Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 242.
seward, alas;:. . Friday, September 26, 1930.
PRICE TEN CEN'i'b
WKLL KNOWN ALASKA MINING
MAN FOR TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS
CORDOVA. Sept,, 26, (/P)—
Howard D. Foster was murdered
in a Dan Creek cabin Monday
night, according to word re
ceived here.
An inquest was held at the
scene of the murder and the
body removed to McCarthy where,
the identity of the victim was^
established. The autopsy was
performed by Doctor Turner, of
Kcnnecott. ;
~ tei had been a resident of,
for 25 years and
was manager of the Westove
Naims. He was a World War
veteran.
He is survived by a brother,
Charles, who resides at Mil
waukee.
Federal officers hint at a clue
'cund to the murderer. Foster is
believed to have had a large sum
o' mone,>’ with him at the time
•* his death.
JUMP FOUND
If OUT OF !GE DUE
10 DORBKNQT. COPE
NOME, Sept., 26, </P>—The M.
S. Karise, thought iceiocked at
Cape Serdge, arrived yesterday.
The vessel found it’s way thru
the ice due to information ra
ciiod back to the vessel by Avia
tor Dorbandt after he and his
partner, Alonzo Cope, brought
Captian Jocqinson here for
medical treatment.
The mariner is reported to be
improving. The flight probably
saved his life.
PROSPECTOR DIES
SEATTLE. Sept, 26, UP)—Lin
ckg, a Ketchikan prospector and
restaurant proprietor who came 1
here two weeks ago for a goitre
operation, died at a hospital
after the operation. He was 40
years of age. A brother survives
him at Pittsburg. Lindig former
ly lived at Cordova.
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LIMA. Peru. Sep. 26. tfP)-The t
new government of Peru has ^
cabled W. R Davis of New York. c
eranting him permission to return ig
and construct a railroad in accor- j
dance with a concession granted j
to Davis and his associates by the 1
Lcguia government.
The concession calls for the con- ;h
struction of a railroad in northern it
Peru opening up a vast territory If
for exploitation in return for cer- e
tain mineral and other rights. The C
statement was made that the fin- h
aneiers holding the concession |
would be allowed to carry out their I
prolject “within n&tional conven- ;
ie.oce”. i,
MARINE INSURANCE e
WASHINGTON, Sept., 25, (/P)_| s
Marine insurance issued during the ! e
year of 1929 totaled $60,042,000 in ' f
gross premiums. 11
FOUNDER PASSES
CAMDEN, N. J„ Sep. 26, (/P)
Dr. John Thompson Dorranr
founder and sole owner of Camp
bell’s Soup Co., 57, died of heart
disease. He originated canned
and condensed soup in 1891 and
joined his uncle’s firm, Camp
bel Fruit Preserve Co.
MUSSOLINI TO WAR Ox\ BOTH
SIDES OF THE ALBANIAN
BORDER
BRUSSELS, Sept., 26. (&) —
The Belgian Senator Louis Des
brouckere, president of the avi
ation commission at Geneva,
created a sensation during the
trial of the youth Fernando De- 1
rosa, accused of an attempted
assassination of Prince Hum
bert of Peidmont, when he de- (
dared that he, himself, is con- ‘
vinced Premier Mussolini of It- '
aly, is preparing to war on both'
sides of the Albanian border.
He declared on the witness ^
stand that during the official
mission on disarmament, he was
able, by personal investigation,
convince himself that Mussolini’s
government is acting as he
stated.
PLANK CALLS FOR REPEAL
ALBANY. Sept., 26, (/P)— By a
vote of 733 to 258 the New York j
Republican State convention in- <
corporatecl in their platform a
plank calling for repeal of the
18th amendment.
