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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 112. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LARGER JAIL ORDERED BY
DEPUTY CARE FOR IN
CREASED BUSINESS
SEATTLE, May 21, (/P)— Jail
life proved so popular with Eski
mos at Point Hope, that Deputy
United States Marshal Bert Mer
il had to cable here for a new
and larger bastile which was sent
north on the schooner C. S.
Holmes.
Capt. John Backland of the
vessel said Meril informed him
that he had arrested two natives
some time ago for a minor law
violation and placed them in jail
where they were fed so well and
were so warm that they yread
the glad tidings immediately upon
being released.
The result was that other Es
kimos began breaking all kinds
of laws and beggeg to be impris
oned.
The schooner has left with a
knocked-down jail.
MUST DRIVE FAST
CHARLESTON, West Virginia,
May 21. (JP) — After this month it
will be illegal for motorists to drive
too slowly in West Virginia. The
speed limit will be 45 miles per
hour and there will be fines for
ioafing on the roads.
DEI1TI IS THIDB
SAN DIEGO. May 21. (/Pi —Death
lor Avery McCue, who last week
.dentified the body of Hazel Brad
shaw. murdered telephone girl as
:hat of a girl he had seen keeping
a date with a mysterious motorist
early on the Sunday morning when
she was believed to have been stab
bed to death, was threatend in a
letter received.
McCue at once turned the com
munication over to the police.
ALIENS ARE CHARGED
MINTING OVERTHROW
SEATTLE, May 20. (/P) — Nine
aliens are being held here, four
of them including a woman, be
ing charged with belonging to an
organization advocating overthrow
of the government by force.
Immigrations inspectors did not
disclose the names of the prison
ers. Deportation will be fought in
court.
WILL ACCEPT INVITATION
WASHINGTON, May 21. (/P) —
It was said on high authority at
the State Department that if an
invitation comes from the Chinese
Government the American Govern
ment will accept and participate in
an international Silver Conference.
The S. S. Alaska of the Alaska
Steamship Company is due to ar
rive from the South at 8 o’clock
tonight.
MOTHER OF SOLON DIES
PORTLAND Ore May 21. (JP) —
Mrs. Harriet Stanfield, 77 years of
age. mother of former United States
Senator Robert M. Stanfield, died
here. She was born in Vancouver
Territorial Oregon and spent al
most her entire life in the State.
RED GROSS CELEBRATE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
IONITE GOLDEN JUBILEE
WASHINGTON, May 21, (#)—
The American Red Cross cele
brates its incorporation 50 ye&rs
ago, tonight.
Two presidents of units of the
international relief organization
will open up the Golden Jubilee.
President Hoover heads the so
ciety in this country.
Judge Max Huber of Zurich,
i president of the international so
ciety committees will address over
both the National and Columbia
| broadcast systems.
Justice Hughes wil preside and
eight ambassadors and more than
50 diplomatic representatives will
i be among the guests.
PUBLISHER LOST LIFE
BUT SHED TWENTY
CALEXICO. Calif. May 21. (&>—
: After rousing 20 guests in a burn
ing hotel here, enabling them to
' escape, George A. Morris. 65 years
of age, reentered the building in
an attempt to save some papers
and was burned to death.
Morris formerly published news
papers in Marysville and Eureka,
California. He is survived by his
: widow and four sons.
TO ENLARGE POWERS
GENEVA. May 21. (TP) —A League
of Nation’s committee will meet in
an attempt to agree on a conven
tion to sterngthen the means of pre
vening war. The purpose is to en
, large the League’s powers even to
I the extent of directing troop move
ments against nations that threat
; en to fly at each others throats.
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BIG LINK YESTERDAY
WASHINGTON, May 21, (£>) —
As a part of the world telephone
conversation on Good Will Day,
yesterday, the Senate foreign rela
tions committee room was linked
with the house of Parliament in
London .
CERTAINLY IT PAYS
From Dayton, Ohio a letter ar
rived at the M & W Club of Sew
ard recently in which the writer
sought employment in response
to the local firm’s advertisement
jin The Gateway; Just another il
lustration that it does pay to ad
vertise in a good paper.
DODGE -BEAR TRAPS
ASHLAND, May 21, (A5)—Add the
bear trap to the list of perils the
wary prohibition agent must
dodge. When agents raided the
home of Mary Large they found
a large bear trap set near the
place where alleged liquor was
hidden. Police seized the alleged
liquor without getting caught.
STERILIZATION Li
OF IDAHO UPHELD
SUPREME COURT
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STATE HAS POWER PROTECT
f COMMON WELFARE, FEE
BLE-MINDEDNESS
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BOISE, Idaho, May 21, (JP)—
The sterilization law enacted in
1925 placing in operation a board
of eugenics composed of heads
of asylums and penal institutions,
jwas upheld by the State Supreme
Court.
The decision was handed down
as in the case of the State vs.
Albert Troutman, an inmate of
the Nampa school colony for the
insane.
The court said the statute
gave persons all safe-guards and
that the la^ which was amended
in 1929, has the power to protect
the common welfare against the
hereditary type of feeble-minded
ness.
HALIBUT PRICES
! SEATTLE, May 21, (A5)—Halibut
ifrom eight vessels totalling 100,
1000 pounds sold for 6c and 9c.
| At Prince Rupert 143,000 pounds
j of American fish brought 4c to
;8c and Canadian, 4c to 7c.
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CAIRO, May 21, (JP)—Coincident
! with parliamentary elections, strik
. ing railway workers rioted and en
gaged in clashes with troops in the
| shops and streets.
Government reports said five
! rioters were killed and 60 injured
1 but the first aid society said that
18 were dead and 167 hurt.
