SEWARD,
ALASKA
Seward
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“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
i
Gateway
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 227.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, SEPT. 28, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
sian Plane
‘land of Soviet”
Arrives Seward
FIRST ALL METAL PLANE SEEN IN SEWARD IN
THE AIR EXACTLY EIGHT HOURS FROM
DUTCH HARBOR—WEATHER PERMITTING
WILL TAKEOFF EARLY TOMORROW MORN
ING FOR SITKA—RUSSIAN AVIATORS TIRED
AFTER STRENUOUS STRUGGLE WITH THE
ELEMENTS BUT DELIGHTED WITH LOCAL
RECEPTION—PUBLIC DINNER IN THEIR
HONOR THIS EVENING—DANCE TO FOLLOW
--a -
PLANES COOPERATING THRU
SIGNALS WITH BOATS IN
SEARCH FOR MERRILL
ANCHORAGE, Sept., 28, (/Pi—A
ray of hope flared Thursday that
Russell Merrill, pilot for Alaskan
Airways, and missing since Sep
tember 16, may be alive when a
searching plane piloted by Joe
Crosson received signals from na
tives to the effect that Merrill's
plane had been seen drifting with
the tide in Cook Inlet near Toynek
an Indian village 60 miles below
Anchorage.
Mrs. Merrill made the flight with
Crosson in a Standard plane while
C A. Ben Eielson piloted a Waco
plane in which he has flown 3.000
males in three days in the Search.
Two boats were sent out from
here last night to Toynek to make
search of the bays and rivers and
are expected to return tonight. Na
tives from Toynek who came here,
said they had seen a plane drifting
f:ur miles out but no effort was
made to send a boat to the rescue.
Both planes today are co-operat
ing thru signals with The two boats
which were sent out last night.
Merrill left on a flight to the low
er Kuskokwim region with machin
ery for a dredge company.
Editor's Note: Information was
received last night to the effect
that Pilot Russell Merrill was found
ahve in his floating plane on the
Twer portion of the Kuskokwim
river. Whether or not this is true
could not be ascertained at the
time the Gateway went to press.
“BALONEY!”
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept., 27, f/P)
An open letter, read to the Wo
men’s Christain Temperance Union
asserted that too many persons are
forgetting that the cause of tem
perance has its founding in the
individual ideas of the value
cf temperance and depending upon
force to obtain obstinance.
GLIDE TO LANDING
Literally arriving in Seward
amid a blaze of color the Rus
sian plane “Land of Soviet’’ ap
peared high over the mountains
yesterday afternoon at 3:42, near
the entrance to Resurrection Bay.
darting quietly down and into
the gorgeous rainbow which had
formed hours previous, circled
the city once and in a moment
or two landed close to the buoy
off the San Juan plant.
The arrival in Seward of the
big, first all-metal plane ever
to have been seen here, from
: Dutch Harbor, was very unusual
in that the beautiful and varied
hued rainbow was nature’s own
triumphal arch of welcome. Cam
eras clicking played an accom
paniment to the staccato blasts
from the plane’s exhausts, as
the air-cruiser flashed by with
the speed of a bullet.
The fliers from overseas
were tired from exactly eight
hours battling the elements as
rain, wind and fog were en
countered continually though
not dangerously so.
Th° plane coasted about the
specially prepared bouy ovei
which the American flag stream
' ed in the snappy breeze, then
i turned shoreward and onto the
beach. A half-hour passed b\
before the first aviator came
i ashore to rig up ^mooring lines
which was accomplished with th
! aid of the hundreds of citizens
who lined the beach.
TWO FLAGS UNFURLED
One of the first acts of one ol
| the members of the crew was tc
unfold the Stars and. Stripes
and the Soviet flag which was
I the signal for cheers to ring out
; from the throng.
Three hours passed swiftly b}
before the aviators called it s
| day and had their big plane
anchored to their satisfaction
Willing hands assisted them anc
Manager Charles Jansen, of the
San Juan Fishing & Packing Co.
gave them every cooperation pos
I sible in the way of supplying
■ gear, anchores and dories.
Numerous interpreters were or
i hand to help pave the way foi
jconversation, and hearty thanks
are expressed for their helpfullness
Mayer P. C. McMullen waited
! the aviators pleasure throughout
and extended the official wel
come of the city to them. Leon
| Urbach, president of the Cham
(Continued on Page Five)
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WORST STORM IN YEARS; FEW
BUILDINGS ESCAPED INJURY
NEARING FLORIDA
NASSAU, Bahama Islands, Sept.,
28, (JP)—With 20 deaths and enor
mous property damage reported,
The severe hurricane which kept
|the Bahama Island capital isolated
ifrom outside communication for 48
hours, the colonial government of
ficials are completing the inventory
;after the wrath of the storm.
The storm passed slowly on a
‘southwesterly route in the direction
of the Florida straits. It lashed the
city at a velocity estimated to be 100
miles and hour. Winds wrecked all
khe small craft in the harbor and
broke the seawall in several places.
The disrupted communications
: left the city without power. The
i governor’s home was badly dam
aged. also churches in the city suf
fered. The streets were flooded by
the rainfall and water blown in.
Telephones were stilled.
Officials said the storm is the
| worst collectively that the section
had seen in years. Scarcely a build
ing in the city escaped injury. The
storm is reported to be hovering
near the Florida coast and winds
;are increasing in intensity in the
i region of Florida Keys and Miami.
20 YEARS TO LIFT
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„ Sept., 28,
UP)—Earl Peacox, 21, was convicted
'of murder in the second degree for
the killing of his wife on their first
wedding anniversary. By the sec
ond degree conviction the jury de
jcided that Peacox was sane and
that he killed his wife intentional
ly, though without premeditation.
