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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 125.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SENATE GETTING REK
FOR STRUGGLE OVER
IRE SOLES TM BILL
WASHINGTON, May 28. (/P) —
At last the $50,000,000 worth of,
taxes in the revenue bill came up i
for disposal by the Senate in a
cleanup session preparatory to the
major struggle over the general
sales tax bill. Action on this bill
appeared excellent and the rates
as approved up to today are esti
mated to yield approximately $940,
000.000 and will be short of the re
quired sum by only $10,000,000 or
so.
The House guarded in deep se
crecy the details of its economy bill
and it is now fully ready for
Senate action immediately follow- j
ing disposal of the million dollar
tax bill.
Congressmen who rebuilt the ec
onmy measure are fearful that if
its draft is disclosed too soon that
it will be slaughtered again so they
have resolved to keep their lips
sealed as to any word on the new
form of the measurp
Action on the economy measure
is expected to take place next week.
SEABURY UNABLE IQ
PUT THE ‘DEAD-WOOD'
NEW YORK, May 28, —Mayor
Walker's question and answer battle
is over but inquisitor Seabury
struggled with a million dollar jig
saw puzzle from which the key
piece is missing. It is around Rus
sell Sherwood who emerged from
the mists of obscurity to handle
big money then disappear when
the legislative committee sought to
question him.
Seabury's problem revolved about
Walker and spurred him to anger.
The idea that he had knowledge of
Sherwood's $700,000 deposits and his
withdrawal of S250.000 frcm a se
cret account with the brokers, peev
ed him.
The mayor insisted Seabury’s
charge that Sherwood acted as the
mayor’s financial agent was un
true. Seabury is unable to estab
lish the connecting link between
Walker and Sherwood but is pre
pared to try again before the
Hofstadter body which is investi
gating charges of corruption in the
government of the city.
WANTED BOTH PITIES
WASHINGTON, May 28. — Re
sponsible members of both parties
are now canvassing for the possi
bility of both the Republican and
Democ ratic parties uniting on
identical prohibition platform de
clarations.
Two conferences have been held
so far but thus far the movement
has not gotten very far.
The movement appears to be un
satisfactory to the militant drys
and wets of both parties.
COMPLETE ABOUT-FACE
ON THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, May 28, —Congres
sional progress toward balancing
the National budget was respon
sible for a complete about face on
the stock exchange after the list;
had broken through previous low|
records for the depression.
The Senate revised a long list of
selected sales and House leaders
indicated they anticipated a more
favorable reception to such meth
ods of raising revenue at this
time. j
| TAKES THE AIK MONDAY
l SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 28, (A5)
—The Naval dirigible Akron will |
start its return flight to Lakehurst,
|N. J., Monday and will follow the
same southern route taken on the
Westward flight. Orders were re
ceived at Sunnyvale by Lieut. C. E.
Rosendahl yesterday.
WALKER'S FINANCES ARE !
BEING PROBED DEEPLY I
PRESENT INVESTIGATION
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NEW YORK, May 28. —Publisher;
Paul Block testified at the solictude
of his 10-year old son Billie of how
a mayor could live on $25,000 year
ly which led his to establish a joint
brokerage account for him and from
| which Mayor Jimmy Walker drew
$250,000 without making any in
vestment.
Block, testifying at the Hof-:
stader probe being made of New
York officials said that he had dis
cussed the matter with Walker and
had told “Jimmy, I’m going to try
and make some money for you. I’m
going to open a joint account for
us- Walker replied, ‘You ought not
do that Paul.’ ”
Block said he believed that Wal
■ ker objected because he possibly
! thought that he was being too gen
erous.
Park Commissioner Walter Her
, rick, of New York City, testified he
had bought for Walker with the
Mayor’s money 300 shares of In
terstate Trust Company stock is
sued in Herrick’s name. Part of
this stock was posted as collateral
for a loan to the Equitable Bus
Company. Walker previously had
denied he ever owned such stock.
WOR BIIOHE BEEN
POISED i US TIME
SEATLE. May 28- (JP) — Natt C.
Brown had his ship on the ramp
and was still waiting for favorable
winds to take off from here on his
flight to Japan. He was almost
ready to leave Friday night when
the wind started to become favor
able but the wind shifted suddenly
and he has to wait until it becomes
favorable again.
Harold Bromley flew from Dallas,
Texas, to Camden. N. J., and from
New Jersey he flew to New York
, today. He could not land in New
York Friday evening because of the
Atlantic.
I Bromley said that he was not
preparing for any flight across the
ocean, either the Pacific or the
AtlantUic.
Bromley has one of the new type
diesel engine planes and he says
he is well pleased with it. He said
that he came East to get additional
flying instruments for his plane
and that he intended to leave for
Los Angeles this evening.
