Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 96.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKANS CONTINUE RETURN
TO NORTHLAND; RIVER
BOAT CREWS
SEATTLE. April 28. (/P)—The
S. S. Yukon, of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, sailed Saturday
morning for Alaska with 295 on
board ot which 96 are booked for
Seward, as follows:
G. C. Griffith. W. D. Elliott, J.
S. Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Spur
geon, C C. Creal, Mrs. G. McDon
ald, Mrs. Oscar Plowman, Mrs. G.
Swan, Agnes Bennett, A. Hansen,
B. Thompson, F. Ouilett. F. A. Ma
ser. Tom Barvlev.
W. Abbey. M. A. Ralph. P tell
Hogeberg, Melvin Fornow. A uil
et, Miss Lulu Swanson, Mrs. A.
Havella. A. Christofferson, J. An
derson, Mrs. H. Feldman, Mrs. J.
Paulson, Miss M. Langstrom, Wm.
La very, E. Roberts. J. E. Patter
son, Bishop P. T. Rowe, Mrs. W.
Gasser, Harry Gasser, Capt. C. T.
Adams and Mrs Adams, J. E. Bo
♦ hibeck. Wm. Patterson. Frank
Bigford, A. T. Murphy.
Ill YORK STOCK
11ET15 LIVELY
NEW YORK, April 28. UF>—
An increasing inclination to take
profits on advances, together
with a revival of large scale bear
selling, turned the stock market
conspicuously heavy before the
close of yesterday’s session altho
pools made powerful efforts to re
tain the control of the price move
ment and succeeding in sending
some of their favorite among the
amusement and specialty shares
to new high levels.
Over 5,000,000 shares were sold.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, (/Pi—
In an effort to again lower the
trans-Pacific crossing record, held
almost exclusively by Japanese
ships for more than 30 years, the
new7 Japanese mail liner, Tatsuta
Maru sailed for San Francisco from
Yokohama.
The third new $7,000,000 express
liner for the Pacific Oriental ser
vice will attempt to break the mark
made on the maiden voyage of the
Chichuba Maru a sister ship.
The Yokohama to San Francisco
crossing via Honolulu was accom
plished in 12 days, nine hours and
six minutes which w7as 19 minutes
faster than the Asama Maru’s first
trip last October.
EVIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, (/P)—
Building expansion and prosperity j
are indicated in figures released;
by the State Railroad Commission.
So far this year the commission
has authorized $163,559,965 in
stocks, bonds, notes and other evi
dences of indebtedness against i
$103,288,473 at this time last year. !
PROIHS ARE WARNED
WASHINGTON, April 28. (JF)—
j Asserting that John Rascob and
other democratic wets are joining
! the republicans, such as the Mel
: Ions of Pennsylvania, in an at
' tempt to elect wet congressmen,
j Senator Smith Brookhart warned
j the prohibitionists to be on guard
! against “non-partisan Wall St.”
i GONSTRDCTION RECORDS
SHUTTERED, THUS EM
j WASHINGTON, April 28, (IP)—
i Public works and utilities con
struction during the first three
months of 1930 shattered all
records for the last five years,
Secretary Lamont has announced.
Contracts awarded for these
purposes totaled $303,000,000 an
increase of 55 percent over the
first quarter of 1929.
COKTHSGTOR WOODS,
PASSES 1ST JOB
JUNEAU, April 28. (/P)—U. S.
Commissioner A. F. McLean,
Haines pioneer of that section for
the past 30 years, died of apop
lexy. It is believed that he was
about 55 years old.
| V. K. Woods, Alaska superin
| tendent for the Spokane, Seims
Company, construction contrac
tors, dropped dead of heart fail
| ure; he was 48 years of age and
| had represented the firm in the
Territory for five years.
TELEUPH BREVITIES
FLIGHT SCHEDULED
LONDON. April 28. (JP)—'The
giant British dirigible R-100 is
scheduled to make a flight from
London to Montreal in May.
TERRORISTS ON TRIAL
BELGRADE. April 28. </Pi—
Trial has begun of Dr. Vladimir
Macek and 23 other Crotian ter
rorists who tried to launch a
i movement for separating Crotia
from the Jugo-Slavia kingdom.
