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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 150.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Halibut Industry Is
Heading For Disaster
Says Commission Head
ALARMING DEPLETION OF NORTH PACIFIC FOOD
FISH PROVED BY SCIENTISTS—COMMISSION
PLANS FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS AND CON
FERENCES WITH FISHING INDUSTRY BEFORE
RECOMMENDING PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS
The present system of halibut fishing in the North
Pacific can lead only to disaster, John P. Babcock informs
the Gateway. Mr. Babcock, who visited this area of the
Territory three years ago, made the same declaration
during a recent meeting of the body which is working to
save the great Alaska and British Columbia food fish.
KING FERDINAND OF
ill IS DEAD; i
[MELON MI
YOUNG PRINCE MICHAEL, SON OF
PRINCE CAROL, PROCLAIMED
KING
BUCHAREST, July 20. (£>)— King
Ferdinand’s, after long failing health,
died at 2:15 this morning. The mon
arch’s long battle with cancer came to
a close at the summer residence of
the Rumanian royal family. The end
came suddenly, the King closing his
eyes as if falling asleep. Queen Ma
rie and other members of the royal
family were at the bedside. Ferdi
nand’s death has long been expected.
Last year, just after Marie returned
from the United States physicians
gave him up for lost. Prince Mi
chael, young son of former Prince
Carol, will be proclaimed King.
RENUNCIATION ACCEPTED
BELGRADE, July 20. (IP)—'The Ru
manian government wired Carol news
of his father’s death telling him the
Rumanian family decided to respect
the decision which accepted #his re
nunciation of the the throne and es
tablished a regency for young Prince
Michael.
ALLEGED MURDERER IS
NEW YORK, July 20. (£>)—Ludwig j
Lee accused of 'the murder of twoj
women and dismembering their bod- j
ies, remained unshaken after house j
of questioning by the police, in his,
story that he had not killed the
women. He said he had agreed to
marry Mrs. Brownille who was 70
years old.
FILES PHOHI. PROTEST
NEW YORK, July 20. (JP)—A New
York womens committee for modifi
cation of the Volstead act have filed
query with State Attorney General
Albert Outing asking him if he has
taken any action to investigate the
anti-saloon league which has been
twice cited as being organized against
violation of the prohibition law.
Summarizing the results of the com
mission’s work so far as highly satis
factory, Mr. Babcock announced that
further scientific studies of halibut
would be made during next winter and
that the commission would call into
conference in the fall all halibut fish
ermen and others interested in the in
dustry. After hearing the views of the
fishing business in this way the com
mission, Mr. Babcock stated, will file
an; interim report to the Canadian and
United States governments.
Closing of some of the more de
pleted southern halibut banks will be
one of the measures considered by the
commission when it starts to frame its
recommendations, Mr. Babcock’s state
ment indicated. It has been estab
lished that these banks have been
seriously depleted, and their average
return for unit of fishing gear used
has been reduced to a mere fraction
of its former size.
Mr. Bobcock’s summary of the com
mission’s work ran as follows:
“The commission has, as has many
times been stated, engaged in a study
of the halibut fishery and the life-his
tory of the halibut, for the Canadian
and United States governments. A
vast amount of data has been col
lected to establish the condition of the
fishery, and experiments have been
conducted to disclose the facts in the
life-history of the halibut which are
essential to the administration of the
fishery.
“We have a complete record of the
catches landed at all important ports
of the coast from 1914 to date, show
ing the vessels making these catches
and their composition from the stand
point of size. As to the vessels list
ed, we have their numbers and sizes,
the number of days spent on each trip
and, to a great extent, the location
of the banks fished. A great many of
these boats have, during the past
years, kept splendid records of their
daily catches, and have generously
put these at the disposal of the com
mission. From these records we have
been able to tabulate the time spent
in reaching the banks, the number of
hours actual fishing for the catch ob
tained, the amount of gear used each
day and the catch obtained thereby.
The seasonal changes and the tenden
cy of the abundance of the fish on the
banks are clearly shown. It is safe
to say that there is very little extant
data which has been overlooked.
Serious Depletion
“The statistical data indicates clear
ly that depletion has taken place ev
erywhere, the degree of this deple
tion far exceeding anything which
could possibly be confused by minor
errors such as difference in gear used.
Continued on Page Four.)
SHARKEY FAVORITE
OVER DEMPSEY IN
TOMORROW'S BOUT
DEMPSEY IN FINEST CONDITION
CAREER BUT SLOWER—BOTH
* EXPECT WIN BY K. O.
NEW YORK, July 20.(/p)—Dempsey
and Sharkey are both on fighting edge
as they are concluding their training.
Both are confident of knockouts.
Dempsey is in the best physical condi
tion ha has ever been in but is slower
than when he won the title. Sharkey
is the favorite at odds ranging from
six to five to 13 to 10, the bulk of the
Dempsey money going on the longer
odds about one to three on Dempsey
scoring a knockout.
SUPREMELY CONFIDENT
SARATOGA LAKE, N. Y., July 20.
(JP)—Supremely confident of his abil
ity to beat Sharkey, tomorrows Demp
sey left his training camp for New
York and the battle that will deter
mine whether at least one former
heavyweight champion can come back.
BOUT GOES 15 ROUNDS
NEW YORK, Julj* 20. (£>)—His hard
work all behind him, Sharkey is more
confident than ever that he will beat
Dempsey in their 15-round boat at the
Yankee stadium, leading to a cham
pionship battle with Tunney. “I want
to see what Dempsey will do when I
sock him on the jaw,” was Sharkey’s
comment. His plan of battle has not
been determined.
