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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 144. SEWARD, ALASKA,WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
10 CITIES OF TOE
latest official estimates of
DEAD PLACED AT 1,000—500 IN
JURED
JERUSALEM, July 13. (IF)—Nablus,
the ancient Samaretian center, 30
miles north of here, and other towns
in the Holy Land appear like cities
of the dead as the result of the earth
quake Monday. The' latest official es
timates place the dead in Palestine
at more than 150; in Trans-Jardania
at 100, with 500 injured. Unofficial
figures estimate the total dead at 1,000.
No Americans or Europeans are re
ported among the victims. Scarcely
a house in the old part of town es
caped. Some collapsed entirely. The
usually busy streets are deserted save
for an occasional figure salvaging bed
ding on the backs of camels or don
keys to take to impoverished camps
outside of town, where the inhabi
tants are collecting in pathetic
groups.
' WINNIPEG, Man., July 13. (/P>—
The murder trial of Earl Nelson, re
puted strangler, credited with a score
of slayings of women in the United
States and Canada, was postponed on
motion of the defense until November
on the ground that prejudice is too
strong against Nelson.
A telegram from W. H. Chase, A
laska Game Commission representa
tive at Cordova, addressed to L. V.
Ray, seeks to ascertain if there are
any licensed guides available in
Seward who are open for fall hunt
ing engagements. Several are need
ed, Dr. Chase advises. For further
information enquire at the Gateway
office.
SMALL PARTY MAROONED
WEEKS AT POINT GORE
John Gillespie and his partners,
Johnson and Snyder, who left port
some weeks ago in a dory to which
was attached an outboard motor, evi
dently ran into some rough water
for some days ago Capt Pete Sather,
• Nuka Island fox farmer, picked all
the men up at Point Gore where
they were marooned. The motor be
came dislodged from the dory and
was lost at sea and it is supposed
they hit out for the nearest point of
land. The party were headed for
Kasiloff where the season was to
have been spent prospecting. At the
present time they are in Nuka bay
prospecting.
TO CONTINUE SESSION
GENEVA, July 13. (/p)—The naval
delegates decided to convoke a plena
ry session tomorrow so that assurance
would be given that negotiations are
continuing in the friendliest manner.
AUTO CRASHES INTO
BUILDING; THREE ARE
DEAD, FOUR INJURED
WOMAN LOSES CONTROL OF CAR
STREET INTERSECTION GO
ING 35 MILES HOUR
LOS ANGELES, July 13. (/P)—Three
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men were killed and two men and two
women injured, two of them seriously,
when an automobile driven by Miss
Betty Peck of Los Angeles crashed
into a real estate office in the out
! skirts of the city. The car was trav
' eling at the rate of 35 miles an hour
when another car turned in suddenly
' from a side street forcing Miss Peck
| to turn sharply aside. She evidently
lost control of the machine hurdled
the curb and crashed into a building.
EXPECTS TO LOWER RECORD
DAYTONA Beach, Fla., July 13. (;P)
; —The record made by H. O. D. Sea
! grave of 203 miles per hour on the
Daytona beach speedway will yet be
shattered and by a much smaller mo
tor than that used by Seagrave. This
is the opinion of Sig Haugdahl, noted
racer, who himself set a speed record
of ISO.27 miles per hour.
YACHT NORTHERN LIEU
MILS FOR THE ARGTIG
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NOME, July 13. (/P)—The yacht
Northern Light is sailing for Arctic
ocean points, expecting to return to
Nome about August 1. Mr. and Mrs.
Goodspeed, members of the party, left
the ship here and are en route to the
States via the Yukon. The motorship
Charles G. Brower was delayed in
sailing for Point Barrowr while divers
are investigating the condition of her
hull which it is feared w-as damaged
after running aground on St. La-w
rence Island.
SEARCH FOR BODY OF FLIER
HONOLULU, July 13. (£>)—Actuated
by a desire to repay favors shown by
men of the United States army and
navy Japanese fishermen began today
a search for the body of Lieut. Charles
Linton Williams whose army airplane
fell into the ocean near here Wednes
day. They announced that no reward
| would be accepted.
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OFFICERS O. E. S. ENTERTAIN
GRAND CHAPTER OFFICERS.
The Officers of Seward Chapter
No. 10, O. E. S. will entertain Mrs.
Emma P. Chadwick, Most Worthy
Grand Matron, and Mr. J. Ernest
Teare, Most Worthy Grand Patron,
of the General Grand Chapter O. E.
S. at dinner to be held in the Seward
Grill at 7 o’clock this evening.
Following the dinner, Mrs. Chadwick
and Mr. Teare will hold a meeting
of instruction for the Officers.
OCCASION WAS MOST INTEREST
ING; WELL ATTENDED BY
SEWARD BUSINESS MEN
Business had short shift at yester
day’s regular meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce for with the presence of
the Methodist dignitaries who were
the honor guests of the Chamber the
meeting shortly resolved itself into a
social session. A fair representation
of Seward business men were in at
tendance, and with few exceptions, all
remained until the session was ad
journed two hours and 15 minutes
later.
The distinguished visitors were
Bishop W. O. Shepard of Portland, of
the Methodist-Episcopal area; Dr. R.
E. Smith, superintendent of the
Spokane district, representing the
Home Mission Board of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and Rev. J. T. Mc
Queen, former pastor in Juneau and
now superintendent of the Methodist
Episcopal church it* Alaska. Other
prominent guests at the luncheon
were John E. Ballaine, founder of
Seward, and E. R. Jesson, prominent
Interior mining operator and head of
the Alaska Matanuska Coal Company
of Moose Creek.
