Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 126.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Appropriation Bill Carries i
Many Items for Economic j
Investigations in Alaska
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PROJECTED BILL CONTAINS APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE MAINTAINANCE OF AGRICULTUR
AL EXPERIMENT STATIONS; FOR FOREST
ADMINISTRATION; FOR THE IMPROVEMENT;
OF THE REINDEER INDUSTRY IN ALASKA;
AND A STUDY OF FUR-BEARERS.
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SALT RAIDERS BREAK THRU
POLICE CORDON FOR THEIR
FINAL RAID
BOMBAY, June 2. (£>)— Break
ing through a two-mile cordon
of police and before military aid
sould be called 15,000 raided the
salt depot of Wadala which the
Indian Nationalists called “their
final raid.” leaving 150 injured
behind.
So overwhelmed were the police
that they called the troops to
assist them.
The police used their bamboo
staves freely. Tire uhurt .emerged
with handfuls of salt. Many were
arrested. Their onslaught was con
sidered triumphant at Preshawar
yesterday.
Seven were killed and nine
wounded when the police fired
into a mob formed after the
shooting of a mother and her
two children. The shooting was
caused by the accidental discharge
of a rifle by a lance corporal.
FIRST BOAT NOME, 1930
NOME, June 2, (A3)—The first
boat of the 1930 season arrived at
* Nome Saturday carrying 16 pas
sengers and much freight. The
Silver Wave, a motor boat, owned
by the Arctic Transportation Co.,
made the trip from Seattle to Nome
in 17 days. The boat brought fresh
vegetables, the first received here
in eight months.
The S. S. Watson Orchestra gave
a dance last night in the Odd
Fellows’ Hall which was well at
tended.
TELDEN DEFEATED
ATJTUTL, France. June 2. (A5)—
Henri Cochet of France was
crowned king of the tennis court
through his beating of Tilden.
Scores were 3, 6; 8, 6; 6, 3; 6, 1.
Helen Wills Moody won the title
from Helen Jacobs, also of Berke
ley, 6, 2; 6, 1.
RECORD TO ITALY
ROME, June 2, (A3)—The world’s
non-refueling flight endurance re
cord was brought to Italy by Major |
Maddalena who first sighted Gen
eral Nobile and the Italian surviv
ors. He and his companion Lieut.!
Cecconi were up 67 hours and 15 |
minutes which exceeded, by one j
hour and 49 minutes the record of ;
the Germans, Zimmerman and Ris
Hcz.
WASHINGTON, June 2. (A3) —
Roberts was inducted into the of
fice of Associate Justice.
WASHINGTON. June 2. (JP) —,
An appropriation of $85,000 for
the establishment of agriculture
experiment stations in Alaska is
contained in the agricultural ap
propriation bill for the next fis
cal year now before President
Hoover.
The bill also provided $8,000 of
this amount for the erection of
buildings and authorized the se
cretary of agriculture to discon
tinue, either or both, experiment
stations at Sitka or Kodiak
where he thought discontniuance
was warranted.
An appropriation of $139,000
for forest administration in dis
trict eight in Alaska was provid
ed and it specified that $16,000
of this be available for the con
struction or purchase of a boat
to be used.
The Alaska measure would ap
propriate $64,000 for investigations
by experiments, concerning the
production and utilization of fur
bearing animals and another item
of $167,000 will be used in inves
tigations concerning the improve
ment and increase of the reindeer
industry and musk-oxen in Alas
ka. including the erection of the
necessary buildings for coopera
tion with other agencies.
The bill specified that not more
than $3,000 be used to purchase
land and in the construction of
a headquarters building to be
used by the game warden at Fort
Yukon.
i The dance given Saturday night'
in the I. O. O. F. Hall was well
attended.
f BASEBALL I*
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SATURDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 2; St- Louis 3.
Washington 3; Philadelphia 7.
Detroit 4; Cleveland 7.
Boston 2; New York 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 5; Chicago 6.
New York 2ffl Boston 3.
Philadelphia 3; Brooklyn 1.
Cincinnati 10; Pittsburgh 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 7; Los Angeles 8.
