J Semnrd Dail Gateumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 211.
SEWARD* ALASKA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AMERICAN CREEK DREDGING CO.
OFFICIALS PLAN HAVE DREDGE ON
GROUND, OPERATING NEXT AUGUST
CINCINNATI STILL
STREAK. NEW YORK
PHILLIES SINK ST. LOUIS TWICE
V IN MARATHON GAMES; ROBINS
BREAK LOSING STREAK; BOS
TON AND CHICAGO EACH TAKE
A GAME
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. (JP)—'The
Philadelphia Cardinals made a mara
thon of the first game of a double
header when they accumulated 23
runs on 22 hits and four Philadelphia
errors. St. Louis scored 12 runs in
the first on nine hits and two errors.
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inning. St. Louis 23-22-1; Philadel
phia 3-7-4. Batteries were Rhem,
Dell and O’Farrell and Vick for St.
Louis and Knight, Kelly, Gaecht,
Pierce, Rambo, Taber, Henline and
Jonnard for Philadelphia.
NEW YORK—Cincinnati 'continued
her winning •streak. Virgil Barnes
pitched good ball for the Giants but
walked Critz and Hargrave in the
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SEATTLE FUR SALE
SHOWS INCREASE;
BEST SILVERS $330
MINK SELL WELL; WHITE FOX
IMPROVED; CROSS FOX
SOLD RAPIDLY
SEATTLE, Sept. 17. (£>)—Nearly all
prices improved at the auction of the
Seattle fur exchange. Red Fox aver
aged $18 and the best lots $27 to $28.
An inferior collection of mink sold
well, the best lots bringing $17 but
the general average brought $8.32.
Muskrats sold for $1.94, being the
price and the average $1.81. White
fox improved but only 30 per cent
•were sold at an average of $35.00.
Cross fox sold rapidly averaging
$20.40. Good specimens of silver fox
brought $330.00, average being $69
to $78. Lynx were half sold out, the
hest lot bringing $25. The best lots
of dark specimen of marten brought
$55 and pale Albertas reached $17.00.
TRAGIC CLIMAX 10 011
HOUSE PARTlf, FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. (£>)—
A gay house party came to a tragic
climax here when Mrs. May Monag
ham, the hostess, was stabbed and
seriously injured by her husband
James H. Monagham, according to the
police who arrested Monagham on a
charge of assult with intent to com
mit murder.
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ROBERT S. DONALDSON AND AUGUST W. CON
RADT, REPORT $60,000 SUBSCRIBED TO NEW OR
GANIZATION BY FAIRBANKS BUSINESS AND
MINING PEOPLE—PROPERTY LOCATED IN HOT
SPRINGS DISTRICT j
DREDGE WILL DL SHIPPED TO NENJINH NEXT APRIL'
Representatives Meeting with Splendid Success in Pro
curing Local Capital for Financing Project—En Route
to Southeastern Alaska and Seattle
Elated over the exceptionally splendid financial re
sponse which has greeted the recent organization of the
company in Fairbanks, Robert S. Donaldson and August
W. Conradt, prominent Interior business men, who were
named to head the financing of the project, are now in
Seward with the view of procuring a few subscribers.
During the forepart of the week they were in Nenana and
Anchorage and met with substantial support. The re
sponse thus far in Seward has been quite pleasing and
prior to their departure tomorrow night for southeastern
j Alaska they feel the local quota will be oversubscribed.
TO UNITED STATES
INSULTS WRITTEN ON GRAVES
OF U. S. IN FRANCE IS
STATED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. (^—Sen
ator Caraway of Arkansas, Democrat,
told the Washington Post he favored
the return of the bodies of the
United States soldiers buried in
France because of the insults written
on crosses on the graves, “to Hell
l with America,” and other vulger ex
pressions. He said “congress will un
doubtedly provide appropriations to
bring home the 30,000 dead for France
undoubtedly loves the German more
than the American or Englishman and
is campaigning against her former
friends. This is now' the principal oc
cupation of her statesmen. I don’t
believe we should cancel our war
debts.”
INDIAN TOWN, HE
WIPED OUT BY f IRE
THREE HUNDRED INDIANS HOME
LESS AND WITHOUT FOOD
OR CLOTHING
JUNEAU, Sept. 17. (/P)—A wire re
ceived last night stating the Indian
towrn of Kake, numbering several
hundred persons, w'as completely de
stroyed by fire and that only the can
nery and government hospital was
saved. Three hundred Indians are
homeless and without food or cloth
ing. The Coast Guard cutter Unalga
sailed at midnight with supplies.
Take in the Liberty tonight.
The American Creek Dredging com
pany, the name choosen for the new
organization, has ground on Ameri
can creek, Hot Springs district, and
it is the intention of the stockholders
to install on the ground a two and
one-half foot flume type dredge which
is to be delivered at Nenana by the
first of next April in order that it may j
be shipped down river to Hot Springs,!
at the opening of navigation. It i-s the !
intention, according to present plans,1
to have actual operations under way
not later than August 1, 1927.
The work of preparing the ground
on American creek dredging has been
under way during the la'st summer
and it is stated that sufficient ground
is now ready for a season’s work.
