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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16
Saves 2 From Lake
But Loses Own Life

RHINELANDER, Wis.-COTbin A.
Durham, SO, Chicago, lost his life in
Twin lake, near Minocqua, as he had
saved two girl bathers from drown
ing. Hearing the girls cries, Dun
ham, who was good swimmer,
plunged into the water to their res
cue. He succeeded in placing them
on a nearby raft when he was evil
IDENTIFY stricken with heart disease,
due to exhaustion, and went under.
The body was recovered.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
WHITE PASS RAILWAY DISCOURAGE TOURISTS:
 STOP FEM AT DAWSON

Mir. and Mrs. M. F. Greeley, of Puyallup, Wn., tourists who have been visiting Alaska the past few months, arrived from the Interior on one of the last trains. MT. Greeley, who was formerly editor of an east ern farm journal, states that when they attempted to buy tickets at Skagway for Yukon and lower river points they were told it's was impos- sible to get from Dawson to Nenana, and that their tickets would have to read by way of Whitehorse on the return trip. Arriving at Dawson they secured cabins and spent several weeks at the Yukon metropolis, where MT. Greeley found he had been deceived and that it was possible to come out by way of the government railroad.
 He circulated a petition signed by practically every one in Dawson, urg- ing that tickets be sold tourists al- lowing them to go down the Yukon and out by the Alaska railroad, but found much opposition to the plan from government officials and oth- CTS. He declares that 160 in his par ty were anxious to take the railway route but were refused permission and it was only by exercising his de- termination and paying no attention to the knocks. He and his wife were delighted with their trip and will try to arrange at Seattle for future tours by this route.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
JE. BALLANE CORRECTS
 CATEWAY'S STATEMENT

"The Gateway's article in it's issue of August 2S Of the landing of the Santa Ana twenty-one years ago with the first construction crew for the Al aska Central railroad, was not entire ly acurrate," said John E. Ballaine in a statement to the Gateway before he left on the Alaska yesterday for Se- attle Mr. Ballaine was president of the Panama Construction company, which had the contract for building the Alaska Central, was general man. ager of the Alaska Central company, and was the founder of Seward. He came on the Santa Ana in charge of the first construction crew.
 "The Santa Ana arrived at nine o'clock the morning of August 2Sth, 1904" Mr. Ballaine said. We tied up with a 200-foot hawser to a spruce tree at the end of what is now Fifth avenue. The Santa Ana lay just about where the railroad dock now is. We ightered our freight and passen- gers to the beach at the end of the present Fifth avenue. The whole town site was then dense forest. Mrs. Lowell's cabin, log hut at the foot of First avenue owned by Anton Ide, and two log cabins that had been built and occupied by our surveying crews in 1902 both on Fifth avenue were the only buildings on the site of Seward.
 There were about fifty men in our construction crew from Seattle, and twenty-seven boarded the Santa Ana at Valdez Of the fifty from Seattle, only Walter Jones, now in charge of engineering at Mile 52 is still resi- dent of Seward. Wallace Daykin with McMullen's grocery was small child and come with his parents on the Santa Ana from Seattle.
 "Of the number who boarded the boat at Valdez, T. w. Hawkins, Geo Phelps, Lillie Gordon Schallerer, An
 
 dy Rasmussen and John A. Nelson are still residents of Seward. MT Nelson had been member of one of our survey parties in 1902
 "Only four white men were on the beach when the Santa Ana arrived They were Col Revelle and William Scheffler who has married daughters of Mrs. Lowell, the native woman, then living here with her family Pete Pistol" Anderson, and Fred Laubner. Anton Eide was a resident of Valdez and was in Valdez at the time Neither was w. H. Whittlesey here. He was at Katalla when we came, although he had been with the survey party in 1902. He did not come to Seward as a resident until 1904 or later. MT. Eide had a cabin here, which he occupied during the winter months, when he carried mail
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02

SEATTLE. Aug. l.-"The human race has spread from Eastern Asia to the east and west and marching hosts of two civilizations stand face to face across the Pacific. The advanc- ng hosts must pause on their erspec- i've shores by peaceful methods, or by war cause and treat with opposing nations. Neither race is prepared for peaceful solution of what would evolve an interminglng of two civili- zations," declared Secretary Wilbur, this afternoon in a speech here.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
.RANCHERS TO MEET
 CORDOVA, SEPT. END