Sacramento 3; Seattle 2
Hollywood 7-0; San Francisco 8-7
SUNDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 9-16; Boston 3-4.
Cincinnati 5-7; St. Louis 4-1.
Chicago 16; Pittsburgh 4.
Brooklyn 10; Philladelphia 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 9; Washington 6.
Chicago 8; St Louis 5.
Cleveland 3; Detroit 2.
Boston 7; New York 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Cacramento 6; Seattle 3.
San Francisco 4-7; Hollywood 3-6
Missions 8-5; Los Angeles 7-6.
Oakland 10-13; Portland 0-8.
PULL STRING NEXT ROOM TO
LETHAL CHAMBER CAUSES
DEATH IN TWO MINUTES
CARSON CITY, Nev., June 2, (fP)
—R. H. “Dod” White, Elko gambler
died in the Lethal gas chamber of
the Nevada State prison where he
was convicted on circumstantial
evidence for the murder of Louis
Lavell, another gambler.
Fifty-three * witnesses watched
thru a window including two
nurses. By pulling a string in the
next room they opened a contain
er dropping a dozen one-ounce
egges of cyanide potassium into a
two-gallon crockery jar containing
a quart of sulphuric acid and half
a gallon of water beside White’s
chair. The deadly gas was generat
ed almost instantly and two min
utes later his heart stopped beat
ing.
S. S. YUKON LEFT
SATIM FDR SEfflf
SEATTLE, June 2, (/P)—The S. S
Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
from Seattle at 9 m. Saturday,
and carried 209 passengers; 46 for
Seward and 31 steerage.
Seward passengers are, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Mason, E. Socha, Geo- A.
Elson, Mr. and Mrs- K. G. Brown,
G. A. Arons, Mrs. D. R. Tavlin, A.
Granke, C- P. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Lawrence, Mrs. E. M. Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Mahon, C. A. Lousaac,
Mrs. S. A. Robbins, Miss B. E.
Mudd, B. R. Hale, Miss H. Chap
man, Alaine Frederickson, Philip
Frederickson, Mrs. Frederickson,
August A. Frederickson, Mrs. E.
Morrison, B. Wilson, A. H- Gatin, P.
F. Cunnunip, Bennie Berhgold, H.
A. Kale, L- P. Patterson and six
steerage.
The S. S. Watson of the Paci
fic Steamship Company which ar
rived in port yesterday afternoon
from the Westward will sail for
the South at 8 p. m . tonight.
J. B. Kuhler, member of the
Seward School’s teaching faculty
for 1929-30, returned on the S. S.
Watson after making a trip to
the Westward.
GOVERNMENT SCHEME
SYDNEY, N. S. W-, June 2, (A5)—
The departure of 150 men into cer
tain districts in a search for gold
marked the inauguration of the
government’s scheme to promote
gold prospecting among unemploy
ed prospectors. The government
supplied camping outfits and tools
and appointed five geological sur
veyors to visit the zones where the
men are working to give them
technical advice. The men get free
railway transportation and an al
lowance of about $5 weekly.
FIRE TAKES TOLL
WASHINGTON, June 2. (JP) —
Mrs. William Moxley and 45 child
ren were burned to death in the
Glen Echo Home. The flames
swept through the building and
cutt off escape. Moxley leaped
through a window and shouted
to his wife to follow but he only
heard a scream—then all was
silent.
! War of Extermination
by Rival Liquor . Gangs
Cost Lives Three Men
—
IBAND OF GUNNMEN USE SUB MACHINE GUNS
! AGAINST RIVAL LIQUOR ORGANIZATION
| —THEN TAKE VICTIMS TO HOSPITAL DOOR.
I CHICAGO, JUNE 2. (/P)—A war of extermination be
tween rival liquor organizations was signalled by
the execution of three gangsters, Sam Pellar, Mi
chael Quirk, and Foe Bertche, all members of Terry
Druggan’s gang, and the probable wounding of
George Druggan, a brother of Terry.
