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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 51.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FUNERAL PLANES
DUE TO ARRIVE
INTERIOR TODAY
SHORT SERVICE TO BE HELD
AT NOME: WILL REFUEL
AT RUBY
*NOME, March 6, (/P)—Loman re
turned to Nome yesterday from
Teller after a stormy plane trip.
Gillam and Hughes piloted the
aerial funeral plane. Arrangements
are completed for Crosson and
Young, in the Fairchild plane to
carry the remains of Eielson and
Borland.
They will leave Teller early to
day followed by the Junker plane
with Pilot Slipenov arriving at
Nome at 8:30.
The Fairchild will land and
short services will be held. The
Junkers plane will not land but
vill circle over Nome, due to the
short landing field and a heavy:
load and continue on to Ruby.
Following services the Fairchild
plane will take-off immediately
.or Ruby where refueling of both
planes will be made then continue
on to Fairbanks.
Kodiak Resident
Dies Pneumonia
Special to The Gateway
KODIAK. March 5 —After an ill
T several months terminating
with n attack of pneumonia, Mrs.
William Anderson. 60-years of age
and . :i oldtime resident of Kodiak,
passed av/ay Friday even while her
nusband and several of her sons
.aid daughters were gathered at the
bedside.
The departed was a highiv ve
pec'ed member of this common
ly and gave birth to i3 children,
ven of whom are now living.
h,-"( girls, Anna. Hildur and Nata
ie live in Seattle. There are in
Indiak Mrs. -A. B. Gray. Julius An
■ .or.. Billy And.amn and Helmt.
‘ 1 Dn-y- > • 0 • (‘can-, school.
William A’ b or n. the surviv
!u d oi lire k''u ;■ is or oldtime
Sen Juan Buys
Baschmann Out
At Todd Plant
The August Buschmann interest
n Peril Strait Packing Co-, at
Todd, was recently purchased by
he San Juan Fishing & Packing
?o. Nick Buz, who was associated
vith Mr. Buschmann in the Todd
jlant, retained his interest.
Mr. Buz will continue as head of
he company and will be in charge
>f operations as in the past- He is
n'eparing to conduct fisshing and !
■anning operations on the same
.crje as in former years. He 'will
each r[’0dd about the first week
n April. .
The San Juan Co., has W'ide-1
preacl fishing, packing and cold
torage interests in the Territory,
v Cite of the best known of the
>ig companies. Its acquisition of
lalmon packing facilities in the
outheastern Alaska district is re
arded as an indication of its con
idence in the stability and pros
icrity of that industry. .
ftir. Ruschmann’s disposal of his t
"odd property leaves him with;
-oldings in two other companies
l this district—Hood Bay Canning |
■o., Hood Bay and Pyramid Pack- j,
eg Co. at Sitka. He sold his big
’ort Althrop cannery about one
ear ago to the Alaska Pacific
almon Corp.
EDUCATOR PASSES
NEW HAVEN. Conn., March 6, (A1)
—Arthur T. Hadley, president em
eritus of Yale, died of pneumonia
at Kobe, Japan, a cablegram to his
daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Moseley,
said.
SEEK PURCHASE
EIELSON PLANE
AS MEMORIAL
WANT BUENOS AIRES TO RE
SELL PLANE TO N. DAKOTA
OR ASSOCIATION
GRAND FORKS. N. D„ March 6.
(7P)—According to information the
State Department at Washington
has interested itself in an effort to
bring back to North Dakota the air
plane Colonel Eielson used in his
Arctic exploration; this was con
tained in a telegram to Governor
Shatter from Congressman O. B.
Burtness.
“The State Department, by air
mail, has instructed the American
Embassy at Buenos Aires to ascer
tain whether the Argentine gov
ernment would resell it to North
Dakota or to the Eielson Memorial
Association and what terms”.
These movements were started
by Grand Forks and Valley City to
return the plane to the state as a
memorial.
ECONOMIC PLAN
GENEVA. Mar.. 6, OP)—-The ac
tion of Daniel Serruys of France
approving the Belgian plan for
economic future is interpreted here
as indicating that France will sub
mit to the Geneva conference
scheme for world-wide economic
reorganization when the new
French Cabinet is chosen.
