HEUMDD Ukly Estemscy
VOLUME XIX.
NUMBER 91.
SEWARD, ALASKA* WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1924
PRICE, TEN CENTS
TO PREVENT THE
ESCAPE OF GONVICTE
SALEM, April 16—Five convicts
who escaped from the Oregon state
penitentiary last week are still at
large, Reports received by Warden
Dalrymple indicated that the men arc
in the area north and south of Aums
ville, a town about sixteen miles south
east of here. Men believed to have
escaped from the penitentiary, enter
ed a store at Aumsville and stole some
small change, bread and other food,
according to a report received by the
wa rden.
William Johnson, one of the six who
made their escape is back in prison
today, having been captured late yes
terday.
At ten this morning possemen re
ported they believed they had some of
the convicts surrounded in the woods
between Aumsville and the Santiam
river, five miles south. All bridges ac
ross the river are under heavy guard.
WOODS DOES NOT
FAVOR GRANTING
FILIPINOS FREEDOM
MANILA, April 16—To grant oypr
twelve million Filipinos freedom now
would be heartless betrayal of our
trust, Governor General Wood cabled
Secretary Weeks u Washington, con
cerning conditions in the Islands.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 16—Mach
inery for combatting the foot and
mouth plague, now epidemic in Cali
fornia, went into operation today with
the departure for their respective
states of representative stockmen
whose three-day conference here which
adjourned yesterday resulted in the
creation of a stringent quarantine pro
gram to prevent the spread of that
disease.
By 1he terms of the quarantine all
movements of livestock will be under
the ligid supervision of federal and
-tate inspecto1.'.
Fifty Thousand Head of
California Stock Killed
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 16.—G. H.
H* eke. head of the State department
oi agriculture announced tonight that
50,000 head of catle, hogs and sheep
have been killed in California on ac
count of the hoof and mouth disease.
—
Forty Cases of Influenza
in Sheldon Jackson School
SITKA, Apr. 15.—Over forty cases
of influenza are reported in the Shel
don Jackson School, with three of
the teachers also suffering from the
same malady. A large number of
cases of influenza are reported in
Sitka.
DESTROYER J. D. FORD
DEPARTURE DELAYED
PARAMASHURI ISLAND
TOKYO, Apr. 16.—A gale prevented
the departure of the U. S. destroyer
John D. Ford for Paramashuri island
with supplies for the American avi
ators. The Ford is now anchored in
Hitokappa bay, Yetorofu island, and
with the U. S. S. Pope will continue
northward when the weather im
proves. Three Japanese destroyers
have joined the American vessels.
Ice floes having made the proposed
landing place of Bettobu inaccessible
to the supply ships the Japanese gov
ernment has consented to permit the
airmen to land in Hitokappu Bqy
instead.
Claude Shea received his appoint
ment on last night’s boat as special
agent for the prevention cf the sale
of liquor to Indians, succeeding Dr.
J. Liudley Greene. Mr. Shea's head
quarters will be in Seward,
Coast Survey Steamers
on Way to Westward
SEATTLE, Apr. 16.—The Coast
Survey steamships Discoverer, com
mander Garner, and the Pioneer,
| commanded by Capt. Luckens, sailed
today, the Discoverer for Southwest
(i'ii Alaska, where it will begin a
’ survey of Kodiak island, an i the Pio
Duetr for False Pass and Pavloi bay.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15—
As passed by the House of Represen
tatives last week, the Army Appro
priation bill carried an item of $650,
1 000 for the next fiscal year to be ex-!
pended by the Alaska Road Commis
j sion on roads and trails in the Terri- j
tory. This is the amount approved
by the Bureau Budget and is identical j
with that appropriated by Congress
1 for the current fiscal year.
Col. James G. Steese, who has been 1
' chairman of the Commission for the
past four years, has been appointed
by President Coolidge as Engineer of
ficer on the Commission, succeeding
Col. John C. Gotwals.
The Alaska Road Commission had
; not hoped to get any increase from the
House over the amount recommended
by the Budget, according to advices
received here from reliable sources. It
| is known, however, that Col. Steese,;
whose estimates called for $1,500,000
for next year, hopes to be able to get
a substantial increase in the Senate,
i Col Gotwals will appear before the
Senate committee in support of the
Commission’s estimates.
While no word has been received j
relative to the retirement of Col/nel
J. C. Gotwals, from the Commission,
the above Associated Press dispatch
indicates he will not return to Alaska.
It was known that his four-year-term
of duty with the Commission would
expire early this summer and it was
considered doubtful if he would be al-,
lowed to remain longer away from
the Corps of Engineers. The appoint
ment of Col. Steese as Engineer Of
ficer consolidates that position with
tha*- of Chairman of the Commission.
