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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 149.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAjSf, JULY 6, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AGREEMENT NEAR
OFFICIALS BELIEVE
II. S. BEBI PUN
AMERICA IS WILLING EXTEND
25 YEARS TIME TO
GERMANY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 6 (IP)
—Confident that the moratorium
agreements near, officials looked
*.0 the Paris conference to elim
inate the remaining point of dif
ference between the countries. The
exact status has not been an
nounced but three major points
had to be compromised to recon
cile viewpoints.
The points involved are said to
permit Germany 25 years to re
nay, unconditional, reparations, the
annuities to be returned to her
as credits during the moratorium.
France asked for a five-year
period but the U. S. insisted Ger
many alone would benefit from
these credits. Paris wanted them
extended to other countries and
to German industry rather than
the government.
The third point involved a guar
antee if Germany declared mora
torium.
CHICAGO, July 6. (IP*—Showers
and storms cooled western Ne
braska, parts of the Dakotas and
Oklahoma and western Minnesota.
Kansas, blistered by two weeks 01
lOO-degree temperatures, light
rains and northwest winds tem
porarily ended the summer’s siege.
From the Mississippi River to the
eastern seaboard, however, the na
tion sweltered. More deaths were
added to the heat toll in St. Louis,
Chicago and St. Paul.
HOPE EM THRONE
MADRID, July 6. </P)—'The pro
visions of the new constitution of
Spain, establishing the Republic
and its form of popular govern
ment, have been announced by
the Provisional Republican gov
ernment.
According to the new constitu
tion, the President will receive a
salary of $3,000 a year. His term
of office is six years and reelection
is barred. No member of the
former royal family is eligible.
The election is called the death
blow to hopes of Alfonso to return
to Spain.
Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Close, of Wash
ington, D. C., were arrivals Friday.
Dr. Close is with the Department
of Agriculture.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rogers, of
Minneapolis, Minn., were round
trip passengers on the SS. Aleutian.
Mr. Rogers is a friend of U. S. Mar
shal H. P. Sullivan of Valdez.
HALIBUT PRICES «
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., July 6.
(/P)—Ninety thousand pounds ol
American halibut landed here Sat
urday brought 3c and 8c; Canad
ian, 4c and 7c.
UZEUDUII INS OVER
BIER IN RENO BUTTLE:
DEMPSEY IS REFEREE
RENO, July 6. (/P) — Battling
j steadily at a fast pace through 20
rounds, Uzcudun and Bear reached
the final session on even terms
Jack Dempsey made the decision
on the outcome of the final round
in which Paulino took the lead
away from his younger but heavier
| opponent in decisive fashion.
The fight was extremely vicious
each using rough tactics and but
ting each other in several rounds
At times the affair took on the
appearance of a wrestling bout.
Uzcudun Wins
FLASH: An Associated Press dis
| patch sent to The Gateway ar
! hour before the above dispatch wai
! to the effect Uzcudun won the
| decision.
EMBEZZLEMENT TERM
mm now nun
SAN FRANCISCO. July 6. (/P)
Every night for two years, Arthui
G. Fisk beheld himself facing e
j court of justice undergoing a sen
1 tence for embezzlement and th(
vision became a reality. He wa;
sentenced to five years in prisor
, by Federal Judge St. Sure, anc
was fined $2,000 as terminatior
• for a political career in California
of 30 years.
Fisk, former U. S. Commissioner
ousted in April, entered one o.
j the most extraordinary pleas foi
mercy ever heard in a Federa
court room here but probation of
ficers had recommended againsi
I leniency and Judge St. Sure deniec
: the plea for probation after read
i ing from the report extensively.
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PLANE NEAR KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN. July 6. (/P)—It ii
reported here that the refueling
plane landed safely on the flat!
near the head of Portland Canal
The Tokyo fliers are reported con
sidering flying to Ketchikan. It k
• also reported they are anxious U
' go back to Prince Rupert but feai
they will be unable to land there
Present information is meager.
