VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 182.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 5, (/P)—
Mildred “Babe” Didrichson, Amer
ican one-woman track team, ran
the eight-meter hurdles in 11 and
seven-tenths seconds, to shave
one second off her own world’s
record.
Aside from this, Americans had
to take a back-seat at the Olym
pics Thursday, as Luigi Beccali of
Italy won the 1500-meter race in
three minutes, 51 and two-tenths
seconds.
Chuhei Nambu of Japan took the
hop, skip and jump with a world
record leap of 51 feet, seven inches.
Matti Jarvinen won the javelin
toss with a throw of 238 feet and
seven inches.
The Americans, however, still led
in points with 158 in 16 men’s
championships; Finland 35, Great
Britain 34, Japan 28, Ireland and
Canada 23, Germany 21, Italy 18,
Sweden 15, Poland 10, France 7.
Other nations brought up the rear
with a few points each.
SHANGHAI. Aug., 5, (^—Fight
ing between Chinese and Japanese
in Southern Manchuria is spread
ing over a wider area.
Chinese claim their volunteers
are driving Japanese from Yuung
Chow, and that others were cap
tured at Tungliao. an important
railway terminal.
The Chinese sent an ultimatum
to General Honjo demanding Jap
anese withdraw from Chinchow
Conjo. which was ignored.
Martial law fighting is reported
at South Mukden along the Man
churian railway. Chinese claim
that the Japanese are hard pressed
and are asking for reinforcements.
SEATTLE, Aug.. 5, —D. J. Bar
ker, Snohomish milkman, owes his
life to a notebook which he carried
in his shirt pocket over his heart.
Barker, who owns a private
route in Seattle, was starting out
on his delivery rounds Thursday
morning, when an unidentified
man leaped aboard the running
board and fired a shot almost
point-blank at Barker’s heart.
The bullet hit a metal clasp of
the note-book and then lodged in
the paper but did not touch him
WILL FLY TO JAPAN
CHICAGO. Aug., 5, —Capt. Wolf
gang von Gronau, German trans
Atlantic flyer, who has been re
ported as being enroute for a hop
over the Pacific Ocean to Japan,
has at last signified his intention
that he would fly by the same
route that Col. and Mrs. Chas. A.
Lindbergh took on their flight to
the Orient. He has not specified
the time when he expects to make
the attempt.
WIND SAVED VILLAGE
MARQUETTE, Mich., Aug., 5, (JF)
—A fortunate shift in the wind
saved the village of Sagola from
destruction after having been men
aced by flames which destroyed
20.000,000 feet of lumber. The loss
is estimated at $500,000. Most of the
residents moved their belongings
to the highway which was strewn
with household goods. The flames
were nearing two gasoline storage
tanks when the wind shifted.
Alfred Benson, prominent An
chorage business man, is a visitor
in the city for a few days. Mr. Ben
son arrived from the Inlet metrop
olis Wednesday evening on the
mixed train.
The high boat fishing in the
Kamishak was $2400, it is reported
NATIONS NEAR TRUCE
| BUENOS AIRES, Aug., 5, (/P)—It
j is believed that Paraguay and Bo
I livia are near a truce over the
! Gran Chaco quarrel. New negotia
tions for complete settlement of
' the controversy, which has already j
been the subject for intervention j
| by the United States and 19 other
' neutral countries, are pending. Ar
| gentine’s foreign minister, Savedra,
said reports show that war clouds
j are brightening. !
LIBBY NOLMXN INDICTED
FOR MURDER REYNOLDS
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Aug., 5,
—Pretty Libby Holman, widow of
Smith Reynolds, heir to the Rey
nold’s tobacco milions, was indict
ed Thursday for the murder of
Smith Reynolds, on July 6. The
grand jury investigation has been
underway for some weeks.
The widow, former husky-voiced
blue singer of the stage, is with her
parents at Cincinnati but Libby’s
father, who is a lawyer in that city,
has announced tha.t_ he will sur
render his daughter to the auth
orities.
Besides indicting Libby for the
slaying the jury indicted A. B. Wal
‘ ker, chum of Smith Reynolds dur
| ing life, for having had a hand in
I the murder.
ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT THE
imis Him
I
In what is known as the Garner!
bill for the relief of destitution va
rious Alaska projects were includ
ed that it was hoped would be fi
nally accepted and thus give em
ployment in various sections of the
Territory. In the grand total of
$174,274,000 for public buildings
was the post office for Anchorage,
$425,000, and the pest office and
court house for Ketchikan, $400,000.
