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VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER 167
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Harding Addresses Spokane
Residents on Reclamation
TRANSPORT HENDERSON WILL BRING NAVAL
BAND OF THIRTY PIECES TO ENTERTAIN
f PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
SPOKANE, July 3.—President Harding in his speech
here last night envisaged a vast interior and empire cre
ated with government assistance in the development of its
water reserves as the ultimate future of the region lying
west of the Rocky mountains and pledged the government
to help in carrying out the Columbia Basin reclamation
project. En route to Spokane he operated the electric lo
comotive on his train for twelve miles down the west
slope of the Bitter Root mountains between the stations
of Falcon and Avery, and during the afternoon he visited
the site of the proposed Latah dam.
TRANSPORT READY FOR LONG TRIP TO ALASKA
TACOMA, July 3.—President Harding’s vacation
ship, the transport Henderson, arrived this morning,
fresh from the hands of the Bremerton navy yard work
men, and will be ready to sail Thursday with the President
and party. Above her bridge has been built an observa
tion deck, luxuriously, equipped and enclosed in glass.
The President on his way north will use this in ob*
^serving the wondrous scenery. He will occupy the cabin
and state room designed for a colone lof the marines. Mrs.
Harding will have the adjoining room*
The Henderson carries nineteen officers and four hun
dred and sixty men, including a thirty piece U. S. navy
band. Captain Allen Buchanan is the Henderson’s com
mander.
promoters unable to secure
OTHER HUNDRED THOUSAND
GUARANTEED PUGS
GREAT FALLS, Mom , July 3.—The
Dempsey-Gibbons figlu was called of!
last night but this morning it was de
cided to go through with if, Dempsey
^declaring that while he had received
but $200,000 of the $300,000 guaran
teed, he would take a chance on the
rest, and fight anyway, so as not to
disappoint the crowds that have come
long distances to see the bout.
ST PAUL WANTS FIGHT
ST. PAUL, July 3.—Jack Kearns,
manager of Jack Dempsey, has been
offered a two hundred thousand dol
lar flat guarantee with the privilege
of fifty per cent of the gate receipts,
for-the Dempsey-Gibbons fie^it in St.
Paul, if the promoters of the Shelby
’’ fight are unable to make good on their
contract.
SMOOT PREDICTS THmT
BONUS Bit-L BE PASSED
WASHINGTON, July 3. -Senator
Smoot predicted today that the Sol
dier bonus bill would oe passed in the
next session of Congress.
WAGE BOARD GIVES INCREASE
<4 WASHINGTON, July 2.--An aver
age increase of ten per cent over the
pprevailing wage has been recom
mended by the wage board of the
navy in its leport of a new schedule
for navy yard employes, effective on
July 1. __
NEW SWIMMING RECORD
CHICAGO, July 3.—A new world’s
record of 17 minutes 21 and two-fifths
seconds for a four mile relay race
was established by the Illinois Ath
letic club team, a member of which
is Joie Rey, at the athletic carnival
^ of the Loyal Order of Moose.
AS A RESULT OF BOMBING OF
TRAINS WILL BE CARRIED
TO INSURE SAFETY
BRL SSELS, July 3.—The govern
ment of Belgium has ordered promi
nent German civilians opposed to the
occupation to be carried as protective
hostages on the Belgian trains cross
ing the Rhine at Duisburg hereafter,
as a result of bombing a train in
which fen Belgians were killed.
LORD CURZON
:OPY«IGHT KEYSTONE YIEW CO.. NEW VON*
Lord Curzon, Foreign Secretary in
the Bonar Law Cabinet, is holding the
same place in the new Baldwin cabi
net and will probably remain until the
near Eastern problem is solved at
least.
EXERCISES FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY
(Exercises held in Corcoran Park at 5:30)
Song, “America” Audience
Reading, “Declaration of Independence”
Song, “Columbia, Gem of the Ocean”
ADDRESS
Prayer
Song, “The Star Spangled Banner”
Baseball Game, Seward vs Nine off U. S. S. Surveyor
Races and athletic sports for the children will be held at
the baseball grounds in case the game is played
A basket supper will be served at Corcoran Park at 5:30
Coffee will be furnished free
COMMISSION REFUSES TO
ALLOW RAILROAD BUILT
W ASHINGTON, July 3.—The Inter
state Commerce Commission set a
precedent in railway regulations to
day when it refused to permit the Vir
ginia railway to build a branch line
to serve coal mines being opened by
the Pocahontas Coal Company in W.
