Bernard
(Satiuuay
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 514.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DELEGATE TIKES
NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MAS
TERS, CHARGES DELEGATE
TO CONGRESS
Judge Wickersham, Alaska’s Del
• egate to Congress, and a candidate
for reelection, in response to The
Gateway’s request for a statement
concerning his trip to the Interior
and hew the Territory looks to him,
said::
“We left Valdez three weeks ago
and visited the places along the
trail to Fairbanks. We then took
in all the mining creeks as far
away as Circle City. It was a
pleasure to me to travel again over
the trails of the early days and note
the excellent roadways which have
replaced them. The great dredges
are working Cleary and other Fair
banks mining creeks and taking
out more gold than ever the early
miners recovered from them.
“Fairbanks shows evidences of
prosperity and stability and the
new public building is rapidly near
ing completion. It will be the fin
est of its kind in the great North
land. Captain Lathrop is construct
ing expensive coal bunkers in Fair
banks for handling coal for the
town and the power house of the
Fairbanks Exploration Co. The
Tanana country looks good to me
and shows but little effect of the
depression.
“I was received in the most
friendly way along the route and
made political speeches at many
places. My friends assure me of
increased majorities at the fall
election. I also visited the towns
along the railroad from Fairbanks
to Seward, and the Willow Creek
These mines show large ore bodies
mining district and its mines,
of high value, and promise a bright
future for that region. They and
the Matanuska coal mines give An
chorage a firm basis as a perman
ent and busy city, and add much
to the stability of business on the
Alaska Railroad and Seward as its
seaport terminus.
“All in all I am greatly impressed
„ with the growth of development
in the Copper River, Tanana Val
ley, Alaska Railroad and Cook In
let regions. There is present pro
gress and great promise for the fu
ture. I shall go back to my work
in Congress in December with re
newed courage to defend the Terri
tory and the railroad from the at
tacks of those who do not under
stand what advances the country
has made in recent years and what
great undeveloped resources it has
awaiting the coming of capital and
1 labor.
“I have ridden on the public au
tomobile lines from Valdez to Cir
* cle and through the mining region,
and the railroad, and paid my own
traveling expenses. It has been
suggested that I might use the air
plane, as Mr. Dimond is doing, but
to do that costs more money than
I can afford. My opponent has
been provided with the Dunkle air
plane and all expenses connected
with it ,by his friends, else he could
not use that method of travel over
Alaska. I have no big-interest
friends who think it sufficiently to
their advantage to furnish me a
free airplane, free broadcasting and
free campaign expenses. I am
obliged to and do pay my own ex
penses and cannot afford to fly
* in an airplane.
‘ Four years ago the big interests
engaged in exploring Alaska and
her people raised a campaign fund
of $65,000 for To mMarquam, the
Democratic candidate supported
by Mr. Dimond, and out of that
large corruption fund his airplane,
telegraphing, boat service and oth
er campaign expenses were paid.
WITHOUT A BACKER
| LONDON, Sept., 13,—Lord Bak
I ersfield, wealthy backer of Kay Don
the English motorboat speed king,
announced that he has withdrawn
his support from Kay Don in future
races against Gar Wood of America,
world title holder. He gave no rea
son with the exception of saying
they were personal.
GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT
HS INTO TOE WEST
ON C1MPIIICN TOUR
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept., 13,—An of
fensive along an 8,000 mile front
was launched Monday by Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
candidate for president of the Unit
ed States, as he headed West on a
21-day campaign trip.
The Governor and his party
boarded a special train, made up of
seven coaches, leaving Albany last
evening. The trip is called a “stop,
look and listen” journey and the
first address will be delivered
Thursday from the steps of the
court house in Topeka, Kas.
Accompanying the presidential
candidate were Mrs- Roosevelt, son
and daughter, and 18 newspaper
men, the latter having a private car
of their own, as well as a number
of photographers, stenographers
and other assistants.
CALIFORNIA FOREST
FIRES OUT OF CONTROL
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept.
13.—Forest fire flames are threat
eenig this area and more than 100
men were rushed to the fire front.
