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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
UME XXVIII. NUMBER 102.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
mma quiet
'*t>m _ig< May 2. (fP)—Quiet, or
V I'"ay Day celebrations with
s of between 7,000 and 8,000
assembled in Seattle and
ucouver to listen to talks but
j re were no Communistic or
iher disorders and there were no
‘.nests made in these two towns.
The periodic nude parade by the
oukabors upset the quiet city of
brums, B. C., but the police, with
arden hose and the particularly
fective itching powder which is
>prayed on the bodies of the nude
persons, easily quelled the offend
ers. Tire Provincial Police there
staged a pitched battle with 200
•versons of which 117 were arrested.
Thirty-three of them were women
and they were also jailed.
Socialist and Communists spon
sored meetings and parades in
:>okane, while at San Francisco
d Portland service men paraded
i Communists who sang and
vt d for the release of Tom
In San Francisco, Mrs.
' ’ey, the mother of Mooney,
.'ti the parade
demonstrations occurred in
mw where over a million and
5 if citizens gathered in various
ares to hear Communist speak
• ‘ .'s talk. The Moscow demonstra
tion was featured by the roaring
400 airplanes which zoomed
o' rhead throughout a part of
ie day.
• Tin was the scene of disorders
blic transportation arteries,
>apers and radio stations were
over by persons who pro
to the government because (
alistic tyranny,
many was comparatively)
"%'> j May Day, but Australia had j
me disorders, and Palestine was
martial lav;.
An advance bulletin on the min- I
mal resources of the Chuiitna Riv
cr. known as the Broad Pass region,
~ued by the U. S. Geological Sur
ey and compiled by Clyde P. Ross,
°s that the potential value of
'Kse deposits appears to lie in
•'r e gold and silver content, but
; ' contain notable quantities of
ienic and copper. The coal
i ^pect in the area is of interest
o* cipally as of possible aid in
he development of lode mines.
" * ’des are not sufficiently ex
g for quantitative estimation
; -^e of ore or of available ton
,(y€ 1P at there are considerable
n es of ore. mostly in indi
ily small bodies, ranging from
w f. >20 in precious metals to
a and locally containing as
i-.n as 20 per cent of arsenic.
« me larger veins of lower-grade
■dso exist. A few of the lodes
iin 5 to 10 per cent of copper
Jdition to a little gold and sil
r The ore is so constituted that
' U’ of its metallic content can
•t extracted by simple amal
tion- Most of the prospects
within 10 to 15 miles of the rail
ad and general conditions on
> hole are regarded as favor
ds to mining. The outlook for
a e expansion of mining here is I
favorable, provided economic con
ditions warrant the handling of
are Ci, this grade.
In 'neir origin the lodes are re
lated to and in part included in a -
d or it porphyry of supposed ter
f ’na^e which intrudes volcanic
and sedimentary strata. They are
' e three intergradational kinds—
^ iisseminated deposits, mainly
- porphyry; (2) replacement
deposits along bedding - planes in
tl :areous rocks; (3) tabular and
xenticular deposits along fissures
and shear zones in various rocks.
With the ice in the Tanana river
moving and breaking up planes
can no longer land there.
CAN’T ESCAPE SENTENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2.—
A1 Capone today was denied a re
view by the Supreme ourt on his
conviction for evading income tax
laws. This decision means that
Capone has lost his last chance to
escape an 11-year prison sentence
and the payment of a $50,000 fine.
DEFEATED IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 2. — The
House completed the wreck of the
economy bill by defeating the war
and navy department consolidation
section thus eliminating from $50,
000,000 to $100,000,000 in probable
annual savings.
Defeat of the national defense re
organization was considered a maj
or blow to the House democratic
leadership which early in the ses
sion adopted the proposal as a
party policy.
The section provided for the es
tablishment of a department of
National Defense with jurisdiction
over the Army, Navy and the Air.
DRY (GENTS CRUSH IN ON
20,10 GALLON STILL
CHICAGO, May 2. —Prohibition
agents crashed into a 25,00 gallon
a day Capone alcohol distillery
Saturday after battering against
the walls for 12 hours and after
summoning the fire department
apparatus to pump away fumes.
The still, the largest ever located
in the history of prohibition, was
discovered in an abandoned brew
ry on Archer Avenue.
Three other large stills were also
found but they wex*e not in opera
tion.
