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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 109.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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WALSH UREASES
LEAD OVER HOOVER
CHANCES SLIM EITHER REPUB
LICANS OR DEMOCRATS POLL
MAJORITY REQUIRED
INDIANAPOLIS, May 9. (^—Sena
tor Watson’s hopes of going to the Re
publican National Convention with
Indiana’s) 33 votes pledged to him,
mounted as additional returns In yes
terday’s primary increased his lead
over Hoover.
The advantage Hoover gained when
the populous centers of Northern In
diana cast a heavy vote for him, were
wiped onjjt during the night whe^i
down State returns swelled the Wat
son total.
Senatorial contests seemed defin
itely settled. 'United states Senator
Robinson is out in front with a ma
jority over Attorney General Gilloo,
and Solon Carter in the Republican
race.
Albert Stump likewise led his
Democratic opponents, Waljter Myers
and William Curry.
Republican and Democratic nomi
nees for Governor will in all proba
bility, be selected by the Convention
as the chances are slim that any of
the 10 Republicans will poll the ma
jority required by law*. The same is
true in the Democratic contest.
COMMUNISTS BEEN ATTEMPT
ING TO RUIN CHINA FOR SEV
RAL YEARS HE SAYS
LONDON, May 9. {JP)~Chang Tso
Lin, Northern. Dictator, sent out a tel
egram to all civil and military author,
ities throughout China proclaiming a
temporary cessation of war beween
the Northerners and Southerners be
cause of the critical situation which
has arisen between Japan and China.
Chang declared civil war has been
in progress for several years while
Communists have been attempting to
ruin the country.
He has always apprehended war
might impair China’s friendly rela
tions due to the unfortunate incidents
which have now happened. Accord
ingly. he has ordered his troops to
cease hostilities in order to save the
country.
FAVOR AL SMITH
DOVER, May 9. (jP)—-Democrats
elected six uninstructed delegates to
the National Convention. Harry Gra
ham, Democratic State Chairman,
said all favored Smith’s candidacy.
Editor of the Seward Gateway;
A few words to the Seward liter
chants: Be consistant! Time and
again in the columns of The Gate
way we have read of the advantages
to be derived by the town as a whole,
thru its citizens patronizing and trad
ing with the local merchants.
The cry has been, and still is, any
money spent with a local merchant
keeps the money here in Seward,
while any article purchased "Out
side” takes that much money from
the town, never to return. There is
some truth in this. For instance: U
I purchase an article from a Seward
merchant for $10.00, a certain par
cent of that $10.00 goes "Outside”
to the jobber from which the Seward
merchant purchased the article, the
balance remains here in Seward
Fair enough! Please remember this
land later compare it with the 15 per
j cent paid by the town for the teach
t rs’ salaries and upkeep of the
s' hools.
The Territory of Alaska pays Sr>
per cent of the teachers’ salaries and
upkeep of the schools, (BUT NOT
ONE CENT FOR RENT) while the
town pays but 15 per cent. Now, if
we add another teacher to the pre
sent force, at a salary of $200.00 pe~
month we will bring in $170.00 a
month of outside money at a cost of
$30.00 local money, to say nothing
of the fact that the local merchant
will have another consumer in town
who earns $200.00 a month. This is
rtainly good business for the mer
chant.
Every parent, and also merchant,
nows it costs money to cloth, feed,
shelter and educate a child. It is
the duty cf every parent to give that
child the best schooling he can af
ford, and incidentally a high school
education is mainly a foundation for
a college career. Now, if our high
school is not accredited, a graduate
of it can not enter college without
first learning certain subjects that
vc- did not teach him because we
lacked the teacher and equipment.
(Continued on Fage Eight)
j SEATTLE, May 9. (/P)—'The Admir
i al Evans of the S. S. Co., sailed at
! 10 o’clock this morning carrying 154
j passengers. The Seward listing is O.
' A. Johansen and wife^ Norman Ervine,
■ J. L. Cavanaugh, B. Belleview, F. A.
I Neville, Mrs. Nyd rile, Miss Briggs,
| R. H. Leverick, Adolph Nelson, C. A.
Anderson, K. Ayres, E. Uhdl and eighlt
steerage.
, HOUSE, SENATE
WASHINGTON, May 9. (/P)—The
House passed and sent to the Senate
Jthe White Bill authorizing S3,400,000
for a five-year fish conservation pro
gram. This appropriation includes
$50,000 for establishing of fish hatch
eries in Alaska this year.
{SEATTLE CLUB WILL
| DISCUSS ALASKA TRIP
i
I --
(
j SEATTLE, May 9. (£>)—'The Young
Men’s Business Club will give over
| their meeting tomorrow to the Alaska
j Day program in furtherance of res
I ervations for the Alaska excursion
the club will make together with the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce on
| June 2 to the 16.
