VOLUME XIX. NUMBEK/U").
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1924.
PRICE TEX CENTS
“MIDNIGHT SUN” PARTY
AT CURRY; SPECIAL
DINNER SERVED ALL
COLONEL LANDIS LEADING DEL
EGATIONS—HANNON HIGH
LY PRAISED FOR WORK
CURRY, June 20—The “Midnight
Sun” excursion to Fairbanks, person
ally conducted by Colonel Landis, ar
rived at Curry at one-thirty yester
day afternoon and were served with
i. an eight course dinner. The dinner was
one of the best served in the new ho
tel since its construction, the dining
room being lavishly decorated for the
occasion.
The excursion is proving one of the
best advertisements for the railroad.
Hannon, in charge of the Seward party
was highly praised for his efforts in
raising the quota from Seward. Ray
Larson of Anchorage, specially deco
rated the Seward car upon its arriv
al at Anchorage.
The party continued on its way at
eight this morning.
SCORE PERISH WHEN
NORWEGIAN VESSEL
SINKS IN C0LLISSI0N
WOMEN AND CHILDREN PERISH
WHEN DAAKON JARL
FOUNDERS
CHRISTIANIA, June 20—Twenty
* .people, mostly women, lost their lives
on Tuesday last when the (Norwegian
mail steamer Daakon Jarl foundered
following a collision with the steamei
King Harold. The accident occurred
in West Fjord.
The disabled steamer sank so quick
ly that there was no time to lower the
boats and only7 those were saved who
were able to keep afloat until they
could be rescued by boati. from the
other steamer.
McAdoo Now Controls
Democratic Convention
NEW YORK, June 20—Managei
Rockwell declared last night that Mc
Adoo has 625 delegates and complete
control of the machinery of the Dem
ocratic Natiosal Convention.
Duncan McDonald Is
Nominated by Communists
v ST. PAUL, June 20—Duncan Mc
Donald of Illinois was nominated as
the presidential candidate today by
the communist wing of the Farmer
Labor party at their convention here.
GERMAN WOMAN GIVES
BIRTH TO FIVE CHILDREN
GENTHIN, June 20—Five children
were born recently to the wife of a
tradesman in this city. They were
alive but all died within a few hours.
German gynecologists say this is the
first quintet of children born in Ger
many in many decades.
DR. SUN YAT SEN
BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
SEATTLE, June 20—J. S. Hunt, re
tired cotton broker, who arrived here
yesterday on the steamship President
McKinley, said the belief is widespread
in China that President Sun Yat Sen
is dead. It is declared Sun’s death has
been concealed to prevent further up
risings in the x’epublic.
SUBPONAE ISSUED FOR MELLON
NEW YTORK, June 20—A subpoenae
was issued today requesting the pres
ence of Secretary Mellon at the trial
of Gaston B. Means, in the federal
court here.
Aviators in Siam Today
BANGKOK, Siam, June 19—The U.
S. Army Aviators in their round-the
world flight, arrived here early this
afternoon.
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CARRIES NAVY ATHLETES
NORFOLK, June 20—The U. S. S.
West Virginia, which left Hampton
Roads for France with the navy con
tinent of the Olympic games has pro
ceeded for Lynn Haven roads for
minor repairs.
DISCOVERS PNEUMONIA SERUM
CURE
’k*y»ton« VIIW CO.' MW.
Dr. Lloyd D. Felton, bacteriologist
and chemist in the Harvard Medical
School, who has just announced the
•perfection of a new serum treatment
for pneumonia.
BRITISH CONSUL
BE WITHDRAWN
MEXICO CITY, June 19—Proceed
ing of the Mexican government to ex
pell Herbert C. Cummins, British con
sul, were ordered stopped today by
Obregon, this action being taken by
1 the President wpon learning that Brit
ain had ordeded the withdrawal of
Cummins tomorrow.
PENNSYLVANIA IS
WINNER OF EVENT
POUGHKEEPSIE, June 19—Penn
sylvnia oarsmen carrief off the honors
I in the Junior varasity race ,\vith Wash
■ ington finishing a close second. Col
umbia finished third, Syracuse fourth
: and Cornell fifth.
Pennsylvania also won the Fresh
man event, with Cornell second.
Girl Confesses To
Fire in Hope Home
SEATTLE, June 19—Josephine Bar
tholemeow, 16, a sub-normal case, con
fessed today to the prosecuting attor
I ney that she lighted the fire in which
24 inmates of the Hope Development
1 Home perished in the destruction of
,! the building May 21.
’ | “I set the place on fire because they
.; didn’t treat me right,” she said .
