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VOLUME 19. NUMBER
999
SEWARl), ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
La Follette Lays
Responsibility for
Graft on Coolidge
DECLARES HAD FULL KNOWL
EDGE OF AFFAIRS AS
LEADER SENATE
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Senator La
Follette in a speech in Madison
Square Garden tonight laid the re
sponsibility for corruption in the gov
ernment revealed by the Senate in
vestiJU-itions at the feet of Coolidge
declaring that the latter, through his
seat in tthe cabinet and as a presid
ing officer of the Senate had lull
knowledge of the Naval oil reserve
leases, veterans’ bureau frauds and
department of justice scandals, but
wh^n elevated to the presidency took
no steps to clean house until driven
to do so by the force of the con
gressional exposures. The candidate
charged the Republican party is pur
suing the vilest piece of political
strategy ever attempted in seeking
to shift all blame to a man now
dea^.
The receipts from the house that
heard La Follette speak totaled over
$12,000. The money will be turned
into the independent campaign fund.
Dawes To Speak
To Large Crowds
In South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. 20.—
Charles G. Dawes drove his campaign
for the vice-presidency into South Da
kota today, delivering an address on
agriculture. He spoke to large audi
ences.
ARMY WORLD FLYERS TAKE
OFF AT NON FOR DALLAS
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Sept. 20.—The
army flyers called off their hop to
day for Dallas, Texas, when a heavy
rainstorm broke.
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Sept. 20.—Three
Armv world flyers took ott at noon
today for Dallas, Tex., arriving at
Love‘1^ eld at 4:24.
V. S. Marine Start
^Mobilizing in China
SHANGHAI. Sep. 20—United States
Marines and other international
troops were mobilized tor detense ot
foreign interests in the towns in
front of the Chinese war zone, where
heavy fighting is expected at any
moment.
CABLESHIP WILL BE IN
ALASKA WATERS SEPT. 25
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—With cable
sufficient to complete the new gov
ernment line from Ketchikan to Se
ward, the United States cableship
Dellwood is expected to arrive in Se
attle September 22 from London, it
was learned from officers of the Sig
nal Corps, United States army in
this port. The vessel sailed from
London August 12 and from Balboa
September 2 for Seattle. She is ex
pected to call in San Pedro Sep
tember 16.
Th'jfc Dellwood sailed from Seattle
June 18 for London to load the cable.
After a call of a few hours in Seat
tle, the vessel will sail for Alaska,
ready to commence the work of
laying the new government cable
from I^tchikan to Seward. The
work is likely to be completed by
the middle of October.
-OX* FARMERS WILL MEET
AT KODIAK OCTOBER EIGHTH
A regular meeting of the South
vestern Alaska Blue Fox and Fur
'"armers’ Association has been called
or October 8, 1924, by Secretary W.
A White. This association recently
trganized is doing much for the fur
armer of this section and should be
oined by every man engaged in the
msiness, as in union alone is there
trength. It is impei-ative that the
ur farmers of Alaska organize to
nd territorial legislation. Be sure
ombat unjust discrimination in taxes
nd send in your name to the Secre
ary.
IEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
PASSES AWAY WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Col.
latthews, a well known Washington
ewspaper correspondent, died here
ist night.
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ADMITS AUTHORSHIP
THREATENING LETTER
TO PRINCE OF WALES
WILLIAMSTOWN, N. Y., Sept.
20.—Marcus J. Ceroy was arested at
his home here yesterday charged
with sending the Prince of Wales a
death letter. The sheriff said Ceroy
admitted authorship of the letter.
Bryan Shot First
Gun Democratic
Campaign Seattle
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—William J.
Bryan opening the National Demo
cratic campaign in this state last
night at the Masonic Temple, assailed
special privilege in governmental
places, attacked Harding’s and Cool
idge’s presidential records and panned
the Mellon tax plan. He closed with
the words: “I have made money,
and I have enough, but I don’t want
my country and my grandchildren to
tell about the money I left them. My
God. no! 1 don’t want them to tell
that I was three times chosen by a
great party as its choice tor the
White House. I want my grandchil
dren to hear that I was at the front
of every fight for the common peo
ple while I lived. I think I have at
tained my ambition.”
