Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 251.
SEWARD, ALASE.,.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
, ROMANTIC COUNTRY TO BE
TRAVERSED BY GULKANA
CHISANA ROAD-NABESNA
WEIRD LEGENDS AND INSPIRING SCENERY
ALONG ROAD NOW BUILDING INTO NABES
NA SECTION WHICH MAY BE PART OF THE j
INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY.
(By Special Correspondent)
“The Gulkana-Chisana Road, now being construct-’
ed and which leaves the Richardson Highway at Gul- j
kann and extends up the Copper River to the Nabesna
country, may be a link of the International Highway.
Tt will certainly be a part of the system that will con
nect that great trunk highway to Seward, Anchorage,
and the coast country,” said Donald MacDonald, Lo
cating engineer, Alaska Road Commission, who spent
the past season locating the line 50 miles in advance
of the construction crews, to a Gateway representative
in Fairbanks. “For this reason this extension is of pe
culiar interest to the coast people.”
FIGHT FOR CONVENTION SITE
BOSTON, Oct, 7. (jP)—The contest
for the site of next year’s conven
tion of the American Legion nar
rowed down to a fight between Los
Angeles and Detroit, the only bid
ders. Selection will be made Wed
nesday. Portland. Ore., withdrew
her bid explaining that they were
unprepared for the ruling requiring
the presentation of a certified
check for a substantial amount of
money.
SHALL GROUP OF EXPERTS
WERE ABOARD, AMONG
THOSE KILLED
BEAUVAIS. France, Oct., 6, (/P)
_H. J. Leech, navigator and
me of the survivors of the Brit
i.'-h dirigible R-1Q1, said the air
ship was borne to the ground
by the wind and terrific rain
and the ship failed to res
pond in the attempt to gain al
titude though the motors were
woring.
Survivors were thrown clear
of the blazing torch by the ter
r-'fic exnlosion and 46 burned to;
death trapped in their cabins.
Tweleve of these were passen
gers.
It took two years and $5,000,
CHK) to build the airship.
Among those killed were a lit
tle group of experts described
as the “British Aviations General
Staff.” Air Minister Lord Thom
ason, Colonel V. C. Richmond,
the designer; Sir Sefton Branck
ner, air vice marshal; Major G.
H Scott, assistant director of
airshop development, and other
leaders were among those killed.
AVIATORS KILLED
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct., 6. (/P)
—Irwin Hinkler, 22, o Calgary,
and Harry Mernard, 23, of Glei
chen, near here, were killed
when their home-made plane,
piloted by Hinkler, crashed and
burst into flames.
QUARRY COLORED STONE
ORLEANS, Ind., Oct., 4, (VP)—
An experiment in quarrying col
ored sandstone is being made
near here. Promoters of the en
terprise hope to persuade archi
tects of skyscrapers to use it for
color effects.
I
"The line is already construct
led as a wagon road passable for
automobiles during dry weath
i er for some 40 miles from Gul
kana,” continued MacDonald.
This section of the road is typ
ically Alaskan paralleling the;
Copper River and revealing a
succession of great peaks of the
Wrangell Range including ' the
smoking volcano of Wrangell and
the impressive 16,000 foot dome
of Mt. Sanford. The sky-line is
broken by finger-like peaks or)
enormous rocks that resemble
griffin-like animals or birds
astride the ridge.
"From Slana, some 60 miles
in from the Richardson High
way, the line of the road pen
etrates a country;’’ said Mac
Donald, “that combines a wealth t
of natural resources, scenery, j
game, historic interest, native!:
color, and legend transcending J
anything in the Territory. j i
It was at Slana that the in- i ;
trepid young Lieutenant Allen, 5
first white man to explore the
Tanana valley, branched off
to the Mantasta Pass to go
down the Tanana on one of the j
most daring ventures in the an- j ‘
nals of the United States Army. ; ’
He later became the distinguish- j
ed general of the World War, ‘ c
displaying the same virtues of J "
courage and resourcefulness i
throughout his long life that he' ?
evidenced in his penetration of ^
the northern wilderness. To this ^
day, the Indians of the Interior,
speak his name with veneration.
a great and good chief. Uener- i
al Allen died just a month ago.
