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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 03.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GLACIERS, MOUNTAIN PEAKS
LAKES AND B WS ARE OFFI
C1ALL NAMED
Twenty-three places were offi
cially named in various sections ch
Alaska by the United States Geo
graphic Board a Washington D.
on March 5, last. In mo.s* in
stances the names approved have
already come into local common
usage.
Dr. C. H. Gilb rt, Stanford Uni
versity. who for years was in charge
f scientific investigations of Alas
ka fisheries for the Feder <1 Bureau
f Fisheries, and whose o ath cc
urred about a year ago, was n.n
ared by having a bay in Snettis
ham Inlet and a lake nearby nam
ed Gilbert.
Th -? places as named by the
ooard follow:
tseioii; giaCit1!, DUILMIUIic
?rinc° William Sound, Alaska, neai
^ latitude 60" 39’ longitude 148" 42'
4fter Beloit College, Wis.
Camicia; glacier, Alaska, north
east of Valdez, east of Valdez Glac
ier, near latitude 60" 09’, longitude
546” 08'. So named for the late
Dr. L. S. Camicia. optician anc
watchmaker at Valdez who meas
ured the retreat of Vald°z Glade;
nearly every year from 1898 to 1911
Concordia; glacier, Blnck°stom
Bay. Prince William Sound, Alaska
near latitude 60" 41'. longitude 148'
44'. So named for Concordia Col
.ege. Milwaukee, Wis.
Downer; glacier, Alaska, east o
College Fiord, near latitude 60" 16
longitude 147" 40’. After the Mil
waukee College for Women, Mil
waukee, Wis.
Eliot; glacier, Alaska, tributar;
of Harvard Glacier, on west side
north of Radcliff Glacier, near lat
itude 61" 20’. longitude 147" 41’. S<
named for the late President Chas
W. Eliot, of Harvard University.
Fickett; glad >\ Alaska, west o
Copper River, near latitude 60" 33
longitude 145” 00’. So named fo
* the late Fred W. Fickctt. private
United States Army, who saw the
glacier when he accompaniec
Lieut. Henry T. Allen, 1885, on on<
of Alaska's most daring exploratoig
trips.
Gilbert; bay about five mile:
long, the south arm of Port Snet
tisham, southeast Alaska, near lati
tude 57” 59’ longitude 133” 44’. Pr<
posed by the Coast and Geodeti<
Survey in honor of the late Dr
Charles H. Gilbert, prominent ich
thyologist.
Gilbert; lake about five mile:
long, eastward of Port Snettishan
and dbout 10 miles inland froir
Stephens Passage, southeast Alas
ka, near latitude 57” 58’ longitudi
*■ 133” 35’. Proposed by the Coast am
Geodetic Survey in honor of th<
late Dr. Charles H. Gilbert, promi
nent ichthyologist.
Glenn; peak (Mt. Glenn), 9,60:
feet high, Alaska, northeast of Col
lege Fiord, near latitude 60” 21
longitude 147” 24’. So named foi
the late Lieut. E. F. Glenn, Unitec
States Army, who carried on ex
plorations in College Fiord, 1898.
Gannett; peak (Mt. Gannett)
9,620 feet high, Alaska, in Chugacl
Mountains north of Harriman Fiore
near latitude 61” 13: longitude 148’
12’. So named on recommendatioi
'Continued <'n Pa«e Seven)
DENTIST RELEASED
| MEXICO CITY, April 23, (/P)—
Dr. Purnell, American dentist who
was kidnapped Sunday near
Guadalajara, was released by his
captors on payment of $200.
Mounted federal troops had start
ed in pursuit of the bandits when
Purnell returned.
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EXPLOSION IN BASEMENT; LOSS
IS LARGE: WAS PARTIALLY
INSURED
JUNEAU, April 24, (7P>— Fire caus
ed by an explosion in the basement
of the Maloney two-story frame
building and beyond control for
two hours, caused a loss estimated
between $20,000 to $30,000.
Electric current in the main part
of the city was cut off for two
hours after the main power lines
had to be shut dowui and the in
tense heat from the blaze cracked
show windows of the Kahn Five &
Ten Cent Store across the street.
