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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 140.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
mis mm
TO OEI FOLD
TWICE MAJORITY OF THE RE
PUBLICAN VOTE OF ONE
YEAR AGO
NEW YORK, Nov., 6. (jP)—Vir
ginia returned to the democratic
fold in the gubernatorial election
by a majority more than twice
the size of that which carried
it- into the republican column in
the presidential election a year
ago.
And New York reelected Wal
ker on the crest of the tital
wave which swept before it three
other candidates, LaGaurdia,
Thomas and Enright.
Walker’s plurality was 497,000.
Democrats repulsed the repub
lican drive to capture the Ken
tucky state legislature and saw
their candidate from the 21st
congressional district, Joseph A.
Cavanaugh of New York, defeated
by his negro opponent, Hubert
T. Delaney, by 13,000 votes.
^ Chicago returns indicated a de
cisive victory over the entire dem
ocratic coalition ticket consisting
of 10 republicans and 12 demo
crats for superior and circuit
court judges.
Although democrats held the
Kentucky legislature the republi
cans reelected Mayor of Louis
ville, William S. Harrison, by the
unprecedented majority of hund
reds of thousands.
Democrats elected James M.
Currey, Mayor of Boston, for his
bird term; and Reginald Sulli
van, mayor of Indionapolis.
Charles Bowles defeated John
W. Smith for mayor of Detroit in
non-partisan contest.
Virginia democrats had a maj
ority in excess of 60.000.
FILLS VACANCY CREATED BY
DEATH OF SENATOR BUR
TON OF OHIO
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 5, (A5)—
Former Congressman Roscoe C.
McCulloch of Canton was ap
pointed United States Senator
From Ohio by Governor Cooper :
filling the vacancy caused a
week ago by the death of Sena- j
tor Burton.
McCulloch had served for one j
(ts year as chairman of the state
public utilities commission; he j
was born on a farm in Holmes
County, Ohio, in 1880.
He was admitted to the bar in
1903 and served in congress in
1914 to 1920. He is married and
has two children.
NIGHT OF ORGY, MURDER
PARIS, Nov., 6, (A5)—One of the
^ wildest murder cases in the history j
of the French court will be heard
when Didi Wieller comes before the
bar on a charge of murdering her
husband after a night of orgy in
which they participated with
friends.
m
AFTER MORE BUSINESS
NEW YORK, Nov., 6, (/P)— Miss
Glenna Collett, America’s greatest
| woman golfer, is going to Europe
again next year to try for the Brit
ish championship.
EXPLORATION OF'
JUKHC BY ZEP
■' issue
GIANT AIRSHIP WILL BE MANN
ED BY THE REGULAR
CREW OF 35
WASHINGTON, Nov., 6. (&)—
The German dirigible Graf Zep
pelin, carrying three Americans,
and nine other scientists for pol- i
; ar exploration, sponsored by the i
I International Aerarctic Society, j
I may land in an unexplored area j
of the Arctic Sea next spring in •
order that the passengers may j
survey isolated regions at their
leisure
Dr. Walter Bleistein. treasurer
) of the society, described the pro
| gress of preparations for research \
on the journey which he said
would be made in safety and com
parative comfort.
Requests for cooperation will
be made of the Army and Navy
| particularly for receiving Naval
radio reports.
Under the command of Capt.
j E. A. Lehmann, the Graf Zeppe
; lin, with 12 scientists, wall carry
! fresh provisions for five days the
| the longest period expected to
j be away from one of its bases,
I to be located at Tromsoe, Norway, 1
land Fairbanks, Alaska.
Twenty-three Eskimo dogs will
go along with the ship, the latter
to be manned by the regular crew I
of 35.
NEW YORK, Nov., 6. (/P)—Wal
ker won the mayoralty campaign
in New York and Pollard won the
governorship of Virginia, both
by large margins. Both are dem- ,
ocrats.
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE PUB
LIC YESTERDAY IN OWN
HOME TOWN JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Nov., 6, (Special to
the Gateway)—The Alaska dele
gate publicly announced yester
day he will not run again.' stated
James Wickersham and so, “At
the request of my many friends
throughout the Territory, I will
be a candidate before the Rep
ublican primary in April for that
nomination.
“I will issue a statement giving
mv stand on constructive legis
lation in Alaska at a later date.”
