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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 292
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
LEMG OIL LIOS
GETS SEMI
WASHINGTON, Deo. 1.—The sena
torial investigation into the leasing ot
H the Teapot Dome oil reserve to Harry
F. Sinclair, went into sensational
channels today, delving into private
affairs and personal finances ot toi J
Secretary Fall, who mad the lease to
the Sinclair interests. It was shown
that Fall was in such bad financial cir
cumstances at the time of the lease
that the taxes on his ranch at Three
Rivers, New Mexico, went unpaid
from 1911 to 1921. After the Teapot
Dome lease was made to Sinclair it is
alleged that these taxes were paid in
full, and that extensive improvements
were made on the ranch. Fall tuiihei
** acquiring an interest in forty othei
ranches whose acreage aggregates
700,000.
The special meeting of the Seward
Chamber ot Commerce, held in he
Federal building last evening demon
strated th espint •> progressiveness
in the communi’ • . i the large court
room was tilled with citizens • •agor to
meet Goveim r Tone, Geneial Menag* i
Lee H. Landis, and party. Governor
bone complimented tit- citizens n't
x. Seward and the members, o1' the
Chamber of Commeice on their co op
eration and community interest, evi
denced by the large attendance.
The meeting was oailel to order by
President Whittlesey who welcomed
the guests aud explained the pleasure
of having the Policy Committee meet
with the chamber.
The committee on glacier stream,
composed of S. M. Graif, L V. Hay,
and Cal M. Brosius, presented to the
committee much in forma, t ion relative
lo moneys spent and damage caused
by this stream. Mayor Hay, S. M.
Graff and Cal M. Brosius speaking in
turn, informed the committee of the
possible solution of the diffculty of
the cost to the community in money
lost and property depreciation.
Mayor Ray told the visitors of the
claim of the city against the Federal
dock for the ten cent per ton tax
paid by docks in Alaska on freight
passing across same and of the city’s
willingness to forego this claim now
and perhaps for all time, is such ac
tion would in any way expedite the
Government’s taking some action in
remedying this menace.
Governor Bone in responding to the
^ facts presented, stated that this was
not his first knowledge of this stream,
that about a year and a half ago he
was present at a meeting of the Com
mittee on Territories when Col. J. G.
Steese was testifying as to necessity
of action towards its control. He
further stated that had such a con
crete plan and figures been available
at that meeting as was presented last
night, he was satisfied that no trouble,
would have been experienced. He
pledged his best efforts to assist in ev-;
ery way and stated that we would find
the Congressional party that visited
^ Alaska this summer, and the Hon.
Secretary Work helpful. The Governor
mentioned the christening of the en-l
trance of the entrance to Resurrec
tion Bay, “Harding Gateway.” He sug
gested the erection of some monument
at the Gateway to commemorate tiie
visit of our late President and to per
petuate his memory.
General Manager Lee H. Landis of
the Alaska railroad spoke at length of
the plans of the Policy Board and the
Government raliway, of the program
of development, the attraction of tour
ists as potential settlers, and said any
thing brought before the board as a
satisfactory solution of the flood men
ace would “not be voted against by
him.”
Major Gotwals illustrated the engi
neering difficulties in handling glacier
streams by experiences along the rail
road and recommended nothing less
than a permanent solution, regardless
of the initiatory cost.
Mr. B. H. Barndollar spoke of the
legal phases of the claim of Seward
against the railroad on the dockage
tax, and stating that it had never been ]
pressed, but had been popping up for \
$ . a time each year. ,
Mr. Aaron E. Rucker spoke of his |
recent visit to California and of the t
desire of the San Francisco Chamber 1
COPYRIOMT KEYSTONE VIEW CO, NEW YORK
HEADS ROYALIST IN GREEK
REVOLUTION
General Metaxas, a royalist who
heads 2000 men in a revolt against
the military government of Premier
Gonatas. The governmcn’ has taken
steps io stop the impending revolution
and martial law has been declared.
Mutineers and regular troops ela.-hea
today at Ghaiois, but things are uui< t
in Athens and Salonika. Repo: s say
mat Metxas is a prisonu and o h*/-?
that he is holding a strong position.
NEW YORK. Nov. 30.—The rum
schooner Tomako was captured by the
coast guard yesterday alter an excit
ing chase for six miles off the New
Jersey coast. “Rummy Bill” McCoy,
rum smuggling king; John Bohry,
alias Downy, and seven of the crewr
were arraigned before the Federal
commissioner and released $5000 cash
bond, pending appearance before the
authorities who have another charge
against McCoy.
YOUTH ARRESTED FOR WRITING
MANY POISON PEN EPISTLES
OAKLAND, Dec. 1.—Gustav WmJ
Beck, an 18-year-old University of Cal
ifornia Junior medical student, a son
of a wealthy German chemist, was ar
rested here today as the writer of a
dozen poison pen letters in which the
wives of men prominent in San Fran
cisco and Oakland were accused of in
discretions with University students.
