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MEMbEK ASSOCIATED EKESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 76.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 5,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Fire Destroys Fairbanks Garage; $15,000 Loss
UNDERGROUND PLANT
BLOWS UP, DEPUTIES
HAVE WARROyUESCAPE
_
MOONSHINERS MAKE TRAP CON-j
TAINING TWENTY STICKS
OF DYNAMITE.
BOY SCOUTS REPORT STIl»L
Dug-Out Cleverly Concealed Among
Clump of Young Firs; Moss
Over Door.
SEATTLE, April 5. (JP)—Three sher
iff's deputies and another man were in- j
jured near here when an explosion de-:
molished an underground moonshine:
cache which they raided. The injured
deputies are Harry Casey, Joe Harra-1
man, Charles Jarrett and Reese J. Mc
Farlane, the latter Jarrett’s nephew,
who was helping the officers.
The dugout which was concealed in
a clump of young firs covered with
door on which moss and sod had laid,
was reported to the sheriff by boy
scouts. Forty gallons of moonshine'
were found by the raiding party.
Upon entering the pit for the sec
ond time, an explosion occured. The
officers declared the place was plant-s
ed with dynamite by the moonshiners.
McFarlane was seriously burned and
shocked, but the others were not so
badly hurt.
PILOT BENNETT DICK IN
F1BIH5 FROM HOOCH i
AIR TRIP TO mill
FAIRBANKS, April 5. (!■P)—Aviator ;
Bennett, pilot for the Fairbanks Air
plane Corporation, returned from Wise
man where he has been since last
Wednesday. He said the air was
rough, and heavy winds prevailed from
the Arctic. He was up in the air for
three hours making 200 miles. Ben
nett d-id not believe Capt. Wilkins
would return to Fairbanks under such
conditions.
VISIT ALASKA CITY
NAMED AFTER COUSIN
SHOE MANUFACTURER HAS LONG
PLANNED TO MAKE TRIP TO
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
SEATTLE, April 5. (JP)—Bound for,
the city which bears his name and j
which he has never seen, S. N. Juneau,'
Indianapolis shoe manufacturer, arriv-1
ed en route to Alaska’s capital, which j
i was founded by his cousin, Joseph Ju- i
neau. He stated the trip was partly'
one of pleasure and mainly out of cu
riosity to see the city. “The plan has
been in my mind for many years,” he
stated.
Mr. Juneau expects to leave for Al-j
aska in two or three weeks.
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how much
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by shopping
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thru
the ads in
The Gateway.
Don’t miss them
a single day!
I
MEET FITE ON CMS
HARTFORD, Conn., April 5. (IP)—
With all hope waning of saving Ger
ald Chapman, notorious bandit, from
the gallows next Tuesday morning,
thru the medium of the district court,
his attorneys today redoubled their
efforts to find new evidence in support
of their attempt to get a new trial in
the State Superior court.
FOB THE SOUTH WITH
SILL NUMBER BUT
LINER ARRIVES LATE DUE TO
... NUMEROUS STOPS AT THE ....
VARIOUS CANNERIES
Completing its first trip to this port
since last November, the S.S. Yukon,
Captain A. Glasscock, arrived in port
yesterday morning at 3:30 o’clock
bringing 120 pasengers for Seward and
527 tons of general cargo. The Yu
kon left Seattle March 27, at 1:15 a.
m., with 371 passengers. The voyage
north was without any special inci
dent and was marked with splendid
weather. The vessel departed for the
south at 5:30 last evening with the
following list of reservations:
Latouche.—P. Christofferson, C. Ros
si, Win. Nekanroff, G. C. Henderson,
James Flynn.
Cordova—Paul Meehan.
Juneau.—Mrs. J. G. Cole, G. A. Carl
son, Curtis Welch.
Ketchikan.—A. A. Shonbeck.
Seattle.—Mrs. Cautain Schultz, D.
E. Stubbs, Mrs. H. L. Bliss, Mrs. Anna
Madson, H. Madson, G. T. Chamber
lain, Walter Nevlin, Mrs. C. T. Price,
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Smith, Sydney An
derson, Frank Redwood, Mrs. William
Cleveland, James Myer, Mrs. M. E.
Guydo and baby,, T. C. King, Arthur
Evanston, V. R. Brokuer.
