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VOLUME 21. NUMBER 30
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1926 '
PRIC^.TEN CENTS
FAIRMAN, CHIEF
POLICE; FROST
IS FIRE CHIEF
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THIRTEEN APPLICATIONS RE
CEIVED FOR TWO CITY
POSITIONS
BOTH ARE EFFICIENT MEN
Appointments for Short Terms Only;
Lanning Gets One Vote
William Fairman, was elected chief
of police of Seward, and Henry Frost,
chief of the Seward Volunteer Fire
Department, at the special meeting of
the Town Council held last night at
the Fire Hall. #
Promptly at 8 o’clock, L. V. Ray,
mayor, called the meeting to order
stating the special meeting had been
called for the purpose of electing
men to the above named offices. Pro
ceeding under the first order of bus
iness the city clerk was instructed to
read the letters of applications for
the positions. Thirteen letters were
read, nine for the position of chief of
police and four for chief of the fire
department.
For fire chief, those making appli
cations were Henry Frost, Alexander
Bolam, Martin Lanning, and Jasper
Holman.
Following the question, put by Ma
yor Ray to the City Clerk, if the ap
plicants were qualified electors of the
Town of Seward, the council members
proceeded to ballot. Councilman Hof
man acted as teller. Mayor Ray call- I
ed the attention of the council that!
it required four votes to elect. Six j
votes wrere cast, four for Mr. Frost,
one for Mr. Bolem and one for Mr.
Lanning. Mr. Frost w'as thereby!
elected chief of the fire department.
It was then moved to proceed with
balloting for a chief of police. Names
of applicants w^ere as follows: C. W.
Head, Wm. Fairman, Harry Lyons,
Joe Wilson sr., J. D. Prosser, E. L.
Senft, J. W. Sparrow\ Eric Nelson,
Alfred Anderson. Six votes were cast
Mr. Senft receiving twro votes, Mr.
Fairman three, Mr. Anderson one.
“There is no choice in the matter,
gentlemen, another ballot must be
taken,” announced the mayor. Again
six ballots were cast, this time four
votes being polled for Fairman, one
for Anderson and one for Senft. Mr.
Fairman was then declared chief of
the Seward police department.
Mayor Ray gave instructions owring
to neither one of the newly appointed
officers being on hand, that they be
found, notified of their appointment
and take the oath of office immedi
ately, last evening. This was done,
both men going on duty at once fol
lowing the administering of the oath
by city attorney A. E. Rucker and
J. P. Hannon, city clerk, as witness.
Both terms are of short duration, ex
piring April 10, 1926.
TREADWELL MINE
BUYS EQUIPMENT
WORK TAILINGS
SEATTLE, Feb. 6 (/P)—Henry Ro
den of Anderson & Company which
holds a lease on the tailings of the
Treadwell mine purchased additional
equipment making it possible to han
dle 500 tons of tailings daily.
Scouts Win Game from
Jesse Lee Home Team
The local boy scouts basketball
team defeated the Jesse Lee Home
squad last evening, at the S. A. C.
gym, by the close score of 15 to 11.
The Jesse Lee team showed a re
markable improvement since their
last appearance, which is attested
by last night’s score. The game
marked the first of a series of three
between the two youthful fives. The
next game will be played off at the
Home gymnasium.
LATOUCHE DUE IN MORNING
According to wireless advices re
ceived at the local office of the Al
aska Steamship Company today the
freighter Latouehe will arrive in
port early tomorrow morning.
Subscribe for the Daily Gateway.
TREASURY DRAFTS CHANGES
IN THE VOLSTEAD ACT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6 (/P)—
The Treasury department drafted re-1
commetadations for changes in the |
Volstead act in order to meet new ;
conditions. I
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EVIDENCE ASKED
ALUMINUM TRUST
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (/P)—'The
Senate yesterday directed the Federal
Trade Commission to give the judi
ciary' committee the evidence furn
ished by the Aluminum Company of
America and withheld from the De
partment of Justice. The Department
reported that investigators are con
vinced that pals of Gerald Chapman
perpetrated the §250,000 stamp rob
bery at the Pawtucket postoffice
Monday to obtain funds to aid the
Chapman fight against his hanging
for the mured of a New Britain po
liceman.
