Hewswdf » Mut scy
VOLUME XIX.
NUMBER 52.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SUTHERLAND WANTS
IUIATANUSKA GOAL TO
BE USED BY THE NAVY
r
In a letter to J. P. Hannon, secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce,
Delegate Dan Sutherland states that
an examination of the files of the
Navy Department which has recently
been made discloses the fact that the
test of the Matanuska (Chickaloon)
coal made by the Navy Department
last year proved that the Matanuska
product was far superior to the Poco
hontas coal which has generally eben
considered the best coal in the United
States for naval use.
Soon after this test was made a re
port was given to the press which, in
effect, stated that the Matanuska coal
was not desirable for naval use, and
that in future all naval coal would be
shipped from the Atalantic Coast.
The files of the Navy Department
show that in the comparative test be
tween the two coals ,the Matanuska
coal was superior in every way, and
as figured on a per centage basis by
the naval men who made the tests, the
Matanuska coal had a relativity of 100
to 80.4 for the Pocohontas coal.
This matter will probably be thoro
ughly investigated before a great
while and we may learn just why this
adverse press report was made in the
face of the facts on file in the Navy
urpai tiiiciLL.
We have long maintained that inter
ests hostile to the success of the Alas
ka Railroad, and particularly to the
development of the coal fields, were at
work. In view of the fact that the rail
road was originally projected into teh
interior for the purpose of bringing
high grade coal to tide water, I have
long wondered just what has been the
cause of the delay in accomplishment.
The press notice follows :
Coal TestU for Naval Vessels
After investigations and trials ex
tending over a period of years, the
Navy7 Department has come to the con
clusion that it is the best policy to
ship coal from the East Coast for the
use of naval vessels on the Pacific
Coast. Tests of Alaskan coal from
the Bering River and Matanuska dis
tricts have been completed by the Ja
son, New York and Texas. It was
found from these tests .that although
Alaskan coa! in certain circumstances
may be used by naval vessels, it is not
egnera!Iy satisfactory for this pur
pose. With the advent of oil-burn
ers consumption of coal on the Pacific
Coast by naval vessels has decreased.
All of the battleships stationed on the
West Coast are oil-burners, except the
New York and Texas, which are slated
for transfer to the Atlantic Coast, and
all of the destroyers are oil-burners.
i
CHICAGO, March 1—Charles W.
Forbes, deposed director of the Vet
eran’s Bureau, and J. W. Thompson,
were indicted this afternoon by a Fed
eral grand jury. Thompson was in
dicted for offering rbibes and Forebs
xoi accepting them.
STALKS DEATH LEAVING
TWINE TRAIL BEHIND
NEW YORK, Mar. 1.—The legend
of Thesus and the Minotour in the
Labyrinth of Crete was re-enacted by
Danata Casapulo as he sensed the ap
proach of death.
Casapulo sat in his little grocery
store in Brooklyn and knew intuitive- I
Iy he soon must die.
A widower, and childless, Casapulo j
long since had made arrangements
for his burial with a funeral director
nearby.
Fastening one end of a ball of twine
to a doorknobbb he set out into the
cold, windy night for the undertak
er’s, fearing he would be unable to
get there before the grim spector ov
ertook him.
He managed to reach the funeral
parlor, collapsed into a chair and died.
A. E. Rucker will leave on the next
train for Anchorage on £. short busi
ness trip.
TERRIFIC SAND STORM
DAMAGES CITRUS ORCHARDS
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 1.—A tenific
sandstorm which swept the southern
part of California the first of the week
causing damage to the citrus orchards
j reaching hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Heavy damage is repoiled
throughout the southwestern states.
FENGLER WINS CLASSIC
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29.—Harold
I Fengler was announced the victor in j
the two hundred and fifty mile motor |
classic held here. He established a i
| new record by attaining a speed of 116 ;
! ndles per hour.
_
WILL TRY VON LUDENDOllFF
MUNICH, Mar. 1.—The Bavarian
government has announvd that it will
place General von Ludendorff on trial
! for his part in the recent revolution.
ALBANIAN PREMIER SHOT '
ROME, Mar. 1.—The Albanian
premier is in a dangerous condition j
j as a result of wounds sustained when
an attempt was made on his life by 1
j a student at Tirana.
