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VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 84
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL 7,1923.
PRICK TEN CENTS
GRANT MEMORIAL PASSED BY SENATE
BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES AND NOW AWAITS SIGNATURE
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MENACE TO NATION IN ORGAN I
ZATION FOR CERTAIN CLASS
SAYS HARDING
AUGUSTA, Ga., Apr. 7.—Declaring
that he did not believe there was *‘a
vestige of sectionalism remaining
in the United States from the Civil
War,” President Harding in an ad
dress delivered at a dinner given in
his honor by the city of Augusta, de
plored any development of the classes
and the organization of a racial bloc
in the republic. There is a menace to
the nation, said the president, in the
development of classes and the organ
ization of blocs. There is danger in
envy and jealousy. Let us be on our
guard.”
The president’s remarks, which
were taken as an excoriation of the K
1C. K., were loudly applauded.
DEATH Elill CUM
HIS SCARED COLLECTORS
LONDON, Apr. 7.—The death of
Earl Carnarvon, discoverer of the
tomb of King Tutankhamen, has caus
ed a panic among private collectors in
Egyptian antiquities. People all over
Britain are sending their treasures to
the British museum, fearing to retain
them as they believe that Earl Car
narvon was killed by Tutankhamen’s
double soul.
LEAGUE OF MINS
DISCUSSED GY JURIST
NEW YORK, Apr. 7.—Declaring the
only seriou3 bar to America’s entrance
into the League of Nations is “a small
group of able but ambitious men, some
of them very old, who are character
istically prodigal of the lives of oth
ers,” Former Justice John H. Clarke,
of the United States Supreme court,
said in a speech tonight that the Lea
gue issue would be formed into the
1924 election and that no candidate
for the presidency or the Senate would
be permitted to conceal his position
for a single week.
DISTRICT mine WHS
TEMPTED It WEIS
DENVER, Apr. 7.—Philip Vancise,
district attorney who last week prose
cuted twenty confidence men and se
cured their conviction in a luncheon
address to the Denver Bar association
revealed the attempts to buy off the
victims of the bunco ring and keep
them from testifying. He said that
a county judge and a member 01 the
state senate had attempted to buy off
one victim and another had been
threatened with death when he refus
ed a bribe. Attempts were also made
to bribe the district attorneys’ assis
tants.
SMALL BLAZE
During the noon hour an alarm of
fire wa3 turned in from the Bob Math
ison residence, which was extinguish
ed with but small damages resulting.
A defective chimney is given as the
cause.
CHICAGO, Apr. 6— Joe Lynch, the
bantamweight champion defeated Mid
get Smith of New York, and Genero
outpointed Buddy Taylor in two sen
sational ten round contests at the col
iseum before ten thousand spectators.
turks surra sum
OF RECENT EPIDEMICS
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CONSTANTINOPLE, Apr. 7.—lhe
Turkish government has suppressed
the publication of the recent mortality
figures growing out of the typhus and j
smallpox epidemics. It is understood !
deaths averaged more than 500 week-;
I ly, nearly all preventable, had care ;
been exercised.
Jack McPhie, acting master on the
tug Kingfisher, expired suddenly today
of hemorrhage of the lungs, shortly
before noon, just as he had brought
the tug alongside the Starr and was
j engaged in placing fenders between
the two vessels. Capt. O. A. Johansen
of the Starr was engaged in conversa
tion with Mr. McPhie at the time, and
had turned his head to address a
member of his own crew, and during
that brief period McPhie fell to the
deck with blood gushing from his
mouth. Fred Hawkinson, a member
of the Kingfisher's crew, was on top
the tug's cabin placing another fender
and responded co the cry of Capt. Jo
hansen, but life was extinct within
the few seconds it took him to reach
! the tug's captain.
C. E. Shea, part owner of the tug,
who was in the boiler room at the
time, also responded to the call, and
aided Hawkinson in placing the cap
tain in a comfortable position. It was
thought for a time his head had be
come crushed between the two ves
| sels but an examination by Dr. J. A.
Baughman revealed that his death was
; due to the hemorrhage.
