Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 210.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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DISABLED LINER TAHITI LOST
PROPELLER, SHOALS AND
STORM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
Aug. 18. (/P)—One of the lone- |
somest corners in the world was
the scene of one of the most j
thrilling chapters in maritime I
history enacted in the re
cue of 175 passengers and 142 j
members of the crew of the dis
abled liner Tahiti by the Matson
liner Ventura.
All mail was removed after
which the vessel was abandoned.
Racing against an impending ;
storm the Ventura crossed an'un- I
charted portion of the South Pa- j
cific desregarding hidden shoals, I
to 500 miles southwest of Cook J
Islands where the Tahiti wallow- |
ed about since last Friday.
Its propeller had fallen off, the j
tail shaft damaged and water
rushing into the holds kept the
crew continually at the pumps.
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[HIE IREI II!
THE GIT* OF NSPLE5
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NAPLES. Aug. 18. (IP)— Oja the
eve of celebration of escape from j
serious damage in last month’s
earthquake, the section of Naples
occupied by the agricultural mark
et was swept by a tornado which
t-ook at least 4 lives and injur
ed between 70 and 80 persons.
It is estimated that of the injur
ed, 21 are hurt seriously. The city
was panic stricken and the police
had trouble in keeping back the
crowds from the hospitals, where
the injured were taken.
The storm broke at early hour,
it. was believed, keeping the casu
alties list as low as it was, since
the market was not yet crowded.
NEW YORK. Aug. 18, UP')- James
Walker and George Olvany, form0 1
Tamany Hall leader, appeared be- j
fore District Attorney T. Crain
and told him they knew nothing,
about the charge that former Mag
istrate George Ewald had paid
paid $12,000 for his seat on the
bench
The Tamany leader has admit- j
ted he received $10,000 from Mrs.
Ewald. about the time the former
Magistrate was appointed, but he
said the mdney was a loan with
which he was to buy a house.
3,000 CHINESE DROWN
KEIKING, Aug. 18. (/P) — Three
thousand Chinese are reported to;
have drowned in the Fuchung
Hsain district, 40 miles north of
Shanhaikun, along the Mukden
railway, where rains have flooded j
over 1,000 villages, causing great J
damage and washing out the rail
line.
CANNOT SHIP PLANES
WASHINGTON, Aug., 18, (IP)—
Manufacturers of airplanes in the
United States cannot ship military
planes to the Soviet government,
according to a recent ruling of
► the State department.
BEFORE IISIfiltT ftTTY.
DESTROYERS ARRIVE
JUNEAU, Aug., 18, UP)—The
destroyers Perry and Wasmuth
with Senators Howell, Kendrick
and Thomas on board, arrived at
midnight, Friday.
They were taken for a ride over
the Glacier Highway to Menden
hall Glacier, visited mink farms
in the forenoon and given a ban
quet at noon by the Chamber of
Commerce.
The party left at 2 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon for Skagway and
were to leave there last night
for Sitka enroute to Seward.
JICKSlliEN
FORCED TO LINO:
647 HOURS ALOFT
HUNTER BROTHERS MARK IS
BEATEN BY NINETY-FOUR
HOURS
ST. LOUIS, Aug., 18, (/P)—The
first come-back refueling endur
ance flight ended at 6:39 a. m.
when “Red” Dale Jackson and
Forest O'Brien, landed their mon
oplane “‘Greater St. Louis” here
for the world's sustained flight
record of 647 hours, 38 minutes
and 30 seconds.
They said motor trouble forced
the landing. Lack of financial re
turns was given as the reason by
William Pickens, their manager.
The fliers, after a sleep, told
newspapermen that finances had
nothing to do with it.
Jackson crawled out on the cat
walk during the night and said
he found a crack in the crank
case with oil getting into the mag
netos.
With only a crowd of 500 a
year ago. 25,000 saw them land
in the rain.
