VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 123.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1932.
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los am civic
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NUMBER SPEAKEOSIES
LOS Angeles, May 26—After a
stormy conference between Mayor
John C. Potter, three clergymen
and a group of civic leaders, the
mayor promised an investigation
of charges that Los Angeles “is
wide open.”
Those at the conference includ
ed the mayor, Anthony Pratt, secre- |
tary of the Municipal League, and
Mrs. Allice Simons Wheeler, former
president of the Los Angeles W. C.
T. U. Mrs. Wheeler declared that
she and other officers had visited
a number of speakeasies in the
down town districts and in Holly
wood. Some bootleggers, she said,
were operating within a half block
of the central police station.
“In some places they told us
they were paying protection,” said
Mrs. Wheeler.
“That doesn’t sound like a boot
legger, admitting he is paying pro
tection,” said Rev. Shuler.
Pratt and the mayor engaged in
a conversation when the question
arose as to whether Pratt should
surrender a list of alleged liquor
customers. The conference ig
nored the mayor’s invitation to
“take your hat and leave.”
SIGNS NEXT WEEK
PARIS, May 26, —Newspapers
said it was understood that France
would sign the agreement with the
United States next week providing
repayment at four per cent over 10
years, of their war debt. Annuity
was waived by President Hoover.
The moratorium is a similar ar
rangement as negotiated by the ^
British this week. i
NOMINATED COMMANDANT
WASHINGTON, D. C , May 26, (A5)
—President H o o v e r nominated
Captain A. Hamlet of Port Town
send, Wash., Commandant of the
Coast Guatd with the rank of Rear
Admiral succeeding the late Rear
Admiral Frederick Bullard.
ILL POLITICAL PARTIES
INCLUOED JAPAN CHET
_
TOKYO, May 26, —A combina
tion cabinet was formed composed
of representatives of all political
elements by Admiral Makota Saito,
who takes the post of Premier and
Foreign Minister
The cabinet includes General Sa
dao Araki as Minister of War who
succeeds General Senjuro Hayashi.
In the last ministerial shakcup he
was recognized as a strong nation
alist thus firmly entrenching him
self more than ever in Japan’s mil
itary policy in Manchuria.
MANIAC ATTACKS GIRLS
CLEVELAND, May 26, —Brand
ishing a knife a maniac attacked
three small girls who were on their
way to school and killed Rose Marie
Parket, aged 8; injured, perhaps
fatally, Lena Desanil, 12, and
Elaine Mackin, 8. The throats of
all were cut. Police captured him.
He gave the name of Jake Gordon
Forting.
TEXAS FOR HOOVER
MINERAL WELLS. Tex., May 26. j
—President Hoover today was as- |
sured the unanimous vote of Tex- ;
as’ 49 delegates to the National |
Convention next month. The re
solutions included an oil tariff,
cessation of immigration and pay
ment of war debts. Prohibition was
not mentioned.
• • CURRENT BREVITIES • •
WILL PRESS PURSUIT
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 2G.—An j
official police bulletin published j
indicates that state ar.d federal j
forces are determined to press pur- 1
suit cf the Lindbergh baby killers!
•without permitting such side issues 1
as the recent Curtis hoax to cccu- |
py their time.
THINK bill will be returned
DUBLIN, May 26.—Usually well
informed political circles forecast
that the Irish Free State bill abol
ishing the parliamentary oath to
the crown will be returned to the
Dail Eiran by the Seanad Eireann
(Irish Senate) today for reconsid
eration as inimical to the best in
terests of Irish trade within the
empire and other privileges that
will be lost if the oath is abolished.
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MEET AS FRIENDS
BERLIN, May 26.—Nationalist
spokesmen reported that German
political and industrial leaders
plan to meet with the French as
friends if Edouard Herriott of
France and certain French finan
ciers gather at Iuxumburg next
week in ail attempt to devise an
immediate solution of the repara
tions problem on neutral soil.
SEND ARMORED CARS
TUNSU, Manchuria, May 26.—A
.squad of armored cars was des
patched Tuesday to resist a gueril
la army that had attacked a sur
veying party. Three Japanese and
10 Manchurians were killed by the
guerillas.
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COMMITTED SUICIDE IN PLANE
CHICAGO, May 26.—Ernest J.
Leugyul, aged 19, who hired an
airplane in which to commit sui- 1
cide while he was flying 3,000 feet I
above Chicago, died in Holy Cross
hospital before physicians could |
remove a bullet which lodged in i
his brain.
