THE COAST TERMI
NUS OF THE ALAS
KA RAILROAD.
THE terminus o*
three oceanic
STEAMSHIP LINES.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 76.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4. 1930.
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resigned two tears ago to
CONDUCT FUR FARM, PRAC
TICE LAW IN 8. E. ALASKA
JUNEAU, April 4. (/PWohn B.
Marshall, the first deputy pro
hibition administrator to be ap
pointed for Alaska, died in the
hospital from internal hemorr
hage, the result of influenza. He
was 58 years of age and came to
Alaska in 1912.
Later, he was admitted to the
practice of law and subseuently
was appointed United States
Commissioner here, then deputy
prohibition administrator which
he held for several years, then
transferred to Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia, where he was
connected with the legal depart
ment of the prohibition unit.
He resigned about two years
ago and returned to Juneau where
ne was conducting a fur farm
and practiced law.
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SETTLED DOWN ON PURCHASE
IN YAKIMA VALLEY; FOUND
MINING URGE STILL IN VEINS
SPOKANE, Wash., April 3- (#»
—For 41 years Hendrick Bismark,
a Hollander, lived in Alaska and in
those 41 years he never left the
boundaries of the territory. Slow
ly he accumulated his wealth, then,
satisfied that he had enough, lie
came down to “the states” noth a
heavy poke of gold.
When he reached the Yakima
valley last spring it was blossom
time and the wondrous beauty of
orchards and growing things amaz
ed him and he bought a pretty
home with two and a half acres.
But as the weeks and months
passed he tired of the sight of
peaches, strawberries and big red
apples. He grew restless. He long
ed to feel the pick and drill. So he
came to Spokane. Now, it is an
nounced that he has purchased for
$125,000 the Aichan Been mine in
the Deer Trail district of south
western Stevens county.
The old Alaska sourdough laugh
ed when it was suggested that he
wait till snow and cold have pass
ed before starting work. So the lit
tle orchard home in the sunny Ya
kima valley is for sale and he will
oegin wrork on his new? mine, not in
the spring, but now'.
With him are associated C. T.
Roberts and other miners of Alas
ka. He is buying the property from
the Aichan Bee Silver-Lead Min
ing Company of Spokane, which
has done much development work
on it.
He is buying on a lease and bond,
paying a small amount down, a
total of $25,000 in 90 days, and the
balance over a 10-year period. This
cash payment of $25,000 so near
the date of purchase is unusual
these days when mines generally
change hands with agreements to
develop the properties and pay as
earnings cobie.
SAILING FOR ANCHORAGE
The ice in Cook Inlet is out
and boats may now plow same,
according to reports received by
Capt. Heinie Berger, of the mail
boat M. S. Discoverer, who is
leaving on the first trip of the
season to Anchorage and way
ports. He will also make Iliamna
Bay to pick up Hans Severson and
others, returning to the Port of
Seward about the 10th.
A boy from the Jesse Lee Home
was sent to Anchorage today with
the snow fleet, for hospital at
tention.
KETCHIKAN, April 4. (/P)—Nor
man R. Walker, druggist, was elec
ted mayor, getting 314 more votes
than the combined vote of Axel
Osberg and Carl J. Foss.
Councilmen elected were: W. P- ]
'Boos, Henry Erwick and H. P. j
Hansen, eliminating Harry G.
McCain, the only other candi
date.
Jack Talbot was elected a mem
ber of the school board, defeat
ing Mrs. William L. Paul by ap
proximately two to one.
Tiff POMS HE
IN COMPLETE KGGflRD
LONDON, April 4. OP)—Official
announcement was made at the
American delegation headquarters
that the American, British and
Japanese are in complete accord.
The American and British meet- ;
ing indicated acceptance of the j
Japanese reservations. The only
points to be settled are detailsj
relating to Japanese reservations
on scrapping and replacing ships
in order to keep dockyards work
ing.
It is said that there is no fact- j
or or difficulty in any of the re
servations.
MARKET REVIVING
NEW YORK, April 4. (/P)—The j
New York stock exchange exper
ienced its first five million share
day since December 20, as spe
culation for the rise assumed
wholesale proportions in the util
ities and several of the industries.
