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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 90. ^ °[
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SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NON-ms ME
FORMING IN JUNEAU;
REPUBLICAN PARTY
HAS BEEN DESERTED
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS IN FIRST DIVISION
MERGE
TURN REPUBLICAN PARTY
NAME OVER SUTHERLAND
Well Known Politicians of First Divi
scion Connive to Beat Suther
land—Wm. Paul Faction
JUNEAU, Alaska, April 22. (£>)—
Democrats and Republicans of the
entire First Division has joined to
gether in anticipation of nominating
an Independet Legislative ticket. They
have abandoned the party altogether
and have turned the Republican party
name over to the Sutherland-Wm.
Paul element, which controls the
Indian votes. There will be no Dem
ocratic ticket of the party endorsed.
Independent petitions are being
signed in Juneau, Ketchikan, Wran
gell and Petersburg in order to nom
inate for senator of the First Divi
sion, Allen Shattuck, wTell known Ju
neauite and President of the local
Chamber of Commerce. For Repre
sentatives, the “non-partisans” are
working up N. O. Hardy, democrat, of
Juneau, a member of the last Ter
ritorial Legislature; L. B. Kubley of
Ketchikan; A1 Gurr of Wrangell; and
Ed. Locken of Petersburg. Shattuck
and Hardy are Democrats, the other
Republicans.
An exciting campaign is predicted
for the Primary election on Tuesday.
The three-cornered Republican con
test for Delegate to Congress for Al
aska includes, Delegate Dan Suther
land, State Senator Frank A. Aldrich,
of Juneau; and, Harry G. McCain,
Ketchikan lawyer and former assist
ant district attorney of the Third
Division, stationed at Cordova. All
these men formerly belonged to the
Sutherland faction. Those heading
the Democratic ticket for Delegate to
Congress are Frank A. Boyle, Juneau
lawyer and formerly head of the
United States land office, and Gilbert
Adams, well known Nomeite.
SIXTH! YEARS BE
GIVEN FRANCE TO PAY
ANNUITIES TO U. S. A,
DEFINITE AGREEMENT FRENCH
DEBT SOON BE SIGNED IN
OPINION OF BRIAND
PARIS, April 22. (Jp) — Premier
Briand informed the Foreign Affairs
Committe of the Senate that the
agreement reached in principle be
tween Secretary Mellon and M. Ber
enger, French Ambassador, regarding
funding of the French debt, said a
definite agreement will soon be sign
ed.
By the terms agreed upon, commer
cial political debt will be merged.
France will pay annuities beginning
at twenty-five million and rising to a
hundred million until 62 years have
elapsed which will be the limit of
payment. France’s capacity to pay
at any time in the future might be
revised on a basis of amount possible
13 collect from Germany.
DISPERSING FOG APPARATUS
NOW BEING DEVELOPED
WASHINGTON, April 22. {IP)— An
apparatus for dispersing fog is being
developed at the Philadelphia Naval
Aircraft factory. A simple charging
screen, a transformer with a rectify
ing device, an airplane propellor and
a meter, all mounted on a truck.
With this device it has been found
possible to electrify 1,700,000 cubic
feet of air per minute and cut a path
2,000 feet wide and 1,000 feet high
through a fo.g
ANDREWS MAY VISIT ALASKA
Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, head of
the national prohibition enforcement
agencies, may visit Alaska during the
coming summer. He is particularly
^nxious to visit portions of the Ter
ritory it was said.
FURS AUCTIONED, SEATTLE
SEATTLE,- April 22. (^P)—Forty-five
Blue fox pelts were auctioned at the
Fur Exchange yesterday. Lots of one
to six brought from $7.50 to $52. The
offerings included Mink, Red Fox and
Ermine. The pelts were part of the
winter’s catch of Alaska and North
ern Canada.
TWO BODIES RECOVERED
QUINCY, April 22. (IP)—Two bodies
have been taken from the tunnel
making the total number of deaths
to date, five.
DESERTING THE SHIP
For many years citizens of Alaska have been engag
ed in a political game of flirtation with various political
parties, Republican, Democratic, Social, Independent Vot
ers and Non-Partisan.
