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VOLUME 20._NUMBER 39
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
SANDSTONE CAVE WILL BE COLLINS’ SEPULCHRE
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ASSOCIATED CO.
HAS SHUT DOWN
REST OF WINTER
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MANAGER G. L. JONES EN ROUTE
TO STATES WITH CREW
RETURN IN FEW MONTHS
Manager G. L. Jones of the Asso
ciated Oil Company, wife and brother
together with sixteen members of
the crew which have been employed
there for the past eight months, w'ere
outgoing passengers on the steam
ship Admiral Watson today, enroute
from their oil locations at Kanatak.
Manager Jones states that the com
pany was forced to close down on ac
count of the extreme cold w'eather
and lack of fuel. The company has
been burning the residue in their boil
ers, but with the ash and sand cover
ing this, even blasting failed to pro
duce a sufficient amount, so hard
was the ground frozen.
According to Mr. Jones the Asso
ciated Oil Company will resume drill
ing operations in a couple of months,
when new machinery will be shipped
north and placed on the ground. From
about ten hundred feet last June, the
drillers have gone down to the 2300
foot level in the past eight months.
The weather has been so severe at
• the- oil fields that during the past
two months very little progress was
made.
Since the two oil companies, the
Associated Oil Company and the
Standard Oil Company have been in
the field, over a million dollars have
been spent, with oil not yet in sight.
The Standard Oil Company is now'
down 3010 feet and drilling away at
the cement block which they were
forced to put in to shut off the wrater
which w'as flooding them out. From
fifty barrels an hour w'hich flowed
steadily from the drill hole, the W'ater
has been shut off to about that many
barrels a month. The Standard Oil
Company is doing good w'ork and it
will only be a question of a little time
until they are again sinking into
new ground. From a 22-inch casing
they have decreased to an eight-inch
casing.
Those comprising the crew of the
Associated Company which left the
field are Manager G. L. Jones, J.
Jones, a brother, W. W. French, W.
E. Getty, F. C. Chetum, W. J. Malloy,
C. Moodie, W. A. Johnston, F. T.
Arundell, H. D. Hyde, W. J. Classon,
I. F. Mackay, A. E. Hockin, H. Zerr,
R. B. Lee, A. B. Seaton. With their
husbands were Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Malloy.
Mr. Kelly and wife, who left Sew
some time ago to cook for the com
pany, are still there and cooking for
the remainder of the crew. Paul
Peterson, wireless operator has been
retained on the ground, as is Mike
Johnson, the watchman.
Nurmi Breaks Records
As Regular Thing
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17.—Nurmi
established a mile, mile and three
quarters and two mile indoor dirt
track records, lapping his competitors
at least once. Ritola set a world’s re
cord for the three and one-quarter
mile indoor dirt track mark.
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY
DENIES CHARGE MADE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17—The Mich
igan Sugar Company, which Secretary
Warren headed until he was nomi
nated attorney general, has filed a
denial of the charges which the Fed
eral Trade Commission made against
the company.
NEW JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
U. S. Attorney-General Harlan F.
Stone, who has just been appointed
| to the Supreme Court, succeeding
i Justice Joseph McKenna, resigned.
Justice McKenna has served on the
Supreme Bench for 27 years and is
171 years of age.
NOME EPIDEMIC
CEASES TO BE
SEATTLE, Feb. 17.—Dr. Magruder
of this city received a message from
Dr. Welch of Nome today, dated Sun
day, which Magruder interpreted to
mean that all cases of diphtheria had
recovered and the Nome epidemic was
ended. The message reported the ar
rival Sunday of the second shipment
of antitoxin, and said. “No new cases
reported *for three days; all others
have recovered.”
HEARING BE HELD
ON 0. H. MILLER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17.—
Senator Wesley L. Jones and Delegate
Sutherland asked President Coolidge
to guarantee a fair hearing in the case
of Charles H. Miller, assistant dis
trict United States Attorney for the
Ketchikan district, who was dismiss
ed on complaints of citizens of Ketch
ikan. Jones and Sutherland contend
ed that Miller has been mistreated.
