VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 137.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AUTO BANDITS HOLD UP FREDERICK & NELSON
MESSENGER AND SECURE SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND
FREDERICK & NELSON CASHIER HELD UP AND ROBBED
OF PAYROLL—BANDITS ALSO ATTEMPT TO ROB
UNION OIL COMPANY CASHIER BUT FAIL
SEATTLE, June 10—Two Frederick & Nelson messengers were
held up this noon in the heart of the financial district and robbed
\>f one of the store's several payrolls.
SEATTLE. June 10—Frederick and Nelson hold-up netted the
bandits sixty-one thousand dollars although only four hundred dol
lars of it were in cash, and the rest in drafts and checks.
Fifty seven thousand dollars worth of drafts were recovered near
Lake Avenue foundry by two students who found the money two
hours after the robbery took place. Shortly after this three auto
bandits, presumably the same outlaws undertook to hold-up Walter
Cooper, cashir of the Union Oil company on his way to the First
National bank, accompanied by policeman A. G. Anderson, and fif
teen shots were exchanged before the bandits were beaten oft'. Cooper
-had five thousand dollars in cash with him.
REAR ADM. FISKE
SAYS JAP FLEET IS
SUPERIOR TO U. S.’
“IF PEOPLE WERE TOLD TRUTH
WOULD NOT BE SO INDIF
FERENT TO SITUATION”
' NEW YORK, June 10—Rear Ad
miral Fiske, retired, in a letter to Sec
retary Wilbur and made public last
night, called attention to the present
comparative strength of the American
and Japanese fleets in operation in the
far eastern waters, which he said were
gravely misunderstood by the public.
"If it was possible that our people
were told the truth of the situation
they would not be so indifferent as
they are to the diplomatic situation
though Americans imagine as a re
sult of the Naval Treaty that the U.
S. fleet is superior to the Japanese
from the ratio of 5-3, the reverse of
which would be more truthful.”
NINETEEN MEN LOSE
LIVES IN EXPLOSION
WILKES-BARRE, Penn., June 10—;
Nineteen men lost their lives in an ,
explosion at the Loomis colliery of j
the Glen Alden Coal Company. Forty i
two miners were in the section at the
lame of the blast. Officials are reticent
and refuse to give information .
Mike McTigue Will Meet
Stribling in September
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NEW YORK, June 10—Mike Mc
Tigue has accepted an offer of one,
hundred thousand dollars to meet
Stribling in Kansas City about Sep
<feembei sixth, it was reported here.
PROHIBITION AGENTS
MAKE GOOD HAUL
SAN FRANCISCO. June 10—Prohi
bition agents received a truck contain
ing four hundred and ten cases of
whiskey valued at fifty thousand dol
lars and arrested the driver. It was
declared to be a part of the shipment!
of seventeen thousand cases shipped i
from Vancouver on May 20th and hid- !
den in the sand banks at Half Moon
bay near here.
TWO MINERS BURN TO DEATH
ELLENSBURG, Wash., June 10—
A check of the three hundred and fifty
men who are employed in mine number
eight o fthe Northwestern improve
ment Co., at Roslyn when they quit
work showed two miners, Cecil Miller
and Cyril Randall missing. Investiga
tion showed there had been a fire in
the fourth level and Miller and Randall
had been killed.
ITALIAN FLYER DOES NOT
APPROVE NORWEGIAN FLAG
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ROME, June 10—Lieutenant Loea-I
■telli, who is to pilot one of the three
planes on the Amundsen trip to the
north pole, declared after a consulta
•Hon with Mussolini that he is ready
to fly to the pole alone rather than
yield to Amundsen’s insistence that
only the Norwegian flag be displayed.
BORGEN LEAVING ON
STEAMSHIP YUKON
Gus Borgen, who arrived on the
steamship Alaska, to look after his
interests in Seward, will leave again
for the States on the steamship Yu
kon, where he will select a large
stock of ship chandlery, oil clothing
and fishermen’s supplies, including
general merchandise, returning to
Seward as soon as the Tecklenberg
building is completed. Mr. Borgen
will take over the northern half on
Fourth and Adams street, which will
be fitted up for the purpose intended.
Mr. Borgen states that he spent the
greater part of the past winter in the
Sierra Nevada mountains and near
Holbrook, Arizona, looking over oil
properties. He encountered many old
time Alaskans while Outside, and at
the Palace Hotel in San Francisco,
ran across about thirty okltimers
now scattered from New Zealand to
Mexico.
While in Holbrook he met Secre
tary Work, and had a long talk with
him. Mr. Borgen declares that while
in Ketchikan he talked with many
fishermen who emphasized the need
at Seward for a breakwater of some
kind for small boats. Mr. Borgen
examined the one at Wrangell and
believes Seward could secure a simi
lar structure by going after it. He
believes that it will be hard to get
fishermen to lay in the bay unless
their boats are in a safe shelter from
southeast winds.
