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MEMBER ASSOCIATE*© PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 126.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDA’WMAY 31. 1929.
PRICE TEN.CENTS
IF COVENANT SINCERE PROOF
RENOUNCE WAR, ARMA
MENTS FOR DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, May 31, (/P)—
The Capitol was the center of
the Nation’s observance of Mem
orial Day ^ith President Hoover
the central figure in the patri
otic pageant arranged to express
gratitude to those who offered
their lives in defense and honor
of the country’s existence.
A hush of reverent tribute lay
over the city’s governmental ac
tivity which was stilled and con
gress adjourned as many of its
members were away to speak at
services elsewhr-?.
The Presiden ^Ooc tnj uay
to make his second address since
he took office, at the amphithea
ter at Arlington Cemetery.
President Hoover declared that
if the Kellogg-Briand peace pact
is to fulfill the purpose of na
tions “It must clothe faith and
realism with action and that ac
tion must march with the inex
orable tread of common sense to
accomplishment.
“That if this declaration really
represents the aspirations of
the people and if this covenant
is to be genuine proof that the
world has renounced war as an
instrument of national policy, it
means at once the abandonment
of aggressive use of the army by
every signatory nation; thereby
becoming a sincere declaration
that armament will hereafter be
i :ed for defense only.”
IMMENSE PROPERTY LOSS; BIG
CITY NOW FACING WATER
SHORTAGE
HOUSTON, Tex., May 31, (JP)—
Three normally sluggish bayous,
.ire raging torrents as the full
>>rce of spring floods swept down
on Houston bringing immense pro
perty loss.
Water shortage is a possibility
added to the menace as the strong
current crashed windows in the
water station and rose in the build
ing of the plant causing it to shut
down.
As a consequence the whole bur
den of supplying water is placed on
substations. Several houses were
# swept away but the occupants are
'believed to have been warned in
time to escape.
Many city homes have been '•
flooded and residents fled to high- j
er ground taking their furniture in ;
boats.
SCIENTISTS ARE OFF
SEATTLE, May 31, (£>)— Dr- A. j
Hdlicka of the Smithsonian in-1
stitution, and Dr. J. Maly, of the
University of Prague, Germany,
left here on a scientific expedi
tion to Alaska to study eviden
ces of early races which inhab
ited the country along the Yu
kon river.
Bears are very numerous in the j
Tustumena lake district of Kenai J
peninsula.
"ill STRIKE IS
REPGRTED CASSIAR
VICTORIA, B. C., May 31, (/P)—
A report has been received that
a gold discovery has been made
! in the northern part of the pro
vince between Peace river and
the Cassiar districts.
Prospectors are going in by way
of Halfway river while others
are traveling via Dease lake.
The department of mines has re
jcehlsd no word of a strike and
details are not available at this
time.
HElTlfir
! DROWN 16S EAST
CLAIM 35 LIVES
TEMPERATURE OF 110 REPORT
ED AT CORINTH, N. Y.; ALSO
REACHED CANADA
NEW YORK, May 31, (#>)—Drown
j’ngs and the heat wave in the east
fook a toll of 35 lives.
Thousands flocked to the beaches
to escape one of the hottest Mem
orial Day’s on record. Highways
I were iammed with automobiles
seeking to escape from the heat
adding collisions to the disastrous
day.
In New York city the temperature
was 33 and four died from heat;
feu* were prostrated and nine
drowned.
Boston reported a temperature of
PS. New England had five dead
from heat and four drownings.
Corinth. N. Y., was the hottest with
a temperature of 110; three drown
|ed.
In upper New York state three
drowned. In New Jersey a war
veteran dropped dead after a par
ade. Pittsburgh had two drown
mgs and two deaths from heat. Two
drownings were reported at Ontar
io, Canada.
GRID LODGE OF
I ODD FELLOWS IN
SESSION SUNDAY
ALASKA DELEGATES DELAYED
IN ARRIVING OWING SINK
ING OF ALEUTIAN
SEATTLE, May 31, (/P)—Prepara
tions were completed today for the
51st annual session of the Odd Fel
lows Grand Lodge which has juris
diction over Washington and Alas
ka and which opens Sunday in th£
Olympic hotel here.
