THE TERMINUS OF
THREE OCEANIC
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 44.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TOUGH SHOT
OF GANGLAND j
IS WOUNDED
GAINED ENTRANCE HOSPITAL
UNDER ASSUMED NAME FOR
BULLET WOUND
CHICAGO. Feb.. 26. —Frank
McErlane. whom gangland knows
as its toughest, was shot tnree
times, probably fatallv, by enemies
.*ast night as he lay already wound
--d in a bed in a private hospital
,'oom with his right leg in a cast
and strung high with pullies and
weights.
McErlane grabbed a revolver
:rom beneath his pillow and fired
sack at his assailants as they fled
down the corridor.
Bullets pierced McErlane’s back,
wrist and thigh.
As “Charles Miller” McErlane
gained entrance to the hospital on
Januray 28 for treatment of a bul
et wound, which he said was acci
dentally inflicted. While the nurse
•vas out of the room, assailants
lipped in.
He maintained he was' “Miller”
until detectives recognized the
.hange. Associates in gangland are
oiamed for the shooting.
Great Convention
Of Herring Chokers
Westward District
Special to The Gateway
KODIAK. Fb.. 26—According to
all signs and portends as observed
nere Unalaska and Dutch Harbor
are scheduled for a considerable
»oom this coming season when the
greatest convention of herring
.‘hokers on record is due to assem
^xpected is hard to say beyond the
ole. Just why a big herring run is
'act that the fishermen solemnly
declare that this is the third year
*f the herring at Unalaska and
(sound to be a big one.
It is perhaps something like
any port in a storm" for the past
was certainly a sad one for the
* rri5 < men and if they don’t get
e gv . run out, to the Westward or
*---nv where in this vicinity this
•summer, they will be in a sorry
# light indeed.
However, that may be, it is said
that practically all the herring
men of the Soldo via region are
planning to go to Unalaska, while
a number of fishermen at Kodiak
and Port Hobron are laying plans
for the Westward invasion. The
ast Westward bound Starr was
oaded down to passenger capacity
M the herring do show up out
mound Akutan Pass its a cinch
they are due for a warm reception
CONTINUE IN RECESS
LONDON, Feb., 26, (/P)—1The
egation said that if the new
French cabinet doesn’t get a
rote of confidence the conference
will probably continue in recess
ontil suc'n time as France has
a government able to send a del
egation to Londan.
AGENT KILLS CITIZEN
TULSA, Okla., Feb., 26, (/P)
George Lewis Redding, 30 years
old, was shot by a federal pro
hibition agent in an alleged liq
uor raid here last night, passing
away later. Lawrence Morgan, a
guest at the Redding home at
the time of the raid, is in the
hospital severely wounded.
TAFT IS FAILING
WASHINGTON, Feb., 26, (A5)—
Physicians attending William
Howard Taft, said in a bulletin
that they felt “he had lost ground
the past few days.” A bulletin
at the White House said Mr,
Taft had shown no improvement
for several days although there
was no cause for immediate
alarm.
U. S. WON TILT
NEW YORK, Feb., 26, (/P)—U. S.
racquets players won all four sin
gle matches with England and cap
ered the series 5 to I.
BELOW NORMAL
SACRAMENTO, Feb., 26, </P)—
The snow pack on the Sierra’s is
markedly below normal for this
season of the year. According to
Mr. Taylor, government meteorolo
gist, the summit at an elevation of
7.000 feet has only 28 inches of
snow as compared with a normal
depth on February 18th of 100
inches.
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ORDINANCE FOR
PROTECTION OF !
RADIO RECEPTION j
! For the benefit of the general
! public so that local radio ow- 1
ners and business firms may;'
'have a better understanding just
! what the proposed ordinance j:
j contemplates regarding prohibit- ;
ing electrical interference with!
radio reception, and providing.
