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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 1. sEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
NOW OBSOLETE
BUREAUCRACY given blow
BY ROOSEVELT, INAUG
URAL ADDRESS
ALBANY, Jan., 2, (/P)—Warn
ing against concentration o f
power in government and a plea
to reform local government now
•'archaic in design,” predominat
ed the second inaugural, address
: f Franklin Roosevelt at the in
duction into the the governor’s
office.
Governor Roosevelt’s comment
on the present absolute conceit
: ration of power came with an
illustration of an incident which
declared representative o f
he “dangers and tendency to
rget the fundamentals of
American democracy which rest
■■-.n the right of locality to man
age its local affairs.
“That the tendency to encour
age concentration of power at
the top of the government struc
ture. is alien to our system and
more closely akin to dictatorship,
• >r a central committee on com
munistic regime.
A letter from an editor, which
the governor said tearfully in
formed him that all local gov
e r n m e n t was broken down,
prompted the governor to discuss
the matter in his address.
Governor Roosevelt said “to
warp and assume the funstions
of officials duly (lowed by .■«im
munities'” would lead": to hut one
M amative, the establishment ' of
martini law.
JUNEAU, Jan.. 2. UP)— Hope
has been revived that the Rene
han party may be found in a
remote district, was expressed by
Pilot H. L. Blond enroute to Los
Angeles.
He claims there are white men
:n a cabin, to the number of six,
n Naas Creek which is about
-50 miles from Telegraph Creek,
and that all of these men heard
a. plane overhead November 1;
the plane was also heard by In
dians.
Blond believes that Renahan
took the air passage up Portland
Canal into the Interior and that
he made several landings before
being forced down by lack of
gasoline.
The possibility was expressed
that he would be found alive if
searchers start out.
Blond accompanied the Lowe
darty from Los Angeles in the
hunt for Captain Burke. When
his plane crashed, later, he was
taken to Whitehorse.
TRIBUNAL WORRIED
WASHINGTON, Jan., 2, (JP)—
The federal government lodged
with the supreme court a brief
of its argument against the rul
ing of Judge Clark in New Jer
sey holding the lffth amendment
invalid.
BRINGS MESSAGE
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan., 2, (/P)—
Dr. Albert Einstein, the universe
maker, came here to pay his call
on California scientists. He brot
a message of faith in a princi
ple that guides the universe;
what some men call God.
LEADER IN MOVEMENT CON
STRl CTING THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
SEATTLE, Jan., 2. (JP)—State
Senator Charles G. Heifter, 06,
; prominent in the councils of the
j Democratic party at Washington
for many years, died Wednesday
night shortly before midnight,
21 om an attack of pnuemonia.
He was state1 insurance com
; missioner under Governor Rog
; ers in 1696. He went to Washing
ton where he obtained the sup
port of President Wilson in a
movement which eultimated in
■ the government taking over the
; old Alaska Central Railway and
■ building through to Fairbanks. :
He was the only Democrat in
the State senate in 1929. Last
nil! he was defeated for repre
sentative to Congress, from the
iirsu district, by Ralph Iioor of
. Seattle.
H* Gil XVAi .LACE DIES
u ,ijnii\GlGy ' Ja .. ' 2, .-P -.*
1 Hugh VvaUace, • .‘ormcr anibassa.
rior to France, elect from heart
disease with which he had been
afflicted for some time. He was
I confined to bed tor several weeks.
; Mrs. Wallace and a niece who
reside in Paris were with him
! at the end.
CEASE LONG PARLEY
| CARDIFF, Jan., 2, (.T)—About
! 150,000 miners of South Wales
were ordered to go on strike af
ter negotiations were broken be
tween miners and operators and
; government employees.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 2, (&)■—
As a gesture for peace through
out the new year, President
Hoover proclaimed the Naval
treaty in effect for the United
States.
The proclamation cited the ef
1 fectiveness of the five-year pact
land called attention to its pro
visions linking the British Em
pire, Japan, Italy, France and
I the United States, in bonds of
jgood will.
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VESSEL ABANDONED
LONDON, Jan., 2, </P)— The
British steamer Viceroy of India
; notified Lloyds by radio that it
| had rescued the crew of the
j sinking Greek steamer Theodor
as uigarus in the Bay of Biscay
| and that the vessel had been
: abandoned.
MARINES PICKED OFF AT LEI
SURE BY OUR FRIENDLY
NEIGHBORS
MANAGUA Jan, 2, (TP)—Marine
detachments combed the hills near
Achura, northern Nicaragua, seek
ing a band of insurgents who Wed
nesday killed eight of a patrol of
10 marines in an ambush near
jOcatal. The patrol was repairing
| a newly erected telephone line
when it was waylaid.
The Nicaraguans are believed to
be commanded by Niguel Ortez, a
lieutenant of Sandino. Two mem
bers of the patrol who escaped
death are seriously injured.
The dead are Sergeant Arthur
Palrang, Privates Irving Aron, L
ush, Edward Elliott, Joseph Har
baugh, Richard Litz, Joseph Mc
Carthy. all from the East and the
middle west.
The patrol was suddenly fired on
and fought for two hours and a
half but the rebels eraduai.lv rack
ed the marines off. Private Hnt
rheson was ordered to go throuern
the line of fire for aid but was
wounded end unable to reach Or -
otal. A farmer nearby heard th“
firing gave the alarm and 25 men
rushed to the scene but found onl;
\ the Hired and wounded.
i NEW YORK, Jan., 2, I/P)—Robt.
L. Ripley, famous creator of ‘ Be
leive it or not,” has been elected
J a fellow of the royal geographic
! society of London, an honor
! much sought by scientists thru
j the world.
j Ripley has already carried his
explorations into 71 countries in
search of the unbelievable.
