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VOLUME XIX. NUMBERS /
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
The palatial new steamship Yukon
arrived in port at an early hour this
morning on her initial trip. The big
liner was a day behind her schdule
owing to the press of cannery busi
ness and will not sail until some time
tonight on her return trip south.
Many old faces are seen on the
new liner, Capt. C. A. Glasscock be
ing in command, with Joe Large pur
ser.,. Her pilots are A. W. Wester
I, olflj and H. Anderson.
The personnel of the crew follows:
Engineer Officers—It. It- Bruce,
chief; F. \Y. Wilson, 1st assistant; T.
B. Eggaas, second assistant; J. C.
Cusworth, third assistant.
Radio Operators—Frank Hoseth,
chief; E. L. Gilman, second.
Freight Clerks—R. G. Coffman,
chief; G. A. Hovelson, second.
Stewards’ Department—Joe .Strol
lery chief, G. Roberts, second; Mrs.
Rogers, stewardess.
A. R. Randle, mail clerk.
Passengers arriving on the ^ ukon
J. Watson. A. F. Davis, Robert
Wood, R. H. Graham, A. Higgins, W.
Lawley, Marie Wood, Mrs. P. M. Me
Hill, Mrs. Ida Stewart, Miss M. Hugg,
Mrs. A. C. Carlson, Mrs. P. Brown,
William Darby^ G. S. Dyer, R. L. Jar
x is, G. H. Burman. George Preston.
George Preston, Jr.; Ben Olsen, N.
Sikinich, W. H. Bennett, O. Laubnei.
J. L. Ave and wife, Mrs. J. N. Nealan,
F. L. Larsen and wife, G Aarons, L.
H. Rath, L. A. Smith, H. A. Over
i'.olden Wm. Gillis, L. E. Feehby, W.
D. Sulace, P. O. Martin, 1. Enderson,
G. ('warbers; C. Lapierre, J. Krontz,
F. Gardner, Mrs. J. A. Segeant, J.
Kosiozki, S Kozloski, Miss B. Danioid
r», Marino, R. Harrie, G. Hainzinger,
E. C. Demars, L. A. Weltv, W. Tay
lor, Betty Lang, C. Beck} H. Ger
tlrum.
Round Trip Passengers—J. H. Mul
cahy and wife, J. Mulcaliy, jr., Mis.
V. Florence, Mrs. G. C. Barg, W. B.
Spague and wile, E. M. Murphy.
For Latouche—W. A. Dickey, Mrs.
J. H. Job, Mrs. J. Salatar, Earl Jae
ger, 1. Jacobson, J. C. Jacobson, H.
Sisita H. Jensen. Mrs. C. B. Hull,
Hugh Hull.
For Sawmill Bay—J. Sinclaire, H.
Hepburn, S. Youden, K. Smith, E.
Hmstead, S. Kemp, 29 sterage.
For Drier Bay—C. B. Ward, Miss
jiadys Wilding, 1 Oriental, 7 steer
ige.
The dimensions of the Yukon are
onnage 5670 gross ar.d 3515 net tons,
$00 leet long, 50 feet beam, 19.9 depth
y hold, 5?000 horsepower.
HONOLULU, May 26—Unusually
reavy steam clouds were emitted from
vilauea volcano, which is now under
going a period of great activity, thru
st yesterday. There were explosions
.vithin the crater at 2:40 p. m. and
igai,*.at 4:40 p. m. yesterday, and
our heavy earthquake shocks were
elt at Naalchu station. A flow of lava
Tom the Puna Kau opening may re
ieve the situation, it is thought.
IDHESIONADVOCATED
TO COURT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON. May 24.—Adhesion
f the United States to a permanent
ourt of International justice was in
orsed in a resolution reported to
ay by the Senate foreign relations
ommittee.
'LOT FOR ESCAPE OF
SIXTY PERSONS FROM
JAIL, FOILED BY POLICE
SEATTLE, May 26—Sheriff Matt
Harwich said that a plot for the es
ape of sixty persons was foiled yes
erday by the discovery of six spoons
nd several saws in a cell of the coun
y jail.
FOODS’ RESIGNATION DUE
TO JAPANESE QUESTION
TQKIO, May 26— Ambassador
/oods resignation is said to be due
) the immigration question. The
Koumin” says that it is only nat
ral that a man of his principles re
gri this juncture.
ii.
