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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 76.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BROWNELL ELECTED
MAYOR OE SEWARD
BY BID MAJORITY
MANTHEY, MEYERS AND STAN
TON VICTORS; SULLIVAN
FOR SCHOOL BOARD
Three hundred and 16 voters
marched to the municipal polls
yesterday and by a decisive vote
elected D. C. Brownell, local theater
owner, mayor for the ensuing year;
Gus Manthey. manager of Carstens
Meat Market; A. H. L. Meyers,
official of Brown & Hawkins Corp.;
and Joseph B. Stanton, head of
the Seward Trading Company,
members of the City Council; and
R. D. Sullivan, member of the
School Board.
Outgoing members are P. C. Me
Mullen, mayor; J. S. Hof man. El
wyn Swetmann and Leonard Hop
kins, councilmen; and E. F. Jessen,
school board.
Election totals were as follows:
FOR MAYOR
Brownell 200, McMullen 106, L.
V. Ray 1, E. P. Harwood 2.
FOR COUNCIL
Manthey 209, Meyer 206, Stanton
167, Hol'nian 120, O. A. Johansen
114, E. L. Sweek 96.
FOR SCHOOL BOARD
Sullivan 205, Sol J. Urie 4, F. E.
Leslie 4, Thomas Neville 1. Elwyn
Swetmann 1, John Nelson 1.
One ballot, with four councilmen
marked, was declared void.
Forty-five voters who did not
register, swore their votes in.
Not a single vote was challenged.
A number of the ballots omitted
voting for either mayoralty candi
date and others, likewise, voted
for but one or two councilmen.
In the early stages of the count
it was seen there were two tickets,
one made up of McMullen. Johan
sen, Hofman and Sweek, and the
other, Brownell. Meyer, Manthey
and Stanton.
The closest race between the suc
cessful candidates was that of Man
they and Meyer; it was similar to
watching a couple a good horses
running. Up to 7:45 Manthey wras
leading but at that time Meyer
slowly forged ahead. However, at
8:20 Manthey caught up and from j
that period until the finish, they
raced neck to neck to the finish,
Manthey winning by a nose.
Poli officials performed their
duties admirably and within two
hours after the closing of the polls,
at 7 p. m., the count was completed.
Today the canvassing board was
to canvass the votes and the new
members will probably take their
seats before the end of the week.
SON OF ENGLISH LORO |
PEELS SPUDS IN HOTl!
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LONDON, April 8. (/P) —To se
cure a foundation for hotel man
agement, which he has picked for
his carees, David Rhys, youngest son
of Lord and Lady Dynevor is peel
ing potatoes in a London hotel kit
chen.
Rhys is 23 years of age and a j
graduate of Eton.
Madame Matilde Labreille and
John Pluth were united in wedlock
in Dawson recently, according to
the Weekly News.
EVANS NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, April 8. (/P)—The Ad
miral Evans sailed at 10 a. m. with
145 passengers, 15 of whom are for
Seward, as follows: Miss Irvine, A.
G. Stowe, Mrs. Wayne Blue. A. C.
Ritchie, E. A. Martin, Fay Silver
nail, Mr and Mrs. R. B. Silvernail
and seven steerage.
FOUR NEW CASES
OF DIPHTHERIA III
P0JLB10W
JUNEAU WIRE SAYS IMPOSSI
BLE SEND ADDITIONAL
SERUM
POINT BARROW, April 7. [IP)—
‘During the past three days four
cases of diphtheria developed and
Dr. Greist has been forced to use
old-fashioned methods of treatment
i because only enough antitoxin is on
hand for two cases whcih he is
saving for exceptionally bad ones.
A Juneau wire yesterday says it
is impossible to send additional an
titoxin; no reasons were given.
Practically all immunizations are
now’ ineffective and whites are
working among the Eskimos are in
danger and have no protection.
Barrowr is unable to finance an
airplane trip but feel confident the
whites have done everything possi-:
bie to help natives. Should any of
the four white children develop a
case, however, they will probably
finance a trip somehow.
Should the epidemic continue to j
spread Eskimos will be faced by
famine for the whaling, the latter
part of this month, furnishes htem !
with most of their food and fuel;
used throughout the year. Most of i
the families have n o w returned j
from trapping; only one case of;
diphtheria was among them.
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EMIGRANTS FROM ITALY
TO LOSE PENSION RIGHTS!
