MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 58
SEWARD,
ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12,1926.
PRIC^.TEN CENTS
FOKKER PLANES
CHRISTENED IN
FAIRBANK BY
LOCAL PEOPLE
Wife of Fairbanks Doctor
Christens Monoplane
Detroiter.
WEATHER EXCELLENT
Alaska College Co-ed Has
Distinction Naming
Alaskan.
FAIRBANKS, Mar. 12.
(AP) .—Mrs. F. de Lavergne
christened the three-engine
Fokker Wilkins plane the
“Detroiter” yesterday after
noon. Miss Genevieve Park
er, native daughter, wearing
a white deer parka and muk
luks named the other, and
smaller plane, Alaskan.
The day was bright, with
the temperature registering
fifty above zero.
The ceremonies were pre
luded by addresses of Mayor
de Lavergne and Captain
George Wilkins. Invoca
tions were given by minis
ters of three denominations.
The Detroiter taxied a short
distance after the christen
ing under the guidance of
Major Lanphier. The radi
ator on the Alaskan was re
moved immediately after
the ceremonies to repair a
small leak which was caused
by freezing the other day.
WINNIPEG AUCTION
WINNIPEG, Manu., Mar. 11. (£>)—
Marten sold well at the Winnipeg
fur auction and the prices equalled
January’s. Dark skins sold as high!
as $36; brown at $22 to $26; large ^
at $2 to $22, and the average north
ern for $16 to $19.
Red fox went ten per cent lower
than the January prices. The best
price offered was $21.50 for ordinary
ones and twos sold for $15 to $17, and
mixed lots brought from $5 to $12.
WILL GO AFTER FRANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 11. (JP)
—In reopening 'a discussion with
France, the United States settlement
of the four billion dollar war debt
was announced. *
Author of Latest Plan for
Coal Settlement
UNDERWOOD A UNDERWOOC. N. V
E. J. Lynett, Published of The
Scranton Times, Scranton, Pa., who
has proposed the latest plan for the
settlement of the coal strike.
STAMPEDE ON
VICINITY NOME
OLDTIMERS BEBLIEVE STRIKE
ANALOGOUS TO THAT OF
NOME IN 1900.
DOGS ARE SCARCE ARTICLE NOW
Placer Reveals Gold Runs About S3
to the Pan Which Is Causing
Great Excitement.
NONME, Mar. 12. (JP)—News of a
gold strike near Bluff caused many I
persons to stampede from Nome on
Wednesday of ^his week and dog
teams here are in great demand.
The strike is believed to have been
made on what is termed the second
beach line along the coast where Twin
Creek empty into the Bering sea, and
situated about sixty miles east of
Nome.
Merritt and Chidic, owners of plac
er property, drove a tunnel from the
sea beach for a distance of 150 feet.
Pans first obtained went fifteen cents.
They finally found eighteen inches of
concentration of the paystreak averag
ig three dollars pay.
Old prospectors believe it is the'
same kind of beach diggings which
were found in the vicinity of Nome
and which continues up and down the
coast of the Bering sea for many
miles.
BOUT CALLED OFF
MIAMI, Fla., Mar. 11. (#>)—'The
Tunney-Stribbling boxing match has
been cancelled by its promoters who
declared the capital is inadequate.
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ODD FELLOWS NOTICE
Special meeting tonight at 8 o’clock.
Work in the second and third degTee.
A good attendance is requested.
LUDVIG LARS SON, N. G.
COURT ORDER IN
SEATTLE FORBIDS
RECOUNT VOTES
Election Board Has No Au
thority To Open Vot
ing Machines.
HIRE CRIMINOLOGIST
Reopening of Election Books
. Would Imperil Bond
Issue, Claim.
—
SEATTLE, Mar. 12. (AP)
—Charles W. Boyle, a mem
ber of the Charter Revision
Commission and secretary
of the Central Labor Coun
cil, obtained a superior court
order returnable, Monday
forbidding the County Elec
tion Board to open the vot
ing machines and make a re
count on the City Manager
plan. Doyle told the court
the City Council was not a
county election board and
were not in legal control over
elections.
Corporation Council Ken
nedy argued .against the re
opening of the election books
as it might imperil the bond
issue which was passed for
sewers and also the election
of Mrs. Landes.
