JUNEAU LIGHT CO.
LOSES IN RATE CASE
IN SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14— '
The Alaska Electric Light and Pow
er company of Juneau, Alaska, lost
the decision in the United States su
preme court today in its petition lor
a rehearing of a suit to prevent the
city of Juneau enforcing an ordi
nance reducing the rates charged by
the company for light and power. The !
case was bitterly fought from the I
time Judge Reed made a decision in |
favor of the city, early last year.
The company will be compelled to
refund several thousand dollars to
electric consumers.
GASBOAT VIGILANT WRECKED
BEACH AT ANCHOR POINT
SELDOVIA, Oct. 13.—Knute Arm
strong. arriving in Seldovia recently
from Ninilchick, reports the gasboat
Vigilant, owned by Captain Pond, as ;
being on the beach near Anchor
Point. He could not state as to its
immediate danger or whether it was
badly wrecked.
The Everett Pacific Fisheries Co.,
lost 1S9 barrels of herring overboard
from the scow they were using when
the latter capsized early this morn
ing. It is believed that most of the
fish can be salvaged in low water.
WOMEN'S CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR
The Women’s Club held its annual
election of officers the first meeting
of the year, Oct. 2nd and the follow
ing members were elected to office:
Mrs. H. B. Selby, president; Mrs.
Alvah Eames, vice president; Mrs. H.
S. Balderston, secretary; Mrs. Charles
Krefting, treasurer; Mrs. C. C. Hinde,
corresponding secretary.
A good year is predicted and it is
hoped that every member will take an
active part in helping the club to a
successful year of work and play.
NELLIE CASHMAN VERY
ILL IN SEATTLE
Nellie Cashan, Alaska pioneer min
ing operator, is reported to be seri
ously ill in Providence hospital in
Seattle, where she went several
weeks ago, following a severe illness
at Fairbanks. She was on her pro
perties in the Koyukuk last spring
when a spell of pneumonia caused
her to discontinue her trip.
At Cordova recently Oscar Wilson
was found guilty of having intoxi
cating liquor in his possession. He
claimed the liquor which was found
in a sack near his cabin was not his,,
but the jury believed he was wrong
and so found.
Mrs. Anna Cole, a pioneer of Val
dez, and a large property owner in
that camp, died recently of diabetes,
from which she had been suffering for
many years. The deceased named
George J. Love executor of her will,
and left her property to three children
in the states. She owned 62 houses
and cabins in Valdez.
The KOHLER
Automatic POWER
and LIGHT Plant
—requires no storage batteries
for power and light
—produces standard 110 volt
electricity
'—has a capacity of 1500 watts or
two electrical horsepower
—operates simply at the touch
of ary button anywhere on
the circuit
Write for illustrated literature.
Come in and see the plant in
operation
C. E. Orlander
COAL CONTRACTS AWARDED
BY THE ALASKA RAILROAD
The Alaska Railroad yesterday
waarded coal contracts aggregating
5.000 tons of which 2,000 tons went
to the Baxter-Bedell mine, 2,000 tons
to the Premier Coal company and
1.000 to Phillips & Company. The
awarding of the contracts will neces
sitate the employment of a number
of men in the Moose Creek fields,
where the mines are located.
BRANDEGEE SUICIDE
OVER RECENT LOSSES
WASHINTON, D. C., Oct. 16.—Sen
ator Frank Brandegee committed sui
cide because of recent and continued
losses in real estate ventures, was the
report made today by friends of the '
deceased. It was stated that the aged |
senator had invested heavily in real j
estate a few years ago, these invest- ;
ments turning out worthless, and that;
his mental condition was the cause of
suicide.
REDONDO WILL MEET
YUKON AT UZINKIE ON
ACCOUNT OF BAD STORM
According to announcement made
by the local office of the Alaska S .S.
Co. ,the Redondo will not return to
Seward this trip. The Redondo will
meet the YTukon at Uzinkie on Kodiak
Island, and will transfer passengers
and freight at that point.
