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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 103 SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1931
PRICE TEN CENTS
WORLD RENOWNED
SCIENTIST. DR. L
I. MICHELS!. DIES
HIGHEST SCIENTIFIC HONORS
BESTOWED UPON LEARN
ED SAVANT
PASADENA. Calif., May 11, (JP)
—Professor Albert A. Michelson,
world renowned scientist, died at
12:55 Saturday afternoon follow
ing a brief illness.
Dr. Michelson took ill about 10
days ago and gradual grew weak
er and death was not entirely un
experted.
He graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1873. Later, his deci
sion to enter another field, re
sulted in his recieving the highest
of scientific honors. When past
70 years of age, he had determin
ed the speed of light
Professor Michelson was born
in Germany, December 19, 1852,
coming to this country when very
young and attending school at
San Francisco. He entered, the
Naval Academy in 1869.
President of several universities
and head of the National Society
of Scientists, his experiments
were carried out on two California
mountains, 22 miles apart. Mount
Wilson and Mount St. Antonio;
also, at an originally perfected
test plot on the outskirts of Chi
cago.
By his method of determining
the diameter of a fixed star, he
showed mankind that there are
suns, or fiery gaseous balls, near
ly 300 times as great as our sun.
He thus opened up a field of sid
ereal investigation that had been
closed—the measurement of stars
of remote solar systems. One of
his triumphs was the measure
ment of the great star Betel
geuse—260,000,000 miles in diam
eter.
WILL BIKE min
SHDW raRJOLQ TEAM
HOLLYWOOD, May 11. (/P)—Will
Rogers is going to see to it that
the University of Arizona crack
polo team gets its chance in the
Intercollegiate tourney at Long
Island in June.
Rogers, whose first love is polo,
being a two handicap player, will
leave for Tucson, where he will
stage a charity show, the pro
ceeds to go toward financing the
Arizona University.
WAR DEPARTMENT
WILL BE REORGANIZED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mai 11.
CflP)—As one step in his efforts to
save money President Hoover in
tends to reorganize the War De
partment.
A tentative decision to make
“progressive” changes was reached
at the week-end conference of of
ficials in that department. To
what extent the military officials
agree to trim expenses 1s not
known.
..
ALASKA INTERESTS
At the National Capitol
4
MARTIAL LAIN IS
DECLARED MADRID:
MRS IRE RIOTING
TWO KILLED, SCORES INJURED;
* THREE CHURCHES
BURNED
MADRID, May 11. (/P)—Martial
law was declared as mobs stormed
through the streets continuing the
rioting of Sunday.
The mobs set fire to a third
Catholic institution, the Carmelite
Convent in the Plaza Espana near
the former royal palace. They
previously burned the Jesuit head
quarters and the church adjoin
ing.
The cabinet met in an emerg
ency session. The situation is re
garded as extremely grave. Ber
enguer, former premier, who was
released Saturday, was clapped in
jail again as the mobs shouted
criticism against the Republican
government’s leniency of his treat
| ment.
Communists tried to promote a
general strike; although opposed
by the trade unions, they suc
ceeded in paralyzing traffic and
disorganizing business in general.
Two were killed and scores in
jured.
leo WEST - ALASKA!
TO YOUNG MEN
HIGH OFFICIAL AT WASHING
TON AGREES WITH THE
SEWARD GATEWAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.
<JF)—In the belief that the pio
neering spirit of America is not
dead Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur is urging the young man of
today to go West and north to
Alaska.
He pictures Alaska as the land
of 600,000 square miles with less
than 60,000 inhabitants as per
haps the world’s greatest remain
ing storehouse of raw wealth.
Aside from the possibilities of
discovering further mineral yealth
the Department cites the possibil
ities of agricultural development
especially in the south-central
section.
SALMON SALES INCREASE
SEATTLE, May 11. (>P)_The Mer
chants Exchange reported Puget
Sound canned salmon shipments
during April were 140,593 or three
times the sales in April of last
year. Local packers attribute the
increase to the national advertis
ing campaign.
(By W. A. S.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.
— The Interior Department, un
der the direction of Ernest Walker
Sawyer, has prepared a new edi
tion of the booklet giving general
information regarding Alaska
which was published in Novem
ber, 1929, and which has been in
such demand that 3,000 additional
copies had to be printed within
the past motnh. The new edition
will be ready for distribution about
June 1 and will have various new
features.
While the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce excursion will be
in charge of Mr. Charles Bayer, a
j member of the Foreign Trade De
partment will accompany the party
of 200, and will look closely into
the opportunities of development
in which the Los Angeles people
may be interested.
MU
Charles H. Flory, District For
ester for Alaska, who has been
in Washington for the past two
months conferring with officials
in the Department of Agriculture,
will leave for Ifts headquarters at
Juneau this week.
UM
Since Assistant Attorney General
Charles P. Sisson returned from
his investigating trip in Alaska
i last summer he has been more
than enthusiastic over the great
resources, scenic charm, and gen
eral attractions of the Northland.
His fame as an Alaska enthusias
tic is generally recognized in
Washington and he is frequently
called upon to address some lo
cal organization that wishes to
be informed on the country to
which many are now arranging to
visit.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Bartley Howard, of Achorage,
president of the Alaska Matanus
ka Coal Company, reached Wash
ington last Wednesday and will
be here for a few days conferring
with the departments, on matters
concerning coal interests.
