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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 150 ^
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
CHARLES MORRIS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY UPON
ADVERSE ORDER COURT
loses nerve when jailer
STARK SERVES EXTRADITION
PAPERS — WILL LEAVE FOR
B. C. PRISON WITHIN FORTNITE
3AKER AND SOWASH TO HANG
3lucky Jailer Thought His Man Was
Going to Pass Out When He Ap
proached Him with the Recent De
cision of Circuit Court of S. F.
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SEATTLE. Wn., June 25.—(£>)—
Charles Morris was taken into cus
tody yesterday here, within forty
right hours after the adverse decis
ion of the United States Circuit
Court in San Francisco.
He will be taken from Seattle to
Dakalla prison, Vancouver, B. C., to
await trial for the alleged murder of
the Gillises, of the Byrle G.
He appeared to have lost his
nerve at last, Jailer Stark said, and
» added, “I’ve seen many a man get
he death sentence, but I never in
my entire career, saw a man hit
larder than Morris, when I told
•aim he had to go with me. The
:olor went completely out of his
’ace, his knees swayed and shook
.ike the leaves of an aspen tree.
He gulped for air as though he was
ihoking, and I thought for a time
.hat he was going to pass out.”
Morris Be Tried October.
VICTORIA, B. C., June 25— (£>)—
jl The Crown nn:>ju~^d today that it
won’t try Charles Morris until Octo-;
her some time.
It was also stated that Baker
and Sowash, who were convicted of
being implicated in the murder, were
sentenced to hang by the rope on
September 4.
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Haida Arrives Cordova
with Sick Commander;
Will Wait for Sen. Dill
MANY SEALS PASSED NEAR KO-!
DIAK ISLAND, WHICH INDI
CATES A LATE SEASON AT THE
PRIBILOF ISLANDS.
CORDOVA, Alaska, June 25. (>P)—
The Coast Guard Cutter Haida arriv
ed here today, making the cruise
from Dutch Harbor in seventy-five
hours, with Lieutenant-Cammander
W. K. Scammell. He was material
ly improved. The Haida will wait
here until tomorrow for Senator
Dill, who arrives on the Yukon from
Seattle, and will take him to the
Pribilofs.
Many seals were passed en route
near Kodiak, indicating late arrival
% of the animals at the Pribilofs.
CHARLES W06ERG
NOW IS DEPUTY
MARSHAL AT UNGA
Charles Woberg, former jailer at
Unga, has been appointed as depu
ty marshal, pro tem, releiving W. C.
Snook, according to Seward arriv
als yesterday. Snook was deputy
marshal at Unga for the last four
years. He is remaining at Unga tem
porarily, it is stated.
E. E. Armstrong, construction en
gineer for the Atlantic and Pacific
Products Co., who are constructing
a cannery at Naknek, was an arrival
on the steamer Starr yesterday.
Oranges require no cultivation in
Paraguay.
The birthrate of the United States
Is decreasing.
Mosquitoes dislike the scent of eu
calyptus.
FUR BUYER RETURNS
H. D. Wandling, fur buyer and
former proprietor of the Seward Fur
Store, returned to town yesterday on
the Starr. Mr. Wandling has been
away to the Westward on a l'ur
buying trip for the last two months.
The trip was not as successful as
was anticipated, ill heaLth being en
countered by Mr. Wandling par: of
the time.
T. H. Watson, government teacher
from Kulukak, was a Seward pas
senger on the Steamer Starr, which
arrived in port yesterday.
English Foreign Secy.
Favors Further Slash
In Arms Land Forces
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BUT BELIEVES THAT THE UNI
TED STATES SHOULD TAKE
THE INITIATIVE IN BRINGING
ANOTHER ARMS CONFERENCE
ABOUT.
LONDON, June 25.—(JP)—Foreign
Secretary Chamberlain told the
House of Commons last night during
a debate on the security pact, that
Great Britain would join the other
great powers for further limitation
of armaments and reducing the land
forces. It was intimated that the
initiative for a naval conference
should come from the United States.
Errors Found In Books
Of Pinta Bay Mining Co.
'TACOMA, Wn„ June 25.—(IP)—
George Bush, who audited the books
for the Pinta Bay Mining company,
upon cross examination yesterday at
the trial of Fremont Campbell, for
mer secretary and treasurer who is
charged with embezzlement of $6800,
said that the audit of the books con
tained errors, $1100 being charged
to Campbell, but omitted from the
total as shown by the audit.
Guides Back From
Wetward Hunting
Back from guiding a hunting par
ty to the Westward, three guides,
hunters and trappers, A1 Peel, Andy
Simons and Frank Revelle, returned !
to Seward yesterday on the Starr.!