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TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, May 28. — Some of
the extremes in temperature re
corded throughout the States and
Alaska for Thursday were Seattle
67-49, Portland 72-50, Juneau 54-48, i
Ketch ikan 64-42, Chicago 60-58,
New York 78-56, New Orleans 84
58, Los Angeles 72-58.
WANTS ANOTHER REVIEW
ATLANTA, Ga-, May 28. — Des
pite the iron bars which are sup
posed to guard him from contact
with society A1 Capone, Chicago
I hoodlum and gangster overlord, re
cently sent here to begin serving
an 11-year prison term has again
asked the United States Supreme
court to review his case.
CLEAR MAJORITY
WASHINGTON, May 28- —In a
canvas made of the sentiment to
ward the sales tax bill, which is
to come up for consideration in
the senate it was revealed that the
| bill would probably be passed by a
i clear majority.
• • ALASKA AT THE CAPITOL • •
A special campaign has been in
itiated among federal employees
at Washington to induce them to
spend their vacations this summer
in Alaska. The campaign will be
carried on jointly by a steamship
company, a northwestern trans
continental railroad, and a federal
government transportation agency,
and while personal appeals will be
made to government employees, a
wide advertising campaign is also
planned to reach 10,000,000 citizens
of all States. The Alaska Railroad,
which is the federal agency, will
make its drive thru the Depart
ment of the Interior offices, and
there have been indications that
many of the Interior employees,
who in their daily work are famil
iar with Alaskas’ attractions, will
take the trip.
* * * *
When Senator Logan introduced
a bill that would give the President
of the United States the right to
grant pardon in any criminal pro
ceeding in any State or Territory,
or possession of the U. S., he ques
tioned whether he now has this
power, as was suggested by Senator
James Hamilton Lewis. The lat
ter cited the case of the convic
tion of one Stroud for murder at
Anchorage some fifteen years ago.
It will be remembered that he was
accused of murdering a woman and j
throwing her body in a well and |
then when a deputy Marshall!
sought to arrest him later he shot j
and killed the official. He was |
convicted of murder and later the j
old mother of the accused came to j
Washington and made a plea for;
her son’s life to President Wilson,}
aided by Senator Lewis and other
members of Congress. Finally the
President commuted the sentence
of hanging to one of life imprison
ment Senator Lewis was of the
opinion that this act of the Presi
dent indicated his pardoning power
and that he had the right to re
view the recent murder case in
Hawaii and to exercise the right to
pardon the four convicted persons.
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Three of Delegate Wickersham’s1
bills passed the House on April 26- j
One authorizes the town of Pe
tersburg to issue bonds in the sum
cf $100,000 for the purpose of en
largement of the municipal light
and power plant and the improve
ment of the water and sewer sys- j
terns, and for the further purpose
of retiring or purchasing bonds
heretofore issued by the town and
which bear 7 per cent interest. An
other bill proposes to allow Juneau
to use a former bond issue for sew
er purposes to be also used for con- j
structing permanent streets. The I
third bill authorizes the Secretary
of War to make an estimate of
amount needed for the proper
maintenance of the government
wharf at Juneau.
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With a coal tax of ten cents per
100 pounds it has been a case in
Congress of “in again, out again.”
When the Senate Finance Com
mittee on May 4th said “aye” to
this excise tax it provided exemp
tion for coal coming from a country
which imports more coal from the
United States than it exports to
this country. Alaska is anxious to
have this tax finally adopted be
cause it is felt that there would be
a greater impetus in the develop
ment of coal from our vast fields
if the handicap of $2 per ton was
placed on Canadian coal sent into
Alaska and the Pacific coast states.
The Finance committee also adop
ted a copper tax of four cents a
pound with a proper compensatory
rate to be determined later.
A Presbyterian publication in
New York recently had an article
on the reindeer conditions in Alas
ka, with the suggestion that the Es
kimos were not being fairly treated,
and advising its readers to “Write
your Congressman.” As a result
many hundred of letters were writ
ten, resulting in scores of inquiries
being made by Congressmen of the
Delegate from Alaska and over 500 j
letters reached the office of the!
Secretary of the Interior. As a re- i
suit the Secretary had a form letter i
prepared, which he is now sending j
out to all inquirers, together with ■
a memorandum to the press that
was released on April 4. Among
other things the Secretary says:
“This department is exerting every
effort within its power to look after
the interests of the Natives. Not1
long ago, I met with representa- J
tives from various missions ouer
ating in Alaska and explained our j
problem to them. It was my im- i
pression that they left with a true;
understanding of the situation. By j
reason of increase in the herds, itj
has now become a business and,
marketing problem which brings it!
into competition with the meat in- |
dustry of the States.”
