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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 104. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 12,1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
EUGENE ME
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PLAYED ALMOST INVARIABLY
FROM MEMORY; WAS
GREAT COMPOSER
BRUSSELS, May 12. (£>)—Eugene
Ysaye, 73, one of the world’s great
violin masters, died after a long
illness.
The rise of Ysaye to a place of
eminence among the masters of
the violin began with his leader
ship in 1880 of Bilse’s orchestra
in Berlin. The success of the or- j
chestra added to his reputation
and after a year he appeared in
concert until 1886. Then he be
came professor of violin at the
Brussels Conservatory and re
mained in that position ten years.
Meanwhile he founded, the Ysaye j
Orchestral Concerts, which achiev-j
ed artistic and financial success.
Ysaye made his first trip to the
United States in 1894. He was
engaged as conductor of the Cin
cinnati Symphony Orchestra in
1919 and remained for three years.
Returning to Brussels, Ysaye re
sumed his work at the Conserva
tory of that city.
In the early days of the World
War the famous violinist was
among the Belgians who fled their j
country when it was invaded by!
the German armies.
During his frequent tours Ysaye
met many who appeared as musi
cal enemies because of his original
style of playing and he often was
referred to as a musical colorist.
He played almost invariably from
memory and was known on many
occasions to memorize a new piece j
with no further knowledge of it!
than that gained by reading the !
score.
Ysaye composed a number of:
concerts for violin as well as num- j
erous less pretentious numbers as!
violin solos. He received many or- i
ders and decorations, among them;
the Legion of Honor of France, j
Ysaye was bom July 16, 1858, at
Liege, in a district of Belgium, the!
inhabiants of which displayed
much predilection for string mu
sic. His early lessons were given
to him by his father, Nicolas
Ysaye, beginning when the son
was five years of age. Later he
studied at the conservatory of his
native town, the violin under Ru
dolphe Massart and harmony un
der Michael Dupuis.
Ysaye was married twice. His
first wife, Mme. Louise Ysaye,
died suddenly at Brussels Feb
ruary 13, ■ 1924. His second wife
was Miss Annette Dincin, 44 years
his junior and daughter of Dr.
Herman Dincin of Brooklyn. They
were married July 9, 1927, at Le
Zoute, a Belgian seaside resort.
INVENTOR DIES
MUNICH, May 12. (/P)—Hermann
Anschuetz, 59, inventor of the
gyrocompass and automatic steer
ing wheel, died of heart disease.
EDISON BUST UNVEILED
MUNICH, Bavaria, May 12. (/P)—
A marble bust of Thomas A. Edi
son was unveiled in the Deutsche
Museum Hall of Fame beside that
of Werner Von Siemens, Ger
many's electrical pioneer.
Pulling Back
the Curtain
The long standing enigma of President Harding’s
| radical reversal of his views and attitude on Alaska pol
icies and problems, announced by him in his memorable
speech in Seattle after he had returned from Alaska, is
so interesting in its bearings on National policies that
The Gateway will discuss it briefly in an effort to clear
up a bemuddled situation, with respect to the non-devel
opment of Alaska coal and other resources.
President Harding’s trip to Alaska was originally
planned by the then Secretary of Interior, Fall, by for
mer Secretary of the Navy Denby, and former Secre
tary of War Weeks, and others of their political friends
who favored the creation of an Alaskan Board clothed
with power to sell all and every species of public lands
and other property of every kind in Alaska at any price
on any terms. Senator New of Indiana introduced the
bill in the Senate, but Secretary Fall admitted in a
hearing before the House Committee on Territories
that he was the author of the bill.
When President Harding arrived in Alaska his par
ty was joined by Governor Bone, who had been appoint
ed Governor of Alaska on the endorsement of Senator
New and Secretary Fall. During the President’s trip
over the Alaska Railroad, Governor Bone took on the
then manager of the railroad, another appointee of
Secretary Fall, and also a Naval officer who had been
detailed by Secretary of the Navy Denby to expend
$1,000,000 that had been appropriated by Congress to
develop a supply of coal for the Navy on the Pacific in
the Naval reserve of the Matanuska coal fields.
These three officers, all appointees of Fall or Den
by, were the only men in Alaska, either officials or pri
vate citizens, who were allowed on the Presidential car,
and they sat by the President’s side every mile of his
journey from Seward to Fairbanks and return. All the
information that President Harding was permitted to
gain about Alaska and the Alaska Railroad on that rail
road trip was given through those three appointees of
Fall and Denby.
One of the things they told President Harding was
that development work in the Naval coal reserve of the
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BRIO BURLS HAT
INTO MOM BIBO
FRANCE; IS FOR PEACE
PARIS, May 11. iJP)—On the eve
of a formal announcement of his
candidacy for presidency, Foreign
Minister Briand made a vigorous
defense of his policies in the
Chamber of Deputies.
He declared that every step he
had taken in his relations with
foreign governments had been a
step toward peace and added “it
is harder to make war now than
it ever was m the past.”
Briand gave it as his firm con
viction that peace which the
world is now enjoying will be
maintained.
He was vigorously, applauded
when he declared that no one
“can charge that France has im
perialistic designs.”
FIGHT TO BE DECIDED
NEW YORK, May 12. (/P)—Some
time next week Primo Camera, the
Italian man mountain, and Jack
Sharkey, Boston’s constant con
tender, will find out whether their
preliminary gestures toward a
fight at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn,
June 10, were just a waste of time.
MORE ALIENS LEAVING
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.
(£>)—Eleven hundred more aliens
[left the United States during
; March than were admitted, it was
reported by the Labor Department.
