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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 138
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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
VICTORIA REACHES
NOME AFTER QUICK
y VOYAGE; ONE STOP
NOME, Alaska. June 12 (£>)—'With
ter arrival tonight the steamship Vic
toria made one of the fastest trips on
record, considering a stop at Akutan,
meeting no ice whatever and encoun
tering fair weather the whole trip.
Noel Wien, the Fairbanks aviator,
•vho is here with »the new seven pas
senger Fokker monoplane, flew out
• •> meet the Victoria, causing much
•lterest among her passengers.
The schooner Charles D. Brower ar
;ved from the Diomedes Wednesday,
nd the motorship Donaldson arrived
from St. Michael with Norman Stines
;nd party, also with sixteen others
nd mail from the interior.
The Victoria brought 475 passen
gers. a large shipment of coal and
general merchandise, every inch of
*argo and passenger space being
taken.
Ships Are Seized
To Examine Cargo
SPANISH MOROCCO, No. Africa,
juue 12.—(£>)—A dispatch received
'rom Fez, the general headquarters
of the French, said that the French
Torpedo boat was seized, and also
two German ships, the Liepsig and
Dortmunds, off Agadir, the south
-rmost port of Morocco on the At
antic. They took their seizure to
Uogodar to examine the cargoes.
’ COOLIDGE WANTS
TO SELL VESSELS
PRIVATE FIRMS
WASHINGTON, D. C.: June 12 (£>).
President Coolidge in a letter today
asked the Shipping Board to start
negotiations for the sale of United
States shipping board vessels to pri
vate corporations and to reserve it
self the final approval and rejection
>f all contracts. He said: “I should
ike to suggest that all negotiations
if every character for the disposal of
-hips shall rest in the hands of Ad
niral Palmer.”
Admiral Palmer is the president of
"he corporation.
President Coolidge said: “Negotia
*>. ions can be completely carried on
by independent discussions by buy
ers with several members of the
ooard.”
Moose Pass Roads
In Good Condition
* Says Chief Reher
The roads in the Moose Pass and
Hope districts are in good shape,
says J. B. Reher, highway engineer
of the Bureau of Public Roads who
returned to his Seward headquarters
yesterday from a few days trip of in
spection of the roads in that region.
He went over the proposed Section
3 of the Moose Pass road, a ten mile
stretch, and also went up the 12-mine
Hershey mine road. At Hope mainte
nance work has started with a crew
of four or five men on the job. A
grader and wagons will be sent out
from Seward to the Hope work next
week.
Mrs. Ellen Mordaunt, who ran for
office at Bedworth, England, and
failed to get a single vote, says she
is through with politics.
Mrs. Eliza Trigham was told by
doctors 67 years ago that she had
but a short time to live. She cele
brated her 100th birthday at Salter
u, ton, England, recently.
Chinese Insurrection Crows
Intense Is Writers Report
LONDON, June 12.—(.£*)—A Shang
hai correspondent for the Daily
Mail represented the situation as
becoming increasingly serious. A
meeting of 20,000 Chinese have de
cided to boycott British and Japan
ese goods. A nationwide strike is
threatened unless a settlement is
reached on the trouble.
Six Are Killed. ,
HANKOW, China, June 12.—(/R—
Six Chinese were killed and many
: wounded in the aiding of British
I concessions against a thousand riot
ing coolies.
TROOPS READY TO COPE
WITH STRIKE SITUATION
HALIFAX, N. S., June 12.—(^P)—
Five hundred troops have been land
ed here, fully equipped and steel
helmeted, ready to cope with the
: situation around the Cape Breton
| coal fields.
—
DEPUTY MARSHAL
| SCOn OF KODIAK
DIES SUDDENLY
Word was received in Seward this
mornihg that Deputy Marshal Williard
Scott had dropped dead at Kodiak.
Mr. Scott was an appointtee of Mar
shal H. P. Sullivan, and had been in
Kodiak for about two years. Mr. Scott
was a rerident of Valdez for many
years, coming to that city in 1898 or
1900. He was chief of police for about
ten years, and later removed to the
States where he was watchman for
a transportation company. Mr. Scott
returned to.Valdez about three years
ago, and was later named deputy at
Kodiak.
Mr. Scott was a man of immense
physique, standing about six feet four
and weighing about 240 pounds. He
; was slow in speech and action and
| made a most excellent public officer.
: He leaves a wife in the states and a
I brother, Romaine. in Valdez,
i No particulars were received in re
gard to his death other than that he
: had dropped dead.
CANADIANS LIKE
THEIR OWN FRUIT
WINNIPEG, Man., June 12.—(/P)—
l Canadian orchardists and fruit grow
ers produced a crop valued at $24,
; 000,000 last year, according to a re
I port issued by the Dominion depart
ment of agriculture. Of this total
$16,835,969 worth was used for do
mestic consumption and $7,430,462
was exported to the United States
and Great Britain.
