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Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
BURROUGHS MAN HERE

The Burroughs Adding Machine Company offer exceptional values in new rebuilt Adding -Bookkeeper-Cal- culating Machines, fully guaranteed. W. G. ADDISON, Room Il, Van Glider Hotel. 232-4t
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
OLDTIMERS OF
 VALDEZ DISTRICT
 ARE GOING FAST

John Ruef, for many years a well known and popular resident of Val dez, died suddenly at his home on Keystone Avenue last Sunday evening of tuberculosis, after brief illness. | MT. Ruef was born in Switzerland in March, 1875, and came to the states when about six years of age, living for some years in Wisconsin. He came to Alaska a number of years ago and for a number of years past had made Valdez his home He was married to Miss Edith Nelson. of Val dez, several years ago, whom he sur vived only about two months
 Con Walker Found Dead
 Con Walker, one of the oldtimers of Valdez, was found dead recently, at Dempseys upper camp on the Chis- ana river, by Robert Schroeder, ac- cording to letter received a short time ago by William Schroeder. Mr Schroeder stated his belief that inc deceased had frozen to death, but the general opinion prevails that he had been taken ill and died from that cause, the body freezing after his death. MT. Schroeder wired to the authorities at Chitina, and as there was no suspicion of foul play, he was instructed to bury the body. which he did, performing the sad task alone as there was no one nearby to assist
 The deceased left Valdez about two years ago for the Slate Creek coun- try, and had spent the past two win ters in that section trapping. He had arranged to work some ground on Slate Creek owned by MT. Schroader Tn conjunction with the latter. this summer and MT. Schroeder had gone i'll to join him when he made tbe grewsome find.
 MT. Walker had been resident of Valdez for many years. As near as can be learned he was born in Ger. many, and in his youth followed the sea. Since his arrival here he on. gagged in mining, prospecting and in trapping. Nothing is known con. corning his relatives.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
LIGHTHOUSE
 SERVICE MAKES
 BEACON REPAIRS

Local mariners will be interested ln the latest bulletin received from 1he office of the federal lighthouse service in Ketchikan, giving report on the condition of all lights in this division which have been misplaced or disappeared:
 Prince William Sound, Orca Bay
 Channel Island Rock Buoy, 3, re- ported partly submerged April IA, 1925. was restored to normal condi- tion May 12 1925.
 Seacoast-
 Egg Island Light reported destroy ed March r, 1925, was rebuilt and re- lighted May IA, 1925.
 Port Chatham
 Chatham Island Light reported ex- tinguished January 16, 1925, was re- lighted May IA, 1925.
 Cook Inlet
 Flat Island Light reported extin- guished January IS, 1925, was relight- ed May 10, 1925.
 Cook Inlet, Port Graham
 South Spit Buoy, 2nd class nun, established May II, 1925, in 63 feet of water to mark shoal on approach to cannery wharf
 Cook Inlet
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
JUNEAU CHAMBER
 ISSUES FOLDER
 FOR THIS SEASON

Beautifully finished in orange and white, with a colored photograph on the cover and frontispiece, well illus trated and containing a wealth of in. formation concerning Juneau and it's locality, the 1925 folder published by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce is issued today. The folder is one of the finest which has ever been pub lished in Alaska. It was written and arranged by the publicity committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and is product of the Empire Printing Co.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
LOST
 BY PUBLIC;POOR
 MAIL ADDRESSES

Fifty thousand dollars in cash is removed annually from misdirected envelopes in the United States, ac- cording to statistics from the office of the Postmaster General. Coopera- tion of the public in saving this sum which should reach various individ- uals is asked by all postmasters, to begin during the Better Mailing Week campaign, which is now going on.
 This large sum could be saved if each piece of mail was plainly address sed and carried a return address, the postmasters say.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10

Gateway wanI-ads bring results.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
BIOLOGISTS NOW
 ACTIVE, ALASKA
 MINERAL FIELDS
DR. CAPPS, RECENTLY IN SEW- ARD, RELATES BRIEF OUTLINE OF SUMMERS FIELD WORK IN ALASKA.

