Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 155.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Editorial
WAIL OF THE SYBARITES
The July edition of Outdoor Life contains an edit
orial ostensibly written by Harry McGuire, secretaiy o
Outdoor Life ' Publishing Company. It is an inspired
piece of propaganda seeking to prevent the slaying oi
brown and other bears in Alaska, with Kodiak Island the
central zone of its phillipic, illustrated by cartoons de
picting Alaskans as a band of square-jawed thugs being
driven by indignant sportsmen from a rock upon which
is perched a brown bear. „
While Mr. McGuire assumes the responsibility tor
the contents of his editorial, one detects pas-ages that
may be traced directly to the Alaska Game Commission.
In fact, practically 60 per cent of the editorial consists
of anonymous quotations ranging from “prominent gov
ernment officials who desire their names withheld, to
‘•old-time Alaskans.” ,
Many people here in Alaska have heard these 1.
viduals express themselves in the same words; a .
some of the expressions have dominated from organiza
tions of big game hunters and guides. Let s see it wc
cannot Sherlock the well-known colored gentleman froi
the woodpile. _
To quote Outdoor Life: “One sentence from a prom
inent Alaskan summed up the situation: 'The entire
matter (of killing brown bears) is a case of sheepmen
trying to get free grazing lands, and the bear must go.
That statement has been heard expressed, by an official
of a big independent game guide organization, whom,
it appears, considers independent guides in the same
light that Outdoor Life considers them as labeled m
one of the cartoons, “Renegade guides.”
Taking up a story in The Gateway, along with a
dispatch saving that Sid Oklsem J F. A. Henton were de
termined to eradicate bears from the vicinity of their
ranch on Kodiak, and that the San Juan Fish Company
had lost sheep bv bears, the editorial quotes a letter
from the company saying:.“We are at a loss to
know where they got this information.” Then the sec
ond paragraph of the letter says: “We hail shipped up
50 sheep for use at the cannery, and IT IS TREE (the
caps are ours) we lost a few by Kodiak bear, but as we
were unable to send any dogs up until later on m sum
mer, we rather expected to lose a few.'
Score fact No. 1 for The Gateway.
Then we find an affidavit, made by Louise Milnes
Corbett, school teacher of Chief Point, Lyak Ba\, say
ing that she was informed by Mrs. H. S. Abherts that
they had performed an autopsy on a bear s stomach and
;ound no mutton.
This affidavit was sworn to before Homer W. Jew
ell. Mr. Jewell is a member of the game commission.
The plot thickens. Watson.
Then we find them quoting, not statements of facts,
but opinions of Stewart Edward White protesting that
the man mauled by a bear or wTho has his property des
troyed should not be the judge of whether or not the
animal is dangerous.
Page Inconsistency.
4 Outdoor Life then proceeds to quote the chairman
of the Alaska Game Commission. (This is Dr. Chase)
who “has resisted the influences of 'money talks’ in the
past and deserves the sportsmen’s gratitude, even tho
he has at last succumbed to the organized minority.”
Dr. Chase says: “People who are not familiar with the hab
its and character of the brown and grizzly bears should never shoot
at these animals unless they are absolutely sure they have the
nerve to stand up under the charge of a wounded animal.
‘ These bears are extremely dangerous when wounded, should
they decide to charge tl\e hunter. But in nearly all cases they will es
cape if possible. <Let us interject that the exception in the “all” is
when bruin proceeds to kill the man) It is to be regretted that peo
ple have been injured and killed by bear. But investigations have
proven beyond a doubt that in the great majority of such cases the
victim has been the aggressor. ...”
Thus The Gateway’s contention, based upon fact,
That the bear is dangerous is proven by Dr. Chase,
t while lending his support to Sybaritic esthetics on plea
sure bent and opposing Alaska’s efforts to progress on
normal lines.
