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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 151
SEWARD. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
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• REPAIRS COMPLETED
■ ON HUSKS i I,
BY SATURDAY
LINE BE OPEN AND TRAFFIC BE
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RESUMED SOMETIME EARLY
IN THE WEEK
(Special to The Gateway)
ANCHORAGE, June 14.—Repairs to
the damage on the main line north of
Curry have been progressing much
rapidly than was expected, the most
serious breaks including the Nenana
river bridge, being repaired by Sat
urday, June 16tli. The line will be
open and traffic resumed throughout
on Wedensdav, June 20th.
Many passengers now' in Seward,
en route to Interior points, were pre
paring to take the Alaska back to
Cordova and go over the Richardson
road, but they will now' wait and leave
on Monday’s train. .
FINDS MASTODON HEAD
The Fairbanks Miner states that
Judge C. E. Bunnell, president of the
Agricultural College and School of
Mines at Fairbanks, received a radio
message from Tom Aitken, a promi
nent miner and operator of the Idit
arod district, stating that Mr. Aitken
• had discovered a huge mastodon head,
perfectly preserved, with fine tusks.
He asked the judge if he wanted the
relic for the Alaska college. Judge
Bunnell has wired to send it on.
LOS ANGELES, June 14.—The U.
S. steamship Tern is sailing tonight
via San Francisco and Seattle to
Dutch Harbor to take the place of the
U. S. steamship Cardinal, lost on the
reef off Cherikof island. She will join
the Cayuma.
C. M. Burroughs and wife, register
ing from McCarthy.
John S Adams, who arrived on last
night’s boat from Seattle, left today
for Anchorage.
ALLEGED TO BE AUTHORITY ON
MATTERS CONCERNING
ALASKA
WASHINGTON, June 14—Rear Ad
miral Rodman, retired, one of the
leading naval authorities on matters
concerning Alaska, has been recalled
to active service to accompany Presi
dent Harding on his forthcoming trip
to the Territory.
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NEW YORK, June 14.—The sloop
Mary Beatrice, a British craft be
lieved to be engaged in smuggling
Asiatics into this country from Cuba
was found off the bay this morning
with five Chinese, two white men? and
two negroes dead aboard. No trace
could be found of the captain.
Huie Goodell, one of the prominent
old timers of the Third division, who
has been identified with numerous
mining propositions from Valdez to
Willow Creek, registered in from An
chorage and will be a guest of the
Hotel Sexton until Monday.
SHRINERS COMPLAIN
OF HOLD-UP PLANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14
—An embargo on all freight com
ing to Washington except perish
able food products effective at
midnight tonight until after the
Shrine convention was announced
today from Shrine headquarters
but denied at the offices of the
American Railway association and
other individual carriers.
John H. Wilkens, chairman oi
the shrine food commit lee in an
nouncing the embargo, declare !
its imposition had become “ab
solutely necessary” to insure an
adequate supply of fresh vege
tables and meats for Washington
during convention which opened
June 4th.
Shrine food investigators today
charged that some of the retail
merchants, during the convention
raised the prices “unconsciously,
despite the stability of prices in
the wholesale markets.” Charges
also were made that some of the
restaurants advanced prices from
20 to 100 per cent.
OHIO PROHIBITION OFFICERS IN
DICTED l3Y CilAND JURY
CLEVELAND, June 14--Fred Count
for mer federal prohibition agent for
the Cleveland district, and his brother
Attorney A. Frank Count, were arrest
ed Saturday at the order of United
States District Attorney A. E. Bern
steen, in a secret indictment returned
by a grand jury charging they with ■
conspiracy to evade the prohibition
act and to defraud the government by j
obstructing prohibition enforcement.
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATING TO
ASCERTAIN NAME OF IMPOR
TER OF 1,000
WASHINGTON, June 14.—A state
ment by F. J. H. Kracke appraiser
for the Port of New York, in address
today before the civic club of that
city to the effect that many officers in
the American army and navy have as
a part of their regular equipment sa
bers that have been made either in
part or completely in Germany has re
sulted already in an official order for
investigation. Kracke refused to dis
close the name of the importer, but
he said that more than one thousand
had been shipped in during the year
just closed.
BANDITS WHO HELD
DP TRAIN EXECUTED
MEXICO CITY, June 14.—Twelve
bandits who held up the Jalapa
Pueblo train Monday, were shot this
morning by orders of the War de
partment.
Mrs. W. W. Flynn, who has been
visiting in Seward for the past few
days returned to her home at Mile 23
on this morning’s train. Mrs. Flynn
is wife of the section foreman at that
place.
E. Olson, an Anchorage resident, is
registered at the Sexton.
Paul Barnes^ a commercial man, ar
rived on the Watson. He is a repre
sentative of M. Seller & Co.
