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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 39.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SHOTS FIRED ft!
PRESIDEI-EIECT:
SEVERAL INJURED
ROOSEVELT CALM AS BULLETS
THUDDED INTO FRIENDS
AND LARGE CROWD
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 16, —Several i
shots were fired at President-Elect
Roosevelt aft the conclusion of an
address to 10,000 people in Bay
Front Park, following his landing
from a yachting trip. None of the
shots struck him.
Had the President-Elect remain
ed standing erect a moment lon
ger, he unquestionably would have
been hit but to the fact he was in
the act of sititng down in his car
when five or six shots cracked j
out, is attributed his escape from i
the wrould-be assasassin’s bullets.
CERMAK WOUNDED
Mayor John Cermak of Chicago,
who was standing on a running
board of Mr. Roosevelt’s automo
bile, was shot thru the chest. He
was seen to plunge forward on his
knees and then on his face while
blood gushed forth from the
wound. A late report from the hos
pital last night said his condition
was extremely critical and that he
might not live thru the night.
Mrs. Joe Gill, wife of the pres
ide it of the Florida Light & Pow
er Company, was shot in the stom
ach; William Sennott in the fore
head; Margaret Keyes, in the
back of the head: a boy, Russell
Caldwell, in the hand. All are res
idents of this city.
WOMAN HEROINE
The assailant, one alleged Giri
baldi Vengaraci. who said he was
a bricklayer, was disarmed by a
bystander, after a woman hero
ine had struck up the assassin's
arm; police quickly handcuffed
and bound him with auto-trunk
straps ard rushed him away from
the infuriated crowd- Vengaraci j
is said to have told the police he
had intended to kill every govern
ment official in the world: that 10
years ago he plotted to assassinate
King Emmanuai of Italy.
Another report had it that May- r
or Cermak was standing about 20 •
feet from the President-Elect and
that the assassin was after Cer
mak. not Roosevelt. Sennott was a |
secret service man and jumped in
front of Mr. Roosevelt to shield i
him, when he was struck.
RETURN CANCELLED
After the shooting, Mr. Roose-;
velt stood up and camlv waved his
hand to the people to show them
he was uninjured.
Plans to return to New York last
night were cancelled, Mr. Roose
velt and his party returning to the
yacht for the night. He planned I
to leave today for New York.
President Hoover, upon being in- |
formed of the assassination at- j
tempt, wired Mr. Roosevelt that
"he was deeply shocked at the
dastardly act and was awaiting
further details.”
01 MAN RIVER SHORTER 1
10 MILES, NEW CHANNEL
VICKSBURG, Miss., Feb. 15, UP)
—The Mississippi river is 10 miles
shorter than it was recently.
A man-made channel at Diam
ond Point, 20 miles south of here, I
clips that distance off the river’s |
length.
For several months two dredges ;
working in opposite directions un- )
der supervision of army engineers!
have been busy cutting their way
through the point. A few explo-1
sions of dynamite, and Ol’ Man
River flows through new terri-1
tory.
TO ASSUME CHARGE
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 15,
—Dr. Henri de Bayle, prominent
Managua physician, left by air
plane for Washington to become
Charge d ’affairs of the Nicara
guan legation.
TRACE CASH GRAFT
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16, —The
Senate Inman investigation com
mute, conducting inquiry into al
leged graft .charges made against
Gov. James Rolph, Jr., adminis
j tration and which is meeting here
! to interrogate about 100 witnesses,
! is said to have traced direct cash,
; graft transactions amounting to!
$6,500.
BRITAIN DELIBERATELY
DRIVING DOWN VALUES,
ECONOMIST CHARGES
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. .16. — j
Great Britain is deliberately driv
ing down gold dollars and stocks
to force cancellation of European
war debts to the United States,
Rene Leon. New York economist,
charged appearing before the Sen
ate finance committee’s depression
clinic.
Leon said Great Britain was j
pursuing the ruthless policy of ar- j
tifically aggravating the depres-!
sion in an attempt to destroy the
i ability of European nations to
j pay.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16, —Fight
ing hand to hand with police in a
wild battle in the City council
chambers, asserted Communists
hurled cuspidors against clubs and
fists.
The battle broke up a meeting
of the City council and was con- j
eluded on the steps of the City
hall. I
During the height of the con- j
flict more than 50 policemen bat
| tied some 60 asserted radicals.
