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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 95.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TERM Of COURT BE
FIVE CASES ON CALENDAR; DAM
AGE SUIT AGAINST MARSHAL
CLOES COMES UP
Subpoenas have been issued for
witnesses who will appear in the
cases to come up at the trial term
of the district court which opens in
Cordova on May 6.
Thus far only five cases are in
sight. One is a prohibition charge
against William Henry of McCarthy,
twice arrested for alleged liquor of
fenses in the past fewr months. Ano
ther involves the indictment of John
Smith, charged with selling liquor to
Indians. Oscar Case is the defend
ant in a white slavery case, having
been indicted by the last grand jury, j
He wfs arrested in the interior follow-1
ing the close of the last term of
court. A hearing wijl also be given
the appeal of Jens Antonson, now !
serving a sentence from the commis
sioner’s court on a charge of be
ing drunk and disturbing the peace.
The long-awaited trial of the dam
age suit brought against Deputy
United States Marshal H. G. Cloes
by Paul Crazenovich is also to be on
the calendar unless it is dismissed.
The complaint alleges unlawfull ar
rest of the plaintiff.
To stimulate interest in the 1926
Marathon mountain race the local
firm of Brown &, Hawkins have al
ready put up a prize to the winner,
a $60 suit of the well known brand
of clothing, from the house of Kup
penheimer. Brown & Hawkins is one
firm which is strong to make this race
an annual classic in Seward, believing
much • benefit will be derived from
such publicity.
ANCHORAGE LAD DIES
Vernon Castle, ten year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cannon of Anch
orage, died last Thursday from what
was though to be acute pneumonia.
Funearal services wehe held on .Sun
day. •
MRS. HENRY THODAY WILL
MIRE TRIP TO niEW
Mrs. Henry Thoday, wife of coun
cilman Thoday, who will represent
the local Auxiliary, American Legion,
at Ketchikan, plans leaving for the
southeastern Alaskan city on the next
sailing of the S. S. Alaska. From
Ketchikan Mrs. Thoday will go to
Longview, Wash., on an extended
visit to her son and daughter.
OLDTIMER TO TALKEETNA
Fred Stalder, oldtime resident of
this district, goes into the'Talkeetna
district next week, where he will
spend the summer prospecting. Mr.
Stalder, who has been located recent
ly at Mile 12, proposes to remain in
the Interior over the coming winter
on a trap line.
ERICKSON WiNS JUDGMENT
In the tie cutting case of Sparrow
vs Erickson, which came up before
Judge Clegg yesterday, Erickson was
given a judgement against Sparrow
to the amount of §524.97. Mr. Erick
son was represented by attorney L.
V. Ray, and Mr. Sparrow by attorney
A. E. Rucker.
ketch m jit
IS HARD PUT TO KEEP BUS!
KETCHIKAN, April 27. (£>)—'The
Grand Jury ended its term and re
| turned four indictments. No true
| bills, despite the statements of Dan
I Sutherland that Ketchikan was vice
ridden. The jury could hardly find
enough work to keep busy.
ADMIRAL WATSON SAILS
FOR SEWARD THIS A. M. j
SEATTLE, April 27. (JP)—'The Ad
miral Watson of the Pacific Steam
ship Company sailed from this port
this morning at 10 o’clock for Sew
ard and the westward with forty-three
passengers aboard. Those listed for
Seward are:
George S. Moshier, Anthony C. Dahl,
L. Pinkerton, E. Hanson, Mrs. W. W.
Clark, R. H. Leverich and four steer
age.
S1T10I1 LIST DF
HESERVATIONS Oil YUKON
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Local reservations southbound on
the S. S. Yukon which departed from
Seward Sunday afternoon included
j the following:
For Latouche—Frank Cunningham,
; Mrs. Frank Cunningham, K. E. Gar
; field, Mrs. John Sultan.
For Valdez—A. C. Dowling, Peter
Cooper, W. A. Copernoll.
For Cordova—Albert Under, James
Porter, Eva Watson.
For Juneau—Pete Pecialaeneu,
James W. Rornubo.
For Wrangell—Wm. Jackson.