Andy Grosvold Tells
How to Save Fox Feed
Andy Grosvold, the largest private
fox farmer in Alaska, writing to Sec
retary W. T. White of the Blue Fox
and Fur Farmers Association, with
headquarters at Kodiak, tells of the
following interesting method by
i which he preserves his winter supply
|of fox feed. He says: “We have con
siderable difficulty in thoroughly cur
I ing dried salmon which we keep sat
isfactorily in the following manner.
! Take a 100 gallon gasoline drum, cut
i off about four inches from top, ham
i mer edges smooth. Fill the drum
! with partially dried fish, being sure
that none of it is fly blown. Drive
the top portion of the drum down
over the edges from which it has
been cut, soap the cracks around the
| edges well and the partially dried
! salmon will keep throughout the wiu
' ter in perfect condition.”
I Mr. Grosvold says they have prac
ticed the preservation of a very nu
tritious fox food made from salmon
spawn for several years. Place spawn
in a tub with enough sea water add
ed to make the mass easily stirred.
Stir vigorously with a stick or pad
dle until the oil separates and comes
to the top and the refuse goes to
tlie bottom when the mass is allow
ed to settle. The oil which comes
to the top will be about the consis
tency of butter which can be dipped
out and hung up in sacks in the
shed until wanted for use during the
winter.
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Flyer Makes Record
Time in Flight Today
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Major
Statz flew today from Mt. Clemens
in Michigan to Washington today
in three hours and two minutes, a
record for distance.
GOMPERS WILL TAKE STUMP
FOR ELECTION LA FOLLETTE
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Following a
conference with Senator La Follette
thsi afternoon, Samuel Gompers, head
of the American Federation of Labor
announced that he would take the
stump for. La Follette and do every
thing in his power to secure his elec
i tioh.
STEAMER SINKS AT DOCK
AND WORKMEN JUMP OFF
CHESTER, Fenn., Sept. 20.—The
steamer Mary Weems, of Balti
more, 6000 tons, turned over and
sunk at the dry dock of the Sun
Ship Building company. She was be
ing altered when the accident ocur
red. hundred workmen were aboard
and they jumped to the scaffold to
save themselves. An open valve is
blamed.
Sec. Wilbur Way
Resign Head Navy
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Strong
rumors are prevalent that Secretary
of the Navy Wilbur will resign from
the cabinet in the near future.
Lt.-Gov. George R. Lunn
of New York
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fcOPYBIttHT KtV»TONEVIIW.CO,N«W YORK
Alaska Has Large
Number Automobiles
Alaska has a phenominal large num
ber of automobiles and motor trucks,
and they continue to increase in
number. The number of privately
owned autos in the Territory totals
1,166, as against 831 for 1923. Fig
ures have been compiled by the U. S.
Forest Service at Juneau which show
the number of vehicles in the several
communities.
Juneau leads all other towns in the
number of privately owned machines
with an aggregate of all kinds of
255. -Fairbanks is second with 206
and Ketchikan third*with 179. A sub
stantial gain is shown by virtually
every town vehicles of all classes. Di
vided as to kind, Juneau has 153
pleasure cars, 31 more than Fair
banks and 85 more than Ketchikan;
30 cars for hire, one less than Ket
chikan and 21 less than Fairbanks;
18 trucks* two less than Fairbanks
and 12 less than Ketchikan. It show
ed a gain of 45 machines during the
year.
Fairbanks is second place, has 122
pleasure cars, 51 for hire. 13 delivery
cars, and 20 trucks .Ketchikan, third, \
has 68 pleasure, 31 for hire, 50 deliv
ery cars and 30 trucks.
Anchorage, fourth, has 78 'pleas
ure; 24 for hire, 28 delivery cars and
17 trucks. Other towns enumerated
as follows :
Seward, 29 pleasure, 14 for hire
and nine delivery cars, 6 trucks.
Nome 22 pleasure and six deliv
ery cars, 6 trucks.
Valdez, 17 pleasure ,three for hire,
and five delivery cars, four trucks.
