Seward Daily Gateway
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VOLUME XV.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENT.
SEATTLE TRIAL
“STOOL” IN DUAL ROLE, FIRST
GOVERNMENT WITNESS
CONSPIRACY TRIAL
SEATTLE, Aug., 15. (/P)—With
the opening statements of govern
ment and defense counsel com
pleted, the government prepared
to proceed with presentation of
evidence of liquor conspiracy.
Al Hubbard will be the first
and principal government witness
to be called. Hubbard, in the dual
role of rum-runner and dry agent,
is credited with making the charg
es before the grand jury which
resulted in the present indict
ments.
A. R. Hilen. Lyle’s attorney, de
clared in his opening statement
* that “While we ourselves may in
troduce some interesting charac
ters for defense, unless I am
mistaken we are ging to show you
the greatest galaxy of scoundrels
whom ever cut a throat or scut
tled a ship.”
District Attorney Savage inter
preted the conviction and im
prisonment of many liquor viola
tors a plot by government offi
cials to destroy their creditability
as witnesses should they later be
come informers against the of
ficials.
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NEW YORK. Aug. 14. (/Pi—Until
Wednesday the stock market con
tinued in a heavy wave of selling
engineered by the crop situation,
together with a number of small
items of adverse news, this has been
one of the dullest weeks experienc
ed by Wall Street in several years.
Up to this point the contrast in
the volume of trading with that
of last August was as great as be
tween the level of prices in the two
periods. The fever of speculation
that raged 12 months ago produced
an exhaustion so complete that, af
ter a year of recuperation the
market was listless and in an in
different mood
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ROUTE HILL MORIS
30MBAY, August 14. (/P)—Brit
ish military airplanes took of
fensive against the Afridi tribesmen
who are menancing the northwest
ern frontier in the vicinity of Pe
shawar.
So heavily did the bombers score
that the hill warriors withdrew
from sections in the Peshawar
t:ea including their camp on Kha
officials believed
the city which is the key to Kyhber
Pass was no longer in danger.
HAWK BREAKS RECORD
CURTIS FIELD. Long Island,
Aug., 15. i/P)—Captain Frank j
Hawkees broke the transconti- j
nental west to east filght record
when he landed here from Glen
dale, Calif. He beat Lindbergh’s
record by two hours and 25 min
utes.
POST. LEE HOB
Ml ILLS WALLA
WALLA WALLA, Aug., 15, (JP)—
Robt. Lee Wilkins hanged at
Dawn in the penitentiary yard
for the murder of John W. Brooks,
Walla Walla attorney on Decem
ber 9, 1928.
The trap was sprung at 4:19 a.
m. and he was pronounced dead
three minutes later.
Two months after the killing
Wilkin’s young son confessed that
he and his father went to Brook’s
home; his father went inside and
slew the lawyer after demanding
money.
DISAPPEARANCE AND
BEAPPEARAKCE. AGES
COUPLE. A MYSTERY
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug., 15, (/P)—
Charles Kern, rich retired flour
buyer, past 70 years of age, and
Mrs. Kern, for whom a wide search
was conducted after their strange
disappearance in Ohio with a $70,
000 bank treasurer’s check which
Kern had drawn frm the bank
here, were back home today but
have no explanation to give.
Kern said that they had gone
to a point in Ohio to visit rela
tives but would not make no fur
ther disclosures. He did deny they
had not been kidnapped.
A further inquiry by police is
anticipated.
NOT RETALIATORY
MADRID. Aug. 14. (7P>—The re
cent increases in the Spanish tariff
were essentially protective and not
retaliatory. Carlos Prast, Pres,
of the Spanish Chamber of Com
merce declared in defending the
rates.
nm FREIGHT
SITES TO BE SUSSES
WASHINGTON, Aug., 15. (^P>—
An immediate slash of railroad
freight rates on hay, feed, water
?tnd livestock in the drought
areas stand out today as the first
large scale action for relief of
the parched agricultural lands.
Government relief plans mean
while marked, time until the con
ference of governors.
