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OLUME XIX.
NUMBER 80.
SEWARD. ALASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 3. Am.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RESIDENT WILL SIGN
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
LESS SENATE ALTERS
PER CENT OF MEN WOULD BE
VLIVE AT END OF TWENTY
YEARS IS STATED
.VASHINC.TON, D. C., April o—
'sident Coolidge probably will sign
endowment policy insurance bill
ently passed by the house for the
efit of soldiers and sailors who par
pated in the European war, provid
the senate does not materially alter
measure.
he president was opposed to a bon
bill that the government could not
»rd, and he particularly expressed
antipathy toward the payment of
ds to the able bodied. The new
in large part takes care of the vet
ns \^\m they are approaching old
, or when they are in accute need,
s a bill to relieve possible distress
not a measure that will permit the
orvice men to fritter away the
Is given them as argued by the op
mts of a large cash outlay.
Legion Favors Bill
te principal of the insurance bill
> different from previous measures
ed by congress and vetoed by the
utive that Mr. Coolidge can eon
ntlv sign it. The American Legion
rs the bill. The total cost to the
rnment is slightly more than two
>n dollars, spread over a period of
ty years, and the annual appro
ions are already available, be
? congress has been authorizing
t $200,000,000 for vocational train
ind that comes to an end shortly,
he existing budget contains the
>. the total cost is not conjectural
is heretofore been the case, 87 per
of the service men will be alive
joy the benefits of the insurance,
ding to the estimates of insur
w*10 have been abl" in
ast to figure out mortality tables,
he families of those veterans who
died since the war will immedi
get the benefit of the insurance
ents.
Not SeriouU Burden
reason why the new measure ■
ot make a serious financial bur- i
the introduction of the sinking
In other words, the maximum
for any one year will be $110,-;
4, wf'ile the minimum outlay will
,805000. Such sums as that when
de annually grow larger because
terest on the sums invested be
larger each year. The idea is
tely sound, because it has been
strated in the case of private iri
e companies, who invest the pre- j
paid by individuals and yet the,
r of persons who die annually,
equal to the number who carry ,
ice. The law of probability and
ity tajjte care of the insurance
ny, just as surely as it will take
* the government’s sinking fund.
TY-FIVE PER CENT
REDUCTION IN TAXES
3HINGTON, D. C., April 2—
rision for a 25 per cent reduc
i income taxes payable this year
tproved last night by the Senate
ttee on Finance.
id rain mis
' YORK, Apr. 3.—The Wool
building, the world's tallest ed
as sold today to the Wool Re
unpany for $11,000,000.
*
rd Sheehan, the Anchorage
reused of grand larceny in con
with the theft of 47 fox pelts
yere later recovered, was held
•rancj^ jury after a hearing be
v pissioner Rager, last week,
an mad-; no statement, his
vaiving when the court asked
lefense would o2er any testi
PREMIER LOSES SUIT FOR
ORE LOSS DAMAGES
Following a five day trial in Van
couver, the suit of the Premier Gold
Mining Company against the Coast
wise Steamship and Barge Co. Ltd.,
for damages in the sum of $17,600 for
loss of a barge load of ore last year,
was dismissed according to Vancouver
papers of a recent date. In his decis
ion the court held that the testimony
failed to sustain the mining company’s
contention that the barge used in the
transportation of the ore from the
Stewart Dock to Annvox was not in
a seaworthy condition. The decision
in effect attributed the loss of the
barge to perils of the sea and exoner
ates the towing concern front respon
sibility therefor.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS MURDER
OF WOMAN DOCTOR IN KAN
SAS CITY—CLUES GIVEN
KANSAS CITY, April 3—Fear of
death at the hands of four persons ov
ershadowed the last few hours of Dr.
Zoc Wilkins whose mutilated body
was found in her home last Tuesday.
This developed today when the police
found a woman, whose name is with
held, to whom Dr. Wilkins expressed
fears of death shortly before it took
her.