* * * *
The American consul general at j
Hamburg, Germany, has written j
the Delegate that a hearing was to 1
have been given Miss Erna Quandt,
the latter part of April, on her ap
plication for an immigration visa.
The young lady wishes to join herr
sister, Mrs. Max Behlke, and en
gage in business with her at Fair
banks.
STUMER YUKON HNS
FUR LIST PASSENGERS
FOR SOOTHFRN PORTS
Outgoing passengers Friday on
the SS Yukon, for the south, in
cluded the following:
Seatlte—Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cro
zier, W. C. Schooller, E. A. Smith,
Ingrid Torgensen, Mrs. A. H. Nor
dale, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Moore,
Mary Fox, Celia Fox, Mrs. F. H.
Lounsbury, Helen Lounsbury, Miss
Vanney Jones, Mrs. R. Loudermilch,
Rob’t. Loudermilch, Marjorie Loud
ermilch, Miss Clara Peterson, Mrs.
James Kennedy, Miss Katherine
Kennedy, Mrs. J. J. Corey, Jr., J.
J. Corey, Jr., Mrs. L. Meier, Mrs. I.
Deacokes, Miss Vernetta Herron,
Miss Alma Hukes, Kenneth Frow
ley, Miss Julia McCann, Miss Selma
Ingrim, Mrs. E. R. McFarland, Mrs.
James Liek, Mrs. Thos. Peterkin,
Jean Meier, Billie Peterkin, Mrs. E
E. Neese, Margarite Lechner, Earl
E. Reisner, Mrs. A. N. Veatch, Mr.
and Mrs. R. Kruger, Herbert Kru
ger, Mrs. A. Chisholm, Florence L.
Nagel, Oliver Johnson, Mrs. Mary
Boggard, Mrs. Clara Slumberger, C.
Hatten, A. N. Veatch, J. J. Collins,
Ed Helton, Jackie Slumberger, Mrs.
Ida James.
Juneau—Miss I- Niemi, Miss Ce
celia Larson, Mrs. Chas. H a 11 e n,
Chas. Hatten, Hope Hatten, James
| Krenos, Julia Krenos, Mrs. E. Erick
son, John E. Stewart, Carl Koban,
John Radoonstoff, Edith Ann Hat
ten.
FOR HOMESTEADERS
Among the cargo aboard the
outgoing freight train for the
north were two carloads of live
stock, including six horses, five
cows and a calf, owned by Messrs.
G. E. Brinegar and Jack Koop, who
departed on the passenger train
for Matanuska, where they will
engage in agriculture. Messrs. Brin
egar and Koop and families are
from California.
Miss Clara Peterson, teacher of
the first and second grades of the
Anchorage Public Schools was an
outgoing passenger on the Steamer
Yukon.
A carload of reinforcing steel
and a large consignment of lum
ber, billed to the MacDonald Con
structian Company, which has the
contract for erecting the federal
building at Fairbanks, went north
on the regular freight.
GORE NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 28, (/P)
—President Hoover nominated Les
ter O. Gore to be Federal Judge of
Division two, Alaska, succeeding
Judge Lomen. At the same time
President Hoover withdrew John
Rustgard’s name, who he had pre
viously nominated for the position.
INDIAN BUREAU OFFICIAL
RETURNS ALASKA AFTER
TWO MONTHS STATES
Clark M. Garber, Supt. of schools
for the Bureau of Inian Affairs,
with headquarters at Akiak on the
lower Kuskokwim River, is enroute
to his home by airplane from An
chorage after two months visit
at Washington and other eastern
cities.
At Washington, it was found that
the various governmental depart
ments and particularly the Depart
ment of the Interior, are deeply
interested in acquiring accurate in
formation on Alaska and its needs.
On account of reduction in the bud
get, no new buildings will be con
structed by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs in the Western districts of
Alaska during the next year. How
ever, funds were provided through
the Emergency Appropriation Bill
for the completion of the hospital
at Mountain Village on the lower
Yukon. Moneys were also provided
for the erection of a new building
at Unalakleet, to replace the one
destroyed by fire some time ago.
The school building at Kipnuk on
the west coast will be completed
this summer. Building material
was shipped to this location last
| summer but a large part of it was
destroyed by the tidal wave which
swept the west coast last fall.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
motorship North Star will make her
initial voyage to the Kuskokwim
; River, leaving Seattle May 31st.
| This will be the first time that a
; ship of the Indian Affairs dep’t
; has ever entered the Kuskokw'im
, River. In the western district much
i improvement is looked for on this
j account. This, of course, necessi
i tates the construction of a govern
' ment warehouse at Bethel, the
! shipping terminus of the Kusko
kwim.
