VOLUME XIX NUMBER 58
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8,1924
SENATOR CURTIS
MAY BE “PRINCIPAL"
OF M'LEl MESSAGES
Sends Mes ages of Encouragement to
McLean Telling Him He Knew
What to Depend On
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—Senator
Charles Curtis, republican, of Kansas,
•who the senate said was the “princi
pal” referred to in a message convey
ed to McLean, by Bennett, one of Mc
Lean’s editorial writers, was before
the Senate oil committee today.
Bennett had said that the Attor-'
ney General sent a reassuring mes
sage through him to McLean, reading
in part: t
“All that is possible to be done
will he done by us. \ou know
what to depend on. Give Evelyn
(Mrs. McLean) my love. I don’t
want Evelyn to be disturbed as
long as I am on the job.”
Curtis Denies He Is Principal
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—Senator
Curtis flatly denied that he is the
principal referred to in Bennett’s tel
egram to McLean, adding that he in
tended to so make oath before the
oil investigating committee. Senators
Caraway and Heflin had previously
charged that the “principal” referred
to was President Coolidge.
Further explanation was made by
the President at a conference with
newspapermen of the two telegrams
sent by him to McLean.
A subpoena has been issued for
Leonard Wood, Jr., in connection with
the story accredited to him concerning
the oil leases and the Republican con
vention in 1920.
Cash Sonus For
Vets Turned Down
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—A propo
sal to make full cash payments op
tional in the soldier bonus bill was
voted down today by the House Ways
anil Means Committee which decided
to limit the payment to a paid-up life
insurance.
Mrs. Ira Bailey, a former resident
of Seward, has croened a kindergarten
in Anchorage, and has 15 children en
rolled.
Ivan Suphellen of Cordova, candi
date for the legislature on the repub
lican ticket will arrive in Seward on
cne of the next boats. Mr. Suphellen
is a clerk for the Copper River and
Northwestern railroad.
MANY PASSENGERS WILL
SAIL ON NORTHWESTERN
About sixty passengers, among
them many commercial travelers, will
leave Seward on the Northwestern to
morrow. Among those securing res
ervations are Dr. C. H. Turpin, D. W.
Flanigan, R. C. Loudermilch, J. H.
Kline, Gill Rich, M. C. Rugg, L. D.
Adsit, H. Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Lee, Mrs. L. P. Christenson, Mrs. Tom
Flanigan, William Noel, Mrs. F. E.
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. S. Large,
Mrs. R. F. Mellon, Miss L. Mellon,
Miss Mable Tuttle, Louis Shulman,
and R. J. Sommers. Most of these
have been marooned* in the Interior
the past week owing to snowslides.
C. W. Felch, a traveling man, is on
the Alaska on his way north.
• Two Indicted For
Attempt to Bribe
NEW YORK, Mar. 8.—Thomas B.
Felder, an attorney, was indicted with
Gaoion Means, a foianer agent of the
Departmesr. of Justice, >v the Federal
grand jury cnarged wth having con
spired to brd4'; the Attorney General
of the United ‘Rates in t’ _ matter of
the ca'-ket a v ard for dcV.d var vet
* ernn^
STEAMSHIP NEWS
The steamship Northwestern will
arrive in port about 8 o’clock tomor
row evening. As she has 400 tons of
f freight to unload she will be in port
until some time Monday afternoon.
The freighter Oduna will arrive
in port Thursday, March 13. The
Oduna is bringing 10,000 gallons of
gasoline for the army planefc.
t
f
Locators Rights
In National Park
FRANK A .BOYLE OF ANCHORAGE
LAND OFFICE RELEASES IM
PORTANT FACTS
Numerous inquiries have been made
to the register of the land office, at
Anchorage, concerning the status of
mining locations within the boundary
of McKinley National Park, says the
Anchorage Times.
The act of congress approved Febru
ary 28, 1917, under which this park
was established contains the follow
ing:
“Sec. 2. That nothing herein con
tained shall affect any valid existing
claim, location, or entry under the
land laws of the United States, wheth
er for homestead, mineral, right-of
way, or other purpose whatsoever, or
shall affect the rights of any such
claimant, locator, or entrvman, to the
full use and enjoyment of the land.”
Cutter Mojave Will
Convoy Aviators
HONOLULU, Mar. 8.—The cutler
[Mojave was ordered today to proceed
i to Unalaska in April to act as a con
jvoy for the American round the world
! fliers.
Miss Lorine Mellon, an employe in
[the bond department of the Wells Far
go Bank of Nevada, in San Francisco,
| accompanied by her mother, Mrs. R.
F. Mellon, and Miss Mable Tuttle, a
! companion, are Seward visitors on
their way home after spending sev
eral weeks in Fairbanks, where Miss
Mellon was a witness in the Hoyt
! case.
