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i| Volume 20. number 59 seward, Alaska, Monday, march 2, 1925
Eastern Seaboard Rocked By Severe Earthquakes
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COPPER RIVER METROPOLIS MAY RAVE
SERWUS EPIDEMIC DREAD DIPHTHERIA;
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AUTHORITIES TELEGRAPH FOR SERUMS
CORDOVA, Mar. 2.—John Ramigard, two years old,
died at 4 p. m. yesterday of diphtheria. Eleven contacts
have been inoculated and quarantined, and the city schools
ordered closed. A new case was discovered this morning
wrhen Dr. W. W. Council was called in to treat a sick pa
tient. Dr. W. H. Chase, health officer, says that 20,000
units of antitoxin are on hand, and has telegraphed for
more. It is believed that the suspects can be kept under
control. Plenty of medical assistance.
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POWDER BLAST
INJURES OVER 900
BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 2.—A dis
patch to La Nacion from Rio de Jan
eiro says that the known casualties
from Friday’s explosion at Caju isl
and near Nichteroy are eight dead,
:fr 600 injured and 300 missing. The ex
plosion was of such force that it caus
ed the partial Disintegration of Caju
Island, which was used for an arse
nal for Rio Janeiro and also for the
manufacture of munitions.
TRANSMISSION PHOTOGRAPHS
BY TELEPHONE ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2.—
- The transmission of photographs over
telephone wires today from here to
New York. Chicago and San Francis
co, simultaneously, was declared a suc
# cess by the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company, which arranged
the demonstration as a final test be
fore announcing the establishment of
a general continental picture trans
mission service.
v Borah Loses Fight To
Have Senate Bill Killed
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Mar. 2.—
Senator Borah lost the fight to have
the Senate rescind its action in vot
ing for an increase of salaries for sen
ators and representatives, when the
Senate refused to suspend the rules
and pass the amendment, together
with the second deficiency appropria
tion bill.
ARGENTINA GET ROCKEFELLER
AID FIGHT TROPICAL DISEASES
BUENOS AIRES, March 2.—The
Rockefeller Foundation will aid the
Argentine sanitary authorities in
fighting tropical diseases in northern
Argentina, it has notified Dr. Grego
rio Araoz Alfaro, Director of Nat
ional Hygiene Department.
Dr. Alfaro recently returned from
the United States where he explain
ed the conditions prevailing in that
region to Rockefeller Foundation offi
cials. It is understood that the
Foundation will send a commissioner
to Argentina to arrange preliminary
details and the manner wherein the
aid will be rendered.
GAftRETT SELECTED AS
DEMO. CANDIDATE SPEAKER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2 —
Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee, was
selected as Deir^ ^atic candidate for
speaker, but wi. .ntinue as minority
leader, due to Republican control.
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Federal Officer Killed
By Bomb m Automobile
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Mar. 2 —
Orville A. Pewster, Federal customs
officer active in suppressing liquor
smuggling here, was instantly killed
by a bomb concealed in his automo
bile which exploded when he pressed
the starter. Elmer Whiteacre, who
was with him, a friend of Pewster,
was fatally hurt. Pewster's brother,
Lucas, wras former county leader of
the Ku Klux Klan.
HARTLEY ACCEPTS THE
RESIGNATTION OF .DIBBLE
OLYMPIA, Wash., Mar. 2—Governor
i Hartley announced today the accep
j tance of the resignation of Director
of Licenses Dibble, and the appoint
ment of Charles R. Maybury, of Se
attle, effective March 16. Maybury is
chief clerk of the House.
TOMMY MILTON WINS
250 MILE AUTO RACE
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CULVER CITY, Calif., Mar. 1.—
: Tommy Milton won the 250 mile auto
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; race staged by the American Auto
mobile Association here yesterday,
finishing in 1 hour, 58 minutes, 13
seconds. He came under the wire
three laps ahead of the field. Peter
De Paola was second; Robert Mc
Donough, third; Harry Hartz, fourth.
The weather was intense# hot and
only nine of the 19 starters were able
to finish.
SEATTLE TRUCK RUNS
AWAY INJURING TWO
SEATTLE, Mar. 2.—A truck ran
away yesterday, the driver attempted
to change gears plunging down Thom
as street onto Eastlake avenue. The
truck hit an auto and overturned
upon Mrs. Mabel Petroulias, hurting
her and her son, 6, who was walking
with her. The driver of the auto and
two persons on the truck were unin
jured. Police found the truck clutch
repaired with bailing wire.
SENATE ACCEPTS CHANGES
RIVERS AND HARBOR BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2.—
The House accepted the Senate amend
ments to the rivers and harbors bill,
and sent the measure to the Presi
dent, authorizing improvements esti
mated to cost $42,000,000.
George “Stormy” Black, of Nenana,
who has steamers plying the Tanana
is on his way to Juneau on the Romeo
Hoyt case.
FOES MAY FORCE GEN. MITCHELL
OUT
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Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, assis
tant to the Chief of Air Service o:
the U. S. Army, who may soon b<
far from his capital job and lose his
rank due to his strong, outspokei
drives for a united and stronger aii
force and unification of the army
navy and air services under a Sec
retary of the Defense. It is due t<
General MitchelJ, that there is st
much consternation in Washingtoi
where he excited the departments by
declaring there was a waste of mil
lions on ships that could be sunk by
airplanes.
