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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 95. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FEW CNEES IN
FRICTION AND PERSONALITIES
SEEN IN CONDUCT TER
RITORIAL OFFICES
JUNEAU, April 30. (Special to
The Gateway)—The House passed
the general appropriations meas
ure and taxation bill at the night
session and forwarded both to
the Senate which was not ex
pected to take it up for serious
consideration before this morning.
Few changes were made in ap
propriations from til way in which
it was introduced and less than
110,000 was added to the total.
The effort to increase pensions
to $285,000 failed without a rec
ord vote and the amendment tc
boost the road item to $380,00G
was lost on a tie vote.
A raise of about 25 per cent in
the mining schedule, as reported
by the committee, was made in
an amendment from the floor
all on the lower brackets.
The House raised the school
poll tax to $7.50 and exempted In
dians and Eskimos.
The House passed the measure
appropriating $0,000 for clearing
salmon streams and destruction
of predatory enemies.
The Senate in the night session
passed the Agricultural College
appropriation without an amend
ment carrying $159,420 and passed
the House bill appropriating $25.
000 in a lump sum for school
house construction reduced the
.salmon stream clearing appro
priation to $25,000 and passec
several memorials and minor bills
and was ready to take up appro
priations and taxation bills earl}
~oday.
The joint legislative committee
reported with eight new measure*
it recommends for immediate pas
sage to clarify the situation and
smooth out differences between
government agencies and promote
efficiency in government. The}
declared the entire system wa*
~built up in a haphazard waj
and at no time has there been
any effort at correlation and there
are many instances that the busi
ness of the Territory cannot be
carried on in an efficient mannei
if the several officers observe the
strict letter of the law.”
They admit the existence ol
considerable friction which the}
declared “is directly traceable t-c
the personality of the several of
ficials and their attitude towarc
problems that confront them,’
adding there appears to be little
effort to compromise thm.
Rev. E. E. Reisner returned yes
terday from Latouche where h<
held services.
It is about time for tennis play
eds to band together and repaij
the local court and have som<
games.
IS WELL MAN AGAIN
WASHINGTON, April 30. (£>)—
Herbert Hoover, Jr., who has been
recuperating from an illness, at
Ashville, N. C., for six months,
will come to Washington about
May 1. Present plans call for his
departure for California about
June 1.
FESS REPOSES TO
APOLOGIZE, STITEMENT
"
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.
(/P)—Senator Fess, chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee, in a telegram sent Shouse,
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Executive Committe, refused
to apologize for a statement
charging that the latter had re
jected religion into his recent
speech in San Francisco, which
has been the subjct of heated
political controversey for the last
week.
EVANS NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, April 30. (/P) — The
Admiral Evans, of the P. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 10 a. m. Wednesday and
carried 184 passengers, 12 for Sew
ard, as follows: Mrs. W. W. Clarke,
W. C. Barnes and 10 steerage.
LOW HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, April 30. (/^—Four
teen vessels arrived with 239,000
pounds of halibut which sold for
! 10c and 6c. At Prince Rupert
j 200,000 pounds, chiefly American,
| arrived, selling for 8c and 5.
I THE STOCK MARKET
Alaska Juneau 1218; Am. Can.
111 ; Bancorporation 201 ^; Cities
14; Cons. Gas 90; Zellerbach 3V8'.
Durant 178; Motors 377s; Goldman
17; Int. Tel. 2414; Kennecott 25V8;
Lehigh 4%; Radio 14L-; Richfield
1 ; Standard Oil of N. J. 36^;
i Carbide 48; Union Cal. 16; U. S.
Steel 11514
Mrs. Fohan-Hansen. of the Al
! aska College, who last year gave
; a series of local demonstrations in
, j the domestic arts, will arrive in
j the city tomorrow from Anchor
| age.
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Eght families are left at La
11 touche and the majority of these,
■ j it is thought, will be leaving at
! the close of school for Seward
j and the South. Four men are
i situ on the company payroll.
Rev. Macpherson of Anchorage
was among the early arrivals this
morning (5:30) on the mixed
train.
! Snow conditions around Moraine
| are said to be bad, according to
11 local arrivals today on the Mid
11 night Express.
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Arrivals from Anchorage bring
word the cannery men are be
• ginning to prepare for the com
! ing season and are employing a
few people.
SEVEN MEN BURN
TO DEATH IN OIL
WELL INFERNO
TEXAS RANGERS INVESTIGAT
ING ALLEGED “RED”
ACTIVITIES
GLADEWATER, Tex., April 29.
(JP) — Men and equipment were
rushed to the Sinclair No. 1 Cole
well, four miles southeast of here,
in an effort to subdue the roaring
caldron which burned seven men
to death last night and two others
pulled from the inferno, are near
death in a local hospital; it is
possible others died but operators
are hopeful all are accounted for.
The dead are Bob Murdock of
Orland, Okla.; Bill Haroun of Can
adian, Okla.; George Altiright of
Carthage City, Penn.; Roy Blen
kenship of Tulsa, Okla.; Bill Mc
Casland, Senior and Junior, both
of Winona, Okla.; Virgil Woltz of
Hunter, Okla.
John Keys and Frank Fiouck
are in a dying condition.
The geyser leaped unabated and
gathered momentum through the
night. The heat was intensified
as thousands barrels of crude
oil were lapped by the flames.
The well was brought in Sunday
running wild for 30 hours.
Other wells are not endangered
unless gales blow- the flames into
the forest. It will be several days
before nitroglycerine can be placed
to blow out the fire.