PEN) MINE OFFICIAL I
MET SUDDEN DEATH
SEATTLE. Sept, 26, (JP)—'Word
das been received here of the ^
sudden death at Lima, Peru, of ^
Paul Potter, official of the Cerre c
ie Pasco Copper Company, while n
talking along the street. n
His widow lives at Nome and jj
lis father at Lake Crescent, on b
he Olympic Peninsula. t:
His mother, Mrs. M. H. Potter, ;
if Portland, is racing to New
fork to catch a liner for Peru, s
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HEALTHY CONDITION lp
ATLANTIC CITY, Sep. 26, (JP)- r,
he retail drug business is in a 0
ieai*thv< condition despite ch^in- ^
tore competition and trade do
•ression, delegates to the conven- e
ion of retail druggests were told ft
y Thomas Roach of Oklahoma ]c
!ity, president of the National As- ^
ociation of Retail Druggists. p
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CODFISHER DIES
Just one week after he brought ‘
is schooner “William H. Smith” of 0
ie Union Fish Company’s codfish °
ieet into San Francisco after sev
n months in Alaska waters, Capt. '
rustav A. Schmidt succumbed to
eart disease. g;
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EXCELLENT INCREASE jn
Increase is noted this year ini fj
isitors to the Territorial Mu-^
eum at Juneau. For the year
nding June 30, a total of 9,233 01
igned on the visitors book, a p.
ain of 455 over the preceding
iscal year and 342 more than;
ie highest previous registration, oi
THREE SISIFS ME
COMBED. LI15SY;
iBEfi 10 ULUSES
DESERTER FROM THE UNITED
STATES AND BRITISH
ARMIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. (JP)—
The search for Everett Frank Lind
say murderer and kidnapper whose
crime records read like a tale of
detective fiction widened to three
states when authorities through
DUt Washington, Oregon, and Cali
fornia joined in the hunt instituted
by the Napa county sheriff five
days ago.
Lindsay, who under the name of
flarold Simpson was charged with
ddnaping a Napa girl 11 years old
md taking her to Los Angeles and
mistreating her, subsequently was
dentified as the slayer of his wife
md another man.
Under at least 10 aliases he is
wanted for a long list of offenses
mcluding attacks on three other
small girls, desertion from the U- S
md the British armies, and forgery.
Last May he was hunted thru
>ut the Bay region for abandoning
ds foster daughter Pearl Grant. 12,
n Oakland.
■IDT ID DOPE
HOPPED UESOM
NOME. Sept., 26, (.Pi—Pilot
Frank Dorbandt and his part
ner, Mechanician Alonzo Cope,
)f the International Airways of
Alaska, hopped off Wednesday
’or the Dillingham. Bristol Bay
district, with anti-toxin serum
‘or natives stricken with dip
heria.
iinuuunLi.
NATIONAL LEAGUE—
Pittsburgh 0, St. Louis 9. St.
ouis needs only one more game
3 clinch the pennant- Grimes pit
hed superb bail and his team
lates hit Pittsburgh’s offering al
lost at will. Bottomly sent the fans
rto a stage of frenzy with a long
omer with two on bases and ran
ae St. Louis total of runs for the
rst inning up to four.
Cincinatti 3. Chicago 4. Hornsby
lached the Cub reins from Mc
arthy and steered his team to vic
>ry, thus keeping Chicago in the
ennant race. McCarthy suddenly
^quested that he be relieved at
ace. The contest was a battle of
omers. Chicago was leading 4to 1
i the ninth when Cucinello cresh
i his second homer, Heilmann
>llowed with another, Ford fol
ded with a single. Hornsby stuck
is head out of the dugout and sent
at Malone to the mound who end
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1 Cincinnati’s rally by disposing of \
vo pinch hitters.
MERICAN LEAGUE—
F
Washington 3, Boston 2. Arthur
aires played first while Judge Vet- ^
■an directed the Washington base
ill team. '
New York 3, Philadelphia 13- The j
ime was called at the end of the j
Lxth inning on acoimt of rain,
ehrig accounted for all the Yanks 1
ins. He hit his 41st homer in thej^
rst inning. The Phillies got 17 0
ts.
Chicago at Detroit—postponed
i account of the weather. r
\CIFIC COAST LEAGUE— F
Oakland 5, Misions 8. >,
Los Angeles at Seattle postponed »
i account of the weather. * f
REP. STEDMAN ' DIES
| WASHINGTON, Sepl. 26, (/P)
| Representative Stedman of North
! Carolina, the only Civil War
1 veteran in Congress, died here
; today. He was 90 years old.
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BUTTLE CHINESE
REDS ON YUSE
BATTERY OF RED “GUNS” LET
LOOSE ON THE GUAM
AND CAHU
SHANGHAI, Sept., 26, (/P)—
The American gunboats Guam
and Cahu fought their way
through barrages of artillery
fire laid down by Chinese “Reds”
along the middle of the Yang
se River last night, each silenc
ing the heavy attacks and es
caping unharmed.
