Hewmd DUEIY GMMY
VOLUME XVII
NUMBER 297
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
. Opposed to Bonus Legislation at this Time
MESSAGE DISPOSES
ii ouEsi ions
NATIONAL IftllESI
SOLDIER BONUS DISPOSED OF IN
FEW WORDS—AGAINST RE
BATING ALLIED DEBTS
TRIBUTE PflUo HARDING
WADE JUSTICE MORE CERTAIN,
AND PEACE MORE SECURE
FOR NATIONS WORLD
WASHINGTON,... D. C. Dec. 6.—A
egislation program touching almost
every aspect of National life was pre
sented by President Coolidge today in
*>is first message to Congress. He in
dorsed the late President Harding s
proposal for American membership,
with reservations, in a worid cour.;
approved Secretary Mellon’s tax re
duction plan, and announced his oppo
sition of soldier bonus legislation,
disposing of the matter in nine words.
He also went on record as favoring
stipulated consolidation of railroads,
and reorganization of the railroad
freight structure as applied to farm
products, and the government to assist
in the disposition of exportable wheat.
He declared for the creation of a com
mission of judges and lawyers to sim
plify Federal Court procedure, the iirr
ftation ot child labor through consti
tutional amendment; the regulation of
radio interrerence aiu uvn.cion
motion, or highway construction ai d
reforestation.
The President prefaced his message
with a tribute to ths late President
Hardinq. declaring that the world
Knew his kindness and his humanity,
and his greatness of character and
concluded by saying that "He has
made justice more certain and peace
more secure.”
EXTRACTS FROM MESSAGE
“I wish to see a world court estab
lished and a proposal presented on a
plan on which many nations have ever
agreed, though it may not meet with
4 ever} desire. 1 therefore commend it
to favorable consideration of the sen
ate with proposed reservations, clear
ly indicating our refusal to adhere to
the league of nations.”
“I do not propose to speak of Rus
sia or barter away lor the privilege
of trade any ot the cherished rights
ot humanity. 1 do not tavor the can
cellation of Allied debts, but 1 see no
objections to adjusting them in ac
cordance with the principle adopted
for the British debt.”
“For seven years the people have
borne with uncomplaining courage the
tremendous burden of national and
local taxation. These must both be
reduced.”
“The prohibition amendment to the
Constitution requires the congress and
the President to provide adequate
iaws to prevent its violation. It is my
duty to enforce such laws.”
“If our Alaska fisheries are to be
saved from destruction there must be
further legislation declaring a general
policy and delegating authority to
make rules and regulations to an ad
ministrative body.”
“The world has had enough of the
curse of hatred and selfishness, of
y destruction and war. It has had
enough of the wrongful use of mate
rial power for the healing of nations.
It must have more good will and char
ity; confidence and peace.
ANCHORAGE PASSENGERS ON VIC
Anchorage passengers who secured
reservations on the Victoria were
Harry Miller, A. C. Dahl, John John
son, James Wallace, P. Fitzgerald, P.
Corcoran, Ray C. Larson, Fred Pren,
E. J. Gove, John Schwartz, A. McDon
0 t aid, Mrs. W. Murray, Jim Brown and
three sterage for Seattle; Hugo Fells
and two steerage for Ketchikan.
Bean Supper and dance
^ Saturday night.
Bulkley Wells and wife, and Andy
Simons, the Seward guide, who have
1 been hunting near Unga, and who left
Sand Point for Kodiak Nov. 2, being
i several weeks overdue, have arrived
safely at Noatak, according to a dis
patch received by Mrs. Simons Tues
day night. The message arrived by
cable from Cordova, being sent from
the radio station at the Standard Oil
plant, near Kanatak.
The party had been taking their
time on the way in, Mr. Wells, who is
a Denver sportsman, hunting along
the coast line.
CUTTER WILL BE ESTABLISHED
AT SEWARD THRU WINTER
It is reported that a telegram was
received last night by Capt. Johansen
from Delegate Dan Sutherland, stating
that Gov. Bone’s recommendations had
been acted favorably upon and that a
revenue cutter would be sent north
to operate through the winter months
with headquarters at Seward. It is
understood that the radio station will
be reopened before the cutter arrives,
and that Seward will be on the map
once more.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The stormiest
election campaign in England’s history
closed tonight. Derisive shouts were
hurled at Lloyd George, at Camber
well, and Austen Chamberlain was
howled down tor the first time in her
political career.
