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VOLUME XV.
NUMBER 79.
SEWARD, Al.AbKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ATTEMPT TO MURDER
CBS OFFICE SEEKER
FRUSTRATED BJ POLICE
CHICAGO, April 8, (fP)—An elec
tion day attempt attempt to kid
lap Alderman Govier, candidate
‘or Democratic committeeman
from the Seventh Ward, was
frustrated by the police and three
nen arrested.
Govier signed the complaints
harging them with assault with
intent to kill. Seven men, car
rying pistols, attempted to take
Govier from his automobile which
had been crowded to the curb by
■he other machines.
Govicr’s nephew knocked down
me of the attackers but the oth
ers surrounded Govier when a
cruising detective squad car ar
rived. The seven fled but three
.vere arrested shortly afterward.
JERSEY CITY, April 8, (/P) -
The possibilities of television are
oeing demonstrated here this week
and actual broadcasts of sight and
sound will be included in the first
of six programs in which the
heads and shoulders of entertain
ers and speakers will be seen in
special receivers.
, The first program took place
last night and the participants
appeared before the microphone.
This is described as the American
introductory of the television the
ater.
The “Alaskan” will be the name
of the transcontinental train op
erating between Chicago and the
Pacific northwest.
E. E. Nelson, passenger traffic
manager of the Northern Pacific.
Announced recently that the name,
the “Alaskan” will be given trans
continental trains Nos. 3 and 4
which run between Seattle and
^Chicago. Heretofore, these trains
have been called the “Comet,”
which name will hereafter be used
exclusively for the Yellowstone
National Park train, which is op
erated by the Northern Pacific
between Chicago and Yellowstone
Park during the park season.
With the increase of nation
wide interest in Alaska, its rec
reational and industrial possibil
ities. the “Alaskan” has been
chosen as an appropriate name
for the train operating between
the middlewest and the Pacific,
where steamers are boarded for
the Alaskan cruise, according to
Mr. Nelson. Travel by vacation
ists to the scenic areas of Alaska
year has shown increases,
and with the enlargement of the
steamship accommodations this
year, the Northern Pacific, by
naming one of its transcontinent
al passenger trains the “Alas
kan,” gives recognition to this cur
rent travel trend, Mr. Nelson said.
THO-IMT Til
LIMIT SET fl TIL
T OS ANGELES, April 8. (/P)—
Two judges having set a two-day
time limit on the trial of S. C.
Lewis, oil company promoter,
charged with bribing a juror, the
District Attorney’s office was pre
paring its case.
Lewis was ordered to trial on
the charge Friday morning. But
the trial must be completed by
next Tuesday for then Lewis is
under a Federal court order to be
taken to McNeil Island prison to
serve 10 years for using the mails
to defraud.
COItDOVA BOND ISSUE
WASHINGTON, April 8, (#)—
The House measure to authorize
Cordova to issue $50,000 in bonds
i for the purpose of construction
! of a sewer system, was passed
by the Senate and sent to the
President.
I
MONTE CARLO, Monaco., April
8. (/P>—Order was brought out of
the chaos in the little princi
pality of Monaco, when the party
of Mayor Eugene Marquet, fav
orable to maintenance of the
P”esent dynasty, carried the na
tional and municipal elections by
an overwhelming majority.
The word “overwhelming” might
be misleading since voters were
apparently heavily outnumbered
bv police, soldiers and various of
ficials imported from France for
the occasion.
Mayor Marquet is expected to
prevail upon the Prince of Mon
aco to abandon the idea of ab
dicating and thus with one swift
blow decide who should succeed.
KANSAS CITY. April 8.. (/P)—
A speeding ambulance struck the
side of an auto at an intersection
and swerved into the safety zone
| where a crowd, homeward-bound
| from a baseball game, were in
; jured.
Twenty-eight persons, three of
| whom were women, were struck
[but none critically. Most suffered
; fractured limbs and lacerations
; on their bodies. They were re
moved to hospitals by a fleet of
I ambulances. The driver of the
•ambulance which struck the auto
• was B. R Potter.
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DIFFICULT LANDING
FREDERICKSHAFEN, Ger., Apr.
: 8, (/P)— It took 400 men to land
: German dirigible Graf Zeppelin
on it’s return from a trial flight.
It was the most difficult landing
in the experience of the Zeppe
lin crew owing to the strong
winds.
I
THANKS MANY FRIENDS
Mrs. Cooper desires again to ex
press her sincere thanks to the
Eastern Stars, the Rebekahs and
j the many others who devoted so
i many acts of kindnesses toward
[ her during her present Illness.
