VOLUME XIX NUMBER 163
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
BRYAN WITHDRAWS
FROM NEBRASKA
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
ATLANTIC CITY, July 12.—Char
les W. Bryan spent a few hours this
afternoon in Washington, where he
met his brother William J., after
which he left for Lincoln, Neb., to
withdraw from the race for governor.
During the session of the democratic
convention Bryan was renominated
by the Nebraska Farmer Labor party
for governor.
ONLY ONE FINGER MARK
NEEDED FOR IDENTITY
LONDON, July 12—A new terror to
the criminal fraternity has arisen with
the discovery of a fingerprint system
which will make it possible for crimi
nals to be identified by one finger
print only, as against te* now requir
ed.
The new system is the discovery of
C. S. Collins, head of the finger print
department of Scotland Y'ard, inter
nationally known British police head
quartet's .
FOUR DEAD FROM
EATING RIPE OLIVES
BILLINGS, Mont., July 10—Paul
Ache, an oil operator, his wife and
son, Paul, jr„ are dead from eating
ripe olives.
Thomas C. Gillespie, a Yale stu
dent died last night from eating ripe
olives.
ALASKA BISHOP WILL VISIT
PARISHES WITH DOG TEAM
SEATTLE, July 12—When the Rt.
Rev. Peter T. Rowe, bishop of the
Episcopal church in Alaska, reaches
Point Barrow this summer it will be
the first time he has made an official
visit within the arctic circle for three
years .
Preparations have been made by the
Bishop to sail on the last Victoria for
Nome, leaving July 5th, and thence
to'Point Barrow on the revenue cutter
Bear.
After a call at Point Barrow Bishop
Rowe will travel by dog team south
ward crossing the mountains and trav
ersing the Yukon and Tanana rivers,
* visiting his white and native congrega
tions along the route. He expects to
be absent from Seattle all next winter
making this trip.
Donohoe and Mrs. Troy
National Committeemen
NEW YORK. July 12.—T. J. Dono
hoe of Cordova and Mrs. John Troy
of Juneau were selected as the Alas
ka members of the new Democratic
National Committee.
For the State of Washington Ed
Christensen and Mrs. Ed Christian
were re-elected.
STARR SAILS MONDAY P. M.
The steamship Starr will sail some
time Monday afternoon for Bristol
Bay points.
Masonic picnic tomorrow, Mile 23.
r K AN AT AK LOOKS FOR GIGANTIC
OIL RUSH IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Residents of Kanatak look for a gi
gantic oil stampede as soon as the
^ Standard rig taps the vast reservoirs
supposed to be underlying all the sur
rounding region. And that there is
foundation for their belief is shown by
the rig now being in the oil sands, the I
penetration of the oil stream being the
matter of but a short time. Those of
us who have witnessed a gold stam
pede know what will happen when the
news of the strike is radiod out to the
world. Hundreds upon hundreds of
eager investors will flock to the new
field ancl these will be the usual camp
followers anxious for a sure thing,
who will make a city out of a <famp.
In case oil is tapped in any consid
erable quality at the Standard wells,
one of the first acts of the company
will be to construct pipe lines to salt
water ,and erect vast storage tanks to
hold the precious fluid. In case a
safe harbor cannot be had at Kanatak,
and there is no reason why one can
not be made by the construction of a
seawall, the shipping point will prob
ably be Wide Bay. This is a small har
V>r to the westward, nearly landlock
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Vice President Says
Is Hardshell Baptist
NEW YORK, July 12.—Charles W.
Bryan when questioned today about
his religious belief, said he was not
a member of any church but wished
to be classed as a Baptist, which was
his wife’s church.
EXCURSION TOMORROW
BE ABSOLUTELY FREE
The excursion given by the local
Masons tomorrow to Mile 23, Roose
velt, will be one of t-he most suc
cessful events of the seaon. Several
stunts will be pulled off, such as a
pie eating contest against time by
prominent grocers. A balloon ascen
sion and parachute drop; automobile
races, baseball games and special
stunts will keep the crowd amused.