I
BY
BERLIN. Feb. 15, (/Pi—As an in
ducement to saving for the Olym
pics. the Berlin Municipal Savings j
Bank has inaugurated Olympic
Savings accounts for athletic as
sociations outside of the capital.
The accounts pay one per cent
higher interest than ordinary ac
counts but cannot be withdrawn
before 1936—when the Olvmpic
games will be held here.
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EINSTEIN WILL DALLY
t
PASADENA. Calif., Feb. 15, —Al- :
bert Einstein will delay his return 1
to Germany in order to confer
with Prof. Auguste Piccard, Bel
| gian scientist, it was learned yes
i terday.
i Professor Piccard is expected
| here the latter part of the month
I for a week’s visit- During his stay,
I he, Einstien and other scientists
' of the California Institute of
! Technology, will discuss the Bel
j gian’s flight into the stratosphere. ‘
FOR LAST SIGNATURE
\ WASHINGTON. D. C-, Feb. 16, —
I The House agreed to the confer -
! ence report on the $43,000,000 In
I terior Department annual appro
; priation bill which now goes to
' the President for signature which
| makes it the first regular supply j
! bill to become law. r
NEW MARCONI LABORATORY
ROME, Feb. 15, —The goveern
! ment has appropriated $180,000 to
construct a central laboratory for
the national council of research of i
which Marquis Marconi, inventor
of wireless telegraphy, is president.
The council supervises most of the
laboratories in Italy.
PROMISING LEAD IN
DENVER KIDNAPPING
CASE WAS VALUELESS
DENVER, Colo.. Feb. 16. -Anoth
er promising lead proved valueless
as the 60th hour passed since
young Charles Boettcher, 2nd, Den
ver millionaire, was kidnapped for
ransom
Mr. Boettcher’s wife, who wit
nessed the abduction and talked
with one of the kidnappers, failed
to identify a man whom police had
held as a suspect.
The man was N. W- Mitchell,
reputed alcohol-runner, who was
believed to have been one of the
men who kidnapped the young
broker.
Local police refused to take the
blame for not having produced re
sults, saying the family of the kid
napped man have not taken the
authorities into their confidence.
ELI ROOT SPENT
BIRTHDAY QUIETLY
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. —Birth
days mean little to Elihu Root now
that he has had so many of them,
so yesterday, on his 88th, the for
mer Secretary of State and fam
ous purist, omitted any celebra
tion, passing the anniversary
quietly in his apartment.
Another famous person, Marcel
la Sembrich, queen of the Grand
Opera, planned a little more ex
citement for her 75th birthday.
She received hundreds of visitors.
HIGHER RAIL RATES
SANTIAGO. Chile, Feeb. 15. —
Higher passenger and freight rates
will be levied to combat the huge
deficit facing the state railways
unless some method of temporary
relief can be found. The roads
used to pay big dividends 'to the
federal treasury.
PAYS WITH FRUIT
SANTA MARIA. Cal., Feb. 15. (JP)
—Hundreds of jars of preserved
fruits are on the shelves of a hos
pital pantry here that were given
in payment for services. Another
patient is paying for her hospital
costs with honey.
TO TOE FOR 1ST
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15, iJP)—
William P. Kyne of San Francisco,
one of the leading horse race pro
moters in the far west, is prepar
ing for a revival of the sport of
kings by building a new track, re
opening another and enlarging a
third.
He leased ground for construc
tion of a $250,000 plant at Rich
mond, Calif-, and with associates
plans to open the track at Omaha,
closed for two years. He also is af
filiated with the Kansas City, Mo.,
track, which has been enlarged
from a half-mile to a mile oval.
WILL PLEAD MONDAY
LOS ANGELES, Feeb. 16. —Lou
ella Pearl Hammer and Earl S. Van
Dorn, charged in an indictment
with the kidnapping of Mrs. Mary
B. Skeele “for extortion and rob
bery” were arraigned before Sup
erior Judge Charles W. Fricke.
They will plead to the charge on
Monday.
CLAIMS VICTORY
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Feb. 16, —
House majority leader Henry Rai
ney claimed victory in his cam
paign for election to the speaker
ship in the next Congress. He said
he was assured 170 out of 312
Democratic members would vote
for his nomination as Speaker in
the party caucus.
- SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
BAYSIDE, N. Y., Feb. 16. —The
condition of James J. Corbett was
I slightly improved this morning.
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SISTER, ADMIRAL, DEAD
TACOMA, Wash-, Feb. 16, —Mrs.
May Knoble, 89. sister of Rear Ad
miral Berry, retired, of San Diego,
died here yesterday.
GREATER REVENUE
MONTREAL, Feb. 16, —The net
revenue of 1932 of $245,196 ?reat
I er than in 1931, is reported by the
; Canadian National Railways.
GREAT SCHOLAR IS DEAD
TORONTO, Feb. 16, Nat Scholes,
aged 75, famous Canadian scholar
and coach of famous scholars, is
dead here.
FOLLOWED WIFE GRAVE
MONTREAL, Feb. 16, —Just five
days after the death of his wife,
Rev. John A. Gordon, one of the
best known Baptist ministers in
: Canada, died. He was 86.
FRIENDLY RECEIVERSHIP
; NEW YORK. aeb. 16, —The Wil
i lys-Overland Company voluntarily
, went into a friendly receivership
j for the purpose, it was said, of re
| organization.
BANK ROBBER KILLED
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 16, —
An unidentified robber was shot
and killed by Cashier James Rus
sell. of the U. S. National Bank, as
he backed to the door with his
arms loaded down with currency.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
! SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 16,
—.Dr. L. J. Hull, 73 year-old retired
dentist, pleaded not guilty to the
charge of first degree murder in
| connection with the death of his
son-in-law, Horace Daniels.
INCREASES STAFF
TORONTO, Feb. 16, —Crosse &
Blackwell, British food house, an
nounced they are increasing their
i sales staff by 40. The firm stated
; its Toronto payroll was three times
as large as a year ago.
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RACE WAS FUTILE
SEATTLE. Feb. 16, —A cold that
developed into pneumonia ended
the life of nine-months old Don
ald Nelson after the infant had
been brought here by his moth
er in an airplane and steamer
race with death from Nome.
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CLASH WITH POLICE
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 16, — A
group of about 50 men, said to be
members of the Workers Ex-ser
vice League, clashed with police
in the City hall. Many on each
side suffered minor injuries as
night sticks were wielded.
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NEW WAR LOOMS
BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 16, —
The warfare between Colombia
and Peru may possibly draw in
Ecuador which is anxiously watch
ing the turn of events. Colombia
has asked the League of Nations
to take action against Peeru.
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HEADS DIOCESE
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Feb. 16, -
Election of Archdeacon A. W. Noel
Porter, of San Francisco, of the
California Diocese of the Episcopal
Church, to succeed Bishop William
Hall Moreland as head of the Sac
ramento Diocese was announced.
SCIENTISTS MEET IN FALL
LEICESER, Eng., Feb- 15, (/P)—
The annual meeting of the British
Association for the Advancemant
of Science will be held September
6-13 in Leicester under the presi
dency of Sir F. Gowland Hopkins,
president of the Royal Society.
SURE FUR COAT IS FUR
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 15, (A5)—
Claudia Hills of Ohio State uni
versity is one coed who is sure her
fur coat is fur. She saw the two
leopards killed by native spearmen
when she was traveling from Cape
i Town to Cairo.
BANKS REOPENING
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 16, — |
Banks throughout Michigan whose j
doors have been closed by Gov- (
ernor Wm. A. Comstock’s piocla-i
mation of an eight-day holiday,!
are preparing to defy him; some;
reopened yesterday and more were
to follow today.
SCREAMING CHILDREN !
SCRAMBLER TO SAFETY
AS MURDERER SLAYS
DOWNEY, Calif., Feb. 16, —
While screaming children and
their teacher scrambled for safe
ty, Vernon Bythe, Santa Ana j
dentist, shot and killed his wife;
and son, Robert, aged eight, in a'
classroom of the Gallatan Gram-j
mar school #nd a few minutes'
later ended his own life.
Blythe, 35, had followed his es-1
tranged wife into the classroom.
She had filed suit for divorce and
was given a court order granting
her custody of their two sons.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH WAS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, —
Fire swept through St. Paul’s Epis
copal Church burning the historic
structure to the ground.
Rev. Leslie C. Kelley, State box
ing commissioner, was rector of
the church.
The beautiful stained windows
and the pipe organ, one of the
finest in the West, were destroyed.
