FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERS U. S. SIGNAL CORPS
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ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 125. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HOMORARY MASTER OF
SCIENCE DEGREE IS!
BESTOWED ON BYRD1
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDI-'
TIONS EXTENDING ACROSS
OCEAN DELAYS HOP
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., June 20.
(JP)—After a long conference with
experts Commander Byrd announced
that the Fokker monoplane would not
hop off before Tuesday. Strong east
winds with local rainstorms along the;
North Atlantic seaboard and a low
pressure area extending across the
ocean indicated unfavorable condi
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tions. Until Tuesday Byrd is going
to Boston to attend commencement ex
ercises where he receives the honora
ry degree of Master of Science today.
ADVICE FROM G. B. S.
LOXDON. June 20 (JP)—EerrurJ j
Shaw’s advice to amateur actors on;
the sure way to get applause is “to |
sfamp your feet before an exit to j
start it.”
SUDDEN DEATH OF POPULAR
HIGH SCHOOL BOY SHOCKS
COMMUNITY
The entire community was shocked
Saturday upon hearing of the death
of Bernard Horton, 16-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Horton. The
hand of death, mysterious and inev
itable, has taken a lovely boy from!
our midst, and when the news
reached Seward about 2 o’clock Sat
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urday afternoon that Bernie, who just
two days previous had left home to
join extra gang No. 4 at Mile 52,
Alaska Railroad, no words can ex
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press the sudden sense of loss which
overpowered all.
Standing on the guard rail of the
bridge at Mile 45, about 40 feet above
the turbulent Placer river, it is said
that Bernie was struck in the face by
the handle on the Brill car en route to
Anchorage, and hurled into the river.
Prior to the arrival of the speeder I
the crew was warned that the gas car j
was coming and to get in the clear.;
Bernie, standing on the guard rail,
was seen to be in possible danger,
and many of the men. it is said, shout
ed at him to step back on one of the j
girders, but apparently, due to thej
roaring of the river below, their words '
of warning failed to reach him. The (
Brill car was not traveling at a high j
rate of speed, it is reported, but at
about seven or eight miles an hour.
Just as the car approached, according
to The Gateway informant, Bernie was 1
seen to shift his shoulders when he :
saw ^tbat he was not quite out of the ’
road, but in so doing, swung in line ^
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SKIPPER VIRGINIA II. DIES
KETCHIKAN, June 20. (/P)—Acci
dental poisoninig caused the death of
Frank Door, veteran troller, an au
topsy disclosed when Door was found
dead on the eve of his departure for
Seattle aboard" his boat Virginia II.
COOLIE LtUOS WORK
OF VET ORGANIZATION
EL PASO, Texas, June 20. (/P)—
President Coolidge, in a letter to dis
abled American veterans, which will
be sent to be read at the national con
vention, lauded the organization work
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in securing aid for wounded veterans
and declared that the government
would continue its work of compen-!
sating the disabled.
FIRST MIR NOME, 1
0. FREDERICK CIESE, I
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH HIS EFFORTS PRESENT
SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS ES
TABLISHED
SAX FRANCISCO, June 20. (£>)—
Julius Frederick Giese. aged 84, first
Mayor of Nome, through whose efforts
the school system of Alaska was es-!
tablished, died here yesterday. The j
announcement of the passing of Mr.
Giese, who was a picturesque charac
ter in the Yukon and made him one of1
the best known men in Alaska, was j
made today. The body will be sent to
Seattle to be interred besides Mrs.j
Giese, who was Elizabeth Sullivan.
He met her in Nome and the marriage
was the third wedding of white per
sons in Alaska.
FOURTH MEMBER OF j
i ByRD'S CREW IS CHOSEN,
j ROOSEVELT FIELD, June 20. (ff)
—Lieut. Berndt Balchen, former Nor- !
iwegian naval officer, was chosen to(
; be the fourth member of the crew of |
j Commander Byrd’s plane which is
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| ready to take off for Paris as soon as j
'Weather Bureau reports favorable |(
fllying conditions off the Atlantic i
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j coast. Byrd said there was no chance (
: for a start tonight or tomorrow.
