THE COAST TERMI
NUS OF THE ALAS
KA RAILROAD.
Seward . Daily GatewaJ
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
the terminus of
three oceanic
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER GO.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FAREWELL DINNER
TENDERED EIELSON
AND AVIATOR >
LARGE ATTENDANCE BID VIS
ITORS GOODBYE: MANY
SPEECHES MADE
A parting gesture of apprecia
tion was extended Saturday by
the citizens of Seward to the Can
adian and Russian aviators who
rendered such great ad in the
long search for Colonel Carl Ben
Eielson and his lieutenant, Earl
Borland, in the form of a ban
quet at the Seward Grill. Ole
Eielson, father of the departed
Alaska Ace, Colonel Otto F. Ohl
son, general manager of the Alas
ka Railroad, and A. A. Shonbeck,
joined the gatherng at a later
hour.
Two long rows of chairs were
occupied, the table being set in
the banquet room and reflected
glistening silverware, sparkling
glass and snowy linen, the weight
of the delicious platters of roast
chicken with all the trimmings,
almost made the table groan. The
weight, however, was relieved with
great, rapidity.
Captain Pat Reid, the Canadian
Ace, and Mechanicians Hughes,
* as well as the Russian Aces, Com
mander Slipenov and aeronautical
engineer Fahreg, voiced their
pleasure of being of some assis
tance in solving th Alaska tragedy,
and in behalf of their respective
nations thanked Alaskans for
their cooperation and over
whelming hospitality. Commander
Siipenov addressed the gathering
in Russian while Mr. Fahreg spoke
in German.
MR. OLE EIELSON
Mr. Ole Eielson, banker of Hat
ton, N, D.. who spent a month in
Fairbanks awaiting the arrival of
the body of his distinguished son,
stated; “For many years it had
been my desire to visit Alaska on
account of Carl's activities up
here. Thru him I had become
quite familiar with the Territory
but never real zed until I arrived
the magnificent country it is; the
sole d spirit jranimst id. es
pecially, the helpfulness which
h s been extended myself. From
Ketchikan, up the • sfc, then ta
Fairbanks, everything* possible
was done for me. I was taken
care of at every stop either by the
American Legion Posts or by civic
organizations and heartfelt sym
pathy for my loss extended. I
will say that never have I met
so many fine people as I have
in Alaska and my admiration for
>uu us very great.
MAYOR PRESIDED
In order, the banquet began
wth Mayor P. C. McMullen in
viting the assemblage to first
partake of the ‘cup that cheers’
a cool, fruit punch. He then an
nounced that the banquet, in
honor of the distinguished visit
ors and friends, was entirely in
formal and that no one would i
be called on to make a talk but j
if they cared to rise and make a
few remarks, they would be more
than welcomed.” Mayor McMullen
then introduced the Canadan and
Russian aviators. The banquet
was then served and at its con
clusion Mr. Eielson. Colonel Ohl
son and Mr. Shonbeck arrived,
the Mayor then introducing Mr.
Eielson after he had welcomed
the three.
CAPTAIN JOHANSEN
Capt. O. A. Johansen, master
mariner and probably the best
known of Alaska seafaring men,
arose saying that it was quite evi
dent, from the gathering "we have
much talent here this evening.
I do know that I want to listen
to what they have to say and feel
that others would also enjoy hear
ing from them. As a starter I
would say Colonl Ohlson should1
be heard first- This is an Alaskan j
affair this evening, to greet not'
only Americans but our inter
| national friends, as well."
COLONEL OHLSON
“As usual,” Colonel Ohlson be
gan, “Seward has come to the;
front showing its wonderful hos- j
pitality to those who have come
! from far lands; from Canada and
Russia. They have served the Ter
ritory wonderfully well. Mr- Eiel
son has spoken to me of the
friendly relationship existing be
tween the Nations. The recent co
operation between the three
countries will further cement this
relationship. These two valient
Russian fliers are returning soon
to Alaska from Seattle and I hope
and would suggest that the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce ar
range to have a message sent here
as to the date of their arrival.
Their wonderful service, together
with that of the Canadians, should
never be forgotten.”
CAPTAIN PAT REID
“I wish to take this opportunity
to thank all personally for the
honors conferred upon us. Be
tween people working for a com- :
mon cause, aviation, and as indi- j
viduals for the advancement of
civilization, there exists an obliga
tion to assist one another in time
of need. If we have been able to
strenghten the bonds of friend
ship, we are most happy. In behalf
of the people of Canada, who sin
cerely sympathize with the people
of Alaska in their loss, I wish to
express our appreciation of the
hospitality extended to us in your
Territory. All I can say,” Captain
Reid concluded, “that if any of
you come to Canada you should j
feel that you will be treated as
we have been in Alaska.”
