MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 34.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEN. CARTER CUSS
IN ILL HEALTH. WILL
NOT JOIN NEW CABINET
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10, —Sena
tod Carter Glass will decline to be
come Secretary of the Treasury in
the Roosevelt cabinet. For weeks
the 75-year-o!d Virginia Senator
lias been considering a return to
the post he occupied in the closing
days of the Wilson administration.
While Mr. Glass has not announc
ed his decision publicly, he has told
a few friends about it.
His health has not been good
during the past year and the Vir
ginia Senator prefers to continue
in his present office.
Mr. Glass’s appointment has been
considered certain for so long that
this new development makes it
necessary to revise all speculation
concerning the cabinet.
Assurance that Prof. Raymond I.
Moley will have a place in the
Roosvelt administration was seen
in the fact that he has already
rented an apartment here.
ROOSEVELT WILL OE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. —The
Democratic House leadership has
determined upon a plan to give
President-Elect Roosevelt power
greater than proposed by the Sen
ate and w’hich will permit him to ■
reduce statutory gratuities, in
cluding veterans compensations.
The Democrats plan to offer an
amendment to the Treasury post
office supply bill in the House to
day to empower the incoming,
President also to reduce salaries of
employees and to abolish agencies,
their functions and personnel.
ESKIMOS FAILED 10
OH! ICE
NOME. Feb. 10. —Eskimos in skin
boats last night failed in an at
tempt to retrieve a mail consign
ment adrift on ice off Besboro Is
land, in Norton Sound.
Mitchell Charles, carrying the
mail by dog team, escaped by
swimming to shore 'when the ice
he was crossing broke off and
swirled into the current.
His dogs remained on the ice,
but apparently attempted to swim
ashore later for only five can be
seen by airplane observers.
1BE' RUTH AND
FAMILY ON TOUR;
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. —“Babe”;
Ruth, his wife and daughter Julia, ;
boarded a pullman for St. Peters- '
burg. Fla., where they will arrive j
tonight.
Regarding negotiations about his
proffered $25,000 cut, the “Babe”
said he and Colonel Jacob Rupert
would probably “get together some
time later.”
FRENCHMEN TAKE WING
MARSEILLES. France, Feb. 10.—
Two French airmen, w?ho postpon
ed taking-off yesterday for a. hop
to Buenos Aires in an effort to
lower the British mark, were due
to take to the air this morning.
FAVOR LARGER ARMY, NAVY
WASHINGTON. D. C-, Feb. 10, —
A delegation representing more
1,000,000 members of the Woman’s
National Council of Defense, is
here to present resolutions calling
for mere adequate defense.
PLANE REMNANTS FOUND
BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 10, —
Remnants of a plane were found
| washed up on a nearby shore. The
pieces are believed to be a part of
one lost in 1927 in an attempt to
fly from the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands.
MEDICAL SCH
siw ran ess to
HELP TWO IITTLE DOTS
ROME, Feb. 10, —Medical science
of a nation stood powerless yes
terday as two little boys played in
the shadow of death and physi
cians watched them grimly for
symptoms of a poison from which
there is no escape.
The boys, Jimmy Dosh, 3, and his
brother Clayton, 2, munched what
they thought was a hidden box of
candy; it was, however, bichlo
ride of mercury tablets.
Their plight was discovered at
their home Tuesday afternoon and
emergency treatments were ad
ministered but doctors fear these
may not have been given in time
and that the deadly poison still is
lurking in the boys’ bodies waiting
slowly to paralyze the kidneys and
cause death.
ON THE LINE
TOKIO, Feb. 10. —Japan’s mili
tary forces in Manchuria will be
gin a drive against Chinese toops
for the conquest of Jehol province,;
in the near future, the War office
indicated in a statement Thursday.!
FOU SUPERVISOR ,
PLEID5 NOT EUILTV
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10. —For
mer County Supervisor Sidney T.
