VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 165.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 16,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
YUKON IS Ell ROUTE
10 THE HEW
WITH FHIR LISTIN6
SEATTLE, July 16, <£*)—The SS. j
Yukon, of thte A. S. S. Co , sailed;
from her peir here this morning at!
9 o’clock for Seward and wayports.
The vesel carried 66 passengers of
whom 54 were first class reserva
tions and the others were steerage.
There were 20 passengers for
Seward and the railbelt and they
include Sam Cursey, B. B. Bur
rough, Jens Jensen, Frederic |
Handsch, D. C. McKecknie, Rev. :
W C. Files. W. V. J. %oney, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Shurtleff, Maud
Shurtleff.
Mrs. Ralph Reeser. Mrs. F. B.
Edwards Brown, Mrs Geo. Mumford
and twh cjhildiien, Jack Hanseai,
Mrs. C. N. Cash and daughter, Mrs.
E. J. Geysbeck, Allan V. Kelly, and;
five steerage.
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$494,310 FOR ROADS, TRAILS
In the Washington dispatch to
the Gateway yesterday the figures
refering to the allotment provided
for Alaska roads and trails main
tenance in the War Department
Bill should have read $494,310 in
stead of $94,310. Interested per
sons called the Gateway’s attention
to the error and a checkup revealed
that an error had been made.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
MUST MNCELL1TI0N
ACCORDING TO SURVEY
WASHINGTON, July 16. —Every
man and woman in and around
Congress, with one single exception,
stands against cancellation of the
$11,000,000,000 war debts owing the
United States by European nations
This all but unanimous senti
ment in the Senate and House,
which will have the last word in
the present debt settlements, was
revealed in a poll by newspapers
Friday.
The one exception was Senato'r
Elmer Thomas, democrat of Ponca
City, Okla. In a telegram he said,
“I approve cancellation of the war'
debts.”
The overwhelming majority re
gards the Lausanne agreement as
a plot to settle the entire cost of
the war on American taxpayers.
SENATE 10 INVESTIGATE
LOAN TO Clil
WASHINGTON, July 15. — An in
vestigation into every loan' made
thus far by the Federal Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation will be
made by a committee of the Sen
ate.
Topping the list of loans to be
probed is one of $30,000,000 made
to the Central-Republic Bank of
Chicago, of which Charles Gates
Dawes is president. Until recently
Dawes was chairman of the Re
construction Finance Corporation
but he resigned from that position
to reenter the banking business.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, July 16, —A com
plete investigation of the $800,000,
000 St. Lawrence River Seaway;
Treaty which has just been con
cluded between the United States
and Canada, was ordered by the
Senate Friday.
FIGHTING IN CHINA
HONG KONG, China, July 16, — i
Serious fighting between Cantonese I
soldiers and communists is reported
from the Northern Province. Over
600 injured have been brought into
Canton for hospitalization. The
Reds were said to be gaining in the
fighting but the report was denied
in official circles.
MANY PROSTRATIONS
CHICAGO, July 16. — A dozen or
more prostrations were reported in
the city Friday as the thermome
ter climbed up to a temperature of
102 degrees in the shade. The en
tire countryside reports similar
sweltering heat. Predictions of thte
weather man fail to show relief
from the heat for a number of
days.
IEIM FUMED
HOLD BID SHOW-OFF
PROTEST ADJOURNMENT
WASHINGTON, Juiy 16, —Plans
were made here Friday by many
veterans, to hold a mass demon
stration in front of the Nation’s
capitol today in protest of the ad
journment of Congress without
having passed any legislation for
the payment of their bonus cer
tificates immediately.
Meanwhile, the Government of
ficials were trying to find out who
is to blame for the calling out of a
marine detachment to handle the
veterans Thursday when it was
said that the situation was well in
hand. The President and other
high officials all deny responsibili
ty for having called the marines
out and they claim that they didn’t
give anyone else authority to do so.
BASEDALL SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 4, Boston 2.
Detroit 11, Philadelphia 10.
New York 3. Cleveland 5.
Washington 8, St- Louis 7.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 1. Boston 0.
Chicago 5, Brooklyn 3.
Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati 3.
New York 12. St. Louis 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 2, Seattle 1.
San Francisco 4, Missions 3.
Los Angeles 4. Hollywood 6.
GENEVA, July 16, —The Amer
ican delegates to the Geneva Dis
armament conference Friday, be
gan their last stong bid to have
the various nations accept the Hoo
ver disarmament plan.
