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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 125.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
(L CAPONE FACES
LONG TERM PRISON
ANOTHER INDICTMENT BROT
IN; EVASION OF INCOME
TAX
CHICAGO, June 6. (£>)—A1 Cap- j
one faced the possibility of a 32
year prison sentence and a fine
of $80,000 for alleged evasion of
income tax,
This is the maximum sentence
possible if convicted on the charges
to which he surrendered yesterday
after his indictment. He posted
a $50,000 bond and was released.
There are two indictments out
against him, one yesterday and
the other returned March 16, but
suppressed. It contained six fel
ony and two misdemeanor counts
and alleged government tax claim
of $215,800 which marked the cul
mination of two years investiga-1
fion during which 1,000 people]
were interviewed.
His total income was computed j
at $1,380,654 during the years 1924
to 1929 inclusive.
(EMM! TO FROM
DMCiHT
BERLIN. June 6. (JP) — The Ger
.nan govrnment instructed its
ambassador at Paris to enter a
strong protest to French officials
against French military planes
flying over German territory.
Three French naval seaplanes,
:lying low, were reported sighted
ever German territory waters on
the East Frisian Island. Later a
French army plane was reported
to have landed in Germany.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
IN GREAT DEMAND
WASHINGTON, June 6, .(VP)—
The American people offered
eight times over to buy the $800,
000,000 worth of government long
term bonds placed on the market
by the U. S. treasury officials.
The officials were surprised at
the tremendous demand and be
lieved it means a super-abundance
or idle cash and a big demand
of long term securities from con
esrvative bankers.
KING GEORGE REVIEWS
TROOPING OF COLORS
LONDON, June 6, (/P>— King
George, for the first time since
his serious illness in 1928. took
the salute of the trooping of col
ors at the Horse Guards obser
vance of his 66th birthday anni
versary which had been postponed
from last Wednehday so that he
could attend the Epson Downs
Derby.
He was a resplendent figure in
his scarlet and gold uniform of
Colonel-in-Chief o f the Cold
stream Guards.
HALIBUT PRICES
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June
6, (/p)—Seventy thousand pounds
of halibut from American vessels
brought 3c to 7Y2c; Canadian 3c
to 6c. At Seattle seven vessels
with 97,600 pounds sold their
fares for 7c and 10%c.
mens' m
FLY "CHICLE COURSE"
SPANNING THE ARCTIC
NEW YORK, June 6, (JP)—Col. |
Chas. A. Lindbergh is consider- j
ing flying to China and Japan j
over the Eastern route which will j
bring them close to the North j
Pole on the 6,500 mile journey to ;
the Orient. j
Colonel Lindbergh is studying'
the possibilities of the great cir- i
cle course across Greenland, from
Spitzbergen, instead of taking the 1
Bering Strait route from the Pa
cific Coast.
The whole plan is in the forma- :
tive stage but mechanics have
been ordered to put a water rud- j
der to his plane.
CAL TIRES OF WORK
NEW YORK, June 6. (/P> —Re
presentatives of the syndicate buy
ing and distributing Calvin Coo
lidge’s special articles to the news
papers hurried to see the former
president in his Massachusetts
home and to talk vacation and a
continuance of series. It is said
that Mr. Coolidge is getting tired .
of his job as a “columnist.”
GOVERNOR ROLPH
ANNOUNCES PRISON
BOARD APPOINTEE
SACRAMENTO, June 6, (.4s)—
Governor Rolph of California an
nounced that he expected to ap
point Chas. L. Neumiller, of Stock
ton, as chairman of the newly
created state prison terms and
parole board.
' The governor said that he con- j
sidered Neumiller the best qual-!
ified in California for the new ■
position as head of the board!
which will fix sentences under j
the indeterminate sentence law j
and will handle paroles from the !
state prisons in the future.
IS DEPRESSION TONIC
LONDON, June 6. (/P) —For-1
eign Minister A. Henderson gave
an emphatic backing to the theory j
that a reduction of armaments
would do no more than anything
else to relieve the present world
wide economic crisis when he de
livered his annual Burge Memor
ial lecture at Lincoln’s Inn.
i j
1 His address was heard by the i
Ambassadors of France, Italy, Bel
guim and a half dozen other
countries and they considered the
statements as a happy concidence
since they came on the eve of
I conversations with Mr. Hender
son and Premier MacDonald and
other foreign powers.
ADVOCATES SUSPENSION
BEPMONS PUS
KEEP UP GERMAN CREDIT
__ I
BERLIN, June 6. (/P) —Hjaimer
Schact, former president of the
Ruch, and now on the committee
of the United Industrial and Com
mercial committee of the Reich
stag and a leader in economic af- j
affairs in Germany said:
That the only way Germany!
can maintain her credit in the
world is by suspending repara
tions payments as quickly as pos
sible.
Payments could be resumed, Mr.
Shact added, as soon as Germany’s
national economy shows a surplus.
ARGENTINE GOLFER WHS
SENSATION OF BOONS IN
BRITISH OPEN PUT
CARNONSITE, Scotland, June
6. (/p) _ j. Jurado, Argentinian,
was the sensation in the second
round of play in the British open
golf championship when he added
a par to break a 71 with his first
76 to share the lead with the Bri
tish player H. Cotton,, whose best
was 75 and which added to his
previous score of 72 for the first
round gave him a tie with the
South American at 147.
Johnny Farrel of America and
.B Twine of England, who shared
the lead with Cotton for the first
round finished with totals of 149
and 150 respectively. T. Armour,
Scotch-American, was in third
place. A fifth place tie with Twine
was held by Gene Sarazen and
Kirkw7ood of the nUited States.