The Guam fought an artillery
duel with a battery of “Red”
field guns hidden along the
shore 190 miles above Hankow.
The Guam opened fire with her
three-inch guns then brought
her machine guns into play af
ter which the attack stopped.
The Cahu, a few miles above
Kiukiang, ran into a battery of
“Red” guns; they brought their
machine guns into action, speed
ed up the engines, and raced
to safety.
DIXON REAPPOINTED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, (/P>—
Lincoln Dixon, of North Vernon,
Indiana, was reappointed to the
tariff commission by President
Hoover completing the person- j
nel. He has been a Democrat,
member since 1927.
55 VICTORIA LEAVES
NHL GOLD CARGO
NOME, Sept., 26, (/P)—'The SS
Victoria, of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed for Seattle with 80 pas
sengers on board.
The vessel carries $215,000 in
’•old bullion making the total
hipment to date from Nome pla
cers close to $1,000,000.
The steamer was delayed one
ceek here on account of wreath
;r.
SHRIMP SLOWS DOWN
Shrimp picking activities of the j
.laskan Glacier Sea Food company |
lant at Petersburg, Alaska, were |
caled down to a basis of about 40
oxes a day early in August The
lack period permitted the company
:> take its trawlers “Americ" and 1
Charles T” out of the water for
verhaul.
RECOGNIZED BY CHILE
BUENOS AIRES, Sep. 25, (/P)-11
'ormal recognition of the new Ar- 1
entina government has been given I
y Chile, it was officially announc- (
d here.
FIGHT POSTPONED t
NEW YORK, Sept., 26, (/P)—,
lie Campolo-Sharkey fight has £
een postponed to Friday night 1
wing to threatening weather.
The finding of a body near;
'ete Dahl slough, off the Eyak '
Tver flats, has been reported h
■> the Cordova marshal’s office.! (
rn oiiie to identity could be i
Dund. 1 £
Ill WOMAN
MURDERED. RUBY:
DEATHS. MYSTERY
— ' -■ •
OFFICIALS FLYING *0 INVES
TIGATE SERIES OF
DEATHS
I FAIRBANKS, Sept., 26, (A5)—
■ Mrs. “Big” Joe, Ruby native wo
; man, died last night of wounds
from an alleged attack, by Joe
Treihage, oldtimer who is held
in jail on three charges.
Assistant U. S. District Attor
ney Collins and Dr. J. A. Suth
j erland, Department of Justice
| physician, are flying there to
morrow to hold the inquest and
autopsy.
From that point they go to
Tanana where foul play is sus
pected in the death of William
Warren was at first believed
| to have died from neart failure.
An examination revealed a
wound on the left side of his
head.
A search of the ruins of the
old Army post at Tanana, des
troyed by fire, revealed the re
mains of Leo Blistine whose dis
appearance was reported by his
wife several days ago.
Greenway, last seen with Blis
tine, is also reported to be miss
ing.
TO ITU
GOLDEN SITE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. (IP)—
Austin Clapp, an undersized senior
from Stanford University and a
speed marvel from southern Cali
fornia swam his way to an easy
victory in the San Francisco Chron
icle’s sixth annual Golden Gate
swim.
Clapp’s time was 53.49 slower
than last year but he faced harder
conditions. Clapp, with all the
speed in the world and plenty of
power for a small man, furnish
ed the pace from the start —from
the Martin County shore— and fin
ished with plenty of strength some
three minutes and nine seconds
rhead of Buster Olds, the game lit
tel fellow from San Diego who was
smaller if anything, than the vic
tor in the thrilling contest.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. UP) —
treating a department for the
lome and child in the President's
:abinet to coordinate with educa
,ion and child welfare activities is
jroposed in a bill drafted by Re
presentative Ruth Bryan Owens,
lemocrat from Florida, for intro
iuction at the next session of Con
fess
The new department probably to
>e headed by a woman cabinet
nember under the bill to promote
md foster the education of the
lome and family
POSTPONED, OCTOBER 3
NEW YORK, Sept., 26, (/P)—
rhe Sharkey-Campolo fight has
>een postponed to October 3.
Officials decided the match
night be more profitable if held
it the Garden on that date.