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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 79
SEWARD,
ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
STEFANNSON SAYS FLYERS SET
NEW RECORD FOR POLAR FLY
ING—HIS SHIP KARLUK WENT
70 MILES NORTH OF BARROW
IN 1913.
PLANE LANDED IN RAGING
BUZZARD POINT BARROW
Fly from Barrow To Circle City In 8
Hours—Was First Plane Many Folk
At Yukon River Town Had Ever
Glimpsed—Tobacco Shortage At
Point Barrow Reported.
FAIRBANKS, April S. (/P)—Captain
George Wilkins and Lieut. Ben Eile
son had been lost in the air for eight
hours when they finally sighted Cir
cle City, Wilkins said. They landed
at Barrow during a blizzard, which
raged for two days. The field was
covered with IS inches of snow, which
was good for landing but difficult for
a take-off. When the storm subsided,
all natives available were procured
to improve the field for future flights.
The airmen found eight whites and
17>o Eskimos at Barrow. The ship is
pronounced as having withstood the
flight well after an examination, and
upon its return trip here it was dis
closed only a leaky oil line could be
found. Eileson declared the landing
at Circle last night tvas made after
the party discovered they were with
out cigarettes so they headed for the'
nearest smoke. Upon leaving here,
they took onlyia small supply, fit pend
ing upon Charles Brower at Barrow,
whose supply had been exhausted.
Miss Wallace, a writer, came to the
rescue, tiding the aviators over one
day. Wilkins ' and Eileson are sun
burned and partly bearded.
NEW YORK,; April S. (JP)—Wilkins
and Eileson set a new record in pol
ar flying, Stafannson said here today.
He also said that liis ship, the Kar
luk, went 70 miles north of Barrow in
1913, where it was stopped by the ice
pack at Nana. He said Wilkins re
ported at the farthest north point he
could se 50 to 75 miles farther, but
could slight no land.
FAIRBANKS, ’ April 8. (Jf>)— The
plane Alaskan was first sighted at
4:10 at Circle, yesterday, and made
a couple of circles over the town and
then decided to go to Fairbanks, but
.returned as they did not have enough
oil to go thru on. They were eight
hours from Barrow to Circle, which
was the first town sighted after pass
ing over Wiseman but were not sure
St was Circle. Eileson and Wilkins
slept in the plane protecting the en
gine by three oil heaters. They hired
five men to shovel snow off the field
and they landed just opposite the town
on the river. The whole village was
out to see them and a great many
of them had never seen a plane before.
They started at 10:30 a. m. for Fair
banks, leaving the river in fine shape.
They arrived in Fairbanks at noon.
MUSCLE SHOALS WILL BE
JUST TWIT ID FEW TEARS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8. (JP)—
A number of small concerns are inter
ested in leasing a part of the Muscle
Shoals plant from the Government, it
was learned here today. The Muscle
Shoals Committee has been sounded
out as to whether they would consid
er leasing a part of the giant power
and nitrate plants, or whether the en
tire plant would have to be taken over
by one concern. It was indicated, how
ever, that if the plant is to be divided
among the smaller concerns Congres
sional action would be necessary.
Three interested persons appeared be
fore the committee yesterday and af
ter the conference the Committee ad
journed until next week.
RIGHT AGE FOR PENSION IS 70
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8. (£>)
—President Coolidge said 70 years of
age was the right age for retirement
on a pension and that he regarded 60
to 65 years, too young.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
COURT MARTIAL TRIAL MONDAY
SAN DIEGO, April 8. (/P)— Every
member of the Navy Court Martial
Board, which will try General Will
iams on Monday, is present with the
exception of Rear Admiral Thomas,
who is en route from Washington and
is expected to arrive Sunday.
PERHAPS, NEVER WAS THERE
SEATTLE, April S. (£>)—'Yolie de
clared the Mann Act charges against
him were false, and said he was not
in Ketchikan last march, as charged.
LAKE LOUISE 400-ROOM HOTEL,
VALUED AT S5,000.000 HAS
BIG LOSS,
CALGARY. Alta., April 8. (/P)— After
destroying the north wing of the Banff
Hot Springs hotel, owned and operat
ed by the Canadian Pacific Railways,
on beautiful Lake Louise, fire threat
ened the remainder of the structure
when the flames got beyond the con
trol of the fire department which ap
paratus was sent from here. An ex
i plosion, which occured in the middle
| of the hotel was attributed to leak
I ing gas. Hundreds of window panes
in the sou'll wing were shattered from
the pvpinsion which up to that time
* uu iuugea.