Almost an equal number of geolo- gical parties will be in the Alaska field this summer as there were last season, Dr. s. R. Capps, government geologist stated to the Gateway the first of the week, upon his arrival in Seward from Washington, D. c. Dr. Capps has since departed for Mount Mckinley National Park station from which point he will take in his out fit to the Kantishna district where the season will be spent.
 Three men, including himself, will comprise his party this season, he said. They are Frank Lee, we'll known packer and Andrew Lelinde, both of whom were with him in the field last summer. The district to the Southwest of the park is ap- proximately the region they will be located in
 K. K. Landes, a son of the former acting mayor of Seattle, Mrs. Lan- des, who was appointed as a mem Der of the Seattle City council at the last election, will arrive in Sew ard within a few days. He was member of the Capps party last season. Mir. Landes, accompanied by one man, will study the geology south of the Matanuska river, from King river on the west They will be in the field all summer.
 F. H. Moffet, geologist, left the steamer Yukon at Cordova. He and his party will cruise the western portion of Prince William Sound this summer. A gasboat will be used in this connection.
 R. H. Sargent and his party, were passengers on the Admiral Evans which left Seward yesterday for the Westward. MT. Sargent will go to Chignik and with his crew of six men and fifteen horses, study the geological conditions of that district of the western Alaska peninsula. Both typographical and geological survey work will be accomplished.
 J. B. Mertie and his party are on their way into the Yukon river dis trict where the season will be spent on International boundary work, north of the Yukon and in that area between the Yukon and Porcupine river region.
 E. F. Buddington is at work in Southeastern Alaska, cruising be- tween Ketchikan and WrangelI.
 Gerald Fitzgerald and his party, which includes w. R. Smith, went into the Naval oil reserve No. 4, over the ice. The first of March they were reported from Novitak await. ing for the spring breakup.
 P. s. Smith, now chief geologist of Alaska, who previously has head ed the Arctic parties, is expected to arrive in Seward next month on round of inspection of this summers activities.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10

Kalgin Island Light reported extin- guished Nov. 23, 1924, was relighted May g, 1925.
 SeIdovia Harbor-
 Seldovia Entrance Buoy, l, report ed partly submerged March IS, 1925, was restored to normal condition on May 8, 1925.
 Seldovia Harbor-
 Seldovia Entrance Buoy ?, report ed missing Feb. F, 1925, was restored to normal condition May s, 1925.
 Seldovia Harbor-
 Watch Point Shoal Buoy 3, report ed partly submerged March IS, 1925, was restored to normal condition on May 8, 1925.
 Cook Inlet, SeIdovia-
 Seldovia Buoy 4, reported missing February 14, 1925, was restored to normal condition May 8, 1925.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
CLIFFORD LANG RAPIDLY
 IMPROVING FROM ILLNESS

Clifford Lang, nephew of MT. and Mrs. Gordon Shea, is improving so rapidly that he was moved yesterday from the Claude Shea apartment to the Overland hotel where he will convalescent until his complete re- covery from his recent serious ill- ness.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
FAIRBANKS COUPLE WE'D

The Fairbanks Presbyterian church was the scene of beautiful wedding last week when Alta Herzer, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs R. Herzer, of Fairbanks, was united in marriage to Robert James McCombe of Montreal, Canada
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10

Warning his fellow farmers to cur tail cotton production, a Texas man declared that in future no cotton will be worn from the knees down by either men or women, and very little elsewhere.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10

Lonnie Mcintosh of the Ketchikan office of the Federal narcotic squad, departed from Seward on the Starr Monday on his way to Bristol Bay.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
CARIBOU VISITS TOWN

A stray caribou was seen standing on the Klondike bridge at Dawson, one night last month, apparently un- decided whether to pay the city a visit or give it the go-by.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10

r. H. Sorrow is the fitting name of the secretary of the Alabama fun eral directors state society. At the recent Birmingham meeting he spoke eloquently on Giving the Public What It Wants"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
WOMEN FACE LOSS
STOICALLY SILENT
Turn Away and Go Home From Mine When Told Dread
WTS Truth Of Catastrophe.

miners family knows that some
day disaster may overtake them.
When II does they take it
philosophically.
Wives of miners, made widows by
the blast, crowded to the mouth of
the shaft when news of the ex-
plosion reached them.
There they found o. c. Thomas.
who knows every miner by his first
name, examining the crushed and
crumpled bodies as they were
brought to the surface, peering into
their faces and checking off their
names.
"Is Jack dead?" woman would
ask him.
Thomas turned away. He could
view the bodies without a show of
emotion, but he would not face the
sorrow OF the women.
But they persisted. They pulled
at his coat and pleaded with him to
tell them.
''Will you go right home IL I tell
your" he asked.
Yes. we WILL" they replied al
most together.
They are all dead" Thomas an
swered bluntly.
There was not tear-not an out.
cry. The women, some with chill
dren, turned and went to their
homes.
Only the workers, curiosity seek
ers and newspaper men remained.
Some of the crowd stood near the
tipple all night. despite the pouring
rain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
WE NEED MORE
AIR. WORDFROM
SHAFT WORKERS
ReScuerS in Entry No, 3 Try
to Take Out Twenty
Bodies.
TIiytes Stof Corresnondent

