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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 36.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1926.
PRIC'P, TEN CENTS
Seward High Clinches Basketball Series
SANDY SMITH RETURNS TO NENANA
FRUITLESS ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE
ROADHOUSE AT MINTO, 3 MILES OFT
NENANA, Alaska, Feb. 13. (AP)—The Wilkins ad
vance party returned yesterday after traveling three
miles as darkness overtook them before they reached the
roadhouse at Minto. It was too dangerous to attempt
night travel on the ice.
The outfit was left on the ice ready for a quick start
this morning.
After twenty-five degrees below zero during the
night. The motors were found slightly damaged upon
their arrival on the scene, and after attempting temporary
repairs in order to make Minto it was found that repairs
had to be made before the huge tractors could be moved
in safety. “Sandy” Smith will endeavor to get his trou
bles straightened out here, and it is anticipated a delay
. of many hours will result.
STILLMANS ARRIVE
IN EUROPE TO VISIT
THEIR DAUGHTER
DAUGHTER HAPPY OVER THE RE
CONCILIATION OF HER
PARENTS
RUMORS LAID AT REST THAT
DIVORCE BE FILED IN PARIS
Mrs. Stillman Will Seek Psycho-analy
sis On Husband To Retrieve Her
Former Standing
PARIS, Feb. 13. (/P)—James A. Still
man and his wife, Anne, who are on a
reconciliation honeymoon after five
years of divorce litigation, debarked
at Cherbourg and met their daughter,
Mrs. Henry P. Davison at the station
here.
Mrs. Davison, happy over the news
of the reconciliation, arrived in Paris
after hastening here from Calcutta,
India.
The family reunion was a happy one
and mirthful, and the Stillmans told
reporters they were extremely happy,
their attitude and general conversa
tion set at rest all rumors that they
have come here to get a Paris di
vorce.
Mrs. Stillman immediately planned
for her visit to Dr. Jung, a noted Psy
cho-analysist, to whose theories she
is trying to convert Mr. Stillman.
CONSERVATIVE
LEADER HELPS
SETTLE STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13. (£>)
—Secretary of Labor Davis declared
that the announcement of Governor
Gifford Pinchot was at Harrisburg to
settle the coal strike was “entirely cor
rect.” Davis added: “The contract
for five years’ wages will continue at
the present level and will provide for
the opening of negotiations within the
industry whenever either side desires
such reopening.”
BIG FISHING BOAT BREAKS
MOORINGS DURING GALES
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 13.
(iP)—The fishing boat Amico, sixty
feet long, broke from her moorings
during a heavy surf and began batter
ing the municipal pier, while five
men tried to beach the craft.
PLEASURE CRAFT SWEPT ON
BEACH DURING HEAVY SEAS
REDONDO, Calif., Feb. 13. (#>)—A
five hundred ton pleasure and fishing
barge broke her mooring two miles
off shore and -was swrept on the beach
near the new municipal pier. The
southeast gale is lashing the ocean
into heavy swell and much fear is be
entertained along the entire California
coast.
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CARPENTER IN U. S. FOR
FOURTH FISTIC
INVASION.
-NDERWOCD A UNDERWOO0. N. W
Georges Carpentiet-, famous French
boxer, who is in the United States
for his fourth fistic invasion in six
years. His last appearance was two
years ago.
WILKINS LEAVES ON
STEAMER VICTORIA
SEATTLE, Wn„ Feb. 13. (^—Com
mander Wilkins and Major Lanphier
and two of the Fokker monoplanes
left on the Victoria this morning for
Seward, from which place they will
entKiin to Nenana on the first lap of
their expedition.
SENATE PASSES
REDUCTION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12. (/P)
—The Senate today passed the Tax
Reduction bill by a vote of 58 to 9,
saving four hundred and fifty-six mil
lion to the Federal taxpayers.