• Thanks are also tendered Mr. Du
! breuil for the use of one of his
! hosnital beds. Dr. H. W. Hyatt,
1 attending physician, states the
; case is progressing satisfactorily,
i Mrs. Cooper says she is holding
5 her own.
Chas. Harper, prominent among
the mining fraternity of Alaska,
was among the local arrivals last
evening from Anchorage. Mr. Har
per leaves Saturday for Hope to
prepare for the coming season.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services will be held tonight at
; 7:30 o'clock. Subject: “Human re
| search an essential element in
| religion.” There will also be an
opportunity for any wishing to
| be baptized, or who have babies
| not yet baptized, to fulfill this
I command of Christ.
All are cordially invited to at
tend this service.
Rev. W. R. Macpherson
CONTRACTORS INDICTED
OAKLAND, April 8. (ff)—Eight
i leading paving contractors in
Oakland were indicted by the Al
ameda County Grand jury on
I charge of using employees as
i straw bondsmen in paving con
; tracts with the city and private
j property owners. Specifically the
i indictments charge subordination
* of perjury.
PRESENT COUNCIL IS
NEB END OF
ACTIVE m YEAR
As usual, last night’s regular
business meeting of the City
Coimcil was brief and to the
(point though a fair number of
j civic matters came up for action
[and discussion.
! Fol1 owing the reading of the
I minutes of the last two meetings,
the quarterly report of the school
bo~ rd was read and accepted.
The annual report of City At
| torney L. V. Ray was read. In the
report Attorney Ray stated the
usual routine as well as numer
ous others legal items had been
token care of, giving in detail the
present status of the cemetery
! site.
Claims totalling $1,561.67 were
presented; it was moved that they
be al’owed and warrants drawn
j for some. Upon roll call it was so
; ordered.
The treasurer’s report showed
! there still reposed in the city's
coffers a fair balance; $5,157.
The bond of Jennie Paulson as
1 school tax collector was accepted
bv the council.
men xonowea a discussion on
| the subject of the number of dogs
[which have been found dead re
i cently. It was the concensus of
opinion that inasmuch as Cordo
va. Kodiak and Seldovia report
| a similar situation, it was believ
j ed that contrary to the thought
a dog poisoner was at work, that
the deaths were due to the ani
mals eating decomposed fish, and
other foods which the vanishing
snow and cold weather, has re
vea'ed. It was pointed out that
| each spring for some years past
[.this situation has occurred.
Leon Urbach, president of the
[chamber of commerce, was present
i at the session as a visitor and
! asked the council's indulgence for
a few moments while he orated
on the subject “Shall Seward put
into effect the daylight saving
[plan during four months of this
•summer, or shall it continue as
I is?” Council replied in the nega
tive., affirming, however, one
hour might be considered pro
| viding Mr. Urbach could change
I the railroad and steamship time.
Mayer McMullen, following sum
ming up of other matters, an
nounced motion for adjournment
was in order and setting date for
the next and final meeting of
this council for Thursday evening,
April 10. at 8 o'clock. The new
councilmen, elected at last week’s
municipal election, will, on that
i date, take their seats and the
joresent council, sine die.
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WEATHER STATISTICS
i For the purpose of informing
' friends at Pasadena that they
j are not freezing in Alaska, Rev.
jE. E. Reisner, pastor of the Com
imunity church, keeps an accurate
j report of Seward temperatures
i and weather conditions. They are
! very interesting:
i The average temperature in
| Seward for the month of January
was 287/s; for February 18*4; for
, M^rch 28.
1 The coldest day in January
w?s 4 above; in February 1 be
| low; in March 8 above.
In January there were eight
: days of strong wind; in February
; 21, and in March 12.
The sun shown 29 days in Jan
' uary, 24 in February and 26 in
i March.
FUNERAL THURSDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. M. E.
Holben, esteemed Seward matron
whose recent death shocked the
: entire community, will be held
| at the Community church on
i Thursday at 2 p. m., with Rev. E.
; E. Reisiier officiating. Mr. Kuh
; ler will be the vocalist. Interment
; will be made in the Seward Cem
j etery.
j Engineer Storey of the Arcade
; building, who has been ill for a
| few days, is up and about again.
jThey just can’t keep a good man
f down.
