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VOLUME XIX NUMBER 26
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30,1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
LOST CONFIDENCE
OF THE PRESIDENT
Senator Lenroot Says Harding Was
Without Legal Authority In
Transferring Oil Lands
FALL UNDER IS SURVEILLANCE
Sinclair Wires Will Appear Before
Committee as Soon as Business
In Europe Completed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—That
President Coolidge has requested
the immediate resignation of
Attorney General Daugherty, be
cause Mr. Daugherty has lost the
confidence of the President, of
Congress and the people of the
United States, was asked in a
resolution introduced by Senator
Wheeler today.
Senator Lenroot, in a speech
absolved President Coolidge from
any blame in connection with the
Teapot Dome scandal, becauto he
bluntly declared former President
Harding was without legal au
thority in issuing an executive
order transferring to the ring
control of the reserves from the
navy to the interior department.
Senator Willis announced in
V the Senate late this afternoon
that Albert B. Fall and Tom
Johnson, his ranch foreman, had
been under surveillance by the
Department of Justice agents
since January 20, and that the
Go>ernor of Louisiana was in
structed to/have Mr. Fall qnder
coil tant guard while in New Or
leans on a recent visit.
Denby Refuses to Resign
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—Secre
tary of the Navy Denby announced
* alter yesterday’s cabinet meeting, at
which the oil lease investigation was
considered, that he had no intention
of resigning at the (present time.
Will Forego Inspection
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Secre
tary of the Naval Denby announced
today that as a result of the Teapot
Dome scandal he would forego his
inspection trip to the fleet, now in
Panama, but that 115 editors, invited
to go as his guests, would make the
^p.
Sinclair to Appear
PARIS, Jan. 30.—Harry Sinclair,
the oil magnate, cabled to Senator
Lenroot today that he would return
to America as soon as his business
in Europe is completed, and would ap
pear before the Senate committee as
requested. Sinclair stated that he
had nothing to hide from the public
ir^ connection with the oil leases.
Prosecution Appointed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.— Presi
dent Coolidge announced today the
appointment of Silas H. Strawn, of
Chicago, republican, and Thomas W.
Gregory of Texas, democrat, and for
mer U. S. Attorney General to be
special counsel in conducting the
prosecution in the transfer and lease
of the naval oil reserves. The House
has summoned Denby before the na
v^l affairs committee in a probe of
the oil leases.
Republicans Sitting Over Fire
FORT WORTH, Jan. 30.—William
J. Bryan said today: “I hope Albert
B. Fall is not guilty, but I have no
doubt of the guilt of the Republican
party which is sitting over an oil fire
in the Teapot Dome case, and there
is no telling wrhom the fire will
scorch or wrhere it will spread.”
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Doheny Wants to Testify
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—E. L.
Doheny appeared unexpectedly at the
Senate office building today and ask
ed permission to be heard by the oil
le&st.' investigation committee.
Charles Krefting received a letter
from Mrs. Krefting on the last boat,
stating that her sister was rapidly
recovering and that she would start
home early in March.
|Join the Chamber of Commerce.
PICTURE INDUSTRY WILL
CLEANSE ITSELF OF MABEL
AND EDNA, IT IS STATED
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30.—Mabel
Normand and Edna Purviance, who
figured in the shooting affray at the
apartments of Courtland Dines, weal
thy oil promotor, New Year’s eve,
will be forced to get out of the mo
vies, if the plans of Will Hays, the
“overland of the screen,” are carried
out. Mr. Hays had nothing to say
in regard to the affray other than that
the movies must be kejpt clean at all
costs and that actors and actresses
must behave themselves if they ex
pect to remain in the business.
i AMERICAN SHIPS MEET OFF
PANAMA FOR PRACTICE
PANAMA, Jan. 30.—The first units
of the American Pacific fleet which is
to engage in maneuvers with the At
lantic squadron, in a test of the effec
tiveness of the Panama canal arrived
off Balboa this week.
The entire fleet comprising ten bat
tleships, 32 destroyers, 10 submarines
one light cruiser and 14 auxiliaries
would be here tonight.
Alleged Cure for Sleeping Sickness
Is Found by Savants—Discovery
of Great Medical Value
BREMEN, Jan. 30.—Germany will
guarantee a sleeping sickness cure in
exchange for the return of her lost
South African colonies, Chairman R.
Achelis, German colonial secretary
said today. The sickness has totally
decimated vast areas of South Africa,
and so far no known cure has been
discovered..
This sleeping sickness is caused by
the bite of the tsetse fly, and has no
connection with the sleeping sickness
prevalent in America, which is a
form of spinal meningitis.
