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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 83.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENT;
iff MSM WITH
299 PEOPLE ABOARD
SEATTLE, April 12, (iP)-The S.
S. Northwestern of the A. 8. S. Co.,
mailed at 9 a. m. and carried 203
passengers; 42 for Seward as iol- j
lows: I
H. Cora Mifchlide, Edith Mitch- j
lide. Percy Savage, H. Staruman, i
A, Street. J. Bartlett. Miss Grace!
Hanley, P. W. Gallagher, H. P. Gal
lagher, Mr. and Mrs. Don Herchey,
A. E. Oliver, L. N. Lowell, Bartley
Howard, Geo. Waltz, J. C. Adams,
A. J. McCoy, Miss Agnes Scott, E.
B. Bartlett, Chas. Deitrich, Ruth
Long, Mrs. Orma Long, Frank
Erickson, Elwood Kinkle, Miss A.
Robinson, Mr. aud Mrs. A. G. Nor
dale, Mrs. G. Loughlin. Mrs. F. Fer
ris, Mrs. M. Titus, Mrs. John Smith, '
O. Fanning, A. Hanson, Fred John- >
son, J. 8. Johnson, Otto Johnson, T.
D. Hade, G. W. Meek, Wm. Hart
nett, Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Johnson,
Ben Nolan and 11 third class.
POSTOFFICE MCttl
1ED III THF. SEHRTE
WASHINGTON, April 11. (>P)—A
m v racket, renting postoffices to
The government costing the nation j
millions annually was aired in the I
Senate.
Senator Blaine of Wisconsin
charged that fraud, misrepresenta
ion and corruption reeked in the
government contracts for post
office rentals ammounting to $18,
000.000 a year.
Senator Nye of N. Dakota, said
the government pays an annual
rental of $i20,000 on the St. Paul
postoffice building which has been
assessed at $317,000.
HTOEB RESIBENT IS
INJURED, COLLISION
TUSCON, Ariz., April 12. (&)—W.
J. Miller of Hyder wras slightly in
i lured in an automobile collision
near here las: night; Mrs. R. F.
Jennings, 24, of Vancouver, Wash.,
was killed; and her husband and
daughter Aliens, age three, injur
1 ed.
The Jennings’ car was enroute to
El Paso and collided with one
driven by Jesus Ollivarria who is
neld in jail pending investigation.
Mrs. Miller was uninjured.
WICKERSHAM HERE
Judge James Wickersham, repub
lican candidate for Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, returned to
day from a two-week’s visit at Fair
banks end. Anchorage. Owing to
steamer connections, the show and
dance tonight, Judge Wickersham
did not feel as though he should
make a public address at this time;
however, he is spending the day
meeting friends and in Monday’s
issue of The Gateway, will make a
statement to the public-at-large.
WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11. </P)
Utihzing the airplane, Mayor
James Rolph, Jr., is laying plans
for a whirlwind campaign over
the entire state if he decides to
become a candidate, for governor,
he revealed. Rolph already lias
announced that he will make an
announcement in regard to his
long discussed candidacy within
the next few days.
F IVOR MODIFICATION
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11. (JP)—
This city in sentiment is wet- By
practically seven to one citizens
here favor modification or repeal
of the prohibition laws. A large
majority want absolutely repeal.
About one-third prefer modifi
cation. Such are the results of
the poll now being taken by the
Literary Digest.
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5'AYORA81-E REPOKT
WASHINGTON, April 12, (Ab—
The Senate Lands Committee or
dered a favorable report on the
Senate bill to namn Copper Moun
tain, Mount Eielson.
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ECONOMICS REflCHEO;
EXCHANGE SUSPENDED
TOKYO. April 12. (A5)—Japan’s
economic difficulties reached a
critical stage with suspension of
trading on the Tokyo Stock Ex
change.
A bear ridden market opened
well below yesterday’s closing re
sulting in confusion which caused
the directors to announce one hour
suspension which was later extend
ed when the exchange attempted
to open again and a selling stam
pede threatened.
