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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 33. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MIS RELATE
11 THE A. I i
SHOULD CONTINUE
SEWARD AND CORDOVA MEN
GIVE THE LOW-DOWN ON
THE SITUATION
SEATTLE, Feb., 10. (/P)—Frank
Foster of Cordova, representative
to the Alaska legislature, * who
met here yesterday with the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
committee, said:
“The Alaska Railroad is a
highway of a character very
vital in Alaska.
“In the States, where the fed
eral government owns most of
the land, it pays most of the cost
ior public highways.
“In Alaska the federal govern
ment owns 99 per cent of the
real estate and they too, should
supply the greater part of the
highway construction and oper
ation and the Alaska Railroad is
such a project.
“The federal government is
taking out of Alaska far more
than they are putting in.”
Judge Schofield said the aban
donment of the Alaska Railroad
would be a violation of the gov
• rnment’s moral contract with
che people developing the Terri
tory.
He said a privately owned rail
road would be permitted to dis
continue service if they wished.
He accused some members in'
Congress as advocating this ac
tion with the government-owned
railroad.
Attorney L. V. Ray of eSward
said that the entrance of the
government in the road operation
n Alaska, precluded private5" cap
ital and now the government is
bound to continue its support.
JUNEAU, Feb., 10, (/P)—'The M.
S. Norco with a small hole in her
oow below the water-line from
in iceberg, reached here. Inspec
tors said they feared the stem
had been sprung and it will pro
bably be several tides before the
extent of the damages can be de
termined.
The iceberg was 10 feet above
the water with a flat surface 70
feet long; yesterday it beached
itself on Douglas Island.
ADVERSE REPORT
WASHINGTON, Feb., 9, (/Pi
William Green, chief counsel for
the Senate Interstate Commerce
committee, has made an adverse
report on the plan sponsored by
President Hoover for consolida- j
tion of eastern railroads into
four systems.
REVOLT IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (JP) —
A revolt has arisen in Congress
against the Senate Committee’s!
methods of conducting investiga- j
tions and an attempt will be made ]
to make an issue out of the Nye i
campaign funds expenditures com- j
mission, which is charged with;
using public money for personal'
purposes.
A REAL TASK AHEAD
MOSCOW, Feb., 9, (/P)—Russia
must achieve in one decade what
would be considered normal pro
igress of 100 years or she will be
! crushed, Josehp Stalin, dictator
| of the Soviet, declared in urging
!the nation toward greater eco
nomic endeavors and kindling of
j world revolution.
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BUTTLE POLICE 1
MILLING FIGHTING CROWD ES
CAPE FROM TALONS
SNOOPERS
LOS ANGELES, Feb., 10, (/Pi
OP)—Women in evening gowns and
their escorts in formal attire bat
itled detectives when a squad of
the latter, after joining in a
I club on South New Hampshire
Street; suddenly announced their
identity and declared the 100
players under arrest.
Instead of submitting to the
police order the beautifully dress
ed women, many of whom were
from the Hollywood motion pic
ture colony, led in a surprise re
volt, shouting their opposition to
snooping. They shoved the five
detectives around, declaring in
shrill tones that they would not
be arrested.
Suddenly there was a concerted
flight to the windows and doors.
The policemen were unable to
hold the doors against the milling,
fighting crowd.
Ten women and 17 men were
arrested, the remainder having
raced into the street, jumped into
their automobiles and made off.
The gambling apparatus was i
taken as evidence.
MADRID, Spain, Feb. 10. (JP)—
After more than seven years of
dictatorship constitutional guar
antees will be restored to Span
ish subjects by a royal proclama- |
i tion which calls for parliamentary j
elections in March and guarantees |
I the elections which were sus- !
pended by the late Primo de Ri
vera.
The action taken by the king
is seen as testimony of his con
fidence in General Damasco Ber
! enguer.
The government censor of the
Spanish press was raised Monday.
NO TRUTH IN THE
DARN REPORT, THE? SAJ
SEATTLE, Feb., 10, (/P,—Air ,;a
met with the Chamber of Com
merce committee here yesterday.
