Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 204.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTfc
Hoover Planning
Great Program in
Development Alaska
FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK WM. G. SUL
ZER BRINGS HEARTENING MESSAGE TO
ALASKA WHICH HE PREDICTS IS ON THE
THRESHOLD OF GREAT INDUSTRIAL EX
PANSION AND GROWTH-REWARD DESTIN
ED BECOME TERRITORY’S GREATEST CITY.
For months past President Hoover has had a num
ber of men in Alaska solely for the purpose of observing
conditions in Alaska. This survey includes The Alaska
Railroad, the judicial department and so on down the
line.
President Hoover wants to do something for Alas
ka, and when his plans are made known and put into
operation, Alaska will blossom like a rose, stated for
mer Governor Win. G. Sulzer of New York City, who
passed through Seward Friday enroute East following
one of his numerous journeys to the Territory in the
interests of his mining properties and to renew acquain
tances with his host of friends in the North.
TANGLED LOVE
AFFAIR CAUSES
SLAYING OF 10
STAR BOARDER MAKES CON
FESSION: RES BAND, OTHER
BOARDER, HELD
MYSTIC. Connecticut. Aug.. 11.
■/Pi—A tangled love affair on a
Connecticut farm resulted in an
axe slaying of two, Mrs. Eva Jen
nings Roberts, 52, and Ole Ost
berg, 35.
Etanley S. Bogue, 34. has been
arrested and charged with mur
der.
A state trooper arrived at the
farm house as Bogue came stag
gering out from self-inflicted
superficial wounds on his throat
and waists. He made a full con
fession.
The bodies of Mrs. Roberts and
Ostberg were found in the cel
lar.
Bogue had been a boarder for
three years w’hen Ostberg came
and rplaced him in the affections
of the 52-year old woman.
The estranged woman's hus
band and another boarder are
being h#Td as material witnesses.
NEWFOUNDLAND VESSEL
CRUSHES. DUE FOE
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Aug.,
11, (JP)—In a dense fog the stea
mer Caribou, owned by the New
foundland government, crashed
on a point of land in Grand Bay
Sixty-five passengers and the
crew, including 19 women, took
to the lifeboats and six hours
later landed at Port Auxbasques.
The wrecked ship filled with
water and sank, a total loss.
It is estimated that there are
i-'ic than 22,000 methods of us
ing natural gas.
“When Los Angeles had a popu
lation of 45.000, I predicted then
i that within the life-time of my
i listeners the population of Los
! Angeles would increase to a quar
! ter of a million. Today it is more
than a million. I predict now that
within 10 years, your city here,
i Seward, will have a population of
at least 25.000.
“There is no man in the United
States who knows more about
Alaska than myself. I have al
ways been, since my early days
spent up here, an enthusiastic
friend of Alaska. If I had the pow
I er I could do a few things for
Alaska; I could give Alaska a
half a million population in a
very few years.
“The time will soon come when
; Seward will not only be the lar
i' gest and most flourishing city in
| Alaska but also one of the lead
i ing metropolises on the Pacific
! Coast. The reasons are very ap
! parent. You have a great hinder
land capable of carrying for at
least 5,000,000 inhabitants. Sec
ond; you have a magnificent na
tural harbor. Third; your climate
is ideal. But you have something
else at your back-door which in
.the years to come will attract the
! great industries of the nation—
! white coal; water power!
“The great manufactures of
this nation, in order to compete
in world marts, must utilize wat
er power resources. The Yukon
River is the greatest water power
source on earth; It can develope
ten millions of horse-power, and
cheaper than any place on earth.
This is twice as much as Niagara.
“Not so long ago I had the
privilege of enjoying another
talk with our President. He ask
ed me what my opinion was of
his first year of administration.
