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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 127
SEWARD. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
STEAMSHIP ALASKA BRINGING
LARGE LIST ON INITIAL RUN
TO TERRITORY
SEATTLE, June 9.—Beginning her
maiden voyage the liner Alaska, Capt.
Nord, sailed at nine this morning
on the first trip since her construe
tion, en route to Seward and way
ports with 285 passengers,- including
30 excursionists, cannery crews for
Port Althorp, Sawmill Bay, Thumb
Bay, Crab Bay, and other ports. The
new vessel had a capacity freight car
go.
Captains Wm. Connell and H. Land
strom are pilots of the vessel.
Has Many for Seward
SEATTLE. June- 9.—The Alaska
Steamship Company’s crack new liner
Alaska, sailed for Seward and south
western Alaska today with a large
passenger list and many round trip
tourists. Her pasesngers for Seward
were:
George Higgins, A. J- McDonald,
John W. Jackson, and wife; M. Harts*
burg, J. M. Haley, W. B. Jarrell, Mrs.
M. Jaeger, J. V. Akey, and wife; Miss
M. Gillespie, Earl R. Eiderman and
wife, Mrs. Bertha Anderson. Rex An
derson, L. C. Thompson, E. 1. Pur
cell G. A. Carlson, Edv.ard Tindall,
M. J. Lindsbarger and wife. L. Smith.
Miss J. Butin, Miss M. C. Moore, .Tas.
Girdwood, Mrs. J. F. Hook, Edith
Hooker, L. A. Breadwell, A. J. John
stone, Mrs. J. Anderson, Florence An
derson, J. W. Goodwin, Ernest Rich
ter, A. P. Eamson, F. G. Stone, Max
Wagner, K. Sommer Judus Hanson,
E. Olson, and seven steerage.
The Alaska will go only as far as
Seward on this, her fiist trip, later
probably sailing for Anchorage.
SAID HE CHOKED HER WITH IN
TENTION OF THROWING HER
INTO THE SEA
NEW YORK June 9.—Eluigo Lo-I
zade, Filipino butler for Dr. G. W. •
McAuliffe, today confessed he had
killed him fiance, Miss Blossom Seel
ey Martin, who was employed by the
doctor as a nurse in his hospital. The
physician and Filipino were both be
ing detained for the murder, when the
latter confessed he had choked the j
girl to death and was about to throw
the body into the sea, when it was
discovered.
BERLIN, June 8— British military
forces have entered Dusseldorf and it
is understood are taking control of the
southern sector of the Ruhr valley.
Work has been started on the rail
road spur from Moose creek station
to the Baxter-Bedell coal mine. This
spur will also serve the Augustino
and Rawson mines. James E. Wilson,
the well known freighter, will be sta
tioned at the upper end of the work,
and has established a camp. Mr. G. j
J. Truitt is in charge of the field work
and believes that steel may be laid by
Sept, first.
MEXICO MUST OBEY LAWS
IS TOLD BY COMMISSIONER
MEXICO ^IITY, June 9.—American
Commissioner Warren, addressing the
Presidentes of Mexican States, told
them Mexico must obey international
law in order to have the friendship of
the United States.
LOGGING RAILWAY BUILT
OKANOGAN, June 9—The first fif
teen carloads of steel arrived hero for
the construction or' a standard gauge
logging road by the J. C. Giles Lum
ber company. Twenty more cars are
expected.
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN DEAD
LONDON, June 9.—Princess Chris
tian died this morning.
CONFERENCE BETWEEN HARD
ING AND COMMITTEEMEN
REACH DECISION
WASHINGTON, June 9.—A decision
to giive women a more prominent
part in the councils of the Republican
party was reached at a conference last
night by President Harding and
Chairman Adams of the Republican
National Committee.
The exact nature of the participa
tion by women was not fully agreed
upon. The President will appeal to
the women voters to indorse his world
court plan.
TWO SIXTY-FIVE TONS OF
FREIGHT ON NORTHWESTERN
The steamship Northwestern, which
will arrive in port some time this aft
ernoon will have 261 tons of freight
aboard, as follows: For commission,
44 tons including 550 pounds cold sto
rage; Seward local, 71 tons; Seward
Transfer, 24 tons; Seward rail, 122
tons including one ton cold storage
and eight tons perishables.
SAN DIEGO, June 8.—Naval fliers,
contesting here today, in events never
before put on an official program, es
tablished seven more world’s records
in addition to two they broke and
eight others they established yester
day, making a total of seventeen
world’s records now held by aircraft
squadrons of the United States.
