Hemnrd Dale Gateumy
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VOLUME 19 NUMBER 230
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NO REST FOR FLYERS;
ORDERED TO REPORT
TO WASHINGTON, D. C.
FLYERS TO TAKE IN AERIAL
RACE AT DAYTON, OHIO,
EN ROUTE EAST
PLANES GO TO SAN DIEGO FIELD
Planes Will Be Given Place In Na
- tional Museum When They Sup
erannuate To Usefulness.
SEATTLE, Sept. 30.—T e a r s
swelled upon the cheeks of Lt.
Com. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut.
Erik Nelson, as they took leave
from their planes last night at
^ Sand Point Field and repaired
with the four other flyers to Se
attle where they took their de
parture this morning for Washing
ton, D. C., to answer the call of
the Air Service department to re
port immediately. The flyers will
take advantage of the suggestion
A the department gave them that
they return East via Dayton, 0.,
so as to be able to attend the ae
rial races that are to be held in
the latter city about the time
they pass thru.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30.—
The Army round the world flyers,
who completed on Sunday, the globe
circling feat at Seattle will return at
once to Washington by train and
make their report.
The planes that have been used by
the flyers will be flown to San Die
go by substitute flyers and upon the
arrival of the speed demons they
will be gone over thoroughly and
put into use again for routine work
by the Army at that point.
It is stated that when usefulness
of the famous air charges become
impaired, they will be placed in the
National Museum at Washington,
w'here the first machines that ever
flew to Alaska are kept.
Army headquarters wired Comman
der Lowell Smith, that he and his
squadron would be allowed, while on
their trip East to stop off at the In
ternational Aerial races, which are to
be held at Dayton, O., October 2, 3
and 4.
Immediately after the races they
are to report to Washington and re
vive instructions and give a detail
ed account of their flight.
CHINESE CLASH; 1000
KILLED AND WOUNDED
SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 29—Thou
sands of Chinese soldiers were killed
and wounded on the six-mile front,
which extends from Nansiat to Maru.
when the armies of the rival military
governors, which are fighting for pos
session of Shanghai. Continued hos
tilities are gaining impetus in its
intensity and sooner or later one of
the governments will fall.
japs arIcaughtTn
ATTEMPT SMUGGLING
FORTY TONS POWDER
TOKIO, Sept. 30.—A number of
^Japanese, including former Admiral
Fujii, who was discharged from the
Japanese navy for bribery, were ar
rested at Sasbaso. It is alleged that
they were attempting to smuggle for
ty tons of powder out of their coun
try and deliver it to Chang Tso Lin,
the Manchurian war lord.
• “MA” FRGUSON CAN
HOLD OFFICE, SAYS
A COURT DECISION
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 30.—Mrs. Hel
en M. Ferguson, democratic nominee
for governor of Texas is eligible to
hold office, District Judge Calhoun
ruled here yesterday in a test case
which was brought up before his
court for decision.
ARRANGEMENTS MADE
FOR IMBRIE FUNERAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30 —
With the attendance of President Cal
vin Coolidge and Secretary of State
Chas. Evans Hughes, marked the ar
rangements tfor the funeral services
h£re yesterday for Robert Imbrie, the
American vice consul, who was kill
ed by a fanatical mob in Teheran,
Persia, last July.
SENATORS TAKE LEAGUE
PENNANT; WILL TIE UP
GIANTS WORLD SERIES
YANKS ARE OUT OF RACE—SUN
DAY CHOSEN AS THE DAY
TO START SERIES.
BOSTON, Sept. 30.—The Washing
ton Senators won the American lea
gue pennant here yesterday after
noon by defeating the Red Sox, four
to two.
Irrespective of whether or not the
Yanks win their remaining games
now, the flag goes to the National
capital for the first time in the his
tory of baseballdom.
The Senators will meet the Giants
in the world series that starts in
Washington next Sunday.
Yesterday’s victory for Washing
ton put them two and one half
games ahead of the \anks, who at
the time were idle in Philadelphia
on account of rain.
CALIFORNIA GLACIER
IS ON THE MOVE
EUREKA, Cal., Sept. 30.—The Mt.
Shasta glacier, dislodged by the long
drought and warm weather, has slip
ped from its ancient resting place on
the north side of the mountain and
is moving down the slope at a rate of
five miles an hour, snapping off big
trees in its path and thrusting im
mense boulders before it.
The movement began a short time
after dawn and at noon the huge mass
of ice was well within the timber line.
The glacier movement is evidently
not related to the phenomenon of a
heavy mud flow on the opposite side
of the mountain recently. This flow
is believed to have started from other
ice deposits melting under many days
of hot sunshine.