A porcupine dinner will be served
If you get stuck on porcupine meat
don’t blame the Masons. EveD the
town grouch will smile, if his face
doesn’t crack. The train will leave
Seward at 10 sharp tomorrow morn
ing. Coffee, lemonade, ice cream and
dishes will be furnished, but lunch
must be taken by the crowd. Mrs.
Lawiug *?an feed a limited number,
and will have tables and chairs for
the crowd. All children are espe
cially requested to come. The fare
is free.
Bryan and Brothers
Dine with J. W. Davis
NEW YORK, July 0—Candidate
Walter Bryan and his brother, Wil
liam Jennings, dined with J. W.
Davis at the Polk residence today.
GIRL WHO SET FIRE TO
SCHOOL IS SENTENCED
LOS ANGELES, July 12—Josephine
Bartholome, 16, who confessed to the
firing of the Hope Development school
at Playa Del Rey, near here, May 31,
when twenty-four persons were suffo
cated or burned to death will be sent
for five years to the Sonoma state
home at Eldridge, Sonoma county, ac
cording to an announcement late yes
terday by District Attorney Asa Keys.
TWO MEET DEATH WHEN •
AUTO PLUNGES THRU RAIL
TACOMA, July 12—Plunging with
| their automobile from a viaduct fifty
feet high at such a speed that their
car landed 100 yards beyond the point
where they went through the railing
Quinto Raffaneli was almost instantly
killed and L. R. Cummings was taken
to the hospital early this morning in
a dying condition. Both men are from
Tacoma and about 35 years old.
INJUNCTION AGAINST
I. W. W. IS SUSTAINED
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12—An in
junction of the superior court of Sac
i-amento county penalizing member
ship in the I .W. W. and all activities
o fthat organization, either in Sacra
mento county or any part of the state,
was upheld yesterday by the state su
preme court.
ed at the upper end, and with a depth
of water sufficient for all draft ves
sels.
The town proper is located on a
small lagoon at the head of horseshoe
bay, and consists of the new town built
by the oil boomers, and the native
town, inhabited by the primitive abor
iginee, whose commercial value to the
community must yet be proven. 9
Among the early boomers to an
nounce their faith in Kanatak and es
tablish businesses there were Gabriel
Santos, who formerly conducted a res
taurant in Seward, and is in the same
business in Kanatak; Robert McIntosh,
merchant; Derrick Lane, realtor; Ed
Maddox, who runs a pool hall; Chas.
Madsen, merchant, H. N. Evans, mer
chandise and fur, and several others.
These men have gone on thru all the
depressions attending the uncertainties
of clrilling and have shown their faith
by keeping up their stocks and boost
ing unanimously for the camp.
Kanatak today is well advertised
and hundreds of investors are only
waiting for the viscid fluid to hit the
derrick blocks before hurrying to par
ticipate in the latest strike.
AMERICAN AVIATORS
• IN CONSTANTINOPLE
_
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, July j
12.—The American round ihe world
flyers arrived here today from
Bagdad.
The trio of planes will hop off to
day lor Bucharest.
GREAT NORTHERN PLANS
TO ELECTRIFY ITS LINE
SEATTLE, July 12—Electrification
of the western section of the Great
Northern railway, when finally gotten
underway, will pyobably begin with
the 89-mile section spanning the Cas- j
cade Range between Wenatchee and
Skykomish, at an approximate cost of
$4,000,000, L. C. Gilman, vice presi
dent of the system, announced today.
“We have been considering electrifi- i
cation of our lines from Seattle to j
Spokane, via. Everett, for some time
and the beginning of work depends
upon future conditions,’ Mr. Gilman
said.
ALASKA SAILS TODAY
158 EXCURSIONISTS
SEATTLE, July 12—The steamship
Alaska sailed north this morning with
271 aboard including 158 excursionists
and Seward passengers as follows:
Mrs. Ida V. Conrad, Mrs. Ona McIn
tosh, W. P. M. Dale, E. E. Theisen,
Max Cappers, Mrs. Ashford, Mrs. S.
N. Cappers, Rev. Maysla and wife,
C. G. Brown, C. F. Whitman, C. San
ford, Mrs. Chenrath, G. A£le and wife,
F. Sehlitz, N. P. Hartlet, Mary Riff,
Mrs. M. Mead, Miss Y. Goller, Miss
R. Claus, Mrs. F. B. Simpson, D. Bel
gerwood, E. J. Mono, Miss L. F. Fad
um and 17 steerage.