Cabinet members said the market
condition is due to market manip
ulation by political opponents. The
economic crisis is the result of a
long period of decline in trade and
industry which was recently ac
centuated due to several adverse
elements in the export market.
BASEBALL I
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portlalnd 5; Los Angeles G.
Missions 10; Sacramento 3.
Seattle 9; San Francisco 7.
Hollywood 8; Oakland 9, 11 in
nings.
bold Seas fIeo
UPON BY POLICE
BANGALORE, India, April 11. (JP)
—Police fired on workmen in the
Mysore gold mines who got out of
hand during a strike and threw
stones at officials. There were 50
casualties.
A squadron of the Mysore Lanc
ers as well as police reinforcements
have been rushed to the mines
where G,000 workmen have gone
cut causing a complete stoppage of
work.
YUKON TONNAGE
The tonnage on the S. S. Yukon
includes 25 tons for Seward, 300
tons for railroad points and 165
tons for distribution to the West
ward for distribution. The cargo
consisted of two carloads of lumber;
two carloads of cement; f- ur autos,
two for Anchorage and two for
Fairbanks; one truck for Gird
wood; a carload of mining machin
ery, and general merchandise.
Ray Larson, Anchorage lumber
baron, was a business visitor in the
Icity over-night.
S Dr. Dawson, mining man of the
Girdwood district returned today
enroute to his property to begin
preparations for the coming sea
son.
! INCREASE HEIGHT 25 FEET
| DENVER, Colorado, April 11. (/P)
| -A proposal to increase the height
| of Boulde Dam 25 feet will be
! considered here by R. J. Walter,
'of Denver, chief engineer of the
project and general chairman of
the Eoulder Dam commission.
ANGLERS, TAKE NOTICE!
DETROIT, April 11. (/P)-A Mich
igan fish hatchery has 26,000,000
eggs and fry, including 3,350 brook
t:cut, ready for distribution this
spring.
ALIEN SMUGGLING PLOT
MEXICALLI, Lower California,
Apr. 11. (/P)—Accused of an alien
smuggling plot, Loren Mendel!, who
once shared the world record for an
airplane endurance flight, was ar
rested in a Mexican village near
here and his luxurious cabin bi
plane confiscated. As he landed,
Mexican customs officers and U. S.
Border Patrolmen made the arrest.
TERFTr. ALASKA
/ 63 YEARS OLD
AND \S STILL
TREATED LIKE
A CHILD BY
UNCLE vSAMUEL
□Hi
GIVE THE
A HAND
FROM MFD GUARDS
SYDNEY, Australia, April 12, {<¥)
—Two bandits boarded the Mudgee
mail train at Emuplains station and
threatened with revolvers the con
ductor and armed men who were
guarding a consignment of bullion,
and leaped from the train on a
steep grade with the bullion b^x
'containing $5,000 in cash and $13,
000 in checks. ■*
The train reached Glenbrook 15
1 minutes later and a general alarm
| was sent out and by midnight all
j roads were guarded by police.
j The police found tracks of an au
tomobile in a bush near the scene
of the holdup and later two swag
jmen were arrested on vagrancy
charges. The whole country is
being searched but no clues discov
ered.
FIDE FIGHTERS THE
: DP MATTER OF SIMS
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| Responding to the recent request
of the Chamber of Commerce that
the Volunteer Fire Department
jsuggest improvements in fire
!alarms, the firemen's committee,
'shellhorn, Valade and Broad well,
! tuned in their findings at last
j night's regular monthly meeting of
jthe organization.
i Their report involves division of
jthe city into four fire zones in
■which the number of signal blast?
:from the siren would notify what
(zone the fire was in. Still another
j arrangement of blasts would call
jon firemen to the hose house in the
; event of a call from an outlying
district.
j Leo Douglas was admitted last
might as a member of the popuiai
■ and efficient organization and will
probably ride the “goat” at the
jnext session.