COUNCIL CABLES
PROTEST TO WN.
ATTACK ON ALASKA
SENATOR CUMMINGS TO HEAR
SENTIMENT OF SEWARD
FOLKS ON CHARGES
During the special meeting of the
Town Council last evening Mayor Ray
called the attention of the members
to the recent attack at Washington,
D. C., being made on law enforcement
conditions in the Territory.
Mayor Ray suggested a telegram
be dispatched to Senator Commins,
chairman of the Senate Judiciary
committee before which body the
AJaska. charges were made, informing
him the charges are unjust and un
warranted. That the pioneer people
of Alaska, especially resent the whole
charges as to the terrible moral con
ditions in Alaska and the statement
of Dr. Wilson in which he said not
even in China or South America
would one find such flagrant viola
tions as they exist in the Territory.
The mayor explained the telegram
would not be of a political nature, but
on the other hand an expression from
the Town of Seward deploring said
charges against the Territory in gen
eral.
Upon motion made by Councilman
McMullen seconded by Councilman
Hofman, and later carried, the mayor
and city clerk were authorized to
draft such a telegram and dispatch
it to Senator Cummins. Councilman
Hofman offered the suggestion that
mention should be made fully 90
per cent of law violations made in
Alaska come from cannery employes
brought to the Territory from the
States.
RETURNING TO FAIRBANKS
Miss Darlvne Berry, formerly sten
ographer in the Fairbanks district at
torney’s office and who has been sim
ilar engaged in the office of the Dan
ish Consulate in Seattle for the past
year, arrived in Seward this morning
en route to Fairbanks wrhere she has
accepted a position as stenographer
in the law offices of Harry E. Pratt.
NOME MINING MAN DUE
ARRIVE SEWARD SOON
Chas. Z. Shallit, who has spent many
years prospecting in the Nome dis
trict, but who has been in the States
for sometime on mining business, is
expected to arrive in Seward soon
from Vancouver, B. C., where he has
been located for some weeks.
Between Anvil and Glacier creeks,
toward Snake river, Mr. Shallit has
been prospecting for a long period in
an attempt to locate the former beach
line. Local arrivals report, Mr. Shal
lit will ship a drill to Nome next
spring. His brother is the well
known jeweler of Nome.
Young people are not expected to
know as much as older ones, but
they admit that they do.
Correct this sentence: “It is an
utterly foolish bill and, of course,
the legislature will not pass it.
The Chicago grand opera singer
who filed a petition in bankruptcy
had probably been to prodigal with
her high notes.
OLMSTED CASE
BE COMPLETED
BY WEDNESDAY
SEATTLE, Feb. 6 (/P)—Prosecuting
Attorney Revelle announced after the
adjournment over the week end to
night that he expects to close the
government’s case against Olmsted
Wednesday.
Attorney Vanderveer instructed all
the defendants and their lawyers to
confer tomorrow on a plan of defense.
The come-back of the defense, Attor
ney Brown predicted, will be a motion
for the acquittal of 15 of the 46 ac
cused. He contends that the dismis
sal by the presecution on motion of
two of the four indictments eliminates
the charges against many of the defen
dants.
Prohibition Agent Jackson report
ed the following “whispering wire”
conversation between Olmsted and
Harry Burnett of Victoria over long
distance, October 27, 1924:
“Hello, Harry, have you heard about
any accidents?”
“Yes, the Eva B. I read in the pa
papers about it. Did not know you were
interested in her.”
“Hell,” said Olmsted, “she had my
stuff aboard. You see the Canadian
customs and fix it up even if you must
spread around two or three thousand
dollars. See what you can do. I will
send Bill Scheiderich and Harry Kern
up tonight with the money.”
Claude McCrorv, prohibition agent,
testified to a conversation between
Olmsted and Wilbur Dow indicating
that efforts were made to fix C. A.
(Grandad) Lonsdale, commander of
the cutter Areata:
Olmstead asked: “Have you seen
Grandad?”
