VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 109.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BEIMD HU FHISBH
RFIER11-MBNTHS TERNl
SANTE FE, N. M., May 10.—Al
bert B. Fall, former Secretary of
the Interior during the Harding
administration who on July 20,
1930, began serving a prison sen
tence on a conviction of accepting
a bribe during the oil scandals, was
released from the New Mexico
State penitentiary Monday. Fall
served 10 months in the institution |
and most of the time he was re- j
ceiving care at the prison hospital.
Fall was to have been released
Sunday but owing to his failure to
pay a $100,000 fine, special papers
to waive this payment were neces
sary. The papers were drawn up
in a District of Columbia court but
did not reach Sante Fe until Mon
day.
Members of the Fall family were
at the prison and took the one
time cabinet member home in an
ambulance.
FALL RETURNS TO RANCH
TRES RIOS. N. M., May 10.—Al
bert B. Fall rested in his beautiful
••3-3-3” ranch. He sped here in an
ambulance from the prison after
his release yesterday. He stood the
trip well and made no statement.
Later he goes to El Paso. Texas.
ARCTIC EXPLORER
RETURNS TO SEATTLE
FROM SOVIET RUSSIA
* Believe anything you hear about
Russia. It’s probably all true.”
That's how Olaf Swenson. Seattle
fur trader and Artie explorer, sum
marized a six months’ visit in the
land of whiskers and red flags. He
returned recently from Moscow and
• New York, having left Seattle in
September.
“A great deal of the information
we get in this country comes from
American engineers who have been
taken over there by the soviet
government,” he explained. “Nat
urally, they get all sorts of dif
ferent impressions because Russia
is so large. If they go one place,
get a good salary and have their
contract renewed, they come out
saying everything is fine. If they
are in a less fortunate district and
their contracts are not renewed,
they come home saying Russia is
in terrible state.”
Mr. Swenson, who has made al
most annual trips to Russia for the
past 10 years, noted greatly improv
ed living conditions in Moscow.
The city now claims a population
. 3,000,000, he said, and is con
structing a subway system.
Russians Make Own Autos
There are hundreds of Russian
made automobiles and busses on
> ^he streets and a lot of expensive
American-made limousines for
tourists.
He found he could do all his trav
eling without once changing dollars
into rubles. Hotels catering to
foreign trade are on a foreign ex
change basis, as well as many of
the shops and transportation or
► ganizations
Moscow Has Night Life
"Bon’t think all of Russia is de
pressed.” he said. “The Metropole
Hotel in Moscow has just put in
one of the finest bars you’ll find
any place in Europe. There’s a
smartly dressed crowd of ofreigners
there every afternoon drinking
Martini cocktails and highballs.
Every night there’s dancing to a
good jazz orchestra.”
Of course, the gay night life—as
well as the wearing of the silk1
stockings—is confined almost ex-1
clusively to visitors. The Russians
spend their leisure studying, Mr.
Swenson said.
“You’ve got to admit Russia is
bound to get some place,” he said.
“They are educating the masses—
really teaching them to think.
Sooner or later that’s going to de- 1
velop a good form of government.”
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PLANS PACIFIC HOP
TOKYO, May 10. (/P)—'The Min
istry of Communications received
a request from Aviator Bromley
asking permission to land on Jap
anese soil on another flight. He
plans leaving Seattle May 20 in a
monoplane. Permission will be
granted.
INTERIOR OF IllK
ISLAND HAS NEVER
YET BEEN EXPLORED
The Bernard R. Hubbard explor
ation party, which recently em
barked upon a summer’s investiga
tion of volcanic activity in the
Aleutian Islands, including Mounts
Katmai. Aniakchak and Shishaldin,
as well as the Valley of Ten Thous
and Smokes, were landed on Uni
mak Island by the MS Polar Bear,
Masters Pete Wold and C. E. An
derson. during the latter part of
April.
Communications received by The
Gateway from Fr. Hubbard, who is
a noted professor, explorer and
scientist, state that during the
night of April 22, Mt. ShLshaldin
broke loose in its first major ash
fall of the present eruption and
that even the air was full of ash,
which transformed an erstwhile
snow-drifted and blanketed land
into a world of apparent gloom.
Residents of Unimak Island, the
heme of Shishaldin, have informed
the party that the interior of Uni
mak Island has never been explored
due to a rough and mountainous
contour and abundance of brown
bear and caribou. Besides the trip
to the volcano itself, however,
which should occupy approximate
ly thref weeks, another interesting
feature of the trip will be the prob
able investigation of a reputed old
buried village on the Bering Sea
side of the island, supposedly con
taining many valuable old relics
such as primitive implements, ar
row-heads, etc.
