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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 74.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1930.
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MC MULLEN REELECTED AS
MAYOR; ORLANDES^ ROB
ERTS, COUNCIL
P. C. McMullen relected Mayor
of Seward; Counc'lmen> two year
;erm, Dr. A. R. Roberts, C. E. Or
iander and Chas. C. Cooper;
tor the one year term. Leonard
Hopkins and J. S. Hofnian; mem
ber of the school board, Win. Ab
bott-.
This was the pleasure of the
voters at yesterday’s municipal
lection who were elected to guide
the destiny of the city’s affairs
for the ensuing year. Exactly 200
votes were cast but due to incom
plete filings for the various of
fices. prior to the official closing
for same, a last minute gathering
of the various factions wrote in
names. As a consequence Mr. and
Mrs. Average Voter did not know
now to vote, what for, and why.
Never, in years past, lias such an
array of names appeared on the
tally books which margins today
bear evidence of the difficulty
the clerks ran into owing to lim
ited space alloted on each page
to official candidates. It was no
ticed, with satisfaction^ that every
candidate who had filed his of
ficial declaration for office, was
elected. Those victorious, who
were written in by the voters,
were Mr. Orlander, for years one
jf Seward’s outstanding members
of the council; and Mr. Hofman,
who, in years, previous, has also
served the city in a like capacity.
The taxpayers ticket was elect
ed intact with the exception of
one. The Voters ticket elected
:hree out of five of its candidates.
It is estimated that at least
60 or 70 votes were lost in the
discard owing to voters neglecting
:o add a cross before the name
-if their choice for office. This,
regardless of the fact, had been
smeared all over the paper for
days prior to the election
Another entire ticket was de
clared void owing to some one
casting their ballot for three for
-he one vc^r term. Still another
ballot was held up for perusal by
the canvasing board because it
had been filled out with ink;
according to printed instructions
on each ballot all names were to
be written in lead pencil. The
canvasing board meets this af
ternoon at 4 o’clock.
THE VOTE
For Mayor
P. C. McMullen 154
L. V. Ray 5
W. D. Coppemoll 2
J. S. Hofman 2
T. W. Hawkins 1
J. L. Graef 1
Sam Graf? 1
C- E. Orlander 1
B. L. Merrill 1
O. Dahl 1
M. E. Holben 1
Leon Urbach 1
Jennie Paulson 1
J. A. Eamon 1
TWO YEAR TERM
Dr. A. R. Roberts i53
C- E. Orlander 108
Chas C. Cooper 78
Frank E. Leslie 45
Jess Lander 34
R. D. Sullivan 31
J. S. Badger 12
J. S. Hof man 8
John Matich 1
Mrs. F. Reenstrom 1
Leonard Hopkins 1
D. E. Valade 1
Fred C. Miller 1
T. P. Murphy 1
Leon Urbach 1
Elwyn Swetmann 1
ONE YEAR TERM
Leonard Hopkins 113
j s. Hofman 70
R. D. Sullivan 54
j. S. Badger 53
F. E. Leslie 8
Jess Lander 2
C. E. Orlander 1
J. H. Flickinger 1
DAUGHTER LISZT DIEjS
BAYREUTH, Germany, April 2,
(/P)—Frau Cosima Wagner, widow
of Richard Wagner and daughter
of Franz Liszt, died. She was 92
years old and had been ill for a
long time unable to see, hear or
leave bed.
NO ALTERING TONNAGE BUT
HAS FOUR RESERVA
TIONS
TOKYO, April 2, (&)—'The Jap
anese government has Instructed
its delegation at London to ac
cept the Reed-Matsudairo naval j
formula without altering the
tonnage figures but with reserva- j
tions, which it is authoratively
stated, should present no diffl- j
culties for eai'ly conclusion of
a tri-parti te naval limitation
pact.
The tonnage schedules were ac
cepted without reservation. The
four reservations contained in
Japan’s acceptance will not pre
vent her from reopening the
question of tonnage and ratio of
! eight inch guns of cruisers and
when the agreement expires Jap
i an reserves the right to arrange
a submarine program by replac
, ing the vessels so as to give dock
yard specialists employment.
Japan desires a definite under
standing as to the agreement
which terminates at the end of
11936. Japan insists that the agree
i ment for extension of capital
ships holiday be found in this
| auxiliary of the limitation pact.
