VOLUME XXiX. NUMBER 31.
MEMBER associated press
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
KIDNAPPED MOTHER
RETURNED UNHARMED
TO HOME MOW? KITE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.—A frail
■woman of 65 with graying hair
was sought by 50 police Monday as
the result of a strange kidnapping
designed by what police said ap
peared to be amateur students of
crime who in an abduction note
left demands for $10,000 ransom.
She is Mary, the wife of Dr. Wal
ter F. Skeele, a professor who for
35 years has been Dean of the
College of Music ot the University
of Southern California.
The strange factors in the case,
police investigators said, are first: j
an extremely long ransom notej
indicating the kidnappers are;
educated, knew considerable about
the family, and the note possessed!
innumerable tell tale clues that no j
organized kidnapping gang would!
leave.
Second: that the victim’s family!
is without means to meet the ran
som demands and not of the class
usually selected by kidnappers,
and assert that the family mem- !
bers say they have no inkling of |
who could do such a thing.
MONDAY NIGHT WAS
DEAD-LINE PHI
RANSOM IS. SKEELE
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 7, —Kidnap
pers of Mrs. Mary Skeele, 66-year
old wife of the Dean of Music at
the University of Southern Cali
fornia, said Monday night wras the
dead line for payment of $10,000
ransom, according to police.
The note did not reveal the
penalty attached for failure to
meet the demands by that hour. I
Death, however, was threatened!
for Mrs. Skeele if police sought de-!
tails. Instructions were given by I
the kndnappers as to where to I
leave the ransom.
NATIONAL STRIKE B) {
FARMERS. THREATENED'
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CHICAGO, Feb. 7,—Threats of a j
national farmers strike and possi- ;
ble riot, bloodshed and revolution \
came from the troubled corn belt ]
as 100 farmers marched on the \
Iowa Legislature at Des Moines. ]
The spokesman said that a i
movment is underway among the t
nation’s farmers to refuse to raise
crops other than for their own I
needs; that Congress hurriedly j l
came to the aid of bankers but;
have “continually passed the buck” j
in passing relief legislation for;
farmers, the “fundamental for re- i
storation of national employment <
and prosperity.”
RBI.PH DELIVERS
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 7,—A coun
ter attack on Gov. James Rolpli Jr.,
recall was delivered yesterday by
his representatives who gave the
investigating committee three
specific cases where legislators,
who are enrolled in the State
Grange movement for his recall,
accepted bribes.
They cited the pardon racket
and charged certain Senators with
accepting sums of $2,500 to $7,500.
The committee adjourned for the
day following submittal of the tes
timonv.
INCOME RETURNS FELL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6,—Income
taxes paid by individuals and cor
porations in the calendar year 1932
totaled $784,617,000 compared with
$1,368,035,000 in 1931. This is a de
crease of $583,418,000, the Internal
Revenue reported.
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KILLINGS CONTINUE
DUISBURG, Germany, Feb. 7,—
; One Nazi was killed and six
I wounded seriously when fired on
1 from ambush during the funeral
of a Nazi who was killed last week
at Iiamberg. At Hamberg a Nazi
was shot and killed last night from
ambush.
LONG BEACH, Feb. 7,—Testify
ing in the ease of Walter Wander
well. the curly-haired blonde wife
of Capt. Walter Wanderwell, globe
trotter, told of a threat to get even
made by William J. Guy, admitted
enemy of the adventurer and ac-:
cused of slaying him aboard the
yacht Carma last December f».
The warning came, she said, af-!
ter Wanderwell and Guy had dis-1
agreed over money which Guy j
claimed the adventurer owed him !
from an expedition made between
Buenos Aires and San Francisco.
The testimony cropped out un
expectedly at Guy’s trial as the de
fense cross-examined tne young
widow. Guy’s counsel quickly made ■ ■
a counter-move.
He said if Guy had killed the!
man over a small debt why had;1
he not taken part of the $600
found,in a wallet on Wanderwell’s
body, Mi's. Wanderwell admitted
that her husband had not been j •
robbed. :(
LIVES PIE AT STAKE i
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Accus
ng the government of “temporiz
ng when human life is at stake”,
:he American Federation of Labor
jrges quick development of a pro
gram to make men and machines
>usy again.
