Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV
NUMBER
235.
SEWARD, ALASKA.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THREE PRIMARIES
I SHIES RESULT
IN FEW UPSETS
ANDREWS, WHO FAVORS RE
PEAL, WINS OFT IN NEW
YORK
By Associated Press
Yesterday's primary voting in
• hree states revealed that Phil
ip LaFollette appeared as the
Republican nominee for Gov
ernor of Wisconsin, William But
ler of Massachusettes as the
choice of Republicans of his
hate for the Senate, and Gover
nor Frank Allen was renominat
ed by Massachusetts Republi
cans.
With 2625 out of 2824 pre
emcts reported LaFollette had
353,349; Governor Kohler 252,063.
Butler had a small but grow
ing margin over Eben Draper,
his wet opponent in the con
, rest for the seat now held by
Senator Gillett.
Marcus Collidge led Joseph
O'Connell for the Democratic
nomination to the same office.
Both are wet.
The Democratic opponent to
Aden will be Joseph Ely.
New York state’s primaries
is which national interest is
janited to nominations to the
House, showed defeat of Repre
sentative Wallace Dempsey, Re
publican and v eteran Chairman
of the rivers and harbor com
mittee. His successful opponent
being Gresham Andrews who
ravored dry law repeal.
Ruth Baker Pratt was given
the Republican nomination in
:he “Silk Stocking” district. No
-.psets appeared likely in other
races.
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SHE!! FORTUNE
Of ‘WII-DCITTOT
G0ES_ TD HIT
CLARION. Pa., Sept. 17- —The
will of Thomas B. Slick, known in
The oil fields of Oklahoma as “king j
the wildcats,” was filed here,
disposing of an estate estimated at
between $75,000,050 and $100,000,
0OG.
After arranging a trust fund to
eive his mother, who lives here, an
annual income of $5,000 Slick be
queathed rest of this estate to
his wife, Mrs. Bernice Slick of Ok
lahoma City and their three child- |
ren. Thomas B. Jr, 14; Betty, 12, |
and Earl, 8.
SHIRES TO MINORS?
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. (/P)—Art 1
"The Great” Shires may be doing ]
his prodigious linguistic feats in !
The minors before long. He asked 1
to be transferred to Newark after
he was unable to break into the i
Senator lineup, as a regular, it was;
reported here. j
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
EL CENTROO, Calif., Sept. 17- UP)
John Moore became so disgusted
'Her thieves had robbed hsi pool
com three times that he placed an <
. evert isement in the paper offer- l
ng to pay any burglar $25 to,pass <
..p his place and let Moore enjoy
night’s sleep. J
AMPHIBIAN CRASHES i
MEXICO CITY, Sept- 16. (/P) —:
Five persons were killed in the ill
' \fced crash of a big amphibian
> lane near Merida Yucatan.
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III INTERIOR MASKS
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 18, (/P)—
That a threat of winter is descend
| ing over Interior Alaska was
I manifest here during the last
two days but yesterday lifting
skies and a rising temperature
took place.
Snow fell generaly throughout
| central Alaska, about two in
j ches, falling in Fairbanks far
earlier than usual. The snow
1 fall was accompanied by tem
I peratures below freezing.
IHIHQ MCE EDS
i DISASTROUSLY FOR
THE SHOCK II
HALF OF MAIL SAIL FELL TO
DECK AND INTO THE SEA:
ENTERPRISE VICTOR
U. S. S. Kane, off the American
Cup Race Course; Sept., 17, (#*)
—The third race in the series
for America’s Cup, ended dis
astrously for the Shamrock V,
three-quarters after the start
when, running on even terms
with the Enterprise, the Sham
rock lost her mai' sail which bil
lowed down half-way to the
deck.
Half in the water, she imme
diately lost way and it appear
ed that the block which holds
the big wing to. the mast-head,
had been carried away.
The Enterprise started to come
around to her assistance when
the mishap occured, but then
turned back on the course ap
parently determined to sail out
the race and claim victory.
