Hewmstckly Estewscy
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VOLUME XIX.
NUMBER 89.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Danes’ Reparations
leport Says Germany
Must Control Ruhr
PA :vlS, April-12—L. E. Martin,
printing the summary of Dawes rep
arations report sakl he and associates
seemed to have reached their aims
and the summary submitted was re
garded as authoritative.
The report provided that Germany
receive no moratorium; that a teml
p or ary concession be made of her rail
roads; that the industries be mortgag
ed! ; that a bureau be established gov
erning the transfer of money from
the country insuring the least pos
sible disturbance in the exchange mar
ket; the annual payments are to be
increased in proportion with Germanys
economic recovery; should financial
disorders delay or prevent execution
of her obligations strict Allied control
will automatically go into effect.
Without raising the question of mil
itary occupation the report stated that
Germany must have full control of
customs and state industries such as
forests, coal and railroads, in the ter
>!|$>ry occupied by the French.
The first yearly payment to be
made according to the schedule is one
billion gold marks, to be raised by in
ternational loans and tax on transpor
tation. The second and third year
one billion two hundred million gold
marks, etc., and thereafter the increase
to be guaged according to the index
of prosperity.
Hooded Men Cover
Clerk With Pistols
and Break Bottles
MARATHON, N. Y., April 12
Twenty sheeted men raided the Cen
tral hotel last night, struck the clerk
wi.h a weapon like a sword, covering
him and others in the place with pis
tols and carrird a quantity of bottles
from the bar, smashing them in the
street. Guards with drawn pistols
stood at the doors. The leader di
re< ted the men by means of prearrang
ed numbers.
Fishermen s Union Has
Approved 1924 Scale
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12—The
Alaskan fishermen’s Union tonight ap
proved the agreement drafted for this
year to be submitted to the Alaska
Packers Association. It is said to be
virtually identical with the 1923 agree
ment. The union would apply the same
wage scale to the Bering Sea as pre
vails in Southwestern Alaska. Ihe
union recently rejected the Packers
offer for slightly higher wages for the
Bering sea.
National Guard Protecting
Mines from Rioting
FRANKFORT, Ky., April 14—Nat
ional guardsmen are guarding the
mines of the Liberty Coal and Coke
company, following a riot which re
sulted when officials attempted to re
open the mines. One was killed and
one seriously wounded before the
troops arrived to restore order. The
situation is becoming more tense be
tween company men and the miners
and Governor Fields has ordered a
troop of cavalry to Straightcreek in
the southeastern part of the state to
assist guardsmen maintain order.
Parks Goes to Juneau
On Official Business
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George A. Parks, chief of the field
division of the L niter. States land of
fice was a southbound passenger on
the steamer Alameda Saturday night.
Mr. Parks, who was recently appoint
ed assistant superintendent of survey
ors in Alaska, succeeding John Walker
is going to Juneau for the purpose
of conferring with Mr. Walker regard
ing the affairs of the new office. He
expects to return to Anchorage in a
few weeks. Mr. Walker has been trans
ferred to the Washington-Idaho dis
trict .
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stanford, of
Nenana, arrived in Seward last week
and are occupying the Cooper house.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford are old tim
*-r^ in Alaska, having resided at
vo'me, Kougarok, and other camps.
rd was formerly mail carrier and
freighter over the Rainy Pass trail.
COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE DRAWS FOR TENNIS MATCH
President Coolidge, representing the United States, drew the first name from the cup for the player to rep
resent the United States in the Davis Cup match. Foreign envoys were also gathered on the White House lawn
to draw names for their respective countries. This ill the first time in the history of the Davis matches that
drawings were made in the White House.
California Fruit Bootlegged
Into Washington is Claim
—
OLYMPIA, April 14—Bootlegging
cf fruit and vegetables mto the state
j of Washington is the latest develop
' ment as a result of the quarantine
placed upon these eomociities grown in
California by Director cf Agriculture
j French. The action was taken as a
| precautionary measure against the
! spread of the foot and mouth disease.
| According to a recent order fruits and
vegetables may only be brought into
the state after proper fumigation.
COODIDGE ACCEPTS
RESIGNATION WOOD
WASHINGTON, Apr. 14—President
Coolidge today accepted the resigna
‘ tion of Lieutenant Osborne C. Wood,
son of the governor general of the
Philippines. Lieut. Wood was inves
tigated by congress recently .’or al
| leged speculation on Wall Street.
JOHN ROSNESS HOME
MENACED BY FLAMES
What might have been a seriosu
blaze occurred yesterday morning
when an alarm was turned in from
the home of John Rosness, on Second
avenue, and but for the prompt action
of the fire department ,the house
might have' been destroyed. The
flames were extingished with the
chemical engine, with no damage oth
| er than to the roof, which ignited from
i a hot chimney.
