Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 23!).
SEWARD, ALASE-... TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
JACK TALBOT ELECTED
COMMANDER OF AMERICAN
LEGION OF ALASKA, 1931
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RESUME OF ANCHORAGE CON
VENTION HELD THREE
DAYS LAST WEEK
The American Legion Depart
ment of Alaska held its 13th
annual convention at Anchorage
on September 15, 16 and 17 and
all Alaskan Posts, with the ex
ception of Nome, were represent
ed, according to Seward mem
bers who attended as delegates.
Juneau, Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Sitka, Petersburg, Cordova, Val
dez, Seward, Anchorage and
Fairbanks.
The train bringing most of
the delegates arrived at Anchor
age Saturday, the 13th. Some
peppy songs were sung led by
* Fsh” Herring of Cordova. Be
fore leaving the station, an ex
planation was made by Jack
Talbot, accompanied with heart
felt criticism, that the drum
corps was a Juneau possession
and not Cordova's as the letter
ing on the big bass drum would
indicate.
Registration took place imme
diately after marching to the
Legion hall, and committees were
appointed for the convention.
Everyone was comfortably lo
cated in hotels and the process
of getting acquainted began. By
Monday morning, when the
opening of th ceonvoitnneopen
opening of the convention took
place, faces and names were
becoming familiar which aided
greatly in launching a successful
convention.
Committee reports and the
regular order of business occu
pied the morning hours; the af
ternoon was spent in meetings
of the various committees. In
tiie evening the Legion Auxliary
put on a luncheon and get-to
gether affair at the Legion hall
where no effort was spared to
-how every ody a good time.
Tuesday also was a busy
clay with a banquet in the
evening by the Anchorage Cham
ber of .Commerce. Wednesday
wound up the reports of com
mittees, with the election of
Department officers for the en
suing year. In the evening a
banquet and dance were given
by the Legion.
Departmental omcers elected
were as follows:
Commander, Jack Talbot of
Ketchikan.
1st Vice Commander, Ralph
Reeser of Fairbanks.
2nd Vice Commander, E. M.
Campbell, Wrangell.
Finance Officer, M. Sides, Ju
neau.
Judge Advocate, Clyde R. El
is. Cordova.
Historian, Homer Nordling,
Juneau.
Chaplain, Joseph Rude, Peters
burg.
Sergeant-at-Arms, Oscar Shinn
man.
National Committeeman. Da
*1d Adler, Fairbanks.
National Committeeman. Al
ternate, Dalton Barr, Cordova.
Dent. Committeeman-at-Large,
M. Polley. Juneau.
Dent. Committeeman-at-Largh,
Dw’.ght Chase, Ketchikan.
Delegate to National Conven
on to bo named later by the
Rre-mtive Committee.
The 1931 convention will be
-r.m pt Petersburg,
an-jn report of the A. L. Aux
i-w at the Anchorage conven
Ti
IFF WILL BE
RAISED ON A. BY.,
STATES OILSON
GENERAL MANAGER ENROUTE
TODAY TO ANCHOR
AGE OFFICES
JUNEAU, Sept., 23, (/P)—In
crease in both frieght and pas
senger tariffs over the Alaska
Railroad in the near future, was
forecast by General Manager
Otto F. Ohlson, as the result of
the recent Senatorial investiga
tion.
He said he had no information
as to the tenor of the commit
tee’s report to the Senate but is
strongly of the opinion that
higher rates are inevitable.
Ohlson is enroute Westward.
He said the committee did not
come here to junk anything or
shut down the road but were
concerned in means for reduc
i ing the annual deficit..
He said that passenger rates
in Alaska are much lower than
the Copper River or White Pass
& Yukon systems.
MIKE KMMIFF
WOUNDED 81 BEAR
(Special to The Gateway)
KODIAK, Sept., 23, —Mike
Kilmakoff, well known resident
of Kanatak, was brought here
aboard the SS Starr for treat
ment after being possibly fat
ally wounded by a brown bear,
seven miles west of Kanatak.
ton, is .as follows:
Reports were read showing
what had been accomplished
during the past year.
| Under Child Welfare a number
of units reported aid given to
children of ex-service men.
