, VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 72.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SS YUKON LEAVES
SEATTLE WITH FI
LIST PASSENGERS
!
MINING AND CANNERY OPERA-'
TORS RETURNING TO
NORTHLAND
SEATTLE. Mar. 26. (/P)—The SS
Yukon,, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, sailed from here this
morning at 9 o’clock and carried
348 passengers of whom 183 were
cabin passengers and 165 were
steerage. There were 88 Seward
passengers and they included:
Godfrey Nelson, A. Osbeck, John
Anderson, R. L. Reynolds, Chas.
Rappansen, Arthur Cann, Sol Sil
verman, Ted Tronstad, M. Sten
nise, E. M. Keyes, Dona Lachance,
A. R. Olston, A. Landaas, Mrs
Beatrice Sweet, Jack Watenforth,
S. E. Mills, Arling Strom, Mrs. Fred
Hanson, John Ottstrom.
G. Sochman, Harry Fabbe, L. O.
Nyberg, Albert Suomela, Casper El
linger, J. D. Bailey, Mrs. J. O. Bail
ey and three children, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Reed, Mrs. R. Lynch, Mrs.
H. T. Olmstead, Mrs. G. L. Jenkins
and two children, James Byrne, Ted
Olson, Isaac Smith, George Han
sen, Mrs. S. A. Parkins, Zula Swan
son, Mrs. G. Maulden.
C. C. Leiberg, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Olson, Mr. and Mrs- Wm. Sensen,
4 Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pfeil and baby,
C. A. Livingston, E. M. Whelp, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Cribb, E. C. Jacobs,
Lillian Ferris, Mrs- Maude V. Coo
per, C. F. Cadwallader, D. O. Ken
nedy, L. S. Brugel, Ed W. Wilson,
Julius Johnson, Chris Totlund, Tom
Babcock, J. M. Nurhorson.
Mrs. J. H. Finley, Robert Finley,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed C. Ross, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Durry, Mr. and Mrs. P.
F- Freeman, Paul Abbott, Mr. and
Mrs. C. N. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Emard, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wright, W. E. Dunkle, J. K. Crow
dey, Lucille Gaertner, Mrs. Lillian
Root, Mrs. D. N. Rebiere, Mrs. M.
Johnson and 37 steerage.
HIGH SALARIES GALLED
'LEGALIZED GRAFT,’ BORAH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26.—
Senator Borah, Republican from
Idaho, told the Senate that some
of the salaries paid to officials of
the Farm Board subsidaries amount
to “legalized graft.”
Borah’s attack on the board sal
aries came during consideration of
the nominations of three of the
board’s members. He said the to
tal payroll of the board and its
subsidaries amount to $2,757,000
per year.
He called attention to the salary
of $75,000 paid to E. F. Creekmore,
manager of the Cotton Stabiliza
tion Corporation, and said it rep
resented from $150,000 to $200,000
on the basis of normal cotton
prices.
The salary of George S. Milnor,
manager of the Wheat Stabiliza
tion Corporation, Borah said, under
normal wheat prices would amount
to $125,000 to $140,000. These sal
aries, he said, could not be justified
at any time or any place.
CLUE SWINGS SERRGH
TO WASHINGTON, 0. G.
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 26. (#)—
Three prominent Norfolk citizens
continued their efforts to restore
the Lindbergh baby while a sud
den tip swung the search to Wash
ington, D. C, where Harry Fleisch
er, reputed leader of the Detroit
“purple gang” and known kidnap
per in previous cases, was reported
seen by four youths, with a woman
and a baby.
The youths identified his picture
in a rogues gallery.
ONLY METHOD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26.—
Senator R. M. LaFollette, Jr., of
Wisconsin, said that a nation-wide
public works construction program
offers the only effective method of
combatting the depression.
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INDUSTRIAL HEAD DIES
DETROIT, Mar. 26. (/P) — Henry
M. Leland, 89, grand old man of the
automobile industry and president
of the Cadillac company until it
merged with General Motors, died
here Friday.
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GRANT CHILD S PLEA
COLUMBIA, S. C., Mar. 26.—The
plea of his 10-year-old child has
given O. E. Howell of Sumter, S- C.,
who was to be hung here Friday for
a murder, 21 more days to live.
The daughter asked that clemency
be given her father.
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“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 26.—The
sailing schooner Shamrock of Port
Townsend was becalmed here and
two women, afraid because the ves
sel was not moving, asked a Coast
Guard cutter to put them ashore.
Their wish was granted.