TRANS-ATLANTIC RADIO
CONCERTS NOW POSSIBLE
LONDON, Mar. 1.— Trans-Atlantic !
radio broadcasting is now regarded as '
possible following the transmission of !
an entire American concert program
to England. This is the first time the |
feat has been accomplished with any ;
degree of success.
I
DEMOCRATS URGE
PASSAGE OF BONUS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—Followng j
a caucus ol a committee of five. House
Democrats urged the Ways and Means I
Committee to immediately perfect the
Soldier Tonus bill ami bring it before
corig: ess for a vote.
NORTHWESTERN SAILS
i
SEATTLE, Mar. 1.—The steamship ,
Northwestern sailed this morning with ,
the best list of the season, 247 pas
sengers leaving on the big liner. Pas
sengers for Seward include: E. C. i
Johnson, Thos. Carl, Capt. C. A. Jones,
and wife; James H. Finley, Capt. C. J. ,
Lamont, Capt. J. S. Osmund and wife, ]
Thos. Pearson and wife, B. Marlow,
J. M. Wockes, Mat Randsal, Cliff Mc
Guire, Chas. Maunes, Emily C. Ryd- j
berg, Mrs. Henry Sogn, V. E. Ander- ]
ison, C. O. Swanson, R. Ellson, E. L. ;
Whittemore, H. A. Anderson and wife, ' <
F. Sehroeder, GeoVge Mohle, Nels An- ! ]
derson, Mrs. J. H. Flickinger, Mrs. G. ; 1
M. Burnett, C. S. Schonacker, M. j
Broeneveldt, A. B. Chappell, J. Hoyer, j j
F. Petrie, R. C. Lockhead, S. J. Jauge. U
I
t
SAXON DIET IS SCENE
OF WILD DISORDERS j
DRESDEN, Ger., March 1—In the (
Saxon diet this afternoon the Com- .
munists bombarded the prime minister (
with ink bottles, books and cuspidors. ]
DETACHMENT O FMARINES j x
BEEN LANDED HONDURAS t
It
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1— j
A detachment of marines has been
landed on the coast of Honduras to act \ ^
as a consular guard and protect the *
lives and property of American citi- j
zens.
KETCHIKAN HALIBUT
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 1— j
Fresh halibut, 15.15 and ten cents per
pound.
WILSON’S BIRTHDAY MADE
ANNUAL HOLIDAY IN
S. C.
COLUMMBIA, S. C., Mar. 1—Wil
son’s birthday was made an annual
holiday in South Carolina by an act
of the State legislature.
REPUB. INSURGENTS AGREE
SUPPORT REP. COMPROMISE
a
s
h
P
a
n
w
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—The House
Republicn Insurgents formally agreed
today to support the Republican com
promise for Democratic income rates
in the Revenue Bill which means a
rejection of the Garner Bill rates.
P
a
d
P
B
ir
PAUL BUCKLEY IS IN
INTERESTING OLD-TIMER
One of the interesting pioneers of
Alaska is Paul Buckley, well-known
from Ketchikan to Attu Island in the
far-away Aleutian L lands. Coming
to Alaska in the old barkentine ‘‘Mar
ion,” in 18% to whao was then known
as the “Resurrection Creek” gold ex
citement, he was landed at Tyonok
station in Cook’s In'et and from there
went to Hope City on the little old
sf earner “Perry,” then commanded by
Capt. Austin Latnrcp, now the “mag
nate” of the moving picture business
in Alaska.
Mr. Buckley prospected the Turn
again Arm country around Hope and
Sunrise and was one of the original
locators of the well-known Crow Creek
placer property, which has been con
tinually worked since 1897 and last
year produced over $50,000.00 .
He was mining recorder at Sunrise
and could tell many interesting tales
of those early days, when thousands
of gold seekers came to cook’s Inlet
and the Turnagain Arm country. In
the fall of 1896 he headed a party of
prospectors who were the first ones
to go uf) to the head of the Sushitna
River.
While up toward the head of the
river he was struck by the magnificent
view of Mt. McKinley, then known as
“Bolshia,” (Big Mountain) and was I
tne urst one to call attention ot the
Outside world to what he believed was
the highest mountain on the North
American continent.
