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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 87.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LONDON WOMEN 1
MARCH PROTESTING
STRIKE, LOCKOUTS
LABOR PARTY CRITIZES PROCES
SION WHICH IS LED BY
SOCIETY WOMEN
MANY RAIL WORKERS STRIKE
Banners Carried In Line of March
Deplore Strike During Present
Difficulties
LONDON, April 19. (#>)—Fifteen
thousand women marched five
abreast through the streets in pro
test against strikers and lockout's
during the present economic diffi
culties. They carried banners read
ing “Strikes mean starvation, peace
brings plenty of hard work and non
sense, trust politics in industry.”
Fourteen society women in riding
habits and mounted on horses led
the procession. The Labor party
criticized the presence of the society
women in the demonstration and
asked what fox hunters had to do
with striking industrialists. The
riders seemed to raise the ire of the
unemployed onlookers who shouted
“You never did a stroke of work in
your life! You don’t know what a
kitchen looks like! What do you
know about work? There go the
won’t works and the never works,
and I say, look at the blighters in
tailor made riding habits!” The
slogan carried by the marchers was
“Brains, the Captain of Labor.”
While the women were demonstrat
ing several hundred men employed
in London and mid-land Scottish
railways, struck over shorter hours.
Following a dispute they returned
to work later pending their leaders
decision. *
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
NOT ACTIVE AT PRESENT
Tom A. Marquam, prominent Fair
banks attorney, who has cast his hat
into the Alaska political ring and
will run, on an independent ticket,
for delegate to congress, in opposi
tion to the incumbent, Dan Suther
land, and others, visited in Seward
•over the week-end.
With reference to the political as
pect, Mr. Marquam stated he was
taking no action, whatever, in the
campaign, until after the primaries,
this week. There are three republi
can candidates for prim/ary choice
for delegate—Sutherland, Aldrich and
McCain. Against these will be pitted
the Fairbanks attorney.
BROKEN RIBS WRECKED
CAR, FAIL TO DETER VISIT
SEATTLE, April 19. (&)—’The story
of a man who would not let four
broken ribs and wrecked automobile
to deter him from visiting his girl
was told by the police when they
said Joseph A. Whittaker was in
jured in the car while going to Ever
ett last night to see his sweetheart; ;
he then stole another machine and
continued his journey. He was ar- I
rested at Everett with the girl and I
brought to the city hospital where I
he is being held on an open charge.
OIL EQUIPMENT SHIPPED OUT £
About ten tons of equipment from i
the Standard Oil and the Associated i
Oil Company claims in the Cold Bay 1
region was brought to Seward on the t
Starr and is being forwarded to Se- c
nttle. The prevailing impression in 1
the Kanatak region, it is reported, is i
that the companies have abandoned €
drilling operations. f
REBEKAH LODGE NOTICE
The Rebekah lodge will meet this
evening at 8 o'clock. Following the
business session the regular social
hour will be held.
Fourth Annual May Day Dance of
the A. L. Auxiliary, May 1.
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DOLLAR MODEL IS DEAD
PHILADELPHIA, April 19.
Miss Anna W. Williams, sixty eigh
years of age, a retired school teachei
whose profile as the Goddess Libert;
was stamped on U. S. silver dollars
died.
REVELS RESULT DEATHS
FIVE. MINT IN HOSPITAL!
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CHICAGO, April 19. (JP)—Five an
dead, three cannot live and twelve an
in hospitals, as the result of twc
fires that terminated revels carriec
into the early morning hours. A gal
Ion can of kerosene exploded at £
birthday party showering the guest£
with liquid fire, fatally injuring four
The flames swept thru a four-storj
brick building which originated in £
drinking party, three occupants ol
the building were killed.
STARR IN PORI FROM
TRIP TO THE WESTWARD
With the exception of the last two
days the trip just completed by the
I steamer Starr, Capt. O. A. Johansen,
to Unalaska, was marked by fine
weather, but the last day, especially,
the vessel drove into quite a storm
in the Kodiak vicinity which took
much of the joy of an otherwise en
joy
The Starr arrived in port at noon
yesterday with little cargo aboard
and with few passengers, this being
the season of the year when freight
and travellers are going west instead
of south. The vessel resumes its
summer schedule to Bristol Bay upon
its next sailing out of Seward, May
10.
Arrivals on the Starr were as fol
lows: Mr. and ^Irs. M. C. McKow
an from St. Paul Island; Kate Fer
guson from Sanak; Frank Horn from
Uganik; Mrs. Long from Seldovia
and three steerage.
