Seward, tire Alaska City of Opportunity
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 579. SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1930. PRICE TEN CENTS
PROTECTION OF
ALASKA FISHING
INJOT DEBATE
canneries charged with
EVERYTHING BUT MUR
DER, IT SEEMS
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 19. (/P)—
The Alaska delegate charged the
bureau of fisheries of protect
ing monopolies and fishing rights
Through favoritism in adminis
lering regulations, in opposing
The extension of authority of
he fishery commissioner, before
;he House.
Speaking before the merchants
marine fisheries commission he
said the great trouble was in the
-;ay the law was administered.
Henry O'Malley, fishery com
missioner, proceeded the Alaska
relegate at the hearing testifying
That the bill under consideration
:$ needed to allow protection and
give the bureau the right to ad
vance the season.
The bill by Representative
Welch of California would re
: uire fishermen to serve notice
i advance of operating: would
: rohibit the operation of cau
teries at more than one place
uring one year
Capt. W. J Peterson, repre
senting the Ship Owners Asso
ciation of the Pacific Coast,
•mon sored a bill for t • pniv
tion of lied ini ate fishermen
ogainst fishermen bootleggers "
He said he refereed M float mg
canneries.
Peter Olsen. president of the
Alaska Fi - hermen's Union, San
Franc sc' , charged that float.in0,
tanneries "go up there and take
esc much as they want, reduce
shore canneries pack and disor
ganize the regulations.”
Welch said floating cannery
men come from nowhere and go
anywhere they please.
BANDITS 111 TO
EOT IK COH FIELO
SIDELL, 111., Dec., 19, (/Pi
Trapped in a corn field after a
spectacular 30-mile chase, two
members of a bandit gang, com
mitted suicide. The third was
wounded and two others were
captured on a farm near Sidell.
Joe Walker, special deputy
sheriff was killed. The bandits’
$15,000 in loot was recovered.
GREAT REDUCTION
LONDON, Dec., 19, (/Pi—It is
reported that appropriations for
ihe Royal air force will be re
duced $10,000,000 in the next
sudget and not more than two
special planes will be equipped
with the new type “Fury” mo
tors
PRINCELY SALESMAN
LONDON, Dec., 19. (/Pi—The
Prince of Wales who will leave
soon for South America on a mis
sion of salesmanship, pleaded
with his countrymen to develop
their marketing methods more
carefully, in a speech before the
Sales managers associations.
VOLCANO POURS RED
LAM D01 HU
BATAVIA. Java, Dec., 19 (/P)—
Merapi volcano, dormant for 80
years, burst into violence yester
day and poured a river of lava
! on villages at its foot.
The eruption is continuing- It
I is believed that the deaths will
! reach a total of at least 90.
The volcano has been menac
ing for two weeks but its sudden
awakening took the natives by
surprise.
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STATES WILL NOT BE FORCED
TO MATCH FEDERAL AP
PROPRIATIONS
: WASHINGTON, Dec.., 19. (A3)—
.President- Hoover's emergency and
urv mp'oymf nt p rogram struck
| another snag when congressional
conferees in one of the $116,000,
■000 works bill failed to agree.
The House*"group refused the
Senate amendment to turn the
appropriation for Alabama and
Georgia for improvement on the
i deferred., payment p’an and the
provision requiring local labor
>.r hired.
“Peek barrel*’ was the name
uiven the Georgkt and Alabama
request that, >t; tes be not forced
to match federal appropriations.
Senator Jones is prepared to
report the disagreement to the
Senate.
WOULD REMOVE BAN
WASHINGTON, Dec., 19. (/P»—
The removal of the ban against
paying compensation to veterans
who become ill through miscon
duct or w'ho pay income tax, is
sought by Representative Rankin,
Democrat from Mississippi, in a
bill which he has introduced.
TO FIGHT AGAIN
Joe Collier who was defeated in
! October by Fred Butler will be giv
| en a return match wdth the former
! Alaska heavyweight champion at
! the Moose Smoker on Dec. 20, it
; was announced recently by W. G.
