VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 39.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
\PPEAL DECISION MADE AFTER
PEACE EFFORTS POWERS
COME TO NAUGHT
GENEVA, Feb. 16. (/Pi—The draft
ing committee of the League of Na
tions was instructed to frame an
urgent apeal to Japan that she
•ease hostilities and telling her the
League of Nations will refuse to
recognize any territorial changes
'hat may occur.
The League is also to ask China
and Japan that they try to reach
some form of an understanding so
'.hat the hostilities may be ended.
The League’s appeal was decided
an after it had received a commun
eation from Sir John Simpson, of
Great Britain, to the effect that ef
forts toward peace on the part of
four powers had come to naught.
The League didn’t deal with China’s
request for a meeting of the entire
League assembly.
The League of Nations has learn
•d that the Japanese delegates do
not object to a meeting of the as
sembly but that they appear to be
willing to “let events take their own
•ourse.”
TWO IMHO m\ IRE
KELLOGG, Ida., Feb. 16. (JP)—
Searchers Monday night recovered
he body of Carl Lund. 38. who, with
nis partner. Carl Areander, 67. were
buried in a snow slide in a gulch
east of here Saturday Areander
was recovered Sunday.
The slide crushed in the cabin
which the two were occupying. A
alack cat was the only living thing
o emerge from the wreckage alive.
Rescuers dug it half frozen out of
the snow and debris.
MIXED TRAIN AND ROTARY
Ahead of the mixed train from
Anchorage this morning, came Con
ductor Archie Lewis’ rotary crew to
Lawing, clearing the tracks for the
freight and this evening's regular
passenger train from Fairbanks.
Conductor John Moore was in
charge of the mixed train- The
outfit tied up at Lawing for the
night because of snow conditions.
The dance committee for the
Washington Bicentennial Dance to
oe held Saturday announces that
the first drawing for the door prize
that night will be for a beautiful
Parker Duo-Fold desk set, which is
now on display in one of the win
dows of the Seward Drug Company.
This beautiful desk set can well
oe a prized treasure in anyone’s
nome, says one of the members of
the committee, and he adds that
local people should observe its
beauty and quality on one of your
next shopping jaunts.
Walter Corliss, one of the mem
oers on the committee, told a Gate
way representative who sought out
Corliss in his pretentious offices.
► that he thought that “this set was
formerly in the possession of the
first President-.’ The third number
drawn that evening will win this
set
After the drawing for the above
mentioned prize, the next tickel
drawn will be for the famous
George Washington hatchet. Con
siderable difficulty and expense
was encountered in obtaining this
famous and notorious “cherry tree
hatchet,” but the dance committee
“hocked” 17 banks of snow' anc
now has the aforesaid hatchet ir
its possession.
STEAL MILITARY SECRETS
| GENEVA, Feb. 16. (JP) — Officials
in charge of the American head
quarters here reported that for two
I successive nights thieves have brok
) en into American filing cases and
' taken away documents relating to
| the U- S. Army and other important
U. S. military secrets.
UPPED SPORTSMAN
: FOUND HE IT HOME
1 FRIEND 1 CLEVEliD
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CLEVELAND, Feb. 16. (/P)—Mys
j teriously kidnapped last Thursday
Harry H. Blagen, wealthy sports
man of Lake Placid, N. Y., was lo
cated early Tuesday unharmed at
the home of his friend Claude J.
Peck here.
Blagen told police that three men
brought him to Cleveland where
two of them went to eat and leav
ing one of them on guard Blagen
said that he overpowered this man
and fled.
He said the kdinappers demanded
$1,000 for his return but that they
failed to show up when the ransom
money was delivered at the pre-ar
ranged place near Lake Placid.
CHECKUP ON DEAD
NOME, Feb. 16- (/P)—A checkup is
to be made as to the number of
; Eskimos who lost their lives in
floods which trapped inhabitants of
a native village east of Nelson’s
Island last December. The count
will be made as the bodies are re
moved from the ice.
BEND GAMBLING Dll
M WINTERTIME LUI.E
RENO. New. Feb. 16. </P)—Reno is
learning that gambling doesn’t pay
when winter comes and with the
passing of the tourist season.
