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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 268.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GENUINE ALASKAN PICTURE BEING
FILMED BY TRIO OUTSIDE ARTISTS
Seventy Thousand Dollars Spent on Pictures of Animal
Life and Scenes in Many Parts of Territory—Will
Be One of Most Authentic Pictures Yet Taken—
Company Well Financed and Has Asked No Assist
ance from Alaskans.
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Unknown to a large majority of Alaskans a moving pictuie is
being taken in the Territory by a trio of experts which promises
to eclipse anything heretofore filmed, and will bear the seal of origi
nalitv, as its progenitors have traversed from Uast ( ape to Inal
aska, and from the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes to Mt. McKin
TJ'V seeking scenes and animals \\ortli filming.
Messrs. R. J. Robertson. W. W. Kelly and A. II. Young are the
artists filming the wild animal life and also arranging the scenic
effects, some 70,000 feet of film having been secured within the past
two years, which will probably be cut to about 8,000 feet when
ready to be released.
Sixteen years ago, R. J- Robertson
saw the possibilities of motion pic
tures depicting Alaska as it is a
land of sunshine and flowers, with
broad grassy valleys, towering peaks
and a wealth of animal life equal to
if not surpassing the big game fields
of South Africa. During this time
he has traveled the Territory in all
sections, not covered by its season
al blanket of snow, but at its best,
during the long summer days and
short nights. He has had a wealth
of adventure and probably knows Al
aska better than the average sour
dough, as he has floated down its
streams, climbed its towering peaks,
and camped by hundreds of shimmei
ing lakes in the Interior country.
About two years ago he was joined
by W. W. Kelly, a cameraman of
wide experience, and by Arthur H.
Young, internationally known as a
big game hunter with bow and ar
row. Some of the adventures en
compassed by the trio are without
parallel.
Entering the territory without the
fanfare of trumpets or columns of
publicity a series of pictures have
been filmed that' will portray Alaska
as the land of opportunity for the
homesteader, the big game hunter or
t the investor. Not one dollar has been
solicited from Alaskans to finance the
venture which has already cost over
$70,000, or about one dollar per foot
of film taken.
Back to Primitive Nature.
Arthur H. Young, expert with the
long bow, is the Robin Hood of the
party, and performs feats with his
primitive weapon that would tax the
skill of ma*ny riflemen. He has kill
ed many grizzly bears, moose, brown
bears, sheep, goats, mountain lions
and all large game and feathered
game as small as quail. The bow is
made from bois d’ arc or osage orange
wood and is about six feet long. It
has an 80-pound pull, and will send
an arrow thru the largest animal.
Indeed so powerful is it that the ra
zor-sharp arrows have been known to
clip off a moose’s rib and pass thru
the animal. The arrows are made
of birch, and have steel tips shaped
with barbs, three inches long and one
and one-fourth inches wide. The
^ shaft is 28 inches long. To draw
one of these arrows to the head on
this bow requires prodigious strength
and years of practice. So expert has
Mr. Young become that he can now
loose an arrow every two and a half
seconds, which riflemen will agree is
pretty fast shooting. The arrows are
carried in a quiver on his right
shoulder and are pulled and fitted
to the string with but one motion.
The bow' is wrapped with sinew for
a foot each way from the center and
a flax string of great strength is
„ used.
Mr. Young states that he prefers
the bois d’ arc to English yew, as it
stands up better under the knocks
received on the game trail. For tar
get (.hooting, he prefers a bow made
of yew.
Numerous sporting magazines have
carried articles by Mr. Young, and
given pictures of the game killed. An
animal hit with an arrow does not
get the shocking power of a bullet
^ but dies qhicklv and certain on ac
count of the tremendous loss of blood
especially in case an artery is cut.
Moose and bear killed have not run
over thirty feet after being it.
Herd of Bears.
