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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 171
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY. JULY 9, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
BODY OF WOO IS
FOUND TODAY IN
LAKE ERIE
ENDURANCE FLIGHT PROVES FA
TAL TO ONE OF THIRTEEN
ENTRANTS
PORT STANLEY, Ont., July 9.—
The body of Lieutenant L. Roth, who
with T. B. Bull were contestants in
the naval balloon A 6698, which I
was an entrant in the endurance
^"tlight, and dropped into Lake Erie,;
was tound this morning tour miles
southwest of here.
The balloon is the only one of 13
contestants which had not reported,
and army planes from Selfridge Field,
in Michigan, had been sent in search
of the missing ship.
LEGISLATORS BLAME ILLINOIS
OFFICIALS FOR HERRIN RIOTS
SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 9.—Legis
lative investigators prepared a report
on the Herrin mine killings and de
clared Adjutant General Chehalf of
the Illinois National Gukrd was pri
marily responsible for the deaths in
the Herrin riots due to his neglect to
send troops in. Condemnation was
also meted out to every state official
who had a hand in withholding the
troops.
NEW GOLF MARATHON RECORD
CLEVELAND, July 9.—Rudolph Su
pan, 21, established a marathon golf
reford of 257 holes. The old record
^.was 238. Supan started at 1 a. m.
and finished at dark.
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TARRYTON, N. V.. July 9—John
Rockefeller, Sr., celebrated his eighty
fourth birthday Sunday distributing
nickels to scores of children instead
of dimes as formerly. When asked
\ for an interview, he said: “I would
rather say less and do more.”
The steamer Alaska had 760 tons
of freight for Seward, 4S tons being
local.
Former Deputy l'. S. Marshal C. W.
Mossman and Mrs. Mossman, ol An
chorage, were outgoing passengers on
the steamship Alaska en route to the
States, where they will tour Washing
ington, Oregon, California and other
western states. Mr. Mossman stated
that while Outside he and his wife
* would visit Mr. F. R. Brenneman, at
Long Beach, Calif., and yould prob
ably return north in about three or
more months.
A number of soldiers from the local
barracks were passengers on today’s
train for Anchorage. Others will be
over on Saturday’s trai nto be sta
tioned here.
Mrs. Frank Morrison, an Anchorage
resident, left for her home today.
Mrs. Lloyd Hardy, who recently ar
rived from Nenana, is confined to her
bed at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Robert McIntosh with a severe case
of influenza. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy had
planned to leave for the states on the
steamship Alaska.
BERLIN GOVERNMENT AGREES
W1TH POPE ON USE OF FORCE
BERLIN, July 9—A semi-official
communique, announced that the nun
cio Pacelli had presented the Pope’s
A ' views on sabotage to the German gov
ernment and stated that the Berlin
government agreed with the Holy See
in condemning the use of force.
PRESIDENT STOPS AT ISLAND
TOWN OF METLAKAHTLA
On Board Transport, July 7.—The
President and Mrs. Harding made
their first landing on Alaska soil ai
Metlakahtla early Saturday, and re
sponding to the grievances of the na
tives promised to do all in their pow
er to furnish educational advantages
# and Christian influences.
A
GOVERNMENT WILL ENFORCE
THREE MILE LIQUOR LAWS
DES MOINES, July 9.—Senator Si
mon Fess in a speech before the
world’s Christian Endeavor Society
said that threemile liquor regulations
would be enforced by the Federal
government if it required all the
forces at its command.
CREW ON BRITISH CRUISER
LIKE AMERICA; THEY DESERT
PORTLAND, July 9.—Twenty-six
members of the crew of the British
cruiser Curlew at Portland are report
ed missing and the authorities are re
quested to pick them up as deserlers.
The Curlew^ is at Portland to meet the
President as a representative of the
British government.
WHIPPING BOSS OF TURPENTINE
CAMP GIVEN TWENTY YEARS
FOR BRUTAL KILLING
LAKE CITY, Fla., July 9.—Thomas
\Y. Higginbotham was found guilty of
second degree murder of Martin Tal
bert^ a North Dakota youth, and was
! sentenced to twenty years in prison.
Higginbotham was accused of causing
Tabcrt’s death by whipping while
Tabert was serving a term in a con
vict’s leased camp. The accused was
known as the “whipping boss.” He
was released on bail pending appeal.
