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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS?
DESTROYER TEAMS
‘ BUTTLE TO II TIE
V. S. S. WASMUTH AND PERRY
NINES EVENLY MATCHED IN
ELIMINATION CLASSIC
Baseball teams from the USS WAS
MUTH and USS PERRY waged a
bloodless battle yesterday afternoon
on the local diamond to determine
those who would play in the coming
games with the S. S. Discoverer and
die local nine. The Goddess of For
tune showered her favors indscrim
inately between the teams. The win
ning score resting first with one
team, then the other, and finally,
when it became necessary to call
the game, giving neither of the
teams advantage, and leaving the
score 10 to 10, by decison of G. J
Manthey, who umpired the game
and to whom is given a vote of
^ thanks.
FIRST INNING
The game started at 2:30 with the
USS WASMUTH’s team at bat, Coff
man up. The PERRY’S pitcher threw
three fast ones right over the pan
and Coffman was out. Trdell follow
ed but was thrown out at first. The
pitcher next walked Palmer. Mere
dith felt around for a couple, slam
med two fouls, then struck out, re
tiring the Wasmuth team.
The PERRY team came to bat
with Preston up, who made the base
cn balls. Cardwell toed the mark,
waited until three plate-sizzlers
went by and he retired. Stanchl
fild, a left-handed swatter, bunted
to the second baseman who eried,
resting Stanchfield safe on first,
t Preston advanced to 2nd. Sims up
;o bat. Perston stole 3rd, then came
home followed by Stanchfeld as
Sims slugged one to centerfield, fin
ally resting himself on 2nd. Farela
then knocked an easy fly to the
shdrtstop, who fumbled, letting him
eet to first, while Sims went to 3id.
Van Druff up, after letting two go
by, swung and missed the third, al
lowing him to return and warm the
bench. Hogue followed suit, retir
ing the Perry team and ending the
1 first inning with a scoer of 2 to 0.
Perry leading.
SECOND INNING
The second inning started badly
lor the Wasmuth as Breshini, the
first batter up, struck out. Drake,
a south-paw, bunted one to the
third baseman and outran the ball
to 1st. As Price came up. the catch
er muffled one, whereupon Drake
stole 2nd. Price laughed at the
pitcher’s wide ones, then walked to
V first on balls. Smth, after making
two futile attempts waited a lit
tle, and walked also. Koriner, the
Wasmuth Weilder, struck the third
of his oponent’s offering and brot
Drake in. Coffman banged one
over the shortstop’ hsead, thereby
brnging in Price, and resting him
self on first. Trudell laid a gentle
1 one in the hands of the pitcher
Yuratich to Preston, ended the
Wasmuth session at bat.
Fitch of the Perry came up but
was thrown out at first. Preston
followed <Jut by laying one into
the hands of the pitcher who threw
it to 1st. Then Cardwell walked,
wild Stanchfield hit an easy one
to the second baseman who fumbl
ed it. resting Stanchfield on 1st
and Cardwell went to 2nd, then
immediately stole 3rd. After two
* the old apple a ride into right field
for a two-bagger, and Stanchfield
slid home. Yuratich hit * pop-fly
to the pitcher and thus ended the
second inning 4 to 2 in favor of
the Perry.
• (Continued on page three)
MISSONARY PLANE
| SEATTLE, Aug., 23, (/P)_The
j Jesuit missionary plane, piloted
j from New York via California by
| Brother Feltes, with Rev. Phillip
Delon as a passengerfi arrived
; from Tacoma and will be crated
j for shipment to Alaska.
i BOOZE SOmiGY
TRIAL JT SEATTLE
TAKES RECESS
OLMSTED HASN’T MISSED MEN
TIONING MOST OF THE
BOYS, TODATE
—
SEATTLE. Aug., 23, (A5)—With
{Olmsted’s long awaited story
spread all over the records the
i Llye conspiracy trial recessed
over the week-end.
Olmsted is due for cross-exam
'ination Monday.
He testified he paid former pro
hibition heads approximately |
$85,000 for protection in 1925-.26 j
and .27 and with 1 exception was j
1 the money was paid through Hub- 1
• bard. He said the exception was
former U. S. Assistant District
Attorney McKinney who sent,
Olmsted to prison.
The witness said $3^000 was giv
en to McKinney for distribution
and a contribution to the former
U. S. Attorney Revelle’s guber
natorial campaign fund.
John Sullivan, McKinney’s at
torney, annunced that he will
ask Monday for a directed ver
dict of acquittal on the grounds
the alleged act of conspiracy oc
curred more than three years prior
; to the indictment of his client
which is thus outlawed.
Olmsted said the first payment
through Hubbard for Lyle was
1250 “to pacify the dear old ladies
of the W. C. T. U.” Hubbard told
him that the temperance group
was pressing Lylye for contribu
tions.
Olmsted testified how he had
planned a counter conspiracy and
trip a number of influential Seat
tle clients by getting them to pay
for their liquor by checks so that
photostatic copies could be made.
