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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 06
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 22- 1926.
PRICt\ TEN CENTS
CEASE DRILLING
ON LEE CLAIM
AT COLD BAY
STANDARD OIL COMPANY BELIEV
ED PREPARING MOVE TO
EAST FIELD
DRILLING HALTED MARCH TENTH
All Equipment Being Moved to Kan
atak—Pulling 10,000 Feet of
Casing from Workings
The Standard Oil Company has
abandoned Lee Claim No. 1, on Pearl
Creek, and is tearing down the mach
inery and buildings preparatory to
moving the entire outfit into Kanatak,
arrivals in Seward yesterday report.
Just what the company’s next move
will be could not be ascertained at Ka
natak, but it is stated that no shipping
orders have been received from the
San Francisco office. The majority
of the people in the Cold Bay region
are under the impression that the com
pany’s move is a favorable indication
that drilling will shortly begin in the
East Field, on the Salmon and Bear
Domes. It is pointed out if the com
pany is shifting drilling operations to
the East Field the equipment would
have to be routed thru Kanatak.
The company has been drilling for
practically three years and had reach
ed a depth of 5035 feet when the hole
caved in, just recently, and 550 feet
of casing lost. Instructions came from
the San Francisco headquarters about
March 10 to cease drilling. The en
tire equipment is estimated at about
450 tons and will take at least three
or four months to move into Kanatak
owing to the poor condition of roads.
Three tractors will be used in this !
work.
Instead of laying off men the com
pany is adding men to the payroll
who are at present pulling out 10,000
feet of casing and tearing down nu
merous buildings. As was previously
stated, Harry Brown, the new super
intendent, has had no instructions as
yet to ship the outfit to any particular
point, in or outside of Alaska.
From one source of information, The
Gateway learns that it is the general
supposition at Kanatak that the Stand
ard Oil Company is forming a subsi
diary company to drill in Cold Bay, but
more liberal terms are to be asked
from the government, meaning proba
bly, smaller royalties.
The East Field is located about 7
miles from Kanatak in a northeast di
rection. Lighters from Kanatak can
take the outfit to a point two miles
from the field. Geologists claim oil
will be tapped in the East Field at a
depth of about 5,000 feet whereas oth
er geologists were under the impres
sion, owing to the structure in the vi
cinity "where the company has been
drilling, that oil would have been
reached at 9000 feet. And the deepest
well in the world is said to be a little
better than 7,000 feet in depth. This
well is located in Pennsylvania.
The bulk of theclaims in the East
Field are owned by Seward and Anch
orage people. L. V. Ray, H. S. Bal
derston, W. W. French, Stewart Gor
don, each have one claim and Earl
Grammer has two. There are numer
ous others who also have holdings in
the field.
DISMISSES CASE
OF ELY4R BEYER
SEATTLE, Wn., Mar. 21. (JP)—Judge
Bourquin of the Federal court of Mon
tana dismissed the case of Einar Bey
orf who was suing for the return of
stocks in the Pacific Mildcure com
pany, the Alaska Canning Company
and the Diamond Fish Company and
34000 in cash and liberty bonds which
were seized under the alien property
act during the war, when attorneys
for the* plaintiff failed to appear. The
case involved nearly a quarter of a
million dollars.
HELEN WILLS AND PARTNER
TAKE MIXED DOUBLES, CANNES
CANNES, France, Mar. 21. (jp)—
Helen Wills with a French partner,
Henri Cochet, won the finals in mixed
doubles at the Cannes tournament, de
feating Jean Radcliffe and Captain
Bernard Meyer, by 7-5 and 6-1.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE FINDING
BODIES OF FOUR INFANTS IN ATTIC
MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Mar. 21. (AP).—Author
ities of Morgan County are proceeding on the murder
theory in the investigation of the mystery surrounding
the finding of the bodies of four infants in the attic of an
unoccupied house on Cherry Run, Friday. A boy’s body
was found in a pile of rubbish on the bank of a creek. The
rubbish was carried from the residence owned by C. L.
Butts. Martinsburg authorities found the others upon
their search wrapped in old clothing and concealed in a
corner of the attic.
The coroner said three bodies had been in the attic
for months, but that the fourth had not been hidden for
more than three or four weeks.
Sheriff Hovermale said Mr. and Mrs. John W. Roe
were the last occupants of the house, but moved to Cum
berland, Maryland. They will be subpoenaed for the in
quest.
CANNERY CREWS
TO WESTWARD
MAKING READY
STEAMER STARR BRINGS NEWS
OF ACTIVITIES UNDER WAY
TO THE WESTWARD
FEW PASSENGERS ARRIVE HERE
Port Moiler Cannery Closed This
Year—Many Improvements Noted
By Captain Johansen.
