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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 116. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1932. PRICE TEN CENTS
MOTION TO ELIMINATE $354,31
ARMY SUPPLY BILL BE
CONSIDERED
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 18. (A3
—A motion to eliminate from tin
Army supply bill $354,310 for Alas
ka’s roads and trails will receive
preference to anything else whei
the House considers the bill Thurs
day.
Delegate Wickersham’s effort ti
increase all allowance to • $650,311
was rejected by a vote of 43 to 25
John McDuffie, representative
from Alabama and economy chair
man said, “The total budget thi
year of nearly four and a half mil
lion dollars for Alaska is entirel;
too much.” Representative Me
Duffie pointed to the small popu
lation of the Territory and said hi
doubted the income to the Federa
Treasury “amounts to anythin!
like the outlay”
Delegate Wickersham repliec
that Alaska is one of the riches
assets of the United States, saying
that “Since 1889 the United State:
has taken over 400 mullion dollar:
in gold out of the Territory, mori
than 225 million dollars in copper
more than 175 millions in furs
more than 1.000 million dollars ir
fish, while Alaska purchased t(
date more than $800,000,000 ir
merchandise.”
Representative Robert G. Sim
mons from Nebraska said: “Thi
United States is spending $12,000,
000 yearly in Alaska and is getting
in return only $8,000,000 in reve
nue.”
gonoon m corn
NEW YORK. May 18. iVP)— Dr,
John F. Condon said that neither
himself nor Lindbergh had been
“taken in” by John Curtis’ story.
Condon said “I knew ail the time
and so did Col- Lindbergh know
that I was the only one who had a
real contact which v/as proven thru
symbols, a suit and pins-”
By symbols Condon apparently
referred to the cabalistic signature
found on the original ransom note
Other persons blamed Curtis foi
breaking the Condon contact with
the kidnappers. It was declared the
kidnappers saw the headlines in a
newspaper that Curtis said Lind
bergh had authorized him to pay
S100.000 ransom to the kidnappers.
The kidnappers thought there was
a chance of getting more money
and broke their contact with Con
don.
HIS LINDBERGH TO
FORGIVE HIM FOR LOTS
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 18.—Jno.
H. Curtis, one of the alleged inter
mediaries between Lindbergh and
the abductors and murderers of his
child, the man who yesterday con
fessed that all his “contacts” were
but distorted figments of his own
imagination, asked Colonel Lind
berg’s forgiveness, on account of
his wife and two children.
He said he had been worried for
many months over financial mat
ters. Curtis will probably be
charged with obstructing justice
and giving false information.
YOUNG IS OUT
NEW YORK, May 18, —In a let
ter received here Owen D. Young is
purported to have written that
he will not consider accepting the
Democratic nomination for the
presidency. The announcement was
a keen dissapointment to his sup
porters.
WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, May 18, (#>)—'The SS
Admiral Watson of the P. S. S. Co.,
sailed from Seattle at 10 o'clock
this morning with 96 passengers;
three are booked for Seward as fol
• lows: J. Christopherson, L. Van
• Voorst and Mrs. B. U. Harris. Sec
„ and class were Jack and Bert W.
Harris.
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DRILL SERIES OF TESTS
1' Active steps looking to develop
ment of the big sulphur deposits on
} 1 Akun Island will be taken this
j month when Lynch Brothers, dia
mod drilling contractors, will drill
' a series of tests on the holdings of
' the Pacific Coast Sulphur Corpora
„ tion.
j This announcement was made
T by A. O. Adams, who is waiting in
Seward for the arrival and depart
ure of the SS. Starr for the West
, ward.
[ Mr. Adams will be general super
r intendent of preliminary work and
’ | will have about 10 men under his
I: direction.
The holdings of previous owners
' of the Akun Island sulphur depos
! its have all been acquired by the
’ Pacific Coast Sulphur Corporation,
^capitalized for $2,000,000, and, says
Mr. Adams, is in a strong position
to fully develop the holdings on a
’ large scale. The extent of this de
> velopment will be contingent upon
i what is revealed by a series of dia
mond holes bored on an area of
seven or eight acres, where previous
prospecting revealed sulphur of
high grade to various depths. The
driving to be done by Lynch Broth
ers will consist of sinking a number
of bores to a depth of from 1.090 to
1,500 feet.
