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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 59.
SEWARD,
ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1926.
PRIC^.TEN CENTS
SENATE NO PLACE
FOR MARATHON
ORATORS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 13. (/P)
_Vice President Chas. Dawes, who
earlier in the week forced Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri to accept
his interpretation of the Senate Rule,
jesteAlay, invoked against Senator
Jas. E. Watson of Indiana the rule
requiring a debater to face the chair.
Watson explained he was trying to
reach persons in the rear of the cham
ber, and shouted “I am against that
rule.”
Dawes smilingly insisted its obser
vance. Dawes has become a rapid
conductor during the morning hour
for introduction of bills, resolutions,
petitions and other matters. Some
times, it was stated, he put things
thru so fast the author of the meas
ure doesn’t know what has happened.
ALASKA LEAVES
WITH BIG LIST
SEATTLE, Wn, Mar. 13. (/P)—The
steamship Alaska of the Alaska S.S.
Co., left Seattle at nine o’clock this
morning with 161 passengers aboard
for Alaska and Way ports. Those
hooked thru to Seward are:
Mrs. Sarah Hoffmann. H. W. Thomp
scon, George Sexton, P. C. Nelson,
John AnAderson, J. F. Wood, Noel
W. Smith, Mrs. Smith, N. M. Lack,
Mrs. Lack, D. M. Ulm, Frank Scully,
Dr. John Venters, D. Thorsen, Mrs.
E. aSndberg, Michael Bergan, Mrs.
Bergan, J. L. Lucken, J. L. McPhil,
Mrs. McPhil, Fred Earp, C. F. Town
send, J. A. Anderson, E. T. Hyder,
Henry Roford, F. H. Hammers, P.
Oehme, T. Henderson, Mrs. P. Holder!,
C. E. Keen, Joe Henderson, Mrs. Hen
derson, J. R. Sloan, C. J. Simms, Den
nis Hurley, Mrs. D. McMullen, C. M.
Brosius, Ray O. Scott, H. E. Hough
ton, T. Drigman and son Enril, W. E.
Criger, W. M. Dickson, H. Bloom,
Miss B. Tonseth, Mrs. Thomas Ton
seth, W. F. Coper, J. H. Langley, Chas.
Sunstead, Stanley Rys, Bentley Falls,
Mrs. Falls, A. Adams, H. M. Hebb,
J. B. Woodman, G. W. Baser, Mrs. Ba
ser, Leary Baser, Homer Sanford, Mrs.
Sanford, James Rutherford, Mrs. Ruth
erford, M. Martin, Helen Lotta and
Jack Lodge.
LOCARNO PACT
LIABLE BREAK
LEAGUE NATIONS
GENEVA, Mar. 13. (£>)--Austin
Chamberlain declared the crisis over
the increasing number of League of
Nation seats has reached proportions
of disaster, and with the paralyzation
of atmosphere created, the Locarno
Treaty accords nothing.
He announced it was useless to con
tinue conversations with the Germans
because he was convinced they would
be fruitless.
BOXER ON THE WAY
NO DAMAGE DONE
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Mar. 13.
(JP) The M. S. Boxer of the Bureau
of Educations department, which
piled up on the rocks near here about
a week ago was refloated yesterday
and is reported undamaged.
It is reported here she will proceed
to Seward to discharge her cargo for
the Alaska Railroad.
real THRILLS!
You ve waited a Ion time for the
ne'w Paramount picture, “The Story
Without a Name”, coming to the
Liberty tonight. With Agnes Ayres
and Antonio Moreno featured in the
leading roles, here’s a production
that’s sure to please the most finicky
picture fan. It has everything—
action, thrills' and a delightful love
theme running throughout.
Tyrone Power, Dagmar Godowsky,
Maurice Costello, Ivan Linow, Louis
Wolheim and Jack Bohn are among
the more prominent players in the
big suporting cast.
Failure of River To
Freeze Cause Loss of
Big Coal Contract
Two or three men are working on
the Roth coal mine property above
Suntrana, recent Seward arrivals re
port. Mr. Roth, the owner of the pro
perty, had a contract to supply the
Fairbanks Exploration Company with
2,000 tons of his coal during the pres
ent winter, but owing to the mild
weather conditions the river did not
freeze over so he was unable to fill
the contract. A very high-grade of
coal is produced from the Roth mine
and should command a ready market
once it is put on the market.
VALLEY FARMERS
AT MATANUSKA
DOING GOOD
FERTILE AGRICULTURAL DIS
TRICT NEEDS OUTLET
FOR PRODUCTS
The farmers in the Matanuska val
ley, one of the garden spots of the
Territory, are very determined in
their efforts to raise and dispose of
: Alaska crops and eventually to make
the valley an asset of great agricul
tural worth. The many farmers, and
there are over 100 of them, are go
ing to stick it out, stated Capt. Axel
Olsen, who left Seward yesterday
for his valley home, for as long as
the farmeds can raise a crop, they
can make a living.
