VOLUME XIX NUMBER 151
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
TEN ASPIRANTS FOR
DEMO NOMINATION
FOR PRESIDENCY
NEW YORK, June 27.—Ten aspi
rants for Democratic nomination for
president had been placed before the
convention when recess was voted
tonight until tomorrow morning. In
addition to 1’nderwood, McAdoo, Rob
inson. Smith. David F. Huston ot
Texas. Saulisbery, Ralston, Governor
J. M. Davis of Kansas, Governor
Ritchie of Maryland, Senator Ferris
of Michigan, five avowed aspirants
are yet to be placed in nomination,
among which are James Cox, ot
Ohio; Governor Hilzer of New Jer
sey, Senator Glass, and John W. Da
vis of West Virginia, Governor Bry
an of Nebraska, and others. Senator
Cummins announced tonight that the
platform will be submitted to the
convention tomorrow.
Confer With Smith
NEW YORK, June 27.—Following
a conference with \\. G. McAdoo, i
and Thomas Taggart, leaders of In- j
diana democracy will be closeted to- j
4 night with Gov. A1 Smith.
Conventon in Recess
NEW YORK, June 27.—Rockwell.
McAdoo's convention manager, an
nounced at 1 o’clock this afternoon
that the leaders of the different fac
tions had agreed to recess after the
nominating speeches were concluded
until 8;00 o’clock tonight. This was
confirmed by George Brennan. There
w-as some doubt, however, that the:
platform would be ready for report!
in time this evening to make the i
meeting worth while.
Rockwell said that if it appeared
the platform committee would not be
ready McAdoo supporters would make
an effort to suspend the rules so that
balloting could begin. It is has been
decided that if the platform commit- j
tee is not ready to report there will j
be adjournment until tomorrow.
Ku Klux and League Discussed
NEW YORK, June 27—Five more
nominating speeches are being made
today which opened with the Ku Klux I
Klan and the League of Nations the
only stumbling blocks in the way of!
an agreement among the Democratic j
platform builders on all other planks j
including even those dealing with!
prohibition, agriculture, transporta
tion, the platform committee is in
accord.
AMUNDSEN POSTPONES
TRIP TO NORTH POLEj
CHRISTIANA, Norway, June 27.— I
^ Amundsen, who has been preparing
for an airplane expedition to the
North Pole, announced that the trip |
had been postponed because of the j
difficulty in raising the money, ac-1
cording to a dispatch from Pisa, j
Italy.
The flight will not be made this J
year.
ANCHORAGE JURY
♦ TERM COMES TO END
—
The Anchorage jury term came to j
a close this week, a large number of!
the court party making the trip on;
the Admiral Evans, to their respec
tive towns.
One of the last cases to be tried was
that of Mike Zakula and Ben Guidni,
charged with the violation of the liq
uor law. This case was an appeal from
the United States Commissioner’s
Court, the jury bringing in a verdict
of “not guilty.”
RAILROAD EMPLOYE DIES
LOCAL HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Harry Ivellog, an employe of the
Alaska Railroad, died Sunday at the
Anchorage hospital from cancer of
the stomach.
Until recently Mr. Kellog had been
working in the copper mines at La
touche. Attributing his illness to cop
per he went to Fairbanks where his
condition became so serious, he was
obliged to go to the hospital.
The two reel educational feature at
last night’s show had a particular
meaning for Seward ,in showing the
great value of the lumber and wood
pulp industry, and gives an idc-a what
it means to £• town. And right at
this time when everything is .so dry, <
^he showing of the forest fire danger
vvas surely a time1/ warning. This
two reel feature “Red Enemy,” is sure
worth seeing. 1
“OATH-BOUND RING” in lT. S.
PRINT OFFICE EXPOSED
COPYRIQMT CLINE01N1T WASHINGTON*
George H. Carter, Public Printer of
the United States, who read an as
tonishing address at the convention of
the Third District Typothetae Federa
tion at Atlantic City. He charged
that when he took office he discovered
eoruption, graft, wholesale racetrack
gambling, and bootlegging in the gov
ernment printing office. He gave quo
tations from what he said was an oath
of the “Wahnetas,” a “secret, oath
bound invisible klan,” which had been
powerful enough to annul any rule,
order or innovation.