MANY DIE STARVATION
HANKOW, China, May 2. — A
Chinese report says that unless the
National Flood Relief Commission
can obtain additional supplies of
American wheat, some 30,000 flood
refugees in this area will die of
starvation. The Commission has
been trying to get more wheat, but
so far have been unable to do so
By reducing the present limited
ration, the Chinese may prolong,
the supply over a 15-day period, i
CHICAGO, May 2. —Police said
that confessions of four of 10 Mex
icans held here have implicated
others, including Mexican border
customs officers, in a widespread
automobile theft ring which spec
ialized in stealing cars in America
and driving them into Mexico.
Police said that more than 300
automobiles had been stolen in the
Chicago district and driven to the
southwest or over the Mexican bor
der.
Police said that the prisoners
confessed that they bribed the
Mexican customs officials with
gifts of money and automobiles to
allow them to drive the cars into
Mexico.
A BOYCOTT CLUB
HONOLULU, May 2. —White wo
men of Honolulu have formed a
club for the purpose of boycotting
all firms conducted by or employ
ing any member of the jury which
convicted the four Americans of
the honor slaying of Joseph Kah
ahawai.
WON’T LET CAPONE OUT
WASHINGTON, May 2. — The
government has no intention of let
ting A1 Capone out of jail to join
in the search for the kidnapped
Lindbergh baby, the press was in
formed.
Bob Guest, who has been in the
local hospital for some time, is now
able to walk around, although he
is still quite weak. He says that
he feels fine, however, and is glad
to be able to get out once more.
Mr. Guest was discharged from the
hospital late last week.
GANNET PHOTOGRAPHIC !
EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY
SUITED ALASKAN IRK
Through the courtesy of S. M.
Farrar, genial and efficient chief,
photographer, U. S. Navy, a Gate- i
way representative was afforded j
the pleasant experience Sunday'
afternoon of inspecting the pho-1
tographic equipment on the USS
Gannet, Navy aircraft tender with
two amphibian planes, now docked
at Seward preparatory to making
a fourth Coast and Geodetic aerial
survey of Western Alaska.
A complete, modern photo lab- j
oratory, equipped with the latest j
scientific apparatus of the finest!
quality, greeted the eye of the j
newsman.
Developing tanks of every de
scription, drying racks, printing fa
cilities, cabinets, a complete stock
of chemicals, photo paper, film
and other miscellaneous essentials
told the story of a degree of all
around efficiency of the Navy’s ex- j
pedition.
Supplementary equipment in
cluded aerial cameras of the fin- |
est type; standard “still” and mo-j
tion picture cameras of beautiful j
workmanship and recognized
worth; light-ray filters of various
degrees, and a most complete bat
tery of photographic lens for all j
types of survey work under the
most adverse conditions completed
this phase of the undertaking.
“I’m proud of this equipment,”
said Mr. Farrar. “Perfect photo
graphs—that is those that afford
to all objects the same degree of
prominence that they represent to
the eye in the actual view—can be
obtained only by first class equip- !
ment of standard design.
“When preparing for a photo-!
graphic campaign in a field so far
remote from the base of supplies,
every imaginable contingency must
be anticipated in advance and pro
vided for.
“In the Navy, nothing is left to I
chance. All work is accomplished
in an orderly manner.
“The photo apparatus represent
ed here, which you will note is
complete in every detail, affords
every one of us the fullest desire ;
to serve and make this annual sur- j
vey the success that it should be.”
C. Blattmenn is Mr. Farrar’s as
sistant.
RETURNED FROM TRIP
NORFOLK, Va., May 2. (/P)_John
H. Curtis, negotiator for the re
turn of Colonel and Mrs. Charles
A- Lindbergh’s baby, returned to
this city from a brief mysterious
trip aboard the yacht Marcon. Cur
tis announced that he planned to
leave immediately on an another
mysterious trip.
(Saturday’s Games)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 8, Philadelphia 9.
New York 4, Boston 7.
St. Louis 3, Chicago 5.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, wet
grounds.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 7, Cleveland 10.
Detroit 4, St. Louis 3.
Philadelphia 1, Washington 2.
Boston 3, New York 6. Babe Ruth
hit a homer in the eighth inning
with two men on bases.
PACIFIC LEAGUE
Hollywood 10, Portland 8.
Seattle 9, Missions 7.
Other games were night games.
(Sunday’s Games)
NATIONAL
Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 7.
St. Louis 7, Chicago 1.
Philadelphia at New York, rain
Boston at Brooklyn, rain.
AMERICAN
Chicago 1, Cleveland 11.
New York 2, Washington 4.
Detroit 3, St. Louis 4.
Philadelphia at Boston, rain.
PACIFIC COAST
Seattle 5-3, Missions 1-4.
Los Angeles 13-14, Oakland 10-2.
