Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 116.
SL.VARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. 1930.
PRICK TEN CENTS
BANDIT RAIDS INCREASING; IN
HANDS OF MAIRAUDING
FORCES; NEAR NANKING
SHANGHAI. May 21, </P)—With
a series of major battles develop
mg along the 175-mile front north
of Nanking the provinces to the
south deorganized by powerful
bandit gangs, the Nanking govern
ment is facing a grave crisis
The combined forces of General
Yen Hsishan and Marshall Feng
Yu Hsang, reinforced by large units
under other commanders, appear
to have begun the general offensive
movement which has been in pro
gress of organization for months.
The Lunghai Railway, China’s
nly East-West rail, line is the
scene of furious fighting with both
sides claiming the advantage. Air
planes. tanks and machine guns
.re being used in far-flung carnage
and casualties are reported to be
heavy on both sides. The Nanking
forces are officially declared to be
Threatening Changchow which has
been the scene of the fighting for
a week. The railroad station there
has been destroyed by air raids and
Honan field, the headquarters of
:he rebels, bombed.
General Yen Hsishan is moving
to sieze all customs salt tax reve
nues of northern provinces. Mean
while the bandit raids in the pro
»inces to the south are increasing
:!aily. One or two provinces in
tact, are declared to be virtually in
the hands of the maurauding forc
es who are pressing nearer and
nearer to Nanking.
WHHK CHiBEB
GOMMEflCE g*K BICE
One of the season's best balls was
-neld at the Elks large ball room,
Saturday evening under the aus
pices of the Anchorage Chamber of
commerce. The hall was beautiful
vith its simplicity in decoration
ma the vari°us corners contained
merchant’s wares, displaying the
mtest in their wearing apparel or
' ,e best of electric household
utensil. in the center of the east
Slde> in the little alcove, a very at
tractive grocers display was ar
ranged. At this booth, a delight
fully refreshing punch was dis
pensed and at the far northeast
corner, delicious ice cream, placed
]n a cak* container, was served
irom an electric refrigerator.
In the other corners, a beautiful
display of Picard and silver ware
adorned tables the latest evening
and caPe for milady and
costume for the outdoor person;
electric mangier and range; a pro
duct from the Anchorage canneries
•n the display of their canned fish
an educational display of mine
rescue and first aid equipment by
.die Bureau of Mines.
All these plus a novelty in the
nne of a dance program, in which
an the Anchorage subscribers had
a dance number donated to them.
The Laughlin orchestra kept the
large crowd in a happy dancy mood
until a late hour when, with reluc
tance, they played the home sweet
home number.
Mrs. Peterkin, wife of a former
railroad man who is now operating
one of the largest dairies in Anch
orage, left for home today accom
panied by her son Billy.
FORMER SENATOR LOSES
ABILENE, Texas, May 21. (/P)— j
i Thomas Blanton, agressive Texas
congressman, who retired two:
! years ago to enter the senatorship ,
i race was defeated. Texas will re- j
turn to Washington as represent- j
ative of the 17th district Mrs. R.
M. Lee, who is succeding her dead
husband.
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| SANDWICH, Eng-, May 21. (/P)— j
Dr. Oscar E. Willing of Portland,
Ore., and R. W. Hartley of Great
Britain, rival players in the Walker
\ Cup play, tied for first place in the
gold vase tournament on the Sand
wich course. Each scored 148 for
36 holes.
i Don K- Moe, another Portland,
Ore., player, scored 71 on the
morning round for a tie with Lead
ers but his play got away from him
i in the afternoon.
DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 21, (TP)— i
The death toll from tornadoes in
Oklahoma and Texas has mounted I
to 86. with the addition of four j
deaths from a series of twisters
that swept thru eastern Oklahoma.
A large number of traveling men
are in the city awaiting the an
rival of the Admiral Evans on
which they intend to leave for j
the Westward.
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RETURN DF BUS I
NOT EXPECTED i
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WASHINGTON, May 20, (/P>_
Out of a bewildering deluge of con
tradictory announcements and ru- '
mors, official and political Wash
ington learned, with surprise, that J
President Hoover expects Embassa
dor Dawes to return shortly from
his post in London.
It is indicated at the same time
that Secretary Stimson^ does not
share that expectation for the!
State Department head told news- ,
papermen after the President had
confirmed the news that Dawes j
had not asked the Department’s >
permission to leave London and i
could not leave without it.