I Mrs. Vivian McGinnis, 27, wife of Chicago attorney and
a companion of George, Tony Tomatore, Joseph
Ferrari, and Sam Minister were all seated at a
table in the dining room of a hotel at the Fox
Lake Summer resort with an unknown man when a
band of gunmen appeared and levelled sub-machine
guns against the glass and discharged round after
round of slugs into the restaurant. They drove
away the unknown man who was unhit. The gang
sters then took the wounded to a hospital 40 miles
away and deposited them at its door.
| KNOWN AT VALDEZ
COMPLETE RETURNS WITH EX
CEPTION OF FEW SMALL
PRICINCTS
The total votes cast in the Re
j publican primary for Territorial
I candidates, received up to date
j in the various divisions are as
! follows,
j Delegate—
Wikersham, 1st 2,054, 2nd 279,
| 3rd 1,139, 4th 824 Total 4,296 with
!a majority of 847.
| Rustgard, 1st 1,772, 2nd 163, 3rd
946, 4th 568. Total 3,449.
Treasurer—
Smith, 1st 1,951, 2nd 338, 3rd
1,114, 4th 806. Total 4,209 with a
majority of 1,249.
Knight 1st 1,602, 2nd 53, 3rd 894,
4th 411. Total 2,960.
Auditor—
Cole, 1st 2,010, 2nd 53, 3rd 1,176,
4th 569. Total 3,808, with a maj
ority of 514.
Reed, 1st. 1,648, 2nd 376, 3rd
569. Totaling 3,294 votes.
Commissioner of Ed.
Keller 1st. 2,145, 2nd 151, 3rd
767, 4th 611. A total of 3,674 votes
and a majority of 430.
Breuer 1st. 1,355, 2nd 226, 3rd
1,133, 4th 530. A total of 3,244.
Highway Engineer—
Ulmer 1st 2,096, 2nd 285, 3rd
1,410, 4th 979. Total 4,770.
In the democratic party the
figures indicate the only contest
was for Highway Engineer, and
the figures received indicate that
Wm. H. Hesse had secured the
nomination over R. J. Sommers
by a majority of 16 votes. The
returns from the four divisions
give Hesse 112, 16, 71, 87, or a
total of 286. Sommers received 110,
51, 50, 59, a total of 270.
THIRD DIVISION RETURNS
The returns from the Third Di
vision are almost complete, as
there are but three small pre
cincts to hear from, namely, Per
reyville, Unmak and Sanak with
possibly 70 votes. The official re
turns from Valdez headquarters
I are as follows.
For delegate—
James Wickersham 1,139—193
John Rustgard 946
For treasurer—
Walstein G. Smith 1,114—220
Frank L. Knight 894
For Auditor—
Cash Cole 1,176—475
Elmer Reed 701
Commissioner of Ed.—
L. W. Breuer 1,133—366
W. K. Keller 767
Highway Engineer —
Joseph Ulmer 1,410
For Senator—
R. S. Brawgaw (unop.) 1,340
For Representatives—
C. M. Brosius 1,381
Frank H. Foster 1,235
Jos. H. Murry 1,124
L. D. Roach 1,029
J. N. McCain 969
W. B. Dean 959
R. J. Glover 582
In the democratic party the
I vote was light. For Highway En
gineer, Wm. A. Hesse had 71 and
R. J. Sommers 50 votes. The only
democrat for the Legislature was
H. H. McCutcheon.
“That sure was some brown bear
that the hunting party got on
Kodiak Island.” This in reference
to The Gateway’s account publish
ed in Saturday’s paper wherein a
"219% foot specimen” which was
shot on Kodiak Island. The tele
graph editor of The Gateway made
an error in decoding the message
which in part read: "Brought down
two one nine one half”. It should
have read two specimens one of
which measured nine and one half
feet.
HORNSBY RECEIVES MOST
Dili PLAYER AWARD
CHICAGO, June 2, (£>)—Rogers
Hornsby, "wounded in action” hero
of the champion Cubs, hobbled into
Wrigely Field supported by crutch
es and received the National Lea
gue’s most valuable player awarded
for the second time. He broke his
ankle sliding to third. He will be
out of the games for six weeks.
President Heydler presented
Hornby with $1,000 in gold and
lauded him for his baseball playing
spirit.