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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 216.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THONiaS R. EDISON DIED
Ell SUM 1FTER
IN [in ILLNESS!
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WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct-, 19, j
ijPj_Thomas Alva Edison, died at j
his home here at the age of 84
years, at 3:24 Sunday morning
after an extended illness
Thomas Alva Edison was born;
at Milan Ohio, February 11, 1847, j
the son of Samuel and Nancy j
Elliott Edison. His ancestors emi- j
grated from Holland to the Unit- j
States in 1730 The family of the:
inventor was noted, especially on i
his father’s side, for longevity, j
His great-grandfather, a prosper- j
ous New York banker of Revolu-|
tionary times, lived to be 104, and ^
his grandfather 102. His fathei
was 94 when he died.
Commenting on that family re
cord when he was 76, Mr. Edison
said he was only middle aged and
I don't expect to lower the fam
ily average.”
Mr- Edison’s mother, who was
born in New England, had been a
teacher in a Canadian high school
and from her he received most of
his early education. It has been
recorded that Edison spent not
more than two months altogether
in school. At the age of 12 he
had' read a number of treatises
on scientific subjects as well as
other works such as Gibbons
• Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire”. .
About that time he engaged in
a variety of business enterprises,
including newsboy on the Grand
Trunk Railway between Port Hu
ron and Detroit, proprietor of a.
new'sstand and book store and o
vegetable market, and employ
ing 11 boys to assist him in these
various activities. At the age of
15 he turned to journalism and
with some old equipment pur
chased from the Detroit Free
Press, set up his shop in the bag
gage car of his train. There he
published the Grand Trunk Her
ald, said to have been the first
newspaper published aboaid a
-.rain This venture continued for
nearly a year and wras suspended
when he was denied use of the
baggage car.
(Plenw? turn to Page Four)
STOCK MARKET BURS
USE FAR EAST SCARE TO
ENCOURAGE SELLING
NEW YORK, Oct, 19. (/P) —Drib
bling sales weighed the stock mar
ket to still lower levels. There were
a number of bullish items in the
day’s news, including the declara
tion of a $2.00 extra dividend by
Woolworth. More encouraging re
views on steel industry, but the
Trading fraternity ignored them all.
Professional bears used the Far
East war scare to encourage selling
making much of an unconfirmed
dispatch to the effect that Soviet
Russia is about to intervene in the
ouarrel between China and Japan.
Selling for foreign acounts was
in evidence in some section of the
jist, notably in International Nickle
r.nd American Foreign Power. #
WILL INVOKE PACT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (/P)—’The j
American government will join in j
invoking the Kellogg-Briand Peace 1
Pact to stop Japanese-Chinese hos
tilities but is refraining from tak
ing the leading roles.
LlBERI'SPLMFLnO
MORROW HOME IN N. J.
SEATTLE, Oct., 19, (&)—The
route Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh will take when they j
reach Vancouver, B. C., on the j
liner Jefferson, is still not made:
known despite a cablegram from \
Colonel Lindbergh who said that I
he would hop-off from Vancouver j
In a Lockhead Vega plane and fly!
to the Morrow home in New Jer
sey.
The plane is being sent up from
Los Angeles and will meet the
Lindberghs at Vancouver.
THOMAS EDISON'S BODY
WILL BE LAID TO REST IN
1ST GRANGE, l J.
WEST ORANGE, N. J , Oct., 19,
(JP)—Surounded by the well-worn
and famliar objects of his daily
use Thomas Edison’s body lay in
state in the small and unpreten
tious workroom where for many
years he read, thought and exper
imented.
Some test tubes and bits of
plants he was using in his search
for a formula for the manufac
ture of rubber, an old desk, many;
note books, a blue covered couch
; where he used to rest, these were j
| the background of the casket over j
which shed the radiance of what j
the world regards as his greatest;
invention, the incandescent lamp. |
For an hour this morning,
workmen of his factory passed j
slowly thru the little building,
I iust off the main street. The in
I i
. ventor’s son Charles was there to
; receive them.
| Later the public was admitted j
i and a long line of men, women
: and children began moving thru
the quiet room- The body will
lie in state until Tuesday evening.