This is the case which aroused uni
i versal indignation throughout the na
tion and caused legislative action to
abolish the system.
2500 WHIPPINS OCCUR IN
OKLAHOMA IN PAST YEAR
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 9.—Gov
ernor Walton issued a statement to
day declaring that 2500 whippings had
taken place in Oklahoma during the
past year. The statement followed
! the governor’s recent declaration of
i martial law as a result of the lawless
j ness.
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VENEZUELA GENERAL KILLED
CARACAS, Venezuela, July 9.—
i General John C. Gomez, vice presi
dent of the republic of Venezuela was
assassinated in bed last night accord
inig to an official bulletin. The gen
eral was brother to the president.
Deputy Marshal Dan Ross is visit
I ing in Anchorage over trains, having
left this morning. Mr. Ross is wait
| ing for the Starr to sail to the west
i ward.
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GOVERNMENT IV TIE
CONTROL COIIL INDUSTRY
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j WASHINGTON, July 9.—Govern
ment regulation was recommended
I last night in a preliminary report to
| congress on its investigation of the
! anthracite industry.
Sherman Duggan, district attorney
for the Third judicial di/ision, was a
passenger on the train for Anchorage
this morning. He expects to return
Wednesday evening.
U. S. Marshal Sullivan and wife
were outgoing passengers for An
chorage today.
J. J. Finnegan and wife and two
! children left for Anchorage today to
reside. Mr. Finnegan plans to make
a short business trip to the States in
j a few weeks. ty
Radio Operator Horn, of the good
] ship Starr, left this morning for a
j visit to Anchorage. He will return on
| Wednesday’s train.
SCHOONER FRED J. WOOD
SAILS WITH NOME COLONY
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.—The
- four-masted schooner Fred J. Wood
- with Capt. Nicholas Borgeson in com
- mand, carrying the A. H. Moore party
> of gold seekers, sailed for Nome early
Saturday afternoon.
RARE ENGRAVING OF MISS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTED
TO THE RED CROSS
Above is shown a reproduction of a very rare old engraving ot Flor
ence Nightingale, founder of the Red Cross, which has been presented to
the American Red Cross Nursing Service by Mrs. August Belmont. The
engraving depicts Miss Nightingale seated on a piazza in Scutari, while
beyond the Straits the domes of Constantinople loom. It was for her
nursing service here that the title, “Angel ol the Crimea” was won.
R. A. Pope Describes
Alaska Communications Co.
Mr. R. A. Pope, head of the Alaska |
Communications, a corporation de-;
signed to take over the radio and tel-1
ephonic communications in Alaska,
arrived on Saturday’s boat and lett to
day for a trip to the Interior. In an
interview with a representative of the
Gateway, Mr. Pope said:
“My motive in establishing a radio
telephone and telegraphic service
throughout Alaska is a disinterested
one, financially. I love Alaska and
wish to spend the greater part of my
time here, and to further my project
have laid aside the majority of my
mining plans this year, and am devot
ing practically all my time to com
pleting this Alaska Communications
service. My motive may be express
ed in one sentence, ‘Wliat can I do for
Alaska ” I feel that the most impor
tant asset for Alaska is communica
tion—telephone and telegraph. So
many enterprises are jeopardized by
lack of men, lack of supplies and lack
of communication at a critical time;
and when an enterprise fails it hurts
Alaska. I could have saved thousands
of dollars in my mining camp alone if
I could have had instant communica
tion with Seward. We are going to
make it possible for eyery hamlet,
camp and town in Alaska to be in in
stant communication with important
centers here in the Territory and
with the outside cheaply and effi
ciently. We believe the enterprise
will pay for itself in the future and
ultimately will pay dividends and
make itself self-supporting.
We expect to have our first Wash
ington station completed before fall?
the location having already been de
cided upon.
“In saying we will improve the ser
vice and reduce the rates, we do not
wish to underrate or disparage the
great service rendered by the Armb
and Navy for Alaska—but governmen i
tal service has different objective and
a different viewpoint than commercial
service. A governmental service can
not secure pa appropriation at once—
in fact a great passage of time often
elapses—for improvement4!, thus hin
dering tfi^ advancement.
“The greatest drawback to govern
ment telegraphic service is the pri
ority given government business over
commercial business.”