For Ketchikan—Andrew Simons,
Alex Boland, Frank Revelle.
For Seattle—Mrs. Nick Gaiekema,
Mrs. Pauline Collins, R. S. Duff, Mrs.
G. W. Fernell, Mrs. Mary Hodges,
T. F. Thayer, G. Scott, J. A. Russell,
Mrs. V. E. Elliott, Alex McAllister.
ITALIAN FACISTI SPLITS
BERLIN, April 27. (JP)—A serious
split among the Italian Facisti in
which clashes between the followers
of Roberto Farinacei, reecntly resign
ed Secretary General of the Facisti
and Mussolini supporters have occur
red in reports filtering over the Swiss
Italian border.
BAS
National League.
New York 5, Philadelphia 6. (11 in
nings.)
St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 3. (10 in
nings.)
Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 6.
Brooklyn and Boston, cold.
American League.
Boston 2, Washington 6.
Chicago 5, Detroit 1.
Cleveland 12, St. Louis 1.
New York and Philadelphia, cold.
[BILL RESULTS
POUR EXPLORER OP
SWEDEN CONFIDENT
DIRIGIBLE SUCCESS
REGARDS CHANCES AMUNDSEN
ELLSWORTH REACHING POLE
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR
STOCKHOLM, April 27,-* (^—Pro
fessor Otto Norkenskiold, Sweden’s
most distinguished Polar explorer, re
gards the chances of Amundsen and
Ellsworth reaching the pole in the
dirigible Norge is even better than
last year. With seaplanes, he said
some land might be discovered be
tween Alaska and the Pole although
he believes the entire unexplored re
gion is a deep ocean bed.
LIONS BECOMING SERIOUS MEN
ACE TO FISHERIES; BOATS
TO USE MACHINE GUNS
VANCOUVER, April 27. (/P)—1The
annual lion hunt under the leader
'
ship of Dominion fishery officers boats
commences this week. liaids will be
made on the rookeries along the coast
as far north as the Queen Charlotte
islands. The lions have become a
serious menace to fishing. Boats will
mount machine guns and clean up a
large number every spring.
NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES
MUST HAVE FLYING RECORD
WASHINGTON, April 27. (JP)—All!
graduates from the United States na
val academy starting this June must
complete twenty-five hours of flying,
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur ordered
today. Schools are to be established
at San Diego and Hampton Roads to
give the graduates aviation instruc
tion.
TUNA ICE GOES 001
THREE MEN PARTICIPATE
INTHENENANAIGE POOL
NENANA, April 26. (IP)—The ice
break-up of the Tanana river began
this afternoon at 4.03 o’clock, the ear
liest ever recorded.
Editor’s Note—Unofficial reports
reaching this office today were to the
effect three men participated in the
first prize of the Nenana ice pool,
which is said will amount to around
$20,000. These men were Mr. Hag
bloom of Chatanika; Mr. Martin of
Fairbanks; and one of the Simonsen
[ boys of Anchorage. The report of
[ the ice going out reached The Gate
way office to late yesterday afternoon
for publication.
HEAT WAVE BROKEN
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. (IP)—
has been sweltering was broken today
The heat wave under which Frisco
by breezes from the Pacific and cool
er weather is forecast for today.
MINE CASE IS CONTINUED
The case of Fitzimmons vs Asa B.
Hubbard was continued this morning
in the district court. Attorney Reed,
representing Fitzimmons, et al, was
moving to strike out the answer of
the second amended complaint, dur
ing this morning’s session.
A. 1. WATSON OF II
DIES RIVERSIDE, ILL.
SEATTLE, April 27. (JP)—A. Z. Wat
son is reported having died at River
side, Illinois. For 25 years he had
been making annual trips to Nome
where he had mining interests. He
left a brother J. B. Watson, of Seattle.
IRISH STATE TO REDEEM
ALL REPUBLICAN BONDS
, DUBLIN, April 27. (^P)— It was
learned here today from authoritative
i sources that the Irish Free State has
I decided to redeem all th De Valera
| republican bonds issued in the United
States prior to the truce of 1921. Re
demption of hte bonds will begin one i
year hence, or as soon as the neces-!
sary funds become available. Con- j
siderable doubt has been expressed :
for some time whether or not the new
free state would recognize the debts j
made by the previous government!
while De Valera was in power.
