Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV NUMBER 232.
SEWARD, ALASK, .
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930.
price ten cents
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MAKE STOP SI
NOME FOR FUEL
BOTH FLIERS FAMILY MEN;
BROMLEY, CANADIAN;
GATTY, AUSTRA.
SOMBONGI. Japan, Sept., 15,
, .jp!—Starting a flight of 4,532
miles, Bromley and Gatty took
at 5:08 Sunday morning for
Tacoma, Wash. The time here
-a-as 12:08 p. m. when the mon
oplane lifted off the beach at
Samishiro and started from Ja
pan's main island on one of the
most hazardous flights ever un
dertaken.
It was planned to make the
air flight a non-stop but sud
den heavy storms and typhoon;
may interrupt such a plan.
A stop may be macie at
or at some other part in Alaska
*or fuel. The course lays along
->e Kuriles, northern Japan, the
great circle across the Pacific, |
or.d the Aleutian chain. j
The plane carries a radl° ^
capable of communicating 2.500
miles. ,, ,.fo
They also have a rubber hfe
v.-at on board. Bromley is
^ars old, a Canadian, and nas
; wife and a six-year old son.
He has flown 3.000 hours.
Gatty is a graduate of the
Ryal Naval Academy of Aus
''ralia. He has a wife and three
children in Los Angeies.
EKNEKf LOi Of
$3,130,ill IS SOUGHT
SANTO DOMINGO. Sept., 15, V?)
— After a conference with Presi
dent Trujillo, the survey commit
appointed to estimate the pro
loss in the recent hurricane
made primary plans to seek ar
emergency loan of about $3,000.00(
the United States.
The President had definite ie
. ■ t that the American Red Crosi
•• s feeding 18,000 in one sectioi
the city and considered it nec
Isary to provide for 30.000 shd
rless refugees and find woik fo
. -.any more.
battle fire at sea
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.. 15. (/P)
W:th flames pouring from her hoi
TTronPlj
co owned
rived in
her crew
owned by the McCormick Steam
ITALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL
BRINDISI, Italy, Sept-, 15, </P)—
C: unt Galleazo Ciano, son-in-law
* Premier Mussolini, sailed for
Shanghai, where he will act as
Italian Consul General.
ST- LAWRENCE WATERWAY
WASHINGTON. Sept., 15, (IP)—
" e United States has forwarded a
-*■■9 to the Conservative govern
. ent of Canada urging that it co
operate with Americans in develop
ment of the St. Lawrence water
The development would be
, advantage to both countries.
25-FOOT FALL IN SLEEP
"sEVTV vORK, Sept., 15, UP) Col
: -die Rickenbacker, world wai
; e. is nursing several injured ver
orae as the result of a 25-foot fal
a sleep walking expedition.
illCI YRCHT
TAKES FUST RACE
_
NEWPORT, R. I., Sept., 15, (/P)
—The Enterprise won the first
race for America’s Cup ftotn
Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock
V.
The Enterprise crossed the
line four hours, two minutes^ and
50 seconds after the start and
jWas a thousand yards in the
| lead.
, The Enterprise is sailed hy
: Harold S. Vanderbilt. The U. S.
■ vessel led all the 30 miles.
BROMLEY TURNED BACK
TOKYO, Sept., 15, (/P)—Brom
ley turned back from his pro
i jected nonstop flight over th«
Pacific and landed at 6 a. rn
1 near the village of Shiritsuki
on Cape Shiriya, Aomori pre
; fecture. and only a few mile
I from where the flight startec
j
THIRD SKILL THOT
OVERLOOKED. ILSIli.IL!
MIC TEHINE
NEW YORK. Sept. 15. I>P)—
The possibility that a third skull
may have been photographed
and left behind unknowingly by
the Norwegian expedition of Dr.
Gunnar Horn which solved the
33 year-old mystery of the dis
appearance of the Swedish bal
loonist Dr. Andree. was made
known >i?re today.
When a photograph of die
landing place of the expedition
was enlarged by the Associated
Press a well preserved skull was
found resting among the rocks
of the desolate terrame of the
island.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGL E
(Second half of season'
3 Club
i Hollywood .
- Los Angeles .
- San Francisco .
r Oakland
Sacramento
Mission
Portland
CaoHIp .
” national league—
d ,
W. L.
44.. ..27
37.. 28
34 ...31
32 34
31. 34
29.-37
28 36
26 39
W. L.
83 60
Brooklyn .
St. Louis .
Chicago . .
New York
Pittsburgh
Boston .