SULLIVAN. Ind, Feb. 21.-Res-
cue workers, equipped with gas
masks from the Knox County Oper-
ators' Association Station, went into
entry No. Of the City mine today
in an effort to remove the bodies OF
approximately twenty men en-
tombed there.
Brattices, alright petitions, were
being erected to prevent air from
short circuiting into cross cuts In
order that clean air might be forced
into the rooms where the bodies are.
Eighteen rooms have been searched
in the entry with three more to be
reached. Two Of the twenty men
are believed to be buried under roof
falls and will have to be dug out.
I'VE need more air." was the only
positive statement A. G. Daily, State
mine inspector. would make. He
said rescue squads with their gas
masks may bring in more bodies in
an hour or 1t might take all day.
Excited throngs which threatened
TO stop rescue work Friday after
the blast occurred, were held back to-
day by ropes and board fences
hastily erected.
Crowds rnilled outside the barriers.
All autos, excepting those bearing
relief equipment orsrescue workers,
were stopped three-quarters of a,
mile away.
The road to the mine was solid
line of miners and curious onlookers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

Something wrong at the shaft"
Like magic the word spreads
through a coal mining town when
the works "lets go" or a cage falls
or slate pinions some naples dig
ger. In two minutes the miners
wives and families are streaming to
the shaft-terror blanching their
faces.
who's hurt" is the question on
all tongues. or MY. God: I hope
Henry got out"
Back OF terror for safety Of their
imam" lurkes the unexpected dread
of awful poverty from losing the
wage Garner.
Because the mining class that In
habits the southwestern part Of the
state Is rough and ready class.
spending freely when there is a good
pay" and as a rule never laying
up a cent for a rainy day.
Scarce a family but has seen the
father, brother or a neighbor borne
home with his back broken by slate.
eyes burned out by a premature
shot" or other injury from one of
the numerous accidents that occur
in the underground caves where the
coal is dug.
The miner himself is a fatalist. as
a rule giving little thought to the
ever-present danger. Long famil!
arity causes him to regard as mat
ter Of course the daily trip into the
earth which is an adventure to the
novice.
Few ever quit the calling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
RED CROSS HEAD
ON WAY TO HELP
Relief Director to Reach
Sullivan Sunday.

Henry Baker. national director Of
disaster relief, American Red Cross,
will reach Sullivan Sunday to take
personal charge of Red Cross Aid
being given In the mine disaster
which cost the lives OF fifty-one min
ers Friday.
The information was contained In
q telegram to Governor Jackson to-
day from John Barton Payne, chair
man Of the American Red Cross,
who said he had authorized the Sulli-
van County Red Cross chairman to
expend funds for emergency relief at
Sullivan.
Payne asked Jackson to extend
to the sufferers the sympathy of the
American Red Cross.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

! Lowry. with Floyd and Marshall
shaft. Davidson was IT'S feet north,
that much nearer the source of the
blast. Just few minutes before the
disaster, Lowry was at the end of
the main east entry making meas
Erements for six men working
north. Those six men are now ly.
ing where he left them-dead.
Good Boys
"They were good boys, all fine fell
lows" said Lowry. IT thought of
sitting down and chatting with them
for minute. Then / remembered
that no one was at the mouth of the
shaft. If / had stayed"
His voice broke and he lowered
his eyes.
Lowry entered the main east en-
try with Harry Anderson, pit boss.
Anderson had, just received word
that the crews working in entries
three and four at the main east
entry wanted to see him.
They walked down the entry to-
gether. Anderson branched off into
entry three, from which his body
was taken.
A squeeze" or cave-in might have
caused miners to call for the boss.
That cavern, he also said, might
have been caused by gas in a pocket
encountered by the diggers., II such
was the case, sudden rush of gas
from the pocket caused the explosion
which wrecked the mine, he said.
Possibility that the miners might
have dug into some abandoned en-.
tries and encountered a gas pocket,
was also given credence by Lowry.
One Of these two things caused the
explosion, he said.
Like a Hurricane
The force of the blast swept air
and gas through the entries like a
hurricane, Lowry said.
With Floyd and Marshall Shipnan
he fed into the south entry. When
the fan had driven him a fresh cur.
rent of air he stumbled into the
north entry and gained a nanway.
an air shaft with stairs that lead to
the top. He managed ia reach the
top and collapsed.
Davidson was struck near the
scene OF the explosion by an iron
brace bar and was carried from the
mine by the first rescuers to enter
and taken to the hospital. Doctors
say he will recover.
The city mine will probably be
reopened as soon as all bodies are
removed and debris cleared away,
Lowry said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