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M GREY’S YACHT IN
PACIFIC STRIKES ROCK
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SAN FRANCISCO,' June 20. (£>)—
Radio advises received here today
indicated that Zane Gray’s yacht the
“Fisherman” carrying the author and
a party of friends on a fishing trip
in the Pacific had struck an unchart
ed rock at Rangiroa Island, in the
South Seas and had three feet of
water in her hold. The “Fisherman”
left California for the South PacifTc
November 16th 1926.
TONNAGE LIMITATION
PROPOSEDAT OPENING
OF NAVAL CONFERENCE
CHAIRMAN GIBSON REGRETS
FRANCE AND ITALY ARE NOT
REPRESENTED
j GENEVA. June 20. (^)—Extension
j Extension of the five-three principle
of naval strength of cruisers, destroy
ers and submarines to the United
States, Great Britain and Japan was
proposed at the three-power limita
tion of armament conference by the
j American delegation at the opening of
the conference called by President
Coolidge. Ambassador Hugh Gibson,
‘chairman, proposed that cruisers be
limited in tonnage to 250,000 or 300,
000 tons, with the United States and
Great Britain 150,000 or 80,000 for
Japan; destriyer tonnege to be re
stricted to 200,000 or 250,000, larger'
power to 120,000 or 150,000. Japan’s
maximum tonnage for submarines
would be 90,000 and 54,000. Gibson
expressed regret that France and Italy
were not active participants in the
conference.
WITH 325 LISTED
ON RESERVATIONS
FLEET ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.,
LINER HAS BANNER CROWD
FOR TRIP NORTH
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SEATTLE, June 20. (JP)—'The S. S.
Alaska sailed at 10 oclock a. m. Satur
day and carried 325 passengers. Sew
are passengers are: Mrs. K. T. Fred
jerickson and two children. R. Freder
ickson, G. C. Stewart, F. A. McCloud,
T. B. Brown, A. J. Nordale, Mrs. C.
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Stanton, Mrs. A. Malley, T. S. Eng
stom, Leo Zimmerman, C. D. Watkins
and wife. Miss L. Sankey, C. R. Bren
nerman and wife, Mrs. F. Schew and
son, W. A. Ellis, May Mead, Robert
Scott, Captian Rowden, William With
er, O. B. Hart, E. E. Rasmussen, Mrs.
M. Hunter and two children, Miss E.
S. Schawass, Miss L. Schlitt, Nettie
O’Donnell, A. P. Stone, wife and dough
ter, R. H. Frank, H. J. Wade, W. A.
Patterson, E. A. Rasmussen and wife,
Miss E. Thorsen, Julia Crawford, Miss
S. Halen and sister, T. M. Welsh, Mrs. |
F. M. Sumpter, Mrs. R. Calvr, Alma
Sacha, Anna Jessen, Col. W. R. Stani
jford and wife, J. H. Rose, W. H.
jFredke, H. Buekmann, A. H. Mefford,
Elsie Jensen, Miss A. Johnson, Miss A.
Weller, Mrs. H. Well, Donald Wright,
O. Rynning, A. D. Hicks and (wife, W.
Simpson and two children, Olaf Swen
son, L. Mor.tenson, O. Halderson, J.
Mahart, E. Baker, Andy Hollwin, W.
A. Jones, Ed Morgan, George Green,
O. Cogrimes, C. J. T. Jemsland, O. J.
Judy, G. S. Pearson, H. T. Becken
dorf, Anna Hoad, Etta Shove r,\ Mrs.
W. J. Shannon and nine steerage.
POPE PIUS PAYS TRIBUTE
ROME, June 20. (/P)—Pope Pius, in
| an allocution at the secret consistory,
paid a tribute to the Catholic episeo
j pacy in the United States for making
! known the situation of Catholics in
| Mexico.
HIGHEST HER OF MERIT
CONFERRED ON FLIERS
I
VIENNA, June 20. (JP)—President
Hainisch of the Austrian republic1
conferred upon Chamberlin and Le
vine the republic’s highest honors, the
order of merit, Goldens Barenzeichen'
der Republic, in recognition of their
I trans-Atlantic flight from New York
to Germany.
