VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 162.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BILL ACCEPTABLE HERB
WASHINGTON. July 13, (/P>—A
new unemployment relief bill which
administration leaders believed
President Hoover would accept, was
swept thru the Senate by an ir
resistable bi-partiasn coalition to
day.
The $2,100,000,000 measure was
modified to meet some of the Pres
ident’s objections and it now goes
to the House.
The bill contained an authoriza
tion for loans to individuals thru
the Federal Reserve Banks if ap
proved by the Federal Reserve
Board.
The bill also carried a clause re
quiring that publicity by given all
loans made hereafter by the Re
construction Finance Corporation.
With the passing by the Senate,
of this modified relief plan as a
substitute for the one just vetoed
by Hoover, party leaders began
hoping that an end of the seven- j
months session of Congress is at
last in sight- The House has be- I
gun preparations to act on the
measure as passed by the Senate, j
It is possible that there may be'
a conference on the new measure
before it is presented to the Presi
dent altho both parties predicted
fast action.
Much discussion as to wheth
er or not President Hoover would
sign a beer bill, kept prohibi
tion again before Congress. Repre
sentative Britten of Illinois, pre
dicted in the House that Hoover
would sign such a measure to leg- ,
alize higher alcoholic content of
beer if it was passed.
Representative S a b a t h. Demo
crat of Illinois, replied that Brit
ten knew that the “Anti-Saloon
League would not let Hoover sign
the bill for repealing the Volstead I
Act.”
SEATTLE MEN ME HELD
SEATTLE. July 13. —Four men
accused of attempting to smuggle
sulphate of morphine by rowboat
from the Japanese freighter Ven
ice Maru were held by United
States immigration authorities
here
The confiscated narcotics have
a retail value of S50.000 when soldi
through peddlers but at wholesale j
prices would cost $3,000 officers de
clared. Those arrested gave their
names as George Black, of Har
bor Island. Wash., and steward of
the ship, Masaichi Kagihawa, of
Seattle and T. J. Yashioka. a local
fish company proprietor.
STRANGE SLEEP MALADY
BAFFLES PHYSICIANS
CHICAGO. July 13. — Patricia
MaGuire, 27. Oak Park private sec- |
retary, spent her 146th consecutive
day asleep Tuesday, the victim of
a malady that has baffled physi
cians.
Dr. Eugene Traut said the case
breaks all records for length. A
new serum is being used in an ef
fort to bring Miss MaGuire out of
the semi-coma that has gripped j
her since February 15.
She sank into a lethargy while j
preparing to go to church. She has
opened her eyes numerous times
but has never been fully aroused.
Two nurses give her food through
the nostrils and massage her mus
cles to keep her from wr a sting
away.
FRANCE SHOWS HAND
PARIS, July 12. —Premier Ed-,
ouard Herriott made it quite clear j
that unless the United States takes j
action on the debts that Europe
owes to her, France will consider
the new reparations agreement as
nothing more than a “scrap of pa
per.” The reparations agreement
in question is that just reached at
the Lausanne conference.
EVANS SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, July 13. (/P) — The SS.
Admiral Evans sailed at nine o’
! cluck this morning from Seattle
I carrying 16 passengers and four
steerage. Seward passengers are
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Anderson and
Frank Easkin.
RECEIVER'S SUE BE
MADE MiSKI MIS
JUNEAU, July 13, UP)—A court
order for a receiver’s sale of all
property of the Alaska Gold Mines
holdings was signed in the Federal
court here today on petition of re- ’
ceiver Emile Gastonguay.
The date of the sale was fixed
at August 15. The sale order in
cluded all the properties known as
the Thane group and will include
all the mining claims, mining
grounds and several power plants
and transmission lines and the
Thane townsite.
No offer less than $100,000 will
be considered.
SHILOH IS PliCEO ON
FIVE YEAR'S PROBATION
SAN DIEGO, July 12. —Convicted
of manslaughter, Charles Miller, 29,
a sailor, was granted five years
probation by Judge L. N. Turren- !
tine, provided he pays $25 a month
to the widow of his victim.
Mueller, it was testified, was1
riding a motorcycle at 28 miles an j
hour on the city streets last April;
when he struck Ed O. Crane and
injured him fatally.
Miller was ordered to pay the
$25 a month to Mrs. Crane for the
duration of the probation period.
AFTER FLIGHT RECORD
NEW YORK. July 13, —Amelia,
Earhart Putman, using the same
plane which she recently crossed
the Atlantic to Ireland in, is en
route here on an attempt to smash
the trans-continental flight record
now held by Capt. Frank Hawks. !
