THE TERMINUS OF
T 11 R F. E OCEANIC
STEAMSHIP LINES.
Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE COAST TERMI-i
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TOLUME XV. NUMBER 39.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
tlELSON’S BODY |
FOUND YESTERDAY»
INSTANTLY KILLED j
BODIES EXPECTED TO BE BROT
TO NANUK TODAY THEN DI
RECT TO FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, Feb., 20, (/P)—The i:
body of Colonel Eielson was found r
yesterday 200 feet from the plane c
wreckage, Pilot Crosson radioed c
jlrgm Nanuk last night. He said j
Melson was killed instantly. i
The two bodies, Eielson and Bor- c
tend, will be brought to the S. S. ^
Manuk today weather permitting, j
«hen to Fairbanks as soon as pos- j
Hible. 'J
The body was found on a slight
•round 200 feet from the fuselage
mid about 150 feet from where :
Borland was found. Only a light j
covering of snow was over Eielson ;
the winds having almost swept it j
Pare. I
The bodies were placed in the
cabin of the Junkers plane by Pilot
glipenov who returned to the Nan
uk yesterday.
He is scheduled to return to the ;
wreck today with additional gaso
tne to bring the bodies out. Slipen
ov has asked permission to go to
Fairbanks v/ilh Che bodies.
[XPEWJE FOR 1930;
I0T1L TEH BEE LIONS
NEW YORK, Feb., 20, (/P)—Secur
ity offerings in 1930 will exceed
rhose of 1029 if all projected gov
ernmental and industrial expendi
tures are carried out.
Total construction work indicat
d for 1930 as already announced
oy municipalities, industries and
the federal government is estimat
ed at $10,000,000,000.
Offerings of new securities in
i929 fell short of this figure by ap
proximately $1 GO,000.000 based on
authoritative banking statistics.
Drecm Fame Attracts
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PI" t'ilUPGH, Feb., 19, i/P)— Fjf
tre.-i thousand women and girls
milled the Dream House” fixed up
ay club women here as an example
r,f what can be done on a moder
ate income.
One of the most dilapidated
houses in the poorest section of
she city was purchased, remodeled
and furnished. The new paint,
whining brass knockers and dainty
uriams fluttering at the windows
me ugh! w. men from far and near
The idea was part of the pro
garm of the General Federation of
Womens’ Clubs to establish model
houses of this sort in every com
munity as an inspiration to home
makers.
HUNTING MADE BUSINESS
SILVER CITY, N. M., Feb., 20. UP)
—Predatory animal hunters killed
268 coyotes in this state in one
month recently.
SPEED SERVICE
LOS ANGELES, Feb., 20, {IP)—
Mexico City will be brought withir
12 hours of Los Angeles thru a coal
ition of the Standard Air Lines Inc.
knd Corporacion Aernautica Trans
portes
NEW ARMY AIRPORT
MIDLAND, Tex., Feb., 20, {IP)—Es
lablishment of an intermedia t<
landing field here has been author
ized by the Secretary of War. I
will be manned by 4 enlisted mei
of the air corps and two from th
signal corps, who will develop nec
essary meteorological service.
AUTOMATIC DEVICES
MAGDERBURG, Feb., 20, <JP)~
Some 2,000 miles of the Germa
railways system have been equippe
with electrical devices for automat
ically stopping trains when a dan
ger signal has been passed. Fifty
three locomotives have been fitte
with the corresponding device.
POWER NOTICE 1 R
Power will be off tomorrow from
10 a. m. until 2 p. m„ providing the
weather is favorable.
Byrd’s Expedition
Is Enroate Home j
NEW YORK, Feb.. 20, (/P)—'The j
Times,-St. Louis Post Dispatch and u
newspapers affiliated with them, c
in publishing Byrd’s reports an- h
nounced the expedition’s ship City
of New York, has reached Byrd’s ^
camp at the Bay of Whales and;
loading was immediately started. |a
The loading was expected to be jd
completed in a few hours and the i
voyage home begun today. g
Incoming List Of
Passengers On
Passengers arriving on the S. S.!