GOVERNOR AND PARTY
VISIT GROUSE HATCHERY
Fish Commissioner Ellsworth took
Governor Scott C. Bone and General
Manager Landis to the Grouse Lake’
hatchery today. The new building is
practically completed and will be giv-j
en a complete writeup as soon as the
cut arrives from the engt avers.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.— Secre-j
tary Hughes declared here tonight,
that a vigorous enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine as a policy, is essen
tial to national safety and continued
friendly relations with the people ot
this hemisphere. This address was
made before the American Academy
of political and social science at the
Philadelphia Forum at a celebration
of the centenary of the Monroe Doc
trine
of Commerce to cultivate Alaska trade
and of their desire for Alaska coal,
and sufficient transportation to take
care of summer tourist requirements!
from San Francisco and other points
in California to Seward.
Secretary Hannon told Mr. Landis
of the Seward Chamber’s desire to be
of assistance, of its present plans of
development of tonnage and our pub
licity work in attracting tourists.
Mayor Ray suggesting the possi-j '
bility of attracting prospectors by '
giving them a prospector’s license,
which would entitle them to free ’
ransportation on the railroad to the *
point nearest their claims.
In conclusion Col. Landis Informed
he Chamber that just as soon as it *
was demonstrated that coal could be 1
nined in sufficient quantities to jus- 1
ify export, coal bunkers would be i
irected at Seward, but it would be c
oolish to build them without anything i
o store, and the bunkers be used for
dllboards only.
Gov. Scott C. Bone Proclaims
Harding Memorial Week
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It In tribute to the twenty-ninth It
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U Warren Gamaliel Harding, and U
It in recognition of iiis service to *1
H his country, December 9 to lt> t;
H next, inclusive, will be observe. 4
II throughout the land as Harding It
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I* decree and procedure, I, Scott C. It
It Bone, Governor of Alaska, d<> It
It therefore, call upon all people oi t!
II the Territory to join in such ob- It
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It to this Northland was the sad H
U climax of his distinguished career It
It and the fact will ever be remem- It
tt bered that his last public utter- It
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H of Alaska. II
It Deeply conscious of his work H
t! and worth and poignantly mourn- H
It ing his demise, it becomes a priv- It
It ilege to have a part in perma It
It neatly perpetuating the name and St
It fame of this great and good ft
tt friend of Alaska, and so let it be It
II hailed and embraced by Atusicans It
It in every part of tlm Territory. II
II Given under my hand and II
II the Seal of the Territory of Alas- IS
It ka, in Juneau, the capital, this It
II thirtieth day of November, in II
tt the year one thousand nine hun- It
It died twenty-three ana of the in- a
It dependence of the united States *1
H of America, the one bundled II
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Concurrently with the issuance ot
the proclamation, the Govern r male:
the following statement to a Gateway1
Representative regarding tne purposes
of Harding Memorial Week. He said .
“The observance of tne week sei
apart to nonor the memo y of the late!
President will inaugurate a nation-,
wide movement to create a permanent
ir.« me rial at Marion, Giro. Tin ifaib
itie Manorial Association waa moor
porated under the laws of the State
of Ohio, on October 22nd last, and
the incorporators include President
Calvin Coolidge, and all the members
of his Cabinet. Mr. Coolidge is hon-,
orary President of the Association;
Joseph S. Freylinghuysen, of New,
BABRED FROM USE
OF TIBEHCLE
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 2. —Denied the1
use of the Auditorium of the Baptist
tabernacle of the Wesley Methodist
Church, Geraldine Fa’rar, was heard
in concert here last night in the city
auditorium. About half the space was
occupied.
WIDOW OF LUMBERMAN
WILL BUILD MEMORIAL
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—In memory or!
5ne of the state’s pioneer lumbermen, I
he late Alfred H. Anderson the Lni-I
/ersity of Washington is to have a I
^250,000 forestry building, his widow!
"dodging that sum to the regents of
:he university today.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.—Clair:
v. Vance, an air mail pilot, and one;
)f the best known aviators on the Pa-;
:ific coast, is the object of a state- .
vide search today following his fail- ■
ire to arrive in Reno with the mail (
rom San Francisco.
Governor Bone has received a num- <
ier of fine steel engravings of the late i
‘resident Harding, presented to Alas- <
:a schools by Mrs. H. H. Votaw, the i
ounger sister of the former presi
ent. Their likeness to the late Pres
lent is remarkable.
Admiral Watson due Wednesday.