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A very interesting letter was re
ceived by The Gateway in the last
mail from the south from Frank
H. Hodges, who left Seward a short
time ago for Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory, where he arrived on June;
15th.
Mr. Hodges stated thait Klon-!
dike Creek was booming with bigj
water. The bank markings showed
unusual height, but even with the
lowering of the water Klondike
Creek appeared to be carrying as J
much water as the main river down ■
the confluence.
Mr. Hodges visited at Dawson af- i
ter leaving Whitehorse and. wyas1
convinced that, for the first time
at least, it is a very interesting old
town to look over and that many
Alaskan old timers would thorough
ly enjoy tramping it’s streets again
and looking over many of the-old
land-marks wrhich are yet stand
ing and in fair state of preserva
tion . Among t h e se latter is the
cabin of Robert W. Service.
Business conditions in general in
the upper Yukon country appear to
the casual observer much like Alas
ka, at least no better. Dawson is
now looking longingly toward the
possible resumption of free coinage
of silver by Uncle Sam on a reason
able ratio of values, her resources
of this wrhite metal being rich.
All the way around from Seward,
via Juneau and Skagway, spring
has been slow and late in coming,
and most folks who complain about
it seem inclined to blame it on the
present administration, it was
stated.
Mr. Hodges was to leave Dawson
on June 17th on the lower-river
boat, Yukon. !
MAJORITY OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN KANAKANflK
WENT HOME TO PARENTS
Started in August of 1924 the
Kanakanak Industrial School has
operated continuously for the ben
efit of Alaska Indians in that and
the surrounding area up until June
30, 1932, when it was decided to
abandon the institution and trans
fer its charges and the staff to
other Bureau of Indian Affairs in
stitutions thruout the Territory.
Most of the children who were
in the industrial school have been
taken home by their parents while
some were left at Unalaska and
Belkofski. A number of the child
ren were brought to Seward on the
MS. North Star and they will eith
er continue their journey on that
vessel or will travel on the Alaska
Railroad to their final destina
tion.
There are five children for the
Eklutna Industrial School and they
include Anna Alverez, Mike Han
sen, Edward Egkpook, Peter Nickef
eoroff and Paulina Wassily; six are
for the Tanana Orphanage and
they include Alex, Fanny Eva and
Mathilda Giakometti, Xenia Golo
doff, Mike Joseph and Glenn Han
sen. Five of the former Kanaka
nak children will be taken to the
new Wrangell Industrial Institute
and they are John and Thomas
Christensen, Janis Cavelia, Henen
and Emma Wood; two children will
be taken to the Firland Orphanage
in Seattle and they are Herman
and Mathilda Hoidahl.
Most of the former staff of the
scnool are aboard the North Star
enroute to new appointments. Di
rector Tikhon I. Lavrischeff will
be given charge of one of the
schools in Southeastern Alaska;
Mrs. Mabel Borland, matron for
girls, will proceed to Wrangell
where she will continue her work
as girl’s matron; Mrs. E. Benawa,
teacher of the primary grades is
going to the Eklutna Industrial
School.
Ralph Mize, also a member of the
Kanakanak staff, was left there
•to install a heating plant for the
hospital. Later he will go to Eklut
na where he becomes a member of
the teaching staff. j
GOVERNOR PARKS GIVEN
BLANKET AUTHORITY FOR
ALASKA ROAD DUTIES
JUNEAU, July 13, (/P)—1The order
transferring the powers and duties
of the Alaska Road Commission,
all of its property, unexpended
funds, books, etc., from the War
Department to the Interior Depart
ment was received here by Gov
ernor George A. Parks, who as ex
officio Commissioner of the Inter
ior Department has been given a
blanket authority for control over
the roads and trails system.
Ike Taylor, who for the past 11
years has been connected with the
Road Gcpnmlission as senior en
gineer, has been designated by the
Acting Chief Engineer and will
have complete charge of all opera
tions of the commission.
The transfer of all the activities
of the commission will be consum
mated on July 20. Taylor contem
plates no changes in the person
nel or stations.
LOS ANGELES, July 12. —A sui
cide pact brought death to a 19
year old Japanese and possibly fa
tal injuries to en elderly groom but
the survivor is expected to recover
from his self-inflicted wounds.
Police charged that Shizo Han
oto, a gardener, strangled his wife
with a kimona, slashed his throat
with a razor and plunged a knife
into his abdomen, the traditional
method of committing Hari Kari.
Maddened by pain the gardener
leaped into his auto and drove
wildly thru the street. The car leap
ed the curb and struck Mrs. Ber
tha Koerner, inflicting a skull frac
ture.