EX-FOLLIES GIRL ENGAGED
TO EARL
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“TVSTONE VIEW CO., NEW YO«*
Miss Jessica Browu, formerly of the
Ziegfeld Follies, who is reported en
gaged to the youthful Earl of North
esk. Miss Brown is a native of Buf
falo. Her fiance, who is 2t years of
age, is an officer in the Cold Stream
Guards and has an estate of $750,000.
His family tree goes back to the 37th
century and many of his ancestors,
have been prominent in naval serv
ice. The family home is at Forfar
shire, Scotland.
COPYRIOHT UNOIHWOM i UNDtRWOOO f.
FRISCO OBSERVES GREAT FIRE ANNIVERSARY
Photo showing San Francisco fire boats combatting the blaze on the
four masted sailing vessel Mindora, set afire in San Francisco bay for a
demonstration of the city’s efficiency in fighting fire.
OFFICE SENDS
WANTS APOLOGY AND REPRA
TION FOR KILLING OF
CHINESE STUDENTS
PEKING, June 9.—The Chinese for
eign office sent a note to Tokio de
manding an apology from the Japa
nese commander and his marines who
shot down supporters of the Japanese
boycott at Chanksha province of Hu
nan, June 2.
OEMS MED TO
WASHINGTON, June 9.—President
Harding today named \V. B. Whee
ler, consul for the Anti-Saloon Lea
gue, to head the American delegation
to the International Congress against
Alcoholism to be held in Copenhagen
in August.
SEATTLE, June 9.—A Bergen. Nor
way, dispatch says that it is settled
that Amundsen will hop off from
Wainwright the twentieth and that
the Norwegian government has been
notified to this effect. It is expected
he will make the trip in 22 ohurs.
FORMER SEATTLE ORIENTAL IS
NOW RAILROAD MAGNATE
SEATTLE, June &—Revolutions and
banditry have not disturbed the se
renity of Chin Gee Hee, one time a
track laborer, laundrvman and mer
chant in Seattle, and new president of
the Sun Ning railway, greatest in Chi
na, say Seattle friends of the China
man who have kept in touch with him
since he arrived in China.
Despite his 78 years this Chinese
“Jim Hill” remains active at the head
of the various enterprises which he
has acquired since his return to his
native land.
Chin Gee Hee began life as a labor
er in the California gold fields. He
later secured a job as laborer on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way and later became a contractor,
employing Chinese labor. He entered
the laundry business in Seattle, and
later started a branch wholesale house
in Seattle. In the antiChinese riots
he was protected by white friends,
who admired him for his unfailing
honesty and energy.
He wras the first man to erect a
brick building in Seattle, which still
stands.
Railway have praised his work as a
railway constructor and builder, as
one of the finest pieces of engineering
work in China.
EVERY DEBTOR NATION MAKING
NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD
SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON, June 9.—Today's
cabinet meeting was devoted almost
entirely to the discussion of the for
eign debt problem. A White House
spokesman announced afterwards that
Harding had been informed that near
ly every debtor nation was making an
effort toward settlement.
MOSCOW, June 9.—Leaders ol Rus
sian trade unions have forbidden the
unions to expel members because of
church affiliations and religious be
liefs.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 9.—
Carrying many prominent citizens of
Pueblo, Mexico a passenger train was
wrecked by bandits near Jalapa; the
cars looted and train crew executed.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, June 9.—Fresh hali
but 13.SO and 8 cents.
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FIND WET
REVELLERS AT DANCE
r
MT. VERNON, Wash., June 9.—Nine
participants in a dance at Rockport
near here were arrested last night,
liquor being found in profusion.
MRS. BLUE ENTERTAINS
The intimate friends rf Mrs. Anfone
Eide, Mrs. A. McNeer and Mrs. M. D.
Barndollar were pleasantly entertain
ed Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Wayne Blue. Mrs. Barndollar
was an outgoing passenger on the
transport Cambrai for Vancouver bar
racks, Mrs. Eide leaves Thursday for
Anchorage where she will make her
home, and Mrs. McNeer h aves very
soon to reside in Virginia. A delicious
luncheon was served at two o’clock,
the remainder of the afternoon being
devoted to bridge. Dainty favors were
awarded at the conclusion of the aft
ernoon—guest favors and high and
low scores, the former going to Mrs.
Barndollar, and the latter to Mrs.
Donald H. Tyer. Those present were
Mesdames Eide, McNeer, Barndollar,
W. E. Root, W- O. Perry, Ralph Reed,
Alvah Eames, L. V. Ray, R. McNally,
J. P. Hannon, D. H. Tyer, Miss Eliza
beth Romig and the hostess.
