VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 134.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MARSHAL STEVENS
DEVEOPS PROPERTY
ON LITTLE ELDORADO
U. S. Marshal Stevens of Fairbanks
who spent several days in Seward the
forepart of the week, is doing consid
erable development work on his prop
erty on Little Eldorado creek, where
considerable new machinery has been
installed. Mr. Stevens and associates
have about 180,000 square feet of bed
rock blocked out, and a clean-up was
made the first of this week, the
amount not having yet been reported.
' The company lias adopted a new
method of mining and one which so fai
has been very successful. Powder is
used to shoot down the coarse marl, it
being placed the same as rock. This
method is much faster than thawing
and breaks the ground up more, mak
ing for easier loading. Mr. Stevens
is now working on a small conveyor j
which will load directly into the cars |
at the face of the drift, eliminating all
shoveling ,the machine being run Dy
compressed air.
It is estimated that the property
. owned by Mr .Stevens has several mil
lion dollars in pay, and he is jubiian;
over the prospects cl quick retu s~.
SEATTLE PAPER
AND UNION MEN
ARE SHE FIGHTING
• SEATTLE, June 6—The Post Intel
ligencer, under the head line of P-I
publishes undisturbed,” said that the
crews put to work after the union
f strike started were “being increased i
each day with increased efficiency of |
production.” |
J. P. Brady, chairman of the strike ;
committee replied to the statement!
and said “We have just begun to fight, j
It is going to be more than a local
fight for when the typograhical union
enters the ring it will fight as long
as there is a union.”
The P-I today had twenty-four
pages with the normal amount of
fresh matter but the typographical er
rors were noticeable.
Nominated for Governor
INDIANAPOLIS, June 6—The dem
ocratic state convention this afternoon
nominated Doctor Carley B. McCul
lough of Chicago for governor.
INDIAN BELIEVED LOST
NEAR HERSCHEL ISLAND
HERSCHEL, May 1—-Constable Mc
Cormick with Indian Francis Dog Sal- ,
mon, arrived here from Rampart on
the of last month and has not been |
heard from since. Strange to relate
the damn Indian disappeared the eve-1
ning after he got here, taking nothing;
with him, not even mitts. He was last j
seen visiting a native shack, starting j
back to the barracks at midnight when
he was evidently quite sane. The fol
lowing two days it blew hard but the
Indian was tracked forty miles west
of here and was still running when
they lost his trail in the blow. We!
have now had three days of a howling!
sou’wester ,so there is small chance of j
the Indian’s being alive.
CHICAGO YOUTHS ARE
INDICTED FOR MURDER
CHICAGO, June 6—Richard Loeb
and Nathan Leopold Junior, were in
dicted today by a grand jury on the
charge of having kidnapped and mur
dered Robert Franks, school boy.
ANCHORAGE MISS MOVIE STAR
That little six-year old Miss Mary j
Frances McLane, whose parents lived;
in Anchorage about seven years ago,;
is now a movie star, is the word re- j
ceived in that city recently. When the |
picture “When Shall It Be” has its
previews recently, before an unpreju
diced movie audience little Mary Fran
ces walked off with all the honors.
DAGHERTY RELEASED
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—
The Senate adopted a resolution di
recting the Attorney General, on an
appeal from a decision of the federal
cour^fat Cincinnati, to release Mai S.
Djirgherty, on a writ "of habeas corpus
after he had been taken into custody
n pursuance with a senate subponae.
Bridge at Mile Fifty-Four
Has Been Completed
Construction work was completed
this week on the 200-foot steel span
over Placer River, on the Alaska rail
road at Mile 54. The bridge gang
under Jas. Magill, foreman will then
leave for Eagle river wiiere work will
be pushed on the erection of the new
steel bridge across Eagle river. Forty
men will be employed on the Eagle
river bridge under Jack Hansen, wrho
will engineer the work.
The new bridge will consist of two
forty-foot, two seventy-four foot, and
one eighty foot steel spans, a length
over all of 308 feet. The height of
the bridge from the river bed will be
about fifty feet. Work should be com
pleted in about six week’s time. Mater
ial for the bridge has been stored in
the railroad yards at Anchorage for
some time, says the Anchorage Times.
J. C. BUSH WILL JOIN
PERSONNEL OF THE
SEWARD HATCHERY
K. A. DRAGER SUPT. IN CHARGE
OF SEWARD HATCHERY RE
PORTS WORK PROGRESSING
Mr. Wentworth, Superintendent of
Territorial Hatcheries, left Seward on
the Y'ukon for Ketchikan to supervise
the marking of ten thousand of the
million young king salmon which will
be released there soon.
