VOLUME XIX NUMBER 183
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
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LIEUTENANT WADE
FORCED TO AUGHT
. IN ICELAND FLIGHT
ABOARD AMERICAN CRUISED
RICHMOND, Aug. 4.—The air cruis
er Boston, with Lieutenant Wade and
Sergeant Ogden was forced down on
Sunday into the sea between Orkney
Island and Iceland. Lieutenant Smith
made Iceland while Wade and Og
den were being rescued, but their
machine was wrecked by an acci
dent while the cruiser Richmond
was trying to salvage it. After drift
ing four hours it was picked up by
a British trawler and taken in tow
^ later by the torpedo boat destroyer
* Billing-sly and finally reached the
Richmond.
HORNAFJORD, Iceland, Aug. 5.—
The two remaining American Army
airplanes on the world flight hopped
from Hornafjord at 9:15 this morn
ing for Reykjavik on the west coast
of Iceland. At 10:25 o’clock the fli
ers passed Skaftares, seventy miles
west of Hornafjord and were flying
in a strong gale.
May Give Wade 'New Plane.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—
The question of dispatching another
plane to England to permit Lieut.
Wade whose plane was wrecked to
continue the journey was taken up
today by the Army and Navy offi
cials.
Plane Abandoned
ABOARD STEAMSHIP RICH
OND ,Aug. 4.—The Boston airplaiie,
piloted by Lieut. Leigh Wade in the
American round the world flight was
abandoned early this morning. Lieut.
Smith and Lieut- Nelson are now to- j
^ gether at Hornafjord.
Fix It or Leave It.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—
Unless the wrecked airplane of Lieut.
^Vv’ade can be repaired at Reykjavik
he is definitely out of the world
flight it was said at the War depart
ment late yesterday afternoon.
Fliers Are Sighted.
LONDON, Aug .5.—The American
around-the-world fliers have been
sighted at Reykjavik, Iceland, accord
ing to a news agency report here.
Entertainment Taboo.
WASHINGTON, D .C.,' Aug. 5.—
The War department officially re
quested that all cities through which
the American round-the-world fliers
will pass en route to Seattle where
the flight will terminate refrain
from providing for any sort of enter
tainment for the airmen.
Will Terminate at Seattle
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—
A decision to terminate the Army
round the world flight at Seattle was
announced today definitely at the War
apartment.
B0LSHEV1KI BAND
ON A RAMPAGE
WARSAW, Ang. 5.—A Bolshevist
band armed with machine guns and
r bombs has raided the polish town of
Stolpec, southwest of Minsk.. The
raiders are losing no time, releasing
their fellow men from jail and pillag
ing the homes of the people and
smashing things in general about
the railroad station. Telephone in
struments have been so badly damag
ed by the raiders that news of any
sort cannot be transmitted to War
saw. It is reported though, that as
soon as the affair is over communi
cation will again be resumed.
Portuguese Aviators
Have Given Up Flight
VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 5.—The
three Portuguese aviators, who flew
from Lisbon to Mamao, near Hong
kong ,arived on the Empress of Can
ada, having given up the flight around
the world.
EMINENT AUTHOR DEAD
^BISHOPSBOURNE, Eng., Aug. 5.
—Joseph Conrad, eminent author of
Seattle is dead at his home here.
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LIEUT. GOVERNOR STATE OF
NEW MEXICO.
KIVtTONC »I«W CO. N«WT vo»«
tary of State ,who has been elevated
to the post of Lieutenant-Governor.
BUTLER’S SECRETARY
NABBED WHEN HE
FLAUNTS WINE POTS
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 5,—J. Mercer
Vernon, secretary to Chairman Will
paigniam Butler, chairman of the Re
publican National committee was ar
rested for violation of the prohibi
tion law. The Gold Coast House of
Correction ,a cabaret was the scene
of the arest and Vernon was seated
at a table with a half pint silver
flask before him when the officers
entered. He later secured his re
lease with United States Senator
Moses posting a thousand dollar cash
bail.
