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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 106
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 3-1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
AVIATORS THINK MAJOR MARTIN SAFE
THREE ARMY AVIATORS
ORDERED CONTINUE
WITH WORLD FLIGHT
FLIGHT NOW THREE WEEKS BE.
HIND SCHEDULE BECAUSE
OF ACCIDENTS TO MARTIN
WASHINGTON, I). C., May 3—
The Army’s world flyers, now 3
weeks behind schedule, due most
f ly to accidents which have befall
en Major Martin, were ordered
today by General Patrick, chief of
air service to proceed with all
possible t-peed commensurate with
safety and good performance.
While Martin is not given up as
lost it is realized that the uncer
tainty and the prolonged delays
may have a detrimental effect on
the morale of the flyers. Lieut.
Clayton Bissell, at Dutch Har
bor will continue the search for
Martin. O. A. Johansen, master
of the Starr, declared there wais no
doubt in his mind that Martin was
safe, as he had gone over the
maps of the route with Martin,
who, he'said, was familiar with
the course.
BONUS BILL IS NOW
READY FOR PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3—The
new soldier bonus bill providing for
paid up insurance policies for about
four million veterans of the world war
finally got through congress today and
is ready for President Coolidge to ap
prove or veto. The conference report
on the bill was accepted by the house
twenty-four hours after its approval
by the Senate.
TRACES ESKIMO DESCENT
TO ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
SAX FRANCISCO May 3—Alaska’s
tubes of Eskimos are not related to
the American Indians, as many per
sons suppose, but are lineal descend
ants to King Tut and the early Egyp
tians.
This is the information brought
back to San Francisco by Arthur Eidie
Alaska missionary, who has spent sev
eral years studying the manners and
customs of the squat denizens of the
Far North.
Rev. Eidie has returned to San F ran
cisco to write and lecture about the
Eskimo. He was in Alaska when the
chamber of commerce trade excursion
went there from San F rancisco.
“My studies among the Alaska na
tives convinces me of their Egyptian
origin,” he said. “They were one of the
active but peaceful tribes and migrat
ed from Egypt probably because of
their dislike of war. From Egypt they
touched on the coast of Franee and
reached Alaska eventually by way of
Denmark, Norway and Iceland.
“The carving on their totems, their
symbols of the generative principle,
and many other evidences exist to
show the relation between the Eskimo
and the early Egyptian.”
Shipment of Live Deer
Arrive on the Alameda
A shipment of ten live deer arrived
on the Alameda and were transferred
to the Redondo, where they will be
placed on Kenai Peninsula for propa
gation purposes.
This work is being undertaken by
the Territory in accordance with an
Act of the 1923 Legislature, and are
the property of the Territory. They
are to be protected for a period of five
years.
The deer will be placed on the pen
insula at Kachemak Bay. Another
herd will be shipped to the Kenai
Lake country in the early fall.
CAUCASIAN PEASANTS TERROR
PROPHECY OF NEW FLOOD
TIFLIS, Ma y3—Professor Fedorow
of Petrograd recently announced the
world would suffer a deluge this cen
tury: This inspired terror to the peas
ants of the northern Caucasus which
the Soviet authorities have not been
* able to allay. There are general pil_
grimages to churches, and wholesale
preparations ar being made for the
universal destruction which is believ
ed fd imminent.
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Germans to Issue New
Silver Coins Shortly
BERLIN, May 3—Real hard cash
will shortly be reintroduced in Ger
many. The German mints are prepar
ing to issue about fifty million gold
marks’ worth of one, two and five
mark silver coins. An equivalent am
ount of paper mark notes will be with
drawn from circulation so as to pre- j
vent fresh inflation or speculation. Pre
war silver coins will remain out of
use.
LATE FATHER WHALEN
WAS AUTHOR OF WORDS
TO SONG, “THE ROSARY”
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BOULDER, Colo., Ma y3—The late
Father Thomas Whalen, of Chicago,
was the author of the words of the no
ted song, “The Rosary,” which gener
ally is credited to Robert Cameron
j Rogers, friends of Sister Mary Emily,;
of Mount St. Gertrude academy a sis
ter of the Rev. Father Whalen, de
clared here last night following Sister
Mary Emily’s funeral.
Friends of Sister Mary Emily said
the words of the song were written by
Father Whalen when he was attend
ing a Catholic university at Washing
ton ,D. C., in memory of his younger
sister, who became Sister Mary Canis
sia and who died at Mt. Carmel, Dub_
uque, la., in 1895 .
Father Whalen according to their
story submitted the words annony
mously to the Washington Post. Mr.
Rogers, however, they said, clipped
the words from the Post and sent them
to Ethelbert Nevin, the composer, who
fashioned the melody.