ARRAIGNMENT PLED NOT
FILED ALLEGED MURDEF
j
j LOS ANGELES, July 6. (iP)—Su
perior Judge William Doran wa:
forced to enter a plea of not guilty
when David H. Clark, former dep
| uty district attorney, refused t(
! plead at his arraignment on ar
j information accusing him of th<
I murder of Herbert Spencer, polit
I cal writer.
! Clark remained silent, after th(
charge had been read and th<
judge called for his plea. By prev
ious stipulation, the trial was se'
for August 3.
SCHMELING [VICTOR
SEATTLE, July 6.|/P) —(FLASH)
—Schmeling wins In a technical
knockout in the 15m round.
SCHMELING BILL
TAKE ON MEM
ON SEPTEMBER 17
iSTRIBLING PRESENTS PATHETIC
FIGURE; FACE?) BRUISED
WITH CUTS
CLEVELAND, July 6, (A5)—Max
1 Schmeling, thriumphant in his
i tri-championship battle against
i Stribiing, is now ready to battle
! the “man mountain” from Italy,
; Camera.
This engagement will be Max’s
next defense of his title, Jacobs,
his manager said. The contest
will probably be decided next
September. It is not known when
Leon will see Cardera’s manager
but it is certain that the date will
be September 17. The manager is
uncertain of the location.
’ i Schmeling emerged from the
I fight with a lump iunder the left
'eye and a reddened cheek bone,
! which did not pain him.
i Schmeling will get between $100,
i 000,000 and $140,000*000.
i Stribiing presented a pathetic
figure. His face was puffed and
bruised with cuts above and under
both eyes. Stribiing praised Max
for his being a fair and clean
' fighter.
A right hand blow above the
left eye in the 11th round really
started the defeat of Stribiing. He
’ said he knew he was beaten then.
TECHNICAL KA-OH
1 CLEVELAND. July G. (/P) — Max
■ Schmeling, heavyweight champion,
successfully defended his title on
■ the night of July 3 by defeating
■ Young Stribiing, Macon, Georgia.
’ challenger on a technical knock
1 out in the final round of their
15-round match.
'in mi il
HEJOH FOURTH
;j RENO, Nev., July 6. (ff)—'The
* “Whoopee Town” of the West was
' wide open and running wild the
evening before Independence Day.
5 Its streets were thronged with
\ countless visitors from California
and other Western States as well
■ as gay members of the divorce
colony.
| The Prohibition Director of the
; Western district has been making
'numerous raids trying to “dry” it
I up, but with not much success.
1 BIG DEATH TOLL
| LOS ANGELES. July 6. (£»)—A
' | possible death toll of 20 is con
deeded to rip-tides which swept
beaches in ths area on July 4 and
on Sunday. Seventeen met death
' Saturday; all bodies were not re
1 covered. The treacherous tides
; continued along nearly 50 miles of
winding seacoast.
: ITALIAN DUKE DIES
TURIN, Italy, July 6. (jP)—'The
- Duke of Aosta died at 1:30 Satur
day afternoon.
PLANE WELL UNDER WAY [
EDMONTON, July 6. (£>)—'The j
refueling plane of Robbins and
Jones left here at 3:32, Mountain [
Time, Saturday morning, expecting!
to go to Fairbanks via Whitehorse j
and Dawson. i
ss m sis
FOR RUSKA WITH
FI LIST ABOARD
SEATTLE, July 6. (/?)—The SS
Yukon, of the Alaska Steamship
Co., sailed from Seattle Saturday
at 9 a. m., carrying 175 passengers
of which the following 16 were
booked for Seward and railroad
points:
Philip Smith, T. P. McLain, A.
Becker, Joe Strand, F. H. Pinska,
Miss J. Ironsides, P. Stanley Rye,
Frank Franzen, John Carlson, Mrs,
K. Osbourne and daughter, Miss!
L. Lutz, Mrs. W. A^ English, E. I
Pegler, Harold Bowen, Gabel Win- !
gate and three steerage.