: for punishment thereof. The;
j Gateway is publishing below the
! ordinance which comes up for
its final reading, and adoption
i or rejection, at the next regular ;
| meeting of the City Council.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
I ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE
I WITH RADIO RECEPTION, AND
ruUI IWlliU ruiv rumoiiiuiiiu
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
i Council of the Town of Seward,
j in the Territory of Alaska:
j Section 1. That it shall be un
lawful for any person, firm, co- j
!partnership or corporation know
jingly or wantonly to operate or
jcause to be operated, any machine,
device, apparatus or instrument
of any kind whatsoever within the
corporated limits of the Town of
Seward, Territory of Alaska, be
tween the hours of six (f») o’clock
p. m. and twelve (12) o'clock mid
night. the operation of which shall
cause reasonably interference with
radio reception within said muni
cipal limits: Provided, however,
that X-Ray pictures, examinations
or treatments may ibe made at any
time if the machines or apparatus
used therefor ar<* properly equip
ped to avoid all unnecessary or
reasonably preventable interfer
ence with radio reception and are
not negligently operated.
Section 2. That this ordinance
shall not be held or construed to
embrace or cover the regulation of
any transmitting, broadcasting or
receiving instrument, apparatus or
device used or useful in interstate
commerce or the operation of
which instrument, apparatus or
device is licensed or authorized by
or under the provisions of any Act
of the Congress of the United
; States.
j Section 3. That every person,
firm, copartnership, association or
corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall
upon conviction be punished by a
fine of not less than five ($5.00)
iivi liivic man unt iiuuureu
($100.00) dollars, or by imprison
ment in the city jail for not less
than five (5) days nor more than
! fifty (50) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Each day dur
ing which such violation continues
| shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 4. This ordinance shall
■ take effect immediately upon its
passage and approval, and shall be
published once in the Seward Gate
way.
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“ALL ABOARD!”
“All aboard!”
On March 11 the residents and
visitors in the city may jump on
board the “Podunk Ltd." and en
I joy a couple of hours ride over
the line with members of the
cast of the “Fun on the Podunk
Limited,” a one act farce comedy,
which will be presented that even
ing by the Seward Athletic Club.
Soon there will arrive in Seward
an extra railroad gang which
] will drive new pilings under the
dock. The crew will be here for
two or three weeks.
George Colwell, general road
master, Alaska Railroad, departed
for the Interior today with the
rotary. 1
LEADERSHIP OF
HOOVER TARKET
FOR ATTACK
WARNING AGAINST EXCESSIVE
APPROPRIATIONS BUT A
‘STRAW MAN”
WASHINGTON, Feb., 26, Tb—
Resident Hoover’s leadership was
t target in the overnight attack
rom Democratic spokesmen, bas
;d particularly upon the President’s
:onference with congressional lead
>rs in his warning against exces
sive appropriations.
Representative Garner termed
,he conference as “A move to di
vert theattention of the public from
,he charotic economic unemploy -
nent conditions which were brot
)ut by lack cf leadership” and it
was simply setting up a straw man
to be knocked down.
“Bills and large appropriations
ire always introduced but congress
doesn’t appropriate more than we
imn afford” said Senator McKellar.
Kodiak Chamber
Body Takes Action
Halibut Question
Special to The Gateway
KODIAK. Feb., 26.—The move
ment started in Seattle and Ket
chikan in protest against the im
portation of foreign halibut and
to secure a tariff on such product
has reached Kodiak and lias had a
response from the Kodiak Cham
ber of Commerce, which has lined
itself up for better protection of the
American halibut industry.
Wires were received here from
the Ketchikan Chamber of Coin
Owners’ Association asking that
Kodiak wire the Alaska delegate in
merce and the Ketchikan Vessel
Congress to bestir himself in be
half of a tariff of six cents a pound
on foreign halibut.
Acording to the resolution passed
at Ketchikan over 800.000 pounds
of foreign halibut, chiefly Japanese
was landed in Seattle during the
last three months of the closed sea
son. The resolution further stated
that 3500 men are engaged in the
halibut industry with an invest
ment of $2,000,000 and an annual
haul of 40,000,000.
Silence, Watchword,
L. A. Water Board
LOS ANGELES, Feb., 26, (JP)—
With silence the watchword repre
sentatives of the Imperial Valley
irrigation district and the Metro
politan Water Board of Los Ange
les reassembled here m a series of
informal conferences. The dele
gates were cautious on all of the
questions facing them in regard to
how they shall use the water allo
cated to California from the pro
jected Boulder Dam.