Chitina ,McCarthy, etc., 12 pleas
ure ,14 for hire, four delivery cars,
five trucks.
Skagway, eight pleasure, nine for
hire and two delivery cars, three I
trucks.
Haines ,eight pleasure, 11 for hire
cars and one truck.
Cordova, five pleasure , eight for
hire, 6 delivery ,and seven trucks.
Matanuska-Wasilla, five pleasure,
five for hire and four delivery cars,
three trucks.
Hyder, two pleasure, 17 for hire
and five delivery cars, 4 trucks.
Wrangell, one pleasure, three del
ivery cars ,five trucks.
Sitka, one pleasure, three delivery
cars and two trucks.
Petersburg, 12 delivery cars and j
five trucks.
Kodiak, two tracks.
Nenana, and vicinity, seven deliv
ery cars, an dtwo trucks .
Towns with government autos are
given as follows: Juneau 9; Ketchi
kan 8; Hyder ,2; Haines, 6; Nome,
and vicinity, 8; Valdez and vicinity
23; Seward, 7; Anchorage and vicin
ity, 16; Chitina, McCarthy and vicin
ity, 22; Fairbanks and vicinity, 17;
McKinley Park, 1.
Ballaine Claims State
Washington by 100,000
SEATTLE, Sept. 20— John E. Bal
laine. state manager for Robert La
Follette, in a statement issued last
night claims the State of Washington
will go for La Follette by 100,000.
OLYMPIA, Wn„ Sept. 20.—Official
count of the state primary ballots
gives Hartley the Republican nomina
tion for governor by 1739 votes.
Annual Meet Amer.
Legion Being Held
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 20.—Jame
A. Drane, of Washington, D. C., for
merly adjutant general of the state
of Washington, was elected command
ed of the American Legion at its clos
ing session today.
Want Pershing Restored Active List
ST. PAUL. Sept. 20.—Passage of
legislation necessary to restore Gen
eral Pershing to the active list in
the United States Army in order that
his valuable counsel will be available
to those responsible for the defense
of the Nattion was urged in a reso
lution by the American Legion today.
ST .PAUL, Sept. 20.—Passage by ;
Congress of legislation for the dis- ;
abled, and the enactment into law of j
the adjusted compensation bill, were
“two triumphs for the American Le
gion which has doubled its prestige
and made the organization more co
hesive for service to the nation in the
years before it,” John R. Quinn, re
tiring commander, said in his address
before the national convention here
today.
“The American Legion has answer
ed any* doubts, fears, hopes or suspi
cions of the nation,” Mr. Quinn as
serted. “It begins a career which past
accomplishments indicate will be re
plete with great needs. The Legion is
now a proven quantity. Where there
was doubt, now reposes confidence.
Where there was hope, there is now
assurance. Instead of fear, the legion
has inspired trust. We are respected
for our ideals, admired for our stam
ina, loved for our unselfish service.
During the year, two major victor
ies have been won by the legion, tri
umphs which have (proved its great
influence for good and crystallized it
into a majestic force working for the
ebtterment of our country,” continued
Mr. Quinn. ‘“The greatest was the
passage in the last hours of congress
of the so-called Reed-Johnson Bill.
Sweeping in its reforms, generous in
its provisions, just in its interpreta
tions, it is in my opinion, the greatest
reform legslaton for the disabled
since the creation of the eVterans’
ijureau.
“The other outstanding achieve
ment- was the enactment into law of
the adjusted compensation bilh Not
so important from our viewpoint as
the Reed-Johnson Bill, or as vital as
other victories we have obtained, the
adjusted compensation bill neverthe
less, to an added importance in the
public eye because of the enemies it
made.’
Passing over other work done this
year, Mr. Quinn said that if in immi
gration “we did not achieve total sus
pension, there has at least been im
migration reform following generally
the thought of your resolution of
1923.”
The legion’s Americanism policies
have been closely followed, the speak
er said, foremost among them being
the creatio nof the Community Serv
ice and Civic Betterment bureau; the
essay contest participated in by mote
than 300,000 school children; the con
ference to combat illiteracy, and the
secration of a code of flag ethics in
many states.