Among the speakers were Frank
Foster of Cordova, Ray C. Larson,
of Anchorage, Lomen brothers of
Nome, A. E. Lathrop of Fairbanks
and L. V. Ray of Seward.
In reply to The Gateway re- !
port the Alaskans said there was)
absolutely no truth as to a pro-)
posed direct steamer line from'
Seattle to Anchorage.
! FOUR MOTORCYCLE SQUADS
CHARGE MILLING SKIR
MISHERS
j SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. (S>)—
| Urged, on by Communist agita
! tors who sought to lead a rebell
; ion against “the bread line” sev
eral hundred men battled the po
lice for a half hour in front of
| the Kitchen Charity Restaurant
| at 52 Rich Street.
Six of the contestants were ar
rested and one was injured in
the fighting, in which several po
J licemen were beaten by the crowd.
Police said that the leader of
(the rioters was a man who had
( been boarding at the Kitchen al
most since it opened. He is a pro
; fessional agitator, according to
Lieut. Arthur Christiansen, of
| the southern station. The long line
of nearly 2,000 jobless men was be
1 ing served dinner at the Kitchen,
j which is near Third and Folsom
j Streets, around the corner from
! Communist headquarters.
Several hundred men had been
j fed. Suddenly a couple of men
; jumped upon a box and began
I harranguing the crowd. “We are
| tired of soup and stew,” the ag
itator shouted, “Give us steak and
baked potatoes!” When it became
j evident that several of the crowd
J were joining in with the leaders
| the police were called.
Several scores of rioters start
ed toward the restaurant, shouting
I defiance. Fearing they were pre
! paring to storm the place Thomas
McGuire and Ralph Allen, man
j agers of the Kitchen , quickly
i marshaled their crew of 25 men.
i ready to repel the attack.
Six police officers arrived from
| the southern station but were
unable to cope with the now rnill
i ing and screaming crowd. Some
200 of the rioters attacked the
officers, slugging them with fists
and anything they could lay their
| hands on.
Forced to defend themselves, the
police 'drew their riot clubs and
(charged the mob. One rioter was
'seriously hurt.
i A riot call was flashed to the
j aid of Lieut. Christiansen. Still
the mob continued to howl de
fiance.
The milling skirmishers were not
dispersed until four motorcycle
squads charged them on their
machines. The cycles split the
mass of howling men into four
sections which were quickly dri
ven along the streets by the po
lice reserves. At five o’clock the
situation was under control but
a heavy police patrol is guarding
the district to prevent the re
occurrence of the riots of last
week.
Comunist headquarters were also
placed under guard.
GERMAN BUDGET
I BERLIN, Feb. 10. (/P) — Chan- j
| cellor Bruening laid before the
i Reichstag the 1931 budget and |
made a plea for the fulfillment!
I of reparations paments, even as j
| he condemned war paments as;
I one of the causes of world wide !
j depression. “We must reform our \
' financial policy for the purpose!
of preparing a new solution to 1
the reparation problem,” he said, t
$15,000 FOR SCHOOL
WASHINGTON, Feb., 10, (/Pj—
President Hoover has asked Con
gress for $15,000 to replace the
school at Shungnak, Alaska des
troyed by fire.
HOCKEY SCORES
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb.r 10,
(&)—The Vancouver ice hockey
team defeated Seattle 2-1, tying
I for first place.
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THREE OF FOUR WERE MEM
BERS OF ESCAPED CONVICTS
FROM PENITENTIARY
| NEW YORK. Feb. 10. UP) —
j After a 50 mile chase from Bea
i con, New York, to Bronz, two
bandits were shot and killed by
police and two others were cap
; tured.
Three out of the gang of four
were members of a group that
escaped from the Eastview peni
j tentiary on Christmas Eve. They
: had’ robbed a jewelry store in
Beacon when they were surprised
| by the police.
