Heut ard B nily ateman
VOLUME XIX, NO. 44
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
ARMY AVIATOR HERE
TO ARRANGE FI
» COMING FLIGH
SITKA AND SEWARD ARE DESIG
NATED SUB-STATIONS FOR
ROUND WORLD FLYERS
' PLANES WILL
Present Plans of Lieut. Bissell Wil
Call for Planes Here April 5th—
Will Tune Up and Leave.
Lieutenant Clayton PI Bissel, U. S
f Army air service who is arranging to
( the proposed flight aroum/ the worh
by Army airmen, arrived in Sewan
on the Admiral Watson last night, am
is a guest of the Hotel Van Gilder.
The Alaska base for the First Divi
sion of the flight around the worlc
will be at Unalaska, but Seward anc
Sitka are sub-stations for the ait
fleet of four planes, which will be
equipped wtih pontoons for landing in
the water.
Beyond Dutch Harbor, Lieut. Bis
sell will have the use of the fisheries
boat. Eider, and when the air tleet ar
rives at Unalaska there will be two
cutters to give aid and provide wire
less assistance, which will be neces
sary in the long flight from Attu to
Kurile island, near Japan, a distance
of S50 miles, the longest leg of the
flight.
The schedule of the squadron win
be as follows •
Seattle to Prince Rupert. 650 miles.
Prince Rupert to Sitka, 300 miles;
Sitka to Cordova, 459 miles; Cordo
va to Seward, 140 miles; Seward to
Chignik, 450 miles; Chignik to Dutch
9 Harbor, 450 miles; Dutch Harbor to
Atka, 350 miles; Atka to Attu, 530
miles.
From Attu to Kuriles on the Asiatic
coast, 850 miles.
If present plans are followed the
air squadron will reach Seward some
time about April 5th or 6th, stopping
over a day to tune up their machines.
The planes will be under command
of Major Martin, who will pilot one
of them himself. The others will be
piloted by Lieut. Lee Wade, Lieut.
^ Erick Nelson, and Lieut. Lowell
Smith, all aviators of note, who have
been in the service for many years.
The machines were built by the Doug
las Company of Santa Monica, Calif.,
and will be biplanes with 410 h.p. Li
berty motors and a wing spread ol fit
ty feet. A mechanic will be carried
in each machine.
The main purposes of the flight,
said Lieut. Bissell are;
* 1. To win for the United States the
credit for the first around-the-world
air flight;
2. To test the equipment of Ameri
can made machines;
3. To train the personnel of "the
United States army air service;
4. To foster interest in Alaska;
5. To make a survey of the commer
cial air navigation possibilities;
6. To complete the first circumna
vigation of the world in the air with
4 American machines and American
personnel during the lifetime of Or
ville Wright, the inventor of the air
plane.
There will be no attempt to break
any world’s records, said Lieut. Bis
sell. The expedition will leave Se
attle April 1, and it is expected to re
turn there in August. This will per
mit them to cross the Pacific in April
and May and the Atlanticc in July and
August.
One man will be in charge of ar
rangements for the Bight in each of
six divisions. The first rrom Seattle
to Shimshu, Japan, the second from
Shimshu to Calcutta, India; the third
^ from Calcutta to Constantinople; the
fourth from Constantinople to Lon
don; the fifth from London to Amer
ica; the sixth across the continent
from the Atlantic coast to Seattle, the
starting point.
The machines will be equipped as
sea planes from Seattle to Calcutta,
as land planes from there to Scot
land, and sea planes again from Eng
M’ADOO WILL CONDUCT
CAMPAIGN BY RADIO
CHICAGO, Feb. 20—Wm. G. Me
Ailoo announced today that he would
conduct at least a part of his cam
» paign by radio.
STRIKERS WARNED TO
ALLOW MAILS HANDLED
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LONDON, Feb. 20.—Striking dock
j workers today warned the govern
! ment not to handle the 500 tons of
j United States mails which have ac
j cumulated here during the strike.
