LEGISLATURE
SCORES STONE
FOR STATEMENT
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ins Congress to repeal Section 2S of
the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 pro
hibiting carrying freight between Ca
nadian and Alaskan ports in foreign
vessels.
The Ways and Means committee re
ported adversely on Representative
Grier’s bill for the establishment of a
Territorial publicity bureau, Watson
and Grier not concurring.
The Senate passed Ayers bill de
nouncing the uttering of bad checks
and the punishment therefor.
The memorial denouncing the state
ments of former Attorney General
Stone follows:
Joint Memorial
In the Legislature of the Territory of
Aalska. Seventh Session
To the President of the United States
and to the Attorney General of the
United States:
Your memorialists, the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska, do most
respectfully and earnestly represent:
WHEREAS, on or about February
5. 1925. there appeared in many papers
of the Territory of Alaska an article
concerning conditions in Alaska with
regard to crime and to the enforce
ment of the law, or the lack thereof,
which article, omitting headlines, as
printed in the “Seward Daily Gate
way,” of Seward. Alaska, of issue Feb
ruary 5, 1925, and printed in substan
tially the same form in many other
newspapers of Alaska, is as follows,
to-wit:
“(By Associated Press )
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.
—Attorney General Stone has
started to study the situation in
Alaska with a view of determin
ing a plan to improve law en
forcement. Mr Stone said he had
inquired far enough to convince
himself that ‘Alaska is a very bad
spot, with no respect for law en
forcement.’ He said he was
aware that frontier conditions re
flected the genera) situation, but
believes much improvement can
be accomplished.
The Attorney General indicated
the Department might send an
agent to Alaska to obtain first
hand information. The reports
received indicate ‘an abundant
supply of liquor is finding its way
into the territory, while salmon
piracy is increasing. He said that
smaller fishing concerns were suf
fering tremendous losses by fish
pirates.
“The Attorney General confer
red with Delegrate Dan Suther
land, but refused to divulge the
character of the information giv
en.” And
WHEREAS, the then Attorney Gen
eral of the United States, the Honor
able Harlan Fiske Stone, so far as
known to your memorialists has never
been in the Territory of Alaska, and
can only have made the statement at
tributed to him upon false informa
tion given to him by persons claim
ing to have first hand knowledge of
conditions in the Territory of Alaska;
and
WHEREAS, the people of Alaska are
generally of the same type and char
acter as the people who reside in the
several states of the United States
are devoted to the principles of the
Constitution of the United States, and
in time of stress, during the World
War, furnished in proportion to popu
lation, in men and money, at least as
much to defend and preserve the na
tion as any state in the Union; and
the people of Alaska have respect for
the laws of the land and seek to have
all laws properly and adequately en
forced, and the laws of Alaska, includ
ing all laws having relation to intox
icating liquor and to the fishing in
dustry, are at least as well enforced
in Alaska as are the laws of the sev
eral states in such states; and
WHEREAS, in truth and in fact,
there is no justification for the state
ment that “Alaska is a very bad spot,
with no respect for law enforcement,”
no justification for the statement that
an abundant supply” of liquor was
linding its way into the Territory, and
no justification for the statement that
salmon piracy is increasing or that
fishing concerns were suffering tre
mendous losses by fish pirates; and
your memorialists can only conclude
that the person who gave to the At
torney General the information on
which his reported statement was
based, if such person claimed, as he
must have claimed, to have first hand
Alaska with respect to the matters in
personal knowledge of conditions in
such statement set forth, is a wilful,
wicked and malicious liar, and in giv
ing the aforesaid information To the
Attorney General such person has
foully slandered the people of Alaska,
and
WHEREAS, Alaska has been and is
being cursed and its development hin
dered, and its people betrayed by per
sons, such as the informant of the
then Attorney General Stone, who
slandered the Territory and the people
thereof; and, unfortunately, in the
past, as at the present, persons of that
type and character seem always to
find officials high in authority in na
tional government willing, and seem
ingly eager, to listen to such false and
slanderous charges and to believe
them without adequate inquiry or in
vestigation, so that at the seat of the
national government the wildest tales
and the most fantastic charges con
j cerning Alaska and Alaskans gain
credece as the truth;
WHEREFORE, your memorialists
do respectfully pray that the alleged
information, no matter by whom fur
nished, upon which the statement
made by the former Attorney General
Stone was based, be disregarded like
any other malicious falsehood, and
that the name of the person who gave
such misinformation to the Attorney
General be published in order that
such person may be known and brand
ed from one end of Alaska to the oth
er as the liar that he is and that in
the future all officials of the national
government disregard and refuse to
believe similar slanderous statements
made about the Territory of Alaska or
the people thereof.
And your memorialists will ever
pray.
And your memorialists will forward
a copy of this memorial to the Honor
able Dan Sutherland, Delegate to Con
gress from the Territory of Alaska, in
order that in speaking with reference
to the matters herein set forth it will
be known that he represents the sen
timents of the people of the Territory
of Alaska.