KELLOGG HONORED
GENEVA. Sept., 17. (7P>-Trank
Kellogg. former Secretary of
State, was elected a member of
the permanent Court of Inter
national Justice to replace the
lato Charles Evans Hughs.
MISTH EIHE'S
ITTEMPT FJILEO
DOVER. England, Sept. 17. (tP) —
An attempt by Miss Peggy Duncan
of South Africa to lower Gerty |
Ederle’s English Channel swim re
cord failed.
Miss Duncan, avored through-I
:ut the night by smooth water, but I
wz: forcec to battle her way into |
;he narbor A Dover aehns strong
counter rucdu-, and reached
South Foreland 16 hours and 25 '
ninutes after entering the water
it Cape Griz Nez on the French
;ide of the Channel.
ElICKSiTCLM 1
50ETIESN PENNANT|
NEW ORLEANS, Sept., 17. (/P)
—The Memphis “Chicksaws” j
dinched the 1930 pennant of the |
Southern Association when they
lefeated New Orleans.
With the pennant goes the:.
■ight to meet the champions of j
rexas in the annual Dixie ser- j
es for the Class A baseball title, j
Japan exports about 10,000,000 | '
old fish yearly mostly to United j (
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Mil BEHALF
HUBBARD SEEMS BEAR A
GOOD AND BA tEPU
TATIOJ
SEATTLE, Sept., *" (/P)—Two
score character corroborative
witnesses, including three Sup
erior Court Judges of King
; County, Prosecutor Edwin D.
1 Colvin and Sheriff Claude Ban
j nick, testified in behalf of the
prohibition officials on trial.
Corwin completed his testi
! mony yesterday.
Colvin said the reputation of
[ the defendants were “moSt ex
cellent.” Objections were raised
and caused him to modify his
reply to “good.”
Several of the witnesses testi
fied that the reputation of Hub
bard was bad.
A. C. Durham, Bellingham at
j torney, accused Hubbard of of
fering to “sell out” as the pros
ecution witness in a liquor case
at Bellingham.
Nine prohibition agents said
they had been urged to do every
thing they could to catch the
Olmsted gang and all other boot
leggers without exception.
Maurice Langhorn^. Tacoma
attorney who defended some of
those indicted in the Gray’s Har
bor conspiracy, testified that
Chris Curtis, ringleader, who j
was not his client, told him
he had never paid any protection
to or for Whitney. Curtis had
previously testified that he had
collected a huge amount of j
money for protection for Whit- !
ney, from the Gray’s Harbor or
ganization.
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PLANE PASSENGERS
A Pacific International Airways
Df Alaska plane, Pilot rank Dor
Dandt, arrived in Seward today i
:rom Anchorage and brought back
;o Seward three prominent local
msiness men, P. C. McMullen, El; !
vyn Swetmann, and Dr. A- R. Ro- ,
>erts. !
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THREE CONS ESCAPE
LEAVENWORTH, Sept., 17, (/P) i
—Placing dummies in their j
Dunks to represent sleeping men,
;hree prisoners escaped from the j
federal prison here. All were j
convicted of violation of the
Larrison Anti Narcotic Act. The '
nen were all under long sen- '
ences.
The highway which has been
milt along the Ku'silof river
his season by the Alaska Road c
Commission will aid greatly in J1
he development of that region.11
UTII1J OIL FIELO
SOLO TO LI. INTEREST
CORDOVA, Sept., 18, (JP)~
Sale of the Crescent No. 2 oil
claim of 160 acres to J. P. Galla
gher of Los Angeles by Dr. J.
A. Cameron, was made here.
The sale was made with the
stipulation that drilling start
within the year. The claim is
seven miles from Katalla and
was formerly owned by the
Alaska Coal and Oil Company
which drilled 700 feet finding
a heavy seepage before stopping
owing to financial difficulties.
WILL ESTABLISH SHORT WAVE
STATIONS THROUGHOUT
COUNTRY
NEWARK, Sept., 17, (#)—The
petition of the American Radio
News Corporation of New York,
owned by William Randolph
Hearst, for permission to locate
a short wave transmitting sta
tion at Carlstadt, N. J.. was
heard here bv the New Jersey
Public Utilities Commission.