The Federation sail unemploy
nent had increased to an ‘‘all
ime peak of 12,000,000. It propos
'd these remedial measures:
A national 30-hour week which
t said would immediately absorb
1,600,000 of the jobless. It said
>2 hours was the average now in
12 industries but others were work
ng 72 and 84 hour shifts; a_ tre
nendous public building program,
inanced by long term federal
oans; speeding up of R. F. C
oans for self-liquidating construc
ion.
ESSELS IN DISTRESS
OFF PACIFIC COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7,—While
he crew of the motorship Pacific
-hipper controlled a fire in the en
ine room after sending an SOS
all. the lumber vessel Santiam
adioed her owners here had lost
propeller 80 miles north of San
rancisco.
The message asked the Chris
uison Hammond Lumber Co., to
?nd a tug. The Pacific Shipper
f London was off Cape Blanco
hen Capt. H. Fairclaugh sent the
OS.
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DENVER, Colo., Feb. 7, —Freder
ic G- Bonfils, late publisher and
litor of The Denver Post, left his
itire fortune, the amount of
hich has been estimated between
0,000,000 and $60,000,000, with the
:ception of minor bequests, to
ie Frederick G. Bonfils Founda
an for the Advancement of the
elfare of Mankind.
Reading of the will took place
[onday. He died last Thursday.
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SUFFICIENT USEABLE VESSELS
TIED UP IN HABORS FORM j
ALASKA FLEET
When rivals indulge chess they
maneuver to protect their richest'
implement of the game. They cio
not sacrifice a “castle” or a “pish- j
op’ in return for a mere “pawn.” j
Not sc with the United States of j
America, confronted with the pos- i
sibility of becoming a contestant
in the great game of international (
warfare, as gauged by the clouds j
rising higher and growing more J (
ominous day by day along the Near | (
Eastern Horizon.
The gi'eat prize in this game will
be Alaska, which in point of raw:
resources outranks the remainder
of the nation which might be ex
posed to the assaults of an enemy.
Its gold, coal and oil resources
alone are worth the price a for
eign nation might be compelled (
to pay, even tho they served mere
ly as a trading pawn in the final
settlement of the controversy.
And not one measure of pro- *
tection along its 26,000 miles of 1
mast! c
At this moment, when we ought *
:o be convinced that the Ameri
can conception of fair play and!
ustice is as foreign to the remain- j
ier of the world as are its nation- 3
iLs to America. c
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POLICE USED BOMBS
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CHESTER. Pa., Feb. 7, —Police,
ised tear gas bombs to disperse a j
rowd of 2,000 persons barricaded j
n and about the home of Mrs. je
ulian Malachi. where a sheriff’s!
ale was to be held to satisfy rent |
/hich was one year in arrears. I 0
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, —Coney Is
md w^as visited with another dis
strous fire Monday which high
inds fanned and which, for a
.me. threatened the entire amuse
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lent resort.
An hour before dawn fire wras
?en to spout from the “Tunnel of
ove.” It rapidly spread to a near
y Ferris wheel, the Motor drome,
Kiddie wrheel and two other con
^ssions before brought under con
•ol.
Firemen fought the flames in 12
bove temperatures.
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BEGIN DISBURSEMENTS I fC
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.—The De- j *
artment of Agriculture announc- j ^
i loans to farmers will begin next! pe
riday from the $90,000,000 appro- :
nation approved by Congress last
eek. Six headquarters will be:
jened at various parts of the j D
NEW YORK. Feb. 7. —The con- j
tion of James J. Corbett, one
ne heavyweight boxing champion
the World, who is suffering from i
heart ailment, became worse last \
ght.
“His condition is very grave and<
causing us great concern,” was j
e word given out at his bedside j
his Bayside home shortly before!
o’clock.
REPORTS TO SUPERVISORS
LONDON, Feb. 7—The British
nbassador to the United States,
r Ronald Lindsay, brought direct
jrd on the war debt question
Dm President-Elect Roosevelt to
e government Monday. No bulle
1 was issued following his first
nference here.
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NOTED AVIATRIX
SEATTLE, Feb. 7,—Amelia Ear
hart Futnam, famous axiatrix, ar
rived here Monday from New York
in an United Airlines plane.
