Dem Urdy Ule f’" Mem
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 38
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
SECOND RELAY TEAM REACHES NOME WITH ANTITOXIN
Many Alaskan Cities Endorse Nomination of George R. Parks
DOGS AND DRIVER REACH GOLOVIN
BLEEDING AND EXHAUSTED BUT GAME
NOME. Alaska. Feb. 1G.—Nome was much relieved today when the second
relay of antitoxin, consisting of over a million units, arrived here, when
Ed Rohn, with the fastest team of dog flesh in Alaska made the round trip
from Nome to Golovin. Rohn attempted to reach Elim but was forced back
to Golovin'by a blinding blizzard. The Elim relay team with the blizzard ata
their back, forced their way to Golovin. Julius Kaigsak, an Eskimo, volun
teereci to drive uie uangerous trip, auu
came into Nome with dogs and driver
bleeding from the elements. Rohn left
Nome at S o’clock Wednesday morning
and left Golovin at 7:30 Saturday eve
ning, arriving at Nome in a heavy
blizzard.
Sunday while crossing Norton Sound
Star, his second leader, and another
dog fell into a fissure. Open water
•for miles ahead was seen when the
atmosphere cleared. Rohn hauled his
dogs out, but Star was hurt so badly
with a broken leg or strained tendon
that he had to be hauled on the sled
to Nome. Star was formerly the lead
dog in the Fay Delzene team of rac
ers. The first leader, half blinded,
guided the team through the storm to
safety.
The serum arrived slightly frozen,
but Dr. Welch said its condition was
better than the first shipment, which
he attributed to its being packed in
pounded cork.
New Case Reported.
NOME, Feb. 16.—At a meeting of
the Health Board Friday, one new
white case of diphtheria, Miss Hazel
White was reported. Dr. Welch re
ported he had but 100,000 units of se
rum on hand. Prof. Rynning of the
Nome schools, and Miss Billy Cam
eron were released from quarantine,
the first patients to be reported well
from the disease.
No word has been received as to the
condition of the cases at Elim, but the
two suspicious cases of Eskimos at
Solomon were reported cured. Sev
eral suspicious cases were reported at
the orphanage here, where 50 Eskimo
cTiildren, left orphans during the in
fluenza epidemic, have caused worry,
on account of so many children being
huddled together. The arrival of the
second consignment is expected to con
trol the epidemic, and the Board of
Health will lift the quarantine Feb
ruary 23, and business will be resumed
and the schools opened as usual.
Dr. Welch explaining the lack of
antitoxins in camp, declared that he
wrote Dr. DeVighne, Territorial health
officer last summer, asking that a
shipment of serum be sent, but his
letter was unanswered, and he could
not* understand why his order was not
complied with.
Bell Island Hot Springs
Make Marvelous Cures
W. A. Shields, a resident of Kodiak,
■who has been recuperating at Bell
Island Hot Springs, near Ketchikan,
arrived on the Alameda, and is a guest
of the Fairman House. Mr. Shields
will leave soon on a trip to Fairbanks,
returning in April and going to his
island home. Mr. Shields is greatly
pleased over his course of treatments
at the Hot Springs, which were re
cently taken over by the Misses Annie
and Marie Herring, who plan manj
improvements this year. A new hotel
will be built with a firstclass restau
rant and a swimming pool, several cot
tages and the bath houses will be also
improved. A good store and social
hall are to be found at the springs,
with card playing, boating, and danc
ing as recreations. Boat service is
good, mails reaching the Springs twice
a week from Ketchikan. 1 The pr^nrie
tors are very capable young v
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Strange Malady Strikes
Eskimos Aboard Boxer
SEATTLE,. Wn„ Feb. 16— A mala
dy. partaking of the characteristics of
Influenza and Pleurisy, with raging fe
ver has stricken several of the Bank
Eskimos # which returned from Wran
gell Island.
Captain H. T. Whitlam, of the Bu
reau of Education schooner Boxer,
had little Esther, aged 6, the daughter
of John Adams removed to the hospi
tal here yesterday. Alexander How
orth, the leader of the party and Pet
er Kunorok are confined to bunks on
board the Boxer. Mrs. Kunorok, two
of whose children died while in Asia
have been in the hospital here since
the arrival of the Iyo the other day.
Be Taken Home in Cutter Bear
SEATTLE, Feb. 16._—'The Eskimos
from Wrangell Island will be taken
home in the cutter Bear which leaves
San Francisco in May, because the
bureau of education vessel, Boxer, is
unlikely to go into Bering Sea before
July.
ALASKA SAILS SOUTH
SATURDAY NIGHT, HAS
LARGE LIST PASSENGERS
The steamship Alaska, which arriv
ed in port Saturday noon, departed on
her southward voyage at midnight
that night with the following passen
gers aboard:
Latouche—Mrs. Louis Meier, Ed
win Meier, Louis Meier, Paul Morris
and three steerage.
