WILLIARD HANDS KAYO
TO JOHNSON; 11 ROUNDS
’ NEW YORK, May 14.—In the Yankee Stadium Sat
urday afternoon, Jess Willard, the 40-yearold gladiator
for championship honors, stopped Floyd Johnson, the
much-touted 23-year old Iowa boy, after eleven rounds of
hard fighting, in a feature bout of the greatest boxing
show for charity in the history of the country. Seventy
thousand saw the big Kansan come back, and also wit
nessed the knockout of Jack McAuliffe, by Louis Firpo, the
Argentine heavyweight.
Firpo showed a vicious, hard-hitting attack in his en
counter, knocking out McAufiffe in the third round.
Jess Willard, former heavyweight champion, and
Lewis Firpo, of Argentine, victors in Saturduv s miik fund
carnival, will be matched for a 15-round bout 10 decide a
championship opponent for Jack Dempsey according to
an announcement by promoter Tex RitKaid. The bout
will probably be heid in the Kankee baseball stadium on
June 20th. YVillard is said to not be very much impressed
with his light Saturday with Floyd Johnson, whom he
knocked out in the eleventh round, Johnson failing to an
swer the bell in the twelfth.
NEW CONTINENT MIT
SEWARD, May ]4.—Land in the
Arctic, perhaps a new continent, may
be discovered by Raold Amundsen,
the explorer, in his flight from Spitz
bergen. Such is the belief of Lieu
tenant Commander Parker, executive
officer of the coast guard cutter Bear,
which sails Wednesday for Nome and
the Arctic.
PORT ANGELES. May 16.—Quilla
yate Indians boarded the wrecked
steamship Lake Gebhart, after the
vessel had been abandoned, securing
hundreds of tons of sugar, carrying it
ashore in their sealing canoes. The
underwriters are now trying to recov
er the sugar from the Indians, who
claim it on the ground that the ves
sel "was abandoned, and according to
marine laws belonged to the first par
ties boarding her.
TEXAS CYCLONE KILLS
FIFTY-TW0: ID
BIG SPRINGS, Texas, May 14.—A
cyclone, which swept Colorado City,
list night killed 52 and injured many.
Thousands of head of stock were kill
ed .and many farm houses demolished.
- FIGHT JULY 7
NEW YORK, May 16.—Tex Rickard
announced today that Jess Willard,
and Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight,
had been matched to fight in New
Y’ork or vicinity not later than July
7. The winner of this engagement
will be matched with the winner of
the Dempsey-Gibbons contest, in a
finish, fight for the title, which will
probably be held labor day.
HMD PURCHASES
NTEREST HER
PUBLICATION
SEATTLE, May 18.—Charles Land
lord, formerly of the Nome Nugget,
ha$ purchased from Chas. E. Herron
an interest in the Hyder Miner and
will depart on the first boat to instal
new equipment and take over the edi
torial management of the paper.
Mr. Herron is now interested in
papers at Anchorage, Hyder, Seattle
and Juneau.
NINE PROTESTS
APPOINTMENT OP
FALCONJOSLVN
SEATTLE, May 16.—John E. Bal
laine today in a public letter to Presi
dent Waterhouse of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce this afternoon pro
tests against Falcon Joslvn serving as
a member of the committee to receive
President Harding, charging in effect
that Joslyn has been lobbying against
wholesome Alaska legislation.
RUSSIA PREPARED TO
MEET BRITAIN IN
PEACE OR WAR
MOSCOW, May 14.—“We want
peace but we are prepared to meet
the enemy.” This was the challenge
flung at Great Britain by George
Tchitcherin, minister in foreign af
fairs in a fiery speech in the Moscow
opera house. The Soviet commune
sweeping through the streets of Mos
cow, cried, ‘‘Down with Curzon,”
‘‘Death to the Initiators of the new
war.”
TRANSPORT TO BIG
PRESIDENT HOIK
10 un
WASHINGTON, May 16. -resident
Harding will go to Alaska aboard the
tianspc/i Huiderson, accompanied bv
a division of torpedo d53troyers sail
ing from Scr.itle July 5, Secretary
Denby announced today. On the re
turn voyage the president will trans
fer at San Francisco to a shipping
board vessel for a circuit through the
Panama canal back to an Atlantic
port.