Sinclair officials said Texas
rangers are investigating the al
leged communist plot to blow up
oil field properties and are ex
pected to inquire into the fire
causing the deaths.
OLDTIMER MACDONALD
Back to his first love, Alaska,
there arrived in Seward yesterday
W. W. MacDonald, an oldtimer
from the vintage of 1897—the
Dawson days—and Peters Creek.
It has been many years since Mr.
MacDonald has been in Seward,
about 10, but he found many old
friends here who have been stick
iing right with the country. Mac
' Donald is enroute to the Peters
; Creek district where he will re
; main for a time. • Since going to
: the States, in 1914,, he has fol
| lowed mining steadily and at
j present has likely-looking ground
i in Oregon.
The “Man of Mystery,” a guest
at the Gilliland Hotel, is a trans
medium, going into a “dead state”
of trance during which period he
claims to be able to tell one's
future. Those who have made
appointments appear to be sat
isfied.
The mixed train which arrived
in Seward this morning at 5:30,
left Anchorage yesterday after
noon shortly after 2 o'clock. A
heavy load was brought over in
cluding a large coal tonnage. Nc
slides were encountered.
ALWAYS A FIRST TIME
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.
(JF)—The Nation’s capitol was
turned into a city of gold braid,
high hats and formal calls, as
the King and Queen of Siam, the
first absolute monarch to cross
the threshhold of the White
House, called on the Hoover’s for
a formal visit.
TENNIS STIR WILL
DOT ENTER PIES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. (JP)
— Helen Wills Moody returned
from the Oyai Ajai- Valley tenns
tournament and definitely set at
rest, for the present time, that
she was going to follow in the
footsteps of Bobby Jones and
make a series of tennis pictures.
| “I have had many offers dur
ng the last two years and spent
a day in the Universal Studios
when the Ojai games were called
off on account of rain, but I
have not accepted any offers,”
Mrs. Moody said.
FRANK BAILEY DIES
HELENA, Mont., April 30. (A5)—
! Frank Bailey, 65, widely known
| engineer, died last night here
! from complications following an
' attack of influenza. Bailey served
| as bridge construction engineer
I on the Alaskan Railway Commis
‘ sion and on other important posts.
: A widow and brother survive him.
NATIONAL
Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 7.
j Chicago 3. Cincinnati 1.
AMERICAN
New York 5, Washington 9.
Detroit 0, Chicago 3.
St. Louis 0, Cleveland 9; Wesley
! Ferrell pitched a no-hit, no-run
| game for Cleveland and drove
out a homer with one on base in
i the fourth inning.
COAST
; Missions 1, Portland 4.
Sacramento 9, Los Angeles 10.
Hollywood 9, Seattle 4.
i Oakland 1, San Francisco 0.
An unverified report circulated
about town yesterday to the ef
fect that the Chena Slough at
Fairbanks went out Wednesday
morning.
Superintendent Henry Frost, of
the Bureau of Public Roads, and
his crew, has struck his season’s
stride working over the Seward
Lake Kenai highway. As far as
the snow permits, the chuckholes
are being filled up and grading
made.
"r~ X r ' ' **
| Vessels in port today included
the B. F. M., Bavaria, Roy and
[the Bill.
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Business can’t be so bad over
Anchorage way. Two new grocery
stores recently opened up.
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COUCH IODIZE IS
' TRAIN SPED ON
DEATH TOLL Cl
WORST EGYPTIAN RAILROAD
DISASTER IN HISTORY
OF COUNTRY
CAIRO, Egypt, April 30. (A3)—At
least 61 persons, ’ including 10
children, were killed and 41 others
injured when the Cairo-Alexandria
Express caught fire.
One foreigner, a French women,
is known to be among the dead.
Many of the injured are not ex
pected to live. Most of the dead,
particularly the children, are un
recognizable.
The disaster is described as the
worst in Egyptian railroad history.
The fire originated in a hotbox
and spread to one of the three
crowded third-class coaches,
i Unaware, the engineer sped un
j til flagged by a signalman. Many
deaths were caused by passengers
humping from windows.
EIBH ENGINEER
IT FU TO BID QN
I CONSTRUGTIOK BRIDGE
| SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. (JP)
j—David S. Gendell Jr., construe
i tion engineer for the Bethlehem
j Steel Corporation, arrived in San
I Francisco on the Panama Pacific
i liner Virginia to bid on the Gold
| en Gate bridge. G. Bent, vice
; president of the company, in
; charge of construction, was also
; a passenger on the Virginia but
left the liner at Los Angeles for
i a tour of the south before coming
j north.
i The two experts are prepared to
present estimates for the con
struction of the entire brdge in
cluding foundations, towers, etc.,
or separate bids for structural
steel work and wire work.
RAIL HEAD RECOVERING
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, {&)
Paul Shoup, president of the South
ern Pacific, who was taken from
an eastbound train and placed in
a Chicago hospital early this week
suffering from an attack of flu,,
was reported as virtually recov
ering.
The marine bulletin has the SS
Yukon posted as due to arrive in
Seward at midnight, tonight.
W. G. Knox, of the Alaska Col
lege, arrived in Seward today en
route South. Mr. Knox is telling
the boys all about the functions
of the 4-H Club, an organization
for promoting agricultural science.
Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin, resi
dents of Anchorage for some
years past, were among today’s
arrivals enroute to Cordova.
Senior Nay Day Dance Friday