“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Office.”
—Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
member associated press
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 15. SEWARD, ALASKA,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HIVE MINISTER TO
ATTEMPT RECONCILE
TSIMPSE1 TRIBES
EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY IN
DIAN INSURGENTS TRANS -
FERED ALLEGIANCE
PRINCE RUPERT. B. C„ Jan. 19.
—A good-will party, headed by
Rev. Paul Mathers, the first native
to be ordained an Anglican minis
ter, passed through here on its
way to old Metlakatla, Canada, to
Metlakatla, near Ketchikan, to try
and affect a reconciliation of the
Tsimpsean tribe which has been
divided for 45 years when Father
William Duncan led the revolting
Indians to Alaska.
The revolt was on account of a
disagreement in establishing a
church.
Father Duncan’s band changed
allegiance from Canada to the
United States in an effort to seek
greater religious liberty.
About 850 insurgents foil owed
Father Duncan, old residents here
said.
ANNUAL OVERHAULING
LONDON. Jan. 19. —Visitors to
the Tower of London were some
what mystified when the fabulous
ly rich and magnificent jeweled
King’s crown was removed under
a heavy guard. It later developed
that the crown was to undergo its
annual overhauling; also to be en
larged a trifle as the rim is said to
oe too tight for King George.
Mini ms m
IIS 1ST SS GANDBITt
SEATTLE 11 RAGE
SEATTLE. Jan. 18. UP)— Seattle’s
mayoralty contest took on a dif
ferent complexion when Vic Mey
ers, orchestra leader, filed his fee
of $2,000 and announced that he
would enter the race.
When friends first suggested that
ne run, he took it more or less as
a. joke but later got to thinking
seriously about it and it was not
long before he put up his filing fee
.vith a result that even his friends
were surprised.
“What this city needs is har
mony,” the orchestra leader said.
‘It needs a jazz leader during a
*• jazz age.” Meyers styles himself
is the “Jimmie Walker” of Seattle.
ALASKA BUREAU SHIP
LAUNCHED IT SEATTLE
• SEATTLE, Jan. 19, —Cheered by
about 1,000 spectators the $400,000
government vessel North Star, the
argest vessel launched in Seattle
since the war, slid -own the ways
of the Berg shipyards on Monday.*
The ship will be used in the In
^ dian service of Alaska. Governor
George A. Parks made the speech
of acceptance in behalf of the De
partment of the Interior.
The North Star replaces the MS
Boxer.
Dance TonigRt 1.0.0 JF
ANOTHER TO JAIL
I BOMBAY, Jan. 19. —Another
i member of Ganhi’s family went to
prison when the younger son of
Ramdos was arrested in the vil
lage of Haipoura while engaging
in nationalist activities.
fdotbilIS?
EVERETT SCHOOL IS
| EVERETT. Jan. 18. (JP) — Jack
Kempkes, Everett h i g h school
coach, is preparing to defend him
slef against the charges of assault
ing Michael Sheridan, 15. a second
team gridder last Monday.
The charges were filed by the
i boy’s mother. Mr. Daniel Sheridan,
and Kempkes was arrested later
| but released under custody of his
j attorney.
The mother charged that he
grabbed the boy by the throat and
l struck his head against a concrete
wall, accusing the boy of convers
I ing with his older brother, Phillip,
giving away Everett’s signals before
the game with Gonzaga on Thanks
giving Day where Phillip is a stud
1 ent.
Gonzaga won 2 to 0. “The boy
! got snotty and I shook him a little.”
the coach explained.
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BLUNT ENROUTE HOME
SEATTLE. Jan. 19. —Aviator H.
Blunt, who plans to photograph
the Alaska Peninsula volcanoes in
action this spring, sails for Seward
; on the SS Northwestern*
FOREIGN LOANS POLICY
OESGRIBEDJS LAWLESS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan., 18.
