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VOLUME XXVill. NUMBER 284.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTfc
Rustgard Refutes
Propaganda and
Answers Critics
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN RUSTGARD BROAD j
CAST FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES LAST EVENING
OVER RADIO STATION KFQD, ANCHORAGE AND
DEVOTED A GOOD DEAL OF HIS TIME TO HIS
CRITICAL CAMPAIGN OPPONENTS.
He did not, he said, address the voters primarily in
the interest of his own candidacy for Attorney General
but for tiie purpose of refuting a lot of false propaganda
which has been scattered over the Territory by his oppo
nents in the present campaign.
SPEAKING AS CITIZEN *
•'The character of this propagan
da." he said, "is such that it seems;
zo have become my duty, not so
much as a candidate, but as a cit
izen and an officer of the Terri
tory, to speak and speak plainly.
"I am not stepping before the'
microphone to defend myself
against the mass of false charges
hurled out over the Territory by1
these gentlemen. For many years i
I have enjoyed the respect and the
confidence of the people of the
Territory. I have, whether deserv- :
edly or not. enjoyed a fairly good!
reputation for intelligence and in
tegrity. Under these circumstances, j
when a stranger to you comes and
accuses me of being anything from
a pirate to a horse-thief, you will
want to know who the accuser is,
and whether he has any standing
in the community from which he
comes. If you had lived with a
neighbor for over 33 years and
neither seen nor heard of him
anything but what is good, you
would not believe a stranger who
came and told you your neighbor
was a thief or a liar, unless the
proof were furnished.
Before I am through I hope to
have satisfied you that my accus
ers are not worthy of belief.”
E X PL AIN S RE LATIONSH! P
He then proceeded to show the
relationship between Cash Cole
and William Paul and explained
that the Board of Examiners creat
ed for the purpose of making it un
necessary for people having just
claims against the Territory to hire
lawyers to argue their cases either
before the Auditor or before the
courts.
Relative to the finances of the
Territory, he said:
"After the last session of the
Legislature, Cole submitted to the
Governor his estimate that at the
end of the last year the Territory
would be $300,000 short. Mr. Smith
estimated that the Territory would
be $250,000 to the good. When the
books were closed at the end of last
\ear it wras found that there was
over $265,000 in the treasury. This
sum was entirely apart from about
3140,000 paid in by canners in ad
vance on taxes not due till this
year. Cole had miscalculated over
$565,000. Meanwhile he had suc
ceeded in frightening the Governor
and others into believing there I
would be a shortage; hence the
reduction of expenditures for roads,
subsidies and other purposes.
“Immediately after New Year’s!
he commenced writing letters that
there would be no schools after
September 1. But the schools are
still running. Every payment has j
been met.
PUBLIC MISLED
“He and Paul are now proclaim- !
ing the Territory will be $85,000 in
the red by the end of this year. The i
Treasurer, Mr. Smith, tells us that j
the Territory will be from $150,000 j
to $200,000 to the good by the end !
of the year. And Smith is a caut- j
ious gentleman who never found
it necessary to mislead the public. |
If there had been any danger of ,
shortage the big canners would {
help out by paying some of their
taxes a month or two in advance.”
REPUBLICAN PAYROLL
Mr. Rustgard then turned his at
tention to William Paul and said
that after Wickersham in the
eary part of the summer, had paid
i each of the Paul brothers the sum
of $250. William Paul, in the first
issue of his paper after that pay-,
ment, came out against Wicker
1 sham. The Republican Central
Committee had made a contract
( with William Paul to pay him S25Q
■ a month for turning over his In
i dians to the Republican party. Mr.
Rustgard had protested against
; any such deal and William Paul
within 10 days after the first pay
ment of $400 had been made to
him, came out in his paper against
| the whole Republican ticket except
j Cash Cole.
j “This shows,” continued M r.
Rustgard. “that Paul’s political
services are lor sale. He is now an
nouncing that he will not tell
whom he is supporting for Delegate
; to Congress until just before the
I election, which is tantamount to
1 saying that he is open to negotia
tions until that time.”
