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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 138.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FRENCH DECISION
GEIMRDEBT
WORLD-WIDE REACTION TO j
U. S. OFFER FAV
ORABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22. j
i.-P)—Upon France’s response, more
than any other one thing, rests ,
the future of America’s offer for j
a one year holiday of war debt,
reparations payments.
Great Britain is sympathetic j
and Germany is appreciative.
Republican and Democratic party
leaders forecast that the next'
American Congress will pass the
necessary legislation. The world
wide reaction is for the most part,
favorable.
In diplomatic circles in Wash
ington, it is believed, lies the re
sponsibility for the next step with
respect to France. President Hoo
ver has reason to think the French
attitude will be favorable.
Mellon’s conferences, informally
with French representatives and1
other nations, are reported to have
brought encouragfhg comment.
THOUSANDS MI
a
WASHINGTON. June 22. (JP) —
More than 15.000 men and a few
women wish to help the govern
ment enforce the prohibition laws
as dry agents (for payi.
The civil service commission has
received this number of applica
tions for examinations to fill the
approximately 350 new posts to be
open July 1.
Examinations will be held in 21
states.
Those appointed will be given an
intensive course of instructions in
the duties of a dry agent and Prohi
bition Director Woodcock has
hopes of having these agents at
work by July 15.
SIX MEN
OVER THE WEEKEND
SANTA ROSA. June 22. (JP) -
Drowning terminated four northern
California Sunday outings and
cost the lives o f six men:
two were picknickers who couldn’t
swim but plunged into a Salmon
Creek in an effort to save a nine |
year old boy who had waded out'
beyond his depth.
A boat capsized in Petaluma Riv
er and two fishermen drowned.
Others were swimers who drown- j
ed in separate accidents; Rus
sian River dead are Joseph Deviro, (
rancher; Marian Lungerford, car- f 1
penter; Harry Berber, a plumber, j;
Thomas Hart and Boris Krav-1 •
chenko, the first two, died trying
to save a boy who was later res- ;
cued. ii
SANK AT PIER
HAMILTON. Bermuda, June 22.
</P)—The M. S. Bermuda, operated
by the Furness-Bermuda Lines, be
tween here and New York sank at
her pier. The bridge and superstruc
| ture was all burned away and the
| stern is now resting on the bottom
“FOUNDERS MY Of
i THE WEST" MIES
i IK OF ACCIDENTS
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 22.
1 (JP)—Four persons were shot and
wounded during a pageant, “Found
ers’ Day of the West.” A deputy
■sheriff aimed at giving authentic
| Westerners and others a true idea
of old times in pioneer days, and
to add to the noise of the cele
bration, discharged his pistol at
the sidewalk and the bullets ric
ocheted.
The parade was delayed while
firemen, much to the amusement
of the crowd, which thought it
part of the program, endeavored
! reach a fire. As a climax to a day
of accidents a cowboy’s horse
! leaped among an orchestra and
wrecked noise making devices.
SUB IN row
WASHINGTON, June 22. CP) —
The submarine Naumas »vas i>b.ut
570 miles off Queeiiato.vn. Ireland,
with Captain Benjamin Button, Jr,
commander of the U. S. S. Battle
ship Wyoming, towing the disabled
craft. The tow line as already car
red away some of the fittings of
the submarine.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 22. CP)—
Captain Robert Dollar, dean of Am
erican shipping men, is back on the
job again after an extended illness.
He is 87 years Id. Although he
had visited his offices since his
illness, this was his first full day.
With his son R. Stanley Dollar,
the Captain visited the waterfront
and two of his liners in port.
ENJOYED BRIEF OUTING
Captain Gilje and other officers
of the SS. Admral Evans, Pacific
Steamship Company, took Dame
Opportunity by the forelock Sat
urday and spent a number of plea
sant hours trout fishing in Russian
River. They all returned delighted
with their brief outing and with
ample fish for all hands. Frank
Towle was in charge of the party
on Lake Kenai and down the river.
