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VOLUME 10. NUMBER 2f)3.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RED INTERNATIONALE
WANTS GENERAL REVOLT
THROUGHOUT WORLD
( SAYS WILL START CIVIL WAR IN
GERMANY DESPITE llAWES
PEACE PLANS
RTC.A, Russia, Oct. 27.-prisiaent
Ziu <vieff, of the executive council of
thfcvommunist International of Mos
cow, declared today that the approach
ing pioletarian revoluibn in Germany
Avi 11 be pulled off despite the efforts
of Dawes, Eberts and Noske.
He added that the Hamburg upris
ing of 1923 was but a dress rehearsal.
“Hamburg is our watchword and a
guarantee for civil war in Germany.
War will then ensue in every country
in the world.”
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
DEMANDS PUNISHMENT
OF MINISTER’S SLAYER
TEHERAN, Persia, Oct. 28.—The
American legation here today hand
ed a note to the Persian govern
ment declaring that if measures are
not taken immediately for carrying
^out the punishment of Vice-Consul
Imbrie’s slayer, relations between
America and Persia “will assume a
new aspect.”
An effort will be made by the
Persian government to explain to
the United States its position with
respect to the punishment of the
murderers, thru an ambassador extra
ordinary. The Persian government
last month paid Mrs. Imbrie $75,000
in cash, and also reimbursed the
United States government.
MORGAN TO LOAN FRANCE
150 MILLION DOLLARS
PARIS, Oct. 28.—Arrangements j
^.were made today by the French gov-j
ernmnet to secure a loan of $150,-j
000,000 from the firm of J. P. Mor
gan & Company, of New York.
EXPERTS CLAIM SLENDER
WOMAN NOT BEST FORM
BERLIN, Oct. 28.—The overslender
woman is not the ideal but the abdom- j
ination of man today.
That is the decision of four German j
authorities, a famous sculptor, a phy- J
sician, a painter and an actress ,on
how the ideal woman of today should
look.
♦ Professor Salomon Ehrmann, Vien
na physicion, says man’s ideal is
youth and health, but that the over
slender woman looks unhealthy and
robs herself of those curving lines
which stamp her “woman.”
WORLD FLYERS ARRIVE
AT SAN DIEGO TODAY
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28.—Lieutenants
Smith, Nelson and Wade, wrho made
the round-the-world flight recently
completed, arrived here this after
noon and their machines will be tak
en out of commission and stored.
Smith’s machine will be placed in
the National Museum at Washington,
D. C.
DAVIS ISSUES FIRST OF
SERIES OF STATEMENTS
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Declaring
there can be no compromise with re
action, Davis today issued the first
of a series of statements for publica- j
tion between now and November 4. He !
said the supreme issue of the cam
paign is: “Shall the attitude of mind
of the national administration be one
of liberalism or one of reaction. T
stand for prosperity and for measures
which will protect the property rights
of every human being, but I believe
that while property rights must be re
* * sheeted, there are human rights whose
worthiness transcends every matter of
consideration.
CUTTER MOJAVE UNABLE
TO FIND SILVER WAVE
NOME, Oct. 28.—The cutter Mo
jave returned to Nome today, unable
to find any trace of the Silver Wave.
* Ice conditions wrere such that she was
unable to proceed very far north of
this port.
HED CROSS ROLL CALL
NOVEMBER 11TH
JOIN NOW
HEAD OF NAVAL OBSERVATORY AND GIGANTIC TELESCOPE
Prof. Asaph Hall, head of the N aval Observatory, Washington, D. C.,
and the gigantic telescope with which he photographed the planet Mars
when at its nearest point to the earth.
LEADERS OF MOB WHO
TARRED, FEATHERED
GIRL ARE SENTENCED
FEDERICK, Md., Oct. 2S.—Jail sen
tences were meted out here today to
one woman and eleven men for their
participation in tarring and feather
ing Dorothy Grandon, aged 20, on the
Moyersville road last July. Mrs. Ma
ry Shanks, who led the mob. because
she alleged Dorothy was vamping her
husband, received two sentences of
nine months each. The affair has
stinea up the community, and much
excitement prevails.
ACt.FPT RECOGNITION PASTOR
NEW YORK, Oc-. 25.- The First
IVo-hyterian church tonight accepted
the resignation of Ilan-y Emerson
I <n stock, complying with the stand of
the New York Presbyterian church,
tut he has been invited to preach in
their pulpit “on sttch Sundays ar- he
finds convenient.”
