tlXXUY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 177. SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 1928
PRICE TEN GENTS
UNFINISHED WORK FROM LAST
SESSION PRESENTS A REAL
PROBLEM
WASHINGTON, Dec., 1. (JP)—Re
turning to the Capitol to pick uo
what was left of last May, members
of Congress found the calendar un
finished and routine business for
' concluding short session will begin
Monday.
The session is complicated oy the
new demands of campaign promis
es. Even before arriving the Con
gressional hosts could not set at
their desks and bring out old Bills
neglected In the press the last ses
sion., as conferences are calld tc
take up the fate of Legislative
promises. These are principally tar
iff and revision of farm relief.
MONDAY AFTERNOON
,..uci the opening of the ses
sion in the House has been conciuu
ed, Republican members of the
Ways and Means Committee wil
meet to discuss the much discusser
question of whether tariff will.be
undertaken. The unfinished worr
presents a real problem.
The Senate, which starts off al
most as soon as the gavel falls, be
gins with the resumption of the de
bate of the Swing-Johnson Bouidei
— oitTxjun Dam Bill. Besieges tfeis 3’-*
they must decide on a batch of exe
cutive nominations to be acted up
on.
The Senate also has before It ad
ministrations of the Naval con
structicn measure and the Kellog;
and War Treaty. The House i,
plunged into the task of appro
priating money to run the Govern
ment during the approaching fisca
vear.
making first STOP IN SOFT'
AMERICA; IS BOUND FOR
UPRIVER PORT
S. 8. CLEVELAND, off OUAYA
QUID. Dec.. 1. (/$—Herbert Hoove
transferred from the Battle'hi;
Maryland vo the cruiser Clevelair
and the Cleveland invr edia.eiv Le
gan the eight-hour rim ac-oss th
roadstead and up the rher »r. O
aouii the principal port in Ecuadoi
Inasmuch as the Maryland coni'
not go close enough ashore to sen
a pm*y in small boots the Cleve
land was summoned from Centra
American waters to take Hoove
ashore, the first stopping place li
South America.
Temperature Of King
George Rises During
Night; Keen Anxiet
l ONDON, Dec.. 1, (/P)—A sligh
rise in t.he King’s feverish conditio
was announced in a medical bulie
tin. The Nation is hoping the Kin
will make steady progress to muv
erv. The knowledge that his tevc
ia higher, If only slightly gave un
easiness to the public feeling. Kin
George is stated as having passe
a foirly comfortable night ana th
d ctors said there has been n
change in his general condition.
TAKES THE CHAIR
MEXICO CITY. Dec., 1, (JP'i—
Emilio Portes took over the reigns
of the Government succeeding
President Cslles and pledged con
jtinuance of the policies of Calles
and mentioned the hope to continue
the mutual understanding with the
United States.
AUTHORITIES AT RIVERSIDE
DEFER TO EOS ANGELES
OFFICIALS
LOS ANGELES, Dec., 1. (IP)—
Northcott, after his fir t night in
inil hr-re faced the prospect of
]standing trial in Los Angeles, first
for the murder of the Mexican
youth found beheaded near Puente.
He was arraigned yesterday and
I will make a plea on December 5th.
Authorities at Riverside county,
I where he is alleged to have com
mitted all four murders, announced
they deferred to Los Angeles. This
county claimed .jurisdiction on the
grounds the body was found within
its limits.
Northcott repudiated his reported
(confession, announced by authori
ties, but officials insist be made the
confession orally before two per
sons.
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KEPTUNE SUPREME
YESTERDAY ABOARD
THE HOOVER SHIP
BOTH CROSSED EQUATOR A
QUARTER CENTURY ACO BO
ARE EXCLUDED
ABOARD BATTLESHIP MARY
LAND, Enroute to GRAYAQUIL,
Ecuador, Dec.. 1, CPY—The Hoover’s
today enjoyed watching King Neo
tune and Lis rovnl avp.stjtatp. initi
ate those aboard the Maryland
crossing the Erjuator lor the first,
time. Botn Mr. and Mrs. Hoover
quarter of a century asn, crossed
the Equator.
For the initiation to King Nep
tune and his assembled royal family'
the ceremony consisted of taking
butter pill® in the throat, a spray oi
.an electric shock and sploshing of
lamp black and crude oil, then
ducking in a tank by the “Royal
Bears”. The novice • were finally
forced to run the gaunlet of the
“Royal Police” lined up in double
columns and applying batons vigor
ously
|Hunch Saved Life
01 Peler Lundal
In Joining Crete
KETCHIKAN, Dec., 1, (/P)—'The
hunch that kept Peter Lundal oi
Ketchikan from bearding the hali
buter Brunvoll on its last voyage tc
the fishing banks probably saver
his life and spelled death for Cbra
Jacobsen d v;ho took 111 pi ce.