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FULL-FLEDGED AMERICAN
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 26.—Mack
Sennett, movie director, a Cana
dian, became a citizen of the Unit
; ed States yesterday when he was
granted citizenship. He came to
the U. S. in 1911.
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PROHIBITON DEBATE
LOS ANGELES. Mar. 26.—Aimee
Semple MacPherson and Walter
Huston will debate on prohibiton.
Mrs. MacPherson wll take the af
firmative and Huston the nega
tive. A group of movie stars will
act as judges, and Mayor John C.
Porter will act as timekeeper.
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PROTEST NEW TAX
.PARIS. Mar. 26-—A national strike
by musicians and actors is threat
ened in protest of the entertain
ment tax. Premier Tardeau says
the tax must remain as a revenue
measure. Theatre owners claim
they will close their houses if the
new tax is not lifted.
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ORPHAN FISH FOR BRITISH
BRIGHTON, England, Mar. 26.
(/P) — Herring which have never
j seen the sea may grace English
breakfast tables if an experiment
at the local aquarium succeeds. Ex
; perts there are trying to hatch her
ring from artificially fertilized
eggs.
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BEAVER CENSUS RISES
HARRISBURG, Pa., Mar. 26. (A5)
—A decade ago a dozen beavers
were brought into Pennsylvania
from Canada. Today there are
about 10,000 beavers in the State
and trappers are allowed to take
2,500 of them this winter.
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CLEVER SMUGGLERS
NEW YORK, Mar. 26.—Federal
officers raided a garage and found
a truck fully equipped with a radic
sending and receiving set. Rum
runners used the equipment, mov
ing from place to place to fool the
law, to communicate with vessels
50 miles at sea.
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COLONEL ARRAIGNED
PONCA CITY, Okla., Mar. 26.
! Col. Zack Miller, circus and ranch
! owner, was arraigned in court Fri
I day for his action of Thursday
j when he threatened two lawyers
| with a shotgun. He was released
j under bonds of $2,500 put up bj
| friends. Meanwhile, sale of his
I stock proceeded in payment foi
debts.
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TO STUDY COAL STRIKE
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Ky., Mar
26.—A group of young men, repre
senting the Students’ League, ar
rived here to study the coal miners
strike. It is alleged the students
are actuated by Communistic mo
tives and the local authorities have
refused them admittance.
BLOODHOUNDS ARE USED
B( POLICE IN ATTEMPT
TO APPREHEND KILLER
PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. 26. —A
youth was shot to death here Fri
day on the outskirts of the city in
defending his sweetheart’s honor.
The assailant threatened the occu
pants of the car with a revolver
and brought the car to a halt.
Oliver Olsen, one of the car’s oc
cupants, immediately got out of the
car and he was shot through the
heart by the assailant.
The killer bent over Olsen as if to
feel his life blood ebb away, robbed
him of his belongings and then
turned his attention to the girl,
Miss Wanda Kirk, sweetheart of
the killed youth.
Miss Kirk picked up an auto
crank to defend herself and the
killer fired at her — but missed.
The assailant then fled into the
desert. The girl, grief stricken, was
able to give the police a good de
scription of the murderer and the
police have put bloodhounds on his
trail.
JUPXNESE REFUSE TO
WITHDMW IT ONCE
SHANGHAI, Mar. 26. (JP) — With
negotiations near a breakdown,
the peace parley adjourned until
' Monday. The delegates deadlocked
over the issue of withdrawal of
Japanese troops.
The Japanese insist they will not
withdraw for six weeks and then
only to a secondary defense line.
The Chinese agreed to remain in
conference only after being per
suaded to do so by the American
and British Ministers.
LARGE VOTE PISSES
PROPOSED BEER BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26.—
Percy Johnson, president of the
New York Chemical Bank, attack
led the Glass-Steagall bill claiming
discrimination.
The Judiciary Committee an
nounced they favored another Fed
eral district in New Jersey.
The House passed the bill legal
izing four per cent beer by a vote
of 216 to 132.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26.—
An unbridled House yesterday
brushed aside the beer measure to
legalize and tax beer as a revenue
producer but approved a one per
cent levy on all imported oil.
President Hoover, in an address
stated that unless the budget could
be balanced that the present de
pression would be prolonged in
definitely. The President express
ed confidence that the budget, the
keystone to recovery, could be bal
anced by the two political parties
through legislation.
Increased taxes are the only
means which will balance Federal
monies, incomes and Federal ex
penditures he said and he hoped
that Congress could settle the bud
get in a very short while.
DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT
NEW YORK, Mar. 26.—A definite
improvement among the banks of
the United States and the Federal
Reserve System was indicated in
the announcement of the Federal
Reserve Board that the recently
enacted legislation which expanded
credit had lessened the number oi
hoarded money to market channels
weekly bank failures, the return oi
and a new feeling of security ev
erywhere.
STOCK MARKET CLOSED
NEW YORK, Mar. 26. —Because
of Good Friday the Stock Exchange
was closed yesterday.
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BETTER DAYS ARE COMING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26.—
Wet and dry leaders in both houses
of Congress have agreed to consider
repeal of the Volstead Act April 14.
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EXPLORER REPORTED DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 26.—It
was reported here, though not con
firmed, that Dr. Arthur Torrence,
explorer, died in Tokyo from a
fever contracted in China.
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SEVENTEEN HUNG
LAREDO, Texas. Mar. 26.—Seven
teen men, convicted of participat
ing in a train holdup, were hung
here Friday. Ten more are being
rounded up.
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NEW SWIM RECORD
STANFORD, Calif., Mar. 26.—
Austin Clark, University of Stan
ford student, set a new world’s
1,500-foot swim record when he
I swam the distance in 23.2 seconds.
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FRIDAY’S BASEBALL
Chicago 7, Missions 5.
Cincinnati 7, Boston 5.
j Giants 2, Pirates 1.
Stanford 6, Detroit 4.
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GREAT SINGER ILL
ST.%LOUIS, Mar. 26—A cold con
tracted by Madam Schumann
Heink, noted snger, appears to be
developing into pneumonia. Her
concert tour has been cancelled.
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TOO MUCH FAME
RENO, Nev., Mar. 26. — Harry
I Bannister, husband of Ann Hard
i ing. -actress, has established a resi
| dence here preliminary to securing
a divorce.
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WOULD RECALL MAYOR
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 26. — A
group of 50 citizens have drawn
up a petition demanding the recall
of Mayor Baker, charging him with
laxity in upholding the law.
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SEIZE TONSIL WASH
STANFORD, Conn., Mar. 26.—
Dry officers found a liquor cache
containing 6,000 cases of choice
booze. It is estimated the liquor
is worth, at prevailing prices, $250,
000.
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HOMEWARD BOUND
FERNANDO, Brazil, Mar. 26. (JP)
—The Graf Zeppelin flew over this
island this morning on its return
trip to Germany. The dirigible
took off from Pernambuco shortly
after midnight.
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APPROVE BOND ISSUE
PARIS, Mar. 26.—The Chamber
of Deputies passed the $139,000,000
public bond issue which will be ex
pended on public works through
out France to aid the unemployed.
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BIG WORK STARTS SOON
MORENO, Calif., Mar. 26.—Work
on the huge new bombing plane
base will start shortly, it is an
nounced. Hundreds of men will be
employed and when the base' is
completed 2,500 men will be sta
tioned here permanently.
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TRIAL STARTS APRIL 4
HONOLULU, Mar. 26.—Clarence
Darrow, noted American lawyer for
Mrs. Fortescue and* three Naval
men in the “honor murder” case,
won a victory Friday when he -was
successful in having the trial date
postponed to April 4. This will give
I him an extra week’s study of the
I case.
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A MIDGET CITY
BERLIN, Mar. 26.—The midgets
of the show world have decided to
establish a colony of their own in
•the southeast section of this city.
| All homes, contents, public -build
ings, etc., will be built and install
ed according to size. Grownups
will be out of place
CONSIDER MEASURES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26.—
A Judiciary sub-committe in the
Senate Friday considered four reso
lutions calling for the amending
or repeal of the 18th Amendment.
Ten measures calling for modifica
tion of the Volstead Act were also
under consideration.
OPIUM PHILS FOR
RETURN OF LINDBER6R
01101 IN II FEW' MIS
HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 26.—Op
timism concerning the early return
of the kidnapped Lindbergh baby
was expressed here Friday because
of the new light thrown upon the
case by the Norfolk people.
A checkup was made of the road
leading to the coast and it is be
lieved this was the route taken by
the abductors of the child and it
would only have taken about an
hour to travel this distance.
Two men have been positively
identified as the two who fled after
stopping for gas and when a child
in their car was heard to cry. A
truck driver has identified their
photographs.
Additional light was thrown
upon the kidnapping case when a
rumor source said that the Lind
bergh baby was being held aboard
a rum yacht in Chesapeake Bay
and was within 30 miles of Nor
folk. There are said to be five men
and a trained nurse aboard the
Iboat. According to the informant,
1 the baby has been cured of the
cold it was suffering from when it
was taken from the Lindbergh
home.
The United States Coast Guard
in the vicinity are making a thor
ough search with a view to aiding
in the recovery of the child.
