MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 99.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NIISSIE JURY IS STILL
ML 1101 MU
THREE-HOUR (DURESS
HONOLULU. April 28. (/P) — The
“honor slaying” case jury is still
locked up. The court ruled they
could find the defendants guilty of
second degree murder by man
slaughter or not guilty. That they
could find Massie only not guilty
by reason of insanity, separate
verdicts were ordered and they
were instructed that the burden
of proof by the prosecution show
ed Massie was sane
“No man can take the law in
his own hands. The fact that the
deceased ravaged the wife of one
of the defendants cannot be con
sidered,” warned Judge Davis.
Attorney Darrow pleaded the
golden rule in a ifnal three-hour
address, reviewing the attack on
Mrs. Massie. He brought tears to
the eyes of his listeners. He said
the defendants would sanctify any
prison they might be sent to.
Darrow said: “When people come
to your beautiful Lcle, the first
place they want to see is the peni
tentiary.”
The jury was locked up at 10
p. m.
PAVING Wilt FOB
NORFOLK, Va-, April 28.—A con
crete statement was made Wednes
day by John H. Curtis, of the Nor
folk intermediaries, that they have
overcome a number of obstacles in
paving the way for the return of
the Lindbergh child. The state
ment was given to reporters and his
action has created a new wave of
optimism.
The “obstacles” are believed to
have been removed as a result of
Curtis’ mysterious trips on the
yacht Marcon during the last sev
eral days. It has been indicated
that Curtis will probably make an
other trip to sea soon and that fur
ther important developments can
be looked for.
COLE'S REMIT!
IS 1THLY ASSURED
JUNEAU, April 28- UP)—Seventeen
of the 54 precincts in the First Di
vision show Roosevelt delegates
were apparently assured of victory.
J. J. Connors, Democratic candi
date for National Committeeman
leads with 640 votes.
Grigsby leads in the Delegate
race closely followed by Ziegler and
Dimond.
Rustgard leads Foster. Cash
Cole’s nomination over Lucas and
Charles is conceded.
William Paul was nominated by
a petition with 266 names attach
ed. as an independent candidate
for Attorney General. He filed
late Tuesday.
SOUP KITCHENS WERE
NOT III CAPONE’S
CHICAGO, April 28.—A1 Capone
was not the operator of the three
food kitchens which were recently
established here to help the un
employed of this city. This was re
vealed Wednesday at a graft trial
which is underway here and in
which a number of city officials
are being tried for corrupt prac
tices.
For a while, it was believed that
Capone, from his prison cell, was
paying for the operations of these
kitchens and he received a lot of
sentimental publicity for the al
leged act.
However, the trial disclosed that
Chicago merchants were in reality
the supporters of these kitchens.
A crane crew arrived Wednesday
from Anchorage to assist the loc&l
crane loading the 2,000 tons and
more Evan Jones coal aboard the
SS Otsego.
SHOCK RECORDED
PASADENA, Calif., April 28.— j
The seismograph in the local ob
servatory Wednesday recorded a,
distinct earthquake in this region
but as yet no reports of a disturb- j
anve have come in.
sp *• * *
GRAF RETURNS
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,!
April 28.—The Graf Zeppelin land- i
ed here Wednesday afternoon after j
another successful flight to and
from Pernambuco, Brazil. The Graf
brought 14 passengers.
* * * *
SITKA WOMAN DIES
i SITKA, April 28. — Mrs. Helen
| Costranoff, wife of Sitka’s mayor,
I died here Tuesday from an undiag
J nosed cause. She recently visited
I the Mayo clinic. She was 35 years
of age.
* * * *
WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, April 27.—The SS Ad
miral Watson of the P. S. S. Co.,
i sailed at 10 a. m. Wednesday for
' Alaska carrying 185 passengers,
three for Seward as follows: Mrs.
W. W. Clarke, Lewis Hawitz and
: H. Straus.
REPAIRS COMPLETED
LAKEHURST, N. J„ April 28.—
Repairs to the damaged airship Ak
ron were expected to have been
completed Wednesday and the
giant dirigible was to undergo its
first testings today. The dirigible
is planning to make a visit to the
Pacific Coast but no definite date
for the visit has been made known.
* * * *
OPENING BE DELAYED
LOS ANGELES, April 28. —Be
cause the next Los Angeles school
term opens on August 8 and while
the Olympic Games are in session
in that city, the Los Angeles school
board is considering the advisabil
ity of opening schools one week
late or on August 15 instead.
* * * *
AVOID EXPRESSION
DETROIT, Mish., April 28.—The
League of Women Voters, which is
in session here have carefully de
cided to avoid any expression on
the prohibition law. Leaders of the
organization declare that at pres
■ ent there have been plenty of ex
j pressions and they refuse to take
! a stand either for or against the
measure.
