Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 225.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BE HEAOOUARIEBS
FOB SIGH CORPS
BIG SUM WILL BE SPENT FOR
ANOTHER STATION 114
MILES FROM HERE
SEATTLE, Sept., 5, (/P)—'The
expenditure during the next
three years of approximately
$300,000 in expanding radio com- ’
munications between the Paci- •
lie seaboard and Northwest Alas
ka is announced bv Colonel F. i
J. Griffin, who is in charge of J
operations for the expansion of
radio facilities.
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This was announced as neces- ,
sary because the cableship Del
Iwood is to be placed on a war
reserve basis October 19.31 which
renders it unavailable for im
mediate cable repairs to the cable. I
The Signal Corps are to build i
a station and four or five trans
mitters near Seattle.
Griffin said that Anchorage is !
probably the best adapted point
for relay work and a station will |
be erected there at a cost of ap- j
proximately $100,000.
Seward, however, will not be
abandoned as the wire telegraph
from Seward to Anchorage will
be ample service. Anchorage wall
be the collecting station for all
messages from northern Alaska
to the - states connecting Bristol
Bay districts.
Nome will be a substation for
Bering Strait; Fairbanks a sub
station for central Alaska.
It is probable that a new re
ceiving set will be installed at (
.Mountain Point to avoid relay (
- . Ketchikan and expected to
establish a direct channel from
Juneau to Anchorage.
flBOli SELLS
THE SE1RG BUEIT
In a business deal which ac
tually began September 1 but
t . :ly completed Wednesday to
■ he satisfaction of all concern
: . the Seward Bakery was sold
by Carl G. Robinson to F. L.
K.ke of Ketchikan. The consid
eration involved was not men- i
tioned. j
Mr. Lake, who arrived a few \
days ago, accompanied by Mrs. |
Lake, comes to Seward with a,
.... -uad.d reputation as a busi- j
man, baker and caterer.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson propose
to remain in the city until the
tier part of the month when
they depart for Sitka and open
up a brand new electric bakery. I
Mr Robinson has made a won- j
rful success of his business
here during the last two and ;
one-half years and it goes with- I.
' at saying he will do likewise at L
Sitka
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Their many friends will regret (
their departure. I
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GOOD FOR ED
JUNEAU. Sept, 5, U?)—Ed
Erooker, Kodiak and other sec- i
: ons of Alaska restauranter, j i
mining man and for years a j}
..ember of geological survey j t
."ties in the North, is going I,
:: the States for the first time I j
in 28 years. [t
| | PATTERSON AT BARROW
| Barrow, Sept., 5, (/?)__'The M. !
IS. Patterson was the first vessel j
| to arrive from the East, towards
MacKenzie River, and is waiting
now to pick up mail. The vessel
has aboard two Polar bear cubs
for a zoo. Charles Brower and
daughter are taking a year's va
tion outside and will come south
on the Patterson. Stormy weath
er continues and much ice.
WINTER SCHEDULE OF
P. S. CO. ANNOUNCED
The winter schedule of the
Pacific Steamship Company, as
announced today from the "Seat
tle office, follows:
The SS Admiral Evans, now on
tier way north and last trip, will
not return.
The SS Admiral Watson will
sail September 24 on her last
trip.
The SS Admiral Farragut sails
October 22 and every 28 days
thereafter.
INQUIRY STARTED
CHICAGO, Sept., 5, (/P)—Inquiry
has been started into the death of
Capt. Arthur Page, who died of in
juries sustained in the 200 mile air
race for the Thompson trophy.
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FAILED TO QUALIFY
PEBBLE BEACH, Del Monte,
Sept. 5, OP)—Lawson Little, Jr., of
San Francisco, lead the field in the
amateur California golf champion
ship. Jack Neville of San Francis
co defending champion, failed to
qualify.
RECORD DRY SPELL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, <P)— j
urougnt in North Carolina states
is becoming worse and has defin
itely passed in severity the record
dry spell of 1901, Secretary of Ag- !
riculture Arthur M. Hyde an- j
nounced
PRINCE PROMOTED
LONDON, Sept., 4. (/P)-The pro- I
motion of the Prince of Wales to j
be Lieutenant General of the Bri- I
tish army, Air Marshal of the Ro
yal Air Force and a Vice Admiral !
of the British navy was announced j
by King George.
