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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 206. SEWARD, ALASKA,FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931
PRICE TEN CENTS
TIFFS PREFERABLE
TO WOOF CUTS, SAYS
WES STATEMENT
LONDON, Sept. 4. (/P>—The Na
tional government, led by Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald, com
pleted its program for financial
reforms to be used in balancing
the budget and an order was offi
cially issued for convening of Par
liament next Tuesday.
While no statement was issued
regarding the exact nature of the
reforms, the government’s brokers
mdicated there will be no tax to
fixed interest bearing securities
and that Chancellor Snowden’s
war loan conversion operation will
be on a voluntary basis when it
is carried out.
Meanwhile the Economic Com
mittee of the Trades Union Con
gress issued the statement that
“tariffs are preferable to wage
cuts,” indicating a reversal of the
stand on that question.
OUT TO GET HIM
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 4. j
//P)—The possibility arose of the I
prosecution of Bishop James Can- I
non, when the Senate campaign
f unds investigation committee for- \
warded to District Attorney Rover,!
all the data concerning the Bish- j
op's alleged misuse of campaign i
lands during his fight against A.
E. Smith during the 1928 Presi
dential campaign.
BARCELONA, Sept. 4. i/P;—After
machine guns rattled in the streets, j
pistols were used in a dozen en
vunters among strikers and sol
cuers as disorders accompanied the
chy’s general strike.
An official announcement was
made that leaders had reached
an agreement with authorities
and will send men back to work.!
There were four deaths and a!
core were wounded. Women
united against continuing the
-strike and appeared in many
-aces, pleading with their men
- come home out of danger.
IMS ENJOY QUIET ;
BEST JAPANESE HOME
> I
XARAUISAWA, Japan, Sept. 4. j
A chilly rain outside and a!
iog fire in their temporary home j
here brought to oClonel and Mrs.'
Charles a. Lindbergh what they I
risidered a perfect combination!
for quiet and rest.
They were the luncheon guests
ci Dr. and Mrs. Inazo Nitobe. Dr.!
Nitobe is the author of “Bushido,!
the Soul of Japan.” in the eve-1
mg they had dinner with w.
Cameron Forbes, American Am-!
bassador, and Mrs. James Russel,!
American Embassy hostess.
NOTICE TO MARINERS
. i
Lone Tree Point Light, Prince;
William Sound reported extin- j
^ ished. Will be relighted as soon as |
practicable.
Y^upt. Lighthouse, Ketchikan. |
CONGRATULATES CREW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.
(/P)_ president Hoover congrat
ulated the crew of the German
' flying boat, DO-X, on their suc
j cessful trip from Germany to the
1 United States.
ICXLIFORNM LEGION
; CONDEMNS DDY LOW
, LONG BEACH, Sept. 4. (/P)_
;More than 2,000 delegates to the
'annual convention of the Depart
ment of California, American Le
jgion, here adopted, by an over
! whelming majority, amid wild en
thusiasm, a resolution condemning
Iprohobition unsparingly and call
|nig upon Congress to adopt such
a course of legislation as will pro
: duce true temperance in the
! United States.
JVM MIGHT RESORT
FORCE IN MANCHURIA
TOKYO, Sept. 4. (/P)—Vernacu
lar newspapers said Japan might
; resort to force against Manchuria
! because of alleged unsatisfactory
accounting by the latter for the
killing a month ago of Captain
Shintaro Nakamura, an asserted
spy.
They said the attitude of the
War Office toward Mukden has
suddenly stiffened and Japanese
authorities demanded a more sat
isfactory explanation in the case.
200 PERSONS LOST IN FLOOD
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 4.
(/P)—The bodies of 200 persons,
believed to have drowned when
the river overflowed at Ponce
where 30 bodies have been found, !
are sought by police and National l
Guards. Houses and huts were j
carried away: it is reported 3.28
inches of rain fell in 24 hours.
