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STEAMSHIP COMPANIES ALASKA PROPER RAILROAD
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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 153. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 23,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEWARD OR JUNEAU
• BE HEADQUARTERS
FEDERAL DEFT’S.
ALASKA ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENTS OF THE
INTERIOR, COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE,
t WILL BE CENTRALIZED IN ONE OF TWO PLAC
ES, ANNOUNCES J. R. UMMEL, CHIEF OF THE
ALASKAN DIVISION OF THE BUREAU OF EDU
CATION.
SEATTLE, July 23. (/P)—The Alaska activities of the
Federal Department of the Interior, Commerce and
Agriculture, to be centralized in Alaska, will probably be
located at Seward or Juneau, J. R. Ummel, chief of the
Alaska Division of the Bureau of Education, said before |
leaving for Seward where he confers with J. F. Gartland,
4 special representative of the Department of the Interior,
who is making arrangements for the change. Mr. Ummel;
said only the purchasing department of the Bureau of Ed
ucation will remain in Seattle. Mr. Ummel will make a
two months trip visiting 14 stations including Eklutna i
PRINCE OF WALES SAILS
SOUTH HAMPTON, July 23. (/P)—
The Prince of Wales wrote to Minister
Baldwin to the effect their party will
|
sail aboard the Empress of Australia.
YUKON MOUND ~
< MANY FOB SEWARD
, HAS LISTING 213
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINER HAS
TOURISTS AND ALASKANS
ON BOARD
The S. S. Yukon, of the A. S. S.
Co., departed from Seattle 9 o’clock
this morning with a passenger reser
vation of 213. The listing for Se
ward includes the following:
A. E. Ives, R. Smith, Miss M. Men
denhall, Mrs. M. A. May, Mrs. N. S.
Hays, Miss F. Laughlin, Mrs. L. Van
zeech, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ghlieber,
# Miss H. Welch, Dr. and Mrs. Plunkett,
MR. and Mrs. L. A. Dexter, Mr. and
Mrs. L. Cortenhotf, Mrs. P. C. Bryer
ly. Mrs. A. Gillespie, Mrs. E. T. Eh
^ renberg and child, Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Palmer, R. J. Ummel, Wm. N.
Kern, R. D. McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Francis, Mrs. M. Anderson and
son, Mrs M. Meyers, Mrs. M. Hand,
Miss C. Pritshard, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Potter, Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Gilson,
Mrs. H. Mackay, Mrs. R. Watt, Dr.
and Mrs. W. J. Schamell, Dr. and
Mrs. E. Demotte Lyon, Miss M. Peck
Miss G. Swartz. Miss Mangell, Mr.
and Mrs. I. W. McCoferty, Miss K.
Faulkner, Mrs. S. Teif, Mrs. C. Mor
rison, Dr. and Mrs. Hollett, Mrs. M.
E. Dainbridge, Miss M. D. Bowers,
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fulton, Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Renneson, R. R. Tichie,
G. Westling, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Har
per, Mrs M. Sweeny, Dr. and Mrs.
Thompson, Miss M. Hill, Miss L.
Lyne. C. Garfield, Jas. E. Thornton,
Mrs. T. Genser, J. C. Wingfield, A.
T. Bell, Mrs. E. Marsh, Mr. and Mrs.
Spadafora,, and eleven steerage.
WATSON DUE IN MORNING
The Admiral Watson, of the P. S.
S. Co., will arrive in port tomorrow
morning from the Westward, south
bound. The Watson will leave Se
ward for the South soon after the
train from the Interior arrives.
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ARTILLERY ACADEMY
STUDENTS ACTIVITY
SPAIN OBJECTED TOO
GOVERNMENT FACED WITH OLD
TROUBLE WITH TRADE UN
s
IONS
MADRID, July 23. (#>)—Undisciplin
ed elements exists among the students
of the Artillery Academy, says a gov
ernment note and adds energetic act
ion must be taken against them in
Barcelona. The Communique says
the government is faced w^th object
ions of the old Trades Unions to part
j icipate with other organizations ap
j pointed to settle disputes between
' Capital and Labor. Drastic steps will
* ,
i be taken to quell any disorders by
workmen who are threatening to
strike.
