VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 90
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
SELLS TOMS
FRENCH BULLETS
ARE BURIED
THIRTEEN ESSEN WORKMEN
SHOT DOWN BY FRENCH
GIVEN HONORS OF WAR
BERLIN, Apr. 10.—Germany today
buried the thirteen workmen shot
down by French troops at Essen, ac
cording the victims full military hon
ors, the same as if they had fallen on
a field of battle.
Bells tolled and services were held
throughout the republic from the
Rhine to East Prussia and from Lake
Constance to the North Sea.
Immense crowds gathered at all
public places and huge parades wen
tormed in protest against the shoot
ing of the workmen by the soldiery.
Ruhr Pays for Demonstration
BERLIN, x\pr. 11.—Ruhr paid today
:or its demonstration against the oc
cupational forces on the occasion of
the burial of the thirteen Krupp mar
tyrs yesterday. Evictions, fines, de
portations, and threats of court mar
tial were reported from a dozen dif
ferent places in the new occupied area
as well as the old.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT 6E
MADE IN SHORT TIME
Among other matters brought up for
discussion at the city council last
night by the retiring mayor, S. M.
t/raff, was that of civic improvement!
which would tend to beautify the ap-!
pearance of Seward. In discussing
this matter direct reference was made
ro the plots of ground which lie on
•:ach side of Fourth avenue at the dock j
approach. These plots, it appear, are'
under control of the government, and :
negotiations are under way for the:
leasing of them to the town of Seward,
which should take place within iho!
next few days. It was suggested by
Mr. Graff that these be placed in a
presentable condition as soon as pos
sible that visitors would gain a good
impression of Seward uy having the:
eye greeted with a nice park or other I
means of ornamentation, rim new
mavor and council assured Mr. Graff
lie matter would be taken up at the
irst opportunity.
POPULATION OF II, S.
110,062,507 BY JULY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 11.—The pop
ulation of the United States will be
110,116,502 July 1, according to an es-'
’imate of the buerau of census today.
SEATTLE JAPANESE KILLS
WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS
SEATTLE, Apr. 11.—Because he
has tired of having so much trouble
at home, M. Endo, a' Japanese mer
chant shot and killed his wife and
three daughters in this home this
morning. He cut his wife’s throat
after shooting her.
MARINE INFORMATION
The Alameda reported out of Ju
neau last night at 7:30. The vessel
has ye* to call at Nellie Juan, Thumb
Bay and Sawmill Bay before making
Seward.
The Admiral Evans left Anchorage
this morning at 7 o’clock. Will pro
ceed to Ozinkie and Kodiak before
coming to Seward, southbound.
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TEliS LOVE LETTERS
WEALTHY MAN SAYS HE HAD NO
FEAR OF BLACKMAIL
| NEW YORK, Apf. 11.—J. Kearsley
Mitchell, of Philadelphia, was never
worried because of letters lie had
written to Dorothy Keenan, slain mo
del, his attorney today told reporters.
The district attorney’s office had
! been working on the theory that the
girl was slain by a ring after she re
fused to aid them in blackmailing her
men friends.
IN FOR REPAIRS
j The halibut schooner Alten pulled
into port yesterday afternoon from
the banks and will remain in port for
the next few days. Engine trouble.
| compelled the trip. It is reported that
: fishing was good.
PISSED BY HOUSE
UNANIMOUSLY
CLAUSE STRIKEN FROM WOMAN’S
JURY BILL ALLOWING EX
EMPTION CLAIM !
( By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU, Apr. 11—The Shepard!
Pension Bill passed the House today l
! without a dissenting vote. The prin-j
j cipal features of Che measure are j
maximum allowances to men of 5251
per month; women 515 per month, and ,
a provision for the payment of pen- j
sions to persons after leaving the ter-j
ritory, regardless of the length of time ’
residing outside of Alaska, if the al- J
lowance is started prior to the time of;
their removal from the territory.
By a vote of nine to seven the House
j amended the Woman’s jury bill strik- ■
ing therefrom the clause allowing \
women to claim sex' as an exemption
from jury service.
The House passed the Decker ship
subsidy bill providing a subsidy for
j a mail route from Nome to Kotzebue
Sound and from Nome to St. Michael,
of not to exceed $5,000 for the first
named mail route and $3500 for the
second.
