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VOLUME XVII NUMBER 104
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY APRIL 20,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
BIG ALASKA LINER SLIDES INTO WATER
House and Senate Still Deadlocked on Women's Jury Bill
INITIAL TRIP BE MADE TO SEW
ARD FOREPART OF JUNE, ...
IN TOURIST TRADE
TACOMA, Apr. 20.—“I christen
thee Alaska.
These words were spoken by Miss
Frances Nowell, of Juneau, in the
presence of many prominent in busi
ness and social life of the Northwest,
and the 365-foot steel passenger liner
Alaska, which the Alaska Steamship
Company will operate in the Puget
Sound to Seward service, was suc
cessfully launched ajt 6:00 o'clock last
evening at the Todd Shipyards.
The steamship Alaska will be one of
the most palatial boats on the North
ern run, having a speed of 21 knots an
hour and being used in the tourist
trade. Her first trip will be made in
June.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 20.—Criminal
prosecutions may follow the injunc
tion suit filed in New York today by
the federal government to ported the
public against exorbitant sugar prices
caused by gambling in futures.
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SUL PROTECTION
IS INCflUSING HERDS
VANCOUVER, Apr. 19—A conserv
ative estimate places the number ot
fur seals in the North Pacific at about
600,000 as compared with only 198,
U00 when the governmetn adopted pro
tective measures in 1911 an dthe In
j dians predict a good hunting season.
The original body before white men
depleted it, has been estimated at five
I million animals.
About the time that the spring sal
! mon are at the height of their runs on
I the west coast of Vancouver island,
and the fur seals of the Pacific swim
j northward along the shore bound for
i the rookeries on the Aleutian and the
! Pribilof islands. The west coast In
dians thereupon quit salmon fishing
j to seek the valuable pelt bearers.
No white man may catch the seals,
but the Dominion government when
agreeing to stop seal hunting, insisted
that the coast Indians who had made
a part of their living from these crea
| lures for generations should continue
1 to have the right to seal during the
j spring migration of the herds. Ihe
red men must, however, continue to
use the primitive spears and methods
of their l'orefatners. No guns may be
• employed.
Even under these restrictions the
west coast Indians collect usually
about $30,000 lroui the creatures. Last
season was a bad one, as the seals
passed north far at sea, owing to the
heavy storms.
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i LYNN, Mass., Apr. 19.—Seven per
ished this morning when the Essex
Castle, an apartment house was de
stroyed by fire.
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UIUTSOIIIN
EARLY MORNING HOURS
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port this morning shortly aft
er five o’clock and left at 7:30 for the
westward and Anchorage. Listed for
Seward were the following passen
gers:
For Seward—Antone Eide, J. W.
Downing, Mrs. M. Maxwell, Mrs. A.
Small, Geo. Klapproth, G. P. Sullivan,
A. P. Waterfield, Ben Poindexter,
Bentley Falls, Mrs. Bentley Falls, B.
C Nichols, Mrs. R. G Lanning, Mas
ter Lanning, Lewis Barnes, Dorothy
Kohler, Lyla Burch, D. Hermon, Mrs.
Hermon, T. E. Ayers, A. B. Sampaio,
H. Felder, 22 steerage.
For Anchorage—Mrs. G. E. Hatch
er and baby, R. L. Miller, A. Greer,
Mrs. Greer, Mrs. I. Torgenson, F.
Erickson, Martha Erickson, John and
Mary Stahl, Ray Dancer, Mrs. Dancer
and baby, Jos. Morris, C. B. Me.vers,
R. Carl, J. R. Gelineau, John Turner.
For Kodiak—W. J. Erskine, Mrs.
Erskine, Carolyn Erskine, Wilson Ers
kine, J. J. Finnegan, Mrs. Finnegan.
Terry Finnegan, Gordon Jones, O
Hofstad, J. R. Russell, J. E. Buckner,
L. E. Grammar, A. Silverman.
Those booking out of Seward were:
Snug Harbor—Eric Nelson, Pete
Nelson, H. Anderson.
Anchorage—J. W. Ford, A. E. Dun
levy, Sam Campbell.
