The largest circulation
of any newspaper in the
2d, 3rd, 4th Divisions of Alaska
MEMBER Also, the best 16-page
ASSOCIATED Weekly in the Territory,
PRESS Seward Weekly Gateway
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 92. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA SENATE
PISS HOUSE BILL
REPEAL BONE DRY
INOPERATIVE UNTIL VALIDATED
BY CONGRESSIONAL
ENACTMENT
»* —■
:
JUNEAU, April 27. (Special to
The Gateway)—Although only four
more days elapse before the end
of the session, neither general
appropriations nor revenue meas
ures will have been introduced in
the House when it convenes today,
and no member has ventured a
guess at the total appropriation
bill nor what raises must be made
in taxation in order to meet the
situation, yet the 10th Legislature’s
working life must come to an end
Thursday.
The Senate, late Saturday, passed
the House bill to repeal the Al
aska Bone Dry law as amended by
the education committee making
the measure inoperative until val
idated by Congressional enactment
and enacting the title (2) of the
national prohibition act as Ter
ritorial enforcement law which in
sures United States commissioners
jurisdiction over misdemeanor
cases. The House is expected to
concur in the amendments.
Nerland’s ' amendments to the
workmen’s compensation law failed
of passage in the House Saturday
afternoon, the vote being six for
and nine against; one member
was absent.
Legal authorities are unable to
agree on the constitutionality of
Ziegler’s 12 cent excise measure
on fibreboard containers. Rust
gard said that in his opinion the
bill is unconstitutional, although
he added he had not had time
give the question a thorough,
consideration. Henry Roden, cit- :
ing several decisions in the United |
States Supreme Court on what!
he termed parallel cases, declared
the Territory would have an even
chance of making such legislation
stick if enacted.
Rustgard, on the general eight
hour measure, said any opinion on j
its constitutionality would be mere |
guesswork and declined to express
a definite view.
The ways and means committee
reported the Alaska College ap
propriation bill carrying a total
$159,400.
Alaska’s pioneers, whose ranks
are thinning with the passing
years, lost two more of their num
ber in the recent deaths at Bethel
of “Deaf” Louie Nelson and Alex
Edberg, reports the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
FOR SECOND TIME
ROME, April 27, (fP)—The Pope
left Vatican City for the second
time of his reign and attended
the inauguration of the new pro
paganda Fide College whose con
struction was financed largely by
American money; he inspected the
institution’s departments.
Mrs. J. E. Flickinger will be re
turning to Seward this month, it
is reported, from California. Mr.
Flickinger coming North next
month.
DAYLIGHT SAYING
! NEW YORK, April 27. (/P) —
Watches and clocks and millions
of persons will be an hour faster
for five months beginning yester
day in 437 cities and towns in
the nation. Most are hi Eastern
States.
'BAMBINO' SUFFERED
SIMOR INJURY TO
LEG IS KNUTE ROCKIK
NEW YORK, April 27, OP)—Babe
Ruth is suffering from the same
injury which bothered Knute
Rockne, famous football coach, for
many months before his death in
an airplane crash recently, Dr. E.
V. Painter, the New York Yankee’s
trainer, said.
Talking over the telephone from
Boston, where Ruth injured his
thigh in a game with the Red
Sox, Dr. Painter said the great
hitter was struck on the major
thigh muscle on the left leg, half
way between the hip and knee.
A similar injury developed into I
a blood clot for the Notre Dame
coach and he was troubled for a
long time.
GW SOVIET SPUE
HIES ST PROVIDENCE
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 27,
(/P)—Soviet Russia’s long expected
test case cargo of 3,200,000 feet
of spruce lumber arrived here on
the battered old Finnish tramp
steamer Anversoise and found the
United States customs officials un
certain as to whether it should be
admitted.
A three-hour inspection of the
cargo and a long discussion be
tween representatives of the
Treasury Department and the A.
C. Duton Lumber Company, iocal
consignees, resulted in no deci
sion.
