THE COAST TERMI
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 67.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
QUICK ACTION OF
FIREMAN SAVED
PASSENGER TRAIN
ENGINEER PERFECT 49-YEAR
RECORD, DIED IN CAB;
HEART DISEASE
KANSAS CITY, March 25. 0?)—
The quick action of Fireman E.
E. Milburn saved a passenger
:rain of the Chicago. Milwaukee
from collision with a ffbight train
near Excelsior Springs Sunday
when Engineer George F. Robin
son, 68, died of heart disease.
The family wish to credit Mil
burn with keeping Robinson s 49-1
-ear record perfect.
The freighter was scheduled to j
:ake the siding and clear the way j
:or the faster train; Milburn was■
urprised to see the freighter had:
not yet been sided and found j
Robinson slumped in his seat, i
After shouting he leaped across
The cab and applied the air
brakes.
DEAD WERE MEMBERS OF
AUTO STEALING GANG; DE
TECTIVES ESCAPE
BUFFALO inarch 25. </P)— Fo»T
lien were killed in pistol duels
erith detectives and a fifth es
rr.ped from a hospital, although
wounded. The dead are Walter
Xrajewski, 21, who was sought by
police for killing Patrolman Carl
Wunderlich; Henry Piotroski, 20,
with a police record; Edward
Dombkiewzc, 17, a brother of Pet
er, who recently tried to cut the
throat of David Gllckstein, a
jeweler, in the supreme court, and
John Dzazdzynski, 22.
Eight automobiles were report
'd stolen within a short time Sat
urday night. The dead men
opened fire Erst, police said. Pio
trowski was wounded 11 times as
shotguns and pistols crashed. Two
♦ died on the operating table, the
fourth escaped; Krajewrli was
Killed in another car and when
wounded struck and broke a hy
drant.
The incoming and southbound
list of reservations on the S. S.
Admiral Evans of the P. S. S. Co.,
which arrived in port early last
evening from the Westward and
continued on south an hour later,
was as follows:
Juneau—Lieut- S. H. Hunsicker.
Seattle—John E. Sutherland,
Mrs. Marie Frantzen, GO. E. Mo
ran, G. W. Erick Frantzen, George
Lafever, George Cotter.
La touche—C. P. Lampare, Mrs.
L eonard Hooking.
^crdova—W. N. Cuddv.
From Sitkalidak—Jack McCord.
LADIES’ AH1* NOTICE
The Ladles’ Aid of the Commun
ity Church will meet tomorrow
(Wednesday) at 2 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Osbo.
W. N. Cuddy, U. S. District At
torney who lias been at Anchor
age for the last week on court mat
ters, passed thru town lastnight
en route to Cordova where a terir
of the district court is to be called
The S. S. Admiral Watson, of th<
Pacific Steamship Company, is dui
to arrive in port tomorrow moroins
from the south, according to th(
local office.
i
DEMO RULE UPHELD
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 25.
(/P)—The rules of the Democratic
party of Arkansas denying ne
groes the right to participate in
party primaries was upheld by the
State Supreme Court
NEW PROCESS TO
IS MINCED
EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN GO
ING FORWARD SUCCESSFUL
LY DURING PAST YEAR
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. (/P)!
—The development of a new proc- j
ess for extracting radium by
which it is hoped to make pos- j
sible large scale production and
consequent lowering of cost was
announced by the Mar John Mines
company.
The process is largely the work
of Arthur Hand Burton, metal
lurgist and chemist, and involves
the use of both the cathode Ray
& Hasse2mar current dynamic
electricity, the latter voltages
varying from 500,000 to 3,500,000.
Numerous experiments have
been conducted over a period of
omre than one year. The ability
to recovery radium by the new
method from radio active ones, in
the Old Mother lode country, has
been consistently demonstrated,
John Martin, president of the
company, said.
The ore is taken from the ap
parently and virtually limitless
i deposit of the Calaveras County
i vein, which extreme width is 50
i feet.
Zi.»m the normal period gl 90
days the time is cut to 30 in re
ducing the ore to radium salts;
it is expected that the time will
j fce cut down again to a week or
few days.
CHAIRMAN OF HOOVER SPECIAL
COMMISSION BEFORE COM
MITTEE
WASHINTON, March 25, (/P)—
Chairman Wickersham of the
Hoover Law Enforcement Commis
sion believes that the prohibition
law “can be measurably enforced
although the human appetite is
widespread.”
His prediction was given to the
senate judiciary committee. He
said a fair test must await oppor
tunity for enforcement under the
j Justice department as proposed in
! legislation before congress.
