Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 114.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
MONDAY, MAY 19, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENT*
LIFE Si PROPERTY
m SRKAflSSS
TOWNS ENUNDATED; RAILROAD
AND HIGHWAYS BLOCKED;
2,500 HAVE MEASLES
LITTLEROCK. Ark.. May 19, (A*)
—A tornado, striking east Arkan
sas. killed at least 16 negroes and
injured about 100. A flood swept
southwest Arkansas and hundreds
are homeless in the oil section.
Eleven were killed on the Lambrook
plantation, owned by Gerald Lam
pert, St. Louis pharmaceutical
manufacturer and others.
In the vicinity of Elaine, the
waters of the Red River blocked
the highway and railroads
The oil towns of Kenova, Griffin
and Louann are enundated. Refu
gees went to Smackover where
measles broke out in the crowded
camps. Smackover creek overflowed
The Red Cross announced that
2,500 persons are affected.
Another tornado at Homerville,
Ten- . injured several.
CANTON, O.. May 19, (/P)—A De
troit-Pittsburgh bus crashed into
a truck and trailer 15 miles north
-f here.
Jake Hubbard, Alliance, O, and
Mrs. W. M. Emory, Bellevue, Pa.,
passengers, were killed. Edward
Bioshear of Pittsburgh, the driver,
Mrs. Delia Welch of Stalbans, Vt.,
and W. M. Emory, Bellevue, Pa.,
gave fractured skulls and gravely
jnjured. Eighteen other passengers
were hurt, some seriously.
A party of local hunters went,
out to Bear glacier early Sunday
morning but failed to see any
sign of bears. Their claim is that
:t is too early in the year for
:hc animals to be out in search of
:>ce worms.
60-MILE HALE STORM
DALLAS, May 19. i/P)—Three ne
groes were killed in a 60-mile hale
storm with heavy crop and proper
ty damage in Dallas and Ellis coun
les.
Leo Margules, Seward property
owner and forrher Seward resi
dent who has been in San Fran
cisco for some time is a passen- ■
ger on the S. S. Yukon which is ,
due to dock in Seward Saturday.
The Los Angeles Chamber of ;
Commerce who plan to make a 1
tour to Alaska will leave Los
Angeles June 5 and will arrive in
Seward about June 13 on the;
Alaska Steamship company’s new
liner the S. S. Aleutian.
MANAGER DEAD
CHICAGO, May 19, (/P)—William '
Harrison, nationally known mana
ger of the Red Path Lyceum Bu- I
reau and Chataqua Circuit, jump- |
ed or fell to his death from the
I4th flood of (the Union League
Club. The window of his room was
open only a foot and a half lead
ing to the belief that he committed
suicide.
Robert Galavin, a round-trip j
passenger on the S. S. Starr on1
its voyage to Seattle, left Seward [
for his home in Unga.
RECOUNT POPULATION
WASHINGTON. May 19. (/P)—
Suggestions for the recount of the
capitol’s population followed an
announcement of the Census Bu
real for 1930 with a total of 485.716,
a gain of only 11 percent over 437,
571 counted last year. Some per
sons complained that they had not
enumerated Cleveland’s population
of 897,000, an increase of 1,000 or
12 percent.
ALASKA CBMPANY
AUTHORIZED SELL STOCK
; OLYMPIA, May 19, (/P)—Charles
Bowen, State Blue Sky Law Sup
i ervisor, authorized the Alaska
| Livestock Packing Company, a
; New Lomen Corporation, to sell
15,000 shares at $10 par, common
stock, and a like number of $10
I noncumulative. Six per cent pre
ferred stock in units of five each
at $100.
The Lomen Reindeer Corpora
tion, owns most of the places and
assets of the company is valued
at $4,474,000.
LEADING TO BANKRUPTCY
LONDON. May 19, f/p)_With of
ficial figures showing a large in
crease in unemployment since the
first of the year, the Conservatives
launched an attack on the govern
ment and especially the design of
Phil# Snowden, chancellor, to drop
safeguarding tariffs. Stanley Bald
win at Sheffield, declared the Labor
policy is leading England to bank
ruptcy.