RAIDING KURDS
LONDON, Aug. 18. (/P)—-Twenty
mo Persian frontier guards were
silled and 11 wounded in a battle
,vith raiding Kurds, who attempted
to cress the border into Turkey,
messages from Teheran said. Se
veral rebel chiefs were also killed
.n the attack.
BIG FIRE
CAMP KNOX, Kentucky, Aug 18.
/P>—Four thousand of the 20,000
acres at Camp Knox are burning.
Rive hundred troops in training
are fighting the fire. A back fire,
three miles long, was started in an
effort to halt the brush and wood
fire. The blaze was sweeping to
ward the village of West Point
Kentucky.
WILL NOT PLAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug .18- (JP)—
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody announced
tier decision not to play in the Wo
men’s Singles Tennis Tournament.
COAST HEAD FOR LIGHTS
SEATTLE, Aug., 18, (JP)—All
baseball plants in the Pacific
Coast league now have installed
lights, and Harry Williams, leag
ue president, predicts that the
standard of play will rise at nite
due to uniform playing condition.
i COMMON OF
| HALIBUT DE80191
j FAVOR FOREIGNERS
INTERNATIONAL TREATY OR
OPEN FISHING YEAR-ROUND
IS ADVOCATED
KETCHIKAN, Aug., 18, (TP)—
Fear that the conservation meas
i ures affecting halibut in interna
j tional waters of the North Pacific
Imay rebound to the^ benefit of
(foreign fishermen at^he expense
of American fishermen who dis
; covered the banks and built up
the industry, will be expressed in
the Chronicle tomorrow by Cap
tain Jacob Engdal, president of
| the Fishing Vessels Owners Asso
! ciation and master of the schoon
| er Eagle.
He says he will present his
views at the International Fish
eries Commission hearing at Seat
tle this month.
This month the banks were
1 closed to Americans and during
ithe Japanese or others, engaged
the winter months he would have
in international waters. He recom
mends either an international
treaty or a year-round open sea
son at West Cape and Cape St.
Elias allowing bigger boats to get
the benefit of the winter prices
| and better shipping conditions.
In the latter case he would ask
for closing the breeding and nur
«serv grounds at Cape Addington.
| Massett and parts of Hecate
! Straits as well as half of Cook
Inlet.
Fish competition with Japanese
'and others in the industry direct
ly affects 3.000 men and a capital
representing an investment of
; $4,000,000.
I WASHINGTON, Aug., 18, (/Pi
Prohibition agent Robert Myrtle
j of Milwaukee was suspended for
j five days without pay for draw
j ing a gun on a motorist with
! whm he had become engaged in
a personal altercation over traf
fic rules.
The suspension was announced
by Prohibition Director Woodcock
| Similar punishment will be given
| Basil Quinn, of Washington, D.
C., for striking a motorist in an
j argument over the right-of-way.
The loss in pay means about
! $35.
TRIBAL UPHEAVALS IS
CONSIDERED SERIOUS
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i BOMBAY, Aug., 18, (/P)—A spe
| cial military expedition of consid
) erable dimensions was under
stood here to be headed toward
the Peshawar northwest frontier
j region.
The movement was taken gener
ally as indicating the authorities
regarded the tribal upheaval as
continuing serious, notwithstand
ing the immediately improved
situation at Peshawar.
FOUR PHYSICIANS
I GLAMIR, Scotland, Aug., 18, (/P)
[ —Four physicians are in atten
dance on the Duchess of York,
whose second baby is expected.
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POINT BARROW, Aug., 18, (/P) !
—Ice on the shore is loosening j
slightly from the impetus of the
long-awaited East wind giving
; rise to the hope that the schoon
i er Holmes, bringing provisions
from Seattle, will be able to dis
charge her cargo when she ar
rives off-shore.
Eastern traders. ’ with small
boats, are planning to dash to
Wainwright in the hopes of find- j
ing the schooner there.
Experienced northerners do not j
expect a clearing away of the
shore-ice before fall. Native stocks
are running low p,nd permits have
been issued allowing them to kill
500 more reindeer, during the
past week.