Graves pleaded not guilty in Sup
erior Judge Charles W. Frickes’
court to an indictment charging j
him with taking an $80,000 bribe
three years ago during his term'
of office.
Graves, who was indicted bv the
County grand jury last Monday,
a few hours before he would have
been freed of prosecution on the
charge by the statute of limita-:
tions, was ordered by Judge Frickes
to appear for trial March 9 in the
court of Superior Judge Fletcher:
Bowron. He was released on $25,
000 bond.
NATAL, Brazil, Feb. 10, — Capt-j
James A. Mollison, famous Scottish j
flyer on a good-will flight from j
England, set his tiny Moth plane J
down here at 4:30 p. m. yesterday/
at the end of a swift flight over j
the South Atlantic, on the West
coast of Africa, in 17 hours and 40
minutes.
He covered the 1900 miles over
the wind-swept South Atlantic
without incident.
AMERICAN SHILOH WAS
OH IN WAREHOUSE
MANILA. P. I., Feb. 10, —E. B.
Barrett, torpedo man of the U. S.
S. submarine S-36, was found
hanging in a salt warehouse at
Laspinas yesterday.
Civil authorities said they did
not believe that he had ended his
own life. Naval officers started an
investigation. Barrett went ashore
in the morning.
VIRGINIA FARMERS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS
ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 10, —Two
Virginia farmers and the wife of
one of them, were taken into cus
tody here by police in frustrating
what the police thought was an
attempt to extort $17,000 from Col.
Chas. A. Lindbergh on threat of
kidnapping his second son. John
Morrow Lindbergh.
John Bryant, 19, Norman Har
vey, 28, and the latter’s wife, Mrs.
Ethel Harvey, were taken into cus
tody after Bryant had cashed “a
bogus check” for $17,000 at the
State bank, police announced.
Formal charges had not been
placed against the trio but police
said Bryant and Harvey were being
held for United States authorities.
All three denied any connection
with theatening letters sent to
Colonel Lindbergh.
The original sum they are ac
cused of having attempted to ex
tort is said to be $50,000.
Police detectives, masking as
representatives of the famous flyer,
planted the $17,000 check in a hol
low stump.
The second threat to the Lind
berghs was made public less than
12 months from the night their
first son was spirited way from
his crib and murdered in the Sour
land Hills of New' Jersey.
MAKE RESERVATIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. —President
and Mrs. Herbert Hoover have
made steamer reservations on a
liner leaving here on the evening
of March 4 for Cuba and the Pan
ma Canal. Following the inaugura
tion of President-Elect Roosevelt,
the Hoovers’ will leave at once for
New York and board their ship.
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WASHINGTON. D. C . Feb. 10. —
A Congressional medal of honor
for Richard Pearson Hobson, of
Los Angeles, former Naval officer
who distinquished himself in the
Spanish-American war, wa s voted
by Congress yesterday, and the
measure sent to the White House.
The Senate passed a House bill
authorizing the decoration. Hob
son risked his life on June 3. 1898,
by entering the fortified harbor
of Santiago, Cuba and sinking the
partially disabled collier Merrimac
in the channel under persistent
fire.
MURDEROUS FILM'S
TRIAL poll FE8.14
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 10, —The
trial of Marrella Julian, the Filip
ino who went berserk two months
ago and stabbed people to death,
was set for February 14. The Filip
ino said he did not know what had
happened to him when he em
barked on his carnival of killing,
adding he deserved to die, that his
life was not worth all those he had
slain.
The killings began when he re
turned to his room and discovered
a room-mate had stolen his money.
SAILING FOR THE U. S. A.
MANILA, P. I., Feb- 10, —Manuel
Cazen, frail leader and president
of the Pihilippine legislature, an
nounced he would sail for the
United States this month to confer
with Washington officials in rela
tion to the recently passed inde
pendence bill.
