage, and the proprietor states
gasoline will be retailed at 25 cents
per gallon until a raise comes.
SYNOPSIS OF DAVIS’ LIFE
John Wm. Davis ,democratic pres
idential candidate, was born at Clarks
burg, West Virginia, April 13, 1873. :
His parents, John J. and Anna Ken- :
nedy Davis qre both dead.
He received his A. B. degree from i
Washington and Lee University 1892,
and L. L. B. in 1895. He received his
LL. D. degrees from Washington and
Lee in 1915 and later received the
same, degree from the University of |
West Virginia, University of Birming
ham, England; University of Glasgow,*
and Union College and Yale.
He was married to Julia T. McDon
ald, June 20, 1899, wrho died August
20, 1900. In January 1912 he was mar
ried to Ellen G. Bassel.
In 1895 he was admitted to the bar
and in 1897 and 1898 was assistant
professor of law at Washington and
Lee University.
He practiced law at Clarksburg from
1897 to 1913 and at present is a mem
lf?r of the law firm of Stetson, Jen
nings and Russell in New York City.
He was a member of the West Vir
ginia house of delegates in 1899 and
delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in St. Louis 1904.
He was elected to the 62nd and 63rd
congresses in 1911 and 1915 from the
first West Virginia district. He re
signed from congress to become solic
itor-general of United States and serv
ed for five years.
From 1918 to 1921 he served as am
bassador extraordinary and plenipo
tentiary to -Great Britain. He was
councellor for American Red Cross
and later a member of the American
delegation for conference with Ger
many on treatment and exchange of
prisoners of war at Berne, Switzer
land. He was president of the West
Virginia Bar Association in 1906. He
is a 32nd. degree Mason and belongs
to a Greek Letter and law fraternity
and member of numerous clubs in Am
j erica and foreign clubs.
AVIATOR EIELSON TO
BOOST MAIL SERVICE
" SEATTLE, July 11—Carl B. Eielson
Alaska’s first aerial mail pilot, arriv
in port this week en route to Washing
| ton, where he will urge the extension
| and permanancy of the air mail ser
! vice in Alaska. Eielson stated to the
! press that he would base his argument
I upon the success he made in carrying
1 interior mail last winter.
SAMPSON TO MAKE
FLIGHT TO BROOKS
—
Art Sampson of the Alaska Aerial
j Transportaton Co. recently flew to
Brooks and returned with H. G. Has
lam, district superintendent of the
road commission and Tony Zuber,
Livengood miner.
COURT PARTY ON WATSON
Judge E. E. Ritchie completed the
Anchorage term of court this week
and left Anchorage on the Admiral
Watson for a trip to Kodiak. Deputy
Clerk Selma Scott and Delia Chace
are also making the trip on the Wat
son.
SMITH ERIE RY. MAN
Noel W. Smith, recently appointed
superintendent of the Alaska rail
road to assist General Manager Lee
H. Landis in reorganization, is an
old Erie railroad man, according to
men who know him.
SALT LAKE MAN FINDS
NATURAL GAS IN YARD
SALT LAKE CITY, July 11—The
much heralded high price of light, gas
and fuel means absolutely nothing to
Henry Nebeker, of Salt Lake City, for
he has a natural gas well in the rear
yard of his home. Drilling to a depth
of 535 feet, Nebeker encounterer suf
ficient gas to take care of all his home
needs and he has a 300-gallon tank for
storage purposes.
MURPHY W^NS CASE
W. D. Murphy, who brought suit in
the Anchorage court against the Fern
Gold Mining Co., was awarded dam
ages of $3,351.50 by a jury this week.
Mr.. Murphy sustained a broken hip
while'in the emp y of the defendant
company.
SEATTLE PIONEER DEAD
SEATTLE, Julv 10.—Silas T. Smith
a pioneer of thi^city, died Saturday
of typhoid at the age of 70. Smith
was a former banker and for eight
years was state senator.
J. J. Chisholm arrived pn last
night's train from Anchorage.
'JEW COACHES BE USED
ON MASONIC EXCURSION jJ
Agent Sweek received a telegram i
yesterday from J. T. Cunningham, :
stating that the new coaches which i
irriyed on the Tanana will be used
'or the Mason’s excursion to Mile 23
Sunday, and that one extra coach
vill be used. The train will leave
Seward at 10 a. to. returning to town j
it 5:30. The train will be separate
from the regular Sunday train leav
ing at 10 a. m.
DAVIS AND BRYAN
WAIT ON COMMITTEE
NEW YORK, Ju\y 11—Davis and1
Bryan today waited upon the National
Committee and requested its reorgani
zation be postponed until after their
nomination. Their wishes will be re
spected.
FRENCH DO NOT FAVOR
DAWES REPARATION PLAN
LONDON, Ju«y 11—McDonald, in
reporting his T.-ms conference to the
House last evening, revealed that tin
French are unwilling to allow Dawes
reparation plan to become a substitute
for the reparation clause of the Ver
sailles ti’eaty.
SPECIAL AGENT FOR
LAND OFFICE WORK
James Ramsey, special agent for the
Field Division of the General Land of
fice in Anchorage, arrived there from
Juneau recently on the Admiral Wat
son. Mr. Ramsey will leave soon on a
trip of investigation to Nome and the
Westward.
SEATTLE MAN IS
SUICIDE ON TRAIN
ST. MARCS, Idaho, July 11—A. B.
Laing, of Seattle jumped from an East
bound Milwaukee tre.in near here and
was killed instantly. A note indicated
suicide. He was traveling to Chica
go with his wife,_ son and daughter.
