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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 82
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 12,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DELEGATES APPEAR BEFORE
SENATE HEARINGS OPPOSE
STRONGLY MODIFICATION
INTERRUPT THE WETS CASE
Ask Official Voice Be Given Demands;
President Coolidge Speech Re
cent Convention.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12. (/P)
—Rigid enforcement of the dry laws
and opposition to its modification were
the keynotes sounded at the opening
sesions of the Woman’s National com
mittee for law enforcement. Dele
gates will descend upon the Senate
prohibition hearings Monday, and give
official voice to the demands of Pres.
Coolidge’s message at the recent con
vention when he said in part:
“The law represents the voice of the
people. Beyond it and supporting it is
the devine sanction of enforcement of
law and obedience of law by its very
nature to our institutions. It does
not matter what is the choice of this
republic but its an expression of moral
requirement of living in accordance
with truth. They are clothed with
spiritual significance in which is re
vealed the life or death of an Ameri
can ideal self-government.”
Sixty-five delegates of the Civic Tem
perance and other woman’s organiza
tions came before the Senate prohi
bition committee interrupting the pre
sentation of the wet’s case and urged
enforcement of the Volstead act op
posed modification of the dry laws.
Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of Beverly,
Mass., chairman of the Woman’s Na
tional conference for law enforce
ment exclaimed “We represent the
homes, church and school, and we
stand for law enforcement and no mod
ification. We feel women ought to be
represented by men who hold our
views.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12. (JP)
—The Senate passed the House reso
lution extending of two years from
today the time w'hich the Alaska An
thracite Railroad Company may file
permanent maps of its Canyon Creek
branch. The resolution also extended
three years’ time for the road to com
plete its construction for a mail line
extending to its branches, and exempts
the company from taxation during con
struction and for a year afterward.
IP TO PULSE PUSS
The S.S. Victoria arrived in port
yesterday morning at 10 o’clock from
Seattle en route to False Pass with
nearly 200 cannery workers on board.
About 35 people had reservations for
this port most of whom continued on
to the interior this morning. About
50 tons of cargo, for the Fairbanks
Exploration Co., was discharged. The
vessel left on its special trip to the
westward at 3 o’clock in the after
noon. Front False Pass, according to
the present schedule the Victoria will
return direct to Seattle.
R. R. Reeser, accompanied by his
wife, signal corps operator, passed
thru Seward this morning on his way
to Fairbanks, where he will be sta
tioned. Mr. Reeser is no stranger in
the territory he having served various
other offices.
PADDOCK SHATTERS RECORD
LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 12. (£>)
—Charles Paddock broke the 150 me
ter world’s record of sixteen seconds
when he ran the distance in fifteen and
six-tenths seconds. 1
f EfFICItf IN PMMMI1
IS THOUGHT OF DEMOCRNT
SEATTLE, April 12. (/P)—Stephen
F. Chadwick told the King County
Democratic club that he doubted the
direct primary had efficacy, because
“republicans have found it so for they
they have a governorwho m they do
not recognize as a republican. He is
not responsive to the platform and he
is responsive neither to his party nor
any other organized group. In fact
to no one but Governor Hartley.”
alderUhlect ARE
PLACED IN SEATS AI
SATURDAY'S MEETING
—
OLD COUNCIL ADJOURNS SINE !
DIE—NEW MEMBERS TAKE
THEIR CHAIRS
The old Town Council adjourned
Sine Die Saturday evening, following
the conclusion of all business con
fronting it and at 10:20 p. m., the new j
Town Council took the oath of office
after which the meeting was called to
order by Mayor-elect L. V. Ray. Coun
cil members present wrere Carl E. Or
lander, A. H. Thoday, Joe S. Hofman,
Joe S. Badger, P. C. McMullen, J.
Helm, the latter twro hold-overs. The
respective oaths of office wrere order
ed filed with the city clerk‘s office.
Pending further action of the coun
cil J. p. Hannon will continue to serve
as magistrate, assessor and municipal
clerk. Also, pending action by the j
council, the offices of chief of police !
fire chief, health officer and city at- i
torney, will continue as at present un
til further action.
Mayor Ray addressed the council-1
men relative to the program for the |
coming year. During his remarks he !
J stated on account of the previous ex-1
perience of Councilmen Orlander and
McMullen, he requested they prepare!
a budget for the coming year and!
w'hich should be in readiness for pres-1
entation at the next meeting of the
council in order that the members may
have an approximate idea what amount
will be available for public improve
ments and expenditures.
It wras regularly moved by Coun
cilman Hofman, seconded by Council
man Thoday, the clerk be authorized
to advertise for bids to be received
for auditing the city books, same to
be opened at the next regular meet
ing of the council, April 19.