Virginia. The Commission refused
because they stated that there was
enough coal mines in the country al
ready.
BRITISH AND CHILEANS
CONTROL NITRATE MARKET
WASHINGTON, July 3—Charles R.
Brand, marketing specialist for the
department of agriculture, after a
careful study has reported that a com
bination of British and Chilean in
terests controls the prices and pro
duction of nitrate and forces the Uni
ted States to pay higher prices than
is warranted. The United State?
buys more than haif the nitrate ex
ported from Chile.
BASKET PICNIC TOMORROW
Tomorrow afternoon alter the pro
gram everyone is invited to repair to
the Corcoran puik with their picnic
baskets and have a community sup
per. Coffee will be served on the
grounds. The supper wiP take place
between five and six o’clock.
AUXILIARY MEETING
The Auxiliary o: the Seward Amer
ican Legion will hoid their regular bi
monthly meeting this even'ng at the
Legion headquarters. Please be there
promptly at eight.
ATTEMPT TQ SHOOT PREMIER
LONDON, July 3.—A Central News
dispatch from Belgrade says that six
shots were fired at the Jugo Slav pre
mier, Nikoloi Pachitch^ as he was
leaving the parliament building yes
terday but that he escaped uninjured,
and the assailant was arrested.
FRENCH CONFISCATE CASH
BERLIN^ July 3.—French troops oc
cupied the Weisbaden branch of the
Reichbank and confiscated all the
cash.
TIKHON WROTE LETTER
WHILE UNDERGOING TORTURE
LONDON, July 3.—A Reuter's dis
patch from Riga says that Tikhon
archibishop, died in prison in Mos
cow, June 16< the date on which his
alleged confession was written.
OFFICERS REMOVE LIQUOR
NEW YORK, July 3.—The customs
office began removing liquor after
breaking the foreign governmental
seals yesterday.
Mrs. R. B. Heaston, former town
clerk, is in town, and will spend the
Fourth in Seward.
BUHR, July 3.—Fifteen Germans
were killed last week and six so far
this week, by French troops.
CANTANIA, July 3.—All indications
show that the lava flow at Mt. Etna
is subsiding.
The special train carried but few
residents of Seward to Anchorage
this morning. While we love our big
interior sister with an undying love
we cannot see where her celebration
is important enough to draw Seward
residents away from home.
The celebrated tomorrow has been
planned for the children only, the
originators of the affair believing that
with the coming of the Brooklyn Ea
gle and Presidential parties that the
town will be busy enough without ar
ranging for an elahova'e celebration.
The children will have a good time,
and hat is the Importa-if. thing.
ORE ARRIVES IN ANCHORAGE
Five hundred tons of silver-lead ore
arrived in Anchorage this week con
signed to the Tacoma smelter. The
ore was aboard 12 cars with approx
imately 24 more due to arrive later.
The ore wrill be loaded aboard the
Lake Filbert at Anchorage.
ICE CREAM AND CAKE
Miss Lavonia Stotko will have
charge of a booth in the building next
door to Jack’s Place where she will
sell home-made cake and ice cream at
25 cents a serving. She will also sell
fresh milk and lemonade.
PROHIBITION OFFICERS ARE
DROPPED FROM PAYROLL
NEW YORK, July 3.—Eighteen Fed
eral prohibition officers stationed in
Manhattan and Brooklyn were drop
ped from payroll.
PATHFINDER PLANE WILL
MAKE FLIGHT TO NOME
WASHINGTON, July 2—Lieutenant (
Cliffoi'd Nutt, and Clarence E. Crum- ;
ei'ine, of the army air service, have i
been designated to make the Path
finder trip as a preliminary to a pro
posed flight ai’ound the world. Tney
will participate in a flight from New
York to Nome.