The bill was sent to the conference
for an adjustment of differences with
the house. It is expected the bill will
assure many benefits from the propos
ed tax out of payments from the first
income tax installments due March
115.
Mrs. J. D. Andrews and Mrs. T. P.
Lorang, well known local residents,
have both been drawn as jurors for
the court term at Cordova which be
gins the first of next month. They
duty March 5.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
membership drive is still on and both
committees report, though members
are coming in slowly, nevertheless
many n w faces will be gathered about
the round table this year. A last
minute and fast clean-up o'f other
prospective members will be made
during the week in an effort to close
the drive.
) Wilkins’ Supplies
I Transferred Kotzebue;
) Foot of Snow, Nome
I FAMOUS DOG MUSHER
■ REFUSES OFFER TO
lACCOMPANY BYRD
J NOME, Alaska, Feb. 13. (AP) —
* Captain Castle, who left Nome sev
i eral weeks ago with supplies for
J Point Barrow in the interests of
[ the Wilkins’ exploration expidition
i transferred his load to., another
i musher at Kotzebue and returned
! here.
a Leonard Sepala, famous dog
1 mitsher and holder of the Nome
2 sweepstakes, said that he refused
‘ an offer to joil the Byrd expedition,
i The deepest snow within a radius
E of one hundred miles of here is
J only a foot.
AMUNDSEN SAYS
WILKINS NEVER
MAKE NO. POLE
EXPLORERS LAST VOYAGE PROV
ED EXCELLENT SCHOOLING
ARCTIC CONDITIONS
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 13. (iP)
—Roald Amundsen, persistent North
Pole explorer said today: “Wilkins
will never make it to the North Pole
in a plane. I learned my lesson on my
last voyage. It is almost certain death
or ultimate destruction if the planes
land on the ice floes.”
C. M. B. Receives Message
From “Sandy,” Explorer
A telegram was received yesterday
by Cal M. Brosius from “Sandy”
Smith, transportation head of the Wil
kins exploration party, dated at Ne
nana, in which Mr. Smith said:
“We are all set to go with the ar
rival here of the gasoline. Things
look favorable for us. We have had
several trial spins and they turned
out okeh. Best regards to Seward
ites who so kindly assisted us in our
troubles, including yourself and Joe
Badger.”
Associated Press dispatches pub
lished in yesterday’s issue dated out
of Nenana was to the effect that the
expedition left in good shape.
ASSOCIATED OIL
CONTROL SHIFTS
IN LARGE DEAL
CONTROL GOES TO NEW COMPA
NIES AS A RESULT OF
OF TRADING
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.(fl>)—Control
of the Associated Oil Company, now
ranking as the second largest concern
on the Pacific coast, passed to Blair
(& Company and the Chase Securities
j Corporation on Saturday, when one
! of the biggest petroleum deals in the
i history of Wall street was consum
mated. The sum of 3132,000,000 was
involved in the transaction.
Northwestern In Port;
Fine Trip Out Seattle
Sunshine weather marked the north
ward trip of the S.S. Northwestern,
Capt. Wm. Jensen, commander, which
arrived in port this morning at 8:15
o’clock, until Latouche was reached.
The first snow flurries were run into
at that port and continued thru to
Seward.
About thirty passengers arrived on
the Northwestern the majority of them
from Seattle, others being from south
eastern Alaska ports. The vessel brot
about 175 tons of general cargo for
local and rail shipments. The steam
er will depart for the south at mid
night tonight.
METCALF NAMED AS
MANAGER OF BIG
OUTFITS INTERIOR
FAIRBANKS EXPLORATION CO.
TO ERECT TOWN ACROSS
RIVER FROM FAIRBANKS
MILLIONS WILL BE EXPENDED
Norman Stines Will Be Transferred
To Other Fields—Men Will Be
On Ground By March 1.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 13. (£>)—
G. W. Metcalf has been named gener
al manager of the Fairbanks Explora
tion Company, a subsidiary of the
United States Smelting Company, suc
ceeding Norman C. Stines, who re
mains associated with the Alaska ac
tivities as consulting engineer, it is
learned here.
