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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 122. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
STEAMER HARVARD
LISTING OF 500 RELATE TALES
OF THRILLING
RESCUES
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2. (fP)—
The palatial coastal steamer Har
vard which jammed aground near
Point Arguello early Saturday ap
peared doomed to be a total loss.
Salvage operators, who rushed
to the scene of the wreck from
Los Angeles to investigate, said
■rhat every hold of the vessel ex
cept one had been torn open.
She has already sunk deep into
the treacherous sands and her
main deck aft is covered with five
feet of water. Meanwhile the 500
passengers wrho were aboard the
Liner had scattered to their homes
to tell of their thrilling rescue in
which every man, woman and
child was taken off the vessel,
put aboard the Navy’s newest war
ship, the U. S. S. Louisville, and
.anded at San Pedro.
Many of them left Los Angeles
aboard the Harvard’s sistership,
the Yale, which sailed on schedule.
HOSTESS UNO SHOW
GIRLS ORE BOYCOTTED
HAVRE, France, June 2. (JP>—
Texas Guinan, sometimes called
The “Queen of the Night Club
Hostesses,” and her troupe of 30
Broadway girls were the unwilling
quests of a hotel customarily used
:or third class emigrants.
“Fifty million Frenchmen cannot
be wrong but they are,” said Tex.
Permission to land was refused
oecause it was felt that the troupe
would take employment from
French citizens.
EOLFFBS QUALIFYING
FOB 8RITIS1 TITLE
LONDON, June 2. (JP)—Qualify
ng rounds began Monday at Car
noustie for the British open golf
title, won last year by Bobby Jones.
The match play starts Wednes
day. Among the entrants are two
lormer American open champions,
Johhny Farrell and Gene Sarazen.
Others including Willie Hunter,
tormer British amateur champion,
and MacDonald, will enter the con
test.
STEAMER AGROUND ;
ALGIERS, Algeria, June 2. (AP)—;
The French mail steamer Elgolea1
txmnd from Port Vendres, France,!
to Algiers, was reported to be j
aground on the Balearic Islands. J
Her passengers were not believed (
to be in danger; ships were going
to her assistance.
BOUND FOR HOME
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. (A*)—
Following a final banquet in their
honor, Prince Takamatsu, brother
of the Emperor of aJpan, and his
bride, the Princess Tikuo, sailed
Sunday for Japan. The banquet
was given by the Japanese Society
of America.
CAPTAIN IS ILL
SEATTLE. June 2. (/P)—Suffering
from a nervous breakdown, Cap
tain J. A. O’Brien is in the hos
pital following a two weeks illness,
i Captain O’Brien is a veteran of
Alaska routes and for many years
i commanded the Alaska Steamship
! Company’s liner Victoria.
i ROME, June 2. {IP)—While Pope
;Pius XI quietly observed his 74th
j birthday a crisis was being rapidly
approached in a breach between
the church and the state. Three
bombs were exploded near Cath
olic institutions in Bolgna.
A brigadier general of the Cara
biners patrol was killed when he
picked up one of the bombs and it
burst. Civilians and militiamen
were injured. Thirty persons, be
lieved to be Fascist enthusiasts,
were arrested by Fascist police
who denied to give out further
information.
Following the action Saturday
of the government in closing down
10,000 clubs of the Catholic Ac
tion Society, Pontiff made a speech
at a beautification gathering in
which he said: “In these very sad
days our sorrow is deepest because
they are hitting what is dearest
to us, the Azione Catolca, and
most precious of all the federation
of young people. We appeal to
Catholic all over the world to pray
for the pardon of our persecutors
and that the time may come when
they will see the light of peace.”
Fear of a definite break in
Fascist and Vatican relations was
prevalent as the result of the
Pope's answer to the club’s closing
edict. Pontiff, according to relia
ble reports, has placed bishops and
archbishops in charge of clubs,
thereby making any future steps
by the government against these
organizations’ direct attacks upon
the Vatican.
AUTHORESS RESTING WELL
WASHINGTON, June 2, (/P>— i
Mary Roberts Rhinehart, noted
authoress, was resting well afterj
an operation for a gall bladder
ailment.
INJURED CANNERYMAN
SEATTLE, June 2. (/P)—Bound to !
a stretcher, A1 Dano, Alaska can- j
neryman who was injured in an j
airplane accident near Ketchikan j
on May 4, was swung off the j
steamer Admiral Rogers and taken !
in an ambulance to a hospital. !
HAWKS RETURNS TO PARIS
COPENHAGEN, June 2. (&)—
Captain Frank Hawks, American
speed flyer, arrived here after a |
flight from Paris. He will take off j
for the return flight via Amster- j
dam.
DERBY FEVER |
LONDON, June 2. (/P)—“Derby
fever” is afflicting thousands of
Britons, for not only Is it the eve
of the drawing of the $10,000,000
Irish hospital sweepstakes in Dub
lin, but will see the drawing of
countless sweepstakes throughout
the world, all run in connection
with the most popular event of
the English turf.
How Come this
Protection?
By EDGAR BROOKER
I TP here in Alaska we have started something in regard
^ to animals that kill. Out in the States they seem in
clined to make a joke of it. I have hunted, mushed and
prospected over most of this Territory and many times
I've killed my meat when I needed it. And when you
need meat in this country you need it. They now appar
•erniy wisn 10 protect tne amrnais
that kill the meat I might need on
the trail or any other man who
may be heading into the far coun
! try with his dogs and sled. Out
in the States they want to protect
our bears and eagles and sea lions.