B. D. Stewart, supervising mining'
! engineer for the Bureau of Mines, is
an incoming passenger on the North
western on his way to Interior points.
Mr. Stewart was called to Juneau a
few weeks ago by the serious illness
of his daughter.
MAIL FROM KUSKOKWIM
MAKES RECORD TIME
The Gateway received a copy of the
Kusko Times, published at Tokotna,
in the last mail, dated 'Feb. 23. The
I quick time made was occasioned by
the air mail service. Otherwise the
February copy would have been re
ceived in April.
Hoyt Jury Disagrees;
Nine For Acquittal
FAIRBANKS, Mar. 8.—The trial of
Romeo Hoyt, charge with robbing the
Fairbanks postoffice about a year ago,
ended Thursday night in a disagree
ment, the jury deliberating 27 hours.
Nine of the jurors were for acquittal
and three, including two women jur
ors were for conviction. The foreman
reported to the court shortly before
110 o’clock that the jurors were unable
j to agree and they were discharged,
Judge Clegg announcing that the case
| would be retried next fall.
The trial was a very costly one,
the government bringing many wit
nesses from the States, keeping them
in Fairbanks for several wrecks.
Attorney Guy B. Erwin, assisted by
| L. R. Gillette and E. B. Collins, pros
: ecuted the case, while Hoyt was de
fended by Thos. A. Marquam.
Mrs. Eli Dehon, wife of the An
chorage laundryman, is a returning
passenger on today’s boat sailing from
Seattle. Mrs. Dehon has been In the
Seattle general hospital recovering
from a recent operation.
Dr. McCaillie, Anchorage dentist,
accompanied by A. Dahl, will leave
soon for Nuka bay to spend the sum
mer. He is interested in the Nuka
bay claims with Capt. Foster.
Lee Gordon, detective sergeant of
Seattle, a material witness in the
Hoyt case is a Seward visitor, his first
trip to the territory.
Langley Demands His
Record Be Investigated
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8—Represen
tative John W. Langley, of Kentucky,
on the floor of the House today de
manded investigation of the published
charges that he had received money
for exerting his political influence in
the naval oil transfers.
The Gateways New Typesetting Machine
The above is an accurate electro of the Gateway’s new
typesetting machine, the latest 'lnlttvation in the Art Pre
servative. The machine carries six faces, which are at
the command of the operator instantaneously, without his
leaving his seat, and is capable of producting type from
5 to 36 point, with a wide range of faces. The installa
tion of the Model Eight linotype depicted above, preceded
a week ago by the installation of a new book press and an
S. S. Alaska Sails For
Seward This Morning
ALASKA HAS LARGEST LIST OF j
ANY VESSEL SAILING THIS 1
SEASON
SEATTLE, Mar. 8—The steamship i
Alaska left Seattle this morning for j
Seward with two hundred and ninety-;
live passengers aboard, the largest
list of any vessel for Alaska this
year. Seward passengers are as fol
lows;
Mrs. T. D. Johnson, Carl Edwards, I
Joe Novell. Dave Mutehler, A. A. Lew
is and wife, H. C. Welch, Miss H. El- j
liott, Mrs. C. K. Woodward, Barbara j
and Frances Woodward, H. W. Brandt,
H. B. Corn er, B. S. Dickey, R. B. Heas
ton and wife, Edward Tyndall and
wife, W. J. Bogarts, S. Fleckenstein,
R. V. Stroman, L. E. Fleckenstein, W.
N. Given, U. Whittemore, Ira Losev, ^
! W. T. Murray, W. L. Mitchell, LI. E. j
Riley, I. F. Wood, W. H. Toms, F. E. ;
Mathews, B. A. Barndollar, J. E. Kel- j
ler and wife, G. E. Potter, C. W. Felch, j
Grace Burke, J. D. Urban, F. E. Ing
ram, Fred Flink, O Cooper, Julia Well
sent, Hans Erickson, John M. Collins,
Carl Berkeson, F. P. Davis, Roy Heinz
ingler, H. Einard, G. F. Courtney, J.
Michallv, E. I. Ireland, Gus. Borgen,
E. J. Edgell, F. Shank, A. K. Moller,
G. E. Lund, F. Slayden, M. Dunn, Ben
jamin Smith, Ray Dancer, S. A. Shell,
and nine steerage.
Oscar Anderson, Anchorage busi
ness man and president of the Evan
Jones coal mine was successiully op
erated on for appendicitis in a San
Francisco hospital last Saturday. He is
in no danger and expects to return to
Anchorage soon,
C. B. Eielson, air mail pilot was vot- j
ed an honorary member of Igloo No. j
4, last week. The late Warren G. j
Harding was the last honorary mem-,
ber admitted to the igloo rolls.
