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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 95.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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MOTH BATCH OF
WILL STHEET POOBE
WASHINGTON. D. C , April 23.—
Percy Rockefeller, a nephew of
John D., Sr., is linked with two so
called “bear” raiders by William
Gray, Senate committee counsel, at
the Senate hearing.
Rockefeller testified to partici
pating in pools with Thomas Bragg
and Bernard Smith; both are listed
as having extensive short holdings
on April 8. the day the Senate got
the list, but have been unable to
locate them since.
Gray said there was a lot of rot
ten operations in the Alaska-Ju
neau which Rockefeller said Bragg
and Smith bought about a year
ago. Gray said the stock was go
ing down in the summer of 1931
when others were going up.
Rockefeller admitted he did not
know how this could happen with
out manipulation and said Smith
y went to Alaska to obtain options
but did not know whether Smith
was a specialist in the Alaska
Juneau and had inside information
nor did he know w'hether he went
to Alaska before or after the pool
was formed.
Senator Barkley asked why he
picked on Smith and Gray. Rock
efeller interjected “may I suggest
« they picked Rockefeller?” Barkley
said the public got picked, prob
ably.
MINING ENGINEERS
TO LOOK OVER PLACER
GROUND NEAR PERRY
Fred J. Mohr, mining engineer of
New' York, accompanied placer
mine owner Woodbury Abbey to
Ferry on today’s train where he
will make an extensive investiga
• tion of the property.
Abbey’s ground is about 16 miles
from the station and in the area
where a number of oldtimers have
long prospected and operated. The
Keyes property is about four miles
from Abbey’s.
Mr. Abbey is wrell known to Alas
kans; he is the man who surveyed
McKinley National Park. Besides
being a civil engineer, he also qual
ifies as a mining engineer. He has
been identified with Alaska going
on two decades and now, with the
arrival of Mr. Mohr, who represents
^ Eastern capital, he hopes it will
meet with approval and operation
on a good scale begun.
OUTBOAHO MOTOR ON
SLOOP FELL OVERBOARD
LOS ANGELES, April 23.—Harry
James of San Francisco and J. H.
Nolan of this city were returned
Friday by a Coast Guard vessel.
They told of a harrowing exper
ience which resulted when they
sailed from here April 12 bound for
one of the islands in the South.
They left here in a 90-foot sloop,
powered with an outboard motor.
When they were many miles at sea
the outboard motor popped off
their boat and they were without
power. The two men were then
forced to row' the 90-foot sloop for
many days until they reached an- i
other vessel alleged to be a rum .
ship.
Through the kindness of the rum
ship, a Coast Guard vessel was ra
dioed and told w'here to pick up the
two men in the sloop.
SIGNS APPROPRIATION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 23.—
President Hoover Friday signed the
Interior Department bill despite his
opposition to the recent cut made
in the appropriation by Congress.
U. S. Hanshew, member of the
p Valdez school faculty, left on the
liner Alaska for Valdez. Mr. Han
shew accompanied Mrs. Hanshew
to Seward last week; Mi;s. Han
shew having came here to enter
the local hospital
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PLANES AT KETCHKAN
KETCHIKAN, April 23. </P)—1The
! two Navy planes enroute to Seward
| on a photographic survey arrived
here from Seattle Friday night.
1 he planes will aid in studying
freak winds in the Aleutian Islands.
RUMORPERSISTS TBT
ITCH KINS KREUGER
IS STILL ALIVE IN IIS
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 23
—Although thousands of Swedish
people lost their dividends and per
sonal fortunes as the result of the
Kreuger Company’s recent finan
cial crash and which resulted in
Ivar Kreuger’s suicide, there has
been no wave of suicides sweeping
through the ranks of those who
were interested in this company
such as has occurred on occasions
1 in this and other countries in sim
ilar straights. Only one suicide in
Sweden is traceable directly to be
a result of the Kreuger crash.
No real bitterness is felt here to
ward the company and the people
have great faith in the officials
who are to carry on the Kreuger
work.
From Paris, notwithstanding
denials from every authority, the
fantastic rumor that Ivar Kreuger
is still alive persisted here. Kreu
: ger allegedly committed suicide in
1 Paris some time ago.
FIRE IN TOKYO
| TOKYO, April 23.—More than 100
i persons were injured and about
j 7,500 are homeless as the result of
j a fire which destroyed 120 build
j ings in the closely packed residen
' tial section here Friday. The prop
erty damage is said to amount to
$3,500,000.
