Hemard Dnily Enteumy
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 40.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
Seward to Get Money for Sea Wall
HARBORS AND RIVERS BILL APPROVED
YESTERDAY CARRIES BIG SUM FOR THE
SURVEY OF HARBOR FOR BOAT SHELTER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17.—After adding two
million dollars to the appropriation, the Senate Commerce
Committee approved the Rivers and Harbors bill, author
izing over forty millions for construction and repair of
rivers and harbors projects throughout the country, in
cluding the Wrangell Narrows survey, a survey for
a breakwater or harbor of refuge for small boats in Re
surrection Bay, provision for a national survey of the po
tential waterpower. The House limitation of the cost
of the waterpower survey to $500,000 was stricken.
ORDINANCE 86
APPROVED BY
FIVE MAJORITY
One hundred and five votes were
cast at yesterday special election,
> to ratify Ordinance No. 86, providing
for the appointment of certain city
officers instead of electing them as
at present. The ordinance also defines
the duties of the mayor and council
men. as well as the officers to be ap
pointed.
Fifty-five persons voted for ratifica
tion and 50 against ratification, the
ordinance thus being ratified by a ma
jority of five.
The vote was a disappointment to
the officials of the town and the local
chamber of commerce, who desired to
see a full vote cast, irrespective of the
sentiments of the voters. Seward has
312 votes, as evidenced by previous
elections, and the small vote cast is
sure to cause the town to lose pres
tige in Territorial recognition.
Queen and Adm. Rodman
Will Serve S. E. Alaska
SEATTLE, Feb. 18—The Pacific
Steamship Company today announced
that the steamships Queen and Admi
ral Rodman would be shifted Monday
from Lake Union to Pier B and placed
in readiness for service in expectation
of a big spring rush to Alaska. The
Queen will sail north March 18, and
the Admiral Rodman March 25. The
Queen and Admiral Rodman will al
ternate in sailings to southeastern
Alaska, leaving Seattle every Wed
nesday. The Rodman will be in the
southeastern cannery trade. The
Queen and Admiral Rodman alter
nated sailings the past two years foi
southeastern Alaska.
LIEUT CARTER W. CLARK
TO RELIEVE CAPT. PARSONS
Advices received by Capt. Lloyd C.
Parsons, officeit in charge of the First
section of the Washington-Alaska Mil
itary Cable and Telegraph system
state that First Lieutenant Homer W.
Jones, Q. M. C., now at Indianapolis,
has been detailed to relieve Lieut. Ca
hill, at Valdez, and will arrive about
the middle of July next.
Also that Lieut. Carter W. Clark,
Signal Corps, now stationed at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, has been detail
ed to relieve Capt. Parsons, and is
due to arrive here about the 20th of
April. Capt. Parsons has received un
official information to the effect that
he will be detailed to Camp Vail, New
Jersey.—Valdez Miner.
Charley Lechner has been busy the
past week mak*’~ repairs on the
Gladstone which .eparted for the
banks yesterday afternoon.
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1 SERVICES OVER BODY OF
S. L. COLWELL, SUNDAY
Services will be held over the body
of Mr. S. L. Colwell sometime Sun
day afternoon, under the auspices
of the Seward Igloo of Pioneers. Mr.
Colwell’s body will be taken to Seat
tle on the next boat for interment.
Mrs. Colwell, will accompany the
j body to Seattle. Announcement of
| the time of the services and the
: place where they will be held will
! be made at a later date.
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Coolidge Offers Prize
I For Best Suggestion
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—
It was learned that at the instigation
of President Coolidge a prize of $10
was offered to the employe submitting
the best suggestion for economy in
the Whitehouse executive offices and
the offerings are due today. The an
nouncement of the offer reads. “Sug
gestions should be along practical
lines and not radical, and not tend to
disorganize the work of the office.”
; JUDGE RITCHIE COMING HOME
Judge E. E. Ritchie, who is now
in the States on leave of absence, is
expected to return to Valdez about the
middle of March. He is scheduled to
| hold a term of court at Juneau for
| Judge Reed, beginning about March 1,
j which, it is anticipated will consume
j but a few days. Following his return
to Valdez Judge Ritchie will call a
in term of court to convene in An
chorage in April.
$2.00 SPENT FOR TOBACCO;
$1.00 SPENT FOR EDUCATION
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 18.—For ev
ery dollar spent on education in the
United States, $2 is spent for tobac
cos, according to John J. Tigert, U.
E. Commissioner of Education, \yho
advocates greater expenditures for
educational purposes in an address
here.
RUSSEL HERMANN IN JUNEAU
Russell R. Hermann, former drug
gist of Valdez and Anchorage, has
taken a position with the Butler
Mauro Drug Company of Juneau. Mr.