PLAN TO REFOREST
WASHINGTON, OREGON
WASHINGTON, June 20—Secre
tary of Agriculture Wallace this morn
ing announced the establishment of a
forest experiment station in the Pa
cific Northwest lo determine proper
methods for reforesting the states of
Washington and Oregon.
The secretary staled that funds
would be available July first. The two
states contain 37 per cent of the to
tal remaining saw timber in the U. S.
The combined timber cut from the
two states is thirty per cent of the
total cut of the country.
BOUCK NOMINATED VICE
PRESIDENT BY COMMUNISTS
ST. PAUL, June 20—William Bouck
of Sedro Wooley, Washington was
nominated vice president by the Com
munists.
VANDERBILT NEGOTIATING
PURCHASE OF SEATTLE P-I.
VANCOUVEPv, June 19—Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr., publisher of the Los
Angeles Illustrated News and the San
•Francisco Daily Herald, announced to
day that he is negotiating for the pur
chase of the Seattle Post-Intelligen
cer.
MRS. WHITTIER AWARDED
ALIMONY IN LUMP SUM
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19—Ali
mony in a lump sum aggregating a
quarter of a million dollars, has been
awarded to Mrs. Julia Whittier, who
was granted a divorce this week from
her merchant husband.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR 47 VICTIMS OF
TURRET EXPLOSION
“HE DIED AT HIS POST OF DUTY”
FITTING EPITAPH INSCRIB
ED ON TABLETS
SAN PEDRO, Juse 19—At the fun
eral services yesterday of forty-seven
of the forty-eight victims of the ex
plosion last Thursday on the U. S. S.
Mississippi, Vice-Admiral Wiley, act
ing commander of the battle fleet,
said that the epitaph, “He died at his
post of duty,” over each man will
mean that the traditions of the ser
vice will be upheld.
STEAMER VICTORIA
EN ROUTE SOUTH
FROM PORT NOME
ICE FLOES IN BERING SEA DE
LAY VESSELS—ACTIVITY IS
REPORTED AT NOME
NOME, June 20—The steadship Vic
toria sailed last Monday morning for
Golovin and St. Michael after unload
ing the Nome cargo.
Ice is slowly clearing and a sum
ber of boats are en route. Liby and
Company’s trading vessel the Arctic,
arrived Sunday morning encountering
heavy weather in the Pacific. The
Arctic lost two whale boats.
The schooner Hermas also arrived
Sunday morning with a party of Cal
ifornians who are en route for the
Arctic on a hunting trip.
The latest reports said the cutter
Bear is drifting with the ice pack thru
Bering Straits and at Noon Saturday
was off Cape Prince of Wales. The
•Freighter Oduna is a short distance
from Nome fighting the ice and is
expected to reach port this week.
Never before since the founding ol
Nome has a coast guard cutter failed
to touch here en route to the Arctic,
The Bear has always been the first
boat to anchor in the spring.
French Captain Honored
By Japanee Government
TOKIO, June 19—The Japanese
government has conferred upon Cap
tain Georges Pelletier D’Oisy, the Or
! der of the Rising Sun of the fifth class
in recognition of his achievement ii
flying from Paris to Tokto under con^
ditions which would have discouragec
1 a less determined airman.
A lesser decoration was conferrec
upon D’Oisy’s mechanic, Sergeant Ves
in.
NEW FREIGHT DEPOT
BE BUILT M’KINLEV
Owing to freight and passenger
traffic moving and prospective, to Mc
Kinley Park Station, Colonel Lee H.
Landis, General Manager of the Alas
ka Railroad, recognized the import
ance of installing a station at that
point. '
Present facilities are restricted to
I two old box cars which have been set
I on the ground and are inadequate.
Recommendation of Colonel Landis
to Secretary of the Interior, provided
for the construction of a building 16
by 52 feet, a story and one-half high,
and containing living quarters for an
agent, which was approved by the
Secretary, by wire .Work will be pros
ecuted at once.
CHARLES W .CARTER NAMED
POSTMASTER FOR JUNEAU
JUNEAU, June 17—(Delayed )—
President Coolidge last week nominat
ed Charles W .Carter, former mayor
i of Juneau, to be postmaster of Ju
I neau; and renominated Martin Conway
| of the Skagway postoffice for another
term.
BOAT MOVEMENTS
The steamship Northwestern was
reported out of Cordova this morning.
The Admiral Evans left Ketchikan
at 8:15 last night, northbound.
JOHNSON DEFEATS BALSA
NEW YORK, June 20—Floyd John
son Wednesday night, won a technical
knockout over Andres Balsa of Spain.