;Hellan, matchmaker. It is billed as
j a title match for the heavyweight
crowm of Southeast Alaska, and is
to be an 8-round bout.—Juneau
Empire.
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CHEAPER TO MARRY
ASBURY PARK, N. J„ Dec., 19,
! (/P)—Wilda Bennett, musical star,
married Anthony Wettach. Sev
| eral months ago Miss Bennett
| sued Wettach for $20,000 dam
|ages for injuries sustained in an
! automobile accident.
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TWO YEARS SUSPENSION
WASHINGTON, Dec-, 19. i/P)—
' The House immigration commit
; tee approved the two year sus
pension of all immigration ex
j cept relatives of persons already
i living in the United States.
PRINCE IMPROVES
LONDON, Dec., 19, </P)— The1
chill from which the Prince of j
Wales suffered yesterday wasj
taking its normal course, doctors j
said. The Prince has a good nite
and his temperature is down
hope peiMpi
TO SHOW SS 0FFI5EP5
EM TO AMBEISH THEM
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! NEW YORK, Dec., 19, (/P)—Six
| teen federal narcotic agents,
| armed with machine guns, stood
watch over $1,000,000 worth of
morphine for 10 days in the hope
| of catching the gang which had
| imported the shipment, before
i they confiscated the narcotics.
I The gang never showed up but
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
urer Lawman in announcing the
seizure, said it was the largest
; ever made in this country.
The drugs were shipped in on
the SS Alecia in bales which
were marked rugs. Apparently.
| the drug ring had received inside
; information regarding the trap
i and thereby escaped arrest
LONDON, Dpc., ! 9, ,/Pi-Tb.e
attempt of Indian del >gru s to
reopen the debate ■■ on the poos
t i or- o :f B u r m u s. e ip ^ r i t:i o u f r o m
Indie failed .when f:
Donald and other Bv 1,1:ins took
t - stand ihut the matter’ -vouhl
no;: ; g m be d, i ■ w ’ it
< o'.r be fore ■. t he pi: ■5,_ ry : ses lob
of the conference.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 19, </Pi—
Secretary Mellon has made mis
leading statements on tax re
funds in an attempt to minimise
amounts returned to the bigger
tax payers of the country, Rep
jresentative John Garner, Demo
crat leader charged in another
j attack on the administration’s
[fiscal policies.
j Mr. Garner said there were nu
jmerous discrepancies in the sec
retary’s figures on returns
wdmiiTpFkeIgers
INTO 0001 POLITICS
WASHINGTON, Dec., 19, (JP)—
A manifesto signed by 100 Cuban
women and charging that the
attitude of the United States aids
the “dictatorship” in Cuba, was
introduced in the Senate by Sen
ator Thomas Walsh who sought
unsuccessfully to have it laid be
fore the foreign relations com
mittee for private consideration.
Senator Wash also demanded
an inquiry into America’s rela
tions with Cuba.
Borghild’s Ready Wear and Gift
Shop, owned and conducted by Mrs
Borghild Welde has open at Ju
neau, according to the Empire,
IRRESISTIBLE fCRCE
mow OBJECT
LEWISBURG, Penn* Dec. 19.1
(/P)—Five youths were killed when I
their car smashed into a con- j
crete bridge across the Susque- j
hanna River.
The dead are Wheller Watson,
son of Federal Judge Albert Wat- j
son of Scranton; Hirma Gair, i
his brother Wilbur, Robert Wil- J
son, all of Watsontown, and
William Rohn, of Canton, Ohio. |
ENROUTE TO SEWARD AND IN
TERIOR; ALSO RETURN
TO MOON CRATER
NEW YORK, Dec., 19. (JP)—
Father Bernard Hubbard of the
University of Santa Clara, Cal
ifornia, left here today on the
first leg of a religious and scien
tific trek to Northern Alaska.
