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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 65. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
APACHE EM
' THOT BEEN REASON
WHITE GIRL KILLED
FELLOW TRIBESMAN IS AN IM
PORTANT GOVERNMENT
WITNESS
GLOBE, Ariz., Mar. 18.—Break
ing all tradition of his clannish and
close-mouthed tribe, a young
Apache Wednesday accused a fel
low tribesman, his own brother
in-law, of killing Henrietta Schmer
ler, white university student.
* Robert Gatewood, star govern
ment witness, testified that Golney
Seymour, aged 21, confessed he had
assaulted Miss Schmerler, then kill
ed her because she threatened to
report him.
The young range rider defendant,
already pale after months of im
prisonment, turned almost white
as he heard his friend pronounce
'.he words which the government
hopes will send Seymour to the gal
lows.
Gatewood told about passing
Miss Schmerler’s cabin at dusk last
July 18, and seeing her mount Sey
mour’s horse behind him and ride
off in the direction of an Indian
village where a dance was in prog
ress.
9 According to Apache etiquette,
when a woman mounts a horse
with a man, she openly admits in
timacy with that man. Miss
Schmerler was ignorant of that be
lief. Seymour interpreted her act
n the only manner he knew. He
allegedly assaulted her, then beat
ner to death to prevent her telling.
BERLIN, Mar. 18.—The Prussian j
government accepted the challenge !
)f the Hitler forces by raiding the
National Socialist headquarters
'hroughout the State after disclos
ures purporting to reveal plans for
a civil war.
The Ministry of the Interior is
-ued a statement that the signal
for the march on big cities would
oe a telegraphic flash “Grandmo
"her is dead,” and said Hitler’s
‘storm troops,” ostensibly organ
ized to quell Communist revolts,
would no longer be tolerated.
The grandmother message was
found attached to maps and plans
seized, officials said.
National Socialist leaders said
he raids were a political move to
strengthen the government for
•^lection April 10.
FOUR POINT PURI
st. mien out
DUBLIN, Mar. 18. —The 1500th
anniversary of St. Patricks landing
found Eamonn de Valera, new
President, announcing a four-point
program; merger of the Free State
and Ulster; abolition of the oath
of allegiance to the King; abolition
of the $10,000,000 land annuities
paid the British government, and
suspension of military courts to
try Irish for offenses against the
government.
The main ceremonies were at
Saul County Down where the giant
statue of the Saint which will be
visible for many miles, is to be
erected.
SIX INDICTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 17.—Six
.ndictments of counterfeiting were
brought in by the Federal grand
iury.
PLANS SUBMITTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 17.—Two
plans for disposal of the steamer
City of Honolulu, which burned
two years ago, have been submit
ted.
ANALYZING VOTE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17.—
The division of the House members’
vote on the decent vote in the
House calling for a resubmission
of the prohibition question to the
various States is being analyzed by
both wet and dry leaders in order
that they can forestall what action
will probably be the most success
! ful in the future.
ALASKA’S JUDICIAL
DIVISIONS AAAY BE
CHANGED HDUSE BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 18.
(fP) — Representative Summers,
chairman oif the House Judiciary
Committee, Thursday introduced a
bill providing that “there shall be
only one district judge, one clerk
of court, one district attorney and
one U. S. marshal for the Second
and Fourth Divisions in the Terri
tory of Alaska.”
Under the terms in the proposed
measure, the officials now serving
in the Second and Fourth Divisions
would continue in office until June
30, 1932, or until their successors
have been appointed and have
qualified for the positions.
The bill, if it becomes law, will
cut out one set of officials of the
two complete sets now serving the
Second and Fourth Divisions.
5 BILLION LN 2 HOURS
BELGIUM, Mai*. 17.—A five bil
lion dollar international loan was
floated here in two hours for the
benefit of the unemployed and two
year economic plan. Belgium mon
ey is par in part of the world.
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THREE MEN SHOT
MUNIMORE, Ireland, Mar. 18—
An attempt to stage a St. Patricks
Day parade here resulted in three
men being shot.
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SOAKED TO SKIN
NEW YORK, Mar. 18.—The St.:
Patricks Day celebration here wras
more or less of a disappointment!
on account of the weather. Twenty |
thousand marchers and 20 bands;
were soaked to the skin by a heavy 1
downpour.
