Hemstrd DE sle GMUIUY
VOLUME XIX NUMBER 110
SEWARD, ALASK. THURSDAY MAY 8, 1921
PRICE, TEN CENTS
$1,000 REWARD IS OFFERED FOR MARTIN
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MENTAL WORRY
CAUSES SUICIDE OF
ANCHORAGE MINER
WILLOW CREEK QUARTZ MINER
KILLS SELF IN FIT OF DE.
SPONDENCY.
ANCHORAGE, May 7—Paul Han
sen, aged 40, committed suicide at 9:40 j
this morning by shooting himself thru
the head with a 32 calibre automatic
revolver, of cheap German make. The
bullet entered the right temple causing
a wound from which the victim died
about one hour later.
The deed was committed in the rear:
of Baxter’s News stand. Cause of the
death is attributed to temporary de
rangement, caused by despondency,
brought on by financial worries.
Willow Creek Miner
Lyle W. Larson, member of the firm
and Tom Conroy were in the store at
the time and upon hearing the report
rushed to the spot. They administered
all possible first aid and called Doctor
Smith who promptly arrived to take
care of the case. The body was taken
to the Anchorage Funeral Parlors.
Hansen, native of Germany came to
America at the age of 18.
He was a miner by pi'ofession and
a resident of this distiTct for about 12 j
years. He was interested in the Willow !
creek district and associated with a
number of local citizens in developing
claims .principally on Reed creek.
Hansen was unmarried and from the
information available it was learned he
had no relatives in America.
It is believed that the act was pre
meditated as it is known that Hansen
had been getting his affairs in shape
and only yesterday was seen at the
Ship Creek bridge drowning his pet j
cat. In conversation recently with
friends it was learned that Hansen
was despondent .although no overt act
of this nature was intimated .
He was a member of the Anchorage
I. O. 0. F. lodge. While in Anchorage
he always made his headquarters at
the Richter House. No arrangements
have been made for the funeral.
An inquest was held this afternoon
set 3 o’clock by the United States Com
missioner W. H. Rager and a coroner’s
jury at the morgue of the Anchorage
•Funeral Parlors.
Hansen was a cabinet maker by pro
fession, but had not followed his vo
cation for a number of years.
FISHERMEN’S STRIKE
HAS BEEN SETTLED:
3-YEAR CONTRACT
SEATTLE, May 8.—The strike of
the Alaska fishermen which threaten
ed to tie up salmon industry was set
tled this afternoon simultaneously
by Alaska’s fishermen’s Union of
5;an Francisco and Seattle union fisher
men x\ new three year closed shop
contract was signed by the Union,
which granted the men an increase of
one-half cent on red salmon taken
in Bristol Bay.
SASKATCHEWAN FUR
TRADE IS 2 MILLIONS
REGINA, May 8—Saskatchewan’s
first and oldest industry, the fur bus
iness, amounted to more than two mil
lion dollars during the past year. H.
S. Coward, general manager of Revil
lon Freres, who has been visiting the
company’s offices in Western Canada,
anticipated a large decrease in musk
rat skins this year owing to the very
open country with light snow fall in
the north, but an increase in fox skins.
CANNERY TENDER BRINGS
PATIENT TO GOVT. HOSPITAL
The cannery tender Illinois arrived
in Anchorage yesterday morning from
Port Graham. The trip was made for
the purpose of bringing Jafes Yjscold,
a cannery employe, to the local hos
• pital for treatment.
According to information given out
he had; been sicjc for about ten days
and after his arrival at the hospital
it was discovered that he had a ruptur
ed appendix An operation was per
formed by Dr. J. B. Beeson and at
last reports the patient was doing fine.
RETURNS TO DATE
ON PRIMARY ELECTION
A summary ot' the legislative vote
received by the Gateway up to noon
today, not including Hope is as iol
lows:
For Senator
Chamberlin . 282
Chase ..-.—. 335
Howard ..-.-.— 571
Conroy .— — -.- -. 227
Council _ 307
For Representatives
Sreer .. 218
Waller .....-.- 609
Oldfin . 588
Murray .. 535
Bugge .—..—.—. 530
Suphellen ... 442
Eisner - 463
Returns from Hope
Boyle -----—.
Boyle 5, Donohoe 5, Ashby 3, Casey
3, Connors 4, Grigsby 4, Hellenthal 4,
McCloskey 2, Shattuck 4, Troy 4, Con
roy 5, Council 1, Bogard 5, Rucker 5,
Sherman 5, Wilcox 5.
