ROBBER SECURES $135
FROM HOME OF
MRS. NELS LARSON
Last evening about nine.thirty, rob
bers entered the apartments of Mrs.
Nels Larson, above the Commerce Cafe
and took $135 in cash, scattering her
jewelry and personal effects about the
place. ,
Mrs. Nels Larson, proprietress of
the Commerce Cafe, was working
down-stairs at the time of the robbery
and stated she heard a slight noise
above, but thinking it came from the
building next door, paid no attention
to it. Shortly aften ten o’clock Mrs.
Larson closed the restaurant for the
night, and upon going up to her res
idence, noticed the back door stand
ing open, which she always kept lock
ed. This frightened her and she hur
ried to get help, meeting Mr. and Mrs. j
Charles Lechner on the street, induc
ing them to go upstairs with her.
On entering her rooms they saw
Mrs. Larson’s jewelry scattered on
top of a shelf and a watch lying on
the floor by the door, which the thief
had apparently dropped in making his
exit. However, none of the jewelry
was taken which amounted to consid
erable. Mrs. Larson stated today
the money was taken from two separ
ate places in the room, making it plain \
ly evident that the thief was familiar j
with the building, and was in need of i'
immediate cash.
Marshals Reed and Walker were ■'
summoned, but thus far no clue has; [
been found. 1
NEW REAL ESTATE
COMPANY IS READY
TO RECEIVE PUBLIC
Chas A. Benson and Frank Kemp-1 <
fer, partners in the Seward Real Es_ j (
tate company, Seward’s youngest bus- j <
iness venture, have about completed j t
the work of painting, papering and <
general repair work on the Benson i
building on Fourth avenue, which is
to contain the offices of the company. <
The place is now open to the pub- £
lie, to whom, an invitation is gladly *
extended to come in at any time to in- ‘
spect the place and get acquainted.
The office is divided into two rooms *
and to the rear are living quarters (
which are used by Mr. Kempfer. The (
floors are covered by congoleum car- J
pets and a desk, chairs and table com- (
prise the furniture. Real estate op- 1
portunities have been placed on cards
which hang in the window.
KOYUKUK TO HAVE
NEW RADIO PLANT i
After years of effort the people of
Koyukuk district have been granted a
radio, to be operated by the govern
ment to keep them in touch with the
outside world. A wireless man will
leave for the Koyukuk when naviga
tion opens with the necessary appa
ratus.
The station is to be established at
Wiseman after investigation by gov
ernment men.
The Koyukuk is at present one of
the most isolated districts in the ter
ritory. Messages must be sent over
a hundred miles to the Yukon and
in the summer it is hard to get to
a station. The community could die
from an epidemic before help could
be received.
Authorization for the establishment
of a wireless is the first recognition
received from the government with
the exception of the building of a
few trails.
JUDGE CLEGG WILL
SAIL NORTH JUNE 1
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Cecil H. Clegg, district judge of
the Fourth Division who recently un
derwent a severe operation for goitre
at the Mayo clinic at Rochester will
return home about June 1. Mr. and
Mrs. Clegg are now in Colifornia,
where they are enjoying the sunshine
and taking a rest. The department
of Justice has extended his leave of
absence another month.
The operation was a most difficult
one, as it was a double goitre and
had to be removed from under the
breast bone.
The Cleggs will return on the
stearnsh^ Alaska, sailing about May
31 from Seattle.
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CITY ESTABLISHES
NEW GARBAGE DUMP
The Town of Seward has establish
ed a new garbage dump at the lower
end of Third Avenue, near the old
sawmill. By dumping ashes and gar
bage here the city will eventually ex
tend Third Avenue across the tide
flats, cutting off the grade at Cham
berlin hill and saving the tax payers
considerable money.
No more garbage will be dumped on
the beach under new city regulations.
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DEISEL POWERED BOAT NILE
ARRIVES FROM WESTWARD
. Captain J. J. Johnson brought th€
| Nile, a large deisel engined boat into
port from Kodiak yesterday evening
. to take on oil. The Nile is a large
. vessel engaged in coast-wise trade,
; carrying passengers and freight be
r tween points on Cook Inlet. The Nile
. maintains headquarters at Kodiak.
: RECORD MADE BY
DEISEL BOAT ON
LONG TRIP NORTH
The log of the diesel engined boat
! Dr. Martin, which arrived in Seward
■ Saturday, piloted by Capt. E. S.
Hayes ol' Seattle discloses a remark
able performance for the new Mianus
engine, and discloses the surprising
economy of operation from Seattle to
Anchorage, where the boat was plac
ed on flat cars and taken to Nenana
to be sent to the lower Yukon.