There are two other volcanoes be
tween False Pass and Shishaldin,
as well, which the party will at
tempt to investigate, and, if all
plans can be completed on this trip
the scientist and companions will
have an extraordinary busy and in
teresting trek.
ACTRESS IS REFUSED ORDER
LOS ANGELES. May 10.—Ethel
Clayton, actress, was refused a sep
arate maintenance order by Judge
Dudley Valentine who ruled she
must accept a divorce. She tried
| to get an interlocutory decree set
I aside but her former husband, Ian
Keith, refused her request.
FOOD PREPARATION
The market order for a family of
three for a week will be exhibited
at the high school this evening at
7:30 and Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen
will show how to prepare low cost
foods. To serve adequate foods at
a low cost is not an easy task for
the average Alaskan home-maker,
who must depend largely on canned
and diced products, and it is more
important than ever before that
every home-maker be well inform
ed on food values and food costs.
Everyone interested in the subject
of healthful diet is invited to at
tend.
MAY BE IN CHARGE
M. D. Snodgrass, of the Mata
nuska Experiment Station, who
was loaned to the colonization de
partment of The Alaska Railroad
three years ago, is returning from
the States on the SS Yukon. Should
the station be transferred to the
railroad for a year, as has been re
ported, it is believed Mr. Snodgrass
will be named superintendent.
About 30 colonists are expected to
come north this year.
Jasper Holman, who left the city
a few days ago for his home below
Cooper’s Landing on Lake Kenai,
returns Wednesday with his fam
ily. The Holmans will move into
the Burris home at the upper end
of Fourth Street.
The Alaskan Airways has the
third largest payroll in Fairbanks.
It is said the annual payroll is close
to $80,000.
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HONOLULU, May 10. (/P)—Pros
ecutor Kelly announced he will
proceed with the retrial of the four
men accused of attacking Mrs.
Thalia Massie, although the most
important witness, Mrs. Massie, left
unserved with a subpoena.
Kelly said he understood a sub
poena had been served and if Mrs.
Massie does not appear in court j
May 25, he will request a warrant
for her arrest but acknowledged
such a warrant will have no legal
force on the mainland.
CHICAGO, May 10.—Mrs. Marie
Baillis stood on the shore of Lake i
Michigan and made a decision by ;
which she risked the lives of her j
two sons in a futile attempt to j
save a neighbor’s boy.
A raft on which her two sons,
Jack, aged 10, and Willard Duff,
aged 8, and James Bridge, aged 8,
were floating, broke away, throw
ing the boys into the water. Bridge
and Baillis swam towards the
shore. The Duff boy clung to part
of the raft.
When Mrs. Baillis reached the
scene with her other son Morris,
aged 12, James Bridge was strug
gling in the water. Jack made the
shore and went to his mother who
commanded the beys to rescue the
Duff boy, which they did but too
late for the boy was dead from
shock and a skull injury.
F
Arthur W. Johnson, manager of
the Alaskan Airways who arrived
in Seward Sunday afternoon from
the Anchorage base, took to the air
again Monday afternoon, with Pi
lot Matt Nieminen at the joy-stick,
heading for the Tustamena Lake
where it was anticipated an over
night stop would be made enroute
to Anchorage.
Mechanic Wm. Gill accompanied
the party.
Mr. Johnson spent the greater
part of Monday meeting with local
business men and residents dis
cussing the establishment of a
local bas£ and possibilities
of traffic.
Probably Pilot Blunt or Nieminen
and Bill Gill, mechanic, will be
based here.
A committee, appointed by An
chorage Igloo No. 15, Pioneers oi
Alaska, is organizing a Native Sons
and Daughters of Alaska Lob Cabin
in that city. Log Cabin charters
are issued by the Grand Igloo.
(Corrected to May 8)
NATIONAL
Club W L Pet.
Chicago .16 6 .727
Eoston .12 8 .600
Philadelphia .11 9 .550
Cincinnati .13 11 .542
St. Louis .10 13 .435
New York . 8 11 .421
Brooklyn . 7 12 .368
Pittsburgh . 7 14 .333
AMERICAN
Club W L Pet.
Washington .16 5 .762
New York .12 6 .667
Detroit .12 8 .600
St. Louis.12 12 .500
Philadelphia .1. 8 12 .400
Chicago . 6 16 .273
Boston . 4 16 .200
PACIFIC COAST
Club W L Pet.