The report of the sale of pop
pies showed a large sum. Pro
ceeds from these sales are used
for the sole purpose of aiding
in Veteran’s Welfare Work.
Each unit reported an increase
| in membership.
One of the most important
; subjects discussed was the Com
munity Property Law and it
j was “Resolved that the Auxil
iary endeavor to secure legisla
j tion the same as the State of
Washington Code.”
The ladies were invited to in
spect the Fire Hall and while
there were pleasantly surprised
with gifts from that department.
The Auxiliary was also enter
tained at banquets by the An
chorage Chamber of Commerce,
the Anchorage Post of the Amer
ican Legion, and the Anchorage
A. L. Auxiliary. They were also
honor guests at a ball given at
the B. P. O. Elks’ Temple and.
on another ocasson, gliests of
the Legion at the “Talies” in
the Empress theater.
Seward delegates were unan
imous in exorcising their sin
cere appreciation for the royal
entertainment by the “Biggest
Little Town in the North.”
I
NEW MOVE OF
PHAGES SEES.
ESCAPE SENTENCE
AFFIDAVITS FORWARDED IN
CLUDE SWORN STATE
MENTS JURORS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 23,
| (JP)—The Examiner says that a
| new move to save Alexander
I Pantages from going to the pen
| itentiary is being made in the
| forwarding of affidavits from
' San Francisco to State Attorney
! Webb.
A Sacramento says the affi
j davits include sworn statements
I of two Los Angeles men and one
! of the jurors who convicted Pan
j tages, who indicated that at
I least three weeks prior to his
selection as a juryman he was
determined to “send that Greek
where he belonged."
Hugh Springs and George Ear
j hard, salesmen, two of the above,
made affidavits. Affidavits from
I two women jurors accuse the
I same juror of threatening to
j tell Bob Shuler. Los Angeles
radio preacher, how “they acted
and voted” unless they agreed
| to convict Pantages. The wom
en are Christina Ulrick and Mrs.
William Incles.
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STILL
FACES PEBJUrTY
MINISTER DEMANDS REIN
STATEMENT OF FORMER
OFFICIALS
SEATTLE, Sept., 22, </P>—The
verdict of acquittal, brought in
shortly after midnight, Satur
day, for all the defendants in
the Lyle-Whitney conspiracy
case, brought the demand ' for
their immediate reinstatement
to the prohibition enforcement
unit, by Rev. J. Ralph Magee,
president of the State anti-sa
loon league.
The ending of this case brought
| to a close the longest federal
court trial, and the most public
interest, ever held here.
Roy C. Lyle, former adminis
! trator; William Whitney, Earl
Corwin and R L. Fryant, were
acquitted of accepting bribes
from rum-runners. The trial
| lasted six weeks and the jury
required six hours and 23 min
utes to arrive at the verdict.
Whitney still faces a perjury
indictment. Lyle said the de
fendants had no doubt as to the
final outcome from the very
beginning.
Judge Norcross told the jury
that A1 Hubbard had been im
peached several times and in
structed them to scrutinize the
testimony of the government
witnesses closely.
ROTHSTEIN ROBBED
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept., 22,
(/p)—Louis Rothstein, 34, Seattle
jeweler, was robbed of nearly
$40,000 in mounted diamonds as
he was entering the station to
board the East-bound train. Two
bandits took his back bag while
a score of persons witnessed the
theft. The bandit called him by
his first name.
POWER NOTICE
Electric energy will be shut
off tomorrow (Wednesday) be
tween the hours of 1 and 2 p. m.
Seward Light & Power Co.
CHIMNEYS TOPPLE
CIILIFORNIA 5I1E
EUREKA, Calif., Sept., 23, (/P)
—An earthquake of several sec
onds duration shook the city at
7:05 this morning' toppling chim
neys and spilling dishes from
shelves and doing other dam
ages of a minor nature.
Smaller shocks preceded the
main templor and small fires
were started when the chim
neys crashed.
A rumbling accompanied the
quakes.
