“On To Fairbanks,” Comedy Play Show In Seward Saturday Nite
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 116
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LITERACY TEST IS
APPLIED PRIMARY
OREGON ELECTION
REPUBLICANS LEAD THE DEMO
CRATS BY MAJORITY OF OVER
TWO TO ONE
V PORTLAND, Ore., May 21. (JP)—
The constitutional amendment adopt
ed in 1924 providing voters may be
required to read and write the Eng
lish language is applied to the pri
mary today for the first time.
Republicans registered 211,650, De
mocrats, S2,178. Eight candidates for
the Republican nomination to the sen
ate include Senator Stanfield, running
on his past record; L. B. Sandblast,
of Portland, a wet; Mrs. Rose E. Bar
rett, of Seaside.
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For the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination, Mrs. Louis Palmer, wet,
is opposed by Governor Pierce, dry.
The Republican nomination to con
gress are Norman S. Richards, wet,
and M. E. Crumpacker, including B. F.
* Mully, a dry.
The Republican nominations for
governor are W. A. Carter, I. L. Pat
terson and Jay H. Upton.
For Democratic nomination to the
Senate, former Congressman Watkins
and former Shipping Board Commis
sioner Haney.
TIE OF P. COAST
GOES INTO EFFECT MIDNIGHT OF
MAY 29—ASKS OTHER TOWNS
TO FOLLOW SUIT
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KETCHIKAN, May 21. (JP)—'The city
council on Wednesday night passed a
resolution adopting the Pacific coast
standard time the year around for Ket
chikan. This goes into effect at mid
night, May 29. Other Southeastern
Alaska towns have been asked to fol
low suit as it will be a big conveni
ence to boats, tourists and establish
ments doing business with Seattle
firms.
1 INCREASES DRY FORCES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21. (JP)
—President Coolidge by executive or
der, provided an addition to State and
County municipal officers to the Fed
eral prohibition forces.
FORBID USE OF DBS IN
TIME OF WARFARE
GENEVA, May 21. (/P)—At the ses
sion preparatory to the disarmament
commission of the league of nations,
proposed to forbid the use of air
planes and poison gas in warfare and
i suppress the use of heavy artillery
tanks. Count Umberns Orff, former
ambassador to the United States pre
sented the proposals.
GIEHTOIL LEAD
CHANGES FIM FISHER
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 21. (IP)
—John S. Fisher, candidate of the
Mellon-Pepper forces, took the lead
from Edward E. Beidleman, support
ed by Vare, for the Republican guber
natorial nomination. Fisher received
609,862 votes and Beidleman 603,916.
Returns from 383 districts are still
missing.
GOVERNOR THANKS VISITORS
FOR CALLING; WISHES ’EM
PLEASANT TRIP HOME
OLYMPIA, Wn, May 21. (JP)— E. B.
Cox, chairman of the constitutional
government league, who appointed a
statewide committee of 94 to remon
strate with Gov. Hartley on his poli
cies appeared with 15, all but two of
whom wTere from Seattle.
Cox said he brought along a steno
grapher. Hartley said that was all
right as he had three.
A. S. Elford, of Seattle argued
against the Hartley policies. Hart
ley thanked them and wished them
a pleasant journey home. He sug
gested that they inspect the capitol
being built and offered them copies
of the speech he made in Seattle in
defense of his policies.
Dunbar opined Governor Hartley
had eight of the regents removed from
the University of Washington for mis
conduct and that the governor was
sole judge as to what constituted mis
conduct. This opinion is based on
Governor Roger’s removal as arid land
commissioner in 1898.
On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mc
Donald leave Seward for their home
in Anchorage. Mr3. McDonald return
ed to Seward from California two
weeks ago, but Mr. McDonald has
been in Seward for the greater part
pf the last three months, making the
local office of the Alaska Steamship
Company, his headquarters for the
Anchorage and Fairbanks business.
No potatoes have been purchased
in the States by the Alaska Railroad
since last June. Nothing but the Al
aska product is now being purchased,
it is announced, with the exception
of a small shipment now en route.
This shipment was purchased on ac
count of lack of supply of the local
variety.
Little Helen Mattschei is home again
from the Anchorage hospital where
she underwent an operation the out
come from being bitten by a dog last
week. It is not thought there will be
left a permanent disfigurement.
The next regular meeting of the
City Council will be held June 7.
WELTERWEIGHT TITLE I
CHANGES KIDS IT
SCRANTON. TO LATZO
MICKEY WALKER, FOUR YEARS A
CHAMP, LOSES CROWN TO
UNKNOWN FRIEND
SCRANTON, Pa., May 21. (/P)— Pete
Latzo won the welterweight cham
pionship when he won the judge’s de
cision in a ten round bout with Mickey
Walker, four years titleholder. A
crowd of 12,000 home town fans went
wild as Latzo’s hand was lifted in vic
tory after a sensational slashing con
test. Both Latzo’s aggressiveness and
ability to trade blows with Walker
at every turn gave him the verdict.
The result was one of the most sen
sational upsets in ring history as
Walker decisively beat Latzo two
years ago. He was a two to one fa
vorite when he entered the ring.
