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VOLUME XVII
NUMBER 247
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
LLOYD GEORGE
Pirns FOR RESI
IN ENIERWI
MONTREAL, Oct. 8— Lloyd George,
arriving here today, flatly declined to
work out the program arranged for
him, saying. “You are trying to make
a Roosevelt out of me. I won’t stand it
as I cannot keep up the pace which
has been set for me since I reached
America. I must have some rest.”
All programs were called off.
WESTERN UNION BANDITS
IDENTIFIED BY PAYMASTER
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—Bert Jacobs and
Ray Cummings arrested at Grant’s
^■ass, Oregon, were returned here to
day. They were identified by Cashier
Fowler as the perpetrators of the
recent Western Union holdup.
IMS FOB SMS
Gordon Betties, a well known
old Alaskan operator, having been
a resident of the Territory since 1887,
left on the steamship Alameda tor
Whidby Island, Washington, where he
will spend the winter visiting with
his brother, James and daughter, both
. former Alaskans.
Mr. Betties has just returned from
a long trip along the Arctic coast.
He left Fort Yukon early in April, in
company with H. McGregor, also an
old time prospector, going by way ot
Chandlar and following up the river
and through a pass into the Salmon
and Colville districts. Here they em
ployed a chief of the Huskie tribe as
guide and swung to the eastward, to
within about 3o miles of the boun
dary and about 1U0 miles _ from the
coast line. They abandoned then
sleds the latter part of May, anu
packing their dogs, swung in a wide
^ circle 10 the westward, thence back
by way of Lake Colville to Fort Yu
kon, which they reached the latter
part of August. Mr. Betties stated
that while the district traveled is
highly mineralized, it would take uo.
lar tor dollar to work it, as theie is
not a stick ot wood ot any kind to be
had, and no twigs even as large as
one’s linger. Cooking must be done
with twisted moss or kerosene stoves,
and as supplies cannot be packed in
in sufficient quantities, one must live
«ift caribou and birds. While absent
Mr. Betties discovered a new breed of
wild sheep, they being well furred and
of a light yellow. They are much
larger than the species in this sec
tion. He reported their presence to
a naturalist visiting in Alaska, who an
nounced that he would go into the
country and secure specimens next
year.
Mr. Betties declares the Huskie na
tives the finest specimens of Inuians
he has seen for some time. He says
they use no boats but plunge into the
icy waters of the streams and swim
them like a wild animal. They carry
lUo sleeping bags but gather a little
*moss and curl up at night like a bear.
They have many legends and are su
perstitious to a degree. They trade at
Herschel Island mostly.
The country abounds with caribou,
sheep, ptarmigan and foxes, as well
as rabbits of two species.
Mr. Betties settled on the Kusko
kwim in 1887 at Kolmakofsky, later
selling out to Duke Stubbs, and locat
ing on the Kuskokwim. He knows
the country north of the Yukon bet
ter ihan any living white man it is
said. In his boyhood he worked as a
compositor on the Detroit Free Press,
\*iQd printed the first paper in Alaska,
at the mission above Holy Cross, in
1886. The press, and old style Gordon
was sent out recently to the Alaska
museum.
Rev. Chapman wanted to translate
a part of the Bible into Eskimo, and
sent to the mission board for a small
press and some type. When the out
fit arrived it was large enough for a
paper, and Rev. Chapman secured the
aid of Mr. Betties in issuing a few
editions of a weekly paper, the first
Ato be published in Alaska after occu
pation by the United States. Mr. Bet
ties was heavily interested in Lead
ville in the early days, before coming
to Alaska.
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ROAD REPAIRS BE MADE
BEFORE END OF WEEK
Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 7.—
Yours re fifth. Roadbed dam
aged from Girdwcod to Seward
will probably require a week’s
work to reopen road and re
sume train service.
GOTWALS.
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OAKLAND, Oct. 8.—Colonel John
P. Irish, a California politician na
tionally known as an author, died last
night a few hours after an accidental
fall upon the sidewalk.
SEVEN VESSELS DESTROYED
AT HONDA WORTH $13,529,952
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8.—Capt. Nutting
testifying before the Board of Inquiry
said the seven vessels destroyed at
Honda were valued at $13,529,855. He
said salvage operations would reclaim
about $250,000 worth of movable
property.
EDDYVILLE, Ky., Oct. 8—Convicts
in an improvised fortress at Eddyville
Penitentiary withstood the third day’s
attack of machine gun fire of the Na
tional Guard, militia and gas units.
Governor Morrow has ordered that
thlie convicts be taken regardless of
the cost in property or expense to the
states. Additional guardsmen have
been sent to the scene.
The militia today are moving up on
the convict she taken regardless of
plates, and using hand grenades.
Four convicts headed by Monte
Walters, sentenced for life for mur
der committed at Louisville, procured
arms and gred upon prison guards,
killing one and wounding four. The
convicts tried to escape by way of the
main entrance but were deflected to
the diningroom where they continued
to fight. They were surrounded by 4C
guards and townspeople.