Ashes are falling over this city like
snow. Meanwhile 100,000 acres of
national forest land have either
been or are being swept by the ad
| vancing flames which, in the ma
jority of areas, are entirely out of
| control.
The flames have reached the
i beautiful valley of Lockwood, where
1 residents are preparing to evacu
! ate their farms and homes.
The mountain regions, where the
I forest fires started, are now re
ported under control.
IILIIU WILL IVIHIXL
ONE SPEECH IN WEST
WASHINGTON, Sept., 13,—Presi
dent Hoover will probably make one
speech in the West, according to
the National Republican Commit
tee headquarters, but where he will
make this lone address has not yet
been designated.
The Republican headquarters in
this city is thriving with activity
such as hand-shaking to visitors,
posting of pictures of Hoover and
Curtis and with the publicity de
partment grinding out reams of
copy for Republican papers.
TRAINMEN INJURED
COLFAX, Sept., 13,—Four train
men were injured east of here when
a Southern Pacific freight train
was derailed.
Dan Sutherland paid his own cam
paign expenses. Marquam was in
dicted because he dared not expose
his accounts and comply with the
law which provides that the candi
date for Delegate from Alaska shall
not expend more than $2,500 in his
political campaign. Donohoe and
Dimond have been the representa
tives of these same big interests
for 20 years. Dimond can fly in
Dunkle’s airplane whether it costs
$50 or $100 per day—more or less.
No man can honestly serve two
masters—the big interests and the
public.”
SEUCH FOR "LOVE
MITE" OF SUICIDE
SHIFTS, SICMMEUTO
HOLLYWOOD, Sept., 13, —The
possibility that Dorothy MSillette,
the mysterious woman in the Paul
Bern alleged love-life and recent
suicide, Is alive and in Sacramento
was inade public Monday when it
was learned that an attractive wo
man made a complete change of
clothing in a seaside booth, leaving
her other garments, all excellent
quality, behind. Police are check
ing details.
It was previously reported that
the woman, who vanished from a
Sacramento river ferry, in the dead
of night, leaving a satchel and
note, and who was believed to have
comfoited suicide, was recognized
two days ago walking on a Sacra
mento street- All efforts to find
her body along the shoreline have
proven fruitless.
The report that Miss Jean Har
low, widow of the movie producer,
received a visit from Miss Millette
on August 18, in San Francisco, was
vigorously denied.
Interest is now centering in Paul
Bern’s safety deposit box in which
it is hoped some clue to why he
commited suicide will be revealed.
DEMOS GENEROUS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The
Democrats are more liberal with
their money than the Republicans,
it was announced here. Demo- i
crats have donated $353,154 thus1
far for the presidential campaign,
while the Republican supporters1
have sent in only $88,868.
i
POLICE CHIEF TIKES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Police
chief Bradford, who has several
j times in the past few months risk
j ed dismissal because of his action
in siding with the bonus army
which was evicted from the capital,
yesterday assailed the administra
tion again for Hoover’s action, j
taking sharp issue with the Presi- !
dent and Attorney General Mitch- I
el s report of Federal investigation, j
charging that certain statements
in the report were untrue. !
heads delegation
DUBLIN, Sept., 13,—President
Emon de Valera will head the Free
State delegation to the next as
sembly of the League of Nations,
it was announced officially here,
and thus become the president of
the League of Nations council
during the meeting.
CAPONE GANG BROKE
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Elliott Hess,
chief sleuth of the Chicago detec
tives, asserted that the Capone
gang is broke. They are now de
livering beer in second-hand au
tos where in former days high
priced trucks and cars were used.
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AVIATORS IN TOILS
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, —Sam
Wise and Robert Stevenson, avia
tors ,were arrested when they brot
their plane to a local field and af
ter 100 gallons of whiskey were
found in the ship. The machine
was a six-passenger cabin plane
and had been flown over the bor
der from Mexico.
