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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 92
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
REFUTATION OF
’ STONE CHARGES
FAILS TO PASS
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PAUL ATTACKS PAPERS FOR AL
LEGED POLITICAL MOVE IN
DENYING STATEMENTS
(Special to The Gateway)
JUNEAU, Alaska, April 18.—By a
vote of eight to eight. Representa
tive Murray’s memorial refuting for
mer attorney general Harlan F.
Stone’s alleged interview in which he
declared Alaskans had no respect for
law, was lost in the House yesterday
afternoon. Paul attacked the Juneau
Empire, Ketchikan Chronicle and the
Seward Gateway as “Democratic pa
pers seeking to discredit Sutherland.”
He spoke for almost an hour totally
ignoring the issues raised by the me
morial. and charged that extreme vice
conditions prevailed in Ketchikan, at
tacking various individuals including
||the author of the memorial. He de
clared the memorial was an attack
on President Coolidge and Delegate
Sutherland, and was part of a Demo
■cratic plot to discredit tne adminis
tration. He was ruled out of order
twice, but disregarded the rules and
■continued to speak
4 Representative Murray, author of
the bill, replied briefly, declaring that
the Democrats were not connected
with the introduction of the memorial,
which he said was introduced as a
protest against the unjust criticism
of Alaskans by the former attorney
general, which he said was given na
tion wide publicity. He denied in toto
Paul’s charges that the bill was aimed
at Sutherland, who had not been men
tioned or thought of when the bill was
prepared.
The Ross capital referendum was
■p beaten nine to six. Paul, Ross. Nylen,
Ferguson, Grant and Elliott support
ing the bill.
A hearing will be held on college
appropriations next Monday.
Paul’s bill, extending mothers’ pen
sions to Indians, will be heard next
Tuesday.
Grier’s fur farming measure was in
definitely postponed.
Moody’s memorial condemning the
contract system of caring for Alaskan
insane and asking revocation of the
Morningside contract was passed by
^ the House unanimously.
The literacy bill was reported to
the Senate without recommendation,
to be taken up in a committee of the
whole.
The Senate bill empowering muni
cipalities to levy special assessments
for sewer and street improvements
-against abutting property was defeat
Ifc** ed by a vote of ten to six.
Schwab Plants Sued
By U. S. Government
(By Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Apr. 18—The
government in suits filed in Federal
District court seeks to recover be
^ tween eleven and fifteen million dol
lars from the Bethleham Steel in
terests controlled by Charles M.
Schwab. The amount is alleged to
be due for overpayments to Bethle
hem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation, Bethlehem
-Steel Company, Four River Ship
building Corporation and the Union
Iron Works company, on wartime
construction contracts. The bill in
V equity states that Charles M. Schwab
was director general of the United
States Fleet Corporation at the time
^contracts were given to his compa
9 nies.
SHOWERED WITH ASHES
MANAGUA, Apr. 18.—The eruption
of volcano Onetepe, Lake Nicarague,
is showering ashes upon nearby agri
cultural districts and ruining the
crops.
LOS ANGELES FLIGHT IS
POSTPONED FOR REPAIRS
(By Associated Press)
LAKEHURST, N. J., Apr. IS-—The
scheduled flight of the Naval dirigi
ble Los Angeles to Bermuda is post
poned until a later day, after it was
discovered that the water recovery
system was damaged in yesterday’s
test flight on rum row.
DIRIGIBLE DRIFTS
BLACK WALNUT, Mont., Apr. 18.
—After drifting across Missouri and
Mississippi rivers, the army dirigible
will be disabled from its flight from
Scott Field, 111. It was brought safe
ly to earth again near here.
THIS IS AWFUL, BOYS!
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Apr. 18.
—An engagement ring is a “gift” and
not a trust, and if the recipient re
tains possession of it after dissolu
tion, she is not guilty of embezzle
ment. This is the latest decision
handed down by a Police Judge in
this city.
DEATH LIST SOFIA
BOMBING NEARING
THE 200 FIGURE
(By Associated Press)
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Apr. 18.—Late re
ports coming in affirm the rumors
regarding the death of 140 persons,
were killed during the funeral serv
ives of the assassinated general,
Kosia Cheorghiff. It was also said
that the death list may reach two
hundred.
Since the planting of the infernal
machine by Communists, the director
of prisons has been assassinated in
the streets, and there have been other
disorders. Martial law has been pro
claimed throughout the country, as
has the curfew been invoked. The
Bulgarian council of war has ordered
all frontiers closed to traffic and all
telephone and telegraph communica
tion suspended. Besides the generals
there were more than a score o' oth
er army officers among the killed in
the Cathedral disaster. Two hund
red persons were injured among them
being Premier Tsankoff, War Min
ister Kalkoff, the Mayof of Sofia,
Archbishop Stephen and General Laz
aroff, the latter commander of the city
garrison
Patrolling Streets.
SOFIA, Apr. 18.—The streets are
vacant here as the people fear a rev
I olution. Military detachments are
i patrolling the streets awaiting any
' further action that Communists and
anarchists might dare take.