He is sentenced from 20 years to
life.
LONDON, Sept., 27, (TP)-Finan
cial London was shaken by one of
the greatest sensations since the
world war when the stock exchange
committee suspended permission to
deal in seven security issues con
trolled by Clarence Hatry. These
stocks have taken a sharp drop
during the last few days and their
value has practically been wiped
out.
LINDBERGH TAKES OFF
NEW YORK, Sept., 28, (/F)—'The
Pan American Airways has been
advised by radio that Colonel
Lindbergh took-off with a party
from Maracay Venezuela for Cura
sao, Dutch West Indies at 8:20 this
morning.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Sept., 28, (/P»
—Burrowing a tunnel under the
'high wire fence which surrounded
jthem, 17 convicts from the Wynne
state prison farm for tubereulars,
escaped last night.
EIGHT IN KILLED
POTAEU, Okla., Sept., 28, (/PL
Eight men were killed last night in
an explosion at the No. 79 mine of
the Covington Coal Co. Hope was
held for six of the eight until this
morning when the rescue crew
reached the gas-filled chamber
where the bodies were found hud
dled together.
Two of the miners were killed
outright by the blast. It is believed
the explosion was from dynamite
charges at the close of work after
preparing the coal for the next
day’s mining.
YOUNG BiE IS
FOUND MURDERED
OFF LONELY ROM
NEGRO SEEN EMERGING FROM
UNDERBRUSH WITH SHOT
GUN YESTERDAY
GREENBURGH, N. Y, Sept., 28,
(TP)—The body of Mrs. Elsa Mar
shall, 24, and a bride of three mon
ths, was found in the underbrush
off a lonely road. She had been
shot to death.
She disappeared yesterday and
was found by a searching party
which included her husband.
Two negro laborers working in
the vicinity of the spot where the
body was found, said they saw an
other negro emerging from the un
Iderbursh carrying a shotgun yes
terday.
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OIL BASONS MOST
SEE FILL PRISON
TERMS. MITCHELL
WASH., D. C, Sept.. 27. (,'P)— It
I has become virtually certain that
Harry Sinclair and his associate
Henry Mason Day, who was the oil
millionaire’s accomplice in their
connections with the famous Tea
pot Dome scandals, will serve their
full terms in jail, for jury tamper
ing and contempt of the senate.
Attorney General Mitchell has
forwarded their petition for com
mutation of sentence to President
Hoover, with a strong recommen
dation attached, asking there
be no executive interference with
: the sentences. An Atty. General’s
'recommendation is rarely over
ruled.
NEW PRIVATE CLUB
LONDON, Sept., 27, (/P)-A half
imillion dollar private club to be de
voted to the theatre and allied arts
has been formed. The historic house
of Lady Evelyn Mason, in Burton
street. Mayfair, has been acquired
as a club house.
STONES AND BOTTLES
PARIS, Sept., 27. (/P)—French po
lice are to be equipped with steel
j skull caps to be worn under the
regulation kepi in riots, as protec
tion against stones and bottles. In
recent riots several policemen re
ceived fatal head wounds.
ALASKA ENDS
BIGGEST TOURIST
SEASON SINCE
NOTED VISITOR TO ALASKA
IS AUTHOR OF ENLIGHT
NING ARTICLE
EDITOR’S NOTE—The follow
I ing article was published in the
Sunday edition of the New York
Herald Tribune, Sept. 8, and is
| another gem from the pen of
Robert Frothingham of New
! York, nationally known author
j and lecturer, who needs no in
| troduction to Alaska or to the
I residents of this Territory. In
deed, since his numerous visits
here, it seems to us he is more
of an Alaskan than a New Yor
ker.
The splendid article was ac
I companied by two photographs
one of which was a recent pic
ture of Seward—by the Alaska
Shop—and the other a profile
map of Alaska set down within
the borders of the United States
1 proper giving an excellent idea
| of the area of Alaska in compar
j ison to the States.
The story follows:
(By Robert Frothingham)
After 62 years of possession of
Alaska, the people of the United
States are just awakening to an
appreciation of its scenic beauty
and majesty. That magnificent
wonderland has just closed the big
gest tourist year in its history.
Approximately 12,000 visitors were
carried this summer by the four
! steamship lines which feature it in
: their summer traffic—the Alaska
Steamship Co., and Admiral Line,
of the United States, and the Cana
dian Pacific and Canadian Nation
al Steamship lines of Canada. The
| Alaska Steamship Co., has recently
purchased an additional vessel—
| the Mexico, formerly of the Ward
!Line—a twin-screw steel ship of
6,200 tons, length 416 feet, which
indicates their anticipation of next
year’s summer travel.
(Continued on Page Two)
i S. YUKON SIS
SEATTLE. Sept.. 28. UP)—The S.
S. Yukon, of the Alaska Steamship
Co., sailed at 9 a. m. and carried 78
passengers. There are 23 passengers
for Seward including:
Walter Kaiser, Ed. Nicholson, J.
Smith, Maike A. Gaba, Mrs. W. H.
McFarland, H. Kennard, Mrs. H. L.
Courtland, Dorothy Courtland, Mrs.
F. E. Wilson, Margaret Courtland,
H. C. McKinney, Mrs. B. Moody,
Jean Moody, Mrs. McFarland, Mrs.
IN. S. Cox, Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Reis
er and two children, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Martin, Maude K. Gosner and
;Mrs. J. S. Bogart.
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PARKS NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, Sept., 28, (TP)
—Governor George A. Parks, of
Colorado, was nominated by
President Hoover for reappoint
ment as Governor of Alaska.