MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 68
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24. 1926.
PRICt’, TEN CENTS
CHAMBERLAIN OF
ENGLAND SCORED
ON LEAGUE ISSUE
HIS ACTION IN REGARD TO GER
MANY’S ENTRY INTO THE LEA
GUE ON PERMANENT BASIS DE
CLARED AS LAMENTABLE FAIL
URE.
LONDON, Mar. 24. (£>)—'The House
of Commons rejected Lloyd George’s
motion of inaugurating a league of
nations debate and Lord Chamber
lain's part in its proceedings.
LONDON, Mar. 24. (£>)—'When the
House of Commons last night rejected
by a vote of 325 to 130 the motion
made by Lloyd George to reduce for
eign ofice estimates as a rebuke to
Lord Chamberlain, Lloyd George de
clared the Locarno Pact signatories
were responsible for the breakdown
of the League of Nations on the ad
mission of Germany.
Ramsay McDonald said Lord Cham
berlain’s work at Geneva “was the
most lamentable failure Great Brit
ain has faced in many years.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 24. (JP)
—The slaughter of seals on the Prib
ilof Islands whose skins measure less
than thirty-seven and one-half inches
is prohibited in a bill introduced by
Senator Stephens, democrat of Miss
issippi. Authority will be given re
serving in plain iharking the three
vear-olds.
The House Territories Committee
delivered a favorable report on the
Bill of Delegate Sutherland to author
ize the improvement of overland com
munication on Seward peninsula and
which proposes the authorization of
a tramroad, to be constructed by the
Alaska Road Commission. The report
pointed out the tramroad from Nome
to Shelton would be a distance of 87
miles and in its operation it would be
planned to extend this road thru a re
gion where wagon road construction
is very expensive.
GUIDE LICENSE
CANCELLED FOR
LAW VIOLATION
GAME COMMISSION RULES GUIDES
ACCOUNTABLE FOR CONDUCT
OF HUNTING PARTIES
Licensed guides in Alaska will be
held strictly accountable for violations
of game laws by members of parties
under their direction, is indicated in
an announcement made recently from
the headquarters of the Alaska Game
Commission.
The executive office of the Alaska
Game Commission announces that the
Guide License of Allen Williams, who
•claims his residence as Fairbanks,
has been cancelled by a formal action
of the Commission, during its recent
session, for having allowed a mem
ber of his hunting party, Mr. Kenneth
Walker of Westwood, Calif., to kill
a mountain sheep before the opening
of the season last year. Kenneth
Walker was tried on October 2, 1925
and upon a plea of guilty was fined
?100 and his sheep trophy seized. The
action of the Commission in cancel
ling William’s license renders him in
eligilbe to act as a licensed guide for
a period of five years. The cancella
tion of this guide license emphasizes
the former announcement of the Com
mission that guides will be held strict
ly accountable for the conduct of their
iparties in violations of the game laws.
A recent report of cases prosecuted
is that of Kokrines Kriska, a native
•of Nulato, who on January 4th was
taken before Wm. H. Lehman, U. S.
Commissioner, at Nulato, and on a
•charge of illegal possession of beav
er skins was fined $25. Thirty beaver
skins were seized and proceedings
are being instituted for the forfeiture
of the skins.
The trajppers axe beginning to get
good results. 15 red fox and one
(cross fox have already been caught
near the Buekland vilhlge.
BIG FORTUNE IS
NOW ASSURED TO
MINER-INVENTOR
_
CAMPBELL HAS PATENT MONEY
WITHIN GRASP; HAS ONE
OBSTACLE LEFT .
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Mar. 24. (/P)
—But one possible obstacle loomed to
j clay to enjoyment by George Carson
I Campbell, poor miner, of royalties es- •
| timated at 35,000,000 to $20,000,000 for
use of his blast furnace invention by
great smelting companies. ■
A writ of review may be asked by
j the American Smelting and Refining
| Company which yesterday was denied
a new trial of Campbell's royalty claim,
i It is not considered likely the fed
eral circuit court of appeals will grant
such writ, for in its opinion the court
said the ends of justice demand the
j litigation should end here.”