The fox ranchers of Prince Will jam Sound will assemble at Cordova on Sept. 2, to hold their annual meet ing. A wire has been received from E. P. Walker, chief of the Biological Slrvey in Alaska, stating that he will arrive in Cordova on the Steamship Alaska tomorrow and will stay over for fox meeting.
 The biological survey has had an expert on fox diseases working inthe territory for some time and he will undo ubtedly have something of inter est for the fox raisers.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02

NOW ITS UNREASONABLE
 CHICAGO, Sept, 2.-Ned Wyburn, manager for the Ziegfeld Folies, says that bobbed hair is getting un- fashionable on the stage.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
HURRICANE VISITS THE
 VIRGIN ISLANDS

ST. THOMAS Virgin Islands, Sept. 2.-At least eight were killed and many injured as the result of a hurricane which hit the islands in this vicinity.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
SHENANDOAH LIKELY
 MAKE PACIFIC TRIP

WASHINGTON, D.. C., Aug. 31.- Strictly as a military maneuver, the naval airship Shenandoah will under take the flight to the Pacific coast and return here this fall, it was de. clared again at conference with Sec retary of the Navy Roosevelt, Admir- al Moffett, Admiral Eberle and Com mander Landsdowne, the latter com. mander of the giant dirigible.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
STEAMSHIP REDONDO HAS LARGE LISTING

The steamship Redondo which con- nected with the Alaska at Halibut Cove, carried the following passen- gers to the. westward: I. c. Jacobsen to Red Fox Bay; G. Clark, Oscar Wick, Karl Albbreken and Ed von D'har for Seldovia, and I. w. Wells, Mrs. I. w. Wells and E. M. Policy for Kodiak.
 The Redondo will reach port about Friday, connecting with the Yukon.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02

between Resurrection bay and Sun. rise.
 Our construction crew built the dock and got out ties and bridge tim bers during the winter of 1903-04, to be ready for construction in the ear ly spring of 1904. The dock was com pleted when the first spike was driv, en April 16, 1904"
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
BODIES REMOVED FROM WRECK

LONDON, Sept. 2.-Sixty-seven bodies were removed firm the wreck age after two passenger trains col lided near Lahorse, India. Over 20 bodies remained in the wreckage.
 Beside the dead there were fifty three seriously hurt.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
RElcHsTAe ACCEPTS DIAN

BERLIN, Aug. 3O-The Reichstag today accepted the Dawes reparations plan which has been drawn to a con- clusion at the recent London confer ence.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
NOTICE

Application for appointment of Fire Chief of the Town of Seward Alaska, will be received at the office of the Municipal Clerk of said town until 5 o'clock p .m., September End, 1924.
 By order of the Common Council.
 VIM. H. WHITTLESEY,
 Municipal Clerk.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
sovlETs REPUDIATE CONFESSION

LONDON, Aug. 31-The Soviet government last night issued a proc lamation retractisg the confession of war guilt which is contained in the Treaty of Versailles
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02

Seattle Brick Ice Cream, at the AL aska Shop. If.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02

New Fall Suit. Samples at Urbach's.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02
SHE DIDN'T SAY TIT!

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. "A local newspaper printed an article in which former Governor Ferguson denied that his wife made the anti-klan statements attributed to her in that newspaper the day previous.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-02

CAN USE A FEW MORE GUS TONERS AT THE o. K BARBER SHOP.
, 1924-10-24

- III 81 LG043AA4S SS'N 49, ~00AAAJ tS
this motor car, accompanied by his poor
and a tin of biscuits, insulting his politi-
cal opponents, but some Of his friends
ought to conduct him into a home until
his equilibrium is restored, for no Prime
Minister has ever talked such hysterical
drivel as Mr.. Macdonald. This speech
of Sir Alfred Mond is smuch toned down
in the reports which appear in the lead.
ing conservative Sunday papers like the
''Observer'' and the Sunday Times.
Coblenz, Oct. 21st. All the Franco
Belgian occupation services that have
been operating German Plants for the
Preparations account and remaining econ
Omic and customs organisms are to be
abolished next Tuesday and the German
officials fully reiDstated under an Ordi-
nance promulgated today by the Inter
Allied High Commission acting in con
formity with the Dawes programme.
Some of the German officials in the Gus
toms. forestry and licensing services are
taking over their work today All the
German plants seized are to be returned
to their owners.
New Orleans, Oct. 21st-According to.
copies of ''EI UNIVERSAL. a Mexico City
newspaper received here, the state of
SinaIOa. one of the most powerful north
ern states of Mexico, has refused
through its Governor and Congress to re
cogDize the election of Plutareo Elias
CalIos as President of Mexico and has
flung Out the banner of revolt. SInaIca
is the native state of GeneraI Flores,
candidate for President in opposition to
Gales. The Flores tacJi)n has charged
that wholesale fraudand ballotb0x slut
fling were r~esOrled TO by the Oregon
Gales faction.
, 1924-10-24

