Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 111.
SEWARD, ALASK.' THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS'
MAJOR ELLIOTT’S SPEECH IN
DETAIL BEFORE LOCAL
ORGANIZATION
Speaking before the Seward
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
Major Malcolm Elliott, president
■ f the Alaska Road Commission.
A'ho left yesterday for Anchorage,
cook occasion to review for the
benefit of Sewardites some of the
plans that are scheduled for un
dertaking by his department in
this area.
"Not being the center of gravi
Cd so to peak, of our operation,
-iy visits to Seward are, of neces
sity. limited to too few,’’ he said.
Your transnortation problem
.ere involves the construction of a
i:nk of roadway that will connect
our city with Moose Pass and Ke
r.ai River, which will be done, I
• m sure, by the efficient organi
zation which takes care of the
: orets areas, and when this is
ompleted it will be time for the
Alaska Road Commission to con
tinue over to Kenai the road
hich we have included in our
wholesale program of road con
duction."
Having listened with interest
to a communication regarding the
Seward breakwater, read by Sec
retary Leonard Hopkins. Major
Slliott said: “It is gratifying to
note that this project is gaining
:n priority and. according to the
ntimations in Delegate Suther
land's letter, will be appropriated
:or soon. We Alaskans sometimes
chink these matters are an ex
'remely long time in coming, but
in the case of this shelter harbor
vc have to bear in mind that the
Rivers and Harbors bill, in which
i is included, had to be greatly
reduced, and then too, Mississippi
iver improvements consumed
nearly all the money alotted for
such purposes."
“Your aviation field now in
jroe >s of construction, to which
'ho citv of Seward itself has con
ributed heavily, is in my opinion
torn ire along nicely; tbo there is
considerable more work to be
aone on it. Mr. Cal M. Brosius and
” walked over the field: before go
ng out we were warned to take
nip boots along to wade through
-he mire, but we found conditions
entirely different than expected.
In fact. Lieutenant Oxreider. who
was with us. wore onlv low shoes
throughout our inspection vrith
the least inconvenience. I
would say that the soil conditions
.re excellent. There are a great
manv trees, however, that must
be cut. and snags and roots to
be vanked. If we find that the to
tal work yet to be done exceeds
th available funds I would rec
ommend that we halt the work
on the cross rumvays and finish
the main field first. Your wind
conditions here are such that
this would not be a serious detri
ment for a short time.
“In view of the topography, and
the location being so adjacent to
the town, the Seward field is
sure to be one of the best in the
Territory. The profuse growth of
trees, now the obstacle, is one
that can be overcome. Pay no at
tention to discouraging remarks
that may be made by fliers be
cause of the conditions on your
fi°ld at present.’
^ “I could not conclude my re
marks without saying something!
about the general cooperation
(Conlinued on Page Seven)
EVANS SAILS NORTH
I SEATTLE, May 15, (TP)—'The S
S. Admiral Evans, of the Pacific
. Steamship Company, sailed foi
| Alaska yesterday morning at 1C
I o'clock with 137 passengers ol
which 28 are booked for Seward.
Among these were Mrs. G. L. An
i derson, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Gill,
| L. G. Gibson, L. Satt and J. An
; derson.
TANANA, May 15, </P)—The river
ice at Tanana moved down about
100 feet at 6:15 p. m. yesterday
j and at 1 a. m. today the ice
| started to move but the water
being low plowed channels thru
the ice as the anchor ice is still
J holding.
At 7 a. m. the Yukon River
was full of ice cake from bank to
bank. The Tanana River has not
i moved yet.
UNIMPORTANT MEASURE RAIS
ED HECK FOR SIX HOURS,
ACCORDING REPORT
WASHINGTON, May 15, (/P>—
For the first time in eight- years
the House of Representatives was
forced to arrest one of its mem
bers last night in order to secure
a quorum.
Escorted into the chamber by
a sergeant-at-arms, Speaker Long
worth called for order which was
the signal for the opening guns to
fire a salvo. The first move came
over a relatively unimportant
measure and for six hours the
House found itself in the throes
of a filibuster as two members ex
hausted every parliamentary man
euver to p event action on the
measure.
Finally, powerless to act in any
direction, even to adjourn, the
House approved the Quinn motion
to order the arrest. After a quor
um was then established the House
voted to bring the bill up, which
is for the expansion of foreign
agriculture, upon information for
further service and for final ac
tion tomorrow. The House then
adjourned.
Hans Simonson who has been on
a vacation in Seattle for the last
six months returned to Seward on
the steamer Starr.
Robert Galavin made the round
trip from Unga to Seattle on the
steamer Starr. While the Starr is
absent Robert is staying in Seward
until it returns to port Saturday on
its regular voyage to the West
ward.
Mrs. John Tollbom, and daugh
ter Marie, returned home last
evening on the steamer Starr
from a pleasant visit with friends
and relatives at Seattle.
BURNING BRUSH
“Where was the fire? Wc could
see it plainly from out in the
bay, Blah, blah, blah, etc.,” was
about the first question asked
by incoming arrivals last night on
the Steamer Starr. “Twas the vol
unteer fire department members
burning off brush from local lots,” 1
was the answer. “Oh!” i
AWAITS RESULT OF GIANT WHEAT POOL
Wheat farmers in Canada still cling to hopes of
higher prices. The world’s largest grain elevator at
Port Arthur (shown below) is owned by the Canadian
pool. Above is typical scene in Canadian wheat field, j
i
HONOLULU, May 15. (/P)—Army
and Navy airplanes and surface
ships rushed to attempt to rescue
four men who fell with an army
bombing plane into the ocean and
were joined by three rescuing
! planes, which, with their crew of
eight were held fast upon the
rough waves- Several hours later
-all four planes and 12 men were
tossing upon the Pacific.
