Seward Daily Gateway
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 115.
SE.7ARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 20. 1930
PRICE TEN CENTS
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COUSIN OF KING OF SPAIN ON
GRAF; QUANTITY MAIL ON
BOARD, MUCH LEFT
CADIZ, Spain. May 20, (/P)—The
Graf Zeppelin bade farewell to
Spain at 9:45 a. m. and passed out
to sea after flying over the port
Commander Eckener shaped its
course due southeasterly, in a
straight line for the Canary Is
lands. If the course is maintained
it will hold the dirigible out of sight
of the African coast.
There are 19 passengers aboard,
including Mrs. Mary Pierce of New
York and Prince Aleonso Orleans,
a cousin of the King of Spain.
A great quantity of mail is
aboard the ship and still many
pounds were left behind.
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SRI ARRIVE SOI
With a complete surprise to his
many friends in the Gateway City,
Ray Mathison, popular young man
of Anchorage, arrived in Seward
last evening with a bride on his
arm. The couple were married in
Anchorage just before the train
left for the coast. Mrs. Mathison.
the turner myrtle Brue, was
a member of the faculty of the An
chorage school system.
A feature of the wedding cele
bration was a parade lasting nearly
an hour, which was staged before
the train’s departure for Seward.
At least 30 cars—every kind that
could be obtained—entered the
parade, and two tractors with
cranes, served as carriages for the
newlyweds. Tied to the bottom of
one crane was a chair in which the
oride-groom had been securely
roped, while in the second tractor
and crane followed at a distance
with a chair tied on high, wThere
the bride was held in captivity.
The procession was quite a specta
cle and during its course nearly 100
pounds of rice were showered upon
th happy pair.
The popular young couple are
stopping at the Van Gilder. wThere
they w'ill remain until the arrival
of the S. S Admiral Evans. They
have planned a short visit to Ko
diak Island for their honeymoon,
and will probably return to Seward
next week, enroute to their home
in Anchorage w'here Mr. Mathison
is employed as city engineer and
electrician.
H. B. Heaston was an arrival on
last night’s train from Moose Pass.
ADJOURNED CASE
BUFFALO. May 20. (/Pi— Lila
Jimerson won’t be tried a second
time for the murder of Mrs. March
om until the Supreme Court rules
the legality of a mistrial which was
declared. The first trial was sched
uled to start yesterday. Judge
Rowe adjourned the case indefin
ately.
ARRESTS MADE
Accused of breaking into a cabin
of N. J. Brown and stealing a tent
and a rifle recently at Fairbanks,
Robert Courci was taken into cus
tody by federal authorities. It is
claimed Courci sold the stolen
goods to Emil Possa under an as
sumed name.
TRIAL POSTPONED '
MIAMI, May 20, (VP)— The trial 1
of “Scarface” A1 Capone for va- j
grancy charges has been postpon- :
ed until tomorrow by the munici
pal court. i
WOMAN RULER DEAD
BOMBAY, India, May 20. (VP)—
Dowager Begum of Bhopal, at one
time the only woman ruler of an
Indian state, died at the age of 72
following an operation.
POLICE COMMISSIONED
OF NEW YORK RESIGNS
NEW YORK, May 20, (VP)—Gro
ver Whalen resigned as police com
missioner of New York and will re
tire at noon tomorrow. He is re
turning to the John Wanamaker
Store as an executive.
He left a $100,000 a year job as
general manager there to accept a
$10,000 a year commissionership.
SEEKING SOULTION
GENEVA, May 20, (/Pi—Leaders
of the British, French and Italian
delegations to the League Council
meeting made informal contacts
here and triangular conversations
of naval problems which were lack
ing at the London conference. The
trio are seeking a solution of the
Mediterranean armament problem.
Mrs. Weybrecht and brother Cal
M. Brosius returned last night
from a brief stay in Anchorage.
IfM. DEMONSTRATION
ran 81FHSNCE
PARIS. May 20, (/P>—Plans have
been announced at Toulon for huge
French naval maneuvers off the
Algerian coast in connection with
President Roumergues' official visit
to Algeria, accompanied by minis
ters and other high government of
ficials.
This naval demonstration, which
is scheduled for May 30th will be
one of the largest staged in the
Mediterranean in many years and
the routine French Mediterranean
fleet will be joined by several other
important squadrons of the French
navy.
BASEBALL
YESTERDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All games postponed on account
of rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at Chicago postocned
on account of rain.
New York at Boston postponed
on account of rain.
St. Louis 4-2; Detroit 5-4.
There were the only games
scheduled.
CHIEF OBJECTIVE OF
BODIES ACCOMPLISHED
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WASHINGTON, May 20, (JP)—
Now that hte London treaty has
been delivered in Washington, it
can be said, on high autho-'ty, that
it represents the accomplishments
of the chief objective Herbert Hoo
ver set himself when he became
President. - 3g.|
1 To stabilize our naval relations
iwith Great Britain in particular to
take the gun-powder out of them,
I was looked upon by him as the
over-shadowing qusetion confront
ing his administration.
THE NEW WILLIAM 1L SEWARD SCHOOL c.
FORGED DOCUMENTS
BERLIN. May 20,
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TOKIO, May 20, i
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Kusahari, attache
General Staff, is tb
news story in Toky
The motive given fo
the fear the Japan nas lost the
naval treaty in London. The offi
cer slashed his abdomen with a
sword aboard a train between
Kobe and Tokyo.
