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MBER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
LUME XVI. NUMBER 115.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MATING LIQUORS
JSTING AMERICANS
S2.848.000.000 YEARLY
OTHER ESTIMATES PLACE NA
TION’S DRINK BILL FAR IN
EXCESS THIS FIGURE
WASHINGTON, May 25. (/P) —
The estimate showing that people
of the United States are spending
$2,848,000,000 annually for intoxi
cating beverages was completed to
day by the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment.
The research department of the
Association concluded that “illicit
liquor business has become one of
the American major industries.”
surpassing $2,793,000,000 wholesale
liquor and passenger automobiles
in 1929 and approaching the gaso- j
line expenditures for that year.
“We have never claimed our es
timate is infallible but we believe
it to be a conservative one. Most
estimates of the Nation’s drink bill
are far in excess of our figure.”
The Association said the figures
were based on the estimate of 50
cents a gallon for beer, $2.20 for a
gallon of wine and $11 for spirits.
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ORIGIN. TIPPED OFF
[SCUFF IS PLANNED
VANDALIA, May 25. (IP)—Guards
men patrolled the enclosure wfrerei
jour wooden dormitories are in
jishes. The windows in the admin
9 :stration building and the dining
. oom are half shattered.
The total damade is estimated
at $10,000.
The inmates had been sullen fo 1
several days. Several weeks ago ou- j
orintendnt Metzger said he had
seen tipped off that an escape
was planned. He stationed guards
$ in the cornfield adjoining the out
er fence who fired on the prisoneis
when they attempted to escape and i
did not heed the command of halt.
After the shooting the other in
mates ran to the dormitory and j
tore the straw mattresses and set
fire to them. Others threw stones
at the administration building and
the guards.
The riot ended when the Superin
tendent arrived and ordered the
prisoners into a comer of the stock
ade. They complied meekly.
The four prisoners who tried to
escape are to be turned over to the
county officials for trial.
CONTINUE ECONOMY
ORANGE, Virginia, ^ay 25. (#)—
President Hoover and officials of
the post office department formed
preliminary plans to embellish and
continue next year’s economies cal
< culated to save $38,000,000 this fis
cal year.
BEAR ON RAMPAGE
KODIAK, May 25, Special to
The Gateway—A large brown bear
killed three cattle and mangled
another belonging to H. 8. Abbert
last Wednesday. The bear escap
ed.
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On the Oil Trail |||
(By May L. Kellogg)
It was in the summer of 1914 that the SS Admiral Evans
^dropped anchor at the mouth of Ship/Creek—head of
Cook Inlet. It was early in the morning and the ship
carried a cargo of merchandise, several families of
homesteaders for Matanuska Valley, a few prospectors
and single persons—the writer among the latter. We
were headed for Knik, that being the only camp near
by. Land was what we were after and we wanted the
very "pick” of it for we had come to stay.
Because of this the cargo was no light one, and be
fore it was all unloaded onto the scow’s and launches it
was 6 p. m. >
Finally, after a noisy and confusing day on board
during which the cooks had a hard time of it, (our ap
petites called loudly) we were landed from thej launch
at Knik. Some of the passengers had friends here and I
was passed along with them. Here we were soon, settled
in a comfortable log roadhouse of the real pioneer sort
presided over by Mrs. Mary Morrison, a real Sourdough.
£n Knik we spent the winter locating our homesteads and lay
ing future plans. This gave us time to learn a good deal about the
country as the leading people of Knik were all oldtimers, George j
Palmer, his sister, Mrs. Murry; Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Heming, Frank
Cannon and others.
That winter was the mildest ever seen there by the oldest inhab
itant Less than six inches of snow fell in Matanuska Valley. This, I
thought, is the ideal place for me. Here I will remain.
This was followed by a really beautiful springtime—so lovely that
I spent many spare hours in verse writing. My time was all my own.
LONDON, May 25. (/P) — Andrew !
O’Conner, former stone cutter at j
Providence, Rhode Island, won
what many consider the highest
honor in the world for sculptors j
with his “Mother of Sorrows,” her- j
oic bronze figure of a kneeling wo
man.
His work was accepted for per
manent exhibition at the National
Gallery at Milbank.
He will unveil a bust of Lincoln
in Providence on Memorial Day.
O’Conner is the first American
sculptor to be so honored. A few
years ago he was the first Ameri
can sculptor to win the medal of a
Paris salon. For achieving that he
was made a Chevalier of the Legion
of Honor.
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wits out of in
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 25,
(/P)—Heavy taxation rather than
price freezing was advocated to
the war policies commission by
Walter S. Gifford, president of the
' American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, to take the pro
fits out of war.
The plan for freezing all prices
proposed by Bernard M. Baruch,
former chairman of the War In
dustries Board, was highly com
mended, however, by J. Leonard
Replogle, New York steel manu
facturer. -
Now come the advance guard
of the new Alaska Railroad. All
is stir and bustle. Oldtthiecs are
packing up and leaving Knik for
the new town Ship Creek. Laun- j
ches, scows and skiffs are in!
great demand. Many people do j
no eat or sleep. All must go, of |
coure, to “look-see” the new |
town if only for a short while—;
this writer among the others.
Five hundred tents at the mouth
of Ship Creek—swarms rushing
excitedly—officials selling town j
lots to the highest bidder—soldiers
felling trees—surveyors laying out
streets—tents and shacks going up
over night; we compare this with
the two early gold rushes, the
Klondike and Nome.
