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* VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 90. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1932.
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HONOLULU, April 18.—Following
the testimony of Lieut Thomas
Massie about the attack on his
wife by an alleged group of Ha
waiians headed by the dead Jos- |
eph Kahahawai, his wife’s later
fear of this Hawaiian, and the cir
cumstances which followed when
Massie again took the chair, De
fense Attorney Darrow announced
that it was Massie’s hand that held
the gun with which Kahahawai
was shot.
It was said that the shooting fol
* lowed threats made against the
Hawaiian after he had been kid
napped apd unless he admitted his
guilt in the attack on Mrs. Massie
that he would be cut to ribbons.
The Hawaiian was said to have
finally broke down and confessed. 1
Massie wishing to entirely clear the
name of his wife, then said the
Hawaiian was killed. Massie also
stated that from the time the Ha
waiian admitted his guilt to the
time they were confronted with pa
trolmen at Koko Head, his mind
was a blank. Prosecutor Kelley
tried to shake Lieutenant Massie’s j
story but without any apparent!
success.
Mrs. Fortescue broke down dur- :
ing this phase of the trial Satur- !
* day.
Prosecutor Kelley does not be
• lieve the Massie opinion of the
killing and in cross-questioning to- 1
day was to attempt to find out
what part Mrs- Fortescue and the j
two seamen played in the killing, j
Kelley’s theory is that one of the j
seamen fired the shot but under
the circumstances Massie is the
only person who could possibly
shoulder the killing under the guise
of insanity and he is thus protect
ing the others.
YOUNG RUSSIAN'S IN
• INKS FAIRLY GOOD BUI
NOT QUITE GOOD ENUF
SEATTLE, April 18.—William G.
Honloff, aged 22 and a recent ar
rival from Russia, had a sad story
to tell the judge when he appeared
before him Saturday.
The young man “hoisted” a cou
ple, and then stepped out and loot
ed a box car.
“You see, it was like this judge.
* I am not accustomed to liquor but
was feeling so downcast Saturday,
being out of work, hungry, every
thing, that when a friend invited
me to take a drink with him—I
did.
“We only downed a couple, judge,
but those twro, with the accom
panying jazz music from my
friend’s—ah hem! yes, a lady—
phonograph, seemed to drive me
crazy.”
“Not good enough,” the judge
solemnly declared, “four months in
the hoosegow and a suspended sen
tence of from two to 15 years. Take
him way. Next!”
f SCHOEFFEL TO VIENNA
VIENNA, April 18.—Major Chas.
H. Schoeffel, deputy superintend
ent of the New Jersey State Police,
who left the United States within
a few days after the infant son of
Col. and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh
was kidnapped, for England on a
mystery trip, was reported to be
enroute here. Schoeffel’s move
ments are being guarded but it is
thought he is coming here to in
vestigate a phase on the baby ab
duction case
TERRIBLE QUAKE IN CHINA
PEIPING, China, April 18.—Re
ports trickling in from the north
ern provinces of Interior China
bring tragic word of a recent earth
i quake shock in which several hun- j
dred thousand people were killed. I
v The people, already harassed by
bandits and other troubles, also
suffered great property damage.
The death toll has not been count
ed so far.
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-* OPPOSED TO PLAN
* WASHINGTON, D. C., April *
* 18-—Owen D. Young, financier, *
* Saturday telegraphed Repre- *
* sentative Patman, Democrat *
* from Texas, expressing his op- *
* position to the Texan’s plan *
* for printing more than $2,000,- *
* 000,000 in new currency to pay *
* off the soldiers’ bonus. *
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STOCKHOLM, April 18.— With
the finding of further discrepancies
in the books of the company of
Ivar Kreuger, late international
financier who committed suicide
in Paris recently, Swedish author
ities have strengthened themselves
by recruiting their full strength
of lawyers and other officials.
Three officials of the Kreuger
company were arrested the other
day on the charge that they fal
sified the books and changed the
balance sheet to the advantage of
the company. This was all the re
sult of a probe made by officials
into the company’s affairs.
Since then, the officials have
found further discrepancies. It was
found that alleged loans made by
this company to foreign countries
for match monopolies were fake.
This was particularly in the case
of an alleged loan to Italy.
Further scrutinization of these
so-called foreign loans will be
made and it is expected that fur
ther arrests will be made.
public1™Tn
mm PROHIBITED
AUKLAND, N. Z., April 18.—All
public meetings have been prohib
ited by authorities who are taking
these measures with a view to pre
venting further riots such as oc
curred here last week.