The referee stopped the bout in the
third round.
MACREADY HAS
CLOSE ESCAPE
IN PLANE FIRE
MAKES PARACHUTE JUMP AT
HEIGHT OF FIFTEEN HUN
DRED FEET.
DAYTON, June 19—F'irst Lieuten
ant John A. MacReady, veteran Amer
ican aviator, while making a non-stop
cross country flight last night, es
caped death by a narrow margin.
MacReady was flying at an eleva
tion of fifteen hundred feet when his
plane burst into flames. MacReady im
mediately jumped his parachute drop
ping him safely to the ground.
LANDIS ADDRESSES
SAFETY COMMITTEE
OF ALASKA RAILROAD
In the interest of Safety First, the
following remarks were addressed to
The Central Safety Committee of The
Alaska Railroad, by General Manager,
Colonel Lee H. Landis, at its session
on June 5, 1024.
“Gentlemen:
You representatives of this railroad
are responsible in a great measure,
for its safe operation. I desire to say
one thing forcibly today, and that is,
there is someone who cares whether
you succeed or whether you fail:
The Management cares. That is
proved by the time and effort we have
spent in promulgating Accident Pre
vention bulletins, literature, erecting
sign boards, etc.
And then ,there is somebody else
| who cares; the men, when they go out
j from their homes, knownng that the
heart of the one who presides there
! will break if they fail in the task of
| life. If I could impress upon every
railroad man the fact that when he
fails his loved ones are grieved, and
when he succeeds their cup runs ovei
with joy, you would work safely and
I well on this railroad.
Then, there is also another who
I cares: The public we serve have a
much deeper interest in this Safety
work than many of you think. As you
know, the modern means of transpor
tation have increased the speed and
reduced the cost of commodities and
have brought the states of the Union
closer together—and in our case brot
! Alaska closer to the States, but, at a
! cost. At the cost of life and limb and
; physical suffering and mental angu/'f
j —discussing the subject and its rela
| tion to all the railroads.
When the public is awakened to the
fact that we are doing this for therr
as well as for ourselves, they will be
interested in it, and I am repeating
to you that the Management cares
the home cares, the state cares and the
public cares.
If we can impress upon the men the
importance of preventing careless
work, there will be no more avoidable
accidents. We are all interested in this
work, and it is a part of your task tc
broadcast as widely as you can youi
Safety messages to educate the men ir
the cosservation of life and limb wit!
the consequent assurance of healtl
and happiness to enjoy all the oppor
tunities before us as American citi
zens. Most accidents are due to humar
failures—to a failure of the men in
volved, and most can be avoided il
you will go among your fellows anc
preach to “think while you work.” W<
have a fair record on this railroad
keep everybody “inoculated with the
spirit of safety.’
I thank you.”
Major Martin Will
Take Charge School
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20
Major Martin ,fallen flight leader, has
been assigned to a technical school a!
Langley 'Field, Va.
CIRCLE CITY IS BUSY PLACE
CIRCLE, —The Berry hydraulic
plant at Eagle Creek has started op
erations for the summer. Water is
plentiful and a good seasos is expect
ed.
The Berry dredge, with Jimmy Ham
mil will start active work on the 20th
of June. It will commence at the
Miller House and move to Mammoth
Creek.
Frank Leach has built a fine landing
field for airplanes, which will be ready
for all kinds of flyers on the 15th of
this month.
FIRST WOMAN TO MANAGE PO
LITICAL CAMPAIGN
UNOCHWOOO • UNOCRWOOB. N. V.
Mrs. Bertha Hale White, executive
Secretary of the Socialist Part yof
America, who is the only woman to
direct and head a political party. She
is at present making a big drive, rout
ing her speakers, sending out cam
paign literature and raising money in
preparation for the Socialist Convex •
i tion to be held in Cleveland on July 6.
She is to preside at this Convention.
CHLORINE GAS LET
LOOSE IN CHAMBER
PROVIDENCE, R. I., June 19,—
Chlorine gas was let loose in the Sen
ate chamber today, after that body
had been in session since Tuesday.
Factions that have prevented the
adjournment aereed to an hour’s re
cess in order to clear the gas from
the chamber. Three Republicans and
; ose Democrat were overcome by the
| gas before they conceded to the ad
' journment.
SLATTERY MATCHED
TO FIGHT CARPENTIER
NEW YORK, June 20—C. J. Mur
ray, manager of the Queensboro Ath
letic club, today announced that Geo.
Carpentier will meet Jimmy Slattery,
in a six round light-heavyweight bout
in Buffalo on the fourth of July.
