#i'ntai*i» Hatly (Satnuau
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 107.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
SATURDAY, May 7, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
COURIER LIVED FOR ALMOST
TWELVE HOURS BEFORE
JOINED MAKER
PARIS, May 7. (/Pi— Paul Doumer,j
President of France, is dead- He;
died Friday morning at 4:40 o clock, j
Paris time, just as dawn was break- j
ing over the city, a victim of the |
bullets fired by a white Russian
fanatic. He was 75 years of age. li
Doumer was attending a vet- t
era ns’ charity book exhibition when p
he was critically wounded by two 0
bullets—one in the chest and one s
beneath the ear—by Dr. Paul Gor- f
gulov who said his motive was re- a
venge for the French refusal to s
intervene with Russia against the t
Bolshevik. 1 e
The first bullet fired at President
Doumer entered the front of the r
chest on the right side, severing an ! t
artery. The second entered the
head below the leftvear, traversed i
the mouth, and emerged through j
the right jawbone. The doctors f
kept the President in a partly con- <
scious condition through several in- ]
jections and these with blood \
transfusions brought his pulse to 1
near normal, but he was in a semi- '
stupor. 11
Gorgulov told police: “I am the <
founder and president of the Rus
sian Fascists. I returned from
Monaco Wednesday to kill Doumer
because France with other nations
of Europe and the United States j
have ended Soviet Russia by fur- j
nishing money and ruining my
country.”
Police said his new Fascists are
limited at \he most to 20 members.
The assassin, who studied in
Prague, was deported to France a
year ago as an undesirable agita
tor. Shortly before the shooting
Gorgulov bought three books at
the charity affair, giving the name
of Paul Prade. Ferrere inscribed
the books, writing “to Paul Prade.
French journalist.” Under it, Gor
gulov wrote, before the shooting,
“Paul Gorgulov, chief of the Rus
sian Fascists, who has just killed
the President of the French Re
public.”
Every effort was made to save
the statesman’s life and seven
physicians were in attendance.
Three blood transfusions were
made as Doumer suffered a great;
loss of blood from his shoulder
wound, but to no avail.
Madame Doumer and the Presi
dent’s daughter were at his bedside
when he died. The entire French
cabinet was assembled in the next
room.
In accordance with French law,
the cabinet must meet at Versailles
withi neight days and elect a suc
cessor.
Doumer was born March 22, 1857,
in the little town of Aurillac, prov
ince of Auvergne, and he was the
son of a humble railway worker.
Orphaned at a nearly age, self
educated after a fierce struggle,!
Paul Doumer at 74 was elected the j
13th President of the Third French j
Republic by the national assembly,
sitting at Versailles, May 13, 1931.
It was the second time that Dou- j
mer had been a candidate for the
Presidency. In 1906, when he was
president of the Chamber of Dep
uties. he ran against Armand Fal- '
lieres, then president of the Sen
ate, and lost. A quarter of a cen
tury thereafter, having been him
self elected to the Senate presi
dency, the second office in the;
French state, Doumer attained his
ambition.
His induction into the Presidency
crowned a career that had its gen
esis in the efforts of the son of a
section boss on a railway to get a
university education. He was born
int£ penury, which became ineal
poverty when his father died while
the future President was still in
grammar school.
The war years took heavy toll of
the Doumer family. Three of his
five sons were killed in battle and
a fourth died soon after the armis
tice from wounds. The stricken
father was busy through the war
PASS NAVY BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—
The Senate Friday passed the Hale
oiil for building the Navy up to
the full strength provided by
treaty. The Senate did not provide
! or arrange for an appropriation to
-do this, however. The United
States Navy has been declared by
I experts to be far below the strength
i allowed in treaties.
UHL OF MAHANS
ILL PROBABLY START
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
HONOLULU, May 7.—Mrs. Tha
lia Massie, wife of Lieut. Thomas
H. Massie who was one of the four
persons convicted for the slaying
of Joseph Kahahawai, said Friday
she intended to remain in Honolulu
for the trial of the four men who
are accused of attacking her. She
said that she would testify against
them and the trial is now expect
ed to begin soon.
Mrs. Massie made her announce
ment even after Clarence Darrow
had objected strenuously.
Darrow has filed a petition call
ing for a full pardon for the four
persons who were convicted of
slaying the Hawaiian and it is the
general opinion that Governor
Lawrence M. Judd will sign the
pardon. The pardon campaign is
being aided by the boycott of Ha
waiian stores by members of the
Naval personnel- A full pardon is
desired so as to restore the citizen
ship and civil rights of the de
fendants.
