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Seward,
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“Center of
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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 82.
SEWARD. ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1928.
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IUCE TEN CENT I
, ALEUTIAN LEAVES
SEATTLE IS BIG
PASSENGER LIST
MANY ALASKANS RETURNING ON
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COM
PANY LINER
SEATTLE, April 7. <(yP)—1The S. S.
Aleutian, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed at
9 o’clock this morning for Alaska. The
vessel carried 349 passengers. The
Seward reservations included R. W.
El well, L. A. Wilson, G. E. Rockerfel
ler, Mrs. Wake and son, Mr. and Mrs.
George Corey, Frances Bowden, Mrs.
Bowden, Mrs. Martell, Mr. and Mrs.
McCulloch, Helen Baker, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack McCord, Mn and Mrs. C. A.
Cremer and son, Mrs. Handley, J. if.
Hamell, Rus Rasmussen, R. Sharp,
Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Simpson, W. G. Mur
ry, Mrs. Cacy and baby, J. Hodgson,
F. O. Parry, J. Tormick, C. L. Patriken,
T C. Wick, A Helm, R. T. Kolhamsen,
W. S. Horning, Jake Sepfinger, W.
Noel. Bob Maxwell, John Blattman,
P. Dow, X. A. Loralio, J. Zaplotnik,
Fred Ell, M. Green, G. Sodenbloom and
six unnamed. C. M. Bucannon, O. Wil
liams, W. T. Downing, J. G. Marier.
C. W. Albers n, Mrs. A. Stoeko, and 15
steerage.
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COMPANY OFFICIALS EEL! EVE
BLAZE STARTED FROM WSR
ING; NOT SO SAY POLICE
HAv'ANA, April 7. (>P)—The great,
« fire in the Standard Oil Company’s |
refinery' at Regia was still raging yes
terday morning, but a change in the j
wind relieved fears the flames would j
reach the gasoline tanks storing 3,
000,000 gallons.
Eighty have been injured including |
11 sailors. Ships anchored in the vi
cinity have been ordered to move fur. j
ther away as further explosions are j
feared. Burning oil is adding to the !
hazard.
Several explosions occured last
night at the refinery'. Fire fighters
are holding the fire in reasonable
bounds but it. is almost impossible to
extinquish.
The company first thought the fire
■was the result of defective wiring.
Police thought incendiarism was res
ponsible.
Seattle, 7; San Francisco, 16.
Mission, 1; Sacramento, 3.
Portland, 3; Los Angeles, 7.
Hollywood, 6; Oakland, 2.
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EDITORIAL
WELCOME TO SEWARD
To Col. J. D. L. Hartman, U. S. Signal Corps, head of th
* Washington Alaska Military Cable & Telegraph Sys
tem, all Seward extends a cordial welcome but sorry hi
| stay in the city Will be of such brief duration.
Colonel Hartman has been chief of the Alaska sys
! tem of communication for approximately six years. Hi
j is notable for having brought it to its present high poin
! of efficiency and for his unvarying consideration foi
! the enlisted men under his command. This consideratioi
| has been returned, also unvaryingly, in service.
There is no finer type of men in the world than th<
soldiers who occupy the lonely one-man stations in th<
far-away hinderland or render metropolitan service ii
the larger cities and towns of Alaska. We know then
here in Seward as good, if temporary citizens, always will
ing to take a hand in fostering the best interests of th<
community they may for longer or shorter periods, cal
home. They are men who attend to business, behav<
| themselves with monotonous regularity and pay theii
| debts to the last penny.
They are part of Colonel Hartmen’s system.
The United States Signal Corps occupies a ver}
bright place in the history of Alaska. The people of Alas
ka are well acquainted with the unselfish work of the
1 Army personnel on duty in the Territory. From the earl}
days of American Alaska the Army’s officers and mer
have been the pioneers and pathfinders of the North
Their names are indelibly stamped on the pages of Alas
kan history. Many men have been sacrificed in the Alas
r:a service; their esprit de corps is second to none.
If one should ask any officer or man of the Sewarc
forces what they thought of their chief, the reply, wt
think, would be:
“He is a damn fine man.’'
AGAIN WELCOME
Reward will be doubly grateful, with the arrival in por
^ of the S. S. Alaska, for the liner is bringing Major Mai
colm Elliott, Engineer Corps, U. S. A., President of the
Board of Road Commissioners. Grateful that we maj
again meet one of his prominence whose sole ambition, a?
he has previously stated, “wants to be regarded as an Al
askan as long as I am in the Territory”, and grateful thal
at this time Sewardites may learn of his plans with refer
ence to the Lowell Creek project.
Major Elliott is lately returned from Washingtor
where he conferred with Congressional Committees con
earning funds for road work in the Territory. The atti
tude of Congressmen is favorable toward Alaska roar
work and their desire seems to be to extend as much aid
as possible, consistent with the financial program of the
government.
Seward also extends the hand of welcome to the effi
cient members of Major Elliott’s staff, the district super
intendents, who, also, will arrive on the same vessel fol
lowing attendance upon the annual Alaska Road Commis
sion conference at Juneau.
