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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 236
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1923
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PRICE TEN CENTS
The Americanization program, spon
sored by the Seward Post of the
American Legion, in progress for four
days, was concluded Sunday evening
with a gathering at the M. E. church,
following the public mass meeting in
the Liberty Theatre in the afternoon.
Capt. Dancev and Mrs. Dancey left on
today’s train, for Fairbanks, where
Captain Dancey will undertake a pro
gram under the auspices of the Fair
banks Post. Before leaving, Captain
Dancey asked The Gateway to ex
press this deep appreciation of the
many courtesies extended by the citi
zens of Seward and to thank those
who had cooperated with the Legion
in bringing the program before the
people.
At the Sunday afternoon rally Capt.
Dancey reviewed world conditions.
He warned people of Seward ot condi
tions that were growing up at home
and abroad, conditions that would
have to be met if another disaster
were to be averted. The breaking
down of international barriers of mis
understanding was one of the greatest
essentials to the serving of a world
peace.
“They told us, over mere in r ranee,
that that would be a war to end
wars,” he exclaimed. “As we saw our
comrades stricken down all around us
we drew one consoling thought, that
their sacrifice would be the founda
tion upon which would be reared a
permanent world peace. But, in spite
of it all, today, we stand on the brink
of an awful precipice. Forces are at
work, today, in an effort to turn na
tion against nation, class against
class, creed against creed, in the hope
that out of the turmoil they will draw
another opportunity, through which
they can again attack the peace of
this world and make a shambles of
civilization.” *
Ilie speaker louowea tnis wim a
brief review of conditions in the dif
ferent lands and urged that the na
tions would have to get together. If
the war had taught nothing else, it
had taught us, here in America, what
affected Europe, affected America,
too. We in America, would never be
back to normal, economically speak
ing, until Europe was placed again on
her feet. The lorces or dissension
that were at work in all parts ot the
world, were exposed, and their activi
ties on American soil denounced as
un-American and inimical to world
peace. The wave of indifference that
has swept the land, since the days of
the war, has not alone been responsi
ble for a lack of appreciation of what
the soldier did in the war, but has
caused a waning of patriotism and ev
ery department of American life. The
building of a common spirit of na
tionality was named as one of the
rocks upon which America would
have to build her future, and toward
this end Captain Dancey named the
school as the one institution that
could accomplish most. He paid tri
bute to the splendid work and spirit
of Prof. Goodskey and his staff. He
advocated one principle of citizenship
and it was to the effect tnat the man
who was prepared to accept the priv
ileges of citizenship in this land
should accept the responsibilities, too.
If a man was not satisfied with
American ideals and American system
of government, the best thing for him
to do would be to pack up his duds
and get out of America. Under this
head, many of the votal conditions in
duced by radicalism and Bolshevism
were treated in a manner that left no
mistake as to where the speaker
stood in dealing with these forces ol
treachery. To awaken the American
people, themselves, to a greater activ
ity in the things of a worth while
character, was the most effective way
to deal with these forces.
The question period that followed
the main address, developed consider
able interest, many questions being
asked of the speaker. Music was fur
nished by the local orchestra. Mayor
Ha;, introduced Captain Dancey and
paid splendid tribute to the work oi
Americanization.
At the M. E. church in the evening,
Captain Dancey spoke of the great op
portunity and how Seward could
share in it. From the early days oi
history, he drew some of the land
marks as examples of how the forces
of pessimism and idle criticism had
sought to defeat movements of reform
and progress, but in spit<».of them all,
the world succeeded. GeUlug away
from the spirit of a self-centered in
terest, was one of the greatest prob
lems before the world today. Misun
derstanding, one individual of anoth
er, one nation of another, was the
cause of most of the trouble, and here
the speaker advocated a get-together
spirit. Bringing the thought closer
home, he suggested a community
gathering for Seward, every month if
possible. “Get together once a month,
rub elbows and sing five songs, and
you people of Seward will be able to
build up that spirit of co-operation so
necessary in working out your destiny
as a community.”
Alaska’s future was painted in a
most optimistic way and Capt. Dan
Dancey told his audience that Sew
ard could share, largely in that future
if the people of Seward would break
down these barriers of prejudice and
personal jealousy and work together
for the good of Seward.
