Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity •
Seward Daily Gateway —
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
OLUME XV. NUMBER 580.
REWARD, ALASKA
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THREE YOUNG RUSSIAN FARM
ERS TO BE ALASKA
SETTLERS
Three experienced young Rus
v an farmers, coming from a land
•very similar as to soil and clima
:ic conditions may, in the near fu
are be homesteaders of the Mat
;,nuska Valley. They will come here
shortly from a monastery at Mount
Athos on Athos peninsula, in the
southern part of Greece, extend
rnto Aegean Sea, which has for
; vnie years been a haven for Rus
s'an refugees who ecaped from re
: gious persecution in the land of
-he Soviets. This is the holy moun
tain of the modern Greeks and
acre are more than 22 convents
:.nd monasteries there.
The plan comes about thru th1
■•"sit of Father Nleone, of Mount
> ■ hos, who is touring the United
states and Alaska in quest of fund.
: . maintain the nvvs’s in .a
.•'ation from world, on a moun*
■■ in side ".'here c nn vi ieyaro
v nqrjo Father Nicone recently
•■sited the Mo-^w hi 'hit"
’ fp*. 11-,- TT F r
p’lt'kh-tAe r>.i b:- t’
,• njj that here v, ou c* m.
niece fo“ T m ymr.wo m* ’• !i
order to cenk
agreed that he would send for
- prpp c f H 1 r-'' ^ r ’’ ■ ' ^: ^1
, r _ . ,1V -fo --m ’ -
1P° VM,V TH- r *
They are to be given err ,
rlovmont. at th" haannd'i f v’~
sent farm until they can take
at their first citizenship pa
pers. after which, if the? so
he they may make application fo"
nomestead rights. Under their re
igious vows, it appears, they rr
-^nrentioeH to fhe monp.sterv T
■'hree years, but thot -flfhe can b
•erved here, in working out th
wn salvation, after which they be
come free agents to follow lif
where they will- Father NT
4 mdf. has been so impressed wit-1
Alaska, that he has been heard
voiced possibility that he mud
return to America and Alaska, as
a means of “carrying on” for his
brothers at Mt. Athos. He is at pre
sent in Fairbanks but will be out
again in a dhort time for further
visits in Southeast Alaska and the
States. It is expected the new
settlers will arrive in time for
spring plantings. j
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DOES NOT CHOOSE RUN |
WASHINGTON, Dec., 20, </P)— |
Galvin Coolidge does not choose
lo run in 1932 and thinks Pres
ident Hoover will be renominat
ed and reelected, Dr. E. B. Clem- j
tnts, Republican national com-,
mitteeman announced after a
Jong talk with the former presi
dent.
THE HIGHWAY BILL
WASHINGTON, Dec., 20, (/P)—
The House has taken under con
sideration the agricultural bill
appropriating $125,000,000 for
federal aid to highway systems.
The entire bill is for $213,000,
000.
COLLI III SES: 1
■ I11LE LOST
VESSELS SEARCH AREA FOR
ADDITIONAL PERSONS
THOUGHT LOST
; COPENHAGEN, Dec.., 20, (/P)—•
Forty-five, including 17 passen
gers on the Finnish liner Otaer
on, are believed to have perished
off Laso Island when the Ober
j on collided with the Finnish
! steamer Arcturus.
The Arcturus, with a bad hole
in its bull, stood by and rescued
36 which is believed to have in
cluded 22 passengers from the
Oberon who got into lifeboats
:or grabbed belts.
The captains of the two steam
ers are brothers. Erls Hielt of
the Oberon and Ossi Hielt of the
Octurus.
The steamer Svenskund broke
thru the fog today to search
the area for additional bodies or
sunn vers.
The Oreon sank four minutes
a'her the imoact.
Messages, said the Danish ves
sel Girn had picked up several
bodies,
Th# steamer Rengist rescued
four of the Oberon erew.
