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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 128 SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1925 PRICE TEN CENTS.
MISSING SEATTLE
MAN RETURNS
HOME TO WIFE
SEATTLE. June 1 (£>)— J. H. Kline,
former auditor for the Pacific Steam
ship Company, who disappeared two
weeks ago under circumstances lead
ing his family and friends to believe
he had committed suicide, is back
home, reunited with his family and
was found working today among his
ripening strawberries in his garden
at Lake Forest Park. Leaning upon
his hoe. Mr. Kline said:
“My wife has suffered the tortures
of hades and it will take the rest of
my life to compensate her for the
suffering I have caused her. I left a
note in my apartment the day I left,
saying I would be gone for a few days
and for her not to worry. She did not
find the note.”
Kline explained his resignation from
his post as auditor of the steamship
companying by a desire to cease trav
I oling about Alaska. He added:
“I had no intention of killing my
self, as life is too sweet for that. Be
sides I haVe not the courage. Yes,
I took my gun with me.”
He said he came home when he
saw in a Portland paper he was being
sought.
Joe Stetcher Wins
from Polish Champ
ST. LOUIS, May 30.—Joe Stecher
of Nebraska won the heavyweight
wrestling championship when he threw
Zbyszko, the Polish champion, two
straight falls. Zbyszko was taken to
the hospital with severe internal in
juries, having sustained several brok
en ribs and a sprained back.
Pres. Coolidge Delivers
*’ Memorial Day Address
WASHINGTON, May 31 (/Pj—Pres
ident Coolidge in a memorial day ad
dress at Arlington cemetery, declar
ed: “We do not need more Federal
government but a better government.”
He demanded a more vigorous en
forcement of State laws and asked a
universal observance of the constitu
tion. “We are not a lawless people,
but are too frequently careless.”
Hammond, Indiana, has
Two-Million Dollar Fire
HAMMOND, Ind., June 1 (>P)—A
fire in the industrial section of this
city Saturday caused a loss estimated
by the fire chief at two million dol
lars. The fire, which started in a
lumber yard quickly spread to nearby
structures. Fire apparatus from all
nearby towns was summoned to help
subdue the flames.
Colonel Steese Will
Deliver Commencement
Address At College
Colonel James Gordon Steese, head
of the Alaska Road Commission, will
deliver the Commencement address
at the Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Mines, at Fairbanks,
( ^ which takes place June 11, accord- 1
ing to President Bunnell, during his i
brief visit in Seward prior to leav
ing for the States Saturday night.
Colonel Steese will be a passen- :
ger on the S.S. Yukon, this week, :
from Juneau to Cordova, going into I
Fairbanks over the Richardson High- '
way. He Is expected to pass thru i
Seward, on his way back to his Ju- :
I- neau headquarters, in about two ]
weeks. i
POLICEMEN FIRE ON MOB;
SIX KILLED, MANY WOUNDED
SHANGHAI, China, June 1
Sikh policemen armed with carbines
fired into a mob of 3,000 Chinese stu
dents which attacked the Louza sub
police station. The demonstration
was made by Chinese strikers against
Japanese cotton mills. Six were kill
ed and dozens wounded.
Mobs Form at Tsingtao.
TSINGTAO, China, June 1.—Three
Chinese cotton mill strikers were
killed and a score injured when gend
armes attempted to drive the disturb
ers from a Japanese mill. The strik
ers after beating several gendarmes
retreated stubbornly.
DYING AVIATOR
LANDS HIS PLANE
AND PASSENGERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1 (JP)— ,
Lieutenant Ten Eyck Dew Veeder, a
naval aviator, brought his plane and
passengers safely to earth yesterday
and expired immediately from a heart
attack. Richard Bartholmess, the mo
vie actress, was a passenger in the
plane en route from Norfolk to Ana
costia, nearby. He said Veeder gave
the “finest exhibition of pluck and
courage I have ever seen.”
Liput. John Stone accompanied
Veeder in another plane. He said
‘Veeder just came in on his nerve,
that’s all.”
