MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 265.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Dimond Produces
icial
ate
Alternately spiking and turning Delegate James
Wickersham’s guns upon him, Senator Anthony J. Dim
ond, at the Liberty theatre last night proved himself more
than a match for the astute, seasoned Republican stan
dard-bearer.
Without any effort at oratory, but rather as one dis
cussing intimate, important matters with a group of old
acquaintances, Mr. Dimond wasted no time in forensic
sparring before plunging into the vital issues of the cam
paign.
At no time did the speaker take"
the defensive invited by Judge
Wickersham’s recent personal at
tack upon his personal and polit
ical reputation, but on the other
hand produced official records in
support of a strong arraignment of
the Delegate’s record since being
chosen to his office in the last elec
tion.
In reply to the charge made by
Mr. Wickersham that the Demo
cratic candidate had been the re
cipient by proxy of favors from
the Guggenheims in the form of
free use of ah airplane supplied by
W. E. Dunkle, M. E„ superintendent
of the Willow Creek Mines. Mr. Di
mond said that he hired the plane
on a basis of payment for a pilot,
fuel and a reasonable charge for
wear and tear, and that in each
item of expense attached to his
travels over the Territory he had
paid the bills himself with the ex
ception of at Fairbanks, where
members of his party had insist
ed cor n liquidating a hotel bill of
$50.
‘ It has been many years since
Mr. Dunkle has been connected
with the Guggenheim interests,”
said Mr. Dimond, “and the inter
ests which he now represents are,
I believe. Canadian. However. Mr.
Dunkle has taken a hole in the
ground at Willow Creek and made
a great mine of it, employing be
tween 30 and SO men. Has Judge
Wickersbam done as much for the
Territory in providing labor and
development?
‘ Mr. Wickersham has stated that
I c-cn+emulate violating the law
which limits a candidate for Dele
gate to Congress to $2,500 in cam
aign e: ponses. He even intimates
that I intend to make a false re
turn of these expenses. Which is
anticipating as far as his imag
ination wall allow him to go. It so
happens that while I am paying all
of my expenses Mr. Wickersham is
campaigning at the expense of the
Federal government. He is al
lowed $1,500 annually for travel
to and from Washington, tfhus
he has $3,000 at his disposal, and no
one will agree that this amount is
required merely in travel.. /
The reason why Mr. Wickersham
does not travel by airplane; is be
cause he will not spend hi£ own
money and will not risk tjis pre
cious neck.
I employed a plane because I
believe that a man aspiring to the
position of Delegate to /congress
should, as near as possible, visit
every portion of the Territory, a
thing I sought to do until I was in
jured by getting in the/way of an
airplane propeller at Iclitarod.
<XL v,as observed by t'be audience
-hat Mr. Dimond carried his left
arm in a sling.)
"It was by such attempt to visit
every settlement that j I learned
much of the needs anjd desires of
the people, especially olf the West
ward.
-Oi.n heie I will ta ke up the
Question of political principles.
*First, 1 am comm itted to the
Party principle of further exten
sion of powers to thd Territorial
Legislature. Among these powers
the control of the f fisheries in
oustry. There are tod) many traps
m Alaska. I believe ifl Mr. Wicker
sham had embodied in j the Organic
Act control of fisheries,) they would
have been turned ove r to Alaska
when the Act was passed. Con
gress cannot be expec ted to un
derstand the many pi oblerns and
intiicacies of the fi? eries Ques
tion, so it has tup the entire
matter over to a bureau. I abhor
bureaus.
“The people of Alaska have a
better knowledge of the entire
question than anyone else, and if
the fisheries were turned over to
the Legislature for administration
they could be administered for. the
benefit of all instead as at present
through a system which makes for
monopoly.
“We must remember that some 82
per cent of the revenues of the
Territory are derived from the fish
ing industry, so care should be ex
ercised in not killing the goose
which lays the golden egg.
“Practically ever since I entered
Alaska politics in the Legislature I
have favored a gradual elimination
of traps, say allowing one trap for
each line in a cannery. Thus a
broader field would be opened to
the small fisherman, and no harm
would be done to the industry.
“In this matter I recall a bit of
my school days philosophy which
gees something like this: ‘If peo
b;e wa:t for wisdom before seek
ing freedom they may wait forever.'
Thus it is now time to make a fight
for freedom in the fisheries mat
ter.
“Now, as I stated at the outset, I
shall criticise my opponent only
with respect to his official acts.
I am averse to personalities such
as Mr. Wickersham has indulged.
So let me analyze lii.s acts with re
spect to the fisheries question. Mr.