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Jersey, Acting President; George B.|
Christian, Jr., Secretary, and Andrew
W. Mellon, Treasurer. An executive:
committee is headed by Dr. Charles
E. Sawyer, with D. Richard Crissin-j
ger, late Comptroller of the Currency,
in charge ot organization. The Gov
ernor ot each State and Territory is
honorary chairman ot his respective
State or Territory, and was ask< d b;
President Coolidge, on behalf of the
Hai iiug Memorial Association, 10 is
sue a suitable proclamation for the
observance of Harding Memorial
Week and secure the acceptance of an
available man in his State or Terri
tory to serve as active Chairman.
“Complying w'ith the request, I
have asked George C. Hazelet, of
Cordova, to become the active chair
man for Alaska, and he has accepted
the position and will at once organize
the Territory and direct the raising of
Alaska’s quota of the sum desired tor
the permanent national memorial.
“The purpose is (first) to erect and
maintain in perpetuity, at Marion,
Ohio, a mausoleum wherein to place
the remains of the late President
Harding, and of Florence Kling Hard
ing, his widow, when she shall have
passed away; (second) to acquire the
home of the late President in the
city of Marion, and such other prop
erty as is deemed necessary for con
version into a shrine in whicli all per
sonal effects, books, publications, me
mentos, and belongings of the late
President may be preserved in affec
tionate memory and understanding,
and to which all people may go for in
spiration; (third) to endow' a Warren
Gamamiel Harding Chair of Diplomacy
and Functions of Government in con
nection with some existing university,
and (fourth) to hold property real and
personal for the purpose of perpetuat
ing said places and memorials.
"A special fireproof building will be
erected in connection with the resi
dence of the late President in which
mementos and souvenirs presented to
him, including those received on his
memorable journey to Alaska. In
connection with the endowment of a
chair in an existing university, an ar
rangement will be made whereby
scholarships, opportunity for study
and more extensive understanding of
the affairs of Government—national,
state and local—may be brought
about, ft is the aim of the Harding
Memorial Association to raise a fund
ot $3,000,000, one-half of w'hich will
be used for the erection of a mauso
leum and creation of a shrine, and
$1,000,000 invested in government
bonds for sustaining in perpetuity
the mausoleum and shrine and the re
maining $500,000 to be used in the
endowment of the university chair.”
NE\\ \ ORK, Dec. I.—Nine trans
atlantic liners with 6,000 aliens an.
chored outside of the harbor last nigh!
ready to dash into this port this mom
mg, the first day on which the Do
cember quota of immigrant a is admis
sable.
UNITED STATES HAS DROPPED
THOUGHTS OF CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-The United
States will not take part in the inves
tigation planned by the Allied repara
tions commission to dt/ermine Ger
many’s capacity to make reparations
payments, it was announced at ihe
Whitehouse tonight.
VICTORIA IN SNOW STORM
ANCHORED IN VICINITY VALDEZ
Word was received here late thi
ifternoon that the steamship Victor!
vas in a heavy snow storm and ha<
Iropped anchor near Ellamar, to wai
or better weather. The vessel an
diored for the night just outside o
.ordova harbor, and this morning go
is far as Ellamar on her way to Val
lez. It Is expected that she will no
each port until some time tomorrow
Mrs. W. N. Cuddy and children, are 1
xpected to arrive on the Victoria 1
rith Clerk of Court Cuddy, to spend 1
few days visiting friends in Valdez '
COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD * UNDERWOOD N Y
MIRACLE MAN OF CONSERVATION
SEVERELY CRITICISED
Edward Avery Mcllhvnn; . who has
been called the “miracle man of con
servation,” and is now being bitterly
assailed by other prominent conserva
I tionists. He is the leading proprietor
of a projected shooting club for the
, ultra-wealthy on a privately owned
. tract of land in the very heart of the
migratory bird sanctuaiies on the
Louisiana coast, established ten years
ago by Alcllhenny himself.
!
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.—Edward
H. Carlton and bride, who robbed a lo
I cal house, killing a deputy sheriff who
was responding to a burglar alarm,
were arraigned today on two counts
The couple sobbed as the indictments
were read. Carlton pleaded not
guilty to both charges against him.
MARTHA MANSFIELD. MOVIE
STAR BURNED TO DEATH
Secretary Fall, who made the lease to
SAX ANTONIO. Fesas, Dec. j —
Martha Mansfield, the celebrated film
s(ar, who was badly bunted about the
body and race yesterday when an ac
tor strucK a match to light a cigar
ette, her clothing igniting, died here
this afternoon. Miss Mansfield was on
location at he I'i,■ e anl was dresied
in diaphanous materials which iuin
ished ready uej ior ifie flames
LOS ANGELES INSURANCE MAN
ROBBED AND FATALLY SHOT
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.—Charles
Chapman, an insurance agent was shot
and fatally wounded at an early hour
this morning as he was returning from
a dance with Miss K. H. Belmar. The
robbers stopped their auto, forced the
couple to alight, and robbed them. It
is said Chapman was shot as he at
tempted to stop the robbers as they
drove away. Later two men were ar
rested and identified by the girl as
the bandits. A wallet and stickpin be
longing to the deceased was found in
possession of one of them.
