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Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
SIXTEEN CARS SEIZED
 ON CANADIAN BORDER
AUTOISTS FAIL TO GET ACROSS
 BORDER WITH LIQUOR

BLAINE, April IA total of six teen automobiles including ten Ameri- can and six Canadian have been seized by the Blaine customs force since en- forcement of regulation regarding the seizure of automobiles continuing liquor was launched about week ago, it was announced today by William Kartzmark, in charge of the Blaine office. Three cars were seized last Sunday.
 Under the customs regulations per sons admitting they have liquor are compelled to forfeit the liquor and in addition pay a fine of $5. Failure to report the liquor regardless of who is in the car with it, means forfeiture of the automobile. If large quantities of liquor are found, charge of smuggl- ing may also be placed against the owner and operator of the car.
 After the auto is seized the owner or operator is required to post $100 bond with the district office at Seattle pending final decision as to the dis position of the automobile, which is held at the point of violation. Then a recommendation is made to the treas ury department at Washington, D. C., by the district collector of customs as to what disposition should be made of the case, and usually the recommenda- tion is accepted. However, the owner of the car may, if he desires, protest to the treasury department of he thinks the fine is too heavy.
 In practically all cases where liquor has been found when the owner failed to declare it the quantity taken by the customs officers has been small, con- sisting perhaps of pint, quart or slightly larger amounts.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
KNIFE CLUE MAY LINK
 NEGRO WITH MURDER

KANSAS CITY, April 11-A knife found beside the body of Dr. Zoe Will kins was identified today as one seen in the possession of billiard Davies, a negro furnace tender at the Wilkins home.
 Davies is one of the three men held for investigation. The others are c. Wilkins, brother and B. F. Tarpley, patient and frequent visitor at the res idence of the Doctor
 pr. Wilkins, beaten and her throat cut, was found slain in her home. The house had been ransacked, her will was missing and valuables estimated by her attorney at $10O,OOO had dis appeared.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Mexican Gunboat Ready
 for Engaging in Battle

NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-The Mexican gunboat Bravo steamed for Mexico early today to start sea war fare that is expected to drive the reb- els from their port strongholds. The vessel will attempt to reduce the three peninsula states of Yucatan, Campeche and Tabasco, the latter the present headquarters of the rebel chief Adolfo de La Huerta.
 Although sailing under sealed or ders, it is believed the warship will go forward to Progresso, Yucatan. This is the key port to the territory from which hemp is shipped. The rebel government has obtained many mil lions of dollars in export revenue since occupying this port. According to Mex ican Consul General Elias, there are only 400 rebel troops in the state of Yucatan and the force of Marines on board the Bravo will be able to subdue the rebel garrison.
 1 The Bravo carried 135 marines and large cargo of munitions for its guns also as many small arms and ammuni- tion as the boat could carry, were load ed on it.
 The journey to Yucatan will require five days. Progresso will be shelled in event the garrison fails to surren- der. From Yucatan the Bravo plans to go to Puerto, Mexico, to land arms for the use of the army of General l Don1inguez.
 Cooperation of the federal army driving to the east through the penin- sula and of the gunboat from the gulf would trap the few remaining rebel leaders and their troops from which they would not be able to escape, the consulate here predicts. The Bravo came to port here, since September. ] She came for repairs.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Indians Will Compete in
 Canoe and Water Sports
WATER SPORTS PLANNED ANNA
 CORTES FOR JULY 4TH

ANACORTES, April 11-Tentative program for the Indian water sports on July and 5 have been arranged, and includes twenty events, ranging from the eleven paddle war canoe races of three miles for purses aggre- gating $310, to the single paddle races for purses of $10. Contracts have been made with no fewer than fourteen tribes of British Columbia and Puget Sound Indians to have teams in the races. Camp grounds, wood, water, salmon and clans are to be supplied to all the Indians who come. The Indian races are expected to draw large num- bers of visitors.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
GREEK CITY FOUND
 IN EUPHRATES REGION
ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT AMONG
 OBJECTS RECOVERED