VOLCANO AT HILO IS
EBUFTING. NUMEROUS
TIDAL WAVES FOLLOW
HILO, T. H., April 12. (/p)—'The vol-1
cano Loa began erupting and a flow
of lava appeared to concentrate three
miles to the southwest of the sum
mit, terminating in one big fountain
from which lava shot high in the air.
Preceding the eruption several earth
quakes rocked the islands of Hawaii,!
j with tidal waves on the Eastern side !
and a four-foot tital wave here.
1MVELEHS11 HAVE TO
UNDERGO VACCINATION
Round trip passengers to Seattle
are being warned that if they are
contemplating an early return they
may have to undergo vaccination
All of those coming north on the
last few boats have had to submit j
to this unless they already had cer-1
tificates issued by the Seattle office
of the United States Public Health
Service. The innoculation is made
free of cost there. No tickets are
being issued in Seattle without these
certificates.
NORGE ON THE WAY
PULHAM, Eng., April 12. (£>)—'The
dirigible Norge, which will carry Roald
Amundsen and Ellsworth polar expe
dition, completed its first lap of the
journey when dt arrived here at five
fifty this afternoon.
1ST
DEVOTED LIFE TO SCIENTIFIC
PLANT.... RAISING—OBTA I N E D
MARVELOUS RESULTS FROM
MANY OF HIS 100,000 EXPERI
MENTS
WAS BORN OF ENGLISH AND
SCOTCH ANCESTRY, WORKER
—
Achieved World Wade Fame When
Turned Worthless Desert Cactus
Into Valuable Plant—Experimental
Farms Mecca for Thousands.
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SANTA ROSA, Cal., April 11. (£>)—
Luther Burbank, horticulturist, died
at 12:30 o’clock Sunday morning after
two weeks of illness. He sank into a
comatose condition last night and did
not recover consciousness.
Acknowledged the dean of plant
breeders and leader in modern crea
tive plant development, the name of
Luther Burbank became a household
word thruout the civilized world. Vir
tually his whole life was devoted to
scientific plant breeding and many of
is more than 100,000 experiments with
various forms of vegetation attained
such marvelous results that they won
him the title of “Plant Wizard.”
Early in life Murbank evinced a
great love for growing things, select
ing plants rather than animals as his
pets. His first notable success was
achieved at the age of 22, when he
happened to find a seed ball of the
Early Rose potato, which rarely bears
seed. From this he developed the
world famous Burbank potato that
has spread to every portion of the
globe and which is said to exert a
greater influence upon the food sup
ply of humanity than any other single
food plant.
Soon after breeding this potato,
which brought him neither fame nor
money at the time, Burbank moved to
California, when he obtained employ
ment as a farm hand. He continued
as a laborer until able to acquire a
small farm in the town of Santa Rosa,
some 50 miles north of San Francisco.
With this small beginning he under
took the series of experiments which
long had been uppermost in his mind
Thereafter his work was continuous
and tireless, occupying nearly 14 hours
a day on the average.
Burbank was born at Lancaster,
Mass., March 7, 1S49, son of Samuel
W. and dice (Ross), of English and
Scotch ancestry. He was the 13th of
15 children born on his father’s 200
acre farm. He attended the Lancas
ter Academy, from which he was an
honor graduate.
Next to the potato, the accomplish
ment which brought first fame to Bur
bank was the spineless cactus, where
by he turned a worthless desert growth
into a valuable forage and fruiting
plant. In recognition of this work
he received in 1912 a United States’
grant, Congress under special act turn
ing over 7,860 acres of non-irrigable
land to be located either in California
Nevada or Arizona.
It has been estimated that Burbank’s
100,000 or more experiments with
plant life involved the planting, pol
lenation, observation and propagation
or destruction of a billion individual
vegetable growths. From this vast
number, however; only 385 were se
lected and recommended by him as of
value to humanity. Some of these
were under his observation for 25
years before being given to the world.
Several fine varieties of spineless
blackberry, now grown around the
world, were bred from a wild variety
that was considered useless in its na
tive state. A certain variety of rhu
barb, under Burbank’s magic touch,
increased its stalks from the size of
a lead pencil to that a a man’s wrist,
and was made perpetual, instead of
bearing for a few weeks only. Can
ners appealed to him for a perfect pea,
one which would mature all of its
crop, retain uniformity of size and
all ripen at the same time. After
three years of work he met the de
mand.
Flowers, fruits, grains, grasses, veg
etables, even orchard and forest trees
were improved and given to the
world in newr usefulness thru months
and years of patient and frequently
discouraging experiments.
Wonderful as many of Burbank’s
NEW RESTAURANT WILL HAVE
TWICE FLOOR SPACE AS
PRESENT ONE.
