VOLUME XIX XU AIMER 144.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
AMERICA’S REPLY
TO JAPAN MADE
PUBLIC; FRIENDLY
INHERENT RIGHT OF GOVERN
MENT TO CONTROL IMMI
GRATION TO COUNTRY
Japanese Chamber Commerce Vt ill Op
^ pose Boycott of American Goods;
Friendly Feeling Toward U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19
—The American reply to Japan
over the Japanese excltf ion act
was made public tonight and says
in effect that so far the United
States Government was concerned
the incident was closed.
The reply also observes that it
is the inherent right of a govern
ment to control its immigration;
“an authority which the Japanae
A government has not failed (to ex
ercise in its own discretion with
respect to the admission of ali
Will Oppose Boycott of Goods
TOKYO, June 19—The Japanese
Chamber of Commerce announced to
day that it will oppose to the Utmost
the boycott of American goods as in
stituted by certain elements, because
of the enactment of the Japanese ex
clusion act by the American conrgess.
i American Reply Friendly
TOKYO, June 19—The American re
nly to the Japanese protest against
the exclusion of Japanese from the
United States is marked by a spirit
of friendliness and reasonablesess and
will be examined in the same spirit.
Decoding of the note was completed ,
today.
Hughes Take Charge
British Affairs Mexico
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19
Hughes has been ordered by the U. |
S. Government to take charge of the j
affairs in Mexico City of the British)
arhcives and legation in Mexico City, |
which the Mexican government has
threatened to seize and to arrest the ^
British consul, following alleged hos-,
tile utterances. A cordon of mill-.
tary police have been thrown around •
the British legation.
Incident
ens,
Moving Picture Men
Leave For M’Kinley
Arthur Young and Charles Kelly
left on Yesterday’s train for Mt. Mc
Kinley where they will take moving
pictures of wild life in that district
and also pictures of McKinley.
From Mc’Kinley they will return
to Seward, in about a week, and with
Mr. A1 Blair will take a trip into the
lower Kenai Country ,in search of big
game pictures. Mr. Young, who is a
noted archer, will endeavor to bag a
few of the large brown bear of the
Kenai district while on this trip.
Upon returning from Kenai the trio ;
wil depart for Kodiak and the west-,
ward, returning to Seward later in the
fall._
Judge Wanamaker
Suicides Yesterday
COLUMBUS, June 19—Judge It. M.
Wanamaker of the Ohio Supreme
Court suicided today in his home here.
Yukon Territory Feels
Action U. S. Senate
DAWSON, June 18—The receipt of
information that the United States had
failed to ratify the treaty allowing li
quor to enter Yukon by the w'ay of
Skagway caused keen disappointment
among officials here.
A large portion of revenue necessary
to carry on business is derived from
y* edits of government liquor. The mon
t-v is sorely needed to build roads and
trails to Beaver and the Keno Hill
silver mines.
£u.mes Paulson is expected to i’e
;rn from his fox ranch near Latouche
cn this Northwestern.
Chinese and Russians
To Control Railway
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19—
The Chinese and the Russian govern
ments have entered into arrangement
today for the exclusive control and ad
ministration by them of the Chinese
Eastern railway; and claims made by
the State Department in behalf of the
American government and citizen in
vestors haev been rejected.
FISH HATCHERY
PROVES POPULAR
OUTING RESORT
Sevvardites who visit the fish
hatchery at Grouse Lake ,since traf
fic has opened find it a profitable
place to spend an afternoon, Carl
Dregor, the sperintender.t, doing all
in his power to make the visit a
pleasant one explaining the scheme
for propagation to visitors.
During the recent visit of Ed
ward Wentworth, superintendent of
territorial hatcheries ,he named J.
C. Bush a member of the Grouse
Lake staff. Mr. Bush is an experi
enced hatchery man, and with Mr.
Dregor will greatly augment the ef
ficiency of the hatchery. Mr. Bush
was formerly engaged at Afognak,
with the Bureau of Fisheries, and j
was also at Karlik overseeing fish j
propagation.
The local hatchery has yet to re-j
ceive considerable equipment, but j
will be in readiness for work by the j
time the spawnisg season opens.!
