MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 267.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1932.
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WASHINGTON. Oca. 10. —With
national general eleciions only one
month away, c a m p a i g n s have
reached the boilin ’; point. Reput
ed keen political observers claim to
perceive an i p\v vd trend for Pres
ides Hoover, while enthusiasm for
Frank!'. 1 D. Roofevelt is ebbing.
Hoover's Dcs Moines speech
seemingly has made trim votes
while Roosevelt's coast to coast
speaking tour lost him votes. How
ever. the observers qualify, either
can win.
Today. Roosevelt confers with
William Farley. Democratic Nat
ional chairman, relative to Roose
velt’s tour of the Southern States
on which he will start one week
from today.
The Republican National Head
quarters have launched an attack
upon Jim Reed of Missouri because
of his support and stumping for
the Democratic nominee.
ATHENS. Greece. Oct. 10, —Sam
uel Insuil. for whom Chicago and
Federal officials have been seeking
for the last week, arrived here
from parts unknown. He had no
. baggage otln r thaii a . ui c a
found, awaiting him, a draft for
$25,000.
He ’"hi i' main in Greece indef
inite.;.' for it is said there is no ex
tradition treaty between Greece
and the United States. However,
according to an American report,
informal arrangements will be in
stituted immediately paving the
way to bring him back to the Unit
ed States and face swindling and
embezzlement charges; specifically,
one charging he and liis brother
with taking $500,000 from the for
mer two billion dollar Insuil Corp
oration.
His son, Junior, returned to Par
, is Sunday and leaves soon for the
United States. Mrs. Insuil plans to
join her husband at once in Ath
ens.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct., 10, —
Two State’s witnesses, F. Drew and
. J. Walker, in the trial of the two
penitentiary guards charged with
the "sweat-box” murder, made
their escape Sunday.
Drew and Walker broke thru their
cell floor to an unoccupied space
below, ripped away old bars from
a window, slipped out to freedom
and vanished.
The escape was discovered when
*G Smith, a resident near the pri
son, heard dogs barking, and
aroused the jailer.
LOGGING CONVENTION
TACOMA, Oct., 10,—This city,
this week, will be host to the log
ging industry; manufacturers and
' lcggiiv camp officials from ail over
the Pacific Coast are here in at
tendance at their annual conven
tion.
CIl' F ON ROUTINE HOP
BERLIN, Oct., 10. —The Graf
Zeppelin left Sunday enroute on a
scheduled flight to Buenos Aires,
■>S. A... carrying 12 passengers.
HAS A NEW PLAN
- STRASS3URG, France, Oct., 10.
—The French government will pre
sent a new plan for disarmament
at the Geneva Peace Conference,
it was officially announced yester
day.
Coming Events
RIOTING IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Oct. 10. —Communists
and Nazis forces cla lied here on
Sunday and before P< ‘ice broke up
the fighting, nine were injured.
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JUNES WON RACE
YAKIMA, Wn., Oct. 10, —Arthur
n >us automo
bile racer, won the main event in
Srnd'vV races and a purse of $5,
000.
T\)Vv*N SHAKEN BY QUAKE
BRAWLEY. Calif., Oct. 10. —A
heavy earthquake shook this town
Sunday, together with a torrent of
rain and howling winds.
COOL-IDGE TALKS TOMTE
NEW YORK. Oct. 10. —Calvin
Coolidge will make a public ad
dress tonight; a campaign speech
for President Hoover.
ROBBIE signs contract
HOLLYWOOD. Oct, 10. —Bobbie
Jones signed a five-year contract
to produce a series of golf moving
pictures.
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“RED DEMON” STRIKES
FORT TOWNSEND. Wn, Oct. 10,
Fire is licking through the magni
ficent stand of timber in the Olym
pic Peninsula district; 75 men are
in the forest fighting the fire.
CHOICE NARROWS DOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 10, —
President Hoover’s choice of which
city in Ohio to speak, has narrowed
dor: nto three; Cleveland, Toledo
or Cincinatr.
TENDERS RESIGNATION
SANTIAGO, Chile. Oct. 10, —Car
1 os Ibanez presented his irrevoca
ble resignation as Chilean Ambas
sador to Argentina.
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HUNTER DROWNED
AKIAK. Oct. 10, —Emil Liska,
while on a duck hunt on the Kus
kokwim, was drowned when his
skiff swamped. Three others with
him narrowly averted a similar end.
It is said the motor failed.
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LOOK BEFORE LEAP
TIA JUANA, Oct., 10, —Persons
contemplating marriages hereafter
in this city, want to be certain they
are not foreigners, for marriages
here row conform with interna
tional civil laws.