Mayor McMullen took occassion
to rise at this time to add his
approval of the voluntary remarks
and to dw’ell for a moment on j
the visit, during the afternoon,
of the visitors to the Jesse Lee
Home. He felt they had enjoyed
the trip, adding that Captain Reid
had informed him that he and
hi s comrades felt as if they had
always known the people of Alas
ka which remark mffde Mr. Me .
Mullen very proud of Alaskans.
COMMANDER SLIPENOV
Commander Slipenov and Aero- <
nai:tical Engineer Fa hr eg then ad- 1
dressed those present. As inter- ^
pref/d by John Bennett local
resident who also interpreted for ■
the “Land of Soviet’' plane fliers,
who were here last summer, Com- !
rounder S’ipenov, speaking in Rus
sian, stated his orders from his
government were to go to the im- "
mediate aid of America in their
search for Eielson and Borland
and not to cease in their search
until hte Americans were found
dead or alive. They were very an- ;r
xious to help and, aside from this ^
phase, they were interested in not- 1
ing progress of Alaska, since the r
purchase of Alaska from Russia. £
They found climatic conditions j
about the same in Alaska as in ^
Siberia where he has been in
charge of a station—western Si- 1
beria—and the development of.;
this Territory, the splendid people ;c
encountered here has been a reve- ^
lation; that is the message he has "
sent to Moscow.
Speaking German Mr. Fahreg
pratically added similar laudatory ^
remarks. Chas. Lechner, local bus- -
iness man, acted as interpreter ®
for Fahreg. I (
MR. SHONBECK h
“On behalf of our good friends”, A
Mr. Shonbeck stated,” I feel,cer
tain we have all understood these
Russian officers even though the
most of us do not undrstand the
language spoken. (
“The thought has occurred that 11
this has been one of the kindest: J
of gestures from one nation to i «
another. I would like to ask the j t
Seward Chamber of Commerce to j <
watch for our friends return from, 1
Seattle and that upon their re- j t
turn here they will be met with j 1
proper cordiality.” Turning to Mr. j£
(Continued on Page Two)
Annual Signal
Carps Trophy
Race, Staged
FAIRBANKS, March 17, (jp)—'The
third annual Signal Corps Trophy
Race of the Fairbanks Kennel Club
was won by Walter Nollner of Gale
na, who covered the stormy and
drifted 60-mile course, over rolling
bills in five hours, 45 minutes and
29 seconds.
Fred Stickman, of Nulato, the
winner of the trophy two years ago,
was second. Judge Cecil H. Clegg’s
team , with Herbert Lawrence as
driver and a winer last year was
;hird.
A;1 the dogs in the six teams en
:ered and finished in harness and
n good condition.
Mrs. Cooper Buys
Lathrop Propert
In a real estate transaction in
volving a sum in the neighborhood
of $5,000 Mrs. Chas. Cooper, well
knovfrn local resident, purchased
from Capt. A. A. Lathrop the lo
cal holdings of the coal mining,
theater and newspaper- owner,
embracing the property on Fourth
Avenue between The Northern and
Lander barber shop. Two store
buildings are on the property,
the first a former tailor shop, un
occupied; the second by a cigar
store and card room.
The purchase was purely spec
ulative, it is stated, Mrs. Cooper
believing the investment timely
with the future 'growth of the
city. The property is one of the
choisest of business locations.
Topographic Map U. S.
Will Cost $55,000,000
AMES, la. March 17, (/P)—The
complete topographic map of the
Jnited States which the govern
ment is making will cost about
'55.000.0C0. says a report to the
Imeriean Association for the Ad
•ancement of Science by J. S.
dodds of Iowa State College.
“The estimated cost of this pro
gram”, he says, “is $5,000,000 for
he control, surveys and $50,000,000
or the mapping.”
far an Sends New Nine
Qn American Invasion
OSAKA, Japan, Mar., 17, (TP)—
?his year’s Japanese invasion of
American university diamonds, al
most an annual fixture, will be
uade a newcomer to internation- I
1 baseball competition.
Kwansai University of Osaka, ac- j
ording to present plans, will play !
0 games with Pacific Coast teams
ti April and May, including the
Iniversities of Washington, Cali-!
ornia and Southern California and
Itanford. The team will reach
Seattle about April 30.
A. A. Shonbeck of Anchorage,
vho escorted Mr. Ole Eielson here
tom Anchorage, returned yester
ay to the famous city by the In
et. During his brief stay Mr.
ihonbeck renewed acquaintances
ere with his many former warm
riends.
SEATTLE PLANS RECEPTION
From the inquiries received
iver the weekend by The Gateway
rom the Associated Press, and
Jeattle organizations, with refer
rnce to the time of departure of
he S. S. Alaska with the bodies
>f the Alaskan airmen, and ap
>roximate time of arrival at Seat
le, it is quite evident great pre
>aratons to honor the departed,
ind the Canadian and Russian
fliers, are being made.