The plan didn’t work out as some
of the boys fought. shy of the
idea.
n mystery is
j SOLVED BY FINDING
BODY OF BALLOONIST
i -
| OSLO, Aug., 22, {/P)—A 33 year- j
;old mystery has been solved by
jthe finding on White Island, Frid
tjof Land, the body of the Swe- ;
dish balloonist and explorer, Aug
gust Andree, by the Norwegian
I Scientific Expedition now in that i
i
i region.
i Andree took-off with a baloon
| from Danes Island, Spitzbergen,
I in July 1897 intending to fly j
! to the North Pole,
i One of his companions was also
! found. Both were fully dressed
! and well preserved.
By Associated Press
Int. Tel. 44, American 127, N. J.
Standard 69, Richfield 15, Zeller -
bach 12, Lehigh, no sale; Durant j
4, 3-8; Alaska Juneau, no sale; i
,U. Cal., 39, Gold. 16, Bancorpora- !
[tion 29, Kennecott 34, Steel 167,
[Radio 39, Cons. Gas 105, Cities 27.1
Carbide 75, Motors 45.
fiffi SOOiilGS
U. S. S. Wasmuth and Perry
“We are not greatly pleased with
the way the wind smudges up the
face of the bay in the day time,
and had to delay our brain work
until evening. Which gave us a
darn good excuse to see the ball
game. Believe it or not, those of
you who were not there, missed
something. We don’t l|ke to crow
about our own gang, but they cer
tainly put up a good fight, and it
was fght from the first. It was
worth seeing! Bases were stolen
and bats were binged just as they
do it in the big league. There’s to
be a game again Sunday between
the local team and this hard play
ing outfit-if you miss it don’t blame
us. There will probably be a game
played today but we have not been
given the ‘dope’ yet.
“It is rumored that the WAS
MUTH’S storekeeper saw a young
porcupine yesterday and immedi
ately became infatutated. He would
have stroked its back had not a
kind Samaritan intervened at the
crucial moment. We don’t have
porcupine down south and this fel
low knows better than to try strok
ing a rattlesnake. Also the young
man under discussion told us aboi
a young lady who thought shaving
cream was made from goat’s milk
because goats had whiskers.
“Wednesday night will be big
time night. There wll be an old
fashioned Navy Smoker at the
Dreamland Auditorium, with pie
eating contests, boxing, wrestling
singing and general roolishments
Come one, come all and tell your
friends. It will not cost a thin part
of a dime to see it all! We are not
supposed to be letting the cat out
of the bag. so don’t tell anyone
where you got the dope- Certain
people were going to keep it from
you for another day or two.
“We are sorta in a jam and, al
though you don't know us very wTell
as yet, we hope you will be deeply
sympathetic to our tale of woe. This
‘Smoker’ was our idea and now
find musicians and no instrument
All of our rhythmic twangers left
their guitars, ukeleles, mandolins,
banjoes, pianos, el ceteia •• '• m
and we need one of each. What is a
Navy Smoker without No.
music? Any of you who care to
help this entertainment along by
loaning an instrument for the
evening may do so by leaving a
note or by phoning the Editor.
“Did you notice the little fellow
with the long waistline on shore
patrol last night? That, dear r
ers, is a result of eating Navy
over 13 years. Also, another factor
is that both the Commissionary
Steward of the WASMUTH, and the
Commissionaiy Steward oi th
PERRY are lately
the Navy’s cooks and Bakers School.
They are bright young fellows and
know their hash and stew, nlso
their salad oil. Drop in on
of them sometime and let thi ■
proven to you.
“Captain Ancell started to relate
a story this evenng but was inter
rupted. It seems that he was ar
rested and fined $25 some years ago
for heaving a policeman into a
snowbank. The city in which this
incident happened could not think
of taking all hs money and givng
nothing in return so they gave him |
a night’s lodging in the city boctl;
92 YEAR OLD MISSOURIAN
George Mattox, one of the old |
pioneers and veteran of the civil
war, w'as a passenger on the Starr
having boarded her at Unalaska.
Mr. Mattox is 92 years oid and kep i
the boys cn the -Starr by his Mias-1
ouri drawl and a few tales new.)
and then.
CONDITIONS IMPROVE
! POINT BARROW, Aug., 23, (JP)—
Radio reception is improving with
the darkening nights. The KRJ
program came in loudly and per
fectly clear. Ice conditions along
the shore is improved and hourly
the wind is forcing the ice pack
out toward deep water.
FEW ALASKANS NOTED IN LIST
RETURNING TO NORTH
ERN HOMES
SEATTLE, Aug., 23, (/P)—The
SS Yukon, of the A. S. Co., sailed
for Alaska at 9 a. m. today with j
132 passengers on board of which
44 are for Seward:
R. S. Boyd, Jean Kellett, Mr. i
and Mrs. Halfton Burch, Evelyn 1
George. Miss M. Balf, Mr. and j
Mrs. T. White, Miss Lois King,
E. E. Wese, Miss V. Wheeler, Mrs.
F. E. Schodde, Mrs. G. Lamb, Mrs.
Sol Silverman. Dwight D. Mason.