“MEANEST MAN WORLD”
| HOUSTON, Tex., Sept., 4, (JP)
D. Payne, Amarillo attorney who
was to stand trial for the murder of
I his wife, killed himself by explod
ing nitro glycerine beneath his cot
in prison. He had termed himself
the “meanest man in the world”
and swore he would not face court, j
ELIMINATE RED TAPE
ORANGE, Va. Sept. 4, UP)— (
President Hoover asked Post Office;
and Treasury officials to eliminate !
red tape in an effort to hasten the j
construction of projects of the Fed- !
eral government- Action was taken
in an effort to relieve unemploy- :
ment.
TILDEN SELECTED
NEW YORK, Sept., 4. (/P>—j
Bill Tilden is selected as num
ber one among the American!(
members who will compete in
the National singles tourna
ment which begines Saturday. .
Jean Borotra is headed as num-1
ber one among the foreign stars.l.
FAMOUS FRENCHMEN TAKE
OFF AFTER FOUR HOURS
OF SLEEP
UNDATED, Sept. 5. (/P) — The
scarlet £>lane “Question Mark”
left Curtis Field at 6:55 a. m. E.
S. T., enroute to Dallas, Texas, to
claim the $25,000 prize offered j
by Colonel William Easterbrook
for the first one stop flight from
| Paris to Dallas.
The Frenchmen Coste and Bel
lonte took off after four hours
of sleep and expected to land in
Texas in 10 or 11 hours.
The plane was well over Ohio j
three hours after the takeoff and
was headed direct in an airline I
-or Dallas. Dallas is afflutter with |
American and French flags await
ing the arrival. A national radio
hookun has been nrenared fnr
the greeting of the Frenchmen
late in the afternoon.
YOUNG ENGLISH HL
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The Earl of Aylesford, London,
and J. G. McCombe, of Montreal,
were among yesterdays promi
nent arrivals from the south en
route to the Interior where they
will investigate mining proper
ties and later, upon reaching
Seward again, go for a brown
bear hunt on the Kenai Penin
sula.
The Earl, upon conclusion of
his Alaska tour, will embark at
Vancouver, B. C„ for the Orient.
Aviivumuc, niacha OUlIcgc
! graduate, is making first trip
back in three years being now
engaged in Eastern Canada at
his profession, mining engineer.
He is accompanying the Earl on
the present iourney.
This afternoon the Earl en
joyed his first contact with a
real newspaper plant when he
not only watched the thundering
presses but set his name up on
a linotype.
HE STOCK MARKET
(By Associated Press)
Int. Tel. and Tel. 41, Ameri
can Can 127, Stand. Oil, N. J.
68, Richfield Oil 16, Crown-Zel
lerbach, 11, Lehigh Valley Coal,
no sale; Alaska Juneau 6, U. Oil
of Cal., 43, Goldman’s-Sachs
Curb 19, Bancorporation 31, Ken- j
necott 34, Steel 167, Radio 39,
Cons. Gas 106, Carbide 77, Motors
44, Durant 4. j.
WILL CONTINUE ATTACK
NEW YORK, Sept., 5, (/P)—Assert- 1
ng democratic criticism of Presi- <
aent, noover nas been mild com- <
pared with the new republican j
crjticism of him in Congress, John
J. Raskob, chairman of the Demo
cratic scandal committee, declared (
his party will continue to attack v
the administration on tariff and e
farm relief. The Republican s|c
charged the President has been r
slandered. * e
WATSON NORTHBOUND ]
SEATTLE, Sept, 4, (/P)_Th<
SS Admiral Watson, of the P
S. S. Co., sailed from Seattle
yesterday morning at 10 car
; rying 29 passengers of which
five were for Seward as follows:
-Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Curtis and
| two sons, and Mrs. E. E. Dover
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UPPER TANA! IS
HISING RAPIDLY
FAIRBANKS, Sept., 5, (/P)—
| Reports from upper Tanana
| said the river ls rising rapidly
i and is now at its highest state
of the summer.
Water from the Tanana is
running over the Richardson
| Highway in the. vicinity of Ms
Carthy and has blocked travel.
When the flood stage reaches
Nenana conditions are likely to
be worse. Local agencies are
handling relief. The Chena
Slough waters are receding.