aIC " QQDiOQS CICCLl0tlCCtiuS an Ai4G
liberals and conservatives do not like to
advertise them, while labour would try
to make the electors believe that the lib
erals and conservatives are no longer two
parties, but one. Thus when liberals and
conservatives do fight each other, lab0ur
calls it sham fight and John Wheatley,
Minister of Health, in appealing for a la
b0ur var chest, says. II am confident
we need only tell the British public we
want money to smash the new coalition
and they will give it, there are hosts OF
liberal electors who would resent any at
tempt to stampede them into the con8er.
vative camp. This is illustrated in Ep-
ping and WaithamstoW where Mr.. Win
ston Churchill and Sir Hamar Greenwood
claiming to be liberals, have allowed
themselves so be put forward under con
sentative auspices and call themselves
constitutional candidates. Both Of them
are being opposed hV official liberal can
didate5. UnpOpulari1y of cOalitlonlsm
still dominates British politics. The tenn
perature is rising as polling day
nearer. Ii must be said that Mr.. Mac
Donald has been treated With surprising
gentIeness by opposing parties. Hardly
any reference has been made 10 the bis
cult episode, or to his prevarications In
the Campbell case. When Sir Robert
Horne made snearing references last
week to TIE Premier receiving suDyen-
tons from wealthy friends, many con-
sentative newspapers suppressed this
passage ia rep JrCing the speech. Sir AL
fred MOnl, however, has shown ne
means to fight with gloves off. Al Car
m3rth0n yesterday ne said. Il have
U2el In the H)l5a Of Commons seventeen
years and have seen many Prime Minis
tiers, but never a man so shifty and eva
sjve and who gave sucn a feeling, as did
Mr.. Macdonald. thac you could not be-
lieVe a word he said. On September Both
he said The had not been consulted re-
gardipg either the institution, or the
withdrawal OF the Campbell prosecution.
On October 9Th he aDolOgized for mis-
leading the House of Commons by giving
that answer. What are the facts. he
saw the Attorney General and expressed
his view of the prosecution aud thAre
was a cabinet meeting at which the At
tOrney- General was present. Bat no one
would suspect that from his staten mt
on September Goth, any more than any
one would suspect from Mr.. MacDOnald'S
statement that he only technically holds
30, 900 shares, that he has a life interest
in them, or a motor car life interest in
them, and that he enjoys an income OF
1850 pounds a year as a result. Why
could he not say that sGraightWay Instead
of waiting until the facts were dragged
s MI ~ 1910 .-E
, 1924-10-24

ST. CROIX STATION
London, Oct. Goth. Election nomina-
ton returns require careful interpreta
tlon, on they Will give a wrong impress
sion, They show 225 three cornered
contests, which is only twentyseven less
than last year. From this it would APP
pear that the much talked of pacts be-
tween the conservatives and liberals 10
not amount to much, but it is To BE- OBJ
served that the liberals nave Withdrawn
from l2l constituencies which they
fought last time, whilst Iabour has put
~ more candidates in the field. Tue con
sentative nominations were almost eX-
actly the same as thelast time. LabOur
increased nominations are respJuoIO.2
tor many new triangles which have in
appearance, but not in reality. neutraliz-
ed the effect of the conservative liberal
pacts. All liberals Withdrawals are not
due 10 pacts, but to a desire to c0ncen-
trate their strength on contests where
they have chances of victory. There are
definite pacts between liberals and CON
serVatIVes IN only about fifty divisions,
but as these are seats which lab0ur won
Wllh a majority vote, they may have
great effect on the final result of the cleo
ton. There will be hfty-one straight
nights between conservatives and liberals,
2ll between conservatives and Iabour
and 81 between liberals and Iabour. Last
year there We're SO conservatives elected
on minority vote, 10 labour so elected and
40 liberals. This shows that the conser-
yatlves normally do very we'll out of
three cornered contests and they may ex-
pect to do still better where the trian-
giles, which have been eli minated, are
precisely those in which conditions ia
Voured their Iabour opponents When
all IS said, however, the chief Importance
OF the conservative-libera pact will no.
be- seen IN the cons ituencies, but in Par
lament. Ii no party has an independent
majority 10 the next Parliament, the lib
erals VIII vote to put the conservatives
Evening star., 1924-10-12