AMERICAN SETS
NATION GLIDER
RECORD, SOUTH
GERMAN IS HOLDER OF WORLD
RECORD; ALOFT FOR 14
HOURS
SAN DIEGO, Feb., 26, (JP)—
Hawley Bowlus, American glider
endurance record holder, landed
at 2:43 a. m. after being in the
air nine hours, five minutes and
; 27 seconds.
I The previous record was six
| hours and 19 minutes.
He took off from Point Loma
j in a sail plane of his own make
j at 5:35 p. m. and landed on a
! roadway about 75 feet from
| where he started.
The world’s record is held by a
German flier. Bowlus said a wind
was with him most of the time
but a west wind, which shifted
! north, forced him to the ground.
A TOUGH JOB
PARIS, Feb., 26, (IP)—Camille
Chautempsi, leader of the Radical
Socialists was asked tc form a new
French Cabinet by President Gas
con Doumergue. The left wing
leader accepted on principal the
| difficult job of bringing order out
of the present French political
crisis.
FOR GOLFERS ONLY
PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb., 26, (JP)—
A Uivw4«n f Vmln one hloH
Johnny Farrell to win the greatest
Pensacola tournament with 287;
Sarazen was second with 283.
Stampeders Enroute
To Ruby With Dogs
(Fairbanks News Miner >
Drawn by word of the rich placer
strike in the Ruby district, two
stampeders got away for there last
week and many other oldtimers
who have followed every strike
since the Klondike days plan tc
leave at the first opportunity. The
belief prevails among many min
ing men that the Ruby strike wil
:be a big one. Those acquainted
with the country say they woulc
not be surprised if it should d eve lot:
into the biggest one in years.
J. D. Nichols and Jack McGuire
I took the freight train for Nenans
and from there they will trave
‘with Nichols’ dog team down the
Tanana and Yukon rivers to Rubj
land thence to the scene of the
I strike.
Jimmy Agusta, Mike Kovas anc
iTom Gallagher, who made the
strike on Beaver creek, startec
| prospecting in September and novt
'have four and one-half miles oi
ground staked. They staked twc
row's of claims 870 feet across the
creek and 2,000 feet up and dowr
and had 10 of them recorded ir
December.
Pencils were at a premium dur
ing the time wh$n staking was ai
its height. The storekeeper at Poor
man cut them into three pieces
and sold them for 50 cents a piece
during the rush.
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
MEXICO CITY, Feb., 26, (/P)—'The
permanent congressional commis- j
sion has accepted Luis Leons’ resig- !
nation as governor of Chihuahua I
and has appointed Francisco R. i
Almada temporary governor. Leon \
resigned to take over the portfolio |
of industry, commerce and labor in i
the Ortiz Rubio Cabinet.
NONE EXISTING
BILLS AFFECTED
ECONOMY PLAN
FIFTY MILLIONS BE A VAIL A- !
BLE AFTER CONTEMPLA
TED ESTIMATES
WASHINGTON, Feb., 26, (/P)_ I
President Hoover informed Con-1
gressional leaders that after the
expenditures contemplated in the|
bugdet estimates are met there t
will be about 50 millions availa-!
ble for the appropriations
while there are bills pending in
i the House and Senate calling for
additional outlays of $1,725,000,
000.
! At the White House breakfast
i the President said that if the de
! mauds of the Treasury are grant
ed for a tax increase, none of the
existing appropriations and bills,
seven of which have passed the
House, will be affected in any
(way by the program of economy
| which the administration out
lined.
Santo Domingo
Faces Revolution;
Troops Are Loyal
SANTO DOMIGNO, Feb., 2G, f/P)
| —Faced with a revolutionary
movement in the north the Re
public was disturbed yesterday
: locally; today the City is quiet.
Prseident Vasquez and Vice
President Alfonesca passed the
night in the Santo Domingo for
tress the commander of which
has remained loyal. Madame Vas
quez, wife of the president, took
refuge at the American legation.