But little is known concerning the
relatives of Mr. McPhie, although it
is known that he had relatives living
in West Seattle, to whom a wire has
been sent advising them of his death.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
1IGHTNING BOLT KILIS
PROMINENT GOITER
STOCKTON, Calif., Apr. 7.—A bolt
of lightning struck and killed Walter
G. Hunter, a promoter and former city
golf champion this morning, while on
the green at the seventh hole at the
Country Club. The bolt set his hair
afire, burned his face and chest and
ripped the shoe from one foot. He
was killed instantly. A number of
: members of the club, nearby, were
j knocked unconscious.
250,000 IMS WANT
ADMISSION TO U. S.
NEW YORK, Apr. 7.—Immigration
Commissioner Todd has been inform
ed that 250,000 Italians have applied
for entrance here July first. The
three months quota will then permit
! the entrance of 40,000, and a selective
| process to fit the industrial need of
| the country will be made..
EXALTED CYCLOPS K. K. K.
FEARED PUBLIC EXPOSURE
SEATTLE. Apr. 7.—Learning that
his identity as exalted cyclops of the
Ku Klux Klan in Seattle was to be
made known, W. W. Woodbridge re
signed and left the order. Wood
bridge is one of the publishers of the
West Coast Lumberman.
STEAMERS FORM NEW LINE
NEW YORK, Apr. 7.—Four steam
ships .Jiave been assigned to form the
nucleus for the resumption of passen
ger service, direct from London and
here.
AS FINAL D. YS APPROACH
LEGISLATIVE BODY BUSY
RUST SARD AND KNICKERBOCKER DEBATE ON
TARIFF RATES OF STEAMER LINES—ATTOR
NEY GENERAL SAYS EXORBITANT PROFITS
BEEN MADE WHICH IS DENIED IN TOTO.
JUNEAU, Apr. 7.—The Senate yes
terday by a unanimous vote passed
the Grant fish memorial, which con
demns the policy of the federal bu
reau establishing fish reserves in the
Territory- The memorial was passed
in the exact form as it wa3 passed in
the House. This measure only awaits
the signature of Governor Bone to
have it engrossed on the bill record of
the legislature.
An amendment offered by Senator
Chamberlin which proposed a limita
tion in reference to elective officials
failing to speak for Alaskans on meas
ures pertaining to the welfare of the
Territory was defeated by a vote of
six to two; Chamberlin and Dirnond
starting the affirmative arguments.
The amendment, it was understood,
was offered at the request of Attorney
General Rustgard, who claimed that
certain paragraphs of the memorial
were misleading (This matter pertain
ed to the proposed action on the sol
dier bonus bil). The memorial was
debated on for two hours and then
returned to the committee for further
consideration.
Senator Ayer introduced a bill pro
viding for co-operative arrangement
of federal and territorial supervision
and inspection of mines and minin',
except coal mines which came under
the direct supervision of B. D. Stew
art. An appropriation of $7,000 was
voted in this connection.
The House has passed the Ayer
memorial asking for the establishing
of an Indian training school in the
Second division.
House Bill No. 23, by Daley, requir
ing payments to persons in private
employment to be made in money of
the United States or cheeks payable
at the nearest banking place in the
territory, passed.
The House judiciary committee, by
a majority vote, reported on the wom
en’s jury bill, with an amendment
providing for exemption on account of
sex.
In a final effort to stop alleged mass
voting by illiterate Indians, Represen
tative Foster introduced a memorial
requesting that the United States con
gress amend the organic act by add
ing educational qualifications for elec
tors which would require that voters
be able to read and write the English
language. In presenting this memo
rial the representative said the legis
lators who had opposed uie previous
literacy measure on the grounds that
it was outside of the province of the
Alaska legislature to enact such a law’
could find no objection to the amend
ment request.
The House has passed the Dimond
eagle bounty increasing the bounty
rate from fifty cents to one dollar.
This measure is now ready for the
governor’s signature.
The Dunn memorial tor wireless
stations at Wiseman, Haycock, Teller
and Kotzebue has been passed in the
House.
The Raelston memorial asking that
the fall elections be advanced to the
month of October, was killed.
The Johnston memorial on Febru
ary elections was passed.
The Senate passed the Dimond mea
sure amending the territorial pliarm
( acy act to permit unregistered pharm
acists to dispense certain medicinies.
