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VOLUME XXI. NUMBER 206.
SEWARD ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
By COAST PEOPLE
FOURTEEN PACIFIC COAST RESI
DENTS RECEIVE CHECKS
AMOUNTING FROM $1,500 TO
$118,000.
OUTGROWTH OF OLD SEIZURES
Total of Sixty-five Cases Pending;
Many Alaskans Mixed Up in Sealing
Controversy Expect Be Paid for
Losses
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SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 11. (£>)—
Fourteen Pacific coast residents re
ceived checks amounting from $1,500
to S11S 000 in settlement of the long !
pending Bering Sea sealing contro- j
versv. The sealing claims against the;
government were the outgrowth of»
seizures by United States revenue cut- j
ters made in the eighties under a pact
with Russia and Great Britain to stop
pelagic sealing in Bering Sea. The
seizures were later held illegal. Due
to the 30 years required to obtain
financial relief of the 65 cases pend
ing Mrs. Ruth C. Holton of Seattle, '
received the largest check in payment
for four ships the government seized
from her father the late John C. Nix
on.
U.S, OBJECTION TO
CLASSIFICATION ■!
IN RESOLUTION
INCLUDES VIRTUALLY ALL TECH
NICALLY TRAINED MANPOW
ER OF COUNTRY
GENEVA, Sept. 11. (/P)—Dissatis
fied with the resolution prepared by'
the military committee and which the
general disarmament conference adop- j
ted concerning the meeting of “trained
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reserves” the United States joined
with Great Britain, Sweden, Germany
Spain and Finland in submitting a
minority report in which they charac
terized the resrves as those who re
ceived military training and under
legal liability to be called in case of
mobilization. The committees resolu
tion included in the resrves men who
had received special technical train
ing and which would enable them to
be used in military capacity. Ameri
cans objected because of this classifi- '
cation which includes virtually all the
technically trained manpower of the
country even though no actual mili
tary training had been received.
GENEVA. Sept. 11. When the
Germans joined the League of Nations
they wrere headed by foreign minister
Streseman who was applaunded. He
spoke in German and emphasized the
importance of economic understanding
and said new economic life was need
ed and new forms of international co
operation which will give less import
ance to national boundaries. He voiced
the hope the nations will advance to
ward a general disarmament and ap- i
pealed to Spain not to leave the .
League. fl
AIH MAPPERS COMPLETE WORK IN
SOOTHEASTERN AUSKA IN MUCH LESS
THAN HALF OF THE TIME EXPECTED
TWELVE THOUSAND MILES OF AIR MAP
PING ACCOMPLISHED WHICH WORK IS A
HALF OF WHAT WAS DUE TO OCCUPY
THREE YEARS—GANNETT DEPARTS FOR
SEATTLE TOWING LABORATORY BARGE,
W HERE WILL TIE UP AT BREMERTON
THREE PLANES Off FOR SEATTLE; ARRIVE MONOAT
Expedition Will Spend Winter in San Diego—Next
Year Will Work Region Chichagof and Baranoff
Islands, and Major Portion Mainland Between Hy
der and Fairweather
JUNEAU Sept. 11. (/P)—The air
mapping expedition has completed
12,000 miles of mapping which is
half of the work which it was ex
pected would occupy three years
and have left on the Gannett. The i
vfessel Is towing the laboratory
barge which will be left at Bremer
ton. Lieut. Wyatt, Dillon and Burk
ett, each flew their planes which
will stop at Gambier Bay, Ketchi
kan, Albert Bay, and are due to
arrive at Seattle on Monday. The i
Gannet will make several stops be-!
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fore arriving at Bremerton. All of j
the expedition will winter at San
Diego and return next summer to
map Chichagof and Baranoff Is
lands and the major mainland be
tween Hyder Mount Fair Weather.
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Lieut. Wyatt tried to surmount
Fair Weather yesterday, but rain
prevented the taking of photo
graphs. Dillon flew over the ice
cap of Taku and Mendenhall and
Herbert proved that the same ice
field feeds the Taku and Menden
hall glaciers. The Juneau Chamber
of Commerce gave all a farewell
reception last night.