Valdez—L. W. Carrigan.
Cordova—E. Barnaudy, L. D. Roach,
1». Berry, James Dennis, Sheart H.
Nicholas, Mrs. R. E. Sheldon, R. E.
Sheldon, Mrs. Chas. Glose, Geo. John
son and three steerage.
Juneau—John W. Dunn, Joseph Kin
zik.
Seattle—A. F. Davis, Miss I. Waugh,
Mrs. Leon Urbach and two children,
Lee Gordon, Mrs. James Osborne. Mr.
J. Broughton, R. J. Miller, P. S. An
derson, Mrs. Hannon, Grace Kelly,
Frank Kelly, Jim Henery, A. II. Mc
Cord, S. W. Druxman, C. G. Lewis,
Mrs. C. G. Lewis, Frank Lundin, Alex
Dickie, F. E. Kirkpatrick, John Jack
son, Mrs. John Jackson, L. Welsh, J.
Collins, Mrs. Eli De Hon, W. D. Al
exander, Tom Maki, Mrs. M. H. Mon
roe, Howard Sparks.
and Mr. Shields declared they could
not do enough to make those taking
the treatments competent. The springs
are very beneficial for rheumatism,
diabetes, stomach trouble, skin dis
eases and other ailments. Some mar
velous cures have been effected in
the past. One oldtimer who was in
bad shape when he arrived, Mr.
Shields declared became as supple
as a youngster after a course of the
waters.
Mr. Shields has great faith in the
future of Kodiak, and declares the
New England will build its cold stor
age there this summer. Many new
business firms have started up and
a general air of prosperity abounds.
'COLLINS’ DEAD
! BODY FOUND
i AT NOON TODAY
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 16.—
Floyd Collins was found dead in
his sandstone tomb when the res
cue party reached him at noon
today. Preparations had been
made by medical officers to ren
der immediate aid, but it was said
by Major Carmichael that it is
impossible to tell how soon the
body can be extricated from its
resting place in a small tunnel in
which Collins crawled January 30,
and became fast when a block of
sandstone pinned his leg.
The discovery was made earlier
than was expected because the
roof of the cavern broke through
with the workmen. Major Car
michael was lowered into the cave
and went to the body, but he said
that life was gone. Collins had
apparently been dead for some
days.
A tunnel will be driven to the
body and the sandstone blasted
away before it can be removed.
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 16.—An offi
cial bulletin issued today by state of
ficials in charge of the rescue party
boring for Floyd Collins, said his res
cue while yet aftve would be a mira
cle, as he had been in the cave 408
hours, or 17 days, and the greater part
of this time was without food or wa
ter. The bulletin said the shaft was
jnow 12 feet from the "cave, and an at
| tempt was being made to break thru
the limestone roof, and drift vertically
jinto the avenue, the existence of which
■was determined by drill cores) Condi
I tions are such as to require one hour
to hoist one cubic yard of material
from the face of the heading in buck
ets from the shaft. Immediate results
in reaching Collins are not anticipat
ed by the rescuers.
The discovery of a natural passage
seven feet from the shaft, which it
was thought would lead to Collins,
resulted in a change in the direction
of the shaft today, and it is now being
sunk at an angle of 45 degrees in
stead of perpendiculuar as heretofore.
Election Tomorrow
Should Bring Out Vote
The special election called by the
Common, Council of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska, for tomorrow, to ratify
Ordinance No. 86, recently adopted by
the Council, should bring out every
voter interested in the welfare of his
or her town. The Ballot is as fol
lows:
“Shall Ordinance No. 86, which
is “An Ordinance to Provide Rules
and Regulations for the Transac
tion of Business by the City of
Seward, and to Define the Duties
of the Mayor, Common Council
and other Officers of the City, and
to Provide for the Manner of
their Appointment or Election and
for Other Purposes, and Repeal
ing Ordinance No. 60A of the
City of Seward and all other Or
dinances and parts of Ordinances
in Conflict Therewith,” which said
Ordinance was adopted by the
Common Council of the said Town
of Seward at an adjourned regular
meeting thereof held January 12,
1925, at said Town of Seward,
Alaska, be ratified?”
( ) FOR RATIFICATION
( ) AGAINST RATIFICATION
Get out and vote on the proposition
or forever hold your peace if the elec
tion goes against the way you want it.
