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* VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 104.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CLOCKS TURNED
BACK HUS il
Eli SESSION
SENATE ATTACKS GOVERNOR,
JUDGE RITCHIE AND DEP
UTY H. I. STASER
JUNEAU, May 4, (Special to
the Gateway)—With the clocks
turned back since early yesterday
last evening, the Ninth legislature
adjourned, sine die, at noon, 12
hours over the normal time for
the closing.
The adjournment was preceded
by a dead-lock that lasted from
midnight to midmorning invol
ving three major measures, appro
priations, creation of the office of
auditor and the election of an
auditor, and the Alaska College
appropriation.
120 itfEW LAWS
The legislature passed 120 bills,
all of which became law except
the socalled poor-convict measure
which was vetoed by the Governor.
The final hours of the session
was marked by a jam of legisla
tion which had accumulated in
the senate, including the general
appropriations, the college bill,
the election of an auditor, treas
urer, and other major measures.
36 AMENDMENTS
Thirty-six amendments were
made to the general appropria
tions which entailed the allnight
conference and which virtually
restored the original house meas
ure. As passed it carried about
$1,975,000. The reduction from the
orginal figures is accounted for
by the elimination of college funds
and money for mining investiga
toins which was covered in inde
pendent measures previously inact
ed.
ROADS BOOSTED
Roads were boosted to $320,000;
the Alaska College cut from $135,
035 to $105,500. Other changes
were unimportant.
Many matters were considered
during the session and acted
upon. The legislature passed laws
making elective the heads of all
Territorial government depart
ments, including that of the high
way engineer; changed the old
age allowance system to purely
pioneer allowances, and enacted
a new code for public schools;
revamped the laws relating to
the Pioneers Home, dependent
and; delinquent children, and re
lief to the needy and indigent.
NO TAX RAISE
In the last minute shuffle the
community property bill was lost
when the house rejected the con
ference committee recommenda
tions and neglected to appoint
another committee on the sub
ject. For the second time in as
many sessions the legislature end
ed the session without raising tax
schedules.
No general revenue measure was
introduced and the 1927 schedules
remain effective for two more
years.
Foster’s bill for a $5 head tax
for special relief of the indigent
fund was beaten by a tie vote in
the senate.
CASH COLE, AUDITOR
The office of auditor was creat
ed and Cash Cole elected as the
first auditor. His selection came
by lot, the names of Cole, Elmer
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DESTINED FOR SUCCESS
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The Gateway, in behalf of the citizens of Seward,
wishes to take this opportunity of extending greetings
and a hearty welcome to Capt. Carl B. Eielson, premier
of Alaskan airmen, who, during the last two years, has
received the highest of honors and decorations for his
remarkable and highly skilled piloting of planes at the
North and South Poles.
Captain Eielson’s Alaskan record is well known to
all Oldtimers and from the initial flight made by him at
Fairbanks several years ago, there has developed a bus
iness which may, before many more years flow by, be
second to none in the Territory. Captain Eielson, the
first commercial flyer in Alaska, is indirectly responsi
ble for the saving of scores of lives in the North; the I
early day flights by him proved the value of airplanes
in Alaska and from those days aviation up here has
grown at a tremendous pace.
We cannot predict anything but a great succes fori
the Captain in his newest enterprize, which according
to press dispatches, stated he was planning an airplane
service covering all points in the Territory. It was only
a matter of time when this would have been done but
we are particularly thankful that Captain Eielson will
be the guiding hand of this new enterprise.
Good luck, old boy!
LUSHING STORM
TOKYO, May 4, (JP)—A tale of
the rescue of 400 persons from the
storm lashed Japanese steamer
Goyo was told over the radio
from the steamer Hachiro Maru.
The Goyo ran into a violent
storm on Wednesday and was
forced aground. The Hachiro was
summoned which took off 350 fish
ermen before the rising seas and
darkness stopped them. Through
out the night the steamer stood
by and at dawn saved the remain
der 20 fishermen and 38 mem
bers of the crew.
The ship is a total loss.
FLIERS AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, May 4, (A5)—Parker
Cramer and W. S. Gamble left
for Cleveland planning to fly on
to New York weather permitting.
PISSES IN SESTTLE
; SEATTLE, May 4, {£>)—William
Riley Jackson, 55, Alaska and Yu
kon pioneer, died in the Seattle
hospital. Members of the associa
tion of Yukon pioneers will act as
pallbearers at the funeral Sunday.