Press dispatches indicate Democrats and Republi
cans, being unable to maintain party entity now desert
the principles of their party and Territorial politics, and
like the small boy who won’t play fn the other fellows
yard, join forces in an attempt to elect their favorites to
office and farcially say: “Sutherland, Paul and a thous
and Indian voters can have the Republican and Democra
tic party.”
The strife and turmoil of southeastern Alaska has
many times imperiled the integrity of both major parties
in the remaining sections of Alaska.
Experience has demonstrated that the Territory of
Alaska can get nothing at the hands of Congress except
through party organization. It is absurd to continue a
personal fight of likes or dislikes into matters affecting
the continuation of the development of Alaska. Alaska
can only be developed through Congressional Enactment
and aid.
A properly organized major political party in Alaska,
through the National organization of such party, can ac
complish much for Alaska. Individual effort will con
tinue to tear down, destroy and make tragedies out of the
lives of those in Alaska who are the real pioneers. Indi
vidual effort in Alaska can accomplish nothing in the de
velopment of the fisheries, mining or timber resources.
It must be by organization wiht aid of capital. Individual <
effort can accomplish nothing from the political stand
point.
.Candidates of the Republican party for office should ;
have the moral courage to go into a primary of their par- '
ty and abide by the results thereof. This is, of course true ]
of democratic candidates.
All this leads to but one conclusion, that the primary
Law of Alaska is like the Volstead Act: Enacted to be
violated.
Isn t it about time the petty, trifling quarrels over
petty offices in the Territory, and the disgraceful scand
als arising from efforts of men of less than average abil
ity to hold fairly responsible positions as appointive of
ices of the Federal Goernment, cease? The immediate
future of Alaska will lose fifty years in development if y
;hese conditions are allowed to continue.
Isn’t it about time to wake up?
STANDARD Mir DRILL
II IIHl BEACH
That the Standard Oil Company is
about to enter the Yakataga oil fields
is the tender of rumors current at
Cordova and in Seattle. The Stand
and crew of Kanatak recently receiv
ed instructions to box all of the com
pany equipment at Pearl Creek dome
and move it to tide water, awaiting
further orders. It is assumed that
this material is to be transported to
Yakataga, where the General Petro
leum Company has had a crew at
work on the Sullivan claim.
One report reaching Cordova is that
the General Petroleum work will be
taken over by the Standard Oil of
New York and the Kanatak equip
ment will be employed for drilling.
Another is that the Standard in all
probabilities, has acquired some
claims of its own.
MUSHERS MAKING HEADWAY
NOME, April 22. (£>)—W. C. Lyon,
Seattle advertising man, Leo W. Bun
dy, radio operator of U. S. Signal
Corps, passed Kotzebue for Barrow to
cover the Wilkins expedition for the
New York Times. Merl LaVoy and
Arthur Keogh passed for Point Hope
en route to Barrow. Bundy went
north via Unalakleet and Candle and
is making good headway with a heavy
radio outfit.
DEPUTY BRINGS PRISONER
Jack Laaksonen, said to have been
implicated in the death of Felicano
Guia, a Filipino, at Kenai last June,
and who was arrested last week fol
lowing the indictment of the man at
the last October term of court of the
grand pury, Valdez, was brought over
to Seward last evening in custody of
c?*8- Watson, deputy marshal. He
will be taken to Valdez on the next
steamer.
INSTALLING ICE MACHINE
The ice making machine for the
Brown and Hawkins cold storage
plant, arrived on the Admiral Wat
son and is now being erected. The
cold storage will have a capacity of
about one ton and was constructed
for the purpose of handling the com
pany’s butter, eggs and vegetables.
MARSEILLES. — Customs officers
boarded an English freighter from
China today and seized opium at
280,000 francs.
PRIMROSE MINE USE
OPENS TERM OF COURT
This morning’s court session was
occupied by Attorney A. J. Dimond
arguing the demurer in the case of
Ora B. Hubbard, whom Mr. Dimond is
council for, vs the executive commit
tee of the Society of the New School
of Applied Christian Psychology, trus
tees. Attorney J. L. Reed, of Val
dez, is representing the plaintiff, the
executive committee. The case is the
outcome of an action to set aside a
judgement obtained by Mr. Hubbard
against the Primrose Mines Corpora
tion. This afternoon will probably
be taken up by attorney Reed. The
case is being held befofe Judge Clegg.
