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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 108. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LEASING OF TIMBER CEASES
IN ORDER ASSIST LUM
BER INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.
:jp)_president Hoover ordered the
Forestry Bureau of the Agriculture
Department to cease all ieasing
in National forests of timber ex
cept in Alaska.
This action was taken, it is said,
in order to aid the lumber industry
which is suffering from overpro
duction.
Leases continue in Alaska for
cutting of pulpwood and States
where only transactions under
$500 are allowed in order to pro
tect the small farmer.
It is said this unexpected action
will have much effect “but will
show our good will.”
GREAT BANK MERGER
ANNOUNCED IN FRISCO.
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. (JP)—
The consolidation of the largest
building and loan association in
:he nation, the Pacific States Sav
ings and Loan Company, of San
Francisco, with the Fidelity Sav
ings and Loan, largest in South
ren California, bringing together
assets of approximately $109,000,
000, will be announced shortly.
George L. Eastman, president of
the latter company, announced
that a plan had been made where
by the assets of his association
will be taken over by the Pacific
States.
The plan is subject to the ap
proval of the State Building and
Loan Commissioner, H. L. Carna
han.
ihtiq sum if
’ TWO UN ARRESTED
SAN DIEGO, May 16. (JP)—Under
leadership of Deputy Sheriffs
Frank Dewar, of Los Angeles, and
Oliver Sexson, of San Diego, a
squad of officers visited the home
of Richard Ward, 56-year-old es
caped convict and admitted slayer
of two men.
He was arrested as a suspect
in* the slaying of Virginia Brooks,
10-year-old East San Diego school
girl.
OUTLAWS KILLED
NANKING,'China, May 16. (/Pj—
Nationalist government military
headquarters here issued a state
ment saying troops opposing ban
dits along the Koonan, Hupeh, and
Anhwei provincial borders have
killed 7,000 outlaws and captured
800 including 100 women.
A cartoonist of exceptional tal
ent is in the city for an indefinite!
period in the person of Geo. O.j
Linville. Artist Linville is work
ing up a series of “Scientific Od
dities.”
LOUGHRAN WINNER
NEW YORK, May 16. (/P)—Tom
my Loughran, outweighed almost
50 pounds, won the decision over
Victorio Campolo in a 10-round
canto here last night. Loughran
weighed 184 and Campolo 232 Va.
FOUR KILLED, TEN
INJURED DEFENDING
CHURCH FROM FIRE;
—
| MADRID, May 16. (£>)—The vig
roous Papal representations pro
testing destruction of church prop
erty in Spain is under considera
tion by the government.
A published statement by Min
ister of Justice of the provisionary
government intended to bring
about separation of the church
and state on a basis and he said
this would be presented at the
coming constitutional • convention
for a decision.
At Atarfe, four were killed and |
10 injured during the night whenj
residents attempted to defend aj
church against incendiarism.
450 NORTHBOUND
i
! PORTLAND, May 16. (TP)—The j
| steamer North King, owned by j
| the Pacific American Fisheries,
sailed for Alaskan waters with ap
proximately 450 fishermen and
cannery workers.
GOOD SHUN
WHS NOT HIRED
NEW YORK, May 16. (/P)—When |
Frank Alba, of Glendale. N. Y.,;
sees an automobile wrapped
around a telegraph pole and its
occupants underneath, he plays
the good Samaritan.
Recently, single-handed, he ex
tracted three men unable to help
themselves. He told police that
while he was helping the third,
the ether took his car and drove ‘
on their way.
COUPLE INDICTED
CATSKILL, N. Y., May 16. (/P)—!
Jack “Legs” Diamond, wounded
gangster and his showgirl friend,
Marion Roberts, were indicted.
Diamond was indicted twice on
a charge of coercion and viola
tion of the Sullivan Law, carrying
a gun. The girl was indicted on a
charge of second degree assault.
