Daily
Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 130.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE G, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HARRY WHITNEY PLANS TRIP
FOR LIVE SPECIMENS OF
SEALS, WALRUS, BEAR
NEW YORK, June 6. (/P)—Capt.
Robert Bartlett, who piloted the
ship in which Peary reached the
pole in is steering the schooner
Morrisey northward again as he
is heading a scientific expedition
to Scoresby Sound which indents
the northeast coast.
The expedition seeks relics of
the ancient Eskimo tribes for the
Museum of the American Indian
and the Hyde Foundation.
Harry Whitney, sportsman and
explorer, plans a trip for live spe
cimens of seals, walrus and polar
bear. The ship is expected to re
turn at the end of the Arctic
Summer but are carrying suffi
cient supplies for a longer stay in
the case that, they are frozen in.
in.
WASHINGTON, June 6. (/P) —
Henry Ford and General Motors
were assailed by Mathew Woll,
prsident of the American Wage
Earners Protective Conference, for
r.hir protest against the passage of
the pending tariff bill.
Woll called their action merely
a selfish move to get more mil
lion.
HEART ATTACK
LOS ANGELES, June 5, (/P)—
Seized by a heart attack, which for
wo hours was said to have threat
ened him with death, Alexander
Pantages, convicted of attacking
17-year-old Eunice Pringle, was re
ported in a critical condition at the
county jail hospital.
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NEW YORK, June 6. (JP)—Re
presentatives of 140,000 profession
al musicians of the United States
and Canada, thousands of whom
have been thrown out of work by
sound pictures will gather in Bos
ton Monday to see what the fu
ture holds for them.
Joseph M. Weber, president of
the American Federation of Mus
icians, is ready to give a message
but is not particularly cheerful,
One said the musicians’ income
has been cut $20,000,000 a year.
CAPITOL ABANDONED
SHANGHAI, June 7, (A*)—While
the Nanking forces are engaged in
desperate battle with the northern
ers on the Peking-Hankow Railway
the Kwangsi troops have begun the
march thru the Yangtse river.
Changshai, capitol of Hunan pro
vince has been abandoned to the
rebels.
KNIFE IN BACK
SAN QUENTIN, June 6. (JP)—A
sudden flury in a section of pri
soners at San Quentin, a scream
of pain, and Ted Uar, 28, serv
ing a four-year sentence for burg
lary in Fresno County lay in the
prison yard with an improvised
knife plunged deep in his back.
ALLOTTMENTS FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, June 6. UP) —
Allotments totalling $39,500,000 for
rivers and harbors in all parts
of the United States and insular
possessions was approved by Se
retary Hurley. The allotments in
clude $7,500 for the Nome harbor,
and $9,000 for examinations and
a survey of the contingencies in
general of the Juneau district.
PH ORDERED
BE RELEASED UNDER
BOND: NEED Ml
LOS ANGELES, June6 , (/P)—1The
California Supreme Court ordered
Pantages released on a $100,000
bond, subject to approval of the
presiding Judge of the Superior
Court.
The Supreme Court deadlock over
the Pantages appeal was broken by
T. A. Hourse, sitting as Justice pro
Stem, expect Pantage’s release this
! afternoon.
Pantages contended that con
finement would ultimately Result
in his death from poor health.
Word from Anchorage this morn
ing brings the sad news that Mrs.
Hebert, the former Miss Bernice
Allen, passed away this morning at
Anchorage between the hours of
one and two o ctock. She had been
ill for s< tre •■me. Mrs. Hebcil was
well knov 11 in Seward where cite
had man' h tends.
SINCE HUH
NEW YORK. June 6, UP)—One
year ago on May 27, Anne Monow
j became the bride of the world’s
foremost birdman, Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh. Since that day she has
! learned to fly and navigate, has
jacquired gilders license, has pho
tographed from the air and has
attended the birthday part\ iOi
President Hoover at his summer
| camp and has navigated the plane
in which they, on Easter Sunday,
set a new record for trans-Contin
ental flight.
Anne Morrow Lindoergh has
flown nearly 30,00 miles in 12 mon
ths which includes two flights to
Los Angeles and return.