OIL PRICES CUT BY
STANDARD IN STATES
NE WYORK, June 27—Material re
ductions in gasoline prices are re
ported from various parts cf the coun
try, ranging from one to two cents a
gallon.
The Standard Oil Company of Ken
tucky, has reduced its price two cents
per gallon in Kentucky, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Florida.
The Standard Oil Company of Ohio
has mada a cut of one cent per gal
lon at all service stations.
This is the first cut in the price of
joy juice in the United States since
November of last year.
ANCHORAGE INVITES SEWARD
TO SPEND FOURTH THERE
Anchorage invites Seward to join
in a monster Fourth of July cele
bration July 4, 5, and 6. Among the
events will be a big free carnival
dance, sports for everyone, a stu
pendous parade, a big carnival and
three days of baseball .
The biggest smoker and boxing
contest every given in Alaska will
be pulled off. Champion Jack Pas
sey vs. The Cook Inlet Kid, Walter
Cleghorn.
The celebration will be under the
auspices of Jack Henry Post No. 1,
American Legion.
Fare one and one-third on the Ry.
FRST EXCURSIONISTS GO
OVER RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
Leaving Seattle on the steamship
Alaska, a party of 7 excursionists
are making the trip over the Richard
son highway via the Galen route.
They will arrive in Seward on to
morrow’s train catching the Alaska
here.
This is the first party to go over
the road this season.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
The pointed challenge addressed to
the so-called “Married Stiffs” has
been noted. The challenge is hereby
accepted and if the chastisement they
will receive Sunday in baseball could
be applied where it should, the “ris
ing generation” would be for some
time the “standing” generation .
SHOW REPEATED TONIGHT
The special feature, “Doctor Jack,”
shown at the Liberty last night, will
be repeated tonight. The show lived
?ntirely up to its reputation as a
vonderful laugh getter. The thea
tre was in an uproar during the en
ure run. Don’t miss it tonight.
A CORRECTION i
In yesterday’s Gateway it wTas stat- <
Hi that C. M. Brosius had the con
tact to repair the Holben building,
*hen it should have read John Helm, t
A new front will be placed in the t
>ulding and the foundation rebuilt. (
SIGN AL CORPS IS
KEEPING ALASKANS
IN CLOSE TOUCH
Quietly and unostentatiously the
United States Signal Corps continues
to serve Alaska’s needs in keeping
in touch with the outside world, and
in furnishing the means whereby her
many isolated communities scattered
as they are throughout a sparsely
settled region, may daily communi
cate with each other.
The last two weeks have seen the
opening of two more wireless stations
in the Interior, one at Marshall and
one at Fortuna Ledge .Both will be
operated in conjunction with the ef
ficient radio net which now reaches
into so many out-of-the-way places.
Few people realize the extent of
the operations of the Signal Corps in
connection with Alaskan communica
tion facilities.
Not only is the main artery, the
Seattle-Alaska cable, maintained by
the army, but in addition there are
hundreds of miles of telegi'aph lines
linking the bases of radio communica
tion which are practically continuous
ly in touch with 21 radio stations.
Radio stations are now operated at
the following places in Alaska:
Noorvik, St. Michael, Nulato, Nome,
Livengood, Eagle, Circle, Fortuna
Ledge, Marshall, Ft. Yukon, Tacotna,
Holy Cross, Bethel, Hot Springs, Ft.
Gibbon, Ruby, Iditarod, Fairbanks,
Anchorage, Craig, Wrangell.
SANTA ANA IN PORT
FROM THE KUSKOKWIM
The steamship Santa Ana arrived
in port this morning from McGrath
with a good passenger list. After
taking oi! the vessel sailed for Se
attle. The Santa Ana left McGrath
June 18th, and experienced heavy
weather the greater part of the trip
out of Biistoi Bay. Capt. Wallace
Langley is' in command and E. Heck
man is chief engineer.
