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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 85. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
STOCKHOLDERS OF
BETHLEHEM STEEL
SEEK ACCOUNTING
SCHWAB CLAIMS TO HAVE PUT
UP PERSONAL FORTUNE,
NO BONUS
NEW YORK, April 18. (^—Rat
ification of a cash bonus system
originated for Bethlehem Steel
Corporation by Charles M. Schwab
seemed assured when the manage
men announced at stock holders
meeting that proxies representing
12 per cent of the outstanding
stock favored the plan.
Before the meeting Chancellor
John Backes filed an opinion al
lowing stockholders to vote on the
Schwab bonus system but forbid
ding record being made of offi
cial announcement of the result
given without the sanction of
courts.
Twenty-two minority stockhold
ers attacked the bonus system and
demanded an accounting of $36,
000,000 said to have been given
company executives as bonus com
pensation since 1918.
Schwab himself appealed to the
stockholders, saying he had back
ed the corporation with his whole
personal fortune and never re
ceived bonus.
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(iHIHLUmu
MADRID, April 18. {.-P)—The new I
provisional government wrung!
from the Catalonian president, Col- I
onel Francisco Macia, a pledge to j
submit to the Separatist demands
and demand for political auton
omy to be projected at the consti
tutional convention, meanwhile,
cooperating with Madrid. i
An accord was reached at Barce
lona thereby removing the most
pressing political problems facing
the junta set up by Alcala Zamora,
provisional president.
General Berenguer, former pre
mier, gave himself up to the police.
He was wanted for the execution
of two rebel leaders last December.
No charges have been filed yet
so he went free.
REVOLT THREIT UNLESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17. |
(/P)—A threat of revolt against the
Democratic party unless John J.
Raskob resigns as chairman of
the national committee, came from
within the biennial convention of
the National Women’s Democratic
Law Enforcement League.
Coupled with this demand were
heated attacks upon Governor
Roosevelt of New York, Governor j
Richie of Maryland,, and former*
Senator Reed of Missouri. ; j
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QUAKE JAZZES TOWNS
SEATTLE, April 18. </P)—Earth
tremors of short duration were
felt in Bellingham, Vancouver, B.
C., and at Victoria as well as in
several other towns. No damage
was reported, dishes rattled and
buildings were shaken.
repeiuMi
BONE DRY LAW IS
PISSED BY HOUSE
FOUR MEMBERS VOTE AGAINST
MEASURE; MEMORIAL
SUPPORTED
JUNEAU, April 18. (Special to
The Gateway)—By a vote of 10 to
5 the House yesterday afternoon
passed the Hellerich-Allyn measure
repealing the Alaska Bone Dry
law and supporting the memorial
by a vote of 11 to 4.
Donnelly and Johnston of Fair
banks, McCutcheon, Nerland and
Nylan voting against the repeal,
McCutcheon switching his vote
on the memorial vote which was
taken wtihout argument or a sin
gle speech.
The measure was to reacii the
Senate today but no action is ex
pected for several days and there
is no indication as to the outeme.
The House passed the measure
for the rtcurn of taxes illegally
collected.
Two minor measures on primary
elections whereby it was sought
to initiate the California system
of general primary regardless of
party with the runoff at the gen
eral election, were defeated.
Dimond’s measure appropriating
$12,000 for the Afognak school was
defeated and Shattuck’s measure
i authorizing the Territorial Road
‘Commission to expend road funds
| on construction of airplane land
ing fields, repair and maintenance
of dykes, telephone lines and flood
protection, etc-, was lost when it
mustered only four votes.
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HUNDREDS KILLED
RANGOON, India, April 18. (£>)
—More than 200 Indians have been
killed and probably as many more
wounded in clashes with military
police in the Thametmo dstrict
during the last week.
SAYS HE DID NOT DIE
Quoting Mark Twain, “The re
port of my death wa greatly ex
aggerated,” Earl George of Sew
ard, who went to Britol Bay on
the last volage of the season of
the 88 Starr, writes to his mother
here, Mrs- Rena Martinson, that
jhe is still alive and kicking. The
[letter from her son was received
today via airmail and the writer
| hesitates to comment as to her
| joy upon receiving the wonder
ful letter.
I - •
I Mrs. George A. Maynard, wife of
the publisher of the Nome Nugget,
was an arrival from the Interior
Friday, continuing on South to the
I States on the SS. Yukon. It is pre
* sumed that Mrs. Maynard reached
Ithe railroad via plane. ■
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SS ALASKA SAILS
FOR NORTH: IMS
HUNDREDS ABOARD
OVER 100 PASSENGERS ON FAST
LINER DESTINED FOR
PORT OF SEWARD
SEATTLE, April 18. (JP)—The SS
Alaska, of the A. 8. S. Co., sailed
at 9 a. m today carrying 416 pas
sengers, 87 for Seward, as follows:
C. D. Harrelson, K. B. Edwards,
Mr. and Mrs.John Hershey, J A.
Logman, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Wright, Mrs. A. Soldanals, Mrs.
E. A- Austin, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hig
gins, O. T. Olen, E. A. Austin, P H.
Crowley, G. Rosen, Frank Kern, j
Eva Williams, J. F Fehse, Robert!
Collins, J. Brennan, M. D. Snod
grass.
C. N. Miller, Howard Miller, Mrs.
Jack Warren, J- S. Bailey, A. N.
Hamlin, Gus Gustaffson, R. R.
Holmes, H. Joslin, E. K. Johansen,
J. B. Hammer, Mrs- A. Verhonik,
and son, S. R. Goodrich, Mr. and j
Mr. A. J. Wendlers, A. L. Hanot,
Mrs. Anna Radovitch, H- R. Nose
worthy, M. Crangle, Mrs. B. Orton,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crown, S. L.
