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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 34.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, February 9, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FREIGHTER IS II
DISTRESS: DRIFTS
MERCY OF STORM
SECOND TIME RECENT MONTHS
THE FREIGHTER ALLOWAY
IN TROUBLE
SEATTLE, Feb., 9, (JP)—A weak
radio message for assistance yes
terday was sent lo the freighter
Koki Mam which is racing in the
^Sortb Pacific to the aid of tne
T 5/eighter Alloway which is drifting
helplessly with disabled engines in
a southwest gale.
The Alloway is believed to have
*>sen in a distressed condition for
several days; the vessel carries a
orew of 34 men. 'Two other ships
are in the vicinity and are reported
t» be standing by.
First word of the Dllght was re
chived at the Bremerton Naval sta
tion in a radio from the freighter
Montauk early yesterday morning.
T*he Montauk reported the trouble
the Alloway and approximated
Xhr position, believed to be three
wiles southwest of Dutch Harbor.
Coast radio stations are unable to
communicate with the Alloway di
rect either because of her batteries,
wtiich must be entirely down or be
cause they are very weak. Later,
Bremerton received a messige from
Fhitch Harbor that the Alloway was
heard there asking the Koki Maru
I
I
I
.Nw immediate assistance.
The Koki Maru was reported SO
utiles awrv from th’ - APoway.
Dutcn Harbor said the freighter
Togen Maru was in the vicinity as
. j*as al°-o the Montauk.
9?
Adding to the plight the M011
tnuk ’eported it had learned th
AJioway war out of fresh water and
•early out of food. This is the sec
ond time the Alloway has been in
•ikstress in recent months.
She sailed for Japan from Seat,t o
on Christmas tiav with a load of
itmbei and became disabled off
T>ape Flattery. She was towed to
■Victoria. I?*C., whe'e her boilers
were repaired. She left Seattle
again under the command of Capi.
Throckmorton on January 29 to be
scrapoed when It reached Japan.
It is expected she will be towed
t« Dutch Harbor for repairs.
SUOIBV FIRIRG
SQIIUIN MEXICO
MET DEATH BRAVELY WALKING
„ TO WALL POSITION UNAT
^ TENDED
MEXICO CITY, Feb.. 9, !XP)—Jose
De Leon Toral, assassin of General
Obregnn, was executed by a firing
*nuat! this afternoon.
Toral met his death bravely ana
marched with a firm step alone to a
place before 15 men.
The shots rang out immediately
and he fell forward whereupon the
•ommander squad fired the custo
mary ccup de grace.
BIBLE VS. BOOZE
CHICAGO, Feb., 9, (yp>—Bishop
■dwir Holt Hughes of the Metho
otist Bp’scopal church would appeal
no bootleggers thru advertising to
‘stop •■'uch business for all time and
arlve themselves to God." He ad
vocated th° plan at a meeting of
the Chicago Bible society.
iRTHCOTT ADOPTS
FATALISTIC ATTITUDE
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb., 9, (/P)—
Gordon Stewart Northcott pro
fessed to having adopted a fatal
istic attitude toward his conviction
for the murder of three boys.
He said: “It doesn’t make much
difference as I haven’t had a very
pleasant life, anyway.”
Northcott plans to spend the
week-end mulling over plans for
an appeal.
KEYES 15 GUILTY
CONSPIRACY DFFFAT
HANDS OF JUSTICE
CO-DFFENDANTS WFRE ALSO
FOUND GUILTY WITH
FORMER OFFICIAL
LOS ANGELES, Feb., 9, W)—
Former District Attorney Keyes
and his two co-defendants last
night was found guilty as charged
:n the trial for conspiracy in ac
cepters- br’bes to thwart justice, by
the Superior Court.
The jury deliberated for two
hours. The co-defendants were
Hen Getzcff, fixer, and Ed Rosen
berg, giver ol' bribes, sought to ob
tain lax in the prosec;I ion when he
was defendant in the Julian Pecro
•eum Corporation stock over-;; ;ub
fraud.
GIRLS MORE UNRULY
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 3, (/P)—“—
and when she wgs bad she was
horrid!” Miss Grace Abbott, chief
of the children’t bureau of the De
partment of Labor bears out the
old nuisery rhyme, with figures in
her annual report. Miss Abbott
says that while little boys are
worse at stealing and committing
acts of mirchief, the litt-ie girls wh i
run away and are ungovernable i'a:
out-number the boys
THE MEASURE PROVIDES FOR
SMALLER AMOUNT THAN
THAT OF LAST YEAR’S
WASHINGTON, Feb., 9, </P)—The
House approved and sent to the
SenatP the $374,000,000 annual
naval supply Bill amendment cf
Senator Miller of Washington and
providing that $700,000 for enlarg
ing drydock facilities at the Puget
Sound Navy Yard to accommo
date the pi.inr. carriers Leun.pc:.
and Saratoga the Navy’s longest
ships. be defeated,
Alche $1*500,000 less than the
supply Bill last year the measure
provide0 for an increase of 500 en
istec; men and $34,000,000 for con
tinuation of construction in eigh.
cruisers of 10,000-tons, and ’
fleet submarines which will b:
placed in commission in 1930.
TWO VESSELS MAY BE TOWED
TO JAPAN EY THE SAl VAGE
KING
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb., 9, (JP)—
The Tug Salvage King will leave
today to assist the freighter Allo
way which radioed she was pro
ceeding to Dutch Harbor under
her own power. The Alloway’s en
gines were disabled during a recent
storm.
The salvage company said the
Havilah, which is at Dutch Har
bor with broken down turbines,
may be towed to Japan with the
Alloway.