ALAMEDA SAILS FOR SEWARD
WITH SMALL PASSENGER LIST
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—The Alameda'
sailed for Seward and way ports this
morning with 83 passengers, including
Bishop Crimont for Ketchikan and
the following for Seaward: I. Shul
man, Mrs. Camille McGowan, A. F.j
Gingham, A. E. Lathrop, F. Short,!
Mrs. F. E. Leslie, Miss Elsie Leslie,
Miss Cecil Leslie, E. F. Boines, Mrs.,
F. F. Hodson, J. F. Hoag and wife,
“Blind Joe,” Nick Zozich, R. Bartz,
Miss G. Shorts, Mrs. J. Rice, Jaw ell i
and Nellie Rice.
HUNTER LOST NEAR JUNEAU
HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND
Although searching parties have
combed the hills in the vicinity where
he was last seen, John Dugan, a Ju
neau fisherman who was lost while
deer hunting on Seymour canal, has
not been found. Dugan was last seen
by his partners with a deer on his
back on his way to his boaty-1 His
:rail was found wandering over the
peninsula, but was lost when he en
ured thick woods.
The Admiral Line has purchased the
iner Nanking from the Government,
t will be remodeled and renamed
he Emma Alexander, after the moth- 1
sr of President Alexander. 1
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1.—All told
eight true bills with 191 counts were
returned against Governor McCray by
the grand jury now in session. Among
other charges the Governor was in
dicted tor embezzling $155,001. from
tite S.ate Board of Agriculture.
Tile third count o. the seventh bill
charges that McCray :s Governor and
acting governor, and acting member
of the state board of agriculture stole
and embezzled for itis own use the
sum of $i!o,U0h.
JUNEAU: The opening move in
the fight by southeastern Alaska pack
ers to overthrow the Territorial closed
season law' on salmon, was made this
week when R. E. Roberton and H. L.
Faulkner, who represent a number or
canners indicted for alleged violations
of the law, appeared before Judge
Reed in arguments to nolle prosse the
iictments. The case selected to be
a test case is against the Auk Bay
Salmon Co., and while it Is being de
cided, cases pending against the other
packers represented by the attorneys
will be held in abeyance.
Counsel for the defendants denied
the right of the Territorial legislature
to enact laws on fisheries, alleging
lack of jurisdiction by reason of or
ganic limitations. It was further al
leged that the act was special and lo
cal in character and applied only to
Southeastern Alaska—and to certain
classes; that the Territory has no
right to enact a law that creates a
crime against Federal authority; that
the law deprives the general public of
the right to fish in Southeastern Alas
ka, and vests it in a particular class,
namely the trollers, in that it ex
cludes ail fishermen except trollers
from fishing for commercial purposes
for certain specified times of the year.
DEMENTED SCHOOL TEACHER
HAS CHANCE FOR RECOVERY
VANCOUVER, Dec. 1.—Physicians
attending Nell Austin, the Seattle
school teacher who was found wander
ing the streets recently in a demented
conditions, consider she was an even,
chance of recovering her health.
The Misses Leila and Georgia Aus
tin, of Seattle, have requested the po
lice to drop further investigation in
the case of their sister, Ned Austin.
AMERICA STILL UNWILLING
W ASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The Amer
ican government today notified James
A. Logan, American observer with
the reparations commission in Paris,
that it was still unwilling t>* partici
pate in the inquiry as 10 Germany’s
financial ability to pay her repara
tions debts.
CHINESE IMPORTER HIT
BY SEATTLE STREET CAR
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—Wong Quk Yee
a well known Chinese importer was
killed and Mrs. Dorothy King, whom
he was escorting about the city was
perhaps fatally injured when struck
by a Wallingford avenue street car,
which the couple sought to board.
STAR DUE IN MORN.NG
The steamship Starr, which was
scheduled to arrive at noon today will
not arrive until four o’clock tomorrow
(Sunday) morning. This is the ast
word received by Manager Henderson
of the company.
POPULAR LATOUCHE COUPLE
ARE UNITED IN MARRIAGE
Mr.'Ernst H. Israelson and Alma C.
Johnson, a popular Latouche couple,
were united in marriage today at the
rectory by Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap. The
newly married couple will leave on
the Victoria for their home at La
touche.
The Gateway has received a ship,
tnent of carbon paper which will be
sold at $3.00 per box to close out.
KID M>COY IN SKAGWAY
Kid McCoy, former middleweight
>oxer, is a Skagway visitor and is de
ighter with the Northland.