MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 516. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1932. PRioE TEN CENTS
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BRINGS CREW SERIN
DISMANTLE STATION
Girls, get on your best bib and
tucker. They’re here.
The U. S. S. Swallow, former mine j
sweeper, but dispatched to Seward
to partially dismantle the radio
plant, crept into port in the wee
sma’ hours of the morning.
Aboard are just 55 Rudy Vallees,
Rudoulph Valentinos, and what
have you in the way of Shieks!
The Swallow will be here for
three days or more, when it will
convey the diesel oil tanks of the
radio plant to Mile 7 station, on
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad out of Cordova. But there
will be left behind some 20 of the
personnel to carry out the disman
tling work and uphold the reputa
tion of the U. S. Bluejackets, now
so well established in Seward. Then
hte Swallow will return for a short
stay.
Dismantling the radio station
will be confined to removing the
mechanical equipment and fix
tures. The houses and towers will
be left intact. The work will be
under the supervision of H. F.
Wright, radio engineer and expert,
assisted by a civilian carpenter.
Commander Warris announced;
that he will welcome bids for the |
sale or lease of the buildings and
grounds, it being the intention to;
thus dispose of what is left after 1
the equipment is removed.
While in Seward, the officers an
nounced, they will take advantage
of the opportunity to crowd as
much recreation into their sojourn;
as time will permit, possibly visit- j
ing Russian River for a day with
the speckled beauties and may have
a try at moose.
The personnel of the U. S. S.
Swallow is as follows:
Lieut. Comdr. J. F. Warris, com
manding; Lieut. H. E. Morgan, exe
cutive officer; Lieut. A. S. Harer,
chief btsn; Chief Phar. J. C. Gill,
medical officer; Chief Machinist
F. H. Rowe. The Swallow carries
a crew of 52 men.
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SENTENCED FI LIFE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept-, 15,—
Former public defender Frank J.
Egan and his convict companion,
Albert Tinnin, were a step nearer
the State pertitentiary yesterday
as murderers of Mrs. Jessie Scott
Hughes
Judge Dunne sentenced Tinnin
and Egan to San Quentin, in ac
cordance with the recommendation
of the jury, for the remainder of
their natural life. The court pro
nounced the sentence with great
solemnity.
Attorney Nathan Coghlan at once
gave notice of appeal in behalf of
Tinnin and Attorney Nishall did
the same for Egan.
ELECTRIC PARADE
HOLLYWOOD, Sept., 15,—A giant
electrical parade for charity will be
presented here September 24.
U. S. OFFICIAL DIES
SHANGHAI, Sept., 15,-^-J. Calvin
Hueston, United States Ambassa
dor, died here following a brief ill
ness.
SUBDUED BIG BLAZE
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 15, —Two
fire boats and five companies of
firemen subdued what appeared at
first was going to develop into a
waterfront fire of major magni
tude. Floating gasoline became
ignited in some manner near an
oil tank farm.
REMAINS ON JOB
WASHINGTON, Sept., 15,—Chief
of Police Glasford who criticized
President Hoover and the adminis
tration fori its recent bonus army
eviction or^er, will not be censured
by the White House, it was made
known yesterday. Such action
would onljy serve to create more
strife anil ill-feeling and the less
bonus army talk from now on will
suit Washington better.
POPULAR BARREL
LONDON, Sept., 15,—The rever
end who recently stood in a barrel
in a sideshow in order to raise
money to fight an immoral charge,
wired Mahatma Gandhi an invi
tation to come to England and
make use of his barrel. That in
in any case, it would be an appro
terest would center upon him and,
priate place in which to starve to
death. The reverend has not heard
from Gandhi.
BOD) mm MIILETTE
FOUND IN SLOUGH
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 15,—
Miss Dorothy Millette, the woman
in the life of Paul Bern, Hollywood
film executive, joined him in death
a few hours after he committed
suicide.
This belief was first expressed
when Miss Millette disappeared
from a Sacramento river boat early
on the morning of September 7.
