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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 300
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1923
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Starr Hits Rocks in Blinding Blizzard
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MANY POLITICIANS GATHER AT
WHITE HOUSE TO CONFER
WITH PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 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. Wm. 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 the 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 w’ith 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 of 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 show the people why he takes a
stand against the legislation.
MEMBERS OF TACOMA FOUR
HUNDRED GET KICK OUT OF
BOOTLEGGERS’ PRODUCT
TACOMA, Dec. 10.—S. J. Gillespie,
an automobile salesman is in a hos
pital with a bullet wound, and not ex
pected to live, and Mrs. T. L. Keeley,
wife of the manager of Tacoma’s wa
ter system, is in jail, as a result of an
altercation at a Sunday liquor party,
involving Mrs. Keeley and her hus
band and the victim and his wife.
KING TUT’S MUMMY WILL
NOT BE REMOVED FROM TOMB
LUXOR, Egypt, Dec. 10.—It is un
derstood here that the heads of the
expedition exploring the tomb of King
^ Tut-ankh-amen have decided finally to
not move his mummy to Cairo, but
will close the tomb alter studies have
been made and leave the royal Pha
roah to sleep undisturbed.
Each day new and valuable curios
are unearthed.
OIL PERMITS GRANTED
Permits for prospecting tor oil were
granted at the Anchorage land office
last week as follows. George Tierney
of Chickaloon and H. W. Kuhnhansen
of Kodiak, 2560 acres each in the Cold
Bay district; H. Legate o< Kanatak
and E. C. Henning of Anchorage, 2560
i acres each in the Kamishak district;
Mads A. Johonsen and associates
2560 acres about eight miles north
east of Anchorage.
A FIVE HUNDRED POUND HOG
SOLD TO ANCHORAGE MARKET
A 500-pound hog raised by a Jones
ville farmer was on display in the
Anchorage markets recently.
The animal carried a layer of fat
nearly six inches deep on its body.
MARINE BEAT ARMY CORPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The ma
rines today defeated the Third Army
-Corps by a score of 7 to 0.
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LONDON, Dec. 10-—Premier Stan
ley Baldwin arrived in London today
from his home at Chequers Court, and
at noon held an audience with the
king at Buckingham Palace. The Cen
tral News service says he did not ten
der his resignation.
C0LJ0M8IS.
I
A SEWARD VISITOR
Col John II Fugues, an old am
Yukon navigation official, and an ex
perienced railroad man and personal
friend <•' v_<». ral Manager Lee i-i.
Landis, anived ;'.om San Francisco
on Saturday’s beat, on his way to An
chorage i. t ke over his position as
traffic age;! lor 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 Nenana during
the tourist season, where he will be
in charge of river transportation on
the Tunana auu Vukon, another large:
steamer being added to the fleet. De
velopment of the railroad district will
be Col. Hughes’ special mission in life
and lie is approaching liis new job
with great enthusiasm.
“What Alaska needs, according to
my impressions,” said Col. Hughes,,
is population, and there is no doubti
but that Col. Landis will inaugurate
a coionization plan, similar to those
of Canada, to induce the better class,
of farmers to come north. The tcui-j
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, wdio 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. i
“Another thing I believe should be^
done,” continued Col. Hughes, “is to,
secure the construction of 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 it 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.
REBELS CAPTURE JALAPA
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 10— Mexican
revolutionists have captured Jalapa.
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, Wvo., 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.
NINE APPLICANTS FOR
CITIZENSHIP GLT PAPERS
At the recent Anchorage term of
court nine applicants for citizenship
took out papers before Judge Ritchie.
There were no jury cases, the liquor
cases on hand being heard this week
by Commissioner Rager.
BAILIE REPLIES
TO STATEMENT OF
GOVERNOR 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 say
ing in part: “Bone’s statement pur
porting to be a reply to a document [
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 amount
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.’ ”.
HERE1EEWBMB
PORT MOLLER AREAS
WILL BE RESTRICTED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The Bu
reau of Fisheries today informed Sen
ator Wesley Jones of Washington that
it had recommended curtailment of all
fishery operations in Herendeen Bay
and Port Moller ureas, as it is the be
lief of bureau officials that red sal
mon have been overfished there and
that the fish are in urgent need cf
protection.
SEATTLE, Dec. 10.—Commissioned
by the Philippine legislature as a spe
cial envoy to carry the Filipino plea
for independence to the National cap
ital, Manuel A. Roxas, speaker of the
House in the Islands, left here last
night for Washington.
CLEVELAND Mill GET
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Cleveland
will probably get the Republican con
vention, President Coolidge and other
leaders having expressed a prefer
ence for that city.
