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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 173. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA IS WITNESSING
OPENING NEW GOLD ERA
DECLARES SEATTLE MAN
SEATTLE, July 28. (>P)—Alaska
is seeing the opening of a new
gold era, said Charles A. Garfield,
Director of the Alaska Department
of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, after a tour of the south
eastern territory.
“The Alaska Juneau property
had the best month in history in
June and it is estimated that the
net profit for the year will reach
$1,500,000 or 10 per cent of the
capitalization,” he said.
The increased purchasing power
of gold is encouraging mining op
erators, he said.
DEATH TOLL FROM
EIRE MOUNTS TO 42
PITTSBURGH, July 28. (/?)—
The death toll from the fire in
the home for aged of the Little
Sisters of the Poor last Friday
reached 42 with two unaccounted
for.
Further check in the ruins failed
to disclose any bodies among the
debris and ashes, police attaches
to the home reported and they
are at a loss to account for the
two missing.
NEW ALASKA PLANE
JUNEAU, July 28. (/P>—Hainer
Kinshaw, vice president of the
American Airways of Washington,
said an airplane service from Ju
neau to Fairbanks via Whitehorse
and Skagway will be established
soon.
The planes will be equipped with
pontoons for use on Interior lakes
and streams.
He is now enroute to Seattle by
air expecting to land there to
morrow after an all-night stop at
Ketchikan. Hinshaw has been on
an extended trip inland.
POSTPONES VISIT
BRUSSELS, July 28. UP)— The
visit of King Albert to South Am
erica originally planned for this
year has been postponed. It is
understood that political restless
ness in Latin America is the rea
son.
PERFECTING GIANT ROCKET
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.
'•-v'—A giant rocket that is expect
ed to explore space several hun
dred miles above the earth is being
perfected in New Mexico under
the auspices of three scientific in
stitutions. The rocket, if success
ful. will penetrate regions hereto
fore unexplored by man.
IUT ON HEAD WITH DEMIJOIIN
LOS ANGELES, July 28. UP)—
Just one of the little ironies of
Lfe put Edward W. Hawkins, 41,
in the hospital. He was working
in a ditch when a truck drove by
skidded and a demijohn fell out
and struck Hawkins’ head and
a fellow workman used its con
tents to administer first aid.
u. s. OFFICIALS MEET
LONDON, July 28. (A*)—Secre
tary Stimson arrived to meet Am
bassador Dawes, who arrived at
Plymouth on the liner Maure
tania today to discuss the debt
holiday.
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REDDY TO STDRT HOP
WASHINGTON, D. C.f July 28.
(#>)_ colonel Lindbergh and Mrs.
Lindbergh are off on their latest
adventure, enroute to China and
Japan.
They flew from New York to
Washington and began conferences
with Acting Secretary of State
Castle and others on conditions
in the Orient.
Either today or on Wednesday,
dependent on completion of de
tails. he will fly to North Haven,
Maine, to the Morrow residence.
From there most of the flying
is across barren wastelands and
deserted waters. He said his itin
erary after Tokyo is vague, but he
expected to come back by a dif
ferent route.
The plane is completely equipped
with luggage, blankets and emerg
ency rations only. Checking in
struments, refueling and obtain
ing a visa from the Japanese em
bassy is all remaining to be done.
NOT TALKATIVE
NEW YORK, July 28. </P»—Col.
Clias. A. Lindbergh informed
; Washington the delay in getting
j gasoline to Point Barrow might
'cause him to go to Fairbanks. He
| declined to elaborate.
BE GIVEN NEW MANDATE
INDIO, Calif., July 28. (/P)—’The
assembly completed the examina
tion of credentials of Deputies and
iit was announced that the Provi
sional President, Zamora, will be
given a new mandate.
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H 'HIT IDEA"
LONDON, July 28. (/Pi—The at
tempts of Anthony Hall, 24, of
California, to remove King George
from the throne of England and
wield Britain's diamond studded
sceptre in his stead, ended in a
| collision with the majesty of the
: law.
