Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 98.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LOCAL BUSINESS MAN GIVEN
133 VOTES OUT OF A POSSI
BLE 156 VOTES CAST
John Rustgarci won a sweeping
local victory over James Wicker
sham at yesterday’s primary elec
tion when he polled 90 to Mr.
Wickersham’s 51. A total of 165
votes were cast of which nine were
Democratic. This vote was about
?5 less than that of the municipal
election the forepart of the month.
The local candidate for the
House of Representatives, Cal M.
Brosius, lead the entire field for
t'otes his townfolks giving him 133
rut of a possible 156 Republican
rallots cast.
The Republican ticket final
; ount was as follows:
For Delegate to Congress; John
Rustgard, 90 James Wickersham
H.
For Territorial Treasurer; W. G.
Smith 103, Frank L. Knight 32.
For Territorial Auditor; Cash
% Cole 75; Elmer Reed 46.
For Territorial Commissioner of
Education; Leo W. Breuer 81, W.
K. Keller 47.
For Territorial Highway Engin
eer; Joseph Ulmer 85.
For Territorial Senator; Robert
5. Bragaw 98.
For Territorial Representatives;
Cal M. Brosius 133: Frank H. Foster
: 6, Joseph H. Murray 64. L. D
Roach 63. J. N. McCain 57, Wm. B
, Dean 50, Ralph J. Grover 25.
The Democratic vote was as fol
"ows :
For Delegate; George B. Grigs
by 3.
For Treasurer: Richard E. Hard
eastle 7.
For Auditor; Thomas Gaffney 6
For Commissioner of Education;
Anthony E. Karnes 7.
For Highway E igineer; William
Ax. Hesse 5. R. J. Sommers 2.
For Represen lives; H H. Me
dal choon 3
MI! ’ V-i
Rustgard 21; VU kersham 4.
Smith 20; Knigh4 6.
Cole 16; Reed 7
Er icr 17; Kell r 7.
Ulmer 23; Hesse 1.
Bragaw 21
Brosius 24; Foster 20: McCain
8; Roach 16; Murray 11; Grover 8;
Dean 4.
MOOSE PASS
Wickersham 7; Rustgard 3.
Smith 6; Knight 4.
Cole 6; Reed 3.
Breuer 6; Keller 2.
Ulmer 5.
Bragaw 8.
Brosius 10; Dean 6; Foster 6;
Roach 5; Grover 5; McCain 4;
Murray 4.
A total of 10 votes were declared
null and void by reason two failed
to have crosses affixed, and five
representatives were voted for on
one ballot which void all, two oth
ers voted for two instead of one
treasurer and the last one, a Dem
ocratic ticket, failed to affix a cross
before one Candidate.
Judges at the local poll were Geo.
Sexton, Wm. Fairman, Mr. Bates.
Clerks were Mrs. Bessie Malloy and
Miss Sylvia Sexton.
Owen brothers, of the Juneau
Logging Company, are operating
on Hecata Island.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED
JUNEAU, April 30, (/P)—Between
4 and 5 p. m. yesterday, business
was suspended while the corner
stone of the new Territorial Feder
al building was laid with the Scot
! tish Rite also the Masonic Orders
officiating with a parade following.
Governor Parks made an address.
! “PEOPLE SURPRISED RATIFICA
TION 18TH AMENDMENT; IT
MAY BE REPEALED”
—
I WASHINGTON, April 30, </P)—
! Charging association against the
[prohibition amendment with lob
bying directly with the Supreme
, Court, Senator Robinson introduc
ed into the records of the Senate
.Lobby Committee correspondence
.that Thomas Phillips, Jr., official
I of the anti-prohibition association
[carried on with Supreme Court
Justices E. Sanford and Harlan
! Stone. In the letters Mr. Phillips
.discussed the problems of prohibi
tion enforcement as he sees them.
Pierre S. DuPont, another mem
ber of the association appeared be
fore the Senate Judiciary Com
jinittee and denied practically every
claim made by the adherents of
the 18th amendment. He prefaced
his discourse with the statement
that “people were surprised at the
ratification of the 18th amend
jment. They may be surprised in
a year or so by finding it repeal
ed”.