The captain of the Oberon was
taken aboard his brother’s ship
with the first and second mates.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec.. 20, (JP)
—The Jefferson Meyers, of the,
Quaker Line Steamship Co., a
freighter, and the Philadelphia,;
a government dredge, collided
outside of the Golden Gate.
The damage is not believed to
have been great. Both vessels
were proceeding here under their
own power after the accident.
The dredger was working on a!
bar outside the Gate; the cause |
of the collision is not known.
The weather was reported to
be clear at the time. The Meyers j
is a 4825 ton vessel.
Ill PERIL III CHINA
HONG KONG, Dec., 20, (£>)— |
His majestiy’s warship Sandwich
and the Chinese gunboat Fuchow
with 600 national soldiers on |
board, have been dispatched to! I
Hoihow on the Island of Hain- ■
an where a communist uprising i
;s believed to have imperiled the 1
lives of 36 English and American '
missionaries. j J
CONGRESS FULLY
GETS BUSY: BILL
■IS SIGHING
BILL. READY FOR HOOVER’S
SIGNATURE: FOOD LOANS
ARE STRICKEN
WASHINGTON, Deec., 20, (>P)—
As Congress prepared for a busy
day thinking possibly of a re
cess for the Christmas holidays,
the agricultural department ad
vised the House appropriations
committee that it was not nec
essary to have any of the $40,
000,000 drought relief money be
for Christmas but that the funds
should be supplied immediately
after the holidays because the
preliminary work could be done
during the intervening time.
Authorization of the fund was
finally voted on yesterday. The
bill must now be signed by the
President. The food loans
out.
are
ROME, Dec. 20, '.On—The 12
Italian planes of .he formation
flight which pi:-,n to make the
fli hi of thi. fcinu ■ -i ross the
southern Atlantic; e \ed theor
final timing up at Orb-hello for
the :■ mt lap of th (>,160 miles
hop.
The goal is Ria d* Janeiro. Air
Minister Ite.io Ball will make
the trip with the s uailron. The
'planes will hop off for Cartagen
i on Monday.
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THREE BOYS KILLED
TUXEDO PARK, Y„ Dec., 20,
' (/Pi—Two boy scouts were killed
and one fatally injured an a|
fourth critaclly hur when they |
were hit by the Chicago Express j
of the Erie railroad on a trestle
over the Ramapo Riv r. The dead
are William Lewis, Tilliam Fol
ey and Charles Sham
CUE HIM NICE PRIZE
STOCKHOLM, Dec., 20, (/P)—
Sinclair Lewis h.a s discovered!
i
that the life of a Nobel prize i
winner is not an easy one.
His telephone has been ring- j
ing constantly from early morn- j
ing until late in the evening as {
eager enthusiasts offer their1
congratulations.
One evening he tried being j
the guest of honor at five dan- j
ces all of which were held at)
once.
BANKER IS LINKED
WASHINGTON, Dec, 20, (/Pi—
Eugene Meyer, chairman of
the federal reserve board and
International bank of settle
ments was linked in an attack
made by Chairman McFadden
of the House banking and cur
rency committee. j
SPORTY COLLEGES
BUFFALO, Dec., 20, (/p)—De
claring football is called upon
to support all other sports in
college Knute Rockne, coach
of Notre Dame, said the sport is
under c o mmercialized rather
than over-emphasized.
MOST CONCENTRATE
IF THEY GRANTED
MS VACATION
PRESIDENT HOOVER REFUSES
GIVE CONGRESS TOTAL
OUT OF WORK
j WASHINGTON, Dec., 19. (/P)—
Plans of Congress to adjourn for
Christmas vacation Saturday.
December 20, were thrown into
I confusion when Senator Joseph
| Robinson and Representative J.
| Garner announced that the Dem
ocrats will oppose a holiday re
cess until the drought bill is
passed by Congress.