WOULD MAKES POSTMASTERS
PAYMASTERS FOR EMPLOYES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17. (JP)
—The Senate Postoffice committee
was ordered to report favorably on the
House resolution as to the designation
of Alaska postmasters as disbursing
officers for their employes who are
now being paid from Washington.
INGIK CONTRACTOR
PUTS SEWARD 1 VISIT
W. B. Dean, candidate for the
House of Representatives, at the
Territorial election to be held this
month, payed Seward one of his fre
quent visits when he arrived Satur
day from Anchorage, where he has
resided for some years past. Mr.
Deen stated he was much impressed
with the many substantial improve
ments which have been made since
iis last trip. Mr. Dean, being in the
?ontra/ctnig business, is observant in
:his respect. He left for Anchorage
>n today’s train.
mrs. McDonald returning
Mrs. A. H. McDonald, wife of the
well known Anchorage business man,
who is in charge of the Fairbanks,
Anchorage and local office of the Al
aska Steamship Company, is expected
;o leave Seattle next Saturday for
Seward. Mrs. McDonald has been in
he States for the past several months
he latter few, in California.
Ed. Holbrook, Interior mining man,
ncompanied by his wife arrived
n Seward from Seattle today,
Passengers on the S. S. Northwestern,
dr. Holbrook is general manager of
he Nome Creek Dredging Company,
n the Chatanika river, near Fair
anks. This company will construct
mmediately a large dredge which is
xpected to be in operation within a
ew months.
Owing to the late arrival of the
forthwestera from the south the
agular passenger train, scheduled to
epart this morning at 7:30 o'clock,
as held over until noon today at
hich time it left for the interior
ifch practically all of the many who
reived on the Northwestern.
1 FIVE MEN, ARMED WITH RIFLES,
| AUTOMATICS, VIRTUALLY AS
SUME CONTROL DISTRICT
! PORTLAND, April 19. (£>)— Five
> men armed with rifles and automatics
i held up the Portland Electric Power
; company while money was being
. transferred from a truck in the
, morning. They escaped with six
i hundred pounds of cash and cur
rency valued at $12,000. Scores saw
the holdup but none offered to in
, terfere. A man who attempted to
follow the fleeing robbers was made
a target from a volley of shots. The
bandits virtually took control of the
thickly populated residence district,
disarmed guards, unlocked the gates
of the money truck and transferred
the heavy sacks to a waiting automo
ibile.
SEATTLE, April 19. (/P)—All roads
from the south are guarded following
receipt of advices that Portland
bandits are heading north. Des
criptions of the four are unknown.
BASEBALL
SATURDAY’S GAMES
National League
Brooklyn 3, Philadelphia 15.
Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 4.
Chicago 2, St. Louis 3.
Boston 2, New York 4.
American League
St. Louis 4, Detroit 5.
Cleveland 2, Chicago 0.
New York 8, Washington 6.
Philadelphia 1, Boston 6.
Pacific Coast League
Portland 8, Seattle 6.
Sacramento 7, Oakland 1.
San Francisco 2, Missions 2. (Called
seventh because of rain.)
Los Angeles 7, Hollywood 3.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
American League
Cleveland 1, Chicago 5.
New York 2, Washington 3.
St. Louis 3, Detroit 7.
National League
Boston 2, New York 3.
Chicago 5, St. Louis 10.
Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 1.
Pacific Coast League
Portland 7,0; Seattle 2, 5.
San Francisco 4, 6; Sacramento 4,
Hollywood 1, 5; Los Angeles 15, 10.
Missions 5, 3; Sacramento 4, 6.
Sacramento 4, 3; Oakland 2, 2.
Standing of Teams
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles -7 3
Sacramento _6 5
Seattle -7 7
Portland _7 7
Hollywood -6 6
Missions . 5 5
Oakland -4 6
San Francisco _4 7
National League
St. Louis _5
New York -4
Philadelphia -4
Cincinnati -3
Pittsburgh . 2
Chicago -1
Boston _1
American League
Chicago -4
Detroit _3
Washington _4
New York _3
Cleveland _2
Boston _2
Philadelphia -1
St. Louis _1
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CHICAGO, April 19. (£>)—'With the
Majors a week old, Williams, of the
Philies, and his teammate Leach Pat
Collins of the Yankees and Wimmy
Bottomley of the Cardinals, lead in
homers with two each. Ruth has
none. Thirteen circuit clouts have
been recorded by the Nationals and
four by the Americans, all made by
the Yankees.
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FORMER POLAR SHIP MAUDE T<
SPEND COMING WINTER
IN THE ARCTIC
VANCOUVEVR, April 19. (£>)—'Th
Hudson Bay ship Baymaud is to es
tablish a fur trading post this yea
on the shores of Boothia Peninsul
to get white fox furs.