Steam Whalers Fitting
Out for Alaska Cruise
SEATTLE, Apr. 14.—A half dozen
steam whalers are overhauling and
engaging their crews for Alaska ser
vice.
Dellwood May Reach
Seattle April 25th
SEATTLE, Apr. 14.—The cableship
Dellwood from London, with the new
Alaska cable, is expected to reach
Seattle April 25.
GREECE VOTES FOR
FORMATION REPUBLIC
ATHENS, Apr. 14.—In a plebiscite
Saturday the Greek people voted for
establishment of the Republic.
CRACKSMEN ROB EVERETT
CONCERN OF 1600 DOLLARS
EVERETT, April 12—Using nitro
glycerine and disploying the skill of
experts, cracksmen obtained sixteen
hundred dollars from the safe of the
Puget Sound Telephone Company here
last evening.
AMERICAN LEGION SMOKER
BRINGS OUT MANY FANS
The American Legion smoker given
in A. B. Hall Saturday night was a
financial success. A large crowd at
tended end the events were greeted
enthusiastica’ly by the fans. A com
plete write-up will be given in to
rov row’s paper.
Northwestern Has
Capacity List Passengers
SEATTLE, Apr. 14.—The steamship
Northwestern which sailed Saturday,
had every berth taken and the steer
age filled, 360 passengers being on
board. The vessel carries crews for
Cordova, Sawmill and Kenai canner
ies. The following are for seward;
i W. T. Kerr, Walter Johnson and
| wife, Wm. E. E. Murray, F. ( .
Bleecher, Joseph Schelin, W. H.
Drew, W. S. Brockway, M. H. Guise,
, Mrs. Lee H. Landis, J. H. Jensen, C.
Hoffliard, J. Stanley, J. W. Ricken
| back, S. Heliman, J. M. Hallmill, Mrs.
| N. Hansome, Mrs. M. L. Kellogg. Mrs.
! A. Barnett, C. A. Magama, Otto Nel
son, Mrs. L Patterson, Mis John
j Rapp, W. H. Arst, J. C. Hunt, L. M.
Dow, Edwin Johnson, Fred Lacy, W.
! E. Ford, Patrick Flanigan, Josephine
! Hansome, L. Charles Crowley, Thom
] as Hyde, C. H. Deitriek, W Harnett,
: H. C. Looney, Miss M. Stewart, Miss
Fay McDonald, E. R. lessen and wile,
j S. E. Lancaster, C Adams, E. Wei
j von, W. H. Arthur, L. W. Bogge, A.
Hanot, John Stsne, Henry Wagner, G.
C. Blondo, H Ilassell, Gus Borgen,
H. Brace, C. A. Willis, fi. Ilarley, A.
! Littlewood, A. L. Bell, A. J. Joiui
• sen, F. Cordoge.
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Change of Program
In Flying Itinerary
TOKIO, Apr. 14.—Ice floes practi
cally surrounding Yetorofu Island
will make necessary a change in the
itineray of the around the world lly
ers, according to a dispatch received
from the U. S. S. John Ford, one of j
I the naval destroyers sent north with
supplies for the airmen. Permission
will be asked of the Japanese gov
ernment for a change in the proposed
landing.
Isles former husband
BECAUSE REFUSES MARRY
CHICAGO, April 12—Charging that
her divorced husband Charles J. Tay_
lor now in San Francisco repudiated
his proposal of re-marriage so that he
! could “have his usual good time danc
| ing,” Mary L. Taylor sued him for
twenty-five thousand dollars for
breach of promise. He is eighty five
years of age and she is sixty.
| STRANGLES MOTHER AND
SISTER; COMMITS SUICIDE
WiNTHROP, la., April 14—Crazed
! by brooding over involved business
j credit in the settlement of his father’s
estate, Edwin MiGailand, age 45.
strangled his mother of '-0 and his sis
ter of ?2, using ropes, then hanging
himself in the kitchen of their home.
IIis body was found later by neigh
bors.
D. If. Williams, Anchorage under
taker and embalmer, was a Seward
visitor yesterday, a guest of the Van
Gilder.
NEXT SUNDAY IS EASTER
Next Sunday is Easter. The stores
of the city are profusely decorated
with Easter eggs, bunnies and other
specialties of the season.
CHAMBER LUNCHEON TUESDAY
The regular weekly luncheon of
the Seward Chamber of Commerce
will be held tomorrow noon at the
Seward Grill.
