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VOLUME XX, NUMBER 96.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23,1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
SEATTE FUR HOUSE
HELD AUCTION
' YESTERDAY
SEATTLE, April 23.—Between a
quarter of a million and three hundred
thousand dollars worth of furs were
sold at the annual auction of the Se
attle Fur Exchange, held yesterday.
The auction was attended by a large
crowd of fur buyers, some coming to
the sale from New York. St. Louis,
Montreal. Chicago, and other Pacific
coast cities.
Seward Peninsula red fox, on a basis
of one’s and two’s brought twenty-five
dollars. Best Alaskan average lot of
mink $15. Ordinary Yukon mink av
erage lot brought between nine and
ten dollars. The average lot of Alas
kan and British Columbia otter brot
$24 and $25.
[ Ermine declined this season ten
per cent, the best average Alaskan
ermine bringing $1.75, all other small
er sizes ranged from that price down
to $1. Alaskan muskrate sold at 80c
to $1.10. Kamchatka sable, large,
sold at $135.00 down to $30 for infer
ior grades.
JAPAN LAUNCHES MOTHER SHIP
TOKIO, April 22.—The seaplane
carrier Akagi, 27,000 tons gross, was
launched yesterday at Kurneval. It is
reported the vessel will carry fifty
airplanes.
VOLCANO RUINS CROPS
NANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 22.—
The eruption of the volcano in Lake j
Nicaragua, is showering ashes upon
nearby agricultural districts and ruin
^ ing crops.
Joy Leeds Recipient
Two Big Fortunes
NEW YORK, April 23.—Joy Louise
Leeds, 13, who was the chief benefi
ciary under the will of her foster
father, Warner M. Leeds, which was
filed for probate last week, receives
an estate believed to be worth about
four million dollars.
q The estate will be held in trust for
Miss Leeds until she is thirty-five
years old, when the principal will be
paid her by her trustees. The girl
had previously been left $250,000 in
Jewelry and an income from a trust
fund of $2,500,000. Besides this she
w
'received a residuary estate of over
a million and a half under the will
♦ i of her foster mother who died two
years ago as the result of a fall from
a window.
Miss Leeds was Catherine Kennedy
when Mr. and Mrs. Leeds adopted
her in 1913.
THIRTY-FOUR CONVICTS
ESCAPE FROM SOVIET CONVOY
» LONDON, April 23.— A Reuter’s de
spatch from Moscow said thirty-four
convicts enroute from Irkutsk disarm
ed their guards and escaped, after
robbing members of the railway com
mission and passengers on the same
train.
ON WAY TO BERMUDA
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
The Los Angeles left for Bermuda at
, nine this morning.
FRIEND MODISTE
'HELD FOR MURDER
LOS ANGELES, April 23.—Stanley
M. Sharpe, twenty-seven, a friend of
Mrs. Louise Unternahper, correct
modiste, whose mutilated body
found behind a Culver City roadhons
lias been held on suspicion1 of murder.
Two Women Fight a
Gun Battle With San
Francisco Policemen
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.—A
posse of San Francisco police head
ed by Captain Arthur Layne of the
Central station, snatched victory from
almost certain defeat here yesterday
in rounding up bootleggers.
An encounter with many pis
tol shots fired was fought in the Mil
waukee Hotel, 529 Pacific Street.
After two hours futile searching
the police were about to abandon the
search of the hotel, when in one of
the rooms a barely perceptible stream
of face powder was noticed strewn
across a room and over a window
sill, leading to a light well, and af
ter breaking in a shutter the police
found a secret room filled with tne
smoke of many cigarettes, wherein
they arrested two women and seized
about t-wo hundred and fifty bottles
of pre-Volstead liquor.
At the sight of the police the wo
men drew their revolvers and com
menced to fire but after the exchange
of several shots gave themselves up.
There were no casualties.
BODY OF COLLINS
BE REMOVED TO
GRAVE TODAY
8 CAVE CITY, April 23.—The 8
8 body of Floyd Collins has been 8
8 moved from under the 75-pound 8
8 rock which entrapped him, and 8
8 is in good condition. He will 8
8 be moved from the cave today 8
8 and buried in the family plot. 8
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CAN IDENTIFY FATHERS OF
CHILDREN BY FINGERPRINTS
OSLO, April 22.—Dr. Christine
Eounevie, Norwegian woman scien
tist, announced she has evolved a
method for determining the identity
of fathers and children by finger
prints. She declared certain charac
teristics invariably recur in the fin
gerprints of individuals of families.
THREE KILLED BY LIGHTNING
BERLIN, April 22.—Three members
jof a party of tourists were killed nad
twenty-three injured by lightning
while visiting the fortress of Konig
stein, near Dresden.
