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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 48.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
STAMPEDERS ARE
ARRIVING DAILY
AT RUBY STRIKE
NO QUESTION ABOUT ESTAB
LISHMENT OF A NEW
GOLD CAMP
RUBY. March 3. (A*)—Stampe
rs are coming by foot, plane
and dog teams daily in small
numbers.
The first Seattle stampeder,
Albin Martin, arrived on the 25th
making the record time of nine
and one-half days. Others came
mom Nome, via plane, and stated
six dog teams and outfits from
there are enroute and that others
were to follow. Still others are
coming from the other side, via
Cripple Creek trail.
A conservative estimate is that
There are now 60 men on Beaver
creek and vicinity now and if
The adjacent creeks turn out well,
'here is no question but what a
good sized town will beestablish
ed in this area.
Another hole should reach bed
rock on Beaver today. Mary arc
prospecting and boilers are being
installed: some are now working
in Beaver and other creeks.
About two weeks should tell
definitely what the pay is. The
weather turned warmer three
lays ago after 24 days oi 40 to
e,0 degrees below. All men are now
working
, Southbound List Of
Passengers On The
Steamer Yukon
The southbound list of reserv
ations on the S. S. Yukon, out
if Seward Sunday, included:
Tor Seattle:—
Chas. Kusista, Benj. Lauren. J
A. Stewart, Mrs. Sol Silverman.
,’aiol Sapp, Mrs. J. R- Sapp.
Clara Dickenson. W. C. Wallsted.
Lois McGarvey. Bartle.* Howard
Mrs. Sharpless, George Peters.
Mrs C. McDonald, R. M- Wooden.
?, r I Lou, lie - Frank We1 Is, J.
H. Wit ox. To- Pr del In. Ton Sam-;,
•lenrv Morris. Mrs. C Oi.cil, Ed
: Mi'l r , ri- \ o Light. Mrs. R
; rht. Robert Light. R. Berry.
' r Ju; aw— C. Swaitman. John
Dc . Id. C E. Robinson.
Far Cordova:—B J. Bi lgle.
► France’s Gold Last
Year Up $35,000,098
NEW YORK, Mar., 3, (/P)-Bank
ing statistics on gold indicate that
France’s holding of the metal in
creased during 1929 at the average
ate of $35,000,000 monthly.
The world’s entire supply of gold
■s estimated to have increased $25,
000,000 monthly in the same per
iod.
CANADIAN AIRMAN
Captain Gifford Swartman, Ca
nadian airman, left for Seattle
yesterday aboard the S. S. Yu
♦ Kon. Captain Swartman stated
ae likes Alaska and that he hopes
r, return some day. Captain Reed
nd possibly the mechanics are
■:pected next Fridany enroute
•o Canada, their mission in tlm
,',orth. searching for Eielson and
Borland, being completed
The American Legion dance Sat
urday night was a dandy, say
hose who attended and these
were many, about 80 in all. The
a jsic by Campbell's Orchestra
vvus exceptionally excellent.
The Geodetic Survey vessel
Surveyor will carry on its sea
son’s work this year from Kodiak,
it is reported, but the auxliary
vessels Hilianthus and Wild Cat,
are to make the Port of Seward
their headquarters.
Anchorage H.
S. vs Seward H.
S. Tonight
CANDIDATE KILLED
| SEATTLE, March, 3, (ff)-—Geo.
! W. Worley, contractor and candi
! date for the City Council, died
' from injuries received in ar auto
mobile accident. He was one of
the six nominated last Tuesday.
Prince Of Wales
III With Malaria
NAIROBI, Africa, Mar. 3, (/P)—
A bulletin on the condition of the
1 Prince of Wales, who is ill with
I malaria, was issued: “The condi
i tion of the Prince continues to
| improve; no complications have
occurred and complete recovery
! at an early date is expected.’
The fever developed Friday nite
j while the party was enroute from
: Kio to Voi for an elphant hunt.
A doctor was consulted at Voi end
it was decided to return to Nair
i obi immediately.
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MADMAN KILLS
\ TWO, INJURES
\ THREE, HOME
I
! DYNAMITE PLANTED REAR OF
HOME BRINGS END OF
WARFARE
j DEFIANCE. Ohio., Mar.. 3. UP)
—A miniature war of one pound
shells, tear gas bombs and dy
namite was used to besiege a
barricaded madman ended with a
j casualty list of two dead and
i three injured, two probably fat
ally.
