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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 267. SEWARD, ALASKA,MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Work, Stresses Value
Unification Alaskan
Activities, in Report
GREATER LOCAL AUTHORITY WILL BRING MORE
EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL GOVERNMENT
—STUDY UNDER WAY TO PROPOSE TO CON-j
GRESS A SINGLE LAW ENFORCEMENT POLL
CY SIMILAR TO STATE POLICE FORCES—GOV
ERNOR RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL APPRO
PRIATIONS FOR BUREAU EDUCATION, RE
PEAL OF TAX PROVISIONS GAME LAW AND
APPROPRIATION FOR CAPITAL BUILDING AT
JUNEAU.
U. S. SIGNAL CORPS BUSINESS INCREASES
Eight planes operating—14 landing fields—mining falls
off—Alaska Road Commission spent $1,217,000 last
fiscal year-—'Treasurer's report shows excellent con
dition and balance on hand of over million.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5. (/P)—Secretary of the
Interior Hubert Work in his annuaal report stresses the
value of unification of Alaska activities and says in part;
“The Department favors operating Alaska activities by
Alaskans with only such supervision and assistance from
central authority in Washington as is essential.
Under this method the government is necessary for
cooperation between bureaus and departments operating
in the Territory; this has been studied and it is believed
will simplify methods in handling government affairs in
Alaska and with greater local authority it would bring
a more efficient government at a less cost.”
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TERRITORIAL POLICE
The possibilities of cooperation be
tween the departments of Interior,
Agriculture, and Commerce, will be ex
tended under the new plan of admin
istration with assured economy and
\ efficiency in handling the work. A
i study is under way for the purpose
of proposing to the present Congress
|a single law enforcement agency in
! the Territory comparable to State
police forces maintained so success
fully in a nuinoer of States.
APPROPRIATIONS ASKED
Governor Parks recommends: No. 1
“additional appropriations for the Bur
eau of Education to enlarge the build-:
ing and equipping of one or more iso-j
lation wards for tubercular patients; j
No. 2—Enlargement of the station at s
Tanana by providing a home for de-|
fective children and an isolation ward
for contageous diseases; also, an in-'
dustrial school.
No. 3—A detention home for incor-j
rigible natives.
No. 4—Repeal of tax provisions of j
the Alaska game laws as now affect
ing residents.
No. 5—Appropriation for a capitol
building.”
EIGHT PLANES OPERATING
Secretary Work calls attention to
the development of aviation in Alas
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LIKELY THAT ADMITTANCE OF
SMITH AND VARE BE SET
ASIDE UNTIL LATER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (&)—'With
Congress 'practically ready for the
opening of the sesssion, Senator pros
pects remain considerably muddled
with the administrating of votes to
Senators to elect Smith and Vare prin
cipal sore points.
It is likely that Smith and Vare
admittance to the Senate will be set
aside until after President Coolidge
annual address is read. Democrats
are without a leader on the issue and
Republican insurgents have not had
their demands appealed.
LOCK HORNS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (&)—'The
anti-saloon league locked horns in the
executive session over the appoint
ment of General Superintendent and
discussed policy questions in regard to
platforms of political parties.
THRILLING RESCUE
JIT SEA SS PARAGUAY
FOUR LIVES LOST
CREW TIE ROPES ABOUT SELVES,
ENOS THROWN TO RESCUERS,
JUMPED
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 5. {^—Twen
ty-four men were rescued from the
Norwegian steamer Cibao ashore off
Cape Hateras. Twenty-four men were
also rescued from the Greek steamer
Paraguay which stranded north of Kit.
ty Hawk, North Carolina.
Four members of the Paraguay crew
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periished when washed overboard Sat- j
urday. night while the ship was battl
ing a northeast storm 60 miles south-1
east of Cape Henry. The Paraguay
went ashore at daybreak Sunday just
north of Kitty Hawk while half a doz
en vessels were searching for her
further out in answer to repeated calls
for help.
Coast guardsmen managed to launch
a lifeboat and set out for the WTeck
and took off the jaea^af ter-several at
tempts to reach the ship in motor
from the Cibro was accomplished at
the risk of the lives of the rescuers.
The life savers had made several at
tempts to reach the ship inn motor
boats but each time were hurled
against the side of the vessel with
such force the smaller boats were in
danger of being smashed to pieces.
The Cibro was fast breaking up and
the crew facing momentary death. A
signal from the life saving boat-s in
structed the men to tie ropes around
their bodies and throw one end over
the side. These ends were made fast
to motor boats and the crew of the
Cibao then jumped into the sea and
one by one were safely taken aboard
the smaller boats.
MAJOR ALBRECHT
A. A. SHONBECK MENTIONED AS
PROBABLE CANDIDATE DELE.
