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VOLUME XX, NUMBER 328
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
COOLIDGE SENDS
ANNUAL MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS
ADVOCATES WORLD WIDE COURT
AND THE CURTAILMENT OF
SHIPPING BOAD POWERS
SUGGESTS GIVING AID FARMERS
Appeals to Public for a Vigorous En
forcement of Prohibition and
Railway Consolidation
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7 (#)—
President Coolidge’s message to Con
gress suggested tax reduction along
the lines suggested by the Ways and
Means Committee, outlined adherence
to the World Court; continued efforts
to strengthen aviation without radical
change of organization of the Army
and Navy’s air services; curtailment
of the Shipping Board’s powers with
the Government fleet under control
of a single executive; increased au
thority for the President in the De
partments of Commerce and Labor in
labor disputes in the coal industry;
encouragement of co-operative market
ing as an aid to agriculture. He appeal
ed to the public for vigorous enforce
ment of prohibition, and renewed his
advocacy for railroad consolidations
and development of inland waterways.
He recommended for the present the
retention of property seized from
aliens during the war and reiterated
that Government departments should
be authorized. He declared states and
local communities must co-operate
more with the Federal Government in
reclamation projects, and urged the
sale of Muscle Shoals to the highest
bidder, agreeing to produce nitrates.
Incidental with power development
the president declared that the Mus
cle Shoals problem had assumed a
place out of all proportion with the
real importance of the project. He
said, “so far as income tax exemptions
are concerned, it seems to me the
Ways and Means committee have gone
as far as it is safe to go, and some
what farther than I should have gone.”
He said the Locarno agreement
represents the success of allowing
European countries of settling their
own problems without involving the
United States. He said American
participation in the World Court
would not mean involvement in the
League of Nations, but would “con
tribute greatly to the advancement of
our ideals.”
Every effort should be made to se
cure agreements for liquidation with
the remaining countries of our war
debts.” He said we must have air
strength worthy of the American na
tion and provisions should be made
for the addition of two additional bri
gadier generals in the Army air serv
ice.
CAR INSPECTOR
KILLED, 4 HURT
SEATTLE, Dec. 8 (£>)—Felix Har
der, a car inspector was killed and
four were hurt when a lightless, crew
less, wild locomotive crashed, going
35 miles per hour into a switch en
gine, shunting it into the rear end of
a passenger train standing at the local
depot. Harder was uncoupling the en
gine at the head of the passenger train,
when .killed.
Mr. Raamusson, the well known in
ferior operator who has been oper
ating on Nixon Forks the past sum
mer, is outbound over the trail, ac
cording to arrivals in Seward last
Saturday. Mr. Rasmusson will spend
the winter in Seattle. He is due to
arrive in Seward next Saturday.
The consensus of informed opinion
is that John D.’s oil is smoother than
his poetry.
UNDERWOOD * UNDERWOOD, N. V.
NEW PORTRAIT OF FAMOUS
FLIER
A new and exclusive studio por
trait of Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis,
crack flier of the United States Army
Air Service. Lieutenant Bet-tis was
the winner of the Pulitzer Trophy
air race in New York, in which he
broke all existing speed records. He
has been flying since the beginning
of the World War. His home is in
Port Huron, Mich.
SECRETARY WORK
MAKES REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8 (JP)—
Secretary Work made a final report on
the administration’s mineral relief
act announced that every claim under
the act with one exception had been
adjudicated. Ninety claims were ex
amined during the year; a balance of
$950,000 remaining out of the original
appropriation of $8,500,000. Five suits
with claimants are pending.
Baby Girl Blesses Home
Japanese Crown Prince
TOKIO, Dec. 7. (#>)—Princess Na
gako, who became the bride of
Crown Prince Hirchito, January 26,
gave birth to a baby girl.
Two Bodies Shipped
South On S.S. Alaska
The bodies of Joseph R. Rosenbau
rer and Charles N. Banks, which were
held last week at Anchorage funeral
parlors while awaiting instructions
from relatives in the States, were
shipped south on the steamer Alaska
which departed from Seward at mid
night Saturday.
Joseph A. Rosenbarger was in the
employ of the Fairbanks Exploration
Company during the past season and
was on his way out for medical treat
ment when he was taken from the
train at Anchorage and placed In
the government hospital. His death
followed shortly. His body is being
sent to Webster, N. Y., where it will
be laid to final rest.