DISABLED VETS TO
SHARE HUGE SUM
CRABTREE ESTATE
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 30.—The
fourmillion dollar estate which “Lot
ta” Crabtree, the famous actress, who
died the other day, acquired by the
Careen Song dance, through a real
estate investment and theater opera
tion, will go to charity.
Theseareunder the termsof the will
These are under the terms of the
will and half of the sum aforesaid- to
form a trust fund for disabled world
war veterans and their dependents.
SECRETARY HUGHES
COMMEMORATES ON
THE WORLD FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30
In addition to being one of the most
notable, scientific and historical ac
complishments of the country, with
the round the world flight just com
pleted, it has accomplished important
results from an international stand
point, Secretary Hughes said in a let
ter to the Department in commemora
tion to the flyers at theconclusion of
their world flight.
GREATER ATTENTION TO
RURAL LIFE PROBLEMS
PLEADED BY CATHOLIC
DE SMAINES, la., Sept. 30.—Dele
gations to the national conference of
Cathlolic charities, in session yester
day, were urged to give greater at
tention to rurtil life problems in an
address by Rev. Edwin O-Hara of Eu
gene, Ore.
The church which expects to
minister to the cities of the future
must begin at the well-springs of
population—in the rural communities,
the Rev. Father O’Hara said, point
ing out that there are 2,500,000 more
children under 10 years of age in
the country than in the city.
Churches of this country, he said,
are overwhelmingly city churches, al
though between one-fourth and one
fifth of the Catholic population of the
United States is rural.
Father O’Hara declared conditions
for welfare work in rural communi
ties were ideal. He advocated coop
erative rural organizations for so
cial service as well as for business
purposes.
The clergy’s support of cooperation
endeavor in numerous countries of
Europe, he said, had gone a long way
toward * with planning the advance of
socialism. ’
UNDERWOOD 4 UNDERWOOD, N. V.
ITALIAN-AMERICANS OF CITY OF
NEW YORK HONOR THE
WORLD FLYERS.
Bronze trophy, three feet high, pre
sented to Lieuts. Lowell Smith and
Erik Nelson, globe flyers upon their
reception at Mineola, L. I., by Major
Fiorello La Gnardia.
Territorial Government
By J. C. MURPHY.
On several occasions you and I
have had more or less discussion of
the advantages to Alaska of a full
form of Territorial Government and
you invited me to write up my ideas
of such advantages and you stated
that you would cheerfully publish the
same.
It would seem to me that just now
after one of the major political par
ties of the United States has deem
ed the matter of sufficient importance
to incorporate the idea Into a plank
in their National Platform would be
a good time to write suen a thing
up and try to create a discussion and
to educate the voters of the territory
of the advantages of such a govern
ment and also the disadvantages, if
any there be, and candidly I believe
that there are some disadvantages,
but these are infinitisimal in compari
son with the advantages that are to
be gained should we be able to con
vince Congress of the wisdom of such
a course in dealing with matters Al
askan.
That sentence, oi' portion of sent
ence in the Alaska Plank of the Dem
ocratic Platform which in import says
“such a government as has been en
joyed by the different teritories of
th eUnited States for the past cen
tury” should and does mean a lot to
the people up here if the same should
be carefully studied out.
In the memory of every voter who
has reached' the age of fifty years, or
thereabouts, the present states of No.
and So. Dakota, Montana, Washing
ton, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Ari
zona and New Mexico were territo
ries and it is safe to say that the
representatives, at least a big ma
jority of the representatives of these
states in the Congress and Senate of
the United States are familiar with
the government enjoyed by their re
spective commonwealths in territorial
days. Many of the voters here in Al
aska, the writer among tjjem, spent
their boyhood days in these territo
ries
Was there a great difference in
these territories in the way of gov
ernment from that which we now en
joy in this hybred form that is in
force here in Alaska? To us a slang
expression: “I’LL SAY THERE IS!”
Absolute Necessity of Counties.
The first thing that must be done
in order that Alaska may have what
the other territories had is the for
mation of county governments. With
out them the people have no adminis
trative machinery with which they
can carry on government.
At the present time owing to our
Public Municipality Act the people of
the various cities in Alaska are able
to govern themselves, but when we
get one foot beyond the boundaries
of these cities we enter the domain
of the Federal Government and the
people’s rule ceases. To say that the
people of Alaska can not maintain a
county form of government is fool
ish and anyone who makes such a
statement is not familiar with the
conditions that prevailed in the other
territories. All of the other Terri
tories, I believe, with the possible ex
ception of Oklahoma, had such gov
PLANES EQUIPPED WITH
WIRELESS BEING USED
SCOUT RUM RUNNERS
MACHINES ARE UNMARKED AND
CARRY OBSERVERS WITH
POWERFUL GLASSES
SECRET HARBOR, Sept. 30.—Air
planes equipped with wireless and
carrying observers armed with power
ful glasses are now being used to
scout ahead and skirmish to the sides
of the route selected by booze run
ners in reaching Puget Sound thru
the channels of the San Juan islands,
to notify the booze boats if channels
are clear of craft and revenue cutters,
or to give warning if they are not,
it has developed here.