The actual running time of the Dr.
Martin was 1.85 hours and five min
utes, the log showing the distance
traveled to be 1765 miles, or an av
erage run of 9 Ao miles per hour. The
fuel used was calol diesel oil of
which 782 gallons were consumed.
The oil cost three cents per gallon,
compared with 15 cents for gasoline.
The total cost of the trip for fuel
| oil was about $23.50, or 15 cents an
j hour. The engine was 80-horse pow
I er, four cylinder, and was installed
| in the boat a few days before start- •
1 ing from Seattle north.
Capt. Hayes and Engineer Thomas
Oakes kept a careful record of the
mileage for the company, as this is
the first engine of the kind installed
in a 65 foot boat on the Pacific
coast and the long run gave an op
portunity for a severe test.
During the entire trip in all kinds
of weather the engine never faltered
or skipped and showed unusual pow
er. The Mianus is a full deisel of
the two-cycle type, eliminating all
cams, rods, and gears, and is really
nothing but a cylinder and piston.
The charge enters at the top of the
cylinder, following the piston down, |
and exploding under compression at
the top of the stroke. No elaborate
heating system is required to start
the motor, less than 30 seconds be
ing required to get under way. The
compression is 360 pounds to each
cylinder, and no valves or by-passes
are used, the engine once the oil
charge is adjusted, running until the
fuel is cut off.
The motor, which is a new depart
ure, is made in Mianus, Connecticut!
by the Mianus Motor Company, and
costs about $100 per horsepower for
the smaller sizes and $80 for the
larger. It is made in sizes from
7V2 to 300 horsepower.
TWO MEN LOST FROM
ARCTIC TRADING BOAT
NOME, May 3—A letter received
by mayor Maynard from C. H. Riley
brought word that the schooner Dux
burg which left Nome last August on
a trading expedition into the Arctic
for Leibes Company, a San Francis
co concern, got only as far as Flax
man Island where they went into win
ter quarters.
Two of the three men \Vho went in
land to establish a camp have been i
given up as lost. Thethird man
said the men had entered their sleep
ing bags as protection against a howl
ing storm, while he walked around,
but when the storm had passed, he
could find no trace of them and be
lieved they had been blown away. One l
of the men lost, was a part owner i
of the vessel. The Duxbury was in *
charge of K. Larson. With him were ;
C. W. Scarborough, H. Chamberlain ]
C Peterson, and Charles Jenson, all ‘
of Nome. J
DINER SERVICE CUT
OUT ON NORTH END
Announcement is made that the
Alaska Railroad on the initiation of
its new schedule of three trains a
sveek, beginning May 18th, will elimi
nate the diner between Curry and
Fairbanks.
Train No. 2, leaving Seward for
Fairbanks three times a week will
irrive in Nenana at 6:10 a. m. stop
ping one hour and twenty minutes
:o allow passengers to breakfast.
Leaving Nenana at 7:30 a. m. the
rain will reach Fairbanks at 10:15.
Train No. 1, southbound for Sew
ird will leave Fairbanks at 6:00 p.
n. stopping at Nenana a half hour
md leaving for Curry at 9:15 p. m.
Southbound passengers from Fair
)anks will be forced to lunch before
aking the train.
ROAD CLOSED AT CITY LIMITS
The Bureau of Public Roads has
losed the highway where it crosses
he railroad track, and all autoists
re asked to stay off until the snow
oes.
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CHARLES CAMERON
BUYS ANCHORAGE
RESTAURANT OUTFIT
Anchorage Times
The lure was too magnetic,, anc
Charles Cameron, Mrs. Cameron, anc
that wonderful son have returned tc
Anchorage, where, as Charlie says
they will stay from now on. Anchorage
welcomes the Camerons, all three oi
them. At that it is hard not to quote
with other millions that “we told you
so.”
Mr. Cameron conducted the famous
“Cameron Cafe’ 'in Anchorage for a
number of years, to the delight of his
many patrons. Seizing a business op
portunity in Seward, the family mov
ed to the neighboring town, where
they were equally successful.
About two years ago the Camerons
decided that it was California for them
and moved to San Francisco, where he
was engaged in business, for a short
time only, as the call of the northland
was too strong, and here they are in
Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron will engage
in business here. Yesterday they sign
ed a long term lease on the old Royal
Cafe, which in the future will be
known as “Cameron’s Cafe.” To in
sure success Charlie himself will have
charge ow the kitchen and to doubly
insure success, Mrs. Cameron will pre
side over the dining room. Young Chas
himself will be an additional drawing
card to the culinary attainments of his
father and the ability of his courteous
mother.