One man was caught but three
others escaped in a fast automo
bile. Police in other counties were
notified by telephone and tele
j type machine, however, and the
rest of the gang was rounded up
; in Bronx after fighting a duel
| with police.
SIMILAR EARLY 1ST
CATTLE SITUATION
WASHINGTON, Feb,, 10, <7K—
Secretary Wilbur told the Alas
kan reindeer committee that
the raisers are facing a problem
similar to that of western cattle
| men 56 years ago before the es
tablishment of range and graz
ing laws.
He ad vocated establishment
; and observance of a similar code,
governing herding, grazing, but
| chering, branding and sale of
i meat and hides in Alaska.
| He called attention to the re
l port of Ernest Walker Sawyer,
| his assistant, setting forth in de
1 tail the entire industry.
The Alaska delegate and sever
, al herd owners appeared before
! the committee.
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FILES SUIT DIVORCE
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. VP)—Mrs.
Dorothy Linn McCormick filed a<
suit for divorce from Cyrus Me- I
Cormick, Jr., vice-president of the |
International Harvester Company ;
and grandson of the inventor of
the reaper. She alleges cruelty and j
asked no alimony. They were mar- |
ried in 1915.
“MILLIONAIRES’ SONS”
SALINAS, Calif., Feb., 10, -(£>>—
The trail of a smuggling ring
which dresses up Japanese to look
like millionaires’ sons was be
lieved to have been uncovered in
the arrest of Yozo Date, Kuzo
Yagi and Teichi Kohima, who
were all picked out by immigra
tion authorities.
TIT'S WHAT WE
IE BEEN SAYING
FOR MANY YEARS
RAILROAD SUM SHOULD HAVE
BEEN DOUBLED, NOT CUT
IN HALF
SEATTLE, Feb., 10, UP)—'The
j Alaska committee of the Seattle
; Chamber of Commerce passed a
motion recommending the same
isum for the Alaska Railroad as
last year, 31,000,000.
They protested the 50 per cent
cut and raising of railroad rates
A sub-committee, comprised of
E. W. Alien, chairman; Ralph
Lomen, George Schofield, Rich
ard Lang, A. V. Love and Volney
Richmond, were named to pre
! sent the resolution to the trus
tees and speed it along with the
necessary data to Congress.
Carl Strout, superintendent of
: the Pacific Steamship Co., said;
“Instead of cutting in half the
i amount of the Alaska Railroad
| appropriation, it should be dou
, bled. Congress has a mistaken
| idea of economy in connection
! with Alaska.”
STUDIES MINING
ELY, Nev.. Feb., 9, UP,—Rep
, resenting the Soviet government
| of Russia, M. de Monay has been
in Ruth the past week studying
pit mining operations in the cop
| per ’Pit. He is professor of mining
i engineering in the University of
j Leningrad and is on leave of ab
sence to study methods in this
j country.
MAGALLENES, Chile, Feb., 9,
' '.P>- -Thus southermost city of the
western hemisphere is making a
bid for fame as a place whose
streets are paved with gold.
The condition arises from the
fact that concrete for both
roadways and sidewalks has been
mixed from tailings of nearby
j mines, and experts are sure all
I precious metal is not recov
ered from the ores by present
| methods.
I Before the Panama Canal and
i Trans-Andean railroad were
| built, Magalienes was known as
i Punta Arenas and it thrived on
the trade of vessels which used
the straits of Magellan. But its
business dwindled rapidly after
the shorter passages were con
structed and even its name was
I changed.
EARNINGS GO DOWN
NEW YORK, Feb., 9, (/P)_
General Motors Corporation re
ported net earnings for 1930 equal
to $3.25 a share, total income for
the year amounting to $151,091,
992, as compared with $248,282,
268, or $5.49 a share the pre
vious year.
PLANE CRASH
RENO, Nev., 10, (IP)—Louis No
tar, field manager of the Boeing
Airfield at Elko, Nevada, was
killed and Burr Winslow, pilot,
was seriously injured when a
mail plane crashed while at
tempting to land at an emergen
cy field at Wells, Neva. The storm
crashed the beacon.