He descended from an old Iamu
rai family and was 39 years old. He
leaves a widow and f^;:r children.
I W. B. Lawing of Lawing’s Lodge
arrived in the city last night.
Elsie Foster, of Juneau, arrived
in Seward last night.
CATHOLIC CONGRESS
CARTHAGE, Tunis, May 20, <7Pj—
Following colorful final ceremonies
'in which 100,00 persons participat
ed, the Catholic Congress disband
ed to make up tours thru the vari
ous nations of Europe.
J. A. Ramsey of the Anchorage
land office, was an arrival on the
He is registered at the Hotel Van
jGilder.
SnifflC OF LEAGUES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club
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Chicago .
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati ...
Boston .
Philadelphia
W.
16
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Pet.
666
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650
555
520
440
386
379
Pet.
571
555
551
548
538
444
444
320
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
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| Sacramento
Oakland
i Los Angeles
San Francisco
j Missions .
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W.
25
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SENATOR BLAINE j
CHARGES MCBRIDE j
NOT BEING “CANDID";
WASHINGTON, May 20, (/P)—!
Charging Scott McBride of the
Anti-Saloon League as not being
“candid” Senator Blaine adjourned
the session of the Lobby Commit
tee until tomorrow.
After the i Argument, a witness
and the Senator, the only commit
tee member present, insisted that
McBride had refused to answer
questions concerning a “score
card”, prepared by the South Da
kota League and grading the can
didates for the office.
Senator Blaine failed in an at
tempt to obtain a quorum. He
then adjourned the session.
H. H. McCutcheon is a visitor in
twon from Anchorage.
ATTEMPT MADE TO
KIDNAP EOITNR
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo
Alto, May 20, (/P)—An early morn
ing attempt to kidnap Robert D.
Speers, editor of the Stanford Daily
and duck him in Lake Lagunitas,
on the Stanford campus, was the
development in the controversy
that began when Speers wrote and
published an editorial criticizing
certain allegedly militaristic state
ments attributed to Theodore J.
Hoover, brother of the President
and Dean of the Stanford School
of Engineering.
The kidnapping attempt failed
when Speers’ journalistic seventh
sense scented the plot, foiled it,
and brought about a full confession
of the plotters.
John Bailey, Iiliamna merchant,
was an arrival on last night’s
train from the Interior.
BISHOP CANNON
FREED FROM CHARGES
DALLAS, May 20, (TP)—By a vote
of 54 to 11, the Episcopal committee
of the Methodist Episcapal church
of the South, exonerated Bishop
James Cannon Jr., of Washington,
of charges on stock market specu
lation.
The committee found that the
allegations filed had not been sub
stantiated by evidence presented.
Cannon said he fell nito the hands
of “ a bunch of sharpers and was
sorry and would not do it again”.
GOOD PAY
! Discovery of a new channel on
the Chatanika flats 17 feet below
the old workings and carrying five
feet of pay gravel may mean reviv
al of mining activities in that sec
tion by individual operators.
SPECIAL BILL APPROVED BY
PRESIDENT BOOSTING FED
ERAL FOREST FUNDS
The Colton Act, authorizing an
annual increase of $5,000,000 in the
Federal Forest Highway Fund for
three years beginning July 1, and
appropriating $5,000,000 for the
next fiscal year has passed both
branches of Congress and was ap
proved by President Hoover, ac
cording to telegraphic advices re
ceived at Juneau headquarters of
the U. S. Forest Service.
This measure, it was said, will
give $300,000 to $400,000 additional
ly each year to the Alaska district
of the Forest Service for expendi
tures on roads within and adjacent
to the national forests, ^xact fig
ures were not available as to the
Alaska allotments which are com
puted and made by the Secretary
of Agriculture.
JOINT COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, May 20. qP,
An organization was perfected here
of a joint elective and legislative
council which is expected to be the
nucleus of a wet federation looking
toward unification of 911 wet or
ganizations.
“NO EXPORT ARTICLE*
BERLIN, May 20. (/p)—Theodore
Wollff, editor in chief of the Berlin
Tageblatt, returning from an inter
view with Mussolini, quotes the
Duce as saying: “Fascism is no ex
port article. I recognize no Fascist'
outside of Italy; there aren't any”.
TERRIFIC DAMAGE
TEHERAN. Persia, May 20. (/Pi
Late reports trickling in here from
Aserbayan. show that the earth
quakes reported the last few' days
.have done terrific damage. 2,000
being reported killed and 5.000 in
jured.
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RECOVERING ILLNESS
CHICAGO. May 20, (IP)—Roy
West, former secretary of the In
terior, is recovering from a nervous
breakdown, caused according to
; friends, by over-exertion in the
recent Illinois Senatorial primary
campaign in which he supported
Senator Deneen.
WORK COST $4,000,000
WASHINGTON, May 19, (IP)—
The Senate passed a bill for federal
employment work at a cost of $4.
000,000 despite the opposition of
Senator Bingham in behalf of the
National Association of Manufac
turers.
LITTLE DIFFICULTY
WASHINGTON, May 19, (JP)—
The Judiciary Committee referred
to the sub-committee the nomina
tion of Owen Roberts for Supreme
Court bench. Little difficulty in
obtaining confirmation is antici
pated.
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JAPANESE SUFFRAGETTS
TOKYO, May 20, (/P)—The House
of Representatives passed the Wo
man’s Suffrage bill by a standing
vote following its approval by a
House Committee. The bill will give
Japanese women limited franchise
'with the right to vote in municipal
1 elections.