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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 93.
SEWARD, ALASKA- FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
BODIES TWO AMERICANS
FOUND NEAR TIERANA
ATHENS, Greece, Apr. 18.—The
bodies of two Americans, believed to
be members of J. Pierpont Morgan’s
party were discovered in a wooded
region near Tierna, Albania, accord
ing to an official report received in
this city today.
FRYE BRUHN APPOINTS
NEW MANAGER AT JUNEAU
Henry Banian has been appointed
manager for the Frye-Bruhn company
at Juneau. A. J. Ficken, lormer man
ager. resigned.
Bailor off explorer
DROWNS AT GAMBIER DAY
Maurice Christopher, 20, a member
o: the crew of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey Ship Explorer, was drowned
Friday at Gambier bay while taking
some skiffs from a launch to the
cannery dock. The body was recov
ered about 12 hours later and will
be shipped to the States.
SENATE FIXES QUOTA
IMMIGRATION AT 2 PER CENT
^WASHINGTON, Apr. IS.—The Sen
this afternoon fixed the immigration
quotas in the new bill at two p°r
cent of the 1S90 population.
SEATTLE DANCING
MASTER ROBBED $1500
SEATTLE, Apr. IS—J. H. Delio
ney, a dancing master, was bound
and robbed of $1500 in cash and a
number of valuable diamonds by two
t>f his pupils , yesterday afternoon.
MANY JOIN IN ICE POOL
The Ice Pool committee a: Nenana
recently received $200 from Latouche
miners, $200 from Windy and $10
from a party in Froid, Montana. Con
siderable interest has been taken in
the pool this year, nearly $6000 with
of tickets being sold.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bolam of Out
look, Wash., are rejoicing over the
arrival of a baby girl born March 31,
according to a letter received by Mrs.
Valdez. Mr. and Mrs. Bolam were
Bolam's mother, Mrs. W. E. Egan of
former residents of Seward.
DAVE EARLY RECOVERING
Dave Early, who was recently tak
en to Fairbanks from the upper Ta
nana suffering from frozen feet, is
recovering though it will be neces
sary to graft considerable skin on
to tiie injured members.
BRITISH FLYER HOPS
OFF FOR CAIRO, EGYPT
ATHENS, Apr. 18—Major McLaren
the British globe circling aviator, to
day hopped off for Cairo.
DESTROYERS LEAVE TONIGHT
The destroyers Corry and Hull will
sail about five o'clock for Seattle.
They took aboard about 100 barrels
of fuel oil.
NEW AUTO COMPANY FORMED
A new transportation company has
been formed by several Fairbanks
men under the title of Alaska-Jewel t
Transportation Company with head
quarters at Fairbanks. J. G. Rivers,
an Anchorage attorney, is named as
general manager. The purpose of
the company is to handle tourist trade
on the Richardson Highway. To this
end they have purchased several
Jewett cars and will operate them
between Fairbanks and Chitina.
LEARNING TO DRIVE
AUTO IS HAZARDOUS
MOUNT VERNON, Apr 18—A new
car driven by Edward Erickson, of
Clear Lake, late Saturday afternoon
became unmanageable as the new own
er and driver was about to pass Reu
ben Boyd’s poolroom and crashed thru
the heavy railing in front of the hall
breaking two heavy posts which sup
ported a roof over the sidewalk, broke
the pool hall window and struck Chas.
Utterberg, who was standing on the
sidewalk.
Mr. Utterberg received a dislocated
ankle and had a badly bruised leg.
A. Heimdahl, demonstrator for a lo
cal garage of thid city, was teaching
Mr. Erickson to drive when the acci
dent. ocurred.
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SENATE DEBATES ON
IMMIGRATION BILL
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18—The Sen
ale this morning began the conclud
ing phases of the debate on the im
migration bill with prospects of a
passage before adjourment.
LAMPING IS EXPECTED
TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
SEATTLE April 18—Colonel George !
L>. Lamping, president of the Seattle
Port Commission, “probably will be”
a candidate for governor at the com
ing gubernatorial election, according
to his friends and political advisor
here who have started to organize a
“Lamping for governor” club.
When asked if he would be a gub-1
ernatorial candidate, Colonel Lamping
declared:
“I would like to be a candidate for
governor. If my business affairs are in
such a shape that I can spend the time
for a hard campaign, I probably will
be.”
