Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Monday-Coal miners of Glace Bay N. s. owing to lack of employment in the collieries of the British Empire l Still Corporation raided the company i store for provisions.
 Dowager Queen Margherita aged 75, mother of King Victor Emanuel died at Bordighera, Italy
 Delegate Dan Sutherland introduced H. B. 3955 providing for the people of Alaska to elect their own governor and secretary. Prohibition violations would be made felony. Each official must be a resident of Alaska for at least five years, previous to their elec- tion. That the legislature would have authorization to repeal the amended act providing for licenses on business and trade and have charge of the es- tablishment and maintenance of the schools. roads and exercise of full po- lice regulatory authority over fish game and fur bearing animals exclu- sive of fur seals and sea otter
 The Federal Circuit Court affirmed the cancellation of the leased Doheny Elk Hills oil reserves. W. F. Thompson, dean of Alaska newspaper publishers, dies in Fair : banks, at the age of 62. Tuesday-Evelyn Nesbit Thaw near death today after suicide attempt . lasth night
 Delegate Sutherland introduces a bill in Congress to amend the mining } laws of Alaska. The bill would pro- $ hibit one person from locating more . than two placer claims in any one 2 month in the same recording district, D also requiring person locating a min : ing claim for another to carry writ 2 ten power of attorney. Y Another Sutherland bill would ex- . tend the time for completion of the z Alaska Anthracite Railroad. 2 Yet another bill would extend the D U. s. mineral laws to Annette Island z and the Secretary of Interior would be 2 authorized to tax the net income of ' any operating company on the island | one per cent for the benefit of the l. Indians.
 Jake c. Schafer won a 150O point match 1500 to 375 with Edouard Hore- = mans, the Belgian title holder, there by regaining the worlds champion ship
 Another Sutherland bill introduced in Congress is for the purpose of au. thorizing the Secretary of the Inte- rior to appraise and sell timber and public lands in Alaska and permit set. tiers to use such timber for firewood and fences; to appropriate S35 900 for buildings and mining operations for the Secretary of Commerce to explore the halibut banks of the North Pa. cific and Boring Sea with the view of obtaining knowledge on the halibut supply and allow fish to be taken from Alaska waters at all time for bait. and
 
 the insane in Alaska.
 Wednesday-Russia proposes to col onize Wrangell Island soon.
 Extension of civil service classif- cations to include postmasters in Alas ka was announced in Seattle today.
 The Detroit Aviation Society, North Pole Exploration party which will ar rive in Seward shortly en route to the Interior ordered by cable ten sleds from Cal M. Brosius.
 Thursday-Helen Ardelle of Seattle and MT. Destaffny, fur trader and explorer married in Seattle.
 The Alaska committee of the Seat tie Chamber of Commerce predicted the establishment of smelter in Sc attle to handle Alaskan tin ores and the building of tin plate mill.
 First shipment of Alaska Matanusks Coal company is made to Seward iron Moose Creek and gives satisfaction.
 Friday-W. c. Cowley, a pionee business man of Seattle and a forme, Alaskan died in Seattle.
 Sixteen tie camps operating alon the Alaska Railroad belt in the vicinit of Seward have contracts totallin $2OO,OOO.
 Andy Smith, football coach of tn
 IL of q died today