Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1923, Page 5

BEAUTY OF ALASKA | CHARMS PRESIDENT . Special Train Swinging Past Succession of Lakes and Glaciers. By the Assoclated Press. ABOARD PRESIDENT HARDING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, ALASKA RAIL- ROAD, July 14.—The language of \e- scription was exhausted by Presi- dent Harding, Mrs. Harding and mem- bers of their party today as thelr speclal train carrfed them over this government-built rallroad into the neart of Alaska, which the President has termed “America’s wonderland.” The train of nine cars, since leav- ing Seward yesterday afternoon, has passed a succession of beautiful mountain lakes, valley and glacler acenes, with mountains ralsing their lofty snow-capped peaks above the elouds, lakes set like emeralds among LE6me miountalns, vallers green with jungte-like vegetation and great blue iaclers creeping down the slope. New Vi The trip on the train has given the travelers a vision of Alaska not ob-! tained on their water voyage along the coast of southeastern Alaska. At the outset of the trip the pariy saw the great Chugach National Forest, which extends along the coast sixty miles and inland many miles. Passing two stations r ng previous national administrations, Woodrow Wil- son and Roosevelt, the train proceeded along beautiful Kenai lake several miles on of Country. before arriving at the summit of the Chugach mountains, Here the party saw an example of the engineering work necessary to build the railroad. To overcome grades the line passes through a tunnel and around a horseshoe curve, wWhere the track loops over itself. Sun High at 8 O’clock. Dinner was had at a station named Tunnel, and with the sun still high in the sky, although it was § o'clock, the party traveled for miles along Cook in- let to Anchorage, the third largest city in Alaska. Here a two-hour stop was made. The President greeted citizens and was shown about the town, which was the base of operations in construction of the rallroad and has become the center of trade in coal from the Chickaloon and Matanuska flelds, to the east of the line. These fields the President saw be- fore the train was parked for the night. The whole trip overland is being made by daylight, which lasts almost twenty-four hours a day at this time of year here Wil Stop at St. Thomax. The President let it be known that he plans to stop at St. Thomas, Virgin Island, on his way from Panama to New York, when he returns to Wash- ington from his tour. After skirting the coast of south- eastern Alaska for a hundred miles President Harding, Mrs. Harding and the members of their party landed at Sewark vesterday to take the Alaska railroad, built by the government, to Fairbanks, the commercial center of interior Alaska. The presidential travelers and their companions came ashore from the transport Henderson, on which they Skagway, Alaska, Wednesday, steamed across the Gulf of Alaska. Plans Are Uncertain. Plans of the President after visit- ing Fairbanks, nearly 500 miles in the interior. are uncertaln. It was belleved that at least some members of the party would go over the Rich- ardson highway in automobiles to Chitina, the interior terminus of the Copper River and Northwestern rail- | road—a trip planned for the Presi- dent and then consldered by some of his advisers to be too severe. A hearty reception was given Pres- ident Harding in Seward, regarded by its citizens to become the greatest port In Alaska. The port is on Resur- rection Bay and is the terminus of the old Alaska Northern railroad bought by former President Wilson as the first link in the Alaska rail- the Henderson was entering urrection Bay vesterday President Harding, Gov. Bone of Alaska, and other members of the presidential party gathered on the super deck forward for a_ ceremony which was concluded by christening the passage taken by the Henderson and the de- stroyers Corry and Bull “Harding Gate Way to Resurrection Bay. RECEPTION IN VANCOUVER. Woman Boards| Ship, Leaving Pier' OnHumanLadder' NEW YORK, July 14.—Three seamen on the Dante Alighleri of the Trans-Attantica Italiana line formed a human ladder yesterday and swung Mrs. Helen Antoinette aboard after the gang plank had been drawn in and the ship was beginning to move away from the dock. Mrs. Antoinette arrived at the pler three minutes late. “I can make it,” she cried. One seaman, held by two companions, swung ‘head first over the side, grasped Mrs. Antolnette by the wrists and she was hauled aboard while a crowd on the pler cheered. PROBE OF GIRL’S LEAP TO DEATH IS DELAYED Four Students at Whose Apartment | Tragedy Occurred Say Victim Ended Own Life. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 14.—To give the au- thoritles further time to Investigate, the inquest into the death of Elsie Camp- bell, twenty-five-year-old waitress, who jumped to her death from an apartment occupied by students, was continued until July 31. The four students held for_questioning stuck to their stories, | maintaining that the girl had accom panied one of the youths to their apart- | ment, and that when left alone in one | f the rooms she had disrobed and | aped out, clad in a bathrobe belonging | 0 one of the boys. The police sald they belleved the girl was formerly married to Ivan D. Camp- bell of Fort Dodge or Des Moines, lowa. A warrant charging wife desertion was | found in the girl's possessions, made out , against Campbell and signed by Mrs. | Ivan Dy Campbell. One of the youths | said irl told him she had been || marriec | SUPPOSED NUN MlSSlNG.; “Sister Theresa” Dodges Convent After Court Investigation. NEW YORK, July 14—The disap- pearance of a woman dressed as a nun, who described herself as “Sister of Portland, Ore., whe! brougnt to children's court Thursda to explain why Helen Maul, eleve years old, was In her care, was re ported by the superintendent of the Children's Society, where the was_sent. Arrangements were made, the su-{| perintendent said, by Father Hogan of the Church of the Epiphany to send | the nun to a convent, but on arriving there she refused to enter the build- | ing, and walked away. It was said at the convent that she had not been heard from. HEARST BUYS PAPER. Rochester Post-Express Acquired by Journal American. