VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 101.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
COMMITTEE STRIKES
TRAP AMENDMENT
IN SUTHERLAND BILL
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27—The com
mittee on Alaskan fishing laws has
Struck out the section which would
prohibit construction ot traps and
the use ot purse seines or other ap
pliances in any bay, inlet, estuarj
in Alaska, the entrance of which
would measure three miles or less
or in any channel under three miles
wide or within one mile of a bay
having an entrance one mile wide.
The bill was otherwise presented to
the Senate in the same form it was
presented to the House.
Senator Jones of \\ ashington said
the report was a step in the right
direction. If this section could be
maintained and not hurt fishing, the
industry can be permanently secure, j
FRENCH FLYER CLOSE
BEHIND ENGLISH CREW
PARIS, Apr. 27.—Lieut. Doisy, the
military French aviator, Hying lrom
Paris to Tokyo, is nearing Karachi,
India. Although leaving behind the
English plane he will probably pass ^
it tomorrow.
IMMIGRATION BILL HAS
JAPANESE MUCH WORRIED
OSKO, Apr. 2S—The exclusion pro
vision of America’s immigration law
still continues to hold public attention.
Mass meetings, resolutions and pro
tests to American residents as well as
Japanese criticism is the chief spoit
of the day.
SENATE AND HOUSE
DISCUSS BONUS BILL
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27.—Senate
end House conferees on the soldiers’
bonus bill, will meet today to smooth
out the differences between the two
bills submitted by committees of the
House and Senate.
NATIVES OF SAMOA LIKE
GOVERNMENT OF NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28—
Naval Governor Smith of Samoa re
ported to the Navy Department that
the action among the natives concern
ing government activities for the Is
land, indicated a good feeling and at
titude toward Naval officers which has
b^en observed since the Stales com
menced to govern the Island. Recent
dispatches had reported secret meet
ings of the Natives to consider peti
tioning the President for a civil gov
ernment to end control by Navy Offi
cers.
DIVINE HEALER TREATS
MRS. WM. J. BRYAN
*
HAZELHURST, Ga„ Apr. 27.—Mrs.
\V. J. Bryan, in an invalid chair, is
attending services here of Raymond
T. Richey, divine faith healer, and
hopes to be cured.
MAY QUEEN CONTEST
STILL GOING STRONG
The exciting May Queen voting
contest will come to a close YY ednes
day noon, April 30, at 1 o’clock. L p
to now the voting has been hot and
heavy, as well it might be, for a
beautiful prize awaits the fair queen
of May. A kind friend and member
of the auxiliary is donating a neck
lace of old ivory beads that will
bring joy to whoever gets it.
Today’s voting shows Miss Cecil
Leslie still in the lead, with Miss
Beatrice Baughman jumping to sec
ond place. The vote follows:
Cecil Leslie . 280
Beatrice Baughman . 142
Joe Badger . 141
Patricia Ray . 88
Thelma Tallasen .—.
Melba Johnsrud ...
Myrtle Tallasen . 6
Other contestants no change.
ADMIRAL EVANS IN PORT
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived in port as we go to press.
MAY DAY DICE
r
A Mayday dance will be given by
the Legion Auxiliary May 1st ,at 9
p. m., in the Odd Fellows Hall.
BRITISH FLYER DOWN;
MACHINE IS DISABLED
BOMBAY, Apr. 26— Major Stuart
MacLaren, British airman, attempting
in round the world flight, was forc
ed to land at Parlu. He is engaged
in repairing his engine today.
JAMESON ON WAY
TO MAYO CLINIC
Earle C. Jameson, associate editor
of the Anchorage Times is in town
on his way to May Bros., Rochester,
Minn., to undergo treatment for dis
ability suffered during the war while
serving as first lieutenant of infant
ry with the American expeditionary
forces. Mr. Jameson was gassed in
action at Villers Tournelle, France,
and has never entirely recovered. He
was in a hospital following his re
turn from France for nearly a year.
Mr. Jameson will return in about
two months, accompanied by Mrs.
Jameson, who is visiting her mother
in West Virginia.
MOTHER DE VALERA
PLEADS FOR RELEASE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27.— Mrs.
Catherine Wheelwright, mother of
Eamonn de Valera, arrived here to
day to plead with officials and mem
bers of congress to obtain the re
lease of her son from a Dublin dun
geon.
