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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 116
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
Aviators Establish Great Record Cross-Country Flight
AVIATORS COMPLETE
SAN DIEGO, May 4.—“You have
written a new chapter in the tri
umphs of American aviation,’’ said a
telegram of congratulations received
from President Harding to Lieuten
ants Macready and Kelly, following
their arrival here at 12:36 p. m., hav
ing completed their long non-stop
flight of 2650 miles in monoplane T-2,
from New York to San Diego in 26
hours, 50 minutes, 39 seconds.
Later the aviators will try to es
tablish a world duration record of
48 hours, and next spring they will
attempt to fly around the world.
Observation Plane Kills Two
SAN DIEGO, May 4.—An observa
tion plane watching for the appear
ance of Macready and Kelly, in their
non-stop flight, crashed to the ground
this afternoon killing its two occu
pants, H. H. Tatman and H. H. Erd
komp.
SAN DIEGO, May 4.—Lieutenants
Macready and Kelly received cabled
congratulations from the kings of
J3riiain and Sweden.
SEATTLE, May 4.—The radio sta
tion tender Gold Star, scheduled to
■tail Thursday with supplies for the
stations of the Bureau of Fisheries on
St. Paul, and St. George islands, and
naval radio supplies for government
wireless stations on St. Paul Island,
and other parts of the north. The ves
sel will also have members of the ra
dio relief personnel including men for
St. Paul island,Kodiak, Seward, Cor
dova, Cape Hnchinbrook, Soapstone
Point, Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan.
TALC MINE CAVE-IN
RALEIGH, N. C., May 4.—Three
persons were killed when the talc
mine at Moorehouse caved in.
DArtagnan
His father had given him fifteen
crowns, a straw yellow horse and
this advice: “Remember, it is by
courage and by courage alone that
you will make your way. I have
taught you how to handle a ra
pier, you have thews of iron,
and wrists of steel; fight upon
every occasion; do not avoid these
fights but rather seek them and
fight all the more because duels
are forbidden and consequently it
requires double courage to fight.”
ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AS
D’ARTAGN AN,
The Three
Musketeers
Liberty
Tonight
ADMISSION,. 75 CENTS
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Freighter Valdez Sold by Alaska S. S. Co.
LFGIOIiES USX FOE
SCHOOLS OPPOSE
PROMDI
WASHINGTON SUPERINTENDENT!
SCHOOLS ASKED TO INSTAL
COURSE AMERICANIZATION
SEATTLE, May 4.—The American-!
ization Commission of the American;
Legion this afternoon requested Mrs.
Josephine Coolis Preston, state super- j
intendent of public instruction to in- j
stal a course of Americanism in the
Washington public schools wiih ex
aminations intended to inciica e if
propaganda opposed to American in
stitutions is being spread among; the !
pupils in their homes.
VICTORIA DUE SATURDAY
The steamer Victoria is scheduled
to arrive in Seward Saturday evening, i
On discharging cargo it will proceed
to Uganik bay and Uyak, westward j
ports. On the southbound trip the j
schedule calls for the departure on
Tuesday evening.
TRIP TO OLD COUNTRY
John Rosness. who returned yester-1
day from a trip to his old home in
Norway reports a most interesting
trip. Mr. Rosness and wife went from
here <o Scanlon, Minn., where they
visited relatives for a time, and then
left for New York, where Mr. Rosness
j met a number of old-time Alaskans,
among whom were Mr. Gascon Hardy |
formerly of Seward. Mr. Hardy was i
very pleased to meet Mr. Rosness, and
: stated in the course of his conversa
tion that he would like to visit Alaska
this summer.
Mr. Rosness and family sailed from
New York to Bergen, and thence on to
his old home town. He states that
prices are as high in Norway as in
Alaska, and that the landowners are
i the prosperous men of the communi
ties. He was allowed to visit many
of the large railway shops ana was
impressed with the manner in which
railroading had gone ahead. The type
of railway equipment was on a par
with that of the United States, while
roadbeds were better. The sleeping
cars of Norway have staterooms with
three berths to the room, giving more
privacy than our system.
While in Norway Mr. Rosness met
a brother to Charles Krefting of this
city, who is a wealthy boiler manu
facturer.
After visiting relatives some time
the party returned to Scanlon, thence
to the coast. Mr. Rosness met Hank
Wann, a former Sewardite, at Deer
ington, Wash., also Eric Lucas, who
is now assistant cashier at the Bank
of Commerce, Seattle.
Mr. Rosness and family were very
much pleased to return home, and he
will take up his old job as locomotive
engineer on the Alaska railroad.
ESSEN, May 4.—Two directors of
the Heinrich mine at Hattingen, were
sentenced by a French court martial
to spend five years in prison and pay
fines amounting to two hundred and
fifty million marks.
Saturday Gateway, ?3 per year.