The woman stated Dr. Wilkins said
“four avengers” were after her over
a mysterious sanitarium “deal” in
Kansas City which is puzzling the po
lice.
The dead woman is the divorced
wife of the late Thomas W. Cunning
ham, wealthy Joplin banker. Three
men, including Charles Wilkins,
brother of the dead woman, a lumber
jtte’k, recently arriving from the Pa
cific 'Northwest, are in jail, held for
investigation in connection >v'th the
murder.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—Harlan F.
Stone, dean of the Columbia Law j
School of New York, has been select- j
ed by President Coolidge to succeed
Harry M. Daugherty as Attorney
General.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—The Sen
ate passed the Bursum Bill increas
ing pensions to veterans of all wars
except the world war, at a cost of
$270,000,000 per year.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—Senator
Smoot of the Senate Finance Com
mittee said today that the Soldier j
■ Bonus and Tax Reduction bills would;
: both be passed by this session of
i Congress. i
FRAUD Clim II
TIM INDIAN [MSS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—Testifying
before the Senate committee H. M.
Peck, former U. S. Attorney in Okla
homa, charged former Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty with failing to recover
a half million dollars worth of oil
lands in Oklahoma, given to Osage
lndtans by fraud.
NEW GIRL BABY BORN
MR. AND MRS. F. E. TOWLE
Announcement of the birth of Pa
tricia Towle, on April 2, 1924, was
made today by her parents, Mr. and
tMrs. Frank E. Towle. Dr. Baugh
man W3«! tho ottonHino, „V,,v.!nlor.
AMERICAN LEGION SHOW AT
LIBERTY THEATRE FRIDAY NIGHT
The moving picture show to be given at the Liberty
Theatre tomorrow night will be given under the auspices
of Seward Post, American Legion, and will consist of the
following:
“HATS OFF”
A one-reel Patriotic Film of unusual interest.
“IMMIGRATION”
One ree educational F. S. Signal Forps
“JOURNEY’S FND”
A live-reeler featuring Ethel Clayton
“A TRIP THROLOU FILMLAND”
Educational Film by the Eastman Kodak Company,
showing the process of film making
ADMISSION, FIFTY CENTS
For Benefit of Seward Post, American Legion
AVIATORS ARE PREPARING TO START ON
LONG FIGHT AROUND THE WORLD TOMORROW
Seattle, Apr. 3.—The tank of each world plane which
will hop off tomorrow morning is being filled with 300 gal
lons of gasoline for the flight to Prince Rupert.
SEATTLE, Apr. 3.—An invitation
has been extended to the British avi
ators engaged in a flight around the
world to use Sand Point aviation field
during their flight. The invitation
was cabled to the British air ministry.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—Special
prosecutors Roberts and Pomerene
announced that a special grand jury
•would convene April 16 for the pur
pose Ot indicting everyone connected
with the naval oil leases.
SUFFERS FROM ERUPTION
LONDON, Apr. 3.—The whole isl- j
and of Stromboli is in flames follow
ing a violent eruption* of Mt. Strom
boli, an active volcano*, according to
a dispatch from Rome tonight.
The Alaska Hills Mines Corpora-!
tion have on the Seward dock await- j
ing transportation by the steamer J
Starr, a complete mining equipment, ;
consisting of a Worthington Ball j
Mill, a Blake crusher, three Deister!
overstrom tables, a Pelton water
wheen, flume and tramway, and all j
accessories necessary for the opera
tion of the Paystreak mine.
The history of the property own- *
ed by this company is generally
known locally, they having two ledges
of high grade ore on which consid
erable work has been performed. Es
timates based on one-quarter of the
actual values shown by average as
says of these ledges show $60,000
worth of ore now in sight.
These ledges are true fissure cross
cutting a blockv slate formation, and
are showing an increase in width with
depth. The ground is admirably lo
cated about one mile from tidewater.
A gravel flat reaches from the beach
to the camp and mill site.
There is an abundance of water
power and timber within sixteen
hundred feet of the mine.
