Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 127.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3. 1930.
DEMOCRATS VOTED SOLIDL1
AGAINST PRESIDENT’S VETO
NEW PENSION LAW
WASHINGTON, June 3, (A*)—En
acted over President Hoover’s veto
the new law for payments of pen
sions to veterans of the Spanish
American war tok its place on the
statute books when the Senate vot
ed 61 to 18 and the House 298 to 14
to pass the measure over the veto
The democrats voted solidly
against the President. A group o1
administration dependables sup
ported his position. Western inde
pendent republicans joined the
democrats.
OFFERS CORN PRIZE
RALEIGH. N. C.. June 3, (A1)—The
Atlantic coast line railroad has of
fered four cash prizes totalling
$250 for the highest corn yield on
five acres of land
A meeting of Local No. 344 Fed
eral Employes was held last night
in Odd Fellow’s hall.
mum in in Rf.CES
BURRED OS UNDER ACE
CHICAGO, June 3, (/P)—'Verlyn
Smith is just a little boy; he looks
like a little boy and that is why he
is on the ground, instead of riding
thoroughbreds to victory. Kentucky
barred Smith because he was under
age, taking a cue from Louisiana
which found he was 14 instead of
16, the lowest riding age.
Smith, a jockey with a fine seat
on a horse, possessing nerve and
judge of pace, rode more than 100
horses to victory in Illinois last
year, most of them in Chicago. He
started at Fairmount, near East St.
Louis last year.
VOLUNTEER PRISON WORK
An application for permission to
utilize volunteer prison labor on;
the city streets of Petersburg has
been approved by Attorney Gen-1
ral Mitchell, it was announced by
United States Marshal Edward
White. Petersburg is the third
town in the first division to ob
tain such permission. Douglas and >
Skagway being the other two. Only ]
work will be performed by the
prisoners which otherwise could
not be done by the City, and for
which it is without funds to pay,
Marsha lWhite pointed out.
Mrs. Lawing of Lawing’s Lodge
on Lake Kenal, was among those
arriving on last night’s train.
CIVIL ENGINEER DIES
Last rites for Harry Ingram,
oldtimer who died from a para-i(
lytic stroke, were held last week 1
from the Ross Chapel, interment
following in the Fairbanks ceme
tary. The funeral was preached by s
the Rev. John E. Youel. Mr. In
gram has resided in Fairbanks
since the winter of 1905-06. He i
was a civil engineer and as a U. ]
S. mineral surveyor he was called i
to many parts of the Interior to i
survey mining claims. 1
ON LAST LEG FLIGHT
j LAKEHURST. June 3, (P)—Th€
Graf Zeppelin took-off at 9:12 last
night, Eastern Standard Time, foi
Seville, Spain, and Friedrichshafer
which will be the end of its four
I continent flight. The huge ship
passed over New York City at 9:55
All of New York were leaning out of
windows or peering upward from
jthe streets as the illuminated bag
r floated over,
i
. PHILADELPHIA, June 3, (Pi
Rallying in the closing innings,
Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 9 to
6, the only game in either of the
Major Leagues.
I The Cardinals got away with a
four-run lead in the first inning,
but the Phillies kept after Halla
han, driving.him from the mound
in the seventh following the scor
ing of two runs in the fourth.
Bell pitched in the eight. The
Phillies nicked another two runs
from the Cardinals. Hafey homer -
ed in the first, scoring three.
OLDTIMER PASSES
JUNEAU, June 3, (P)—Henry
Pennoyer, oldtimer of Alaska and
for many years a resident of Fair
banks, died aboard the steamer
Alamda this morning enroute to
the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka.
missesIuth
BY FIVE MINUTES:
BULLETS FIREO IS BED!
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CHICAGO, June 3. (P)—An at
tempt was made on the life of Mrs.
Lottie Dechow, wealthy elderly wo
man who recently brought perjury
charges against her young hus-1
band, self-styled “Count Von Bue- '
low, alleging that he married her
under a spurious name.
The assassin fired two shots thru
her bedroom window. The bullets
pierced the coverlets of her bed.
The woman had risen five minutes
before to go to her sister’s bedroom.
While gone she heard the shots.
The 10 day search for Johnny
Meyer, Anchorage youth, ended last!,
night when a member of the Chu
gach Forest Rangers, about 10
o’clock, found the lad wandering
around in the timber a short dis
tance from Bird from where he
disappeared a week ago last Sun- !
day.
