VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 135.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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EXPLORE BOGOSLOF
HUBBARD PARTY ENROUTE TO
ANIAKCHAK CRATER FOR
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
(Special to the Gateway)
An exclusive news dispatch comes
to Seward from Father Bernard R. J
Hubbard telling of his landing on
the mysterious Bering Sea volcano
“Bogoslof.”
This submarine volcano was suc
cessfully explored by Father Hub
bard last week. This island has
appea red and disappeared fre
quently in eruptions of the past
few decades and owing to its is
olated position so far from any
other land the mass is constantly
being lashed by high storms and
high seas.
A dangerous surf breaks high on
its lava shores and in recent years
parties wishing to explore the
strange island have been unable
to effect a landing.
In a six-day voyage from the
Bristol Bay following his sensa
tional airplane flight inside Ani
akchak volcano recently Father
Hubbard collected his party on Un
imak Island and landed on Bogos
lof Island despite the heavy surf.
Over 3,000 immense sea lions
have established a rookery there
and a few million sea birds nest
on this lonely spot. One furious sea
lion charged Capt. Pete Wold, of
the chartered motorship Polar Bear
and only quick action saved him
from serious injury.
A steaming mound of m o ving
lava is growing up at present on
Bogoslof where, formerly a shelter
ed harbor existed.
Very severe storms were en- !
countered in Unimak but the
party returned safely to their;
headquarters at the Harris cannery ■
at False Pass.
The Glacier Priest and his party j
have been augumented by the ar
rival of Prof. Paul Galtes, S. J.. of •
Santa Clara University.
Prof. Roderick Chisholm, of San!
Francisco and Edward Livin. ofj
Stanford are at present bound for
Aniakchak volcano by boat and
airplane for the purpose of mak- !
ing an exhaustive scientific study i
of the new eruption taking place
there.
Editor’s note: The dispatch wras
sent to the Gateway from False
Harbor by via of Squaw Harbor and
■was received at noon today.
FILIPINO Hi TITLE
SUITS SWAMP COURTS
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MANILA, June 10. —Changes i
are proposed in the system of is- j
suing land titles in the Philip-1
pines by means of ‘-cadastral,” or |
wholesale surveeys, because the is
lands’ courts are swamped.
Governor General Roosevelt re
cently found more than 50,000
title cases pending in one northern '
Luzon province.
Only a fraction of the land has j
been surveyed and clear titles is-!
sued under the Torrens system.
Further improvements continue j
at Ogle’s Garage. Mr. Ogle has just
completed installing another large
gasoline pump and is now excavat
ing a pit for oiling autos.
INCOMING LOCALS
The incoming local listing of
passengers on the liner Yukon
other than the Seattle listing pub
lished previously included the fol
lowing : From Ketchikan, Ethel
Barrett; from Petersburg, O. G.
Torrance, Vance Hitt; from Jun
eau, John Newmarker, Capt. J. M.
Clark, G. Vestal, J. D. Crawford, V.
D. Harrison, Bonnie Matrige, Ma
jor L. E. Atkins; from Cordova, J.
M. Bovee, Mrs. John Sorvo, Mrs.
M. Garrity, H. C. Dunlop, J. W.
Russel; from Valdez, Wm. M.
Meals.
CAREFULLY GUARDED
LONDON, June 10, (^—Extraor
dinary police precautions are tak
en to guard DeValera and his three
colleagues. They arrived to con
tinue conferences over abolition
of the oath of allegiance to the
King of England. DeLavera refus
ed to make any comment over the
rejection of the oath of abolition
bill by the senate which may mean
a new election.
SS. ALEUTIAN ENROUTE
NORTH ON FIRST TRIP
WITH 200 PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, June 10. (&)—'The SS.
Aleutian, of the Alaska Steamship!
Company, sailed for Seward and!
wayports this morning at nine o’- j
clock and carried 200 passengers.;
Of these passengers 112 were first
class reservations and 88 steerage.
Seward passengers were Mr. and
Mrs. S. M. Graff, Harry Archer,
Mrs. M. Lutcarish, Frederick Pond,
John A. Hazelett, Wm. McCullock,
Mrs. Chas. C- Robinson, Mrs. Mary
Barber.
L. J. Burows, W. J. Porter, Ruth j
Larson, Miss C. B. Bayles, Marie
Winston, Mrs. Robert Wakelin,
Miss Clara Badger, Mrs. Chas. Fos
ter, Mrs- N el 1 i e Sheehy, Gordon
Picotte, Jens H. Jensen, E. W. Per
rit, Miss Jean Horning, Mrs. Flor- !
ence Baechler, Elizh Hunter. J. D.!