SEWARD CUE CHAMPION
WINS IN LOS ANGELES MATCH
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10.—Alaska’s
three cushion billiard champion, Tec
J. Heacock, is today boasting a vie
tory over Minnesota’s former title
holder, Fred Mathias, as the result ol
a match staged Saturday night ir
Chick Wright’s parlors, 631 Soutl:
Spring street. Playing in Seward oi
in Los Angeles is all the same to Hea
cock and he won from Mathias in s
sensational match by the score of 5C
to 48 points.
The winner made a high run o1
eight and Mathias clicked off 7 as his
best consecutive display.
Both these stars are entered in the
rapid-fire three-cushion tourney whici
will take place at Wright’s parlors to
night. Twenty of the best knowr
players in the southwest have entered
in the match.
Gateway, 11.25 per mo. delivered.
SEASON THREE MONTHS EAR
LI ER 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
vy’s polar flight next summer, it de
veloped at a session of the special
board, preparing recommendations for
Secretary Deuby’s information.
It was indicated that the flight from
Nome could be attempted three to
<’our mouths 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.
ANTI-KU KLUX BILL PASSES
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 8.—The
House passed the anti-Ku Klux Klan
bill today prohibiting the wearing of
masks in public, but the section com
pelling the names of members be pub
lished was eliminated. The measure
now goes to the governor for signa
ture.
SECOND VICTORY FOR
DAK
FIGHT
, SEATTLE, Dec. 10.—Ruling that
property holdings worth a quarter of
a million are community property,
Judge Dykeman recorded a second
victory for Mrs. Graphie Grace Car
mack Saftig, the half Indian daughter
of the late George Carmack, discov
erer of the Klondike, in her fight for
a share in her father’s estate.
Mrs. Saftig’s claims are contested
! by Margaret Carmack, second w'ife,
I and widow, whose attorneys gave no
tice of appeal.
10 OFFICERS KILLED
WHEN PLANE CHUMS
j HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 10.—Lieut.
L. E. McLaughlin and Capt. E. T. Wag
ner, army aviators, were killed when
a wing of their training plane collap
sed, the machine falling 500 feet.
NINE KILLED WHEN
FUST TRAINS GOLLIDE
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
| turv Limited, at an early hour this
morning. The dead include Otto
Sweet and wife, of Los Angeles.
WORK STARTS ON REMOVING
REMAINS OF KING TUT
—
LUXOR, Egypt, Dec. 8.—Work will
probably begin tomorrow on the
shrine believed to hold the mortal re
mains of King Tutenkhamun.
! DAWSON’S PRETTIEST GIRL TO
BE CROWNED QUEEN YUKON
DAWSON, Y. T., Dec. 10.—Elizabeth
Grant, niece of Robert Henderson, dis
coverer of gold in the Klondike beau
ty contest and was crowned queen oi
the Yukon at the Pioneers’ ball De
cember 7. Miss Grant at this time
: was presented a beautiful nugget necls
lace.
Registrar Frank A. Boyle, of the
l government land office was an outgo
ing passenger on the Alameda *er
route to Juneau where he will remain
about one month.
Mir n 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.
The steamship Alameda, which ar
rived in Seward Saturday morning,
sailed Sunday morning about 6:30,
for Seattle and way ports. Her pas
senger listings were large, the follow
ing being booked from the Seward of
fice:
For Latouche—Jekenich, Wm. E.
Ash, Mrs. C. M. O’Neil, John J. Dela
hide, C. H. Keil. Louis Dumal, Gust
Grant, Victor De Carli, John Bersanti,
Chas. Zearr.
For Valdez—Mrs. Delibia A. Chace,
Mrs. Selma Scott, E. E. Ritchie.
For Cordova—J. J. Chisholm.
For—Juneau— C. K. Keil, George
Johnson.
For Seattle—Anna Franklin, H. S.
Young, J. E. Zalusky, D. E. Clough,
Wm. Gibbs, Eleanor Krefting, Mrs.
Chas. Krefting, Matt V. Nicolich, J. A.
Morgan, P. S. Deiser, W. K. Kierulff,
Billy Kiefplff, W. P. McKeague, Alex
Simson, Robt. Gunn, Mrs. Roy E.
Fraukhauser, Hugh Kelly, Mrs. Leon
ard Peck, Mrs. A. M. Rice, C. M. Bur
roughs, Mrs. C. M. Burroughs, Frank
Skeen, *.If Ihieiand, Frank A. Rey
nolds, R. L. Reynolds, O. J. Murie, A.