The dead are Hubert Floehr,
60, an escaped inmate from the
Toledo State asylum: his wife,
j 55, whom he killed during a fam
ily argument preceding a lone
five-hour stand in his home
against police, county officers,
national guardsmen and volunteer
attackers.
The injured were Chief Wean
cr, Novell Littlefield, 23, a stu
dent and William Chappel. 34.
a salesman. Chappel was shot
by Flcehr as he tried to climb
through a window; Littlefield
res hit by a stray bulk and
! Wo.'.ivt as he led a storming par
' A citizen finally planted dyna
mise at the rear of the house
winch was exploded. Flcehr was
found dead.
RACETRACK RIOT
MARSELLES, France, March 3
: (jp)— a man was killed and many
arrested when race track bettors,
angry because a horse which had
won the sixth race was disqual
ified. fired the parimuteul booths,
destroyed a paddock and grand
stand bar and destroyed the
principal buildings and stables.
I
j HERE TO STAY
j “I would rather eat pork and
; beans every day in the week and
' live in Alaska than eat chicken
! and ice cream every day and
1 ’ive in the states.”
! That’s how, good old Sol Urie
, and his fine-family, thfng about
| the Outside after residing there
for the past few months.
The former popular member of
! the local heaquarters staff of
! the Signal Corps, has promised
: The Gateway a resume of their
' trip Outside; also items about
j former members of this office
i who are now Outside. With few
1 exceptions all expressed the de
sire to return. Sol has not yet
i decided what he will do but he
I -e-eral things under considera
! tion.
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The S. S. Starr, Capt. C. E. An
i derson, S. J F. & P. Co., is due tc
return to port at 7 o’clock this
evening, according to a report
received this morning.
;
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The City Women and the High
school girls will appear in the
preliminary game tonight.
HOOVER AGAIN
| IS TARGET FOR
ATTACK, SENATOR
| UNEMPLOYMENT IN BIG CITIES
DRAWS WRATH IN THE
SENATE
WASHINGTON, March 3, (A3)—
A demand for organization by
the government to meet the un
I employment problem was made
in the Senate by Senator Wagner
; of New York in an address severe
ly condemning President Hoover
and his administration policies.
At this point he called atten
tion to the recent manifestations
of unemployment in some of the
large cities and proposed that
support be given his bills to pro
vide more information and coop
eration with states maintaining
clearing houses for jobs for men
I in search of work; to provide
a long range business stabiliza
tion through proper timing of
government construction.
He accused Hoover of indeci
1 sion, vacilliation and “when a
dangerous shoal is sighted the in
trepid captain gives the gallant
command; come, let us have
breakfast together.”
May Lose Summer
fiue To Arctic !ce
WASHINGTON, Mar.. 3. </P)—
A mes-age from the world’s most
northerly radio station said that
Point Barrow inhabitants might
lose a summer unless ice condi
tions change or they will suffer
ice all year.
The message was received bv
the War department from Staff
Sergeant Stank y Morgan, in
charge of the Point Barrow sta
tion. He said the winds are
packing ice on the coast forming
bars 25 to 40 feet high. With no
south winds this may mean
keeping out ships.
Strib ‘All There’
As Air Cowpuncher
MACON, Ga.. Mar.. 3, CP)- W. A
Sfribling. the flying fighter, is “all
there” as an aerial cowboy, says
Manager “Pa”.
W. L. and "Pa” were flying from
Evansville, Ind., to Nashville and
Pilot Strib took the wrong branch
of the railroad as a guide. Came the
dark, no Nashville and no landing
field.
So Strib headed for the nearest
' pasture zoomed over field until
he had all the cows cowering in a
corner, and then landed without
bovine.
i
’ A Stinson airplane for the Nor
' fhern Air Transport Co-, arrived
on the S. S Yukon, billed through
to Fairbanks.
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TWAS A GREAT DAY
1 The grand opening Friday of
the Seward Grpil attracted many
local citizens as well as the largo
number of travelers in the city,
the staff of the popular establish
ment being taxed to its utmost.
Prominent through it all was Mel
Holben, proprietor, with his gen
ial smile beaming, and George
James, the popular manager who
returned Saturday from Seattle.
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce meets tomorrow at noon in
the Seward Grill. A fine spread
is promised.
A. L. MEET WEDNESDAY
The bi-monthly meeting of
Seward Post No. 5, American Le
gion, will be held Wednesday
evening, March 5, in the Quarter
i master’s office. As ye mess ser
geant is back on the job, coffee
and doughnuts will be served.