PARIS, April 11-French archaeol- ogists working in Syria, have discov- cred at Saliyeh, in the Euphrates re- zion, Greek city founded just after the death of Alexander the Great, D. 24e years ago, and abandoned in 273 A. D., when the desert sands covered it.
 Among the objects found are parch- ments, cne of which, written in 189 B. C., is said to be the oldest Greek man. uscript extant.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Smoker Tomorrow Night
 We'll Worth Attending

The smoker staged by the Ameri- can Legion at A, B. hall tomorrow night will be we'll worth attending as a number of prominent Anchorage boxers are on the bill. The princi- pal events are:
 Passey vs. Williams
 Enos vs. Panama Kid
 Stanley vs. Wilkens
 Two local bouts. General admission will be $1.O0 and ringside seats $2.OO The first bout will start about nine o'clock. Tickets are on sale at Seward Grill, Seward Drug Store and North eTn poolhall
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
SENATOR WILL FIND OUT WHO REALLY
 STARTED THE WAR

WASHINGTON, D. C., April H. Despite the cold reception given it's proposal, Senator Robert L. Owen Is pushing resolution directing the for eign affairs committee of the Senate to appoint committee to study the question of the origin of the war.
 After a study of secret documents revealed since the armistice, Senator Owen has he says, come to the con- clusion that Germany was not solely responsible for the conflict, and he believes that any impartial commis- sion would do likewise.
 More than one hundred million peo- pie in Central Europe now, five years after the cessation of hostilities, are still convinced" he says, "that their governments were not the only ones at fault in the days and months preceding the fatal first of August, 1914" He points out that since these people know that the whole Treaty of Versailles rests upon the assumption of Germany bearing the sole responsibility of the war, they attribute their present mis- cry to lie.
 German, Austrian and Russian files of war documents are now open for inspection, and although French and British archives still are secret, there is enough evidence from them avail able, Senator Owen says, to support this conclusion regarding the attitude of Germany through July, 1914.
 The German military rulers did pot will the war, tried to avoid the war and only went into war because of their conviction that the persistent mobilization of Russia and France meant a determination on war and were secretly intended as a declaration of war by Russia and France against Germany.
 Other Nations Beligerent
 The records show that the Russian and French leaders were determined for war and intended the mobilization as the beginning of war which had for many years been deliberately pre- pared and worked out by the complete plans of campaign through annual mil itary conferences"
 Senator Owens agitation is being frowned on in Washington, still inn bued with the spirit injected into it by the extraordinary evidence of Ger manys guilt disseminated by the Creel publicity bureau. There is some hes itation, however, on the part of frown- CTS in labelling the senator from Okla homa pro-German. Like friend Will Rogers, he happens to have Cherokee InSNan blood in his veins. Although bofh in Virginia the most of his life has been spent on the broad praries of the former Indian Territory, where he served successively as secretary of the board of education of the Chero- kee Nation, editor of the Indian Chief tain, United States Indian agent for the five civilized tribes, as we'll as be- ing interested in banking, real estate and farming. Furthermore he IS Democrat.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11

,icn to confluence the third leg of their journey in China
 The whole distance and as fer as Calcutta. 'Dcia, they will cover b. fore di,poaing of their pontoons. At Calcu' la the rontoons will be dropped net to be used again until the pia,r's reach England for the final ant most hazardous part ot the flight a;tosa
 ne Atlantic by ras of Icelanl and Greenland.
 IL is believed now that the -Amori 3cn and British r. und the world eX petitions will meet somewhere in In dia and when they meet big cele- bl ation will be held.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Major Frederick Martin

