MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 152.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, JULY 1, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WAS IMPORTANT ADVISOR TO
MANY POSTMASTER GEN
ERALS IN PAST YEARS
WASHINGTON, July 1, (/PI—
Joseph Stewart, executive assistant
to the Postmaster General and
special assistant to the Attorney
General, died at his home. He had
:->een ill for a long time and was 70
years cld.
He spent 47 years in the Post Of
fice Department and for a number
of years had been in charge of all
statistical work. He also had the
supervision of legal affairs and was
put^d to know more about the de
urtment than any other man. He
anked as an important advisor for
'■any Postmaster Generals and
<ook an important part in the crea
tion o' the parcel post and railway
mail systems.
OPPOSING FIVE-DAY WEEK
'CHICAGO. July 1, (/P>—’With
labor leaders urging action to ease
vremployment, the building indus
t.rv faces a five day week. Employ
ers ar° opposing such steps, saying
that it wo'uld jeopardize progress
and weigh down the industry.
HELD ON SAIL
NEW YORK. July 1, (JP)—Frank
H. Warden, former state superin
* tendent of building, is being held
) on $12,000 bail on a charge of ac
cepting money from the head of
the City Trust Co., which recently
failed for $7,000,000.
DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT
3ERLIN, July 1, (TP)—Dr. G.
tave Stressmann, German foreign
general, declared that the new
Young plan represented definite
improvement over the Dawes plan
from the viewpoint of a burden on
Germany.
EXHAUSTED QUOTAS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, (JPi
Twenty-three nations, including
Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ger
many, Great Britain, Greece, Italy,
Hungary, Netherlands, and Sweden
have exhausted, their quotas of im
migration to the United States for
the present fiscal year ending June
30th.
FIRST LEG OF TOUR
COLUMBUS, July 1, (/P)—Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh, accompanied
hy his wife, arrived here after hav
ing completed a flight from New
York, which is the first leg in the
" fTial tour of the Transcontinental
Air Transport Line.
The Admiral Evans, of the P.
S. S. Co., will arrive in port Wed
nesdy from the South, westbound.
The liner will probably remain
in port over the 4th of July cele
bration.
Bob Evans, local camera fiend
and pinochle player, returned to
the city of Seward yesterday from
Nuka Bay where he has been
doing assesment work in the
Alaska Hills mine.
PARTS, July 1, (/P>—As a bid for
popularity with the American pub
lic. a French maker of a reducing
lotion which is supposed to remove
unwanted flesh puts his product up
in hip flasks. The bottle is ortho
dox hip pocket size with non-leak
able stopper and protective screw
top.
FISCAL VEM IS
FINISHED WITH
BIG CUT. DEBT
PLAY ON STOCK MARKET SAID
TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN
CREASED COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON, July 1. (IF)—;
The government finished 1929 fis- •
cal year June 30, with a surplus
of $185,000,000.
The public debt was cut to $16,
931.000. 000. the lowest since the
World War, Secretary Mellon said
and is attributed to the nation’s
The year’s receipts were $4,-'
033.000. 000; expenditures $3,848,
000,000. The former was $9,000,-1
, 000 more than collected last year.
The expenditures increased $204,
000,000 over the past year.
The income tax receipts gained,
the Treasurer said and this was
due to the general prosperity
and more specifically and exceed
ingly active rising of securities
on the market which saved the
government from deficit by in
creasing it $220,000,000 and the
swelling of the income tax col
lections $2,033,000,000, a gain over
1928 of $156,000,000
MARKET TRADING
SLOWS OP DUE TO
UNSETTLED LIST
AIRPLANE STOCKS SLUMPED;
LONG LIST OF CLOSING
PRICES BELOW
NEW YORK, July 1, {IP)—Most
of the leaders went to higher
ground on the Stock Exchange but
there was enough selling to give the
list an unsettled appearance.
Anticipation of another increase
in brokerage loans seemed to slow
up the trading, the turnover being
[slightly less than 4,000,000 shares.
Loans were up 122,000,000. Call
money continued at 10 percent
without having much influence on
the trading.
Curtiss & Wright airplane slump
ed following the publication of the
news that they are to merge in a
$00,009,000 deal. United Airport &
Transportation lost much ground;
presumably it will' face heavier
competition henceforth. Public
Utilities were bouyant.
Closing prices—Allied Chemical
095; American Can 151 %; American
Telephone & Telegraph 221V2; Bur
roughs Adding Machine 318; Cni
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R.,
32 %; Colorado Carbon 171; Auburn
Auto 3?6j/2; Anaconda Copper 115;
Canadian Pacific R. R., 232; Curitss
Aero 164%; General Electric 315%;
General Motors 72%; Goodyear
Tire 122%; Montgomery Ward 107;
Radio 84; Sears Roebuck 164; U. S.
Steel 188; Standard Gas & Electric
117%; Standard Oil of California
"4; Western Union 195; Wright Aero
■ 32%' Willvs Overland 23%; Wool
worth 223.
NEW CANAL RIVALING PANAMA LOOMS
A canal across Nicaragua, discussed for years, now
appears on the way to reality. The canal would take the
route laid out by the Isthmian commission of 1901
j (above). Its relation to the Panama Canal is shown in
the small map.