WOMEN WILL PRACTICE
JUI JIT3U ON MASHERS
NEW YORK, Apr. 26.—A number
of Philadelphia police women arrived
here this week to take up jui jitsu
so as to be able to combat with
mashers, operating en masse in the
Quaker City.
SIXTY-SIX WARSHIPS
TO VISIT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Apr. 27.—Sixty-six war
j ships and 20,000 officers and men
j will be in Puget Sound waters for
July 4th.
FROST HITS ORCHARDS
PENTICTON, B. C., Apr. 27.—Sev
i enty-five per cent of the orchards in
: this district were damaged by frost
last Thursday. The apple crop was
j practically ruined.
CHILI) LABOR AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28—
I The House decided to give immediate
! consideration to the Foster resolution
: proposing a child labor amendment to
the U .S. Constitution.
CLOSES CAMPAIGN
CLEVELAND, April 28—Hiram
Johnson announced that he has closed
his entire speaking campaign before
the convention, unless something un
expected happens.
ROMERO-FLOYD BOUT A GO
NEW YORK, Apr. 27.—The Romero
Floyd Johnson bout which was re
cently arranged and articles signed
will not be canceled to permit Firpo
to have the first chance Rickard said.
I
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
C. W. Felch, traveling man, came in
from Anchorage on Saturday’s train,
he is on his way to the states after a
business trip to Faii'banks.
Mrs. Nevie R. Brooks, a nurse in
the railroad hospital at Anchorage is
at the Van Gilder. Mrs. Brooks is
on a vacation trip to the States.
Ed Grider, a lesident of Ruby, was
an anival on the Alaska.
Miss Ruth Walsh, a sister of the
late Mrs. D. L. McGinnis of Anchor
age is an incoming passenger on the
Admiral Evans on her way to Anchor
age. Miss Walsh was summoned at the
time Mi's. McGinnis was taken ill, but
arrived too late to be at her bedside
when she passed away.
Jerry Allen, who retired as first
sergeant at the post last winter, is a
returning passenger on the Admiral
Evans, after two months visit in the
States.
George K. Pertain, who represents
the H. G. Brace company and the
[West Disinfectant company of Seat
tle, is a Seward visitor.
RAILWAY OFFICIAL
AND COUNCIL MEET
TALK OVER PLANS
A special meeting of the ccuncil
of the town of Seward and a number
of railroad officials was lie'.d yester
day afternoon at 2 o‘clock for the
purpose of discussing ways and means
of controlling the waters of Lowell
creek. Messrs. Horn, Pollock and
Van Gundy were present as repre
tatives of Manager Landis.
Mayor Ray, after explaining to the
visiting gentlemen, the plans of the
council and what had been done in
the past, asked if any one of the
members had any suggestions or
questions to be placed before the
meeting.
Councilman Ellsworth as a mem
ber of the glacier stream committee,
stated that he did not think the coun
cil had been fair to themselves by
not adopting a more concrete basis
before this, and suggested that some
such contracting firm as Sims-Carl
son be asked to submit plans and fig
ures on controlling the stream and
then try to get Congress to allow
an appropriation.
Mayor Ray stated that they real
ized that the present bill before Con
gress must have the support of the
Alaska Railroad. Mr. Horn stated
that a temporary channel at the
foot of the stream would be a waste
of time and money, and that more
protection could be had by driving
wing dams, which would be less ex
pense and afford temporary relief.
Mr. Pollock, chief engineer for the
Alaska railroad, stated that he had
' made one complete survey 01 the
! stream and that his idea would be to
\ move the hospital to a safe location,
i make a series of bulkheads where the
present one is, and let the stream
I take that course and that Railroad
i would take care of itself. He esti
mated the cost at $8000, using 25
j foot piling, and probably $2,000 for
| moving the hospital on to a concrete
1 foundation. This would be tempo
rary, but would be money well spent,
and while he would not suggest that
I the council undertake to make a tem
I porart channel, if the same should be
done it would be much cheaper to
put in a sluice box and excavate same
: by hydraulic, but that there is enough
' gravel forming from slides and in
i streams above that the next high wa
| ter would likely leave 25 or 30 feet
■ of gravel at this end of the stream.