Throughout this whole section
there is evidence of a large
savage population that existed
for perhaps thousands of years.
The ruins of the old villages—
the houses sunk into the ground
-pit-like structures originally—
are on every hand. Almost evci.y
ridge of thawed or dry ground
contains them.
The trails between these vil
lages are worn deep into the
ground and along these trails
and near the village sites, the
shattered trunks of trees show
the ancient method of cutting
! trees by picking them down with
a kind of a stone pick, or axe.
The last of the Russian ex
plorations, that of Rufus Sere
bereinikoff, in 1847, ended in the
vicinity of Batzulnetas, by the
massacre to the last man of the
whole force. This at least is the
Indian legend. Beyond this,
which was told MacDonald last
year, nothing was known of the
fate of the party further than '
the fact that it had ascended!
the Copper River never to re- j
turn.
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SEMIS HOLMES
RETURNS FROM SRCTIC
SEATTLE, Oct., 7, (/P)—-The
schooner C. S. Holmes with its
hull scarred by a season’s bat
tle with ice around Point Bar
row and her hold filled with
furs, whalebone, ivory and other
treasures of the North, returned
to Seattle from her 14th voyage
to the Arctic.
Capt. John Backlund brought a
choice collection of Eskimo death
masks and other curios for the
University of Washington mu
seum. Backland said the vessel
bucked ice for 10 days trying
to reach Barrow.
MEN SEEN IN
CABIN OF AIRSHIP
FIGHTING ESCAPE
DEATH TOTAL NUMBERS 48:
INVESTIGAT ION NOW
UNDER WrAY
BEAUVAIS, France, Oct., 6, f/P)
—A joint British-French inves
tigation as to the wrecking of j
the British dirigible R-101 was
begun today.
The ship crashed Sunday
morning and burned. The death
total reached 48 leaving but six
who escaped and a number of
those are seriously injured.
Residents of Beauvais said
Jassy heard the ship about 100
feet above the city: the pilot
seemed to be having difficulty
is the ship did not appear to
respond to the helm.
Bodies were found so badly
Turned that identification was
ilmost impossible.
Peasants who ran to the scene
•eported seeing men inside the
rabin trying to break windows
n order to escape.
EIGHT KILLED
BERLIN, Oct., 6, (R)—Eight
>ersons were killed when a pas
enger plane, bound for Vien
ia from Berlin, crashed on the
n norlands near Dresden while
tarting to land. The ship cur
led a pilot, mechanic and six
lassengers. Cause of the crash
s unknown. Some of the pas
t ng6i s died sifter being rescued
rom the ship; none were cons
ious when, taken out.
GIU FINE GF OEM
BUIE BEEN IOENTIFIEI
BEAUVIS, France, Oct. 7. (IP) —
An offical announcement as to the
number of deaths resulting from
the R-101 disaster total 47 revealed
that only 46 of the bodies had been
recovered and not 47 since one fell
apart and had been placed in two
coffins.
One of the eight survivors, rig
ger W. G. Radcliffe died today.
Only five of the dead have been
identified and all of the crew may
never be because of the condition
of their charred remains.
VISITS POPE
VATICAN CITY, Rome, Oct- 6. (JP)
—The Pope received in private au
dience Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sinclair
>f New York. They were presented
ay Commandatore Andrioli, Secre
tary of the local Nights of Colum
bus. Sinclair was receiv deby Pre
nier Mussolini also.
CUBS WIN CITY TITLE
Chicago, Oct- 7. (/P)— With the
score of Cubs 6, White Sox 4, the
Cubs won the city title with its
fourth victory of a six game series.
The Sox were leading with one run
but as the ninth inning opened
the Cubs scored threee runs off
Braxton, who had been replaced for
| Caraway. Thomas replaced Brax
ton. Wilson homered in the fifth
AMERICA OFFICIALS SEND
CONDOLENCES TO BRIT
ISH ADMIRALITY
WASHINGTON, Oct., 6, (/P)— [
The R-101 disaster is seen as a
challenge to America to com
plete her program in building
two monster dirigibles, the Akron,
being completed.
Secretary Adams messaged Ad
miral Field, First Lord of the
British Admirality: “We deplore
the disaster which caused the
loss of valuable lives.'’