The't Dimond bill reducing the maxi
mum legal limit of banking loans
from 50 to 35 per cent of the combin
ed capital stock and surplus was
passed.
The Ayer memorial asking for a one
hundred dollar bounty on orcas or
grampus killers, passed.
An adjournment was taken for the
j purpose of going into a joint session
j of the transportation committee to
: listen to the arguments of Attorney
General Itustgard and General Mana
| ger Knickerbocker of the Alaska S. S.
company, relative to the rates charg
| ed by the company on northern trans
portation. Knickerbocker, in his testi
i mony, took issue with the Attorney
General on his biennial report, which
submitted a mass of statistics relative
to rates, mileage, and profits, and
which contained many alleged inaccu
racies. “Since the organization of the
company in 1910, the dividends declar
ed to the stockholders had averaged
less than six per cent annually on the
investment,” said Mr. Knickerbocker.
Rustgard, in his report, has asserted
| the earnings of the company exceed
ed 53 per cent annually for the years
preceding 1921. Knickerbocker furth
er denied Rustgard’s statement that
j the earnings had ever approached that
I figure. Rustgard also stated that the
| Alaska lines were the only American
j companies using “ship’s option of
i weight or measurement system.” Mr.
! Knickerbocker, refuting the statement
! submitted a list of fourteen companies
I operating in American waters where
j the same system was in effect.
Rustgard, in reviewing his report,
: reiterated his charges of exorbitant
| profits and stated that his figures sub
mitted were conservative rather than
inflated. The joint committee declar
ed a recess until next Tuesday when
I ed a recess until next Thursday when
BUENOS AIRES, Apr. 7.—The re
striction to a minimum of Asiatic im
migration to all American countries
was advocated in an article addressed
to the Pan-American conference by
the Argentine Patriotic League.
RABBI SEVERELY BEATEN BY
UNKNOWN ASSAILANT DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 7.—Rabbi
Alfred J. Lafee, of the Bush street
temple, who was beaten into uncon
sciousness by an unidentified man in
his hotel room Tuesday night, died to
day at Mount Zion hospital.
CALIFORNIA DROUTH BROKEN
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 6—A heavy
rain this morning broke several weeks
drouth in northern California. Far
mers claim the rain will add millions
of dollars to their crops.
CO-HEK TO MILIIONS
AGREE TO WHIT ACTION
NEW YORK, Apr. 7—Because of the
serious illness of George J. Gould, his
co-heirs to the millions of (the late. Jay
Gould, have signed an agreement sus
pending litigation involving adminis
tration of the Gould estate.
REPUBLICANS PLAN TO BURN
ALL FACTORIES IN IRELAND
LONDON, Apr. 2.—Dispatches from
Belfast state that the Republican are
plotting to burn all distilleries, brew
eries and tobacco manufacturing fac
tories in Dublin and the south of Ire
land.
PIONEER KLONOIKER DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 7.—John
Raap, a pioneer Klondiker, who went
to Alaska in 1875 is dead.
Saturday Gateway $3.00 per year.
SURVEY VET'S HEM
i
WASHINGTON, Apr. 6.—A com
plete survey of the Veterans’ Bureau
hospital program is being made, Di
rector Hines announced, to determine
whether the existing facilities are ad
equate, both as to the number of beds
and as to the condition of the hospital
buildings.
E0H LITE JACK STOTKI)
It is announced that fun* ral serv
ices for the late Jack Stotko will be
held under the auspices of the Odd
Fellows tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 in
Arctic Brotherhood hall. Following
the services the remains will be es
corted to the railway station and at
three o’clock the train will leave for
the local cemetery.
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTIC
FLEET OPERATING TO U. S.
GENEVA, Apr. 7.—An international
narcotic fleet operating off the Cana
dian coast landing narcotics for ship
ment to the United States has been
discovered by the dominion govern
ment.
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CHIEF OF POLICE SHOT WHEN
ATTEMPTS ARREST AUTOIST
RATON,' N. M„ Apr. 7.—Chief o;
Police Oscar Davis was shot and killed
l by an autoist on whose running board
| he was standing in an attempt at ar
: rest.
WEEKS ISSUES STATEMENT
DEFENDING ARMY AND NAVY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.—Secretary
: Weeks hasjlssued a statement defend
ing the army and preparedness for
defense against the attacks of pacifists
and communist organizations.