SHIPBUILDER IMPROVED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—Rob
ert Dollar, well known maritime
figure who was quite ill at his
1 'ine, is reported by his physicians
to be much improved.
1IM BII5 PLATFORM
RESTORE PROSPERITY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—
I Chairman Borah offered a three
: point platform to restore some
i semblance of prosperity. First to
reduce armaments, settle the rep
arations problem, restore silver to
j the place it occupied prior to for
i eign demonetization in 1925
Without these, he said there can
perity in the world. ‘‘We must
| trade somewhere.”
Borah said if the United States
would throw itself behind the move
to give silver the place it holds in
| the Orient every nation would fol
; low.
FREE FOB ILL” FIEBT
SEATTLE, May 7. (/P)—Not a sin
gle one of the nearly 1,000 dele
gates to the Republican State con
vention could be certain whether
an orderly meeting or a “free for
all” fight would climax their day’s
program today.
A chaotic condition existed Fri
day on the eve of the convention
when Pierce County delegates
threatened to have the party de
clare itself in favor of a dry stand.
Lon Johnson, who has been se
lected as a keynoter, declared him
self in favor of resubmission of
the prohibition question to a na
tional referendum.
WANTS NEW TRIAL
SEATTLE, May 7. —Dr. Albert
McKeown, who was convicted here
for second degree murder for the
slaying of his mother, will make a
fight to escape serving time, his
attorneys have announced. A mo
tion for a new trial wlil be filed
and should this fail, the case will
be appealed to the Supreme Court.
McKeown is accused of slaying his
mother to avoid payment of a $10,
700 debt to her.
with minor government posts, al
though he held a ministry without
portfolio in the Painleve cabinet
of 1917, which was overthrown to
make way for Clemenceau.
YUKON LEMS MILE
WHO INI PISSEIERS
SEATTLE, May 7. (/P)—1The SS |
Yukon sailed from here at 9 o’clock j
i this morning and carried 227 pas- j
sengers of whom 157 are cabin pas
sengers and 70 are steerage.
There were 72 passengers for |
Seward, as follows: J. S. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henderson, J. C.
Richards, H. W. Webster, W. H.
Graves, Mrs. Sweet Sythion, Mrs.
Frances B. Quinn, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph S. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Milo
Kelly, D. A. Murphy, Robert Dur
chard, Gen. James Gordon Steele.
Geo. Warmbold, B. A. Helgeson,
C. E. Holldery, C- E. Ware, J. W.
Robertson, Robert M. Crawford, C.
L. Seifert, C. E. Stone, Mrs. Grant
Augustine, Jr., Mrs. Francis Sim
onsen and two daughters, Mrs. Eli
Hunter, Lea Stevens, Harry Davis,
i Dr. J. A. Baughman. A. O. Adams,
James Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Oloane and son, Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Webb and son.
Mrs. Anna Clarkson, Marjorie
Webb, M. Stowick, W. H. Sturde
vant, A- Norbert, C. A. Lucas, Miss
Andustine Bowed, M. D. Snodgrass,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Buchanan, J. T.
Barnaly, Morris Rohn, Pat Lynch,
j Maurice Moreno, Mary Peterson.
. Jacob May and 16 steerage.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.— ,
Slashed by many millions under ■
Fresident Hoover’s budget esti
mates, the last of the big regular
supply bills for 1933, that of the;
War Department, was reported to
the House by it Appropriations
Committee, cutting 2,000 officers
off the active list and making other
sweeping reductions.
The measure carries $386,000,000
lower than the current appropria
tions and $24,380,000 less than bud
get estimates.
FOUND IN SANITARIUM
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. (/Pi
After a four-day search, Frank
Egan, public defender, wras found
| today in a private sanitarium. He
i is under police guard for his own
protection. He vanished a few days
ago after he telephoned the police:
‘•They’ve got me.”
BOGUS STOCK
NEW YORK, May 7. (/P)—Arrests
| in an alleged plot to market $2.
000,000 in bogus DuPont de Nem
ours stock mounted to six today.
Assistant District Attorney Charles
Garrison turned two men over to
the police. The police arrested
four who they charged with for
gery in a surprise.
— . -
PETITION ASKS PARTIAL
CURTAILMENT DEI RQ.IEF
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—
Immediate and total elimination of
all government payments to veter
ans who were not disabled in ac
tual war service has been demand
ed in a petition to President Hoo
ver and Congress by the national
Economy Committee consisting of
war veterans.
Success would mean the reduc
tion of more than $450,000,000 of
the billion dollars in the national
budget new being spent annually j
for veterans relief.