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FILIPINOS SAVE IN HAWAII
MANILA, May 25, (A*)—Filipino
laborers who go to Hawaii as con
tract plantation workers, manage
to save their wages. In three
weeks 334 returned bringing $40,
585 in cash, says the recruiting of
fice here of the Hawaiian Supar
Planters’ Association.
READY TO HOP PACIFIC
SEATTLE, May 26, —M. Browne ,
anticipated taking to the air to- 1
day in an attempt to span the Pa
cific ocean in one hop to Tokyo.
FORTY PERSONS KILLED
HARBIN, Manchuria, May 26.—
Forty persons were killed and more
than 100 injured when a refugee
train was wrecked 212 kilometers
east of here. A locomotive and
14 cars were wrrecked.
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FOUR DROWNED
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 26.—
Four persons were drowned in the
Lee river, southwest of here when
a flat-bottomned boat in which
they were crossing the river was
caught in a fast current and car
ried over a falls. The dead are
Floyd Harper, aged 50; Margery
Harper, 13, his daughter; George
Whiteford and R. Patklthly.
URGES FAVORABLE REPORT
WASHINGTON, May 26. —Sena
tor Dill appeared before the House
Irrigation Committee V e d n esday
to urge for a favorable report on
the Columbia Basin project which
is designed to reclaim over a mil
lion acres of land and which will
furnish almost unlimited power for
industrial purposes.
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TURF CLASSIC RUN
TORONTO, Canada, May 26, —
In the opening race of the season,
“Queensway”, from the stables of
H. W. Cowie, won the Canadian
turf classic, the King’s Plate, de
feating 11 rivals. The $7,500 added
money goes with the plate. The
time was a record; one minute, 55.1
5 seconds. “King 0‘Connel” of the
Seastram stables, was second and
W. H. Wright’s “Spey Crest” was
third.
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CLAIMS IDENTIFIED SLAYERS
BOSTON, May 26. —Michael H.
Crowley, of the Boston police, has
forwarded to proper authorities the
name and i d e n t i f i cation of the j
Lindbergh baby kidnappers and'
slayers. He has refused to make
public any details of his identifica
tion saying that such information
will be made known at the proper
time.
HER OFFICIAL DIES
RESULT RECENT BOMBING
SHANGHAI, May 26, (A*)—Gen
eral Yohinori Shirakao, 62, com
mander-in-chief of the Japanese
Imperial forces here who was
wounded by a bomb April 29, died
today.
Japanese military headquarters
announcer previously that Y. Ka
wabata, president of the Shanghai
Residents Association, had also
died and several others wounded
by Korean revolutionary elements
who were blamed for the blast
which took place during a mili
tary review.
EliBOHATE WELCOME FOR
ii. i mm paris
LONDON, May 26, —Amelia Ear
hart Putnam was feted by Ameri
can newspapermen today at a lun
cheon where she renewed acquain
tance with correspondents who
covered her “Friendship Flight” of
four years ago.
The girl flyer expects to leave
today for Paris where she will be
the guest of the American Ambas
sador, Walter E. Edge.
Word from the French capital
announced an elaborate welcome
program has been sponsored by
both American and French organ
izations.
TRIAL SET AHEAD
HONOLULU, May 26, —The as
sault case climaxing in the lynch
ing of a Hawaiian, and the Massie
trial off the calendar, the four
youths charged with attacking Mrs.
Massie, will be tried at a date to i
be selected in the near future. ;
CONFIDENCE SI TO
NEW YORK. May 26—Renewed
confidence was injected into the
stock market last week by plans
to put excess credits of the federal
reserve banks into the country’s
business in an effort to ch£ck the
downward movement of securi
ty and credit prices.
The first step in this direction
jvas taken with the formation of a
coalition of the country’s biggest
financiers and industrialists who
were to find ways and means of
putting what was estimated to be
around three million dollars
credit into the business structure.
DIPLOMACY BE USED
ey
WASHINGTON, May 26. — Pend
ing the receipt of more details by
the State Department on Japan’s
plans for a proposed conference of
ambassadors of the principle pow- j
ers interested in China the State
Department is avoiding any ex
pression on the subject.
The conference as briefly outlin
ed by Japan is for the purpose of
giving added or increased protec
tion to foreign lives and properties
in foreign countries and in this
case particularly in China.
Attention has been directed to
the fact that one of the Japanese
conditions for the establishing of
peace in Shanghai a few weeks ago
was that a neutral zone be estab
lished so tl^at foreign lives and pro
perty could more adequately be
protected. Japan finally acceded to
peace terms without having this
provision included and it is now
generally believed that that nation
is seeking to have other powers
join in with her in making China
‘bend the knee’ to the demand for j
such a neutral zone.