Recently on Kodiak island, the par
ty came upon a herd of four brown
bears, and after stalking them came
out within 100 yards of them in an
open glade. The cameramen took
their positions and Mr. Young armed
only with his bow advanced to a
point wdthin 40 yards of the bears in
an attempt to make them chargi
FIRE IN SALTPETER
PLANT TERRORIZES
CITY IN NEW JERSEY
TWO THOUSAND SCHOOL CHILD
REN FLEE FROM SCENE
OF EXPLOSION
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 15.—
Fire in a saltpeter plant in this city
leaped through the dozens of streams
of water turned upon it and got be
yond control. While the force of the
explosion blew out walls and the
roof of the plant, and broke windows
within half a mile of the fire zone,
spreading terror among the inhabi
tants, 2,000 school children were
rushed out of the building and fled
through the streets screaming in ter
ror. Five hundred policemen finally
herded the youngsters out of the dan
ger zone and landed them in places
of safety.
TRIBAL WARFARE STARTS
CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 15.—Hedja’s
army, under the leadership of King
Ali is reported marching on Mecca
in herpes of capturing the Holy City.
him. When it is recollected that one
or two of these animals were ten
feet long, and all of them full grown
you can see the unalloyed bliss in do
ing a stunt man for a moving pic
ture concern. Two of the larger of
the animals reared upon their hind
legs and after looking at Young drop
ped down and took a hesitating step
or two toward him, then reared again.
At this point Mr. Young fired and
the arrow went into the bear’s chest
i and protruded about six inches be
hind his back. A second arrow struck
him and the animal dropped to its
feet and ran several yards falling
over dead. The other three ran past
the body and made their escape into
the tall grass. In the meantime the
cameramen secured the whole per
formance and it will appear in the
picture released next year. First the
four bears wrestling and playing,
then the bow-man stalking the ani
mals, and their curiosity when they
first saw him, then the kill and their
flierht thru the erass.
Seven Bear in Group.
Another scene will show seven big
brown bear in one picture which is
a most unusual incident.
Another time a female brown bear
and two cubs were stalked, the cubs
running up a leaning tree. The moth
er bear ran around the party growl
ing and trying to bluff them, and fi
nally took one cub and ran off—the
other cub was photographed in a
number of positions and then releas
ed.
Many fine moose pictures were tak
en, one scene showing 35 moose in
I one bunch, and others showing simi
i lar herds, down to single animals,
j The pictures show' the customs of
| the natives, trail life, coal scenes, big
. game animals of every description,—
and many novel sights off the beaten
path of the average cameraman.
It might be said here that the par
ty on their trips carry no guns, and
are interested in the big game only
as the centerpiece for some picture
or scene. No heads have been col
j lected or trophies secured.
The picture, when completed, we
' believe will do Alaska more good
than any yet taken, on account of the
scenes being taken in the summer,
and being true to life. The resi
dents of the states have become so
acustomed to snow scenes and win
ter vistas that it will be hard to
overcome their ideas, but when this
is done Alaska will be depicted as a
land w'here the homeseeker may find
the horn of plenty ahvays full, and
} nature at his back door.
COMING FROM GREAT
BRITAIN TO STUDY HERE
LONDON, Nov. 15.—The first par
ty of boys from Great Britain going
to Canada under the plan of the Al
berta government to train at the pro
vincial Agricultural School at Ver
million to become farmers with a
view to settling in the province, will
sail on the steamer Megantic on Nov.
17. Some of the boys are from first
class historic schools here. They
will sail under the assistant passage^
scheme of the Overseas Settlement
Commission.
MRS. HARDING STILL
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
MARION, Ohio, Nov. 15.—Mrs.
Harding was reported by Dr. Saw
yer today to be still in a critical con
dition.
26 MILLION VOTES POLLED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—
Practically complete figures disclose
about twenty-six million votes/ were
polled at the recent national elec
tion.
OPTIMISTIC BOARD SAYS
BETTER TIMES AHEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—
The Federal Reserve Board in op
timistic review, reports a definite re
vival of business in volume suffi
cient to overcome the midsummer de
pressions. It stresses that the possi
bilities are pointing to an immediate
prosperous period in all businesses.