Rear Admiral William A. Mof
fet said the loss has not shak
en confidence in rigid airships
and blamed the disaster of the
k-iui to mnated hyrdogen gas
instead of helium, a non-in
flammable gas. Moffett urged
to repeal the law prohibiting its
exportation because the United
States has the entire world
supply.
FOUND GUILTY
Brussels, Oct., 6, (/Pi—De Rosa
22 year-old Italian, was found
guilty of attempting to assassi
nate Humbert, Crown Prince of
Italy, here last October and was
condemned to five years impris
onment and to pay the costs of
his trial.
MOTHER HERRING ill
PROMISED HMD
' |
Just as they were getting ready
to fold up their tents like the Arabs
and call it a season, a new run of
herring started in the waters
along the southeast shore of Ko
diak Island in the Sitkalidak re
o AAurJiMA*
WlUUgUt Hi
by recent Westward arrivals.
! Fishermen who had actually
| stowed their nets broke them out
again and made some good hauls.
The schooner Rosamond, near Port
Hobron, which conducts her own
I saltery was compelled to make a
grand scramble to get back some of
her “herring chokers” who had al
ready been laid off- The present
run is reported to furnish much
larger fish than those caught last
spring and if it keeps up for an
other month will be a decided god
send to the fishermen of the West
ward who have experienced one of
the toughest seasons of their his
tory.
A GOOD EXAMPLE
NEW YORK, Oct., 6, (/P)—Ar
thur Brisbane, in his “Today”
column, says “King George and
Queen Mary have bought five
new automobiles, announcing
that they did so to give em
ployyment and encourage indus
try. They set a good example
that should be widely followed
by each American in a big way,
if he can afford it, and in a
smaller way if necessary.”
HOOVER: COQLiDGE
on mmm si
S. L CONVENTION
HOOVER CALLED BOSTON TO AID
IN PUTTING END IT) BUS
INESS DEPRESSION
Boston, Oct. 7. (/P)—Over 1,000
legionaires at the National Conven
tion here cheered Hoover who said
that the “peace of our country has
never stood more assured than at
this moment.”
He paid a distinct tribute to
Calvin Coolidge, honoraiy charman
of the Convention who is on the
platform for carrying through the
Keilogg-Briand pact.
When a clamor for a speech from
Coolidge arose he responded by
saying that to “save time I am
going to give you it in one sentence.
You paid a debt to Lafayette but
still owe debt to yourselves and the
United States.”
After Hoover’s second speech to
day, at the American Federation of
Labor Convention, where he was
called on the nationwide teamwork
to put an end to business depres
sion, he left on a special train for
Kings Mountain, North Carolina,
where—-tomorrow—he speaks a t
the Sesquicentennial Revolutionary
War Battle there.
DEATH-LIKE STILLNESS
IS ran CONNECTED
HOMED YESTERDAY
ST. LOUIS, Oct., 7, (T*)—The
terrific homer by Foxx into the
left field bleachers in the 9th
with Cochrane aboard, broke up
a great pitchers duel and gave
Philadelphia the fifth game of
the world series 2 to 0.
Foxx’s spectacular shot after
eight bitterly fought innings
enabled the Athletics to beat
veteran Grimes for the second
time. Almost a death-like still
ness was apparent in the stands
as Foxx connected with the ball
and after Grimes had got by the
ace of sluggers, Simmons.
Earnshaw outpitched Grimes
for seven innings giving the
Cards two hits but gave way to
a pinch hitter and Grove end
ed the game in the box for the
second straight day.
I uruve yxexueu uiie na uut »uu
dued the Redbirds fo rtwo in
nings and got credit for his sec
ond world series victory.
! KENNECOTT SOUGHT
BV BIG SMELTERS IS
WEST RUMOR BBT
Tire American Smelting & Re
fining Company, world’s largest
smelter and refiner of metals
and maker of metal and chemi
cal products, may seek some sort
of merger conversations with
the Kennecott Copper Corpora
tion, the second largest mining
enterprise in the world.
These two companies in many
respects would prove comple
ments of each other, the trade
points out. It is also conceded, by
the trade, that several unoffical
merger attempts have been
made by the two firms in recent
years, but the conversations did
not get beyond the talk stage,
which may be the ultimate fate
of present rumored negotiations.