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Seward Daily Gateway
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 49.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
L. H. HOUSE IS
FOUND FROZEN j
ON ANY IK TRAIL
CAME FROM MICHIGAN; HAS NO
FAMILY AS FAR AS KNOWN;
COUSIN COL. HOUSE
Special to The Gateway
HOLYCROSS. Margh 4. —Luftus
H. House was found frozen on the
trail between Anvik and Flat by
George H. Turned and S. T. Kin
caid. U. S. deputy marshal at Flat.
House left Anvik for Flat during
the cold weather last week with a
sled and two dogs but no compan
ion and passed thru Shageluk
where Turner is a trader.
Natives arriving at Shageluk
from Flat reported that nothing
was seen of House but they saw a
trail leaving the main trail. Turner
and Kincaid made a search and
found House frozen. They took
the body to Flat.
House came from Michigan and !
nas no family as far as is known.
He was 62 years of age ar.d was a
metal worker. He said he was a
cousin of Colonel House and
a friend of President Wilson.
ONE PLANE NOW AT
NANUK; OTHERS
ARRIVE TELLAR
S. S. NANUK. March 4. </P) — Pilot
Crosson left the Waco plane behind
lue to shortage of gas and Pilot
Galishev tookoff at 9:30 a. m. yes
terday in the Junkers with two wo
men, a six-year-old baby and a
man to be transported to St. Law
rence Bay.
After months of plane activity
at North Cape and devoid of piicis
and planes exc^ot Crosoon's, which
is firmly secured in ice beside
the S. S. Nanuk, all bur six men
and one woman of the passengcis
of the S. 8. Stavrapol have now left
either by plane or dogu a. The
oaltnce are leaving soon but the
twc-.; of a-: 35 men hit aboard
he 8. S. N r.t'.'li will re:u in with
'he ah ip until i‘ arrival m Seattle.
President Santo
Domin' o Resigns
Ip. Face ( f Revolt
SANTO DOMINGO, March 4. f/P)
—President Horacio Vasquez, for
30 years a dominant figure In the
Domincan Republic, resigned with
his cabinent Monday.
General Rafael Estrella Urena,
insurgent leader took the oath of
provisional president and will
form a cabinet.'
Vasquez, aged 70, is in a hos
pital physically broken. His res
ignation was accepted “with much
pleasure” by the national assem
bly.
Urena, a week ago, led an in
surgent band of 2,000 on the cap
ital. It was a bloodless revolution
and almost without a precedent
n Caribbean countries. Urena
* aas promised reforms to insure
air elections in May.
Taft On Verge
Of Death, Said
WASHINGTON. March, 3. (£>)—
Wm. Howard Taft is regarded as
oeing on the verge of death but
he may linger on indefinitely
unless a sudden change obtain,
>r a sudden change results from
reart trouble, one of the compli
cations of his illness.
Physicians, after a visit to him,
said he continued to take some
nourishment and it appears that
his condition has improved slight
ly.
It is 21 years today since he
cook the oath as President of the
United States.
Anchorage H. S. vs Seward H.
S. Tonight
RUSSIANS AT TELLER
TELLER, March 4, (rP)—'The Rus
sian plane with Slipenov and Me
chanic Farish arrived late yester
day and with weather permitting
will take off for Fairbanks via
Nome today.
OFFICERS KILL
TWO ROBBERS
BLOWING SAFE
POLICEMEN FOLLOW ROBBERS
TO ATTIC AND OPEN FIRE;
FACE POWDER BURNED
DETROIT, March 4, (/Pi—Two
policemen, with only the beam of
the reflecting light from the rob
bers’ pistol as a target, shot and
killed two men who were attempt
ing to rob a safe of the Harper
theatre.
The gun battle, in which powder
burned the face of one of the offi->
cers. the only injuries received by
either policemen, occurred in the
dark attic of the theatre above the
main floor of the auditorium.
The robbers were identified as
Philip Twomey. 30. and Leo Garba
da, 30. Patrolman Bondy and Ser
geant Farley followed the robbers
into the atic after Bondy discover
ed the men in the building. They
were unable to see the robbers.
Farley and Bondy flashed their
pocket lights into the corners of
the attic which reflected a beam
of light from a pistol which gave
the policemen a momentary target.
They opened fire; it was returned
but the firing ceased before the
police guns were emptied.
Great Damage 8y
New Orleans Fire
NEW ORLEANS, March 4, (/P)_
Eleven persons were burned in
cluding several women and chil
dren visiting the ship when they
were caught aboard the S. S.
