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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 293
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Sixty Eighth Congress Convenes Today
HUME PUBLISHES
ALASKA
FORMER SEWARD RESI DENT ON
WAY TO WASHINGTON TO
INTERVIEW PRESIDENT
{SEATTLE, Deo. —“{Strangl
ing the Alaska Railway," is the
utie of a pamphlet just off tiie
press, from the xaciie pen of John
E. JBallaine, former promoter and
railroad builder oi Alaska.
Ballaine will leave ror Washing-i
ton this week to lay before Fresi-i
dent Coolidge his charges in
pamphlet form concerning the
Alaska railway.
Ballaine will insist that the road
be taken out of the hands of those
ne claims are its enemies, and will
tell the president that it is now inj
the hands of its enemies, and that;
there can be no development of!
traffic for the Alaska railroad un-j
der the hands of Governor Bone or
in control of his policies.
Ballaine writes as the closing
paragraph of his forty-four page
pamphlet that there can be no
development or needful measures
applied to make it an agency in
opening Alaska to settlement and
development as congress intended.!
because the process of strangula
tion has been both persistent and
cunning.
Ballaine will be supported in
his appeal to the President by the
Railway Brotherhoods of the Cni
?ed {States.
In his pamphlet Mr. Ballaine
follows closely along the articles
written for an Alaska paper at the
time the President was in the Ter
ritory. He believes that the right
of way should have followed the
Moose Pass route, and that the
section from Broad Pass to the
Tanana will have to be rebuilt on
account of loose rock and shale.
A bitter arraignment of the rail
road management for its expendi-:
ture of several millions in subsi
dizing the steamship companies to
haul its own freight is included in
•the schedule, and Ballaine declares
transportation companies were in
combine with the railway manage-1
ment under Col. Mears. to loot,
the treasury.
The attack follows closely along
the lines of previous attacks and
is alleged to have been inspired by j
Ballaine’s failure to secure the'
position of general manager.
Roy Gilley, of Uzinki, arrived from
Seattle on the steamship Victoria, and
will leave on the Starr for Uzinkie.
Mr. Gilley has been outside Interest
ing tourists in the Valley of the Ten
Thousand Smokes, for which place he
is a competent guide, having lived in
the vicinity for many years. He ex
pects to have his plans completed be
fore spring, which will be announced
later in the Gateway.
Fred Martin, the " known card
toonist and artist of Mile 40, has been
a Valdez visitor the past few days.
SEATTLE, Dec. 3.—Served with a
warrant charging him with forgery
and embezzlement as former city clerk
of Ellensburg, B. L. Titus shot and
killed himself today.
SHINKOKU MARU BREAKS IN
TWO FROM HEAVY BATTERING
Officers on the Victoria report the
Shinkoku Maru, wrecked on Montague
Island, has broken in two, and is rap
idly going to pieces under the heavy
battering of southerly gales. Capt.
Salter and crew will leave on the
Victoria, for Victoria, B. C.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN—Fresh halibut 13 and
eight cents.
JUNEAU—Fresh halibut nine and a
half and three and a half.
INVENTOR OF TALKING MOVIES
Theodore W. Case, of Auburn, N. Y.,
millionaire inventor, who has complet
ed the invention of “talking movies.”
He gave a successful demonstration
in his private laboratory tor a group
of movie magnates and newspaper
men.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 3.—Governor
McCray was arrested today on indict
ments returned against him last week
charging him with embezzlement. He
was later released on bond.
CAPT. O. A. JOHANSEN WORKS
FOR REVENUE CUTTER HERE
Capt. O. A. Johansen master of the
Starr is actively working with the lo
cal chamber of commerce for the es
tablishment of a revenue cutter at
Seward for relief of shipwrecked mar
iners and succoring parties marooned
along the coast. Capt. Johansen wired
Gov. Bone while at sea Saturday, em
phasizing the need of such vessel,
and declaring that had the radio at
Seward been in operation the Shin
koku Maru would ont have been
wrecked on Montague island, as the
vessel tried to ascertain the possibili
ties of getting oil, and could not get
in communication with Seward, conse
quently went to Cordova and while
returning was wrecked.
On his last trip Capt. Johansen sent
messages to the Governor and to Del
egate Sutherland regarding the rescue
of the Wells party aggregating $89.
