Hemard Bale Gateumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 54.
SEWARD,
ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1926.
PRICt’, TEN CENTS
REAR ADMIRAL
WAINWRIGHTDIES
AT ADVANCE AGE
FIRST CAME INTO PROMINENCE
DURING THE SPANISH
AMERICAN WAR
WASHINGTON, March S (.£>).—
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright,
retired, died at the Naval hospital
here at the age of 76 from a heart
ailment.
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
won his reputation as a sea-fighter
in the Spanish-American War. When
the Maine sank in Havana harbor,
Wainwright was its executive offi
cer. It was he who ordered the
boats lowered to rescue the surviv
ing sailors. While directing the
search and recovery of the bodies
of those who perished, he issued the
order which became famous in the
navy.
"Tell the officer in charge of the
guard,” said Wainwright, when he
learned that the Spanish commander
of Havana had ordered his soldiers
to lower the Maine’s flag, “that if
a Spaniard touches the flag that flies
over the Maine wreck, there will be
another wreck in Havana harbor.
Tell him I will sink his barge my
self if he attempts to carry out
that order.”
The most thrilling adventure in
Wainwright’s sea-faring career, oc
curred during the battle of Santiago.
The yacht “Corsair” woned by J.
Pierpont Morgan, had been purchased
by the government. Though unarm
ored, it was equipped with guns and
a crew and rechristened the “Glou
cester”. With Wainwright in com
mand,, the steam-yacht attacked two
■of the Spanish torpedoboats, simul
taneously, blowing one out of the
water and driving the other on the
rocks when it was wrecked.
“Fighting Dick” Was the name by
which Wainwright became known.
It was he who received the surrend
er of Admiral Cervera and took him
on board the “Gloucester” as a pris
oner of war.
Wainwright returned from the war
a national hero. The citizens of
Gloucester, Mass., considering that
he had reflected glory on their city,
presented him with a loving cup.
His friends in Washington gave a
sword,
“Fighting Dick” Wainwright came
of a distinguished fighting family.
His father, Commander Richard
Wainwright, guided the historic
“Hartford” under Admiral Farragut
in the Civil WTar, and died aboard
his ship off New Orleans.
Born in Washington, D. C., in 1849,
Richard Wainwright, second, was ap
pointed to Annapolis at the age of
15 by Abraham Lincoln. He grad
uated with distinguished honors ih
1868 and almost immediately was
assigned to duty in the Hydrographic
Office where he served for many
years. His record before the Span
ish-American War included service
in the Bureau of Navigation, coast
surveying on the Asiatic station, at
Annapolis, as chief of the Intelligence
Office, and on board the “Tennessee
and the “Galena”.
After service in Cuba, he returned
to Annapolis where he assumed
harge of the Academy ships, and
later became superintendent. He
next served on the naval General
Board, in the historic journey of
American battleships around the
world in 1908, Wainwright started
out in command of the “Louisiana”, j
When the fleet returned, he was a ,
Rear Admiral and commanded the j
Second Division of the First Squad
ron with the “George” as his flag
ship.
At the age of 60, Rear Admiral
Wainwright became the Aid for Oper
ations. In this capacity he had
charge of all the fleet and ship move-,
xnents, planned the war games, and
was chief adviser to the Secretary
of the Navy. He held this commis
sion until retired in 1911.
His death leaves his son, Richard
Wainwright, third, to perpetuate the
family name in the United States
Navy.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN—Halibut is quoted
at 12 and 6 cents; salmon 18, 14 and
9 cents.
HARDCASTLE
Funeral of Mrs. W. E. Root
to be Held at Anchorage
The remains of Mrs. W. E. Hoot,
were taken over to Anchorage on this
morning’s train, where burial will
take place. Mr. Root and his two
daughters, Mrs. A. H. McNear and
Mrs. Richard McNally, accompanied
the body to Anchorage.
MANY PERSONS
ARRIVE ON BOAT
FROM SEATTLE
SMALL LISTING GOES SOUTH
HEAVY STORM HIT WHILE
CROSSING GULF
Bringing the largest passehger list
into port this year the S.S. Northwes
tern, Captain Jensen, arrived in port
Saturday afternoon at 4:10 o’clock.
Over 300 tons of general cargo was
brought for local and rail shipments.
Owing to the lateness of arrival the
vessel did not depart for the south
until 10 a. m. yesterday morning.
The outgoing list of passengers fol
lows:
Latouche—A. N. Major, Rade Stick,
Robt. Z. Howard.
Cordova—Airs. R. E. Jackson, Babe
Smith, C. O. Brown, Carl Roden.
Juneau—C. E. Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. Wakelin, Sam Shucklin,
M. J. Lynch, John W. Jones, B. C.
Dezelle, Chas. M. Jones, Louis Brid
ges.
