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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 139. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23.
vP)—Acting on the suggestion of
the Nanking government, the
State Department during the last
month has granted export licenses j
for the shipment of arms to China.
The licenses were requested thru j
the American Legation in Peiping, j
Dr. C. C. Wu, in announcing his j
recent resignation as Minister,
in Washington, said warlike pre
parations by the Nanking govern
ment through purchase of arms
in the United States likely to be
• used against the people of his
own city, had prompted his resig- j
nation.
JAPAN IS TERRIFIED !
BY SECOND SHOCK
TOKYO, Japan, June 23, i/P)—
The second quake in less than a
week shook the city and coast line,
and inhabitants rushed to the,
streets terrified.
There is no indication of any
damage.
At the last minute Mount Yake- j
• gatake erupted twice; preceding
the shock Mount Asama also
erupted.
• DAISY MIST SERVE
18-MONTH TERM 11 |
JAIL, CODRT IDLES
LOS ANGELES, June 23. </P)—
Daisy De Voe, former secretary of
* Clara Bow, motion picture actress,
must serve an 18-month jail term,
the District Court of Appeals ruled.
The sentence was imposed upon
her for a grand theft conviction.
The decision was made by the
court in discharging an alterna
tive writ under which Miss De
Voe’s attorney had attacked the
constitutionality of the state pro
bation act and had obtained her
release from the county jail on
$5,000 bail.
imOA HANDS
FAST ONE ON DAWES
* WASHINGTON, June 23. (/Pi —
Ambasador Dawe’s quip that a dip
lomatic life is “easy on the brain
but hell on the feet” got another
comeback, this time from Henry P.
Fletcher, former ambassador to
Italy and Belguim and now chair
man of the tariff commission.
“It all depends on whether you
use your head or your feet,” Flet
cher said.
NO MEAL ON SUNDAY
LONDON, June 23. (/P)—If the
recent threatened steps to go back
to strict observance of the Sun
day Observance Act of 1781 are
taken. England will have one of
the most drastic blue laws in op
eration. According to the act, it
will be illegal for a hotel to cook
a meal on Sunday.
SEIZE 500 CASES LIQUOR
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 23. (A>)
—Five hundred cases of bonded
liquor valued by officers at $40,
000, and believed by them to have
been consigned to Seattle for con
vention purposes, were seized by
Sheriff Jeff Barelly and the Grays
Harbor county dry squad.
Liens' WILL Fit
MiSKH: IPPLt PERMIT
TOKYO, Japan, June 23, (>P)—
Application seeking permission for
Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh and Mrs.
Lindbergh to land in Japan, said
they expected to come to Tokyo
via Alaska, Kamchatka Peninsula
and the Kurile Islands and from
Japan go to China.
Another application filed at the
same time asked for permission,
by Reginald Robins and Harold
Jones who contemplate a flight
from Seattle, to land in Japan. .
MAY CHANGE ROUTE
SEATTLE, June 23. (JP)—Cham
ber of Commerce officials said a
letter received here from Colonel
Charles Lindbergh revealed he will
not cross the United tSates in his
projected flight this summer to
Japan and indicated he has proba
bly decided to go via Greenland
and Siberia.
NOTED FRENCHMAN DIES
MEZIN, France, June 23. </P)—
Clement Armand Fallieres, former
President of France, died here sud
denly.
FIGHTER DIES FROM INJURIES
PORTLAND, Ore., June 23. (/P>—
The death of Stanley Sargent, 22,
middleweight boxer, wrho died from
injuries received in a fight with
Pete Meyers, 22, of San Francisco,
was due to an unavoidable acci
dent.
VETERANS MEET
CHICAGO, June 23. (T*)—Many
World War veterans gathered here
for the coming drive for 100 per
cent payment of the Veteran’s
bonus. They were here to attend
the two-day conference of pro
gressive Republicans.
ASKS NATION BANISH FEAR
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 23.
(A5)—President Hoover called upon
the nation to banish fear and
pessimism so that America may
ride out of the business depression
on a broad highway paved with
courage and confidence.
TO REPLACE SS HARVARD
.. LOS ANGELES, June 23. (IP)—
To replace the steamship Harvard
which is now pounding to pieces
off Point Arguello, the liner Iro
quois has been acquired by the
Lasco Line to be placed on the
run between San Francisco and
Los Angeles, opposite the steam
ship Yale.
CATHOLIC PRIMATE DEPORTED
MADRID, Spain, June 23. (IP)—
Cardinal Pedro Segura y Saenz,
Catholic Primate of Spain, was
deported by the Republican gov
ernment. Cardinal Segura, with
police guards, left Guadalajara in
a government autombile for the
French frontier under orders to
leave Spain.
ENGLAND MID ITILT
EXPECTED TO ACCEPT
OEBnUSPMN
BERLIN, June 23. (JP)—The Ger
man government sent to Washing
ton its official acceptance of Pres
ident Hoover’s proposal for a one
year moratorium on all intergov
ernment debts. It is expected
here that Great Britain and Italy
will accept the debt suspension
forthwith and the hope is ex
pressed that France will also join.
France receives about $192,000,
000 a year from Germany, half of
which must be paid for war debts,
but official German hopes, never
theless, that she will throw her
support to the action initiated by
Hoover.
ZEPPELIN WILL FLT
ARCTIC HEAT MOUTH
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
June 23, (/P)—Plans for the Sir
Wilkins Arctic submarine to meet
Nautilus in the Graf Zeppelin
have definitely been abandoned
by Dr. Hugo Eckener but the
gr^at airship will make‘a-six-day
cruise to Arctic regions during
the next month.
The flight will be a scientific
expedition, Dr. Eckener said. Mis
haps to the Nautilus eliminated
possibility of the two meeting at
the top of the world.