“Yes, I think in a couple of days I
can fix it so you can land in the har
bor.”
McCrory said Dow remarked that
two boats were coming in: “I’ll let
you know in twelve hours before they
come so you’ll be ready” Dow prom
ised.
A day lated Olmsted called asking,
“What about Grandad.”
Dow replied, “I think I can fix ev
erything.”
Two weeks later McCrory testified
that a rum running boat was riddled
with shells from “Grandad’s” guns.
TO EDUCATE CHINESE USING
THOUSAND LETTER ALPHABET
PACTINGFU, Chihli, Feb. 6. (/P)—
Public spirited Chinese with sufficient
learning to qualify as teachers have
undertaken a movement for the edu
cation of the masses of China.
“Jimmie” Yen, product of Yale, and
Princeton, heads the undertaking. He
and his associates have selected from
the formidable mass of Chinese char
acters, a thousand common ones with
which they assert books and papers
on almost any subject can be written.
A million of the “thousand charac
ter” text-books have been put in cir
culation each costing the equivalent
of a dime. Vacant temples or resi
dences have been borrowed for school
rooms and the practice of writing in
the air with the finger is resorted to
where blackboards or slates are not
available.
TRY NEW LOCOMOTIVE BRAKES
AT PURDUE ENGINEER SCHOOL
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 6. (JP)—
Replacement of airbrakes on locomo
tives, passenger and freight cars of
American railways by a new braking
system may follow a series of experi
ments now being conducted at the en
gineering school of Purdue Universi
ty.
The aim of the tests, undertaken by
the American Railway Association
with the assistance of the engineering
staff of Purdue, is to obtain a brake
that will bring trains to a quicker and
smoother stop. A brake similar to
the four wheel brake on automobiles
is under discussion.
Should the new brakes prove more
efficient than the present types, rail
roads may find it necessary to replace
equipment at a cost of many millions
of dollars. The investigation is ex
pected to require a year.
Lest we forget, the regular weekly
business meeting and luncheon of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce, will
meet on Tuesday at noon, at the Grill.
NOME RESIDENT
DISPLEASED BY
WILSON CHARGES
CORDOVA, Feb. 6 (£>)—O. S. Wea
ver, president of the Public Utilities
at Nome arrived last night after a
trip over the trail. He said that Dr.
Clarence True Wilson’s attack on the
moral and liquor conditions in Alaska
was made by persons not conversant
with conditidns, and his statement
was not compiled from facts.”
He declared himself impressed with
the lawabiding conditions in Fair
banks and Nenana and other points
along the trail. He said that he had
seen little liquor was in evidence at
these points.
, “Nomeites will take great excep
tions to the accusation. We have a
lot of the most lawabiding citizens in
the world livng here. It has not been
necessary to employ a policeman at
Nome in ten years.”
Weaver is sailing Monday for Se
attle Monday. He sold his team of
13 Siberian dogs to Sandy Smith at
Nenana, the only team actually pur
chased thus far by the Wilkins party.
REGULAR MEETING
FIRE VOLUNTEERS
HELD LAST NIGHT
The regular monthly meeting of
the Seward volunteer fire department
which was presided over by Martin
Lanning, then chief of the depart
ment but since succeeded by Henry
Frost, was held last evening follow
ing the adjournment of the special
council meet.
Under the head of correspondence
the s^fretary informed the members
that two sums, to the amount of ten
dollars each, had been received from
the San Juan Fishing & Packing
Company, and from the Standard Oil
Company. The checks were in pay
ment for ten tickets to the recent
annual ball held by the department.
Dr. A. R. Roberts, member of the
department, who has been in the
States for the past month, was ex
tended a month’s leave of absence, at
the end of which time action will
be taken. S. Halvorson’s applica
tion for membership was received
and following a vote was appointed
temporarily to fill the position cre
ated by the absence of Dr. Roberts.
The secretary was instructed to
address letters of appreciation to the
Standard Oil Company and the San
Juan Fishing & Packing company for
their recent remittances.