The shops in the building were
occupied by Gordon’s, ladies fur
' nishings and the Cleveland Needle
1 craft. Ground floor offices includ
l ing those of the district superin
tendent of the federal office of
education, and housekeeping rooms
above, were gutted. Education re
cords were destroyed.
The losses were only partially
covered by insurance.
> WASHINGTON. April 24. </P)—
• The Ogden Mills, under Secretary
of the Treasury, contended before
' the House Interstate Commerce
’ Committee, that the unified border
• patrol proposed by the law enforce
, ment commission, should be charg
> ed to enforcement of prohibition
l along the borders, preventing the
? entry of all persons and merchan
dise over land and water borders
except at ports of entry.
)
Three factors are involved in
supplying Alaska coal to the
! Westward area from the Port of
1 Seward, stated H. G. Ilderton,
Alaska Railroad representative
j who returned to Seward on the S.
S. Starr following making a sur
vey of the situation. These factors
are, first; quality of the coal;
second, availability; third price.
This was the message Mr. Ilderton
imparted to the chamber of com
’ merce at the Tuesday luncheon.
( He said that from 75 percent to
80 percent of the coal now being
sold and consumed in those areas
consisted of Utah coal with the
[ remainder being made up of the
I British Columbia product, Lady
, smith and Nanaimo, and Roslyn
t coal, mined in the State of Wash
ington.
INVESTIGATORS HOPE TO FIND
REASON FOR TIIE FIRE:
INVESTIGATING
COLUMBUS, April 23, (/Pi—The
death toll from the prison fire
I increased to 318 when Edward
Wills succumbed in the prison
hopital. His death was caused by
i suffocation; he was serving a 5
! year term for larceny.
i The bodies of the dead convicts
are ready for burial; they are at
j tired in black shrouds and are
; resting temporarily in a morgue
| at the state fair grounds. The
: state furnished the robes, caskets,
transportation and some of the
; guards.
Thomas Watkinson, a guard,
testified before the investigating
i committee, that Captain Hall,
his superior officer, old him to
refrain from opening the door
| leading to the fire swept cells,
i Hall said he remembered telling
i Watkinson to try and get the
prisoners out.
I The investigators plan to make
a close examination of the cells
; in the hope of finding the reason
| for the fire.
11 BASEBALL I
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York at Boston postponed
on account of cold weather.
Cincinnati 0; Pittsburea 1. snow
ed at third inning.
Brooklyn 15; Philadelphia 16.
St. Louis 5; Chicago 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago at Cleveland postponed
on account of snow.
Philadelphia at New York pos
poned on account of cold.
Boston at Washington postponed
on account of cold weather.
Detroit 1; St. Louis 5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 4; Seattle 6.
Sacramento 7; Los Angeles 5.
j Oakland 4; San Francisco 2
Missions at Portland postponed
j on account of rain.
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IN EMM SESJP
Appreciation for the part play
1 ed by many Alaskans and others
' in the Eielson-Borland rescue and
I relief expedition to Siberia is voic
: ed in a resolution by the Aviation
Corporation of America, parent
; company of the Alaska Airways
; which employed the two victims
of far north in flying.
The first of these resolutions
to be received here came to Gov.
I George A. Parks. It is engraved
j on parchment and forms an en
during record. Copie have been
! sent to everyone who was con
nected with the relief work.
! The S. S. Redondo, A. S. S. Co.,
|freighter, Captain Anderson, re
turned to port last night from its
(regular weekly trip to the West
ward.
FLIGHT POSTPONED
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Apiil 24,
(/P)—The German seppelin works
announced the South American
flight of the dirigible Graf Zeppe
lin, had been postponed from May
10 to the 15th on account of pre
paration of airport landings which
is taking longer than was antici
pated.
SHERIFFS SKULL FRACTURED;
TRYING PROTECT PRISONER
NEGRO TIED TREE, SHOT
WALHALL, S. C., April 24. (/?,)—A
masked mob lynched Allen Green,
50, a negro, charged with attack
ing a young white woman, after
clubbing him seriously and injuring
Sheriff Thomas who tried to pro
tect his prisoner.
