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VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 194
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1925
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'JOHN T. GRAVES
NOTED WRITER
PASSES AWAY
SON OF FORMER CONFEDERATE
GENERAL—NATIONALLY
KNOWN AS ORATOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8 (/P)—
John Temple Graves, 69, died today,
following an illness of several weeks
from a complication of diseases. He
was a grandson of William, the eldest
brother of John C. Calhoun, former
statesman, and a son of James Por
terfield Graves, who was a Confeder
ate general of renown.
Graves made a state-wide reputation
as a debater for the University of
Georgia; graduated in 1875; became
nationally known as an orator, and
then a writer; ran for senator in
Georgia in 1905, and was compelled to
jt withdraw' on account of illness. He
was a candidate for the presidency of
the National Independence League in
1908.
Mob Lynches Negro
for Attack On Girl
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., Aug.
8 (/P)—A mob composed of over 1000
persons lynched Walter Mitchell, a
young negro, who was alleged to have
f ' The mob obtained entrance to the
attacked a young white girl last night,
jail by the ruse of a false fire alarm,
and taking the negro out of his cell,
jdragged him through the main street
past the fashionable Elms hotel, and
hanged him to an oak tree a mile
south of town.
Says Union Official
Is Cause of Strike
SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 8 (/P)—W. W.
Ingalls, chairman of the anthracite
operators scale qommittee said that
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers was responsible for the
break-up of the Atlantic City confer
ence. He declared the anthracite
miners do not want a suspension of
operations.
Mrs. Oscar Anderson, daughter Ruth
ands sons Morris and Vincent will
arrive in Seward tonight. Mrs.
Anderson will place Miss Ruth and
one son in school, the other going to
Mayo Bros, for a surgical operation.
*£ov. Parks Receives
Invitation To Attend
the California Jubilee
An invitation has beei^ received
by Gov. George A. Parks, says the
Juneau Empire, to be a guest of Cal
ifornia during the Diamond Jubilee
celebration of that State’s admission
to the Union which opens at San
• Francisco on July 9, next. The Gov
ernors of all the States are invited
to be present.
Gov. Parks, in acknowledging his
■pleasure at the invitation, said it
■would be impossible for him to be
present. Official duties here and
tthe necessity for making one or two
trips to other sections of the Ter
ritory, he said, would prevent his ac
ceptance.
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The 104th birthday of Mrs. Mary
Jarretti of Bristol, England, was mark
ed by the birth of her great-great
great grandson, thus making six gen
erations of her family living.
The engagement of Princess Mafal
da, second daughter of the king and
queen of Italy, to Prince Philip of
Hesse, nephew of the former kaiser
is announced.
Thirty-Foot Yacht Is
Unable Finish Cruise
VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 8 (£>)—'The
Halfmoon, a 30-foot yacht in which
Commander Eustace Maude sailed in
May from Mayne Island for England
via the Panama Canal, put into Santa
Barbara July 7. It was sighted yes
terday 40 miles south of Cape Flat
tery flying distress signals. A radio
man rowed out from the lighthouse
to the Halfmoon but Capt. Maude re
fused to answer any questions and
sailed on toward Victoria.
EARTHQUAKE FELT
CALIFORNIA TOWNS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8 (Jp)—
Earthquake shocks were felt for a few
seconds this morning at 2:15 o’clock.
No damage was done.
San Berdoo Feels Shocks
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Aug. 8(/P)
A light earthquake shock was felt in
this vicinity at an early hour this
morning. No damage wras reported.
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ALASKA HAS 40
FILM THEATERS
John T. Spickett, Alaska’s pre
mier motion picture exhibitor, says
the Juneau Empire, is visiting in
Hollywood for a brief vacation and
will then journey to Houston, Texas.
He is visiting his old pal, Lincoln
Plumer, at the Christie comedy stu
dio:, a recent issue of the Hol
lywood Daily Citizen, received in the
mail.
Plumer was one of Mr. Spicket’s
first employes, having been in his
repertoire show at the age of 22.
Spickett has been in Alaska 29
years and is proprietor of the Spick
ett’s Palace Theater, Juneau, where
Jack Hallett, property man of Chris
tie’s also was once employed as
projectionist.
Alaska exhibitors are getting the
new pictures just about as early as
Hollywood, according to Mr, Spick
ett who gets all of the best new
pictures from Seattle film exchange.
There are about 40 motion picture
houses in all of Alaska.
Teachers Named for
Anchorage Schools
Charles F. Olsan, superintendent
of the Anchorage school announces
the following teachers appointed and
reappointed by the school board:
mgn scnooi—jacK uranam, Ta
coma, Wash., science and athletics;
Anita Graybill, Tacoma, Wash., his
tory and language; Muriel Anderson,
Spokane, Wash., commercial; Ruth
Glasier, English and mathematics;
Ohas. E. Olsan, mathematics.
