Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 14.
SEWARD, ALASKA
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
QUARTER MILLION FOR IM
PROVEMENTS ; SAME FOR
NEW DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON, Jan., 17, (/P)—
The Senate adopted the amend
ment to the Department of the j
Interior bill providing $250,000
of the Alaska Railroad appro
priation be expended to devel
op tonnage and another $250,
000 to be used for capital ex
penditures for permanent im
provements.
Senator Howell offered the j
amendment. Howell said the In-;
terior Department concurred in j
the recommendation that pas- j
senger rates be raised to 10c per
mile and that the freight rates
be raised 50 per cent.
Secretary Wilbur agreed t o
put tne higher rates into effect.
INDUS FERMENTS
IS ENGLAND METES
JUSTICE TD PLOTTERS
—
BOMBAY, India, Jan. 17. UP)— j
More than 300 persons were re
ported injured, many of them
seriously, in a series of riots in
different sections of India which
followed the hanging of four of j
Ghandis followers who had been
charged with murder of a police- ;
man at Sholapur.
The disorders were the most
serious since the early stages of
he disobedience movement. Mobs
charged through the streets here,
frequent clashes with the police
occurred and many arrests wei >
made.
At Poona a heavy guard ' vss
thrown around the jail where
Mahatma Ghandi is confined, af
icf a mob had tried to storm the
prison.
ALGAE'S OSS SO!
IS FACE WRATH OF
101 LEGISLATURE
NEW YORK, Jan., 16, OP}—
Another black sheep has been
condemned. He is little Blue
Green Algae, the bad boy of the
Algae family.
Algae are the microscopic ani
mals which form the green scum
on stagnant water, and most of
them are harmless to fish living
m the same water. But when
their city brothers come along
m their blue-green suits, there
is trouble.
The loss of thousands of fish
:n Okoboji and Spirit Lakes in
Iowa has been attributed to the
black sheep of the algae family,
the association is informed, and
the Iowa legislature has been
&sked for a special appropria
tion to treat the lakes.
CREATED MONOPLY
WILMINGTON, Del. Jan. 17, (/P)
—Suit was filed in the federal
district court by the Gold Seal
Electrical Company, Inc., against
the Radio Corporation of Ameri- j
ea charging that the R. C. A., has !
created a monoply in the manu-1
facture of radio tubes by organ
hdng with other corporations.
1 OF SEITOBS IS
SOUGHT, OIL PRODUCERS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. (/P)—
The assistance of senators is be
ing sought by independent oil pro
ducers in a warfare against the
large corporations.
Nye has been asked to call for
an investigation of alleged price
fixing. Thomas of Oklahoma re
ceived a protest against the pur
chase of imported oil by the
shipping board called on the
board for a contract with the
Gulf Oil Company.
SB FURTHER WORD
OF "TWO"
HORTA, Azores, Jan. 17. </P)— {
A northeast gale which whipped;
j across the route of the airplane;
! “Tradewind,” flying from Hamil
iton, Bermuda, to the Azores Is
' land, is believed to have caused
{Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. Wil
| liam MacLaren to lose their way.
i Late last Sunday night the two
j fliers who were trying to make
! the first crossing of the Atlantic j
| Oceon with a “pay load” of com
| mercial commodities were long1
{overdue at Horta.. Heavy clouds
! hung low over the islands and
rockets and flares were sent
{ shooting into the sky at definite
periods in an attempt to guide I
the “Tradewind” to her destina
tion if the pilots brought her any
where near.
The wireless station at Fayal,
in the Azores, was in constant
communication with ships along
the route the “Tradewind” was
scheduled to follow', but none of
the vessels reported sighting the
plane.
It is possible that the pilots
found it advisable because of wea
ther conditions to change their
plans and head straight for con
tinental Europe. The airplane
should have arrived at Horta early
this wreek. Poor visibility obtained
in the vicinity of the islands hovr
ever and choppy seas increased
the anxiety because of the added
danger should a forced landing!
be made. All preparation had been I
made at Horta for refueling the j
“Tradewbnd” when she arrived, i
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES
HOCKEY SCORES
SEATTLE, Jan. 17. (^—Port
land 1, Seattle 0.