Numerous mining men, both from
this district and from the otside, have
visited this property and all of them
believe that the Nuka Bay district is
destined to make a prominent min
ing camp in the near future.
Seward will be outfitting point for
a great many prospectors who will
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—George
White, former chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee today told
the Senate committee that E. L. Do
heny had contributed $34,900 to the
Democrat party in J£20 and 1921.
J. E. Deyche ot Oklahoma City,
testified that $105,000 which was dis
bursed in 1920 in a successful cam
paign to make the late Jake Hamon
a member of the Republican National
Committee.
Captain H. K. Freeman, well-known
coast mariner, was drowned last week
when his launch sank near Shatwatlan
Passage , The cause of the accident
si unknown. Captain Freeman for
merly lived in Seattle, where a broth
er Miller 1 •eornan is a publish^: Free
man went to the Yukon go' 1 fields in
■98.
TREATIES NO LONGER
RE KEPT SECRET PICT
LONDON, Apr. 3.—It was an
nounced in the house of parliament
today that hereafter every treaty
with foreign nations would be pre
sented before parliament 21 days be
fore their ratification, thus putting
an end to secret pacts.
MILWAUKEE, Apr. 3.—Robert La
Follette, the radical third narty can
didate, defeated Calvin Coolidge in
the presidential preferential primary
Tuesday, about two to one. This
gives La Follette the Wisconsin dele
gates in the Republican convention.
Smith Wins In New York
NEW YORK, Apr. 3.—A1 Smith, of
New York, is apparently winner'over
William G. McAdoo, for the Demo
cratic delegation from New York
state.
LONDON, Apr. 3.—The British
steamer Frangestan, bound for Jed
dah, in the Red Sea, with 1200 pil
grims aboard, is on fire between
CITY CLOCK THAWS OUT
AND IS NOW RUNNING
(Nome Nugget)
The' clock located in front of Seger
strom and Hagen’s Jewelry store, the
property of the City of Nome, is again
keeping time. The clock was for a
number of days frozen and would not
operate, but owing to the warm spoil
the frost has melted and released the
mechanism again.
RAILROAD TO DISPOSE OK
TWENTY HEAD OF HORSES
The stores department of the Alas
ka railroad will dispose of 20 head of
horses in the very near future. The
stock, left from construction clays, has
been kept in the railroad conal north
east of the city and has piovcd to be
an expensive item, without producing,
as the railroad has had no use for the
horses foi’ some time.
i ALASKA LAWYER, CANDIDATE
- FOR OFFICE GETS WARM
PRAISE FROM HOME
TOWN PAPER
The Reese River Reville, published
at Austin, Lander County, Nevada,
where Judge William Coppernoll, Sew
ard lawyer, and candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Attorney Gen
eral practiced law for eight years pays
a high tribute to the ability and char
acter of the former Nevadan. The
leading article in a recent issue of the
Reville says:
“The many friends of Wm. Copper
noll in Lander County, State of Neva
da, will be pleased to learn that he will
be a candidate for the nomination of
Attorney General of Alaska at the Pri
mary election to be held in April, 1924.
Residing in Austin from 1904 till 1912,
Wm. Coppernoll (Old Cop) practiced
law and was one of the ablest attot>
neys in Nevada. He represented Land
er County in the Assembly legislature
in 1910 and was considered one of the
leaders of that body. He introduced a
bill for the reduction of passenger
rates from four to three cents a mile
on all transcontinental lines dring bus
iness in Nevada, a bill increasing the
saloon license from $25 a year to $250
to $500 a year according to population
also a bill making it a misdemeanor
for a firm or corporation to hire men
to work unless there was money in the
treasury necessary to make payment
of the wage.
“Coppernoll was a most popular cit- i
izen of Nevada, having a host of'
friends throughout the state. He was
ever the friend of a common people as !
was demonstrated by the number of
cases he conducted for people of limit
ed means, and without compensation
therefor. When he departed for Al- j
aska in 1912, the State of Nevada and,
Lander County lost a splendid citizen.