Ketchikan—Matt Drews.
Seattle—Sara Edmunds, Harry Ka
wabe, A. E. Lathrop, H. J. Emard,
Earl W. Mackay, Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Edmunds and two children.
Hotel Man of Anchorage
Is Homeward Bound
J. J. Mclsaac, proprietor of the Ho
tel Seattle, at Anchorage, left for the
Inlet town this morning, following a
personal business visit to the Cordova
region. Mr. Mclsaac has one of the
most comfortable, and modern priced
hotels in the Territory, and oldtimers
make it their headquarters when in
that part of the country. While in
Seward Mr. Mclsaac placed a hotel
advertisement in the columns of The
Daily Gateway.
BETTING QUIET
IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Wn„ Mar. 8. (^—Bet
ting is at a standstill here. Mrs. Lan
des’ backers offered $80 to $100 that
she would win. Brown bettors held
out for even money. City manager
backers offer $100 to $75 that it will
carry. Opponents to city managership
bet $60 against $100. In the closing
of the campaign Mrs. Landes spoke
at five church. Brown addressed a
negro meeting. Poll and report anal
| ysis showed an apparent tendency to
! swing to Mrs. Landes and the mana
ger plan.
VICTORIA LEAVES
FOR NOME JUNE 2
SEATTLE, Wn, Mar, 8. (£>)—'The
Victoria leaves on June 2 on her first
trip to Nome of the season.
INITIATION THURSDAY NIGHT
An important business meeting of
the local Odd Fellows lodge takes
place Thursday night during which
time initiation of several candidates
will take place. Nobody wants to
miss that part of the entertainment
so the attention of the organization
is hereby called.
BASEBALL GAME TONIGHT
The Giants and the Senators, pen
nant leaders, clash tonight at the
S. A. C.
RACE POSTPONED
NOME, Mai*. 8. (^P)—The Bordon cup
race has been postponed until more
favorable weather and travel condi
tions prevails.
OLMSTED DRAWS
FOUR YEARS IN
COAST RUM GAME
SEATTLE, Wn„ Mar. 8. (JP)—Roy
Olmsted was fined $S000 and sentenc
ed to serve four years at McNeil Is
land penitentiary, by Judge Jere Net
erer today. On February 22, after de
liberating seventeen hours, the jury
convicted twenty-one defendants, all
on two counts, that of conspiracy in
transportation and distribution of li
quor. Following the findings of the
jury, Judge Neterer stated he would
fix the sentenced, March S.
Others who were sentenced today
were Edward H. Mclnness, three
years and $4,000; Edward Engdahl,
owner of a rum runner, 27 months and
assessed a fine of §500; Emery A.
Kern, 3 years and $6000; Charles S.
Green, owner of the Launch Eva, 3
years and $400; Jerry L. Finch, 3 ;
years and $500.
ANNIVERSARY OF
BELL TELEPHONE
HELD NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Mar. S, (^—Celebrat
ing the fiftieth anniversary of the
telephone which was patented by Al
exander Graham Bell, the Associated
Press yesterday received the fi^rst
news dispatch telephoned across the
Atlantic from London. The reception
at both ends were much clearer than
the average local calls. The A. P.
story said: “Ambassador A. B. Hough
ton, before sailing this morning on
the steamer President Roosevelt, de
nied he was returning to the United
States to take the place of Secretary
of State Frank Kellogg.”
Falling Timber Breaks
Back of Alfred Nord;
Dies an Hour Later
Alfred Nord, about 35 years of age
was killed in the lower hold of the
S. S. Northwestern at 10 o’clock, Sat
urday night, -when a two by eight tim
ber slipped from a sling load of lum
ber, high overhead, striking him
square across the back. He was rush
ed to Dr. Baughman’s hospital but
died an hour later, his back being
broken.
Nord was a regular member of the
engineering forces on the vessel and
had just completed his shift as wiper
and in order to make some extra
money, was taking a shift as a long
shoreman. It is stated he was bend
ing over when the timber struck him
with terrific force, and narrowly miss
ing two other longshoremen.
The body was embalmed at the lo
cal undertaking establishment and
shipped to Seattle yesterday morning
on the Northwestern.
BLIND ADS GET
GOOD RESULTS
SEATTLE, Wn„ Mar. 8. (/P)— Geo.
Cramer, alias Roy Kay, confessed in
Bellingham that advertisements he
placed in coast newspapers for young
girls for stage and screen were just
“blinds,” and were for other purpos
es. Cramer and Royal S. Wright were
arrested Thursday at the internation
al boundary line and held for hear
ing Wednesday, on the charge of vio
lating a state act. Cramer escaped the
authorities at Blaine when he jump
ed from a cafe window to the street,
twenty feet below. He was recaptur
ed the following day and taken to
Bellingham.