A i- the r: hermens
Urdu traced* the number'•of nr
ii l l on the two - 1
Rot gii we her is h ipering <
fruitless search
REIGN IS ENDED
DETROIT, Dec., 1, (IP)—'The
knockout reign of Jimmy McLarnin
of L:r Angeles ended dramatically
wher. Ray Miller of Chicago tech
nically kayoed him in the seventh
'round of a 10 rounder.
FREIGHTER CHIEF MAQUILLA
FLOUNDERING MID-OCEAN;
WATER HOLD RISES
—
SEATTLE Pec.. 1, (/Pi—The
steam ov Chief Maquilla was aban
doned this morning in the face of
ris’ng water in her holds and a low
ering barometer. The crew of 32
m n and eight officers were taken
aboard the steamer Yogean Maru
which is Droceeding on its way.
David Girdwood, Seattle manager
lor the Canadian American Ship
ping Co., was advised thru the Nav
al radio that a strong southwest
goto Is breaking heavy seas over the
floundering freighter and made
successful pumping operations im
! possible
TAKEN IN TOW
SEATTLE, Dec.. 1, (/Pi—'The dis
abled freighter Maquilla was taken
jin tow last night by the Japanese
steamer Yogen Maru and is bound
jfor Dutch Harbor. Adaska, 380 miles
distant The owner denies the
charger the ship was overloaded,
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VICTORIA SAILS NORTH
I
I SEATTLE, Dec., 1. (/P)_The S. S.
.Victoria, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at ID o’clock this morning for Alas
•!*" W”. n passengers. The Sew
ard parsergors were: A. A. Wright,
T y Smith. M \ wed Mrs. Paul
K 'v<v. ■ :n*c! b«\ veti, McBride,
Ha 1 / E C Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Mind.}) ' ' Mrs. Northrope
C ... ■ ! C Boroughs.
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BRIDE, HAVE BOXER NEIGHBOR
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Wiiuii lvli-. and Airs. Gene Tunney (left) return from
tlieir henc'y moon in Italy to take up their residence, tem
porarily at least, in London’s exclusive Mayfair, they will
have for a near neighbor Bombadier Wells, English
“Gentleman Boxer” who, like Tunney, has now retired
from the ring. The Tunney apartment on Down street
/'-hove) is in the row on the left of the picture.
BE TIKES
THE SERIES FROM
SEWARD GAGERS
SEWARD MADE A BASKET A
MINUTE FOR EIGHT MIN
UTES, LAST QUARTER
Anchorage, Dec., 1, (/P)—Special
to the Gateway. The result of last
night’s game by quarters follows:
Guy Manthey made the first
basket; Rosness converted a foul.
Holdiman, field basket; Snodgrass
and Strandberg missed fouls; Val
aer converted; end of the first
quarter. Score Anchorage 5, Sew
ard 3.
Second quarter: Ray goes in for
Shellhorn; Guy converted two
fouls; Ray converted; Valaer con
verted two fouls; Valaer made a
basket from center; Strandberg
missed a foul throw; end of the
I first half; score. Anchorage 9, Sew
: ard G.
Leslie makes a basket; Valaer
a basket, also Snodgrass and Strand
(berg. Valaer converted; end of the
| third quarter. Score Anchorage 17,
Seward 8.
Shellhorn goes in for Leslie;
Ray, a basket; Guy a basket; Ray
converted; Guy converted; Guy
missed two fouls; Hayes, a basket,
j ending the game. Score, Anchorage
. 17, Seward 16. (Correct score)
I The hall was packed to the
' guard rails; Sly and Niemie ref
ereed and called everything close.
Seward averaged a point a min
ute for eight minutes in the last
quarter.
Details from this morning’s
I game did not arrive excepting the
flash that Seward won by the
score of 13 to 11.
Mrs. Huddleston Trains
Ter- Channel Swim
\;,:ilTON. Bermuda, rcc., 1, (iP)
—Mio Myrf.t Huddleston, Am idea
!endu.snee swimmer, in Bermuda vO
i :p< nd the winter, soys she will try
to swim the English Channed from
Fm nee to England a ; from Eug
llaV',1 to France next r» ring.
Mr'. Huddleston was the only
I woman entry in the Catalina swim
,t > Uui.-h and took one of the piizcs
Tdie'* swam 60 .hours in an outdoor
tank at Coney island and has a re
cord of 50 hours in an indoor tan!:.
She hopes to beat both records
while here.
>hw To Shore Radio
Used By German Firms
HAMBURG. Germany, Dec., 1, (A >
--German business firms are utiliz
ing a ship to shore radio telephone
service. The service as yet is limit
ed. Conversations over short dis
tances are handled thru coastal
|radio stations at Tonning, Stubben
kammer, Cuxhaven, Swinemunde
an dWarr.emunde, and long dis
tance conversations must be trans
mitted by the radio station au
jNoiddsich The latter connection
is still in its trial stage, although
20 vessels have been eouipped with
apparatus.
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FORTY cows cocktails
PARTS, Dec., 1. (/Pi—A cocktail
called the “Forty Cows,” mixed and
originated by a Scotchman, won
first p-ize at a recent competition
for charity here The name, the
mixer explained, refers to the con
coction’s strength.