Aonther subject in which Capt. Jo
hansen is vitally interested in the es
tablishment of lighthouses and blink
ers along the western Alaska coast, in
order to safeguard navigation. Capt.
Johansen declares that in all the long
stretch of coast there is but one or
two lights for the guidance of mari
ners.
LATIMER LEAVES LARGE ESTATE
SEATTLE, Dec. 3—The will of the
late W. H. Latimer, president of the
Dexter Horton Bank, which was pro
bated Saturday, gives his wife $321,
000, his daughter Margaret $50,000,
and seven sons $38,771 each.
FIRPO TO FIGHT WILLS
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 1.—Luts An
gel Firpo sent a message to Tex Rick
ard last night fixing May 5, 1924, as
the date on which he will meet Harry
Wills, the New Orleans negro, for a
heavyweight bout somewhere in the
United States.
ANCHOVY CANNERY STARTED
Arthur Silberman, better known in
Alaska as “The Count,” has started an
anchovy canning plant at Valdez.
Deputy Marshal Bert Hagen arrived
in Seward on Saturday night’s train,
and is registered at the Van Gilder.
Mr. Hagan is stationed at Nenana.
ANCHORAGE RESIDENT DIES
U. V. Westenbarger, 47, died in the
Anchorage hospital last week from
Bright’s disease. Mr. Westenbarger
went to Anchorage about three years
ago and has been part owner of the
Chickaloon hotel and taxi service. He
was an Odd Fellow.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3—That the
loyalty of the employes of the rail
roads ol the United States saved the
Allies during one ol the greatest
emergencies in the world war by rush
ing wheat to the short rationed west
ern front, and that he did not regard
government ownership as the wisest
solution of the American railroad
problems were outstanding statements
made here by Wm. McAdoo in an ad
dress to the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers and Firemen, celebrat
ing the 50th anniversary ol the found
ing of their organization.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—Mine. Ganna
Walska McCormick, and Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller McCormick, Harold Mc
Cormick’s first wife, met across the
dinner table at a family gathering
sponsored by Miss Elizabeth McCor
mick, a sister of Harold.
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DIED JULY TENTH,
INN. W. RE
SEAI1LE, Dec. 3.—Assistant En
gineer Syvertson, of Amundsen’s ex
ploration ship Maud, now drifting in
the Northwest passage died July lo,
aboard the vessel, according to a ra
dio message received in Christiana,
Norway, from Capt. Westing, master
of the vessel.
WOODEN FREIGHTER BOUGHT
BY PACIFIC PACKING CO.
SEATTLE, Dec. 3.—The Atlantic
and Pacific Company today purchased
the wooden government owned vessel
Abriila, one of the Lake Union flee:,
lor the Alaska cannery service.
DEPUTY MARSHAL REED TO
MAKE LONG WINTER TRIP
Weston N. Reed, deputy marshal at
Dillingham, is in Seward on his way
to his far westward home. He has
been in Valdez on court business con
nected with the Edwards murder case
and will take the Starr Wednesday
tor Kanatak. From Kanatak he will
travel between four and five hundred
miles by dog team to reach his head
quarters at Dillingham. Mr. Reed is
said to be one of the most efficient of
ficers in his district.
ROME, Dec. 3.—Six Hundred per
sons were drowned in the Dezzo and
and Camonica valleys, when a dike
burst flooding valleys with a moun
tainous wall of water. The valleys oi
Oezzo, Cuggia, Tevena and Corna
were inundated.
heavy gale blowing
A heavy gale is blowing outside i
is reported, and the Victoria is layim
in port until “ abates. She will sai
some time this afternoon.
SPENCER FOUND GUILTY
Otto Spencer ot Anchorage, arrest
ed tor assault with intent to rob on
the person of Captain Charles Volker
an aged Anchorage resident was
found guilty. ’ aS
SEATTLE LAWYER DEAD
SEATTLE, Dec. 3.—Richard Wi
sor, a Seattle lawyer, and fom
member of the school board, died h
yesterday at the age of 75.
BULKLEV WELLS PfflTfl
REPORTED OVERDUE;
SEARCH TO BE MADE
ONE OF SEWARD’S BEST KNOWN
GUIDES AT HEAD OF PARTY.
