I Hewsrd Estklg GEIIEUIEIY
VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 117
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1923
PRIO', TEN CENTS
PULP MILL FOR SEWARD ASSURED
NAVAL AVIATORS TO TRY FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE
NAVY PLUS TO FLY
TO NORTH POLE
IN DIRIGIBLE
POLE ONLY 1500 MILES NORTH
OF NOME AND NORWAY AN
EQUAL DISTANCE
WASHINGTON, May 5.—The non
stop flight of the monoplane T-2 from
New York to San Diego, lent new in
terest today to the navy’s plan foi
flying to the North Pole and around
the world. Rear Admiral William A
Moffett announced tonight that tenta
tive plans for a dirigible dash to the
North Pole had been agreed upon.
Moffat would establish dirigible
bases at Nome, the northern part oi
Greenland and Spitzbergen island
which is midway between the North
Pole and northern Norway.
The Pole is only 1500 miles north ol
Nome, and to reach it at sixty miles
an hour, the speed which the dirigible
ZR-1 will maintain, would require but
24 hours. In another 24 hours the
ZR-1 could land at a habitable port in
Norway.
ARCADE PARK PRESENTING
A FINISHED APPEARANCE
Arcade Park, on the waterfront ap
proach to the town, is presenting a
finished appearance, and will make
one of the handsomest spots in town
when completed. The tract has been
graded, and trees planted, and a con
crete abutment will be made at its
lower end. With the plot nicely seed
ed and a few benches scattered about
it will be a veritable haven of res*
for our townsmen.
TCHTER1N0PP0SEDT0
EXECUTION OP TIKHON
MOSCOW, May 5.—Foreign Minis
ter Tchterin is opposed to the death
sentence on former Patriarch Tikhon
on the grounds that such a step w'ould
result in a further boycott against
Russia.
DETROIT SOCIETY GIRL
DETROIT, May 5.—'Florence, n
daughter of John H. Avery, million
aire clubman, announced her mar
riage today to Francis Barrigad, hei
father’s gardener.
The announcement came as a shock
to Detroit’s exclusive social s«t, 01
which the girl was a member.
ROAD OFFICIALS COMING
Listed among those who will arrive
on the Victoria tomorrow will be J
B. Reher, who last year was ir
charge of the local operations of the
Bureau of Public Roads. Mr. Rehet
will this year have charge of the bu
reau’s work in this district. Foui
members of the bureau are accom
panying him to Seward.
STANDARD OIL STEAMER
WILL BE HERE NEAR FUTURE
A Standard Oil steamer is at Sitka
erecting large gas storage tanks and
will arrive in Seward as soon as this
job is completed to put up tanks here
according to information received b>
the Gateway.
TAXES MUST BE PAID
Curtis R- Morford, school tax col
lector, advises those who are delin
quent in making their payments thal
but little more time remains before
direct action will be taken to enforce
collection. He is willing, however, tc
allow those delinquent until next
Tuesday in which to make payment,
after which time he will take the
course prescribed by law.
PARIS, May 5.—Premier Poincare
today forwarder to Ambassador Jus
serand at Washington, a strong pro
test against the American Supreme
Court’s decision prohibiting liquor on
foreign vessels entering the United
States.
CHIEF OBJECTS OF TRIP NOT TO
' MAKE SPEECHES BUT TO
STUDY ALASKA
WASHINGTON, May 5.—President
Harding has under consideration
among other plans for his western
trip, a proposal advanced by Secre
tary Denby that he return from Alas
ka on a naval vessel by way of the
Panama Canal and Porto Rico.
In discussing with visitors his west
ern trip he has always made it plain
that its chief object was not the
speeches to be made in the west but
to study conditions in Alaska with a
view to remedying them.
LARGE LIST ON ALAMEDA
MANY PERSONS ON WAY TO
NORTHLAND
SEATTLE, May 5.—The steamship
Alameda sailed this morning with 336
passengers, including the following
for Seward: A. Johnson, Jack Foran,
I Hazel Brandon, Mrs. D. McGinnis,
, William Scaire and wife, Mrs. E. Ger
ney, R. E. Murphy and wife, Fred
Schich and wife, Mrs. E. H. Smith,
Mrs. Phil Reed, W. L. Keyser, L.
Dow, Master Schess, J. F. Keller, H.
! W. Miller, J. H. Lee, Mrs. C. Musser,
Mrs. B. H. Rhodes, Miss Thelma Ells
worth, H. C. Palmer, James Orr. H.
P. Odessey and wife, Thomas A. Tin
; dall, W. O. Manchester, Mrs. F. Boy
er, Henry Wagoner, B. B. Mozee, wife
Bonnie and Jennie Mozee, R. S. Day.
! Mrs. R. S. Day, Earl Friend, A. M.
i Treat, W. S. Lowen, L. A. Dauphiny,
O. B. Twedt, E. G. Wetzler, Mrs. U.
H. Dennie, William Kelbv, A. M.
Mellick, A. E. Ellis, J. Anderson, C.
Delhany, F. Alexander, G. Bales, R.
