Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 150.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1930.
PKICE TEN CENT
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MARINE CONSTRUCTION CO.,
OF SEATTLE, WERE LOW
BIDDERS
Additional details on the new
Alaska Railroad river steamer
which will be ready for service in
1931, are as follows:
The new craft will be an exact
duplicate of the Mississippi River
packets and will have all the orna
mental and decorative effects of
these famous vessels on her pilot
nouse and funnels. She will be the
■ Show Boat” of the Yukon and
queen of the big fleet of packets
that ply on that mighty river.
In order that they could obtain
the type of boat best suited for
heir use, officers of the Alaska
Railroad sent Captain Lancaster,
veteran of the Mississippi, the Yu
kon and the Tanana. and river
^aat man extraordinary, to Seattle
; _ tin Alaska.
CAPTAIN VETERAN OF 1898
Captain Lancaster has been a
master on the Yukon and Tanana
rivers since 1898, first with the Al
aska Commercial Co., then with
the Northern Navigation Co., the
White Pass & Yukon route and fin
ally with The Alaska Railroad as
ommander oi the steamboat Gen
7 . ral Jacobs. He was raised on the
Mississippi and during his old
•eambcat days was master of the
Ecliose, the Henrietta and the Joe
T ong, plying betwt en St. Paul and
St. Louis
Captain Lancaster went to Seat
7iC the first time in 1898 and built
-n.e Rock Island No. 1. and the
t Rock Island No. 2, on the tide flats
-Pere. The tug New England was
brought from the East coast and
wed the two vessels to St. Mich
- l. They were the first river steam
b ats to reach the Yukon., arriving
• here June 20, 1898. Captain Lan
caster was one of the owners of
-he packets arid commanded the
Rock Island No. 1 until 1899. when
he entered the service of the Alas
ka Commercial Co.
TO HAVE STEEL FRAME
r Th new river boat designed by L.
I .y coolidge, will be the finest ever
perated on the Yukon. She will
have steel framing and wooden
planking above the main deck- The
vessel will be 231 feet long over all,
200 feet long between perpendicu
lars, 40 feet molded beam and six
feet molded depth. An 800-horse
power steam engine will drive the
huge paddle-wheel astern.
* Equipment of the new vessel will
include an electric motor for all
auxiliaries, cold storage cargo
space, ice manufacturing plant,
two sets of boilers, a bakery, mess
room, pantry and galley with steam
tables, serving tables and other
equipment, telephones and call
buttons and automatic fire alarm
and sprinkler system.
$ There will be four deluxe rooms
with bath, a dining salon 108 feet
by 14 feet, an observation room for
ward 33 feet by 32 feet, large
promenade deck space, and hot and
/•-old running water in all the state
rooms. The pilot house will be in
closed in heavy glass.
Requests for specifications came
from 15 shipbuilding firms in the
Territory, comprising West Virgin
V a Indiana, Minnesota, Pennsylva
M ilia and Ohio in the Middle West
" and San Francisco, Portland and
Seattle on the Pacific coast.
She will be shipped North
knocked down”, assembled at Ne
nana and in service by July 1, 1931.
The specifications call for com
TWO DROWNED, LAKE
JUNEAU, July 1, (/P)—John Han
sen, 22; and Selby Phelps, both of
Skagway, were drowned in Dewey
Lake near their homes yesterday.
Selby attempted to rescue Hansen.
Both bodies were in the water half
an hour before recovered by C. J.
Roser, Boy Scout leader.
YOUTHFUL MURDERERS
KILL STATION AGENT
WOUND SEED COUPLE
TACOMA, July 1, (/P)—Two
youthful murderers killed Michael
Henessey and wounded an aged
couple who attempted to resist a
holdup of their Fir Haven service
station, 12 miles south of Tacoma
on the National Park Highway.
The bandits escaped in a car.
Less than $25 was taken. After
eating sandwiches they started to
pay, then flashed a gun. When the
till was opened Henessey fired two
shots and maybe wounded one be
for he was killed in the fusillade.
DIE FOREST FIDE IN
WEST RUNES DISTRICT
JUNEAU, July 1, (/P>—A forest
fire, started as a signal by a sick
prospector, is raging along the
north side of Katchene river, west
of Haines, on Lynn Canal.
A strong wind carried embers to
the Nich Thomas woods. Forestry
officials have called for aid in
fighting the flames
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YESTERDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 8; Boston 3.
New York 15; Chicago 4.
Philadelphia 3: Detroit 1.
Washington 2; St- Louis 1. Mar
; berry allowed four hits, and knock
ed in the winning run in the ninth.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
i Boston 6; Pittsburgh 5.