“A tariff agreement has been made
with the Western Union Telegraph
Company which will do much toward
the rapid relaying of messages thru
the United Stales and Europe. Offices
of the Alaskan service will be contig
out to Western Union, offices. This
will especially expedite the sending ot
messages destined for points thruout
this country and abroad.
"In regard to news our idea there
is to handle press service at cost, be
lieving that the maximum amount of
news can be interchanged between
Alaska and the states and will in
crease the Alaska Communication’s
service, and thus thru this increas
ed volume a satisfactory dividend for
the investors will ultimately be man*,
certain.
“Some of he leading and most im
portant bustness men of Alaska and
the Northwest, at my solicitation,
have instituted comprehensive inves
tigations and vriii in the n**ar future
make a import Indoisiur the needs of
service f; m a c* ■> n . * • n . 1 and in
dependent point of view. Another ob
jective the have is after proving the
competency of the company to render
service on a sound business basis, is
to give the investors a chance to
participate in the earnings; but only
after the directors have proved their
competency to render the high qual
ity of service they have set us a stan
dard and proven that the financial
soundness of the undertaking.
“By such co-operative participation
we beiieve the company will auto
matically and substantially reduce the
rates and increase the business. The
company plans to establish a 24-hour
watch in all principal stations—an
improvement over the 8-hour watch
which has proved a handicap, not only
to the steamship compaines, but tc
tourists, hotel managements, in fact,
to all transient people traveling thru
out the Territory or to the States.
One of the most important results
of the kind of service we hope to
establish will be the reduction of the
cost of mining. Every time the min
ng costs are reduced more mines
will be investigated and operated.
This will be affected in part by the
elimination of an enormous part of
time spent in attending the arrival of
trains or boats, which will be obviat
ed by an exact knowledge of all trans
portation carriers. This knowledge
will ultimately be available to every
town, hamlet, camp, and fox farm in
this great northern empire. Not only
knowledge, but pleasure will be dis
seminated—all the news and programs
and musical concerts of the States
will be possible as a large broadcast
ing station will be installed.
In order to realize the ideals of
service it will be necesasn for the
Alaskan Communication to have the
co-operation and sympathy of all true
Alaskans and it will reciprocate in
every way to the fullest of it3 ability.
“The initial installation will have a
capacity of 100,000 words per day and
the capacity will be increased as busi
ness warrants, everything equipped to
do business in the most modern and
thorough way.”
ONLY SIX BUILDING REMAIN
UNBURNED IN GOLDFIELD
TONOPAH, Nev. July 9.—Only six
building in the city of Goldfield re
main unburned. V. D. McArthur died
of heart failure while carrying out
furniture and a woman is missing.
Goldfield’s fire chief declared that the
fire was of incendiary origin and was
the result of a bootleggers' feud. The
fire was extinguished late Saturday!
afternoon.
Goldfield’s population had shrunk
from over 20,000 in 1912 to less than
500 persons.
TURKS IIP GREEKS 10
TRY TO LAND REGIMENT
SOFIA, July 9.—A report l'rom the
Turkish war department says that
the Greeks attempted to land a regi
ment at Karaburum, near the Darda
nelles and wen? severely repulsed by
the Turks, after many casualties on
both sides. A Turkish torpedo boat
sank a Greek ship with mjfny drown
ed. The fighting occurred Wednesday
night of last week but was net re
ported until today.
ELEVEN THOUSAND ALIENS
AWAIT ADMISSION TO U. S.
NEW YORK July 9.—Eleven thou
sand immigrants from 42 countries on
34 different steamships are waiting in
the bay for quarantine and admittance
into the United States. Many will be
disappointed as several quotas are al
ready full. More liners are racing
across the Atlantic carrying thous
ands who will be refused admission'
because the quotas are already full.
INCE ENTERS YACHT IN RACE
LOS ANGELES, July 9.—Thos. H.
Ince, movie producer, entered the 80
foot schooner Edris in the Santa
Barbara-Honolulu race.
CANAL TRAFFIC HEAVY
PANAMA, July 9—Commercial traf
fic through the canal during the fiscal
year ending June 30, showred an in
crease in tolls of more than 50 per
cent over any preceding year. Three
thousand nine hundred and seventy
six vessels used the waterways, pay
ing more than $17,000^000 in tolls.