HEALTH OFFICERS ALARMED
WASHINGTON, Apr. 20.—United
States health service officials look
with alarm on the epidemic of long
distance dancing that is rapidly
claiming devotees in cities throughout
the States.
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Dies After Dancing 87 Hours
BROWN NOT WORRIED
Bt LACK OF CUR
MONEY STILL IN THE POCKETS
OP THE PEOPLE HE SAYS—
RUNNING BEHIND DAILY
.SEATTLE, Apr. 20.—Solidarity ol
labor, unachieved as yet, will be ac
complished in the new era dawning
on earth, Mayor E. J. Brown told the
employes of the Seattle municipal
railway last night. The new manage
ment of things would be based or
‘<perspiration and not inspiration,’
and its dogma would t>e confined tc
retention by the worker of nearly all
that he producesr as preached by the
Nazarene, Marx, Blackstone and Lin
coin.
The highest intelligence that car
come to the laborer is when he real
izes that he must unite in one big
. movement in order to express the will
of the people. The laboring man no-w
divides the fruits of his labor instead
of keeping it. Whom do you divide
up with. The exploiter of labor, ol
course.”
Referring to the reported deficit oi
$5,668 daily resulting from the de
creased fare on the municipal cai
* lines Mayor Brown said:
“The money is still in the pockets
of the people, so why should we wor
, ry about it?*’
The number of autos about town an
increasing to a point where Sewarc
will soon ned a triffic cop.
A number of passengers will com*
t over on tomorrow’s train to take th(
Admiral Watson.
AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION
INDORSED LITERACY BILL
Delegates from the local Post of the
American Legion take exceptions tc
the recent statement by the Gate
way that the Legion convention should
have unanimously indorsed the Fos
ter Literacy Bill.
They state that the convention did
indorse the bill. No record of such
indorsation was received by the Gate
; way nor was it able to secure a re
port of what was done at the conven
| tion a very incomplete press report oi
! the proceedings having been sent out
While we regret very much thal
no report of the meeting was sent tc
the papers it is a matter of gratifica
tions that its members endorsed this
one hundred per cent American bill.
WORKING REPARATIONS
PROBLEMS FOR ALLIES
PARIS, Apr. 20.—Former Ministei
of War Bartho, chairman of the inter
allied reparations commission, is
working out a reparations scehdule tc
| show the minimum amount of repara
I tions that France and Belgium wil
accept from Germany.
DREDGE LEASED
Recent arrivals from the states ad
vise that John Beaton, the wet
known mining man of the Iditarod dis
trict, will not come north this year
Mr. Beaton has leased the dredge ir
which he was associated with Don
nelly to Dan McKenzie, Joe McKin
non and Alex Madison, who will this
year operate the ground on which the
dredge is located.
The Resurrection Bay Lumber Co
has a large force of men at wort
> across the bay.
Auxiliary meeting tonight.
CLEVELAND GIRL BREAKS ALL
ENDURANCE RECORDS BY
DANCING NINETY HOURS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Apr. 20.—Com
pleting ninety hours and ten minutes
continuous dancing, Miss June Curry
walked off the floor of a local danc
ing academy tonight as the world’s
champion endurance dancer. The best
previous performance was 56 hours.
DANCES 87 HOURS; DROPS DEAD
NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y., Apr.
20.—Homer Moorehouse, 27, danced
continuously 87 hours and dropped
dead as he walked off the floor.
PHILADELPHIA, Apr. 20.—A statue
! 5200 years old has been unearthed in
I Mesopotamia by the joint expedition
1 of the University of Pennsylvania and
: the British museum, according to a
| report received today by Dr. George
B. Gordon, director of the university
museum. The report said the statue
was found while unearthing the Zig
gurat gate on the 'sit eof Ur of the
Chaldeans.
It is a Diorite statue of Ennantum,
king of Lagash, who reigend in 3200
B. C., and was said to be the oldest
in existence.
Tomorrow’s Gateway will be an un
usually interesting number having
much territorial news, and interviews
with a number of returning Alaskans.
Auxiliary meeting tonight.
GOOD ATTENDANCE NOTED j
Last evening in the council cham
bers of the city hall was held a gen
eral meeting of the Seward Chamber
of Commerce with a good attendance
noted. The meeting was called to or
der with President W. I. Whiting in
the chair. Much business was brought
before the meeting to be transacted.
