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VOLUME XX, NUMBER 320
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1925.
' PRICE TEN CENTS
FERGUSON ADMITS
MA IS GOVERNOR
IN NAME ONLY
SAYS IS UNDECIDED WHETHER
TO MAKE RACE NEXT YEAR
SCORES OPPONENTS
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (£»)—A dis
patch to the New York Times said that
James E. Ferguson of Texas, admits
that he and not his wife, is governor,
tha latter holding office in name only.
Newspaper men who traveled 2,000
miles to see the governor, made an ap
pointment for an audience, but when
ushered into the executive office found
not Miriam but James Ferguson in
charge, who immediately began a de
fense of his administration. He said:
“In the first primary last year I ran
second to the Klan candidate—I mean
my wife ran second. We have not
decided whether we will run for gov
ernor next year. It is no surprise to
me that Speaker Satterwhite has said
he wouldn’t hestitate to impeach the
governor because she was a woman.
He wouldn’t hesitate to do anything
to advance his political fortunes, wo
man or no woman.”
He pronounced his opponents insin
cere because his wife announced when
she ran for governor that it was be
cause her husband was disqualified by
impeachment, that she didn’t know
statecraft and would take his counsel.
ALASKA SAILED
FIVE FOR SEWARD
SEATTLE, Nov. 28 (/P)—The steam
ship Alaska sailed at 9 o’clock today
for Seward and way ports. She car
ries five passengers for Seward: Mrs.
M. H. Ollister, Miss Nancy Rand, Mrs.
H. A. Brooks and two steerage.
The Admiral Watson which sailed
Wednesday carried eight for Seward:
C. Ritz, F. A. Bailey, G. Donovan, E.
Mellott, F. Miller, C. Ward, Mrs. Cump
and one steerage.
CHARLES HINDE
DROPS A LINE
LOCAL FRIENDS
SAYS DUCKS IN IMPERIAL VAL
LEY SCARCE—SENDS REGARDS
TO MEMBERS CHAMBER
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Hinde
are somewhere in California, evi
dently in Los Angeles, according to
a letter received in the last mail.
Mr. Hinde, former cashier of the Se
ward bank and president of the
Chamber of Commerce, neglected to
add his address on the communica
tion. Mr. Hinde sends his thanks to
■the members of the local chamber
for their parting token of respect,
which he esteems highly. He says
that Harry Ellsworth was out to see
him the other day and several other
Alaskans have been met. Accompa
nied by Mrs. Hinde, he made a trip
recently into the Imperial Valley
hunting ducks and in comparison
with duck hunting in Alaska, he
said that in the wrhole Imperial Val
ley there were just about as many
ducks as could be found at John
Nash’s place, near Seward, after
Leon Urbach got in a good morning’s
ground sliucing.
Mr. Hinde closes his letter re
questing J. P. Hannon mail him a
few Seward circulars, and conveys
his best regards to his many North
ern friends.
BICYCLE AND HORSE CAUSES
OF DEATH TO TWO MARQUES
CLERMONT- FERRAND, France,
Nov. 28. (/P)—The Marquis de Cae
queray de Lorme, seventeenth of
the name, was riding back 'to his es
tate near Saint Menoux, when the
handle bar of his bicycle suddenly
broke. Falling heavily to the road
the Marquis was killed instantly.
His neck was broken.
In 1604, the Marquis de Cacqueray
de Lorme, seventh of the name, was
returning home after participating in
a tournament at arms held under
the presidency of Henry the Fourth.
His mount, a thoroughbred, nervous
: Arab steed, shied at something along
i side the road, throwing his rider
; heavily. The Marquis died from a
broken skull.
PAUL JOURDAIN
NEW MEMBER OF
FRENCH CHAMBER
PARIS, Nov. 28 (JP)—Paul Jourdain
i having accepted the pensions port
1 folio, Briand announced the comple
tion of his eighth ministry, saying:
| “I am the policy of the coming gov
; ernment.”
His members command 269 votes
out of 597 in. the chamber of deputies,
but Briand counts on support from
the moderates .besides. _
Louis Loucher’s acceptance of the
finance portfolio caused a sensation
among the bankers, as he is known
as a daring financier with economical
| conceptions.
CAVElIN KILLS 2,
1 MAN INJURED
MOSCOW, Idaho, Nov. 28 (^P)—
Two men are dead and one injured,
ifrom a cave-in at a clay pit at Joel,
jsix miles from here. Thomas Hall,
president of the company, said a blast
had been set off on one side of the pit
to dislodge the clay. When the three
men went to work the side of the
cliff caved in.
