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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 77 -
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
REGULATIONS FOR
' CLAM FISHING
PROMULGATEE
SEATTLE, April 1.—A special t<
the Daily Times fror .Oto.
day says a s*’'dy of the clam beds a
Cordova. Shelikof strait and elsewhen
in Alaska has resulted in a ruling tha
clams must not be taken when unde
four and one-half inches in length.
A bulletin issued by the Unitei
States Fisheries Service said that thi
ruling will protect the over-fishe
beds, particularly near Cordova.
Dr. F. W. Weymouth, of Stanfon
University, and H. C. McMillan, sc
entitle assistant, made studies of th
claim situation the past summer, i
more stringent ruling will be mad
if the above restrictions do not ge
results, it is stated.
Maladministration Charge
On Railroad Officials
Chinese Eastern Railwa;
9
(By Associated Press)
HARBIN, China, Apr. 1.—The
court decided today that B. V. Os
troumoff, former manager of the
Chinese Eastern Railway, and Gon
dat B. Mihaileff, one of his asso
ciates, must stand trail on charges
of maladministration. The court re
fused Ostroumoff’s plea to allow
him to demand witnesses and doc
uments from the railway for de
fense.
DEAD IN WESER
RIVER TOTAL 84
i
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, April 1.—The Reichswelir
dead taken from the Weser river yes
terday now total 84, with other bod
ies being taken out hourly. When the
pontoon bridge, carrying several hun
dred men. began to sink, the officers
ordered the soldiers, most of whom
where green youths, to discards their
guns and equipment, but the men
plunged into the water fully equipped
and sank to the bottom.
MAKING UP VENIRE
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Mar. 31.
—Nine men and three women have
been picked to determine the san
ity of Dorothy Ellingson.
Coppernoll Announces He
Will Be a Candidate for
Judge in Second Division
i
Wm, D. Coppernoll, well known
Seward attorney, and a resident of
Alaska for many years, announces
to The Gateway that he would not
be a candidate for District Attorney
for the Third Division, but through
solicitation of his friends and pub
lic officials at Washington, D. C.,
would be a candidate for District
Judge of the Second Division, with
headquarters at Nome. Mr. Copper
noll is an attorney of much ability,
and during the war held a position
on the shipping board. During the
Coolidge campaign he was stationed
at Chicago, where he assisted the
National Committee in conducting
the campaign for the Republican
president. *
A life-long republican, a long-time
resident of Alaska, we believe nc
better judicial material exists in
Alaska today.
Mr. Coppernoll rescinded his an
nounced intention of being a candi
date for district attorney for the
Third Division through a desire tc
promote harmony in the party. He
has the indorsement of a number ol
prominent Republicans in Alaska,
and in Washington, D. C.
i ALASKA MINING MAN DEAD;
WIDOW DIES FROM GRIEF
PORTLAND, Ore., April 1.—Thomas
S. Luke, a mining man of Nevada,
Oregon and Alaska, died last week,
| and last night his widow died from
grieving over her husband’s de;
1 MEXICAN GENFRAL KIL^S
»K ~ B OUNDS
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> MEXICO CITY, April 1.—General
f Ahelardo Acosta, entering the War
r department last night, killed three
officials, wounded two and escaped.
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s GIRL MURDERESS SPENDS
1 BIRTHDAY IN ’FRISCO JAIL
1 SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.—Doro
‘ thy Ellingson spent her 17tli birthday
? in jail, while a jury is being drawn
^ for the court to examine her sanity
‘ DODGE BROTHERS
SELL OUT AUTO
PLANT TO CORP.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April 1—The Dodge
Brothers Automobile Company today
sold out to a syndicate headed by the
banking firm of Billion, Read & Co.
the price being given as $100,000,000
practically all cash.
Dodge Brothers company is the out
growth of a small machine shop start
ed forty years ago by Horace and Jno
F. Dodge, both recently deceased. Th<
shop through association with Henry
Ford became the foundation of a big
motor industry, and made one of the
largest of fortunes from the manufac
ture of a popular, lowr priced car.
Woman Attorney Flays
Prohibition Forces for
Laxity Enforcing Law:
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 1.
Mrs. Mabel Willesbrandt Walker, as
sistant attorney general, yesterday
told the Senate Cimmitr.ee which i;
investigating the Internal Revenu<
bureau, that prohibition is bein;
laxly enforced on the Atlantic sea
board, and blamed it to poor coop
eration on the part of enforcemen
and federal agencies who are fillet
with political influence and sloth
fulness, and the federal attorneys
failure to give his attention to tin
big bootlegers.