WASH CLOTHING IN GREASE, DIET
IS SOUR MILK, AND NEVER
CHICAGO, June 20. (^P)—Strange
Madagascar tribesmen, some of whom
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never bathe or wash their clothing,'
who sleep on carved wooden pillow’s
and live largely on a diet of sour milk,
have been found by Dr. Ralph Linton,
leader and captain of the Marshall
Field expedition to Madagascar for the
Field Museum. The tribesmen follow j
the curious custom soaking their
clothing in grease. !
TELEPHONE POLE CROP READY
RALEIGH, N. C., June 20. t/P—
uncle Sam is preparing to market a
crop of 15,000 telephone poles from
Pisgah National Forest in North
Carolina.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
(Sunday’s Games)
Seattle 1-7, Oakland 5-5.
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Hollywood 3-8, Missions 1-7.
Portland 11-8, Sacramento 3-7. .
San Francisco 10-6, Los Angeles 7-9
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 2, Cleveland 3.
Detroit 5, Washigton 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 3-0, Cincinnati 1-3.
Pittsburg 7, Chicago 1.
New York 4, St. Louis 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Saturday’s Games)
New York 4, St. Louis 6.
Pittsburg 7, Boston 4.
Philadelphia 7, Chicago 2.
Brooklyn-Cincinnati—rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 0, Boston 5.
St. Louis 4, New York 8.
Detroit 4, Washington 6.
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 1, Los Angeles 4.
Seattle 1, Oakland 0.
Portland 4, Sacramento 1.
Hollywood 11, Missions 13.
THREE BABIES DEAD
IIU REDEMPT1 HOME
DUE POISONED EOOD
HALF OF THE CHILDREN IN THE
HOME AFFECTED; ALSO TWO
WOMEN
SPRINGFIELD, Inn., June 20. (£>)—
Three babies are dead, another be
lieved to the dying and five others ara
seriously ill from food poisoning at
Springfield Redemption Home, an in
stitution for infants under the care of
the courts. The food was served Sun
day morning. The meal is blamed for
illness which affected half the chil
dren at the home. , Samples of the
food have been taken for analysis.
Home Matron Minnie Manley and
Housekeeper Alice Pauk also became
ill, but their condition is not alarming.
FOUNDER OF SEWARD
CHARGES ANCHORAGE
STATEMENTS UNTRUE
RAILROAD ACT CARRIES PROVI
SION FOR CONDEMNING ANY
PROPERTY DESIRED
“I heard a new story in Anchorage
during my trip to the Interior. It may
not to be new .to others, but it was new
to me. If it is true, it ought to make
the best seller of the year.”
With this introductory comment by
John E. Ballaine. founder of Seward
and leading factor in the Alaska Rail
road project, on his return from
three weeks of explorations in the up
per Susitna Valley with a party of
California associates, he told a group
of Seward friends today how some of
the Anchorage business men account
for the starting of Anchorage and the
disastrous attempt to make railroad
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terminals there, 114 miles inland from
I the real ocean terminus at Seward,
j “Their version,” continued Mr. Bal
laine, “with no embellishment of de
! tails lacking, is that after President
j Wilson designated Seward as the ter*
i minus of the Alaska Railroad, I asked
such exorbitant prices for railroad
terminal grounds that the government
was forced to build terminals at An
chorage. And now, with those ex
pensive terminals at Anchortage
abandoned and a total loss, and An
chorage people the victims of that
monumental piece of folly to the ex
tent of several millions of dollars, they
try to charge responsibility to the one
man who tried his best to save them
from the losses they have suffered.”
The people of Seward have heard
stories of that kind before, Mr. Bhl
laine was told, and he was asked to
give the facte through The Gateway.
“The plain facts are,” he said, “that
when President Wilson designated
Seward as the terminus of the Alaska
Railroad in April, 1915, there were
1272 lots in the original townsite of
Seward. I owned exactly 360 of them,
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