HOLD UP MEN TAKE $17,000
IN CASH AND DIAMONDS
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8—Early Wed
nesday morning holdup men took
$17,000 in cash and diamonds from
four guests at the formal opening of
the Hotel Biltmore as they sat in
their automobile.
MANILA, Oct. 8.—Complete returns
show Ramon Fernandez, anti-Wood
coalitionist candidate, was elected by
a comfortable majority. Roxas stated
“The election is over and we expect
our friends the Democrats will now
join us in our national undertaking to
overthrow the autocracy of the Wood
achievement and secure the earliest
possible independence.” The election
was orderly except that it was re
ported from Bataan that a Democrat
shot a coalitionist.
TWELVE HUT BOUTS
BEING BUILT III SEIM
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—Twelve new hal
ibut schooners costing $225,000 are
being added to the Seattle fishing
fleet, four just now going into com
mission and eight nearing completion.
TODAY’S FISH PRICE
Seattle—Price at noon today of
fresh halibut, 20% cents. ‘
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
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MISS AMERICA OF 1922 FAME IS CROWNED FOR SECOND TIME AT
ATLANT IC CITY
Crowned Queen of Beauty as “Miss America,” winner of the Golden
Mermaid Trophy as America’s most beautiful girl, Miss Mary Catherine
Campbell, Ohio, “Miss Columbus” in t he contest at the annual national
beauty tournament in Atlantic City. Miss Campbell has now won the gold
en mermaid twice and has but to win once more to come into permanent
possession of the $5,000 prize. The only girl to win a national beauty con
test twice in succession is of nearly perfect figure with well chiseled feat
ures, fair skin, and an abundance of long, soft, golden brown hair, unbob
bed and untinted. She is five feet six inches in health, and weights 120
pounds. Miss Campbell is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Campbell
of Columbus, Ohio, and was 17 years of age last May.
PARIS, Oct. 8.—“It does not mat
ter what men rule Germany and it
does not mattef what sort of Govern
ment she has, we intend to rest se
cure on our position, which is a clear
demand for guarantees both for our
security and for full payment of rep
arations,” Poincare declared in a
speech today at Ligny, replying to
Lord Curzon’s latest utterances on
reparations.
NAVY PLANS OPERATIONS IN
CARIBBEAN SEA IN 1&24
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8.—Admiral
Coontz, commander in chief of the
United States navy, revealed aboard
the flagship Seattle the details of a
plan for operation next year. The
plan was described as the greatest
scope of activity by the American
navy since the world war.” The plan
centers around the Caribbean Sea
with 150 warships.
CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—Rev. Basil Stet
usk, a Greek Catholic priest, was shot
and killed by Mrs. Emily Strutynski,
of Remey, Pennsylvania, as she knelt
before him, obtensibly to make con
fession. The woman claims that
Stusuk had wrongfully accused her
husband who is also a priest of em
bezzling church funds.
HOWARD H. PORTER
Two letter's were received at the
store of Brown & Hawkins addressed
to Howard H. Porter, from Portland,
Maine. He may receive same by call
ing at the store. 2t
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—The diplo
mat most prominently mentioned for
the London Post to succeed Ambas
sador Harvey is Charles R. Warren ol
Michigan, former ambassador to Ja
pan and more recently the American
repiesentative at the conference for
recognition of Mexico.
SPLENDID ARTICLE ON ALASKA
IN OCTOBER M’CLURE’S
The article on Alaska Jn McClure’s
Magazine now on sale at local news
stands, is one of the best yet written,
and gives conditions in Alaska with a
spirit of fairness that is refreshing
after reading the newspaper reports
of the presidential trip. Joe Mitchell
Chappelle, author and publisher of
the National Magazine is , the writer,
and while several of his statements
are erroneous, a great majority of his
statements are true in fact. It is a
continued article and will be also in
next month’s magazine.
Seward has honorable mention and
a good view of the townsite is also
shown.
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—The perfect
skeleton of a mastodon, found In
a placer deposit near McGrath by
Thomas Aitken, arrived here last
week on the power schooner Caroline
Frances and it will be sent to the Ag
ricultural college at Fairbanks for
preservations. The skeleton which is
in a perfect state of preservations is
in five big boxes, and it will be ship
ped to Seward on the Northwestern
for trans-shipment to Fairbanks.
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| * RUTH AND WILLIAMS TIE |
| NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—Babe
j Ruth this afternoon hit his 41st
homer of the year, finishing
| the season in a tie with Cy
j Williams, of the Philadelphia
| Nationals for home run honors.
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BRIDGETON, Oct. 8.—Lieutenant
Alvord J. Williams, junior, of the navy
won the Pulitzer speed classic in the
closing event of the International air
races at Bridgeton, England, averag
ing 243.67 miles an hour, the fastest
race ever flown.
7,296,550 LBS. HALIBUT
RECEIVED IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—Catches aggre
gating 7,296,550 pounds of halibut
were shipped to Seattle largely from
Alaska the first nine months of this
year.