Samples of raw sulphur tested in
Seattle showed a pure content of
from 55 to 75 per cent. If large
quantities of this grade are encoun
to employ a large force and pro
tered it is the plan of the company
ceed to production on a large scale
Archie Adams is well known to
the Railroad Zone, having been
employed by the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission as traveling en
gineer from 1917 to 1924. He has
for some time been a resident of
Seattle, where he was service engi
neer for the Continental Coal Coi i
pany.
In conclusion Mr. Adams s aid
that it will require all summer to
make the drill tests and therefore
there will not be a demand for la
bor. However, he will employ only
long-resident Alaskans. “If we
begin work on a large scale next
spring,” said he, “I will insist upon
employing only bona hide residents
of this portion of Alaska. While
I was employed by the railroad the
boys were pretty good to me and t
shall not forget the old guard in
the event of a call being made for
a large force. It will be March
of next year before our prelimi
HEAR CONDON FRIDAY
NEW YORK, May 18, —The
Bronx grand jury, which began an
investigation of the payment of
$50,000 to men who claimed to be
the kidnapers of the Lindbergh
baby, have not heard the testimo
ny of Dr. John Condon, the man
who made the payment, but will
hear him Friday.
Four bridges on the Richardson
highway are reported to be washed
out, according to arrivals from Val
dez on the Admiral Evans. One of
these is said to be the big Jarves
: bridge.
HASN’T RESIGNED
NEW YORK, May 18, —It was
rumored here that Jesse M. Las
ky had resigned as director of the
Paramount P ic t u r e Corporation
but Mr. Lasky, in Los Angeles, de
nies the report. He says that he is
merely on a leave of absence. Any
way, he said, “my contract is not
up until December.”
DR. CONDON STATES HE WILL
CONTINUE TO RELY ON
CURTIS
NEW YORK, May 18. —Despite
John H. Curtis’ confession that he
had not made any contact with
persons connected with the Lind
bergh baby abduction and slaying
as he had made public for the last
several weeks, the police are check
ing up on every point of his state
ments. They are doing this to de
termine whether he is telling the
truth, trying to conceal something
or whether he is a crank.
Colonel Schwartzkopf said that I
early in the case certain discrep- i
ancies had been noted in the Cur- |
tis activities but he said that the j
police department continued to!
“play ball” with him to be on the 1
safe side- Curtis, in making his'
confession, said that he had not!
been himself for over eight months
and he asked Lindbergh’s forgive
ness for his wife and children’s.!
ness for his wife’s and children’s
sake. He said he had worried over,
i financial matters.
CAREFULLY FREPARED
! The suspicion of Governor Moore
I and other officials was aroused
; somewhat when they noted that j
when Curtis made his confession
that he spoke from manuscript'
copy rather than from a memoran- |
dum form. All of this indicated j
: Curtis’s confession had carefully
; been prepared in advance by him
j self and perhaps others.
! Coast Guard officials at Wash
j ington indicated that Curtis’ con
fessicn did not come entirely as a
surprise to them either and they
also said that they cooperated with
him so that they could be on the
safe side.
Dr. John Condon, the “Jafsie” in j
the negotiations, who after viewing j
a rogue’s gallery of police photos
indicated that some surprises might1
happen. He also said that Curtis’ •
confession was not a surprise to;
I him. He also said that he would j
i continue to rely on Curtis although j
the latter had been responsible for j
breaking some of his own negotia-;
tions. Condon indicated that the j
person whom he paid Lindy’s $50,- j
000 ransom money was a Scandin- j
avian appearing person. Condon:
said that the other persons whom
he associated with the ransom de- j
manders were four men and a wo-1
man. Curtis also said that the per- i
sons with whom he dealth includ- i
i ed five men and a woman.
STILL HAS FAITH
At Norfolk, Va., Rev. Harold Dod- j
son-Peacock, dean of the Christ*
Church, when informed Tuesday of
the confession of Curtis that he
had perpetrated one of the great
est hoaxes in history in connection
the Lindbergh kidnapping said he
“still has faith in John Hughes
Curtis.” The Dean was associated
with Curtis while the latter con
ducted negotiations which he now
admits were only imaginative. “I
shall say nothing regarding my
part in John’s negotiations until he ■
comes back here.”
The Brooklyn Eagle carried a 1
story Tuesday wherein it said that
Colonel Lindbergh had told an in
termediary that he was broke and
that he was forced to borrow one- 1
half of the money which he paid 1
out as ransom to the alleged ab- 3
ductors of his infant son.