The Redondo reported that due to
rough and severe weather, she was
unable to make Kodiak her last trip.
The winter schedule and folder of the
Alaska Steamship Co., has been re
ceived by the local office. According
to the schedule the boats wall run the
same as usual until January 3, when
the Alameda will replace the Yukon,
and January 10, when the Victoria
takes the place of the Northwestern
for two trips. The Yukon will be back
on the run north late in March.
ADMIRAL WATSON SAILED
SEWARD THIS MORNING
SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—The Admiral
Watson of the Pacific Steamship Co.,
sailed from Seattle this morning for
Seward and Anchorage, with a capa
city cargo and forty passengers.
For Anchorage—George Kamusti.
For Kodiak—D. Novikoff.
For Seldovia—Mrs. John Sandwick.
None was listed for Seward.
RAILROAD PORTER DEAD
Ben Johnson, a colored porter on
the Alaska Railroad, died last week
from an undetermined cause. John
son was taking a vacation at Lane at
the time of his death, and had plan
ned to go back home in Ohio for
Christmas, He has a mother and
sister in Ohio.
OIL DOCK BUSY.
During the past few days the fish
ing boats Scandia, Northland, Sea
Maid and Seattle, called at the oil
dock for fuel oil. The tanker Stan
dard Service is due at Seward about
(he 25th, inst.
FAIRBANKS COUPLE WED
Miss Mary Harry and Joseph Kep
pler were united in marriage at Fair
banks last week.
PENNSYLVANIA HAD
PROMISED TO RAISE
BIG CAMPAIGN FUND
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—Pennsylvania
Republicans who had assumed the bur
den of electing Coolidge and Dawes
came under the searchlight of the sen
atorial committee, investigating cam
paign contributions and expenditures.
Under severe grilling by Senator
Caraway, democrat, of Arkansas, Hod
ges, treasurer, revealed that Joseph
R. Grundy of Bristol, Pennsylvania,
was delegated to raise $3,000,000, half
of Pennsylvania’s quota, in the pres
ent Republican national campaign.
PRIMITIVE METHODS USED
In many California counties where
the forest service prohibits the dis
charge of firearms during the dry
season, for fear of forest fires, hunt
ers have reverted to the bow and ar
row, several deer being killed by this
method.
VOTE FOR
AARON E. RUCKER
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Democratic Candidate for Representative, Territorial
Legislature
RESIDENT THIRD DIVISION 14 YEARS
HALIBUT BOATS ADD
TO VOLUME TRADE
Seward merchants have enjoyed
an unusually good business this fall
from halibut boats calling here for
fuel oil and supplies, the number be
ing greatly augmented since the es
tablishment of the Standard Oil
tanks. The Seward Trading company
reports selling outfits to the follow
ing: The Daily, Prosperity, Superior,
Seawing, Arrow, Seymour, Tordensk
jold, Defense, Panaa, Eidsvold, Ori
ent, Helgoland, Republic, and a num
ber of others, fourteen boats outfit
ting here.
This with the expenditures for oil
and clothing, etc., for the crews has
turned quite a bit of money loose
here, the business steal1/ increasing
of Ia:e.
HUNTING PARTY RETURNS
AND LEAVES FOR STATES
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Hoover, Thos.
Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Sterl
ing, with guides Henry Lucas, Geo.
Nelson, Henry Frost, returned on one
of the last trains from the Fairbanks
district, the party leaving for their
home in Uniontown, Pa. They se
cured some fine caribou heads as
trophies as well as sheep, black bear,
moose and other game. All members
of the expedition were profuse in j
praise of the guides and packers, stat-1
ing that they had secured the best
[service in many years of hunting.
The Hoovers and Sterlings left here
I about three weeks ago for the Inte
rior following a hunt on lower Ke
nai.