ST. MART’S RECORD GOOD
MORAGx^, Cal., Sept. 4. (/P)—
In the last seven years St. Mary’s
football teams have played 64
games, winning 50, losing 10 and
, tying four. In that time they have
; piled up 1,407 points against 273
for their foes.
MUTINY IN GUTTLE
FLEET IS SETTLED
SANJO, Sept. 4. (JP)—'The Chilean
government announced the mutiny
on the battle fleet at Coquimbo
was settled amicably and only de
tails of settlement remained to
be drawn up.
Acting President Trucco said the
government had the situation
throughout the country, purport
edly fomented by Communists,
under complete control and every
movement was directed again and
public order dominated.
GANGSTER POISE
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 4. (/P) —
Three fashionably dressed men en
tered the Hotel Ambassador, as
cended to the fourth, floor and shot
and killed “Mickey, notorious Phil
adelphia gangster. They left the
hotel without being apprehended.
The crime was not made known
to the police for several hours.
OUIMET IS SOLE OLD
GUARD DEFENDER IS
COLF TOURNAMENT
CHICAGO, Sept. 4. (/P)—Francis
Ouimet is the sole defender of the
“Old Guards’ ” laurels in the Am
ateur Golf Championship at Bev
erly Country Club.
In the first 18 holes play, Voight,
Jouny, Goodman, Johnny Lehman,
Charley Seaver, Gene Homans and
Captain E. F. Carter were out of
play while C. Ross, Summerville
champion, and George Dunlap,
another favorite lost out over the
second 18.
Dick Martin, former Big Ten
champion, provided one of the
biggest surprises of the tournament
when he eliminated George Voight
two and one.
Besides Ouimet, the survivors
are Maurice McCarthy Jr., Jack
Westland, Fay Cemleman, Paul
Jackson. Lester Bolsted, William
Howell and Arthur Yates.
OLDTIIB EUMINITEI
AMATEUR GOLF PHY
ST BEVERLY CLUB
CHICAGO. Sept. 4. (/P)—Youth
| was again served in two sets of
! 18-hole matches played in the
Amateur Gold Championship at
Beverly Country Club.
Five out of eight seeded players
! were eliminated in the morning
round and other experienced play
ers went down in the same 18
holes to opponents who were far
inferior as far as experience went.
After the second 18-hole match
I es, only one real veteran could
| be said to be in the running, al
though six of the eight surviving
players had had some previous
championship experience.
NOT MUCH LEFT If
FRANCE IF IOOLPRRS
HITLER RULED MINT:
I
PARIS, Sept 4. (/P)—French news
papers published a map attributed
to Adolph Hitler, the German
Nationalist, who is opposed to the
present governmental policy to
ward France.
j It shows what would be left
| of France by 1935, if Hitler should
| come into power in Germany and
I put into execution the plan which
his supporters say he advocates.
All French maritime frontiers
would be divided between Ger
many, England, Catalonia and
Italy.
The United States would get
Finiterre as a Naval station “to
assure her neutrality.”
memo LANDING FIELD
PLANNED FOR STORE ROOF
LONDON, Sept. 4. (/P)—A pro
posed new “airport” for London
is the roof of a store.
The roof airport would utilize
the short landing and take-off j
runs of the autogiro.
Tests for landing have been t
made outside London on a space i
equal in size to the roof area.
SIXTEEN VICTIMS
LONDON, Sept. 4. {/P)—Two wo
men and 14 other persons were
victims of an explosion in a
chemical factory at Bezons, a sub
urb of Paris. The two women
were killed and the others ser
iously injured.
POST, 0ITTT IT
HUNT ALASKA BEAR
PORTLAND, Sept. 4. (£>)—Post
and Gatty left for Spokane to par
ticipate in the Jubilee celebration,
leaving Spokane Friday for Cleve
land.
They discussed plans here for a
bear hunting trip to Alaska; if
they decide on the trip they will
return here aboard a yacht. They
will cruise as far as Juneau and
fly from there to the hunting
grounds of the Interior.