PANTAGES VS. PRINGLE
TRIAL RESET SEPT. 1S
LOS ANGELES, June 23. (/P)—
Trial of the million dollar dam
age suit filed by Eunice Pringle,
former dancer, against Alexander
Pantages, theatre magnate, as a
result of his alleged attack upon
her in August, 1929, was reset for
trial on September 15.
Criminal charges against Pan
tages forced the delay from July
14, the original date.
ALBERT nil ALMOST
PROSTRATED BT BLIT
| EL PASO, Tex., June 23. (/P)—
Mrs. Albert B. Fall said her hus
band had been “almost pros
trated” by the recent heat wave
and as a result she did not know
when he would enter a hospital
here for a physical examination.
The government has asked that
examination be made to determine
whether he can be committed for
a year in accordance with con
viction of bribe-taking.
MAIL BOAT IN PORT
The MS Discoverer, Capt. Heinie
| Berger, returned to port Monday
I with mail and freight from Cook
j Inlet and Anchorage. Captain
| Berger repots an excellent voy
j age and that he expected to get
underway today on the return
{trip. Rev. E. E. Reisner, local pas
tor, will go to Seldovia on the
mail boat.
AT POLE IN TWO MONTHS
CORK, Ireland, June 23, (/P)—
The submarine Nautilus is under
going repairs here preparatory to
resuming its trip to the North
Pole. Wilkins said he hoped to
be there in two months. He was
given a great reception upon his
arrival here.
EYES OF THE 1010
ME UPON FRANCE
PARIS, June 23, (;P)—Not before
tomorrow will France write a re
ply to President Hoover’s propo
sal as the cabinet was unable to
reach a decision about the nature
of the text which will be drafted
at a special meeting Wednesday.
Premier Lavel refused to com
ment on the subject.
The eyes of the world are on
Paris for from France will come
the next big development of the
reparations situation.
REFEREE TO BE BOSS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 23. (JP)
—The referee will be given com
plete charge of the handling of
the world’s championship bout be
tween Max Schmeling and “Young”
Stribling here on the night of
July 3, it was announced by the i
Cleveland Boxing Commission.
DENMARK DEFEATED
COPENHAGEN, June 22. {/P> — j
Czecho Slovakia won its way to the
finals of the Davis Cup play in the
European zone by defeating Den
mark in the doubles match to make
the series score three to nothing
and assuring victory.
DEFENDS TITLE
GLASGOW, Scotland, June 23, --
—The British defender “Saskia”
defeated the American yacht “Pris
cilla Third” for the third connsecu
tive time in the series -of races for
the Seawanhaka Cup. Saskia fin
ished two and one half minutes
ahead of the American entry.
EXHIBITION BOUT
OAKLAND, Calif, June 23. (/P) —
Jack Johnson, former heavy
weight boxing champion, will ap
pear in a threeround exhibition
bout Wednesday. That is, if the
State Boxing Commission doesn’t
put the damper on promoter Par
antes present plans.
QUAKE RECORDED AT DENVER
DENVER, June 23. {JP)—An earth
quake was recorded on the seismo
graph at Regis College. The max
imum intensity was reached at
5:24 a. m. and the quake ended
at 5:51 a. m. It was estimated
the quake was approximately 3,000
miles from Denver.
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE
SEATTLE, June 23. (£>)—Three
prisoners sawed their way to free
dom through two sets of bars in
the new King county jail and slid
down a rope of mattress coverings
to the street, 10 floors below.
COMMUNISTS EXECUTED
HANKOW, China, June 23. (/P)—
| Twelve Communists, supposedly
jnicluding several important lead
I ers, were executed here by order
of the government.
VOCAL RECORD Will
BE MADE OF UNDERSEA
VOVACE NORTH POLE
NEW YORK, June 23. (£>)—Even
should the submarine Nauitlus be
overtaken by some unexplainable
disaster under the Arctic ice and
bob around helplessly, a floating
coffin for 50 years, the world could
still learn the fate of Sir Hubert
Wilkins and his adventurous aides.
This was made practically cer
tain, due to special waterproof dic
taphone containers that will be
placed aboard the vessel at Spits
bergen. These will contain four
dictaphne cylindars, o n which
Sir Hubert can run a vocal record
of the voyage.
WILL POLL WORLD
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23,
(^P)—Officials will speed ratifica
tion of the moratorium proposal
and will maintain with undimish
ed force what they say as al
ready a materializing economic
improvement.
Secretary o f State Stimson
warned that there must be no
bargaining and that the plan
must be acted on as quickly as
possible in order to pull the world
of the present business morass.
HO CAPONES WILL
BE PERMITTED SAN
FRANCISCO, STATED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. (/P>—
“We won’t have any Capones in
this city or will San Francisco be
a racketeer’s city of refuge?”
Police Chief Quinn made this
statement as he demanded that
the county grand jury make a
thorough investigation into the
murder of Earl Leter, gang ‘ride”
boss.
Chief Quinn’s defi followed the
release of $10,000 bail of Harold
McGuire, alleged “beer joint”own
er, charged with the killing. Mu
nicipal Judge George Schonfeld
made a trip to the hall of justice
to sign release papers for Mc
Guire.
PRINCE RUPERT AND
SEATTLE FISH PRICES
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June
23, (JP)—Two hundred and 62,
000 pounds of American halibut
brought 3c and 10 and nine-tenths
cents; Canadian, 3c and nine and
five-tenths cents.
At Seattle nine vessels with
119,000 pounds of halibut sold
their cargoes for 5c to 10%c.
WARNING TO PUBLIC
Agent Sweek, of the Alaska Rail
road, warns the public to keep
off the property of the abandon
ed warehouse this side of the fish
dock as during the night a few
more piles washed away from un
der the southern end.