WThile in Alaska President Harding
will drive the golden spike celebrat
ing the completion of the Alaskan
railway. The place for holding the
ceremonies has not been definitely
decided.
SEATTLE, May 15.—Cap*. A. C.
Jansen, 77, a pilot on the Admiral Ev
ans, died today aboard the vessel at
Ketchikan, according to a cablegram
received by the Pacific Steamship Co
Capt. Jansen was one of the best
known mariners in Alaskan waters,
having been on the Alaska run for the
past thirty or forty years. He was
formerly commander of (the City of
Seattle.
His son is chief engineer on the
steamship Starr, plying from Seward
to westward points.
J. W. Lanahan, court stenographer,
arrived from Valdez on the Admiral
Watson, and is registered at the Van
Gilder.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
T1KN 1 SIN, May 16.—American
troops her* were ordered to be pre
pared ;o guard railway property fol
lowing reports received at «m**riean
headquarters of a battle in progress
between Chinese troops and brigands
at Tang Shat, on the Peking-Mukden
railway, according to a statement is
sued by American headquarters !u;e,
where 800 marines are based to pro
tect the railway lines from Peking.
The traffic inspector at Tang Shan
reported that Chinese troops there
had turned bandits, and were looting
the city.
Three Captives Killed by Bandits
SHANGHAI, May 16—A report was
received here this morning from Lin
Cheng that three of the Chinese cap
tives held by the Suchow train bandits
had been hurled to their death over a
precipice in the Shantung mountains,
as a warning to the government that
they meant business.
Minister Offers Self as Hostage
PSK1NG, May 16—With the con
sent of the Chinese government Min
ister of Communications Wu Ku Lin
and General Yang have proceeded to
the stronghold of the brigands to of
fer themselves as hostages for the re
lease of foreigners held captive.
Repudiate Agreement.
LONDON, May 16—Dispatches from
Peking say that the Chinese bandits
have repudiated their agreement to
release the foreigners they hold cap
tive.
China Is Facing Problem
PEKING, May 16—Banditry in six
provinces, anti-Japanese riots in one
province; Japanese boycots in sev
eral; piracy on the southern coast and
up the southern rivers; war in three
provinces and warlike preparations in
the south are problems confronting
the Qhinese government.
U. S. Government Will Intervene
TIEN TSIN, China, May 16—That
United States marines will take the
trail of the bandits holding American
captives is nearly certain, it is assert
ed, since the bandits have refused to
conform to their agreement and re
lease the captives.
CORDOVA: By Mail—United States
Deputy Marshal Warren Taylor of
Cordova was removed from office Sat
urday by Marshal H. P. Sullivan and
Deputy Marshal A. C. Dowling tem
porarily took over the office until Mr.
Sullivan could select a person suit
able for the job.
Former Deputy Taylor was arrested,
together with Harry Nettleton and
George Stewart, iormer *eaerai anu
city officers, and taken before U. S.
Commissioner Adams on a charge of
conspiracy and accepting bribes.
Witnesses for the prosecution were
Dr. W. H. Caswell, Rex Hancock and
Sam Milleson. Taylor took the stand
in his own behalf and called Charles
Bates, Harry Nettleton and George
Stewart as witnesses.
After hearing the evidence Com
missioner Adams bound the three de
fendants over to await the action of
the grand jury, bail being fixed at
$1000 each for Taylor and Stewart,
and $1500 for Nettleton.
The announcement of the removal
and arrest of the three officials came
like a bolt from the blue to the friends
of the accused men, as they were con
sidered able and fearless officials,
perfoming their duty in an efficient
manner. It is hoped the matter will
be cleared in a manner satisfactory to
the prisoners when it is aired before
the courts.
Harry Cloes, game warden at Chit
ina was later appointed by United
States Marshal H. P. Sullivan to suc
ceed W. A. Taylor. Cloes is an old
timer in Alaska and has made good.
He is a married man and has a young
daughter. Cloes has taken over the
Cordova office.
Frank E. Towle, rormer Sewardite,
arrived in town last evening from his
ranch on Kenai river.