THE STOCK BUTT
i
Juneau 13%; Am. Can 1%; Ban
corporation 20Vi; Cities 14%; Con.
Gas 30; Zellerbach 3%; Durant
2; Motors 44%; Goldman 7%; Int.
Tel. 28%; Kennecott 21%; Lehigh
12; Radio 25%; Richfield 1%;
Standard Oil of N. J. 37; Carbide
149%; Union Calif. 6%; U. S. Steel
112%; Standard Oil of Calif. 38%;
Standard Oil of N. Y. 18%.
field captain for giants
I NEW YORK, May 12. (A*)—Mor
ton Kaer, all-America halfback at
Southern California in 1926-, has
been signed by the New York
Giants, professional football team,
as field captain.
COMPULSORY SERVICE
ROME, May 12. </P)—Compulsory
service of all men and women be
tween the ages of 16 and 70 in
some capacity in time of war, is
provided for in a new mobilization
bill approved by the Council Min
istere.
HALIBUT QUOTATIONS
PRINCE RUPERT, May 12. (JP)—
Two hundred and 30,000 American
halibut sold for 7c to 11c and
Canadian' Sc tp 9c. In Seattle
seven vessels with 90,000 pounds
sold their fares for 7c to 10c.
PHYSICAL DAMAGE » IS ESTI
MATED AT ABOUT
$30,000,000
MADRID, May 12. {^—Jeering
and cheering mobs, which swept
police, civil guards and soldiers
aside, attacked and burned church
es and church buildings in many
cities as the month-old govern
ment strove with all its resources
to restore order.
Five churches and convents were
burned before dawn at Seville and
martial law was declared and
troops placed in the streets in an
effort to control the throngs rang
ing the city destroying monuments
marking centuries of Roman Cath
olicism in Spain.
Similar conditions prevailed at
Malaga, .Cadite and Alicante.
Mobs at Zaragoza, Cordova and
Bilboa attacked and wrecked build
ings but did not bum them.
With cavalry, infantry, tanks and
machine gun squads patrolling the
streets, Madrid, the capital, has
been restored to tranquility but 10
churches, convents, monasteries
and other buildings were burned
to the ground while mobs held off
firemen, preventing them from
fighting the fires.
A nation-wide checkup showed
18 church buildings have been de
stroyed and 10 more badly dam
aged but not burned. A few in
mates have been beaten but most
of the escaped nuns have been re
spected by the crowds.
Religious workers fleeing Madird
are numbered at 50,000.
The physical damage is guessed
as high as $30,000,000 not count
ing the priceless manuscripts and
paintings destroyed or stolen.
TO SUPPRESS STUDENT RIOTS
HAVANA, Cuba, May 12. ,,(£>)—
Reports from Buenos Aires say
the tense political situation there
has become so serious that Presi
dent Uriburu has ordered several
regiments of cavalry into the city
to suppress student riots and dem
onstrations against the government
which has been recurring for sev
eral days.
CD1 TIKES II NICE
MUM OF SOVIET
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.
(A5)—Ohina is undertaking an in
dustrialization program similar to
the five-year plan of the Soviet
government, the Commerce De
partment was informed by Julian
Arnold, commercial attache at
Peking.
The Chinese government plans
to be financed by a $15,000,000 in
dustrial loan. These will include
a textile mill, a woolen mill, salt
and sugar refinery, and a chem
ical works, Arnold reported.
HERB STRESSES NEED OF RE
DUCTION IN WORLD AR
MAMENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.
(A3)—-The Resolutions Committee of
the International Chamber of
Commerce approved the resolu
tion authorizing the organization
to proceed with the study of the
general economic situation with
regard to its bearing on World
War debts. The measure will come
up before a general body of 1,000
business leaders representing 35
nations for action.
While deliberations of the com
mittee were cloaked with closest
secrecy, it was learned that it had
taken long hours of discussion to
harmonize views of American-Eu
ropean delegations on debate of
international agreements growing
out of the late struggle. It was
reported unofficially that foreign
members of the committee had
flatly rejected the American pro
posal to exclude the cost of mil
itary expenditures in any review
of the capacity of a debtor na
tion to pay its obligations.
Gossip had it the American del
egation may make “courteous ex
planations” of its stand on the
matter when the resolution comes
up for approval.
Passage of the resolution is
popularly counted on to result in
continued agitation for reduction
or cancellation of war debts and
reparation settlements is directly
contrary to expressed wishes of
both President Hoover and Secre
tary Mellon.
The President, in his opening
address to the convention, stressed
the need of reduction of world
armaments as a prime necessity
in the effort to restore prosperity
but unless unofficial reports are
amiss this warning will be ig
nored in the chamber’s proposed
study of the question.
Tariff schedules will also be gone
into.
IMS ME BUT SITS
HIS HO PUCE TO RT
LOS ANGELES, May 12. (Jf)—
Like the man dressed up on Sun
day and no place to go, John
Henry Mears, globe trotter, has
a new $25,000 monoplane which
he expected to use in making a
third attempt to encircle the
globe in record, but he has no
place to fly.
Mears. who is a theatrical pro
ducer by necessity and an avia
tion enthusiastic by choice, an
nounced that his projected flight
was off. The Soviet government
has refused permission to him to
fly over that country.
EXPECT SERIOUS STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. (/P)—
Chinese highbinders, heavily armed
and equipped with fast automo
biles, are being imported into San
Francisco and a serious outbreak
of violence and gun play is immi
nent in the strike of Chinese laun
dry workers.