AMERICAN DEAD FROM
WOUNDS IN CHI1
SHANGHAI, May 26—An Ameri
can named Dinsmore is dead at Shas
hien, from wounds inflicted by brig
gands, according to information from
Foo Chow last night. Dinsmore was
with a British subject and three Chi
nese when the attack was made. The
American was wounded and captured
but escaped and made his way to Shas
hein, where he was reported to have
died from his wounds.
FIE1 SERIES
OF F,F,11S
HELD YESTERDI1
Funeral services were held in An
chorage yesterday for the late Frank
E. Youngs, who died suddenly last
week, of heart disease. A large con
course of friends followed the re
mains to the Anchorage cemetery
where they were interred. The serv
ices were most impressive, being
conducted by the Masons, of which
organization the deceased was a long
time member, Past Master Leopold
David reading the impressive service
for the dead. Members of the Royal
Arch, Knight Templars and Shriners
attended the services in a body the
Templars being in full uniform.
During the service Miss Vida Deigli
and Mrs. Brice Howard rendered vo
cal solos, accompanied at the piano
by Miss Ophelia Howad.
The pallbearers were Frank Hoff
man Fred Bryant, Sumner S. Smith,
E. R. Tarwater, Frank Reed, J. C.
Seeley, J. J. Delaney, J. C. Murphy,
M. J. Conroy, H. I. Staser.
Memorial Services in Seward
Memorial services were held by
the Masonic Lodge of Seward at 2:30
o’clock yesterday afternoon for F.
E. Youngs, during the time the fu
neral cortege was wending its way to
the burial grounds at Anchorage.
Mr. Youngs, affectionately known
as “Dad” by all his acquaintances, j
was held in the highest esteem by
everyone. He exemplified all that
was fine as a citizen and a neighbor,
and his memory will be cherished by
all who knew him.
WIPE OF BOOZE KING I
CINCINNATI, May 26—Mrs. Imo
gene Remus, wife of the “King of the
Bootleggers,” who is serving time in a
federal prison at Atlanta, was arrest
ed yesterday on a charge of violating
the prohibition laws.
BURGLARS BORROW DOG
LEFT TO WATCH OFFICE
STAMFORD, Conn., May 26—Police
her estudied for a time the idea of us
ing a watchdog belonging to a local
lumber company as a sleuth chund to
tiace binglars who twice entered the
company olTice in 24 hours. The in
truders, finding nothing of value on
their first visit, took the dog along
with them. A day later they return
ed and br >ught the dog back, leaving
i1 tied up exactly where they found it.
In their visits the visitors left no clues
footprints fingerprints or otherwise.
Frank Manley, one of the most
prominent of the old timers of the
interior, was an arrival on the Yukon
and left today for Fairbanks. For
many years Mr. Manley has operated
in the Iditarod and Fairbanks dis
trict and recently has been associa
ted with John L. McGinn in the oil
industry.
Mr. Manley will leave for Salcha
upon his arrival at Fairbanks to in
vestigate the recent strike at Salcha
ket.
RICHARDSON ROAD CLOSED
The Richardson Road has been
closed - to traffic temporarily on ac
count of overflows from the Tanana
river, which the commission desires
to repair before travel starts.
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A BIT OF PHILIPPINE SCENERY
The Gorge at Montalban, Province of Rizal, considered as one of the most beautiful spots in the Orient. It
is the main source of Manila’s water supply.
CHEMICAL GAS TREATMENT
WINS FAVOR OF COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26—
The'chlorine gas teatmept for colds
has won favor with the President,
who was benefitted by yesterday's
treatment and went back again in the
evening. He will go again today. The
treatment is a new method discovered
by the chemical warfare service of
the Army of treating various ailments
by the use of gases of • ibferent kinds.
ST. LOUIS, May 26—Eight persons
are know to be, dead in Missouri to
day and at least a dozen injured by
a freak tornado that crashed through
Southern Missouri and across south
ernlllinois. The tornado was ac
companied by a violent lightening dis
play and a heavy hailstonn. The prop
erty loss is impossible to estimate but
a swath averaging six miles wide was
laid in waste and practically all buld
ings demolished, with a probable loss
of at least two million dollars.
CALLS 1 WAY NORTH
The steamship Santa Ana, Capt.