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free on small bond
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 13,—Charg
ed with defrauding several persons
in Southern California of $750,000,
Williamson S. Summers, former as
sistant U. S. attorney general, was
free on a $5,000 bond after his ar
rest on a Federal grand jury in
dictment.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—The mar
ket ran into a jolt Monday when
stocks, bonds and commodities
broke sharply from one to five
points. Cotton crashed $2.50 a
bale and wheat dropped 2 cents a!
bushel. Most of the speculators!
are convinced that the deflation is!
only of a technical variety.
BERLIN, Sept. 13.—All Germany
was in an uproar Monday and near
ing a hectic rebellion, the result of |
dissolution of the Reichstag by j
Chancellor von Papen. Threat of i
civil war again looms and taxpay-!
ers are again confronted with pay
ing for another expensive election.
Chancellor von Papen tried to
present the dissolution statement
to the Reichstag, but was rudely
shoved aside by Communists who!
went ahead and voted 512 to 42 not!
to dissolve the Reichstag. But von
Papen refused to yield
Finally, after several hours of
wild debate, the president of the
Reichstag accepted von Papen’s1
dissolution summons.
From high German authority
came word that the Nazis power is
slowly waning.
TRAFFIC HALTED
WHEN MOVIE MAN
LOST $50 STRAW HAT
HOBOKEN, N. Y., Sept., 13, —
Hunter Kimberough’s $50 panama
hat went out wit hthe tide while
Kimberough rested in jail charged
with delaying a ferryboat by an at
tempt to leap into the Hudson to
save his hat.
The Los Angeles manager of the
Mexican picture trust of California
lost his hat when the wind whisked
it from his head while he stood on
hte deck of the ferry Lackawanna.
Head to wind, Kimberough shouted
to a tug but the tug had other
business. Then he nearly jumped
into the river and before he was
argued out of his leap he had de
layed the ferryboat 10 minutes.
He was arrested for disorderly
conduct.
ANOTHER ATLANTIC HOP
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—William
Ulrich said yesterday that he in
tends to hop off today from the
Floyd Bennett field on a non-stop
flight to Rome.
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BANISH GUILLOTINE
PARIS, Sept., 13, —The death
penalty and with it the guillotine
as the official machine of execu
tion in France, may be banished
by a vote of parliament if the
Chamber of Deputies acts upon the
project just introduced by Rene
Richard. The criminal legislation
committee are considering the
change.
BANKER ELEVATED
OTTAWA, Sept., 13,—Hugh D.
Scully, investment banker of Tor
onto, will be appointed Dominion
j Commissioner of Excise, it was an
nounced, succeeding G. W. Taylor
who has resigned.
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UP IN THE AIR
CORMORANT LAKE, Manitoba,
Sept., 13,—Flying Officer R. A. Gor
don, the air craftsman, arrived here
after a flight of 21,000 feet in the
air carrying scientific instruments
of Dr. Robert Millikan, American
scientist. The instruments were
designed to reveal facts in connec
tion with cosmic rays.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 4, Brooklyn 3.
All other teams idle.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7, Detroit 1.
New York 8, Cleveland 5.
Washington 9, Chicago 3.
There were no games on the Pa
cific coast Monday.
STORM WARNING
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The
Weather Bureau announced a tro
pical disturbance centered 150
miles southwest of the Mississippi
river, and was moving northeast.
GANDHI ON HUNGER
STRIKE ONTO DEATH
LONDON, Sept. 13, —Mahatma
Gandhi, the heroic little figure of
India who weighs less than 100
pounds, in protest against the
British-Hindoo-Moslem pact, a de
cided blow to India’s millions, an
nounced he would begin a personal
hunger strike onto death, abstain
ing from all food unless England
grants the power of vote to India’s
masses.
Gandhi’s announcement created
surprise in political circles and in
India the inhabitants heard his
verdict with mixed feelings. Riot
ing is looked for today and the
authorities are taking more than
usual precautions.
COLORADO FAIR OPENS
PUEBLO, Colo., Sept. 13—The
annual State fair opened here
yesterday with 41,000 people in at
tendance.
WHITE SHORTAGE OF
BREAD THRUOUT CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept., 13,—
Chileans of all classes face an acute
shortage in the bread supply while
negotiations are under way for an
exchange of surplus Chilian nit
rates for surplus American wheat
needed badly here.