BERLIN, Apr. 18.—Dr. Pouoff, Bui
garian minister to Germany accused
the Bolshevik regime in Moscow as
responsible for the Sofia outrage,
Bulgaria is in possession of the ori
ginal- document of the Soviet gov
ernment containing instructions to
Bulgarian Communists to institute an
insurrection on April 15.
The document bore the date oi
April 12, and the reign of terror
was to begin in Western Bulgaria
and sweep across the country, while
plots were given on the lives of poli
tical leaders, and to spread terror in
Sofia,” said Popoff.
WIRELESS DIRECTOR DEAD
LONDON, Eng., Apr. 18.—Godfrey
Charles Isaacs, for many years man
aging director of Marconi’s wireless
& Telegraph company, died at Vir
ginia Water Surrey, after a short
illness.
FIRE D TROYES CITY
3200 ARE HOMELESS
WARSAW, Apr. 18.—Fire outwip
ed Ryki, near Lublin, homelessing
3200 people, burning two hundred
stores with their stockf and 25?
homes, leaving only sixty- ou_-s.
OIL COMPANY TO
DRILL YAKATAGA
FIELDS IN SPRING
ST. EUAS COMPANY CONTRACTS
TO DRILL TWO WELLS WITH
GENERAL PETROLEUM
(By Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Alaska, April 18.—
Filing articles of incorporation,
the St. Elias Development Com
pany, which takes over claims in
the Yakataga oil fields of the
Alaska Development Syndicate,
it was disclosed that this company
and the Yakataga Oil Company
have contracted with the General
Petroleum Company to drill at
least two wells, one in the hold
ings of each company, work to be
started this spring.
WAR ON DRUG STORES
NEW YORK, Apr. 18—The United
States attorney here has started mak
ing war on drug stores that sell li
quor without a prescription. , Two
stores have been padlocked and an
other closed.
Young Miss Vanderbilt
To Become the Bride of
Church, a Boston Comer
PARENTS ELATED OVER MATCH;
BTtIDE KEEN ON SPORTS;
GROOM, INSURANCE MAN
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Apr. 18.—Miss Murial
i Vanderbilt, elder daughter of Mr. and
I Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt will wed I
j Frederick Cameron Church of Bos-1
ton probably in thte Vanderbilt home
in Newport in July.
The Vanderbilts were going to
withhold the announcement of en
gagement until Monday when rela
tives including Mirs. O. H. P. Bel
mont, grandmother of the bride to
be, arrives from abroad, but reports |
of the engagement circulated in Bos
ton brought confirmation.
Parents of Miss Vanderbilt who is j
25, said they are very happy over J
the engagement. Miss Vanderbilt
is one of the wealthiest young wom
en in America, and is prominent in
society. She also is keen for sports.
Church, who is twenty-seven years
of age, comes of Lowell, Mass, fam
ily and is associated with his father
in the insurance business in Boston, j
Counsel Pleas To Allow
Gambling, to Keep Money
In and Around Seattle
SEATTLE, Apr. 18.—Five Chinese
were acquitted for operating a lot
tery by Justice of the court here
today. John Dore, defense counsel,
told the jury that thousand of Chin
ese came to Seattle en route to Al
aska canneries, and if you stop gam
ing “you’ll drive them and their
money elsewhere.”
Prosecutor Rhodes argued for a
closed town.
Nationalists Upset Over
Strtssmann’s Speech
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Apr. 18.—The National
ists are upset here by Stressmann’s
speech at Hamburg, which was taken
as an indication that the People’s
party may desert the Reichs-block,
supporting Hindenburg for president.
It is not certain whether Stressmann
spoke for liirself or for the whole
party but nationalists hope the bulk
of voters of his group will still sup
port Hindenburg.
Capt. S. E. ht caster is a passen
ger on the Yukon en route north.
JAPAN DEMONSTRATES FOR
ADM. PERRY ANNIVERSARY
(By Associated Press)
CHIMODA, Japan, Apr. 18.—One
of the most spontaneous demonstra
tions ever given an American in Jap
an occurred here on the occasion
of tiie visit of Cancroft, com me no rat
ing the Seventieth landing of Admiral
Perry. Cancroft was received b>
local dignitaries and hundreds of
children waving the American flag.
JAPANESE SUSPICIOUS
LONDON, Eng., Apr. 18.—It is ru
mored here that a Japanese ship is
maneuvering secretly in connection
with the American fleet movements
in the Pacific.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. IS.—
The plan of White House officials
to cut down the size of the crowds,
which are permitted each noon to
shake hands with the president went
by the board after it became known
that the president does not consider
it an ordeal, but rather enjoyed it.
Mr. Coolidge shook hands with near
ly a thousand people last Saturday.
CAILLAUX WOULD
PAY DEBTS WITH
GERMAN’S MONEYS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, France, Apr. 18.—Premier
Painleve presented the new ministry
to president Douberge at Elysee. Its
declaration to parliament will be
dratted next Saturday.
Finance Minister Caillaux plans it
is said to pay French war debts from
part of the German reparations. He
would reorganize the treasury to
bring about greater saving there and
would then introduce a new fiscal
bill. One section of the bill would
provide for higher taxes, possibly
doubling the income taxes. Other
sections would forceably convert six
ty-one billion of France’s defense
bonds bearing three, four and five
per cent interest into long term
treasury bonds bearing lower inter
est.
