MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII.' NUMBER 69.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1931
PRICE TEN CENTS
IRELAND AND ENGLAND
IT PARTING OF ITS;
VIOLENCE IS FEARED
LONDON, Mar. 23. —James W.
Thomas, Secretary of Dominions,
announced today His Majesty had
received an important document
from the Irish Free State.
It is reported the note to the
King announced Ireland’s inten
tion to discontinue to pay land an
nuities to England as well as re
jection of the oath of allegiance
to the King.
It was also said England will act
promptly in the matter as it is
feared a demonstration of violence
will break out in Ireland.
The British Cabinet meets today
in special session to discuss the
problem.
ALASKA BONE DRY Li
II BE AMENDED BILL
WASHINGTON. D. C-, Mar. 23.
(A3)—The Alaska Bone Dry Act will
be amended to provide the same
penalty for violations as is con
tained in the National Prohibition
Law under a bill introduced in
Congress by Delegate James Wick
ersham.
Wickersham, in support of his
bill, said that Alaska was made a
prohibition territory before the
United States passed the prohibi
tion law and he said the penalties
provided in the Alaska law are too
severe.
SEATTLE, Mar. 23. (/P)— Friends
here revealed that Frederic A. Die
mer, a long-time Alaska resident
and a former owner of the Lighter
age Transportation Company of
Nome, has been missing from his
home for 10 days.
When he left his home, he left
a note saying that he was going
to take a “cold bath.” It is feared
that the former Alaskan committed
suicide.
Reputed moderately wealthy,
Diemer came South and to Seattle
about four years ago after dis
posing of his Northern interests by
selling out to the Lomen company.
DISPUTE OWNERSHIP
SEATTLE, Mar. 23. CP)—1The own
ership of the six reels of motion
pictures of Kodiak bears and Arctic
whales is being disputed in Seattle
with three persons claiming to be
the owners of the films. Harry
Shaw, who developed the six reels,
has placed them in the vaults of
a Superior Court pending a deci
sion as to who is the owner. He
said the six reels were given to him
to be developed by Campbell
Church, Jr. Two others, William
Finley and Arthur Newton Pack,
now claim half interest in the
films.
NO ACTION TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 23.
CP)—The House rules, which as
signs Wednesday for action and dis
cussion of local bills, staved off a
decision on the sales tax bill today.
Foes of the bill are seeking to have
the bill included in the revenue bill
and are confident that they will ac
complish this Thursday when fur
ther discussion on the bill will
take place.
DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Mar. 23. (A5)
—The death list caused by the dis
astrous tornado now totals 303 per
sons killed. Thirty-five persons
were killed in Georgia, 18 in Ten
nessee, two in South Carolina and
two in Kentucky. The remainder
were in Alabama where more than
500 others have been injured and
about 7,000 persons are homeless.
VESSELS ORDERED HOME
TOKYO, Mar. 23.—The Japanese
government has ordered practically
all of its Naval vessels home from
Chinese waters.
* * * *
MONEY MAD
PARIS, Mar. 23.—A French cafe
proprietor suicided in a peculiar
way here yesterday. He tore up
bank notes, stuffed them in his
mouth and choked to death'.
* * * *
REAL OPTIMISTS
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23.—Four
teen restaurant owners, anticipat
ing an early change in the dry law,
have applied for licenses to sell
four per cent beer.
* * * *
PLEADS FOR MERCY
STOCKTON, Calif., Mar. 23.—
Raymond Garsick, convicted of the
charge of assaulting a 14-year-old
school girl, plead for mercy in
court here today.
* * * *
NOT A CHANCE
OLYMPIA, Wash., Mar. 23.—At
torneys representing Gov. Hartley
asked permission from the State
Senate to audit the Treasury books.
Permission was refused.
* * * *
MEN WITH GUTS!
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Mar. 23.—
The directors of the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce went on
record here today favoring manu
facture and sale of four per cent
beer.
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TRUNKS BEING HELD
DAYTON, Ohio, Mar. 23. —Six
trunks belonging to Lita Grey
Chaplin, one time wife of the com
jedian Charlie Chaplin, were taken
;by a Dayton Hotel here Tuesday to
I satisfy hotel claims.
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SPRING BLOW-OUT
NEW YORK, Mar. 23.—The storm
which created havoc in the East and
Middle West has blown itself out
: but the weather bureau predicts
i colder weather Wednesday and
Thursday. In the damaged areas
the Red Cross is on the job.
* * * *
FLIERS ARE FOUND
TENINENS, Ont., Mar. 21. —A
* two-day search for seven fliers
missing in the northern Ontario
snow ended Saturday when a local
pilot found them alive but hurt in
their wrecked plane seven miles
1 from here.