CONVICTS MAKE
CLEVER ESCAPE
NO BLOODSHED
FORGED PASSES AND GOT BY
NEW GUARD WITH NO.
DIFFICULTY
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Mar., 3,
(vP)—Using forged outside passes,
Thomas Holden and Francis Keat
ing, each serving sentences of 25
years for robbing a mail car on
the Grand Trunk Railroad on
September 19, 1926, escaped from
the penitentiary Saturday and are
still at large.
With a new guard stationed at
the main entrance, Holden and
Keating appeared at about 10
o'clock in the morning; in some
way they had obtained two pass
cards, the regular kind used by
trusties detailed for outside em
ployment. They also had ob
tained photographs of themselves
which had been pasted on the
cards as required.
The guard allowed them to
pass. The escape was not learned
until late in theafternoon.
Italian Skiers
Get “Sheepskins”
ROME. Mar., 3, (/P)—Diplomas
for skiing have been inaugurated in
Italy under me auspices of the Na
tional Welfare Council, a govern
mental organkation. but it takes
a mighty keen skier to get one of
th: in.
He must march four miles over
varied snowy terrain which has at
lersi 50o feet of coherence in level
l el ween the s: a1 ling j.. ini and the
midpoint rnd di t vir: t an hour.
He must ski down at high veloci
ty over varied courtly in which
there are three requima curves. He
mun be able to jump four ana one
hall feet high.
Adventurer To Follow
Francis Drahe’s Trail
MIAMI, Mar., 3, (/P)—A modern
Sir Francis Drake, in a counter
part of the sea adventurer’s rhm,
the Golden Hind, plans to sail from
Miami to retrace the Englishman's
course on a winter cruise in the
West Indies.
Lee H. Parish of Beaumont, Tex.,
is the sailor. With his father and
mother he will cruise five months
in search of rare mammals, birds
and reptiles for the Smithsonian
Institution. His ship, the Esperana,
is an auxiliary yacht.
H. V. Hoben, local business man,
in a telegram received yesterday
from Seattle, plans leaving for
California in a few days. Mr.
Hoben took his Cadillac out with
him and will drive south.
The S. S. Yukon, driven down to
Sunny Point Saturday by the
strong easterly, returned to port
1 o’clock yesterday morning and
completed discharging cargo, de
parting for the south at 5 a. m.
-—
Inadvertantly the writeup of
the Seward-Anchorage girls’ game
Saturday erred- The figure one
before the two was omitted there
by making the score 15 to 2 in
favor of Anohorage when it was
15 to 12.
Bob Merrill, of the Seward dock
force, who has been seriously ill
j for the last three weeks with a
1 cold in his lungs, is said to be
recovering nicely and his friends
expect to see him back on the
job this week.
The official notice of the mun
icipal election next month and
rmnlifications of voters, will be
found in another column of this
issue. Clip it out.
LOOT ENTWINED
CHICAGO, Mar., 3, (/P)—The '
$135,000 loot which Holden and
Keating grabbed in a robbery
and never found is believed by
Chicago police to be entwined
with their escape from prison.
Expedition Into
Valley Of Smokes
WASHINGTON, Mar., 3, (/P)—
An expedition into the Valley of
Ton Thousand Smokes, in the
Katmai volcanic region, this com
ing summer to study closer the
great earth wounds and possible
origin of ore bodies and formation
of springs similar to those in Yel
lowstone Park, was announced by
the National Geographic Society.
The party will be headed by |
Doctor Robert F. Griggs, discov-!
erer of the famous smoky valley, |
in 1916.
CAPITALIST TO
STOCK CATTLE
KODIAK TRACTS
HERDSMEN BE EQUIPPED WITH
HIGH-POWERED RIFLES
FOR BIG BEAR
KODIAK, March 3, (A5)—Two
large tracts of grazing land com
prising an area of 30 square miles
have been acquired here, it is
learned.
A capitalist plans to stock the
land with large herds of cattle
and sheep next spring and herds
men wilt be equipped with high
powerd rifles to cope with the big
bear situation.
The tracts are adjacent to the
government experiment station at
Kalsin Bay, 18 miles south of Ko
diak town.
The stock will be placed on the
new range and in addition there
will be 1,500 sheep. Four hundred
cntTe are now on the island.