Chicago 10; New York 3.
Brooklyn at St. Louis postponed
;on account of rain.
These were the only games
scheduled.
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SI SOPITES
II JINK OIL
LANDER, Wyo, July 1, In a
| transaction involving approximate
ly $1,000,000, the extensive oil hold
ings and equipment of the Dallas
Dome Wyoming Oilfields Company,
known as Derby Dome Co., located
i 12 miles south of here, passed to
the ownership of the Atlantic
Pacific Oil Co., of Wyoming, a con
cern identified with the Milham Oil
Exploration Co., and the Mexican
Seaboard Oil Corp., of which John
Hays Hammon, nationally known
engineer, is one of the principal
owners.
The property has been owned and
operated for many years by English
icapitalists with Campbell M. Hunt
er of London as president
i
'pletion at Nenana- The vessel will
have accommodations for 80 cabins
and 50 deck passengers and a crew
of 35 men. She will be able to
, maintain a speed of 13 miles an
hour.
FH SERVICE FOR
MARTIN S. 851110?
THIS EVENING JT S.30
It was a solemn occasion last
evening at the local depot when
the passenger train from Anchor
age arrived bearing the body of
; Martin S. Banbury, prominent
Seward resident who died last
Saturday, at sea nearing Seldovia,
aboard the S. S. Redondo. Mrs.
Banbury was accompanied by Mrs.
Ralph V. Anderson of Seldovia.
Brother Masons, of which lodge
the departed had been secretary
for many years, tenderly lifted the
casket from the express car to
the waiting hearse then, with
heads bowed and doffed hats, es
corted the body to the funeral
parlor. A few beautifud wreaths,
from Anchorage friends, adorned
the casket.
Funeral service (public) will be
held in'Odd Fellows Hall at 6:30
p. m. today by Seward Lodge No.
1219. Masons will meet in the
lodge room at 6:00 o'clock. Vet
erans of the Spanish-American
[ War, which Mr. Banbury was en
I gaged in, will have seats reserved.
Members of the Eastern Stars
I will all gather in front of
I Swetmann’s at 6:15 this even
! ing from where they will march to
j the hall.
i Death came to Mr. Banbury
very peacefully during the early
morning hours of last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Banbury had both
: retired rather early Friday night;
j Mrs. Banbury occupying the up
I per berth and her husband, the
; lower. At about 3 o'clock Saturday
morning Mrs. Banbury woke up
! and remarked to Mr. Banbury
| that she was cold. "So am I." he
replied. “I wish had not taken
; this trip," again remarked Mrs.
Banbury. "I also,” answered Mar
tin. “Had you not better come up
here, dear?” “No, I’ll be alright.”
Those were Mr. Banbury's last
! words, for about 5 o'clock Mrs.
! Banbury called to Martin and he
did not reply. A few minutes later
i she arose and again endeavored
| to awaken him. His body seemed
| to be cold; failing to arouse him
| Mrs. Banbury tried to open his
| eyes; she thought he had fainted
| Her efforts to revive him being
j unsuccessful she called in Mrs.
j a. A. Anderson, wife of the master
| of the Redondo who, also, was
! making the round-trip with her
I husband. Soon thereafter Mrs. An
i derson informed Mrs. Banbury it
l was useless, that Mr. Banbury had
•passed away.
The remains will be shipped to
j Pasadena, Calif,. where he was
born on December 27, 1879, and
I where two brothers, Samuel and
i Elgin, reside. Mrs. Banbury wall
accompany the remains of her
beloved husband, leaving here to
morrow on the S. S. Alaska.
Pall bearers will be; Wayne
Blue, Cal M. Brosius, H. V. Hoben,
j Henry Frost, Charles Lechner and
Harold Painter. *
SHANGHAI. July 1, (/P)—Con
struction. is scheduled to start soon
on a new 317-mile railroad line
from Hangshow to Kiangsi.
‘ Orders for construction materials
will be placed with foreign com
panies. it is reported. The total
cost of the line is expected to reach
1 $13,873,000.
42 KILLED, GANG WAR
CHICAGO, July 1, (/Pi—The body!
of a man, dead from bullet wounds,
was found on the banks of the Les
Plaines River apparently an Ital
ian. Police believe he was a gang
ster. This makes 42 casualties on
the list of this year’s gang wars.
WIND MO ElECTfllGftl
SUM I EMC
TIE TOLL TWO LIVES
OTTAWA, July 1, (/Pi—Two per
sons were killed and another died
jfroin a heart attack and much
damage done in a wind and electri
cal storm which swept eastern On
tario and Quebec.