A BOLD SORTIE
RANGOON, Burma, Jan., 2 (/P)
—Natives out of Tharawaddy are
eluding / B r i tish ! and Punjabi
troops and exeuted a bold sortie
within 75 miles of Rangoon,
bombing a bridge and so dam
aging it as to halt train service.
24 TO 0
ROSE BOWL, Pasadena, Cal.,
Jan 2, —Ala. 24, Wn. State 0.
IN LATIN CLIMES
BOGOTA, Columbia, Jan 2,(/P)
—Eleven persons were killed and
20 injured in political rioting in
Capitaneo, in the department of
Santander.
The trouble was between par
tisans of the conservatives and
liberal parties. F ederal troops
are patrolling the village and
order appears to have been res
tored.
BOND OR JAIL AGAIN
DENVER, Jan. 2, (/P)—Major
Charles A. Shepard, army sur- j
geon convicted by a jury in Kan
sas City of poisoning his wife, is
confronted with the alternative j
of providing a new bond of $20,- j
000 or going to jail
HERO OF HIE
FACING LIFE'S
GREATEST BATTLE
MARSHALL JOFFRE EXPECT
ED TO DIE BEFORE
MORNING
PARIS, Jan., 2, UP)—Marshall J
Joffre sank into a state of semi
consciousness but h e rallied
sufficiently to drink milk before
he fell into a sound sleep
Doctors announced that his
temperature was only a little
above normal and announced
another bulletin might be issued
during the night.
! It was rumored, in a guarded
I way, that the Marshall might
not live to see the dawn.
| PARIS, Jan.. 2 -P»—Marshall
Joffre’s. phenominal vitality car
tried him into the last day of the
year despile ■ a heart attack
which threatened to end his
gallant battle the day before.
But the fight appeared to be
exhausting itself yesterday af
ternoon and at 1 o'clock he sank
| into a state of. semi-conscious;
ties •.. i:D ■ doctors reported his
hie n pressure was very weak.
TfXDJf’N CHOOSES MOVIES
NEW YORK, Jan.. 2, 1
T. Ti’jf.en, veteran Davis Cup ten
nis star, announced his retire
ment. in a letter to Holcomb J
Ward, chairman of the amateur j
rule committee of the United
States lawn tennis association.
He is to enter the movies.
ira KIDNAPS SON
Of NOTED BREWER
CRT OF ST, LOUIS
--—
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2, (/P)—A wide- .
| spread search is under way for
| Adolphus Busch Orthwein, 13,
I grandson of August Busch, pres- |
jident of Anheuser Busch Inc-,
;and great grandson of the late
Adolphus Busch, the millionaire
brewer who was kidnapping last
night by an armed negro.
The negro held up the chauf
feur and took the car away with
the boy who was on his way to
a New Year’s eve party.
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ACQUIRE NEW STAR
NEW YORK, Jan., 2, (/P)—The
New York Giants announced the
acquisition of Roscoe Shephard,
sta rright-handed pitcher of the
Memphis club of the Southern
association. Shepherd comes to
the Giants in a straight cash
deal.
!
PARTNER OF J. P.
NEW YORK. Jan, 2, (/P>—S.
Parker Gilbert, former agent gen
eral of operations, became a
partner today in J. P. Morgan
i & Company.
DREDGES ON GILMORE AND
CLEARY CREEKS STILL
FIND PAY GRAVEL
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 2. (/P) — Re
ports said a new gold strike had
been made on lower Gold stream
Creek in one of the camps of the
early producers. One tunnel which
was run five feet from the shaft
reveal ground running two and
three dollars a foot
John Clausen and assures are
reported to have made the dis
covery. Th camp had been idle for
many years. Grounds upstream
and from the adjoining block are
unde rthe option oj. c alifornia
Company.
Several outfits hav^ bem work
ing steadily all winter rn * i e El
dorado Creek and Chatanika Flats
which caused old im n ; tc o.imt
a rosy picture of the fir. ire for
the old creeks whi.di already hove
yielded millions
With the arrival of the now5 tv;3
of the Fairbanks Exploration Com
pany’s fleet of dredges were still
forcing their way throng1, to pay
gravel. With winter thus fa.’ ad
vanced it is said to be one of the
warmest- on record.
The Upper Cleary a.U Gilmore
dredges are believed to have set a
record for the length of operations
in Alhifca; They started empaia
the latter, part' of April ana 'muSe
ed emit uiuoii- h. er;. ft has ai
r. fl' exceed''J more than a
wek its previous, record.
PANAMA CITY, Jan. 2 (JP) --
Revolt breaking without warning
overthrew' the government. Presi
dent Arosemena and the capital of
the republic passed into the hands
of the revolutionary junta headed
by Harmo-Dis Arias.
The rebellion was sponsored by
“Accion Communal’' patriotic or
ganizations who violently criti
cized what it called corruption of
the government under both pre
sidents Chiari and Arosemena.
A group of about 200 men stormed
the headquarters of the national
police which also serves as Pan
ama’s only national army and af
police station. An attack was made
ter firing a few shots captured the
on the presidential palace. Arose
mena is being confined to his
quarters and has apparently been
arrested.
DEER ANSWERS TO WHISTLE
McCLELLENVILLE, S. C. Jan.
2. (A5)—A deer that answers to a
whistle as does a dog has been
found near here- While at work sur
veyors noticed a deer peering thru
the busnes. One of them wins* led,
the deer came out and was an in
terested spectator, getting i ntiic
way so often that it had to be driv
en away.