WIN BICYCLE RACE
ATLANTIC CITY, July 13. —
William Torchy Peden, of Victoria,
B. C., and his partner R. Georget- 1
ti won the six-day bicycle race
which just came to an end here, i
!
• • CURRENT BREVITIES • •
FORMER RAILMAN DIES
ST. JOHNS, N. B. July 13. —!
Stricken with a heart attack as he j
stepped with his wife aboard a fer- '
hy near his summer home here, H.!
A. McKeown, former chairman of |
the board of railway commissioners
of Canada, dropped dead.
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COMPROMISE REACHED
SEATTLE, July 13, —An abrupt
end marked the end of the contro
versy between Mayor John F. Dore
and the City Council us to a plan
whereby the city can save over
$1,000,000 in expenditures annually.
The controversy was ended when
it was decided to adopt a compro
mise plan which incorporated the!
ideas of both the mayor and the
council. The mayor had urged
that pay cuts be made while the
councilmen wanted the number of
city workers to be cut down.
SIDE OF HILL BLOWN AWAY
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 13. —
A dynamite explosion that blew
away the side of a hill hiding a
distillery in an abandoned mine
was the answer to a challenge by
moonshiners “to come and get us
if you can.” The blast opened a
passage to the distillery that was
running full tilt but the operators
escaped through a secret tunnel.
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WINS ARLINGTON CUP
CHICAGO, July 12. — Equipoise
defeated Gusto by four lengths to
wiln the $70,000 added Arlington
Gold Cup in impreissive fashion.
Fashion Mate was third. Only
three horses started. Equipoise ran
the mile and a quarter in 2.02 and
four-fiths and the S. C. V. Whit
ney four-year old went to the
post a one to six shot in the bet
ting.
CLAWED TO DEATH
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 13. —
Fifteen minutes after he lost his I
job as an animal keep?:', Thomas :
Earl, 56, walked into a pen cf bears,
and locked the gate behind him. j
He was clawed to death by a 900
pound Russian brown bear. Earl
was trying to force the bear into a
pit when the animal turned on
him.
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PATIENT SHOOTS DOCTOR ,
WASHINGTON, July 13, (^—Dr.
Victor A. Ximone, medical officer ■
in charge of the Mt. Alto hospital
for World War veterans, was shot
to death by an unidentified man
who was said to have been a form
er patient. The assassin was over
powered by hospital attendants
and turned over to the police but
he refused to talk.
temperature extremes
SEATTLE, July 13. —Some of the
temperature extremes recorded for
Tuesday were Ketchikan 54-50, Los
Angeles 74-62, Juneau'66-50, Seat
tle 65-51, Chicago 88-60, Denver
84-64, New Orleans 96-78, New
York 80-66, Portland 82-52, San
Francisco 64-52, Spokane 82-52.
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OUT FOR MARKET
PARIS, July 13. — If plans de
signed by the new government of
France to aid French business are
successful another great market,
the African market, will be lost by
America. The dominant radical
party of France, controlled by J.
Cailiaux, French financial wizard
and former premier, is sponsoring
the plan.
ARMY BILL GOES TO HOOVER
WASHINGTON, July 13, (&)—
Congressional action was complet
ed today on the $390,000,000 army
appropriation bill and the measure
now goes to President Hoover for
his signature. The army bill was
the last of the annual supply bills
to come up for consideration, all
the others having been previously
acted upon.
WIDOW MILLION'S HEIR
ARRIVES AT CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, July 13, UP)—Libby
Holman Reynolds came to her
home today from Winston-Salem,
N. C. She arrived on the train but
did not come all the way having
left the train at a small way-sta
tion 12 miles from Cincinnati.
Her arrival was described as a
frenzied dash from the train to a
waiting automobile at that point.
Mrs- Reynolds was so closely bun
dled that one could scarcely see her
face. She went to the home of
her sister here but the sister dis
claimed any knowledge of her pres
ence or plains and said, “Please
leave us alone”.
ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT THE
NATION'S CAPITAL
A mining locator residing in
Fairbanks inquires whether pro
spectors having lode claims in Mc
Kinley National Park are required
to record their annual assessment
work. The matter was referred to
the Interior Department, whose of
ficials call attention to the Act of
March 2, 1907, which provides that
$100 worth of labor shall be per
formed, or improvements made on,
each mining claim in the District
of Alaska, each yea r. Affidavit
showing the performance of such
labor, and specifying the character
and extent of such work, shall be
filed with the Recorder of the dis
trict in which the claims shall be
situated. Such affidavit shall be
prima facia evidence of the per
formance of such work. But if such
affidavit be not filed within the
time fixed by this Act the burden
of proof shall be upon the claim-.
ant to establish the performance
of such annual work and improve- |
ments. On failure to do this the I
claim shall become forfeit and open j
to location by others.