TAX INCREASE LOOMS
OTTOWA, Feb. 10, —It appears j
that parliament will not create a j
higher tariff but probably will set •
a higher tax return on incomes.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
RANDOLPH, 111., Feb. 10, —So
cold is the weather here that res
idents are opening their mail box
* es with blow-torches.
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DENY THE REPORT
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, —Officials
of the Nickel Corporation deny
the report that their companies
recently received large war orders.
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POOR LITTLE SPARROW
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 10. —
A shivering sparrow flew into a
street car, warmed itself, then flew
away.
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BANK HELD UP
TORONTO, Feb. 10, —A branch
bank was held up by two masked
men who escaped with between
$5,000 and $8,000.
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ROBBED OF $8
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 10. —
A lone bandit held up a street car
here Wednesday night escaping
3/ith $8, taken fom the motorman.
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NO RETURN TO GOLD
LONDON, Feb. 10, —In the House
of Commons yesterday Premier Me
Donald informed the members that
Britain was not ready to return to
the gold standard.
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ON HIS WAY TO U. S.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, —A member
of DeValera’s cabinet is reported
to be on his wray to the United
States in connection with repay
ment of the U. S. loan to Ireland.
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IRISH RAIL STRIKE
BELFAST, Feb. 10, —The Irish
railroad strike is spreading into
England. Dock workers in Scot
land have refused to handle Irish
shipments.
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ANOTHER DAIRY STRIKE
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 10, —The
State legislature moved to halt
the impending milk and cream
strike by dairymen scheduled for
February 15.
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CORBETT UNIMPROVED
NEW YORK. Feb. 10, —The con
dition of James Corbett showred no
indication of improvement last
night; his weakened heart may
give w'ay at any moment.
CHOPPED UP FURNITURE
CHICAGO. Feb- 10. —J. Johnson
was compelled to chop up furni
ture in his home in order to keep
the family warm during Wednes
day’s frigid temperatures.
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MAY TRY SATURDAY
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.. Feb. 10.
—Sir Malcolm Campbell, land
speed title holder of the world,
hopes to be able to put his fast
speed automobile over the course
Saturday in an effort to lower his \
own mark, weather conditions per
mitting.
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$80,000,000 IN SIGHT
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, —Alfred E
Smith announced that the only
thing left for the state to do to
obtain the $80,000,000 loan from
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration to be used for construc
tion and relief work, is working
out details of interest and pay
ments.
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X-RAY WEAPON
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, —The pre
diction was made here by scien
tists who are working on a new
X-Ray discovery, that these rays
will, in future wars, keep skies
clear of enemy planes. They claim
the rays will demolish anything it
strikes.
$325,000 ROBBERY
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 10, —
With split-second precision, a gang
of robbers swooped down on the
Sacramento postoffice and made
their escape with $325,000; $200,000
in bends and $125,000 in currency.
C1HETAKER HUD SOFT
BERTHS FROM STITE,
GOV, ROLPH. OS ILL
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10, —While
George Passons, caretaker of the
James Rolph Jr. ranch in San Ma
teo county was drawing a salary
as a State forest fire fighter, he
was traveling around the state ex
hibiting one of the Governor’s
prize horses.
The Inman investigating com
mittee established this fact yester
day by calling as a witness Miss
Barbara Worth, pretty Sacramento
society girl and widely known Cal
ifornia equestrienne.
Fetchingly gowned in a grey en
semble Miss Worth admitted that
she had exhibited horses at shows
held at Menlo Park, Stockton,
Sacramento and Pomona.
DELEGATION CALLED
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 10, —A
delegation of 30 members of those
who walked out of the Hudson
Motor plant, called on officials of
the company seeking ways and
means to settle the strike. It is said
6,000 men are effected.
ROOSEVELT WILl NOT
ACCEPT SMALL LUMP
SUM. SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Feb. 10. —
Democratic advisors in Congress
of President-Elect Roosevelt as
serted that he has definitely ad
vised Great Britain the United
States will not accept a small lump
sum settlement of the war debts.
