U. S. S. BEAVER
of sub Divisions
SUBMARINES ACCOMPANY FLAG
SHIP AND WILL GIVE DIVING
EXHIBITIONS TOMORROW
The flagship U. S. S. Beaver, of the
Pacific submarine division, with the
submarines S-31, S-32 and S-36 ar
rived iu port yesterday morning from
the wetsward and are lying at the
dock, while a large part of their offi
cers and crew make a trip over the
scenic railway to Anchorage. These
vessels have a fine looking bunch of
young men aboard, and that they fire
enjoying their Alaskan trip immense
ly is evidenced by their demeanor.
The squadron is in command of
Captain Amon Bronson, U. S. Navy,
who announced that in order that the
citizens of Seward may witness the
diving of a modern submarine, the U.
S. S. S-36, Lieut. L. O. Alvord, U.
S. Navy, commanding, will make an
exhibition dive at 2:30 p. m., Tuesday,
July 31. In order that all may see
the submarine will dive close aboard
the government dock.
The Beaver has a good band aboard
which entertained our citizens with a
fine concert yesterday at 12 o’clock,
and the ship also has a good baseball
team. An effort will be made by the
local team to get a game before the
fleet leaves port.
The personnel of the U. S. S. Bea
ver and the acocmpanying subma
rines is as follows:
Staff—Amon Bronson, captain; H.
R. Hein, lieutenant commander; A C
Bennett, lieutenant commander.
U. S. S. Beaver—R. L. Stover, lieu
tenanL commander; F. S. Steinwachs,
lieutenant commander; J. F. Bates,
lieutenant; C. Castelloe, Lieut. (M.
C.);\V. T. Davidson, Lieut. (D. C.);
H. S. Jones, Lieut; H. \Y. Stratton,
Lieut.; H. P. Tichenor, Lieut. (S. C.);
A. V. Watson, Lieut.; C. Morrison,
Lieut.; A. Stuart, Lieut.; (CHC); Har
old F. MacHugh, Lieut.; G. H. Crofut,
Lieut. (SC); H. I). Murphy, Lieut.;
G. C. Martin, C. Mach.; R. Semple,
C. Gunner; W. Tavenner, C. Carpt.;
H. F. Rung, Mach.; W. Murray, Boat
swain; 0. E. Dannegger, Gunner; A.
J. Gibson, Gunner; R. A. Littmann,
Gunner; R. M. McClintock, Pay Clerk;
C. V. Freeland, Pay Clerk.
U. S. S. S-31—Heard, William A.,
Lieut.; Norton, S. C., Lieut.; Hast
ings, W. R., Lieut.; J. H. Dorsey, En
sign.
U. S. S. S-32—Hazlett, E. E. Jr.,
Lieut.; Oeser, R., Lieut.; Scott, A. G.,
Lieut.; Day, D. £., Lieut.
U. S. S. S-36—Alford, L. O., Lieut.;
Worden, F. L., Lieut.; Fowler, A. B.,
Ensign; Tellman, H. A., Ensign.
The Beaver carries about 350 men
and each submarine carries forty
men.
REV. J. F. CHI
PIONEER OF II
VISITS IN SEWARD
IN SERVICE IS MISSIONARY ON
LOWER YUKON, FOR THIRTY
THREE YEARS
Rev. John W. Chapman, his wife
and daughter, accompanied by Miss
B. Lucas, arrived on the steamship
Alaska, and spent the Sabbath in
Seward, leaving on today’s train on
his long journey to Anvik, an Episco
pal mission on the Yukon river, some
45 miles above Holy Cross. Rev.
Chapman has been stationed at Anvik
since 1887, or about 36 years.
Rev. Chapman is taking in a new
sawmill with him to replace the one
in use the past quarter of a centur>,
a caterpillar tractor, to be used in
hauling logs from the timber to the
sawmill, and a complete highpower,
continuous wave, receiving and trans
mitting radio set, the latter a donation
from admirers of his great work on
the Yukon.
Anvik, a community of about 150
Indians and whites, was the first
Episcopal mission to be established in
Alaska, and owing to it entering the
field before contact with the whites
destroyed the Indian’s individuality
and morals, it has been one of the
most successful. A boarding and day
school are maintained Jit present,
with twenty scholars. The buildings
are the usual mission equipment of
schurch, dwelling houses, boarding
schools for girls and boys, hospital,
sawmill and carpenter and black
smith shops. Capt. John B. Bentley,
an officer in the field artillery, over
seas, is assisting Rev. Chapman, as
artificer, and Mrs. Bentley is with
him. Capt. Bentley has charge of the
sawmill and is a capable and re
sourceful man. The assists are Miss
Marguerite Bartberger, house mother
for the girls, of Calvary church, Pitts
burgh; Miss Susan E. Smith of North
Carolina, teacher; Miss B. Lucas, and
Rev. J. W. Chapman and family.
Rev. Chapman states that the na
tives under his charge are a clean,
Christian-like race, who do not know
the taste of liquor, and who have in
the past thirty-six years radically
changed their manner of living. In the
old days they lived by hunting and
fishing, and dwelt in unsanitary huts
and holes In the ground; whereas now
they have comfortable, well furnished
log cabins, and sanitary surroundings.
