VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 52.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 4,1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EXPECTANT CITE
INAUGURAL CEREMONIES FO
CAL POINT FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4,—
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the
new deal in government came to
their high responsibilities, ac
claimed by assembled thousands
and surrounded from the first
moment by pressing public orob
lems which riveted the expectant
gaze of the whole world upon
them, as inaugural ceremonies in
ducted the new President into
office.
President Roosevelt intends to
apply all of his energy to the
banking situation with prospects
of far-reaching action before his
administration is many hours old.
Last evening he conferred with
chosen advisers in his hotel suite,
while Hoover, a half-mile away in
the White House, was ending four
troubled years in office and at
grips with the same problem.
The whole inaugural scene today
was overcast with the feeling of
suspense and tense expectancy
ASKS BLESSINGS
'fo the historic Episcopal St.
Johns Church in the shadow of
the White House, Mr. Roosevelt
went this morning before becom
ing President of the United States,
to invoke Divine blessngs upon his
administration.
With him went Cabinet mem
bers and their families and with
bowed heads htey heard Reverend
Endicott- Peabody, who married
the Roosevelts 28 years ago. ask
spiritual aid for the new Presi
dent and Nation.
The special service was arrang
ed by Roosevelt; it’s purpose was
explained that as a private citizen
he was going to church before un
dertaking the great office and he
was going to say prayers, said
Reverend Robert Johnston, rector
of the Church.
PEIPING. March 4.—While one
Japanese brigade marched into
Jehol City, capital of the Province
of Jehol, another pushed south
ward from Ling Yuan and occupied
Lengkow Pass in the Great Wall.
The wholesale flight of Chinese
to the passes south of both of
those cities is viewed by Japanese
as meaning a virtual end to the
military campaign begun on Feb
ruuary 24.
Foreign observers now believe
the Japanese campaign will now
turn, to the Peiping-Tiensin area,
in China proper.
Many Chinese troops are now
flooding thru passes in the Great
Wall at Fanchiakow, Lengkow and
Chiesingkow.
TRIUMPHAL IE,
CHEERING THRONGS.
GREETED ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3
With the hopes of the nation rest
ing upon him, Franklin D. Roose
velt came to the capital Thursday
after a triumphal ride from New
York.
He was greeted all the way by
great cheering crowds and upon
his; arrival in this city proceeded
to the Mayflower Hotel where he
stays until he goes to the Capitol
tomorrow with Herbert Hover, to
become the country's Chief Exe
cutive.
VETERANS CHECKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4,
—The Veterans’ administration
announced it had made arrange
ments to cash government checks
received by veterans in cases where
I local bank facilities are not avail
I able.
,
HUGEST PASSENGER
LISTING OF ON
115 FOR SEIKO
SEATTLE, March 4, —The fol
lowing passengers left Seattle to
day bound for Seward via the SS.
Alaska:
Ray C. Larson. A. McCandless,
Wm Lapieto, Mildred Miller, H. L.
Reed, R. Ogburn, I. Ruttle, Glenn
R. Day. Mrs. G. Day, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Toplift, A. W. Murray, Miss
Clara Steele, Miss D. B. Orton, T.
W. Hawkins, Miss D. Reynolds, II.
L. Stull, Wm. Lodge, Mrs- J. W.
Cowden. R. L. Hattcher, M. Nak
tren, J. H. Horgan, W. W. Mitchell.
H. L. Piper, John Anderson, Miss
Wien, Miss Nottveit, R. W. Owen,
Mrs. K. Farris, A. Baumbarger, P
Johnson, Fred C. Miller, L. John
son, L. Hansen, Clark Andresen.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Emard, Mrs.
Wm. Rodigkeit, Mi*, and Mrs. H. A.
' Blythe, Mrs. Crocker, B. Bern
heardt. O. Homstad, F- Link, H.
Hansen, Wm. Johnson, C. Craw
ford, C. Schusdedt, R. Russell, J.
| C. Russell, F. Gauthier, W. S. Wag
J ner, George Barteau and W. J.
| Watson.
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PRESSED INTO SEDUCE
TOKIO, March 4.—Japan’s army
i and navy were pressed into service
j to preserve order and. direct relief
| in northern Honshu where more
: than 2,873 persons were dead or
missing, victims of the earthquake
fires and tidal waves that swept
the Japanese Archipelago early
Thursday morning.
Official figures given out by the
government stated 1,535 were
known dead: 1.338 missing and
! 948 injured.
Other figures indicating the
! scope of the disaster, listed 10,79G
! homes wholly or partially destroy
ed by fire, wind and the towering
; coastal waves.