Hermann will take the position of
pharmacist vacated by E. E. Middle
ton.
James McConnell of Mile Five has
completed his tie contract and laid
off his crew of men. About two thou
sand ties were turned out by Mr.
McConnel, who will continue on by
himself until spring. .
In a letter received in Seward this
week from Miss Lillian Jeffries, who
formerly worked at Sylvia’s, no men
tion was made of the death of Mrs.
Jet 1 lies. Miss Jeffries now resides
in Kelso, Wn., with her parents, who
came to this country recently from
Scotland, and did not go to Scotland
as was stated in yesterday’s paper.
SWEEPING FLOES
OF ICE WRECK
WESTERN DOCKS
CAPT. JOHANSEN SAYS NEVER
IN LONG EXPERIENCE HAS HE
SEEN ICE FLOES SO FAR TO
SOUTHARD AS PRESENT TIME
DUTCH HARBOR, Feb. IS— Sweep
ing floes of heavy ice partly wrecked
the dock and destroyed all the fish
traps at False Pass early in February,
Capt. O. A. Johansen, master of the
Seward mail steamer Starr reported
while here Sunday. The deeply driv
en piles of the fish traps were crush
er like paper by the ice. Captain Jo
hansen said that never before in his
long experience as a navigator in
Southwestern Alaska waters had he
encountered such huge ice floes so far
south. The Starr wras unable to de
liver the mail at many points along
the westward route, due to storms.
Passing through Shelikof Strait the
Starr encountered a blinding blizzard,
and was forced to anchor and chop
ice that caused a heavy list to the
ship. After the blizzard she entered
Anchorage Bay near Chignik, wdiere
Martin’s plane was wrecked, and en
countered warm winds which melted
the ice in the bay, making it danger
ous that the vessel sought anchor in
the outer waters. She had hardly an
chored w'hen northwest gales swept
her. After riding out the storm the
Starr weighed anchor, only to find
| she had lost one of her two anchors.
| By this time the vessel was running
short of water and fuel oil and went
into the teeth of the gale until False
Pass wras reached, wrhere the natives
received a cargo of dried fish, urgently
needed as fox feed.
The Starr left here Sunday on her
return to Sewrard. 4
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Armament Conference .
Under Consideration
In House of Commons
LONDON, Eng., Feb. IS.—Austen
Chamberlain, foreign secretary an
nounced today in the House of Com
mons that the new armament con
ference which President Coolidge
would call has been mentioned in
conversations with America’s ambas
sador, and is under consideration.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 18.—
A formal discussion of the conference
which President Coolidge would call
has been proceeding in London, but
officials indicated that no definite re
sults have been obtained.
It is understood, unofficially, that
the purpose is for the extension of
the Washington Naval Treaty, to lim
it auxiliary craft in addition to cap
ital ships.
“U” PRESIDENT IS DEAD
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 18.—Ma
rion LeRoy Burton, fifth president of
the University of Michigan and who
was president of Smith College at
the age of 34, died here today.
Pleurisy, recently complicated from
an illness that began November is
given as cause. He nominated Cool
idge in the last convention.
POSTAL BILL SLEEPS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. IS —
The House today in a vote of 232 to
120, refused to accept the Senate
Postal Pay and Rate Bill as a sub
stitute for the Kelley Bill.
ERIC NELSON MADE
KIGHT OF SWORD
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Eric Nel
son, circumnavigator, has been made
a Knight of the Order of the Sword,
!;y King Gustav, V of Swede , cong
ress authorizing acceptance.
Eighty Yard Record
Broken by Swimmer
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. IS —
i Arne Borg, of Sweden, broke the re
cord for 80 yards, swimming it in 10:
j 38 and 4-5 seconds. He held the pre- j
! vious record of 10:43 2-5 seconds made :
in Honolulu.
KING GEORGE SUFFERING.
LONDON, Peb. 18.—King George is
suffering from a siege of bronchitis,
but is said to be recovering.
BOOZE VESSEL
SEIZED AT FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18.—The
Canadian steamer Coal Harbor, was
! seized last night by the coast guard
! cutter Cahokia, while unloading li
I quor near Bolinas Bay, and was towed
■ into port with her crew of fourteen,
and placed in custody. The Cahokia
had watched for three days in an at
| tempt to catch the vessel unloading.
The Coal Harbor is owned by the
! same Vancouver company which owns
; the Quadra, seized near the Farallone
islands with a cargo of liquor. The
j company also owned the Speedaway,
| burned off the Washington coast,
i Manifests seized with the vessel
j gives the destination of the liquor as
! South America.