A private funeral service will be
held Wednesday in the Edison
home and the body will then be
laid to rest in the Rosedale ceme
tary in West Orange.
Edison slipped quietly from the
deep coma into lasting sleep Sun
day morning, while holding the
hand of Mrs. Edison, who for 45
years has been his constant com
! panion.
i Besides Mrs. Edison there were
i at the bedside six children
• Dr. Howe disclosed that Edison,
learning that recovery was impos
sible, did not want to live and
said that his life’s work was done.
He said he did not wish the place
of an invalid to burden the fam
ily.
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! appropriations postponed
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 19. (JP)
—Congress is to postpone the ap
portioning of funds for the Navy
until it can guage the needs of the j
fleet by the results of February’s;
general disarmament conference.
This plan was announced by the
chairman of the Appropriations
' Committee. J
seg—Bj-aaeaBBaea
THOMAS A. EDISON
It is with inexpressable grief that all the world
mourns the loss sustained by the nation in the
death of one of her most illustrious and beloved
ones—Thomas Alva Edison, the great American
inventor. Though death was momentarily expected
during his last illness, it is with deep regret that
The Gateway is called upon to chronicle the passing
away of the great and good man. What region on
earth is not full of Thomas Edison’s labor? A
wizard of invention his work is known far beyond
the boundaries of his own country. In early life he
was denied the privileges of continuous schooling,
but acquired a large and varied stock of knowledge
by his own industry. His constructive genius shown
in countless inventions and modern mechanical im
provements with which his name will always be
coupled, his untiring energy combined with unsel
fish devotion to his objective, combine to make him
an outstanding figure in the history of his country.
A pioneer in his own field of labor, he had no peer
in his sphere of work and influence—an influence
as wide as the world itself into which he poured
the riches of his imagination,. his experience, his
energy and his magnificent spirit. Genial and gentle,
his life beautifully mellowed with age, Thomas Ed
ison was a powerful force in his day and generation
which he truly served.
H’*s name shall stand forever as one of the great
est benefactors of the present age and it remains
for an affectionate people in whose hearts he can
never die, to ever burn incense at the alter of his
memory.
MiSUN HRR TO
EXPAND ITS SDIS
FAIRBANKS, Oct., 19, (/P)—
Plans for the opening of an air
passenger transport line from
here to Skagway, with the inaug
ural flight next month, were re
vealed by the Alaskan Airways
officials.
Arthur Johnson, general mana
ger of the Alaskan Airways with
offices in Fairbanks, is now en
route to Seattle for New York
where he is to confer with eastern
backers of the Airways.
FOOTBALL SCORES
Califonia 13, Washington State 7.
Oregon 0. Southern California 53
Idaho 7, Washington 38.
Oregon State 7, Stanford 25.
Santa Clara 19, Olympic Club 6.
Southern Methodist 21, Rice Insti
tute 12
Missouri 7, Colorado 9.
Oklahoma 0, Texas 3.
Utah 43, Brigham Young 0.
Florida 12, Syracuse 33.
Indiana 0, Iowa, 0 Tie.
Holy Cross 6, Fordham 6. Tie.
Dartmouth 6, Columbia 19.
California, Southern Branch, 0,
Northwestern 19
Auburn 13, Georgia Tech. 0
Alabama 0, Tennessee 25.
Cornell 0, Rippon 7
Wyoming 32, Montana State 13.
Drake 0, Notre Dame 63.
Yale 27, Chicago 0.
Harvard 14, Army 13
Purdue 14, Wisconsin 21.
Georgia 32, North Carolina 7.
Deleware 7, Navy 12.