Arthur Morris was killed at Mon
treal when a high tension wire was
[ blown on him. John Lethell, hos
pital watchman was killed when he
attempted to pick up a fallen elec
tric ware. Mrs. Mary Harrington,
frightened at a flash of lightning,
collapsed and died.
DETROIT, July 1, UP)— Circuit
Judge Webster refused Mayor
Bowles’ injunction restraining the
city clerk from acting on petitions
demanding the Mayor’s recall- He
held he had no right to interfere in
the election because it “involves
questions wholly of a political na
ture.”
SUNDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 6; Washington 3.
Chicago 6-2; Boston 10-1.
Cleveland 6; New York 7.
Philadelphia 6; Detroit 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4-10; Cincinnati 3-3
Brooklyn 1: Chicago 5.
New York 2-4; St. Louis 3-5.
These were the only games
scheduled.
Chicago took undisputed League
leadership. Root allowing seven
hits.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 8-1; Missions 1-3.
Sacramento 3-6; Hollywood 5-7. "
Seattle" 6-1; Los Angeles 5-2.
Portland 11-6; San Francisco 6-8
13 HOMERS IN 12 DAYS
CHICAGO, July 1, (£>)—Babe Ruth
made his 13th homer in 12 days, in
yesterday’s game. He is ahead of
his 1927 record.
IB RADIO STATION
III OPERATION HEIST I
McALLEN, Tex, July 1, (£>)—'The
Texas-Mexico border’s most power
ful radio station will be in opera
tion August 1.
The 5,000-watt station is being
built in Reynosa, Mexico, across the
jRio Grande, because the federal
radio commission was unable to is
sue a license for operation of such
a unit in this section of Teras.
j Studios will be maintained in
McAllen and Reynosa. Programs
will be broadcast simultaneously
from each.
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It is reported that Aviator Dor
bandt will arrive in Seward in
two weeks with a big, modern
plane, which he will operate in
this area.
EDITORIAL
‘BRINGING UP FATHER”
Judged by the general breakdown
thruout the United States as ex
pressed in the deluge of criminality
affecting not only the great cities
but rural districts, and again not
affectin g the newer common
wealths but the oldest regions of
the nation. One may take unto
himself just pride in the morally
healthy conditions existing in Al
aska. Verily, it is a case of “Bring
ing up Father”, for Alaska offers a
splendid example not only to the
continental parent but to the world
as well.
Glancing over a weekly news
paper from North Carolina, one of
the oldest and at one time the most
conservative states in the Union,
one finds a list of 39 crminal cases
as one month’s toll in the District
Court. These cases range from pos
session of liquor to homicide, the
majority being for theft, forgery,
etc.
This showing overshadows Alas
ka’s crime list for a year, and when
one analyzes the class of offense it
is found that infraction of liquor
laws supply 99 percent of Alaska’s
criminality”.
Only in these instances within
the past 10 years have officers of
the law met resistance in enforcing
the Volstead act. One was the
slaying of Deputy Marshall Jimmy
Hill by a half-demented white man
on Cook Inlet, and the other the
killing of Chief of Police Kava
naugh by a drunk-crazed Indian at
Anchorage.
Compared to this insignificant
record on the wildest frontier of the
United States is the daily reports
of slaying of officers, crimes rang
ing from premeditated murder to
petty larceny, and one absorbs the
idea that Alaska is a pretty good
old neck of the woods in which to
hang up your hat,
There is an element of good in
all things. In this instance the
man in tht street has the horrible
| example to impress upon his mind
I the value of the good as expressed
in law-abiding Alaska. Despite the
sermon of the Publcan who thank
ied the Lord that he was not like
| other people, Alaska can thank the
Lord for this peace and safety, yith
[only nature’s periodical hazards to
I combat.
Maybe when this knowledge
I trickles out among the crime-rid -
jden, products of a political serf
dom, they will appreciate the ex
ampla sot by the progeny and
pitch their tent in the Land of the
Midnight Sun. where opportunity
awaits them.
It’s the same in moonshining as
anything else. If you make a few
gallons they nab you, and then
throw the book at you. If you make
a million gallons you can have your
own estate and yacht in Morida
and the whole country sees your
face on the front page every little
while, as for instance “Scarface” A1
Capone of Chicago- Moral: If you
are going to break the law, don’t be
a piker.
Now that we are soon to have
television along with the radio,
i will some philanthropic scientist
please develop an apparatus
whereby we can toss a brick on
to the head of some of those
wise-crackers and bullfrog bassos
at the other end of the line.
That young Englishman who
| inherited a million pounds ster
ling yet kept on working, voiced
'a great truth when he said: “It
is work that makes life worth
living.”