(/P) — Democratic Senator Carter
i Glass of Virginia described the
State Department’s policy regard
; ing foreign loans as “lawless” and
threatened to bring the matter be
fore the Senate.
His outburst followed the State
I Department’s statements that ex
: plained its policy of ratifying loans
was based on a desire to protect
i American investors, that it ruled
j only on loans sold in the open mar -
f ket and that it had issued warn
ings against indiscriminate lend
ing to Germany.
GOAGH SOL METZGER
Binumm
ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 18. (£>;—
! Sol Metzger, veteran sports writer
and former football coach, died at
his home here of complications af
ter an operation.
Metzger was 51 years old and had
been ill since an operation for an
ear infection two weeks ago.
He was a former football coach
at the University of Pennsylvania,
Washington Jeferson, W. Va., and
at Baylor University, S. C.
SNOW WITH WHISKERS
WENATCHEE, Wash., Jan. 19,—
The heaviest snow depth in the his
tory of this region is recorded; 119
inches of real old-fashioned snow,
i with whiskers, is on the ground.
TOMB OF MIXTEOAN
HORDE GOLD JEWELS
GREAT DISCOVERY FIRES THE
IMAGINATION OF THE EN
TIRE POPULANCE
OAXACA CITY. Mexico, Jan. 19,
—A new “gold fever” akin to that
brot by the conquistadores across
the Atlantic and which turned
Spanish commoners to knights,
swept the whole of Oaxaca Valley
after the discovery of a forgotten
tomb, one of a group to ancient
Mixtecan nobles, and the uncover
ing of millions of dollars worth of
gold and jewels.
The belief is growing among the
people that further fabulous treas
ure awaits excavations by spade
| and pick.
A party of government principle
archaeologists have arrived to study
the treasure which is under heavy
' military guard.
I A potential treasure still awaits
j whoever may be able to find the
[lost Mixtecan royal city, it is thot;
the find has fired the imagination
of all.
Editor’s note: Oaxaca, (pronouc
ed wa-ha-ka) is a mountainous
state in the southern n^rt of Mex
ico on the Pacific with an area of
35.382 square miles and a popula
tion of one million and a half.
The captal,, Oaxaca City, popu
lation 5.000, 5,000 feet above sea
in the fertile valley of the Atoyac.
It contains a large cathedral con
structed in 1729, a quaint bishop’s
palace, the Seminary, Tridentino,
and the State Institute, with 3 4
professors.
BEHIND THE WHEEL
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 19. —Dr. E.
O’Donnell announced that Charles
Ellison, speed king who was ser
iously injured in the auto races,
will be able to reenter today’s races.
EQUALITY
SEATTLE, Jan. 19, —President
Spencer of the University of Wash
ington who receives an annual sal
ary of $12,000 announces he will be
willing to accept a cut providing
the football coach, who receives
between $12,000 and $15,000 is also
reduced.
THE STOCK MARKET
SEATTLE, Jan. 19. (^—Yester
day’s quotations on the stock mar
ket:
Alaska Juneau .15%
American Can .61%
j Borden.37%
(Canada Dry.12
General Motors .22%
International Nickle Can.8%
International Tel. & Tel.9%
Kennecott Copper.11%
Radio . 7%
Reynolds Tobacco (b) .38%
Richfield Oil .No Sale
Standard Oil of Calif.25%
Standard Oil of N. J.28%
Standard Oil of N. Y.10
Union Oil of Calif.13%
U. S. Steel .44
Cities Service .6%
Durant Motors . %
NEW REVENUE PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 19, —
The house ways and means com
mittoe agreed to conclude the!
hearings on tax increase proposals'
January 25 with the view of sub- I
mitting a new revenue program i
February 1.