I
Calif. Woman Named
Member of Congress
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18.—Mrs.
j Florence Prag Kahn, wife of former
j Congressman Julius Kahn, of the |
Fourth Congressional district, City of I
San Francisco, was elected to Con-1
j gress today, to the seat vacated by
the death of her husband. There was
{no other candidate for the office.
SALARY BILL RECONSIDERED
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The Sen
j ate today voted to reconsider the vote
j which passed the bill increasing the
salaries of congressmen to S10.000 per !
annum, and the vice-president to S15,-1
000 per year.
Parks Is Too Busy
Talk Governorship
WASHINGTON, I). .C., Feb. IS.—
George E. Parks said that he hadn’t
formulated any policies for governor
ship and had no plan except to re
turn to Alaska soon and perform his
duties as Assistant Chief of the Field
Service of the General Land office,
and- explained “there is plenty of
work to be done in the field and I
have my crews busy and I haven’t
given a thought to the manner in
which I should conduct the govern
ment. It is my intention to continue
right at the pi’esent job until, I sup
pose, I become Governor on June 15.”
The United States Civil Service
Commission isued a statement in
calling the nomination of George E.
Parks a “story of honest effort, hon
estly awarded,” and “the latest chap
ter on an honorable career.”
Senate Recalled Bill
Raise Congressmen
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—
The Senate late today recalled the
bill passed last night to increase the
salaries of Congressmen and the vice
president.
Dwellings built of non-inflammable
material and covered with a thin ve
neer of metal are bei"g erected in a
day at Budapest, Hungary. The parts
are manufactured separately in quan
tities before being put together.
ALAMEDA SAILS
WITH SMITH AND
BARNDOLLAR
MANY SEWARDITES AND 1NTE
RIOR RESIDENTS ARE ABOARD
VESSEL HAS LARGEST LISTING
OF 1925 SEASON.
SEATTLE, Feb. IS.—The steamship
Alameda sailed at 5:00 o’clock yester
day afternoon, with 195 passengers,
Llie largest listing of the season. Many
interior residents and Seward people
are on their way back home, showing
that the tide has turned toward the
Northland. Those aboard for Seward
were: W. R. Sherwin, Jack Lien, A
H. Anderson. F. J. Bate and wife, Mrs
K. Pierce. Alfred Pierce, T. B. John
ston, W. J. Watkins, John Runkel, J
J. Gable, Robert Cacy. J. Adams, J.
A. McGill, W. C. Grandjean. G'. O
Pierson, J. E. Strand, Margaret Lar
son, Mrs. C. Larson, Mrs. M. Malcolm,
G. S. Henning, A. A. Olson and wife.
James Cessford, William McDonald. E
Wursbaker, C. T. Lienhert, C. E. Rob
inson, Miss M. Harris, G. E. Steele, G.
Sherwood, J. Johnson, Helen Martin,
W. E. Dunkle, Mrs. A. H. McDonald.
Mrs. M. S. Baldwin, D. N. Ulm, Esther
Camp, Mrs. George Sexton, Noel W.
Smith and wife, J. J. Walker, B. H.
Barndollar, Alvin Copeland, Mrs.
Frank I. Reed, Mrs. C. A. Ristine, P.
W. Foss, seven steerage.
Bill Passed To Provide
An Emergency Measure
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The Sen
ate passed and sent to the president
the House Bill to provide lor “diffi
cult or emergency” mail service in
Alaska, including the establishment
of relay stations.
SAILS JUNE 20
SEATTLE, Feb. IS.—The Alaska
Steamship Company announced that a
cargo steamer would sail about June
20 for Bering Sea and Kotzebue
Sound. The steamship Victoria sails
July 15 instead of the first, calling at
Teller in addition to her usual Ber
ing Sea points.
Big Gold Strike Free
Milling Ore California
NEEDLES, Cal., Feb. IS.—Reports
of a strike of free milling ore carry
ing gold values as high as $1000 tc
the ton was found in the mountains
two miles east of Ventrigger Springs,
California. A rush of prospectors has
started for the scene.
Ventrigger Springs is thirty miles
from Needles.
MAYOR RAY ON WAY HOME
In a cablegram received from Ma
yor L. V. Ray this morning, by Mrs.
Ray, it was stated that Mr. Ray is
now in Santa Cruz, California, on his
way home from Washington. Mr.
Ray is taking his first vacation in the
States in a number of years, and is
enjoying the sights very much.
Collins’ Death Caused
By Exposure To Cold
CAVE CITY, Feb. 18.—Floyd Col
lins’ death came from “exposure caus
ed by being accidentally trapned in
Sand Cave,” the coroner’s jury declar
ed at an inquest held here.