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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 64. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SPARKLING SHOW
FROM DUE
MAKES GREAT HIT
LARGE AUDIENCE IN CONTIN
UOUS CITUCKLE MORE
TWO HOURS
For over two hours last night i
two or three hundred people wore,
either a big grin or a broad smile; j
and when they were not chuck- j
iing at the trials and tribula- i
tions of the Weaver family, and
friends, they were bursting forth
with genuine laughter. It was a
terrible time for the Weaver fam- j
dy and their friends but a per-1
fectly lovely evening for the big j
audience which pasked the Lib-1
erty theatre last night to view
the initial presentation of “On
Vacation” the three-act comedy,;
staged by the Little Theatre Club
of Anchorage under the auspices;
of Seward Post N. 5, American j
Legion.
It was a riot of fun from the
start and, without a doubt, the
best acted amateur show ever
to have been viewed locally. The
characters were cast perfectly and
how they carried their parts! Not
a moments hesitation marked
the individual performance of the
talented Anchorage cast from the
time the opening act began, a
few minute's after 8 p. m.
In selecting the show Director
Maurice L. Sharp, again revealed
his exceptional ability in obtain
ing a vehicle pleasing to all con
cerned- Though unseen last night,
his handiwork was apparent in
the finished production reflecting
great credit to those participating.
“Bud” Weaver, the son. por
trayed by Louis Knapp who, by
the way, is making his debut, de
cides to quit school—he is only
17—and marry the alleged village
vamp. (There’s a sinister secret
here which is brought to the light
of d-y in the last act). Next to
appear on the scene is Ann Wea
ver, the slstw.*, (Louise Gill) who
almost falls u r n ela k line of
chatter of a swindler .from New
York. Miss GUI. p? ;cr to this per
Yno . cr rvk/r, i’;A show,
has cr';”-'cd Ir r r.-. ”ts to school
A mtkcT chap. in. the person
of Wi-.i. G. Marsh Jr., a., “Jim
my” Thayer, oil salesman, and all
points east, also makes his debut.
These three* newcomers insofar as
the Seward public is concerned,
may be classed as veterans with
out fear of contradiction.
The old favorite, Walter Neimi,
the blond-hair sheik, took the
part of Mr. Van Kind, “Oh I say!”
and as an Englishman—monocle
and demeanor, as usual, was as
clever as the dickens. “Dad” Wea
ver, “No. Zero”, the popular John
M. Cook, was a scream in the role
of the head of the family with
As a devotee of numerology, “Ma”
Weaver, portrayed by Gertrude
Mulcahy, is as fine a finished ar
tist as could be found anywhere.
We venture the thought that Mrs.
Mulcahy has, at some time, ap
pearea on uie proiessionui smgc.
As a devotee of numeroolgy, ‘‘Ma”
has everyone in the air. Prof.
Clement, a theorist, (Win. A.
Sherman) has his work cut out
in straightening out the awful
family mixup, routes the villians
and, ■well, never mind. See the
shew yourself. Marelle Seotte,
a heart breaker (Ruby Laughlin)
was constantly seeking love—for
a purpose—but a three-mile walk
proved her downfall. She springs
a fast one at the wind-up which
comes as a great surprise to the
udience.
Man, Oh Man! Don’t overlook
seeing this show if you missed it
last night!
This afternoon it was the intent
to stage the show at the Jesse
Lee Home; tonight, it will be
presented at the Liberty theatre
for the last time and it is predict
ed that not only will the house
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INDORE, India, Mar. 21. (/P)—
The former Maharajah Indore
Trojirao Holkar, who startled his
fellow Hindus when he married j
Nancy Aim Miller of Seattle, caus
ed another sensation in the sev
erence of his daughter’s engage
ment to a barrister named Matker
Manorama.
Raja, his daughter, is by his
first wife; he forbade the mar
riage saying he was resolved to
give his daughter to some one
outside his own caste in accord
ance with the teachings of the
Indian Saint Kabir who tended
co break down caste and barriers.
WASHINGTON, March 21. (/P>—
Contracts for 50 new attack planes
and 73 bombing planes at a cost
of $2,909,000 have been let by
the War department.
Tire attack planes will be built
by the Curtis Airplane Company
and the Keystone Aircraft Cor
poration has the contract for the
bombers. These will be powered
with 525-horsepower air-cooled
engines..