I “All that remains now is an account
! ing suit, and that won’t take long,”
! said Attorney C. S. Wheeler, repre
| senting Campbell.
It is estimated the American Smelt
ing and Refining company will be
; found to owe Campbell about §5,000,
! 000. The court held that Campbell
was a proper plaintiff, inasmuch as
j it was shown that he had retained
1 a quarter interest in all royalties. He
! signed away the remainder in order
j to get funds to back his fight in the
| courts.
Meanwhile, in Montana courts,
Campbell is fighting the Anaconda
Copper company and the Phelps-Dodge
corporation for other millions in roy
alties. Whatever the decision there,
it is likely the cases will be appealed
to the federal circuit court here, with
decision in the American Smelting &
Refining case as a precedent for final
ruling.
GATEWAY GIRLS
TAKE GAME FROM
TAKE INDOOR BALL GAME FROM
MARATHON NINE BY
SCORE 13-7
Heavy hitting by the Gateway girls
was the chief feature of the fast in
door baseball game taken from the
strong team presented by Seward’s
Marathon Maid's, who, themselves
swing wicked bats and cavort gal
lantly in the field, in the S. A. C.
gym last night. Though the individual
batting honors were contested for
mainly between Mary McConnell and
Postmistress Sheldon, opposing cat
chers for the rival teams, lusty wal
lops were also registered by Johan
sen, Barnett, Painter and the Queen
of Swat, herself, Martha Jacobsen.
Snappy infield work was performed
by Rucker, Jones, Shellhorn and Lar
sson, but the prettiest play of the
evening was made by Valade, spark
ling right fielder for the Gateway
Girls, who in the eighth innng cap
tured a vicious line drive from Mc
Connell’s bat that broke up a threat
ening rally by the Marathonians.
Lein, of the losing team, whose good
work in putting the ball on would
be base stealers, earned second hon
ors for defensive play; while Malloy,
Banbury, Jessen and Mamthey acted
like veterans on the base paths.
The women have been holding un
broken practices now, each Tuesday
night fdr several months past, and
not only enjoy the game as much
as the men do, but to all appear
ances, have taken a real interest in
the sport and are working hard to
better their abilities and learn the
science of the popular pastime.
Special batting practice will be
held the fore part of the week, as
the girls are priming themselves for
their next meeting on Tuesday of
the following week.
Judge Jeffery Roberts, aristocrat
of the old Southern school, is facing
ruin and dsgrace. For years he has
been living a magnificent lie n pos
ing as a wealthy man in order to
keep his beautiful daughter, Virginia,
in an expensive private school. He
has mortgaged his estate and man
sion, and has little left but his horse
and stable. The horse is Dixie, a
thoroughbred mare.—See “The Dixie
Handicap,” at the Liberty tonight.
SLAYER OF TAYLOR
WILL BE KNOWN
IN FORTNITE
ACTUAL KILLER BEEN UNDER
SUSPICION FOR MONTH, SAYS
KEYS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CHICAGO, 111., Mar. 24. (£>)—Asa
Keys, district attorney of Los Angeles
county, said the solution of the slay
ing in 1922 of William Desmond Tay
lor, movie director of Hollywood, was
imminent. He said, “we knew who
the actual slayer was four weeks ago.
My last trip east was to obtain cor
roborative evidence.”
TREADWAY NOT
OPPOSED TO THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
l LARGE SUM BE EXPENDED FOR
ROADWAY AND EQUIPMENT
OF RAILROAD
SPECIAL RIVER TRIP
i Increase of Almost 25 Per cent Noted
In Freight Revenue.