Workmen and artisans today are
making extensive alterations in the
kitchen, the place in general is under
going a thorough overhauling. An offi
cial announcement of the opening date
together with the delectable menu will
be published later. In the meanwhile
the Camerons are being welcomed by
m ar»AnnltAVQfro frinn/lc
BAG LIMIT CUT
TO ONE MOOSE AND
SEASON IS CHANGED
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SHEEP AND GOATS ON EAST SIDE
OF PENINSULA PROTECTED
AS FORMERLY
Advices were received today from
Ernest P. Walker, chief of the bio
logical survey, with headquarters at
Juneau that new game and fur reg
ulations have been issued by the de
partment, involving several important
changes. The most important of these
requiring immediate publicity are as
follows:
The bag limit for moose south of
latitude 62 is reduced from two to one
animal and the season opens Septem
ber 1.
Protection of sheep and goats on
the east sid eof Kenai peninsula is
continued as before.
Mr. Walker states that guides and
those planning trips should took cog
nizance of these new regulations.
Fur bearing regulations continue
the closed season on beaver and mar
ten.
A number of other minor changes
nave been made in both game and
ur laws which will be given full pub
icity within a few days.
Latiitude 62 is north of Anchorage
n the vicinity of Talkeetna, conse
luently the regulations apply to the
r.iiole of the Kenai peninsula.
/VELL-KNOWN OIL MAN
ON WAY TO WIDE BAY
—
William Lee, well known Alaskan,
md one of the heaviest claim holders
n the Kanatak District passed thru
Seward last week on the Admiral Ev
ins. Mr. Lee is on his way to Wide
Jay after an extended visit in the
States. He will leave the Evans at
Codiak and take a gas boat on the
talance of his journey.
Mr. Lee states that the outlook for
he Cold Bay field was never better,
'he Standard Oil company is drilling
.1 Mr. Lee’s gnu.' .1 and when the
irst well is brought in Mr. Lee de
lares a stampede to that section will
ring thousands of people and plenty
f capital for further development.
>LDTIMER IMPRISONED IN
SNOWSHED AT MILE 71
Imprisoned for fifty-two hours in <
he snowshea at Mile 71 last week, f
s the lesult cf a huge shoe which *
overed the approaches to +,u- struc- £
are, R. ii. .--ti m* oi'.i if of u is 1
istiich \;nc. re.'eav c. from hi* impels- E
nment bv ■> ci ?<v o' A.i*m railr n 1 1
•orkers r.r.kiin i.a ■ n ; arr. «, rs c
ap from d ••• h ii :h- slid- and suf- I
?red from 1 sing- r an 1 expo-ur« An t
forage ihun-s. I
LLSWORTH TO START $
SOON ON NEW GARAGE I
The Buick Sales Agency, H. E. s
llsworth, plans to start construction a
a his new garage some time within t
le next few weeks. The structure
ill have cement firewalls. s
BEAR HUNTING PARTY
ON TRAIN YESTERDAY
The first hunting party of the sea
son left Anchorage on yesterday’:
train for Indian, consisting of Mr. an<
Mrs. Ira Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Brewington. They intend to hun
up Bird creek to the twenty-five mil*
roadhouse, thence over the divide t<
the head of Ship creek, and returi
down that waterway to Anchorage. A
period of ten days will be required t<
make the trip.
BUILDS FINE YACHT
TO COME NORTH
ON HUNTING TRIP
EASTMAN, OF KODAK FIRM, I?
BUIDING YACHT IN WHICH
TO CRUISE ALASKA
Built especially for u^e in Alaskan
waters by big game hungers ar.d other
spoilsmen, a $40,000 p-nver yacht, 86
feet long, is now taking fi.rm on the
Martir.olich yard ways in Vashon is
land, says the Seattle Times.
7 he vessel is to b - launched the mid
dle c* May and to be ready to go into
conr.idfsion the latter pan of June.
Her lines follow th«- ca.inery tender
type, "he construction being unusually
heavy because of the requirements of
no it re ip waters.
T he yacht is being built for the Al
aska Coast Hunting ;i\a Cruising Co.,
of Ev fne, Ore. Campbell Church of
that »:,.y ,who is one of the principal
owners of the company, is now in Se
attle -.inferring on liewji's with L .E.
Geary, naval architect, who design
ed the new yacht. The plans call tm
i beam of 18 feet C inches and a
c'juft cf 7 feet. The yacht will be
equipped with a 110 horsepower Die
sel engine. She will have a cruising
radius,of 3,500 miles.
