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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 117.
SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
ARMY AIRMEN ARE
PREPARING FOR LONG
JUMP TO JAP ISLES
PLANES OVERHAULED AND OIL
TANKS FILLED FOR LONGEST
FLIGHT OF GLOBE TRIP
UNALASKA, Mtay 15—The cutter
Haida arrived at Attu May 7, and the
three government aviators who had
been quartered aboard, were put on
shore .entering smaller quarters than j
those at Atka and even more primi
tive. The three planes, New Orleans,
Boston, and Chicago were gone over
* thoroughly and the tanks filled for
the long hop across to Japan. The ;
planes were gone oevr by the pilots i
and pronounced in splendid condition 1
for the longest fligrt of the globe 1
trip. It is expected that the three air
planes will leave Attu this week for 1
Japan. Weather is clear .A radio sta
tion has been set up on the beach at
Attu
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MARTIN SAVES MONEY
Sr.N DIEGO May 15—Word was re
coded here today th it when the Seat -
tle i . called into the Alaska mountains
Martin saved $50,(01 it! United States
eer. ideates which weiv taken along to
meet expenses. Mr.-* Mavtii. received
many telegrams congratulating her on
the safety of her husband.
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SNOW PREVENTS
3 ARMY FLIERS \ \
LEAVING ATTU
CORDOVA, May 16—A seventy j
► mile gale and snow prevented the de
parture of the American flyers from
Attu today.
WAR BREAKS OUT
IN WOMEN’S CLUB
WASHINGTON, D .C., May 16
Smouldering differences between the;
members of the Daughters of the War
of 1812 and the Women’s International
League of Peace and Freedom burst
into a sputtering flame tonight at a
public meeting of the latte’- organisa
tion when Mrs. Nobel Newport Potts,
president of the District of Columbia |
society of the Daughters, rose from
an inconspicuous seat and demanded i
direct replies to a set of prepared,
questions.
Her first question was whether the
league favored abolition of the war j
department, but the chairman refus- j
ed to allow an answer to the question ;
declaring it “was not in order.”
Airs. Potts insisted but was obliged j
to desist because of muttered manifes
tations of disapproval from those pres
ent, whereupon she left the hall.
DE VALERA, LIKE KAISER
FOND WOOD-CHOPPING
DUBLIN, May 16—Like the exiled
Kaiser, Eamon De Valera, erst-while
President of the Irish Republic, has
taken up wood-chopping as a pastime,
according to reports trickling out of
Arbor Hill Prison, where De Valera
has recently been interned.
De Valera was visited by friends a
short while ago, who found him well,
eating and sleeping normally and di
viding his time for exercise between
wood-chopping and handball. He is in
cell No. 113 but has no superstitious
objections to it.
DREDGING OPERATIONS
AT NOME COMMENCE
NOME, May 13—Dredging opera-1
tions here were begun a month and a ;
half earlier than any previous year,
when the Hammon Consolidated Gold
Fields began operatingj the electric
dredge four miles from Nome on Little
Creek, where about 125 men are em
ployed preparatory to work on a large
scale this summer.
The snow is fast disappearing and
the Bering Sea ice is loosened within
half a mile of shore.
The Nome city council has complet
ed arrangements for the construction
of docks along Snake river harbor this
summer.
FOLLEY DECLINES ACCEPT
TAMMANY LEADERSHIP
NEW YORK, May 16—Surrogate
Foiey today declined to accept the 1
Tammany leadership, to which he was
eicfcted by an executive committee.
CE FLOES DAMAGE
WHITE PASS DOCKS
DAWSON, May 16—The vanguard
'loes of ice and water crashed into
he locks and dock at White Pass
Saturday and upending the engine
louse. The ice and water also cut the
dies under the station of the Klondike
Miens railway at Selkirk. The Stewart
•iver is open to Mayo.
Eielson Will Land on
Sand Bar at McGrath
Lieut .Ben Eielson, who piloted his
lirplane to McGrath and return Wed
lesday last, completing the seventh of
he ten test flights, has chosen a sand
>ar for a landing place at McGrath,
de says the landing field which has
ieen considered by the McGrath peo
ile, and on which some preliminary
,vork had been done, was found to be
lot suitable for his needs. He was un
ible to examine the field over by Ta
cotna.
The sand bar was found to adequate
'or saef landing and take-off. Only one
letrimental condition existed—that of
'loods. The Kuskokwim and its tribu
;aries are susceptible to flood either
‘rom breakup or rain, and its is bare
y possible that his next flight, which
s due to be made during the high
vater stage, will be delayed as conse
quence.
