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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 235
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
SECRETARY WORK
DENIES PUS OF
> CHANGE DY. HEAD
NO CHANGE BE MADE UNLESS
IT IS BELIEVED TERRITORY
WILL BE BENEFITED
A letter was received here on the
last boat, by Secretary Rucker of the
Chamber of Commerce from Secre
tary Work, stating that no change is
contemplated in railway heads at the
present time.
“Like the people of Alaska, I am
very much interested in obtaining the
most successful administration of the
Alaska Railroad,” writes Mr. Work,
“to the end that the Territory may re
ceive the greatest possible benefit
therefrom, and you are assured that
no change of any kind will be author
ized by me unless I am convinced that
Alaska through the Alaska Railroad
will be benefited by it.”
OLSON & MEHERIN WILL
PLACE BOAT ON YUKON
Olson & Meherin, the well known
Alaskan firm of traveling men, will
place a gasoline launch on the Yukon
river next season. It is a specially j
built and equipped craft and will be !
kept for use by the firm on its lower
Yukon trips.
PRESSMEN RECEIVE
ADVANCE IN WAGES
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Publishers
and pivssmen entered into a con
tract today ending the strike called
this week. The union members re
ceived an advance of $3 per week and
reduction of from three to seven
hours in the number constituting a
week’s work.
CHECHACO MARTIN DEAD
NOME, Sept. 22.—A schooner ar
riving here this week brought 11
members of the geological survey par
ty from Point Barrow, also the report
that Martin Anderson, widely known
as Checliaco Martin, had^ died front
heart disease at a post near Three
Rivers, east of Point Barrow. His
partner, Peter Tirandt, is in Nome.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
Ketchikan—Fresh halibut 14Vi and
9Va cents.
Seattle—Fresh halibut lV/2 cents.
Seward—Eight and five cents.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 21—
Frank Stearns, of Boston, William M.
Butler, republican national committe,
of Mass., and James B. Reynolds, per
fected plans for the organization and
conduction of the fight of Coolidge for
the republican nomination for the
Presidency. Reynolds was his mana
ger in nineteen-twenty.
Head of Oklahoma Klans
Charged with Floggings
OKLAHOMA, Sept. 22.— Charges
were filed here tonight against A. C.
Jewett, grand dragon of the Oklahoma
realm of Ku Klux Klans. Jewett is
charged with implication"in the flog
gings of E. R. Merriman.
POWER SHUT OFF TUESDAY
The power will be shut off Tuesday
from 10 a. m, to 3 p. m.
kwed S. M. GRAFF, Mgr.
HIRAM JOHNSON TOUTED BY
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS
LINCOLN, Neb. Sept. 22.—A politi
cal group here favorable ' to Hiram
Johnson for the Republican nomina
tion for the presidency in 1924, have
launched a movement today to have
his name placed on the ticket at the
Republican primaries.
American Legion Dance tonight.
KtVSTONf VI|W MIW
NEW FINANCIAL MINISTER OF
- ^ , CHINA
Chang Hu, former minister of fin
ance in the Liang Shih-yi Cabinet and
twice vice-minister of the same de
partment, has been appointed finan
cial minister of the new regime. He
is a well known figure in Chinese fin
ancial circles.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Secre
tary Denby wants to retire and Theo
dore Roosevelt will soon become Sec
retary of the Navy, marking the first
change in the Harding cabinet under
President Coolidge if present plans
are carried out.
NEW YORKERS CINCK
BASEBALL PENNANT
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—The New York
Americans cinched the penant in the
American League here today, defeat
ing the Browns 4 to 3.
Alaska Out of Seattle
Light Passenger Listing
SEATTLE, Sept. 22—The steamship
Alaska sailed this morning en route
to Seward and way ports. She had
106 passengers, the following being
listed for Seward.
Capt. F. Irving, W. B. Raeburn, P.
Belts, C. Verhaey, D. Pinch, W. F.
