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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 35.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
13, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOTH WETS AND DRY'S WILL
BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HEARD
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13, (A*)
The long awaited hearings on
involutions proposing an outright
repeal of the 18th amendment,
and various forms of modifica
tions to that amendment, open
ed before the Judiciary Commit
tee, Chairman Graham announc
ing at the outset that the amend
ment to the prohibition law had
been “tested for 10 years without
satisfactory results.”
More than 300 men and women
gathered in the House caucus
room and listened intently to the
chairman.
Nearly half of the audience
were composed of women. The
chairman said both wets and the
drys win be given equal oppor
tunity to present their views.
UPEB DJUGHEBTY,
CIPI1, WORLD SB,
PISSES IK SOUTH
SARATOSA, Fla., Feb., 13, (/P)—
Draper Daugherty, son of Harry
M. Daugherty, attorney general
under Hie Harding administra
aton, died- His death resulted
from complications following an
appendicitis operation.
He was operated upon two
weeks ago and appeared to be
recovering although peltonitis set
in early after the operation. Last
right complications caused con
sultation of physicians and '
second operation w'as regarded as
necessary but he died on the op
erating table before the opera
tion could be performed.
!Ie was 41. His father is now
■ at West Palm Beach. Draper
s-rved as a Captain oi the Tt. r.
Division during the World War.
REID ARRIVES
NOME, SIBERIA,
<* » PASSENGERS
PREVENTED CRDSSON GO
ING TO SCENE OF EIELSON
BORLAND WRECK
NOME, Feb., 13, (/P)—Convalesc
ing from pneumonia, Captain Mil
ovzorov is waiting for a plane tc
take him on another leg of a jour
ney “Outside”. Marion and Olal
Swenson arrived with him fron
Teller yesterday.
The Russian will enter a clinic ir
Seattle for further medical exami
nation. Pilot Reid planned to re
turn immediately to Siberia witl
gas and supplies, but bad weathei
prevented him.
Fog at North Cape prevente<
Pilot Joe Crosson from going to thi
scene of the Eielson Borlam
wreck.
Marion Swenson guided Reid’
plane for a minute before it lande?
here and took a serise of bump
under her hand. She hoped th
.flight to Fairbanks will be made ii
an open cockpit.
EUMGR UNTRUE
Contrary to the reports cirftulat
ei here during the past weel
Anchorage at no time during th
recent cold spell was out of wat
er, its water system frozen u]
/ s occurred here, a few watc
j ipes froze or burst, nothin
more.
Attorney L. V. Ray returned t
his local office last evening from
brief business trip to Valdez com
headquarters.
BANK k RESOURCES
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13, (IP)—
National banks in the United
States shwed aggregate resources
of $28 832,483,000 last December
31, the Comptroller of Currency,
Pole, announced in making pub
lic figures compiled.
POSTOFFICE CLERK
IS ALLEGED STOLE
FROM ALASKANS
MANY WEEKS ELAPSED BEFORE
COMPLAINTS MADE TO POS
TAL INSPECTORS
SEATTLE, Feb., 13, (/P)-Hugh F.
Williams, registry clerk, at the Seat
tle Terminal Postoffi?e, charged
with the theft of about $1500 from
registered letters, United States
mail, is at liberty under $2,000 bond.
He is specifically charged with
the theft of $500 from a letter ad
dressed to R. C. Mitchell, Chicken,
Alaska.
Virtually all cases of lost regis
tered mail the envelopes were ad
dressed to out of way places in Al
aska. The postal inspectors said
many weeks sometimes passed be
fore any complaint was made to
inspectors.
ALL FACTIONS APPEAL
WASHINGTON, Fen l i /P)
The leaders of all factions have
joined in an appeal to the Senate
for speedy disposition on the tar
iff bill which has been before it
since September.
Cardinal Pacelli
Takes Over 01 Ha
.
| VATICAN CITY, Feb., 13, (/F)
CardiTnil Fiuelli formally tool
over ihe i '*nr of ^ecrctuv of stat<
He was received by the Pope anc
immediately thereafter anouneec
his functions relieving Ci~rcina
Gasparri, retired, because of ole
age and increasing 11 health.
Cardinal Gasparri is 67 and Pa
cell! 50. Hfe was formerly Papa
Nuncic. of Berlin.
First Anniversary At
Vatican Is Observei
VATICAN CITY, Feb., 13. (fP)
The first anniversary of the sign
ing of the historic Lateran Treatie
settling the long standing contro
versy between the Holy See and th
i Italian government, was celebrat
led.
j Court Dcvecchi, Italian am’oas
sador to the Hbly See, called at xh
(Vatican shortly before noon to pre
| sent the government’s coogratula
lations to the Pontiff.
