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SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5,1931.
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 205.
PRICE TEN CENTS
“The People that
■ Walked in Darkness”
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The words of the prophet Isaiah apply with sing-;
ular aptness to those engaged in the world’s coal in
dustry today.
In every coal-producing country of importance, the
coal industry is facing, is in the midst of, probably the
worst conditions in its history.
Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, India,
Japan, Australia, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, all
are confronted by loss of trade and by threatened labor
troubles, and no one of them seems to have any definite,
effective plan for improvement, at least none that all
parties are in agreement with.
Even the government-subsidized Polish and Russian
coal trades are having difficulty in selling their output, j
in spite of prices below the actual cost of production.
, In the United States, the bituminous coal industry
is almost bankrupt, with forced property sales and re
ceiverships everywhere, with coal selling at the lowest
* price since the pre-war days.
For instance, such high-grade coals as the New
River and Pocahontas of West Virginia are being sold
for 50 or 75 cents per ton F.O.B. mines; a few weeks i
age a large railroad closed a contract for a good sized
Tonnage at 83 cents per ton F.O.B. mines, and this for!
good Pennsylvania locomotive fuel. I
The coal industry in Canada, notwithstanding the !
efforts of its government to keep out our coals by im- j
nosing tariffs and by subsidized freight rates, is in no]
better condition; production during the first quarter of i
the year amounted to about 25 per cent less than during
c the corresponding period of 1930.
Overproduction and too many mines have generally j
been assigned as the causes of the coal industry’s ills,:
but they are not by any means tlm whole story. Indus-;
trial and political conditions are in no small measuie
responsible, together with the competition and inroads j
of substitute fuels, fuel oil, and natural gas, and last,
but not least, the remarkable economies in the use of ■
coal that have been brought about in the last 10 years.,
The Class I railroad of the United States, for m
* stance, have just established a new record in their con-,
sumption of coal on locomotives, during the first six
months of 1931, when 122 pounds were required to haul;
l,00o tons a distance of one mile; with a corresponding
record in passenger service.
The National Electric Light Association in the Unit-)
ed States has recently reported an average consumption
of 1.60 pounds of coal per k.w. hour for all plants in the |
country; less than 10 years ago the corresponding figure
was over three pounds. The great by-product coke in
„ dustry, which normally uses about 16 per cent of the
country’s entire bituminous coal output, is now using
about 36 per cent less coal than it was consuming a year
ago.
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FOOTBALL SCORES
A' University of Washington 25,
:»lontana 0.
Idaho 0, Oregon 9.
Santa Clara 0, Stanford 6.
St. Marys 14, California 0.
Oregon State 0, Southern Cali- 1
farnia 30. I
Washington State 13, Ucla 0.
Notre Dame 25, Indiana 0.
Amherst 0, Princeton 27.
William Mary 6, Navy 13.
College of Idaho 0, Utah 52.
Montana State 6, Utah Aggies 21.1
Maine 0, Yale 19. j
St. Lawrence 0, Colgate 45.
Western Reserve 0, Purdue 28.
Bates 0, Harvard 28.
Knox 6, Army 37.
Washington Jefferson 10, Carne
gie Tech. 7.
i. Florida 34, N. C. State 0.
Niagara 6, Cornell 37.
Buffalo 0, Dartmouth 61.
Swarthmore 7, Pennsylvania 32.
V. M. I. 0, Duke 13.
Whiteman 37, Albany College 0.
Virginia 6, Maryland 7.
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The U. S. Coast & Geodetic Sur
vey ship Surveyor, did not come
into Seward as was expected be-!
fore proceeding* to Seattle from!
Kodiak Island, where the vessel
has been charting the waters. A \
shortage of fuel oil in Seward isj
said to have been the reason and',
the vessel proceeded on to Cordo-1,
va tc take on fuel oil there.
Boats in port today included the ■,
US LHS Cedar, USS Discoverer, MS ,
Westdahl, MS Yakobi,. Redwing,
Marian, Joan, T-3048, Flattery, Ba
varia and the Helldiver.
Colin F. McPherson and Miss <
Margaret Chisholm were wedded! i
in Fairbanks recently, reports the r
News-Miner.