As the plane approached Anacos
tia Veeder waved his hand to the
folks on the field, nosed the plane
gently down and made a perfect land
ing, but left his engine running.
ALGONQUIN SAILS TOMORROW
SEATTLE, June 1 (/P)—The coast
guard cutter Algonquin will sail for
Bering Sea and southwestern Alaska
tomorrow.
YUKON BRINGING
MANY TO SEWARD
SEATTLE, June 1.—The steamer
Yukon sailed Saturday at y o’clock
with 250 passengers, including the
following for Seward: B. D. Stuart,
L. L. Bales, M. Curacao, G. R. Blon
sky, T. R. McEwan, C. Hale, Dr. L.
C. Dildine, W. W. Stokes, O. A. Camp
bell and wife, Freda Johnson, Mrs. R.
V. Johnson, Miss L. M. Lanterman,
Dr. J. L. Robinson and wife, Mrs. M.
Davidson, Miss M. D. Bard, Mrs. Ed
E. Kurtz, Miss J. Harned, Miss E.
Bock, W. J. Harned and wife, A. B.
Stewart and wife, Mrs. L. Gale, Mrs.
F. M. Thomas, Mrs. E. L. Muskat, Mrs.
J. C. Dement, Miss F. Arcott Arnold,
R. Foster, W. H. Davis and wife, H.
F. Sutton and wife, Mrs. S. A. Smith,
B. Hood and wife, B. R. Brierly, G. R.
Cuddard, Milo Kelly, James Girdwood,
S. R. Capps, Louis Gruff and wife,
Elizabeth Wooster, C. Campbell, Mrs.
M. Wright, A. Kvepfle and wife, Mrs.
S. Reese, Mrs. M. A. Bilpen, Mrs. A.
M. Batles, Miss Julia Martin, Mrs. L.
Martin, Mrs. W. C. Gordon, J. A. Eas
3n and wife, G. R. Johnson and wife, !
E. C. Johnstone and wife and son, Dr.
E. A. Hubbard and wife, Miss Anna
Palmer, Mrs. J. J. Davis, Mrs. H. L.
Davis, Miss M. McKay, Miss V. Le
mon, S. D. Mosher and wife, Miss E. ;
Hoffman, Miss H. Hoffman, H. Bor- <
;her and wife, A. Green, A. J. Beld- <
leke, V. Levy, W. A. Hattman, Sidney i
Lawrence, Mrs. Dan Ross, Lucy S. ]
Brown, Effie Davis, Mrs. J. Yerick,
Miss L. Watkins, Mrs. W. Mayfinder, i
Ed C. Kriger and wife, George Nor- i
jaard, F. Holtsman, John Farran, Ed i
Engstrom, H. L. Davidson, V. Gordon, 1
H. F. Atterberry, Mrs. J. F. Byron, 1
Mrs. J. B. Beeson, K. Knutson, J. w. 1
Leeper, Otto C. Miller and fifteen i
steerage. <
Deaths Occur From
F-ating Whale Meat
As a result of eating dead whale
meat from a carcass which drifted
ashore near Chignik, the death of
several natives is reported by ar
rivals in Seward Saturday on the
steamer Starr. A number of others
who partook of the mammal flesh
are seriously ill and more deaths
may accur, it is stated.
White people in the district warn
ed the villagers to refrain lrotn eat
ing the dead wiiale meat, but re
gardless of the ample supple of food
on hand, they paid no heed to the
advice wTith the above result. Four
children, ages ranging from eight
months to seven years, all brothers
and sisters, were left orphans. They
were brought to Seward on the Starr
and were taken to Eklutnr, on this
morning’s train, where they will be
placed in the Bureau of Education’s
home. Miss Rueth, nurse at the Ek
lutna orphanage, came over on Satur
day’s train. The smallest child was
extremely ill, upon its arival in Sew
ard apparently being affected with
tubercular trouble.
Under the gentle care and treat
ment administered by Dr. Baugh
man, who took care of all of the
children during their stay in this
city, the little tot appeared to be
resting quite comfortable this morn
ing.
