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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 71.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Al Jennings, Former Bandit and Train Robber,
Testifies Before Oil Investigating Committee
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 24.—A1 Jen
nings, reformed bandit and former
candidate for Governor ol Oklahoma,
who will testify before the Senate Oil
probe committee, declared that it was
his awakening to the facts back of his
nomination that led to the breakdown
and death of ex-President Harding. He
added that the oil interests had brot
about the nomination of Harding by
the payment of one million dollars to
the Republican National Committee.
Sinclair Refuses to Testify
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24 — Harry
Sinclair refused to testify betore the
Senate oil investigating committee
Saturday, with the declaration that
“There is nothing in any facts or cir
cumstances in the lease ot the Teapot
Dome oil fields which does or can in
criminate me. This committee has
overstepped the bounds of decency in
its investigations.”
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—By a
unanimous vote the Oil committee de
cided to cite Sinclair to appear before
the Senate for contempt as a result of
his refusal to testify. Will Hays de
nied before the committee that Sin
clair had given any stock to wipe out
a debt of a million and ahalf contract
ed by the National Republican Com
mittee during its 1924 campaign.
Wheeler Becomes Excited
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—“If ever
a man stooped to a cowardly, low
down trick it was Daugherty when he
attacked Roxie Stinson, a defenseless
woman,” Senator Wheeler, democrat,
declared today.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24—Sinclair
■ issued a statement today denouncing
; Archie Roosevelt and his brother
! Theodore as “character assassins and
| scandal mongers.”
Valentine Denies He Is
Against Division of Alaska
A letter was received on one of the
last boats from E. Valentine, in an
swer to an editorial published in the
Juneau Empire alleged to have been
taken from the Gateway. Mr. Valen
tine says:
“Last night the Daily Empire of this
place published an article giving you
credit in which it was stated that Del
egate Sutherland was opposed to a di
vision of the Territory, and that *Y al
entine, Wickersham and Rustgard, the
unholy trinity, were backing him. 1
suppose that you would rather publish
facts than falsehoods, so I take the lib
erty of contradicting you, and will give
you the facts as I know them.
"1 was the first one to propose the
division of the Territory. I did this in
an address which I gave here when
the people were preparing for the re
ception of President Harding and I
have not yet changed my mind in the
least regarding it. How Rustgard and
Wickersham stand on the proposition
I do not know, as 1 never talked to
either of them regarding it, or any
thing else for that matter. How Dele
gate Sutherland stands, no one knows.
He has not expressed himself that 1
know of. I don’t think any one has
ever heard from him regarding it and
I don't think the proposal has ever
been put up to him regarding it, and I
would like to impress this on every
one: that I am not backing Delegate
Sutherland in anything or in any way.
;,or do I think that either Wickersham
or Rustgard are backing him in any
thing. The whole story is without the
slightest foundation and entirely con
trary to the true facts.”
Malcolm 8. Wilson, representing the
American Paper Company, sailed for
Juneau on the Alameda.
Alvah Eames left on today’s train
for Interior points. He will attend the
Pioneer Grand Igloo at Fairbanks .
AFFIRM PEN SENTENCE
SEATTLE, Mar. 22—The conviction
of Captain Sullivan, former secretary
of the police department of grand lar
ceny, with a penitentiary sentence,
was affirmed by the state supreme
court today.
H. S. Balderston left this morning
for Anchorage.
Satisfactory Progress Made
in Cross Breeding Cattle
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24— Reports
the experimental stations at Fairbanks
and Kodiak indicate that satisfactory
progress is being made in cross-breed
ing Siberian Holsteins and Galloways
for Alaskan dairying purposes.
Delegate Sutherland Backs
Sexton and Dawes in Race
Delegate Dan Sutherland is backing
Dawes ot' Juneau and George Sexton
ol Seward, Republican candidates for
delegates to the National convention,
to win the election. The attitude of
the delegate was made known in a
letter received at Anchorage last
I week. The delegate also said he was
j strongly in favor of the candidacy of
| J. L. Waller of Anchorage, as Territo
rial representative.
Joe Quigley, an oldtimer of the Kan
tishna district, returned on the Ala
meda, and left on today’s train for the
Interior. This is Mr. Quigley’s first
trip out in over 30 years. He and Mrs.
