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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 243
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
CAR OF SHINGLES
CONTAINS MANY
CASES WHISKEY
PROHIBITION OFFICER SAYS IT
WAS LOOTED BETWEEN THE
BORDER AND SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Sept. 10 (£>)— Assistant
Prohibition Administrator Whitney
declared that a freight car of shingles
in which liquor was discovered in
West Seattle Tuesday, “undoubtedly
was looted somewhere between the
S&nadian border and Seattle.”
The prohibition agents are convinc
ed that the car contained several
hundred cases of liquor when it left
British Columbia billed as shingles,
to a local lumber company. But five
cases of liquor were found in the car
by the dry squad.
COOLIDGE LEAVES
FOR WASHINGTON
SPECIAL TRAIN
RAFTER ELEVEN WEEKS VACA
TION CHIEF EXECUTIVE RE
TURS TO CAPITAL
SALEM, Mass., Sept. 10 {&)—A
special train carrying President Cool
idge and party en route to Washing
ton, left here shortly before midnight
and will reach the capital this after
noon. The President spent eleven
weeks at Swampscott. Senator But
ler of Massachusetts accompanied
him to Washington.
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Ford Says Disaster Not
Be Setback To Aviation
PORTLAND. Me.. Sept. 10 (IP)—
Henry Ford, remarking that the Shen
andoah disaster will not be a setback
to commercial aviation said, “You
cannot frighten the American people
away from anything.”
Treasury Recommends
Reduction of Surtaxes
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10 (IP).
The Treasury Department has recom
mended to congress many changes in
cluding a reduction of surtaxes to a
maximum of 20 per cent, and the re
peal of the income tax publicity sec
tion lowering or eliminating the es
tate tax.
' GEORGE COTTER
PASSES AWAY IN
BERKELEY, CAL.
WELL KNOWN OFFICER OF SEW
ARD DIES SUDDENLY OF
* HEART DISEASE
George Cotter, former game warden
and a pioneer resident of Seward, who
left here last fall for Texas, where
lie was engaged in an oil contract,
died suddenly at Berkeley, California,
Monday, from a ruptured aorta or
heart strain. With him at the time of
his death were Charles Hinde, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Wood, Capt. Arthur
Lewis, and Mrs. Cotter.
Mr. Cotter was a member of Seward
Lodge, F. & A. M. He was a man of
strong personality and well liked by
all with whom he came in contact. His
death is: deeply regretted by the Gate
way and his many friends here.
Mrs. Cotter is now at Berkeley, her
address being 596, The Alameda.
FIVE CHILDREN BURNED
EVERETT. Miss., Sept. 9 (/P)— Five
children all under 13 years of age were
burned to death and their mother was
taken to a local hospital with a broken
back as a result of a fire here yester
day which was started by the upset
ting of a kerosene lamp in their
home.
GERMANY BETTER OFF
BERLIN. Sept. 8 (JP)— The end of
the first year under the Dawes plan
finds Germany with dark clouds over
the immediate business future, but
still immeasurably better off than be
fore the plan went into execution.
PRISONERS ARE POISONED
MARE ISLAND, Cal., Sept. 9—
Eight prisoners of the Mare Island
naval prison were confined to a hos
pital here today, suffering from food
poisoning which attacked the inmates
last Friday. Fifty prisoners out of 250
inmates were effected by the poisoned
food, but only eight turned out seri
ously.
Boy Killed When Falls
with Candy In Mouth
BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 10 (IP)— Jack
Ryan, two years of age, was killed yes
terday when he fell while running
with a penny candy all-day-sucker in
his mouth. His neck was broken
when the stick pushed his head back
as he fell on the pavement.
BREAKS WORLD’S RECORD
LE BOURGET, France, Sept. 8 —
The French aviator Fernand Lasne,
today broke the world’s record for
1000 kilometers, flying the distance in
four hours, one minute and ten sec
onds, or at a speed of 154.4 miles per
hour.
TONG WAR IN NEW
YORK CAUSES 3
MORE DEATHS
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (IP)—Three
Hip Sing: tong men are dead, and
three officials of the Leong tong, in
cluding the national president are in
jail on a charge of a conspiracy to
bring about the slayings of members
j of the Wat tong.
Last night more than forty shots
were exchanged between detectives
and Chinese in the Leong tong’s dis
trict when detectives searching for
weapons were fired on by Chinese.
The raids produced nine pistols, a
thousand rounds of steel jacketed bul
lets and a quantity of opium.
Deportation proceedings as narcot
ic peddlers are planned against tw'o
of the Chinese in custody.
