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VOLUME XV. NO. 87.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WASHINGTON, April 17, (£>)—
Before the Daughters of the
.American Revolution, traditionary
opposed to foreign entanglement,
President Hoover urged American
adherence to the permanent court
of international justice of the
League of Nations.
The address came as a complete
surprise. There has been an im
pression in official circles that
the President might not renew
his efforts for United States ad
herence. The President devoted
his entire time to a discussion of
international affairs.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, (/P)
—Farmers, grain and stock men
generally are rejoicing in the rain
rail totals for the season which
is nearer normal than last year
and the additional snow in the
mountains assures an adequate
supply of water during the com
ing summer with little damage
”0 berry and fruit crops.
This is the picture of condi -
-ions in Northern California fol
lowing the freak storm of last
veek in the bay district.
LIKE MILD CURING
PUT MM HERE'
IS
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Charles P. Hutchinson, who is
he owner of a mild curing plant
and of a large power scow
:s enroute to the Port of Seward
and, according to information
received by The Gateway, will
make this port his headquarters.
If conditions warrant it it is
'aid he will bring a second unit
here later in the season. He in
'ends to depend for his fish on
'.rollers from the adjacent waters
and as far west as Kodiak for
king salmon.
Two of the advance guards—
n : rolling boats—the Joan and the
Roy, owned by two brothers by
:he name of Taylor, have arrived
here aboard the S. S. Tanana.
The brothers plan to begin fish
:ng immediately and prospect
around here before the arrival of
*he scow* and plant which is ex
pected about April 25. Other
moiling boats are accompanying
:he scow.
IS UH5UED MYSTERY
WASHINGTON, April 17, (JP)—
The brutal murder of Miss Mary
Baker, 28 year-old government
clerk, is apparently as much a
mystery today as when her body
was found stuffed in a culvert
near Washington, D. C., last
week.
Five arrests have been made
but the police say they are at a
standstill. Half a dozen clues
were run down and fully a score
of people questioned to no avail.
There will be a meeting of the
Sew’ard School Board at 7:30
this evening in the Arcade Club
Room.
TOMORROW’S TIDE
First H. W. 2:42 a. m. 8.6 feet
Second H. W. 4:25 p. m. 5.9 feet
First L. W. 9:45 a. m. 0.2 feet
Second L. W. 9:18 p. m. 3.7 feet
DEMPSEY VS CARNEHA
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, (/P)
—Camera, a $150,000 guarantee
or 20 percent of the gate, and for
Jack Dempsey, a $500,000 flat
guarantee, was the definite offer
made by William P. Kyne, the
"bunion derby king" for a bout
between the former heavyweight
champion and the Italian sensa
tion.
STATES III HOLT
HOIST OR) LI,
ASSERTS CURRAN
WASHINGTON, April 17, (/P)—
Henry Curran, president of the
association against the prohibition
amendment, testified before the
Senate lobby eommittee that the
states of New York, Maryland,
Wisconsin, Montana and Nevada,
veere in revolt against the prohi
bition law.
Senator Walsh of Montana was
present. Chairman Caraway asked
Mr. Curran if the association was
working against Walsh.
“I think that is our business,”
! Curran replied.
He said he did not know what
action wrould be taken in Montana
and charged that some of the
reports by government agents of
prohibition slayings but did not
fully represent the facts. However,
he said, agents reported killings
to sav their own faces.
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I BASEBALL
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AMERICAN
Washington 5, Boston 4
Chicago at Cleveland postponed
on account of rain.
New York at Philadelphia post
poned on account of rain.
Cleveland at Chicago postponed
on account of rain.
NATIONAL
Pittsburg 1, Cincinnati 3
Boston at New York postponed
on account of rain.
Phi’adelphia at Brooklyn post
j poned on account of rain.
Chicago 3, St. Louis 13
COAST
Los Angeles 11, Hollywood 4
Portland 2, Sacremento 9
Seattle 4, Oakland 3
San Francisco 5, Missions 8
nemo aim.
