Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 223.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HALIBUT BOAT
ORIENT RUN 0011
VESSELS COLLIDED IN FOG
OF SISTERS ISLAND
STRAIT GEORGIA
SEATTLE. Sept.. 2, (7P»— Capt
ain Sedolph H. Rund ancl nine
members of the crew of the
Seattle halibut schooner ‘Orient’
were drowned when the halibut
or sank in the Strait of Georgia
early Monday morning in a col
lision with the Admiral Fulton.
The accident occurred in a
dense fog off Sisters Island.
Word of the tragedy reached
here late Monday night from
Captain F. L. Stevens of the SS
Fulton. Only three escaped. The
drowned were Mate H. Poison,
Tony Anderson. Chris Peterson.
Harry Smith. Bob Perry, Martin
Burns and Tortain. the cook, all
of Seattle; Andrew Lokae and
Dan Huseby of Vashon Island.
Three men, Harold Hanson,
of Seattle. Alfred Elingsen and
Edward Ladstres. both of Vash
cn, were thrown clear of the
vessel and thus saved.
The survivors were taken to
Bellingham on the Fulton and
brought to Seattle Monday nite
by automobile. Most of the men
were believed to be asleep at the
time of the collision. The Orient
did not sink but kept afloat by
its oil tanks.
The Fulton stood by for six
hours while boats searched in J
the fog for survivors. The Ful- '
ten was enroute to Bellingham
from Ocean Falls, B. C.. and
was only slightly damaged. The
Orient was returning to Seattle
with 30.000 pounds of halibut. I
The Orient later drifted ashore
on Sisters Island where Land
stres was found unconscious on ,
the beach. Two other survivors j
were found dining to wreckage, j
IN THE AIR 37 HOURS: FEAT j
EXCELLED LINDBERGH S 3
IT IS SAID
VALLEY STREAM, Long Is- j
land, Sept., 3, (A5)—An adven
turous son of Gascony flew out
'*■ the foggy dusk last night to j
land at the Curtiss Airport com-j
rleting a transatlantic flight j
that matched and in hazard j
even surpassed the feat of Col. j
Lindburgh.
The dashing. sturdily built!
Captain Dieubone Coste, World1
'*ar ace and long distance fly- *
r and gentleman adventurer, J
nas more than 37 hours in the s
. :r enroute and brought his y
’ famed “Question Mark” plane1
'j a perfect landing at 7:12 p.
rn. completing the first West- e
. ard flight from Europe to the t.
United States. E
TO DALLAS NEXT
NEW YORK. Sept., 3, i/P)— fi
C ptain D. Coste and M. Bell- si
nte, the first conquerors of the IV
Paris to New York a infay, plan ei
* to take-off for Dallas, Texas, j
Thursday morning, they an- V
* ounced through their press o:
n t p IV
TO THE PEOPLE OF SEWARD
1
| Mr. E. F. Jessen,
Editor, Seward Gateway,
' Seward, Alaska.
Dear Mr. Jessen:
“On behalf of the officers and crews of the U. S. S
Wasmuth and U. S. S. Perry I desire to express my ap
j predation of the many courtesies extended to us In
| the hospitable people of Seward, whose first though
I has been to make our stay a most pleasant and enjoy
able one.
i ‘‘I particularly wish to thank the Mayor, the Cham
her of Commerce, the Fire Department, the local Rail
road, and Steamship Officials, the Minister of the Com
1 munity Church and yourself, for the many courtesies
! extended. I also wish to thank those who were respon
! sible for obtaining the use of Dreamland, anc
the arranging of athletic events, fishing, hunting, auto
j and hiking parties for our officers and men. I wisi
space permitted me to enumerate all the other man}
things which have been done for us, but suffice it t(
say, that on every hand, we were met by citizens whose
: sole thought was to do something for us. We have beer
| particularly impressed by the friendly spirit in whici
we have been received as ‘one of your own’ by every
: one. It has been a privilege to make the acquaintance
of the townspeople of Seward and knowing them wc
couldn’t help but like them.