Dorland and wife, C. B. Hocking and
wife, Miss R. Link, Edith M. Harri
son, C. L. Jones and wife, Chas. Jones
F. McDevitt, Frank H. Foster, Mrs. W.
J. Longacre, Frances and Dora Long
acre, John J. Corey, Buckley Wells
and wife, Mrs. M. Finkelstein, J. A.
McDonald and wife, Mrs. M. M. Wil
lis, John Market.
SHERD if HER SCHEDULE
The steamship Northwestern arriv
ed in port about 2 o’clock yesterday
afternoon, nearly a day ahead of her
schedule. The trip up is, reported to
have been a good one, with calm wea
ther.
The Northwestern will leave at 9:00
o’clock tonight for Seattle and way
ports. Passengers arriving at Seward
yesterday were: Mrs. P. J. Hussey,
Miss Hussey, Mrs. F. Johnson, Mrs. A.
B. Johnson, Lilly Johnson, J. O. Da
vies, Mrs. Anna Tuomi, Mrs. M. R.
Willis, John Markert, J. B. Basker
viHe, Mrs. J. B. Baskerville, Jack M.
Hogg, Miss Olive Tuomi, and three
steerage.
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SCHOONER REACHES
SEUTTLE WITH
lira Fffl
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—Sailing all tlie
way from Wainwright, Alaska, far
above Nome, to the Lake Washington
canal, through which she was towed
with her own motor launch, the
schooner C. S. Holmes, Captain John
Backlund, arrived here today.
On the Holmes was Lt. Oskar Om
dahl, a Norwegian army aviator, who
accompanied Amundsen north. Om
dahl brought his plane with him on
the schooner.
NOBLEMAN WAS SHOT
HELSINGFORS, Sept. 21—Baron E.
von Korbeck, whose body was found
in the harbor here was killed by a,
bullet and not by drowning.
MARTIAL LAW IN
FORCE IN SOFL\
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The Bul
garian fegation announced today that
it had jjfceived word that the govern
ment of Sofia had declared martial
law throughout the country in order
to prevent the spread of revolutionary
doctrine.
NAVY NEEDS SHIPS;
AND NOT AIRPLANES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The Uni
ted States navy must be built around
a battleship rather than an airplane,
Capt. Luke McNamee, director of na
val intelligence maintained in an ad
dress here.
Forest Fires Checked
In Cascade Districts
PORTLAND, Sept. 22.—Rainfall to
the west of the Cascade mountains
last night, from Eureka, Calif., north
checked smouldering forest and bush
fires and reports today showed ocndi
tions greatly improved, at least tem
porarily. Millions of dollars worth of
damage has been done the past week
by forest fires.
Former Alaskan Whalers
Sail for New Zealand
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—The former
Alaskan steam whalers, Star 1, Star
2, and Star 3, sailed this afternoon on
a 7000-ntile voyage to engage in whal
ing in Auckland and the Toss Sea.
CAPACITY HOUSE AT
LIBERTY LAST NIGHT
A capacity house greeted “The Man
without a Country,” the American Le
gion film, at the Liberty theatre last
night. It was one of the greatest
pictures ever brought to Seward and
the big audience was more than ph-as
ed. Captain Dance/ made a brief, in
troductory address in which he told of
the need of Americanization, of how
“The Man Without a Country” was
proving a powerful agency in the
work.
The fine orchestra in attendance
was a great treat to the audience Th®
wonderful historical value of the pic
ture was impressed upon the audi
ence with each succeeding reel, the
fidelity of the characters to the origi
nal, the truth in fact of all the Inci
dent made the film something that
had an inestimable value to the peo
ple of Seward.
Captain Dancey spoke to the school
children yesterday afternoon, and
there were many citizens in attend
ance. The value of an education, the
example of giood citizenship, all these
and more were rolled up into two
hours of mirth and serious facts. The
children sang and Capt. Dancey sang
war songs and the occasion was one
that will be long remembered by the
children of the school.
If conditions permit on his return
from Fairbanks, Capt. Dancey has
promised to tell the school the story
ol his escape from the eGrmans, the
story that appeared in the Saturday
Evening Post.