LANDSLIDE TAKES TOLL
GUAYAQUILL, Ecuador, Jan. 17.
(AP)—A landslide on the Guaya
quil Quito Railroad killed 194
workers who were engaged in
cleaning away a previous slide.
STREET DEMONSTRATIONS
BOMBAY, Jan. 17. (fp) —Two
hundred and 50 Indians were
sent to hospitals as a result of
street fights with the police and
soldiers. Demonstrators attempt
ed to establish a cessation of all
work. The demonstration was the
worst of recent riots.
RELIGIOUS FANATICS
MANLA, P. I. Jan. 17. (#>) _
Tayag, in Rangahana province,
captured and looted by a band of
religious fanatics, wat retaken by
constabulary after a spirited bat
tle. Eight members of the con
stabulary and nine raiders were
Wiled in the fighting.
1EGR0 BURNED Of!
RECENTLY RELEASED FROM
PRISON FOR SIMILAR
OFFENSE
MARYSVILLE, Missouri, Jan. 17.
(TIN—Raymond Gunn, Negro ex
convict who confessed to the mur
der of Velma Colter, pretty 19
year old school teacher, was lynch
ed in a theatrical fashion.
He was taken from the sher
iff’s custody by a mob estimated
at 5,000, marched a mile and a
half to the school house where
the murder occurred, chained to
the roof and burned to death
with the building. The mob. in
which there were hundreds of
men and women and many child
ren, formed a ring around the
building and stood guard until
nothing but ashes was left.
As the flames enveloped him
Gunn, who was chained across the
ridgepole directly above the black
board at which his victim was at
work when she was attacked, wav
repeatedly to those below him.
The Negro was only recently re
leased from prison after serving
a term for attacking another
white girl.
WASHINGTON, Jail. 17. (ZP) —
Despite Red Cross protests the
Senate’s $25,000,000 relief fund to
be distributed by the Red Cross
is slated for passage.
Only a few are known to op
pose the item which was spon
sored by the democrats and in
s urgent republicans.
Robinson said that the Red Cross
protests were an effort to cm
harass the proposal and the pas
sage of the relief measure.
The senate is preparing for
a night session to insure against
an extra session.
TEPIC NAYARET, Mexico, Jan.
17. (JP) — Twenty-seven terrific
earthquakes have shaken Las Tres
. Maria Island, the Mexican pri
j son colony, in the last 24 hours.
Many terrified prisoners saw in
the quake a manifestation of sup- i
ernaturai vengeance for the im
prisonment of Madre Concepcion
as insitgator of the assassination
of General Oberon in 1928.
SNOW N SOUTH
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. *(/P) —
Snow and rain fell over a good
part of the east and south. Snow
fall in parts of Pennsylvania
| amounted to as much as five
inches. Mild temperatures prevail
ed for the most part.
ANOTHER SONG
BALTIMORE, Jan. 17. (/P) —
John Philip Sousa, 76, band lea
der and composer, was informed
at John Hopkin hospital that an
operation on a shoulder injured
eight years ago would not be nec
essary and he felt so jubilant
about it that he announced he
would write another song.
LONDON, Jan. 17. (/P)—During
| the storm which raged over Eng
land three were killed by falling
chimneys; the Canadian Pacific
liner Dutchess of York was pinned
to the dock at Liverpool some
time before tugs could free her.
The wind reached a velocity of
70 miles. Ferry service was sus
pended and planes were held on
the ground.
Europe reported similar condi
tions. A train was wrecked in Ger
many and numerous people were
slightly injured.
LABOR 1 SPAIN
WOULD PARALYZE
KING ALFONSO IS SAID TO BE
OPPOSED TO ANY CON
STITUTIONAL REFORM
j MADRID, Spain, Jan. 17 (JP)—
Strong precautions are being tak
en against a new revolutionary
outbreak in Spain, it was learned,
las a result of rumors that an up
rising will be attempted in which
labor organizations will have a
| prominent part by paralyzing the
'life of the country through a gen
leral strike.