PAYS FORFEIT
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20, (/Pj— j
Marion Hollis, former women’s j
national golf champion, who re
cently made a fortune of over
$2,000,000 in the Kettleman Hills
oil field, has arranged to give $50,- '
000 of it to two friends with whom j
she agreed years ago on such a for- j
feit, should any of the three ac
quire $1,000,000.
IN CUSTODY
John Spudnick, owner of a ranch I
a few miles from Fairbanks, was 1
taken into custody by federal au
thorities for observation as to his :
mental condition and a complaint
alleging that he is insane was filed
with U. S. Commissioner M. R.
Boyd.
SUSPENDED AS EXECUTOR
LOS ANGELES, May 20, (IP)—
George Ullman, business manager
and close friend of tlm i,c Ru
dolph Valentino, lover of the fiims, j
was suspended as executor of the |
I Valentino estate. Charges of mis
management and misappropriation
;of state funds and attempted fraud ;
were made in Probate court as a
i preliminary to a petition for Ull
man’s permanent removal and ap
pointment of another administra
tor.
U. S. S. SARATOGA off Virginia
Cape, May 20, (/P)—Over the blue
waters of the Atlantic is massed
the naval power of the nation
which has been mobilized to march
in a stately parade under the eyes
of Commander-in-Chief Hoover;
then to display battle maneuvers
of sea and air off the shore.
A 10-mile sweep is the stage over
which the navy, for the first time j
in history, will be assembled to play j
its mimic warfare while the Chief 1
Executive looks on.
President Hoover is aboard the
new eight-inch gun cruiser Salt
Lake City.
INDIAN DISORDER
DHARSANA, India, May 21, (JP)
—For the second time since sue- j
ceeding Gandhi, Mrs. Naida has I
been arrested. The arrest was
made during a raid on some salt
deposits. Ten of Naida’s volun
teers were injured and many ar- ;
rested. The raid was featured by’
a strategic move by the volun
teers who divided into two bodies !
and then converged from two dir- |
ections upon the salt deposits, j
BRITISH CONDUCT
LONDON. May 21, (/Pt_The Brit
ish army in India has used air
planes in a bombing raid for the
first time in the disorders that
have followed upon the civil dis
obedience campaign.
Wedgewood Benn, secretary of
state for India, told the House of
Commons that Haji of Turangzai,
a chieftain of the northwest fron
tier, who has been within 20 miles
of the key city of Peshaw;ar, with
in the l^st few days, was bombed
after he refused to obey an order
to leave. i
BASEBALL
YESTERDAYS GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 7; Boston 4, 10 in
nings
St. Louis 8; Detroit 2.
Cleveland 7-7; Chicago 3-5.
These were the only games
scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5; Cincinnati 0.
Chicago 3; St. Louis 16.
Brooklyn 16; Philadelphia 9
Boston 4; New York 3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 11; Hollywood 6.
Los Angeles 8; Sacramento 5.
San Francisco 15; Oakland 2.
Seattle 1; Missions 17.
CHAMBER MEETING
William Sherman, superviser of
the Chugach National forest in
this area, and J. A. Ramsay, well
known Anchorage attorney, were,
guests at yesterday’s regular meet
ing of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce. They both gave in
teresting addresses.
MARRIES ACTRESS
NEW YORK, May 20, (/P)— Eddie
Foy, son of the late comedian of
the same name, married Barbara
Newberry, an actress.
NO WORD RECEIVED
WASHINGTON, Mhy 21. (/P) —
The War Department announced
it had received no word of the in
tention of Christian Cagle, army
football star, resigning from ser
vice when he graduates in June. No
application for resignation has
been received, it was officially
stated.
BROWNELL H Mi
GIVEN TWO m PE1IT
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WASHINGTON, May 21, (JP)—'The
Federal Power Commission author
ized a two year permit to D. C.
Brownell and L. V. Ray, prominent
residents of Seward, for the devel
opment of a power project with a
'capacity of about 2,240 horse power
on Lost Creek in the Chugach for
est.
The Commission also issued a
conditional preliminary permit for
one year to George T. Cameron of
San Francisco for 23,000 horse pow
er on Dorothy Lake Creek in Ton
gass Forest. The power is to be
used for the manufacture of wood
pulp and paper on the condition
that Cameron recieves a award for
timber for a plant.
