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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 73. SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BY COMMITTEE
COMPTROLLER BILL WILL NOT
PASS THE HOUSE IN ITS
PRESENT FORM, SAID
JUNEAU, March 29, (Special to
the Gateway ,1—Witn a provis
ion for $30,000 for the biennium,
' . >he house, ways and means com
(f joittee, favorably reported Lomen’s
predatory animal control measure
(which provides for the employment
of a director and from two to 400,
in the discretion of the Governor
and director; the latter to get an
annual salary of $3,600 and the
hunters not more than $1,800.
The measure was devised to
build up a local organization to
handle the campaign against
wolves.and coyotes for the next
two years. The federal government
will allot $10,000 to the same work.
The comptroller bill reached
the house and was referred to the
committee on territorial institu
tions over the protest of Repre
sentative Winn who sought to
have it sent to the judiciary com
mittee. Indications point to a
speedy report and action on the
bill which members predict can
not pass the house in its existing
form.
The "nousc passed the bill ap
propriating $5,000 for the repair
and maintenance of certain tele
phone lines on Seward peninsula,
and the senate passed another
measure providing ror tne rena
biiiiation or 11 miles or an old
line and construction or 90 miles
of new telephone lines in the same
district.
Carrying an appropriation of
<;15,000 the house also passed six
3er measures all for relief of
ividuals or companies ranging
from $800 down to $100.
The senate passed one small re
lief measure and bill which pro
vides that no bond be required for
costs of appeals in criminal cases,
from commissioners to district
courts.
REBELS, FEDERAL
OUTPOSTS CLOSE
CHIHUAHUA AREA
MEXICO CITY, March 29, VP)—
Only 17 miles separated the rebel
outposts with those of the federals
in the state of Chihuahua and the
long awaited clash seemed near |
at hand as the government con
tinued crowding the insurgents in
to northwestern Mexico.
While rebel leaders still insist
they will advance on Mexico City,
;.hey say General Calles is leading
federal troops into a trap.
Federal authorities annonced
the government pursuit was in
operation in both central and
western Mexico.
The Mexican consul at El Paso
reported to Mexico City that he
had learned of a rebel plot to as
sassinate General Calles at his
headquarters. The rebel troops
vare tired of fighting the govern
ment and are said to be discour
aged by lack of pay.
A GROUP OF IVORIES FROM NOTED COLLECTION
Miss Fanny Todd Mitchell, author of “Boom, Boom,”
with some of the c1 _ets from the collection of the late J
Judge Elbert H. G«rv which were auctioned off recently!
°t the Wallace H. Day Galleries. j
LEAVING SEAHLE
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SURVEY VESSELS DEPART FOR
SEASON’S WORK COAST
OF ALASKA
SEATTLE, March 29, (A3)—Ready
.or another season in Alaskan
.vaters, the U. S. coast survey steam
, ihip Explorer, will sail today and
j .lead for Wrangell Narrows where
. resurvey of that section of the
'.hannel will be made and provid
ng a route for small craft with
,ows. Lieut. H. A. Cotton, is the
ommander.
Locations for new aids to nav
.gation will also be made. Tugs
;ith log rafts have been destroy
ing buoys and one object of the
survey will be to find a new chan
nel which will not interfere with
passenger vessels.
The survey ship Surveyor, Lieut.
R. R. Lukens, commander, is ex
pected to sail from Seattle about
April 15 for Kodiak Island to work
in the ShelikolT Strait side of the
island; also in Zacher bay, Alitak
bay, Sitkinak Strait.
NATIONAL BANK CALL
... WASHINGTON, March 29, (A3)—
The first day of the national bank
call was last Wednesday, March 27.
MINERALS AND METALS
HOLDING CORP. MAKES
QUICKSILVER STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, (A5)
■'The M,r>erals & Metals Holding
Corporation in developing the
• -op -'r’i-o properties recently
.-pViP!-prl r>t the town of Sulphur
Humboldt county, Nev., report?
nt < • t e s-moles of cinnabar tak
■ i from shallow depth trenching
»f a 15-foot vein recently discover
i, shows returns of $25 per ton,
md that a short tunnel about 50
eet long will be driven which will
rive a depth of 50 feet below the
jutcrop and reach a lime compact
here much higher values *re an
ioipated. It is proposed to drive'
still lower tunnel to obtain great
er depth on the vein.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
SectUe 8: Los Angeles 6.
Hollywood 2; Sacramento 3.
Portland 3: SanFrancisco 1.
Missions 5: Oakland 2.
MADF PIONEER TRIP ON SNOW
SHOES FROM ST. MICHAEL
TO OUliUUUi
SEATTLE, March 29, UP)—C. H.
