MANY POLITICIANS GATHER AT
WHITE HOUSE TO CONFER
WITH PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Pec. 10—The an
nouncement that President Coolidge
would enter the presidential campaign
for the 1924 nomination for re-election
was made tonight by Frank Stearns,
of Boston, the President's closest per
sonal and political friend. \\ m. M.
Butler, republican committeeman for
Massachusetts, it was stated will act
as the President’s personal represen
tative in the campaign.
Preceding the announcement of
Coolidge’s entrance into >he presiden
tial race, there was a long conference
at the White House in which Butler,
Stearns, Harvey, and James B. Rey
nolds, Coolidge’s manager in 1920,
participated. No mention was made
of who would be the probable running
mate with Mr. Coolidge, althought it
is known that it will be a conservative
republican from the East.
The President’s friends are some
what worried over the probable effect
the clause in his recent message de
claring against any compensation for
World War veterans will be taken by
the rank and file ot voters. It is believ
ed the President’s statements on the
bonus were too abrupt and should
have been smoothed down and quali
fied by reasons therefore. It is agreed
that if members of the American Le
gion vote solidly for a man known to
favor compensation legislation, that
it will go hard with the republicans.
Other politicians say the issue was
loaded, and like amendments to the
Volstead act, should have been omit
ted from the message entirely, or
else have been gone into far enough
to showT the people why he takes a
stand against the legislation.
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SEASON THREE MONTHS EAR
LIEP. THAN AT POINT BAR
ROW, SAY NAVAL MEN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—'There are
possibilities that Nome will be select
ed for the jumping off base of the na-i
vy’s polar flight next summer, it de
veloped at a session of the special
board, preparing recommendations for
Secretary Denby’s information.
It was indicated that the flight from
Nome could be attempted three to
four months earlier than from Point
Barrow, which remains ice bound un
til August. Capt. Henderson of the
coast guard service, said both ice and
fog are against using Point Barrow as
a base.
SEWARD CUE CHAMPION
WINS IN LOS ANGELES MATCH
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10—Alaska’s
three cushion billiard champion, Ted
J. Heacock, is today boasting a vie-;
tory over Minnesota’s former title
holder, Fred Mathias, as the result of
a match staged Saturday night in
Chick Wright’s parlors, 631 South
Spring street. Playing in Seward or
in Los Angeles is all the same to Hea
cock and he won from Mathias in a
sensational match by the score of 50
to 48 points.
The winner made a high run of
eight and Mathias clicked off 7 as his
best consecutive display.
Both these stars are entered in the
rapid-fire three-cushion tourney which
will take place at Wright’s parlors to
night. Twenty of the best known
players in the southwest have entered
in the match.
FAMOUS DETECTIVE DEAD
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12.—William
A. Pinkerton, noted Chicago detective
died here this afternoon.
PROCEEDING TO KODIA'' UNDER
OWN POWER. AFTER PASS
ING STRENUOUS NIG^T
Radio Operator Horn Te!is Kodiak at
1 *25 that Crew is Sa*e and
Are Awaiting Daylight
About 11 o’clock last night a radio
message was received in Seward by
way of Anchorage that the steamship
Starr, the l'. S. mail bom plying from
this pori to Unalaska and way ports
had struck Malina point on Raspberry
Island, Shelkoff Straits, and was in a
precarious condition. 'nhe message
stated i hat the boat was on her w'ay to
Uyak at the time, that a heavy sea
was running, and that one of the ii;e
boats had been swamped, but that ’he
crew was safe. The Gateway radio
listened in to the messages inter
changed between Kodiak and the
Starr and heard Oyeraior Horn tell
Kodiak that it would be necessary to
wait until morning to ascertain dam
age done to the boat, but that Hie
crewr was safe and nobod >' hurt.
Later a message came in stating
that the vessel had freed herself ar.d
was proceeding under her own <i*am
back to Kodiak.
The news was received with givat
relief by the families aud friends of
the crew, who feared from the liist
messages sent out that he situation
was worse than it turned out to be.