The welcome, deep-throated blasts
from the whistle of the steamer Starr,
re-echoed and crashed from the sur
rounding mountains yesterday after
noon at 3:15 o’clock, and was the sig
nal for the us
ual throng
of local citizens
to hurry down
to the wharf
and greet Capt.
O. A. Johan
sen’s ship upon
its return from
the Westward.
passengers
arrived on the
Starr, this be
ing the seasbn
of the year,
when activities
are just begin
ning throughout the westward dis
trict.
The vessel was one day behind her
regular schedule owing to encounter
ing a brief spell of rough weather dur
ing the past few days. A small cargo
of fish products, mostly codfish, was
brought to this port from Unalaska.
Pasengers arriving on the Starr in
cluding the following:
Charles Cook, Rev. T. P. Graham,
Mrs. Kramm and daughter, Sid Ander
son, Mrs. L. W. Swan, Lawrence Ol
sen, Mrs. Dann.
“The fishing industry has actively
begun,” said Capt. Johansen today, “a
number of cannery crews having al
ready arrived and are making pre
liminary preparations for putting the
various plants in shape.
The Pacific Fisheries,” the veteran
skipper continued,: “have opened their
canneries at Ikitan, King Cove and
Squaw Harbor. The Port Moller can
nery is closed this year. The S. S.
Redwood and the S.S. .Catherine D,
will make the regular run twice a
Month between South Bellingham, Wn.,
and these canneries during the fishing
season.
“The Shumigan cannery of the P. A.
F. at Squaw Harbor is making many
improvements. Last year this was a
successful two-line cannery. They are
adding another line and installing all
the latest machinery for this season |
besides building additional bunk hous-1
es, tearing down old buildings and
putting up larger ones, anticipating a
very good season this year. A. H.
Bradford is supt. of the Shumigan
cannery. About 70 men are employed
at present but about twice that num
ber will be needed when the fishing
starts.
“The advance crews of the P. E. Har
ris and Co. cannery at False Pass
have arrived, about thirty men in all.
They are carpenters, web crew and
pile drivers. The freighters Latouche
and Cordova have left recently aft$r
unloading 1300 pilings and a large
quantity of lumber and general cargo.
The two Diesel boats, Ameiie and
Morshovoi, belonging to the Company
CHINESE REBELS KILLED
BATVIA, Java, Mar. 22. (#>)—Thir
teen Chinese rebels were killed in a
fight with a Dutch military detach
ment. which was sent to Achin, in Su
matra. The killed included the leader
of the band, who attacked the Dutch
patrol, March 3, and killed ten sol
diers and wounded six.
One Dutch sergeant was killed and
three Dutch soldiers seriously wound
ed in the latest fight.
PUBLIC HEARING IS
ORDERED HELD
PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 22. (#>)
—The Senate Judiciary Committee has
ordered public hearings on prohibition
which Senator Thomas J. Walsh op
posed. A sub-committee will conduct
the hearings and will give six days
each for arguments to the wets and
drys.
TILDEN LOSES TENNIS MATCH
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Mar. 22. (£>)
—Saturday, Vincent Richards of New
York won the Southeastern singles
tennis championship when he defeat
ed Tilden, scores: 6-8, 14-12, 4-6, 6-0
and 6-4.
PRESIDENT, MRS.
C00LIDGE HOME
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 21. (>P)
—President and Mrs. Coolidge return
ed early today from Plymouth, and
remained at the WTiite House during
the day, foregoing the usual Sunday
morning church services.
HIGHER COURTS WILL REVIEW
CANCELLATION OF LEASES
IN FALL DOHENY CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 22. (JP)
—The Supreme court has decided to
review the lower court’s decision can
celling the oil leases and contracts be
tween Doheny and Fall.
Thousands of gallons of two and
three-year old wine are going beg
ging at 15 cents a quart in' the
wine rowing valleys of the Moselle,
Saar and Ruhr, where the growers
are desperately in need of money
and are willing to convert their
stocks into cash at almost any figure.
have arrived from Seattle and have
started pile driving and other work.
Capt. Alf. Larsen of the Amelie and
Capt. Don Davis of the Morzhovoi are
in charge of trap building, These are
two of the best Diesel boats along
the coast, new and up to date in every
way. The new fishing regulations
have caused a change in the location
of certain traps and new traps are be
’.ng built but it is not expected that
this will reduce the season’s catch.
The balance of the crew will arrive on
the S. S. Victoria about April 15. Ed
ward M. Brennan who has been book
keeper and office man each season at
False Pass has' been appointed can
nery superintendent, filling the vacan
cy caused by the death of J. R. Ni
chols.”