Several islands to the northwest o
Boothia are reported to have whit
foxes. The company intends to leav
the Baymaud in the Arctic through
out next winter. Plating the Britisl
flag on Canadian Islands touched b;
the Baymaud will be a feature o
the trip.
HU STUMER CREWS
EN ROUTE TO INTEHIOF
Capt. S. E. Lancaster, who wil
command the Alaska Railroad rivei
steamer General Jacobs this seasoi
on the interior rivers, accompaniec
by members of his crew and mem
bers of the General Davis crew, wen
| among the arrivals in Seward on the
S. S. Northwestern.
These included Walter Johnson, as
sistant engineer, E. J. Josie, mate
both of the Gen. Jacobs, and Charles
Diedrich, assistant engineer of the
Gen. Davis. Mrs. Johnson accompan
ied her husband.
Crews for the river boats this yeai
have been selected as follow's: Gen
eral Jacobs this season on the inter
eral Jacobs—S. E. Lancaster, captain;
Andy Livingston, pilot; L. M. Dow
chief engineer; Walter Johnson, as
sistant engineer; E. F. Josie, mate
and Victor C. Anderson, purser.
General Davis: C. W. Adams, cap
tain; James Crowley, pilot; Thos. B.
Hyde, chief engineer; Charles Diet
drich, assistant engineer; Wm. Hart
nett, mate and Ceorge E. Potter,
purser.
LINER IN PORT DIME
DEPMITS ENRLY TONIGHT
The S. S. Northwestern, Capt Wm.
Jensen, arrived in port this morning
at an early hour, over a day behind
her regular schedule. The delay oc
curred owing to the discharging of
large cargoes of cannery supplies at
various plants en route. An approxi
mtae 300 tons of general freight is
being discharged at this port.
The vessel is scheduled to depart
for the south early this evening. Pas
sengers will be permitted to go
aboard at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
SID beMIdTist
WEDNESDAY IT SELDOM
Sid Bettman, United States Com
missioner at Seldovia, and formerly a
resident of Seward, died at the Cook
Inlet town last Wednesday morning,
a victim of heart trouble, according
to arrivals on the Steamer Starr. The
remains were taken to Anchorage on
the mail boat Princess Pat where it
was thought burial would take place
as he was a member of the Anchor
age Elks’ lodge.
GIRLS MIND PERFECT BLAISIK
OAKLAND, April 16, (£>).—An at
tractive, well dres'sed girl was found
>n the streets In a dazed condition
vith her mind blank. The police
bund her wandering around and
took her to the hospital. Since en
tering the emergency ward she has
>een unable to recall any details of
ler former life, failing even to re
nember the city in which she lived.
Police are working on the case, but
ire without a clew.
The freighter Tanana of the Alas
ka Steamship Company arrived from
he south at 3:30 o’clock this after
loon.
DROPS TOWLINE OF MONTANA
CORDOVA, April 19. (£>)—The S.
S. West Niger dropped the tow line
of the S. S. Wheatland Montana and
proceeded to Portland City. The S.
S. City of Spokane took the vessel
in tow for Seattle.
TWO BRITISH HORS
LOSE LIVES SIND STORM
FIRST DAY, Madrid, April 19. (JP)
—Two British officials were killed
searching for Capt. Estevez. These
were T. E. Jones and E. E. Leather
dale, who were caught in a severe
f sand storm in their plane which was
wrecked while they were flying low
[ in attempting to pick up a landmark.
Estevez telegraphed from Amman to
Palestine where he and his mechanic
lay in the hospital, “After our re
covery I shall continue the flights.”
WHILINC STATION BURGE
IN PORT ON WAY KODIAK
In tow of the powerful tugboat Sam
son of Seattle, the barge Wm. Not
I tingham, formerly a four master, ar
rived in port last evening at 6 o’clock
from the south. The Sampson is
towing the barge to the new whaling
station site, Kodiak Island. The stop
at this port was made to take on fuel
oil at the local Standard Oil plant.
The Nottingham was piled high
with a deck load of material and
equipment for the construction of the
whaling station which will begin im
mediately following her arrival at her
destination.
During the heavy seas of Saturday
night, the skipper of the Sampson had
doubts whether he would be able to
keep a line on the tow, owing to the
furious storm which swooped down
over the Alaska Gulf. Until Saturday
night the trip north was marked with
out incident.
