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VOLUMEXVL NUMBER 71. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2,1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
THOUSAND DEAD
NICARAGUA QUAKE
THOUSANDS HURT
MARTIAL LAW; MARINES ON THE
JOB; HOTELS, BANKS ,BUS
INESS BLOCKS FALL
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April z,
ijP)—Earthquake and fire took an
estimated toll of 1,000 dead and
many thousand injured; among
these were many Americans.
The American and British lega
tions were destroyed as well as the
entire business district.
It is estimated the property dam
age will run up to $30,000,000.
Marines took charge under mar
tial law and are carrying the dead
and injured out of wrecked build
ings. Only one hospital tvas left
standing.
The Army, Navy and Red Cross
has dispatched assistance.
S. M. Craige. Tropical radio op
erator, radioded t h e Associated
Press that “not a stone was left
standing in the business center
where several large hotels, banks
and business places had been lo
cated, flames devoured wreckage.
Eleven separate earth shocks
cmae within a few minutes of each
other shortly after 10 a. m. shook
down the major portion of the
city. Fire broke out almost imme
diately in the market center with
the flames traveling rapidly west
ward before any move could be
made to check it.
The shocks left shattered water
mains protruding through the pave
ment.
Marines took charge of the Trop
ical radio power and sending sta
tion, some few mites beyond the
city, and which escaped destruct
ion, making it possible to send tne
first news of the disaster.
SURVEY STEiEP II
KETCHIKAN, April 2, (/P)—'The
U. S. survey steamer Explorer, and
crew of 53, arrived to start the
season’s wrork on Behm Canal which
survey is expected to be completed
this year.
Behm Canal separates Revilla
Island from the mainland and it
is here where paper pulp projects
are proposed.
Ketchikan is on the western side
of Revilla Island; the Behm Canal
trip is comparible to the finest sce
nics in the wrorld and small boats
can circumvent the island.
The SS Yukon, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, left Cordova
at 5 a. m., today, according to the
local marine bulletin, bound for
Seward. The liner will probably ar
rive in port about midnight.
WESTBOUND SATURDAY
The SS Starr, Capt. C. E. Ander
son, San Juan Fishing & Packing
Co., sails Westward Saturday af
ternoon at 6 p. m., returning to
port about April 20, then proceed
ing on to Seattle for it’s semi-an
nual inspection.
LOSS IRREPARABLE
SOUTH BEND, INdiana, April 2.
Father Charles L. O'Donnel, presi
dent of Notre Dame said that the
“death of Rockne is irreparable in
many ways.” He named Hunk An
derson, Irish end in 1920 and 1921
| and Jack Chevigny, backfield man
I in 1926 and 1928 to lead the dele
i gation from the university to claim
the body.
FISHERIES LAW IS
PROPOSED. ZEIGLER
;
NERLAND INTRODUCES AMEND
MENTS TO WORKMEN’S
COMPENSATION CODE
JUNEAU, April 2. Special to The
i Gateway—In a memorial asserting
the right and ability of Alaskans
to “fully administer their own af
fairs,” Ziegler proposed to Con
gress that it amend thp federal
i fishing law so as to permit the
Alaska legislature to ‘‘prescribe
and define the apparatus and meth
ods employed in the taking of sal
mon.”
He asserted fish traps hinder
the development of the permanent
population and gradually crowding
out local fishernfen.
He said the packers this year
would not seine fish since, a cur
tailed pack could be made with
traps.
Nerland introduced a measure
seekink two important amendments
to the workmen’s compensation
code. The first would raise the
amount paid beneficiaries of un
married employees from $1,800 to
$4,500, the same as required for
a married employee without child
ren: the second would require com
panies when paying 50 per cent
claims to foreign dependents un
married or 60 to widows; the other
50 or 40. as the case might be. in
to the Territorial treasury. The
proposed changes are aimed at
alleged discrimination practiced by
some companies favoring the un
married over the married and for
eign over American employees.
Mayor P. C. McMullen of Seward
protested to the Senate against
' the passage of the Hess general
sales tax and gas tax measures.