Quigley have visited in Cleveland, Can
ton, Pittsburg ,New York, Washing
) ton, Chicago, Portland and Pacific
! coast cities.
It is reported in Seward that Claude
> Shea will be appointed to succeed J.
! Lindley Green as special officer for
the prevention of sale of liquor to na
• tives. Mr. Green has been appointed to
| the position of register in the U. S.
Land Office at Anchorage.
Ray Major, a recent arrival in Sew
ard, met with a serious accident on
Saturday evening, when he cut his
hand so badly with an axe as to nec
essitate surgical attention, which was
given by Dr. Baughman. Mr. Major
I had the misfortune to lose all the fin
I gers and part of his thumb while saw
ing in a mill several years ago ,and
the present wound will lay him up for
several weeks.
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Society Woman Hurt in
Democratic Convention
i DES MOINES, Mar. 24.—A riot oc
curred in the Polk County Democratic
Convention here Saturday and Mrs.
George Harnagel, a prominent society
leader and delegate to the convention,
was struck over the head with the
speaker’s gavel, and knocked out.
The wildest confusion prevailed and j
the convention was forced to adjourn.
Five and a half years after the ces
sation of hostilities the American peo
ple are paying war taxes on practical
ly everything they use despite the fact
that so much money has accumulated
that grafting has become second na
ture to the national politician.
Senator Frank Aldrich of Juneau
arrived on the Alameda Saturday and
left today for Fairbanks as delegate
to the grand igloo. Mr. Aldrich is
an oldtimer in the First Division and
has a long record of service to the Ter
ritory behind him.
More Thousand Dollar Bills Unearthed
In Testimony Before Daugherty Committee
I
\Y ASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—More col
lections of thousand dollar bills were
unearthed today in the testimony be
fore the Daugherty committee investi
gating the illicit withdrawal from Fed
eral warehouses of enormous quanti
ties of whiskey.
John G-oroni, president of the Alps
Drug Company of New York, testified
that after being refused two with
drawals by Prohibition Commissioner
►
Park, he paid Owen Murphy, a partner
of Will A. Orr, $150,000 and to Orr
himself $50,000 for withdrawal per
mits, securing enormous quantities of
liquor from which he cleaned up a for
tune.
He testified that Orr offered him a
permit for $15 a case. It is under
stood that Howard Mannington, one of
Daugherty’s intimate friends, received
$2 per case for his share.
LOCAL RADIO STATION
BE OPENED TOMORROW
Several men left Cordova on a gas
boat yesterday en route to Seward to
reopen the U .S. radio station, and it
is reported that two men will arrive
from the Signal Corps headquarters at
Valdez to work in connection with the
radio, making Seward a 24-hour sta
tion. When the station is opened all
radio messages heretofore sent by way
of Cordova to the interior will be rout
ed by Seward, making this one of the
most important stations on the coast.
The cable is broken in three pieces and
will not be repaired until the cableship
returns from England, which will be
some time in May. Communication
will be maintained by the Seward ra
dio with the Sitka station.
The fisheries steamer Kittiwake will
bring the men from Cordova to Sew
ard, arriving about 9 o’clock tonight.
Osage Indian Lands
Sold at Public Auction
PAWHUSKA, Okla., Mar. 24.— At a
public sale of the Burbank oil fields,
belonging to Osage Indians, which
closed today, the tract brought $14,
000,000, including $2,000,000 for one
quarter of a section.
DELEGATES LEAVE FOR
LEGION CONVENTION SITKA
Mrs, Emeily Weybrecht and Mrs,
George Sexton left on the steamship
Alameda for Sitka where Mrs. Sexton
goes as delegate to the American Le
gion convention, representing the Sew
ard auxiliary. Mrs. Weybrecht is
delegate at large, and is taking the
trip as recreation. The ladies will go
as far as Juneau on the Alameda, and
from there will take the Admiral Ev
ans to Sitka .
Mrs. Charles Sumner Johnson, wid
| ow of Judge Johnson, who was in the
I last year of the last century federal
judge in Alaska before the Territory
was divided into four judicial divisions
is now living in Paris, France. Her
son, Capt. Francis Johnson, mte death
the day before the armistice was sign
ed.