Replete with all modern contrivanc
es and one of the handsomest restau
rants in the north will soon be set
tled in its new quarters in the Holben
building, according to Mel Holben, pro
prietor of the popular eating house,
the Seward Grill, who has for months
been preparing the building for the
move. The new location will have
twice the floor space of the present
location and over 100 guests will be
able to be seated at one time, com
fortably.
The length of the cafe will be 69
feet and the dance hall and banquet
ing room will be 36 by 12 feet. Swing
ing doors will be fitted to the many
private boxes. The entire interior is
being finished in plaster board and the
flooring is of maple.
Nothing has been left undone to
make the new quarters without a riv
al in Alaska, Mr. Holben stated yes
terday. The expenditures in remodel
ing the building has been tremendous,
but when the Grill has moved, Mr.
Holben is certain a real meritorious
asset will have been added to the
town which will reflect much credit
to the community as a whole.
Mr. Holben expects to make the
move just as soon as the painters and
decorators have completed their con
tract, which will be quite soon.
achievements with vegetable, plant
and flower life seem to the layman,
the methods by which they were ac
complished were not in themselves
remarkable. Patience was the chief
requisite to his success. Deciding
first what he wished to create, re
make or improve upon in the vege
ble world, he began by carefully se
lecting robust specimens, allowing
them to go to seed, then experiment
ing with the seeds under widely dif
ferent conditions of climate, fertili
zation and nourishment. The product
would in turn be submitted to radi
cal changes from its natural elements
and the product of this would under
go further experimentation and so the
artificial evolution progressed until
the final result either met the wizard’s
requirements or was abandoned as
useless.
When experiments with seeds alone
were not entirely satisfactory, graft
ing upon the seeds or upon fresh
young shoots often was employed. It
was thru a combination of these me
thods, fortified by his inexhaustible
patience, that enables Burbank to im
part delightful odors to naturally ill
smelling flowers; to grow gigantic
plants from dwarf varieties, and to
produce a perfect calla lily only one
inch in diameter wrhen full grown.
These are but a few of the queer ano
malys resulting from the heretofore
unheard of liberties he took with na
ture’s vegetation.
Burbank’s experimental farms at
Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, a nearby
town, became a Mecca for statesmen,
kings, princes, philanthropists, horti
culturists, biologists, botanists and hu
manitarians as the fame of their own
er spread. Never of a commercial
turn, Burbank permitted an associa
tion known as The Luther Burbank
Society, chartered by the State of
California and endowed by wealthy pa
trons, to disseminate the knowledge
of plants and vegetables which he
worked out.
In addition to the Congressional
grant of land, his work was recogniz
ed by the Carnegie Foundation in
1905 by a gift of $10,000 annually for
a period of ten years to insure a con
tinuation of his experiments. In 1921,
when the city of Santa Rosa com
pleted a new $300,000 park, it was
named after Luther Burbank. He
turned the first shovel of earth in the
construction, and later laid out the
gardens, which cover a 41-acre tract.
The State of California also hon
ored its distinguished resident some
years ago by naming March 7, Bur
bank’s birthday, as Bird and Arbor
Day and the occasion has since been
celebrated as a school holiday thru
out the state.
STOCK 1HT SUES
WEAKER, NEW LEVELS
NEW YORK, April 12. (IP)—1The
stock market has turned weak. Sell
ing pressure has been renewed against
motor shares and scores of issues fell
from one to nearly nine points. Beth
lehem, Sloss and Sheffield steels;
Hudson and Jordan motors; Tidewa
ter Oil; American Agriculture and
Chemical common and preferred broke
at new law levels for the year.
OIL TANKER GULF OF VENEZUE
LA WITH 85,000 BARRELS IN
TANKS EXPLODES
PORT ARTHUR, Texas, April 12.
(/P)—Trapped as they slept in their
berths, 25 seamen burned to death fn
a gasoline explosion on the oil tank
er, Gulf of Venezzuela, in the harbor
here this morning. Eleven men were
injured, eight seriously. The men met
their fate from a caldron of boiling
gasoline when the tanker was along
side of the dock where 85,000 barrels
of high test gasoline had been pumped
into her yesterday. The explosion was
heard for miles and pillars of burning
gasoline leaped a hundred feet in the
air. Sailors appeared on deck and
jumped into the water going thru the
air like flaming rockets. These were
saved.
FORD TURNS TURTLE
WHEN 80ULDER FROM
HILLS HITS ITS WHEEL
What might have been a serious au-!
to accident occured yesterday morn
ing on the first hill out of Seward
when a boulder, rolling.down to the
roadway crashed into one of the front
wheels of Ed. Vogl’s car, turning it
about over the edge of the road from
where it turned a complete somersault
down to the bottom of the incline, pin
ning one of the passengers beneath it,
who was quickly rescued. The engine
was still running though the car was
in pieces, and gasoline was pouring
from out the tank, at the end of its
cross country trip. The engine was
finally halted before a further acci
dent took place. Malloy, the trans
fer man, was sent out to the scene, at
a later hour, filled his auto full of
parts, and towed the chassis into a
repair shop.