DUEL BETWEEN FRENCH
OFFICALS CALLED OFF j
PARIS, Mar. 8.—A duel between
Premier Poincare and Deputy Gaston
LeProvost, which was arranged for
last night has been called off.
STARR GOES OTHER WAY
The steamer Starr arrived at Port
Moller at 7:30 last night, southbound,
according to a message received last
evening.—Anchorage Alaskan.
Port Moller is in Bering Sea, and
is not touched by the Starr at this
season of the year.
R. B. Heastan and wife, who have
been spending the winter in Seattle,
sailed for Seward today on the Alas
ka. Mr. and Mrs. Heastan has mining
property at Moose Pass.
eight h. p. water motor places the
Gateway plant in a position t<? advan
tageously handle any large job with
out interfering with the production of
the paper.
Among other machinery on the floor
of the large plant may be found an
Intertype, a power driven metal saw,
a Piper ruling machine, two new series
jobbers, with every late attachment,
a book press, sewing bench, cutter,
Portland punch with every head used
in loose leaf work, a one in. power
stitcher, a 30-inch perforator, a news
press and a 22x30 book press, a Brown
book and job folder, and other mach
ines used in the printing trade.
The public is invited to visit the
Gateway and see the plant in opera
tion. We believe it to be one of the
finest in the Territory, and capable
of turning out any job of binding or
printing used in commercial business
transactions.
SENATOR JIM REED
THROWS UP SPONGE
Cannot Carry Suuport of Own State
for Democratic Nomination for
the Presidency, Is Said
ST. LOUIS, Mar. 8.—Ed A. Glenn,
state manager for Senator James A.
Reed in his campaign for the presiden
tial nomination, said today that re
ports from yesterday’s township and
ward meetings showed that the Sena
tor was defeated in virtually all parts
of rhe State with the exception of St.
Louis and Kansas City. He said, ‘“So
far as I am concerned I am willing
to throw up the spongs.”
W. F. THOMPSON IMPROVING
W. F. Thompson, editor and mana
ger of the Fairbanks News-Miner,
writes that he is rapidly improving in
health and believes that an operation
will be unnecessary. He is on his way
to Hot Springs, Ark., after visiting in
Yakima and other points.
Ira Losey, Anchorage baker, is a
returning passenger on the boat.
Posloffice Appropriation
Bill Passes The Senate
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—The Sen
ate late today passed the posto.Cice
appropriation bill which now goes to
conference.
NEW FUR WARDEN
W. C. Denny, a Tanana crossing
fur trader, has been appointed fur
warden for that district, succeeding
John Strelic, according to a report re
ceived from E. P. Walker.
Capt. W. P. Dingle, army surgeon
stationed at Anchorage, has been trans
ferred to Fort Douglas, Utah, and
will leave with his family for his new
post in April.
jotwals Will Quit
Railroad is Rumor
REPORT SAYS CHIEF ENGINEER
HAS ASKED DEPARTMENT
FOR OTHER ASSIGNMENT
(Anchorage Times)
Unauthenticated but apparently re
iable reports received from Washing
on, D. C., today declare that Major
John C. Gotwals, engineer corps, U.
3. Army expects to be relieved from
lis duties as chief engineer of the Al
aska Railroad.
Th report says that some time ago
Major Gotwals requested the war de
partment to assign him to other du
ties and that he has renewed his re
quest since his recent arrival at the
national capital.
175 Miners Buried
In Utah Coal Mine
SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. 8.—One
hundred and seventy-five miners are
entombed as a result of an explosion
in No. 2 mine of the Utah Fuel Com
pany at Castle Gate. It is feared
there will be a long list of dead, as
the men are penned in a gas-filled
stope.
Being ignorant never hurt a man.
It is knowing so much that isn’t so
that causes trouble.
Mrs. Ira Losey, wife of the Anchor
age baker, sailed for the north today,
from Seattle.
Dave Mutchler, the Fairbanks butch
er, who has been outside for some
j weeks, is returning on the Alaska.
Mrs. Russell Hermann will arrive
from Anchorage on tomorrow’s train
and will leave on the Northwestern
for the States.
Albert Larssen, messenger in the
local cable office for several years,
will leave Monday for Anchorage,
where he goes to enlist in the Signal
Corps, U. S. A. Albert is a steady,
reliable young man and will make
good at any job. Following enlistment
he will leave for the Seattle office,
where he has secured a desk job.
MISSING TRAPPER FOUND
Native trappers returning to Tronic
report that the white trapper who was
thought to be lost on Polly creek has
been located in a new cabin several
miles from his former trap line.
KEHOE A CANDIDATE
Jos. W. Kehoe, who is a law part
ner of James Wickersham, is a can
didate for appointment as register of
the land office at Anchorage, to suc
ceed Frank A. Boyle, resigned. Judge
Lindley Green of Anchorage is also
a candidate.
