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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 80.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1932.
PRICE TF N CENTS
BROWNELL ELECTED
MAYOR GF SEWARD
IN CLOSE CONTEST
Successful candidates in Tues
day’s municipal election were D. C,
Brownell for mayor; Thos Neville,
Elwyn Swetmann and P. C McMul
len for the council, and Wm. C. Er
win for the School Board.
In the mayoralty contest, Brown
ell was given 136 votes, C. E. Or
lander 126, and Jennie Paulsen 24.
The councilmen returns were;
Chas. C. Cooper, 112; J. S. Badger
129; Jess D. Lander, 137; P. C. Mc
Mullen, 140; Thos. Neville, 141, and
Elwyn Swetmann, 151.
For School Board membership
Wm. C. Erwin received 205 votes
and Hilma J. Urie, 57.
Brownell, Neville and Erwin were
reelected, having served in similar
capacities the past year. The count
as published was the final at the
precinct but may be altered slightly
when the canvassing board in
spects the ballots at 4 o’clock this
afternoon. It is estimated about
300 voted.
AUSTRALIA 'PHAR LOP'
DIES SUDDENLY, COLIC
MENLO PARK. Calif., April 6.
(iP)—The wonder horse of Austra
lia, Phar Lap. died suddenly from
colic illness which developed under
his trainer’s eye who scarcely was
out of arm’s reach. The red geld
ing a as the winner of the $50,000
Agua Caliente handicap.
The sickness is believed to have
come from a small amount of green
feed, part of his customary diet,
two days ago. The horse had been
operated on for a sore hoof and
was expected to return to the track
in perfect condition in a few days.
His total winning's amounted to
$332,750. The horse's death was a
crushing blow to racing circles for
he was to meet Twenty Grand in
Ar’mgton Park, Chicago, soon
Phar Lap was valued at $500,000
and its owners were D. J. Davis of
San Francisco and Harry Telford
of Australia. Davis, arriving by
plane, was too broken up to make
a statement.
The horse’s winnings were sec
ond only to Sun Beau, the woild’s
biggest money maker. Phar Lap
will be a mythical horse for the
next 20 years, said sportsmen, be
cause any other horse’s accom
plishments will always bring up the
question, “Could he have beat
Phar Lap?”
BASEBALL CLUBS SWING
IN ACTION FIRST GAMES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. 6P)—
Baseball’s 13th annual grand op
ening of the Pacific Coast League
took place Tuesday with eight dif
ferent clubs swinging into action
for a 26-week pennant scramble.
The Seals, last year’s Pacific,
Coast champions, opened up
against Seattle here and Holly-'
wood was to line up at Oakland. !
Los Angeles was to meet in Port
land. In the South, the Missions
were to play at Sacramento
All the clubs claim that they will
either be as strong or stronger
than last season. Early indications
point to a three-cornered battle be- !
tween Portland, Los Angeles and
Hollywood.
TRIAL CONTINUES
HONOLULU, April 6.—The trial
of Mrs. Grace Fortescue and the
three Naval men Tuesday was
marked by further slashing pas
sages between Defense Attorney
Darrow and the young prosecutor,
UH’ich. Darrow continued to argue
that the alleged attack of Joseph
Kahahawai on Mrs. Massie had a
relevant bearing upon the commis
sion of the murder of the Hawai
ian.
WATSON NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, April 6. (JP)—The SS
Admiral Watson sailed at 10 a. m.
' carrying 169 passengers, of which
six are for Seward, as follows: J.
W. Scheele, Henry J. John, Ralph
Knickerbocker, J. W. Stayton, T. K.
Lambert, Chester H. Crain, John
Walsh, M. Johnson and Kail Perrin.
WISGOOI EKN05LIDE
FOR ROOSEVELT IN
DELEGATE ELECTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6. (JP)
—An exceedingly heavy Democratic
vote in Wisconsin, normally Re
publican, gave Roosevelt a land
slide victory in the election for
delegates over an uninstructed
! ticket favorable to Smith.
Roosevelt also won the only con
test with Smith in New York State.
Buffalo and other New York del
egates upstate all favor Roosevelt.
1 The Tammany block winners were
| uncommitted.
President Hoover won all dele
gates at New York but apparently
was beaten by the Progressives in
Wisconsin who favor Norris for
President.
MAYOR OF JUNEAU
JNEAU, April 6. (JP)—Thomas D.
Judson was reelected Mayor in a
two to one vote over Alfred Di
shaw. Councilmen elected are Wal
lis S. George, Henry Messerschmidt
and R. S. Beistline. The proposal
to grant a franchise for a central
heating plant was defeated.
