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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 77.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
COMMIT HIS POT
WILL NOT ENDEAVOR TO IN
FLUENCE DEMOS ONE WAY
OTHER ON LIQUOR ROW
WASHINGTON, April 5. (/P)—
Called for questioning in regard
to his stand against prohibition
Mr. Raskob testified before the
Senate lobby committee and said
he had “no right to commit the
Democratic party to either side
of the question.”
After testifying that he had
contributed between $65,000 and
$66,000 to the association against
the prohibition amendment of
which he is a director Raskob
asserted he was careful not to
mix his personal beliefs on prohi
bition with the affairs of the
Democratic national committee.
In “my opinion no one can com
mit the Democratic party to this
question except at a national
convention and I shall not try
to influence any Democratic mem
ber on this question,” he said.
ROME, April 5. i/P)—Queen Vic
toria of Sweden, age 68, long an
invalid, died here yesterday. She ,
had been sinking for sometime J
from a complication of pulmonary !
illness which took a sudden turn
for the worse.
King Gustave, who had been
visiting at Naples, returned to
Rome to be at her bedside.
FUTURE OF MUSCLE
WASHINGTON, April 5, (JP)—
The future of the Norris Muscle
Shoals resolution, proposing gov
ernment operation, is cloaked in
uncertainty. The Senate passed
the measure along to the House
yesterday by a vote of 45 to 23.
Democrats Stock of Iowa and
Tydings of Maryland opposed it
Democrats and Independent Re
publicans were almost solid for it
in the vote.
Coolidge pocket vetoed the mea
sure two years ago.
SLENDER SURPLUS IS
LOOKED FOR SI [NO
OF FISCIL TEW
WASHINGTON, April 5, (/Pi
President Hoover is looking for
ward to a slender surplus at the
close of this year—the next fiscal
year—even if the most rigid econ
omy is exercised. Meanwhile both
legislative branches of the govern
ment estimate, based upon the
income tax collections up to
March, are paring down
Hoover said:“It is indicated that
the unfavorable developments of
last fall did not affect individual
incomes to the extent many had
feared."
Col. Otto F. Ohlson, general
manager of the Alaska Railroad,
arrived in the city early last
evening; his car, the BBI was at
tached to the freight Local bus
iness problems occupied his at
tention.
Andrew Foster, who two months
ago accidently shot himself, near
Unga, returned last night from
Anchorage where he has been re
ceiving hospital attention. Foster
returns home on the S. S. Starr
which departs for the Westward
Monday night
SEATTLE, April 5. </P)—Wash
ington's bone dry law is more
powerful than the Volstead act,
and no Federal judge in the state
has no right to permit withdraw
al of liquors held by the prohi
bition administrator for any pur
pose, Judge Cushman ruled in
refusing to sign, a petition for a
formal order withdrawing 10 gal
lons of grain alcohol for the
Public health service at Juneau.
The “Bone Dry act of Alaskg
also, is the same, and I have no
authority to follow a National act
and violate a state prohibition
law,” Judge Cushman said.
MON ElOUTE
BANNER RESERVATION LIST OF
PRESENT SEASON ABOARD
BIG LINER
SEATTLE, April 5, (JP)—'The S.
8. Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co., sail
ed from Seattle this morning at
9 o'clock carrying 563 passengers
of whom 81 are for Seward, as fol
lows:
Wm. Shodde, Wm. Henderson,
Mrs. M. Colman, Mrs. A. H. Riley,
J. Nord, Harry Owens, Theo
DragsetlvN. G. Seeidemark, Frank
Spira, J. Egler, Chas. Swanson,
Ruth Fulton, Mrs. E. C. Cannon,
Mrs. A. Olson, W. C. Dawson, A.
P. Diense, A. A. Anstin
Miss Grace Turk, Mrs. J. A. Far
rell, P. Novak, A. Novak, Copt. A.
E. Lathrop, H. Steen, Alex Math
eson, H. E. Robbins, John Huss,
Tony Sorenson, Frank Brashan,
Bruno Plenningworth, Carl Mus
ser, S. Welsh, J. M. McConnell,
! Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Zimmerman,
l Mrs. B. Hart.
| Mrs. B. F. McLain, G. Elliot,
!j. H. Copeland, C. M. Hawkins,
; Mrs. A. Johnstone, M. Giilis, F.
! Marghy, J. B. Orthrb, Mr. and
I Mrs. Paul Skensruke, Mr. and
i Mrs. A. M. Barnhill and baby,
! W. W. Smapleton, Mr. and Mrs.
|F. T. Bayley.
J. E. Friebrock, A. W. Johnson,
Ralph Engstrom, Victor Eng
strorn, Mr. and Mrs. A. J Ken
nard and child, David Buuich
F. C. Fenton, Mrs. Fred Parsons
Stanley Parsons, Miss L. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. L. Stewart and
daughter, Mrs. J. Hughes, Miss L
Sayen, Mrs. Mary Light, H. Erick
1 son.