A general deficiency measure carry-J
ing a total of $19,000 covering short
ages in Territorial schools, Fish com-,
mission, dependent children and the!
agricultural college was passed.
Daly introduced a memorial asking
for the extension of the Federal high
way act to Alaska; also a bill creat
! ing a board for the development of
| animal industry, carrying an appro
| priation of $100,000 for encouragement
of the reindeer, muskox, yak, and fur
bearing inimal industry.
The House passed six minor Senate
bills.
The Senate tackled the first lengthy
! measure in the municipal code amend
ments, recommitting for drafting be
fore putting on its final passage.
LONG TERM IN POISON
CINCIINNATI, O., Apr. 10.—A. M.
Penfield, former cashier of the Spring
field National Bank who pleaded guil
ty to seven counts of embezzlement of
the bank’s funds, was sentenced today
to serve 21 years in the Federal pris
on at Atlanta.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
The water will be shut off at 8:00
o’clock tonight on Fourth and Fifth
avenues and Adams street.
JOHN NELSON, Supt.
The steamship Alameda will arrive
in Seward some time Saturday. She
has a light cargo of freight.
i HUGO STINNES AND WIFE TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY AND HELD IN
LOCKED FREIGHT CAR
BERLIN, Apr. 10.—Hupo Stinnes,
I Germany’s industrial king, and his
wile were taken by French troops
from his private car attached to a
train at Scharnhorst, and placed un
der guard in a freight car today. The)
were later released.
There were many arrests in the oe
! cupied areas by the French today on
; the occasion of the nation-wide fu
j neral of the Krupp victims. Former
| Ministers Gilberts and Stegerwald,
* and State Secretary Hamm of the
chancellory were thrown into jail.
KtNNECDn COflP. PWS
MILUON Fflfl X MINE
H. S. Seiberlin, president and con
trolling owner of the stock of the
Goodyear Rubber company has sold
the Blackbird copper mine on La
touche island to the Kennecott Copper:
Corporation, the price being in excess
of one million dollars, practically cash.
The Blackbird mine adjoins the Bo- j
nanza mine, formerly known as the,
Beatson mine, which was taken oven
by the Kennecott Copper Corporation
sonic years ago. The mine is a de
veloped property equipped with re-:
duction and flotation works, and isi
said by those in a position to know!
that, it is a duplicate of the famous!
Bonanza mine which has been a pro
ducer for IS to 20 years.
Mr. Seiberling, several years .ago,
bonded the Blackbird mine from the
Latouche Copper Mining company,!
two-thirds of the four hundred thons-i
and stock capitalization being owned j
by James Girdwood a well known min-j
ing man of that section of Alaska, the
remaining one-third being owned by
Paul Niedeick, a German gentleman,,
the consideration being $400,00. The
bond called for mine development and
installation of the necessary reduction
plant and flotation process for the
treatment of the ores, no cash beingj
exacted on the part of the owners un-j
til later oh. It is said Mr. Seiberling
expended some $450,000 on the prop
erty when he entered into negotiations
with the Kennecott people with the
result as before stated. Before turn- *
ing over the property Mr. Girdwood j
and Mr. Neideick had to be taken care!
of to the extent of $430,000, .the $300,
000 extra being for interest and ex
tensions granted Mr. Sieberling from
time to time. Mr. Girdwood got his
handsome check on the dot. Mr. Nied
deick has not got his money yet, the
check being turned over to the gov
ernment. Mr. Neideick purchased his
share from Mr. Girdwood in 1912 or
thereabouts. The war came on and
the custodian took over the property.
The Daly Alaska group was located
over his holdings, including his stock
in the Latouche Copper Mining Com
pany.
The Blackbird mine was located way I
back in 1902. The original locator is
not known. William Gibbons, now de
ceased, who was mine foreman of the
Bonanza when Beatson was operating
it, bought a third interest. They in
turn sold it to John Barrack, old Klou
iker, now dead. Fall, a mining man,
and Randt, a son of the first gold com
missioner in the Atlin, B. C., camp.