\dmiral Rogers last night, other j
,han those listed from Seattle are t
is follows: jc
?or Seward—Mrs. A. Light, Mrs. 1
John Nelson, Miss Edna Nelson, Lois ;t
Lovejoy, James Nelson, Thomas ]
Rogers, William O’Neill, James C. c
Ryan, Robert Showel, Jack Mor- <
:on, Alvin Polet, Fred Kuban, Ira 11
Brumbach, Einar Jackson, Thomas i
Ek, J. W. Jones, Ben Godni, Joe 1
Pradella, Frank Anderson, George 2
Coughlin. j1
For Seldovia—C. Sunnabar. 1
For Kodiak—Douglas McLean, J. |<
C. Lien, H. Larsen, Axel Magnus- |
son, Mrs. Axel Magnusson, V. P. j<
Morrison, James O’Brien, Harry D.
Baer, Mrs. John Christenson, R. A.
Cutlys, Mrs. Dorothy B. Cutlvs. j'
Local, westbound for Kodiak; Dr.
A. R. Roberts, Mrs. L. Olson, Dr. j,
Jensen.
China Learns Riches
HONG KONG. Feb., 19, (/P)—'The
Chinese have just begun to com
prehend that Japanese interests
have stolen a march on them by j
exploiting rich phosphate deposits
on the Paracels, a group of reefs
and islets in the Chinese sea 170
miles southwest of this port.
The group belongs to China, but
it is far out of the regular track of
ships and has been used hitherto
only as a source of supply for the
bird nests that go into Chinese
soup and as a base for small scale
fishing. The isles are barren and
waterless.
But they have for ages been the
sanctuary of millions of sea birds,
and thru the years there has grown
upon them thick deposits of phos
phates. Some say these beds are
rich enough to pay off the Chinese
national debt.
Admiral
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Seized By Japanese
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Ice Fields Prevent
Berger Land Supplies
Ice fields stretching 20 miles out |
over the water from Iliamna Bay, |
and ice from Anchor Point up Cook
|Inlet, was the condition confront
ing Capt. Heinie Berger, master
land owner of the M. S. Discoverer,
which returned yesterday after a
fruitlecs effort to take a cargo of
flour up to Kenai where a short
age has been felt for some weeks
past.
| As a consequence, Captaii- Berger
j could not land at the bay or up
Kenai and returned to Seward with
his cargo still intact.
He intends to take the present
opportunity and give his engines
another thorough over-hauling and
' will attempt to reach those points
* again about the middle of next
' month
The Alaska College basketball
team returned to Seward today, on
the Admiral Rogers from Cordova
_ where a series of games were play
i ed with the Copper River City lads.
} ;The College intended to return
-1 earlier in the week playing two or
- j three gams at Anchorage prior to
- ‘continuing on North but owing to
3 jthe lateness in arrival of the
j steamer, plans are rather upset.
. S. S. FOLDER
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FI in SEISI
During the coming tourist season
le Alaska Steamship Co., will op
•ate on the busiest schedule in its
istory.
Information regarding the sched
le, is contained in an unusually
ttractlve folder, giving sailing
ates and tours in the Territory,
'he cover bears reprints of photo
raphs of Lynn Canal and Mt.
ccles near Cordova. Red, brown,
ellow and black are used in the
olor scheme for the outside page,
rhich makes an excellent appear
nce.
Under the announced sailings,
he company will alternate with
wo steamers one week and three
he next, giving tne finest service
ffered at any time .since the Alas
:a Steampship Co., started opera
ions in Alaska waters.
The tourist season will be opened
ifficially when the new Aleutian
18-foot four-deck steamer, sails
rom Seattle on Saturday, May 24
;he will sail from the south ever}
wo weeks thereafter, alternating
Saturdays with the steamer Yukon
vhile the Alaska will depart frorr
he Queen City every other Thurs
lay, beginning May 29.
These three steamers are to op
irate on the southwestern Alask?