Walter Cleghorn, better known as
the “Cook Inlet Kid,” arrived on the
Starr last night for a fortnight in
Seward before returning to his home
in Seldovia. The Gateway will get
a story of his future activities in
the ring as it is reported the “Kid”
intends to leave for the States and
enter pugilistic circles.
FRANK L. SMITH CANDIDATE
CHICAGO, Sept. 8 —Col. Frank L.
Smith, of Haight, 111., chairman of the
Illinois Commerce Commission, an
nounced his candidacy for the repub
lican nomination for Illinois state
senatorial seat made vacant at the
expiration of the term of Senator Mc
Kinley.
WILL MAP COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8 (£>)—
Aerial photographs of approximately
2,000,000 square miles of the territory
comprising the continental United
States will be made by the U. S. air
service, working with the geological
survey in the surveys program of re
mapping this country.
TRACE OF MISSING
AVIATORSFOUND
ON HILO BEACH
LIFE PRESERVER JACKETS AND
COATS FURNISH FIRST CLUE
TO MISSING MEN
HONOLULU, T. H., Sept. 10 (£>)—
What is thought to be the first defi
nite clue in the search for the naval
plane is reported today when a Ha
waiian found two aviators coats on the
beach seven miles from Hilo, Hawaii
Island. Two kapok lined life preser
ving jackets were found ten miles
south of Hilo, and Pearl Harbor au
thorities are investigating.
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LEGION DEMANDS
FAIR PLAY FOR
COL. MITCHELL
ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR DA
VIS FAVORS FULL INVESTI
GATION OF CHARGES
ELDORADO, Ark., Sept. 10 (JP)~
The American'Legion in session here
today voted in favor of an indepen
dent air service as outlined by Col.
Mitchell.
Demands Fair Trial
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 10 (/P).
Endorsement of the stand of Colonel
Mitchell and a demand for a fair trial
if Mitchell be court martialed will be
asked by every post of the American
Legion, Former Commander Davis of
Texas asserted today.
Davis Advocates Investigation
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10 (JP).
Acting Secretary of War Davis favors
a full and complete investigation by
a disinterested agency of Col. Mitch
ell’s charges against the air adminis
tration. He told his colleagues the
investigation must be made by some
agency other than the War or Navy
department if the public is to be sat
isfied. He stressed the intention that
while he continues acting secretary
Colonel Mitchell will receive fail
treatment in any disciplinary steps
initiated.
Mel Holben and' J. R. Ratliff, return
ed to town last evening after a day’s
hunt in the Lost Lake district. They
report the ptarmigan wild and scarce
but brought back with them a good
bag of birds.
Additional Alaska
Fishery Regulations
The regulations for the protectior
of the fisheries of Alaska publishec
in Department of Commerce Circulai
No. 251, eleventh edition, issued un
der date of December 2, 1924, togeth
er with subsequent regulations, ar<
hereby amended by the following reg
ulations: >
Resurrection Bay Area
Salmon Fishery—Regulation No. :
extending the weekly closed perioc
from 36 hours to 60 hours in the wa
ters of Resurrection Bay within a lin<
from Cape Resurrection to the west
ern side of Bear Glacier at its moutl
is hereby amended so that only th<
weekly closed period of 36 hours pre
scribed by law shall be effective ii
these waters after August 25 of eacl
year.
Prince William Sound Area
Salmon Fishery—Regulation No.
extending the weekly closed periot
from 36 hours to 48 hours is hereby
amended so that only the weekl;
closed period of 36 hours prescribe<
by law shall be effective after Augus
25 of each year.
VETERANS WERE NOT DRY
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 8 (/P)—The
first day of the annual encampment of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars was
marred last night when federal prohi
bition agents raided a hotel at which
a score of delegates were stopping,
and placed 18 former service men un
der arrest for having liquor in their
possession. They were released later
after a vigorous protest from conven
tion leaders.
CHICAGO IS SWELTERING
CHICAGO, Sept. 8 (JP)—Chicago and
the Middle West again sweltered unu
der the rays of the sun although a
light breeze kept the temperature sev
eral degrees below Sunday’s mark.
GIRL FOUND SHACKLED IN
DINGY STABLE; RELEASED
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 9 (^P)—
Shackled for five years by the ankles
and wrist in a dingy unlighted stall of
| an abandoned stable during which
time she had forgotten how to talk in
telligently, Anna Rolando, 27 years of
age, was discovered and liberated to
day by authorities of Turin, N. J., and
her parents arrested.
