MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 58.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURHDAY, MARCH 10, 1982.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SECRETARY INTERIOR LOOKS
TOWARD ALASKA INSTEAD
OF CONTINENTAL C. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 10.—
President Herbert Hoover’s state
ment that the entire administra
tive staff was cooperating with the
legislators in seeking to cut down
Federal costs by reorganization was
denied by Chairman Charles Byrns,
of the special House Economy Com
mittee, who said that no word had
been heard from the President ex
cept through the press.
Byrns added that his economy
committee wanted specific sugges
tions from the President.
Secretary of the Interior Ray
Lyman Wilbur, however, appears to
be one of those who are cooperat
ing with the economy committee,
for he has transmitted a budget
which calls for a number of econ
omies in his department. Among
the economies he suggested was one
relative to the Federal bureaus in
.Alaska.
e These bureaus, he described as j
being complicated and he was of
the opinion that economies might
be effected here by simplifying the
administrative duties of these bu
reaus which probably will mean a
lessening of the bureau complica- ,
fcions and will probably result in a
pring down cf the bureau person- J
ael in Alaska if these economies are j
effected.
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SECRET lUI ON FOOT
TO SOLE »T III.
McKINLEY PARK, Mar. 10. (By
Special Correspondent)—For some
~eason, not made plain, a secret
plan is on foot to scale Buls'naia
Gora, Mt, McKinley, 26,000 feet,
.his coming May. ,
The original party was to consist
>f three men from the Outside. One
nan, they can not find; the Park
Service was appealed to, and have
oaned them one Park Ranger and
ihe Park Superintendent to make
jp the quartet, who are supposed
o hike up the mountain.
The Superintendent, ac-compan
ed by his mother, was to leave for
he States March to attend a con
erence of Park superintendents,
iis mother is spending two weeks
hsiting in Anchorage before their
ieparture. This trip is now can
celled because of the mountain
‘limb.
Mr. Stroms, one of the climbers,
s expected to arrive at Seward
Jarch 19, while his companion will
rrive on the next boat, one week
a ter. -
^ The Park dog teams will be used. •
Their outfit has not yet been col- -
ected, and the snows are so deep ■
n the Park, a loaded dog team can
mly make about one mile a day. ^
md it don’t seem they will get an I
arly start. i
A year or two ago, a party of 3
hree, headed by former Chief Ran
er Nyberg, landed a ton of pro
isions at the base of Bulshaia
k>ra, the year before, and planned 1
o make the try in May, but when '
he time come, the Park Service at *
Washington, D. c., frowned on any- 1
ne connected with the Park grab- i
ing off so much glory, and spoiled *
he trip. i
Now that airplanes can rise 26,- 1
00 feet, hoofing up the mountain 1
eeras like an empty honor—in case
hey do it.
Heretofore, all the mountain
limbing expeditions to make the c
ttempt hare been driven back r
’ithout success by the lack of grub i
a lay out the storms likely to be c
ncountered before the top is t
eached. Lack of experience and t
•roper equipment have also added c
o their defeat. I
ELECTED PRESIDENT
BUDLIN, Ireland, Mar. 10.—Earn -
on de Valera was elected President
of the Irish Free State, 81 to 68,
I when the new Dull Eireann con
vened. He succeeds William T.
! Cosgrave.
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 10.—All
new developments in the Lindbergh
baby kidnapping case are being
kept as secret as possible by both
the police department and the
Lindberghs and their representa
tives. As a result of this secrecy,
a number of unconfirmed rumors
have sprung up even to the word
that the child has been returned.
This latter rumor, however, has not
been verified and Is doubtful.
The two gangsters from New
York, Salvatore Spitale and Erving
Bitz, apparently have been swal
lowed up and nothing is known as
to their present activities.
Official cars kept dashing up to
the Lindbergh home and then away
again but no confirmed develop
ments could be learned.
