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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 91. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
AMINT TO
REPEAL OF ALASKA
EPISCOPAL MINISTER FRANK »
STATEMENT REGARDING
DRY VIEWS
JUNEAU, April 25, Special t<
The Gateway—Explaining that hi
had not consented to the associa
tion attacking the measure to re
peal the Alaska Bone Dry lav
which wras presented to the Sen
ate today by Rev. George Jame;
for the Juneau ministerial asso
ciation, Dean C. E. Rice, Episcopa
minister here, said “I’ve lived it
a prohibition country all my lif<
and it doesn’t promote temperanci
or lessen drunkeness.”
James presented resolution
from Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchi
kan, Haines, Seward and Fair
banks preachers and W. C. T
U’s and other organizations pro
testing against the repeal bu
Chairman Lomen yesterday after
noon brought in a report recom
mending passage.
It was signed by himself, Dim
ond and Shattuck, Hess non-con
curring.
The amendment proposed t<
make title 2, of the national pro
hibition act, applicable to tin
Territory in order to enable Uv Jgj
Commissioners to handle mis
demeanors arising from infract
ions and also delaying the effect
iveness of the act until validatec
by Congress.
James, in protesting the pro
tests, said the House had “slip
ped the measure through” anc
the claim that it was in human
tarian interests, was insincere
that the purpose was to make vio
Nations easier and punishment
of offenders lighter, since th<
Alaska Bone Dry law was mori
•* drastic in provisions than tin
national statute.
It is expected the Senate wil
pass the measure as amendec
today and not later than Monday
Ziegler’s 12 per cent excise tai
on fibre-board boxes was halte(
when the House referred the meas
ure to the Attorney General fo
an opinion as to its validity witl
the request he render an opin
ion by today.
COAL MINE HEAD HERE
Oscar Anderson, one of thi
most prominent big business mei
of this part of the Territory, <
progressive and pioneer busines
man of Anchorage and officia
of the well known Evan Jone
coal mine at Jonesville, is in th<
city for a few days. Mr. Ander
son is a guest at the Van Gilde
Hotel.
SHOCKING!
For fear residents may hav.
overooked it, a slight earth trem
or was registered at 9.25 a. m. to
day. Three bottles of beer wer
reported to have been knocks
ofif Sourdough Billygoat’s table.
200 YEARS OLD
PHILADELPHIA, April 24. (&)—
Man’s chance to live 200 years
was discussed at the opening ses
sion of the American Philosophi
cal Society and he may expect
I soon, it was asserted, to add 10
I years more to the 70. Medical
I science may later carry the total
to 90 and beyong that lies a bar
rier of ignorance.
iMPORTlNT FIDO Of
: GREAT NUMBED LETTERS
WRITTEN BT STRTESMUI
r
5 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April
• 24. (>P)— Discovery in a barn of
l more than 20,000 letters to and
i from Stephen A. Douglas, was an
nounced by George Fort Milton,
on the 118th anniversary of Doug
las’ birth.
Milton is writing a biography
of Douglas and said the corres
pondence indicated had the Illi
nois statesman been elected Presi
dent in 1860 instead of Lincoln,
the Civil War would have been
postponed and possibly averted.
Milton said the discovery is “one
of two or three of the most im
portant discoveries in source of
material for American history in
the 19th century made in recent
} years.
MOMENT FORGES
REPEL REBEL HOARDS
NEAR G1AMELEG0N
( ! TEGUCI GALPA, April 24. OP)—
j The government claimed import- j
ant victories against revolutionary |
' j armies in northern Honduras while J
,; heavy fighting continued near j
41 Chamelecon.
» i Reinforcements were rushed to
; San Pedro Sula to aid regulars.
, Twenty-nine are dead and many
( ! wounded from yesterday’s fighting !
j; while in several minor engage- !
! ments it was impossible to estimate j
‘ ' the dead. j
! ; In the San Pedro Sula areas
. | the fighting was fierce, the battle
. j beginning Tuesday with latest re
lj ports that the regulars were hold
. j ing out but that aid was needed.