* * * *
SOME MEMORY
CHICAGO, Mar. 23.—J. Baker, 86,
feeling a pain at the end of a big
toe, took his shoe and sock off and
was surprised to see a needle point
emerging from the toe. He then
■ recalled that some 66 years ago he
had swallowed a needle.
* * 5fc *
POOR SAP!
SEATTLE, Mar. 23.—Albert Ryan,
59, of this city, wired the Reno di
vorce clerk for his divorced wife’s
I wedding ring. The ring, as per an
I old Reno custom, had already been
tossed over the bridge into the river
far below.
FLIES TO ILIAMNA
Pilot A. J. Valley, of the Barnhill
& McGee Airways, returned to An
chorage Monday, from a mail car
rying trip to Kenai and Tuesday
departed from Anchorage with two
passengers for the Iliamna region.
Hans Seversen, well known trader
of the Iliamna district, and Brown
Carlson, also a veteran of that dis
trict, were the passengers. Both
Seversen and Carlson were recent
visitors in Seward.
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CHINESE INDIGNANT
SHANGHAI, Mar. 23.—Owing to
Japan’s highest commander leaving
for Japan, Chinese leaders refuse
to meet with the League of Na
tions peace committee. They do
not care to discuss terms with offi
cers of lesser rank than their dele
gates.
* * * *
ANOTHER RELAPSE
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23.—Aimee
MacPherson Hutton, evangelist,
following a blood transfusion, suf
fered another collapse. She has
been warned she will not be strong
enough to preach for many weeks
or months.
GOLD PRICES LURE
1TORIMI TRINKETS
TO LRltDRN MARKET
LONDON, Mar. 22.—“Thar’s gold in
them thar houses,” of both the opu
lent and the poor, and it is being
unearthed and sold to jewelers for
the increased price which has pre
vailed since suspension of the gold
standard.
Old watch chains, particularly
the heavy ones of Edwardian days,
rings which have not been worn for
many decades, necklaces, lockets
of Victora’s times — all are being
taken to gold buyers.
Gold was worth only 88 shillings
an ounce in the day of a pound
sterling at par, but at the present
rate it brings 120 shillings an ounce.
Some smaller jewelers, hard
pressed for money, have found it
profitable even to melt jewelrywith
a high gold content and sell it at
the increased price. They make a
nicer profit than if they had held j
the articles for retailing.
CHICAGO, Mar. 23.—H. W. Cald
well, former president of the Chi
cago School Board, following a visit
to the Lindbergh home, said he had
imparted valuable information rel
ative ot the kidnapping case.
New Jersey police said they had
| checked up on the same informa
tion and there was no foundation
to his assertion..
New York police are investigating
the activities of certain gangsters.
new mum
IS SEIZED BY WOMEN,
HUGGED AND KISSED
SEATTLE, Mar. 23.—John F. Doe.
mayor-elect, was the leading light
in Seattle courtrooms Tuesday
where he is attempting to oust
Mayor R. H- Harlan from office
immediately instead of in June
when Harlan’s term expires.
As Mr. Dore entered the court
room, silly women threw their arms
about the elderly jchap, hugging
and kissing him with resounding
smacks. Blushing furiously, he fin
ally reached a haven of safety be
hind the mahogany railing.
The judge ruled that Mr. Dore
had “not a leg to stand on” so the
first day’s skirmish went to Mayor
Harlan.
RUHR TRADE FOR
FEBRUARY AT LOW POINT
Except for gold, shipments of
Alaska commodities to the States i
in February reached one of the
lowest figures on record for that]
month, according to the monthly
statement of commerce.
The total value of all shipments
for the month was $899,193 of which
amount gold comprised $487,325 or j
more than ‘50 per cent.
Fresh and frozen salmon was in
second place with $77,683.
NOTHING WRONG YET
To confer with Governor Parks
relating to enforcement of regula
tions governing airplane opera
tions in Alaska, Edison E. Mouton,
divisional inspector of the Aero
nautics Branch of the Department
of Commerce, will arrive in Juneau
March 22, the Empire announces.
AWARDS, SALVAGE CASE
Total jawards of $10j,460 have
been given the fishing boats Seat
tle, Excel, Tordenskjold, Emma,
Attu and Picaroon as salvage dam
ages for their work in aiding the
SS Northwestern which lost her
rudder in Alaskan waters in No
vember, 1930.
NOTICE
Special meeting of the American
Legion tonight at 8 o’clock. Vot
ing on applicants and preparation
for initiation.
JUNKERS SUSPENDS
BERLIN, Mar. 23. — The famous
Junkers Company, builders of air
planes, suspended operations Tues
day owing to insolvency. It is be
lieved that due to the great and
costly research work carried on by
the founder, Professor Junkers, is
responsible. He is the father of 11
children.