The preparatory work was carried
on under the supervision of Charles
G. Lewis, experienced engineer, form
erly with the Hammon dredging com
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DISCOVERS NORSE SETTLEMENT
SYDNEY, N. S., Sept. 16. (^—Don
ald B. McMillan, arriving here from
the North, reported the finding of the
remains of a Norse settlement on
Sculping island, off Labrador.
DISPATCHES ARE RATHER CON
FLICTING; 26 REPORTED
KILLED
LONDON, Sept. 16. (/P)—Dispatches
from Sydney, N. S. W., report a rail
road wreck on a lonely spot in the
mountains near Blandford, Brisbane
county. A dispatch to the Evening
News says 26 persons were killed and
60 injured while a Reuters dispatch
says three person were killed and 35
were injured.
Extra good show on at the Liberty
theater tonight.
SCAPEGOAT IN MILLS
HiLL CISE TO ASSIST
SOMERVILLE, N. J.,' (£>)—Ralph
V. Gorsline declaring that he had
been made a scapegoat of the Hall
Mills murder case today announced to
inspector John J. Underwood that he
was ready to aid in solving the mys
tery of the killing.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WEL
LERS WINS FROM NULLIKEN IN
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION
IN MARYLAND
WESLEY JONES’ LEAD INCREASES
Wayne B. Wheeler, General Council
of Anti-Saloon League Reports Drys
Are Victors in Eight States
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. (£>) — j
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
of the anti-saloon league, said the
Washington wets attempt to defeat a
large number of Dry representatives
and Senators in Washington, Ver-i
mont, New York, Massachusetts,'
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South Carolina, Louisiana, Michigan J
and Colorado failed in the primaries j
wherever a Dry was replaced by ano
their Dry. In Maines’ election'- all Dry j
Congressmen were re-elected.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 17. (£>)—Wei-!
lers, candidate for the Republican
Gubernatorial nomination, won on a
Dry platform from Addison E. Nulli
ken.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17. (£>) — Two
thousand and three precincts gave.
Jones 109,834 votes, Hammond 22,479,!
Griffiths 32,934, Bullitt 4,449, Long-;
street 2,390. The Third district cov-;
ering 538 precincts gave Johnson 3,
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district of 317 precincts gave Miller,
22,132, McCable 5,344 and Moore 6,
597 votes.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17. (Jp)—
Aimee Semple McPherson, noted evan
gelist, yesterday admitted that she
had supplied funds to the girl in the
Carmel cottage hoax, which will prove
that Miss “X” was to be with Ormis
ton instead of Aimee McPherson, al
leged to have been his companion.
Aimee denied any connection with the
matter until one of her Temple ads
told authorities that she had been a
go-between for several cash payments
to Miss Wiseman, the hoax girl. Dis
trict Attorney has reopened investiga
tion of Aimee’s mysterious absence
extending over nearly five weeks, and
charges of perjury may result.
Public dance Saturday
The regular Saturday night public
dance will be held tomorrow night at
the Odd Fellows. The new members
of the orchestra will please.
ffl ROUTE SOUTH
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TRIANGULATION, TOPOGRAPHIC
AND HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS
-OF SHUYAK STRAIT, WEST AND
EAST ENTRANCE, COMPLETED
TIDAL RANGE TWENTY FEET
Field Party Engaged in Dangerous
Locality While Obtaining Tidal
Readings
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic sur
vey field party working in Shuyak
strait vicinity since last May arrived
in port this morning on the Alaska
Steamship Co. S. S. Redondo en route
to Seattle.
The triangulation, topographic and
hydrographic . surveys of Shuyak
Strait including both its west en
trance in Shelikof Strait and its
eastern entrance in Perenosa bay
have been completed. This includes
Blue Fox bay and Cape Current Nar
rows.
The tidal range in Shuyak Strait as
well as Blue Fox bay is 20 feet. The
currents attain a velocity through
Cape Current Narrows of about seven
or eight knots, and in particular with
northeast weather the locality is a
very dangerous one with very high
tide rips.
Anchored in the Narrows with a
small pulling boat, for 52 consecutive
hours currents were read continuous
ly, while simultaneous tidal readings
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KING'S SUBJECT IS
FREE WITH ADVICE
REGARDING WIFE
KING BORIS OF BULGARIA GIVEN
GOOD “DOPE” ON SELECTION
OF HELPMATE
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 16. (JP)—
King Boris of Bulgaria, who has been
reported as searching Europe for a
wife, received some personal advice
from one of his subjects. The latter,
in a letter signing himself as “Your
friend Kolyo,” says: “Dear Boris: I
am so glad to hear that you are to get
married. Don’t delay, for it is a sorry
lot to remain a bachelor. But don’t
marry a woman of the type who tries
to ape the male—take a wife who will
mind her own business, who can cook
well, wash your linen and take good
care of your house. You surely have
more clothes than I, but even a king’s
coat can be ripped occasionally. But
whatever woman you bring home, be
sure she will mind her own business,
will not meddle and will not leave you
to cook your own dinner. Pardon .
me if I have spoken boldly—I have
done all this out of love for you, my
boy.”
NEW OIL FIELDS WANTED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. (£>)—'The
oil conservation board in its report to
President Coolidge, says that the fu
ture supply of oil depends upon the
constant discovery of new fields.