SHARP QUAKE JAPAN •
TOKIO, April 22.—The sharpest
earthquake of the past year was felt
on the east side of Tokio bay yester
day. No damage was reported.
FISHING CRAFT FOUNDER
TOKIO, April 22.—Many fishing
craft and a six hundred ton steam
er foundered in a gale on the south
coast yesterday. Over fifty are dead
and missing.
TWO KILLED IN FIGHT WITH MOB
DAMASCUS, April 23.—Two were
killed and eleven injured in a fight
between a mob of six thousand op
posed to Earl Balfour and the Syrian
police, aided by French Algerions,
beat by the rioters.
ARMY TO HOLD MANEUVERS
LONDON, April 26.—The British
army will carry out its first war ma
neuvers since the World war next
September. The maneuvers are au
thorized by the maneuvers act which
is brought into action by the sanc
tion of parliament.
NAIL PLANT RAZED BY FIRE
NEWARK N. J., April 22.—The
plant of Igoe Brothers, wire nail man
ufacturers, was destroyed by fire last
week, with an estimated damage of
r ion dollars.
FIRE DESTROYS
SALTAIR RESORT
NEAR SAIT LAKE
SALT LAKE. April 23.—Fire, yes
terday, wrecked the great '‘Saltair”
resort at the Great Salt Lake, twenty
miles west of here. The origin of
the fire is unexplained and the loss is
estimated at $375,000.
New Treatment For
Diabetes Been Found
BALTIMORE, Md., April 23.—A
new treatment for diabetes was ex
plained to the Chemical society last
week by Dr. Kahn of New York and
Dr. McKee of the Columbia Univer
sity. The treatment contradicts the
popular belief that sugar in the blood
causes death and consists of feeding
Intarvin, which is a discovery of the
two scientists.
COOLIDGE TO VISIT MINN.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
President Coplidge plans to visit
Minneapolis June 8th for a Norse
Centennial celebration.
REORGANIZATION OF DEPT. AGRI.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
Secretary Jardine has started a re
organization of the Department of
Agriculture with several changes in
the direction of coordination. Many
separate offices have been consoli
dated under a single hand. '
PRINCE OF WALES’
PICTURES ARE STOLEN
LONDON, April 23—Just §5,000 was
the cost of a London truck driver’s
breakfast the other day.
The driver’s horse and truck disap
peared while he was having his usual
“ham and” at a “pub” stopping place
on his way from a publishing house
to the dockyards with a load of re
prints of a colored photograph of the
Prince of Wales.
There were thousands of prints in
the consignment which was bound for
Africa. Newspapers in Nigeria and
the Gold Coast Colonies had arranged
to issue them as supplements in con
nection with the Prince’s visit there
next month.
Several hours after the theft the
horse and truck, minus load, were
found some distance away. Scotland
Yard immediately took the equine’s
hoof prints.
PRIVATE AIRCRAFT
TO BE DENIED USE
OF U. S. AIRDROMES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
Owners of private aircraft hereafter
will be denied the use of any active
government airdromes. Under a pol
icy announced today by the war de
partment, active army airdromes may
be open to private planes only in em
ergency. Private owners of aircraft
can have access to the airdromes in
active status, providing the aircraft
in question are not operated for profit
and do not require government facili
ties for their maintenance and repair,
but in such cases a bond for $5,000
will be required as a protection from
property damages.
SECTION FOREMAN HURT
Joe Johnson, section foreman at
Mile 67 was badly hurt by the big
slide which came down yesterday.
Dr. Haverstock was rushed to the
scene on a special train. The ex
tent of the injuries have not been
learned. Johnson is reported later
to have died from his injuries.
How can an athlete run a mile and
only move two feet?
Ring of Quacks Are
Discovered with Finding
of Missing Baby Girl
NEW YORK, April 23—With the
finding of Lillian M'cKenzie, who in
1923, when she was three and one
half months old, was kidnapped from
her baby carriage in front of a de
partment store here, police have lo
cated a ring of quacks,
Lillian McKenzie has been living
at Hackensack, N. J., where she has
been known as Mildred Crofe, the
adopted daughter of Mr, and Mrs. F.
V. Grofe. The identification is not
vet positive but it is expected it will
be soon.
In connection with the discovery
of the child police have learned of
a ring of quacks who, it is alleged,
have been making a business of get
ting rid of children wrho are not
wanted, and of criminal operations.
One man is already under arrest, j
Dr, H. L. Green, an unlicensed chiro- j
praetor.
Mrs. Grofe is said to have acquired
the McKenzie infant through. Green.
Green is said to have admitted com
mitting from three to five crimes A
day in illegal operations. He also is
j said to have admitted manufacturing
bogus birth and burial certificates in
! furtherance of his trade.
