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VOLUME 21, NUMBER 14.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MONTANA SOLON
SAYS THE LAME
DUCKS PROLIFIC
BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 18 (/P)—
Senator Wheeler, of Montana, in an
address before the Owen Forum, said
that never has an executive flouted
and defied the legislative power under
the Constitution as during the last few
years. “Instead of a government of
the people for the people by the peo
ple we have a government by propa
ganda and executive order, transmitted
through the medium of lame ducks,
and other service presidential appoin
tees to positions of enormous power
in departments and bureaus; we have ;
a government by intimidation in which ;
members of congress and government!
employes who reveal fraud and inef-,
ficiency are punished by ostracism or
dismissal from the service; we have a
government by blackmail. For details
I refer to the experience of Senator
Couzens of Michigan. There was a
time when the Napoleons of finance
and captains of industry came to
Washington by night and held secret
conferences with the White House
Now they come in the full light of
day, and breakfast with Coolidge or
spend the week-end on the Mayflower
at government expense.
“The lame ducks are prolific and
a menace to good government.”
GRAZING LANDS
OF ALASKA TO
BE SURVEYED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 18 (£>)—
Representative Colton, republican, of
Utah, introduced a bill today proposing
the survey and establishment of graz
ing district in Alaska. A presidential
proclamation will determine the loca
tions of settlers. The Secretary of In
terior asked that grazing permits not
be extended for a longer period than
ten years.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of
fine grazing lands with a temperate
climate are to be found on the islands
and peninsula west of Seward, and
these lands are rapidly becoming more
valuable for sheep and cattle pur
poses.
CIGAR IGNITES
TANK GASOLINE
BERLIN, Jan. 18 (^)—A workman’s
cigar ignited a tank of gasoline in the
Moabit district, the explosion killing
nine, injuring 30, and doing great
damage to property.
TORNADO HITS
BELGRADE TOWN
BELGRADE, Jan. 18 (#>)—Many
persons were killed in a tornado
which swept a number of towns in
the country yesterday and Saturday.
Much property damage is reported and
communications and public utilities
are disorganized. The storm wms still
raging last night.
How many Sunday automobile acci
dents are due to people hurrying to
church ?
' A good name for the flivver is Boost
er, says Bill, because.it knocks so
much.
The speed of your car depends on
whether you are bragging to a friend
or explaining to the judge.
KANSAS HAS RIGHT TO
FORBID SALE CIGARETTES
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 18 (/P)—1The
Federal court upheld the right of the
State of Kansas to forbid the sale of
cigarettes within the State. A test
case was brought by the Self-Servers
Compahy.
TWO AND A HALF
MILLION GIVEN
FOR AVIATION
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NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (/P)—Daniel
Guggenheim, banker and mining man,
donated two and half million for the
advancement of aviation. Last year
he gave §500,000 for the establish
ment of a school of aeronautics at the
New York university.
Guggenheim, announcing the dona
tion in a letter to Secretary Hoover,
isaid the-fund should be used to co
1 operate with Hoover and all agencies
of the government and public in pro
moting aeronautics. He'expressed a
'desire that the fund be restricted to
| civil activities and work which is
properly governmental functions will
be avoided. He said the donation in
case Coolidge indorsed it, was to be
used for the establishment of a Bu
; reau of Air Navigation in the Depart
! ment of Commerce.
—
WORLD’S RECORD
IN DOG RACING
MADE IN MAINE
POLAND SPRINGS, Maine, Jan. 18
(P)—What is believed to be the world’s
record 40-mile dog race was establish
ed by Arthur Waldon’s team, headed
by Chinook, his leader, which "won the
dog Derby of the New England Sled
Club in four hours, one minute and
fifty-five seconds. The previous re
cord was four hours and six minutes.
FRANK L. KNIGHT
ELECTED PRES.
FIRST NAT. BANK
VETERAN RAILROADER TAKES
HEAD ANCHORAGE FINAN
CIAL INSTITUTION
! Frank L. Knight, well known rail
road man, wTas named president of
the First National Bank of Anchor
age, at the annual election held a
few days ago by the stockholders
of the financial, institution. Mr.
Knight succeeds Dr. Beeson, who'
resigned recently and left for the
I States.
E. E. Porter was elected vice-pres
| ident and Winfield Ervin, cashier. Di
j rectors elected to serve for the en
suing year were Frank L. Knight,
Ernest E. Porter, Winfield Ervin,
Charles A. Mathison, C. M. Eckman,
Henry Pope and Sherman Duggen.