HOPES BLASTED
SAN DIEGO, May 16. (/P)_Re- j
fusal of Moss E. Garrison, 37, sus- j
pect in the murder of his sweet- j
heart, Miss Hazel Bradshaw, to |
testify at the inquest, blasted the j
hopes of investigators to secure!
additional information from the
suspected knife wielder.
LAST CALL FOR HELP ,
Monday evening two gangs of I
citizens will be organized by the!
local American Legion Post to j
finish up work on the Seward Gen- j
eral Hospital grounds. Several j
more able-bodied citizens are
needed to help fill trucks at the
Jesse Lee crossing and to spread
dirt on the hospital grounds. Per
sons willing to assist are asked to
gather at the hospital at 7:30
p. m. Monday.
ii
TWENTY GRAND"
IS FAVORITE IN
60,000 EXPECTED TO WITNESS
RACE; $50,000 PURSE
AT STAKE
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 16. (TP)—
Fair weather and a fast track
and a horse race that may turn
out to be a record breaker fur
nished the salients prospects for
the 57th running of the Kentucky
Derby over the historic route at
Churchill Downs.
This track is famous for its
thoroughbred duels since Aristides
won the first Blue Grass classic
from Volcano in 1875.
Thirteen of the 15 entries are
slated for the post at 5 o’clock!
this afternoon, Central Standard j
time, for a $50,000 purse.
It is the smallest field but the j
fastest track in years. “Twenty!
Grand” is a two to one favorite; j
“Mate,” five to two; “Ladder” is j
figured as a good “long shot.” j
Sixty thousand are expected to!
witness the race.
HORSES TRAVEL IN
BETTER STYLE, MINS
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ May 16. (/P)—
“Twenty Grand,” and mate, “Equi
poise,” cream of the Eastern nom
inee for the Kentucky Derby, were
landed at Churchill Downs after
a ride from Baltimore in special
horse cars.
Along with them came Ladder,1
Anchors, Aweigh, Surf Board, to
limber up for the Derby today
All the thoroughbreds were re
ported to have stood the trip well.
ANTIQUE PIECES SILVER
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 16. :
(/?!—The American colony at Jeru
salem presented the National Geo
graphic Society w i t h a silver
shekel of the same kind referred
to in the New Testament of
“Thirty Pieces of Silver,” which
Judas accepted for betraying
Christ. The coin is slightly smaller
than an American quarter and
considerably thicker.
A NARROW ESCAPE
TACOMA, May 16. (/P)—Screams
from the mother of Louise Lee, 6,
frightened away a 40-pound cougar
which had crouched to attack the
child while the mother, Louise
and two younger children were
walking along the highway toward
their home a mile east of Buckley.
Several such animals have been
driven from mountains by forest
fires.
AFTER LIVE MOOSE
Luke Elwell and Alec Bolem, ac- i
companied by their wives, were
passengers on today’s train for
Lake Kenai where they will at-1
tempt to capture two moose calves I
for a zoo. The party plans to re
turn to Seward in June.
SS STARR DELAYED
Owing to bucking a northeast
gale the SS Starr, of the San Juan
Fishing & Packing Co., has been
delayed in returning to port from
Uganik.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, May 16. (JP)—Six ves
sels with 51,000 pounds of halibut
sold their cargos for 10%c and 6c.
At Prince Rupert 79,000 pounds
of American halibut went for 8c
and 4c, and Canadian 5c to 8c.
EH HIS DONE
SOMETHING WHONG,
MS LEARNED MIN
CHICAGO, May 16. (/P)—Doctor
Harold Lasswell, one of the five
University of Chicago scientists
seeking to find out what “it” was
unable to put its finger on as the
elusive something which makes
for failure or success, had this to
say about students, beggars, rich
men, salesmen, judges, etc,, all
laboratory subjects: “Everyone has
done something for which they
could have been put behind the
bars if found out.”
NEW WORLD MARK
SEATTLE, May 16. (£>)—Helene
Madison registered a new world’s
record Friday night, swimming the
220-yard free-style event in two
minutes and 34.8 seconds which
lowered her fprmer mark of two
minutes and 35 seconds.