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
ARE TAKEN TO HANKOW
NEW YORK, June 12 (/P)—The
Episcopal Mission headquarters here
received a telegram today reporting
that all American missionaries and
their families had been ordered to re
turn to Hankow immediately.
Heie is a nice little problem in
matrimonial trigonometry from Liv
erpool: James Caldwell and wife
separated without being divorced.
He married Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges, a
widow ,and Mrs. Caldwell married
Henry Runcorn. Caldwell and his
former wife were arrested for biga
my and their unlawful marriages
I were annulled. That left Mrs. Hod
ges and Runcorn unmarried. The
answer is that Runcorn then married
Mrs. Hodges.
ADM. EVANS SAILS TUESDAY
The steamship Admiral Evans will
reach Seward southbound some time
Tuesday, June 16, sailing for Seattle
at 9 p. m.
SHEPHERD TRIAL
STARTS CHICAGO
GERM MURDERS
CHICAGO. June 12 (IP)—Prosecu
tor Crowe, in his opening statement
yesterday in the trial of William B.
Shepherd and wife for the murder of
William Nelson McClintock by ad
ministering typhoid germs, referred
to the couple as “panhandlers” who
lived off Emma McClintock for years
before her mysterious death, and had
lived since off her estate.
Crowe said the most Shepherd had
ever earned before he was taken up
by Mrs. McClintock, was $15 a week.
He declared the defendant had stud
ied chemistry in a western drug store
owned by his wife’s father, and a pri
vate laboratory in secret in a closet
in the McClintock home at Kenil
worth. a north shore suburb of Chi
cago.
He concluded with a description of
William Nelson McClintock’s last ill
ness, after saying that Shepherd had
learned in the National University of
Sciences how to kill the youth, and
Rad obtained the germs from Charles
S. Faiman by the promise of $100,000
from the McClintock estate.
Missing Witness Found.
CHICAGO. June 12 (/p)—Robert
White, the missing witness in the
Shepherd trial, walked into the court
room today and was rushed to the
prosecutor’s office where he held a
thirty minutes conference with Mr.
Crowe. He repeated the charges he
made in letters against Shepherd’s
counsel, which included fabrication of
an affidavit at the insistence of At
torney O’Brien. White is expected to
go before a grand jury either today
or tomorrow.
William Scott Stewart, chief attor
ney for the defense, today assailed
Alexander Reichman, the second wit
ness. intimating that Reichmann had
profited excessively as attorney for the
million dollar estate of young McClin
tock.
Judge Olson, a brother of the de
ceased victim of Shepherd* testified
briefly yesterday.
LEAN BROTHERS ERECT
CABINS, COOPERS LANDING
Two new cabins are being con
structed by Charles and Jack Lean,
at Coopers Landing, at the lower
end of Kenai lake, says Martin Kil
ian, forestry man who arrived in
Seward Wednesday from Lawing.
The cabins are models of the woods
eraftmen’s art, and are approximate
ly 20x24 feet in dimensions.
Gene Tunney Signed
to Fight July Tenth
CHICAGO, June 12 (/P)—James
Mullen, a matchmaker, announced
that he had signed Gene Tunney for
a ten round go in East Chicago, Indi
ana, or Aurora, Illinois, July 10 to
meet anyone except Wills or Gibbons.
Pope Calls Exumenical
Council Late This Year
ROME, June 12 (JP)—The newspa
per Sereno reported the intention of
the Pope to call an exumenical coun
cil in Rome late this year. All the
bishops in the Catholic world will at
tend.
Sir Esme Howard, British ambas
sador to Washington, in an address
in New York on the battle of York
town, referred to the good will ex
isting between America and England,
saying, “Thank God, all feeling of
bitterness is forever past between
us.”
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
Former Alaska Deputy
Marshal In Foul Play;
Police Suspect Murder
YAKIMA, Wn., June 12.—(/P)—The
body of D. J. Wynkoop, aged 74, a
night watchman for a fruit ware
house here, was found in a mill pond
near here, with two deep gashes
in his forehead. The police suspect
murder lurks in the tragedy.
Wynkoop was formerly a deputy
marshal at Nome, and a director in
the marshal's office at Solomon, 14
years ago.
FIND HAPPINESS AT THE
LIBERTY THEATRE TONIGHT
“Happiness,” at the Liberty theatre
last night proved worthy of its name.
It is a delightful story of a joyous lit
tle shop girl whom no one could re
sist. Charming plays of this kind
are a welcome relief from the usual
highly seasoned ones. The play is
full of laughter-provoking situations
that do us all good. “Happiness” is
on again tonight.