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FLOOD ID EASTERN
BID DAMAGE RESULTED
| WALLA WALLA, April 2. (JP) —
| The city and the surrounding
! country^ are beginning to recover
j from the flood which damaged pro
; perty between $500,000 and a mil
lion dollars.
I There has been no rain for 14
| hours and the streams are receding,
j The mud, silt and gravel is a foot
; deep in the streets.
I The Walla Walla Union publish
| ed their newspaper this morning
jwith type set in a job shop; the
Bulletin is printing a four-page
with mats from forms here to be
printed at Lewiston, Idaho, where
the mats were taken by airplane.
Trains have not operated since
last night and all communication
systems are working with great dif
ficulties.
EIGHT BODIES WERE
BIT DISFIGURED BUT
HOT BURNED, HEPQR1
BAZAAR, Kansas, April 2. ItP) —
Knute Rockne’s body was identi
fied, as was W. L. White’s, the sor
of Wililam Allen White, Editor.
The eight bodies were badly dis
figured but none were burned.
A watch was found which hac
stopped at 10:45, the time of the
crash. The plane left Kansas Clt]
at 9:15 in a mist and rain.
| By a margin of but a few min
! utes Rockne had missed seeing hL
two sons Knute, Junior, and Billy
: who had arrived in Kansas Cit3
i that morning.
FOOTBALL MENTOR TO
LIE IN STATE, GOLLEGI
I SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 2
J (TP)—Low mass was sung for Knut<
Rockne yesterday at Holy Commun
ion attended by 2.0C0 students am
; members of the faculty of Notri
Dame.
The body is expected to arrive
i here this morning as it wras left ii
Kansas City in charge of the tw<
sons. Billy 15. and Knute, Junior
12.
The funeral arrangements are, a,
yet, incomplete, but it is expectet
to be held in the Sacred Hear
church here where Rockne wa.
baptized to the Catholic Faith ii
October 1925. Rockne will be burie<
here.
! Mrs. Rockne is expected here sev
era! hours after the body which i
' to lie in state at the University.
WTlPTiliS
EAST TO PM RESPECT!
I
! SEATTLE. April 2. (TP) —Jimm;
1 Phelan. University of Washington
; coach and first captain of a Rockm
j Notre Dame team left for the Eas
i to pay his last respects. He said th<
; “loss of Rockne means losing tin
greatest friend I have in athletics.
Which reminded him that Rockm
once said that if anything shoult
happen to him Phelan would sue
ceed him at Notre Dame. Phelai
said, “I didn’t take that seriousl;
as it was his manner of saying i
nice word for an old friend.”
DEATH OF ROGKIIF
IS II NATIONAL LOS!
WASHINGTON, April 2. (/P) -
Hoover described the death o
Knute Rockne as a “national loss.’
The president dispatched thi
following tlegram to Mrs. Rockne
“I know every American grieves
with you. Rockne contributed t<
the cleaness and high sportsman
ship in athletics. That passing is i
national loss. Signed Herbert Hoo
ver.”
AVIATING DOG
NOME, April 2, (A1)—Pilot S. R
Robbins, of the Alaska Airways
arrived yesterday morning from
Nulato bringing the racing leadei
for derby musher Stickman.
PAYS AMERICANS DAMAGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr., 1,
(A*)—The International Joint Com
mission of the United States and
Canada reports that American pro
• perty owners in the state of Wash
ington will be compensated for
damages suffered through sulphur
fumes from the plant of the Con
solidated Mining and Smelting Co. I
at Trail, B. C., just across the in
1 ternational line.
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KETCHIKAN WILL
; START NEXT WEEK |
GOVERNMENT WITNESSES ON
WAY FROM CITIES IN THE
STATES
KETCHIKAN, April 1, (/P)—Bert!
. McDonald, accused of the murder
of G. P. Marshall, fish buyer, en
• tered a plea of not guilty before
Judge Justin W. Harding in the
Federal court.
»| Attorneys George Grigsby and
.! Harry McCain are representing the j
i! accused man and reported they i
; will be ready for trial in a few j
days.