SEATTLE HORSE SHOW
PLANS ARE UNDER WAY
SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—Seattle’s first
horse show and polo tournament will
be staged during July this summer,
j according to an announcement made
recently after a meeting of the One
Army Polo Association and horse
show at the armory.
Four polo teams are participating
for the tournament the regular army
the reserve corps, the national guard
and the civilian polo. Vancouver and
Victoria, B. C., Boise, Ida., Yakima,
Oregon Agricultural college, Camp Le
wis, Vancouver barracks, Wash., and
Spokane will be asked to send teams
and horses to both the tournament
and the show it was announced.
i Convicted of Forgery in Handling
Funds of Anti-Saloon League
In New York
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—William H.
Anderson, state Anti-Saloon League
treasurer, was convicted by a jury
; today of forgery in handling funds in
| connection with League work.
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SCHOOL OF BOYHOOD
PURCHASED BY FORD
DETROIT, Jan. 29.—The little red
schoolhouse where Henry Ford, half
a century ago, picked up what limited
“book learning” his youth yielded him
has been purchased by themanufac
turer, it was learned today. The lit
tle school, typical of hundreds of
others in use fifty years ago with
sharp sloping roof, bell cupola in front
and short steps leading to the door
that set primly in the front, has not
been in use for two years. It was
not explained what Mr. Ford plans to
do with it
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FISH BILL PRESENTED
BY ALASKA DELEGATE
Alaska’s Congres. ional Representa
tive Continues Fight Against
Secretary Hoover
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PROVIDES FOR A COMMISSION
No Exclusive Rights to Be Given
and Corporation or Cannery—
May Abate Traps
—
The fisheries bill passed by the
1923 Alaska Legislature, known as
the Grant Fish Bill, which Congress
was memorialized to enact, was intro
duced in the House of Representatives
last month as House Bill No. 752, cop
ies of which have been received by
The Gateway. It provides for the
administration of the industry by an
Alaska Fish Commission, appointed
by the Governor of the Territory,
with the approval of the Territorial
Senate, and for employment by the
Commission of a director of fisheries,
chief warden, hatchery superinten
dent and other employes.
The measure was introduced as a
part of a concurrent resolution last
spring in the House by D. G. Grant,
of Wrangell, and in the Senate by
Charles Brown of Nome. At that
time it was generally understood that
Delegate Sutherland had caused the
introduction of the resolution and he
i was in constant attendance at com
mittee hearings when it was being
considered supporting and advocating
its passage. It passed the House on
April 27 and the Senate on May 1.
ntjtrieu ay nuu>t*r
Some of the main provisions of the
bill sections seven and eight, aimed
at trap fishing and zoning are virtu
ally identical with those rejected by
the National administration at the
last session of congress when it dis
approved the famous White Fish Bill,
and over which the bitter row against
the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bu
reau of Commerce was started by the
Delegate. These provisions were em
phatically disapproved by both Sec
retary Hoover and Fish Commissioner
Henry O’Malley, who were understood
to have the support of the President.
The attitude of the Administration
led to charges by the Delegate that
the Department of Commerce was
giving away Alaskan fisheries to the
Packers’ Trust which Mr. Sutherland
alleged was dictating the terms, con
ditions and zoning in the Bureau’s
administrative regulations of the
; Alaska fishing reserves created by
; executive orders proclaimed by then
President Harding.
Duties of Commission
The proposed Alaska Fish Com
mission would consist of three mem
bers appointed by the Governor and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate. The first commissioners shall
be appointed for two, three, and four
years respectively, and thereafter one
Commissioner shall be appointed each
year for a four year term. Commis
sioners shall receive a salary of $1200
per year and necessary traveling and
subsistence expenses when away from
home. The Commission is given com
plete control over the fisheries with
large discretionary powers as to lim
iting the catch, closing sections of the
waters from fishing, establishing a
closed season, etc.
A Director of Fisheries is created as
secretary and executive officer of the
commission, devoting his entire time
to the business and receiving a sal
ary of $5,000 a year. The Director of
Fisheries is given power to appoint
a Chief Warden and a Chief Super
intendent of Hatcheries with the ap
proval of the Commission, each at a
suiaiy of $3,000 a year. He shall also
name assistants to each of these and
cmpicy other assistance as the C »m
mi.-. ion may author'?e.
