Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 205. ‘
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENT.'
Northland Returns
From its Fourth
Cruise in Arctic
A BRLLIANT RECORD OF HUMANITARIAN
ACHIEVEMENT FOR ‘THE ANGEL OF THE
ARCTIC”, INCLUDING BOTH WHITES AND
NATIVES—SUMMER WEATHER PREV A 11^
ED—
BY ROBERT FROTHINGHAM
(Special to The Seward Gateway)
The U. S. Coastguard Cutter Northland, E. D.
Jones, commanding, which left Nome on July 17th on
her fourth annual Arctic cruise, dropped her hook in
the Nome roadstead Friday morning, August 8th. Af
ter proceeding to Golovin Bay for fresh water she will
visit settlements on the shores of Norton Sound and
will proceed to Unalaska in the latter part of this month
for fuel. Following a short stay at Unalaska the ship
will proceed tc Unalaska the latter part of this month
last commercial vessel has left these waters for the sea
son. Such is the brief record of a cruise which, so far
as the results attained are concerned, is without par
allel in these or any other waters at home or abroad.
Part of the training of a Coast
guard officer is to take things as
he finds them, handle them to the
best of his ability, tell the truth
about them whether it reflects
on him, personally, or not, pro
ceed to the next thing at hand
without getting unduly excited
over his own part in the matter,
whatever it may be. In other
words, he's not looking for bou
quets. When, therefore, a lands
man happens on the scene and
manifests a disposition to accord
credit where credit is due, such
a skipper as Captain Jones, for
instance, shows a tendency to de
preciate such action and would
have the writer put on the “soft
pedal.’’ The writer retorts, how
ever, that having been subject to
the kindly discipline of Coast
guard life on the Northland dur
ing this memorable cruise, he is
now “on his own” and purposes
speaking the thoughts that arise
as he looks back in retrospect
upon the three months he has
spent on “The Angel of the Arc
tic”. And he can put it in sen
tences.
If the people of the United
States (and that includes Alaska) i
kne*w more about what is being
accomplished by various govern- j
mental departments in general i
and the Coatsguard service in par
ticular, there would be a very gen- j
eral use of the “soft-pedal” when
it came to criticism.
Get out your maps, you Alas
kans who reside in towns where
physicians, dentists, schools and
churches abound and run your
finger along the coast-line of
the land you love and try to ima
gine yourselves marooned at any
one of the following villages j
where the Northland’s doctors
have rendered expert service to
both whites and natives on this
cruise. We will start with St. Mich- j
aels: Stebbins, Unalaska, Golovin 1
Bay, Port Clarence, including Tel- j
ler, and Teller Mission; Cape
Prince of Wales, Little Diomede
Island, Shishmareff, Kotzebue,
Elephant Point, Kiwalik, Deering,
Kivalina, Point Hope, Point Lay,
Wainwright, Barrow—not to men
tion King Island, also Gambell
, and Savoonga on St. Lawrence Is
land and Nunivak. And here are
'the reports:
Dr. C. E. Bingham, the North
land’s surgeon: June, July to
August 7th, inclusive.
Whites 242; number treatments,
775.
Natives 4G3; number treatments
520.
A total of 1,295.
Number of patients for removal
of tonsils 29; vaccinations 209.
Prevalence of diseases in order
named:
Tuberculosis, rheumatism (as
result of tonsolitis) and tonsolitis
i itself.
Dr. L. M. Waugh, dental sur
geon <R), June 19 to August 7th,
| inclusive.
j Whites 163; number treatments
378
Natives 433; number treatments
2,002.
Grand total of operations and
treatments 2.380.
| Total of dental X-rays 72.
When we realize that of all the
! treatments given these unfortunate
;folk, not one of them could have
gone elsewhere, we get a fair idea
of the humanitarian nature of the
service rendered by these devoted
physicians wThich, in a number of
instances covered eighteen hours a
Iday. ‘Tis their privilege to look up
on it as being “all in a day’s work” j
i if they so elect but that should not >
| blind our eyes to the fact that a |
paternal government has a very de- j
I finite place in the loyal hearts of j
its far-flung dependents. This was j
! demonstrated most eloquently j
when the Northland anchored off
Point Lay, north of Point Hope—
the first time in years that a Coas
j Guard ship had stopoed there. The
binoculars revealed what seemed tr
be an American flag flying from a
rather diminutive pole. But—the
skipper couldn’t quite make it out.)