Captain Olsen has been in town
since last Saturday going over legal
matters with Attorney A. E. Rucker,
in connection with presenting his
sealing claim to the United States
government, which account was pub
lished in Wednesday’s issue of The
Seward Gateway.
J. St. Claire is engaged in the
mink business along with his farm
ing pursuit, and is quite prasperus
and successful.,
George iMoshier is farming right
along and has much of his 320 acres
cleared.
J. S. Bogart is prospering. He
has a fine farm and much land
cleared. Considerable farming mach
inery is used on this farm and Mr.
Bogart also has a large bunch of
fine looking stock.
Phil Allen, familiarly called the
mayor of Matanuska by his friends,
is busy conducting his hotel in his
usual business like and happy man
ner.
W. W. Wade, formerly station
agent at Matanuska for the Alaska
Railroad, is actively farming and
also working for the experimental
station.
Roy Cornelius is busy clearing
land. Mr. Cornelius has two splen
did farms.
Oscar Anderson is active every
day almost, purchasing more stock
for his farm. He has just about
completed the construction of a fine
appearing barn.
Charles Marino, who purchased hte
Winchester place two years ago, is
keeping his farm under cultivation
every year and raising excellent
crops.
Mr. Felton is one of tihe most in
dustrius men in the valley as well
as one ot the numerous successful
ones. His mink and fox farm are do
ing wtonderfully well. C&pt. Olsen
said Mr. Felton was noted for his
success at anything he took hold of
and in particular, with plant life. He
is called by Capt. Olsen, the Bur
bank of Matanuska.
Home-Cooked Dinner
To the Public By
Ladies Aid Tonight
A musical program will be rendered
during the Ladies Aid dinner to the
public this evening between 5 and 8
o’clock at Odd Fellows hall, members
of the organization announced last
night. A full home cooked dinney
course has been prepared by those
in charge, including home-made breads
and pies. A charge of 50c per plate
will be made to adults and 25c for
children.
SAN FRANCISCO. — Constance
Talmadge, film comedienne, became
the bride of Captain Arastir MacKin
tosh, a wealthy Scotchman, who had
pursued her heart for four years.
PIONEER WILL HOLD
SERVICES FOR
WHITER
FAIRBANKS, Mar. 13. The Pio
neers of Alaska will conduct the fu
neral services of Palmer Hutchinson
Sunday. The body will be shipped to
the States on the vessel leaving Sew
ard March 20.
The expedition’s preparation will
continue, but all social engagements
of the party have been cancelled.
TELEGRAPHIC
BREVITIES
By the Associated Press
LONDON.—Irving Berlin and wife,
formerly Ellen MacKay, are in Ma
deira love nest honeymooning far
from newspapermen. Irving is work
ing hard on a new musical comdey.
LONDON.—The announcement was
made that a private expedition will
journey to a lonely Scandinavian isl
and, to get the body of the late,
Lord Kitchener, who was buried there
unhonored by his country.
CAIRO, Egypt.—Coffins containing
two mummified horses, the first ever
discovered in Egypt, have been
found in the pyramids of Sakkara,
South of Roud.
LONDON.—Czar Nicholas, of Rus
sia, is living in concealment in a
convent in Siberia, according to the
Grand Duchess Marie, now living in
Rome.
MADRID.—King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria plan a state visit to South
America, by airplane, the date not
yet set.
WASHING TO N.—The Supreme
Court awarded $1,000,000 claim to
Swift and Company in its suit over
a shipment of army bacon which was
refused by the Government in 1919.
LONDON.—The new* lingerie styles
will be a one piece garment, com
bining stockings and slip.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Giving out new
and startling evidence in Bessie Fer
guson’s murder, in wThich the girl
waiS murdered, dismembered and
scattered over two counties, District
Attorney Warren, of Alameda Cuonty,
denied that the investigation had lag
ged in answering the demands for
the arrest of the knowm murderer,
by the Oakland Vigilantes.
NEW YORK.—Los Angeles officials
here on secret investigation of the
William Desmond Taylor, movie mur
der, were reported to have ques
tioned Miss Mabel Normand.
WASHINGTON.—The Smithsonian
Institute, will send a great live game
expedition into Africa, after wild
animals which have never before
been seen in American zoos.
PARIS.—The sudden appearance
of “mannish” costumes for women,
is the latest sensation of the dress
making trade.
LONDON. — Callizo, the daring
French aviator, who is known as
“the King of the upper air”, and
who holds an altitude record of
39,586 feet, will make an attempt to
fly over the summit of Mt. Everest,
this summer.