NEW YORK, April 22. (#>)—A wo
man calling herself the Baroness di
Soledad Marguerite Alcahali, aged 27,
was arrested and charged with the
theft of §80,000 worth of paintings
from a Spanish artist.
WASHINGTON.—An engraved pass
for the season, to the American
League baseball games was given to
President Coolidge yesterday by Clark
Griffiths, President of the Washing
ton Baseball Club. A similar pass has
been mailed to Mrs. Coolidge by Ban
Johnson, ^President of the League.
HARTFORD, Conn.—Marion Tal
ley, soprano, began her concert tour
last night before an audience of 4000
persons, who gave her a warm recep
tion.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.—Captain Elan
Cobham is planning to start his Lon
don to Australia airplane flight April
20th.
ALBURQUERQUE, N. M.—Former
Secretary of War Deeks celebrated
his 66th birthday recently, by sitting
up in bed and conversing with friends
in his special car which was carrying
him back to Washington from the
Pacific Coast, where he suffered a
breakdown, complicated by indiges
tion. ' /
Fourth Annual May Day Dance of
the A. L. Auxiliary, May 1.
BASEBALL
National League.
Philadelphia 1, Boston 2.
Cilncinnati 2, Chicago 4.
American League.
Washington 2, Philadelphia 5.
Boston 5, New York 8.
Chicago 1, St. Louis 5.
Detroit 2, Cleveland 12.
Pacific-Coast League
Seattle 5, Hollywood 4.
Los Angeles 2, Sacramento 3.
San Francisco 1, Oakland 8.
Portland 2, Missions 7.
MAJOR LAMPHIER TO LEAD IN
FLIGHT IN ATTEMPT TO LO
CATE LOST PLANE
FAIRBANKS, April 22. (JP)—Pre
parations are being rushed for the
flight tomorrow of the plane Detroiter
in search of the Alaskan which car
ried provisions ample to sustain two
men for a long period.
Although the young ice pack is
treacherous this season much faith
is placed on Captain Wilkins’ kno*wl
3dge of the Arctic.
Additional windows have been cut
n the fuselage of the Detroiter for
jbservation purposes. A marine com
pass will be installed in the absence
)f aero compasses. Smoke bombs
vill be compounded by the Alaska
College and dropped to aid in calcu
ating Hriftage. The tentative per
ionell includes Major Lanphier in
:harge, C. M. Wisely, pilot; Andrew
Turford, mechahician; Mason, radio;
Carp, correspondent.
BARRICADES SELF IN
I0USE, BURNS DEATH;
1FFICER IS HIED
ATTEMPT MADE TO SMOKE OUT
FARMER WANTED CONNECTION
FINDING OF.BODY
FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia, April 22.
(JP)—Clint Brown, 60, a batchelor far
mer was burned to death in his home
last night when officers set fire to the
place in an attempt to smoke him
out.
Brown barricaded himself in the
house and fired on the officers.. He
was wanted in connection with the
slaying of Rich Neeley, whose shot
riddled body was found last Tuesday
on a neighboring farm.
Brown wounded Officer Ed. Dixon
last night. A cousin and neighbor
of Brown was arrested and it was
reported he had confessed to slaying
Neeley and implicating Brown.
UNITED STATES BECOMING
WHISKEY DRINKING NATION
ACCORDING TO MATTHEWS
WASHINGTON, April 22. (£>) —
“Prohibition is rapidly reducing the
United States to the degraded condi
tion of a whiskey drinking Nation, and
it is debauching the characters of the
boys and girls who must be relied
upon in the future to establish the
moral standards and to maintain their
country safely among the jealous Na
tions of the world. IT is filling the
Physchoapathic wards, imparting a
constantly growing disregard for
law and order and decency, which is
certain to bring chaos unless abandon
ed.” That was the picture painted
today in the Senate Committee room
by Vice President Matthews, of the
American Federation of Labor.
GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!
The fifty beautiful girls who make
up the Folies Bergeres chorus in
Frank Borzage’s Metro-Go Id wyn-May
er production, “Daddy’s Gone a-Hunt
ing will be shown at the Liberty
Theatre tonight, wearing daring and
unusual costumes.
Instead of silks and satins, these
dancing girls are costumed in beads
and paint. Several of the more prom
inent futuristic artists of Los Angeles
were called to the Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer studio to work fantastic de
signs in gold, silver and black on the
arms and legs of the ballet.
Photographed against the bizarre
settings of this remarkable scene, the
dancers formed one of the most re
markable scenes ever taken for a mo
tion picture.
WATER MAIN GIVES WAY
The Fourth avenue water main
burst last night flooding the street
for quite an area. The main broke
at an inopportune time as the avenue
had just been regraded and graveled
and will now require additional time
and expense to get it back into uni
form shape.
WHILE ON STAGE IT WASHINGTON. D. C.
MIXED IN WITH HIGH SOCIETY DURING YEAR
SPENT TELLING THE STATES ALL ABOUT
THE NENANA-NOME DIPHTHERIA SERUM
RACE OF THE WINTER 1925.
The dangers of facing Alaskan blizzards, going thru
overflows, running shy of grub and the thousand and one
things which might occur to one in the hills or on the trail,
is nothing in comparison to that which faces the “sour
dough” who attempts to visit the big cities Outside, as
serted W. J. Shannon to The Gateway yesterday. Shan
non attained national fame, January 28, 1925, when it be
came known he was the first dog musher to relay, out of
Nenana, the diphtheria antitoxin serum on to Nome.
lie nas just returned from a barn
storming trip thru the States and say:
if he were forced to continue leading
the life the last year he woulc
soon be planted under the sod foi
he was never cut out for a society
man, nor an actor. So he is bach
home again heading in towards the
north slope of Mount McKinley where
he has a group of quartz claims and
where he will spend the coming few
months doing assessment work.
“Many funny things happened to
me while I was playing on the ‘big
time’ vaudeville houses,” Shannon
stated last evening, “one of which
took place last winter while playing
in the Earl Theatre, Washington, D.
C. Garbed in heavy furs, and shout
ing at the top of my lungs, I swept
upon the stage with my dog team. I
then entered upon my regular pro
gram—which had been manufactured
for me in wihich certain incidents
of the relay were vividly portrayed
m glowing terms. The hardships en
countered, the alleged frightful wea
ther, and so on, were each evening
dwelled upon at some length but on
this particular evening just about the
time I came to that portion of my
talk where I was describing the ter
rible weather, someone in the audi
ence asked in a loud voice. ‘How
about growing strawberries in Sew
ard?’ A roar of laughter swept thru
the house and I, well, I was strick
en dumb for a moment. However,
after the mirth had somewhat sub
sided, I explained the vast distance
between Seward and the Interior coun
try and of the distinct difference in
climate conditions.”
(Ed. note—The Gateway sent
dispatch to the Associated Press la
winter in which it was stated stra
berry plants were in bloom )
Mr. Shannon left Seward a ye
ago, March 7, at which time Mi
shannon accompanied him. Eight
the original dogs which made t]
relay with him were taken to T
coma where he opened his vaudevi]
contract, March 25. The contra,
which carried him to all large citi
m the states, came to an end in Ne
York, last January, the 25th. Tv
of the dogs, his leader -Blackie, ai
Bear, were sold to Miss A. B. Hutto
prominent and wealthy society w
man of that city. Two others we
sold to G. G. Green, wealthy busine
man of Philadelphia. One dog wi
sold to Elliott Hill of Rocheste
another was disposed of to Paul Gi
lagrher of Omaha; another, the whi
eyed Siberian, to Ned Berringer,
Cheyenne, but the son of the lead
was brought back to Tacoma by M
Shannon, where he will probably r
mam until next Fall. All the do
commanded top prices and now ha!