Three army men dropped with
parachutes into the ocean between
the Island of Oahu and Hawaii
while the fourth plunged into the
water with the falling plane. The
latest report was that three of the
men were rescued but the fourth
man had not been found.
WASHINGTON, May 15. C/fN—At
tacks on the London naval limita
tions treaty were covered in two
Senate committees with Secretary
Stimson and the high command of
the navy gloriously defending the
new agrement.
Before a running fire of ques- ,
tions a Senator of California on ]
the Foreign Relations Committee
and Chairman Hale of the Naval.
Committee, led the questioning at ’
the seperate sessions of the two
committees.
Arthur Sheridan of Seattle, has
succeeded Leo Fitzpatrick as Chief
Engineer of the S. S. Starr.
John O. Sargent arrived on the *
Starr bound for his former place of
residence, Kodiak. He comes from i
Seattle.
PHONE FOR THE WAGON
This is cleanup week in Seward -
and from the looks of some of
yards, alleys and streets, it sure!
looks like it needs something like
that to get going. Everybody is
requested to gather up their de
bris, pile it in the alley way, then
emit a husky yell, “Come and get
it.” and the city dump truck will
respond quicker than a cat can j
blink its eyes.
Anna and Hilda Johnson were j
among those arriving on the S. S. j
Starr from Seattle. They are bound j
for Nushagak.
QUEEN RECEIVES ENVOY
LONDON, May 15, (/P)— Queen
Mary received the Soviet Ambassa
dor and Madame Sokolnikoff at
Buckingham palace. When Am
bassador Sokolnikoff first came to
London he was received by the
Prince of Wales as King George
had been ill and was not receiving
foreign envoys.
RIO JANEIRO. May 15, bP>—
Three intrepid fliers who conquer
ed the distance storms over the
south Atlantic were eagerly await
ed by the people of Rio Janeiro who
declared a holiday in their honor.
Jean Mermoz and his two com
panions who in 20 hours and 16
minutes, flew the Paris mail from
San Luis Senagal Africa to Natal
Brazil, and were planning to con
tinue on as soon as possible. Mer
moz, however, was suffering from
eye strain and at last reports plan
ned to remain at Natal for a rest
DAMAGE PLANE
BANGKOK, Siam, May 15 f>P»—
The Australian fliers Smith and
Shirer damaged their plane badly
in landing at Bangkok and may
have to abandon their flight from i
Australia to England. They left ■
Sommeland April 21. :
WHAT’S THIS. WATSON?
The waterfront reporter brought j
in a strange tale today picked
up during the midnight watch. He j
was informed that one of Seward’s .
most prominent and popular of ,
young business men. was shang- <
haid and is now on the bounding (
main. This will have to be looked 1
into. Congress will have to ap
point another investigating com
mittee; or something!
Jimmy Harris, fireman No. 2. on *
the steamer Starr, is resigning 1
when arriving at Unalaska on the *
next trip. Jim is going fishing
this summer and this winter he is
?oing trapping.
Mrs. George Wunderlich and ’
Bernice, wife and daughter of J
the popular purser of the S. S. 1
Starr, returned home last night ,
on the S. S. Starr following a '
brief vacation at Seattle, their
former home.
Mike Constantine, Chignik trap- t
per, arrived in port on the Starr c
last evening. c
REGISTRATION REQUIRED AT
MC KINLEY PARK, SUG
GESTED IN NEW BILL
WASHINGTON. May 15, (/Pi
Under a bill sponsored by the
National Park Service and passed
by the Senate for uniform ad
ministration in National Parks,
the Secretary of the Interior
is authorized to make regulations
governing mining locations al
ready made or hereafter made,
in Mount McKinley Park.
The ruling requires registration
of all prospectors and miners who
enter the park and takes the
place of the more rigid provision
suggested by Secretary Wilbur
which would have prohibited fu
ture locations on the Eastern
side.
LOS ANGELES. May 15, (JP)—In
four superior courts the tangled
phases of the three-vear-old Jul
ian stock swindle were sorted out
for legal action.
Superior Judge Walton J. Wood
denied a motion for separate trial
of Jacob Friedlander, former State
Corp. commissioner and Charles
Crawford, broker, on charges of
giving and accepting bribes to is
sue stock permits by which spuri
ous Julian securities were market
ed.
Demurrers to the joint indict
ments also were over-ruled. Both
men have plead not guilty and
their joint trial has been set for
August 30.
WASHINGTON, May 15, (/P)—
Secretary Wilbur made public a
etter to Governor Fhillips of Ari
zona in which he declared that
illegations of the Colorado river
commission of Arizona had moved
,oo fast in alloting Boulder Dam
lower contracts were unwarranted.
The complaint of haste cannot
)e meant seriously. The secretary
;aid the work was at a standstill
intil the power contracts were
;igned and that no appropriations
:ould be made until these con
racts were signed.
Charles Macpherson. brother to
^ev. W. R. Macpherson of Anchor
tge, arrived on the steamer Starr
rom Portland. Charlie was up in
Seward last year.
Mrs. Knutsen and two sons and
laughter, arrived on the S. S.
Starr enroute to Kupreanoff Har
x>r. Mrs. Knutsen and family
lave been Outside all winter. Alice,
;he daughter, recently underwent
m operation and is much im
iroved.
John Andrey made his first trip
o the states on the recent voyage
if the steamer Starr. John is one
>f the firemen.