YUKONSAILSWITH
134 FOR SEWARD
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 18.—The steam
ship Yukon sailed today with 247 pas
sengers, 134 of whom are for Seward.
The local list follows: J. D. Ratt
chaugh, Frank Morgan, F. Ellum, S.
Hanawalt, P. M. Vorhies, J. O. Jacob
son, G. G. Pierson, H. C. Westad, C
Clark, A. B. Jones, G. H. Sharrer, D.
Frahm, E. C. Sultan, Mrs. M. Bridg
ham and daughter, H. O. Roberts and
wife, N. B. Miller, Gertrude Watson,
C T. Derry, J. L. McCallen and wife,
Mrs. A. Hemrick, H. D. Pilchard, Har
per Workman, Henry Wolff, J. F. To
ran, J. McClellan, E. Nerlund, Henry
Cook, Frank Manley, H. Hassell and
wife, Mrs. Emma Lyons, Dan Gregor
vich, Ellery Sanders, Mrs. E. M. Tay
lor, Mrs. W. J Meals and children,
Mrs. Otto Schallerer, A. M. Lweger,
Mrs. M. McGuire, Mrs. M. C. Brown,
G. Arens, W. L. Hodson, W. M. Matti
son, Ben Press, John Rice, James
Crowley, S. E. Lancaster, C S. Deit
rick, W. Hartnett, Thos. Hyder, H. G.
Looney, W. J. Crocker, Capt. C. W.
Adams, Mrs. P. Potter, Mrs. A. C.
Carey, Mrs. O Walker, Miss M. Se
ther, Miss L. Wilkins, J. R. Sherwood,
wife and two daughters, R. S. Hoover,
C. O. Swanson, Fred Nelson, Carl
Johnson, George Anderson and wife,
Dan Kennedy, Mrs. J. C. Anderson,
Mrs. H. Parrerson, Gus B. Burness, L.
M. Dow, wife and child, J. R Carey,
J. J. McDonald, Clarence Olson, J.
Hodgson, A. Vandeman, H. Halpen,
Walter Crawford and wife, Mat Camp
bell and forty-three steerage.
DAWES WILL
RENEW FIGHT
IN THE SENATE
“IT WAS THE WAY I SAID IT,
THAT CAUSED IRRITATION,”
SAID CHAS. DAWES.
(By Associated Press)
Will Seek Change.
BOSTON, Mass., Apr. 18.—Vice
President Charles Dawes, at the lun
cfheon of the Chamber of Commerce
here renewed his attack on Senate
procedure, which was made at the
inaugural March 4th. He intimated
that he would go about the country
with a protest before the end of his
four years in office.
When Dawes asked that all those
believing a change in rules was need
ed to rise, everybody, including Sen
ator Butler, who was* present, stood,
Dawes received a hearty cheer.
BOSTON, Mass., Apr. 18— In re
newing his fight in the Senate od
rules, Vice-President Charles Dawes,
at a luncheon of Ine Boston Cham
her of Commerce remarked, that, “It.
wasn't what I said at the inaugural
address that caused irritation in the
Capital, but the way I said it, and
now I am going to say a few things
because Senator Butler of Massa
chusetts is here to listen; unless, in
my own way, I can be 'the conduit
to transmit to' the Senate the indi
vidual reaction of this constituency,
I don’t think I would be doing any
good in office. The forebears of
this country didn’t have any idea
when they framed thp constitution
that it would give the Senate a great
er power than the veto of the Pres
ident. I want to hear from Senator
Butler.”
Upon the call of Dawes, Senator
Butler arose quickly and said:
“When I went to the Senate, my
experience with Senate rules and the
doctrine of seniority taught me that
it made no difference what a man
was, what his achievements have
been, if any, or whence he came as
he had to take-the last seat and the
last position on the lowest commit
tee. I believe in reform, I believe
in a change, and I believe in im
provement and propose to devote my
time in the Senate to the accomplish
ment of these ends.”
Ram Row Alarmed When
Dirigible Hovers Over
Them Taking Pictures
ILLICIT TRAFFICKERS SCURRY
ABOUT SHIPS AND THROW
CARGOES OVERBOARD
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Apr. 18— Naval pho
tographers took several pictures from
the dirigible Los Angeles of twenty
four vessels at anchor on rum row.
The dirigible flew low over the Jer
sey coast for six hours. Rum run
ners became greatly excited and on.
some ships they were seen scurrying
about and throwing cases of liquor
overboard.
The local commander of the Navy
air station said that Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur had given orders
to take photographs, but did not re
veal the purpose. Secretary Wilbur
declined today to say whether the
pictures were taken with his knowl
edge.
TO LEASE OIL LANDS '
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Apr. IS.—
Senator Walsh of Montana announc
ed that he will ask the Senate Oil
Investigation of the lease of oil
lands in the Salt Creek field of Wy
oming to the Midwest Refining Co.
C. M. Sharpe, commercial traveler,
arrived on the Alaska.