AMERICANIZATION PROGRAM
SATURDAY. Sept. 22 ,t p. \[., Dance
by Legion, 1. 0. 0. P. HaU.
SUNDAY, Sept. 23—
3 P. M., Public Mass Meeting, at
Liberty ThtuLe, all invited.
COOLIE HIES j
PL1S
OVER RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—President j
Coolidge has decided to abandon one
of the big policies of the late Presi- j
dent Harding, that of compelling the j
railroads of the country to consolidate
into regional systems, it was learned
today from authoritative sources. It
is the first of the late president’s ma
jor policies to go into the discard un
der the new administration.
Regional consolidation was the rem
edy for tl4j railroad problem favored
by Harducr and Senator Cummings,
chairman ff the Interstate Commerce
Commission. It furnished the key
note for all of the late president’s
utterances on transportation matters
during his fatal western trip.
POSTOFFICE TO TRY
OUT MAIL FLIGHTS
DETROIT, Sept. 22.—The postoffice
department within the next few
months will make another test of day
and night trans-continental flights to
determine whether the^e will be suf
ficient business between New York
and San Francisco to warrant a con
I CALIFORNIA BANK
ROBBED OF PAYROLL
—
WEED, Calif., Sept. 22.—The First
National Bank here was held up and
robbed today. As the bandit came
out of the bank with his loot, Charles
Drury, the teller, took a shot at him
with a rifle, but missed.
Colonial Line Steamer
Wrecked on Sand Bank
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—One bun-1
dred and fifty passengers from the I
Colonial Line steamship Lexington,
after the vessel had grounded on a
sand bank 13 miles south of Provi
dence, R. I., acocrding to reports re
ceived at the company’s offices here.
Liquor Valued $1,800,288
Stolen from Distillery
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22.—Liquor val
ued at $1,800.28S was stolen today
from the bonded warehouse of Jack
Daniel’s distillery.
TRAP EOBEEP.S OUT ON BOND
W. J. Beach, F. W. Harris and A.
Carter, of Juneau, arrested recently
on a charge of fish piracy were re
leased on ?2500 bonds this week. The
men are alleged to have robbed a trap
at Tenakee.
ALASKA POLICY
SIDETRACKED BY
POES, COOLIE
INDICATED, HOWEVER THAT THE
HARDING POLICY FOR DE
VELOPMENT BE ADOPTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., September 21
—President Coolidge, although he has
temporarily put aside the matter of
his Alaska policy to take up more ur
gent problems, it was declared at the
White House that his inclination is
toward adopting the plans for the de
velopment of the Territory as outlin
ed by President Harding in his Seat
tle address.
In his decision to follow the Hard
ing plans in Alaska, President Cool
idge,. it was declared, would be guid
ed by the feelings of the Harding cab
inet members who accompanied him
on his Alaskan trip. The President be
lieves that they had unexcelled oppor
tunities to study the problem of the
Territory, and that he could hardly do
better than to accept tlJLir judgment
and benefit by their experience.
It was stated at the White House
that President Coolidge intends to do
all in his power to encourage enter
prise and to induce the investment of
capital in Alaska, and provide such
conditions as will afford the Territory
larger population.
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PRESIDENT -OF CONGRESSIONAL
CLUB
Mrs. James F. Byrnes, wife of the
Representative from South Carolina,
who is president of the Congressional
Club in Washington. This is an or
ganization composed entirely of wives
of members of Congress.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Firpo has j
agreed to meet Harry Wills at some
undetermined time, but insists that
the fight be held in Buenos Aires,
while Wills insists on it being held on
American soil.
Harry Wills has signed up for a
10-round bout with Homer Smith of1
Kalamazoo, Michigan. Smith stayed
ten rounds with Firpo last August.
