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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 193.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NOTED STANFORD DEAN,
DAVID STARR JORDON,
• ILL AT CAMPUS HOME
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept.,
19, (JP)—Dr. David Starr Jordan,
noted educator scientist, advoca
tor, internationally known author
and Chanceller Emeritus of Stan
ford, lingered between life and
death here.
Physicians said that he was pro
bably losing his fight for life. He
was stricken during the night by a
* fifth stroke in two years.
The 80-year-old educator is un
conscious in his home on the cam
pus here.
FOREMAN FOUND DEAD
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 19
(/P)—John Parker, assistant fore
man in the Eastman Kodak plani
where four men were killed and 11
injured by an explosion, was founc
dead from monoxide gas in hi*
garage. Death was due to “sui
cide due to temporary insanity in
duced by explosion," according tc
a coroner’s jury.
TALKED SELF TO DEATH
SUMTER, Calif., Sept. 19. (/Pj
A woman here, out after a mara
thon preaching record, talked her
self to death after eight hours
cf preaching.
NHHHI AND HERNDON
Finn EFT PERMIT
TOKYO. Sept. 19. (/Pi—Pangborn
and Herndon were issued a per
mit to take their plane to Samu
shiro beach for a takeoff on a
flight to Seattle.
They plan to start their flight
September 26. According to a
statement issued by Japanese of
ficials, it is said that they were
not entitled to the permit but
were never actually regarded as
spies.
LOAN WHEAT TO COMPANY
CHICAGO, Sept., 19, (/P)—James
Stone, chairman of the Federal
Farm Board, denied a charge by
Governor William Murray of Ok
lahoma, that the Grain Stabiliza
tion Corporation loaned 1,000,000
bushels of wheat to a milling com
pany, when wheat was 85 cents a
bushel and is now taking it back
at a price so low that the company
is making $600,000.
INVITATIONS TO BE MAILED
CHICAGO, Sept., 18, (JP)—The
^kCity of Chicago set out in earnest
to secure both the Republican and
Democratic National Conventions
in 1932, with the announcement
that direct invitations would be
mailed to party leaders in 6,000
countries thruout the nation
HEALTH DECLINES
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Sept. 19
(•?)—Thomas A. Edison’s health
declined in the last 24 hours, ac
cording to a bulletin issued at his
home. Physicians attending the
inventor would not discuss his
condition in details.
SUSPENDS MARTIAL LAW
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 19. </P;
—The Chilean government sus
u pended martial law throughout the
country with the exception of two
provinces.
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HOP TO CHINA
TOKYO, Sept. 19. (/P)—Colonel
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
hopped off Friday on an 800-mile
flight across the Yellow Sea from
Japan to Nanking, China.
IlISM EIMOUTE SEWARD
WITH HI LIST ABOARD
SEATTLE, Sept. 19. (/P)—The SS
Alaska, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, sailed this morning at
9 o’clock for Seward and carried
78 passengers.
Seward pasesngers were Robt.
Gleason, Capt. H. J. Adams, Geo.
E. Nicolai, Mr. and Mrs. Louis A.
Boret Jr., Patricia Ray, Mr. and
Mrs. Grant Reed, Mrs. D. B. Win
ter. Mrs. K. K. Katz and three
children, Mrs. Lillian Roay.
Mxs. M. Chisholm, Mrs. Alma
Crawford, W. G. Smith, Mrs. L. D.
Hopkins, F. R. Martin, Mrs. J. E.
Kouell, F. Reeder, Mrs. Lilly Sim
panen and 22 steerage.
GAME HUNT TERMINATED
BT DEATH OF BROTHER
Terminating their big game
hunt in the Rainy Pass region
owing to the death of a brother
last week in New York City, Mr.
Lloyd-Smith, wife and two daugh
ters were brought to Seward Fri
day in a Pacific International
Airways plane, Pilot Joe Barrows,
and last night departed for Seat
tle on the SS Yukon.
With Pilot Barrows, were Pilots
Alonzo Cope and A1 Munson. Mr. j
Barrows continued on to the
States on business matters while!
Mr. Cope went to Valdez from |
where he will motor over the Rich- j
ardson Highway to Fairbanks, i
thence by plane back to the An- S
chorage base.