...... .. — .
FOREIGNERS EVACUATE
TSINGTAO, China, May 9. (£>)—All
foreigners, except Germans and Jap
1 anese ,are reported to have evacuated
Tsinan w'here Chinese and Japanese
are at war. A train is enroute here
carrying refugee^
i
EDISON EXPERIMENTS WITH RUBBER PLANTS IN FLORIDA
HUM'S
ISPIRI TALK
01 SALESMANSHIP
NEW YORK HUNTER MAKES A
HIT AT CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE LUNCHEON
A dynamic, high-powered address
on salesmanship, by Robert Froth
ingnam oi i\ew York, was the prin
jo weekly luncheo"
of the Seward Chamber of Common
yesterday. Mr. Frothingham arrived
cn the Aleutian last Saturday, et>
route for the Alaska Peninsula where
he will hunt Kodiak bear with Andy
Simons, Hank Lucas and Georee
Nelson of the Alaska Guides, Inc.,
the month of June. He i'!
spending a few days at the Seward
hotel before starting on his trip.
Mr. Frothingham. in a few prelimi
nary remarks, referred to his addreje
as d “preachment” and chose for his
text that famous line from Kobe.’,
Louis Stevenson: “I know whni
pleasure is because I have done good
work.” Call hi', address a preacn
| ment or by any other title, it wa:
lone of the most ‘live-wire, straigh*
! from fne-shoulder talks that th• ■
"•merce has listened
I to I'Ox many a day and it '.vii be
| talked about for many a day to come
by those members who were fort an
ate enough to be present, Tt was, in
brief, a clarion call to man-size co
operation of the highest type on the
part of Alaska’s citizens, among
themselves and with “the stranger
• within our gates.”
First of all, Mr. Frothingham stress
e-1 the fact that there were seven
hunters in all who came up on the
Aleutian, whose combined financial
outlay for their hunting trips alone
'amounted to $21,000-and that two of
them purchased furs in Juneau to the
extent of close to $2,000. He then
went on to elaborate the fact that the
salesmanship which made such things
as that possible had to be figured on
a higher plane than mere barter, that
there was a moral obligation back of
it all, the results of which would de
termine whether these men would re
turn to Alaska and bring others with
them or go away disappointed, not so
much with the results of their trip,
as possibly the people with whom
they came in content, and the char
ade -
I1 brie". Va. Frothingham stated
that even' man. woman i”-’ '
resident in h’-i'ha was a “saiesm
for F’n Tr' -^o-y whether or no—ami j
i
it w»s strictly up to them to demon
strata whether their salesmanship
was productive of permanent results
or of the “flasli-in-the-pan” variety.
He then proceeded to prove his
point by stating that he had received
such splendid service and treatment
on the Alaska Steamship Company’s
ship Aleutian that he could not
(Continued on Page Seven)
DRY PLATFORM
ANTI^I N STRUCT ED (CANDIDATE,
GUNTER, HAS SLIGHT MARGIN
FOR FOURTH PLACE
BIRMINGHAM, May 9. {^—Candi
dates who sought instructions against
any Wet Presidential candidate were
well in the lead for the three of four
places in Alabama’s delegation-at
large to the 1 ston Convention.
As scattered returns were received
Mayor W. Gunter? anti-instructed can
didate, was leading for fourth, place
by a slight margin.
The (first three were A. Garmi
chael, Harry Avers and Borden Burr,
of the 14 candidates seekrjng fiour
places.
Walter Moore, for Democratic Nat
ional Committeeman, held a slight
lead over Watt Brown.
FRIENDS MAKING
HERB'S CAMPAIGN
TELLS COMMITTEE
HE HAS MADE NO PERSONAL EX.
PENDITURES ASIDE FROM
TELEPHONE CALLS
WASHINGTON, May 9. (iP)—Her
bert Hoover told the Senate Cam
paign Funds Committee of “the ex
penditure side” of his campaign and
said he made “no personal expendi
tures except perhaps for telephone
calls.”
Hoover, {testifying under oath, said
friends have made the campaign for
him in a number of states, in 10,
which primaries have been called for.
James W. Good, former member of
he House from Iowa, has charge of
Hoover’s National organization, and
George Lockwood, former Secretary
of he Republican National Committee,
is connected with it. Hoover declar
ed.
He asserted he was unable to give
tthe amount of money expended for
the Indiana primary as it is in the
hands of his Indiana manager, Oscar
^oellinger.
CONTROL CONVENTION
DALLAS, Tex., May 9. (^—Advo
cates of the Prohibition plank on the
Democratic, platform and a Dry can
didate for President, will be in con
trol of the Democratic State Conven
tion on May 22. This is assured by
the returns from more than half of
Texas county conventions.