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TWO MORE POP UP
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 17.—Two j
California women joined the many j
alleged relaitves of the late Ida j
Mayfield Wood, New York million
airess hermit, anticipating a share
of the great fortune.
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DRYS WILL SMILE
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 17.—City j
Federals staged their biggest raid I
here Monday when they seized!
$150,000 worth of Bourbon and j
Scotch whiskey in a garage; two
autos were confiscated and 14 men I
arrested.
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WOMAN KEYNOTE SPEAKER I
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17.—
The Republican party is seriously
considering having a woman make
the keynote speech at the Chicago
National Convention.
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STOLE $7—GOT 30 YEARS
TUCSON, Ariz., Mar. 17.—William
Van Meter, in stealing $7, wounded
a deputy marshal. He was given
30 years.
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LEARN TO DODGE ’EM
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 17.—Citizens
have no recourse if struck by fly
ing, according to a police state
ment.
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EYE IS “OAK”
LONDON, Mar. 17. (IP)— W. S.
“Duke” Elder, an oculist, examined
Premier Ramsay MacDonald and
found his left eye “very satisfac
tory.” An operation was perform
ed recently.
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FOR UNEMPLOYED
SAN DIEGO, Mar. 17.—The mil
lion dollar terminal will be com
pleted in a few weeks and at its
dedication a big benefit for the
unemployed is planned.
SECRET CONFERENCE
HELD IT HOPEWELL
LIT MO POLICE
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 18. (/P)—
Police officials held a secret con
ference with Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh last night at his Sour
land Hills estate but did not dis
close the nature of the conference.
The police continued their search
today but as yet no results are ap
parent. It is understood that they
have asked the Denver police de
partment to check up on an alleged
gang fight in that city Thursday.
It is believed that Denver gang
sters may have a connection in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case and
that it was knowledge on the part
of a rival gang that had provoked
the fight- The Denver police have
not reported back.
The belief persists that Lind
bergh is in communication with
the kidnappers but any verification
of this fact is closely guarded.
Police Chief Swartzkopf, who has
charge of the investigation, was
queried by reporters if there was
anything to the rumor that notes
addressed to Lindbergh by the sup
posed abductors of the child were
accompanied by pieces of the baby’s
night clothes. The police chief re
fused to answer the query.
JAPANESE STEAMERS
BELIEVER BEEN LOST
LONDON, Mar .18.—Two Japan
ese steamers with a total of 160 pas
sengers and crew were believed
lost Wednesday, the Kobe corres
pondent of the Daily Herald re
ported.
The coastal steamer Choan Maru
struck a submerged rock in a dense
fog near Chefoo Saturday and had j
disappeared. There were 110 pas
sengers and crew aboard.
The steamer Takei Maru with 50 j
aboard had not been heard from j
since sending out an SOS call dux- i
ing a blizzard several days ago j
while enroute to Vladivostok.
GREATEST COMMERCIAL
BLAST IN HISTORY
MANISTIQUE, Mich., Mar. 18.—j
Fifteen carloads of high explosives
were to be set off here in what en
gineers call the largest commercial
blast in history.
The explosion will bring down
more than 1,250,000 tons of quarry
limestone, enough to keep the shov
els busy for a year without more
blasts to interrupt work.
WHY WAIT?
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17 —
The Senate deferred action on the
bill to eliminate the Federal Farm
Board.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS?
MASON, Ga., Mar. 18.—The State
Forester declared that the Swannee
River is drying up. But the moon
“still comes over the mountains.”
OIL FROM TREES
HOQUIAM, Wash., Mar. 17—The
forests of the Olympic Peninsula
are becoming famed for oils as well
as timber. Many people are em
ployed extracting oils from certain
trees which find a ready market
in the East.
TOO LATE! TOO LATE!
FRESNO, Calif., Mar. 17. —Leo
Siebert must go to prison for em
bezzling from an estate of which
he was the custodian. He claimed
he did not know he had overdrawn
his allowance.
ON THE DOTTED LINE
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Mar. 18.—
Tony Succinello, infielder, traded
by Cincinnati to Brooklyn, signed
his contract at the local club of
fices and will leave for the train
ing camp at Clearwater, Fla.
ROOSEVELT STRENGTH
SAID BEEN INCREASED
IN DAKOTA ELECTION
(By BYRON PRICE)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 18
</P)—The result of the North Da
kota primary election indicates
that Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt commands the rank and file
of Western voters and breaks down
the belief that “Alfalfa Bill” Mur
ray, of Oklahoma, has become an
idol of the distressed agriculture
region voters.
