MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 70.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY
, MARCH 26, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
COMPTROLLER BILL
WILL PASS SEMITE
ACCORDINBTOTEST
FIVE VOTE AGAINST AMEND
MENT FOR SEGREGATION
CONTROL BOARD
JUNEAU, March 26, (Special to
the Gateway)—In a test vote in
the senate yesterday it was indi
cated that the comptroller bill will
pass there tomorrow by a vote of
five to three with Dimond, Dunn
and Hess opposing.
The test came on the amendment
offered by Hess which provided
for segregation of the control
board scheme from sections of the
measure that provide for the elect
ion of an auditor and treasurer.
Anderson, Benjamin, Frame,
Sundquist and Steel voted against
1he amendment.
Murray introduced a measure
for a house appropriation of $6,000
for the Governor to purchase 12,
00 copies of the Cordova Times
annual Alaska review for 1929 and
1930.
The house education committee
reported a substitute bill for
Ziegler’s boxing commission bill.
The substitute empowers the Gov
ernor to appoint a commission of
three, one to be secretary, who is
not to be paid more than $25 per
month. The Ziegler bill provided
that the commission to be recom
mended by the American Legion;
the other provisions were virtually
unchanged.
\
«. 5. DFSTROYF.R ON
1Y TO
SAN' tytf!<-io. March 25, UP)—
The United States destroyer Rob
ert Snrth. sailed from here with
Mn.zafclnn, Mex.. reported to be the
varsh’n’s destination. At the
same time it was reported that
the s( out cruiser Omaha, flagship
of Rear Admiral Thompsen, com
mander of the destroyer division,
and three additional destroyers
ore under orders to leave, presum
ably for Mazatlan.
HUBBY: SEEKS DIVORCE
RENO. M^rch 25, (tf*)—Spectators
were jarred from the court room
in the trial of divorce of Walter
Tnmnrt against his wife Mrs. Helen
Patter Inman. The counsel for
Inman charged his wife, “had
lately run wild and lost all sense
of decency.” In a counter suit
Mrs. Tnman askes divorce and
?250,0np settlement.
ithebofIeeIll
NOT TESTIFY AT TRIAL
LOS ANGELES, March 25, (IP)—
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of
Almee SemDle McPherson, will re
fuse to testify at the senate im
peachment trial of Superior Judge
Carlos S. Hardv unless witnesses
->re summoned to tell why the
Los Angeles Oistrict Attorney’s of
ne ‘.'ok p^ssesson of the $2500
Good-will check” given hte jurist
shortly before the “Kidnapping”
conpn i ‘'c- i-mwere dismissed
against the evangelist.
NONSTOP SOLO HOP
LOS ANGELES, March 26, (!P)~
The first nonstop coast to coast
solo flight is under way with New
York as the goal of “Okey” Bevins
who took off from here at 5:53 yes
terday afternoon.
JACKIE FIELD IS
NEW WELTER CHIP
DEFEATS THOIfSl
TITLE HELD BY JOE DCNDEI
BEEN DECLARED VACATE
BY ASSOCIATION
CHICAGO, March 26, (IP)—Jack
ie Field, Jewish fighter of Chicago
left-hooked his way to recognitior
for the world’s welterweight titli
when he dicisively defeatec
i “Young” Jack Thompson, Sar
Francisco negro, in 10 rounds.
The match became a champ
ionship affair as the result of thi
action of the National boxing as
sociation which declared the titli
held by Joe Dundee vacate becausi
he had failed to defend it.
SPANISH SMS
SUCCESSFULLY SPAN
I RIO JANEIRO, March 26, (fP)
The Spanish aviators Jiminez am
Iglessias landed at Bashia thi
morning completing their long ho;
across the Atlantic ocean,
i Bashia is on the northeast coas
of Brazil about 800 miles north
east of Rio Janeiro, the goal o
the flight which is approximate:
as being 4,000 miles from Seville
Spain, the starting point.
NEW CHIEF PURCHASED THE
j NEW CABLE WHICH NOW
CONNECTING LINK
: SEATTLE, March 26, (/Pi—Nam
ed as the successor to Colonel
| John Hartman, chief of the Seat
tle signal corps office and who will
be retired next month, Lieut. Col
onel Frank J. Griffith arrived in
! Seattle from San Francisco.
Lieut. Colonel Griffeth figured
I prominently in signal corps work
in 1924 when he was stationed at
| Washington, D. C. He went to
London and purchased the 1,800
, miles of cable which now links
Seattle with Ketchikan and Sew
, ard. He was the head of the San
■Francisco office for two years.
The signal corps has equipment,
including a 500-Watt raido trans
mitter and a 1,000-Watt set, worth
, $3,000,000. The cable line is worth
' $1,500,000.
