» VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 193. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926.
PRICE TEN GENTS
PUBLIC VIEWS BODY OF MOVIE
STAR FOR THE LAST
TIME
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. (JP)—Valen
tino’s public saw him for the last time
tonight. The doors to the funeral
chapel where the body lay in state
were closed at midnight and police
dispersed crowds that fought to get a
final glimpse of the star’s body. Thou
sands who stood in line for hours hop
ing to pass by the casket were turned
away. When midnight came a group
of several hundred attempted to rush
the police lines after the doors were
closed. Police estimated 80,000 passed
through the chapel in two days. The
decision to exclude the public came
^ after the stars manager asserted the
crowds had failed to show' proper
reverence. The body was returned to
the gold room of the chapel to await
transferral to Saint Malachis church
for services on Monday.
AIR PILOTS PRESSED INTO SERV
ICE SCANNING WATER
LESS DESERT
WAMSUTTER, Wyo., Aug. 26. (/P)—
The waterles sand dunes of the Red
Desert in Southwestern Wyoming late
yesterday were being searched by
sheriffs and cowboys for the two band
< its who early Tuesday robbed a Union
Pacific mail car of 23 pounches of
registered mail. With apparently well
laid plans for the robbery, the bandits
at the point of a revolver, bound and
gagged the two postal clerks while
the train was speeding through Wyo
^ ming. Waiting at Wamsutter, a con
federate changed the railroad signal
so the train was slowed down. The
robbers are then believed to have
jumped off, and escaped with their
confederate.
Air mail pilots flying between
Cheyenne and Salt Lake) City were
asked to scan the desert for the fug
itives.
SOUVENIR HUNTERS
STRIP THE N0R6E
WAREHOUSE CLOSED TO PUBLIC;
SILK COVERING WAS THE
GOAL OF MANY
SEATTLE, Aug. 26. (£>)—After the
dirigible Norge had slowly begun to
disappear before the ravages of souv
enir hunters, the waterfront and.ware
house in which it was stored was
closed to the public. The silk which
covers the airship, wings and rubbers
proved especially attractive to col
lectors.
Don't overlook the Liberty The
ater far tonight.
Sutherland Responsible
for Slanderous Article
on Alaska, Says Writer
Ketchikan was branded in the
Hearst press as “the worst pest hole
in America,” “the wickedest city be
longing to Uncle Sam,” and the Bris
tol Bay region was said to be on a par
with it, with the approval of Delegate
Dan Sutherland, .and on information
furnished by him, according to a letter
from Morrill Goddard to E. M. Swasey,
| editor of The American Weekly, the
| Sunday supplement section used by
the Hearst newspapers throughout the
country.
Mr. Goddard is understood to have
written the article under the head
lines, “Gamblers, Liquor Dealers and
Red Light Women, Uncle Sam’s Ten
ants,” which appeared in the Seattle
P. I. under date of April 4, last, and
in other Hearst papers from £he Atlan
tic to the Pacific coast either prior to
or following that date.
Too Much Money
The prime causes for so much wick
the plentitude of money among fisher
edness, said the Hearst article, was
men frequenting Ketchikan, the readi
ness of business men of the town to
pander to their vicious tastes and the
willingness of Federal officials to al
low criminals to ply their iniquitous
callings without interference.
In lurid colors the alleged deprav
ity of Ketchikan was set forth for the
nation to read. It was told that the
city was a rich seaport, a “great fish
ing center, made extraordinarily pros
perous by the wealth which the ocean
yields,” and gone degenerate.
“Part of it, called Indian town” was
set apart “for the occupancy of native
Indians, who are civilized and decent
folk. A disreputable and criminal ele
ment has invaded and occupied Indian
town, establishing there a red light
district with 200 or more bad women,
making it a colony of bootleggers,
dope sellers, gunmen, and low-class
Japanese, Chinese, Mexicans, and Fil
ipinos, wtho are crowding out the
gentle and inoffensive Indian,” whose
property rights “are submerged in a
flood of vice—not merely defiant but
arrogant in Ketchikan.”
Is Worst Pest Hole
Answering the question “for what
reason does Ketchikan continue to
be perhaps the worst pest hole in
America?”, the Hearst article said:
“There are three reasons. One is
the failure of Federal officials to en
force the law—Another is the indif
ference of the Department of Justice
at Washington—The third is the will
ingness of the commercial interests in
Ketchikan to allow things to run along
as they are. Plenty of vice stimulates
business. Bad women buy expensive
clothes and jewelry; and so on with
I other things.