BREMERTON, Wash., April 6. (^) j
—The USS Swallow' left the Navy j
Yard Tuesday with 21 workers in
addition to the crew and 100 tons
of building materials for points in
Alaska.
The main project will be to build
a four-family apartment at Dutch
Harbor. Lieutenant Commander J. |
F. Warris and Lieutenant Harry
Morgan of Juneau and son-in-law
of Editor John Troy, are in charge
The USS Gannet leaves later this
month on additional Alaska proj
! ects.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 1, San Francisco 2.
Missions 3, Sacramento 7
Hollywood 0, Oakland 5.
Portland 14, Los Angeles 18.
* * * *
SEATTLE DEFEATED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. (JP)—
The Seals heralded the opening of
the Pacific Coast season with a
victory over Seattle players, turn
ing in a faultless performance. The
game developed into a pitcher’s
duel between Kallio of Seattle and
Henderson, whose fast ball blanked
the visitors until the seventh in- |
ning.
The Seals scored both runs in
the third off of three singles. The
Seattle run came in the eighth
when Holland doubled and crossed
the plate on Almada’s triple.
Ten thousand fans saw the game.
F, R. iTSCiiliTED
IVOR OF KETCH
KETCHIKAN, April 6. (JP)—F. R
Mitsch, who is understood to be in
Detroit on business, was elected :
Mayor of Ketchikan; he received
521 votes. P. J. Gilmore was given
483 votes.
Mayor Mitsch is assistant man- ;
ager of the Halibut Fishermen’s i
Cooperative Association.
H. P. Hansen and Henry Erwick
were reelected to the council. J. S.
Burgun was elected as a new mem- :
ber of the council. The election i
brought one of the heaviest votes
in local history.
VEIL OF MYSTERY
SHROUDS ATTEMPT
TO SCALE M'KINLEY
(By Special Correspondent)
mckinley park, April 1.—of
the several scientific and other
wise expeditions that will swarm
over Mt. McKinley National Park
the coming summer, the first to
arrive reached here on the last
Coast train, in the person of Mr.
A. D. Lindley, who is chief of the
mountain climbing quartette who
will attempt to scale Bulshaia Gora
(Mt. McKinley), 26,000 feet.
Mr. Lindley is a nice appearing
and pleasant young man of some
26 summers. Hails from as far East
as Minnesota, and strikes one as
having a well balanced education
above the average.
Asked if the expedition was a se
cret one, as told around here and
Fairbanks, replied that it was not
secret in any way he knew of, nor
did he know of any reason why it
should be secret.
Asked a three-way question, was
this a scientific expedition? Was
there some other object in view?
Or was he just simply out of a
job?
Mr. Lindley laughingly replied
by asking, “Did you ever know of
a mountain c 1 i mbing expedition
making any money?”
He further said that no scienti
fic flavor was attached to the trip,
and that the only instrument that
might be so-called, was a small
pocket aneroid barometer he was
carrying in his pocket; that it
was scaled on its face to read 20,
000 feet of elevation more or less.
That after he reached a point
there the index jammed against
the pin he would just keep on.
Asked if he had directions for
finding a self-registering thermo
meter said to have been cached by
the Stuck party some years ago
he replied that he expected to
to hunt for two such self-register-,
ing thermometers. One that is sup
posed to have been left by the
Stuck party at about 12.000 feet,
and another left by the Hershel
G. Palmer and Belmore B r owne
party some years before that, at
a point said to be 19.000 feet.
This Parker and Browne outfit,
once associated in the event with
Doc Cook, later packed their grub
from Seward, and were practical
ly out of grub by the time they
reached the base of Mt. McKinley.
At one time, Mr. Hershel G. Par
ker was a professor at Columbia
University, New York. Among those
outside who have taken great in
terest in these mountain climbing
trips was Professor James Furnam
Kemp, professor of economic geo
logy at Columbia, and at the time,
seemed to be his understanding
that the trip ended after a little
preliminary exercise around the
base of the mountain.
If Mr. Lindley returns with two
thermometers, it will revive a lot
of interest in former trips.
On the last boat freight Mr. Lind
ley received a shipment of grub;
outstanding items were an unusual
amount of boxes marked chocolate,
raisins, prunes, with 30 gallons of
gasoline for heating and cooking
ourposes. The only condensed foods
aoticed were dried eggs and milk.
The need for concentrated foods
will become increasingly apparent
in “the last mile” or so.
Asked if the party intended to
Lise caribou sleeping bags on the
rip up, the reply was that Explorer
^yrd had pronounced that gear as
he most, successful of any at the
South Pole. A mixture of caribou
and some of the much advertised
aags of Eastern make will be used.