Scant ic in a fire which swept
warehouses and wharves. The
damage is estimated in excess of
$3,000,000
The flames, starting in cotton
ba’es. spread swiftly to the
wharves which collapsed carry
ing 35.000 bales.
Some people leaped into the
water. A tug endeavored to tow
the ship but was unable to move
on account of cold boilers.
The injured were taken to hos
pitals also those with first and
second degree burns.
Naval Confab Is
Frameup Against U. S.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4, l/P)—
The Hearst papers in a ringing edi
torial declaredf hat the Naval Con
ference had developed into a frame
up against the United States and
asked that the American delega
tion be called home.
The plan is to have the United
States go on France’s security.
France made preposterously big
naval demands for trading purpos
es to that end.
THE WATERFRONT
The schooner Paragon, Capt. P.
Jacobsen, arrived in port from the
banks with 5,000 pounds of hali
but. A sick man was brought in
■for medical attention.
The schooner Seymour, Capt. G
Hansen, is in port for minor re
pairs, as is also the halibuter Nor
dic, Capt. Olaf Peterson.
CROSSON TAKES-OFF
S. S. NANUK, March 4, (A3)—
Bearing the bodies of Eielson and
Borland in a cabin plane piloted
bv Young and carrying Crosson and
Mechanic William McCauley, took
off for the flight to Teller. The
Russians, Commander Slipenov and
Mechanic Farish followed in the
Junkers.
ANCHORAGE HIGH
HANDS WALLOP
SEWARD LADS
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The Anchorage high school lads j
put a serious si imp in the Seward 1
Ponies aspirations for a third con
secutive championship of the
schools of the two cities by brush
ing the Blue and White cagers aside
last night for a 26 to 15 victory,
which gives the Inlet boys three
games so far, to the Seward team’s
one, and only two more to play.
And if the brand of basketball that
the visitors flashed in some parts
of last night’s match is an indica
tion of some of the stuff they
pack, the Ponies will have to work
two more miracles in order to take
the two remaining games to get a
tie.
For two minutes during the third
quarter the Ponies looked like the
Ponies of old. getting six points in
rapid succession on a flash of smart
floor work, but the Anchorites were
quick to recover their equilibrium
and squashed the rally. The Ponies
shot a field goal apiece and Guy
Manthey converted three of his six
free throws; two more points were
made on successful free tries by
Don Shellhorn and Jack Rosness.
The Anchorage scoring attack
was l"d by the sharp shooting Ted
Stranberg who garnered 12 points
for his team. It looked very much
as tho the Ponies overlooked the
uncanny eye of this lad, for he was
permitted to range unguarded in
the vicinity of the basket and slip
pel in five field goals and two fouls.
Bob Knapp, former popular Seward
boy, played an aggressive game and
besides giving his forward partner
Stranberg able support and team
work. pegged two pretty baskets
and made good his one try from the
foul line. Floor guard Robert Carl
son started to set the pace for his
scoring mates by tossing two field
baskets and a foul for five points
in the opening quarter, but over
guarding caused him to be removed
shortly after the second half got
undrway. He was replaced by Odin
Stranberg. Shadura at center and
Bayer as guard connected for a
basket apiece.
Coach Thompson has a swc-'-t
team. The whistles were hand't d
by Franci Gcoth and Merit Shell
horn.
DEMPSEY WILL FIGHT
CLEVELAND. March 4. (7P)—
Jack Dempsey announced he will
fight again for the championship
if Schmelling degeats Sharkey
and providing he can reach fight
I ing condition again. Dempsey be
sey believes Schmelling to be over
rated and that Sharkey will de
feat him. If this proves true his
comeback plans will be aban
doned.
Bonaparte Gems
Have Been Found;
Sold To Jeweler
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NEW YORK. March 4, UP)—'The
diamond necklace which Napoleon
Bonaparte presented to his second
wife, Empress Marie Louisa on the
birth of their son Laiglon, has been
found.
Police learned the necklace was
sold to D. M. Michel, jewelry deal
!er for $60,000. which is the value
of the diamonds it contains. Charles
Townsend, the man to whom the
safety of the necklace had been en
trusted, has disappeared and has
not been located.
The former Archduke Leopold of
Austria said he had witnessed the
sale of the necklace and that every
thing appeared to be in perfect or
der to him.
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Axel Samuelson and Axel Wil
liamson were passengers on the S.