Due to the sinking of the S. S.!
Aleutian the Alaska delegates will j
not arrive until Tuseday on the Ad- !
miral Evans.
Between 5,000 and 6,000 are ex-:
pected to attend. In addition to
the 51st. annual session the grand !<
lodge gathering will also include, ,
the 23rd annual Departmental ■
Council Patriarchs Militant, and ,
the sixth annual meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary to Patriarchs Mili- ,
Lant. .
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AUTHOR NORTHBOUND 1
SEATTLE, May 31, (/P)—Steward ^
Edward White, writer, left here 3
oday on his yacht “Cimba” with a i(
3arty to spend four or five months
n Alaska dividing his time between !c
*dsurelv cruising and big game's
Hinting. £
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COLD STORAGE NOW READY
FOR BUSINESS ANNOUNCES
PRESIDENT HAGEN
—
| Cold storage operations are
1 now under way at the Seward
Fisheries, Inc., announces Nils
Hagen, president of the local con
cern, and cannery operations will
start June 7. t
The company, incorporated un
der the territory of Alaska for
$25,000, is backed by Seward and j
Anchorage capital construction of
the plant having started about
three months ago. It is estimated
at least 50 people will; be in the
service of the plant' including
| fishermen and plant employees.
All of the help required will be
'employed locally throughout the
year
The officers of the company
are as follows:
OFFICERS NAMED
iNiis Hagen, president and
chairman of the board of direc
tors; John Rosness, vice pres
ident and director; E. ’ W. Sweek,
secretary and treasurei; Ed Jac
obsen, director. Two more direc
tors are to be added.
All kinds of fish will be hand
led, stated Mr. Hagen and the
local and Interior markets sup
plied. The surplus fish will be
shipped to the company’s agent
at Seattle. A telephone is to be
installed this week as will also be
the installation of their own light
ing system.
WILL BUY BOATS
The cold storage plant will be
capable of sharp-freezing from
6.000 to 10.000 pounds in 36
hours with the cooler capacity
pounds.approximating 65.000 to
75.000 pounds.
In the near future the company
will add two of their own hal
ibut schooners, Mr- Hagen said,
but at the present time have
nine fishermen with power boats
and dories to supply the plant.
These include Ed Jacobsen, who
is in charge of gears, boats and
fishing; Albert Peterson, Hans
Simonson, John Malutin, Billyj
Bryant, “Spud” Murphy, Oscar
Erickson, John Iverson and Andy
Peterson. These fishermen, with
the two boats to be purchased,
are expected to maintain the plant j1
with a steady supply of fish.
It is the intention, Mr. Hagen J
added, to can reds, silvers and '
humpies and, according to their!3
estimation, it is hoped a pack !
of from 6,000 to 10,000 cases will [
be put up this season. 3
ONE LINE CANNERY
The cannery line—one-line, Vz ,
pounds—has a capacity of 500 J
:ases a day, about 20 people be-'*
ng employed in the plant.
George Hedemark will be in
charge of cannery operations and,
iue to his 15 years past exper
ence in this line, is particularly |
veil adapted to head this im- i
jortant department. In addition t
,o his knowledge of fish packing s
le is an expert cannery mechanic, s
jerfectly capable of making any r
epairs or alterations which may n
>e made in the future. For many r
rears he was associated with the f
Carlisle Packing Co., as well as
loters, but in later years has been
perating his own plants; at pre- n
ent he is interested in canneries E
.t both Kenai and at Douglas, b
I!. S. SALMI TROLLER
SEIZED BE CAM
PRINCE RUPERT, May 31, (JP)—
The United States salmon troller
Mary C. Fisher has been brought to
pert bv the Canadian patrol boat j
Rivides, after its seizure at Towhill,!
Oiaham Island, for violation of the1
Canadian fishing regulations. Capt.
A. A Fillion of the troller claims
he went, to Towhill to make'repairs j
as allowed under the international
'■s^reement.
RUNS OFF 500 MILE AUTO RACE
IN FEW MINUTES OVER FIVE
HOURS TIME
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31, (JP)—
Ray Keech, of Philadelphia, daring
28 year old driver won the 500 mile
motor race at the speedway before
a crowd of 160,000.