Five villages, ail on the coast,
were literally washed away by the
crashing rollers which sometimes
reached a heighth of 25 feet.
HER S. MUSS
NIMFB TEMPfflttHT
»™»GENERAL
i WASHINGTON, March 4.—The
temporary appointment of Homer
S. Cummings of Connecticut to
be Attorney General, was an
! nounced by President Roosevelt,
i Mr. Cummings will fill the vacancy
| caused by the death of Senator
: Thomas J. Walsh.
President Roosevelt asked Mr.
Cummings to assuume the post of
| Attorney General for a few weeks
‘ before going to the Philippines as
; Governor General, the statement
I said.
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PECULIAR ACCIDENT
MACKINAW CITY, Mich., March
14, —Bert Brown, a barber, was
| “knocked cold” while cleaning the
l windows of his shop. He was
• struck by a falling icicle, which
! rendered him unconsciouus.
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ON THE DOTTED LINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4,
—President Hoover signed the ap
propriation bill for the Agricul
tural department to provide funds
for the department during the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1934.
THOUSANDS LIVES
LOST JAPAN QUAKE
AND III WAVE
TOKIO, March 4,—The earth
quake of Thursday, which was
followed by a tidal wave and fires,
took a total of 1,535 lives on the
Northern coast of the Island of
Honshu, it wras announced official
ly. The announcement listed 338
missing.
Morioka, capital of the prefec
ture, officially reported 477 dead,
with 355 dead recovered, 1.003 in
jured and 590 missing in the pre
fectures of Iwate, Miyagi, Aomari
and Hokkaido and scattering cas
ualties in other prefectures.
Deaths by drowning and fire, were
expected to make the total far
higher.
More than 2,000 homes were
washed away. A total of 4,000
houses were reported demolished
throughout the Island. The cities
of Tokio and Yokohama were
shaken violently and great crowds
fearing a repetition of the great
earthquake of 1923, swarmed thru
the streets in hysterical excite
ment. Electric lights failed in
Yokohama, but little damage was
reported.
The modern industrial cities of
Kobe and Osaka escaped serious
damage. One of the hardest hit
towns was Kamaishi, 300 miles
northeast of Tokio, in the Iwate
prefecture. More than 1,000 of
the flimsy, bamboo and paper con
structed houses were swept away
there by the tidal wave and 3,000
more destroyed by fire that broke
out to complete the destruction,
according to reports.
The tidal wrave also engulfed the
tow'ns of Minanogoway in the Mi
yfegi prefoc<tt|re, where 1,246
houses wTere reported under wrater.
Serious damage at the port of
Miyako and scores of fishing boats
were sunk at Fukishima.
. RAINEY ELECTED
SPEAKER NEXT HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 4.
—Representative Rainey of Illinois
will be Speaker in the next House
of Representatives.
Representative Byrnes of Tenn
essee was named the new Demo
cratic floor leader.
Nominations were made by party
caucus which, with the Democratic
control in the House, was tanta
mount to election.
Rainey received 166 of 301 votes.
Congressman McDuffie of Alabama
was second with 112 votes; Rank
ing of Mississippi was third with
20 votes; Bankhead of Alabama
was given one vote; Jones of Tex
as two.
Rainey’s nomination followed
the withdrawal of Brown and
Crosser of Ohio from the race.
Cullen of New York then threw
the full weight of the big TamnTa
ny delegation to the Illinois veter
an.
PROPOSAL FROWNED
UPONi PEOPLE WANT
SACRAMENTO, Caiif., March 4,
—Early' proposal of a plan to per
mit a vote on the proposed repeal
of the 18th amendment was pro
mised by Senator Herbert W. Sla
ter, Santa Rosa, after he had re
ceived a telegram which said:
“Twenty thousand citizens and
voters of Sonoma county, and the
grape growers associations, pro
test waiting until August of next
year as proposed in the Horn
blower bill.” __
Senator Slater said he believed
referendum action should be taken
“as speedily as possible."
i Who's Who|
| in the Cabinet
l SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
Daniel Calhoun Roper—Public
ist, lawyer; born Marlboro Co., So.
Carolina, 1867. A. B. Duke U„ N. C.,
1888; LL.B., Nat. U., Washington,!
1901, Mem. S. C. Ho. of Rep., 1892-;
94; elk. U. S. Senate Com. on In-j
terstate Com. 1894-97; expert spe-1
I cial agt. U. S. Census Bur., 1900-10; [
i elk. Ways and Means Com-, Ho. of
[Rep., 1910-13; first asst. Postmas-:
ter Gen., March 14, 1913, Aug. 1,
1916; chm. orgn. Bur., Woodrow!