During the brief period the New
York family were in the wilder
ness, it was said they obtained
some excellent specimens.
I
LINDBERGHS IN CHINA
j NANKING, Sept., 19, (/p)_Colon
5 el and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
1 arrived here at 2:36 p. m , which is
f 1:36 a. m. Eastern Standard time,
- after a flight of 800 miles from
■ Fukuoka, Japan. They made the
} flight in approximately seven and
■ one-half hours.
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j BE REMARRIED
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 19. (A1)—
“What a man” Hudson expected
to be remarried to “Ma” Kennedy
in Nevada today. He has secured
! a divorce from his former wife,
' whom it is alleged he was mar
1 ried to when he married “Ma”
1 Kennedy the first time.
FRENCH Ilf UNO'
BLUE’ ARMIES PLAY
RHEIMS, France, Sept. 19. (/P)—
jThe “red army” defeated the “blue
army” in French war games staged
| outside this city with General
; Douglas MacArthur of the U. s.
i Army, as observer.
Utilizing tanks to great advan
j take and using airplanes to lay
down smoke screens for attacking
infantry, the French army showed
more mobile and open style of
I fighting, than was brought into
Play during the World war itself.
in Hi CHINA III
TENSE GONTHOVERSEY
OVER JUL TROUBLE
(By Associated Press)
Diplomatic relations between
China and Japan were sorely
threatened by the occupation oi
the capital of Manchuria by Jap
anese troops and the landing of a
Japanese force in China proper.
Japanese soldiers bombarded
and captured the walled city of
Mukden. Another force landed at
Tsingtao on the south coast of the
Shantung peninsula,
The Japanese attributed the ac
tion to alleged destruction of a
section of the southern end of the
Manchuria Railway, which is op
erated by the Japanese in a leased
zone.
The Chinese contended that the
railway was damaged by the Jap
anese themselves as a protest for
an attack on Muklen The Japan
ese Cabinet issued orders that the
situation be “localized” and pre
vented from spreading.
The Chinese foreign office offi
cials at Nanking said that they
had received no official, informa
tion and expressed the fiope that
the trouble be “localizedj’.
About 13 Chinese were prilled be
fore the Japanese decide| to cease
all aggressive action and relieved
;he situation Two Japanese were
reported dead.
EXPECTED IN OGTOBEF
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 19
(A3)—It is now three months since
the railroads of the United States
filed their application with the
Interstate Tariff Commission ask
ing for a 15 per cent passengei
and freight increase.
They have now filed a second
application setting forth why they
think they are justified in asking
for the increase.
It is the opinion of some that
the Tariff Commission will grant
a seven and a half per cent in
crease; others think that perhaps
it may be five per cent.
The decision of the commission
is expected in October.
IMPOSITION OF TARIFFS
MANCHESTER, Eng., Sept., 18,
(A1)—Declaring the belief that “re
striction of imports is an urgent
necessity”, the Manchester Cham
ber of Commerce, traditional up
holders of British Free Trade, here
tofore, issued a statement demand
ing imposition of tariffs.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 1-4; Boston 6-6.
Chicago 1; Philadelphia 3.
St Louis 4; New York 14.
Detroit 3; Washington 4; 12 in
nings.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3; St. Louis 4.
Brooklyn 3; Chicago 2.
Boston 6-1; Pittsburgh 2-4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 1; Sacramento 2.
Portland 6; Seattle 8.
Los Angeles 5; San Francisco 3
issions 5; Hollywood 6.
VIRTUAL DICTATOR
j LONDON, Sept. 19. (#*)—Premier
; Ramsay MacDonald was made a
j virtual dictator when he received
|a 63 majority vote of confidence
from Parliament in its Friday ses
sion.
RESTRICTIONS 11 NOT
GENEVA, Sept. 19. (/P)—Germany
cannot longer be justly held to
armament restrictions laid down
by the Versailles Treaty if France
and other winners of the World
war are free to equip themselves
with extensive fighting forces,
Doctor Julius Curtius, Foreign
Minister of the Reich, declared in
a speech before the League of
Nations Assembly.
“There must not be one rule for
the victor and another rule for
the vanquished,” he asserted and |
said Germany has disarmed even j
below point demanded by the j
treaty.