The committee was called by
Attorney General Mitchell to ap
! pear before it next week. Wicker
sham advocated modification cr
the Jones Act, which increased
penalties—the famous 5 and 10.
IT THE HOTELS
VAN GILDER—Mr. and Mrs.
John Bailey, Jack McCord, K.
Hubley, J. Mehem, Oscar Hart.
SEWARD—John Thevick, John
Peterson, Robert Carlson, Chris
Amodt, Oscar Erickson, Henry Lu -
cas, G. B. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs.
; C. R. Lampert.
OVERLAND—Henry Brown, M
S. Decker, C. E. Blanketship, J
Hubley, Jr., Lloyd Welch
Jack McCord, Westward f u 1
farmer and cattleman, was among
the arrivals last evening on the
Admiral Evans, from Sitkalidalr
Island, his headquarters.
George Nelson and Henry Lucas
well known licensed guides, arriv
ed in the city last evening fron
their lodge on Skilak Lake.
TCI OF EUROPE
PEOPLE ON CONTINENT KNOW
PRACTICALLY NOTHING OF
TERRITORY, ALASKAN SAYS
“Good beer and liquor made me
what I am today,” laughingly re
plied J. W. Blase, Anchorage
business man who arrived in
Seward Saturday from a seven
months’ tour of Continental Eu
rope, in answer to a query as to
where he had annexed the 35
pounds of additional “bay-win
dow,” belt measurement. “If I
get much fatter,” he added, “who
knows but perhaps I shall run
for mayor.”
It was Mr. Blase's second trip
to Europe and an exceedingly in
teresting one to Mrs. Blase and
himself. Naturally, he saw many
changes, but of the late fracas—
the World war—not an indication
was visible. Not a trace is de
tected and truly “all is quiet on
the western front.” But the peo
ple of Europe have solved one
riddle of the universe, Mr. Blase
said, in that they know how to
enjoy life as they go dowm the
Great Highway. There is no mad
scramble over there for the filthy
lucre which is the cause of all
evils to mankind; every one ap
pears to be or less contented;
they drink for the sociability of
the tiling, and it is seldom in
deed that a drunk is seen.
uver cnere proaioiuon nus uet-n
tried and found wanting, so ages
ago was ruled out. Today, there
io good liquor fo; all and the
jails are practically empty, as
are also court calendars. It
might be added here the position
is just reversed hi the United
•States. Here there is no good
liquor, it is against the lav/ to
sell it, and the jails and courts
| are cluttered up with violators.
1 Mr. 3iase stated he followed
j the loss of Colonel Eielson and
| Earl Borland, in Siberia last No
, vember, and the subsequent at
tempts at rescue from Alaska,
daily while hi Europe, through
American papers, which seem to
j have a wide sale through the
Continent. He found that Eur
opeans, as a whole, knew prac
| tically nothing of the Territory of
! Alaska, so taking Dame Oppor
i tunity by the forelock, he gave
many lectures; in Germany,
principally. Fortunately, he had
taken with him a number of
nuggets and. a small quantity of
quartz. The latter, especially,
greatly impressed his audiences,
for even many of the jewelers he
became acquainted with knew
little about raw gold; indeed
! many had never before seer
| quartz. On the trip across the
Atlantic, on the S. S. Cleveland
he gave Ills last lecture, speaking
for two hours.
Due to lack of cold weathei
and snow throughout Europe ir
' general, the numerous winter re
sorts were compelled to close
The people of Europe take theb
| sports seriously and especially tc
sluing. It is a common sight tc
see, at the close of a business
day in a large city, workers bj
the thousands, all dressed foi
| outdoors, with a small pack or
their back and dangling skiis
! wending their way out of tin
! cities and towns for the moun
; tains for a few hours of recre
j ation, or for over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Blase also visitec
! the world-famous winter carni
j val at Munich, where each yea:
j for a period of eight weeks, da;
and night, entertainment am
J fun reign supreme,
j The United States boxer
should keep a wary eye on Eu
i ropean fighters, Blase added, be
: cause it is astonishing the wa;
I boxing has developed; there ap
pears to be ample good tlmbei
Mr. Blase should know becaus
in his earlier years he was mor
, or less a boxer of note through
out the middle west and on th
l Pacific coast. Prior to coming t
Alaska some years ago he ref
MAY CONSOLIDATE
CHICAGO, March 24. (JP)—Re
ports are current that officials
of Sears, Roebuck and Montgom
ery Ward have been conferring
with the view to consolidate.
UNDER THE ICE
NEW YORK, March 24.—Under
the'ice by submarine from Spits
bergen to Alaska is the next ad
venture planned by Sir Hubert
George Wilkins, internationally fa
mous explorer, who has returned
to New York from his Antarctic
expedition.