HUDSON'S BAY CO. SUED
VANCOUVER, B. C., Apr. 18.—The |
| quest of Theodore Nuessler of West
Seattle ended so disatrously to the
company that he has sued the promo
tors, the Hudson’s Bay company for
810,000 damages. The company’s ship j
j was lost and all the supplies.
FLORIDA DELEGATES
INSTRUCTED COOLIDGE
PALATKA, Apr. 18.—'The Florida
convention today elected ten dele
gates who were instructed to vote
for Calvin Coolidge for president
HIGH GRADE ORE AT HYDER
High grade ore said to carry val- j
ues ranging from $21 to upwards of i
$170 per ton has been encountered j
in the long tunnel recently driven i
on the Daly-Alaska property near j
Hyder.
VALDEZ PIONEER DEAD
John T. Giles, a pioneer of Valdez, j
for many years engaged in carpenter- j
ing and boat building, was found
dead in his home recently. Mr. Giles
; was 82 years of age, and was born
in London, England. Mr. Giles was
a former resident of Telller, and went
! to Valdez in 1902. He was a heavy
loser in the great fire which swept
j the town in 1915, and for the
! few years had been practici lly help
' less.
McGrath pool hall, sold
George Mutchler of Flat recently
purchased the McGrath Pool Hall
from Clancey and McClure.
First Sergeant W. J. Baker and
family left on one of the last boats
for the States. Se>'gt. Baker lias been
transferred to the S ivent.i Infantry
at Vancouver Barracks. Wn.
Contractors Want Bill
of Particulars Filed
DETROIT, April 18—Attorneys for
Porter Bros., contractors charged with
fraud in connection with the building
of Camp Custer in a suit for $5,000,000
brought by the United States govern
ment, today entered a motion in fed
eral court asking ttiat the government
file a bill of particulars. Judge Arthur
J. Tuttle withheld decision.
James Turner, an attorney for Por
ter Bros., said indictments against 12
contractors have been filed in various
parts of the country, each with the
j same declarations and all quite gen
' eral in their language.
The government’s bill of complaint
I charges Porter Bros, wrongfully over
j charged for material and labor hire
1 during the construction of barracks at
I Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan.
John D., Andrew R., and Richard B.
Porter, the brothers named, are said
now to be engaged in the building bus
iness in Spokane and Seattle, Wash.
MOUNTAINS OF COAL
Vice President Knickerbocker of
the Alaska Steamship Company, who
visited the Healy coal mines at Sun
trana last week, in company with
General Manager Landis of the Alas
ka railroad, states that he was posi
tively amazed at the quantity and
quality of the coal there. Mr. Knick
erbocker believes that efforts should
be made to open a market for this
/TODAY IS GOOD FRIDAY
Today is Good Friday, and Sunday
is Easter. The Masons will attend
church in a body Sunday.
HUGE GRAY WOLF ATTACKS
MAN NEAR SMUGGLER’S COVE
Joe Mahoney and Dick Nichols
hilled a huge gray wolf at Smugglers
Gove recently, just as the animal was
about to attack Mahoney. The men
had been at the Helm Bay Mining
Company’s property and were laid up
by a'storm.
While out on the beach after a
mess ol clams Nichols saw a huge
gray wolf sneaking up behind Ma
honey. Having his gun by his side
Nichols fired at the animal breaking
its leg.
This attracted the attention of Ma
honey who grabbed his gun and kill
ed the wolf, a huge, gaunt creature
nearly starved, it has been claimed
there were no wolves on the penin
sula.
EIGHT HUNDRED AUTOS
HELD UP BY EPIDEMIC
NEEDLE, Gala., Apr. 18.—Sixteen
hundred people and 800 automobiles
returning to various parts of the
East are held up here today by the
Quarantine law placed by Arizona
against California because of the
hoof and mouth disease.