NEW YORK.—^Nine armed bandits,
some masked, held up the fur fac
tory of Appelbaum and Cohen, in
Brooklyn yesterday, cowing the pro
prietors and thirty-five men em
ployes and escaped' with $40,000
worth of furs which they loaded up
on a motor truck.
CALGARY.—A new gas float, at
the 3350 foot depth, which is estim
ated at 200,000 cubic feet per day,
in the McLeod well, in Turner Val
ley, forced the oil up between the
casings yesterday and it is still spurt
ing today. The government petrol
eum engineer described it as a
good showing.
Reindeer Herds Should
Be Centered On Area
Near the Alaska Railroad
Secretary of the Interior Hubert
Work is very anxious to develop the
Alaskan reindeer industry and in this
connection, it is learned locally, the
only way to build up the business is
by shipping the carcasses out over the
Alaska Railroad. This would mean
the herds in the remote Interior dis
tricts would have to be moved west
ward nearer to steel, to a certain
area which could be set aside for the
herds, and the construction of slaugh
ter houses.
It is pointed out that six to seven
months after the reindeer are slaugh
tered in the Nome district, they lay
in cold storage until navigation opens
up at which time they are sent to the
States. By centering the industry
near the railroad a year around busi
ness could be developed.
SEWARDCAGERS
TAKE SECOND
GAME OF SERIES
TEAMS FIGHT FURIOUSLY FROM
THE TAP OF GONG TO
FINAL BLAST
LAST GAME TONIGHT
Come-back of the Locals Amaze the
Visitors, Who Falter in Their
Basketshooting
The Seward aggregation upset the
basketball dope last night when they
took the second game of the series
from the Anchorage Soldiers by the
score of 33 to 23. Captain McEwen
must have read the riot act to his
squad overnight for it was an en
tirely different team which “strutted
their stuff”.
With galvanic action and with a
fury, not to be denied, they swept
like whirlwind up and down the
floor and with superb abandon, ex
hibited a brand of teamwork in
passing, guarding and dextrous
shooting, which left the visitors and
spectators, alike, astounded.
The Soldier five were greatly per
turbed- Their prodigious efforts
availed them not. Ejaculations of
surprise spontaneously burst forth
from the tense fans who wildly ap
plauded their home team’s efforts.
King sport reigned supreme.
McEwen was high point man, mak
ing five field goals and two points
from the foul line, but the playing
of guard, George “Chief” Chya, on
the defensive and in shooting, ac
claimed him star. His ability to
slip out from under with the ball,
his tricky juggling of the sphere
down the floor and his basketshoot
ing, contributed largely to the splen
did victory" of the Locals. For a
few minutes in the second half, he
retired from the field when his left
elbow was injured. Ratliff filled in
for him. Chya made three cages
and one foul. One of these was. a
beauty backhand overhead throw.
Then there was Clark Andresen,
playing at forward. As in the first
game Clark was on his toes all the
time and broke up many of the Sol
diers’ plays besides adding to the
score, four field shots.
MCEwen made a couple of wonder
ful long shots, from the field and
“Nip” Johnson, who ran the total
up six points with three basikefcs,
also made amazingly accurate shots.
Johnson attempted several long
shots, missing them by a fraction.
Tinkler at guard, was on the job
from start to finish, proving an ob
stacle unsurmountable by the oppo
sition.
Both teams missed many foul line
heaves. Manuel was substituted by
Walker in the last half. The first
half ended 16 to 9 in favor of the |
locals!. I
Bortz was high scorer for his
team mates contributing four cages ■
from the field and one foul point.
Manuel, the husky Army center,
played his usual hard and steady
game and boosted the score of his
team by six points by slipping three
pretty ones through the hoop. Edu.
wards, sturdy Army guard, played
in real professional style, scoring
two field shots for his ,team. Cap
tain DeGraw, who was high point
man for the Soldiers the previous
night, was closely watched through
LOWELL CREEK APPROVED BY HOUSE
TERRITORIES COMMITTEE AFTER DUE
DISCUSSION OF PROJECTED TUNNELING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 13. (AP).—The approv
ed Lowed Creek resolution which seeks to safeguard val
uable Government property in Seward from glaciofluvial
menace was decided upon after the plan to tunnel through
a nearby mountain to divert the stream had been reject
ed, because of the danger of freezing in the tunnel.
Seward citizens, after expending $50,000 for a tem
porary flood control sent an appeal to Congress for aid
with proposals to tunnel under the erratic stream. These
were rejected because of the slope and the necessity to
tear down part of the main section of Seward for tunnel
terminals.