NEW OFFICERS COMING
FOR ANCHORAGE POST
According to official communica
tions received by the Anchorage army
post the following two officers have
been transferred for active duty to
be attached to company G, Seventh
U. S. infantry at Anchorage.
Captain Lewis W. Amis, now sta
tioned at Fort Benning, Georgia, will
arrive here about August 15, to re
lieve Capt. L. P. Stewart wrhose two
years assignment to this post will ex
pire at that time.
Second Lieutenant Elvin H. Bur
ger formerly at Fort Benjamin Harri
son, Indiana, left New York City for
Anchorage via the Panama canal and
will arrive in Anchorage about May
15. Lieut. Burger will fill the vacan
cy left by the transfer of Lieut. Bert
N. Bryan, who left last fall.
NEW CAFE TAKING SHAPE
A dozen workmen are busy about
the interior of the new Seward Grill
setting up fixtures of all sorts, with
quick dispatch and are rapidly turn
ing the big quarters into a fine look
ing establishment. Mel Holben, own
er of the restaurant, wears a content
ed smile so everything must be going
along according to Hoyle.
TODAYS FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, April 27. (^—Hali
but prices today are 14 and six-tenths
cents and eight and 15 tenths cents;
quotations on salmon are 18c and
nine cents.
DIVORCE IS GRANTED
Asa E. Pittock was granted a di
vorce in the District Court yesterday
from Edith Pittick, the case being
heard befort Judge Clegg. Attorney
L. V. Ray represented Mr. Pittock.
Don’t overlook the liberty The.
ater for tonight.
PUNE FAILS REACH
BiRfJ ACCOUNT OF
FAILURE 0 F ENGINE
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DETROITER BACK IN FAIRBANKS;
HAS HARD TIME KEEP IN AIR
WITH LIGHT LOAD
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NO WORD RECEIVED WILKINS
Compass Readings Unreliable; Reach
Maximum Altitude 5,000
Feet
FAIRBANKS, April 27. (fl>)—The
Detroiter returned to Fairbanks at
12:45 o’clock with one cylinder in the
central engine dead. The engines
failed to turn over 1600 revolutions
and it was almost impossible to keep
the plane .in the air. Compass read
ings were unreliable and entirely out
of topography followed in navigation.
The Detroiter turned homeward
shortly after it crossed the Yukon
river when it was seen it wras im
possible to cross Brooks range with
the engines which were opened at
full spepd. Five thousand feet was
the maximum attained.
Overhauling of the engines and ad
justment of instruments will begin
immediately and further test flights
will be made before another attempt
is made to reaoh Barrow.
About 30 voters cast their ballots
at the primary election precinct up
to noon today, according to the offi
cial count. At 10:30 a. m. but 16
had voted. Leon Urbach was the first
citizen to cast his vote promptly fol
lowing the opening of the polls, at 8
o’clock. The poll will close at 7 o’clock
this evenine which will permit
ample time for everyone to attend to
their civic and territorial duty.
II. J. ELLIOTT, MINK
MIN DAWSON IS LOST
DAWSON, April 27. (/P)—William J.
Elliott, mining operator and a pio
neer of the Klondike, is reported lost
between here and Mayo. He start
ed for Mayo April 12. He was known
as “Rocky Mountain Bill”.
SEE “SALLY” TONIGHT, LIBERTY
The moving picture show which has
been heralded for months as one of
the finest to have ever come to the
Territory, arrives tonight at the Lib
erty theatre. “Sally”, a nine reel
show is, according to press, reports,
undoubtedly the leading featue to
have been released during the last
few years.
HELEN WELCH LEADS CONTEST
Helen Welch resumed the lead in
the Anchorage May Day Queen con
test on Friday her votes totaling 1136.
Mae Nielson is second with 933 and
Margaret Porter is third with 924
votes.
Urbach’s clothing store display win
dows are receiving a new coat of
paint today.