An unusual feature of the hunt on
iKenai was in the manner of securing
one of the fine rams. The animal was
shot by Thomas Hoover, one of its
fore legs being shot away and one
of its hind legs broken. The animal
ran down the mountain followed by
Hoover and George Nelson, his guide,
land after a long chase was caught
[crossing a stream, and Hoover sat
on it until it was drowned, the guns
|having been dropped in the chase.
Next year the party will hunt in i
' Africa, where they have bagged |
imany trophies heretofore.
i i
OLDTIMER FROM INTERIOR
LEAVES FOR THE STATES
I N. J. Nicholson, an oldtimer from
| the Fairbanks section, was an arrival
on Saturday’s train, leaving on the
Alaska for the States, where he was
formerly a well known contractor
and builder. Mr. Nicholson, in an
interview with a Gateway represen
tative stated that Fort Yukon is one
of the busy spots along the Yukon,
where a large trade is done with In
dians. While at Ft. Yukon, Mr. Ni
Icholson moved the Hudson Stuck
J memorial hospital to a spot 2,000 feet
back from the river, where it was
I menaced by annual floods. A con
crete foundation was placed under
j the building, and the heating plant
j overhauled and installed. Mr. Nich
iolson also installed a light plant at
i t he Stevens river post. He states
! that the Yukon mission building
1 which was destroyed by fire recently,
!will be rebuilt, this being the occa
sion of his visit to Seattle, where
he will purchase material and sup
plies for the new building. He de
clares the library of the late Arch
deacon Stuck, which was burned with
the mission, was one of the finest
|in Alaska, and invaluable.
From Fort Yukon, Mr. Nicholson
! floated to Rampart on a raft. He
i said cold wreather had set in early
Jon theYukon, considerable snow hav
ing fallen.
About sixty whites and 300 natives
are at Fort Yukon, and at Stevens
Village about 100 natives and a few
iwhites are located.
GERMANY PROUD OF
RECORD BEING MADE
BY DIRIGIBLE ZR-3
BERLIN, Oct. 16.—An unprecedent
ed wave of pride and enthusiasm is
sweeping over Germany as a result
of the performance of the Zeppelin
ZR-3, which yesterday completed the
longest continued flight ever made
by a lighter-than-air craft. President
Coolidge, in a telegram of congratula
tions to Dr. Hugo Eckener, in charge
of the dirigible, stated that “the
flight of the ZR-3 from Germany to
the United States was an epochal
achievement because it demonstrate!
as never before the feasibility of long
distance flights by lighter-than-air
craft.”
This telegram occupies a conspicu
ous place on the front pages of Ger
man newspapers, who play up the
record-breaking trip in black head
lines.
Dr. J. H. McCallie, pioneer dentist
of Anchorage was an outside passen
ger on the Alaska, where he will visit
many eastern cities and states. He
will take a post graduate course in
dentistry before returning north.
RIVER MEN IN SEWARD
ON WAY TO THE STATES
With the end of transportation for
this season on the Yukon river, the
crews of the General Jacobs and
General Davis left on the Alaska Sat
urday night for their homes in the
States.
Those going Outside were: Andy
Livingston, pilot of the Jacobs; Cap
tain Crowley of the Davis; Captain
Looney of the Jacobs; Captain
Adams of the Davis; L. M. Dow,
chief engineer of the Jacobs; Thom
as Hyde, chief engineer of the Da
vis; Jack Corey, second mate on the
Davis; Richard Sessions, purser on
the Jacobs; Abbott, purser Davis;
Dielrich, second engineer on the Ja
cobs; Walter Johnson, second en
gineer on the Davis; Fred Racey,
second mate on the Jacobs; Bill
Hartnell, first mate on the Davis;
and E. Swase, second mate on the \
Tanana.