Aukland was virtually a wrecked
city following the demonstrations
of the jobless who broke plate glass
windows, looted stores and caused
much other property damage. Even
the citizenry showed signs of fa
tigue as a result of the fear which
they were subjected to. Strong
forces of police are on duty thru
out the city.
TO GET MARKERS
The Tongass Highway will be the
first Alaska highway to be marked
with iron pipe and brass caps for
study of the center lining by the
United States Bureau of Public
Roads.
In time, every other premanent
highway maintained by the bureau
in Alaska will be similarly marked.
Ike P. Taylor, bureau attache, is
now in the States purchasing new
equipment to include IIV2 yard ca
pacity dump trucks; 2x/2 ton freight
trucks, two light delivery pick-up
cars, three large motor graders,
three one-yard rotary scrapers, one
three-yard power shovel and also
power mowers for clearing away
brush and weeds from the shoul
ders of the roads.
START TRAINING SOON
NEW YORK, April 18. —Jimmy
Johnson, director of boxing at Mad
ison Square Garden, has ordered
the champion, Max Schmeling of
Germany, and Challenger Jack
Sharkey of Boston to be in their
training camps by May 11, to begin
preparation for their title bout to
be held on June 15.
Both the Chamber of Commerce
and the City Council of Wrangell
decided to prolong the evenings
during the summer months by put
ting the time one hour ahead or
daylight saving time. Their time
was placed ahead one hour last
Saturday.
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RUSSIA SAID BE MAKING
EXTENSIVE MILITARY
PREPARATIONS. BORDER
TOKYO, April 18. (/P)—The ex
| tensive military preparations which
are being made by Russian author
ities in the region just next to the
North Manchuria border are taken
as a clear indication that Russia
expects an armed clash with Japan.
A spokesman for the foreign of
fice of Japan said that Soviet
forces estimated to liumber 70,000
men have been assembled.
The Japanese Consulate at Har
bin said that it was indicated by
the wreck of a Japanese troop train
there last week which resulted in
the killing of 14 Japanese soldiers
was the “work of Russiar/commun
ists.”
A report from Harbin Saturday
said the Japanese refugees were
reported to be fleeing into Russian
territory at and near Vladivostok
as the result of renewed activities
of Chinese guerillas near the Man
churian city of Pografitchnaya.
IN THE BERING SEA
Trappers on Umnak island, in
the Aleutian group, report the re
cent migration of millions of lem
mings from the island. It is said
the lemmings traveled in immense
multitudes, in a straight line to the
seashore, apparently in obedience
to some blind mechanical impulse
of nature.
During the migration they
moved onward in parallel columns.
One trapper could not induce them
to deviate from the straight line.
The remarkable migration termin
ated in the Bering Sea and ended
in the drowning of all that sur
vived the rough journey down from
the higher regions of Umnak Is
land.
The lemming is not only remark
able for migrating at certain per
iods but the little rodent consti
tutes the main source of food for
fox and other island fur-bearers.
COUNTERFEITING RING
ROME, Italy, April 18.—Italy has
been troubled for some time with a
ring of international counterfeit
ers who have been cashing in on
the European demand for Ameri
can currency. The counterfeiters
have flooded the market with hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of
counterfeit American money. Seven
alleged members of this ring were
arrested Sunday and more im
portant revelations were expected
to be made public.
MAKE NATION-WIDE TOUR
PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 18.—
Miss Ruth Nichols, of Rye, N. Y.,
flyer, left the City-County Airport
here Saturday for St. Louis which
will be the first official stop on her
nation-wide air tour in behalf of
the National Council of Women.
BASEBALL AESNLTS
(Saturday’s Games)
PACIFIC COAST
Los Angeles 2, Portland 4.
Oakland 3, Seattle 1.
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 5, Philadelphia 0.
Boston 4, New York 5.
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 4, Washington 2.
New York 14, Boston 4.
Cleveland 1, Chicago 5.
(Sunday’s Games)
PACIFIC COAST
Seattle 7-4, Oakland 2-0.
San Francisco 7-3, Missions 4-9.
NATIONAL
Chicago 4, St. Louis 5.
Boston 0, New York 6.
Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn 11.
Pittsburgh 4. Cincinnati 3.
AMERICAN
St. Louis 3, Detroit 2.
Philadelphia 7, Washington 3.
15 INCHES OF SNOW
ST. ALBANS, Vt., April 18.—Re
i ports from various sections of
northern Vermont and South Que
bec state that a general snowfall
blanketed these areas Sunday. Fif
teen inches of snow fell.