POST WINTER STORM
CHICAGO, 111., April 4. (/?)—Ap
proaching the 50th hour, a post
winter storm, which already has
| smashed all records for central
| states snow fall, continues un
abated.
SEEK MOVIE RIGHTS
LONDON, April 4. (/P)—George
Bernard Shaw is being offered
$100,000 each for the movie lights
of his Devil’s Discipline, and An
thony and Cleopatra, by George
Liveringst, New York publisher,
who is offering on behalf of the
Mayrice Revues, Hollywood pro
ducers, it was learned.
HAS EVEN CHANCE
The condition of Miss Katherine
| Manschreek, who was taken ill
! here suddenly with acute appen
dicitis and taken to the Latouche
hospital by Captain Berger of the
M. S. Discoverer^ is about even
for her recovery, it is reported.
Miss Velma Cole and Thomas Jas
per, who accompanied the sick
her, are remaining with her.
VERY MUCH IMPROVED
Mrs. R. Cooper, who has been
ill for a number of days with a
severe cold, is said to be greatly
improved today. At this time she
wishes to express her deep ap
preciation to the many friends,
and especially so to the Rebekah
lodge, for their thoughfulness and
gifts.
s. S. ALASKA TONNAGE
The tonnage to be discharged
here from the S S. Alaska in
cludes 50 tons for Seward, 18
tons for the San Juan Fishing
& Packing Co., 65 tons for trans
fer to the S- S. Starr, 95 tons for
transfer to the S. S. Redondo and
278 tons for points along the
Alaska Railroad belt.
No doubt with the arrival in
port tomorrow morning of the S.
S. Alaska, the northbound train,
scheduled to depart at 7:80 a. m.,
will be held over a few hours.
The M. S. Dorothy is expected
to arrive in port tomorrow from
the south.
CfRDOVA, April 4. (/P)—'The
motor.ihip Princess Pat, Captain
Fret! O’Neill, arrived with its pilot
house stove in by high seas after
a terrific battle with a storm
on the Gulf of Alaska. Captain
O’Neill reported the schooner
Stanley was forced to flee to
Yakutat for shelter.
The first boat this year from
Katalla brings work that resi
dents have been almost entirely
out of food the past month and
are subsisting chiefly on fish.
The Chilkat Oil Company re
fined 60,000 gallons of oil the
past two months at Katalla.
ZEPPELl MIES FIST
III FLIGHT, YESR
FRIEDRICIiSHAFEN, April 4.
(/P)—The dirigible Graf Zeppelin
made its first 1930 trial flight
successfully, with a cruise of five
hours and only the crew of sev
eral engineers of the Zeppelin
Company aboard.
The ship is eulpped with sev
eral improvements, including a
gondola directly ' under the pas
senger cabin for an electrical
plant
SUPPLY BOATS HAD DIFFICUL
TY LANDING DUE TO RE
CENT STORMS
CORDOVA, April 4, (/P)— Be-|
cause of the rapid development of;
the oil fields at Katalla, 50 miles j
from here, during the winter the'
resultant influx of laborers and
inhabitants in the district, were j
virtually down to a fish diet |
at the time the first boat of |
spring was able to reach the port.
The district is isolated during.
the winter because of the unsafe;
harbor and the usual service to
Katalla was disrupted; with the
food supples used up more rapid
ly than anticipated, the first boat
this spring, theerfore,. was wel- ;
corned with open arms. A landing j
was made under difficulty. In
spite of the storm everyone help-'
ed to unload the supplies.
The small refinery of the Chil
kat Oil Co., produced 60,000 gal
lons of distillate oil during the
past winter.
MEDICI EXmiTIflN
US IEILTH jiFESDfflD
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. ffl—
A. P. Giannini, head of the Gian
nini finance and banking inter
ests, arrived at Rochester, Minn.,
where he will undergo complete
medical examination.
The Bank of Italy officials here
declared the examination does not
indicate any illness but is mere
ly being undergone for a health
safeguard.
NOT BAD! NOT BAD!
WASHINGTON, April 4, (A*)—
The salary of the Secretary of
Alaska will be fixed at $5,800 a
year, providing a bill introduced
by Representative Maas of Min
nesota, is passed.
The bunch of sailors manning
one of the Alaska Railroad snow
fleets arrived in port last evening
from the bleak wastes of the vast
Interior clearing a way for the
regular train, tonight.