Yesterday the body of a woman,
answering in every way the de
scription of Dorothy Millette, was
found in Georgiana Slough, of the
Sacramento river, and near the
town of Walnut Grove and about
30 miles from Sacramento by a
Japanese fisherman.
[LECTION FLASHES
Here is how the voters of the
State of Washington signaled their
choice in the Tuesday primary
election:
Gellanty for Governor; Jones
and Bone for U. S. Senate; Rep. 1st
district, Miller and Zoincheck; 2nd
district, Habbley and Wallzern; 3rd
district, Johnson and Smith; 4th
district, Summers and Hill; 6th
district, Ashbury and Lloyd; Lieut.
Gov. Falknor and Meyers; Sect, of
State, Hinkler and Hutchinson;
State Auditor, Clausen and Yelle;
Treasurer, Jones and Case; Atty
Gen. Dunbar and Hannon; Land
Commissioner, Savidger and Mar
tin; State Insurance Commissioner,
Fishbacker and Sullivan; Sup. of
Const., Showalter and Buchanan.
Miller has a lead of over 7,000
and Gellantly polled two to one
over Hartley. The returns are still
incomplete.
» * * *
Wet and Dry victories are report
ed from eight primaries but they
were spotty and indecisive.
* * * *
Dr. D. Moore defeated Gov. Hunt
in the Arizona gubernatorial con
test.
Democrats hailed their victories
in the primaries as a forrunner of
a greater victory at the November
general election.
* * * *
Senator Moses was renominated
in Massachusetts.
* * * *
Senator Smith was victorious in
North Carolina as also was Ellison.
OPPOSE LEAGUE
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept., 15,—The
American Legion opposition to the
League Court and the cancellation
of war debts was stamped on the
official record of the Legion’s Nat
ional Convention here Wednesday.
. FIRE FIGHTERS TRAPPED
BURBANK, Calif., Sept., 15—Fif
ty three fire fighters have been
trapped for two days iri the heart
of the Santa Barbara National for
est by a blaze which has swept
more than 100,000 acres in the past
10 days. Paul Mantz, aerial ob
server for the U. s. Forest Service,
revealed the trap after he had
dropped 100 pounds of provisions
to the men from his plane.
BOOST HARBOR RATES
LOS ANGELES, Sept., 15, —The
Harbor Board has put into force
[ an increased harbor rates which
; will increase the annual revenue at
j least $600,000.
SCREEN WRITER ILL
! LOS ANGELES, Sept., 15, —E. J.
Montague, prominent screen writer
j who was stricken with paralysis
j Tuesday, is in a serious condition
j and little hope is held for his re
covery.
LARGE CROWD HEAR DELEGATE
WICKERSHAM IN FORCE
FUL ADDRESS
Displaying his traditional quali
ties of a seasoned campaigner, and
keen debater, Delegate James
Wickersham, at the Liberty Thea
ter last night, launched a bid for
the votes of Seward for re-election.
Delegate Wickersham devoted
the major part of his speech to re
view of his record since he has been
in Washington, outlining his pro
gram, if returned to the next Con
gress, and seasoned it with the his
tory of his political career since
becoming identified with Alaskan
affairs.
Only once did Delegate Wicker
sham poise his javelin or biting sa
tire and hurl it at his political op
ponents’ head. This was when he
played Mark Antony to Senator Di
mond’s Brutus, accusing the Dem
ocratic candidate of being the re
cipient of campaign expenses and
emoluments from Big Interests,
INTRODUCED BY SEN. RAY
Delegate Wickersham was intro
duced by L. V. Ray, candidate for
the Territorial Senate on the Re
publican ticket. With Senator Ray
on the platform was Leon Urbach,
president of the Seward Republican
Club.
Switching from the anecdotal to
the serious business of the evening,
Delegate Wickersham propounded
the postulate that the Democratic
party in the nation was due to go
down to defeat if for no other rea
son for that expressed in the pro
verb that “A house divided against
itself must fall.”