OP-TO-MH
CHICAGO, April 17, (/P)—A
pace pact to swell the profits and
to end gangster wars between
between the Capone and Moran
gangs, has been signed.
But meanwhile, a large auto
mobile pursued a small car, driven
by Joseph Blew, 50, king of the
pickpockets 15 years ago, and
showered it with a hail of bullets,
killing Blew.
The S. S. Latouche, of the A. S.
S. Co, arrived in port last night
from the south bringing a big
tonnage of telephone poles for
the Alaska Railroad. A large num
ber of piling is also aboard most
of which will be taken to fish
traps out west.
A special meeting of the city
council will be held tomorrow
evening at 6 o'clock for the pur
pose of opening and considering
bids for remodeling the old school
house for a hospital building.
Everything is now set for the
dirigible Graf Zeppelin to make
a flight to Alaska in 1931, is the
latest dope.
Nearly 100 men are employed in
the Juneau sawmill.
WASHINGTON, April 16, (JP)—
Attorney General Mitchell told
the Senate judiciary committee
that because of prison congestion
"further stimulating activities of
prosecution under any law will
get us in difficulties.”
Detailing law enforcement con
ditions he reported Federal pris
oners had increased by 6,277 in
the last seven months.
ROYALTY AT SEVILLE
MADRID, April 17, (/P>—'The
Spanish royal family are at Se
ville for a week’s outing. Before
leaving King Alfonso signed an
Easter amnesty decree.
FLEET OF «T
PL® PURKED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, {JP)
—The first of a fleet of giant 32
passenger Fokker planes to be
used by the Western Air Express
for a coast-wise service, arrived
at the Oakland airport from Los
Angeles.
On it’s maiden voyage the air
plane brought 22 passengers, two
pilots, Silas Morehouse and Hal
Holla way.
HELEN EUROPE-BOUND
NEW YORK, April 17, (£>)—Hel
en Wills Moody is enroute to Eur
ope to compete in tennis tourna
ments but will play her first
game here, before leaving, in For
est Hills in an exhibition game
for the benefit of tennis stars.
MARCONI ACCOMODATING
ROME, April 17, (JP)—In res
ponse to a request by Australian
midshipmen on the warship Royal
Oak, Marconi is taking his yacht
to Rapallo to enable midshipmen
io use his wireless telephone to
speak with their relations in
Australia.
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PANTAGES TRIES AGAIN
LOS ANGELES, April 17, (A3)—
Alexander Pantages, 54 year old
theater magnate, launched his
third attempt for a release on bail
from the county jail where he is
confined pending action on an ap
peal from his one to 50 year sen
tence for criminal assault of Eu
nice Pringle.
PETITION DENIED
LOS ANGELES, April 17, </P)—
Alexander Pantages’ third peti
tion for release from the county
jail on bail because of asserted
serious heart- ailment, was denied
by Judge Fricke. The court de
clared the arguments supporting
the motion showed no circum
stances which warranted release.
LA BARBA, >1 ASTRO MEET
CHICAGO, April 17. <&) — The
postponed “rubber” match be
tween Fidel La Barba and Earl
Mastro, featherweight title con
tenders is scheduled for Chicago,
April 21. It was postponed be
cause of the death of Mastro’s
mother. Each has won a bout
from the other.
RIOTS CONTINUE
KARACHI, India, April 16, (A3)—
One person was killed, seven
seriously wounded and 26 others
islightly injured in rioting after
| a mob had stormed the magis
trate’s court. Police fired upon
the mob and beat off many of the
rioters with staves then, aided
by Indian troops, arrested the
leaders and took them to jail.
LONDON, April 17, (/P)—Sir
Thomas Lipton, international
sportsman, although 80 years-old,
took a leading part in the launch
ing of the Shamrock V, the mag
nificent new yacht with which he
hopes to recover the America Cup
which was won by the United
States of America from England
years ago. Sixteen years have
elapsed since Lipton launched
the Shamrock IV.