Following the address a meeting o!
the Legion and Auxiliary was cailed
and there was a good representation.
Plans were discussed for the coming
season and a progressive program for
Legion and Auxiliary activities out
lined. That the Legion would become
an active force in the life of the com
munity, was Captain Dancey's sugges
tion. The men who who fought and
saved America in days of war, were
entitled to a first piace in the plans
that meant for the consolidation of
peace. One of the interesting features
of the meetings at the Liberty and at
the church was the first public exhi
| bition of the new side standards, the
; gift of Commander S.vetunan. Capt.
! Dancey thanks the officers of the Le
gion and au>.i'.iary for their co-op<ua
tion in wot king out the program.
California Oil Boom
Is Said to Be Ended
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 22.—The
unprecedented oil boom that swept
; over California the past year is over,
and from now on there will be a
steady decline in production, S. A.
Culbertson, Jr., of the Southern Cali
fornia Oil Producers said today be
fore the annual convention of the Na
tional Petroleum Association.
W ASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Govern
ment supervision of the coal industry
is proposed in a final report to the
j United States Coal commission, creat
ed by congress to recommend a solu
ion oi the problems tu that industry.
HARDY NOW DEPUTY WARDEN
A. H. Hardy was sworn in at An
chorage Thursday as U. S. fur and
deputy game warden. His district will
take in the railroad belt from McKin
ley station, the Cook inlet district and
part of Kenai peninsula, thus reliev
ing Game Warden Cotter of oversee
ing this large section, except such
trips as may be necessary as warden.
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SECRETARY TO COOUDGE
Campbell B. Slemp ol Virginia, iea
rner member of the House of Rep: -.
sentatives, who has been appointed
Secretary to President Coolidge.
CO, NtW YORK
GIANT PLANE EXCEEDS HOPES ON FIRST FLIGHT
The wildest dreams of its designer and other air service officials were
surpassed by ihe Barling bomber, wh ich is now the world s mos_ gigantic
airplane, in its maiden flight at Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. The
ease with which the dreadnaught of the air was maneuvered, both on the
ground and in flight and the slow tak e-off and landing speeds, was the chief
feature of the performance. This w as the most promising maiden flight
ever undertaken by any air craft. Wa Iter Barling, an Englishman, is de
signer of the ship. Compare the gia nt of the air with the two men stand
ing beside it, and you can see the en ormous wing spread.
AMERICAN BALLOON
EXPLODES KILLING
FAMOUS PILOTS
BRUSSELS, Sept. 24.Ameiican 'ieu
tenants Olmstead and Choplaw, pilots
in the United States army haloon
which started with 13 others in the
Gordon Bennett cup race Sunday ;
were killed when their craft fell at
Nilesterrode, Holland during the night
after being struck by lightning and
falling in flames.
Two Swiss baloonists were burned
to death when their baloon caught
fire over the moll, and a Spanish pilot
was killed when lightning struck his
baloon.
Elated with the success of i lieu
six weeks tiip to the big game It* Ids
of Skilak Lake, Grunt Las/.n S/.-cli
enyi, Hungarian aml.0-,5 idcr to the
United Si .its and r.,omas Cardoza, a
friend of the Count’s and a big game
hunter of international reputation ar
rived in Seward Saturday night, in
company with Wm. Kaiser, guide, and
Mel Horner, Hank Frost, \Y. Me
Cleary, and Owen Goff.
The party secured three bears, the
limit bag of moose, and sheep. The
trophies were sent to the states for
mounting.
Count Szechneyi and Mr. Cardeza
were profuse iu praise of the manner
in which Mr. Kaiser and associates
looked after them, the Count stating
that it was one of the most pleasure
able trips in his eventful career.
The hunters left on the Northwest
ern for the States.
HUNTING LODGE AT KASSLOK
Dr. J. A. Flanders and nephew, Jack
Horney, are building a hunting lodge
on Kasilof lake, and will 'place a 20
mile speed boat on the river for con
venience of patrons. The district is
swarming with big game.
E. T. Stannard, vice-president of the
Alaska Steamship Company and the
head o! the Copper River and North
western railway, with headquarters in
Seattle, reached Seward Saturday
night, following a trip over the Rich
ardson highway, and boarded the boat
for Southern points.
