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VOLUME: XV. NUMBER 84.
SEWARD,
ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Hon. James Wickersham, candi
date for the nomination for Dele
gate to Congress from Alaska came
in on the Friday train from Fair
oanks and Anchorage and spent
Saturday calling on friends and
acquaintances in Seward. He left
lor Cordova and Valdez on the S.
S. Yukon to continue his campaign.
He was unable to hold a public
meeting at Seward on account of
steamship connections, but asked
The Gateway to say that he regret
ted that fact very much, and would
return here later and address the
people.
“I had a fine trip over the Gov
ernment railroad to Fairbanks and
met the people in public meeting at
Fairbanks, Nenana and Anchorage,
and everywhere met with crowds
of old friends who ga%fe me assur
ances of support at the primary
election on April 29th. I regret
very much that I cannot meet the
people of Seward and discuss before
them my plans for securing legisla
tion from Congress for the further
development of Alaska.
"If elected this fall I will do all
in my power to <^11^ construc
tion of the International Hlghw
thru British Columbia into Alaska
and the building of branch roads
:n this Territory so as to enable
people from the states to come here
m their own automobiles. The
main line should also be provided
with aviation stations every few
miles, with roadhouses and tele
graph lines so as to make it in fact
a great international highway. It
will do quite as much, and in some
ways more, to open Alaska to set
tlers and tourists than even an
other railroad. The people of Brit
ish Columbia will secure equal ad
vantages in the development ol
that province, and seem to favor itJ
construction with as much enthus
iOsm as Alaskans.
“Locally, I am told, Seward needs t
:he improvement of her inner har- ; n
bor by the building of a breakwater j s
for the protection of the railroad : j
wharves, and the protection of the ! c
fishing fleet which make this port ; j
headquarters. I have consulted i
with the mayor and your Chamber! s
of Commerce and premise them my r
active and earnest assistance in se- t
curing an act of Congress authoriz
ing an appropriation for that
necessary improvement. Similar
fishing ports are needed at Ketchi
kan and Cordova and, if elected, I 0
will do my utmost to secure them. e
Coastwise trade and fishing by our;11
local boats must have this form cf j*
protection and I will gladly join P
v/ith the local authorities in such |°
work. jr
Some of my opponents nave
started the story that in case of,
my election I have promised to; i
move the court from Valdez to An- 11
chorage. Of course, that is not x
true, and I could not do it even if I (
promised, for that matter is wholly j
under the charge of the Depart- j}
ment of Justice, where the power ]
lies. I am in favor, however, secur- |
ing a public building at Anchorage j
and another at Fairbanks, where
they are very much needed.
"Some one, also, started a silly
story that I had prevented the peo
ple of Seldovia from securing an
appropriation for building a plank '
roadway at that place to enable the
people there to have reasonable
facilities to reach their water-front
—that is untrue—I had nothing to
do with that matter. I was not
consulted at any time about it, and
if I had been I would have support
ed it. I am interested specially in
the Homer and Selodvia region,
ar.d wish to see them prosper and I
hope to be more deeply interested
there in a short time. Someone is
lving to the people of Seldovia for
whom I have only a feeling of
friendship.
"The people of Alaska know what
I did in my former occupancy of
the office of Delegate, ajid I shall
continue to work along the same
general lines if I am now nominat- j
ed and elected.
"While Delegate to Congress from
Alaska, 1908-1&20, I drew the bills
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BASEBALL I
SATURDAY'S GAMES
Hollywood 2; Oakland 7.
Miss'ons 1; Sacramento 2.
Portland 6; Los Angeles 4.
Seattle 2; San Francisco 1.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
San Francisco 11, 6, Seattle 3, 1.
Los Angeles 12, Portland 7.
Missions 1, Sacramento 0.
Hollywood 10, 2, Oakland 5, 3.
SEN KOI STIITE
ALBANY, N. Y., April 14, (A1)—
The attempt to put New York
1 State on record at Washington for
repeal of the Eighteenth amend
ment was defeated when the leg
islature adjourned sine die.
j The democratic bill was passed
bv the assembly, with the aid of
I republican voters, designed to
provide a memorialization to Con
gress to call a constituional con
| vention for the purpose of re
pealing the 18th amendment,
which died in the committee.
| In the Senate, efforts to con
1 sider it failed during the last two
i minutes of the legislature’s life
• of which both branches the re
[ publicans controlled.
ADELAIDE, Australia, April 14 |
(/P)_Gienside, freak of the Aus- |
tralian turf, is 3till winning races j
here despite the fact that he
broke his neck in 1928.