NATIONAL
Boston 1, Cincinnati 14.
Brooklyn 2, Chicago 14.
New York 4, St. Louis 3.
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 1.
AMERICAN
Chicago 5, Washington 3.
St. Louis 6, Boston 5.
Detroit 0, New York 1.
Cleveland 2, Philadelphia 5.
PACIFIC COAST
Seattle 11, Portland 8.
San Francisco 3, Hollywood 1.
MiSM BEEN WCEFULLE
■ BE E.O.P. OFFICE SEEKER
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 7. (#>)— !
Justice Adam Beeler, of the State
Supreme Court, announced his res
ignation and stated he planned to j
enter the Republican race for |
United States Senator against Sen- j
ator Jones. Beeler, in a public.
statement, announced that he fav
ored a resubmission of the prohibi
tion question and said he*was op
posed to the World Court and the
League of Nations.
Beeler’s sentiment toward Alaska
was aptly expressed in his state
ment wherein he said that altho
Senator Jones has been in Wash
| ington for 34 years he had for
gotten that “to the north of us
is the great empire of Alaska.”
Beeler said “it seems incredible
that public servants can be so ob
! livious of their duty as to so woe
| fully neglect that empire.”
The vacancy caused in the Su
preme Court through his resigna
tion will be filled by Gov. Roland
H. Hartley through appointment.
SOVIET Si PURCHASED
WHEAT TO FEED SOLDIERS
VANCOUVER, B. C., May 7.—
Considerable interest is being at- j
j tached to the purchasing of 1,500,
! 000 bushels of wheat here the other
day by officials of the Soviet gov- i
1 ernment. The grain was bought
for shipment to Vladivostok and it
j is the impression of many that this
■ grain is being bought for the pur
i pose of feeding the Russian troops
i in the Vladivostok area,
j it was freely asserted that the
huge grain shipment was a fore
sighted move on the part of the
1 Soviet government to furnish herj
! troops with food in the event of
I trouble on the Russian and Man
! churian border with Japan.
NO DEVELOPMENTS
NORFOLK, May 7.—There were
no important developments made
| known in the Lindbergh case Fri
; day. The yacht Marcon left on
| another mysterious voyage to sea
i but no unusual optimism was at
| tached to the present trip.
TICK ON' IS FHOHITE
TO IN TOUT'S DERBY
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 7. (IP)—
“Tick On” was the favorite to cap
ture the 58th running of Churchill
Downs here today. The weather
was dubious this morning but some
hope was held that it would im
prove when the race was called at
4:45 this afternoon.
Twenty horses have been en- j
tered in the race but it is believed
that only 15 will start. Tick On is
from the Loma Stable and is own
ed by Mrs. L. G. Kaufman.
Top Flight, C. V. Whitney’s un
beaten filly, and the unquestioned
champion of two-year-olds last
year, ruled favorite in the winter j
predictions. Other worthy con- i
tenders are Burning Blaze, Lucky
Tom and Universe.
During the 1931 season, Tickon |
started 10 times, won three, second j
three and third one.
WAR INEVITABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.— !
War between Russia and Japan in j
! the Far East is inevitable and may
! come at any time, Kinosuke Adachi,
j Japanese writer and authority on
international affairs, told. Russia
and Japan, he said, are like two lo
comotives racing toward each other
on a single track without a siding.
A collision is inevitable.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—
The Supreme Court ruled that au
tos used in importing liquor into
the United States are subject to
confiscation under the tariff law
and the government is not re
quired to take action against them
under the more lenient prohibition
law.
CUNARD PIER BURNS
NEW YORK, May 7.—Fire on the
>ig Cunard pier here caused dam
ige estimated at over $2,000,000.
/Vhen the fire was first discovered,
t was not thought the fire was
serious and the pier atendants did
lot turn in an alarm. The fire
spread rapidly, however, and a
lumber of fire pieces were called.
\ number of firemen were over- ;
some by the smoke.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—
Majr General Enoch H. Crowder,
73 years of age, and former Am
bassador to Cuba, died here after a
general breakdown.
From Edinburg, Mo., where he
was born April 11, 1859, Crowder
was appointed to the military
academy at West Point. He grad
uated in June, 1881, was commis
sioned a second lieutenant of cav
alry and sent to duty on the Texas
Mexico border.
Routine Army orders which,. in
the early ’80’s removed Lieut. Enoch
Herbert Crowder from cavalry field
service to an instructorship in
military science at the University
of Missouri, resulted in develop
ment of one of the outstanding le
gal experts of the United States
Army and laid the foundation for
unusual administration and diplo
matic work.