Grades—Mayme Brewster, Eighth
grade; Ruth Williams, 7th; Lillian
Ford, Valley City, N. D., 6th; Nell
Hamilton, 5th; Anna Mans, Chisholm,
Minn., 4th; Bessie Cassman, Belling
ham, Wiash., 3rd; Glow Williams,
2nd; Helen Niemi, 1st.
The Anchorage public school will
open on Sept. 8.—Anchorage Times.
Miss Kathryn Du Nougle, dressed
in men’s clothing and posing as a re
porter was enabled to witness the
hanging of Willie Lamb in Chicago.
Prof. Alice) Werner of the School of
Oriental Languages in London is cred
ited with knowing 300 languages and
dialects^
Angered by taunts of playmates,
Maud Walker, 11 year old girl of St.
Charles, Mo., completely lost her pow
er of speech, but is gradually recov
ering it.
BODY FOUND
IN BURNED PUNT
BEEN IDENTIFIED
ROLL OF BEDDING TALLIES WITH
THAT CARRIED BY GEORGE
BARBE OF PLACERVILLE
MARTINEZ, Calif., Aug. 8 (Jp)— The
body found in the ruins of the Pacific
Cellulose Company's plant, wrecked
last week by an explosion, has been
identified as the remains of George W.
Barbe, by Cecil Barker, an undertak
er of Placerville, who showed the po
lice a picture of Barbe and described
a roll of bedding which Barbe car
ried. The police said the articles tal
lied with the description of articles
found in the wrecked laboratory in
which Charles Swartz, chemist, was
supposed to have met his death. Bar
ker displayed letters written by Barbe
in the same handwriting as a letter
found in a book in the wrecked labor
atory. Sheriff Harrison said the pic
ture completely identified the dead
man as Barbe, and a nation wide
search has been started for the slayer,
Charles Schwartz, who was insured for
over $100,000 at the time of his disap
pearance.
PARTY SHRINERS
OF NILE TEMPLE
SAIL FOR NORTH
WILL INITIATE OVER HUNDRED
1N TOWNS OF SEWARD, DOR
DOVA, AND FAIRBANKS
SEATTLE, Aug. 8 (/P)—A party of
Shriners from Nile Temple, are sail
ing today headed by Illustrious Po
tentate Walter F. Meier, to initiate
over 100 candidates, at Seward, An
chorage, Fairbanks, and Cordova.
The party will visit Seward, Ketchi
kan, Wrangell and Juneau. Meier will
also visit all Elk lodges as grand es
teemed lecturing knight.
Visitors to Museum
Increase This Year
The registration of visitors at the
Territorial Museum during the month
of June this year was 3S8 more
than during the same month in 1924,
according to A. P. Kashevaroff, cur
ator, says the Juneau Daily Empire.
It is only fifty-three less to date in
July than the total registration dur
ing all of July last year.
The number of visitors who regis
terea trom June 1 10 o\j muusive
was 1,440 and in 1924 was 1,052.
From July 1 to July 22 inclusive of
this year the registration has been
1,680 while last year there were 1,
233 names for the entire month.
From January 1, 1925 to July 22, in
clusive the registration has been 3,
912.
These figures give about three
fourths the number of visitors at
the Museum, the Reverend said.
The tourists who visit the Mus
eum are for the most part very in
terested in the display and spend
considerable time in the place. Rev.
Kashevaroff usually gives several
lectures on various subjects request
ed by the visitors whenever a tour
ist ship is in port.
The fact that priceless articles
and relics are housed in a wooden
building is deplored and declared a
crime by many of the interested
tourists, the Curator said.
The halibut schooner Zenith left
port last evening for the halibut
banks. The Zenith arrived in Sew
ard two days ago with a cargo of
fish for the local cold storage plant.
Spread Soviet Propaganda
To Militiamen; Is Fired
CAMP CUSTER, Mich., Aug. 8 (Jp)—
A youth discharged from the Citizens
Military Training camp for “conve
nience of the government,” is alleged
to be an emissary of the Bolshevist
government, with headquarters in
Chicago. He had spread his pernicious
propaganda among the recruits and
had documents in his possession urg
ing students to affiliate with the Leni
nist League and the Soviet party.
VOLCANO ERUPTS
ISLAND OMETEPE
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 8 (JP)—
The double volcano, Ometepe, on Ome
tepe Island in Lake Nicaraugua, broke
into violent eruption today, both peaks
emitting showers of ashes and cin
ders, doing enormous damage to near
by plantations.
When Mrs. Natalie Somers dropped
dead while begging on a Chicago
street $2000 in bills were found sew
ed in her dress.
Prudence Brown, school girl of Gor
don, Neb., has won a $1200 scholar
slut) in the Colonial school tor Girls,
aPwashington, D. C.
John Lenihan, Chicago high school
boy, made 18 safe hits in 19 times
at bat; 5 singles; 12 2-bate hits and
one home run.