When a bunch of natives greeted ;
the arrival of our launch with a
vociferous welcome and hand
shakings a-plenty, they pointed to
the flag which turned out to be
home-made, with only enough ma
terial for a single star against the
blue field. They had heard, native j
(Continued Pa3, Two)
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IS HOW EWE
CHAIRMAN O F INTERSTATE
COMMERCE COMMISSION;
A DEMOCRAT
SEATTLE, Aug., 12, (.4P)—Frank
McManamy of Washington, D. C.,
j Chairman of the Interstate Com
! merce Commission, will sail tomor
| row to inspect the Alaska Rail
i road.
He is accompanied by Secretary
W. C. Heffner and stenographer,
F. S. Miller.
McManamy spent the day with
officials of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce and railroad men
whom he saw active service with
Pennsylvania, the Pere Marquette
and other Eastern and Middle
Western railroads as a locomotive
! firemat^ engineer, brake inspec
j tor and instructor.
He became inspector of safety
appliances for the Interstate
Commerce Commission in 1908.
He was a member of the commit
| tee which drafted the present
\ safety standard-. During the
World War he was in charge of
locomotive and car maintenance
for the government.
Mr.McManamy is a Democrat
but the Harding administration
appointed him to the commission
in 1923.
HD JiJBI Will i
IHVESHG1TE • GRIME
DETROIT f.l CflIITY
DETROIT, Aug., 12. (JP)—The
i crime situation here and in Wayne
County will be investigated by a
23-man grand jury starting Mon
day.
The investigation was formally
; ordered today by the Circuit
| Court and will be conducted by
! Attorney General Wilber M. Bruc
; ker and his assistants.
Brucker is a candidate for the
; Republican nomination of gover
[ nor and said he would abandon
his plans for a speech-making j
campaign temporarily and stay
here until the jury is finished.
The jury was calledwoedbycmfw !
growth of Radio Announcer Buck
ley’s killing.
ROOF BLOWN OFF.
ONE PERSON KILLED
NEW YORK, Aug., 12, (JP)—
One person was killed, two in
jured and 12 buried in debris
for mofe than an hour after when
a chemist’s experiment exploded.
Erke Malino is the man killed, j
The explosion blew off the roof
of a five-story building and de
posited it on an adjoining two
story structure which caved in
and collapsed. The occupants
were thrown the two floors to the
basement.
THE STOCK MARKEl
By Associated Press
Int. Tel. 43, A. Can. 119, Stand.
N. J., 69, Richfield 15, Zellerbach
13, Lehigh 9, A. Juneau 5, 3-8; ]
U. Cal., no sale; Goldman 16, Ban- ;
corporation 29, Kennecott 37, Steel
160, Radio 39, Cons. Gas 103, Cit- ,
ies 27, Carbide 70, Motors 44.
MAJ. GEN. MENOHER DIES
WASHINGTON, Aug, 12, (/P>—
Major General Charles T. Meno
: her, retired, one time the eom
! mander of the Rainbow Division
' in France and formerly chief of
;the Army air corps, died from
pneumonia.
i 10 0001 IS
WARK INJURED SEROUSLY, BE
LIEVED FLIGHT DEFI
NITELY OFF
—
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Aug., 12, (/P)
i—The wreckage of the jinxhound
ed airplane of Wark and Brown
'rested on Ladner Field as the
[forlorn monument of several am
bitious flight projects of the
craft’s owners.
Wark is reported to be in a ser
ious condition from injuries re-i
ceived in the crackup yesterday!
when the flyer overshot tne land- 1
ing field in returning to Vancou
ver from the Lulu Island airfield '
before resuming flight to White
horse.
Brown was not in the plane
having gone to the field in an
automobile.
Wark’s injuries were originally
thought slight but it was reported
later that intehse pain and a high t
fever set in.
The flight is definitely over.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN
Detroit 4, Boston 2. *
New York 14, St. Louis 11.