JAMES B. METCALF DEAD
SEATTLE, July 11—James B. Met
calf, eighty-first Territorial Attorney
General at Washington, died.
NEW FOX FARM AT
HOT SPRINGS, ON TANANA
T. A. Woolard, until recently at
tached to the engineering forces of
the Alaska Road Commission at Mc
Kinley Park and Oscar Phills, popular
locomotive fireman on the railroad,
have purchased the George Morrison
property at Hot Springs on the Ta- j
nana river below Nenana and will !
embark in the fox raising business, j
ALASKAN MINER DEAD
Don S. Rae, Alaskan miner and
for man* years a resident of west
ern Alaska, died at Pocotello, Idaho,
July 1, according to advices received
by the Juneau Elks’ lodge.
NORTHWESTERN AT CORDOVA
The steamship Northwestern left
Cordia northbound this morning.
EASTBOUND LIMITED IS
MAROONED BY WASHOUT
DES MOINES, July 11—The east-1
bound Pacific limited is marooned two
miles east of Portsmouth, about fifty ;
miles northeast of Omaha, according
to reports received here. At noon to
day the train had been marooned for;
ten hours and no word had been re- (
ceived from the conductor.
MANY RUSSIANS WORK TODAY
WHO HAVE NEVER WORKED
BERLIN, July 10—Equipped with
a finished knowledge of eight languag
es ;Frau Biliskow, has found employ
ment as cashier Jn an all night res
taurant in the Russian district of Ber
lin. Her husband is a night watchman,
seven nights of the week, with hours
from 7 p. m. to 6 a. m. The results
of their labors give them two small
rooms and enough to eat and wear.
“Real work is not so disagreeable as
I used to think it might be, said this
former general in the army of Em
peror Nicholas, “and we do not com
plain. But time was when I would
drop around to my office for an hour
after lunch, and then call it a day,
while my wife was very choice about
her serving maids.”
GOMPERS IS ILL
NEW YORK, July ll-^-Gomj;r3 i.’
gravely ill at Shelboume hot"1, Coney
Island.
PRESIDENT’S SON BURIED
BY SIDE OF MOTHER
NORTHAMPTON, VT.
RIGHT CABINET MEMBERS AT
TEND SERVICES—BUSINESS
HALTED
NORTH HAMPTON, July 10—The
funeral train bearing ^he bod yof Cal
vin Coolidge, Jr., reached her? at sev
en this morning, when business was
halted to pay its last tribute to the
President’s son.
President CooLdge, Mrs. Coolidge
ana son John, went to the Coolidge
home where they wit met by Colonel
John C., father of the President and
Mrs. Goodhue, mother of Mrs. Cool
idge. Services were held this 14ternoo i
it* the Congregational Church, eight
members of the cab.net attending the
simple services. The body was burie i
in a little cemetery on the hill side,
v.hire Calvin Cooli'ge Paused last
August on his v iy to Washington,
ti.a- he m.ght -c.y ?. praver at his
mother's gir.*c hi r re he entered ae
tivvIy on hi* duti '1; os pres: if "t
I UDLOW, Vermont, July 11— Presi
deni and Mrs. Coolidge left here to
night on their realm to Washington.
Johr C. father of the President lefc
his home at Plymouth to go back w ch
the bereaved family. The strain of
long delay has told on Mrs. Coolidge.
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OLYMPIC GAMES, PARIS
PARIS, July 11—Making a clean
sweep of the first three places in the
shot put and also senjrng the Stars
and Stripes up three Stadium masts
for the first time yesterday the United
States swept to a commanding lead in
the 1924 Olympic track and field
championship. The victories for the
Americans were decisive.
The standings as reported yesterday
w ere:
United States, OS; Finland 54; Great
Britain 28; Sweden 14; France 9; Hun
gary 7; Switzerland 5; Norway 4; New
Zealand 4.
CITIZENSHIP NOT LOST
BY SERVICE, IN CANADIAN
ARMY DURING WORLD WAR
OLYMPIA, July 11—Service in the
Canadian army during the world war
did not deprive American citizens of
their citizenship, John H. Dunbar, at
torney general, advised R. M. Sturto
vant, prosecuting attorney at Dayton,
Wash., in a recent opinion.
“Citizenship once acquired is retain
ed until a citizen has moved his domi
cile to a foreign country, and has evi
denced his intent to become a citizen
of that country. By mere removal to
a foreign country or service in the
army of such country, citizenship i3
not lost,” . - ,
AMERICA’S GREATEST
PERIL IS NARCOTICS
OMAHA, July 11—America’s great
est peril is the narcotic evil, Dr. M.
M. Neilson of Salt Lake City, district
governor of Utah and Idaho Lions,
told the second day’s session of the
eighth annual convention of the Inter
national Association of Lions clubs to
day.
“At least 1,250,000 Americans today
have fallen slaves to the drug habit
and at least one fourth of them are
not usefully employed. The number
is growing in the United States at the
alarming rate of 1,000 every day.”
NORMAN DAWN WILL RETURN
TO ANCHORAGE NEXT WEEK
Norman Dawn who has been tak
ing pictures in the Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes has had excellent
success and will return to Anchorage
next week.
MATANUSKA MAN WEDS
Charles L. Phillips, resident of
Matanuska* and Mrs. Mary Smith of
Anchorage were married last week.
TREASURE TO BE TAKEN
FROM OLD SUNKEN SHIPS
ATHENS, July 11—Salvagers have
started on the task of raising approxi
mately five million dollars worth of
treasure supposedly lying in sixty
three vessels at the bottom of Navari
po Bay on the western coast of Greece.
The ships are those of the Turkish
fleet sunk by the combined English,
French and Russian fleets.