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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 79. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 11,1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
FOSTER WOULD
ADD TUX OF SB
INDIGENT RELIEF
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GOVERNOR MAY BECOME CUS
DOTIAN OF BIG FLOCK
OF PIGEONS
JUNEAU, April 11, (Special to ,
The Gateway)—The House has
passed and the governor signed
the resolution, directing the treas
urer to purchase $40,000 of Wran-:
gell school bonds making this the |
first time in local history that the
legislature lias underwritten any
municipal bond issue or undertak
en to instruct the treasurer on
purchase of securities.
The House also passed the meas- i
ure authorizing the Commissioner j
of Education to sell the property!
of defunct schools or discontinued.
school districts.
Frank Foster, author of the
bill, said there were 40 abandon- ;
ed school buildings, some furnish
ed, now owned by the Territory
and of which they have been un
able to make any disposition owing i
to lack of authority.
Ten new bills were introduced j
in the House and two in the Sen- !
ate Friday.
One, by Foster, provides for the
creation of a special indigent fund j
for the relief and imposition of |
a five dollar indigent relief tax ;
on all male citizens with the usual
exemptions to soldiers, sailors, mar
ines, volunteer firemen, etc. He
also introduced a bill to amend J
the school poll tax law by exemp- j
ting therefrom all Indians and Es- !
kimos. The third measure by Fos- i
ter would rewTite the original!
children’s guardians act, altering j
it so that wards of the govern
ment would not come under its
provisions.
The sum of $12,000 is sought by
Foster in a measure authorizing
construction of a bridge in the
town of Seldovia the money to be
allotted from the divisional road
fund.
Carrier pigeons for use of avia
tion is the object of a measure by
Donnelly which would authorize
the governor to obtain pigeons and
take care of their training and
general care.
The bill carries an appropriation
r' Of . $2,500.
Punishment up to one year im
prisonment and $1,000 fine for
destruction of traffic signals on
highways, is proposed in a bill by
the Roads committee of the House.
In the Senate Senator Dimond
introduced a measure creating a
three man commission composed
of the Commissioner of Educa
tion and school superintendents of
Juneau and Ketchikan to study
the teachers’ pension system and
make their recommendations to
the next legislature.
Lomen and Sundquist introduc
ed a bill seeking an appropriation
of $12,000 for radio and telephone
system on Seward Peninsula.
COAST LEAGUE
Portland 6, Seals 3.
Sacramento 6, Hollywood 5.
Oakland 7, Missions 3.
Seattle 4, Los Angeles 5.
RECORD FLIGHT MADE
ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA
PORT DARWIN, Australia, April.
11. (?) _ Charles Scott set a new
record for flight between England
and Australia concluding it in
nine days, three hours and 20
minutes.
The trip was 11,000 miles in
length and over plains, mountains
forests, and the Malay archipel
ago.
Scott bettered the former time
by 19 hours and 40 minutes. The j
former record was held by Wing
Commander Kingsford Smith.
MM BROWNELL ID I
NEW COUNCIL TOOK
01III OF OFFICE TUI
Prior to sans die of the 1930;
City Council of Seward at today’s
meeting, presided over by the
retiring Mayor, P. C. McMullen,
Councilman Carl E. Orlander ten
dered his resignation. Because Mr.
Orlander expressedly desired it,
so the retiring council acquiesced
and accepted his resignation with
regrets.
In turning over his seat to
the incoming Mayor, D. C. Brown
ell, Past Mayor P. C. McMullen
welcoming the new Mayor and
Council expressing the hope they
would leave office as popular as
their present entry into office.
To which Mayor Brownell res
ponded with thanks for his kind
wishes.
Attorney L. V. Ray then took
the oaths of office and the 1931
City Council w*as duly intailed in
their seats.
Retiring members of the council
were Elwyn SwTetmann, J. S. Hof
man and Leonard Hopkins.
Incoming council members were
G. Manthey, J. S. Stanton and A.
H. L. Meyers. Holdover council
men are A R. Roberts and Chas.
Cooper. Mr. Orlander, resigned,
was also a holdover member.
Mayor Brownell announces a
call meeting for Monday evening
at 8 o'clock at which time he will
appoint the various committees
and other general reorganization
details worked out.
The first regular business meet
ing will be held Monday evening,
April 20.