Mrs. Tom Aitken, wife of the vet
eran Kuskokwim dredging operator,
who has been Outside for the winter,
arrived on the Alameda, and left for
the Interior. Mrs. Aitken will join
Mr. Aitken at Anchorage and leave for
Kobi, where they will go over the win
ter trail by dog team to McGrath. Mr.
and Mrs. Aitken tried to engage pas
sage with Aviator Eielso nbut he was
not permitted to carry passengers.
Mrs. P. A. Cook of Anchorage, left
on the Alameda for Sitka, where she
will act as representative and delegate
to the American Legion Convention,
which is being held at Sitka this year.
Mrs. Cook has made twelve previous
trips across the Gulf of Alaska.
Amendment Adopted to
Appropriation Bill
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—It was
declai*ed today that the House would
adopt the amendment to the Navy Ap
propriation Bill requesting the Presi
dent to again call the great naval pow
ers together to extend the Washing
ton Arms Limitation Treaty.
Mrs. Dollie Donaldson of Woodrow,
spent Sunday in town, a guest of the
Sexton.
George Colwell left for his division
headquarters a* Mile 52, on today’s
train.
ALAMEDA SAILS SOUTH
WITH LIGHT LISTING
The Alameda sailed south Saturday
night about 11 o’clock with a light list
of passengers, as follows:
For Latouche—Paul Svenden.
For Valdez—F. T. Henry.
For Cordova—Miss Mildren Curtis,
Mike Raspello. ,
Juneau—Mrs. Emily Weybrecht, Mrs
Mrs. P. A. Cook, M. S. Wilson.
For Seattle—Mrs. W. F. Lewis, and
Gordon, Eugene Johnson, A. J. Pauli,
W. Burnett, W. C. Gordon, Mrs. W. C.
Mrs. E. J. Cronin, E. J. Cronin, Mrs. G.
George Sexton, Sam Guyot, S. S. Dicky,
three children, Gus Borgen, H. Thorn,
Jr., A. P. Rasmusen, Mrs. A. P. Ras
musen, Carl Rasmusen, Robert Howes,
L. R. Elson.
LIBERTY THEATRE BE
REOPENED TOMORROW
The Liberty Theatre will have its
formal opening under the new manage
ment tomorrow, Tuesday night at
which time two shows will be given,
consisting of “The Valley of Silent
Men,” a Curwood thriller, a Pa the
| News and Vodvil reel. The first show
will open at 7 o’clock and the second
at 8:45. A three piece orchestra will
be in attendance. An extra fine pro
gram has been arranged for this
opening night, and Mr. Burns, the
proprietor, has spared no pains to give
Seward an up to date picture show.
There will be no show tonight ow
ing to extensive repairs having been
made to the theatre. A change of
schedule has also been arranged as
follows: Beginning tomorrow night
there will be two shows. On Wednes
day night there will be one show, with
Tuesday’s program repeated. On
Thursday night a new program will be
given, two shows accommodating pa
trons. Friday night the Thursday
night show will be repeated. On Sat
urday night a new program will be
I given which will be repeated Monday
night. On Sunday the show will be
a special feature, and run only on
that night.
Mr. Burns has entirely renovated
the theatre lobby, having constructed
a new ticket booth, and enclosed the
operating room in glass, so that pa
trons may see the machines in motion.
A new Simplex machine has been in
stalled, as well as an auxiliary gener
ator for use in case of a breakdown by
the local plant. Mr. Burns has been in
the cinema business since the first
pictures were projected on a screen,
having worked as an electrical engi
neer at Cleveland, where he installed
cinema machines and outfits. Later he
was in business in Nenana, where he
ran the Coliseum.
South Dakota Primaries
Will Be Held Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24—Great in
terest is being manifested in the So.
Dakota primaries Tuesday with Cal
vin Coolidge and Hiram Johnson the
only entries.
GENERAL NIVELLE DEAD
PARIS, Mar. 24.—General Nivelle,
French commander and hero of Ver
dun is dead.