Murie, Ed Rutbeck, J. Saupe, Enoch
Brown, C. M. Pederson, H. E. Howe,
J. Ivey, Tom Rifelas, Norman Uawn,
Mrs. Norman Dawn, Eva Novak, Mrs.
Sellander, Arthur Jasmine, Howard
Webster, Kent Sanderson, Wm. Eagle
Eje, Lawton F. Sche.’.. ftm. Brea, e
Beulah B. Wilson, Mrs. Chas. L. JV1 v
son, Chas. L. Mason, Mrs. J. B. Goti
stein, J. B. V»adiia~iS, Mrs R. C
Luckow, Quetnie Russel , Mrs. \\ G.
Hughes, Victor Hughes, R. K Lewis,
F Ergelinorpe, J. L Waller, Mrs.
J. L. Waller, Frank V oinc't, J. L Sta
ser, Pete Lulich, Carl Bergen, James
H. Finley, W. R. Mathewoon, Mrs. W.
R. Mathewson, Mrs. Archie Adams,
| Margery Adams, Maigaret Benson,
Rose Miller, J. B. Larsen, Mrs. J. B.
Larsen, W. H. Toms, Robt. Herrick,
Mrs. M. Hutchison, A. Sorenson. J.
; Griffin, Matt Krimpier, C. E. Rich
| rnond, Mary Rosich, J. M. Rtiker, C.
i A. Holmes, E. E. Ritchie, E J. Steph
i ens
! For Juneau—A. M. Thatcher, Miss
i Lydia Lystad, Frank A. Boyle.
PLEADS FOR BONUS
FOR WAR 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.
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR
SUICIDES BY SHOOTING
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.—Col. Ed
ward Theodore Noble, a veteran of
the world war committed suicide to
day by shooting.
CORDOVA COUPLE WEDS
Miss Elizabeth Kinkaid of Port
Townsend and James Russell Fulton
were united in marriage at Cordova
last week. Mr. Fulton is employed at
the Blum-O’Neill Company’s store.
Brown & Hawkins Corp. will supply
your winter footwear and clothing
wants.
sssouiy. a
ffi'i JSSISTICE
PROCEEDING TO KODIA"' UNDER
OWN POWER. AFTER PASS
ING STRENUOUS NIG^T
Radio Operator Horn Tells 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, die U. S. mail boar plying from
this port to Unalaska and way ports
had struck Malina point on Raspberry
Island, Shelkoff Straits, and was in a
precarious condition. The message
stated that the boat was on her way (o
Uyak at the time, that a heavy sea
was running, and that one of the iiie
boats had been swamped, but thai 'he
crew was safe. The Gateway radio
listened in to the messages inter
changed between Kodiak and the
Starr and heard Oyerafor Horn tell
Kodiak that it would be necessary to
wait until morning to ascertain dam
age done to the boat, but tha: die
crew was safe and nobod >r hut:.
Later a message came in siatirg
that the vessel had freed herself ar.d
was proceeding under her own xsam
back to Kodiak.
The news was received with gr* at
relief by the families and friends of
the crew, who feared from the fltst
messages sent out that the 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, lkt > 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.
Reed, W. Nelson, tor Kanaian. W. A.
Shields, Uyak. A Kodiak she picked
up Mr. Petrosky, who left tor his
home in Uyak.
The Starr had a full cargo or freight,
aboard including a deck load or 50
drums of gasoline for the Standard
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
tor; First Officer John Elkliolm;
Second Officer Dykeman; Steward,
j Wm. Gery.
The first message to come in report
ing the disaster was by way of An
| chorage reported the Starr a total
loss on Malina Point, Raspberry Isl
| and. The message said the Starr had
I launched one life boat which swamp
; ed, but no one was lost. The message
j dated i 1:45 said: “Stormy as — —;
; lifeboats all ice and struck to deck;
j If some one doesn’t com ■ preay soon
i will lose our lives.’’
j The gasboat Hillside, from Seat
tle, which was lying in Kodiak harbor
at the time, started to the seeene 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.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
GRADUATE HIGHLY HONORED
SEATTLE, Dec. 10.—Morris E.
Sandusky of Spokane, a University of
Washington graduate, has been elect
ed to a Rhodes’ scholarship.
LARGE SILVER LODE VEIN
STRUCK BELOW DAWSON, Y. T.
DAWSON, Y. T., Dec. 10.—Word
has been received here from Keno
Hill that the Juneau-Treadwell Com
pany has tapped a rich silver lodge in
more than 1200 feet when it was ex
pected to have to bore from 2500 to
3000 feet to strike the vein.