In this regard a glowing tribute
was paid to former Governor Alfred
Smith of New York, whom Dele
gate Wickersham described as the
greatest man in the Democratic
party, a statesman, a scholar, hon
est thoro-going and a gentleman.
In contrast, the Delegate pro
ceeded; “We have the combination
of Roosevelt and William Randolph
Hearst, the greatest newspaper
power in the United States, who
hates Smith, and who combined
to place Roosevelt and Garner in
the field.”
It is in this schism within the
Democratic party that Delegate
Wickesham finds what he termed
conclusive evidence of impending
Democratic defeat.
Swinging to Mr. Hoover’s record,
it was pointed out that when the
nation was beset by the tragedy of
depression, and people were walk
ing the streets by thousands seek
ing work and bread, President Hoo
ver, who is a man of few words but
a colossal thiker, began sending
bills to Congress seeking to relieve
the situation. As a rseult Congress
voted him $4,000,000,000 which is
being expended in rehabilitating
and stabilizing business industry,
which in turn is beginning to man
ifest results in the steady decrease
in unemployment and a gradual
reapproachment to an end of the
depression. “It was the War and
not Mr. Hoover that was responsi
ble for the depression,” he said.
“Somebody has said that I was
not on friendly terms with Presi
dent Hoover,” said Delegate Wick
ersham. “It will be remembered
that Dan Sutherland, my predeces
sor, and Mr. Hoover had a quarrel.
Mr. Sutherland, who is my friend,
and whom I admire very much, had
become obnoxious to President
Hoover and word was passed about
to departmental heads that the
quarrel existed. It was said that I
had fallen heir to this schism and
quarrel.
IN PERFECT HARMONY
“The platform upon which I was
elected pledged that I would work
in harmony with the President and
the administration. This pledge I
have religiously kept, so much so
| in fact that when I was invited to
dinner at the White House I found
| Mr. Hoover very friendly to both
j myself and Mrs. Wickersham. Every
time I have gone to President Hoov
er on matters connected with my,
office, I have been recieved on the |
most friendly terms and I have been
on the most friendly terms with de- !
partment heads.
“I am a member of some very im
portant committees, including the
Committee on Territories, Indian
Affairs, Fish and Fisheries and'
have many friends on these com- j
mittees, including Republicans and j
Democrats. It is by retaining these
cordial relations that I have been
able to accomplish what I have,
and where, if re-elected, I will be
in a position to further the inter
ests of the Territory.
“It must be remembered that it
is a long process, due to seniority,
for one to advance toward the head
of these committees. But it is here
that all questions vital to Alaska
must be fought out and settled.
REBUTTAL OF RUMORS
“It has been charged against me
that I left Congress while certain
important legislation was pending,
principally that transference of
the duties of the Alaska Road Com
mission from the War to the In
terior department, and the matter
of appropriations for road building
in Alaska. The facts are that I
was not opposed to the transfer,
and will explain why. It was an
nounced as the policy of the War
Department to recall army officers
from civilian duties and get them
back into the army. This was Sec
retary of War Hurley’s program
and involved some 2,000 army offi
cers, of which five were stationed
in Alaska.
“This met my approval because
I stand for civilian administration
in Alaska and administration as
far as possible by Alaskans. In
this the transfer takes the matter
of road building out of the hands
of bureaucrats and centers it in
the hands of Alaska. The Governor
takes the place of Major Elliott,
and with Ike Taylor functioning
as next in command, the places
held by army men will be in the
hands of civilians. The Governor
is as good an engineer as those
from the army, and the change will
not affect the road building save
in that we will receive better roads
and Ike Taylor will not have to buy
blue prints which cost as much as
a bridge.
“I was asked to introduce the bill,
but declined. The reason I did not
oppose it was I did not want to.
“When the original road build
ing appropriation bill came down,
it called for $650,000. Representa
tive McDuffie of Alabama opposed
it. The result was that the sum
was dropped to $354,000. I offered
a motion to reinstate the $650,000,
and again met opposition of Mr.
