“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Office.’'
_• _ —Attorney General of Alaska John Riistgard.
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 275.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MOTHER CRAWFORD
PASSES Oil AETER A
RESIDENT OF SEWARD FOR 20
YEARS SUCCUMBED AT AN
EARLY HOUR TODAY
Mrs. Emma Crawford, known to
everyone in Seward as Mother
Crawford, responded to the Final
Call at about 8 o’clock this morn
ing after an illness of at least six
months, brought on by encroaching
age. Death came peacefully to the
dear old lady at the residence of
her son, Mr. E. Crawford, on Third
Avenue.
Born in Gerry, Chautauqua
county, New York, on September
13, 1852, Mrs. Crawford and her
husband moved to Deuel county,
Minnesota, in 1876. Mother's maid
en name was Miss Emma Ostran
der and on February 10, 1869, she
married. It seems but yesterday
when the legion of local friends of
the elderly couple joined in con
gratulating them upon the arrival
of their golden wedding anniver
sary. It is with happiness friends
recall how delighted Mother was
that day.
Mother Crawford leaves to mourn
her passing, besides a host of local
friends, her husband, Walter; son,
Edwin, and daughter, Minnie; the
latter residing at Modesto, Calif.
Funeral services will be held on
New Year’s Day, Friday, at 1 p. m.,
in the chapel of the Seward Under
taking Parlors with interment in a
beautiful plot in the I. O. O. F.
grounds of the Seward Cemetery,
ENSIGN TOOK OUGHT
POISON RATHER THHN
t% SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. (F)—
Navy physicians were fighting des
perately to save the life of Ensign
William Shinn Gates, 24, who
drank slow poison because he con
sidered himself a deserter from the
battleship Nevada.
Believing he would be courtmar
tialed for overstaying his leave, the
ensign swallowed his death draught
and wrote farewell letters to his
mother, Mrs. H. B. Gates, of Lan
caster, Pa., and his chum, Ensign |
E. D. Lucas, also attached to the
Nevada. Then he walked from his
hotel room to the Central Emer
gency Hospital to tell the doctors
what he had done.
After the ensign was attended at
the emergency hospital, he was
taken to the Mare Island Naval
Hospital.
“I got into a jam In Los Angeles;
I smashed up another fellow’s car,”
Gates said. “I got leave from the
Nevada lying in San Pedro harbor
and came to San Francisco, then I
found I had overstayed by leave.
That meant I was a deserter from!
i,he Navy and that I would have to
face a courtmartial, so I took the
poison,” he said.
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DECLARED TOTAL LOSS
SEATTLE, Dec. 30. (/P)—'The SS
Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, which was ravaged by
fire recently, was yesterday de
clared a total loss when bids calling
for the rebuilding of the vessel were
opened. Four of the bids submit
ted were for more than the insured
value of the ship—$500,000.
80! LITEM EITEN
ME 8! TWO DOGS;
LIVED FOUR HOIS
Attacked by two sled dogs, Odman
Kooley, Jr., five years of age, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Kooley of Kasllof,
died a few hours later after being
almost eaten alive.
First news of the tragic death of
the child was received yesterday by
The Gateway, though the tragedy
occurred December 9. This long
lapse of time vividly portrays how
isolated are the Kenai Peninsula
folk.
At 12:30 noon of the above date
Mr. Kooley phoned neighbors what
had happened and they rushed to
the family’s assistance. The lad
was still alive but unconscious.
He had been chewed terribly; all
of his clothing had been ripped off
with the exception of his stockings
and one shoe pack.
From details sent to this paper,
it seems Mr. Kooley was at the
home of a neighbor, about 300 feet
away, and Mrs. Kooley dispatched
the youngster to call his father.
The sled dogs were loose and jump
ed upon the child behind a mass
of piling, out of sight of. both
houses.
When found, the boy had been
literally mauled to death, and in
about 10 minutes.
Mrs. McLean and Mrs. H. Ber
ger dressed the bites to the best of
their ability and P. A. Cole rushed
to Kenai in an endeavor to send a
message for an airplane. At 4:15
Odman died. Chas. Sands was then
sent to Kenai to try and cancel the
message for a plane.
