Hemnrd Dnily Gateumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 88
SEWAED, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SERMON BROADCAST FROM SEL
DOVIA RESOUNDS THRU
UNITED STATES
AT AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT
Acts as Opiate to Hearst Feature
Stories of Wickedness
of Alaska
The recent article in the American
Weekly section of the Chicago Herald
and Examiner, March 2S, last, is bas
ed almost entirely on Delegate Suth
erland’s charges against Judge T. M.
Reed and U. S. Attorney A. G. Shoup.
The town of Ketchikan is character
ized as “Perhaps the worst pesthole
in America” and following a photo
graph, appears the caption “The Har
bor of Ketchikan, Alaska, said to be
the wickedest City belonging to Uncle
Sam.” Bristol Bay also comes in for
mention in the articles which have
been published in every Hearst paper
in the country, including the last edi
tion of the Sunday Seattle P. I., to
have been received in Seward.
Millions of people throughout the
United States will have read the ar
ticle, bpt, acting in powerful opposition
to the attack on Alaska’s alleged un
lawfulness will be the message de
livered thru thousands of Methodist
papers to other millions of citizens of
the U. S. A., as a result of the sermon
broadcast from Seldovia a few
months ago by Rev. Thomas Philip
Graham of Seward.
The news article on the Sermon and
the Hearst article have no bearing
toward one another with the excep
tion—one paints the Territory in scar
let letters while the sermon article
of Rev. Graham’s was to the effect he
had never met a more law-abiding
class of citizens than it had been his
pleasure to come into contact with
since his arrival in Alaska.
The broadcasting of the Reverend’s
Sermon, carrying the distinction of be
ing the first to take the ethereal route
from the Territory has been referred
to the Rev. J. S. Stwell, connected with
the Board of Missions and Church
Extension of the Methodist Episcopal
church, who is in charge of the pub
licity department. In a memo from
Rev. Stowell to George L. Search,
Comptroller, Rev. Graham is advised
that the news article of the Sermon
has been sent out to all of the Advo
cates thru the World News Service,
and the Church bulletin, and that the
attention of the Methodist people
throughout 'the country will be called
to the article. MrM. Search stated that
he, himself, used the story several
times already giving addresses on the
work of the Board of Home Mission
and Church Extension.
MILL’S BILL IS DOOMED
WASHINGTON. — Hopes for the
passage of the Mills Bill for the re
turn of seized Alien property were
doomed when the charges were made
that Secretary Mellon and Congress
man Mills were interested in Corpora
tions which would benefit.
Mills withdrew his support of the
bill after .the charges had been filed.
Garner, a democrat from Texas, who
made the accusations, charged that
Mellon was the real author of the Bill
and that five corporations in which he
is interested would benefit. The Bill
provided that American tax-payers
would bear the burden by which Cor
porations would benefit through claims
against Germany.
Senator Capper introduced the Ad
ministration Farm Surplus Bill in the
Senate with the indications .that it
has a good chance this session.
FRANC CRISIS IMPENDING
PARIS.—Speaking in Champagne,
former Minister Caillaux made the
startling prediction that a still worse
franc crisis is impending.
Admitting that the balancing of the
budget has been accomplished he in
sisted “We have not yet been sub
mitted to the hardest of penintence
and in any case we must suffer for
years to come.”
He expressed disappointment that
the new tax laws did not stop the
fall of the franc’s and pointed out
that France has not'yet recovered her
financial equilibrium.
He said France is in the position of
a business institution whose credits
have been transformed into debts.
BOUNDARY DISPUTE UP AGAIN
WASHINGTON.—Unofficial reports
that the Chilean Government has re
jected Secretary Kellogg’s latest plan
for the adjustment of the Tacna
Arica boundary dispute caused grave
concern here.
The United States Government had
suggested making the territory a buf
fer state or the selling of it to a Na
tion outside the Chilean-Peru dispute.
Fear was felt that a plebiscite would
not settle the bitterness engendered
by 4y years wrangling and the repec
tion of the alternative plan may fore
cast dire trouble among the South
- American Nations.
NEW YORK.—Mr. and Mrs. Edsel
Ford sailed for Europe, trying to keep
their identity hidden at the Pier.
JAILED ON HONEYMOON
COLUMBUS, Ohio.—The past life
of “Dr." Roy Bowman, a bath house
attendant who married Fern Rogers,
a Musical Comedy actress, only to go
to jail on their honeymoon tour for
the non-payment of his hotel bill, was
held in jail here yesterday when Mrs.