Wickersham introduced a bill in
the last Congress for the transfer
of the fisheries to Territorial con
trol, yet he has not at any time
fought to or called up that bill
Tor action, and no Congressman
has felt inspired to do so without
Mr. Wickersham’s solicitation. It
was allowed to die in a pigeonhole.”
Reading from an official report
of a hearing on the fisheries ques
tion, Mr. Dimond referred to Pete
Olson, whom Mr. Wickersham de
signated as a “fishermen’s union
'racketeer—a man having no con
nection with Alaskan fishing as a
resident, but always in controversy
with the canneries.”
According to this report, when a
Congressman asked, regarding-the
transfer of the control of fisheries
to the Legislative, “Who will con
trol the Legislature?” Mr. Wicker
sham replied. “Pete Olson.”
“One can imagine the impres
sion the committee would have of
Alaskans and the Legislature after
this statement,” said Mr. Dimond.
"I will read you further of Mr.
Wickersham’s record. One mem
ber made the observation that on
each occasion when anyone differ
ed v ith the Delegate from Alaska
he insulted him.
Going further into the respect
ive lecoids on the fisheries Question
x may cite that I introduced a me
moiial in the Legislature limiting
traps to one for each line in the
: cannery. I was the only one who
i spoke in its favor. On the vote I
| was supported by Senators Hess,
| Dunn and Benjamin. The other
i four members voted against it.
“I have here a copy of the Alaska
Fisherman, a publication edited by
William Paul. You will remember
that Mr. Paul was charged with
and confessed to receiving $6,00C
■ to lobby for a bill granting the
| privilege of lease for two years ol
trapsites by three of the largesl
cannery interests operating in the
Territory.'
“According to Mr. Paul as I reac
from his signed statement in hi:
own newspaper, Mr. Wickersharr
(Continued on Page Twnt
MOON ROCKET IDE
DANZIG BAY, Prussia, Oct. 7, —!
The long-awaited day for testing j
Inventor J. Winkler’s moon rock- !
et arrived yesterday; but it proved
a flop. However, another attempt
will be made in the near future.
Amid a large gathering of scien
tists, Inventor Winkler touched off
his great rocket which failed to
take the air as per schedule, fall-;
ing from its supports to the ground
where it began to do it’s stuff.
Coat-tails flew in every direction !
as scientists sought protection as
the enormous rocket darted here
and there with the rapidity of |
lightning; it was remarkable that
no one was struck and injured by j
the contraption over which there
was no control of its capers.
Finally, with a roar heard a mile
away and which shook the entire
area, the rocket exploded.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7, —While
the disastrous fires in Eastern 1
Oregon are practically under con- [
trol or have been put out entirely1
by rains of the last 24 hours, the!
entire state is covered with a huge I
pall of smoke.
In many towns and cities thru
out the state it became necessary i
yesterday to turn on electric lights
in homes, business houses and on I
streets, during the day.
The dense smoke reached an al
titude of 10.0C0 feet and practically
2ll aerial traffic was grounded
| WASHINGTON, D. C. ,Oct. 7, — j
: Criminal prosecution of a number J
of broadcast stations in continental
United States will shortly be un- ;
dertaken by the Federal Radio
Commission, following an secret:
investigation covering a period of
several months.
The prosecutions will be mainly
based on low-powered stations in
creasing same without proper auth
; crization. unprofessional operation,
infringement on time and many
other violations of the law.
The law provides a fine of $5,000
or five years in prison, or both, for
violation of regulations.
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WISH GRANTED
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, —The pris- \
oners in Sing Sing made applica
tion for books and other reading
, matter. The request was answered
: by the arrival of hundreds of de
tecfcive stories.
THE FIRST TIME
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, —The first
i trans-Atlantic medical consulta
I tion for a patient took place yes- i
; terday between Battle Creek, Mich.,!
I and London surgeons, and required
i but 28 minutes. The patient was
Mrs. George Buller, daughter of a
member of the House of Lords. It
was decided not to operate.
AVIATOR SAVED LIVES
LONG BEACH. Calif., Oct. 7, —
The flying skill and cool-headed
ness of Aviator Kenneth Schumak
er not only saved his own life but
those of his two passengers. His
motor “conking” out, he was com
pelled to make a forced landing on
a city street. The plane was badly
cracked but the occupants escaped
without a scratch.
STONE N. Y. JAIL
j NEW YORK, Oct. 7, —Five hun
; dred a’leged communists, staging
a demonstration here Thursday
against unemployment, stoned a
; precinct jail in protest of the ar
.1 rest of two of their members. Two
were wounded.