CLAIMS RECORD
CASSEL, Germany, March 24.
(/P)—Air Pilot Resch of Wuerz
burg claimed a record parachute
descent of 5,200 meters, approxi
mately 17,333 feet, as compared
with the previous record of 4,350
meters.
NOT PROHIBITED
| PARIS, March 24. (/P)—Amer
| ican automobile manufacturers
| have been informed the French
. government has decided not to
I impose a prohibitive tariff on
American automobiles and parts.
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HERB TURNED DOWN
WASHINGTON, March 24. (IF—
| The house of representatives
| turned down, by an overwhelming
I vote, President Hoover’s proposal
! for $3,000,000 additional relief
| fund for Porto Rico and an in
crease in the amount for post
| office construction. Most of the
money was to go to ease unem
j rloymeot
QUEEN VERST ILL
I LONDON, March 24. (P)—Her
condition grave, Queen Victoria
| of Sweden, who has been ill for
several weeks, took a decided turn I
| for the worse, according to an j
j Exchange Telegraph dispatch
! from London.
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ATLANTIC FLIGHT
i
j MEXICO CITY, March 24. (IP)—
i Col. G ustavo Leon of the Mexican
air forces is rapidly going ahead j
with plans for a flight from Mex
ico City to Paris, with New York
j as his one intermediate stop,
early in May.
STOCK DEAL TAX
WASHINGTON, March 24. (£>)—
A bill, levying a tax of from 50
per cent down to 1 per cent on
; margin stock deals, was intro
; duced to Congress by Represen
| tative McLeod of Michigan.
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DEATHS INCREASED
j SACRAMENTO, March 24, (JF~
! Automobile deaths in California
have increased 20 per cent during
j the last year.
1
ereed a number of coast battles.
In Europe he took in a boxing
card on an average of once every
two weeks and the boys he
watched made a distinct impres
sion upon him.
Touching briefly upon avia
tion, he said Europe is far ahead
of the United States; that the
entire continent is traversed with
hirlanes with huge passenger
carriers humming along continu
ously. Accidents were few and
far between and schedules fairly
well maintained unless weather
conditions were severe. The rail
road service, also, he said, was
faster, an average speed of 100
miles an hour being maintained
over most of the lines.
In the eastern portion of the
United States Mr. Blase noted
that business conditions were
quiet, the aftermath of the Wal]
Street crash. In the middle west
conditions seemed better and in
the west he found things quite
active, though Seattle was quiet
er than usual, he thought.
Prior to leaving for Europe last
year Mr. Blase sold out his en
tire business holdings and prop
erty in Anchorage and at thi;
time is undecided just what busi
ness he will embark in or when
he will locate.
WILKINS AT FUNERAL
DETROIT, Mar. 25. (/P)—Sir Hu
bert Wilkins is at the Crossly Air
port awaiting favorable weather
reports to permit him to hop off
for Hatton, N. D., to attend Colonel
Eielson’s funeral. He said he hoped
to start the trip today and if the
weather continued to be unfavor
able would start in the morning.
DRY LAW AN UNMIXED BLESS
ING, DECLARES MISS
BOOTH
WASHINGTON, March 24. (A3)—
The late William Howard Taft,
once President and chief justice
of the United States, praised re- !
suits of the Eighteenth amend-1
ment as glorious, late in his life, ’
although he had first despairedj
of success for the dry law.
Such was the testimony given
before the house judiciary com- \
mittee by Horace Taft, brother of
the deceased chief justice. Mr.
Taft also declared that anti-pro- !
hibitionists are not playing- the!
game in using old correspondence
of his brother to picture him as
a member of their ranks.
A statement from Commander
Evangeline Booth of the Salva
tion Army portrayed improve
ment in the condition of the
classes that come within the
scope of the Army’s work and
called the dry law an unmixed
blessing.
TWO COib Uli-owrN
JENNINGS LODGE, Ore., March
25. (rPs—Delmar Briggs atd cousin,
Charles Howerton, both 13, were
drowned in a rowboat while cross
ing the Willamette where their
boat overturned. The bodies were
not recovered.
TARIFF BILL PASSED
WAS HINTON, March 25, </P) —
The Senate passed the tariff bill
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
I WASHINGTON, March 25. (/P)—
j A resolution ashing for an inves
; ligation into the official conduct
j of Federal Judge Anderson of the
Western Tennessee district, was
i introduced by Senator La Guardia.
BIG HOBOKEN FIRE
HOBOKEN, March 25. (/P)—
This city’s worst fire since 1900
swept upper waterfront piers 15
and 16 of the Lamport & Holt
line, demolished and consumed
merchandise, freight cars and
shanties. The damage may mount
to $4,000,000.