The police are still attempting to
trace down the persons who re- -
ceived the ransom money as this 1
seems to be their best, if not the (
only clue to work on. «
IS GOING “NUTS”
A man who said he was afraid
he would go “nuts” unless he con- 3
fessed. He told New York police 1
that the Lindbergh baby was killed 1
when he fell from the arms of one ‘
of the kidnapers. !
The man, Frank Parzych, was <
arrested Monday night on a charge <
BODIES OF GARPE AND
KOVEN BE BROUGHT OUT
BY AIMES LATER
FAIRBANKS, May 18, (JP)—Lind
ley telephoned from McKinley
Park that the survivors of the
climbing party are in good condi
tion. Ranger Grant Pearson, who
fell down a 40-foot decline while
attempting to carry the body of
Theodore Koven, is able to walk
to the Park although he still suf
fers from injuries.
Lindley 4ndicated that Koven
was fatally injured while trying to
rescue Allen Carpe, head of the
scientific expedition. Koven was
27 years of age and was a well
known engineer of New Jersey.
Carpe, who also perished in the
mountain climb, was about 35 and
was regarded as a most able moun
taineer having previously ascend
ed Mount Logan and Mount Fair
weather.
The search for Nickolas Spade
vicki, who was with the party and
who went to telephone for aid,
continues. He has been gone for a
number of days. .
Planes will be used to bring the
bodies of Carpe and Koven from
Mount McKinley but they will
probably not be taken out until
conditions become better.
CURTIS CONFESSES TO
DUPING LINDBERGH
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 18, (/P)—
Schwartzkops announced that Cur
tis had written a “complete con
fession” to our people whom he
told that the negotiations on all
boats at which he said he had met
the Lindbergh baby abductors and
murderers, were creations of his
own imagination.
The statement follows:
“At 4 o'clock yesterday morning
Curtis sat down at a typewriter
and wrote a complete confession
concerning his activities. He stat
ed all boats and all the people he
had been referring to were crea
tions of his mind and they don’t
exist in fact.”
IN A FOG
TRENTON, May 18, (IP)—Police
are blanketing the seaboard but
find their investigation handicap
ped through inability to determine
definitely the motive for the Lind
bergh baby crime saying “it is like
looking for seme one in an impen
etrable fog.”
KILLINGS CONTINUE
BOMBAY, India, May 18.—Squads
of British soldiers are arriving
dourly supported by artillery and
armored cars, but rioting and
bloodshed continues among the
Hindus and Moslems to an alarm
ing degree. In some cases the
rioters have rushed the soldiers
and theta. flung themselves onto
the bayonets. The death toll is
steadily mouting and the number
af injured is appalling.
Martial law has been declared in
an effort to alleviate the situation, j
\ curfew law is also in effect.
af abandoning his wife and chil- j
Iren. He said he had a part in the i
kidnaping but denied he was in
volved in the infant’s death.
Police said they were uncertain
as to whether or not he was telling
-he truth. They are checking up on
lis story.
SAMPLING SOIL
Police obtained mud scrapings
rom the Curtis automobile to de
termine if possible whether any
>f the soil can be identified as New
rersey soil.
No analysis has been made yet.
Investigators said Curtis was ev
dently describing his own car
vhen he asked police to look out
or a green sedan. The search re
:ulted in finding only one car an
iwering his description. This one,
>fficers said, was found and own
irship proven.
RETURN AFTER SEARCH
POINT BARROW, May 18, (/P)—
Pilot Harold Graham and Mrs. E.
Christofferson returned after a 1,
000 square mile search and flight
in search of the schooner Baychi
mo, lost in the Arctic. Pilot Joe
j Crosson, of the Alaskan Airways,
! may assist in the search. A valua
j ble cargo of fur is supposed to be
! on the vessel.
NEWSPAPERS SAID TO
HOPEWELL, May 18, (/P’)—John
H. Curtis said lucrative offers had
been made by numerous newspa
pers and film companies for his
story of activities in the Lindbergh
kidnaping case but the New York
I Herald Tribune denied making any
| definite offer.
The New York Daily News said
I it made an offer on the assump
| tion that the story was true.
Curtis is a prominent Southern
society member who has suffered
financial reverses; his gas engine
j and boat building company went
bankrupt a year ago.
“For the last seven or eight
months I have not been myself
due to financial troubles. I was
brought back to my senses by a
telephone conversation with my
i wife Tuesday in which she told me
her troubles and how my children
had missed me,” Curtis said.