NEW YORK. April 29. iff)—
.The American naval delegates
s'! foot again on United States
r il at 10:30 a. m. when they dis
embarked from the city tug, Ma
com, to the cheers of 5,000 per
sons.
i
i Ambassador Dwight Morrow7 was
the only one to make a formal
1 statement. He said: “It is a good
treaty and Secretary' Stimson is
I entitled to the highest credit foi
j accomplishing the aims which
i President Hoover sent the delega
tion abroad.”
THE FAIRBANKS VOTE
Wickersham 313, Rustgard 28<
Smith 349, Knight 195
Cole 300, Reed 199
! Keller 265, Breuer 235
\ Hesse 16, Sommers 16
THE CORDOVA VOTE
Rustgard 255, Wickersham 156
Smith 250, Knight 132
Cole 255, Reed 106
Breuer 283, Keller 95
Ulmer 239
Bragaw 215
| Brosius 230
j Dean 208
Foster 257
; Grover 75
McCain 180
j Murray 321
Roach 147
I Hesse 18, Sommers 9
I !
ALASKA BAY NAMED AFTER
DISTINGUISHED PARENT:
SON WAS MINER
TANANA, April 30, (/P)—John
Pabloff of Minook died April 16.
He was the son of the Russian of
ficer PablofT for whom Pabloff
! Bay, in Alaska, was named. The
j father piloted white miners into
j the Lewis, Stewart, Forty Mile,1
! Koyukuk, and the Circle mining
! districts.
I The Big Monook and the Little
! Minook were named after the
| the father of John who was 85
i years old.
l' He was sinking a prospect hole
J near the Melozi River when taken
sick. He lay for eight days in his
| blankets without fire or food.
! When found he was brought to
| the Tanana hospital where he
died a week later. All whites and
natives in the vicinity attended
the funeral.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis at Cincinnati postponed
, on account of wet grounds.
Brooklyn 19: New York 15.
j Pittsburgh 13; Chicago 9.
Boston 2; Philadelphia 8.
AMERICAN LEAG UE
New York 8; Washington 11.
j Philadelphia 9; Boston 5.
Chicago 8: Detroit 6.
Cleveland G; St. Louis 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 5: Los Angeles 4.
Hollywood 5; Portland 6, 10 in
nings.
Sacramento 6; San Francisco 8.
Missions 4: Seattle 3.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 29. (VPi—
Two children were burned to
death and five other persons
burned or injured seriously when
j fire swept the Washburn Apart
ment at the edge of the down
, town district.
i More than 100 persons were dri
| ven into the streets by the fire.
; The fire damage is estimated at
! $50,000.
The dead are Loretta and Lor
; raine Carlberg, aged six and eight.
They were trapped in their room.
RUSSIAN FIIBT IS
HUE, SI LAWRENCE!
s. S. NANUK, North Cape, Si
beria, April 30, (/P)—A storm held
Pilot Joe Crosson to the ice after
; he had loaded his plane with furs ,
for Teller; he now is awaiting for
i favorable weather.
i
Saturday by Crosson. Glishev has j
I has not been heard of since he
; was sighted near Cape Serge on
| Saturday y Crosson. Glishev has
! been taking passengers from the
j ice-locked S. S. Stavropol to St.
Lawrence.
GARNER IS ILL
WASHINGTON, April 30, f/P)—
The condition of Representative
Gainer, the minority leader, will
prevent him from leading the Dem
ocrats when the tariff is brought
before the House tomorrow. He is
ill with influenza. In the absence
of the crisp Georgian, Collier of
Mississippi will probably lead.
AGAIN
IB REVOLT SI
COLUMBUS PRISON
ALL STREETS NEAR PEN WERE
CLEARED OF SPECTA
TORS
COLUMBUS, April 29, (/P)—Re
volting convicts in the “idle
house” of this penitentiary were
fired upon by prison guards when
the convicts made a concerted
effort to escape from cell blocks.
The mutineers were driven back
from the doors elading to the
main entrance by automatic rifles.