HEAVY RAINS INTERIOR
REGIONS DELAY TRAFFIC
According to local information the
heavy rains which have been gen
eral thruout the Interior regions and
along the railroad belt from Cook
Inlet north, has caused a small
amount of damage but on the oth
er hand was just w'hat many mining
operators had been waiting for. The
regular passenger train due to ar
rive in Seward last night at 7:30
o’clock, arrived at 10:30 p. m., ow
ing to water damage at Montana,
where it is reported, the bridge was
in some danger.
The Southern division reported no
damage.
MACMILLAN SHIP
RESCUES DANISH
TANK STEAMER
CREWS OF TWO SMALL BOATS
FOUND ADRIFT AT SEA IN
EIGHTY MILE GALE
WASHINGTON, I). C.. Sept. 10 (/P).
After battling an eighty mile gale for
many hours, and rescuing the crew
of two small boats from a Danish
naval vessel, near the Island of Taulk,
the steamer Bowdoin joined the ex
ploration ship Perry at Godthaab,
on the west coast of Greenland last
night. The message vividly depicted
the struggles of the Danish sailors
and their rescue, stating that the men
► on the Bowdoin performed deeds oi
heroism.
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[ K. K. K. WILL START PAPERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9
. The K. K. K. is preparing to start a
- coast to coast chain of weekly news
. papers it w'as learned today. The pat
- ent office has issued trade marks foi
the papers, each carrying the title
“Kouiee” and the names of the states
where the papers are established.
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MARINE FOUND GUILTY
> SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Sept. 8 (£>)—
- Guilty was the verdict pronounced b>
l a court martial board today upon Pri
i vate Clarence Key, one of the twro U
- S. marines alleged to have fallen
l asleep while on duty at midnight al
i the Summer White House.
DOORS CLOSE ON GIRL
L SAN QUENTIN, Cal., Sept. 8 (JP)
l The great steel prison doors of the
r San Quentin prison clanged behinc
r Dorothy Ellingson today, the 17-year
l old-girl who killed her mother because
t she had forbidden her to follow' the
jazz trail.
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AMUNDSEN BUYS
DIRIGIBLE MAKE
TRIP TO POLE
PERSONNEL OF EXPEDITION TO
INCLUDE LARSON AND
ELLSWORTH
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 10 (/P)—Lieu
tenant Riisen Larson, pilot of one of
Amundsen’s planes on his trip at
tempted flight to the pole, announced
that Amundseni had purchased a semi
rigid dirigible from the Italian govern
ment for 15,000 pounds sterling, or
about $75,000, which be used in next
year’s expedition to the north pole.
It is announced that the personnel
of the expedition will include Ells
] worth, who was with him this year.
The dirigible will have a cruising
j range of 2100 miles and a speed of
| 62 miles an hour, with a capacity of
j eight tons of cargo. An Italian crew
{has been engaged to man the ship.
WILBUR ANSWERS
CRITICS DISASTER
TO BIG DIRIGIBLE
DECLARES BOTH LANSDOWNE
AND ROGERS WANTED TO
MAKE RECENT FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10 (/P).
Secretary Wilbur today formally an
swering criticism made regarding the
loss of the Shenandoah and PN-9-1,
declared “there was nothing of a po
ll litical nature in connection writh the
Shenandoah’s flight,” and reiterated
that Lieut. Com. Lansdowne and Johu
j Rodgers themselves selected the time
! of the flight of the Shenandoah. The
j trip set in June had no relation to the
' plan or to the Hawaiian flight.
Mitchell’s attack on the army and
j Navy air service, referred to the
i Shenandoah’s flight as an effort to
I offset the failure of two other ven
: tures.
Neither Lansdowne or Rodgers ever
: protested against making the flights
but on the contrary were confident
! they would be successful.
Mining Situation Is On
Upward Trends—Club
SEATTLE, Sept. 10 (£>)—'The min
; ing situation is on an upward trend
generally and conditions are the best
since 1906, John P. Hartman told the
mining club last night. Many Alaska
tourists this summer have been min
ing operators and men of the world.
“I do not believe they went there
| from idle curiosity,” said Mr. Hart
man.
John “Red” Campbell, another w'.z
of the squared circle is making his
headquarters in Seidovia taking wiffs
of the salt water breeze between
naps.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. L. Meyer spent
two days in the Lost Lake district
this week, returning to town last eve
ning. While there Mr. Meyer secured
quite a number of birds.
BASEBALL
Coast
Oakland 4-6, Sacramento 3-2.
Vernon 3-0, Salt Lake 2-4.
Portland 2-6, Los Angeles 1-4.
Seattle 7, San Francisco 5.
American
Philadelphia 9, Washington 7.
Boston 5, New York 4.
National
Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 9.
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