Wilson campaign, 1916; vice-chm.|
U. S. Tariff Comm.. Mar. 22, Sept.j
25, 1917; Commnr. of Inter. Rev., j
; 1917-1920. Democrat. Developed,
plan for collecting cotton statis-!
tics by a count at frequent inter-;
j vals during harvesting seasons of
I bales turned out at the ginneries;;
■originated publication of series of(
! reports on cotton supply, during.
j cotton season; made systematic
t study under Govt, direction of
textile industries of U. S. and
Europe. Mem. firm of Roper, Hag
erman, Hurrey & Parks, Washing
ton. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Phi Beta Kappa. Mason. Author;
The United States Post Office,
1917. Address 3001 Woodland Drive,
i Washington. D. C.
* SECRETARY OF WAR
j George H. Dern, Governor—Born
Dodge Co., Neb., 1872; grad. Fre
mont Neb. Normal Coll., 1888; stu-|
dent U. of Neb-, 1893, ’94; began
mining in Utah, 1894; treas. Mer
cur Gold Mining & Milling Co.,
1894-1900; gen. mgr. Consolidated
Mercur Gold Mines Co., 1900-13 [
! (shut down); pres, and gen. mgr.'
j Mines Operating Co., gen. mgr. |
Tintic Milling Co., Silver City. U.; j
; v. p. and gen. mgr. Holt-Christen- ■
! sen Process Co., (owner Holt-Dern(
i patents); pres. Eureka Banking Co.
j v. p. Dixie Power Co., Pleasant
Grove Canning Co., Mountain
View iMning Co.; dir. National
; Copper Bank, M itual Creamery
Co. Bankers Trust Co., etc. Mem.
Utah Senate, 1915-23; mem. State
; Council of Defense, World War;
i gov. of Utah, term 1925-23 inclu
j sive. Mem. A. Institute Mining
| and Metal. Engrs., Delta Tau Delta
Democrat, Conglist. Mason (K. T.
32 deg., K. C. C. H.. Shriner).
Joint inventor with Theodore P.
i Holt, of Holt-Dern ore roaster.
' Home 715 E. South Temple St.,1
} Salt Lake City, Utah.
I
STOCKS JUMPED UP
ONE TO SIX POINTS
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NEW YORK. March 4,—A bull
market developed in stocks and
grains yesterday. Stocks went up
one to six points, wheat jumped j
two cents a bushel on the Chicago;
Board of Trade.
Shorts staged a mad scramble
to get out of their commitments1
and were forced to bid up prices
of stocks several points to get
them. Trading turned active. Tick-1
i ers strained to keep pace with the
I market and fell four minutes be
I hind at one time.
The movement spread to the
curb exchange where trading was
active and prices higher. Bonds,
made response only in the convert-1
able issues, which always move!
wdth their respective stocks.
United States government’s sag- ]
ged to new lows for the year. Oth- !
er commodities were stimulated by
the sharp rise in wheat. Cotton
soared $1 a bale and sugar price
showed wide gains.
CONFERENCE CHAMPS
CORVALLIS, Ore., March 4, —
Oregon State College won the Pa
cific Coast Conference Northwest
ern Division Basketball champion
I ship, defeating Oregon University
j 32-27, here Friday night- The Uni
versity of Washington won the
j honors for six years straight, pre
1 viously.
PASSES THE WORD
WASHINGTON, March 4,—Rep
resentative Rainey, Illinois, Demo
cratic speaker, said Friday night
that he was passing word among
Houuse members-elect to remain
here because President Roosevelt
will probably call a special session
to meet in a few days.
WAR IN OFFING
LONDON, March 4,—D anger
signals are flying in Europe as the |
result of events in Germany and
only swift concerted action on the
part of Great Britain and France
can “prevent a most serious out
come of a situation worse than
July 1914.”
This was frankly admitted in
Whitehall yesterday.
France is frightened at reports
that Adolf Hitler intends to remain
as Chancellor in Germany regard
less of the verdict of the Reich
stag elections tomorrow and there
after will inaugurate a program
for Germany’s re-arming because
of the failure of the Reich to
achieve military equality at the
Geneva conference.
ROOSEVELT MAY
WASHINGTON, March 4,—Presi
dent Roosevelt turned his atten-1
tion to the national banking situa
tion Friday in a series of confer
ences with Congressional leaders.
The total states in which forced i
or optional restrictions on with-!
drawal of banks’ deposits have!
been imposed was reported at 32.