For improvement in the rivers and
harbors section of the bill Alaska
. was generously provided for and in- '
eluded improvements in the origi
nal bill as follows: Dry Pass, $79,
000; Kodiak harbor, $77,000; Nome
harbor, $253,000; Sitka harbor, $67,
500; Tolovana river, $40,000; Wran
gell harbor, $56,000; Wrangell Nar
rows, $142,000; Stikine river. Thej
bill passed the House with most ofj
these items in but all the appro
priations for public buildings and
1 rivers and harbors were eliminated
in the Senate. The bill then went j
j to conference and the House made
! but slight effort to retain the Alas
j ka and other items, so they were
! eliminated in the conference re
port, which was accepted immedi
ately by the House and later by the
Senate, notwithstanding a threat
ened veto by the President be
cause of an inclusion of a proviso
that the Finance Corporation may
make loans to any private company
or individual furnishing security
and assurance that the money is
I for the employment of labor.
Inquiry has been made of the|
1 Delegate whether the War Depart
ment was surveying the harbor at
j Attu, with the object of establish
j ing an aviation base there. The
! Radio Division of the Department
| of Commerce has made inquiry
and informs the Delegate that the
department does not contemplate
the establishment of a station tt
Attu, and advises that if a partic- j
ular individual from Alaska desires
to do so that he should make ap- j
plication for station license in the
usual manner and for which forms
will be sent him.
90 DAYS CAMPAIGN
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug., 5, —
Ninety days of campaigning is to
be carried out in Washington state
in an attempt to have the game
control placed under the direction
of a state organization instead of
under the county plan, as at pre
sent. There are 39 counties in the
state and this makes 39 commis
sioners.
PHI OF FAMOUS
"SEA DEVIL" MS I
COLORFUL CAREER
CAPT. KIRCHEISS WILL WRITE
BOOK: “FROM ANTARCTIC
TO ALASKA”
What does a combined Captain
Kidd, Drake, Morgan, Sir Walter
Raleigh, Teach and other historic
pirates of the Spanish Main look
like?
He is in Seward, tho minus all
those picturesque sartorial habila
mdn,ts affected by his illustrious
predecessors, plus an absence of
any trait of the blood-thirstiness
which accentuated the hectic lives
of the time-honored pirates.
He is Captain Carl Kircheiss.
It would take several editions of
The Gateway to properly introduce
Captain Kircheiss, extol his ex
ploits and give the high
lights of a vividly romantic and
adventurous life. He may be termed
the romantic pirate with a blood
less escutcheon.
He was the right-hand man of
Count von Luckner, commander of
the famous sea raider Seeadler,
which ravaged the Seven Seas, tak
ing a toll of millions of dollars
worth of property and ships, and
finally winding up the Seeadler’s
career on a coral atoll in the South
Seas. And during this wartime ac
tivity Count von Luckner shed no
blood, but on the contrary, with
Captain Kircheiss, emerged hold
ing the respect and admiration of
all with whom war made it neces
sary to meet like with like—des
troy the enemy’s force.
Captain Kircheiss spent two
hours last night at The Gateway
office, chatting and retelling some
of the experiences while serving as
navigating officer aboard the See
adler (Sea Eagle).
It was difficult, after reading
Lowell Thomas’ book, “Count
Luckner, the Sea Devil,” to asso
ciate the pleasing, urbane Captain
Kircheiss with the grim sea dog,
whose life has known adventures
and thrills such as would keep
any juvenile awake long after the
curfew had sounded “taps,” devour
ing chronicles which would cause
Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treas
ure Island” to pale into drab insig
nificance. It is equally difficult to
picture him engaged in an enter
prise which combined unbending
discipline, prepared to shed or have
his blood shed in the grim work of
war. One would rather associate
him with a philosopher, observing
statesman, a sense of the poet,
steeped in deep, tender sentiment.
In this one finds the deep, in
scrutable Teutonic nature—at once
the glutton for tender sentiment
and again ready to undergo the
metamorphosis of the case-harden
ed soldier, prepared to, if needs be,
give and ask no quarter, yet wave
a hand of admiration to his van
quisher—as a soldier.
It was this chivalry which makes
his combined adventure with Count
von Luckner one of the epics of
human warfare.
Disguised as a Norwegian barque,
the Seeadler ravaged allied ship
ping with relentless ruthlesness.
Yet prisoners aboard enemy ves
sels were treated as honored guests
rather than prisoners of war.
Then came that day when, driv
en by stale water and threats of
scurvy and beri beri, the Seeadler
put in to Mopelia Island, one of the
coral atolls of the Society Group,
far into the South Seas, wrecking
of the ship by an immense tidal
wave, the establishing of a colony
composed of the crew of the See
adler and many allied prisoners of
war, including Americans.
Then the haste to be on the grim
work of destruction of ships and
cargoes, while being hunted by the
combined allied fleets. A lifeboat
18 feet in length, fitted with main
sail, topsail and two jibs, manned
by six men, supplanted the Seead
ler. With guns, ammunition, hand
grenades, navigating charts and
instruments, this pigmy battle
cruiser emulated the pinnacles of
Sir Walter Raleigh. It negotiated
thousands of miles of storm-laslied
i seas to the Fiji Islands. There were
days of parching thirst, hunger,
scurvy, beri beri—men counselled
drawing lots that the blood of one
might save the lives of the others.