QUCHESB ATTEMPTED
T9 COMMIT SUICIDE;
REMANDED UK COURT
LONDON, April 4. UV)—Mary
Fitzgerald, Duchess of Leinster,
was remanded by the Lambeth
police court on the charge of at
tempted suicide.
She was taken to Lambeth hos
pital Tuesday after she was found
half conscious in a gas-filled
room at Brixton.
She w?#. known by her neigh
bors simply as “Mrs. Wiliams.”
! She was bom May Etheridge,
Duchess, and was one of the
brightest stars in the Piccadilly
theatrical firmament. She mar
ried the Duke in 1913.
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MODIR
LI
WASHINGTON, April 4. (iEp>—
Opposition to modification of the
.Tones law which provides heavier
maximum penalties for violations
of the dry law, were filed with
the House Judiciary committee by
Attorney General Mitchell who
objected to the Stobbs bill to
modify the law by defining casual
offenders.
He said the Jones law should
be given a longer trial period.
CATION OF JONES
IS FROWNED UPON
THIRD NEW STEAMER
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 4, <7P) j
| —The third : nd last of the three j
: steamers built at Birkenhead,
; England, for the Canadian Nat
| ior.al steamship service to Alaska,
! the Prince Robert, was launched
'and will arrive in British Colum
coiiinto suit
PETERSBURG, Alaska April 4,
(IP)—Gus Sundberg, who disap
peared December 17, was found
| near the Standard Oil Co. dockj
yesterday morning, an apparent
suicide by drowning.
He had conveyor chains, taken
from an old mill, wrapped around i
his body so as to hold it down. |
Sundberg had tried to raise
money here to work a claim;
some where near Juneau. He had!
said that “it was tire only chance!
he ever had had to make some
money and none were willing to
help so there was no use for him
to keep on living.” He is survived
by a sister residing in Sweden.
VESSELS IN PORT
Vessels in port today include
the Redondo, Starr, Discoverer
and the Chase, and halibuters
Electra, Yakutat and Liahona.
There are several tractors and
automobiles aboard the S. S. Alas
ka billed for Fairbanks.
TWO HOTELS BY 1932
In 1932, according to Colonel O.
F. Ohlson, general manager of the
Alaska Railroad, there will be
two hotels in McKinley National
Park, one at the Park entrance
and the other at Copper Mount
ain, which may be renamed Mt.
Eielson.
The S. S. Redondo, of the A. S.
S- Co., arrived in port last night
form the Westward and upon
taking on cargo from the steam
er Alaska, will return west.
- -
j Alaska reindeer meat, under
| a plan outlined by General Man
i aer O. F. Ohlson, of the Alaska
i Railroad, will be competing with
| Australian mutton, in the Japan
• market.
KOHTH DHOTI MS
PLATFORM URGE DOT
JAMESTOWN, N. d„ April 4. iff)
—Democratic party leaders, from
their office in North Dakota,
pledged a platform containing
a section urging repeal of the
Eighteenth amendment of the
Volstead and the act was adopted
at the state convention yester
day.
They said prohibition had
brought ruination to the farmer
because it robbed him of a mar
ket for his grains.
DEMONSTRATIONS MADE
fif JAPAN SOVIETS
AGAINST ACCEPTANCE
TOKYO, April 4. iff)—Under |
auspices of the famous “Black;
Dragon” society and other nation
alistic organizations, an open-air
demonstration against the Japa
nese cabinet’s acceptance of the
London Naval formula, was held
at Shiba Park.
The speakers said the govern- j
ment’s decision is humiliating to |
surrender national defense in the:
face of American demands. Only j
2,000 attended despite the holi-!
day anniversary of the death of j
Jimmutenno, Japan’s legendary |
first emperor.
BREACH OF PROMISE
LOS ANGELES, April 4. (A5)—
Ethyln Gibson, once a Follies
dancer and motion picture ac
tress, filed suit for $350,000 against:
Leon Gleason, rich broR$r, charg
ing breach of promise to marry.
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
PHILADELPHIA, April 4. (/Pi
Eight persons were killed and
scores of others injured in a to
nes of explosions in the plant of i
the Pennsylvania Fireworks Dis
nlay Company at Devon, 16 miles
west of here. About 35 of the
injured persons were taken to
the Brynmawr hospital.