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GIVE IT UP
PARIS, Feb. 7,—The French Cab
inet voted unanimously to aban
don temporarily attempts to bal
ance the budget.
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IN ANOTHER BERTH
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 7, —David
Selznik was named executive di
rector of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Vloving Picture Corporation.
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BACK IN THE GAME
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7,—Alexan
ier Pantages is considering taking
>ver the management of a number
)f Pacific coast theatres.
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RETURNED CONTRACT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—Cur
is Davis, leading 1932 pitcher in
he Pacific Coast League, returned
lis contract to the Seals because
>f insufficient salary.
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BECOMING HUMAN AGAIN
SEATTLE, Feb. 7, -Para-mutual
netting on horse racing and 15
ound boxing matches are under
onsideration by 15 states legisla
ures.
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WORTH KEEPfNG
LONDON, Feb. 7,—Sinclair Lewis,
uthor, arrived in England Mon
ay from the continent. He said
lodern civilization, if it is to con
inue, must be carried forward by
Ingland and America alone.
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EIGHT KILLED
PARIS. Feb. 7. —Eight were kill
d and 100 injured when a boiler
i a power house of an automobile
ictory exploded on the outskirts:
f Paris. Six bodies have been re
Dvered.
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AFTER MORE LAURELS
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 7, —
Lm Barouch, selected as the best
132 all-round athlete, w?ill enter j
re New York indoor events of the j
ational Athletic Union, competing |
i the pole vault, shot put and!
igh jump.
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DIET DISSOLVED
BERLIN, Feb. 7, —The Prus
an Diet was dissolved Monday
ider authority of a presidential
scree which permits the Reich
)vernment to take over authori
r in the state. The dissolution is
Teetive March 4.
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SCRAP ALL MEASURES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, —The
mate banking committee, in an I
Tort to speed mortgages relief j
r revolting farmers, contemplat-!
1 scrapping all farm relief meas
•es before them in favor of emer
mcy legislation combing the best
atures of each.
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GREATER THAN EVER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7, —
?mands for relief of the destitute
ill be greater next month than
er before in the country’s his
ry, Grace Abbott, head of the
ibor department Children’s bur
u, testified at a Senate sub
mmittee hearing.
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STORMS IN EAST
NEW YORK, Feb. 7,—Gales con
med to sweep the Atlantic sea
ard to the Dakotas: two deaths
;re recorded from cold. Chicago
d New York charitable organi
tions were taxed to the limit in
ring for the destitute and unem
ayed. A renewed cold wave wras
recast for Monday night.
LEADERS PESSIMISTIC <
rOKIO, Feb. 7,—The Cabinet
it in extraordinary session and ]
proved new instructions to their :
ague of Nations representative, i
revised plan for conciliation of
e Manchurian dispute- Govern- 1
;nt leaders are pessimistic and it 1
freely predicted Japan will with- 1
aw from the League wihtin a i
>nth.
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MOLLISON HOPPED OFF
j LONDON, Feb. 7, —Capt. James
; Mollison, noted British aviator,
; hopped off Monday on a flight to
j Brazil. He was reported Monday
I evening as having arrived at Bar
i celona, Spain and was prepared to
take wing again this morning.
BATAVIA, Java., Feb. 7,—Dutch
i seaplanes swooped over the Dutch
battleship De Zeven Provincein
I ploughing down Malacca Strait
; displaying their laden bomb car
i riages and threatening to bombard
the warship unless its mutinous
crew immediately surrenders,
j A safe five miles behind the De
Zeven Provincein ploughed the Al
debaran bearing the De Zeven Pro
vincein’s outraged commander
; who chased after his battleship
j when the mutineers steamed out
of Olelen Harbor, Northwestern
I Sumatra, Sunday.
In a communique radioed to the
| press in Dutch and English the!
native crew gave assurance they
j were staging only a peaceful pro-!
| test against pay cuts and that they.
intended to surrender at the naval
base of Sourabaya, Java.
STORM CAPITOL
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 7, —
Three hundred unemployed storm
ed the legislative halls clamoring
for food and relief.
FOUR THOUSAND 1:
FARMERS CBiyiMITTEB i
SUICIDE. KIK SEI,
KIANG SEI. China, Feb. 7, —; t
Rather than be captured and tor- t
tured to death by a Communist 5
army, 4.000 Chinese farmers of this c
fertile area committed suicide.
