S e-ward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 20.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GLACIER PRIEST OUTLINES
WINTER PLANS TO FILM
HISTORIC SCENES ON YUKON
WILL LEAVE ON FIRST TRAIN NORTH TO MEET
FR. McELMEEL AT NENANA WHERE TEAM
OF FIFTEEN DOGS NOW AWAIT HIM — HE
' WILL TAKE STILL AND MOTION PICTURE
EQUIPMENT AND 20,000 FEET OF RAW FILM.
REMAINS NORTH UNTIL SPRING BREAKUP.
A telegram received by Fr. B. R. Hubbard yester
day enables him to give to The Gateway the first
authorative statement of his winter plans on the Yu
kon. The telegram reads as follows:
“Will meet you at the train in Nenana. We shall start the next
day after your arrival for Tanana. It will be a tough trip. Sixty be
ow zero on the Yukon this morning.” (Signed) McElmeel.
USED OF PLOTTING
$00100 SWINDLE
WASHINGTON. Jan., 24, {IP)—
Mrs. Myrtle Blacklidge resigned
as collector of internal revenue
in the State of Illinois folio, mg
investigation of the conduct of
her office which started after
she was accused of participating
.n a faro swindle.
She reported she had been
swindled out of $50,000 cash and
$207,000 paper winnings. She
.-aid she had borrowed the cash
from Edward Litsinger. Chicago
politician; that Litsinger knew
she had borrowed it for a faro
.ame but Litsinger said he thot
she borrowed it until she ct uid
x>llect from her husband’s es
tate.
Litsinger accused her of plot
sing the swindle with two men
with whom she played in
r, Springfield, Illinois hotel room.
NEW YORK, Jan., 24, (/P)—
The poacher, like his cousin,
:he bootlegger, has gone modern.
Time was when the poacher
•was a simple fellow who occa
sionally bagged one of the squir
e’s rabbits for his supper. But
the modem poacher or game hog
>s often so prosperous that he
rides to his work in airplanes,
automobiles o r high-powered
speedboats which help him to
increase both the amount of his
slaughter ,and the difficulty of
catching him.
Officials point out that the re
cent annual report of Paul G.
Redington, chief of the United
States Bureau of Biological Sur
vey, declared that strengthening
of the enforcement arm of the
3aw is vitally needed to cope with
this i\ew type of poacher or
game hog.
ABANDON SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, Jan., 24, (/P)_
Progressive republicans from the
northeast threatened to aban
don the support of Nicholas Long
worth, speaker of the House, at
the next congressional session and
thereby permit the democrats to
organize the legislature.
135 MILE MUSH
j Father Hubbard is leaving on
I the first train from Seward to
iNenana where Father McElmeel,
I formerly associated with Fr. Hub
bard at the University of Santa
; Clara, will meet him with dogs
• and sled. They will make the 135
| mile mush to Tanana together and
Fr. Hubbard will spend about two
weeks in and around Tanana tak
ing motion pictures of everything
of historic, scenic and religious
I interest.
CHANGE OF PLANS
| Original plans called for Fr.
Hubbard’s presence in Fairbanks
on January 1st where he was to
have been a passenger in the
ill-fated airplane that crashed last
Fall at Kotzebue and caused the
death of Pilot Wien and two Ca
tholic missionaries, Father Delon,
General Superior of the Jesuit
Missions of northern Alaska, and
Father Walsh, pastor of Kotzebue.
What would originally have been
a five hour trip through the air
to Holy Cross has now becomes a
hard, dangerous, dog-team mush
of over a month's time. The Gla
cier Priest feels equal to the task
, and as the best way to film the
'real winter hardships of Jesuit
missionary activities in Northern
Alaska, is to experience them and
live them; friends of the young
geologist are confident that the
< same success that has character
| ised his more arduous explora
I tions of the past four years will
J follow hi mi nhis present trek
! through the winter “land of the
■noon-day night.”
THE YUKON TRAIL
From Tanana Fr. Hubbard will
I start the long Yukon Trail to
1 Nulato—there to meet Fr. Prange.
|Fr. Prange and Fr. Hubbard spent
ifour years of major studies to
jgether at the University of Inns
| bruck, Autria, and this will be
j their first reunion since leaving
'Europe six years ago,
Nulato will form the main
j theme in Fr. Hubbard’s work as
! he is basing the value of his
j film on the unique pioneer work
j of Alaska’s first and probably
; greatest linguistic scholar, the fa
mous Fr. Jette, who died some:
! years ago.
A HISTORIC WORK
i A grammer of the root lan
guage of the Nulato Indians in
• Fr. Jette’s original handwriting,
the result of a lifetime of study,
was just about ready for the press,
when death overtook the zeal
: ous missionary hero.
It is Fr. Hubbard’s intent to!
locate this precious manuscript, I
| that is now part of the history |
of Alaska, and have it published!
and the original placed in safe j
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U!
ms DULY M
COUNTS LEFT
CAMERAMEN ON THE JOB AS
COURT SCENARIO UN
FOLDS
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 24, </P)—
Daisy DeBoe, 26, former secretary
to Clara Bow, red-headed "It”
screen girl, convicted on one
count of grand theft from Clara
involving a check for $825 which
was spent on a fur coat, was ac
quitted.
There are 34 remaining counts
representing more than $15,000.
The crowd overflowed the
court room. The jury was com
posed of, or included, seven men
and was out 49 hours.
Miss DeBoe was at the table,
I which she has occupied for the
last 11 days, with Alfred Mathes,
a sweetheart of Clara, and wept
copiously.
j Clara was ill at home with a
; cold.
Startling recriminations were
flung by both women about
drinking parties, gambling and
jewelry that Clara had bought
her boy friends including an en
gagement ring for Harry Rich
man, an actor.