I Between 4,000 and 5,000 work
mien went on strike and started di
turbances which resulted in the
conflicts. The rioting began in the
railway shops. The disturbances
spread later to the center of the
city. Mobs overturned and burned
trams and busses; pulled down
lamp posts; barricaded the streets
and resumed clashes with the mili
tary forces.
PROMINENT VISITORS
, ATTENB LEOION MEETING
Assistat United States Attorney
General Seth W. Richardson, and
Samuel Stern, National Executive
Committeeman, B. P. O. E., both
of whom are prominent Legion
aires, attended the regular busi
ness meeting of the Seward Post
last evening.
General Richardson, one of the
Nation’s best public speakers on
Americanism, rendered a splendid
talk on the subject. Both gentle
men were impressed, they said,
with the business-like manner in
which the Post handled its busi
ness and complimented the local
Legionaires on the worthy pro
jects now engaged in.
POSSIBLE APPOINTEE
SACRAMENTO, Calif, May 21. (IP)
—Superior Judge H. Preston, of
Mendocino County has been put at
the top of the list as a possible ap
pointee of Governor Rolph to fill
the vacancy of the Appellate Bench
for the Third District caused by
the recent death of Judge Finch.
PRICE OF COPPER
IGIIN FILLS SETTING
NEW LOWEST RECORD
NEW YORK, May 21, (/P)—Sales
of copper at 8% cents a pound
marked the lowest price on record.
The reported price represents
a one-quarter cent drop from
the previous low quotation.
In 1929 the metal sold for as
high as 24 cents. The reduction
is reflected in the slackening in
demand after a spurt following
cut in export.
Early this week export sales
totaed 1,000,000 pounds.
SOCIETY CUE ASSESSED
HIGHEST COURT FINE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. (/P)—
Miss Dorothy Spreckels, San Fran
cisco society girl and daughter of
Mrs. Alma De Bretteville-Spreckles,
was assessed one of the speed
court’s highest fines, $25.
Miss Spreckles was cited for tra
veling 40 miles an hour on Lake
street. When her case was called
in Miss Spreckles was represented
by a check which had been mailed
to George Cabanish, Jr., assistant
district attorney.
PREDICTS REVOLUTION
NEW YORK, May 21. (IP)— Kom
i rad Bercovichi, author and arch
critic of Roumaia, predicted revo
j lution and the overtlirowing of the
; Rumanian Monarchy if King Carol
i remains on the throne.
NOTED INVENTOR DIES
PHILADELPHIA, May 21, </P>—
Charles Erastus Vawter, widely
known inventor of more than 200
radio and electric devices, died
Wednesday night from burns re
ceived from an explosion at his
laboratory in his home at Ger
mantown.
POPS CORN ON ICE
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., May
120. (/P)—If the fuel is gone and
you have an appetite for popcorn,
! use ice. J. H. Shores places a
1 sheet of paper and a sheet of tin
} foil on a block of ice, spreads out
jhis popcorn, and on top places
Jmore paper and tin foil, and an
I other block of ice. The corn is
popped by using magnetic coils
above and below the ice.
CALLS OLD AGE HEREDITARY
ROME, May 20. (£>)—’The best
way to live to be 100 is, says
Prof. Luigi Galvani of the central
statistical institute, to be born of
parents who reach that age. He
bases his contention that longev
ity is hereditary on figures from
the Italian census.
FOUR SHOT. ONE
KILLED; UIBORER
SOUGHT BY POLICE
THREATS ALLEGED MADE OF
INTENTION TO SHOOT UP
THE TOWN
SAN DIEGO, May 21, (/P)—
Eddie Gallardo, 19, was killed,
Mrs. A. Mazon shot through the
abdoman and lung, and Lupe and
Laura Gallardo, sister * A the*
slain youth, received bullet
wounds in the head and body as
they slept last night.
Their assailant fired through
the windows of the two homes at
Escondido, near here, then fled.
Police are seeking Ralph Sino
hui, a laborer, for questioning af
ter being told that while riding
about town earlier in the evening
with the youth, he had threaten
ed td shoot up the town.
Officers said the two and one
other man went t & e home of
Mrs. Mazon where S. * ~hui and
I Gallardo argued; Sinohui drew
>a pistol and killed Gallardo, then
fired twice through the window
of Mrs. Mazon’s room after which
he ran to the Gallardo home and
fired many shots through the
sisters’ windows.
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I FRESNO, Calif, May 21. (/P) —
; Young Communists from all parts
; of the State will gather here May
| 30 and 31 for a “Demonstration to
I Demand Immediate Relief for Un
: employed.”
The announcement of the meefc
' ing was received from San Fran
! cisco headquarters of the Young
Communist League by Police Chief
: Broad, who said he plans no in
; terference unless the meeting be
i comes disorderly.
MONGREL SED IDES
] SIS® FROM SHE
THREE RIVERS. May 21, (/P) —
A yellow mongrel dog named “Un
known” is being acclaimed as a
hero here for possibly saving the
lives of Sally Eastman, 21 years
of age and her sister Josephine, 19.
| They were sleeping after a swim
! when a rattlesnake curled up near
them. The dog seized one girl by
the bathing suit and got her awake
and then circled around the snake
while the other escaped.
SETS GLIDER RECORD
DUNSTABLE, England, May 20.
(A1)—F, Buxton, an amateur, set a
new British gliding record by re
maining in the air 2 hours 21
minutes and attaining a height
of 250 feet.
SPEECH CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.
(A3)—Republicans are looking with
interest to the forthcoming speech
makng trip of President Hoover
into Indiana, Ohio and Illinois be
cause he may say things that
could have considarable weight in
a re-nomination campaign.