Bert Sharpe, a partner of Scan ten
Shafer, at Kachema* bay,*was m town
the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs George A. Baker of
Anchorage nave soid their home to
h. G. Jones, and will h ave soon for
Longview, Wash.
Game Warden George G. Cotter re
turned Saturdav night from a trip to
Kenai and /ieinit--. Conor >-t.
ports game ve,y plentiful and no vio
lations of the lav,-.
U.S. CITIZEN SI
HE MOUNTAINS
SLIP INTO VALLEYS
KOBE, September 24—Thomas D.
Cochrane, American representative of
the Famous Players-Laskey Corpora
tion in Tokyo, his wife and her sis
ter, Miss Lasky, are among the refu
gees who have arrived here from Mi
yanoshita, a fashionable mountain re
sort about forty-five miles from Tokyo.
Describing the disaster, Mr. Cochrane
said he saw mountains sliding into
valleys, roads obliterated and houses
and buildings transformed into piles
of debris in a few minutes.
The Cochrane party was staying at
the Fujiya hotel, which was destroy
ed. Miss Lasky was pinned beneath
the fallen walls and was rescued only
after three hours of feverish digging.
Louis Ilerlle, proprietor of th<- Cali
fornia pool hall at Anchrrage, was ar
rested last wjek, for having nine bot
tles of moonshine, five pints of beer
and a half g:\O3n of hard cider in his
possession. The liquor was found in
a cache behind a wooden panel.
Donald M'-Glanis has purchas' d the
Jack McLeod propertv-at 931! Fourth
Street, Anchorage.
On orders received from Secretary
Work of the interior department, the
mines at Chickaloon and Eska, which
cost the government over a million
dollars, have been abandoned and the
pumps pulled, owing to the high cost
of mining the coal which is badly
faulted. An expensive coal washer
was purchased by Col. Mears among
other equipment, now standing rusting
as a monument to some one’s ineffi
ciency.
Col. James G. Steese, chairman of
the Alaska railway, arrived Saturday
night and left on the Northwestern
for Washington, D. C., to look after
appropriations for the railroad and
for highways and trails. He was ac
companied this far by Major John C.
Gotwals, chief engineer of the rail
road.
$2,000,00 FROM NOME DISTRICT
NOME, Sept. 24. - The Seward pe
ninsula mining district has produced
two million dollars in gold this sum
mer.
DELEGATE o'J fMERLAMD TO
RENEW FIGHT ON FISHERIES
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—Delegate 'Oan
Sutherland who arrived here from
Nome on the Vic tuna, left today for
Washington. Mr. Sutherland declared
he would reue,v bio fight on the fisher-1
ies reserves as they w- ^ inimical ro i
the interests of native Alaskans.
JAPAN ORDERS 100,000,000
FEET PUGET SOUND LUMBER
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—Japanese in
Berkeley have received orders for
one hundred million feet of Puget j
Sound lumber.
SEATTLE BANK DEPOSITS GAIN
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—Seattle bank
deposits are $162,000,000, a gain of
$15,000,000 during the past twelve i
months.
Deputy Marshal W. C. Snook of Un
ga arrived on the Starr yesterday,
having in custody John Galishoff, a na
tive, charged with the murder of
“Happy Kinezeroff, another native, at
a card and booze party, held at the
home of Kinezeroff, at King Cove. The
men were said to have been drinking
and the murdered man ordered Gal
ishoff out of his house. The latter went
to his cabin and securing a 30-30 rifle,
filled the magazine, and returning to
the home of Kinezeroff, shot him
down. Kinezeroff lived 21 hours after
being shot.
The murderer was taken in custody
by Deputy Snook and on examination
before U. S. Commissioner F. C. Drif
field, acknowledged the killing, and
agreed to plead guilty of the crime.
Galishof and Nick Talanoff, a fetained
witness, will be taken to Valdez on
the Admiral Evans.
Charge Made that O^ium
Is Made in United States
GENEVA, Sept. 22.—The charge
that quantities of morphine and opium
are being manufactured in the United
States and Canada were made at to
day’s session of the League of Na
tions. Swiss delegates protested that
the accusation was not warranted.