I COLLEGE TERM TIKE
i IT OUT ON HI SCHOOL
J BY GOOD BUTIN
! The Alaska College basketba
team, composed of as fine a bunc
of young fellows it has ever bee
[ Seward fans pleasure to mee
|j turned the trick last night ar
more than made up for the
„ two previous losses, when th<
i 5 took the Seward high school la<
5 i into camp by the overwhelmir
| score of 32 to 13.
! j They opened up both barrels, ;
ito speak, and when they fv
ished with the locals, what tl
latter looked like is nobody’s bu
iness.
Seward attempted to bring i
their low' score by frequent loi
e shots but it was just like shoe
- i ing at t|ie moon. Not a chan
). at the gait College maintained,
r! Scoring was as follows:
g S Brumbach 14, O’Neill 9, Kub
o
a
! 5, Jackson 2, Morton 2.
! Ray Manthey 7, Otto San
' beck 2, Guy Manthey 2, Edw
Sandbeek 1, Don Shellhorn.
Groth and Merritt Shellho
umped the game, like big league
10 MEN LOST
WITH Bill® or
GERMAN STEAMER
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HUDSON RIVER TUBE UNDER
SUNKEN LINER CLOSED
FOR A DAY
NEW YORK, Feb., 13, (A3)— j
With the fire still smouldering
below decks the S. S. Muenchen
rested on the river bed of the
Hudson. Two engine companies
are pumping water into the hold
in an effort to extinquish the
j smuldering fire to permit them
I to search for the body of Gus
! tav Franke, 3rd electrician on the
! liner who was believed to have j
ibeen trapped in the vessel and;
burned to death.
In addition to Franke, a fire
man lost his life when he was
b’own from a fireboat into the;
water by the force of one of the j
| explosions which shook the ves
The uptown Hudson River tube
rains which operate between
;ew York and Hoboken, closed
esterday as the stem of the Ini
r rested on top of it, was opened
oday to accommodate the rush
f communters to New York.
FRED SHE RET*
TO RED TORE STSEE
| NEW YORK, Feb., 13, (/P)—
11 Fred Sone, favrite theater clown
; for 35 years, came back to the
| New York stage to resume his
.1 career interrupted 18 months ago
; I when he crashed with an air
, plane fracturing his * legs.
[! Both of his 55-year old legs,
L and his toes which he thought
l would never tap again, beat a
l lively rhythm to his favorite
; tune “Turkey in the Straw.”
•; The new musical comedy “Rip
l pies” is his come-back vehicle,
j His wife and daughters. Doro
j thy and Paula, are with him.
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i Pnrly From Fic’c
Museum Are Seeking
Rare Honey Bird
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s| CHICAGO Ftb. 13, t/P-A Fio'd
a museum expedition from Chicago
5 has left to seek in Africa a number
of rare specimens of bird and ani
imal life, some of them not found in
iany museum in the world.
“ l Among the chief objects will be
‘ Ithe African honey bird and the very
* |rare and beautiful sable antelope ol
j Portugese West Africa. The expe
dition is led by Arthur S. Vemey oi
| New York and London.
The honey bird is a little birc
wnich leads men to honey. It is
said to whistle softly at the sighl
iof man and, once attention is ar
* rested, to fluter up into the branch
3 tree whe
honey.
ROGERS SAILS NORTH
j SEATTLE, Feb., 13, (/I3)—The S
1S. Admiral Rogers, of the Paci
’ j fic Steamship Company, sailed a
■r j 10 a. m. yesterday for Alaska wit!
| j 54 passengers, three for Sewarc
^; Mrs. J. O.Nelson, Edna Nelsor
lg.! Jas. Nelson and two steerage.
50 ; DRIVING SNOWS 101“ M
l- | ■ \\ ASHING'] C ?* ‘Feb . i *
ie driving snowstorm that almos
s- brought traffic to a standstill fails
to keep the President of the Unite
ip! States from reaching his office o
ig ti ne. 9 o’clock,
t- ----
ce Mrs. Harry F. Morton, wufe c
the Anchorage attorney, left fc
home today following a few daj
m visit here.
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rs.
Mrs. Eva Robinson, daughter c
Mrs. E. W. Stanley, arrived la;
night from Juneau. Mrs. Robir
son was called home owing to tr
death last week of Mr. Stanley.