ON WAY TO SEWARD
A party composed of Bulkeley Wells
and wite, ot Denver, Colorado, with
Andy Simons, Seward’s well known
guide at ilie head, left Sand Point
November 2, tor Kodiak, on the gas
boat Viking, in command ot Captain
John Olsen, and have not yet arrived
at their destination, their protracted
trip causing their triends some uneasi
ness. When the party left Unga they
iiad killed no bears, and Mr. Wells
stated they would call in ai several
coves on the way down the coasi, and
endeavor to secure an animal or two.
The launch is a very seaworthy one,
02 ^ feet long, powered with a 4U
iiorse Standard, with two power ten
ders, and Captain Olsen is one of the
best navigators on the coast. A letter
received from Unga by Fred Pedersen
of this city stated there had been no
storms in that section, and it is be
lieved the party is snugly cached in
some bay, engaged in hunting.
A number of Seward citizens held a
meeting yesterday with Gov. Bone,
and asked him to have a cutter sent
in search of the party, which he prom
ised to do. Mr. Simons is familiar
with every nook and corner of the
coast, and it is believed that even if
motor trouble developed on the launch
the tenders would be able to tow her
to safety.
J<dge E. E. Ritchie today authoriz
ed the sending of a rescue boat from
Unga to search for the suposedly ma
rooned mariners, and a craft will leave
at once, connecting with the Starr at
Chignik.
Capt. Johansen of the steamer Starr
kept a good lookout for the Viking,
but could easily have passed her in
the night, or if she was in some shel
tered cove.
While the party is believed to be
safe, a search will be started at once,
in order to relieve the anxiety of
| friends.
EiELEE TO MONROE
NCTWK B! MI
PARIS, Dec. 3.—A serious menace
to America’s South American trail -
influence, amounting practically to a
challenge to the Monroe doctrine
looms in the new Italy-Spanisn treaty
sealed during the visit of King Al
fonso to Rome.
SEWARD FIRE DEPARTMENT
PUTS IN BUSY SABBATH
The Seward fire department had a
busy day yesterday, two alarms being
sent in, one in the morning and the
other about 3:30 in the afternoon. The
morning blaze occurred at the Seward
Bakery, the damage consisting of a
hole in the roof of the building and
some badly scorced wallpaper. The
blaze was extinguished in short order.
The afternoon run was to the resi
dence of John Rice, on first avenue.
Little damage was done, the fire
being caused by a hot stovepipe.
FIFTY SQUARE MILES LAID
WASTE BY MT. VESUVIUS
BERGAMO, Italy, Dec. 3.—tMftv
square miles have been desolated and
the rich Bergamo valley is a barren
waste following an eruption of Mount
Vesuvius. Mud and water cover the
area to a depth of twenty feet and the
bodies of hundreds of victims are lan
j gled with fallen trees, telegraph poies
and buildings. Hundreds of home
were destroyed.
RADIO MONOPOLY ASSERTED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—A report
has just been made public by the Fed
eral Trade Commission that radia
communication between the United
Slates and foreign countries is practi
cally monopolized by the Radio cor
poration of America. The same con
cern also dominates the field of ship
to-shore communication.
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FAMOUS YALE COACH
Tad Jones, head coach and able
leader ot the Yale football eleven,
which has made a good showing this
season.
SWISS FOR REPSIHS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3— Chief of
Army in a report to the Secretary of
War today declared that the White
House is unsafe and congress and
congress is asked to appropriate
$400,000 to reconstruct the interior of
the famous building and make it se
cure.
CAPT. NARO ON WAY TO
STATES FROM UNALASKA
Capt. H. Naro, a former resident of)
Seward, arrived on the Starr from
Unalaska island, where he is in com
mand of the launch Daisy, a supply
boat for the new trading and stock
raising company, which recently plac
ed 2,000 head of sheep on the island.!
Capt. Naro is on his way to Seattle,
to spend the winter with his family,
being the father of a fine daughter,
born recently, which he has never yet
seen. At one time Capt. Nara was in
command of the Eloise and Pulitzer,'
mail boats running to the westward.
He reports a fine summer at his loca
tion, and states his company will
place several thousand more sheep on
their property in the near future.