CAPONE AGAIN OFFERS
HOPEWELL, N. J., April 23.—A1
Capone, gang overlord who was
sentenced to a prison term on in
come tax evasion charges, sent
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh an
other offer to aid him in having
the child returned to him. Ca
pone’s only stipulation is that Col
onel Lindbergh secure him tem
porary release from the peniten
tiary where he is now confined
and he will then affect a return of
the child at once
There were no other real devel
opments in the mysterious case but
rumor again said Colonel Lind
bergh had succeeded in reestab
lishing contact with the abductors
on his latest two-day auto trip
which ended Tuesday afternoon.
No confirmation was made of this
rumor.
ENGLISH TARIFF WALL
TO BE BUILT HIGHER
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
Beginning next month, Britain will
have a tariff wall much higher
than the American but this will not
hit American exporters to a very
noticeable degree, experts declared.
America’s principle exports to
Great Britain are cotton, wheat
and other products which are used
in British factories- Under the
British laws, these commodities are
allowed to be brought in duty free.
The only tariff on American
products will be the duty on auto
mobiles and such but they already
were under tariff restrictions
abroad.
The countries that England’s new
high tariff will hit are mostly Eu
ropean nations.
POLITICIAN OVERHAULED
KETCHIKAN, April 23. (/P)—Jess j
T. Moran, candidate as Delegate |
to the Democratic National Con
vention, and two other men were
overhauled by the Coast Guard
cutter Alert late yesterday near
here- They are charged with
transporting a still on their boat.
Their hearing was cheduled for this
afternoon.
WHY MEN SHOULD VOTE
On Tuesday, April 26, everyone of voting age will be given an op
portunity to express his or her will respecting who shall make laws fo
the Territory for the next bi-ennium.
This privilege of choosing one’s rulers was won at the price of river
of blood and hardships and sacrifices which would stagger the mind i
presented today. To fail to exercise this right is to say that one eithe
does not care to or is willing to allow someone else to do his thinkini
and governing for him
It is not reasonable that every man should know what is best fo
the whole. In the absence of that knowledge he has the other course
of selecting men who, by training and experience in such matters an<
through whose stewardship have proven a special fitness for the respon
sibilities placed upon him, may be entrusted with this duty.
Therefore everyone should exercise the ballot in the primaries an<
do their part in selecting men of ability and character and in whom om
may place confidence.
It was for the purpose of allowing every voter a voice in selectioi
that the primary was introduced. It he fails to exercise the right thu
accorded, he has no right to complain if things do not go to suit him
The complaints heard today of misgovernment emanate from th<
failure of the public to do their duty and thus prevent the organize*
classes to have things their own way.
POLONIUS AND POLITICS
Senator Tony Dimond has essayed the role of Polonius in the com
ing primary battle for nomination for Delegate to Congress. Senato:
Dimond’s presence in the race was the result of a draft. His party ii
this portion of Alaska literally snatched him from a field in which h<
has given splendid service to the Territory, that of Senator, and de
manded that he carry the standard in the forthcoming election.
Thus we find him emulating Shakespeare’s old philosopher in “be
ing slow to enter a quarrel, but once in, make thy opponent know thee.’
Hence, we find him down in Southeastern Alaska, the very strong
hold of his opponents, facing them on the plaftorm and telling th<
voters what is in the back of his head, and seeking their vote.
Even Senator Dimond’s opponents, both in his party and in th<
ranks of the Republicans, concede him a record of unblemished servic*
to the Territory. Never spectacular, but always having something t<
say when the time arrived, he has been able to attract the support o:
both parties on the floor of the Territorial Senate. Mild in manner
and at times apparently diffident, he has never shirked a duty, or strad
died an issue.
This consistency resulted in the only defeat he has suffered in hL
I recent political career. He gave his word to his party that he woulc
: support a fusion candidate. In adhering to this sense of honor, it cos
I him his seat in the Senate.
In these days of trickery in politics, it is well that such men stanc
I out for public honors. They may be relied upo n to keep their pledge:
regardless of what cost it might entail to themselves.
Senator Dimond’s constituents are well aware of this laudible trail
; and as the campaign for the primaries draw nearer, he is adding ma
| terially to his strength in the home of his opponents.
OUT TO GET COLE
It is announced that the word has gone down the line in the ole
G.O.P. organization gang to “get Cole.”
This is because Cash Cole takes his office seriously and is possessec
of an honest naivete that those who created his office and attachec
certain powers thereto meant that he should be Auditor and not £
messenger boy.
During the ■winter, a spirited battle has waged at the Territorial
capitol over Cole’s efforts to live up to the letter of the law and refusal
to surrender his powers to the Governor and the Federal bunch. Wher
the smoke cleared it fouhd Cole master of the situation and sticking
to his guns.