Last night he attempted to hang
himself from the ceiling of the jail
with a blanket, which he tore down
with his weight.
O. S. Gill, garage owner, member
of the Anchorage school board and
energetic citizen of the Inlet town,
departed this morning for his home
town. Mr. Gill has been serving as
a juror at the Cordova term of court
He is the father of the Gill boys, Vic
and Bill, star basketball players of
Anchorage.
Soldier Basketball Team
Noted for Its Teamwork
The Seward basketball team which
will face the champs of the Second
md Third Divisions, Thursday, Fri
iay and on Saturday nights, are con
■ident they will wear the crown at
he conclusion of the series. Team
vork, which has been lacking to some
extent, is the outstanding improve
nent since the last series, instead of
ndividual efforts. And teamwork is
fvhat has brought home the “bacon”
to the clever Soldier five. It is 6aid
die Soldiers display a perfect mach
ine in this respect.
FIRST NEUTRAL
OBSERVERS POLE
RACE, ARRIVE
NATIONALLY KNOWN WRITER
ARRIVES SEWARD EN ROUTE
TO THE INTERIOR
The first neutral observers of the
coming great ra e for the undiscov
ered territory in the polar regions,
reached Seward Saturday on the
Northwestern. Heretofore the fliers,
radio experts, scientists and me
chanics northbound, have been at
tached to the Wilkins expedition.
The newcmers are rpeorters bent
on getting the news and sending it
out to the outside world.
They are William C. Lyon and
Leo. W. Bundy, representing the New
York Times. Mr. Lyon is a reporter
and Mr. Bundy, a radio operator.
They have a radio equipment which
they intend to set up at Point Bar
row and communicate with the out
side world. The radio equipment is
a short wave length transmission
outfit which has a very wide range
for sending. The dirigible “Norge”
which Captain Raold Amundsen will
attempt the flight in May from Spitz
bergen to Point Barrw, is equipped
with a similar apparatus and it is
the hope that direct communication
may be established between two
points.
Messrs. Lyon and Bundy will make
the trip from Fairbanks to Point
Barrow by dog team and they plan
to reach Point Barrow some time
before the first of May. Mr. Lyon
last summer made the trip to Nome
and wrote the personal narratives
of the members of the crew of
the Amundsen polar ship Maud when
she came out of the ice in the un
successful effort to drift across the
pole. Mr. Bundy is a member of the
United States Signal Corps, Alaska
Cable System, and has spent sev
eral years in Alaska in the past.
He has been granted a furlough by
special authority of the War De
partment to serve on this assign
ment. He is a grand-nephew of Maj
or-General Omar Bundy, U. S. A.,
retired, who commanded the Second
Division during the World War.
POOL HALL MAN
SHOT BY YEGGMAN
McLEARY, Wn„ Mar. 8. (JP)—A. L.
McKeen, billiard hall proprietor was
killed here yesterday when, it is be
lieved by authorities, he surprised a
robber opening his safe, as the yegg
man left his tools on the safe.
Three bullets pierced his body and
the slayer escaped thru a rear door.
His footprints led through a marshy
field to the foothills. A posse with
bloodhounds is following the trail.
McKeen was taking a woman com
panion home at four o'clock in the
morning when he stopped in at the
store to get a package of cigarettes.
The woman waited for him outside.
The woman said she heard three
shots and screamed. Deputy Sheriff
Loomis, who was in a cafe, nearby,
investigated and found the body. He
said the body was in such a position
it showed the slayer had fired at close
range. McKeen was a widower and
leaves two children.
“Soldier” Bortz won the decision in
the main event Saturday night at An
chorage, from Alex Egner, according
to local reports. Results from other
bouts on- the smoker card Were hot
received.
ALL DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY
CORDOVA TERM DISTRICT COURT
Judge E. E. Ritchie Departs Today for Washington, D.
C., Where He Will Appear Before the
Senate Judicial Committee.
ANOTHER CORDVA TERM SET FOR MAY SIXTH
Flanigan Indicted On Alleged Assault-Battery Charge;
Webb Sentenced To Two Years At McNeils;
Kodiak Youth Goes Reformatory
CORDOVA, Mar. 7. (AP).—Due to the unexpected
action of all defendants in pleading guilty at the recent
District Court term, practically ended this session.
Judge E. E. Ritchie of this division expects to leave
for the States Monday on board the steameship North
western, en route to Washington, D. C., where he will
confer with President Coolidge into the recent charges
made by the Frame faction.