GATE TO CONGRESS
i ANCHORAGE, Dec, 5,(/P)—The Rep
ubliean Club endorsed the candidacy
| of Major George W. Albrecht of Fair
banks for Republican National Com-1
mitteema.n and James Wickersham,
and W. H. Chase for delegates to the
National Convention. J. B. Gottstein
of Anchorage was suggested as alter
nate.
The following were named as mem- i
bers of the divisional convention at
Valdez; J< S. Truitt, Harry F. Morton,
H. H. McCutcheon, A. A. Shombeck.,
The latter divisional committee
man has beei\ mentioned as Delegate
to Congress.
CONGRESS PREPARES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (^—Con
gress prepares for action for farm
relief legislation questions of big rail
road consolidations, the Boulder Dam
project and other big questions will
be taken up.
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REINDEER HERDS AT
i WilWRIDHT LOST
IN REGENT STORM
THOUGHT FROZE TO DEATH AND
j BODIES COVERED WITH SNOW;
NO ILLNESS REPORTED
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I NOME, Dec. 5. (JP)—A letter from
I Wainwright relates the loss of two
reindeer herds in a severe storm on
October 15.
Although the entire village turned
out to search no trace of the reindeer
was found. The search was con
j tinned for weeks and up until yester
| day nothing further has been heard.
The supposition is that the animals
have been frozen to death and their
bodies covered with snow
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1 There is an abundance of polar
bear reported at Point Barrow and
at Wainwright. Five bears were kill
ed in one day at the latter place and
many others are seen daily passing
on icebergs.
Advices from Point Barrow to the
Nome Nugget indicate a prosperous
winter and no illness.
OIL MAN ASKES CASE BE DIS
MISSED FOR LACK OF JURIS
DICTION
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j WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (/p)—Hailed
before the District of Columbia Su
preme Court on charges of contempt
Sinclair, Burns and associates insisted
jthey were within the law in having the
jury in the Fall-Sinclair oil case shad
owed.
!
Henry Mason Day, offiicial in the
| Sinclair Co., said he hired Bums’ men
j at Sinclair’s request explaining the
oil man believed an improper effort
was to be made to have the jury re
turn a verdicit against Sinclair. The
oil man asked the case be dismissed
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for lack of jurisdiction. The defense!
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contended it had made no actual con-:
tacts with the jurors.
CREW IS RESCUED
Details as to the rescue are lack-1
ing but from an Associated Press in-;
quiry from Seattle to The Gateway,
it is known that the S S. Starr res- 1
cued the crew of six from the fish- !
ing boat Universe, which had been ;
reported misicg for the last 10 days. \
MEET ID LUCK
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DROP THREE MORE GAMES, SEW.
ARD GJRLS WIN ONE GAME
BOYS LOSE AGAIN
(Special to The Gateway)
FAIRBAiN'KS, Dec. 5. —Seward lost
a hard fought game to the Fairbanks
High school- by- the score of 21 to 14
on Saturday night. Gibbs was high
point man with 15 and Francis Leslto
{8, and McBwen seven.
Gibbs, forward, and Butrovich, cen
ter, starred for the High school. 3tfc
Ewea -made three long pretty shots in
the first part of thq game.
Seward led the first quarter 11 to 8
but the High school went ahead at the
■ end of the third quarter 21 to 11.
Seward came back with such speed
and fight that the high school couldn't
follow but failed to tie the score by
one basket. The game was clean and
fast. Galloway’s one basket was ja
1 very pretty shot.
Seward girls easily won 20 to 20 al
tho the High school girls gamely
made Seward earn all points. The
Seward girils are still not playing
their game.
SUNDAY GAMES
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Roberta McIntosh was high point
star of the game with Fairbanks
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town girls the latter winning from the
Seward girls by 14 to 4 Sunday after
noon. The game was hard fought;
Seward missed a number of close
shots. Lowe, for Fairbanks, is a very
fasti and good shot and was high point
girl.
MEN'S GAME
Seward, with a revised lineup, Gal
loway and Andresen forwards, Leslie
center, Chya and Glancy guards, play
ed too fast for the Fairbanks Explora
tion team in the first half and led 15
to 12. Galloway and Andresen were
going especially good. Galloway drib
bled in for a pretty shot and Andresen
made a long one. Vic Gill, starring for
the F. E. Co., passed fast and accurate
and was hard to guard. Strugess was
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high with 10 and Andresen for Seward
writh 7. Score F. E. Co., 47. Seward
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AL SMITH DECLARATION
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. (JP)—'The New
York State of Womens voters answer
ed Governor Alfred Smith’s declara
tion that the state needed no more
(prohibition enforcement law® by
adopting an almost unanimously de
mand for the state enforcement act ft®
one of the items of their legislative
program. ,