BERGER DUE MONDAY
Capt. Heinie Berger, of the mail
boat MS Discoverer, is expected
to return to port Monday from
Anchorage and other points on
Cook Inlet, The Gateway is ad
vised.
Wm. Sherman, Forest Ranger^
in charge of this area of the Chu
gach National Forest, left today
for the Lake Kenai headquarters
around which summer activities
will soon be buzzing.
KING IMPROVES .
LONDON, April 11. (JP) __ im
provement in King Georges condi.
tion has been maintained and his
Majesty passed a comfortable
night. The king signed some state
papers and transacted official bus
iness in his apartments at Windsor
Castle.
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KIDNAPPERS DEMAND
HUGE SUM RANSOM
WENT OUT TOIKEEP APPOINT
MENT REQUESTED OVER
TELEPHONE
MONHOE, Wisconsin, April 11.
Fred Blumer, aged 50, brewer of
near beer and a former president
of the Wisconsin Brewers’ Asso
ciation is apparently in the hands
of kidnappers who demanded
$150,000 for his release.
Blumer disappeared last night
after he had left his home to keep
an appointment with a man who
telephoned and requested Blumer
to meet him and another man at
a local hotel. Later Blumer in
tended to attend a meeting of the
Directors of the Monroe Country
Club. He never appeared there
or entered the hotel which lead
the authorities to believe that the
abductors forced him away in an
automobile.
Later R. C. Wells notified of
ficials that he ,had received a
ransom demand by a telephone
call from Rockford, Illinois.
Wells is a business partner of |
Blumer.
NATION'S CAPITAL
GRIEVED PASSING
OF HOUSE SPEAKER
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PRESIDENT HOOVER AND CON-!
GRESSIONAL DELEGATION
TO ATTEND FUNERAL
WASHINGTON, April 11. (/?)—
Flags hung at half mast atop the j
White House at an executive
| order as the nation’s capitol
i grieved the passing of Nicholas
'Longworth, speaker of the House.!
The funeral services were to be
held this afternoon, Saturday, in
Cincinnati where the body was to
be brought Saturday morning by
special train.
During this day other special
trains bearing President Hoover
and a ‘congressional delegation
were expected here. The con
gressional delegation was to include
12 senators and nine representa
tives.
THE STOCK MHT
SEATTLE, April 11. (/p)—Juneau
13%, Am. Can. 121%, Ban Corp-j
oration 22 and 22%, Cities 18,
Cons. Gas 99%, Zellerbaeh 4y2,
Durant 2%, Motors 43%, Goldman;
8%, Int. Tel. 33%, Kennecott 24,
Le High 5%, Radio 20%, Richfield
2%, Stand. N. J. 43%, Carbide
63* Union, Cal., 21%, steel my*.
Oscar Plowman, placer miner
from Hope, is a brief business vis
itor from the Moose Pass country.
Kenneth Lohnes, former rail
road man of Anchorage, accom
panied by Mrs. Lohnes, arrived
on the SS Alaska from Seattle, en
route to his oldtime stamping
grounds.
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VIGOROUS DEFENSE USE
WASHINGTON, April 11. (ff)~
A vigorous defense of the Coast
Guard’s use of forceful measures'
in the capture of the rum laden
Canadian schooner Josephine K
off New York harbor three months |
ago was transmitted to the State.
Department by the Treasury.
Attorney General Mitchell is to;
submit to the State Department j
soon an opinion on the legal as- j
pects of the case.
Mitchell’s opinion was asked by
Stimson when the Canadian gov
ernment protested.
MBSEHl
SERVICE, L G. WETZLEB
UNDER HIKES ELKS
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A solemn but very impressive!
and beautiful funearl service
marked the last rites Friday for
E. G. Wetzler, of the postal de
partment who was laid to eternal
rest in a sun-warmed plot in the !
Seward Cemetery.
Many friends attended the Elks’ j
service in Odd Fellows Hall, andj
which was officiated by Lyle I^r
son, Past Exalted Ruler of An- i
corage Elks’ Lodge, assisted by
local and out-of-town members.
Following the ritual members of
the Order, of which Mr. Wetzler
was an esteemed member, filed
past the casket, bedecked with
lovely floral offerings, placing a
sprig of evergreen thereon. A
large wreath from the Skagway
B. P. O. Elks’ No. 431 of which the
departed Brother was a member,
and one from the Seward “Bills’ ”
the Seward Postoffice and another
from Mrs. Chas. Sheldon, were ap
propriate and simple in design as
Mr. Wetzler would have liked.