C. M. Sharpe, representing the
Schwabacher Hdw. Co., of Seattle is
in town.
Mrs. N. Robertson of Fairbanks is
registered at the Hotel Sexton.
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LET THE COOK WALK OUT
The Gould menage need no longer fear if the domestic does walk
out, for Miss Gloria Gould (left), youngest daughter of George J. Gould, is
learning how to cook at the Y. \Y. C. A. of New York City. She is seen
here with a classmate^ giving a demonstration of her powers.
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WANT AGREEMENT TO PERMIT
SEARCH AND SEIZURE UP TO
TWELVE MILES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14—
The administration is disposed to
seek some means permitting foreign
vessels to bring liquor supplies into
American ports providing an internat
ional agreement is reached to extend
the search and seizure limit to twelve
miles instead of three.
The U. S. radio steamship Gold
Star. now in port, is a much larger
| vessel than the transport Cambrai.
The Gold Star is over 400 feet long,
J 56 feet beam, and draws about 28 feet
| of water loaded. She is 8,800 tons,
whereas the Cambrai was but 7,500
tons. The Gold Star carries a crew
. 150 men, a fine bunch of American
I boy. The Cambrai crew was Filipi
nos.
NEW YORK, June 14—German
marks are selling today at one hund
red thousand for a dollar.
SEATTLE, June 14.—The wife of
H. A. Pallady, a wealth Seattle man
ufacturer, mysteriously disappeared
from her home about a week ago and
no trace of her can be found.
LOCAL CANNERY WILL MAKE
FIRST SHIPMENT OF SEASON
The Kodiak Island Fishing & Pack
ing company will ship one thousand
cases of red salmon outside on the
Admiral Watson, the first large ship
ment of the season. Fish are striking
in better at the present time, fisher
men catching from 500 to 600 per
night.
J. Kelliher, an old timer of the
Kougarok ^district, who has been in
Alaska since 1897, was an arrival on
the Watson, leaving today for the in
terior.
W. W. Douglas, of Little Rock, Ark.,
was a guest of the Van Gilder.
Mrs. Jane Balderston and Miss Eliz
abeth Balderston, tourists arriving on
the Admiral Watson, were guests at
the Van Gilder last evening, and left
on today’s train for Anchorage where
they will join the Watson for the
trip west.
emu will
E ALL SHIPS
RETALIATORY MEASURE PASSED
BY HOUSE OF COMMONS IS
LIABLE BE BOOMERANG
LONDON^ June 14—A measure mak
ing it compulsory for every ship en
tering a British port to carry liquor
passed the second reading in the
House of Commons today. The mea
sure was passed in retaliation for the
American court ruling that British
ships in American waters could not
carry liquors. Clias. Ammon opposed
the bill declaring it was an insult to
America.
Other members of the House op
posing the bill stated that it was lia
ble to prove a boomerang and throw
American travel to American vessels.
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The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port about 6 o’clock last
night with a good consignment of
of freight and the following passen
gers for Seward:
J. A. Kelleher, Mrs. J. Balderston,
Elizabeth Balderston, Winnifred Gar
diner, O. Anderson, Mrs. Anderson,
J. Dolan, Mrs. N. Robertson, C. H.
Flood, Caroline Peterson, E. T. Crane,
R. S. Carter, J. L. Bo?d, R. L. Slather
J. H. Nelson.
For Anchorage—Muriel Maze, Mrs.
M. B. Gilbert, B. Dubets, Helen R.
Guiney, Julia V. Guinea, F. Blake, C.
F. Cann, G. F. Tomlinson, Miss Nina
Tiffany, Mrs. Emma Davis.
For Port Graham—Mrs. R. B. Hurs
ley.
For Seldovia—C. E. McCue, Mrs. M.
Witherbee.
For Snug Harbor—Max Gradle, Mrs.
Gradle and baby, Jack Gradle, Mrs. E.
Carl, Betty Carl.
For Kodiak—R. D. Baker, E. Rich
ard Shipp, Mrs. Shipp, C. S. Tilton,
Mrs. Beatrice McCloud, Miss Ruth
Foster, S. Y. West, Mrs. West, John
H. Smith, Mrs. Smith, Miss Freida
Kraft, Mr. T. Rosenberg, Mrs. I. Ro
senberg, J. Coombes, Jas. Kelly, M.
Ince, R. H. Wall? G. T. Korgin.
For Alitak—Ko Wong and fourteen
steerage.
For Iliamna—R. H. Sergeant, K.
Mather, Ray Russell, A1 Painter.
Those leaving Seward for westward
points were Mrs. C. Anderson and
child, Kodiak; Mrs. Jack Renner and
F. R. Lubbe, for Seldovia.
The Watson will go as far west as
Alitak and Iliamna, and till return to
Seward on the morning of the 19th.