Sutherland 20, Cash Cole 7, Valen
tine 10, Coppernoll 16, Rustgard 2,
Arthur Frame 11, John Frame 6,
Dawes 6, Sexton 11, Robertson 1,
Harry Steel 10, Dunn 11, Shoup 12,
Chamberlin 13, Chase 2, Howard 1,
Bugge 13, Eisner 3, Grier 12, Murray
8, Oldfin 6, Suphellen 9, Waller 9.
EL PASO CITY
NATIONAL BANK
CLOSES ITS DOORS
ONE OF LARGEST INSTITUTIONS
IN SOUTHWEST FAILS ON
ACCOUNT BAD LOANS
EL PASO, May 8—The El Paso City
National Bank, one of the largest fi
nancial institutions in the south-west,
failed to open for business this morn
ing. Cause of the failure is blamed to
bad loans including cattle, sheep and
realty, paper. The bank was saved
three months ago by the transfer of
one million dollars from the Federal
Reserve Bank.
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE
OBJECTS NAMING
STEWART BISHOP
SEATTLE, May S.—Four times the
clergymen of the Protestant Episco
pal diocese ef Olympia nominated
Dr. George Craig Stewart of Evans
ton, 111., as bishop to succeed the
late Bishop Keator of Olympia, and
four times the laity of the diocese
rejected the nomination at a special
convention of the diocese in session
here.
CAUFORNIA PROTESTS
AGAINST ANY DELAY
WASHINGTON, May 8—V. S.
McClatchy, Sacramento director of a
fight before Congress for Japanese
exclusion declared today that exten
sion of the date for exclusion to
March, 1925, as insisted upon by the
President, would enable a quarter of
a million more Japanese to enter the
United States.
BEAR HUNTING PARTY
ON TRAIN YESTERDAY
The first hunting party of the sea
son left Anchorage on yesterday’s
train for Indian, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Brewington. They intend to hunt
up Bird creek to the twenty-five mile
roadhouse, thence over the divide to
the head of Ship creek, and return
down that waterway to Anchorage. A
period of ten days will be required to
make the trip.
SISTER ALBERT B. FALL
INCARCERATED AS INSANE
LOS ANGELES, May 8.—Mrs. Kath
erine Petty, sister of A. B. Fall, for
mer secretary of the interior, has
been remanded to the custody of the
county parole officer by the lunacy
board for observation. Mrs. Petty
will be confined in a sanitarium.
NEVADA SENATOR
SAYS POLITICS ARE
TOO CORRIT
SENATOR ODIE, REPUBLICAN,
MAKES GRAVE ACCUSATION
ON FLOOR OF SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8—° -
ator Tasker L. Oddie, republica*. f
Nevada this morning on the floor ?
the senate declared that there exist. 1
a “ring-’ in the veterans’ bureau whir
dominated the policies of operatio:
i Senator Oddie declared 1hat “ail the
la'vs in the mind of -nan," would not
make the bureau function properly
so long as the present conditions ex
ist. The senator charged that six
directors in the bureau should ”be
ousted forthwith” and that similar ac
tion should be taken in the cases of
“every official brought over from the
war risk insurance bureau.”
Senatt i Oddie detoured that the ap
propriations for relief of the world
war veterans had been squandered and
misspent, and the bureau is being op
erated under a policy whict “it is pre
sumed by the majority of the war vet
erans to be dishonest.”
The charges brought by the Nevada
republican solon caused a sensation
in the senate. After hearing of the
statement made by Senator Oddie in
senate this morning, President Cool
idge said that he was not convinced
that there is anything radically wrong
in regard to the administration of the
veteran’s bureau, despite the complaint
made by Oddie.
COOLIDGEDEFEATS”
HIRAM JOHNSON IN
TUESDAY PRIMARIES
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8—Presi
dent Coolidge defeated Hiram Johnson
by 35,000 according to practically
complete returns tonight from Wash
ington. Johnson wired to his sup
porters: “The finest thing in my po
litical life has been the recent con
test in California, where the men and
women with whom I have marched
to victory for fourteen years, know
ing the foreordained result, chose
to go down with me in defeat.”
DR. KUICKERBOCKER
SUCCUMBS AT JUNEAU
Dr. L. C. Knickerbocker, dentist of
j Edmunds, Wash., who was removed
| from the steamer Admiral Watson at
! Juneau recently and taken to St. Ann’s
1 hospital, died within a short time af_
| ter reaching the hospital, according to
word from the south.