ON WORLD TOUR
TOKIO, April 28. (/Pi—Prince
Takamatsu, brother of the Em
peror of Japan, sailed with his
wife, Miss Tokugawa, on a tour
of Europe which is expected to
last one year.
PREACHER ARRESTED
GLASGOW, April 28,</P)— Found
guilty of four charges of contra
vening laws governing aliens in
England, Reverend George Rich
mond was ordered to pay a $25
fine or spend 30 days in jail.
MRS. C. BLAKE DIES
NEW YORK, April 28, (/P)—
Mrs. Catherine Blake, former wife
of Doctor Joseph Blake and be
fore that wife of Clarence Mac
kav. millionaire communication j
president, died of bronchial pneu- |
monia.
OPPOSES ISSUANCE
WASHINGTON, April 28, (/P)—;
Vetoing a bill for authorization j
of special coins for the Gadsden j
Purchase celebration, President j
Hoover sent a special message to ;
Congress opposing the issuance of j
such coins in the future.
I IT FOB PUBLIC
PRESIDENT WILL VETO EXPEN
DITURES IN EXCESS OF
$60,000,000
WASHINGTON, April 28, (/Pi
Confidential reports on Dry Con
jgiessmen, collected for tae Asso
! ciation against the prohibition
| amendment by Carter Field, spec
I ial investigator, were suppressed
by the Senate Lobby Committee,
which voted three to one against
| making them public.
The action was taken with the j
concurrence of Senator Robinson, i
who initiated the proposal to read j
them before the committee. Sena- !
tor Blaine voted for information
of the reports.
While the reading of the reports
was barred, the committee con-;
tinued to dip into the private!
papers of Henry Curran, president
of the association against prohi-1
bition. Mr. Currens “informal”
opinions of the National Republi
can Club and Union League Club
were read into the records much
to his embarrassment and another
letter in which Wet leaders de
scribed the Supreme Court’s decis
ion curt and dogmatic, was made
public.
Meanwhile the Senate Judiciary
Committee reported to the Senate
the bill for transfer of prohibition
enforcment unit to the Depart
ment of Justice. The bill is
amended to give the attorney
general power to reorganize the
department without * moloymcnt I
of persons in the organization of
the department in supervision.
While the Senate was engaged
in thrashing out the prohibition
question the House engaged in one
of the stormiest meetings of the
year at the end of which it passed
the House rivers and harbors bill,
carrying $111,000,000 appropria
tion. Word immediately came from
the White House that President
Hoover will veto any expenditure
of any amount in excess of $60.
000.000 proposed in the War De
partment appropriations bill.
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SATURDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL
St. Louis 7, Pittsburg 9
New York 13, 7, Phillies 2, 5
Brooklyn 1, Boston 2
Cincinnati 1, Chicago 0
American
Philies 4, Washington 8
Detroit 4, Cleveland 11
Boston 3, New York 8
Chicago 0 St. Louis 12
Coast
Sacramento 9, Los Angeles 14
Oakland 12, San Francisco 7
Missions 5, 12, Portland 0, 5
Hollywood 7, Seattle 2
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SUNDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 10; Brooklyn 4.
St. Louis 12; Cincinnati 5.
Boston 13; Philadelphia 4.
Pittsburgh 9; Chicago 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 11; Philadelphia 6. j
Chicago 2; St. Louis 1.
Boston 8; New York 7.
Cleveland 7; Detroit 1.
DRY RAID IN PHILLY
| PHILADELPHIA, April 28, (/P)—
j Prohibition agents raided an ex
! elusive club here and arrested
: two employees and also seized
| enough liquor to fill two patrol
wagons. Many persons of social
prominence were at the club
when the raid was staged.
ELMER E. SMITH
DIES AT RAIS
JUNEAU, April 28, (/P;—Elmer E.
Smith, 64, pioneer of Gastineau
Channel and who came to Alaska
in 1899, died at Haines after a
long illness.
He operated a drug store at
Douglas for the past few years.