TIFLIS, Republic of Georgia, April
16—Professor Fedoiow of Petrograd
! recently announced that the poles
have been set in motion and predicted
in conseuence that the Arctic Ocean
would overflow all of Europe. This
prophecy inspired terror among the
peasants of the northern Caucusus
| which Soviet officials have not been
able to allay. There are general pil
| grimages to churches ,and wholesale
preparations are being made for the
i universal destruction which is believed
to be eminent in Europe.
Admiral Peary in Port
With Gasoline and Oil
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The freighter Admiral Peary arriv- (
ed in port last night with a load of .
gasoline and oil for the Standard Oil i
company. The Admiral Peary will j
leave Seward for Seldovia Kodiak and
Anchorage, being beached at Anchor
age and a new propellor installed.
The big freighter is being towed by
the sea-going tug Humaconna, hav- \
ing stripped her blades in a recent ]
gale.
The Admiral Peary is one of the {
finest freighters entering this port, 1
being electrically equipped and with 1
extra large staterooms. Mr. Poolev <
is purser. t
HEARINGS RESUMED BY ;
SENATE COMMITTEE«
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 t]—Hearings
were resumed by the Senate Oil corn
u.ittee today, which listened to a re- c
ei al of the Naval oil leases from D c
A. Alillrick of the general land office.
YESTERDAY'S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN—Fresh halibut 31 f
and 5. c
J UNEAU—Fresh halibut 1 and 5; \
salmon 18 and 8.
UNITE AGIST BILL
BY DEL. SUTHERLAND
SEATTLE, Apr. 16.—The National
Canneries Association, composed of
cannerynten of Seattle, San Francis
co, Portland and Alaska this after
noon began a systematic bombard
ment. through bankers, business men
and cannery operators, of Congress
and President Coolidge, protesting
against Delegate Sutherland’s amend
ments to the White Bill, which they
declare will ruin the Alaska fisheries
in case they are adopted.
The amended bill as amended by
Delegate Sutherland is as follows:
“A bill for the protection of the fish
eries of Alaska, and for other pur
poses,
“Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, that for the purpose of pro
tecting and conserving the fisheries of
the United States in all waters of Al
aska the Secretary of Commerce from
time to time may set apart and re
serve fishing areas in any of the wat
ers of Alaska over which the United
States has jurisdiction and within such
areas may establish closed seasons
during which fishing may be limited
or prohibited as he may prescribe. Un
der this authority to limit fishing in
any area so set apart and reserved
the Secretary may (a) fix the size
and character of nets ,boats, traps, or
other pear and appliances to be used
therein; (b) limit the catch of fish
to be taken from any area; (c) make
such regulations as to time, means,
methods, and extent of fishing as such
fishing area and during the time fish
ing is prohibited therein it shall be
unlawful to fish therein or to operate
therein any boat, seine, trap or other
gear or apparatus for the purpose of
taking fish; and from and after the
creation of any such fishing area in
which limited fishing is permitted
such fishing shall be carried on only
during the time, in the manner, to the
extent, and in conformity with such
rules and regulations as the Secretary
prescribes under the authority herein
given; Provided, That every such
regulation made by the Secretary of
Commerce shall be of general appli
cation within the particular area to
which it applies, and that no exclusive
or several right of fishery shall be
granted therein, nor shall any citizen
of the United States be denied the
right to take, prepare ,cure, or pre
serve fish or shellfish in any area of
the waters of Alaska where fishing is
permitted by the Secretary of Com
merce. The right herein given to es
tablish fishing areas and to permit
limited fishing therein shall not apply
to any creek, stream, liver or other
oodies of water in which fishing is
prohibited by specific provision of
this act, but the Secretary of Com
merce through the creation of such
ireas and the establishment of closed
seasons may further extend the re
strictions and limitations imposed up
>n fishing by specific provisions of
this or any other Act of Congress.
Sec. 2. In all creeks, streams, or
_ hrwlios nf water
n Alaska, over which the United
States has jurisdiction, in which sal
non run, and in which now or hereaf
er there exist racks, gateways, or
>ther means by which the number in
i run may be counted or estimated
vith substantial accuracy, there shall
>e allowed an escapement of not less
han fifty per centum of the total
lumber thereof. In such waters the
aking of more than 50 per centum of
he run of such fish is hereby prohib
ted . It is hereby declared to be the
ntent and policy of Congress that in
ill waters of Alaska in which salmon
un there shall be an escapement of
iot less than 50 per centum thereof,
md if in any year it shall appear to
he Secretary of Commerce that the
un of fish in any waters has dimin
shed, or is diminishing, there shall be
equired a correspondingly increased
scapement of fish therefrom.