The sportsmen who engaged the j
well known guides took passage
south to the States on one of the
Alaska Packers large vessels. It
is reported the party bagged seven
bears, one of which measured 16
feet tip to tip.
B. OF P. OFFICIALS
TO VISIT IN SEWARD
On a tour of inspection of road
propects under way in the Terri
tory by the Bureau of Public Roads
department, J. A. Elliott, in charge of
ihe forest road work in the United
States and Alaska, and M. D. Will
iams, assistant district engineer from -
the Juneau office, will be passengers
on the steamer Alaska sailing north
from Seattle July 7. Mr. Reher,
highway engineer in charge of this
district for the department, received
a telegram a few days ago announc
ing the proposed visit of the officials.
Baseball Players Are
Rounding Into Shape;
Practice Each Night;
A snappy baseball practice took
place last evening at the ball grounds
with a large number of aspirants
jo the city teams, also many fans <
Dn hand to watch the players do
their stuff. Practice will be held
svery night from this time forth and :
teams wil be selected possible this 1
week. i
REVOLUTIONARY FORCES
TO FORM A MILITARY
GOVERNMENT, GREECE
SALONKI GARRISON DEMAND IM
MEDIATE RESIGNATION OF THE
PREMIER — ORDERS THAT NO
BLOODSHED OCCUR IN TRANS
FORMATION.
SALONKI, June 25.—(£>)—The
i newspaper Independent announced
that the Salonki garrison has de
manded the immediate resignation of
Premier Michalakoaaoulos, for inef
ficiency and for the purpose of form
ing a military government under
General Pangalos. The revolution
ary forces occupied all public build
ings and railway stations here to
day, and issued a proclamation
which was telegraphed to Admiral
Goundouriotis, provisional president
of the Greek Republic that “we pro
claim to overthrow the present gov
ernment and will hold the cabinet
responsible for any bloodshed.”
A military communique said that
the revolutionary government had con
trol thruout Greece and that the
Greek fleet, under command of Ad
miral Hadjikiakos, former minister
of marine, hat! joined the revolution
Cabinet Resigns
LONDON, June 25.—(/P)—An agen
cy dispatch received here said that
the Greek cabinet, headed by Mich
'alakopoalis has resigned.
Reorganization of
Indian Bureau Causes
294 To Lose Jobs
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—
UP)—Two hundred and ninety-four
employes, in the field service of the
Indian bureau, including somebody
in nearly every agency will lose
their iob on July 1, under the sweep
ing reorganization of that department.
It was announced thta the pay
roll will be reduced to $228,000,
leaving 4,932 persons on the pay
rolls.
Large Radio Equipment
Behind—Wilbur Says,
Take It Or Leave It
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25 —
(JP)—Complication over the radio
equipment carried by Explorer Mac
Millan’s expedition, which for a
time threatened termination of the
trip if it was not adjusted at Syd
ney, Nova Scotia. This report was
given by Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur thru an ultimatum served
on MacMillan that the standard long
wave of the Navy’s radio equipment
which had been left behind, be tak
en or the Navy section be returned
to Washington. The Washington
Geographical later explained that the
Navy equipment had been forgotten
by the expedition.
SIMS AND CARLSON
LOW BIDDERS, ARE
AWARDED CONTRACT
The contracting firm of Sims and
Carlson were the successful bidders
for the construction of the Kenai
Seward branch road project, accord
ing to J. B. Reher, highway engineer
in charge of the Bureau of Jublic
Roads work in this district, and who
returned to Seward the first of the
iveek from a trip of inspection to
road projects under way in the Cor
lova district. It is expected offi
cials of the contracting company
vill arrive in Seward on the next
steamer from Seattle. Work on the
wanch road, should start immediate
y upon their arrival.
YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL
COAST—
Salt Lake 10, Frisco 9.
Vernon 3, Portland 6.
Oakland 2, Seattle 9.
Sacramento 13, Los Angeles 6.
AMERICAN—
Phila. 5, Boston 4.
Washington 3, New York 5.
No other games.
NATIONAL—
St. Louis 11, 6, Pittsburgh 3, 7.
New York 8, 1, Brooklyn 3, 9.
Chicago-Cincinnati, rain.
Boston 1, Phila. 10.
Fleet Corporation Had
Too Much Money To
Make Good Showing
PALMER ADVOCATES A STEADY
TRANSFER OF SHIPS TO PRI
VATE OWNERSHIP — SHOULD
MAINTAIN LINES UNATTRAC
TIVE TO PRIVATE CAPITAL.