TWENTY WORKMEN ARE
KILLED IN EXPLOSION
CAMDEN, N. J., Mar. 10. </P)—At
least 20 workmen are believed to
be dead from the explosion of a
gas tank of the Public Service,
Electric and Gas Company of South
Camden.
About 30 men were engaged in
cleaning the tank at the time of
the explosion. The tank was 25
feet square and was 15 feet above i
the ground. A spark from a pick |
or shovel which ignited the highly j
inflammable gas fumes is believed {
to have been the cause of the ex- *
plosion.
A checkup of the number of men j
killed revealed that 14 were dead J
as a result of the explosion while
a number more were taken to the j
hospital. Up until Wednesday eve
ning, eight bodies had been recov
ered from the tank and the heavy
gas fumes inside the tank tern- '
porarily halted the rescuing of the
other six bodies.
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SEATTLE, Mar. 10. — Prosecutor
Burguner said Wednesday that he
was considering the changing of
the charge against Doctor Mc
Keown from second to first degree
murder for the slaying of his mo
ther.
Arraignment of both Dr. McKe
>wn and Leslie Barrett, who killed
ais mother at a drinking party on
;he same day last week, was post
>oned. Barrett is also charged with
second degree murder.
HYDE CRITICIZED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 10.—
Senator Robinson, Democrat from
Arkansas, charged in. the Senate
;hat Secretary Hyde was guilty of
unjust and improper use of pub
ic money” in sending out under
he government ‘Trank” what Rob
nson contended was an attack on
democratic members of the House.
RINGS MISSING
SAN DIEGO, Mar. 10.—I oss of
wo diamond rings valued at $4,120
vas reported to police by Mrs. S. W.
Sinsheimer of Denver. Mrs. Sin
iheimer said the rings either were
nisplaced or stolen from her room
n the El Cortez Hotel. One of the
ings was a diamond solitaire val
led at $3,270; the other was a wed
ling ring valued at $850.
$25,00# DOG BITE
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NEW YORK, Mar. 10.—Defense
ounsel tried unsuccessfully to ]
aake “Trotter,” an obstinate ter- i
ier, show its bridgework in court i
luring a $25,000 dog bite suit, but (
he jury decided, sight unseen, the 3
erriers molars could not have i
a used more than $300 damage to f
>avid Duffy’s leg.
OLDTiED PROUD
OF LOGAL HOSPITAL;
“KLONDIKE KID” UNDERWENT
ONE OF LARGEST LOCAL
MAJOR OPERATIONS
Hardly with pleasure, but en
tirely with a bit of pride, a recent
patient in the Seward General Hos
pital, Angbright Stansen, lays claim
to having undergone one of the
biggest of major operations in the
local institution; cncer of the
stomach. And, though rather weak
in the knees and thin, Stansen is*
up and around every day.
He doesn’t like his milk diet. He
would rather drink stronger stuff,
but if he does, he has been warned
it means “curtains” for him. So,
for at least another month, Stan
isen will be a guest at the Overland
Hotel after which period he antici
pates he will have recovered suf
ficiently to return to his home at
Unga where he lias lived and fished
for many years.
There were two important things
Mr. Stansen wanted The Gateway
to broadcast, same being the splen
did treatment extended by the hos
pital staff and the marvelous skill
of Dr. A- D. Haverstock. “Seward
is certainly fortunate in having
such a hospital and surgeon,” Mr.
Stansen added.
Oldtimers may remember Stan
sen better perhaps by his Klondike
nicknames, “Klondike Dick” and
“The Lucky Swede.”
Getting back to the starting, both
of his adventurous Yukon and Al
aska career, it was nearly one-half
a century ago, in 1886, when Stan
sen first arrived in Alaska; at Sand
Point, in the trading schooner t
Dashing Wave.