Ruth swatted out his 42nd ho
mer during this game.
Washington 18, Cleveland 6.
There were no other games.
NATIONAL
Chicago 6, 11, Boston 0, 1.
Phillies 18, 4, Cincinnati 0, 3. |
St. Louis 8. 4, Brooklyn 2, 0.
There were no other games.
“Hack” Wilson hit three ho
mers in Chicago’s double-header,
two in the first game knocking
in four runs in each game. He
now has 39 homers to his credit.
Root allowed three hits in the
first game and Malone five in
the second.
The “Cubs” advanced to one
game behind the Brooklyn leaders.
COAST
Los Angeles 13, 6, Missions 1, 2.
Frisco 12, 4, Hollywood 8, 7.
Sacramento 4, 4, Oakland 3, 2.
Seattle 3, 10, Portland 4, 2. These
were 10-innings and six, respect
ively.
BRITISH OKIE
ANCHORED MONTREAL
MONTREAL, Aug., 12, OP)—'The
British dirigible R-100 is anchor
ed at the mooring mast here the
“hook” being thrown over at 6:40
p. m., Eastern Standard time, af
ter a day and night flight over
part of Canada and a bit of the
United States.
The weather varied from brill
iant sunshine and storms. The
patched fin withstood the strain
and the ship is in good condition.
The monster of the skies cruis
ed over Niagara Falls and New [
York.
Iras OF FOUR
STATES TO CSSI
PRIMARY BALLOTS
ARKANSAS, ALABAMA, NEBRAS
KA AND OKLAHOMA IN
THROES POLITCS
UNDATED—Aug., 12, UP)—In
the primary battles of Arkansas,
Alabama, Nebraska and Oklahoma,
the voters are preparing to go to
the polls to select candidates to
compete in the general elections
next November.
In Nebraska the veteran Nor
ris is opposed by W. M. Stebbins
who is pledged to follow Hoover.
In Alabama, Senator Heflin is
fighting the Democrats on an In
dependent ticket after being
kicked out of the party for his
non-support of A1 Smith.
John H. Hankhead and Freder
ick I. Thompson are seeking the
regular Democratic nomination.
Heflin appealed to the voters
to vote for him in the November
run-off.
Robinson of Arkansas is opposed
by Tom W. Campbell, a lawyer.
Robinson is a dry.
In Oklahoma C. J. Wright of
Tulsa and Thomas P. Gore, the
blind and one-time senator, will
battle each other in the primary
seeking the Democratic place to
meet the present Senator, Pine.
Robert J. Bulkley of Cleveland
favors dry repeal while George
S. Meyers of Cleveland seeks mod
ification. Others are W. W. Dur
bin. John McSwinney and Charles
V. Truax, ‘all Democrats.
Senator McCulloch is a dry.
nun's QBSTfiCLES
ST TOKYO:
SEHOSBEERETS, HR
TOKYO, Aug., 12, (/P>—All offi
cial obstacles which have con
fronted Bromley’s flight to Taco
ma have been removed as the re
sult of a consultation with the
government bureau to which Ed
win Neville. American Charge d’
Affairs accompanied Bromley.
Permission has been given the
flyer to use either the commercial
airport at Tachikawa or the na
val airbase at Kasumiguara.
Maps have been provided and all
facilities offered Bromley who also
was given permission to fly the
plane from Yokohama where it
will be assembled to the flying
field selected by Bromley.
The flyer said he was sorry to
hear of Wark's crash.
BOMBER ARRESTED
URFREESBORO, HI. Aug.,, 12,
(/P)—Paul Montgomery, local avia
tor and once talked of Dallas to
Rome non-stop flight, was arrest
ed in connection with the bomb
ing of mining properties at Pro
vidence, Ky.
SOCIETY WEDDING
WOODSTOCK, Vermont, Adg. 12.
(/P)—Miss Elizabeth Stone, daugh
ter of the late Melville E. Stone,
married Dr. Malcolm Goodridge
of New York. Melville Stone was,
for many years, general manager
and chief counsellor of the As
sociated Press.
Alaska is receiving much pub
licity in the East through Mrs.
Sol Silvertan of Anchorage.