The steamer Starr will probably de
part on the next regular trip to the
westward about April 5.
HUGE TONNAGE
THRU THIS PORT
BIGGEST ASSET
FILLING IN TRESTLES AND COM
PLETING BRIDGES MAIN
WORK FOR 1926
ACTIVITIES BEGUN AT MILE 85
General Manager Smith Assured of
$1,700,000 This Season.
Most of the important work along
the Alaska Railroad belt this season
will be filling in the many trestles
and completing construction of brid
ges, according to Noel W. Smith, gen
eral manager, who, accompanied by
Mrs. Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. N. M.
Lack, of Hanover, Penn., arrived in
Seward Saturday from Seattle. Mr.
Lack, a former Pennsylvania railroad
i official, has been appointed by Mr.
Smith to the position of assistant to
I the general manager.
Railroad work this season will be
about the same as last, Mr. Smith
stated, and about an equal number
of men will be added to the payroll.
With respect to the Seward division
there is nothing definite outlined with
the exception of the various forces
which will be scattered along the en
tire right of way on fills and bridges.
A crew was sent out to Mile 85 last
week to do the preliminary work prior
to the arrival, this week, of the regu
lar crew. There is one thing, how
ever, Mr. Smith pointed out, which
will reflect considerably to this port,
, the same being the arrival from the
States of huge tonnage for the Fair
banks Exploration Company. With
this additional freight business in
view it is confidently expected all pre
vious records will be exceeded.
Associated Press dispatches publish
ed in The Gateway during the past
few months have informed the pub
lic with regards to the assurance giv
en Mr. Smith by Congress that the
sum of $1,700,000 for maintenance and
improvements in the transportation
system will be available, beginning
with the fiscal year, July 1, 1926. The
house has authorized the expenditure
'and the Senate will no doubt take
similar action shortly. Mr. Smith stat
| ed yesterday the amount is not quite
I what he asked for, but is sufficient
j ly ralge enough to carry out the major
: part of this season’s program. All
construction work, of a temporary na
ture, will be made permanent, he
said.
The official railroad car, B-l, w-as
brought over to Seward Saturday from
rail headquarters and attached, yes
terday, to the regular freight, which
left at noon with Mr. Smith and his
party.
New Russian Radio Station
to Have 10,000 Mile Radius
LENINGRAD, March 15. (JP)—Rus
sia is striving to keep pace with the
United States and England in radio
communication. A number of new
stations are in course of construction.
The plant at Leningrad will have a
radius of 10,000 miles. The aerial
masts, 20 in number, will be more
than 1,000 feet in height, and regu
lar communication will be maintained
with China, Japan, Europe and North
America. Long and short waves will
be used.
Yakut at Flu Cases
Said Not Be Serious
The influenza epidemic at Yakutat
is not serious and was under con
trol when the U. S. Coast Guard
Cutter Unalga left there last week
for Juneau after being at the port
two days while Dr. H. M. Franicisco,
ship’s > surgeon, attended the sick
people, according to Capt. R. C.
Weightman, commander of the Un
alga, in a statement published in
the Juneau Empire. There were 91
cases attended by Dr. Francisco, all
among the Indians except one case,
Billy Gray, operator of the gas boat
Rolfe.
No deaths resulted from the epi
demic and of the 91 cases, only
two were especially serious and
these were entirely out of danger
before the ship left.
The Indians suffering from, influ
enza included 32 men, 29 women
apd 3 children. . ,
NOME MINING ACTIVITIES TAKING ON
UNUSUAL IMPETUS AND BRINGS BACK
FOND RECOLLECTIONS HALCYON DAYS
NOME, Mar. 22. (AP).—Winter mining throughout
j the section has received an impetus not experienced in
many years for in numerous localities dumps are being
taken out by individual miners.
Foremost among the new strikes is that of the Con
nelly brothers, who appear to have the greatest body of
nay and the highest values, which is located on Anvil, near
Dexter divide at the head of Dry Creek. Old-time pros
pectors, who visited the property stated it compares fav
orable with gold on bananzas in the halcyon days. Dan
Connelly told friends it was impossible to state the values
which run sixty cents in grab pans and with the body pay
ten, fifteen and sometimes twenty feet high. Twenty
five cent pans are found frequently at the latter heights.
A steam hoist is taking out the pay dirt.
Bruner and Roth are taking out a dump at the foot
of Dry Creek hill and have picked up the same run of
gold as the Connelly brothers.
Newhauser and White are sinking to bedrock between
the Bruner and Connelly claims; James Topolsky, on the
next claim to Connelly’s is blasting through a limestone
formation which indicated he would strikp pay on bed
rock on Grass Gulch.
