MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 299.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ROOSEVELT GOING TO CAPITOL
MONDAY THEN TO GEORGIA
FOR VACATION
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 17, —
President Hoover was back at his
desk yesterday, smiling and appar
ently not worried at his defeat at
the polls for reelection.
The President was greeted pro
fusely by scores of freinds, con
ferees and children upon his ar
rval from his California home.
During the day he held contin
uous conferences wth party lead
ers, members of his cabinet and
other officials, most of the confer
ences being on the subject of wax
debts and payments.
The President is also working oix
his informal conference with Pres
ident-elect F. D. Roosevelt in the
next few days.
Attention was also directed to
the report that many European
consuls representing the United
States were dealing illegally in
passports. The Immigration de
partment said no evidence of such
racketeering has shown itself thus
far.
Over in Albany President -elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt left his bed
for the first time in six days and,
after preparing a Thanksgiving
address, again retired for more
rest; Mr. Roosevelt is in excellent
health but taking this means of re
cupei’ating from his vigorous cam
paigning.
He refused to comment on the
possibility of American recognition
of Soviet Russia.
He plans to leave for Washing
ton, D. C., Monday for his confer
ence with the President, and the
lowing day, Tuesday, hopes to be j
on his way to Warm Springs, Ga., j
for a six-wreeks vacation.
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Nov. IT. (TP)—
Something new in Christmases is;
proposed for the South this year—a |
“cotton Christmas.”
The objective of the movement,
sponsored by the Association for
the Increased Use of Cotton, is to
have every present given during
the holiday season made of cotton,
or involve the use of cotton.
The association has listed large !
numbeis of gifts for men, women
and children, and merchants will be
urged to feature cotton gifts. Cigar
and candy manufacturers will be
asked to wrap their packages in
cotton.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 17, —Mrs. j
Libby Olson held on the charge of;
having murdered a contractor, as(
js also her husband, denied on the
stand yesterday that she had fired
the fatal shot. She claimed to;
have been visiting relatives during i
the early part of that evening then j
returning home with her husband
where they retired for the night.
KISS FIRES JOCKEY
ST LOUIS, Mo., oNv. 17, UP)—
Gilda Gray, dancer, kissed Jockey
Howard Bracken when the latter’s
mount won the fifth race on a ,
Fairmount program, named in Gil
cla’s honor. Bracken then booted
home winners in ail three remain
ing events of the afternoon.
P. J. Hussey, formerly of Kenne
cott and Seward, is opening a ma
chine and general repair shop in
Juneau.
SO SHE DIED—
CHICAGO, Nov. 17— Mrs. R. J.
Short wrote a poem to her hus
band then drank a bottle of poi
son. The husband told the police
that she had committed suicide be
cause he was unable and did not
have money with which to take her
to dances.
CHAMP CRAP SHOOTER
ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 17—The
world’s champion crap shooter, F.
Glum, died here yesterday.
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BACK TO ATLANTIC
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Nov. 17.—
Navy officials said that the scout- j
ing fleet may soon be ordered back ;
to their Atlantic stations.
URGES REPEAL DRY LAW
CHICAGO, Nov. 17,—The Illinois
House of Representatives has urg
ed the Chief Executive to repeal
the dry laws.
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FISHERMEN STRANDED
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 17.—
Twelve San Diego fishermen are
stranded on Cocos Island, it was re
ported yesterday. Their vessel, the
Clipper was destroyed by fire
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DAWES IS OUT
CHICAGO, Nov. 17. — Former
Vice-president Charles Dawes has
announced his definite retirement
from Dolitics and will devote his
time to his banking business.
WORK FOR 2,000
NEW YORK, Nov. 17—The Pierce
Arrow Motor Co., announced yes
terday that it had recalled 2 000
of its former workers to the factor
ies.
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STORMY ARGENTINE
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 17—Storms
are reported sweeping over certain
districts of the country but because
of meager details, little is known.
It was said that scores of houses
have been leveled.
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FiFTY-EIGIIT DIED
TOKIO. Nov. 17—Fifty-eight
seamen are known to have lost
their lives in hte sinking of the SS.
Kaisha Maru and Unki Maru; 38
were lest on the former and 22 on
the latter.