SENATOR COUSENS URGED
TO MAKE INVESTIGATION
KINGSTON, Ky., Oct. 27.—Senator
Couzens, chairman of the committee
on internal revenues, was today urg
ed by Senator LaFollette to call Sec
retary Mellon and Commissioner
Blair before the committee and ask
them by what authority they seek to
subvertt the will of congress by with
holding information of income taxes
paid from the public and the press.
BELKOFSKY NATIVES
ARE PROSPEROUS
In a letter to the marshal’s office
at Valdez, Rev. 'D. Hotovitsky, of Bel
kofsky, well known in Seward writes:
“The fishing season at Belkofsky
has been a very good one. The na
tives have made very good, some fa
milies $1,200. Beside this our traps
caught 600,000 fish, so each member
of the village received $78.00 and
the general village fund receives $4,
500.
“I have ordered 16,000 feet of
lumber to erect a hospital. The Bu
reau of Education has sent us lum
ber for a new school, so if every
thing works out we will have a fine
looking village.
“Every house in the village has
electric lights and shortly each will
be painted.
“During this last fishing season I
had charge of the Belkofsky natives
at King Cove cannery and did all
kinds of work from sliming fish to
running large gas boats.
“I am proud of my people.”
WASHINGTON MOURNS
DEATH OF WALLACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28.—
By executive order every department
of government was closed today dur
ing the funeral of Secretary Wallace,
who died Saturday.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
ARE ASKED RESIGN
FOR FAILURE CONVICT
FOUR U. S. ATTORNEYS ASKED
TO VACATE SEATS FOR FAIL
URE UPHOLD LIQUOR LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28.—
Four United States District Attor
neys have been asked to resign and
six others have resigned since last
July as a result of their failure to
enforce the prohibition laws of the na
tion, Attorney General Stone said in
reference to charges of non-prohibi
tion law enforcement.
SHAW WARNS BRITISH
REVOLUTION IS PENDING
LONDON, Oct. 28.—George Bernard !
Shaw today warned the British gov- j
ernment that a revolution would be i
the consequence of the return of Con- j
servatives to power at next Wednes
day’s election.
FATHER OF BOY SLAYER
ROBERT FRANKS, DEAD
CHICAGO. 111., Oct. 28.—Albert
Loeb, vice presidnet of Sears-Roe
buck & Co., and father of Richard
Loeb, one of the slayers of Robert
Franks, died last night. He has
been a resident of Chicago for near
ly a half century.
STANDARD OIL NEWS
Mr. W. E. Erwin has been appoint
ed manager of the local Standard
Oil company’s plant, the position for
merly held by W. E. Moultrav. Mr.
Moultray has been named as sub
station superintendent, having com
plete charge of all Standard Oil sta
tions in Alaska. At the present time
Mr. Moultray is in Bellingham, Wn.,
but will return shortly after the hol
idays. In his new position. Mr.
Moultray will travel 10 all substa
tions. His offices will be in Seat
tle.
The arival of the Alaska Standard
is expected by the local station.
The M. S. North and Seymour
called in yesterday for fuel oil and
lubricating oil.
MR. AND MRS. M’NALLY
ENTERTAIN AT CARDS
Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard McNally entertained at bridge at
their home on Second avenue, four
tables being in play. Mrs. H. B.
Selby and Mr. Hinde won first prizes,
and Mrs. A. E. Rucker and Mr. J. P.
Hannon consolation prizes. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Hinde, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Blue, Mr. and Mrs.
Alvah Eames, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Rucker, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hannon,
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Root, Mrs. H. B.
Selby.
APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS
LOCAL GRADUATED TAX
ALASKA GRADUATED TAX ON
SALMON PACK IS DECLARED
VALID STATUTE
Juneau Empire
The validity of the Territorial grad
uated salmon ,oack tax enacted by the
1923 Legislature, has been upheld by
the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit in an opinion recent
ly returned at San Francisco, accord
ing to an announcement made today
by Governor Scott C. Bone. The case
was argued before the Appellate
Couit early this month.
Approximately $140,000 is due to
the Territory by various canneries un
der the graduated tax. It was learn
ed at the Treasurer’s office. In ad
dition there are a few thousands of
dollars due from a similar levy on fish,
traps. In addition there are penalties
and interest charges to be assessed
if the letter of the law is carried out.
The majority of the packers with
he?d payments due under the gradu
ated tax rates until the validity of the
statute could be established. For this
puipose a test case was brought
against the Pacific American Fisher
ies early this year in which the ques
tion of its constitutionality was raised.
The case was started in the local fed
eral district court and heard by Judge
T. M. Reed who decided the law was
valid. An appeal was taken to a high
er court.