Harold Preston, chairman
of the city manager cam
paign committee, who had
requested the board to open
the machines, employed
Luke S. May, Seattle detec
tive and noted criminologist
to search the poll books for
erasures and changes.
Public Dance Tomorrow
Night, Odd Fellows Hall
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Tomorrow night the regular Sat
urday night dance to the Public will
be held at ©dd Fellows hall. The Jol
ly Three orchestra which is in charge
of these hops has a good dance pro
gram lined up. The floor will be in
its usual polishes condition. Danc
ing starts at 9 o’clock.
PIONEERS NOTICE
Pioneers will meet tonight (Friday)
at 7 o’clock sharp, instead of the
usual hour at 8.
F. B. MOORE,
Pres.
Lowell Creek Appropriation Has
Been Approved Territories Com.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12 (AP).—3:30 P. M.—The House Territories Com
mittee voted late this afternoon favorably' the joint resolutions introduced by Dele
gate Dan A. Sutherland of Alaska: one authorizing the expenditure of $125,000 for the
control of Lowell Creek at Seward, and the other $22,000 for the construction of a gov
ernment dock at Juneau.
Testifying before the Committee on Territories, Colonel James G. Steese, presi
dent of the Alaska Road Commission said the harbor at Juneau is much used by Gov
ernment boats, and it is estimated savings of $3059 yearly by the Federal Government
if the dock is constructed.
To control the flow of. Lowell Creek, adjacent Seward, means preservation of the
town,/which is estimated as a one million dollar railroad terminal of the Alaska Rail
road,Wid $50,000 worth of buildings and properties, Col.1 Steese said.
The Committee will hold hearings on the White Bill; providing education qualifica
tions for voters in Alaska, next Monday.
Palmer Hutchinson,
Wilkins Special Scribe
Walks Into Propeller
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New German Commander
In-Chief
V(C)_HENRY.MILDER. WA»M. D. C.'
General Von* Seckt, former Minis
ter of War, was promoted by Presi
dent Von Hindenburg to be the new
Commander-inl-Chief of the German
forces.
VISITORS SMOTE
LOCALCAGERS
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NIFTIEST SQUAD OF CAGERS ON
LOCAL FLOOR ROMP RINGS
ROUND SEWARD
LACK GUARD ABILITY
City Team Held Scoreless Last Quar
ter; DeGraw, Bortz and Andre
sen Were Stars.
Working with the precision of
clock work, showing a brand of snap
py passing, accurate shooting and a
system of checking which was in
comparable and a revelation to the
small, number of spectators, the Sol
diers from the Anchorage Army post
won a clear-cut victory over the Sew
ard City basketball team last evening
by the score of 31 to 10.
Frequent “time outs’’ were called by
the locals in: vain attempts to shift
positions and stem the overwhelming
score rolling ovpr them. In streaks,
the City team would display a flash of
form only to be obliterated a moment
later by the rangy Soldiers lads who
seemed, to spectators, to be always
on top of the ball. The Soldiers would
tie the locals into knots and before
they appeared to untangle themselves,
in rapid fire the visitors would be
banging away with both barrels mak
ing basket after basket.
There never was a cleaner or bet
ter looking squad of cagers on the
local floor than the appearance the
Soldiers made. Clad in a blue gym
outfit and men of uniform size, it was
easily seen they had it on the locals
in weight. One naturally wondered
last night what kind of a showing
they would make if they were on the
short end of the score during a game.
However, the score does not indicate
that the City fivef was. or is out of the
running. Up against the highly tout
ed visitors it is quite probable the
Seward players lacked confidence in
themselves and viewed with trebida
tion the array of talent lined up
against a stone wall defense.,
The team can do much better than
the opening game of the series last
night. Spectators, realized Johnson
and McEwan were both off shortly
after the game began. The Soldiers
FAIRBANKS, Mar. 12. (AP).—Palmer Hutchinson,
writer for the North American Newspaper Alliance was
killed when he walked into the whirling propeller of the
Detroiter. He was struck in the shoulder and chopped
thru his body.
While walking from the rear of the big two-engined
Fokker monoplane, Hutchinson went to the right wheel
to remove an obstruction when he was struck by the right
auxiliary propeller, which practically severed his left arm
at the shoulder and cutting the right jugular cartoid. He
died almost instantly.
The body will be shipped to Detroit. It was stated
that this would not affect the schedule of progress of the
Wilkins North Pole expedition.