TUMPED TO DEATH
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, —Harold
Shisky, a former New York musi
cian, after failing in an attempt to
kill himself by slashing his wrists,
jumped to his death from the
ninth floor of an office building.
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INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 17, —
The annual investigation of cam
paign expenses and charges of
crookedness will start this year in
the State of Deleware and Penn
sylvania, it was announced here
yesterday.
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UNDER ADVISEMENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, —The
United States Supreme Court has
taken under advisement Gov. Ross
Sterlings communication with re
gard to oil company trouoles in
Texas western fields which may re
sult in martial law.
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RUMOR RIDICULOUS
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17,—L. Cut
ler of Stanford University, brand
ed as ridiculous the rumor that
President Hoover, upon leaving the
White House March 4, would as
sume the presidency of the univer
sity.
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SOCIETY ROBBED
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—Six Chica
go society women, while playing
bridge, were held up by two dapper
bandits and robbed of $5,000 in
jewels and cash. Mrs. Robert
Mathe-vson, the hostess, said they
saw the two robbers leave in a car
driven by a third man.
Fifteen below zero at Anchorage
was today’s report from the Inlet
city.
Unga
Dimond 34; Wickersham 7; Paul
5; Rustgard 17; Truitt 17; Boyle 18;
Cole 21; Karnes 12; Keller 28; Ray
21; Hesse 30; Wann 8; Campbell
18; Hof man 28; Larson 21; Mc
Cutchcon 20; McDonald 9; Nafsted;
17; Patterson 23; Pliinn 3; Taylor j
23. Total votes cast 43.
Bristol Bay Precinct No. 1
Dimond 17; Wickersham 7; Paul
2; Rustgard 10; Truitt 12; Boyle
14; Cole 10; Karnes 9; Keller 15;
Hesse 16; Wann 8; Campbell 20; 1
Ray 4; Hofman 12; Larson 5; Me- j
Cutcheon 18; McDonald 9; Nafsted
6; Patterson 14; Phinn 5; Taylor
14. Road Commissioners, Edmunds
1; Osterhaus 1; Gardner 1.
FIRST DIVISION TOTALS
With only nine precincts missing i
out of 54 but these including two
large ones, Metlakatla and Yaku
tat and seven smaller ones, returns
from the First Division follows:
Dimond 4425; Wickersham 1671;
Paul 1576; Rustgard 2060; Truitt
2532; Boyle 3657; Cole 2336; Karnes .
3649; Wann 1599; Johnson 1570;
Keller 2336; Hesse 4114; Walker
4222; Baronovich 3768; Green 3405;
Hansen 2012; Judson 3607; Kehoe
3582; Kubley 1953; Scruby 1919;
Winn 2241.
BERLIN, Nov. 17, — Chancellor
von Papen is reported as desiring
to resign his high office but that
his aged compeer, Gen. von Hin
denberg would be left practically
alone to battle the encircling poli
tical parties, especially Hitler’s Na
zis.
The present difficulty is endeav
oring to form a coalition pact with
these troublesome political forces'
which are keeping the nation in
a constant embrolio.
In the meantime Germany has!
decided to honor the 70th birthday i
of Poet Gerhard Hofman by pre
senting him with a gold medal.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, -Ex-may- ,
or Jimmy Walker’s wardrobe, or:
rather that which he left behind, i
was taken in charge yesterday i
by a paper hanger to whom Wal- j
ker owed a small bill.
But the hotel manager had al- j
ready attached the trunks for a |
bill of $500 which Walker forgot to !
pay before he left for Europe.
In the meantime the dapper Mr.;
Walker is far out at sea with a lady '
friend and her mama.
!
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov 17—A
soldier of the G3rd Field Artillery,
fell GOG feet to his death into a
canyon and narrowly averted tak
ing workers on the Hoover Dam
down with him. The soldier was
warned to keep away from that
particular point but disregarded
orders to satisfy his curiosity.
TWO GIRLS missing
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.—Police
are scouring the country for two
rehcol girls, Mary Ellen White. 16,
and Evelyn Gibron, 13, who disap
peared last Sunday. Miss White
was wearing a valuable diamond
ring. No motive foi their disap
pearance is known.
ELECTION TOTALS
SUMMARIES
Territory—
Dimeud .