FACES DEPORTATION
Frank Krupa, who pleaded
guilty before United States Com
m 1st oner A. W. Fox to the charge
of assault on two small girls for
which he was sentenced to six
months’ imprisonment will be de
ported at the end of that time
is probable, according to Immi
gration Inspector W. G. Strench,'
who was in Juneau the fore parti
of this month after making an!
official visit to the Taku mining
district.
Jack Lean, mink rancher from .
hooper's Landing, was an arrival in <
;he city last night. <
Frank Towle from Kenai river
irrived in the city last night.
D. O. Kennedy, Anchorage busi
ness man, arrived in Seward on
ast night’s train to meet Mrs. Keri
ledy, who has been outside for
ome time and who is arriving on
he S. S. Alaska.
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0. S,
| TERRITORY COMPRISING 378,
! 000,000 ACRES AFFORDS FAC
ILITIES FOR SUSTAINING 10,
000,000 POPULATION, SAYS RE
RESENTATIVE OF AILASIU
RAILROAD.
(By Ernest Walker Sawyer)
j
I Alaska is a very great country
'if you place a map of Alaska or
«a map of continental Unitec
States the northern part of Alas
j ka will fall over into Canada;
1 the southeastern part of Alaska
will extend to Florida, and some
of the western sections of Alaska
will fall into Southern California.
Alaska extends from 130 degrees
west to 173 east longitude, cover
I ing a total of 57 degrees longi
tude. Continental United States,
from Seattle to Jacksonville, ex
tends from 123 degrees west to
81 degrees west, or a total of only
! 42 degrees longitude.
In other words these are 15 de
grees more longitude—33 per cent
more—in Alaska than continent
al United States. Longitude mea
surments, as you know, are east
; and west measurements.
Now, the north and south com
parisons are almost as amazing.
Seattle is 47 degrees north lati
tude and Jacksonville is 30 degrees
degrees north. That is a total of
north; Los Angeles is about 34
only 17 degrees in latitude from
northern continental United Sates
to Florida.
Alaska, on the other hand, ex
tends from 51 degrees north to
72 degrees north, or a total of 21
degrees of latitude—23 per cent
more latitude. This shows why
Alaska can have within its huge
boundaries a great variety of cli
mate.
In some sections of Alaska the
annual rainfall is 200 inches, while
in others it is only 10 or 12 inches
High up on Mt. McKinley it is
always cold, while in some parts
it seldom ever has a frost.
The summer temperatures at
Fairbanks are similar to those of
Chicagoff. The winter tempera
tures at Seward are like those of
Boston. The annual temperatures
of Juneau are very much like
those of Washington, D. C.; but
Juneau has more fog in summer
than Washington.
Let us return to our measure
ments again. The first Alaskan
town you come to after 45 hours
delightful boat trip from Seattle ,
is the busy fishing center of Ket
chikan. Ketchikan is 600 miles
ivest of Seattle It is also 600 miles •
north of Seattle. ‘
(Continued P&are Three) |
The Rev. Eari E. Reisner, aceom
)anied by their children were out
going passengers on the S. S. Ad
niral Watson for the south. Mr.
leisner is a delegate of the Local
’• O. O. F., and will represent them
it the Odd Fellow’s convention
irhich begins in Tacoma June 9.
»frs. Reisner will attend the annual
hurch ccnference while she is
•utside.
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MOST FISH FROM ERIE
ERIE, Pa. June 3. {/?)—Lake*
Srie was the most important area i
or commercial fisliing among the!
nland lakes during 1928 the Bur
eau of Fisheries reports. Of a total
>f 63,368,467 pounds caught in
he Great Lakes, 19,643,170 pounds
vere caught in Lake Erie.
FOR ATLIN DISTRICT
JUNEAU, June 3, (/P)—The Junk
ers all-metal monoplane with
jpropellor of the Atlantic plan*
j Bremen, arrived from Vancouve
' 'piloted by G. E. Burke. The plan
. left this afternoon for the Atli
' district, where it will be used com
mercially.
JIILITS1 LEFT
; LAST NIGHT FOR SOUT!
The outgoing passenger listin;
on the S. S. Admiral Watson whicl
left port last night for the souh
: included
For KETCHIKAN—
Mrs. F. L. Clark, Miss Verm
Clark.
For SEATTLE— ,
Dow I. Galloway, Rev. Earl E
Reisner, Mrs. Earl Reisner, Rutl
Reisrer, T. J. Lee, C. P. Warner
For JUNEAU—
J. P. Morgan, C. A. Devlin.
For PETERSBURG—
Carl Sutter.