George Eastman cf the Eastman
Kodak ernpany of Rochester, N. Y.,
has :a\en the firs, chapter on the ves
sel. She will be turned over to him
shortly aftr completion and he will
then leave for Alaska waters with a
party of friends. The Eastman charter
covers July, and duiing that month the
party will hunt and f sh. At the ci.ci
of the summer, the * cht will be turn
ed over to other v, > tsnien who have
taken a charter for two and a Ird*
months duri'g the «.ut:imn. On Pat
cruise she will go to the Alaska pen
insula where t.ie cany will hunt fer
bear and big game. Another charter
for two and one-half months for hunt
ing in the same region has already
been closed for next spring.
Mr. Church is well-pleased with the
progiess of the yacht. He is well
known in the Northwest and Alaska as
a Kg game hunter. He hunted on the
Alaska Peninsula last year, returning
with a number of trophies.
The vessel withh have stateroom ac
commodations for eight persons. The
forecastle has accommodations for a
crew of three, with five extra bunks
f;*r guides and packers.
CAPTAINS FOR RIVER
BOATS ARE NAMED
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FAIRBANKS, May 5—Harry Wat-1
son, assistant superintendent of river!
transportation, arrived in Nenana last:
Saturday from Anchorage. He states
that the first boat of the season for
down river will leave Nenana as soon
as the river is clear of ice. The run
will be the same as last year, from
Nenana to Holy Cross, where con
nections will be made for the lower
Yukon liver points, St. Michael and
Nome with the N. C. Company’s ships
and tor the Iditarod with the steamer
St. Joseph, operated by Ira Wood.
S. E. Lancaster has been appointed
port captain and J. T. Gilbert port en
gineer. The personnel of the crew is:
Str. Jacobs—captain C. W. Adams;
pilot, James Crowley; mate William
Barnett; chief engineer, Thomas Hyde
ind purser R. Session.
Str. Davis—H. G. Lorney, pilot C.
A. Livingstone; mate, Fred Racey;
:hief engineer Ln Dow; purser Wil
iam Abbot.
»RIZE WINNERS PICKED
IN ESSAYS ON BANKING
Many essays were submitted to the
ommittee having charge of the
.warding of prizes to students of the
seward schools writing the best es
ays on banking, by Cashier C. E.
linde of the Bank of Seward, were
nnouneed yesterday. Miss Clara
’erry won the first prize of $5.00
ffered by Mr. Hinde, and Miss Marit
fide the second prize of $2.00, for
he High school, and Virginia Haw
ins won the first pri; ^ of $2.00 and
dice Murphy the second prize of
1.00 for students in the Seventh and
lighth grades.
Mr. Hinde states that the essays
ubmitted were all unusually good,
nd it wTas after much deliberation
iiat the winners were picked.
Beginning Monday the winning es
ays will be published.
SHIP ALASKA FURS QUICK
We’re paying big prices for Alaska furs—
demand strong. We are the largest buyers
of Alaska furs in this big central market
and we must have all kinds for quick sale at
present high prices. Money sent same day
shipment comes in—cash, draft or money
order, whichever you want. ACT NOW—
if you have one skin or a hundred. Ship to
us at once.
RhikeRirDi
ST. LOUIS. MO.
FOUKE GRADING MAKES YOUR FUR CHECKS BIGGER
BOOTH FISHERIES STEAMER
ZAPORA IN PORT FOR OIL
The steamer Zapora, “pick-up” boat
for the Booth Fisheries Company, Cap.
Keough in command, arrived in port
from Sitka last evening to take on
oil.
They report a fine trip up from Sit
ka, making the run in four days. Capt.
Keough reports passing many fishing
boats, including the Sea Maid, Atlan
tic, Vanse and Arow. The Zapora has
25,000 pounds of halibut on board. As
there were no oil tanks at Sitka, Cap
tain Keough states, it was necessary
to come either to Latouche or Sew
ard.
She sailed on her return trip to Sit
ka about noon today.
JOHN FRAME GAINING
IN FOURTH DIVISION
The Fairbanks News-Miner reports
the total vote in the fourth division re
ceived so far as: Arthur Frame 295,
John Frame 323. Iditarod, Ruby, Kus
kokwim and a fewr other scattered pre
cincts are yet to be heard from. Ben
Eielson, flying to McGrath today will
probably bring returns from the up- .
per Kuskokwim and Ophir precincts.
