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VOLUME 21.
NUMBER 24.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1926
PRICE TEN CENTS
EXPLOSION IN
COAL MINES
CLAIMS 27 MEN
SHOT FIRED FOR NEXT DAY’S
WORK HIT GAS POCKET— 26
ESCAPE UNINJURED
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 30. (£>)—
Twenty-seven miners were* killed as
the result of an explosion yesterday
in the Premier Coal Company’s mines
near Helena. Fifty-three men were
working in the mine at the time of the
explosion, twenty-six escaping unin
jured.
One of the shots fired to loosen the
coal for the next day’s work, hit a gas
pocket, causing the explosion. Oxy
gen is being pumped into the mine to
day in an effort to clear it of poison
gasses and smoke.
Yesterday’s death brings the num
ber killed in the Premier mines to a
total of 35 miners.
Woman’s Club Card Social
Odd Fellows Hall, Success
Spirited card playing and keen en
joyment was the general atmosphere
hovering over the card social at Odd
Fellows hall last night which was the
second successiui anair oi its Kina
which has been presented to the local
public this winter under the auspices
of the Seward Woman’s club. At least
fifteen tables were occupied thruout
the evening. The refreshments were
of the prevailing high order.
Mrs. Shellhorn and Mrs. Lorang cut
for high whist, Mrs. Lorang being the
lucky winner. Mrs. V. Pierce took
second. Mrs. Urbach was awarded the
first prize at' bridge and Mrs. Merritt,
second prize.
Mr. Eckholm won first at whist and
Mr. Broyle, second. Mr. Rucker took
first prize at bridge and Mr. Lien, sec
ond.
MINK LEADS IN
EXCHANGE SALES
FOR JANUARY
MANY SKINS SELL AS HIGH AS
TWENTY DOLLARS APIECE—
RED FOX HIGH
SEATTLE, January 30, (JP)—Mink
skins were leaders in the January
sales of the Seattle Fur Exchange,
held last Wednesday, Sevepty-five
hundred skins bringing between $23.75
■emu cam, cue uigncai pilot's tJvtJI
received by the Seattle organization.
Many sold at twenty dollars each.
Red fox averaged §25.50. A small
offering of whites brought §40, §90 and
§50 for tops, the average skins bring
ing 838 and §32. Blues brought §36
and averaged §22.85. Silvers averag
ed §100.02, best skins bringing $200 to
§250.
Lynx sold for §26 and averaged §19
for the lot. Marten brought §32, av
eraging $18.75.
The top price for ermine was §2.60
and average of §1.60 on the 1<^. Ot
ter averaged §22.85.
There was no demand for wolf.
Beaver sold for §26.
Over one hundred firms were repre
sented at the sale.
’FRISCO MAN ENGAGED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 —Word
was received today of the engagement
of Hugh Tevis, well known San Fran
cisco man to wed Miss Prudence Pon
sonby, daughter of Capt. William K.
Ponsonby of England.
CABINET MEMBERS ILL
LONDON, Jan. 30 (JP)—Two cabinet
members, Earl of Balfour and Earl of
Birkenhead, were confined to their
beds with minor ills.
SENATE ACEPTS REDUCTIONS
ON NORMAL INCOME TAXES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30. (/P)
—The Senate completing consideration
on controversial items, accepted the
reductions on normal incomes and
miscellaneous taxes, and approved the
proposal of the finance committee to
repeal capital stock taxes. The Sen
ate voted further reduction than the
house on cigars retailing from five to
ten cents.
FOUR MINERS KILLED
MIAMI, Jan. 30. (JP)—Four miners
were killed in a cavein in a lead-zinc
mine near this city.
SPANISH FLIERS
LEAVE EN ROUTE
TO PERNAMBUCO
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SEVENTEEN HUNDRED MILE TRIP
BE1''ATTEMPTED TODAY FROM
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
PORTOPRAYA, Cape Verde Islands,
Jan. 30. (JP)—Commander France de
parted at six ten this morning for Per
nambuco, Brazil, seventeen hundred
and twelve miles away, across the At
lantic. Today’s flight constitutes the
third leg of their flight to South Am
erica from Spam.
IMMORAL WOMEN MASK AS
WIVES AMERICAN CITIZENS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 (JP)—
Federal officers disclosed today that a
score or more of alien women of al
leged immoral character have found
illegal haven in San Francisco by
masquerading under the names of re
spectable wives of American citizens.
In carrying out the subterfuge an in
ternational white slave ring is said to
have supplied the women with certi
fied marriage licenses, copies from the
marriage records from the vunch of
vital statistics which anyone could ob
tain. The revelation came about thru
the arrest of a woman here and the
showing of an alleged marriage record.
The woman was released under $1000
bond but rearrested and held under
a $0250 additional bond for perjury.
TULLY SUED FOR $850
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 (/P)—Jim
Tully, playwright and novelist, was
made defendant in a suit filed today
by Mary Taylor to recover on a prom
issory note for $850.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 (£>)—
State Railroad Commissioner George
D. Squires is in a very grave condition
j in a hospital here.