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BANQUET ITTEHEO ,
8y HP! THRONGi
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Thirty-five fathers and as many -
sons were feted at a sumptuous c
dinner Tuesday night at the Com- 8
munity church sponsored by Rev- £
trend Reisner and the Ladies Ala t
Society of the church. An inova- 1
tion to the town, the event which c
was featured by a genuinely good
supper and a lively program of t
jolly songs, merry-making, and c
jovial stories about boys, temper- 1
ed by a few well delivered talks c
in which father and son love was ^
sentimentally picturized, was re- ^
garded by those attending as a j
highly successful affair and a ^
popular hit.
The speaker of the evening.,
Reverend Winterberger of An- j
chorage, calling attention to the}
then nearing hour (yesterday) ;
when the entire nation would ob- 1
serve the anniversary of “one of j
the most outstanding figures in!
American history,” Abraham Lin
coln, very fittingly' and. impress- j
ively made his subject, the Boy
hood and Manhood of the Great!
Emancpiator. Earned applause was |
justly accorded the orator for hie j
speech was a very fine one in
deed.
In the absence of Mr. E. P. Har
j wood, who had originally been se- j'
lccted at toastmaster, Rev. Reis-;;
| ner called upon Leon Urbach, ;
j president of the Seward Cham -;
: ber of Commerce to perform the
[ interlocutory duties. Toastmaster
Urbach bade Rev. C. T. Hatton
I to render the invocation, after
i which the many good things tc j
| eat were served by a swarm of 15
women and girls of the L. A. S.
! who had prepared the home- j
! cooked vitals for the feast. The
! menu lacked nothing, and to the
j delight of the boys, even the old
! ones, there were double helpings
of apple pie.
i At the conclusion of the re- J
! past, a message of greetings was
! delivered by Mayor P. C. McMul
| len, followed by short talks byj
i Elwyn Swetmann and Mr. Bat
! che’or of Juneau. The entire at- |
i tendance then, led by J. B. Kuh-|
ler, jointly sang popular songs |
j that were skillfully made intoj
I parodies fitting the occasion and
1 projected on a screen, enabling
all to the read the words. Follow
ing the first group of songs, a
toast to “our fathers” was given
by Hedley Davis, which was res
ponded to by Dr. Roberts who re
cited an impressive narrative de
picting the great love of a father
for his boy.
The delightful occasion ended
with the men and boys singing
“What’s the matter with the la
dies—they’re alright!”
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Dixie unites in miacn
On Marsh Mosquito
PTf'IIMO'D. ^.a., Fib 13 (/!') -
The greedy salt marsh mosquito,
big brother of the malarial insect,
I has bit off a big hunk of trouble,
j He carries no disease, but his
'size mid numbers make him. such a
’ ipest that a new organization, the
I Gulf of South Atlantic Anti-mos
Jouito congress, will attaack him in
ja correlated campaign aii along the
'Soi.t'o Atlantic and Gulf coast?.
Anj. tares and land machines v.'ll
_ be i-sed to spread larval poisons
t over the marshes.
i
3 General Manager Otto F. Ohl
i son, of the Alaska Railroad, die
not return on the S. .North
-western as had been expected,
f _^_
r The arrival of the S. S. North
s western last night relieved the lo
j cal egg shortage, it is said.
lf I
it
.e
M:ss June Geyer, accomplishec
young pianist, furnished the musi(
for the dancers last night during
the Shriners party.
iNMVERSARY OF j|
EDISON BIRTHDAY
BRINGS GLADNESS
FORT MYERS, Fla., Feb., 13,
-Greetings from around the w ;rid
ame to Thomas A. Ed*-on c:i his *
3rd birthday whnt -cores of ;vn
ratulatory messages received by
he snowy-haired creative genius
rom neighbors who Arranged a
elebration. t
Mr. Edison apparently found the -
reatest pleasure in the presence j ]
.f his two old cronis, Ford and <
'irestone, who visit him regularly ,
n his birthday. ^
The inventor set aside the mom
ng lor his annual interview given ^
o newspaper reporters and unveil- ^
ng a bronze tablet in his honor in
he city park.
WEN MEMBERS RING SUPPLY
ING ALL OUTBOUND SHIPS
FROM CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., 13, (/P)—
Pwo state narcotic agents, posing ;
is labor bosses on Alaska cannery |
ships, struck a blow at what they
assert as a drug ring trafficking •
in the drug marihuana, arresting
two men when they delivered the
first installment supply of the drug
for which the agents allege they
contracted.