DIRIGIBLE ZR-3 NOSES
ONTO UNITED STATES
SOIL AT EARLY HOUR
BOSTON, Oct. 15.—Flying low over,
the city the huge German-built Zep
pelin, purchased by the United States
government from Germany, arrived
here this morning en route from Ber
lin from where it sailed Sunday !
morning. The hum of its engines
were heard over Providence, R. I.,
and an hour later the huge machine
settled down to its mooring mast at
Langley Field at 9:00 o’clock, hav
ing completed the trip without acci
dent of any kind.
Dr. Eckener, who is Gremany’s rep
resentative in turning the airship
over to the United States, reports a
fine passage with the exception of
a few hours delay caused by heavy
winds off the Azores. The big ship
behaved beautifully, and the machin
ery functioned perfectly. Capt. SteeF,
Lieut. Com. Kelein, and Major Frank
Kenedy, United States naval offi
cers who made the passage on the |
ship stated that it exceeded their
expecttaions, and would be a wel
come addition to the navy’s flying
fleet.
“We are ready to continue our
flight to the North pole,” said Capt.
Steele up his arrival at Lakehurst.
“There is no question but that we
could have circumnavigated the world
without stopping, had we so desired.”
The ZR-3 will be accepted by the
United States some time this week
and will probably be renamed, as
was the Shenandoah. It has been
suggested that the new ship be nam
ed the “Warren G. Harding.”
Establishes World Record
LAKEHURST N J... Oct. 15.-The
Zeppelin ZR 5 came tu lost lightiy r.t
Lakehurst F'eld at D:f5 a. m. today
after she had passed over By.'.cr.
Providence, Newport, and New io.k
City early this morning.
She completed her journey from;
Friedrichshavcn, Germany, a trip of
5,000 miles in 81 hours, 25 minutes.
Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the j
airship and president of the Zeppelin j
Company jubilantly declared: “Gentle- j
men, a new world record for 5,000
miles of continuous flight has been
established.”
DAVIS PROMISES GREAT
THINGS IN CASE HE IS
ELECTED AS PRESDENT
. _
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 15.—John
W. Davis, democratic candidate for
the presidency, told his hearers in
a speech last night that he would
demand his repudiation by his party
and his recall within two years after
he assumes the presidency, provided
he is elected, if by that time he has
no driven privilege and corruption
from the Nation’s capital'. He stat
ed that during the last administra
tion special privilege had dominated
the halls of congress, and that the
average man had no chance to se
cure public utilities without the con
sent of certain senators and congress
men.
YOUNG AMERICA IN PORT
The Young America, a halibut boat
arrived in port yesterday with a full
fare, clearing this morning for the
banks.
STANDARD OIL NEWS
The Whaler Tanginak, owned by
the North Pacific Sea Product Co.,
of Senifle, Wn„ called at the oil
dock t is week for fuel oil. Another
whaling vessel is expected in port
soon, but became separated from the
Tanginak in a heavy storm.
The halibut bo. ", Clara, Defense
and Young America, called in for
fuel oil.
W. E. Moultray is expected to ar
rive on the steamer Yukon tonight.
Koslosky Brothers, of Anchorage,
who have been Outside on a business
trip are returning passengers on the
steamship Yukon.
YOUNG SOLDIER LOSES
LIFE WHILE HUNTING
A young soldier named Brook was 1
instantly killed at Ancho
day while hunting with a companion,
whose naipe was not learned. It ap
pears that the pair were hunting and
came to a fence ,the soldier going thru
first. The companion followed and
his gun catching in the wire exploded,
killing Brook instantly. The name
of the boy accompaning Brook was not
learned not were any of the particu
lars of the affair.
HOPES OF DEMOCRATS
THIRD DIV., BRIGHT
--
Word received on the S.S. Alaska
from Frank A. Boyle, Democratic
candidate for Delegate to Congress,
is very encouraging from a Demo
cratic standpoint. He reports that
after a campaign through most of!
the Third division he has good pros
pects of carrying the Third division.
The Democratic divisional ticket is
also gaining strength.
The promise of the Democratic can
didates to work for a law which will
enable Alaskans to homestead or
otherise acquire title to fox islands
has gained them many votes.