These king salmon were hatched in
Ketchikan from eggs imported from
Oregon in exchange for one million
hump back eggs. The exchange was
made last fall. Mr. Bennett, fish cul
turist at the Ketchikan hatchery, con
voyed the shipments to and from Ore
gon. Eggs' that are properly pre
pared for shipment and properly cared
for en route suffer none whatsoever as
the result of their journey as was ful
ly demonstrated by these shipments.
Before leaving Mr. Wentworth stat
ed that he had added the name of J.
C. Bush to the permanent staff and
that Mr. Bush had been assigned to
the Grouse Lake hatchery at Seward
as assistant.
“I am highly pleased to secure the
services of Mr. Bush,” said Mr. Went
worth, “as experienced hatchery men
are very scarce and those that are al
so competent to fill executive positions
are exceedingly so. The addition of
Mr. George Thompson, who goes to
Cordova and Mr. Bush, who goes to
Seward nicely rounds out the perma
nent staff, as it gives me a nucleus
of experienced men who can direct and
train the recruits that we will add
to the organization from time to time.”
Mr. Drager ,in charge of the SewT
ard Hatchery, is highly pleased with
the assignment of Mr. Bush to Grouse
Lake. Mr. Bush is not only an ex
perienced hatchery man but is also a
very competent man in general.No
doubt some of the Sewardites are ac
quainted with Mr. Bush as he is no
stranger to Alaska. In 1920 he was
with the Bureau of Fisheries Hatch
ery at Afognak, and in 1922 headed
the party investigating the fish work
at Karluk. He is an overseas veteran
with a very enviable record.
A number of people have visited the
hatchery since traffic has opened. The
hatchery equipment is not completely
finished but all will be in readiness
for the spawning season as work is
progressing rapidly.
SENATE PASSES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—
The Senate last night passed the navy
construction bill as it came from the
house; it also passed the deficiency bill
carrying two hundred million, includ
ing one hundred and thirty-two mil
lions as the first year’s cost of the
soldier bonus.
STUDY ALASKA CONDITIONS
BELLINGHAM, June 6—Doctor C.
H. Gilbert, expert connected with the
fisheries bureau sailed Saturday on
the Catherine D., to study the fishing
conditions in Alaskan waters.
KU KLUXER WILL BE
CALLED AS WITNESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—
Dr. H. W. Evans, head of the Ku Klux
Klan, will be called as a witness for
Senator Mayfield in his election con
test ,the seriate investigating commit
tee was notified tojlay by the senator’s
attorney.
WIFE OF NEW SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
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Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, wife of the new Secretary of the Navy, arrang
ing things in their new home in Washington, into which they have just
rrmved. Mrs. Wilbur has always been a “home woman”, devoting the great
er part of her time to making a happy home for her family, and has already
given a real touch of “permanency” to the new Wilbur residence Before
her marriage to the then rising young lawyer of Los Angeles, in 1898, she
was Miss Olive Doolittle, of St. Paul, Minn,
STANDARD OIL NEWS
The Alaska Standard, is due to ar
rive in port sometime Sunday from
Seattle, bringing a supply of bulk
and case oil. She returns south
bound from Seward.
The following boats called at the
Standard Oil dock during the past
week and took on oil:
The Arrow, Capt. Carl Erlander,
689 Gal. fuel oil; Polaris, Capt. Chas.
Ness, 1,000 Gal. fuel oil; Lituya, 600
Gal. fuel oil; Democrat, Capt. H. Har
t am, 1227 Gal. distillate; Yukon, Capt.
F. Lewiston, 1438 Gal. distillate;
Gladstone, Capt. Julius Conradson, 300
|Gal. Anna, 200 Gal.:B. F. M., Capt.
Arntsen, 500 Gel.;Clara, 200 Gal.
| Capt. John Stemland; Cedric, Capt.
IT. Henriksen, 1300 Gal., fuel oil.
AMERICAN FLYERS
HOP OFF FOR AMOY
SHANGHAI, June 6—The American
flyers today hopped off for Amoy, a
distance of about five hundred miles.
Tomorrow morning they will leave for
Ragoon, which will take two or three
days to make.
BURMA, June 6—The Portuguese
world flyers arrived here today.
CHILD KILLED WHEN
AUTOMOBILE UPSETS
WENATCHEE, June 6—Willis, Jr.,
4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Rohberg, was killed this morning when
the car Mrs. Rothberg was driving,
turned over near this city. The mother
was unhurt.