* * # 45
DAY AND NIGHT SESSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—
The House Wednesday settled down
to an all day and niht session to
discuss the Omnibus economy bill.
Since a special rule was made to
allow unrestricted amendments to
the bill, it was generally believed
j that the bill would be unrecogniza
ble when it finally emerges from
the House’s hands.
* * * *
NAMED AS DIRECTOR
NEW YORK, April 27. (£>)—Paul
Patterson, of the Baltimore Sun,
was elected director of the Asso
ciated Press succeeding B. H. An
thony of New Bedford, Mass., who
i has been ill. Frank Noyes, Adolph
Ochs, Robert McLean and Fred
erick Murphy were reelected as
directors.
* * * *
APPLE BLOSSOM TIME
| WENATCHEE, Wash., April 28.—
j Wenatchee Valley, known the world
! over for its apple orchards, will
1 take on her beautiful spring garb
: this week when the apple orchards
blaze into bloom. The warm sun
shine of the last several days will
bring the apple blossoms out very
quickly and it is expected that
hundreds of people will visit this
section of the country to see the
apple blossoms.
* * * *
STABILIZATION FUND
LONDON, April 27-—The British
government Tuesday completed
legislation for the creation of a
fund for the stabilizing of British
exchange, the pound sterling. The
fund will be operated by the Bank
of England and the bank will be
in joint cooperation with the Brit
ish exchequer. Many nations, in
cluding those not on the gold
standard, and all of Britain’s many
colonies and protectorates are af
fected by this legislation.
VALDEZ MINER TURNS ECONOMIST
! -
About 1912, Western Alaska was in the throes of the nadir of ac
| tivity. The great gold boom had waned and with its passing went many
j of those who had accumulated a competency, and many others who had
i tired of the isolation of the Interior. By 1929, the gold production of
! Fairbanks had dwindled to a mere $83,000.
In 1916, camo the boom of Alaska Railroad construction, which has
' called for a total disbursement of approximately $73,000,000. To com
plete this enterprise required an army of 5,000 laborers and a large ex
ecutive staff for a period of four years and from 1,000 to 2,000 thereafter
until completion in 1923.
With the completion of the railroad, it has required from two to
three million dollars annual disbursement in operation and maintenance
to 1931, the first year the deficit fell short of $1,000,000.
Among the outstanding results of the enterprise is that some 5,000
of the 8,000 persons living between Seward and Fairbanks have been
sustained in labor and business by disbursement of the railroad. Busi
j ness enterprises have developed from almost nothing to from $25,000
j to $100,000, and industrials, affording labor to many hundreds of men
and valued at from $50,000 to $10,000,000, have emerged. Among these
are the Healy River Coal Corporation, employing in excess of 100 men
and supplying fuel to Fairbanks at one-fourth the cost of previous
years, and making it possible for the Fairbanks Exploration Company
to purchase the inactive placer fields surrounding Fairbanks, and to de
velop $400,000,000 of commercial placers, while operating five dredges.
Others are the Matanuska coal mines, employing approximately 100
men, the Anchorage Light and Power Company, built at a cost of a
quarter of a million dollars and supplying cheap power for that city and
an important key industry for future manufacturing. A modern city
of 2,000 inhabitants is supported by disbursements from the railroad
and business accruing through its operation. Thousands of people, who
would never have traveled farther in Alaska than the shoreline and that
for the purpose of viewing its quaint, Arcadian villages, have penetrat
ed the Interior as far as Fairbanks, and, left hundreds of thdusalnds of
dollars behind. Millions have been expended in developing McKinley
Park, not only making it accessible to the sightseer, but opening two
great mineral districts and making them accessible to development.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended in an effort to
attract investors to the Territory, and are being spent today through
the agency of the Alaska Railroad for the same purpose. A quarter of
a million dollars is being expended for labor and salaries in completing
a survey of the mineral resources of the railroad zone, and to prospect
the coal fields. A million dollars was expended in the Matanuska coal
fields to develop coal measures, evoking charges of extravagance on the
part of the Federal government.
These and many outstanding benefits have come through the rail
road.
As a link in the transportation chain in Western Alaska, the Alaska
Road Commission spent upward of a million dollars in constructing the
Richardson highway and has been expending Upwards of $75,000 an
nually for maintenance. The building of this road at government ex
pense not only gave access to more than 300 miles of almost untracked
country, but opened the way for the establishment of lucrative busi
nesses, such as bus transportation and hotels between Valdez and
Fairbanks.
Instead of establishing its own bus line, the railroad left the field
open to private enterprise, advertising this private edneern as a part
(Please turn to Page 2)
0F PRIIW ELECTION
CORDOVA, April 28. (Special to
The Gateway)—Returns from Cor
dova, Eyak, Chitina, McCarthy and
Kennecott are as follows:
Grigsby 21, Dimond 187, Ziegler
10, Wickersham 372.