SEWARD FIGHTER SMOTES THE
ANCHORAGE PUGILIST TO
SLEEP LAST NIGHT
Seward-knocked out Anchorage last
night in the main event of the Fair
smoker at Anchorage, when “Battling
Ennis” pride of the local pugilistic
ranks slipped over the sleep potion on
Soldier Edwards, flashy Inlet scrap
per, in the fourth round of a sched
uled six round fracas. It was the
main event, according to the tele
phone report reaching Mel Holben last
evening, instead of the semi-final as
had been advertised.
Both boys weighed in at 128 at
the ring side and was a classic of a
tangle, it was reported. There were
two or three other bouts scheduled,
but the outcome of those has not yet
been learned. Leonard Greenberger,
Ennis’s trainer, who was unable to
iccompany his protege over to Anchor
age, naturally, is highly elated over
:he victory. “The boy loves the square
ring,” Greenberger said this morn
ng, and when you find a chap like
hat you got something to work on.
rhe boy is coming to the front fast
ind I predict he will make a reputa
;ion providing he gets lined up with
i good stable Outside.” i^inis re
urns this evening from the scene of
lis conquest If there was a brass
land available Greenberger says he
vould have it down at the depot to 1
velcome the sturdy little battler.
Public dance at Odd Fellows hall to- ;
light. Dancing begins at 9:30 o'clock.
good time guaranteed. A fine dance
3or and exceptionally good music.
IS 1
NEW YORK LEADS IN NUMBER OF
RICH MEN; CALIFORNIA
IS FIFTH
NEW YORK, Sept. 11. (/P)—Govern
ment actuary Joseph S. McCoy, pub
lished an article in which he said the
United States had 11,000 millionaires
and probably, one Billionaire, who is
living in New York. One out of every
10,450 is a millionaire. New York had
2,800 millionaires and California was
fifth with 470. North Dakota and
New Mexico has one millionaire each.
STORMS IN CENTRAL
WEST CREATE HAVOC
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND
/ MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
PROPERTY DAMAGE
CHICAGO, Sept. 11, (^—Central
west storms killed seven and the flood
which followed destroyed millions of
lollars in property. Industry and agri
culture is at a standstill. The rain and
lightning were more damaging than
last week’s storms which swept over
to central Indiana and Illinois. It was
the third storm in ten days.
DESTROYER RUNS INTO GUN FIRE
SHANGHAI, Sept. 11, (JP)—A Han
kow telegram said the American tor
pedo destroyer Stewart Pope encount
ered rifle and machine gun fire, 50
miles down the Yangtze river* and two
nen were wounded.
• WATSON DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY
The S. S. Admiral Watson of the
P. S. S. Co., now to the Westward, is
scheduled to arrive in port Wednes
day morning en route south. The Wat
son will await the arrival of the regu
lar passenger train from the Interior
before proceeding south.
GRAND AND PETIT JUROR LIST
CONTAINS MAJORITY AN
CHORAGE RESIDENTS
The list of jurors drawn for the Oc
tober 4, 1926 term of court at Valdez,
was received by The Gateway this
morning from the Valdez court head
quarters. The grand jury will convene
October 4, and the petit jury October
11. But few Seward citizens have been
1 drawn, the majority coming from An*
| chorage.
i The complete list is as follows:
Grand Jury for the October 4, 1926,
.t^-m of court, Valdez, Alaska.
Anchorage—T. W. Nelson, Lillian
Keeley, W. J. Boudreau, Mrs. John Y.
Brady, Mrs. David Strandberg, Mattie
H. Bailey, Mrs. Louise L. Eckmann,
Chas. D. Leckie, Dewey W. Metzdorf,
Maurice L. Sharp, S. F. Hunt.
Valdez—Mrs. W. E. Egan.
Latouche—W. T. Meier. Rex. L. Sey
mour.
Eyak—Lillie Thirkill, George Scott,
Mrs. Anna Smith, Harry McDaniels,
Herbert Maldonado.
Seward—George Sexton, Margaret
Orlander, Thos. Sullivan.
Petit Jury for the October 4, 1925,
term of court, Valdez, Alaska.
Anchorage—W. M. Peltier, W. N.
Ward, A. J. Brouillard, John McCaul
ey, Allen Hunt, H. A. Sshell, Jr., Will
Clayson, Mrs. Ashenfelter, Constance
Wanamaker, Pat McDermott, Mrs.