What is said to be authentic re- i
ports of this wholesale death pact, j
were received yesterday at Shang-|
hai.
Prior to the approach of the
“reds” all women and children had
been sent to safety.
The report said that when the
Communist army of bandits en
tered the town they found every
male dead by his own hand.
GRIEVING WIDOW NEAR
DEATH FROM WOUNDS
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MARYSVILLE, Calif., Feb. 6, - | J
Mrs. Dolores Shaffer, 38, said to a
be a former moving picture act-, b
ress. was near death at a local11
hospital as the result of gunshot v
wounds which Sheriff C. J. Me- j y
Coy declared were self-inflicted. 1 n
Mrs. Charles Thorndyke. a friend j a
said that Mrs. Shaffer has been; e
hyterical and frequently imagined
she saw her deceased husband in p
the home. d
AUTO ACCIDENTS DECLINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7, —
\ 12 per cent decline in automo
bile accidents in the United States j
luring 1932, is reported by the I P
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—Un
iiscouraged by initial failure, Uni
versity of California biologists
3lanned a new attempt to revive
i dead person by mechanical
neans.
Using a different method, they
vere attempting to duplicate the
'eat of another University scien
;ist, Mrs. M. M. Brooks, who re
turned life to an apparently dead
nan by means of a chemical.
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VON PIN IS NOW
DICTATOR OF PRUSSIA:
DIET DISSOLVED
BERLIN. Feb. 7.—President Paul
von K'ndenberg Monday dissolved
li.’e Prussian Diet which defied
Chancellor Hitler’s will and signed
a decree hamstringing the oooosi
tion press.
Vice-Chancellor von Papen be
came Dictator of Prussia, keystate
of Germany, with dissolution of its
Legislative body until a new diet is
elected March 5.
The government hopes the vic
tory it expects in the Reichstag
elections the same day will return
a new Diet amendable to the Cabi
net’s will. Meanwhile von Papen
is invested with all the governing
poweirs in the State of Prussia as
Reich Commissioner for the State
although as Hitler’s political tutor
he will still countersign or veto
any of the Nazi Chancellor’s acts.
Von Papen will devote most of
his time to running Prussia. This
move ousted Otto Braun, the elect
ed Premier of Prussia.
COISfGUD CUTTER
"WHIM" NIS VESSEL
DEEHTEEV. SEAS •
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7, —Capt.
r'rancois Riou, French skipper of
he rum ship “Etchipotchis,” said
le would file a complaint with the
French consul against what he
ermea “deliberate” ramming of
lis vessel by the United States
oast guard.
The captain’s ship is tied up at
he wharf here with 1,000 cases of
.ssorted liquors aboard.
He claims the Coast Guard Cut
er Hermes crashed into his ship
wice 99 miles off-shore and out
ide the one hour’s sailing time
ecree by international treaty.
AfleE CHINESE FORCE
STANDS READY 10
PEIPING, Feb. 7, —Marshall
>hang Hsueh-Liang. commander
i-chief of China’s forces in the
forthern area, warned Japan that
iis forces numbering over 200,000
len were mobilized and ready to
efend Jehol province against the
apanese advance.
Chang told the press that if
apan renewed the Jehol offensive
s threatened, “it will be impossi
le to predict wThat will happen. If
iey insist upon invading Jehol it
'ill mean the most serious warfare
et to come in this fighting. Our
len are better equipped and we
re ordered to resist any attempt
1 advance,” he said.
IMPLE FORMALITY
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.—A sim
ie formality of the State Depart
lent put the lame duck amend
ient officially into the Constitu
on after a long and wearisome
lurnev thru Congress and the
tate Legislatures with a group of
tate Department officials and two
;her witnesses present.
Secretary Stimson signed the
reclamation announcing to the
ation that a sufficient number of
gislatures had approved the
easure to make it effective.
TRIAL POSTPONED
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 7,—The
ial of the 46 defendants involved
ith C. Julian in dubious oil en
rprises, wras postponed while an
iternational search continued for
le bond-jumping promoter.
K F Q D SERENADERS DANCE SATURDAY