The crux of this battle was the question as to who should say wher
a charge against the Territory was just or unjust. In view of the fact
that the Legislature, in creating the office of Auditor, attached certair
penalties to the Auditor for failure to live up to the law, but did nol
attach these obligations to the Board of Control, composed of the
Treasurer and Governor, Cole assumed the correct position that he was
judge of what was just and what was unjust, he having to pay the
penalty alone in case of error of judgment or wrongdoing.
Several awkward situations grew out of the antagonism of the
other members of the board, including the failure for some time to pay
school warrants, for which the Governor withdrew his signature after
affixiing it.
It is customary in inner circle politics to adhere to the mandate of
the boss. This Cole has studiously refused to do, and the old gang is
out to knife him to the heart in the coming primaries and election.
In opposition to this effort at boss rule, those who have been in
touch with the situation, regardless of politics, are marshaling their
forces to deliver a smashing blow' at the system which has been grad
ually growing up in the capitol seeking to thwart the will of the people
and have things to suit the rule or ruin contingent.
SOUTHBOUND LISTING OF
PASSENGERS SS ALASKA
The SS Alaska, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, which sailed
from Seward Friday night at 9!
o'clock for Seattle and wayports,
carried the following passengers:
To Seattle — Elsie Leslie, Frank]
Parrish, Mr. and Mrs- H. L. Stull,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Laurence, C. J.
McGregor. Ray Hoy, Louis Tava,
John Uterstrom, Mrs. Alton Nor
dale.
To Juneau—M. L. Merritt, F. J.
Martin. James Seimi, H. W. Alberts.
To Cordova — Mrs. M. Scherrer,
Jim Fujii, W. B. Phinn, Geo. F.
McDonald. P. H. Abbott, Geo. Te
hemaka, Olga Berestoff.
To Latouche—Mrs. Jno. Balios.
To Ketchikan—N. S. Edwards, j
To Valdez—U. S. Hanshew.
Miss Elsie Leslie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. E. Leslie, departed for
Seattle cn the SS Alaska where she
will soon become a bride.
BASEBALL SCORES
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 1, Boston 4.
New York 13, Philadelphia 8.
Cincinnati 4, Chicago 5.
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 3.
AMERICAN
Chicago 1, St. Louis 4.
Detroit 16, Cleveland 3.
Only games scheduled.
PACIFIC COAST
Seattle 9, Llollywood 5.
Oakland 2, San Francisco 8.
Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 12.
WEDDING HINTED AT
STOCKHOLM, April 23. — An
nouncement was made here that
Greta Garbo, screen actress, was to
be wedded soon to a Nels Soren
son, of Stockholm. Greta refused
to confirm the report but merely
smiled when queried. Hollywood
denies the report- Greta Garbo is
on a tour of European countries
and her contract with Hollywood
moving picture studios will expire
sometime next year.
IN TOILS OF LAW
SEATTIE, April 23- (/P)—Horace
. Caldwell, 54, former government
r teacher in the Aleutian Islands,
was charged with second degree
3 arson in connection with a fire in
f his home which resulted in nom
r inal damage. Inspectors said the
r insurance was twice the value of
the home.
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MED IS CMMTED
POWER TO REOIttlZE,
CONSOLIDATE BUREAUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.
i <JP)—The House special committee
l agreed to give President Hoover
limited power to reorganize bu
reaus and departments of the gov
ernment but was authorized only
to transfer and consolidate activ
ities in the interest of economy and
. not to abolish any functions.
i His action is subject to the veto
, of Congress within 60 days.
' A major struggle looms Wednes
day over Federal payroll reduc
tions. The House committee favors
, a flat 11 per cent cut. Hoover urges
a staggering employment on fur
, lough or five-day week plan.
The President signed the Inter
, ior Department bill including a 10
' per cent slash from the budget.
NAMES Of OPERATORS
; i WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
I The names of 350 “bear” operators
I in the Stock Exchange- were made
j public by the Senate Banking Com
; mittee in its investigation of al
; leged depression effects of short
.! selling.
The names of the individuals
and companies appeared but they
did not include eminent officials
who were reported “short” in the
market. The names were selected
from a list of 24,000 furnished by
Richard Whitney, president of the
i New York Stock Exchange.
Whitney concluded his testimony
' Thursday.
HALF OF WHEAT GONE
CHICAGO, April 23. (/P) — De
mands for charity flour from every
i State and Alaska have taken more
| than half of the 40,000,000 bushels
! of Farm Board wheat which Con
i gress gave to the Red Cross.