FOIST FIS GOSTLT
SIXTEEN DOLLARS A SECOND IS
PAID DURING LAST YEAR
SPOKANE, May 4.—Over sixteen
dollars a second is what forest fires
cost the United States last year, de
clared Franklin Girard of the Coeur
d’Alene in Spokane recently.
“Annually the forest fires of this
country destroy enough material (o
build five-room houses every hundred
feet on both sides of the road extend
ing from New York to Chicago. More
than 160,000 forest fires have occur
red in the United States in the past
five years and 56,400,000 acres have
been burned over.
Eighty per cent of forest fires are
due to human agency, according to
Mr. Girard. Forest protection goes
hand in hand with national prosper
ity. Without wood there can be no
agriculture, no manufacturing, and no
commerce. Forest fires destroy life
and property, impoverish the soil,
cause floods and drouths, and lay
waste the playgrounds of the people.”
?EW CAMPS IRE HIT
HARD Iff STRIKE
OF I. N. W.
I. W. W. BOAST THAT SHIPPING
BE PARALYZED FAILS OF
FULFILMENT
EVERETT, May 4.—The walk-out
on the waterfront by longshoremen af
filiated with the I. W. \Y., has made
little difference in this port. Five
vessels are loading here and between
200 and 300 men are idle.
Groups of loggers are also partici
pating in the stiike. called by I. YV.
W. on behalf of so-calitd political
prisoners.
ABERDEEN, May '.—Laggeib in 27
camps answered the I. W. W. strike
call. It is estimate 1 that about 2000
men have quit work. Loggers in many
of the larger camps did not walk out.
Between 60 and 100 longshoremen,
representing about 30 per cent of the
waterfront workers here, also walked
out.
OLYMPIA,f May 4.—A number o
logging camps in this section are idie
from the strike. A number of them
have engaged new crews and resumed
operations, while others declare they
will close down, fearing violence i!
they continue to operate.
SEATTLE. May 4.—The strike call
ed last week by the marine transport
workers had little effect on the local
waterfront up to date. Handbills an
nouncing the walk-out appeared at
most of the docks, but no picketing
or disorders are reported.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4—“No man
can be $n avowed I. W. W. and get
any recognition or support on a coast
wise vessel,” Andrew Furuseth, pres
ident of the Seamen’s union said to
day.
NEW NOME LINER WILL
SEATTLE, May 4.—One hundred
and seventy cabin passengers are
booked on the first voyage of the new
Nome liner, Buford, which will sail
next week. The vessel also has a ca
pacity cargo.
I1S FINGER PITS
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE WOMAN
IS CLARA PHILLIPS
LOS ANGELES, May 4.—Photo
graphs and finger prints of Clara
Phillips, escaped hammer murderess,
were sent to Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
where she is believed to be under ar- J
rest. Dr. Rodiriguez, Honduran con
sul, said he had forwarded the finger
prints and photos on his own initia
tive, asking his government to facili
tate the early return to Los Angeles
of the prisoner if it should be defi
nitely established she is Mrs. Phil
lips.
Plans *o dismiss her appeal from a
i life sentence for having beaten Mrs.
Alberta Tremaine Meadows to death
with a hammer and to take her direct
from Tegucigalpa to San Quentin pen
ietntiary are said to be under consid
eration at the district attorney’s of
fice.
Extradition papers for Mrs. Phillips j
are expected to be completed in time |
to start them to Governor Richardson
at Sacramento tonight.
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ANSWER By FRANCE
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CHANCELLOR QUESTIONS GER
MANY’S ABILITY TO PAY
REPARATIONS ASKED
BERLIN, May 4.—The hopes of
Chancellor Cuno were dashed today
by France’s refusal lo accept the
new German reparations plans. The
Chancellor stated that it was practi
cally impossible for Germany to meet
the reparations demanded by France
and Belgium, and that it would result
in pauperism for (the new republic.
STEEPLEJACK WHO LAUGHS
AT DEATH AGAIN TUM”
I LOS ANGELES, May 4.—Elmer
! Goss, 19 year old steeplejack, has had
another fall. And as usual, he es
caped injury. The fall was 50 feet.
Goss landed on his feet, remarking.
“This is getting to be monotonous.”
His companion was hurried (to the
receiving hospital where he is being
treated for several fractured bones.
“It’s all luck,” said Goss. “I suppose
I’ll be killed some day but I hate to
give up the work as long as I can
make $50 per day.”
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS
ASK LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ May 4—Reso
lutions urging uniform divorce laws
throughout the United States to be
obtained by constitutional amendment
and enforcement of existing prohibi
tion laws if it takes every vessel in
the American navy to patrol Ameri
can waters, were submitted to the Na
1 tional Congress of Mothers and Par
ent-Teacher associations here today.
Another resolution submitted asks
that immigration bars be lowered to
open the gates to the families of im
migrats whose fathers are now in
this country.
SEATTLE, May 4.—H. E Harris,
President of the Haynes Packing Co.
this afternoon purchased Une Crary
building on Union street, for 'he sum
of $200,000.