; I The prosecution indicated the'
i triaiMfryttkl J^efcabiy April
> 13, perhaps before .but important
,' witnesses from Portland and other
cities may not be able to reach
i here earlier.
1 j McDonald also pleaded not guilty
tjto the charge of grand larceny. ;
s' Lloyd Close, who was arrested
i in connection with the same crime
1 but indicted only on the charge of
larceny, plead not guilty.
3 VOTERS ARE ‘BRANDED’
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr., 1,
; (TP)—Marking of all voters to pre
vent them from casting a second
ballot was undertaken by the gov
! eminent of El Salvador in the re
ft cent presidential election.
DIED IN BED
/ j NULATO, April 2, (A*)—Postmaster
l; Frank Lyons of Nulato was found
j dead in bed by Aviator S. R. Rob- i
t bins, of the Alaska Aairways, when
; he called for mail. Lyons apparently
; died in his sleep.
1
. S. GOVERNMENT
MOUTH IN ILL
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
WASHINGTON, April 2. (/P) —
Within a half hour after the first
[ Associated Press dispatches of the
I disaster were received President
Hoover ordered the war and navy
departments and the Red Cross in
^ to action.
, The first Associated Press wordj
, came at 11:40 a. m. and the first
' official government message came
I at 4:45 p. m. This message was a
* navy message saying that Lieuten
ant Commander Hugo Frederick
August Baske, of the Navy Medical
Corps, and formerly of Seattle, was
killed.
Matthew E. Hanna, American
minister in Nicaragua asked that
. the government coordinate all re
, lief activities until the arrival of
i Ernest J. Swift, acting director of
• the Insul&T Foreign Affairs of the
Red Cross. Swift left last night.
I
BELIEVED ALASKA’S FUTURE
IN AGRICULTURE AND
NOT MINERALS
SEATTLE, April 2. (JP) — The
Father of Agriculture in Alaska,
Doctor Charles Georgeson, aged 80,
died here. He had been in poor
health for a year.
He returned here two years ago.
Born on the Island of Lange -
land, Denmark, he came to the
United States in 1873. At the age
of 22 years he received a master of
science; also, a a doctor of science
degree at the University of Mich
igan.
He taught agriculture in Texas,
the Imperial University at Tokyo,
and in Kansas State. In 1893 he
was sent to Denmark to investigate
the dairy industry.
Georgeson established and sup
ervised the Sitka statino and
was agronomist in charge of all
Alaska stations from 1915 to 1928.
He had previously been a special
agent of the Department of Agri
culture. He always said that the
future of Alaska was in agriculture
and not in minerals.
FISHERMEN PROTEST
KETCHIKAN, April 2, (/P)—Mem
bers of the Deep Sea Fishermen’s
Union and Fishing Vessel Owners’
Association, protested against the
gasoline tax measure introduced
in the Territorial legislature by
Senator Luther Hess of Fairbanks.
(By Irving W. Lindberg)
Copyrighted by the (/P>
MANGUA, Nicaragua, April 2, (/P)
At least 150 were killed and proba
bly the same number injured in
the Natinoal penitentiary.
Reports just before midnight
said the earthquake shocks were
so severe people were unable to
reach the patios and streets.
There were 11 shocks in 22 min
utes.
American casualties: James F.
Dickey, chief quartermaster clerk,
buried under penitentiary debris,
Lieut. Commdr. Hugo F. A. Basks,
medical corps, formerly of Seat
tle, killed in the penitentiary, and'
I. W. Lindberg, collector of general
customs, leg was injured seriously.
SHRIMP OUTPUT HEAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr., 1,
{JP)—The production of shrimp in
the United States has amounted
to more than 100,000,000 pounds an
nually in the last few years.
ALARM FOR RAIDS?
MT. CARMEL, Pa., April 1, (/P)—
Shrieking factory whistles and toll
ing bells heralded raids by federal
agents on hotels and speakeasies
here recently. The alarm, the
agents said, was sounded shortly
after they started to raid places for
which they held warrants. It is be
lieved that the signal was given to
warn others of the raids.