Ward Srofe, Mrs- L. Crosson
H. Iverson, T. J. Lee, John Holin
gren, P. Light, C. Larson, Caspei
Ellingen, F. Boswell, J. Everson
Chas. Martiniar, and 43 steerage
SHIPPING PLANE BACK
Commander Blipinov and his
technician, Fehrig, the Soviet pi
lots who participated in the Eiel
son-Borland search, returned to
day from Seattle enroute to Fair
banks where they left their Jun
kers plane which they flew from
Siberia. Slipinov will dismantle
the big air cruiser and ship it to
’ Seattle from which port it will
be reshipped to Vladivostok.
VESSELS IN PORT
Boats in port today include the
S. S. Redondo, S. S. Starr, M. S.
Discoverer, M. S. Dorothy, Daily,
Liahona, Electra, Canuck and the
Chase
Heavy snow north of Anchorage
yesterday delayed the local arri
val of the train which came in
about 9:30.
The dog murderer got away
with another pet yesterday, one
of the German police dogs of
Raymond Manthey. If certain men
discover who the poisoner is it
will be “just too bad”
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
with no ns
WASHINGTON, April 5. (&)—
Within two years Dr. Hugo Eck
ener expects to have his trans
Atlantic Zeppelin service in op
eration. Fares will be approxi
mately double the price of a
steamship ticket, it is revealed by
Commander Hunsacker, one of Dr.
Eckener’s close advisors and vice
president of the International
Transport Company who is as
sisting Eckener in the selection
! of an airport terminal.
He said another Zeppelin will
be constructed in Germany and
two in America. The eastward
trips will be completed in two
days and the westward in three.
MM SI CHILDREN
SUE SCCOSED MIST
BENTO XVILLE, Ark., April 5.
(/P)—The widow and two children
of William Pearman, who was
found dead near Gravette last
Saturday with three bullet holes
in his head, filed a civil suit for
$200,000 damages in the Circuit
court against Dr. Andrew Bass,
55, retired dentist, charged with
murder in connection with the
slaying in an alleged insurance
conspiracy.
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CHARGED WITH KILLING ;
BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 5, j
(IP)—Pearman’s widow filed suit!
against Bass who is charged with *
slaying Pearman in an attempt |
to collect a $200,000 insurance
policy in favor of another man.
Pearman is supposed to have im
personated the policy holder.
ENGLAND'S 1ST FL1S
mm IS SPEEDY OUTFIT
SOUTHAMPTON, England, April
4. (IP)—The first flying yacht built
in England has made its appear
ance.
It is a three-engine craft built
to the order of A. E. Guinness, a
manufacturer.
Its engines will enable it to
maintain a cruising speed of 100
miles an hour, with a top speed
of 120 to be increased when the
engines are fully tuned up. With
full tanks and a minimum crew,
the yacht will be able to make
2,000 miles without refuelling.
The machine is 86 feet six inch
es long and has a wing span of
! 92 feet. The owner’s accommoda
tion below is spacious, the saloon
| and cabins fitted with sideboards,
! dressing tables, and bookcases.
: Quarters with sleeping berths for
] the crew are provided forward.
13 MINERS KILLED
BRUSSELS, April 5. (/P)—■*Thir
teen men were killed and eight
injured in a fire-damp explosion
in a coal mine at Elouges near
Mons. The explosion occurred as
an electrically controlled dyna
mite charge detonated.
LSBOfiliT
CONFIRMATION OF
JUDGE PKfi
ins DECISION UPHOLDING IN
JUNCTION, MINE WOR
KERS, CAUSE
WASHINGTON, April 5, (/P>—
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
told the Senate judiciary commit
tee that all organized labor is in
opposition against confirmation of
Judge Parker as associate justice.
Green was the first witness of
those opposed. Green said labor
is against Parker because of his
decision upholding the injunction
restraining the United Mine Wor
kers from soliciting membership
in the Red Jacket Coal & Coal Co.
in West Virginia.
REMIT GUSHER
RESUMES WIED RIPJCE
OKLAHOHA CITY, April 5, (IP)—
[ Hurling aside man's puny mech
; anical contrivances which for
| seven hours held the recalci
Itrant gusher Mary Sudick, No. 1,
under control, the well, at 1:05 a.
m., smashed out of control and
resumed its wild rampage after
a specially constructed master
gate began to leak.
F. E. Leslie, veteran member of
the local railroad staff, returned
last evening from what was sup
posed to be a one day visit at
Anchorage but which developed
into a week’s stay owing to de
lay in train schedules.