San Francisco .23 12 .657
Hollywood .20 15 .571
Sacramento.20 15 .571
Portland .20 15 .571
Los Angeles.19 15 .555
Seattle .15 20 .429
Oakland .13 21 .382
Missions . 9 26 .257
PRECEDENT SHUTTERED
ill WOMAN’S RULE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 10.
(/P)—Not a tremor shook the Sen
ate walls as that august chamber
was ruled over for the first time
in its history by a woman.
Vice President Curtis invited
Mrs. Caraway to take his place on
the rostrum when he decided to
take a rest. Her rule was unevent
ful for one member held the floor
throughout.
Soon after stepping down, it was
announced she will seek election.
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LOS ANGELES, May 10-— The
urgent need of the United States
encouraging a large volume of
trade with Russia to improve its
open business conditions is to be
discussed at a symposium on Rus
sia to be held in Los Angeles today,
under the auspices of the Univer
sity of Southern California.
One lof the speakers is to be
Thomas D. Campbell of Montana,
recognized as one of the best Am
erican experts on Russian condi
tions. Owner of the largest wheat
farm in this country, he was for
merly agricultural advisor to the
Moscow government.
uk ur pm i
The majority of railroads in the
States, owing to lack of deposits of
quartz sand cn or near the right
of-ways, are compelled to ship sand
great distances.
And so it is with The Alaska
Railroad. The sand used for years
on the locomotives for dropping on
the rails when coming to a stop, has
been more or less composed of gla
cial properties and not altogether
what uTas desired.
As in former years of the local
railroad, the sands of Aialik Bay
will probably be utilized again with
Capt- Pete Sather in the role of
contractor; hauling approximately
1.000 tons, the annual needs.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hatten and
son Berry plan to leave in a few
weeks for Seattle where special
treatment for Berry’s injured limb
will be sought.
The MS Discoverer, Heinie Ber
ger, master, left Anchorage at 11
p. m., Monday, for Seldovia.
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
PARIS, May 10. (£>)—Albert Le
brun was elected President of
France on the first ballot by an
overwhelming majority. He is the
14th President of the Republic.
NATIONAL
Boston 6, Pittsburgh 5.
Brooklyn 6, St. Louis 7.
Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 4.
New York at Chicago, rain.
AMERICAN
Cleveland 0, Washington 3.
Other games, cold and rain.
WIN FIRST EVENT
PHILADELPHIA, May 10.—Yale’s
lightweight crew 'won the first
event of the Blackwell Cup re
gatta on the upper Schuylkill River
course by half a boat’s length from
the University of Pennsylvania.
Columbia finished third, half a
length behind Penn. Yale’s time
f orthe mile and a half was 7:13.
WAGE CUT LOOMS
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 10.—
The Pacific Coast baseball clubs
are watching with lively interest
the probable action of the Oakland
team, which was asked to accept
a reduction of 25 per cent in sal
aries to meet the alleged slump in
box receipts
WEATHERED ELEMENTS
SAN ANGELO, Tex., May 10. (/P)
—Apparently having safely wea
thered a rain and electrical storm,
the dirigible Akron is reported pro
ceeding westward toward El Paso.
She was harassed by the elements
last night in this region but the
big airship was never in distress,
however.
BLUNT ESTABLISHES
Unknown to the many who are
interested in Alaska aviation, a new
individual record was recently es
tablished by Pilot Harry Blunt, of
the Alaskan Airways, who is now
based in Seward, when he covered
more mileage and flew more pas
sengers within a given time than
ever before accomplished in the
Territory.
In 28 days, Pilot Blunt flew 45
passengers between these points:
McGrath, Bethel and Fairbanks.
Of these 28 days, there were five
days Blunt did not put his ship in
the air which, in reality, should
bring his time down to 23 days of
actual flying and carrying the 45
passengers.
Bethel is 750 miles from Fair
banks and McGrath, 325. Practi
cally all of this traffic was in car
rying witnesses, officials, etc., to
the recent term of court at Fair
banks.
This seems to be a real mark for
the boys to shoot at and it is be
lieved the record will be one of
long standing.
WITHDRAWS ASSERTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10.—
Representative Patman. Democrat
from Texas, on the advice of com
mittee members, withdrew his as
sertion that Secretary of the
Treasury Mills, while opposed to
the soldiers’ bonus, had no hesi
tation in framing a section of the
tax bill concerning the valuation
of estates for tax purposes under
which Mills would be one of the
greatest beneficiaries.
WOUNDED CY BUTLER
NEW YORK, May 10.—Mrs. Doris
Boice, owner of a string of show
horses, was shot and seriously
wounded by her Japanese butler,
Isanu Yamashita, in her home at
Cedar Grove, N. J. The butler en
tered her room, shot the woman
with an automatic pistol once in
the arm and once in the back and
then fled as she fell.