The sum of $500,000 of the SI,700,
000 appropriation for the Alaska Rail
road for the fiscal year, which is now
before the Senate, will be spent for
roadway and equipment in accordance
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission ruling as to capital expendi
tures, according to Noel W. Smith,
general manager of the Alaska Rail
road, who returned from Washington
during the past week.
Freight Revenue Increased
An increase of slightly less than
25 per cent is shown in the freight
revenues for the first seven months
of the fiscal year 1926 as compared
to the same period of 1925 and about
the sameincrease in the passenger bus
iness for the same periods was made.
The comparative figures showing the
division of the general freight reve
nue from the coal revenue wlrch was
greater, as given by Mr. Smith are as
follows:
1925 1926
(Tons) (Tons)
All revenue freight 30,S5S *38,131
Revenue freight, coal 15,579 19,494
Other than coal 15,279 18,637
Passengers carried 27,301 32,842
Special River Trip
The river steamer General Jacobs
will make a trip up the Koyukuk riv
er to Betties with a cargo of mining
machinery for the Alaska Detroit Min
ing Company, also additional tonnage
for other companies. The postal de
partment has given the railroad a con
tract to carry the mail for this one
trip, Mr. Smith stated. On the last
steamer from Seattle, the Alaska, a
60-foot river boat, dismantled, arrived.
The steamer is now en route to Ne
nana where it will be assembled, and
shoved into the water in the spring.
This will be about May 20.
Treadway Against Appropriation
Referring to Congressman Tread
way of Massachussetts, Mr. Smith said
thecongressman opposed the appropri
ation and attempted to have it reduc
ed to §500,000, before the Appropria
tion Committee, for the reason he
thought the government Was spend
ing too much money in all depart
ments in the Territory. Other con
gressmen, however, had the same
viewpoint as Mr. Treadway, it was
stated, but Mr. Smith pointed out the
expense of Alaska to the United States
was no greater than other portions of
the States. Congressman Treadway
was not specifically opposed to the
Alaska Railroad, Mr. Smith conclud
ed.
S.D. SENATOR
RENOMINATED
SIOUX FALLS, So. Dak., Mar. 24.
(/P)—Peter Norbeck, senion Senator
from South Dakota was overwhelming
ly renominated at the Republican
primary here over George F. Dan
forth.
“The best In the north.” The
Seward Weekly Gateway. §3.00 a
year and worth it.
COTTER SAYS
JOE W„ YOUNG
. MILLIONAIRE
FORMER DRIVER OF DOG MAIL
TEAM IN ALASKA IS “IN
MONEY” IN FLORIDA
SEATTLE. Mar. 24. (£>)—Frank J.
Cotter, publisher of the Alaska Week
ly, who has returned from Florida,
met his old pal, Joe W. Young,
who drove a dog mail team on the
Yukon trail many years ago.
Cotter said: “Young is now rated
worth §150,000,000. He has Gen
eral Goethals on his payroll, digging
a $15,000,000 harbor project at Holly
wood-by-the-Sea. Young is considered
one of the biggest realty developers
I in Florida.”
Cotter said Young is planning to
! join him on a trip to the Cassiar
j this year. Cotter leaves within 10
i days for the north.
ANOTHER WET
ASPIRANT FOR
THE SENATE
_
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 24. (IP)
—The Washington Post announced
that Frank J. Kelly, formerly in charge
j of liquor prosecutions in Washington
will be a candidate for the Wisconsin
Republican nominations for Senator.
Kelly said the enforcement of pro
hibition is impossible.
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Seafaring Eye is Held
to Have $15,000 Value
NEW YORK, March 17 (IP).—A
seaman’s eye was valued at $15,000
by a jury, which returned a verdict
for that amount to Federal Judge
Moscowitz in Brooklyn. It was in
favor of John P. Coose and against
the United States Shipping Board,
owners and Lykes Brothers, of New
Orleans, operators of the steamship
Sapinero.
Coose claimed that while on a voy
age from New Orleans to Rotterdam,
a flying splicing pin struck him in
the left eye and resulted in its re
moval.