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SURAT, April 1. (JF)—A re
port here was that the govern
ment does not intend to permit j
Mahatma Ghandi’s civil disobedi- ;
cnce marchers to violate the salt j
laws at Jalalapnr. Reveune and
police officials have been paying
j freuent visits to Jalalapur, where
Ghandi plans to manufacture
salt at the Gulf of Cambay in de
fiance of the government mono
poly. The seaboard near Dandi is
protected by a posse of police
men assisted by a number of la
borers.
LONDON April 1. (JP)—'The
| manhood of London is up in arms
against Rochester Browns’ dicta
tion that the well-dressed man
should wear gold-braided evening ;
clothes with lace around the
| wrists and a lace collar. The men
| say that they will not submit to.
j the dictum of the godlike arbi
! ters of fashion.
Harry Lyons 1
Earl Mount 1
SCHOOL BOARD
W. M. Abbott 105
; M. S. Banbury 83
j J. S. Hofman 1
Of the 223 who registered at
the City Clerk’s office and the 22
j who swore in last evening at the j
| pohs, 45 failed to exercise their j
right of franchise.
Promptly at 7 p. m. Judge Rob
inson threw open a window and
I cried: “Hear ye, hear ye, the
| town polls for the municipal
. election in Seward is now closed.” j
! At 8:45 the count of the ballots
! were completed. A scant half- (
dozen citizens gathered awaiting
totals.
Judges for the election were
Jennie Paulson and Mr. Robin
son; Inspector, George Sexton;
clerks, Mrs. Malloy and Miss Syl
' via Sexton.
BET UN, April 1. (^P)—Discov-j
ery of the psittacosis, or parrot
fever germ, :as announced by the |
Robert Koch Institute. It was j
stated that the germ, which was!
found in the heart of exhumed!
parrots, is not visible to the naked
eye, but it can be filtered.
Dr. Lewinthal^ of the Robert
Koch Institute, declared that psit
tacosis infection was possible
through the bill of the parrot, or
by the inhaling of parrot dust.
He added that humans who con
tracted the disease can affect
others. The next step of the In
stitute will be to find a healing
serum.
IES US
HIT I
REB HI ! CHIN
LOS ANGELES, April 1. iJP)— j
An irony of fate has brought!
death to Johnny Schiff, former;
featherweight boxer, and more (
lately known as Southern Califor- |
nia’s most popular fight referee, i
Schiff, who attracted world-wide
attention twice during his career, l
died in a hospital yesterday from
an infection which followed a
blow delivered to his jaw by an
incensed fight fan.
BAD FIRE AVERTED
MARE ISLAND, Calif., April 1.
UP)—Quick work on the part
of the Navy yard firemen averted
a serious fire at the foundry. The
blaze, which started on the roof
of the building, was discovered by
the patrol and the -men used
chemicals to good advantage. The
damage was about $200.
NEW YORK, April 2. (JP)—Tire
capture of the Ada M, British
schooner, with a cargo of 3,000
cases of liquor valued at $275000,
off the Jersey coast^ was an
nounced by the Coast Guard
headquarter". Tire vessel is val
ued at $75,000.
i The ship from Lehavens is an
| chored under guard off Dedioes
j Island and will be taken later to
I the Army base at Brooklyn. No
! details of the chase are avall
1 able.
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ATLANTA, Ga.„ April 1. (A5)— I
W. C. Martin, president of the
First National bank of Dalton,
Georgia, t-oid the Southern Bank 1
Management conference here that
too many bank failures in the \
south have been charged to bad j
times when incapable and dis
honest management have been
responsible.
MILLIONS OUT OF WORK j
WASHNGTON^ April 2, (/P)— j
William Green, ’ president of the j
American Federation of Labor, j
estimated, before the Senate
i commerce committee, that 3,700.
: 000 wage earners were out of
work in February losing over
$400,000,000 in their pay envelopes.
DEMANDS EXCLUSION
! WASHINGTON, April 1. OF)—
i Representative Welch, Republican
; of California, demanded the ex
1 elusion of Filipino immigrants in
i the House and Resident Commis
i sioner Osias rejoined that the so
i cial and economic issues involved
J could be solved only by freeing
the Philippines.