•un, and, in order to maintain thi
"ast schedule will not call at Valde:
>r Wrangell southbound. Beginnin;
jvith the sailing of the Aleutian or
August 30, they will drop back to i
ihree week schedule.
On the southeast Alaska rout'
the Alameda will leave Seattle fo
her first tourist trip on May 27, an<
after that will sail alternate Tues
days with the Northwestern. Th
la t sailing scheduled on this rout
is that of the Alameda Septembe
2. These two steamers will call a
Sitka southbound after leavin
Juneau
Under the winter schedule fo
this year the Alaska, which ha
been undergoing numerous change
and will be capable of making 2
knots per hour, is back on the ru
having started on February 15, th
Yukon February 22 and the Alov
tian May 3. The Alameda sail
again March 18, while the North
western will be taken off after he
voyage of April 12 and will be give
an annual overhauling in prepare
tion for her sailing on June 3.
Ordinance First
Step Only Reduce
Radio Interference
Seward radio owners met again
last night to listen to reports made
by committees appointed to carry
out some of the preliminary ar
rangements which, it is expected,
will result in the remedying of
much of the present interference.
It was announced thar, the second
and final readings of the ordinance
submitted to the town council by
the radio owners a few days ago,
will be held at the council’s next
meeting on March 3, bv which time
any objections that the public may
have to the ordinance will no doubt
have been presented. It was a^sc
decided to send a tecrrioul com
mittee to the council meeting, tc
answer any questions of a techn.
cal nature that might be propound
ed by councilmen or others inter
ested.
Chairman Leslie told those ores
ent, that if the ordinance is pars
ed, this will be but the first step tf
be taken to reduce interfer
ence Radio listeners who are suf
; fiently interested will find tha
there are many more things to d<
before reception is much improved
Enforcement of the ordinance will
, in a way, be undertaken first by th<
t organization. When an interference
giving device is located, the mem
bers, instead of entering a com
■ plaint, will assist the owner of i
counteracting the disturbance.
; Though there were several at las
5 night’s meeting who were not pres
5 ent at the first gathering, the at
i tendance is yet scant in comparison
1 to the members of local resident
who own radio sets. There seem
J to be a timidity on the part of radi
r fans to appear at the meetings, i
1 was remarked though * all woul
- like to see the local static condi
2 tions eliminated. The chairma
2 urged the members to talk th
r matter up among radio fans an
t bring as many as possible to th
? next meeting
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sj DR. ROBERTS GOES WEST
s | Dr. A. R. Roberts, local deni is
0 left on the S. S. Admiral Rogers fc
1 Kodiak to be gone about a montJ
e There is considerable dent'
- ;work to be 'done at these Westwai
s 'points but Dr. Roberts never felt ;
- liberty to go before on account <
r | there being no other dentist i
n Seward There will be someone le
- jin charge of the x-ray, so the san
:may be made use of at any time.
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S. S. NAUNK, Siberia, Feb., 20, (/P)
—No flight took place yesterday as
the wind was increasing.
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Valdez Cannery Is
| Bought By P. A. F.
BELLINGHAM, Feb, 20, (IP)—The
| Pacific American Fisheries has
completed negotiations to pur
chase the Valdez Packing Co., sal
jmon cannery at Valdez, E. B. Dem
ing announced in a telegram from
| California. The acquisition increas
ies the company canneries in Alaska
'to 14 and will add 125 men to their
payroll.
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U. S. Leads With Autos
Europe in Roads
CHICAGO, Feb., 19, (JP)—A gra
phic picture of motor car conges
tion in the United States is fur
nished in the analysis of world
roadway conditions completed by
the National Industrial Conference
board.
| The United States has more than
,! three times as many automobiles
. J as the rest of the world, but
. 'Europe has more than four times
asj-siuch surfaced roadway as the
, United States.
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In any case they probably would j
be starving if kind-hearted citizens j
~ of Seldovia, led by Deputy Marshal
s Milo Hurlbut, were not supplying;
them whh two meals a day.
As far as the writer’s knowledge
I is concerned this is the first time
^ a soup-line l as eve* been known
to hav e existed in Alaska.