Major Martin was born in Indiana in 1882. He was graduated in mechanical engineering from Purdue university and later entered the engineer corps of the army. He was detailed to the air service during the war, serving at Washington D. O., and overseas in connection with supply matters. In 1920 he was transferred to the army air service with the rank of major. At present he is commanding officer of the air service technical school at Cha mute Field, Rantoul, Ill.
 One Change of Clothes
 The four chosen pilots, Major Fred erick L. Martin, commander; Lieut.. E. Nelson, engineer officer; Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut.. Leigh Wade, to- gether with four mechanics, will travel without emergency shelter equipment. The ywill depend upon ''getting there on each designated leg of the voyage. Failing between any two posts of shel- ter and supplies, they will rely on the one change of clothes they will carry and such primitive shelter as they can make for themselves. They will carry emergency rations.
 The flyers point out that there is no other way today successfully to fly around the world.
 Radio Equipment Abandoned
 Excessive weight was the cause for abandoning plans to carry radio equip ment on the air cruisers, according to Major Martin of the world fliers.
 "Each combination wireless and tel ephone set weighs 150 pounds with it's generators and batteries,' Major Mar tin said Excessive weight means a lot when one encounters a storm over the ocean in seaplane.
 "The various pilots of the cruisers will communicate with each other with the morse code, dots and dashes being made with clenched fist being raised at full length of the arm over the sides of the cockpit of the planes. The leading boat will give it's orders by arm signals, light pistol, and by rock ing the machine from side to side.
 Although the American aviators will not be equipped with wireless, they will be closely followed from Unalaska to Japan by the cutters Haida and AL gonquin fthe United States Coast Guard Service. The Haida is at pres ent in Seward loading pontoons for the aviators, for emergency repairs to the westward; and the Algonquin is on her way to Dutch Harbor to await the coming of the birdmen.
 In Japan's waters several Japanese vessels from the Japarese navy will help the Americans.
 When the air cruisers finally return to Clover Field, Santa Monica, Calif., at the conclusion of the world tour, only the radiators and fuselages will remain of the original planes, which left the factory. Fifteen extra liberty engines and two hundred per cent re- placements for the planes themselves have been scattered at various stations en route which will be utilized from time to time until little of the original equipment remains.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
BAKE SALE TOMORROW

The Womens Club will hold their bake sale of home cooked goodies at McMullen's store tomorrow at Il a. m, the proceeds to go toward prizes for beautifying Seward.
 The sale will start sharp at II a. m and will continue until everything is sold.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
FLYERS MAY COME DIRECT TO SEWARD
 ON LEAVING SITKA

A report was received in Seward today that the flyers might come direct from Sitka here tomorrow, emitting the Cordova stop, owing to th.- squadron being ten days beEind it's schedule. h case the flyers leave S,rka about nine they should arrive nrrc about 1;30 or 200 o'clock.
 Weather pe, hitting flight from Seward will no started either Sun Jay or Monday morning, owing to work done on the planes.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
SAN DIEGO PIER FAVORED

WASHINGTON, D. C., April III The house naval committee today fav- orably reported the Swing bill provid- ing for construction of a $1,01O,00O pier at the San Diego naval base.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
ANDERSON ENTERS PRISON

OSSINING, N. r., April 1.-The gates of Sing Sing today changed be- hind William H. Anderson former sup of the Anti-Saloon league of New York, sentenced to from one to two years for third degree forgery.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Autos From California
 Barred From Washington

SEATTLE, Apr 11-Owing to the rapid spread of the hoof and mouth disease Washington authorities have ordered no automobiles returning from California to enter the state until they are thoroughly disinfect- ed by running through oil tanks.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Russian Children Are
 Permitted Enter !. 5.

WASHINGTON, Apr 1.-The Sen ate passed a resolution to permitting three children whose parents had starved to death in Russia to enter the United States, although Russia's quota is filled.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
AGREEMENT APPROVED

WASHINGTON, D. C., April H. The Austrian and Hungarian govern ments have agreed ''in principle" an agreement by the United States aris- ing out of the world war.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Crazed by Religion
 Woman Kills Landlady

PORTLAND, Or, Apr 11.-Crazed by religion, Miss Nora Holbis, 49, a stenographer, shot and killed Miss Eva Bradley, her aged landlady.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Sitka-Cordova Route Dangerous