George Tonoff and Jewell Foffa,
two convicts, were wounded when
the mass of convicts made their
break for liberty and attempted
to gain the entrance to the guard
room. Bullets drove them back.
They then held several guards
prisoners for a short time but
released them when the National
Guard arrived and officers threat
ened to enter and rescue the men.
For a half hour guards sent bullets
, streaming through windows and
peep holes. The convicts then
^quieted down and prison officials
ordered guards in to make an in
pec tion.
All streets near the prison were
cleared of spectators.
CHICAGO, April 30. ■ P—James
Fleming, foreman, and Walter
Kitch. chemist, were burned alive
jin an oil explosion in the refinery
'of the Darbros Products Corp. Four
ohters escaped unhurt dragging a
'fifth with them so badly burned
that he is not expected to live.
The damage is estimated at
,$160,000. A 1,500 gallon still at a
heated temperature of 800 degrees
! exploded sending a column oil thru
; the metal roof on one side of the
| plant.
THE ANCHORAGE VOTE
j
I Wickersham 414; Rustgard 126;
, Knight 372; Smith 163.
Cole 351; Reed 139.
Breuer 257; Keller 213.
j Ulmer 350.
i Bragaw 407.
Brosius 310; Dean 332; Foster
1210; Grover 197; McCain 245;
Murray 193; Roach 333.
The total republican vote was
552; the democratic 23.
Reports from the north indi
cate that Wickersham and Knight
j are running on par with the An
| chorage vote.
William Strong has been ap
; pointed postmaster of a summer
postoffice which will be establish -
| ed in the Tulsequah mineral dis
| tricl by Canadian officials.
EDITORIAL
That was a splendid gesture of
confidence in a home-town man
yesterday when fellow-townsmen
gave Cai M. Brosius, candidate at
the Territorial primary election for
the House of Representatives, 133
votes out of a total number of 156
Republican votes cast. There were
many ballots cast which bore one
name only and that was for Mr.
Brosius.
* • m
The fellow who concocted that
slogan "Fire, but do not hire at
40,’ should, in our estimation, be
backed up against a brick wall
and properly administered to. We
believe it to be one of the cruel
lest phrases ever turned lose.
• • •
Just when we had gotten into
the habit of thinking summer had
arrived, along comes a bunch of
dirty weather; and on top of
that arrivals from the Interior
say is has been freezing at night
at Nenana and yesterday, at
Moose Pass, a young blizzard rag
ed.
Whatcha know about that!
There is only one vital question
before the American people to
day, the dry law. A man-inade
law. Over-night a habit of cen
. wu-iwO «v uo ^uuviv cl Liliiit. kv Hal
else could be expected but the
awful aftermath which has fol- $
lov/ed that man-made law's en
1 actment.
* • *
The judges and clerks at yester
day's election put in a hard but an
efficient day at the place of poll
ing. When the day’s voting ended,
at 7 o'clock, they completed enum
eration of the 165 votes cast in al
most one hour’s time.
It won’t be long now before July
4th, and the Marathon Mountain
Climbing Classic, will be with us.
A number of local women ath
letes wish the committee in charge
for this year will give due con
sideration to arrange a race up
the mountain for women only.
Yuh betcha. they mean it!
As we grow older we are in
clined to believe that the fellow
who coined the phrase "Never
permit pleasure to interfere with
business” was all wrong and that
just the reverse may be true.
Yep! We got to admit it. We saw
our first mosquito yesterday. Lots
of people will say: “Shucks, he
should’nt advertise mosquitoes.”
It does’nt do anybody any good.”
jWell, as far as our observation is
* concerned, neither do the mos
quitoes.
• • •
i Every where about the city
j gardens are blossoming out with
i newly turned soil, yards are being
| raked and fences and buildings
} painted. Seward is always a lovely
I looking town and especially so in
| the good old summer time.
• • *
We haven't heard much about
j the breakwater lately. If we don’t
1 keep alive on these matters we’ll
i never get ‘em. Keep talking it up.
* * #
j
Dry experts claim that the chil
i dren of the present and coming
| generation won’t know what liq
!uor is. What rot! They not only
j now know what it is but know
| howr to make it.