Most of them are provided with good
ranges, heaters and gasoline and ker
osene lamps and sewing machine, the
women being very adept at sewing.
The men have abandoned their ca
noes and now use gas boats, at which
they are very expert in handling.
The Indians are very helpful about
the mission, being employed in log
ging, helping in the sawmill, and to
erect buildings and boats. English Is
generally spoken, but at the same time
they have not abandoned the use of
their original language, which is a
type of pure Athabascan, having its
origin in the same stock as that used
by all Indians on the Porcupine,
Peace, Mackenzie, and Saskatchewan
rivers, and on Hudson’s Bay, until
the Eskimo tribes are reached on the
coast. No explanation can be made
as to how this tribe has a language
of the same stock as these far east
ern Indians, but Rev. Chapman is the
author of several works on Indian
languages and ethnology, some of
which are accepted as authority.
The work of the mission this year
will consist of replacing the machin
ery in the sawmill, erecting many
new buildings. Logging operations'
will extend a mile or so back from the
river, as the best timber has been cut
off on the banks by steamboat com
panies.
The Indians at Anyik have met
with great success in reindeer breed
ing, and are a wealthy, healthy and
contented lot.
T. W. HAWK!
A. B. BALL FOR S3 IBS
T. \V. Hawkins today purchased the
property upon which A. B. hall is
located for the sum of $3,000 cash.
The lodge had disbanded and rather
than keep the property up, the trus
tees auctioned It off to the highest
bidder.
It is not known what disposition of
the property will be made by Mr.
Hawkins, but it is recognized as a
good buy at the price.
DELEGATHE SUTHERLAND, SEN.
JONES AND CON. HADLEY
MEMBERS OF PARTY
The U. S. coast guard cutter Unal
ga arrived in port this morning from
the westward, having cruised as far
west as the Pribilofs and in the vicin
ity of the Bristol Bay district. The
Unalga has been conveying Fisheries
Commissioner O’Malley, Delegate Dan
Sutherland, Senator and Mrs. W. L.
Jones, Congressman and Mrs. Lindley
H. Hadley to the far west, where the
party has made a thorough investiga
tion of fisheries conditions and the ef
fects of the reserve system on the
conservation of the fish.
The party will remain here until to
mororw morning, when they will en
train for Fairbanks, making the trip
out to Cordova by way of the Richard
son road.
NELLIE NEAL BUYS
FAMOUS HOSTELRY
IT ROOSEVELT
WILL MAKE PARK, DANCING PA
VILION AND ARRANGE FOR
CARE OF TOURISTS
Nellie Neal, former proprietress of
the famous roadhouse at Deadhorse
Hill, and known in every camp in the
Territory, yesterday completed a deal
for the Roberts roadhouse, at Roose
velt, Mile 23, on Lake Kenai. She
will make extensive improvements in
the property, making a nice park, a
dancing pavilion, and placing boats on
the lake for the convenience of tour
ists and others. Mrs. Neal will catei
especially to those desiring a good
place to spend a vacation, having fur
nished cabins for rent, or providing
first class board for those who desire
an easy time. The Kenai Lake dis
trict is a hunters’ and fisherman’s
paradise, and Miss Neal has long rec
ognized its importance as a summer
resort.
Mrs. Neal left this morning for
Curry and will return Saturday to
Mile 23 and take possession at once.
Mrs. Roberts, who has owned the
property for many years, has not yet
decided what she will do, but it is
stated she will take a trip to the
States before deciding.
John Noon, a former member of the
firm of Brosius & Noon, of this city,
who left for Portland about three
years ago, died last week in the Rose
City, his body being cremated. Ac
cording to Mr. Noon’s last wishes his
ashes will be brought north and scat
tered over Resurrection Bay, where he
resided for many years.
Mr. Noon since his departure from
Seward, had been in the grocery bus
iness in Portland. A year or so aF'1
one of his limbs became infected with
tuberculosis, and was amputated at
the knee. It was reported later that
his other leg became affected and he
was in a hospital, following amputa
tion of this member, at the time of
his death.
Mr. Noon was identified with the
upbuilding of Alaska for many years.
At one time he was a member of the
Territorial legislature, and filled many
other positions.
John Noon was about 65 years of
age. He was born In a little placer
camp in California, and came to Alas
ka in 1896. Mr. Noon had lived in
Seward since the town first started, in
1903.
HELD FOR NEARLY YEAR BY THE
SOVIET AUTHORITIES AT
EAST CAPE, SIBERIA
NOME, August 2—The schooner
Silver Wave arrived here after being
held by the Soviet authorities at East
Cape since last fall.
Captain Hammer reported that all
the property of the Olaf Swenson com
pany in Siberia had been confiscated,
on the grounds that Swenson was n^
acting in good faith with the Sovi^"
government. Hammer said the Schoon
er Blue Sea was confiscated, and is
being used as a Red transport.
He said that during the winter one
hundred men were killed within a rad
ius of a few miles of his ship by the
Reds. Mrs. Hammer’s hair turned
gray, as a result of the terrible ordeals
she witnessed.
A. D. Acquesto, of Nushagak, ar
rived on the Starr.
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