Hamilton, 07, northwest shipper,
uied at Yarrow, Wash., following
a long illness.
He was the senior partner in
the Hawaiian Molasses Company.
He was born in Minnesota in 1872
and beginning in 1891 was for
seven years in the employ of the
North American Transportation
and Trading company of Seattle I
and Alaska.
During that period lie made a
pioneer trip of 1,500 miles, on snow I
shoes, from St. Michael, up the j
Yukon river and over the coast
range, to Chilkoot. He was later
appointed to the U. S. Shipping
Board.
CAPE CODDERS LIVE LONG
BREWSTER, Mass., March 29,
•A’)—Eleven persons died in this
town in 1928 with an average age
of 77, another evidence of the
longevity of Cape Cod folks.
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SEATTLE, March 29, (A3)—The
city council, late today, expect to
pass a $25,000 emergency appro
priation with which to furnish
suitable quarters for Asiatic pas
sengers arriving on Puget Sound, as
long as memingitis is prevalent
among them. The money will be
devoted for improvement of the
emergency station at Diamond Pt.,
near Point Townsend.
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FR.AL MONTHS AGO
March 29. (A3)—It is
''•enorted that the second $10,000.
ono pn’p timber company is plan
ned hv interests recentlv formed.
The $10,000,000 Puget Sounc^
|unln 7'niber Co., plans to erect
la $3.000 000 plant at Everett, it is
paid. The new concern is an out
growth of the Alaska Pulp Paper
jHardwood Co., incorporated several
months ago with capitalization of
$45,000 to be devoted chiefly to the
exploitation of Alaska timber.
The Alaska company is said to
jhnve recently signed contracts
jWith the givernment for several
hundred thousand acres of timber
Jon the Alaska railway.
Ossian Anderson, president of the
Puget Sound firm, declined to dis
cuss the plans of the proposed en- ;
larged company.
BRITISH FIRMS SET UP
LONDON, March 29, (JP)—The
j years since the great war have
seen remarkable concentration of
business of all kinds of Lon-j
don. Until a few years ago the I
headquarters of many great Brit- 1
;sh industrial, financial and ship- j
ping concerns were in provincial I
cities. 1
The transfer of the head offices
of the White Star'steamship line
has drawn attention to the trend
of shipping to the British capital.
TEA FOR TWO
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Joan Crawford, film
stars, who recently announced they would be married on
Jctober 23rd next, the anniversary of their engagement.
JH FLIER SETS
OFF RECENT MONTHS, AC
COMPLISHES PURPOSE
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Mar.
29, (/P)—Martin Jensen set a new
solo endurance record of 35 hours,
33 minutes and 21 seconds, beating
the time of the late Royal Thomas
l’’ eight, minutes and 22 seconds.
When he landed his tanks held
one gallon of high test gasoline
Which was used to prove the ef
ficiency of such fuel.
Declaring himself tired after
the long grind, he took a short
nap after which he then told of
his experiences over the radio.
The air was exceedingly bumpy,
he said. It was the third attempt
Jensen had made to take the re
cord; once he was forced down
with a broken shield which let the
rain in; in the second attempt he
failed to gain altitude.
Thomas was killed in an air ac
cident one week after he set the
record last May.
FOUGHT IN $10,000,000 STADIUM
OF ‘PADDY” HARMON’S
IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, March 29, (/P)_Tom
ir.y Loughran, master boxer, suc
cessfully resisted the assaults of
M.'ckey Walker to win ms third
wond boxing title, decisively de
feating him in a 10-round battle,
at the opening of “Paddy’ Har
man’s $10,000,000 stadium.
The verdict was not unanimous;
Davey Miller, the referee, casting
his ballot for Walker, the middle
weight tile holder; Eddie Kelin
and Phil Collins voted for Lough
ran.
The battle was devoid of knock
downs or stirring action, and less
than 20,000 people witnessed the
fight.
In the semi-windup “Tuffy”
Griffith won a terrific 10-round
go over Leo Lomski of Aberdeen,
Wash., the “Assassin.”
WHEELING, W. Va., March 29,
jCP)—A 13-year-old murder case
r->me to trial in intermediate court
t'ere. It was that of Henry Able,
charged with killing his wife in
their home here in June 1916. The
lefendant pleaded insanity when
rraigned on the charge that year.
A jury decided he was insane at
he t'me of the trial, but sane
'-/hen he slew his mate. As a re
ult of hte finding, the court sent
Able to the state hospital for tne
vsane at Weston to remain until
( .'red cr his death. The man was
(ischarged from the institution
recently as cured and brought
rere to face arraignment.