Wallace Langley ? arrived in port
Saturday night, on her way to Bethel,
on the Kuskokwim river, remaining
here until this morning, leaving about
5 o’clock. Passengers on the ves
sel, which was heavily loaded with
freight, were Dr. and Mrs. Lane of
Bethel, Capt. White and Mr. Craft,
the former steamboat inspector of
hulls and the latter of boilers; Rob-j
ert Gierke, wife and children of Beth
el, Mr. Gierke being a merchant of
the Kuskokwim city; Dick Brooks,
a merchant of Sleitmute; Jess O. Yo-,
der, of McGrath; A. F. Guinan, a
dredge operator of McGrath; Miss
Bertha Berry, daughter of the Mc
Grath merchant; Pvt. Paul Estle and
wife the former a radio operator lor
the Takotna station; C. Albertson, of
Bethel; Harry Meekin, a hunter and
trapper of Bethel; U. S. Customs
Collector Sides, of Bethel, and several
others. Owing to a large shipment
of explosives and gasoline the num
ber of passenges was limited. The
Santa Ana will go as far as Sand
Point, where it will lay up for a day j
or so while Capt. Langley fishes for
cod, entering Bering sea after mid
night May 31, when her insurance j
starts. The vessel has recently had;
a 150 ton cold storage added to her
for carrying reindeer meat south.
Three head of milch cows were on
board being taken to the Kuskokwim.
The personnel of the boat is as fol
lows: Captain, Wallace Langley;
Purser, Carey; Engineers’ force, chief
Heckman; 1st assistant Carlson; sec
ond assistant Hudson; third assist
ant Hall; carpenter, Earl Hammond,
the aviator.
APPORTIOHENT OF
DELEGATES GIVEN
OK COMMITTEE
The apportionment of Delegates to
the Republican National Convention
at Cleveland, Ohio, as given out in
accordance with a resolution adopted
by the Republican National Commit
tee in Washington, December 12,
1923:
Alabama ......... 16
Arizona __-.... 9
Arkansas . 14
California ..—.. 29
Colorado . 15
Connecticut . 17
Delaware _ 9
Florida . 10
Georgia __ 18
Idaho „...r. 11
Illinois ........:.. 61
Indiana ... 33
Iowa . 29
Kansas ......_ 23
Kentucky . 26
Louisiana . 13
Maine ...—..._.. 15
Maryland _ 19
.Massachusetts . 39
Michigan .. 33
Minnesota _ 27
Mississippi .... 12
Missouri . 39
Montana .. 11
Nebraska _ 19
Nevada__ 9
New Hampshire __ 11
New Jersey ... 31
New Mexico . 9
New York _ 91
North Carolina .. 22
North Dakota _ 13
Ohio _ 51
Oklahoma _ 23
Oregon . 13
Pennsylvania . 79
Rhode Island . 13
South Carolina __ 11
South Dakota __ 13
Tennessee .. 27
Texas . 23
Utah _ 11
Vermont . 11
Virginia - 17
Washington .. 17
West Virginia .. 19
Wisconsin . 29
Wyoming . 9
Alaska .. 2
District of Columbia ...... 2
Hawaii - 2
Philippines . 2
Porto Rico . 2
Total Number of Delegates_ 1109
STRANGLER LEWIS DEFENDS
TITLE AGAINST ITALIAN
PHILADELPHIA, May 26—Strang
ler Lewis successfully defended his
world’s heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship title last night against Rena
to Gardins the claimant of the Ital
ian heavyweight title. Gardini won the
first fall and Levis the second. Gar
dini’s physician refused to let him
continue the bout.
TREADWELL STRIKES RICH VEIN
DAWSON, Y. T., May 26—The
Treadwell Yukon Company struck a
rich vein Tuescay six hundred feet
down.
ITALY TO RECEIVE LARGE
TRACT OF LAND IN AFRICA
LONDON, Great Britain and Italy
according to semi-official announce
ments in the “Times” today have
reached an agreement whereby the
Italian possessions in Africa will be
enlarged by approximately 34,000
acres, which will be transferred from
the British possessions in East Africa
to the dictatorship of the Italian Somi
land.
CHILDREN TAKE OATH
CARRY REVOLUTION
THRUOUT THE WORLD
MOSCOW, May 26—Ten thousand
children assembled at the tomb of Le
nine took oath to support the princi
ples of the organization, originating j
with the Soviet Russia revolutionary |
leader. Premier Rykoff, war minister,1
and Trotzky made speeches encourag-j
ing the children to emulate Lenine’s !
example and to help their elders carry |
revolution throughout the world.