Preaching tree trade, Lloyd George
said the United States has practically
all of Europe’s gold. America could
pave its streets with gold, but the
past ten years have shown that there
has been more unemployment in the
United States than in England, de
spite America’s protective tariff.”
HEAVY STORMS USE
DAMAGE PUGET SOUND
SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—A storm which
the weather bureau claims began its
war dance over the Gulf of Alaska,
hit Seattle with a velocity of 72 miles
this morning, sweeping Puget Sound,
smashing Seattle’s lighting system and
crippling street railway service.
PROTEST MADE AGAINST
RELEASE WAR PRISONERS
CHICAGO, Dec. 6—A protest against
the release of political prisoners was
sent to President Coolidge by the mil
itary intelligence association of the
Sixth Corps Area today.
Fred Poole, a steam shovel man for
the Alaska railway, left on one of the
last boats to spend a month or so in!
Washington and California.
INCREASE IN PENSIONS ASKED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6—An
increase in civil war pensions was
advocated by Secretary Work of the
interior department today in his an-j
nual report submitted to the Presi
dent.
James Finley of the Rex barber
shop in Anchorage, will arrive in Sew
ard Saturday night, on his way to the
States.
Mrs. J. B. Gottstein, wife of the
Anchorage wholesale grocer, expects
to leave on the Alameda for Seattle,
where she will visit relatives during
the winter months.
U^J
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—The ap
pointment of Colonel Chas. N. Salz
| man, as chief Signal Officer of the
| Army to succeed General Squier has
; been announced by Secretary Weeks.
H. tOb l ta Ml DEFUSES
MIL lift! MW
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 6.—Stirring
scenes were enacted this afternoon at
the Senate public lands investigation
oi me i eapot Dome naval oil reserve
lease, when H. Foster Bain, director
ol the United Stales Bureau ol Alines
le.used point blank to reveal whether
the oil lands had been open to lease
by all oil companies, instead of special
privileges b.-tng granted to the Sin
clair interests.
CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO
NOT RETIRE GEN. PERSHING
W ASIIINGTON, Dec. 6.—Congress
will be asked to permit General Per
shing to remain on the active list of
the Army as long as he wants to. Sec-1
retary Weeks announced.
WISH ASKFO SUPPORT
t
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The German am
bassador visited tlie foreign office tins
afternoon to ask British support lor
an American proposal to the effect1
that America is ready to advance food
credits of thirty million dollars to
Germany this winter.
SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—Carl Lomeu, in
an address at a dinner of the Alaska
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce predicted that Alaska would
have lour million reindeer within 20
years. Judge George Schofield ot
Nome advocated changes in the min
ing law requirements and the mainte
nance of a jetty at Nome.
Miss Beulah B. Wilson, a resident
of Seward for some time, and later
in the optical business in Anchorage,!
arrived on last night’s train and is a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ells
worth. She will sail on the Alameda
for Spokane, where she will spend
the holidays with relatives. Later she
will make her residence in Seattle.
SEVEN KILLED, THIRTY HURT, j
IN GERMAN JOLLIFICATION
BERLIN, Dec. 6.—Seven persons
were killed and thirty wounded in aj
clash between unemployed and police
at Wanne, Westphalia.
F. M. Kane, who has been visiting
in Kodiak for some time, was a thru
passenger on the Watson, en route to
his home in Chicago.
Judge E. E. Ritchie left for Anchor
age on today’s train to hold a short
term of court.
Attorney L. V. Ray left on today’s
train on a business trip to Anchorage.
Ernest J. Gove, a McGrath operator,
sailed on the last boat for Seattle,
where he was called by his mother be
ing seriously ill.
DAKOTA BEDS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6.-W111. G.