LINDSTROM VS. BCRTZ
ON 4TH JULY SMOKER
John Lindstrom, better known as
the “Cast Iron Kid” among local pug
ilistic circles, is in town from Anchor
age on his way to Knights Island
where he will endeavor to get whip-!
ped into shape for his big Fourth of
July battle, in the Inlet town, with
“Soldier” Bortz. Lindstrom is a tough
bird and Bortz, who is hailed as the
champ of this Division, will not have
any spring chicken to deal with when
he faces the hardy Scandinavian.
SIGH CORPS OPEn
PROMOTED TO GORMl
Promotion has come to Frank L.
Murphy, now corporal of the local
corps of the Signal Corps boys after
many faithful years of service at Ju
neau and Valdez and during the big
cable break of last year when he done
good service.
His many friends in Seward are de
lighted that at last his services have
been rewarded with this promotion
and hereby congratulate him on his
rise in the ranks. Word was receiv
ed from Valdez during the past week
that he has been promoted.
SPENDS 50 MINUTES ON
ABE LINCOLN MAKE-UP
It took George Billings, who plays
the title role in “Abraham Lincoln,”
A1 and Ray Rockett’s picturization of
the life story of Lincoln which will
be shown at the Liberty Theatre be
ginning tomorrow night, a full fifty
minutes to make-up for his appear
ance as Lincoln before the camera.
Although Billings is actually the ex
act height and size of Lincoln, the
utmost care was taken that the facial
resemblance should be perfect.
The make-up consisted only of af
fixing the beard to Billing’s face. The
actor’s features are said to be exactly
similar to those of the martyred Pres
ident. A special hairdresser was em
ployed solely to work almost an hour
on Billings each morning before the
filming of any scenes.
T. W. Hawkins, of Brown & Haw- 1
kins Corporation, returned to Seward
Saturday from a brief business trip
to Anchorage.
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FEET; tt CASUALTIES
VILLAGE OF HOOPULOA COM.
PLETELY WIPED OUT BY
MOLTEN AVALANCH
KONA, Hawaii, April 19. —(JP)— *
The village of Hoopuloa on the
Southwest shore of the Island of
Hawaii was completely wiped out at
7 o’clock this morning when an
avalanch of lava burst forth from the
Volcano Maunaloa. Ten to fifteen
homes were engulfed but no casual
ties were reported. The flood of
molten rock pouring from the crater
when it struck the sea started a
boiling maelstrom for several hundred
feet out. The lava, plunging into the
water south of Hoopuloa turned in
the direction of Kona filling the bay
completely and burying the land
scape. All houses and the wharf at
Hoopuloa are covered with 50 feet of
lava. Army aviators flying over the
(town reported the heat was intense
at an elevation of 3,000 feet.
HILO, April 19. — (JP)—‘The vol
j cano Maunoloa was literally ablaze
and presented a most spectacular
show. Memory Man Fountains, es
timated to be 400 feet high, leaped
from three different craters while
three rivers of lava zigzagging in a
dragon shape down the mountain,
cast a red low on the clouds and
filled the air with maroon colored
smoke.
ONE UNIT OF FLEET
WILL VISIT SEWARD
JULY, IT IS in
It is learned thru a fairly reliable
news source that the prospects of
at least one unit of the North Pa
cific fleet squadron of the United
States Navy visiting Seward in July
is very good. Such a visit by just
one unit will mean there will be a
number of thousands of officers and
sailors here during that period.
It was first thought the entire
fleet planned coming here using this
port as a naval base from which to
conduct maneuvers. A few months
ago, folowing an enquiry sent out
by The Gateway, the Associated
Presis reported San Francisco Navy
headquarters denied such plans were
under consideration. The report
reaching The Gateway office yester
day is believed to be authentic.
SHERIFF AND ATTORNEY
ASKED RESIGN CHEHALIS
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CHEHALIS, Wash., April 19. — (JP)
—The Lewis County Enforcement
league passed resolutions demanding
the resignation of Prosecuting Attor
ney Don G. Abel and Sheriff Frank
M. Roberts, charging them with fail
ure to enforce prohibition. The Fed
erals visited Chehalis last night at
the request of Mayor West and ar
rested thirty-two.
NEW STORE FOR SEWARD
Mrs. Ashton, who formerly conduct
ed a general ladies-to-wear store in
Seward, but who has been located in
Anchorage for some years past, is
reported to be preparing to reopen in
Seward in the very near future.
MORE FUR COMES IN
An approximate $3,000 worth of as
sorted furs arrived in Seward from
the westward on tbe Starr, the ship
ments coming from various points to
the westward including some from
he Kuskokwim basin.
JUDGE CLEGG TO PRESIDE
It is reported Federal Judge Cecil
Diegg of the Fourth Division will ar
rive in Seward Wednesday from Fair
Yanks to conduct the term of court
his week.
Fourth Annual May Day Dance of
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