ROME, April 3. (.P) — Italian
war veterans or members of their
families who have emigrated and
taken American or any other
nationality will lose their pension
rights.
A bill which is said to be as*
sured of prompt passage will
abolish pensions for all who for
sake Italian citizenship and also
for all who lose their civil rights
at home as a result of criminal
condemnations.
GERMANS SURRENDER
BERLIN, April 8. (JP) — A League
of Nations’ report shows Germany’s
suicide rate is two and a half times
higher than elsewhere in Europe.
The continent has 50,000 suicides a
year with 16,000, an average of 44
a day, in this country.
GOODBY MELLO GIRLS!
PARIS, April 8. uP) — AU of Paris
will have automatic telephones by
1936. They are being installed grad
ually, some sections of the city hav
ing had them since last autumn.
PAGE SHERLOCK HOLMES!
LONDON, April 8. (/P) — Because
of an increase in the ‘‘smash and
grab” raids on jewelers’ windows,
London goldsmiths have asked the
Scotland Yard to augment its pro
tection.
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THE LEGISLATURE
JUNEAU, April 8. (Special to The
Gateway) — Speeding up its ma-1
chine to top speed the House this
afternoon passed seven measures
and one memorial; at the same
time the Senate passed one measure
and one resolution.
The House measures passed in
cluded the reimbursement of a
Fairbanks company of $87.00 for
transportation of ^chool pupils and
$1610.00 for Peters! urg for the same
purpose.
The Senate alscj passed the bill
exempting theatres and movies
from Territorial blue laws and an
other of exemption of property
owned by war veterans from muni
cipal taxation.
The Senate bill for the relief of
George Wagner of Nome for services
rendered in the smallpox epidemic
of two years ago, amounting to $2,
605 and one for the relief of Harry
Gavin was reduced to $150 from
$284.
The Senate measure to under
write $40,000 of the school bond is
sue for Wrangell was passed by
the Senate and the bill to cover
various deficiencies aggregating
more than $9,000.
The joint probe committee held I
its initial meeting yesterday after- j
noon and named Hess permanent •
chairman and Iiellerich permanent i
ecretary, instructing him to engage j
a stenographer a^d to arrange for j
hearings which will start imme-;
diately.
It was decided to examine every j
Territorial office which included I
the treasurer, commissioner of edu- j
cation, commissioner of health, au- |
ditor, attorney general, highway en- |
gineer, commissioner of transporta- j
tion for prospectors aid, board of'
trustees of the Pioneer Home, bank- j
ing and other boards.
The committee decided to confer!
with the governor asking for sug- j
gesitons to expedite the work. The j
hearing will not be public; mem- !
bers hope to conclude in time to
permit introduction and passage of
any necessary legislation to effect j
tis recommendations.
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MU SEEMS TO BE
pine up m eud
LONDON, April 8, <£>)—For the
second week in succession unem-r
ployment figures for Britain have
fallen by more than 50,000.
The Ministry of Labor announced
the total of 2,580,118 registered un
employed is now 59,515 less than
one week ago.
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BATHTUB GIN MAKERS .
El JAPAN IA IDEA
NEW YORK, April 8. <£>)—'The
Japanese have a new drink, syn
thetic sake, says an American
Chemical Society report.
Real sake, made from polished
rice, is the national drink. Polish
ed rice is also a food mainstay, and
Japanese chemists say the synthe
tic drink is a food conservation
measure.
INDIA TO MAKE TALKIES
CALCUTTA, April 8. (/P)— The
first studio in India for the pro
duction of talking motion pictures
has been opened here. American re
cording equipment will be used.
CERMAK ELECTED
CHICAGO, April 8. (/P)—Cermak,
democrat, was elected mayor of
Chicago; 2,300 precincts out of 2,
987 reported. Cermak received 516,
107 votes and Thompson 354,902.
HI. COAST FIGHT
FOB BULL PENNANT
BEGAN TOESOAY, SOUTH
LOS ANGELES, April 8. (JP)—Los
Angeles lost to Seattle at the open
ing of the Pacific Coast Baseball
League by the score of 3 to 1.
Oakland 2, Missions 0; at San
Francisco.
Sacramento 3, Hollywood 6.
San Francisco 8, Portland 0.
Twenty thousand saw the San
Francisco game and dedication of
the million and one-quarter dollar
stadium. Governor Rolph pitched
the first ball of Seattle.