Colonel Lindbergh has refused to
make any statement as to whether
the reports have any foundation.
QUAKES WERE FELT IK
mum zone
FAIRBANKS, Mar. 26. (ZP)-Two
earthquake shocks shook Fairbanks
Friday afternoon, the most severe
occurring at 2:02 p. m. Buildings
swayed, doors creaked and lights
swung violently.
The quakes were of short dura
tion but were much more violent
at Broad Pass and Healy on the
Alaska Railroad.
Telephone reports said chimneys
were knocked down at Broad Pass
and the ground swayed so violently
that two dogs ran into a cabin and
crawled under the bed.
DEEP SEA COURTESY
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Mar. 26.—
The SS Admiral Watson, of the
Pacific Steamship Company, paid
an unexpected call at this port to
put ashore Mrs. H. Smith and her
new-born baby. She was in an ex
tremely critical condition. Her hus
band is a jockey riding on a Mex
ico track, and their home is in San
Diego.
Mrs. E. Coke Hill, wife of Judge
Hill, arrived from Valdez today on
the SS Northwestern.
STALIN NOT ILL
MOSCOW, Mar. 26.—The Soviet
government denied reports that
Joseph Stalin was ill and that the
famed German specialist, Herman
Serdic, had been summoned to
treat him. The government gave
no answer as to why the German
specialist on internal medicine had
been summoned.
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OH, YEAH?
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 26. — Mary
Nolan, the former Imogene Wilson
of film and follies fame, threatened
that she would commit suicide
rather than spend 30 days in jail
for violating the State wage law.
The sentence now on appeal was
imposed in the municipal court
recently.
FOUR EARTHQUAKES
STRUCK CIT1 FRIT;
TRAIN DELAYED HOURS
Clocks were stopped, a water
main burst and a snowslide across
the Alaska Railroad tracks at Mile
81, delaying the train from the In
terior, was the final checkup of
the aftermath of Friday’s four
earthquakes. It is generally be
lieved that only three shocks vis
ited Seward but The Gateway’s
seismic laboratory reported four.
The first was recorded at 1:55
p. m.; the second at 4:15 p. m.; the
third at 9:45 p. m., and the fourth
at 10:19 p. m.
Briareus, the alleged giant buried
under Mt. Aetna, must be lying
under one of the Aleutian Island
volcanoes and was exceptionally
restless yesterday, turning over four
times in his sleep.
The southbound train was delay
ed three hours in arriving in Sew
ard; it was the first severe shock
which brought down the slide, but
the other three shocks were equally
as heavy. The local water main
on Fourth and Adams was broken
i by the earth movement.
The final shock last evening
| stopped a number of clocks and
many were late in reporting for
work this morning, having over
slept when the old reliable alarm
failed to function.
The action seemed to be from
the southwest and * ?ved to
indicate renewed vole :tivities
j on the Alaska Pernio ma where
i Father Bernard R. Hubbard, ex
I plorer and geologist, and party, is
;now making his way into the Val
ley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Last
! reports on Shishaldin indicated it
I was more or less quiescent,
i The saddest accident of the day
occurred, however, when the editor,
in the act of hoisting one for the
purpose of irrigating his tonsils,
missed his mouth when a tremor
| convulsed the floor, and heaved
'the drink over his right shoulder
i into the face of the police reporter.
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SIB! CONFERENCE
i ILMOST DIME TO BID
SHANGHAI, Mar. 26.—Only be
cause of the British and American
foreign ministers did the League of
Nations peace parley continue Fri
day.
The Chinese and Japanese could
not agree on mental lines for their
forces and the Chinese delegate
rose to leave but was urged to re
main by the American and British
ministers.
The Chinese delegate said his
country would agree to any fair
international agreement provided
the land and people of his country
were respected.
IREUNO WILL STAND
PIT. MTS PRESIDENT
BELFAST, Ire., Mar. 26.—Presi
dent Eamonn de Valera announced
no amount of pressure, arms or
economic, from Great Britain will
divert him from carrying out the
! desire of his people, that of re
! jection of oath of allegiance to the
I King of England and refusal to
continue to pay land grant an
' nuities.
! He said Ireland, from an econ
omic standpoint, is self-subsisting
but would not give out any figures.
DOOR BE CLOSED
CHANG CHUN, Manchuria, Mar.
26.—All indications here are that
the “open door to Manchuria” will
be closed to all but Japan. This
(information was made known in an
interview with the Foreign Minis
Iter of the new pro-Japanese inde
pendent State in Manchuria which
'is headed by Henry Pu Yi.
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