On the rostrum were potted plants
of magnificent lilys and roses in
full bloom, remembrances from
Mrs. George James and Mrs. A.
Novak.
With intense vocal expression,
Mr. George James rendered two
selections accompanied by Mrs.
Harold Sogn on the piano.
Officiating officers of the Elks’
were Lyle Larson, Past Exalted
Ruler, Anchorage Lodge; Clark
4ndrese% Esquire; Jack ChoyiR,
Leading Knight; F. Broadweil,
Loyal Knight; L, J. Chilberg,
Lecturing Knight; Wm. Sherman,
Chaplain.
Pall bearers' were Walter Hol
ben, Melvin H ol ben,. H a r o 1 d
Painter, Harry S. Balderston, . W.
W. Ward and Harry Henrikson.
A long line of automobiles
formed the funeral procession to
the Elks’ Plot where ,amid a final
ritual, the casket was gently low
ered to it’s last resting place.
“His life was gentle, and the
elements
So mix’d in him that Nature
might stand up .
Before all the world and say,
This was a man.”
WONT BE LONG NOW
About one more week will see
the rock work on the Seward
[breakwater completed, reports ,M.
C. Edmunds, superintendent of this
I area of the Territory for the Alas
ka Road Commission.
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MANY ALASKANS RETURNING
TO NORTH FROM THE
OUTSIDE
SEATTLE, April 11- (/P)—The SS.
Yukon sailed this morning at nine
carrying 663 passengers—459 pas.
sengers and .204 steerage—for Al
askan way ports.
Sixty seven of the paassenger on
board are listed for Seward and in
cluded J. C. Brennaman, J. B. No.
Ian, F. Frankie, J. N. Stetler, J. H.
Payne, H. Ford, G Ford, W. K.
Frank, Hans Mirow, R. von Gundy,
T. Laird, A. Laird, B. Pfemigwarth,
Mrs. D. A. Newton, Mrs. L. V. Ray
and son Lee, Mrs. S. Brown, Mrs.
Cromer and daflghter, Wm. Stodde,
Miss R. Romig, E. J. Frierbrock, R.
Winge, E. Anderson, Mr. Roberts.
A F. Fields, B. C. Johnson, Mrs. B.
Warburton, Mrs. Staser, Mrs. Mon
ser and two children, A. Green, E.
Fredrickson, C. Rasmussen, E. Jo
hanson, Capt. Lancaster, F- Handy,
J. Hagen.
Z. J. Loussac. W. S. Horning, Mr.
and Mrs. J. McPhail, Mrs- E. L.
Selff, Miss L. Johansen, P. Peter
sen, E. Kelson, F. Bold, H. Jaj.sen,
C. Cohen. F. Berger, J. R- Coffin,
H. L. Stull, S. Johnson.
J. Egier, F. Spira, T. B Hyde. E.
Krukel, S. Mortimer, W. Johnson,
J. T. Kent, A. Ramsted, P. Ram_
sted, H. Hansen, A- Shostad, E.
Stevenson, F. Stone and 20 steer
age.
MYSTERY MURDER OF
VICE INQUIRY WITNESS
DECM SOLVED
SMALL TIME RACKETEER AND A
FORMER CONVICT FOR THE
GORDON STRANGLING
NEW YORK, April 11. {&) —The
six weeks old mystery of who killed
beautiful Vivian Gordon, vice in
quiry witness, was declared solved
Jay a mink coat and a diamond
shaped wrist watch. As the restilt
ofs they ending of these two articles
the police arrested Harry Stein,' a
small time racketeer, and a form,
er convict and charged him with
the strangling of the Gordon wo
man. ' ■ * * r;
.Stein was once before accused
of strangling a woman and he U
now described as Vivian Gordon’s
sweetheart and as her “business
associate” in soine various crime
deals. Stein denied he knew Vivian
Gordon.
Four other men were seized at
the same time as Stein, but in dif
ferent parts of the city. Three were
arrested as mystery witnesses in
the case and a fourth was held as
a gunman
The police intend to make three
other arrests before the case is
completed, it was declared. In ex
plaining a motive for the murder,
it was said she “Knew too much, *
about the operations of a ring deal,
ing in stolen securities.
Harold Kennedy . is a visitor
in the city from Mile 40.
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