The passengers on the Santa Ana
are Dr. Chas. B. Firestone and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greer and chil
dren. Miss Jean Cinnabar, Miss Ly
dia Henkleman, Mr. and Mrs. Clin
ton Replogle, Louis Wolfe, Joe Ees
eook, A. P. Payne, Mrs. Howard
Langley, Winifred and Junior Loomis.
The Santa Ana will make one more
trip to Bethel, leaving Seattle Au
gust 15, calling at Seward.
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SPOKANE PRISONER IS
CHARGED WITH BEING
HABITUAL CRIMINAL
SPOKANE, June 27—James Lorn-!
bardi was charged with being an hab-1
itual criminal after he had been sen
tenced to a term of ten to fifteen
years in the state penitentiary follow
ing his conviction of alleged complic
ity in freight car thefts which officers
said probably totaled $100,000 in the [
past year.
He is alleged to have served terms
in Idaho, Utah, and Washington pen
itentiaries . Conviction on the habi
tual criminal charges carries a sen
tence of life imprisonment.
ALASKA RAILROAD ANNOUNCES
SPECIAL HOLIDAY RATES
The management of the Alaska
railroad announced this morning that
a special rate had been put in effect
for the coming Fourth of July cele
bration at Anchorage. All celebra
tion round trip tickets will be sold at
rates of one and one third fares. At
all stations where ticket agents are
stationed, tickets can be bought June
30, and will be on sale July 1, 2, 3, 4,
good for return up to July 9. This will
give every one ample time to plan
their holiday to be spent in Anchor
age.
TWO SHOWS TONIGHT
In order to give the people of Sew
ard ample opportunity to see the
wonderful comedy feature “Dr. Jack,”
starring Harold Lloyd, the manage
ment of the Liberty Theatre announc
es that there will be two shows again
this evening.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
C. W. Zingrich, a New Yorker, is
eaving on the Evans following a
;rip to Fairbanks. Mr. Zingrich rep
esents the Paramount Publicity Co.
>f New York.
Miss Florence Kelly who has been
eaching at Unalaska, is making the
rip over the Richardson road to
Jordova.
EILSON LEAVING
ON ALASKA SUNDAY
Ben Eielson, who successfully dem
onstrated in a series of eight flights
between Fairbanks and McGrath that
the air mail is successful in Interior
Alaska ,both in winter and in summer,
will arrive in Seward in time to take
the Alaska South Sunday. He is leav
ing for his home in Hatton, North Da
kota, as the result of orders received
recently cancelling the test flights,
and returning the De Haviland plane
to Seattle. Confident that the service
will be resumed on a permanent basis,
he is taking an opportunity to visit his
home after an absence of two years,
and will return to the north within
three months.
A letter received by Pilot Eielson
from Paul Henderson, second assis
tant postmaster general at Washing
ton, D. C., who is in charge of the air
mail branch of the postal service,
leads to the belief that the suspension
is but temporary, and that the air
mail will be extended to Alaska as
a regular service. The letter said:
“As I have said to you in previous
letters, there are many things which
must be done before we can continue
on a permanent basis the use of air
planes in mail carrying in Alaska.
“Your experiment has been success
ful to a marked degree. Undoubtedly,
the Department, after it has an oppor
tunity to carefully study every angle
of the situation, will ask for legisla
tion to permit permanent air mail ser
vice in Alaska, but just what form of
legislation will be thot proper, is to
be taken up in detail in the future.”
STEAMER REDONDO IN
PORT FROM WESTWARD
The steamship Redondo arrived in
port last evening from the westward
with the following passengers: Wm.
Bryan and Jack Bishop, from An
chorage. Hy Richard and G. H.
Spangler from Seldovia; Mrs. Jerry
Gilpatrick, of Kukak Bay, en route
to Seattle; Gus Gelles, from Kodiak
to Seward.
SCIENTIST WOULD MAKE
BUTTERFLY TURN GREEN
WITH ENVY FOR HIS ART
HAMBURG, June 27—The paint
brush of nature has been outdone
again by science, according to a re
cent announcement, in which the con
tention is made that by artificial
means the coloring of butterfly wings
can be reproduced with much more ef
fect and richness than the original
themselves.