KOSKY IS WINNER
RENO, April 27, (JP)—Fay Kosky,
San Francisco lightweight, won
over Charlie Miller of Reno on a
foul in the fourth round of their
scheduled 10 round final event
at Reno Arena. Roy Pollock, Sa
cramento welterweight, won a de
cision over Chief Abe Abrams of
Reno in a six round semi windup.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL
Chicago 3, Cincinnati 1.
Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 0.
Others postponed on account of
rain.
AMERICAN
New York 7, Washington 8.
Chicago 4, Detroit 8.
Others postponed on account of
rain.
COAST
Hollywood 4-2, Portland 17-6.
Missions 5-7, Seattle 7-3.
Sacramento 5, San Francisco 4.
Others postponed on account of
rain.
The average motor bus pays
yearly highway taxes of approxi
mately $575.
I
Official minutes of the City
Council meeting Thursday, April
23rd. 1931.
Adjourned regular meeting of
the Common Council, City of
Seward held this date in the
Council Chambers, meeting called
to order by Mayor Brownell at 8
p. m. with the following Coun
cilmen present; Cooper, Manthey,
Meyer, Roberts and Stanton.
Minutes of the previous part of
this meeting read and approved.
Communication from General Man
ager Ohlson, of the A. R. R., read,
asking that the City cancel lease
No. l-3arr-1042 of the two tracts
of ground used for parking spaces
and that lease be executed to H.
V. Hoben for these tracts. Motion
was made by Councilman Man
they, seconded by Cooper, that
such cancellation be made, pro
vided A. R. R. executed lease to
H. V. Hoben and such lease con
tained all the conditions as set
forth in the original lease to the
•City of Seward. Calling the Roll
on the Motion; All Councilmen
present voted in the affirmative;
so ordered and Clerk instructed
to notify Mr. Ohlson of the Coun
cil’s action in the matter.
Audit of the City and School
Board books presented; Ordered
filed. Following applications pre
sented for City offices; Applica
tion of Fred Keilcheski and C. M.
O'Neil for combined offices of
Chief of Police and Fire Chief.
Mayor ordered written ballots to
be cast and named Councilman
Roberts as tyler: Result of ballot
as follows; Fred Keilcheski 5,
C. M. O'Neil 0. The Mayor there
upon declared Mr. Keilcheski duly
elected to the office of Chief of
Police and Fire Chief.
Application of Dr. A. D. Haver
stock for Health officer present
ed. Mayor instructed the Clerk to
cast the unanimous ballot of the
Council for Dr. Haverstock as
Health Officer and declared him
duly appointed.
Application of A. D. Balderston
for the combined offices of Clerk,
Magistrate and Assessor, present
ed; Moved by Councilman Coop
er, seconded by Manthey and
unanimously carried, that Mayor
cast the unanimous ballot for Mr.
Balderston for the above offices,
this being done. The Mayor de
clared A. D. Balderston duly ap
pointed to the above offices.
Application of E. P. Harwood
for office of City Attorney, pre
sented. Upon proper motion made,
seconded and carried, Mayor cast
the unanimous ballot of the
Council for Mr. Harwood for the
office of City Attorney. The May
or thereupon declared E. P. Har
wood duly appointed to the
above office.
H. S. Balderston, upon the unan
imous vote of the Council, was re
appointed City Treasurer.
Councilmen Meyer and Rob
erts of the Public Health and Pub
lic Protection Committee, submit
ted reports on their findings of
the status and operation of the
Seward General Hospital. Chair
man Meyer’s report covered in
detail the financial operation,
present financial standing under
such operation and possible cont
inuance of such operation by the
Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety. Committeeman Roberts sub
(PImm tan to Pin Poor)
BASEBALL HHAD DIES
CINCINNATI, April 27. (A>) —
Garry Herrmann, former president
of the Cincinnati National League
club, died here Saturday.
FAMOUS COMSTOCK
LOOT SHOWS SICKS
OF LIFE ONCE ICIIIN
RENO, April 27. (/P)—The Com
stock Lode, famous vein of silver
and gold which created beauty,
multi-millionaires and helped the
union to finance itself during the
Cicil War, has begun to show signs
of life again.