“Dutch” Reuther held the Los
Angeles Angels to five scattered
hits.
ARIZONA IT PHI
$25,110 BONUS TO
HER OF GRUDF. OIL
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PHOENIX, Ariz., April 8.
While oil producing states are j
curtailing production, a measure i
was introduced in the Arizona;
legislature offering a reward cf j
$25,000 to the discoverer of the j
first oil well in the state, reports i
the Denver Mining Record. Un- j
der provisions of the bill the well!
must produce at least 200 gal- j
Ions of crude oil per day for a!
period of six months before the j
money is paid.
SKI KING MAY JUMP
FOR U. S. IN OLYMPICS
CANTON, S. D. April 8. (/P) —
Casper Oimen, who captured a
lion’s share of national ski-jump
ing honors during the 1930-31 sea
son, expects to become an American
citizen this summer and thus be
come eligible to compete for the U.
S. in 4,he .1932 winter Olympics.
Oimen, star member of the Sioux
.Valley Ski Club whose slide is lo
cated here, won seven first places
in nine important tourneys this
winter, and was named leading all
around ski rider in the National Ski
association's all-America list.
QUIT TOURIST TAX
CAIRO, Egypt, April 8. (£>)—Be
cause tourist bookings to Egypt
dropped sharply since June 5,1930,
when a tax was imposed upon all
travelers who entered or left the
the country, the government has
rescinded the law.
BRIGHTEN CEMETARIES
ISTANBUL, April 8. (JP) —Judging
the traditional cypress tree too
gloomy for Turkey’s soldier dead,
this city will spend $5,000 to replace
“the black candles of death” with
lindens and rose bushes in the mili
tary cemetaries.
Paul Lechevellier, known more
generally as “French Paul,” died re
cently in Cordova, according to the
Times.
E. G. WETZLER.
POSTAL OFFICIAL.
DEATH TAKES FROM TERRITORY
HIGHLY THOUGHT OF
CITIZEN
The Angel of Death hovered for
a moment over Seward yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 and gathered
into the fold an esteemed citizen
of Alaska, E. G. Wetzler, postal
official and resident of the Terri
j tory for over a quarter of a cen
| tury. Mr. Wetzler, who was 65 years
| of age, died from a heart ailment
; from which he had been a sufferer
for the last few years.
About 40 years ago Mr. Wetzler,
; a veteran in the railway mail ser
vice, operated out of Portland;
later he was postmaster at Man
ila in charge of postal affairs. In
1903 he came to Alaska with his
headquarters at Skagway; he "was
later moved to Juneau, then in
I turn to Tanana, Nenana and finally
; to this city. Twice, during the past
j year, he went to Seattle for special
S treatment.
Mr. Wetzler was a member of
[Skagway B. P. O. Elks’ No. 431, and
of the Railway Mail Mutual Bene
I fit Association.
He is survived by two sisters,
Sylvia and Anna E.. and' three
brothers, Chauncey. Charles and
Burton. At this time, their various
addresses could not be ascertained.
It was his wish, as expressed to
his close friend Chas. Sheldon,
Seward postmaster, than he be bur
ied where he died; this wish is
also expressed in his will. So ar
rangements havedoeen made by
Anchorage Elks and the Seward
Bills’ Club for his funeral service
and interment in the Seward Elks'
Plot in the local cemetery.
Mr. Lyle Larson, secretary of the
Anchorage Elks’ will arrive on to
night’s train and will officiate at
the Elks’ funeral service in Odd
Fellows Hall, Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
NEEDS IDE COIN SO
REMOVES RESTRICTIONS
FOR AMERICAN 'SACS’
PARIS, April 8, (/P)—For the first
time’ since the war visitors to
France will be admitted this sum
mer without annoyance, expense
and delays caused travellers by
passport visas.
The Ministry of the Interior de
cree allowing free stamp to be giv
en in all consulates of France to
foreigners wishing to visit Paris
during the five months period of
the Colonial Exposition, begins on
May 1.
The stamp will allow visitors to
I enter and leave France as many
I times as the holder desires and
does away with the necessity of ap
plying for an identity card while
in the country.
Americans are exempt from the
$2 visa fee.
APPOINTED TO VACANCY
WASHINGTON, April 8, (iP)-Wm.
R. Castle, junior assistant secre
tary of state, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Joseph P.
Cotton.