BISHOP ADAMANT
LOREDA, Tex., Oct., 7, —Arch
Bishcp Flores, expulsed from New
Mexico and who was put into a
plane and told to leave the coun
try, rested yesterday in this city
and said he will refuse to go to
Rome as has been ordered by the
Pope.
* * * *
LYMAN EVANS DEAD
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct., 7,—Ly
man Evans, 75-year-old president
of the California Bar Association,
died here Thursday. Two weeks
ago he was stricken with a heart
attack from which he failed to re
cover. Mr. Evans wras born at
Clinton, Iowa.
* * * *
FIGHTING CONTINUES
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Oct., 7,—Despite
rumors of truces and cessation of
fighting, a four-hour battle occur
red in the Sao Paulo area Thurs
day, when Bolivians captured Fort
Falccn from Paraguayan forces.
I SEEKING PUBLICITY?
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7, —It was
reported here yesterday that Mrs.
T. Massie, leading figure in the re
cent Hawaiian assault and mur
| der trial, will demand a retrial of
, the four Hawaiians whom she ac
i cused of assaulting her.
* * * #
WALKER TOO LATE
j NEW YORK, Oct., 7, —<Former
i Mayor Jimmy Walker, who left for
Europe after resigning as mayor,
is too late in satisfying his political
! ambitions of representing his party
in the race for the office he vacat
! ed. While the committee of 1.000
supported Acting Mayor J. McKee,
a compromise was affected where
by J. P. O’Brien was uhanimouslyl
selected as Tammany’s candidate.
* * * *
WAR WITNESS DIES
ALGIERS. Algeria, Oct. 6.(/P)—
Shikh ben Ahmed, the last surviv
j mg witness of the triumphal entry
j of the French troops into Algiers
| m 1830. has just died, aged 110, at
| the village of Reibel. When the
city was captured he was working
; with his father as a donkey driver
j for a firm of builders.
* * * *
23 INDICTED
LOS ANGELES. Oct., 7,—E. L.
Kerris, race track owner, and 22
i others, were indicted yesterday for
: violation of the State gambling law’,
in connection with charges growing
from dog racing at Culver City.
* * * ■*
INSTANBUL TAXES ITS DEAD
INSTANBUL, Oct. 6,(/P)—Deceas
ed citizens are still liable for road
taxes the local authorities :have
ruled. But heirs are protesting
and the law may be amended.
* * * *
CHANGE PRISONS
McAllister, oct., 7, —The 107
striking coal miners who were ar
! rested Wednesday for staging a
j clemonstratxn and who were con
I fined overnight in the penitentiary,
won a court victory yesterday when
they came up for arraignment
charged with violating the mass
picketing law; while fined $250
each, they will not be confined to
the penitentiary but in the county
jail.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 7,—A mur
der charge was filed Thursday
i against Fred Frank Erwin, wealthy
i oil operator, who, while ill in bed
S and being administered to by Dr.
j Paul Reiger, drew a revolver from
j under a pillow and killed the phy
i sician. The defense will be tem
| porary insanity.
PRISON PLOT FOILED
JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 7, —With
the confession of two inmates oi
the prison, a plot to blow up the
state penitentiary was frustrated
The plot sought to free life-termers
i as well as a general break for lib
i erty.
* * * *
EXPRESSES SYMPATHY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 7, —
j In a telegram to the Japanese gov
ernment, President Hoover ex
pressed sympathy in the loss ol
the three Japanese aviators whc
i vanished while on a good-will flighl
from Japan to the United States.
WORK FOR 18,000
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 7, —
Loans were approved Wednesday
six concerns by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, in the sum
of $59,700,000, which will provide
immediate employment for at least
18,000. The loans are self-liquidat
ing.
NEW YORK, Oct., 7, —Major H.
Brown, late of his Majesty’s Brit
ish Bengal Lancers, unset local
society Thursday when he stood
on his head in a reception room of
the Waldorf-Astoria. He was tired
of social functions and drinking
tea, he said, and inasmuch as the
party was dull, wanted to “pep” it
up a bit.
The 20-year Indian service sold
ier, former British Secret Service
operator and World War veteran,
expounded the following wise phil
osophy gained from his many years
contact with the mysterious East:
That the present civilization will
not only live but will leave its mark
upon eternity. That while today
there is much dissatisfaction and
i growing doubt about democracy,
| the answer is a more selective and
simpler life and that England and
| America will live on down thru the
| centuries.
MELBOURNE, Oct. 6, (/P)—Jury
panels, instead of consisting of “12
good men and true” may be re
duced to 9 in Victoria.
The minister for ustice says such
a reduction would result in a sav
ing to government at a time when
every economy must be practiced.