AMODT VISITING HERE
Chris Amodt, fine oldtimer of
•the Hope district, came into town
last night from his placer ground
on Lynx creek, where he and his
i younger partner, Roy Jacobs, are
doing fairly well. A number of
thousands of dollars were taken
last summer and at least the same
is expected this year. Roy is en
route to Seward on the S. S.
Northwestern, following a visit to
relatives outside. Their work is
limited owing to having a ditch
! sufficient only for one nozzle.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Place Tern. Condition
Seward—40. Cloudy; calm
Divide—26. Part cloudy; calm
Hunter—27.Part cloudy; calm
Grandview—20. Clear; calm
| Tunnel—27.... Clear; calm
Moraine—25. Clear; calm
; Girdwood—22. Clear; calm
Anchorage—18 Part cloudy; calm
Talkeetna—5. Clear; calm
Curry—14. Clear; calm
Broad Pass—4. Clear; calm
Healy—5. Clear; calm
■ Nenana—12. Part cloudy; calm
Fairbanks—10..... Cloudy; calm
, t _ m ,
; Capt. Hofstad has been assign
• ed to the command of the Auklet
» relieving Capt. C. E- Tibbetts
placed on the retired list.
million DOLLARS
IN TWELVE YEARS
FROM THIS AREA
SITKA SPRUCE, NATIVE OF AL
ASKA, ONE OF FINEST WOODS
IN THE WORLD
“Our purpose is to encourage such
enterprises which will utilize our
ripe forest crop,” stated W. M.
Sherman, forest ranger in charge
of this area of the Chugach Na
tional Forest, a visitor in the city
a few days ago. “We grow the tim
ber and when it is ripe we want
to harvest it. As far as Alaska
timber being inferior to that grown
in the states Alaska timber is just
as good as in any man’s country.
"In fact,” he added, “S i t k a
spruce, a native of Alaska, Is con
sidered the greatest wood known.
It was used extensively during the
World War in the construction of
airplanes. It is also used exten
sively for many other purposes and
in the making of pulp for paper
it is unsurpassed. Western hem
lock, found in the coastal areas,
comprises over 70 per cent of the
standing timber in Alaska and
makes excellent pulp as well as a
good average grade of lumber. The
hemlock located between Seward
and Anchorage is unbeatable as tie
timber. It is not uncommon for
Alaska hemlock to last 12 to 15
years without being treated. Ties
imported from the states will last
for several years, not more than
eight, when treated, but if not
treated the-Tr life is about two
years.”
Kr ngci' air nr. , *
j:w<-.ns Ji' starting a mill
should write his office because ev
ery available resource will be ex
tended them to the end of secur
ing available data, best sites, ma
nure timber, etc.; that, as he said
[before, the forestry department is
very anxious to encourage sourcts
for disposal of ripened timber.
A growing tree is a potential re
source. Forestry comprises growing
and harvesting trees. Where a
farmer grows and harvests a crop
* in a year , not so with the foiest j.
I Here, the crop does not reach ma
turity for at least 150 years. In
iAlaska is found the only remain
ing stand of real virgin timber in
|the United States, Ranger Sher
man said, and he estimated that
in the coastal forests of Alaska
; there were 84 billion board feet
of timber. In the Interior, which
is but little known, it is estimated
there are three million cords.
During the last 12 years over a
million dollars has been spent in
.this locality of the Chugach Na
tional Forest—between Seward and
i Anchorage—for ties, timber, piling,
I etc. Unlike a mine, though Ihts
large amount has been taken away,
the forest remains practically,
'so to speak, untouched. Which
| again recalls that the practice of
! forestry is not alone fighting for
!est fires, as many people believe,
and maintaining a policy of con
jservation, but in raising timber
crops to maturity, then disposing
of it.
Don rrnr
I jL XIV/ XLkiJ v UX btVJLV i*
j Sherman’s interview will appear
tomorrow. Added to the above it
1 is of too great length for one read
ing as it is the purpose of this ac
count to set forth a few facts at
| a time so that they may be remem
bered, so few people really realiz
ing the important work being car
ried on in Alaska by the Forestry
department, and of their value to
this immediate district.
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tj MANSFIEI I), Ohio, March 25.
i; (jp)—Engineer Charles A. Bell was
. killed and Fireman P. F. Jenson
l badly scalded when an engine of
l the westbound Pennsylvania Pull
i man train left the rails six miles
west of here Sunday.
The engine, two baggage coaches
, and the express car left the rails,
,(but none of the Pullmans; no
passengers were injured.