VEGETABLE. BERRY
IF LOCAL PRODUCTS CAN COM
PETE WITH OUTSIDE LARGE
INDUSTRY BE DEVELOPED
FOR USE RAILROAD CAMPS
Headquarters Also Plans Establish
ment Can and Box Making Plant
ANCHORAGE, May 21. (£>)— Noel
W. Smith, general manager of the Al
aska Railroad, announced plans have
been perfected for the operation this
season of a small leased plant for the
canning of local vegetables and ber
ries, which will be used in the rail
road camps instead of imported prod
ucts as a means of encouraging the
development of local industries.
If the canning proves successful, in
competition with States’ products a
big commercial plant will be establish
ed together with a can and box mak
ing plants, which could supply the
salmon canneries.
TIE CAMPS WILL OPERATE
There will be a number of tie camps
operating along the railroad belt all
thru the summer, forestry officials
announced during their recent visit
in Seward. And all of the camps will
be equipped wTith fire fighting tools.
The men employed in the camps will
assist the rangers in combatting for
est fires in their vicinity.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, prominent Al
aska business man, head of the Em
press theater circuit and president of
the largest coal mine in the Territory,
the Healy River Coal Corporation, at
Siuntrana, arrived in Seward this
morning on the S.S. Alaska. Captain
Lathrop has been east on business
matters for the last two months. His
headquarters are in Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sultan were
among the local visitors who departed
for Anchorage yesterday morning.
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
WILL BUILD WAREHOUSE
During the past ten days, the for
estry department has parked up a
200 foot stretch from the station at
Lawing to the railroad track, W. J.
McDonald, forest supervisor, a recent
visitor in Seward stated. It is the
purpose of the department, he said, to
construct at this point in the near fu
ture, a warehouse for the storing of
fire fighting equipment.
IRK EXPEDITION
LEAVES 8. C. IN JUNE
NEW YORK CAPITAL BACKING EN
TERPRISE; HEADED BY C. H. *
CLARKE, R. C. MACGREGOR
ESPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED BOAT
Will Carry Provision for Five Years:
Plan Reach Baffin Land This Year
VANCOUVER, B. C., May 21. (iP)— j
A fur trading expedition along the
Alaskan coast and across the top of
the American continent thru the
Northwest passage in a 75 foot power .
schooner which is expected to take
from two to five years, leaves June
15. The schooner has been named
the Nigalik and was built especially 1
for the voyage. After passing along
i the Arctic coast of Alaska the vessel
proceeds to Bothie Peninsula, West
Victoria Island, where is will likely
be necessary to spend the winter, but
plans call for reaching Baffin Land
' the same year. The leaders said they
t
! hope to be back in Vancouver within
two years, but provisions for five will
i be carried.
A speeder has been supplied the
1 forestry department by The Alaska
: Railroad to carry fire fighting appara
I tus to regions along the right-of-way.
Two pumps are located at Lawing and
at Girdwood and these, with the quick
method of transportation now avail
able, can now be shifted about as need
ed.
All the rolling stock on the Alaska
Railroad has been equipped recently
with spark arresters and section men
have been busy the past month burn
ing the right-of-way which will help
materially in reducing the fire haz
ard.
George Bowley, local cable office
man, has returned from Anchorage
where he relieved George Cook, radio
operator on government hill for a
week.
G. Aarons, well known Interior min
ing man, was among the arrivals in
Seward this morning from the south
on the S.S. Alaska.
A good habit ot cultivate—shop thru
the ads in The Gateway.
BOTH EXPLORERS
DENY AVIATOR'S
PERFECT LANDING WAS MADE—
COULD NOT FEEL THE
SLIGHTEST PUMP
NOME, May 21. (/Pi—Ellsworth was
delayed in starting for Cape Horn un
til the return of the Wisting party
from Bluff, but may start Friday. Am
undsen and Ellsworth both denied the
Fairbanks, aviator’s statements that
the Norge was wrecked when it land
ed, and stated positively that no ice
was on top of the Norge. They also
said the only ice trouble experienced
was a little which formed on the pro
pellers near Barrow and in Nome.
Upon the dirigible’s arrival. Amund
sen said they landed perfectly. He
didn’t feel a pump when the Norge
was lowered to the ice. Ellsworth
said the pictures in the Nugget win
dows of the Norge landing were won
derful and asked for copies.
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
ISLAND POPULATION QUARAN
TINE SERVES AS SAFEGUARD
FOR ORPHANS
KODIAK, May 21. (5*)—The Territo
rial health <V)mn4:ssioner and city
council ordered a thousand vaccine
points be rushed here to fight a mild
smallpox epidemic. All cases report
ed are from children. Dr. Dee Pryor
of Kodiak, public health physician,
vaccinated 1S4 in 24 hours. The di
sease has apparently been checked.
The residents of Wood Island, in
cluding the personnel of the Navy ra
dio station and Baptist orphanage
Quarantined thmeselves to prevent
exposure to about 50 children in the
orphanage.
WATER SHUT OFF NOTICE
City water will be shut off for five
minutes tomorrow morning at nine
o’clock, on Fourth and Fifth avenues.
MINERS REJECT PROPOSAL
LONDON, May 21. (5s)—The Na
tional conference of miners’ delegates
rejected the government's proposals
for a settlement of the coal strike lock
out.
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HI OF SUN
COAST ACTIVITIES IS
MARKED Of SHIPMENT
SEATTLE Mar 21. (£>)—'The S.S.
Hakutatsu Mara, is loading a 150,
000 ton shipment for Kamchatka pen
insula, Siberia, representing a reviv
al of general business. The shipment
includes 400 cases of wearing apparel,
the largest which has ever been dis
patched from Puget Sound to Siberia.