WILL DETERMINE IF ICE AGE
IS CREEPING OVER WORLD
SYDNEY, July 9.—Captain Donald ,
B. MacMillan, explorer, is ready to,
cast off with the steamer Bowdoin for J
another cruise to the Arctic regions
to determine whether there is the be
ginning of another ice age.
THREE THOUSAND ENTER
NEW YORK, July 9.—More than
3000 immigrants were examined and
allowed to enter the United States to
day. Nine thousand remain to be ex
amined and thousands will be sent
back. The Asiatic and African quo
tas are filled.
WILL HUSHES 1
SUM FOH V. HI. C. A.
NEW YORK, July 9.—Mrs. Edward
Townsend, Y. W. C. A. business head,
announced that Will Hays had raised
$120,000 from leading motion picture
producers to enlarge the Hollywood
Y. W. C. A., which this summer will
care for thousands of film-struck girls
who will wait in the Y. W. C. A. for
money to carry them home.
MANY GERMANS SUICIDE
BERLIN, July 9.—Fifty-three sui
cides in the past eight days are re
ported.
TO RATIFY WORLD COURT
DES MOINES, la., July 9.—Senator
Fess said he would seek to have the
next senate ratify the world court.
HARDING PARTY WILL
REACH JUNEAU AT
10 TOMORROW
KETCHIKAN WOMEN PRESENT
MRS. HARDING WITH GOLD
NUGGET LOCKET
WRANGELL, Alaska, July 7.—Pres
ident Harding and his party, aboard
the transport Henderson, arrived here
this morning. They will arrive at
Juneau at 10 o’clock tomorrow morn
ing. The party is somewhat behind
its itinerary owing to the long stop at
Ketchikan.
BRYAN SAYS GOV. SMITH
WILL NOT BE NOMINATED
LINCOLN Neb., July 9.—William
J. Bryan, replying to questions today
said: “I have not discussed the rela
tive merits of the available candi
dates for the Presidency, but he said
Governor Smith would not be avail
able because of his betrayal of his
trust in his recent liquor decision.
AMICABLE SOLUTION REACHED
BY LEAGUE NATIONS COUNCIL
GENEVA, July 9.—A conciliatory
I spirit led to an amicable solution of
the Saar controversy, when the Lea
gue of Nations council in a resolution
approved of the work of the govern
ing commission and hoped the French
I garrison would soon be withdrawn
! and replaced by local troops.
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MILL-WORKERS CONVICTED OF
VIOLATING SHERMAN ACT
CHICAGO, July 9.—Ten Chicago
millworking concerns, eleven officers
thereof and fifteen members of the
Carpenters and Joiners Union of
America, and five members of the
Carpenters’ Contractors Association
were convicted today of violating the
Sherman anti-trust act. The defen
dants conspired to restrict sale in the
city of mill work manufactured out
side of the city.
FIFTEEN SHOTS FID
HIGHLANDS, N. J., July 9.—Fifteen
shots were fired from the coast guard
cutter at a rum runner last night, aft
er her crew had been aboard a French
ship.
ENGINEERS SAY DAMAGE TO
LEVIATHAN CAUSED DOCKING
j NEW YORK, July 9.—F. H. Gibbs,
i of Gibbs Bros., who prepared the Le
; viathan for service as an American
passenger boat, said that damage to
the vessel, originally supposed to
have been the result of German sa
botage, had been found to have been
the result of an accident in docking
the vessel on her last trip to this
country under the German naval flag.
His statement was met with a vigor
ous denial by naval officers who gave
a long list of specific damage to the
engines including cracked cylinders,
holes bored in piping, etc.
TEXAS NEGRO LYNCHED
AUSTIN, Tex, July 9.—Jesse Bul
tin 20, a negro suspect, accused of
assaulting a 13-year old white girl,
was taken from the city jail by a
mob and hanged to a tree in the city
hall yard.
Lt. Wm. Hutt came over to Seward
on Saturday night’s train to meet
relatives. He returned to Anchorage
this morning:.
E. A. Rasmussen, connected with
The Bank of Alaska, left on the
train today for his home.
Nellie Neal^ a well known oldtimer
who arrived in Seward on the Alaska
after a trip of several months through
the East and South, left on today’s
train for Curry and Fairbanks, where
she will transact business, returning
to Seward in a very short time to en
gage in business here. While Out
side she secured two thoroughbred
fox terries which will be used as bear
dogs.