European nations have shown a
disinclination to accept this plan
but the American members of the
delegation say that unless a plan
based on the Hoover plan is drafted
they will not favor it. They stated
that a redraft of the original pro
posal will be the only acceptable
basis for disarmament discussion.
If the other nations cannot agree
to this last effort on the part of
the American delegation to have
the Hoover proposal adopted, the
conference will remain deadlocked
and will be adjourned for six mon
ths.
DRY AGENTS HAVE PARTY
NEW YORK. July 16. —Prohibi
tion officers swept down to the
waterfront and raided a consign
ment of liquor valued at $40,000.
A big consignment of empty bottles,
with fancy Scotch labels affixed,
was also uncovered in the raid. No
one was found who claimed posses
sion of the bottles or liquor.
HUGE CONCENTRATION MEN
TOKYO, July 16. —Soviet forces
now massed in Siberia total 300,
000 men, it was reported by Jap
anese newspapers. Recent prepara
tions on the Siberian side of the
frontier indicate numerous avia
tion fields, the report said, Japan
ese troops are watching the Soviet
preparations with keen interest.
SCREEN PREMIER PLl»
"I STRANGE INTERLUDE"
RESULTS IN NEAR RIOT
HOLLYWOOD, July 16, (£>)—Over
300 policemen were called into ac
tion here Friday evening when a
crowd of about 25,000 persons gath
ered on the outside of the Chinese
Theatre to get a glimpse of film
notables who attended the screen
premiere of the play “A Strange
Interlude”.
The trouble became a near-riot
when the movie fans began milling
in an effort to get near the doors
of the theatre to view the screen
stars.
The crowd completely tied up
traffic on Hollywood Boulevard and
caused more tthan a score of wo
men to faint. The police arrested a
man who gave his name as Isadore
Martin, oh a charge cf disturbing
peace.
A few minutes after the police
had dispersed the crowd from the
theatre, everything was normal
again.
HALF STARVED AVIATOR
FOUND BY HILLAAEN IN
DEEP MEXICAN JUNGLE
MEXICO CITY, July 16, (ff)—
Little by little, as his voice came
back to him, Clarence McElroy,
American aviator, who has just
been rescued from the deep Mexi
can jungle, was able to tell snatch
es of the horror thru which he liv
ed for 17 days.
McElroy was brought to San Ger
onimo by a searching party. He was
half dead from starvation and
thirst. He had an injured leg and
a high fever.
He had been missing since June
27, when he took-off from Vera
Cruz in a plane which he was fly
ing to the Honduras for delivery.
When over the Mexican jungles
the ship crashed and killed his
I companion. The crash left Mc
I Elroy badly hurt and without food
| and water. He had no knowledge
i of Spanish or how to escape the
| deadly perils of a tropical jungle.
Indian hill-men finally stumbled
I over his exhausted body in the
j jungle and they brought him out
1 and finally took him back to civili
zation.
ALASKA AT THE CAPITOL
Karl Thiele, Secretary of the Ter- ,
ritory with headquarters at Juneau,
was a visitor in Washington sever
al days last week, leaving Thurs
day for his old home in Ohio to
spend a few days with his aged
mother. Mr. Thiele is a delegate to
the Republican National Conven
tion and expected to reach Chic
ago to-day.
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Three of Delegate Wickersham’s
bills were passed by the Senate on
June 8 and presented to the Pre
sident for his approval on the fol
lowing day. One bill allows the
town of Juneau to use the proceeds
from certain bonds for the pur
pose either of improving the sew
erage system of the town or of con
structing permanent streets. An
other bill authorizes the town of
Petersburg to issue bonds in the
sum of $100,000 for the improve
ment of municipal light and pow
er plant and the water and sewer;
system and to retire $35,000 of out- j
standing bonds which now bear 7
per cent interest. The third bill
authorizes the Secretary of War to
submit estimates for the mainten
ance of the Government wharf at j
Juneau.
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The Congressional Record of:
June 7 contains the following, of;
interest to Alaska. ‘‘Mr. Hebert,
from the Committee on the Judici-j
ary, reported favorably the nom-j
ination of Cecil H. Clegg, of Alas
ka, to be district judge, District of:
Alaska, division No. 3, to succeed E. I
Coke Hill, appointed district judge, j
District of Alaska division No. 4. |
The Vice President—The report will j
be placed on the Executive Calen- j
dar.” At the first succeeding Execu- ;
tive session, held on the evening of
June 10, the nomination of Judge
Clegg was confirmed by the Sen
ate. Senator Hebert states that no
action has yet been taken on the
nomination of Lester O. Gore, to be
Judge of the Second or Nome divi
sion.