Hall burst into print a few
i months ago with claims of being a
I descendent of the Tudor Kings.
I He was held under charges of “us
' ing quarrelsome and slanderous
j language” in his efforts to con
vince Brittons of his claims.
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BUYS PERMANENT HOME
FONTANEBLEAU, France, July
28. i/p)—Former King Alfonso of
Spain made arrangements for a
long stay in France. He announced
he had purchased the Chateau de
Gouvieux, near the Chantilly race
track, for a permanent home for
himself and his family.
ACTRESS RESTING EASY
PARIS, July 28. (/P)—Gloria
Swanson, the movie actress, was
resting quietly Saturday after a
minor operation which she under
went at a private clinic.
FROM SOUND IS
PUZZLING'POLICE
THEORY ADVANCED MAY BEEN
J. E. BASSETT, MASSING
THREE YEARS
—
i SEATTLE, July 28. (P)—Whether
j the J?ag of bones found at Ed
monds in the sound may solve
I the mystery of the disappearance
| of James Eugene Bassett three
years ago or open a new mystery,
I is a puzzle to officers.
The bones were found in a sack
'when a fisherman hooked it. The
'skeleton is being sent to the Uni
versity of Washington to obtain
the views on anatomy and chem
istry from Professor Decasto.
Earl Mayer, who was accused of
murdering Bassett, is now serving
ja life term at Walla Walla as a
habitual criminal. The skull, col
' ar bone and several arm and
| hand bones are missing. Eleven
teeth with no dental work were
found.
I Coroner Everett said the bones
(had been in the water but a few
| months but had been burned and
.perhaps were three years in the
; earth, and marks appearing like
a chemical were found to be only
natural deterioration.
conifdIncTSpbed
IN ACTING PRESIDENT
OF CHILE BY II. S.
SANTIAGO, July 28. (.Pi—Juan
Esteben of Monteryo University,
Chile, professor of law, became
acting president when Pedro Opazo
resigned, a few hours after Carlos
Ibanez fled the country.
Ibanez is on a train in Argen
tina bound for Buenos Aires and
Europe. The United States has
, more than one billion dollars in
interests, but confidence is ex
pressed with Monteryo as the
country’s head and Pedro Blan
quier, finance minister, both of
whom are praised for their econ
omy when in the Ibanez cabinet.
HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT
ROME, July 28. (P)—Hope for
settlement of the dispute between
the Vatican and the Italian gov
ernment was reported expressed
by Pope Pius XI at a special con
sistory of the 22 cardinals now in
Rome.
AMERICAN
Chicago 8-3. New York 7-12.
Detroit 4, Boston 13.
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 5.
Cleveland 7, Washington ll.
NATIONAL
Philadelphia 7, Chicago 6.
New York 6, Pittsburgh 8.
ZEP PICKS UP MAIL
BERLIN, July 28. (P)—The diri
gible Graf Zeppelin landed near
the Russian icebreaker Malign,
off Hooker Island in Franz Josef
Land, and exchanged mail, then
continued its flight.
DENIES RUMOR
LONDON July 28. (/P)—London
seethed with stories that King
Alfonso had formally abdicated
the Spanish throne in favor of his
third son, Don Juan de Bourbon,
18, but Alfonso denied them.
IMPLIES TE OFF
FROM NEW FORK FOR
NEW YORK, July 28. (JP)—Two
powerful monoplanes took off
within 18 minutes. Russell Board
man, of Boston, and John Polan
do, of Massachusetts, hopped at 5
a. m., heading for Istanbul, Tur- j
key, 5,500 miles away.
Clyde Pangborn, of Wenatchee.!
Wash., a circus flier, and Hugh |
Herndon hopped at 5:18 a. m. on j
a world flight via Moscow, 5,400;
miles away, their first objective.:
Weather is described as ideal.
