“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Office.*’
—Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard. I
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 19. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23,1932.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
DIN B! HOUSE
WASHINGTON CZARS AND ‘WON
DER’ MEN AGAIN REVEAL
VAST IGNORANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23. {iP)
—The House voted down the $35,
000 appropriation for the agricul
tural station at Matanuska. They
argued that the federal govern
ment should “not make a forced
showing of economy by reaching
a way out to helpless Alaska.
Representative LaGuardia pro
posed retention of the appropria
tion.
Representative Buchanan, chair
man of the sub committee which
held the hearing on the bill, said
the Secretary of Agriculture had
reported that the station was t o o
far north to obtain the results ,ius
* ifving the expense.
MUST MEET DEMANDS
TOKYO, Jan. 23. (JP)—Japanese
authorities decided to occupy, with
troops, all Chinese barracks, fort
resses and other military establish
ments in the Shanghai district, un
less Chinese authorities there meet
:he Japanese demands.
7,000 WALK Ol’T
AHMEDABAD, India, Jan. 23. (*P)
—Seven thousand mill workers
struck as a protest against the
year’s imprisonment of the secre
tary of the mills’ union, which
Gandhi organized.
BULLET mm GAR
F6UND; ilEER OF
H IS MISSING
DENVER, Jan. 2 3, —Benjamin
Bower, bakery manager, has been
missing from this city since last
Tuesday. First clue as to his where
abouts or what has befallen him
was the discovery of his bullet
marked car at a location said to
oe 65 miles north of Denver. The
auto was found a total wreck.
The discovery of the car leads
:o the theory that the bakery man
ager may have been killed for re
venge by a former employee. Po
lice have not disregarded the theo
ry that he was kidnapped and h
oeing held for ransom and they
are maintaining a thorough search
:n an attempt to find Bower, dead
or alive.
Mrs. Bower has made the offer
that she will pay any reasonable
amount for her husband’s return.
AT A STANDSTILL
HONOLULU, Jan. 23, After ex
amining 28 witnesses in the case
wherein the prosecution seeks the
indictment of Mrs. Grace Fnrtes
2ue and three enlisted men for the
alleged murder of a Hawaiian, the
grand jury made the startling an
nouncement that they would ad
]ourn until next Tuesday'. Thu
"eaves the case at a standstill.
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
PARIS, Jan. 23. (<P)—Premier La
val wron a vote of confidence from
the Chamber of Deputies, 303 to 265
( BIG BILL SIGNED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 23, —
j <7P) The reconstruction finance cor
i poration is now an actuality. The
J President signed the bill last night
! after the House and Senate had
! approved it.
iTiiNilifiliL
CONTINUES III PHOENIX:
STATE BESTS ITS CASE
1 PHOENIX. Ariz., Jan. 23,—Devel
opments in the Mrs. Winnie Ruth
1 Judd case at the trial Friday -con
jsisted mainly of the prosecution’s
establishing the fact that Mrs.
Judd came to Los Angeles, that she
i shipped two trunks and that one
of the trunks contained the body
of Mi's. Agnes Leroi and Hedvig
Samuelson.
The prosecution attempted to es
i tablish the fact that Mrs. Judd
! carried out her “attempted dispo
sal of the bodies” even after she
new something was wrong with the
trunks because keepers at a lug
gage station became suspicious.
Mrs. Judd sat calmly by her hus
band in the courtroom and even
j found some of the “trunk murder
trial” discussion humorous,
i It was indicated that the State
[would rest its case today.
UNDERWAY TD STAMP
IDT DIE REBELLION
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MADRID, Jan. 23. </P> — Premier
Azana launched the military power
of the republic against outbreaks
in the province of Catalonia where
the red flag waved and a “workers’
republican" form of government
I had been set up in many villages.
! Heavy military reinforcements
arrived in Manresa where trouble
was reported to be thick. The gov
' eminent announced it had imme
* diatelv began complying with or
I ders to stamp out the rebellion.
The Premier was backed by the
assembly with a vote of 285 to 5.
