The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-23
SHIPPING BOARD VESSEL ARRIVES
 WITH BIG CARGO
Northwestern Comes from South Bringing Freight
 and Passengers.

American passenger and freight steamer to come north since the present marine strike started. a.- rived in port from Seattle yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock The stealr CT is being operated by the Shipping Board with Shipping Board deck of ficers and Naval Reserve men in .he engine room. In the stewards de. partment, Pullman car chefs and walters are employed
 The Northwestern is in command of Capt. Harry Hobey. well known navigator of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, and he has as pilots Capt. William Cornell, who has been reg. ularly on the Northwestern, and Capt k. E. Crockett of the Alameda.
 Purser Parker is the financial agent in his usual berth and the two old freight clerks, Wilkinson and Tittsworth, are in their usual ca. pacity. A. Payne is steward. Capt William Jensen, who has been in command of the Northwestern for the past two years is taking six
 
 trip to Norway.
 w. H. Rober of Bremerton. who has been port engineer at Seattle for the Shipping Board. is on the Northwestern as chief engineer, and Marshall McGinitie is first assistant engineer.
 Big Cargo on Steamer. The Northwestern brought 1G2 tons of freight for Juneau and has the following tonnage for ports to the westward: For Cordova, 525 tons; 12S tons for Valdez, 23 tons for Latouche, 56 tons for Sawmill Bay 55 tons for Port Ashton, 134 tons for Seward and 564 tons for Anchor age The freight cargo consists prin- cipally of foodstuffs.
 Many Passengers.
 The Northwestern brought 31 pas sengers for Juneau and has 301 passengers for the westward. Only five passengers on the steamer are for Anchorage the maority going to Seward
 Delay in Discharging.
 There were several hours deiay in discharging the steamer in Juread. as the local longshoremen refused to handle the freight having bee,4 iiI formed that the u3ion at Ke chikan did not handle the freight at tha' port. During the noon hour yes terday, a cablegram was received from Ketchikan, stating that the union did discharge the freight at that port, and the local union long shoremen went to work at 1 o'clock discharged freight from the after hatch, as it contained perishables and no work was done from the forward hatch Consequently the mail and express was not dischare cd lntil the first thing in the afternoon shift.
 The regular shed crew at the City lock was on duty as usual.
 Deputy Marshals N o. Hardy. w. R. Garster and A. E. Lucy wc,, at the dock when the steamer arrived and Chief of Police T. E. P. Kcegan }iso joinied the force. There was no trouble of any kind during the steamers stay in port and she sailed for the westward at o'clock last tight.
 Passengers for Juncar.
 The following passengers arrived on the Northwestern for Juneau: Charles Bodin, R. P. Thomas, W. Hol gate, J. N. Miller, A. A. Stanfeldt, Edna R. Voss, Pete Sarto, Mrs. c. E. Ahues, Capt. c. s. Ward, J. G. Falk A. Gustafson, Ed Kimbell, w. w Whitcher, J. w. Stansfield, w. G. Smith, George Chamberlain, R. J Sommers, M. c. Rugg. L. NJ. Carri gan, Sam Guyot, w. O. Herrick and nine steerage.
 Passengers leaving for Western Alaska points on the Northwestern were: For Seward-Miss Emily Bor- gen, Oscar Hart, John Newmaker, Geo, H. Whitney, Geo. E.. Mann. H. Middleton, Miss Agnes Hill. Arthur Frame, Andrew Nerland. Mrs. M. c. Holman; fer Cordova-Mrs. A. Stern, H. w. Price, Miss Bertha Slmonds, A. J. Sprague, John c. Gotwalls, George R. Marshall for Anchorage R. E. Murphy; for Valdez-Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Densler.