Mist Hazel Borgen, the youngest
daughter, leaves Palo Alto soon for
the Philippines to visit Mrs. McNa
mee, formerly Miss Emily Borgen.
Edward the son is in the fifth grade
and is becoming quite proficient on
the violin. Mrs. Borgen and family
will return to Seward when Mr. Bor
gen gets settled.
TEN MILLION FORDS
DETROIT, June 10—The Ford Mo-;
tor Company finished Ford automo
bile number ten million.
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Miss Helen Wills, of California, U.
S. tennis champion, who recently left
the United States for England, where
she will play in the Wimbledon tourn
ament before £oing on to France for
the Olympic play.
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President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge attending the wedding of
Miss Mary Wallace, daughter of Secretary of Agriculture, who was:
recently married to Dr. Charles Bruggman of the Swiss Legation in
Paris. The ceremony was held at the Xew York Avenue Presbyter
ian Church, Washington, D. C.
FIRPO TO FIGHT WITH
WILLS AUGUST 23
BUENOS AIRES, June 10—Altho
Firpo anti Rickard representatives
have not signed articles for a fight
with Wills, both informed the press
representatives that August twenty
third was the date set for the battle.
Places Name “Tacoma”
On Ten Dollar Bill
SEATTLE, June 10—Government
agents are looking for the person whoj
changed Rainier to Tacoma on a ten,
dollar note issued by the Puget Sound,
National Bank of Tacoma. No attempt j
was made to raise the denomination of;
the bill. A teller in a Seattle bank no
ticed the alteration.
Ryberg Given 25 Years
For 2nd Degree Murder
—
EVERETT, June 10—Carl Ryberg. |
convicted of second degree murder of
Mrs. Mummey, was sentenced to 25!
years today. Ryberg was forcibly led *
from the courtroom after his sentence'
denying in a rambling statement that'
he killed the woman, saying, “I didn’t
aim at her head.”
HEAD COAST BOOTLEGGERS
PLACED UNDER ARREST
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10—Thos.|
Murphy, sought for several weeks as!
the leader of the coast bootlegging in
dustry, was arrested today. He had 12!
thousand cases of whiskey and over!
18 thousand dollars in cashier’s checks
in his possession.
MISSING GIRL IS LOCATED;
MAKES AN ODD EXCUSE
CHICAGO, June 10—Gertrude Bar
ker, missing girl from Yakirr^, Wash
ington, was found today by the police!
living with a stableman. She said she
liked to cook and wash dishes better i
than study.
ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT
PLEA SAN TV ILLE, N. Y., June 10:
—Mrs. James A .Stillman, wife of the
former president of the National City
bank of New York has announced the!
engagement of her daughter Anne to 1
H. P. Davidson, son of the 'ate Henry
P. Davidson, a partner of J. P. Mor
gan.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
Power will be shut off tomorrow
from ten to twelve o’clock.
S. M. GRAFF, Mgr.
MIDSHIPMEN EMBARK
ON SUMMER CRUISE
ANNAPOLIS ,June 10—One thous
and nine hundred midshipmen will em
bark on their summer cruise. They will
visit Brest, Rotterdam, Antwerp, and
Gibralter. The battleships Wyoming,
New York, Texas and Arkansas will
compose the squadron of Battleships.
Supreme Court Forces
Secretary of State to
Accept Sales Permit
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OLYMPIA, June 10—The supreme
court Saturday granted a mandate
compelling the Secretary of State,
Hinkle, to accept the application of
the Aleutian Livestock corporation of
Delaware, for a permit to sell securi
ties upon payment of $25 under the
blue sky law. Hinkle has spurned the
application because it was not accom
panied by articles of incorporation and
other papers which would have entail
ed additional filing fees of seven hun
dred and fifty dollars. The annual bus
iness fee of one hundred and fifty dol
lars will also be imposed upon the cor
poration.
Georgia Delegation
Seated, Led By Negro
CLEVELAND Jane 10—The Repub
lican National Committee seated the
Georgia delegates headed by Henry
Lincoln Johnson ,a negro. The decis
ion was unexpected and reversed the
intentions of seating the Phillips fac
tion.
BOXER DIES FROM BLOW
WHEN HEAD HITS FLOOR
EVERETT, June 10—Eddie Neil, a
boxer living in this city died here of
a cerebral hemon'hage. His head hit
the floor during a boxing match in
Butte while boxing with Dix La Hood,
for the inter-mounatin bantamweight
championship ten days ago.
AMERICAN FLIERS
LEAVE FOR HAIPONG
HONGKONG, June 10—The Ameri
can army round the world flyers ,left
here this morning for Haipong, French
Indo China.
LOS ANGELES, June 10—Eric Nel
son, a logger in a camp fifty miles
west of here, tied several sticks of
dynamite to his waist and set the fuse
blowing himself to death.