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
WRANGELL, April 17, <#>—By
•a vote of practically three to one
Wrangell voted yesterday in favor
of bonding the town for $50,000
for a new school house
MOURNING OVER
WASHINGTON, April 16. (IP)—
The official period of mourning
for the late William Howard Taft
has ended, and flags are again
raised from half-mast to full
mast.
ROSWELL, N. M., April 17, (IP)
—Nine passengers were injured,
one seriously, when an eastbound
Pickwick ‘Greyhound’ Lines Trans
portation bus plunged into a
| truck west of Rickwell.
5 C. A. Beddow of San Diego, en
! route to Clinton, Oklahoma, was
perhaps fatally injured. The
| truck was running without lights
it was said.
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WILL BATTLE IN MAY
I CHICAGO, April 17, </P)—Tuffy
i Griffiths and Otto Von Porat,
| Chicago’s ranking heavyweights
'will meet in May at the Chicago
Coliseum if Griffiths defeats
Jack Gagnon, April 30, it was an
j nounced.
TO PRISON THEY GO
LOS ANGEI.es, April 17, (£>)—
Sentences of six months in the
! county jail and fines of $500 each
were imposed on 11 communists
who were convicted here last
week of participating in street
rioting March 6. Two others were
sentenced to two months each
and two others to one month.
MURDERED MOTHER
MAIDSTONE, England, April 18.
(&)—Sidney Fox was hanged for
the murder of his mother, whom
he killed so that he might obtain
her insurance.
“FER HEAVEN’S SAKE!”
| SAN FRANCISCO, April 16. (/P>—
j Ministers of the San Francisco
(Bay region clergy demanded that
ithe racing and gambling at Tan
form Race Track be stopped. They
called upon District Attorney
Franklin Swart of San Mateo
county, and Attorney General U.
S. Webb to take action.
BIRTHS DECLINE
PARIS, April 18. (JP)—A fur
ther decline in the birth rate
during 1929 resulted in deaths ex
ceeding births by 12,500. Divorces
also increased, while marriages
decreased and the government is
considering action.
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SPENT REAL MONEY
WASHINGTON, April 16, (JF)—
Henry Curran, president of the
association against the prohibition
amendment, testified before the
Senate lobby committee that the
organization had spent $407,000
last year in advocating repeal of
the amendment.
MOUNTAIN COLLAPSES
| LONDON, April 17, (/P)—Mount
| Tredegar, in Wonmouthshire, has
collapsed and destroyed mines and
other property in it’s way. Prelim
inary rumblings gave the mining
population warning and they es
caped the landslides.
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FAVOR OF REPEAL
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, (If)—
San Francisco is overwhelmingly
in favor of repeal of the 18th
amendment, according to the lat
est figures compiled in the na
tion-wide poll being taken by the
Literary Digest. A dispatch re
ceived from New York City an
nounced the incomplete figures
for San Francisco were; for en
forcement 4,499. For modification:
12,194. For repeal: 20.112.
kearnsIreezesInto
FRISCO TOjEE CARNERA
j SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, (If)
j—Jack Kearns, manager of box
ing champions, breezed into San
Francisco quite unexpectedly.
Kearns, in the latest of spring
clothing, appeared at the Whit
comb Hotel to see Primo Camera.
“No, I am not here to sign up
Mickey Walker, or anybody else
j in the fighting line,” Kearns de
j dared. “My trip is a combined
J business and pleasure trip. The
| business is personal. I also wanted
; to get another peep at this fel
i low Camera.
i MARCONI SUCCESSFUL
TALKING LONG DISTANCE
GENOA, Italy, April 17, (£>)—
' Senator Guglielmo Marconi suc
ceeded in establishing radio tel
ephone communication with Bom
bay, India, and Capetown, South
Africa, from his yacth “Electra.”