LABOR ENDORSES THE
THIRD PARTY TICKET
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 5.—The
heads of the American Federation of
Labor made public their endorsement
Saturday of the La Follette plat
form of the late Cleveland Third
party conference for progressive pol
itical action and that the convention’s
nominee LaFollette-Wheeler docu
ment; its denunciation of the Republi
can and Democratic platform, the for
mer party is charged jvith having
flaunted the desires of labor in arro
gant manner and the latter with hav
ing flaunted labor’s desires with that
evasiveness which is the customary
mark of insincerity. Both parties are
asserted to be morally bankrupt and
manipulated by machine politicians,
who have involved the entire nation
in moral obliquity and unashamed be
trayal. Coolidge, Dawes, Davis and
Bryan are dismissed by the Federa
tion as unacceptable to labor.
MOTORSHIP NOME IN
HANDS OF RUSSIANS
NOME, Alaska, Aug. 5.—The Rus
sian authorities have seized the Mo
torship Nome and confiscated her car
go, according to word received here
today from Anadyr .
REDONDO SAILS WEST
WITH GOOD MANIFEST
The steamship Redondo, which ar
rived in port from the westward yes
terday morning, sailed at 8 o’clock
this morning on a return trip. E. D.
Calvin, D. H. Ralston, Ray McCreary
and A. C. Curtis were passengers for
Uyak .
Passengers arriving on the Re
dondo were D. Ledgerwood from An
chorage, 0. Bergseth, A. K. Tichnor,
A. R. Tichnor and B. R. Hart, from
Uyak; Vic Engbloom, H. Cribb, C
P. Peterson, H. C. Feldman and A.
F. Ericson from Kodiak.
BANKER IS DEAD
TORONTO, Can., Aug. 5.—Sir Ed
mund Osier, president of the Domin
ion Bank of Canada, died here yes
! terday morning.
FORMER SENATOR DROPS DEAD
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 5.—Form
er United States Senator Townsend
dropped dead last night at the home
of his friend, D. W. Haris.
49 CONVICTIONS OF
DRY LAW VIOLATORS
BRISTOL BAY DISTRICT
Prohibition Officer D. W. Flanagan
and Special Agent Baggen returned
on the Starr yesterday from a long
trip through Interior Alaska, the
journey by land and water extending
over 4000 miles. Mr. Flanagan, in
company with Agen Baggen, Mr. and
Mrs. Gale, Mr. Felder, of the Bethel
Mercantile Co., and Postal Inspector
Mellick, left Seward May 12, going
to Nenana, from which point they
took the steamboat General Jacobs for
lower Yukon river points, going as
far as Holy Cross. In an interview
with a Gateway representative, Mr.
Flanagan stated that while he had
no time to make a thorough investi
gation of conditions, he visited all
Indian villages en route and found
some evidence of liquor violations at
times during the -past winter, but
sfound only two villages where the li
quor laws were violated to any con
siderable extent. Where such viola
tions were found invaribly they were
from traders giving liquor to natives
for furs. The worst condition, accord
ing to Mr. Flanagan, were found in
the vicinity of Koyukuk, the traders
there apparently being very active in
furnishing liquor to natives.
At Anvik, the natives were prosper
ous, and also at Holy Cross. Poor
conditions existed at the Russian mis
sion owing to local poverty.
From Russian Mission polling
boats were taken, crossing the port
age and proceeding to the Kuskokwim,
where they were met by gas boat
and taken odwn the river to Bethel.
The party stopped at Akiak cn the
Kuskokwim and found the natives in
a prosperous condition under the di
rection of Edwin Forrest, of the Bu
reau of Education. A sawmill is
owned by the government and natives
at this point, and many new homes
are to be found, all cleanly and /pros
perous looking. The branch at Quin
agak under Supt. Stecher was also
in fine conditions. This mission is
of»»ciiuiu wuik nere ana is prac
tically self-supporting.