Foster 116, Rustgard 374.
! Charles 48, Cole 282, Lucas 124.
j Connors 101, Frame 62, Hardcas
i tie 33. Rasmusson 412, White 49.
I Chase 413, Davies 90, Hungerford
124, Thiele 190, Deal 74, Heath 61,
Hoskins 80, Kirk 65, Moran 75, Mor
ton 71, Rice 72, Shonbeck 75, Troy
67, Wacker 59, Wakefield 65, Wal
mer 52.
McMakan 84, McCain 163, Lar
son 246, McDonald 427, Phinn 393,
Nafsted 380, Smith 83, McCutcheon
118, Hofman 97, Patterson 100, Tay
lor 174.
FORD INTO PEOPLE
TO QUIT CHUG
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—
“If people will quit their gambling
and go back to producing, they can
sell everything they can produce,”
is the opinion of Henry Ford, not
ed auto manufacturer, who is in
Washington to confer with Presi
dent Hoover and other officials re
garding plans to speed the return
of prosperity.
Ford has a plan for the opera
tion of farms on an industrial scale
in which communities would have
so much land to operate and under
whose direction best methods suit
able for farming and other details
could be used. The plan is an en
largement of the Ford garden-in
the-back-yard idea.
HOOVER BE NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.
(IP)—In the hardly noticed flurry
of the Democratic race, Hoover’s
list of delegates passed the number
required for nomination. Ken
tucky’s 25 votes yesterday gave him
600 pledged and claimed.
=5= THANKS VOTERS
* “My heartiest thanks to the *
* Republicans of Seward and vi- *
* cinity for their splendid sup- *
* port.” *
* JOHN RUSTGARD. *
•v. Jj: 'Jf *
ROOSEVELT IS PLEDGED
MOST OE DELEGATES
PHILADELPHIA, April 28. (A5)—
Thirty-three district delegates vot
ed for Roosevelt and 17 for Smith;
18 are in doubt.
Roosevelt claimed 71 and half of
the eight delegates-at-large pref
erential vote which is not binding
on delegates; 6,064 of 8,181 dis
tricts gave Roosevelt 94,266 votes
and Smith 71,577 votes.
NOMINATION APPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.
(/P)— The Senate today approved
the nomination of E. Coke Hill as
Judge of the Fourth Division of Al
aska. Judge Hill, heretofore, has
been Judge of the Third Division
with headquarters at Valdez.
AUTHORITIES DEFUSE TO
BELIEVE SUICIDE CASE
MIAMI, Fla., April 27.—The au
thorities continued their investiga
tion into the mysterious death of
Haden Clarke, young Miami avi
ator and journalist, refused to ac
cept the theory that he committed
suicide. Mrs. J. M. Keith Miller
and Capt. W. N. Lancaster, inter
nationally famous aviators, with
whom Clarke lived, were being
held without bonds for further in
vestigation.
SETS NEW MARK
PORT DARWIN, Australia, April
28. (A5)—C. W. A. Scott regained the
England-Australia flight record,
making it in eight days, 20 hours
and 49 minutes.
SOVIETS BOOST MUSIC
MOSCOW, April 27. (/P)—The Sov
iet second five-year plan includes
music, contemplating production
of 1,000,000 gramophones with 50,
000,000 records, 60,000 pianos and
40 chord instruments by 1938.
* * * *
BACK-TO-FARM MOVEMENT
SEATTLE, April 27. </P)—Seattle’s
unemployed have started a back
to-the-soil movement on 2,000 acres
of land near Arlington, north of
here. Heads of about 20 families
have taken up allotment of 20-acre
farms each, donated to their use
with the provision they may buy at
the end of a two-year period.
* * * *
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
WARSAW, Poland, April 27.—
President Moscickie decreed power
to the Ministry of Commerce to
regulate the production and mar
keting of oil in Poland and abroad.
The Ministry will establish prices,
customs duties and oil quotas for
exports. The decree is effective
until 1937.
* * * *
CONSULATE FIRED
GENEVA, April 27.—The Italian
Consulate was set on fire by un
identified persons who are believed
to be anti-Fascists. However, ow
ing to prompt action, the city fire
department saved the building. Two
anti-Fascists earlier in the day at
tacked the Italian Consul as he
was leaving church.
FRENCH READY TO MOP UP
ORAN, Algeria, April 27. (A*)—
French troops having pacified the
whole Atlas area of French Morocco
except the line of summits from
Tadla to Farkla, are preparing a
mopping up campaign of two years
in that region.
* * * * •'
LIQUOR SUGGESTION
PITTSBURG, April 27.—A pro
hibition solution has been suggest
ed by Reverend Hayden of this
city. Let those who wish to drink
hard liquor pay a $1.00 a year tax.