English Beauty
and Alaska Far
!
Farmer, Wed Here
i An exceptionally pretty romance
which began many years ago in *
England ended in Seward Satur
day night at 11:30, March 15, 1930.
The contracting parties were M<ss
Lilian May Lee of Oxford, England,
and James Reed Williams of Can
yon, Alaska. U. ’S. Comissioner j
Curtis Morford performed the cer
emony. Witnesses were Herman j
Dumarce and Ralph Mitchell.
Banns were published in Eng- i
land, February 6, 1930 and a copy
brought by the bride and present- !
ed to the Comissioner after the
marriage was solemnized with the
request that he note thereon the
date of the marriage, sign and an- j
press the same with the seal of his
office that it might be returned
to the home country as evidence of
the marriage.
The lovely bride is a sprightly t
young woman, by profession, a j
nurse.
Mr. Wiliams is one of the best
known of residents along the Alas
ka Railroad belt and has been es
tablished in the fur farming busi
nes at Canyon for a number of
years.
Congratulations are extended to
the young couple.
Patronage Will
Be Investigated
By Dept. Justice
WASHINGTON, March 17, (/?)
Investigation by the Department of
Justice of patronage distribution
h: Southern states was urged in
a report submitted to the Senate
by the special committee which in
quired into the federal office hold- j
ings in the South and presented
evidence from Georgia, Mississippi.
South Carolina and Texas of al
leged corrupt practices.
The investigation includes in its
scope any person soliciting funds 1
from a federal office holder oi em
ployee for political purposes. i1
POPULAR SALESMAN
Once again that popular sales- <
man, Joe Freeman, representing i
the well known Seattle Hardware '
Company, is back in town call- 1
ing on his many clients and i
friends. After saying “Howdee” i
to new and old customers, Joe::
heads for the vast Interior and,
later, when the ice goes out of J
the mighty Yukon and Tanana i
Rivers, call on the trade located «
at down-river points. “May your;i
trip be a prosperous one, Joe.”!!
The Van Gilder is his headquar- J
ters while here. j<
Mrs. Frank Horn, wife of the |
Uganik cannery man, and daught- |
er, arrivals on the S. S. Alaska, j
is remaining in Seward before j
continuing Westward, owing to I
a slight illness. Mr. Horn left on j
the S- S. Redondo, yesterday, for ,
the plant.
P. N. Warich of Cordova, is a!'
business visitor in the city.
Arrivals from Anchorage bring
word that T. W. Hawkins, local
business man who fell two weeks
ago on a slppery walk and frac
tured a rib, is doing fairly well 1
and is able to be around. He has :
been stopping at the Anchorage 1
hotel. 1
Ike Bayles, Anchorage business
man and for seven years a mem
ber of the city council, returned i
Sunday from Seattle where he <
has been visiting his family. Mr. 1
Bayles left yesterday for Anchor- "
age. i
U. 5. Lieutenant
Shot In Leg, China
SHANGHAI, Mar. 17, (/Pj—Lieu
tenant C. M. Winslow, command
ing a United States naval armed
guard aboard the American Yang
tze Rapids Steamship Company’s
steamer Chiping, was injured in
the leg by a machine gun bullet
during a clash between his guards
and lawless Chinese soldiers roam
ing the North bank of the river.
Colonel Wallen
Passes, Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Mar. 17, (/P)—Col
onel James Pat tic k Whallen, 72,
Democratic leader and business
pioneer, died tooay as the result
of a heart attack he suffered a
month ago. Wha.'len took a prom
inent part in rnmk Fling Wilson
to the presidency the first time, as
he. did in the activities of other
2oneventions. He operated a chain
of burlesque theaters.
Pedestrian Dents
Auto In Collision
CHARLOTTE, N. C. Mar., 17,
VP)—Clarence Culp, negro, has
scored one for the pedestrians.
With head lowered, Clarence
charged from behind a street car
and collided with an automobile, j
Clarence was uninjured, but the
oar lost a door handle
New Booklet
Is Issued By
Admiral Line
Featuring a full page spread of
Mendonhall Glacier and Auk Lake,
the 1930 tourist advertising pamph
let of the Admiral Line “Cruising
:he World’s Smoothest Waterway
;o Alaska”, has been received by the
local office.
The now famous view of the gla
cier with Auk Lake in the fore
ground is printed on the outside
)f a folding page idea, inside of
vhich is a colored relief map of the
ioest line from Seattle to Kodiak.
Within the cover, w h i c h is
nightly and attractively colored,
ire numerous interesting pictures
)f scenes which may be viewed by
he tourist on his travexs in the
rerritory. Included also are pub
icity matter pertaining co the Ad
niral Line and its summer cruises,
tinerary of trips and a complete
ichedule of tourist sailings.