The hotel is valued at §5,000,01)0 and
contains more than 400 rooms.
AODiTiGIL Ml
ELECTION RETURNS III
JUNEAU, April 8. (JP)-—The Indian
ticket carried Sitka by nearly two to
one. Two hundred and fourteen In
dians and 1S2 white votes were cast.
W. P. Mills, leading merchant, receiv
ed 141, and A. R. Hanlon, supported
by the Indians, 231, making the latter
mayor of Sitka. Frank Price, presi
dent of the Alaska Native Brother
hood and Johnson Hollywood, Indians,
and William Larianoff were elected as
councilmen; Pete Allapo, former In
dian prize fighter at present chief of
police, devoted the entire afternoon to
hauling Indians in an automobile from
their segregated village to the polls up
town.
KETCHIKAN, April 8. (JP)—'Tom
Torry, who was denounced by Dele
gate Sutherland before the Senate Ju
diciary committee for his administra
tion was reelected for the six time as
mayor here. He received more than
twice the votes than his opponent. He
was supported by Bishop Rowe, who
declared Torry “honest and efficient,”
and said he “heartily and sincerely
admired Torry.”
SKAGWAY, April 8. (JP)—Mayor
W. J. Mulivhill, reelected; Council
men elected were Johnny W. Grashel
M. R. Goding, Dale Cowan; for trea
surer, Oscar Selmer; City Clerk, L
E. Reynoldson; School Board, Mrs
Florence Vad de Wall.
VALDEZ, April 8. (/p)_Mayor A. J.
Dimond was reelected; Councilmen,
J. H. Peterson, A. M. Dieringer, A. M,
Marovich, John Cook and John Cye
mo.
Wrangell, April 8. (#>)—Mayor John
G. Grant was reelected; councilmen
Leo McCormack, F. E. Gingrass, Arne
Sorset; School board, P. c. McCor
mack.
NENANA, April 8. (£>)—Thomas A,
Jones was elected mayor; councilmen,
Edward Geough, William Thomas, M
Goonan, Harry A. Davis, A. D. Thomp
son; School board, Alex Fowler, Mrs,
Charles Stanford, Thomas A. Jones.
NOME, April 8. (Jp)—Thorulf Leh
man was elected mayor; councilman
M. Jacobsgaard, Charles Mason, A1
vin Poison, L. Pangman; City -clerk
E. Grium; City treasurer, A. Wright;
City attorney, Hugh O’Neill, School
board, Sarah Brooks.
LIBBY, McNEIL BUYS VESSEL
WASHINGTON, D.D C., April 7. (JP]
The sale of the steamer General W
C. Gorgas ;to Liby, McNeil and Libbj
was announced. The Gorgas was £
German liner seized at Cristobal dur
ing the war.
No word was received from the S.S
Alaska up util 3 o’clock this after
noon, as to her probable arival at this
port.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
HOOVER, JARDINE AND
WORK RECOMMEND
CHANCE IN TERRITORY
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ADDRESS JOINT LETTERS TO
CHAIRMAN HOUSE AND
SENATE COMMITTEES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8. (/P)—
' Hubert Work, secretary of the Inte
rior; Win. M. Jardine, Secretary of
Agriculture, and Hubert Clark Work,
Secretary of Commerce, in joint let
ters to' the chairman of the House
and Senate Territories Committees
recommended a complete reorganiza
tion /in Alaska of Federal activities.
(Editor’s note—Under Hoover’s de
partment are classed Foreign and Do
mestic Affairs; Bureau of Fisheries;
Lighthouses; Coast a’nd Geodetic Sur
veys; Steamboat Inspection Service,
and the Bureau of Mines.
♦ (In Work’s department: National
Park Service, the Alaska Railroad, the
Governor's Office, Indian Affairs, or
the Bureau of Education, Land Office
and Pensions, Reclamation, Geologi
cal Survey.
