Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 211.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1930.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
EDITORIAL
AMONG THINGS TO
BRAG ABOUT
(Ketchikan Chronicle)
This week—probably Wednes
day—the senatorial investigation
committee on its way to look
look over the Alaska Railroad will
be in Ketchikan. While the pur
pose of the senators’ mission is
largely confined to the railroad,
they nevertheless will have a tre
mendous influence regarding any
other Alaskan legislation that
might now or in years to come
be placed before congress.
There are many things in Ket
chikan that might be shown these
senators when they arrive. But
there is one thing, govern
ment agency, that should not be
overlooked. That is the up-to
date cable station whiqh we have
here. It is one of the most modern
and one of the largest in the
world. There is a pssibility of its
some day being a link in an
American trans-Pacific cable. It
may some day figure far more
prominently in international af
fairs than it does today.
And of course now is the time
that the way is paved for its
future importance. We think the
performance here has been spec
tacular. We think, too, that the
radio system allied with the ca
ble in Ketchikan is doing great
work, and it is fitting that the
good work accomplished by offi
cers and men of the Signal Corps
be called to the attention of these
investigators.
The Gateway agrees with the
Chronicle but wrould call to the
attention of the distinguished vis
itors attention the functioning of
the Signal Corps throughout the
entire Territory.
Since the dawn of history the
two greatest things in the ad
vancement of the world has been
transportation and communica
tion. Insofar as these t-s*o are
advanced growth followed.
Locally, the problem now seems
to be a counter-action in halting
the proposed abandonment of the
Alaska cable from Seattle which
terminates here., and transfer
of the cableship Dellwood from
Alaskan waters.
The recent dfficulty exper
ienced with the cable break, is
ample evidence that the time has
not yet arrived when the old, re
liable cable, can be entirely re
placed by later methods of com
munication. Not that the radio
did not and could not handle the
hundreds of daily files, but one,
so to speak, depends much on the
other.
We comend the Chronicle ed
itorial in that A1 a sk a will,
some day in the near future, be
a main link in world communica
tion.
ORDERED DEFEND TITLE
SAN RANCISCO, Aug. 19. (Ah—
The California State Athletic Com
mission has ordrr that Young Jack
Thompson, welterweight champion,
to defend his title against Young
Corbett, Fresno, Cal., southpaw, be
fore November 9. Corbett already
holds three decisions over Thomp
son.
NO MACHINE FAULT
LONDON, Aug. 18. (Ah—At an in
quest at Meopham, on the six vic
tims of the recent crash of Le
Touquet Croyden Air Taxi. Major
James Cooper, Air Minister In
spector. testified the examination
revealed no fault in construction
of the machine.
ALASKA HAD
WILL BE VIEWED
KENDRICK ONLY ONE TO TALK
ABOUT RAILROAD OTHERS,
SHORT ADRRESSES
| JUNEAU, Aug., 19, <^P)—At an
overflow banquent tendered Sen
ators Howell, Kendrick and Thom
jas, the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce made it plain that they ab
jsolutely favor continuance of the
i present system which benefits all
,of Alaska.
; Kendrick replied that “We will
!view the railroad situation with
(the real vision, type and spirit
of the West and will give a sym
pathetic consideration that we
would ask of you if the position
were reversed and you, the inves
tigators.”
The others did not mention the
railroad making but short ad
dresses.
SMS, AQUA CILIENTE
WILL HIT BIO MONEY
ON LABOR DAY
AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, Aug.,
18, (A3)—The world’s richest horse
race will top the list of 16 stakes
to bring $170,000 to the nation’s
thoroughbreds in the second an
nual winter meeting of the Agua
Caliente Jockey Club.
The second Agua Caliente hand
icap, with $100,000 for the owner
of the horse who hits the wire in
front, heads a lineup of races
that will include nine mare stakes
than were offered in last year’s
inaugural.
The summer session, which
opened July 4, will not adjourn
until Labor Day. The winter run
ning will come to a close March
29.
GAMBLERS Rfc’OFEN
PARIS, Aug 18. (/P)—After a two
dxy strike in protest aganst the
heavy government taxes, the tables
at Deauville and Le Touquet open
ed and heavy playing began again.
DEMPSEY IN CLOVER
REFEREEING ROUTS
! LOS ANGELES, Aug., 18, (A3)—
While the fistic world has been
'guessing whether Jack Dempsey
i would attempt a comeback, the
j former heavyweight champion has
Ibeen making financial hay as a
high price referee.