For 20 years—five administra
tions—I have been closely iden
tified with politics and Washing
ton. Your first year has been
wonderful, I informed Mr. Hoover
Wonderful from the standpoint
that you have surmounted the
most difficult and vexatious of
problems which confronted you.
leaving the way open for the re
maining years of your adminis
(Continued Pa»e Twol
SHADOW OF JL
SMITH LOOMS IS
STATE PRIMARIES
DE3IOCRATS GOING DOWN THE
LINE FOR REPEAL OF THE
DRY LAWS
WASHINGTON, Aug., 11. (JP)—
jThe shadow of A1 Smith loomed
I large today over three or four
• State primaries which will be held
tomorrow in Alabama. Arkansas.
|and Nebraska.
John Bankhead and Frederick
Thompson, Mobile publisher, all
Democratic Senatorial candidates
from Alabama will face Heflin
who is running as an Indepen-;
dent.
For the first time in more than
30 years Democratic senatorial j
| nominees race in opposition.
In Nebraska Senator Norris is
| opposed by W. W. Stebbin, state
| treasurer.
Aaron Read and Dr. Jennie
Callfah, Democrats, supported
Hoover and are opposed in the
| Democratic primary by former
; Senator Hitchcock.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas
j conducted a strenuous campaign
j against Roy. Campbell, Littlerock
i lawyer.
The dry law is uppermost in
the Ohio primary.
Robert J. Bukely of Cleveland.
■ dry law advocate and George E.
Meyers, for modification, are both
1 senatorial candidates.
EXPECT r EACH SIBERIA IN
FIVE OR SIX DAYS; NOW
IN ALASKA
TACOMA, Aug., 11, UP)— Bob
| Wark and Eddie Brown took-off
| yesterday (Sunday* in their plane
“Pacific Era” for Tokyo via White
horse, Fairbanks, Nome and Pet
ropavlovsk, Siberia.
Their biplane took the air at
11:33 a. m. and the fliers hoped
■ to make Whitehorse before mid
night, last night.
They expect to make the flight
of 5,400 miles in five or six days.
They carried 450 gallons of gas
and will refuel at each stop. The
i biplane is equipped with a radio
[Outfit with which they expect to
keep in touch with the outside
l world.
Alaska radio stations and re
presentatives of the Associated
Press are requested to be on the
alert for messages from them.
DOWN AT VANCOUVER
VANCOVER, B. C., Aug., 11, (£>)
—Wark and Brown, enroute to
j Whitehorse with Tokyo, Japan as
I their destination, were forced
; down here less than three hours
I after taking off from Tacoma.
| They said two main gas lines
! gave them trouble. They leave on
Monday.
14 DIE FROM HEAT
BAGDAD, Aug., 11, (/P)—Four
I teen persons are dead and hun
■ dreds prostrated from the heat
! throughout Mesopotamia for the i
I past week. The temperature is
! hovering around 130 Fahrenheit,
in the shade.
DESTROYERS DUE AUG. 21
A telegram was received today
by the Seward Chamber of Com
merce, fnn Lient. O. H. Briggs, U.
S. Navy, Cordova radio station,
advising of the arrival in the
Port of Seward on August 21 of
the Navy destroyers Wasmuth and
Perry bearing the three Senators,
forming the investigation commit
tee, and Rear Admiral Coontz,
retired.
BOMBS DROPPED
LABOR TROUBLES IN REGION:
LOTS OF SMOKE, NO ONE
INJURED
PROVIDENCE, Ky., Aug.. 11, (/P)
—An airplane dropped bombs into
this coal mining section which
has been torn by labor troubles
for several months. It is estimat
ed that nine bombs wrere dropped.
The bombing created intense
interest and excitement but no
one was killed or injured; neith
er was there any property dam
age.
An orange colored monoplane
which conatined two men appear
ed about 6 a. m. and - approached
Providence at 2.000 feet altitude.
The plane came from the direc
tion of Illinois.
The first bomb struck near Clay
City near here. The machine then
dived towards Providence and re
leased two bombs. Columns of
stone and dust rose from the
fields.
NEW DASH RECORD
TORONTO. Aug.. U. (A3)—Percy
Williams of Vancouver set a new
world 100-meter dash record. 10
and 3-10 seconds. During the Can
adian track field championships
he clipped one-tenth of a second
from the mark which had been
held by Charlie Paddock and Ed
die Olan.