Vasquez, whose term of office
expires in May, has not resigned
but Alfonesca resigned his post
in the face of the opposition.
| As Disgrace To U. S,
■ j WASHINGTON, Feb., 26, (/P)—A
‘ 'chic society woman from Philadel
phia and a weather-beaten farmer
’ jfrom the North Dakota plains, to
' jgether with a former senator and
i a former representative, an educa
tor, a scientist, a publisher and
editor and a leader of an organiza
tion of young men, aligned them
selves in denouncing prohibition as
a disgrace unworthy of the United
States.
They were proponents of repeal
jof the dry amendment concluding
a session before the House Judici
ary Committee.
Denounce
AEW RACING CAR HOPE OF BRITAIN
DESIGNED ON ISLE WITH NO AETOS
Kaye Don {left) British motorist will p Hot the “Silver Bullet77 (above) at Daytona
Beach next month to try and better Sir Henry Seagrave’s year-old mark of 231 £6 miles
an hour
I
SEWARD GIRLS
TAKE SERIES
FROM VISITORS
Before the largest crowd that
has witnessed a basketball game
in Seward this season the An
chorage City Women, last nite.
lost a hotly struggles to the
Seward Athletic Club sextet, 18 to
17 which was close enough for the
most rabid fan.
The team of Coach Kunz held
desperately a slight lead of one
to five points thruout the tense
encounter until early in the last
quarter when the scrappy Inlet
ters, three tallies behind, knotted
the count at 12 a^l on a basket
by Gertrude Lakshas and Dora
thea Davis’ free throw, then forged
into the lead momentarily
when Lawson converted after a,
technical foul was called on Bea
trice Green, star S. A. C. cen
ter, for questioning a ruling.
Anchorage led by one point one
minute before the time-keeper's
silvery blast ended the game,
but could not hold it.
During the final three minutes
of play the crowd was sent into*
a new frenzy as the darting for
wards tried to score time after
time- It was anybody’s game
during those last moments.
It would be difficult to say
where the bulk of the credit for
the victory belonged, as the two
teams, well matched, vied closely
ior me nonors m an departments.
The defense of the Seward ag
gregation was superb, and had
it faltered any minute the results
would have been fatal. The out
standing feature of the game,
however, was the continual deadly
accuracy of Elsa MacCauley, star
local forward, who again dropped
in five field goals and made good
six out of seven free throws for
a total of 16 points. MacCauley*
and Green were a combination
that was hard to equal and con
tinually drew the plaudits of the
fans for their pass work.
Dorothy Hill, third forward,
played a sensational game and
kept in the fast pace set by her
team mates.
The splendid music specially
installed by D. C. Brownell, of
the Liberty Theater, was greatly
enjoyed and might be termed*
the “missing link’’ of the past,
making for 100 percent interest,
1 and entertainment to the atten
dance The music added to the
game a metropolitan aspect.
Immediately following the game
the visitors and numerous others',
I were guests of the Women’s Ath
| letic Club when dancing and re
freshments were in order. Here
■ again the wonderful music lent
l itself until 2 o’clock this morning
: rendering music from the world’s
most noted artists.
| And through it all, the big grin
I on Coach Elbert Kunz counten
i ance. loomed up like a lighthouse
; in a fog; for two reasons. First
because his girls had emerged
victors from the grueling inter
j city tilt; and secondly; because
! of the arrival yesterday to his
j family, of a seven and one-half
| pound boy. His happiness was
absolutely complete.
This morning, in charge of
Acting Coach Dave Turner, both
teams embarked for Anchorage
where the final series will be
played off the first game start
ing tonight. Dispatches will be
sent to The Gateway, Captain
Mary Hopkins stated.
HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
Tomorrow evening, one and all
the members of the cast of “Fun
on the Podunk Limited” are re
quested to appear for rehearsal at
the parosange at the usual time.
Francis Harrison and Elmer Me
Namee departed today for the
Moose Pass country where they
plan to sink a hole to bed rock
on a placer prospect, conditions
permitting.
For the benefit of local boxing
fans and subscribers of the Gate
way, this paper has requested that
the championship fights at Mia
mi, be reported. The battles will
be fought tomorrow.