SEWARD PLANS
BIG CELEBRATION
ON JULY FOURTH
The eagle will scream in Seward on
the Fourth of July as it never scream
ed before! A brass band, parade,
sports, dancing and Mardi Gras are
but few of the entertainments plan
ned for the day which will greet the
citizens of the city and the hundreds
of visitors from out-of-town who
WILL be here.
Impetus to the celebration was giv- i
en last evening by the meeting of
the Seward Volunteer Fire depart
ment and the Chamber of Commerce
special committee. A general chair- '
man was selected and numerous com
mittees appointed to handle each
phase of business or pleasure of the
day. These committees are given un
til next Tuesday evening June 1(3 to
prepare their report which is to be
presented at the general meeting of
the committees that night at 8 o’clock
at the Fire Hall. The following day
a complete program of event for the i
Fourth of July will be published in
the Gateway. The committees ap
pointed last evening were:
Finance—Dr. Roberts, Harry Ells
worth and Mr. Sheldon.
Sports—Gus Manthey, J. S. Rood.
Dance and Music—Pat Hussey and j
W. Stump.
Decoration—Len Olson and depart
ment members.
Parade—Mr. Murphy and Mr. Bo
lam.
Entertainment—Mrs. Ralph Reed,
Mrs. Wybrecht, Mrs,, McMullen.
Concessions—Mel Holben and Dr.
Swetman.
Housing—Mrs. Ralph Reed, Mrs. J
Wybrecht.
Publicity—Hal Selby and A. H. L. 1
Meyers.
The finance committee is beginning '
its activities this morning by calling 1
at every business establishment in 1
Seward for donations to the Fourth 3
of July fund. To start the ball roll- 1
ing the Fire department has donated
the sum of 850. The committee has 1
set their goal at 81,000, a small 3
enough amount when it is consider- 3
ed the mass of work and expense ne
cessary for the successful conclusion 3
of the celebration. This committee 1
is in full charge of all financial de- (
tails from this period on, to the night
of the grand and glorious Fourth 3
when the final curtain is rung down. '
All the popular sports, headed by a (
baseball game, will be on tap. The t
sport committee has been instructed J
to crowd every possible event, in
which the citizens and public can
join in, on the program of the field
events and other sports. They have
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SMOOT OPPOSED TO
CONGRESS FOOLING
WITH THE TARIFF
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12 (/P}.
Senator Smoot, Chairman of the Fi
nance Committee, prediced a tax r*
vision at the coming session of con
gress, but announced determined op
position to any attempt at tariff re
rision. He said, “I feel quite certain
dial surtaxes will be reduced, and
have no doubt the tax will be brought
town to 25 per cent, and perhaps, will
be made lower. I think Congress
has concluded that the high rates not
pnly interfere with established busi
ness, but prevent new enterprices. I
wish to see all discriminatory taxes
eliminated. Nobody can tell defi
nitely how much we can reduce taxes
next session until after the June pay
ments are made, but I think it will be
between 850 and 375 millions. An
effort will be made to increase the
amount of exemption for small in
pomes.”
He advocated elimination of Fed
eral inheritance taxes, leaving that
source of income to the states, and
suggested that states leave income.
:axes to the government.
Belgium At Last
Forms a Cabinet
BRUSSELS, June 12.—{IP)—Visr
:ount Poullet, former minister of
i he Interior, succeeded in forming
\ cabinet after ten days’ effort. Bel
gium has been without a govern
ment since April 5, except for the
31'ief tenure of Aloys van Devyvere,
is premier.
YESTERDAY’S GAMES.
:oast—
Seattle 2, Portland 14.
Frisco 3, Los Angeles 6.
Salt Lake 23, Sacramento 5.
Vernon 5, Oakland 2.
AMERICAN—
New York 1, Cleveland 4.
Washington 4, Detroit 7.
Phila. 5, Chicago 6.
Boston 7, St. Louis 9.
NATIONAL—
Cincinnati 8, Phila. 3.
Chicago 7, New York 4.
Pittsburgh 11, Boston 3.
St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 7.
UNITED STATES
WILL SUPPORT
MEXICAN POLICY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12 (/P).
Uter a conference with Ambassador
Sheffield who is home on leave, Sec
retary Frank Kellogg stated that the
Ldministration would support the gov
;rnment of Mexico, “only so long as
t protects American lives and Amer
can rights, and- complies with its in
ernational engagements or obliga
ions.”
He declared that while relations
>etween the two countries were quite
riendly, nevertheless conditions were
lot entirely satisfactory, and the
Jnited States is looking forward to
he Mexican government restoring
iroperties illegally taken and Ameri
:an citizens indemnified.
He said he hoped very much that
eports of a revolution impending in
dexico would prove untrue. He add
id, “The Mexican government is on
rial before the world. We have been
latient and realize that of course it
akes time to bring about a stable
;overnment out of chaos.”
No field is over crowded for the
aan who can think for himself and
g not afraid of hard work.