Senate bill 3502 that earlier in
the session caused considerable
anxiety and discussion in South
easterin Alaska has not been fav
orably reported by the committee
and is not now likely to even pass
the Senate. The bill prohibits for
eign vessels from transporting pas
sengers between ports or places in
the United States or its possess
| ions, embraced within the coast
wise laws, either directly or by way
of a foreign port, or for any part
of such transportation nor on a
continuous voyage terminating at
the port of departure or at any
port in the United States. It was
feared that the passage of this hill
would interfere with the transpor
tation of tourists from Seattle or
Vancouver to Alaskan ports, altho
the intent of the bill was to effect
Atlantic coast traffic. Another bill
introduced in the Senate which
has not been reported out, would
license the fish traps operated
within the Territorial waters of Al
aska by the Secretary of Commerce
Each license would apply to but
one trap and would be for a per
iod of five years.
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The Department of Commerce
recently received information from
the Territorial Chamber of Com
merce which it is broadcasting in
its news publication. It is stat
ed navigation and commerce o n
the interior rivers of Alaska have
resumed full operations recently
and the placing of a new river
steamer on the Stickine river per
mitted a large number of prospec
toi’s to leave Wrangell for Tele
graph Creek mining district, while
operations on the Taku River have
increased the number of prospect
ors proceeding to the interior min
ing district. At Juneau a large East
ern company is rssetrblins min
ing equipment to proceeed to the
Laird mining district in the Yu
kon district, and will use five large
ariplanes to transport men and
equipment. The United States Geo
logical Survey has been drilling on
the anthracite ridge in Matanuska
coal fields, and will continue ex
tensive examination during the
present season. The King salmon
run has been reported as being ex
cellent, but there is little activity
on account of low prices.
Alaska and the flag of Alaska
were to be represented in the giant
Flag Day procession on the night
of June 14, under the auspices of
the United States and District
George Washington Bicentennial
commission. Every state of the Un
ion and the Territories was to be
represented in the processional of
tribute to the Stars and Stripes.
In addition hundreds of patriotic,
foreign, American and fraternal
organizations and civic groups
were to take part in the two-hour
long parade. An outstanding fea
ture of the event will be the “Tab
leau of the Flag” to be staged on
the East steps of the Capitol, to be
viewed by President Hoover and
distinguished guests. The Alaska
Flag will be loaned for the occa
sion by Secretary Wilbur of the In
terior Department.
UNSUCCESSFUL MEETING
LONDON, July 16. — A confer
ence held here Friday between
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon
ald and President Eamon de Val
era, of the Irish Free State, for
the purpose to discussing the econ
omic troubles between the two na
tions failed to bring about any suc
cessful or amicable understanding)
between the two statesmen.
BURDEN OF SETTLEMEN
REPARATIONS IS GIVEN
TO AMERICA. CLAUSE
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GENEVA, July 16—The “Escape
Clause” of the Lausanne Repara
tions Treaty’s secret understanding
among the big powers of Europe to
make the treaty depend on Ameri
can reduction of European War
debts, was sensationally disclosed
here by important sources.
Admissions were made that Eng
land, France, Belgium and Italy
agreed not to make the reparations
agreement effective, unless Wash
ington takes drastic action on the
$11,000,000,000 in war debts due
America. It was said that this “se
cret gentlemen’s agreement” was
of British origin. Reliable authori
ty said that Prime Minister Ramsay
; MacDonald, of Britain, sold the
i plan to Premier Eduoard Herriott
; of France. Herriott was said to
: have opposed the plan at first as
| it throws the entire burden of Rep
! arations Settlement into the lap of
the United States.
A GREAT RECEPTION
1 MANILA, P. I. July 16. —Fernan
do Rein, Spanish good-will flyer,
received a great reception as a hero
after successfully completing a
flight from Madrid, Spain. H e
completed his trip with a non
stop flight from Hong-K o n g to
Aparri, which is 600 miles over wa
ter. It wras the first time the hop
had been made.