EARLY BALLOTING
PHILADELPHIA, May 20, (JP)_
Early balloting at the primary for
United States Senator, Governor
and other officials is heavy in
spots. The reports indicated that;
Senator Grundy announced he vot
ed for Gifford Pinehot for Gover
noi. Army watchers are present
in some of the districts in Phila
delphia.
MLLET FUNS LOOK FWF
TO NEW MESTEiE
^ colonization program which
is being inaugurated by General
Manager Otto F. Ohlson, for the
development of farming lands in
Matanuska and Tanana Valleys
with the object ultimately of creat
ing additional tonnage for the Al
aska Railroad, is making an auspi
cious start, according to m d.
Snodgrass, who came North with
e fust party of prospective set
tlers and remained with them in
Matanuska valley until they had
found satisfactory locations, states
the Fairbanks News Miner
As a result of the efforts made to
the I r Pu0Pie lnto the dlstric‘.
bfVe been six locations in
Matanuska valley within the la
week, and there also is evidence of
increased activity among the old
imers of the valley, in™_
wm be h mtny additional acres
1 ‘ be brouSht under cultivation
this season. The slashing of last
fall totaled at least inn .
,ro„. east 100 acres in
various parts of the valley, and
the new arrivals will begin their
clearings this season.
A teetotaler
! LONDON, May 21, (^j—John
Masefield, England’s new poet
; laureate, announced that he is a
(teetotaler with respect to liquor
i but admitted he liked its appear
tance.
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In one of the oddest, shortest
and most uneven fights in Juneau
.ring history, Miles Murphy won the
main event of the American Legion
, smoker by a technical knockout
over Harry Berkeley early in the
second round.
To visit relatives in Norway and
[friends in Germany, Attorney Gen
eral and Mrs. John Rustgard left
^Juneau on the Princess Louise for
an absence of about three months.
PORT TIED UP BY STRIKE DOCK
WORKERS; GOVERNMENT
SUPPRESS DEFIANCE
CALCUTTA. India. May 21. (/P>—
A nationwide search for arms was
begun by the police and other gov
ernment authorities following the
distribution of pamphlets at Poona
Elsen urging the people to rise up
and overthrow the British.
The posters were signed ' Com
mander-In-Chief of the Hindustan.
Army”. The people were urged to
seize all arms possible.
The wholesale search for wea
| pons indicates the government’s
determination not only to suppress
any further show of defiance but
to make serious armed resistance
1 impossible.
In Sholapur, the scene of sangui
nary rioting and elsewhere, orders
have been issued forbidding the
assembly of more than five per
sons. The Port of Rangoon was
tied up by a strike of dock workers.
CANADA PASSES BILL "
OTTAWA, May 21. (£»)— The
government bill designed to deny
tne clearances of craft carrying
liquor to the United States passed
safely through both houses of
Parliament. The measure passed
the Senate yesterday.
According to the Fairbanks News
Miner, there were 18 students in
the graduating class of 1930.
Its members are Lois Spencer,
Kathleen Newton, Josephine King.
Marie Quirk, Patricia Hering, Amy
Kramer, Charlotte Lynn, Louis
Wehner, Harold Newton, Austin
Gibbs, William Thompson, James
Stewart, Paul Lien, Fred Parker,
Harold Schmidt, Tom Long, Frank
Burns and Lawrence Rogge.
Ed Huchison, former Anchorage
I mining man, who met his death
in Seattle when he was struck by
! a taxi-cab was well known in Se
ward were he had many friends.
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PARIS, BUENOS AIRES
ST- LOUIS, West Africa, May 21,
|(/P)—The first attempt at regular
air mail service from Paris to Bue
nos Aires was started by Jean Mer
moz, veteran French aviator.
With two companions, Mermoz
took-off for Port Nataly Brazil and
expected to cover the 1,700 miles
in less than 20 hours, although he
has fuel enough for 26 or 27 hours.
His crew is composed of M. Dabry
navigator and M. Guimie, radio
‘operator.
The S. S. Yukon of the Alaska
Steamship Company is due to
arrive in port Friday 1 A. M. from
the South.
Up to the time or going to
press nothing authentic as to
; when the S. S. Admiral Evans of
the Pacific Steamship Company
j is due to arrive in port but one
I report has it that the vessel will
arrive tomorrow.