Robert Lesser identified him as the
man she married in New York in 1914.
Fern married him, thinking he was
a retired wealthy physician. She
loaned him money and even paid the
expenses of the courtship. Mrs. Les
ser, the first and legal wife, says she
loaned him money to buy the wed
ding ring.
MAIL CONTRACTS ARE
RENEWED BY POSTAL
DEPARTMENT, FOR YEAR
The contract system of carrying U.
S. mails from Seattle to Alaska, as
was stated last week, will be continu
ed at least another year. Contracts
for the service have been signed by
the postal authorities.
The contract for the Western Alas
ka run, as far as Seward is dated
April. The Seward Peninsula route
is dated June 1, and the Seward, Cook
Inlet route service begins July 1.
All vessels of the company operat
ing on a regular schedule between Se
attle and Seward furnish the same
service that has been given under the
contracts for the past several years,
handling through the local mail des
patches in the usual manner.
The steamer Redondo will cover the
Seward-Cook Inlet-Kodiak route be
ginning July 1. The contract speci
fies continuous service until Decem
ber 31, or until the season ends.
SMALL BOATS EQUIPPED
FOR SMUGGLING RUM
BE REFUSED PERMITS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.
(jP)—Coincident with the renewal of
the discussion of further agreements
with Great Britain for the curbing of
rum smuggling, an administration
measure has drawn a tighter coast de
fense and it is proposed to give the
Coast Guard officers the right to
search American vessels beyond the
four league limit.
A permit to exchange 180 Liberty
motors is held by the Treasury de
partment for use in a new flotilla of
speed boats; to authorize Customs of
ficers to refuse permits for small
boats equipped for smuggling and to
provide summary condemnation of li
quor boats.
Under the permit the Government
will employ retired military officers
and men in enforcement work and ef
fect a reciprocal arrangement forbid
ding the importation of contraband.
FRANC WAY DOWN
PARIS, April 20. (/P)—The franc
today touched a new low level, regis
tering 30 to one American dollar. In
an hour and one-half it returned to
29.90 which was the Post Bourse quo
tation.
ASST. ATTY. GEN. TESTIFIES
WASHINGTON, D C.., April 20.(£>)
—Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt testified
before the Senate Prohibition commit
tee that prohibition was being enforc
ed with increasing effectiveness.
POSTMASTERS PAYMASTERS *
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20. (£>)
—The Senate passed the House Bill
to permit postmasters in Alaska to
pay their own employes and contrac
tors which have heretofore been paid
direct from Washington.
NORTHWESTERN’S PASSENGERS
iSeattle—Mrs. Pete Cavanaugh,
Mrs. A. C. Damos, Mrs. L. Johnston,
Mrs. M. Scott and baby, E. K. Kam
marsguard, Luke Leighton, Mrs. C.
Berglin, Mrs. Katherine Cavanaugh,
Mrs. Archie Johnston, Ed C. Mc
Kewan, Mrs. E. McKewan, and F. L.
Dorrance.
Cordova—'Mrs. Lea Beale, James
Galen, J. J. Chisholm.
Juneau—G. A. Noncruff, W. A. Al
len, N. A. Leary, John A. Mitchell,
J. Hyland, M. Hyland and R. H.
Chadwick.
Latouche—L. A. Welty and A. Lar
son.
Ketchikan—T. Erickson and John
Frubick.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Eleven committees were apipoint
ed at last evening’s meeting of the
Town Council; the financial report
of the city read, and much other
important business transacted, all of
■which is of such length that owing
to the delinquent tax roll being pub
lished today, is unavoidably crowded
out of today’® column®. The record
of the meeting will be published in
full in tomorrow’s Gateway.
WATSON DUE AT 11 P. M.
The Admiral Wlatson is due to ar
rive in port tonight at 11 o’clock, ac
cording to the local office of the
company,
SAN FRANCISCO.—Two veteran
prohibition officers, Dave Rinckel and
Harry Taylor were dismissed from
the Prihibition Enforcement Service
yesterday on the charge of serving
wine at a party and later giving six
bottles of it to two girls, who were
later arrested with the liquor in their
automobile.
WOODLAND, Calif.—When the girl
of his choice refused to elope a young
farmer put a gun in his month and
pulled the trigger.—He is still alive.
LONDON.—James A. and Anne U.
Stillman, millionaire reconciliation
honeymononers will sail for the U. S.
April 28th. Bath praise physcho anal
ysis for the remoulding of their lives.1
ATHENS.—President Dangolas, of
Greece, decided to commute the death
sentence pronounced on the heads of
the recent mutineers in Salonica.