LOUCHEUR WEALTHY MAN
PARIS, Nov. 28 (JP)—Foreign Minis
ter Aristide Briand announced that
Loucheur is reputed to be the weal
thiest man in France. He accepted
the post of minister of finance to take
, charge of all departments, eliminating
[the minister of budget.
The S. S. Jefferson To
Be Scrapped Very Soon
SEATTLE, Nov. 27 (JP)—'The old
steamer Jefferson, built in 1904 for
the Alaska service, will be burned to
recover metals used in construction.
The Jefferson has made nearly 1,000
trips to Southeastern Alaska. When
inspected to ascertain the cost of re
pairs for next season it was found to
be more economical to junk the ves
sel.
No announcement has been made by
the Alaska Steamship Company as to
what vessel will take the run of the
Jefferson next season.
Mrs. Fred Crane, wife of the at
torney at Fairbanks, will be an ar
riving passenger on the steamer Vic
toria. Mrs. Crane has been in the
States for the past two months. Res
ervation have been made for Mrs.
Crane at the Van Gilder hotel. She
will depart for Fairbanks on Monday’s
train.
In the second Peloponnesian war
there was no military disaster.
LIEUT. WYATT BE
IN CHARGE OF
AERIAL SURVEY
OPERATIONS WILL START NEXT
YEAR, COAST BEING MAPPED
KETCHIKAN NORTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28 (/P)—
After Lieutenant B. S. Wyatt had re
ported that he had completed a flight
of 25,000 miles with no serious engine
trouble on his continental trip to ob
serve the cup races, the Navy Depart
ment stated: “It is expected that
Lieut. Wyatt will command the Alaska
mapping expedition beginning opera
tions next year, for the Interior De
partment along the narrow strip of
land from Ketchikan to Anchorage, ly
ing between Pacific Canada and Cook
Inlet. The area, which is approxi
mately 40,000 square miles, will re
quire three years to map accurately,
with only three months available
each year for flying.”
GEORGE SEXTON WIRES
GATEWAY “ALL IS WELL”
Wiring the Gateway from the Har
rington Hotel, Washington, D. C.,
George Sexton states that everything
looks very encouraging in a political
way.
PLANS APPROVED
PUT ON VESSEL
FOR GAME C0MN.
The Juneau Empire states that
plans have been perfected for pur
chasing a fine, seaworthy vessel for
use of the Biological Survey in the
westward coastal section. Plans for
the craft have been approved and a
contract will be let within a short
time. It will be slightly less than
70 feet long and equipped with a full
diesel 135 horsepower Standard en
gine.
It is hoped to get an increased fund
for use in Alaska the coming fiiscal
year.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF
ENGINEER BE INVESTIGATED
What caused the death of Ole
A. Orvik? was the question raised by
the First City News of Ketchikan in
one of their recent issues.
He was engineer on the halibut
schooner Kodiak and early Sunday
morning, after eating a lunch up
town, retired to his bunk on board
of the boat with a companion fish
erman.
He was called later in the
morning. He was found dead with
his arms under his head in the
position he generally slept. It was
necessary to shake him before it
was discovered that he was dead.
The man was in excellent health
and a medical examination showed
no signs of disease or heart fail
ure. He had not been drinking, so
it is claimed. The contents of the
stomach are being sent to Seattle
for a further analysis with a view
of determining the cause of death,
if possible.
Deceased was 38 years old. All his
relatives live in Norway. The body
was sent outside on the Rogers for
‘burial in Seattle. Capt. Ole Larson
of the Kodiak, an intimate friend
of the deceased, accompanied the
body south. Deceased had taken out
his final papers the day before he
died.
Themistocles developed the Athen
ian fleet.
MEXICAN RAILWAY OIL OUTPUT
MORE THAN IS USED FOR FUEL
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 28. (£>)—
Lands of the Mexican National Rail
ways are producing more oil than
the railways use for fuel so an oil
company, a subsidiary to the rail
ways, has been organized to develop
the railways’ oil properties.
New wells are being sunk. Gov
ernment officials hope that when the
railways are returned by the gov
ernment to their former private own
ership the developed oil properties
will be sufficiently valuable to offset
some of the losses and depreciations
in the railways.
Properties owned by the National
Railways include both coal and oil
fields.