STAPLER ,( OFIRMED
WASHINGTON, Feb., 3. (fP)—The
Senate confirmed the nomination
of K oward B. Stabler for United
States attorney for Alaska in the
Fir-;' Division.
RECORD BREAKING PLANE AND CREW
The army plane “Question Mark” with the crew that
broke all records for aeroplanes staying aloft for the
longest period of time. They were up 150 hours, 40 min
utes and 15 seconds. Crew from left to right—Sergeant
Hooe, Lieuts. Quesada, Halvorson, Eaker and Major
Carl Spatz.
BOMBAY DISTURBANCES
still comm
BOMBAY, Feb., 9, (/Pj—Riotin'
was resumed with the seventh day
disturbances of groups of Mos
lems who lay in wait on side
streets of the bazaar and mill
districts for solitary Hindus.
Four murders were reported and
the tramcar service has been dis-r
continued.
TO HIS DEATH
—
SUFFERED RELAPSE YESTER
DAY AND BECAME DELIR
IOUS
NEW YORK, Feb., 9, (A3)—Rob
ert Leonard, educator, Wirter
School of Education, and of Teach
ers College, Columbia University,
fell or jumped to his death from
the window of hi? sixth floor apart
ment.
He recently had a severe attack
of influenza and had apparently
returned to his his classes too
soon. Dean William Russell, of
Teachers College, said Professor
Leonard had suffered a relapse
vesterday and became delirious.
He was married to Eugenie An
druss of Seattle in 1913.
MRS. KGKKFR HAD BEEN IN IS.?.
HEALTH FOR SOME TIME,
SAID
NEW YORK, Feb.. 0, {IP)—Mrs.
Viola Fokker, wife of Anthony
Fokker the airplane designer and
manufacturer, was killed last night
when she lumped or fell from a
.window of her apartment on the
15tli floor of a Riverside Drive
building.
She was 35 years of age and had
been in ill health for some time.
Mr. Fokker had just left going to
' m adjoining room when he return
ed aod saw the window open and
his w’fe’s body lying on the ground.
kigeSeiT
! REMOVED BEACH
FOR FRESH M
SPECIAL AMBULANCE CONVEYS
HIJJ SAFELY TO CRAIGWEIL
BOGNOR Sussex, England, Feb..
0 (/P)—Kirg George is slowly recov
ering from his long seige of illness
and was safely removed to Craig
weil House, rear here today, in or
der to reap the b'refit from the sea
breezes.
The King left Buckingham pal
ace in a specially designed ambu
lance in which every contrivance
was used to avoid vibration. His
car rolled safely and smoothly into
the grounds of Craigweil House
after a three hour ride. Queen
Mar;/ was on hand to receive him.
LOU BIS SCORE
NO AIIBJ OFFERED BY BATFi
MFN WHO EXPECT TO WIN
TONIGHT
FAIRBANKS. Feb., 9. —Special to
the Gateway. The Seward High
school eagors were handed a severe
lacing 53 to 22 by the lad, of Fair
banks High in the first of their
fhree game series starting in the
Fairbanks community hall last
night.
The long arms of the accurat*
shooting Buttrovich and Gibbs ac •
counted for 47 tallies. Seward in
spite of the lop-sided score looked
good to the packed attendance but
only in spots did the ponies show
signs of their clever passing attack.
Johnnie Buttrovich, Fairbanks ace
and a marked man, continually
drew out the Seward guards and
passed to Gibbs who tossed 14 bas
kets and three fouls for a total of
71 points. Buttrovich followed with
10 points and Guy Manthey with 12.
Bath started his regulars, Ray
and Don forwards, Guy center.
Hays and Rosness guards, against
Fairbanks Gibbs and Miller for
wards Buttrovich center, Thomp
son and Stewart guards.
Fairbanks solved Seward’s five ■
■nan defense formation in the first
rninu'e of p’ay when Gibbs fired a
first ' '.sket. Shellhorn opened for
Sev/ard by converting a free throw
I he fjv«t a ir.rter ended 10 to 4 for
Fairbanks.
Fairbanks counted 10 points ha
the second quarter to Seward's five,
and at half time the Interior held a
lead of 20 to 9.
In an effort to get the tip-off,
Path switched Rosness to center to
start tine second half, sending Guy
to forward for Ray and Sandbeck to
guard but -Tack only succeeded in
outstretching the phenom Butt.ro
vich twice. The ponies annexed
six points during the third quarter.
Fairbanks garnered 15 which was
more than enough to take the con
I est.
Six field shots by Gibbs in the
final quarter helped his team
mates to the 13 points made in
hat neriod as Seward, fighting,
hard, scored seven. Seward con
verted six out of 12 free throws
and Fairbanks three out of nine
. Fourteen personals were called.
Ten against Fairbanks and fou?
against Seward. Miller of Fairbanks
was retired on feur misdemeanors.
The Bat.hmen finished, fresh and
are certain they can square ac
counts in tonight’s encounter.
The boys offer no alabi and clainr
they feel no ill effects from the two
day’s ^raveling. Coach Ryan of the
jCollege ruled the game to the en
tire satisfaction of all.
STUDENTS FAD CREATES
WHITE VEST MARKET
ASH'-,AND, Wis.. Feb.. 9, (/Pi—The
market on white vests of the “gay
’90’s” mode has become bullish hi
Ashland.
A high school boy created tha
flair for antique vests when hs
bought one for nine cents. Since
then merchants have dug into
basement stocks to satisfy the de
mand.
The white vest addicts, including
most of the city’s high school ant?
college studants, have formed a:
“Pedieulosus club” to protect their
•‘vested rights”. ,