B. A. Wennerstrom, assistant to the
employment agent at Anchorage, came
to Seward last evening to sign on men
for the section crews who arrived on
the Watson.
ST. PAUL, Pribilof Island, May 15—
An epidemic of influenza is reported
among the natives on the western end
of the Alaska peninsula, officers o!
the coast guard cutter Haida reported
today upon the arrival of <he vessel
here in the course of its annual pa_
trol of the Bering Sea district.
Eight natives died at King Cove and
Belkofskv, and five succumbed at Mar
zhovia. The Haida supplied food and
medicines to the places visited.
The Unalaska correspondent of the
Gateway sent Seward news of the ou<
break about a month ago, and it was
published, with an account of the
deaths of the eight natives at King
Cove and Belkofsky. This is but one
of the many scoops the Gateway has
published the past .year.
T
MANAGE Hill
WASHINGTON, May 15.—That At
torney General Daugherty will not
umua^c ricojucui uaium^ s
paign foi* renomination, and may be
forced to resign at an early date is
the understanding of republican lead
ers who participated in a series of po
litical conferences at the White
House ending today.
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Faced by
I the prospect of having, under a recent
■ ruling of the United States Supreme
| Court to send all offenders of petty
or grave offenses against the Alaska
! fisheries laws before U. S. federal
! judges instead of before United States
commissioners, officials of the fisher
^ ies bureau are considering a recom
i mendation to congress that certain
1 provisions of the statute be changed.
The Bureau announces that it has
issued instructions to representatives
in Alaska to lay information concern,
ing law violations before the nearest
j district attorneys or take the defen
j dants before commissioners so that
! they may be held for grand juries.
SAN PEDRO, May 16.—The seventy
five thousand barrel oil tank on the
General Petroleum Company’s tank
farm near here exploded today, and
the burning oil spilled down the hill
side threatening to spread into the
fortifications of Font McArthur.
MENTONE, France, May 16.—Geo.
J. Gould, American capitalist and
financier, who has been ill wiith ty
phoid fever at Cape Martin, near here
for several months, died this morning.
Deceased was born in New York,
Feb. 6, 1864; a son of Jay and Helen
Day Gould; brother of Edwin, Helen
Miller, Howard and Frank Jay Gould.
He married Edith M. Kingdon, Sept.
14, 1886. Soon after leaving school
he became clerk in banking house of
W. E. Connor & Co., New York, and
succeeded Jay Gould, his father, as
a partner in December, 1885.
Mr. Gould was interested in hun
dreds of investments in America, and
was many times a millionaire.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. O’Neil and fam
ily were noted among the arrivals of
last evening. Mr. O’Neil will enter
the employ of the commission at An
chorage, leaving (this morning for the
north.
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5
The season of road construction by !
the Bureau of Public Roads may be i
said to have commenced; crews either
being in the field or else making ready
to establish camp within the next
few days. Today a big shipment of
camping equipment was loaded on the
cars, in addition to a Holt caterpillar
and a Ford truck which are billed to
the Moose pass crews.
The construction itinerary this year
calls for four crews being in the fieid;
C. H. Keil will be the engineer in
charge of the Moose Pass crew and
is at the present time engaged in es
tablishing his camp. The crew will be
composed of eight men and a cook at
present. G. B. Datson will be engi- i
neer at Primrose. J. T. Elliott will i
have charge of tht* Girdwood camp and i
S. Sims will head the party operating
out of the Hope section. The Hope
Sunrise and the Moose Pass crews
will work toward a common objective,
that of imporving the trail from Mile
29 to Hope. With two crews working !
on this road it is expected that by i
the time winter comes the work will
have been completed. This undertak
ing will call for about 20 miles of road
construction or improvement. The
Hope program calls for work on 12
miles; Girdwood has seven miles to
be finished, and the Seward-Kenai
Lake project, which will be controlled
by the local office, still has four and
a half miles before it can be pro
nounced completed. Those construc
tion programs which have not been
contracted for will be done by day
labor, among which will be the road
from Moose Pass to Sunrise.