Anlered Herd Initiation
Team of Cordova, Valdez
Bury Tonight, Latouche
A number of Cordova and Valdez,
members of the antler tribe, B. P. O.
Elks, were passengers on the steamer
Victoria for Latouche where they will
put thru a number of prospective baby
“Bills” at an initiation tonight. Am
ong the initiation team were the fol
lowing who are well known to many
Seward residents:
Fred Hanson, Paul Bloedhorn, the
jeweler; K. G. Robinson, business man
of many titles; M. E. Brunelle, A. J.
McConnel, head of the power system;
J. O. Olson, J. V. Lydick, Copper Riv
er railroad official; Harry W. Achi
son, Alaska bank cashier; I. D. Bo
gart, business man and brother to Jas.
S. Bogart of Seward; T. M. Donohue,
attorney; K. Hawley, Otto Irenson, L.
Harpole, U. S. Commissioner; Mr.
Landy, Lee Smalley, J. N. Steffens, R.
J. Partai, H. Dumare, J. B. Carlyle,
king of the snow rotaries; Dr. Briggs,
dentist; E. M.M Saari, railroad em
ploye, K. E. Frawley and C. A. Ed
wards.
ROCKEFELLER
AND FORD BACK
ARCTIC VENTURE
RICHARD E. BYRD, OF M’MILLAN
EXPEDITION, WILL TRY TO
FIND LAND IN NORTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30. (JP)—
Lieutenant Commander Richard E. j
Byrd, of Winchester, Virginia, who
commanded the navy section of the
McMillan expedition is organizing an
independent expedition to explore the
Arctic from the air.
Those who have pledged themselves
to finance the expedition include John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., Edsel Ford, and
other notables, each offering twenty
thousand dollars.
Although it is not his plan tc com
pete with the Wilkins expedition, the
Commander will hunt for land between
Alaska and the Pole, and may make
an attempt to reach the pole. Byrd’s
primary object is to explore lands be
tween Greenland, Canada and Alaska,
and the pole, using Spitzbergen or
Etah for a base.
MAURICE FOLEY
WILL INHERIT
TEN THOUSAND
NEW YORK LAWYER SEARCHING
FOR STAMPEDER—FEAR HE
IS DEAD
SEATTLE, Jan. 30. (£>)—John J.
Dwyer, attorney of Wall Street, New
York, is in this city making a search
for Maurice Foley, who has been left
ten thousand dollars.
Foley is believed to have come to
Seattle during the Klondike rush and
fears are expressed he died in the
north.
WOOD’S POWERS WIDENED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30 (£>)—
The powers of General Wood as gov
ernor general of the Philippines will
be widened under plans made public
here today.
GIRLS STOLEN BY BANDITS
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Jan. 30 (£>)—
Robberies were confessed and a new
method in banditry revealed today.
Two pretty girls were taken along to
throw pursuers off the track and to
prevent them from shooting into the
car. "*
TUGS SUCCORED BY PLANES
MUSKEGON, Mich., Jan. 30 (/?)—
Coal and food supplies were dropped
today from an airplane upon the decks
of two tugs stranded a mile off shore.
NEW REGULATION'
PROMULGATED
IN COAL LEASES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30 (£>)—
The Department of Interior has
amended Alaska regulations in coal
leases, which make it easier to open
up coal mines in surveyed territory
and became effective ten days ago.
The regulations provide for a bond
from the coal lessees of $10,000 if the
investment is over $50,000, and $5,000
if the investment is $50,000 or less. It
requires a continuing bond of $5000
after the investment is made as a
guarantee of compliance with the
terms of the lease.
The general land office believes that
these regulations will make, it easier
for miners.
Previous regulations required a
bond equal to half the prospective an
nual expenditure under the lease.
F. J. FINN HAVING GREAT |
TIME VISITING CALIFORNIA |
F. J. Finn, proprietor of the Alaska
Cafe, who left here a month or so ago
to spend the winter in California,
writes that he is having a great time
and that he has seen several Alaskans
on his trip, including Ray O. Lewis,
who is with the Western Loan and 1
Savings Co. Mr. Lewis will be thru
the territory this summer. He also
met T. B. McGrath in Los Angeles
and they had quite a time together.
Mr. McGrath predicts a better tourist
season than last year and looks for a
large influx of vieitors. Mr. Finn will :
return from his trip about the 1st of
March and will reopen his business. 1
Mr. Finn will leave this week on a vis- ;
it to Chas. Benson and E. Whittemore
at Tia Juana and from there will
leave for Seattle.
ALASKABRINGS
145 PASSENGERS
THIS TRIP NORTH
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SEATTLE, Jan. 30 (£>)—'The steam
ship Alaska sailed this morning at 9
o’clock with 145 passengers, including
the following for Sewrard: H. Taylor,
Art Shonbeck, Miss D. E. Berry, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Reed, A. Lundberg, i
Mrs. J. E. Youell, Harlen Youell, Wm. j
look, Mrs. m. unamour, jas. ouuyei, (
C. D. McCauley, James McCauley, W. j
McCauley, R. H. Dodson, Charles Cur- j
tis and wife, Benjamin Fisher, Wm.
