Seward
Daily Gateway
MEMBFR ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 146.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26. 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Adjusting Alaska’s Morals
The recent resolution of the
Federation of Women's Clubs, in
'* session at Denver, asking for a j
commission to investigate the j
subject of fallen women and
girls in Alaska, and upon which
matter The Gateway commented:
on ten days ago. is the progeny j
of what has become the source j
of everything rotten in the Unit- j
* ed States and its possessions,,
namely the Prohibition question.!
While Alaska receives the as-;
sault upon its womanhood with
a cynical smile there is a tinge
of insult that connot but evoke a
protest. Like the remainder of the
{ nation. Alaska has its social evil,
but even as such it has mitigating
elements not found in those intol
erant communities which breed
such sentiments as those express
ed by the Federation of Woman’s
Clubs. And again, reduced to its
most practical interpretation,
there are less abandoned women
in Alaska per population than
may be found in any state of the
boasted conventional communi
ties of the State. If there is one
place in God’s kingdom where
fallen women may reinstate
themselves by atonement it is
Alaska. Unlike the Pharisees of
« the Prohibition cult, Alaska emu
lates the mandates of Jesus and
says: “Go and sin no more.”
So much for the social problem
as it exists.
The resolution passed by the
Federation is the product of a
report made by Roy Lyle, prohi
bition director now under indict
ment at Seattle, who visited
Alaska last October. Immediately
thereafter all deputy marshals
were given orders to abate the
restricted districts of Alaskan
towns. Upon Lyle’s return to the
States a report was issued to
* Washington saying that he had
suppressed 1,000 bawdy houses
which were speakeasies.
While the small restricted
areas were suppressed as such,
neither the aim sought or the
suppression of liquor traffic was
accomplished.
Instead of. as in the case of a
contagious or virulent disease, it
was isolated and combated, the
order resulted in scattering the
residents of the restricted dis
tricts throughout the towns un
der many guise. These unfor
tunate women purchased houses
and as landlords could not be
dispossessed unless abandonment,
prostitution and illicit dealing in
liquor was proven. The industrious
moral seamstress was thus made
the subject of suspicion, with her
little home subject to possible
invasion by the blacklegs accord
ed the task of enforcing the pro
hibition act.
That was the final aftermath
of the crusade of fanatics who
under the guise of performing re
ligious acts of righteousness, in
fact prostituted Christianity and
religion in general to the whim
of a Pharasitical cult whose mot
to is rule or ruin.
It is such examples as this that
have arrayed every self-respect
ing fundamentalist American
against the Prohibition act and its
cohorts. It is this influence that
9 is causing parents to keep theii
children at home, preferring tc
impart the simple teachings ol
the lowly Nazerine to having theii
minds distorted and enslaved bj
a group of fanatics, who in this
year 1930, are, figuratively speak
ing, crucifying Christ on tht
fross of bigotry and intolerance.
Unfortunately they have, t-hri
the intimate personal contacl
-vith the impressionable feminint
CINCINNATI, June 26, (/P)—The j
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks j
National Bank, failed to open to
day. Deposits are said to total
$4,800,000.
After a change in officials, made
on Monday, withdrawals totaled
$1,000,000. This is the reason given
by the directors for closing the
bank and said they voted to shut
the bank down and place its assets
in the hands of the Comptrollers of
Currency for liquidation.
The bank opened its doors in
1923.
NUMEROUS ALASKANS NOTED
ABOARD FAST A. S. S. CO.,
LINER
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SEATTLE, June 26, (/Pi—The S.
S. Alaska, of the A. S. S- Co., sailed
at 9 o’clock this morning for Alaska
with 214 passengers; 52 of which
[are Seward passengers as follows:
Miss Holcomb, Miss Stewart, Miss
) Sinclair, Mrs. W. M. Thumb and
daughter, Miss L. Holt, Miss V.
Newcomb, W. M. Chapman, Mr. and
;Mrs- A. Buffington, Miss L. R. Roop,
!J. J. Auschback, Miss A. Auschback,
A. F. Hollaway, M- Fredon, Mrs. C.
E. Smith, Mrs. M. Myers, C- W. Mc
Govan, Miss E. Downs, Mrs. J- C.
Downs, Rev. and Mrs. E. E- Reisner
jand two children.
Janies Danziger, Hazel Stebler.
Anna M. Roblings, Doris E. Ray, H.
Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Schmidt,
Mr. and Mrs- C. H. Kresge, George
Kocher, Mrs. S. M. Malcolm, Mrs.