(Under Jardine’s department: Bu
reau of Weather, Experimental Sta
tions, the Biological Survey and the
Bureau of Public Roads.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Secretaries Work, Jardine and Hoov
er submitted a bill to place all Alas
kan activities in the departments of
Agriculture, Interior and Commerce,
under a single administrative head,
and in each case the Biil directs the
Secretary of Interior to inquire into
| the feasibility of a Federal constabu
1 lary to take over the enforcement of
j Alaskan Federal laws. The secretar
i ies characterized the Bill a step to
; ward eliminating duplication and un
der this measure the department rep
resentatives would form an advisory
board for Federal administrat'ipn in
the Territory, which would have au
thority delegated to them which is
now required by reference to Washing
ton, D. C.
iuc uucc xiiaoivd ucycw Liiieiit ucauo
which would be knowns as ex-officio
commissioners in Alaska for the de
partment from which they are select
ed, must reside and maintain offices
at the capital city of the Territory.
Commenting on the proposal, Secre
tary Work said the Bill is chiiefly con
cerned with duplications of these
three which are the most important of
all Alaska departments at the pres
ent time, and “if cooperative work of
these departments are to be extended
it will be unnecessary for several ad
ministrative units to maintain separate
establishments for handling Alaska
work.”
Secretary Work continued: “The de
partments should transfer all person
al records and jurisdiction to Alaska
wherever feasible. Those residing
there are more likely to have the in
terest of the Territory at heart more
than the occasional Washington office
inspector.”
Work suggested that houses be
erected for government officers in the
Territory’s capital, and said “the first
unit of a modern building will care foi
all offices which are nowr being rent
ed, which could be built for $177,500
wrhich sum is now available. This
building could house the proposed cus
toms House and the postoffice, foi
which the above sum has been allot
ed at Juneau.” The reorganizatior
plan was discussed when Governoi
Parks was here.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS TI
AVIATORS PICKED UP 111
SEA BY ITALIAN FREIGHTER
PORTLAND, Ore., April 8. (jP)—A
radio message stated that K. L. Jones
and C. L. Langdon, Tacoma aviators
were rescued by the Italian steamei
’ Piave last night. The hydroplant
came down when it broke its crank
shaft and was picked up 300 miles
south of Cape Flattery.
Later.—Aviators Jones and Lang
don had just completed assemblim
[ their plane for commercial flying am
i how they got out over the ocean is i
mystery.
r Amateur night tonite—at the Libert:
COIHHOT CARLSON
EXPRESSES OPINION
RECENT OBSERVATIONS
ANCHORAGE SHOULD BE MOVED
TO SEWARD: RAILROAD SHOULD
CONNECT WITH CORDOVA LINE
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GIVES GATEWAY CANDID OUTLINE
CANNOT SEE MUCH IN AGRICUL
TURAL PROSPECTS—MAY RE
TURN TO FAIRBANKS SOON.
In the opinion of G. A. Carlson, se
; nior members of the nationally known
contractors and railroad constructors,
who returned to Seward Saturday from
a brief business trip to Fairbanks,
j said Anchorage should be moved to
I Seward; in other words, the town of
Anchorage serves no definite purpose
i at its present location. “It has no
| seaport,” Mr. Carlson asserted, “and
I a hundred years from now one will
1 be able to walk across Cook Inlet
! from Anchorage as the silt from the
Susitna and other streams, will have
j completely filled up the narrow strip.
“If Anchorage was situated at Wa
I silla or Matanuska, from which points
I one enters the mining and farming
regions of this district, this would be
j an entirely different story. And by
the same token,” Air. Carlson continu
ed. “the Alaska Railroad never should
have been built out of Seward, but
from Valdez or Cordova. However,
now that Seward has been chosen as
the coast terminal of the Government
Railroad, which is now completed,
move Anchorage over here, connect
I up your westward routes, via Bristol
! Bay, to the Kuskokwim and other
mining regions, develop the magnifi
cent country around you, and you’ll
have a real city here.
“I’m not out for political honors, nor
am I endeavoring to boost any partic
ular region of Alaska, nor my stock,
but am simply stating the result of
my observations from one of my fre
quent trips to the Territory. I real
ize, of course, the Cordova roadis
; an expensive piece of road to^ main
tain during the winter months, so pro
bably Valdez would be a better lQj
cation; but, on the other hand, if'the
Alaska Railroad would, switch off at
Matanuska and run over toward the
Copper River district, connecting with
that railroad, the richest mineral dis
trict in the Territory would be tap
ped.
iour proDiems m Alaska, ait; uu
worse than they were in railroad con
struction days in the States. I know
of what I am speaking for my firm
constructed thousands of miles of track
and roadbed. In the mountainous re
gions we encountered the same glacial
formations you have here in the
north.