I
OF THE WORLD
AFIRE ST BARROW
POINT BARROW, April 8, (/P)—
It looked like the whole rim of
the world was afire as a shift of
the wind currents opened the
ice all along the coast and filling
the air above the cracks with
steam from the sea water which
is warmer, 30 below, than the air.
A merciless religious ban pro
hibited natives from hunting Sun
day but at midnight all the men
started out as soon as the sun,
already begimiing to light the
northern sky, slightly all night.
LAKEPORT, Calif., April 3, {&)—
Ten were injured, two seriously,
in a gasoline explosion and fire
on a Clear Lake pleasure yacht
owned by Duke Evans, head of
a tool and die company of San
Francisco.
The badly injured were Evans,
Fred Camnbell; the others, were
Mr. and f irs. William Zander and
daughter, Mr. and Mis. C. H. Ren
free and William Cassidy; the
latter was hurled into the water.
Mrs. Zander, holding a three-year
old baby, jumped into the water
though unable to swim; she was
rescued.
WASHINGTON, April 8, (JP>—
1 After hearing Attorney General
I Mitchell in secret session the
I Senate judiciary committee &gain
j deferred action on the resolution
I of Norris that the Senate investl
I gate prohibition enforcement com
mittee members.
It is reported that Mitchell
looks with disfavor upon the pro
posal, although he left the ques
tion lip to the Senate.
SCUFFLE ON BEACH
DANDIA, India, April 8, (A* —
The Indian police and a party of
followers of Gandhi, engaged, in
a scuffle on the beach while vol
unteers in civil disobediance to
the campaign collecting salt as
against and in defiance of the
government monopoly. Two nat
ionalists were reported ..as being
slightly wounded.
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It now develops that many citi
i zens are under the Impression
! that no one in Seward is mean
enough to have poisoned the
! many fine dogs lost lately, at
I tributing the deaths to the dogs
| eating certain fish or other de
! caved and poisonous food. How
' ever, there appears to be many
! theories expressed.
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Mr. and Mrs. Urie and family
j are moving into the residence
which has been occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Stevenson, on Adams
street. It is understood the lat
ter popular young couple are leav
ing next Saturday for Seattle.
The S. S. Starr departed for the
Westward yesterday afternoon at
5 o’clock.
Two freighters are enroute to
the Port of Seward from Seattle,
the Tanana and the Latouche, of
the Alaska Steamship Company,
| and the Oduna, of the some com
j pany is due to leave the Puget
| Sound city April 15 for here.
—
\ Capt. Pete Gather arrived in
j port during the night with the
M. S. Buffalo—her first trip—
from Nuka Bay, bringing in D. W.
Downey. Captain Sather will take
, back a full load of freight.
CONTRIBUTE VOLUMES
NEW YORK, April 8. (^-Amer
ican booksellers are contributing
500 volumes to the White House
Library as a permanent source
of diversion for United States
presidents and their families.
SEX OF CHICKEN
HR BE INFLUENCED
Bf THE X-RAY
WINNIPEG, April 8. (IP)—A se
ries of X-ray experiments upon
hen’s eggs appears to have es
tablished definitely that the sex
of the chicken produced can be
influenced by the use of his sci
entific device, according to an
announcement made by Professor
R. K. Baker, head of the poultry j
department of the University of j
Saskatchewan.
X-ray treatments of several
hours affects the sex ratio of the j
chicks so that more of the chicks j
produced are females. Prof. Baker j
is developer of the world’s cham- I
pion hen which worked overtime;
to produce 385 eggs in one year, j
m
ii ?
OTHOPRI 1!! M\
SEATTLE, April 3, (A",--Com- i
menting that he did cot believe
that state authorities could ar- j
rest Uncle Sam for liquor laws
violation, Judge Neterer signed
the order authorizing withdraw
al of 10 gallons of grain alcohol
from government stores for the
public health service at Juneau.
Previously, Judge Cushman had
refused, on the ground that such
action violated Washington dry
laws.
THIRD CONVICT DIES
FOI-SOM PRISON, Calif., Apr. 8,
: (IP)—Tinkelpaugh, one of the three
convicts who attempted Sunday
to make a dash for freedom, died
of wounds.
O. W. Brehmer, mayor of King
Cove, accompanied by his dog,
Bouncer, left yesterday for home
after a few days enjoyable visit
here with old friends.
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A school board meeting will be
: held this evening beginning at
7:30 o’clock for the purpose of
cleaning up the past year’s work
preparatory to seating the new
member of the board, Wm. Ab
bot, elected last week. Retiring
Clerk Meyers and Superintend
ent Roaney will be present.