Republican Convention
Convenes At Cleveland
Republican Party Asked to Rally About Leadership of
Calvin Coolidge—Ku Xiux Klan Seeks to Inject
Principles by Indorsing Senator Watson
( LE\ ELAND, ()., June 10.—The National Republican conven
tion opened today with delegates and visitors present from every
tei ritory and State in the 1 nion- Theodore E. Burton, assuming
the duties of temporary chairman of the convention, reviewed the
accomplishments of the administration, and called upon all Repub
licans to rally about the leadership of President Coolidge, adding
that in the great array of rulers, kings and prime ministers, distrust
ed with power, there is none who can surpass him in honesty of
purpose, courage or devotion to the welfare of his country.
Continuing Mr. Burton touched upon the great period of recon
struction following the war, declaring that only the Republican party
could have been trusted to bring the nation out of business stagna
tion to a period of prosperity such as is now enjoyed in all parts of
the country, lie added that no matter who was chosen for a run
ning mate with Mr. Coolidge, he could be trusted to devote his won
derful energies toward economy and a business administration.
After going into executive session the convention cast about for
a vice presidential candidate. The question was little advanced to
day, although overnight a slight movement for Senator Kenyon de
veloped. The talk for Hoover was strong today and the movement
for Dawes and Lowden were busy.
The Ku Klux Klan was busy, a gathering within a stone’s throw
of convention headquarters indorsing Senator Watson of Indiana as
a possible vice presidential candidate.
A draft of a platform sent from Washington by President Cool
idge insisted that government economy be the dominant issue.
A bitter fight is raging in the committee room over the question
of a Ku Klux Klan plank.
Wm. J. Bryan is here in the capacity of a writer. The weather
is uncomfortably cool.
Senator Jones of Washington and Governor Dixon of Montana
were brought out today as vice presidential candidates.
Percy W. Howard, a negro lawyer, and William II. Crocker, a
banker, were elected National committeemen respectively of Missis
sippi and California.
The credentials of George Sexton of Seward, Alaska, were ex
amined by the committee, and Air. Sexton was seated as delegate u
the convention from Alaska
Delegates from Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands were
seated.
COOLIDGE ADDRESSES
GOVT. NEGRO COLLEGE
WASHINGTON, I). C., June 10—
President Coolidge in his address to
the students at Howard College which
is maintained by the government for
Negroes, said that the American negro
had progressed rapidly in the country
and that he held his own future in
his hands.
Two Customs Agents
Wounded in Gun Fight
QUEBEC, June 10—One Canadian
rum runner was captured and tw'o Am
erican customs agents, wounded in a
skirmish in Temicouata county, Cana
da, near Quebec, on the main border
last night. The prohibition officers
haev been trying for ten days to dis
lodge the men from the forests near
here. They have been trying to run
a whole shipload of whiskey into the
United States.
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Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, of Rockwell
Field, San Diego ,Calif., who has been
promoted to chief of the U. S. Army’s
globe circling air squadron, which is
now in China.
NURSE OF LEOPOLD
SAYS SHOULD SERVE
LONG PRISON TERM
FORMER NURSE OF NATHAN
LEOPOLD SAYS BRIGHT BUT
NEEDS LIGHT DIMMED
MARTINEZ, Calif., June 10—Mrs.
Pauline Van Den Bosche, wife of ar
oil worker here, said she was a nurse
^or two years in the home of Natnan
Leopold of Chicago the confessed mur
derer of jRobert Franks* whom She
with a companion, had kidnapped.
Mie said, “I don’t want to see hin
hang but believe he should be given a
long term of hard labor. “Babe” was of
a lovable character despite the mean
ness manifested towards servants in
the home, at school and his parents.
“He never laced his shoes,” she said,
“until fourteen years old. He was a
great lover of birds and one time very
nearly killed a maid in an adjoining
home while shooting robins, the bullet
lodging in a window sill a few inches
from where the maid was standing.
He knew many languages and as a
child, was simply pampered and spoil
ed but he has a good strain.
“He is too bright and needs his light
dimmed a little, that’s all.” Such was
the description given the jailed youth.
SCARCITY OF RAIN
FELT THRUQUT WEST
SEATTLE, June 10—Rain that fell
last night in Western Washington and
western Oregon was sufficient to do
noticeable good in a few places only
said observer M. B. Summers. The
lowest June temperature on record
was today in Seattle following the
showers when the thermometer reach
ed forty degrees. The next lowest
was forty-one degrees in 1892. Sum
mers said the deficiency of moisture
in March and April was almost unpre
cedented in almost all points in Wash
ington .
SUICIDES AS PROTEST OF
JAPANESE EXCLUSION
TOXIO, June 10—It was reported
here that four suicides have been
committed as exclusion protests.