EDUCATION SCHOONER
BOXER EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 15.—The
Bureau of Education’s schooner Box
er, with a number of crippled Eskimo
children who are being brought out
for treatment, and a partial ..cargo of
reindeer meat is expected to arrive
from the Bering Sea in the \rctic
on Tuesday.
HOSTILITIES MAY RESUME
IN THE PEKING DISTRICT
TIENTSIN, China, Nov. 15.—Chin
ese here are expecting reknewed hos
tilities between the Christian General
Feng Yu Hsiang, who is in control
of Peking and Chang Tso Lin, the
Manchurian war lord.
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SOAP BOX ORATIONS TABOOED
1 ROME, Nov. 15.—The Minister of
the Interior, acting with the approv
al of Premier Mussolini, has issued
orders forbiddihg all political meet
ings in Italy, pending the issuance of
the new regulations, governing such
gatherings.
RED CROSS MEETING
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
A meeting of the Red Cross Chap
ter of Seward was held in the town
hall last night, at 8:00 o’clock with
a large membership present. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year, taking office at once:
Chairman, Elwyn Swetmann.
Vice-Chairman, Ralph Reed.
Secretary, Dr. Roberts.
Treasurer, A. H. Mayers.
Miss Stella Fuller was present and
gave a resume of the year’s work
done.
DRY SPELL PREVAILS;
HINDER FALL PLANTING
NEW YORK, Nov. 15—A record
breaking dry spell in many parts of
the country is responsible for the re
cent forest fires and the threaten
ed exhaustion of water supply and
is unfavorable to fall planting in
many sections.
TODAY’S FfSlJ MARKET
KETCHIKAN —Halibut offered
none; salmon 21, 12 and 7.
manyImplicated
IN BOOZE RUNNING
ON PACIFIC COAST
SEATTLE, Wn, Nov. 15.—The in
dictments returned by the grand jury
sitting in San Francisco during the
investigation of Pacific coast rum
running conspiracies are on the way
to Seattle'today for service by the
United States marshal of Seattle.
Many other Northwest rumrunners
are named in the warrants of arrest.
GEOGRAPHIC BOARD
SAYS NAY OVER A
REQUEST BY TACOMA
NAME OF MOUNT RANIER WILL
REMAIN AS IT IS—CHANGE
WOULD CAUSE CHAOS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—
Inscathing terms the United States
Geographic Board for the fourth time
has rejected the request of the citi
zens of Tacoma to change the name
of Mt. Rainier, Washington’s highest
mountain, to that of Tacoma, in hon
or of the city, and ruled that it
shall be and remain Mt. Rainier, To
change it would be a blow to the
stability of geographic and historic
nomenclature and a reflection upon
the intelligence of the American peo
ple, says the report of the Board,
which met today.
Mt. Rainier was named after an
English officer and the Tacoma citi
zens claim that its ancient name was
Tahoma, given by the Indians. The
mountain is 14,365 feet in height and
| has been made a national park with
| surrounding country.
STRANDED WIFE AND
CHILDRN REACHED BY
FATHER OF FAMILY
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 15.—Cable
advices reaching this city state that
Captain Louis Knafflich has reached
his wife and children, who were iso
lated and facing food shortage in the
Kuskokwim section.
UNITED STATES MUST RESUME
DIPLOMAT! RELATION WITH
SOVIETS FOR GOOD OF EUROPE
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 15.—Sen
ator Borah, Republican of Idaho and
ranking member of the Senate For
eign Relations committee, tells the
State Council of Republican Women,
that the “reconstruction of Europe
cannot be effected until the United
States recognizes Russia.”
ALAMEDA SAILS WITH
• EIGHTY PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—The steamship
Alameda sailed this morning for Sew
ard with eighty first cabin passengers
including the following for Seward:
Ben Melmberg, Mrs. L. Colburn, Ruth
i Holmes, Mrs. Alma Boyle, Mrs. W.
