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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 44.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23,1926.
PRIC^.TEN CENTS
TWO SAINT PAUL POLICEMEN MEET TRAGIC DEATH
CONGRESSMEN GATHER TO
AMEND PROHIBITION LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2S. (jP)
—An association against prohibition
seconded a motion today to face tie
facts, at a conference held here last
night. The conference appointed a
committee of twenty-one, who have
been instructed to ask Congress to
modify prohibition and permit the sale
of light wines and beer.
The committee includes, Senator
Bayard of Delaware, former assistant
Secretary- of War Bendict Crowell of
Cleveland; Vice-President Duncan of
the American Federation of Labor; P.
S. DuPont, of Wilmington, Delaware.
ADMITS SHOOTING
GAME WARDEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22. (,?>)
—Roland Van Blaricom, one of the
two brothers held in connection with
the killing of Edward Jarrish, a dep
uty game warden, confessed today to
the slaying, but stated that he shot
Jarrish accidentally while he was try
ing to frighten him.
Purchases More Goods
for Big Local Store
Much new spring and summer mer
chandise was purchased in the States j
by T. W. Hawkins, of the local firm i
of Brown & Hawkins Corp., while on |
his recent trip. During the two months i
he was Outside he spent considerable I
time visiting Mrs. Hawkins and daugh
ter, MiSs Virginia, in Oakland, Cal.
The trip to the States was enjoyed
but at the same time Mr. Hawkins is
glad to be back and get into harness
once again.
AMUNDSON WILL
CROSS THE POLE
SEATTLE, Feb. 23. (JP)— Roald Am
undsen told 30,000 people here he held
no hope for the success of the Polar
expedition which is relying on air
planes. He said he expected to return
to Seattle July 4, via Spitzbergen,
Point Barrow and Nome.
He added “my experience taught me
that an airplane cannot be depended
upon on Polar flights.”
SUPER-FEATURE—LIBERTY
Rudolph Valentino’s new Paramount
picture, “A Sainted Devil,” from the
story, “Rope’s End,” by Rex Beach, is
the feature all this week at the Li
berty theater. Nita Naldi, Helen D’
Algy, Dagmar Godowsky, Louise Lag
range, George Seigman are a few of
the big names which appear in the
powerful supporting cast of this pro
duction—a story laid in the Argentine
which tells of the country-wide search
of a young Spaniard of wealthy par
ents for his convent-bred bride who is
stolen from him on their wedding nite
by bandits.
Here’s a picture combining all the
gorgeousness of “Monsieur Beau
caire” and all the action of “Blood
and Sand” into one great story. “A
Sainted Devil” is to our mind the
greatest Valentino production of them
all, by far.
HOUSE ADOPTS
REDUCTION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23. (Jp)
—The House of Representatives to
day adopted the 387 million dollars
tax reduction bill as fixed by the
House Senate Conferees.
President Coolidge represented to
believing that in going beyond the
power of the Treasury, the reduction
by Congress is a pledge in itself to
limit appropriations.
I
Fokker Plane Expert
to Assemble Machines
At Fairbanks Field
Ray Howard, who arrived in Sew
ard Sunday with the Wilkins party,
is an Internationally known motor car
racer, having driven many cars in the
leading automobile races of France
and America.
Of recent years, or to be exact, for
the last five years, he has been a test
pilot for the Fokker airplane com
pany, U. S. A. Mr. Howard is not a
member of the expedition but is ac
companying the party to Fairbanks
where he will supervise the assembl
ing of the two planes, after which he
will return to Seward and leave for
his eastern headquarters.
L.L. BALES GOES
TO SAN DIEGO,
RETURNS SPRING
L. L. Bales, explorer, dog musher
and collector of curios, who return
ed to Seward on this trip of the Stan
left on the Victoria yesterday on his |
way to San Diego, Calif., where he
will remain until spring. Mr. Bales
has been at Bales Landing in Stepovak
Bay which is about sixty miles up1
the mainland of the Alaska Peninsula
from Unga. This is one of the wildest
spots in Alaska and Mr. Bales states !
that he wras glad to get that far from'
civilization which he has always found j
irksome. Seven yea»s ago he located
in this spot and built a cabin and en
gaged in hunting all sorts of speci-1
mens and curios which he sold to mu
seums, zoos and parks but was called
away and remained in the states for!
seven years. Mr. Bales, who is sev
enty-three years of age but still in the
best of health, felt the call of the wild
and left his retirement coming back!
to his former haunts with a grubstake 1
to continue his work expecting to be I
joined by a partner the following!
month with a large boat with plenty!
of equipment and supplies. He made |
arrangements with the S.S. Starr to
land him at his place in Stepovak
Bay and was landed on the beach with
his supplies the middle of June. Mr.!