NOT CLEAR YET
PARIS, July 6. (/P)—Mellon and.
Edge conferred with Finance Min- |
ister Fladin on the two points
still on issue between France and!
America in Hoover’s debt plan.
I1ATTAN LEASE
SUPS GOLD BUCK
TONOPAH, Nev. July 6. (/P) —
Carrying a bar of gold weighing
77 ounces, Matt Kane, owner of |
the War Eagle mill at Manhattan,
and B. J. Jurich, leasing on the
old Amalgamated mine in the pine
tree camp, drove in to deposit the
| bullion.
This fear of gold has a valuable
lesson in demonstrating that leas
ers who know their business can
| earn better than wages in spite
| of all the unemployment and cries
j of depression. That is how Mr.
[Jurich got his gold. He says he
i expects to keep on accumulating
| and shipping bullion at a rate
that will leave him a handsome
balance in the treasury.
BRISTOL, Conn., July 6. (JF)—
The first fireworks fatality of the
season in the East occurred when
Morris L. Tiffany, Jr.. 26, suffered
fatal injuries when a toy cannon
exploded prematurely.
DEBT DIFFERENCES
SETTLED II. S„ FRANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 6. (IP)
—President Hoover received word
that the Franco-American differ
ences over his debt proposal had
been settled. He received the news
direct from Secretary Mellon by
transAtlantic telephone.
The President listened in his
office while Acting Secretary Cas
tle of the State Department talked
from a secretary’s office and Act
ing Secretary Mills of the Treas
ury Department occupied a tele
phone booth nearby. When Castle
returned to the President’s office,
he was smiling broadly.
John H. Robinson, of the Cris
well Tours, arrived in Seward Fri
day with 16 Circle-Trip tourists.
n
MOST SERIOUS RECENT YEARS;
BEGAN OVER DITCH
DIGGING
TOKYO, July 6. (/P)—'The most
serious inter-racial clash in Korea
in recent years left 37 dead; police
are protecting the Chinese colonies
of Chemulpoand Pingyang against
further possible violence.
Koreans became incensed over
inter-racial trouble July 1 and
swept through the Chinese colony
and attacked residents with bam
boo sticks; hundreds were injured
and scores of residences destroyed.
The rioters numbered about
7,000. The trouble started when
500 Chinese attacked 200 Koreans
at Wanpaoshan because of Chinese
objections to Koreans being em
ployed on an irrigation project.
RECENT TRGUBLEITILY
ROME. Italy, July 6. (/P)—Pope
Pius XI plans to issue shortly a
position in the present controver
declaration outlining the Vatican’s
sey with the Italian government,
it was learned.
The declaration, it is understood,
will outline all the steps the Vat
ican has taken to ameliorate the
trouble with the Italian govern
ment, a situation based on whether
the church or state shall control
the education of youth.
WILL BIT ISLANDS
AND STUDY PROBLEM
SEATLE, July 6. (/P) —Secretary
Hurley said that he planned to sail
for the Philippines on July 25, the
principal object of his trip being
'to study the problem of Philippine
independence.
1 The plan of Secretary Hurley is
to visit the Philippines before the
next session of Congress and give
rise to considerable speculation
over what possible disposition may
be planned for the Philippines.
Added importance was given the
projected trip when it was learned
that President Quezon plans to
return to Manila instead of going
to Europe for his health.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elliott of San
Francisco while in Seward Friday,
had a pleasant visit with their life
long frend, Judge E. Coke Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Leonard, of
arrivals on the SS. Aleutian and are
making the Circle Tour.
W. A. Shedd, American Express
touring agency, came into Sew'ard
Friday with 14 tourists.
Miss Claribell Wells, of Hacken
sack, New Jersey, was among the
local arrivals Friday on the SS. Al
I eutian making the Circle Trip.