A standing vote of thanks was giv
en Martin Lanning in appreciation
of his past services as head of the
department. In response, Mr. Lan
ning thanked the members for their
loyal support and dwelt briefly on
past and future activities of the de
partment.
Secretaray Valade then called forth
the “ghost” each member present
receiving a silver dollar, af
ter which the meeting was adjourned.
H. Frost, newly appointed fire
chief, was present and stated he
would in all probability call a special
meeting of the department, shortly,
after he had become familiar with
certain details. Upon taking the
chair, Mr. Fr.ost was congratulated
by Mr. Lanning.
S. S. Alaska Arrives
In Port from South
The crack liner SJS. Alaska, in
command of Capt. C. A. Glasscock,
steamed into port this morning at 7
o’clock, following a pleasant voyage
north from Seattle. The Alaska brat
260 tons of general cargo for local
and rail shipments. The vessel will
depart tonight at midnight for south
eastern Alaska ports and Seattle.
Even if George Washington did
make liquor, as Rupert Hughes de
clares, he probably told the truth
about its quality.
Buttons are now being made out
of potatoes, but manufacturers must
soon find a substitute thta is not
prohibitive in price.
George II, of Greece may locate
in Florida and with the boom now on
he ought to find a good opening for
one more erstaurant.
PRESIDENT PLEASED OVER
PROGRESS IN LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6 (IP)—
rhe Whitehouse announced that Pres
dent Coolidge is greatly pleased over
egislation by Congress. He said the
Democrats deserve as much praise as
he Republicans.
NORTHWESTERN
BRINGING MANY
TODAY’S SAILING
SEATTLE, Feb. 6 (IP)—The steam
ship Northwestern sailed at 9 o’clock
this morning with 140 aboard for
Northern ports. Those for Seward
are: J. J. Dwixe, Paul Palfy, George
Schmidt, Mrs. George Schmidt, Mrs.
C. M. Eckman, George Tanaki, C. B.
Eielson, Mrs. Art Shonbeck, Nels
Johnson, Mrs. D. Tidal, O. B. Krough,
and wife, Mrs. O. Gray, Mrs. A. Bo
zena, J. P. Davis, P. Eranchi, D. Frel
lochi, D. H. Groves, four steerage.
DR. TYLER, DENTIST ARRIVES
Dr. C. M. Tyler, of Ontario, Ore
gon, arrived in Seward this morning
to assume temporary charge of Dr.
A. R. Roberts’ dental office. Dr. Rob
erts left for the States a few weeks
ago owing to the condition of his wife’s
health.
STANDARD OIL MAN BACK
A. Lindberg, former caterpillar driv
er for the Standard Oil Company drill
ing crew at Cold Bay, who was a mem
ber of the recent crew which left for
Seattle, returned this morning on the
S. S. Alaska and departs Monday for
Kanatak where he will rejoin the
crew.
FOX ISLAND COMPANY’S BOAT
DESTROYED BY AN EXPLOSION
E. C. Mandelsen, one of the proprie
tors of the Green Island Blue Fox
Farm, about 20 miles from Latouche,
arrived in town on the steamship Al
aska on a short business visit to Sew
ard. Mr. Mandelsen, formerly an in
fantryman at Fort Liscum, reports
that the company’s boat, the King II,
recently purchased from the Star
Packing Co., of Cordova, was totally
destroyed by fire January 15, no in
surance being carried. \
The fire started from an explosion
when George McDonald started a fire
in the galley stove. The explosion
hurled Mr. McDonald against the bul
head, burning him severely: He is
now confined in the hospital at La
touche with a fair chance for recov
ery. Jack Graham, another member
of the crew was not injured. Mr.
Mandelsen will return to Latouche on
tonight’s boat.
Atlas is no doubt the patron saint
of the hold-up men.
Unlike truth, pedestrians crushed
to earth seldom rise again.
We should take our grievances ser
iously, inasmuch as no one else does.
Latin-America is useful in giving
our diplomats the opportunity to keep
n practce.
A new jazz tune is called the “Mus
cle Shoals Blues,” probably dedicat
ed to Senator Norris.
