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MEMBER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 154.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 11. 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NOTED GEOLOGIST
ENTERS EXPLOSIVE
AREA OE VOLCANO
FATHER HUBBARD AND PARTY
RISK UVES IN AN1AK
CHAK CRATER
CHIGNIK, July 11. (Special to
The Gateway)—Father Bernard
Kubbard, noted geologist and pro
fessor at Santa Clara College, and
party were successful in entering
Aniakchak crater.
The entire 30 square mile area
<*• inside the crater is deep in ashes,
cinders and volcanic bombs destroy
ing all plant and animal life.
The present explosive area is four
miles wide consisting of the main
upbuilt hub of the crater, three
miles in circumference, and ^sev_
eral huge explosion pits and
pushed up hill of broken gas, emit
ting lava blocks.
The crater is still erupting and
pushing up new lava plugs. Gases
were very noticeable but aside
from nausea and headaches the
party experienced no severe dif
ficulties.
Thousands of movies were taken
of the active area. The “Glacier
Priest” is entering the crater again
for still pictures after which he
will fly over fog for pictures, re
turning then to Seward
mime Fits be
REDUCED iE-FOUBTH
EARLY IN OCTOBER
PARIS, July 11. (.Pi—Beginning
October 1 all first-class fares on
r liners between Europe and the
L nited States will almost certainly
be reduced 20 to 25 per cent, it
was learned from executives of
steamship companies attending a
preliminary meeting of an Atlantic
conference.
Two months ago shipping lines
failed to reach an agreement to
reduce rates but American lines
are ready to join British in slash
ing charges. German lines, which
are said to have lost less traffic
than the others, will still fight
against reductions, according to re
ports here
PARIS, July 11. (/P)—Suppression
oi cannibalism among pygmy
tribes in the Belgian Congo works
about like prohibition in the United
states, Herbert Bradley, African
explorer of the Bradley Bigelow
expedition, said upon his arrival
here after six months investiga
tion in the dark Congo forests
with his wife and daughter, Alice.
Bradley said he found an ex
tremely small type of man being!
four feet, two inches in height.|
Full grown mothers were three
feet, six inches tall and were ad
dicted to eating human flesh.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, July 11. (A*)—Halibut
from four vessels totaling 52,6001
pounds sold for 5c and 93/8c. At
Prince Rupert 100,000 pounds of
American brought 3c and 6c; Ca
nadian, 3c and 6.01c.
ins PUN TO
OBTIIN NEW MOTOR
FOR "FORT WORTH"
NOME, July 11. (#•) — Robbins and
Jones intend to get a Wasp mot-oi
ma|re powerful than the present
one in the “Forth Worth” and in
stall it at Fairbanks, if possible.
They will fly* to Seattle for a se
cond attempt at the Tokyo hop.
If it is found impossibe to get
the motor at Fairbanks they in
tend to go back to Forth Worth,
Texas and get a motor there, then
return to Seattle hoping to make
a second attempt within the week
depending on the time required tr
install the motor.
Meanwhile, bad weather is hold
ing the fliers here. They may de
cide to leave the refueling plane
j at Fairbanks until the flight plane
I returns on the next hop.
| SMASHES AIRPLANE RECORD
NEW YORK. July 11. (/P)—Cap
tain Frank Hawks smashed the
airplane record for the trip from
Montreal to New York, making the
! flight in one and three- quarters.
TEN MONTHS CRUISE
NEW YORK, July 11. i.P)—Wil
liam K. Vanderbilt sailed aboard
the yacht Alva on a ten-months
cruise of the seven seas, during
which he hopes to cover 30.000
miles. The expedition will study
and make motion pictures of un
dersea life.
FRISCO'S NOT SFELL
TAKES SUDDEN FLOP
i SAN RANCISCO, July 11. </P>—
San. Francisco’s hot spell took a
downward swoop. In four hours
it dropped 21 debrees from the
high mark of 95 which was four
degrees under Friday’s top and it
will be still cooler, the weather
bureau said
The old reliable Pacific Ocean
sea breezes were responsible. They
broke thru an area of stagnant
high barometric pressure which
had been holding them out at sea.
OFFICIAL GREETER
CHICAGO, July 11. (/P)—Colonel
George D. Gaw, recently appoint
ed official greeter of notables in
Chicago, is planning a series of
conferences &ith streetcar conduct
ors, drivers and bell boys to coach
them in the art of making things
pleasant for the city’s visitors.
WANTS FIGHT SCHMELING
new YORK, July 11. </P)-Jack
Sharkey announced intention of
fighting until he gets another
chance with Champion Schmeling.
“I will keep fighting until I get
that Schmeling in the ring with
me again,” he said, “then I will
give him a beating of a lifetime.”
F
PRICE FOR HUGE LOAN, SUR
RENDERING POLITICAL
CONCESSIONS
BERLIN, July 11. (/P)—Luther re
turned to Berlin by air with the
message for the German govern
ment that France was disposed
to help Germany in her search for
a huge loan but that the price is
permamenT pacifism, financial
guarantees and other assurances
of a technical character.
Also, a form of important con
dition for French cooperation in
renunciation of all ideas of econ
omic or political union with Aus
tria, suspension of naval armament
construction and other stipula
tions.
j It is learned that France is de
I manding even more. She wants
■ to reassure her people that such
! manifestations like the steel hel_
! met organization will cease
! In a general way Germany must
jgive evidence that France’s na
> tional security will not be im
| perilled, pledging peaceful coop
eration with France. The United
[States and Europe will dominate
Germany’s foreign policy.