PUMPS WORKING AT FULL
CAPACITY TO EMPTY MINE
(By Associated Press)
NEWCASTLE, Eng., April 1.—A
pump capacity of a thousand gallons
a minute are being taken out of the
Montague colliery today, but it is be
lieved that it will require several
weeks to pump the water from the pit
where 38 trapped miners were caught
by an inrush of water Saturday. It is
reported that water is rushing into
the mine nearly as fast as it is drawn
out.
Propose Modification
Am. International Law
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 1.—
‘ Thirty selected men will draft a se
ries of convention for the modifica
tion of American international law,
! as designed in a discussion by the
1 International Commission of Jurists,
which met at Rio de Janeiro and
published in the Pan-American Union.
The conventions will range from
■ the proposal to outlaw wars and
! the conquest among American re
' publics; to the -writing of the Ad
1 miralty code for commercial navi
gation of the air. It is considered
’ that :t will represent a sweeping
scheme to unite American republics.
HARDY MEASURE
WILL BE HEARD
NEXTSATURDAY
(Special to The Gateway)
' ' ’’lAU, "V April 1.—The
• louse set Saturday fte/noon for a
public hearing on the Hardy meas
ure for repeal of the Alaska bone dry
law, and invited persons interested
to appear and present their views.
The House also reconsidered its ac
tion of last week on the Nylen’s meas
ure to repeal the eagle bounty, after
it had adopted the committee substi
tute killing the repeal and reducing
the bounty to fifty cents. The House
this morning rejected the substitute
bill and continued the original meas
ure on the calendar with the final vote
scheduled for Wednesday, with the
outlook considered favorable for its
passage.
Representative Paul introduced a
new fishermen’s license tax taw, pro
viding for the following non-resident
fees :
For trollers, $50.
For gill netters, $25.
For seiners and fishermen assisting
in seining operations, $250.
The present license tax is $3, S10
and $25 respectively.
I Representative Sundquist introduc
ed a bill designed to prevent the use
of sample ballots for marking official
ballots by requiring them to be print
ed in different sizes.
A new section for the workmen’s
compensation act is proposed in a
measure introduced by Senator Ayers \
of the Second division, which aims at
requiring hospitalization, medical and :
surgical treatment of all employes;
coming under the provisions of the act. |
The measure authorizes employers to |
deduct S2.50 monthly from each em- j
ploye, to maintain the cost of such |
service. This is Ayers’ second amend-1
i
, ment.
> I The same law authorizes the courts !
to assess the costs of suits brought |
under it where lack of reasonable j
grounds for prosecution or defense1
is demonstrated.
Senator Aldrich of the First division
11 introduced a bill, “An act to protect J
, I labor.” It provides for payment by
check, draft or order on an Alaskan
bank of all wages monthly; makes
(. felonious the drawing of such checks,
I etc., where the drawer lias insuffi
cient funds to cover the instrument,
, and prohibits waiving these require
j I ments by labors. It contains drastic
| provisions against false representa
j tion regarding the character of em
j ployment to secure laborers.
| Lookie Here Gurls;
, Get Into the Movies
HULL! WOOD, Calif., April 1.—
The Famous Players Lasky Cor
poration announced today that a
Screen Training school has been es
tablished on Long Island, N. Y.
The fee to enter this institution
will be $500 for six months. The
system is being devised so as to
carry 20 pupils at a time.
MOVE OFFICES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 1.—
The administration's prohibition unit
moved the office of Assistant Sec
retary Andrews from the office of
Assistant Secretary Moss.
GUNNERY UNEQUALED
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aprli 1.—A
gunnery record, unequaled in Amer
ican naval history was achieved by
the twelve first-line battleships fleet,
said Vice-Admiral Wiley, comman
der of the battleship division.
With an illuminated tube and a pair
of long forceps, Dr. F. P. Herman re
moved a tack from the stomach of
Wm. J. Holleman, an undertaker at
.West Palm Beach, Fla.
STEAMSHIP LINE MAY QUIT
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 1.—Officials
of the Pacific Mail Line declared it
would quit business if the President
liners were sold to the Robert Dollar
Steamship Company to be used in the
Pacific business. The Pacific Mail has
been in business 75 years.
GIGANTIC AMPHITHEATRE
DEDICATED IN PALESTINE
JERUSALEM, Apr. 1.—In the pres
ence of seven thousand persons the
gigantic amphitheatre on the side hill
near Hebrew University on Mt. Sco
pus, was dedicated today with an in
augural address by Earl Balfour, au
thor of the Baulfour declaration enun
j ciat ing the British policy encouraging
j the creation of a national home for
I the Jews in Palestine. Distinguished
; visitors represented by fifty nations,
I were present. The crowd was so
: large that many were unable to enter
the tmphitheatre.