This would bring millions of dol
lars annually into the Federal
Treasury.
*
BIRTH CONTROL
CHICAGO, April 27. — Various
women’s clubs will convene here
Wednesday for the purpose of dis
cussing birth control. Miss Bell
Sherman of Cleveland will be one
of the principle speakers.
* * * *
“FOR GOODNESS SAKE!”
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—
It is reported that because of his
desire to save taxpayers’ money,
President Hoover is willing to ac
cept a reduction in salary; $1.00
per year, to be exact. From New
York came a report that Governor
Roosevelt is willing to handle the
job for 90 cents per annum.
* * * *
FIGHT TICKETS LOWER
NEW YORK, April 27.—Tickets
for the Max Schmeling and Jack
Sharkey championship bout June
16 were announced as the lowest
in the history of the prize ring
since it was governed by the Mar
quis of Queensbury rules in titled
bouts. Prices including taxes are
to be $23.00, $17.15, $11.50, $5.75 and
$3.45 respectively.
* * * *
NEAR 12,000 FOOT MARK
FAIRBANKS, April 28.—A ranger
returning to this city from McKin
ley National Park states that the
Lindley party which is climbing
Mount McKinley on skiis is now
well up to the 12,000-foot mark.
The ranger stated that the moun
tain climbers have met with excep
tionally fine weather and every
thing has been going smoothly for
them.
* * * *
WANTS TO RETIRE
WASHINGTON, D. C-, April 27.—
John N. Willys, United States Am
bassador to Poland for several
years, has handed in his resigna
tion saying that he wishes to re
turn to private life and to his
automobile manufacturing busi
ness. It is indicated that his resig
nation will be accepted and Willys
will leave for Poland to clear up
some unfinished duties before his
term is up. A successor has not
been named.
FAMOUS AVIATOR, BERNT
BALCHEN, ON PACIFIC
COAST TO ROT PLANE
LOS ANGELES, April 27.—Bernt
Belchen, famous aviator who has
been on seven polar expeditions
both to the Arctic and the Antarc
tic, is in Los Angeles at the pres
ent time to purchase a plane which
will be used by Explorer Lincoln
Ellsworth in his coming Antarctic
explorations. Belchen stated that
the purpose of the expedition is
to secure further geographical
knowledge of this southerly ex
treme and to provide data for fu
ture explorations. The expedition,
is also expected to secure data
which will be an aid to determin
ing weather conditions throughout
the world.
Belchen said that Antarctic ex
ploration is more severe than ex
ploration in the Arctic regions be
cause the former is subject to sud
den changes in weather—sudden
and severe storms come up very
unexpectedly. ! Another feature
which makes exploration more
hazardous than in the Arctic is the
fact that there is no wild life from
which food can be secured in the
event that this is necessary.
cm 9V POLICE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.—
Screaming with rage, “Mary
Smith,” mysterious woman, cap
tured after a wild revolver and
tear gas battle Thursday night, at
J tacked Police Officer Mansfield
! Joy as she was being led into the
{court room of Municipal Judge
! Steiger. Police and court attaches
| sprang to Joy’s assistance and the
| woman was subdued only after
| Joy’s hand had been severely bit—
| ten. Meanwhile it was discovered
j that Henry Greenberg, the man
; for whom the woman went gun
| ning at his home, had vanished
! ten days ago.
CONNORS, RRSMUSSON
ASSURED OF VICTORY
JUNEAU, April 28. (/P)—1With ap
proximately half of the Democratic
vote counted, the overwhelming re
election of James J Connors for
National Committeeman is assur
ed; also, the election by a large
majority of a Roosevelt delegation
headed by John W. Troy is clearly
indicated.
Incomplete returns from the
First Division indicate the election
of Edward A. Rasmusson, Alaska
banker, as Republican National
Committeeman and Dr. W. H.
Chase as Convention Delegate and
Albert White as Alternate Delegate
to the National Republican Con
vention.
WILL NOT RESUME
BERLIN, April 27.—The natural
death of reparations and war debt
payments at the end of the Hoov
er moratorium year was forecast
coincident with the official decla
ration that Germany will definite
ly decline to resume payments
on political obligations to the for
mer allied nations. “The mora
torium ends July 1, but Germany
will not pay more after then,” Fi
nance Minister Hermann Dietrich
told a mass meeting at Altoona,
the Telegraphen Union correspon
dent reported.
LEAVES WILL
OAKLAND, Calif., April 28. (JP)—
The $35,000 estate of Robert J. Bell,
Alaska sourdough who died April
9 at the age of 73, was left to a
childhood sweetheart, Mrs. Mary
Jane McNeil of Massachusetts. Bell
changed his will after a recent trip
to New England.