Wiig, John Runkell, T. B.* McGrath,
Frankie McGarvey, Mrs. L. McGarvey
and three steerage.
OLMSTED TRIAL
ADJOURNED TIL
MONDAY NEXT
TIME GIVEN TO PERMIT PROSE
CUTION TO CONDENSE RE
MAINDER EVIDENSE
SEATTLE, Jan. 30. (£>)—'The Olm
sted trial adjourned until Monday to
permit the prosecution to condense
the remainder of , their evidence.
Fryant testified that W. E. Boling,
airplane manufacturer, ordered five
cases of choice liquor. Fryant said
shortly after Mayor Brown returned
to Seattle in July, 1924, Olmsted tele
phoned Thompson, “We are losing a !
lot of business by holding up deliver
ies on these fellows. "We have got to
get some new plants near the city
with several hundred cases in each
so we won’t hold them up.”
I uimsieu uruve uut? uj. ms ouyyiji
'trucks when help Was scarce, Fryant
| said conversations showed.
POWERFUL RAILROAD
COMBINATION IS ON
—
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. (TP)—A new
! powerful railroad combination with
| a gateway from Chicago into the
1 highly competitive districts of the
i southwest appears a probability thru
the strategy of Wall Street bankers
: in the union of the Strauss San Fran
I cisco and the Chicago' Rock Island
j and Pacific railway companies. It
was foreshadowed yesterday with the
! announcement that the Frisco had
! purchased a large stock interest in
; the Rock Island.
The two roads have a combined
; trackage of more than 12,000 miles
and aggregate assets of $875,000,000.
! The road would be the largest in
; the world in mileage.
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I Dr. W. B. Chase of Cordova, who
| has been visiting in the States for
the last two months, arrived at Ju
neau from Seattle, on the steamer
Victoria, where he will attend the
coming of the Territorial Game Com
mission of which he is a member.
SNOW MOTORS
NOT PRACTICAL,
BE ABANDONED
PARTY NOT SO CONFIDENT OVER
FEASIBILITY AFTER SEEING
OBSTACLES FIRST HAND
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 30 (/?)—'The Wil
kins Exploration Party in charge of
the present exploration trip to the
north pole, left Fairbanks today for
Nenana. It is believed serious con
sideration is given by the party to
abandon the snow motors and use air
planes to carry the supplies to Point
Barrow. This consideration is the re
sult of a road commission conference
during which it was pointed out the
motors will be exposed to graver and
ice overflows, grades on the route said
to be much greater than anticipated,
fuel and oil consumption which will ex
ceed two or three times the estimate.
Dog teams just out of the Koyuku
reported they were delayed several
days on account of overflows.
INAUGURATE AIR SERVICE
MOSCOW, Jan. 30. (#*)—'The Soviet
government will inaugurate air ser
vice between Kem and Solovetsky
Island in the frozen White sea for
the purpose of transporting soviet
exiles 10 a monasiery on me lsianu
which has ben converted into an ex
ile prison.
WILL VISIT U. S.
STOCKHOLM; Jan. 30. (/P)—1The
Swedish Crown Prince and Princess
will visit the United States this year
for Swedish and American festivals
and have mapped out extensive itin
erary beginning May 18th.
S. S. VICTORIA IN
PORT FROM SEATTLE
Passing betwix and between the re*
cent heavy storms which have been
sweeping over the Alaska Gulf, the
S.S. Victoria, under the command of
Captain C. V. Westerland, arrived in
port this morning at 6:30 o’clock,
marking the completion of what was
really one of the finest voyages in
many months. Capt. Westerland has
relieved Capt. Davis, w’ho was on the
bridge on the last voyage.
A small list of reservations mark
ed the vessel’s arrival in Seward not
more than twelve people in all
disembarking here. The Victoria will
discharge about 250 tons of cargo to
day of which over 200 tons is billed
to The Alaska Railroad. The vessel
departs for Seattle at midnight, to
night.
PECULIAR HAPPENING
ON BEACH NEAR JUNEAU
There was a peculiar happening
on the beach beginning at a point
100 feet north of the Standard Oil
dock last Saturday when a portion
of the beach and channel bank
about 150 feet in length and 20 feet
back disappeared into the-sea. Pre
vious to the slide there was a sandy
beach where there is now something
like six fathoms of water. As the
slide was a quarter of a mile south
of the A. J. rock dump it cannot be
attributed to pressure and one theory
advanced is that it may have been
caused by a subterranean stream fed
from the mountain back of the beach
and ‘ that the recent heavy rains
caused it to go on a rampage. An
other theory is that it "was the re
sult of an earthquake but the latter
is not feasible, there having been
! nothing of that nature experienced
| in this locality lately. Anyway, a
strip of beach and bank 20 feet wide
and 150 feet in length is now be
neather 50 fet of salt water.—Strol
ler's Weekly.