PROMINENT VISITOR
One of the most prominent of
newspaper publishers in the United
j States, Theodore W. Noyes of De
troit, accompanied by Mrs. Noyes,
| will arrive in the city tomorrow from
] the Interior. During their trip over
jthe Alaska Railroad, they have been
the guests of Noel W. Smith, gener
al manager of the Alaska Railroad.
Mr: and Mrs. Noyes will embark at
this port for Seattle.
STARR DUE WEDNESDAY v
The S. S. Starr of the San Juan
Fishing & Packing Co., is due to re
turn to port from Bristol Bay and
Westward points, July 27, on . Wed
nesday, according to today’s report.
CAROL ASPIRES FOR
ROMANIAN THRONE j
SAT CLOSE FRIENDS:
PRINCE ..TERMED* -AS ...KING ..OF
RUMANIA IN PARISIAN
PUBLICATION
PARIS, July 23. (JP)—Friends, close
to Prince Carol, said he had not given
up the idea of succeeding the late
King Ferdinand to the Rumanian
throne. In a published announcement
he was termed "king Carol of Rum
ania." The situation remains un^c
plained and it is too late for him to go
to the funeral. Bucharest detectives,
who have been watching him, said he
:
must’ not go to Rumania.
PARIS POLICE LOOK
FOR JEWEL THIEVES
i
FORMER NEW JERSEY SENATOR
LOSES $30,000 IN JEWELERY;
THIEVES ESCAPE
. PARIS, July 23. (IP)—Police and pri-!
vate detectives are searching for the!
thieves who'stole jewelery valued at
330,000 from Arthur Whitney, former '
New Jersey State Senator and Repub
lican Gubernatorial candidate of that
state in 1905. The robbery occured at
; Royat while Mr. Whitney and his wife 1
were stopping there.
'DUCK SICKNESS' FOUND
MENACE TO WILDFOWL
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 23. (/P)
—“Duck sickness,” a serious menace
!to the foul of the Western States,
I according to the Biological Surrey
of the Department of Agriculture,
will be investigated in a detailed
way during the coming season by a
representative of the Survey. An
I attempt will be made to discover the
disease and to remedy conditions
'wherever possible, the Survey an
'nounced. Alkali waters have been
l found to poison the water foul and
in many cases of the sickness, the
cause may have been such poisoning.
However, some indications tend to
show that the sickness occurs unas
sociated with the poisoning by alkali
waters.
WELCOME BACK MR. VOGEL
One of the best little boosters for
Alaska among the many tourist con
ductors returned to the city today
with a small but select party, Wil
liam Vogel, who will be recalled by
many local residents from last season.
Mr. Vogel is escorting his party over
the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks,
thence back to the coast, via the
Richardson highway. The personnel
of his party include Mr. and Mrs..
Sam Eberle, Dr. and Mrs. Solar, Miss
Solar, Dr( R, C. Gaston, Mrs. Gaston,
Mrs. Clancy, Mary Lounse Clancy,
Mrs. Rosa Spitzfaden, Mrs. Wm. Vog?
el, son Charles and Junior. .1
BUENOS AIRES, July 23(>P)—Bombs
were exploded tonight at the base of
the George Washington monument
which was presented by the American
colony, destroying the pedastal; and
i
in front of the Ford automobile agen
cy considerable damage was also
done. No casualties from the outrages
have been reported. They are attri
buted to sacco-vanzetti sympathisers.
HUS EIGHT U. S.!