ALASKA STOMSHiP CO
SELLS FREIGHTER
IDE/
STEAMSHIP LAKE GIBHART PUR
CHASED FROM SHIPPING
BOARD FOR ALASKA TRADE
SEATTLE, May 4.—The freighter
Valdez, now discharging at Kanatak,
Alaska, was sold today by the Alaska
Steamship Company to a Lake Michi
gan concern, and will be turned over
to the new company upon her return
from the north.
The company later purchased the
steamship Lake Gibhart from the
United States Shipping Board, in San
Francisco, and will pplace her in the
Alaska trade, sailing from Seattle
May 12 for southeastern and south
western Alaska.
The steamship will leave San Fran
cisco tomorrow for Seattle, under
command of Captain Gus Swanson,
a well known pilot on the Alameda.
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UH0ED Bf REP. FOSTER
Separating Alaska into two Terri
tories to replace the one now consti
tuted is the aim of a House joint me
morial introduced by Representative
Foster, of Cordova. It seeks to make
one out of the present First division
and the second out of the other three
divisions, to have its capital at Sew
ard.
The memorial points out that the
First division as compared to other
divisions, is fairly densely populated,
while the most important town in it.
Juneau, is 600 miles distant from
Cordova and nearly a thousand from
' Seward by steamer routes. The me
morial claims the other three divi
j sions of the Territory of Alaska are
largely tributary to the Government
railroad extending from Seward to
I Fairbanks and have resources and in
: terests separate and widely divergent
■ from the interests of the First divi
sion.
The Delegate is asked to introduce
a bill in Congress for the division as
| proposed and Congress is urged to
i uass it.
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WASHINGTON, May 4.—Fishing by
radio is destroying the initiative of
both captains and crew in the search
for their finny quarry, and is thereby
affecting the industry,” Consul Corco
ran reports from Boulogne Sur Mer.
He added that captains no longer
ranged the seas in quest of schools of
fish, but depended upon other cap
tains to inform them of the presence
of schools.
The Three Musketeers at the Lib
erty tonight. Twelve reels, admission
75 cents adults, 25c children.
The Three Musketeers, one of the
masterpieces of Douglas Fairbanks at
The Liberty tonight. Twelve reels.
VICTORIA OUT OF CORDOVA
The steamship Victoria sailed west
from Cordova at noon today.
The local cable office now opens for
business at 7:30 in the morning in
stead of 8 o'clock as formerly.
0» NEXT BOAT
TOTAL ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR
BILLS PASSED IN BUSIEST
SESSION ON RECORD
JUNEAU, May 4.—The Sixth Alaska
legislature adjourned sine die at 7:00
o’clock this morning after twenty-one,
hours continuous session passing ap
propriations aggregating one million,
six hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, about fifty per cent of which
were for educational purposes.
Jncreased taxes on both mining and
fishing industries were passed to meet
growing governmental costs. The
mining income tax passed as amended
includes one per cent tax on incomes
of $10,000 to $200,000; one and a half
per cent on $200,000 to $500,000; and
one and three quarters per cent tax
on all sums over that amount.
The final fisheries schedule is the
same as that passed by the Senate
with the exception that the"five cent
surtax is eliminated on packs in ex
cess of 60,000 cases.
The session was one of the busiest
since the creation of the legislature, a
total of one hundred and four bills be
ing passed out of one hundred and
eight introduced.
Among the bilis passed are the first
Alaska law ever enacted to regulate
fishing( seasons, applying only to the
southeastern part of Alaska; a great
ly enlarged workmen’s compensation
Act; revised municipal code; increas
i pensions tor aged men and women;
a liberalized mothers’ Pension Law;
i the Women’s Jury Bill; the usual bills
; for appropriations; bills for protection
ot fox tarmers; a bill for reindeer
grazing; numerous code amendments;
a provision for the purchase of local
property to be used for Territorial of
fices and Alaska Museum and Histori
cal Library, entailing an expenditure
of $21,000.
The nominations of J. R. Heckman,
vice-chairman of the Alaska Fish
commission; E. M. Keys, and Mrs. L.
I C. Hess, regents of the Alaska college,
j were confirmed by the Senate.
1 Members of the Third and Fourth
delegations plan to leave here for their
homes on the steamship Alameda; the
Second and out-of-town members will
take the first boat leaving south.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 4.—Fred A.
Gifford, grand dragon and L. I. Pow
ell, imperial kleagle of the Noithwest
domain of the Ku Klux Klan were
freed from the damage suit brought
' against them by Thomas Garland, lo
| cal attorney, through non-suit granted
by Circuit Judge Rossman yesterday.
It was charged that the men con
spired to vent malice against those
who voted against the Ku Klux candi
date for governor.
WOMAN CIIIES BIRTH '
TO SEVENTEENTH BIOT
MOUNT VERNON, Wash., May 4.—
Mrs. Alvin Eaton, 41, this afternoon
gave birth to her seventeent hbaby,
all of whom are living.
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