Keech took the lead at the 392
mile mark. He reeled off the dis
tance in five hours, seven minutes
and 25.42 seconds an average of 97
miles an hour.
The race resulted in the death of
William Spence, Los Angeles driver,
and the narrow escape of five oth
ers.
Thirteen of the original 33 start
ers finished.
Louis Meyer, Los Angeles winner
in the 1928 race, finished second,
seven and one-half miles behind
Keech. Meyers’ time was five hours,
13 minutes and 49.21 seconds, an
average of 95 miles an hour.
Jimmy Gleason of Philadelphia
was third; Lou Mocre, who appear
ed certain for second, had the mis
fortune to burn out a bearing five
miles from the finish was forced i
out.
Carl Marchese of Milwaukee, fin
ished fourth. It was his first major
eompetiticn. Gleason’s time for
laird place was five hours, 20 min
utes and 10.46 seconds, an average
at 93 miles an hour.
PRINCE RUPERT, May^ 31,
— Ottowa authorities have in-1
Jtructed E. F. Jones to conduct^
she prosecution of the four U. S. i
salmon trollers seized at Goose C
larbor, in Vancouver. The date (
>f the hearing has not been an
lounced. The troller Catherine B,j
seized a few days ago off Rose c
Spit, was formally put under ar-j^
est Wednesday.
MTIVE DROWNS YUKOK <
KRONER WHS SAVED
TAN ANA, May 31, (JP)—Fred
larks and Christopher Frank, na- js1
ives, upset Monday when they
tarted to cross the Yukon in a |o:
mall canoe, 18 miles below Tana
a. Frank, after swimming four j
linutes, sank and drowned; Marks ^
cached the upturned canoe and r:
oated until he wah rescued.
The Richardson highway is iC(
ow open from Fairbanks to tr
apids, according to the Fair- ti
anks News Miner. i.(
NO STOPS WILL BE MADE AT
CANNERIES; ALAMEDA
SERVICE AUGUST
SEATTLE, May 31, (A>)—The
Alaska Steamship company will
speed up the liners S. S. Alaska
and S. S. Yukon from three
weekly, turn-around, to two week
round trips in order to take
-are of the passenger bookings of
the foundered S. S. Aleutian. This
schedule is planned for the sum
mer months.
Because of the quick turn
around only the regular ports of
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Cordova, La
ouche, Valdez and Seward will
be made with additional stops
at Columbia glacier during the
excursion period. Stops will also
be made at Juneau.
There will be no cannery stops
aut many freighters will be need
ed and will be routed on this
service The Yukon and the Alas
ka service will be augmented ear
ly in August by the transfer of
the S. S. Alameda from South
eastern Alaska to Southwestern
routes.
All sailings, beginning June 9,
will leave Seattle Sunday morn
ings instead of Saturdays. The
tresels will arrive in Seward on
Jie Saturday following leaving
;he Seward terminal the same
light and arive back in Seat
tle the following Friday.
S. S, LMCHE
FREIGHTER LATOUCHE WILL
MAKE CORDOVA HOME
PORT, SUMMER
SEATTLE, May 31, f^5)—The A.
3. S. Co., routings for service on
3rince William Sound will be
urnished by the S S. Latouche
vhich will serve Drier bay, Nellie
uan, Port Ashton, Port San
ruan, Port Benny Thumb Bay,
?rab Bay, all other canneries.
The Latouche will meet liners at
tordova. This service is in ad
lition to the Redondo line.
The S. S. Redondo will go to
took Inlet ports, Kodiak Island
nd other Western Alaska ports
onnecting with liners at the
eward terminal. The Redondo
nd Latouche will leave Seat
le June 4 to begin this service.
remits kilied
NEW YORK mill RICE
NEW YORK, May 31, (JP)—Two
Yectators were killed and a driver
id two others injured in the Mem
'ial Day race at the Metropolitan
sirgrounds. A car, traveling about
> miles an hour when at No 1 turn
the dirt track it left the course,
irtied the embankment and hit a
oup of spectators where it over
:rnei.
The driver told the police he lost
introl of the car when it swerved
avoid a boy who ran onto the
ack. The boy was one of the in
red.