VOLI ME XIX. Nl’MBER 149.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1924.
PRICE TEX CENTS
NEW YORK, June 25.—The Demo
cratic National Convention convened
at noon today and heard the keynote
speech by Chairman Harrison, assail
ing the record of the Republican ad
ministration, and set out to lay down
the party platform and name the
nominee. The high notes of today s
f prelude to the impending spectacle in
Madison Square Garden, were the ad
dresses of Senator Harrison as tem
porary chairman, the appointment of
resolutions, rules and credentials com
mittees, and the passage of a reso
lution of respect to the memory ol
Woodrow Wilson.
“America needs a Paul Revere, not
a sphinx in the White House to call
it back to duty and high resolves,’
Senator Harrison declared today.
In sounding the keynote of the
Democratic campaign, Harrison rar
-the gamut of the administrations of
% Harding and Coolidge, in a series ol
biting criticisms. A large part 01
his speech was taken up with a re
sume of disclosures of the Senate
investigation committee.
“Show this administration an oil
well,” he said, “and it will show you
a foreign policy.”
ALASKA DELEGATES HONORED
NEW YORK, June 24—Alaska del
egates to the Democratic National
convention were elected to the tol
lowing: Chairman of Resolutions
Committee, George B. Grigsby; Rules,
John W. Troy and Robert W. Jen
nings: National Committeemen, T.
J. Donohoe of Cordova and Mrs. John
W. Troy of Juneau.
NEW YORK, June 25—The Rules
Committee voted 51 to 3 this after
noon for a continuance of the two
thirds rule in the nominating of pres
idential candidates.
Homer S. Cummings was elected
chairman of the Resolutions commit
tee by a large vote. The convention
remained in session two hours.
Chairman Hull of the National
Committee sustained another collapse
as Harrison finished his keynote
speech and was carried unconscious
off the platform. Harrison’s first men
tion of Woodrow Wilson brought a
demonstration lasting seventeen min
utes.
Excerpts of Harrison’s speech de
clared “the cornerstone of the Repub
lican party is special privilege and
crooked business, and needs only a
gesture to make this administration
understand.
“Do the American people know that
it was investigations conducted by the
Democrats that sent Albert Fall tc
his ranch at Three Rivers, a disgraced
man and proven criminal.
“Starving herds .rotting grain, rust
ing spindles, have not stirrd the sleep
ing spirit or warmed the chilly cool
ness of the President.”
FREE DANCE TONIGHT
t Given by the U. S. S. Gold Star
in A. B. Hall, startling 9:30; all in
vited.
ASKS PUNISHMENT FOR
SLAYERS OF U. S. SITIZEN
PEKING, June 25—The American
government through its legation to
day made representation regarding the
late Edwin C. Hawley, American slain
by junk men at Wanhsein. The repre
sentations ask punishment of Hawley’s
slayers and payment of suitable com
pensation to his dependents.
LACEY MAN SUICIDES
TACOMA, June 25—rr'inan identi
fied as H. E. Hultin, 42, of Lacey
near Olympia, was found dead this
morning under the viaduct in front oi
the city hall. He had fallen or leapec
forty feet to the street below. After
an investigation police said that il
was evidently a case of suicide as they
said it was impossible for any one tc
have fallen or accidentally knocked ofl
the viaduct by an automobile.
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RUSSIANS PRESERVE AUROCHS
MOSCOW, June 25—About 200,000
acres in western Caucasia, where tht
auroch or European bison still sur
vives, have been declared a nationa
I preserve. The purpose is to afford th<
animals adequate protection.
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PERSHING SPEAKS AT UNVEIL
ING/OF MEMORIAL
Memorial shaft unveiled at Camp
Merritt, N. J., Decoration Day. The
j General held up this camp as “only
i one example of the result of inade
| quate preparation during peace to
meet the exigencies of war,” and urg
ed that the nation profit by the sad
experience. The grey stone obelisk 65
feet high is a tribute to those who
: died at the camp during the war and
! was unveiled by the widow of General
| Wesley Merritt, for whom the camp
1 was named.
