The lirtHi circulation
o£ any newspaper in the
2nd, 3rd, 4th Divisions of
Alaska
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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 116.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ENGLAND'S QUEEN IS A RE
MARKABLY FINE WOMAN;
IS 64 TODAY
LONDON, May 26, (/P)—Queen
Mary is 64 years of age today and
felicitations poured in from a
wide circle of relatives, friends
and admirers.
No public ceremonies are plan
ned and she looked forward, with
the King, of receiving guests at
Sandringham Palace.
The press, especially, is partic
ularly laudatory in recording the
event. One paper said that while
she maintained the best tradi
tions of thp late Queen Vicotria,
she “has created a tradition of
her own; of active, beneficient
public services in which she has
surpassed all royal predecessors.”
The Queen is the daughter of
the Duke of Teck and Mary Ade
line.
ANNOUNCE EXTENSION
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.
An extension of its service to
New Zealand was announced by
the Oceanic Steamship Company,
with the sailing of its steamer
Sonoma on July 2nd. This ex
tension is in the company’s Aus
tralian Seas service and was made
because of the tourist interest in
New Zealand, according to W. P.
Roth, vice president and general
manager of the company.
LOT OF ME! IS
SPILLED IN GORRIDOR
OF POLICE STRTION
SEATTLE, May 2G, (^—Detec
tive W. D. Rehmke heard a tenor i
voice which sounded familiar as j
he came upon a trusty mopping a j
hallway at police headquarters;
and he recognized him as Bill Bar
ton who had rescued him when
trapped by a slide when both
working for the Alaska Railroad
in the Mount McKinley region!
about 10 years ago.
Barton came here from Alaska
several months ago with $3,000;
he got drunk and explained he
had been sent to jail for 10
days.
Rehmke won Barton’s release
on parole. Barton said he was
going back to Alaska for another
stake.
EXTRA TRAIN SERVICE
Announcement of summer pas
senger train service during 1931,
over the Alaska Railroad, brings
an extra regular train into Sew
ard each week, according to the
schedule received in the last mail
from headquarters. Trains will ar
rive from the Interior on Friday
at 6:39 p. m. and Saturdays at
6:30 p .m. Northbound a train
wll leave Friday mornings at 9
a. m. and on Saturdays at 7:30 a.
m.
i
OLD TIMER MISSING
JUNEAU, May 26, (^—Search
ing parties have been unable to
find Charles Bender, oldtimer,
missing since May 9 when he was
seen going out Glacier Highway.
NO FOOL BLOW WILL
DECIDE CHWONSHir
FIGHT IT CLEVELAND
—
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CLEVELAND, May 26. (JP) —The
I heavyweight championship fight
between Max Schmeling and W. L.
“Young” Stribling here on July
third, will not be won on a foul
blow, according to a decision of
the Cleveland Boxing Commission.
The no foul rule was adopted by
| the Commission following the ac
tion of the New York State Ath
letic Commission in announcing
| a decree last year that no bout
j should be decided on the basis of
a punch below the belt unless the
offender persisted to such a degree
that such action was deemed ad
visable by the judges.
: FORMER WHITE PUSS
ENGINEER DIES SCUTTLE
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SEATTLE, May 25, (A*)—Horace
Adelbert Middaugh, 84, founder
of the' Pioneer Sand and. Gravel
Co., and who initiated paving in
! Seattle by donating two blocks
i to the city, died here.
He was past commander of the
John Miller Post, G. A. R.
He came here 40 years ago from
Pennsylvania and for many years
he was superintendent of con
struction for the White Pass &
Yukon Railroad.
A COMMITTEE—
WASHINGTON, May 26. (/P)—
I Ten leading economists. labor
leaders and government offic
I ials were named by Secretary of
Labor Doak as a committee to
. study the effect of machine pro
; duction on employment and to
j recommend relief steps.
I
i BELGIUM ALLOTS HUGE
! SOM FOR NEW ROHRS
BRUSSELS, May 26, (^—Bel
gium, boasting more miles of
road for its area than any other
country in the world, is going in
for quality as well as quantity.
There are 28,300 miles of road,
which is one mile for every square
kilometer,, and the government
has embarked on a four-year $150,
000,000 program for improving the
grta network.
PRIESTS BY U. S. VISAS
VATICAN CITY, May 26, (IP)—
Because the pope’s domain is not
formally recognized by the United
States, resident priests who for
merly received free visas for trips
to America must now pay the
usual fee of $10.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, May 26, (#)—Halibut
from five vessels, totaling 84,500
pounds, sold for 6c and 9%c.
ALBERT B. FAIL
DECIDES RENEW
LONG CONTEST
RECENTLY SAID THAT BECAUSE
OF ILLNESS AND AGE HE
WOULD DROP FIGHT
WASHINGTON, May 26. (£>) —
With renewed hope Albert B. Fall
has decided to renew his long con
test against his conviction of ac
cepting a bribe while Secretary of
Interior in the Harding Cabinet.
From his home at Three Rivers,
New Mexico, Fall has notified his
attorneys to apply to the supreme
court for a review of the District
of Columbia court of appeals deci
sion affirming his bribery conv
tion and upholding a sentence of
a year’s imprisonment and a $100,
000 fine.
Fall recently announced that be
cause of illness and advanced age
he would abandon his contest
against the conviction of receiving
a $100,000 bribe from Edward L.
Doheny, wealthy oil man.
Doheny was acquitted of giving
the money.
47 MINERS DIE . |
f CORGAUM, India, «yMay 26, (/P)
!_Forty-seven minr§*-are known
to be dead and more than a score
| more' are missing, the result of a
| fire in the Nandydroog gold mine
;in the Kilar field.