“Our only regret is that we have to part so soon
just when we began to know you and to realize how
much w~e liked your town, its people, and your match
less scenery.
“Our very best wishes for the continued prosper
ity of Seward and its good citizens. We shall treasure
the many pleasant memories of our stay wTith you and
our fondest hope is that w^e may have the good fortune
to return to Seward at some future date, which can
not come too soon for us. Again out heartfelt thanks,
and sincere regrets at parting, to each and everyone
of you. Good-bye and good luck.
“If you consider such action appropriate, I would
appreciate it if you would publish the substance of the
above in your paper.
“With very best personal regards to you and your
charming family, and with best wishes for your
success, I am,
Most sincerely yours,
L. L. Hunter”
Lieut-Comdr., U. S. Navy.
Commanding U. S. S. Wasmuth and Senior Offi
cer present.
CHICAGO RACER WINS
ALTOONA, Penn., Sept. 3. (TP)—
3illy Arnold of Chicago won the
Labor Day auto classic which was
;ut down to 116 and 1-4 miles on
iccount of rain. He averaged 113
niles an hour for 93 laps- Deacon
Atz of Pennsylvania was second
HEFUEN OF JOHN 0.
UNO COMPANION, HOF
KILLED, AUTO CRASH
PARIS, Sept., 2, (/P)—Marcellus
lartley Dodge Jr., grand nephew of
ohn D. Rockefeller Jr., was in
tantly killed and Ralph Applegate,
is companion, on an automobile
rip in France, was seriously injur
d when their car struck a tree on
ie road between Bordeaux and
ayonne, near the village of Mag
sq.
After the accident the car took
re and it was only rhru the as
stance of two other motoriss that
tr. Applegate escaped being burn
I to death
Mrs. Hartley Dodge, daughter of
rilliam Rockefeller, was informed
: her son’s death at her home in
udison, N. J. ,
SERIOUSLY INJURED; PLANE
DEMOLISHED; HAD PLANNED
ENTERING TROPHY RACE
CHICAGO, Sept, 2, (IP)—Major
John A. MacReady of San Fran
ciso, famous former army flyer of
Dayton, O., who was first to fly
across the American continent in
a non-stop flight, came near aeath |
in a 25-mile free-for-all air race
at National Air races here, when;
his ship crashed on the first lap
with the pilot traveling at a rate of
three miles per minute. Only by
skillful handling of tile airplane j
was MacReady able to sa»e his life, j
He was taken to the Evanston hos-!
pital, seriously injured, but he will
live.
MacReaay’s plane, a special Keith
Rider racing ship which he plan
ned to enter in the Thompson
trophy race was demolished.
The accident occured just about
the time Captain Wolfgang Von
Gronau and his fellow ocean fliers,
arrived at the air races after a
flight from Buffalo. The Germans :
were heartily welcomed by 50,000
>ersons in the stands.
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i -
J FIRST STATEMENT MADE BY
t DR. horn regarding sen
sational DISCOVERY
I HAMMERFEST, Norway, Sept. 2,
■ (/P)—Dr. Gunnar Horn cleared up
. the question of how ma;ny bodies of
the Salamon August Andree polar
, expedition were aboard the sealer
5 Bratvaag.
As reporter for the Associated
l Press he said the bodies of all three
t who made the 1897 expedition had
{ been discovered.
r | The interview was conducted by
telephone between Hammerfest
* and Hasvick where the Bratvaag
' touched enroute to Tromsoe and
t was the first statement Dr. Horn
L had made for the Press about his
sensational discovery on White Is
land.
' | “We have the three bodies with
! us”, he said, adding that Andree's
seemed well preserved.
Imp mm'
MAKES LIE FLiSHT
PASADENA, Sep., 2, (/P)—Friends
of Zensaku Azuma, former owner
of a chop suey parlor here, display
ed a cable telling of the successful
completion of his eastward air
plane trip from Pasadena to Japan.
For several years Azuma invest
ed chop suey earnings in flying les
sons. Last June he purchased a
light open biplane flew to New
York, went to London by boat and
then flew the rest of the way to
Japan in short hops.