Captain johansen, in command «f the
Starr is one of the best known na\i
gators plying to the westward, and
while it was believed some accident
had happened to the vessel, litt'-j ap
prehension was felt regarding the
safety of the crew.
Passengers on the Starr for far
westward points, sailing from Seward
Wednesday, December 5, were: W. N.l
Reed, W. Nelson, for Kanatak. W. A.
Shields, Uyak. At Kodiak she picked
up Mr. Petrosky, who left for his
home in Uyak.
The Starr had a full cargo of freight
aboard including a deck load of 50
drums of gasoline for the Standard I
Oil company at Kanatak, as well as
several hundred sacks of Christmss,
mail for towns to the westward.
Seward residents, on the Starr are:'
Capt. O. A. Johansen, master; purser,'
Frank Horn; Morris Sergeant, chief
engineer; Frank Horn, radio opera-1
tor; First Officer John Elkholm;
Second Officer Dykeman; Steward,
Wm. Gery.
The lirst message to come in report-;
ing the disaster was by way oi An
chorage reported the Starr a total
loss on Malina Point, Raspberry Isl
and. The message said the Starr had
launched one life boat which swamp
ed, bu no one was lost. The message
dated a 1:45 said: "Stormy as — ■—;
lifeboats all ice aud struck to deck; j
If some one doesn’t com * pre- ty soon
will lose our lives.”
The gasboat Hillside, rrom Seat
tle, which was lying in Kodiak harbor
ai the lime, started to the secene of
the wreck.
This accident, however, indicates
the necessity of a cutter being sta
tioned In northern waters during the
stormy period of the winter months.
The affair might have turned out se
rious and the necessity for a cutter
very great.
The steamship Starr was anchored
at Kizhuyatt Bay last night, on her
way to Kodiak. Capt. Johansen wired:
that the Hillside reached the Starr at
11 a. m. and is assisting the vessel to;
port. The message stated that the
steering gear was disabled, the helm
going to amidships on one side and
about half way over on the other, but
with the assistance of the Hillside he
would arrive in Kodiak in good shape
today. The ship is not leaking but
the bottom was in bad shape from the|
pounding she got.
SIXTEEN PEOPLE PERISH AS
RESULT WASHINGTON GALE
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Sixteen people
are believed to have perished as a re
sult of the 24 hour gale which swept
the Washington coast causing great
property loss and inundating portions
of Hoquiam and Aberdeen.
MAY ALLISON SUES FOR DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12.—May Alli
son, movie actress, filed a divorce suit
against Robert E. Reel. She charged
him with cruelty.
SHEFFIELD, Eng., Dec. 11.—Ac
cording to a dispatch 40 miners were
killed and many Injured when a cage
fell at the Nunnery mine, while an
other dispatch says seven were killed
and 41 injured.
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A SEWARD VISITOR
Col John H Hughes, an old dm
Yukon navigation official, and an ex
perienced railroad man and personal
friend «•' v. < i ral Manager Lee id.
Landis, a;lived om San Francisco
on Saturuay'* l.cat, on his way to An
chorage L t ke over his position as
traffic ager.l for the Alaska railroad.
Col. Hughes operated a fleet of ves
sels on the run between White Horse
and Dawson during the boom days on
the river, but of late years has been
connected with the Southern Pacific.
He will be stationed at Nenatia during
the tourist season, where he will be
in charge of river transportation on
the Tatiana ami 1ukon, another large
steamer being added to the fleet. De
velopment of the railroad district will
be Col. Hughes' special mission in life
and tie is approaching his new job
with great enuiusiasm.
“What Alaska needs, according to
my impressions,” said Col. Hughes,
is population, and there is no doubt
but that Col. Landis will inaugurate
a colonization plan, similar to those
of Canada, to induce the better class
of tanners to come north. The tour
ist traffic is a big thing, and will be
getting larger each year, but tourists
do not settle a country. We need
the class of farmers that settled up
the Dakotas and Minnesota. Hardy
Northland stock, w'ho are satisfied
with a home and fair living conditions.
There is no doubt but by proper in
ducements being offered we can se
cure numbers of these people.