MRS. SELMA SCOTT
ADMITTED TO BAR
Mrs. Selma N. Scott was admitted
to practice as an attorney in the
courts of Alaska by an order of ad
mission made this week in the district
court at Valdez. The examining com
mittee were J. H. Murray, A. J. Di
mond and L. V. Ray. They reported
favorably on Mrs. Scott’s examination, j
Mrs. Scott is now chief deputy clerk
of the district court of the Third di- ;
vision at Valdez. Last spring she was !
secretary of the senate in the Terri- J
torial legislature at Juneau. She was j
stenographer in the office of the Uni
ted States attorney at Nome from
1910 to 1912. She began the study of
law there. In 1915-16-17 she studied
in the office of L. V. Ray at Seward
while employed there as stenographer
and has continued her studies during |
the past year at Valdez.
MASS MEETING SUNDAY 15
HE TO ALL
The Citizens of Seward are invited
to attend a Public Mass Meeting to
morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in the
Liberty Theatre.
This will be the closing number of
the Legion’s Americanization Pro
gram. Captain S. N. Dancey has a
message for the people of Seward, and
he will shoot it straight from the
shoulder without fear or favor.
Mayor L. V. Ray will preside as
chairman of the meeting. In addition
to the address by Capt. Dancey, there
will be a short musical program and -
community songs There will also be
an open forum question period when <
the audience will have an opportunity
to discuss national and international j
conditions. •
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OKLAHOMA HOUSE
WILL ENDEAVOR TO
IMP EM GBfElOH
(ADHERENTS OF KLAN PLAN TO
OUST EXECUTIVE FOR INTER
FERING WITH KLANS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 22—The
lower house of the Oklahoma legisla
ture will convene here Wednesday to
consider charges brought against Gov
ernor Walton, who has been instru
mental in prosecutions of members of
the Ku Klux Klans in Tulsa county.
The governor will be charged with
having set the constitution at naught
by calling out the state troops to pre
vent parades by the Klans.
Members of the legislature state
that if the Governor attempts to in
terfere with the convening of the leg
islature he will do so at his peril.
Friends of the Klan will seek im
peachment of the executive.
YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL SCORES
National League—New York 8, Pitts
burgh 4; New York 8, Pittsburgh 1;
Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 4. Others not
scheduled.
American League—Detroit 3, Bos
ton 4; Detroit 15, Boston 6, second
game. Others not scheduled.
ADVISES GIRLS TO
NOT GET MARRIED
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept.
22.—Chiefly because marriage is a
sort of slavery, Mrs. Oliver P. Bel
mont of New York, president of the
National Woman's Party, declares
that she would not recommend mar
riage for any girl.
“I would not say that marriage is a
failure, but statistics speak for them
selves.”
American Legion Dance tonight
Capt. Daneey has asked to ra meet
ing of American Legion and Women’s
Auxiliary to be held Sunday' evening,
following church services. Ail serv
ice men, whether members of Legion
or not, as well as all members ana
available for membership in Auxiliary
are asked to attend at rj p. m. Sun
day evening in M. L church.
BELLINGHAM, Sept. 21—It was an
nounced tonight, that the Paciiie Am
erican Fisheries in its seven cannoi
ies packed 465,000 cases oi salmon
this season.
ENGLAND SPENT MILLIONS
IN OCCUPATION TURKEY
LONDON September 21—It has cost
England 29,115,000 pounds sterling for
the occupation of Constantinople and
the adjacent area since the Armistice
in 1918, Premier Baldwin told the
House of Commons today.
These figures, he added, did not rep
resent the extra cost to the taxpayers
of the occupation, since the greater
part of the occupying forces would
otherwise have been employed else
where. The extra cost was estimated
it 16,000,000 pounds sterling. The
Premier further stated that the Al
ied governments have decided to
'orego any claims against Turkey for
;he cost of occupation of Turkish ter
■itory.
AHY IMMIGRANTS LEAVE HOME
PITTSBURG, September 21—Immi
grants into the Pittsburg district, are
istonished at the prosperity of the
:ountry, and express delight to know
heir weekly income bids fair to meet
heir expenditures.
One man who settled in Ambridge,
he bridge manufacturing town on the
)liio river, declared recently that his
iavings for a year in Europe would
mrcliase him a hat. a suit of clothing,
md a pair of shoes, while in Ambridge
le had outfitted himself from head to
oot with his savings of one week.