COAST TO GORST I
SERVICE INAUGUBATEO
NEWARK, N. J., June 6, (JP)—A
new 30-hour coast to coast air ser
vice has been inaugurated thru a
combination of facilities of five
air lines, officials announced.
Leaving Newark Airport at 9:3C
a. m. Eastern time, the Pittsburgh
Airways lines will convey the
passengers to Pittsburgh. There a
wil b mad to thPttsieubrpda rsNew
change will be made to the Clif
ford Ball Line, which operates as
far as Cleveland, going by way oi
the South Airways. From there
the travelers will reach Chicago at
6:20 p. m. Eastern time, where
there is a tsop-over of 40 minutes
COLLIDE IN FOG
NEW HAVE...., Conn. June 6. (#3
—Fourteen sailors were missing
following a collision in a fog be
tween the Swedish steamer Ingei
and the Italian motorship Litrnc
| which sunk the Inger. Three oi
[ the Inger’s crew of 18 were saved
IA fourth was picked up dead.
LARGE FORCE ARMED POLICE
IS ASSEMBLED TO QUELL
PROBABLE TONG WAR
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6, (A3)—
Chinatown trembled on the verge
of an outbreak of Tong violence
while tourists looked on in curiosity
and good natured crowds jostled on
the narrow sidewalks of Grant Ave.
The police took s vVift action to
curb the trouble. Nearly 200 police
men. a squadron of 35 motorcycles,
;men armed with ijot guns and tear
bombs, 1C Uniformed men and
[many detectives were quickly mobi
lized in Chinatown under the per
sonal command of William J.
Quinn
Although the anticipated out
break had not materialized at a
late hour. Chief Quinn admitted
that the situaron was serious and
that trouble could be expected un
less the rival tongs settled their
grievances in a peaceable manner.
FIREMEN’S MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Seward Volunteer Fire Department
tonight, June 6, at 8 p. m.
EVAN’S TONNAGE
The S. S. Admiral Evans of the
Pacific Steamship Company en
! route to Seward has approximate
| ly 90 tons of general freight for
discharge here of which 20 is
•local and 70 tons rail. The local
: tonnage inlcudes two autos. There
! are also four autos for Anchor -
! age.
BOMBAY, June 6. (/P)—Three
hundred policemen with staves;
50 armed police under the com
mand of European police with re
volvers surrounded the headquart
ers of the Allindia National Con
gress and raided the premises.
Six members of the Bombaj
Congress of War council were ar
rested.
FIFTH IN RACE
COWES, Eng., June 6, <JP)~
"Shamrock V”, Sir Thomas Lip
ton’s challenger for the Americar
• cup, sailed over the finish line ir
| second place in a special 39-mil(
race against five big yachts bul
finished fifth in corrected time
The “Lulworth” won the race.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5; Brooklyn 6.
Cincinati 4; New York 7.
St. Louis 4; Philadelphia 10
Chicago 10; Boston 7.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at Chicago called al
end of second inning on accounl
of rain.
Boston 7; Cleveland 17.
Washington 0; Detroit 8.
Philadelphia 5; St. Louis 6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 4; Los Angeles 13
Oakland 2; Seattle 6.
Sacramento 4; Portland 5.
Missions 7; San Francisco 8.
YOUNG ON WAY N. Y.
SEATTLE, June 6. (/P)—Young,!
the Alaskan flier, accompanied by |
his wife and small son, arrived
here. They are on their way
j to Detroit and New York on bus
! iness concerning the Aviation Cor
! poration.
“SSSENGER LISTING
STEM YUKON
The local arrivals on the S. S.
I Yukon other than the Seattle
listing (was:
From Ketchikan—
O. Nesthus, L. J. Swift, L. Schul
; man.
From Valdez—
John Cook, Cora L. Wright, Mrs.
Effie Wright.
From Juneau—
G. Vestal, Richard Jensen, Mrs.
P. O. Herriman, Lloyd Jarman, W.
Herriman, Wm. Hill, Tony Otten
schneider, E. H. Barthol£, Carl
i Olson, Mrs. E. M. Jones, Wm. J.
Wagner, Glenn Carrington, John
W. Jones, John Newmaker, G. W.
! Morgan.