Continuing, Mr. Quinn said:
“Within the last half decade we’ve
reached in a business sense the same j
level as a $1,000,000 corporation. Not
only is the national commander the
'eauei of a great fraternal organiza
tion- hr also is, in effect, the presi
dent of a business concern which each
year has-a money turn-over of more
than $1,000,000. This year the legion
t.as been in its busia^ .s aspect suc
re'.slul. I suggest, however, that
some plan be devise 1 to place em
ployment in the legion work on a
more permanent basis.
“The work for the service man, for
Americanism, and for child welfare
must go on. They are mandatory. |
They are the obligations willed to us ;
by the virtue cf the greatest conflict
in history and by your desire to ren
der unselfish services as expressed
numerous times in convention as
sembled.
“I believe that the American Le
gion should stand manfully in opposi
tion to any force or policy which
would tend to partition the public do
main, and exploit it for private gain.
“Five years of the legion’s life are
past. Before it, stretch years rich
in opportunity to serve our nation.
We must not falter in the forward
drive.
Are you a subscriber to the Daily
Gateway? If not ,why not?
NORTHWEST NEEDS
MORE POPULATION
TO BRING WEALTH
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—“Population
is the need of Seattle and the entire
Northwest. Get people and you get
wealth and business and attain pro
portions undreamed of.”
This was the message to the
Northwest from H .R. Ennis, presi
dent of the National Real Estate
association, in an address here last
night.
Davis Stands Against
Freedom of Search
and Personal Liberty
CHICx\GO, 111., Sept. 20.—Declaring
that he stood against freedom from
unlawful search and seizure, J. W.
Davis last night transformed an au
dience of 19,000 to a cheering, scream
ing, delirious mob. His statement,
concerning the right of search and
seizure and his stand on personal li
berty is taken that he is in favor of
a modification of existing prohibition
laws if not against prohibition alto
gether.
Personal liberty, he declared, con
sisted of freedom of person, freedom
of the press, freedom from religious
worship, and freedom from unlawful
search and seizure of property.
Soviet Government
Hoists Flag Over
rangell Island
MOSCOW, Sept. 20.—The crew of
the Russia ship Krasny Oktiabr hoist
ed the Soviet flag on Wrangell isl
and off the northern coast of Siberia
August 20, according to announcement
made by the Rosta News Agency.
The flag was hoisted despite the
protests of an American who with 11
Eskimos have been holding the isl
and for the United States.
Throngs Stand In Rain
To Hear Bryan Speak
PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 20.—Three
thousand persons stood in the rain
here this afternoon and heard Wm. J.
Bryan hold Dawes up to ridicule,
characterizing Coolidge as the most
reactionary man who ever sat in the
presidential chair.
TEST CASE FILED
AGAINST NEWSPAPER
SEATTLE, Sept. 19.—Prosecuting
Attorney Malcolm Douglas filed a
complaint before Justice C. C. Dalton
recently charging the Seattle P.-I.
company and F. F. Fitts, its auditor,
with “working a female overtime,”
in violation of the statute limiting a
woman’s working day to eight hours.
The warrant was given to Sheriff
Matt Starwich, and the company
and Mr. Fitts posted $250 bail.
Lillian Wilson , formerly of Spo
kane, is tfie prosecuting witness.
Filing of the charge followed a
written opinion from Attorney-Gen
eral John H. Dunbar that he did not
believe newspapers are “mechanical
establishments” and therefore are
not regulated by the state eight-j
hours law for women. Mr. Dunbar, j
however, recommended a test case
and Prosecutor Douglas followed his
suggestion.
Miss Wilson charges that on June
6 and on other days between May
31 and June 6 she worked from 1
o’clock in the afternoon until 1
o’clock in the morning, excepting
two lunch periods of thirty minutes
each. She said she was hired in
Spokane and her fare paid to Seat
tle. She was under guard both at
her hotel in Seattle and at the news
paper office to prevent striking lino
type operators from reaching her,
she said.
Miss Wilson said she quit June 21
because other linotype operators
were being given preference in
working hours and the choice of
linotype machines.
LEASE LEAH MINES
J. R. Lowden and Gordon Shea have
leased the Leah properties, Nos. 1 and
2, and will improve the properties
this fall. The prospects are located
on Mills creek, Moose Pass.
