VOLUME 20. NUMBER-80 (Tjf SEWARD, ' ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
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NOME THREATENED
WITH FUEL FAMINE;
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT
BEACH COMBED FOR THIRTY
# MILES EACH WAY—FIFTY
TONS COAL ON HAND
(Special to The Gateway)
NOME, Friday, Mar. 20.—Nome is
threatened with a fuel famine, owing
to consumption being greater than
was planned. Natives and trappers
this winter bought coal instead of
combing the beach for driftwood, and
the supply is short. The ship Apollo
failed to arrive last fall with a cargo
consigned to Nome, and the city has
purchased fifty tons from the local
radio station, which is being appor
tioned in lots of from one to six
sacks. Beach wood has been ex
hausted for a distance of thirty miles
each way from the city and the near
est forest wood is seventy miles, with
no trail.
* New Case Diphtheria
Reported At Nome;
Antitoxin Sent North
NOME. March 21.—(Special to the
^ Gateway)—A new case of diphtheria
was reported yesterday, the white
child of Herman Becausky, formerly
of Seattle, coming down with the di
sease. Nearly all the other cases
are recovered.
Welch received a wire from Can
dle stating that an epidemic of sore
throats prevailed along the Bukland
river and in the Kotzebue sound dis
trict. It is feared diphtheria may set
in there and a shipment of antitox
in was sent by dog team to the dis
trict.
ROSENBERG WINS BANTAM
TITLE FROM EDDIE MARTIN
NEW YORK, March 21.—Charlie
Rosenberk, of New York, won the
world's bantamweight championship
when he outpointed Eddie “Cannon
ball” Martin in a fifteen round fight.
Rosenberg took every round except
two near the end.
Much Gold Reported
In Siberian Strike
(Special to Gateway)
NOME, March 21.—Much gold is
reported in the Alden region of the
Yakutsk district, Siberia. The area
is called the second Klondike, nearly
two hundred thousand ounces being
obtained by primitive methods since
% the discovery. Thousands of prospec
tors are flocking into the country.
NEW FUEL DISCOVERED
FOR GAS DRIVEN CARS
PARIS, March 21.—Erolene, nam
ed for the discoverer, Irene Laurent,
fifteen years of age, a daughter of
a French chemist, has been found,
and it is declared to cost less and
So further in automobiles than any
other substitute of gasoline. Sugar
is understood to be the basis of the
product.
REVOKE LICENSE PHYSICIAN
ST. LOUIS, March 21.—The Mis
souri state board of health last night
declared Dr. Waldo Briggs, Dean of
the St. Louis College of Physicians
* and. Surgeons guilty of the sale of
fraudulent diplomas and revoked his
license to practice medicine.
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BANK CLEARINGS GROW
New York, March 21.—Bank clear
* ings this week in the United States
were $10,215,982,262.00 in comparison
with $8,572,604,068.00 a year ago ac
cording to compilations made by the
financial and commercial chronicle.
Register If you want to \ ote.
American and Canadian
Treaty Covers Salmon
VICTORIA, Mar. 21— John P. Bab
I cock, assistant commissioner of Fish
eries of British Columbia announced
| that efforts will be made to have the
j American and Canadian fisheries trea
ty cover the salmon fishing in adja
cent waters.
CHINESE MUTINY
AND POLICE FLAG !
FLOWN BY SHIP
CREW DENIED SHORE LEAVE OR1
WAGES FORCE OFFICERS TO
BARRICADE SELVES
SAX FRANCISCO, Mar. 21—What
old mariners described as “deep sea
stuff” occurred off Sausalito last night
when 30 Chinese sailors went on a
rampage on the steamship Isnomia.
The Chinese said they were denied
shore leave or wage, and told the po
lice boat which boarded the craft
when the police flag was flown that
their complaints had not received of
ficial recognition by the officers of
the vessel.
The Chinese had forced the captain,
first mate and purser to barricade
themselves in a cabin.
The leaders of the mutiny were ar
rested and taken ashore.
Portland Magnate Leaves
Bequest To Institutions
PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 21.—John
L. Vestal was buried today. He left
an estate valued at $200,000. School
district No. 1 received the largest edu
cational gift given to Portland.
OREGON GOVEROR VETOES
MEASURE CUTTING POWER
SALEM, Ore , March 21.—Govern
or Walter M. Pierce, in a message
to the senate of the Oregon legis
[ lature today vetoed a measure that
was passed last week taking from
J the governor and vesting in the legis
! leture the power to appoint mem
bers of the Portland port commis
sion. The senate immediately passed
the bill over the veto, with three
dissenting votes. Similar action by
the house is expected by proponents
of the measure.
The measure vetoed by the gov
ernor reappointed five members of
the commission whom the governor
had ordered replaced with new ap
pointees on June 1. when the pres
ent term expires.