ADVOCATES KILLING
SUB-NORMAL BABIES
TORONTO, July 12—The chloro
j forming of mentally sub-normal child
ren who “cannot be socialized,” was
advocated by Superintendent K. C.
McLeod of Edmonton, at a conference
of the Canadian Association of Child
Protection Officers.
“Then take the parents who produce
! that type of child,” he added, “and
i make it impossible for them to add
j to the country’s population of unfits.”
OLD TIMER MAKES
TRIP DOWN YUKON
Thirty-seven years ago F. L. Mof
fatt, of Chillicothe, Texas, made a
trip down the Yukon in 1887, long be
fore the Klondike was discovered and
before the first prospector went into
the Tanana. Mr. Moffatt went to
Juneau in 1884 and drifted over to
the Yukon in 18S7. He floated down
the Yukon with two companions, men
named Powell and Brown and trav
eled up the Kokukuk river 400 miles
in search of gold.
There were no white habitations
along the river in those days and j
| the Indians had no homes such as
j they have today, living in rude brush
hogans, which were occupied a few
months in the summer. Settlements
such as Circle, Rampart and Tanana
were then new camps.
This year Mr. Moffatt made an
other trip down the river, and will
arrive in Seward tomorrow on his
way home to Texas. He has greatly
enjoyed the trip but finds conditions
greatly changed.
PULQUE, NATIONAL DRINK
IN MEXICO, TO BE BANNED
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MEXICO CITY, July 12—Mexico’s
national beverage, pulque, is soon to
be placed under a ban according to a
new government policy, which is also
reflected in the platforms of two rival
candidates for the presidency.
Consumption of the seductive bever
age is widespread. The barren lands
on which nothing else will bloom are
luxuriant with the maguey plant. A
hollow is fashioned in the center and
into this quite a quantity of sap ac
cumulated. Natives gather it industri
ously and permit to femient. Within a
few days it is on the market, selling
so cheaply it is known as the poor
man’s drink.
It looks like milk and tastes like
apple cider. The alcoholic content is
usually about three per cent, but there
is some other ingredient which pro
duces a drowsiness like a drug.
The government believes the aboli
tion of pulque would be of tremendous
benefit to the natives and the nation.
M’ADOO AND HEARST
MAY FORM NEW PARTY
NEW YORK, July lO.—The World
today prints a story to the effect
that McAdoo and Hearst may form
a new party.
STOCK DISEASE IS
NEARLY WIPED OUT
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11—|
L oot and mouth uisease in Cal tornia
has been eradicated almost completely
department of agriculture officials an
nounced today. Except for occa-;
sional flare-ups, the outbreak is so
effectively under control that restrict
ions on tourists and automobile travel,
within the state have either been re
moved or so modified that there is
practically no delay or inconvenience, i
Dr .John R .Mohler, chief of the bu- |
reau of animal industry, who has di- !
rected the fight against the disease, is ;
in California to observe the situation j
and confer with federal and state offi
cials.
ALASKA MAY GET
HIGHWAY EXTENSION
ACT THIS YEAR
Extension to Alaska of the provi
sions of the Federal Highway Act
will make available for the Territory
about two million a year for highway
construction; such extension is in
cluded in the deficiency bill, all the
items of which have been approved
by the house and senate, and it is
likely that this measure will be the
first one passed when congress
meets in the late fall.’
This is the encouraging report
brought to Seattle recently by J. J.
Underwood, Washington representa
tive of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, according to the Seattle
Weekly. Mr. Underwood did splen
did work in the matter of the ex
tension of the Highway Act to take
in Alaska.
Another item in the deficiency bill
is one appropriating $172,000 for high
way development for Mt. McKinley
National Park.
M’ADOO SAILS FOR
EUROPE TOMORROW
NEW YORK, July 12.—William G.
McAdoo, who sails for Europe tomor
row called on John W. Davis, the
democratic nominee late this after
noon.