As has been the custom in the past,
President Urbach called upon Mayor
Ray to address a few words of wel
come to the visitors. Mayor Ray rose
to the occasion gracefully and took oc
casion to enlighten the visitors with
a few of Alaska’s problems, and in his
opinion, the solution of some. Mayor
Ray’s address was forceful, command
ing the close attention of his listen
ers. He was accorded spontaneous
applause as he took his seat.
Bishop Shepard then spoke, express
ing his keen appreciation of the hos
pitality and co-operation that has
greeted his party everywhere through
out the Territory. He said that he
had first come to the Territory 18
years, ago and during all the lapsing
years, and today, he is still thinking
Alaska. He has come to Alaska this
time to consider the situation from a
religious standpoint. He finds, how
ever, that it is impossible to separate
religion from State matters, for both
shade into each other.
“The religious factor is of extreme
importance, and our interest in Alaska
is very great. Therefore,v he said,
“the church is well worth while, for
the larger interests in the communi
ties in the Territory can not be reach
ed without the church.”
The bishop then called the mem
bers attention to a new sign which
now adorns the local church. “In
large letters,” he remarked, “the
words ‘The Seward Community
Church,’ now appear, then in much in
much smaller letter and in parenthe
sis, ‘The Methodist-Episcopal Church.’
Our first interest is for the communi
ty. We can not enter into questions
of government and so forth, but in a
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CATHOLIC NUNS ARRESTED
MEXICO CITY, July 13. (IP)—Five
Catholic nuns and seven laymen, in
cluding Octavio Elizalde, president of
the Catholic Young Men’s Association,
have been arrested by the police in
raids in different parts of the city.
Elizalde and his men companions are
alleged to have resisted the police.
SHORES OF TRICE
FRENCH PLANES ESCORT BYRD
AND COMPANIONS ON S. S.
LEVIATHAN
CHERBOURG, July 13. (^—Com
mander Byrd and three companions
are homeward bound on the Levia
than. A dense fog prevented them
from seeing anything of the French
coast line as the vessel steamed
away last night. The plan to have an
escort of French planes fly over the
Leviathan until it reached the open
sea was abandoned. Among the first
to greet the aviators on the ship was
Chamberlin. The dissembled plane
America was shipped in ten cases.
SERGT. BAKER WINS
CHICAGO, July 13. (£>)— Sergt. Sam
my Baker of New York knocked out
“Mushy” Callahan in the ninth of a
ten-round battle. The junior cham
pionship was not involved as Baker
weighen in at 144 pounds which is
four pounds over the limit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 2, New York 3.
St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 6.
Pittsburg 2, Brooklyn 1.
Chicago 6, Boston 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 8.
New York 7, Cleveland 0.
Boston 5, St. Louis 6.
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Washington 9, Detroit 6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 0.
San Francisco 2, Portland 5.
Oakland 2, Missions 6.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
AUTO ACCIDENTS SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 13. (£>)—'Four per
sons were killed in two automobile ac
cidents near Seattle tonight, three of
them children under eight years of
age. Four mothers were seriously in
jured. William Wright, aged 25, and
Marian and Myra Iler were killed
when their automobile plunged over
a 40-foot viaduct. Clay Holman was
killed when his automobile crashed
head-on with a stage.
HOPS OFF FOR HONOLULU
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13. (£>)—Er
nie Smith will hop off at 7 a. m. to
morrow for Honolulu.
JAPANESE LEGATION
IGNORES DEMIDS OF
PEKING GOVERNMENT
NOTE ALLEGES JAPAN TOOK AD
VANTAGE DISAFFECTION OF
TROOPS GENERAL FANG
PEKING, July 13. (/P)—After a pro
test by the Foreign Office to the Jap
anese Legation the Peking govern
ment sent a note to the Japanese Le
gation demanding immediate with
drawal of troops from Tsinafu and
Tsingtao in the Province of Shantung.
The note expressed astonishment that
the protests of the Chinese govern
ment regarding the dispatch of Jap
anese troops to cities have not receiv
ed “due attention.r ■ On the contrary
the note alleges the Japanese took ad
vantage of defection of some troops
of General Sun Chuan Fang, North
ern commander in Shantung, to dis
patch Japanese troops to cities and
to replace them with fresh troops from
Airen. The note declared that the
Japanese government ignored China’s
protests and committed acts violating
: Japan’s treaty obligations and Chinese
! sovereignty.
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JAPANESE BLUEJACKETS
! ARE LANDED IT TSINGTSO
TOKIO, July 13. (£>)—Nine hundred
Japanese bluejackets have been land
ed at Tsingtao, Shantung Province,
to perform guard duty Until the arrival
of military reinforcements from Darien
Monday. The Navy Department an
nounces the bluejackets will probably
be withdrawn when the troops arrive.
According to the foreign office the sit
uation in Shantung Province apparent
ly is serious. All foreign shops in the
port of Tsingtao are closed and com
munications have been disturbed.
GRAND CHAPTER OFFICERS
TO BE GIVEN PICNIC
The Eastern Stars and Masons,
are holding a picnic for the visiting
Grand Chapter Officers,, at Mr. and
Mrs. Orlander’s bungalow at Mile 7,
Thursday. July 14th. All visiting
members of both Orders invited to
attend. Cars will leave Seward at
2:00 P. M.
From Iliamna comes the report that
the salmon fishing and packing indus
try of Bristol Bay is thus far in bad
straights owing to the lack of fish.
PARTY FOR CHARLOTTE FEENEY
Yesterday a party was given for
Charlotte Feeney by Mrs. Andrew
Horton. Guests were invited to
meet the new playmate. Games were
played and later a delightful lunch
was served. The guests who attend
ed were Jean Ericson, Maude Lars
son, Sylvia Sandbeck, Annie Horton,
Francis Horton, Charlotte Feeney,
Mrs. Ericson and Mrs. Horton.