CONFESSESliLLED
8 YEAR-OLD GIRL
MARVER1NE APPEL
FEARED GIRL WOULD TELL ON
HIM, SO MURDERED THE
CHILD
SOUTHBEND, Ind., Sept., 23,
(/P)—George Meyers, 40, excon
vict, is held under close guard
in the Michigan City prison
charged with the kidnapping on
August 27 of Marverine Appel,
eight yeyar old girl. who was
later found slain.
Authorties said Meyers made
two complete confessions. Con
viction means the death penalty.
Meyers was arrested by Con
stable Surup who, after clues
had failed, learned that Mar
verine had made the acquain
tance of a man named George.
He confessed that he took her
to a barn, assaulted her, then
killed her fearing that she would
tell on him.
NATIONAL
St. Louis 15, Phillies 7.
The Cardinals pounded the
ball to every corner of the park
for 19 hits. They are two and
! one-half games ahead of the
| Cubs. The Cards got eight dou
bles. Mancuso whanged out four
hits and Bottomley and Wat
; kins three each.
Chicago 6, Boston 2.
The Cubs still have four games
, to play. Bush, hurling brilliant
! ball, held Boston to six hits. The
j Cubs got 12, including Wilson's
153rd homer with one on. He al
| so contributed a fielding feature
| bv a sensational running catch
of Richbourg’s liner.
This was the only game play
! ed.
boys fatally burned
SPIRIT LAKE, Ida., Sept.. 22,
I f/P)—Alvin Call and .Francis Do
j lan, both eight years of age,
; were fata’ly burned by a liquid
I stream of fire which squirted
from a plumber’s furnace when
• they ran into the room where
j the plumber was fixing a kit
chen sink, just as the furnace
exploded.
John Lungsted. 52. resident of
Fairbanks, dropped dead last
! week wh’le watching a fire.
AVIATORS LANDED
IN SLUSH ICE IN
ARCTIC OCEAN
RADIOED BACK TO KARISE
DIRECTION OF LEADS
ALLOWING ESCAPE
j NOME, Sept., 23, (£>)—Pilot
Dorbandt and Mechanician Cope
j landed this morning with Cap
tain Jocquinson who was plac
ed in the hospital suffering from
kidney trouble and speechless.
This completed the first com
mercial seaplane flight into the
Arctic Ocean where they landed
on slush ice.
Dorbandt thanked Captain
Jones, of the Cutter Northland,
for standing by in Bering
Strait while the plane made the
crossing to the schooner Karise
which ' is believed to be impris
oned in the ice for another year.
Upon Dorbandt’s arrival here
he radioed the ship informing
them of the direction of the
leads which will allow them to
escape.
Dorbandt and Cope have form
j ed a new company known as the
Internatonal Airways of Alas
ka with a base at Anchorage.
They will remain at Nome to
j day then fly to their base. They
! plan to fly to Seattle with pas
! sengers. on the first trip, about
October 1.
A small powerboat was used
to break ice near the Karise so
i that the plane could land and
take off, near Cape Serdze.
YOUNG HOHS
REQUIRES MONTHS
RECOVER HEALTH
SMALL TUBERCULAR INFEC
TION IS FOUND IN
CHEST BONE
WASHINGTON, Sept., 22, (TP)—
Joel T. Boone, Whitehouse phy
sician, said a complete diagnosis
of the illness of Herbert Hoover,
Jr., 28, disclosed a small tuber
cular infection in the chest. The
, diseased area is small, Dr. Boone
said. His general rundown con
dition of the President’s son has
i brought about the decision that
j he remain at the Presidential
lodge in Virginia probably un
til the frost comes; he will then
be brought to the Whitehouse
for another complete examina
tion.
The future treatment of the
patient will be decided upon
then, Dr. Boone stated.
The patient has gained weight
and is in a much better condi
j tion after one week of regular
rest and diet and if properly
; treated, the physician said he
1 saw no reason why ya complete
recovery should not take place,
but it will take months of rest
and diet.
Young Hoover has been grant
ed a leave of absence as vice
oresident of the Western Air
Express.
HURRAH FOR DEMOS’!
ST. JOSEPHS, Mich., Sept., 22,
| ('/p)_The State Democratic Con
vention unanimously adopted a
| platform recommending a na
i tional referendum on prohibition.