“The agricultural possibilities of
the Territory is something I cannot
look upon favorably at this time, tho’
the Interior region appears much bet
ter adapted than other portions I have
visited. I am informed the Kenai pen
insula country is a wonderful farm
ing district and has grazing lands un
surpassed. I hope to have the pleas
ure of visiting that portion some day.
One thing I can tell you, if Alaska
was turned over to Norway or Sweden
or to any other Scandinavian nation,
this splendid Territory would be pop
ulated very quickly. Those nations
seem to thrive in the hardier climates,
more so than other countries.
“My trip into Fairbanks at this time
was purely one of pleasure, I having
a certain amount of time left on my
hands figured it a good opportunity to
' visit Fairbanks and personally note the
; advance of mining activities. It is
! quite probable that I may return in a
few weeks, the next time on business,
I however.”
In closing, Mr. Carlson said: “In
making my previous observations I am
, simply stating things as an outsider
sees them. Someone else may have
another idea—that is their privilege,
of course.”
Mr. Carlson owns a $200,000 print
ing establishment in Spokane, the firm
name being the Spokane Statesman
When sizing up the Gateway plant he
r figured it could do most any kind oi
L printing, and spoke very highly of its
L equipments, especially its linotypes
with its many job fonts.
r Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
CHICAGO, April 6. (/P)—A second
pre-easter storm was sweeping the
Rocky Mountain region, and the south
west today, as the March lion still
roared his way thru southeastern Ca
nada. The new storm and blizzard,
following a parabola course similar
to the one now waning, is the great
est storm in the history of the region.
Four inches of snow fell in northern
Kansas last night followed by severe
cold winds. The predictions of the
weather bureau were that the blizzard
would reach Chicago today or tomor-*
row.
! NOGALES, Ariz., April G. (IP)—Gen
jeral Rodrigues, Mexican statesmen,
' military leader and one time aspirant
for the presidency of the Southern re
public is dead according to advices
' received here last night from Sinaola,
Mexico. Stricken with pneumonia sev
eral weeks ago, the former military j
governor of West Mexico suffered a i
relapse and succumbed after physi- j
cians had pronounced him out of dan-1
ger.
NEW YORK, April G. (>P)—Martin |
Maronyar, 18 year old laborer, has !
been indicted for first degree murder j
in connection with the shooting, last j
December of Louis Phal, better known j
as “Battling Siki,” the Sengalese box- j
er, it became known today. Siki was
found on the sidewalk of West Forty
First Street early on the morning of
December 15, with two bullet wounds
in his body.
JACKSON, Miss., April G. (IP)-—If
that so-called 3.75 per cent malt bev
erage looks like beer, tastes like beer
and acts like beer, it cannot be sold j
in Mississippi, Governor Henry L.
Whitefield stated here today. The peo
ple oi Mississippi are opppsed to the
sale of such products and we do not
approve, of the ruling made at Wash
ington. If it is possible to prevent the
sale of this product thru our State
laws we will assuredly do so, he add
ed.
NEW Y’ORK, April 6. (IP)—Edward
W. Browning, the rich real estate man
has another girl. Last September,
Browning played Daddy in the famous
Cinderrella case when he adopted and
lost Mary Spas and got no end of pub
licity, all within a week. Browming is
going to marry anyhow, and Frances
Heenan, who is pretty and fifteen
years old now, will be the bride. How
; ever, she will be his ward until she
reaches the age of eighteen.
NEW YORK, April 6. (IP)—Another
vigorous rally in stock prices today,
helped to soothe Wall Street’s fraz
zled nerves, which had been drawn al
most to the breaking point by the un
precedented reaction of yesterday and
the day before when the volume of
sales reached 3,300,000 shares, the
third time this year. Feeble attempts
to unsettle the market were unavail
ing and many representative railroad
and industrial shares rebounded one
to eight points. Total sales 1,800,000.
NEW ORLEANS, April 6. (IP)—
| Lightweight champion Rocky Kansas,
| is due to arrive in New Orleans for his
i scheduled ten rounds with Pal Moran
1 at the Coliseum on the night of April
; i3.