Speaking of this leg of a cruise
of more than 2,000 miles, in the
small, open boat, like a fox dodg
ing the hounds, Captain Kirch
iess said:
“My condition became so bad I
was unable to bend my arm at the
shoulder; it was necessary, in steer
ing my trick, to use one hand to
place the other upon the tiller and
hold it there. Some of my compan
ions suffered even worse; it was
necessary to slit their trousers’
legs because of the swelling. Blood
turns to water, and its progress to
ward the heart may be observed by
the color. Men joked as they mark
ed the encroachment of the fluid
which, on reaching the heart,
meant death, something welcomed
by all.
“We finally reached a populated
island. The natives were kind. A
few days of fresh fruit and vege
tables and we were ourselves again.
But our mission called us on.”
After capturing a boat thru a
ruse, it was discovered that the
food supply aboard was not suffi
cient to take them back to where
the crew and prisoners were left
on Mopelia Island. Remembering
that the British had stores of sup
plies based in the Cook Islands, the
buccaneers put in to an island.
When they sought to emerge they
found the narrow entrance to the
lagoon blocked by a British cruis
I er, which had laid on the opposite
side of the island, neither being
; aware of the presence of the other.
This was the first capture
“When we arrived in New Zea
land, it was necessary to disem
| bark up at points outside the large
| cities. The British had circulated
[ propaganda, with illustrations,
[ showing the “Bosches” with feat
i ures like a hideous beast, and bear
i ing impaled babies on bayonets.
| No wonder they were afraid to al
low us to be sighted by an over
j wrought populace. We were treat
ed by our captors with character
| istic British chivalry.
“Finally they placed us on a small
island, with a British resident in
: command.
“We stole his launch, made many
implements we needed, including
I a “machine gun-” This was a stove
! pipe mounted to represent a ma
: chine gun.
“When we encountered a prize,
a sailing vessel, we drew close, brot
forth the “machine gun,” aimed it
j at the rigging and one man, armed
I with a revolver capable of firing
five shots, began firing as rapidly
j as such a gun could fire. It work
ed. The captain and crew surren
! dered.
“But we were finally captured
and returned to New Zealand, there
to remain until after the armis
tice.”
Captain Kircheiss is completing
; one leg of a journey which has tak
| en him on a nearly two years cruise
; of the Antarctic, South America,
! Central America, North America,
and as far west in Alaska as the
Pribilof Islands. His mission is to
make motion pictures of marine
animals and sea fowl, for an edu
cational picture, under the aus
| pices of the German Society of
Science.
Thus far he has 26,000 feet of
film, showing every sea mammal,
sharks, and other marine creat
ures. He expects to complete 30,000
feet of film before he finishes.
From Seward he will journey to
Seattle, Portland, National Parks,
Denver, Chicago, New York, as well
as other cities, where he will deliv
er addresses for the purpose of re
futing and counteracting the false
propaganda circulated about the
German army and navy during the
World War.
Captain Kircheiss has written
two books, one describing his jour
ney around the world in a 68-ton
ketch, and the other dealing with
his experiences in the war as part
ner of the “Sea Devil.” The present
material being gathered will be
published in book-form early next
year, he said, and will be titled,
“From the Antarctic to Alaska.”
While in Seward Captain Kirch
eiss has had the opportunity of
spending a most pleasant visit with
local residents of German extrac
tion, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lech
' ner, Mr. Steve Melchoir and others.
BETTER DAYS ARE HERE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 15,
(>P)—Two Congressional economic
authorities, Senators Smoot and
Wagner, see business and employ
ment, improving slow but sure, on
the upgrade. Public confidence is
certain when people realize that the
bottom has been reached, which he
thinks it has. Wagner is sponsor
of the gigantic relief bill and re
ports satifaction in the manner the
law administrators are doing to
open the avenues of employment.
B. E. F. EVACUATING
JOHNSTOWN RAPIDLY
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug., 5, —
Trainloads and autoloads of vet
erans from the bonus army left
this city Thursday; they are at
last enroute back to their homes
after an unsuccessful campaign to
secure immediate payment of their
bonus.
The B. E. F. army has been de
finitely broken up. However, its
leaders say that the cause of the
bonus seekers is not lost yet for the
leaders will keep in touch with
each other until such a time when
another real organization can be
gathered and march upon the cap
ital to press its demands.
PLATINUM SAMPLES
BE TESTED DETERMINE
MOTHER MATTRIX ORE
Departing on the train for Fair
banks will be Eugene Titnick, who,
with Cy MacGahan, arrived on the
last trip of the SS Starr from the
Good News Bay district. Mr. Tit
nick is a young geologist, and it de
velops that he carries with him
samples of platinum ore discover
ed on the west shoreline of Red
Mountain, which he believes con
tains a vein of the precious metal.