Charles N. Banks, an oldtimer in
this district, died at Girdwood last
week. For many years he had been
engaged in lumbering, tie making and
logging. He was a member of a prom
inent Eastern family, a university
graduate and a man of exceptional
ability. Interment will take place in
the East.
A kidnapper pleaded as an exten
uating circumstance the other day
that he had seized the wrong girl.
A lot of men who are not kidnappers
have done the same thing.
SPECIAL ELECTION
BE HELD SEWARD
ON JANUARY 9
City Pays Out Over $1500 at Last
Night’s Meeting of the Com
mon Council
JUDGES AND CLERKS APPOINTED
Election Called for Proposed Exclusion
Land Embracing Jesse Lee
Home Site
A resolution was introduced at last
evening’s regular meeting of the Town
Council calling for a special election
to be held in the Town of Seward,
also within that Territory sought to
be excluded from the town proper, in
accordance with the petition signed
by the municipal clerk in behalf of
the town, will be held January 9, 1926,
between the hours of 8 a. m. and 7
p. m. A copy of the notice of election
is| published in another column of this
issue of The Gateway. The polling
places will be at the fire hall for the
city, and in the boys’ dormitory at the
Jesse Lee Home for residents of the
section to be excluded. The purpose
of the exclusion of this certain plat of
ground is for the purpose of building
a school house for the children of the
Home. So long as the land is in the
city the territory cannot build.
Judges appointed for the town were
A1 Peel, George Long, William H.
Whittlesey; Clerks, Mrs. Grace Cor
son and Mrs. Bessie Malloy. Judges
for the Territory sought to bs excluded
will be R. V. B. Dunlap, Harriet May
Dunlap, Pauline F. Collins.
A communication was received from
Frank Gillespie asking the council to
reimburse him for time lost by reason
of injuries received while working for
the Town. The matter was referred
to the Committee on Claims.
It was reported wires had been ex
changed regarding the tractor which
the city has been attempting to pur
chase from the Seims & Carlson Co.
for winter use of the local fire depart
ment. No action was taken in the
matter.
The bid from Ogle’s garage for re
pairing the fire truck was referred to
the Fire Committee for investigation
and recommendation.
A meeting of the common council
was called for December 28, at which
time they will sit as a board to pass
on the special sidewalk assessment for
sidewalk taxes on Second avenue and
Adams street.
Bills totaling §1,539.38 were read
and upon motion were ordered paid:
Fire roll §20; A. E. Rucker §50, J. A.
Baughman §50, J. P. Hannon §150,
Bank of Seward, two vouchers §33.33
and §25, Paddy Carroll §18; Charles
Strong §6, Brown & Hawkins §10.55,
R. J. McKanna §20, A. Bolam §5.25,
Seward Drug Store §1.35, Seward
Athletic Club §25, Cable Office §2,
A. E. Rucker §5.65, Seward Water &
Power Co. §127.50, Seward Light &
Power Co. §321.25, Seward Express
§2.50, P. C. McMullen §39.11, J. P.
Hannon §16, Chas. E. Brown §600. The
last item was for rental of the Harri
man building for high school quarters
and will be charged to the school
board.
1 KILLED AND
16 BADLY HURT
PORT ANGELES, Dec. 8 (/?)—Gus
Leuce, a logger, was killed and 16
other seriously injured, when a run
away flat car loaded! with logs, smash
ed into a box car carrying 50 loggers
near Beaver, 50 miles west of here.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Metcalf, who
were married in Seward last week,
departed for Fairbanks yesterday
morning.
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KEYSTONE VIEW CO, NEW YORK
“A HOME FOR EVERY CHILD'
A home for every child, and ev
ery child in a home, is the aim of
Mrs. Oliver HarrLman, noted society
leader of New York, and now a mem
ber of the Child Welfare Board, to
which she has been appointed by
Mayor H^ian on a 9-year term. No
salary goes with the post. She has
just returned from the Geneva con
ference, and was greatly impressed
with the wray the future of the citi
zens of each nation was carefully
taken into consideration by the dele
gates.
OPPOSED DIVIDED
AIR SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8 (£>)—
Major General Hanson E. Ely, com
mandant of the Army War College,
testified at Mitchell’s court martial:
“I am opposed to a separate air force
as it would take away the power from
a commander of the whole, which he
needs to accomplish the best results.”