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ALLEGED TO BE MIXED UP IN
ATTEMPT ASSASSINATION
GOVERNOR CARLTON
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug., 18. ,
(/P)—Fred Eberhardt, publisher of
the Tallahasse, Frank Ralls, for
mer political worker and Henry
Nalsema, real estate operator,
were formally charged with con
spiracy to procure the assassina
tion of Governor Carlton.
A warrant was issued and the
three were arrested Saturday
night. They denied any know
lege of the plot against Carlton.
Sheriff Cahoon made the ar
rests but declined to give out
any details of the conspiracy.
Bond was set at $500 each. Eber
hardt said the charge was “Just
a cheap bid for publicity.”
ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD
MEXICO CITY, Aug., 18. (/Pi
Negotiations are now taking place
in Mexico City for the establish
ment of a motion picture plant j
which is destined to be as impor- j
tant in its field as Hollywood. The
new enterprise will be devoted en- ,
tirely to the production of talking
films in Spanish.
LINDY AND WIFE IN N Y.
HICKVILE, New York, Aug. 18.
(TP)—Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. j
Lindbergh landed at the Aviation
Country Club, after a flight from
North Adams, Mass. Their new ship,
the new biplane which Colonel
Lindbergh recently purchased for
his wife, was followed by another,
piloted by Major Thomas Lanphier
and carried Colonel Henry Breck
enbridge.
CARROLL IS FREED
NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (A3)—Earl
Carroll, producer of “Vanities”, and j
three of the cast of the production
were freed by the Grand Jury of
charges of indecency, in connec
tion with the staging of the show.
8 PASSENGERS KILLED
SPINDLMUEHLE, Ger., Ang., 18,
(/P)—Eight passengers were killed
and six injured in an auto-bus j
smash through a stone wall and J
plunge into the Elbe River.
FIVE THOUSAND UNEMPLOYED
RUSH BUREAU WHEN OF
FICE OPENED
NEW YORK, Aug., 18, (/P>— A
56 year-old job hunter, Jacob
Snappy, was trampled and pain
fully hurt by a crowd of more
than 5,000 unemployed who tried
to push their way into the city’s
free employment bureau when
the doors were unlocked this morn
ing.
The man was taken to the hos
pital where he was treated for
scalp lacerations.
Several others received minor
injuries in the crush but declin
ed medical attention.
The line began to form at 3
o'clock in the morning.
Twenty-one clerks in the bur
eau received the applicants in
groups of 100 and within two
hours had distributed jobs to 75.
WASHINGTON, Aug 18. (/P> —
With the arrival of 11 of the 12
governors invited to a conference
with President Hoover on the pre
sent draught situation, it became
known that the president is ore
pared to deal with those who are
seeking to profiteer in food pro
ducts because of the blight.
Reports to the President show
most of the food intended for hu
man consumption has been har
vested. or is not affected by the
lack of rain.
Arrangements have been made
for daily bulletins, showing what
prices should prevail in the retail
markets, and the White House has
promised the Department of Jus
tice will take care of cases of pro
fiteering.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug., 18, (JP)
—The Honorable Gerald Campbell,
British consul general in San
Francisco, has been appointed
consul general in New York, to
succeed Sir Harry Gloster Arm
strong.
Campbell, who came to San
Francisco in 1922, has held im
portant diplomatic -posts in all
parts of the world. He is in Lon
don at present.
SHIPPING PLANE
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. Aug.,
18, (JP)—The plane in which Ted
Lundgren, Hollywood aviator, is
planning to fly around the world,
will be taken to Old Orchard
beach, Main, to await favorable
weather for a take-off.
SHAMROCK 5TH ARRIVES
NEW LONDON, Aug., 18, (JP)—
The Shamrock 5th, a slim racing
yacht, green in color and flying
the pennant of the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club, dropped anchor in
the mouth of the Thames in the
warm glow of a perfect summer
sunset.