Metcalf and Stines will arrive in
Fairbanks about March 1, the former
'having been associated with the Unit
ed Smelting Company for many years
as manager at Kennett, California,
and later with the home office at Bos
ton.
Stines, after making the turnover
to the operating department will be
assigned to exploration work in other
fields, although no definite announce
ment has been made. It is believed
the program for this district includes
the construction of seven dredges, the
first to operate in 1928.
The ditches, power plant, transmis
sion lines and residences for the staff
and the employes’ quarters along the
creeks, and the townsite which is a
model city has been laid out on Gar
den Island, across the river from Fair
banks, where the power plant and mill
will be built.
OLMSTED CASE TO
TERMINATE IN
ABOUT ONE WEEK
SEATTLE, Wn, Feb. 13. (&)—'The ,
government announced they expect- j
ed to produce more whispering wire
evidence in rebuttal of the ground
work laid yesterday. The conversa
tions previously given the jury was
read to Reynolds, who denied parti
cipation with any rum runner. Rey
nolds disclosed while on the stand,
that he was a member of the dry
squad but while attending the trial
in which, he is a defendant, is on the
“full sick list.”
The Olmsted trial adjourned during
its fourth week. The defense lawyers
are conferring whether to put Roy on
the stand next week or not. The gen
eral opinion is that the trial will ter
minate late next week. The defense
counsel announced he intended to rest
his case Monday or Tuesday.
George Reynolds, policeman, testi
fied that Richard L. Fryant, one of
the Government’s chief witnesses was
discharged from the police dry squad
being charged with soliciting a bribe.
The Government charged in its cross
examining of Reynolds that Reynolds
on orders from Police Inspector Ma
rion that he tapped the Federal pro
hibition office telephone.
The defense endeavored to impeach
the Government's evidence calling
many witnesses who gave alibis for
most of the defendants.
Among thelocal residents returning
home this morning on the S.S. North
western were Mr. and Mrs. George
Schmitt. •
Mrs. Ollie Gray of Anchorage, ar
rived in Seward today from Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shonbeck, well
known Anchorage residents, were
among those disembarking from the
Northwestern this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Krogh, residents
of Matanuska where Mr. Krogh has
been conducting a large mercantile
store for a number of years, arrived
in Seward today from Seattle.
ONE OF THE OPPONENTS OF
CROWN PRINCE CAROL
U*0Er^00D A UNDER WQOO,N.Y/
Premier Jean Bratiano, one of the
strongest opponents of Crown Prince
Carol of Doumania. Premier Bratiano
is said to be a patricial to his finger
tips, yet is beloved by the peasantry,
besides being the trusted political ad
visor of Queen Marie. He is one of
the most picturesque statesmen in Eu
rope.
HIGH LIGHTS ON
LIEUT. CARL B. EILESON
i Pioneer Alaskan aviator.
3 Will pilot the Fokker monoplane
J in which Capt. George Wilkins, com
J mander of the Detroit Arctic Expe
i dition, will make the flight across
i the polar regions.
if new land is discovered, Eile
■ son will be a co-discoverer.
i They will also make an attempt
| for a non-stop flight over the North
J Pole, from Barrow to Spitzbergen.
i Eileson will be pilot and Wilkins
i the navigator.
Lieut. Eileson has flown 60,000
■ miles in Interior lAaska.
1 He is graduate of the University
2 of North Dakota. Took postgrad
J uate work at Georgetown Universi
i ty and at the University of Wiscon
i sin.
Eileson enlisted at the outbreak
J of the World War and received his
1 commission, shortly after, as First
2 Lieutenant.
J His Alaska flying otok place in
S the Interior beginning in 1923. Pri
1 or to that time he had been a mem
2 ber of Fairbanks high school fac
i ulty, which position he resigned to
B enter commercial aviation.