He wrote a little article at that
time, sending it to the San Francisco
Examiner, the Chicago Inter-Ocean,
and the New York Sun, in which he
described the mountain, stating he be- ,
lieved it to be more than twenty thous
and feet elevation.
His party returned to Sunrise in the
fall of 1897, not having found any
piacer diggings they thought good
?nough to stay with. In doing the
assessment work on the Crow Creek
Placers which he had located in 1896,
rich dirt was struck and during the j
•vinter of 1897 and 1898 he and his i
partners whip-sawed lumber for their I
sluice boxes and the following work
ng season employed a large number
>f men shoveling in gravel and took
>ut enough gold dust to buy and in- j
dall a large hydraulic plant.
In 1905 they sold out at a handsome
igure to a big California concern.
In 1902 he put a man in his place j
>n ( row Creek to accept an engage
nent as field engineer for the Trans
Alaskan Railroad company, which had i
darted operations at Illiamna Bay, on ;
he west side of Cook’s Inlet. Their !
dan was to build a railroad across to !
some, then to tunnel under Bering j
straits to Siberia and build across to :
5etrograd, then known as St. Peters- j
>urg.
The company wanted to acquire fuel
ind Mr. Buckley put in that summer!
.nd fall prospecting along the Alaskan
’eninsula, making his way all along j
hat coast from Cape Douglas to False ,
’ass in a small dory .
He made a number of discoveries of
oal veins and also located a large ^1
rea of ground in the oil fields at ;
"old Bay, adjoining the Jack Lee !,
ocations. j (
The Trans-Alaskan company after- J;
t’ards abandoned these claims, but ;
hey are now all covered with loca
ions made in 1920 and will undoubted
v prove to be large producers of oil.
After years of “ups and downs” in
he mining game Mr. Buckley accepted
he U. S. Marshalship at Unalaska in j
914 and was one of the most efficient i
nd popular officials in Alaska for a
umber of years.
He discovered and located the Akun j ^
dand Sulphur deposit These two r
ulphur properties being the only ones ! -
ith commercial possibilities outside i t
f the Texas and Louisiana sulphur t
elds. The Akun island sulphur prop- c
rty is splendidly equipped with an j
erial tramway, smelters, machine t
lops, wireless -plant, store, bunk
ouses and dwelling houses, but the i
roperty has been very badly misman
?ed in re to the development of the
line and its financial affairs.
Over six hundred thousand dollars I
as raised for the development of the f
roperty but through gross misman- a
cement and incompetent men in 1
large of the plant and mine the j
roperty is now lying idle, but Mr. h
uckley expects to interest practical a
ining men with ample financial back e
ing to put the mine on a shipping ba
sis.
The sheep raising industry was an
other proposition started on llnalaska
Island by Mr. Buckley, he having ob
j tained the first grazing concession
from the Government. There are two
large sheep outfits operating there
now.
He predicts a great future for the
southwestern part of Alaska and be
lieves Seward will eventually be the
j metropolis of Alaska.
Mr. Buckley can tell some interest
i ing stories of big game hunting to
the westward, having shot some of
the largest brown bears known, and
seen thousands of caribou along the
Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island;
also having made several trips on the
whaling steamers after the biggest
game of all—whales. On one trip the
little steamer he was on killed three
whales one afternoon, one of them be
ing a little over 85 feet long.
Before coming to Alaska, Mr.
Buckley was a well known baseball
player, having been with the old Chi
cago White Sox, when “Pop” Anson
was manager of the team, playing at
the same time as the well known evan
ist, “Billy Sunday,” and was also the
inventor of the first catcher’s mitt.
Mr. Buckley is very happily married
to a most charming woman, who was
formerly a Miss Lulu V. Jones, a
daughter of one of the well known pio
neer families of Everettt Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Buckley have a coun
try home near Renton, Wash., but
will always spend part of their time
in Alaska as he has interests in the
oil fields and other things to the far
westward.
Mr. Buckley, who is at present in
Cold Bay will return on the steamship
Starr, and has promised the Gateway
some interesting first-hand informa
tion about the oil fields.