HM
John L. Steele, at one time
mayor of Valdez and for many
years a resident of Alaska, came
over from New York last week and
spent a couple of days around the
departments attending to business
that has to do with the develop
ment of the North. He is parti
cularly interested in the develop
ment of oil around Katalla, where
he expects to go this summer,
im
[■
R. H. Sargent, topographical en
gineer, United States Geological
Survey, will leave at the end of
the month to pass his 22nd sum
mer in Alaska, going this trip to
the neighborhood of Ketchikan
and Wrangell. Mr. Sargent gave
an illustrated address on Alaska
one night last week at a meeting
of the Burroughs Citizens’ Asso
ciation, in which he described Al
aska as a land of sunshine and
flowers. On the evening of April
24 he will give a lecture on Alas
ka, in the auditorium at the In
terior Department building.
♦ Ml
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
has given a decision on a question
(Piemo tarn tm Pic* Fir*)
CURB MARKET UP
NEW YORK, May 11. The)
curb market fluttered uncertainly!
until the last hour of tradingj
when it was pulled up suddenly;
by a wave of short covering on!
the big board.
NEW COACH FOR COLUMBIA j
NEW YORK, May 11. (/P>—Co- j
lumbia University announced thej
signing of Martin (Marty) Brill,;
Notre Dame halfback during 1929 i
and 1930, as an assistant football!
coach.
I THREE FORTS COMPLETED ;
|. VERDUN, France, May 11, tfP)—;
Three of the series of forts here!
that will protect the French fron- i
1 tier have been completed it was j
I announced.
A GREAT RALLY
NEW YORK, May 11, (/P)—The
Giants came from behind with!
three runs in the 8th inning Sat- j
l urday to overcome the Chicago j
j lead and beat the Cubs in a home;
I run duel, 5-4. Hornsby, Stephen-;
! son and English knocked homers
! for the Cubs and Mel Ott, Hogan
;and Jackson for the Giants.
TO ARREST PROH1S
COLUMBUS, Miss., May 1L (.P);
; —Warrants charging murder were !
issued against three Federal pro- ;
j hibition agents here for the kill- ;
I ing of Wales Land, 227, farmer, j
j by a group of officers searching j
: for liquor in this vicinity.
$600 A MONTH ALIMONY
NEW YORK, May 11. (IP)—Su- j
. preme Court Justice John Ford,;
! in a separation hearing involving j
; M. Converse, -suggested to Mrs. i
! Converse “not to be avaracious” in
! the matter of alimony. Converse,'
steel man and banker had offered
$600 a month. ;
i “YOUNGEST LEGIONNAIRES”
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 11, (/P>— j
j Recent publicity in the Ohio Legion
| News, official organ of the De
i part ment of Ohio, has developed
! two Legionnaires who were butj
; 15 years of age tfhen they en- j
[listed for service in the World 1
(war. They are Floyd J. Beattie,
of Lorain, O., and Robert A. Stef
fen, of Hamilton, O.
CONSIDERING NEW LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.
(IP)—Members of the American
Law Institute failed to agree on
a proposed statute governing the
right of an officer to kill and
wound in making an arrest and
laid the question over for further
consideration.
FIGURES TO TRY AGAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., May %l.
(#*)—Reiterated declaration of Al'
fred E. Smith for a wet Demo
cratic national platform has added
to growing belief that the former
New York governor is preparing to
make a bid for another nomina
tion for the presidency at the
party’s convention next year.
JUNTA SURRENDERS
LISBON, May 11. (/P)—Insurrec
tion at Boloma, Portuguese West
Africa, has been put down with
the surrender of the rebel junta
it was announced.
MORE SOFT BERTHS
CREATED: ALLEGED
STUDY DRY LAW
SOCALLED STUDY OF SOCIO
LOGICAL, ECONOMIC
VIEWPOINTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.
(/P)—A new organization is ready
to undertake the study of opera
tion of the 18th amendment from
the sociological and economic
points of view. A’T'Os Woodcock
announced.
The Bureau of Prohibition ad
visory research council has been
formed to conduct a research in
graduate schools and various uni
versities.
Henry Curran, president of the
Association Against the Prohibi
tion amendment, described it as
just another commission “to in
vestgate the bedtime story known
as national prohibition and he
thought the Wickersham commis
sion had already done the job
planned for the council.”
The council, comprising prom
inent educators “would ascertain
the truth regarding operation of
the amendment from the socio
logical and economic viewpoints.”
THREE PERSONS SPLIT
HIM ICE MONEY
FAIRBANKS, May 11, (JP)—1The
Ice broke up at Nenana at 9:23 a.
m. Sunday leaving three persons
$18,534 richer.
Winners were Mrs. C. W. Tib
bett, Roy A. Wangman, both of
Fairbanks, and A. M. Laska of
Anchorage.
None guessed the correct min
ute; Tibbett and Laska guessing
9:29 a. m., and Wangman 9:25.
WOMMI, 64 YEARS OF
A&E. MARRIES 11 TIMES
-1r
ALEXANDRIA, La.. May 11. (/P)
—Louisiana’s most married woman
is married for the 11th time. An
nouncement was made that Mrs.
Carolyn McDonald Waters Bron
son Burgess Chavallier Garden
White Luigi Hatfield Wills, wealthy
Urania woman, had taken as her
11th husband, Louis Paschall of
Port Tampa City, Fla.
Mrs. Wills, who is about 64, has
divorced seven husbands and three
have died.
DENIED NEW TRIAL
CHICAGO, May 11. (A1)—Leo V.
Brothers was denied a new trial
lor the murder of Alfred Lingle,
Tribune crime reporter, and was
formally sentenced by Judge Jos
eph Sabath to 14 years in prison.
395 PROJECTS $277,000,000
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.
(JP)—President Hoover estimated
that 395 different building projects
totalling $277,000,000 of Federal
public construction program will
have .either been completed or un
red way within the next six
months.