Godfrey, Bert Crown, Mrs- M. I
Dearnett, Mary Neill.
J. Know, Victor Anderson,
George Potter, M. W. Sterling,
Norma Brown, Mrs. Mary Packe
brush, Mrs. A. J. Meyers, son and
baby, V/- H. Doland, Boyd Hering,
Lloyd Raiter and sister, W. E.
jKilrstead, J. Austin Meyers, John
Yurkovit-ch, A. M. Carlson.
H. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs- T. H.
Lonseth and baby, John Anderson,
Shirley Tonseth, Mrs. E. L. Ton
seth, C. C. Stark, Mrs. E- E. Porter
and child, Jessie Wiley, Dr. A. S.
Walkoshie, Dan O’Hunan, Peter
Boline, Evans Hall and brother,
Mrs. J. J- Longacre, two daugh
ters and son, C. J. Stakovitch,
Mary Gleason, Pearl Nolan, and
28 steerage.
BOMBAY, India, April 18, (/P)
—Pour persons, including Prince
Bibesco, president of the Inter
national Aeronautical Federation,
and head of the ancient Bibesco
family of Rumania, were seriously
injured when their airplane crash
ed near Maghal Sartai.
The party was flying from Par
is to Saigon, French Indo-China.
The Prince regained conscious
ness.
George Nelson, former big
league licensed guide for big game
hunters, now a warden attached
to the Alaska Game Commission,
was an overnight visitor from An
chorage. t
Andy Simons, well known guide,
arrived in Seward Friday from
his beautiful home on the shores
of Lake Kenai.
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WILL BE RECOGNIZED
LONDON, April 18. (^—Recogni
tion of the new Spanish republic
by Great Britain is expected soon
by observers but the opinion was
that it would not come until a
routine exchange of views between
the foreign office and the domin
ion government.
KING Of SUM III
CMUDI SPEEDING TO
NEW TOOK: OPERATION
VICTORIA, B. C., April 18, (IP)
—King Prajadhipok of Siam, the
Queen and their retinue, arrived
from Orient last night on the SS
Empress of Japan enroute to New
York where the King will undergo
an eye operation.
The King’s indisposition cans- j
ed cancellation of official en
gagements here. The King re
mained on board the liner and
proceeded to Vancouver after a
brief stop.
He was scheduled to leave for
the East at Midnight in a special
train.
In Washington his incognito |
will be dropped for ceremonies in!
recognition accorded ruler3. j
TELEVISED NEWS BIS—
FIRST HENCE IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, April 18. (£>>—East- j
ern television audiences were see
ing the world’s first televised news
reel. A special edition of Hearst
Metrotone news was put on the
air in the De Forest-Jenkins sta
tion at Passias, N. J., by Hearst
Radio Service.
Tlie news reel contained views
of the rescue work in the Nica
raguan earthquake disaster, Ma
yor Walker’s arrival at the city
hall and other current events.
BRITISH EXPORTS DECLINE
LONDON, April 18. (/P)—Board
of Trade figures reveal British
trade is not showing the expect
ed revival altho the country is
buying more wheat from Russia
and less from the United States.
Figures show exports declined
more than $110,000,000 and im
ports $112,000,000 during March
compared With March 1930.
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Limns
mi SHOT TO PIECES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. (£*)—
The Presidential campaign of 1932
J will be fought out on two major
issues, economic distress and pro
hibition, was the forecast of Jouett
Shouse, chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee.
Shouse spent the day here in
conference with party leaders. He
said the Republican party was
"shot to pieces” and that “it is
time we return to a Democratic
government.”
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AT LEAST NINE
CUT OFF FROM MAIN FORCES
IN JUNGLES BETWEEN
TWO CITIES
PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua,
April 18. (^—Additional United
States Marines were landed from
the warship Asheville as the In
surgents continued their offensive
in this district. Americans are be
ing evacuated from the danger
zone as fast as possible.
Reports show at least nine cit
izens of the United States have
been killed by outlaws in the ’ast
three days. Many natives have
been killed or wounded in raids by
rebels. Marine planes bombed the
Insurgent camp following a raid
on the village of Logtown. Later
guard detachments engaged the
rebels in the same vicinity, killing
eight of them, including Pedro
Blandon, said to be the chief lieu -
tenant of Sandino.
Several patrols of loyal govern
ment troops commanded by U. S.
Marine officers are reported to
have been cut off from the main
forces in the jungles between here
a lid" Kfe^aguaTulff^'gTeat^r part
of the lumber railroad leading
into the interior is in the hands
of the rebels.
NEW MINISTERS OE
SPAIN TINE TO 1
BOUND FOR CATALONIA
MADRID, April 13, (.^—Deter
mined to prevent dismemberment
of Spain, the provisional govern
ment took steps to bring Catalo
nia back under Madrid authority.
Three ministers of the new re
public left by airplane for Bar
celona to carry on negotiations
with Colonel Francisco Macia,
president of the new Catalonian
republic to prevent secession from
Spain proper.
The Republicans believed every
thing will “work out nicely.”
CIPTI FOUND SIFE
IH HOTEL IT DECITID
MONROE, Wis., APril 18. UP)—
Fred Blumer, reported kidnapped,
was found at Decatur, Hlionols, in
a hotel.
He was brought here by a tel
ephone call, he said. Aside from
nervous exhaustion, he was un
harmed.
He disappeared April 9. Reports
said his alleged kidnappers had
released their captive without
waiting for ransom and had fled
to Canada with police close on
their trail.
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