He also stated the navy was second
to none in the world and should be
kept so.
FIVE BAIT™ UP
51. LOUIS MAIL TRUCK
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ST. LOUIS, Apr. 7.—Five bandits
held up a mail truck shortly after
noon today and stole nine registered
pouches. They locked the driver and
guard in the truck and escaped. Po
i lice say the robbery which was staged
in the business district was one of the
boldest in years. The loss has not yet
been estimated, but the bags were
consigned to banks, brokers and largv
business houses.
SHU BEIMT DIED
PARIS, Apr. 7.—Sarah Bernhardt,
because of her need of money, was
compelled to sell her property at
Belle Isle it develops, and this was the
reason she was not buried in the tomb
which she had dug in solid rock years
ago. It is stated that the great act
ress was absolutely penniless at the
time of her death, her friends paying
for her obsequies.
SEATTLE YOUTH DRAGGED A
MILE BY MOTOR TRUCK
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SEATTLE, Apr. 6.—Melbrayne Wil
ey, 17, who was run down and drag
ged a mile by a motor truck, is dying.
HEAR3T BUYS ANOTHER PAPER
BALTIMORE, Md., Apr. 6.—The
Baltimore Sun was purchased today
by William Randolph Hearst from
Frank A. Munsey.
BERING SEA CODFISH
FLEET SAILS NORTH
FOR 1923 PACK
FREIGHTER VALDEZ WILL TOUCH
AT KANATAK—CREWS FOR
CANNERIES ON WAY
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—The IV-ring S-a
eonfishing flet is getting under way,
the schooners John A. Captain Kelly
and Charles R. Wilson, Capr. Grot’s,
having put to sea this morning. Th»
freighter Valdez sailed this morning
with cannery supplies for Nellie Juan,
Port Ashton, and lumber for ICanatak,
the new port in the Cold Bay oil
fields.
The steamship Victoria will enf-»r
the cannery trade Tuesday until the
opening of the Nome season.
PREMIER BRATIANO RESIGNS
DL'CILVREST, Apr. 7—Premier Bra
tanio tendered his resignation today
and the king has accepted it.
Oil STOCK PROMOTERS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.—Oil stock
promoters operating from Texas in
the last five years filched one hun
dred million dollars from the public,
Postmaster General New was advised
this afternoon by John H. Edwards,
solicitor for the post office depart,
ment and Chief Postal Inspector Sim
mons.
ALAMEDA SAILS WITH
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—The steamship
Alameda sailed this morning followed
later by the Jefferson, the two vessels
carrying a total of 600 passengers,
largely cannerymen for Cordova. Port
Nellie Juan, Port Ashton. Shakan,
Quadra, Auk Harbor. The following
were for Seward:
John Taylor, Mrs. E. M. Taylor, W.
| C. Scott and wife, F. W. Daly, J. L.
Graef, J. J. Dalton, C. T. Irwin, Abe
Stein, Thos. Peterkin and wife, C. T.
Lindberger. J. L. Delong. W. H. James
and wife, J. Paulstheiner and wife, C.
V. Wilson, A. G. Nordale, P. Dryoad,
Iver Strom, V. Engblum, S. Burvish,
M. Sodie, and thirty steerage.
ORIGIN OF COIL SUMS
OTTMTED IMS
LONDON, Apr. 7.—Prof. Barton S.
Scammell, president of the Radium in
stitute at Dover, announced that he
has discovered the origin of coal. He
said thajt research work in Vesuvius
volcano had revealed a “bind” of mys.
terious substance which is found at
the top and bottom of all coal seams
was composed of the same substance
as lava. He stated “when the bind
was made radioative with solutions of
radio phosphate of potash R absorbs
nitrogen from the air and forms a per
fect fertilizer.
MARINE INFORMATION
The steamship Admiral Evans is
due to arrive in Seward at S o’clock
tomorrow morning.
The steamship Starr will leave for
Kanatak either late Sunday night or
early Monday morning.
CARDIFF MINERS STRIKE
CARDIFF, Wales, Apr. 6.-46,000
miners in the Rhondda coal fields are
on strike ill an effort to force 600 non
anion miners to join the federation.