While unable to visit the natives at
Nelson island, Mr, Flanagan learned
that they were in dire poverty and
a miserable condition exists, owing to
lack of transportation and the inac
cessibility of the country. This is the
great breeding ground of the walrus
and the I\elson island natives are
adepts at hunting these mammals, and
are also skilled carvers and workers
in ivory. The natives on Nunivak are
said to be also in bad shape for the
winter. The natives from Good News
Bay, Togiak ,and Kulutak are almost
exclusively dependent upon the wal
; *ys for their subsistance and a scar
city of these animals means starva
tion. The nearest trading posts are
at Nushagak and at Bethel, which are
visited at rare intervals.
Arriving at Bethel the party was
both surprised and delighted to find
immense stocks of goods at low prices,
despite lack of transportation, boats
serving this port but twice a year.
The party outfitted here and left on
June 18 for lower Kuskokwim. Leav
ing Bethel the first real hardships of
the party were encountered. Many
sandbars and uncharted waters made
navigation most difficult at times, and
very dangerous. After ten days hard
travel, Mr. Flanagan, Agent Baggen
and Customs Inspector Sides, who
joined the party at Bethel, arrived at
Dillingham, Bristol Bay.
Here the first liquor violations of
magnitude were found. Seven can
neries were investigated and eight
law violators apprehended all of
whom pleaded guilty and were fined.
Proceeding from here to Bristol
Bay proper, the officers picked up 45
men, 34 of whom were found guilty
of violating the liquor laws and 11
the Federal narcotic act. Four of
these men were peddlers of drugs^
one being alleged to be the largest
operator on the coast. The 34 plead
ed guilty and were taken before Unit
ed States Commission Neilson and fin
ed ,and the dope operators were plac
ed under $2000 bond to appear before
the Federal court at the fall term.
HTe fines in this district aggregated
$4200 . Ten stills were seized and
nearly a thousand gallons of mash
and liquor destroyed.
After cleaning up the district, Mr.
Flanagan, accompanied by Agent
Bagley, started on June 18 for Port
Moller. Shortly after their departure
their craft was struck by the severe
gale which swept Bering Sea, and
for many hours the lives of the occu
pants were endangered. The engine
was put out of commission by the
heavy seas ,and the temporary sails
torn away. Huge seas swept over the
vessel and carried away anchors, skiff,
luggage and provisions, only a lull in
the gale preventing their foundering.
They returned to Naknek and awaited
the arival of the Starr ,on which they
took passage to Seward .
En route two liquor peddlers were
arrested at Chignik and a still and
quantity of liquor seized. At Uyak,
as the boats loaded, the two Japan
ese apprehended at Chignik shouted
a warning to a comrade standing on
the dock, and a footrace ensued be
tween the agents and the bootleggers,
two men being taken as they w'ere
hurrying a fine w'ell made still into
the brush. Several hundred gallons
of mash were destroyed. These four
Japanese were taken to Kodiak and
tried before Commission Bettman,
pleading guilty and fined, an aggre
gate of $500.
They were peddling liquor to na
tives and were a menace to the
health of the community their stills
being deplorably filthy and unsani
tary.
While the fines on the trip were
not excessively high, the Commis
sioners believed it were better to
t make them of an amount the men
| were able to pay in order to save
the government the expense of trans
portation to Valdez ,and board and
lodging in the jail there. In case
they were taken outside it would cost
the government many thousands of
dollars to take them by dog team to
transportation centers.
During the long trip of Mr. Flana
gan, no good weather was encounter
ed until approaching Kodiak, and the
dangers of the trip were many and
frequent. It shows the magnitude of
the territory expected to be covered
by federal officers and cost the gov
ernment considerable money. This is
the first time this district has been
visited by federal prohibition officers.
In nearly all cases the cannery super
intendents cheerfully assisted the of
ficers and furnished transportation
and information as to conditions in
their plants.