GAVE SELF UP AFTER TWO
DAYS HIDING; CLAIMS
SELF DEFENSE
—
NEW YORK, May 26, (/P)—
| Howard Bridgetts, a 29 year-old
clerk, sought for the killing of
his cousin, Dr. Joseph Loughlin,
a surgeon, in an alleged pistol
duel, surrendered.
In turning over the revolver he
said; “This gun was used in self
defense.”
He had been in hiding for two
days with a bullet wound in his
left arm, and was sought as the
one who had shot the physician
in a duel Sunday after a quarrel
in which Bridgetts was accused
of carrying gossip about the phy
sician to the wife.
He told the police three shots
were fired but refused to say
who fired them.
RETURNS THREE WEEKS
The U. S. S. Discoverer, in port
for the last few days, left during
the night for Barren Island to re
sume geodetic survey work. A
land party has been stationed on
the island for the last three weeks.
The vessel is expected to return
in three weeks.
Bill Kaiser, old sourdough and
pioneer of Alaska, especially well
known in Seward and in the Ke
nai country, is reported to have
died last fall at Wenatchee follow
ing a short illness.
FOR KODIAK HUNT
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., May
26, (#)—G. B. Dryden and party
of Chicago boarded boarded the
yacht Westward Ho here Monday
enroute to Kodiak Island for a
brown bear hunt.
ENGLISHMAN ELIMINATES
TRICK SHOT GOLFER IN
$5,801 TOURNAMENT
LEEDS, England, May 26. (/P)—
Joe Turnesa of Elmsford, New
York, won his first match in the
$5,000 Leeds professional golf tour
nament from A. J. Young, of Es
sex, five and four.
Joe Kirkwood, trick shot artist
from New York, was eliminated
by A. R. Bradber of England in
the first round of match play five
and three. Tony Manero complet
ed his match shortly after Turn
esa, polishing off W. T. Twine of
Bromley, Kent, four and three.
TEUTON BOXED BEGINS
CONNEAUT PARK, Pa. May 26.
(JP)—Max Schmeling, Teuton hold- !
er of the heavyweight champion- |
ship who meets “Young” Stribling
at Cleveland next month, planned'
a day of light exercise as a pre
paraton for the strenuous training i
grind to come. ,
Public training exhibitions in the
outdoor and indoor arenas will
not be held until the latter part
of the week .
NATURE WILL BUILD
NEW YORK, May 26. (JP) —Don
Alfonso Zelaya, whose father Jose
Santos Zelaya was a former pre
sident of Nicaragua, thinks na
ture will build a new cariai ac
ross Central America. A subter
ranean river flowing from Lake
Managua and under the hill on
which the city stood wll event
ually eat away the land and pro
vide a natural opening to the
Pacific Oceon, he said.
WI IMPROVEMENTS
WllillSON FOE SINGH
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Williamson,
who conduct the large fox ranch
on Lake Kenai, near Lawing, one
of the real show-places along the
southern division of the Alaska
| Railroad, are .doing considerable
improving on their ranch, so
| many in fact, that last year’s
[visitors would hardly recognize
it as the same.
The new crop of pups are com
ing in nicely and the litters are
dong exceptionally well.
FILES 500 SUITS
EUDAPEST, May 26, (^P)—Ar
pad Miroczky of Budapest, former
Hungarian artillary lieutenant,
has, since the war, filed damage
suits against his captain, colonel,
all his generals, the minister of
war, six judges, 23 detectives and
42 lawyers, more than 500 cases
in all.
FOR SUM 51.001
GARDENER HAD TRUSTED BRO
KER WITH LIFE SAVINGS
OF $25,000
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, (/P)—
One attempted suicide because of
reputed losses amounting to $100,
000 to an undetermind number
of investors, is charged by the
police to Richard Coombs, former
AustraliaA army officer who is
missing.
The investment broker is sought
on a warrant charging him with
swindling Mrs. Catherine Moyle
of $1,750.
Physicians sought to save the
life of John Turner, 62, a gardener,
who took poison because Coombs
is alleged to have taken his life
savings.
His family told the police how
he had entrusted $25,000 to
Coombs real estate investments.
The broker disappeared several
days ago after being in business
for 12 years.
MARRIAGE POSTPONED ....
HONOLULU, May 26. P) —J.
McCormick, motion picture pro
ducer, announced that because
Colleen Moore, his divorced act
ess wife, failed to file an affi
davit in Los Angeles asking for
her final decree, his marriage to
Mrs. Janet Gates would be post
poned.
PUBLIC-OWNED UTILITIES
IS THE HIM OE YOUNG
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
MADISON, Wis., May 26, (&)—
A five-point program for public
ownership and operation of public
utilities in Wisconsin has been set
in motion by the state legislature
under hte guiding hand of young
Gov. Philip LaFollett.
One of the main planks in the
progressive republican campaign
last year, the power program has
been probably the most contro
versial subject during the legis
lative session. It may be carried
to completion in five years.
One measure in the program
would permit the state to go in
to the light, heat and power bus
iness. The measure must be ap
proved by the next legislature and
at a referendum before it becomes
effective.
BUI SCORES
AMERICAN
New York 2, 4, Phillies 4, 16.
Chicago 6, Cleveland 7.
NATIONAL
Pittsburg 6, Chicago 9.
These were the only major leag
ue games.
BEATS OLYMPIC CHAMP
WICHITA,Kan. May 26. </P>—
Everett Marshall, La Junta, Colo.,
defeated Charles Strack, Olympic
heavyweight champion, two falls
out of three in the feature bout!
of a wrestling Show here.