“DANCER’S HEART” IS
LATEST MALADY OUT
LONDON, July 11—One of the most
fashionable complaints of the moment
is a dancer’s heart, according to advic
es from medical sources. The craze
for dancing at all hours and between
the courses of meals, is having an ef
fect on the most energetic. A visit to
the doctor produces the advice: “You
have dancer’s heart. You are suffering
from overstrain. There is only one
thing to do, rest for weeks, and no
more dancing for months.”
Ambassador Hanihara
Has Been Recalled
WASHINGTON, July 12.—Ambas
sador Hanihara, ostensibly on leave,
left Washington this afternoon for
Japan, never to return.
Japan recalled the ambassador for
not being able to prevent the pas
sage of obnoxious immigration laws.
DAWSON WINTER ROUTE
IS TO BE CHANGED
DAWSON, July 1—The Council of
Yukon Terri to ry has voted to change
its present historic winter trail, White !
horse to Dawson, via. Crooked river,'
thus making the main trail 26 miles
nearer Mayo and a closer route from
Mayo to Dawson.
ARCHERY CRAZE HITS SEWARD
The archery craze has hit Seward
and many of the youngsters are busy
making bows and arrows.
Counterfeit fifty dollar bills are
being circulated but there is no dan
ger of a printer getting hold of any.
WASHINGTON, July 12.— The
Coolidge funeral party arrived home
this morning.
NEW YORK, July 12.—Samuel
Gompers is improving, his secretary
announced late this afternoon.
Appropriations For 1
Extension New Road
The Alaska Road commission has
been notified by the Secretary oi
Agriculture that $95,000 has been ap
propriated to extend the present road :
at Skagway to connect with the old
Brackett road. Work will start as
soon as arrangements can be made.
PORTLAND BUSINESS
MAN VISITS SEWARD
Mr. F. N. Warren, who passed thru
Seward on the last trip of the Redon
do, was entertained while here by
Captain Johansen of the Steamer,
Starr, Mr. Warren in addition to be
ing heavily interested in the Salmon i
industry in Alaska, is one of the most;
prominent of Portland business men,!
being Chairman of Lhc Pert of 1 ort- |
lanu commission.
Mr .Waren stated jwhi’e here, that
it would pay any of the business men
cf Seward making- the trip to the
Westward, to take the time if possible,
and visit the headwaters of the West
ern salmon streams, and see to what
extent the “Western” packers had
gone to protect the Salmon by clean
ing up these streams and removing
the trout, which are so destructive to
the spawn. Mr. Warren stated that
they had cut open trout with twelve or
fourteen small salmon spawn in their
stomachs, and ',hat the trout in a few
hours would digest these and dig down
into the gravel, destroying th» spawn
as they came out into the streams.
The packers to the westward on their
own initiative have been spending ap
proximately £15,000 per year in the
work .
Remarking of the legislation just
passed for 're preservation of salmon
thru restricted areas, and the power
of the Secretary of Commerce to reg
ulate methods of catching and amount
of catch, Mr. Warren stated that he
believed it would help to conserve the
salmon, provided the war on the nat
ural enemies of the salmon, and tue
cart tf the salmon streams was not
neglected. No individual is more con
cerned in perpetuating the salmon ii -
d us try ,than the packer, said Mr. War
ren. He has made a tremendous invest
ment. and annually makes a great out
lay of funds to catch, can and market
salmon, and the:r oe-truction would
nean a complete to him, for the
i vvestments that have been made in
this ndustry, would thereby become a
tola' loss; there would remain noth
ing that could » nev or salvaged
Mr. Warren complimented highly,
the initiative of the Seward business
men, in seeing first hand the condi
tions to the westward, and was very
optimistic over the possibilities of
Seward’s future, stating that we were
ideally located to become the metrop
olis of Alaska and that he would lend I
us all assistance possible in any mat
ters wherein we desired outside as
sistance. He said he woud^ immediately
bring any pressure he ccfild to assist
local residents and mariners coming
into this port in getting better ship
to shore service thru radio stations,
and would probably see some of the
Sewardites on their arrival in Bristol
Bay.
Three coaches will be used in car
rying picnickers to Mile 23 tomor
row. Take your lunch, Fare is free.
Train leaves the depot at 10 sharp
on the Masonic picnic tomorrow. Get
aboard, it is free.