82-YEAR OLD NIMROD
RECEIVES LICENSE ONE
MOUNT VERNON, March 21.—Fol
lowing a custom of several years, C.
H Wightman of route 1, this city,
called at the county auditor’s office,
for fishing license No. 1, believing
that by securing the first fishing per
mit he would have good luck as a
fisherman. Mr. Wightman is perhaps,
Skagit’s oldest nimrod, having pass
ed the 82-year mile post.
BELLINGHAM RIOTS
OVER 10 MEXICANS
BELLINGHAM, Wn., Mar. 21.—Ten
Mexicans employed in building a fac
tory for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Com
pany were put in jail for safety last
night after a mob of 200 enraged citi
zens had threatened to drive all Mex
icans out of the community. The men
left the city today after receiving
their pay.
Several years ago a mob of union
men drove a number of Hindus out
of the city who were employed by lo
cal mills. *
NO RELIEF WORK
CITIZENS OF MURPHYBORO AT
MASS MEETING, RESOLVE
TO REBUILD TOWN
PARRISH, III., Mar. 2 .—There
is no need for relief work in Par
rish, which was demolished by
Thursday’s tornado, as virtually
all the inhabitants were killed a
handfull of the Survivors being
scattered among the homes of
neighbors out of the path of the
tornado. Out of forty-eight resi
dences and business houses be
fore the storm only a schoolhouse
and Methodist church remain.
Murphysboro Will Rebuild.
MURPHYSBORO, 111., Mar. 21.—
Charles Ritter, a wealthy business
man. at a mass meeting held here yes
terday shouted, “Murphysboro will re
build. The banks of this town are
prepared to strain their credit to the
utmost to aid the people in restoring
their homes and industries. We must
all begin work at once. It may take
years for the town to reach its for
mer prosperity.’’
Ritter, with white hair and ruddy
cheeks, shed tears as he left the plat
form. His remarks were greeted with
the first cheers heard here since the
tornado.
Ritter made his declaration after
Governor Len Small and a dozen re
lief workers had painted the horrors
of the devastation.
Dead Totals Over 1,000
DE SOTO, 111., Mar. 21.—The death
toll in Murphysboro. DeSoto, Griffin,
Parrish and other towns demolished
by Thursday tornado will reach over
one thousand, over 900 bodies have
been collected. The injured total over
3,000, a number of whom will die. The
smaller districts have not yet been
explored for bodies, but as the storm
swept its path through a thickly set
tled community, it is believed that the
death rate will be large.
De Soto Will be Rebuilt
CHICAGO, Mar. 21.—State Senator
Sneed refused to give up the possi
bility of rebuilding De Soto, although
the town of 750 inhabitants was ut
terly demolished. He explained, “My
father is buried there.'’
The announcement that Griffin
j would not be rebuilt was recalled when
I one lone old man declared that altho
! not one house was left standing in
j the village he would return and re
build, saying, “I do not want to die
anywhere else.”
The few survivors of Parrish have
announced they will not rebuild.
Pneumonia Appears.
MURPHYSBORO, 111., Mar. 21—A
few cases of pneumonia have been re
ported among the storm victims but
no tetanus has appeared.
Man Killed for Looting.
CHICAGO, Mar. 21.—Little looting
was done in the storm area. A man
was killed by a policeman who found
him removing a ring from the finger
of a woman in West Frankfort.
Unemployed March On
Edmonton for Relief
CALGARY, Mar. 21.—One hundred
and twenty-three men began a two
hundred mile march to Edmonton to
camp by the Parliament building,
where they will demand relief from
Unemployment in Alberta. The men
appeared wrell clothed but had no pro
visions or money.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Andreason
were returning passengers on the
Northwestern from Cordova, where
they spent their honeymoon. Mr.
Andreason is employed by the Brown
& Hawkins corporation at Anchorage.
Hearings Being Held On
Northern Pacific Grants
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Mar. 20.—
Continuation of the hearings on the
land grants of the Northern Pacific
were held today. Members of the
Congressional committee announced
they would seek knowledge, not only
of the railway’s claim to valuable
lands comprising 3,000,000 acres, but
facts concerning previous grants of
land to transcontinental railways
MAYOR BROWN RAPS
CITY MANAGER PLAN
SEATTLE, March 21,—Mayor Ed
win J. Brown in an address before
the Kiiig County Democratic club
Saturday declared that under a city
manager form of government, which
would abolish the office ol mayor,
Seattle would go anywhere from Ber
lin to Moscow for a manager. The
mayor added that he was not ready
to “trade ‘Blackstone for Bill Hay
wood.” He charged that the mem
bers of the Municipal Voters’ League j
were “disloyal in slandering Seattle.”
The adoption of a city manager
form of government in Seattle -would
“create a soviet with authority to ap
point a Lenine as manager,” Corpor
ation Counsel Thomas Kennedy told
the club.