BASEBALL
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Seattle 6, Portland 7, game called
in eighth inning account of rain.
Missions 2, Sacramento 13.
Oakland 0, Los Angeles 4.
Hollywood 2, San Francisco 0.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Seattle 8, 4; Portland 1, 6.
Oakland, 3, 4; Los Angeles, 4, 1.
Missions, 1, 9; Sacramento, 2, 7.
Hollywood 5, 2, San Francisco, 2, 0.
The last game at Los Angeles was
called in the seventh on account of
rain.
Standing of Teams
Hollywood _4 0 1000 j
Los Angeles _.2 1 667 j
Portland _I._A 3 571
Sacramento -2 2 500
Missions _-2 2 500
Seattle _3 4 429 1
Oakland_-1 2 333 |
San Francisco _0 4 000
MARIRES CINDERELLA GIRL
GOLD SPRINGS, N. Y., Edward W.1
Browning, aged 51, married Frances I
Heenan, aged 15, his second Cinder- (
ella girl.
(Note—The court refused the plea j
of the Children’s Society to halt the j
marriage of Frances Heenan to the i
aged millionaire realtor, who has been
playing FAIRY GOD-FATHER to poor j
girls. Ed.) *
CAPT. WILKINS ANL LIEUT. EILE
SON LOST IN AIR WHEN
SEARCHING FOR SANDY
REPEATS STUNT TWO YEARS AGO
Smith Party Has Plenty of Food and
Set Out Again for Barrow,
Nana Report.
—
NEW YORK, April 12. (IP)—“Sandy”
Smith reported at Nana. He had re
turned from a hunt with an ample sup
ply of reindeer meat and after a few
days reconditioning the party will
resume the trek to Barrow.
FAIRBANKS, April 12. (IP)—Capt.
Wilkins and Lieut. Eileson after being
in the air eight hours and ten minutes,
believing themselves over the village
of Alatna, vainly dropped messages
for assistance in obtaining bearings.
! Then Eileson recognized Dunbar sta
tion on the Alaska Railroad. He then
followed the Gold Stream valley to
Fairbanks returning like he did from
McGrath two years ago when he be
came lost but recognized Dunbar as
dusk was becoming into black night.
The unmarked, dazzling whiteness of
the snow on the Arctic slope is blamed
for the failure to locate Sandy Smith.
The plane Alaskan arrived at seven
o’clock last night and circled over the
field for ten minutes then made a
safe landing. The attempt to locate
the Smith party was unsuccessful.
FANS TURN OUT TO PREPARE
FIELD FOR SEASON
Five years gatherings of cinders
about the railroad shops disappeared
yesterday when a squad of seven men
attacked the debris, assisted by two
trucks, moving it to the baseball park
where another squad of eleven men
and boys, scattered ashes from one
end of the field to the other, A few
of the S. A. C. members, two citizens,
and most of the local Boy Scout troop
showed up at ten o’clock yesterday
morning in response to the call for
assistance in preparing the diamond
for the coming season, and refused to
quit until 5:30 last night at which time
the entire infield was covered with
tinders, in some places six inches deep.
No hard feelings were felt owing to
lack of numbers for those who render
ed lusty work realized such activities
always fall on a few of the more en
ergetic in baseball affairs.
The next thing on the program will
be waiting for a good heavy rain which
will serve to weld the cinders and dirt
together; then will come the rolling,
more leveling, then the final rolling by
the heaviest one available.
Prior to the arrival of the first
truck load of ashes the field was gone
over by the city road scraper, driven
by Henry Frost. All humps were cut
down and protruding turf removed.
This work alone took at least three
hours.
It is the wish of the S. A. C. to pub
licly thank Cal M. Brosius, local lum
ber and building material dealer, for
the use of his motor trucks and one
driver. Also to Henry Phaeben for
the long hours he assisted. The ar
rival of the Boy Scouts on the field
was a welcomed sight without whose
assistance the work could not pos
sibly have been completed.
It is anticipated, now that such a
starts has been made, that next Sun
day, a goodly number will respond.
About one o’clock yesterday, the
Seward Bakery sent out a huge pot of
coffee, which, with tjie sandwiches
on hand, certainly was much appreciat
ed by all.
FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, April 12. (>p)—Hali
but was taken in here yesterday by
Hardcastle Cold Storage at thirteen
and eight cents; Salmon at 18 and 9.