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VOLUME XXIX. Numbers 218-219.
SEWAKD. ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
STORM RAGING
ENTIRE COAST
OF ATLANTIC
GENERAL WARNING BROAD
CAST TO SHIPS AT SEA,
AND IN PORTS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Sept. 18,—
Storm warnings were displayed
along the Eastern seaboard from
Eastport, Me., to Atlantic City as a
tropical disturbance drove north
eastward from a point about 150
miles east of the New Jersey resort.
Apparently the gale, attended by
winds of hurricane force over a
small area, was moving out to sea
after battering the Virginia Capes
and North Carolina.
The Weather bureau cautioned
vessels in and near the storm’s
path and ordered “whole gale
warnings from Provincetown to
Nantucket. Mass. Storm warnings
from E’astport. Me., to New London.
Conn., and small craft warnings
south to Atlantic City, were broad
cast.
Tlie hurricane which swept up
from the tropics Sunday veered
off to strike Tampico. Mexico and
on inland. Many people were kill
ed and much property damaged
as homes crumbled, dams burst
and other property damage sus
tained. Much of the banana crop
has been totally destroyed.
Southbound Listing
of Passenger2 On
S3 Northwester:'
Southbound passengers on the
S3 Northwestern included:
To Seattle:
Miss Mari: in Settlemier, Miss
Margaret Balhiser. Bill Chandler.
Lawrence Bayer. Mrs. Earle Ram
sey. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Heckey.
John Jensen. Miss Florence Kolb.
Bill Harriman. Harry F. Morton,
Jack Hynis. Cora Harlon. Ruth
McFarland. Louise Harlan. Mrs.
Roden Davis, Mr. and Mrs. K. L.
Sherman. Edward F. Ross. Don
ald Fowler. Peter Bickelhauph,
Mrs. Peter Bickelhauph, Nancy
Bickelhauph. Mrs. Ruth Wards,
W. G. Cummings. M. H. Guise,
Rodin Davis, Jr., Mrs. J. C. Rodin
Jrs. Mrs. M. E. Lee, Agnes Ander
son, Barbara Worth, Mrs. W. E.
Worth. Mrs. W. W. Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. H. I. Miller, John Mihalcik,
Alice Reed, Howard W. Griffin.
Geo. Rayne, Ray Nash, S. R.
Capps, Frank Lidick, Frank M.
Reed. Harry Bowman. Nancy
Bickelhaupt, Peter Bickelhaupt,
Mrs. Ivan Bickelhaupt, J. E. Com
er, T. G. Knudston. A. Norman
Nilson.
To Juneau: Ruth Brevick, W.
Anderson, Dr. Philip S. Smith, F.
McCafferty. F. C. Austin. Carl J.
Lomen. Pat Coffey, W. Irvin, B.
Orton, Betty Phelps, Fred Cald
well, Martin J. Lovold.
To Valdez: Blanche M. Nason,
G Makris, Chester Peters, S. Han
dy.
To Petersburg : Thos. Scott, j
To Cordova: L. V. Ray, N. G.
McRae. Chas. J. Goodall.
To Kodiak, via Cordova—Min
nie Summers.
. To Ketchikan: E. H. Twitchell.
To Port Ashton: Edwin Rutkin,
W. W. Stoll, Eugenie Lanier, Paul
Wolcott.
ANOTHER REVOLT?
HAVANA, Sept. 19, —Threaten
ed with another revolution and
reports that 300 rebels are march
ing on the capital, coupled with
demands that President Grau San
Martin resign, it was learned that
former President Machado had
left Campaguey province with a
heavily armed force enroute to
Santa Clara and Havana. It was
said he plans a two-year cam
paign.
BACK TO WORK
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 19. —
Jamming the streets and halting
pedestrian and street traffic over
several blocks in downtown De
troit, thousands of unemployed
war veterans began registering as
applicants for 5,000 jobs with the
Ford Motor Co. Five hundred a
day are being hired.
France May Buy
Millions of Bales
American Cotton
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, —The
French brokerage firm of Neideck
er & Company announced that B.
Coles Neidecker, head of the firm,'
will arrive in New York from Paris
on Wednesday to attempt to pur
chase 3,000,000 bales of American
cotton.
Three million bales of cotton at
present prices would cost close to
$150,000,000 and represent nearly
25 per cent of the estimated total
American cotton production for
1933.
The firm said the purchases
would be made for French interests
but would not specify further, i
Neidecker, it was said at the com
pany’s offices, two years ago nego
tiated the purchase of 50.000.000
bushels of wheat in American mar
kets. That purchase was also made
for French interests.
SUPPORTS SILVER
BOISE. Ida., Sept. 19, —Senator
Borah said he would support in
11 sincerity the proposals of Sen
ator Pittman for authorizing the,
President to buy American mined
shver with silver dollars at parity
with gold. Senator Pittman plans
to provide for the purchase of
silver at approximately $1.19 an
ounce more, or three times the
present price.
Steamer Yukon
Enroute Seward,
SEATTLE, Sept, 18. —The follow
ing passengers left Seattle Satur
day for Seward bn the SS Yukon:
Oscar Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. D.