Stern Ute Justice Dooms
Big Buck to Squaw Garb
FORT DUCHESNE, Utah, March
15. (IP)—Augusie, a six foot Ute In
dian Buck, for 38 years has worn the
garb of a squaw and has been entire
ly ignored by fellow males of his
tribe—because in 1887 he was a “con
scientious objector” and refused to
take part in a tribal raid.
Bakelite and Metal Alloy
New Propeller Materials
DAYTON, O., March 15. (^—Air
plane propellers of metal and other
substances are coming into greater
favor. Experiments have been con
ducted for some time at McCook
Field here with propellers made of
bakelite and metal alloy. More atten
tion now is being paid to the latter
type of “props.”
Metal propellers are declared to be
more durable than those made of
wood, and able to withstand greater
stress. The propeller of Lieut. J. A.
Macready’s altitude plane is made of
metal alloy.
Nearly Two-thirds of Radio
Stations of World In U. S.
WASHINGTON, March 15. (>P)—Ra
dio broadcasting stations throughout
the world total 803, nearly two thirds
of which are in the United States.
A census made by the Department
of Commerce, which has jurisdiction
over commercial radio in this country,
showed that there now are 533 licens
ed broadcasters in the United States,
as against only 270 stations for the
remainder of the world.
Through a gradual weeding out pro
cess of stations which were operating
only intermittently and for no partic
ular reason, the number in this coun
try is decreasing.
Have you seen the Weekly Gateway.
SEATTLE DADS ARE
AFTER TELEPHONE
COMPANY’S LINES
THE HULLABALOO STARTED AT
TIME WHEN COMPANY
RAISED RATES
SEATTLE, Wn., Mar. 24. (JP)—The
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany denounced before the Municipal
League yesterday their outlaw from
the streets of Seattle. Councilman
Moore declared Vthe company hopes
to bring pressure to bear by raising
the cry that any drastic steps the city
might take will delay extensions of
telephone facilities to meet the grow
ing needs of the city.”
Councilman Kennedy said: “The
property we intend to seize on April
21 is city property and as public of
ficials we would be derelict in our
duty if we failed to take possession.”
NEW YORK, Mar. 24. (TP)—Harry
W. Cowan, blind embezzler, was con
victed of first degree murder of Edith
M. Murton, his stenographer, because
of jealousy of State Senator Arthur
B. Lewis, of Utah.
CONGRESS LIBERAL
WITH TERRITORY,
SAYS GEO. SEXTON
■
COMMITTEEMAN STATES JUDGES
AND ATTORNEYS WILL BE
CONFIRMED
In the opinion of George Sexton,
Republican National Committeeman
for Alaska, who returned to Seward
a few days ago from a four-mouths’
mission to Washington, Judges T. M.
Reed and E. E. Ritchie, and U. S. At
torney A. G. Shoup will probably be
confirmed' by the Senate. A strong
fight, lead by Delegate Dan Suther
land, has been made against Judge
Reed and District Attorney Shoup, also
against Judge Ritchie, but Mr. Sexton
is confident the attacks will fall flat.
Mr. Sexton returns home duly rec
ognized by the chairman of the Re
publican National Committee, U. S.
Senator Butler, as committeeman from
Alaska. “Lots of things are pending
for Alaska, Mr. Sexton stated at yes
terday’s meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce and we should hear this
week as to their outcome. Everything
looks good for the Territory. Mem
bers of congress have been very lib
eral with Alaska; more liberal than
with any other Territory or State
under the flag.”
SHARP DECLINE
LAST MONTH IN
LOCAL EXPORTS
OUTGOING SHIPMENTS WORTH
ONLY $2,683,962; .LESS THAN
YEAR AGO
Alaskan outbound commerce for
the month of February had a declared
value of $2,683,962, of which $,484,536
represented shipments of furs made
by mail during 1925, but not reported
to Customs authorities last month,
according to the monthly statement
of commerce issued last by J. C.