It’s a short worm that has no turn
ing.
Suffering from lost memory is get
ting to be almost as good a defense
as going plumb crazy.
L. T. Boyer, civil engineer, arrived
in Seward this morning from Juneau.
Mr. Boyer is an oldtimer in the coun
try and is quite well known here. He
plans departing for the Fairbanks dis
trict in the next few days.
Wm. Finn, proprietor of the Alas
ka Cafe, who has been in ther States
for the past two months, is still in
Los Angeles, according to Seward ar
rivals from Seattle this morning, but
is anxious to get back on the job.
Sidney Lawrence, Alaskan artist, is
enjoying himself in Los Angeles, and
having the time of his life, Seward ar
rivals report. And he is disposing of
many of his paintings. He expects to
return to his Anchorage studio in the
spring.
LESS EVIDENCE
OF VIOLATION
THAN IN STATES
REV. GRAHAM, SEWARD MINIS
TER, UPHOLDS MORAL STA
TUS THIS DISTRICT
CONDITIONS MAGNIFIED, HE SAYS
Spent Two Weeks Seldovia; Condi
tions There Were Excellent.
In reference to charges made in
Washington, D. C., concerning moral
conditions in Alaska, the Rev. Thos.
Philip Graham, pastor of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church in Seward, and
also of the Methodist Mission at Sel
dovia a hundred and fifty miles to the
southwest says, that while he knows
absolutely nothing as to conditions in
others sections of the Territory, he
can and does gladly speak concerning
these two districts.
Mr. Graham declares most positive
ly that he has seen here a great deal
less evidence of violation of the Na
tional prohibition law than in certain
sections of the Northwest, back in the
States, where he resided before com
ing to Alaska. Mr. Graham recently
returned from a two-weeks’ visit to
Seldovia. He arrived there during the
celebration of Russian Christmas, dur
ing which time there is supposed to
be more violation of the Prohibition
law than at other times. Though Mr.
Graham made it a point to be out late
two nights while in Seldovia, so as
to obtain first-hand information con
cerning conditions, yet, he declares,
he saw only two cases of drunkenness.
Mr. Graham states further that be
fore coming to Alaska he had heard
much concerning the awful moral con
ditions in the Territory, so after his
arrival he began quietly to investi
gate the situation, so as to learn for
himself just how much truth those
reports contained. He has been great
ly pleased to find his own investiga
tions that they were very greatly mag
nified.
Birchwood Flooring Is
Being Manufactured
For Railroad Purposes
For experimental purposes only,
in the milling department of the
Alaska Railroad shops at. Anchor
age, a sticker moulding machine has
been installed for the purpose of
turning out Alaska Birchwood floor
ing. Thus, local report has it.
Aside from the many pieces of
furniture which were constructed in.
the shops last year considerable oth
er lumber from birchwood has been
manufactured in the shop which will
be used for passenger coach altera
tions and repairs and for general in
terior work. The furniture mentioned
was for the railroad hotel at Curry.
Recently the railroad purchased an
additional 5,000 feet of birchwood
logs which will be converted into
lumber. It is reported that owing
to the average high price charged
the railroad and the large number of
poor logs supplied, this business has
been held back considerably.
Ice Worm Is Carved
for Anchorage Radio
Broadcasting Station
In appreciation of the recent in
auguration of the “Ice Worms” ra
dio broadcasting station at Anchor
age, recent arrivals in Seward say
that Chief Bisell, famous wood carv
er of Inlet region, has carved a
handsome and realistic replica of an
ice worm made from Alaska birch
wood. The emblem is made in but
ton form and wired together making
it pliable. The carving is said to
be one of the cleverest pieces of
work ever turned out in this district.
The radio organization were profuse
in their thanks to Chief Bisell upon
its presentation.
HOSTS AT DINNER PARTY
A delightful dinner party was held
Thursday evening at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lien. Guests
wrere the Rev. Thomas Philip Gra
ham, Mrs. Graham, C. R. Morford
and Mr. Broyles. The hostess was
the recipient of numerous compli
ments on the excellent menu.