SEWARD Ell BECOMES
| BRIDE WIIIJS GLASGOW
5 Last evening at 8 o’clock, the
i home of Mr. and Mrs. Ludvig
j Larsson was the scene of a beau
tiful wedding ceremony when Elsa
I. Larsson, daughter of Mr. and
M!rs. Larsson became the bride of
'Willis H. Glasgow. The wedding
ceremony was performed by U. S.
: Commissioner Curtis R. Morford
and witnesses were Mr. and Mrs.
Ludvig Larrson.
Only a few close friends and
Relatives of the bride were present
at the wedding, which was a sur
prise to the people of Seward, but
which marked the culmination of
a romance of several months.
Willis Glasgow • has been sta
tioned in Seward with the Signal
Corps for many months.
The newlyweds left on this
morning’s train for Anchorage,
where Mr. Glasgow has been
transferred, and where they will
make their home.
RECEPTION PLANS
SEATTLE, Sept. 19. i/P)—Don
Moyle and Cecil Allen have an
nounced that they do not intend
to go back to Japan and make
another attempt to span the Pa
cific. Plans for their reception
when they arrive here are still
more up in the air than ever.
AUGUST BALANCE $77,000,000
I BERLIN, Sept. 19. (^ — Ger
many’s economic balance for Aug
| ust amounted to $77,000,000, or the
| highest since the war, according
to official figures.
EXPEDITION FINDS SCENE
j OF METEORITE SHOWER
| ADELAIDE, Australia, Sept., 19,
I (^P)—A large group of meteorite
' craters has j ust been discovered in
i central Australia according to a
report of a museum expedition. !
The expedition found 13 craters!
on the Finke river, varying in size
from 10 to 220 yards across
The largest was 50 feet deep and
80 meteorite fragments were dis
covered. The scientists believe the
craters are many thousands of
years old.
RELIEF PROPOSAL
AT PRESENT TIME
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 19.
(/P)—Efforts on the part of influ
jential bankers to persuade Presi
dent Hoover to make another bold
stroke for relief of world economic
and financial situations by ex
tending the holiday on interna
| tional debt payments for three
j years or more have been unavail
ling, it was learned in high quar
| ters..
The President will make no new
proposal along that line, it was
said. Some of the most influen
tial figures in American finance
have supported the proposal for
extension of the moratorium but
President Hoover is represented as
, believing no good purpose would
j be served, owing to the present
! state of political affairs in Eur
ope.
Mainwhile, reports are that the
Federal Reserve advisory board
had urged the President to extend
the moratorium. The advisory
council adjourned its September
meeting without revealing recom
mendations it might have made,
but Walter Lichtenstein, secretary,
denied the rumor that it advo
cated enactment of a bill author
izing the manufacture of beer.
COVERED SHORTAGE FUNDS
iWITH FUNIS OTHER BANK
_
SEATTLE, Sept-, 19, (A>)—In the
trial of Adolph Linden, in connec
i tion with the collapse of two Seat
tle savings institutions—the Home
Savings & Loan Association and
the Puget Sound Savings & Loan
Association—it was testified that
Linden withdrew funds from the
Puget Sound institution to cover
alleged withdrawals of funds from
the Home Savings & Loan Asso
ciation.
It was also testified that Linden
speculated in Oklahoma oil wells
which cost Puget Sound investors
a tidy sum.
NOT IMPERIAL VALLEY
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19. (A3)—
In the offering of four months of
work for 1,500 men by the De
partment of Labor at Los Angeles,
it is pointed out that the work
is not to be done in the harvest
fields of Imperial Valley as frist
reported. They will not be need
ed there until November. In the
meantime, the Department of La
bor is directing applicants to the
work originally meant and which
is not in the Imperial Valley.
FILIPINO WINS
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 19. (A*)—*
“Young” Tommy, Filipino champ,
was awarded a decision over
“Shadow” Lorado in the 10-round
main boxing event in the Holly
wood Legion Stadium. “Young”
Tommy, who weighed in at 117
pounds, showed a faster ring su
periority than did “Shadow” Lo
rado, 116 pounds.
DEBATE IN SPORTS PALACE
BERLIN, Sept-, 19, (/P)—Thirty
persons were injured in fighting
between Communists and Social
Democrats as they sought admis
sion to the Sports Palace here to
bear a debate between the leaders
>f the two parties.