PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 96. SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
FIRST TIME SUCH H E A V Y
VOLTAGE BEEN PUT THRU
CATHODE TUBE, SAID
SEATTLE, April 24, (/P)— Films
showing the operation of a new
apparatus which is said to devel
op 3,000,000 volts of dynamic elec
trical energy, were exhibited pri
vaately to stockholders of the Mar
tin-John Mines Company, of San
Francisco here today.
John T. Martin, president of the
concern, said the apparatus was
developed by Hector M. Hassell,
former Seattle radio instructor,
who has been working with the
mining company since last Decem
ber.
The equipment, which Martin
said has been in operation in San
Francisco for a month, has been
carefully guarded and is used to
refine ore.
Martin said a ray, developed by
the apparatus is, ‘a death ray”
only because of its high voltage.
The ray is not the invention of
Hassell’s but a development in one
of the steps in treating the ore.
Martin said others have generated
a much higher voltage but this is
the fust time that so heavy a .^It
age has been put through a cath
ode tube thus making it available
fcr commercial use.
The device may revolutionize
power development methods, it
was said.
EXPECT TO OBTAIN SIGNATURE
MOUNTED POLICEMAN AT
HERSCHEL ISLAND
REGINA, Saskatchewan, April
25, (/P)—A specially contructed
canoe and four young men plan a
15.000 mile all-water journey
from Herschel Island, in the arc
tic, to the Panama Canal, under
the leadership of Victor Fisher.
Accompanied by his two brothers
Alvin and Vans, and a friend,
Charles Bruder, the party plans
to leave the waterways at Alber
ta on May 7 and go to Herschel
Island to obtain the signature of
the Canadian Mounted police
officer in charge, for their log
book.
CORDOVA, April 25, (JP)—Said
to have the personal backing of
Senators Borah of Idaho and
Reed of Pennsylvania, Captain
Alfred D. Williams, a resident of
Alaska for 31 years, threw his
hat into the three-cornered ring
in the race for governor of Alas
ka, opposing the incubent, Geo. A.
Parks, and “Doc” Holmes, million
aire oilman of Texas and a for
mer Alaskan.
BIG BUNCH OF CRABS
CORDOVA, April 25, (JP)—Com
j prising the biggest shipment of
! crab meat ever to have been sent
! fromthe Alaska Northern Sea
foods company, went south on the
Steamer Alaska when 5,000 pounds
was loaded aboard the vessel.
| CONFEREES NAMED FOR COM
MITTEES ON ALLEGED
COMPTROLLER BILL
| JUNEAU, April 25, (Special to
the Gateway)—McCain’s bill to es
tablish an experimental fur farm
to study diseases and to work out
[feeding and other problems inci
j dental to fur farming in Alaska,
| was defeated in the house by an
I eight to seven vote one member,
;Dr. Winn, being absent.
McCain sought the farm for An
chorage but the house first
' amended it to locate it at the Al
jaska college and to operate it in
'conjunction with that institution.
! The author and the entire third
| division delegation then opposed
: its passage.
The house passed the bill creat
i ing a Territorial board law ex
jaminer and prescribing the meth
od of admitting attorneys to the
Alaska bar; another directing the
treasurer to set aside $80,000 for
the Pioneers Home building fund
which already has a similar sum
to its credit; and two other minor
measures.
The senate named Steel, Frame
! and Anderson as conferees on the
comptroller bill and the house
conferees are Connelley, Murray
and Foster. The committee has
held no meeting but is expected
to discuss differences today.
Conferences on the school re
! fund measure was in progress to
day with an agreement in sight
that will retain the maximum re
fund of $40,000 as fixed by the
house nad possibly establishing
three classes of schools, refund
ing 75 per cent to those having
;400 enrollment, 58 per cent to
| those with 300, and 85 to those of
150 enrollment or less.
NO CLUE LEFT; POLICE BELIEVE
BOMBS WERE THROWN
FROM AUTOMOBILES
! CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 24, (JP)
—Two dynamite bombs, which the
j police charged against harassed
j bootleggers, exploded within an
I hour; the attacks were on two
members of the department.
One was planted at the home
of Captain William McMasters and
the other at the recent residence
of Sergeant Patrick Holland, chief
of the vice and liquor squad.
At the McMasters home, part of
the porch was blown away and his
wife and two children badly shak
en. Windows in the neighborhood
were shattered and frames of
porches ripped away.
| In the apartmnt of the former
Holland home windows were brok
en and occupants thrown from
their beds. The bombers left no
clue; the bombs are believed to
have been thrown from automo
biles.
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National
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4.