Pilot Eielson reports that regardless
if a consignment of more than five
lundred pounds of mail and in addi
;ion, repair parts and a propellor for
he plane ,a quick trip was made to
McGrath Wednesday morning.
MOTORBIKES URGED FOR
COLORADO DRY OFFICERS
DENVER, May 16—The federal
government will be asked to provide
motorcycles equipped with sidecars
for the purpose of aiding in enforc
ng the dry law in Colorado, according
.0 Carl Jackson .recently appointed
livisional chief of the federal prohibi
:ion agents of this district.
The vehicles would be used particul
arly for mountain work, where auto
mobiles cannot penetrate some of the
narrow trails.
“A fleet of motorcycles would go a
ong way in combatting the illegal
ransportation of liquor in the moun
:ain country, ” Jackson said.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15—San
rrancisco, growing rapidly, and some
what crowded on its bottle-neck pen
insula, will move the bodies of fifty
housancl of its dead from four ceme
teries to make more room for the liv
ing.
The Board of Supervisions has just
passed an ordinance for the removal of
all the bodies from two cemeteries, and
it is said to be a foregone conclusion
that the other two cemeteries will al
so be abandoned.
BOXING COACH U. S. NAVAL
ACADEMY
Spike Webb, boxing coach U. S.
Naval Academy who has been appoint
3cl coach to the American boxers for
the coming Olympic games at Paris.
He was boxing instructor for the Am
erican Expeditionary Forces during
:he war with Germany, coached the
American boxers in the inter-allied
?ames, Paris, 1919 and the American
eoxers at the Olympic games, Antwerp
n 1920, winning the championship in
30th the latter events.
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COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO-. NEW YORK
This is the group of memebrs of the Naval Oil Commission, recently
appointed by the President, photographed after a conference at the White
House with the Chief Executive. Th eir motto has become “Preservation of
the Navy, as much as possible of the Navy Oil Lands, until the Navy’s
need is most urgent.” Left to Right: R. D. Bush, of the University of Cal
ifornia; Dr .George Otis Smith, Director of the United States Geological
Survey; Chairman Rear Admiral Hilary P .Jones, U. S. N. and M. C. Rob
ertson, Secretary of the Commission.
Seward Grill Undergoing
Extensive Renovations
Mel Holben, proprietor of the Sew
ard Grill, closed his place up early
this week so as to make necessary re
pairs, put in new fixtures and re
arrange the dining room.
The large room that has been used
for the Chamber of Commerce weekly
luncheons and meeting place, has been
cut out and several boxes now take up i
the space. However, the boxes are
so made, that they can be dissembled I
and set aside on short notice to ac
commodate banquet gatherings and
dinner parties.
Several open tables have been plac
ed in the space where the boxes were
formerly located, adding greatly to
the apparance of the place. The in
terior has been thoroughly renovat
ed anil repainted and a new counter
top made. John Helm is to be com
plimented for his efforts in making
the counter top.
The place will be reopened l«td lu- j
night or early in the morning.
Carpenter work was done by John
Helm and Frank Logerquist, the deco- j
rating by Moore and Bogart, and thej
plumbing by Charles Lechner.
Hoof and Mouth Disease
Believed Under Control
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 16—
If credence may be placed in the state
ments of the fifty government veter
inarians sent to California during the
last week by Secretary of Agricul;
ture Wallace to cope with the foot and
mouth disease, that virulent epidemic
which since its inception last January
has cost the farmers of this state more
than $2,000,000 in livestock, now is
virtually complete control, anil is ex
pected to be effectually stamped out
within the next sixty days.
Of sixteen counties under quaran
tine a month ago because of sporadic
outbreaks of the disease only six re
main in which rigid quarantine me
thods still prevail. In three of these,
government veterinarians say, all live
stock affected or exposed to the di
sease has been slaughtered, but strict
precautionary methods are being tak
en to guard against further infection.
In the other three counties, animals
are still being driven into great tren
ches where they are being shot down
by rifle men and the carcasses bur
ied with steam shovels after they
have been soaked with oil and burned.
In the three counties where the di
sease still is dangerously active, the
infected districts have been confined
to relatively small areas and within
a few days all animals, either affected
or exposed will have been extermin- |
ated and the further spread of the di- j
sease effectually checked.