When the horse, a gelding, broke
his neck in a race track mix;
up, his owner allowed a veterinary
sui'geon to experiment with him- ■
His neck was placed in plaster (
cast. The bones knitted and he j
is now as fast as ever.
Glenslde has a deep depression
across his neck and when h
runs his head swings from side
to side with a peculiar motion.
MANUFACTURE NEWSPRINT
CANBERRA, Australia, April 14,
(TP)—it is believed the federal gov
ernment intends to encourage the
manufacture of newsprint in Aus
tralia by offering a bounty of four
pounds per ton and placing a duty
of one pound per ton on imported
newsprint.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, {.Pi
Posing as prospective tenants to
lure their intended victims to an
unoccupied apartment, two arm
ed men beat Mrs. Antoinette Do
herty, 38, manager of an apart
ment house at 938 Post street,
rendering her unconscious, and
then snatched two diamonds from
her fingers and escaped.
A 60 HOUR CONFAB
NEW YORK, April 14, <JP)—
New York Sun says that a 60
hour conference preceded the
withdrawal of William Fox from
the head of the $3,00,000,000 mo
tion picture industry and theater
chain, which he watched grow
! from a $1500 nickelodeon and was
| as dramatic as any scene filmed
1 in the Fox studios.
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A MISTAKE
CINCINNATI, April 14, (JF)—A
interne was blamed by the Gen
eral hospital officials here for a
i mistake causing Mrs. Ella Adams
to mother the wrong baby for
eight days.
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I There is a possibility that H. G
| Selby, former publisher of the
j Gateway and one of' the finest
of newspapermen who ever wrote
in the Northland, may return tc
Alaska in the near future, as £
! member of the Fairbanks New*
Miner staff.
j SYDNEY, Australia, April 14, (JP)
j—Altho nearly all miners meetings 1
i rejected the proposed compi'omise
iterms for resumption of colliery op
erations, it is believed if the miners
j officials will only give sufficient
i recommendation there will be a
general return to work immediate
ly
The miners decision has given a
severe shock to business communi
ties who are strongly urging mod
erate sections to assist and assert
themselves against extremists.
! The state government announced
plans for rehabilitating the indus
try and they include the reversion
to the 48-hours week, the adoption
j of a system of payment by results
jof a general levy on all wage and
j salary earned by means of a receipt
; stamp which is equal to about three
j pence.
The appointment of an advisory
committee, representing employers
jand employees to assist the govern
|inent in employing funds thus
i raised in the most reproductive
manner.
WILL JOIN FLEET
CANBERRA, Apr 1 14. (#)—It is
reported that the Australian Crui
er HMAS Canberra will joint the
I British Medeterannean fleet short
; ly ant the British cruiser will
I take her place in the Autralian
! fleet.
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NARCOTIC BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON, April 14, (P)— j
Unanimously the House passed j
the Porter Narcotics Bureau bill, j
providing for separation of the
narcotics and prohibition enforce- j
ment; for the appointment of a j
commissioner of narcotics by the
President, and for setting up a
scientific method of combating the \
narcotic evil.
TWO MINERS KILLED
MADRID, Spain, April, 14, (P)—
! Dispatches from Santander said
| two miners were killed in a cave
! in of the Dicibo iron mine at
! Miono. Earlier reports said 40
! miners were missing, but it has
' been learned that all were res
| cued except two.
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MARKET IMPROVING
NEW YORK, April 14, (Pi
Easing in call money sustained the
market in the face of heavy prof
it taking and short selling. Fur
ther reports of improving con
fidence in general business cir
cles proved a sustained influence.
CHILDREN FIND STATUE
ROME, Italy April 14, (P)—I
! the little village of Acradina,
once a Roman city, near Syra
cuse, Sicily, two children at play
uncovered a beautiful marble
statute of a fisherman, nearly
j life-size and well preserved. Arch
| eologists removed it to a muse
! um.
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WAY WIN 33 SEATS
■ ADELIADE, Australia, April 14,
i(/P)—It is row believed the labor
party will win 30 arid possibly 33
seats in the general election. Prem
ier Butler is still fighting to retain
his seat.
A STRANGE TALE
WASHINGTON, April 14, (SP)~
A strange tale of murder, which
has for its background an 18
year-old love affair between the
- i widow of the victim and a lover
t ! who lived in a secret compart
; I ment in the family house, was of
r j fered by Herman Shapiro, attor
1 ney, as the solution of the slay
| ing nearly eight years ago oi
! Fred Oesterriech, wealthy apror
»I manufacturer.