Permission was obtained to make a
post mortem examination and the di
rect cause of death was found to be
cancer of the intestines, and it was
later ascertained the doctor had been
suffering from this for the past five or
six years.
Mrs. Knickerbocker was at once no
tified of her husband’s death and in
accordance with her request the body
was shipped to Seattle from where it
will be taken to their home at Ed
munds, Wash., for burial.
Dr. Knickerbocker was an oldtime
- Alaskan and practiced his profession
at Nome in the early days.
He was a passenger on the last
southbound sailing of the Admiral
Watson.
PAT HOLLYWOOD MISSING AT
SITKA; BOAT OUT SEARCHING
Fears are entertained at Sitka for
the safety of Pat Hollywood, who left
Craig recently for the former place
and has not been heard of since, says
the Juneau Empire. According to ad
vices received in Juneau, at the re
quest of Commissioner DeArcnond of
Sitka the Murre, one of the fisheries
bureau’s boats has been sent out to
search for the missing man.
Hollywood is well known in Juneau
and resided on the channel for many
years. He worked in local mines and
was prominent in boxing circles, be.
ing a strong contender for the welter
weight championship honors. Recent
ly he went to Craig as a member of
the crew employed in that vicinity by
the Signal Corps.
JAPANESE EXCLUSION
POSTPONED TO 1926
HINGTON, May 8.—Republi
.. jnferees on the immigration
bill accepted an amendment postpon
ing Japanese exclusion until March
1, 1925, and asking the President to
negotiate with Japan tor the abroga
fir of the gentlemen’s agreement.
July Too Early a Date
WASHINGTON, May 8.—Presi
dent Cooiidge informed Congression
il leaders today that he regarded July
l as the date effective for Japanese
exclusion as too early to permit of
diplomatic arrangements he wishes to
make with the Japanese and favors
March 1, 1926, as the date favorable
o the arrangement.
CABLESHIP DELLWOOD
ARRIVES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 8.—The cableship
Dellwood with half the new Alaska
cable arrived here from London.
RECOGNIZE BODY
FOUND IN RIVER
AS THAT OF SON
I
PAUL DEAUTREMONT IDENTI
FIES FLOATER AS SON
HUGH
MEDFORD, May 8—Paul Deautre
mont has identified the body found in
Rouge river near here last Sunday as
that of his son Hugh who was indicted
with his brothers Ray and Roy for the
murder and holdup at Siskiyou Tun
nel last October.
Deautremont declared that a tramp
left a message with him at Eugene
last Christmas saying, “tell old man
Deautremont that two of his sons will
be found under the Rogue river bridge
with their hands tied and the third son
will be blown up in a car. The father
has steadily maintained that his son
was slain to divert suspicion from the
real bandits.
SENATE HEATEDLY
DEBATES JAP BILL
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The Sen
ate is heatedly debating the immi
gration bill today with both Demo
cratic and Republican speakers bit
terly assailing the conference report
postponing Japanese exclusion.
WORLD COURT WILL BE
FORMED AT THE HAGUE
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The es
tablishment of a world court at the
Hague to which the United States
would adhere, was proposed today in
a resolution introduced in the Senate
today by Senator Lodge.
FRENCH FLYER READY
TO HOP OFF TODAY
CALCUTTA, India, May 8—Lieut.
D’Oisy, the French army flyer com
pleted repairs to his plane and ex
pects to depart tomorrow for Akyab,
Burmah.
LETTER MAILED IN ARCTIC
REACHES ITS DESTINATION
Four years ago Raold Amundsen,
the noted Arctic and Antarctic explor
er, mailed a letter in the Far North
to a friend in Minneapolis, Minn. Af
ter various adventures the communi
cation reached its destination, a few
days ago, bearing on its face an epic
of the postal service at the world’s
edge. Eskimo carriers and dog teams
which started with the letter across
the Siberian wilderness had succumb
ed to cold and starvation and their
mail pouch laid for nearly four years
preserved by ice and snow, until last
summer, when a party of Russians dis
covered it. They sent the letter to Am
undsen’s brother in Norway by whom
it was sent to its destination.
Government Sends Airplanes
and Destroyers to Aid Search
SEATTLE, May 8.—A large number of planes are being rushed
from Camp Lewis to Alaska to assist in the search for Major Martin
and Sergeant Ilarvev. A fleet of destroyers will also be sent north
to aid in the search.'