LAWFULLY CUT TIMBER FROM
ALASKA’S NATIONAL FOR
EST IS OKEYED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5. (TP)—
—The Senate without a record vote
passed the House Bill to authorize ex
portation from Alaska timber lawfully
cut in its national forests and public
lands. Another resolution was passed
whereby the House would authorize
the secretary of the treasury to sell
lots at Sitka taken over from Russia,
and also the old customs house at
Wrangell.
TO AUCTION BUILDING
AT ABANDONED FORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5. (TP)
—A public auction was ordered for
September 1, of the buildings and im
provements at Fort Davis, Alaska,
which has been abandoned for some
time. Cash is required and no bid less
than $6,455, the appraised value will be
considered.
RESTORATION FRANCE FINANCES
PARIS, April 5. (TP)—The Sunday
Chamber of the Senate voted that the
government take measures for the res
tauration of France’s finances by a
vote of 300 to 155. The Chamber of
deputies met at 4:40 o’clock Sunday
morning and reconvenes April 20. The
Senate adjourned until the 12th.
NOTED GERMAN PASSES AWAY
MULHEIM, Germany, April 5. (TP)—
August Thyssen, an outstanding fig
ure in Germany’s industrial world for
the last decade died here yesterday
at the advanced age of 85.
ADMIRAL EVANS DUE 12-M
.The Admiral Evans of the Pacific
Steamship Company is scheduled to
arrive in port tonight at 12, according
to the local office.
i WHEATLAND MONTANA BEING
TOWED BY WEST NIGER,
DESTINATION UNKNOWN
CORDOVA, April 5. (/P)—The steam
ship West Niger is reported to have
arrived alongside of the 410-foot dis
abled steel freighter Wheatland Mon
tana and proceeded to tow her start
ing in a general northwesterly direc
tion. The vessels’ direction is un
known. The Montana lost her pro
peller Thursday en route to China from
Seattle in the North Pacific, south of
the Aleutian Islands, approximately
1300 miles southwest of Cordova.
The vessel belongs to the shipping
board.
The steamship West Orowa was
bound from Yokohama to Portland and
reported to the U. S. Naval Radio sta
tion at Dutch Harbor, Alaska that a
fireman aboard was suffering from ap
pendicitis. Dr. Randal of Unalaska
rendered medical aid and advised di
bor station where the man is resting
rections through to the Dutch Har
easy with ice packs.
The liner West Niger, towing the
steamer Wheatland Montana parted
from her line at 6:15 o’clock last night
during a 60-mile southwest gale. The
Niger is standing by. The sea is high
and rough. Their position is given at
forty-seven twenty North, one-eseven
ty two East.
NEWSY SPORT OOPE
NEW YORK. April 5. (/P)—Willie
Hoppe, billiard champion for nearly
twenty years relinquished the last
of his titles to “Young” Jake Schaf
fer to whom he lost by a 3600 to 2926
score.
NEW YORK, April 5. (£>)—Wall St.
picked the New York Giants.and the
Philadelphia Athletics to win the ma
jor pennants of 1926. The Pittsburg
Pirates and Washington Senators were
second choices.
BUENOS AIRES, April 5. (JP)—Luis
Firpo, the “Bull of the Pampus,” won
a decision from Ermino Spalla, the
Italian champ in 12 rounds of a box
ing exhibition match which was wit
nessed by 12,000 people here Saturday
night.
CHICAGO, April 5. (/P)—Fitchburg,
Mass, won the United States basket
ball championship from Fago, N. D.,
by a score of 25 to 14.
MUNIGIPUL ELECTION POLLS
OPEN TOMORROW MORNING
IT I IN. TO 7 P.M.
The polls will be open tomorrow
morning at 8 o’clock in the Town
Hall and will close at 7 o’clock in the
evening.
The citizens of Seward will vote for
a mayor, three members of the com
mon council for a two-year term, one
member for a one-year term and for
one member for the school board.
Mayor L. V. Ray filed for re-election
but only two names filed for council
man; Henry Thoday for a two-year
term and Joe S. Hofman for a one
year term. It will be necessary for
the voters to write in two names for
councilmen and it is their privilege
to name whom they please.
Only those citizens who have reg
istered are qualified to vote at to
morrow’s election.