“Bad women are the bartenders.
jThe brothel is a ginmill with dope
PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION SEN
ATE CHOICE OVER E. G.
DAVIS
—
EMMETT, Aug. 26. (JP)—'The Pro
gressive Idaho convention by a vote of
66 to 38, nominated Henry F. Samuels
to the senate over E, G. Davis, of
Malad. Following the nominations the
same as the Democratic, L. L. Burten
shaw of Council, was nominated for
Congress and James G. Gwinn, of
Saint Anthony for the Supreme Court. I
WILL BANrSH SEASICKNESS
PARIS, Aug. 26. (£>)—'The widening
and deepening of the channel to per
mit larger boats on the Dover route
is expected to banish seasiskness in
channel crossings.
The steamer Starr is expected to
arrive in port Saturday, according to
the latest advices.
selling as a sideline. Liquor, narcotics,
and wild women form one big indus
try.
“As already said, Ketchikan is a
great fishing center; it is also an im
portant port of call for sea traffic. All
ships going north or south stop there.
The town is rich, with quantities of
money flowing through hands of busi
ness men, many of whom, for the ake
of direct and indirect revenue they de
rive from vice, are satisfied with exist
ing conditions. Every vessel that stops
at Ketchikan finds on the wharves
bootleggers and other solicitors of
trade in illicit wares.”
Pander to Fishermen
The degeneracy of fishermen, eager
to squander their supposedly easily
and quickly acquired riches, was giv
en as the lure which made business
men and officials forsake decency
and honor for the sake of financial
gain to be reaped through pandering
to their lewd appetities. For, said the
same article:
“The plentitude of money is large
ly accountable for the mischief. Fish
ermen make big pay. It is not usual
for a vessel to come in from a ten
day’s trip loaded with halibut or other
fish that! sell for enough to allow $500
or $600 for each ol! the ten or a dozen
men composing her crew. The men
get the cash when the fish are un
loaded; then, their pockets bulging
with dollars, they go ashore for a
spree.
The money does not last them long.
They spend it quickly in the brothels
and gambling places. There is need
less to say, much gambling, in which,
as a rule, the chances in favor of the
‘houses’ are increased to certainty
by card-sharping and crooked appar
atus, But there are other ways. An or
ganized robbery with knockout drops
to help on suitable occasions, cleans
out the victim who cannot be per
suaded by easier means to part with
his cash.”
Iff attributing similar conditions to
other parts of Alaska, notably the
Bristol Bay district,” the Hearst ar
ticle made an attack on the Alaskan
salmon packing industry which re
sulted in sharp protests from some
of the canners, ‘Not a few of the work
ers in the canneries, actually em
ployed in the putting up of food, are
diseased in a horrible degree,” was
thp charge made.
Delegate Furnished Facts
Some of the protests made reached
the editor of the American Weekly
the article about his alleged facts,
who inturn questioned the author of
In reply he said the “facts” used for
the story were furnished by Delegate
Sutherland and, that after the article
had been completed and was rpady
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Mill RESULTS
NATIONAL—
Boston 3; St. Louis 4.
Brooklyn 2; Pittsburg 1.
Philadelphia 2; Chicago 3.
New York 2; Cincinnato 1.
AMERICAN—
Detroit 11, 7; Boston 4, 6.
Cleveland 6, New York 0. (Second
game rain.)
Philadelphia, Chicago rain.
COAST—
Oakland 7, 5; Portland 3, 2.
Sacramento 6; Seattle 8.
Missions 7; Hollywood 5.
San Francisco, Los Angeles rain.
SCOUT MEET FRIDAY
The first regular meeting of the lo
cal Boy Scout troop for a number of
weeks will be held tomorrow evening,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock, at the S. A.
C. hall. All members are requested to
attend as special business, pertaining
to the future work of the organization,
will come up for discussion.
ATTORNEY ELLIS IS VISITOR
Clyde R. Ellis, United States assist
ant district attorney, with offices at
Anchorage, came over from the Inlet
town last evening to await in Seward
the arrival of the steamer Starr from
the Westward on which vessel it is be
lieved the dourt officials will return
on. During his brief stay in Seward,
Mr. Ellis is a guest at the Sexton
hotel.