Mr. H. E. Ellsworth, local member
of the Fisheries Board, has promised
the Gateway a photo of the new hat
chery from which a cut will be made
for our special edition.
Mr. Wentworth was very much
pleased with the location and build
ings of the new hatchery.
Senator Walsh Be
Demo. Chairman
NEW YORK, June 19—Senator
Walsh of Montana was nominated by !
the national committee to be perma
nent chairman of the Democratic Nat
ional Convention.
LEADERS OF KLAN
MAY BE EXPELLED
BATON ROUGE, June 19—It is
reported that Paul D. Parkins, Great
Titan of the Louisiana Klan, Speaker
Douglas of the legislature and other;
lawmakers are slated for expulsion ;
from the kuan for supporting anti-klan
legislation which was enacted last
week.
CONDEMN OUTBREAK
AGAINST AMERICANS
TOKIO, June 19—Masahiros Ota
has been appointed chief of police at
the instance of the new Japanese min
istry. The ministry issued a statement
saying “incitement and lawbreaking
by means of Anti-American violence
must be prevented. The exclusion
question is too important to be treat
ed rashly. Japan must keep her dig
nity.”
SON AIDS FATHER
TO ROUTE ROBBER
OAKLAND, June 19—Antone Ven
nuchi, aged seven, saw a mar. holding
up his father in their grocery store
Saturday night and slipped around be
hind his father and placed a pistol in
his father’s hand. The father whipped
the pistol in sight of the bandit who
fled without getting any plunder.
MOUNT VERNON MEN TO
VISIT ALASKA ISLANDS
MOUNT VERNON, June 17.—The
good launch Glory will leave Mount
Vernon Saturday morning with a. {
party of local business men on
board, who state the purpose of
their contemplated cruise is to study
the flora and fauno of the thousand
islands of the inner Alaska passage.
The personnel of the party is as
fo^>ws: Captain, John Downes;
chief engineer, Russel Davis; assist
ant engineer, Lee Wright; Ernest
Stewart, cook, A1 Sears; purser, F.
H. Jenne, supercargo, Joe Parker,
and Owen Merritt ,able seamen, and
Chas Dodds, chaplain.
Christ Larsen was a passenger for
Anchorage on the train today.
DEMOCRATIC BOSS
OPENS OFFICES
WILL FORM COMBINATION TO
BLOCK TWO-THIRDS RULE
IN CONVENTION
NEW YORK, June 19—George
Brennen, boss of the Illinois demo
crats, opened his headquarters at the
Waldorf Astoria today and joined with
Governor Smith of New York and the
Tammany members to form a combi
nation which will prevent the nomi
nation of Me Ad oo, says Brennen.
The first job is to block McAdoo in
the drive for the abrogation rule re
quiring a two-thirds majority to nom
inate a presidential candidate.
“If the two thirds rule is to go, the
unit rule by which the majority of the
delegations from states having this
rule controls the vote of the entire
delegation, must go too,” said Bren
nen. He regards the two rules as very
closely related.
Trout Destroy Spawn
Claims Studdert
Wm. Studdert, representative of the
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, in charge
of the industry for this district, re
turned to Anchorage Saturday last,
says the Anchorage Times.
Mr. Studdert spent the past ten
days investigating the salmon streams
in the lower inlet. He reports the
streams are overpopulated with Dolly
Vardin trout which are very destruc
tive to salmon production.
In one stream, Kalagin creek, on
Kalagin island, he and associates cap
tured over 1500 trout in less than four
hours by means of a small beach net.
While on the trip Mr. Studdert made
various experiments and observations
for the promotion of the fish industry.
He states that he has recommended
the additional force of at least thirty
men to be employed to destroy the
trout and also clear obstructions from
the salmon streams for the general
betterment of spawning grounds. The
money is not available at the present,
he states, but will undoubtedly be a
part of the 1925 program for this dis
trict .
Weather conditions in the lower in
let are still unfavorable and the op
erators have necessarily been delayed
in their operations. A few red salmon
have started to run and the operators
can only hope for a partial pack tYJi
season, on account of the delay and
also the limit imposed upon the packs.
Teachers Selected
For Coming Year
The Seward School Board met last
evening and confirmed the election of
the following named teachers for the
school year of 1925-1925, to-wit:
Miss Eccles, first and second grades.