EIGHT HAVE RECOVERED
KETTLE ISLAND. Ky„ April 4.
(VP)—Eight, more bodies have been
recovered from the Pioneer Coal
Company mine wrecked by ex
plosions last Saturday and en
tombing 16 men.
* Seven bodies had already been
recovered leaving only J. E. Hill,
mine foreman, still to be located.
TORCH REORGANIZES
Because the Torch Honor So
ciety was reorganized there has
been quite a scramble among high
school students to take part in
extra curricular activities and the
last couple of days have been
busy ones. To be a member of this
Society the student not only
has to have a good scholastic
standing but he must also have
some outside activities to his or
her credit.
DIVISIONAL VOTES
The vote of the Territory is
divided as follows:
1st Division—47.04%
2nd Division—7.58%
3rd Division—20.23%
4th Division—19.15%
According to the latest report
as to the arrival here of the S.
S. Alaska, tomorrow’ morning at
9 o‘clock is about right.
The Standard Oil Company at
Fairbanks is expected to soon
have construction start on a
fine dwelling for the Fairbanks
manager.
The new Neon sign “B & H” of
Brown & Hawkins Corp., was
turned on yesterday afternoon and
boy, it’s a beaut!
Contrary to the opinion of
many there is no registration for
the Territorial primary lor gener
al election.
EM
KEEP!
OFF PUE WINGS
OVERSHOES WITH SMAfX HOSE
EMITTING OIL BREAKS ICE
ON STRIKING EDGE
ITHACA, New Yorx, April 4. (.$*)
—Overshoes for airplanes, a new
method of keeping wings free of
deadly ice, was announced by
Cornell University as being de
veloped by Doctor William Geer,
research chemist.
The overshoes are laced over
the forward edge of the wing
and are thin layers of a special
ly vulcanized rubber exuding,
continually, a colorless oil which
is the secret of the success.
It is announced that ice does
not stick nor the oil scrub ofi.
Slipperyness alone was insuffici
ent so the overshoes will have a
small hose under the striking
edge; with a slight pulsation of
the pump, driven by air, this hose
expands and the hose breaks the
ice as it forms on the wings. The
method is designed for bad weath
er only and is not heavy or cum
bersome; 100 pounds will be add
ed for a biplane with a 40-foot
wring spread.
ID Ml
AERONAUTICAL ASSOCI ATION
WILL GET REPORT ON AUSTIN
E. GRIFFITH’S SUGGESTION
(Seattle P. I.)
Feasibility of an international
trans-Pacific mail, passenger and
freight line, via Alaska, with Se
attle as the base, is being investi
gated by a committee of three
prominent airway officials, who
will report their findings to the
Seattle chapter, National Aeronau
tical Association, it was learned.
The committee consists of Verne
C. Gorst of the Gorst Air Trans
port Inc.; Maj. Gene Frame of the
Alaska-Washington Airways, and
Morgan R. Nichols of the West
Coast Airways. They are now col
lecting data and will report back
in the near future.
Manila Terminus
The contemplated route would
terminate at Manila. Planes would
make the trios from Seattle via
British Columbia, Juneau or C>
dova, Alaska, Russia, Tokyo,
Shanghai, Canton and thence to
Manila.
The committee, appointed by
Prseident Herbert Munter, was in
compliance with the plan sponsor
ed by former Judge Austin E. Grif
fiths, who, at the last meeting of
the Seattle chapter, very optimisti
cally urged the establishment of a
line to the Orient.
Cooperation Assured
' “Japan and China are willing to
cooperate with the United States
in the establishment of such a
line,” Griffiths told the members.
Working with Griffiths the com
mittee is looking into the feasi
bility, cost and patronage of the
contemplated line, and will report
their findings to the Seattle chap
ter members in the near future
I
MRS. HATTEN TO SPEAK.
Mrs. C. T. Hatten will be the
special speaker at the Revival
meeting at the Community church
this evening. People have enjoyed
her readings. Come and enjoy
her sermon. Meeting begins at 8
p. m.
"It is appointed unto me once
to die, but after this the pudge
ment.” Hebrews 9:27.
General Manager Otto P. Ohl
sor, of the Alaska Railroad will
arrive this evening from his An
chorage headquarters.