Walter Shuraloff, fifteen-year-old Russian youth, who
confessed to robbing $200 from a registered mail sack re
cently, was sentenced to the Federal reformatory until
he is 21.
Arthur E. WTebb was sentenced to serve two years
in the McNeil Island penitentiary for violation of the Ter
ritorial narcotics law. Webb is said to have spent twen
ty-three years of his fifty in the penitentiary. He is also
wanted in Seattle on a forgery charge.
It was stated Judge Ritchie was lenient in pronounc
ing a minimum sentence because the defendant, who was
posing as a physician gave excellent medical assistance at
Kodiak, which town was without a regular physician
when he was arrested.
The grand jury indicted D. W. Flanigan, former pro
hibition officer on a charge of assault and battery. It
alleges he struck C. Kline, well known Anchorage citizen
last August.
The next court term has been set for May 6, at Cor
dova.
No Methodist Church
Services Next Sunday
Rev. T. P. Graham leaves on the
Starr this evening for SeLdovia and
will remain away till the Starr re
turns, some two weeks hence. There
will be no preaching service at the
local Methodist church next Sunday
morning the 14th, as Rev. W. A.
Thomas will be in Seward to con
duct services at the local Episcopal
church. At the Methodist church
Sunday morning the 21st, at 11:30
o’clock instead of the usual preach
ing service at that hour, there will
be given a special program. This
program will appear in the Gateway
the latter part of the week.
WILKINS ADVANCE
PARTY ON TRAIL
TANANA, Mar. 8. (JP)—Malcolm A.
Smith, Earl Rossman and Herbert An
derson, a Nenana dog driver, Robert
Waskey, radioman, with three Indian
drivers and 47 dogs harnessed to five
sleds, left at 11 o’clock Friday morn
ing for Point Barrow, via Alatna, Bet
ties and John River.
They carried a movie camera and
radio outfits. Smith fixed their arriv
al at Barrow at 40 days.
NOTICE
American Legion meeting tomorrow
night at 7:45 p. m., Odd Felows hall.
All members are requested to be
present.
At 9 o’clock, all members of the
Auxiliary and Legion meet for a
social hour and showing of the film
“Flashes in Action’'.
A. E. Lathrop, prominent business
man of this district of the Territory
passed thru Seward Saturday en
route to the East.
Mrs. Mattschie, wife of the local
mechanic, who has been quite ill dur
ing the past two weeks, is much im
proved.
HELEN VICTORIOUS
MENTONE, Mar. 8. (£>)—Helen
Wills, the American tennis champion,
defeated Senorita de Alverez, the
Sponish champ' id the- finals- of- the
tennis singles by the score of 6-4.
VICTORIA ON WAY
TO SEWARD
SEATTLE, Wn., Mar. The steamer
Victoria sailed for Alaska and way
ports last Saturday night at 9 o’clock,
with 225 passengers.
Reservations for Seward were:
Peter Thibault, Mrs. F. J. Hoelscher,
Howard Steves, C. H. Lidell, A. H.
McDonald, Lyman Smith, Pat Staple
ton, T. S. McDougal, R. H. Ogbum, H.
Evans, Carl Anderson and wife, Glenn.
R. Day, Harry Steen, Rino Huttula,
C. W. Rockjens, W. E. Tymes and
wife, Casper Ellingson, F. E. Dele
zene, H. L. Freeman, Miss M. Mich
ael, J. H. Hamilton, Jack Ross, Frank
Cook, J. H. Stein, A. E. Anderson, Paul
Mehan, Miss H. Miller, Robert E. Lea,
J. A. Denney, W. T. Steiner, David
Bryant and son, Rudolph Nestel and
wife, Robert Packebush, J. E. Stone,
Margaret Robertson, George Robert
son, William Bick, J. E. Holmes, J. L.
Delong, Mrs. M. Loesse and eight
steerage.
SITKA MERCHANT
DROPS DEAD
JUNEAU., Mar. 8. (Jp)—Chas. M. Mc
Grath, leading Sitka merchant and
prominent citizen of Alaska for a
quarter of a century, dropped dead at
his home here Sunday.
He came from Boston and joined
the Klondike stampede. Later he be
came a salesman for a Tacoma whole
sale house. Fifteen years ago he es
tablished a general store at Sitka.
He leaves a wife and daughter,
Gertrude, who are in Seattle, the
daughter attending the University of
Washington.
STARR DEPARTS AT SIX
The steamer Starr, Captain O. A.
Johansen will depart for the west
ward at about 6 o’clock this even
ing. Numerous reservations have
been made for passage.
Ladies night at the S. A. C. gym
nasium has been changed for this
week only. Instead of having the
floor tomorrow night, and in order
the City men’s basketball team may
have the use of it, ladies night has
been held over until the following
evening, Wednesday.