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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 78.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
A conference was held in the
city yesterday between Col. 6. F.
Ohlson. general manager of the
Alaska Railroad, and Lawrence J.
Palmer, In charge of the reindeer
experiment station maintained
by the United States Biological
Survey at the Alaska Agricultur
al College and School of Mines.
The purpose of Colonel Ohlson’s
promotion of reindeer along the
Alaska Railroad belt, is generally
known and the conference here
pertained to organization, a
discussion on policy, etc
Mr. Palmer has devoted several
years to a scientific study of the
deer herds in northern Alaska and
is known as an authority on
range conditions in the North.
Governor Parks, B. B. Mozee,
general superintendent of Alaska
reindeer administration, with
headquarters at Nome, and Mr.
Palmer, recently were in confer
ence at Juneau where organiza
tion matters for the administra
tion of the reindeer industry
which will aid materially in solv
ing many of its problems, includ
ing range leases, herd manage
ment, marketing of surplus ani
mals by Eskimo and Indians, and
other questions, were discussed.
Under Colonel Ohlson’s plan,
large herds will be driven to the
vast feeding grounds adjacent to
the railroad in the Nenana and
Broad Pass country, abbatoir3
built, and a large cold storage
plant and warehouse in Seward,
where the carcasses will be stored
and shipped from here to world
marts twice a week.
MEM FOR UflERTT
DURING emi K
FOLSOM PRISON. Calif., April
7, (/p)_Two prisoners, Harry Stew
art. 36, and Edward Baker, 47,
were killed, and a third convict.
W. S. Tenkelpaugh, 33, was proba
bly fatally wounded yesterday in
an attempted break for liberty
during a ball game.
All were long-term men. Al
though the shooting was plainly
audible from the prison yard, the
ball game continued uninterupted
and the band kept on playing.
The men were running towards
the prison quarry, away from
the baseball crowd, when shot.
SEVENTEEN KILLED
TlNjmOSION
TOKYO, April 7, W—The Rail
way Ministry announced 17 per
sons were killed and seven ser
iously Injured in an explosion on
a train near Oita. The explosion
is attributed to dynamite which
is believed, somehow, to have be
come mixed with coal used by the
engine.
All the dead were passengers.
The blast started a forest fire
which burned throughout the nite.
INCREASING SIZE PLANT
Nils Hagen, general manager of
the local cannery, the Seward
Fisheries, has begun work on the
extension to the plant building
and dock. When completed it is
estimated the cannery will be al
most one-half again as large as
the original.
WINS FIRST GAME
SAN JOSE, April 7, The Sac
ramento Senators staged a field
day at the expense of the Portland
Club here in the first contest of a
two-game series after the official
scorer got thru with the adding
machine, the results showed 18
runs for the Senators, called the
wrecking crew while the best Port
land could do was ring the bell
four times.
PIONEER PASSES ON
JUNEAU, April 7, (/P)—E. Q.
Crag, for many years United
I States commissioner at Tenakee,
i died as a result of chronic neph
itis. He was a veteran member
of the Mother Aerie of Eagles, of
Seattle. Funeral services were
held yesterday at Douglas under
the auspices of the Eagles Lodge.
n BIRDS OF 0. S.
Ill MIMIC BUM
MATHER FIELD, SACRAMENTO,
April 7, (JP)— Familiar with their
surroundings after a day of prelim
inary flights, Uncle Sam’s war birds
hegan the first of the minic battles
to be held for the next three weeks.
The planes, flying in large squad
rons left the field for flight which
will carry them as far as Colfax
and Nevada City.
Radio, is the Army’s connecting
Imk between the planes flight and
headquarters at the field to be
; used for the greater part of a day’s
| maneuvers. Two groups from the
'91st Division Squardron were to be
|in constant communication with
j headquarters.
H. G. Ilderton, of the industrial
department, Alaska Railroad, will
leave this evening on the S- S.
Starr making the round-trip to
Unalaska, for the purpose of
making a personal report for Col.
Ohlson, general manager of the
A. Ry., as to the annual consump
tion of coal and possibility for
Alaska coal mine operators to sell
their product in that new field.
Cooperating with Colonel Ohlson
in tills important work is Capt.