Wickersham
Paul .. .
Rustgard
7558
2895
2374
3585
4388
5948
4015
6718
2818
5216
4840
Truitt
Boyle
Cole - .
Hesse .
Wann
Karnes
Keller
MAJORITIES
Truitt
Boyle
Hesse
Karnes
Dimond
4663
803
1933
3900 1
376 j
FIRST DIVISION
Dimond 3373, Wickersham 1178, t
Paul 1144, Rustgard 15,46, Truitt j
1883, Boyle 2780, Cole 1723, Karnes j
2614, Keller 1858, Hesse 3077, Wann |
1149.
SECOND DIVISION
Dimond 393, Wickersham 237,,
Paul 111, Rustgard 297, Truitt 295,!
Boyle 351, Cole 238, Karnes 257, Kel
ler 337 Hesse 404, Wann 166.
THIRD DIVISION
Dimond 2351, Wickersham 966,
Paul 673, Rustgard 1074, Truitt
1372, Boyle 1635, Cole 1423, Karnes j
1473, Keller 1629, Hesse 2078, Wann
909.
FOURTH DIVISION
Dimond 1441, Wickersham 514,
Paul 446, Rustgard 668, Truitt 838,
Boyle 1182, Cole 631. Karnes 842,
Keller 1016, Hesse 1159, Wann 594.
Senatorial and House, 3rd Div.
Campbell .. 1620
Ray . 1550
Hofman . 1697
Larson . 1053
McCutcheon .. 1507
McDonald . 1290
Nafsted . 1396
Patterson . 1485
Phinn . 1085
Taylor . 1719
There are about 20 precincts yet
to be heard from in this division,
most of them from the Westward.
BELFAST, Ireland, Nov. 17.—The
Prince of Wales arrived to dedicate
a public building. No anti-impe
rialistic demonstrations were stag
ed nor any disturbance reported.
Streets and stores were decorat
ed in festive colors the city in gen
eral taking on the air of a gala
event for the Prince’s arrival and
Ulster building dedication.
The Prince intends to spend at
least three days here visiting and
playing golf. He has no personal
fear for his life.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—Aimee John
son Mollison. noted British avia
trix, 30 hours out from London
yesterday, was safely across the
hazardous Sahara desert, and well
on her way to Cape Town, Africa,
in an effort to lower her husband’s
record of four days. 17 hours and 19
minutes.
SPECIAL SESSION
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 17.—Farm-j
ers have asked President-elect j
Franklin D. Roosevelt that he call j
a special session of Congress if the j
short session feils to consider n,v
ricultural problems. The grange
is represented by 75,000 members
from 27 states.
Sachem is a show boat. She was
at Juneau last week. Carrying a
cinema projection machine and a
large variety of screen attractions,
.she is cruising Southeast Alaska
exhibiting talking pictures at plac
es having no theatres.
OH HUM
PARIS, Nov. 17.—Greta Garbo,
the Swedish actress, was harrassed
by newspapermen Wednesday who
soon spotted the mystery woman
in cape and spectacles. She will
probably recover.
ICE-BREAKER LOST
MOSCOW, Nov. 17.—The Soviet
ice-breaker No. 9 is reported to be
lost in the Siberian Arctic and all i
on board frozen.
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LARGE ORDER
NEW YORK, Nov. 17,—The Wes
tinghouse Airbrake Co., received a
$150,000 order yesterday from the
Pennsylvania Railway.
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OUT ON PAROLE
LOS ANGELE, Nov. 17.—D. B.
Hoffman, in prison since 1925, on
a charge of murdering John Shaf
fer, a rancher, was paroled Wed
nesday by Governor James Rolf.
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ENVELOPED BY STORM
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, —A storm
of considerable intensity was re
ported to be moving towards this
city yesterday and was expected to j
arrive during the night.
CABINET CRISIS
BERLIN, Nov. 17.—A crisis arose
in the German cabinet yesterday
which refused to co-operate in re
constructing the ministry. An ex
traordinary session was called for
last night.
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MONUMENT
KITTYHAWK, N. C.( Nov. 17, —
Next Saturday the United States
government will unveil a monu
ment here for the Wright brothers
for their discoveries and experi-!
ments in aviation.