The establishment of this ranch
• n expedite highway construct
ion on the island, it is felt.
pays respects
WASHINGTON, Mar., 3. (/P)—
Alifter * McDonald, son of the
British prime minister, called at the
White House to pay his respects to
President Hoover before attending
a luncheon given in his honor by
Secretary Mellon.
CLIPS RECORD
NEW YORK, Mar.,3, (£>)—Jack
Elder clipped a fifth of a second off
the 60-meter record at track here
running in seven seconds flat.
The halibut vessel Red Wing,
Capt- Adam Birkeff, arrived in
port yesterday for gear. Erling j
Urson, skipper of the Rolf, came
in on the vessel to receive medical j
treatment.
Mrs. Wevbrecht was out walk- i
ing yesterday indicating she has
practically recovered lier former
good health.
March came in like a lion so
it should go out like a lamb.
A telegram received at Juneau
announced the recent death of Dan
Jones, former prominent ^laskan.
at Los Angeles. Mr. Jones was for
many years with the Alaska Road
Commission first as superintendent
at Nome and afterwards superin
tendent at Fairbanks. He was a
brother of U. S. Marshall Charles
D. Jones of the Second Division.
Twenty-nine applications for
permits or licensees under the Fed
eral Water Act were filed with the
Fderal Pow'er Commission during
the period November 11,1929, to
January 28, 1930, making a total cf
1060 received to date, according to
the Juneau office of the U. S. For
est Service.
REFEREE TELLS
WORLD WHAT HE
THINKS, OF SCOTT
SCOTT HAS FOUGHT HIS LAST
BOUT IN THIS COUNTRY,
OFFICIAL STATES
MIAMI, March 3, (/P)—Jack
Sharkey, no matter how much
his victory over Phil Scott may
be disputed, will fight Schmelling
in the Yankee Stadium, probably
June 15, in a 15-round bout to
decide the world’s heavyweight
championship, according to F.
J. Bruen, general manager of the
Madison Square Garden Corpor
ation.
He said: “Scott has fought hia
last fight in this country as far
the Garden is concerned.” He
considered that Scott’s showing
against Sharkey as the “last
straw”
A big majority of the news
writers consider Scott was fouled
but Referee Magnolia says abso
lutely not.
Magnolia said: “Johnson, the
manager of Scott, tried to put one
over; in my opinion Scott would
have tried to claim a foul if he
had been hit on the ankle. I am
willing to bet $500 that I can take
Scott down into the nearest cellar
and make him quit.”
Sharkey’s manager has filed a
claim to the world’s championship
McLarnin Defeats
Mandell At Chicago
CHICAGO. March 3, (/P>—Jimmy
McLarnin, welterweight challen
ger. defeated Sammy Mandell.
lightweight champion, in their 10
round fight winning every round,
twice he had Mandell in distiess
but could not upset him.
It was the most convincing de
feat ever suffered by a light
weight champion. The title was
not at stake.
RADIO SALES INCREASE
jtt?w YORK. Mar., 3. (/Pi—Sales
of radio products in January shov/
ed a consider- ole improvement
over these of December and No
vember, according to a st \t nnent
by H. B. Richmond, ore icleut of R.
M. A.
babies BRING S5 each
HANKOW, Mar.. 3. CP)-Poverty
stricken Chinese mothers in Han
kov/ and neighboring cities are
selling their babies at $5 apiece to
save them from freezing to death.
ACE IN SNOW
KANSAS CITY. Mar. 3, (/Pi
Playing on a snow covered eoui'e,
R. J. Collins made a hole-in-one on
a 130-yara hole.
CALIFORNIA POPULAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar., 3. CP>
More than 750,000 automobile tour
ists visited California last year.
THACHER NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, Mar., 3, —
Thomas Day Thacher, judge of the
southern district of central New
York, was nominated by President
Hoover to succeed Charles Evans
Hughes Jr., as solicitor of the Unit
ed States.
FILES DIVORCE SUIT
OAKLAND, Mar., 3. (A*)—Sydney
Coe Howard, famous playwright,
filed suit for divorce in the Alame
da court against Mrs. Claire Eames
Howard, actress, whom he married
in 1922.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Fairbanks Presbyterian church
held annual election of officers.
Those chosen to guide tl e society
thru the next year were: Mrs. J. E.
Hopkins, president; Mrs. Einar
Tonseth, first vice-president; Mrs.
Agnes Hering, second vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Oscar Fravel, secretary;
Mrs. Edgar Clausen, treasurer.