AMERICAN COUPLES
SCURRY TO LONDON
FOR NUPTIAL KNOT
LONDON, Oct. 15.—London has
“arrived” as a mecca for American
marriages.
According to figures from London
registry offices more than 2,000 cou
ples from the United States were
married here during the last three
months.
Many of the licenses were issued
from the offices of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, several of them being of
the special variety permitting the
ceremony to be performed at other
than the prescribed locality and time.
These licenses are issued on payment
of 25 pounds.
The favorite churches are St.
George’s, where President Roosevelr j
was married in 1S86, and St. Mar-1
garet’s, a small chapel adjoining the
Westminster Abbey.
CABLE CONNECTED
UP WITH CORDOVA
The new cable was connected up
with Cordova this morning and mes
sages may now be sent over the line
radio since early last spring. This
which has been cut off from commu
nication with other towns, except by
radio since early last spring.
GAS BOAT MERIDIAN
GOES ON A REEF
The gas boat Meridian went on the
rocks near Cape Omanay last week
and two persons were drowned when
a skiff in which the owner and his
son were salvaging their property
from the wreck overturned near the
shore.
HIRST SELLS STORE
Bernard Hirst, a pioneer merchant
of Sitka recently sold his store and
stock of goods to a Sitka firm and
left for the States. He retains his
real estate. The family expects to
engage in business Outside,
EUL15 BALL'C«1L1 HI LI.
ELLIS BALL
CHILI MILL
The mill that takes the pros
pector off the labor market.
Cheaper than an trastra, more
efficient than a stamp mill.
Made in sizes from
TWO TO FIFTY TONS
DAILY CAPACITY
Priced $150 to $1989
Investigate the Ellis Mill First
NELS HAGEN
ALASKA AGENT -
Write for information to
P. O. Box 1105
SEWARD. ALASKA
MRS. NELLIE T. ROSS
RECEIVES NOMINATION
WYOMING DEMOCRATS
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Oct. 15.—Mrs
Nellie Taylor Ross, widow of the late
Governor W. B. Ross, of Wyoming^
was nominated by acclamation this
afternoon in the Democratic State
convention as a candidate for govern
or on the Democratic ticket, alter the
the name of Patrick O’Connor of
Casper, had been withdrawn. Earlier
in the day the Republican State con
vention nominated Eugene J. Sulli
van of Basin.
TWO NAVAL FLIERS DIE
WHEN PLANES CRASH
ABOVE CORONADO FIELD
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17.—Two na^l
flyers were killed late this afternoon
when a combat plane and a “jenny”
plane crashed high over Coronado
field. Chief Rigger Robt. Kerr was
pilot in the combat plane, carrying
Ensign Merritt and Jordan Flanders
as passengers, both of whom were
killed when their plane crashed to the
ground following the mid air collision.
Gunner Wm. Cole, flying in the jen
ny ulane saved his life by the use of
his parachute, jumping clear of the
falling plane, and escaping unharmed.
The schooner Olive which went
on the beach last spring at Kanaia'i?
during a heavy blow' was pulled oft
by the Nile, it is stated, and was tow
ed to Kodiak where the vessel was
beached. Capt. Olsen will get the
insurance on the wrecked vessel and
the insurance company will sell her
later.
Mrs. Eli Dehon, wife of the owner
of the Pioneer Steam Laundry of tga
chorage is a returning passenger on
the steamship Yukon.
A. Fountain
of
Beauty linked with power that
stays young — that’s the Willys- 4
Knight! The quiet Willys-Knight
sleeve-valve engine improves with
use — a fountain of thrills and
satisfactions. In ten years we have
never known a Willys-Knight
engine to wear out! Touring
$1195, Coupe-Sedan Standard
$1450, 5-pass. Standard Sedan,
now $1695, f. o. b. Toledo.
WILLYS ■
KNIGHT
P. M. OGLE, AGENT
Seward, Alaska