" i
t
e Mr. Foss, who arrived in Sew
d j ard yesterday from Iliamna, fc
a {the postmaster there and will re
s | main here for a few days foj
■dental work.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY j
INTERESTED, AUSTRALIA;
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LONDON, April 14, (£>)—The Aus
tralian Minister Fenton, has been
asked by the Standard Oil Co., if
the Commonwealth will subsidize
its exploitation of liquidification of
coal in Australia where it has at
tained option over large areas. It
is believed that Australian coal is
more suitable for the new process
than is German but cannot be
made commercially practicably
without government permission.
* BOMBAY, April 14, (>P)—Two
bombs were exploded, one in a
third-class waiting room of the
Byculla station, injuring two,
the other in a suburban milk
|train just outside the city, in
juring one.
A thousand nationalist volun
teers were distributed about the
city in continuance of the salt
' campaign.
Ml HE BLAST 1
AT CABBONAIO TAKES 1
LIIESJF17 MINEflS|
TACOMA, April 14, (JT) -Seven
teen miners were killed in a gas
explosion in a coal mine at Car
bonado near here late Saturday.
The explosion, the cause of
which has not yet been deter
mined, but it is believed it was
due to blasting in that section
of the mine and occurred 1,500
feet under ground.
All bodies were recovered by
rescue crews but gas fumes kept
the rescuers out of the mine for
several hours.
Twelve of them killed were mar
ried and about 23 children are left
fatherless. Officials are investi
gating.
LOS ANGELES. April 14. (.T)—
President Hoover’s third grand
child, a six-pound daughter, was
I bom to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, Junior, here yesterday. It
was a Caesarian operation and
mother and child are well,
j Hoover, Junior, the father of a
|boy and a girl, was out of town
but returned. He heads a radio
department on a commercial air
line. His wife is the former Mar
garet Watson of San Francisco.
E. L. Sweek, Seward general
agent for the Alaska Railroad,
left for Anchorage Saturday to
Center the hospital for treatment.
| Mr. Sweek is said to be very ill.
“DOOMSDAY,” A FINE PICTURE
The feature at the Liberty
theater last night was unusually
well presented. Although the
! theme is old and one of the
■causes of great suffering, it was
never handled in so convincing
and clear a manner as in this
movie. Beautiful Florence Vidor
{and handsome Gary Cooper car
ried their parts without any of
the usual exaggeration and over
emotion. Without sensational cli
maxes the interest was sustained
from start to finish. It will be
Ion again this evening.
LEGION AUXILIARY
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) af
ternoon at 2:30 at the residence
I of Mrs. Emily Weybrecht.
Charles Moffett, who recentlj
filed on a large acreage on Un
i' alaska Island for a sheep ant
j cattle ranch, passed through the
•'city Saturday enroute to Utat
and Idaho.
WORKS CLOSED DOWN
SYDNEY, Australia, April 14, (/P)
—Owing to a general depression,
the still company’s works at Port
Kembia have been closed down and
1,500 men are unemployed. The
company anounces it can fulfil all
orders for some time from accumu
lated stocks.
A. B, PBTTEJ1SERISLI
BURNED I GBRiil FIRE
Frightfully burned. A. B. Pot
ter, one of the oldest in years
and residency in the city, was res
cued this morning at 4 o’clock
from his burning cabin lust this
side of Porcunine City. But there
i is no hope held for his recovery,
i stated Dr. H. W. Hvatt, and it is
j not thought he will survive the
I dav.
j It is said that Fred Shellman,
tie cutter, was the first on th^
! scene and unon arriving, found
the aged gentleman tottering ne*r
the door of his burning home, his
clothes blazing. Mr. SheUman
took him over to Andv Rasmus
sen’s place, about 400 vards a wav.
where first aid was rendered; he
w*s then taken to the hospital.
Men at the radio station, as
well as others, saw the fire from
a distance, and R. D. Sullivan,
round-house foreman, phoned to
Chief Guest of the fire depart
ment. At first it was thought
to be a brush blaze. In any case,
due to the distance awav of a
hydrant, it was almost impossi
ble to have saved the cabin and
it burned to the ground.
The theory is expressed that
1 Mr. Potter had fallen asleep while
j smoking his pipe, which in turn
set fire to his bed; his under
i shirt was burned crisp on him
when he was found. Upon ex
amination by Dr. Hyatt, it was
discovered his back had been en
tirely burned, the back of his
head, both arms and portions ol
his limbs.
FAMOUS SKIPPER DIES
LONDON. April 14. (/P)—Captain j
Edwnrd 8\camore, one of the;
world’s most famous skinners fo j
racing yachts, died at his homo
in Brightling Sea at the age of
74 years.