DEVTFD PETf-nov
BONN. Germanv. M^rch 25, f/P'
— Th° county court here denied
!lhe petition of Prinjcess Victoria
iS’Ster nf the former kaiser, to dis
■ allow bankruptcy ' proceedin'^
j which had been -filed against he’
!! Cfi’'SORED C.nvcwvjqrvT
TOKTO. March 25. (/Pi— Pusnk'
: rsurmuri in the lower hoire c
|ihe Diet censored the governme.n
- "or it." failure to attempt remov'
1 of the American ban on Japanse
3 immigration
W ILL TAKE OVER CITY
Y i CANTON, March 25, </P)—Devel
J | ipments in the military situation
" here are taken by observers to
f mean that those who direct the
1 cities affairs plan to take over the
• cily m favor of ihe Nanking eov
• rumen t.
THE “JINKS” AGAIN
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y.,
March 25, i/P)—Heavy fog forced
Martin Jensen to defer his third
attemnt to establish a new solo)
airplane endurance flight record
with automobile gasoline.
BUILDEfl OF FIBST I
ALASKA CANNERY i
DIES !AiP0MB:
WAS CHAIRMAN OF OREGON
STATE FISH COMMISSION
SINCE 1901
PORTLAND, Ore., March 26, (/P)
1—The funeral of Fred P. Kendall,
69, pioneer cannery man who died
last Saturday, was held here today.
Death followed a stroke of par
alysis.
With William Hume, Mr. Ken
dall established the first salmon
packing plant on the Columbia
| river in 1881 and also built the
; first fish cannery in Alaska.
' He had been chairman of the
Oregon state fish commission since
1901 and manager of the American
Can company.
I PETERSBURG, March 26, (/P)—
The Boeing plane with the McCar
; thy party arrived on it’s flight to
Juneau and Ketchikan. It ran into
bad weather south of Petersburg
and returned for lunch. Weather
reports are being sent to the plane.
The plane, which is enroute from
Seattle, is expected to stop at
Ketchikan as well as Prince Ru
I
! pert.
HIS ANNUAL ATTACK OF SPRING-FEVER’
teoscoer
rOtsseuWN
FURTHER OUTBREAKS ARE RE
PORTED FROM CENTRAL
PART MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, March 26, (fP)—
The defeat of the rebel besiegers
at Mazatlan left Generad Calles
free t° continue concentration of
government forces in north Mex
ico and along the west coast. v
The federal commander at Ma
zatlan reported the rebels, after
their defeat, were in flight nortr.
but the insurgent headquarters
at Juarez denied the siege had
been lifted.
Federal authorities placed the
losses at Mazatlan at 58 rebel dead
and three federals. Calles’s strategy
to force the insurgents into Son
ora and hold the revolution there
until it could be stamped out, is
working well.
The insurgents claimed further
outbreaks were under way in cen
tral Mexico stating 7,000 men are
•oncentratine: at Ona.n Juato to
march on Mexico City.
WON F.TG RACE
AIN "REE, Eng., March 25, (/P)—
''"'"’“A hv Mrs. M. A.
‘’em-.i cl England. wnn the Grand
National Steeplechase over a
acavy field. Eastern Here, J. ll.
Whitney’s entry and the favorite
it the start to win finished sec
ond.
LOS ANGHT.ER March 2. (JP)—A
iconic tour r.v pjr to see the Mexi
an revolution started when Mary
-hekf: ’’d and Donkins Fairbanks
ook-off it) o chn’de”'eri two motor
ed Ford monooWne. They were
aecormnnied bv Tiliian Gish, Mr.
and Mrs. John Fairbanks and
'hree other guests. Three days
will be spent cruising over the
Mexican border.
rfl STEP IN HUGE
^P 01 PUT THRO
tTT^BWTMr'-'T.oN, March 25, (JP)~
Tm in one of the larg
-v.'n in marine history
vpS n.nV| th° formal trans
of TTnite^t States lines and
the AmeHrwn Mmv»ViPnt lines to
T''''’o-ri0rated of
view ^o^-k tor *15 320.000, Chair
nan t V "'’Connor •'ifrned for the
'-'inn.’-"' b"ard "nd pPUi w. Chap
nan ”or Cap firm of Paul W.
Hiapman Tucornorated.
»VOn'T)ET> SOIDIERS
SHANGHAI. March 25, (£>)_
Railway officials state that 200
rounded Chinese soldiers have
massed thru Shanghai toward
Lanchow from Chinkiang. It is
jelieved that they are casualties
tom the fighting on the Hupe
ranwei border.
O RETIRE
'7 ' S-fL.GTCN. March 25, (ff)—
'ecr. i ■0f State Wilbur said
hat Governor Farrington of
’a ' will retiv from office on
- r let.