He fished out Westward until'
the Klondike gold rush, then, with j
a group of 25 men at Karluk, the '
schooner Kadiak was chartered for ;
the run to Skagway. Arriving there, j
Stansen began boating from Skag- j
way to Dyea. It was here when he
first met Frank P. Slavin, the Aus- j
tralian heavyweight boxing cham- j
pion, “Sailor Bill,” discoverer cf j
the great Bcllerat Australian gold ;
nugget, and Mr. Hutton, a part- j
ner of the then Minister of Can- -
ada. They all went to Dawson to- j
gether—Stansen as pilot.
Slavin was supposed to have had
a rich claim near Dawson and was
once offered $35,000 for it but dur
ing a winter’s absence, one of his
men sank prospect holes over the
ground with the result he could
not, thereafter, get 35 cents for it
The partners, being flat on their
“fannies,” went across the river to
Monte Cristo Island and staked
claims. Finding no bonanza, they
gave it up. That same winter, in
1898, Dawson burned up. The Ca
nadian Royal Mounted Police took j
charge of things; there was plenty j
of work for everyone.
In the spring, Stansen shipped on
the stemwheeler Rideout, the first
to attempt to try Five-Finger Rap
ids, but insufficient power forced
them to “line” the boat through, j
Stansen, when they arrived at
Wfiite Horse Canyoh, figured he
would continue on to the Outside .
but the skipper raised his salary as
an inducement to remain on the
job. So back to Dawson he went.
A new rush was then underway
;o Nome. As a quartermaster on a
river boat he pushed off down
stream for St. Michael. Mutiny had :
set in so at St. Michael, the whole
:rew walked off and the boat was
sold. Stansen obtained a berth on
'he sternwheeler Herman and on £
.his frail river vessel, crossed the
00 odd miles of open water, Bering :
Sea, to Nome. But it was three
veeks after his arrival in Nome
>efore he knew he had arrived. In
he King’s English, for that period ]
ie was intoxicated. j
He was the second man to be em- :
>loyed on the discovery claim, at i
Lnvil Creek, which ground was be- j
ng worked by Dr. Eames for the i
>wners, Lindbergh, Lindbaum and :
Irunderson. Lindbergh, for some •
eason or other, took a liking for l
Stansen and gave him the best job *
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JISKjS ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT THE
NATION'S CAPITOL
(By W.A.S.)
Dan O. Kennedy of Anchorage,
! who sailed from the North Decem
ber 29, came from the Pacific to
the Atlantic cost via the Panama
Canal and after spending a few
days in New York, came to Wash
ington for a few day’s visit.
* * * *
Nearly every mail brings from
one to four requests that the Con
gressional Record be mailed Alas
kans for the present session. The
small quota allowed the Delegate
was disposed of in early December,
i when the mailing list was com
piled, *.nd not all could then be ac
I commodated.
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One of the visitors to Washing
I ton on February 15 was Col. James
;G. Steese, whose headquarters are
! now in New York City, from whence
' he travels to different parts of the
globe,.In the interest of a large oil
company. He has just returned
from Europe, coming via Australia
and tae Panama Canal, consum
ing 40 days in travel. It will be
remembered that Colonel Steese
was president of the Alaska Road
Commission from 1920 to 1927, with
headquarters at Juneau. He was
in Washington recently and when j
shown a copy of the Seward Daily
Gateway containing the article by
Mayor Don Carlos Brownell on the
possible invasion of Alaska, by the
•Japv. bse, the Colonel indicated
that he might again be recalled to
aqtiv-; duty in the Territory to help
reptc.I an invading force.
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It looks now as though Delegate
Wickersham’s bill to provide salar
ies in stead of fees, to be paid U. S. j
Commissioners in Alaska, will ‘not j
pass at this session of Congress
because of the general determina
tion of both political parties to
keep down appropriations. The
House Committee on Judiciary re
ferred the bill to the Department
of Justice and received the follow
ing expression from Attorney Gen
eral William D. Mitchell:
‘ The Department has for some j
time been considering legislation j
to put Commissioners in Alaska on j
a salary basis and is inclined, as a
general proposition, to look upon
the plan with approval. However,
it would require a new appropria
tion to cover the salaries and ex
penses of Commissioners in an
amount estimated at $175,000.