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Delegate Wickersham has beerJ
intensely interested in trying to
secure an adequate appropriation
for the Alaska Road Commission. I
Failing to have the House Appro
priation Committee r e c o m mend
the budget estimate of $650,000, he
sought through an offered amend
ment to have the House increase I
the recommendation of $354,310 to!
the budget figure, but was unsuc- j
cessful in this. Then the Chairman
of the House Economy Committee
sought to have the entire appro
priation cut from the Army bill,
but through the Delegate’s efforts i
this amendment was defeated, but
by the close vote of 56 to 51. The
bill then went to the Senate and
the Delegate continued his efforts
with the Appropriations Commit
tee, with the result that when the
bill was reported back to the Sen
ate it contained an amendment
increasing the appropriation to the
Alaska Road Commission from
$354,310 to $494,310. When the bill
passed the Senate on the night of
June 9th the increase of $140,000
was adopted. The bill is now before
the conferees of both houses and
their final agreement will indicate
the sum the Commission is to re
ceive for the next fiscal year, be
ginning July 1,1932. The Senate
increased the appropriation for the
Washington-Alaska Military Cable
and Telegraph System from the
House figure of $151,280 to $161,
285, and that also is in conference.
1EIIIIEHHURT niTNIAN
SETS MOTH H
FLIGHT RECORD WOMEN
NEWARK, N. J., July 13, (/P)—
Amelia Earhart Putman landed
here at 11:28 a. m. Eastern Stand
ard Time, after a one-stop trans
continental flight and established
a new women’s record. Mrs. Put
man beat the time made by Miss
Ruth Nichols by almost 10 hours.
Mrs. Putman was forced down at
Columbus, O., because she was un
able to pump fuel from the fuse
lage tanks. She filled up the wing
tanks and then proceeded on her
flight to the East. When she came
down at Columbus she had been in
the air for 14 hours and had cover
ed 2,019 miles which is about 19
miles farther than a trans-Atlantic
hop. Mrs. Putman lost more than
an hour here but she still had time
to break the Ruth Nichols flying
time.
Miss Nichols stopped for a long
time at Wichita, Kas., and had an
elapsed time of 29 hours, one min
ute and 43 seconds. Mrs. Putman’s
time was 19 hours, 14 minutes and
40 seconds elapsed time of which
17 hours, 59 minutes and 40 seconds
was flying time.
Mrs. Putman said the flight was
not made to beat a record but to
practice navigation. She said she
would return to Los Angeles in
about a week to attend the Olym
pic games.
WILL DEMAND APOLOGY
DUBLIN, Ire., July 13. —James
McNeill, governor-general of the
Irish Free State publicly demand
ed an apology from President Eam
on de Valera for what he consider
ed snubs by the Irish Free State
ministers during the past two
months.
CHICAGO, July 13. —A 19-year
old son pleaded that he be permit
ted to act as his father’s execu
tioner when James Fidone, 53, ap
peared for arraignment on the
charge of slaying his wife.
"I want to pull the switch that
kills my father in the electric
chair,” said Sam Fidone, the son,
as he entered the police court to
witness the arraignment.
TEN DROWNED
MELBOURNE, Australia, July 13.
—Ten person were drowned near
here when the SS. Casino founder
ed in Apollo Bay.
BOSTONIAN WILL FIGHT
ran on * n
NEWYORK, July 13. — Madison
Square Garden announced plans
for a heavyweight elimination
tournament, the winner of which
will fight Max Schmeling for the
right to meet champion Jack Shar
key in a title bout next year.
The first match will bring to
gether Paulino Uzcudun, of Spain,
and Ernie Schaaf, of Boston, in
a 15-rounder at the New Long Is
land bowl on July 25.
SECOND IN GOLD PRODCTION
OTTAWA, July 13, —The Can
adian gold production of 1931 a
mounting to 2,693.892 fine ounces
and valued at $55,687,688 consti
tutes a new high record in the Do
minion gold mining industry and
for the second successive year est
ablished Canada in the position of
the sceond largest gold producing
country in the world. Gold is now
Canada’s most valuable mineral
output.
Concrete sideswalks soon will
surround the Federal and Territor
ial Building at Juneau. A call for
bids for such improvement was is
sued recently by John C. McBride,
custodian of government structures
in Al.r'ka.