Description of Planes
Visiting Seward Sunday
The four Army airplanes which vis
ited Seward Sunday and Monday in
the round the world flight wrere of
the Douglas type. The fuselage is
made in three detachable sections, all
cf steel tubing. The upper wings are
of three panels, the lowrer in two
They can be folded. They are bi
planes. As a seaplane empty they
weigh 5100 pounds and as a land
plane empty, 4200 pounds. As a sea
plane they have a disposable load
of 2615 poun Is. Its gross weight, as
r. seaplane is 7715 pounds amt as a
landplane 6915 pounds. Their speed
therefore as land planet is greater
than seap’anes. They carry 450 gal
lons of gasoline and having a cruis
ing radius of 2200 miles
Each plane is ('quipped with a Lib
erty engine of 400 horsepower. The
"’mg span both upper and lower, is
50 feet. T e .’pan of the planes with
wings folded, is 20 fee 2 inches. rik*.
height c'r‘r all is f3 feet 7 inches
The length over all is 35 feet 6 in.
As a seapiam they have a normal
al'i’ude of "U0 feet and a normal
maximum speed of 100 mid s per hour
As a land plane they can climb to ten
thousand feet, travel 103 miles an
hour and land at 53 miles an hour.
SALTERY FOR SELDOVIA
The firm of Jensen and Johnson,
well known citizens of Seldovia, have
started construction of a saltery and
will be ready for operation this year.
SUTHERLAND PROTESTS
WITHDRAWAL OF LAND
WASHINGTON, Apr. IS.—Delegate
Dan Sutherland has forwarded to
Secretary Work a vigorous protest
against making permanent President
Coolidge’s recent temporary order
withdrawing the entire Glacier Bay
region from settlement and home
stead entry.
“There can be no objection to es
tablishing a Muir glacier National
movement, but I contend the general
land and fish laws should not be
suspended,” Delegate Sutherland said.
DESTROYER AWAITING
ARRIVAL OF FLYERS
COD BAY, Shimshu Island, Kurilles
Japan.—The destroyer John D. Ford
with supplies for the American avi
ators, anchored at this desoluate isl
and today.
PIONEER WOMAN DEAD
May Louise Holcomb, aged 31, first
white child born in Circle City, Alas
ka, died recently in Manteca, Calif.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Codiga,
were pioneers in the Northern gold
fields.
FLYERS WILL WAIT FOR
MARTIN DUTCH HARBOR
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18—The War
Department today instructed the
round the world flyers to await at
Dutch Harbor the arrival of Major
F. L. Martin, now at Kanatak. Work
of installing a new engine is under
way.
STOCKMAN NOW DEPUTY
MARSHAL AT KOYUKUK
Arthur Stockman, a former teacher
for the Bureau of Education, who
has been stationed at Koyukuk for
several years has been named depu
ty marshal at Nulato.
DR. BLYTHE IS NOW RANCHER
Dr^ H. A. Blythe, Anchorage den
tist, 4who returned on the Alameda,
purchased two fruit ranches near Se
attle while he was outside. He also
bought a 1924 Buick sport model,
which will arrive on one of the next
boats.
MAN HAS FINGERS CRUSHED
Ed Peterson, of Anchorage, had
j two fingers crushed off this week
i while loading supplies for the Cache
| Creek Dredging Co.
CHARLES BENSON BUYS
LOCAL BUSINESS LOT
A deal was completed yesterday
j whereby Charles Benson, a local bus
i iness man, purchased the George
! Schmidt property, between the drug
store and Orlander's, consideration
unknown. It is stated a new build
ing may be erected on the property.
TEDDY WANTS TO BE
AT SCENE OF FIGHT
AUBURN, April 18—When there is
a fight Theodore Roosevelt, assistant
[ secretary of the navy, wants to be in
j it. Therefore he hurried back to Wash
| ington last night after attending a
banquet here. “Some one has thrown
a brickbat at me in Washington while
I was up there, and I want to get back
there,” he said.
RASMUSON FOR KETCHIKAN
A. E. Rasmuson, president of the
Bank of Alaska, who has been in An
i chorage the past month or two, left
on the last boat for Ketchikan. Mr.
Rasmuson in a convesation with a
Gateway reporter stated that his firm
would enter the Seward field some
time in the future provided a suit
able building could be secured.
Body of Watchman Found
by Crew of Destroyer
While the crew of the U. S. destroy
er Corry were ashore at Kailagvik
Bay searching for Major F. L. Mar
tin they found the body of a watch
man employed by the Associated Oil
Company, dead on the beach. The
j body from the head to the waist had
been devoured by wolves. The man,
who was said to have been a for
eigner, had apparently died from ex
posure.