' J. Barker, C. L. Vickers, Arthur Mc
1 Gowan, E. Bailey, T. Kvemvik, and
A. Johnson.
REAR ADMIRAL ATTACKS
NEW YORK, VULNERABLE
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Asserting
our probable enemies are becoming
stronger to attack, and we weaker
to resist, and that New York was the
most vulnerable city that ever has
existed, Rear Admiral Bradley A.
Fiske, retried, urges that the United
States take adequate precautions to
achieve that higher destiny for which
“we shall have to fight, by under
standing better what this wicked
world actually is.”
HERESY OF TODAY IS
ORTHODOX TOMORROW
OXFORD, Eng.-»-The heresy of to
day would become the orthodoxy of
tomorrow, Dean Inge, of St. Paul’s
cathedral, declared at a religious con
ference here today. This problem of
heresy, he said, was old as the begin
ning of unfettered thought and the
conflict between scienoe and religion
was far from being solved and w^as
an open sore, poisoning the life of
the civilized world. It was difficult
for man to accept orthodox Chris
tianity as the churches presented it,
without treachery to his scientific
conscience, he said. Intellectual hon
esty, therefore, to a large extent, was
strained out of the church.
PROHIBITION AGENTS
ARE TO GET THE HOOK
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Reports from
the National capital indicate that Roy
Lyle, state prohibition director, and
F. A. Hazentine, divisional director,
with Wm. Whitney, his first assistant,
are to be divorced from their present
jobs for the good of the service.
Mr. Razeitine recently returned
to Seattle from an extended visit to
Alaska.
MAIN IN JAILED MARRIED
TO THE GIRL HE SHOT
DETROIT.—Dorothy A. Hunter,
former Ottawa girl, who was shot
four ti/nes by her fiance, Kenneth
Gowlette, married him yesterday in
the county jail. The shooting oc
curred August 31, and Gowlette is
locked up awaiting trial on a charge
of assault with intent to kill.
The former Miss Hunter declared
at the time of the shooting that she
still loved Gowlette, but would never
marry him. She was recently re
leased from the hospital, where she
recovered from the bullet wfounds.
Gowlette and his wife gave their
ages as 18. The shooting followed a
trivial quarrel.
EIGHT HOUR MAIL
SERVICE BETWEEN
NEW YORK-CHICAGO
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The gov
ernment has blazed a trail for an
eight hour overnight mail service be
tween New York and Chicago both
w’ays, it was announced today by Carl
F. Egge, general sxperintendent of
the postoffice department air mail
division announced.
Mr. Egge stated that within a few
months mail would be carried by air
to all points of the United States.
CLOSED SEASON ON HALIBUT
Beginning at midnight tonight the
recently enacted closed season on
halibut fishing will start. The season
opens again some time in February.
Both Canada and the United States
have entered into an agreement to
prohibit fishing during this period.
COOLIDGE ISSUES
PROCLAMATION FOR
EDUCATION WEEK
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—In a
proclamation designating November
17 to 23 as American Education week
i President Coolidge described educa
[ tion week as “America’s noblest con
tribution to civilization,” declaring
that broad and liberal culture is ne
cessary to enable men to think and
to know how to live. The President
declared in his proclamation that an
“educated fool is a sorry spectacle,
I but he is not nearly so dangerous to
I society as a rich fool, and we want
neither in this country. We want the
educated to know how to work and
the rich to know how to think.”
CUMMINS NOT CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENCY SENATE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Senator
Albert Cummins announced today that
he would not be a candidate for re
election as president pro tempore of
the Senate at the next Senate.
PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED
FROM WRECKED VESSEL
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Passengers
have been removed from the United
State Fruit company’s steamer, Es
capa, bound from Colon to New York
alter she went on the rocks near
Cape Maisi on the fastern tip of
Cuba.
SERIOUS HITCH DEVELOPS
PARIS, Nov. 15.—A serious hitch
has developed in the Franco-German
negotiations for the commercial trea
ty recently arranged, caused by the
difficulty of reconciling stipulations
of the treaty with the provisions of
the Dawes plan as regards the deliv
ery of reparations in kind.