UNKNOWN CAUSE
SEATTLE. Oct. 10, —While away
in Portland on business, the resi
dence of Senator W. W. Connors,
on Queen Ann Hill, burned to the
ground. The fire was from an un
determined origin.
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BURST INTO FLAMES
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 10,—Claude
Cavendish and two companions,
narrowly escaped death Sunday
when his yacht suddenly burst into
flames, beyond the breakwater.
The party was rescued by nearby
boats.
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FRANCE AGREES
LONDON, Oct. 10. —The French
government notified Britain that
it will send delegates to the Lon
don 4-power conference to discuss
the German arms problems. Ger
. many announced its agreement to
- attend the meeting last week.
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TWO REMOVED
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 10,—Goaled
j hv the thought that discrimination
, m obtaining work was being shown,
. Earl Halting, 37, shot and killed
Fra n k Ma,thewson, of the U P
Commissary, then turned the gun
on himself.
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RELIGIOUS SITUATION
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 10, -The ex
| pulsion of the Papal delegate, Arch
Bishop Leopoldo Flores, from Mex
ico. seemed to have quieted the re
ligious situation and there was no
indication the president intended
to move further or that he would
carry out his threat to convert the
churches into schools and factor
ies.
SENS! MHIS OK
‘'When the mining world realizes
what is contained in the range of
Kenai mountains, running from
the southermcsfc tip of Kenai Pe
ninsula to Turnagain Arm, this
promises to become one of the
greatest quartz mining districts in
Alaska ”
This is the opinion of Frank
Towle of Cooper's Landing.
And Mr. Towle should know, as
he is one of those who have travel
ed a wide section of the northern
slope of the Kenai range, from
where the coast ice cap lies, to the
Kenia river. He also owns much
valuable placer ground along the
Kenai river, which he has traveled
for many years, and on which nu
merous tests show commercial val-j
ues to exist.
‘I have seen ledges ranging from
a few to as much as 25 feet in
width,” - says Mr. Towle, “and all
that is required to make them into
possible big mines is prospecting
; and a little developing capital.”
Judged by a reconnaissance re
i eently made by C. J. Lincke, geo
logist, in company with Steve Mel
! choir and Sandy Leach, who re
' turned Sunday from a 14-day
! journey to Surprise creek, 11 miles
below Cooper’s Landing, the ex
tension cf the Cooper’s Landing
Seldovia roadway beyond where it
now ends seven miles below the
landing, is the key to what should
be a spirited mining revival.
It will be by this route that ma
• chinery necessary to work placer
and quartz must be conveyed and
an cutlet given to the Alaska Lail
rcad. All travel beyond the end
of the road must be made by dog
team rind sled in winter or by ne
j gotiating a number of rapids and
the swift curren of the Kenai river
in summer. Where the graveled
road ends, the right of way has
been slashed several miles to near
! Surprise creek. Thenceforward
| a trail leads to Skilak lake. This,
for the most part is impeded by
windfalls and difficult of travel.
Once this sled road is extended to
Skilak lake, access may be had to
a very promising quartz and placer
■ country stretching back to the
j main Kenai range.
According to data gathered by
Lincke, and legends supplied by
Mr. Melchoir and others who know
the country, the enrichment of the
Kenai river placers has come thru
successive glacial action during the
ice age when all that portion of the
country was overlain by a mile or
more of ice. The tongues of these
glaciers cut deep passes thru the
hills, while at? the same time scour
ing them and piling the detrius and
fluvatile deposits in deltaic aprons
extending from the Kenai range to
the main trough of the glacier ex
tending from the east end of Ke
nai lake to Cook Inlet.
The first pronounced evidence of
this action Is shown at Cooper
Creek, again at Russian river, and
later on Surprise creek. This lat
| ter drainage coming from the
j south, laid down a moraine some
| three miles in length along Sur
i prise creek, and approximately one
' mile in width near its confluence
| with the Kenai river, at the first
i canyon below Surprise creek, where
; it parted against an intruding hill.
There are no authentic records of
j approximate bedrock depth on the
| lower Kenai river, but the revela
| tions on Surprise creek show it to
I be between 30 and 40 feet.
There is evidence of several ac
| tions on Surprise creek, the pri
| mary evidently accompanying the
; first movement of the ice cap, hav
| ing laid down a hardpan, or sili
, cious bedding, which contains val
j ues all the way to the original rock
j surface. The second glacial ac
; tion terminated in the morraine.
| Tn view of the fact that it is pos
! ?•!Me to pan gold above this mor
aine, end in fact high above its
; horizon, indicates that even a third
' glacial laydown occurred. This is
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GOOD MAIL CARRIER
JUNEAU, Oct. 10, —Gov. G. A.