Belle Livingstone, who came to
Reno from New York last year, has
given up her Reno struggle, saying
that it doesn't pay. She is giving
up her Reno resort which has op
erated under the name of “The
Cowsheds,” and is going back to
New York where she intends to
open up a wild west cabaret, pro
vided she can find a millionaire to
back her.
She gave a party Saturday—the
last party at The Cowsheds—and
she had invited mast of Reno’s
“big shots” including the Governor
of Nevada.
According to Belle’s plans she in
tends to traffic in divorce informa
tion at hre New York venture.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 16.
! f/P)— A predominantly dry House
! committee is preparing the present
i Congress session’s first trial of pro
hibition strength.
The judiciary committee of the
House is considering more than a
; hundred dry law changes and out
i standing of these is the wets’ reso
! lution calling for submission of
: home rule instead of the constitu
1 tional amendment.
1 While the committee was study
l ing the bills, the wet leaders were
: preparing an amendment to the
1 Volstead Act to legalize beer.
Mrs. Ruth Tarr, 37 years old,
wife of W. E. Tarr of Juneau, died
in Juneau recently following the
birth of a child, reports the Ju
neau Empire. The child failed to
survive.
John Wells, formerly a cook.
I passed away at the Juneau Hos
. pital recently, because of heart di
sease, says the Empire.
TOKYO, Feb. 16. </P) — Japanese ,
military and political leaders are1
showing growing concern over the
j increasing popularity in China of j
I the 19th Chinese Army which is
defending Shanghai.
The Japanese leaders are anxious
ly watching this movement which
is drawing China together and
welding her into an apparently j
stronger and unified nation.
The foreign office of Japan in
structed its consul at Shanghai to j
| tell the United States and British
ministers that their countries land
ed troops at Shanghai and there i
| seemed to be no reason why Japan
'should not do likewise.
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 16. (ZP)— A
' suspicious looking package found in
! St. Peters church here was turned
| over to military experts. When they
j opened the package they found that
it contained high explosives,
j Authorities do not kno*’ whether
' it was placed in the church before
or after Premier Mussolini’s visit
to the Pope the other day. but they
| are of the opinion that the bomb
was placed with the intention of
|injuring or possibly killing both the
Premier and the Pope.
| HOPES WON T CUT ESTIMATE
j The Alaska Road Commission
will consider itself fortunate if it
gets $656,000 from Congress for it§'
fiscal year beginning July 1, next.
Major Malcolm Elliott, president of
the Road Commission, said in Ju
neau recently after he* returned
• from his annual visit to the capital.
That is the figure that was sub
i milted to Congress by the Bureau
i of Budget. “We hope that it wall
j pass both Houses of Congress un
t changed," the Major said.
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: FfiGES BEING RECALLED
! LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16. (ZP)—Ma
! yor John C. Porter, elected on a re
! form platform, faced a recall as
; 100.790 signatures have been filed
asking for ah election. The elec
tion will probably be held May 3.
Charges were made that Mayor
Porter failed to carry out his cam
paign pledges, that he was incom
petent, Inefficient, unsatisfactory
and dominated by the power trust
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UNFAVORABLE REPORT
WASHINGTON. D C„ Feb. 15.
i/P)—Major General Brown, chief
of Army engineers, submitted an
unfavorable report on the improve
ment of the Tanana River conflu
ence with the Yukon He said the
expected benefits would not com
mensurate the cost.
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SIGNS CONTRACT
| CHICAGO. Feb. 15. (ZP)—Burleigh
' Grimes, pitching hero of the 1931
! world series, signed a contract wdth
l the Chicago Cubs, calling for a re
t ported salary of $20,000 for the 1932
‘season. The Cubs traded Hack Wil
json and Bud Teachout to the St.
(Louis Cardinals for Grimes last
i December.
NEAR CHAMPIONSHIP
j CHICAGO, Feb. 15. (ZP) — Otto
j Reiselt of Philadelphia stood nearer
the world’s three-cushion billiard
1 throne and his hold on the lead in
! the 1932 championship was more
secure as the result of a dramatic
victory over Johnny Layton, the
former title-holder from Sedalia,
; Missouri.