GERMAN LEADERS WOULD RE
SIGN RATHER SUBMIT
TO TERMS
BERLIN, July 11. (/P>—Rather
than submit to French political
demands in connection with a
$400,000,000 loan, Luther sought in
Paris, not only Bruening but Hin
denburg would resign.
The Associated Press learned
that Hindenburg’s stand is un
shakably as ever. Behing, the
chancellor, believes that an over
whelming majority of German
people are behind them in declin
ing to buy foreign aid at the price
of political concessions.
However, Bruening and Curtis
may go the limit for a concilia
tion. It is insisted here no gov
ernment would last a day if they
accepted what Germany calls the
“fantastic French plan for Ger.
many’s recovery.”
SUSPENSION OF 11,s
SENTENCE IS DENIED
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11.
(/P)—Fall was denied suspension
of his one-year jail term by Judge
Bailey of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court who did not imme
diately order him to jail.
He said he would entertain a
motion to modify Falls’ sentence
to add a day to the year given
him. Judge Bailey said he wanted
to pass on the matter next Mon
day.
MOVES HEADQUARTERS
VANCOUVER, B. C., July 11. </P)
—Removal of the head office of
the New England Fish Co. of Bos
ton to Seattle and appointment
of Al Hage of Vancouver as pres
ident of the company, was an
nounced here Friday night. This
action was authorized at a recent
meeting of shareholders in Port
land, Maine,
i _
WHEAT SPECULATORS,
UNLEGITIMATE BUYERS
CRn. HOOVER
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11.
(£*)—President Hoover again recog
nized the plight of wheat growers
charging that speculators are sell
ing short, with driving down prices j
1 and depriving farmers of their j
I just profits with wheat at the !
! lowest price in 30 years and a !
heavy movement of the new crop
is under way.
j He called upon them to cease j
! their activities until the markets j
, have been revived.
The denunciation was addressed '
! to the “limited number of specu- j
| lators” and was not intended to
j refer to legitimate traders.
POISON BOOTLEG LIQUOR
BRCCTON, Mass., July 11. (/Pi
Five persons died from poison
bootleg liquor here. They were
Mrs. Annie Jacobs, 58, her son, i
Edward, Lloyd Dean, George Dav- ■
i Ison and John Blake.
LOTTERY TICKETS SEIZED
NEW YORK, July 11 (/P)—Eight,
een men were arrested and $25,
000 worth of lottery tickets were j
seized by police in raids which it '
j was asserted smashed one of the j
i largest gambling rings in the Me- j
tropolis area
I
SLIDES TO OEXTH
I SEATTLE, July 11. (#>)—R. K.
I Zinn, a Portland mountain climb
! er, was believed to have lost his
life near the Summit of Mt. Rainier
in a long slide down an icy incline
which terminated in a crevasse
near a 1,200-foot drop into Nis.
qually Glacier.
A guide in charge of another
party nearby saved the life of
Zinn’s companion by sliding after
him and catching him but Zinn
disappeared about 1,500 feet below.
CASE DISMISSED
NEW YORK. July 11. (JP)—The
police case against Arthur Flegen
heimer, alias Duth Schultz, col
lapsed when the court dismissed
the charge of violating the Sul
livan Law by carrying a shotgun.
All charges against the beer baron
have now been lifted.
LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION
CHICAGO, July 11. (JP)—Tracing
long-distance phone calls by Chi
cago racketeers has revealed to
special prohibition agents that
ramifications of A1 Capone’s liquor
distribution covered about one
fourth of the United States.
AREA IN ICY WASTES OF
GREENLAND CLAIMED BY
NORWAY
LONDON, July 11. (^—Norway
and Denmark, once united and
long friends, are embroiled in a
dispute over the sovereignty of
Central and Eastern Greenland’s
icy wastes.
King Haakon of Norway signed
a formal declaration and gave
notice that Norway occupies the
territory lying 75.40 and' 71.30
north latitude on the eastern
coast.
An expedition of Norwegians re
cently planted a flag in this re
gion claiming the land for Nor
way The Danish cabinet is con
sidering the situation. Foreign
Minister Nunch said Denmark will
carry the case to the world court
and is hopeful the matter will be
cleared without straining ties be
tween the two nations.
PREMIER OF EN6LAND
MISTAKEN THAT II. S.
INCREASING STRENGTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11.
(/P)—Senator David Reed, chair
man of the Senate Military Affairs
committee, issued- a statement in
which he declared Premier Ramsay
MacDonald of England was mis
taken when he said recently that
the United States is increasing
strength and costs of the United
States Army and Navy
Senator Reed said the “recent
statement by Prime Minister Mac
Donald regarding Army and Navy
expenditures of the United States
has created a mistaken impression
that the United States is increas
ing strength as well as costs of its
Army and Navy” The facts are
that a very severe reducton, both,
in strength and money expendL
tures, has been made
SCRIPT ILLEGAL
CHICAGO, July 11. (1P)—Payment
in script of $10,000,000 back sal
aries, owed school teachers, was
declared illegal by corporation
counsel, forcing Mayor Cermak's
advisory committee to seek a new
method of raising the necessary
funds.
BRITISH CRUISERS
VISIT KIEL HARBOR
KIEL, Germany, July 11. (>P)—
Two British cruisers, the Dorse -
thiere and the Norfolk, newest of
their types steamed into Kiel Har
bor paying their official respects
It is the first visit of British
warships since June 1914 when the
visit of the British fleet was inter
rupted by the assassination of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand at
Sarajevo in Bosnia, the event that
started the World War.