H. Dodson, J. Carmody, T. Henry, B.
Mason, C. Riswold, W. Davis, J. But
ler, J. H. Strom, J. D. Perry, Alex
Zeaholm, R. J. Wallace, Peter Nelson,
A. Enis, Mrs. C. Bounton, Louise Rus
sell, Carl Foozberg, A. Rible, and 33
steerage.
GARDEN SEEDS FREE
Postmaster W. E. Root advises Sew
ard gardeners that he has on hand a
number of packages of seeds, both
vegetable and flower, which he is
willing to give away to those calling
at the postoffice.
1 Capt. J. P. Hubrick, of big game
fame, recently returned from Roches
ter, N. Y., where he has spent the
winter in the Eastman Kodak fac
tory. Capt. Hubrick brought back
with him one of the latest color pho
tography cameras, and also permis
sion from the governmetn to visit the
seal islands and take pictures of seal
ing operations, a privilege never be
fore granted to a civilian.
Cordova is having a large number
of finely printed pamphlets printed
to be distributed among tourists this
summer. Editor Steel of the Cordova
Times is on the committee having the
matter in charge.
Henry Metzger, residing in the Fed
eral addition to Seward, is erecting
an addition to his home.
••NOCHWOOO 4 UNOia^OOC*. *.
THE REAL “HOME, SWEET HOME”—ITS CENTENARY THIS YEAR
This is the real “Home, Sweet Home,” the birthplace of John Howard
Payne, at Easthampton, L. I. On May 8, next Tuesday, the centeuar\ o!
the song will be celebrated—probablly by its being sung in conceits all
over the word—for it was just 100 years ago, that date, that the world
famous ballad was first sung in puli lie, in the second act of the opera
called “Clari.'or the Maid of Milan,” at Covent Garden Theatre, London.
The libretto was written by John Howard Payne and the music by Sir Henr>
Bishop, and although the opera soon died and was forgotten, the song bids
fair to last as long as the English language.
NATIONAL LUMBERMAN*3 ASSO
CIATION EXTENDS INVITA
TION TO VISIT CAMPS
WASHINGTON, May 5.—iTrident
Harding will become a lumberjack for
a day and night in a logging camp in
Washington on his trip to Alaska, il
he accepts the invitation extended by j
the National Lumber Manufacturing,
Association to spend a day in one of j
its large logging camps.
It is planned to show the President
logging operations from the tree Lo
the finished product.
FINED FIFTY MILLION
MARKS BLOWING SIREN
ESSEN, May 5.—Director Jeager of
the Heinrichschutte Iron Works was
convicted by court martial today of;
being responsible for blowing of sirens i
when French troops came to requisi- j
tion material at his plant. He was
fined fifty million marks with impris-;
onment until paid.
FL0ATIN6 CANNERY SAILS
SEATTLE, May 5.—The schooner
Azlea, equipped as a floating cannery,
sailed today for Bering Sea ports.
RUSSIAN MONASTERIES CLOSED
MOSCOW, May 5.—A Russian con
clave today resolved to close all mon-;
asteries not organized on a commune |
! basis.
DEMAND IMPEACHMENT
SUPREME JUSTICE TAFT
CHICAGO, May 5.—The National:
Executive Committe of the Socialist
party has adopted a resolution de
manding the impeachment of Supreme
Court Justice Taft because of his con
tinued acceptance of the Carnegie
Corporation annuity.
NEW YORK, May 5.—All sugar
prices dropped substantially today fol
lowing the development of a nation
wide boycott organized by house
wives. Raw sugar opened 15 cents
lower per hundred pounds.
METHODISTS REFUSE
HOUSE REMUS
BISHOP BLAKE
RESOLUTION PASSED RECALLING
CHURCH DELEGATION TO
MOSCOW
WICHITA, Kan., May 5.—A reso
lution recalling the Methodist Episco
pal delegation to Russia, and refusing
to accept the responsibility for the re
marks of Bishop Edgar Blake in a
speech to Soviet churchmen at Mos
cow, was adopted by the Board ol
Methodist Episcopal Bishops of which
Blake is a member. Blake is said tc
have made a speech strongly indors
ing Bolshevism.
ISABEL, Okla., May 5.—John W
Pope confessed today to the killing
of his estranged wife, their infam
daughter, and T. H. Hansell and wife
and a seven-year-old brother of tht
estranged wife. Pope said his 19-year
old son, John, aided him in the kill
ing of the family.
onus purmiNGs
At this time of the year last sea
son’s growth of grasses and light
brush is in an exceedingly dry state
and is therefore a menace. Quite re
cently Seward was twice threatened
with flames of destructive proper
lions. Scarcely had the second blaze
been quenched when another was no
ticed to spring up. The third occasion
was from children playing in the dry
grass and amusing themselves with
matches, one of which on being ig
nited set fire to the grass and but foi
the timely presence of fire department
members, the flames would havf
quickly spread to a number of dwell
ings. Parents should forbid theii
children from playing with matches
or burinng glasses.
SEATTLE, May 5.—A. E. Holland
52, millionaire druggist and timber
man of Sedro-Woolley, dangerously ill
of heart disease, today married Mrs
Charlotte Cross, 28, who has been act
ing as his housekeeper for a numbei
of years.