The head of the geology de
partment of the college expects
to travel *3,000 miles over Yukon
trails with a dog team stopping
at 12 missions.
When the ice breaks, he plans
to. join FrofcssQr R. W. Chisihclm
i n a noth ox ; ?" -1; 4 '■ o n to M o o n
crater of Aniakchak, the largest
in ih«' world.
To expect; io Mve two months
hr the volcano;, gathering'; geologi
cal material for the government.
LOST CONFIDENCE
LONDON. Dec.. 19. (TPt— Sir
Robert Horne, conservative lead
er. and three other members of
his party issued a statement de
claring the British citizen no lon
ger had confidence in any par
ty and demanded measures of
protection on the tariff.
MARINER MISSING
Disappearance of Victor Koski,
who left Petersburg three weeks j
ago in the gasoline boat T-433 was
brought to the attention of the
U. S. Marshal at Juneau, by Matt j
Lani, owner of the missing craft,
says the Juneau Empire. Lani was
advised to take up the matter with
the U. S. Commissioner at Peters - i
burg. Koski was supposed to have
started for Juneau
ANOTHER RIG GIFT
NEW YORK. Dec., 19. </P>—
Tile gift of $500,000 by the Rock
effeller Foundation to the emer
gency unemployment committee1
was announced. This gift brings
the total contributions to $7,276,
511. |
EXPECTS EARLY ACTION *
“I am quite convinced that Mes
sers George T. Cameron and Har
ry Chandlar will go right ahead
with their program for the con
struction of a pulp and paper mill
near Juneau despite the unfavor
able market condition,” declared
Attorney General J. Rustgard, in dis
cussed the project with R. A. Ken
zie, engineer in charge, during a
recent visit to San Francisco, says
the Juneau Empire.
SUES. REITS
STILL RAIUH
STRIKES IN FULL SWING IN
CAPITALS, ACCORDING
TO REPORTS
PARIS, Dec., 19. m—With
communications faulty conflict
ing reports of happenings hi
Spain were received through pri
vate channels here.
At the frontier it was reported
that heavy fighting had taken
place at Huelva between strikers
and government troops and that
numerous casualties and wound
ed resulted.
The town of Valencia was said
to have been taken by the rebels
and three loyal generals had
been put to death.
While dispatchs from Madrid
said th central part of Spain
was once more quiet, a heavy
armed guard is being maintain
ed every where and martial lav/
continues in effect.
The situation caused by the
general strikes is disquieting and
was mode worse by news that
Premier Berenqucr is ill with
fever as a result of an attack of
tons! itis.
Strkos are in full swing in all
capitals of such province as Coru
Huelva, J/en Logrona, Santan
der, Vircaya and ZaragcseTa,
The government has cut off
romm.iluicat’ons to ■ prevent the
silver'd of news of. the disorders.
Major Ramon Franco who start
ed the revolution is being held
by Portugese authorities in close
quarters.
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NEW YORK, Dec.. 19, (^—Bob
by Jones, the world’s greatest
golfer until his retirement from
active competition recently, re
ceived the James E. Sullivan
memorial as the oirfstanding
amateur performer of 1930.
Jones received by far the lar
gest number of votes in compe
tition with others.
Clarence De Mar, marathon
runner, was second choice.
TO HIGHER COURT
Under the so-called White Fish
eries Law, the Act of Congress of
June 6, 1924. all citizens of the U.
S., are vested with equal, rights in
Alaska fisheries, and the Territor
ial Inon-resident troUers’s license
requirement is in violation of the
former act, the U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals held in its recent de
cision. says the Juneau Em
pire- A copy of the decision hai
been received in that city. The Ter
ritory wall undertake to carrv the
case to the U. S. supreme court.
BAKERY TRANSFER
C. D. Coates has bought the Jun
eau Bakery. Seward street between
Second and Third from William
Myren. Mr. Coates has been head
baker at the plant he purchased for
the past two and a half years.
IB! JOSES REGf
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