Steamship Northwestern
Sails With 125 Aboard
SEATTLE, Aug. 8 (/P)—The steam
ship Northwestern sailed at 9 o’clock
this morning carrying 125 passen
gers. The following were for Sew
ard: J. A. Burgess, Guy C. Hazel
ton, C. F. Bunker and wife, F. B. La
zier and wife, John Smithson and
•wife, Mrs. W. F. Eckert, Miss Hulda
Eckert, Miss M. T. McMichael, Miss
Ida Nushbaum, Miss Emily Rawlings,
F. A. McMichael, John Rex Thomp
son, V. A. McKinnie, F. M. Sheldon,
A. F. Sheldon, M. E. Keefe, Walter
F. Meier and wife, Dora B. Lintro,
N. E. Boombouer, Mrs. S. M. Carl
son, Meta Bloom, Debaugh Bloom,
Mrs. Robert Bloom, Olga Bloom, Ruth
Bloom, Mrs. M. M. Thompson and
child, Wm. Kiser, Edward Schwibel,
W. W. Webber, W. A. Axling, Mike
Murphy and wife, R. H. Rogers, Miss
E. M. Schneider, Miss €. C. Schnei
der, Miss G. Ratter, Miss E. Twee
dle, Mrs. A. Howard, Gus Raymond,
Mrs. Ada Little, A. Hagan and four
steerage.
STEAMER YUKON WILL
REACH PORT ABOUT 5:30 P. M.
According to the local naval radio
station the steamer Yukon of the
Alaska Steamship Company will ar
rive in Seward this afternoon at 5:30
o’clock. Previous reports placed the
arrival of the vessel at 9 o’clock to
night. The Yukon arrived at La
touch this morning at 7 o’clock.
PLANE GOES TO KENAI LAKE
It is reported the seaplane will fl*
out this evening to meet the steamer
Yukon. The plane made two trips
to Kenai Lake yesterday, finding the
lake ideal for an easy landing.
Chas. Krefting is working on re
pairs to the school building. The
building will be kalsomined and re
painted, and the windows and doors
fixed up for cold weather.
Mis3 Cecil Leslie will leave for An
chorage tomorrow to visit Miss Helen
Welch for a week or so.
Services Catholic Church tomorrow
morning by Rt. Rev. Bishop Crimont.
UNITED STATES
HAS TREMENDOUS
SOURCE POWER
COLUMBIA RIVER ALONE CAN
IRRIGATE 800,000 ACRES;
DAMS MAY BE BUILT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8 (/P)—
The Geological Survey reported yes
terday that potential waterpower
in the United States along the Colum
bia river can irrigate over 8,000,000
acres of land, of which 360,000 are al
ready irrigated. The report declared
the river could be made navigable
from its mouth to Canada, 760 miles,
by means of dams built, primarily for
development of waterpower. It is ex
plained that this resource has been
neglected by lack of market. Large
blocks of power must be linked to es
tablish industries in the manufacture
of electro metallurgical products, fer
tilizers and chemicals. The north
western railways, it was said, could
absorb only a small quantity of the
power which could be developed. The
report said that power from Columbia
river points could be delivered advan
tageously to all of Washington, and to
most of Oregon, Idaho, and western
Montana. It added, “During the war
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manufacture of munitions near their
source, and these plants could bo eas
ily protected by guarding a few pass
es through the Cascades.
"Never Again,” Says
Man Who Adopted
the Young N. Y. Girt
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (£>)—Mrs. Anne
St. John, foster mother of Dorothy
Sunshine Browning, who sought the
cancellation of adoption which took
place six years ago, said that “Mr.
Browning is not fit to be her guar
dian.”
Browning declared, “Never will I
adopt another child.” He alleges ac
tion was started because the woman
was jealous of Miss Spas, whom he
adopted this week.
Government Aked To
Keep Its Hands Of
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 (^—Di
rectors of the National Cooperative
Milk Producers’ Federation, passed a
resolution asking President Coolidge
to lend his influence to “keep the gov
ernment’s hand oft' of business organi
zations, especially cooperative farm
marketing.
TWO FIREMEN RESIGN
GOING TO THE STATES;
WILL STAGE FAREWELL
A peppy meeting of the Seward
Fire department was held last night
at the Fire Hall, which time two
members, who will be leaving for
the States soon, resigned, and two
new men made m-embers of the or
ganization. Hector McLean and W.
Stump, members of some years past
are departing for Seattle the latter
part of the month so took occasion
last night to tender their resigna
tions which were accepted. Ernest
Bailey and E. F. Jessen were made
new members.
It was planned to hold a stag
party shortly in honor of Harry Ells
worth, recently retired from the de
partment after 20 years active ser
vice, and for W. Stump and Hector
McLean. A party will also be givea
soon to the children of Seward at
which ^ime they will be taken down
to the beach where fire crackers,
left over from the Fourth of July.
will be fired off.
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