MOVING PICTURE MAN
TO ARRIVE ON ALASKA
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Mr. and Mrs. Norman EViwn are no
ted passengers on board the steamer j
Alaska which left Seattle Saturday i
and is due in Seward at ten tonight. J
Mr. Dawn, well-known moving pic
ture director, who filmed the “Trail
of Broken Hearts,” in the Interior last
summer is returning to Alaska to se
cure scenics for two more moving pic
ture productions. I
Luncheon and Program
Are Pleasant Affairs
The officers of the Seward Women’s
Dlub entertained the members and a
few guests with a two course lunch
eon on Thursday afternoon at one
:hirty, in their room under the Bank
i)f Seward. The club room is more
Lhan ordinarily attractive at any time
md made a splendid impression when
dressed up for the luncheon, which
was served at one long table. Twenty
mo members and guests found their
places which were designated by dain
:y placards. The table appointments
were lovely, shaded candles shedding
their soft glow over snowy linens and
gleaming silver. Sprays of rose ger
aniums and a floral center piece form
ed the decorative motif.
Among the speakers for the occa
sion were Mrs. Jones, a Los Angeles
dub woman who is visiting in Seward
while her husband is hunting to the
Westward, i'he told of the activities of
:>ne of the largest Los Angeles Wo
men’s Clubs which boasts a member
ship of 1550 with a large waiting list,
and one of the four Southern Clubs
which have been organized in the city.
Miss ‘Flower, daughter of John H.
Rower of this city, interested her
audience very much with the account
of her work which is the care of epi
leptic children. She has a home in
Winchendon, Massachusetts, where
she cares for ten afflicted children
whose parents are among the wealth
ier class in the United States. She
plans upon her return home to estab
lish another home for less fortunate
children whose parents can not afford
to place them under professional care.
Mrs. McMullen spoke upon Civic
Beauty and stressed the importance of
care in gathering wild flowers and
shrubs if we wished to have them in
the same profusion in the future. She
told of the extinction of California’s
thousands of rhodendrons in the Red
Wood forests in less than five years,
just thru ruthless destruction in the
gathering of them for decorative pur
poses.
Guests for the afternoon were Mrs.
Jones, Miss Flower and Miss Grace
Stutzel.
After the luncheon the members and
guests repaired to the Methodist
Church where a musical recital was
given at three o’clock. The recital
was open to the public and a number
of town people attended. Mrs. Donald
H .Tyer rendered a number of piano
selections and Mrs. Edith Schmidt
and Mrs .A. J. Goodskey played three
duets on violin and piano. The plat
form was decorated in a very attrac
tive way, Mrs. Harriet M. Dunlap hav
ing charge of the decorations and the
program. The numbers were well ren
dered and heartily encored by the au
dience.
HATCHEY BRINGS NEWS
OF MINING ACTIVITIES
Jerome Hatchey, old time miner and
prospector of this district was an ar
rival in town on the last train from
Girdwood, to spend a few days renew
ing old acquantances .He says that
Clarence Whitney and Elmer Ayers,
who have some rich looking quartz
property on Lynx creek in the Moose
Pass district, are busy moving an out
fit onto their ground and getting ready
for the season’s work. Mr. Hatchey
states that this property looks like a
sure-winner. While in town, he is a
ruest of the Overland hotel.
SENATE AGAIN VOTES
JAP EXCLUSION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16—
The senate again voted for the Japan
ese exclusion bill, for July 1st, adopt
ing the conference report on the immi
gration bill.
Prohibition Agents To
Keep Closer Guard of
International Boundary
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WASHINGTON, D .C., May 16—i
It program for checking rum running
along the Atlantic seaboard under way ;
the treasury today turned its atten- j
tion to the Canadian border. Orders I
j were issued which will place nearly
double the personnel of prohibition of-1
' ficers at work between the eastern
j coast and the reaches of the praries of
I North Dakota.
Coast guard boats* will attempt to
check rum running by obats in the
deep waters of the Great Lakes, and
customs sei’vice agents will be respon
sible for all ports of entry, and with
prohibition agents will direct their at- j
tention to rum ninning by land and
on small streams.
Man And Wife Are
Convicted of Forgery
MOUNT VERNON, May 16.—When I
| Pauline Snyder, alias Thelma Davis,
heard Judge George A. Joiner, of the
i Skagit superior court pronounce sen
| tence on her yesterday, she burst in
; to vehement lamentations and wring
ing her hands, cried aloud. The
; young woman was charged with first
degree forgery, and she was senten
ced not less than eighteen months nor
more than three years in the peniten
tiary at Walla Walla.