FISHERY PROBLEM
Mr. Rustgard also stated that
his experience w'ith Paul had been j
i such that he would never trust j
| him writh anything,
j Turning his attention to the
fishery problem; Mr. Rustgard
'Stated that he had told the mem- \
bers of the Legislature that they
had full power to tax fish traps
out of existence and that he was
ready to defend any law enacted
for that purpose, but that no one
had yet introduced a bill to abolish
fish traps by taxation.
“Paul served two terms in the
Legislature and during no session
did he offer such a remedy. Obvi- !
ously the Attorney General cannot
legislate. His duty is confined to
giving legal advice to the officers
of the Territory and to the mem
bers of the Legislature and if he
should undertake to act as a lobby- ;
ist it is likely that the members of
the Legislature would tell him to j
pull his nose out of their business
and mind his own.
DREAMS ONLY
“Mr. Paul tells you what he would
| do were he Attorney General. He
j would go to Washington and ap
I Pear before the committees and he
| would be appointed member of all
| kinds of Federal Fish Commissions. I
I These ere only dreams. And why go
! to Washington to get fish traps
abolished if they can do it by tax
ation. But to abolish fish traps will
not solve the problem if the can
I ners can import their seiners. Al
most half of our fish pack comes
| from Bristol Bay where no traps
| are used, but their absence has
not built up the local population
in those regions. Many seiners are
now imported t o Southeastern
Alaska from Puget Sound. Unless
that can be stopped the local pop
ulation is not going to be increas
| ed much by simply abolishing tax
; ation. Some years ago the Legisla
I ture imposed a tax of $5 per head
j on non-resident fishermen. The
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31, —
Fresident Hoover left the capital
at 10 a. m., accompanied by Mrs.
Hoover and party, for New York
City where he will make an ad-1
dress today in Madison Square
Garden. Enroute he will make j
a number of rear-platform speech-1
es.
It was learned Sunday that a;
demonstration, similar to that
against Hoover at Detroit, is being
planned at New York; Secret Ser- j
vice men were in conference Sun- j
day.
Senator Costigan accused the ,
President of making misleading,
statements during his Cleveland
address when he spoke on import
rates. No doubt, the Senator said,;
Mr. Hoover had been given the fig
ures by incompetent advisors.
At Groton. Massachusetts, Gov
ernor Roosevelt said it is time for
the progressives of the nation to |
take charge and bring about a new j
era. Conservatives play their part
politically, he said, but the liberals
and progressives are the ones who
will give America a new deal.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct." 31. — j
Crime, in the early days of the
West, was largely confined to rob- j
bing trains- And among those |
bandits who at various times wrere j
captured, was U. Zugozie, now 84
years old.
For the last 40 years he has been
an inmate of San Quentin and, in
an appeal for pardon, wrote that
he was getting ready to die; that
the sands of time had just about
run their course for him.
His appeal was forwarded to Gov.
James Rolf, Jr., who announced
yesterday a pardon will be granted;
that Zugozie is too old now to stick
up any more trains.
10 LEGALLY
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 31, —Attor
neys for Mrs. Sidney Norwood, in
reply to the attorneys representing
an insurance company, said it is
impossible for any man to grow a
full-fledged mustache in two weeks.
Sidney Norwood disappeared in
1921 and for a number of years
past his wife has been endeavoring
to collect his $100,000 insurance j
policy on the grounds he is legally |
dead.
The defendants claim Mr. Nor- j
wood was seen two weeks after he ;
vanished but instead o f being |
clean-shaven, had grown a heavy
mustache.
28TH BOMBING OF YEAR
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31,—A bar
ber shop whose owner refused to
raise his scale of prices, was wreck
ed by a bomb Sunday. It was the
28th bombing in this city this year.
8,000 JOBS FOUND
SACRAMENTO, Oct-, 31, —Cali
fornia State employment agencies
secured jobs for 8,000 during the
month of September, it was report
ed.
DEFINITELY DECIDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31, —
President Hoover has definitely de
cided to not only make the contem
plated campaign swing throughout
Mid-West States but will continue
I on to his California home at Palo
; Alto, there to cast his vote and to
; await the verdict of the American
1 voters.
POOR EATING
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 31, —A num
ber of guinea pigs were stolen here
from the laboratory of the South
ern Pacific Railway- A warning has
been broadcast to the thieves to
handle them with care because ot
being inoculated with disease for
experimental purposes.
