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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 127
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Wholesale Executions Are Ordered
Killing By Chink Bandits Been Confirmed
Many Problems Will Be Studied By President During Trip
WASHINGTON, May IT.—A list of
specific problems to be studied in
Alaska by the President and Secre
taries Hoover, Work and Wallace,
who will accompany him, have been
prepared, after a conference among
the heads of the department and made
, public.
Enumeration of these subjects in
, elude: Vestment of complete jurisdic
tion over the whole of Alaska in a
single department of the government;
formulation of a colonization and im
migration plan to furnish population
and to develop the Territory’s re
sources; more liberal appropriations
for public buildings; a department 01
commerce with supreme power to con
trol the fishing industry; consolidation
of all law enforcement agencies in
the Territory under the department ot
justice; liberalizing mining and land
law's; allocation of shipping board
vessels to Alaska service; erection of
a Territorial capitol building; the en
actment of new' game la\ys; the con
, struction of tourist roads in the Ter
ritory.
Forester Will. McDonald passed
through Sew'ard last evening on his
way to the westward, where he will
put in the next few weeks in looking
over the forestry reservation.
Mrs. A. E. Lucas and child were
listed among the Watson passengers
last evening, going to Afognak where
Mr. Lucas, who is connected with the
, bureau of fisheries, is stationed.
The reason most girls nowadays are
failures is because their parents were
failures before them.
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SURVEY PARTY ON MY
Under the leadership of J. P. Davis,
an engineering party from the General
Land Office at Juneau arrived in Sew
ard last night on the Watson, leaving
' this morning for the north. Those
comprising the party in addition to
Mr. Davis, were, H. H. Briggs, Bill
. Coffey, G. W. Sexton, Chas. Sexton
and S. Kukovich.
This party will during the coming
season confine its activities to the
Kenai country, endeavoring to com.
plete the survey of that section this
year. They will remain in the field
for the entire season and until weath
er conditions compel the abandonment
of the work.
John P. Walker, also of the land of
* fice and w'ho accompanied the party
north, will return within the next few
• days and return to Juneau to super
vise the reports of other parties now
in the field.
Mr. Davis was recently transferred
to Alaska from Idaho, filling the va
cancy created by the transferring of
E. C. Guerin.
ALASKA PIONEER DEAD.
SEATTLE, May 15.—Angus C. Me-;
Donald, 60, manager of a local trans
fer company, and well known pioneer
of Alaska died today from injuries re
ceived in an auto accident.
Dr. M. Race was among those list
* ed for Anchorage on the Watson’s
passenger list last evening. The doc
tor is making the trip north to visit
his son who is employed by the com
mission at the upper city.
MOSCOW, May 17.—Sixty-one per
sons were today sentenced to die on
j conviction of bribery charges, and
3500 government officials were given
j from two to ten years in jail for giv
ing or accepting bribes.
The Russian government has recent
ly made a wholesale cleaning of de_
part mental heads suspected of graft.
Carl A. Sutter, of Fidalgo, was a
westward passenger on the Watson.
WASHINGTON, May 17— Preceding
President Harding on his Alaska trip,
and sailing from Seattle June second
will be one of the strongest delega
tions which ever left the national cap
ital, composed of Senators A. A. Jones,
Warren, McKinley, Robinson, Camer
on, Oddie, Crampbon. Gordon, Lee,
Madden, Hull, Morin, John F. Miller,
Wurzbach, Percy E. Quin, Rankin,
Curry, Crisp, Winslow, Sproul, George
M. Young, Timberlake, Michener, Un
derhill, Zihlman, Driver, Edward Tay
lor, Kahn, Dowell, James G. Strong.
This party will be followed by Sen
ator Wesley L. Jones and a number ol
members of the House committee on
Interstate commerce and fisheries.
HWMEH NAVAL VLSSEL
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NEW YORK, May 17.—The former
naval dispatch boat Yankton, holder
of a brilliant record during the war,
is revealed as a rum runner.
The Yankton, under British regis
ter, was captured today and as a re
sult warrants were issued for eight
men, the alleged heads of a nation
wide rum ring, on the charges of con- '
spiracy to violate the Volstead Act
and defraud the government of cus
toms’ duties.
VISITING IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 17.—Captain Otto
Sverdrup, the famous Norwegian ex
plorer, is in Seattle on business.
The Misses Nina Rhodes and Mar
tha Peterson were among the passen
gers on the Watson last evening. They ]
were listed for Snug Harbor where ,
they will enter the employ of the Pio j
neer Canning Company. ,
Mrs. R. L. Sparin, accompanied by
her daughter, Evelyn, was among the
Watson passengers this trip, returning
to their home at Kodiak. Mr. Sparin <
is the superintendent of a cannery >
plant at Kodiak. 1
Paul Svedeen and Oscar Dahl left 1
this morning for the Moose Pass sec- 1
tion to look over some contract work.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, May 17.—Fish prices s
May 16, fresh halibut 12% and eight 1
cents. i
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MINI FULL
POLICE BOAT PILOTS BOOTLEG
GERS INTO HARBOR IS
HIS CHARGE
SEATTLE, May 17.—Informed by
Inspector O’Brien that his retirement
on a pension had been decided upon,
Michael Powers, a veteran police cap
tain protested, with the charges that
“gambling and graft are prevalent in
Seattle, and that the police boat is
piloting bootleggers into the harbor
from Point No Point.”