MASS MEETING CALLED
BY JAPANESE AT TOKIO
TOKIO, Apr. 18.—A mass meeting
was held here in protest against the
proposed exclusion of Japanese from
the United States, called by the Osa
ka chamber of commerce.
AUXILIARY ENTERTAINS
The members of the Seward aux
iliary to the American Legion enter
tained the Legionnaires on Thurs
day evening at the club rooms under
tht 'lank of Seward. Waist was the
diversion for the evening, iig.i scores
goiing to Mrs. J. P. Hannon and G.
B. Horton and consolation favors to
Miss Sylvia Sexton and C. J. Grover.
At a late hour a light supper was
served. There were five visitors from
Anchorage, among them the Anchor
age delegates to the Sitka conven
tion.
YESTERDAY’S FISH PRICE
KETCHIKAN, Apr. 18.—Fresh hali
but 12 and 6 cents.
JUNEAU—Fresh halibut 9 and 6.
KENNEDY READY FOR TOURISTS
Dan Kennedy, who recently return
ed from California where he inter
viewed a number of agencies, states
‘hat he is now ready to convey tour
ist parties through McKinley Park.
FATE IMMIGRATION BILL
WILL BE DECIDED TODAY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18.—The fate
of the immigration bill with the
Japanese exclusion provision involv
ed will be decided in another con
ference today between President
Coolidge and Senator Lodge, prior to
a resumption of the Senate debate.
PLANES MAY HOP OFF
DUTCH HARBOR TODAY
CIIIGNIK, Apr. 18.—Early weather
reports are favorable with indications
that the air cruisers Chicago, Boston
and New Orleans will hop off today
lor Dutch Harbor,
M’LAREN REACHES CAIRO
CAIRO, Apr. 18.—Stuart McLaren,
British aviator, reached Cairo last
evening from Athens.
REDONDO IN PORT
The steamship Redondo arrived in
port from the westward last night,
and is unloading about 200 tons of
freight at the San Juan dock. About
150 tons are on hand for westward
ports.
EXCURSION FROM SEATTLE
TO ALASKA ABOUT MAY 25
SEATTLE, Apr. 18.—The Young
Men's Business Club of Seattle will
sail for Southeastern Alaska on the
Alameda May 25, going as far as
Skagway.
FAVORS BOND ISSUE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18—The house
committee on territories today favor
ably reported the bill authorizing Cor
dova, Alaska, to issue bonds not ex
ceeding $100,000 for the construction
of a school house.
DANIELS REFUSES TO
ALLOW NAME USED
RALIEH, N. C., Apr. 18— Josephus
Daniels telegraphed fiom St. Louis
today refusing to allow his name to
go before ti e North Carolina demo
cratic convention as a candidate for
tlie pre.-hle.ncy.
SEWARD RESIDENT SELLS
RANCH TO THE FENTONS
B. Storey, who has been ranching
on the Kenai road at Mile 4, sold out
yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Fenton,
who took immediate possession. Mr.
Aorey w’ill leave witkt l a few davs
for St. Paul via the Grand Trunk
railway, where he will make his res
idence. His ranch has been one of
the showr places of Seward, having a
fine greenhouse and neat buildings.
Mrs. Guy B. Erwin, wife of District
Attorney Erwin of Fairbanks, was
an outgoing passenger on the Alame
da, en route to Minneapolis to visit
relatives. She also expects to visit
in Boston and Washington, D. C. She
will return to Alaska about the middle
of summer.
MACHINERY FOR EL DORADO
Marshal Bert Stevens of Fairbanks
who arrived on the Alameda, brought
with him $10,000 worth of mining
machinery which will be used on his
claims on El Dorado creek in the
Fairbanks mining district.
Fred Peterson, who sold his trans
fer business in Anchorage to J. W.
Blase, has left for Portland, Oregon.
X-RAYS EMPLOYED
TO RESTORE BEAUTY
NEW YORK, April 18—A discovery
of a short road to peach bloom beauty
by way of the x-ray was announced
yesterday by authorities at the Beth
Isabel hospital, after experiment with
a method recenty disclosed before the
Eastern Medical society by Dr. Oscar
Levin of this city.
Hospital surgeons warned ,however
against the promiscuous adoption of
the process because of the danger of
burning or cancer infection.