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CAPONE DENIES STATEMENT
CHICAGO, April 23. (A5) — From
his prison cell, Capone denied he
had offered to effect the return
of the Lindbergh baby if released
temporarily as was reported in a
statement by high officials.
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BODIES RECOVERED
BASTIA, Corsica, April 23.—Fif
' teen bodies were recovered from
| ruins of the Correction Court
j building, part of which collapsed
| during a trial. Several others are
! believed in the debris and many
I were injured.
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NEW COIN SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
A new 25-cent coin with a Wash
: ington design on one .side will soon
be issued by the United States gov
ernment to replace the present one
with the figure of an eagle on one
i side and a woman on the other.
! The reason for the change is be
i cause the latter coin has been j
: found not to weajyyell.
ENROUTE TO SEWARD
I SEATTLE, April 23. (A5) — With
the USS Gannet enroute to Sew
ard, its two planes left at 7:30
a. in. yesterday, via Ketchikan, to
map and photograph southwest
Alaska. The planes carried Lieu
tenants Harrell and Vest and four
| others.
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Norman S. Edwards, who last
week was wedded to a member of
j the local high school faculty, left
[on the SS Alaska for Ketchikan
i where he will take up his duties
1 with the Forest Service.
STEAMER YUKON SIS
1IIIN FROM SEATTLE
WITH 199 OH SOD
SEATTLE, April 23. f/P)—The SS
Yukon sailed at 9 a. m. today , car
rying 199 passengers of which 55
are booked for Seward. Seward
passengers include:
A. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Wickstrom, Mr. and Mrs. G. G.
Swain, Capt. S. E. Lancaster, John
Smith, Mary McLane, L. J. Chil
berg, Frank Erno, E. A. Austin, R.
Berg, Geo. Curtaz, Capt. C. W.
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gustof
ferson, George Rey, C. H. Casey,
John Malincheff, J. Pickett, B.
Hitchings, M. Hyland.
A. M. Anderson, John M. Holm
gren, A. R. McIntosh, E. W. Steir,
O. A. Davis, Walter Johnson, Thos.
B. Hyde, Wm. Hartnett, Frank Dor
bandt, G. A. Knighton, Fred Dorn,
Vic Anderson, Geo. Potter, John
Thomas, Joe Jackson, Mrs. H. Hill,
J. A. Moak, W.A. Logman, Mr. and
Mrs. John Hershey, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Madsen, Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Traxler, Josephine Anderson, Ir
ving Berg and eight steerage.
BANDITS EXECUTED
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, April 23.—
A bevy of 36 bandits, who recently
held up a Mexican train, were ex
ecuted Friday near the city of Paso
del Macho, near here, by a firing
squad. This brings the total num
ber of the bandit group who pil
laged the train up to 61, a score of
these bandits having been killed in
battle.
HOW MUCH DOES
CONGRESS COST P.O.?
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—
The Senate’s proposal to cut 10
per cent of the $805,000,000 appro
priation has met with some stern
criticism and instead of seeing how
much the postoffice is costing Con
gress and the government, officials
have begun a move to see how
much Congress costs the postoffice.
Figures indicate that last year
Congress members sent out over
33,000,000 pieces of mail which the
Postoffice Department had to han
dle without charge. Figures state
this alone cost the Postoffice De
partment $723,000.
GUESTS WERE ROBBED
LOS ANGELES, April 23—Dur
ing the course of a dinner party at
the home of Judge Leonard Wil
son, burglars entered the home,
emptied purses and succeeded in
securing $12.
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SURPRISING REVELATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 2.—
Surprising revelations were made
by Percy Rockefeller, cousin of the
oil magnate,- before the Senate
Banking Committee Friday in re
gard to the gigantic raids made on
the New York Stock Market.
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NEVER TOO LATE
LOS ANGELES, April 23.—Nellie
J. Mixer, 81 years of age, was grant
ed a divorce Friday from her hus
band who is 82 years of age. The
divorce was granted on the
grounds of cruelty.
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AWARDED HARMON TROPHY
NEW YORK, April 23. (/P)—Clyde
Pangborn was awarded the Har
mon trophy for the greatest
achievement in aviation in 1931,
his Pacific flight. Previous win
ners include Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, Lieut. Col. Ben Eielson and
Major James Doolittle; the latter
two are Alaskans.
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TRIAL MAY BE DELAYED
HONOLULU, April 23. — The
threatened collapse of Mrs. Gran
ville Fortescue, one of the three de
fendants charged with the slaying
of the native, Joseph Kahahawai.
Mrs. Fortescue Friday showed the
strain of the ordeal of the past few
days to a very high degree.