Wt Bill' STAITLES ;
DRYS SAYING NEED NEW
FORM LIQUOR CONTROL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 19, —
A startled anti-saloon league con
vention weighed the surprise sug
gestion from Governor Murray of
Oklahoma for a more satisfactory
form of liquor control which may
be substituted for the existing one.
i ‘•Prohibition got started wrong
and never could get back to where
| it began. I have kept a close eye on
i the crowd and know they are not
! in sympathy because the atten
dance here isn’t what was expect
ed and, apparently, I am correct
in my suggestion as there has been
very little applause.”
f Olt INCREASED REVENUES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19, —Fed
eral experts who are studying ways
and means of increasing revenues
of the government have recom
mended that judges levying fines
to increase their severity as sel
| dom is a maximum fine made when
■ liquor sentences are imposed.
Mill DRV Li
: COSTING 110 PLENT!
—
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. —The
i economic and financial toll of the
j prohibition law during the last 12
j years was vividly portrayed before
j a Senate committee on beer hear
j ings, yesterday. A statement was
: made which showed the dry law
: has cost the country more than
$24,000,000,000 for the 12 year per
i iod that it has been in effect.
Another statement cited the rev
enue loss to the national govern
ment which has resulted because
of the law. The revenue loss was
estimated at $400,000,000 annually.
BETTER SALOONS
LONDON, Jan. 18, (/P)—A dicta
torial licensing commission which
would work toward fewer and bet
ter saloons in England was recom
mended in a report of the Royal
Commission on Licensing Laws af
ter a two-year study of conditions
in England and the United States.
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GOOD OLD “MURPHY”
PULLMAN, Wash., Jan., 19,—
Three-hundred students in Wash
ington State College are batching
their way through college. One stu
dent has 36 recipes alone for pre
j paring potatoes.
NO REPORT YET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan., 18,
(JF)—Secretary Adams told the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee he
could not endorse the Hale bill for
building the Navy up to the Lon
don Treaty limits because he had
not yet received the Budget Bureau
appropriations report on the bill.
LAWMAKERS AGREE
ATTACKS ON MEN
• MUST BE HALTED
PROPOSE DEATH PENALTY AS
PUNISHMENT FOR GUILT
CRIMINAL AASAULT
HONOLULU, Jan. 19, —This city
is doing everything possible to pre -
vent any such recurrences as hap -
pened recently and caused a break
between the islanders and the nav -
al and army forces of the United
States and which linaii/ resulted
in the murder of the young Hawai
ian, Joseph Kahahawi, and the
bringing of a charge of murder
against a group of Americans.
Lawmakers assembled here yes
terday, having convened under
Gov. Lawrence Judd, and agreed
that they should do everything
possible to halt further attacks on
defenseless women.
Among the drastic reforms which
are being considered is that making
the penalty for criminal assault,
on a woman, punishable by death.
It was also suggested that test!
| mony of the woman concerned
I should be given more weight than
! heretofore when supported by cor
' roboration. In this latter is sound -
J ed the. reason for the failure of a
; jury to agree upon a verdict in the
j recent assault case on Mrs. Mas
sie, and which resulted in the mur
i der of the young Hawaiian.
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SPUN: SIX BERTHS
MADRID, Jan. 19, —Violent dis
! orders, general strixes and com
Imunist attacks upon church prop
jperty, are reported throughout the
country.
The most severe casualties oc
! curred at Balboa where six per
sons were killed in a street fight
and many wounded.
The disorders resulted when the
communists demanded the relase
of leaders who had been imprison
ed. In one city gasoline was poured
inside a church and it was then
set afire. The communists said
that a half dozen shots were fired
at them from the church building
In another city the communists
aided by incited laborers, wrecked
much of the furniture in a Catho
lic newspaper.
f ASK GANDHI’S RELEASE
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, —More
than 100 religious leaders of the
United States have sent word to
Premier Ramsay MacDonald, o f
Great Britain, asking for the re
lease of Mahatma Gandhi from
his prison cell.
WAS DESPONDENT
LONG BEACH, Cal., Jan. 19, —
William S. Hosse, 68 years old, a
Chicago manufacturer, either fell
or jumped from his hotel room to
the street below. He had been in
ill health for some time and was
despondent.