WHEELER ADMITS
DISCUSSED ONE
OIL LAND PERMIT
8 GREAT FALLS. April 23— 8
8 Senator Wheeler today admit- tt
8 ted he had discussed one oil 8
8 land permit with Department 8
8 of Interior officials and Edwin 8
8 S. Booth. 8
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NEW YORK. April 23.—Senator
Walsh today telegraphed a rekuest to
Assistant District Attorney Alexander
Lehman to go to Great Falls and tes
tify for Wheeler. Lehman is ill at
his home here. It is understood he
is wanted to contradict the testimony
of Hays.
CAMDEN NEGRO VOODOO DOCTOR
MAY BE CHARGED WITH CRIME
the Ford family which, by compari
cutor Wescott said today that charg
es of murder might be lodged against
H. H. Hyghcock, negro voodoo doc
tor, whose home was raided by the
police yesterday after his 7 year
old daughter said her father had
killed a woman and buried her body
in one of the secret passages under
the house.
Bones of tvro infants, believed to
have been negroes, were discovered
in one of the underground passages.
Three tunnels, with a score of rooms
and compartments, were found un
der the cellar. In the chambers
were bodies of chickens, pieces of
dry meat weirdly dressed and paint
ed dolls and many bells.
Hyghcock and his wife were held
without bail. The girl was detained
as a witness.
TERRORIST SHOT
KILLED BY POLICE
SOFIA, April 23,—Tehountouloff,
one of the principal terrorists under
Ninkoff in the recent cathedral bomb
ing was shot to death today by police
who discovered him and demanded
his surrender. He refused and was
shot down. Ninkoff was shot to death
in the same manner Monday.
“I wish I had not made such a bind
ing contract,” the garter groaned as
it snapped around a skinny limb.
FISH TAXES TAKE
UP ATTENTION
OF LEGISLATURE
(Special to The Gateway)
JUNEAU, Alaska, April 23.—By a
unanimous vote the House this morn
ing passed the Watson sesquicenten
nial exposition measure carrying an
appropriation for §20,000, and also
passed the measure for a §10,000 ship,
subsidy for the establishment of a
mail route from Bristol Bay to Norton
Sound, making the last link in the
chain of small boat service from Sew
ard to Kotzebue Sound, and two other
minor measures without a record vote.
The House adopted the committee
substitute for Paul’s old age pension
bill, which wipes out the provision to
extend the pensions to Indians. The
measure was held on the calander un
til Thursday at request of Ross, who
announced he would offer an amend
ment to Paul’s fish trap bill, which
is amended to fix the rates for salmon
caught in traps at §3 per thousand
The original measures provides a rate
of from one cent per fish for the
cheaper grades to 10 cents a fish fon
each king salmon.
The Senate passed the fishermen’s
license bill imposing a tax of §10 on
all classes except seiners, and §25 on
seiners.
Grier’s county fair aid bill, with a
§10,000 appropriation, also passed the
Senate.
The Senate passed the Sherman hilt
to protect growing timber and pre
vent its destruction.
INDIANS GET TWO
HOMERS OFF OF
VERNON PLAYERS
SEATTLE, April 23.—The Indiana
knocked two homers off three Vernon
twirlers in the opening home game
Five doubles and eleven singles were
also hung up by the Seattle team.
Twelve thousand attended the game
yesterday. Sutherland is responsible
for eight hits. Three runs in the
fifth were made by Vernon.
Homers—American. Vache of Bos
ton; National. Young of New York and
Tierney of Brooklyn; Coast. Beck of
Los Angelas, and McCabe and Brazill
of Seattle.
Todays Scores
Coast—Seattle 15, Vernon 4; Port
land vs Oakland, wet grounds; San
Francisco 4, Sacramento 2; Los An
geles 2, Salt Lake 4.
National—Pittsburg 6, Chicago 1;
Philadelphia 8, Brooklyn 7; New York
6, Boston 5; St. Louis 12, Cincinnati 3
American—Cleveland 2, St. Louis 3;
Boston 5, Philadelphia 6, eleven in
nings; Chicago 3, Detroit 1; Wash
ington 10, New York 1.
Red Agent Arrested
By the Paris Police
PARIS, April 23.—Michael Leschin
sky, Paris correspondent of a Mos
cow Bolsheviki newspaper, was ar
rested today on a charge of espion
age in attempting to secure secret
documents relating to French avia
tion, for Red Russia.
Secret service agents, suspecting
Leschinsky’s purpose, made up a dum
my packet of secret documents and
when the correspondent accepted
and paid for them, he was arrested.
BROKER DISMISSED
NEW YORK, April 23.—Gilbert W.
Kellner, broker, has been expelled
from the Stock Exchange for alleg
ed misstatements to the committee
of the Exchange concerning trans
actions in stocks.