M. Morrison, Catherine Gates, J
Robinson, Ruth Framgton, Irene
iStebler, Mrs. F. Stickney, Mrs. E. D.
Smith, Mrs. Zamwalt, Mrs. R. New
man and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
L. L. King, Mrs. I. Gilbert, Mrs. J.
Chapin, Miss A. L. Cotten, Miss C.
Crane and one steerage.
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FOUR RtPUBUGANS
leu i d. nun
FARGO, N. D., June 26, (JP)—
Three Congressmen and Govemoi
Shafer Good, lead the Republican
ticket for their rspective offices in
the returns from yesterday’s pri
mary.
A. C. Townley, founder of the
non-partisan league, is running
third in the third Congressional
district where he sought the Re
publican nomination; he ran as a
wet.
sex, have been able to recruit suet
organization as the Federation o1
Woman’s Club to their standard
It was claimed the feminine
vote would ameliorate many evil.'
in government. It would appeal
that the reverse has been tht
* case—we have swapped the devl
for the witch.
It is up to the feminine vote
to vindicate themselves by lining
■ up to sweep the fanatics Iron
the Golgotha, upon which the\
■ | have raised the false cross anc
1 re-enact thereupon the origina
11 structure of tolerant religion anc
' i ethics for which the great law
- * giver perished.
PATTY PRAISES
DEAN OF ALASKA COLLEGE
FOUGHT FOR LIFE WHEN
CAUGHT SNOW SLIDE
Dean Ernest N. Patty of the
Alaska College and professor of
geology and mineralogy, is in
pretty fair condition considering
the shape he’s in. Dean Patty nar
rowly averted death last week
when he sucessfuhy fought his
way out of a snow slide after
having been rolled down the jnoun
tainside for at least 200 feet.
Now, and until Saturday, the
Dean will rest up in the Seward
General Ho-pital having been
moved in from Jesse Lee hospital
ward by Dr. A. D. Haverstock. He
presents an awsome sight, when
one first glimpses his face for
there appears to be a multitude
of bruises, cuts, scratches and
black eyes. His right arm, brok
en above the elbow, is in splints,
and all over his body, his chest
and back, a couple dozen more
scars are perceived.
The famous Patty smile
and cheerfullness refuses to be
wiped out and the Professor
right now is as restless as a chick
j en with it’s head off; he wants to
i get back home now to Mrs. Pat
ty, at Fairbanks, get well quickly,
and resume his summer’s field
work. But. Dr. Haverstock declares
he is out of order, in this res
pect. because of his broken arm.
Dean Patty was in the Moose
Pass country inspecting property
on Six Mile Creek but when his
accident occurred he was visit
ing the Hershey mine near Hope.
He and three others were just
coming out of the mine portal
when down came a snow slide.
Aside from one other man being
knocked off his feet, the Dean,
who was on the outer edge of the
group, was the only one caught.
Down he plunged for 200 feet
while above him, horror stricken,
watched the other three. These
men later informed Patty that
each time he was glimpsed emerg
ing from the slide, he was fight
ing like a wild cat. The Dean
said he realized he had to fight
hard to get to the side of the
slide because if he once gave up
it would have been all over. Sc
he continued to fight his way tc
the side as he was carried and
rolled down and about 200 feet
down he broke free; the slide
continued on for probably 80C
feet more.
He must have been a terrible
looking sight with the blood
pouring from his numerous cuts;
the other members of the parti
feared he was a goner but he al
layed their feelings immediately
by instructing them how to ar
range a splint on his broken arm.
Dean Patty said he had attendee
' first aid classes given by George
Miller, Alaska Bureau of Mines
and said lessons came in very
; handy at that time. The boys
wanted to carry him down tc
> the cabins, about a mile away
’ but he walked it. There, a cai
! took him to the railroad; eighl
■ hours after the accident he was
in Seward under the care of Dr
1; Haverstock.
; “You people here in Seward
l j i know, must feel very proud o1
r; having such a physician and sur
l geon here as Dr. Haverstock, anc
l also proud of this wonderful hos
l pital. You people are certainly tc
■ be congratulated,” Dean Patty
remarked wTith great sincerity as
CROSS IS
ElOOTE NEW YORK:
MAKES SLOW TIME I
BOSTON, June 26, (/P)-The
Southern Cross, speeding for New
York, hopped-off from Harbor
Grace at 3:05 a. m- Eastern Stand
ard Time, and expected to reach
New York between 4 and 5 o'clock,
this afternoon.
It was making a speed of only 60
miles an hour, five hours after the
take-off and was reported 12 miles
off Scatrai Island, 325 miles from:
Harbor Grace.