BROAD PACIFIC SPANNED
41 HOURS FLYING BY
PINGBORN, HERNDON
WENATCHEE, Oct-, 5, (£>)—
Spanning the broad Pacific by
airplane in the first non-stop
flight from the Orient to the
United States, was completed by
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Hern
don who won a $25,000 prize for
the feat. They landed in slightly
more than 41 hours after taking
off from Japan and set their big
red monoplane in the Municipal
Field at 7:14 a. m. The fliers
hopped off from Samushiro at
2:01 p. m. Pacific Standard Time,
Saturday and were reported over
Nemuro, 250 miles northeast of
Samushiro two hours and 39 min
utes after their take off.
The Navy office at Bremerton
received the following message
from St. Paul Island Sunday-!
“Trans-Pacific plane heard at j
False Pass at 10:55. The plane
was not sighted, due to a heavy |
fog but the sound of the motor
indicated that they were on the
right course”.
The landing at Wanatchee was
made doubly dangerous because
the airmen dropped their landing
gear soon after taking* off from
Japan and when the big ship was
brought down to earth, they
smashed the propellor. Herndon
was cut over one eye.
“Boy we are glad to get here,”
was Pangborn’s exclamation when
he left the plane.
Within a few minutes the men
related how stormy weather over
western Washington during the
last several hours of their flight
endangered their plane. The plane
circled Mt Rainier in the western
Cascades three times before they
finally got their bearings.
The big crimson plane was first
sighted at 7:01 a. m. A large
crowd was out to view it as it cir
cled about without landing gear
and within a few minutes a long
spray of gasoline spilled from the
tanks. The fliers were letting the
gas out because they feared fire
on landing.
A hurried call for an ambulance
was sent out as the plane slowly
settled to earth, landing on her
belly and sliding slowly along in
a cloud of dust and tipped over
on its nose. Before settling back
in place and coming to rest, the
propeller smashed.
The men were both shoeless but
had on woolen socks They ex
plained that they had been in
Japan so long “We’re still going
barefoot”. Herndon said, “Give
me a cigarette”. Pangborn added,
“We had lots of gas when we
landed.”
The fliers left the field at 7:50
a. m. going to the Cascade Hotel
for sleep. They said they didn’t
continue further because their
barograph was not funtioning.
They said they will get a new
propeller and landing gear before
they will be able to continue on
to Texas- It is expected that it
will be about 10 days before they
will be able to leave.
A speeder came over from An
chorage Sunday morning with
some passengers to catch the SS.
Admiral Evans which left at noon.
The speeder departed for Anchor
age with one passenger.
ON TRIAL TODAY
CHICAGO, Oct., 5, (^-“Scar
face” A1 Capone, public enemy No.
1, goes on trial today on the fed
eral government charge of “tax j
evasion”. Capone plead guilty j
when the charge was first brought!
against him but later changed his j
plea to “not guilty”.
SON OF CHARLES HUBBARO
PETERSBURG, Oct., 5, (>P)—
Charlie Hubbard, 23 years of age,
was accidently drowned when lie
fell from the Puget Sound Bridge
& Dredging Co., dump scow, near
Scow Bay, in the Wrangell Nar
rows- His body has not been re
covered and they are still search
ing for him.
A sister and brother survive
him at Palto Alto. His father is
in Seward where Hubbard was
hired out.
The sad news of the drowning
was received in Seward from J. C.
Greeley, superintendent of the
dredge, by Gus Manthey, who was
to convey word to the father, who
is at his mine in the vicinity of
Mile 18. E. Frederickson, a Mile
18 resdent, was to go up to the j
mine this morning
SEN. DWIGHT WM !
DIES ST HOI IK H. J.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. (£>)—Senator
Dwight W. Morrow died of a cere
bral hemorrhage at his home in j
Englewood, N. J. A brief an
nouncement of his death was is- j
sued from his office in New York
merely giving the fact and place j
of his death.
Morrow’s last public appearance 1
was at a dinner here last night at'
the opening of the 1931 emergency j
appeal of the Philanthropic So
ciety. He had lunch at home today
with C. M. Keys, financier.
JIB (IDS EXTRA
TO POLICE FORCE
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JUNEAU, Oct. 5. (/P)—.After a ser
ies of holdups which have been
without a precedence here, extra
police for the business and residen
tial sections during the nights have
been added to the regular force.
