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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 551,
SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
UNIVERSITY MEN
RAISE FUG OF
REVOLT IN SPAIN
THOUSANDS O F STUDENTS
IN REVOLT AND HOIST
RED FLAG
MADRID, Nov, 15, (/P)—Rioting
broke out on the streets as strik
ers clashed with police in var
ious parts of the city. Numer
ous arrests have been made.
Some of the rioters were
wounded. Forty thousand con
struction and metal workers quit
yesterday morning protesting
against police methods in putt
/ ing down other riots in which
three were killed and between
50 and 100 students injured.
Business is paralyzed. Five
thousand students joined the
^ demonstration and the medicals
hoisted a red flag at San Carlos.
The students walked out of their
class rooms. The university is
guarded by extra guards who
nave been placed around the en
tire district to ward off reoccurr
ence of recent outbreaks.
To return to your ih.nnti 1 dt?
blown off the map by a volcano is
'he experience of a Westward
teacher as reported in the South.
(T western District News Bulletin of
the Bureau of Education. Under
Unalaska date line the Westward
writer reports:
j “Many of the teachers, we as
sure, will remember Mr. R. W Nv°.
who left the service about four
years ago after being three yet r.
at Atka and at several No. them
stations previous to that time. Ke
became interested in a fox island
to the Westward and has spent
two winters hereon. He had ex
pected to spend this winter also
on Garoli Island. About two weeks
ago he started from here for that
purpose in the litle power boat
“Eunice.”
% “Upon coming within sight of
the island those on board could
hardly believe their eyes- Captain
Nelson put on his glasses and
4, looked; then he took his fieh5
glasses and looked; then he looked
at his chart and log to he if
someone had gone crazy and steer
ed the wrong course while he was
off watch. Then Mr. Nye wa3 called
and when he lokked, for a time
words failed him. ‘Where is r.iv
house?” he said. And ‘Where is the
rock beach?,” The captain said
“Here is the finest sandy beach I
ever saw.” But the realization soon
came to all of them that if Mr.
Nye had remained on his island
this summer, as he at one time
contemplated doing, he would have
been no more! For the island had
blown up just at the spot where
YUKON ENROUTE
SEATTLE, Nov., 15, (/P)-—The
SS 'Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 9 a. m. today for Alas
ka with 58 passengers eight for
| Seward, as follows; W. D. Clark,
i J. N. Reiter, Mrs. Flora Egan,
Anna V. Silverberg, Mrs. P. A.
Cook, Miss D. Cook, Mary E. Cox,
Gale Alexander.
KODIAK in
LOSES OFFICIAL IN
POST S00N0 SITE
i SEATTLE, Nov. 15. (/P)—Rudolph
Bparen, 42, who for several years
has been superintendent of the
Kadiak Cannery at Kodiak, Alaska,
died here yesterday. He will be
I buried Sunday in this city where
he has been a resident for 25
years.
Mr- Sparen was well known in
the Westward. In addition to his
duties as director of canning act
ivities at Kodiak, he also acted in
an advisory capacity for other
plants of the company at Shear
water and Three Saints Bay. Most
of the fishermen of the Westward
knew him as a kindly but energe
tic factor in the fishing industry.
He has taken a prominent part in
the game and his passing will be
deeply felt.
STII
IN D ANG Eli
TOKYO, Nov.. 15 i/P)—A bulle
tin was issued last night warn
ed that Premier Fnmaguchi was
not yet out of danger in hie
f'ght for life against the pistol
wound inflicted bv a young ex
*remist in the railroad station.
He had three blood transfusions,
ore bv his son Iwane. and two
from his secretary.
Mr. Nye's cabin stood, and in hs
place is now a volcanic crater.
Smoke issued from many places on
the side of the mountain and
a stream of lava had been vomited
out, which flowed down the side
to the water’s edge.
“People live in the vicinity of
volcanoes so long ,they forget their
! danger and although Mr. Nye
| would have had to live all winter
i at. the fooot of a smoking volcano,
it was dificult to persuade him to
I reurn and give up his idea of
| hunting on his island this winter
It may be interesting, but also very
! unsafe.
“When Professor Jaegar was hero
about two sumers ago, investigat
I ing these volcanoes he advised
| p°op> to K(ep away from any v>
| iotid for a«,..least six or seven
l imnths it had erupted be
cause there was likely to be a se
cond ,*:*.••!>: tnat time. The rea
son 'or * icb 1 explained scien
tifically. So it was advisable that
Mr. Nye forego his sojourn there
for t:.s seacun. Alhough very as
uopo.nil-.g f *r Mr. Nye. he
I rejoice in the fact that he is
! “among those present.”
1TIIIE FARMERS
PURSUITS OF PEACE GO FRA
GRANT WAY ON LAST
FRONTIER
The Southwestern District News
Bulletin of the Department of Ed
ucation, published at Unalaska is
on the desk, having been brought
in from the Westward by the SS.
Starr. Although somewhat delay
ed there are many interesting news
items from Uncle Sam’s farthest
West.
The editor grows enthusiastic
concerning Umnak radishes. They
are as big as turnips and their
quality equal to their size.
The fine, large, new Umnak
church is constructed and first
services have been held therein.
Plans for new houses next spring
are being made. The sites have
been staked and the lumber is on
the ground.
Nearly 20 motive men plan to
leave soon for their fox island.
Tanaga, to fix huts, gather fuel
and fox Red A big fur catch is
expected.