Nevin, thinking Rogers the writer
of the words, credited him with the au
thorship.
Sister Mary Emily was the last of
; her family. Father Whalen died in
Chicago in 1903.
NORTHWESTERN LEAVES
FOR SEWARD TODAY
The Northwestern sailed tor Seward
this morning with 246 passengers on
board including the following for Sew
ard:
Mrs. G. Swain, Mrs. F. Jilson, Mrs.
M. Berg, C. J. Belout, Henry Robson,
E. McClane, K. E. Mclvar, E. Lund
ham, May F. Doan, Selma Heatall, C.
VV. Fink, Mrs. M. DarthofF, J. Matson,
G. Anderson, Wife, G. Ampriset, C.
Carlson, E. Olson, N. G. Mullin, Mrs.
H. Fuller, B. McLafferty, E. Hyde, C.
Killonan, Dr. and W. Newhall, wife,
N. D. Morgan, J. D. Oakes, J. A. Hun_
ter, A. Peps, Miss B. Hitsfield, Mrs.
C. T. Walton, Anita Reed, Mrs. P. B.
Reed, Thos. Randall, Chas Mack, K.
and Rocleod M. Barnett, Theda A.
Pillman, J. Amundson, J. H. Folwarmy
C. A. Johnson, C. L. Dahl, V. Raider.
BRITISH CRUISER FLEET
NEARLY DOUBLE THAT U. S.
LONDON, May 3—The British navy
will have almost as many cruisers as
i the combined fleets of the United
States and Japan when the five cruis
ers on which bids have been asked
have been built.
Answering questions in the House
; of Commons recently, the parliament
ary secretary to the admiralty said the
number of cruisers and light cruisei's
in the world’s greatest navies was at
present as follows: British Empire ,48;
United States, 29; Japan 28; France,
16.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR CRUISE
OF FLEETS COMPLETED
NEW PORT, May 3—Arrangements
for the Atlantic fleet to join the Pa
cific fleet at San Pedro next Janu_
ary and for a combined fleet to pro
ceed to Hawaii were made known in
naval circles here today.
CONVENTION CONVENES
SEATTLE, May 3—The Democrat
ic state convention convened for the
selection of delegates to the National
Convention.
WORK TO START ON FOUR
MILLION DOLLAR TERMINAL
SEATTLE, May 3—President Alex
ander announced today that work will
begin tomorrow on the four million
dollar terminal for the Pacific Steam
ship Company.
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CONGRESS RULED BY
FRENZIED FINANCE
SAYS LEADER BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3—Up
to April 1 there has been introduced
at the present session of congress now
in its fourth month, more than 12,000
bills and resolutions. Of this number
not less than a thousand call for ap
propriations in addition to those es
timated for in the president’s annual
budget as required for the proper
maintenance of the government during
the coming fiscal year. The total
amount called for by these extraordi
nary measures is more than $3,229,
000,000, according to an analysis in the
current issue of the Budget, published j
by the national budget committee, by
William P. Helm, Jr., its Washington
correspondent. The introduction of the j
bills he characterizes as “t‘he great-1
est raid on the federal treasury in the !
history of our national life.”
“In frenzied finance,” he says, ‘“this
session of congress apparently is the
wildest that ever rode to Washington.
The schemes which roll into the hopper]
of each house under the label of bills
fairly stagger the imagination in the
wealth of their expenditure and the,
originality of their proposals.’ ’
Dempsey and Wills to
Fight September Sixth
NEW YORK, May 3—Tex Rickard
announced that he has matched Jack
Dempsey and Harry Wills for a world
heavy weight championship fight at
Boyles Thirty Acres, Jersey City on
September sixth.
FATHER M'QUADE HONORED
BY HUGE THRONGS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3—Father
Joseph P. McQuade, “padre of the
wars,” came home to San Francisco
last week. His body was met at the
railway station by an escort of men
from all creeds and stations of life.
Thousands bared their heads as the
body of the fighting chaplain, who ac
companied units of the A. E. F. over
the top in France, was taken to St.
Mary’s cathedral.
Father McQuade’s death in Los An
geles ended a life of devotion to his
God and his country.
CAIN ADI AIN EMBAKliU U.\
WOOD PULP IS OPPOSED
OTTAWA, May 3—A memorandum
on behalf of the pulp and paper manu
facturers of the United States assert
ing' that it would be preferable to seek
new sources of supply in the United
States or abroad than to move the Am
erican mills to Canada in the event of
an embargo on the exportation of
pulp wood has been Tiled with the roy
al committee, which is completing its
report to the government on the ques
tion.
“The moving of American mills to
Canada would either involve the scrap
ping of large investments in the U.
S. or duplicating a part or all of them
in Canada,” the memorandum says, al
so adding that “the growth of this in
dustry will be the result of economic
laws and not of statute laws.”