Prof. Hans Zozher, in an address
before the German Chemical Society,
asserted that he frequently has made
these artificial wings which would
make any butterfly in the world turn
green or black with envy.
The coloring in the real butterfly
wings is brought about by light re
flections on the same principal which
causes soap bubbles to glisten color
fully in the rays of light. Prof. Zozhe
explained that he used resin as the
basis of his experiments.
CHILD AT YAKIMA IS
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
YAKIMA, June 27—Struck by
lightning as she stood before a dres
ser in her tent home, Dorothy Grant,
aged 13, was instantly killed Satur
day during a short thunder storm. A
large walnut tree which sheltered the
tent was split in two by the bolt of
lightning. Dorothy’s parents were
away from home on' a picnic in the
nearby hills. The family had moved
here recently from Prosser, and were
living in a tent until they could find
a home.
The lightning put out the Pacific
Power and Light company’s transmis
sion in several parts of town. One tel
ephone pole was shattered and a boy
telephonin gin a pearby house was
knocked down.
Richard Clemans, aged two, was in
St. Elizabeth’s hospital today suffer
ing from injuries received when H. G.
Strausz, backing his automobile from
his garage ran over the child who was
looking down a drain pipe in the drive
way.
The steam tug Chilkat, of the Al
aska Packers Association, arrived at
10:50 this morning from Karluk. The
Chilkat will await the arrival of the
steamer Alaska, with passengers for
Karluk.
The Transfer Company has a team
ind a number of men at work clear
ng off the tennis court
NEW U. S. ENVOY TO POLAND <
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KEYSTONE View CO.. NEW YONK
Alfred J. Pearson, Professor of
; Modern Languages at Drake Univer
sity, la., new United States Minister
to Poland, succeeding Hugh Gibson.
ATTACK ON JAPANESE
IS CAUSE OF TROUBLE
LOS ANGELES, June 27—Serious j
trouble as the result of an attack re
cently on two Japanese men and one
woman near this city, has been avert- ;
ed by an expression of regret by those
responsible for the attack. This state
ment, issued after a conference with ,
the offended Japanese, has quieted the
affair and no arrests are to be made
or appeal made to the Japanese gov
ernment.
After the Japs had been attacked, ;
they were ordered to leave the coun- '
try, but instead of complying, they ap
pealed to authorities. Sheriff William
Traeger has been investigating the j
case and is authority for the state
ment that no arrests are to be made, i
PARACHUTE DIVER
DASHED TO DEATH
LEIPSIG, June 27—The well-known
female parachute diver, Mia Schind
ler, was dashed to death at the avia
tion exhibition yesterday when her
parachute failed to open after she had
jumped from a moving plane at an al
titude of 600 feet.
The death was witnessed by several
thousand spectators.
IDAHO MAY DISCONTINUE
FUMIGATION AT BORDER
RENO, June 27—In a message to
da yto State Quarantine Officer, Rec
ords of Nevada, State Quarantine Of
ficer W. R. Smith of Idaho says Idaho
thinks the time has arrived when fum
igation against the foot and mouth
disease may stop and the quarantine
against California lessened, if not lift
ed.
In replying Dr. Records urged that
a conference of officials be called to
take steps to this end, representing
Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Arizona, Mon
tana, Washington, Utah and Wyom
ing.
DR. EDMUNDS HERE TOMORROW
Dr. J. W. Edmunds, noted eye
specialist of Seattle, arrived in
Seward today and will remain over
tomorrow so that persons desiring to
obtain scientific fittings of glasses
may do so. Dr. Edmunds has de
cided to join the Chamber of Com
merce excursion to the westward, and
will carry his outfit with him for the
purpose of testing eyes and fitting
glasses for those needing them. This
will give parties to the far west an
opportunity to secure accurate fit
tings. Dr. Edmunds is a past master
of Eureka Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M.
of Seattle, having one thousand mem
bers and is also a member of the
Chapter and Council. He was pre
sented with a life membership by his
lodge.