PRESIDENT IsIsKED”
A LEADING QUESTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 23.—
President Hoover has £een asked
by Congressman Sam Braaten of
New Mexico for a clear answer as
to how he regards the dry issue.
A bill was introduced yesterday
to eliminate every item in the pro
posed tax bill now under considera
tion. Adjournment took place’with
no action taken.
WILL NOT PARTICIPATE
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar. 23.—
Sweden will not officially partici
pate in the Chicago World’s Fair,
it was announced, because of the
economic condition. The late cap
italist, Ivar Kreuger, had planned
to donate $200,000 towards Sweden’s
exhibit. It is thought, however,
many independent exhibitors will
participate.
1 GERMAN SHIPPING
BERLIN. Mar. 21. —Relief for
German shipping which includes
the pooling of resourcse of the
North German Lloyd Lines and
Hamburg American Lines under
a joint board of directors, was ap
proved by the Cabinet.
The Cabinet approved a propos
al for establishment of a guaranty
fund of 77.000,000 marks for ship
ping and the two big lines will be
the chief beneficiaries.
Tramp steamers will receive 7,
000,000 marks in aid.
MIES
WHAT NEXT?
I NEW YORK, Mar. 22.—Panhand
lers are becoming extremely bold
in this city. The newest stunt was
learned yesterday when one slid up
to a taxi driver and asked him for
a dollar. “What for?” asked the
Itaximan. “Sh! Sh! I’m a coffee
, fiend!”
TEACHERS STARVING
NEW YORK, Mar. 23. —School
teachers of New York have sug
; gested to the National Education
Association that a loan fund be
established for the benefit of desti
tute teachers and this fund is es
pecially asked to aid the teachers
of Chicago. Chicago owes teachers
$35,000,000 back pay. Real suffer
! ing has resulted.
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BATTLEWAGON DAMAGED
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 22.—Part
of the U. S. battle fleet, returning
from the annual maneuvers in Ha
waiian waters, fought a sea battle
Monday. One of the ships lost a
mast in the storm; there were no
casualties among the ship’s per
sonnel. Due to rough weather the
maneuvers were cancelled the last
two days.
WILL BEGIN SENTENCE
GLOBE, Ariz., Mar. 23.—Golney
Seymour, Apache brave who was
found guilty of murdering Miss
Henrietta Schmerler, university co
ed, was led to an Arizona prison
Tuesday where he will begin serv
ing the sentence of life imprison
ment meted out to him. It is stat
ed that the brave has about seven
more years to survive as no Apache
Indian is known to have remained
in confinement for a period longer
than that.
The Ketchikan city council pro
poses to conduct its own repair
shop for trucks, employing two
men.
SACRED HEART CHURCH
Father Merril Sulzman will hold
Mass Thursday morning at 8 o’clock.
Kendall Williams, Indian priso
ner in the Juneau federal jail, at
tempted to hang himself with his
belt. But the belt broke when he
jumped from a cot. He has since
been sent to an insane asylum.
* # * *
Owners of about 400 motor cars
in Juneau are delinquent in the
payment of their 1932 license fees
and are now subject to a penalty
of $100, according to the Empire.
* * * *
Snow has disappeared from the
tops of the buildings of the High
Grade mine in the Willow Creek
district. The snow reached a
height of over 22 feet.
* * * *
Fred Panternahl, 68, for more
than 20 years captain and purser
on boats of the Juneau Ferry and
Transportation company, died last
week in Juneau, announces the
Empire.
* * * *
Conrad Wolfe, Cantu mining
stock promoter was found guilty
by a Federal jury of using the mails
to defraud. The case attracted
I wide attention in Alaska by reason
of the mine’s location at Hyder
and on account of Wolfe’s prom
inence, says the Fairbanks News
Miner.
* V * *
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce is taking action to prevent
an influx of excess labor.
* * * *
Secor and Nyland, representing
Strand and Jensen, who purchased
the Cordova Packing Company, the
company hoped to establish oper
ations on a nine-months basis and
would need the cooperation and
good will of Cordovas people.
* * * *
Jack Dietz, Homer farmer, lost
his three valuable horses two weeks
ago, when the animals, smitten by
some mysterious malady, bloated
and died. It is believed that mouldy
hay was the cause of the triple
deaths, reports the Herald.
* # * *
Free flour will be made availa
ble to needy residents of the Ju
neau area of the Red Cross.
* * * *
Word has been received of the
loss by fire of the power boat Am
erica First, in charge of Captain
John Haho, while in Taku harbor.