F. G. Kitzler, postal inspector
j arrived today from the south.
; Mrs. Alfred Rosness will be
among hose leaving on ho S. S.
j Yukon for Seattle.
Ingwald Jacobson, formerly em
ployed by the Seward Light & Pow
er Plant will leave on the S. S. Yu
ikon for Seattle the first leg of his
|journey to Norway.
Win. Shcdde, business man of
Anchorage, was among the arrivals
itoday from the South.
Mr. Zimmerman, mining man of
jPedro Greek, came in from Seattle
today enroute to his ground.
Mr. Mathison and H. Steen,
dredgemen of Flat, arrived today
from the states on their way to
Fairbanks.
RUMOR PERSISTS
! SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, UP)—
Rumors that Eastern interests plan
to erect a $38,000,000 steel plant in
Richmond, Contra Costa county,
within the near future persisted.
Acording to unconfirmed reports,
Cyrus E. Eaton, Cleveland million
aire banker and leading figure in
the steel industry is backing the
project.
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 11, —
Threatened by a negro who had
entered her bedroom thru a win
dow, Mrs. Gladys Kotaris, 33, slip
ped a revolver from under her pil
low and shot and killed Phil Tay
lor, 25, former negro janitor in the
restaurant operated by her hus
band.
Mrs. Kotaris told the police she
was awakened by Taylor’s remark,
“I’ll get you now.”
Fritz Boyle, Fairbanks baker, who
has been outside for a number of
months, returned today accompan
ied by ills bride.
Mrs. Fred Parson, wife of the
hotel man at Anchorage, and two
children, were among today’s ar
rivals from the States.
The Admiral Evans, of the P. S.
S. Co., is due to arrive in uort from
the Westward at 10 o’clock tonight,
and will leave for the south at
midnight.
WINS CREW RACES
j SEATTLE, April 12, The
University of Washington won all
three crew races from the Univer
sity of California the Varsity win
ning in the last few minutes by hall
a length; Junior by nine and one
quarter lengths and the Freshmen
by four and one-half lengths.
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J Till Rich, Alaska representative
of the Black Bear Co., arrived in
town today.
I Axel Johnson, mining man of the
Interior, passed thru the city today
from the south.
Aviators Elliott and Robins pass
ed thru Seward today on their way
to Fairbanks to join the Alaska
Airways. Elliott is from Seattle and
Robbins from San Diego.
Pilot Frank Dorbandt. accompan
ied by Mrs. Dorbandt. were arrivals
last night from the interior enroutc
to the states for a vacation.
W. H. Barnhill, well known avia
tor, accompanied by Mrs. Barnhill
and child, were arrivals on the
steamer Yukon today enroute to
the interior.
Charles Swanson; Fairbanks
business man, returned on the S.
S. Yukon trom a trip to the states.
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OHO TOWN SCENE
OF 0iK ROBBERY;
ONE DEAD; 2 INJURED
i
PIQUE, O., April 12. (JF)—Seven
bank robbers, carrying machine
guns and repeating rifles, killed one
man and wounded two others in a
running gun battle thru the city
streets after they had robbed the
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co.
of about $10,000.
Henry Mathews, 40, proprietor of
a delicatessen store, was wounded
fatally; Ray Alexander, manager
of a loan company, was shot thru
the hip and wounded seriously; an
unidentified man was shot thru
the leg.
ENROUTE TO ITALY
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Tropio and
child, and Mr. Tony Polo, residents
of Anchorage, who have been con
ducting a restaurant and room
ing house there for some time,
-arrived in Seward last night on
their way to visit relatives in
Italy. This is their first trip out
of the Territory for several years.
!
•j Dr. Haverstock of Anchorage met
with local business men last even
ing to discuss the probability of es
tablishing a hospital in Seward and
it is stated that within 10 days def
inite announcement will be made.