Cincinnati .
Philadelphia .
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Cleveland
)etroit
82. .60
81.-60
77.. .65
74 . 67
.67 78
55 o4
43 93
5t. Louis
Chicago
Boston
W. L.
96. 4"
.88....54
80 . 63
76 . 69
70 73
59 . . 84
56 86
46 65
SOLO FLIGHT TO PARIS
ROOSEVELT chas’
>1 ^Chicago was
;P Ee said he planned to lak<
within the next few days, or a
?oon as his motor and instrument,
ran be checked, provided weathe
conditions' were favorable.
DELEGATE CANDIDATE j
George B. Grigsby, democrat- j
ic candidate at the general elec-;
tion in November for Delegate
from Alaska to Washington, re
turned from the Westward last
night on the SS Admiral Wat
son Mr. Grigsby, a guest at the
Van Gilder Hotel, is making a
I tour of the Territory in the m
j terest of his candidacy
\mmrnm.
IN THE AIR Fi ME
i THAN 24 IIS
CORRECTION. Sept., 15, {&)
Bromley is at the village o
[ Shitsukari. The fliers had beer
! I in the air for 24 hours and 5!
j minutes.
■ They left the beach at Sam
Jbongi at 5:08 a. m. Sunday. Thi
5! ended the fourth attempt c
■ Bromley to span the Pacific.
! . ,_ ...aoHidi* mndition
nuvcioc --
and fog forced the fliers back. .
Liners received messages from | |
the fliers who went 300 miles j *
off Cape Lopatka, the souther- j
most end of the Kamchatka
Peninsula. Indicators a^re that
they had flown about 2,400 miles, j
TREATMENT OF LEPROSY i
HONOLULU. Sept-, 15, (/P>—A
new product of Chaulmoogia oil,
which is watery and soluble, has
been developed here and may re
volutionize the treatment oi lep
rosy, it was announced by the
Chemical Department of the Uni
versity of Hawaii
SEIZED AND HIDDEN
NEW YORK, Sept., 15, (/P»—Gov.
Huey P. Long of Louisiana, candi
date for Democratic Senatorial
nomination, was brought into F ed
erad court and questioned concern
ing the whereabouts of Samuel
Irby and James Terrell, who we. e
seized ana niaueu ^s
^ould file slander suit against the j
Governor. The Governor said he
did not know where either were.
PRODUCERS, REFINERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.. 15. (#)—
The price of gasoline is going up
in California. This is the inter j
pretation placed upon a lettei sent;
to Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of
the Interior, by H. R. McMillan of j
Los Angeles, president of the Cali
fornia Oil & Gas Association. This!
organization^ embraces pi actually
all producers and refiners in the
j state, both independent and major.
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CITIZENS SHOT DOWN j
BOMBAY, Sept., 15, (£>)—A re
port just issued by the Peshawai
inquiry committee, charges that
firing by the military forces at
Peshawar last April, in which th~ j
government anounced that 23 per
sons had been killed, was in reality
a massacre with at least 125 un- j
armed citizens being shot down in
cold blood.
OVER-PRODUCTION
NEW YORK, Sept-, 15, <;P) lU'
an address to the Merchants Asso
ciation, President Richard Whit
ney of the exchange, declar
ed that the .present business de
pression was causd by over-pro
duction and an attempt to main
tain price levels in the face of de
creasing production costs
KILLED IN ACTION
I SIMLA, India, Sept., 15, (£*)—
: j Raiding Afghan tribesmen on the
; Northwest frontier were fought
> i back by the British troops. It it
t: reported that 10 British weie Kill -
jed in action.
WILL LIFT THE LID |
HID EXPOSE GRIFT
SACRAMENTO, Sept., 15, (^P)—
! Governor C. C. Young indicated
i he would lift the lid completely ,
off the “fight racket” in Cali
fornia to expose its crookedness
to the public’s gaze.
It is full of many attempted t
“fixings” and “frameups” in the!
I boxing business, accoiding to j
Commissioner Charles Traung
and others in San Francisco.
The chief executive seemed de
termined to clean up the so
called sport.
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i VALENTINE BURIED
; ! JUNEAU, Sept., 15, (/P)—With
l the fire hall flag at half mast
l and the tolling bell clapper
muffled, the funeral of Emery
- Valentine, organizer of the de
s partment, took place yesterday,
f Firemen escorted the body to
the cemetery with a fire truck.
s
IMS FUG
FSS1 HI II
siys lust mm
TOKYO, Sept., 15, (/Ps—Sun
lay’s radio indicated that Brom
ey and Gatty had passed sea
yard off Etorofu Island in the
Kuriles Chain of Islands, northm
fapan. at four in the afternoon
ind had passed over Nemu
Strait near Cape Siretoko the
easternmost point on Hokkoido
Island.