OWNER OF HOTEL FRYE DEAD
SEATTLE, Mar. 24—Mrs. Louisa C.
Frye, 80, owner of the Hotel Frye and
a resident of Seattle 53 years is dead.
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Nurse Perry left on today’s train
, for Anchorage, and will return Satur
day to remain in Seward permanently.
She announces that the Skagway room
; ing house will be reopened next week.
H. E. Kristensen left this morning
| for the hatchery.
George J. Love, manager of the
Pathfinder and former U. S. Commis
sioner at Valdez, who arrived on the
Alameda left on today’s train for Fair
banks to attend the Grand Igloo. Mr.
Love will return in time to see the
aviation squadron arrived in Seward.
Jack McCord left today for a busi
ness trip to Anchorage .
Supreme Court Denies
Appeal of Anderson
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—Denying
his appeal the State Supreme Court
this morning ruled that Wm. H. Ander
son, former superintendent of the anti
saloon league of New York, must
serve his sentence of ten years in
Sing Sing.
Sam Beck and L. W. McAllen, who
arrived from a visit to the States, left
today for Willow Creek where they
will spend the summer.
J. L. Waller, Anchorage attorney,
and candidate for the Territorial leg
islature, accompanied by Mrs. Waller,
spent Sunday in town, guests of the
Van Gilder.
George Waltz, Territorial salesman
for Crane & Company, arrived in town
on the last train.
Sam Radich, section foreman at Mile
52, returned to his home today after
spending Sunday in Seward.
AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET
The American Legion will meet to
morrow night under the Bank of Sew
ard. All requested to attend.
Northwestern Sails With 315 Passengers,
Largest List Started Out of Seattle in 1924
SEATTLE, Mar. 2L—The steamship
Northwestern sailed Saturday morn
ing with 351 passengers, the largest
listing of the 1924 season, including
cannery hands and railroad laborers
for Port Althorp and Cordova. Her
passengers for Seward are: D, B.
Denison, F. E. Hitchcock, E. N. Van
noy, H. V. Redmond, Oscar Anderson,
A. Cadwallader and wife, S. Apple
vain, E. E. Clough and wife, Mrs. V.
Corning, D. Kennedy, M. Nylund, C. E.
Olsen, Mrs. Klepting, Hans Madsen,
H. T. Lewis, P. H. Humphrey, R. J.
Petersen, C. E. Nyberg, James E. Ful
lerton, W. P. McKague, A. Mathewson,
F. Balcolm, C. A. Smusset, E. R. Mar
tin, Edward Peterson, A. A. Allendahl,
Mrs. A. McGowan, J. M. Fisher, Mrs.
E. DeHon, J. F. Gilbert, F. Hawk, J.
A. Lund, J. J. Guinan, E. M. Whalen,
Mrs. M. I. Whorton, Gus Rosen, \V.
Guinan, H. Paben, Dan Radovich, J. J.
Morgan and 20 steerage.
The Northwestern had 1200 tons of
reight aboard for northern ports.
SNOW IN CALIFORNIA
DOES HEAVY DAMAGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 21—Frost
last night killed eighty per cent of
the peach crop of California. Damage
is estimated at five million dollars.
In Los Angeles it snowed for fiev
minutes this afternoon.
QUICK MAIL DELIVERY
The Pathfinder, published and mail
ed in Washington, D. C., was received
at McGrath recently in exactly four
teen days from the time it was printed
making a record for quick mail deliv
ery. The paper came by boat to Sew
ard, by train to Fairbanks, and by air
palne to McGrath.
ALASKAN PEA SUPERIOR
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—A special
message from Washington to the Se
attle Times said that Dr. Walter H.
| Evans, chief of the Bureau of Insular
i stations of the Department of Agricul
j ture announced that a test would be
made this year of the Alaskan pea,
which is developed in the Fairbanks
district. It is expected that the test
will result in a heavy demand for
Alaskan peas. The Fairbanks pea is
| ready for harvest at least two weeks
| earlier than any other and is superior
; in flavor and for canning.
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CHAMBER LUNCHEON
The Chamber of Commerce will hold
its regular weekly luncheon tomorrow
noon at the Seward Grill.