The following is the minute report of
the session.
Reading of minutes of previous
meeting, which were approved.
Communication read from the com
mercial club at Wrangell with refer
ence to Alaskans patronizing Alaska
industries. This matter was tabled
for future reference.
Matters pertaining to the location of
the Standard Oil company in Seward
were gone into with the chamber vot
ing to aid in any way possible to fur
ther the interests of the company in
securing a desired sice for its tanks.
On the discussion or financial mat
ters the treasurer was authorized to
deposit funds in the Bank of Seward
and to draw against the Chamber ac
count. The treasurer's report showed
$185.85 to be the present sum on
on hand. Report was accepted.
The matter of sending a delegate to |
the Chamber of Commerce at Anchor-1
age on May 2 was discussed. Moved !
j and carried that the Seward Chamber j
1 of Commerce send a delegate to'
I the convention who would be instruct
: ed as to the program for co-operating i
i with the representatives sent from j
: Fairbanks and Nenana, which towns'
would also be represented at the ses- j
sions.
The secretary, after discussion, was
instructed to send a message of con- j
fidence to the legislators from the'
j Third division expressing the confi
I dence of the community as to the at
titude taken regarding the fisheries
! tax.
On civic affairs it was announced
by the chair that a committee would
i be appointed from the chamber mem
! bers to act in conjunction with the
: Civic Committee of the Town council.
; The secretary was instructed to
write a letter to the United Chambers
of Commerce convention at New York
City, which convenes next month, that
although Seward was unable to send
a delegate the local , body would be
willing to offer hearty co-operation in
any movement which would be for the j
| public good. |
Following a general discussion dur- j
ing which matters pertaining to the
court house, Standard oil location,!
the pulp mill probabilities and a short!
talk on radio developments (by J. P.
Hannon), the chair declared an ad
journment, stating that the civic com
mittee and the delegate to the Anchor
age convention would be announced
at the regular luncheon to be held
next Tuesday. As regards the lunch
eon President Whiting stated that
these functions were not confined to
Chamber members alone, all who were
interested being welocme to attend.
TRADE UNIONISTS SEIZE
CITY OF MULHEIM
BERLIN, Apr. 20.—The government
this morning ordered reinforcements
to proceed to the city of Mulheim,
which communists and trade union
ists have occupied, barriciading all
exits.
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MARINES IN SEIM
SEATTLE, Apr 19.—Major General
John A. Lejeune, commandant of the
United States Marine Corps arrived in
Seattle today.
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FWO MILLION WORTH |
Of SECURITIES FOUND
ST. LOUIS, Apr. 20.—Two million
dollars worth of bonds and securities
taken in the holdup of an armored
mail truck here April second were re- |
covered late today in the home of j
William F. Doering. The latter was j
arrested.
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SNUG HARBOR CANNERY
TO OPERATE SHORTLY
The Pioneer Packing company plant
at Snug Harbor will soon be in opera
tion, a crew for that plant being bn
the Admiral Watson this morning.
Those who came from the States to
be employed at Snug Harbor as fol
lows :
Miss Hilda Sund, Elinna Allen, J.
L. Secrest, Mrs. Secrest, Gladys Bum
stead, Erma Scrimsher, Mrs. fC. Smith,
Miss Hannah Andrews, Mrs. Pauline
Brown, Mrs. Elkstrand, Blanche Tur
stall, Mrs. L. Howells, Pearl Hale
Alma Makela, Mamie Clark, Hilma
Turo, Mrs. H. Pederson, Mrs. J. E.
Stewart, Tyne Salo, Mrs. H. A. Wells
Mrs. Betty Miller, Byron Marlow. C.
S. Burch, E. N. Davis, Fred Davis,
Wm. Davis, R. S. Hoover, Wl Hoffman
Carl Johnson, John Johnson, Marion
Kelley, Carl McCray, A. 3. Nelson,
Frances Olson, D. Richmond, O. E.
Rustemeyer, O. F. Reeved, H. H.
Smith, H. A. Wells, Vernon Wheeler,
Arichie Wright, Ethel Marlow, H. L.