Mr. Pollock also explained that their
estimates were always high, as it was
a great deal easier to explain how
they could have money, than it was
to explain why they needed more,
and that if an appropriation of two
hundred thousand dollars could be
gotten the stream could be made safe
for the next 50 or 100 years.
Mr. Ray stated that while it cost
the Railroad $10,000 or less to remove
gravel and repair damages by the
flood, it had not been interesting to
them to expend $200,000 for chan
nel or other means of controlling
streams, but since Col. Landis has
been in charge the attitude has seem
ed to have changed and the conclu
sion reached that if the town is help
ed companies could be more readily
induced to build if assured protection
from the stream, thereby increasing
tonnage for the railroad.
Mayor Ray also stated that a move
ment was on foot to remove the hos
pital and that several citizens had al
ready offered donations.
Being asked by Mayor Ray if any
appropriation was available at pres
ent that could be used, Mr. Van Gun
dy stated that they had had appro
priations for such cases but they had
was now causing a serious situa
been spent for other purposes, and
tion.
Mayor Ray asked if the Railroad
could do this work and bill the town
for its share. Mr. Van Gundy stated
that while they could do this, there
by saving the town money, the draw
back would be meeting the payroll
and standing good for the bill, as
they would have an authorization
from Washington to do this.
Mr. Van Gunde asked that they
be furnished with a copy of all re
ports, as they were interested and
were going to help see the improve
ment through, and that they appre
ciated the co-operative spirit which
they had met here and that Col. Lan
dis had shown his interest by sending
his party over.
Mayor Ray stated that the railroad
was here, whether we wanted it or
not, and that it had ceased to be a
Christmas tree to some communities,
but that Seward was willing to help
the road in all ways possible and
asked that they thank Col. Landis in
LOS ANGELES PARTY
ON WAY SEWARD
ON HUNTING TRIP
A party of Los Angeles sportsmen
are planning a hunt and moving pic
ture expedition to the far westward,
including a trip to the Pribilofs, and
for this purpose recently purchased
the Princess Pat, a 65 gasboat at
Juneau, which will be used to make
the trip. Pete Larsen, the well
known guide and hunter to the west
v/ill accompany the party on the
trip.
The Princess Pat, with Edward D.
Jones, leader of the party, a promi
nent physician of Los Angeles; Dr. P.
B. Hardy, of Tecumseh, Mich.; Mr.
J. P. Fawcett, of Los Angeles; and
Mr. Arthur Johnson of Randolph, Ky„
with Mr. Jacqueman, a camera man
of Hollywood, and Messrs. Peterson, j
packer, and Dahl, cook, left Juneau j
last week for Seward. Saturday they
reported from Port Althorp.
Mrs. Edward D. Jones, and two
children, Mrs. J. P. Fawcett and
daughter, Miss Grace Barron, and
Mrs. P. B. Hardy, wives and relatives
of the hunters, arrived on the Alaska
yesterday morning and will remain
in Seward until they reach here with
the gasboat, and possibly longer. It
is the intention of the ladies to make
the trip over the railroad to Fair
banks and also visit Kenai lake be
fore leaving.
CAPT. R. A. BARTLETT
LEAVING FOR ALASKA
COAST GUARD BEAR
SEATTLE, Apr. 27.—Capt. Robert
A. Bartlett, Arctic explorer, is on
route here from Washington to ship
on the coast guard cutter Bear for
Alaska where he wi>! inspect pros
pective bases for the Navy’s 1925
North Pole flight in the dirigible
Shenandoah, and gather scientific in
formation for the National Geographic
Society.
The Bear will sail from Seattle for
Bering Sea about May tenth.
CASH COLE RETURNS
FROM INTERIOR TRIP
Cash Cole, Republican candidate
for governor, a preferential vote for
which will be given tomorrow at the
primaries, returned on Saturday’s
train and will leave on one of the
next boats for the south. Mr. Cole
has been called home by news of
his two children being sick with the
| measles. In speaking of his trip
| he says:
‘•I have met a great many voters
on my trip north of here, and I find
keen interest manifested in the com
ing election. I am confident a big
vote will be cast for the governorship
contest. The people are well inform
ed on the political issues at this
coming election, and the propaganda
sent out by a few democratic leaders
advising voters to ignore the prefer
ential vote for governor will be of
no avail. The Republicans are going
to the polls and cast their vote for
a full ticket tomorrow They feel that
failure of the party to cast a rep
resentative vote for governor would
indicate that Alaska is satisfied to
have her governors chosen from the
Outside, and would be a confession
of our unfitness to govern ourselves.