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ASTORIA CELEBRATION
ID OCCUR III JULY
ASTORIA, June 25—With a city re
built on a modern and fire-proof bas
is, within a perior of eighteen months
after one of the greatest conflagra
tions of modern history has destroy
ed more than twenty-six blocks, in the
heart of the business district, includ
ing the streets, Astoria is preparing
to stage a reconstruction festival to
be known as the “New Astoria Cele
bration,” July 3, and 4, and 5, of this
year, and to which the people of the
Northwest will be invited.
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EYE DISEASE IS TO BE
FOUGHT AMONG INDIANS
WASHINGTON, June 25.—A cam
j disease among Indians, will be start
I ed next week according to announce
ment by the Indian office of the Pub
lic Health Service branch. Plans call
for a crusade in Arizona and New
! Mexico.
SUIT FILED AGAINST
BREAKWATER CONTRACTOR
KETCHIKAN, June 24—William
L. Paul, Indian attorney and publish
er of the Alaska Fisherman, acting as
| attorney for John Kassunk of Wran
gell has started proceedings in the
i district court against Nicholas Flei
ness contractor, who is constructing
the Wrangell Breakwater. The com
plaint charges Fleiness with carrying
away rock, soil and trees and destroy
ing graves. The complainant asks for
damages in the sum of $12,000.00.
Mr. Fleisness says that the charge
that he was destroying graves was ab
solutely false, and that in carrying
away the rock and soil he believed he
was within his rights according to the
, terms of his contract with the govern
j ment.
The paper was served on Mr. Flei
I ness Tuesday by U. S. Deputy Mar
| shal H. D. Campbell. The case will be
heard in Ketchikan.
LIGHTWEIGHT BOXER
IS ADEPT WITH NEEDLE
OAKLAND, Calif., June 25—Ray C.
Polkey, clever Oakland light heavy
weight boxer, passes his spare time
with an embroidery needle, fashioning
various articles. He has made many
sofa pillows. Polkey leared to use the
needle in Hawaii, where the natives
are adepts.
“I like to emrboider,” Polkey told
bis friends. “Of course, if I were not
a fighter, I presume I would not have
the courage to admit I like it.”
The regular weekly luncheon and
business meeting of the Seward <
Chamber of Commerce was held today <
in the Seward grill, President Hinde i
presiding. Because of the Midnight
Sun excursion, several of the mem- i
bers were absent.
The minutes of the last regular i
meeting were read and approved.
Several communications were read
and necessary action taken on them.
The committee on the “dock sign”
reported progress and that the sign
would shortly be ready for lettering.
The President called upon the mem
bers of the Chamber for expressions
on the trip to Fairbanks. Several mem
bers responded and the opinion of all
was that the Railroad Officials had
made possible a trip that could not be
outshone by any railroad in the States, j
The whole journey was supervised by
General Manager Landis, assisted by
Mr. Crowe, and no opportunity was
overlooked that in any way would add
to the enjoyment of the trip. Stops
were made at every point of interest
and accommodations provided for the
excursionists were all that could be
expected.
Some criticism was presented on
the manner of entertaining the visi
tors during their stay in Fairbanks,
but this did not reflect on the individ
ual citizens of Fairbanks, who were
certainly hospitable; both were occa
sioned by a lack of organization on
the part of the Fairbanks Commercial
Club in overlooking some program of
information that would allow coast
visitors to occupy their time to advan
tage, in seeing the country in that vi
cinity.
The secretary was instructed to
write Secretary Work commending
the work of the Railroad, the manner
of conducting the excursion, and the
ability of the present management.
The Chamber had as guests, Dr.
David, who arrived on the U. S. S.
Goldstar from St. Paul Islands; Dr.