The men, Antonio Guerrero and
Conrado Gutierrez, Alameda coun
ty ranchers, the agents aaid, admit
ted previous dealings with the
labor bosses on the Alaska ships.
The agents said the men are mem
bers of a ring supplying ail out
bound ships from San Diego, Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
SUBMARINES WILL j
CONTINUE, WEAPON
OF WAR, FUTURE
U. S„ ENGLAND FAVOR ABSOLU
TION; ITALY AGREED; JAP
AN, FRANCE, RETENTION
LONDON, Feb., 13, (/P)—Submar
ines are virtually assured of a new
lease of life as a weapon of war.
During the debate at the plenary
session of the naval conference out
of which a wealth of eloquent pleas
either for or~against retention of
these weapons grew, a formal reso
lution was drawn which is gener
ally taken as meaning submersi
bles will be continued but that their
activities will be "humanized” and
an effort will be made to restrict
the size and number.
The United States and Great
Britain favored absolution of sub
marines; France and Japan for
their retention. Italy agreed in
principle with America and Eng
land but with reservations which
will safeguard her interests as
compared to those of other powers.
GIRLS WIN AGAIN
Again the Seward high school
girls sunk the City women when
lest night they took ‘em into
camp by the score of 40 to 18.
The City could not get going and
on top of that the field throwing
of Maude Larsson, alone, was suf
ficient to have topped the losers
goals. Maude heaved in 24 points,
June Geyer 12 and Sylvia Sand
beck 4. Scorers for the City were
as follows: Elsie MacCauley 8
j Katherine Neville 7 and Mrs
| Stevenson 2
Mrs. Katheryn Galen, Alaska
[ representative of the New Yori
s Life Insurance Co., departs to
; day for Valdez but is returning
to the city on the next steamer
ittsck mm
11 OF |
HUSHES. OIK
•EOPLE FINDING IT DIFFICULT
TO EARN LIVELIHOOD,
COMMENTS DILL
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13, t&h
Senator Di'l joined in the attack
tgainst the confirmation of Chas..
lughes to the office of Chief
Fustice of the United States as
he debate for Hughes nomlna
,ion was resumed in the Senate.
Dill called attention to the
jirthday of Abraham Lincoln and
idded “What a coincident that
;he Senate should spend the birth
iay of the greatest champion of
luman rights since Jesus Christ
walked the earth, in considera
;ion of the greatest champion
5f property rights as the nominee
for Chief Justice.
“Our people are finding it dif
Pcult to earn a livelihood or to
lay aside a little for old age.
“The views of Hughes on eco
nomic questions are just as im
ocrt^nt as his legal ability In
bui’ding up the body of law not
enacted bv Congress; we are go
ing right into the very life of the
neoole and permitting corpora
Fions to p’ck the pockets of the
man on the street. ’
BIG GERMAN LINER
BURNS AND SINKS
IN HUDSON RIVER
PASSENGERS AI T, LEFT HF.FORE
FIRST EXPLOSIONS SHOOK
SHIP AND PIER
NEW YORK, Feb., 13, (/P)—The
Forth German Lloyd liner Muen
chen burned and sank at its pier in
the Hudson river a short time af
ter she docked at the end of hor
voyage from Bremen.
The fire, accompanied by a series
of explosions of shellac, started in
one of the holds and firemen pour
ing water into the hold were
thrown many feet as blasts shook
the whole ship and pier with four
explosions.
Mrs. Josephine Gehrke, 50, cabin
jjtewardess, was knocked down and
slightly injured. The 263 passen
gers had left the ship befor the ex
plosions oceured.
Delegates Had Better
Pack Up Tranks And
Come Home, Stated
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13, (/P9—
Chairman Britten of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, predicted
that the super-dreadnought ^pro
posed for at the United States Nav
al conference to equalize tonnage
for Great Britain, will never be
built. (
j He held it up as "sop” from
American naval enthusiasts and
further, he asserted that if the
American delegation i<? "going to
play into the hands of Great Brit
ain, it will be well for them to pack
| up their trunks and come home."
STANLEY FUNERAL SUNDAY
Funeral services for E W. Stan
I rancher who passed sud
! denly last week, will be held Sun
| day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Seward Funeral Parlors with Rev.
Eeisner officiating. Specifd music
is being arranged. Interment will
be made in the Seward Cemetery.
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The Rev. W. R. Macpherson,
! Episcopal minister, arrived in Sew
ard last evening from Anchorage
coming over on the snow plow. He
returned today to that city.
Assistant U. S. District Attor
ney E. P. Harwood returned to
his local offices last night from
Anchorage.