FISH PRICES TODAY
KETCHIKAN—Halibut are quoted
here today at 14 and 6 cents; salmon
16 and 7 cents.
HARDCASTLE.
NOEL SMITH SAYS
EARNING WILL
BE INCREASED
SEATTLE. Mar. 13. (JP)—Noel W.
Smith, general manager of the Alas
ka Railroad, told the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce at a luncheon held here
yesterday that the Alaska Railroad in
creased earnings would be 15 per
cent during the first seven months of
this fiscal year by reason of placer
developments near Fairbanks.
He stated these developments show
ed every sign of success of the govern
ment enterprise.
C0L0NELC00LIDGE
FEELING BETTER
PLYMOUTH, Mar. 13. (/P)—1The
condition of Colonel Coolidge has im
proved after losing ground during the
night.
LATER—Col. Coolidge showed fur
ther improvement from his serious
condition into which he relapsed the
early part of the week.
WINNIPEG FUR SALES
WINNIPEG, Man., Mar. 13. (/P)—
New Yorkers bought 4500 beaver pelts
at from $12 to $30 each. Mink sold
from $9 to $17.25; lynx broght $12 to
$21.50.
MIAMI, FLA.—The appraised es
tate of William Jennings Bryan, val
ues his holdings at $688,000, although
the sale of various properties may
bring the total to more than one
million dollars.
out the game and was able to score
only one field shot. Funk, guard,
shored two points from the line.
Walker, though only in the game
for but a few minutes, playing guard
position, wreaked havoc by blocking
many attempts of the locals to score.
Personal fouls were called on Mc
Ewen, Chya, Tinkler, and two for
Johnson; technical fouls were called
on MoEwen and Andresen.
For the visitors, personal fouls
were chalked up against DeGraw,
.Manuel, Funk and two against Ed
wards.
Referee Barnett handled the game
satisfactorily from the spectators
viewpoint and evidently from that
of the opposing team as well. No
controversies have arisen in any of
the games thus far, the teams play
ing the game all the time. The game
last night was played in twenty
minute halves and ten minute rest,
instead of in quarters as in the pre
vious game. I. Dyer was official
scorer and Alaska Egan did the
clocking.
The last of the three-game series
will be played off tonight and in
dications are, a record breaking at
tendance will be on hand to help
the Loeals proteot their crown. The
game will commence at 8 o’clock,
instead of 7:30, which was the time
the previous games commenced.
BETTER THAN
BEING BORN ON
FEBRUARY 29TH
SEATTLE, March 13. (JP).—Mrs.
Carrie I. Gilmore, wife of Judge Wm.
J. Gilmore, Seattle attorney and for
mer* mayor of Nome, declared her last
birthday celebration on the steamer
President McKinley which will arrive
here tonight was too long a birthday
as it was March six when the ship
crossed the 118 meridian, for it lasted
for 48 hours.
Harry N. Duke, steward of the ves
sel, who was steward on the Alaska
run when Gilmore was mayor of Nome
arranged the celebration.
CHINESE TROOPS
FIRE DESTROYERS
PEKING, Mar. 13. (#»)—Kouminchun
troops fired from their forts upon two
Japanese destroyers that were pro
ceeding up the Pei river, below Tien
tsin, and wounded one officer and
two men.
TIENTSIN, Mar. 13. (JP)— Heavy
firing wras resumed at Lanchow, 100
miles to the Northeast of here today,
which has resulted in heavy damage
to the railway station and numerous
casualties among the civilians.
SNOW MOTORS ARRIVE
NENANA, Mar. 13. (£»)—The snow
motors of the Wilkins expedition ar
rived here in charge of Gordon
Scott, after an unsuccesful attempt to
make Point Barrow. They got as
far as Tolovana.
CONSERVATION
LEADER OUT FOR
SENATORSHIP
HARRISBURG, Pa., Mar. 13. (/P)—
Governor Gifford Pinchot announced
today his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination as Senator at the pri
mary election this spring.
S. S. Victoria Due To
Arrive Sunday Noon
The SjS. Victoria was due to ar
rive at Cordova at 11:30 a. m. to
day, according to the local wireless
station. On account of the large
number of passengers on board, it
is expected the vessel will pass up
loading copper ore at Cordova on
cargo following its return from this
■the westbound trip taking on the
port. According to the above figures,
the vessel is expected to arrive in
Seward tomorrow afternoon.
NEW YORK.—Rumors are afloat
here that William Gibbs McAdoo
be a candlidate for the presidential
nomination in 1928.
WASHINGTON.—Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt -ftnd his brother, Kermit,
Who recently returned from the India
hunting tour, conferred with the U. S.
Shippig Board for the purchase of
nine shipping lines for consolidation
into an Asiatic combination.