SEATTLE, Wn., June 25.—(JP)—
Leigh C. Palmer told the National
Foreign Trade Council that when he
became president of the United
States Fleet Corporation, he found
it suffering from too much easy
money. “Instead of getting down to
real business, and trying to come
somewhere near living within its
income, it was depending unduly
upon the National Treasury.”
He said that the appropriation,
which was cut this year to $30,000,
000 from $43,000,000 as in the pre
vious budget will be $24,000,000 for
the fiscal year begiaiiing next month;
$18,000,000 the following fiscal year,
and “we will continue the policy of
reducing operating losses with im
provement in service, while the
country is endeavoring to arrive at
a constructive policy in the matter
of merchant marine as a whole.”
He also said that the “country
faces three possibilities in respect
ing the merchant marine in the for
eign trade, namely, first: The con
I tinual Government operations costing
[about $40,000,000 annually, and
third, the gradual, but certain dis
appearance of our flag from interna
tional trade route, and the return to
pre-war vessels.”
He advocated a steady transfer of
vessels to private ownership, with
the Government continuing to operate
lines as an essential interest, but
unattractive to private capital..
Famous Old Timer
Spends Few Hours
Seward; On Way Out
Gordon Betties, one of the last
of the thirty real oldtimers of the
Territory, accompanied by his friend,
H. Downey, passed thru Seward to
day on his way -to Seattle on - the
Steamer Santa Ana. Mr. Betties
is one of the best known early-day
operators of the country and has
splendid looking ground inthe Kusko
kwim district.
Roy Cooper Back In
Mining Game Cache Ck.
Roy Cooper, a brother to Charley
Cooper, departed from Seward the
first of the week for Talkeetna from
which point he will go into the
Cache Creek district and work the
ground he recently purchased. Roy
Cooper, well known in Seward and
other portions of the Territory, has
been in Seattle for a number of 1
years, in business under the firm
name of Cooper & Levy. Following '
an automobile accident, Mr. Cooper <
decided to dispose of his business <
and re-enter the mining game, prin- i
cipally on account of his health.
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LONDONER BACK FROM
TRIP WITH NEWS THAT
IS MOST ENCOURAGING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS READY
IN ENGLAND TO BE SPENT IN
LEGITIMATE MINING ENTER
PRISES IN ALASKA.
SAILING FOR SEWARD SATURDAY
Will Invade Fairbanks District with
Survey Party and Spend Three
Months On Report to Encourage
English Capital.
SEATTLE, Wn., June 25.—(lP)—
Walter N. Whitworth arrived here
yesterday from London where he rep
resented himself thru a commission
ed report on the opportunities of
investment in Alaska for English
capitalists. He said that “almost un
limited amounts of English capital
was available immediately on en
terprises guaranteeing a fair return
of money. On my recommendations,
a great deal of money will be sent
to Seattle and points of Alaska, and
if my investigations prove that the
propositions are safe and of a con
servative nature, I am convinced
that Seattle will soon be one of the
wonder cities of the world, with a
population rivaling that of Chicago
and New York.
“Seattle is the Gateway to Alas
ka and the Orient, and the develop
ment of Alaska will develop Seat
tle.
“A number of English millionaires
are ready to help in the develop
ment of Alaska, but their investments
must be safeguarded and protected
by the laws of the land. There are
vast fields in the territory ahead of
those who desire to make money by
opening up Alaska ground which has
hardly been scratched. Especially
in the mining field of tno great ter
ritory, I intend to s,pend more than
three months surveying the various
dietricts, especially in and around
Fairbanks.”
He added that millions of dollars
for Alaska “could be sent to the dis
trict where development is contem
plated within three months after L
return to London.”
He announced that he will sail
Saturday for Seward and proceed to
Fairbanks.
FOUR MINERS TRAPPED
IN AJAX MINE, BURKE
HOPE ABANDONED IN BRINGING
ALL FOUR TO THE SURFACE
ALIVE—RESCUERS BUSY.
'SPOKANE, Wn„ June 25.—(/P)—
Four miners were trapped yester
day in the Ajax mine, near Burke,
Idaho. The mine was flooded when
a raise from the main shaft to the
water filled the old workings and
broke thru.
There is remote possibilty that two
of the men may be alive, and it
is considered certain that the other
two men were killed when the first
deluge broke thru.
Neighboring miners are aiding in
the rescue work, but it is estimated
that it will take several days before
the trapped men can be reached.
Airplane Best Vehicle
Transportation, Says
Camp To Seattle Club
SEATTLE, Wn., June 25.—(£>)—
rhe airplane will solve the transpor
tation problem in Alaska mining de
velopment, F. B. Camp, prospector
>f Stony River district, said yester
lay, speaking before the Seattle Min
ng Club.
Camp is en route to Washington,
D. C. to promote transportation and
levelopment of Alaska.