WASHINGTON, May 9.—Major Patrick, chief of the Army Air
Service has ordered a number of airplanes to Alaska to aid in the
search for Major Martin, commander of the army world flight.
NEW YORK, May 9.—A reward of $1,000 for discovery of
Major Martin, the missing army aviator, has been offered by the
North American Newspaper Alliance in the belief that it will stim
ulate the search by the Aleutian Indians in their search for the
lost flyers.
SEATTLE, May 9.—The Chamber of Commerce lias wired the
War Department tonight urging that the search for Major Martin
and Sergeant Harvey, the missing aviators, be not abandoned.
TOIvIO, May 9.—Plans to extend a huge welcome to the Ameri
can around the world flyers, are being made at the Kasumogaura air
dome for their arrival here May 15.
LISBON, May 8.—Portuguese aviators flying to Japan were
caught in a cyclone in Rajpatana desert and Lieut. Maes seriously
; injured.
FALSE PASS, May 8.—No trace of the missing airmen Martin
and Harvey had been found at the end of today’s search. Investiga
tion of the Bering Sea theory shows that there is no truth in the
rumor and the Department has again turned its attention to the
Pacific sde of the peninsula. The belief is growing stronger that
the plane was forced down in some of the bays and blown off shore
by the prevailing winds, and the cutters are widening their search
to the southward. The Algonquin is at Chignik awaiting orders
from the department as to its search after picking up the shore
parties. Merchant ships on the North Pacific are asked to keep
a sharp lookout for floating wreckage and to investigate every prob
able piece of wreckage.
_
ATKA, May 8.—The Haida lying in port at Attn wirelessed
| today that the three planes under command of Lieut. Smith are
i ready for their flight, and small boats from the cutter are fueling
the planes. A stiff gale is blowing and the men are loading the
j boats thru the surf- The planes are filled with half water and half
alcohol to prevent the radiators from freezing. The temperature is
j moderating this afternoon.
PLANES TO LEAVE
ON CUTTER BEAR
_
SEATTLE, May 8.—Orders were
received from Washington today to
! send airplanes from the Sand Point
| airdrome here on the cutter Bear
I to Chignik to search for Major F. L.
Martin and Sergt. Harvey, ihe miss
ling army airmen. The Bear is dueJ
hu etonight from the South and is
scheduled to sail M-mday voi Nome.
MEXICANS INSULT
FLAGS OF NATIONS
NE WORLEANS, May 8—The flags
| of the United States, Russia, Italy and
Spain were burned in Mexico City on
May 1, according to despatches receiv
■ ed here this morning. The burning was
j accompanied by cries of “death to
i these governments,” while orators
harangued the crowds.
TUNE IN ON GENERAL
CONFERENCE EACH DAY
The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church which
convenes every four years is now in
session at Springfield, Massachusetts,
and will continue during the month
of May. The deliberations of the
l Conference, the musical programs and
| the evening lectures are being broad
j casted daily by the Westinghouse
station WBZ on wave lengths of 337
meters. The Westinghouse station at
Springfield is one of the most power
ful in the country and can be heard
1 not only in the East and Middle West
jbut at times even on the Pacific Coast
NEW REAL ESTATE
COMPANY IS READY
TO RECEIVE PUBLIC
C-has A. Benson and Frank Kemp
fer, partners in the Seward Real Es_
tate company, Seward’s youngest bus
iness venture, have about completed
the work of painting, papering and
general repair work on the Benson
building on Fourth avenue, which is
to contain the offices of the company.
The place is now open to the pub
lic, to whom, an invitation is gladly
extended to come in at any time to in
spect the place and get acquainted.
The office is divided into two rooms
and to the rear are living quarters
which are used by Mr. Kempfer. The
floors are covered by congoleum car
pets and a desk, chairs and table com
prise the furniture. Real estate op
portunities have been placed on cards
which hang in the window.
JOHN FRAME GAINING
IN FOURTH DIVISION
The Fairbanks News-Miner reports
the total vote in the fourth division re
ceived so far as: Arthur Frame 295,
John Frame 323. Iditarod, Ruby, Kus
kokwim and a few other scattered pre
cincts are yet to be heard from. Ben
Eielson, flying to McGrath today will
probably bring returns from the up
per Kuskokwim and Ophir precincts.
The Eagle, Capt. Engberg, arrived
in port last night and is repairing
its motors before leaving for the
banks.