The forecast was poor weather as
far as Maine then good weather to
New York.
ARCTIC HIGHWAY
BILL SENT BACK
HOUSE FOB REPORT
HIGHWAY TO PT. BARROW OR
SOME OTHER POINT WHERE
VIEW MIDNIGHT SUN
j WASHINGTON, June 26, (A5)—
The Senate passed and sent to the
House the Norbeck bill for a report
as to the feasibility of a highway
along the Arctic ocean from Fair
banks to Point Barrow or to some
other point where the midnight
sun would be visible.
The report will be made without
ian actual survey by a commission
created by a previously enacted
statute to study the extension of
the Pacific Highway to Fairbanks
which undertaking would be in co
operation with Canada.
EVANS SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE. June 26, (A5)—The Ad
miral Evans, of the P. S- S. Co.,
sailed at 10 a. m. yesterday and
carried 302; of these only three
were for Seward: J. R. Polk, A. E.
Berg and Mrs. Jacobson. There was
also one steerage.
The Seward breakwater item
stands on the program, according
to telegraphic advices received
i yesterday from the Alaska dele
j gate to Leon Urbach, president
jof the Seward Chamber of Com
merce, which organization has
been urging construction of a
shelter harbor in Resurrection
Bay for the protection of small
boats.
The telegram to Mr. Urbach
was as follows:
“Rivers and harbors bill re
ported out of conference yester
day and the House receded on
the Senate amendment. The Sew
-ard harbor item stands.
THE STOCK MARKET
By Associated Press
Int. Tel. 417/s, A. Can 113%,
Stand. N. J. 63, Richfield 15%,
Zellerbach 13%, Lehigh 8, Juneau
15%, U. Cal. 38, Goldman 16%.
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i he spoke of the skill displayed by
I Dr. Haverstock in setting his arm.
Numerous friends and acquain
tances of Dean Patty are visiting
j him daily helping him to pass
jthe time away. He is comforta
: ble in one of the private rooms
| at the hospital and is very appre
I ciative for the many courtesies
J which have been extended him.
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B. OF EDUCATION
PLANS UNKNOWN; FIVE MEM
BERS OF STAFF WILL GO TO
JUNEAU
SEATTLE, June 26, (£>)_Dr. Wag
ner resigned and Charles W. Hawk
esworth, Superintendent of Educa
tion for the southeastern district
of Alaska is here conferring with
Lewis A. Kilbach, chief clerk in the
office of the Bureau of Education
has been named as his acting suc
cessor.
The B. of E. office is being moved
to Juneau but the disbursing units
will be retained here. These chang
es are being made to promote closer
relations between the schools in the
Alaska division and supervising of
activities.
Kalbach said the M. S. Boxer
sails Saturday carrying the equip
ment to Juneau.
Claude M. Garber, superintend
ent of the western district and C.
L. Gardner, superintendent of the
southwestern district are also con
ferring with Kalbach. Kalbach said
if their expectations turn out, the
budget will show a considerable in
crease.
Wagner gave no reason for his
resignation and his plans are un
known.
A. H .Miller, J. E. Click. Virgin
Fulton, Mrs. E. R. White and Olive
Trower. members of the staff here,
will go to Juneau.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, (JP)—
A survey for possible airplane land
ing fields along the proposed exten
sion of the Pacific Highway to Al
aska will be made by army aviators
arriving here next week, it was an
nounced at the Presidio.
Three weeks will be spent on the
survey. Present fields will be pho
tographed and future sites mapped
by Capt. William G. Graveley and
Lieutenants George W. Goddard
and Levi L. Berry.
They will be accompanied by
Major Malcolm Elliott, army engin
eer and president of the Alaska
Road Commission.
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ALEUTIAN EARTHQUAKES
RECORDED IT ST. LOUTS
ST. LOUIS, June 28, <£>)—Two
earthquakes, believed to have oc
cured in the Aleutians, were record
ed at the St. Louis university.
The first was of moderate inten
sity and lasted one hour and 15
minutes with the greatest intensity
at 4:27 a. m. The second was; con
siderably weaker at 6:12 a- m.
TWO MORE HOMERS
NEW YORK, June 26, (A5)—Babe
Ruth made two home runs in the
second game yesterday between St.
Louis and New York, making his
total 26; Gehrig made one homer.
H. C. STUTZ PASSES
INDIANAPOLIS, June 26, (/P)—
Harry C. Stutz, 53, automobile de
signer and manufacturer, died from
.complications which followed an
* appendicitis operation.