Right behind them came two
more Americans, Hunter with 151
and M. Smith with 152. F. Smith
had 156. Twinesa had 160 and
Monroe had 162 and both were el
iminated.
Others near the leaders were two
Britishers, Havers and a Mitchell,
wit hl51 each; a Frenchman, Dall
emagne with 151. Allness took 152
and Comston and R. A. Whitcomb
153, each.
STOCK PRICES RALLY
WITH MILS IS LEADERS
IN UPWARD MOVEMENT
NEW YORK, June 6. (/P) — The
rally in stock prices continued, al
though the net gains averaged
smaller than the blustry advance
made during the forepart of the
week.
Bonds were also strong and with
wheat recovering its equilibrium
and corn and cotton improving,
the financial scene looked much
brighter. Shares had to take a
profit taking in the trading, but
they stubbornly refused to be up
set.
The rail stosks quickly came for
ward as leaders of an upward
movement in the market.
A serum has been found to
counteract the poison or toxin in
the muscles of the body to which
fatigue is attributed by some sci
entists.
MARRIAGE LEARNED
NEW YORK, June 6. (/F) —Miss
Bettie Powell, daughter of Col.
Alexander Powell, world famous
traveller, is to marry the Hon. J.
Roseberg Monson, son of Lord and
Lady Monson of England, it was
learned.
MUSSOLINI'S ANSWER
TO POPE’S CHILLEHGE
EAGERLY AWAITED
ROME, June 6, (;P)—Premier
Mussolini’s answer to the Vati
can’s challenge that he prove
his statements that yourths clubs
are affiliated with the Catholic
action of the society engaged in
political activities, is awaited with
interest.
It is understood the Pope has
written an editorial which called
Mussolini to produce documents
backing up his accusations. The
editorial speaks of a score of
Fascist party hwo asserted “res
pect” for the church and its
head. —•—'■w
CONSOLIDATION, PERHAPS
NEW YORK, June 6. (^—Con
solidation of Standard Oil of New
Jersey and the Standard Oil of
California is under consideration
it was learned from reliable
sources. Decision as to whether
the step will be taken for the
merging together of two of the
largest units of the Standard Oil
interest will be known in 60 days.
MICE MS THE
Sill IITTLE-WHS
'STEM TWO LARGE ONES
PARIS, June 6. (/P>—A movement
to reduce the size of battleships
below the 35,000 tons authorized
until 1936 by the Washington Naval
| Treaty took on new force with
members of a committee in the
Flench Chamber of Deputies.
Construction of three 23,335
ton ships of the line instead of
two ships of 35,000 tonnage during
1931 was advocated by Charles
Dumont, Minister of Marine.
OFFICII TESTING BOH
RESULTS IN TRICED!
! BORDEAUX, June 6. (JP) —Of
ficial testing of the bridge join
jing the villages of St. Dennis and
'De Piles, which was the object of
■the community crashed when the
[structure fell into the river, killing
'seven persons when a heavily load
led truck used for the test was
! thrown into the water.
The crash came when one of the
i trucks ran afoul one of the sus
pension cables and tore it loose
from its fastenings.
The tragedy was witnessed by
school children who were given a
holiday to celebrate the opening
of the bridge.
Watch screws are the smallest
made for use in machines.
SS YUKON ON HER
WHY TO ALASKA
HAS 219 ON BOARD
LOCAL AND INTERIOR RESI
DENTS ABOARD PALATIAL
STEAMER
! SEATTLE, June 6, (/P)—1The SS
Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at 9 o’clock this morning for
'Alaska with 119 passengers on
! board. There were 36 passenger?
booked for Seward as follows:
Mrs. P. N. Anderson, Agnes An*
j derson, Chas. M. Grey, V. D. Har
[rison, George Valaer, John L. Me
Ginn, J. Boudreau, A. J. Chamber
lin, R. R. Hart, C. P. Hale, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Rosewater, Otis
Moneyhun, G. D. D. Eisko, A. L.
Thompson, Miss Louise Gill, Earl
Martin Haas and Mother, Prof.
C. B. Osgood and Mrs. Osgood,
Miss Evelyn Meyers, Grace Broad
well, Mrs. B. Cascaden, Mrs. A.
S. Rasmussen and three children,
IT. <h McDougall, A.. A, Pyle, Mr.
j and Mrs. C. F. Lindsay, Alice Da
I vidson, Anna Sherbesman, W. M.
| Winters, Peter Henry, Jacob Kal
‘ makoff.
BOBBY JOKES THROUGH
WITH COLE PICTURES
HOLLYWOOD, California, June
6. (/P)—After three months of work
in movie studios on a series of
golf pictures Bobby Jones, an
nounced “I am definitely out of
movies as I am out of competitive.”
“I am in the gallery now in
golf matches and in front of the
screen at the movies.” He does
intend to play exhibition matches
j for charity.
STIMSGN PLANS HIKE
TOUR WESTERN EUROPE
WASHINGTON, June 6. (JP) —
Secretary Stimson will make a two
months tour of western Europe.
Countries he will visit in a study
of general conditions include Great
Britain, France, Italy, and Ger
many. He said he would avoid
official receptions but would make
calls of courtesy on foreign minis
ters in each country.
He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Stimson and will sail sometime
this month.
BISHOP WON FILES
SUIT NGNINST TINKHAM
WASHINGTON, June 6. iff)—
Half a million dollars damages
were asked in a suit filed against
representative Tinkham by Bishop
James Cannon of the Methodist
Church whose political activities
have caused many disputes with
fellow churchmen and the con
l gressional committee.
Bishop Cannon claims libel in
signed statements attributed to
Tinkham and which were printed
in newspapers.