They said the President-Elect’s
views have been conveyed to Prime
Minister J. Ramsay McDonald and
were set forth without ambiguity in
his recent conferences with Sir
Ronald Lindsay. British ambassa
dor.
Sir Lindsay is now in London
conferring with the cabinet. He
will bring back British proposals
for the March debt negotiations.
DUTCH MUTINEERS
DECIDED TO SURRENDER
BATAVIA, Java, Feb. 10, —The
mutineers surrendered last night!
The Dutch East Indies squadron,
escorted by eight seaplanes, over
hauled the battleship De Zeven
Provincien off the West coast of
Sumatra.
Orders from Holland were to ef
fect capture of the battleship and
crew immtediately or begin firing
at dawn today. It had been plan
ned to drive the mutineers into
small boats by dropping gas bombs
from the air. Another plan was to
send a strong boarding party, and
the third, to sink the ship.
COLORADO BANK ROBBED
ERIE, Colo., Feb. 10, —Three
bandits held up the Erie bank at
noon yesterday, forced the cashier
and two girls into a safety deposit
vault and fled with $2200. It was
the second robbery in three months.
RENOUNCES RIGHTS
MADRID, Spain, Feb. 10, —The
Prince of Austria, eldest son of
former King Alfonso, and heir to
the toppled Spanish throne, has re
nounced his royal rights to marry
a Cuban girl, it is announced.
i MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
! DAMAGE SUSTAINED
FROM TIE COLD WAVE
CHICAGO, Feb. 10, —Even with
the sun shining brightly Thursday
the temperature in this city reg
istered 19 below zero. Rockford, HI.,
registered 33 below, the lowest in
33 years, and at Marshall, Wis.,
32 below.
It is estimated that more than
65 persons have died from causes
directly attributable to the storm
which blanketed the mid-West and
Atlantic seaboard, some from heart
trouble brought on by the intense
cold, others frozen to death, while
others were burned to death from
fires starting from overheated
stoves.
Millions of dollars damage to
buildings, roads, crops, livestock
and or waterfronts has occured.
On the plains thousands of cat
tle froze to death. At points along
the Canadian border temperatures
ranged to as low as 60 below zero.
DEATH TOLL FROM
FRIGID BLASTS STORM
SAN FRANCISFCO, Feb. 10, —
The sharpest winter in years
numbed the Atlantic Coast last
night and again held the West and
middle West, following the shatter
ing of many cold records the pre
ceding day.
Sub-zero cold brought death to
more than 67, West of the Appala
chians and strung icicyles along
the seaboard from Florida to Can
ada where cold covered the whole
Dominion.
Severe cold was predicted for to
day. Friday, for most of the North
ern and Central States. Florida
fruit crops suffered untold damage.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10, —A spectac
ular waterfront fire occured yes
terday when the million dollar Ar
mour & Company grainery burst in
to flames following a terrific ex
plosion. A million dollars worth of
grain was stored in the elevators
which were completely destroyed.
It is estimated 3.000.00 bushels of
wheat were stored.
Three hundred firemen combat
ed the flames and prevented the
fire from spreading to nearby oiL
tanks and other buildings. Two
fireboats were unable to reach the
scene because of frozen bridges.
BO) IB BILLOWED
OPEN MILL ME
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10. —Ray
mond Williamson, five years old,
who swallowed a small opened
pocket knife after finishing his
supper, is getting along nicely
without an operation, hospital at
taches reported last night.
Raymond was fed a hypodermic
diet by physicians, who hoped
that this method of treatment
would remove the knife from the
pit of his stomach.
SUPPORTING MOVEMENT
MOSCOW, Feb. 10, —The Com
munist Youths Association has
joined the revolutionary move
ment to rehabilitate the agricul
tural movement and is sending
I 30,000 members to Northern Rus
I sia for collective farming projects.
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