Mr. Roosevelt could, if he so desir
ed, call a special session of Con
gress to meet within a few hours!
after he took the oath of office as
President today.
He may convene the new Con
gress next Monday to enact emer- ;
gency legislation having to do with
the banking situaution. according
to rumors here.
HITLER'S "IRON ROLE:"
THOUSANDS ARRESTER
BERLIN, March 4,—Alarmed over j
growing European distrust in the:
“Iron Rule” of Chancellor Adolf j
Hitler, reasonable elements in Ger- i
man government are exerting all}
efforts to curb the drastic course
of Hitler and his minister without
portfolio, Capt. Herman Goering
in Prussia, and throughout the
Reich.
Hitler’s “Red Hunt” went to a;
new high with 400 new arrests, 5
bringing the total up to 4.000 since'
the Reichstag fire which unleased i
the wrath of the Nazi chief of!
government. i
I
i
GIC. D. M1RTIN OF
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 4, —
Gov. Clarence D. Martin proclaim
ed a three-day banking and finan
cial holiday for the State of Wash
ington effecitive midnight Thurs
day and ending midnight Monday.
Governor Martin was given full
authority by the legislature which
rushed the act thru under suspen
sion of rules.
The holiday is not mandatory
but financial institutions desiring
a breathing spell may take advan
tage of the provisions.
“I’M GOING HOME TO MOTHER”
WERE LAST WORDS UTTER
ED TO PRIEST
Again the hand of the Grim
Reaper descended during the night
in Seward, this time to clutch
Steve Melchior, 84 years old, a
pioneer resident of Seward and an
Alaskan since the days of 1896
when he sailed his own vessel to
these shores from Puget Sound.
Steve, as he was affectionately
called by his many friends, had
been in poor health for some years
past but not until about three
years ago did it appear that
the aged oldtimer was on the
downward path; Steve thought
the trouble was his stomach but it
was his heart.
Mr. Melchior died at 4:15 this
morning at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Keilcheski who, assisted
by friends, had been taking care
of Steve for a number of weeks.
Father O’Flannigan, a constant
attendant and who comforted
Steve during the trying hours, said
that Steve had taken a turn for
the worse Thursday and last night
appeared to be sinking. Dr. A
D. Haverstock, of the Seward Gen
eral Hospital, stated last night that
he doubted if Mr. Melchior would
survive the night. His heart action
was gradually becoming wreaker.
and circulation extremely poor.
LOVED THE OUTDOORS
Mr. Melchior wras born in Ger
many and came to America a
highly skilled wood-worker and
mechanic. For years he was em
ployed in the main plant of the
Pullman Car Co., under the per
sonal supervision of Mr. Pullman.
After coming North he devoted his
time to mining in the Kenai Pen
insula area and, until a few years
ago, spent considerable time each
year on placer claims in the
lower Kenai Lake region. A lover
of the outdoors, it is said there is
hardly a spot on this vast peninsu
la that Steve had not visited. Tov
days, weeks and even entire sum
mers, he would set off alone and.
roam thru the hills and valleys;
many of his blazed trails have
often led others out of the wilder
ness to a haven of refuge.
Born near Trier, Germany in
1848. Mr. Melchoir grew to stalwart
manhood there; lie served in the
Franco-Prussian War of 1871 in
which he received a thigh wound,
a bullet piercing hs right leg. After
the war he worked as millwright
and mechanic in Belgium 'and
France and for about two years
with a large German shipping
concern as an engineer. During
this latter service he visited Africa,
India and China.
CONSCIOUS TO THE END
Mr. Melchior came to America
nearly 60 years ago and settled at
Denver where he married. He then
moved about the States working
at his trade, and also lived for
awhile in British Columba.
A son, John, died about 25 years
ago; surviving him are a son and
daughter and a relative in St. Paul
The son. Frank, an American vet
eran of the World War, is believed
to be somew’here in the East. A
daughter, Billie, a Mrs. Stevens, re
sides in Seattle. A distant relative
lives in St. Paul, while a cousin is
said to be in Pasadena, California.
Pending communication with rela
tives, no funeral announcement
can be given today but it is believ
ed interment will be made next
week in the Seward Cemetery.
Steve was perfectly conscious
and in no pain at the end and his
last words, murmured to Father
Robert O’Flannigan, and in Ger
man, were: “I’m going home to
mother.”
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 3,—
The body of Senator Thos. J.
Walsh arrived in Washington last
night. Because of his death many
functions planned will be curtail
ed to some extent.
PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT I. 0. 0. F HALL