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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 248.
SEWARD ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
' THIRD DIVISION OF ALASKA:
4 By Anthony J. Dimond
An organization which calls itself the “Third Division Republican
Club of Anchorage,” and Mr. Dan A. Sutherland, candidate for re-election to
the office of Delegate to Congress from Alaska, have violently assailed me,
the “Club” in an advertisement appearing in the Anchorage Daily Times of
October 27, 1926, and the latter in all of his public speeches during the pre
sent campaign, accusing me of many things. I shall not pretend to anstver
all of these charges, though they are all untrue. It would not be possible for
' me to answer them within the scope of any article of reasonable length. But
there is one accusation made against nle which, if true, would unfit me to
represent the people of the Third Division, or anyone else. If this accusa
tion is true I should be disbarred from the practice of law. And if not true,
then the men who make it, Messrs. Sutherland and Frame (Arthur, not John)
are not entitled to your support for the offices to which they aspire. They
should be driven from public life This accusation is briefly stated in the
article in the Anchorage Daily Times, above referred to, as follows: “In that
case Mr. Dimond betrayed his constitutents. He did it for the dollars he
was getting from the fishing interests.” Mr. Sutherland, in his speeches
, makes the same accusation in other words. No more terrible charge was
<4 ever made against any man. of honor. But the charge is false; so false that
I can only call it, by the “short! and ugly word “lie.” That is strong language
but is is justified by the charge made against me.
BAFFINLAND FOUND
UNSUITABLE RANGE
FOR REINDEER; LOPP
FORMER HEAD OF THE ALASKA
DIVISION, B. OF E., BACK
IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 30. (£>)—William T*
Lopp, former chief of the Alaska divi
sion, bureau of education, reported up
on his return after a 15 months -jour
ney in Baffinland, that it was unsuit
able for reindeer range. He investi
gated the country at the request of
the Hudson Bay Co., which had
stocked the island in 1921 with 500
reindeer. Mr. Lopp found some died
from starvation and wolves killed the
rest. He left Seattle July 3 last year
and was stranded on an ice floe for
16 hours after the vessel Bayeskimo
was wrecked. Another vessel rescued
him and brought him to Baffinland.
"TIGER” FLOWERS TO
DEFEND TITLE DEC. 3
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (/P)—“Tiger
Flowers defends his title against
Mickey Walker, former welterweight
champion, in Chicago at the Coliseum
on the evening of December 3.
The schooner Kanatak, Captain
Conrad Wold in command, arrived in
from the halibut banks this morning
and is discharging her catch of ap
proximately 20,000 pounds of halibut
at the local San Juan Fishing and
Packing company’s plant.
DETROIT, Oct. 30. (/?)—One man
was killed and three wounded after a
patrolman, who had foiled a bank
hold-up, started shooting. The patrol
man was hit in the hip but killed one
robber and felled another who had
wounded a jeweler.
The halibut schooner Panama, Cap
tain Henry Austrom, arrived in port
this a. m. with approximately 20,000
pounds of halibut
Great show on at Liberty tonite.
■ The men who make these charges,
claim that they base them on two
specifications: One, that I voted
against Senate Joint Resolution No.
2, of the 1923 legislative session, a
resolution designed, not as has been
said to test in the courts the validity
of the fish reserves created by the pro
clamation of President Harding, but
advising all Alaskans to go Into rebel
lion against the United States so far
as such reserves were concerned; and
the other, that I voted against the
was designed to repeal the
flat tax oh traps and impose instead
a tax on the fish caught in the traps.
In discussing Senate Joint Resolu
tion No. 2 it is necessary to consider
briefly the whole question of the fish
reserves created by the presidential
proclamation and the question of re
serves so created generally.
Various presidents, from time to
time, have issued proclamations
creating reservations on the public
domain. Those of, Freshen* Roose
velt reserving all coal and oil lands
are the most notable. Those reser
vations, created not by the Congress
but by the president, all but depopu
lated Alaska, and certainly arrested
all development for at least twenty
years. The fish reservations created
by President Harding were of the
same essential nature. The Federal
courts, including the Supreme Court
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DEPARTMENT SAYS
ELLIS MUST MOIL
TRANSFER OF ASSISTANT DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY ANCHOR
AGE TO SEWARD
In an issue of the Anchorage Times
this week the paper aaid:
“There is small hope of preventing
the transfer of Assistant U. S. At
torney Clyde R. Ellis to Seward, ac
cording to a telegram received by the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
from Delegate Dan Sutherland, to
whom appeal was made to take the
matter up with the department of
justice in an effort to prevent the
closing of the Anchorage office, which
is one of the most important in the
third division.
In his reply to the chamber Mr. Su
therland says the change is being
made at the request and recommen
dation of W. D. Coppernoll, U.j S. At
torney, and that the order calls for
the transfer on the first of November.”
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BODY OF MRS. MILLS
EXHUMED, EXAMINED
SOMERVILLE, New Jersey, Oct. 30.
(IP)—The body of Mrs. Mills was ex
humed yesterday and returned to the
grave. The physician said he need
ed a further examination as to the
determination as to whether the ton
gue had been cut out.
CARGO VALUED $200,000; CHLO
RIDE OF LIME FUMES FORCES
CREW OFF BURNING VESSEL
OWNED BY M’CORMICK COMPANY
Bound for Portland from San Francis
co; Effort was Made to Beach the
Schooner
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30. (IP)—
The steam schooner Everett caught
Are off Punta Gorda,’108 miles north
of San Francisco. The vessel was
abandoned as a total loss outside Eu
reka harbor, when the crew -lost a
desperate fight to bring the flames
under control. Chloride of lime
fumes forced them onto the cutter
Oahokia. Earlier in the day, off Pun
tagorda the crew took to open boats
when efforts to beach the ship and
control the fire proved unsuccessful.