After making a careful reconnais
sance of the region Messrs. Tit
nick and MacGahan located claims.
Thus while one partner is taking
a look at Nuka Bay, the other is
enroute 1io the Alaska College,
where exhaustive tests will be made
of his samples to determine the
mattrix supposed to be the mother
of platinum. In addition of goodly
samples of free platinum, Mr. Tit
nick has a quantity of lode matter
in which is associated particles of
platinum.
In view of not being able to se
cure stakings on the placer creeks
all interest will be centered in the
possibility of a lode, and if the
samples give a reaction under
analysis proving them to be asso
ciated in lode material, the part
ners will immediately take steps
to open the ground and conduct
explorations.
The fact that platinum is found
in the alluvial on the side of the
mountain opposite the placer
creeks is believed to support the
theory of Messrs. Titnick and Mac
Gahan that if a vein exists they
have the advantage of less erosion
than has occurred on the east side
of the mountain, and therefore,
what would be a good vein.
GOES TO IRELAND
NORFOLK, N. J., Aug., 5, —Miss
Betty Gow, nurse in the Lindbergh
household at the time Baby Lind
bergh was kidnaped and slain, left
j for a visit with relatives in Ire
I land.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2-7, Cleveland 8-8.
New York 15, Chicago 3.
Washington 14, Detroit 11.
Phillies 6, St. Louis 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 12, Phillies 1.
Boston 3, Cincinnati 2.
i New York 4, St. Louis 1.
j Pittsburgh 4-5, Brooklyn 7-6.
PACIFIC COAST
Los Angeles 7, Portland 2.
Hollywood 3, Sacramento 3.
Oakland 4, San Francisco 3.
Seattle 23, Missions 3
LIST OP PREFERENTIAL
ITEMS BEEN DRAWN UP
BUT KEPT DARK SECRET
OTTAWA, Ang., 5, —The British
Imperial economic conference now
in session here has finally arrived
at some decision as to articles
to be given preferential tariffs
by the mother country.
Attempts are being made to keep
the list a secret until further dis
cussion on the various enumerated
items can be made among the del
egates themselves and some final
decision made.
It is stated, however, the list of
articles will not be an extra hard
blow to Canadian-American trade
but it is difficult to tell the exact
degree of the action. Some make
the prediction that it will probably
amount to about 10 per cent. The
Canadian-American trade amounts
to about $250,000,000 yearly.
LAMONT WILL BE BEAD
BIG STEEL CORPORATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 5, —
Robert Patterson Lamont, who has
resigned as Secretary of Commerce,
has been appointed to the presi
dency of the American Iron & Steel
Company by Charles Schwab. The
appointment becomes effective on
August 18.
Lamont formerly headed this
same organization in the capacity
of president and his reappoint
ment is thought to be the harbin
ger ofk:sorne of the far reaching
plans t'i'e steel industry plan to ef
fect.
President Hoover has announced
the appointment of Roy Dykeman
Chapman to fill the cabinet vacan
cy.
ran mu rsces
CLEVELAND, O., Aug., 5, UF\—
Because women will be admitted to
all events on the national air race
calendar August 27-September 5,
they’ll have a better “break” than
the men.
All events, for the first time in
the history of the classic, will be
cpen to women fliers—but two
events will be exclusively for the
women.
One is a 50-mile race while the
new event will be the Amelia Ear
hart trophy race.
BIG CHICAGO FIRE
CHICAGO, Aug., 5, —The South
west district of Chicago where a
number of grain elevators are lo
cated, was the scene of a costly
fire Thursday night. Airplanes
were directing the fire-fighters in
their attempts to halt the flames
which started in a grain elevator.
It is said that the fire was pre
ceded by an explosion. Thousands
of bushels of wheat, oats and other
grains were destroyed.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, Aug., 5, —Some of the
temperature extremes recorded for
Thursday throughout the United
States were: Seattle 82.60; Chicago
88.68; Denver 88.66; Los Angeles
78.69; New Orleans 86.76; New
York 86.72; Portland 96.66; San
Francisco 66.54.
The Auxiliary Poppy sale recently
held in Alaska resulted in the fol
following totals: Ketchikan $137.60;
Wrangell $47.65; Petersburg $33.50;
Juneau 442.97; Sitka $17; Cordova
$120; Seward $38.75; Anchorage
$9140; Fairbanks $89.00.
Between 50,000 and 60,000 skins
are expected to be taken in the
1932 season from the government
supervised seal herd on the Pribi
lof Islands.
The Nome Nugget reports that
an old tailings dump within three
miles of Nome, which has been re
worked, was again sluiced with
snow-water this spring and
ed good results.