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
CHEYENNE, Mar. 21. (/P)—Wil
liam Deming, president of the
Tribunal Publishing Company of
Cheyenne, a former member of
the United States civil service
commission, will make formal an
nouncement tomorrow of his can
didacy as Republican Senator from
Wyoming to succeed Senator War
ren.
$4^090 000 MORE
WASHINGTON, March 21. (/P>—
Income to.x receipts to March 15
totalled $314,000,000. exceeding by
mere than $40,000,000 the col
1'ctior.s for fke seine date last
pear, the Treasury announced.
ADDRESSED STUDENTS
Seward school students were
given a much appreciated treat
today when W. M. Sherman, for
est ranger, in charge of this area
| of the Chugach National Forest,
talked to them for a half hour,
his subject being the history oi
forestry, economic values, etc.
BOAT AND TRAIN
The S- S. Yukon, of the A. S
S. Co., is due to arrive in port
from the south at 8 o'clock to
morrow morning, according to ad
i vices received at noon today. The
I regular train for the Interior, due
to leave at 7:30 in the mornfng,
will be held over pending the Yu
I kon’s arrival.
! Dr. James H. Condit has an
nounced his resignation as Super
1 intendent of the Sheldon Jackson
School at Sitka, effective at the
i end of the next fiscal year, April
1, 1931. The resignation had pre
! viously been offered to the Board
of National Missions in New York
' and accepted by it. W. Leslie
Yaw, present assistant to the sup
erintendent has been elected tc
| fill the vacancy and has accepted
the appointment.
75 HAVE REGISTERED
About 75 citizens have signified
their intention of voting at the
municipal election, April 1st, bj
having registered at city clerk's
office. One must register in ordei
to vote.
be filled again but that manj
will attend for the secor time
That's how good it is!
THREE AMERICAN AVIATORS
WHO FLEW REVOLUTIONIST
PLANES, JAILED
TUSCAN, Ariz., Mar. 21. {/P>—
John Gungl, United States at-1
torney for Arizona, announced 12 ]
members of an alleged ring of}
conspirators to smuggle munitions
into Mexico from Arizona during
the Mexican revolution of 1929,
have been arrested.
The arrests climaxed the return
of secret indictments by a Fed-1
eral grand jury based on numer- '
ous investigations of alleged rings
activity.
Phillip Mohun, Clark Carr, and j
! R. Polk are among those arrested,
Americans who flew planes for
the revolutionists.
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GREATLY EXAGGERATED
“Like Mark Twain, the report of
my death was greatly exaggerat
ed,” writes A. B. Cummings to the
I Anchorage Times in answer to
j that ever busy-body, Dame Rumor,
1 that he had passed away some
i where in the south, presumably by
his own hand. Cummings added:
; “May be dead but having a heav
| enly time.” Mi*. Cummings is
manager of the Curry Hotel.
Mrs. Lucy Big John, native wo
man about 45 years old, living at
Cutoff Village on the Koyukuk
! river about 100 miles northeast
' of Ruby, was reported frozen to
death on Bg Lake near her home.
She had broken through the ice
while snowshoeing and had snow
shoes on when found.
Sportsmen booked for the spring
bear hunting are David F. Hou
le n, president of the Houston Coal
: company of Cincinnati- and Dr.
! Joseph E. Root, famous Hartford,
Conn, surgeon, ana hunting part
ner of Gov. John H. Trumbull.
Dr Root wi’l hunt Kodiak brown
bear in cemuany with E. H. Proud
man, a New York reality operator
and African hunter of note.
| Halibut boat owners of the Pet
! orsburg district have organized the
Petersburg Vessel Owners’ Mutual
Protective Fund for the purpose
of reimbursing members who lose
| their boats, the organization being
I a sort of cooperative insurance
proposition. The fund is not in
corporated and there is no stock.
I Paul Jacobsen, employee of the
Alaska Juneau mine, died at Ju
[ neau from internal injuries in
[ flicted when he was struck with
timber, within the mine. Jacob
sen is survived by a wife who
resides In Juneau.
Development work at the Mabel
mine, in the Little Susitna sec
tion of the Willow creek district,
which was started during the ear
ly winter, is proceeding steadily
I at the present time.
-—
Mike Cooney and his partner
are hauling in supplies for Joe
Quigley’s hard rock mining oper
! ations in the Kantishna district.