JUDGE RITCHIE ARRIVES
TO HOLD SHORT COURT TERM
Judge E. E. Ritchie arrived on the
steamship Victoria and will hold a
short court term here this week. He
was accompanied by Court Stenogra
pher Selma Scott, the only official
brought to Seward.
A1 Pell, well known Sewardite, re
turned on the Starr from Akun island
where he has been custodian of the
property of the defunct sulphur com
pany. Mr. Peel states that his dis
trict experienced some very bad gales
in September and October, but that
November was fine.
AMERICAN RADIO OPERATORS
LISTENING FOR ENGLISH WIRE
GARDEN CITY, N. Y„ Dec. 3—For
the past week American radio broao
cast listeners have been endeavoring
to hear test programs sent out from
stations in England. Last night selec
tions broadcasted from London and
Newcastle were heard here very dis
tinctly for a period of two minutes.
JAPANESE FARMERS ARE
CANCELLING CROP LEASES
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.—Japan
ese farmers In California are prepar
ing to cancel all 1924 crop contracts
to comply with the anti-alien laws.
This decision was reached by a con
ference of delegates representing 34
Japanese agricultural associations, the
cancellation affecting 200,000 acres of
farm lands.
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 3.—Thirteen
prisoners escaped from jail here oy
crawling through an abandoned tunnel
a hundred yards long.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The sixty
eighth congress assembled today, fac
ing many uncertainties, both as to its
ability to organize promptly, and to
enact even a minor portion of press
ing legislation confronting it, with the
Progressive bloc wielding the balance
af power and prepared to make a de
termined fight for reorganization of
all committees and for a revised legis
tive program.
The new Congress faces a situation
unparalleled in a number of years, be
ing confronted by a determined resis
tance to the soldier bonus, and by an
organized effort 10 secure an amend
ment to the Volstead act.
Alaska Budget Carries Large Sums
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—The Alaska
budget submitted to Congress today
asks for $11,026 for Mt. McKinley
Park; $1,500,000 for the expense of
operation of the Alaska railroad, to
supplement revenues for expense of
maintenance and operation of steam
ers on the Yukon for which $50,000
additional is asked; $750,OOo for a new
cable from Sitka to Seward, in addi
tion to $140,000 for maintenance.
Other important appropriations ask
ed for Alaska are: For contingent ex
penses of the Territory, $10,000; leg
islative expenses, $47,010; governor’s
salary, $7,000; continuing survey of
Alaska-Canadian boundaries, $38,015;
construction of Alaska roads and
trails, $600,000; for protection of seal
fisheries and provision for natives of
the Pribilof islands, $217,500; for care
and custody of insane, $150,000; for
suppression of alcoholic traffic, $15,
000; public schools, $50,000; for educa
tion of natives, $355,840; public land
office, and medical relief for natives,
$93,940; for support of reindeer sta
tions and instruction of natives in care
and management of the herds, $12,
500; to complete construction ot the
Cape Spencer light, $99,000.
Ledge and Longworth Leaders
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Thomas
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, repub
lican, is leader of the Senate, and
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, republi
can, leader ot the House, will control
the destinies ot the Sixtv-eighth con
gress. The Republicans will control
by a majority of six over all opposi
tion in the Senate, and 15 in House.
Progressive Bloc Makes Good
^ ASHINGTON, Dec. tj.—The Pro
gressive bloc in Congress today made
good its threat to throw' the House
into a deadlock over the election of a
speaker. On the first ballut no candi
date leceived a majority required to
elect.
Democrats Elect Robinson
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.— Senate
Democrats today elected Joseph T.
Robinson of Arkansas, floor leader.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.—C. K.
Vance, missing air mail pilot, was
found near Lake Tahot today, where
a storm damaged his plane, forcing
him to descend from an altitude of
16,000 feet, uninjured.
FORD CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—A confer
ence was held today between Henry
Ford and President Coolidge over the
Ford offer for the Mussel Shoals prop
erty.
W. F. Mencenbach of Grant Lake is
a Seward visitor.
E. J. McConnell, former Diesel en
gine operator for the Kennecott Cop
per Company, accompanied by his
wife, arrived on the last boat and
will visit his father, James McConnell
during the holidays.