The steamship Admiral Watson,
Capt. Oscar Anderson, master, arriv
ed in port last evening at nine o’clock
with a fair-sized passenger list for
Seward and many for the far places
to the westward. Those who made
reservations for Seward are;
Wm. Farrell, Miss M. C. Berns, S.
B. Finley, Nels Steele, Ray Wheeler,
H. H. Bugge, J. P. Davis, David Harp,
Mrs. Harp, A. C. O’Neill, Mrs. O’Neill,
Dan O’Neill, Harold O'Neill, Wm. ]
Black, Mrs. B. Gray, J. P. Walker, S.
Vricavich, B. Coffee, G. Sexton, C. Da
vis, R. Fields, H. K. Goodart, H. W.
Nettleton, G. B. Stewart, J. W. Lena
han, G. A. Henkle, L. Winert, and 21
steerage.
For Kodiak—J. T. Nedwideck, Mrs.
[Seuwideck, Col. K. A. Joyce, Col. J.
J. Graves, Mayor F. B. Hussey, Mrs.
Gl. A. Learn, Margaret Learn, Edna
Barnes, Mi's. R. L. Sparin , Evelyn
Sparin, Arthur Newberg, Mrs. E. A.
Lucas, Carl A. Sutter, Carl A. Nash,
Capt. Nash, F. G. Nash, P. L. Jensen,
Mrs. Jensen, Mrs. J. P. Isaacs, W. J.
McDonald, S. A. Baker, Mrs. Baker,
Capt. Thomas, Mrs. Thomas.
For Seldovia—R. B. Mays, D. B.!
Patterson.
Kukak—Mrs. J. W. Walker, J. Ran-!
:a, Mrs. Ranta, 8 steerage.
Snug Harbor—Nina Rhodes, Martha!
Patterson.
For Anchorage—G. E. Rocket el low,
3. S. Driscoll, W. R. King, Dr. M.
Race, Jas. Murray, Mrs. Murray, E.
Larson, R. A. Beman, Mrs. R. A. Be
nan, E. A. Ross, Mrs. Ross, G. A.
Wolf, Mrs. B. Haines, Sam Guyot.
UHICA IS ASSURED
OF ABIDING PEACE
WASHINGTON, May 17.—America
las every assurance of abiding peace
>o far as our relations with other peo
)les are concerned, Secretary Hughes
;aid in an address here before the Na
ional conference of social work.
Wm. Farrell, oldtime employe of the
:ommission, who recently left for the
States, returned last evening on the
Watson. He left this morning for the
lorth to reassume his position with
he railroad. He says the outside is
oo swift for a sourdough.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Ranta, and Mrs. J.
W. Walker, passengers on the Wat
ion,_ were listed for Kukak, where
hey will be employed by the Hem
ick Packing company.
PRESIDENT
ALABAMA SENATOR CHUCKS HAT
IN RING AS COMPETITOR
AGAINST HARDING
WASHINGTON, May 17.—The first
Democratic hat to be chucked oft'i.
cially into the 1924 presidential ring
will belong to Senator Oscar Under
wood of Alabama, and according to
the word passed around in democratic
circles in the capital today, Alabama’s
senator will do the chucking formally
and officially when he returns from
Europe next month.
TALLASON FUNERAL HFLO
Funeral services for the late Tal
lack Tallason were held yesterday
afternoon at the undertaking parlors,
with Mrs. Harriet Dunlap, of the local
M. E. church conducting the ceremo
nies. Special music for the occasion
was rendered by a quartette compos,
ed of Miss Elizabeth Romig, Mrs. D.
H. Tver, H. L. Smith and P. C. Mc
Mullen. The floral offerings were pro
fuse and beautiful, covering and
banking the casket.
The pall bearers were old friends
and members of the Moose lodge,
which turned out in a body to pay
their final respects to a departed
brother. School was also dismissed
for the afternoon, allowing the pupils
and teachers an opportunity to attend.
A lpniythv fnllnwaH t ho
body to the local cemetery where the
final exercises were held by the
Moose lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Datson were
among the northbound passengers this
morning, going to Mile 12, where Mr.
Datson will be in charge of the road
construction work.
Melvin Startzman, lineman in the
employ of the commission, arrived in
town last evening on his regular trip
of inspection.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. O’Neil and fam
ily were noted among the arrivals of
last evening. Mr. O’Neil will enter
the employ of the commission at An
chorage, leaving this morning for the
north.
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HUBS if STUDENTS
SHOT 111 Jfffflf.SE
MANILA, P. I., May 17.—Hundreds
of Chinese students, who have been
boycotting Japanese goods, have been
shot by Japanese marines, at Eai
Chang, in the province of Hupeh, ac
cording to advices received here to
day.