Stagner and Charles, Evelyn My
er, Miss Amy Dyson, Mrs. Sarah
Bailey.
Miss Alice Reed, Miss Eva Hol
brook, Rebecca Hopkins. Louis Har
land, H. W. Rutter, Mrs. H. Frost
man. Peter Fruenchen, Mrs. Car
rie L. Boone. Jas. Kenery, Natalie
O. Tucker and six steerage.
GENEVA. June 10. —Unanimous
recommendation for maintenance
of the gold standard was made in
a summary report of the League
of Nations gold delegation Thurs
day. which brought forth a series
of measures designed to aid the
economic recovery of the world.
Recommendations which are ex
pected to affect the forthcoming
Lausanne reparations c o nference»
British Imperial Conference at Ot
tawa and the proposed World ec
o n m i c conference included up
ward revision of price levels, ex
pansion of credit, settlement of
war debts and reparations prob
lems. and removal of trade restric
tions.
WASHINGTON, June 10. <&>—Of I
a total o f nearly 7,000 licensed
transport pilots in the United
States, only five have flown more
than 10,000 hours.
The five include E. Hamilton Lee,
Omaha, Neb., who is known as the!
dean of airmail pilots; Games H.!
Knight, Chicago; Clyde Pangborn,
Wenatchee, Wash., who flew around
the world last year with Hugh
Herndon; Ralph F. Thomas, Akron,
O.; and Edwin K. Jaquith, New
York.
A study of the flying by trans
port pilots in 1931, made by the
aernautics branch of the commerce
department, showed that they
spent a combined total of 1,558,515
hours in the air.
RESTORED RIGHTS
FRANKFORT, Ky., June 10- —
Any rights of citizenship Lt. T. H.
Massie may have lost in his native
state of Kentucky by his convic
tion in the Honolulu “honor slay
ing” have been restored to him
in an executive order from Gov
ernor Rudy Lafoon. The governor
izenship he did not believe Massie
stated in his order restoring cit
had forfeited any of his rights in
this (State but he issued the order
to put the matter beyond all pos
sible doubt.
Will DEBTS DIDST DE
PUD, SITS COOLIDCE
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NEW YORK, June 10, (JP)— Cal- {
vin Coolidge, discussing interna
tional war debts in the July Cos
mopolitan Magazine, says these
obligations “cannot be cancelled.”
He explained that the United!
States borrowed money to make I
the loans to European countries
and that the money must be paid
either by collections from Europe
or from “our own taxpayers.”
The former president makes no;
specific recommendations for en- j
abling Europe to make money and!
repay her debts but discussed for-!
eign trade.
VERY GRACIOUS
ROME, June 10, (/P)—Amelia
Earhart Putnam told Premier Mus- j
solini all about her flight across
the Atlantic, when received by
him in the evening. He talked in;
English and evidenced the great- |
est of interest. When asked whatj
she thought of Rome, she replied,!
“Very gracious.”
FLYING PDOSPEGTOHS
FIT TO GREAT DEIS LIKE
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June 10,
—L- H. Eastman, leader of the
flying prospectors who returned
here Thursday from Hazelton
said his party is bound for Great
Bear Lake where the summer will
be spent prospecting.
The ice is not out yet on the
lake, he said, and it will probably
be 30 days before it is expected to
leave. The interval will be spent
prospecting between Juneau and
Great Bear Lake.
If weather permits, he will take
off today with Juneau as the first
stop.
COOLIDGE TURNING WET
WASHINGTON, June 10. — Re
presentative Sellers, of New York,
has made a prediction that Calvin
Coolidge will condemn prohibition
in an article which is to be pub
lished in the next issue of the
Cosmopolitan magazine. Sellers
apparently has been informed of
Coolidge’s stand on the issue at
the present time and knows the
general contents of the article.
• • CURRENT RREVITIES • •
AMELIA AT ROME
ROME, Italy, June 10. —Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam, accom
panied by her husband, was a
guest of Premier Benito Mussolini j
Thursday and i n the e v e n i n g j
they were to be his dinner guests.!
The Pope will probably give the J
famous aviatrix and her husband
an audience within a few days, it
is said- Both Americans were great
ly moved by the warm welcome
that Italy gave them.
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INVADES THE ENEMY
LONDON, June 10, —From the
time the Free State president slip
ped aboard a car at Holyhead
where he landed from Ireland, a
force of “bobbies” had to keep the
crowds away from DeValera. He
has the alternative of election or
waiting 20 months until his bill—
abolishing the oath of allegiance to!
England—becomes a law. in spite
of the senate’s action.