C. E. Anderson, master of the S.
S. Starr. It is estimated that at
least 3,000 tons of Alaska coal
can be marketed at Westward re
I gions.
i Unofficial, providing a market
; for this amount is found, coal
j bunkers would have to be built
jin Seward. A year ago Colonel
Ohlson stated coal bunkers would
be erected in Seward providing an
| outlet for a large tonnage of Alas
! ka coal was found.
The Uganik, Capt. Harry Kemp,
new tender of the San Juan Pish
ing & Packing Company, is due
here from the south enroute for
Uganik. She is the latest model
of cannery boats, and is equipp
ed with a 140 h. p. Steams two
to-one reduction motors. While
her cruising speed is 10 knots
she is capable of doing better
than 14.
One of the features of this
new craft is the wheelhouse con
tr j1. Automatic spark, choke,
starter and other motor units
are included in a panel in the
cabin, enabling complete manip
ulation of the boat by the man at
the wheel.
Starvation faces many of the
deer in this section and on the
beaches of Hawkins and Hinchin
j brook islands unless immediate
! assistance is forthcoming.
! The S. 8. Admiral Evans, of
'the P- S. S. Co., is expected to ar
rive in port from the south either
tomorrow night or Wednesday
morning.
MODEL FOR NATION
WASHINGTON, April 7, (&)—
i Treatment of prohibition law vio
lators as rebels, rigid enforcement
'in the capital city to make it a
j model for the natidn and immedi
jate actment of the Hoocer law en
'forcement commission’s plan for
J strengthening the dry statues were
| a few of a batch of suggestions
•given to the House Judiciary com
mittee.
TOKIO, April 7, (yP)—An an
nouncement said that the cere
monly launching of the cruiser
“Takao” would be held in May at
the Yososuka Naval Dockyard with
the Empress Nagako attending.
The “Takao” is the fifth of the
Nachi class, 10,000-tons cruisers of
which the other four have been
completed. The sixth of this class,
the Atago, is due to be launched
about the same time at the Kuri
Naval Dockyard.
SECRETARY INTERIOR
HAS RIGHT TO FIX
PRICES ON OIL
WASHINGTON, April 7, (&)—
| Ho1 ding that the Secretary of the
Interior has the right to fix the
' price at which oil, taken from
| government owned lands under
lease, may be sold, the District of
Columbia court of appeals revers
ed the action of the District of
Columbia supreme court granting
| a Texas company a permanent in
junction against Secretary Wil
bur.
Wilbur had disapproved the
i contract to sell oil from the Ore
; gon Basin, in Wyoming, at 53c
| insisting on 85c.
cm OF FURS
BROUGHT FROM SI8F.AK
NOME, April 7, (£>)_Two Fair
child planes piloted by Crosson
and Young returned to Nome Fri
day night from Siberia with a car
go of furs valued at $100,000. The
planes hopped-off yesterday for
Fairbanks to make connections
with their loads for the train to
Seward and steamer for the states.
The planes will return to Nome
: thence to Siberia the first of sev
eral more trips for fur cargoes
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! STONE RETURNS NORTH
Bernie Stone, former publisher
of The Gateway, accompanied by
Mrs. Stone, passed hrotugh the
city Saturday enroute to Fair
banks where he will step into the
managing editor’s chair. Since
leaving Alaska, about five years
ago, Stone has been with
two or three papers throughout
the west and southwest. Both he
Mrs. Stone, passed through the
be back home and during their
brief stay Saturday enjoyed re
newing acqaintances with their
many former friends. The Gate
way editor “cubbed” under Stone
on the Alaskan, Anchorage, some
years ago.
The Juneau Amusement Com
pany has converted its hall, at
Juneau from a roller skating rink
to a dance floor and are present
ing public dances almost every
night.
Wrangell, one of the smallest
towns in southeastern Alaska,
will soon have a "talkie” theater.
W. D. Gross, movie magnate of
S. E. Alaska, recently added that
theater to his chain and announc
ed "talkies” would be installed.
One of the three late colonists
who arrived in Alaska three weeks
ago from Texas, left on the S. S.
Alaska Saturday for his southern
home but the other two young
men have settled in the Matanus
ka Valley and filed on farm sites.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Church services will be held on
Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Reverend Wm. R. Macpherson
arrives this evening from Anchor
age.
Auto drivers are again warned
from driving between the depot
and the track.