McBride, Collector of Customs.
It was considerably less than the
value of Alaskan commodities ship
ped to the States in February, 1925.
Sharp declines were recorded in
both fisheries products and copper,
the main items on Alaskan export
lists during the winter months. Fi
sheries products shipped, out during
the month were valued at but $107,
248, which is believed to be one of
the lowest on record. last year in
the same month, the fisheries in
dustry shipped out products to the
value of $371,280. Copper dropped
from 1,034,352 in February, 1925 to
$757,480 last month.
CHIROPRACTOR IS
CONVICTED SECOND
DEGREE MURDER
VERDICT CARRIES SENTENCE OF
FROM TEN TO TWENTY
YEARS IN PEN
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Mar. 24. (Jp)
—David Marshal was convicted of sec
ond degree murder for the killing of
Anna May Dietrich, January 19. The
verdict carries a sentence from ten
to twenty years in the State peniten
tiary.
David Marshall, chiropractor, con
fessed on January 24 of dismembering
the body of Miss Deitrich, 35. Mar
shal, at the time, sobbing and unnerv
ed, denied he slew her. He declared
she took poison in his office after a
wealthy New Yorker had jilted her.
Marshal, when arrested was taken
to Media where the body was found,
from his home at Bywood Heights, ov
erlooking the ravine where Anna’s
head was found a few days lated wedg
ed under a railroad trestle.
The clothing of the girl, when last
seen, was found under the same tres
tle.
Marshal told District Attorney Tay
lor after four hours’ examination, “I
want you to promise me you will take
j care of my wife and child. I did it,
| I don’t know why unless it was be
cause I was frantic with fear.
In relating the tragedy, Marshal he
met the girl on a Tuesday night, out
side his office. He continued: “She
said she didn’t feel well and I told her
to go to my office and lie down. I got
something to eat, came back and found
her unconscious on the bathroom floor.
I worked on her until she died.
“I became frightened and panicky
and kept the body all night in my ol
fice. I came back in the morning, sev
ered the legs and the head with hack
saw and knife and distributed the body
the next day.”
After a hesitation in which he was
prompted by the District Attorney,
Marshal continued with his gruesome
story: “I forgot to take the head with
me so the next morning I wrapped
it with newspapers and took it to the
trestle1 where I threw it away.”
Marshal was known as one of An
na’s admirers and was under suspicion
since a railroad brakeman said he
saw a man throw a bundle at Nay
lor’s and then run. Stains on a hack
saw, pieces of bloody newspaper and
other articles were found in Marshal’s
office.
104 PERISH AS
VESSEL BURNS
AMAZON RIVER
LONDON, Mar. 24. (£>)— It is re
ported from Manaos that 104 persons
were killed in a fire which destroyed
the Brazilian steamer Paes-de-Car
vanho, operating on the Amazon river,
near Coury, last Monday. The vessel
carried a full cargo of inflamable
goods.
Record Corn Raiser Tells
Secrets of His Success
COLUMBUS, March 15. (^—Six
teen hundred bushels of corn from a
ten-acre plot, an average of ninety
five bushels an acre from 130 addi
tional acres, tabulation of 1,083 hills
of corn before a “missed” one was
found, and several hundred hills aver
aging five stalks to a hill, are the re
cords set up by Ira Marshall, of Dola,
champion corn raiser.
“Proper soil, proper cultivation and
the right kind of season are what one
needs for a crop like his, he declared
while attending Farmers’ Week here.
“I had them all last year.”
LIKE AN OCTOPUS
By the Associated Press.—The dis
patch dated Washington, D. C., Mar.
18, should have read: “Sutherland
questioned Judge Reed at length on
vice conditions In Juneau and Ketchi
kan. The special grand jury report
was read, descrying bootlegging in
dustry as having giant tentacles, etc.”
Outside papers bring news to Ju
neau of the death of Fred C. Dun
ham who passed away recently at
Soap Lake, Wash;, for treatment