Parks was handed a letter Satur
day by Miss Theo Francis from
Gov. James Rolfe Jr., of California.
Miss Francis left Sacramento on
March 19 and, with the exception
o'- a short boat trip, Skagway to
Juneau, walked the entire distance.
WasMpgton 0, Oregon 0.
Ten»|see SO, No. Carolina 20.
Bray® 13, Springfield 0.
U. S. ;Navnl Acad. 30, Wn. Lee 0.
Nebraska 12, Iowa 6.
Colorado 7. Utah Aggies 6.
Gonzaga 20, Idaho 7.
Ohio ‘17, Syracuse 12.
Michigan 27, Purdue 6.
Holy jDross 32, Maine 6.
U. Mfch. 15, Northwestern 6.
Oklahoma 21, U. of Kansas G.
Tulahe 34, Georgia 25.
Cent®: 21, Pennsylvania 7.
Yale 7, Chicago 7.
Purdue 7, Miami 0.
Calif. 12, St. Mary’s 12.
So. Calif. 10, Ore. State 0.
W. C. Army 13, U. of S. F. 7.
Stanford 14, Broncs 0.
Chicago Bears 1, Cardinals 1.
■ Red” Grange played half-back
for the Bears.
BARRIE, Out., Oct., 10, —Martin
Insull was still in jail Sunday
awaiting extradition action to Chi
cago.
Attorney John O’Keefe, attor
ney foft feamuel and Martin In
suH-. 4?#. bo called before the Chi
cago Grand Jury today and asked
to reveal the substace of four code
telegrants received from Samuel,
now in Athens, Greece. Meanwhile,
rumors are current that the broth
ers, prior to the crash of the gi
gantic Insull holding company, hid
$27,000,000.
MANILA, P. I„ Oct. 10, —Captain
Wolfgang vcn Gronau and his fly
ing companions who are practical
ly cn the last leg of a world flight,
were forced down at sea Sunday at
9:37 a. m. between Rangoon and
Singapore because of engine trou
ble.
Wireless messages for help were
received here and at Rangoon and
Singapore.
Later messages said they had
taken off from the stormy sea at
11 a. m. but were down again.
PILOT WATERWORTH IN
Pilot Jack Waterworth, hand
some, popular and accomodating
young Anchorage “bird-man,” set
tled down like a feather on the lo
cal airport Sunday afternoon fol
lowing a flight here to pick up Joe
Wilson who was to be flown to
Wasilla. Waterworth is a member
of the Anchorage Star Air Service.
NOTICE
The Bridge Club will meet Tues
day afternoon at 1:30 at the home
of Mrs. P. C. McMullen.
The SS Admiral Evans, of the
Pacific Steamship Company, en
route to the Port of Sev/ard from
Seattle, is due to arrive Wednesday
morning at 8:30 o'clock.
Pilot Oscar Winchell, of the Me
Gee Airways, is due to arrive from
Anchorage Tuesday or Wednesday,
according to Sunday’s report.
Capt. Heinie Berger, of the fast
mail ship MS Discoverer, left An
chorage Saturday at midnight for
the Port of Sev/ard, via Iliamna
and way-ports.
Interior temperatures averaged
between 34 and 45 above last week.
SOUTHWEST STORMS
FHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 10, —'From
all parts of the Southwest come re
ports of storms causing consid
erable damage. Two inches of rain
feel here within an hour flooding
main streets. At Tucson flood con
ditions also prevailed.
VOTE GETTING SCHEME
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10, —
Senator Wagner charged the ad
ministration with formulating the
Finance Reconstruction Corpora-'
tion for one purpose only, that of
obtaining votes for Hoover in the
November election
THE SCENE SHIFTS
MILAN, Italy, Oct. 10, —The
search for Samuel Insull, and son,
shifted on Saturday from Spain to
this city, while back in Chicago the
Cook County grand jury met in
solemn session to bring additional
charges against the former “fin
| uncial” giant.
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CHINA CIVIL WAR
SHANGHAI, Oct. 10, —Because
cf continued internal and external
war-fare, the Chinese staple gov
ernment is at the breaking point
and complete collapse of the gov
ernment may come at any moment.
| Civil war threatens in numerous
j districts.
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ALLEGIANCE BROKEN
EERLIN, Oct. 10, —Hitler, the
1 Nazis leader, whose power has wan
ed since the von Papen govern
ment dissolved the Reichstag, has
broken former strong ties with
ex-Crown Prince Frederick be
cause of disagreement in govern
! mont support.