POUTICAL LEADERS BELIEVE PARKS
BEST POSTED MAN ON TERRITORY
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 16.—Political leaders in this city unanimously
ly declare that the appointment of George A. Parks, as governor of Alaska,
to succeed Governor Scott C. Bone, is meeting with the unanimous approval
of all Alaskans, who declare that Parks has traveled over more of tiie Terri
tory and knows more Alaskans personally than any living individual. The
Ketchikan Chronicle editorially says: “No man that ever came into the gov
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Moonbeam Captured With
Large Cargo of Liquor
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SEATTLE, Wn., Feb. 16—T h e
Moonbeam, captured by the Coast
'Guard off Samish Island on Saturday
night belonged to one of the oldest
freighters of liquor on Puget Sound,
said the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, al
though “Fat” Brown of Tacoma was
arrested afterward and was found to
be the owner of the cargo aboard hte
; Moonbeam. The Moonbeam was built
in Victoria two years ago on Schnarr’s
! design, after Canada had seized the
;M 714, in a raid off Discovery Island.
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HUMPHREY NOMINATED ON
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
The Senate Interstate Commerce
I committee approved the nomination
of Wm. E. Humphrey of the Federal
Trade Commission.
SENATE HOLD’S NIGHT SESSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16 —
| With the Senate’s inauguration of
night sessions, the Sixty-eighth Con
igress set a pace today for the home
| stretch. Much nedds to be accom
1 plished to enact even more important
measures before adjournment in a
j fortnight.
Former Capitalist And
Engineer Will Be Hanged
, CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Russel T. Scott
j who at the age of thirty wras head of
a ten million dollar Canadian corpo
ration, organized to build a thirty
million dollar bridge between Detroit
and Windsor, Canada, was yesterday
sentenced to be hanged for the mur
der of Joseph Maurer, a 17-year-old
drug clerk, during a holdup in April,
1924.
Monument Should Be
Erected For Mushers
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—James Cruik
shank, of New York, a realtor, sent
Ben Ferguson a letter from Senator
Dill, saying that a monument should
be erected, “Not only to Balto, but to
the men and dogs that made the trip
possible.”
The Alaska dog team reward has
reached $248.50.
LETTER RECEIVED TELLING OF
DEATH OF MRS. JEFFEREYS
John Gilpatrick received a letter on
this boat from Mrs. Gilpatrick, who is
visiting in Seattle, stating that Mrs.
Jeffereys, wife of a former manager
of Frye-Bruhn’s market in this city,
had passed away, and that Lillian
Jeffereys, who formerly worked at
Sylvia’s, had returned from Scotland
and was keeping house for Mr. Jeffer
eys and the young children.
No other particulars were obtained
in the letter.
Chamber of-Commerce luncheon at
the Grill tomorrow. Let’s go.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
m rnorship of Alaska is more eminently
ing and character, and he is most ac
ceptable to Alaskans. No nomination
| fitted than George A. Parks, by train
could have been made which would
meet with such universal approval.”
George Alexander Parks is a son of
James Parks, of Denver, a retired su
! perintendent of bridges for the Union
| Pacific. Parks achieved honors in his
scholastic work and was prominent in
school and college athletics.
Appointment a Surprise.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The ap
pointment of George A. Parks for the
governorship of Alaska was a surprise
to the Senate and completely over
whelmed Mr. Parks, who is here mak
ing his report. He dropped his work
when he heard the news and hurried
to the office of Commissioner Spry,
head of the United States General'
Land Office, aand exclffftned to tfto
commissioner: “Think of it! Governor
of Alaska! Why that’s a big job; do
you think I could swing it?”
Spry assured him there was no man
better posted in Alaska and urged
him to accept the appointment. Parks
asked Spry why he had been selected
j with so many other good men anx
ious for the job, and asked whether
President Coolidge and Secretary
Work had that much confidence in his
ability. Parks then asked for the rest
jof the afternoon off, and his request
having been acceded to, left for the
Interior Department where he told
I Secretary Work he would accept the
nomination.
Commissioner Spry said: “Such mod
esty is refreshing. He has been in
[the Territorial field service since 1909
and nobody is better qualified or bet
ter informed on the needs of Alaska.”
Parks is 42 years of age, a bache
lor, six feet tall and an engineer by
* profession. His parents live in Den
ver, Colorado.
Nomination Surprises Parents
DENVER, Feb. 16.—That the nom
ination of their son was a complete
surprise to his parents, is evidenced by
the receipt of a letter from him this
afternoon, which made no mention of
his appointment as governor of Alaska,
nor any* ambition to gain it.
His aged mother said: “George is
unmarried and. I don’t know what he’s
going to do with that big governor’s
mansion with no wife to preside over
it.”
BIG BILL HAYWARD
STILL IN RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Russia, Feb. 16.—Big
Bill Hayward has not returned to
America as reported, but is still trav
eling as speaker of the International
Society for the Relief of Working
Men in the prisons abroad, having just
completed a tour of southern Russia,
on which he delivered 65 speeches.
Jack Lean was an outgoing passen
ger on the train this morning to his
trap lines at lower Russian River.
Do not forget the special election
to be held tomorrow.