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THE STOCK MKET
l Juneau 14%; Am. Can 116; Ban
5 corporation 21; Cities 16%; Con.
1 Gas 94*4; Zellerbach 3*4; Durant
3 2; Motors 43%; Goldman 7%;
? Int. Tel. 28*4; Kennecott 21%;
. Lehigh 5%; Radio 17%; Richfield
: 2; Standard Oil of N. J. 37%;
[Carbide 58; Union Cal. 18; U. S.
; Steel 126%.
SOLD 52,000 POUNDS
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. April
- 25, (£*)—Fifty-two thousand pounds
j of halibut were sold to the Unit
i ed Pacific Fisheries. No price was
given. ,
COUSIN OF ILFONSO
PUBLISHES NUNIFESTO
ClilMINC THE THRONE
PARIS, April 25. (/P)~Donjaime
Debourbonanjou, cousin of deposed
Alfonso, fifth Carlist in tht line
of pretenders, laid claim to the
Spanish throne.
He published a manifesto as fo-1
lows:
“Remember I always have been
ready to help Spain avoid an
archy.” He asked Spanish people
to declare at the approaching elec
tions, whether Republican or Mon
archist, and invited them to favor
the latter.
He said the resulting monarchy
need have no relations with the
former regime nad could be “re
newed as progressive and decen
tralized. My desire is to have a
King at the head of the federation
of Spain; a King above parties. It
is unjust to suppress the monarchy
because one of the Kings did not
know how to make people love
him.”
ITALI1N CHAMPION
LIGHTHOUSE BOXER
DEFEATS BRITISHER
CHICAGO, April
zoneri knocked out
third round of a
round bout.
25, (rP)—Con- j
Berg in the j
scheduled 10-'
The end came as the fighters
mixed it in a neutral corner in
the third round when suddenly,
Conzoneri stepped back and sent
the Britisher sprawling with a j
sharp right-hook to the jaw.
Berg tried to get up at the!
count of seven but his legs were '
unable to support him and he
slid to the canvas beside the i
ropes.
Conzoneri not only defended his j
own lightweight world champion- !
ship title, but also annexed Berg’s j
title of junor lightweight cham- j
pion as both titles were at stake, j
Conzoneri weighed in at 132 i
and Berg at 13414. The Britisher j
put up a game fight but the Ital- I
ian took every round by a wide j
margin. j
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AIRWAYS OFFICIALS
Attorney Harry F. Morton, pres
ident of the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce and one of that
city’s most progressive citizens,!
accompanied by Aviator Alonzo
Cope, both officials of the Inter
national Airways of Alaska, Inc.,
were overnight business visitors in
the city regarding postal matters.
KNOWS HIS TICKETS
K. K. Katz, Alaska representative
of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
accompanied by Mrs. Katz, left
today for Fairbanks. Before board
ing the train, Mr. Katz assisted
the local agent in extracting what
“jack” traveling Alaskans had in
their jeans. KKK certainly knows
his tickets.
QUAKE BR
LOS ANG
fairly strong e
here at-10:30 y
but no serious
DISHES
&§il 25. (A*)—A
,ke was felt
,y morning
;e resulted.
rhe rocking effect^^ere felt for
more than five/^seconds. Dishes
md glass ware aUt Redondo Beach
fell to the floors Shaw windows
cracked, and guests in: hotels fled
to the streets. ’ ' ‘
EDITOR MO
KETCHIKAN, April 25. (/P)—Ed
vard George Morissey, 43, editor
md publisher of the Ketchikan
Chronicle, died after two weeks
llness.
He was United States commis
sioner for several years and later
vent to Washington as secretary
:o the late ChsyriesSulzer.
Morissey was' horn in Florence,
Mass., and leaVes many relatives
/here. Mrs. Morissey was at his
cedside when the end came.