David spoke of the market for Alas
ka coal to teh Westward, and very
interestingly explained the sealing op
erations in the Pribilof Islands. Dr.
David also spoke of performing eight
major operations in the St. Paul hos
pital during his stay at St. Paul ,and
! stated at present he was looking for a
location, and might possibly return to
this section.
Mr. N. C. Vestal, representing the
Seattle Hardware Company, was al
so present as a guest of the Chamber
and briefly addressed them; stating
he was glad of the opportunity of be
ing present.
There being no further business the
meeting upon motion, adjourned.
CARPENTIER WANTS BOUT
WITH YOUNG STRIBLING
NEW YORK, June 25—Georges i
Caipentier will not meet Gene Tuney, i
the American light heavyweight box- j
er in this country but plans to meet
Young Stribling in this country, pro
viding he can secure a match with
; him, according to Francois Descamps,
his manager.
THREE BROTHERS ARE
FOUND DEAD IN ROOM
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CHICAGO, June 25—Three boys,
brothers, were killed by gas flowing
from a jet in their bedroom today,
j The boys all below twenty-one
| years of age were lifeless when found
| by their mother. How the gas jet was
: opened could not be explained.
LATINS WILL STUDY U. S.
ROAD MAKING METHODS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25—
! Eight delegates from 20 Latin-Ameri
j can countries will make an intensive
field study on highways and highway
transfortation in the United States,
beginning this month.
The studies of the party, to be the
guests of the Highway Education
Board, will take three weeks and will
carry them through many states.
PROHIBITION IN FINLAND
HELSINGFORS, June 25—Several
members of the Finnish Diet have
jointly introduced a bill which if adopt
ed, would drastically revise the pro
hibition law which is alleged to have
failed entirely in its purpose. It is
probable that the bil will be rejected,
however, as the principle of prohibi
tion is stiff officially adhered to by
most of the political parties in spite
of the measure’s alleged disadvantag
es.
CAFE OWNER SLAIN.
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LOS ANGELES, June 25—M. V. j
Grooms, a restauranter, diet! early to-1
day from bullet wounds inflicted by |
an unknown assailant. Mrs. Anna En
nis, a waitress who accompaied the |
murdered man, on an automobile ride
last night, was an eye witness to the
shooting, and was ordered held for
questioning by deputy sheriffs.
Grooms was found mortally wound
ed and lying beside his automobile in
a secluded spot on a road near Los
Angeles by a nearby resident whom
Mrs. Ennis called upon for aid.
According to Mrs. Ennis, she and
Grooms were sitting in a parked au
tomobile when two men approached
the car. As Grooms reached for a gun
one of the men said, “I’ll teach you to
try and m^ke a draw,*’ and shot two
times, both bullets entering Grooms’
chest near the heart. Before fleeing
the bandits took a diamond from Mrs.
Ennis and a wallet from Grooms, she
told deputy sheriffs.
SAWYER RELIEVED FROM
DUTY AS PHYSICIAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25
Sawyer was relieved from duty as the
special presidential physician, at his
his own request.
118.000 BRITISH CATTLE
SLAIN IN MOUTH DISEASE
LONDON, June 25—The recent out
burst of cattle plague in England cost
the country sixteen million dollars,
and was responsible for the destruc
tion of 118,000 head of cattle, accord
ing to Noel Buxton, Minister of Agri
culture.
Buxton announces that he is seek
ing powers to prevent further out
breaks by scientific research as to the
root of the cause of the outbreaks and
their origin.
BAD WEATHER UPON MARS
MAY HAMPER SCIENTISTS
LONDON, June 25—Between now
and August 22, next the planet Mars
will travel 45,000,000 miles and will
approach nearer the earth than it will
be again for 100 years, according to
Dr. Grommelin, assistant observer at
the Greenwich observatory. Mars is
now 79,500,000 miles from the earth;
but at midnight, August 22, it will on
ly be 34,500,000 miles away.