JUNEAU, Sept, 2, UP)—'The sal
; mon pack in Southeast Alaska)
aggregated 2.884,413 cases of all!
| varieties for individual canner- j
ies.
j The pack statistics were com-,
| piled by the local headquarters
I bureau of the fisheries which
j said this was 868,090 c^ses in ex
cess of the pack last year.
The pink salmon pack ac- i
counts the bulk this gear’s
pack. A few more t1 rnsand cases
may be packed.
iiir
MONDAY’ S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE j
i.
New York 8, 3, Philadelphia 4, 4. |
Boston 5, 2; Brooklyn 3, 4. 1,
Cincinnati 5, 2; Chicago 0, 1.
St. Louis 11, 5; Pittsburgh 6, 1. j
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 2, 6; Boston 1, 3.
Philadelphia 3, 0; New York 2, 2. '
Detroit 4, 6; Chicago 2, 5. ; J
Clveeland 13, 8; St- Louis 8, 5. 1
| 1
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE t
Oakland 6, 4; Seattle 1,6. (
San Francisco 9, 1; Los Angeles I
-.5- It
Sacramento 11, 1; Portland 8, 5.1 j
Hollywood 15, 6; Missions 4, 2. c
j mote. suns
'
—
tBy Sinbad, the Sailor^
Messrs. Matson and Berek en
tertained at a game of “Stick me
if you can” in the yeoman’s office
on board the Wasmuth last even
ing. Jocko, the porcupine recently
wet-nursed by Mr. Price, was great
fly amused by the agile antics of
I Mr- Berek. Afterwards Jocko con
jsumcd a bag of salted peanuts and
i three crackers from the hand of
|Mr. Matson, much to that gentle
man’s enjoyment.
Patty Gwin, representing a mar
ine bugle, sounded revielle this
| morning and was the receptant of
i several shoes, pillows and censor
jable remarks.
| Ditto, who slept in the office last
i night, observed a little birdlet fly
in and out the window. We’re told
tis a sign of good fortune and we
hope Ditto has all of it, such as be
jing progenitor fof twins, triplets,
iquintriplets, et al
i Did you folks see Barnacle Biuu?
;Our old shipmate Barnacle has
been rejuvenated and appears as
| a comely youth roaming the streets
| of Seward. Look up girls—you’ll be
j surprised!
What Ho! And other nautical
! greetings! Wtfth, aj canoe^ three horse
I blankets, couple of bear skins (ani
mal, two cans of hardtack, and one
I of tomato puree tve’re ready to
conquer a frozen north. Snowshoes
; await to be lashed upon our feet,
large enought to fit, and v/e await
jthe snow- By the time of snow we’ll
have a full beard to blow our fro
zen breath thru. Words of appre
ciation are in order but we can’t
think of any suitable to do the oc
casion justice.
Bakery girl who desires know
ledge concernng a Perry’s sailor’s
school girl complexion may have
same by watching him 335 days
this year, rubbing linseed oil in
her face, eating cream puffs and
sleeping in a snowbank. Also giv
ing beautiful lad several buns and
pies.
Thanks for teaching young bride
groom the art of cooking. ‘Tis
the only defense the modern man
has left to him.
We hear that the SS- Yukon left
a breaking heart and tears upon
the sidewalk. Ah. sad farewells
and grief stained partings. We hope
this will console you.
HALIFAX, Sept., 3, (/P)—The
radio operator at Chebucto. at
the head and entrance to Halifax
Harbor, reported seeing a plane
answering the description of
the French “Question Mark” pass
at 10:25 S. S. T. indicating that
-oste had made more than 100
miles an hour.
The plane was being assisted
3y a tail-wind and was follow
lig the Nova Scotia coast south
vard.
GREAT REJOICING
PARIS. Sept.. 3. UP)—The
greatest celebration since the
Armistice was staged by Paris
ast night as loud speakers
iroadcast the announcement to
he anxious multitude that
Captain Dieudonne Coste and
Maurice Bellonte had conquered
he treacherous Atlantic, com
peting the hazardous Westward
rossing from Paris to New York.