His subsequent air jaunts to re
J mote Interior regions, from Fair
1 banks, made for himself a national
2 reputation.
I The only mishap Lieut. Eileson
i had while flying Inside was a bro
i ken propeller.
He carried the mail regularly be
J tween Fairbanks and McGrath, the
i one way distance being approxi
1 mately 300 miles.
2 Since his departure from Alaska,
J two years ago, he was detailed by
i Army headquarters, on special duty
i at McCook Field, Dayton, O., where
J he was engaged on aviation expe
■ Lieut. Eileson has a host of
1 friends in Seward who will person
2 ally greet and welcome him back
J to Alaska upon his arrival today
■ on the S.S. Northwestern.
ii Reservations for him have been
J made at the Van Gilder Hotel.
....J
Harvey Sullivan, United States mar
shal for this division, returned to Val
dez from Cordova on the S.S. North
western.
Chas. .J Minor, deputy U. S. mar
shal, returned to the Valdez headquar
ters on the Northwestern, from Seat
tle. Mr. Minor has made two rounds
to Seattle on the vessel, in the line of
duty, taking prisoners to Seattle.
FLASH—The Seward bas
ketball team won the series
against the Anchorage Mid
gets, at Anchorage, last nite
when they tucked the second
game away by the score of
25 to 18. No details were re
ceived owing to lack of time,
it is presumed, on account of
the third game played off
this morning and which the
Anchorage Midgets won by
a margin of one point, 34 to
133.
CATHCART CASE
STIRS SOCIAL RUGS;
LONDON INDIGNANT
LONDON PICTURES UNCLE SAM
AS “MRS. GRUNDY” RESULT
COUNTESS’ DEPORTATION
ELOPED WITH EARL OF CRAVEN
Law Only Applies To Those That Are
Caught So 'the Countess Will
Watch Her Step Next Time
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13. (/p)
i—The ordered deportation of the
Countess of Cathcart, because of an
escapade three years ago caused a stir
on both sides of the Atlantic, accord
ing to reports here.
The Labor Department, which has
granted a stay in the Countess’ hear
ing until Monday, is being beseiged
iwitfa inquiries; many question the
double standard, which bars the
Countess while letting in the Earl
of Craven, with whom the Countess,
while still married, eloped to South
Africa, causing her to be the guilty
party in the subsequent divorce.
The Department’s reply is that the
law is a peculiar one, which operates
on persons actually caught, only.
In London “Uncle Sam” is being'
pictured today as the world’s worst.
“Mrs. Grundy” as a result of the case
and official protests are demanded of
the London government.
ALCOHOL TAX
TAKEN DOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13. (/P)
The Senate yesterday without rec
ord vote reduced the alcohol tax to
eight millions dollars annually. The
vote stood forty-eight to thirteen which
increased the allowance on depletion
of the oil and gas wells to thirty per
cent from twenty-five million, and was
declared a deficit w’as certain if the
reduction already Voted becomes effec
tive.
SLACKER IN TOILS
OF LAW, GERMANY
MOSBACH, Germany, Feb. 13. (/P)
—Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, who has
been hounded by the United States
government since the beginning of
the world war for evading the draft
from the state of Pennsylvania, was
arrested yesterday. It is said that
love affairs caused charges to be
brought about resulting in his arrest.
L. M. Carrigan and Sam Shucklin,
Alaska representatives of wholesale
houses in the States, arrived in Se
ward this morning from Juneau.
Seward arrivals this morning from
Valdez say that four feet of snow
has fallen there during the past few
days.
Mrs. C. M. Eckman, wife of the well
known business man of Anchorage,
was an incoming passenger on the
steamer Northwestern following a
lengthy visit in the States.
Dr. J. S. Sutherland and wife are
returning on the Victoria. Dr. Suth
j erland is the dentist in Fairbanks.