It also points out that about nine
per cent of the dominion’s forest area
is publicly or crown owned and asserts
that fi’om the standpoint of conserva
tion of forest resoui'ces, the embargo
would seem “absolutely useless” be
cause of the restriction against ex
porting wood from the public land and
various othe*r non-restrictive measures
affecting the remaining lands.
The proposed embargo would affect
only 1.7 per cent of the total lumber
cut, the memoi'andum says, if farm
ers and settlers, lands were exempt,
ed by an order the council passed last
year.
DISCOVERS PASS TO OIL FIELDS
SEATTLE, May 3—News from Dr.
P. F. Smith, chief of the geological
survey party exploiting the Endicott
range in Alaska, that he has discover
ed mountain passes that will make the
oil reserves south of Point Barrow,
accessible, has been interpreted as
meaning the pass thru the range is
low enough to permit oil being piped
to tributaries of the Yukon and thence
to Fairbanks by boat and down the
government railroad.
SEATTLE MAN HURLS
SELF UNDER FAST CAR
—
LOST TWO FORTUNES IN RE
CENT YEARS
SEATTLE, May 3—Sydney Reuner, I
recently connected with a prominent!
local auto industry, committed sui-;
cide last night by hurling himself un
der a moving street car. He has lost'
two fortunes during his residence in
Seattle, and lately has been failing in
health, which is thought to be the
cause of his act.
COUPLE WHO LEFT JN 1920,
CROSS CONTINENT IN
OX-WAGON AFTER 1,550 DAYS j
MEDFORD, Ore., May 2—Twenty
two hours ahead of their schedule, due
to radio advice on road conditions, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Berrang, who left West
chester, Conn., in the ox-drawn cover
ed wagon, December, 1920, arrived at
the outskirts of Medford this morning j
and were met by a delegation from
the chamber of commerce.
Then official entry into the place of
their destination will be made at 1:30
tflis afternoon, when, accompanied by
a band and a large number of citi
zens ,Mayor Geddis will present the
couple with the keys to the city.
Equipped with radio, Mr. Berrang
learned while crossing the Siskiyou
mountains that he could take a short
cut into Medford, which brought him
to this city nearly a day ahead of the
schedule o fapproximately 1.550 days
for the transcontinental trip.
HOOF AND MOUTH
DISEASE IS COSTLY
TO THE GOVERNMENT
SEATTLE, May 3—Tourist business
from California should not be serious
ly affected by the foot and mouth di_
sease epidemic in the Southern State,
but present restrictions must be con
tinued for a year, E. L. French, state
director of agriculture, told the tour
ist committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, at a luncheon meeting at the
Hotel Savoy.
The California epidemic has already
slaughtered $5,000,000 worth of live
stock in that state, French said ,in a
graphic description of the means tak
en to combat the epidemic.
Steam shovels are being used to dig
thirteen-foot trenches, in which as
many as 5,000 cattle have been driven,
slaughtered and buried in a single day,
he declares. Federal and state author
ities are dividing on a fifty-fifty basis
the reimbursement of the owners.
The present epidemic has been trac
ed, he said, to the feeding of hogs of
overripe mat brought from the orient
in a ship. It affects only the animals
with cloven hoofs and is incurable, but
other animals are carriers of the di
sease.
RED CROSS TO AID
TORNADO, FLOOD VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3—
Plans to relieve the sufferers from
flood and tornado have been complet
ed by the American Red Cross. Mo
bile units of 100 experienced men and
women are standing ready throughout
the southern states to relieve those
stricked durin gthe recent storms, it
has been announced here at headquar
ters.
These new relief units will be direct
ed from the national headquarters. Ii
will be in constant touch with the gov
ernment agencies functioning in cases
of disaster and will have airplane fa
cilities of the army, navy and post
office department for quick transpor
tation of its experts.
DEPT. OF INTERIOR WARNS
AGAINST USE BLACK POWDER
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 1.—
The Department of the Interior issued
warnings against the continued use of
black powder which they declared have
caused seventy-one mine explosions
and 850 fatalities from 1908 to 1921.
DELWOOD WILL ARRIVE SOON j
SEATTLE , May 3—The Delhvood,
with its first half of the new Alaska
cable will arrive Wednesday and two
days later begin stringing to Ketchi-!
kan.
FEAR DELAY MAY MEAN
FAILURE WORLD FLIGHT
Other Aviators Express Little Anxiety for Safety of Missing
Commander; Claim He Carries Matches and Supplies
Enough to Last Him for Two Weeks at Least
1)1 TCII HARBOR, May 3—The reports as to tin* wriihcr r
<1 it ions given Major Martin the day he left Ghignik were* n a'ii!
and it was only on the strength of expeeting good weather that : ••
hopped off, is the information given by the press. Little anxb*t\ *
his safety is expressed by the three airmen at Dutch Harbor !
much as he is prepared for an emergency taking a good supply •
matches and a supply sufficient to last two weeks. Unless he ■>
found shortly, the remaining three planes will return to I' ga ?s
and take up the search from there. \o trace of Martin wa> 1
up to noon yesterday.