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DIVORCE APPLICATIONS
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 18.
j — Since the school board here has
j made announcement that they will
I discharge teachers whose husbands
| are making0 wages, five teachers
have filed suit for divorce.
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FLOUR FOR OIL
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 18.—
A 35-year-old man was arrested
here Saturday for trading a sack
; of flour which he received from
| charity for lubricating oil for his
• auto.
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JOES FOR 403 MEN
SAN GABRIEL, Calif., April 18.
—Ground has been broken for Dam
No. 2. This project will cost $2,
000,000 and will employ 400 men.
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A COUPLE OF RATS .
DALLAS, Texas, April 18.—Two
Federal prohibition agents surren
dered to the sheriff in connection
with the killing of two men dur
ing a raid.
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NEWLYWEDS SAFE
| CATALINA, Calif., April 18.—A
' Coast Guard member and his
! bride, who left here a week ago in
| a 50-foot power boat for San Fran
1 cisco and whom it was thought
| were lost at sea, arrived safely.
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ITALY TO GREENLAND
ROME, April 18. — The Italian
government is becoming more air
minded day by day. Airport ter
minals will be erected in Green
land by a new airways company
which will operate between the two
countries.
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FROM WATERY GRAVE
LOS ANGELES, April 18.—A fish
ing launch swamped Sunday be
yond the breakwater but the six
occupants, clinging to the exposed
surface of the craft, were rescued
by the Coast Guard.
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A LOT OF BALOGNY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—
The Senate probe into the New j
York Stock Exchange reopens to
day. Committee members, who
have employed experts during the
last week, have been busy analyz
ing data and propounding signifi
cent questions which will be di
rected at Wall Street financiers.
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MORAL—PAY BILLS
JUAREZ, Mex., April 18.—Thou
sands of homes in this city are
without light and water today. All
those in arrears in paying the
company were notified if bills were
not paid within 48 hours, light and
water would be cut off. This ac
tion was followed and half the
city is now in darkness while others
are drawing water from nearby
wells and fountains.
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GOING TO SAN DIEGO
WASHINGTON, D. CM April 18.—
Six destroyers of the Asiatic fleet
have been ordered to leave Manila
soon to join with the main fleet at
San Diego. This is part of the
Navy Department’s rotation of
ships plan and it is expected that
other ships will be dispatched to
replace those coming from Manila.
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POLICE JUDGE KILLED
MANCHESTER, Ky., April 18—
C. P. Stivers, police judge, was as
sassinated by five men who drove
up to Stivers’ car and pumped at
least six shells into his body. The
five killers left the scene as hur
riedly as they came upon it and
authorities have not much in the
way of identifying features to
search for them.
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TRADE CONVENTION
HONOLULU, April 18.—This city
will be the scene of a Pacific Coast
nation’s trade convention on May
4 and 5. The Uhited States, Japan
and Australia will be the principle
participants.
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* REVEAL SECRET TREATY *
* DUBLIN, Irish Free State, *
* April 18. — The secret agree- *
* ment between the British and *
* Irish Free State governments, *
* made in 1932 regarding the *
* payment of land annuities to *
* Britain, was to be published on *
* white paper today, the Dish *
* Free State government an- * j
* nounced. * j
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SLI1YER OF 8-YEAR-BLD
GIRL IS LYNCHED BY
iGRY KANSAS IB
ST. FRANCIS, Kas., April 18. (/P) !
—An angry and furious mob lynch
ed Richard Read, 53 years of age,
bachelor-farmer, who confessed
that he adbucted, attacked and
slew eight-year-old Dorothy Hunter
of Selden, Kansas.
Read was protected from being i
taken into the hands of the mob
twice Saturday by the quick think
ing of the sheriff who had the
farmer in custody.
Two hundred heavily armed men
found Read Sunday night in the ]
Cheyenne County jail and removed
him to the outskirts of the town
where the hung him from a tree.
At the time of the lynching, ■
Governor Read of Kansas was on ■
a political campaign at Atwood,
only a few miles away.
Read confessed to luring little
Dorothy from going to her home
as she was leaving school, by giving
her a string of beads and taking
her in his automobile.
Oscar Breedman, head of the
Richardson Highway Transporta
tion Company, with headquarters
at Fairbanks, returned from the
States recently, bringing consider
able motor equipment for expan
sion of the company’s highway op
erations during the current season.