Against this there would be offset
approximately $37,000 per annum
(fees now received by Commission- !
ers from sources other than the
United States), an aggregate of
$46,000, leaving a net additional
cost to the government of $129,000.
Tn view of the increased cost to
the government which this measure
would involve, and because I do
not regard its enactment nowr as
absolutely essential and in view of
the present financial situation, I
recommend against its enactment
at this time.”
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Wm. H. Sturtevant, who has been ;
a resident of Nome and the far
northern country since the early ;
lays of gold discovery, is spending
a few days in Washington and call
ing attention to some irregularities
of administration that he thinks ;
should bo righted in the Second :
Division. Mr. Sturtevant came out ]
ast November and has been spend- ;
ng the time in Seattle and Cali- ■
’ornia, expecting now to visit rela- :
lives in the New England States ]
md to retur nto Nome in the spring,
likely going in by airplane from
Fairbanks.
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Delegate Wickersham’s bill to ex- i
end the boundaries of the Mount j <
McKinley National Park has been J ’
ipproved by the Secretary of the l<
interior. The Delegate added an
amendment to protect locations al- ’
ready made within the added area
md after a few corrections in de- 1
xiription, the bill was approved by j
/he Committee on Public Lands, i
Jnder the bill, the east side exten- i
ion from Windy Creek north brings 1
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U. S. INFANTRY REMAINS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10,!
(A5)—The government has decided j
that the 31st Infantry will not be j
withdrawn immediately from the j
Shanghai area although conditions |
are reported quiet. Bad weather
was given as the reason for n o 11
sending the soldiers back to Ma- j
nila at this time.
Done wishes to tike
SEATTLE, Mar. 10.—With com
plete returns in, John C. Dore,
elected mayor by a large majority
over his opposing candidate, Rob
ert H. Harlan, has begun a, law suit
seeking to oust Harlan from his
position as acting mayor imme
diately.
Following the recall of Mayor
Edwards, Harlan was appointed to
serve as mayor in his stead. His
natural term would be up in June,
but Dore is of the opinion that as
he is the choice of the people that
he should take over the active ma
yoralty duties immediately.
Mayor Dore is a well known crim
inal lawyer.
HI HUE DEVELOPMENT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Mar. 10.—
A seven passenger automobile with '
pneumatic tired wheels, flanged J
like those of railroad cars, estab
lished a new world’s railroad speed
record, traveling 408 miles from
Miami to Jacksonville over the Sea
board Airline Railroad, at 64.39
miles per hour. ;
At Miami Beach, Harvey S. Fire- ;
stone, whose company produced the I
new wheels, said that “hundreds of I
miles of railroad tracks now un-!
used will be returned to use with J
the development of this new type i
of transportation.”
Firestone said: “Smaller units of ;
transportation which will permit
railroads to operate many lines now |
out of commission will result.”
FARM CREDIT BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 10.— !
President Hoover signed the Jones '
resolution setting aside $10,000,000!
for the Secretary of Agriculture to !
aid in establishment of agricul- ;
tural credit corporations.
MICKEY WALKER WINS
CHICAGO, HI., Mar. 10.—Jackie
Fields lasted less than two rounds
in a bout here between Fields and
Mickey Walker. Fields was put to
sleep early in the second round
and he did not have a chance to
register even a fair hit during the
short while he lasted.
STARTLING OCCURRENCE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Mar. 10
—While driving in an automobile
near here Raymond Harvey had
be unique experience of having a
lalf come through the roof of his
automobile and almost strike him.
it wras later revealed that the calf
lad been dropped by an eagle.
AWAITING WORD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 10—
in common with America’s mil
ions, the President at the White
louse and Mrs. Hoover in the South
ire waiting prayerfully to hear
bat the tiny son of Col. and Mrs.