Gatty has navigated most Al
askan waters.
GREAT GOLF MATCHES
CH1CAGA, Sept. 4. (/P)—Francis
Ouimet of Boston plays Billy No
well of Richmond; Maurice Mc
Carthy of New York plays Jack
Westland of Chicago, the former
University of Washington star, in'
the semi-final of the National
Amateur Golf Championship.
Ouimet, who won it in 1914, is
the favorite to win. The finals
will be played tomorrow over a
! Ueld of youthful competitors.
! CONTINUE HOP SEPTEMBER 10
TOKYO. Sept, 4. (/Pj—The Am
| erican Embassy announced the
| Lindberghs will continue their
! vacation flight to China Septem
| ber 10.
USE RECLAIMED LAND
WEST PALM BEACH, Sept. 4.
(/Pi—Nearly 3,000 new acres have
been claimed in the Everglades
area by truck farmers this sea
son. A total of 35,714 acres in the
upper and "middle Everglades was
planted to truck crops, of which
2,873 had not been in cultiva
! tion before.
_
COMPLAINTS
PROCLAMATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.
OP)—H. P. Sheldon, of the Biolog
ical Survey, said numerous com
plaints have been received against
the proclamation limiting the duck
season ,to October
Missouri, Kansas and Illinois
sportsmen request that the time
be, changed to November. Sheldon
said matters were still under con
sideration.
SEEKS RECOVER PAINTINGS
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. (JP)—Bray
ton Morton, trustee for creditors of
Robert Jackson, bankrupt Boston
capitalist, filed a suit against the
Federal Trust Co., of Chicago and
others seeking to recover the $200,
| 000 collection of paintings, includ
| ing a score by famous artists.
An average of 433 earthquakes
occur in Italy each year.
SPECIAL SESSION OF
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
SET FOR SEPTEMBER 0
LONDON, Sept. 4. (P)—The Na
tional Cabinet completed its new
taxarion program at a five-hour
meeting and a call was issued for
Parliament to meet in special ses
sion September 8 to enact the
program of law.
Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
Donald will ask Commons to de
clare without delay, whether it
will put its trust in the three
party administration which he
heads. Then if the expected vote
of confidence is forthcoming, Phil
lip Snowden, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, will make a full state
ment, setting forth the entire
budget balancing scheme.
MAGNETIC WALL
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 4. (P)—
The silence of the Wilkins Arctic
submarine radio was attributed
to a possible magnetic wall be
tween the submarine and land
radio stations, by the Arctic bu
reau of the Norwegain govern
ment. No undue fear for the
safety of the party should be felt,
a communique from the govern
ment said.
RELIEF EXPEDITION
BE SENT IT NORWAY
SEARCH EDO WILKINS
OSLO, Nerway, Sept. 4. (TP)—
Premier Kolstad announced that
his government probably would
send a relief expedition to search
for the submarine Nautilus, not
heard from for five days.
The sealer Vieding or the sloop
Fridtjof Nansen will be sent al
though after discussing the ad
visability of the search, experts
are of the opinion there are no
'grounds for anxiety but prepara
tions should be made in view of
the lateness of the season.
Wireless experts are inclined to
doubt the authenticity of the sig
nals from a whaler, said to have
been picked up several days ago.
AUSTRALIAN RUSH PLANT
WHEAT BRINGS WARNING
CANBERRA, Sept. 4. (^—Re
ports of wheat crop failure in
Canada and the United States
have led to greater planting by
Australian farmers.
Many who regarded wheat-grow
ing as unprofitable at ruling prices
had not sown for the coming sea
son, but when newspapers report
ed shortage of overseas crops they
hastened to plant.
Authorities are pointing out,
however, that the world is so
oversupplied with wheat that there
is little liklihood that crop fail
ures in one or two countries will
make any great difference in the
world price.
According to a report issued by
the Public Health Service there has
not been a case of yellow fever in
the United States since 1905.