They sold the property for $30,000 to
Mr. Girdwood who formed arid trans
ferred it to the Latouche Copper Co.,
owning all the stock himself. As be
fore stated, he later sold a third of
the stock to Mr. Niedeick.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Jeffreys will
leave on the Northwestern for Cen
tralia, Wash., to make their home.
MORE TIME S0U6HT
KEARNS NOT READY TO SIGN
JACK UP FOR JULY 4 BOUT
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Apr. 11.—A
telegram received here today by Mike
Collins, who is handling the proposed
Jack Dempsey bout in Shelby on July
4, under the auspices of the American
Legion, from Jack Kerns, manager of
Dempsey, asks for one week further
time in which to make definite an
swer.
“Have other proposals for July 4,
but none of them closed,” wired, the
champ’s manager.
The legion has guaranteed 1200,000
to Dempsey and $30,000 to Gibbons
for the fight and at the present" time
has $75,000 cash on deposit and $35,
000 in negotiable' bonds to put up the
$110,000 asked by the fighters.
B. C. COLLECTORS TOLD
TO REFUSE LIQUOR
SHIPS PAPERS
DEEP SEA BOOZE VESSELS WILL
NOT BE PERMITTED TO SAIL
FROM CANADA SHORES
VICTORIA, B. C.. Apr. 11.—The do
minion government has ordered col
lectors at all ports along the British
Columbia coast to refuse to grant
clearance papers to ‘‘deep sen” vessels
carrying liquor cargoes.
It is believed the present order is
the outcome of recent protests by the
United States, vessels clearing for for
eign ports landing their cargoes in
the United States.
NEW SERUM DEVELOPED BY
WOMAN TO COMBAT THE FLU
NEW YORK, Apr. 10.—Ten-year
old Morris Geduldt has been cured of
influenza meningitis, a disease with a
mortality rate of 96 per cent, by a i
new serum developed by two women j
scientists attached to the research!
laboratories of the New York health j
department, it was announced today j
at the United Israel Zion hospital of
Brooklyn.
Morris was the second person sav
ed from death by the serum. These
cures are the only ones effected in
this city, fifty other sufferers having
died of the rare ailment.
It is impossible to say that the new
serum is a specific for the disease, but
it will contribute largely to cures, the
discoverers announced.
FRENCH EXPEL Cl
COBLENZ, Apr. 11.—The Interallied
Rhineland commission today ordered
the expulsion of 650 German customs
officers and railroad men from the
Rhineland territory.
DR. JACOBS TRIAL TO
BE RESUMED MONDAY
SAN DIEGO, Apr. 11.—Prosecution
and defense in the case of Dr. Louis;
L. Jacobs, Camp Kejvney hospital I
physician charged with the murder of
Fritzi Mann, dancer, took a rest to-i
day in preparation for the resumption
of the trial Monday.
Soon after the adjournment of the
trial yesterday the prosecution an
nounced that the first witness to take
the stand Monday would be Dr. John
J. Shea, autopsy surgeon, who will tes.
tify as to the manner of the girl’s
death.
The train is reported to be on time
this evening. The track is in fine
condition.
APRIL 17TH
WILL TRANSFER AT SAN FRAN
CISCO TO CAMBRIA AND GET
TO SEWARD JUNE 5
WASHINGTON, Apr. 10.—Secretary
Weeks and members of the Senate
House committees on military appro
priations will sail April 17th for San
Francisco, Seattle and Alaska, reach
ing Seattle about May 30th, by way
of San Francisco and the Panama ca
nal.
At San Francisco the party will
transfer from the St. Mehiel 'to the
transport Cambria Secretary Weeks
may return East from Seattle.
RUSSIA DESIRES PEACE BUT
WANTS BIG ARMY AND NAVY
MOSCOW, Apr. 11.—Trotzky today
in reply to a question in assembly,
^aid Russia desired peace as much as
any nation but is strengthening the
army, navy and air forces against the
eventuality of a new war.
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BE CllLED SEU POST
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Last evening at the meeting of
Isaac Evans Post, American Legion,
among other business transactions
was the proposal to change the pres
ent name of the post to that of Sew
ard Post, which accordingly carried.
In the future the local post will bear
the name of the town.