LONDON, April 20. (/P)—Mrs. James
J. Walker, wife of the New York Ma
yor, proclaimed that wet England was
more sober than dry America, after
a tour of London.
NEW YORK.—Police Commissioner
McLaughlin will demand a Ho 2 a.
m. curfew law for the night clubs, giy
ing his reason that the jewelry dis
plays increase in the number of hold
ups in the streets.
BERLIN.—The Hohenzollern’s owe
the Prussian Government $750,000 in
taxes, according to the Press of the
Democratic party.
NEW YORK.—A poll of the State
Federation of Labor, throughout the
country shows an overwhelming sen
timent for light wines and beer.
CHICAGO.—The body of Walter
Johnson, a worker for Crowe and
Barrett, District Attorneys, was found
on the ridgeland highway this morn
ing. He had ben shot twice in the
back of the head, it is believed by a
party of rum runners he was trying
to shadow.
NEW YORK.—Doctors here have
announced the discovery of a serum
which they claim will prevent
measles.
SAN DIEGO.—The restoration of
all fishing rights by the Mexican Gov
ernment to the Japanese fishermen,
headed by M. Kondy, of San Diego
is announced by the Department of
Fisheries of Mexico City.
BERLIN.—Etish Mueller who was
found dead on the Poland-Slovakian
border, lying with his head on one
side of the line and his feet on the
other, delaying the cremation 41 days,
while awaiting the proper death cer
tificates.
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KOTZEBUE NOOSE CULLED
“AKGEL OF THE KOCTIC" i
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SEATTLE, April 20. ,(JP)—'Mrs.
Golden Brady of Seattle, a Govern- ;
ment nurse at Kotzebue, miade a '
400-mile trip by dogs to nurse a set
tlement of natives stricken ■with in
flenza at Point Hope. This informa
tion was received in a letter to J.
j H. Wagner, head of the Bureau of
j Education who said the Eskimos call
i Mrs. Brady “The Angel of the Arc
tin.”
She has spent two years in the
Kuskokwim and three years at Kot
zebue.
ANXIETY EXPRESSED
OVER LICK OF WORD
FROM PLANE ALASKAN
PLANE ON THIRD TRIP TO BAR
ROW WITH HEAVIEST
LOAD OVERDUE
FAIRBANKS, April 20. (JP)— No
word has been received from the
plane Alaskan and some anxiety is
felt as the ship carried its heaviest
load of three trips. The weather is
bright and calm and the tempera
ture seventy degrees above.
The Detroiter has taken a test
flight under Sergeant Wisely and
mechanic Hufford of the Wright
Motors, and attained an altitude of
10,000 feet in 30 minutes. The plane
handled beautifully during its hour
up.
iThe freighter Tanana which ar
rived in port yesterday afternoon
from tiie south, departed at noon
today for Seattle, following dis
charging a large general cargo in
which was included explosives.
For Garden and Flower Seeds See
Brown & Hawkins Corporation. tf.
BRISK RECRUITING FOR
«, BILLS HILT
WASHINGTON, D. C.( April 20. (ff)
—All original enlistments in the Ar
my have been discontinued until fur
ther orders. This was made known
today by officials of the War Depart
ment, who announced that brisk re
cruiting the past two weeks had
brought the Regular Army forces up
to the full strength authorized by
Congress.
Telegrams, embodying the order
were dispatched to the commanding
generals of the Ninth Corps Area to
day. Qualified applicants who al
ready have been accepted may be en
listed, the messages state, but no
others will be considered until the
service again falls below the author
ized strength through natural losses.
SIX MINERS BURIED
BUCKS RANCH, Plumas County,
Calif., April 20. (/P)—Sixty men are
working in shifts tearing away a
slide which buried six veteran Calif
ornia miners in the Grizzly Creek tun
nel of tire feather River Power Co.,
on Saturday.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. (£>)—
The R. C. Storrie Company, contract
ors for the tunnel in Plumas County,
where six miners are entombed,, in
formed one or more of the men had
been calling for help through the air
lines. The rescuers were but ten feet
away when the message was received.
BELL MRROIHS WRRK
STIRTS SOON, ANNOUNCED
(SEATTLE, April 20. (/p)—J. W.
Eddy, chairman of the Alaska Com
mittee of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, announced the dredging
of 22 miles in Wrangell Narrows
will beging soon. The dredge is now
en route north from San Francisco.