Two months ago, Pauline was ar
! rested after an unsuccessful attempt
to cash a check for $20 on several lo
cal merchants, one of whom complied
j weeks she spent in the county jail she
steadfastly refused to implicate her
husband who had fled to California.
She was friendless while in jail, and
i cried much of the time.
Her husband, Carl W. Snyder, was
recognized in Los Angeles, descrip
tions of him having been sent out by
Sheriff Tip Conn, who went to Los
Angeles and brought the man back to
face justice and his wife. Even be
fore the court yesterday, the young
wife took all the blame, saying that
she wanted to get money on a ficti
tious check and had asked him to
write a check and allow her to try and
get it cashed.
Snider pleaded guilty to first de
gree forgery, before his wife came
before the court. He was sentenced
to spend from two to five years in the
penitentiary at Walla Walla.
DECLARE CHINESE RULER
IS ALIVE AND WELL
HONG KONG, May 16—His scre
tary and friends of the Chinese ruler,
today declared Sun Yat Sen to be well
and far from being dead
SEATTLE, May 16—0. B. Williams,
pioneer sash and door manufacturer,
dropped dead at his home last night.
SQUASH CHAMPION GOES TO
COMPETE ABROAD
' cofyKioHT KtYrrONi viiw co, »i» yoi«/
Jay Gould, well-known squash play
er, who recently left New York to j
compete in squash tournaments abroad
GOOLIDGE GIVES HIS
REASONS FOR VETO
OF SOLDIER BONUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16—
On his message to the house vetoing
the soldier bonus, Coolidge said in part
“We must either abandon our theory
of patriotism or abandon this bill. We
owe no bonus to the able bodied sol
diers of the world war. Patriotism i3
one of the highest and finest of human
virtues, and it cannot be bought or
sold. To offer money for it destroys it.
OVER-RIDES OPPOSITION
OF PRESIDENT IN
IMMIGRATON REPORT
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Over
riding the opposition of Coolidge, the
house today adopted the conference
report on the Immigration bill which
would make July 1 the effective date
of Japanese exclusion. The report
was sent immediately to the Senate
where, it was announced, action
would be brot before adjournment to
day
METHODISTS AIM
AT KU KLUX KLAN
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 16.—
Recognition of the youtjh of the Me
thodist church as worthy a voice in
its councils and condemnations which
by hidden methods defy the law were
asked in the third day of the Method
ist Episcopal General conference, the
legislative body of the church which
is holding its twenty-ninth quadren
nial session here.
The law defiance motion, introduced
by a negro delegate, Robert P. Hayes
of the central Missouri delegation,
was referred to a committee, and was
generally interpreted as against the
Ku KIux Klan. It referred to those
“whose zeal is burning but whose
methods are hidden, whose aims are
probably for good but whose results
are damaging to the perpetuity and
harmnnv of tho nminf-rv ”
Steamship Yukon to
Sad North Tomorrow
SEATTLE, May 16—The new Alas
kan steamship Yukon, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, sails tomorrow
on her maiden voyage to Alaska.
GOLD STAR WILL SAIL
WITH PRIBILOF SUPPLIES
SEATTLE, May 16—The new auxil
iary ship Gold Star with supplies for
the Pribilof Island roolyries and re
mote government stations of the Bu
reau of Fisheries, and closed reserva
tion stations in Alaska, will sail the
20th.
30-DAY TRIP THROUGH
ALASKA OPEN TOURISTS
WASHINGTON, Mayl6.—As a re
sult of arrangements announced by
the Interior Department between the
Alaska Railroad and the White Pass
route, excursionists this' year will
have open to them a thirty day trip
from Seattle through the Klondike as
well as Alaska.
MEL HOLBEN PURCHASES
THE DAGGET BUILDING
The Daggett building, which was
formerly occupied by the “Key” pool
hall, was sold this week to Mel Hol
ben, proprietor of the Seward Grill.
Air. Holben states that he will move
his restaurant into the newly acquired
building at some future date, repairs
having to be made to the property.
Hugh Dougherty, real estate man,
put the deal through.
FISH HATCHERYWILL
.OPEN DURING NEXT MO.
Air. Wentworth, Territorial Superin
tendent of Fisheries and Hatcheries,
is working with a crew of men at
the Grouse Lake hatchery assembling
the troughs, etc. The hatchery, he
reports, will be ready some time next
month to take spawn.
They report two feet of snow around
the Lake and about sevens inches at
Mile 7.