It is also announced by the legion
members that on tomorrow evening at
S: 30 in the Elks’ club rooms the le
gion will entertain the ladies of Sew
ard who have taken steps to form an
auxiliary, aiding them to perfect their
organization. All wives, mothers, sis
ters, daughters of ex-service men are
eligible for membership and in the
event that no invitation has been ex
tended them by the legionnaires this
announcement can be considered as a
request to be in attendance.
BUSINESS IS GOOD
H. E. Ellsworth of the Buick Sales
and Service reports that the automo
bile business has increased consider
ably within the past six weeks to such
an extent in other places that it is
probable he will make a trip to An
chorage in the morning for the pur
pose of closing negotiations for new
cars.
SEATTLE. Apr. 11.—University of
Washington oarsmen departed tonight
on the steamship H. F. Alexander to
battle with the California U. on the
Oakland estuary.
GOMPERS DENOUNCES
U. S. COURT DECISION
WASHINGTON, Apr. 11.—To buy
labor of a woman in the District of
Columbia is now like buying pigsfeet
in a butchership, Samuel Gompers de-1
dared today in a statement denounc
ing the Supreme Court decision in
validating the minimum wage law.
Gompers sai$ that Supreme Justice
Taft showed courage in dissenting.
The Gateway has received a new
lot of shipping tag wires and shipping
tags.
IRISH REPUBLICANS ISSUE VIGO.
ROUS DENIAL BY CAPTORS
SAY NO MISTAKE MADE
DUBLIN, Apr. 11.—Eamon de Vale
ra, former president of the Irish re
public, is a prisoner of the Free .State
forces, having been captured last
night, officials report. The phantom
rebel has eluded capture and kept up
1 an incessant warfare against the free
state government since its inception
He was taken this morning near
Clonmel.
Report Is Contradicted. J
DUBLIN, Apr. 11.—A Uepublican
headquarters this afternoon it was of
ficially denied that de Valera had been
eaptured. His captors, however, claim
i there is no question of identification,
and assert they have the famous re
bel chief.
i Liam Lynch, de Tuiera’s chief of
staff, was captured yesterday, but was
so badly wounded that he died last
night.
Six Rebels Executed at Galway
DUBLIN, Apr. 11.—Six men were
executed this morning at Tuam coun
ty, Galway.
Peace Resolution Carried
DUBLIN, Apr. 11.—At a meeting of
the Irish hierarchy here last night,
presided over by Cardinal Logue, a
resolution having an important bear
ing on peace was carried.
ACCUSED Of FLOGGING
TWO BIRMINGHAM DAIRYMEN
AND PLUMBER INDICTED
BIIIMIIGHAM, Ala., Apr. 11.—In
dictment of two dairymen and a plum
ber today by the Jefferson county
grand jury was the first announced
result of the investigation of the flog
ging of Dr. J. I). Downing, city and
county health officer, last May. Ty
son, Yerby, Jacks, and Newman, were
arrested at the instance of C. W. Me
Phail, secret service man. who has
been engaged in the Dowling ease for
several months. The flogging is said
to have been the result ot the health
officer ordering certain cattle shot oil
account of disease, and certain plumb
ing ordinance enforced.
SERVICES THIS EVENING
FOR LATE JACK M’PHIE
This evening at 6:30 in the Chris
tian Science chapel will be held the
funeral services for the - late Jack
McPhie, Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap con
ducting. It is requested that those
attending be prompt. Tomorrow morn
ing the remains will be taken on the
regular train to the cemetery for final
interment.
THE “ANNUAL CLASSIC"
Reports from the interior state that
the “annual classic," the Nenana ice
pool, is in full swing nearly four thou
sand tickets being disposed of already
on the guessing the time the ice will
go ourt. It is expected that nearly ten.
thousand guesses will have been de
posited in the box before the pool is
officially declared closed, which will
be on April 15. Locally a few bets
have been made on ice conditions in
the interior, several of the oldtimers
now residing in Seward taking a
chance of the annual event.
HETTY GREEN'S SON SAYS
OPERATION WAS SUCCESS
NEW YORK, Apr. 11.—Colonel Ed
ward Green, son of the late Hetty
Green who is cruising in Florida wa
ters since he underwent the Steinich
“rejuvenation" operation last month,
writes friends that he is better than
at any time in the past 15 years and
is feeling younger each day.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.