McDuffie, who . claimed that the
United States was wasting money
in Alaska, and offered a motion to
strike out the entire appropriation.
“I then went to Representative
Taylor of Colorado, a Democrat.
Mr. Taylor met me with sympathy
4nd understanding, and led the
fight against cutting out the ap
propriation. We won on this point,
and the people of Alaska are in
debted to Mr. Taylor, for, but for
his stand there would not now be
anyone working on the roads. At
that we won by a slim margin of
six votes.
“My stand op this matter of
transference of road functions was
based upon my position that
what we need most is control of our
own government in Alaska. Under
the transfer this is what we have.”
SEWARD MEMORIAL
Diverging to consider purely local
matters as they relate to Seward,
Delegate Wickersham pointed out
that he had introduced a bill call
ing for the erection of a suitable
memorial to the late Secretary Wil
liam Seward, to be erected in Sew
ard and to cost not less than $400,
000. This would consist of a semi
circular stone and concrete build
ing with fluted - collonade pillars,
set somewhere along the hillside
north of Lowell Creek, commanding
a view of the harbor and moun
tains, with a forum for speakers
and the building to comprise a
museum of Alaskan historical in
cubula, art and resources, especi
ally mineral.
“We will probably not get this
memorial this or next year, but
eventually the bill will pass, when
fee Treasury can meet the de
mand.
“We have an awkward situation
respecting the Lowell Creek flume.
The flume was built under a spec
ial act of Congress, which carried
the appropriation, but did not give
the Secretary of War power to ex
pend further money. To meet the
situation, I introduced a bill, No.
6733 on June 4, 1932, authorizing
the Secretary of War to submit es
timates for control of the flood
waters. As matters now stand
there are no funds with which to
meet further expenditures. There
fore there will be no rpairs until
Congress meets and this authority
is given to the Secretary of War.
“FOXY GRANDPA”
What Delegate Wickersham de
scribed as what appeared to be an
attempt to “frame” him was pre
sented in the bill enacted by the
Territorial Legislature calling for
the repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry
Law. He described the interest in
the prohibition question in the
states as “greater per bottle” than
in the history of the nation.
“Here is where the Legislature at
tempted to put me into a hole”, he
said. “But ‘Foxy Grandpa’ was too
wise to be caught. The fact is, the
Legislature of Alaska, as shown by
rulings in the Circuit Court of Ap
peals, has the power to enact or re
peal the Bone Dry Law without re
course to Congress. The Territorial
House passed a bill calling for such
repeal. And remember, the law was
first passed in 1915, before the Vol
stead Act was passed by Congress.
At that time the people of Alaska
decided that the saloon should be
abolished. I took the Idaho statute,
substituted the word “Alaska” for
“Idaho”, offered it, and it was pass
ed.
THE JOKER
“But when^-the till went to the
Alaska Senate, Mr. Lomen append
ed an amendment setting forth
that the bill passed if Congress ap
proved. They wanted me to stand
sponsor for the bill in Congress,
now that the sentiment on prohibi
tion has changed. I introduced a
bill in Congress on December 8,
1931, four days after Congress met,
but it will have to wait until the
question of prohibition is passed
upon under the approval of both
parties, which favor it’s repeal by
re-submission of the 18th amend
ment.
“Now, if it is desired to repeal
the law, let the Legislature do it.
They have the power as pointed
out and as embodied in the Code
of Alaska.
“My reason for favoring repeal
of the Bone Dry Law is that it im
poses burdensome penalties more
severe than under the Volstead
Act. A man caught with a bottle
on him in Alaska may be fined $1,
000 and one year in jail. Under
the rate per diem of serving time,
a man may be made to do three
years simply for having a bottle on
him.
ANTHONY IN ROLE OF BRUTUS
Without the prelude of “Friends,
Romans, countrymen, lend me your
ears, I come to bury Ceasar, not to
praise him”, Delegate Wickersham
in true Olympian style, picked up
his javelin and let drive at Senator
Dimond’s political chariot.