Sec. 3. Section 3 of the Act of
longress entitled “An Act for the pro
ection and regulation of the fisheiies
f Alaska,” approved June 26, 1906, is
mended to read as follows:
“<Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful
0 erect or maintain any dam, barri
ade, fence, trap, fish wheel, or other
ixed or stationary obstruction, ex
ept for the purpose of fish culture,
1 any of the waters of Alaska at any
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States Must Retain
Sovereignty Says Coolidge
WASHINGTON, Apr. 16.—Retention
of sovereignty by the States com
prising the Union is essential to the
maintenance founding the principles
of the nation and its government,
President Coolidge declared in an
addressing at the unveiling of the
Arizona memorial stone in the
Washington monument.
SEATTLE, Ap. 16—Attempting the
I unprecedented feat of a flight around
the world, never before essayed in the
history of mankind, means a great
deal to each of the United States army
pilots selected to prove once more Am
erica’s indomitable spirit of adven
ture and progress, Here’s what it
means for three of the fliers:
Major Frederick Martin, command
| er of the squadron of four—It means
everything to me. It’s the greatest op
portunity I’ve ever had or ever will
have.
It is a trust of signal honor which I
had hoped for but hardly expected
prior to the moment of notice that I
had been selected as one of the four,
i and to command. We are expected to
go through with it and we will.
Lieut. Leigh Wade, number three in
the squadron—It means that part of
tins globe circling by air job has been
put up to me and I’m going to put
over my share of it. I feel nothing can
stop us unless our ships are wrecked
some where while anchored for night.
My plane worked without develop*
ing a flaw all the way from Santa
Monica to Seward. Now it seems to
me there’s nothing to do but fl>
around the world. I received my com
mission for the trip the day before
Christmas, the best Christmas present
I ever had. We’ll do it.
Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, number two
in the squadron—Aside from appre
ciation of the honor of sharing in the
flight, it means to me the big step in
the advancement of commercial flying
and the ultimate conquering of the
air by passenger and freight planes.
Our flight will be successful. It will
prove that long distance flights are
practicable and safe. I am interested
in the rapid advancement of commer
cial flying, for the nation possessed
of good commercial flyers is assured
of experienced flyers in war times.
ADMIRAL WATSON HERE
ON WAY ANCHORAGE
The Admiral Watson arrived in port
about 11:30 last night and sailed short
ly afterwards for the westward. Her
passengers for Seward were:
R. S. Anderson, R. B. Green, C.
Nelson, Alfred Hendrickson, Mrs. G.
| Sexton, Henry Koford, Wm. Campbell,
| E. Long. John Abrahamson, Wm. Mal
loy, T. C. Youle and wife. Mrs. Har
riet Redwood, Mrs. E. A. Crawford
and son, J. B. Wadman, Wm. Otic O’
Neill, Robt. Collins, O. G. Herning,
and wife, Chas. Cameron and wife, L.
O. Nyberg, Mrs. Cook, Geo. Adams,
Jas. O’Donnell, Mrs. P. Swanson and
two children, E. W. Swanson, Harry
Stone, W. J. McDonald, Jno. McDon
ald, Mrs. E. B. Weybrecht, and 19
steerage.
For Anchorage—Paul Graitz, Geo.
K. Petain, P. P. Lucchini and wife,4
children, B. F. Thompson, Catherine
Metroken, Olga Zharoff, J. H. Kline
and wife, and five steerage.
For Kodia—S. W. Smith, Miss V.
Laha, Mrs. M. Paulson, E. Rosenberg,
P. J. Watkinson, John Smith, C. Fisk,
C. J. Cook.
Exclusion Amendment
Immigration Bill Passes
WASHINGTON, Apr. 16—The ex
clusion amendment to the immigra
tion bill was adopted in the Senate
this afternoon. It bars from ad
mission all Japanese except those in
ministerial or student classes.
P. M. Ogle has started teams at
work exca rating the basement for his
new garage to be erected on the cor
ner of Washington and Third streets.
It. D. Anderson, representing an
Outside dental supply company is in
town.
1J0IF. L MAUI FORCED DOWN IN
IMMEDIATE VIC INITI OF PORTAGE BAY
Major Martin and Sergt. Harvey were picked up by
the U. S. S. Corry this morning and taken to Kanatak. It
was reported that they were uninjured but a delay of two
weeks will ensue while a new motor is brought from Unal
sska and installed. The report said the plane was not dam
aged.