S. Starr, the latter being enroute
to Bellingham to visit his wife who
has been ill for some time in St.
| Josephs hospital of that city.
BORAH VOICES
HIS VIEWS ON
DISARMAMENT
WASHINGTON, March 3, (/P)—
Senator Wiliam Borah, chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee terminated his silence
on the London Naval Conference in
a speech over the radio in which
he warned the nations at the Con
ference of the consequences which
he feels will follow in the failure to
reduce armaments.
“If these governments and their
representatives do not sufficiently
realize at this time the necessity of
taking some risk in order to lift the
weight of armaments from their
people, I venture to say that in due
time they will have ample notice of
their mistake,” he said.
In vigorous language Senator
Borah traced the present world
conditions. He pointed to the
heavy taxes made necessary by
military organizations and pictured
what he considered a world wide
demand for reduction of these tax
es thru international armament
agreements. He asserted no time
could be more auspicious for reduc
tion than at present.
If the Conference should fail,
composed as it is of nations who
so recently were close allies, it
would be a great disapppintment
and genuine sorrow to countless
millions and its failure would spell
nothing less than dispair in the
matter of relieving the world of the
burden it has to bear. “Failure will
mean catastrophe”, he asserted.
Freshman Dies
Automobile Wreck
LESLIE, Mich.. Marcli 4, (/P)—
Clarence Snyder, 19, a freshman
at- Michigan State College, East
Lansing, and son of the president
'of the Snyder Tool & Engineering
Co., at Detroit, was killed and two
coeds, Doris Gallagher, 18 and
Pauline Wegster, 18, injured in
an automobile wreck.
The accident occured ne°r Les
lie Sunday when the car left the
road in a blinding snowstorm and
crashed into a tree- The party
a-'s returning from a fraternity
dance at East Lansing. The gir1
were freshmen at Albion College,
IN HINDS RECEIVER
CHICAGO. March 3, (A3)—The
Gerad Investment Trust, a $10,000,
000 concern, was placed in the
hands of a receiver and bankruptcy
proceedings were started against
Merrill Hawkins.
Will Work Out Plan
To Educate Prisoners
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i SAN FRANCISCO, March 4, I/P)
Penitentiary prison officials and
the California Department of Edu
cation are to work out an educa
tional program for prisoners,
j San Quentin houses 4,374 men
and women. Not including 508 at
prison road camps and “on their
honor”. Time and money has been
expended in educational recon
struction it was decided.
ASSAILS HOOVER
WASHINGTON, March 4. (JP)—
I Senator Robert LaFollette, in a re
jview of President Hoover’s admin
istration, declared his record is one
of sympathy with trusts and with
I the republican old guard. He as
! sailed the appointment of Charles
Evano Hughes and other conserva
tives,
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Capt. Andrew Nelson of the
schooner Unis, which has op
erated by him for the last 14
months for the Alaska Commer
cial Company, with heaquarters
at Unalaska, was among the ar
rivals on the Steamer Starr en
route to the states.
BODIES ARRIVE
TELLER, March 4, (/P)—1The bod
ies of Eielson and Borland arrived
at 5 o’clock. The Soviet aviators
are expected immediately.
SPAIN’S KING
CALLS BACKERS
TO HIS RESCUE
MADRID, Spain, March 3, (/P)—
Rumors were rampant in Spain
following an outbreak in Madrid
and there was suggestion, prompt
ly denied, that King Alphonso
would abdicate or leave with the
Queen for England.
Nevertheless the King was re
ported to have called Premier Ber
enguer and supporters of the mon
archy, from all parts of Spain, into
a conference.
Meanwhile the streets of Spain
were patrolled by large numbers of
police.
Thruout the country there is a
spirit of uneasiness. Numerous
strikes have been called and while
they do not appear serious at the
moment, they are worrying the
government. It is generally believed
that King Alphonso will seek to
avoid drastic steps, such as the in
stallation of another dictatorship
which might be looked upon as an
act of weakness.
Review Granted
By Court; Involves
Purchase Liquor
WASHINGTON. March 4. (/Pi—
government has granted a
revfew, hv the Supreme Court, to
t°st v'hether a purchaser of liq
our who gives an order for its
delivery knowing- the order in
volves illegal transportation, is
rr,,i’tv of conspiracy with the boot
legger in violating the dry law.
The case is set for a hearing
m Ap’-it 14 The importance ot
th° controversy is emphasized by
t’m government requesting a re
view. It raised the question in
the cr>s° of Alfred Norris, New
rT'T’* b^nke”, who. it is alleged.