--—
Jacob Jacobsen, who has been in
Cordova for the past few months,
was a passenger on the Admiral
Evans for Seldovia, his home. He
will return to Cordova in about
a month to complete work which
| he was not able to at this time
1 because of the severity of the
i weather.
,i -—
j The freighter Latouche, of the
: A. S. S. Co., left Seattle yesterday
! for the Port of Seward and way
ports; the Tanana will leave Seat
tle on April 1 and the Latouche,
again, about April 15.
TAFT ESTATE $475,000
WASHINGTON, March 21, (A1)—
The petition to probate the will
of William Howard Taft showed
he left an estate valued at $475,
000.
FEMERT PLEA
TO FREE OOHEI
MADE. ARGUMENT!
OIL MAN KNEW NOTHING OF
DETAILS OF ELK HILLS
LEASE, CONTRACT
WASHINGTON, March 21, (JP)—
Continuing a fervent plea to the
jury that Doheny be freed of the
charge of bribery, Frank Hogan,
chief defense counsel, began the
arguments with the explanation
that the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Na
val Oil storage contract gave Do
heny the preference to the Elk
Hills oil lease, subject to certain
conditioifs.
This preference was regarded
as mandatory, Hogan asserted,
and said that Doheny knew noth
ing as to details of the contract.
He said the bids were studied by
experts who decided that the Do
heny proposal was the best.
WASHINGTON, March 21. (&)—
Claudius Huston denied reports lie
would resign as chairman of the
Republican national committee.
Reports have persisted since
i Huston’s name was mentioned he
’ fore the Senate committee in its
investigation of organizations and
persons interested in Muscle
Shoals legislation.
Joe Trommel, employee at the
Men ana marine ways, suffered a
; fractured skull several days ago
ns the result of being struck on
the head by a c ibie. Dr. J. H.
■ Rorriig, who was in Ncnnra at the
•time the accident occurred, took
' the injured man to the Fairbanks
hospital, where the depression
I was raised, and it is expected that
Trcmmei will make speedy recov
ery unless complications occur.
THE LAST TRAIL
Cancer of the stomach, from
which he has been a sufferer foi
a number of years, caused the
death at Fairbanks recently ol
Jim Duffy, widely known oldtimer
of the North. A stage driver and
teamster since the Dawson days
Mr. Duffy followed that business
until illness prevented him from
| working any more.
Bids have been opened for the
I sale of the bureau of education
school house at McKinley Part
and Mr. Baker and Maurice More
no submitted identical bids oi
$100 each. The school house has
not been used for a number oi
years.
There is a marked shortage ol
furs along thie upper Kuskokwiir
river, in regions where the whites
i and natives formerly made big
catches.
Hans Tiliison and L’Heureaua
have arrived at Nenana from the
Hot Springs district with theii
caterpillar, and will return tc
their camp with a large ’oad oi
[ hydraulic pipe for their mining
operations during the coming sea
son. They are located near Tofty
E. A. Harris, a resident of the
Hot Springs district for manj
years, died February 20. The de
1 ceased was a trader of the In
terior camp
DEWS ON ia
Orders have been received by
First Lieutenant Stanley Hunsick- j
er, Q. M. C., transferring him to
Chiikoot Barracks in Southeastern
Alaska. Lieutenant Hunsicker will
leave Seward Monday night on the
Admiral Evans for his new post. <
He was notified some time ago I,
that a change was contemplated, j
and has since been awaiting or
ders- Mrs. Hunsicker, and daugh- j
ter Esther, a sophomore in Sew- ,
ard high school, will remain here
until the close of school, at which
time they will join the Lieutenant.
Arriving from Boston on May
24 last year, these brief Seward ,
residents have gained many
friends, and have become one of
Seward’s big family since their ar
rival. The closing up of the Q.
M. C. and financial activities at
this station, which began several
months ago, will be fully com
pleted with Lieutenant Hunsicker’s
departure; the former full strength
of six men having been trans
ferred elsev;here as well as the1
major part of the supply depot- |
After deliberating almost 24
hours the jury In the case of thes
U. S. vs H. A. Hummel! was dis
charged without having arrived j
at a verdict. It was a booze case.
The Penguin, newest vessel in!
the Alaska fleet of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries, is
nearing completion at the yards
of the Ballard Marine Railway,!
: Seattle. It will be put in com-!
mission in a short time and is ex
pected to leave for Southeast
Alaska waters early next month.