QUEEN HELEN HOME
IN 6HV, JOKING MOOD
BUCHAREST, May 16. (/P) —
Queen Helen is back in Bucharest
in a gay and joking mood, but
she has failed thus far to give a
public testimonial of her reported
reconciliation w i t h handsome
Carol, Rumania’s King and her
divorced husband.
Carol accompanied by their son,
Michael, who is recovering from
diphtheria reviewed a detachment
of the Rumanian army in celebra
tion of the 50th anniversary of
the first Carol’s coronation, but
she did not appear at his side.
SIX ZEP FLIGHTS
NEW YORK, May 16, (/P)—'The
Graf Zeppelin will make six trips
between Berlin and South America
this summer. The object of the
journeys is ot test the feasibility
of a 5-day mail schedule between
European capitols and principal
cities of Brazil.
WANTS TO QUIT
PARIS, May 16. (/P)—Briand of
fered resignation as foreign min
ister but Premier Laval and the
cabinet persuaded him to remain
in office until the tasks at Geneva
have been completed. Francois
Poncet was designated to accom
pany him as second delegate.
SEWARD BEAUTY SHOP
The Seward Beauty Shop, the
newest local business to open up
in this city, will be ready for busi
ness Monday in Room 6, Johansen
Building, according to Lillian An
derson of Seattle and Aberdeen,
who arrived from the South on
the SS Yukon. Temporarily Miss
Anderson is in the Tecklenberg
Building, over the Seward Trading
Co., Room 3, and is prepared to do
some work there today and Sun
day.
SS ALASKA OFF
FOR NORTH WITH
221 PASSEN6ERS
l UNER CARRYING 28 FOR SEW
ARD AND ALASKA RAIL
ROAD BELT
SEATTLE, May 16. (£>)—'The S3
Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at 9 a. m. today, acrrying 221 pas
sengers of which the following arj
booked for Seward:
! Mrs. C. C. McKenzie, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Colwell and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Volney Richmond,
| Mrs. Geo. Tullock, Mrs. Rose Pe
'trini, Z. Zulbert, Joseph P. Bell,
Donald Davis, E. H. Carlson, Mrs.
Henry Feldoan, C. E. Vanwald,
Dr. Edna Tavlin.
John Cochran, Albert Jensen,
A. Anglo, W. R. Saroggs, A. Ben
son, W. Hasper, John Corey, Mrs.
J. E. Corey, Barbara Block, The
resa Guis, Mrs. Charles F. Miller,
two Orientals and 24 steerage.
SCHOOL DUS DRIVER
ON VERGE OF DEATH
IN MEOCED HOSPITAL
MERCED, Calif., May 16. (/P)—
All hope for recovery of Floyd D. ->
Cregger, 59, driver of the Merced
school bus which was struck by
a Santa Fe locomotive, was aban
doned by his physicians.
They said that he would not
live more than 24 hours longer
as his condition took a turn for
the worse.
Although his spinal column was
not shattered, bones in his back
were broken and he is suffering
from several lacerations. He is
in a coma; his wife and two sons
are at his bedside at Merced hos
pital.
The seventh child victim of the
j grade crossing tragedy died. She
was Jean Ooaks. 7, daughter of
Mrs. Phoebe Oaks, Merced resi
dent. She had been unconscious
for more than 80 hours with a
crushed skull.
SUICIDE IS "TOO
pebfect; say police
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. (/P)—
Further investigation of the “too
perfect” suicide of an unidenti
fied man in San Mateo county,
strengthened the police suspicion
of murder.
It was learned that a rancher
in the vicinity of the isolated
spot where the body was found
had seen the victim alive in that
identical spot the day before the
man was found dead.
W. F. Mencenbaugh, Lakeview
mining man, arrived in Seward
on a brief business trip leaving
again today for his camp.
George Nelson, game warden,
left for Valdez to attend the term
of court and during which period
the celebrated beaver skin con
fiscation case of last fall will be
heard.