President Hoover wants their
suggestions and plans before pro
ceeding with any broad relief mea
sures.
“HIDE AND SEEK” ISLAND
BATAVIA, Aug. 14. (/P)—The is
land of Anka Krakatuo, or trans
lated into English, “Child of Krak
atuo,” which had a height of 17C
feet disapeared beneath the sur
face of the sea during intense act
ivity of near by Krkatuo which is
throwing out mountains of fire.
TRESTLE DYNAMITED
PROVIDENCE, Ky, Aug., 15, (JP)
—Coal trains were halted by the
dynamiting of an Illinois Central
railroad bridge 13 miles west of
here. The blast, one of a series
in connection with labor troubles
in the mine, damaged the end
of the trestle over a drainage
ditch.
Harry Seller, another well
known resident of Anchorage and
employee of the railroad. was
among those recently dismissed:
because of cutting the overhead.
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S STILL ACUTE
WINDJAMMER UNABLE TO COPE
WITH ICE GRINDING t>N
THE BEACH
POINT BARROW, Aug., 15. (/P>—
The ice is grinding on the beach
i while Point Barrow inhabitants
'await the most important ship of
the year.
All ships todate have had no
interests here so left no supplies
and the shortage of staples among
the natives is still acute.
The entire supply of stores for
the traders, missions and whites,
comes on the schooner Holmes
which is an antiquated windjam
mer and which is unable to cope
with ice.
The Holmes missed wrecking j
the last two seasons by inches and
all are wondering if the third
'year means the same or a crash. I
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York at Cincinnati, wet
grounds.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, wet
grounds.
Bostrtn 3 3. St toms 4 2 St
Louis ended the Boston streak of
winning six games by winning the
first game.
Brooklyn 1. Fhicngo 5. Malone let
up in the ninth inning and let
Brooklyn push over their only score.
He was backed by faultless sup
port. The heavy hitting of Chicago
throughout the game gave them
the big lead.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Clevel^M 15. Philadelphia 0. Fer
rel turned in his 20th victory for
th isseason. Cleveland hit 20 times.
James Morgan homered with two
on.
St. Louis 0, Boston 3.
Chicago 4. Washington 5. Wash
ington gained one game on the
leaders of the Amercian league.
Detroit 5. New York 1. Whiteall
established a new season’s winning
when he won
record for major league hurlers
when he won his tenth straight
game. Byrd made a homer.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 5, San Francisco 3.
Night games:
Los Angeles 4 ,Sacramento 1.
Missions 8. Oakland 3.
Seattle 6, Hollywood 13.
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SAN RANCISCO. Aug. 14. (/P> —!
With the announcement of Presi- 1
dent Hoover in Washington that j
the report of the Hoover-Young;
Bay bridge commission had reached I
admirable results, steps were taken
looking to the actual construction
of the Golden Gate bridge from
Rincon hill to the East Bay sec
tion by way of Yerba Guena is
land.
The president in his announce
ment hailed the report of the com
mission in finding a basis for set- j
tlement of a 10-year old dispute J
involving the army and naval and[
local authorities.
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EDMONTON, Canada, Aug., 15,
(/P)—As harvest approaches the
condition of crops throughout;
the provinces are better than at
tributed earlieer in the season
with the exception of the south
eastern part.
Central and eastern areas are
good, according to the fortnight- J
ly report issued by the depart- j
ment of agriculture. The weather i
has been fair and warm as a
rule.
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ROCKEFELLER. MONEY ;
Mil 8E1IND THE i
LEAGUE OF 1T1S!
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GENEVA. Aug., 14, (£>)—John |
D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Oil
magnate and nationalists, hasj
been the financial angle of the
League of Nations, it was reveal
ed today.
No other man in the world has
been sp generous in money gifts
to the league. Since 1922 Rocke-1
feller has given or pledged the j
league approximately $3,850,000
donations, either personally or
through the various Rockefeller
foundations and bureaus.
Rockefeller has given nearly
four-fifths of the money that the
league has received from private
American sources which total
almost $5,000,000.