******** * * *
* CALIFORNIA ELECTION *
* WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2. *
" —Political contests for this *
* week are overshadowed by *
* California’s fateful Democratic *
* primary which tomorrow may *
* come near to making or break- *
* ing the candidacy of Governor *
* Franklin D. Roosevelt. Political *
* leaders are waiting for Cali- *
* fornia’s decision which is be- *
* tween Roosevelt, Speaker J. *
* N. Garner and A1 Smith. *
***********
KODIAK CASTS LARGER
DEAAOCRAT VOTE TRAN
EVER BEFORE, PRIMARY
Complete returns of the Kodiak
primary vote have been received
by The Gateway as follows:
Delegate to Congress
Republican—Wickersham 69.
Democratic—Dimond 12, Grigsby
11, Ziegler 0.
Attorney General
Republican — Foster 31, Rust
gard 36.
Democratic—Truitt 12. •
Territorial Auditor
Republican — Charles 6, Cole 55,
! Lucas 8.
Democratic—Boyle 10.
Commissioner of Eduoation
Republican—Keller 61.
Democratic—Karnes 9.
Highway Engineer
Republican—Wann 46.
Democratic—Hesse 11.
National Committeeman
Republican — White 16, Rasmus
sen 42.
Democratic — Connors 5, Frame
.6, Hardcastle 1.
| Delegates to National Convention
Republican—Chase 43, Davies 11,
! Hungerford 43, Thiele 24.
Democratic — Deal 6, Heath 7,
Hoskins 3, Kirk 6, Moran 5, Morton
5. Rice 5, Shonbeck 5, Troy 6, Wake
field 10. Wacker 3, Walmer 4.
Alternates to National Convention
Republican—White 53.
Democratic — Hellenthal 8. Mc
Donald 12, McMullen 13, Shattuck
9, Todd 10.
Territorial Senator
Republican—Ray 57.
Democratic—Campbell 9.
Territorial Representatives
Republican — Larson 23, McCain
48. McDonald 51, McMahan 29, Naf
sted 56, Phinn 46.
Democratic—Hofman 10, McCut
cheon 9, Patterson 7, Smith 8, Tay
lor 6.
But little interest was being
taken in the primary election. Up
to 3 o’clock on election day only
57 votes had been polled. This fact
ts not indicative to what the vote
will be in November when a heavy
vote is predicted.
In most Presidential campaigns,
the Democratic party has been
very much like the billious colic,
not dangerous but needed atten
tion. However, the vote on the
26th shows there were 14 Demo
crats in Kodiak, when it was gen
erally believed there was only one.
So it looks as though the Demo
crats are more dangerous than
ever.
In Kodiak, they think the prohi
bition question caused this unex
pected appearance of so many of
them. They believe there that
Hoover is dry and Roosevelt wet,
and a large majority of Kodiak
people are wet. However, Hoover
won’t say how dry he is and Roos
evelt won’t say how moist he is.
It is doubtful if either party will
have a wet or dry plank in their
platforms thus avoiding an issue
and this will work to the disad
vantage of the Republican party
next November if the parties won’t
make prohobition an issue. It
looks as if the people will vote for
the most misty candidate.
L- L. Trimble, of the American
Railway Express Company, return
ed to Seward on the SS Admiral
Evans Sunday from the Westward.
Mrs. C. W. Harrington, of Homer,
is a visitor in Seward between
boats. She will leave for the West
ward on the SS Admiral Watson
Wednesday.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 2.—
Advices received here say that mar
tial law has been declared in the
Cocos River area where the ban
dit leader, Sandino, has been quite
active of late and in which area
several skirmishes have occurred.
GERMAN NAZIST PARTY
AIDED BY AMERICANS
BERLIN, May 2. —American cap
italists are financing the Nazis
movement in order to be able to
maintain their interest in Germany
when Adolph Hitler gets to pow
er it was asserted in an influential
Communist paper.
An American company with its
shops all over Germany was said
to have been financing the party
to the tune of 1,000 gold marks a
month. The American stores con
cerned denied the report.
FRISCO CITIZENRY
HONORS WASHINGTON
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.— In
honor of George Washington and
in celebration of the 142nd anniv
ersary of his inauguration, Amer
ica’s armed forces paraded with
San Francisco’s citizenry Saturday.
Through solid lines of cheering
San Fransicans, soldiers, sailors and
marines marched to martial music
joining with hundreds of school
children and members of veteran
and fraternal organizations in an
hour long parade.
In the reviewing stand was Ad
miral F. H. Schofield, commander
in-chief of the U. S. fleet, with
scores of ranking admirals and
other civic and military leaders.