* * * *
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT
LONDON, Oct. 31,— The engage
ment of Princess Ingrid of Sweden
to a British prince will be announc
ed soon, it was said on Satur
day. Considerable speculation is
noted as to whether or not the
Prince of Wales is at last to take
onto himself a bride.
* * * *
FASTER AND BIGGER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31, —
Oyster growers of America, in con
vention here, announced a diet for
the bivalves which will make them
grow faster, bigger and healthier.
AIRMAIL FORCED DOWN
DOVER, Oct. 31, — A German
airmail plane was forced down in
this vicinity in a 60-mile an hour
gale. Few details were learned ex- j
cepting that the plane had not i
been located.
* * * *
HALF-MILLION INCREASE
ALBANY, N. Y„ OCt. 31, —Sec
retary of State Tdw. J. Flynn an
nounced that more than 5,000,000:
people are entitled to vote at the j
State and general elections; this,
figure exceeds by a half-million
that of 1928.
* * * #
WANTS S100.000
LOS ANGELES. Oct, 31, —Earl
Zinks, movie picture director. wras j
named defendant in a suit for !
$100,000 brought by Edgar James1
Ryan, who alleges Zink broke up 1
his home.
* * * *
BODY FOUND
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31, —The j
unidentified body of a young man
was picked up here Saturday beside |
a railroad track. It is assumed he ,
was stealing a ride and fell off.
* * * *
HUNCH WAS RIGHT
RENO, Nev., Oct- 31, —W. Hamp
ton, aviator, had a hunch not to
hop-off last Saturday but, never
theless did. Some hours later he
was forced down, collided with a
tree and seriously injured.
***'■»
CONGRATULATIONS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31, —The j
local Democratic headquarters was j
flooded with telegrams from all,
parts of the country Saturday in
compliment of Senator H. John
son’s speech against the present
administration wThich he broadcast
the night previous.
* * * *
LIKED HIS ADDRESS
NEW YORK, Oct. 31, — Demo- j
cratic national chairman Farley
said scores of telegrams had been
received commenting optimistically
on Senator Hiram Johnson’s Fri
day’s radio broadcast attack on
the Hoover administration.
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VETERAN ACTOR DIES
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, —Em
mett Corrigan, veteran stage and
screen star, passed away here of
heart trouble, Saturday.
* * * *
TERROR-STRICKEN
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, —Wak
ing up from a sound sleep to find
his room a mass of flame and
smoke, James F. Burn dove to his
death from a fifth story hotel win
dow. He had fallen asleep with a
lighted cigarette which ignited the
bed clothes. The damage was con
fined to the room.
♦ * * *
GANGSTER’S SWEETIE
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 31, —“Kiki”
Roberts, sweetie of the late Jack
1 ‘‘Legs” Diamond, is here to embark
on a screen career. The gangster’s
j “moll” said she hoped to win suc
! cess.
WILL TELL ALL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31, — |
Major H. D. Glassford, recently re- i
signed chief of police and defender
of the bonus marchers, announced |
that on November 3 he will tell the;
inside story of the veterans’ evic- j
tion from the capital city.
INSIST
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, —Believ
ed to have been “taken for a ride,”
Marion Buell, 28, was found near
the highway in the vicinity of 3ar- j
low sanitarium. Shortly after her|
arrival at the hospital, she died.
The girl had been brutally beat
en and assaulted and had evidently
been tossed out of an automobile
Friday night, lying near the road
all night and until a youngster
heard her moans Saturday morn-;
nig.
Miss Buell had left home at 5:30
p. m. Friday taking a bus into the ;
city. She was seen at a dance dur- i
ing the evening and was seen to I
leave the dance hall without an es- 1
cort. From that point her move- j
ments were shrouded in mystery, j
Following the finding of the girl,1
an anonymous phone call wes re
ceived at the police station identi- j
fying the body as that of Miss I
Buell. Until this message her identi- !
ty had not been fully ascertained
Francis McFarland, a boy friend of j
the girl, identified her and later
the parents.
STUDENT GETS LIFE
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 31. —Life
! imprisonment in San Quentin pen
| itentiary was meted out to George
W. Templeton Jr., California Uni
versity student who killed his aunt.
The insanity plea failed.
FOOTBALL
Texas U. 14, So. Methodists 6.
Mont. State 7. Mont. Mines 0.
Utah Aggies 16, Utah 0.