SitRd-SOiGONd NOulS OdHSCTOUS
 The route from Sitka to Cordova is perhaps the most dangerous of all tue Alaskan routes, owing to the huge masss of ice along the seacoast the air currents and eddins being pa'tic- ,llarly bad above them. From COrdoVa to Seward, the th;rd iu,np on the route. is only ab '.r q hours flying, and should be made without difli c'lty as the hills are low with few ice packs From Seward to Chig1ik will be a bad route, as !h9 Cook in let air currents will be encountered, heavy winds being pr.v"leG, al the Il outh of the inlet at this time Of year
 Twice more only during their en- tire dangerous undertaking the air men will be called upon to make long single day hops, the longest S60 miles from the Island of Attu to Paramu- shra, first of the Kuriles group, near Japan, and again when they jump from Saigon, French Indo-China, a distance of 675 miles to Bangkok, Siam.
 Distance e27o Miles
 The route of the flyers across the Pacific by way of Seward mas ben separated by the army air e ice board into two divisions the first startling at Seattle and ending at Chichagof, Attu island and the sec ond beginning at Kashiwabara bay on Paramushira, and ending at Kago- shima, Japan.
 The total distance along this route the only safe airway across the Pa cifc is 6,270 miles. If the flyers maintain scheduled flying time they will span the Pacific and rech KagO- shima within a month after leaving Seattle.
 Leaving Sitka tomorrow the flyers will reach Seward in about five hours flying time. Chignik is 45O miles from Seward, and they expect to reach here April 13.
 Another jump of 400 miles will take the expedition to Dutch Harbor, the first main supply base after leav- ing Seward They will then make two more jumps, one of $50 miles to Nazan, Island of Atka, and another or 53O miles to Attu, where the first division ends. Here they will find another base, with Lieut.. Bissell, ad vance officer in charge. They are rcw 329O miles on their way or over hqlr way across tEe Pacific.
 Taking of rom q ichago,f N l!>A |, ': oest jump in t'e ntire f.lg {, their schedule an;ic'"iles arrival in ti' Ku, iles islanl he latter Dart ol A!lil
 Thence they will fly 510 miles to Bettubo, Yetorofu, another island of the Kurles, and on April 30 are ex- pected to reach Minato on the north east coast of Honshu, Japan, anothrr jump of 475 miles. The schedule calls for use of Aomori as base.
 From Attu to the Kuriles the fly CTS will be guarded by two coast guard ships and several Japarese vessels.
 Last Leg Most Dangerous
 o-,I them at Kasumiga Ura, the Japanese naval air station, which they hope t. attain not later than May 10. The supply base here will be Kokohaua, Osaka, also an air station, 360 niles from Kasumiga Ura and KakosEima, terminus of the second division, 3S0 miles farther, to be reached about April 27, will bring them into posi-
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Major General Neville
 On Trip of Inspection

SEATTLE. Apr. 11.-Major General Neville, commanding the Department ot tle Pacific is here on an inspec- s9 trip.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
Help Steward Beautiful" Crow More Beautiful n Euery Way
BEATS ZBYSCKE
 IN THEIR SEVENTH GO

CHICAGO, April 1O-Ed. Strangler Lewis, worlds champion heavyweight wrestling champion, retained his title against Stanislaus Zbyszl1o, former champion, when he won two out of three falls last night by applying toe holds instead of his famous headlock.
 /byszko took the first fall with winglock in 32:05. Lewis won the second in 8:30 with a toehold and took the third with double toelock in 9:15. It was the seventh meeting of the pair. Lewis has been the victor on five oc- casions.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11

SiTkA, Alaska April 11.-The Army squadron Of flyers will not leave until tomorrow (Saturday) Ma jor Martin announced
 TOXIC, Apr. 11.-The American de- stroyers, John D. Ford and the Pope carrying supplies for the American round the world flyers have left for the kuriles islands
 SlTkA, Alaska, Apr. 1o.-The Army flyers in the round the world flight arrived from Prince Rupert at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon, Alaska time.
 KETcHIkAN, Apr. 1o.-Four U. s. round the world aviators bound from Prince Rupert to Sitka passed over this city at 10:33 today. The Chicago was in the lead, followed by the Bos- ton, New Orleans and Seattle.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
HEAVY STORM OUTSIDE

Fishing boats entering port here today declare that heavy gale is blowing Outside the bay
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
AIRPLANE SQUADRON SITKA TODAY:
 TIME OF REACHING SEWARD UNkNOWN

Aviators Carry But One Change of Clothing and Army Emergency Ration-No Arms or Emergency Equip ment Planes-Radio Equipment Abandoned on
 Account of Weight-Iapanese Will Assist i'll Flight
Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-11
ROYALTY VISITING FRANCE

PARIS, Apr. 1.-The King and Queen of Rumania arrved here today as guests of the French government.
Evening star., 1924-12-19
SENATORS TOASK
NAVAL GUN DATA
Sidetracking Proposed Probe,
Committee Seeks Facts
on Elevation.