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The local sawmills are turning out
many carloads of fine timbers.
GRAFTING PROCESS GIVES
PERFUME ODORLESS PLANTS
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PARIS, June 9.—Professor Daniel of
Rennes appears to have discovered a
: process which will cause to come true
Shakespeare’s verse, “A rose by any
other name would smell as sweet.”
By taking two plants of the same
; species and grafting one on the other,
notably a wormwood on a chrysanthe
mum, he found it acquired the smell j
and its flowers gave ctf a perfume
even more powerful than the chrys
anthemum.
Perfumed flowers were grafted on
to plants that had no scent at all and
the result of the grafting has been
that the product smelled like the ori
ginal flower.
Ml
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BELGIUM ALSO NOTIFIES CUNO
THAT PROPOSITION (S
UNACCEPTABLE
PARIS, June 9.—Premier Poincare
has absolutely rejected the Get man
reparations proposals in his first offi
cial expression since the receipt of the
recent note from Berlin.
Belgium Also Rejects
BRUSSELS, June 9.— Germany’s
amended reparations proposals after
careful examination by experts, are
considered unacceptable by the Bel
gian government.
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Cordova passengers on the Alaska
include Falcon Joslin, J. H. O’Neil,
general manager of the Great North
ern Railway.
SEATTLE, Jun 9.—Broken in health
Benjamin Franklin Battersby, one of
the owners of Battersby & Smith’s
billiard and bookmaking house, com
mitted suicide here today.
CHICAGO. June 8.—Mrs. Marsha
Field has taken out two million do!
lars life insurance, the largest policy
ever issued to a woman.
THE BABY OF THE SIXTY
EIGHTH CONGRESS
Representative John C. Shafer of
Wauwatosa, Yiis., who represents the
Fourth Congressional district of the
Badger State in the 6$th Congress. He
is the “House Baby” this year, being
but 29 years of age. In politics he is
the type of Senator Robert LaFollette
as he was elected on a labor platform
as a Progressive. He is an engineer
by trade, and served a term in the
Wisconsin legislature.
BUT FEW HOURS SPENT AT ANY
ONE POINT—ALASKANS ARE
DISAPPOINTED
The Congressional special which
was scheduled to return from the In
terior, arrived last night about 7:00
o’clock, and hurrying aboard the trans
port left about an hour later for the
south. It is reported that the towns
alorig the Alaska railroad in the Inte
j t'ior were greatly disappointed at the
speedy return of the delegation, as
elaborate preparations had been made
at both Anchorage and Fairbanks for
their reception.
The party remained at Seward long
er than at any one point, and were
here not to exceed four hours. It is
said they were delighted with the
scenery along the Alaska railroad and
also the accommodations but were
so pressed for time they had little op
portunity to hear the needs of the
country.
At Fairbanks the party remained
during the afternoon, leaving at 11 p.
m. for Nenana, where an hour and a
half was spent. From Nenana the
party left for Anchorage, securing a
wonderiul view ot Mount McKinley on
the way. Two hours were spent at
Anchorage and the party came thru
to Seward.
Seward was canny and sent a dele
gation composed of Mayor L. V. Ray
| and W. H. Whittlesey, president of
j the chamber of commerce, with them
to the Interior, and in this way some
good propaganda for Seward was
spread.
It was unfortunate, however, that
the party coming so far to view con
ditions first hand, could not stay
longer.
The Gateway will have an account
ot the trip, written by one of the
members, in Monday's Gateway.
^ ACHING TON, June- 9.—Foreign
commerce from the' United States
is now the heaviest seen since Janu
ary, 1921, the Department of Com
merce announced today.
SHCfl TRADE TBEffl
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lOKIO, Japan, June 9.—Japan and
Russia today agreed to open negotia
tions for the resumption of trade re
lations between the two countries.
BOISE, Ida., June 9.—Samuel Sha
ver, Montana cattleman, was charged
with first degree murder here today
in connection with the sensational
murder of Fay Rogers, whom he
found in company with his wife in
the heart of the business district last
night.
Mrs. Shaver, who left Shaver and
came to Boise, has been working in
restaurants as, cook and waitress.
Rogers had been keeping company
with the woman. Shaver met the cou
ple and the shooting followed.
“When I met them I started to turn
around; Mrs. Shaver laughed and
tossed her head, so I killed him. I am
not sorry, as he broke up my home,
inducing my wife to leave me. I had
warned him to cease going with Mrs.
Shaver.”
Mrs. Shaver said she would fight to
keep her reputation clean, and that
Shaver had contributed nothing to
ward her support.