Senator Reed Declares
Coolidge Message Is
Insult to the Senate
WASHINGTON, Apr. 24.—Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, demo
crat, Saturday night offered a reso
1 lution in the Senate to expugne from
j the Congressional Records the mes
| sage of President Coolidge condemn
! ing the investigation of Secretary
Revenue, declaring that the Presiden
; Mellon and the Bureau of Internal
I tial message should never have been
given the courtesy of being received
and declaring it an insult to the Sen
ate.
Method 04 Teaching
Alaska Indians a Crime
WASHINGTON, Apr. 14.—Peclaring
i the past methods of teaching Alaska
! Indians is tantamount to a crime,
' by the government against the chil
dren, Commissioner Tiget of the Bu
reau of Education is advocating be
fore Congress a policy of less atten
tion to academic courses and more
concentration on industrial training
in Native schools.
VETERANS’ BUREAU
HEAD IS INDICTED
MINNEAPOLIS, April 14—Major
Alfred H. Beach, former legal adviser
and chairman of the appeals board of
the veterans bureau here is charged
with extortion, oribery and violation
of the war risk insurance act. The
indictment was returned by the fe ievai
grand jury yesterday.
Johnson Self-Appointed
Savior of America
! WASHINGTON. Apr. 12.—Hiram
j Johnson declared today that he pro
| posed to keep up the fight to rid the
j Republican party of corruptable con
| trol.'
Couzens Removed to
Johns Hopkins Today
WASHINGTON, Apr. 14.—Senator
Couzens was removed today to Johns
Hopkins hospital at Baltimore for
treatment for a severe case of indi
gestion.
ENORMOUS ARCTIC WHALE
KILLED IQFF FARALLONES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12—An
enormous Arctic whale said to be the
first found away from the eternal ice
fields, was killed yesterday off the
Farallone Islands nearby, by a whaler
traveler.
Aviator Killed When
Plane Falls to Earth
DAYTON, April 14—Lieutenant
Theodore Van Nechten, army airman
stationed at Cook Field, Ohio, was in
stantly killed when his machine crash
ed to earth from an altitude of two
thousand feet.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will entertain the Legion and dele
gates Wednesday night.
Fliers Arrived Yesterday;
Will Hop Off Tomorrow
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Completing' what the air pilots de
scribed as one of the most gruelling
flights of the trip, tlie four Army De
Haviland planes, Seattle, Boston, New
Orleans and Chicago arrived at Sew
ard yesterday afternoon at 2:11 direct
from Silka, dropping gracefully into
the water and taxiing to their moor
ings within a few minutes after being
sighted. The long trip of nearly 600
miles from Sitka to Seward in seven
hours and 26 minutes, was one of the
worst the airmen had experienced on
their trip, snow squalls, rain, hail, and
tremendous winds causing the intrepid
pilots indescribable trouble. Off Males
I pina glacier amid the baffling air cur
rents of Mt. St. Elias was found the
worst stretch of flying. Lieut. Leigh
Wade, commanding the Boston, the
flagship of the squadron on the flight
from Sitka, said the weather could not
have been worse; in fact they did not
| want to see it any worse, and his com.
I rades voiced the same opinion.
“We’re here because we’re here,”
I said Major Martin, commander of the
1 flight and pilot of the Seattle, the
flagship of the airplane fleet, as he
; voiced his satisfaction at concluding
| what is acknowledged to have been
one of the hazardous legs of the voy
age.
Seward is before the eyes of the
world today, the news of the fleet’s
| arrival having been telegraphed out
j to all points of the two continents by
j special correspondents for outside pa
; pers. Shortly before the hour an
nounced for the arrival of the planes
practically every man, woman and
child wended their way to the beach,
I the Anchorage delegation swelling the
throng to nearly 1000 persons. The
(lay was perfect, being bright and sun
ny with just enough breeze from the
west to ruffle the sun kissed waters of
beautiful Resurrection Bay. Track of
j the flight was kept at points along the
way, radio messages reporting the fly
: ers had passed the stations and giving
the time. At 2:13 word was receiv
ed that the squadron had passed above
: Latouche, and everyone was the qui
t vive tense with excitement, as the
| hour approached.
Suddenly the planes popped above
Fox Island and dropping to a level of
about seven hundred feet, skimmed
gracefully above the water, skirting
the town side of the shore to a point
directly opposite the plant of the San
Juan Fisheries and Cold Storage, and
j wheeling like a flock of gulls, dropped
to the water, with scarcely a splash.