The patient’s face is exposed to di
rect X-rays from eight to twelve times
in as many weeks, with the greatest
precaution. The X-rays not only burn
away any skin disease, but are said to
so stimulate the facial nerves and the
circulation of blood as to change the
contour of the face. Wrinkles disap
pear, it is said, and tissue is replaced
with the new growth of such vigor that
the expression as well as the complex
ion becomes that of youth .
PTARMIGAN SEEN IN DAWSON
Thousands of ptarmigan are flying
about the streets of Dawson this week
the spring migration being on. The
Yukon council has forbidden killing
the birds during the mating season.
NEW LANDING AT McGRATH
Mail Carrier Ben Eielson reports he
has laid out a new landing field at
McGrath.
RALSTON MAY ACCEPT
DEMOCRATIC OfFER
BEACH CITY, Ohio, Apr. IS.—“If
.vhat seems to be impossible happens,
I wiil play tlie part of a patriot,”
wrote Ralston today to A. B. Wingate,
a boyhood chum, regarding prospects
of being nominated for the presidency
by tlie Democrats.
“PAINTED” SALMON IS NOT
UNDER BAN FOOD EXPERTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18—
“Painted” salmon will not come under
the ban of the pure food experts where
the fish has not been colored to dis
guise some inferior quality. While food
inspectors thruout the country have
! been instructed to watch for inferior
grades “painted” to look like better
I ones, officials of the pure food ser
vice say it is doubtful that “painting”
the fish with a harmeless dye which
i does not conceal inferiority will be
| considered a violation of the pure
I food law.
TIERNEY GOES TO HOPE
George M. Tierney, formerly super
tendent of the naval coal fields at
Chickaloon anil recently identified
with the McKinley bituminous coal
company has taken a position as mine
foreman at Hope.
MOORE LEFT ONLY
EMPTY BANK VAULTS
! KANSAS CITY, Apr. 18.—John M.
| Moore, who was removed yesterday
! as president of the Fidelity National
j Bank lor being short $600 000 in nis
accounts, is said to have practically
jkoted ti e concern.
FRED SPACH NAMED CLERK
Fred J. Spach, well known engi
| neer, has been appointed town clerk
1 at .Anchorage. He succeds W. A. En
j glish who left on the last boat for
; the States.
NORMAN DAWN PICTURE
SOLD TO EASTERN COMPAN/
A wire was received at Fairbanks
this week stating that Norman Dawn
had negotiated for the sale of the
picture taken at Fairbanks last sum
mer to eastern parties. The picture
was called “The Lure ot the Yukon."
The price obtained was not given.
TRIP OVER NIAGARA
FALLS IN BIG BALL
PLANNED BY MAN
NIAGRA FALLS, April 18—Robert
Leach, who went over the Horseshoe
Falls, in a steel barrel on July 25, 1911
• announced today that he is negotiating
with a rubber company for the manu
facture of a rubber ball in which he
plans to make a trip over the falls in
June.
The ball will be the thickness of a
large automobile tire, and will have
a hammock inside in which he will re
cline. Leach said, he plans to enter the
water a few hundred feet above the
falls on the Canadian side.
Leach has attracted attention by
daring feats about the falls for sev
eral years. In addition to his trip over
the falls in a barrel, he made a para
chute leap from the upper bridge on
April 21, 1921 ,and went through the
lower rapids and whirlpool in a barrel
on June 23, 1911.
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TOLL BRIDGE COSTING
$600,000 IS PLANNED
ELLENSBURG, April 18—Word
was received here today of the passing
by congress of the bill granting a fran
chise jointly to Kittitas and Grant
counties and their assigns, for the con
struction of a toll bridge across the
Columbia River at Van Tage, on the
North Central highway, 32 miles east
of Ellensburg. Tentative plans as out
lined by the commissioners of the two
counties call for a bridge approxi
mately 1900 feet in length to cost in
the neighborhood of $600,000. Two
plans of financing the enterprise have
been advanced, according to County
Attorney A. L. McGuire, one providing
for a joint bond issue by Kittitas and
Grant counties, the other for canstruc
tion by private capital under an ar
rangement with the officials of the
two counties.
The present ferry at Vantage in op
eration for six years, and owned joint
ly by the two counties carried 50,000
people across the Columbia last year.