CHINESE WARFARE
| SHANGHAI, Sept. 5. (VP) —
Wireless dispatches reported 40,
000 reds surrounded Changsha,
the capital of Hunan, which was
defended by 30,000 red reds. The
riflemen numbered 17,000; the
| remainder of the force were arm
l ed with spears. Changsha recent
ly was sacked and partially burn
1 ed by the reds.
UNSETTLED AFFAIRS
BUENOS AIRES, Sept., 5, (TP)—
The resignation of Minister of War
Belleplane and the suggestion by
the Cabinet that President Hipolito
Yrigoyen leave the capital “for a
vacation” created a crisis in the
unsettled governmental affairs of
Argentina.
INTERNATIONAL RACE
ux.iuvjiiijAJN.u, sept-, 5, (/P)—Five
of hte six balloons that started
from the Cleveland Municipal Air
port to compete in the 19th Gordon
Bennett international race, were
down in New York and Massachu
setts while the Goodyear 8 was be
lieved sailing over Vermont.
HISTORY WORLD WAR
WASHINGTON. Sept-, 5, </P>—;
Gen. John J. Pershing expects his
history of the World War to be j
published before January. Back
from abroad he said he would work
on his own memoirs in the near
future. »
RESCUE FAILS
PEKING, Sept., 5, (A5)—Troops ;
sent to release two British mission- ;
ariees, Miss Harrison and Miss Net
tleton, held captive by Communist
bandits, in Fukien for two months,!
have returned without accomplish- j
ing their mission.
ALL INDIA CONGRESS
ALLAHABAB, India, Sept., 5, (/P)
—A very definite impression pre
vailed among members of the All
-ndia Congress here that attempt
-o make peace between the govern
nent and civil disobedience follow
ers of Mahatama Gandhi had fail
sd.
NEARING 200,000 MARK
SACRAMENTO, Sept-, 5, (/T>»_
California’s 76th annual exposition
vith its program but half complet
d, was nearing the 200,000 atten- j
ance mark as thousands contin-; 1
ed to pour int-o Sacramento from I *
very section of the state.
■ME HAZES
] Hill IE WfiGEII
I CALL MADE 11. S.
ONLY MEAGRE REPORTS ARE
RECJEVED, S T R KCKEN
COUNTRY
SAN DOMINGO, Domonican
Republic, Sept., 5, (JP)—It is be
i lieved that 900 persons were
killed when a storm swept the
city Haiti.
! The wind reached a velocity of
• 160 miles an hour and comm uni -
I cation wires were wrecked so
1 that only meagre reports were
I received from the stricken area
i which suffered form the ravages
of the storm.
The wireless statfbn here was
wrecked along with the numer
ous public buildings and homes.
A survey is being made of the
storm-swept area.
An urgent call was made to
New York and other United States
cities for doctors, nurses, food,
and other aids.
The hurricane struck here at
2 p. m. The houses in the aristo
cratic quarters were razed.
CANOE TRAVELERS
KETCHIKAN, Sept., 5, (JP)—
The Fisher brothers and Carl
Bruder arrived in a canoe en
route to Panama via Mississippi
expect to arrive at Prine Rupert
Sunday then proceed up the
Skeena.
SISSON AT ANCHORAGE
Mr. Sisson, assistant attorney
general of the United States, is
now at Anchorage having flown
there yesterday from Fairbanks,
rhe Gateway is informed by tel
egraph from Fairbanks that Mr.
Sisson flies back to the interior
n a few days.
GOOD FIRE PROTECTION
The City Council has again
taken up the subject of installa
tion of telephones on the north
side of Lowell Creek, with the
Seward L\ght & Power Company,
and it appears as though those
residents will shortly have this
helpful adjunct which they have
long desired.
SS ALEUTIAN TONNAGE
Tonnage to be discharged here
from the SS Aleutian, due in
port today from the south, in
cludes 75 tons for Seward; 585
tons for railroad points. There Ls
also aboard the liner the air
plane for Catholic missionary
work and numerous other smal
ler items.
IMPROVING NICELY
First Officer John Tolbom of
the SS Star, who underwent a
major operation at the Seward
General Hospital, Public Health
Department, is, as was expected,
comine: along* great and will'
probably soon again be roaring
at his shipmates from the cant
ing deck of his vessel.
T. T. T.
Lieut. T. T. Teague, U. S. Sig
nal Corps, who has been over at
Anchorage for weeks past, is
here again and may remain here
permanently as his special work
at the Anchorage station is more
or less completed.