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you a perfect fit in our made-to-meas
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. D. Coppemoil
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW
Will Practice in All Courts of the
Territory
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Dental and General
X-RAY WTORK
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
Dr. J. A. Baughman
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
Hugh Dougherty
| FURNISHED HOUSES FOR RENT
Real Estate and insurance
Business Phone Adams 152
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Benson Building
PHONE MADISON 314
METROPOLITAN SINGER
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
OMAHA, April 4.—Bernice De Pas
quali, singer, who was prima donna
at the Metropolitan Opera House for
seven years with Caruso, (lied of
pneumonia last night. Her last words
to Jay Clark, her manager were: “I
am afraid this is the end, Clark, Good
Bye.”
MISSING GIRL SOUGHT.
Miss Hazel Pidgeon, aged 21, have
you forgotten your mother? Anyone
knowing this young woman’s address
is asked to write to her mother, Mrs.
Frank Kruger, P. O. Box 456, Chassel,
Mich. She ha3 dark hair and eyes,
and a fair complexion, of medium
height. All her mother asks is to hear
from her.
INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted about Claus
Paulson, last heard of in Seward in
1910 or 1912, supposed to have met
his death by drowning. Any person
familiar with the details of Mr. Paul
son’s death is asked to communicate
with A. P. Gronn, Brayton, Iowa, an
uncle of Paulsons ’. tf
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
LOST—Gold Eversharp Pencil, re
turn to Gateway Office. tf.
WANTED—Small safe, about 18 in.
square, not over two feet high. Ap
ply to purser of steamship Starr.
FOUND—A bunch of keys. If you
have lost any keys the past six
months, apply at the Gateway of
fice. We have a half dozen bunches
which have been turned in.
WILL the party who removed by mis
take a stove drum from the rear of
the Overland Hotel, kindly return
same. tf.
FOR SALE—The Gateway is over
stocked with rag envelopes; in 500
lots at a low figure. tf
WANTED—Advertisers to use our
classified columns for results.
FOUND—Bunch of keys, inquire at
the Gateway office.
Get Tills
Point, It’s jlffff
Important
—the point of a Parker Duofold
is made of genuine Jf§ native
Tasmanian Iridium /y which costs
over three times as / / much as the
iridium used in// ordinary
fountain pen / / points. That’s
why the Parker 1/ Duofold is
called the 25- jJ year point.
That’s why it ffl is the cheapest
pen on earth /j/ Qt — because its
usefulness is everlasting.
Lady Doofold or Onefold Jr., $5
Gold Rios or Gold Pocket-clip
included free.
Pack along a Doofold
on your vacation
Ask To See It At
ORLANDER, the Jeweler
AUTO SERVICE and
STORAGE—
P. M. OGLE
ANDY’S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES,
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
Cal M. Brosius
Nails, fifty varieties, Automobile Glass,
Glass,
Stockholm Tar,
Hyd. Lime,
Plate Glass,
Colors,
Chimney Brick,
Varnish,
Corner Bead,
Mirrors,
Medusa,
White Atlas,
Keens,
Metal Lath,
Cedar, Oak, Maple,
Arch Brick,
Fire Clay,
Plaster Paris,
Hickory, Iron Bark
Beaver Board,
Gal. Cor. Iron,
Pulleys,
Flooring,
Fir, Spruce, Maple,
Ceiling,
Belting,
Locks, Hinges,
Roof Pitch,
BB1. Lime, Paints,
Glass Cutting,
Terps, Oils,
Fibered Plaster,
Stains, Putty,
Corner Lath,
Cement,
Doors,
Windows,
Lumber,
Fir Lath,
Fire Brick,
Spruce Finish,
Mouldings,
Z Lath,
Plaster Board,
Mahogany,
Roof Paper,
Building Paper,
Asbestos Paper,
Shingles,
Sash Rail,
Fir Finish,
Rustic,
LIBBY-OWENS WINDOW GLASS, Single and Double Strength,
Standard Oil Products, Rubber Matting, White Sand,
ASBESTOS STRIP SHINGLES, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS,
METAL BASEMENT SASH AND FRAMES,
Sidewalk Coal Hole Covers Sidewalk Walk Lights, Etc.
CAL M. BROSIUS
BUILDING SUPPLIES
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CAL M. BROSIUS
Builders’ Supplies
When things Look
BLACK Phone the
Seward Steam Laundry
Telephone Main 148
C.M.B.
HOTEL ANCHORAGE
F. I. REED, Proprietor
Rooms with Bath. Sample Rooms in Connection
Strictly Modern Prices Reasonable
Steam Heat Good Service
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
Bus meets all trains and boats
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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HOTEL SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
SEWARD’S HOMEY HOTEL, WHERE THE OLDTIMERS
MEET