JUDGE CARDOZA CHOSEN
TO SUCCEED HOLMES AS
U. S. CHIEF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D C„ Feb. 16.
i/P»—President Hoover Monday ap
pointed Benjamin Nathan Cordoza,
justice of the supreme court of New
York, to fill the place made vacant
by the resignation of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, as Chief Justice of the
United States.
Cardoza is a Democrat and has
served as a justice of New York
since his appointment in 1913. He
was selected by President Hoover
from more than a score of possibil
ities.
As Justice Cardoza appears to
have the approval of many of the
Congressional leaders, it is expected
that Congress will approve the ap
pointment at an early date.
COLLEEN MOORE WEDS
MIAMI BEACH. Fla., Feb. 16. (/P)
—Colleen Moore, former movie ac
tress, married A1 P Scott, New York
broker, Monday.
SEATTLE. Feb. 16. </P) — Kins
County officials Monday were at
; tempting to reconstruct a strange
double killing in a cottage at Au
, burn John Case. 49, a busdriver
! was found dead in his cottage with
a bullet wound in his forehead
: Case's housekeeper, Betty Woods
45. was found in an adjoining room
, and had three bullet wounds neai
! her heart. Her arms had been
brutally slashed with a razor which
was found on the floor nearby.
Near the body of Case, the police
found a note telling officials tc
notify Case’s relatives and gave
their addresses. A handwriting ex
: pert testified that the note was in
Case’s handwriting.
Because the doors and window.5
, of the cottage were locked from the
inside, the killings appeared to have
. been committed by Case. However
the gun used in the killings, o
pearl-handled -45 of frontier type
i was found near the body of the
housekeeper.
Police are working on the theorj
that there may have been a thirc
party who attempted to make the
double murder look like murdei
I and suicide.
HEM WITS'PEOPLE
TO STOP worn
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15
• f/p)—President Hoover appealed tc
| the country to stop hoarding mon
ey. In a public statement, thje
President estimated a billion anc
a quarter dollars which normallj
would be in banks, has been with
drawn and stored away.
He pointed out that because oJ
reserve requirements, every dollai
iso hoarded actually withdraws sev
' eral times its value from credit fa
j cilities, greatly retarding economic
recovery.
FIND POTASH IN SPAIN
BARCELONA, Feb. 15. (/P)—Riel
deposits of potash, and possibly alsc
petroleum, have been found by 3
geological commission in Catalonia
and eastern Navarre. The engi
neers say the deposits may prove
to be among the richest in th(
, world.
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PARIS LOSES LITTLE STREET
PARIS, Feb. 15. (JP) — Paris haj
| lost its smallest street, a thorough
! fare 18 feet long and six feet wide
known as “the Street of the Whitt
peacock.” Its buildings were pullet
! down to let a little light into th<
1 dingy old Hotel de Ville quarter.
TRADING SLOW
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (JP) — The j
stock market was slow and narrow
yesterday. The movement of Unit
I ed States bonds, however, took a
decided rise as a result of the Glass
| Steagall credit extension bill for the
j aid of banks and business.
CREOITEXTENSiONBlLL
! PASSED BY THE HOUSE
| LATE MONDAY EVENING,
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 16. '
UP)—The credit extension bill is up '
; to the Senate today after having ]
been passed late Monday night by '<
1 the House. There were only 15 op
posing votes after a day of fastest 1
\ consideration permitted by a sus
j pension of rules
The suspending of rules barred
i all amendments to the bill and cut
| the debate in the House down to
three hours duration.
I Senate action on the credit ex- i
tension measure was unexpected
today as a number of relief meas
ures are still before that body. The i
j administration felt certain that the
i Senate would defeat the LaFollette '
and Costigan $375,000,000 unem
; ployment relief measure.
Howard Long, Lakeview rancher,'
| arrived in Seward today on a brief
business visit.
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Herbert Blauman, a miner, died ■
of pneumonia at Juneau recently,
reports the Empire.
PROVIDE U.S. WITH WINE
■ LONDON, Feb. 16- UP)—A lead
ing London wine merchant believes
j that after the next election in the
United States that Congress will
be obliged by the strength of the
'Democratic party to make changes
in the prohibition law.
His view, he declared, is shared
by many members of that trade.