Kangaroo Court Held
By Kodiak Elks
Moved to a spirit of charity in
late winter necessitv. the Kodiak
Elks Club, recently held a hilarious '
dancing party for the good of their
own .'Olds well ar; to *dn good of
: own.
dcveloncd that the-'c were about.
bakers doz-n. All the rr t of
the town eko turned out and dur
ing the course of the festivities sat
as jurors while Justice John Coffey
sat on the bench and Prosecuting
Attorney U. S. Commissioner Stowe
harried various culprits brought
forth during kangaroo court. With ;
the fines collected and voluntary
contributions, a tidy sum was col
lected for the good of the cause.
15 GIRLS INJURED
NEW YORK, March 6, (Pi
Fifteen girls, between the ages of
11 and 16, were injured and sev
en of them seriously when a trap
door over an ash hoist in the
playgrounds of the Holy Cross
Parochial School in Brooklyn,
collapsed dropping them into the
basement.
Little Change In
Condition Of Taft
WASHINGTON, March 6, (/P)—
Taft’s condition is little changed
the nurse reporting that he spent
a, fairly comportable night and no
indications that he lost or gained
ground. The physicians think he
may linger indefinitely unless
hardening of arteries bring about
some quick, changes which they
seem to regard as likely.
AMBASSADOR WILLYS
WASHINGTON, March 6, </P)—,
John Willys, automobile manufac- !
iurer, has been selected ambassa- i
ior to Poland and his name has 1
seen submitted to the Polish gov- <
jrnment for approval. ;
fNKLI
Stimson Refuses
To Remain III;
Sensation Looms
LONDON, March 6. lb—Ignor
ing his physician’s advice to re
main at Stanimore for two more
days, Secretary Stimson unex
pectedly came to London and
summoned an immediate meet
ing of the American delegatoln.
The purpose of the call was
not disclosed but it created a sen
sation when it was learned that
at the same time the Americans
were considerably agitated over
the course of events at yesterday’s
meeting of the chiefs of delega
tions.
It developed that Ambassador
Gibson, acting for Stimson, vig
orously opposed the program laid
down for the conference when
it resumes active work on the
ground that it was premature
and ill advised.
Prison Official Is
Stabbed To Death
AUBURN, N. Y., March 6. UP)—
Edward Beckwith, prircipal keep
er in Auburn prison, was stabbed
to death in prison.
Beckwith succeeded George
Durnford who was killed in the
prison riot last December. Police
tried vainly to reach the prison by
telephone but were told that all
lines were in use and that they
had not been called
Three Men Killed
Plane Crash Hill
I OS ANGETES, March 6, (/Pi
Three men were killed some tinv'
’act night when thev crashed in
an oncn-cockpit plane near the
ranch of Will Rogers, in Beverly
Hills.
One of them was identified
ns Morey Johnson of Hoik wood,
owner of the plane. The wrecked
ship was discovered by two em
ployes of the ranch. An ex mina
ii n vindicated Johnson who had
apparently flown into the hill
side during a heavy rain.
Rep. J. P. Glynn,
Connecticut, Dies
WASHINGTON, March 6, UP)—
Representative James P. Glynn of
Connecticut died on an Chesa -
peake-Ohio train returning from
Huntington, West Virginia where,
with other members of Congress,
he had attended the funeral of
Representative Hughes.
He collapsed in the smoking
room from a heart attack.
ITS TIIE PULSE!
NEW YORK, Mar.. 5, </FVIts the
aulse rate and not the heat nor
lumidity that causes our distress
an sweltering days, the American
institution of Mining & Metal En
gineers declared. Now they are
;rying to see what’s to be done
rbout it.
NOT STEALING ’EM
NEW YORK. Mar., 5, (ZP)-Secre
:ary Jim Tienery of the New York i
Giants denied that the Chicago
2ubs had made an offer for Freddie ]
Lindstrcm. youthful third sacker.
Moreover, he said that the Giants
ire not stealing ball players but are j
;rying to buy them. 1
royal wedding
PARIS, March 6, (-'?)—Prince
Nicholas Troubethcoy married,
3rincess Alexandria of Alexandria j,
Dbelensky. Both are members of
‘ormer Russian aristocracy.
MITEI
ROYALTY DRIVES
LONDON. March 6, (/P)-King
George and Queen Mary took ad
vantage of the spring-like weather
and drove to the Coppins residence
of Princess Victoria at Iver Buck
inghamshire where they lunched.