This summer the Manassa Maul
er refereed fights in practically
every city of any consequence on
the Pacific Coast. His fee ranged
from $1,900 to $3,000 for each
bout.
j BANK RESCOURCS INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Aug., 18, (A3)—
A bank call of June 30 revealed
the National Bank rescources in
creased during that month.
i
GREEK GAMBLERS CLOSE
DEAUVILLE, France, Aug. 18.. (A3)
—A Greek syndicate, operating the
largest number of gambling games
in Deauville, Monte Carlo, Cannes
and other cities, have closed for the
summer, supposedly because of the
wide fluetations in the rates de
manded by the French government
SHIP FAST IN ICE
NORTH SYDNEY, N. S., Aug.,
19, (JP)—The steamship Boethic,
Arctic patrol ship which left here
in July, is fast in the ice about
50 miles from the Boche Penin
sula, the farthest Northern post
to receive yearly provisioning and
further progress is impossible un
til the ice loosens, the radio said.
fUASKA PLANE AT
mm ENfiSDTE
PORTLAND, Aug., 19, OP)—
Brother Feltes landed yesterday
in his Diesel motored airplane
which he is taking to Alaska for
missonary work. He came from
San Francisco in his six-passen
ger plane which will be used in
contacting with 32 missions scat
tered over 200,00 sqaure miles of
an “iceberg with a layer of silt
and moss.”
Brother Feltes said the plane
will be dismantled at Seattle and
shipped North.
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 3, Pittsburg 4.
Bartell’s double in the ninth
with the bases loaded sent two
scores across for a victory.
Wright homered in the first part
of the ninth for Brooklyn.
Phillies 3, Chicago 17.
Malone held the Phillies to 8
j hits and accounted for his 18th
1 victory.
| English walked four times and
hit once scoring five of the “Cubs”
j five runs.
Wilson homered out his 42nd.
Malone homered.
AMERICAN
Cleveland at Boston, rain.
' Detroit 4,' Washington 5.
Chicago 4, New York 11.
! This victory makes 16 for New
| York on the last 22 starts.
Gehrig homered his 35th and
mopped up the bases with a dou
ble in the seventh.
Chapman hit four times out of
five time up
St. Louis 4, Phillies 6.
Cochrane and Kress homered.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club W. L.
Philadelphia .81 39
Washington .71....46
New York .70 .49
Cleveland .61...59
Detroit .58 . .61
Chicago ..46...71
St. Louis .46 -72
Boston .41—77
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club
Chicago
Brooklyn ..
New York
St. Louis ..
Pittsburgh
Boston .
Cinciinnati
Philadelphia
W. L.
.70 . . .45
.69 .49
.66 ...48
.61—55
.56.58
.54—63
.46.65
.36 . 77
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
(Second half of season)
Club W. L.
Hollywood .24—11
Los Angeles .22 ..13
San Francisco .20.. . 15
Missions .17...18
Oakland .16—19
Sacramento .15...20
Portland .15—20
Seattle .11....24
The S. S. Redondo, Capt. E. E.
Anderson, A. S. S. Co., arrived in
'port during the night from Cook
1 Inlet and Kodiak Island ports.
1THE IS HD
OF TO! KI1EV LOST
(Special to the Gateway)
MCKINLEY PARK, Alaska, Aug.
19.—Fritz Neyberg, Chief Ranger in
Mt- McKinley National Park came
in two days ago, after a 10 fruit
less hunt for Prospector Tom Kin
ney, and reports that two prospec
tors are now lost or missing in the
wilds of the big Park.
A prospector from the Kantishna
was reported to have entered the
i Park at a point where there was no
ranger cabin, and no one has seen
him since.
Neyberg got together an outfit
and took three rangers who were
working around headquarters and
started back inside of an hour to
continue the search for the miss
ing men.
Thomas Black (colored) who
Tom Kinney was travelling with
when lost, spent six days and six
nights wjth<|ut s|e<Jp looking for
his partner. Black cam^t in with
Neyberg, sold his two houses here,
and left on todays train flpr Anch
orage, badly broken up over the
tragic ending of their prospecting
!trip.
As Kinney only had two sand
iwiches at the time he was missing
; it seems unlikely he could keep
alive until now on berries.