For LATOUCHE— *
J. Maravich, L. Carrol.
The incoming listing from the
Westward on the same vessel in
cluded R. Reed, C. Hawthorne
Jacob Kalmakoff, Mrs. C. Holland
F. R. Bigford, Mrs. M. J. Wyley,
and baby, Mrs. Chris Anderson,
Miss Verna Anderson, Mrs. O.
Olsen, Fred Cape, J. B. Kuhler.
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KODIAK, June 3, (Special to the
Gateway)—Bear hunters of Kodiak
are standing on one foot and at
loss of words, now that a slight,
woman has put two bears in her
bag, one of which is a fine speci
men to go into a museum for a
state exhibit in Illinois. She is Mrs.
C. H. Barr of Springfield and with
her husband, just concluded one of
the most successful hunts ever had
on Kodiak Island.
, The party was under the gui
dance of Charles Madsen, field
manager of the Kodiak Guides As
sociation and J. W. Walker, a guide
and member of the association.
Bill Nekeferoff was cook, and while
they were out for 16 days in the
vicinity of Karluk Lake on the west
side of Kodiak Island, they sighted
31 bears of which they got seven.
They were permitted to take an
extra amount of pelts thru the
courtesy of the Secretary of the
Interior, to the State of Illinois.'
They got sonv splendid skins rang
ing from 10^2 feet down. The 9 Vz
foot pelt, brough to ground by Mrs.
Barr, is one of the finest ever sent
out of Alaska.
Five specimens will go into a
museum piece, prepared by Fries
sier, of the Field Museum, Chicago.
Th bones of the animals were tak
en as well as the alders, brush and
grass from the spot where they
were killed. The animals will be
set up in life-like pose with a back
ground and pictur of their natural
setting.
Mr. Barr is general manager of
the Eastern Automobile Undewrit
ers at Springfield, and is present
ing his collection of Kodiak bear to
his state.
Ralph Priddy, president of the I
Alaska division of Federal Employ
ees, arrived in Seward last night
from Anchorage and was present \
»t the meeting of that organization i
held last night. t
j SUPERINTENDENT BLAMED FOR
! BREAK; 18 DANGEROUS MEN
, | IN WARD, NOT CELLS
j| -
; INI A. Mich., June 3, (ZP)--Thir
;tror. insane criminals, five cf ,'hrm
slayers, armed themsel’s with
i (knives and razors and imp Asciiod
. two guards, threatened the night
I supervisor with death and escaped
ifrom the State hospital for ciiml
l;nal insane.
I Two of the fugatives were recap
tured on the highway a few miles
• from the institution,
11 Within a few hours before leav
ing th instosniBeforeleavitstatealn
ing the institution, the mnntes
j opened cells, releasing 24 prison
ers, but none of the others joined
,the break for liberty. They also
cut the telephone wires,
j Superintendent Robertson is
blamed for the break because of
|the limited facilities which made it
necessary to confine 18 men with
dangerous reputations in a ward
rather than in separate cells.
!
j Arthur -Skelhorne who last year
headed a party of seven who put in
a season of systematic prospecting
in the Stikine area for the mining
'corporation of Canada, arrived in
Wrangell recently with more pros
pectors. They left for the Stikine
1 river region and will take up the
work where it stopped at the end of
last season.
I Mr. Skelhorne and the Mining
|Corp., of Canada, which he repre
sents, were attractfd to the Stikine
thru reports made by Dr. Forrest
A. Kerr of the Canadian Geological
Survey. As a result of last season’s
prospecting one major discovery
was made. There were also other
ore discoveries which will be fol
lowed up with further prospecting
this year.
Mr. Skelhorne states that last
season evidences of mineralization
were found everywhere his party
prospcted. He is confident that Dr.
Kerr’s report on the district will be
borne out and that it is only a
matter of a short time until strikes
will open up some enormous ore
bodies in the Stikine area.
SMALL PACKAGE LIKED
WASHINGTON, June 3. (&)—
America’s candy-consuming public
has made penny portions of 5
and 10 cent bars and packages
most popular. The foodstuffs di
vision of the department of com
merce found, in a survey, that
there is a trend away from fancy
boxes.
Dnuc Little, Mayor of Cooper’s
Landing, is a business visitor in the
city. He reports that his garden
and other gardens on Lake Kenai
are in fine condition.
W. F. Mencenbach, mining man
)f Lakevlew, Alaska, arrived in the
;ity last night froipj his mining
grounds.
The Wednesday passenger train
vill be held for the Steamer Alaska
md probably will not leave Seward
lefore 10 a. m.