FID BilliD
DEPUTK IT TILM
U. S Marshal Sullivan has named
Fred Bryant, a popular resident of
Anchorage, as deputy marshal at Tal
keetna, to succeed Frank E. Youngs,
deceased and Mr Bryant has taken
over the office. Mr. Bryant’s ap
pointment is a popular one^ as he
is a capable and conscientious citi
zen.
Mr. Sullivan writes that he will
reach Seward on his way to Anchor
age on or about May 31.
CORDOVA HONEYMOONERS HERE
A. R. Reeds of Cordova, and Miss
Cosby Jackson of Cordova were mar
ried shortly before the arrival of the
Yukon at the Copper City and are
in Seward on their honeymoon trip.
The young couple will reside in Cor
dova.
J. H. Mulchay, general freight a?enl
for the Southern Pacific Co., with
headquarters at Portland, Ore., is a
round trip passenger on the Yukon,
air. Mulchay is accompanied by his
wife and son. They are greatly im
pressed with Alaska.
A. F. Guinan, a dredge operator on
Gaines creek in the Tokotna> was a
passenger on the Santa Ana on his
way north. Mr. Guinan stated that
his company moved in their dredges
last summer.
R H. Graham, who recently sold
his mining interests at Hot Springs,
was a returning passenge on the
Yukon on his way to the Interior.
VICTORIA, May 26—The “Admiral
Peary” of the Pacific Steamship Co.,
ran aground yesterday in Canoe Pass
in the Frasier River. The Pacific Sal
vage Company was notified and the
salvage steamer Nitinet has started
for the scene.
MIRAGE THREW MAJ.
MARTIN OFF COURSE
IS STATEMENT MARE
BELLINGHAM, May 25—An Alas
kan mirage showing an ocear* gleam
ing white ahead where no ocean exist
ed, lured Martin, leader of the army
world flyers and his mechanic Harvey
from their course and resulted in the
crash of their flagplane Seattle on the
Alaska peninsula, the two flyers de
clared, arriving here today from Port
Moller as passengers on Katherine
D. Mrs. Martin in a special boat met
her husband two hours from port.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26
Representative Rice said that the
Shipping Board-had spent $160,000 to
help break the strike in 1919, on the
Pacific Coast, by opening employment
offices jointly with the private own
j ers.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Own
ers’ Association is being investigated
regarding their alleged violation of
the Sherman Act, during the strike of
1919.
TOKYO, May 26—McClaren, the
British flyer crashed into Bengal Bay
and Lieut Smith, the American flight
commander, has suggested to Wash
ington that an American engine be
sent to him on a Japanese vessel, leav
ing soon for India.
BODIES MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER DRAGGED
FROM BURNING BARN
INDEPENDENCE, May 26—The
bodies of Mrs. Harly Etter, eighteen
years old and her daughter two years
old both bearing bullet wounds were
dragged from a burning barn on the
Etter farm by a party who were hunt
ing for them .The young husband was
arrested for the crime. He said that
when he came home, he heard strange
noises in the dwelling house, and fired
one shot at the front door and anoth
er in the air, but did not think he had
hit anything.
SLEEPING SICKNESS IS
LONDON, May 26—The sleeping
sickness today carried away J. Bruce
Ismay, shipping magnate and England
is becoming alarmed over the spread
of the disease.
LIBERTY THEATRE TO GIVE
DECORATION DAY PROGRAM
The Liberty Theatre is arranging a
special attraction for the evening of
May 30th. Vocal and instrumental
numbers and other interesting forms
of entertainment will be offered the
audience in connection with a complete
change of program.
BUSINESS CLUB SIS
FOB NBB1U FESTEBDM
SEATTLE, May 26—A large party
of members of the Young Men's Busi
ness club, headed by President Fare
well P. Lilly, vice president H. G. Cel
ian, and Fred Peterson, accompanied
by their wives and families, sailed on
the Alameda yesterday morning on a
business and pleasure visit to Ketchi
kan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau,
Skagway, Haines and Sitka.
Mrs. A J Carlson, of Kodiak, ar
rived at Cordov aon the Yukon, and
will visit there until the Admiral Ev
ans reaches that port, going on to
her island home.