TAHOE ENROUTE NORTH
The Coast Guard cutter Tahoe,
Capt. George Towle, commander,
is now enroute to the Seal Islands
in the Bering Sea where it will
begin its cruising of the Bering Sea
for this season. The Tahoe was to
stop in at Juneau to pick up six
men of the Tallapoosa in that city
and put them aboard the Talla
poosa when the two ships make
contact to the Westward. The
Tallapoosa left here Saturday. The
Tahoe will relieve the cutter Sno
homish which at present is accom
panying the seal herd.
DR. BAUGHMAN RETURNING
Dr. J. A. Baughman, pioneer
physician of Seward who disposed
of his local practice a few years
ago and who has since resided in
the States, is enroute to Seward on
the SS Yukon. It is believed Dr.
Eaughman is returning north in
the interest of Moose Pass mines
where several deals are pending.
SAID TO BE IMPROVED
Encouraging letters have been
received from Arthur Hewitt, for
years manager of the Lathrop in
terests in this area. Mr. Hewitt
left Alaska over a year ago with
his health badly impaired, and has
since been in Arizona. The report
is that his physicians have at last
triumphed over the poison in his
system and that Art feels he is now
on the road to recovery.
Thirty tons of Evan Jones coal
were loaded yesterday aboard the
MS Oregon Wolf for the Oscar
Grimes cannery at Uzinkie
IlUil WILSON SOOT
While cleaning a gun last eve
ning at Janesville, William Wilson,
foreman, was killed. It is believed
his death was accidental.
Mr. Wilson was well known in
Seward, having resided here for
some time until few years ago
when the family moved to An
chorage.
Mrs. Lucille Wilson, the widow,
and daughter of Mrs. W. W. Ward
of Seward, was not notified last
evening of her husband’s death
because she is convalescing from
an operation.
At 5 o’clock this morning, Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Ward left for An
chorage with Pilot Harry Blunt, of
the Alaskan Airways, which plane
made a special flight here from
the Anchorage base.
GARNER AFIRE
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 10.—
Speaker John N. Garner set him
self on fire at his daily press con
ference. He raised his right hand
to brush his white hair, as he often
does, but he had a cigar in his
hand and ashes fell on his hair and
burned three patches before he
slapped it out.
MINIM HORSESHOE
TOSSING TOURNAMENT
CONTESTANTS HCTICE
What to do!
Arbiters of masculine fashion are
at their wit’s end to solve a knotty
problem in Anchorage. It is what
to wear when pitching horse shoes.
The annual horseshoe league sea
son is now in full swing. Where
ever there is a vacant lot anywhere
uptown you will find the tossers of
the insignia of good luck neglecting
waiting dinners to hurl a game.
Since the game is reputed to have
originated in the Ozarks, a cham
pion of that famed region stands
sponsor for a costume something
after a cross between plus-fours,
with bed-tick galluses, the shirt
having a row of bristles down the
back resembling the ridge-pole of
a razor-back shoat. A cord attach
ed to the bristles allows the player
to arch them whenever he rings
the pin
Opposed to this are the lovers of
the equine whose footgear has be
come so potent a factor in provid
ing healthful amusement, while at
the same time training baggage
smashers to toss a trunk to a truck
without it landing on the platform
and denting the concrete.
The equine adherents insist that
a horse’s tail, arranged amidship
the sholder blades gives chic to the
ensemble, and at the same time
may be used to shoo mosquitoes
off the nose when aiming for a
bullseye. Of course, they mean
nothing personal.
However, they are having a good
time over in the Headquarters city
and a man may shoot in his
B.V.D.’s if friend wife tries to keep
him home by hiding his breeks.
HAGEN TO PLAY
TORONTO, Can., May 10.—Wal
ter Hagen, who has just annexed
the Canadian open to a long string
of golf victories, announced here
Monday that he would play in the
British open on June 6.
CAN’T PAY REPARATIONS
BERLIN, May 10. — Chancellor
Heinrich Bruening of Germany, in
a statement made here, said again
that Germany is and will be unable
to pay further reparations. He add
ed that the coming Lausanne con
ference on reparations would either
pave the way to prosperity or col
lapse for the world.
BEAVER RETURN TO INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS, fed. May 0. (/P)
—Beaver are returning to Indiana.
Two game wardens reported to the
state conservation department that
a family of the fur-bearers, at least
twelve in number, had been found
on Rock creek, in Wells county.