Former parties going up the
nountain used caribou and sheep
bags exclusively, vjith the result
hat they became damp, then wet,
/ery uncomfortable and heavy to
aack, as there are no good facili
ties to dry out the bag. Frequent
blizzards occur after about half
way to the top, when it becomes
accessary to dig into the ice and
ay out the storms, often of many
lays duration.
Asked if he thought the party
would get away early enough to
ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT TOE
NATION'S CAPITOL
(By W.A.S.)
It has been reported that a Ger
man training ship will visit certain
Alaskan waters during the coming
summer. The Seward Chamber of
Commerce has extended an invita
tion, through the Consulate of Ger
many, for the ship to make a call
at the port of Seward.
* * * *
Residents of Homer and Seldovia
are advocating more direct com
munication between these two
towns on Cook Inlet and have ask.
ed the assistance of the Delegate
to accomplish the desired relief.
The Delegate in turn has taken the
matter up with Major General Ir
ving J. Carr, chief Signal officer,
with the idea that there may be
cable available to establish the
communication.
* * * *
William N. Abbes has tendered
his resignation as postmaster at
Cape Fanshaw and Herman W. ■
Hanson is likely to be named his
successor. The designation of the
office is likely to be shortened" to
“Fanshaw.”
* * * *
On March 10, the Senate con
firmed the nomination of three Al
aska postmasters as follows: Wilkie
T. Pinkerton, Fairbanks; Mrs. Ly
dia Noble, Kodiak, and Mrs. Owen i
E. Meals, Valdez. The term of
Henry S. Sogn, as postmaster at
Anchorage, expired on January 10
and Mr. Sogn has written the Del
j egate to say that he is not a can- !
didate for reappointment and he!
would like to be relieved from the
duties of the office on March 31, :
the end of the quarter. Ernest L. !
Amundsen has been recommended
for appointment to the position j
and his name is expected to be'
sent to the Senate any day now.
* * * *
The second term of office of I
Judge Cecil II- Clegg, who has pre. ;
sided over the Fourth Division for
more than 10 years past, expired
| some time ago. The Department j
| of Justice has indicated that he!
[would be nominated for another)
j term but would be assigned to the
| Third or Valdez Division. Before
! there can be a vacancy there Judge
!E. Coke Hill will be nominated for
the Fourth or Fairbanks Division.
After confirmation of Judge Hill
the nomination of Judge Clegg will
be sent to the Senate. The ap
pointment of a new judge for the
Second or Nome Division is expect
ed to be announced in April.
* * * *
In December last, the Depart
ment of Justice sent a bill for in
troduction in Congress to the chair
man of the Senate and House Ju
diciary Committees, that provided
for the consolidation on July 1,
1932, of the Second and Fourth
Judicial Divisions in Alaska. The
bill was accordingly introduced in
the Senate in December but was
overlooked in the House Committee
and was not presented until March
17, which has no particular signifi
cance, however, as the Senate bill
has not even had a hearing.
make the climb in May, the reply
was that he had been told that
they would reach the base of the
mountain with their outfit in time
to start up with the first break of
the weather in May.
A Park Ranger has returned from
breaking trail out a ways, where a
tent was set up for use of the party
in relaying. Other rangers have
been called off their patrols to as
sist in moving the outfit.
The second outside member of
the party will arrive on the next
train from the coast, bringing only
a small outfit.
Mr. Iindley asked, as he wet his
thumb and run it along the edge j
of his skiis: “Would you be sur- j
prised if I went to the top with I
these?” Surprise was admitted, also
bonus of a big red apple. With a
flirt of his heels, he mounted the
skiis in the manner of a Swiss pro
fessional in the movies and, with
a wave of the canes, he darted
away in the direction of Mt. Mc
Kinley and way points.
MS EUNICE OVERDUE
DUTCH HARBOR, April 6. (£>)—
The motorship Alasco 4 has joined
search from Kanaga to Unalaska
for the motorship Eunice, overdue
approximately 20 days. Aboard the
Eunice were Capt. Andrew Nelson,
A. H. Proctor, agent for the Alaska
Commercial Company, and Bishop
Antonin and a crew of four men.
BY GREAT VICTORIES
CHICAGO, April 6. (/P)— In mu
nicipal and township elections, Il
linois Democrats stormed Republi
can strongholds taking Cicero, a
Chicago suburb, a G. O. P. base,
for the first time in 16 years and
winning Nashville for the first
time in a quarter of a century.
Joliet Democrats elected officials
for the first time in 40 years. Mil
waukee reelected its Socialist ma
yor, Daniel Hoan, who has held of
fice since 1916. This election was
his greatest victory.
NOME WILL SOON BE i
WITHOUT I! COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6. (/P)
—Legislature to eliminate one set
of court officials in the Second and »
Fourth Divisions in Alaska was ap
proved by the House Judiciary
Committee.