The results of the North Dakota
primary election also served as a
warning to the Republicans of the
general dissatisfaction which has
been occasioned by their present
regime. The most ominous warning
to the Republicans was the record
Democratic vote cast in this nor
mally Republican State.
Franklin D. Roosevelt now has
50 delegates pledged to vote for his
nomination and although President
Hoover has a majority number of
delegates pledged at present, he
may be defeated by the uninstruct
ed delegates which resulted from
the North Dakota vote.
BIG TAX BATTLE IS
UNDERWAY TODAY IN
NATIONAL CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 18.—
The $1,000,000,000 tax battle is
nearing a showdown in the House.
General debate on the tax bill will
end at 10:30 p. m. today under an
agreement reached on the floor.
The bill will then be taken up un
der a five-minute limited debate
for votes upon each provision.
Anti-sales tax forces were to or
ganize in preparation for the start
of voting on amendments.
DROPPED DEAD
CORDOVA, Mar. 18. (IP)— P. Otto
Holm, whose residence is not
known, dropped dead here Thurs
day night while the steamer Yukon
was in port. Holm had a ticket
from Seattle to Seward and was a
passenger on the liner Yukon. In
Cordova, he left the vessel and went
uptown. On one of the city streets
he dropped dead. He had about $42
in cash on his person and he was
identified by the papers and tickets
he carried. No indication was
given as to what his occupation or
his previous residence by the pa
pers. His age was given as about
63. Holm is unknown in Cordova.
INVITED HERB
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17.—
Conrad Nagel, movie star, called on
President Hoover extending an in
vitation to him to visit Hollywood
film folk upon his visit to Los An
geles this summer when he offi
cially opens the Olympic Games.
NEW ANAESTHETIC
CHICAGO, Mar. 17.—Physicians;
at the Cook County hospital here
Wednesday found that they could
not use any anaesthetics to per
form an operation for the removal
of tonsils from a Miss Morrison,
because of Miss Morrison’s physi
cal condition. To use an anaesthetic
would have been to endanger her
life. The physicians then resorted
to hypnotism.
ANOTHER ONE SUICIDES
BERLIN, Mar. 18. —M. Margus,
head of the Esthonian match
monopoly and associate of Ivar
Kreuger, hanged himself at Riva
because of financial difficulties.
BIG BIRD COLLECTION
NEW YORK, Mar. 17. (£>)—The
Rothschild collection of 200,000
birds has been purchased in part
by the American Museum of Nat
ural History and will be shipped
here from England.
REFUNDED $70,000
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 18.—
The Internal Revenue Bureau re
funded $70,000, tax refund, to the
Bank of Italy in San Francisco.
MANY ARE ILL
ABERDEEN, Wash., Mar. 13.—
Eighty members of the Eagles or
der in the Grays Harbor district
were under the care of physicians
Wednesday from what was believed
to be ptomaine poisoning. The poi
soning was believed to have been
contracted Tuesday night when
they attended an Eagle lodge rally
at Olympia, Wash.
FINAL SETTLEMENT OF
HOSTILITIES FAR EAST
i IS EXPECTED SOON
SHANGHAI, Mar. 18.—The way
was further cleared for a final set
tlement of the Sino-Japanese con
flict with the announcement that
China and Japan, each conceding
important points, had agreed upon
a cessation of hostilities.
The Japanese agreed to withdraw
the 11th Division and the 24th
Mixed Brigade of her Shanghai
army, while China agreed to make
no attempt- to advance her lines
beyond their present positions west
of Shanghai.
ACCEPT WAGE CUT
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 18.—City
j employees agreed to accept a wage
| cut which will give the city an ad
i ditional $500,000 for the year.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 18.—
Authoritative information at the
capitol indicated that President
Hoover has sought the assistance of
j House farm leaders in an effort to
! block the Senate resolution direct
j ing the Reconstruction Finance
: Corporation to use $200,000,000 for
i immediate crop loans.
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favorable; balance
WASHINGTON, D.C ., Mar. 18.—
| The United States had a favorable
i trade balance of $24,000,000 in Feb
ruary, the Commerce Department
reported. Exports for the month
! totaled $155,000,000 and imports ag
gregated $131,000,000.