Bales found no trace of his cabin or |
equipment which he had left seven1
years before and had been carried j
away by unknown parties. His part-1
ner never came and he built another!
cabin and carried on his work but
was very badly handicapped through
lack of supplies but gathered a great
many specimens which he was unable
to bring back with him this trip. He
had no traps but caught quite a few
foxes and smaller animals by means
of a deadfall. Since he has been in j
tms place ne nas met no one but a
band of natives from Perryville who
were on a hunting expedition. He
returned with these natives in their
boat to Perryville where he caught
the Starr. He will go to San Diego
and return early next summer with a
full equipment and continue the work
alone without depending on anyone
e^se.
Mr. Bales has lived in Alaska for
many years and at one time held a
private contract to deliver mail be
tween Nome and Iliamna Bay and was
considered the fastest and most suc
cessful dog musher at that time and
had many thrilling adventures along
this route at the time of the gold rush
in 1903 when the third beach line was
discovered in Nome. He was offered
large sums to deliver mail for private
concerns in record time. Later he
was employed by the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce to explore the Coun
try between Nome and Iliamna Bay
and was the first to survey the head
waters of the Kuskokwim River. He
was also employed as guide and pilot
for various enterprises in that section
country which was uncharted and
unknown at that time.
Big special at the Liberty tonight.
HEAVY VOTE
PREDICTED FOR
SEATTLE PRIMARY
SEATTLE, Wn., Feb. 23. (AP) ,
—The heaviest municipal primary J
vote ever polled is expected Tues- l
day. There are six aspirants for |
the mayorality for the two nomina- J
tions, and seventeen are running ■
for the six nominations on the t
councilmanic ticket. J
Bettig is reported as favoring J
Mayor Edwin Brown, Mrs. Lan- I
des and Kennedy, with even mon- ■
ey placed on Brown and Mrs. Lan- J
des that they will be nominated. 1
A bet of three to four has been i
placed that Brown will win.
Son of Alaska’s First
Delegate To Congress
Member Wilkins Party
A son of the first Alaska Delegate
to Congress, Frank Waskey, is a mem
ber of the Detroit exploration party
which visited briefly in Seward over
Sunday, while en route to Fairbanks.
The young man was Robert Waskey,
U. of Washington graduate, who will
serve as assistant radio operator with
the expedition.
So in reality there are two Alaskans
in the party, including Lieut. Eileson.
Young Waskey lived for years in the
Territory, mostly in Nome and along
the Yukon river.
His father, is at Dillingham, where
tie has been engaged for some years
in mining activities. Young Waskey
was born in Washington, D. C., while
lis father was Delegate.
SOURDOUGH GOES
OVER LAST TRAIL
SEATTLE, Wn., Feb. 23. (ff>)—Geo.
E. Green, aged 56, superintendent of
mines at Hadley, Alaska for the last
twenty years, died last night.
He was born at Carp, Province of
Quebec, but spent most of his life in
Alaska.
Firemen’s Banquet At
Grill 6:30 Tonight
This evening at 6:30 o’clock the
members of the Seward volunteer fire
iepartment will enjoy themselves at
i banquet which will be served at the
Seward Grill. A special course dinner
is in preparation today under the per
sonal supervision of Mel Holben, pro
prietor of the cafe. What more need
ae said?
A few invitations have been made
to a couple of live-wire and prominent
citizens who, it is expected, will add
much pep and zest to the affair. Nat
arally, every member of the organiza
tion will be on hand. Fire Chief H.
frost will preside as toastmaster.
RESTAURANT MAN
CHARGED MURDER
SEATTLE, Feb. 23. (/P)—G. H. Shir
ley, Mukilteo restaurant proprietor is
being here at Everett, charged with
attempting to murder H. A. Dusenber
ry, lighthouse keeper, with a pruning
knife.
Shirley quarreled with his wife who
left home and Shirley accused Dus
enberry of hiding his wife at the light
house.
Dusenberry’s son saved his father
when Shirley attacked him.
J. C. Lowe Stricken with
Stroke of Paralysis
J. C. Lowe, fur buyer and business
man at Bristol Bay, suffered a paral
ytic stroke just prior to the departure
of the S.S. Starr, Seward arrivals re
port. Some time before that he had
another one, it was Stated, and is now
quite low. The recent attack came
while on his way to Kanatak with a
load of furs.