DR. HARRY FOSDICK PREACHES
NEW YORK, June 1 (£>)—'The con
gregation crowded Pack Avenue Bap
tist Church to the doors yesterday to
hear Dr. Harry Fosdick deliver his
initial sermon. He pleaded-a broad
er liberality of church doctrines and
after the sermon stood an hour shak
ing hands. John D. Rockefeller was
present and gave several dimes to
children present, patting their heads.
Bela Kun Captured
on Small Fish Boat
LISON, Portugal, June 1.—Bela
Kuhn, who headed the brief commu
nist government in Hungary after the
world war, and charged with impli
cating the assault on Major Amaral,
commander of the State safety police,
was captured yesterday on a small
fishing vessel. He will be deported.
The police shot another Red leader
dead who attempted to escape while
en route from prison to a warship.
Rev. Forbes of S. F.
On Missionary Work
Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Forbes, of
San Francisco were brief Sewaid vis
itors while awaiting the departure
of this morning’s train for Anchor
age and the Interior. Itev. Forbes
is superintendent of the Tresbyterian
missionary work of the Pacific coast
and is making the present Alaska
trip in the interests of the work.
Owing to inability to depart for
Anchorage on Sunday, where he had
an engagement to preach, the Rev.
was under the impression he would
proceed to the Interior where he will
preach at both Nenana and at Fair
banks. He delivered a sermon in
Seward yesterday at the Methodist
ahurch. Completing his work in that
ield he and Mrs. Forbes will return
:o the coast via the Richardson High
way and thence to Cordova where
le will conduct a service. A number
)f lectures were given in Southeast
ern Alaska and it is planned, in the
tinerary, to present one at Ketchi
can, on the trip out.
This is Rev. Forbes’ second trip
;o Alaska, the first being made years
igo. A great many changes are not
ad by him, all of them for the bet
er. He anticipates being a frequent
visitor to Alaska !n the future. Rev.
rorbes and Mrs. Forbes were guests
it the Hotel Sexton during their
itay in Seward.
NEW YORK CAPITALISTS
TAKE OVER CHU CHUA MINE
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 1 (de
control of the Wind Pass mine, near
Chu Chua, on Thompson river, is an
nounced to have passed to New York
capital, which is backing B. N. Sharp,
of Spokane, who is now completing
the details for the transfer. A. B.
Trites and associates are the new
owners. The. terms were not given.
ION PERDICARDIS DEAD
NEW YORK, June 1 (d1)—Word was
received here today of the death in
England of Ion Perdiearis, whose
capture by the Moroccan bandit, Rai
suli in 1904 created an international
episode, and caused Secretary Hay to
demand “Perdiearis alive or Raisuli
dead.”
Plot To Kidnap Our
Mary Foiled by Police
LOS ANGEJjES, June 1 (d3)—A plot
to kidnap Mr.ry Pickford was uncov- j
ered by the police today and three
persons weri arrested who, disguised
as Shriners planned to seize Mary and
take her tc the mountains where she
would have been held for a ransom
of $100,000.
Charles SteVens, Billy Wood and
Claude Holmes was arrested. Ac
cording to the police the plot also in
cluded Pola Negri, Buster Keaton and
a grandson of E. L. Doheny.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
HELD BY LEGION POST
The observance of Memorial Day
in Seward passed off very quietly
with the exception of the services
held Sunday at the graves of the
Spanish-American and World War
veterans, under the auspices of the
Seward American Legion post. A
number of citizens poined with the
post members, autoing out to the
graveyard where the Rev. R. V. B.
Dunlap led in prayer, in which the
attendance joined in. The assem
bly also rendered in song, America.
Beautiful wreathes and flowers were
placed on the graves.
Stanford Wins Coast
Conference Rack Meet
SEATTLE, June 1 (£>)—Stonford U
won the Pacific Coast conference
track meet wjth 65.5 points; Washing
ton second with 46.5, and Montana
third with 15.5.