While in Seward over the week
end, Mr. Knight received the con
gratulations of his many local
friends who predict a continuation
of success for the Anchorage bank,
under his guidance.
REFUSED LIQUOR AT NINETY
SHE NOW IMBIBES FOR SPITE
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 18 (^-Ma
dame Caroline Bjoernson, the “grand
old woman of Norway,” who has just
celebrated her ninetieth birthday, a
teetotaler for many years, has an
nounced that she is going to have a
| drink of liquor now and then “just to
show here disapproval of prohibition.”
She is the widow of Norway’s great
est national poet.
ARMY OFFICER BE
ATTACHED TO
WILKINS PARTY
NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (£>)—Major
Thomas Lanphier, commandant of the
Selfridge Field (Michigan) pursuit
squadron, has been granted a four
months’ leave of absence and will join
the Wilkins expedition. Lanphier will
I act as official adviser at Point Bar
row, starting from the Point in case
land is discovered. He will claim
all discoveries for the United States.
Seattle Photographer Secured
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 (JP)—At the last
minute the party which sailed for
Seward under head of E. Malcolm
Smith secured the services of Howard
F. Mason, of Seattle, as photographer.
Mason is but 24 years of agd.
NORTHWESTERN
ON WAY SEWARD
WITH FAIR LIST
SEATTLE, Jan 18 (£>)—'The steam
ship Northwestern sailed Saturday
at 9 "o’clock, with sixteen rassengers
as follows: Robert W. Taylor, clerk
of court at Fairbanks; N. Kitzmiller,
former chief of police in Anchorage;
Sandy Smith, Earl Rossman, H. G. Ma
son, Gordon Scott, Mrs. F. E, Stone
and son, wife of mining operator in
Fairbanks; Edith McIntosh, former
employe of Gateway; G. Kaasen and
wife, of Nome; Corporal A. Pepisto,
I of Anchorage; four steerage.
Council meeting tobight.
NINETY MILEGALE
! COLUMBIA RIVER
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 18 (/P)—A 90
mile gale halted shipping in and out
the Columbia River, put the Youngs’
Bay naval radio station out of com
mission for five hours, flooded the low
lands in the vicinity of Warrenton,
! blew down a 70-foot chimney of the
Warrenton Clay Products Company,
and uprooted numerous trees
CHICAGO BEARS
BEAT LOS TIGERS
—
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 (JP)—Red
Grange’s Chicago Bears defeated Geo.
Wilson's Los Angeles Tigers, 17 to 7,
but Wilson outplayed and outshone
Grange. Wilson smashed through the
bears three-fourths of the length of
the field but fumbled on the three
yard line.
Erskine Company, Kodiak
Mail Handsome Calendar
One of the finest and most practi
cal of the New Year’s calendars re
ceived by the Gateway office this
month was that of W. J. Erskine Co.,
Inc., progressive mercantile establish
ment at Kodiak.
There is a beautiful half toned pho
tograph of the town of Kodiak, under
which is the caption, “Settled by the
Russians in 1793.” On the back of
the calendar is a profile map of the
entire Territory.
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the common
council will be held tonight in the
fireball. It is expected the tax roll
will come up, and other matters of
importance.
Head of Richardson
Highway Auto Company
Brief Seward Visitor
James L. Galen, president of the
Richardson Highway Transportation
Company, and head* of the Alaska |
Transfer Co., of Cordova, arrived
in Seward Saturday from the Copper
Gateway town, on Ms way to Fair
banks, where he headed for this
morning. Mr. Galen will meet with
his partner, Robert E. Sheldon of
Fairbanks, with reference to the tour
ist trade of next summer. He plans
returning to Seward next Saturday j
en route to Cordova.
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THREE RILLED AND
SCORE INJURED
IN CAR WRECK
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 18 (JP)—Three
unidentified persons were killed and
more than a score injured when a
street car plunged into the Ohio river
from the Fleming Park bridge. A
witness said the car, bound for Mc
Kees Rock from Neville Island, in
Ohio, was running fast when it came
on to the bridge, where it left the
rails, struck a telephone pole, then
breaking a guard rail plunged into
the river After the car settled in
the mud at the bottom of the stream
the passengers and crew smashed the
windows and crawled out.
Death List Reacher Four
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 18 (JP)—'The
death list from the fall of a street car
into the Ohio river last night was in
creased to four with th erecovery to
day of the body of Gilbert Schell, con
ductor.