AVIATORS GATHER AT
BOSTON BREAKFAST
LINDBERGH AND HEGENBERGER
ENTER INTO ANIMATED COM
PARISON NOTES
j BOSTON, July 23. (£*)—For the first
' time since the Atlantic and Pacific
flights, which made them famous,
eight of America’s leading aviators
were brought together at a breakfast
tendered them by Mayor Nicholos.
| Colonel Lindbergh, who was given a j
I tumuluous greeting yesterday, was
| joined by Maitland and Hegenberger,
Pacific fliers, Byrd and his crew,
Acosta, Balchen, and by Chamberlin, j
No sooner had the flyers seated \
. I
themselves with 60 other guests, mam-;
ly service men, than Colonel Lind
bergh and Hegenberger plunged into
and animated comparison of notes of
their flights and illustrated phases by
drawing pictures on the tablecloth.
IK DOM'S ARENA
DESTROYED BY FIDE
VERNON, Calif., July 23.(IF)— Jack
, Doyle’s old arena, the scene of many
j Southern California boxing matches
! during the four round days, was vir
! tually destroyed by fire caused from
j a nearby baseball park where the fire
is believed to have originated and
which was but partially destroyed.
The loss is placed at $100,000.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5, Boston 2.
Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn, nothing.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 6.
v St. Louis 7, New York 4.
• AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 5, Chicago 7.
Washington 6-2, StB Louis 7-3.
Cleveland, Philadelphia, rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 10, Seattle 1.
Oakland 14, Los Angeles nothing.
Hollywood 6, Portland 4.
Sacaramento 7, San Francisco 6.
The U. S. S. Surveyor, Captain
Lukens, arrived in port today from
the Prince William ■>. iSound area
where the geodetic survey work is
being carried on this summer. -
DEMPSEY 1 STRICT
SECRECY SLIPS BBT
TOWN VISIT TOLKS
ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE
SCRAP NOW CLAIMS JACK
STRUCK FOUL
NEW ^fORK, July 23. (£>)—After a
day of which every movement was
kept in strictest secrecy Jack Demp
sey slipped out of New: York and mot
ored to Wilmington where he made a
whirlwind visit to his parents-in-iaw
and grand parents. He then entrain
ed for Los Angeles to spend a few
days with his wife before renewing
training for the proposed Labor Day
fight with Gene Tunney, title holder.
CONTROVERSIES CONTINUE
NEW YORK, July 23. (£>)— Hectic
•controversies continued over whether
Dempsey’s blow was a foul§ After
viewing the official motion pictures,.
Charles Mathison, one of the judges,
claimed it was a foul blow. Tex
Rickard joined those who claimed the
♦
blow- was fair.
EXCITED OVER “LINDY'S"
T PEOPLE
BOSTON. July .23. (JP)—Overeager
ness to catch a glimpse of Colonei
Lindbergh was the cause of a death
and 40 injuries. A 33 year old man
dropped dead from excitement in the
crowd ah the field when the flier land
ed. Many people were carried from
the grounds and hospitals soon be
came overcrowded.
FARM CIS PREFER
WORK IN PROFESSIONS
WASHINGTON, July 23. (£>)— Even
the girls won’t stay “down on the
farm.” '
In a report to the Federal Bureau
of Agriculture Economics, only four
per cent of the girls who said they
liked farm life expressed a prefer
ence for farming as a livelihood.
TOURIST PARTY ARRIVES
A Gillipie-Kingport-Beard tour party
is disembarking from the S. S. Aleu
tian today. The party are enroute to
the Interior and will return to the
coast over the Richardson highway.
The members comprise Mrs. A. B,
Longworth, Mrs. G. W. Whitman, Miss
M( C. Backus, Miss Jennie Wilson,
Miss Carrie J. Barrows, Miss Esther
KeKagey, Miss Jessie Keagey, Mrs.
Hunter Hemminger, Miss Myran Hem
minger, Mrs. F. H. Cochrane, Miss
Beatrice Cochrane, John A. F. Brandt
and J. Henry Halloway, conductor.
NELLIE NEAL, HOSTESS
Seventeen tourists got off the gas
car today at Lawing, where they will
remain over-night enjoying th§ hos
pitality of Alaska's one and only Nel
lie Neal and her estimable husband,
“Bill." The party will arrive in town
tomorrow enroute to the States.