With the arrival of the Oahokia,
they returned and started a 30 mile
race to Eureka. The McCormick
steamship company owned the Ever
ett which was bound from San Fran
cisco to Portland. The cargo was
valued at $200,000. The vessel was
376 feet long.
WOMEN’S APPIREL FOUND
IN ORMISTON'S TRUNK
LOS ANGELES, Ofet. 30. (IP)—'The
Times said Ormiston’s trunk, which
was seized in New York, contained a
woman’s wearing apparel.
NO PASSENGER LIST
SEATTLE, Oct. 30. (IP)—'The Alas
ka Steamship company permitted the
boat to depart again without copying
a list of the passengers, but assured
they will watch it' hereafter. The
S. S. Alaska sailed at 9 o’clock this
morning with 55 reservations.
To the People of Seward
You are entitled to my thanks and my apologies.
I do sincerely thank you for your attendance at the
Liberty Theatre last night to hear what I had to say
upon the political issues. I do not take this as a per
sonal compliment, but to the fact that, as good citi
zens, you wished to give a fair hearing to one who
rhas had the honor to represent you in the Legisla
ture at the last two sessions. It is a profound dis
appointment to me that I was unable to be present.
I was assured before leaving Anchorage and even
before the meeting was arranged, that the train
would be in Seward in ample time. The delay was
not caused by any fault of the Alaska railroad or
any of the efficient and courteous men. operating
the train; but solely by adverse weather conditions.
In other columns of this issue of the “Gateway” will
appear a statement over my name, covering one of
the several things I thought you should know and on
which I had intended to speak. Lack of available
space preevnts a discussion of other matters and is
sues. I stand upon my record in the Legislature, a '
brief outline of which was published in the “Gate
way” yesterday, and for the publication of which
I am further indebted to this excellent newspaper.
Sincerely, - 1
ANTHONY J. DIMOND
STRUCK BY GAS CAR, DIES
Arrivals in Seward last evening from
Anchorage, report Mrs. Haller, wife
[of a Wasilla farmer, while flagging
a gas car last Wednesday, tripped
over her suitcase which was deposited
on the track and before the car could
be brought to a stop she was struck on
| the skull from which injury, the re
port said, she died the following day.
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will
CARRY P. W. SOUND
G. R. VALLEY. 600
CAREFUL CHECK FORECAST WILL
CARRY VALDEZ TWO TO ONE
CORDOVA 150
(Special to The Gateway)
CORDOVA, Oct. 30. (jP)—A careful
canvas shows Thomas A. Marquam,
Independent candidate for delegate to
congress will carry Valdez two to
one .Cordova by 150 votes and will
get almost the entire vote at McCar
thy, in fact he will carry every pre
cinct east of Seward except Kenne
cott. A close estimate gives' Mr. Mar
quam a majority of 600 in the pre
cincts of Prince William Sound and
the Copper River valley.
nm [HNS HINGED
FOR POLICEMAN KILLING
CHICAGO, Oct. 30. (^—Richard
Evans, 1§, was hanged today. He
confessed, as he went to the allows
that he was not the drunken compan
ion, as he has steadfastly maintained
of the party who shot and killed a
Chicago patrolman when he arrested
him for speeding. His last words were
“I will have paid a debt to God from
society.”
Plan right now attending the public
dance tonight at Odd Fellows hall.
Scores of people are in town and a
royal time will be enjoyed. You’ll
enjoy the music too.
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IMPORTED U. OF
POISONOUS PROPAGANDA EMAN
ATING FROM CAMPUS WHERE
FORMER PRESIDENT GONZAL
LO WAS DISCIPLINARY HEAD
SITUATION WAS INTOLERABLE
Petitions Against Recall Being Cir
culated to Prevent Impeachment of
Hartley; Hope Save State Money
SEATTLE, Oct. 30. (/P)—Governor
Hartley said over the radio last night
"the political activities of the regents
and the policy of getting "as much
money as possible means political in
terference and legislative lobbying”
which necessitated re-organization be
tween the regents. “The poisonous
propaganda emanating from the cam- .
pus where Suzzallo was the disciplin
ary head continued after the re-or
ganization. The University Daily was
openly defiant and hostile to the ap
parent satisfaction of Suzzallo. The
situation became intolerable and so
the regents were forced to take ac
tion.”
The alumni files is replete "with
cortrespondfehce the purpose of which
was to undermine the state adminis
tration and destroy its usefulness. We
find the year ending March 31, 1926,
$179,452 of the universities’ money
was not reported and is not included
in the budget and not passing through
the state treasury.”
Pledged Impeachment
SEATTLE, Oct. 30. (£>)—Secretary
Winn, of the anti-recall committee, de
clared the petitions against the recall
are being circulated to prevent the
impeachment of Hartley. "The anti
Hartley candidates in legislature in
many instances pledged impeachment
proceedings against the governor.” If
the governor’s removal and ask to
Olympia and show the public demands
the recallers take the petitions to
save money and time by an impeach
ment, the pro-Hartleys will take the
signatures showing thousands are
against his removal.
ACCEPTED GRAFT SAYS
FORMER DIRECTOR OF
PRIHIBITION, ILLINOIS
APPROVED WITHDRAWAL PER
MITS FOR SACRAMENTAL
Wines for candidate
CHICAGO, Oct. 30. (JP)—Ralph. W.
Stone, indicted former prohibition dir
ector of Illinois, testified he was paid
526,000 as graft money for the ap
proval of permits for the withdrawal
)f sacramental wine to Lowell B. Ma
son, a dry, and state senator candi
late for re-election. Stone was among
:he government witnesses in the pro
libition conspiracy against Mason and
Major Percy Owen, former prohibi
ten director.
A swell movie is on tonight £