REPORT DENIED
LONDON, Mar., 6, </P)—'The
British press denies the reports
that Lloyd George will resign as
leader of the liberal party but notes
that his position is a thankless one
and that he might well question if
it is worth holding.
UNEMPLOYMENT SERIOUS
WASHINGTON, March 6, (/P)—
Coincident with the publication by
the American Federation of Labor
of Survey saying unemployment
has reached a point of serious dan
ger, Senator Brookhart introduced
a bill asking of $50,000 appropria
tion to ease the situation.
10TH ANNIVERSARY
BUDAPEST, Mar., 6, (JF)—Hun
gary celebrated the 10th anniver
sary of the Regency of Admiral
Horthv. The only jarring note being
the absence of representatives of
Little Entente.
Oil TAX FAILS
WASHINGTON, March 6. UP)—
Senator Reed Smoot, chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee ex
pressed his belief that the tariff
bill, despite the impending battle
over sugar rates, will be passed by
the latter part of the week. An
attempt to adopt a tax of $1 per
barrel on oil failed on adoption.
THE “GHOST” WALKS
CHICAGO, Mar., 5, UP}— Altho
subscriptions to the taxpayers trust
fund still were S15.000 short of
the $74,000,000 reeded to run the
government until July 1, prepara
tions have been made to pay public
employees salaries due to February
15.
SECRET MEETING
CHICAGO, Mar., 6. lb-Arthur
Hyde xxx-xxy of agriculture, and
Alcxnnd r lx-ye and S. II. McKci
vic of the Federal Farm Board, held
a secret meeting with those seeking
to stnbalize grain while the govern
ment-cent rolled corporation bought
heavily in wheat futures to prevent
a further drop in price.
OFFER RAISE S 1.500
LOS ANGELES. Mar., 6, (AO-Old
friends of Asa Keyes, convicted
former district attorney, offered to
raise the $1,500 needed to carry his;
appeal o the Federal Supreme!
Court. He 1? expected to leave for
San Quentin March 7th or 14th.
PRINCE CONVALESCING
NAIROB, Mar., 6, (/P)—A bulle- j
tin issued bv physicians of the
Prince of Wales who is suffering
from Subtertian malaria, said:
The Prince is convalescing and
expects to leave for Uganda, Mar.
9, as originally arranged.”
RUN ON RANK
FORT WORTH, Tex., Mar. 5, (/P)'
—A run on the First National Bank
here which was stemmed when of
ficials kept the institution open
until 1 o’clock to accommodate all
persons desiring to make with
drawals turned in to a backward
trend of depositors as confidence
was restored.
RECIPROCAL TAX
WASHINGTON, March 6, (/P)—A
plan of reiprocal exemption for
ivoidance of international double
taxation was urged by Secretary of !
;he Treasury Mellon before the!
House Ways and Means Committee, j
Mr. Mellon said a movement;
igainst such taxation was growing
aecause taxes were found unscien- I
;ific and unsound.
$100,000 FOR CHARITY
PITTSBURG, Mar., 6, (yP)-The
late Alexander Moore, former am
bassador to Spain has bequeathed
to Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain
$100,000 to be used for charity un
der her direction.
NOTEDBRimHEH,
H. J. GLADSTONE
PASSES AWAY
LONDON, March 6, (/P)—On
Thursday the Right Honorable Vis
count Herbert John Gladstone, the
youngest son of William Gladstone,
of the Victorian era fame, died at j
2:30 in the morning from an illness !
which began with an attack of |
bronchitis in January.
He was long prominent in politics
and in the councils of the Liberal '
party. He was Home Secretary from
1905 to 1910 when he went to South
Africa as the first Governor Gen- ,
eral. He was High Commissioner
in 1910 and took what his Common
er father twice refused, a seat in ;
the House of Lords.
He was born in 1854.
Admiral Tirpitz
Dies In Bavarial
EBENHAUSEN, Bavaria, Mar. 6,
f/P)—Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz,
Lord High Admiral of the German i
Navy during the Wor d War and 1
father of Germany’s submarine
warfare, died in a sanatorium ;
at 2:30 a. m„ after a brief at
tack of bronchitis.
He would have been 81 years
of age on March 19.
Stimson s Cold
Is Growing V/orse;
Taken To Residence
LONDON, Mar.. 6. (/Pi —A cold I
from which Stimson has been suf
fering for the past few days has j
grown much worse, necessii.■■ting- !
his remaining for two or three d ivs j
in his temporary country residence 1
at Stan more.