Comdr. Fred T.. Livingston al
the last meeting of Henry c. Speng-
ler Post, No. 12, American Legion.
told Of the departments plans for
child welfare work in the District OF
Columbia. The post voted to /enter
a, team in. the American Legion Bowl
ing League, and Messrs. Dorsey,
Sweeney and Fuller were appointed
committee to make the plans. An
monthly luncheon meetings have been
resumed.
Columbia Post. No. 833. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, lis arranging an active
Winter campaign. The post has set
as one of its objectives, Double the
membership; by Christmas, 1924.
Delegates to the twenty-fifth annual
encampment submitted their report
and gave intimate details OF the en-
campment at the meeting Wednesday
night. The formation Of a ladies'
auxiliary Is being considered.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of Equality
Walter Reed Post will meet Thurs
day evening at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Vista L. Reed, 122S
street southwest, at which time the
Fall and Winter program will be
outlined Dy Cne hOSpildt dStiNAAJ Schi
mittee, also reports made by the aux
iliary membership committee.
The allied American Legion ball to
be held the latter part of December
received the sanction and support OF
the members of George Washington
Post, No. ], at a meeting held last
Tuesday night in the clubhouse, 1923
/ street northwest. The posts giving
the ball include George Washington
Post. No /: Kenneth II. Nash Post,
Ne. 8; Stuart Wolcott Post, No. 10
and Sergeant Jasper Post, No 10,
which are considered the live wire
posts in this department. The de-
tails of the proposed ball were out
lined Members of the post sub
scribed 5000 worth of tickets. Com
mander Percy B. Mccoy announced
the appointment of Past Commander
Howard S. Fisk and George T.. Pick
ett, Sd, as the representatives from
George Washington Post on the joint
committee.
Following up the success of the
Washington base ball club in the
world series, the post voted ard III
structed Commander Mccoy to send
a telegram to Stanley Harris express
ing confidence in the team
New members were elec:sd as fol
lows: John. w. BaGley, John Burns,
Guy S. Burr, John w. Kelly. and by
transfers David h. Summers of Post
No. a. Chattanooga, Tenn; Earl w.
Ezell and Rev. Arlington n. Mc',allum
Evening star., 1924-10-12
SECRECY IS DENIED
IN ALASKA CONTRACT
Secretary Work Claims Senator
Wheeler Is Misin.
formed.

Making public the finding of an
agreement believed to be the one re-
ferred to by Senator Wheeler in re-
cent campaign address as secret
contract between j. P. Morgan's Alas
ka Steamship Company and the Gov
ernment-owned Alaska railroad" fix
ing division of freight rates between
the two concerns on joint shipments.
Secretary Work declared yesterday that
the contract neither was secret nor
confined to the two organizations deS-
ignated by the Independent vice presi-
dential candidate.
Senator Wheeler seems to have been
misinformed," said Secretary Work
who explained the contract was en-
tered into before he assumed charge
of the Interior Department The
joint tariff contract between the
Alaska Steamship Co. and the Alaska
Railroad is not, a secret agreement.
1t is on file with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and any one who
wants to see 1t may do so by simply
making the request: ----..
- Moreover. the contract is not an
exclusive contract between the Alaska
Steamship Co. and the Alaska Rail
road. There is another steamship
line with which tho Alaska Rail
road has the same identical contract,
Of rates. This company Is the Pacific
Steamship Co... a competitor of the
Alaska Steamship Co."
DR.. Work asserted representatives
OF his department, went to the Inter
state Commerce Commission, asked to
see the contract, and were presented
with 1t Immediately.
This contract" he said. "as well
as the other made between the Alaska
railroad and the Pacific Steamship
Co. being on file at the Interstate
Commerce Commission. is public prop
erty. accessible at all times to any
citizen OF, the United States.
"As a matter OF record, 1t was an
nounced by the management of the
Alaska railroad. at the time these con-
tracts were made that a similar agree.
meat was open to any other trans
portation line' which desired to enter
the Alaska trade"
Evening star., 1924-10-12
CONTROLLER McCARL
TO ANSWER SUMMONS
Cited to Show Cause Why Man
damus Should Not Issue in
Claim for $50, 1894.