Many times in past weeks the drone
of motors of airplanes, so high in the
air they cannot be located, have been
heard at various points in the San
Juan islands, and with their help the
booze runners are becoming bolder,
and running is becoming a daylight
job for the boiler-iron-lined speed
boat and the daredevil crews.
With flames streaming from a
broken oil pipe a big machine volplan
ed into sight of Guemes and Cypress
islanders a week ago and a landing
was made in Bellingham channel,
where the plane was picked up by a
passing gas boat and towed to a cove
where repairs were made. The plane
was without name, number or distin
guishing mark of any kind. She was
equipped with wireless receiving and
sending sets and carried a crew of
three men, wireless operator, pilot,
and observer.
COUPLE IN AIRPLANE
ARE KILLED IN FALL
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 29.—George F.
Rogers, president of the First Nation
al Bank of Salem, and Miss Claire
Crewe of Portland, were killed, when
the airplane in which they were fly
ing fell two hundred feet.
ernment and it is a certainty that the
four states admitted in 1889, viz;
North and South Dakota, Washington
and Montana had county form of gov
ernment many, many years before
statehood was given to them.
Separation of Territorial and
Federal Jurisdiction.
Territorial affairs and federal af
fairs in Alaska should be so separat
ed that the line of cleavage would be
just as decernable as it is in the
states; in other words the people of
Alaska should be given the largest
possible say so in the government of
the territory. All police power and
Court power, except as reserved in
the Federal Courts in the states,
should be in the hands of elective
officers and in the hands of the peo
ple of Alaska and this can easily be
done if our territorial enabling act is
re-constructed so as to provide for the
same.
Our Alaska Courts should be as
near like our state courts as it is pos
sible to make them. There should be
Territorial Courts and a U. S. Dis
trict Court. The Territorial Courts to
handle strictly territorial business,
such as is handled by state courts
and the Federal Court to handle Fed
eral Business and we should have
a Territorial Supreme Court as the
other territories had.
There can be no reason why the
judges of these territorial courts in
cluding the Supreme Court should
not be elected by the people and of
course all county officials would be
elected.
The Cost.
Most people delude themselves that
all of this would be of such great
expense that the people and the prop
erty of Alaska could not stagd the
strain of upkeep and this argument
has been the most potent one against
the inauguration of such a system.
But would there really be such a
great expense?
Most County Offices Will Care
For Themselves.
The Executive officer of every coun
ty would be the sheriff. This
office in most of the territories was
a fee office and it should be such in
Alaska. Justice’s offices, recording
offices and clerks of the district
courts would also be fee offices and
therefore self sustaining. The legis
lative officers of each county would
be the County Commissioners, not ne
cessarily over three in number. They
would meet not oftener then once a
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MONUMENT UNVEILED
IS DEDICATED TO
THE WORLD FLYERS
SEATTLE, Sept. 30.—The huge
granite monument to the World
flyers was unveiled late yesteV
day afternoon.
Mrs. Francis Cole, sister of Lt.
Arnold, relief pilot for Lt.-Com.
Smith, unveiled its shaft and read
its inscription as follows:
“Dedicated to the United States
Army Air Service’s officers, in
recognition to the first round-the
world flight, which began April
6, 1924 and ended September 23,
1924, at Sand Point Airdrome, on
this field * * *"
Then followed the names of the
flyers, including Major Fred Mar
tin and his mechanic, Sergt. Har
vey, whose plane, Seattle, was
totally wrecked in Alaska.
The polished granite column is
fifteen feet high, three feet wide
at the base, and tapers to two
feet in width at the top. ...Huge
bronze wings, which symbolize a
bird alighting at the end of a
long flight are attached to the
monument.
M’ADOO’S DAUGHTER
TO ENTER BUSINESS
MRS. FERDINAND DE MOHREN
SCHILDT TO OPEN BUREAU
INFORMATION IN PARIS
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Fer
dinand «le Mohrenschildt, who before
her marriage was Miss Nona Hazel
tine McAdoo, the second daughter ol
William G. McAdoo, is to enter busi
ness in Paris, according to word re
ceived here yesterday. In company
with Mrs. Townsend Buell of this city
who is formerly Miss Mary Anderson
Mrs. Mahrenschildt will open a bu
reau of information and guidance foi
Americans who wish to purchase an
tiques and art objects on the Conti
nent and in England.
