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Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 122.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Seward Chamber
Successful Efforts
Item Re-Inserted
The Evers and Harbors Bill which was reported to the
Senate yesterday re-inserted the item calling for
the Resurrection Bay Breakwater at Seward
May Mean Early Completion
This may mean an early start r.nd completion of this*
much needed refuge for small boats, and will be a big
thing for the many hundreds of small fishing
boats from 50 to 80 miles within the vicinity
of Seward in times of severe storms
such as the North Pacific is so well
known for, can now make a run
for Seward knowing that
Ressurection Bay will
be a safe refuge
from the ele
ments
The Seward Chamber of Commerce is to be congratulated
for their successful efforts in having this important
item re-instated, after it was taken off with
the many others in order to hold the Budget
within the necessary amount allotted
_ for that purpose
Fire, which is believed to have
seen started through the burning
if the grass around the build
•ngs, yesterday, burned the sec
tion houses of the Alaska Rail
road to the ground. One of the
section houses was constructed
last year.
The Forest Service Fire Depart
ment stationed at La wing was
notified and pending their ar
rival at the scene of the conflag
ration, it was thought that the
new section house could be saved.
Mot so .however for the Forestry
fx>ys arrived a few minutes too
late and the fire had gotten a
good start on the building.
One member attached to the
:rew at the Section house was s
overcome by smoke from the fire
that he had to be taken into
town.
Many Sewardites autoed out to
the fire.
The Admiral Watson of the
P. S. S- Co., arrives in port from
:he South this afternoon.
Mrs. W. A. Vinal passed thru
Seward recently enroute to spend
i. few months in the Interior and
expects to go down the river to
Ophir. She also intends to spend
jome time at the Vinal Tourist Inn
which is located at Healy.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAY’S GAMES
Chicago 2-8; Cleveland 3-9.
Boston 5; Philadelphia 7.
Washington 7; New York 2.
Detroit 16; St. Louis 11.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3; Brooklyn 1.
St. Louis 5; Pittsburgh 8.
Philadelphia at Boston postpon
ed on account of rain
Cincinnati at Chicago postponed
on account of rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 6; Portland 3.
Sacramento 8; Seattle 6.
Hollywood 11; San Francisco 6.
Missions 2; Los Angeles 10.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, (IP)—
After more than 60 hours of useless
search, Superior Jndge Edward W.
Engs of Oakland is still ini' sing.
One of the greatest man-hunts
in the history of the Bay district
had succeeded only in deepening
the mystery of the jurist’s disap
pearance.
Judge Engs left his home early in
the morning, only a few hours be
fore he was to preside over the
final day’s session of one of Oak
land’s graft trials.
FREIGHTER IS DRAWING NO
WATER; PULLED OFF ROCK
HIGH TIDE
SEATTLE, May 28. (/P)-—Seattle
i Coast Guard headquarters were
I yesterday notified that the freig
ter Oduna, of the Alaska Steam
i on a beach near Granite Mine,
| ship Company drifted sideways
Sound while making a turn. Word
I was sent by the Cape Hinchin
• brook Naval radio station which
picked up the distress signal at
3:24 A. M.
j All ships in the vicinity were
notified and the freighter La
: touche and the survey steamer
Discoverer preceded from Cordova
to render any as~*tance neces
! sary.
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A local report says that the S. S.
S. S. Oduna is all right and that
it was pulled off the rock at high
'tide to resume its regular sched
ule, since it is drawing no water.
It will arrive in port at 8:30 to
night.
The reception committee of the
local civic body, the Seward Cham
ber of Commerce for the Seattle
and Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce was appointed by President
Leon Urbach at the regular weekly
business meeting of the Seward
Chamber yesterday. Harry Balder
ston is chairman; the other mem
bers are J. H. Flickinger, Elwyn
Swetman, Cal M. Brosius, T. W.
Hawkins, Joe Badger, H. V. Hoben,
1W. C. Erwin and P C. McMullen.
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TWO FREIGHT TRAINS
| Effective June 1 the Alaska
i Railroad will operate two freight
trains each week between Seward
; and Anchorage, leaving Seward
' on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Wednesday train will handle
only the freight for the way
i points between Seward and Anch
! orage and all freight for these
way points will have to be de
1 livered to the dock before 4 p. m.
| on Tuesdays.