CONVENTION KEYNOTE
SUGGESTS FUSION
WITH PROGRESSIVES
CONGRESSMAN McCALL, BORAH
AND CHAPMAN ASKED AD
DRESS CONVENTION
WEISER, Aug. 26. (/P)—The Repub
lican Idaho convention yesterday re
jected the motion of Senator Good
ings manager to invite Gooding, Borah
and four Congressmen to address the
convention but invited Borah, Con
gressmen McCall and W. Orr Chap
man of Twin Falls. The keynote of
the Idaho Democratic convention sug
gested a fusion of the Democrats with
the Progressives in the state cam
paign.
EXPORTS TO OFFSET EXPORTS
WASHINGTON D. C., Aug. 26. (£>)—
Dr. Julius Klein of the Commerce De
partment says that the enormous in
crease in American exports of manu
factured goods will offset partially
the slump in exports of foodstuffs.
EXPENDS LOTS OF COIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 26. (/P)
—The Year Book of the Carnegie En
dowment Fund for International peace
shows expenditures ofl §1,700,000 since
mi.
COUNTY HOSPITAL
BURNS IN EUREKA
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PA
TIENTS WERE REMOVED
SAFELY
EUREKA, Calif. Aug. 26. (£>)—A
fire which started when a gasoline
stove exploded on the third floor des
troyed the main building of the county
hospital here, causing a loss of more
than $150,000.
All of the 150 patients, 15 of whom
were bedridden, were carried safely
from the building. Some of the pa
tients and nurses narrowly excaped
death. Heroism and untiring efforts
of the nurses were the outstanding
events of th^ fire.
SKYSCRAPER FOR FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26. (£>)—
Thirty stories high and towering 360
feet above the street, a new apart
ment building is to be erected at a
cost of six million dollars here next
year.
OIL SHORTAGE IN PROSPECT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. (IP)—'The
Oil Conservation Board will report to
the President that a serious oil short
age is in prospect in a few years, un
less better production methods are
followed.
ASK REPUBLICANS
TO GIVE C00LID6E
W0RKIN6 MAJORITY
CONGRESSMAN FESS URGES RE
ELECTION OF SENAT
OR WILLS
COLUMBUS, Ohilo, Aug. 26. (/P)—
Senator Fess told the Republican
State platform convention to insure a
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continuance of American prosperity
by giving President Coolidge a Re
publican working majority in both
houses of congress, that “there never
has been a more brilliant chapter in
American history than the genius
which restored American industry and
prosperity after the world’s war. By
the touch of this genius liquid assets
flowed to industry and business be
jgan to thrive; government credit
went to par and unemployment disap
peared.”
Urging the re-election of Senator
Willis, republican of Ohio, Congress
man Fess declared “If the stability
I of American institutions bring happi
jness to the American people they are
I objects worthy of public effort. Then
the Republican administration under
its present leadership should be
commended.”
THE SEMITE RACE
! _
DISBELIEVES HIS CANDIDACY
WOULD ADVANCE CAUSE
OF PROHIBITION
SEATTLE, Aug. 26. (/P)—The with
drawal of George Cotterill, candidate
for the Democratic nomination to the
Senate at the September 14th primary
i left Cleveland Longistreet of Port
townsend, opposing A. Scott Bullitt
of Seattle. Cotterill explained he dis
believed “my candidacy would ad
vance the cause of prohibition or pro
gressive democracy with retirement
of the particular candidate against
whom my filing was urged. There is
nothing to be gained by injecting wet
dry contest in the Democratic pri
mary.”
GIANT SEAPLANE IS
CAUSE MUCH GRIEF
PB NO. 1 ENGINES BE DISMAN*
TLED PACKARD MOTORS
INSTALLED
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 26 (£>)—The giant
seaplane PB No. 1, which arrived here
a year ago after it’s first start from
Seattle, will receive new Packard mo
tors and the old ones will be scrapped.
Officers said her engines have been
changed, modified and repaired more
than any other aircraft in America.
Mrs. L. V. Ray, Miss Patsy and son
Lee returned home last evening from
a delightful outing at Moose Pass,
Sunrise and Hope.