“Another thing I believe should be
done,” continued Col. Hughes, “is to
secure the construction ot large, mod
ern tourist hotels for housing the rich
er class of travelers. Seward will see
Alaska turned into a vast summer
playground before many more years,
and iL must be ready for them.’’
Col. Hughes served in the quarter
master corps through the war as serv
ice inspector and transportation offi
cial during the war.
W. D. Coppernoll, who announced
his candidacy for attorney general for
Alaska, thru the columns of the Gate
way recently, wires the paper from
Cheyenne, Wyo., that he cannot qual
ify for coming primary. The telegram
follows:
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 8. 1923
Seward Gateway: Find I cannot
qualify for coming primary. Accord-;
ingly absolutely withdraw from race;
for Attorney General. You are au
thorized to publish facts as stated.
WM. D. COPPERNOLL.
Mr. Coppernool at present is Out
side on business matters and will not
return until some time in February.
HINf KILLED WHEN
FAST TINS COLLIDE
DUNKIRK, N. Y., Dec. 10.—Nine
persons were killed and fifteen injur
ed In a rear end collision between
two sections of the Twentieth Cen
tury Limited, at an early hour this
morning. The dead include Otto
Sweet and wife, of Los Angeles.
ANCIENT EGGS THROWN _—
AT KU KLUX KLANSMEN
FOREST GROVE, Ore., Dec. 12.—A
parade of 150 masked and robed Ku
Klux Klansmen here last night was
broken off abruptly when the klans
men were bombarded by a shower ol
rotten eggs by parties who escaped
identification. The authorities de
tained Peter Ducyk of this city on
suspcion.
The robes of the paraders were lib
erally spattered with eggs, and oh!
the smell.
WOMEN FROM BATTALION OF
DEATH TO SAVE ISLAND TOWN
VENICE, Dec. 12.—Five hundred
women in Murano, a little town north
of Venice, have organized a battalion
of death to save their town from be
ing absorbed by the Venice govern
ment.
SEVEN MINERS KILLED
HAZARD, Ky., Dec. 11.—Seven min
ers were killed and six injured as a
result of a dust and gas explosion in
one of the Black Hawk coal mines at
Carrafork.
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TO STAIEMEHT CF
GOVEIOR BONE
SAYS ALASKAN BOARD WOULD
HAVE POWERS TO LOOT
THE TERRITORY
SEATTLE. Dec. 10.—Replying to a
statement by Governor Scott C. Bone
answering charges in a pamphlet re
cently issued here, John E. Ballaine
issued a statement this morning sav
ing in part: “Bone’s statement pur
porting to be a reply to a document t
have prepared for information of the
President, Senators and Representa
tives on influences reported to be
strangling the Alaska railroad, does
not reply to any point I made. In
three annual reports in succession
he has said there can be no further
developments in Alaska until conser
vation laws are repealed and legisla
tion substituted which would anjoun
to turning over all public property of
every kind in Alaska to an Alaskan
board with unrestricted authority to
sell that property at any price on any
terms.
“Under the plans proposed by Gov.
Bone if the Board wished to sell the
Alaska railroad for $1, they could do
so, under the plea of “the good of the
public.’ ”.
JOB) MO PINGHOT
MAT HEAD HEP. TICKET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—A pro
longer conference here between Hi
ram Johnson and Gifford Pinchot gave
rise to talk of a combination against
President Colidge, which contemplates
Johnson and Pinchot as heading the
Republican ticket.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II - The late
President Harding was elogized by
President Coo idge in ao address
broadcast tonight as one eminently
titled to scive a distracted world in a
difficult ociiud of its history.
SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—The Republi
can National Committee has assessed
the Republican State Central Commit
tee of Washington, $25,000 ,lor this
state’s share in the attempt to elect
a Republican to be the next president
of the United States.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12— American
experts as private citizens and not as
official representatives, will co-oper
ate with economic authorities of Eu
rope, notably, Britain and France in
an effort to find a solution of the rep
arations problem, the White House
announced tonight.
INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU
COLLECTS $2,600,000,000 TAXES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The In
ternal Revenue Bureau’s tax collec
tions for the year ending June 30th,
totaled more than $2,600,000,000, or 18
per cent less than the previous year,
according to an annual report of Com
missioner Blair. Reductions were due
to decreased rates in taxes. New York
was again first in the amount paid in
income taxes, turning in more than
$465,000,000 into the Federal treasury.
VANZILE WILL TAKE CHARGE
JOHNSON PUBLICITY IN EAST
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Edward S.
Vanzile, author and journalist, who
was associated with Major General
Woods’ campaign prior to the last
convention was appointed to take
charge of Hiram Johnson’s publicity
in the east.
FROST AND HIGH WINDS INJURE
FRUIT CROPS IN CALIFORNIA
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F01WAR VETERANS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The fun
damental justice of adjusted compen
sation for World War veterans still
remains and will endure until this
fundamentally just debt is paid, Com
mander Quinn of the American Legion
asserts today in a letter addressed to
all members of Congress.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.—Doug
las Tilden, a nephew of the famous
blind sculptor of that name, was ar
rested on the University of California
campus as an overcoat thief.
NOGALES, Dec. 12.—Two thousand
armed insurgents are marching from
Tepic now in the hands of the rebels,
with the intention of penetrating Sin
aloa and taking the state and Sonora
The garrison at Tampico has joined
the revolutionary movement against
the government. President Obregon’s
gunboat Zaragosa, is prepared to sail
for Tampico to assist in an attack on
that city.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Jack Mc
Auliffe, II., of Detroit, easily won the
judges decision over Joe White in a
ten round bout here.
COMMANDER SPENCE ACQUITTED
BOSTON, Decc. 11.—Commander H.
L. Pence who was in command of the
destroyer McFarland when she col
lided with the battleship Arkansas off
Cape Cod In September, was acquitted
by court martial today of responsi
bility for the accident.
SEWARD RADIO PICKS UP
TALK ON REINDEER BY LOMEN
Karl Lomen last night delivered an
address to the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce on the reindeer in
dusty. The speech was broadcast by
Hale Bros, and was heard distinctly,
in Seward, word for word. Mr. Lo
men stated that he was delivering the
address to the Chamber In apprecia
tion of their visit to Nome last sum
mer.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
WILL ISSUE LIGE1E
OTTAWA, Canada, Dec. 12.—The
Minister of Marine and Fisheries ha9
been authorized to issue licenses to
United States fishing vessels on the
Pacific coast of Canada, which will
permit them during 1924 to enter all
British Columbia ports for the follow
ing purposes: To purchase bait, ice,
nets, lines, coal, oil, provisions, sup
plies, and outfits for ships, the crews
to land catches without payment of
duty, and trans-ship them in bond to
the United States, or sell them in
bond to such local dealers as may be
authorized therefore by the Ministers
of Customs and Excises, which dealers
shall export same in compliance with
bonding requirements, or sell them for
use in Canada on the payment of a
duty fee to be charged for such bond
ing of $1 per vessel.
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PILE MARCH PRIMARIES
PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 12.—Hiram
Johnson will file as a candidate for
the nomination for president on the
republican primaries in South Dakota,
The primaries will be held in March.
IRISH FARMERS ARE KILLING
PIGS ON ACCOUNT LOW PRICES
DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 11.—Irish
farmers are drowning their pigs be
cause they do not bring sufficient re
turns to pay to raise them. It is no
unusual sight to see a farmer abandon
a pig in iln- load. I he condition is at
tributed to the eleven weeks’ strike in
the bacon industry.
CHECK WILL BE KEPT ON
SHIPS CLEARING WITH LIQUOR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The De
partment of State announced that ad
ministrative arrangements will be
made effective within a reasonable
time to exchange information on the ^
clearance of vessels carrying liquor
to the United States and narcotics and
silks tc Canada. Some treaty arrange
ments are prerequisite to the effect
iveness of the plan.
COMMITTEE MEN ARE GUESTS
AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Members
of the Republican National Committee
and associated women members were
guests of President Coolidge at a <
White House luncheon today.