POPE PIUS GRIEVED
III HOTS OP SABOTAGE
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ROME, July 2.—Pope Pius is pro
foundly grieved at the many acts of
sabotage directed against the French
by Germans, says a note issued from
the Vatican today. His sorrow is all
the stronger because these acts are
contrary to those of peace, justice and
charity which he has steadily advo
cated.
PERRY WILL REMAIN HOME
NEW YORK July 3.—Ren Perry,
national foils champion, will be una
ble to accompany the American team
when it sails for London next month
to defend the Robert M. Thompson
trophy against the British team.
MANITOBA VOTES WET
WINNIPEG, July 3.—Manitoba vot-j
ed wet by a majority of 30,566 with a
hundred rural districts yet to be
j heard uom.
FID BE URGED AS A
CHICAGO, July 2.—Henry Ford will
be urged as a third party presidential
candidate at the farmer labor party
convention and politicial minorities
conference opening here tomorrow.
SEATTLE PIONEER DEAD
SEATTLE, July 2.—W. H. Hurber
79, of Seattle and the city's first chief
of police is dead.
DAUGHTER WOODROW WILSON
ENGAGES IN BUSINESS
NEW YORK, July 3.—Margaret, a
daughter of Woodrow Wilson, has
purchased an interest in an advertis
ing agency and began her new busi
ness career today.
NEW PREMIER OF ENGLAND
COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
Stanley Baldwin, former exchequer
in the Bonar Law cabinet, who has
been appointed Premier of England to
succeed Bonar Law, who resigned on
account of ill health.
FOREIGN SUGAR TRUST
is fimo By u. s,
MANUFACTURER
DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY AND
PRESENT HIGH PRICES ARE
LIKELY TO CONTINUE
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 3.—Su
gar prices which prevail at the pres
ent time are likely to continue until
the advent of the new crop of beet su
gar next September and November,
Stephen Love of Salt Lake City de
clared in his annual report as presi
dent of the U. S. Sugar Manufacturing
: association at its recent convention.
I ft is a case of a much larger de
mand than a supoly, according to Mr
l
Love and he declare 1 that from the
best figures available Americans dur
ing 1922 used fi'.e million tons or su
j gar. an increase of twenty per cent
over previous years.
Referring to the recent rise in su
gar prices Mr. Love said that the as
j sociation had canvassed the situation
i and had warned dealers and handlers
of sugar that a shortage is at hand. He
^ denied that the sugar manufacturers
j were responsible for the runaway
market as unfortunately nutty unin
■ formed people imagin-.
! Mr. Love declared tlia. tiie tariff,
j contiary to popular belief, had noth
! ing to do with tin present high prices
! of sugar.
TI MIS SPENT IN W.
On Board Harding’s Special—The
| two days spent by Harding in the Yel
lowstone National Park have had the
effect of making him a strong advo
cate of the proposal to add the Teton
mountain region to the park area.
SHOOTING SCRAPE OCCURS
IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
KETCHIKAN: Newt Casperson was
, shot three times and seriously wound
ed, and together with his partner,
| placed under arrest when Prohibition
agents raided his place. Casperson
threatened to kill the officers and shot
at them with a rifle. They retaliated
and got their man.
. , .
OLDTIMER DROWNED.
Sam Dunlap, an oldtimer at Camp
bell creek, near Anchorage is reported
to have been drowned in a recent
storm on the inlet. Parties searching
for him found cooking utensils and
parts of a camping outfit on the beach
but no trace of the corpse.
TOBTUBE OF 1EOU
Of J1PINESE REVEALED
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—Torture
of a United States ex-navy officer as
a spy, in Shanghai, was revealed here
i today in a report brought in to San
i Francisco and laid before the naval
| authorities by Lieut. Clarence G Gal
lagher of the naval reserves.
BOMSS FOUND IN TUNNEL
COBLENZ, Jul 3.—Two time bombs
were found at the entrance of the
Mayence tunnel this afternoon.
LAKE FILBERT IN PORT
The freighter Lake Filbert which
has been in port the past 24 hours
unloading cargo will leave for An
chorage from this port. The Filbert
brought 300 tons of freight.
HENDERSON CARRIES BIG CREW
The transport Henderson, which
sails for Seward Thursday, carries 19
officers and four hundred and sixty
men. Captain Allen Buchanan is in
command of the vessel.