The bill is designed to save
$25,000 and provides for one judge,
one clerk, one attorney and one
marshal for both districts.
The bill was approved by Attor- j
ney General Mitchell.
SNORT TERM L0!i !
FOR Oil SMS
_
LONDON, April 6. — With the
stage all set for today’s four-power
conference here, prophets Tuesday;
declared that arrangements had!
been made between France and
England for the advancing of a ]
short term loan to aid the Danube j
States and save them from col
lapse.
It was stated that France had put
up most of the money while Eng
land had guaranteed to put up a
part of it. The conference is not
expected to last long as the French
delegates have booked for return
passage on Friday’s steamers.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
DEADLOCKED SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, April 6.—Sino-Jap
anese peace negotiations are now
deadlocked in the midst of con
fusion and disagreement. The
Chinese delegates said that they
are about ready to resign from
their positions in the peace con
ference rather than to accede to
the Japanese demands. They say
that to give in to the Japanese
would be very unpopular with the
people of China.
Added to the deadlocked situa
tion of the peace negotiations in i
Shanghai is the attitude of the j
new regime in Manchuria which j
announced that they would not 1
permit any Chinese delegates to!
accompany the League of Nations’
inquiry commission on its investi
gation trip through Manchuria.
The conference is expected to
break up entirely.
TAX REFUND
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.—Helen
Stone of San Francisco has received
word from the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington that she will
receive an income tax refund of
over $49,000.
BABY GIRL BORN
LONDON, Apr. 6.—A baby girl was
born to Gloria Swanson and her
husband, Michael Farmer, in a
hospital here Tuesday. Miss Swan
son, screen star, was wedded to
Farmer last August.
MILLION DOLLARS III
01 BEING BLOCKED
OUT WILLOW CREEK
The Willow Creel* Mines will em
ploy 85 men during the summer.
This announcement'^as made by
W. E. Dunkle, M. E-, Superintend
ent, on his return from*^- trip to
the States. Mr. Dunkle is rrti^ Pre
paring for the spring opening
The Willow Creek Mines\are
equipped with a 50-ton ball im11
and at the end of last seasonm°P
erations, engineers reported l-the
workings contained approxim|fcely
$1,000,000 in ores blocked out ai'1^
developed ready for extraction.
The depth of the Willow Creek
Mines was pointed by the U. S.
Geological Curvey after its exam
ination last summer, to set at rest
the question of whether or not the
ore bodies of the Willow Creek dis
trict went to great depth.
In support of their findings is
the report of the late Dr. Alfred
Brooks that the schists of the dis
trict were persistent and that bet
ter and larger ore bodies may be
looked for at depth.
Bartholf, Horning, Black and as
sociates, operating the Gold Cord,
w’ill work on a large scale during
the summer, having enjoyed splen
did success in last season’s opera
tions.
Indications are that more than
200 men will be regularly employed
in Willow Creek during the sum
mer, and that many more will de
velop prospects in the hope of in
teresting capital.
OUT STILL OK 1001!
BECIUSE OF PROFIT
HELSINGFORS, Finland. April 6.
—Although Finland is now wet, the
nation is still dry owing to a dis
agreement between the govern
ment and restaurant men and re
tailers over the margin of profit.
The government regulates the
price, both wholesale and retail,
and retailers claimed their margin
of profit was too small.
As a result the retailers refused
to sell the government liquor and
they were even afraid to sell the
so-called bootleg “booze” for fear
that their licenses would be taken
away from them.
Many parties which had been
planned to celebrate Finland’s
throwing the prohibition law into
discard were called off.
An agreement between the gov
ernment and the liquor retailers
is expected to be reached today.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 6. (JP)—
Mayor George Baker and two city
commissioners, Earl Riley and J.
M. Mann, were indicted here on
the charges that they urged the
commission of bribery and are
guilty of malfeasance and negli
gence in office.
Olaf Laugard, city engineer, also
was indicted for malfeasance of
office. Seven other persons are
being held on account by the grand
jury on the accusation that they
advocated bribery. In all, 23 in
dictments were returned and they
grew out of an investigation of the
city’s election for the site of its
municipal public market.
Baker and Riley appeared in the
Circuit Court and pleaded not guil
ty to the charges and demanded
an immediate trial.
WILL BE HEAD COACH
PORTLAND, April 6. (A5)—Princf
Callison, freshman football coacl
at the University of Oregon, wa;
elevated to head coach, succeedini
Dr. Clarence Spears, who resignec
to accept a position at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin. Gene Shields
Jack O’Brien and Johnny Kitz
miller, all Callison’s assistants, rr
ceived appointments for the co.
ing year.