Miss Bettanini, thiro, fourth and
fifth grades.
Miss Matthews, sixth and seventh
grades.
Miss Ulleland, assistant high-school
teacher.
Miss Rousch, Commercial Depart
ment.
Negotiations are pending for the el
ection cf a Superintendent of schools.
JAPANESE ALREADY HERE
FAVOR BARRING BRETHREN
LIMA, Ohio, June 19—Action of
Congress in blocking further immi
gration of Japanese nationals to the
United States is upheld by Jack Ino
way, Japanese proprietor of one of
Lima’s largest restaurants.
“The American people are fully
capable of managing their own affairs.
If they wish to exclude the Japanese,
or any other foreigners, that is their
own business,” Inoway commented on
the new Immigration Bill.
Born in Nippon, Inoway came to
this country twenty-two years ago.
He contends that he has been in Am
erica long enough to view internation
al problems from the American stand
point.
Epidemic of Small Pox
Distressing Detroit
DETROIT, June 18—A hundred and
fifty patrolmen and fifty physicians
threw a cordon about fifteen blocks in
the residence section of this city as
a result of small pox quarantine.
COOUDGE DINES
PART OLD GUARD
LODGE AND OTHERS WHO HAVE
BEEN OPENLY SULKING ARE
GUESTS TO FEAST
WASHINGTON, D. CM June 19
President Coolidge last night called
the “old guard” republican leaders to
a pacification feast at the White
House today.
Heading the list of guests was Sen
ator Lodge ,whom it is claimed Chair
man Butler sought to humiliate in
every way possible at the Cleveland
Conevntion. The remainder of the list
was made up of men ranking high in
the Republican organization who have
been openly sulking.
Notorious German
Raider Operating
in Alaskan Waters
PRINCE EITEL FREDERICK IS
NOW THE FINEST CANNERY
VESSEL IN THE WORLD
It is not generally known in Alas
ka that the largest vessel plying the
waters of the Territory, is the steam
er Ostego, which is owned and oper
ated by Libby, McNeill & Libby. The
Ostego was formerly known as the
Prince Eitel Frederick, the German
raider which was the terror of the
Atlantic during the World War, says
the Anchorage Daily Alaskan in a
recent issue.
The Prince Eitel Frederick was sur
rendered to the United States govern
met by her commander. After the war
was over the magnificent vessel was
purchased by Libby McNeill and Lib
by, and at a cost of $80,000 was trans
formed into the finest and greatest
cannery vessel in the world today.
The Ostego is 371 feet is length, or
three feet longer than the Alaska
Steam ship Company’s flag ship, Yu
kon, and carries a crew of sixty men.
The vessel is now in Bristol Bay wait
in gto take out the company’s pack,
which should be put up about August
5. The company will commence fish
ing in this location June 25, asd is out
fitted to put up a pack of about 315,
000 cases of salmon.
After taking the Bristol Bay Pack
to Seattle the Ostego will return to
Alaskan waters, where she will load
the Kenai full pack, which is estimat
ed should amount to 40,000 cases, and
thence to Yakutat, where the output
should reach 70,000 cases. From Yaku
tat to Taku for the pack of 125,000
cases and fina lpack from the float
ing cannery at Ketchikan, where the
estimated output should reach 30,000
cases.
When this- magnificent vessel was
sailing the seas under the German flag
she was capable of making 24 knots
an hour but since she has been trans
formed into a cannery boat two of
the boilers have been taken out re
ducing her speed to from 15 to 16
knots an hour.
McAdoo in New York
To Manage Affairs
NEW YORK, June 19—The cam
paign of McAdoo for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency, enters
its final phase today upon his arrival
from Los Angeles to take advisory
charge of his forces.
JIMMY murphy regains
TITLE OF SPEED KING
ALTOONA, June 18—Jimmy Mur
phy, speed king of 1922, won the two
hundred and fifty mile auto race here
Saturday. Fred Comer took second and
E. Murrie finished third.
Murphy shot into first place at the
half-way mark. Rain began falling at
123 miles and at 185 the three leaders
were racing in winning order with only
two fifths of a second between cars.
The finish was one of the most excit
ing ever seen on a speed track.