D-OX NEARING RIO DE JANEIRO
VICTORIA, Brazil, June 22. (/P)—
The D-OX, giant German flying
boat enroute to Rio de Janeiro,
reached this city after making two
stops to refuel in a 600-mile trip
from Bahia. It is to refuel here
and hop to Rio de Janeiro, 200
miles distant.
PRICES SOAR
NEW YORK, June 22. (/^—Se
curity commodity prices soared at j
the openings markets response *to j
President Hoover’s week-end pro- j
posals on debt payments and ad
vances from $2 to $15 in leading
stocks were numerous. Cotton
climbed $2.50 to $3 a bile.
WILL BE OUT OF DIRECT COM
MUNICATION FOR
THREE WEEKS
CHIGNIK. June 22. (ff) —Father
Bernard R. Hubbard and his party
returned from a safe ascent of the
Aniakchak Volcano.
After the ascent they began trans
ferring their equipment to the base
of the mountain by plane but on
the second trip, because of a sud
squall, the plajne had to alight
in open water.
Great dificulty was experienced
in saving the plane and which was
possble only because of a landing
made near shore.
The members battled in water
shoulder-high to prevent the plane
from being dashed to pieces.
Father Hubbard intends to camp
>’ithin the crater for three weeks
on the next trip to study the vol- i
cano and will be out of direct com- j
munication with trie woyd for that
period.
Hubbard related on his return,
that the side of the mountain is so
covered with ashe£ that they had;
to improvise skiis when they got i
close to the summit.
Father Hubbard’s earlier attempt j
to study the volcano from the air
nearly proved disasterous when Pi-1
lot Blunt, of the Pacific Interna
tional Airways flew over the crater i
of smoking Aniakcak. The suction,
of cold air toward the hot crater '
pulled Hhe airplane toward the pit.
A sudden dive away from the gas- ,
eous mouth of the crater saved the
ship from plunging into the hole.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 9, St. Louis 1.
Washington 14. 7, Cleveland 4, 7.;
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 4.
Detroit 5, Boston 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3, 10, Pittsburgh 1.0.
Boston 5. 3, St. Louis 1, 2. .
Brooklyn 6 Chicago 5.
Cncinnati 4, 6, Philadelphia 1, 1.1
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Scramento 0. 4, Portland 2, 1.
Hollywod 13, Missins 6.
Oakland 4, Seattle 7.
San Francisco 11, Los Angeles 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5, New York 4.
St. Louis 2, 1, Boston 6, 0.
Chicago 6, Brooklyn 7.
Philadelphia 7. 'Cincinnati 1.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 4, 8. Missions 5, 5. The
first game lasted 10 innings.
San Frattfrsco 5, 0, Los Angeies
-> 4. The first game lasted 11 inn- ,
mgs
Oakland at Seattk Si"r-:neuto j
at Portland games p ,*tp on nc- j
count of rain.
GEHRIG HITS 13TH
ST. LOUIS, June 22. (£>) — Ruff
ing of the Yankees allowed the
Browns only two hits and one run.
Gehrig hit his 13th homer. 3
IN STATE OF COMA—
VANCOUVER, June 22. (A?) —
Physicians at a hospital here were
unable to determine whether Mrs.
T. E. Marshal has been dead or in
state of coma for the past three
days. She was brought to the hos
pital after collapsing in a doctor's
office.
'GLACIER PRIEST'
UNO PARTE SAFE:
CHIGNIK, Alaska, June 22. (/P>—
Father Bernard Hubbard, the
“Glacier Priest,” was safe after a
hazardous ascent during the week
of Aniakchak volcano and a sub
sequent flight to the peak in which
his plane, forced down by a squall,
was saved from being wrecked on
the shore with great difficulty. I
Father Hubbard and three stud- j
ents left here on the 13th and j
spent several days climbing the ■
volcano. On their return flight to
transfer equipment nearer the
base of the mountain, the near dis- J
aster occurred.