Reverend Kelley claimed the
fire wras incendiary.
PRINCE WAS JEERED
MIDDLESBOROUGH, Eng.. Feb.
16. —Prince George, youngest son
of the King, was. greeted with cat
calls and whistling by a group of
unemployed in the suburbs of
Grangetown while he was on a tour
of the unemployed steel area. The
calls were quickly drowned out by
prolonged cheering.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 16. —
A man believed by police to have
entered the R. Crasby Kemper
home here to kidnap a member
! of the family, shot himself when
he was cornered by officers arm
ed with tear bombs.
The man hid in an upstairs
room and fired once through the
door at policemen. Mr. Kemper
is president of the City Bank &
Trust Co.
WHERE DID IT GO?
LOS Angeles, Feb. 16, —The Dun
can sisters were denied release
from bankruptcy because of fail
ure to account for $1,000,000 made
from a road show. In the mean
time the sisters are wearing lux
urious clothes and expensive ,iew
ely, but riding in street cars.
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TO SHANGHAI MILLERS
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 15, —
Twenty-two thousand tons of Ar
gentine wheat, comprising three
shiploads, have been sold to
Shanghai millers. The shipments
are to be made in February and
March.
ACCEPTED BIG JOB *
BASIL, Switzerland, Feb. 15, —
Leon Fraser, American vice-pres
ident of the Bank for Internation
al settlements, accepted the pres
idency of the bank succeeding
Gates W. MacGarrah.
SUPREME COURT TO RECESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15.—
Chief Justice Hughes announced
yesterday that the Supreme court
will recess Monday for three weeks
returning March 13, to hand down
decisions.
GUERRILA FORCES AND IRRE~
GULARS OFFER SERVICES
CHINESE ARMY
TOKIO, Feb. 16, —Japan’s League
of Nations delegation was ordered
home as Japan prepared to quit
the League.
The Diet voted an additional
$37,000,000 for Manchurian war
fare, including the invasion of Je
hol province. All other stock ex
changes in Japan followed the ex
| ample of Tokio’s and closed.
At Peiping the Chinese head
j quarters prepared plans for a bit
; ter resistance to the Jehol drive;
j Chinese guerrillas and irregulars
; are tendering their forces to the
' national forces for a united front
; against Nippon.
MAY INVOLVE U. S.
At Geneva the League of Nations
I is studying the arms embargo to
J be placed on Japan after the com
' mittee report is adopted and which
blames Tokio for the Manchurian
events.
Mathuoa. the Japanese delegate,
plans to visit Washington, D. C.,
| enroute home to present Japan’s
. case.
Japan’s Pacific Islands mandate
j is expected to involve the United
| States.
From Washington came the re
i port that Western powers plan
diplomatic pressure on Japan with
America taking a leading part.
Japan has called a council of el
der statesmen, veteran military
and naval leaders to mobilize the
Empire against the consequences
: of cutting Japan adrift from the
' League of Nations.
ROME, Italy, Feb. 16. —Premier
1 Mussblini, speaking to the Council
of Ministers, denied allegations
i before the French Chamber of
Deputies committee on foreign af
fairs that Italy had become allied
with Germany and Hungary.
This is a lying invention and if
the statements were not made be
fore the Chamber’s committee,
| they would not be worth denying,
] he said
‘YOU 1ST NOW BE
IDENTIFIED' PRINCE
WILL TELL SWEDES
i STOCKHOLM. Feb. 15. CP)-Bank
patrons here may get their money
i over the counter from royal hands.
| Prince Gustav Adolg. who last
October married Princess Sibylle of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is reported
ready to further his business train
ing, starting with experience in
three large banks.
' After that the future heir to the
Swedish throne will turn his at
I tention to industries, especially
; timber and iron.
ESCORTS 1,449 PERSONS
PRISON III FOUR TEARS
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 15, (£>>—
Among this city’s most accomplish
ed traveling companions is H. S.
Holliday, who has personally es
corted 1,440 persons on journeys
in the past four years. All the
trips, however, wrere to the Missouri
penitentiary, at Jefferson City.
Holliday is a deputy sheriff.
In order to discourage attempts
to escape, prisoners from Jackson
county (Kansas City) are now tak
en to prison in buses chartered for
the purpose, instead of by train.
BIG DANCE SATURDAY I. 0.
0. F. HALL