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Lines Are Drawn Tight
Republicans Progressives
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—
The Presidential battle lines are draw
ing taut between Coolidge and La
Follette in Iowa, with Davis virtu
ally out of running before the cam
paign formally begins, according to
I confidential reports received in Pro
gressive republican headquarters to
day from investigators in the field.
NORTHWESTERN HAS BIG
LIST FOR THE OUTSIDE
The steamship Northwestern, which
arrievd in port yesterday morning,
sailed this afternoon for Seattle, car
rying a capacity load of passengers
and several hundred boxes of halibut
from the local cold storage. Her
|{passengers were as follows:
For Latouche—H. O’Donnell, P.
Christofferson, Mrs. R. W. Scorby,
Daisy W. Tubman, Robert S. Blake,
Mary E. Ritchie, Geo. M. Feeley and
seven steerage.
For Valdez—Joseph M. Clough, Eli
I zabeth Clough.
For Cordova—Mrs. W. D. Alexan
der ,R. M. Tome, J. H. O’Connor, W.
j Carnovan, H. C. Feldman, B. B.
C^een, C. M. Hanch and ten steerage.
For Juneau—G. H. Whitney, J.
Newmarker, R. A. Jones, Major L. E.
, Oliver and three steerage.
For Ketchikan—R .E. Lewis and
. seven steerage.
• For Seattle—One hundred and six
j first class and a few steerage. Cabin
! passengers were mostly round trip
pers.
STEAMER ANVIL ON
WAY TO SEATTLE
The steamship Anvil called into
King Cove last week and was laid
up a day or so with a broken steam
pipe. The damage was repaired and
she proceeded on her trip south.
MAKES IMPORTANT DISCOVER
IES IN JERUSALEM
KCVtTONC VIEW CO» HI* YO««
Prof. Stewart MacAlister, well
known British explorer now in the
Hoiy Land .
FORMER SECRETARY
FALL DINES FRIENDS
AT CATALINA ISLAND
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.—Albert B.
| Fall, former secretary of the Interior,
j was one of the three thousand guests
| at a dinner party which was driven
last night at Avalon .Santa Catalina
Island, by E- L. Doheny. There were
present a coips of Doheny’s attorneys
and two clergymen, most of whom
in course of after dinner speeches
touched on the subject of Congress
and the prosecutions based on oil
leases. Frank S. Ogan, one lawyer,
described to the diners that the fore
sight of a man who, on such an occa
sion as this, a two hour trip from Los
Angeles to Catalina, brings his legal
and spiritual advisers with him rr/ght
well be a hint to Washington that
his enemies may as well quit.
Admiral Waison in
Port at an Early Hour
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port at an early hour this
morning with a large freight mani
fest and the following passengers:
For Seward—Otto Melberg, G. F.
1 McDonald, Jas. McElmeel, Alfred Ry
an, N. H. Niklason, Wilbert Certon,
R. 0. Nyberg, Jack Tuitt, Jno. Berge,
and four steerage.
For Port Graham—Alice Svedlund,
and Clare Svedlund.
For Seldovia—Mrs. C. L. Vickers,
H. T. Jonsen and wife, and Chester
Simondson.
For Anchorage—Jas. A. Gilruth and
wife, Maurine Gilruth and James A.
Gilruth, jr., and one steerage.
For Kodiak—H. J. Grub and wife,
Madrona Gregorieff, Alexandria Gre
gorieff, Mrs. W. J. Wyly, Mrs. Loy
Davis .Douglas Davis, W. L. McLane,
W. F .Taylor, E. D. Nolan and wife,
Mrs. W. T. Scott, G. Prosoroff, Geo.
S. Hubbard, Roy B. Canada.
Round trip passengers—E. H. Gel
vin and wife, Mrs. Jas. C. Duncan,
Mrs. Frances Clark, Mrs. F. A. Colley,
Miss Wilma Shaffer, Dr. L. R. Chan
dler and wife, D. A. Robertson anil
wife, John Faust, Miss Clara O’Neill,
Miss Jessie Stewart, Miss Helen
Herre, Ruth B. Moore, Mrs. Mary R.