5000 NAMES ON
RECALL PETITION
SEATTLE, Dec. 8 (JP)—'The City
Council received a petition yesterday
with 5000 signatures for the impeach
ment of Mayor Ed Brown. It was re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Dr. A. R. Roberts, who has been i
residing in the Stotko residence for
many months past, moved yesterday j
to the McKenna house, near Ellsworth.
Leonard Hopkins, special checker on
the Seward dock, has taken up his
abode with Dr. Roberts.
Fred Schrenger, well known chef
who has been in charge of the range
at the Seward-Kenai cut-off road (
camp, while construction was under
way, was a southbound passenger on
the steamer Alaska for Ketchikan,
where he has been offered a good po
sition.
INFORMATION WANTED
Information is wanted of Joseph
Lewis, who is wanted in relation to the
settlement of the estate of his brother
Richard Lewis. Anyone having in
formation that might lead to his loca
tion inform I. F. Wagner, Napoleon,
N. Dakota.
Mrs. F. Pederson, who arrived in
Seward last week on the steamer
Alaska, left yesterday morning for
Nenana where her husband’s dog
team is awaiting 'to convey her to
Flat where Mr. Pederson has been
operating for some years past. Mrs.
Pederson will drive the team in
alone, it Is reported.
ALASKA ROAD
ESTIMATES ARE
MADE PUBLIC
BOARD OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS
FOR ALASKA SUBMITS IT
ANNUAL REPORT DEC. 7
$1,700,000 ASKED FOR THIS YEAR
Five-Year Program, Road and Trail
Development, Calls for Appro
priation S9,000,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7.(£>)—•
Road and trail construction in Alaska
should be speeded up so as to get the
maximum benefit from the work al
ready accomplished, the Board of
Road Commissioners for Alaska stat
ed in its annual report submitted to
Congress today. The Board asks ap
propriation of §1,750,000 for the fiscal
year of 1927, beginning June 30, next.
A five-year program for road and trail
development is laid down calling for
§9,000,000 inclusive of the 1927 esti
mate. For the following fiscal years
the amounts tentatively are placed at:
1928, $2,000,000; 1929, §2,000,000; 1930,
§1,750,000 and 1931 §1,500,000.
Pointing out that the 10-year pro
gram previously adopted called for $1,
400.000 for the present fiscal year and
that only §900,000 was appropriated,
the Board declares that unless much
greater annual appropriations are
made, little can be done to meet the
pressing need for improvements and
extensions of the system, especially in
providing urgently needl'd highway
and trail feeders to the Government
railroad now completed. The Board
places the annual maintenance of the
road and trail system after comple
tion at §550,000.
Of the §1,750,000 asked for the next
fiscal year, §1,142,000 would be spent
on maintenance and §800,000 on new
construction, making a total of §1,
942.000 of which §192,000, it is estim
ated, would be Alaskan fund and Ter
ritorial contributions. For new con
struction on approved projects al
ready under way the following
amounts by districts, would be spent:
Southeastern §30,000, Eagle §15,000,
Valdez §100,000, Fairbanks §200,000,
Nenana §70,000, Southwestern §50,000
and Kuskokw'im §45,000. For new con
struction on approved projects not
yet started the following would be
spent: Nenana §50,000, Southwestern
§120,000, and Nome §120,000.
The Board makes recommendation
for the construction of a Government
dock at Juneau 400 feet long and 40
feet wide at an estimated cost of
§22,500.
Bridge-Whist Social
Be Held This Evening
The Odd Fellows hall will be the
scene of a social event tonight, the
occasion being a bridge and whist par
ty under the auspices of the Woman’s
Club. Six prizes will be awarded to
the players and refreshments will be
served. A door charge of 50 cents
will be made to the general public, who
are extended a cordial invitation to
attend.
H. E. Kristiansen and A1 Blair were
among the passengers on the steamer
Starr yesterday bound for Uganik Bay
where they expect to spend the winter
mining and trapping. Mr. Blair ex
pects to return to Seward next April.
John Zinkoff, who has been in the
employ of the San Juan Fishing and
Packing company’s local plant for
several months past, departed yester
day for upper Resurrection River on
a moose hunt.
Mrs. D. H. Williams, wife of the
Anchorage business man, accompanied
by her small daughter, are passengers
on the steamer Alaska, bound for the
States on a visit. \