At three in the afternoon. Pa
cific Coast standard time he was
flying fast and low over the
water. .
Indications were that his
ing speed averaged about 11
miles an hour being assisted b>
I Strung n*
NATIONAL league—
Pittsburg 8, 7; New York 6, 3.
St- Louis 9, 4; Boston 2, 7
Brooklyn 8, Cincinnati 3. The wii
or Brooklyn was its tenth straighl
[t was also the Reds 10th straig
iefeat. Elliot relived Thurston o
:he Reds in the last of the eight
No other games.
AMERICAN LEAGUE—
Chicago 2, Washington
1. Gam
„ent for 10 inning*. —
•ookie twlrler, beat Crowedr in a,
pitchers’ battle.
Philadelphia 7, Cleveland 1.
New York 10, Detroit 3. Ruffmg
held Detroit to seven hits while he
drove in four runs with a tripl
and two doubles.
Boston at St. Louis, ram.
pacific coast league
Sacramento 3. T, Seattle 0, 4.
Portland 9, 0; Oakland 4 T i
Los Angeles 3, 5; Hollywood 4 I.
San Francisco 11, 6; Missions .
HUNTER KAYOED BEAR
STE. PERPETUE, Quebec, Sept.,
15 (/p)_There have been no indi
cations as yet of an influx of fight
managers looking for a good op
ponent for Canera, but Gerard
Fournier, was hunting deer when a
bear rushed him and knocked his
rifle from his hands. Gerard wal
loped Mr. Bear with a terrific le.t
and followed it with a right that
sent bruin reeling. Then Gerard
got his rifle and bruin was kayoed
;for keeps.
FALL
WARNING FOR REPUBLICANS
TO WAKE UP, GET REAL
OPENING FOLLOWERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. ,15, (/P)—
The Wet and Dry question is an is
sue of moment in the autumn
Congressional elections and possi
bly as outstanding issue in the
Presidential campaign of 1932 is
getting a wide-spread discussion
in Wasnington.
Standing setback for the Drys of
Michigan in the Republican pri
maries brought home to prohibi
tionists the fact that opposition is
strong. President Hoovej- has re
mained silent however.
| Governor Franklin Roosevelt’s
plain statement advocating the
repeal of the 18th amendment
ilicited comment irom nemy
Durran, president of the associa
,ion against prohibition. Mr. Cur
:an said the events of the last 24
nours are a direct warning to the
Republican party to wake up and
get a real opening of the Republi
can followers or “The Democrats
will do it for them election day”.
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GOOD PISS SCENT
TURN. IN (NT ESSE
STEEPER PETUE. Zuigia, Sept.
15 (/p)—There have been no in
dications as yet of an infulx o:
fight managers looking for a
1 good opponent for Camera, but,
Gerard Fournier was hunting
deer when a bear rushed him
and knocked his rifle from his
hands.
Gerard walloped Mr. Bear
with a terrific left and follow
i ed it with a right that sent Mr.
Bruin reeling. Then Gerard
got his rifle and the bear was
kayoed for keeps.
ATTACK IT. S. SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Sept., 15,
Repeated attacks accompanied by
heavy firing from trench mortars,
i machine guns and rifles against
the American Naval and Merchant
t vessels passing up the Yangtse
f River, were reported to the State
t. Department. Frank Lockhart,
American Consul-General at Han
kow, cabled no casualities had
e been reported and that foreign
o bnvp reoeatedly returned
:he fire.
EARTHQUAKE, ERUPTION
MESSINA, Italy, Sept., 15, (£>)—At
east five persons were killed and
several score injured in a simul
taneous earthquake and eruption
of Stromboli * volcano near here.
The eruption blew off the cone of
Stromboli.
WATER SHORTAGE
ANNAPOLIS, Mr., Sept., 15,
A shortage of drinking water is
threatening Annapolis Water De
partment, engineers announced.
The city has only enough water
for four or five days unless re
i lief is secured, they said.
STAGING OBSCENE PLAY
NEW YORK, Sept-, 15, (/O—A
squad of plain clothes detectives
raided the play “Frankie and
Johnnie”, and arrested John Kirk
land, author, 10 members of the
cast and four others connected
with the show- They were charged
with staging an obscene play.