Governor Hartley Urges
Policy of Retrenchment
SEATTLE, Mar. 21—Governor Hart
ley’s policy toward the University of
Washington, during a survey of state
institutions, is one of retrenchment.
He indicated this policy in talks to
regents and at students’ assembly. He
asked the regents to keep the ex
penses of the institution down to bed
rock.
RADICALS EXAMINED BY
SEATTLE LABOR COUNCIL
SEATTLE, March 21.—Trial of 5
members as communists is in pro
| gress before a committee on the Se
attle Central Labor council. This
I council was called to account seven
keen months ago by the American Fed
eration of Labor for communistic
tendencies and men active in the
council were leaders of a general
strike which occupied here in 1919.
One member was placed on trial
last night and hearings are to con
tinue tomorrow. The charges, it is
stated, included boring from within
activities intended to convert labor
organizations to communism or bol
shevism.
NEGROES ASK CLEMENCY
FOR CONVICTED LEADER
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21.—
Telegrams from all parts of the Unit
ed States and from Canada and Mex
ico came into the offices of the As
sociated Press today telling of mass
meetings of negroes yesterday, seek
ing clemency for Marcus Garvey,
who is under penitentiary sentence
for conspiracy to defraud members
of his race in an African coloniza
tion scheme.
The telegrams said that a message
had been addressed to President Cal
vin G. Coolidge asking “clemency for
our leader, Marcus Garvey.”
SHEPHERD HAD WILL DRAWN
LEAVING HIM PROPERTY
CHICAGO, Mar. 21.—Testimony in
the Shepherd case by Dr. Charles Fai
man was to the effect that Wm. Shep
herd told Fairman that William Nel
son McClintock, the murdered million
aire will draw his will to suit Shep
herd.
Frank Young and Norman Hadley,
Fairbanks residents, are guests of the
Hotel Seward.
J. E. Holingren, well-known Crow
Creek operator, returned on the North
western from a trip to the States.
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PAUL ELEMENT
HOUSE COMMITTEE ORDERS AP
PEARANCE FISH COMMIS
SIONERS AT JUNEAU
(Special to Gateway)
JUNEAU, Alaska, Mar. 21.—After
unsuccessful efforts by the Paul ele
ment to force it to bring in a favor
able report on Representative W. L.
Paul's two measures aimed to kill the
Fish Commission, the House Commit
tee on Fisheries this morning report
ed a resolution directing the members
of the Territorial Fish Commission to
report here and appear before the com
mittee which plans to hold a hearing
to investigate the benefits derived
from the three hatcheries Paul pro
poses to abolish. The House passed
the resolution without opposition and
directed the clerk to wire instructions
to J. R. Heckman, of Ketchikan; Cal
vin Hazelet, of Cordova; H. El. Ells
worth, of Seward, and Edwin Went
worth, chief of the hatcheries, to re
port to the Fisheries Committee as
soon as possible.
The House passed the Jansen reso
lution inviting Chas. E. Bunnell, pres
ident of the Alaska College, to appear
before the legislature, Paul speaking
and voting against it.
COOLIDGE CONFERS WITH
CAPPER ON FARMER AID
WASHINGTON, D C„ March 21.—
Capper talked with Coolidge yes
terday regarding legislative relief
of the farmers and said later that
farm legislation will dominate the
next congress. The President is
planning full recommendations of all
helpful legislations and the Agricul
tural Commission will continue to ad
vise him as to the state of affairs
among western wheat growers.
PULP PLANT TO START
NEAR CITY ANACORTES
Concrete... Foundation For... Di
gester is Poured
ANACORTES. March 21.—The con
crete foundation for the digester of
the Fidalgo Pulp Manufacturing
company’s plant was poured the first
of the week and tfie sections of the
steel tank are arriving and work of
erection will commence next week,
it is reported. The digester will be
13 feet in diameter and 70 feet nigh
and will weigh loaded more than 300
tons. The building will be erected
over and around the digester This
portion of the plant will be 100 feet
in height.
DRIVER OF SPOKANE
DEATH CAR ADMITS
HE TOOK TWO DRINKS
SPOKANE, March 21.—Bernard
Newman, on trial in superior court
here, charged with manslaughter, tes
tified in his own behalf today that
he remembered nothing of the col
lision between his automobile and
that of Joseph Kennedy on the high
way near here last November in
which Kennedy was killed.
Newman said he had taken but
two drinks the day of the collision
although he said there were two
quart bottles of liquor in his ma
chine. He threw one of them away
after the accident, he said, because
he “thought it would look bad."
He said he had been forced to
swerve his machine to avoid hitting
a car he met, that it had skidded
on the pavement and struck anoth
er machine. He could not remember
striking Kennedy’s car nor a third
one his automobile hit before over
turning, he declared.
Mrs. S. L. Colwell, who left here
several weeks ago with the body of
her husband for interment ia Seattle,
returned on the Northwestern.