HOPE TO TAKEOFF WITHIN A
PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS
SET NEW RECORD
NE WYORK, Nov., 6, (£>)—Hop- 1
ing to be the first to fly around
the world by airplane from East
to West, the four Russian avia
tors who Saturday completed
their 12,500 mile flight from Mos
cow to New York, have cabled
the Russian air ministry for
permission to fly across the At- ;
lantic.
If allowed the Russians hope
to hop-off from Harbor Grace, j
Newfoundland to England, with
in three weeks.
U. S. Army fliers were the first
to fly around the world but their
route lay into the setting sun.
DESIRE INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Nov., 6, UP)—
;While the tariff bill lingers because
jof opposition to its rates, Represen
tatives of farm interests expect tc
press for increases in rates on agri
cultural products.
USV
BIRD H BORDER
LIS OF MEXICO
POPULATION INCREASING BY
AMAZING NUMBERS UNDER
WARM SOUTHERN SKIES
SACRAMENTO, Nov., 6, UP)—A
battle for racial dominance, already
won in sections near the Mexican
border, where a barrage of brown
skinned babies has routed the nor
mal population increases by amaz
ing numbers, drew attention of a
gravely concerned statement issued.
It is not the man from Mexico, but
his offspring, leaping into life,
liberty and pursuit of typical Cali
fornia happiness at a rapidly in
creasing rate that threatens, Dr.
Walter M. Dickie, director of Pub
lic Health, told Governor C. C.
Young.
Up two and one-half points in
four years to 17.7 percent of the
state’s birth rate, Mexican births
are sweeping the field thruout the
south and increasing in the north,
said the health official.
Calexico’s births of the last year
were 71.8 Mexican, those of Brayley
64.4 percent and the Imperial coun
ty 52 percent, while a host of cities
and counties are adding to their
population by the stork, at rates
varying from 20 to 50 percent Mexi
can, records quoted by Dr. Dickie
indicate.
STAMPS OUT TRAFFIC
MADRID, Nov., G, (IP)—General
Primo De Riveria reported that
Spain is stamping out the illicit
drug, traffic, thru the rigid enforce
ment of narcotic laws during the
last 11 months.
ANTI-ALCOHOL CAMPAIGN IN SOVIET RUSSIA
ipliH
Wmam
io reduce Russia’s drink bill, the Soviet Anti-Alcoholic Society is point
ing out to youth the evils of over indulgence of vodka, the national drink,
i he picture shows a parade of children in Moscow carrying a banner upon
which is a warning.
I
JOHN RUSTGARD
IS CMDIOATE FOR
DELEGATE OFFICE
AT PROPER TIME WILL MAKE
PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR
HIS RACE
JUNEAU, Nov., 6, (/P)—John
Rustgard, attorney general of
Alaska since 1920, late Tuesday
announced his candidacy for the
Republican nomination of dele
gate to congress which means
he will enter the Republican pri
mary list next April as aspirant
to succeed the present delegate
; whose retirement at the end of
| his fifth term was announced
from Washington yesterday.
“I have been in correspondence
with friends in all parts of the
Territory for some time regard
ing the matter and have received
many letters Urging me to be a
candidate for the office.”
Rustgard said; “Since the del
egate has positively declared his
intention of retiring I am tak
j ing this opportunity of declaring
| my own candidacy to succeed
; him.”
| Rustgard was elected attorney
| general in 1920, reelected in 1924;
lagai nin 1928; his present term
| expires in 1933.
He did not undertake today to
'outline the issues on which he
| will base his primary campaign
i but “At the proper time I shall
j make public in detail the plat
form upon which I expect to
[ make the race.”
WIDESPREAD SEARCH UNDER
WAY FOR PAST THREE
WEEKS
WINNIPEG, Nov., 5, UP)—Be
lieved to have been found by
wandering Eskimos called to the
search by radio, Colonel C. D. Me
Alpine and party of seven pros
pectors, who had been missing
for eight weeks in the Arctic,
are safe at Cambridge Bay, on
the northernmost rim of Canada.
A message from Bathurst Inlet
radio station said; “Fort James
station at Gjoahaven, King Wil
liam Island, advises McAlpine
party arrived safely at Cam
bridge Bay across the ice from
Dease Point. Fort James will for
ward instructions as soon as pos
sible.”
The McAlpine party went into
the North on an aerial explora
tion trip and when they failed
to return a widespread search
was organized. For the last three
weeks the base of the search has
been located at Bathurst and
from there four airplanes have
been vainly scouring the sur
rounding territory.
It is believed that Eskimos
found the party somewhere along
the coast and conducted them
across the ice to the bay.
It is said that a polar bear can
outswim a seal.