Previously he had been engaged
in various businesses in Juneau
until sickness caused his retire
ment. He resided on his ranch
until recently.
INDEPENDENTS OPPOSE
1
LONDON, April 28, (,?)—Thirty
independent Laborites, under the
leadership of James Maxton, vot
ed to oppose the policies of Pre
mier MacDonald reducing the La
bor leaders parliamentary strength
from 289 to 259.
Only the support of the Liberal
Party will enable MacDonald to
retain his grip on the govern
ment.
ASKS FOR $28,693,510
WASHINGTON. April 28. (/P)—
President Hoover sent the public
building estimates to Congress ask
ing $28,693,540 for 1931. This sum
would be added to $48,000,000 in the
bill now before congress.
BUILDS NEW CRUISER
PARIS. April 28. f/P)—France
has decided to build a 27.000 ton
cruiser to equal the German bat
tle cruiser construction for which
funds have just been appropriated
by the Reichstag.
NEVER NEW WEALTH
MERCED, Calif., April 28, CP)—
Mather C. Jenkins, dirt farmer of
Livingston, who has never known
wealth, was notified from New York
of his inheritance of more than
$1,000,000 from the estate of his
aunt, Mrs. Laura Jenkins, who died
April 3rd in New York City.
VOICE OF CONFIDENCE
NEW YORK, April 28. (/Pi
Commenting on presentbusiness
“we can lookinto the future
with a feeling of assurance, con
fidence and safety,” Myron C.
Taylor, chairman of the finance
committee of the United States
Steel Corporation, told the stock
holders of the company at their j
annual meeting.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 1; Missions 1, called at j
fifth inning on account of rain.
Sacramento 2-6; Los Angeles 5-4
Hollywood 7-7; Seattle 1-2.
Oakland 13-7; San Francisco 7-8
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WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
AND MURDER OF GIRL
NEAR CEMETERY
WASHINGTON, April 28, (JP)_
;Julian Gallegher and Marvin Sis
I son of Warsaw, Virginia, are be
i held by the police in connect
|ion with the murder of Miss
Mary Baker, 30 year-old govern
ment employee, near Arlington
| Cemetery, a week ago.
Sisson, who was charged ori
ginally with having assaulted and
murdered the woman, has offer
I ed a “complete and absolute
alibi”, Attorney William G. Cloth
said yesterday, after questioning
j the man for hours.
He is being detrined while his
story is being checked up.
Gallegher was arrested early in
j the morning at Richmond on in
formation obtained from Sisson.
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HUNDREDS FLOCK TO
«L MEETING
i LONDON, April 28, (^—Hun
dreds of people from all parts of
England and Scotland attended
a revival meeting conducted by
George Jeffreys, founder of the
Four Square Gospel Alliance.
Cripples and other ailing people
were escorted into the capacious
Albert Hall which was unable to
accomodate the vast throng.
B SOT MUR TO
i TRADE TEST!
SIS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28. uP)—
S. Lewis, former president of the
Julian Petroleum Coip., charged
that Huron Fitts, Los Angeles dis
trict attorney and candidate for
governor, had offered Lewis im
munity if he would testify that he
contributed $200,000 to Governor
Young’s campaign four years ago
Lewis said, “I am not returning to
Los Angeles to trade perjury testi
mony to satisfy the political am
bitions of Fitts for my freedom.”
Lewis was brought from McNeil
Island penitentiary where he was
sent recently to serve a term ir.
connection with the Julian co.
The campaign managers for
Governor Young vehemently de
nied such a contribution from
Lewis, who denied he made it.
AMERICAN HONORED
I
LONDON, April 28, (&)—Dear.
Cornwell, American illustrator, has
had his painting “Christ Bathing
the Feet of a Beggar” accepted for
the 1930 salon of the Royal Acade
my. He is on of the few Americans
thus honored since Sargent’s time.
FIRST PORT-WAR VISIT
LONDON, April 28. f/P)—The Ear:
of Derby sailed for America Satur
day. It is the Earl’s first post-war
visit to the states. He will lunch
with President Hoover and watch
the Kentucky derby, American rac
ing classic.