Gibson, designated to act for j
Stimson at a meeting of the heads j
of the delegations and Captain j
Higgins, American naval doctor, J
made a special trip to Stanmore
and reported that the secretary is
not seriously ill but suffering from
influenza and cold but it doesn't
keep him in bed.
PRIVATE AUDIENCE
VATICAN CITY, Mar., 5, (/P>
Pope Pius the 11th received in
private audience Arch Bishop!
Hanna of San Francisco.
CHURCH IS BLAMED j
WASHINGTON. March 5. (JP)—
The Protestant church lobby was
blamed for prohibition and prohi
bition was blamed for extreme
activities and filthy scenes in thea- i
trical productions in the hearing I
before the house.
ASSISTANT COACH
LOS ANGELES, Mar., 6. (/P)-A
“Bud” Genert, second string quar
terback on the Notre Dame grid i
squad last year, was appointed to
assist Tom Leib in coaching the'
Loyola University football team.}
Genert accepted the offer by tele
graph
AMONG THE SKATERS
TUPPER LAKE, N. Y„ Mar., 5, '
(/P)—Jack Shea, Lake Placid, won
the Adirondack’s speed skating
championship with 90 points.
PEASANTS EMIGRATE !
BERLIN, Mar. 6, (/P)—Hundreds1!
of Russian peasants have refused to i
obey the new Soviet collective sys
tem and are emigrating to Poland, <
according to reports from Warsaw, i
ETUE
AMERICA WILL '
CUT ARMAMENT
IF OTHERS WILL
IMPRESSION GAINED SO FAR.
BE AN INCREASE INSTEAD
OF REDUCTION
LONDON, March 6, (/P)—Sec
retary Stimson issued a state
ment that the United States is
willing to reduce its sea arma
ment more than 200,000 tons if
the fleets of other naval powers
are reduced also.
In the surprise announcement
he said: “It seems to be the im
pression that the work of the
American delegation at this con
ference that it is likely to re
sult in an increase instead of
reduction of tonnage of tonnage
in the navies of the world.
“The surest way to answer this
is to give such results as seem
within reach. Up-to-date the
plan, wrhich in its essentials ap
pears acceptable to America ancf
Great Britain, provides for net
reduction of tonnage of the
American fleet in capitol ships,
cruisers, destroyers and submai
ines built or biuldins or appro
priated for of over $200,000 tons.
And there is to be even a larger
reduction on the part of the
Brt;sh fleet-.’’
Chamber Fears
Reaction From
Rush To Taku
Hearing predictions that proba
bly 1.000 men will stampede into
the Taku river district next year,
fears were expressed by the -Jun
eau Chamber of Commerce that
such a rush might lead to a seri
ous situation there early this
spring.
In an effort to guard against an
influx of underfinanced prospect
ing groups, the Mining Commit
tee was instructed to prepare at
once figures on the cost of a sea
son's prospecting in the Taku and
assemble other data regarding the
district.
F. A. Metcalf, engineer, who re
cently returned from a trip to
Seattle and Vancouver, said more
interest was being taken in that
region than in any other section
of the North. It was believed that
at least 1.000 men will try to go
there next spring to prospect. In
fact, he added, there are several
prospectors now in Juneau from
outside points, some.of whom are
determined to go into the district
at one e. despite unfavorable
weather conditions which render
prospecting almost impossible.
BANANAS FROM CANADA
WASHINGTON, March 5, UP)—
Canada exports bananas to the*
United States. Out of more than
5,000,000 bunches imported one
month last year, says the Com
merce Department, 3,383 were sup
plied by Canada—or rather, via
Canada.
SKI JUMPING
TAHO TAVERN, Cal., Mar. 5,
IP)—With Henry Hall, holder of
the world’s record, and a dozen
jther champions and near champs
n the realm of ski jumping already
m the ground, Tahoe was ready for
the staging of California’s first na
tional ski jumping contest here.
CLAIM ESTATE
NEW YORK, March 6, UP)—Three
elderly ladies from Massachusetts
jailed for London in an effort to
establish their claim to the estate
Df Helen Sheridan Blake whose
fortune reverted to the British gov
ernment in the belief that she died
ntestate.
SDAY