As the river was full of slush ice
it was impossible to cross but at
tention was attracted by swinging
a lantern. By shouting across the
Kenai River, residents were told
that Odman was dead.
Odman was born May 15, 1927. He
was buried in the Kenai cemetery.
Besides his parents, he left two lit
tle sisters to mourn him, aged
seven and three years.
Mr. Kooley is employed as watch
man at the Packer’s Cannery near
the mouth of the Kasilof River.
ROB INDIANA BANK
ROACHDALE, Ind., Dec. 30. (A3/—
Ten bandits armed with machine
guns and sawed-off shotguns held
up the Roachdale State Bank, blew
open the safe and escaped with
$4,500 in cash and bonds after cut
ting telephone and telegraph wires
to block pursuit.
DESIRES OUST SUBMARINES
LONDON, Dec. 29. (A5) — Great
Britain intends again to advocate
the abolition of the submarine as
an instrument of war when the
Geneva disarmament conference
convenes, it was stated in high cir
cles. England's position will be that
the submarine cannot be effectively
used within the limits of interna
tional law.
FRANCE MO BRITAIN
SEEK COMPROMISE ON
WHO REPARATIONS
PARIS, Dec. 30. {/P)—France and!
Great Britain are seeking a com
promise policy concerning repara
tions as a result of America’s re
fusal to revise or cancel war debts.
| It is said in certain quarters that j
! the basis of discussions between j
representatives of both countries is
for a one to three-year moratorium
on Germany’s conditional repara- i
tions payments to include a five
! year postponement provided by
England or a two-year holiday is
suggested by France.
The agreement would contain a
| safety clause under which Ger- j
' many would be asked to continue
payment annually if the United
I States refused to grant an equiva
! lent moratorium on the war debt.
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CHINESE HIUM TO
SOUTH QF GREAT WALL
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TOKYO, Dec. 30. {&)—■Because of
I the threat of bombing from Jap
anese airplanes which have been
flying over Chin Chow for the last
few days and because of "the near
ness of Japanese troops urho are
within 30 miles of Chin Chow, Mar
shal Liang, in charge of the Chin
ese forces in Manchuria, began
withdrawing his forces late Tuesday
evening.
The Chinese are'withdrawing to
a point south of the Great Wall.
BIG FIRE
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 30. (JP)—A
downtown fire here resulted in over
$250,000 damage.
FINLAND CITIZENS
VOTE ON DRV LAW
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Dec. 30.
(/P)—The whole voting population
of Finland’s 3,500,000 people moved
to have its say on Finland’s 13
year-old prohibition law in a bliz
zard which will probably keep
thousands of voters home because
of the impassable roads and will
interfere with both sexes’ opinion
as it would be registered in the
polls.
The voting was underway Tues
day and observers were looking for
a heavy poll. The voting will also
be continued today.
The voters will decide whether
the Finland prohibition law will be
continued, repealed or modified to
provide a medium strength of light
wines and beer.
GANDHI WANTS CONFERENCE
BOMBAY, India, Dec. 30. </P)—
Mahatma Gandhi has requested an
interview with the Viceroy of Eng
land here in an attempt to reach
some end as to how India and Eng
land may bring about peaceful co
operation and thus avoid renewal
of hostilities. Gandhi said that this
was the only way in which he could
hope to avoid a renewal of the dis
obedience campaign.
EINSTEIN ARRIVES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30. </P)—
Prof, and Mrs. Albert Einstein ar- j
rived in Los Angeles harbor Tues
day night on the SS Portland. They
were to remain aboard the ship
until today before disembarking.
According to a previous agreement
there will be no formal welcome for
the distinguished scientist.
HITLEH IffiLSTfMG
REUS REGARDING
BRUENING POLITICIANS
BERLIN, Dec. 30. (/P)—Chancel
lor Bruening, whose clash with A.