SEVEN BODIES
RECOVEREDIN
RECENT FIRE
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Feb. 22. (/p)
—Seven bodies have been recovered
from the fire which last night destroy
ed Schindlers Prairie House, a winter
resort at Hurleyville, north of here.
Two have been identified as wait
ers, but three are still missing.
A score of guests were taken to thp
hospital for several of them were crit
ically burned. The house, which was
three stories in height, burned to the
ground within an hour. About forty
guests were asleep when the fire start
ed and many of them in jumping to
the ground from the top-floor win
i dows, broke bones in their bodies.
AUTO ACCIDENTS
TAKE TOLL LIVES
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Feb. 23. (#*)—
Virgil Miller and sister, Leacha, of
Cooks, Washington, were killed when
the automobile in which they were
riding, plunged over a 50-foot bank
near here.
OLYMPIA, Wn, Feb. 23. P.
Neilsen, an Olympia merchant, was
killed and five others injured when an
automobile skidded on the slippery
pavement and hit a telephone pole and
tree. Neilsen, who was driving the
car was thrown through the wind
shield. Other passengers in the car
were Neilsen’s wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Slorah, Miss May McPherson and
Ernest Hartsen.
OREGON CITY, Feb. 23. (jP)—Wini
fred Phipps of Portland, was killed
and three youths injured when fheir
automobile hit a fence.
Large Wolverine Caught
By George Peterson
(By Special Correspondent)
George Peterson recently caught a
large wolverine while visiting his
traps on the northwest corner of Uni
mak Island. George and his brother
Henry have a cabin near the Bering
Sea side where they have been trap
ping for several years. This animal
was caught by two toes in a number
two fox trap so probably entered the
trap only a few moments before Pet
erson discovered it. He took no chan
ces in trying to club it but shot from
a distance. The skin is very dark in
color and measures five feet from nose
to tip of tail. The trappers are very
much indebted to Peterson for killing
this savage and destructive animal.
There have been two of these wolver
ines in this vicinity and have been
robbing traps and killing considerable
wild game, eating foxes, mink and
other animals that are caught in the
traps. It is thought that they cross
ed the ice from the mainland last
winter. The last wolverine was caught
by Wm. Gardner in 1917 and the trap
pers are very anxious to rid the is
land of the one remaining. Their
tracks are. very similar to those of a
large bear.
Master Motor Mechanic
With Polar Expedition
For thirteen years Andrew Hufford,
has been associated with the Wright
Motor Company, and, according to
Capt. Wilkins, is rated as being the
most expert mechanic, and trouble
finder, of the huge corporation. Mr.
Hufford is a member of the Detroit
Polar Exploration party, which de
parted for Fairbanks from Seward yes
terday morning, and may accompa
ny the expedition to Barrow.
It is stated Mr. Hufford has tested
and put in final shape over 600 Wright
motors which have been delivered to
the United States government.
The Admiral Watson of the Pacific
Steamship Company is due to arrive
in port this evening ten o’clock.
Love hnd blood, at the Liberty.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 23. (AP).—While two police
men of this city, Schultze and Pertch were patrolling in
an automobile trying to apprehend seven holdups, who for
three hours terrorized the residence district, they sud
denly came upon a big car, and Pertch, flashing a light
into the tonneau was answered by a rapid succession of
forty-five bullets, two of them hitting him fatally.
Schultze was hit as he ran to aid Pertch. A woman,
living nearby saw a man hold a pistol at the head of each
of the policemen and firing, jumped into the car and fled.
Both policemen are dead.
Observations of Major
Lanphier Be of Utmost
Value To Air Service
Captain Wilkins, inspeaking of Ma
jor Lanphier to The Gateway on Sun
day, said the Major is in command of
the finest pursuit flying squadron in
the world, that of Selfridge Field,
Michigan. He is also acknowledged as
being one of the leading pilots of the
group and has many years of flying
experience behind him.
Major Lanphier is a graduate of
West Point, Captain Wilkins stated,
and is a keen student of military af
fairs. In his unofficial army capa
city in the coming Polar region ex
ploration trip, his observations will
be of great value to the Air Service
Capt. Wilkins concluded.