“I must speak of aviation. It is
one of the wonders of the age, and
like radio, there is no forecasting
to what marvels it may achieve.
“In Delegate Sutherland’s last
campaign, big interests doled out
the sum of $60,000 for a candidate
against him. They also donated
$5,000 additional. Airplanes were
employed, as were palatial craft to
convey he candidate ab^ut the
Territory. He was indicted because
he violated the law which specifies
that a candidate for delegate in
Alaska must limit his election ex
penses to $2,500. He did not dare
reveal who put up the money. But
Donohoe & Dimond have been the
legal retainers of the big interests,
including the Guggenheim and Al
aska Steamship Company and kin
dred interests, for many years.
“Now Mr. Dimond is touring the
country in Mr. Dunkle’s airplane.
Mr. Dunkle has for a long time
been a Guggenheim man and em
ployed by them. A man cannot
serve two masters.
“I paid the fare of myself and
wife over the Richardson Highway,
and over the railroad to Seward. I
cannot afford airplanes.
(Continued on Page Two)
ROOSEVELT ASSERTS
FARM RELIEF, FRAUD
TOPEKA, Kas., Sept., 15,—Assail
ing the Hoover administration’s
efforts at farm relief as a giant
fraud, Gov. Franklin Roosevelt in
vaded the heart of the grain belt
with a promise of a new deal for
agriculture if elected and the out
line of a plan by which he believes
it can be accomplished.
Governor Roosevelt spoke under
a broiling hot Kansas sun, his aud
ience comprising of thousands of
men and women from the plains.
People numbering 20,000 gave him
a rousing ovation when he appear
ed on the speakers stand.
PAYMENT OF BONUS
DEADLY BLOW NATION
WASHINGTON, Sept., 15,—Presi
dent Hoover reiterated his opposi
tion to immediate payment of the
soldier’s bonus, which he described
as a deadly blow to the welfare of
the nation and a fatal threat to
the entire program of economic re
covery.
The Presidental statement was
issued as the American Legion Con
vention in Portland, Ore., prepared
to vote on a resolution favoring
payment of the face value of the
adjusted service certificates prior
to adjournment.
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BONUS. BEER SURVIVE
CONVENTION FI®
PORTLAND, Sept., 15, —Bonus
and beer started towards the floor
of the American Legion Conven
tion Wednesday afternoon when
both survived committee votes.
The first subcommittee adopted
a resolution favoring repeal of the
National Prohibition Act, and the
resubmission by Congress of the
18th amendment. The Legislative
committee adopted a resolution
submitted by the bonus subcom
mittee favoring immediate cash
payment of the bonus.
PARTNERS WILL DRIVE
Kearns, Tessier and Mogan, who
| recently took a lease on the Earl
Mount quartz property at Nuka
Bay, will probably drive about 500
feet of tunnel, G. P. Kearns said
Wednesday before leaving for the
camp with Tom Tessier. The third
partner, J. M. Mogan, another ex
perienced hard-rock miner, is in
the Interior country at the present
time but will join the camp within
a few weeks.
A compressor is being taken to
the claims as well as a “cat”’ and
supplies. Their stay at the mine
is indefinite at this time but it is
quite probable that they will re
main all winter developing it to
ascertain more specifically exactly
what they have.
AT SEATTLE SEPT. 20
SEATTLE, Sept., 15, —Governor
Franklin D., Roosevelt, Democratic
presidential candidate now on a
campaign tour of the United States
will arrive at Seattle September 20.
YAKIMA ANNUAL FAIR
YAKIMA, Wn„ Sept., 15, —The
annual State Fair opened here yes
terday with an enormous attend
ance and with a larger and more
variety of exhibits than in the past.
The stock show and horse racing
will be features.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Sept., 15,—A flurry
of wild selling struck stocks, bonds
and commodities Wednesday while
crashed despite increase in indus
trials dropping from one to seven
points. Bonus talk is held respon
sible for the nervousness. The mar
ket rallied somewhat in the after
noon.