1 PEKING, Feb. 20.—A large folce Of
• Thibetan bandits, under Nanka Lha
! tua, stoimed Batang, murdering petty
‘officers of the city and threatenin^
the foieign population with death.
The town was systematically loot' d
Dy the bandits who fled (o the hi’S
wi-h their plunder, and with many
M isoneis.
SEWARD SCHOOL AGAIN
FAVORED WITH PICTURE
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The Seward school has received
another gilt from the Woman’s club
It is a framed picture of “The Glean
ers’’ in color.
The pupils are starting an art booh
using miniature colored reproductions
of famous paintings; also given by
the Woman’s club.
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WOMEN’S CLUB TO MEET
The Women’s Club will meet
tomorrow at 2 o’clock in the Fire
Hall.
REV. BISHOP GUNN DEAD
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 20.—Bi
shop Gunn, head of the Catholic dio
cese of Mississippi, died here last
night.
land to America, and against as land
planes.
The machines will weigh 6,500
pounds each as land planes and 8,
°00 as sea planes. The bodies of the
machines will be made of steel tub
ing and covered with metal in front
and fabric in the rear. The floats
will be of wood.
The trip will mean 35,000 miles of
flying and will be over 28 different
countries. While the distance around
the world at the equator is only 25,
000 miles, the extra distance will be
necessary on account of the jockeying
north and south, due, mostly* to our
; relations with Russia which preclude
the posibility of a flight along the Si
berian railway, necessitating the drop
down to Calcutta and Constantinople.
The circumstances that 28 differ
i ent countries has to be consulted
before the plans of the trip caused
| much delay in getting the expedition
started. It required from two weeks
to eleven months to complete the ne
gotiations for the trip.
The facilities of the coast guard
and geodetic survey, the bureau of
fisheries and the United States coast
guard are being placed at the dispos
al of the army. Hearty co-operation
of the various departments is prom
ised which will have much to do with
the success of the epoch-making trip
around the world.
Lieut. Bissell has the honor of be
ing called an American "Ace.” His
record is of the highest and in addi
tion to extraordinary daring he has
the credit of bringing down seven
German planes during the World war.
His decorations include the Amer
ican distinguished service cross and
victory medal, two Pershing citations,
five campaign stars, a British disting
uished flying cross, the only one worn
bv an American airman, the Italian
j war cross and the order of the Crown
| of Italy.. He served with the 148th
squadron overseas.
The Chamber of Commerce yester
day named Messrs. Hannon, Moul
trey and Ellsworth as a committee to
meet Lieut. Bissell, and today they
are taking him about the town and
conferring with him as to necessary
arrangements for receiving the fleet.
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SINCLAIR BE FORCED
i TO TELL STORY OF
TEAPOT OIL LEASES
COMMITTEE BELIEVES HE IS
WITHHOLDING FACTS—WILL
GRILL HIM MONDAY 1
WASHINGTON, Fob. 20.—Harry F.
Sinclair, the oil magnate who leased
the Teapot Dome naval oil reserves
from Albert B. Fall, when the latter
was secretary of the Interior depart
ment, will be called as a witness on
Monday in the oil scandal probe, it
1! was announced today by Chairman
; Lenroot of the Senate investigating
[ committee.
| The committee believes that Sin
j clair has the whole story of the eon
I spiracy to defraud the government of
valuable holdings, and it intends to
S force him to tell it.
SHIP AGROUND
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20.—The
Chamber of Commerce here was ad
vised that the Taiyo Maru went
aground in Yokohama harbor. Little
damage * as done and no casualties
reported.
DECLINE OF FRANC
AROUSES FRENCH BANKS
—
PARIS, Feb. 20.—The continual and
steady decline of the rFench franc is
arousing French financiers and the
populace, who find their earning pow
j er greatly depreciated.