REFUSES ACCEPT
PARIS, May 4.—The French and
Belgian governments after an ex
change of informal views are unani
mously in favor of the rejection of the
new reparations proposals put forward
by Chancellor .Cuno of Germany.
BRITAIRI WILL GIVE UP
MESOPOTAMIA 1
FEW TEARS
PROTOCOL SIGNED TODAY IN.
VOLVES WITHDRAWAL OF
BRITISH DOMINION
LONDON, May 5.—Britain will quit
Mesopotamia in the course of several
years instead of twenty, as a result o
a protocol signed with King Fesal ol
Mesopotamia it was announced today
in the House of Commons, following
Asquith’s assertion that the Mesopo
tamia venture has cost the British
empire one hundred and fifty million
pounds, with but little remuneration
IMEEKER CONGnATULATtS
FLIERS ON NOVEL FEAT
SAN DIEGO, May 5.—Ezra Meekei
of Seattle, now 83, who is now in Ne\*
York, telegraphed Lieutenants Kell>
and Macready, the aviators who made
the non-stop flight from New York t.r
San Diego:
“Congratulations on your wonder lu
| flight just completed, which beats m\
time made 71 years ago by ox-team ai
two miles per hour. I was five months
on the way.”
BOSTON, May 4.—W. R. Dudley, ol
| Albany, N. Y., was arrested here to
day. He is said to be wanted for vio
j lation of the Mann Act at Spokane.
BERLIN, May 5.—During a debatt
in the Prussian parliament today So
cialist and Communist members earn*
to blows, two of the latter beinj
knocked down.
HARDING SAYS NATION MUST
STAND ALOOF NO LONGEF
WASHINGTON, May 5.—During j
cabinet meeting yesterday afternooi
President Harding again emphasizet
, his belief that the United States coule
no longer hold aloof from participat
| ing in world politics.
ARE ABOUT TO SPLI1
CHICAGO, May 5.—‘‘Boring from
within, the methods of the communisl
party and William Z. Foster’s trades
union educational league, control the
Chicago Federation of Labor to such
an extent that Gompers is about tc
wipe that organization from the slate
of organized labor bodies in America,’
it was announced here today.
CONGRESSMAN RAINEY
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
CHICAGO, May 5.—Congressman
John W. Rainey of the Fourth Illinois
Congressional division died of pneu
monia last night
Gust Peterson is adding a new con
Crete foundation to his home.
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OBJECTIONS RAISED BY BUREAU
OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SATIS
FACTORILY ADJUSTED
SEATTLE, May 5.—Frank L. Bil
laine, widely known in Alaska as one
of the owners of the Seward townsite
and identified with the interests of
that thriving community, writing
from New York to a friend in Seattle
today said: <‘A few corners remain to
be rounded up and the pulp mill deal
will be completed.”
The deal comprehends the installa
5on of a pulp mill and paper making
plant at Seward and the installation
of a gigantic hydro-electric plant on
Kenai lake to supply the necessary
power, involving an expenditure ot be
tween $6,000,000 and $8,000,000. The
j funds for the purpose have been ar
j ranged for and all is in readiness to
; start work.
This deal was practically completed
some months ago, but the United
States bureau ot' fisheries, at the last
moment, interposed objections to the
installation of the power plant on Ke
nai river, taking the position that the
| dams contemplated would prevent or
! at least interfere with salmon from
j Cook Inlet waters entering Kenai
lake.
Mr. Ballaine has been engaged on
this deal tor the past three years, and
at last has seen it completed. The
erection of such a plant will add from
300 to 700 population to Seward, it
is estimated.
Will IUHIHH
FACES KU KLUX M
ALBANY, N. Y., May i>. - -The \Yal
; ler Bill, designed to tear the mask
j from the faces of Ku Klux Klans in
| this state passed the assembly ‘h’3
j afternoon and now goes to Gove- lor
Smith for his signature.
ADRESTED AFTER 3 FEARS
! VANCOUVER, B. C., May 5.—Edwin
, P. Morse was arrested here today on
. a charge of embezzling $78,000 from
11 the International Trust Company of
1 Denver, three years ago, a' which
! time he was teller of the institution,
Morse protests his innocence of the
charge, declaring it is a Game-up.
HOWATT DENIED ADMISSION
ENTER CANADIAN PROVINCE
OTTAWA. May 5.—Alexander Ho
watt, deposed president of the Kan
sas district of the United Mine Work
ers was denied admission to enter
any of the provinces of Canada, Min
ister Mann announced today in par
liament.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
All persons must secure a permit to
burn rubbish in the city limits. All
permits must be secured from the
City Clerk and must be appproved by
the Fire Chief. This will be strictly
enforced.
| By Order of
J. H. WALKER,
! k!24 Fire Chief.
RED CROSS MEETING
The executive committee of the
Seward Chapter, American Red Cross
will meet in the Red Cross office
Monday evening at 7:30. Every mem
ber is earnestly requested to attend
as important business matters involv
ing expenditures will be discussed.
Promptness is desired.
ELWYN SWETMANN. Sec.