PERMISSION TO PUT
VANCOUVER, B. C-, April 7, (JP)
—Refused permission by Cana
dian immigration authorities to
keep two dance engagements
here on the ground the orches
tra could be admitted to the
country only "as entertainers” and
as such could play from theater
sieges only, Paul Whitman’s fa
mous orchestra cancelled both
his dance and theater engage
ments.
Whitman said "he and his or
chestra had traveled all over the
world and that this was the first
time they had had any trouble.”
W. P. G. HARDING DIES
BOSTON, April 7, (/P)—William
P. G. Harding, governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
and former governor of the Re
serve Board, died yesterday from
a heart attack. He rose from the
position of clerk in a country
bank to the highest official bank
ling post in the country.
OAR; DIE IN WATER
_
j MERCER, Calif., April 7, (£»)—
Two men were believed killed, hurl
ed by a speeding car into the flood
swollen waters of the Mercer River,
(their bodies wedged beneath rocks
jon the river bed beyond hope of
immediate rescue.
Word of the asserted tragedy was
: brought to Mercer from Yosemite
by tourists whose stories recon
struct one of the most amazing ac
cidents of the National Park region.
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Work on the extension to the
Seward dock should begin with
in the month, according to Col.
Otto F. Ohlson, general manager
of the Alaska Railroad, who was
a three day visitor in the city,
returning yesterday to his An
chorage headquarters. Creosote
piling was ordered some time ago.
A 100 foot extension to the dock
will be made to the wrest end and
on the east end piling will be
driven, with a narrow plank walk
on top, permitting vessels to tie
up to the end dolphin. In other
words two large vessels will be
permitted to lay alongside the
dock with ample berthing. The
extension to the west end will
conform with the wharf proper.
Fifteen or 20 men will be en
gaged on the new work which is
expected to take about two
months time.
Eim in
ARRIVES JT NEW IfORK
NEW YORK, April 7, (^—Cap
tain Frank M. Hawks completed
his transcontinental flight in a
gilder towed by an airplane at
'll 18 Sunday, eastern time, land
ing on the parade ground of Van
Countlandt Park.
He started the fi-’^nt last Sun
iday from San Diego, Calif., and
stopper many times enroute. The
towing plane was piloted by J.
D. "Duke” Jerigan.
EUROPEAN FISTIANA
MACON, Ga., April 7, (£>)—
"Young” Stribling, Georgia heavy
weight contender, and "Pa” Strib
ling, his father manager, boarded
a fast train for New York to sail on
the Majestic for an invasion of
European fistiana, according to the
elder Stribling. The Georgia mauler
will engage in four of more fights
while on the European tour, includ
ing a mixup with Phil Scott, British
heavyweight champion, probably in
'the latter part of May.
SERVICE HELD SUNDAY
j JUNEAU, April 7, (A1)—Funeral
'services for John B. Marshall, the
i first deputy prohibition admin
istrator in Alaska, was held yes
: terday afternoon with interment
I in the Juneau cemetery. Pall
| bearers were members of the Ju
neau bar association of which he
was a member.
RUSSIAN PILOT WILL
FLY TO FAIRBANKS
8. 8. NANUK, Siberia, April 7,
(JP)—Pilot Galishev and mechan
ic, in a Junkers plane, arrived
yesterday at 2:15 from St. Law
rence Bay and will complete the
transportation of passengers from
the 8. 8. Stavropol to Fairbanks.
He left about 160 gallons of gas
oline here as replacement and in
addition will bring back equip
ment
TIES MORE LUES:
Si BATTLE, OEPOT
OWINGSVILLE, Kentucky, Apr.
■ 7, {JP)—Curt Crouch was shot to
death and Jim Pergrem, probably
fatally wounded, by a marshal
who was unhurt. The trio battled
at Olympia station, near here,
when the train arrived and 14
shots were fired and windows
were shattered; persons waiting
for the train fled in all directions.
The shooting was the outgrowth
of a family fued which has claim
ed many deaths in the last 16
years.
Officers went to Lexington to
arrest Pergrem.
3 INSTEAD OF 5
WASHINGTON, April 7, (JP)~
Joseph P. Cotton, acting secretary
of state said the delegated naval
conference is obviously making
plans for a three-power pact ow
ing to apparent failure of a five
power pact, or treaty.