SEATTLE, April 2, </P)—Round 11
for Ketchikan to take up survey'
work in the vicinity of Behm
Canal, the Geodetic Survey ship
Explorer sailed yesterday from
Seattle.
The Surveyor will sail April 2s
for Seward . and Kodiak waters.
Westdahl will arrive in Seattle
late In April and will also sail
for Seward. The Discoverer is •
coming from San Francisco and
the Wcstdahl from Santo Barbara.
ROAD BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON, April 2, (/P)—
The Senate passed the McNary
bill to create a commission of
three persons to cooperate with
Canada to consider the feasibili
ty of constructing a highway to
connect the northwestern part of I
the United States with British j
Co’umbia, the Yukon and Alaska. |
The bill was sent to the House, j
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WASHINGTON April 2. (yT*>—
President Hoover appealed to the
Nation to cooperate wholeheart
edly to the order of census start
ing today.
i To be effective the values of
the census is of paramount im
! portance, the Executive said, from
i the point of view of the govern- j
ment and from that of economic ;
advance and social determination.
Every person in the country
should show their interest in mak
ing it official, he said.
GASOLINE WAR ON
LOS ANGELES, April 1. (&)— j
Gasoline was selling as low as 10
| cents a gallon at some service j
| stations as independent dealers,
continued their price cutting war.
The five major oil companies have
not become involved in the price ,
slashing.
| NAIROBI, Kenya, April 1. {IP) |
—The ambition of the Prince of
Wales to film the rare white rhi
noceros in its native habitat has
1 been realized, and the heir to the
i British throne laid aside his mov
i ie camera and took to his rifle
| aga in. The prince’s ventures with
the camera took him into many
' dangerous situations while in the
; elephant country of the Uganda,
und his companions in the Belgian
Congo heaved a sigh of relief
when a family of rhinoceroses
i munched placidly in the brush
-! while the royal camera clicked.
CRUISER LAUNCHED
MARE ISLAND, Calif., April 1. |
OP)—The U. S. S. Chicago, one of i
the eight 10,000-ton cruisers built j
at a cost of $7,000,000, will be j
launched at Mare Island, accord- j
ing to plans announced by Miss'
Elizabeth Britten, sister of Con- j
gressman Fred A. Britten.
FORTY INDICTMENTS
LOS ANGELES, April 2. (IP)— ]
Forty Los Angeles men, including ;
prominent bankers of Spring St-, j
i brokers and others, involved in
; the early history of the Julian
! stock over issue, were named in
secret indictments voted by the
county rand jury.
EARTHQUAKES ACTIVE
TOKYO, April 2. (IP)—Repeated
earthquakes have rocked the Izu
peninsula, particularly Ito, 40
miles west of Yokohama, the past
fortnight- Inhabitants have be
i-come panic-stricken.
MOKE QUESTIONING
WASHINGTON, Apiil 2. (/P)—
Chairman Caraway, of the Senate
lobby committee, announced that
Raskob will be called to testify
Friday. Caraway received a tele
gram from Raskob, saying he
would be glad to appear at any
time.
NOME, April 2. (A5)—Pete Olson,
of Nome, was acclaimed Alaska’s
champion musher, after driving |
his dogteam to victory over the
166-mile race from here to Golo
vin and back. He was awarded
$1,000.
Ed Rohn, missing more than a
day when heavy storms were en
| countered, was reported in good
| condition despite his experience,
j Ke failed to reach Golovin. A
j searching party found him late
Saturday wandering in the wrong
direction^ toward White Moun- J
tain, with only one of his eight:
dogs left. The other dogs were
located on the ice four miles from
Golovin.
Due to the blizzard, Olson’s time
of 18 hours, 10 minutes and 55
seconds was only average, making
8.7 miles per hour.
Hardly five minutes behind Ol
son came Edwin Pungnuy, White
' Mountain driver. George Molon
I deering came third. Twelve teams
I entered the race.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., April 2.
{/P)—Called to the town of Leliter |
in Eastern Kern county by reports
of a tragedy ( deputy sheriffs
found Eugene Lescault, 31, of Tro
na, lying near death in the home
cf liis estranged wife, Blanche
• -i
Lescault.
He was shot in the neck with a ;
16-gauge shotgun. Mrs. Lescault
s? id she fired at him when he
tried to take her children from
her. She was taken into custody
i end he was sent to the hospital.