HUE TU MSP
MINE PROPERTIES
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April
5. (JF)—Articles of incorporation
for the Aerophoto Corporation,
1 formed by Salt Lake City mining
I men, have been filed. The com
ipany will engage in aerial photo
jgraphy, exploration, transporta
tion, and making of geological
■maps to aid mine development
land research, according to S. F.
■Robertson, president of the compa
ny. Other officials include R. A.
i Brown, N. A. Robertson, C. T. Vai
l Winkle and G. W. Snyder.
BANK STUCK UP ■
ROBBED OF $49 999
i
DAYTON, April 5. (£>)—Five
masked robbers armed with a
machine gun held up five bank
employes of the Xenia Avenue
branch of the Union Trust Com
pany and several customers and
looted the vault of practically all
of its cash.
They escaped with a sum es
timated between $30,000 and $40,
000. The robbery occurred short
ly after the bank opened for busi
ness.
ICE COITUS IT
oh mra
POINT BARROW, April 5, (/P)—
Ice conditions are unchanged and
the fuel famine is acute with the
natives daily awaiting the empty
ing of the white peoples house
fire ashes in order to sift them
for burnable residue.
The hulk of the wrecked ship
Arctic has been reduced to a
piece of tangled iron.
A hundred anxious eyes contin
ually scan the ice for an indica
tion of movement but the west
erly winds continue to crush the
ice on shore.
DECLAMATORY CONTEST
A declamatory contest in which
a large number of the high
school students will take part,
will be held on the evening of
April 10, Tuesday, at 8 o'clock,
according to announcement made
yesterday by Superintendent Roa
ney. The contest will be present
ed in the assembly hall and an
admission charge will be made
which money will go into the
school fund. Judges will be se
lected later.
liCE BEIT BE LIGNITE
IS BEIEtLEO IN TEXAS
TRINDAN, Tex., April 5, (/P)—
—Development of lignite may give
the Texas farmer a chance to re
duce his cotton acreage.
Surveys indicate that a broad
lignite belt extends from Laredo
on the Mexican border to Texar.
kana in the northeast comer of
Texas. It may cover 60,000 square
mles, nearly one-fourth of the
area of Texas. It is estimated to
contain approximately 30,000,000,
; 000 tnos of lignite.
, Growth of the lignite mining in
dustry has been slow because the
ncoal has a high moisture content
and slacks rapidly when shipped.
IDE:
CL#! IS ICHiSEO
LONDON, April 5. (ff)—'The
[talian naval delegation astound
ed the conference by issuing a
statement which observers inter
preted not only as a pointed re
primand to France but indicat
ing that Italy was tired of the
present Anglo-France negotiations
concerning French demands for
security.
The spokesman declared Italy’s
claim of parity is unchanged al
though France “wants us to ac
cept an inferiority naval strength.”
DISMISS COMPLAINTS
WASHINGTON, April 5. <JP)—
The Federal Trade Commission
dismissed the anti-trust com -
plaints brought against the Alu
minum Company of America.
n MERSURES taker
MILITARIST ALUARCE
SHANGHAI, April 5. (/P)—The
Nationalist government at Nan
king took war measures against
the Northern militarist alliance
which declared for a Nationalist
overthrow.
Nanking’s state council approv
ed the mandate for the “arrest
and subjugation” of General Yen
Hsishan, governor of Shensi pro
vince and leader of the alliance
TAKES THE AIR
INDIANAPOLIS, April 5, (#)—
Hawks took-ofl for Columbus,
Ohio late yesterday afternoon. His
glider flight has been successful
so far.
COMMITTEE KM
FAV0HS 0?. MR
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WASHINGTON, April 5, (S>)—
Joseph Eastman, member of the
Interstate Commerce Committee,
testified before the House com
mittee investigating railroad hold
| ing investment trust companies,
favored inquiry because it was
feared that through the action
of certain railroad holding com
panies, it would be losing con
trol of railway unification.
He said these were his individ
ual views and that he was not
speaking for the commission.
GROSSQN UNO YOUNG
ARRIVE AT NANUK
8. S. NANUK, Siberia, April 5,
(/P)—Pilots Crosson and Young in
two Fairchild planes took off
from Teller at noon yesterday and
arrived at the Nanuk in six hours
and 45 minutes.
Young had to make a stop about
50 miles from here to put in gas
as his tanks were getting low. The
planes encountered strong head
winds and only fair visibility all
the way.
I Attorney H. F. Morton of An
chorage, who has been over at
the Valdez court headquarters for
the past week on legal matters,
returned today on the S. S. Alas
ka.
Hjalmar Carlson, who arrived in
Nenana last week from the Kan
tishna district, is planning a trip
to Sweden to visit his aged moth
er.
James Francis Hoag, Copper
River Vailway employe, former
town marshal of Juneau, and Miss
Lucia Beaudin, were united in
•marriage at Cordova recently.