“Heretofore the governors have
been chosen upon party recommenda
tion and the low under which we
vote Tuesday transfers this power
from party leaders to the people. The
consensus of opinion is that we
would then be able to have a gov
ernor who would represent the
views of the majority of the voters
of the Territory. The Territorial
government could then be organized
along lines that would work for the
betterment of the industrial situa
tion in Alaska, rather than the con
tinual playing of politics.”
Mr. Cole believes that he will re
ceive a strong vote along the rail
road and to the westward.
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
The Seward Chamber will hold its
regular weekly luncheon at the Grill
tomorrow at 12 M.
PAT MARR SENTENCED
TEXARKANA, Apr. 27.—Pat Marr
was sentenced to five years in the
pen Saturday for using the mails to
sell worthless oil stock.
behalf of the Town of Seward, and
the Council for his interest in the
matter.
TACOMA MURDERER
KILLED BY POSSE
TACOMA, Apr. 27.—Fritz Beming,
who killed his sweetheart, Albertina
Otto, Wednesday night, because she
rejected him, was killed by a posse
of King and Pierce county officers,
while resisting arrest.
ALAMEDA SAILED
SEWARD SATURDAY
SEATTLE, Apr. 27.—The steamship
Alameda sailed Saturday morning
with 300 passengers, including crews
for the canneries at Sawmill Bay and
Kasaan. The following are for Se'.v
ard: Neil Wanamaker, E R. Racer,
Mrs. E. Lee, John Melhalsis and wife,
Mrs. G. M. Caldwell, II. Workman, C.
E. Nelson, Mrs. Ada Parke, Mrs. K.
Peart, Mrs. W. Edmonds, F. P. Beau
lieu, W. Kaiser, S. Bartholomew, J..
E. Murphy, John Henderson, John
Hirshey and wife, A. Christensen, D.
J. Parker, T. E. Debbemes, Mrs. M.
T. Hoffman, Mrs. P. Ellis, Herman
Dell, S. Dockham, T. E. Dunlap, F.
Hamilton, Cleo Crockett, Mrs. E. K.
Helm, Dan Dukin, F. Olsen, F. M.
Crocker, D. T. Richardson, Carl Wil
liams, Mrs. E. E. Carrigan, E. H.
Lawson, Samuel Sandy, Bessie and
Mina Rhodes, James Anderson, H.
| Stand, S. Hill, M. Kritina, James An
! derson, E. Van Raes, Helen Eastman,
J. J. Clausen, James Basses, J. T.
McRae, John Carey and eight steer
age.
BOOTLEGGERS BOMB
HOME OF MINISTER
CHICAGO, Apr. 27.—Bootleggers at
an early hour this morning bombed
i the home of the Rev. Elmer L. Wil
5 liams, a dry crusader, demolishing
j the front of the house and throwing
: the family out of bed. No one was
NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM
STARTS BUSINESS MAY 1
A new real estate firm will start
business in Seward May 1, Messrs.
Frank Kempfer and Charles Benson,
! being the progenitors. The firm starts
out with offices in the Orlander build
ing, which is being neatly fitted up for
the occasion ,and being centrally lo
cated, will be convenient to parties de
siring to rent or buy properties,
j Mr. Kempfer and Mr. Benson are
well known to Sewardites, the former
| having bee none of the most success
| ful solicitors ever engaged by the
' Pathfinder, and Mr. Benson being a
partner in the Northern. Both men
have a large circle of friends, and al
: ready have some of the choicest pi'op
ei-ties in the city listed. They will be
| found at their place of business thru
I working! hours ready to show proper
ties or take new listings, as both are
thoroughly familiar with local condi
tions should be able to give satisfac
tion to owner and purchaser.
The advantages of having such a
| firm in the town may be understood
by the quick movement of properties
placed in their hands. They will han
dle town lots, business and residence
properties ,and act as agents for Out
side owners, collecting rentals and
paying taxes on same.
The title of the new business will
be the Seward Real Estate Company.