This is one cf two laws passed in
1923 which were made the subjects of
a test case by the canneries. The
second law was the act fixing closed
seasons in spexrfic areas in Southeast
ern Alaska. This law was declared to
be invalid by 'be Appellate Court.
Some 100 indictments were returned
under the latter law. These contain
ed over 350 counts charging violations
of the closed period provisions. Au
thority has been received by U. S.
Attorney Shoup from the Department
of Justice to dismiss all of these cases
it was said today.
NORTHWESTEN HAS BIG
LIST SOUTHBOUND TRIP
The steamship Northwestern arriv
ed in port about five o’clock Sunday
morning1, sailing about eight o’clock
yesterday morning with a cargo of
ore and fish consigned to Seattle. Her
passengers were:
For La touche—Z. Kundwall, George
Zora, T. L. Linekey, Roland Seavex,
and Art Rogers.
For Cordova—John Perpataris, W.
C. Schirmayer, Mike Bozick, and two
steerage.
For Juneau—Ole Kvande, C. Tellef
sen, W. T. Bush, S. P. Kirby.
For Ketchikan—Paul Holmdahl.
For Seattle—H. Leitsch, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Jones, Bishop P. T. Rowe,
W. E. Moultray, Mr. and Mrs. Janies
Osmund, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scott,
W. G. Hansen, Mrs. Nell Beattie, N.
Faro, V. C. Rexford, D. W. Schlosser,
Herbert Andersin, Ernest Peterson,
C. A. Anderson, Axel Johnson, J. J.
McCarthy, J. H. Hughes, P. Vorhis,
Roger K. Nelson, John Nelson, Tony
Sessa, J. E. Fitzgerald, Star Pinker
ton, J. P. Owens, Bartlet Howard, C.
P. Ukile, A. Sunila, W. F. Hoelscher,
Dan McKinzie, Noel Wien, Mr. and
Mrs. T. S. Murray, Wm. Keetley, G.
G. Youkavitch, Miss Lee Mellich, O.
Wilson, H. E. Wills, W. S.' Perkins,
F. Humphrey, Jack Kruger, J. Dela
hide.
WATSON DUE TOMORROW
The steamship Admiral Watson is
due some time tomorrow and will re
main here- until after the arrival of
the train. The Watson has a good
passenger list.
HUGHES MAKES APPEAL
FOR ELECTION PRES.
COOLIDGE THIS NOVEMBER
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 28.—An ap
peal to the voters of the nation to
forestall confusion and disaster by
making sure of the election of Cool
idge in this coming election, was
made by Secretary of State Hughes
in an address at the convention here
today.
Hughes declared that there was no
hope for the election of Davis, and
charged that the aim of La Follette
was to prevent an election that he
may control the selection of a presi
dent in the House of Representatives.
LA FOLLETTE A MENACE
SAYS WILLIAM J. BRYAN
EFFINGHAM, III., Oct. 28.—“La
Follette is a menace to the safety of
the American constitution and the
courts of the country,” and President
Coolidge is the most reactionary offi
cial in history,” William J. Bryan de
clared last night in an address in be
half of Davis and Bryan last evening.
NAVAL GUNS SHOULD BE
ELEVATED TO RANGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28.—
Taking direct issue with Secretaiy
Hughes, Secretary Wilbur last night
recommended that the guns of the
navy be elevated to their extreme
range.
LUTHERAN CHURCH DECLARES
FOR 'WAR IN JUST CAUSE
CHICAGO, Oct. 28.—The United
Lutheran Church of Americr> in bien
nial session last night, adopted a res
olution declaring that Christians
should work for promotion of internat
ional good will, but nations may en
gage in “just wars.”
CHAPLAIN IS TO
PORTRAY LUCK OF
PROSPECTOR SOON
MINING PAPER SAYS NOTED AC
TOR AND FILM COMMEDIAN
WILL SAIL FOR ALASKA
The luck of the hapless prospector
will be the subject of Charlis Chap
lin’s next production for the movies,
according to an article appearing in
a recent issue of the Engineering and
Mining Journal-Press. The same paper
said Chaplain and his company would
come to Alaska for the final work.
The tale centers around an unlucky
prospector, at the time of the Klondike
rush. According to the Press: “The
hapless prospector now comes to his
own, to share the laughs and sympa
thies of the devotees of the silver
screen. Chaplin’s next production will
mark the most ambitious attempt he
has yet made in the field of comedy.
In the role of hardluck sourdough at
the time of the stirring days of the
Klondike rush he will portray the hard
ships of the pioneers who scrambled
in mad haste to discover gold in that
icebound country. Like the majority,
Chaplain finds nine; but from the fact
that the caste includes a heroine, there
may be compensations.”