Green was dragged from the jail,
tied to a tree and shot. Hospital
attaches at Anderson, w h e r e
Thomas was taken, said his skull
was fractured and that he might
die.
The mob carried the negro three
miles before lynching him.
HEALTH IMPROVED
WASHINGTON. April 23. (/Pi—
The President and Mrs. Hoover,
who have been suffering from cole's
were reported at the White House
to be improved. President Hoover
was at his desk as usual but Mrs.
Hoover still remains indoors.
ROME. April 24. (/P)—Premier
Mussolini gave his daughter Edda
in marriage to Count Ciano, sec
retary of the Italian embassy Holy
See and son of the minister of
communications.
They were married in the church
of St. Joseph by Monsignor Pascuc
ci. Guests included United States
Ambassador Garrett and Mrs. Gar
rett. After the marriage the cou
ple drove to St. Peters where they
worshipped at St. Peter's tomb.
KISH DIVISION B. OF E.
i BETS moot, MILLION
f _
| SEATTLE, April 24, (A3)—Super -
lintendent Wagner of the Alaska
Branch of the B. of E., said the ap
propriation for the Department of
Interior fiscal year ending June
30, 1931, approved by the House
and now pending in the Senate,
provides $1,092,451 for the Alaska
! division of the United States Bu
reau of Education.
BIG SLIDE AT MILE 71
A large slide at Mile 71, Kern,
came roaring down this morning
from the mountain top, smashing
the snow-shed located there. The
slide on the north end of the
slide is 200 feet long and 22
feet deep, and on the south end of
the shed 100 feet long and 18 feet
-deep. Wires were also carird away.
; discrepancies in alleged
CONFESSION, CLAIM L. A.
AUTHORITIES
| LOS ANGELES, April 23. (£>)_
-Police arrested Russo Rinaldo, 41,
an accountant, on suspicion of be
in0; the person who slew William
Desmond Taylor, movie director.
Rinaldo confessed but the in
j vestigators said there were dis
I crepancies in his story. Rinaldc
said that he and a friend, a movie
i actress, on a visit to Taylor on the
■ night of the murder, overheard.
; Taylor and a woman in a violent
1 quarrel. After the woman left
they entered Taylor's home to
remonstrate with him.
He said Taylor drew a gun anti
in the ensuing struggle he gained
possession of the revolver and
shot the director.
| Rinaldo is a world war veteran
! suffering from shell shock anti
i has been living at Tuscon. Police
i are uncertain whether they have
1 the actual slayer in custody.
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SEATTLE, April 24, UP>—The S.
S. Admiral Evans, of the P. S. S.
Co., . tiled at 10 a. m. yesterday
and carried 120 passengers 12 of
whom were for Seward as follows:
Mrs. Marie MeWhirter, Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. Clink, C. W. Quay, H. A
Tilley, George Robertson, H. R.
Ray, Russell Annabel, H J. Burk
hard. Mrs. A. Johnson, Mrs. F. G.
Baldwin and 27 steerage.
AUKLAND. April 24. t/P)—Ameri
cans may be called upon to help
New Zealand eat up its surplus ven
ison. Deer of many varieties, in
troduced many years ago to provide
hunting, now are a menace to
crops and the government is em
ploying hunters to reduce the
herds.
Millions of tne animals descend
ed from their mountain retreats,
destroying forest growths and ruin
ing pastures.
! Small quantities of frozen veni
son already have been exported to
! Canada and the United States.
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MEET IN SESSION
GENEVA, April 23, pP)_The Lea
|gue of Nations Child Welfare Com
mittee for whom Mademoiselle
Marie Chaptal, president of the in
ternational couneli of nurses has
made a secret report of social and
moral conditions in the United
States, met for its closing session.
PASSED ORDEAL WELL
According to the local report
i today from the government hos
pital at Anchorage, Agent E. L.
i Sweek, in charge of the Seward
i office for the Alaska Railroad,
| came through his operation with
flying colors and today is resting
quite comfortably.