After hearing two witnesses,
W. G. H. Finch, secretary and
chief engineer and R. H. Mar
riott, radio engineer, Emmit H.
Drew, the Commission’s engin
eer, was directed to ask Carls
badt officials if they objected to
the station. If objection is made
the hearing will be continued.
Testimony was given that the!
coroporation plans to establish
a series of stations in the United
States to distribute news to cli
ent newspapers by radio. A code
will be used that will enable op
erators of teleprinter machines
such as are used for telegraphic
news distribution.
BANNER CROP FOR
MEXICO THIS YEAR
MEXICO CITY, Sept., 17, (£>)—
Throughout Mexico they will
gather huge crops this year in
what is said will be the richest
harvest in the last 30 years.
Corn and beans are not only
plentifv1 but are of the best
quality, according to reports
reaching the Agriculture Depart
ment. Copious rains in time, are
responsible.
EARTH IS RATHER OLD
ACCORDING TO KAHN
KOENIGSBERG, Sept., 17, (/P) ]
—The age of the earth is fig
urger at three billion years by 1
Dtto Kahn, Director of Chem- (
ical Research Institue of Ber
in.
Knowing the speed of radio
emanation, he reached his con
tusion from the amount of lead <
n the earth which he regards <
is uranium or thorium, the ra- i
lio activity of which has been ]
'xpended, he explained. <
A freight train arrived in the
:ity last evening from up the
ine and departed today on a T
ound-trip to Tunnel. it
FIVE THOUSAND
POUNDS DYNAMITE
EXPLODES, run
FIFTY-ONE INJURED BY FLY
ING DEBRIS; PROPERTY
DAMAGED
EVERETT, Wash., Sept., 18,
(/P)—-One woman was critcally
injured and 50 others painfully
hurt by flying debris and "con
siderable property damaged for
miles around, when 5,000 pounds
of dynamite exploded in the
plant of the Puget Sound and
Alaska Powder Company, lo
cated seven miles south of here.
The plant and nearby build
ings were demolished. The loss
is estimated at $500,000.
The most seriously inju?£d wa^
Mrs. Harold Boushey, whose
jugular vein was nearly severed
by flying glass.
The explosion crushed in the
three-room cottage in which she
lived, close to the plant. Other
members of the family escaped
serious injury.
Bernice Laab, 14, lost ari eye.
The explosion followed a fire
which originated in the nitro
mixing vat w'here three men
were working overtime. They
reached a place of safety before
the detonation.
The regular shift of of 45 men
had left only a few minutes be
fore. Nearly all windows in the
town of Mukilteo, a mile away,
were broken and plate glass
windows in Everett also crashed.
Telephone lines were levelled
Peter David, president, said the
plant would be rebuilt.
WITNESS WAS VERY
SICK Mi WIEN
PIT ON THE STAND
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. (JP)—
At the time John MacDonald testi
fit d against Warren Billings he was
,i “very sick individual and a man
whose opinion I could not personr
?hy lend any weight ” This state
ment was made in affidavit by
Dr Howard C. Naffziger, Profes
sor of Surgery at the University of
California, College of Medicine.
The affidavit filed with the Jus
tice of the State Supreme Court re
pealed that Dr. Naffziger, an emin
ent brain specialist, personally at
ended MacDonald during the
:hree long illnesses at the San
Francisco County hospital- The un
??.pected termination ox the recent
hearings before the Judge pre
vented Dr. Naffziger appearing at
.hat time.
LAYS cornerstone:
NEW YORK ,Sept. 17. (£>)—Form
er Governor A1 Smith laid the cor
Terstone of the Empire State
Building which is to be the
vorld’s largest office building, fow
ling 102 stories high.
CONSIJLTA OF ROME
ROME, Sept., 17, {/P)—A:n ad
visory council to assist the Gov
ernor of Rome, who has hith
erto been virtually absolute in
)ower and reported anly to II
Duce, has been instituted. It is
ailed the Consulta of Rome and
s composed of 10 members.
The cost of raising trout hi the
latcheries is increasing, says the
ureau of fisheries