Monoplane Shipped
Fairbanks Account
Shipping Instructions
•Due to shipping instructions, Man
ager J. S. Rodebaugh of the Fair
banks Airplane company,, found it
impossible to go thru with his pre
vious plans of assembling the seven
passenger monoplane in Seward with
out conflicting with the Interstate
Commerce shipping laws. A low and
flat rate was made direct from Seat
tle to Fairbanks, via water and rail,
and regardless of where the plane
would have been unloaded between
these points, the rate continued in ef
fect. It is pointed out that if the
plane had been unloaded enroute,
an additional cost, in handling, as
sembling, supplies, etc., would have
been encountered.
The plane, with its massive wing
spread, cabin and fuselage, together
with two large propellors, tail and
rudder, packed in separate crates,
were loaded on three flat cars and
went forward this morning attached
to the regular Interior passenger
train. Mr. Rodebaugh, Noel Wien, pi
lot and his brother, Rarph, are ac
companying the plane to Fairbanks. \
The Wien brothers arrived in Sew- 1
ard Saturday. 1
NO TRACE OF
ARCTIC EXPLORER
May Wait Several Months.
NEW YORK, June #1 (£>)—Berlin
dispatches state that Dr. Fritjof Nan
sen, Arctic explorer, indicated that
several months waiting would be jus
tified before an attempt is made to
find Amundsen.
France Offers Relief Ship
PARIS, June 1 (IP)—The noted
French oceanographic research vessel
Pourquoi Pas has been offered by the
ministry for use by the Amundsen
expedition.
Norwegian Government Busy.
OSLO, Norway, June 1 (IP)—Ar
rangements are under way for prompt
relief by the Norwegian government
if nothing is heard from Amundsen
by the end of this week.
Says Amundsen All Right.
ORLANDO, Fla., June 1 (£>)—Sam
uel W. Entriken, the Arctic explorer
and former officer of the Peary expe
dition, and the first man to pitch a
tent on the site where Fairbanks now
stands, is not worried over Amund
sen’s protracted stay. “I give him
three months,” he declared.
TWO HUNDRED STAMPEDERS
HAVE GONE INTO CASSIAR
VICTORIA, B. C., June 1 (£>)—’The
Department of Mine reported that up
to the present time 200 stampeders
have gone by way of Wrangell to Tel
egraph Creek and Dease lake. “So
far those who went in are middle
aged old timers, mostly from the
United States and Alaska.”
BABE RUTH BACK IN GAME
NEW YORK, June 1 (JP)—Babe
Ruth returned today to the game, his
first appearance in the major league
this season.
Berlenbach Now Champ;
Outpoints Mike McTigue
NEW YORK, June 1 (./P)— Paul Ber
lenbach, of Astoria and New York,
became lightweight champion of the
world, outpointing Mike McTigue in
a 15-round go. The first part of the
fight was all Berlenbach’s as Mc
Tigue was worn out.
DAWES NOW ON CRUTCHES
CHICAGO, June 1 (JP)—A sprained
ankle due to a fall was the cause of
Charles G. Dawes using crutches for
a few days the past week. The acci
dent became known when he appear
ed on crutches on his lawn in a review
of boy scouts.
Coolidge Working Hard
Preparing for Vacation
WASHINGTON, May 30 (;P)—Pres
ident Coolidge is busy clearing up his
routine business before leaving for
Swampscott on his vacation. He will
leave Saturday for Minneapolis to de
liver an address at the Norwegian
centennial, traveling by special train.
Strangler Lewis Wins
off Wayne ‘Big’ Munn
MICHIGAN CITY, June 1 (£>)—
Strangler Lewis took two out of three
falls from Wayne (Big) Munn here
Saturday night.
SIFTS TO ROCKEFELLER #
MEMORIAL TOTAL MILLIONS
NEW YORK, June 1.—Gifts to the
Rockefeller memorial last year for
educational, social, and medical activ-*
ties in the United States and abroad
otaled 16,581,000.