Palmer Hutchinson, aged 28, was a political feature
writer on the Detroit News before he joined the North
American Newspaper Alliance for the purpose of cover
ing the Polar flight. He was a World War Navy ensign.
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GIRLS PUT ON THE
MOSCOW MARKET
MOSCOW, Mar, 11. (/P)—Irkutsk
district criminals have kidnapped
; young girls and are selling them to
the Chinese. The girls now refuse to
go on the streets here after dark.
One youth kidnapped a girl of sev
enteen and sold her for twenty-five
dollars. A girl of fifteen, sold for
eight dollars and fifty pounds of flour.
made their shots and the City failed.
And in the fourth quarter, with a
lead piled up which was impossible
for the locals to overcome, the Sol
diers played with the City, especially
in passing. The game was clean.
DeGraw, captain of the Soldiers,
was high point man heaving in 14
points, six field throws and two fouls;
Bortz was second with five field
throws; Manuel came thru with three
baskets and one foul.
For Seward Captain McEwan was
high scorbr with one field basket and
one foul to his credit; Johnson, Rat
liff and Chya each made a field throw
and Andresen made a foul. The field
throw of Chya’s was perhaps the best
executed shot seen locally this sea
son. From deep center he threw the
pig skin accurately dropping the ball
nearly into ^the cage. A round of ap
plause greeted this shot. . . r.
The first quarter ended: Soldiers
9, Seward 4; second, Soldiers 23, Se
ward 6; third, Soldiers 28, Seward 10.
In the second quarter Ratliff was
shoved into play taking the place of
Tinkler; in the secopd half, McEwan
pulled himself sticking in Tinkler;
Manual was replaced by Walker in
this quarter; the fourth quarter saw
McEwan back in the game in place of
Ratliff.
Eleven personal fouls were called,
five on the visitors and six on the lo
cals.
“Seward losing the first game in
dicates nothing,” Lieut. Pence, mana
ger of the visitors stated to The Gate
way after the game, “for if one had
not been watching the score, but only
the game*, they would have been great
ly surprised had they then looked up
the score. The locals have a good
team and entering into this evening’s
game, with a vindictive spirit, J look to
see a hard fought contest.”
CARD OF THANKS
On behalf of my daughters and my
self, I wish to extend my most heart
felt gratitude to all our friends for
the many acts of kindness and deep
sympathy given to us in our late be
reavement
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W. E. ROOT.
MOVEMENT ON TO
PLACE RAND ON
OREGON BENCH
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 11. (/P)—A move
ment is on seeking the nomination
of John L. Rand of the Oregon State
Supreme Court as justice for the
Ninth Circuit Court bench in place of
Wallace McCamant has been started.
Rand has been a life-long republi
can and was a delegate to the Re
publican National convention nomin
ating Coolidge for vice president.
PACIFIC AMERICAN
FISHERIES PREPARE
FOR COMING SEASON
j
The Pacific American Fisheries
Company has announced that it will
operate eight of its plants in Alaska
this year, being the same number as
was operated last year.
The Redwood owned and operated
by this company was scheduled to
leave Seattle about the first of March
with crews and supplies for the Squaw
Harbor cannery. The Catherine D.
was also scheduled to leave at an
early date for King Cove and Ikatan
canneries. The Norwood being sche
duled to follow in. about ten days with
a crew of 40 men for the Excursion
Inlet cannery in Southeastern Alaska.
Gambier Bay, Annette Island, Ber
ing River and Port Moller canneries
will also be operated this year by this
company.
Mysterious Light Over
Bay Was from Balloon
A balloon was dispatched into the
heavens last evening and caused con
siderable conjecture at first as to just
what it was. Some of the local ones
thought it might have been a frag
ment of Halley’s comet; some were
under the impression it was an elec
tric flying eel which had become lost
from the Japan current, while others
gained the impression one of the Polar
exploration parties had passed over
the town. Who sent the Fourth of
July toy balloon up and for what pur
pose is a mystery.
SCHOOL TEACHER IS AUTHOR
An imaginary trip through the
United States and Europe”, is the
title to an interesting article appear
ing in the F^ruary number of the
Alaska School Bulletin. The arti
cle was written by Miss Helen Be
vier, a member of the Se^vard school
faculty. The story relates im
aginary trip the children of her room
took from Alaska to Europe.