ENGLAND IS THRILLED
ANTICS ELDERLY GENT
LONDON1, April 7. (^—England
has been supplied with one of its
most dashing romances by the ap
pearance of an elderly gentleman
aamed William Adrian Allery, who
las established himself, without bo
thering to obtain permission, on val
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lable piece of property on Brixton
toad, and declared himself the long
ost heir to the Angell estate.
! KANSAS CITY, April 7. (JP)—1The
second trial of Miss Mary Hickman,
Kansas City school teacher, who
spanked one of her pupils for not ans
wering a simple arithmetic problem,
was begun in the circuit court here.
The pupil, James Christmas, 11, is
suing for $15,000 damages, alleging
•that he was spanked with a broom
stick, which crippled him. In the
first trial MiSs Hickman was fined
$1,500, but later was granted a new
irial.
Sil MS! HAVE BEEN
MURDERED SAY POLIC
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| CISCO, Tex., April 7. (JP)—'Tw
adults and six children, members o
the family of Boss Jackson, a farmei
were either burned to death or slab
before the country home was destro>
| ed by fire, Sheriff Hart said. Th
condition of the bodies of two child
ren caused them to think they wer
slain before the fire.
CHiDESTER AND HARDING, OF
BEAR FAME, ATTACKED BY
MOB RESENTFUL MEN
JUNEAU, April 7 (JP)—Following ;
free for all fight last Saturday nigh
i at a dance at Thane, a suburb of Jun
eau, in which Deputy Federal Prohibi
♦ion Administrator T. L. Chidester ant
! Prohibition Agent Warren Harding
were beaten up by a mob of men wh<
resented an alleged illigal search to
! bottles on their (hips, the Fed era
Grand Jury, who was given the case
r(‘timed indictments against E. Dez
aloff and Nick Kobak on the chargt
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I of using deadly weapons and resisting
arrest.
Both were arrested in the afternooi
. and held in jail in lieu of 3,000 bail.
Chidester and Warren are the tv
; officers treed last year by a bear whet
. making a search in the woods for ar
alleged still.
PROGRESSIVE PLEDGE SUPPORT
AT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION
MILWAUKEE, April 7. (/P)—In the
’ Milwaukee election 14 Progressives
' pledged to support Senator Norris and
j 12 Republicans, mostly uninstructed,
! as Wisconsin’s delegation to the Re
! publican National Convention. This
appeared to have been the outcome
of Tuesday’s primary,
j La Follette and John J. Blaine, Nor
j ris Progressives, and Walter J. Koh
ler and Andrew L. Kreutzer, unin
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structed Republicans, were all elected
Delegates-At-Large.
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GOVERNMENT WANTS TO RESIGN
! BUCHAREST, April 7. (JP)—Under
constant pressure Premier Bratiano
has announced the government will
resign when financial projects have
been culminated, but the peasant lead
er, Maniu, has declared himself un
ready to accept anything but immedi
ate resignation. J
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WASHINGTON FRESHMEN AND
JUNIOR VARSITY BOTH DE
FEAT CALIFORNIA
j SEATTLE, April 7. (jP)—California
I won the varsity race from Washing
! ton by half a length over the three
: mile course in 18 minutes, 10 and 2-10
! seconds. The race was neck and neck
all the way each crew alternating with
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leads of a few feet. Both fought every
inch of the way in the thrilling race
, against a slight headwind. ,
. Bucking a strong wind Washington
won the Junior Varsity race by seven
r lengths; time 19 minutes, 2 and 2-10
seconds, over the three-mile course.
The Bears stroke seemed not adapted
to conditions and they splashed con
1 siderablv but fought vliantly to over
“ come the lead which Washington took
from the start having about five
lengths to their credit at the one-mile
* post.
’ Washington won the Freshman
) race by tow and one-half lengths cov
ering the two-mile course in 12 min
^ ut.es, and 6-10 seconds. California had
’ the lead for the first half of the race
changing their stroke often. Wash
* ington kept a steady stroke which pro.
’ duced results.
ALL INHABITANTS CF SMALL
COMMUNITY ILL; WATER WAS
TAINTED WITH ARSENIC
FOUKE, Ark., April 7. (/p)—Charg
with having placed poison in the com
munity well which resulted in the ill
ness of nearly all of the inhabitants
of J. R. Goldman’s sawmill camp, Mrs.
Lynn, age 70, was arrested with her
brother, Robert Morris.
They are being held on charges of
' assault with intent to kill after au
thorities reported the well water gave
i indications arsenic had been placed
' in it.
The camp has about 20 families.
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| Mrs. Lynn’s children told officers she
| wras suffering hallucinations and be
! lieved the sale of certain timber,
’ which she thought was her’s would
( be prevented if the lumber camp was
removed.
GERMANY INCREASING NAVY
BERLIN, April 7. (/P)—In the face
of oppositions charges Germany is
uselessly increasing instead of reduc
ing armaments. Reichstad approved
at the second reading, a bill for the
construction of a 10,000 ton cruiser
at an estimated cost of 80,000,000
marks.