OBTAINS DIVORCE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. (/P)
—Mrs. Ruth Thurston Maitland
obtained a divorce from Lieut.1
Lester J. Maitland, San Francisco
to Hawaii flyer and Army ace. j
The freighter Tanana is due in j
the morning, it is reoorted. with j
steel coaches and other railroad
equipment, and about 100 tons
for the Standard Oil.
Chas. Roehl, one of the incom
ing passengers yesterday morning
aboard the M. 8. Discoverer, will
leave on the next train to enter
the Anchorage hospital.
MAY DEPART TUESDAY
Captain Heinie Berger, of. the
M. S. Discoverer, planned to get
away Tuesday, if possible, on his
second voyage of the season to
Anchorage and way ports. Captain
Berger reports the Discoverer
was the first boat of the season
to arrive at Anchorage—last
week—and that he left shortly
after owing to ice around the
dock. Ice in the Inlet delayed him
for two days, one of which was
going into Hiamna Bay.
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CELESTIAL PHENOMTNA
A large number of local people
viewed with amazement, on Sat
urday night, the celestial phe
nomina when a partial eclipse ol
the moon took place. The eclipse
appeared in the form of a cres
cent to the left of the full moon
Last night the moon was unusua
in that it had a washed out ef
fect and barely discernible ove:
the mountains down the bay.
Dr. H. W. Hyatt reports he i
l happy to say Mrs. R. Cooper, wh<
> lias been seriously ill for man;
i days with broncho pnemonia, i
Improving steadily.
M GREAT EXPENSE
RUBY, April 14, (/P)_'Thirty pros
pecting plants are now operating
I in the vicinity of Beaver creek but
!eo far no favorable results have
been reported since the discovery
made on January 28. There are
| favorable indications but no pay
found on No. 3 above Beaver creek
and good prospects have been
found on adjacent claims which
lies on Fox and Pup. a rght tribu
tary which empties into Beaver
creek.
| On No. 3 above at least 15 holes,
reaching bedrock above and below
the discovery, have been blanks
and prospectors have been drown
ed out on several other holes. De
velopments are slow and until the
discoveries get machinery installed
and show the extent of pay on the
I discovery but the proposition is
| doubtful and does not warrant any
!one going to a great expense in
coming here until more has been
proven.
! Prospecting on other creeks than
Beaver has not been systematic as
the claimants are busy doing the
necessary annual labor to hold
i their claims, before July 1.
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, Cal
April 14, <JP)—Roger Hornsby’s pre
on baseball are alinost as
keen as his bat.
This year he sees another Chi
cago Cub-Philadelphia Athletics
world series.
“I don’t see any team that can
even give the A’s a fight,” the
Rajah said, “whiie we have im
proved at least 2 per cent with
Leo Hartnett back behind the
bat, catching, Lester Bell at third
and several promising pitchers.”
TO RESUME FLIGHT
SYDNEY, Anri 14. </P)—Aviators
Smith and Sheirs have gone to
, Darwin by steam°r to get spare
| parts for aeroplane and return to
;Wyndham immediately and if the
olane is not damaged by exposure
will shortly resume flight towards
England.
Probablv the most interesting
j feature of the pageant, “The
Dawning” which will be given
j at the Liberty theater Friday
I evening at 8 o’clock, is the sing
iing, although the dramatic work
of the Centurian, Charles Hat
ten; Mary Magdalene, Mary Ella
Larson; John, Mrs. J. Dean King;
Thomas, Andrew Peterson; the
jlame man and his daughter, Ben
| ny Benson and Anne Golley is
| very fine and will be remembered
for days after you have seen the
pageant.
| But the solo chorus words will
be the outstanding feature—Mary
j Magdalene’s beautiful voice in “I
! Know That My Redeemer Liveth”
—the male chorus of disciples in
their song of doubt; the sweet,
comforting song of Rhoda; Thom
| as’s baritone solo of triumph
i after he has believed; and then
'the Jerusalem chile ren singing
itheir “Hosannas." and the many
I choruses down to the last finale
and recessional, will be worth
your hearing. There will be no
admittance charge. A free will
{offering will be taken.
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NOTICE TO TH 1 PUBLIC
! The undersigned, for the pro
j tection of human life as well as
’ for the protection of defenseless
pets, offers a cash reward of $100
for information leading to the ap
s prehension and conviction of the
> party responsible for the recent
r poisoning of dogs within the town
j of Seward.
Signed A. H. L. MEYER 4x