The Admiral Watson and Adniir
il Evans will handle all Southwest |
Uaska business of the company,
tnd will not call at Vaidez bound
lorth or South. They will open on
heir schedule April 30 and operate
mtil September 24, with a steamer
>ut of two Wednesdays in every
hree.
CONTINUOUS WATCH
The bodies of Col. pari Ben
Eielson and Earl Borland, which
ay in state Saturday in I. O. (X
Hall, with a guard of honor
n attendance day and night,
vere escorted by the men in uni
form, Signal and Q. M. C. Corps,
md members of the American
Legion, to the dock yesterday |
norning at 8 o'clock. And until
.he bodies were taken aboard the 1
vessel a guard remained with the |
caskets. iJ
Dr. R. J. Alcorn, formerly lo- ;
;ated here but for the last two
/■ears in the states, returned on!
,he S. S. Alaska and will remain \
lere at least a week before con-’(
,inuing on.
Owing to snow drifts along the i
lorthern and southern divisions
>f the Alaska Railroad it Is not <
bought the regular train from <
[nteror points will arrive this
;vening. <
Ynkoi Enroute
to Alaska With
Large Listing
SEATTLE, March 17, UP)—The S.
S. Yukon of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at 9 a. m. Saturday and carried 198
passengers; 88 third class. The 57
passengers for Seward includes:
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lofus, H.
Cribb, Mrs. N. Lawing, J. G. Irving,
Mrs. Chas. LaCoste, H. W. Gorham,
O. Hofstad, Wm. K. McLeod, H. T.
Seeker, Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Clark.
Miss B. McCafferty, Mrs. D. E. Hew
itt, John Helem, John E. Berg, A.
D. Swingson, Chas. Moffett, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Blaze, Mrs. J. Sand
vick, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martridge,
Miss H. Hossfield, C. P. Snyder,
Clyde Durkett, Miss P. Ralston, R.
L. Nielson, Minnie J. Thompson,
Jack Collins, Mr. and Mrs. O. J.
Egelston, John Contardi, P. A. Wal
din, Mrs. B. Wersheck, Frank Wer
sheck, A. E. Beters, A. Rorring, S. F.
Kelley, J. C. Stow, Emma Forgren,
Lynn Smith, G. Johnson, L. Lebi
dina, N. Meens, N. Johanson, P.
Sundt, C. Gaston, Wm. Heyfer, Lou
Downing, Einer Anderson, Iner Ol
son, T. A. Samuelson, Wm. Engel
hard, James Conner, Dr. S. J. Mar
tin and 18 Orientals.
Southbound Lisi
of Passengers on
Steamer Alas! a
riho southbound res vvntic.i;? oa
'.be S- S. Alask.i, of the \!aska
Steamship Co., were fallows.
Seattle—Mrs. Paul Dayton, Paul
C. Dayton, C. M. Brosius, E. Hut
chison, Mrs. R. Kreuger, Rudolph
Kreuger, Maxine King, Mrs. F. H.
King, Leonard King, Paul Kreu
ger, Lee Ray, Mrs. L. V. Ray, H. C.
Bennett, Robert Wakelin, L. G.
Michael, Mrs. N. L. Corless, G. N.
Bishop, H. L. Reed, Otto Liaman,
Henry Horton.
Juneau—Frank Armstrong, Dan
Lee, T. A. Parsons, Geo. B. Phillips,
John Lugben, Mrs. T. o. Shields!
Gr. W. Gueker, Katherine Hedcres,
1j. S. Coffin, James Emimens
Cordova—Anna Anderson. D. A.
Mfosser, Wrn. To.wiry.
Ketchikan—J. s. Jeffrey. John
W. Jones.
Latouche—T.,P. stamey.
Don’t forget the big St. Patrick
Day dance this evening and to
morrow night, go “On Vacation”
it the Liberty theatre.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
Here’s a rather peculiar thing.
From where the American avia
tors were operating in Sir
beria this winter they could fly
across to Alaska in three and one
half hours. But the only other
way to return to Alaska would
have required a trip around the
world, down the coast to the Si
berian Railroad, then to Moscow,
London, New York, Seattle and
Alaska. Hey! Hey! Hey!
Of course they could have wait
ed for the good old summer time
and come across in a boat, if a
boat was available.
Renewed interest in the Kobuk
listrict, to which a number of pros
aecting outfits have gone from
Fairbanks in the last couple of
fears, comes after a steady dimin
shing mineral production from
;hat region since the peak period
1910-1915.
VISILA, Cal., March 17, (JP)—
Officers of Tulare county were
searching in public garages for an
lutomobile with windshield broken
ind fender dented, believing they
knew the make of hit and run
sar which killed Eugenio Lominges,
>f Tipton, on the highway. Broken
glass of the windshield gave the
>nly clue.