The statement in an official
I communique that a general el
ection will be held in March un
der any conditions, even if it is
necessary to hold it under martial
law, reflects the seriousness of
the situation and the difficult
position of the Berenguer govern
ment.
Constitutionalists under the
leadership of Francis Guerra have
been making strenuous efforts to
arrive at an understanding with
King Alfonso and avoid further
revoltution in Spain,
revolution in Spain through peace
ful and legal channels.
The king is now said to be op
posed to any constitutional re
form.
“ALFALFA BILL”
OKLAHOMA CTY, Jan. 17. (JP)~
: “Alfalfa Bill” Murray was sworn
in as governor of this state.
MANY SPILLS
VIENNA, Jan. 17. (/P) —One
hundred and 20 men and women
skiers suffered broken legs, arms
or fingers in the biggest winter
sports days of the year here.
“BOMB KING'’
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. iJP)—James
Belcastro, “bomb king” of Chi
cago, one of the orgiginal twenty
eight “public enemies” listed by
the Chicago Crime Commission,
was ambushed and felled with
five bullets in his chest. His con
dition is critical.
shades of lingle
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. (A5)—Leo. V.
Brothers, alias Bader, St. Louis
gunman was indicted for the day
time assassination on June 9 last
i of Alfred J. Lingle, crime report
er for the Chicago Tribune.
HAWAIIAN PASSES
HONOLULU, Jan. 17. (JP)—Al
bert P. Taylor, librarian of ar
chives of Hawaii and author of
books concerning Hawaii died of
heart attack.
! MELLON DENIES
RUMOR HE PLANS
I TO DESIGN OFFICE
COMBINATON OF RUMORS AND
GOSSIP BRINGS OUT
DENIALS
I WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. UP) —
| Reports that Mellon had sub
mitted his resignation were deni
ied at the White House. It was
!similary denied that Dawes be
I came republican national chair
man and that Secretary Adams
would succeed him at London.
The report concerning Mellon
is said to resemble sinnliar re
ports which have been denied
since March, of 1929.
The report also denied that Ray
Benjamin, California lawyer, was
to succeed George Akerson as
Hoover’s secretary. The published
report is described as a combina
tion of rumors and gossip.
CHE TIME PROMINENT
DIVINE USHERS SELF
INTO GREAT BEYOND
f
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. </pt—Rev
erend Dr. William Taylor, center
of a recent slander suit against
'Mrs. Margaret DuPont Lee in
! Washington, D. C.. committed sui
icide in a rooming house to which
he had come without funds.
p pcrs disclosed that he form
erly was pastor of Grace Ep
iscopal Church in Washington and
held a pastorage in Chicago, Phil
adelphia and Providence.
Other letters showed he had re
: cently been discharged from the
Episcopal Hospital at Philadel
1 phia.
I
; NEW YORK, Jan., 16, (/P>_
j Two women recently won tro
ll phies in one of the most exclu
| sive of all sports, bison hunting,
j Since the disappearance of the
great buffalo herds which used
to blacken the Kansas prairies,
| the buffalo or bison hunting has
j become practically an extinct
| sport, and few present-day big
[game hunters can point to a
buffalo head among their tro
phies.
Arizona, however, manages
to keep the old tradition alive,
for intelligent conservation work
has kept a good-sized herd in
its natural state on the Kaibab
plateau. So rapidly has the herd
grown in recent years that it
has now become necessary for
the state gome commission to
authorizze an annual hunt in
order that the herd shall not
outrun its own food supply.
Ten hunters made up thin
year’s party, and' two women,
Mrs. J. G. Tarbell of Phoenix
and Mrs. Emma K. Haynie of
Tucson, shot one bison each, as
did others of the party.
DEAD IN BANK
* LAREDO, Texas, Jan. 17. <£>)_
O. L. Longoria, 65, one of north
ern Mexico’s financiers, was found
shot to death in his bank at Nu
evo Laredo. An inquest verdict has
not been rendered.