Blocking out a large ore deposit
whose mineral content was de
scribed by engineers as containing
80 per cent gold, was announced
by officials of the Comstock Tun
nel and Drainage Company.
Officials said the average value
of the ore already shipped as
sayed $19.29 per ton. The metal
in the proved area will probably
exceed a million dollars. The new
find is in virgin ground and the
operators announced plans for
construction of a milling plant.
REBELS MU THREE
AmeKS THEN BEAT IT
| TEGUCI GALPA, April 27, (/P)—
Government troops were victors in
! severe fighting at San Pedro, in
I the Sula area, and pursued fleeing
rebels to the mountainous Hon
duran interior, advices said.
Rebels have been cleared from
the Puerto Cortes area and it
is not believed there is further
danger from attack.
Rebels made three attacks on
Chamelecon before the flight;
there were many casualties includ
ing several rebel officers. No es
timate of the dead and wounded
was made. The most severe fight
ing was yesterday.
SCIENTIST DEAD
! PHILADELPHIA, April 27, (£>)—
Dr. Francis X. Dercum, president
of the American Philosophical So
ciety, died suddenly as he was
about to open the annual meeting
of the scientific organization
founded by 'Benjamin Franklin.
BASEBALL
SATURDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL
Philadelphia , New York 3; ten
innings.
Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 3.
Boston 5, Brooklyn 4.
Cincinnati-St. Louis, rain.
AMERICAN
New York 4, Boston 5; ten in
nings.
Washington 2, Philadelphia 3.
St. Louis 1, Detroit 3.
Cleveland-Chicago, postponed.
COAST
Missions 6, Seattle 4.
Oakland 4-1, Los Angeles 10-0.
Hollywood 10, Portland 7.
Sacramento 8, San Francisco 1.
A 15-cent bounty on hawks in
the lower Rio Grande valley has
been offered in an effort to save
the quail
GLACIER PRIEST
COLLAPSES AFTER
GRUELING DASH
NOW RECUPERATING AT HOLY
CROSS; TAKES TO THE
AIR THIS MONTH
HOLY CROSS, Alaska, April 27,
Special to The Gateway—Father
Bernard Hubbard, professor of
geology at Santa Clara Univer
sity, Calif., known throughout
world as the “Glacier Prk
is recuperating here frcv>
enza. '
A spectacul- time
|up the Yukon from Bering Sea,
[proved too much for the moun
tain climber and explorer who
collapsed upon arriving at Holy
Cross.
Spring thaws made travel ex
tremely dangerous and Father
Hubbard had 200 miles to go;
there were no native guides as
all were down with the “flu" so
| the “Glacier Priest” had to trav
el the unknown country alone
and caring for his dogs all winter.
The animals were in perfect shape
and responded to 50 miles a day
for the last consecutive days.
Father Hubbard arrived here
just two days before the spring
thaws and bad weather flooded
the Yukon River.
After the break-up he will fly
to Aniakchak crater meeting there
the student party which will
leave Seattle May 9 for Seward
The party will consist of Ken
neth Chisholm, brother of “Red,”
famous All-American football star,
Bill Regan of the University of
Santa Clara and Dick Douglas,
of Georgetown University.
BRISTOL, Va., April 27. (/P)—
The Herald Courier said it is ad
vised that a petition requesting
the resignation of James Cannon,
I Jr., as bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church in the south, is
being circulated by Methodist lay
men.
The paper said their informant
revealed the petition is in protest
of the action of the 12 elders who
recently passed on Cannon’s char
acter and would urge the College
of Bishops not to elect him as
president.
! Prior to their departure for the
j North Saturday Donald MacDonald
land Hawley Sterling, Alaska Road
| Commission engineers, played a
; few rounds of golf on Seward's
hazardous course at the radio sta
tion and passed their official okeh
The Interior golfers knocked ’em
far and wide.
Sunday, the most wonderful
summer day this season, beckon
ing everyone to the outdoors and
the response was unanimous. Pic
nickers were scattered along all
roads and the beaches, tennis, golf
and baseball players were out in
force, as were hiking, fishing, auto
and boating parties as well as
swimmers but no bathing beauties.