APPROVE TAX INCREASES
WASHINGTON, May 2. — The
Senate Finance Committee approv
ed increases nearly doubling in
come tax rate, increases of cor
poration tax rates, and then moved
to assess salaries paid the presi
dent and federal judges, now ex
empt. At adjournment, amend
ments written into the billion dol
lar House revenue bill, estimated
ly represented a loss of $19,000,000
from the amount approved by the
House
WASHINGTON 10 MAKE
STRONG BID PENNANT
NEW YORK, May 2. —With Con
nie Mack’s two aces, Grove and
Earnshaw faltering badly, and with
reports current that internal dis
sention exists among the members
of the Athletics, the complexion of
the American League has changed,
somewhat since the season started-1
The New York Yankees, consid
ered among the experts to be the
leading contender in the junior cir
cuit, now figure they must beat
Washington and not Philadelphia,
to win the pennant. And to re
turn the complement, Manager W.
Johnson of the Senators, thinks
the Athletics have seen their best
days and he is straining his efforts
against the Yankees.
CALIFORNIAN WINS
LOS ANGELES, May 2. —Max;
Baer, of Livermore, Calif., tech- j
nically knocked out Paul Swiderski, j
of Syracuse, N. Y., in the seventh '
round of a 10-round bout in the
Olympic Auditorium. Baer floored
Swiderski with a long left shortly
before slipping over the finishing
punch.
SENTENCED TO DEATH
TOKYO, May 2. —The youth
named Sagoya, who shot and killed
Premier Yuko Hamagouchi has been
sentenced to death. One accomplice
was sentenced to 30 years impris
onment and another four months.
Pilot E. Call, of the McGee Air
ways, of Anchorage, returned to
Anchorage Friday from a flight to
Fairbanks. He flew to Anchorage by
way of the Iditarod and landed at
Lake Spenard.
MANY GUESSES ARE
MADE REGARDING IRE
LATEST HAPPENINGS
NORFOLK, Va., May 2. — The
yacht Marcon, which Sunday night
had been away from its Norfolk
base for three days on a mysterious
voyage, was expected to arrive back
here during the night- It was not
known whether Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh was aboard the yacht
or whether he was still in Norfolk
awaiting the yacht’s return.
A number of prominent Norfolk
residents are willing to wager that
Lindbergh is aboard the yacht and
that he personally will contact the
kidnappers and that he may even
bring the child back. Important
developments are expected.
John H. Curtis, Norfolk interme
diary is known to be aboard the
yacht and with him are Edwin B.
Bruce, retired banker, and Lieut.
George L. Richard, Navy flier, who
! had accompanied Curtis on various
other missions in connection -with
the case.
MANY CONTRAPTIONS
NEW YORK, May 2. —Double ac
tion fly swatters, non-skidable soap,
bell ringing fishing rods, automa
tic oyster openers, adjustable baby
feeders and other devices are ar
riving at Grand Central Palace for
the Fourth International P a tent
Exposition opening here May 10.
GASOLINE HIGH
ATLIN, B. C. May 2. —Gasoline
in this town is retailing at one
dollar a gallon because of the dif
ficulties which have been encount
ered in its transportation from
Vancouver during the winter
months.
GOVERNMENT AIDED
WINE INDUSTRY, HOW
REVERSES ITS STD
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2. —For
12 years the federal government
| has been enforcing prohibition laws
| with one hand and with the other
| aiding and encouraging the growth
i of wine grapes which can be used
j for but one purpose, the making
of wine.
Now, by the interpretation of a
single phrase in the Volstead Act
the government has reversed its
stand, betrayed the grape industry
and jeopardized its $12,272,899 in
vestment.
Donald D. Conn, managing dir
ector of the California Vineyardists’
Association hurled these charges at
the federal government in a report
of his five year of work made to
the Association’s board of directors
here.
WILL REOPEN MYSTERY
HONOLULU, May 2. —Possibilty
that the two-year old mystery of
the death of Mrs. Marian Sevier
may be reopened was seen here
after the Territorial Supreme Court
ruled that her body could be ex
humed for a second autopsy. Mrs.
Sevier, heiress to the $700,000 es
tate of her mother, died here in
August 1928. The fortune went to
her husband, Colonel Granville Se
vier.
Three flat cars of heavy mining
machinery were loaded off one of
the recent boats from the South
and will be taken to the Interior
within a few days. The machinery
is billed to Olson and Company, of
Iditarod.
Mrs. Chas. Pajoman, of Afognak,
was an arrival in Seward on the
SS Admiral Evans Sunday.
Many local people and visitors
attended the recital and concert
given by the Little Theatre Club
of Seward Saturday in the Seward
schools auditorium.
No definite word had been re
ceived as to the probable time of
arrival of the SS Admiral Watson
from the South up to the time of
going to press.