Then we have a quotation from a “U. S. Govern
ment official, who because of his position, does not wish
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DEVELOPMENT WHICH RECOG
NIZES AIRPLANES GOING
BREAK BARRIERS
| NEW YORK, July 8, (/Pi—Re
sponding to the request of the Lea
gue of Nations to express his views
on- the International aspects of
jcommercial aviation, Colonel Lind
bergh cabled a comprehensive out
line of what can be done for flying.
| He suggested now is the time
while the airlines of the world are
in a formative state, to establish
principles and practices to offer
the board on basis of development;
which recognize that the airplane
is going to break down national
barrieds, prejudices and isolation.
He said a uniform system of
.rkings and signals should be de
led upon and comprehensive
meteorological radio reporting sys
tem established.
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CIRCUIT COURT
REVERSES CASE OF
C. FRANK: NOME
IF DOUBT WHETHER KILLED IN
SELF DEFENSE BY ANOTHER
SHOULD BE ACQUITTED
SAN FRANCISCO. July 8. i^Pi—
The United States Court of Appeals
reversed the conviction of Charles
Frank in the District Court of Al
aska.
Frank was convicted and sen
tenced to life imprisonment on the
charge of first degree n urder of
Joseph A- Sparrow of Nome on
December 4, 1928.
The court said where there was
and doubt whether the man was
killed by another in self defense
the defendant should be acquitted.
Frank based his plea on self de
fense, charging Sparrow attacked
him with a hammer when they
quarrelled in a disorderly house.
The opinion ordered a new trial
if necessary.
IffiKFELLEI OBSERVES
HIM IN UTMOST
SIMPLICITY ON ESTITE
J TARRYTOWN, N. Y., July 8, (/P)—
In the privacy of his Pocantico
Hills estate, John D. Rockefeller
observed in utmost simplicity his
91 birthday.
Around the estate is a 15 foot
wall and on his birthday, as on
other days, nobody gets in who are
not invited.
Very few were invited today;
only a few neighbors to play golf;
members of the family will be at
the dinner tonight. John Jr., is in
the west on a business trip
VETERAN EDITOR HERE
Roy G' Southworth, veteran Al
aska editor, probably the best
known in the Territory, now asso
ciate editor of the Anchorage Times
accompanied by Mrs- Southworth,
daughter of Mrs. A. Novak, arrived
in the city last evening. The South
worths are enroute to Kodiak to
visit their daughter Mrs. Thomas
Dyer, wife of the Standard Oil rep
resentative, both of whom were
former residents of Seward.
MANUFACTURER DEAD
NEW YORK, July 8, (/P)— John
Hanan, shoe manufacturer, left an
estate of $1,500,400 net. The residue
was left to his two sons, Herbert
;and Addison. Addison is dead.
OUTSIDE LOOPS
LOS ANGELES, July 8. (TP)—
Gordon F. Mounce, Glendale avia
tor, laid claim to the world record
for consecutive outside loops—a
difficult maneuver.
RED BERRETTA AND CAPE
VATICIAN CITY, July 8, (TP)-Pope
Pius imposed the red berretta and
cape on the five new Cardinals
created at a ceremony in the Con
sistorial Hall.
DROPS PROPELLOR
SAN FRANCISCO. July 8. (TP)— j
The Ford Motor Co., inter-coastal
carrier was reported disabled off
Point Arena. They dropped a pro- '
pellor while enroute to Seattle.
GOLD FROM OCEAN
SANTA MONICA, July 8. (TP)—1
Two mining engineers finished
what they described as successful
tests to extract gold in profitable
quantities from the ocean.
SERIES WIND STORMS
MILWAUKEE. July 8. {/P>—At
least two persons were killed and
two others were injured in a series
of wind-storms that swept thru
east central Wisconsin.
HUSBAND BEAT HER
LOS ANGELES. July 8, UP)—Billy
Dove, film star, won a divorce from
Irvin Willat, motion picture direc
tor. Miss Dove testified her hus
band beat her and otherwise treat
ed her cruelly.