Jndbergh has been found un
larmed.
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY 1
NEW YORK, Mar. 10.—In a dar- 1
ng daylight robbery, two men held 1
ip a jewelry store here, and es- (
:aped with loot valued at $100,000. (
rhe thieves, who were unidentified, i
scaped. 3
VOLUNTEER FOR FIRING SQUAD
NEW CASTLE, Pa., Mar. 10.—
Silly Sunday is by no means san
guinary but he would willingly vol
inteer for firing squad service if J
ibductors of the Lindbergh’s “Bag- 1
et” are dealt with properly, he an- l
lounced. • 1
LINDBERGH BABY
Hi CONTINUE
10 BE UIIF0U1ED
BABY SNATCHERS STILL FEEL
UNSAFE TO DEAL WITH
THE COLONEL
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 10, (/P)—
Rumors that the kidnapped baby
had been found five miles from
the Lindbergh estate and another
rumor that it was being brought
to Hopewell on a train from Chi
cago, were both denied by the po
lice today.
At a questioning at a press con
ference the police also denied that
President H i b b e n, of Princeton
University, had visited the Lind
bergh home Thursday night. An As
sociated Press dispatch man, how
ever, saw Hibben there.
Governor Moore said it was his
personal opinion that the baby was
safe and well. The New York News
said that an unimpeachable source
of news, close to the Lindberghs,
revealed that contact had been es
tablished between the Lindberghs
and the baby’s abductors and that,
negotiations have now drawn to a
final stage.
Te mysterious Morris Posner
“connections which ext d deeply
into the underworld” a ^ quarter
ed at the Lindbergh ho; * and are
directing the negotiatio; the pa
per said.
The News also stated that the
Rosner Morris source had induced
Salvatore Spiatle and Erving Bitz,
New York gangsters, to act as “go
betweens” between the abductors
and the Lindberghs.
Colonel Schwartzkopf, of the
State police, said that the present
condition of Mrs. Anne Lindbergh’s
health prevents interference with
negotiations between the Lind
berghs and the abductors.
A reliable source informed the
Associated Press that the kidnap
pers still feel that they are not safe
to deal with the Lindberghs.
SWEEPING VICTORY IN
NEW JERSEY H COY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 10.—
A1 Smith’s supporters deny that
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sweeping
victory in New Jersey and the cap
ture of eight New Hampshire dele
gates is any indication as to the
probable result of Presidential
nominations in Connecticut, Massa
chusetts and Vermont where fur
ther contest between the two Dem
ncratic Presidential candidates are
imperative.
James A. Farley, Roosevelt lead
er, predicted that he would have
LOO votes for Roosevelt by April 1,
including Iowa, North Dakota, Min
nesota, Washington and Alaska.
Minnesota was to name 24 dele
gates Wednesday and the fight
here will be between Roosevelt
supporters and an uninstructed
ielegation of Republicans, it is said.
New Hampshire Republicans gave
Eloover 11 votes and Kansas came
n with seven more. South Caro
ina went uninstructed.
* Roosevelt now has a total of 24
mtes and “Alfalfa Bill” Murray of
Oklahoma saunters but two votes
jeliind him with 22.
THE STOCK MARKET
SEATTLE, Mar. 10.—Latest quo
ations: Alaska Juneau, 14%; Free
>ort, 19; Chrysler, 12%; General
Motors, 21%; Kennecott, 10%; Ra
lio, 9%; Radio-Keith, 6%; Tri.
k>nt. 3%; United Corp., 9%; U. S.
Iteel, 49%; Cities Service, 6%; Pre
nier, %; U. S. Gas, 2%; Big Mis
ouri, 8%.
ITALIAN STATESMAN DIES
HOME, March 10, (/P)—Paolo Bo
elli, 93, war-time premier of Ita
y until the defeat at Caporetto,
>assed away here today from in
luenza.