Seven miles are expected to be fin
ished this summer. The sum of
$175,000 is available for the project.
FOR IN 61 BUTLER
GASE; COURT RUTS
OFFICERS FAMILIAR WITH COURT
MARTIAL PROCEDURE PRE
DICT BUTLER LOSE
SANDIEGO, April 20. (£>)—'The mili
tary Court tacitly revealed its con
viction of Gen. Butler, but adjourned,
“To await action by convening author
ity." Officers familiar with court mar
tial procedure pointed out never in
history has such an adjournment
been followed by anything but a ver
dict of conviction.
The court findings and recom
mendations will be sent to Rear Ad
miral Edward H. Campbell, Judge Ad
vocate General, who passes on the
verdict and recommends sentence to
the Secretary of. the Navy.
SCHOONER DONALDSON
LEAVES SEATTLE MAY 1
SEATTLE, April 20. (^P)—The auxi
liary power schooner Donaldson of
the enterprise Steamship Company of
Nome leaves May 1, en route to Nome
•where it will be operate between
Nome and St. Michael this summer.
The Donaldson was built at Val
dez in 1907 and was formerly a Fort
tender plying between Valdez and
Fort Liscum. It was used in the
Wrangell Island rescue expedition.
Fourth Annual May Day Dance of
the A. L. Auxiliary, May 1.
CHICAGO, April 17. (JP)—$10,000 in
cash, $3,000 years from a trust fund,
and one-third of his large business in
terests were willed by Oscar W. Eck
land, Democratic leader, to his secre
tary, Mrs. Bernice Pierce.
DECLINES TO JOIN WADE
SEATTLE, Wn., April 17. (£>)—E
Nelson declined the offer to join Lt
Wade in his Arctic expedition and
said he would devote himself to s
study of airplane design.
NEW YORK, April 19. (£>)—Sixty
two hours has elapsed without wore
from Captain Wilkins, the Nana sta
tion announced.
Fourth Annual May Day Dance o:
the A. L. Auxiliary, May 1.
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SPORTS
CHICAGO, April 20. (P)—The box
ing world is awaiting the naming of
three Sports Comimassioneris by Gov
ernor Small as legalized boxing has
returned to Chicago, after a lapse of
20 years.
NEW YORK, April 20. (P)— Jimmy
Dundee signed to fight Kid Kaplin,
June 1, in an effort to regain the
featherweight title.
NEW YORK, April 20. (^—Georg
es Carpentier has signed articles to
fighit Tommy Loughlan at Philadel
phia, but the date has not been an
nounced.
RED BLUFF, Calif., April 20. (JP)
—Joe Miller, 85 years of age, was
arrested yesterday as a bootlegger.
MILWAUKEE, Apr. 20. (£>)—Clever
Sencio, Phillipine boxer, died after he
was defeated last night by Bud Tay
lor of Terre Haute, Indiana, in ten
rounds.
BASEBALL
MONDAY’S GAMES
National
Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 2.
Boston 3, New York 8.
Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 2.
Chicago 5, St. Louis 4.
American
Philadelphia 3, 1; Boston 1,2.
Cleveland 5, Chicago 1.
St. Louis 4, Detroit 1.
New York-Washington, cold.
Coast
San Francisco 6, Missions 5.
Others travelling.
THREE YEARS TO MAKE
“ABRAHAM LINCOLN.” FILM
A1 and Ray Rockett, the young pro
ducers of “Abraham Lincoln,” which
is scheduled to show at the Liberty
tonight spent nearly three years
transferring to the screen the life of
this great patriot. Experts on the
life of Lincoln were called to aid
them. All of the places connected
with the life of Lincoln were visited
and an exact replica of the village of
Lincoln were visited and an exact re
plica of the village of Salem where
Lincoln first gained fame was built.
COOLIDGE NOMINATES
JUDGE CECIL CLEGG
FOR FOUR! DIVISION
WASHINGTON, D. C. (/P)—Presi
dent Coolidge has nominated Jndge
Cecil Clegg, Federal Judge of the
Fourth Division of Alaska.
TODAY’S FISH QUOTATIONS
Halibut quotations thirteen and se
ven cents; salmon, seventeen and se
ven and one-half cents.
Signed HAJEtDCASTLE
Ketchikan.
1Y JONES DESIGNS
FROM THE DRY FORGES
Roy Jones, of Ketchikan, assigned
as special agent to the federal pro
hibition unit in Alaska for two or
three years, is no longer connected
with the dry forces in the Territory,
it was made known recently. His of
ficial resignation has been received,
approved and forwarded by regular
channels to Washington, it was an
nounced.