McAddo wired his South Dakota man
agers thanking them for the state’s
delegation, adding: “The democrats of
South Dakota are alive to the neces
sity for a progressive administration
at Washington, which will substitute
action for dormancy; decision lor
drift; honesty for graft, and justice
for privilege in the conduct of Na
tional affairs.”
si HI? OFFtfiEB 5IG
BRIBE 1011* OFF CISE
NEH YORK, Dec. 6.—With the sen
tencing of Emanuel H. Kessley, king
of the bortleggers in this district, and
ten fellow conspirators, Major John
Holly Clark, assistant United States
district attorney, who obtained the
conviction, announced that he had
been offered a $100,000 bribe to “layI
off the case.”
STATE AND NATIONAL TICKETS
FUSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA
PIERRE, So. Dak., Dec. 6.—An
agreement between State and Nation
al tickets and platforms was made to
day in an all day fusion conference
between Ford Democrats and the Far-;
mer-Labor element which bolted the
State conference yesterday.
The steamship Starr, Capt. O. A.
Johansen, cleared last night on her
regular run to the westward. While
the passenger list was light the Starr
was loaded down to the plimsoll line
with freight, including fifty drums of!
oil lor Kanatak. Passengers on the j
Starr were . W. N. Reed, Kanatak; i
W\ A. Shields, Uyak; W. E. Beauman,
Kodiak; L. Cox, Seldovia; Roy Gilley,|
H. S. Danielson, Kodiak; Wr. Nelson,
Kanatak.
FATHER OF SOLOIST
WHO SUICIDED SHYS
DEATH ACCIDENTAL
SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—His father, Dr.j
M. B. Mattice, of Sedro-Woolley, and
his flance, Mrs. Hazel Fiske, are insti
tuting contests to determine whether
Dr. Albert F. Mattice, Seattle oculist,
shot and killed himself by accident
or design, Thanksgiving Day, at the
home of his prospective father-in-law,
Dr. F. B. Whiting, shortly after play
ing a solo before invited guests.
Three insurance policies were held
by Mattice, two totaling $40,000 in
favor of his father; and one for $10,000
in favor of Mrs. Fiske. The policies
carry a clause relieving the company
from payment in case of suicide. The
father and the dead man’s flance now
claim that Mattice killed himself ac
cidentally.
T. W. Walker and wife, of Kukuk
Bay, passed through on the Admiral
Watson on their way to the States.
Mr. Walker is superintendent of the
clam cannery at Kukuk bay.
J. E. Zaluskey, representing the
Acme Safe Service Company of Seat
tle, arrived last night from Fairbanks
where he has been adjusting the
vaults in the Federal building.
PLEADS Gin OF Ml
NAPA, Cal., Dec. 6—Edward J. Hall
stead, former president of the .Multi
tone Phonograph Company of Eu
Claire, Wis., was arrested here today
on charges ol murder and arson, con
fessed to arson.
Hallstad disappeared from Eau
Claire following a fire that destroyed
the cottage in which he was living. A
charred body found in the ruins of the
dwelling at Superior, Wis., several
, months ago was believed to be that of
Hallstad, who was thought to have
perished in the fire. Later investiga
I tions showed his books in bad shape,
and a nation-wide search for him was
started.
E. VAN GUNDY OF DENVER
WILL SUCCEED CHAS. L. MASON
E. Van Gundy of the operating de
partment of the Denver & Rio Grande
Western railroad will succeed Charles
L. Mason as chief clerk of ihe Alaska
railroad. Mr. Van Gundy will arrive
from Denver about December 15. Mr.
Mason recently tendered his resigna
tion to embark in other business in
California. Mr. Van Gundy, who is
about 3o years oi age, has been iden-j
titled with the railroad industry since
he was 18.
SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—Advices irom
Washington lodav respecting the pro
posed flight of the Navy to the North
Pole, next summer, tells of plans for
the establishment of a large base at
Nome from where che air craft w
leave on exploration flights over a
million square miles of unknown ter
ritory. These flights will be by diri
gible and by heavier than air ma
chines.
i
(Special to Gateway)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 6.—
Charles G. Bacon, an oldtimer of this1
section and owner of the new Metro-}
politan Garage, committed suicide by
hanging himself this morning with a
piece of gauze from a wallpaper rack, I
and falling forward on his face. His'
death is attributed to too much white
myle and financial worries.