Thirty-two years of activity in
the Territory of Alaska "is the
record of N. J. Nicholson, well
known pioneer builder and con
tractor who arrived in Seward
Saturday enroute to Nenana to
begin reconstruction on the mis
sion building which was partly
burned last year. About 12 men
will be employed on the job and
when the new wing is completed,
it will be modern in every res
pect including five baths and two
showers, the very latest of equip
ment throughout.
For many years past Mr. Nich
olson has been carrying forward
construction work for Bishop
Peter Trimble Rowe, which work
will probably reach a total of
$300,000. Last season included the
construction of an eight-room
modem cottage at Alatna, then,
at Fort Yukon, he built a con
crete reservoir beneath the mis
sion hospital, for the storage of a
reserve water supply. At that time
he also installed an electric light
ing plant in the hospital. Still
another job undertaken and com
pleted last season was the moving
of the mission equipment from
Stevens Village, on the Yukon
river, to Tanana, where a board
ing house was built at a cost of
$18,000.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
SANTA BARBARA, April 7, (/P)—
The three months old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Kennedy of Goleta, sub
urb of this city, was burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
home of Alfred Weatherbee and
one other dwelling. Three firemen
were burned about the hands and
face trying to rescue the child.
The Weatherbees are Mrs. Ken
nedy’s parents.
ITKLII ALIEN STIRS
RP AUDIENCE: I DEAD,
ANOTHER INJURED
NEW YORK, April 7, (/p)—Police
attempted to arrest Amanda Bor
ghl, Italian alien for deportation,
who was speaking to an audience
of 1,500 in Cooper’s Union Hall,
but he escaped, shouting to the
crowd to stop the police.
Detective Thomas Lillienthal,
who was pursuing Borghi, was at
tacked by the crowd and fired in
self-defense wounding Salvator
Velucci in the chest; the same
bullet killed an unindentifled
young man who was shot in the
abdomen. Police arrested fvie.
SOCIETY WOMAN QUIZZED
WASHINGTON April 7, {PF)—A
Washington woman of high social
standing will be quizzed on the in
vestigation now being made into
the sudden death of Basil Miles,
diplomat, at Emergency Hospital on
June 14, 1928. This was learned at
the District Attorney’s office with
the cooperation of the Department
of Justice, which announced the
probe had been in progress for two
months, but which had only just
come to light.
JACOBS fll AMODT
LOOK FOB COOO SEASON
Roy Jacobs and his partner C.
Amodt left Saturday for their
placer ground on Lynx creek and
will begin preliminary work for
spring activities. Last year nug
gets running as high as $20 and
$23 were found and, it is expect
ed, that the coming season will be
one of the best the well known
partners will have experienced to
date. Since the first of December
Roy was in Seattle, returning a
week ago, and during that period
suffered an illness that cost him
35 pounds in weight. However, he
returns feeling much better and
anticipates putting on plenty of
beef in the next few months.
Chris, well along toward the 70
mark, is as fine a specimen of
manhood as could be found, typi
cal of so many of the Oldtimers
in the country.
FIVE DOGS POISONED
Yesterday was a great day for
the local dog murderer for he is
reported to have killed at least
five of the helpless, dumb ani
mals, Shea’s dog, Mrs. Meyer’s
bull-dog, Leonard Greenberger’s,
Malutin’s and Sullivan’s dogs.
The killer is getting very bold, it
is apparent, which may prove to
be his downfall as various clues
are being followed up. One prom
inent citizen stated yesterday he
would gladly give $100 to the per
son who discovers the poisoner.
HUGE GASSER GLOWS
IN OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 7, (TP)
—A gas well, estimated as pro
ducing at the rate of 75,000,000
cubic feet a day, blew in on the
edge of the city creating a new
fire threat less than 24 hours af
ter the wild Mary Sudick, No, 1„
i was brought under control.
No immediate steps have been
I taken to control the latest gas
i ser. Tools were thrown away when
it came in.
It is reported that “Pistol Pete”
who has been conducting the for
mer Poineer Cigar Store, has sold
out to Mitchell and Ward.
BEGUN ACTUAL DUTY
WASHINGTON, April 7, (A>)—The
first of the U. S. new 10,000-ton
cruisers has begun actual duty. The
Navy Department announced that
the Salt Lake City, after a cruise
to South America, had joined the
scouting fleet at Guatonamo.