Howells, Ray Hendricks, E. |W. Shaw.
ffl.000 FORGOTTEN
THOUSANDS OF UNCLAIMED AC
COUNTS IN CALIFORNIA
BANKS
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19.—Approxi
mately $250,000 has been deposited
and forgotten by depositors of Los An
geles banks, according to bank annual
reports covering unclaimed deposits.
There are about 24,000 depositors who
apparently have forgotten their sav
ings and these accounts average $10
each, although annual reports state at
least one account exists that runs up
into four figures.
Banks, it is said, consider an ac
count active during the first ten
years. After that an effort is made
to reach the depositor, and if the ac
count remains idle another ten years
the money reverts to the state.
Bank recods show that when a large
sum is left neglected it is usually be
cause the depositor is dead and the
heirs are unaware of the existence of
the account. Smaller accounts, bank
ers state accumulate through negli
gence of the depositors.
Women, according to bankers, often
have accounts in their maiden names
and after they are married not only
forget the account but fail to recog
nize their maiden names when the ac
counts are advertised after ten years
elapse. The advertisement- of dor
mant accounts, bankers state, is the
signal for a grand rush of unscrupu
lous men and women to put in fraud
ulent claims for the forgotten cash.
They do not always apply to the bank
ers themselves but seek the owners
and state that they know where they
can get a sum of money and demand
an enoi'mous percentage of the re
turns. Despite bank warnings in re
gard to this practice bankers assert
the trickery brings large returns to
the schemers.
The forestry reserve crews will
leave Juneau next week, arriving in
Seward for their summer’s work.
Thos. King, a well known rancher
at 3%, who was in town yesterday, re
ports the snow nearly gone in his sec
tion
s
d AN Y CONCERNS WILL BE FORC
ED TO SUSPEND IN CASE
BILL BECOMES LAW
(By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU, Apr. 20.—The present
Alaska mining compensation act “is
better, safer and sounder than any
similar law in America.”
These words were spoken in an ad
dress by J. A. Hellenthal, a Juneau at
torney, who said that the proposed
state industrial insurance system
covered by House Bill 9 would either
lessen the benefits received by injur
ed workmen or result in greatly in
creased costs to all employers with
out raising the compensation rates
accordingly. Mr. Hellenthal said the
tremendous costs entailed in estab
lishing an administrative system to
put the proposed state insurance sys
tem on an operating basis, would not
help the laborers or the employer.
Conference committees appointed
on the women’s jury bill are still
deadlocked without hope of settle
ment.
The House accepted the Senate
amendments on the Soldiers’ bonus
memorial.
Canners are still protesting the
adoption of the graduated pack ta*,
declaring that it might put them en
tirely out of business. The canners
representatives said they had been
losing money the last four years and
were heavily indebted to the banks in
the States. The cost of packing had
increased twelve per cent over last
year and the margin of profit would be
so small that they might be forced to
suspend business entirely by radically
iincreased levies.
FREE STATERS FLOOD
CAVE, REBELS DROWN
DUBLIN, Apr. 19.—After a long
siege, Kerry Cave, in which De Va
lera was supposed to be hiding ended
this moniing w’hen the cave was flood
ed by Free State troops and three ir
regular soldiers and Walter Stevens,
a London clerygman were drowned.
PRODUCTION BY JUNE
It was ascertained on good author
ity this morning that the Standard Oil
company, now drilling in the Pearl
Dome regions, expected to strike a
flow of oil during the month of June,
in fact to be on a production basis by
that time. Among other matters
which affected the Portage Bay sec
tion it was also stated that there
would be no wharf construction at
Kanatak until a flow of oil tvas as
sured.
KING ALBERT WILL iSK
FOR GREATER INDEMNITY
BRUSSELS, Apr. 19.—King Albert
has agreed to support a demand of
Belgians who were deported into Ger
many during the World War for an
indemnity of ten francs daily during
the deportation period instead of the
present monthly allowance of fifty
francs.. It has been pointed cut that
4,000 out of 128,000 who wore deported
to Germany during the wrar have died
since due entirely to privation and
disease and treatment received when
prisoners.
The logging camps about town are
are reported unusually busy, with a
shortage of workmen in many cases.
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