BOOTLEGGER^
TAKE LOOK AT
LIQUOR SLEUTH
MAYOR BROWN SUED FOR $25,000
DAMAGES BY SPECIAL AGENT
FOR POLICE EXPOSURE
SEATTLE, Nov. 28 (£>)—Prosecutor
Colvin charged today that the city
police had taken bootleggers in to look
over Ben P. Summers, Colvin's spe
cial dry agent, while the police held
him in jail Thanksgiving Day on a
spurious charge. He said that Sum
mers would now be of no further use
as an investigator because the bootleg
gers know him. Colvin said Summers
was released when no charges were
filed against him.
Summers announced that he would
file a $25,000 damage suit against
Mayor Brown.
JAPANESE WILL
NOT INTERFERE
TOKIO, Nov. 28 (/P)—The general
staff of the army is advocating send
ing additional Japanese troops to the
seat of trouble in Manchuria, but the
cabinet disapproves of the move.
Baron Shidehara, foreign minister,
declared that Japan should not take
any part in the troubles of China,
other than to protect the lives and
property of Japanese.
Oldtimer Passed Away
Last Thurday Evening
James A. Weatherbee, more com
monly known as “Doc” Weatherby,
dropped dead of heart failure in The
Northern hotel at Fairbanks last
week. He was about 70 years old at
the time of his death, says the Fair
banks News-Miner.
Coming from a well known Boston
family, Mr. Weatherbee and his bro
ther, J. B. Weatherbee, who is in Se
attle at the present time, have lived
many years in Fairbanks. The de
ceased was a graduate of the class of
’78 at Harvard.
Funeral services for the old timer
were held at 8 o'clock Sunday from
Eagle Hall under the auspices of the
Eagles and Pioneers of Alaska.
An eclipse of the moon delayed a
naval fight between Greece and Syra
cuse.
The four unions of Greece were
Attica, Sparta, Argos and Thebes.
The earliest distributors of iron
were the Hittites.
Euboea is the largest Island be
longing to Athens.
JOHN W. M’CORD
WILL ADOPT 14
YEAR OLD GIRL
WELL KNOWN SEWARD OIL MAN
WILL EDUCATE YOUNG GIRL
MET IN TRAVELS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28 •—
John Warren McCord, a Seward, Alas
ka, miner, who owns a share in ex
tensive oil claims at Cold Bay and
Inniskin Bay, has offered to adopt
Victoria DesChamps, a 14-year-old
Missoula, Montana, girl, the youngest
of eleven children, and will educate
here in a convent here.
Mr. McCord met Victoria and her
two sisters at the Portland railway
station when the girls were coming
to San Francisco.
Nothing Said to Family
MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 28 (yP)—•
The family of Tony Des Champs, who
have lived four miles from Missoula
the last thirty years, said they had
not been approached by a proposal
from John W. McCord. The mother
said she had received no word from
her daughters in San Francisco, and
that she would not worry until some
proposal was before her. The family
several years ago spurned an offer to
adopt an older sister.
HINDENBERG SIGNS BILL
BERLIN, Nov. 28 (yP)—President
Von Hindenberg signed the bill today
ratifying the Locarnos security pact
treaties.
RAILROAD ISSUES
NEW CIRCULAR
WINTER FREIGHT
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PERISHABLES DURING THE
COMING WINTER
The following official announce
ment, styled freight circular No. 36,
which was issued from A. R. R.
headquarters this week, sets forth
the condition under which perish
able freight may be shipped during
the winter months when tempera
tures are liable to be dangerously
low:
Owing to extreme cold weather
conditions experienced on this line
between Seward and Fairbanks—in
cluding the branch line points—dur
ing the months of January, February
and March, when the thermometer
drops from 30 to 60 below zero, a
considerable amount of difficulty
has been experienced in the handling
of perishable freight requiring heat
er car service during those months.
Rules governing the handling of
heater car service, as provided in
the Terminal Tariff No. 3, Item 520
Rule “F” covering carload shipments,
and Item 575 Rule “C” covering less
carload shipments, provide that it
will be optional with the carrier to
handle perishable freight when the
temperature is 5 degrees below zero
or colder.
In accordance with the above,
perishable freight shipments which
require heater car service will be
accepted only subject to owners
risk of freezing or overheating dur
ing the above indicated months of
each year.
Shipments handled during the per
ior above mentioned will be given
the usual care, but this carrier will
not be responsible for any damage
whatsoever account of weather con
ditions or from overheating, it is
requested that all shippers be noti
fied of the above.