LOCAL WHARVES CROWDED
The steamships Redondo, Chilkat,
Latouche, and Santa Ana are in port
today, adding considerably" to our
population.
NEW DANCING PAVILION
It is reported that a new dancing
and recreation pavilion will be erect
ed on Grouse lake by a local business
man. It will be used' by/ picnic par
ties.
SECRETARY HOOVER
DIVIDES TERRITORY
INTO EIGHT AREAS
:iSHING LIMITED JUNE 25 TO
JULY 25 AND MOTOR BOATS
ARE PROHIBITED
WASHINGTON, June 27—Secretary
it' Commerce Hoover today issued
irders effective immediately dividing
he Territory of Alaska into eight
ireas namely, Crist' 1 Bay, Alaska
Peninsula, Chignik, Kodiak, Cook In
et, Prince William Sound, Copper
liver, and southeastern Alaska.
Only drift gill nets not exceeding
wentv fathoms will be permissible
n Bristol Bay, where salmon fishing
s limited from June 25 to July 25,
vnd motor boats are prohibited.
The weekly closed period is extend
ed to sixty hours in Nelson Lagoon,
Herendeen Bay, and Port Moller, and
:he commercial catch of salmon in
die Chignik area is limited to fifty
per cent of the total run.
Southeastern Alaska is divided into
three sections and a twenty day closed
season is imposed while fishing is
prohibited in twelve localities now
depleted through over-fishing.
Secretary Hoover advised Governor
Scott C. Bone of Alaska of the new
regulations and asked the co-opera
tion of all Alaskans in enforcing the
regulations which are very’ techni
cal and tentative for the present sea
son, as the canners have already pre
pared for their summer’s work.
Secretary Hoover advised Governor
Bone that a hearing will be held
ater if necessary, to advise upon
such alterations as may be neces
sary.
HOOVER TO SPEND
SUMMER PALO ALTO
WASHINGTON, June 27— Secretary
Hoover of the Department of Com
merce left this afternoon for Palo
Alto, California, where he expects
to remain until September.
SALMON TRAVELS FAR WITH
SPOON HOOKED IN JAW
An interesting bit of evidence re
garding the travels of a king salmon
came to light at Wrangell when Paul
Rappas, owner of the gill-net boat Mi
nerva, caught a king salmon that had
a trolling spoon hooked to its jaw. It
is not at all unusual for the traps,
seines and gill-nets to catch salmon
carrying more or less trolling gear,
but the owner of this particular spooh
had thoughtfully engraved his name,
S. Mavrakies, on it.
Capt. Mavarkies happens to be well
known to a number of fishermen at
Wrangell. He lives at Riverside, Seat
tle, owns the trolling boat “Queen of
the Sea,” and has been trolling at
Cape Flattery since about May 1.
The salmon was a mature, male,
red king salmon, weighing fifty-two
pounds. The hook showed evidence
of having been in the water at least
thirty days. In addition to the hook,
and six-inch trolling spoon there was
about three feet of steel wire, two
brass swivels, and about twenty feet
of cotton leader, but in spite of this
impediment the salmon had made his
way from Cape Flattery to the Stikine
River on his way to his home spawn
ing grounds.
IRISH FREE STATE TO
HAVE OWN MINISTER
LONDON, June 27.—The British
government is in favor of the Irish
Free State having its own minister
to the United States to deal with all
purely Southern Irish matters and
the British ambassador at Washing
ton has been instructed to so inform
the American government.
FIND JURIST ROUGH
SEATTLE, June 27—A new face,
that of Judge William H. Sawtelle of
Tuscon, Az., peered over the desk in
the United States district court at
Seattle, Wn., when Charles Murphy
and Ike Rouse pleaded guilty of boot
legging today. They and their attor
neys registered consternation when
the visitor on the bench fined the de
fendants $250 each, considerable more
than the going Seattle scale. “If you
:ome back here again while I am on
the bench, there will not be enough
money in Seattle to pay your fines,"
idded the jurist