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 14—Ru- mors_of the purchase of the Roches- ter Post-Express by the Journals American were confirmed yesterday when _members of the staff of the Post-Express were ordered to report at the Journal-American offige on Monday morning. The Post-Express, it is understood, will cease publica- tion with today's edition. No announcement of the sale has been made by either publisher. The Journal-American was organ- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 'D. 4'0.1 SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1923. child ized a vear ago by Willlam Randolph |/} Hearst. —_— PURIFIES CHURCHES. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 14.—The churches in | |§| which religious services have been held by the reformed groups are be- ing purified with holy water by the Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon, former patriarch of all Russia, and his fol- lowers, who are gradually regaining {/§ the_edifices. Enmity toward the reformers, says a writer in Izvestia, is more pronounced in the provinces | since the latest declaration of Dr. || Tikhon against those who oppose him. _—— Col. E. J. Chambers, gentleman usher of the biack rod, has left Ottawa to assume charge. ol An_address of welcome, signed ‘on | behalf of Canada by Premler King, | has been handsomely embossed. It is | to be read to President Harding by J. H. King, minister of public works. || On arrival of the Harding party a reception will be given in a military | and naval setting. A huge popular | lunch will follow. At a formal dinner at a_hotel the government officials will be hosts i As the transport Henderson, bear- ! ing the presidential party, approaches || the city it will be welcomed by mem- || bers of the royal Canadian air force. | A detachment of royal Canadlan | B the Assoclated Press. VANCOUVER, B. C., July 14.—Plans for the reception of President Har- ding July 26 are nearly complete. Notes on President’s Trip By the Assoclated Press, ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON WITH PRESIDENT HARDING, July 14—Secretary of Agriculture Wal- lace; after consultation with agents of his department and with other ex- perts interested in the agricultural development of Alaska, announced to- day his conviction that the future will see great development of farming in the territory, but that the country will never produce crops beyond the needs of Alaskans themselves. Mr. Wallace made ,a statement to this effect in conference with news- paper men on the Henderson accom- panying President Harding on a tour of Alaska, during the voyage from Skagway fo Seward, where the party is to land today. to travel to Fair- banks over the Alaska railroad. Return by Henderson. President_Harding will make the trip from San Diego, Calif., to New . York via the Panama canal and Porto Rico on the marine transport Hender- son, instead of on the Shipping Board Stemers President Harrison and American Legion. Definite arrangements for the use of the Henderson were ‘decided today, and announcement was made that the schedule for the return provided for the arrival of the presidential party at New York August 27. It was con- sidered .likely that the President would deliver an address there before proceeding to Washington. The song, “Iowa,” most popular of any plece of music played at the recent Shrine convention in Washington, D. C., has been introduced by President Harding’s party in almo: very state d since it left Washington, and carried into this Alaskan first time by some of the singing members of the presidential group. - Too Cold for Him. The second day out from Tacoma was quite cold, and the chill winds sweep- ing down from the snow-topped moun- ufnl ‘were most uncomfortable for a correspondent for a New York news- paper, who brought with him only the lightest of summer suits. A search of the ship was made for a heavier sult, but he was of stout build and none |, could be found. Finally the ship's sail- / maker volunteered to make him a ? u -suit . laugh on hearing one of mounted police will escort the emi- nent visitor to Stanley Park, the city’s principal recreation tract, | where the officlal greetings will be expressed. clippings from sail canvas wer: for shoulder padding. e Every possible effort was made by Navy authorities on the Henderson to provide for the comfort of President and Mrs. Harding as well as other members of the party accompanying them to Alaska. Due to the thought- fulness of one officer, the chief execu- tive and the first lady were spared the necessity of climbing the ladders | when they lef{ the transport for the gmaller boats 'to ‘go ashore at Mel- aka. The ship's carpenter was instructed to build a platform with railing sur- rounding it and inclosed with can- vas. This was attached by cables to the crane which swings the smaller boats from the decks into the water, and thus an elevator was made. The cage, or platform, dropped from the top deck, on which the President and Mrs. Harding have their cabins, to the water's surface where they stepped from it into the small boat, and on returning to the Henderson found the lift waiting to place them again on e more than thirty feet al the t:ter. ¥ bove Navy Band Plays. The United States Navy Band, regu- larly stationed in Washington, but detailed to the Henderson during the Alaskan trip, endeavored during the voyage from Tacoma to glve its daily concerts as much “local colér” as possible and eminently succeeded. ac- cording to members of the presiden- tial party. The concert the first night out began with Sousa's march, “No- bles of the Mystic Shrine,” in recog- nition of the President’s membership in the shrine. Another number of the Was the march “Call compo: Benter, the leader, de’l’llc::lhe-drl:o Henry #nlhh'ur‘:‘h. former. potentate o e ‘ashington, . C., tem] the shrine. Wi Mrs. Harding’s favorite, of & Perfect Day.” was played at most every concert, and “Beautif Ohio” Was trequentiy. S b7 Learn Sea Talk. The “landlubber” members of the party, as is always the case, were all confused untll they learned the dif- ference between port and and the meaning of such ter “forecastle,” “aft,” “ster: Naval officers and the more seawise members of the party had a good e secret service men say, th were “on the o s becoming ||}/ T Open 9:15 A.M. Close 6 P.M, Closed Saturdays * Woohward & Wotheop THE JULY CLEARANCE SALE To which e have added a number of special purchases 50 Patent Enamel Hat Boxes. Spe- - .$5.50 700 yds. Hemstitched Voile. Special..50c 300 yds. Imported Voile. Special.....50c 200 yds. Lustrous Sport Fabrics. Reduced to.... ...$2.85 90 yds. Striped Pongee. Reduced to..$1.45 ‘Women’s Silk Parasols. Reduced to. .$6, $8 144 pieces Neckwear. Reduced to .95¢ 1,200 Women’s Linen Handkerchiefs. ‘Woven colored borders. 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