Florence Sullivan, J. E. Darling, Flor
ence Woodward, F. A. Martin, H. A.
Brooks, Isabell Nelson, Sumner S.
Smith, Mrs. R. S. Simonson, Frank
Short, R. L. Weaver, Joe Dlohy, A. N.
Madsen, Frank L. Knight, R. A. Fran
cis, J. H. Bell, Mrs. H. L. Worcester,
Geo. H. Koppitz, Marie Silverman, E.
L. Amundsen.
Katalla—Nellie Anderson, R. H.
Young.
Latouche—J. C. Puffer, Gust Han
sen, Boyd Nelson, John Carlson.
Eyak—Geo. F. McDonald, Ralph
Clarkson, Horace Leach, Chas. Bethel,
Mrs. S. E. Hood, Mrs. R. J. De Leo,
Chas. Merrill, Eva Ecklund.
Girdwood—C. D. Hitchcock, Ed An
derson, Carl Erickson.
Valdez— Louis Rosenthal, Ed Banz
er, Ed Wood.
Seward—Sybil A. Reed, Erling An
derson, Helma Peterson, Pete Ander
son.
Cordova—J. E. Mattison, Mrs. D. T.
Phillips, W. H. Shipman, Wm. G.
Smith, Chas. Goodall, Chas. Christen
sen, Fred Long.
The next Chamber of Commerce
meeting, which will be held Tuesday
at noon, will be at Fisher’s Cafe.
Wm. H. Whittlesey, docal clerk of
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the district court, returped to his Sew
ard office this morning from the Val
dez court headquarters.
lER WORKINGS OF
ILLEGEB GRAFTING:
DAUGHERTY TIL
TESTIFIES HE SUGGESTED PAY
ING KING FIVE PER CENT AS
SETS COLLECTED PROVIDED
TRANSACTIONS COMPLETED
WITHIN SPECIFIED TIME; IF
NOT PERCENTAGE REDUCED
RECEIVED TWO CHECKS S7,OOO 000
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Staged Party at Ritz Carlton Hotel,
Drink Champaign and Discuss Plans
Knew Checks Were Cashed, But
Had Not Seen Them Cancelled
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i NEW YORK, Sept. 10. (JP)—Merton
testified he suggested paying King
five per cent of the assets recovered
provided the transaction was complet
i ed before August 15, 1921. If not com
! pleted before September 15, he was to
get two and one half per cent of the
j amount recovered and in addition was
promised $50 000. He gave him a
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check but had not seen it cancelled,
hut knew it was cashed. Merton said
Miller gave him two checks totaling
$7,000,000 at a champagne dinner in
private rooms of the Ritz Carlton
hotel. King and Jesse Smith were at
the dinner and he gave each of them
a gold cigarette case. While two hot*
| ties of champagne were being con
sumed Merton said they discussed
plans with Miller concerning the trip
j to Washington. Roxy Stinson, from
| the Washington court house in Ohio,
J and who was divorced from Smith, at
tended the trial.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1. (£>)—'The
Daugherty trial was resumed after
recess for the Jewish New Year. The
court room was packed.
JUSTICE HINES CHARGES STEPH
ENS RECIPIENT OF THE
KLAN VOTE
ATLANTA Sept. 11. (JP)—Incom
plete returns from Georgia gave 39,
428 votes to Russell, from 2,737 pre
cincts in the governor race, but Doc
tor L. G. Hardman still led by 51 coun
ties. Congressman E. E. Cox, Charles
R. Crisp, W. C. Wright Sam Rather*
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ford, Card Vinson, W. C. Langford, W.
W. Larsen were unopposed for renom
ination. W. D. Upshaw, Congressman
from the Atlanta district was defeat
ed by Leslie J. Steel of Decatur. May
or Walter A. Sims of Atlanta was sec
ond and Upshaw third. Justice Hines
of the supreme court defeated Judge
Alex Stephens of the court of appeals
for renomination. Hines charged the
Georgia Grand Dragon Klan instruct
ed its members to vote for Stephens.
ANOTHER MAIL ROBBERY
CHICAGO, Sept. 11. (JP)—Four men
seized mail valued at $500,000 on a
Grand Trunk train near here, and es
caped in an automobile. A *