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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 93.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
COMPTROLLER BILL
IMPROVED CONDITIONS PROMIS
ED BY DELEGATE CANDIDATE
BARTLEY HOWARD
KETCHIKAN, April 20. (Special to
The Gateway)—"Voters for my nomi
nation means improved conditions in
the general development of agricul
ture, coal fields, mining in general,
the birch and pulp industry, better
mail service, lower freight rates, pro.
per rugulation of the fish industry
and self government" says Bartley
Howard, Republican candidate for
Delegate to Congress from Alaska.
"The people of the First Division
haring been informed of the truth of
my stand on the Comptroller Bill are
going to give me a majority on ac
count of general conditions In m>
opinion the‘would be political boss ol
Alaska’ will not be returned to the
House in this division."
BREMEN BE FLOWN
BACK OVER ATLANTIC
FIRST ROUND-TRIP EUROPE, NEW
YORK, PROPOSED AFTER RE
PAIRS ARE MADE
STEAGNES, Quebec, April 20. (#>]
—Captain Koehl told the Canadian
Press correspondent who arrived here
from Greenlyy Iisland that the Bremen
will be flown from New York to Ger
many making the first round-trip over
the Atlantic.
CapL Koehl said it will take about
seven days after the receipt of spare
parts before the Bremen* could hop for
New York.
JAMES MILOS H
E KELLEY ABE HUNG
SALEM, Ore., April 20. (JP)—James
Willos and Ellsworth Kelley paid the
death penalty this morning for par
ticipating in a prison break in the Ore
gon prison in 1925 when two gnards
were killed^ Willos was hanged first.
TO HAVE RADIO SHOW
WASHINGTON, April 20, (/P)—\n
exposition of radio apparatus, auto
mobile and allied industries will be
he’d at Strasbourg, France, from May
5 to May 20, John D. Johnson, U. S
consul at that city, reports. Radio is
gaining steadily in popularity in east
ern France, Mr. Johnson declares.
MAYOR FOUND GUILTY
WENATCHEE, April 20. (/P)—Guil
ty as charged, was the verdict of the
Superior Court jury which heard the
evidence against Mayor Cornell of
Wenatchee, who is accused of posses
i
sion of narcotics.
AUTHOR. EXPLORER
E10UTE TO ALASKA
FOR SHEEP SPECIE
ROBERT FROTHINGHAM AND
ANDY SIMONS WILL SEARCH
FOR BLACK TAILED SHEEP
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. (£>)—
Earoute to Alaska to determine
whether the country back of Cook In
let has a distinct species of white
mountain sheep with black tails, Rob
ert Frothingham, author and explorer,
arrived from New York.
Frothingham is a member of the
Explorers Club and Circumnavigators
Club and said Andy Simons, Alaska
guide, killed one black tailed white
mountain sheep and was reported
■seeking a small herd of them in the
White mountain* region.
Sheep generally have no black spots
f on them. Frothingham asserted, add
ing the trip will determine whether
1 the/ black tail marks a distinct species
or is the result of cros!s breeding.
He said he and Simons would start
into the w'hite sheep territory in Sep
tember and end the expedition by a
few weeks bear hunting on Kodiak
Island He sails for Alaska April 25.
EIDER BREAKS THRU
ICE PICK TO ISLAND
DUTCH HARBOR, April 20. </p)~
After several attempts to break thru
the ice the Fisheries boat-Rider suc
ceeded in landing mail an|d cargo to
isolated people in the Aleutians who
have been without news and communi
cations, with the outside world all
winter. The Eider arrived at Unal
aska, four days late and reported
heavy weather.
BODY SHIPPED SOUTH
JUNEAU, April 20. <£>)—'The body
of Mrs. Theodore B. Heyder, wife of
the prominent local business man, who
died suddenly Saturday night of apo
plexy, was sent South for burial in
Des Moines, Wash.
TREMORS IN NOME
NOME, April 20. (JP)—Buildings
shook and dishes rattled when earth
quake tremors were felt in Nome. No
damage is reported.
TELEGRAPH C1P1Y
RESIDENTS HEAR CRACK TWO
SHOTS; GOLFERS FOUND THE
BODY THIS MORNING
X -
SPOKANE, April 20. (£>)—With the
discovery of the body of James Shell
man, an employe of the Home Tele
phone & Telegraph Company, in the
residential section this morning, ttolice
believe he had been “taken for a
ride.”
Two golfers found the body lying
face downward on the roadside with a
bullet hole in the back of the head.
Residents in the vicinity told the
■police they saw an automobile drive
slowly past last night and afterward
heard two shots The car returned
at a rapid pace.
AVIATORS IN NEED OF MONEY
FOR NEW PARTS AND NEW
OUTFITS OF CLOTHING
LAKE STAGNESf April 20. (£>)—
M&jor Fitzmaurice told the Associated
Press correspondent they had decided
to send him out to civilization from
Greenly Island instead of one of his
companions on the ocean flight in the
Rermen because mone was the chief
need "and they thought I, being an
Irishman, might be able ‘wolly’ more
out of the people.”