_
J. R. Bogart, who arrived in Seward
recently from Anchorage, has taken a
position with Brown & Hawkins. The
Gateway last week republished an arti
5 cle from an Anchorage paper stating
that Mr. Bogart was going to work for
the Standard Oil company, which was
an error.
Paul Dunbar, Schwabacher Grocery
representative, left today for Interior
points on his way to Nome.
Soviet Government Has
Released Archbishop
MOSCOW, Mar. 24.—The govern
ment today decided to release Arch
bishop Zeplain, once head of the Rus
sian orthodox church in Russia, and
condemned to death for resistance to
the Soviet decree confiscating Church
monies and jewels.
W. E. Moultray, local manager for
the Standard Oil company, is confined
to his home with a sore optic, caused
by the actinic rays of the sun on the
snow, while visiting Fairbanks recent
ly. Mr. Moultray has suffered consid
erably since his return home, his eye
being burned quite badly.
Arthur J. Perault arrived from Se
attle on one of the last boats, and it
is reported will take a position with
Brown & Hawkins.
Frank Chase and Hugh Daugherty
visited Mile Seven yesterday and took
a slant at the new mill installed by
Nels Hagen and partners. The mil;
has been erected and is said tc be the
best thing of tis kind ever snipped to
the Territory.
GUSBORGENLEAVES
FOR CALIFORNIA HOME
Gus Borgen, who has been in Seward
the past week on business matters,
left on the steamship Alameda for his
home in California. Mr. Borgen stat
ed that he would return within the
near future with a stock of goods and
open up business in Seward. It is
said that a new building will be erect
ed for him.
Forty-one thoroughbred sheep from
the Okanogan country in Washington
were received recently by P. C. Jack
son of Anchorage. The sheep arrived
on the Admiral Watson and were trans
ported to Anchorage in a stock car
over the Alaska railroad.
GREEN IS CONFIRMED
AS REGISTER LAND OFFICE
The appointment of J. L. Green as
register of the U. S. land office at
Anchorage has been confirmed by the
Senate and Mr. Green has obtained
his bond of $15,000 and will take over
the office April 10.
A1 J. Pauli, a brother to Mrs. S. F.
Gordon of Anchorage, left on the Ala
meda for Seattle en route to Califor
nia. Mr. Pauli has been in Alaska IS
years, and with the railroad forces at
Fairbanks for several years.
Two Cardinals Named
at Secret Consistory
—
ROME, Mar. 21.—Monsignor Pack J.
i Hays, archbishop of New York, and G.
\Y. Mundelein, archbishop of Chicago,
were made cardinals of the Roman
Catholic Church at a secret consistory
this morning in the Vatican.
Mr. E. C. Johnson, of Bellingham,
Washington, arrived on a recent boat
to take a position with the Standard
Oil Co.
Chas. Ruzsas arrived on the last
train from Fairbanks, and is stopping
at the Overland. Mr. Ruzsas is an ex
perienced camp cook.
William Sequin, who operates the
stage line between Fairbanks and the
creeks, was a Seward visitor yester
day, a guest of the Overland.
The telegraph line between Nenana
and Hot Springs will be discontinued
right after the break-up of the Tanana
river.
British Soldiers Fired
on by Free State Troops
DUBLIN, Mar. 24.—The reverbera
tions from the munity within the Free
State army are growing louder and
more ominous, the latest development
being at Queenstown where a detach
ment of British soldiers on leave were
fired on by men in Free State uni
forms.
The affair was characterized as a
cowardly crime in a telegram by Pres
ident Cosgrove to the British Prime
minister.
Army Fliers Will Take Part in Circus
Before Starting in Round the World Flight
SEATTLE, Mar. 24.—Nearly all the
airplanes flying in the California fields
will take part in a big air circus at
the University Stadium the 29th inst.
in honor of the world fliers who will
leave March 30 for Prince Rupert, on
the first leg of the flight.
Among the eight men comprising the
expedition, English, French, Danish
and Swedish are spoken, and plans
are being made to have at least one
English speaking person at each point
of call.
SEATTLE, Mar. 24—The World air
men hop off for Prince Rupert at six
thirty a. m. on March thirtieth, Com
mander Martin announced.