REBEKAH NOTICE
The Rebekahs will meet this eve
ning at 8 o’clock at Odd Fellows hall.
All members are requested to be pres
ent.—Adv.
Jefferson’s Day bridge and whist
party, April 13, Odd Fellows Hall, on
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, under
the auspices of Woman’s Club. Gen
eral admission to the public 50 cents.
SEATTLE NOW IMMUNE TO
SILL POX ASSERTS OOt
SEATTLE, April 5. (Jp)—City Healtl
| Commissioner Hanley announced Seat
: tie is immune from smallpox. He es
i timated 90 per cent of the populatior
have been vaccinated. No new cases
j have been reported for ten days,
i “Seattle had fewer cases this yeai
| than the last five years. Betweer
1 January and April the total numbei
was 85. Last year for the same pe
| riod,” reported Mr. Hanley, “the num
I her stood 95.”
AGAINST MHVE OUTFIT
SECRETARY OF COMPANY, AT AN
CHORAGE, ASSERTS NOTHING
TO SEATTLE REPORT
ANCHORAGE, April 5. (Jp)—J. W
j Kempf, secretary and treasurer of tin
Lucky Shot Gold Mining company, whc
! resides in Anchorage denied his com
! pany has been authorized to start
court proceedings against the Willow
Creek mines although he admitted
there was some trouble sometime ago
He said a crew of men are now get
ting the property ready to operate the
same as usual by the Willow Creek
| mines and a good season is expected
NEW HOMESTEAD SURVEY
BILL PUSSES SEMITE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5. (Spe
j cial to the Gateway).—A Bill authoriz
I ing a departure from rectangular
homestead surveys was passed today.
This law will be applied in cases
j where water indentations of the land
i make it impossible to locate a home
stead. It will enable a homesteader
to make entry on a point of land jut
ting into the sea where formerly it
was impossible to do so and maintain
! a perfect square.
LEAVE FOR PHILIPPINES
MADRID, April 5. (,/P)—Six Spanish
airmen en route to the Philippines left
for Algiers in three planes.
PLANES DROP BOMBS
PEKING, April 5. (/P)—Two Man
churian airplanes dropped twelve
bombs near an Arbor Day crowd, but
no casualties resulted. Lu Cung Lin,
commissioner of Peking, failed to keep
an engagement to attend service on
account of this outrage.
BIG FIRE, EGYPT
CAIRO, Egypt, April 5. (JP)—'Thirty
are dead and 4,00 homeless from a fire
from Saturday noon until late yester
j day. Six hundred dwellings were de
stroyed.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, April, 5. (JP)—Halibut
was quoted here yesterday at 13 and
9 cents; Salmon IS and 8 cents.
BYRD’S PLANE SOON TO SOAR
NEW YORK, April 5. (^P)—Lieut.
Richard Byrd’s two airplanes were ta
ken to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, wrhere
they will be crated and shipped on the
steamer Chantier tomorrow, which ves
sel sails Monday.
Lieut. Byrd, sailing for Norway to
day said: “We are going into the
worst regions of the world, and are
pinning our faith on the planes.”
WHITE HOUSE EGG ROLLING
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5. (JP)
—President Coolidge ordered the an
nual egg rolling on Easter Sunday. It
was held on the White House lawn
as usual.
ANCHORAGE LAUNDRYMAN DEAD
An unconfirmed report reaching the
Gateway office yesterday was to the ef
fect Eli DeHon, proprietor of the Pio
neer Laundry at Anchorage, was found
dead in bed last Saturday. No details
have as yet been obtained.
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION CO.
TO REEQUIP IMMEDIATELY TO CARE FOR
LARGE BOOKING FOR TOURIST SEASON
FAIRBANKS, April 5. (AP).—The garage, which
houses eight of the automobiles owned by the Richardson
Highway Transportation Company was destroyed by fire
Sunday morning. The loss is estimated at $15,000. The
blaze started overhead from a stove. Only $1,500 insur
ance was on the building which was valued at $2,000. The
cars were unprotected, but the company announced that
■ they would reequip immediately in order to handle the
heavy tourist trade this summer.