L. Green, Mrs. H. W. Nagley and j
sen, H. XV. Nagley, Jr.; Richard'
Wakelin, J. c. Murray, J. M. Dod- j
son, Mrs. Tillie Link, Mrs. Gladys j
Reuther, Miss Helen Seaburg, Miss!
Edna Mae Bidwell, Albert Suome- j
ta, S. R. Stradling, Andrew' Wak-!
kuri, Mrs. Wakkuri, Miss Gale
Pierke, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carvel, j
Ole Hesselberg, H. Mellen, J. D.!
Shields, Claude Swanson.
VICTORIA DUE THIS EVE
The famous Alaska liner, the SS
Victoria, of the A. S. S. Co., will;
arrive in port this evening at 9
o’clock from Seattle enroute to I
Nome. The veteran steamer of j
northern waters will take on ai
load of rails which will be used j
in the big, new Nome harbor work. *
TEACHERS RECEPTION
A public reception will be given i
on Friday evening, Sept. 22 at 8
p. m. at the high school for Seward I
and Jesse Lee school teachers. The j
public is cordially extended an in- !
vitation to attend.
STATES VOTE TODAY
BOISE, Ida., Sept. 19, —Idaho j
and New Mexico voters march i
to the polls today to vote On re- i
peal of the 18th Amendment; 29'
states are already in the wet col
umn.
Dr. A. D. Haverstock left Mon
day enroute to the Hope district
for a bird hunt.
STORK BROUGHT SON
On Sunday evening the Stork
brought a fine boy to Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Bucey, popular
young local couple. Mother and
babe are resting comfortably.
David Lamson ,
Pronounced Guilty
Murdering Wife
SAN JOSE. Calif.. Sept. 18. —
D*vid Lamson. polished and schol
arly young sales manager of the
Stanford Uniw *'ity Press, faces
death on the __>ws on conviction
cf the first degree murder of his
wife, Allene.
He was convicted on the third
ballot by a jury of five women and
seven men. The first two ballots
were 11-1 for conviction.
Judge R. R. Syer said he would
pronounce the mandatory sentence
Tuesday.
Lamson had been so confident
of acquittal that while the jury
deliberated he packed his suitcase
in preparation for returning home.
Vet so great was his mastery over
his emotions that he heard the un
expected verdict without change
of facial expression. He took pride
in hi*- composure.
In his prison cell later Lamson
was described as being on the
verge of insanity from fear of the
death penalty. The death ‘penalty
must be prescribed by the Judge
as the jury’s verdict was “ac
' guilty” with no recommendation
for lenciency.
Lamson said yesterday that ”1
know the verdict could not possi
bly have been the result of any
evidence brought into the court
room. I don’t understand the ver
dict and I did not understand the
charge. I will not give up my faith
in American justice until my case
has been finally determined by
upper courts.
"1 have implicit confidence in
the ability and integrity of Mr.
Rankin and Mr. Rea. They will
continue my defense. The tragedy
lies not in what has been done
' o me but in what has been done
to Allene’s memory and to our
daughter’s life. I am not afraid.
My conscience is clear.” 1
China and Japan
Begin to Warm Up
SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 19, —
China observed its newest ‘‘hum
iliation day,” marking the Second
anniversary of the Japanese oc
cupation of Mukden, which pre
saged the establishment of the
Manchukuo government in Man
churia.
At the same time Japanese of
ficials accused the Chinese of oc
cupying the Jehol broder town of
Kuyuan in violation of the Tang
ku truce, which in May brought
an end to the Japanese campaign
in Jehol province.
CAME TO FIGHT
NEW YORK, Sept. 18, —“Sister” j
Aimie McPherson Hutton arrived
here to fight atheism and to:
bring the gospel to Broadway.
NOTHING CRIMINAL
DETROIT, Sept. 19, —Judge H
Keidan, who took testimony for i
three months in a one-man grand i
jury investigation as to the rea- i
son leading to the collapse of De- j
troit’s two national banks, found j
no evidence of criminality by the
banks officers or evidence that
federal officials aided bankers to
hide unsound conditions, as some 1
witnesses charged.
A SAD LOSS
JUNEAU, Sept. 19, —Mrs. B. D
Stewart, 55, wife of the supervis
ing mining engineer for Alaska
died after a brief illness. Mrs
Stewart was a relative of th<
Byrd family of Virginia, and be
sides these is survived by Mr
Stewart and five children.
H. S. Balderston, banker, left
Sunday for Chiciealoon Flats for a
few days hunting.
LEV1NSKY WON FIGHT
CHICAGO. Sept. 19, —“King”
Levin ky defeated Jack Sharkey,
former heavyweight champion,
last night, outpointing him in
every round of the 10-rounder,
levinskv floored Sharkey for the
count of seven in the first round
and had him on the verge of a
knockout at the finish. Thirty
thousand saw the bout.
Machine Guns
Girdles Court Room
Kidnapping Trial
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Sept.