JACKSONVILLE ,Fla., Sept. 20.—
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the
Odd Fellows elected Hobart Thomp
son, of Michigan, Grand Sire, and
chose Portland, Ore., for the 1925
meeting.
Bombard Shanghai
Kills Two Civilians;
Allies Make Protest
LONDON, Sf-pt. 20.—Two civilians
wore killed when General Chang Tsos
batteries bombarded Shanghai today.
According to &. Central news agency
dispatch this afternoon foreign resi
dents have asked for protection. The
allies have made a protest to Chang
Tso.
An. airplane belonging to the rebel
forces also dropped a bomb between
two foreign ships anchored ne ,r the
break-water at Ching Want Tao, but
nither of the vessels were hit.
Shanghai Army Revo!*s.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 20.—A revolt of
the third Shanghai Corps defending
the city has thrown the brunt of the
battle today on the first army under
the command of Gen. Ho Feng lin,
■whose army was holding the lines
west of Shanghai against the Kiangsu
forces fighting for possession of the
city. A report from headquarters of
the council of war said that Gen. Lu
is inclined to surrender and to de
mand a peace parley composed of
foreign mediators.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Shanghai,
China’s greatest city, as well as
control of two of the richest prov
inces in China, are the stakes in the
internecine war in China, between
Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan, Tuchun of
Kiangsu province, and General Lu
Yung-hsiang, the Governor of Che
kiang province.
Although Shanghai is the chief
prize the fighting is 'not expected
to take place in the immediate vicin
ity of the city for fear of foreign
intervention, which would spoil the
plans of both warlords. Shanghai, a
city of nearly 2,000,000 inhabitants,
contains two foreign concessions—
French and international—with popu
lations of about 80,000—Americans,
British, French, Portuguese, Gel-mans
and other nationalities, not including
15,1)1)0 Japanese.
Fear Intervention.
In 1913, the last time fighting oc
curred near Shanghai, the arsenal
at Kiangsu, a suburb of Shanghai,
was bombarded by forces attempting
to capture the city, and after num
erous shots had landed in the foreign
concessions, there were threats of
intervention, if it occurred again.
Forces numbering between 8,000
and 10,000, under the command of
General Ho Feng-lin, chief lieutenant
of General Lu, now occupy the Chi
nese city of Shanghai, the arsenal
at Kiangnan, General Ho’s head
qaurters at Loongwha, a short mo
tor-car ride from Shanghai, and the
Woosung forts at the mouth of the
Yangtze, thirteen miles from Shang
hai .
Marshal Chi’s troops number 60,
000 of the best soldiers in China,
being excelled only by those com
manded by General Feng Yuhsiang,
of Nanyuan, as effective fighting
forces, and he could easily make war
on Shanghai and drive General Ho
Feng-lin out of the city if it were
not for the fear of foreign interven
tion.
Chi Avoids City
In order to escape that possibility
he has massed his troops at points
along the Kiangsu-Chekiang border,
away from Shanghai, and at the
same time effectively blocked the
Yangtze River and the Grand Canal,
so that General Lu can not launch
an offensive against him t/at would
force him to fight in the vicinity of
Shanghai.
General Chi, for the attack, has
divided his 60,000 troops beween
Nanking, his capital, wheye some will
serve as a reserve force, and at Soo
chovv, Quinsan (where they are face
to face with General Lu’s troops
along the Shanghai-Nanking railway
and reported to have already met in
a minor clash), and at Ishing, in
Kiangsu, in the greatest numbers,
although he also has troops at Chin
kiang, Changchow and Wusih. He
will attempt to force the fighting
away from the railroad and Shang
hai toward and in the vicinity of
Ishing, in Kingsu and Huchow, in
Yuhsiang, both cities along the pro
vincial borders.
Some TroopU Doubtful.
To defend Cheekiang, General Lu,
in addition to General Ho’s 8,000
troc;ps at Shanghai, has 15,000 well
drilled troops he brought into the
province with him when he became
Tuchun, and 12,000 native Chekiang
troops, who are said to be of doubt
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