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QUESTION FLEISHER
NEWARK, N. J. June 10. —Two
detect ives participating in the
Lindbergh kidnapping and investi
gation are enroute to Detroit to i
question Harry Fleisher, a 11 e ged
gangster detained there, as to his
whereabouts on the night of March j
first when Charles Lindbergh, Jr., i
was stolen from his crib. Fleisher'
asserts that he can easily prove
his whereabouts on that night and
also says that he has not been hid
ing outside of the United States
border.
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“STRANGLER” WON
NEW YORK, June 10.—“Strang
ler” Lewis defeated Dick Shilkat
Thursday night in a wrestling bout.
The bout marked the informal
dedicating of the Madison Square
Garden’s new outdoor bowl.
ECONOMY MEASURE
SEATTLE, June 10.—The Univer
sity of Washington is considering
the abolition of the two offices of
dean of men and dean of women
in the interest of economy. It is
said that the move is being oppos
ed by many.
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CONSIDERING OFFER
BELLINGHAM, Wash. June 10.—
J. C- Hill, city engineer, is consid
ering an offer made to the city
by a group of painters who have
offered to paint the city hall in
exchange for free water.
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CONSIDER LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, June 10.—Both
houses of Congress Thursday con
sidered legislation to extend fed
eral aid in the interest of the
bonus marchers who are in the
Capital city. Meanwhile, the po
lice kept careful tab on the as
sembled ex-service men to prevent
Communist elements among them
from inciting the service men to
some surprise demonstrations.
FIRE ON AIRPLANES
LEAVENWORTH, Kas. June 10.
—Guards at the federal prison
! here will fire upon any airplane
flying within 1,000 feet of the pri
son in the future, according to an
j announcement of Warden F. G.
I Zerbst.
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LINES RUN 111,660 MILES
WASHINGTON, June 10. (JP) —
Pipes for transporting oil in the
United States, says the bureau of
mines, have an aggregate length
of 111,660 miles and are capable
of holding 23,214,000 barrels of oil.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinatti 2, New York 3.
Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia 3.
Chicago 2, Brooklyn 5.
St. Louis 2, Boston 1.
PACIFIC COAST
Oakland 8, Missions 9.
Seattle 7, Portland 9.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 5, New York 4.
Washington 6, Chicago 5.
Cleveland 9, Phillies 8.
St. Louis 2, Boston 1.
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HOME RUN FELTS
NEW YORK, June 10, —Due to
home run hitting feats by Melvin
Ott, the New York Giants won
the fifth game of a seven-game
series turning Cincinnatti back 3-j
2. In three games againts the
Reds, Ott provided the winning
runs by hitting two home runs in
the game. Four baggers brought
his total for the season to 11 home
runs.
UNCROWNED KING IS ON
TRIAL IT MOSCOW
MOSCOW, Jutie 10—The un
crowned king of the gypsies went
on trial because he followed his
race’s tradition of ignoring the
constituted civil government in
settling troubles among the mem
bers of the tribe.
Ivan Mikhai and his tribe got
along nicely with the ancient sys
tem of self-government until they
ran counter to the Communist rule
of the Soviet. Sovet officials de
cided the old system must go and
they took King Ivan XV. some of
his lieutenants and two Russian
confederates to court. Ivan was
accused of conducting a secret
court to settle civil and criminal
cases.
The Mother Lode Central Gold
Mines Company is unwatering the
280-foot incline shaft on its Lamp
hear mine near Mokelumne Hill,
Calif.
U. S. FILES PROTEST
SANTIEGO, June 10, (/P)—For
eign government representatives
including the United States filed
protests with Chile against the
order of confiscation of all for
eign currency and deposits in Chil
ean banks, replacing same with
pesos. They are valued low in the
foreign exchange, or six cents.
TARDIEU DESERTS LEFT
REPUBLICAN GUP AND
FORMS ANOTHER ONE
PARIS, June 10. —Former Pre
mier Andre Tardieu Thursday de
serted the left republican group
in the Chamber of Deputies and
formed a new group called “center
republicans,” composed upwards of
30 members.
Action came as a result of a
vote of confidence several days ago
when some left wing republicans
abstained from voting instead of
voting against the government, as
Tardieu ordered.
The new group intends to op
pose the government, especially on
questions regarding foreign policy.
Former Minister of Finance
Pierre Flandin, who opposed Tar
dieu’s anti-government campaign
probably will become leader of the
left wing republicans.
OUTBREAKS CONTINUE
GUATEMALA, June 10, (/P)—
Further revolutionary o u tbreaks
in Honduras are reported saying
that rebel troops attacked federals
in Copan and that the federals
were driven back but that they
are now massing for a counter-at
tack.
SUSPENDED PROSEGDTQR
EDGES ANOTHER TRIAL
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. —
Charged with murder and also
for contempt of court for his re
fusal to testify in connection with
the administration of the estate
of Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes, 59.
widow whose death he is alleged
to have instigated, Frank Egan,
suspended public prosecutor faced
another trial.