The judge made no attempt
to stop cameramen from shoot
ing pictures.
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STEEL 0FFIC1SLS III
SPPESLI118 GilUBT
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan.,
24, —The Youngstown Tube
and Sheet Steel Company offi
cials announced, following a di
rectors meeting,, that they will
appeal the recent court decision
enjoining the proposed merger
with the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration.
The spokesman said, “Were
oing to appeal; tfat’s all we
re giving out.” He refused to
answer o. actions s
U. OF WN. CAGERS
EUGENE, Ore., Jan., 24, (JP)—
The University of Washington
i basketball team defeated the Uni
vouty of Oregon 31 to 26. It was
I the fifth straight victory for
I Washington and Oregon’s fifth
[straight defeat.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 24, UP)—
Ernest Walker Sawyer laid be
fore Secretary Wilbur a report
of the possibilities of the Alaska
| reindeer meat supply,
i Secretary Wilbur presented it
j to the special committee compos
Jed of Senator Kendrick, Repre
sentative Leavitt, and Assistant
United States Attorney General
Sisson, which committee will
; make recommendations.
Sawyer said the area in Alaska
| could support 5,000,000 with an
! annual reindeer production of
33 and one-half per cent which
could be utilized as a food sup
ply for the natives. He said the
cost of feeding and herding was
small.
LATOUCHE NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, Jan., 24, UP)—'The
(SS Latouche, of the A. S. S. Co.,
i sails at 5 o'clock this afternoon
j for Seward and way-ports with
I six passengers.
HOCKEY SCORES
SEATTLE, Jan., 24. (fP)~The
| Seattle hockey team defeated
i Vancouver 1 to 0.
i WASHINGTON, Jan., 24, </P)—
! The proposed Nicaraguan Canal
I is feasible and highly desireable
I Lieut. Col. Dan I. Sultan, army
engineer, who has just completed
la survey of the tymendous en-#
gineering project, report to
| the War Department, It is hoped
| that a bill for construction will
[be speedily passed upon with fa
vor.
ALL THEY WANT IS INFORMATION
Sometime within the next few days, you people liv
ing in Seward, are going to have callers. Everybody
will be visited and the strange part of the whole thing
is that all the callers will want is information.
This is what it is all about. The Radio Listeners
Club of Seward is going to make Seward safe for radio
reception, and as a first step, the Executive Commit
tee of the club at a session held Thursday, decided to
send out a Field Committee to list and inspect all elec
trical appliances and radio sets in Seward.
Radio noises arise from many causes and by lo
cating and inspecting all electrical devices in the town,
many sources of interference can be eliminated by a
few minor adjustments on the spot. Those not so easily
dealt with will be studied wit ha view to fixing them
later. Sometimes the least suspected apparatus is the
cause of a lot of noise. You would be surprised at the
amount of noise a small sewing machine motor that is
out of adjustment will make in your neighbor’s loud
speaker. Automatic toasters have been known to broad
cast a lot of racket. Sun lamps sometimes are noisy, and
a violet ray machine sounds like—well, it sounds pret
ty bad.
The committee is headed by Mr. Curtis, well known
local radio expert who has been employed by the club
as a technical man to assist in the work. The town has
been divided into sections and the investigations will i
be thoroughly made, section by section.
So, when this committee calls on you, ask them to i
wipe their feet and come right in. All they want is in
formation.
CAPITAL CITY
WETS FIGHT BILL; WANT 4
PER CENT BEER IN DIS
TRICT COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON, Jan., 24, (/P)—
The liquor question is in the
Senate today with prospects of
remaining there for a long time.
Senator Howell’s bill to estab
lish drastic enforcement in the
District of Columbia stood at
the top of the calendar as des
j ignated by the order of business,
lit was given this preferred posi
tion after the Nebraska author
gave a vivid description of drink
ing in the Capital.
Republican leaders Watson,
Smoot and Borah tried to pre
vent taking the matter up and
arguing about it as of national
scope and among the mass of
; other important legislation, es
i pecially the drought relief pro
jects which should have the
right of way.
I Anti-prohibitionists prep ared
to fight the Howell bill by offer
ing amendments such as legaliza
; tion of four per cent beer.
The Howell bill contained a
i search and seizure provision
which was frowned on in the
Wiekersham report and by the
I Attorney General.
Senator Howell said that at i
recent convention entertainment,
the chairman ordered 9,000 quart
bottles of liquor for the delegates,
then gave the names of bootleg
gers in case they should crave
for more booze.
NEW YORK, Jan,, 24, >fP)—
Who wants a nice herd of ante
lope for his back yard?
Candidates with the right kind
of back yards—containing a few
thousand acres of grazing lands -
are invited to line up at the
right and help W. P. Sullivan,
stockman and banker of Square
Butte, Mont., solve the question
of what to do with an overly
successful game preserve.
On an 8,000 corner of his ranch
he released 12 antelope a few
years ago. Today the herd has
grown to 450. Another year or
two will see it near the 1,000
mark. He must turn the animals
loose or give them away.
WIRE TAPPING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (JP)—
Wire tapping by the prohibition
bureau to obtain evidence is to
be scrutinized by the House ex
penditures committeee. The com
mittee adopted a motion by re
presentative Schafier, republican
from Wisconsin and an anti-pro
hibitionist to that effect. He said
the bureau was tapping wires in
violation of state laws.
COLLIDED WITH EAGLE
LAHORE, India, Jan. 23. (JP)—
Two military airmen were killed
at Risalpur when their plane col
lided at a height of 1800 feet
with an eagle with a whig reach
of 18 inches from tip to tip. One
airman jumped but his para
chute failed to open. The other
was killed in the crash.