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KILLED 81 VOID 811
SEATTLE, Oct. S.—Harry Lucelle,
well known publicity man and adver
tising director, was shot and killed
early this morning at a roadhouse by
Winnifred Gibbons, 21, divorcee and
niece of County Treasurer Shields.
Lucelle’s bride of two months was
in another part of the inn at the
time. Before dying Lucelle said he
did not know the woman who killed
him, and could give no reason for her
doing so, but the young woman slayer
declared she had known Lucelle sev
eral years ago under the name of
“Bill Williams,” and that he nad
grossly wronged her.
The shooting has created a great
sensation in Seattle social circles,
Lucelle and his bride being very pop
ular with the younger set.
REPRESENTATIVE HILL WILL
GET ATTENTION ASKED FOR
BALTIMORE, Oct. 8.—Representa
tive John Hill of Maryland was in
formed today by Prohibition Com
missioner John Hill that his experi
ments in making fruit juices with an
alcoholic content greater than that al
lowed by law violated the prohibition
laws and the matter would be taken
up with the U. S. District Attorney
of Maryland.
DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION
ASKED BY P. O. DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—Budget Di
rector Lord approved, after a confer
ence with President Coolidge, a re
quest of Postmaster General New for
a deficiency appropriation needed for
the employment of 3200 clerks, 3000
carriers and 500 laborers additional
to the present field service of the
postal personnel.
TRIS SPEAKER BREAKS HIS
RECORD WITH TWO-BAGGER
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8.—Trls Speaker
shattered a record of 33 years by
driving his 57th two-bagger for the
season. Previous record was made in
1890 by Delahany of Philadelphia.
OBREGON DANGEROUSLY ILL
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 8.—Obregon
is dangerously ill at the presidential
mansion here.
BLAME LAID ON GOVERNMENT
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8—Capt. James
H. Tomb, chief of destroyer squadron
No. 12, told the navy court of inqury
that the failure of congress to grant
appropriations for the proper equip
ment of destroyer squadrons was to
blame for the destroyer disaster of
September 8. He said if the squad
ron had been led by a vessel of the
type used by the British navy such a
disaster would not have occurred.
HONEYMOONERS ON MATSONIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8.—The
Matsonia sailed for Honolulu today
with fourhoneymooning couples in
cluding I. C. Spier and wife of Chi
cago.
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TACOMA, Oct. 8.—Camp Lewis has
dropped the proposed court martial
of Major John E. Beller, under arrest
the past month following the exposure
of a row at the University Club, in
which John W. Sandahl, a bond sales
man, was thrown from the third story
of the building.
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
FOR FOREIGN TOKYO VICTIMS
T OK\ O, Oct. 8.—Memorial services
for foreigners killed in the earthquake
and fire here were held Sunday in
the Zo Jiji temple, Shiba Park, under
the auspices of Buddhist priests.
MILLIONMlLSB FORTUNE
LEFT TO SLSTTLE El
SEAT TLE, Oct. 8.—All of the mil
lion dollar fortune of the late Grant
Smith, a big Seattle contractor, who
died suddenly Sept. 27, in Chicago,
was left to his wife Etta McAuslin
Smith, a Seattle girl, whom he mar
ried eight months ago. A large part
of the money is in his shop and in a
Chicago bank account.
MARRIED A MONTH BRIDE
IS SUING FOR A DIVORCE
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—After being
married but a little over a month, the
girl bride of George J. Danz, one of
Seattle’s men of affairs, has asked for
a divorce from him and for an equit
able share of his $350,000 fortune. She
was formerly Marie Gustafson.
I NEW YORK, Oct. S.—Grover Cleve
j Iand Bergdoll, a fugitive in Germany,
intends to return to this country to
serve his sentence for draft evasion,
his mother, Mrs. Bergdoll declared,
upon her arrival from Germany where
j she visited him.
GOMEZ PRESIDENT PORTUGAL
LISBON, Oct. 8.—Teixeria Gomez
was today inaugurated president of
Portugal. He was elected while serv
ing as Portuguese minister to London.
PEKING, Oct. 8.—Tsao Kun, the
newly elected president of China was
nominated and elected by a vote of
480 out of a total of 588 representa
tives. Sun Yat Sen received 34 and
the remainder were divided among
the other leaders. Parliament sur
prised the nation by assembling a
quorum at the capital. There is con
siderable speculation whether the
recent election means a new civil war
or peace in China. The parliament
session lasted seven hours, three of
which time were held behind closed
doors. Then the doors were opened
and press men and diplomats were
admitted.
POSTMASTERS AT LATOUCHE
AND KENNECOTT GET RAISE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8.—The
Postmaster General announced the ad
vancement of the postoffices at Ken
necott and Latouche to salaries of
$1000 and $1200 annually respectively.
WRECKS STREW ENGLISH
AND FRENCH COASTS
LONDON, Oct. 8.—Gales amounting
almost to a hurricane continue to
sweep the French and English coasts
and both shores of the English chan
nel are strewn with wrecks with a
heavy loss of life.