I
JACK DEMPSEY TO
REFEREE JULY FOURTH
FIGHT AT REDO
RENO, Nevada, June 22. (ZP) —
Jack Dempsey went into a course
of hard training to condition him-1
self as referee of the Baer-Uzcudin
fight on the Fou ch of July, of
which he is the principe promoter
The consent of Dc.s.rfey to act
as the third man in the ring was
obtained only after a three hour
conference in which the managers
of both fighters nsisted he take the
job.
Dempsey’s reluctance has been
genuine. For more than three weeks
he insisted he would not referee the
fight, as he figured that no pro
moter had any business in acting
as a referee.
SAN PEDRO, June 22 (JP> — Pre
ceded by the flagship California,
whch churned a trail northward, six j
other dreadnaughts of the batttle J
force will sail for ther annual bum
mer cruise to Puget Sound, visit
ing San Francisco enroute.
The armada consists of the bat
tleshps Idaho, New York, Nevada, j
West Vrg’ina and Tenessee.
PRINCE 37 TUESDAY
LONDON, June 22. (/P)—‘The
Prince of Wales will be 37 years
old tomorraw and is still a bach
elor. Great Briatin seems to have
accepted the situation as his final
decision and not even the usual
crop of rumors of engagements
are heard. There are no special
plans for the day.
An investigation has been start
ed in Ketchikan to locate J. A.
Talbot, Sr., aged 67, who turned
up missing from his hotel room,
according to the Ketchikan Chron
HUGE PIT VOLDINO
OBSERVED. PRIEST
j FURTHER EXPLORATIONS WILL
BE MADE COVERING NEXT
TWO WEEKS
! CHIGNIK, Alaska, June 22. (Spe
cial to Tlie Gateway)—Pilot Harry
! Blunt, flying a Pacific Internation
al Airways of Alaska plane, arrived
at Chignik today, fee reports the
Father Hubbard party is now at
Mesik Lake, 10 miles from the
Aniakchak volcano.
Father Hubbard, accompanied
| by Students Kenneth Chisholm,
| Clark Douglas and Bill Regan,
! gained the entrance into the in
terior of the crater and report
the crater quiet but a new crater
within the crater has blown out a
i huge pit as large as the pit of
Katmai.
The main object of the “Glacier
Priest” on this trip was to observe
the volcanic gases and air cur
rents that almost sucked the plane
down when his last airplane flight
was attempted.
The crater is emitting quantities
of lethal amber colored gases but
this will not prevent Hubbard en
tering the crater on future expedi
tions contemplated within the next
few *iays.
There will be no further reports
from Father Hubbarcl as he will
be isolated for at least two weeks.
MELLON DENIED MO
SERIOUS BUSINESS SUT
WORLD KNOWS BETTED
LONDON. June 22. (/P) — High
significance ws attached to conver
staticns which Andrew Mellon, U.
S. Secretary of Treasury, is having
here with the government and
banking authorities.
It was originally hoped that the
conversations would lead to an ai
leviaton of the world’s financial
and trade depression. Mellon, des
pite denials that he was here on
serious business, conferred at length
with Premier Ramsay MacDonald
and Foreign Secretary Arthur Hen -
derson at the House of Commons.
CUTTER TDLLAPOOSR PI
VISIT BOGOSLBF ISLAND
The U. S. Coast Guard cutter
Tallapoosa, Capt. C. H. Dench, ar
rived in Seward Sunday from the
regular Bering Sea patrol, by way
of Kodiak Island.
The Tallapoosa came in for sup
plies and also to pick up Robert
Mollitor, fireman. From the Port
of Seward the cutter proceeds to
Sitka, then to the home port at
Juneau.
When up in the vicinity of
Bogoslof Island, members of the
crew stepped ashore to survey the
mysterious smoking island, some
times called the disappearing is
land. They found thousands of
sea lions and sea birds, also the
same volcano and fumeroles.
After taking aboard 900 barrels
of oil the Tallapoosa left for Sitka.