He also believed that the import
; rate on and the sale of low strength
wines might be permitted,
i Shippers of strong wines such as
( sherry and port, in the meantime,
| he added, are actively experiment
ing with various methods of re
ducing the alcohol content in or
der to conform to a weaker stand
’ j ard.
1 Capt. A. E. Lathrop, head of the
j varied Lathrop interests, is expect
ed to arrive in the city this evening
1: from the Interior, enroute South to
, | review and purchase late “talkie” J
| features for his chain of Empress
j theatres.
i BI-MEmUSM flPPMflS
FIVOnED AT CONFERENCE
!
DENVER, Feb. 16. </P)—1The spirit
of William Jennings Bryan, Sr ,:
| prevailed at the second session of
| the Western States Silver Confer
ence when miners, farmers, indus- j
trialists and laborers rallied to the
common cause for bi-metallism.
Most of the speakers avoided
mention of a specific ratio as to,
| the coinage of gold and silver ex
,1 cept to say that nature made the j
ratio because miners usually bring |
out from 14 to 16 ounces of silver i
to one ounce of gold.
A resolution committee is prepar
ing an outline of activities for the
organization.
WAR FLOWERS PROVE PEST
BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 15.
; (JP)—Scarlet poppies imported from
■ Flanders and planted widely in
, Queensland “f o r remembrance” I
! have become a pest to farmers who
1 find hand-pulling the only effect
; ive means of destroying the tena
scious plants.
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JAPAN IS GOING TO
UNITED STATES FILES COUPLE
MORE PROTESTS REGARDING
ARTILLERY INCIDENT
SHANGHAI, Feb. 16. (/P) — The
nassing of Chinese forces contin
led yesterday and the Chinese are
ioing everything they can to be in
readiness for a climatic fight ex
acted within a few days. The Jap
inese still stand firm in that they
ntend to clear the Yangtze valley
jf Chinese.
The United States sent in a note
;o Japanese commanders protesting
rhe falling of 12 artillery shells in
the vicinity occupied by United
States Marines. A note was also
dispatched protesting the Japan
ese’s continued use of the Interna
tional Settlement for their Shang
hai military operations.
The Japanese government has de
cided that it will be necessary to
send more troops to Shanghai be
cause of the great influx of Chinese
troops.
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Ft™ BP
PHALIDELPHIA, Feb. 16. (/P) —.
Four men were killed when a truc’L
was struck by a freight train.
* The dead are Frank Johnson. 55;
Michael Diehn, 40; John Adams, 38,
and Joseph Stusky, 36.
They were enroute to work at a
Ford plant. Chester Daniel Mur
phy, 38, and Thomas Martin. 40,
were seriously hurt. The truck was
dragged 300 yards before the freight
came to a stop.
NEW ANCHORAGE MAYOR
Seward friends of Mr. and Mrs.
James J. Delaney, popular young
Anchorage couple, will be happy to
learn of the new addition to the
family Monday morning, a boy. Mo
ther and babe are reported to be
doing splendidly. Mr. Delaney, chief
clerk. Alaska Railroad, and Mayor
of Anchorage, is said to have had a
busy day yesterday passing around
big fat cigars. Up to the time of go
ing to press no cigars had been sent
to ye bald-headed editor.
SHANGHAI, Feb- 16. (iP)—Troops
massed on both the Chinese and
Japanese sides and during these
preparations there was little activ -
ity but all indications were that a
vigorous battle was immiment.
The Chinese infantry marched,
the cavalry dashed, and the artil
lery set up their guns as the Japan
ese continued to unload her troops,
munitions and artillery.
The Japanese have 30 planes
ready to take off on a new flying
field which they are constructing
outside of Shanghai and they will
probably use these planes in the im
pending battle.
RIFLE CLUB MEETING
A meeting of the Seward Rifle
Club was held last evening in the
American Legion club rooms. The
bylaws for the Seward organization
wfere formally adopted at last
night’s meeting and officers elect
ed. A program of the club’s ac
tivities was also outlined.
Assist. General Manager Holmes
of the Alaska Railroad arrived in
Seward today from the Anchorage
headquarters to meet Col Otto F
Ohlson, general manager, who is
returning from his annual trip to
Washington, D. C. Business Car No.
1 was attached to the mixed train.
Attend the Inter-city Games: Cordova Hi vs. Seward