I
| Two hundred and 25 chairs have
been received from Cordova for
the Seward school.
| Mr. and Mrs, R. J. Hannon and
' children, residents of Seward for
| several months, expect to leave
| for Seattle next Saturday.
j IT II. HOTELS
VAN GILDER—B. B. Green,
j R. E. Miller, Dr. L. H. Leife, Mr.
: and Mrs. John Bailey, LI J. Bal
lmer, Frank Parrish.
OVERLAND—Martin Urson, D.
Little, P. Anderson, John Hodi
jakolf, D. W. Downey.
SEWARD—R. Anderson, W. R.
Macpherson, Jack Tansy, Mrs. J.
Nelson, Chas. Harper, C. L.
Plumbe.
PERSHING DECORATED
j NEW YORK, April 8. iff)—Gen.
! John J. Pershing, commander-in
| chief of the American Expedition
, ary Forces during the world war,
! will receive the honorary degree
! of Doctor of Military Science
[ from New York University, Chan
cellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown an
nounced. It will be the first
time New York University has
j conferred this degree.
SII1S 1550
BUREAU CHOSEN
FI THIS MB
Fifty-six Seattle men were last
week appointed on the Alaska De
partment of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce by President
Wylie Hemphill. A. V. Love, prom
inent wholesaler, was named
chairman, and Ralph Lomen, Se
attle manager for Lomen Reind
deer Corporation and former
member of the Alaska legislature
from Nome, is vice-chairman.
Others on the Department are:
Claude Arnold, Jos. E. Agnew.
H. F. Alexander, Edw. W. Allen]
Steven E. Arnett, R. Auzias de
Turenne, Hugh P. Brady, C. A.
Burkhardt, E. B. Burwell, August
Buschmann, Wm. Calvert, Edw.
Cunningham, T. A. Davies, F. Fis
cher, L. B. Garrett, Joshua Green,
M. Gutmann, J. T. Heffeman, L
C. Henry, F. H. Hollenbeck, Luther
J. Hull, C. P. Kefauver, W. Lang
ley, J. D. Lowman, Clyde L. Mor
r’s, Ira D. Orton. G. McQuire
Pierce, Volney Richmond, C. E
Roberts, Milnor Roberts, Geo. D
Schofield, Quinn Smith, H. C
Carie’ow, J. H. Wagner, J. B
Warrack, E. M. Whittle, Carl F
Wi’lrms, C. J. Rovers, A. W. Eng
st-rom, Willis R. Nebo, W. C. Van
Drrvoort, Ernest D. Clark, G. P.
Ha’ferty, C. Kirk Hillman, H. E.
I o’.:ken.
LONDON, April p>, (/p)—Com
plete agreement has ; sen reached
by Stimson, MacDonald and Wak
atsnki on all points regarding the
three-power pact except the Im
portant Japanese point regarding
the transfer of 20.000 tons from
the destroyer to the submarine
category.
This problem will be taken up
at tomorrow’s session.
GANDHI SENTENCED
SURAT, India, April 8, (/P)—
Ram Das Gandhi and his son
Mahatma Gandhi, were sentenced
to six months rigorous imprison
ment. Ther four companions re
ceived similar sentences. They
were arrested at Shimrad with,
other volunteers, last Sunday, for
breaking the salt laws.
TERM ROLLER RUDE!
COLMA, Calif., April 8. </P)—J.
Peliz, San Mateo County High
way employee, lost control of a
50-ton steam roller on a crowd
ed street in Colma. The steam
roller raced backwards through
the town for 20 blocks at an es
timated speed of 30 miles per
hour. Feliz manipulated his pond
erous machine with such expert
ness that the net damage totall
ed one smashed truck and a
woman bruised.
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! ' PRINCE AT SUDAN
SUDAN, Africa, April 8. (/P>—
The Prince of Wales is now in
Sudan. He has arrived in Juba
from the Congo and gone on
board the steamer Omdurman
which came up the Nile. The
| Prince is expected at Khartoum
| April 14, although the date de
| pends on the weather.
EMBEZZLER ARRESTED
! NEW YORK. April 8. (/P>—C. H.
I Rogers, former supervisor in the
i Equitable Trust Company, who
I disappeared in March, 1928, after
j embezzling $85,000, has been ar
rested in Boston.
CONFIRMS NOMINATION
WASHINGTON. April 8- (/P)—
The Senate confirmed the nomi
nation of Benjamin M. Day to be
Commissioner of Immigration for
the Port of New York.