COLLEGE STUDENT SHOT
IN DINNER HOLD-UP
LOS ANGELES, June 6—Franklin
J. Morrison, a senior of Los Angeles
college was shot and killed late last
night in the act of holding up a party
of dinner guests at he home of Fred
Harlow.
MINERS REFUSE TO
CONTRIBUTE MOONEY FUND
PEORIA, June 6—Speakers at the
convention of the Illinois Mine work
ers yesterday strenuously obpected to
the appropriation of $500 for the Tom
Moon eydefense fund.
It was the sentiment of the conven
tion that Mooney could get a pardon
if he asks for it, “while thousands of
children living in the Illinois coal belt
go hungry to bed every night.”
WEST TO SUCCEED LOCKWOOD
CLEVELAND, June 6—Roy West
of Chicago, was elected secretary of
the national committee to succeed
Lockwood.
PERFECT MODEL DIVORCED
CHICAGO June 6—Mrs. Ada Louise
Jakeman, who married the artist who
proclaimed her “the perfect model”
has secured a divorce.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap returned on
one of the last trains from Anchorage,
Seldovia and other Cook Inlet points.
Ml’s. Andy Simons was an arrival j
in town last night from Mile 20. }
Pete Swanson, who has been work- j
ing on the section, left this morn
ing' for Anchorage for medical treat
ment.
Andy Rasmussen is busy these
days putting new roofing on his
home.
Mrs. Chas. G. Hubbard returned to
| her home at the Primrose mine today
! after spending the past two weeks
I in town visiting with friends.
R. B. Heaston and wife were arriv
als on last night’s train from their
nining property in the Moose Pass
section.
Bert E. Crow, until recently general
agent for the Alaska Railroad at Sew
ard, has been appointed trainmaster
for the railroad, with headquarters in
the Gateway city. The office of gen
eral agent at Seward has been abolish
ed.
Oliver C. Van Houten, former em
ploye of the Alaska Railroad ,and an
oldtime resident of Anchorage passed
away at the government hospital early
this week. Death w’as caused by blood
poisoning.
Arthur Young and companion ac
companied by A1 Blair, left Wednes
day for Spruce Creek, returning yes
terday afternoon .They went for the
purpose of taking moving pictures of
game and natural scenery.
Malcolm Wilson, traveling salesman
who has been calling on the Interior i
trade ,arrived in Seward from An
chorage yesterday. He is a guest at
the hotel Van Gilder.
Mrs. George Gullufsen, wife of the
deisel operator at Latouche, will visit
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mc
Connell for a month.
John Gilpatrick, night watchman on
the dock, left for Moose Pass this
morning to spend two months do
ing development work on his mining
property. During his absence, Alec
Little will become night Watch man.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Rickman and
daughter were thru passengers on the
last Admiral Evans •£& Kodiak where
they will take charge of the Baptist
Orphanage at that place. Mr. and Mrs.
Rickman formerly resided in Salt Lake
City.
GOLDSTAR TO ARRIVE JUNE 24th
The U. S. S. Goldstar, Naval Radio
Station supply ship, is expected to
arrive at Seward about June twen
ty fourth. The Goldstar may remain
here for two weeks discharging oil'
and supplies.
Claims Smith Collected
Half Million in Graft
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—
A half million dollars in graft money
was collected by Jesse Smith, while he
was intimately associated with for
mer Attorney General Daugherty, it
was charged in the Senate this after
noon by Brookhart, chairman of the
Daugherty investigating committee.
SITKA BOND ISSUE
WASHINGTON, D .C., June 6—
The house this morning passed the bill
authorizing the town of Sitka, Alaska,
to issue $25,000 in bonds for a school
building.
CONTRACT LET BUILD
THIRTY-FIVE PLANES
FOR UNITED STATES
DAYTON, June 6—A contract has
been given by the navy to Glenn and
Martin aircraft company of Cleveland
to build thirty-five airpla/es to be an
improvement on the world cruiser type
now being used by the army in the
around-the-world flight. They will
have a cruising radius of 2400 miles.
CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOT
DRACUT, June 6—Rev. Gilbrige,
pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
was shot to death at the home of John
King, senior today.
REDONDO GOES TO LATOUCHE
The Redondo arrived in port from
Westward points early this morning
and left for Latouche with canneiy
supplies. From Latouche, The Re
dondo will go directly to Kanatak and
other Westward stations before re
turning to Seward.
Cooiidge Wants Governor
Lowden as Running Mate
CLEVELAND, June 6—Cooiidge
has passed the word that former gov
ernor Lowden .of Illinois would be ac
ceptable to him as a running mate.