SIUH CUTS III ORDER
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, July 16—Salary
cuts are in order. President Hoover
Friday took a 20 percent cut in his
salary and ordered that his cabinet
officials take a cut in salary from
$15,000 a year to $12,750.' It is un
, derstood that under-secretaries and
others will also draw pay cuts.
In Hollywood, studio directors
1 announced that motion picture di
rectors and actors drawing a sal
ary of over $1500 a week will have
to take a cut of 25 percent effect
ive at once.
ZIEGFIELD IMPROVING
SANTE FE, N. M., July 16. —
i Flo Ziegfield, noted stage director
who is recovering on a ranch near
here from an almost serious ill
ness will probably leave for his
i Hollywood s t u d io within several
days. Mr. Ziegfield has recovered
sufficiently from his illness to be
about.
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OIL DISCOVERED
BUENOS AIRES, July 16. — A
new and promising oil well has
been discovered 60 miles from Com
modor, Rivadavia, in Southern Ar
gentina, the government announc
ed Thursday. The discovery was
made as drillers were about to ab
andon a 2700 foot well they had
been drilling.
VESSEL STILL ASHORE
SUVA, Fiji Islands, July 16. —
Attempts to refloat the steamer
Karetu, which ran ashore in Nadi
Bay, have failed and Friday the
cargo was being trans-shipped to
the Ship Nona, standing by. The
Karetu, en route to Suva, ran
aground almost directly opposite
Suva, on the island of Viti Levu.
POLICE “THIRD DEGREE”
HHY HE BEEN MUSE
ST1NGE DEATH BOY
MINEOLA, N. Y., July 16, </P)—
To determine whether or not a
police “third degree” killed Hyrman
Stark, 20 year old orisoner, who
died in police headquarters after
eight hours of questioning, was the
subject of a vigorous inquiry today
by public officials and outraged cit
izens.
Stark was accused of beating De
tective Hyzensky’s elderly mother
almost to death in a robbery which
the youth was alleged to have
committed recently. The police
were questioning him in connection
with the beating and robbery thru
out the day Friday and last night
the boy died under mysterious cir
cumstances.
The police refused to divulge de
tails surrounding the boy’s death
and Inspector of Police McCahill
said that he was not able to give
any cause for the youth’s death
until he had received an autopsy
report.
Inspector McCahill then said. “If
I find that the prisoner died as the
result of any assault or attach by
the members of my department,
you may rest assured that I’ll take
action”.
MOTHER SENOS FLOWERS
TO SON'S COM NORTH
OAKLAND, July 16. (JP) — Each
year for 23 years, a coast guard
cutter has carried a flower wreath
symbolizing a mothers love for a
departed son, 2.748 miles, from this
city to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
The flowers are brought to the
government dock here each year
just before the coast guard ship,
now the Northland, leaves on the
annual northern trip, by Mrs. Dora
Murray. At the journey’s end they
are placed on the grave of her son,
Bert Rankin, a member of the crew
of the cutter Rush who died in
1906 and was buried with military
honors.
The courtesy has become a cere
mony and a part of the tradition
of the Coast Guard’s mission of
service and mercy into the Far
North.
REGILL "OLDEST III"
(5 MERE BABE 111 ARMS
BITLIS. Turkey, July 16. (TP) —
Everybody knows Zaro Agha’s
claim to be 156 and the oldest man
in the world, but now comes one
who says he rocked Zaro Tgha to
sleep in the latter’s boyhood.
Timur Agha, native of a near
by village says he is 165 years old
and that exactly 120 years ago,
Zaro’s family came to the village
with their five-year old son. Old
Timur thus concedes 125 years to
his better known rival.
‘•Zaro was such a pretty baby,”
Timur says, “that I used to love to
dandle him on my knee. He liked
me a lot too.”
The village in which Timur lives
is made up of 30 houses, populated
entirely by his own descendants.
SUPPORTING ROOSEVELT
SEATTLE, July 16. —Mayor J. F.
Dore, of Seattle, said Friday, he
would support Roosevelt in the
coming election. Dore said Roose
velt was “so far ahead of the pre
sent man in the White House that
there was no comparison.”
BATHTUB ELECTROCUTION
PAMONA, Calif., July 16. —Geo.
Zurnan was electrocuted here Fri
day in his bathtub. Police stated
a radio ground wire which was
connected to a water pipe had be
come shorted and had charged the
water in the bathtub.
Public Dance Tonight L 0. 0 F. Hall