Morissey wa£ with the Chronicle
>ince 1919 whe&the paper was or
ganized. v
PORT A3STGELES/, April 25. </P)— |
Captain John Haines Nerew and j
four men| Andre# Frederickson, ]
Chris Nor&igh, W. A. Green and!
Philip Mi$rphy, escaped from the'
halibut .sfchooner - White Star of
Seattle, Which burned 12 miles off
Tatoosh /idte Thursday.
They jjjput off /in a small boat
and wet$ picked Jup by the schoon
er Rosario and transferred to the
Coast Guard patrol.
An explosion fn the engine room j
of the vWhite $tar quickly spread.
Tlie Hjiida, ijatrol boat, rushed
to the/ scene* the Rosaria was
nearby.* r
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w AMERICAN
10, Washington
York 7, Boston 4.
uis 2, Detroit 4.
and 8, Chicago 1.
7.
NATIONAL
Chicago 2, Pittsburg 6.
Rogers Hornsby, manager, hit
three, successive homers.
Phi&ies 7, New York 7, Tie. The
game was stopped in the 12th in
ning Ofi account of darkness.
Boston 1, Brooklyn 6.
COAST
/
vK £
Missions 5, Seattle 7.
Hollywood 8, Portland 4.
y Oakland, Los Angeles game post
poned on account of rain.
games—
Sacramento 5, Frisco 4.
FOUR-HUNDRED AND 12 ARE
NORTHBOUND; 100 FOR
PORT OF SEWARD
SEATTLE, April 25, (£>)—'The SS
Yukon, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, sailed at 9 a. m. today
for Alaska with 412 passengers, 60
first class and 40 steerage for the
Port of Seward:
The Seward reservations are;
Arthur Hanon, H. J. Jeppeson,
W. J. Jones, Mrs. Ruth Lee, Mrs.
E. Cote, Norman Ervine, John
Carlson, John Larson, Miss M.
Still and sister, C. H. Laboytaux,
R. O. Carlson, W. Carlson, Mrs. A.
L. Jones and two children; Miss
Sophie Blasney, Mrs. L. J. °
Ion, Bert Wickstrom.
C. O. Jacobsen, D. F. Turcott,
John W. Riley, B. F. Thompson,
W. A. Prater, G. H. Welch, Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Mayben, G. A.
Knighton, Bennie Goodman, Jas.
Koslosky, John W. Raymond, Hen
ry Williams, W. V. Cresmer, M. S.
Gill, Mrs. C. P. White, B. Belle
vue, A. C. Stewart.
Mrs. M. R. Dalzelle, George Hed
emark, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mur
ray and baby; Russel Annabel,
Gunn Buckinham, I. Jacobsen,
George Goshaw, W. W. Rive, Her
man Price, Jason Carey, H. N.
Nelson, M. E. Nelson, Mrs. Jack
Warren, I. M. Fisher, Grace Wirm
ser, James Anderson, C. W. Ad
ams, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Graff, L.
A. Dolan, J. H. McHenry.
BODY OF ill! IS ~
FOUND 10 flPORTMENT
WITH THflOIT COT
SAN DIEGO, April 25. (JP)—'The
body of Mrs. W. D. Bibbens, middle
aged, was found in an apartment
here with her throat cut and a
towel tightly knotted around her
neck.
The room showed signs of a
terrific struggle. The bed on which
she lay was badly stained with
blood and the house had been
ransacked.
Mrs. Bibbens usually wore many
I jewels but none were found in
the room. This was the third of
a series of mystery killings in this
I vicinity, the others being little
Virginia Brooks,, a school girl,
whose body was found in a camp
at Kearney Mesa on March 11 a
month after she dropped from
sight, and the body of Louise Teu
ber, which was found hanging
from a tree on Black Mountain a
few days ago.
None of the mysteries have been
solved.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sessions
of Anchorage, who have been
visiting Mr.'and Mrs. Wm. Abbott,
left today for home.
1.0.0. F. 112th Anniversary Dance Tonight
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