NOTED ARCHER «N TOWN
Arthur Young, the moving picture
world traveler, is an expert with a
bow and arrow, and has killed many
kinds of big game, including grizzlies
and moose with his bow, an 80-pound
one (pull), and has an interesting ar
ticle in the current number of Out
door life describing killing Moose on
Kenai peninsula. Mr. Young called his
moose up to him, a novel method of
hunting in this section, but necessary
in Canada.
SPECTATORS BARRED AT
TRIAL OF BANDITS
LOS ANGELES, June 6—All spec
tators were barred from the trial of
three alleged bank bandits accused of
murder in Judge Ketch’s court today,
following official announcement that
a “tip from the underworld” said a
rescue might be attempted.
The three men on trial, Ed Monte
jo, Lewis Perry and Tom Bailey, are
charged with the murder of Police
Officer Glen Bond in a gun battle that
followed an attempted bank robbery
here two months ago.
MAY BE DEMOCRATIC
“KEYNOTE”
Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississ
ippi, who had virti^lly been decided
upon as temporafy'chairman of. the
Democratic National Convention.
Deny Application of
P. S. L. & T. Company
To Stop Sale of Property
SEATTLE, June 6—Three federal
| judges in a decision today denied the
j application of the Puget Sound Light
! and Power Company, which is resist
1 ing payment of taxes, for an injunc
tion against the city and county, to
stop the public sale of its properties
on June tenth.
WIFE MISSING PAYMASTER
FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE
—
SEATTLE, June 6—Charging deser
j tion and cruelty, Mrs. Karelle, wife of
j Lieutenant Lester B. Karelle, missing
! paymaster of the Puget Sound Navy
Yard, filed suit for divorce in the Su
perior court here today.
CANADIAN WAR VET
SHOT WHEN ENTERING
SEATTLE RESIDENCE
SEATTLE, June 6—Attempting to
j force his way into the home of Mr.
j and Mrs. Harry Hilpert, Lake Dell ave
| nue, in which Miss Estelle Service and
j three children were alone at the time,
Harry J. Adams, Canadian war veter
I an, was shot and killed by Ivan Camp
i bell, a neighbor at ten o’clock last
j night. Adams, his immediate associat
es say, was drinking heavily earlier
: in the evening.
MARSHALL IS FREED
OF SMUGGLING CHARGE
BLAINE, June 6—Arthur Marshall,
a longshoreman charged with smug
| gling a Chinaman into the United.
States in violation of the immigration
laws, was released on $1000 bond post
ed this'morning with John J. Pinckney,
United States Commissioner. The
Chinaman, who was jointly charged
with Marshall with conspiracy to vio
late the immigration laws, was detain
ed in default of bonds in the same
amount, and was taken to Seattle this
morning by Deputy Marshal A. M.
Smith. He will be held for action by
the federal grand jury.
Marshall was arrested by Deputy E.
E. Toryell Wednesday morning, when
the Chinaman, according to the immi
gration officers, was found in his home
on D. street. He has lived here for
many years.
THANKS JAPAN FOR
KINDNESS TO AVIATORS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—The
kindness and couresy accorded by the
Japanese government to the American
round the world flyers was acknow
ledged today by Weeks in a cablegram
addressed to the ministry of war, in
Japan.
“Mother Hill” one of the oldest
sourdoughs in the country, from point
of adventures, and well known in ev
ery camp in the interior, arrived in
town Tuesday, and has opened the
Pioneer Women’s Laundry. Mother
Hill as she is known to all the old
boys, is the only woman who ever nav
igated the Yukon in a poling boat in
the old days, traveling the entire
length of the river by herself. She
has a fund of reminiscences and story
and has contributed several articles
to the Pathfinder.
Seward Beauty Shoppe
Opening June Seventh
M .Edna Stump, a recent arrival in
the city, will open the Seward Beauty
Shoppe in the Harriman bank building
June 7th. Mrs. Stump is a graduate
of one of the largest beauty parlors in
the world, that of M. Petteneaude of
Portland and other cities. Manicuring
hair bobbing, beauty culture, hair and
scalp treatments, shampooing, marcell
ing, wrater-waving and all the latest
styles of hair dressing and beauty
treatments will be given. A full equip
ment for this w’ork has been installed.
The Commerce Pool hall is having
a bacement placed under their building
several men working the past twTo days
on the excuvating.
Mrs. C. Taulman of Anchorage was
recently found guilty of violating the
prohibition law and will appear for
sentence this week.