Justice Stafford of the District Su-
preme Court yesterday cited ]. r. Nc
Carl, controller general of the United
States, to show cause October II, why
writ Of mandamus should not be is
sued to compel him to take action on
two claims of the Skinner and Eddy
Company, shipbuilders, of Seattle.
Wash, against the United States
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Cor
poration for a total of $50.371. 1854.
The court Is informed that con-
trary to law the controller general
declines to act on the claims of the
petitioner until a suit pending in
the State Of Washington is decided.
McCarl. it is stated. declares that the
Fleet Corporation has transferred its
interest in tho pending litigation to
the United States and that 1t would
act as setforth to the claims
sought to have him pass upon. This.
he says, justif1es Withholding Of a
decision on the claims. The petit
toner asserts there Is no such dis
erection in the controller general and
wants the court to require him to
take action.
Attorneys ]. Barrett Carter, George
". Trip1ett and Louis Titus appear
for the Seattle corporation.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
SOLVES WRECK MYSTERY.
I. G. G. Inquiry Blames Broken
Rail for Woodford, Va. rraredv

An accident on the Richmond.
and Potomac Rail-
road near Woodford, Va. on April
2 was Caused by broken rail, the
Interstate Commerce Commission an
nounced yesterday after an investiga-
ton. One person was killed and five in
1ured when the train, travelling at
between so and IS miles an hour
was derailed. s.. -. s
The wreck on the Wabash at Will
Transport, Ind, on June 1, in which
six Passengers and seven employees
were killed" and 4s injured, was
caused' by the passing track Avitcb
lever coming out of it's notch and
allowing the switch points to open
as. the passenger. train was passing
over the switch at a high rate Of
Evening star., 1924-10-12
WILL ASK $23,000,0 900
FOR ARMY AIR WORK
War Department to Submit Needs
Of Service for Action by
. Congress.

The Waf Department expects to
ask Congress at the next session for
100000 for the Army Air Service.
including a regular budget allowance
Of $15,000.000. and a supplementary
estimate. of $4,000, 600.
Details of the allotment proposed
for the $23,ooo.oo0 total within the
air service are not yet available
but the plan is understood to con-
template expediture of more than
half OF the total amount on new
planes and other operating equip
ment. - 30
Evening star., 1924-10-12
RECORD BOND ISSUES.

NEW YORK. October 11.--Long
term bonds ISSUED by public utility
companies this year are estimated at
about $5de, 100000. stock issues at
$500. .000.p00s and short term oblfga Z,
tions at about 500, 100000. Growing
confidence in the earning ability OF
these COMPANIES As believed to have
been the chief element in attracting
capital aaded BY the easier money
situation 80 - -
Evening star., 1924-10-12

the appointment of brigadier gen.
erals and major generals in the ON.
GERS Reserve Corps Is provided In
the revised Reserve Corps regulations,
now known as Army Regulations
140-15, for general officers They
cover all features of the Reserve
Corps, setting forth that all grades
from second lieutenant to major
general.
The same general principles under
which an eligible list is created,
from which vacancies are to be filled
in the lower grades, is provided for
General Officers Reserve Corps. An
officer cannot be appointed major
general or brigadier general unless
there Is a vacancy In the plan OF the
mobilization of the Army Of the
United States. An effort Is, made to
guard against the indiscriminate
transfer between the line and stan
by. requiring applicat ton to be acted
upon as original entries on the eligi-
bic list. In setting forth what will
be required of general officer the
regulations state:
In order to. secure unifo rmity and
a continuing policy. The written
examination shall be prepared at the
command of general staff school for
approval by the War Depaftrnen mt,
and shall be so framed as, to deter
mine the applicants qualifications to
command a brigade of his own arm
of service in time of war or brigade
Of any other arm which the appli-
cant may elect. The written exami-
nation may be supervised by one or
more officers of the Army, designated
by the commanders Of the corps areas
In which the examinations are to be
held. but such officers may be other
thar members Of the board. -
The written examination may be
Evening star., 1924-10-12

MtST Bt I.IMr-JIA IELl-DLSlRE SIN.
ronm thoroughly modern house, h.-w.h. and
large yard: strictly white neighborhood: ::
$1,000 tn 81 800 cash. Give full particulars.
No agents Address RnS tsp Star office
Evening star., 1924-10-12
WANTED TO BUY-H0UsEs.

INVESTOR DESIRES To BCY SIN ROOM
house. with bath. In northwest section, which
can be financed TO sell to coored for small
cash payment. Immediate sale. Address BOX
Evening star., 1924-10-12

S0CTHEAST-THERE ARE - PEOPLE
listed with who want to buy homes in the
southeast. List yours for results with
Evening star., 1924-10-12

Last years, birth rate for England
and wales, le.7 q thousand, Is the
lowest On record except for the war
years, fSfS-fSie.