Fifty prospectors have been as-!
sured transportation to Telegraph j
Creek, B. C., by Capt- S. C. Barring
ton. They will be supplied with
provisions and turned lose on their j
quest for gold.
JAPAN TO ACHIEVE :
HIT 111 COULDN'T1
HOOVER SUBMITS IDEAS
WASHINGTON, D. C , May 26, —
President Hoover’s convention plat
form ideas, subject to amend
ment but, including a combination
law enforcement and referendum
prohibition plank, are being laid
before Republican leaders.
The White House conferences
have been undertaken in the hope
of avoiding an open prohibition
fight at the Chicago convention.
Mr. Hoover has not sought to
draft the prohibition plank but
has laid before his party associates
his ideas of the principles involved
EVANSTON, 111., May 26.—Two
world’s records were broken at the
thirty-second annual conference
track and field conference cham
pionship, in which Michigan won
for the twelfth time. Don Bennet
of Ohio State won the 200 yards
dash in 2:05, clipping a tenth of a
second from the world’s mark, and
Jack Keller of Ohio State won the
120-yard hurdles in 14 seconds,
beating the world’s record by four
tenths of a second.
Ohio State finished second and
Indiana third.
GOV. ROLPH WARNED
BE “TAKEN FOR RIDE"
LOS ANGELES, May 26.—The
police said that they were on the
trail of a suspect believed to have
sent threatening letters to Gover- i
nor James Rolph. Jr., and two oth- !
er prominent Californians. The 1
letters warned the Governor, Su
pervisor Frank L. Shaw and Ivan
Kelso, chief counsel for the Auto
mobile Club of Southern Califor- i
nia, that they would be “taken for
a ride” if the Los Angeles county j
motor patrol is merged with the!
state patrol.
The merger is proposed to save j
the county approximately $240,000
according to its backers. Supervi- !
sor Shaw said a member of the
county patrol is under suspicion.
MUST HAVE SLICED
GULLANE, Scotland, May 26, —
Hopes for a United States victory
in the British Amateur Golf cham
pionship were dampened when Dav
id Martin of the California country
club was eliminated two down by
H. Shaw of Timberly.
01 JOCKEY KILLED IK
MIX-UP DACE DOUSES
BAINBRIDGE, Ohio, May 26.—
A bad mixup between five horses
in the third race at the Bainbridge
race track caused the death of a
well known jockey and serious in
juries to two other riders. Charles
Pegg, Baltimare, a young jockey
who has brought in many a victo
ry on southern and midwestern
tracks, was killed when his mount
spilled, along with four other hors
es, at the initial turn in the first
mile.
Pegg suffered a fractured skull
and internal injuries.
Moses Hernandez, New Orleans,
also was thrown and suffered a
fractured skull. His condition is
reported critical by hospital au
thorities. Will Carroll, Latonia,
N. Y., received cuts about the head
and face when he was thrown to
the ground in the jam that thrilled
6,000 fans.
BROKE TRAP SHOOT MARK
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., May 26, —
Mrs. Walter P. Andrews broke her
open record in setting a new world’s
mark for women in trap shooting.
She scored 185 out of 200 targets
at the fifth annual Kentucky
Tennessee championship match at
tilais p'hce. Her former high mark
/was 194 out of 200 traps.
A
JIMMY ADMITS IT
NEW YORK, May 26, (IP)—May
or Jimmy Walker of New York ad
mitted he had received about $250,
000 from a joint brokerage account
he had with Paul Block, publisher,
in which Walker made no invest
ment.
SEATTLE, May 26, (JP)—Andrew
J Hufford and Mrs. Hufford, are
leaving here Saturday on the SS
Alaska for Seward and other points,
evidently to assist Operations Man
ager Joe Crosson, of the Alaskan
Airways, as mechanic.
Hufford was chief mechanic in1
1926 with the first Wilkins expe
dition; he then went to St. Paul
and was later employed at Wash
ington, D. C., in the Bureau of
Aeronautics.
Hufford also flew with Crosson
from Teller to Fairbanks and re
turn to bring out the first pictures
of the landing of the Polar dirigi
ble Norge.
WON FLUKE VICTORY
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, —
Jose Savoldi, former Notre Dame
football star, returned to the mat
in San Francisco and won a fluke
victory over Hardy Krushamp, al
so a former gridder, in the main
event of the wrestling program at
Dreamland.
U. S. DOUBLES WINNERS
AUTIEL, France, May 26, —Mrs.
Helen Wills Moody of California
and Sidney B. Wocd of New York,
advanced to the fourth round of
the French tennis championship
mixed doubles by defeating Mile.
Cecile Durand and Frencois Ter
rier of France.