I*. PRESOST IS
| ISM TO HOSPITAL
I HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 1.
|(yF)—Marie Prevost, featured play
er of the screen, wras taken to a
Hollywood hospital where she will
undergo a major operation. Miss
Prevst has been ill for several
days but thought her difficulties
were due to dieting. An exam
ination found a recurrence of an
ailment suffered several years ago.
I
USE OiSTiLLEBY IS
DESTROYED KERN GODSTYI
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif., April 1. '
(,'P)—Federal prohibition agents j
were destroying one of the larg- j
est alcohol distilling plant seized j
in Kern county. The plant raided ;
last Tuesday was found on a!
lonely ranch in the Fruitvaie dis- |
trict six miles w;est of Bakersfield, i
The plant value was set at $100,- ■
000.
FIRE SWEEPS VILLAGE
! TOKYO, April 2. (/P)—A fire
I swept the fishing village of Ko
| matsu, destroying 700 of its fliijisy
wooden and plaster houses. The
| loss was estimated at $600 000.
I One fireman was killed and three
others injured. Approximately a
fourth of the village lost their
homes.
EXTENSIVE PROPAGANDA IS
BROADCAST THROUGHOUT
AMERICA BY SOCIETIES
Following a talk be#ore the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce on the
proposed bill before Congress
which would prohibit killing the
American eagle, Attorney Frank
H. Foster, one of the most promi
nent and influential citizens of
this Division, a resident of Cor
dova, presented the following re
solution which was read, then
referred to the Executive com
mittee for a report at the next
regular meeting.
Mr. Fester, who is a candidate
for Representative to the Alaska
Territorial Legislature, also ad
dressed the gathering briefly of
the value to the Territory of the
Federal Highway Act if extended
to Alaska as it is to the Terri
tory of Hawaii.
The Eagle Resolution:
Whereas:—The Congress of the
United States has under consid
eration, a bill which makes the
killing of the American Eagle a
high crime and misdemeanor, and
Whereas-.—We have seen the
destruction wrought by this pre
datory bird to the industry of
fox propagation, among our wild
and domestic sheep, to ducks and
other game birds, as well as to the
spawning salmon^ and
Whereas:—The Alaska Legisla
ture has for 17 years recognized
! the terrible havoc wrought by this
! fowl, as shown by a Bounty Act
; re-enacted each session since the
year 1913, the date of the first
Alaska Legislative assembly, and,
Whereas:—Propaganda by means
■ of radio and other publicity is be
ing broadcast over the United
! States by which individuals in all
parts of the country are being
import lined to write or wire their
Congressmen and Senators in ad
vocacy of the passage of the a
forementioned bill.
Now therefore:—We do most
| earnestly represent that the peo
ple of the Territory of Alaska are
best qualified to judge as to the
conditions under which they rnos
live and as free American citizens
and pioneers striving to wrest the
means of livelihood from a diffi
cult and inclement land, we bc
i lieve that we should be permitted
| to work out our own salvation
! without the interference of mis
! guided idealists and sentamental
! ists whose ignorance of conditions
! in Alaska is only equalled by their
| enthusiasm. And we do respect
I fully submit that said bill should
be defeated in the interest of
! justice and fair dealing.
Be it further resolved:—That a
copy of this Resolution be sent to
| each of the following named per
sons:
Hon. Herbert Hoover, President
of the United States; Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
of the House of Representatives;
Hon. Dan A. Sutherland, Dele
gate from Alaska; Hon. Henry O’
Malley, U- S. Commissioner of
Fisheries; Senator Wesley L.
Jones; Congressman L. H. Hadley;
Chairman of the Committee on
Territories; Hon. Secretary of Ag
riculture; Hon. George A. Parks,
Governor of Alaska.
BYRD SAYS FAREWELL
DUNEDIN. N. Z„ April 2, (/P)—
I in storm darkness in the lower
I harbor Commander Byrd said
■ farewell to 23 members of his
i Antarctic expedition, who are
! bound for home oort-s on the
I vessel Eleanor Bolling.
SPECIAL BYRD COINAGE
WASHINGTON, April 1. (/P>—
Coinage of an issue of 50 cents
in commemoration of Rear Ad
miral Richard E. Byrd and his ex
pedition will be proposed shortly
in a bill by Representative Cable,
Republican, of Ohio.