Mrs. E. Harwood was an out
going passenger on the S. S.
Alaska for Cordova.
WIN BIG PRIZES
NEW YORK, May 19, (/P) Oliver
La Targes’ “Laughing Boy” was
awarded the $1,000 Pulitzer prize
as the best novel for 1929 while
Marc Connellv’s “Green Pastures”
drew a S1.000 prize as the best
original American play performed
in New York.
Mary Ella Larson, of the Jesse
1,ee Honm. left for the Westward
on the S. S. Starr.
The S. S. Evans of the P. S. S.
Co., is due to arrive in port Wed
nesday from the south.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 7; Chicago 4.
New York 11; Boston 0.
Philadelphia 1; Washington 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4-2; New York 1-3.
Brooklyn 3-7; Philadelphia 0-5.
Pittsburgh 2; Cincinnati 1.
Chicago 9-2; St. Louis 6-8.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Frsco 7-4; Sacramento 4-7.
Portland 8-10; Missions 11-6.
Los Angeles 4-10; Oakland 7-7.
Seattle 9-10; Hollywood 1-11.
SATURDAY'S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4-4; New York 3-3.
Cincinnati 5; Pittsburgh 7.
Brooklyn 6; Philadelphia 14.
Chicago at St. Louis postponed
on account of rain.
AMERICAN LEAG C £
Philadelphia 5; Washington 16.
St. Louis 7; Detroit 12.
New York 3; Boston 2.
Cleveland 1-2; Chicago 4-6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 9; Sacramento 12.
Seattle 7; Hollywood 8.
Portland 2; Missions 7.
Los Angeles 2-0; Oakland 5-8
| CLOSE FINISH MARKS FIFTY
SIXTH RUNNING OF KEN
TUCKY DERBY
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May 19.
(/P)—Proving themselves champ
i ions every foot of the way, Earle
| Sande, riding Gallant Fox, proved
!the two to be an unbeatable com
j bination by galloping through rain
i and muddy tracks to victory In
j the fifty-sixth running classic of
: the Kentucky derby.
Gallant Fox successfully fought
off Early Challenge and Ken
tucky Price Tannery; then in the
; last surging rushes beat off Gal
. lant Knight, Crack Brigde and
| Nedo, to win from Gallant Knight,
who came in second, by two
! lengths. Nedo finished third with
i but half length behind second.
; Gone Away came in fourth; and
the last money position, fifth, was
won by Crck Brigade. Tannery
was a dismal disappointment, fin
| ishing eighth.
A purse of $50,725 went to the
; winning mount, Gallant Fox, and
| $6,000 to Gallant Knight; $3,000
; to Nedo; and Gone Away $1,000.
T
HI
Mr. Everett Lasher, who has
been the radio operator at La
touche for the last four years is
now hunting brown bear on Mon
tague stand and expects to sail
for the south on this trip of the
S. S. Alaska.
Mrs. Lasher left for the Out
side about the middle of April.
She has been ill in Seattle since
her arrival there.
The radio station has been ta
ken over by Mr. G. C. Hallett. He
assumed charge on the first of
May.
H. V. Hoben, Seward business
man, will be among those disem
barking from the S. S. Yukon
when it arrives in Seward Satur
day.
SOLD “GOLD BRICK”
WASHINGTON, May 19, (/P;—
The suggestion that Police Com
missioner Grover Whalen of New
York has been sold a “gold brick”
in documents which he claimed
showed the Soviet government was
agitating in America, was made by
Representative La Guardia in Con
gress.
FREIDRICHSHAFEN, May 19, </P)
—The Graf Zeppelin sailed at 5:18
p. m Sunday on a 18,000 cruise;
twice across the Atlantic, the first
time to the South Equator.
There are 22 passengers and a
crew of 42 in command of Hugo
Eckener. There are four Ameri
cans and four women.
The Graf Zeppelin is due to ar
rive in Seville this evening; then
to Rio De Janeiro and Lakehurst.
M. D. Snodgrass, the colonizing
agent of the Alaska Railroad has
estimated that 25 colonists will be
located on the rail belt by the
midd’e of the summer.