TECUM, TWO
FLIERS HIE SUBJECT
TO JUST, STJTEO
TOKYO. Aug., 11, UP)—Although
Wark and Brown are technically
subject to arrest and confiscation
of their plane as they tock-off
without permission of officials,
but this will probably be dispens
ed with.
The fliers neglected to apply
for permission to take-off and
the subject provided a feature for
afternoon papers.
Bromley’s preparations are pro
gressing slowly and the plane is
still held at Yokohama by the
customs house authorities who are
disposing of the manifold customs
formalities.
HOOVER 56 YEARS OLD
ORANGE, Virginia, Aug.. 11, (&)
—President Hoover observed the
arrival of his 56th birthday with
quietness at his summer camp,
marked only by a birtMay cake
adorned with 56 candl^ and pre
sentation of gifts by Mrs. Hoover
and week-end guests.
Ed Lerdal and young Joe Dierin
ger of Valdez are believed to be
the lecord holders for auto trav
ling over the Richardson High
way. Their time was 14 hours
from Fairbanks to Valdez.
| EDITORIAL
SPRAGGING THE PANIC
(Extraordinary session of the
Senate, called to solve the ques
tion of unemployment, the tar
iff, world court, boulder dam, Wall
Street plundering, disarmament
: on land and sea, the Einstein
theory of relativity, high cost of
living and the prohibition ques
tion.)
Senator from North Caroginia—
; While my party is not committed
I to the tariff policy of the admin
I istration I find myself gravitat
! ing toward the viewpoint of the
| Senator from Newjerseyware, i, e.,
! that if we are to make the tariff
equal in its force it should not
be sectional but should r%feguard
every interest, especially those of
big business. I have just received
a report from the Bureau of In
sectiverous protoplasms warning
me that the Administration is
shirking the responsibility for the
boll wevil and is at this minute
preparing to import, free of duty,
j a horde of insect pests to be in
troduced into Alaska. Enumerat
ed in the list is the sus scrota,
, tohr. aoudad and markhor, said
1' o be deadly competitors of our
, own doodle bug. indeginious to
the soil cf North Caroginia. Think
of it, gentlemen! I protest against
robbing our glorious children of
I the poetic and thrilling pastime
i of stirring a doodle-bug hole
; with a straw; singing all the
! while.
; Think of your own golden
[youth, gentlemen! And they are
! imoorting these Asiatic insecti
i vora to compete with our sacred
i doodle-bug. and setting aside a
; reserve in Alaska for their propa
Senator from Calimexico—Will
the gentleman yield?
Senator from North Caroginia
: Only tw minutes, when I will pre
i sent my speech on the origin of
' the doodle-bug and ask that it
I be printed in the Record for the
benefit of my constituents.
Senator from Calimexico—I wish
to inform the gentleman that
what he mistakes for doodle-bug
competitors are in fact herbivora,
beginning with the wild boar and
running through the deer and
goat family to the ibex.
Senator from North Carginia—
Since the gentleman mentions
! goats, I would like to ask the
j gentleman from Idaro. what he
I has to say about the failure of
six million men in this nation to
secure employment?
gentleman from Idarado, ^what he
this comes up within my purview
as a member of the job-hunting
committee, I will state for the ben
efit of the gentleman that a sur
vey indicates there are still many
departments in Alaska that have
not been bureaucinched, and we
expect to make marked inroads
into the unemployment situation
as soon as a new crop of obser
; vers, co-ordinators, supervisors,
j dry cops, game wardens, whale
■ scouters, herring guards and ool
igan herders are selected.
| Senator from Pennsylzouri—
Will the gentleman yield?
Yes, for a question.
! i wish to get my amendment
i to the world court bfefore the
| Senate. I observe that no provis
ion is made for searching with
out warrant whenever a senator
is dry and his favorite bootlegger
has been pinched. This is an im
portant measure, It simply calls
for the sergeant-at-arms to pat
i the hip of House members when
ever a senator desires a snort. It
j is rather cumbersome to have to
i secure a search warrant.
I Senator from Caroginia—I stand
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