SELL ITS NDUSTRIES
The Chamber of Commerce at
Juneau decided at a recent meet
ing that they would try to sell
something to the Seattle and Los
! Angeles Chamber of Commerce
i Excursionists when they pass thru
ithat town even if it is nothing
i more than scenery and the God
i given advantages of living in Alas
Ika in the Summer time. A small
I folder will be issued setting forth
I Juneau’s three major industries
mining, fishing, and lumbering.
R-100 FLGHT PUT OFF
LONDON, May 28. f/P) — The
projected flight of the dirigible,
R-100 to Canada has been post
poned until the end of June or
the beginning of July. Repairs
were required as a result of one
fin of the huge ship being injured
during a test flight.
DRINKING PARTV
Bin FOB FI
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 28. (JP)
—The state fire investigators delv
ed into the reports that a liquor
party was responsible for the
fire of yesterday which destroyed
the Colesium, where A1 Smith
made one of his presidential
campaign speeches.
The loss is estimated at $300,
000. Five people were killed.
It is rumored that a drinking
party was in progress in the north
' end of the building a short time
j before the fire started.
| General Manager Otto F. Ohlson,
of the Alaska Railroad arrived in
Seward yesterday.
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WASHINGTON, May 28. (/FI —
The treasury department sus
pended Administrator Lyle of the
Pacific and Northwest Enforcment
Unit, his chief assistant, Whitney,
and Corwin, Whitney’s chief aid,
pending the outcome in the trials
of Murice Smith, Lyle’s second as
sistant, who was named acting
acting administrator of the Unit.
FORTY-SIX ATTORNEYS
SEATTLE, Wash., May 28. (/P)
That 46 attorneys will appear
| to represent Horr in the Whitney
; Slader suit was revealed in a not
ice filed in the Superior Court.
ATTEMPTS LIGHT FUSE
WHEN ARRESTED
CHICAGO, May 28, (/P)—Ten ex
tortionists, accused of levying tri
bute from Northside business men,
were arrested by a police detail
from the State’s Attorney’s office
after they had trapped a man in
the act of lighting a bomb in a
coffee house doorway.
The capture of William Ortin, al
leged former convict, as he stooped
to touch off the fuse, possibly pre
vented injury to a score of persons
jwho danced in a night club adjoin
ing the building where the explo
sive was planted.
AUTOMOBILES SAFE
WASHINGTON, May 28, (/P)—1The
Supreme Court has ruled that auto
mobiles confiscated for illegal liq
uor transportation cannot be held
under the International Revenue
Laws where prosecution has not al
lready begun.
Mill JOSEPH
LOOPHOLE OFFERED JOSEPH
FOR HIS REINSTATEMENT
RETRACT ACCUSATIONS
SALEM, May 28. (JP)—A situa
tion without a parallel in the his
tory of Oregon developed in the
Supreme Court yesterday when it
disbarred George W. Joseph, re
publican nominee for governor,
who has been practicing law in
this state.
The court also disbarred Thorn
es Manix, another Portland at
torney. Both were disbarred perm
anently. Joseph was given an op
portunity to reinstate himself on
the condition that he retract the
accusations filed by him against
. two members of the court.
No such loophole was offered
Manix
Joseph and Manix brought the
d'sbarrment proceedings against
each other. Joseph started accus
ing Manix of deceiving the Sup
reme Court in the Wemme En
dowment Fund case at the time
when Justice Rand granted Man
nix the option to purchase a mine
in Baker country for $300,000.
PERNAMBUCO, May 28. \/P>—
The Graf Zeppelin left for Hav
ana 9:13 A. M. today, East Stand,
I ard. The huge dirigible circled
! over the city and then headed
i North.
Its start was delayed several
hours when rain made her too
heavy to lift. The filght leg which
it is now undertaking is about
4,500 miles.
They hope to reach Lakehurst,
New York about Sunday night.
Jack Rosness, star athlete of
I the Seward high school, left on
| today's train for Anchorage where
he will sign up with the Alaska
I Railroad for a position through
; out the Summer.
; The S. S. Redondo of the Alas
! ka Steamship Company arrived
in port from her Westward voy
age this morning.
REFUSED CITIZENSHIP
i NEW YORK, May 28, ffl—Pro
fessor Douglas Macintosh, Cana
dian and professor at Yale, who
was denied American citizenship
because he refused to bear arms,
has appealed the case.
j The Alaska Railroad has two
dining cars enroute to Seward on
the 8. S. Orduna of he A. S. S. Co.