NATION ?m TRIBUTE
TO BESTflOYER VICTIMS
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 24.—Nine thou
sand naval officers and men, and
3,000 civilians paid tribute yesterday
afternoon at the funeral of 23 enlist
ed men of the navy who perished in
the destroyer wreck.
A mile wide wreath of blossoms
was drifted out to sea as a feature in
the services.
ARMED PEASANTS ARE
MARCHING ON SOFIA TODAY
PARIS, Sept. 24.—A dispatch to the
Havas agency from Sofiia says that
100,000 armed peasants are marching
on Sofiia in an attempt to overthrow
the government.
COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO, NEW YORK
SWAM LAKE ERIE, WILL TRY
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Carbis Walker, of Cleveland, v. hc
recently swam Lake Erie. He is now
in Europe to take a try at the Eng
lish Channel.
SH5 COOUOGE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Faith in
spiritual things, tempered by common
sense adapted to the nee is or the
world is the kind of idealism tnat is
represented in the history of Ameri
ca, President Coolidge said today, ad
dressing the annual convention of the
American Red Cross. The people, he
said, were not likely to adopt any
other course.
Carl Swanson, an Anchorage boiler
maker, was a guest of the Seward
through the week end.
Ed Sultan, traveling salesman, was
a Seward visitor the latter part of ; he
week.
LONDON, Sept. 24.—Viscount Mor
ley died today.
AMERICAN LEGION MEETING
The American Legion will meet to
morrow night at Legion headquarters.
A full attendance desired.
A. R. LeBlanc, insurance agent for
the New York Life, is an outgoing
passenger on the Admiral Evans.
Leaving Anchorage on the Admiral
| Evans, for Seattle will be R. F. Eber
| hart, Mr. and Mrs. Bert O’Brien, R. E.
I Courser, James Nagorski, A. R. Le
Blanc, Miss McDermott and Mr. and
I Mrs. R. A. Karl.
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The good ship Starr, Captain O. A.
Johansen, arrived in port at 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon with 48 passen
gers, 35 crates of live blue foxes, 22
tons of freight for Seward, and 165
tons of freight for Sawmill Bay. The
Starr, shortly after discharging her
passengers, sailed for Sawmill Bay,
and will return tonight or some time
tomorrow. Her passengers for Sew
ard were Walter Edkins, R. N. Nelson,
I E. R. Wall, Mrs. P. B. Reed, Miss Wil
! son, Miss Stella Fuller, Mrs. Lukens,
! Mrs. Greer, Bell Gray, J. G. Mulroy,
M. Goldstein, D. Hotobrzky, Thomas
Dodd, B. A. Grier, Mrs. Paakanen,
Earl Roberts, Mrs. F. F. Roberts,
Alex Baaer, Ed Smith, Edward Smith,
Mrs. Holstrom and son, Mrs. Jensen,
Mrs. Renner, W. G. Fenton, W. C.
Snook, E. Miller, Wm. Johnson, Jas.
Uren, S. L. Colwell, H. O. Roberts, J.
Celestne, O. Nervik, H. Moe( John
Galeslioff, Nikor Palanoff, Tom Rossi.
H. S. Balderston, president of the
Bank of Seward and the Bank of An
chorage, returned to the interior city
this morning, after spending the past
week in Seward.
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—Major Daniel
Pullen, of Skagway, U. S. Corps of En
gineers, former football and crew ath
lete of the University of Washington,
died yesterday afternoon at Washing
ton, D. C., at the Walter Reed Hospi
tal of sleeping sickness, from which
he had been unconscious the past two
weeks. Major Pullen literally slept
himself to death.
Daniel Pullen mc-vel to Skagway in
1S98, and in 1906 received an appoint
ment to the United States military
academy, being the first youth ap
pointed from Alaska. He was made
captain in 1916; major in 1917, was
commissioned lieutenant colonel in
the tank corps, and sent to France.
He became a colonel in the tank
corps in October, 191S, was honor
ably discharged from the army in
March, 1920, to accept a commission
as major in the corps of engineers.
Pullen was twice decorated for gal
lantry in action. Pie leaves a widow,
a daughter, and a mother, Mrs. Eliz
abeth Pullen, of the Pullen House, at
Skagway, Alaska.