Failure Dawn to Dusk
Flight Due to Inefficiency
MACON, Ga., Mar. 2—The failur<
of the dawn to dusk flight from th(
Selfridge Field in Michigan to Miami
Fla., Commander Major Lanphier saic
“proves the contention of Brigadiei
General Mitcheel that America’s aii
defense is inadequate. There are only
fifteen planes in the nation today
which are equipped for active war ser
vice, and only 12 of these have avail
able pilots. In fact the air force o:
America is in Macon tonight. If th(
air force had been adequate the flighi
would have been a success. Every
man in the service supports Mitchel
in his fight for a better service.”
MUNITION DEPOT EXPLODES;
HUNDRED SIXTY KILLEE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Mar
2.—One hundred rebels and 60 towns
folk were killed yesterday when £
munitions depot exploded at Kharpui
as rebels were pillaging the town.
Columbia Basin Project
Reported by Engineer!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2.
Conclusion that the proposed immense
Columbia basin project in Washingtoi
and Oregon is' physically feasible, anc
that attention should be focused or
the factors which will determine it*
financial £esability was contained ir
a report by a special board of engi
neers, made public today by the Inte
rior department.
T. G. Griffith, former bookkeepei
on the Alaskan in Anchorage, is or
his way to Wrangell on the Yukon
He will enter the cannery -'rvice ii
\ town.
EASTERN STATES AND THE MIDDLE WEST
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SHAKEN BY MOST TERRIFIC SHOCKS FELT
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!N PAST TWO HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS
NEW YORK, March 2.—One of the heaviest earth
quake shocks since 1755, was felt from Northeastern New
England to Mississippi, in the provinces of Ontario, Que
bec, at South Wheeling, Richmond, Louivilie. Millions of
persons were so badly alarmed that they scampered to
the streets the theatres and cafes emptying like magic.
Severe tremors were felt in New York, Chicago, Philadel
phia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit.
Earthquake shocks were also registered at Denver,
Seattle, Spokane, and other western cities.
The tremors started at 10:25 and lasted two minutes.
New York skyscrapers swayed from the shocks until the
tenants stampeded for the elevators, many becoming so
terror stricken they refused to re-enter the buildings.
TERRITORIAL
LEGISLATURE
CONVENED AT 12
| DELIA B. CHACE, HARRY MORTON
| AND WILL A. STEEL IN RACE
FOR CLERK HOUSE AND SEN
ATE-TWO MEMBERS ABSENT
(Special to Gateway.)
JUNEAU, Alaska, Mar. 2.—With
Senator Hunt of the First division,
and Representative Watson of the
r Fourth division absent, the Seventh
biennial session of the Alaska legis
lature convened at noon today, begin
ning its sixty day session. It was ex
pected that permanent organizations
would be perfected in both houses
within two days at the latest, and pos
sibly today. The House organization
may be delayed by the absence of
Representative Watson, but the Sen
ate is not likely to be deferred. Pi’e
organization talk is most desultory,
without definite lineups being settled.
Senator Ayer of Nome is believed to
be the candidate for president of the
Senate, if he will accept. He arrived
[ late Sunday night and his position is
unknown.
Charles H. Wilcox, representative
from the Third division, a long time
resident of Valdez, has been put for
1 ward by the Third division as a can
didate for speaker, the Paul element
' supporting H. H. Ross of Fairbanks
for that position, and the first test of
' strength between the irregulars and
' administration forces will come in the
selection of that officer. The members
of the Second division are of unknown
quality, but if one or two of them
supports the regular line-up it seems
> certain that it will carry out the House
line-up.
If Senator Ayer accepts the nomi
! nation for presidency of the Senate
L it is unlikely he will have any seri
1 ous opposition.
i A lively fight is forecast for secre
i tary of the Senate, with Mrs. Delia B.
Chase, Harry Morton, and W. A. Steel
. contending. Lawrence Kerr of Nome
will probably be selected for clerk
in the House unless a switch occurs
and he enters tre race for secretary
• of the Senate, while Mrs. Chace seeks
i the House position. Cash Cole is re
ported a candidate 3r the House
i clerkship. Watson has been suggest
ed for the chairmanship of the Ways
Naval Radio Stations
Can Transmit Press
WASHINGTON, p. CL, Mar, 2.—
President' Coolidge* signed the con*
gressicnal resolution extending for
two years the right to transmit press
by Naval radio stations.
SENATE TABLES BILL
TO PURCHASE CAPE COD
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2.—
Before the Senate passed the rivers
and harbors bill carrying over forty
one millions, it tabled the purchase of
the Cape Cod canal and the Gooding
long and short haul measures.
COOLIDGE SIGNS POSTAL BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2.—
President Coolidge signed the postal
pay rate increase bill.
KELSO CHILDREN
ARE FOUND DEAD
KELSO, Wash., Mar. 2.—Returning
from church services yesterday morn
ing, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bashor found
their two small children dead in her
bedroom, shot through the heart,
whether by accident or design is un
known. Both had been shot through
the heart by a pistol ball. Bashor is
cashier of the First National Bank of
Kelso. The affair is a mystery to the
authorities as the couple have had
no domestic trouble and made no ene
mies that are known.
EARTHQUAKE DISTURBANCE
STARTED NEAR GREAT LAKES
NEW YORK, Mar. 2—Scientists say
their preliminary observations con
cerning the earthquake which last
night shook the northeaster quarter
of the United States and Eastern
Canada tended to indicate that the dis
turbance started in the region of the
Great Lakes.
and Means committee.
The outlook is uncertain over the
proposed contest over the seating of
Wm. Paul, the Indian representative
from the First division, as the power
of the legislature to decide the con
test is vague, and court action would
be too long drawn out to aff the
present session.