Burg, Miss Z. Donendi, Miss G. Kel
ler, iss Anna Steel, Miss Gudrun
Brandt, Miss Z. Gelvin, Marie Barlow,
H. B. Shaffer and wife, Miss Adelaide
Johnson, Miss Anna W. Walden, Ru
chard Potter ,Mrs. Thomas M. Pot
ter, Mrs. Alice B. Wilson, Mrs. Lydia
E. Bottemleyfi Alice Hotaling, Miss R.
E. Spencer, Dr. Lou Essex, Miss Ed
ith M. Anderson, Mrs. May Anderson,
iss Hazel M. Ecker, Miss Lilliam Nel
son, Miss Phyllis Seymore, C. W.
Hartman, J. R. Enlow and wife and
wife.
STARR MAKES SPECIAL
TRIP TO ANCHORAGE
The steamship Starr left this morn
ing on a special trip to Anchorage,
returning Thrusday.
BRITISH FLYER FEARS
TO ATTEMPT TRIP
ACROSS TO ALASKA
CORDOVA, Alas., MaclaTCa, in a
wireless message received here to
day stated that his adventure had
been abandoned at Nikolski Komand
orski island, fof the coast of Siberia.
WEALTHY WOMAN IS
MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 5.—Mrs. Ros
alie Evans, formerly of Brownsville,
Texas, and widow of former president
of the Bank of London in Mexico, an
Englishman, was shot dead in the vi
cinity of Texmelucan Saturday even
ing when on the road to her haci
enda.
Will Take Up Case.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—
The American charge, Schoenfield, at
Mexico City reported today to the
| State department that he had taken
up with the Mexican government
the case of Mrs. Rosalie Evans, a
wealthy British subject who was shot
and killed mysteriously on Saturday
night.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 5-—Mexico is
; making every effort to bridge the
I widening suit between that country
. and England over the killing of Mrs.
1 Rosalie Evans ,a British subject. The
| Mexican government is preparing a
note in which they deplore the acts
causing the death -of the murdered
woman.
Returns Choice Liquors
to Home Wealthy Man
After Seizure in a Raid
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 5.—
Robert J. Owens, Federal prohibition
agent, who conducted a raid in the
beautiful home of Hugo Gilbert de
Fritsch in New York last Friday af
ternoon has been charged through in
vestigation of the case which showed
that Owens entered the de Fritsch
home without a proper warrant.
De Fritsch is related to Chief Jus
tice Taft of the United States Su
preme court. *
The sixty cases of choice assorted
liquors which were seized at the raid
were returned without Federal court
order. R. Q. Merrick, divisional pro
hibition chief admitted that the search
warant had been issued improperlv,
but or. the contrary, defended his
agents on the ground that after they
had.entered the house and found all
these liquors there was no course op
en to them but to seize it.
POWERHOUSE BURNS.
MINE CLOSES DOWN
CORDOVA, Aug. 5.—The Bonanza
Jumbo ,one of the Mother Lode mines
of the Kennecott properties will be
I put out of commission for about three
| months as a result of a fire which
; destroyed the power house near this
| city- '
LIGHTS OUT TO WESTWARD
Nearly all the blinkers to the west
ward of Seward are out, the light
ship having failed to call for some
time owing to being engaged at Cape
Spencer. Out of 26 lights between
here and Unalaska, 13 were out on
the last trip of the Starr. Many new
lights should also be added in the
opinion of Capt. 0. A. Johansen, vet
eran master of the £tarr. Lack of
guides to transportation makes navi
gation both dangerous and uncertain.
Hughes Gives Interview
to Berlin Correspondents
BERLIN, Aug. 5.—“The Dawes re
port initiates a new era and its exec
ution is absolutely essential to the
reconstruction of the shattered posts
of war economise,” Secretary Hughes
told American correspondents today.
NEWARK ,N. J., Aug. 5.—Davis
and Gov. A1 Smith heard the con
ference this afternoon at the Murray "
Hill Hotel on the New York situation.