DELEGATE FILES
DECLARATION OF
HIS CANDIDACY
_
Setting at rest any remaining doubt
as to his political intentions, Delegate
Dan Sutherland’s declaration of can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for that position was received a few
days ago at Juneau, for filing in the
office of the Territorial Secretary. It
was received by special delivery mail
from Washington, D. C., by Secretary
, Thiele and filed at once, says the
Juneau Empire.
It was made out in the usual form
declaring the Delegate’s adherence to
the National and Territorial Republi
can organizations and platforms and
his intention of supporting and voting
for Republican candidates in the gen
eral election next fall.
The Delegate’s filing is the second
to be made in this division and the
first in the Secretary’s office. The
first filing made locally was that of
W. L. Paul, who is seeking nomination
on the Republican ticket to make the
race for membership in the Territorial
House of Representatives for the 1927
session.
Practically 30 days remain in which
filing's may be made, the law provid
ing that none can be made later than
the first Tuesday in February. Up to
the present time there has been little
political activity, but it is generally
believed that there will be at least a
normal number of candidates for all
offices insuring lots of competition. It
is understood that no complete slates
have been made up by *ether faction
of the Republicans or by the Demo
crats.
TONS OF PEARLS—OF A SORT
. CULVER CITY, Cal., Jan. 18 (£>)—
Two tons of imitation pearls were
used here to fashion costumes for girls
appearing before a moving picture
camera in a huge “pearl ballet” dance.
MOTOR SLEDS ARE
TESTED OUT IN
DRIFTED SNOWS
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 (/P)—Major Thos.
G Lanphier, commander of the Sel
fridge Field in Michigan, will accom
pany the Wilkins party as observer
and air adviser, who with Sergeant
C. N. Wisely of Cleveland, were re
leased from the army, sailed today.
Wisely is an engine expert. Palmer
Hutchinson, of the Detroit News goes
to cover the expedition for the North
American Newspaper Alliance.
Engineer Scott last week tested at
Snoqualmie Passa number of snow
motors like those being sent with the
expedition, Scott said the ten sleds
being built at Seward for the expedi
tion would cost $700.
Each of the snow motors will travel
four miles an hour in second gear,
and ten miles an hour on high. In the
tests th^ motors climbed steep drifts,
turned in and out of deep depressions,
traversed deep ravines and crusted
snow with ease. The spinning drums
looked startling, but propelled the
machines with surprising speed.
Provisions Leave Nome for Point
NOME, Jan. 18 (JP)— Aarnout Castle,
| dog musher and guide, left Nome yes
| terday en route to Point Barrow with
|a large string of dogs, taking more
i than a quarter of a ton of provisions
which Amundsen’s ship Maud left here
and which are suitable for use by the
Wilkins party. Castle will join Wil
kins at Point Barrow He does not
know whether he will be selected to
participate in the flight, but is anx
ious to do because he and Wilkins
worked together in other Arctic ex
plorations. An Eskimo is accompany
ing Castle on the trip which will take
about a month.
Veteran Alaskan Says Be Failure
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 (£>)—Capt. E. T.
McIntyre, veteran Alaskan trader and
engineer, predicted the failure of the
Wilkins flight from Point Barrow. He
said: “There are hundreds of old
Alaskans who could reach the North
Pole quietly if somebody told them
gold was at the Pole, but Wilkins will
not get there this spring. Assuming
| that they will be able to haul gaso
i line to Point Barrow from Fairbanks
they will never cross the Endicott
range where they will find no trail,
but great hummocks of snow and ice
that their tractors cannot crawl over
or go around. Even dogs could not
haul gasoline across the mountains at
this time of year, and dogs would
come nearer doing it than tractors.”
NACHES PASS
ROAD BE BUILT
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 (JP)—1The Rain
ier Park advisory board has decided
to ask the State legislature for an ap
propriation of $1,300,000 for the
Naches Pass high way to be complet
ed by 1927.
MACHINE GUNS
FOUND IN RAID
SEATTLE HOME
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 (/P)—Twelve
Lewis machine guns and eight cases
of ammunition and spare parts were
^found in a raid op the pretentious
residence occupied by Lee H. Waite,
wrho is on bail awaiting an appeal on
his sentence for an alleged hold-up.
When the liquor squad entered look
ing for liquoi*, G. Woods was also ar
rested. He coughed up a handcuff
key while going to jail.