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OIL WELL RICHES WRECK
INDIAN GIRL’S HAPPINESS
MLSKOGEE, Okla., Feb. 13.—Five
thousand dollars daily from oil raised
Exie Fife, nineteen-year-old Creek In
dian girl, from poverty to riches, but
it has not brought her happiness.
Last week she agreed to pay $50,
000 as a divorce settlement to Berlin
Jackson, the farmer-boy sweetheart
she married soon after oil was discov
ered on her allotment, and she left
a sg’u house on the prairie for a mod
ern iionie with three expensive auto
mobiles in her garage.
Today process servers were seek
ing her at Eufala, iier lionm, with
papejs signed by Mrs. Olli Carr, wife
of Henry Carr, a deputy sheriff, alleg
ing that the rich Indian girl had ali
; enated The affections of her husband.
Mrs Can ask $25,000 damages.
Friends of the girl said she was
preparing to leave foi Calif) mg, ^iih
a bungalow at Hollywood as her objec
tive
PROMINENT JUNEAU
SURGEON VISITS SEWARD
i Dr. H. C. De Vighne, a prominent
physician and surgeon of Juneau,
and proprietor of Twin Glacier
! Camp, located 30 miles east of Ju
I neau on the Taku river, arrived in
! Seward on the Admiral Watson on
i his way to Anchorage. Dr. De
| Vighne will return in time for
■ Saturday’s boat. This is the Doc
tor’s first visit to Seward since
1908 and he is delighted w itli the
| evidences of prosperity shown since
his last visit.
Dr. De Vighne said that Seward
had not yet learned to appreciate
! the value of the tourist, or a
number of camps would be estab
lished in this vicinity. His camp at
Juneau is rapidly increasing in pop
ularity and the season of 1924 is
expected to be a banner one.
COAL SHIPMENTS MADE
TO WESTWARD POINTS
The Alaska Transfer is shipping 15
tons of Nanaimo coal on the steamer
Starr for westward points. They are
also shipping samples of Baxter coal
to Sand Point, Unga and Kanatak, in
an endeavor to have this coal used in
stead of the higher priced British Co
lumbia coal. These samples, consist
ing of 100 pound sacks are free.
Westward citizens have used Na
naimo coal so long it is hard to wean
them from the habit, but an efofrt
will be made to do so, as it means
more shipments from Seward.
DEMOCRATS III
TIEO ROOSEVELT
BOU 30NS OUT AFTER SCALP!
Or ALU PFFICIALS WHO HAD
j TO DO WITH LEASES
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—genato
Weller, in a speech on the floor o
the Senate this afternoon charged Ai
torney General Daugherty with protc
ing crime and criminals, and Senate
Pat Harrison of Mississippi demands
that Theodore Roosevelt be removei
liom office of assistant secretary o
the Navy, declaring that he was a
guilty as former Secretary Denby, am
j continuing, Senator Harrison predict
: ed the defeat of President Coolidge i
nominated, because he had beei
“smeared with the oil graft.”
The senate, late this afternoon pass
ed the Harrison resolution, authoriz
ing an investigation into the charge;
made by the Alien Property Custodi
an. Harrison declared that Secre
tary Mellon had been juggling figure;
to defeat the oSIdier Bonus bill.
{senator tiKins involved.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Senatoi
Elkins ol' West Virginia, is alleged t(
have been one of the members of tht
Senate who dealt in Sinclair oil stocl
at th period when it reached its ape)
due to the~leasing of the Teapot Dorm
to Harry Sinclair by Albert B. Fall.
ADMIRAL WATSON HERE
ON WAY TO KODIAK
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port last night about ten
I o’clock on her way to Kodiak and
westward ports. Her passengers for
Seward were:
T. A. Woolard, Bert Marten, R. V.
Watkins, E. J. O’Brien, Harry de
Veigne, S. R. Sharpless, Frank J.
Fridell, Mrs. June Bolton, Lieut. C
iBssell.