ARRANGE FOB FLIGHT
LONDON, Mar. 1.—Major Ped*o
Seanni, and Ensign Nelson T. Page,
Argentine aviators, will attempt, a
round-the-world flight this summer,
from London to Paris, Rome, Calcut
ta, Bagdad, Rangoon, Shanghai, To
kio, Alaska, San Francisco, Mexico.
Honduras, Buenos Aires.
DISTRICT JUDGE REED
WEDS MRS. J. H. PUGH
SEATTLE, March 1—Federal Judge
Reed of Juneau and Mrs. John Pugh,
widow of the late collector of cus
toms in Alaska, were married here
last night. The bride until recently
has been a deputy in the clerk’s office
at Juneau.
HOUSE PASSES TAX
REVISION BILL TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1—
The House today passed the tax re
vision bill, a compromise between the
Tarner rates and those proposed by
Secretary Mellon.
Two Per Cent on Incomes
WASHINGTON, D. CM March 1—
rhe compromise tax bill as passed by
die House carries a tax of two per
’ent on incomes below $5,000; five per
‘ent on incomes between $5,000 and
>8,000; a six per cent on all incomes
ibove the latter figure.
Mffl DENOUNCES
MELLON TAX BILL
WASHINGTON, D C., March i—
Vm. Bryan issued a statement to
ligt.t denouncing the Met’on tax plan
s a i cheme to relieve'the rich at the
xp*rr,e of the poor, and declared the
;raft of Doheny and Sinclair small in
omparison with wo; i the predatory
rde-csts of the coun t / have secured
nder the Republican administration.
.’JNDEDORFF ON TRIAL
SAYS STR \IN TOO GREAT
MUNICH, Bavaria, March 1—Gen.
mderdcrff on trial for treason testi
ied today, chargin gthe communists
nd dews with breaking up the Father
in d during the war, adding: “I am
list an ordinary citizen, and my heart •
as grown old from the strain of wars 1
nd my fight against my country’s 1
nemies at home.”
HOUSE WILL VOTE ON
SOLDIER BONUS SOON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—It was
stated by republican leaders today
that the House will shortly have the
opportunity of voting on the question.!
FAILS FOR THREE MILLION;
MAN STILL OPTIMISTIC
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 29.—Saun
ders, operator of a chain of grocery
stores, said: “Here goes three mil
lion” when he filed a petition for vol
untary bankruptcy. Planning a new
chain of stores he said: “I will have
it all back within a year or two.”
FIRPO KNOCKS OUT LODGE
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 29.—Louis
Firpo knocked out Lodge in the fifth
of a scheduled fifteen round battle
here Monday. He announced that he
woud meet Spalla, the Italian heavy
weight on March 7th.
TRAINMEN BOMB TRAINS
HAVANA, Cuba, Mar. 1.—Nine per
sons were hurt when striking railroad
men resorted to bombs today and de
railed passenger trains in an effort
to hasten action on their demands for
increased wages.
MIDSHIPMEN BEAT ARMY
WEST POINT, Feb. 29.—Midship
men made it three out of five in their
basketball contests with the army by j
defeating the cadets in a hard fought
game, 04 to 29. The navy led thru
out but always by a small margin. j
ALBANY, N. Y.. .Mar. 1.—Governor
j A1 Smith this morning signed the sol
! dier bonus bill providing for distribu
tion of too proceeds of a £41 000 000
bond issue.
RICH RECLUSE DIES
DENYING HIMSELF HEAT
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 1.—With
$5,000 deposited in a number of banks
here and deeds in his possession show
ing that he owned property valued at
$35,000, Alexander Boyd, a ragged re
cluse, was found dead in his unheat
ed home here, a victim of exposure
and selt-denial of medical attention.
Boyd. 78 years old, was formerly a
prosperous commission merchant, but
retired many years ago and started
peddling lemons and pretzels.
An acquaintance told police Boyd
never rode in a street car, preferring
to walk rather than spend the fare.
SELDOVIA RESIDENT DIES
SEATTLE, Mar. 1.—Charles B. My
ers. 50 years old, pioneer miner and
cjgmry mau a: Sel.l >via, Alaska, died
a! 1.1 :> home here af,-.r a long illness.