Comrades Search for Missing Birdman
CHIGNIK- April 1G—Three of four army planes on
the around-the-world flight arrived here late yesterday
and will backtrack 120 miles today in an effort to find their
missing commander, Martin and his mechanic staff sergt.
Alvah L. Harvey, who in the flagplane Seattle- have failed
to complete the flight from Seward.
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CORDOVA, April 16—The destroyers Corry and Hull
were in the vicinity of Seward enroute'to Bremerton, after
making soundings for the new Alaskan cable, will search
for Major Martin.
Following engine trouble developing here before start
ing yesterday, Major F. L. Martin and Sergt. Harvey were
forced down about 2:45 yesterday in the vicinity of Cape
Igvak, just west of Portage Bay. The Seattle, the flagship
in which the Major was pilot- was last seen by his compan
ions near vape LgvaK ,anci it is believed ne coasted down
into Kiglagvak bay, or else returned to Portage bay either
of which would have given him good shelter.
The destroyers Corry and Hull are proceeding at full
speed to Portage Bay and should have arrived there about
five o’clock this morning. The steamer Starr, also un
loading at Seldovia proceeded at full speed for the scene
but turned back when Capt. Johansen learned that the de
stroyers were on the way.
Planes Nos. 2, 3 and 4 arrived at Chignik about 4:35
yesterday afternoon and plane No. 2 returned on a search
for the Major but found no trace of him.
The planes on their flight yesterday instead of cross
ing the Barren island and flying over Afognak and Ko
diak, hauled directly across the inlet for the mainland
whieh they skirted until they reached Chignik.
It is believed that the crew of the Seattle is safe, as
the coast where the accident occurred is studded with bays
and estuaries, any one of which will make good shelter
provided moorings for the plane can be had. The party
was well-provided with sandwiches and hot coffee by the
ladies auxiliary, and should suffer no inconvenience as
they were dressed unusually warm.
The planes are of American design and are driven by
Liberty motors of 410 horsepower, with a speed of 105
miles per hour. They have a cruising non-stop radius of
2200 miles.
PROPOSED COAST TOl
ABANDONED 81 ORCHESTRA
PHILADELPHIA, April 16—Dis
agreement with the musicians of the
Philadelphia orchestra over a new.
wage scale has resulted in the aban-1
donment of the proposed tour of the
orchestra to the Pacific Coast next
season, Arthur Judson, the manager
announced today.
Others closely associated with the
organization said that unless the dif
ferences were adjusted, temporary
disbandment of the orchestra might
become necssary.
Mr. Judson said the present mini
mum wage rate was $30 a week. The
men at first demanded a 40 per cent
increase but later agreed to accept a
25 per cent increase.
Deal Was Made to Name
Fall Secretary Interior
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 16.—A deal
was made previous to the nomination
of Warren G. Harding for the presi
dency to make Albert B. Fall secre
tary of the department of interior,
H. W. Ballard of Los Angeles, told
the Senate Public Lands committee
today. He added that Wm. Ran
dolph Hearst and Editor Chandler of j
the Los Angeles Times would con-!
firm his statement.
Coolidge Eulogized by
Secretary State Hughes
NEW YORK, Apr. 16.—Secretary
of State Hughes in an address to
New York Republicans last night
said: “You will search in vain for
a more ideal executive than Calvin
Coolidge,” asserting that American
people would keep him in office.
Crews of the Alaska railroad j»iver
boats General Jacobs and General Jeff
Davis arrived in Seward last week on
their way to Nenana, according to in
formation received from headquarters
at Anchorage. There are nineteen men
in the party including Captains Loon
ey and Adams.
The rivermen will go north Monday
to get the two vessels ready for launch
ing in about thirty days. Master Me
chanic Ross Hale joined the party in
Anchorage and took several of the
boilermakers from the shops to as
sist in reconditioning the steamers.
Two barges at Nenana also are to be
overhauled before the breakup of the
ice on the interior rivers.
MABEL’S EX-CHAUFFEUR
ARRAIGNED FOR ATTACK
ON DINES WITH WEAPON
LOS ANGELES, April 16—Horace
Greer, former chauffeur for Mabel
Normand, film actress, accused of as
sault with intent to commit murder
m Courtland S. Dinnes, Denver oil
nan, was arraigned in Superior Judge
trail’s court today and his trial set
?or tomorrow. Greer is at liberty on
D. B. Horton, an oldtimer of the
[look Inlet section, returned on the
Vdmiral Watson from Sitka Hot
Springs where he spent the past
three months being treated for rheu
matic troubles. Mr. Horton returns
completely cured.