For Sendovia — J. F. Bergen, wile
and daughter, A. W. Lipke and wife
E. F. Sunsby, W. J. Gronley.
For Kodiak—Wm. Scott, E- C. Sim
monds, and four steerage.
fbi mm in
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o.—For the
first time since the war, capital and
labor throughout the country aie al
most wholly at peace. Less than 25,
COO workers, the labor department es
lirnates, are out on strike in the Unit
e:l States today. This means that not
ore worker in 1,000 is striking. The
pioporlion is lower than it has been
for many years.
Ts it the calm before the storm?
Does it signify that falling market,
fewer jobs, another period of read
jusiment are in prospec*?
OHicials who are asking themselves
—and employers geneiailv—these and
other questions, say tnat the presen*
irt’u'.tual harmony means mainly one
thing—that labor is almo-t wholly cm
ployed al fair prices wart: enable the
wor kmen to live and the employer to
profit.
The department’s figures indicate
another thing, too, that arfecls the
present industrial cont?it. They show
that on the average wages have iis
en during the pats twelve months and
are still rising.
Not with the fever of war time, but
j gradually and consistently, a few
cents a day here and a dollar or so
a week there, off-setting and over-top
ping a cut here and another there
Decreases and increases are reported
by the score every week, but mostly
they are small and the increases out
number the cuts. This corresponded
asked a high official of the labor do
partment if the increases during the
past .twelve months, wrhen measured
against the decreases, would leave
the workers on the average enjoying
higher wages throughout the country
today than they received in February
of 1823. The answer was that wages
op the average were up from 1 to 5
per cent above their levels of twelve
months ago.
SEATTLE BUTCHER KILLED
WHEN REFUSES TO DELIVEF
SEATTLE, Feb. 20.—B. C. Smart, i
Seattle butcher, was shot and killef
by bandits at midnight. Smart refus
ed to turn over his cash to the ban
dits, who shot him down and escai
ed, after taking considerable mone>
' SUIT WORN BY LINCOLN
> BRINGS A LARGE PRICt
i "PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 20.—Th
suit worn by Abraham Lincoln, whe
! ho was shot down in the old For
j theatre, was sold at auction today fo
,>$6,500.
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VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 20.—Col. E
B. Brome, British airman, arived her'
today to complete arrangements fo
the trans-Pacific flight of the Canadi
an portion of the globe.
The Canadian steamer .Thiepval
now being outfitted here, will leavi
soon to establish food and fuel depot
on the Aleutian islands for the Brit
! ish airmen.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.—The
Democrats, supported by Republi
can insurgents, defeated the
Mellon tax bill in the House to
day, which was forced to adopt
the Democratic bill by Games.
CHIEF ACCUSER OF ANDERSON
HELD “TRAITOR TO COUNTRY’
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NEW YORK, Feb. IS.—O. Berssal
Phillips, chief prosecution witness ii
the forgery trial of William H. An
derson, state superintendent of tin
Anti-Saloon League of New York
vesterdav was characterized bv for
!
mer Governor Charles S. Whitman
principal defense counsel, as a traitoi
to his country, a blackmailer and an
extortionist.
The attack, delivered in a barrage
of alternate questions and accusa
tions, caused a sensation in tht
courtroom, crowded to the doors loi
the second day of the trial.
In the course of his denuneiatior
: the former governor accused the stai
witness of having attempted to “sell
out” the league head to a half-score
interests identified with the forces
opposing prohibition.
Conspicuous among those men
tioned as having been approached by
Phillips for money in return for his
promise to “deliver” Anderson were
the Rockefellers, an official of the
Fleichmann brewing interests anc
of the National Brewers’ association;
| a number of New York newspapers;
I Colonel Jacob Ruppert, a brewer, anc
j Ransom H. Gillett, chief counsel foi
| the New York division of the Asso
i ciation Against the Prohibition
| Amendment. It was to the lattei
j Whitman charged, that Phillips, whc
said he now was a fund solicitor foi
the Young Men’s Christian associa
tion, offered to “deliver” Anderson
for ?25,000.