He is survived by a brother. Henry
Myc.s. of I o*'y Cr-.-ok, an 1 three els
iers in Germany
HAIL SCOFFLAW! MENTAL
HEALER CURES ‘HICKUPS’
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 1.—“You
havn’t got the hiccoughs now.”
As these half dozen words were
spoken by C. E. Reever, of Hawthorne
a man who had been suffering from
a violent case of hiccoughs became
normal.
Reever has cured hundreds of cases
Reever has cured hundreds of cases
of hiccoughs in Hawthorne by merely
telling persons afflicted that they
havn’t got them, heclaims. No charge
is made by Reever for his services.
Reever describes his power as a sort
of combination of hypnotism and men
tal healing.
Reever claims the most obstinate :
case he has cured is that a a French- :
man who had been hiccoughing for i
three days and was in a pitiful con- i
dition. Within two minutes Reever ’
had relieved him, it is claimd. ]
DENTIST OFFICE MOVcl1 (
Dr. O. A. Braafladt has moved his i
dental equipment from his rooms in I
the Daggett building to his home on i
seward avenue. Dr. Braafladt will
leave on the first boat for the West
ward after which he will conduct bus
iness at the new location. <
M. S. Wilson, representing the i
American Paper Company, arrived on i
:he Alameda and will leave on one of c
he first trains for Anchorage and 1
Fairbanks. ,
DETECTIVE BURNS
BEEN SUMMONED'
EXPERT TESTIMONY
TELEGRAMS BETWEEN M’LEAN
AND EMPLOYES BE DECOD
E DFOR COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1 —
W. J. Burns, head of the secret service
and chief of the Department of Jus
tice will be summoned before the sen
ate oil committee to explain whether
the department’s confidential code was
used in telegrams exchanged between
Edward B. McLean and Albert'S. Fall
regarding oil transactions. Burns, ac
cording to translations of messages
submitted to the committee, today,
was named in one of the secret mes
sages as having tipped McLean off
thru an employe that the Department
of Justice was investigating McLean.
McLean was being adivsed of every
move regarding the investigation of
Fall, Doheny and Sinclair and of his
own relations with Fall.
No Intestinal Stamina
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1—
Senator Weller in a speech on the floor
of the Senate said Attorney General
Daugherty had intimidated President
Coolidge. “For we all know” said
Waller, “that the President of the
United States for some unknown rea
son has not had the intestinal stamina
to ask him for that resignation.”
Trio in Huge Conspiarcy
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.. Mar .1.—
Evi .thce is already produ •* ;1 by Den
ver newspaper men proving that Do
heny, .'•'nclair and F.iii literally enter
ed into a conspiracy to cast b-ts to di
vide the raiment of the American
public, Representative Hamilton de
clared today.
Would Investigate Daugherty
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—A ^solu
tion by Senator Wheeler for an inves
tigation of Attorney General Daugh
erty’s administration came up for ac
tion in the Senate today under agree
ment for a vote before adjournment.
Want Tax Returns Subpoenaed
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—The Sen
ate passed a resolution yesterday call
ing on President Coolidge to submit
the income tax returns of Sinclair,
Doheny and Fall.
Standard Oil Benefitted
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—A labor
paper issued by railroad organiza
tions, charged today that Hughes in
tervened in the oil negotiations res
pecting the Mosul oil fields in Meso
potamia “so that the Standard Oil com
pany alone benefitted.’’
Companies Worked Together
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1—•
The Sinclair and Standard Oil inter
ests worked together to get the Tea
pot Dome lease for Harry F. Sinclair,
according to the testimony of Karl C.
Schuyler, a Denver attorney, before
the Senate investigating committee.
LONDON, March 1—A bill giving
rotes to women of the age of 21, in
dead of SO, as present, passed to the
second reading today. This will give
he women of Great Britain 2,000,000
nore votes than men, though Miss
Dorothy Jewson, Labor memebr of the
douse assured her hearers that there
vas no danger of English women,
ombining to give Britain a petticoat
government.
5AN JUAN FISHERIES *
# WILL IMPROVE PLANT
The San Juan Fisheries and Cold
storage will rebuild their wharf this
spring, placing new creosoted -piling
mder both wharf and building. The
lew wharf will be on the s*te of the
•Id one, and will be a modern affair.
Vork will start within the next tea
lays.