SERIOUSLY INJURED
MEXICO CITY. July 8. —
Twenty-one persons were seriously
injured and many others slightly
hurt in a clash between Commun
ists and police at the city of Mata
moros, in the State of Coahuila
TWO MEN KILLED
; LAREDO, Tex., July 8. UP)—Two
men were killed in a battle with
border officers near the spot where
R. W. Kelsay, border inspector, was
killed several days ago. Several
sacks, laden with Mexican liquor,
were confiscated.
TENTH CONTINGENT
NEW YORK, July 8, UP)—'The
10th contingent of 140 Gold Star
mothers left on the S. S. America.
Mothers from Kansas, Montana
and Wyoming and other western
states comprise the pilgrimage to
France
HOP TO LONDON
1 ST. JOHNS, July 8, UP)—Squad
ron leader Wynne Eyton, of the
; Royal Air Forces Reserve, was here
with a moth monoplane which he
is preparing for a hop from Harbor
!Grace to Stag Lane Airdrome, Lon
don.
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i MOTORBOAT FOUND
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Capt. Leonard Greenberger, lo
cal fisherman, reports picking up
an 16 or 18-foot, outboard engine,
factory-built speedboat off Ton
jsina Creek. “It's a peack,” stated
the mariner as he described the
small craft. There were no marks
of indentification on her.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Halvorson,
I well known local citizens, returned
i last evening from a visit to An
chorage; a journey which they en
l ioved immensely.
INTO BERING SEA FOR CRAB;
OPERATORS FEAR IT FORE
RUNNER TAKING SALMON
VALDEZ, July 8, (IP)—The cutter
Chelan brought a story which oc
curred June 30, when the cutter
discovered the Japanese steamer
Taihoyu Maru, home port Fuchu,
anchored 30 miles off shore from
Nelson Lagoon, Bering Sea.
A cutter was sent to the ship but
the Japanese captain refused per
mission to board. From the cutter
it appeared the steamer was en
gaged in taking king crab. Some 10
miles distant the cutter passed the
Myogi Maru, a steamer trawler
towing a beam trawl and about 20
smaller boats all apparently engag
ed in fishing.
This is the first time Japs have
gone into Bering Sea for crab
hunting and it is feared by cannery
operators of Bristol Bay that it may
be the forerunner of extensive op
erations in taking red salmon on
their way to the spawning grounds,
at the head of Bristol Bay.
On July 4 the Chelan passed the
Taihoyu Maru again and found, it
had moved its position 10 miles and
still engaged in taking crab.
STAVROPOL ANCHORED BESIDE
NAN UK TODAY; CREWS RE
JOICE ALL ARE FREED
EAST CAPE, Siberia, July 8, (jP)—
The S- S. Nanuk, packed in ice
since last year, moved off-shore
yesterday and the ice in the bay is
breaking up; the Nanuk is free and
anchored in the center.
The Soviet steamer Stavropol es
caped from the pack where it was
frozen last September. During the
night the ice was directly off North
Cape and opened slightly. The
Stavropol worked its way round
and anchored alongside the Nanuk
at 5:30 this morning.
Crews of both ships rejoice that
all are free and will proceed East
ward and home to Seattle and
Vladivostok when conditions war
rant.
THE STOCK MARKET
By Associated Press .
Int. Tel. 42, A. Can 114, Stand.
N. J. 64, Richfield 15, Zellerash
no sale, Lehigh 62, Juneau 5%,
U. Cal. 39, Goldman 20.
Reverend Macpherson of the
Anchorage-Seward church, was
among those arriving last evening
from the Inland metropolis.
The S. S. Admiral Watson, of the
Paci ic Steamship Company, is
due to arrive in port from the
south tonight or tomorrow morn
ing, according to the local office.
W. T. White, animal husbandry
man, Department of Agriculture,
arrived in the city last evening
rom the government experiment
farm at Matanuska enroute to Ko
diak.