; Then they taxied to their respective
buoys located and in readiness about
200 feet off shore. The acting flag
ship Boston, with Lieut. Wade, pilot,
and Sergt. Ogden, mechanic, was the
first to take the water, at 3:11. Then
followed the Chicago, with Lieutenant
Smith and Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, pi
lot and mechanic respectively. The flag
ship Seattle was next, with Major
Martin, commander and Sergt. Har
vey. The New Orleans circled about
once more and finally took the water
at 3:13. Lieut Erik H. Nelson and
Lieut. John Harding were in charge.
A launch was sent out to the buoys
and the pilots came ashore where they
immediately started refueling their
machines, preparing for the long
flight from Seward to Chignik. With
an hour or so the machines were ready
Bankers Favor Dawes
Report on Germany
NEW YORK, April 12—The first
steps of bankers for the economic re
habilitation of German was taken as
financiers studied the Dawes report
and favorable opinion grew. Ameri
cans are understood to be cooperating
with London to raise thirty million
dollars or more to inaugurate a gold
bank in Germany necesasry for the
stabilizing of exchange values. Paul
Warborg, head of the international
acceptance bank and unofficial Am
erican member of the reparations com
mittee was named as leader of the
movement.
Ine telephone line to the radio was
down yesterday which made it very
inconvenient for the citizens to keep
track of the flyers. Several hurried
auto trips were necessary.
Frank O’Shea and wife, of Anchor
age, were over Sunday visitors in
Seward.
resume their trip, so complete was
every convenience iur their refueling.
The planes left Sitka at 7:45, Sew
aru time, arriving in bevvarit at 3:11.
it was a long, naid trip," said Lieut.
Lowell Smith, pilot of the Chicago.
“We are sorry not to have stopped at
Cordova, but we are behind our sched
ule and must avoid delays."
'tlie landing of the airplanes at
Seward is an epoch in the history of
tne city. “We were agreeably surpris
ed at the excellence of the harbor and
the steady air currents,” said Major
i Martin.
Hundreds of the persons witnessing
the arrival ot the airships had never
seen an airplane other than in the
movies, naturally were much interest
ed in them. To the pioneer and old
timer who came into the country in
1898, taking months to make the voy
age made in seven hours by the air
ships, the feat seemed marvelous. Even
to the spectator used to airships, there
was something fascinating about the
1 closely grouped bunch flying low down
and close to the shore line.
The flight from Sitka to Seward
was made in sunshine, rain, squalls
and snow flurries. Off Icy Bay the
fleet was flying low in a snow flurry
and encountering an air pocket, the
; flagship, to save falling shot up steep
1, followed by planes two arrd three.
i Plane No. 4, struck the pocket and
for a time was in great peril. The
| planes were forced to descend low
; enough to see the surf breaking on the
beach, which was followed by the Bos
ton, the other planes keeping the flag
, plane in sight. The flying time from
i Sitka to Cordova entrance was five
hours 38 minutes. From Cordova en
trance to Seward, two hours, the mach
mes being m the air seven hours and
'thirty-eight minutes. Major Martin
states that in alt this time his lunch
consisted of five malted milk tablet-,
j The Major said that in all his experi
ence in the air the trip was without
doubt the hardest he ever experienced.
The ladies of the auxiliary sent a
representative to th Major asking if
they could not prepare hot coffee and
|a lunch for the next trip and was in
| formed that the squadron flyers would
be delighted to have food with them,
The ladies have gathered a large ther
mos bottle and ample sandwiches for
each man in anticipation of the flight
being resumed in the morning.
While nearing Latouche on then
trip the planes passed over the steam
j ship Starr, which saluted them with
; three blasts of the whistle. Major
Martin said they could not hear the
! whistle but saw the steam escaping,
i and each plane dipped three times in
: salute. The Starr was on her way
I to Latouche with a tow, returning last
night.
Flyers Laying Up Today
The flyers are resting at the Van
Gilder today, and will resume their
flight tomorrow weather permitting.
The planes are in fine shape for a
continuation of the voyage and ev
erything is in readiness. Mayor Ray
and Secretary of the Chamber Ilau
non visited Major Martin today and
offered to arrange a program for the
aviators tonight but the offer was
refused, the Major desiring his men
to spend the time in rest and in
arranging for tomorrow’s flighr.
Captain Bob Roper
Quits Fighting Game
After Making Fortune
CHICAGO, April 12—Capt. Bob
Roper, fighing product of the late war
j laid aside his boxing gloves which
have earned him a fortune in one hun
dred and two fights since discharge
from the army. He entered the ring
in the first place to recuperate his
fortunes. Upon retiring he becomes
president of the New Orleans Chemi
cal company.
IMMIGRATION BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 14.—The im
migration bill barring entry to the
United States by Japanese, Chinese
and Hindus passed the House Satur
day night.
Robert Carlson of Mile 23, was a
Seward guest yesterday.