The native children, according i*
™ to The Gateway’s informant, are,
! not orphans but their parents are |
“ so hard up this winter, owing to 1
total failure of the herring pack, <
that they have not been able to :
• i provide for their little ones. Six
barrels of herring is the size of this j
. winter’s herring pack, it is said,
where in former years, thousands
1 of barrels were put up; a winter
industry which gave plently of cm
cj pioyment.
)f Sgt. Ben High, of the local Signal
n Corps staff, and family, will short- ■
ft ly depart for San Francisco, it is
le reported, he having been transfer
red to the Golden Gate office.
PRIMO DE RIVERA RESIGNS HIS PUS I;
BERENGUER IS NEW SPANISH PREMIER
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King Alfonso and Premo de Rivera (in picture at upper left with the
king at left) were central figures in the recent political situation in bpam,
when the Primo resigned. At lower lower center is another view of the re
tiring premier and at lowTer right isMaj. Ramon Franco, who has been a
odds with the administration. At upper right is the royal palace m Mad
rid. Gen. D’Amaso Berenguer has succeeded as premier.
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Wet Leader tells
Committee A Few
Blunt Truths
’EOPLE THRUOUT COUNTRY
HAVE LOST RESPECT FOR
GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb., 20, UP)
Dutright repeal of the 18th Amend
ment and transfer to states th«^
aower to regulate intoxicating liq
uors, was demanded by witnesses
oefore the House Judiciary Com
mittee hearing the testimony for
a change of dry laws.
William H. Stayton, chairman of
the board of directors of the asso
ciation against the prohibition
amendment, asserted people thru
out the country have lost respect
for the government because of the
prohibition law; also, because of
this, it has lost efficiency.
The witness hurled the accusa
tion that the government employed,
thugs in defending murders and
enforcing the dry lay statue.
VESSEL AT MERCY WAVES
FORT CANBY, Feb., 20, UP)—'The
Coast Guard informed that the
riviting is pulling loose amidship
the plates of the Admiral Benson
and that the engine room is full of
water. Capt. Charles Graham is
the only one aboard. It is feared
the vessel will disintegrate to the
strain of the waves.
SUSSI1 DRINK IH(
I TO BURS OF CHONS
LONDON, Feb., 20, (/P)—Great
Britain has resumed diplomatic re
lations with Russia, and the bars in
the house of commons have follow
ed suit.
Vodka has been added to the
stocks of drinks. According to the
kitchen committee, however, beer
still is the most popular beverage
among the labor members.
"0 51* f f rr? n **• $ pi * $ i?
Mother Fish
PORTLAND, Feb., 19, OP)—A can
nibalistic trait of new-born salmon
to feed on the deceased mother’s
carcass has solved Washington’s
problem of food for the small fish,
which are reared on the commun
istic plan by the state each year.
Walter Hofford of Stevenson,
Wash., member of the Washington
Department of Fisheries and Game
studied the cannibalistic trait and
as a result the state of Washington,
each year cans millions of salmon
mothers.
CONFERENCE ADJOURNED
LONDON, Feb., 20, (A3)—The Nav
al Conference adjourned until next
Wednesday to give the French an
opportunity to adjust the cabinet
problem.
AUTOMATIC DIAL
ROME, Feb., 20, (/P)—Italy has
only five telephone subscribers for
each 1.000 inhabitants as compared
with 150 a 1,000 in the United Stat
es. , Two-thiids of the lines in this
country are served by automatic
dial instruments.
INSTALLMENT BUYING
TOKYO, Feb., 20, </P)—Install
ment buying is being adopted in
the steady Americanization process
of Japan’s daily life. One large de
partment store here has started
the system and two others have
sent representatives to the United
States to study it.
CITY RANKS FIRST
ROUENE, Feb., 20, (/P)—Although
not on the sea, this city ranks first
among French ports of entry be
cause most of the country’s imports
'of coal, gasoline and oil come thru
'here. Last year the city handled
i 9,480,000 tons of freight.
Victoria, B. C., has an annual
musical festival of compositions
dealing with fisher folk songs.