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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 120
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Bandits Surrounded In Stronghold
New Alaska Freighter Piles up on Reef
Head cf Krupp Gun Works Given Fifteen Years in Prison
Snow Falls in Great Lakes Region, St. Louis and Other Points in Central Western States
11-Inch Hail Falls at Fort Worth, Texas; Mules and Cattle Are Killed by Chunks of Ice
Seattle, May 9.—Out of her course in a heavy fog, the steel freighter, Lake Gebhart, purchased recently by the
Alaska Steamship Company from the Shipping Board, crashed on the rocks on Umatilla Reef, off the Washington coast,
and is in a dangerous position. Supt. R. R. Pierson, of the Alaska Steamship Co. and crew of 25, are aboard the vessel,
which was bound here to enter the Alaska trade, in place of the steamship Valdez, recently sold.
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AMERICANS ALL—IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS, AT TUTUILA.
Here is a picturesque and unusual group of young Americans. They are really Samoans; Lu; their inland.
Tutuila, is under American sovereignty, so they come under the Stars and Stiipes, though over the other side
of the world from us. They ire ploying in a lagoon, back of the breaking surf on the border ot a coral reel,
with <‘pow pows,” as iheir outrigger canoes are called. These brown wards of Uncle Sam take to the water as
soon as they can roll into it, and are very skillful canoe men. This picture was taken at Tutuila.
NEW AGENT FOR STARR
ARRIVES FROM STATES
Noted among the steamer advertise
ments will be seen a change in the
agency for the steamer Starr, Mr. G.
C. Henderson, who recently arrived
from the states, being designated as
the local agent for the popular west
ward vessel. Mr. Henderson will also
take over the management of the San
Juan plant.
Mrs. Henderson, who accompanied
the new agent north, will make her
home in Seward and is a sister of
Mrs. Bud Whitney of Anchorage.
WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING
The Seward Women’s Club will
meet tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 in
the Red Cross building. Prompt and
full attendance desired.
GEORGE AND MART
ROME, May 9.—George and Mary, of
England today laid wreaths on the
tombs of Italy’s soldier dead and of
King Victor Emmanuel II, and King
Humbert.
Thomas J. Selby will leave on the
Admiral Evans for Valdez to give Ed
itor Wilcox a lift in some rush work.
He will return about June 1. F. E.
Leslie will be engineer for the mov
ing picture show during his absence.
H. S. Balderston will return to An
chorage in the morning.
SEATTLE ELECTIONS
ARE QUIET AFFAIR
SEATTLE, May 9.—Yesterday’s city
elections were a quiet affair. Coun
cilmen Erickson, Tindall and Hes
keth were re-elected and the voters
gave indorsement to the proposotion
to purchase the Skinner & Eddy ship
yard site for port purposes.
NEW YORKERS SEND TO
LOCAL FIRM FOR SUPPLIES
Brown & Hawkins Corporation of
this city received a letter on one of
the last boats which shows that Sew
ard firms carry more complete stocks
than many New York stores. The let
ter follows:
“New York, April 24, 1923.
“Dear Mr. Hawkins—I would like to
get a couple of cans of “Buack” pow
der. You will probably recall we met
last fall when I was in Seward. I
have been trying to get this powder
here but have not been successful. We
got some of it from you last year and
found it to be most satisfactory.
“Very truly yours,
WM. N. BEACH.
“Buack” is a preparation sold by j
Brown & Hawkins which keeps off
flies and mosquitoes.
The ninety-ton crane was brought
over from Anchorage last night to be
used in unloading the two big pas
senger coaches from the freighter
Oduna. The job was successfully com
pleted this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard McNally will
occupy the Wilson home in the near
future.
BE ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
The dance to be given next Saturday
evening in Odd Fellows’ hall under the
auspices of the Seward Baseball As_
sociation promises to be one of the
most enjoyable affairs ever given in
Seward.
Those in charge are making every
effort to have the best music obtain
able play for the evening. In all prob
ability a four piece orchestra will
make the dancers’ feet tingle to the
tunes of the latest pieces from the
States, some of which are expected to
arrive on the Alameda.
The dance will open at the conven
tional hour, nine o’clock with the nom
inal admission of $1 as the charge.
The money derived from this source
will probably be devoted to a grand
stand on the grounds. All fans and
fanettes who are interested in the
game and desire a comfortable place
to witness the great national pastime
should boost for the coming event.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.—Earl D.
Wilson, a bank teller, who said his
conscience would not permit him to
rob his employers, has confessed to
the burglary of twenty houses in San
Francisco, Jn which he said he obtain
ed $20,000.
The Alaska House at Anchorage,
formerly owned by Harry Ringstad,
was sold this week to Sam Beatty,
for many years employed by the com
mission.