AIRPLANE PASSENGER
MAY LOSE HIS LEG
NOME, July 20. (JP)—The airplane
carrying George Tracey, Lomen Rein
deer Company bookkeeper to Seattle
for medical care was forced to land
at Tacotna for gasoline. The plane,
which is being piloted by Noel Wein,
was delayed at Tacotna by fog. It is
believed it will be necessary to ampu
tate Traceys’ leg to save his life.
ATLANTIC FLIGHT OF
COURTNEY POSTPONED
CALSHOT, Eng., July 20. (^—Cap
tain Courtney postponed until Thurs
day his trans-Atlantic fight to New
York because of failure of the radio
apparatus on his plane. He plans to
fly from Valencia, Ireland and back
again after a two-day stop in America.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 8, Boston 2.
Chicago 8, New York 5.
St. Louis-Brooklyn, Pitts burg-Phila
delphia—rain. /
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2-6, Cleveland 4-5.
Washington 4, Chicago 3.
Philadelphia 9, Detroit 10.
New York 6, St. Louis 1.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 3, Portland 1.
Oakland 4, Los Angeles 3.
Missions 5, Seattle 9.
Sacramento 6, San Francisco 7.
FARRAGUT NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, July 20. (JF)—'The S. S.
j Admiral Farragut sailed at 10 o’clock
thsi morning and carried 42 passen
gers. Seward passengers: G. T.
Spaulding, Edward R. Eddin and wife,
Mrs. Irene McLane, Mrs. Monteith,
and four steerage.
NIL CONFERENCE STILE
ALIVE SAT STATESMEN
GENEVA, July 20. (JP)—Conjectures |
that the return to London of W. C.
Bridgeman and Lord Cecil had termi
nated the naval conference were!
shattered when they announced that
they were merely invited by Premier
Baldwin to come to London and con
fer with him before he embarks for
Canada.
B. OF E. DOCTOR LOST
OVERBOARD IN LOWER
YUKON;VESSEL SAILS
MOTORSHIP PATTERSON LEAVES
NOME FOR SAN FRANCISCO;
HAS LOTS OF FUR
NOME, July 20. (JP)—Dr. John W.
Huston, Bureau of Edication physi
cian, was lost overboard from the gov
ernment hospital boat on the lower
Yukon ten miles below Mountain Vil
lage oMnday. The body was not re
covered.
The motorship Patterson from San
Francisco sailed from Nome for Her
schel Island Monday night. The ves
sel has been as far north as Point
Hope and encountered no ice. She
had a good catch of furs and ivory.
The motorship Brower is delayed
here awaiting orders from an insurance
company. Investigation showed the
keel to be badly damaged and the rud
der post gone. The vessel can make
a trip to Point Barrow* providing ice
is not encountered.
SOU MIKES ANOTHER
MOVE TO QUIT BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, July 20. (£>)—'The
Shipping Board made another move
towards the Government’s intention
of getting entirely out of the shipp
ing business yesterday when they
ordered four of its Atlantic coast
trade steamship lines commanding
37 vessels totalling 300,000 tons to
be placed on the market. It is rum
ored that another move is on foot to j
dispose of several Atlantic liners
which are now being operated by the
Government.
JAMMED IN WATER PIPE
YAKIMA, Wash., July 20. (£>)—!
Wedged In a six inch water pipe aft-!
er being carried a quarter of a mile
through a narrowing pipe line, the
body of six year old Woodrow John
son was found near Wiley City by
searchers. The boy fell into the
penstock on a ranch and was sucked
into the pipe, being gradually forced
the length of the line until his body ^
blocked by a valve stopped its move
ment.
MIR ClTfUCT
COMPANY GIVEN TWO YEARS TO
COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF
EKLUTNAPROJECT
ANCHORAGE, July 20. (£>)—'The
City Council granted an ordinance au
thorizing a 15-year contract with the
Anchorage Light and Power Company
to furnish hydro-electric light and
power. The rates are six cents per
kilowatt hour for lighting, four cents
for power and two and a half cents
for heating. The company is given
two years to complete the project
bringing power from Eklutna Lake.
The city is getting power from the
Alaska Railroad which will also take
power from the new company when
the project is finished.
TIDING SCHOONER IS
WRECKED ON RUGGED
SIBERIAN COAST
LADY KINDERSLEY ABANDONED
AS SHE LAY DOOMED IN ICE
PACK
NOME, July 20. (/P)—A mystery
ship, which may be the abandoned
trading schooner Lady Kindersley,
was driven high on the rocks of Koly
chuan Bay on the Siberian coast and
wrecked Little Diomede Island natives
told Captain Billy Thompson of the
motorship Trader, which arrived to
day. The natives said the vessel was
stocked with provisions which they
took two years ago. The crew aban
doned the Lady Kindersley as doomed
in the ice pack 200 miles north of
Point Barrow. The crew was rescued
after a long hike over the ice. Thomp
son suggested that the fall tides car
ried the vessel with the ice pack a
thousand miles to the Siberian coast.
IF ELECTED PROMISE
OPEN WIDE .SPOKANE
SPOKANE. Wash., July 20. (£>)—
Charges that Charles W. Hedger, city
commissioner, promised to run Spok
ane wide open if he was elected,
through the use of an underworld
slush fund, will be made before the
Federal court, trying Hedger and 15
others for alleged conspiracy to vio
late the National prohibition act.
REFUsk APPROVE BRIDGE
WASHINGTON, July 20. (£>)—'The
Navy Department still insist that a
bridge across San Francisco bay
would interfere with maneuvers of
the battle fleet in California. The
Department of War refused to ap
prove of the proposed bridge.
EQUIPMENT LOANS
NEW YORK, July 20. (£>)—The
Guggenheim fund for promotion of
aeronautics which already has estab
lished a school for flyers announced
that the fund will make equipment
loans to develop passenger service
in the air.