NEW YORK, April 6. (£>)—Earl
; Carrol, famous theatrical producer de
nied emphatically the charges brot
again him of perjury in connection
! with the party on the stage of his the
ater in which Joyce Hawley, a model,
splashed about nude in a bath tub of
wine. Carroll pleaded not guilty and
was released on §2500 bond.
LONDON, April 6. (,/p)—Reports that
the Prince of Wales is seriously ill
w'ere denied at York House yesterday.
NEW YORK, April 6. (^P)—Three
seamen and twenty thousand rounds
of ammunition were seized by federal
officers here yesterday off the steam
ship Canto. A plot wras bared to start
a revolution in Mexico.
NEW YORK, April 6. (Jp)—Despite
j the arbitrary edict of the state athlet
ic commission that Harry Wills, negro
challenger, must be given considera
tion in any heavyweight title match,
Tex Rickard continued to lay plans
for a championship match between
Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.
VANCOUVER, April 6. (£>)—'The S.S.
Empress of Japan, last of the three
pioneer empress boats built by the Ca
nadian Pacific Railway for the trans
pacific service in 1891, was sold here
yesterday afternoon for forty thous
and dollars.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty
!
OF LIBERTY, COOKE
FREQUENT MEETINGS OF JOURN
ALISTS MEANS DRAWING PEO
PLES WESTERN HEMISPHERE
CLOSER — FREE, ENLIGHTENED
PRESS STIMULATING TO CULTU
RAL FORCE.
INTERCHANGE CF NEWS
CREATES INTEREST, SAID
Ventures Prediction As Result This
Congress Papers of U. S. Will Pre
sent More Complete Accurate Pic
tures Progress Than Latin Ameri
can Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 8. (/P)—
President Coolidge, addressing the
First Pan-American Congress of Jour
nalists urged that gatherings be held
frequently as a means of drawing to
gether the peoples of the Western
Hemisphere. Speaking of increased
interchange of news among American
nations in recent years, Coolidge de
clared this awakening of interest had
been “one of the most important fac
tors in bringing about a better under
standing” of several countries.
He continued: “1 venture the pre
diction that as a result of this Con
gress the papers of the United States
in the future will present more com
plete and more accurate pictures of
cultural and industrial progress of La
tin American that the press of those
republics and will give to its readers a
better understanding of the ideals and
purposes of the United States. Truth
dissipates misunderstanding and mis
conception. It is the function of free
press not only to make truth avail
able to everyone with its sphere, but
to cherish and develop the public sen
timent for all that is loyal to truth.
The- free enlightened press, by this
means, can become one of the safe
guards of liberty and when it is de
voted to these ideals, it is vitally stim
ulating to cultural force.”
MUSSOLINI IS SHOT THRU
NOSE BRITISH SUBJECT
!_
ROME, April 7. (^P)—A woman fired
a pistol point blank at Premier Mus
solini, the bullet passing thru his nose.
The assault was made at 1:15 o’clock
this morning, just as he left the con
gress of international surgery, which
took place in the Dicapitole. The wo
man pressed to the front of the cheer
ing crowd and shot. She was rushed
to jail. Mussolini was calm in the
hospital and ordered no retribution
would be taken. The woman gave her
name as Violet Albina Gibson, nee
Dalkey. Her age was given as 50 and
she claims to be a British subject.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 8. (^—Se
attle evened up the series with Port
land when “Big Jim’ ’Elliott, south
paw, defeated the Beavers, eleven to
seven. Elliott allowed one homer by
Elmer Smith and walked seven men.
He allowed two hits.
Batteries—Elliott and Baldwin for
Seattle, Meeker, Burns, Ortman, and
Couch for Portland.
The other three Coast baseball
games were again postponed yester
day on account of rain. The game at
Sacramento was postponed after it had
started.
HALIBUT FARES SOARING
PRINCE RUPERT, April 8. (#*)—
One hundred and seventeen thousand
pounds of halibut was sold from six
to fourteen point forty, American; to
six to twelve point twenty, Canadian.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, April 8. (£>)—Halibut
quoted here at 13 and 6 cents; salmon
* at 16 3-4 and 7 cents.
LOS ANGELES, April 6. (/P)—Joe
Stetcher, wrestling champion, will ar
rive here tomorrow and set up his
training camp. Stetcher is scheduled
to meet George Kotsonaros at the
Olympic auditorium on April 7.
Amateur night tonite—at the Liberty