MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 52. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
REPUBLICANS OIL
UP MICHY
NEXT CAMPAIGN
time has come to set the
COMMON PEOPLE RIGHT
ON MANY THINGS
WASHINGTON, Mar., 10, (/P)— j
James Burke, general counsel for j
the Republican National Commit- ;
tee, said there will be no early
meeting of the committee be
cause the country is “now suf
fering from an overdose of poli
tics.”
At the same time Chairman;
Fess said the committee plans,
to‘get “into high gear” with a
more intense publicity campaign
and said the organization’s sub- j
committees are speeding up the!
work of state organizations.
He said: “We have been run- ,
aing along easy but the time
has come when we must let the
country know about the quiet,;
steady constructive work that’s j
gone on under President Hoover.”
Fess made the announcement
at the White House but said he
had not gone into details with
the President but planned to
iav a complete program before
the President later in the month.
SAME OLD LINE IS REHASHED
AT USELESS POW-WOW
ALASKA REINDEER
j
WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. (/P) —;
Director Albright of the National
Park Service told Wflbur’s rein-:
deer committee that any solution to j
the problem should protect the j
preserves of Mt. McKinley Park. He j
said crossbreeding through hybrid j
stock should be prevented; also
damage in the game domain by
migratory herds which he called a
threat to the food supply.
Leonard Baldwin, president of
the Alaska Livestock Packing Com
pany declared that the Lomen’s
would welcome government super
vision. Baldwin denied profiteering
accusation and said that the books
were open for inspection.
Senator Kendrick said the most
important problem before the com
mittee was to eliminate doubt and
suspection between the natives and
be made.
The hearing is to end Wednes
day. Then the committee will make
their recommendations.
SS DENALI SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Mar., 10, (/P)—'The
SS Denali, of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, left last night for
Alaska with five passengers for
Seward, as follows: Miss Grant
ham, Mrs. W- M. Cooke, Lloyd
Grantham, William Cooke and
son.
HOCKEY SCORES
VANCOUVER, Mar. 10. (JP) —
Seattle 1, Vancouver 0.
LOYALIST AGREES TO
TAKE HD THE REINS
LIMA, Peru, Mar., 10, UP)—
David Samanez Ocampo, head of
the Arequipa junta which held
out against the Lima govern
ment since the overthrow of
Sanchez Carro as provincial pres
ident, today accepted the pro
visional presidency himself.
The office was offered him by
Colonel Gustavo Jimenez at the
end of telegraphic negotiations.
Ocampo agreed to head the
junta which will govern Peru
until the constitutional govern
ment has been restored.
CHICAGO, Mar. 10. (/P)—Sprayed
with a volley of machine gun bul
lets when he was attacked by a
gang of five men as they were at
tempting to bomb an alleged gamb
ling house in Blue Island, William
Mayer, caretaker of the resort, was
shot to death.
A passerby, who unwittingly step
ped into the line of lire, was shot
through the head and seriously
wounded before the machine gun
ners escaped.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
SAN FRANCICO, Mar., 9. (/P)
In the ramshackle dwelling where
she had lived alone since the fire
of 1906, Mrs. Louis Casto Woods,
67, a member of the famous pion
eer family, was found dead in such
a mysterious surrounding that
the homicide squad was called on
to make an investigation.
Eras'cum.
KILLED REB-HEftD
NEW YORK, Mar. 9. (/P) —
Gangsters “inside and outside the
police department, on and off the
magistrate’s bench” stood charg
ed with the killing of red-haired
Vivian Gordon as police indicated
her intention to disclose another
“police frameup” case, pointed to
only one of the many reasons for
her death.
Rabbi Stephan Wise issued a
public statement arrainging New
York city police and judicial “al
liance with crime.
IMPLICATION—
HAVANA, Cuba, Mar. 9. (ffi) —
Court martial and possibly ser
ious penalties were believed to
face Commander Manuel Espinosa,
aide de camp to President Ma
chado and five members of the
presidential guard, who have been
arrested under suspicion of im
plication in the attempt against
the life of the President recently.
ONLY GOT FOUR BANDITS
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 9. (JP) —
A police detachment brought to
the capitol four members of a
bandit gang which, over a period
of years, had been attacking
mountain climbers on the slopes
of the volcano Iztacihautl, known
as “The Sleeping Woman.” Sotaro
Garcia, leader of the band, es
caped with about half a dozen
followers
JOHNSON OUSTED
IS CHIMIN OF
FISH COMMITTEE
' FRANK BOYLE ELECTED AF
TER SATURDAY CHARGE
OF DOUBLE-CROSS
i
j JUNEAU, Mar., 10, (Special to
!The Gateway)—The Frank Foster
! forces were again upset today
j in the organizations program
when the House took the fisheries
committee disputed chairmanship
; out of the hands of the commit
; tee and made its own selection.
Frank Boyle of Juneau was
elected to that place by a 10 to
6 vote after the House rejected
j J. E .Johnson of Ketchikan and
I Cal Brosius of Seward, although
the latter could have had it ex
, cept for the fact that it was ad- ;
mittedly a First Dviision ap
pointment and inasmuch as the
Third Division was given the I
chairmanship of the ways and
means committee.
The Foster forces endeavored j
to shelve the First Division’s!
claims ’ey bestowing the fisher
ies berth on Harjy Donnelly of
the Fourth Division as a com
promise. Donnelly declared the.
job was not wanted but agreed
to accept it if it was the only so
lution to the deadlock.
The committee on committees
then recommended his appoint- j
ment. Ziegler moved to substi
tute Boyle which Donnelly said
was proper and supported after
the House had voted down to
substitute the motions to give
the place to Johnson and then
Erosius. Boyle was then elected.
The rest of the organization de
tails were then quickly cleared;
up.