Jackson served for many years with
the Yukon police department as a
member of the R. C. N. W. Mount
ed police.
MAN WAS WOMAN
LONDON, May, 3, (fP)—Mrs. Lil
lian Smith, who for years masquer
aded as a man under the name of
Captain Barker, pleaded guilty to a
oerjury charge. She will be sen
tenced.
HELEN IN PARIS
PARIS, May 3, (/P)—Miss Helen
Wills, tennis champion, arrived in
Paris but would not discuss the re
port that she is to be presented at
the court of St. James this month
VILLAGE WIPED OUT
COT F.SBROOK, N. H., May 4, (/P)
—The village of Kidderville was
Y/iped out by a flood which swept
thru Mohawk valley. Balsam dam,
13 miles above broke from heavy
1 lins. No loss of life has been re
ported.
SEVEN SOUTHERN
STATES ARE HIT
SEVERE STORPAS
LAKE MICHIGAN ON RAMPAGE
CHICAGO SHORELINE IS
MASS WRECKAGE
UNDATED, May 4, (^—Forty
four lives were lost in storms in
seven southern states and sec
tions in the midwest.
Virginia led with 23 killed. A
teacher and 19 children were kill
ed when a school building col
lapsed at Rye Cove.
Other southern states suffering
loss were Arkansas, Tennessee,
Maryland, Florida, Alabama and
Kentucky.
At least 100 were injured and
many seriously in storms of less
violence in the middlewest. Two
were killed in Michigan, one in
Illinois, two in Ohio, at Columbia,
where two prisoners were killed
by the collapse of a portion of
the jail.
A windstorm in the Michigan
fruit belt brought soggy, wet
snow which covered the trees.
Lake Michigan went on a ram
Dage and pounded Chicago’s shore
line and flooded buildings.
TWO DAYS TO NEW YORK
ROOSEVELT FIELD, May 4, (/P>—
Pilot Cramer landed late. The plane
left Nome Satudray making the ac
tual flying time from Nome to New
York 48 hours, 28 minutes. Gam
ole accompanied Cramer.
LJPTON TO TRY AGAIN
LONDON. May 4, (/P)—The ex
change telegraph says the Royal
Ulster Yacht Club issued o chal
lenge for the American cup in be
half of Sir Thomas Lipton, effect
ive in September, 1930.
BASEBALL BOOMS WITH OPENING OF SEASON
Opening day when the weakest team to its staunch
supporters looks just as strong as the favorites is at
hand with a full quota of thrills and chills.
SUITE OF SEIGE
DECLARED III TWO
SECTIONS EUROPE
HUNDREDS ON STRIKE RES
PONDING TO COMMUNIST
ACTIVITIES
BERLIN, May 4, (A5)—Two sec
tions declared a state of seige and
a new outbreak of street fighting
from midnight to dawn occurred.
Four were killed and 18 serious
ly injured and numerous arrests
have been made and further ones
are expected.
The blame of the May Day dis
orders is laid to the door of the
communists and the German for
eign office has started diplomatic
proceedings in Moscow in con
nection with the demonstrations
in which a number of members
of the German cabinet were in
sulted through the medium of
posters.
The total of dead from the
riots, which began on May Day,
is as least 13 and, in all likihood.
many more. The injured were
rushed away' by comrades. Fur
ther disorders last night were re
ported at Neukolellin where ser
ious fighting occured and where
barricades were erected and a
police cordon thrown about the
city.
The residential and business
sections of the city were quiet,
It is estimated that there are'be
tween 1,000 and 1,800 workers in
factories on strike in response to
communists speeches and a poster
protest against the action of the
police.
PUBLIC WILL BETTER UNDER
STAND PROBLEM HANDLED
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GENEVA, May 4, (A5)—Count
Massigli, the French delegate, told
the preparatory committee dis
armament committee commission,
that France will give way to the
proposal for limitation of land
armaments through the budgetry
system.
In making the announcement
of the policy he said he defended
the system which limited the
war material amount to be spent
rather than limitation of number
and quantity, because the public
was able to understand the prob
lem better if handled in that
manner.
WHAT AUTHORITY?
LOS ANGELES, May 3, (JP)—Fed
eral prohibition agents and deputy
sheriffs from two counties were
trying to figure out on what au
thority, if any, Harry Chenoweth
and Jack Ormsby, onetime govern
ment dry agents, were acting when
they shot and killed Charles Chulla,
alleged moonshiner, near Lancaster
Calif.
“Adam and Eva”'Next Wednesday