The Reville wishes to say that during (
all the years Coppernoll practiced law
in Nevada, his record was clean, and
he was ever-forward in working for
the best interests of his community.
* WRESTED FOB
CONTEMPT OF SEMITE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.— Harry
Sinclair was arrested today charged
with contempt, for refusing to testi
fy again before the Senate oil com
mittee. He was later released on
$5000 bonds.
SITKA HISS
FRENCH DECHT1S
Felix Beauchamp, second vice-com
mander of the American Legion, De
partment of Alaska, was favorably re ■
membered by the French people for
his services during the World War.
Last mail Captain Beauchamp re
ceived the French Croix de guerre
from the minister of war in recogni
tion of his valor at Belleau in 1918 and
at VierZV. South of Roissnno in Twltr
I A FO LLETTE’S A NNOUNCEM ENT
NOT SURPRISE—RADICAL
PROGRAM DEMANDED
WASHINGTON., D. C., April 3—
Senator LaFollette’s determination to
head the third party ticket if the re
publican national convention nominat
ed President Coolidge on a conserva
tive program, will effect the entire
course of the campaign.
The senator’s announcement is not
unexpected. The demand that the
party platform shall not be conserva
tive will not be satisfied, because Mr.
Lafollette’s idea of conservation differ.*
materially from that of his fellow re-,
publicans. Indeed, nothing short of a
radical program will appease the La
Follette group who planning to us*j
Jnatform controversy merely as an
[excuse to wage their campaign, not
; on personalities, but on the dignified
basis of issues and principles. *
The immediate effect of course, of
.the entrance of Senator LaFollette in
j to the campaign will be to change the
! strategy of the two old line parties.
The politicians have thought it all out
i and it looks as if the republican argu
ment will be this:
Deadlock Puisible.
First, the casting of any electoral
votes tor LaFollette will merely mix
up the election and possibly prevent
any of the three candidates from re
ceiving a majority of the electoral
votes, thus throwing the election into
the house of representatives. The el
ection of a third party candidate would
not carry with it the control of con
gress so the legislative situation would
be a constant wrangle without pro
gress.
Second, the democratic argument
will be that the regular republicans are
too conservative and the LaFollette re
publicans are too radical and that a
librVt.l policy—compromise between
the two extremes—would be adopted
by the democrats. The claim would
be made that the election of a demo
cratic president would carry with it
the election of a democratic congress
so that all branches of the government
would be able to proceed in harmony.
The third party ticket is likely to
have two effects—either to force the
election of a democratic president, as
in 1912, by splitting the republican
vote, or else by forcing the election in
to the house of representatives, which
body chooses a president whenever no
candidate gets a majority of the elec
toral votes.
West Battleground
The strength of the LaFollett group
is in the west. These states are nor
mally republican. If Senator Lafollette
wins them, Mr. Coolidge would be vi
tally affected in the final tally. The
democrats have hopes of carrying cer
tain western states, too. Between the
LaFollette efforts and the Democratic
campaign, Mr. Coolidge would have to
carry nearly everything East of the
Mississippi river as well as certain
Pacific Coast states to get a majority.
The West, therefore, will be the real
battleground, for the strength of the
regular republican party in the past
is its conservatism, the very thing that
the LaFollette republicans will be bat
tling against in the west.
*
VOTERS DRIVEN AWAY
CHICAGO. Apr. 3.—Eighteen gun
men, traveling in four automobiles,
invaded Cicero, a suburb of Chicago,
where an election was being held;
raided the polling places, shot two
election workers and drove the vot
ers from the polls.
COUNCIL CANVASSES VOTE
The city council met yesterday and
canvassed the votes for the city elec
tion. They were found as stated in
yesterday’s issue of the Gateway, with
the exception of the vote on Ordi
nance Number 79, which was found
to have passed by a large majority of
votes, or about 60 per cent.
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