BONAR LAW MAY RESIGN
LONDON, May 17.—French spe
cialists have declared Bonar Law’s
throat trouble the forerunner of a
complete collapse and advise him to
give up his post.
D. B. Patterson, former master of
the Grizzly, at Seldovja, was among
those who returned north last even
ing, going to the westward with the
departure of the vessel.
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LONDON, May 17.—“The less we
talk about our American cousins and
that blood is thicker than water, the
better it will be for us,” declared
Wickham Stead, editor of the London
Times, in a speech before the Pil_
grim’s society.
‘‘As soon as we get it into our
minds and speech that Americans are
foreigners and not just slightly differ
ent and slightly spoiled Englishmen,
we will get somewhere,” he added.
SEATTLE, May 17.—The Western
Whaling & Trading Company’s auxil
iary powered schooner Carolyn Fran
ces, Capt. John Worth, the first ves
sel to depart during the 1923 season
for the Kuskokwim, sailed for Bethel
at 1:00 o’clock this afternoon with 900
tons of mining machinery and sup
plies, much of it for the McGrath min
ing district.
The Carolyn Frances carried three
passengers, Ralph Hirsch, J. A. Cas
serley of New York and Alaska Dredg
ing Company, and F. Brock, of Felder,
Gale and Company.
The principal cargos of the Carolyn
Frances and also of the steamer San
ta Ana, scheduled to sail for Bethel
Saturday, is consigned to the North
ern Commercial Company.
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DUBLIN, May 17.—An intervention
action begun here in the Court of Ap
peals by Mrs. Ethel P. White, daugh
ter of the late Richard Crocker, Tam
many boss, alleges that prior to and
vat the date of her pretended marriage
to Richard Crocker, deceased, that j
Mrs. Bula Crocker was the wife of j
Guy R. Malone, of which fact Richard j
Crocker was then and during the rest !
of his life wholly ignorant, living with !
the woman in the belief she was his'
natural wife.
WASHINGTON, May 17.—Presi
dent Harding has been asked to seek
an understanding with the nations
that compel their ships to carry li- j
quor as part of the crew’s rations, as
the prohibition enforcement officials
have struck a snag in drafting regu
lations to carry out the supreme court |
decision barring liquor on foreign
ships within American territorial wa
ters.
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas were among
the westward passengers last evening
with Kodiak as their destination. The
captain has a saltery at Point Mc
Kinley, which he will place in opera
tion shortly after his arrival.
Mr. and Mrs. David Harp arrived
from the stales last evening and will
make a permanent residence in the
north.
PEKING, May 17.—V. Barube, a
Frenchman, who was amon? the cap
tives held by the Suchow bandits, has
been released on parole, and has ar
rived ajt Tsaochwang, with further de
mands from the bandits for the re
moval of the troops. It is expected he
will return to bandit headquarters to
in accordance with the promise made
when leaving.
Report Is Confirmed
SHANGHAI, May 17.—Confirmation
was received here today of the pre
vious report that the Suchow bandies
had killed three of their Chinese pris
oners.
Vote of Confidence Fails
PEKING, May 17.—At the height of
the government’s troubles over ban
dit and other outrages to foreigners,
the House of Representatives sitting
in committee today voted a lack of
confidence in the administration.
Captives Send Out Message
SHANGHAI, May 17.—Leon Fried
man, who is held captive by the Su
chow train bandits today managed to
get a message out to his brother Max,
saying ‘‘Don’t expect our release for
several weeks.*’
Troops and Bandits Fight
TIEN TSIN, May 17.—Government
troops clashed with the outposts of
the Suchow' train bandits near Han
Chwang. The brigands were attempt
ing to join the main body of outlaws
in the Paotzuku mountains wdien they
encountered the government troops.
RRY I, SIASER TO
Harry I. Staser of Anchorage was
officially named deputy marshal for
Anchorage this week, and will take of
fice about the first of the month. Mr.
Staser succeeds Clarence Mossman,
who has been deputy at Anchorage
since the town first started. Mr. Sta
ser has been employed by the Engi
neering commission, and also repre
sented the Third division as repre
sentative. He is a young man of
great ability and will make an effi
cient and capable officer.
Mr. Mossman, the retiring deputy,
was an appointee of Marshal F. R.
Brenneman. He is one of the most
fearless and conscientious officials
of the Third division, and it is with
deep regret that the Gateway chroni
cles his retirement.
TACOMA, May 17.—Bandits held up
George Lezeth and forced him to di
vulge the hiding plpace of $4,750 he
had in his house.
Capt. Nash, one of the Admiral Line
officials was among those on the Ad
miral Watson last evening making the
round trip for vacationing purposes.
Mrs. J. W. Isaacs was among those
listed for Kodiak on the Admiral Wat
son. On returning here she will pro
ceed to Anchorage to pay an exten
sive visit with the Balderston family.