Close by, Ullrich and Newhauser are taking out a
large dump on the old Kelly Bench.
b rank Rohn and Andy Otterson are hoisting pay dirt
on the left limit of Anvil Creek’ near Banner station and
have encountered the old channel and struck good pay.
James Panos and Henry Hannan have also struck
good pay near the big bend of Snake River and are block
mg out preparing to hoist a dump.
DOWAGER QUEEN
LOUISE, DENMARK
DIES PNEUMONIA
COPENHAGEN, March 22 (£>).—
Dowager Queen Louise, of Denmark,
died from pneumonia early Saturday
morning.
Princess Louise, of Denmark,
daughter of King Charles XV of
Sweden and Norway, was the tallest
and the richest Princess in Europe
when she became Queen of Denmark
in 1906 upon the ascendancy of her
husiband, Crown 'Prince Frederick,
who succeeded to the throne of his
father, King Christian IX when the
latter died January 30, 1906 in his
8Sth year.
For a brief six years the strikingly
beautiful, serious-minded and notor
iously democratic Queen Louise re
mained upon the throne with her
popular and much worshipped con
sort, King Frederick VIII, who con
ducted the affairs of his government
in such a manner that he frequently
was spoken of as one of the most
competent “business men’’ who ever
guided the destinies of a kingdom.
Queen Louise’s part in the happiness
and prosperity this short reign brot
to the people of Denmark was fully
recognized throughout continental
Europe.
The sudden and unexpected dea.th
of King Frederick from a stroke of
apoplexy while he was walking un
known and unattended through the
streets of Hamburg, Germany on the
night of May 15, 1912, ended Queen
Louise’s tenure, whereupon she step
ped down from the throne in favor
of her oldest son, Crown Prince
Christian, and his wife, who was the
Duchess Alexandrine, of Mecklenburg.
Dowager Queen Louise was born
October 31, 1851. It has often been
said that her leanings toward demo
cracy were directly due to her re
cent ancestry, as her grandmother
was the famous Desiree Clary, a
tradesman’s daughter, who captivated
Bonaparte and later married Marshal
Bernadette, subsequently the King of
Sweden and Norway.
At the age of 18, Princess Louise
was married to Crown Prince Fred
erick, bringing to the reigning house
of Denmark the huge fortunes which
she had inherited from Prncess Lou
ise oif Orange, daughter of Prince
William Frederich, of the Nether
lands. She was 15 years of age
when her husband, at the age of 61,
succeeded his father.
Preceding this, there had been an
ple time for .the masterful character
which, marked her life, to become
fully developed. She had reared a
family of eight children—.four sons
and four daughters—ban managed and
expanded her huge fortune; acted
OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN
PEKING, Mar. 22. (/P)—Members of
the cabinet resigned Saturday but to
day retained their posts at the re
uest of the chief executive. The evac
uation of Tientsin and the retirement,
of the Youminchun National Army
forces is reported,
Returning troops occupied the Tien
tsin Peking Railroad.
NEW RECORD BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY
AUTOIST
CULVER CITY, Calif., Mar. 21. (/P)
—Bennett Hill, known at the board
track as “Hard Luck’’ in his drive
today shook off his jinx and won the
250-mile automobile race at the Cul
ver City speedway, driving in the non
stop race, establishing a new record
for the distance, of one hour, 51 min
utes and 53 seconds. His average
speed was registered at 150.59 miles
an hour. The former record of 129.2
miles an hour was made by Peter De
paola at Miami, February of 1922.
many times in an advisory capacity
to the aged King Christian, and par
ticipated over a period of .20 years
in some of the most important poli
tcal moves in Europe.
iShe -was kindly, generous and sym
pathetic, yet vindictive when once
she harbored a dislike. This latter
characterise was brought out most
prominently in her ' social war on
Princess Maud, youngest daughter
of King Edward VJCI of England,
which lasted for many years.
While the demure little Princess
had in reality done nothing more
serious than fall in love and subse
quently marry Prince Charles of Den
mark, second son of Princess Louise,
it was enough to bring down upon
her head all the wrath which that
remarkable woman was capable of
•feeling. The Princess had set her
heart on a marriage between her
■son and the young Queen of Holland,
who was inclined to look upon his
suit with favor. This dream was
rudely interrupted, however, when the
young Prince met and fell desper
ately in love with the English Prin
cess, wbo became his wife a few
months later.
Th*e anger of Princess Louise,
which was said never to have be6n
appeased, was the more pronounced
because she felt that her son ulti
mately would become King of Hol
land were he to marry into the
House of Orange. The fact that he
finally consented to give up an ob
scure, but happy life to accept the
Crown of Norway was due largely,
it is said, to the hope that he might
thus reconcile his mother to the wo
man of his choice.