Extremests are reported to have
seized control of the local govern
, ments in Berga, Salient and other
j towns.
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111" III UPON THE
! SHOULDERS OF HU
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| NEW YORK, Jan. 23, </P)— Billj
ipetrolle hauled his right hand ofl
his heels last night to knock out
Eddie Rann with a single smash tc
the jaw in the sixth round.
; It waf one of his bitterest battle*
in his long career. Billy floored the
youngster three times in the first
round then eased up only to be
■ forced to fight his hardest until the
j terrific swing in the sixth whicli
I ended the bout.
Petrolle weighed 1 4 0!4 pound*
and Rann 145.
LAVAL SUPPORTED
PARIS, Jan. 23, —Premier P. La
. val of France was given a vote oi
! confidence in approval by the
Chamber of Deputies for his stand
that France should allow no reliel
' to Germany on the latter’s repar
ations to France unless France re
. ceives similar relief from creditoi
nations for her war debts.
TARIFF ISSUE IS
' MAJOR PROBLEM
CABINET BREAKUP APPEARED
TO HAVE BEEN CERTAIN
BUT WAS PREVENTED
| LONDON, Jan. 23. (/P)—Facing a
major crisis on the tariff issue
which confronted the British Na
tionilsts, the government is forcing
Premier MacDonald to use all hii
statesmanship and diplomacy tc
hold the cabinet together.
The issue is a basis of Britain’*
, fiscal policy situation which causec
! a difficulty in getting the approval
of the cabinet for a proposed gen
; eral tariff policy which would be
I presented to Parliament.
The proposal is understood to be
| a general levy of 10 per cent or
imports. The strained relations
however, are believed not have
grown out of the general principle
of the tariff, but out■ of a stanc
taken by the Conservative part?
j that the Minister’s 10 per cent tar
iiff wouldn’t satisfy the majority o:
j Conservative members in the House
' of Commons.
AVERTS BREAKUP
LONDON, Jan. 23, —Prime Min
ister Ramsay MacDonald is credit
ed with having prevented a spli
and a breakup of the English cab
inet- Thursday by his skillful hand
ling of England’s general tarif
problem.
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ILL ANTHRACITE RIDGI
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 23. —Lyncl
Brothers, veteran Alaskan drillers
| were awarded the contract for cor<
I drilling Anthracite Ridge, an am
of the Matanuska coal fields, ii
j connection with the government’.
; efforts to develop new tonnage fo:
! the Alaska Railroad.
! The contractors expect to freigh
in 40 tons of equipment and sup
| plies 18 miles from Chickaloon anc
j will begin hauling about the ene
of February.
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AFTER NEW MARK
AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, Jan
23, (/P)—Frank Hawks, attempting
a new round-trip flight record to
Vancouver, B. C., left at 4:11 a. m
and reached Oakland two hour
later; he then left for Portland.
SERVICES FOR WILLIAM
BARTHBLEf HELD TODA'
-£
! SEATTLE, Jan. 23. (/P)—Funera
(services for Williani Bartholff, 7J
(an Alaska pioneer, are to be hel<
I today.
II In 1897 Bartholff made his wa;
! by horse and pack through Britisl
j Columbia to Wrangell where h
;met a brother, Eugene. The tw
went from Skagway, shooting th
Whitehorse rapids, to the Klondike
He was one of the discoverers ii
the Willow Creek mining distric
of the Gold Bullion Mine and a
the time of his death was presiden
of the Mabel Mine. He also re
tained an interest in other ven
tures.