homes that I would like to have m
tit to Quote Shannon’s own word
Mrs. Shannon, accompanied h<
husband on the trip about the stat,
but did not appear in the act. SI
did not come north with him at th
time owing to a slight illness but r
mamed at the home of her sister i
Tacoma. She expects to join M
Shannon sometime this summer
!? New York Mr- Shannc
and his dogs were featured at tt
famous Philadelphia hotel, the large:
hotel in the world, during the annu
meeting of the Camp Fire Club <
America, composed of big aan
hunters and sportsmen. Shannc
drove his dogs right into the banque
£? w?T„WhiCh stunt seated a b1
hit with the guests. At other time
while in the East, he and his teai
afPMa!rd iQohe New York d°S sho
at Madison Square, the Boston shov
and the Hartford, Newark and Ba
timore dog shows.
STREET COMMITTEE ACTIVE
Mayor L. V. Ray, and Councilmen
Thoday and Helm, members of the
Street Committee, made a tour of pre
liminary inspection about the town
last evening in the interests of plan
ning civic improvements for the com
ing year. On Monday evening, the
entire Town Council will make a sur
vey of street, sidewalk, alleys, and
general road conditions.
EASTERN STAR NOTICE
All members of the Eastern Star
are requested to be sure to attend the
regular meeting next Monday as there
will be a special election to fill the
office of treasurer.
COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF
SEME IS LOCATED
FURTHER PARTICULARS ON MYS
TERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF
HERMAN SCHECK
SEATTLE, Wash., April 22. (JP)—
Herman Scheck, 60, former county
cement worker, who, it was reported,
mysteriously disappeared last win
ter, was located Saturday at Chitina
in the interior of Alaska.
With his reappearance, the ashes
of the body of a man found floating
off Vashon island last January 8 and
though to have been Scheck, now
rest in a nameless grave.
County Commissioner Paul receiv
ed a cablegram from the aged man
Saturday declaring that he was alive
and well, but had been forced to leave
Seattle because of “a certain party,”
Scheck promised to send further in
formation by mail.
At the same time Under Sheriff
Hutchinson received a cable message
from the authorities at Cordova that
Scheck had been discovered at Chit
ina, about 100 miles above Cordova,
on the Copper River railway.
Hutchison had instituted a search
for the missing man at Paul’s re
quest, after it had been rumored that
Scheck had gone to Alaska, it was
learned Saturday.
Scheck had accused Jack Mullane.
county building superintendent, of
paying him with county warrants for
work done on Muilane’s residence.
He had also brought a small civil suit
against Mullane for alleged wages
due. Schecli was missing when the
grand jury met to investigate his
charges, but Paul sought to have Mul
lane indicted on affidavits he had
had secured from the missing man.
Scheck, a German, had been a coun
ty stockade prisoner and was given
employment when he sought finan
cial aid after serving a sentence on
a liquor charge.
Scheck disappeared from his lodg
ings in December, saying he was go
ing out to figure on a contracting job.
BUT. DSHD 10 BEEN
ILL ON BOBO BECOVERK
Captain Osmund, Supt. of the Col
umbia Rivers Packers plant at Chig
nik, who was taken ill at about the
time the big cannery steamer Mem*
non was to sail from Seattle for the
westward, is reported to be recover
ing and is doing nicely. He is ex
pected to arrive in Seward from the
south in ample time to make connec
tions with the June trip of the S. S.
Starr.
MUSSOLINI IS GRATIFIED
ROME, April 22. (£>)—'The first
news that the United States Senate
had ratified the Italian War debt set
tlement, reached Italy through the
Associated Press. Premier Mussolini
said “I am most happy to hear of the
news.” When he read the A. P. dis
patch he stated, “I thank you for hav
ing brought first word of this im
portant event.”
NOEL SMITH WAS VISITOR
Noel W. Smith, general manager
of the Alaska Railroad, has been pay
ing an official visit over the southern
division of the railroad and last even
ing, arrived in Seward. He left again
this morning for his Anchorage head
quarters.
CLEANUP WEEK BEGIN MONDAY
The annual spring cleanup in Sew
ard starts next Monday morning, an
nounced Mayor L. V. Ray this after
oon. Tomorrows paper will carry
a news article on Seward’s annual
house cleaning.