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IDEALS CRUMBLED
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17.—The
home-coming of the Columbus Col
lege football team was a drunken
orgy and “ideals crumbled,” ac
cording to an editorial appearing
in the college weekly paper.
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EVEN PEACEFUL DENMARK
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 17, — The
most heated election in the history
of Denmark is underway here with
the election of members to the:
lowrer branch of the House. Black
eyes and bruises marked yester
day's casualties.
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MAKES AN OFFER
SEATTLE, Nov. 17, —Mayor John
Dore has delegated two attorneys
to travel Eastward and make Stone
& Webster offers of $3,000,000 for
their street car holdings and $1,
000.000 for their power and light
utilities.
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KILLER SENTENCED
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17,—Vern
Durand, alleged killer, stood up in j
court yesterday and with a tremb-!
ling lip heard the judge sentence}
him to one to 10 years for man- |
slaughter in connection with the
murder of Mrs. Jesse Scott Hughes- j
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SAVED FROM BRINY DEEP
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 17, —V. Shuler, j
23, and R. Workles, 28, were saved
from the sea when the young men
in their small skiff were picked up
nine miles offshore heading toward
Asia. They said they -had been!
caught in a wind drift.
FREIGHTER SUNK
TOKIO, Nov. 17.—A Japanese j
freighter was reported to have |
sunk off the Japanese coast in'
Monday’s typhoon. The vessel was
loaded with American lumber and
grain. It is believed the entire
crew was lost.
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HOPEFUL SIGNS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.— j
President Hoover’s invitation to |
President-elect Franklin D. Roose
velt for a White House conference
wras interpreted by observers as a
hopeful sign of continued business
recoveiy.
The MS North Star, of the Bur
eau of Indian Affairs, left for the
south during the night.
tISTEi HALF OF 0. S.
CHICAGO. Nov. 17, —Scores of
lives are reported to have been
lost in the Middle-West in the
heavy snow storms and blizzards
which have been sweeping thruout
these States and on to the East
coast during the last two days.
At Detroit and Toledo, nine in
ches of snow fell, at St Louis six
inches and at Kansas City 10 in
ches. At many points in Mississ
ippi, lcwa and Nebraska, the tem
peratuie registered seven above
zero and at Eagle, Alaska, 40 below
The cold wave and record bliz
zards rolled in from the Ohio val
ley country and from Indiana and
Michigan came reports of block
aded traffic and disrupted street
car and railway arteries owing to
heavy falls of snow.
Pittsburg reports cold weather
and temperatures were dropping
along the Atlantic seaboard, indi
cating the approach of freezing
temperatures and storms.
ME PASSENGER
EOT II REAL THRILL
WITHOUT II PILOT
CHICAGO, Nov. 17, — Elmer
Scott, assistant fire chief, was sit
ting in a friend’s plane yesterday
while the pilot spun the prop. The
engine suddenly took ahold and
the plane began to wabble down
the field with no one at the con
trols. Scott knew nothing about
about a ship but began pulling this
and that gadget until he found the
right one and shut off the engine.
Speaking about his experience
later Scott said if the plane had
left the ground he would have been
in real difficulties but nevertheless
would have done his best. The pilot
forgot to throttle the motor down
before turning the prop over by
hand.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, —Mary
Helen Davis appealed to the court
to have her former husband cited
for contempt of court for iailure
to pay her alimony in the sum of
$250 a month. The husband has
vanished from former haunts. The
woman was granted a divorce af
ter testimony was heard behind
closed doors.
__ A
EAST LONDON, Nov. 17, (/P)—
Doctors here say they have discov
ered the most poisonous of all spi
ders. Its bite, causing severe blood
poisoning, is considered fatal. The
medical men who have seen it say
it looks ilke a common fly and
jumps like a flea. They haven't
yet identified its species.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 17—A1 Ca
pone, dethroned Chicago racketeer,
who is sojourning for 10 years in
the local Federal hostile, opened a
legal battle yesterday to gain his
liberty.
But his petition wras dismissed.
Capone’s attorneys claimed he
never should have been tried in
Chicago for tax income evasion, for
the charge was brought after the
alleged act.
Capone chewed gum slowrly du
ring the proceedings.
TURKEY SHOOT
DAY LONG