Arrived at the university, Lieu
tenant Crowder decided to study
law and he took a degree in that
field in 1886. Ultimately he be
came Judge Advocate General of
the Army and, invested with Pro
vost Marshal general powers early
in the World War, it was he who
originated the draft system which
drew 2,000,000 men into the na
tional army.
NELSON, B. C., May 7.—Canadian
law took its toll Friday when eight
of the 118 doukhabours who staged
a nude parade on May Day at
Thrums, B. C., were sentenced to
three years imprisonment in the
penitentiary. Nothing was done
about the 34 women who are also
being held in jail for participation
in the nude parade.
An attempt was made Friday to
stage another parade similar to
that held on May Day but the pa
raders quickly donned clothing
when the police arrived. An awn
ing has been placed around the
prison to keep the curious away
from the bastile.
CHICAGO, May 7. —Police were
forced to use machine guns to quell
a radical unemployed parade Fri
day. Permission had been granted
to hold the parade but the demon
strators became so unruly that the
police were forced to resort to stern
methods.
Several persons in the mob were
armed and opened fire on the po
lice. The police were forced to
bring out machine guns and as a
result of the battle,, five men were
shot and killed. Fifty persons have
been arrested.
CAPTURED BY ACTRESS
LOS ANGELES, May 7. (A1)—An
apparent extortion plot aimed at
Joan Crawford, actress, was being
investigated today. One man is
being held in technical custody.
Joan Crawfbrd helped to capture
the man in the studio. Officials
said it was difficult to tell just
what the man wanted.
PLANS SOON READY
MOSCOW, May 7.—Complete de
tailed plans for the carrying out
of the second five-year plans must
be in the hands of the Comissars
by August 20, it has recently been
decreed.
BUSINESS REVIVAL
BETTER SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM
OBSERVED ON PACIFIC
COAST
Encouraged by indications of
business revival and a general un
der-current of optimism, faint but
perfectly evident, H. S. Balderston,
president of the Bank of Seward,
and Mrs. Balderston returned after
several weeks on the Pacific Coast.
There are many evidences to sup
port this view, Mr. Balderston said,
and in brief, sketched his reasons.
“Within a year, Britain has come
up from the depths and is one of
the brightest spots in the world
today. Reparations and war debts,
for instance, have lost a large part
of their psychological meaning.
America’s security markets are be
ginning to understand that a re
covery is possible, no matter what
happens in Europe.
“If we have even three weeks of
normality—absence from' shocks—
the effects would be momentous.
Thus, if the bonus bill is killed, and
it is believed it will be, and if some
sort of productive and sensible tax
measure can be enacted, and Con
gress adjourns and goes home prior
to the political conventions, then
some substantial business recovery
is inevitable
“The Reconstruction Corporation
and the Federal Reserve System
are working in unison. This is a
financial factor at work that can
not fail to produce good results.
The easing policy now being pur
sued is necessarily a healing in
fluence, the evidence of which
| should be fully apparent as the
! weeks pass. What is needed now
; is for the factors of recovery to
I be permitted to operate, without
undue political interference. The
| turn upward will come. It is bound
i to be slow, but it will be certain.
■ There is no longer any reason for
j panic terror.
“These invisible factors,” Mr. Bal
| derston continued, “are now stead
j ily working in favor of a recovery,
j The compensatory credit program
| is well under way. With the arrival
of fall, the improvement should he
| plain to all.
“The present meeting of govern
! ment officials and private banking
! interests is for the purpose of af
fording protective measures against
racketeering in foreign bonds.
“Organized support is being
sought for the McNary bill to use
$100,000,000 of agriculture’s Recon
struction Corporation funds to fi
nance exports.”
Summing up, Mr. Balderston
j stated the entire question resolves
itself down to supply and demand.
When readjustments now under
way are more or less completed,
definite business revival naturally
will follow as it always has in the
past and as it always will do in the
future.
There has been a big surplus of
all commodities but this overpro
duction is diminishing daily. A
decided improvement in all branch
es of industry will follow the No
vember elections.
WILL STREET THINKS
HESS EVEN BRUT
NEW YORK, May 7. (ZP) — Wall
Street was swinging toward the be
lief that Congress would succeed
in balancing the budget and this
served to check declining tenden
cies which brought many issues into
new low ground in early trading.
The opening was about the same
after a few minutes of firmness.
Rail crashed to new low ground for
the bear market, taking the other
groups down with them. As in sev
eral sessions, the oils maintained
the best tone.
Later in the day selling lighten
ed and prices came back from their
lows only to sell off again near the
close. In the late dip, the early
lows were not reached however.