Scientists in England and elsewhere
are making plans to observe the plan
et on that date, when it will be as near
I the earth as it is possible for it to be.
“Nothing startling is to be expected
from the observations,” Dr. Gromme
lin said.
UNIVERSITY HEAD COMING
TO STUDY THE ESKIMC
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SEATTLE, June 25—J. MacMillar
Brown, Chancellor of the University
of New Zealand, arrived in Seattle to
day, en route to Alaska to pursue ar
ethnological study of the Aleut ant
Eskimo.
BLOODLESS SURGEON
URGES SUN BATHING
LONDON, June 25—“Get to the sur
where and when you can,” is the ad
vice given to al by Sir Herbert Bar
ker, famous bloodless surgeon.
“I have just returned from the mosi
gloriously beneficial holiday I have
ever spent,” says Barker. “I spent twe
months in the sun at Montega Bay
Jamaica, bathing nearly every day ir
the sea, and am literall a new man
My outlook on life is altered and I am
literally stored up with warmth anc
energy.
“I believe that sun bathing will be
one of the great curative or restora
tive treatments of the futui’e in med
ical science.
“It will not surprise me if future
governments provide sun baths foi
citizens as they now do open spaces
“City dwellers need something oi
this kind to make them really well
and happy.”
ROBINSON SUSPENDED FROM
■GOLF LINKS RESULT FIGH1
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25
Robinson, Democratic leader in the
Senate was suspended from the Chevj
Chase Golf club for two weeks as e
result of his fist fight on the Club’;
golf links last week.
Free Dance tonight.
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COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO. HEW VO**/
GOLF KING
Gene Sarazen, noted professional
golf champion, who recently called at
the White House, Washington, D. C.,!
to pay his respects to President Cal
vin Coolidge.
BE CLOSELY WATCHED
PORTLAND, June 25—County At
torney Ralph M. Ongalls announced
tonight that Cumberland county au
thorities will observe closely the ac
tions brought against Kenneth Ross
MacLean of Tacoma, Wash., by his
young wife, Nettie May MacLean, and
if the wife’s story is substained, crim
inal proceedings will be taken here by
government authorities against Ken
neth MacLean. In two actions filed
| in the western city, Mrs. MacLean al
leges that her husband smothered her
infant daughter in a hotel at Bruns
| wick last winter. When arrested here
on a murder charge, Mrs. MacLean
j said she caused their infant’s death
by accident.
MAYFIELD’S RIGHT TO
SENATE SEAT UPHELD
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25—
The senate committee investigating
i the election contest against Senator
: Mayfield, democrat, Texas, today up
held his right to a seat in the Sen-,
ate.
WHOLESALE PRICE PAPER
IS SLIGHTLY REDUCED
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NEW YORK, June 25—‘The Inter
national Paper Company has reduced
! the contract price of news print three i
j dollars a ton. The cut from $75 to $72
i is to be effective for the remainder of
I the year and is to meet the lower
standard of competitors.
DEATH CLAIMS WELL
KNOWN MINING MAN
DAWSON June 25—Charles Fraser
i Hill, a pioneer of the Yukon since the
days of '98, died last week at St. Mary ;
i hospital from cancer of the stomach.;
i Mr. Hill had been ailing for several I
! months, but it was not until a few j
i weeks ago that he realized ho\f seri- j
ous his condition was.
Mr. Hill was one of the most re
spected men in Yukon and leaves a
number of friends who regret his un
timely end. He was a man of more
than average mental attainments; and
was an occasional contributor to the
press.
RAILROAD ASKS WORKERS
TO SAFEGUARD HEALTH
CHICAGO, June 25—To encourage
the preservation of health and in
crease the average length of life in
the ranks of 211,000 workers of the
Pennsylvania railroad, a general no
tice has been posted by officials of the
company urging every employe to un
dergo a complete physical examina
tion once a year—at the expense of
the company.