Hitler, leader of the National So
cialists, has roused Germany upon
an important victory in the Reichs
tag when the Council of Elders, by
a vote of 321 and 256, defeated the
motion backed by the Communists
and Nationalists, proposing that
the German Parliament be con
voked.
The move was a direct challenge
to the Chancellor’s rule by a decree
during the current economic crisis.
Meanwhile, Herr Hitler issued a
40-page letter charging the pres
ent government v/ith following a
policy of illusion and called upon
the Chancellor to resign his post.
Hitler again predicted his party
will ultimately be put in power le
gally by a vote of the people and
he was harsh in his statements
when he remarked on Bruening’s
attempt to squelch all opposition by
the use of police power.
Use of police power to suppress
opposition, he said, is only tolerable
when a government’s successes
warrant such a step. “If we were
not to talk,” he said, “why not give
us the power and we will cease
talking and go to work."
CONFISCATE PAMPHLETS
ALLAHABAD, India, Dec. 30. (JP)
—Police raided the home of Pandit
Jaharwalal Nehru, leader of the
“no rent” campaign in the united
provinces, and confiscated a batch
of pamphlets advocating refusal to
pay rents.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. (/P)—Vincent
Cole and P. Giordan were acquitted
Monday on the charge of killing
Michael Vengali, five years of age,
and wounding four other children
in an attempt to slay an opposing
gangster in Harlem last July.
Their acquittal was secured after
George Brecht, the State’s “surprise
witness” admitted perjury in con
nection with the identification of
'Cole Giordan as the occupants of
an automobile from which the shots
were fired.
It is not known what New York
State will do to Brecht because of
his admitted perjury as it is the
law in some States that perjury at
a murder trial is punishable by life.
Giordan does not secure his free
dom, however, as he has been sen
tenced for another murder and will
be sent to Sing Sing at once to be
gin serving his term.
MAKES ADDRESS TO TRAVEL
ASSOCIATION OF GREAT
BRITAIN
LONDON, Dec. 30. (/P)—Unquali
fied faith in Great Britain’s ulti
mate recovery from the depression
was expressed by the Prince of
Wales in an address before the
third annual meeting of the Travel
Association of Great Britain and
Ireland.
i He said there has been too much
talk of financial and industrial dif
i ficulties from which Great Britain
1 is now suffering with the rest of
! the world.
“This is the moment,” he said,
i “when we want to try to impress
i on the rest of the world that our
country is still alive and that it
means to go forward again. I would
like to pay tribute to the way in
which this association is trying to
do this.”
The Prince assured the world
that when the temporary finan
cial situation has been rectified,
Britons will once more resume trav
eling for pleasure and pointed out
the necessity of travel.
“If we, in all countries, were al
ways to stay at home and to eke
out a livelihood and so, in a manner
of speaking, taking in each other’s
washing, it would be a precarious
life for all of us.”
PARTNER IN CONTEST
BRIDGE SESSION, 0.
MOOT, RESIGNS
I NEW YORK, Dec. 30. (/P)—Oswald
' Jacoby resigned as Lenz’s partner
| in the Culbertson-Lenz and Jacoby
bridge contest after much criticism
in the session during which they
cut 250 points off the lead of Mr.
and Mrs. Culbertson in the
test of rival systems in contract
bridge.
Psychic bids by Jacoby toward
the end of the session touched off
the fireworks. Prior to that Jacoby
accused Lenz of making misplays
which enabled the Culbertsons to
fulfill the contract.
The Culbertsons have won five
of the eight rubbers of the session,
their play being reduced to 10,840.
The rubber stands at 59 for the Cul
bertsons and 44 for Lenz.
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URGES RETAIL BUYING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29
P)—Declaring that 600,000 persons
with earnings of about $45,000,000
were added to payrolls in retail
establishments in the United States
in the month preceding Christmas,
Dr. Julius Klein, assistant Secre
tary of Commerce, urged larger re
tail buying as a means of stimulat
ing trade and industry.
A. B. Cummings, manager of the
government hotel at Curry, was a
passenger today for the South on
the SS Victoria.