18,—With machine guns girdling
the courtroom, selection of a jury
began for the trial of Harvey Bail
ey. and 11 ether persons, charged
in connection with the S200.000
kidnapping of Charles Urschel, oil
millionaire.
The government has arranged
so elaborate precautions against
any attempt to free the prisoners j
that the proceedings will have the ,
air of a war-time spy martial rath
er than a federal court trial.
Federal guns will be trained upon
the principal prisoners every inch
of the way from cells to court and
back. No chances will be taken on
Bailey repeating his sensational
Labor Day escape at Dallas, nor of
any outside underworld ecorts to •
release the defendants.
WHALERS SOUTHBOUND
KETCHIKAN. Sept. 19. —Three
whalers. Moran. Patterson and1
Aberdeen, are here enroute south, i
after capturing 183 whales during !
the short season. The vessels were
based at Port Hobron, Kodiak Isle, j
Platinum Blonde
Harlow Eloped!
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. Sept. 19.— ,
Jean Harlow, the screens' glam
cious platinum blonde, swept :
thru the midnight skies with Har
old G. Rosson. 30-year old Holly
wood •ace” cameraman, in a ro
mantic airplane elopement to Yu
ma, Arizona. \
They were married at 4:30 a, m.
today by A. E. Freesom, Yuma’s j
famous '-marrying justice of the !
peace.” It was her third marriage ;
and Rjosson’s first. She was the j
widow of Paul Bern, film execu
tive, who was found dead a few 1
months after their marriage.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, Yester-!
day’s session of the Stock Ex- j
change was marked with much
inflation talk and a sharp fall of
the American dollar. Trading to
taled 2,750.000 shares.
The pound sterling was $4.81 at
the close. Canadian dollar 97 5-8;
wheat 92, December cotton $10.16;
copper 9, export copper 8 1-4; *
bar silver 40 1-8.
t
The Treasury quotation on gold
was $31.75 a fine ounce.
Alaska Juneau 30 5-8; steel 52.
GOLD ZOOMING
LONDON, Eng., Sept. 19. —Gold
reached its highest price yester- j
day when it sold for 131 shillings j
and nine pence.
MAINTAIN PROGRAM
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Sept. 19,—
Confident assertions that the U.
S. will maintain intact it’s $238,
000,000 naval building program,
were heard in Naval circles, in re-,
ply to Great Britain’s suggested [
abandonment of plan.
Andrew Peterson, Seward High j
School graduate, departed Sunday !
for Fairbanks where he will enroll |
in the Alaska College. Young Pet- !
erson expects to major in chemis- j
try. ]
GENERAL STRIKE
AND BOYCOTT OF
U. S. PRODUCTS
AMERICANS WARNED TO CON
CENTRATE ACROSS HAR
BOR FOR SAFETY
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 18, —A
boycott cf American products was
demanded by striking workers as
a pretext against the possibility of
United States intervention in Cuba.
The workers, in widely enthus
iastic 1 demonstration at Man
zanillo. approved a resolution sup
pciting the strike of employes in
the Maybay sugar central plant in
which most of the capital is Amer
ican.
Their leaders announced a gen
eral strike today and a boycott of
American products as the workers
cheered.
The American consul at Sant
iago issued a warning to all Amer
icans in the vicinity to concen
trate at Rente, across the harbor
in case trouble starts. The U. S.
destroyer Talbot remained on
guard there but there was no move
to land U. S. marines.
The administration of Presi
dent Grau San Martin was a lit
tle better than a week old yester
day and was faced with both the
necessity of functioning as a gov
ernment and as a police force to
maintain peace and quiet in the
turbulent republic.
The situation has been made
tense throughout the country b:
the strikes and it is not known
just how the hungry people
thronging the streets will contin
ue to be orderly.
Ambassador Norman H. Welles
conferred with President San
Martin Sunday but the subject
of their conference was not dis
closed.
President's Order
Relating to Newly
Mined Gold, Boon
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 18 —
The bituminous coal code which
will bring shorter hours and high
er wages to hundreds of thousands
of miners will be submitted to the
President today for signature.
The bituminous coal code was
delayed in presentation to the
President because of the necessity
of completing code enforcement
machinery.
The majority of coal operators
are said to have signed the code
and the Recovery administration
is rather jubilant. They claim
that their biggest stumbling block
in the recovery program has been
removed by the agreement to the
coal code and the disordered sit
uation in Pennsylvania will be
quieted down and shootings and
strikes ended.
The administration is expected
to turn next to the retailers code
and this is believed will bring
up many new problems as the in
terests of the large employers
and small employers wll ihave to
be reconciled. It has been pointed
out that many of the retailers
are already operating under a
blanket code.
President Roosevelt signed the
bituminous coal code last night.
130 FEARED LOST
MEXICO CITY, Mex., Sept. 18,_
More than 130 persons were feared
to have lost their lives in the trop
ical hurricane which swept the
Eastern coast of Mexico over the
week-end. The storm passed in
land.
NOTICE
ELECTRIC POWER WILL BE
OFF THURSDAY MORNING FROM
9 TO 12.
S. L. & p.