The company now has two new
buses, a sedan and three trucks,
and it is understood that the or
ganization will operate out of Val
dez as well as Chitina this year,
hauling freight as well as passen
gers in competiiton with the Al
aska Railroad.
WHOOPING GOOGH IN
NENANA AREA TOOK
TOLL OP 12 LIVES
Early in April an epidemic of
whooping cough swept through the
Nenana district of Interior Alaska
and claimed a toll of 12 lives among
the Indian natives, according to
Arthur H. Miller, superintendent of
the central district of the Office of i
Indian Affairs.
Mr. Miller, in company with
Dr. Frank Fellows of the Federal
Medical service, completed a thor
ough survey of the situation among
the sufferers, negotiating the jour
ney by rail and plane.
A visit to every home in the
stricken area revealed that the epi
demic was confined mainly to th '
demic was confined mainly to the
native children with few severe
cases among the adults.
The two government relief work- ■
ers administered medical aid and 1
help to the beneficiaries with fav
orable results. Mr. Miller reports
the health conditions in the dis- j
trict are now much improved.
NORMAL RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.
(7P)—Normal relations between the •
United States and Russia as a!;
world peace move were advocated j ■
here Saturday by Dorothy Betzer,;
executive secretary of the Woman’s |
League for Peace and Freedom, j
Frederick J. Libby, who holds a ]
similar position with the National;'
Council for Prevention of War, de- 11
dared that he was of the same ]
opinion.
URGE SUM TURNED
NEW YORK, April 18.—Colonel
Henry Breckenbridge, right hand
man of Colonel Lindbergh, who is
in New York on a mission connect
ed with, the Lindbergh baby kid
napping case, Saturday said the
only contact made with the kid
nappers since Colonel Lindbergh
allegedly paid them the $50,000
ransom money was made by Dr.
Condon, the Jafsie in the negotia
tions.
Breckenbridge still has great
hope that the negotiations will
soon bear fruit and he has great
faith in Condon’s activities.
Salvatore Spitale, alleged New
York gangster, who was early iden
tified as an intermediary, said he
was sure that Dr. Condon had made
contact with the kidnappers.
Sunday’s reports said Colonef
Lindbergh had turned over a large
sum of money, in currency, gold
and silver, said to be about $10ff,
000, to Colonel Henry Brecken
bridge and the apparent purpose
of this is to accede to a new ran
som demand made by the kid
nappers.
The Norfolk intermediaries con
tinued silent.
Colonel Lindbergh was away
from his home all day Sunday but.
in response to his plea he be un
questioned regarding his move
ments, nothing was learned as to
what he had accomplished or what
contacts had been made.
Dr. Condon, retired educator,
spent Sunday at a baseball game,
and despite the many develop
ments since the night the child
was kidnapped, the case is now just
as much a mystery as ever.
LINDBERGH DISY SJUD
BEK HELD DETROIT;
MCT0«5 OISACREE
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 18. (/Pj—
Police authorities are investigating
a mysterious telephone call to the
Toledo Times Sunday night where
a man giving the name of Patter
son and whose home was in New
York, said that Colonel and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh’s baby was in
Detroit. He also said the holders
of the baby did not want the Lind
bergh’s to pay any more ransom
money before the child was re
turned and he explained that the
kidnappers had come to a dis
agreement.
Patterson, speaking over the tel
ephone, said that a message would
be sent to the probate judge at
Toledo within two days telling au
thorities where they could find the
Lindbergh baby.
SEND MORE GUARDSMEN
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, April 18.
—More National Guardsmen have
been ordered to be sent to this
Eastern Ohio coal mining area ow
ing to the recurrence of mine
troubles which so far have resulted
In several killings. National
Guardsmen are already on the
scene but is has been feared that
scene but it has been feared that
my severe situation. All the min
ers are on a strike.
SUGGESTS BEER PARADES
NEW YORK, April 18. — Mayor
Fimmie Walker has suggested that
ill the major cities throughout the
United States hold simultaneous:
Jeer parades May 14 in an effort
^o bring about the legalization of
>eer. Walker’s idea is that the pa
ades feature “Beer for Prosperity’31
slogans. Mayor Walker is also of
he opinion that the majority of
seople want beer legalized and that
t will relieve unemployment and
Telp the fanner.
SEEK CHILD KILLER
PASADENA, Calif., April 18._
^rank Frey, former resident of this
Jity, is sought in connection with
he murder of 10-year-old Virginia
3rooks whose mangled corpse was
’ound a year ago in San Diego.