In the experiment Marconi
; conversed clearly with Sir Drum
mond Chaplin, president of the
South African Radio Company,
j and with Count Labia, Italian
| consul at Bombay.
EXPLOSION IH PLANT
KILLS OIL WORKER
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 17,
(&)—One oil worker was killed
and another possibly fatally in
jured by burns in an explosion
in the run-down room of the Tex
ado Refining Company’s, Signal
Hill plant.
The dead man is Harry Scheff
ler and the other man is Albert
Allen, 47. Physicians said he was
not expected to live.
FUNERAL SERVICE
Funeral services for A. B. Pot
ter, who died from burns received
when his home burned to the
gorund, will be held Sunday at
3 p .m. from the Seward Funeral
Parlor. Rev. Earl E Reisner will
officiate over the services; inter
mnt will follow in the Pioneers
Plot at the City Cemetery.
SOUNDS LIKE BALOGNA
WASHINGTON, April 17, (JP)—
President Hoover has undertaken
to determine the possibility of
Senate ratification of the naval
treaty this spring. Senator Borah
. and Acting Secretary Cotton are
j in conference with Hoover. The
| President wishes to outline all
| available details of the conference
’to Senate leaders.
i DISSATISFACTION IS
I EXPRESSED PROGRtSS
OF Ml CONFAB
WASHINGTON, AprU 17, (/P)_
Profound dissatisfaction was in
formally expressed in high rank
ing naval circles following the
first exhaustive study made of the
London naval conference over
the three-power pact.
Official action will be withheld
until the text of the treaty has
been made public. Several Ameri
can naval authroities, many of
them here-to-for associated with
j the general Geneva or Washing
ton conference, have examined
| the London treaty as now stands
| and find it wanting.
ABANDONS RACE PLANS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April
17, (£>)—Kaye Don, the British
automobile racer, has definitely
! abandoned his plans for attempt
ing to beat the world’s automo
bile speed record here this year
! and will sail for home, it has been
j learned. His car, the “Silver Bul
I let,” is being crated and will be
! shipped back to England this
| week.
HE ALL FLAPPED WILES
—
SEATTLE, April 17. (/P)—A beau
i ty expert visiting Alaska would
find it hard to distinguish be
tween the Eskimo flapper and her
sister in the states today.
Those who visualize the Eskimo
maiden as a flat-nosed, swarthy,
high cheek-boned miss who chews
'blubber would be surprised should
'they go to Alaska, says Jonathan
H. Wagner, chief of the Alaska
division of the United States ed
ucation office.
The pure blood Eskimo will be
j extinct in another 20 years, pre
j diet scientists who recently vis
| ited the far north, but that is
nothing to worry about, says Wag
ner, whose headquarters are here.
The beauty that prevails among
Eskimo girls is in no danger of
| vanishing, for the native popula
tion is increasing rather than dy
jing out, he declares.
Accurate figures on the Eskimo
; population are difficult to obtain
because of the assimilating process
that is underway, but without re
gard to racial stock the numbei
is growing from 3 to 5 per cent
: yearly, Wagner states.
Records kept by school teachers
show that in every section of Al
aska births exceeded deaths
among the Eskimos last year.
PLSNES OF III NATIONS
OSCE II Hill AUGUST
ROME, April 17, {£*)—An aerial
circuit of Italy, a race open to
touring planes of all nations,
will be run off fro mhere next
August starting from the Littorio
airport.
The first stop will be Naples,
hten Brindisi on the Adriatic and
from there the route will lead to
the coast following the coast to
•Trieste.
Mrs. Edward Crawford, who has
been ill with pneumonia, is re
ported to be well on the road to
recovery.
WATSON DUE AT 4 P. M.
The S. 8. Admiral Watson, of the
P. S. 8. Co., is due to arrive in
port from the south at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, westbound; 2,500
Ties will be discharged here for
the Alaska Railroad and 100 tons
of Alaska coal will be taken on
board for a Westward cannery.
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