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BOG HERO BURIED
i KANSAS CITY, Oct, 10. —The
shell-shocked and gashed dog
“Marne,” veteran of the World
War, in which the Belgian police
dog rescued many wounded, was
buried here yesterday with full mil
itary honors.- The dog was 13-years
oVl and belonged to Mrs. H. Mc
Ginn.
14 BODIES RECOVERED
BAKERSFIELD. Calif., Oct., 10.—
The body of Engineer A. H. Roth
of the locomotive which was dug
up from under tons of mud in the
Tehachapi Pass region la^t week
was recovered Sunday, bringing
the total number of bodies recover
ed from the results of the cloud
burst to 14.
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THE SECRET IS OUT
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, —With the
arrival here yesterday of Admiral
Lord Beatty from England, enter
prising reporters discovered that
wearing his hat askew was not a
natural characteristic but because
being subject to headaches, reliei
is found with his hat set rakishlj
on one side.
STOLE PAIR SHOES
CHICAGO, Oct. 10, — Joseph
Campbell, 43, was arrested Satur
day charged with stealing a pair
of shoes from a hotel guest. Camp
bell told the police the guest, R. A
Wilson, refused to pay him 25c for
shining the shoes; police arranged
a compromise whereby the shoes
were returned and Campbell got
his quarter.
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WILL NOW PAY
SAN PEDRO, Calif. Oct, 10, —
Eight months ago George Krusoff.
postmaster, absconded with close
to $100,000. He was traced to the
Hawaiian Islands, then back to the
United States and yesterday was
placed under arrest. He said he
knew he was going to be removed
from office so thought he would
take enough money to tide him
over.
OTTO KAHN IMPROVES
NEW YORK. Oct., 10, —Ottc
Kahn’s condition, which Saturday
was considered grave, showed im
provement Sunday. The wealthy
I patron of the arts was taken ill
I last'week.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10, —The Khaki
Shirts of America is the newest of
political parties, announced Art
Smith, national commander, Sat
urday.
Patterned after the Nazis of
Germany and the Black Shirts of
Italy, Commander Smith said the
organization has great- plans for
the coming election and the future
in general.
“Within another week we will be *
actively organized in every state in
i the Union and we propose to put
our men into every public office.
“We now have over 3,000,000
; members; every man or boy over
I 13 is eligible to join the Khaki
Shirts of America.
“We are not ‘reds’ or commu
nists nor are we radical in purpose.
“We intend to get a new deal for
; our -country and will beat Hoover
* so bad that he will never aspire to
j run for office again. Roosevelt is
i the lesser of two evils.”
NEW YORK. Oct., 10,—J i m m y
Walker came back to New York
Sunday from Europe, aboard the
SS. Europa, and the glamor In
which the little man holds his pub
lic was never demonstrated more
' fully than by the great reception
which greeted him. The demon
' stration revealed that it is not
purely political tics which account
! for his popularity, but genuine
friendshiu for the dapper, former
mayor of this city.
He protested against the great
welcome accorded him but it was
evident his pleasure was great.
Two tugs, loaded with newspaper
men and friends, met the great
liner in the harbor to escort it to
its pier where 20.000 people throng
j ed the dock and streets. A motor
j cycle escort whizzed him to his
| home.
TOKIO, Oct., 10,—Japan has pre
! pared a document covering their
activities in the new independant
State of Manchukuo, which they
demand the League of Nations
must study and investigate at the
j same time that they take up the
I subject matter contained in the
i Lytton report.
However, it is said, Japan has
no intention of abandoning Man
chukuo regardless what action the
League pursues.
YUKON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Oct., 10,—The SS. Yu
kon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed Sat
urday with 32 passengers, the fol
lowing for Seward:—John J. Corey,
Wm. A. Newman, G. W. James, Mrs.
John Meyer, Mrs. W. H. Cannon,
Owen and Janice Cannon, Mrs. A.
S. Walkowski and Walter Turner.
TRAIN DERAILED
i LOS ANGELES, Oct., 10. —A
Southern Pacific train was derailed
: early Sunday morning in the Im
perial Valley; no casualties or in
jured were reported although the
accident occurred while passengers
were still asleep. The roadbed had
caved in from recent rains and
high w7ater. Passengers were trans
ferred and arrived here three hours
late.
HEAD HUNTERS
MANILA, P. I., Oct., 10,—Twenty
two constables were ambushed by
head-hunting Moros and nine of
them killed. Several were injured
but made their escape.