W. W. French, formerly a Seward
resident, who has been with- the Asso
ciated Oil company at Kanatak, ar
rived in town this morning on the Ad
miral Watson. Mr. French will leave
on one of the next trains for Anchor
age.
Cosmetics Now Parked
In Umbrella Handles
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Umbrellas with
handles flat as pancakes have ap
peared in London and are considered
quite the thing among fashionably
dressed young women.
The umbrellas are altogether too
unwieldly to be carried by the handle
so are attached to the arm by means
of a heavy silk cord. But they have
the advantage of doing away with the
vanity case for within the Jlat handle
the owner carries her powder box lit
stick, eye lash crayon, a dainty lit
tle box of perfume, a three-inch comb,
a mirror, and enough hair pins to last
throughout the day.
Be sure at vote at the special elec
tion today.
Attempt Made Poison
Pioneer ’Frisco Family
! SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17—A bot
! tie of milk left at the home of Mrs.
Lavina J. Hotaling, widow of a pioneer
financier, her son Fred C., and daugh
ter-in-law, Mrs. Myrtle Hotaling, was
found by the city board of health
to contain enough poison to kill sev
eral families. Fred suspected the con
tents of the bottle and sent it to the
board for analysis.
ITINERANTMINER
GIVEN FORTUNE
FOR INVENTION
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.—George
Campbell Carson, 5S, an itinerant
miner who for the past 15 years has
been a guest of a sailors’ lodging
house because he could not afford to
j secure better lodgings, by decree of
; the Circuit Court of Appeals today
! was held to be the inventor of two
great improvements in copper ore
| smelting. The court held that his
patents were infringed by the Ameri
can Smelting & Refining Company,
and that an accounting is due of it
least §5,000,000. Similar suits are
pending against the Phelps-Dodge
| Corporation of Arizona and the Ana
conda Mining Company. Campbell
may get at least §20,000,000 out of his
inventions.
BONE RECOGNIZED
AS SUPERIOR MAN
WHITEHOUSE, Washington, D. C.,
Feb. 17.—President Coolidge regards
Governor Scott C. Bone of Alaska as
a superior man, and would have re
appointed him except for the decision
of the President that the Governor of
Alaska should be a resident of the
Territory. This decision came after
a conference with Secretary Work.
The precedent was declared set
when President Harding named Far
rington governor of Hawaii.
Admiral Watson Sails
South at Noon Today
The steamship Admiral Watson,
which was delayed by a snowstorm
outside the bay, arrived in port at
an early hour this morning with sev
eral passengers aboard for Seward.
Those arriving in town were W. W.
French, Wm. Pessinger, J. Abrams,
Ollie Gray, W. E. Getty.
Those leaving for Southern ports
were:
For Cordova—L. B. Adsit, J. W.
Gucker.
For Juneau—Barbara Demidoff.
For Ketchikan—C. M. Sharpe.
For Seattle—G. Jones and wife,
Maurice Phillips, W. J. Malloy and
wife, A. Lipke and wife, C. Moodie,
W. A. Johnston, F. T. Arundell, Fred
O’Neill, wife and son, H. D. Hyde, W.
J. Classon, I. F. Mackay, J. Jones, A.
E. Hockin, H. Zeer, R. B. Lee, A. B.
Seaton, C. L. Vickers, Bert Hansen,
Roy Gilley, and two steerage.
HOMER WOMAN MAKES RECORD
Mrs. Mae Harrington, former post
mistress at Homer and a homesteader
at the Spit, has been very successful
in securing homesteads for settlers in
the Homer district and so far has se
cured eight patents for local people
without a hitch, which is a record to
be proud of. Mrs. Harrington’s famil
iarity with the homestead laws are a
great convenience to the western
population.
Be sure at vote at the spec;,,l elec
tion today.