Two weeks of this and we re
turn to Knik. Our log cabins
have been built; the time has
come for us to take up our res
idence on our homesteads in Mat
anuska.
By small boat then up - Knik
Arm—pack horses through the
forest several miles (Oh, mosqui
tos)—no roads yet, a narrow trail
made long ago by government sur
veyors; fishing in streams, fine.
Here romantically settled i n
my cabin I enjoyed the grandest
scenery on. the continent from my
door. Snow-capped ranges a hun
dred miles away; sitting on a
block of wood at my door (no
chairs) I could plainly hear the
voices of men and dogs at the
new railroad camp a mile away.
The sound of chopping wood each
evening blended with the con
tented call of the neighborly owls
my nearest friends in the tree
tops.
Blasting on the railroad was a
constant reminder of the great
est event that had happened in
Alaska. A government railroad
was being built to serve Alaskans.
How our hearts thrilled at the
(PtoM* tea to Paco Two)
IHTE EHRIGEO WHEN
GUARDS SHOT DOWN
ESCAPING COMRADE
V AND ALIA, Illinois, May 25. (/Pi
Seven prisoners were wounded Sun
day night in an attempted break
for freedom and the subsequent
riot among the 600 inmates of the
Vandalia State Penal farm who
became enraged as guards shot
down four of their comrades who
were making a desperate attempt
to scale the barbed wire farm
stockade.
Other inmates put the torch to
four buildings. The fires were fin
ally brought under control and
the prisoners brought under sub
jugation.
DESPONDENT MOTHER
CHHD FOR DEATHS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. (/P)—
Mrs. Bernice Foley, 30, coffee shop
proprietor, faced two counts for
murder in connection with the
death of her children Patsy and
Robert aged eight and six years,
who were found poisoned to death
in their beds last night:
Mis. Foley told authorities she
was despondent over business. She
surrendered to two Ocean Beach
patrolmen who quoted her that she
planned to end her life by walking
into the ocean.
UK TRUST FUNDS
LEFT SOI, D1GHTFI
NEW YORK, May 25, (/P)—Trust
funds of $3,000,000 each were set
up for her sen and daughter in
the will of Mrs. Whitlaw Reid.
Lady Ward of England, formerly
Jean Templeton Reid, in addition
was bequeathed all of Mrs. Reid’s
Jewelry, gold plate, laces and
furs.
Most of the contents of the
house on Madison Avenue in New
York were left to Ogden Mills
Reid, her son. Residue of the es
tate, after charitable bequests to
talling $740,000, was equally divid
ed between the two children.
Mrs. Reid’s controlling interest
in the New York Herald-Tribune
previously had been turned over
to her son, the will disclosed.
HIT SEPARATE HEARINGS
GIRL "SLUE MARKET"
' SAN DIEGO, May 25. (^—Se
parate hearings in the “Hollywood
Girl Market” case are sought by
Alexander Pantages, Jesse Sh reves
and John Mills as a prelude to the
opening of their trial in the su
Whelanperior court.
District Attorney Tom Whelan
said that in the event the motion?
are granted, the three trials will be
held simultaneously in separate
courts to reduce the costs.
The hearing on the separate trial
motions was expected to take most
of today.
WITH FREEDOM
NEAR INMATE IS
TESTIMONY SENT FOUR MEN TO
THE PENITENTIARY FOR
LIFE TERMS
BALTIMORE, May 25. (&) —
Blood transfusion and oxygei\.was
resorted to in efforts^ to" save the
life of Frank Allers, 35, penitentiary
inmate who was stabbed twice in
the back in the prison washroom
48 hours before his release after
serving a 10-year sentence for lar
ceny.
His condition is desperate. Allers
admitted he drove the car used in
the holdup and was promised im
munity if he turned informer. His
testimony sent four men to prison
for life for the murder of William
Norris during a Baltimore holdup.
Aller’s assailant drove a knife
with a six inch blade between the
shoulders twice when the blade
was broken off from the handle
The handle was not found. The
incisions, six inches deep, caused
-’Yiorrohages and paralysis to the
lower limbs.
DDll) MURDER MR
CONFESSES TO POLICE
NEW YORK, May 25. (/P)—Sam
uel Stein, ex-convict, and Harry
Greenberg were formally charged
with the- murder of Vivian Gordon,
Broadway Butterfly, Sunday.
Harry Schlitten, a New York and
New Jersey taxi driver and Izzy
‘.English” Lewis are held as ma
terial witnesses after the alleged
confession of Schlitten at police
headquarters.
The police said that Schlitten.
told them he drove the car in which
Miss Gordon was strangled on Feb
ruary 26 and from which her body
was thrown into a thicket in the
upper Bronx.
QUEEN HELEN, INK,
REFUSES HEGONGILINTION
BUCHAREST, May 25, (IP)—Queer.
Helen, estranged wife of King Carol,
explained to the royal fa n* y that
a decree is being drafteu for sub
mittance to the new parliament
confirming her exclusion and stat
ing that she no longer is entitled
to the rights and honoaccorded
to the royalty.
Parliament is expected to adopt
the measure when ‘l assembles.
Helen is to leave the country per
manently soon thereafter, refusing
reconciliation and be crowned with
King Carol.
explorer found dead
BERLIN, May 25, (/P)—Arctic ri
gors have claimed another illus
trious explorer and scientist. Word
was received that the body of
Professor Alfred L. Wegener,
head of the German expedition
to Central Greenland, had been
found by a rescue party, and dis
pelled the last lingering hope that
he would, be found alive.