“Did you not, in addition to aban
doning your wife and six children
attempt to sell out your country?’
the former governor thundered.
The witness stammered, hesitated
then replied in the negative. Pressec
by the attorney, he admitted having
had business relations with some ol
the men later identified as having
been concerned in the sale of muni
tion secrets, but pleaded that he knev
nothing of their activities.
HOUSE ADOPTS RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The
House adopted the Senate resolution
directing to proceed to recover sec
tion sixteen and thirty-six of the nav
al oil reserve of California now oper
ated by the. Standard Oil company ol
California.
DAUGHERTY IS
: EAGER TO QUIT
BUT NOT SOW
■ WOULD LIKE TO RESIGN, BUT HIS
ENEMIES WON'T LET HIM —
i WILL FIGHT IT OUT
1
iBUFT STUCK 0!D STUFF
Has Had Battle on His Hands Ever
Since He Went Into Political
EiFe—Was Harding Admirer
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 20.—At
torney General Harry M. Daugherty
is a tired man. There is a general
‘ belief arrione his friends down here
that he would like to retire from the
cabinet but his “enemies’ ’won’t let
him. In other words, Mr. Daugher
’; ty has made it plain time and time
again that he will not quit public
office under fire, and that now he
realizes the bombardment against
him is at its heaviest.
Nothing short ot a requt si from
President Coolidge would cause the
attorney general to resign at this
time and lie has been assured there
will be no such request as a resur
of the bitter partisan uMiat • which
I bas sprung up in the United States
senate. As a matter of fact, since
| he has been down here, Mr. i augh
erty is said to have recel‘.'-*i i tele
gram ol congratulation fro v Mr.
( ookdge on his birthday annivei;
a:r
ii ifc no new experience to Harry
Daugherty to be the butt of political
atiach He has had a fight on his
hands ever since he first wmt into
political lile. He has made man>
staunch friends and manv unrelenl
1 ing enemies. Some of the latter
have been life-long foes. There never
has been a period of hue1 with
i them. From them, Harry Daugherty
has u»ked no quarter. He has be. r.
content to stand up and fight it out
, He dees not deny that in the “maul
■ ing” he had got some awi d wallops,
bn he has always been ablo (0 come
back for more and to give punish
ment as well as take it. e
< n acocunt of his heal h and the
officer, ther e is every reason to be
lieve that if President Harding had
lived. Mr. Daugherty ought have
been cut of the cabinet by now. He
would have liked to have gone out
in the field again and managed the
campaign for the renomination and
possible re-election of his best be
loved friend. More than once
friendship of Warrer C. Hardirg
had (ifset the “hate” of all .his ene
mies.
CORRECTION IN MINUTES
LAST COUNCIL MEETING
In yesterdays minutes of the oCun
cil meeting the rates adopted by the
oCuncil in Ordinance No. 7S were not
published. They are, 12 1-2 cents per
kw. hour for the first 100 kilowatts;
I 10 cents for the second hundred and
| 8 cents for all current over 200 kilo
watts. The power rate set by the
i council is 6 cents per k. w.
SHERMAN DUGGEN GOES OUT
District Attorney Sherman Duggen,
left on the steamship Victoria for San
i Francisco, where he goes to represent
j the Government in a number of cases
appealed to the California coutrs.
J. F. Bergen, wife and daughter, of
Seldovia, who have been in the states
for the past few months, passed thru
on the Admiral Watson. Mr. Borgen
and family are in the fox farming bus
iness on an island near Kodiak.
A. W. Lipke and wife, who left Sel
dovia on the Watson on a short bus
iness trip to the States, returned on
the same boat. Mr. Lipke has been
wireless operator at Seldovia, having
installed a commercial outfit, and his
trip was for the purpose of installing
a larger outfit.