The stipulations provide that Car
pentier shall not engage in any other
ring battle except Tunney before that
date.
Navy Posts Have Been
Given to Favorites
WASHINGTON, D. C., Juse 20
Charges that the choice naval posts
have been parcelled out to officers in
the “butterfly set” and to none others
were made before the President today
by representative Britten and mem
bers o fthe Naval Affairs Committee.
EXCURSIONISTS FLOCK TO .
VISIT ALASKA WONDERS
SEATTLE, June 20—Excursions to
Alaska are more popular than ever,
according to the passenger depart
ments of the Alaska and Pacific steam
ship companies and the Canadian Pa
cific companies. The latter declared
all steamers are booked until late in
the fall.
The other two companies report an
unusually heavy booking for the Al
aska trip.
OFFICIAL COUNT REQUIRED
ST. PAUL, June 19—Official Count
will be required before the winners
in the Republican Senatorial Contest
and the Farmer’s Labor race in Mon
day’s state primaries are determined.
WILL DISMISS CHARGES
SEATTLE, June 20—Prosecuting
Attorney Gilbert of Skagit county in
dicated today that the charges that
D. C. Nadeau, Lawrence H. Lee, W. L.
Ridley and Russell R. Evans, robbed
the Citizens Bank of Anacortes of
eighteen thousand dollars on April 4,
will be dismissed early this coming
week.
The salmon are now runnisg in the
streams adjacent to Seward.
Tomorrow marks the turning point
of summer, it beihg the 21st
ALASKA FISHERIES
RESERVATIONS ARE
NOW ABOLISHED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20
AH Alaska fisheries reservations
have been abolished by an execu
tive order of President Cool id ge
as a consequence of the passage
of the new fisherid .1 laws.
CONNER CLAIMS AIR
FAULTY IN TURRET 2
GUNNERY CAPTAIN SAYS AIR
PRESSURE NOT SUFFICIENT
TO CLEAR GUNS
SAN PEDRO, June 20—Lieutenant
McDowell told the naval board of in
quiry that Ryan, gunnery captain
of the U. S. S. Mississippi, who was
injured by the explosion last week, and
who is not yet able to appear before
the board, informed him after being
taken aboard the hospital ship that he
knew there was lack of sufficient air
pressure for the proper clearing of
the gun barrels in No. Two turret. He
said he informed the gun captain in
charge of the situation and it had been
| decided to make an examination after
the practice had ceased on the after
noon of the explosion.
A number of shots were fired with
the air in this condition, without any
trouble and it is presumed the men
in charge did not regard the matter
of sufficient consequence to demand
! immediate attention.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
LINER RUNS AGROUND
TO PREVENT SINKING
j ST. JOHNS, June 20—The Canadian
; Pacific Liner Metagama had to be
beached on a shoal in St. John's hrr
bor at midnight last night, in order
to save the lives of nine hundred pas
sengers and crew, inbound from Glas
gow.
The vessel was in a collission with
the Italian steamer Clara Camus off
Cape Race and in a sinking condition,
she was driven at top speed through
the fog in order to reach land.
PARTY TOURISTS DUE
IN SEWARD SUNDAY
The first large party of tourists of
the season to come in by way of the
Yukon to Fairbanks, will arrive from
the North on Sunday’s trais in time
to catch the Northwestern southbound.
They are leaving Fairbanks today
on the regular train and will stay over
in Anchorage Saturday night. There
are about seventy members of the
party. With them are Colonel Jas.
G. Steese, returning from Juneau, M.
A. Pinska, of Fairbanks and C. B. Gar
field, secretary of the Alaska bureau
of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
$5iOOOSTOLEFFROM
CORDOVA POSTOFFICE
CORDOVA, June 20—A combination
robbery took place Monday night at
Cordova, when the safe in postoffice
was opened and $5,000 stolen. Accord
ing to word received, it is believed that
the robbery was committed by someose
familiar with the combination of the
safe and the workings of the postof
fice.
The present postmaster C. H. Sheff
ler, was to resign from his position at
the end of this month, when J. Shep
pard was to take office and move into
the new federal building. U. S. Deputy
Marshal H. D. Cloes of Cordova is
working on the case.
Three Killed by Bomb
CANTON, June 19—Three persons
were killed when an assassin threw a
bomb among the guests at a recep
tion last evening at the Victoria Ho
tel, to Governor General Merlin of
French Indo China.
PLAN ACTION AT CLEVELAND
ST. PAUL, June 20—Followin gad
jourmnent last night of the National
Committee the Communist party drew
up formal plans today for the negotia
tion with the conference for a progres
sive political action to be held July 4,
at Cleveland.