No Svousive Rights Permitted
In Ff'c’ition to providing that nc
trap, f ea or floating, wire or pound
net shall be constructed in any bay,
■alet oi estuary, the width >f which
is three miles or less at its entrance
or within cne mile of the entrance of
<>ny bay, inlet, estuary or channel
that is two miles or more in width,
the law would provide that “no ex
clusive or several right of fishery
ohall be tecognized or granted in the
Territorial waters of Alaska.”
May Abate Trap*
The law provides that wnere fish
ing shall be closed it must b? closed
against everybody and that where
fishing k, permitted it shall be open
tc* every citizen of the United States,
that it sr>all be the duty of the Com
mission ti- remove or abate any lix
ed or portable fishing appliance
which in its use may operate as an
exclusive right within the area of
its operation; that the members of
the Commission, Director of Fisher
ies, and such other officers as may
be designated by the Commission
may have the authority to arrest
without warrant or other process
any persons violating the law or any
regulation; that the Commission may
confiscate any apparatus or appliance
used in violation of law or any fish
eries products taken contrary to lawr;
that the Commission and its agents
may inspect all premises, appliances
land yropvrty; that it may determine
I the location of the mouths of streams,
etc.; that it may determine what
streams, lakes, etc., are apawning
grounds; that it may cause the ex
termination of predatory birds and
animals which prey upon the fish.
Licenses
The lawr would require those en
gaged in the fisheries industry tc
procure a license for each establish
ment and to get a license for any
appliance used. The Alaska Legis
lature is given authority to fix the
fees for licenses and other privi
leges and the Commission is au
thorized to collect them and expend
the proceeds under the law.
Miscellaneous Provisions
No person would be permitted tc
use a purse seine more than 20C
fathoms or beach seine more than
1100 fathoms in length; no gill net
shall exceed 200 fathoms and no
meshes used of less than five and
three-quarters inches when stretched.
The Commission is authorized tc
establish and change at pleasure the
closed seasons; the possession of fish
during the closed season is made un
j lawful.
ine planting- ot nsh or spawn with
out first getting permission of the
Commission is prohibited. The law
would prohibit the wasting of food
fish, make unlawful the use of food
spears or gaffs or the pollution of
■waters.
Dams and obstructions are prohib
ited, unless with the consent of
the Commission and then fish ways
or ladders must be constructed.
Aliens are denied the right to fish
in Alaskan waters and piracy is out
lawed.
The Commission is authoi-ized to
build or acquire and maintain fisn
hatcheries.
Packers are prohibited from us
ing fish that have been transported
more than 100 miles without boxing
or icing, or to pack fish that have
been removed from the waters more
than 48 hours.
Auto Magnate Tires of Bickering with
Congresb Over Possession of
Big Power Project
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Henry
Ford telegraphed today declining to
further appear before the House
committee to discuss his offer for
the Muscle Shoals power project in
timating that he was tired of’ the
useless bickering and delay in selling
the plant.
INHUMAN STEP-FATHER IS
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
MANCHESTER, Jan. 29.—Sentence
of imprisonment for life are rarely im
posed on prisoners in England, except
in cases where the sentence of death
has been commuted. Justice Bran
son, however, did not hesitate impos
ing a life imprisonment sentence re
cently on a man who was charged
wtih having cut off both hands of his
step-daughter, four and one-half years
old.
The story of the crime was describ
ed by the judge as the most horrible
he had ever heard. During the hear
ing two women jurors fainted and
there were tears in the judge’s eyes.
Residents of Accrington where the
child lives, have subscribed 130,000
I to provide for her future.
German Government Advises State
Department Griffith Has
Been Turned Loose
SEQUEL TO BERGDOLL INFAMY
Notorious Draft Evader Wants to
Return to America If Prose
cution IS Dropped
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Corliss
H. Griffith, the American who figured
in the recent attempt to kidnap Gro
ver Cleveland Bergdoll in Germany,
was released from prison today by
the German government and conduct
ed to the French frontier, the State
Department was adivsed. .
Griffith’s companion was killed by
Bergdoll at the time of the attempted
kidnaping and Griffith was given a
I term in prison. Through the efforts
of the American government the
prisoner was released.
Upon his return to Paris Griffith
said that Bergdoll was tired of Ger
many and anxious to return to the
United States provided he would not
be molested by the authorities.
KKtI I Y ORPHAN IN
VAIN HUNT FOR KIN
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 30 —Since her
mother died two years ago LTsula
Seynolds, pretty 17-year-old Atlanta
school girl, has been searching for
some of her relatives.