He was questioned about a miss
ing will of his slain benefactress
but refused to answer.
Egan has been directed to ap
pear before a board of supervisors
at which time his complete remov
al will be settled.
Egan recently surrendered to
the law after he had been sought
for several days by the police.
WIFE OF PREMIER
DIRECTS MANUFACTURE
MOSCOW .June 10. —In a com
munist land where simplicity is
the keynote of life M,rs. Paulina
Seminova Molotov, wife of Pre
mier Molotov of Soviet Russia, is
directing the manufacture of lip
stick, rouge, powder and perfumes, j
The government frowns on cos- ;
metics but the public is not gen
erally aware that P. S. Zhemchu
zhina, the director, is Mrs. Molotov
A United Press reporter called
at the offices of the company and
was met by Mrs. Molotov who ex
pressed surprise that any one
should want to interview her.
Russian women have become big
consumers of cosmetics, especial
ly lipstick and perfume, she said.
EXCELLENT PROSPECT
Mel Horner, proprietor o f t h e
Overland Hotel, returned to the
city Thursday evening with Ches
ter McAuley from his quartz pro
perty at Mile 26, near Falls Creek.
Initial work at the mine disclosed
some wonderfully fine gold bear
ing rock, samples of w h ic h Mr.
Horner brought back with him.
Geologist McKinley and E. J.
Fitzgerald, of the U. S. Geological
Survey, left Thursday for the
Rainy Pass country where they
will carry on their season’s work.
| HUM COliTMCT
REGOVED BODIES OF
HILO, Hawaii, June 10. — For
$1,000 R. Kunishi, a Hilo contrac
tor will lower himself 900 feet
into the smouldering fire pit of
Hamelaumau and recover the bro
ken bodies of Margaret Enos and
Sylvester Nunes, tragic love sacri
fices to the fire goddess, Madame
Pele.
The contract Kunishi signed
with Supt. Leavitt, of the National
I Park Service, calls for payment
only if Kunishi survives the tre
mendous heat and poison sulphur
fumes of the rocky pit and suc
cessfully brings the bodies of the
two to the surface.
Nunes, whose offer of marriage
was spurned by the laughing 17
year old schoolgirl, kidnapped her
from her bedroom, drove to the
| volcano, shot the girl, and then
gathered her into his arms and
leaped into the dark pit that was
lighted only by the reflected red
ness of the molten rock 1,500 feet
beneath. The bodies were seen in
distinct in the uncertain light
at about the 900 foot level.
As soon as Kunishi signed the
contract he began erecting eq
uipment for his descent. The vol
cano was inactive, but steam pour
ed from fissures around the open
ing where he was erecting a hoist.
Sulphur fumes were Heavy in
the air. The roar of recurrent av
alanches of rock in the pit did not
seem to frighten him.
STUDENT ins LEM
ON PflOSPEGTING TRIP
RAPID CITY, S. D., June 9, —Six
former students of the state School
of Mines in Rapid City have depart
\ ed overland for the Wind River
mountains in Wyoming where they
| will prospect for valuable minerals
in the hope of striking it rich. Mem
bers of the party of amateur pros
j pectors are Lou Messing, Armour;
| A. M. Sorenson, Gayville; G. R.
Highley, Edgemont; Quentin Conk
' lin, Rapid City; O. A. Waecke and
; H. A. Gavin, both of Alliance, Neb.
I They expect their summer pros
1 pecting to prove profitable.
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F. S. Gordon, head of Gordon’s
stores in Alaska, arrived in the city
today from Southeastern Alaska,
paying his first visit to this sec
tion of the Territory in over a
year.
WIGS SPRINT KING
TO RUIT NTFER GAMES
SEATTLE, June 10. (JP) —Percy
Williams, Olympics sprints cham
pion, is going to quit the cinder
path following the games this year
in Los Angeles.
Williams, working out here un
der the tutelage of the University
of Washington coach, revealed that
after the big international meet
he will confine his athletic activi
ties to swimming.
TOD OLDTIID
IS RETURNINS HOME
C. W. Olsen, oldtimer of the
Westward who has been in Sew
ard for a number of months re
ceiving medical attention at the
Seward General Hospital, will be
among those leaving Sunday on
the SS Starr for his home at Chig
nik. Mr. Olsen says that his hand
is much improved but that it is
not altogether well yet. He will re
join his partner, C- Weidman, at
Chignik. They operate a trapline
in that area. Mr. Olsen said he is
uncertain as to when he may re
turn to Seward; perhaps this fall;
then again, perhaps not until next
year. Only Allah knows and he
won't tell.