EX-GOVERNOR SCQUITTED
OF ALLEGED CORRUPTION
TOPEKA, April 5. (/P)—Former Gov
ernor Johnathan Davis and his son
Russell were acquitted of the charge
of accepting a bribe. The jury delib
erated 34 hours. It was the ex-gover
nor’s second acquittal and wiped from
the slate all the charges concerned
with alleged corruption of guberna
torial pardoning powrer. It was alleg
ed the cacused wras paid §1250 for a
pardon.
I EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE, AUSTRIA
GRAZ, Austria, April 5. (/P)—An epi
' demic of the grippe, accompanied by
pneumonia is raging in this district
according to dispatches, and all the
regular hospitals are filled to over
flowing. Many residences have been
converted into hospital with constant
streams of sufferers entering these
improvised wrards.
CONI
I
IMPORTANT WORK WILL BE CAR
RIED ON INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES BOARD.
SEATTLE, April 5. (JP)—The Inter
national Fisheries Commission which
met Saturday decided to continue the
scientific study of the life and history
of North Pacific halibut to form a ba
sis for permanent regulations and
preservation of the industry and also
to determine whether to continue the
yearly closed season or to adopt a
closed area system.
AWAITING RETURN FLYERS •
FAIRBANKS, April 5. (/P)—A con
stant vigil is being kept here for the
return of Capt. Wilkins and Lieut. Eile
son from Point Barrow\ Members of
the expedition, under Major Lanphier
are replacing the running gear on the
monoplane Detroiter which has been
repaired and strengthened in the local
shops.
HE STUDY OF
, PACIFIC HALIBUT
JUNEAU REGISTRATION THE
LARGEST FOR MANY YEARS.
REPORTS THE DAILY EMPIRE
GATEWAY:
The Juneau registration was 1,089,
the alrgest in years. Two ticket are
creating much interest. Please send
Seward returns to us.
JUNEAU EMPIRE.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Temperature, 28 above.
Clear and calm.
Harold Painter has purchased the
late Ford sedan model motor from the
Seward Machine Shops, the local ag
ents for the Ford agency. The car is
quite attractive with its plate glass
windows and double doors.
lira VESSEL STUB
FiflST OF OLD SAILING
BUIS FOB BRISTOL Ml
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.
cannery vessel Star, which left for
Bristol Bay was the first vessel of the
Alaska Packers going north. Eight
sailing vessels or the fleet will be dis
patched this season, company officials
announced.
WING BREAKS WHILE
IN LOOP, FLYERS OIE
NATIONAL v GUARDSMEN FALL
1500 FEET TO DEATH AT ST.
LOUIS AVIATION FIELD
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 5. (/P)—.
Lieutenant Charles E. Smith and Pri
vate J. Zwengrosch of the National
Guard met instant death in a 1500-ft.
fall from an airplane at the flying
field, near here when a wing crump
led while they were doing a loop.
EARL CARROLL THEATRICAL
PRODUCER INDICTED 11
—
NEW YORK, April 5. (/P)—Indicted
for perjury as an aftermath of a par
ty, Earl Carroll, theater producer, stag
ed at his theater, he was confronted
with the prospect of going before the
grand jury. Conflicting testimony giv
en by witnesses stated that no one was
nude, and variously described the li
quor as fruit juice, ginger ale and
wine, and the only conclusion the
graud jury has been able to reach is
that the party was wet and that some
body had a bath.
CUT-OFF ROAD IS OPEN
Mrs. H. F. Starr has the distinction
of being the first local citizen this
years to have driven over the new
cut-off road to Lake Kenai, for that
was her feat yesterday when she slow
ly followed the road scraper, driven
by Hank Frost, over the road. To
Mrs. Fred Schrenger, however, goes
the medal for being the first person
over the road after it was completed
last fall. Mrs. Starr said the road
is navigable, all right, but is a trifle
soft in places. A few days of the pre
sent sunshine will work wonders with
it, she said.
STARR DEPARTS TOMORROW
Capt O. A. Johansen, master of the
Starr, announces his vessel will de
part for the westward tomorrow (Tues
day) morning at 10 a. m.
i Siguard Wallstedt, district deputy
] supreme dictator of the Loyal Order
| of Moose, who has been in the Interior
on official business connected with
the organization, arrived in Seward on
Saturday.
P. Edlund, sawmill man, Anchorage
district, is a passenger on the Alaska
out of Seattle.