O. L. Grimes, merchant and can
neryman of Uzinkie passed thru Sew
ard on the Admiral Watson yesterday!
on his way to the States. Mr. Grimes
is an old timer in Alaska having for-:
merly been a school teacher at Hope
in 1906.
SIR WM. MACKENZIE DEAD
TORONTO, Dec. 6-—Sir William
Mackenzie of Mackenzie & Mann died
here today.
W. J. Erskine, and A. C. Erskine,
who arrived from Kodiak on the Ad
miral Watson, left on the same boat
for the states. Mr. Erskine announc
ed while here that his firm intended
building a modern cannery at Old
Harbor, Kodiak Island, which would
be ready for operation by spring. He
will remain Outside about six weeks,
going as far east as New York city.
Thomas Stephenson, master of the
power boat Alpha, was a passenger
from Kodiak! to the States on the Ad
miral Watsoij. He will spend the win
ter in Seattle.
CHRISTIANIA., .Nouiy, [w. H
Commenting on a message received
from the Arctic exploration snip
Maude, giving the position of the ves
sel on December 1, Amundsen said he
was satisfied with the vessel's drift,
and he believed that she was moving
swifter and would drift straighter to
ward the North Pole when she reach
ed the New Siberian islands. Captain
Amundsen said he was not sure he
would join the expedition on the
Maud after his proposed flight by
airplane from Spitsbergen to Alaska
next July. He said his main task was
to ascertain whether there was water
or land between the North Pole and
Alaska.
i'lie steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port yesterday from Kodiak
and westward points, leaving south
bound about Ip o’clock, with a large
list of passengers and considerable
Height. Passengers arriving in Sew
ard from the westward, were H. S.
Danielson, J. A. Johnson, Paul Peter
son, Sant \\ olffotf, Carl Norstedt, Jno.
Colberg, J. B. Schantay.
Passengers leaving Seward for
Port's to the south were:
tor Latouche—G. Warren, P. Ras
mussen.
For Valdez—J. T. Cetzovich.
i*or Cordova—A. M. McDonnell, G.
D. CrOUld.
For Juneau—J. j. Donovan, R. V.
Robinson.
For Ketchikan—Mrs. \V. Stone, H.
C. Nuuan, R. C. Davis.
For Seattle—H. G. Queenville, J. R.
Dee, Clias. Curtis, \\. w. French 0
A. Peterson, G. Huey, Ed Tyndall, J.
Davis, O. M. Swanson, Tom Williams,
Fred Currier, Lee Cox, Leo Kilman,
0. T. Thompson, T. W. Walker, Mrs.
1. W. Walker, F. M. Kane, A. Ritchie.
Miss Florence Nyman, O. L. Grimes, A
C. Erskine, H. S. Abbott, R. d. Baker,
C. Kinser, A. Lindberg, B. H. Rhoades!
Mis. Rose Munson, W. J. Erskine
AC'CHORAGE POSTMA&^ER
TENDERS RcSiGNAFioN
Henry Simpson Sogn. assistant post
master, and prominent in the Pioneers
or Alaska, will succeed D. W. Stod
dard as postmaster at Anchorage, a
oaoie message to this eifcci being ic
ceived from Delegate Suthe: lend.
Mr. Sogn came to Alaska in Is98 a,
a stampeder. He went 10 the Copper
river country, and was identified with
\ aldez for a lime. For i 1 years he
was in the railway mail service on the
C. Al. & St. P.
SEWARD SCHOOL ANNOUNCES
PLANS FOR BEAN SUPPER
The Seward School is giving a bean
supper and dance Saturday, December
8, 1923, the proceeds of which will be
used for numerous things of benefit to
the school. 1 he event will be man
aged as iollows: Dinner will be
served at any time from 6 to 7 p. m.
After dinner the children will have
games in teh small ante room and the
adults will play cards, etc., for an
hour. From 8 to 9 the school orches
tra will play downstairs, and those de
siring to dance may do so. From 9
until the dance ends the regular or
chestra will play. The prices will be
as follows: For the supper all adults
50 cents, and children 25c. For the
dance, men 50 cents.
Mrs. Wm. T. Murry, who left on a
recent boat for Victoria, B. C., will
spend the winter in California.