“Nine -men would be as just as
12,” he declares. “There is no
mystery amout the figure 12.”
MORE WORK IN VIEW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 7, —
; With the authorization yesterday
| calling for the expenditure of close
i to $100,000 for a sea-wall project
| at San Diego and improvements at
i the Sunnydale air-field, work for
; a few hundred additional men has
been provided.
STRAWBERRIES BRING 8240.00(1
FORT SMITH, Ark., Oct. 6, <£>)—
Large yield from approximately
1.000 acres of strawberries in the
Fort Smith area brought farmers
a return of $240,000 this spring
The average production was 12C
crates per acre with an average
price of $2 per crate.
ROOSEVELT ASSAILED
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 7, —State
ments made by Franklin D. Roose
velt, Democratic nominee for Pres
ident, made during his recent cam
paign tour of the country, were
vigorously attacked Wednesday by
Vice President Curtis, in his cam
paign address here.
SPEAKING KEEPS HIM FIT
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 6,(JP]
—Campaign, if you’d keep fit
Judge A. W. Cunningham said he
reduced his waistline two inches;
but lost no weight due to the “cal
isthenics of speech-making which
| developed my shoulders and arms.’
NORRIS STARTS STUMPING
j NEW YORK, Oct. 7, —Senator G
i W. Norris announced details of hi'
j plan to take the “stump” foi
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Demo
I cratic nominee for president. He
I plans a coast to coast speaking
I tour winding up on the Pacific
i Coast November 7, the day before
I the general election.
COMMISSIONER DIES
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 7, —Thu
city today is mourning the deatl
i of Fire Commissioner Ernest R
, Wordmann, who died Thursday af
1 ter a brief illness. ?T]MinO
WASHINGTON, Otc., 7, —Repub
lican headquarters are jubilant
over the reaction from the Hoover
speech, but Senator Brokhart, of
Iowa, attacked the President’s
speech as “another empty gesture”.
The National Grange has an
nounced its support to the Repub
lican party.
At San Francisco, making his
third address before various organ
izations, Ogden Mills, Secretary of
the Treasury, again charged Dem
ocrats with endangering business
recovery, which is now underway
under President Hoover, by lack of
ability shown during the last ses
sion of Congress and recent public
utterances of Franklin D. Roose
velt, Democratic nominee for the
presidency.
Conditions, he said, can be much
worse than they have been and are
today, especially on the Pacific
| coast. He charged that in an an
j alysis of all of Governor Roosevelt’s
i speeches made during his coast to
| coast tour, no realization or com
prehension is found of the present
economic situation nor did Roose
velt at any time, produce a single
practical suggestion in overcoming
I present national difficulties.
Also, in San Francisco, Norman
Thomas, the Socialist party’s nom
inee for president, expoused the
aims and ambitions of his party.
He urged Federal and State own
| ership of public utilities, main
j tainance of wage level, a six-hour,
five-day working week; and unem
, ployment insurance _ .which would
j be derived from taxation of indus
' tries.
BERRY, Ont., Oct., 7, —Martin
Insull. multi-millionaire, was ar
rested here yesterday and is await
ing extradition to the United Stat
es. Canadian officials made the
j arrest. Haggard and worn, he sur
rendered at 9:30 Thursday evening
and last night slept on a narrow
cot in the local jail.
Two days previously, he had van
j ished from his estate near Mon
! treal, as did his brother, Samuel,
in Paris. The charges filed against
! him in Canada, was on an order
from Chicago, charging him with
■ being a fugitive from justice.
; French authorities have made no
j progress in discovering the present
j whereabouts of Samuel Insull who
left his Paris hotel three days ago.
s NEW FASTSERVIGr
! COAST TO COAST
i _
Regular 20-hour passenger serv
ice between New York and San
Francisco will soon be an estab
lished fact if present plans of Unit
ed Air Lines go through.
| These call for construction of a
new fleet of fast multi-motored
planes to make an average speed of
175 miles per hour. The president
of the United Air Lines said that
the new planes would shorten the
present six and a half hour sched
ule between New York and Chicago
to a flat five hours, and would re
duce the present 20-hour trip
from Chicago to San Francisco to
! a mere 15 hours.
CUT OUT CITY LIGHT
ELECTRA; Minn., Oct. 7, —The
| commissioners of this village have
| ordered discontinuance of electric
j lights about the streets as an eco
mony move.
PROTEST FISH IMPORTS
I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7, —The
| California Packers Association en
tered a protest with the govern
ment claiming that importation of
i Tuna fish from Japan has in
[ creased four-fold during the past
. 12 months making it practically
■ impossible for American fishermen
| to compete or make a livelihood.