During his visit in the Eastern
states. Mr. Garber delivered a series
I of lectures to colleges, high schools
j and clubs on Alaska and the Eski
mo life. People in general exhibit
a deep interest in our Northern
frontier and are anxious to have
more and complete information on
our great Territory. At Columbus,
Ohio, Mr. Garber placed in the mu
I seum of the Ohio State Archaeo
logical and Historical Society a very
complete selection of Eskimo ar
chaeological and ethnological ma
terial representing Eskimo cultures
on the coast of the Territory. This
collection will have a far-reaching
educational value in the State of
Ohio, since it is the only collection
of its kind in the state.
On his return trip by way of Sew
ard, Mr. Garber stopped off for a
few days at Juneau for the pur
pose of conferring with Teritorial
officals there. He plans to arrive
at Akiak about May 31st, where he
will resume his official functions
over the Western district.
TRIAL UNDERWAY
Rooms at Anchorage are said to
be at a premium on account of the
Arnott murder trial now underway
in that city. The fourth day of the
tria‘1 of Mrs. Martha Arnott was
completed Friday. Dr. Wilson of
Kennecott, who went to Anchor
age by plane from Kennecott, and
who performed the autopsy on Jack
Arnott, was called upon the wit
ness stand to testify as to the path
of the bullet which killed Arnott,
and as to the position of the body
when he performed his examina
tion. Dr. Wilson stated that he felt
Arnott had died instantaneously.
Arnott met death on September 2,
1931, at Strelna. A previous trial
of Mrs. Arnott for the murder, at
Cordova, resulted in a hung jury.
LINDBERGH WILL
TESTIFY AGAINST FAKIR
JOHN RENRY CURTIS
FLEMINGTON, N. J„ May 28, —
Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh personally
well testify against the man who
led him to a three-weeks chase for
a phantom kidnapper’s ship, pro
secutor Anthony Hauck, asserted
after it was reported unofficially
that John Hughes Curtis had been
indicted for his faked efforts to
recover the flyer’s child.
The indictment was returned, it
was indicated, after the Hunterdon
County grand jury examined the
witnesses and heard the evidence
for two hours and five minutes a
bout Curtis’s confessed hoax in the
Lindbergh case.
Hauck would not verify the report
saying that the grand jury’s find
ings would be presented to Su
preme Court Justice T. W. Tren
chard Saturday morning. He did,
however, say definitely that Col.
Lindbergh would testify if an in
dictment was returned and a trial
resulted. Col;. Lindbergh will be
one of the witnesses, he said,. He
is willing to appear; Mrs. Lind
I bergh will not be called.
LINER ALASKA ENROUTE
SEWARD WITH FAIR LIST
i * SEATTLE. May 28, (/P)—The SS
j Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
| from Seattle today at 9 a. m. car
; rying 186 passengers of which 32
! are for Seward as follows:
F. C. Sturges, B. F. Christoffer
scn, Miss M. Palmer, Mrs. W. S.
Horning, Mrs. H. Moore, Stella
Brown, Mrs. Allen Johnson and
child. Mrs. S. R. James, Herman
Westhoff, H. DeYoung, Sam Stein.
Jack Karba, R. L. Gles, R. C. Bar
; thel and two children; Mrs. J. H.
Smith, M. B. Parker, Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Hufford, V. Kutnar, Chas.
| Purfoy, L. W. Roderiguez, R. J. Me
j Kanna. Mrs. A- F. Frodenberg and
two children; there are also 37
! steerage on board.
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LOS ANGELES, May 28.—Follow
ing a grand jury indictment re
turned in the case of L. A. Mills and
the State poilce officials Friday be
1 gan an intensive nation-wide hunt
to locate the former Los Angeles
County Deputy clerk who walked
out of his position in Los Angeles
county with $75,000 of the money
which was to be used by the State
as evidence in an extortion trial.
Early reports last evening said
that Mills had been seen driving
: out of Omaha in an automobile.
Last word was to the effect that
the deputy county clerk had been
apprehended at Reno, Nev.
The extortion money which was
held by the State had been en
trusted into Mill’s custody after it
had been taken from a Morris La
vine. who was convicted on the ex
tortion charge.
TO PAY PARENTS FOR LOSS
HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 28. —
A bill was introduced in the lower
branch of the Hawaiian Territorial
! Legislature Friday to provide the
! sum of $5,000 and permission to pay
it to the parents of Joseph Kah
ahawai, young Hawaiian who was
the victim of an “honor-slaying” re
cently.
PLUNGED TO DEATH
CHICAGO, May 28, (A5)—Edward
Swift, Sr., chairman of Swift Com
pany, plunged to death from a
window of his sixth story apart
ment. He was 64 and had been ill
for several weeks.
Public Dance Tonight I. 0. 0. F. Hall