Searching parties are seeking Ed
Kibbe, missing for several days on
Glass Peninsula while hunting, also
for E. C. McCormick with a com
panion who have been missing since
Sunday, last week, on Douglas Is
land.
STEADILY DECLINING
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct, 5,
(/P)—Thomas Edison is steadily
declining. He is now having great
trouble in assimilating any kind
of food.
PETTY OFFICERS PROTEST
MADRID, Spain, Oct. 5. (JP)—
More than 200 petty officers of the
Spanish navy, stationed at Ferrol,
Spain, were placed under arrest
after they had staged a demon
stration against what they called
unfair action of the government
in rasing the salaries of the engi
neer division without granting
others an increase.
ORDINALS WIN SECOND
GAME WORLD SOULS,
ATHLETICS, SCORE 5-2
; PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5. (/P)—The
Cardinals won the third game of
the world series 5 to 2. President
Herbert Hoover was a spectator.
Burleigh Grimes, veteran right
hander, pitched a two hit game for
the Cards and drove in two runs.
In the lineup of both teams, after
the player’s name and his position
in the field, will appear the letters
r or 1, indicating a right or left
handed batter. Frisch and Col
lins, of the St. Louis Nationals, bat
either way, depending on whether
facing a right or left-handed pitch
er. The official American League
ball will be used in today’s game.
The official lineup:
! St. Louis: Adams 3b, r; Roettger rf,
ir; Frisch 2b, r; Bottomley lb, 1;
j Hafey If, r; Martin cf, r; Wilson
| c, r; Gelbert ss, r; Grimes p, r
Philadelphia: Bihsop 2b, 1; Haas
cf, 1; Cochrane c, 1; Simmons If, r;
Foxx lb, r; Miller rf, r; Dykes 3b, r;
Williams ss, r; Grove p, 1.
Umpires: Stark (National) at the
plate; McGowan (American) at
first base; Kleim (National) at sec
ond base; Nallin (American > at
i third base.
Batteries: St. Louis—Grimes and
I Wils'ni. Philadelphia — Grove and
*■ Cochrane.
FIRST INNING
ST. LOUIS — President Hoover
! throws out the ball. Adams up.
■ Strike 1, called. Umpire Stark pre
j sents the ball to President and Mrs.
I Hoover. Ball 1, low and wide;
ball 2, low and wide; strike 2,
called; foul; out, pop fly to first.
Roettger up. Out, second to first.
Frisch up. Strike 1, called; ball 1,
low and wide; out, grounded to
first.
No runs, no hits, no errors and
none left on bases.
PHILADELPHIA — Bishop up.
Strike 1, called; strike 2, fannedr
ball 1, high and wide; foul; ball 2,
low and wide; foul; ball 3, high;
! out, strike 3, called. Hass up.
| Strike 1, called; strike 2, foul; ball
1, high and inside; foul; ball 2, lowr
and wide; ball 3, high and wide;
out, fly to second. Cochrane up.
Ball 1, low and wide; out, foul fly
| to right field.
No runs, no hits, no errors and
| none left on bases.
SECOND INNING
ST. LOUIS—Bottomley up. Ball
1, low and wide; ball 2, low and
inside; ball 3, low and inside; strike
1, called; ball 4, low and wide,
walks. Hafey up. Strike 1, foul;
ball 1, low and’ wide; strike 2,
called; ball 2, low and inside; out,
foul fly to first. Martin up. Singles
to center field; Bottomley on third.
Wilson up. Ball 1, low and wide;
strike 1, foul; strike 2, foul; foul;
foul; singles to right; Bottomley
scoring; Martin on third. Gelbert
up. Ball 1, low; out, line drive to
right field; Martin scoring after
the catch; Wilson on first. Grimes
up. Strike 1, foul; strike 2, foul;
foul; ball 1, low and wide; foul;
foul; singles to left field; Wilson
on second. Adams up. Ball 1, low
and inside; ball 2, high; strike 1,
called; strike 2, foul; ball 3, high;
out, strike 3, fanned.
Two runs, three hits, no errors
and two left on bases.
PHILADELPHIA — Simmons up.
Ball 1, low; strike 1, fanned; strike
2, foul; out, fly to center field.
Foxx up. Ball 1, low and inside;
strike 1, called; strike 2, fanned;
ball 2, low and wide; foul; ball 3,
low and wide; out, short to first.
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