KODIAK HAS BRILLIANT FUTURE
SAYS VISITOR TO ISLAND CITY
No town in Alaska has a better fu- i
ture ahead of it than Kodiak,” remark- j
ed a commercial man to the Gateway
this week, following a visit to the Is
land metropolis. “Resources in fishing,
grazing, farming and other industries
are unlimited and have scarcely been
touched. At every port we stopped on
Kodiak island we noticed particularly
the steady increase in population over
last year. And ,as a commercial trav
eler representing one of the standard
staples, let me say right here that Ko
diak is the one camp to the westward
whose purchase of goods in my line
has increased. Were I a young man I
would acquire property at Kodiak and
sit back and let it grow into riches for
me. Land to the westward will be
worth money in the near future. I
look for the hills around Kodiak to be
covered with herds of sheep and rein
deer within a very short time.”
DISGRACE BROUGHT ON
NATION BY DISREGARD
OF PROHIBITION LAWS
WASHINGTON, July 12.—The as
sertion that a humiliating disgrace
tas been brought upon the nation by
:he disregard of the prohibition law
ay a relatively small number of pub
ic officials is made in a resolution
idopted by the Federal Council of
Churches.
STARR WILL BE PACKED
WHEN SHE SAILS MON.
When the steamship Starr sails
Monday she will be packed with ex
cursionists and passengers en route
to the Far West. The Seward Cham
ber is going in force and will have
the time of their lives. Leon Urbach
will occupy the nut house, having
been assigned cabin No. 1; Orlander,
Hannon and Selby have quarters in
the brig. Charles Hinde has fitted
up a cozy corner in life boat number
two; Oscar Anderson has decorated
his shinbones an ultramarine blue and
will be kept from the first table un
til the other passengers have a
chance. Art Shonbeck is taking along
the latest in Ford lngerie, neat but
not gaudy; Ray Larson will have the
badges won at the latest trap shoot
and Doc Edmunds will be kept busy
telling the ladies the latest Seattle
jokes, dry but expensive.
If Capt. Johansen returns with
three gray hairs where one grew be
fore, lay it to his anxiety to get the
bunch back safely. If the crowd gets
by Kodiak safely they still have Andy
Grosvold at Sand Point to reckon
with.
SMITH COMMENTS ON
NOMINATION DAVIS
NEW YORK, July 12.—Asked again
to comment on Davis’s nomination,
Gov. Smith said: “They charged
that McAdoo had the smallpox, that
I had the diphtheria so they took a
man with the whooping cough.”
WALSH FILES FOR SENATE
HELENA, Mont., July 12.—Senator
Walsh of Montana has filed for re
nomination to the Senate on the
Democratic ticket.
NORTHWESTERN DUE TONIGHT
The steamship Northwestren is due
1n port about 11 o'clock tonight, ac
cording to reports received by Agent
Flickinger.
STEAMER BUFORD BE
HERE AUGUST FIRST
A letter has been received by the
Seward Chamber of Commerce from
Mr. J. C. Ogden, Vice-President of the
Alaskan-Siberian Navigation Com
pany, informing them that the steam
er “Bufcrd” will sail from San Fran
cisco on July 23rd., and from Seattle
July 26th., for Seward, Akutan, Dutch
Harbor and the Pribilofs, St. Michael,
Nome, East Cape, Siberia, etc.
The Buford will carry many excur
sionists making the Arctic cruise, the
same as last year and will pick up at
any port mentioned passengers for
the balance of the trip, and will ac
cept any freight offered for these
points ,at rates exactly the same as
the other lines.
Continuing he declared that the cli
mate at Kodiak was fine in the winter
and superb in summer .1 know men
who have spent the greater part of
a quarter century on Kodiak island
who are more vigorous today than
younger men in the states.”
“Kodiak has an agricultural station
that is making rapid strides in show
ing the world the fertility of her soil,
and the advantages of the island as a
grazing center cannot be overestimat
ed. With the establishment of a
Standard Oil station at Kodiak many
small boats will be placed in operation
and the fishing banks lying virtually
at the door of the town, assure an in
creasing payroll. I may be preju
diced, but Kodiak to me looks like a
commercial center of importance,
which has been overlooked by capital
investing in the Territory.”