A measure was introduced by:
Johnson of Ketchikan who pro-;
posed a $20,000 appropriation j
to resume operations of the Ter- j
ritorlal fish hatchery at Ketchi-1
kan.
Lomen and Dunn were the
authors of a measure in the
Senate to codify and print a
compilation of all Alaska ses
sion laws.
Hellerich of Nome introduced
a measure appropriating annual
ly $2,500 for cooperation with
the federal government in main
tenance of the Nome harbor jet
i ties.
i
UNITED FRUIT COMPANY
BUILDING THREE LINERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 9. (JP) —
Further increasing of San Francis
co’s prestige as the second port in
the United States in the number of
ships registered here, the United
Fruit Company announced that
i three new linefs now being built in
j the East, will probably be docu
'mented at this port.
The new fleet will replace the
present passenger and freight boats
operated to Central America from
Francisco. They will be larger and
faster, and provide first class pas
senger accomodations to the Canal
Zone.
They are costing nearly $10,
000,000.
SMITH UH STHII
WITH DEM TIGERS
SACRAMENTO, Mar. 10. (JP) —
Marvin Owen, San Jose youth who
played sensational ball for the
Seattle Indians last season, after
being a star on the Santa Clara
nine, joined the training squad of
the Detroit Tigers here .
The San Jose recruit was regard
ed as one of the best young infield
ers who has entered the coast lea
gue for many years, and may make
the Tiger veterans ^and recruits
hustle to hold their Jobs.
BOBBY MS SMS
WOHI I!) HDLLYWGQD
orii'i iviai. a. / —
Motion picture's newest star look
ed out to say, ‘So this is Hollywood.’
Robert T. Jones, Jr. winner of 13 j
major golf championships, four of.
them making up the only grand |
slam the game has know.- was on
a new course, teeing up for an am
bitious series of 12 pictures.
Bobby was asked, as he preparer; i
to start his work, if there would be i
n c( mec / relief. “If the. e is,” hej
said, “somebody else v.'i 1 •. h^ve to •
i'lunuh it. I won't try a y: ring «j
know nothing about. I’ll si ck to j
golf and hope for the best.'
GOOD WILL TOUR
MANILA, P. I. Mar. 0. (/P) — j
Governor Dwight F. Davis sail
ed from here aboard the cruiser
Pittsburgh on a six-weeks good
will tour of the Orient. He was1
accompanied by several Philippine |
Government officials.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 9. (/P) — I
With further drastic drops in gaso- j
line prices expected soon, the San j
Francisco service station dealers j
association, which, for two years |
have fought to stabilize the retail I
market here, was on the verge of j
collapse as a result of the present
gas war, according to well authen
ticated reports.
If the association is wrecked the
price cutters are expected to utter
ly demoralize the market for a time,
at least.
RECORD TOTAL
LONDON, Mar. 9. (/P) —Al
though the grand national steeple
chase will not be run until March
27th, the Irish hospitals sweep
stake, ocnducted in connection
with that turf event, has already
reached a record breaking total of
more than $2,500,000. This greatly
exceeds the total prize money for
the Manchester November handi
cap.
QUESTION HUSBAND
NEW YORK, Mar., 9, (&)—
Police questioned John Bishoff, es
tranged husban dof Vivian Gordon,
slain vice witness, without gaining
any clews to the girl’s murder. An
drew McLoughlin, a member of the
police squad who returned from a
trip to Bermuda, was also question
ed. but denied being able to cast
any light upon the strangling of
the girl. .
ARMY TRANSPORT
PLANE ON FLIGHT
ACH0SS AMERICA
NOT ATTEMPTING SET NEW
MARK; DESCRIBED AS
A FLYING TANK
LONG BEACH, Calif., Mar-, 10,
(A3)—Capt. Ira Eaker hopped off
at 2:13 a. m. for a nonstop hop
bo the Atlantic coast testing a
Army transport Lockhead, high
wing monoplane.
It was said he is not attemp
ting to lower the transcontinen
tal flight record but the official
timer at the field was on the
job when the takeoff was made.
The plane is a flying gasoline
tank with extra tanks in the
fuselage, cockpit and wings. The
plane is engined with 425 horse
power, is radial equipped with a
super-charger giving 700 horse
power.
Captain Eaker said the ship
was purely an Army transport
and a test is being made to de
termine its value as such.
It carreid 430 gallons of gaso
line but he w.sn’t sure if thit
would take him to Dayton, Ohio,
or Washington
WHIIilAVlND PASSING, ROUGH
CHECING, FANCY SHOOT
ING AKC FEATURES
SEATTLE, Mar. 10. (JP)— The
Coast Conference B a s k e t ba 1 i
Championship was brought to the
Pacific-Northwest for the first time
since that title was captured by
Idaho in 1923, as the University oi
Washington defeated the University
of California by the score of 42 to
30, in the deciding game of the
three game series.
The half ended with a tie score
of 20 to 20 after California had
come from behind.
John Fuller, sophomore, put the
Washington cagers ahead at the
start of the second half with a
field goal and a Tree throw. He
led the scoring with six field goals
and five free throws.
The whirlwind passing, rough
checking, and fancy one-hand
shooting threw the fans into a
frenzy.
Eight thosuand spectators watch -
ed the game.
NINE O'CLOCK TOWN
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 9- (#)—
The old time gayety of pre-re
volutionary days slowly is return
ing to Mexico’s capital. The rapid
ity with which Mexico City is
supplying night entertainment is
somewhat of a revelation to those
who have watched residents de
sert the streets and retire to their
homes soon after nine o'clock.
17 PERSONS SUCCUMB
BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 10. (JP) —
Seventeen persons succumbed to
the heat as the capital lay pro
strated under the worst heat wave
in many years.