The Senate naval affairs committee,
on notion of Senator Gerry Of Rhode
Island, today decided to ask informa-
tion from the executive branch as to
whe ether any foreign power had ac-
tually protested against raising the
elevation of guns on American battle
ships SO as to make them equal in
range with those of British and other
foreign -ships.
At the same time the committee de-
cided to postpone consideration of the
King resolution for an investigation
of the Navy until certain data could
be obtained from the Navy Depart
ment The action Of the committee
in postponing the King resolution was
interpreted as a virtual abandonment
of any Idea of public investigation
of the Navy at this time.
The request for information regard
ing the elevation of guns on battle
ships, 1t Is understood, will go first
to the Navy Department and from
that department to the State Depart
ment-
After the meeting of the Senate
committee Senator Gerry said that he
had made his motion because he had
been unable to get any definite in
formation regarding such a protest,
although 1t was constantly rumored
that a protest had been made
S The naval appropriations bill is still
to come before the Senate. Unless
the elevations of the guns would con-
f1ict with treaty obligations Of the
United States 1t is possible that Sem
ator Gerry may seek to have an ap-
preparation carried for the purpose of
elevating the guns.
Evening star., 1924-12-19
COLD WAVE TO HIT
CAPITAL TONIGHT
Skating Next Week Forecast.
Low Temperature Expected
to Break Records.

The storm that has gripped most of
the country West of the Mississippi
River in one Of the coolest waves of
record for December will strike Wash
ington tonight and precipitate the city
from it's prevailing springlike tempera-
ture to figures well below freezing.
Cold wave warnings have been is
sued by the local weather bureau for
all of the Eastern United States as
far South as Florida, and the predic-
ton for the National Capital, until
the middle Of next week at least, is
for freezing temperatures, with prob
able snow and ice skating.
Although the local forecaster does
not expect the thermometer to de-
scend to its record low mark for De-
cember, 13 degree below zero, estab-
lished in 1880, he declared recent low
records will likely be smashed when
the cold spell begins to reach its
peak here, either late tomorrow OF
Sunday.
The first evidences of the storm
made their appearance in Washing
ton early today in the form of dense
fog, due to high, cold pressures that
are sweeping in from the North ant
the West with equal vigor, pushing
out into the Atlantic Ocean the low
warm pressure that has been respon.
sible for the Easts bafmy temper.
atures of the past few days.
The fog, the forecasters declared, is
dense as far north as New England
and the Great Lakes, and is but a
harbinger of Ill news. Eastern Penn
sylvania is predicted to begin feeling
the full force of the frigid winds that
are driving the fog ahead of them by
early this afternoon, and tonight the
thermometer will drop with startling
suddennesS.
Mr.. Mitchell, the forecaster, de-
scribed conditions out West as un-
precedented. He said the storm there
a loss to know where to find COM
parative figures. 1t extends from
Alaska to Arizona and sweeps across
the Pacific almost to the shores OF
tropical Hawaii.
Messages received here today re-
port zero weather in the West all the
way to Arizona. Montana has places
where the mercury has dropped to A
degrees below zero. and throughout
the Rocky Mountains cold record for
any December has been broken, it is
said. The Weather Bureau believes
the storm originated in Siberia, but
it's cause is unknown.
Although Mr.. Mitchell expects the
storm to spend some OF it's force by
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Evening star., 1924-12-19
Horse Lost in Fog
RObs Housewives
OF Breakfast Bread

A dense fog of the London va
riety and a bread wagon horse
with a wanderlust combined this
morning to force some of the good
citizens in the vicinity Of Fourth
and T streets northeast to eat
breadless breakfast.
The horse wandered into the fog
during the drivers absence, far off
his customary sroute, and despite
a frantic search by the driver and
the policeman on the beat, was not
found until the mist had lifted.
The animal had pulled the wagon
to Hanover street and stopped to
rest.
The bread man would not give
out for publication some of the
words of greeting received from
the belligerent housewives when
he continued his route several
hours behind schedule.