D. Mason, Miss C. Herron. Mr.
and Mrs. A F. Nagal, Mr. and Mrs.
F. L. Lake, Miss M. Fox, A. V. Cor
dovado, J. O. Buckley, F. Ran
dolph, Mrs. A. Miller, T. W. Loyd,
Tom Dowd, Mrs. S. R. Caops. T.
E. Meister, J. P. Gallagher, Robt.
McCombe, Frank Scully. Dr. A. W.
Borland and Mrs. Borland. Miss
: C. Peterson, Ben Merithew\ Don
Addler and two daughters.
ELLIOTT JOINS PARTY
Mrs. Malcolm Elliot, wife of
Major Elliott, president of the A.
R. C., arrived yesterday from the
Interior, with her two daughters,
enroute home to Juneau. Major
Elliott joined the Senatorial par
ty at McKinley Park and wull like
' ly remain with them during their
! investigation tour.
i ---—
BIRCH FOF& FURNITURE
Milo Kelly who, with Frank
Reed of Anchorage, are interest
i ed in the possibilities of the de
; velopment of a sawmill to cut
! birch into marketable lengths
! for furniture factories, wrent out
i last night on the SS Aleutian.
BOH OF BROWNING
FOUR a COM
CORDOVA, Aug., 23, (ZP>—'The
body of Robert Browning, 22, of
Vallejo, Calif., missing since July1
18, was found on the outskirts of ,
the city by Mike Shepard who
stumbled over the remains.
Suicide was the verdict which
followed the autopsy and inquest.;
A pistol’s bullet was found in!
the brain. The gun was still in j
the boy’s hand. Unrequited love j
is said to have been the motive, j
PLENTY OF FOG
Capt. C. E. Anderson of the SS
Starr reports encountering dense;
fog banks in the Bering Sea and |
to the Westward. The fog was so j
thick at times that the bow of
the ship was hardly discernable.
However (comma) the vessel made
fast time making the round-trip
to Bristol Bay, including the
Westward Isles, in slightly more,
than 18 days.
T. N. Henry, connected with'
the Department of Justice, re
turned on the SS Starr last nite
from an official trip to Unga.
SENATOR THOMAS PLEASED
GATEWAY ARTICLE, BOY
HOOD DAYS
CURRY, Alaska, Aug 21, Special
to The Gateway—The Senatorial
party arrived here this morning,
after a pleasant trip from Sew
ard. The members who had never
been in Alaska before were as
tonished at the scenery and the
glaciers between Seward and An
chorage and at the big rivers
north of the latter point.
At Anchorage a large number
of people met the train, headed
by the official committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. Some of
the visitors were escorted up town
for lunch, and the others lunched
on Manager Ohlson's buffet car.
Senator Kendrick was met by
some old Wyoming friends and
had an enjoyable visit with them
during the stop.
Going north in the afternoon,
a 15 minute stop was made at
Wasilla, and the Senators spent
the time talking over farm mat
ters with the several farmers and
their wives who were in the lit
tle town to see the train.
The party ran through a heavy
shower just before reaching Cur
ry, but, the sky was clear when
they arrived.
Tomorrow-Friday-th^ train will
run to McKinley Park, where
a 24 hour stop will be made. The
arrival at Fairbanks will be Sat
urday evening at 6:30. Enroute a
side-trip will be made to the Healy
River coal mine, where lunch
will be served by the mine people.
Manager Ohlson left the train
before reaching Anchorage and
returned to Sewrard to meet Mrs.
Wilbur and party. He will join
the Senators, probably at Fair
banks.
At Curry the Senatorial party
received a pressing invitation to
visit Valdez with an offer to meet
the members at Fairbanks with
automobiles. The schedule of work
planned by the committee will not
permit an acceptance of the in
tation.
August 22—
This morning came a rain and
cool weather. The special train
left Curry at 8:15.
Senator Thomas, last night,
reading again the exclusive story
of his boyyhood published in The
Gateway, remarked to a group of
excursionists:
‘•This Seward paper hit it off
just right. When my father lo
cated in Phillips County, Kansas
in 1874 it was the extreme fron
tier. Nobody thought of it as a
farming country. There was no
market for farm products, any
way, and those frontier people
only planted a little stuff for
home use. For the first few years
father hunted buffalo for a liv
ing, selling the hides to hide buy
ers. It was not so different from
pioneering in Alaska.”
RECOVER 15 LBS. GOLD
JUNEAU, Aug., 23. (.-P)—Fif
teen pounds of gold from the
wreck of the Islander has been
recovered valued at $3,700. Ex
cept for threads in the seams the
pouches w^re reported to be in
good condition when taken from
the safe.
Mrs. Tollbom .wife of First
Mate Tollbom, SS Starr, entered
the Seward General Hospital yes
::rday for treatment.