The new provision is entirely apart
from the regulations requiring certain
train service employes and others to
undergo periodical tests of sight,
hearing and so forth, to insure fitness
for their duties.
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JUDGE GEORGE A. JOINER, MT.
VERNON, NEW DEPUTY
GRAND MASTER
BELLINGHAM, June 11—(By
Mail)—The first session of the grand
lodge of Odd Follows, jurisdiction of
Washington and Alaska, and Depart
ment Fortress, Indies’ Auxiliary, Pat
riarchs Militant ,were held in Belling
ham Tuesday, the second day of the
great Odd Fellow’s annual gathering.
The grand lodge convened at Liberty
Hall and the Department Fortress in
the I. O. 0. F. hall on Commercial St.
After the election of officers which
resulted in F. A. McMaster, of Spo
kane, being selected as Grand Master,
and the choosing of Wenatchee as the
convention city in 1925, the gram!
lodge adjourned its business until the
next day to give committees a chance
to prepare their reports .
Th* other officers elected are: Geo.
A. Joiner, Mount Vernon, deputy
grand master; A. F. Brockman, Bick
leton, grand warden; Fred W. Bier,
Vancouver, grand secretary, re-elect
ed; grand representatives, R. H. Back,
of Vancouver, retiring grand master,
one year, and James H. Davis, Taco
ma, re-elected for two years; trustee
of the Odd Fellows's home at Walla
Walla, Joseph A. Graham of Aber
deen, re-elected Tor five years.
Following the conferring of the
grand lodge degree and the past
grand degree upon approximately a
class of 170 candidates, committees
were appointed.
At the Rebekah assembly Mrs. L.
A. Fields of Connell, was elected as
; president, succeeding Mrs. Caroline A.
Staley of Bellingham.
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TOTAL BLINDNESS CALLED
AN ILLUSION BY DOCTOR
LONDON, June 25—Blindness is an
illusion, in the opinion of Dr. B. H.
Elliott, a well-known English doctor.
“There is a widespread impression
that the blind live in perpetual black
darkness,’’ he says.
“This I believe to be an error in ob
servation, for my inquiries have elicit
ed the information from the blind that
I they habitually see a bright back
ground.”
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
! TINT! HEARS OLD
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I On June 12, 1004, in the residence
of Dr. H. Sleem, a little group of peo
j pie met together for a service con
| ducted by the Rev. F .C. Taylor of
Valdez. Out of this gathering Saint
! Peter’s church grew. In 1905 services
i were held in Mbore’s Hall and in a
tent church which was erected and
furnished by those enthusiastic mem
bers. During the winter the tent was
destroyed by storms and then the ser
vices were held in the Arctic Brother
hood Hall. In April, 1908, Bishop
Rowe made his first visit to Seward.
During the winter of 1905 the pres
ent church building was begun and in
; July 1906 the basement was fitted up
| for services. In the fall of 1917 the
I Rev. George J. Zinn came to Seward
; and under his leadership a five room
j modern bungalow was built for a rec
I tory.
In the fall of 1922 a number of im
■ provements were made to the church
| property under the supervision of A.
| E. Rucker, Treasurer of the church. A
1 beautiful altar was built in the church
as also was an altar rail and prayer
desk .The chancel was calcimined and
the floor covered with red carpet
which brightens p teh whole interior,
makin gthe church cheerful and at
tractive. During the summer ofl923
with aid from Bishop Rowe, a large
fireplace was built in the basement.
This part of the church will be fitted
out to serve as a Social Hall for all
parish affairs.
For the past two years services
have been held once a month on the
last Sunday of the month by the Rev.
Burdette Landsdowne who comes
down from Anchorage.
Next Sunday, at 11:00 A. M. there
will be a service and sermon. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all. If
you are not in the habit of going to
church, pay us a visit and you will be
glad you did.