Brooklyn 5, Boston 3.
New York 9, Philadelphia 2.
American
i Detroit 7, Cleveland 6.
Philadelphia 9, Washington 4.
New York 9, Boston 3.
Coast
Portland 5, Seattle 2.
San Francisco 10, Hollywood 3.
Los Angeles 12, Missions 6.
S Oakland 19, Sacramento 6.
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TO REBUILD CAPITAL CITY
SHANGHAI, April 25, Kil
lam Murphy, New York architect,
has been commissioned by the Na
tionalist government to rebuild its
capital city of Nanking. No build
ings in the new city will be over
| three stories high.
FAILS TO WIN
LONDON, April 25, (/P)—“Reigh
Count”, American horse, ,owned by
Mrs. John D. Hertz, failed to place
in the Newberry Spring cup race
which was won by “Athford” with
■ “Gang Warely” second.
PEED! JUR TRIP
MADE TO SEATTLE
i
THIRD ROUND TRIP TO ALAS
KA IN A MONTH IS COM
PLETED
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! SEATTLE, April 25, (/P)—'The
Gorst plane “Alaskan” arrived
scarcely eight hours after it had
left Ketchikan with H. H. Andre
who is rushing to the bedside of
his mohter in San Francisco.
Andre expected to take a plane
out of Seattle today.
Completing the round-trip to
Alaska the plane brought Karl
Berg, 79 years old, a sourdough,
i who is making his first trip to
the states in 22 years. Berg plans
to fly to San Francisco, then to
Chicago.
The Gorst plane stopped at
Alert bay, B. C., to refuel. It was
the third round-trip from Seat
tle to Alaska, within the month.
three anr bouts
ILL LESVE FRISGB
SOOB m THE NGRTH
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, (JP)—
I The steamer Alvin C. Hale, recent
ly purchased by the Alaska Salmon
company, came off the ways today
j at the United Engineering plant,
! converted from a coal to an oil
i burner.
The vessel will sail foi the Alas
kan fishing grounds about May 7
and will be used by the company
i as a cannery ship. The vessel was
farmerly the H. A. Lawrence; she
| will be followed North by other
steamers of the company, the Gla
jeier and the Cistarica.
THREE KINGS—A “HAN J” THAT CAN’T BE BEAT
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RETIRE AFTER
MANY SEEK POST OF GOVER
NOR GENERAL OF THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
WASHINGTON, April 24, (£>)—
Henry P. Fletcher, after more than
a quarter of a century diplomatic
service, will retire as ambassador
to Rome upon the appointment of
a successor and will return to the
United States.
While no definite announcement
has been reported it is said he may
enter the race in the United States
senate, from Pennsylvania, or may
be considered for the appointment
of governor general of the Philip
pines.
Many candidates are being urg
ed to the post of governor gener
al. The list includes Ambassador
Fletcher; Silas Straw of Chicago;
Brig. Gen. Frank McCoy, and Ma
jor General Douglas MaCartur.
President Hoover, at present, is
giving little consideration to fill
jing the post which is sought and
which he may give to William Do
novan of New York. Meanwhile,
! Eugene Gilmore, acting governor,
! apparently is functioning to the
satisfaction of Hoover.
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TWISTERS
3 LIVES
SEVEN PEOPLE
SEVERE STORMS ROARED PATH
THREE MILES, KILLING
SEVEN PEOPLE
PALESTINE, Texas, April 25, (/P)
: —Two tornadoes lashed three
! east Texas hamlets and killed
seven people and injuring at least
21. The property loss is estimat
ed to be around $250,000.
The most severe storm roared
a path three-miles wide and twist
ed Slocum to a mass of ruins, kill
ing seven; it dipped again nearby
and wiped out Benson Springs
without injury to the inhabitants.
Another twister, of lesser inten
sity, hit Janes leaving 75 home
less. There was one casualty, a
woman, who was seriously injured
and is not expected to live.
CORDOVA, April 25, (/P)—'The
possibility that one of the great
\ volcanoes in the Aleutian group,
i Mount St. Augustine or Hiamna,
or even the mighty Katmai itself,
is in eruption again and belching
out thousands of tons of ash and
| lava, is seen in Cordova, hundreds
i of miles away with lava dust set
! tling in noticeable amounts on
'every roof in the city.
THE“DEATH THRUST”
CHICAGO, April 25, (VP)-The
| Science of Ballistics is to be en
| v e i g h e d against the “Death
Thrust,” which is believed respon
jsible for more than 200 killings in
Chicago alone and which is sus
i pected in the slaying of Arnold
Rothstein.