Senator James Watson and
Representative John Tilson, Re
j publican whips, later agreed that
j the drought r e 1 i e f m ensure
: should be passed before a re
j cess is taken.
Meanwhile the House arranged
to have the Secretary of agricul
ture, Arthur Hyde, appear
’ ' Senator La Foll -tte. insurgent
Republican, took another step
in opposition to the admihistra
j non bv sponsoring a resolution
cal. ns on the unemployment
1 eomnntee to supply Congress
wuh i ompiete information rela
; live to'the number of jobless.
Pre Id. ,t Hoover . refused ' to
give Congress such information.
Ill E8THAM IS THEY
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! NEW YORK, Dec., 20, (/P)—
Thirty policemen using clubs
and fists to good advantage on
i a mob of 300 Reds, broke them
up. The mob had tried to march
upon the French consulate but
! the front ranks were hardly
formed when the police charged
| them tearing down banners all
of which assailed the French
government for its "imperial- j
ism.”
A large crowd of Fifth Avenue
shoppers gathered and so ham
pered the police and commun- j
ists, that squads had tc called:
out to untangle the traffic snarl !
II BLOC MS FORM
FOB FUTURE BUTTLES
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WASHINGTON. Dec., 20, </P)— >
Ten members of the House not
heretofore identified with the
wet bloc, were present when that
group changed its name to em-,
phasize its opposition to prohibi
tion.
Among the new wets are Rep- |
resentatives Hamilton Fish, Jr.,
William. Pittinger, Richard Al- j
drich and Francis Condon.
WILD CUTTLE AND
FOX OBJECTIVE OF
C1IKOF FORAY
JACK MCCORD SAID TO BE
again busy in the
WESTWARD
With a chartered boat and back
ed by Frye & Company of Seattle,
Jack McCord, of the defunct Mc
Cord Alaska Company, is now said
to be headed for Chirikof Island,
southwest of Kodiak, according to
private advices from Seattle. It is
said he there intends to trap off
foxes arid slaughter wild cattle,
the latter estimated at about 300
head, it is also understood that
Mrs, McCord is with him on this
expedition.
Following operations on Chirikof,
it is said that McCord intends to
proceeed to Barren Island and to
Chugach Island, where he has had
fox interests and where he is said
to plan further trapping.
The McCord Alaska Company
which had a fur and stock raising
lease on Sitkalidak Island off the
southeast coast of Kodiak, and
which was promoted by McCord
went into bankruptcy last summer.
On November first the remaining
assets of the company were bought
in bv the New York backers
sheen and about 60 bead of cattle
on the island and a few fox. Chiri
kof is 'one of the famed islands of
the West Pacific, where in the days
of Russian governors convicts were
sent to penal servitude. About 40
years ago a few head of cattle were
placed there and from them has
descended a herd of wild, inter
bred beasts that are dangerous to
human Til It has long been a
problem a^ to how to use the ex
cellent beef thus going; to waste.
Karl Armstrong, formerly deputy
U. S. Marshal at Kodiak is now thot
to be on Chirikof engaged in trap
ping the blue fox there of which
there are hundreds. Armstrong and
Frye of Seattle are supposed to
own Chirikof and everything on it.
Because of its shoal beach lines all
around the Island, it is at times
almost impossible to land there,
and there has been no trapping
for at least two years, so far as
known. An unsuccessful attempt
to land trappers there in the fail
of ’29 failed, and it is presumed
the fox are very plentiful at the
present time- It stands out in the
Pacific, isolated by many miles
from the nearest land, and accord
ing to ^Westward natives is still
the rendezvous of ghosts of felons
who were buried alive there in the
days of Russian cruelties.
JURY HOLDS FATE
NEW YORK. Dec., 20, (TP)—
A second jury has taken under
consideration the fate of Martin
Healy and Thomas Tommaney,
Tammany leaders a c cused of
having accepted a bribe from
George Ewald for appointment
to the bench. No decision had
been reached after the jury was
out 12 hours.