’T-'d orders with Joel Kerper oi
Phy^ dcipty’a. The government
contended tint. Norris knew that
in so doing the question of illegal
transportation was involved.
Starr Responds To
Jap Vessel’s SOS
At 10 a. m. February 20th the
Japanese freighter Koshun Mari
went aground off Scotch Can lighl
house in a blinding blizzard anc
snow storm. The steamer SOS
their predict nent at 12 noon which
was intercepted by the S. S- Stan
who offered assistance but was in
formed that there was no immed
iate danger altho the ship was
leaking in the forward hatches anc
fore peak. Later in the day the S
S. Hakushita Maru turned from
her course and steamed toward the
wreck and stood by until it was
decided there was no hope of float
ing the vesseel. The following daj
the crew was rescued and the ship
proceeded for Yokohama.
| The cargo of the steamer con
sisted of scrap iron, wheat and
lumber. Upon the Starr’s arriva]
at the scene the vessel had been
abandoned and was resting about
300 yards off shore directly in front
of Scotch Cap light. Scotch Cap
radio reported that the blizzard
was so violent that it was only at
the risk of life that the watch on
the light was changed.
DEPORT ’EM
' NEW YORK, March 4, (/P)—Busi
ness in the line of communist riots
was pretty small in New York. One
j hundred and 50 policemen “bat
tled” 20 women and a dozen child
ren around the city hall w’hile a
crowd of 15,000 stood on the out
[ skirts applauding the actions of the
Reds and the booing somewhat
'puzzle'! the police.
CENTRAL ALASKA
TO BE DEVELOPED
| ON LARGE SCALE
ENGINEERS TO START OPERA
) TIONS THIS SUMMER ON EX
TENSIVE PLACER FIELDS
' SEATTLE, March 4. (/^—Fore
casting the development of central
Alaska on a scale almost as great
as that of the Fairbanks Explora
tion Co., a syndicate of Hollanders
of the Dutch Exploration Co., at
Hague, have taken over options of
fields controlled by British inter
ests.
' The engineers will leave Hague
for Alaska and start operations
this summer the cables said.
The British holdings aie handled
by Lemons-Foster, London and
are reported to be extensive placer
workings at Fairbanks and Susit
na Valley regions.
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HIGH PRIESTESS
| OF MYSTIC CULT
! CHARGED THEFT
CHARGED HAVING BILKED
OIL OPERATOR OLT OF
540,000
LOS ANGELES, March 4,
Mrs. May Oris Blackburn, high
| priestess of a mystic cult known
as ‘the devine order of the royal
arm’ was one of the 11 convict
ed of theft by the grand jury
which began deliberations Thurs
day.
The woman is charged on ten
counts with grand theft after
C'ilTord Dabney, el:- c^eratar. al
Te^ed she had bilked him out cf
540,000 to finance the writing of
of book on the cult subject.
The cult first came to the at
tention of the police when the
body of W'lla Rhodes, a priestess
of the organization, was found
buried under the floor of the of
the girl's fo ter parents. She was
snersed to 1 ave died from natur
al causes but her death was kept
a secret because Mrs. Bl ckburn
said she was writing a bonk which
would revive her to life.
Two Coast Cuard
, | Cutters Patrol Seas
In This District
To protect the lives of more
than 2,500 fishermen and to give
, aid in preservation of more than
$2,000,000 worth of boats and
: fishing gear, the Cutter Chelan,
; in port today, and the Cutter
| Unalga, will remain in these
! waters on patrol duty.
The Chelan is commanded by
Commander Ralph W. Dempwolf
and the Unalga by Lieut. N. S.
Hogan, Commander Dempwolf be
ing in charge of the voyage.
The two cutters will cruise be
I tween Kodiak Island and tiny
Middleton Island, far offshore,
| mingling with the fleet of fishing
vessels during calm weather and
maintaining a day and night
vigil during storms.
Medical officers are carried on
both coast guard cutters and will
be available should sickness or
accident befall any of the toilers
of the sea.
This is the first time that the
coast guard has devoted two sea
going vessels to work of this kind
and emphasizes the recent state
ment made by Capt. H. D. Hinck
I ley, commander of the Northwest
j ern Division, that the first duty
! of the coast guard is to protect
| lives and property at sea.
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The Coast Guard Cutter Chelan,
! which arrived in port this morn
! ing with a large quantity of mail,
{will remain in port until tomor
' row, it is said, awaiting the ar
"iw>l of the Cutter Unalga.