• m 9
Had it .been a private mining
jCamp as near the scene of the miss
ling oldtimer nearly every man
i and boy would have been
I scouring the hil, and inside of 24
'hours something would have been
’known, and perhaps his life saved.
Had it been a millionaire tourist
! lost, that would have been different
again.
ME OF II SHOOK:
ID nil OF II SHARK
NEW YORK, Aug., 8, (TP)-A tale
of a shark, with a tale of a shark
to prove it, was brought to port
i today by passengers of the liner
! Santa Theresa, arriving from Cal
llao, Peru. The shark was caught
by members of the crew just off
the Delaware Capes, they said,
with a rope for line and a beef
steak for bait.
It surrendered when it dived and
struck the propellor and was stun
ned. The tail of the shark, a 14
footer, the crew said, was cut off
and brought to port.
THE STOCK MARKET
By the Associated Press
Int. Tel. 43, A. Can 125, Stand.
N. J. 71, Richfield 16, Zellerbach
12, Lehigh 10, A. Juneau 5,1-8, U.
Cal. 41, Goldman 15, Bancorpor
ation 29, Kennecott 36. Steel 165,
Radio 38, Cons. Gas 104, Cities 27.
Carbide 72, Motors 42.
BROSIUS RETURNS
Cal M. Brosius (C M B) local
business man and successful rep
resentative primary candidate in
the fall general election, return
ed today from Nuka Bay where
he has resumed development work
on his quartz property.
PLATINUM PRICES DESCEND
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. (TP) —
The price of platinum is coming
down. Increased production by the
Russian and South American mines
and a decrease in luxury buying
[are given as factors contributing
'to the decrease.
HUBBARD AllIS
PERJURED HIMSELF
AT FORMER TRIAL
WITHIN PERIOD THREE YEARS
$100,000 CHANGED HANDS,
SAYS WITNESS
SEATTLE, Aug., 19, (#>)— Under
cross-examination Hubbard con
j tinued court admissions saying he
I had perjured himself at former
big trials in which the defendents
| were aiding.
The prosecution wrung from
j Hubbard that “He wasn’t telling
the truth then as he was wearing
Whitney’s collar at that time.”
Senator Jones, in Wenatchee,
declared he had never been told
nor never knew if Lyle and Whit
ney gave $6,000 of liquor-bribe
j money during his 1926 campaign
as Hubbard said.
Hubbard declared more than
$100,000 had been paid during the
years the big rum rings operat
ed and that Lyle, Whitney and
Corwin got this money: Whitney
between $50,000 and $60,000; Cor
win between $20,000 and $25,000,
* and Lyle $20,000 within a period
of three years.
smiiEflisli
I ON GIGANTIC ROW
BUILDING M
MOSCOW. Aug. 18. (/P)—Believ
ing that Russia’s comunication pro
blem can be solved only by a gi
gantic arterial network of low
priced roads, constructed by Amer
ican skill, the Soviet Government
| has embarked on a huge road build
ing campaign.
; It wil involve an ultimate expen
diture of $1,250,000,000 and the lay
ing of 5,000,000 miles of roads.
Not only will these highways
have an enormous commercial val
ue,but will, according to Soviet
.officials, bring the tens of thou
sands of backward towns and vil
lages in the remoter districts of
j the vast Soviet union into closer
touch with the cultural life of the
cities and greatly improve the liv- *
ing standards of the masses.
Much of this enterprise, which
j will occupy five years, will be under
ithe supervision of American road
■ building experts, headed by Charles
ip. Seabrooke, of Bridgeport, N. J.
AIM EE IS ILL
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 19, (/P)—
I Angelus temple attaches said that
iAimiee McPherson is in a ser
! ius condition following a nervous
! breakdown suffered two weeks
| ago. Where she is being cared for
! was not revealed. The board of
; directors adopted a resolution ask
! ing for prayer for her recovery.
j LARGE AMOUNT WOLFRAMITE
PANESQUEIRA, Aug. 18. (IP) —
The annual output here of Wol
framite, a natural compound of
iron and manganese which yields *
tungsten, has risen from 500 to 5,
000 tons since the development of
electrical power from the river Ze
zere.
“SURF BOARD” WINNER
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.
Aug., 18, (JF)-Mvs. Payne Whitney’s
two-year old “Surf Board” won the
Albany handicap, Saratoga feature,
with “Blenheim” second and “Pane
l-tian” third. The victory was worth
1 $5,075.