ALIEN PROPERTY MAN
TENDERS RESIGNATION
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 30.
Thmas W. Miller, alien property cus
todian, tendered his resignation to the
President, to become effective aftre
the fall election.
LONDON, Sept. 30.—Huge Chis
holm, editor of the Encvclopedia-Brit
tanica is dead in this city.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—While the en
tire world is anxiously awaiting the
confirmation of the report that Mec
ca has been captured by the Waha
bish fanatical mohammedan puritai
reforms who held the policy for a fev
years at the beginning of the nine
teenth century. Owing to the little
news emanating from that sector the
report in th eform in which it has
been received may likely be true.
Queenie Russell will leave for the
states to visit her mother.
The steamship Admiral Watson, or
account of her new winter schedule
will not connect with trains south
bound.
CALVIN COOLIDGE, FARMER
The Chief Executive photographed
it the Blanchard farm, Pinney Hol
low, Vt., where he helped get in the
hay during hia recent trip to his
home.
SAYS STRANGE FORCE
DROVE HIM TO KILL
PARIS FIEND MAY HAVE BEEN
HYPNOTIZFD, RA V POLICE
INVESTIGATORS
FRIEND IS HELD ON SUSPICION
Latter Confesses Hatred of Victim
For Alienating the Affections
of His Sweetheart.
PARIS.—Arrested for shooting
dead his compatriot, Vincente Maffari,
an Italian shoemaker named Attilio
Scetti declared:
"I had to kill Maffari. I was driven
by an unknown force which has tak
en hold of me and guided my finger to
the trigger. It is a will stronger than
my will that has made me a crimi
nal.”
His strange words and general de
meanor led the police to the conclu
sion that what had appeared an or
dinary crime resulting from a quar
rel between hot-blooded Southerners
was perhaps not such an every-day
affair as they had at first thought.
Inquiry resulted in evidence that the
shoemaker was a most peaceable
character of a calm, philosophic dis
position, who had only a very slight
acquaintance with his slayer. Finally
one of the most extraordinary cases
was unraveled which Paris justice
has had to deal with in a long while.
One of the shoemaker’s best friends
and boon companions, Paolo Mattioli,
was discovered to have been the mur
dered man’s bitter enemy whom he
had frequently threatened with ven
geance for having robbed him of the
affections of his sweetheart, a beau
tiful young Italian woman. It was
also found that the weapon with
which Maffari had been killed be
longed to Mattioli. Finally it was re
vealed that for months past Paolo
Mattioli had been initiating the shoe
maker into the secrets of spiritualism
and hypnotism.
The police theory is that during
these seances he slowly developed
and fostered in Scetti the desire to
kill and finally gave him the arm
wherewith to carry out the crime.
Scetti, they say, appears to have be
come completely subjuguated by his
stronger-willed compatriot.
Mattioli has been arrested charged
with “complicity in voluntary homi
cide with premeditation.” The shoe
maker is to be mentally examined
in order to establish his moral re
sponsibility. The hypnotist, while
vigorously denying that he inspired
the murder, nevertheless cnfesses ha
tred of the victim.
SELDOVIA SALTERY
ENDANGERED BY FIRE
The plant of the M. & M. Packing
company at Seldovia was in danger
of total destruction during the blaze
which destroyed the four-story hotel,
used by the company as quarters for
its women employes, the mess house
and the office building. Only the
loyal and heroic efforts of the towns
people and employes saved the main
saltery buildings and the men’s bunk
houses, according to R. E. Mclver,
manager of the company, who is in
Seward purchasing lumber to immed
iately replace the burned builings.
“The fire was first discovered al
most immediately after the crew had
gone to supper and was in a room
on the third floor. The fire spread so
rapidly it was impossible to save any
thing and most of the girls’ belong
ings,” said Mr. Mclver.
“The fire, altho inconveniencing us
to a great extent,” said Mclver, “will
not stop us packing for even a day.
We will immediately rebuild. We
wish to express our sincere apprecia
tion to all those who so generously
assisted us and offered us aid during
and immediately following the fire.
It is to the loyalty of our crew and
the assistance given them by the
people of Seldovia in fighting the fire
that we were able to save the main
buildings. Particularly we want to
thank Captain Hvatum and the crew
of the schooner Scandia but there are
so many others we ask the Gateway
to express our thanks to all.”
The loss is estimated between $15,
000 and $20,000.
BANDITS GO SOUTH
WITH MUCH MONEY
WOODLAND, Calif., Sept. 30.—Two
bandits escaped with $27,000, after
successfully holding up the local
branch of the Bank of Italy yesterday
afternoon.