He laughed at the joke then turned
sterious and told the real reason why
he had been selected. He said his
companions agreed it would be better
for him to come because he alone
could speak English well but said in
addition they needed money to secure
repair parts: for the plane and buy
new outfits of clothing.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 6; Boston, 7.
Detroit, 9; St. Louis, 8.
Chicago, 2; C^veland, 9.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston, 9; New York, 8; 10 innings.
Cincinnati 0; Chicago, 13.
Brooklyn, 5; Philadelphia, 9,
St. Louis, 13; Pittsburgh, 10.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento, 0; Los Angeles, 3.
Hollywood, 15; Seattle, 3.
Oakland, 4; Can Francisco, 3.
GOVERNMENT RESTS
WASHINGTON, April 20. (#>)—'The
government rested yesterday in the
Sinclair oil trial. Justice Baily asked
each “slide to limit the argument to
three hours today so that the jury
may be charged and the case given
it by noon Saturday
SUNT FORD PLANE
HOPS OFF CARRYING
FAMOUS AMERICAN FLIERS EN.
ROUTE WITH GASOLINE AND
EQUIPMENT, MURRAY BAY
DETROIT, April, 20. (JP)—Carrying
the hopes of the Bremen crew for an
; early getaway from Greenly Island
the giant Ford tri-motired. plane, pilot
I ed by Bernt Balchen and Floyd Ben*
j nett, hopped off for Murrayy Bay on
the first leg of the expedition.
The plane will carry repair equip
mennt from Murray Bay to the island.
The plane was chartered by the North
America Newspaper Alliance thru the
New York World and carried Thomas
Mulroy and Charles J. V. Murphy, rep
resentatives of the World.
Heavily laden with mechanical
equipment and 400 gallons of gasoline
the ship will probably take more than
! 12 hours to reach Murray Bay lake.
I
GOVERNMENT IS
PERMITTED PUCE •
FACTS TO JURY
“IF THIS DEAL WAS NOT A FRAUD
LET FALL SPEAK” SAY8 AT.
TORNEY ROBERTS
WASHINGTON, April 20. (£>)—Tb«
Government was permitted to place
before the Sinclair jury the fact that
Sinclair's attorneys obtained a deposi
tion from Fall but did not use it.
Government Attorney Roberts said
“Fall made a lease with Sinclair
secretly and clandestinely” and he
called attention to the deposition
which said if there had been anything
in it the defense would have used it.
He added “If this deal was not a fraud
let Fall speak.”
LOAD'S V'ORRY CANADA
MO.v.. April 20, (JP)—Cana
dian banners express fear tne Do.'un
ion’s cull oan total, although it is
moderate- compared with that of the
United States, is becoming too large.
It gained about $91,000,000 during
1927, nearly every month showing an
increase, due to growing speculative
activity. *
FROM SEATTLE
NEW DEVICES ON VESSEL WILL
SPEED UP WORK; WILD CAT
IS IN TOW
SEATTLE^ April 20. (/p)—Import
ant work in charting unexplored wa
ters in Southeastern Alaska will be
done this summer by the Coast Geo
detic Survey which dfsfpatched the
Steamer Surveyor yesterday for#
Prince William Sound and 8eward.
The Surveyor is equipped with a
device which will give acurate cfcata
changes in ocean depths. The work
will be speeded up by the new devices
To penetrate a fog by sighting of the
shoreline will no longer be necessary
during the survey work.
The U. S. 9. Surveyor will tow the
motor vessel Wildcat to Seward from
where it wi.l be despatched to Kodtak
Island.
NOBILE OPPOSED
' TO THE KILL!
OFANIMAL LIFE
ONCE PEOPLE IMBUED CONSCI
OUSNESS SANCITY LIFE WARS
BE ELIMINATED
| STOLP, Germany, April 20. (/P)—
Commander Nobile has no intention
of hunting game when he takes the
dirigible Italia to the Polar regions.
He said "I am opposed to the principle
of killing animals and I wouldn't have
the heart to kill anything.
“I am hoping for a day when life
will be regarded so sacred that nobody
will go to war. Let's cultivate kind
i neas to animals then we will refrain
taking their lives even for the purpose
I of gaining nourishment.
"Once we are imbued with the con
sciousness of the sancity of life we
also will be a huge step nearer elimi
nation of wars^”
JUDGE REED ILL
JUNEAU, April 20. (£>)—Federal
Judge Reed is; seriously ill in the local
hospital with gastritis where he was
taken two nights ago.
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ALCOHOL FOR FUEL •
QUEENSLAND, April 20, (£>)—Aus
tralian motorists watch with interest
the compttition between power alco
hol end gasoline as motor fuel. A
r’ant established here expects to pro
duce 30,000 gallons of power alcohol
weekly, using as raw material mol
asses from nearby sugar mills.