Murphy’s time was two hours and
twelve minutes. Jerry Wunderlich was
seriously injured when his car skidded
on the back track and he dashed to
the infield at the 200 mile post. He
was taken to the hospital.
SHANGHAI, June 19—Frank G.
Carpenter, noted American writer and
author died at Nanking this morning.
Communists Gain
Control Convention
ST. PAUL, June 19—Communists
took over complete control of the con
vention last night electing State Sen
ator Charles E. Taylor of Montana as
permanent chairman and Duncan Mc
Donald of Illinois as vice-chairman and
the party’s probable nominee for the
Presidency. They denounced Lafollet
te and his followers as “yellow.”
TENNIS COMMITTEE
SECURES LARGE SUM
FOR BUILDING COURT
The Tennis Committee wishes to
thank all those who so kindly gave to
ward the construction of the court. The
I names of the contributors and con
tributions are:
Cash, $5.00.—Chas Lechner, Gus
Borgen, Ralph Reed, Chas, Hinde, H.
B. Selby, O. A. Johansen, George
Schmidt, Schallerers Alaska Shop, C.
Orlander, Leon Urbach, Wm. H.
Whittlesey, Carstens Packing com
pany, H .B. Selby, jr., Frye Bruhn,
Seward Drug Co., J .H. Flower, Mr.
Moultray, Ellsworth, Mr. Flickenger,
Van Gilder hotel, Bill Patterson, Mr.
Hoben, A .C. Henderson, Harry Ka
wabe.
Less than $5.00.—T. J. Selby, $2,
Don Tyer, $3, Wayne Blue, $2, Chas.
Tecklenburg, $2, John Matich, $2,
P. Burns, $2, Pete Ogle, $2, Mrs. J.
S. Bogart, $2.50, John Walker,
$2.50, Sylvia Sexton, $2, Mrs. Rich
ard McNally, $2, Mr. Eric Johnson,
$2.50 ,Mr. Bill Erwin, $2.50, Ban
burg and Ogle, $2.50, Mr. Benson,
$3, Pete Peterson, $1, H. D. Wand
ling, $1, Harry Bowers, $1, T. H.
Jasper, $1, Mr. McDougall, $1, Mr.
Myers, $1, T. W. Hawkins, $1, Mr.
Murphy, $1, Geo. Phelps, $1, P. C.
McMullen, $1, A. Erickson, $1, Chris
Larson, $1, Mr. Mount, $1, Mr. Hoff
man, $1, Mr. French, $1, Frank M.
Kempfer, $1, J .C. Hutton, $1, Mrs.
Dvkstra, $1, H. E .Ellsworth, $1,
Mel Holben, $1, Miss Fuller, $1, Mr.
Eide ,$1 Mr. Painter $1 J. L. Graef,
$1; Wallace Daykin, $1, Dr. Baugh
man, $1, r. Thoday, $1, Norman Mc
Kay, $1, Mr. Morford, $1, Mr. Stan
| ton, $1, Mr. Sweek, $1, Mr. Bates,
j $1, Frank Gillespie, $1, Mrs. M. B.
Malloy, $1, Andy Novak, $1, Mr. Pros
i ser, $1,00, Lundblad, 50c, J. Jordan 50.
Belgian is Winner
Of Bennette Trophy
BRUSSELS, June 19Lt. Demuyter,
piloting a balloon for Belgium ^as
declai'ed winner of the Gordon-Ben
nette cup today. He made a six hun
dred kilometer flight.
U. S. WARES SHUNNED
BY SOME JAP STORES
TOKIO, June 18—Several Tokio bus
inesses are displaying signs reading:
“No American Goods Sold Here,” A
number of vernacular newspapers as
sert that the movement to boycott Am
erican products, started as protect
against the passage of the new Am
erican immigration law, including a
clause prohibiting entry of Japanese
is gaining ground among the middle
classes, despite the efforts of the gov
ernment to check its spread.
DYNAMITE BOMBS
WRECK BUILDING
HARRISBURG, 111., June IS—Two
dynamite bombs were exploded late
last night and caused partial wreck
ae of two houses and damage to many
others.
The entire city was shaken by the
violence of the explosions.