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
SHANGHAI, Jan. 23, (/P)—Eleven
Japanese warships frowned down
I on the harbor, the result of the
! tense situation between Chinese'
! and Japanese residents. Interna- [
j national settlement authorities re- j
; quested the Japanese Admiral,
| Shiosawa, announce his intentions.
ilTEDlmis ASKS i
APOLOGY, ABYSSINIA,
I ASSAULT ON MINISTER
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' 1 WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23, —
The United States government, in j
a note transmitted by Secretary |
Stimson, has asked Abyssinia for j
an apology for the recent assault J
i upon Addison Southard. United
States minister to Abyssinia. South
i ard was knocked down by the po- j
lice in the town of Addlssabeda af
ter a slight auto accident,
i Southard ran over a n Abyssi- :
’ rian woman's foot and when h e j
_; stopped to inquire the extent of ,
the injury a policeman rushed up j
;, and arrested him. When Southard ,
protested the policeman w?as join
’ ed by several others and in the al
tercation which followed the U. S.
minister was knocked into the gut
i ter.
IFRUNCE IS WILLING
:! TO PMTICIPITE NIL
!i ARMAMENTS SESSION
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iBy Associated Press*
A call was sounded for a secur
ity pact with the United States for
which France in exchange might
reduce its armaments one-fourth.
France announced her willing
ness to participate in the reduction
of Naval armaments at the Geneva
Arms Conference next month pro
| vided a geographical ratio of Naval
forces is first agreed upon.
Washington's attitude is given as
I opposed to guaranteeing the French
a security and as favoring a dis
cussion on cuts in land armaments
at Geneva rather than a reduction
in Naval forces.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
CHICAGO, Jan. 23, —The edict
5 of the Chauffeurs’ union of this
city which decrees that no private
cars can be used in any funeral
procession, was defied here Friday
when members of the American
i Legion at the funeral of a fellow
I member excluded all union chauf
1 feurs and used only private cars
in the cortege.
1 The American Legion had applied
,, to the War Department for an ar
i tillery caisson and the unit march
ed down the street with the funer
j al procession to frustrate any at
i tempt to start trouble.
3 MAY RETURN TO POWER
2 NANKING, Jan. 23. OP)—Former
j. President Chiang Kai Shek, who
i left for his estate after the resig
t nation from his government re
t cently, arrived here. He declined
t to comment on the purpose of his
- visit or the Chinese political sit
- uation but it is believed he is near
ing a return to power.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY WHITE
REFUSED TO SUBMIT
COMMUNICATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.
(^) — Senator Hiram Johnson of
California brought out testimony
intended to show that Secretary of
State Mellon, because of his inter •
est in the $2,000,000,000 Barco oil
concession in Colombia, advised
President Olaya of that country
that the financial restoration of
Colombia depended upon the set
tlement of the petroleum question.
President Olaya, according to an
interview published in a Bogota
newspaper, and produced by Sen
ator Johnson, stated that when a
guest of honor at a dinner given
by Secretary of State Stimson he
was told by Mellon “to settle your
pending questions on petroleum.’'
Mellon informed the committee,
through his attorney, that the din -
ner conversation mentioned by
Olaya touched generally on Coloni -
bia’s financial and other conditions
but did not deal with the Barco
question.
The concession is held by the
Gulf Oil Company in which Mellon
is a stockholder. Assistant Secre
tary of State Francis White refused
to submit the Department’s com
munications regarding the conces
sion to the committee.
BOTTLE OF EXPLOSIVE
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23, —
Using methods similar to those in
a recent holdup. John Gregg, assis
tant cashier of a large bank here
was approached by a would-be rob -
ber who threatened that he would
drop a bottle containing high ex
plosives unless he was given a big
amount of money.
The cashier ducked behind his
desk and rang an alarm and two
officers who happened to be near
by, walked in and took charge of
[the bandit.
The bandit gave his name as
Jack Harmond. The bottle contain
ed nothing but mineral water.
MRS. JUDD'S COUNSEL
ACCEPTS GIGE BATTLE
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PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 23. (&)—
Mrs. Judd’s counsel accepted the
gage of the battle when the State
offered as exhibits, the receptacles
in which the bodies of Mrs. Leroi
and Miss Samuelson were shipped,
but objected to introduction of the
suit case which obtained parts of
Miss Samuelson’s body on the
ground that Mrs. Judd is now be
ing tried only for the Leroi mur
der.
Judge Speakman sent the court
into an almost three-hour recess
while the counsel retired to gather
legal evidence in support of their
point.