MRS. D. L. M’GINNIS
HAS PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Donald L. McGinnis, wife of D.
L. McGinnis Anchorage clothier, died
at the Anchorage hospital Saturday,
following an operation. Mrs. McGinnis
went to Anchorage from Juneau dur
ing the early days of the city, and
conducted a lady’s furnishings store
until her marriage to Mr. McGinnis.
She was universally beloved by the
v.immunity, and her death was a great
shock. Mrs. McGinnis was formerly
Miss Kathryn Walsh.
NEW RAILROAD OFFICIALS
Mr. C. G. Jones has been appoint
ed roadmaster with jurisdiction from
Julius to Fairbanks, with headquar
ters at Nenana.
C. D. Pollock has been appointed
bridge engineer with headquarters at
Anchorage.
KANSAS CITY, Apr. 28—Torna
does in Texas and Oklahoma killed 4
persons and severely injured ten oth
ers, causing much damage to farmers.
PACKERS HAVE
DEATH GRIP ON
ALASKAN INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27.—Delegate
Sutherland charged today that thru
the fishing regulations drawn by
Secretary Hoover ot' the department
of commerce, in alleged compliance
with the Roosevelt policy of conser
vation, the Alaska Packers’ Associa
tion, which he said is a subsidiary
of the California Canning Corpora
tion, Libby, McNeill & Libby, an al
leged subsidiary of Swift & Company,
the fishing interests have a death
grip on the Alaska salmon industry,
asserting that the regulations say
where, how and by whom salmon
may be caught.
HEARST STOCK OFFERED
ON CHANGE TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 27.—Mil
liam Randolph Heart today offered
for sale an issue of twelve millions
first mortgage bonds on the San
Francisco Examiner, San Francisco
Call, Port Angeles Examiner, Los
Angeles Evening Herald, Oakland
Post and Enquirer, and Good House
keeping, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Ba
zaar, Motor and Motor Boating Maga
zines, as well as other publications.
BURNSIDE WILL BE
SCRAPPED FOR JUNK
SEATTLE, Apr. 27.—The cab’eship
Burnside, which has been tied up in
Lake Union, was sold last week to
the General Metals company of Oak
land, and will be sent south ami
scrapped for iunk . The Burnside
was formerly the Spanish ship, Rita,
captured during the war. She was
used as a transport, being rebuilt
for a cableship July 26, 1900. The
Burnside was built 40 years ago at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
FORMER DAWS0N1TE
DIES IN ARIZONA
PHOENIX, Arix., Apr. 27—Frank
Lawson, a member of the former
mining firm of Lawson, Fuller and
i Norwood, of Dawson, Iditarod and
I Fairbanks is dead here.
—
NEW RY. AGENT ARRIVES;
BE STATIONED AT NENANA
Harry Ilderton, recently appointed
| agent for the Alaska Railroad and the
river boat service, was an arrival on
the Alaska yesterday morning enroute
| to Nenana ,where he will be stationed.
Capt. J. H. Hughes head of the
stores department of the Alaska Rail
road, arrived on Saturday’s train to
meet Mr. Ilderton and Mr. B. E. Crow
i and wife. Mr. Crow will take a posi
tion with the operating department of
the Railroad.
Mr. Ilderton was connected with the
operating department of the Southern
Pacific for 13 years and was with the
Texas Midland railroad for a number
of years as traffic manager. He re
sides in San Francisco.
Mr. Crow is an old railroad man who
worked with the operating department
of the Union Pacific for a number of
years.
GIRLS STOWAWAY
ON BATTLESHIPS
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 27.—The find
ing of a girl stowaway on the bat
tleship Arizona has caused the fleet
commander to order a rigid search
of all vessels. It is stated that a
number of other girls are concealed
on vessels of the fleet.
YOUNG STRIBLING WINS
NORFOLK, April 28—Yroung Strib
ling knocked out Young Rollo, cham
pion light heavy weight of the Navy
in the second round of their ten round
go.
SNOWSLIDE BLOCKS TRAINS
A huge snowslide blocked the
railroad yesterday and no trains left
today. Matt Peters bridge crew and
piledriver have been taken to the
scene of operations.
DANCE TONIGHT
A dance will be given in A. B. hall
tonight right after the show. The
same excellent music provided Satur
day will furnish the music.