PATENTS ATTACKED
WASHINGTON, May 19, (TP)—
Every phase of licensing and pool
ing of radio patents is attacked by
he government in a suit against
the Radio Corp., General Electric
and other big communications
com.panies, charging “unlawful
combination and conspiracy”.
The survey ship, Discoverer, left
port at an early hour this morn
ing to carry on survey work in
the waters adjacent to Seward.
FATHER FORBIDS
CHICAGO. May 19, iTPi—Herbert
Hoover. Jr., hid from reporters and
photographers when he arrived
nere. He explained that his father
forbid posing for picturs or grant
ing interviews.
Part of the large quantity of
freight and other things loaded on
the S- S. Starr prior to the trip
Westward Saturday evening were
600 sacks of mail for Bristol Bay.
Mrs. Neilson of Portlock, left fori
her home on the steamer Starr
Saturday night.
Indicted in Pfrnel Murder
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD murder mystery wag solved In Los Ans:ete> with
confession of Otto Sanhuher, alias Walter Klein, that he had been
instrumental in death of Fred Oesterreich. wealthv rrrnUf3-’tnrer.
Mrs. Wafburga Oesterreich. widow of slain man. is shown as she wag
taken into custody before indictment by grand jury. Sanhuber
confessed he lived in a secret compartment of the Oesterreich home
without husband’s knowledge. Those in photo (left to right), are
Meyer Wilner, attorney; Mrs. Oesterreich and J. J. Geisler. attorney.
Capt. Fox of sheriff's office is seated
science sees
CHAPTER AMERICAN
PRE-HISTORICAL AGE
BELIEVE AMERICA ORIGINALLY
DISCOVERED BY GROUPS
MONGOLIANS
LOS ANGELES, May 19, (/re
presenting a new chapter in man’s
knowledge of pre-historical life on
the American continent and her
alded as the “most outstanding an
thropological find ever made in the
United States”, the discovery, in
Gypsum Cave, near Las Vegas,
Nev., of ashes of a campfire, and
marking the first conclusive proof
of human beings of “high intelli
gence lived here 20,000 or perhaps
30,000 years ago.” Dr. Mark Har
rington, curator of Southwest Mus
eum, announced the find.
Scientist say it appears for cer
tain, that America was discovered
originally by wandering groups of
Mongolians, who came here from
Eastern Asia via Bering Sea.
I
WASHINGTON, May 19, (VP)—
Secretary Wilbur made publk a
letter to Governor Phillips oc
zona in which he declared that al
lagations of the Colorade River
Commission of Arizona that he
had moved too fast in allot:ng
Bolder Dam powers were unwar
ranted.
“The complaint of haste cannot
be made seriously,” the Secretary
said, “the construction of this great
work is at a standstill until the
Secretary signs the required power
contract, for under the act, no ap
propriation could be made before
that time. I have now signed such
contracts and made it possible for
this work to proceed.”
DELAYED ELECTION RETURNS
The Naknek returns for the re
cent election gave Rustgard 13;
Wickersham 1; Knight 6; Smith
17; Cole 10; Reed 4; Breuer 11;
Keller 3; Brosius 13; Dean 6;
Foster 11; Grover 3; McCain 8;
Murry 8; and Roach 7.
The Hope returns gave Rust
gard 1; Wickersham 9; Knight 7;
Smith 3; Cole 8; Reed 0; Breuer
6; Keller 2; Brosius 8; Dean 3;
Foster 7; Grover 5; McCain 6;
Murry 2: Roach 2.
A big hole has been dug in front
| of the schoolhouse for a flag pole
; which is to be erected in the near
'future. The pole, a large one, is
j lying on the grounds preparatory
Jto painting and erecting and will
add much to the appearance of the
building and grounds in general.
WASHINGTON, May 19, (^-Op
position to immediate Philippine
I independence was expressed by
Secretary of War Hurley in a let
ter to Chairman Bingham of the
Senate Territories Committee.
The Secretary said it is believed
“granting of complete independ
ance at this time would be disas
[trous alike in the ultimate interest
i of both the Filipino and of the
American people”.