BRINGS BRIDE NORTH
Mr. and Mrs. James Murray were
among the Watson passengers who
stepped ashore to greet their friends
while the vessel was in port; that is,
Mr. Murray did, for while sojourning
in the States this winter he took unto
himself a bride, whose charming
presence will lighten the environs ol
Cache creek, where Mr. Murray will
engage in mining for the coming sea
i son. They -were married in San
| Francisco.
Robert Eva?is, rmproyed at Day’s
Harbor, was among those who came
! to town yesterday.
Mrs. A. E. Lucas and child wrere
listed among the Watson passengers
last evening, going to Afognak where
i Mr. Lucas, who is connected with the
bureau of fisheries, is stationed.
The reason most girls nowadays are
failures is because their parents were
failures before them.
Dr. M. Race was among those list
ed for Anchorage on the Watson’s
passenger list last evening. The doc
tor is making the trip north to visit
his son who is employed by the com
mission at (the upper city.
The Misses Nina Rhodes and Mar
tha Peterson were among the passen
gers on the Watson last evening. They
were listed for Snug Harbor where
they will enter the employ of the Pio
neer Canning Company.
Mrs. R. L. Sparin, accompanied by
her daughter, Evelyn, was among the
Watson passengers this trip, returning
to their home at Kodiak. Mr. Sparin
is the superintendent of a cannery
plant at Kodiak.
Paul Svedeen and Oscar Dahl lefi
this morning for the Moose Pass sec.
tion to look over some contract work
Carl A. Sutter, of Fidalgo, was £
westward passenger on the Watson
Wm. Farrell, oldtime employe of the
commission, who recently left for the
States, returned last evening on the
Watson. He left this morning for the
north to reassume his position with
the railroad. He says the outside is
too swift for a sourdough.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ranta, and Mrs. J.
W. Walker, passengers on the Wat
son, were listed for Kukak, where
they will be employed by the Hem
rick Packing company.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Datson wTere
among the northbound passengers this
morning, going to Mile 12, where Mr.
Datson will be in charge of the road
construction work.
Melvin Startzman, lineman in the
employ of the commission, arrived in
town last evening on his regular trip
of inspection.
D. B. Patterson, former master of
the Grizzly, at Seldovia, was among
those who returned north last even
ing, going to the westward with the
departure of the vessel.
ARON ERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORA TOR
MADISON 130
SIGNS
WALL
PAPER
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
Pool Soft Drinks Cigars
FURNISHED ROOMS
Phone Main 55
BARBER SHOP
F. C. Wilier, Prop.
SEWARD,
ALASKA
'
Andy's Express
Meets ail Boats arid
Trains
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
For Live
INVESTMENTS
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Don Carlos & Don Carlos
SEXTON ANNEX
OIL LOCATIONS, FOX ISLANDS
AND MINING
C. E. ORLANDER
Jeweler
and
Watch Fepairer
O. K. Barber Shop
RAY LEWIS, PROPR.
BATHS IN CONNECTION
Seward, Alaska
WHIPPING
CREAM
Buttermilk
SEWARD
DAIRY
lUSUiUD SCHEDULE
Time Table in Effect May 7, 1923
Through Service Seward to Fairbanks
Train Leaves Seward Mondays and
Thursdays, at 8:00 a. m.
Arrive Northbound Leave
1:45pm
8:10pm
5:00pm
8:48pm
9:45pm
oewaiu
Anchorage
♦Curry
Nenana
Happy
Fairbanks
2:15pin
7:30am
5:15pm
9:15pm
Trains
Arrive
leave FairDanas soumDouuu
Tuesdays and Fridays
Southbound Leave
Fairbanks 7:00am
7:32am
11:20am
9:10pm
1:35pm
7:50pm
♦Train ties
Happy
Nenana
’ * Curry
Anchorage
Seward
up at Curry
8:00am
11:35am
7:30am
2 ;05pm
Dver nisrht.
Equipment will consist of buffet
observation, day coach, smoker and
baggage car. This schedule will give
patrons of the road an opportunity to
pass through the Broad Pass and Ne
nana canyon district in the day time.
D. B. ROSE,
Acting Trainmaster
Breakfast Luncheon
and Dinner
Served on all trains
J. CASEY NcDANNEL Contr.