Its mighty easy for them to sit
in their swivel chairs and start
their ballyhoo about saving them
those animals from extinction. Its
much more serious up here swing
ing a hungry rifle on the long
trail, seeking to bring down some
meat that the bears or the eagles
have not yet killed or get some
fish that the lions of the sea have
not already devoured.
The controversey got under way
when the residents of Kodiak and
Afognak Islands circulated a big
petition to the Alaska Game Com
mission that the present season
of protection on the big Kodiak
brown bear be lifted. We should
have gone further and asked that
there be a bounty placed on this
predatory animal and the privilege
of selling or shipping the pelts.
As it is now, there is on incentive
to kill the bears, except an ha
rassed rancher trying to protect
his flocks. Every inhabitant of
these islands signed that petition
and it was several feet long. They
have a fond dream of some day
seeing these islands and other is
lands to the Westward a great
stock raising and fur ranching i
country. For some strange reason
they seem to think that cattle and I
sheep and foxes should be allowed!
a chance to fatten on the native 1
grasses without being pestered and j
exterminated by bears and eagles.
That petition set forth the fact
that during the past several years
while the pioneer ranchers were
endeavoring to start sheep and
cattle and foxes, the bears and
the eagles were coming down out
of the mountains and killing off
the young as fast as they could
raise them.
That petition set forth that the
bigger ranchers had suffered
thousands of dollars’ loss and
some of the smaller homesteaders
were completely wiped out and
compelled to give up in despair.
The Game Commission passed
the buck up to former Secretary
Jardine and he came back with a
unique document to the effect that
although there might have been
losses through depredations of
bears, Kodiak wasn’t a good stock
raising country anyway. He said
that if he lifted the protection on
bears he would have all the
wealthy sportsmen of the country
about his ears. Maybe he had
that conviction because he knew
he wouldn’t be in office long. It
is more surprising when one knows
that the Department of Agriculture
was at the time conducting stock
raising experiments in the Terri
(Pleaae turn to Paee Two)
FORMED MOTODCYCLE
cop win of ioio
| CLASSIC. HUMS
! SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis, Ind.,
| June 1. (/P)—Louie Schneider, one
itime Indianapolis motorcycle po
jliceman, won the 500-mile auto
j mobile race in the lajst 95 miles
! after Billy Arnold of Chicago, who
was striving to repeat his victory
of 1930, met with an accident.
Schneider covered the 425 miles
in four hours, 26 minutes, 39 55-100
seconds, averaging slightly better
than 95 miles per hour.
The drivers raced for hours at
reduced speed through intermittent
showers because of the dangero^
condition of -the slippery track.
CHURCHES SPLIT OVER
BIRTH CONTROL ISSUE
MONTREAT, N. C., June 2. UP)—
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church of the United
States voted 175 to 79 to sever
relations with the Federal Council
Churches of Christ in America on
account of the birth control report.
The council brought out this
issue. Prominent ministers said!
they read “with shame and chag
rin” the birth control report.
EXILED SPANISH
FONTAINBLEAU, France, June;
2. (iP)—Their silver wedding anni- j
versary was celebrated quietly by l
former King Alfonso and Queen |
Victoria in exile among friends
and neighbors.
To the royal pair, citizens of
the town presented a flower-filled
vase bearing the inscription: “To
Their Majesties, the King- and
Queen of Spain.”
GENERAL SELLING
NEW YORK, June 2. (A*)—The
stock market closed out the month
with a wave of general selling.
The unloading began in the rails,
overflowed into the food shares
and although with the two groups
mentioned several quite heavy
losses were sustained, other shares
seemed to recover fairly well.
The halibut schooner Foremost,
Capt. S. Ness, arrived in port today
from the fishing banks with 40,000
pounds. The Foremost is high
boat in Seward this season.
SUPREME COURT
REFUSES REVIEW
PERSECUTION OF INNOCENT
PEOPLE, DECLARES
WIFE
EL PASO, Tex., June 2. iff)—
While his daughter, Mrs. C. C.
Chase fainted, Mr. Fall calmly re
ceived the news that the Supreme
Court refused to review his con
viction on accepting a bribe in
connection with the Naval oil
leases.
The former cabinet member was
sleeping when newspapermen ar
! rived. He had been in bed all day.
Mrs. Jouett Elliott, another
I daughter, told her father. Sh£
said he didn't appear surprised and
thought he had been expecting it.
Mrs. Fall cried “They’re trying
to kill us all. Its just persecution
of innocent people."
PROSPECTS PliCHOT
FOR P1ESIDENTIAL
CANDjDATE. FORMS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June””2.
(/P)—The sentiment among west
ern Senators over the prospects of
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania
becoming a candidate for the Re
publican Presidential nomination
next year is being sounded out
by some of his friends.
Senators receiving overtures de
clined to divulge the names of the
Pennsylvanian’s friends and the
approaches precipitated much con
ecture at the Capitol.
The Senators would not indicate
their attitudes or discuss the mat
ter openly. This is the first indi
cation that another candidate may
enter the field against President
Hoover since former Senator France
of Maryland announced his can
didacy.
CUM INCREASES .
TIFFMMDITIES
CX)TAWA, June 2. (^—Increased
tariffs are in effect on 200 com
modities many of which Canada
imports the greatest quantity from
the United States.
Coal, steel, autos, oranges and
corn are among the items import
ed from the U. S. upon which Pre
mier Bennett declared increased
duties yesterday in a budget speech
before parliament.
GRAVES DECORATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 2.
(&)—More than 10,000 heroes’
graves were decorated in Arlington
cemetery by Boy Scouts in connec
tion with Memorial day services.
William Sherman, forest ranger,
in charge of this district of the
Chugach National Forest, left for
the Lawing staiton today follow
ing a brief business visit to the
city.