Tire meeting took place in Col. Otto
F. Olilson’s business car.
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TOKIO, April 12, yp)—The Brit
ish steamer City of Peking, struck
rocks 15 miles northeast of Port
Hamilton Island, South Korea,
j Passengers and members of the
;crew, numbering 81, were rescued
|by a passing trawler and were
! landed on a small island off the
!Korean coast. It is believed the
’vessel is a total loss.
PRINCESS VISITS SON
, HAMBURG, Germany, April 11,
|(/P)—The former Crown Princess
Cecile, accompanied by her young
lest 18-year-old Frederick, sailed
! for Buenos Aires to visit her second
son Louis Ferdinand. She intends
to return to Germany in time to
i celebrate her silver wedding anni
iversary June 6th.
PAYS RESPECTS
WELLINGTON. N. Z.. April 11, i/P)
—Admiral Richard E. Byrd arrived
at Wellington to pay his respects to
(government officials and to thank
them for the courtesies extended by
New Zealand during the progress of
his Antarctic expedition. He was
met by the American Consul Gen
eral W. L. Lowrie and Mrs. Lowrie
land a group of friends and Boy
.Scouts.
OF THE OPTIMISTIC
SEATTLE, April 12, (/?)—The Var
sity crew at Seattle after leading
from one-half to three-quarters of
a length of the race with he U. of
Calif., the 22nd annual crew re
getta, won out over the fighting
California team which gave way in
the last minute to the masterful
drive by the Washington eight.
The Junior Varsity, found perfect
coordination in hte first quarter
mile while the Californians appear
ed unable to set a smooth pace
Washingtin rowed away from their
rivals from the start of the race
The Californians gralibed a slight
lead in the Freshmen race but did
not last long.
Washington surprised even its
most optimistic barkers as the race
was conceeded to be a close one.
California lost a full length on the
halfway mark when the number
three man caught a slight era
HARBOR APPROPRIATIONS
WASHINGTON, April 12, (.P)—
The House, Rivers and Harbors
Committee approved appropria
tions including Ketchikan harbor,
$272,000 and Port Al°xander, $17,
000.
CHAIRMAN STATE TAK
JASKSON. Miss., April 12, (/P)—
The House of Representatives voted
to impeach Lester Franklin, chair
man of the State Tax Commission,
when the House adopted No. 1614,
articles.
The impeachment is the out
growth of an invsetigation into the
$10,000,000 anti-trust suit the State
once contemplated against Warren
Brothers, Boston paving firm, but
which never prosecuted.
Franklin is accused of restraining
the Attorney General from filing
suit.
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i WASHINGTON, April 12, (/Pi—
An appropriation of $800 for a flood
control survey of Salmon river to
determine the advisability of con
structing an $80,00C levee and flood
way clearance to protect the town
of Hyder, was recommended in the
Army Engineers report submitted
to the House by Acting Secretary
of War Davidson.
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! STOP GAMBLING, RACING
I SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, (A»)—
|Ministers of the San Francisco Bay
•region clergy demanded that the
racing and gambling at Tanforan
race track be stopped. They called
upon District Attorney Franklin
Swart of San Mateo county and At
torney General U. S. Webb to take
action.
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“HEH! HEH! HEH!”
LONDON, April 11. (JP)—The
“Express” says that Fhill Scott,
jthe heavyweight fighter, is about
to open a beauty parlor at Thor
ton Heath, a close suburb of Lon
don, where he lives. Thus, says
/the Express, “Phil will make a be
ginning toward the fulfillment of
his two chief ambitions; beauti
fying of women and keeping men
young.”
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FIVE-POWER GOAL
LONDON, April 11. (/Pi—An
agreement between Great Britain
and France upon the questions
i of national security in Europe, as
(indicated by Foreign Minister Bri
and after his conference with
Prime Minister MacDonald, wrill
permit the London Naval confer
ence negotiations to continue with
a five power disarmament treaty
as the goal.