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FACING SERIOUS FLOODS
KRASNODAR, Russia, Mar. 18.—
Six regions in the northern Cau
casian Mountains, including 50 vil- j
lages and half the population of
the Republic of ^Adyge, suffered j
floods by the Kuban River Wed- I
nesday, following a recent unpre
cedented snowfall in the moun
tains.
A HIGH JUMPER >
HAMILTON, Ontario, Mar. 18.—
George Spitz, in an athletic meet
here, Wednesday set a new world’s
record for pole vaulting. Spitz
leaped over the bar when it was
set at 16 feet 7 y2 inches. This is
said to be one inch under his best
height.
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UNUSUAL ACCIDENT
SEATTLE, Mar. 18.—In a most
unusual accident, Glenn Erdling
died here Wednesday. Erdling fell
down an open elevator shaft and
the descending car crushed him to
death.
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EVANGELIST IN HOSPITAL
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 17.—Aimee
Semple MacPherson Hutton Wed
nesday underwent a blood transfu
sion and the evangelist is now said
to be resting comfortably and is in
no danger.
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BIG LIBEL SUIT
KANSAS CITY, Mar. 17. —The
$12,000,000 libel suit against the!
Kansas City Star by the Dougherty
oil interests, begins today.
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TALK REDUCTION
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 18.—A
reduction of baseball admission
prices will be one of the subjects
of a forthcoming meeting between
Pacific Coast League baseball of
ficials here soon. The officials are
at present waiting to see if the ad
mission prices will be subject to a
Federal tax.
PEACE EFFORTS OF
RECENT* STRIFE
LEAGUE’S COMMISSION ESTI
MATES 6,080 WERE KILLED
IN SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, Mar. 18.—The League
of Nations’ inquiry commission
agreed Wednesday to participate in
peace negotiation at Shanghai,
where municipal authorities esti
mated 6,080 persons were killed in
the recent warfare between Chin
ese and Japanese.
The authorities placed .the num -
ber of wounded at 2,000, the .missing
at 10,040 and property damage es
timated at $350,000,000. It wa& es -
timated that 160,000 families were
affected.
The peace negotiations continued
unsuccessful, but new hope for an
armistice was raised by the an
nouncement that the League of Na -
tions’ commission would partici -
pate in conferences, delaying its
departure until March 26.
The Japanese minister, Namora
Shigemitsu, disclosed that he had
held a secret conference with Dr.
Wellington Koo, former Chinese
foreign minister, but as yet had
reached no agreement. Another
meeting will be held immediately,
after which it is hoped a truce will
be arranged.
WETS
OF
HAD HU. 1
DRINKS UNO DRYS,
HANDFUL OF VOTES
BEVERLEY HILLS, Calif., Mar.
18.—Will Rogers says “Congressmen
voted not on prohibition but voted
in keeping the people from voting
on it. Now the Wets are not as
sore at prohibition as they are the
fact that they were never iii their
lives allowed to vote on it.
“The Drys can win at a general
election now', but let the thing drag
on for four more years and they
will lose. So, it looks kinder short
sighted on the Drys’ part not to let
the people vote while the going w’as
good.
“But, it’s one of those things that
are out of the hands of the people
now and into the hands of the poli
ticians. The Wets have got a hand
ful of drinks and the Dry’s think
they got a handful of votes.”
Mill BANDIT'S FBEEDOM
SOUGHT 0) POLICEMAN
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 18. —A
move to obtain freedom for Roy
Gardner, California’s most noted
mail bandit and train robber, was
started here Wednesday by Louis
Sonney, who, as a policeman in
Centralia, Wash., captured him af
ter one of his numerous escapes.
“I think; Roy has paid the price,”
Mr. Sonney explained. “There was
something wrong with his head. He
is not a bad one. I think he is en
titled to commutation.”
Sonney said he was certain that
Warden James B. Holohan, of San
Quentin, will be among the first
to support him. Gardner, thrown
in a dungeon at Atlanta after an
attempted break, is now at Leaven
worth. His sentence expires in
1938.
SHOULD HAVE DIED
NEW. YORK, Mar. 17. —Julius
Diamond, a decorator, slipped and
fell through five stories of sky
lights, landing without injury but
as a result of the cost of replacing
the damage, was discharged.
The SS Admiral Evans, of the
Pacific Steamship Company, is due
today from Kodiak and is scheduled
to sail South early in the evening,
probably at 6 p. m.
Seward Hi School Dramatic Contest April 2 and 4