FIT GROWERS HE
REJOICING OVER HEST
WASHINGTON. July 1, (/P)—
—With California enjoying its hot
test days of the year so far, the
fruit growers are rejoicing in that
the heat wave is a boon to rip
ening fruit. Vineyard workers
said that the hot weather would
check the mildew that follows a
rain. Slightly cooler here was the
prediction.
WE LISTING
SEWARD RESIDENTS AND NUM
EROUS ALASKANS ABOARD
COMMODIOUS LINER
SEATTLE, July 1. (/?)—'The S.
S. Yukon of the A. S. S Co., sail
ed at 9 a.m. Sunday carrying 209
first class passengers and 85 steer
age; 115 are for Seward and are
as follows:
Wm. Goetz. Jonathan Kent
Mrs. E. A. Wright, Miss Wright,
T. W. Pearson, Miss N. Moore, A
Jorgenson, J. J. Longa vre, Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Arrens, Dr. and
Mrs. L. A. Adlee, Mr. and Mrs. J
S. Landrum, Mabel Beebe, Mrs
Sprague, Henry Wolfe, D. Thar
mond, Clara Watson, Richard Ly
ons, Miss K- Lyons.
! Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Herr, Mr.
i and Mrs. E. T. Lyons, Miss L.
I Laveihageen, Mrs. M. D Johnston,
Mrs. W. T. Murray, J- F. Hester,
I Mr. and Mrs. John D. Shaffer,
| Mr. and Mrs C. E. Beard and son,
R O. Church, R. O- Church Jr,
E. R. Tarwater, Mrs. A. Lee
Miss E. Grinnell, Mrs. Edith Thody,
Mr. and Mrs. Grinnell.
Mr. and Mrs- A. Roddy, Miss
Hansen, Miss Skopia, Mrs. J- W.
Duncan, Miss Holleran, Mrs. O.
J. Watson, Miss Dixon, Miss Gray,
Mrs Maling, A. Miller, J. W. Dunn,
M. Hollman, Mrs. M. Hollman,
Daisy Mugglestton, Ann Mitchell,
Mrs- M. Liebold Mrs. Clara Howe,
Miss M- Gannes, Mrs. J. T. Wheel
er, Mr. and Mrs. E. Griffin, Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Schorscholsen, Miss
C. Thorp, Miss May Colling, Miss
A. Klinger, Miss Ella Pallen, Mrs
Kate Dorr.
Miss Stella Garrett, Miss G.
Bachus, Miss E. Bachus, Mrs- W.
C. Grandjean, Mrs. F. Ross, Miss
Jean Ross, Mrs. Wm. Adams, Miss
H. Brown, Miss S. Meyers, Mrs
Lundberg and two children, Miss
C. Rimma, Mrs G. W. James, T.
Rogers, Jack Franck,, Mrs- H.
Horn, H. Horn, R. Horn, Mr. qjid
Mrs E. Gunther and daughter.
Mrs- Farvin, Miss G. Gorrigan,
Miss L. Walz, Mr. and Mrs B.
Potterf and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. Bailey, Mr- and Mrs.
T. A. Shove, Miss Hopkins, Miss
Rice, Miss Hailey, Miss Goodman,
Miss M. Dunlevy, Miss H. Sander
son and five steerage.
A LITTLE THIN; AVENUE WAS
THRONGED WITH THOU
SANDS OF ADMIRERS
LONDON, July 1, (/P)—King
George, face shining with happi
ness and renewed health, came to
Buckingham Palace to acclaim
one of the greatest popular dem
onstrations in his reign.
His figure is remarkably straight
and military for all his sickness as
be was seen on the platform of the
"pstle after a ride thru the streets
hronged by admirers. The band
niayed the national anthem, stir
ring the crowds to tumuitious en
thusiasm.
His Majesty appeared thin-faced
and took evident care not to re
spond to too much excitement.
Queen Marv also showed pleasure
at the greeting.
MERTINEZ, Calif., July 1, (/P)
—After shooting the messenger,
three desperadoes held up and rob
bed the Southern Pacific train,
number thirity six, neaar McAvoy,
Contra Costa, and escaped with a
loot estimated at $20,000 The loot
represented a payroll for Southern
Pacific trackworkers between Pitts
burg and Fresno. Officials esti
mated the bandits also obtained
some four or five thousand dollars
in registered mail out of San
Francisco.
Charles Brown, president of the
Bank of Seward and member of
the firm, Brown & Hawkins, re
turned yesterday from a visit to
Anchorage and the Cache Creek
mining area.
The many friends of Miss
Myrtle Crabtree, nurse, and Mr.
John Bailey, prominent Westward
fur buyer and business man, were
agreeably surprised last evening
to learn of the popular young
couple’s marriage which took place
at 5 o'clock in the parsonage of
the Community Church, Rev. R.
A. Gailey tying the nuptial knot.
Mrs. Bailey has been a member
of Dr. H. W. Hyatt’s staff since
her arrival several months ago,
and Mr. Bailey who arrived in
Seward last week from Hiamna,
has been one of the most suc
cessful young business men in
this rea
Witnesses to the happy affair
were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Douglas