FREAK FALL OF SNOW
OCCURS IN DAWSON
A freak in weather was scored
in Dawson recently when three
inches of snow fell. The storm
started at eight o’clock and last
ed but a few hours. Most of the
snow had fallen by midnight. By
the middle of this afternoon it
was mostly off the ground. The
fact that the thermometer rose to
approximately the freezing point
left little opportunity for the snow
to freeze.
This was one of the heaviest
falls of snow ever experienced in
Dawson in May.
ENGINE HITS FREIGHT
RACES BACKWARDS HALF MILE—
“SOMEONE OPENED THROTTLE”
BAKER, Ore., June 14—Racing back
wards half a mile down the track here
a switch engine late last night crash
ed into the rear of a waiting freight
train, derailing four cars and holding
up the Oregon-Washington Limited
for two hours. Railroad men who were
first on the scene expressed the belief
that someone had deliberately opened
the throttle of the switch engine.
Conductor Robert Smith of the train
and a brakeman were in the raboose
of the freight when the engine was
seen dashing down the track. Both
men jumped just before the engine,
traveling at a speed of from thirty to
thirty.five miles an hour, crashed in
to the caboose.
The Ellsworth Buick Sales and Ser
vice received one of the finest seven
passenger Buick cars ever shown in
the city. The new arrival came in on
the Watson.
DEFICIT FOR CURRENT YEAR
BE LESS THAN $700,000
SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE
WASHINGTON, June 14—Operat
ing expenses of the Alaska railway
were $1 772,376 for the year ending
December 31, and operating revenue
$718,930. It is estimated that the de
ficit for the current year will be less
than $700,000.
When construction work is finished
expenses will be lessened and reve
nues increased.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy tonight, colder Anchorage
Frdiya; probably showers.
NEW YORK, June 14.—Twenty-two
liners scheduled to arrive here July 1,
the first day of the government fiscal
year with the first quota of 357,803
immigrants that Unicle Sam will ac
cept for adoption the next 12 months.
BALL GAME TOMORROW
There will be a ballgame tomor
row evening at 5:30 o’clock between
the local team and a team off the
radio steamer Gold Star.
H. S. Balderston, who has been in
Seward for the past week looking aft
er affairs at the Bank of Seward^ left
this morning on his return to Anchor
age.
KETCHIKAN, June 14.—Fresh hal
ibut, 13% cents.
JUNEAU, June 14.—Halibut 11 and
seven cents; king salmon, reds, 13c;
small reds, 10c; white, 3 cents.
PRESIDENT OF CHS
TRAIN SURROUNDED BY TROOPS
ACTING UNDER ORDERS OF
GOVERNOR CHI LI
TIENTSIN, June 14— Li Yuan Hung
president of the Chinese republic, is
being held prisoner aboard his special
train at the station here, following his
flight from the capital at Peking yes
terday.
The train is surrounded by troops
acting under direct orders of Wang
Chen Ping, governor of Chi Li prov
ince.
Want American Mandate
SHANGHAI, June 14.—With Presi
dent Li Yuan Hung in flight, the
American Chamber of Commerce here
this afternoon cabled Secretary of
State Hughes urging a British and
American mandate and the policing of
China to end the intolerable condi
tions.
BRIDGE CLUB METS
The Bridge Club meets tomorrow at
the usual hour with Mrs. Geo. Saxton
NO DANCE TONIGHT
According to latest information ob
tainable there will be no dance to
night.
LOS ANGELES, June 14.—A man
believed to be C. \V. Dickinson of
Fresno, drove up to the Central po
lice station in this city this morning
with the body of Frank Bradley, 28,
of Los Angeles, in his car. The mur
dered man had been shot seven times
any one of the shots being fatal. The
man refused to make a statement.
This is the second murder mystery
in California during the past month,
a Seattle florist having been shot un
der the same circumstances.
LOi FLIGHT 10
RADIOGRAM RECEIVED FROM IN
TREPID EXPLORER ADVISING
DANISH GOVERNMENT
CHRISITANIA, June 14.— Raold
Amundsen hopped off on his flight
to the North Pole today, according to
a radiogram received by way of
Spitzbergen today. The message said
that he expected to make the flight
from Danish Island over the pole to
the island of Spitzbergen in twenty,
two hours.
ONE WIFE ENOUGH NOW
CHICAGO, June 14—Turkey is now
harmless. Neither are there any shieks
because it is all Turkish men can do
to get along with one wife. So says
Dr. Faud Bey, member of the Turkish
nationalist assembly and former min
ister of health and public works of
Turkey who arrived here last. week.
Dr. Bey denied news dispatches that
Sultan Mohamed VI abandoned his
harem of 67 beauties when he abdi
cated some months ago.
“The only girls the sultan left be>
hind,” he said with a smile “were
servants, housemaids and cooks. And
there were fifteen or twenty of these,
not sixty-seven.