FRISCO POLICE SH
DRIVE ICHST GANGS
HAMPERED BL COURTS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.—Po
lice established a record by round
ing up 650 vagrants, mostly for
eigners, in the last 24 hours- Chief
of Police William J. Quinn ordered
his dragnet spread over the city
following the Lugi Malvese gang
shooting in the North Beach dis
trict. With 448 men booked for
vagrancy the police ended the sec
ond day of their dri,Ve, but they
charge that their efforts are mostly
in vain for they say that the po
lice courts are virtually nullifying
their work.
The search for Genaro Campa
nello, alleged slayer of Malvese, has
turned the police force to Eureka,
where he is reported to be in hid
ing with friends.
WILL BUILD 1,0000 HOUSES
SAN SALVADOR, May 26, —A
project for construction of 1,000
houses by the government for sale
on long terms to families of labor
ers, was taken under advisement.
RIGHTS RESTORED
SANTIAGO, Chile, May 26, —All
conventional rights were restored
by President Juan de Montero to
day after they had been suspended
since martial law was declared on
April 7 to prevent public disorders.
WASTING NO TIME
TOKYO, May 26, —Premier Mak
oto Saito said today that he hoped
to complete the formation of his
super-party cabinet without delay
following Baron Tatsuo Yamamo
to’s acceptance of the Ministry of
the Interior.
• • ALASKA AT THE CAPITOL • •
(By W.A.S.)
A bill was introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator Howell, of Nebras
ka, and in the House by Represen
tative Taylor, of Colorado, provid
ing for the transfer of the duties
authorized and authority conferr
ed by law upon the board of Road
Commissioners in the Territory of
Alaska to the Department of the
Interior, instead of as present by
the War Department. The bill
authorizing the transfer is approved
by the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Interior. The
latter, in writing his approval to ’
the Chairman of the House Com- 1
mittee on Territories, says:
“I believe this action to be ad- i
visable if we hope to succeed in
our efforts to place the Alaska
Railroad on a self-sustaining basis.
Of equal importance is the effective
control which Congress would have
in considering the budgets for the
main transportation systems in the
Territory. The railroad, river, and
highway systems would be under
one head and expenditures could
be properly correlated. The secre
tary of War is agreeable to this
action and I inclose a copy of his
letter to me of April 4. The Rich
ardson Highway was built from
Federal funds and parallels the
Alaska Railroad into the Interior of
Alaska. The rates on the Railroad
were increased sometime more than
a year ago and since then compe
tition has developed by the estab
lishment of trucking services over
the highway which already has re
duced the Railroad revenue. It is
not proposed to fix excessive tolls
over the highway, but some tolls
are necessary to provide proper reg
ulation. No administration cur
tailment of the road-building pro
gram for Alaska is expected to re
sult from this transfer. I recom
mend enactment of this legisla
ture.”
On May 5 the Senate Committee
on Commerce, without having a
public hearing decided to favorably
recommend the Howell bill, which
is now on the calendar. The House
Committee on Territories will have
a public hearing on the bill and
consider the protests that the Alas
ka Territorial Chamber of Com
merce wires will be mailed on the
first outgoing steamer. Various
individuals and organizations have
already wired protests to the Dele
gate, against transferring the road
work activities to the Interior De
partment.
E. W. Allen, chairman of the
Alaska Committee of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, who has
been in Washington several days,
is now in New York attending var
ious legal matters. Mr. Allen has
made many trips to Alaska and is
vitally interested in the welfare of
the Territory and in his new posi
tion with the Seattle Chamber has
many plans under way to create a
better feeling and greater interest
in Seattle and Alaska.
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The Delegate has been notified
by the general Land Office that the
land.^ together with the timber
thereon, in the abandoned military
reservations at Point Campbell,
near Anchorage, have been ap
praised and approved. These lands
will be offered for sale on December
15, 1932. A list of the appraise
ment and valuation of the lands is
now in the hands of the Register
at Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strong, of
Ketchikan, are enjoying a couple
of weeks around attractive Wash
ington and its environ, before
starting for the west. They have
just returned from a three months
trip to South America. Mr. Strong
has been one of the important
characters in the upbuilding of “the
first city in Alaska.”
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The report of the economy com
mittee that has been considered
by the House during the past week,
if enacted into law, will permit the
agricultural experiment stations in
Alaska to be taken over by the
Territory. The clause pertaining
thereto is as follows: “Upon the
application of any State or Terri
tory, the Secretary of Agriculture
is authorized and directed to trans
fer to such State or Territory,
without cost, all right, title, and in
terest of the United States in any
agricultural experiment station lo
cated in such State or Territory,
together with all personal property
used in connection therewith.”