Preliminary work was done in the
Sierras last winter where mountain
scenes were shot. A gold camp was
constructed at Holhvood where close
ups were made. “Later in the year
Chaplin and his company will go to
Alaska where the concluding shots will
be made, in a locality where almost
unlimited expanses of snow are avail
able,” concluded the article.
It was predicted that the production
would be finished early this winter
and released early in 1925.
NIFTY AUXILIARY PLANT
INSTALLED LOCAL FIRM
The J. L. Graef Hardware company
of Seward recently completed installa
tion of a new lighting plant designed
as an auxiliary in case of accident to
the city plant. The generator is a
two kilowatt machine with switch
board, etc., with cut out switch con
necting with the regular wiring. The
motive power is a full Deisel, three
horse power evenrude, the motor us
ing no batteries, hot balls, or other
appliances than compression for fir
ing the charge. It is a. husky little
brute and a wonderful piece of mech
anism for simplicity and steady plug
ging. Mr. Graef also has a force of
men excavating for a basement under
his new building.
AMERICAN CHARGE D’AFFAIRS
PASSES AWAY IN CHINA CITY
PEKING, Oct. 28.—Edward Bell,
American charge d’affairs died here
this morning of apoplexy.
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
GRANTED RECOGNITION
PARIS, Oct. 28.—The French gov
ernment today officially accorded a
de jure recognition to the Soviet
government of Russia.
ANNUAL OBSERVANCE
OF NAVAL DAY HELD
THROUGHOUT NATION
ESTABLISHMENT NAVAL DAY IS
FITTING TRIBUTE TO PRES.
ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28.—
Dedication to the United States sea
forces, the annual observance of na
val day on all United States war ves
sels and at all shore stations, was held
yesterday. The establishment of Na
val Day on the anniversary of the
birthday of the late Theodore Roose
velt, was a fitting tribute to the
statesman and warrior. Support for
the sea arm of the nation’s fighting
forces were urged by speakers every
where.
AUIOMOBILE BANDITS
GET AWAY WITH CASH
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28.— Auto
mobile bandits held up the Fillmore
street branch of the Mercantile Trust
Company today and escaped with five
thousand dollars.
j MAYOR BROWN REITERATES
DEMAND FOR INVESTIGATION
—
SEATTLE, Oct. 28.—Elaborating
his demand for the naming of a com
mittee of 32 prominent citizens to con
duct such investigation of city affairs
as it may deem proper, Mayor Brown
today said he wanted it understood
that his own resignation would follow
if the committee requested it.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN KILL
NURSE WITH A CUSPIDOR
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2S.—David M.
Carleton, 84, a civil war veteran, died
in this city this afternoon, after kill
ing his nurse, Mrs. Rose Bailey, of
Washington, by hurling a cuspidor at
her, which struck the woman in the
head.
COPY OF PAPER TELLING
ABE LINCOLN’S DEATH
OWNED BY SEWARDITE
A copy of the New York Herald,
Saturday, April 15, 1865. was brought
to the Gateway office today by Wand
ling, the Furrier. Mr. . Wandling
states this paper has been in his po
session for many years. It contains
an account of the assassination of
President Abe Lincoln, the stabbing
of Secretary Seward by John Pow
ell, and the stabbing of Seward's
son and three nurses by the same as
sailant. At the time the paper was
issued the names of the assassins
were not known, and considerable
conjecture prevailed.
The paper tells of the movements
of General Sherman’s army, which
was moving on Raleigh at the time.
It also tells of the movements of
Jeff Davis, who was at Danville, Va.
The Confederate newspaper which
was the official organ of the Con
federates was edited at the time by
Gov. Vance, and is liberally quoted.
At the time the paper was issued,
8:10 a. m., the President was dying.
Flour at this time was $9.00 per bar
rel, and other articles high in pro
portion.
Vice President Johnson had assum
ed charge of the army and navy. The
paper was printed on a hand press
and set by hand, the present outfit
of the Gateway being capable of
printing several papers of this size.
Treasury Department
Now Being Investigated
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 2^.—
An investigation is be'ug couductol
here today by Attorney General Stone
as to the rights of the Treasury de
partment in making public the in
come taxes paid by individuals and
firms. While a recent ac> of Con
gress made these returns public, it
is not believed it was the intention
of the law to allow them to be pub
lished by the press.
FREIGHT OUT FRIDAY
The regular freight train leaving
Seward Thursday, will leave Friday
morning, according to Agent Sweek.
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