PATHE CAMERA
MAN ON JOB WITH
WILKINS PARTY
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WILL E. HUDSON, ONE OF THE
“ACE” PHOTOGRAPHERS OF
FAMOUS SERVICE
W. E. Hudson, ace Pathe News man,
is no stranger in Alaska by a long
shot. He returned to Seward Sunday,
for about the ’steenth time, with the
Wilkins’ party, and after doing “his
stuff” on the dock while the big Fok
ker planes were being unloaded, he
left yesterday morning, bound for
Fairbank where he hopes to snare a
number of exclusive “shots” of the
planes during the tests. He does not
anticipate, or want to go, to Barrow
or the North Pole, so it is expected he
will return to Seward within the next
few weeks, homeward bound to his Se
attle headquarters.
His last trip to Seward w'as made
at the time the Round-the-World fly
er made their landing here, at which
the tip of the Aleutian Islands. Pre
vious to that he had accompanied
Louis Lane, famous Arctic navigator,
toward Banks Island. That was in
1913. They did not reach Banks Is
land so Hudson was landed ashore and
he struck out for a distance of 100
miles along the Arctic coast, in order
to secure photographs of the Steffan
sen expedition. Later he mushed into
Fairbanks, from where he left for the
States.
Local patrons have many times
viewed his pictures at the Liberty the
ater, the most recent being a few
days ago when he was seen acqua
planing at Ocean Park, Oregon. The
stunt exhibited in that Pathe film
showed a young girl and her father
displaying their expertness on a surf
board towed behind a fast running
launch. One of the last scenes was
that of Hudson, himself, out on the
board, and though he stated otherwise
to The Gateway reporter, it looked
very much like he was about to take
a header a couple of times.
Mr. Hudson said he later received
a letter and a check from the New
York office to the effect that if he
had fallen in the amount of his check
would have been raised at least $50.
When asked about the movie picture
camera that he held firmly clasped in
his hands, he was more or less reti
cent, so it is taken for grated he did
not risk a thousand dollar in the clever
stunt.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
Halibut, sixteen and eleven cents;
salmon, twenty-four* and sixteen cents.
HARDCASTLE.
JUDGE CLEGG’S
DOGS WIN DERBY
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 23. (/P)—Judge
Cecil H. Clegg’s team of mixed Sibe
rian huskies, with Thomas B. Wright
driving, won the inaugural short der
by which was held under the auspices
of the recently organized Fairbanks
Kennel Club.
The course, covering sixteen miles,
was run over the farmers’ loop.
Wrights time was one hour and thir
ty-four minutes.
The course was heavy, owing to re
cent winds and snows. Frank Du
Fresne’s team of Nome Siberian dogs
was second. Jack Warwick’s Fort Yu
kon huskies took third. Vance Mc
Donald’s entry with E. P. Allard driv
ing, was a close contender for third
place.
Fortune In Fox Pelts
Shipped To Queen City
Blue and red fox pelts, valued at
3100,000, were shipped south yester
day morning to Seattle on the steamer
Victoria. The furs came from Nome,
Interior Alaska points, and from the
Westward, the S.S. Starr bringing in
a large quantity.
It is estimated there were at least
150 mail pouches of the furs shipped,
not including the shipments which
went out by express or by freight.
TWO CHARGED
WITH MURDER
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 23. (£>)—
Harry B. Howard and Alex Anderson,
today, were charged with the murder
of John Borges, storekeeper, who was
shot last Sunday in -an attempted rob
bery.
“Grandma” Murphy
Has Birthday Party
Yesterday was an auspicious clay for
“GrAndma” Tom Murphy, not only due
to the fact it was George Washing
ton’s girthday, but it was her birth
day as well. The esteemed and old
time resident of Seward was given a
most delightful party at her home yes
terday by numerous friends who call
ed paying their respects upon the ar
rival of her 84th birthday.
Many practical gifts were presented
to “Grandma.” Altogether it was a
day which will be lovingly remember
ed not only by “Grandma” herself
but by those who called to pay their
respects. Refreshments were served
while the party was in progress.
Those attending were Mrs. Gus Pe
terson, Mrs. Tony Yago, Mrs. Paul Ha
nish, Jessie Emswiler, Mrs. Flicken
ger, Mrs. McIntosh, the Misses Edith,
Roberta and Mickey McIntosh, Han
nah and Margaret Hanish, Alvah Pe
terson and George Yago.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Murphy appre
ciated very much the kindness and
thoughtfulness of their many friends.
HANEY RESIGNS
SHIPPING BOARD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23. (£>)
—Haney resigned today as head of the
United States Shipping Board.
“A Sainted Devil,” at the Liberty.