It is thought that the depredations
were committed by persons not in har
mony with the recent liquor raids in
Saline county.
KETCHIKAN BOY SERIOUSLY
HURT WHEN RIDING MULE
Phillip Falconer, 15-year-old son of
Rev. and Mrs. F. R. Falconer, of Ket
chikan was seriously injured a week
ago when riding a mule which is used
in the tunnel work near the power
house of that city.
From what be learned, was riding
the animal, which threw him, then
either kicked him or walked over his
head, the boy receiving one gash all
the way across the top of his head, and
his jaw bone was broken. The injured
i boy is now in the Arthur Yates hos
pital.
TRAIN ROBBERS
ROUNDED UP BY
CHICAGO POLICE
SLEUTHS MAKE FAST WORK OF
ROUNDING UP MAIL
ROBBERS
CHICAGO, June 19—Detectives and
police officials have made quick work
of apprehending the train robbers who
pilfered the Milwaukee mail and ex
press train near Chicago last Thurs
day night.
An alleged confession from one of
the suspects led to the identification
| of others. Information found in letters
taken from them guided the officials
in their investigation which resulted in
the recovery of $20,000, all in large
denominations, and identified as hav
ing been taken from the registered
pouches stolen from the mail train.
The currency was found in the pos
I session of James H. Watson, who was
I arrested last night when he came into
the plat where detectives had previous
ly arrested J. H. Wayne, identified as
the bandit who was shot by guards
during the robbery .
Paul Wade of Tulsa Oklahoma, Wal
ter McComb and James Mahoney were
later arrested on information wrested
from Wayne. Detectives are searching
for the “master mind” of the crimi
nals and it is believed his arrest will
I be made before night. It is believed
! that most of the loot will be recovered.
Steese and Sommers
Will Inspect Roads
R. J. Sommers, highway engineer
and member of the territorial board of
the Alaska road commission, left An
chorage northbound Monday afternoon
for Fairbanks to meet Colonel James
G. Steese who is making the trip from
Juneau to Anchorage via the White
Pass route.
! Colonel Steese arrived in Fairbanks
I yesterday. From Fairbanks the Road
officials will go to Chitina on the 20th
over the Richardson Highway where
| they will inspect the $100,000 bridge
i which is being constructed ocross the
Nizina river, on the highway from Mc
Carthy to the Nizina placer district.
The party will investigate road con
! ditions at Cordova, Valdez and here
| before returning to Anchorage, around
j the first of July.
Mr. Sommers will accompany Col.
j Steese to Anchorage where they will
I remain about two weeks inspecting the
Matanuska, Willow creek and local
| roads making a trip ove rthe Talkeet
1 na-Cache creek road and investigating
teh various projects in that vicinity.
i
Bison to be Killed
To Relieve Feeding
MISSOULA, Mont., June 19—The
slaughter and sale of 100 bison and
200 elk on the national bison range
west of Missoula has been authorized
by the bureau of biological survey for
the coming season, on account of a
shortage of feed on the 18,000 acre
ranch. It is believed this will reduce
the herds which now number some 1,
200 big game animals, including buffa
lo, deer, elk, and mountain sheep, so
that there will be sufficieiN* forage for
all.
Predicts Struggle
At Dem. Convention
CHICAGO, June 19—George Bren
nen, leader of the Illinois Democrats
predicts the major struggle of the
Democratic National convention to be
over the abrogation of two thirds rule.
Large Crowd Leaves
On Fbks. Excursion
About thirty persons took advan
tage of the excursion I'ates to lair
banks today, leaving Seward this
morning at eight. Those buying tic
kets were:
Mr. and Mrs. Moultry, Mr. and Mrs.
Urbach, Mrs. Johansen, Mr. and Mrs.
Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Flickinger, J.
H. Walker, Thelma Ellsworth, Beatrice
Baughman, Elsie Leslie, Harry Hoben,
Oscar Dahl, Mrs. Sarah Johns, Mel
Horner, Mr. Otto Schallerer, Mr. and
Mrs. Rucker, Mr. McMullen, r. H. B.
Selby, Charles Benson, Mr. J. P. Han
non, Mrs. Swetmann, Mr. Tripp, Mr.
Cowles, Mrs. Siphert.