FOUR KILLED BY
ESCAPING STEAM
(By Associated Prea3)
BERLIN, April 1.—Four persons
J were killed and four seriously hurt
j yesterday at the Wilhelmshaven
! docks by escaping steam, when the
I packing around a manhole gave way
while the boilers of a torpedo boat
! were being tested.
Ketchikan Has First
Rotary Club In Alaska
(By Associated Press)
i KETCHIKAN,, April 1.—The first
Rotary Club in Alaska was organized
! here on Tuesday and the .following
’officers elected:
H. C. Nunan, president; E. G.
| Morrissey, vice-president, W. A.
■Bates, treasurer; with the Reverend
IC. M. Vanmarter, P. J. Gilmore, M.
' J Bucey and L. S. Ferris as direc
j otrs, including twenty-three members.
Frank Parrish, of the Seattle Ro
! tary Club was special organizer and
assisted in the installation.
Associated Press Head
Tenders Resignation
—
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Apr. 1.—Frederick
Roy Martin, resigned as general
manager of The Associated Press,
effective April 21 so he may be free
! to form other business connections.
DOROTHY ELLINGSON’S TRIAL
IS DEVELOPING INTO FARCE
j SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 31.—The
I jury in the case of Dorothy Ellingson,
charged with the murder of her moth
er, was excused yesterday. The se
lection of a jury to prove the girl's
sanity was ordered. One of the doc
tors said she was out of her mind oc
casionally, but another declared that
her fainting spells did not prove her
crazy.
HUY MEMBKKS
MILITIA DROWN
DETMOLD, Germany, Mar. 31.—
Fifty members of the German reich
war (militia) were drowned in the
Weser river when a bridge being con
structed by pioneers (a branch of
sappers or engineers) collapsed while
the victims were marching with heavy
field equipment across the structure.
More than one hundred were pre
cipitated into the river with rifles and
field equipment, and it is feared that
inability to free ^nunselves caused
many deaths.
The 'i.idge wafj^Hpht pontoon af
fair, su ii as is ‘’miwh over streams
by infantry in wartime.
RAILWAY MAY BE
BUILT UP SALMON
RIVER, AT HYDER
SEATTLE. April 1— Colonel Win.
T. Perkins, formerly of Nome, who is
president of the Roy State Hank and.
Oakville State Bank, is en route for a.
preliminary study with a view to con
structing thirteen miles of mining
railway up the Salmon river on the
American side from the Portland ca
nal, E. W. Knight of Alaska, an
nouced.
At Hyder Mr. Perkins will meet J„
A. Hall, and Philip R. Backus, engi
neer at the Premier mine.
It is reported that 500 tons o£
freight will be guaranteed daily by
the Daley and Fish Creek Mining
Companies; the Daly-Alaska, the Tex
as Creek, Indian, and Hyder-Jumbo
properties.
AIR MAIL LINE FOR
ALASKA TOWNS PROMOTED
SEATTLE. April 1.—The Chamber
of Commerce has been informed by
the National Aeronautical Association
that an air mail route to all Alaska
coast cities, connecting with Seattle,
has been promoted.
ALASKAN DROPS DEAD
WHILE BEING NATURALIZED
CORDOVA: Karl Peterson, who ar
rived in Alaska 19 years ago from
Minnesota, dropped dead a few min
utes after receiving his final papers
He made a brilliant showing for natu
ralization before Judge Ritchie.
BORAH ENCOURAGES
ARMS CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Apr. 1.—
Senator Borah of Idaho, declared in
a move that the new arms limita
tions conference should go forward,
notwithstanding the discouraging re
ports of France, and said that ho
felt sure that France will take an
interest in the conference, which
! will tend to bring sounder econo
} mic conditions of her affairs.”
ADMIRAL LINE IN
NEW $5,000,000
SEATTLE HOME
The Pacific Steamship Company
(the Admiral Line) moved Monday to
its new five million dollar terminal in
Seattle, the site being where the old
Skinner & Eddy shipyard No. 1 was
located during the war. The tract
comprises thirty acres, and when the
company's plans are completed, will
represent an investment of five million,
dollars.
The first unit has already been com
pleted, consisting of three mammoth,
reinforced concrete and steel piers,
150 feet wide by 1100 feet long, and
a five story reinforced concrete and
steel passenger terminal and general
office building, which will provide un
usually attractive facilities for the
general offices as well as for the hand
ling of the company’s coastwise Alas
ka and intercoastal freight and passen
ger traffic.
From now on all Alaskan vessels
will berth at these terminals which
give the company one of the finest lo- '
cations on the Pacific coast.
COOLIDGE DOES NOT FAVOR
RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 31.—
President Coolidge remains unrespon
sive to suggestions that the United
States recognize the Russian govern
ment.