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TARIFF ON WHEAT
AND FLOUR INCREASED
WASHING? f N, Mar. 8.—Presided
Coolidge this afternoon increased the
tariff on who it from 30 cenrs to 43
cents a bushel and the tariff on flour
from 78 cents to 1.04 per hundre 1
pounds.
PRESCOTT CONFERS WITH
PRESIDENT OVER SCANDALS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.— Samuel
G. Prescott, whose name figured in an
exchange of telegrams between Pres
ident Coolidge and McLean, returned
to Washington from Florida today
and went to the Whitehouse where he
had a conference with President
Coolidge over the oil scandals.
FAIRBANKS PIONEER DEAD
Gideon Montcalm, an aged pioneer
of the Fairbanks district, died this
week and was interred in the local
cemetery by the Pioneers. Montcalm
was born in Quebec, 81 years ago and
came to Alaska in 1895. He made a
living for several years as a wood
cutter.
COOLIDGE A PUPPET
SAYS HIRAM JOHNSON
CHICAGO, Mar. 8.—Hiram Johnson
today chars* iemed President Cool
idge as a pobtical puppet, created by
a partisan press, who has done noth
ing but follow the lead of a strorger
personality. Johnson was very bitter
in his speech here this afternoon.
UTLEH HOWARD HAS
Bartley Howard, who is running on
the Republican ticket for the nomina
tion as Territorial Senator from the
Third division, states that he is re
ceiving offers of support from all sec
tions of the division, and that his
chances for securing the nomination
are very good. He states that if he is
elected he will be in a position to work
for the best interests of the whole
Territory, as he is not obligated to
any man or body of men.
Mr. Howard has been a resident of
Alaska since March 1903, when he lo
cated at Eagle.
A short biography shows that he
was born near Fordsville, Kentucky,
and took a business course in the
Lockyer Business College, at Evans
ville, Indiana, August 1900. Up to
March 1903, was with the Southern
Pacific railroad, Tucson, Arizona.
From March 1903 to June, 1904 was
at Eagle, Alaska; June 1904 to Aprol
1906, contracting and building, Fords
ville, Kentucky; April 1906-February
1909, in the mill .business at Egra
mont, Miss.; February, 1909-May,
11921, contracting and building, Cor
■dova; May 1921-May 1922, contracting
|and building at Anchorage; May 1922
:to January 1924, superintendent of
bridges and building, Alaska rail
road.
In December Mr. Howard and E. R.
Jesson took over the LeRoy coa!
property on Moose Creek, and is now
engaged in mining. The company
plans to erect bunkers in Seward, for
i Outside shipments.
ATTEMPT MADE BRIBE
GOV. GENERAL WOOD
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—Leonard
Wood, jr., charged today that the late
James Hammon, who had large oil in
terests, approached Governor General
Wood during the deadlock in the Chi
cago convention in 1020, with an offer
to support hi mfor presidential nomi
nee on the condition that he (Ham
mon) be appointed secretary of the
interior. The younger Wood express
ed the opinion that if the General had
not turned down the offer flatly he
would have received the nomination
instead of Harding.
Cook Inlet Fox Farms
Worth About $300,000
The fox farms in the Cook Inlet dis
! trict are worth approximately $300,
000 according to J. L. Waller, Anchor
age attorney, who is manager for the
Anchor Point Silver Fox farm, Pic.,
says the Anchorage Daily Alaskan.
Three of these fox farms alone are
valued at half that amount or $130,
000, and there are a few others whose
values run into large figures.
The last winter the Anchor Point.
Silver Fox Farm disposed of about
fifteen pelts which brought an average
of $250 each, Mr. Waller states. The
general price on the inlet for a pair of
| young foxes is about $600.
Large Concrete Garage
Be Erected in Seward
j Work on the large, modern, con
crete garage, to be built in Seward
this spring, will start as soon as the
frost is out of the ground, Peter Ogle,
the proprietor, announced yesterday.
The building will be 50 by 90 feet,
with solid concrete walls and floor,
repair pit, washing floor, and filling
station. The structure will front on
Washington avenue, the front being
of plate glass, with elaborate finished
office and rest room for ladies whose
automobiles are being repaired or
filled with gas and oil. The main en
trance will be on Washington avenue,
cars driving the full length of the
building and emerging on Third ave
nue.
Mr. Ogle has the agency for the
popular Overland car, and the Willvs
Knight, and will have demonstrators
here on one of the next boats.
NO TRAIN IN TODAY
There will be no train in from the
Interior today, according to Agent
Sweek, but a passenger and freight
will arrive from the interior about 2
o’clock tomorrow.