Her mother, Mrs. Druella Blanche
Gilmer, was a widow. When she died
she left her little daughter, Ursula,
two brothers, Paul and S. M. Reyn
olds, and two sisters, Miss Ethel and
; Miss Winnie Reynolds. The girl,
however knows nothing about the
i two brothers, and sisters, her aunts
: and uncles, except that they live some
where in the South. She thinks, per
haps, that they live in South Caroli
na, from which state she and her mo
! ther came about two years ago.
Meanwhile the girl is staying with
friends of the family here in Atlan
ta and is going to high school.
m SUPPLY BILL
CARRIES LARGE SUMS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The an
nual supply bill for the Treasury and
Postoffice Departments, as reported
by the House Ways and Means Com
mittee carries three-quarters of a
billion dollars.
BAKER ASSERTS HE IS
NOT SEEKING OFFICE
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 29.—Newton
D. Baker, former secretary of war,
laughed when he read a dispatch from
St. Petersburg, Fla., that he will be a
candidate for the democratic nomina
tion for president.
“Nothing is further from my thots
than a candidacy for any political of
fice,’ ’he said.
The St. Petersburg Dispatch gave
Milton Young, Mr. Baker’s former sec
retary as authority for the story.
Mr. Baker issued the following
statement:
“Mr. Young was my secretary when
I was mayor of Cleveland, not when
I was in Washington, nor at present.
“He and I are warm personal
friends but I have had no communica
tion with him of any kind for a year.
“Nothing is further from my thots
than a candidacy for any political of
fice.
“My chief interest in the next cam
paign is for a sound foreign policy
and I am giving all my time to advo
cacy of entrance by the United States
into the league of nations.”
ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 30.—Veni
zelos collapsed in the National As
sembly last night for the second time.
He is attended at his villa in this city
by a number of noted heart special
ists.
SENATOR HUNT FILES
FOR TERRITORIAL OFFICE
KETCHIKAN’, Jan. 30.—Forest J.
Hunt, who represented the First Ju
dicial division in the upper house of
the Territorial legislature in 1921
and in 1923, filed his declaration of
candidacy for the office of Senator,
on the Republican ticket.
DENVER WIDOWER, 56, ADOPTS
GIRL OF 24, AS DAUGHTER
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 30.—Mrs. Eth
el Webb 24, has a new daddy today,
following decision ot District Judge
Butler authorizing the issuance of an
order permitting Charles Eichold. a
56-year-old widower, to leagally adopt
her.
Eichold petitioned the court tor per
mission to make the adoption decid
ing he wished to make the woman
his heir-in-law and give her a home
He testified that his wife was dead,
! hat he was lonely and needed some
one to keep house for him. He said
he would be glad to leave the woman
his property when he died.
Mrs. Webb informed the court that
her husband had deserted her; that
she had no parents, and was perfect
lv willing to become Eichold's daugh
English Premier Anxious to Come to
Terms With Soviets Provided
They Pay for Privilege
LONDON, Jan. 30.—Premier Mac
Donald indicated to Moscow today
that Russia must recognize her pre
war treaties and debts before the
present British Labor government will
extend recognition.
FLOURISHES EMPTY
FLASK ASSAILS LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 29.—
Flourishing an empty flask and assail
ing the Anti-Saloon League and Con
gressman W. D. Upshaw, prohibition
leader in Georgia, Congressman Isaac
R. Sherwood, of Ohio, 88 years ot age
and a veteran in the House of Repre
sentatives, in a speech declared that
it was generally conceded that pro
hibition officers have failed to enforce
the law up to 1924 and asserted that
the use of narcotics had increased en
ormously since the dry law was enact
ed.
Gen. Sherwood, who has served in
Congress for many years, is a veteran
of the Civil War and for a good many
years he has been the only Civil War
veteran in Congress who attained the
rank of a General in the Union Army
during that conflict. He resides at
Toledo and is a Democrat.
lliLD RE-OH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The Sen
ate committee investigating its af
fairs made a preliminary report today
recommending the complete reorgani
zation of the Veterans’ Bureau.
AUXILIARY GIVES HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL CARD PARTY
The American Legion Auxiliary
gave a highly successful card party
in Odd Fellows hall last evening,
about fifty persons attendingj Mr.
and Mrs. W. O. Perry won the high
scores for bridge, and Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Shea won the bridge prizes.
Following an evening spent in card
playing a delicious luncheon was
served.
SUITE SENATOR SINCLAIR
GIVEN EIGHTEEN MONTHS
CHEHALIS, Wn., Jan. 30.—State
Senator Sinclair was today sentenced
to 18 months in the penitentiary for
altering the records in his Ilwaco
bank how defunct.