Four boats were in port today at
the same time, giving Seward’s wa
terfront a busy appearance.
Peking, May 9.—Pressed on all sides by government
troops, the Chinese brigands who wrecked and robbed the
Peking-Shanghai express, carrying off a number of Ameri
can and English tourists, as hostages, are ready to repent of
their bargain, and take what ransom they are offered in
stead of their bombastic demands for one million first asked.
The bandits have expressed a willingness to take $50,000.
Advices from Liching tonight place the number of for
eigners held by the bandits at 19; eight are Americans, four
British.- Two t»f the Americans are Mrs. L. A. Seaton, of
Manila, and Lillian Auld of Eugene, Oregon.
SENTENCES UPON
KRUPP OFFICERS
CLAIMED TO HAVE INCITED THE
PLANT’S WORKMEN TO RE
SIST FRENCH TROOPS
WERDEN, Germany, May 9.—Dr.
Krupp von Bolen, head of the great
Krupp works, and directors Osterlen
and Hartwig were sentenced to fifteen
years each in prison and a fine of
eight hundred and fifty million marks
on conviction by a French court mar
tial for having incited Krupp work
men to resist the French occupation of
the works, as a result of which four
teen Krupp employes were killed.
Director Bruhn got ten years, and
two other directors are in flight.
EDWARD P. FARLEY
TO SUCCEED LASKER
WASHINGTON, May 9.—It was
indicated this morning that Edward
P. Farley, of Chicago will be Alberl
Lasker’s successor as head of the
Shipping Board. Farley has the in
dorsement of Lasker and of the Stan
dard Oil company.
LOVER COMMITS SUICIDE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.—Mrs. Vi
vian Allen, a caberet dancer of Seat
tle, was murdered here last night by
Esthexbert R. Ure, a Spanish War vet
eran and Oakland postoffice clerk.
Her slayer later shot himself fa
tally. The killing was the result of
a lovers’ quarrel.
C. E. Orlander made the trip to Six
Mile in his car Sunday.
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YEARS REPORTED
MIDDLE WEST
SNOW, HAIL AND ..TORRENTIAL
RAINS TIE UP TRAFFIC IN
MANY SECTIONS
CHICAGO, May 9.—Snow fell over
the Great Lakes region and in St.
Louis this afternoon, while Fort
Worth, Texas, had eleven inches of
hail, the huge blocks of ice killing
poultry, calves, and two mules in the
district visited by the storm. All traf
fic was tied up for hours, owing to
the huge fall of ice, which lowered
the temperature twenty degrees.
At Phoenix, Arizona, the tempera
ture registered a hundred in the shade
while even Seward had fine weather.
ANOTHER lUNK T01N
FROM VOLSTEAD ACT
NEW YORK, May 9.—Federal Judge
Knox today declared void that portion
of the Volstead Act which limits the
amount of liquor a physician may
prescribe.
RETURNING SOUTH
E. J. Timmons, representative of
the Standard Oil company who made
a trip to Seward in the interests of
his company, returned to Juneau on
the Admiral Evans this evening. Mr.
Timmons had nothing to offer for pub
lication at this time but the trend of
events leave no doubt as to the com
ing of the company to Seward.
Subscribe for the Saturday Gateway.
MAJOR ROLAND PINGER AND SON
AND MAJOR ALLEN MAKE
ESCAPE FROM BANDITS
SHANGHAI, May 9.—Referring to
the foreigners still held by the Su
chow bandits, a telegram received by
the Asia Development Company said
the captives were almost dead from
exposure, long marches foodless and
unclothed, and from terror of the sit
uation.
Major Roland Pinger, Major Robert
Allen and Major Pinger’s son Roland,
have escaped from the bandits.
Garrisons Being Mobilized
LONDON, May 9.—Both British and
American garrisons at Tien Tsin have
been mobilized and are prepared to
march to the rescue of the kidnaped
foreigners in case the Chinese gov
ernment does not act immediately.
Troops Surround Stronghold.
TIEN TSIN, China, May 9—Govern
ment troops are believed to have com
pletely surrounded all the hill strong
holds of the bandits, where 15 for
eigners are being held captive.
Government Pay Ransom
WASHINGTTON, May 9.—Minister
Jacob Schurman of Peking has advis
ed Secretary Hughes that the Chinese
government has promised to pay the
ransom demanded by the bandits.
H. Anderson, prospector of the Su
sitna Yentna section and who recently
arrived in Seward, will leave for Se
attle on the next boat to spend a few
weeks visiting.
The body of Mrs. C. A. Carlson who
died suddenly yesterday from heart
disease, will be shipped out on the
Victoria, for interment in Washing
ton.