Calif. 38, Nev. 0.
Brown 14, Harvard 0.
I Minn. 7, Ntwn. 0.
W. Vir. 34, Marquette 0
Yale 6, Dartmouth 0.
Colgate 30. Penn. State 0.
Ohio U. 27, Georgetown O.
Army 33, Wn. Marie 0.
Pittsburgh 12, Notre Dame 0.
| Columbia 8, Cornell 0.
I St. Mary’s 14, Santa Clara 0.
San Francisco U. 26, Lions 7.
Boston Col. 6, Fordham 0.
In the game between Colgate and
S. W. University, opposing players
got into an argument, blows were
exchanged which signaled the
\ swarming of 500 fans over the
fence onto the field where a real
i fight then began. Police finally res
! tored order.
TALKS TONIGHT
BOSTON, Oct. 31, — Governor
| Roosevelt will deliver a campaign
speech here this evening.
LOWEST 300 YEARS
NEW YORK, Oct. 31, —An all
world record for low priced wheat
was reached here Saturday when
December deliveries were sold on
‘he open market for 43cents, es
tablishing the lowest price in three
centuries.
The SS Alaska sailed from Seat
!e Saturday for Seward with 44
'assengers. The list of reservations
vas not dispatched.
William A. Hagg, oldtime resi
dent of Anchorage and who was a
sheet metal worker, died there on
Thursday. He was 59 years of age.
Sunday’s strong and cold north
wind prevented the local cham
pionship golf tournament from
being played.
WILO-EYEO IB
SURGED THRU STREETS
LONDON, Oct. 31, —For a time
Saturday and Sunday it appeared
jfs though a revolutionary spark
was to ignite the thousands of hun
ger marchers who are still in the
city.
Wild-eyed men surged through
the streets carrying blood-red
flags; loud cries denouncing the
government frequently were heard.
At one time it was thought the
restless mob was going to make a
mass attack upon the King’s resi
dence and other government build
ings but leadership was lacking.
Police battled the unemployed
fer several hours before restoring
order. A taxi cab was seized by
the hunger marchers who used it
as a spearhead in charging the
police.
Scores were injured earlier in the
day when an anto engine backfired
and the demonstrators took it for
granted they had been attacked by
machine gun fire.
Toward evening the stirring
tones of bag-pipes were heard, a
troop of Scotch highlanders swung
around a corner, the mob folded
into ranks and before they had re
alized it, had been marched far
away from historic Hyde Park
where the demonstrations had been
held. And when twilight settled, all
was quiet in London town.
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 31“No, it
wasn’t spots before my eyes judge,
but bugs”, replied Peter Zallerbach
to his Honor in answer to what
was the matter with him when he
drove thru downtown traffic with
j out heeding stop signals.
“Yes sir, there were thousands of
i them: I never saw anything like it
I and the only way for me to escape
| them before I became blinded and
probably killed some one, was to
| continue on,” Zallerbach continu
ed, regardless of the dire look slow
ly settling over the judge’s face.
“Why did you pass that street
car on the wrong side?” the judge
thundered. “Too many bugs on
| the right side,” answered Zaller
bach.
“Tsk! Tsk!” clicked the judge
while a mantle of red suffused his
face like the rising sun, “take him
away before I give him life; $25
and costs.”
A COWARDLY SHOT
MC ALLISTER, Okla., Oct. 31, —
! Sporadic outbursts of fighting con
! tinue here between striking coal
■ miners and non-union workers.
> The latest occurred Sunday when
! a shot gun was fired through the
I front door of Adam Galowski, a
non-union worker. His wife was in
jured.
PREPARE FOR TROUBLE
CHICAGO. Oct. 31, —The unem
| ployed of this city are organizing
for a gigantic march and demon
! stration and, as a result, all leaves
of absence for policemen have been
j cancelled. There are 6,000 police
in the department.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct, 31, —
Gov. James Rolph Jr. signed extra
dition papers Saturday permitting
Eastern authorties to arrest James
Hall, movie director who is being
sued for non-payment of alimony.
But when they sought for Hall he
had disappeared.
It is reported that a Tacoma
lumber firm was low bidder on a
t tie-filling contract for the Alaska
Railroad.
LIBRARY BAKE SALE SATURDAY NOV. 8