He recently achieved considerable
publicity through an affidavit signed
by him and filed by Delegate Suther
land in support of his charges against
Judge T. M. Reed. It was critical of
sentences imposed by U. S. Commis
sioner E. G. Morrissey at Ketchikan
No comment was made on this affi
davit by Deputy Administrator E. O
Birgfield in announcing Jones’ resig
nation. The announcement merely
noted the fact of the resignation and
its acceptance.
BABY BOY IS BORN
The belated news of the arrival oi
a bouncing 8-(pound boy comes to the
Gateway desk today. The babe bless
ed the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A
Anderson, on Friday, last, at 6 o’clock
in the evening, and was born in the
local hospital. Dr. Baughman reports
that mother and babe are doing
splendidly.
The S. S. Northwestern departed
, for Seattle last night at 9:45 o’clocl
■ with less than fifty passengers or
board.
LETTER FROM BARROW
REACHES SEATTLE IN
TWO WEEKS BY PLANE
FORMERLY REQUIRED MONTHS;
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC NOW
WELL IN HAND
SEATTLE, April 20. (JP)—Jonathan
H. Wagner, chief of the Alaska Bu
reau of Education, received a letter
from George Sylvester at Point Bar
row, which was mailed two weeks
ago. Delivery of mail from Barrow
ordinarily requires from four or five
months. Capt. Wilkins brought the
letter to Fairbanks.
Sylvester Is a Government teacher
and said the Wilkin’s plane was the
first the natives had ever seen. The
natives were amazed when the plane
landed perfectly in a 30-mile gale.
Sylvester stated that the mild ty
phoid epidemic is under control and
that Miss A. Mueller, the Presbyter
ian Mission nurse, who was serious
ly ill, has fully recovered.
WETS RESUME TESTIMONY
WASHINGTON.—The wets will re
sume their testimony Monday before
the Senate Prohibition Committee.
Bishop Cannon will be among the last
witnesses to occupy the last two
hours. The Drys will then take the
stand and have 14 and one-half hours
left. Wayne Wheeler issued state
ments quoting Henry Ford, E. H.
Gary and John D. Rockefeller, jr., as
favoring the present Volstead law.
HUM ON SHI
THUD OREGON
Freeman L. Dorrance, mail clerk on
the steamer Starr for the past eigh
teen months, left for Seattle last
night on the S. S. Northwestern, en
route to Portland, Oregon, where ha
will take over a mail route on the
electric line out of Portland to Cor
valis. Mr. Dorrance stated to The
Gateway yesterday he has been en
deavoring to make an exchange for
some months, only on one account
tho, simply that of wanting a change
for a brief period. He plans return
ing to the Starr run in about six
months or upon the vessel’s next trip
to Seattle for her annual overhauling.
Patrons of the vessel and westward
residents will miss the genial and ef
ficient government employe.
LARGE SUM AVAILABLE
FOR MOOSE PASS ROAD
The attention of contractors is cal
led to the Bureau of Public Roads no
tice calling for bids for construction
or improving the Moose Pass, Hope,
Sunrise section, National Forest Road
project. The sum of 3110,000 is avail
able for the construction of this road
which length will be 8.49 miles.
Other work to be carried on at
j Moose Pass this season will be on the
i section of the road under construc
tion by the bureau last season, which
will be completed this year and $18
000 has been made available for sur
facing. This section is 8.6 miles in
length. In addition, 315,000 has been
made available for reconditioning the
existing road to Sunrise, a section jf
8.85 miles.
DEGREASE LAST TEAR
Alaskan products shipped to the
States last month aggregated in value
31,708,085, more than three-quarters
of a million dollars less than their va
lue for the same month in 1925. ac
cording to the monthly statement of
commerce issued by J. C. McBride,
Collector of Customs.
Sharp drops in copper ore and can
ned salmon were responsible for the
loss. The former fell from $1,719,
346 in 1925 to $934,620 last month, and
canned salmon from $543,059 to $477,
269. Fur shipments also decreased in
value about $40,000.
Dill Mil BE REMOVED
MEL ON Mil 1ST
If conditions in Seattle continue to
improve, vaccination regulations on
travel between there and Alaskan
points will be lifted May 1, according
to an announcement made by Gov.
George A. Parks. Until that time the
requirement that all passengers on
steamers leaving Seattle for Alaska
be vaccinated or show a certificate of
recent vaccination will be rigidly en
forced.
Abraham Lincoln, Liberty tonight.