FALSE PASS, May 3—This section has just passed throng; t
days of the worst storm ever known to the Peninsula and tl.«* v..»rl
flyers will be fully qualified to speak on the weather conditio?
this experience. The wind at times readied a velocity of one hu ’
miles an hour with the air full of snow which was blov fnr >
mountains. Anxiety has been expressed by tin* three flyers li
the unfavorable weather and they have stated that unless it nm ■
within a short tune the expedition may fail.
WASHINGTON. I). May 3—All three globe-circling
flyers representing the United States, Britain and France arc exp •
ed to meet in Tokyo according to calculations made today I \ the \ a
department aviation experts, McLaren, the British flyer, rear!..
( alcutta. Doisy, tlie French flyer is at Agra. India, with the ti
Americans at Dutch Harbor.
FALSE PASS. May 3—Dog teams are leaving Cliignik today i?
search for Major Martin, on the north side of the Alaska P •. 1
BREMERTON. May 3—The Bureau of Fisheries vess.-l E x
was unable to take food from St. George Island to starving cattle <•
St. Paul Island, according to wireless received today from St. P,. !
Island. The Eider reached the Pribiloff Island on April *_’s lai di; g .
number of government men who were taken north on the Gutter IF
and is returning to Dutch Harbor to assist in the search for Major
Martin and companion.
SOUTH MEXICO HAS
DECIDED TO SECEDE
VERA CRUZ, May 3—The revolu- \
tionary headquarters now located in
Merida ,in the state of Yucatan, have j
issued a mnifesto, declaring the South j
Mexico seceded from the rest of the,
country and setting up a republic. The
states of Yucatan, Campeche, and Ta
basco comprise the rebellious terri
tory.
AUTO CRASHES INTO WATER
SEATTLE, ^lay 3—A speeding au
to plunged into the open span of a
bridge over the Duwamish waterway!
drowning Stephen Brown and his sons, j
Frank and Thomas, all iron moulders.!
MAY SUCCEED FATHER-LAW
NEW YORK, May 3—James Foley j
may succeed his father-in-law Mur
phy as leader of the Tammany faction
if he will resign the bench, the Times
says today.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Noble will be!
outgoing passengers on the Alameda
for Juneau where Mr. Noble has se
cured employment. Mr. Noble has been
working in the grocery department of
Brown and Hawkins ’corporation.
Ike A. Beal, a Cordovaite, came over j
on the Alameda this morning.
The Admiral Evans will not arrive
until sometime Sunday, according to
advices received this noon.
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Alameda Has Large
List of Passengers
The Alameda arrived in port from
the South this morning with the fol
lowing passengers for Seward:
James Anderson, Bert O'Brien. Mrs.
Bert O’Brien, F. Bartholomew, J. J.
Clausen, Frank Hazelton, Matt Krin
tilla, Miss C. M. Corrigan, Bessie
Rhodes, E. F. Bauer, Mrs. Ada Berk',
John Henderson, X. Wanamaker, H.
Eastman, Paul Bradhagen, J. T. Mc
Crea, James Ross, Mrs. H. Lee, R. E.
Murphy, Mrs. Ekholm, Mrs. M. T.
Hoffman, A. Christensen, Emil Van
Raes, H. Hill, Cleo E. Crocker. Xina
Rhodes, Ernest Richter, Mrs. W. E.
Workman, D. F. Rickardson, Frank I.
Olesen, Sam Sandy, Herman Dell, J.
R. Corry, John Hershey, Mrs. John
Hershey, T. E. Doremus, Dan Duck
ish, Carl X. Xelson, Struten Dockham.
D. E. Dunbar, T. E. Dunlap, F. M.
Crocker, D. J. Parker,. H. Workman.
Carl Williams, Wm. Kaiser, Ed H.
Lawson, K. Peart.
The Alameda will sad south this
evening after the arrival of the train
from the north.
TRAIN SERVICE RESUMED
A train will leave Anchorage for
Seward at four o'clock this afternoon,
ariving some time this evening. A mix
ed train will leave Seward for Anchor
age at 4 p. m. this afternoon. There
will be no train service Sunday. Regu
lar train service starts at 6 a. m.
Monday, the fifth.
COOLIDGE FAVORS EXCLUSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3—
The White House indicated today that
Coolidge is for Japanese exclusion but
would arrange it in a manner cour
teous to Japan.