The Penguin, under the com
mand of Capt. West, will replace
the Eider on the Unalaska-Pribi-;
lof Islands run. The latter vessel
is to oe shifted to the Kodiak
Afognak area.
Largest In Fleet
When put into service the Pen
, guin will be the largest vessel op
erated by the Bureau of Fisheries
in Alaskan waters. It is 130-feet
long as compared to the 100-foot
vessel Brant, now the largest. The
cost of the new boat is approxi
mately $140,000. It has a beam
of 26 feet and has a moulded
depth of 17 feet and 10 inches. It
will be powered by a 400-horse
power Union Diesel engine of the
direct reversible type and is ex
i pected to maintain a speed of 10
knots. The vessel has a cruising
radius of 4,000 miles. Her water
capacity is 4,000 gallons.
To meet conditions when ice is
running in Bering Sea, the Pen
guin has a sheathing the entire
length of three-quarter inch iron
bark, below the waterline, as a
protection against collision and
1 grinding against ice floes.
Fir and Cedar Used
Fir and Alaska yellow cedar
were used largely in the construc
tion of the vessel. The house is
built to withstand the heaviest
weather and is watertight in every
part
| It has seven staterooms in addi-1
tion to accommodations for the!
crew. Below decks is cargo space:
for 165 tons of supplies to be car- !
; ried for various Alaska stations, j
j and quarters for carrying natives, j
De k-equipment includes a com- !
blnation electric and hand-power
ed steering gear equipped with a
Westinghouse motor, an electric j
anchor windlass of deep water
mooring type, and two electric j
cargo winches.
mm job
DISCOVER TRUTH
JFTEO 111 YEftRS
PUBLIC PRESS LACKING IN
SYMPATHY WITH DRY LAWS,
SAYS “10 AND 10"
WASHINGTON, March 21. (/P)—
folding that the public press lack
'd sympathy with prohibition
aws, Senator Jones issued a com
aendium of opinions from citi
:ens of the United States and
Canada which he called, “The
iroice of the multitude ”
Jones asserted that the “last
md greatest factor” in enforce
ment difficulties is the “attitude
)f many newspapers which, so it
seems, publish everything which,
may be unfavorably construed.”
His statement was quoted from
expressions from people, Jones
;aid, which he received in response
to a radio address. He didn’t give
my names.
WATSON ENRQUTE
SEATTLE, Mar. 21. (A5)—The S.
3. Admiral Watson, of the P. S.
S. Co., sailed at 10 a. m. yesterday
and carried 114 passengers, nine
for Seward, as follows: Frank
Meier, R. Wangaman, Mrs. A. G.
Ball, S. G. Brigel and five steer
age.
COMMISSION RETURNS
MIAMI, Mar. 21. (/?)—Member*
of Hoover’s Haitian commission
arrived and entrained for Wash
ington which they will reach to
morrow and see President Hoover
in the afternoon. They refused
to disclose the nature of the re
port they will make him.
Fit IFPFICHSHAVEN. G m many,
March 21. (/P)—Owt'-in Lrhmana.
informed the Associated Press
that lie would takeoff with the
Graf Zeppelin on his first South.
American flight between May 13
arid the 15th. He plans to return
by way of Lakehurst.
The first point will be Seville,
then Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco,
West Indies Island, Havana.
ONE FILING TODATE
Ciias. Cooper is the only resident
thus far to have filed as a can
didate for the city council at the
municipal election April 1. Filings
close next Tuesday. It is a cer
tainty others will file as is evi
denced by various conferences.
PORT OF SEWARD
Boats in port this morning in
cluded the Addington, North
western n, Takla, Chase, Bavaria,
Red Wing, Discoverer, Chelan, U.
S. C. G., Unalga, IT. S- C. G., and
the S S- Redondo, A. S. S. Co.
The regular passenger train
from the Interior is due tonight
at 7 o'clock.
CREWS TENDER DANCE
The crews of the Coast Guard
Cutters Chelan and Unalga gave
a farewell dance last evening in
Odd Fellows Hall, in appreciation
for the many courtesies extend
ed them during their brief visit
here. A good crowd attended and
enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
“Bill” Rogers, formerly a mem
ber of the Valdez cable office*
force, now operator in charge of
the telegraph station at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, is the proud
father of a boy, bom February
4th, according to a message re
ceived recently by Mrs. Gustafson,
of Ketchikan, mother of Mrs.
Rogers