DRYDEN TO OPEN UP
SECOND HAND STORE
W. H. Drydoa leased the Lechmr
building yesterday from the Seward
Real Estate Company for one year
and will conduct a second hand store
in the new location. He plans to open
the new place about May 15th.
TUNE IN ON GENERAL
CONFERENCE EACH DAY
The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church which
convenes every four years is now in
session at Springfield, Massachusetts,
and will continue during the month
of May. The deliberations of the
Conference, the musical programs and
the evening lectures are being broad
casted daily by the Westinghouse
station WBZ on wave lengths of 337
meters. The Westinghouse station at
Springfield is one of the most power
ful in the country and can be heard
not only in the East and Middle West
but at times even on the Pacific Coast
ADMIRAL WATSON’S SCHEDULE
SHOWS MANY PORTS OF CALL
The schedule of the Admiral Wat
s m. en route *o Seward, showo that
vccpel vrill call at Ketchikan, Peters
burg, Juneau, Yakucat, Cosdova, Val
le/., Latouche, Seward, Port Graham.
Sel.tovia, Anchorage, Czinkie and Ko
3'ak. Returning the Admiral Watson
iviil call at Seward. Latouche, Valdez,
Lcrdova, Yakuiur, Juneau, Petersburg.
Ketchikan, pi Kit g up all offers.
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MARRIED
Peter P. Sather and Mrs. Josephine
Tuerck were married yesterday at one
p. m. in the office of the United
States Commisioner, Judge Curtis R.
Morford performing the ceremony.
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DR. KUICKERBOCKER
SUCCUMBS AT JUNEAU
Dr. L. C. Knickerbocker, dentist of
Edmunds, Wash., who was removed
from the steamer Admiral Watson at
Juneau recently and taken to St. Ann’s
hospital, died within a short time af_
ter reaching the hospital, according to
word from the south.
Permission was obtained to make a
post mortem examination and the di
rect cause of death was found to be
cancer of the intestines, and it was
later ascertained the doctor had been
suffering from this for the past five or
six years.
Mrs. Knickerbocker was at once no
tified of her husband’s death and in
accordance with her request the body
was shipped to Seattle from where it
will be taken to their home at Ed
munds, Wash., for burial.
Dr. Knickerbocker was an oldtime
Alaskan and practiced his profession
at Nome in the early days.
He was a passenger on the last
southbound sailing of the Admiral
Watson.
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ADMIRAL WATSON
SAILS NORTH TODAY
SEATTLE, May 7—The Admiral
j Watson left Seattle yesterday with 58
I passengers on board, the following for
j Seward:
Mrs. A. Walker ,E. Hamm, H. Capp,
i C. H. Brown, Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs.
i B. Levison, R .H. Leverick, C. A.
| Mowes, Mrs. Mary Paakinen, Joseph
• Lenschan.
PAT HOLLYWOOD MISSING AT
SITKA; BOAT OUT SEARCHING
Fears are entertained at Sitka for
the safety of Pat Hollywood, who left
Craig recently for the former place
and has not been heard of since, says
the Juneau Empire. According to ad
vices received in Juneau, at the re
quest of Commissioner DeArmond of
Sitka the Murre, one of the fisheries
bureau’s boats has been sent out to
search for the missing man.
Hollywood is well known in Juneau
and resided on the channel for many
years. He worked in local mines and
was prominent in boxing circles, be_
ing a strong contender for the welter
weight championship honors. Recent
ly he went to Craig as a member of
the crew employed in that vicinity by
the Signal Corps.
CANNERY TENDER BRINGS
PATIENT TO GOVT. HOSPITAL
The cannery tender Illinois arrived
in Anchorage yesterday morning from
Port Graham. The trip wras made for
the purpose of bringing Jafes Yjscold,
a cannery employe, to the local hos
pital for treatment.
According to information given out
he had been sick for about ten days
and after his arrival at the hospital
it wras discovered that he had a ruptur
ed appendix An operation was per
formed by Dr. J. B. Beeson and at
last reports the patient w'as doing fine.
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ELLIS BALL CHILI MILL
THE MILL THAT TAKES THE PROSPECTOR OFF THE
LABOR MARKET
CHEAPER THAN AN ARASTRA AND MORE EFFICIENT
THAN A STAMP MILL
For Alaska Miners we recommend our Type B
mill, ten to twenty tons daily capacity, or our
Independence Mill, five to seven tons, priced
at $485.00 with gasoline engine; without gas
engine the mill is $80 less.
Come to Woodrow and see the Independence Mill in
operation. The first of these mills to come to Alaska
HAGEN & HENRICSON, Alaska Agents
WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO
P. O. BOX 1105, SEWARD, ALASKA