The vessel was valued at $16,000,
according to the Ketchikan Chron
icle.
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Anchorage Pioneers, who have
been engaged for some time past
in carrying on a campaign for the
establishment at Anchorage or
nearby of a home for indigent
aged residents of the Territory,
either a branch or the removal of
the main home from Sitka, are re
ceiving a lot of encouragement
from Igloos in the Third and
Fourth Divisons, every letter and
telegram received thus far being an
indorsement of the Anchorage pro
posal, says the Anchorage Times.
Hjalmar Sutherland, of Belling
ham, Washington, outside foreman
for the pacific Amercian Fisheries
cannery at Excursion Inlet, met
death by drowning in the Inlet.
The circumstances surrounding his
death are unknown, but it is be
lieved that he went out to the end
of the warf for some purpose and
fell into the icy waters of the inlet,
drowning quickly, reports the Strol
lers Weekly.
* * * *
AT WASHINGTON
The Department of Commerce
appropriation bill is now before
the House. Last year the amount
allowed was $54,425,230, but the
amount recommended by the com
mittee for the approaching year is
$44,132,857. For the Alaska gen
eral service under the Bureau of
Fisheries, the last appropriation of
$446,240 has been reduced to $412,
300. For the mining station and
mine inspection in Alaska, the for
mer sum of $11,460 has been slight
ly reduced to $10,885. It is not ex
pected that there will be any fur
ther reductions in these figures.
* * * *
Hilmar Oberg is the champion
ice-cutter of Wasilla his daily av
erage being between 80 to 90 cakes.
* * * *
Nine excursion parties and a
German warship are scheduled to
visit Juneau the coming season.
WAR CLOUDS AGAIN
LOOM ON HORIZON IN
CITY OF SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, Mar. 23. (/P) — The
ominous Far East war clouds low
ered once more as the Japanese an
nounced that they are preparing
to take strong measures to block
the reported reentry within the
121/2 mile zone around Shanghai by
the Chinese troops. The Chinese
troops recently withdrew outside of
this zone and the fighting between
the two combatants was consid
erably lessened.
The Japanese have asked the
British Consulate to request the
Chinese to withdraw to the south
of Soochow Creek. It is said that
the Chinese are digging themselves
in and generally fortifying them
selves in the north side of Soochow
Creek and opposite the Japanese
lines.
The peace parley which was to
have been held by now will prob
ably be delayed until Thursday.
SNOWDRIFTS BLOCK
IBirnC IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO , Mar. 23 —Warm wea
ther created ' <ers of slush through
lout the Mid» West States which
'were swept J "n'day by snow storms.
Nine inches of snow fell in Chi
cago’s streets, accompanied by
winds attaining gale-like propor
tions, complete' demoralizing traf
fic. Snow d ts four to six feet
high piled u .
A tornado swept through Georgia
taking a toll in lives and great prop
erty damage.
In Tennessee wind tore a babe
from its mother’s arms, hurling it
into a well.
NO SUCCESS
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 23. (/P)—
i It is revealed by the police here
I that Owney Madden, gangster, who
1 one time ruled the “Hell’s Kitchen”
district of New York by a reign
of terror, has been working for 20
days without result in a search for
the kidnapped Lindbergh baby and
its abductors. He has made three
trips to the Lindgerbh home and
has been in conference with the
Lindberghs. The subject of these
conferences has not been revealed.
It is not known whether or not
Madden intends to continue his
search.
GRAF CONTINUES VOYAGE
PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, Mar. 23.
(/P)—The Graf Zeppelin, flying from
Friedrichshafen to Brazil, passed
over the city of Fernando de No
ronha early this morning. The huge
German airship is expected to ar
rive over this city some time during
the afternoon.
THOUGHTFUL FOLK
SPOKANE, aMr. 23.—After a two
weeks drive, the sum of $905,000 in
work for this city’s unemployed has
been pledged. This has been ac
complished by a house to house
canvas. All small jobs about homes
and ibuildings, such as painting,
carpenter work, yard and garden
work and innumerable other small
jobs ordinarily put off to a later
date, will be done now.
COAL WORKERS DEFIANT
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Mar. 23.—Word
reaching here states that about
500 coal miners formed a mob at
Millfield to express their defiance
over one of the Ohio Governor’s
latest resolutions with regard to the
holding . of demonstrations. The
coal workers dynamited several
lengths of railway track and then
dispersed.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, Mar. 23. — Maximum
and minimum temperatures in var
ious sections of the country Tues
day were as follows: Portland, max
imum 62, minimum 44; San Fran
cisco, 62-50; Chicago, 32-28; New
York, 56-32; New Orleans, 58-52,
and Juneau, 42-32.