Princeton 0, Cornell 33
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! NAMED DIRECTORS OF
I CREDIT CORPORATION]
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NEW YORK, Oct., 19, (/Pi-The,
names of 12 directors of the $1,
000,000,000 credit pool, formed at
the suggestion of President Hoov-,
er, as means of liquidating frozen
assets of banks thruout the coun
try, were announced by M. Buck
ner, chairman of the organization'
committee and himself one of the;
1 directors
Mr. Buckner represents the New
! York district and each of the oth
er 11 men come from the Federal!
Reserve districts. They are D.
Wing of Boston; L. Jones of Phil
adelphia; A. Braun of Pittsburgh; .
J. Miller Jr., of Richmond, Va.; J. ■
Ottley of Atlanta, Ga.,; G. Rey
nolds of Chicago; W. Smith of
St. Louis; E. Decker of Mineapo
lis; W- S. McLucas of Kansas
City; N. Adams of Dallas, Tex.;
and F. Anderson of San Francisco.
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STARTS LONG SENTENCES
CHICAGO, Oct., 17, (JP)—Walter
Wolf, embezzler of $3,691,000 from
the Continental Illinois Bank &
Trust Co-, was sentenced to from
one to 10 years in prison on each
of the 10 indictments. Sentences;
"re to run consecutively.
REDS SPREAD TERROR
BERLIN, Oct. 19 (JP)—'While Adolp
Hitler pushed his drive for revision
of the Versailles Treaty and the
overthrow of Chancellor Bruening
the Government Communist Mobs
spread terror in scattered sections
of this city on the eve of one of
the tensest sessions of the Reich
stag in ten years.
CAPONE CONVICTED Of
CHICAGO, Oct., 19, UP)—'"Scar
face” A1 Capone, public enemy No.
1, was convicted by the Federal
Court on five out • of 32 counts,
charging evasion of income taxes.
The maximum penalty possible
is 17 years imprisonment and a
$50,000 fine.
Capone, the Hoodlum King, was
acquitted on one count charging
evasion of income taxes in 1924
and also for 17 felony counts for
that same year- Judge James H.
Wilkerson of the Federal Court,
was to sentence Capone today. It
is believed that the gangster king
will take his case to a higher
court if he can make the court
hear his case.
MAIL VESSEL FAIRBANKS
IS FORGED TO RETURN
KETCHIKAN, Oct., 19, (JP)—'The
MS Fairbanks, carrying mail and
passengers from a point on the
west coast of Prince of Wales Is
land to Wrangell, limped into this
port under her own power after
striking the Dewey Locks in the
daikness early Sunday morning.
The vessel was forced to go into
Hunter Bay to inspect the dam
age
It was found that the pumps
would be unable to keep the ves
sel afloat so they turned back
here for repairs. The MS Fair
banks was carrying three passen
gers.
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TOKYO, Oct. 19. {JP)—In view of
the deadlock between Tokyo and
Geneva, the League of Nations
made recommendations that Japan
give assurances for the completing
of evacuation by her troops from
Manchuria within three weeks.
Japan said that they would look
to direct negotiation with China to
settle the problem and the govern
ment said that the League of Na
tions’ terms were unacceptable.
CLUTTER UP FEDERAL BANKS
WASHINGTON, Oct., 19, (/P)_
Senator Joseph Robinson, leader
of the Democrats in the Senate,
asserted his opposition to a law
which he calculated would unload
frozen securities on the Federal
Reserve Banks- He also declared
that some interests might seize
President Hoover’s plan for new
ciedit corporation to clutter up
the Federal Banks with specula
tive securities.
CATTLE STAMPEDE
CHRITOBAL, C. Z., Oct. 19,(A3)
The Cattle Boat Genieve Lykes
with a heavy list to the starboard
arrived here with the story of a
wild night at sea during which a.
thousand frightened steers had
broken from deck pens, stampeded
and left in the ocean behind the
ship a trail of drowning beasts.