BORAH IN FAVOR OF
PROPOSED WORLD COURT
WASHINTON, Nov. 15.—Senator
Borah suggested today that President
Coolidge call a conference of leading
nations to codify international law
as the first step toward the estab
lishment of a world court in which
he would favor American participa
tion.
WEALTHY YOUTH WEDS
DAUGHTER TAXICAB DRIVER
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Leonard H.
Rhinelander, a member of one of the
most exclusive families in New York
was married yesterday to Alice Bea
rice Jones, daughter of a New Ro
chelle taxicab driver.
ALASKA BUREAU OF
EDUCATION MAKES
OUT ANNUAL REPORT
AN INCREASE OF EIGHT SCHOOLS
IN THE TERRITORY OVER
LAST YEAR’S FIGURES
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 15.—Eighty
two public schools are being main
tained in Alaska this year by the
Alaska Bureau of the United States
Department of Education.
This is an increase of eight of
the year of 1924, according to the
report submitted by J. S. Wagner,
chief of the Alaska bureau to Wm.
Tigert, commissioned of education at
Washington, D. C.
It has been estimated that 4,132
pupils were enrolled in the eighty
twro schools.
EXPENSES CUT IN HALF
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Ordinary
| expenses of the government have been
; cut in half during the first three
years of the budget system, H. M.
Lord, director general of the budget,
told the members of the State cham
| ber of Commerce.
SOCIETY MAN WEDS
GIRL ALLEGED BE
OF NEGRO BLOOD
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Members
of the Rhineland-Kip families, sturdy
representatives of New York’s cream
| iest social stratum for generations,
! went into conference today as a re
j suit of Leonard Kip Rhinelander and
| his bride of humble origin having
stolen away from their New Rochelle
apartments where they were spending
■ their honeymoon, because of the com
j plaints of the tenants that the bride
! was of negro origin.
STEAMSHIP ALAMEDA IS
BACK ON HER OLD RUN
The old reliable steamship Alameda,
Capt. C. P. McCarthy in command,
arrived in port about 10:30 this morn
; ing, taking the place of the Alaska,
i while the latter is on dry dock. The
Alameda recently returned from a
I trip to Nome. She will load a large
quantity of fish at the San Juan dock
before leaving southbound. Her jpas
i sengers for Seward were: Sherman
; Duggan, Chas. Minor, Mrs. I. F. Ken
yon, Mrs. E. C. Brown, Winifred Wil
der, Agnes Smith, Mrs. W. E. Lee, H.
I S. Nobbs, L. J. Smith, P. J. Nor
I ton, Mrs. M. Schoonmaker, Leonard
; Hopkins, J. E. Parry and 14 soldiers.
SUIT DISMISSED TO
PREVENT DESTRUCTON
UNITED STATES WARSHIP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—The Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court this
afternoon dismissed the suit brought
recently by William B. Shearer of
New York, who asked for an order
restraining Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur from ordering the destruction
of the battleship Washington in ac
cordance with the limitation treaty
entered into by the nations of the
world. The ruling was that Shearer
had no equity and that the court had
no jurisdiction.
MINNEAPOLIS MERCHANT
KILLED AUTO ACCIDENT
SEATTLE, Wn„ Nov. 15.—Harvard
Johnson, a Minneapolis merchant was
killed here yesterday in an automo
bile accident.
PAY TRIBUTE TO WILSON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—
Admirers of Woodrow Wilson paid
their annual tribute to his memory
by visiting his tomb in the Bethe
hem Chapel, of the National Cathe
dral here.
SOB STORY MIGHT BE
TRUE BUT WE WONDER
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Mattie Un
luck, an, Eskimo girl, came all the
’ay .rom l'a?e Pass, Alaska, to in
form Ernest B. Little, a world war
veteran now ficl< in a Tacoma hos
pital, that a gold c'airr. he had staked
near False Pass last summer was
turning out very rich. She said she
was prompted to do so by his kind
ness to her people.