BODY OF COLLINS MAY BE INTERRED IN
NATURAL TOMB IN WHICH HE MET DEATH
SEVEN MEN EXAMINE^BODY OF COLLINS AND
SWEAR THAT HE IS DEAD—AUTHORITIES ARE
CONSIDERING AMPUTATION OF MAN’S LEGS
FOR IDENTIFICATION, THEN ABANDONING
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 17.—Seven men, all of whom
are residents ofrthis district, descended the shaft and ex
amined Floyd’s body, reporting to Magistrate Turner, act
ing coroner, that they will swear that he is dead. Major
Carmichael stated that on account of peril to the work
men, the authorities were considering amputating part of
Collins’ body, such as an ear, for identification by his fam
ily, and returning this portion after identification, leav
ing the body forever in the natural tomb where he was
caught. Citizens of Cave City have pledged a thousand
dollars to be used in removing the body, if practical, if not
to erect a monument to Collins.
A telegram from Governor Fields ordered '‘that if
Floyd Collins is dead when reached, have the body disin
terred and doctors make a thorough examination for all
evidences of foul play including poisons.”
Work was suspended this morning for the first time
to permit the workers to go to their tents for a much
needed rest. The body may be uncovered sufficiently to
day to permit amputation of the legs.
Lee Collins, father of Floyd, announced that the fu
neral be held in the auditorium at 2:15 today in the high
crystal cave. This cave was the greatest discovery of Col
lins, who is 35 years old, and has explored caverns all his
life. The crystal cave is on Collins’ farm. Floyd will be
buried on the hilltop overlooking Sand Cave, if his body
can be recovered.
CAVE WILL BE COLLINS’ SEPULCHRE
CAVE CITY, Feb. 17.—Lee Collins, father of Floyd,
consented today to Sand Cave being his son s sepulchi e.
He did this after Dr. William Hazlett, of Chicago, had ex
amined Floyd, and coming up from the cave shortly after
noon said he identified Collins by his gold teeth. He de
clared death had occurred four or five days ago.
He announced that he believed it would be impossible
to remove the body without great risk. Funeral services
will be held today at the mouth of Sand Cave.
Dr. Carmichael announced that he had purchased ce
ment to be used in sealing the mouth of the ca\ e.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD AT SHAFT
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 17.—Looking down into the
rescue shaft, Rev. C. K. Dickey conducted the funeral of
Floyd Collins. A choir of eight women from Cave City
sang three hymns, and then the bowlders were replaced
upon the natural tomb, leaving him locked in the arms of
Nature, which grasped him 18 days ago.
STEAMER EIDER
SAILS FOR NORTH
SEATTLE, Feb. 17.—The steamer
Eider of the United States Bureau of
Fisheries sailed yesterday for Pribilof
Islands, and will ply between there
and Unalaska. The vessel carried A.
O. Eckardt, government physician for
St. Paul, and his wife.
The Eider, Capt. J. A. Beck, under
went an overhauling at the Navy yard
at Bremerton and had a radiophone
installed.
FRANK KEMPFER IN TOWN.
Frank Kempfer, a former real es
tate agent in Seward arrived in town
last night with Captain Chas. Emls
wiler from Nuka Bay. Frank in com
pany with A1 Blair, has been trapping
in that vicinity, Blair having a camp
north of Point Gore, with Kempfer
30 miles this side in Nuka Bay. Ac
cording to Mr. Kempfer they took
many fine furs, but were hampered by
the cold weather in this vicinity, the
most severe in years. A steady gale
has been blowing so that very little
moving about in boats could be done.
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WORLD FLYERS BE REWARDED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The bill
to reward the world flyers along the
lines recommended by the War de
partment was passed by the House
today.
ADA BLACKJACK
STRUCK BY AUTO
SEATTLE, Feb. 17—Ada Blackjack,
carrying her baby, eight months old.
started yesterday on a visit to the
11 Eskimos from Wrangell, who are
living on the U. S. steamship Boxer.
She tried to dodge an outomobile,
while waiting for a street car, but was
knocked down, cutting her head and
spraining her knee. She said she did
not believe the automobile ran over
her. •
Senate Confirms The
Nomination of Kellogg
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The Sen
ate confirmed the nomination of Frank
Kellogg to succeed Secretary C. E.
Hughes.
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