Experts predicted a wheat short
age months ago but the govern
ment under President Montero
produced figures proving contrary.
Now the country may be complete
ly out of wheat by the end of this
month because the government
cannot buy 40,000 tons.
MAD MEN AT LARGE
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 13.—Two
mad men who escaped from a lo
cal insane asylum are still at large
and no trace of them can be found.
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UNION GOVERNMENT
VICTORIA, B. C., Sept., 13,—
Premier S. F. Tolmie of B. C., made
a statement in which he favored
the establishment of a union gov
ernment in the province.
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SIX STABBED TO DEATH
BELGRADE, Sept. 13.—An un
known assassin entered a cafe here
and stabbed six men to death, then
made his escape. It is thought the
killings were over a woman.
* * * *
HOPPING ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, Sept., 13,—Roger Q.
Williams, noted aviator, expected
to take-off today on a non-stop
flight across the Atlantic from
Greece.
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BORROWING $4,000,000
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The
Denver & Rio Grande Railway wil]
be permitted to borrow nearly $4,
000,000 from the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation, with which the
railway will complete constructior
of a cut-off between Denver anc
Salt Lake City.
HURLEY APPLAUDED
INSTEAD OF BOOED AT
LEGION CONVENTION
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 13, —
Legionnaires who came to the
American Legion Convention, In
session here, to boo Secretary of
War Patrick Hurley, remained to
cheer him at the conclusion of his
speech. Cat calls greeted him when
he first mounted the rostrum.
He appealed to the Legionnaires
to keep out of politics; that pay
ment of the bonus at this time
would retard the return of pros
perity. He said that he is attending
the convention as Legionnaire Hur
ley and not as the Secretary of
War.
Governor Meyer of Oregon and
Mayor Baker of Portland welcomed
the Legionnaires and extended to
them the hospitality and keys to
the city. Mayor Curley, of Boston,
addressed the gathering, criticizing
the administration for the eviction
from Washington of the bonus
army.
National Commander Stevens re
vealed that the 1932 membership
of the Legion numbered 940,000.
Tuesday was declared a holiday
in Portland; the convention re
convenes Wednesday.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept.
13, —Col. George Hutchinson is
now believed to have given the
wrong landing position when he
sent out SOS calls from his big am
phibian plane that he was making
an emergency landing off the coast
of Greenland. Not a trace of the
“Flying Hutchinson Family,” Mr.
and Mrs. Hutchinson, two daugh
ters and a crew of four men, have
been found at the spot designated.
Scores of fishing boats, several
planes and government vessels, as
well as Eskimos in their small boats
have conducted a day and night
search of the area but to no avail.
Many icebergs are in the vicinity
and these, because of their decep
tive appearance from a distance,
led to many reports that the plane
had been found.
BOLIVIAN SOLDIERS
RESIST ONSLAUGHT
LA PAS, Bolivia, Sept. 13, —Sev
eral thousand Bolivian troops on
top a plateau resisted a terrific at
tack by Paraguayan soldiers, the
War office announced.
The attack was repulsed by
heavy barbed-wire entaglements
supported by machine gun nests,
but heavy casualties were reported
by both sides.
The War office further announc
ed that a Bolivian plane had been
shot down in flames near the pla
teau battle.
MANCHURIAN CLASH
HARBIN, Manchuria, Sept. 13.—
A Southern Manchurian railway
train was the scene of fighting be
tween alleged Chinese bandits and
Japanese troops. The War Depart
ment announced that two Japanese
soldiers were killed and five injur
ed, while the death toll of the ban
dits was estimated at 241.
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POLICEMAN ARRESTED
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 13.—U.
Swanson, recently discharged po
liceman, was arrested Monday on
a swindle charge, upon complaint
filed by B. O. Winkle, an archi
tect. Swanson was arrested at the
point of a gun and was still wearing
his police uniform.
Delegate Wickersham Will Address Seward
Citizens Wednesday 8 p.m. Liberty Theater