From Latouche—
Dora Lidgate, Alevander Mayer,
W. W. French, Matt Sobol, M.
Barbol. •
SUCCEEDS BENN
WASHINGTON, June 6. (JP) —
| Charles E. Allen of Seattle was
| nominated by President Hoover
f be United States Marshal of Wash
ington, succeeding E. B. Benn.
WHEREABOUTS OF NOTED
.
I PARIS, June 6, (JP)—'The where
abouts of Aimee Semple McPher
ison, last heard from in Jerusalem,
remained as much a mystery with
,the arrival of her pilgrim band in
Paris.
Unshepherded by the famous Los
Angeles evangelist, members of the
band, now homeward bound from
their trip to the Holy Land, declare
that they had last seen their lead
er and her daughter Roberta, in
, Jerusalem. Her absence from the
entourage, James Apel, the party
declared, was no indication that
there had been any dissension
' within the ranks.
WHICH ONE" WINS
EAST'S TORF CLASSIC
- NEW YORK, June 6, (JP)—'The
Withers Stakes, one of the East’s
greatest turf classics was won by
Harry Payne Whitney’s brown colt
i “Which One” in easy fashion.
Time for the mile and a half was
t 2:06 3-5.
The winner was a favorite at one
to 10 and his victory was worth
$26,150 to his owner. “Swinfield”
was second and “Starpatch third.
A crowd of 30,000 watched the
race.
BOTTLE-NECK CLOSED
WINDSOR, Ont., June 6. (&)—
Ten export docks in border cities
which act as a bottle neck for
the liquor traffic to the United
States were closed by Canadian
authorities on word from. Ottowa
that liquor clearances for Ameri
can ports were to be refused in
the future.
CORPS HOSPITAL
HEROISM AND QUICK ACTION
OF NURSES PREVENTED
MAJOR DISASTER
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6, (/P)—
Fire of incendiary origin threaten
ed to destroy the U. S. Marine
Corps Hospital at 14th Ave., and
Lake St., and menaced the lives of
nurses and hundreds of patients.
The heroism and quick action of
nurses, roused from their sleep to
find their quarters turned into a
blazing furnace by ignited kerosen
soaked rags and rugs thruout the
hall of Building 16, are credited
I with preventing a major disaster
! The nurses found the central
hall of the building ablaze and
choking smoke filling the building
Awakening the other nurses in the
building, which housed 16 of the
women hospital aides, the women
made desperate attempts to ex
tinguish the fire. At the same time
they called Dr. R. H. Creel, officer
in charge, and the Marine Corps
Fire Department
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STUDENTS TRY BREAK
OP BULL-FIEHTINE
MELUN, France, June 6, (JP)—
Six students from Paris tried in
vain to break up bull-fighting here.
The spectacle is not legal in France
but the penalty is so light that pro
motors ignore it.
The students invaded the bul*.
'ring iust as the toreadors made
j their appearance and finally were
'repulsed after many fist fights with
attendants and spectators.
They were arrested but later re
leased. No bulls were killed and the
toreadors even refrained from us
ing bandcrilles.
GRAF HOME AGAIN
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, June 6, (A5)
_The Graf Zeppelin landed at 1:22
p. m. Eastern Standard Time, after
ian 18,000 mile voyage. The weath
er was clear and a tremendous
crowd greeted the huge ship home.
ROYAL 1 FORCE
PESHAWAR, June 6. OP)—The
Royal Air Force air column engag
ed in a combat with the Afridt
tribesmen, who were advancing
on Peshawar on a redding expedi
tion. The raiders were driven off.
It is reported that the troops
sustained some casnlties but the
number was not given.
POLITE BANDITS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6, (IP)—
Three of the politest bandits out
side of the penitentiary invaded an
Oakland bank, coudteously request
ed employees to keep quiet, helped
themselves to $4650 and drove away
with the loot.
DEMENTED BY LIQUOR
OROVILLE. Calif., June 6, UP)—
A victim of a man demented by
liquor according to officials, Mrs.
Arthur Guthrie, 47, was murdered
while she was preparing dinner in
the kitchen of her home. William
Kingist was found standing over
Mrs. Guthrie’s body, Deputy Sher
iff Ken French asserted.