TAXES SHOW GAIN
BOSTON. Aug.. 15, (/P)—Gas
taxes yielded $4,799,499 in Massa
chusetts collections during the
first half of 1930. an increase
of 10.2 per cent over the same
period in 1929.
PULP PUNT BLOWS
'JP: 10 SHE OEM
BERLIN. Aug., 14, (/P)—Two
men are dead, a third missing
and six others severely burned
in an explosion at the Brown Co.,
refining plant here.
Three of the injured are ex
pected to die. A huge digestor in
which pulp is soaked exploded
and wrecked seven floors of the
eight story building which oc
cupies a half-acre. The company
manufactures alpha pulp used in
the making of rayon.
FRISCO STOCKS
Bank of Amer. 85, Trans-Amer
ica 20, Caterpillar Tras. 53, Ha. j
Sugar 39, Hon. Oil 33, Rich. Oil
15, Do. Pfd. 17.
GERMANY CELEBRATES
FRTEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
Aug. 14. UP)—'While all Germany
was celebrating the 11th anniver
sary of the Republican constitu
tion, this airport’s world wander
ing Graf Zeppelin began towing
the German skies on its one hun
dreth cruise. The Graf took off with
20 passengers for Darmstadt. Her
—■'■"m was set for the following
day.
SOCIETY WEDDING
LONDON, Aug. 14. (/P)—Marsha'
Field 3rd, heir to the Chicago De
partment store magnate’s millions
will marry Mrs. Dudley Coats, Lon
don society woman, in about twr
weeks, it was announced by the
London Evening Standard.
poraumn of
WEBTWflRC SHOWS
FORTY-ONE FARMS ENUMERA
TED IN THE KODIAK IS
LAND DISTRICT
The Juneau office of the Alaska
census enumerator sends The
Gateway the following preliminary
announcement of the 15th cen
sus returns for Kodiak recording
district, Afognak, Aiaktalik, Ali
tak, Kaguyak, Kanatak, Karluk,
Kodiak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie,
and Wood Island villages:
Kodiak recording district as of
October 1, 1929, is 1,720 as com
pared to 1,465 on January 1, 1920.
Number of farms enumerated 29.
Afognak village 298 as compar
ed with 308. Farms, 4.
Aiaktalik village 30 as compar
ed to 72.
Alitak 86. Farms, 2.
Kaguyak village. J?2 as compar
ed with 52.
Kanatak 82.
Karluk village 192 as compared
with 99.
Kodiak village 440 as compared
with 374. Number f farms, 12.
Old Harbor village 84 as com
pared w'ith 54.
Ouzinkie village 168 as compar
ed with 96.
Wood Island village 116 as com
pared with 104. Farms, 1.
CHICAGO, Aug., 15, (/P>—What
has happened in American avia
tion during, the past year will be
told here at Curtiss-Wright-Rey
olds airport at the national races
Aug. 23, to Sept. 1.
The progress in gliders, achieve
refinements will pass in review
ments of motor designers, and in
an epic of stirring events, prizes
for which total more than $100.
000.
Dozen of fliers will race from
every corner of the country in
five derbies and more than 2.0®0
airplanes are expected to make
Chicago the aviation center of
the hemisphere for a week.
Civilian fliers will dominate the
races this year for the first time.
The number of civilian events far
outnumbers those in which army
and navy pilots will participate.
MON PUNS WEEK
FOR AUDIO INOUSTO!
CHICAGO, Aug., 15, UP)—'The
week of September 22 has been
set aside for national radio week.
Endorsed by the National Fed
eration of Radio associations, the
period will be observed by local
trade associations in all parts of
the country. At the same time
the seventh annual Radio World’s
fair will be under way in New
York.
Numerous features are being
arranged in many cities, includ
ing special radio programs.
IMPORTANT TESTS
SANTA MONICA, Aug., 15, (£»)—
A diver walking on the bottom of
the sea and an airplane carry
ing women pilots are to be linked
with radio in an important test
of communications.