Boardman and Polando carried;
the dangerous load of 718 gallons;
in the hope of setting a long dis- j
tance' record with their 300 horse- j
j power engine. Pangborn carried J
850 gallons for his 500 horsepower!
motor. . j
Frank Dorbandt, Alaska ace and,
a friend of Herndon, accompanied!
them for 35 miles and said on j
j 100 miles an hour at an altitude J
! 100 mies an hour at an altitude
i of 400 feet.
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RETURN FROM CAMP
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.!
(JP)—President and Mrs. Hoover
returned after three days and four
nights at Rapidan Camp, his long
est rest since the Porto Rico trip.
PROFESSOR DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. (/P>— |
i Dr. Hugo Karl Schilling, 70, Pro-1
| fessor Emeritus of German lan-;
guages at the University of Cali- ’
fornia and noted scholar and au
thority, died here.
STIMSON ARRIVES AT
BERLIN, UNOFFICIALLY
I
BERLIN, July 28. (JP)—Secretary j
; of State Henry L. Stimson arrived :
here from London on what he de- j
scribed a purely unofficial visit. j
The government announced thatj
with the Reichsbank and 11 other;
leading German banking concerns, i
it had formed a new concern1
known as the “Acceptance and j
Guaranty Bank,” with a capital;
of 200,000.000 marks or about $50,
000.000.
FIVE MEN SUFFOCATED
DAGENHAM, Eng., July 28. (.Pi
Five men lost their lives in a
i caisson used in the construction j
of the new Ford motor car works j
here. Apparently they were not j
drowned but were suffocated when j
the tide rose and the water cut off :
their air supply.
STUDENT MURDERED
WHITE RIVER, Ariz., July 28. j
(P)—A verdict that Miss Henrietta
Schmerler was murdered with a
sharp instrument was returned by
a coroner’s jury after viewing the
body of the 25-year-old Colum
bia University research worker
which was found Friday in a ra
vine near an Indian cemetery.
STATE SHOULD BE
SPABEO HUMILIATION
BIGAMY PERFORMERS
OLYMPIA, July 28. (^—Gover
nor Hartley denied to extradite
Guy Edward Hudson from Los An
geles to face bigamy charges for
his marriage to “Ma” Kennedy in
Longview a month ago, saying the
State should be spared “further
humiliation by these careless per
formers”.
He said the State has on hand
funds for “Class A” criminal. The
bigamy complaint was filed at
Kelso, July 22, after the prosecutor
got a witness to a former mar
riage of Hudson from which he
was undivorced.
BRITAIN OPPOSED TO
BALANCE POWER THEORY
BERLIN, July 28. (/P) — Great
Britain is diametrically opposed
to the balance of power theory
because it is incompatible with
disarmament, said Prime Minister
MacDonald.
Britain believes in establishing
security by international coopera
tion. High tariff walls lead to
universal bankruptcy and said the
German economic difficulties are
largely phychological and but
temporary.
SPOKANE, July 28. (JP) — Fire,
which started in a woodshed, lev
eled half the town of Loon Lake,
35 miles north of here. The loss
is placed at $15,000.'
A forest fire on Deer Creek, in
North Idaho and Montana, black
ened 25,000 acres of much valuable
timber and a flock of 2,000 sheep
barely managed to escape. About
1,000 men are battling the blaze
on a 17-mile front.
CLUE WAS A FIZZLE
Everett, Wash., July 28. (JP)—
What was believed to be a clue
to the Bassett murder of three
years ago fizzled when three boys
admitted dumping the skeleton
from an abandoned cemetery into
the bay.
THEIR OFF!
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.
(/Pi—Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh
hopped for North Haven, Maine,
where the family farewells will be
made before their flight to Japan.
HAVE CHAT WITH POPE
VATICAN CITY, July 28. (JP)—
Pope Pius granted an audience
to 22 Californians here on a pil
grimage organized by the Knights
of Columbus.
MOVIE ACTOR LOSES EYESIGHT
LOS ANGELES, July 28. (JP)—
Gaylord Lloyd, a brother of the
film comedian Harold Lloyd, has
lost the sight of his left eye as the
result of a movie effort to repro
duce a gangster slaughter scene
which is already familiar to most
newspaper readers.