Men in Triple Say IRE
mendous Vino Came
Up Shaft, Holding Us
i'm After Blast
1imes SIAN corrcspondent


SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. Alt
felt like a cyclone coming up the
shaft" N
This was the Aret impression Of
o. C. Thomas, chief weighmaster Of
City mine near here. where a ter
rife explosion FriGay trapped fifty
one men, probably killing all Of
them.
Thomas. with Bruce Lowry.
weight boss. YVES in the tipple when
the explosion occurred.
"A tremendous wind came up the
shaft" Thomas said today. 1T blew
dirt In our faces and took us off our
feet. For time we could not get
out. We were held in the tipple by
the force of the air."
When the force of the blast sub
sided. the men called for help. They
found the cage was not working ana
Glen Morgan, carpenter. went down
the 294-foot shaft on ladder. He
was the first to reach the bottom.
Then William Hartly, blacksmith.
was lowered on a rope.
They found the cage had been
damaged when coal cars had been
blown against 1t. BY using car
wheel as a counter-balance the shaft
was repaired and rescue workers
lowered into the gas-filled pit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Grief
Times Stan Oorrespondent

SULLIVAN, Ind. FeS. 21.--
Mrs. Claude Trader. IS, q wait
ress OF Terre Haute. sat all
night on a concrete ledge In the
engine room Of the City mine,
wrecked by explosion Friday,
waiting for rescuers to bring
up the body of Claude Trader,
S5, from whom she had been
divorced only a week.
Trader was a miner for seven
teen years. Mrs. Trader said a
reconciliation was about to be
effected shortly before the ac-
cident.
II am death-proof." she said
Trader declared eight months
before when he lay on a hos
pital cot after he had been
caught in mine machinery. He
was almost ground to death.
Mrs. Trader was told of the
disaster while working In a
Terre Haute restaurant. The
stranger who brought the news
took her to Sullivan in a taxi
cab. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

Inspector Glenn Cites Need for
Uniform Speed.

Slight difficulties. as 1t was ex-
pected. have arisen in connection
with establishment of the one-way
traffic system on Capitol Ave. and
Meridian st., Michael Glenn, inspec-
tor of traffic, said today.
Chief trouble lies In lack of uni
form speed and failure of motorists
to understand the proper way Of
making left turns. Glenn said 1t Is
not necessary to circle silent police
men in making left turns. He ad-
yised drivers to pull away from the
center lane when contemplating left
turns In order not to slow the pro-
cession Of cars already on the left.
mot a single complaint has been
received. Business men have com
mended the plan because OF the fact
that direct run can be made to
and from downtown Offices without
stop Glenn, said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Gone, but Not Forgotten

III you spot any OF these numbers
notify the police or The Times, Main
$500. The owner may dc as much for
you sometime.l
Persons who reported automobiles
stolen to police today were:
Everett Cannon, 9o2 N. Belmont
Ave-, Oldsmobolie. stolen from ga
rage at residence. no license plates.
Raymond Walker. Az Bernard
Ave, Chevrolet, license No. 504929.
stolen from Capitol Ave. and Wash
ington st.
Ernest Kirk, 2042 Highland Pl.,
Hupmoboile, license No. 503778,
stolen from in front of home.
B. w, Blssell. sos Middle Dr.,
Woodruff Pl.. Ford, license No.
19S0S5. stolen srom north side of
Statehouse.
Frank Holsafile, Martinsville, Ind.
Dodge truck, stolen from Stock
Yards.
John Rothrock, prosecutor at
Monticello, Ind. Ford. license No.
4OSsOs, stolen from Meridian and
Ohio SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Die Together
Times 6ton Oorrespondent