The experimental gardens on
the school grounds progressed well
wing weather. Unt
il d radishes have
1 of fare and tuv
. carrots, Swiss
despite poor g!
tuee, spinqnh
b n on the
nips, rut a bn
chard, red be
parsnips, curl
and onion wf
vested.. Berry
kinds, rhufenrl
promised for
Rev. Hotovil
pees, potatoes,
kale, head Mtuce,
about to be har -
Diants of various
md some fees are
xt spring,
y at Belkqfsky ®has
refurbished the school. He has a
new truck and four of the boys
have Iren taught to drive it. As
he says, ‘they are ready to go any
time,” and preferably, it may be
presumed, "yes.” It seems that
there were three marriages there
when the bishop arrived. The anx
ious couples had been waiting for
him.
j Three new houses have been built
at Belkofsky this fall. Six new
i ranges have been brought in and
! carpets for the new homes- The
l presiding preist is credited with
being against race suicide. It seems
he is glad to perform a marriage
ceremony. What’s the use of new
houses and new paint and new
ranges if there are no families to
inhabit them.
At Akutan, Mrs. Ambur is in
charge of operations. She has re
cently appointed Miss Mary Mc
Glashan, a- young graduate, as
teacher of basket weaving.
R. E. Bergman, of Egegik, con
nected with the educational work
sent a letter to Unalaska. He spoke
about two Christmas vacations last
year and wondered whether they
would have two more this year. Be
tween the regular observance on
Dec. 25- and New Years there is an
! additional holiday of the Russian
I Catholics which extends the gen
eral celebration another two weeks.
He had an idea that perhaps things
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FORCED LANDING
ROCHEFORT, France, Nov., 15,
(IP)—The French naval dirigible
Vtens made a forced landing
at Nieulle Sur Seudre during the
night, badly damaged. The com
mander and several men were
severely bruised. The dirigible
was on a training trip. The cause
of the accident is unknown.
HIM! IS BIG
FSGTDRI REINDEER
EXPERIMENTAL IRK
Greater cooperation between na
tives and the white man is nec
essary in r c iuture of the ro.n*
deer industry in Alaska, according
to W. B. Miller of the U. S. Bio
logical Survey who is on his way
to Fairbanks and his Nome head
quarters. He is passing through
Seward on his way from Nunivak
Island in the Bering Sea where he
has been conducting experiments
in the crossing of caribou and the
reindeer.
The native reindeer owners are
suspicious of the white reindeer
owners and fear that. «iny pro
gressive step, such us bellir m*u -
keting conditions, is an attempt
tc 'i something over.” Tins n
spite of the fact that the Biolog
ical Survev is ottemning in many
to improve conditions in re
' rd to heavier poundage, better
forage plan4 and pest eradiation.
The rapid increase of reindeer
has produced the situation that
ih cNorthwestern Coast of A!
ka are beginning to be grazed to
capacity. Acute grazing problems
are liable to confront the reindeer
owners. It is only by the applica
tion of scientific methods of
handling livestock acording to the
seasonal capacity of grazing areas
and the proper range arrangement
scheme that destruction of the
forage crop, one of Alaska’s most
valuable future resources, can be
averted, he says. The objects of
the experimental work of the Sur
vey are to determine the methods
by which may be secured fuJ
and continuous production.
The Biological Survey, ciurmg ten
years of experimentation with
of handling which have been put
I in practice by all the progressive
I reindeer owners. They are dem
| onstrating the practibility of dom
I estlcating other wild animals
! which may utilize the natural
forage crop year-long without
supplemental feeding. The object
is to cooperate with nature to the
! fullest extent possible and to take
advantage of what nature offers to
I can be induced to offer in food
I and better animals.
By cooperation with the U. S.
Weather Bureau, climatic stations
are being established and data is
being obtained on seasonal plant
growths in relation to soil, air
temperature, moisture, and sun
duration. It seems necessary also
to carry on a campaign of edu
cation with the Eskimoes to gain
the fullest results from these con
sructive efforts, Mr- Miller thinks.
He says it is very possible that he
will find it among his duties to
B 0 X ARRIVES
FRANCE EMOTE
UNITED SHIES
GREAT GERMAN PLANE TAX
IED 100 MILES ON SUR
FACE OF WATER
BORDEAUX, France, Nov., 15,
(/P)—The German plane DOX
landed at Gauriac on the Gir
onde Estuary 30 miles northeast
of here yesterday afternoon. The
giant plane made a forced land
ing on the coast last night on
account of darkness and misty
weather.
The plane flew low through
out the trip at a speed of about
70 miles an hour.
The ship made a perfect des
cent into the Gironde River
skimming the surface for about
300 or 400 yards before stopping.
Officers % and the pilot denied
reports that four engines had
been missing. They were forced
to stop last night, they said, on
account • of darkness; they then
taxied on the water for 100 miles.
BOSTON, Nov. 15. UP)—In the
far-off* Northern China, where the
seeds of “Black Death” lurk, the
authorities are calling frantically
for an American physician. Dr. P.
T: Watson.
The disease which has wiped out
millions of lives in the past is be
ginning another grim march and
this quiet, unassuming doctor
general is needed to halt the ad
vance.
Cabled reports from the pro
vinces of Shensi and Shansi tell
of alarming outbreaks of bubonic
plague—otherwise know a£ the
“Black Death”—the same disease
that swept away a quarter of the
earth’s population a few hundred
years 'go.
Dr. Watson, a medical missionary
for the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions,
has devoted his life to fighting the
battle of humanity out in the
lonely land where plagues are
bred. Plagues must be fought, Dr.
Watson says, at their sources be
for they sweep through the world.
THREE KILLED IN RIOTS
MADRID, Nov. 15- (/P)—1Three
men were killed, a dozen were
seriously wounded and 50 others
| were injured less seriously in a
series of labor riots which threw
: this city into a turmoil.
join up for a time with the big
herd of reindeer now being trail
ed across northern Alaska to the
j Mackenzie river country where
they are to be taken over by the
( Canadian government.
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