He absolved Dobson Peacock and
Admiral Barrage. The former be
believed his story but the latter
made no recommendation.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 13.
(/P)—A bill involving the sum of
$15,000 for a new school building
at Unalakleet to replace the insti
tuion recently destroyed by fire,
including a supplementary item,
was sent to Congress by the Pres
ident.
The measure also carried $8,283
to finish the construction of the
Mountain Village Alaska hospital
including $9,500 for added care of
Alaska’s insane at the Morningside
Asylum near Portland, Oregon.
MRS. YOUNG ILL
NEW YORK, May 18, —The rea
son for Owen D. Young’s refusal to
accept the presidential nomination
of the Democratic party was said
to be because of the illness of Mrs.
Young, who has heart trouble.
ARRIVE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, May 18, —Mrs. G.
Fortescue arrived in New York
Tuesday from San Francisco and
Hawaii. She was met here by her
husband. Mrs. Fortescue refused
to say anything about the dark
events which she and her daughter
and son-in-law have just left be
hind them on the Pacific Isle.
DIRIGIBLE DROPPED
FLOWERS DOLLAR ROME
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, —
The navy dirigible Akron appeared
to be moored to its tender, the U.
S. Patoka, in the harbor. From the
shore the Akron seemed to be at
tached to the mooring mast.
The craft’s radio had not report
ed immediately. The great silver
airship, after flying over San Ra
fael to drop flowers at the home of
the late Captain Robert Dollar,
flew over the Patoka.
OFFICIALS CONVICTED
LOS ANGELES, May 18, —The
Richfield Oil Company officials
who were arrested some time ago
and charged with embezzling one
million dollars, were convicted yes
terday.
JAP! SAID HAVE
PLACED ORDER MS
EUROPEAN NATIONS
COMMUNISTS PLAN TO SINK
VESSEL IN CANAL TO OB
STRUCT TRADE
TOKYO, May 18, —Spokesmen
connect the burning of the French
motorship, the Georges Philippar,
in the Arabian Sea, with a plot of
Japanese Communists to hamper
the shipping of goods through the
Suez canal from France, England
and other European nations to Ja
j pan.
It is contended in circles here
I that the revolutionists had planned
| the fire so that the vessel would
I be sunk in the Suez canal and
| would thereby obstruct vessels from
proceeding through here with their
cargoes. Time bombs were also said
to have been placed aboard the ves
sel but a search is said not to have
reevealed their presence.
I A state of turmoil still prevails
| here and the Japanese public is
i said to be be c o m ing disgruntled
i with the entire situation; they ap
i pear desirous of seeing the politi
cal party government fall and want
in its stead a national government.
News from unofficial sources at
Vienna says that Japan has at
tempted to place an order for
' thousands of machine guns in Aus
^ tria but since that nation is prohi
| bited by treaty from the manufac
; ture of arms and munitions, the
| order was not filled.
I It was said that similar orders
for machine guns and munitions
; had been placed in Czechoslovakia
i and other European countries. The
orders are said to have been placed
by representatives of the Japanese
I government.
The SS Starr, Capt. Arthur Ryn
; ing, of the San Juan Fishing &
Packing Co., returned to port to
day from Seattle where the semi
: annual inspection of hull and
boilers was made. Twenty-four
hours was cut from the voyage
: north because of the magnificent
weather conditions. A full cargo of
freight is aboard; 40 passengers,
mostly cannery workers for Saw
mill bay, were on board. Captain
Ryning said he would sail for the
Westward, and the first trip of
the season to Bristol Bay, early to
morrow evening, providing the SS
Alaska has arrived. Mail will be
transferred.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Nilson of
Portlock were arrivals in Seward
yesterday morning on the M. S
Discoverer. The Nilsons came to
the city primarily to witness the
graduation of their son and daugh
ter, Norman and Vivian, from the
Seward High School Thursday
evening, and were fortunate to ar
rive in time to witness the Senior
play last evening in which their
children had important parts.
While here, Mr. Nilson may pos
sibly undergo medical treatment
for a slight injury received in a
fall a short time ago.
CHECK WHEREABOUTS
NORFOLK, May 18, (JP)—It has
been learned from an authentic
source that police are checking
the whereabouts of John H. Cur
tis on the night of March 1 when
the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped.
His whereabouts on that night have
not bee ndefinitely established. Ac
tion against him has been defer
red pending results of the inves
tigation.