SULLIVAN. Ind, Feb. 21.--
Three fathers and their sons
persisted in the city mine ex-
plosion Friday morning. Bodies
of only two fathers and one
son had been recovered. All
were Of Sullivan.
The body OF Pearl Hawhee,
~. remained in the mine. That
Of his son. Frank Hawhee. 18,
was removed early today.
Florence Leaquoc. a French
man, and his son Emil Lea
quoc, both died in the mine.
The fathers body has been re-
covered.
The body of Philip Walker.
81. for twenty years a miner
has been recovered, but, that Of
his son. Wayne Waller. 20.
had not been brought out.
Another son and the widow
survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
LONG LINES PASS
THROUGH MORGUES
Neighbors, Relatives, Friend View Bodies in SuIivan'S
Two Mortuaries

shaft; where lights fiickered on hun
dreds-yes, thousands OF watchers.
Remembering the late afternoon
when one body after another was
carried from the mouth of the shaft.
Remembering how they were identi-
fied-first by number. then by name.
The witch of the rope which held
the cage. and a hushed whisper,
Another one is coming"
Bowed heads and the covered
stretcher is carried from the cage
by the miner rescuers. Lift the
cover, hunt the number on his
chest" commanded d. c. Thomas.
chief weighman.
Number-Then Name
The number was given-the num-
Der OF the room in which the body
was found. Thomas. from his sheet
on which were the names Of the
men and the number Of their rooms.
gave the name of the dead miner.
1t was announced.
Like an electric current II went
through the crowd-each name as 1t
was announced - Harry CARLY.
Claude Sanders. George Neal. John
Ward, Bob Freeman and all the rest
of them.
Number nine was announced.
John Salmon" read Thomas.
John Salmon came FIRST" a miner
reminded.
''No. we were not sure OF him."
Thomas corrected.
He checked up the names. ''That
was Perry Maxwell"
The long row Of ambulances from
Sullivan, from Linton and all the
neighboring cities. the thousands OF
anxious faces-how they grew. long
>er and longer. The dusk thickened
and the first lights fiickered on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
BY MABEL M'KEE
Times Stan CorrespondeHt

SULLIVAN. Ind, Feb. 21.-In
long lines Sullivan slowly passed by
the biers of the dead Friday eve
ming. They lay In long rows at the
towns two mortuaries.
Old women, whose days have been
spent in praying against such an
accident as this for their husbands
and sons; young women, children,
old men who have spent so much
as fifty years as coal diggers' and
men who will go down into the mine
again and again in the days that
follow.
Not curiousl
But grieving. tesrs in their eyes.
sobs shaking their bodies, heads
bent. hearts aching and loneliness
beyond description written in their
faces.
MY neighbour" one looked into
the face of the man on the first bier.
Hes lived next door to me since
he was a little boy"
Another sob. The old man next In
line clasped his hands. The Saliva
ton Army lassie murmured: I'm the
midst Of life, we are In the midst of
DEATH
Are There Enough Cofiinss'
The old woman with the shawl on
her head crossed herself. The lit
tie boy near her nudged his mother.
viii there be enough cofrins for
all OF them?" he asked shrilly.
Miners with coal dust on their
faces; lamps still on their caps. who
had never trembled in the face OF
death themselves, now shock as
they looked into the faces of their
late buddies.
Thinking of the scene at tha mine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
LEFT ALONE

Fifteen-year-old Claude Waters
was left alone in the world through
this disaster. His father, Phil Wa.
ters. and his brother, Wayne Wa
tiers, were both killed.
Emil Lecoque and Florence lie
coque were another father and son
killed in the disaster. They had
come from Bicknell only a few
weeks before to work in the City
nina
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Kiss Them Goodby'
Then Hope!

IT kissed Charlie goodby at Ave
minutes after six Friday morning,
and said SO long
He said, ia ta.' He never
would say goodby. He believed It
might be bad luck.
For a while i was hopeful at
ter word of the explosion came and
learned that he was there,
caught inside. He served six
months overseas and when he
came back said mining wasn't half
so dangerous as over there.
but now. / guess there Is no
USE"
A tear glistened In her eyes
which until then had only been dry
and sad. And she turned away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
LOCAL PERSONS ATTEND

BH United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 21.-
Several Marion County persons have
attended the special agricultural
short courses held during the last
week or two at Purdue University.
These courses included such sub
jects as farm business, Bookkeeping,
tractor operation and repair and one
for creamery field men.
Miss Ida Hanez. Mrs. Louis
Burckhardt and H. Ray Hopewell
of Indianapolis. attended the bee
keepers shortcourse, Walter War
rick and d. v. Howard enrolled in
the short course for creamery field
men and ID. A. Seerley and q. Kohl
man took the tractor short course.