VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 148.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HOCUS CONTINUE
PRE-CONVENTION BUTTLE
IN TENSE ATMOSPHERE
CHICAGO, June 25, (/P>—'The sit
uation here is tense with uncer
tainty, and provoked a furious
drive for delegates by the opposing
leaders in Roosevelt’s momentous
battle for nomination.
His chieftains are doing their
utmost to line up ballots and ob
tain accurate tabulation, by which
to guage the doubtful.
The outcome of three vital pend
ing disputes, the nomination fight
to lay aside the two-thirds rule, the
bitter controversy over whether the
permanent convention chairman
ship is to go to Senator Walsh of
Montana, a Roosevelt supporter,
or to Shouse, anti-Roosevelt, is be
ing waged.
Both sides were quick to ex
press confidence of winning. How
ever, the general feeling is that
the first depenible line in the
situation will not come untl Tues
day.
The first attempt to bring har
mony was that made by Senator
Harrison, and was rejected by
Roosevelt’s managers
The a 11-absorbing prohibition
comes up for public debate today
before the solutions body which
already has agreed on the general
form of a repeal plank which will
be short and concise.
The assertion that the plank will
favor submission to the states of
a repeal amendment, however, and
other declarations, is feeding fac
tional strife.
Last night the committee tenta
tively seated Delegate Huey Long
over the protest of two groups, be
lieved to be opposed to Roosevelt.
ROOSEVELT ATTACKED
CHICAGO, June 25, i.-P)—A state
ment was. issued by Frank Hague,
vice chairman of the Democratic
National convention, attacking
Gov. Franklin Roosevelt, declaring
he is the weakest Democratic can
didate and cannot win if nominat
ed.
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CHICAGO. June 25, —Attempts
of Democratic leaders to bring
about harmony in their sanks lad
en Friday night. The various fac
tions split cleanly on the problem
of whether they shall abrogate the
two-thirds nominating rule o r
adopt the majority rule.
Gov. Franklin E- Roosevelt sup
porters are the principle suppor
ters of the idea to throw the age
old t w o-t h i r d s nominating rule
into the discard. James A. Farley,
campaign manager for Roosevelt,
made the announcement Friday
that a meeting of Roosevelt friends
had been held and that it was the
intention to abolish this, two-thirds
rule in favor of the majority role.
However, he refused to enlarge on
his statements.
Gov. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray, of Ok
lahoma, himself a candidate for
nomination is one of those oppos
ed to the proposal and he has is
sued a warning that if the rule is
done away with there will be a
third party in the field.
During Friday’s maneuvering, A1
E. Smith emerged as the chief of
the Roosevelt opposition.
Garner’s supporters claim that
they virtually have been assured
of California’s support of the Tex
an candidate, arcording to Wil
liam McAdoo
NOW “YOU” TELL ONE
CHICAGO, June 25, CP)—Prohi
bition agents raided 21 alleged liq
uor establishments, all but one
outside the Loop district. Agents
said the drive was to clean up the
small fry, claiming the larger plac
es had been closed sometime be
fore.
CAUSE OF REVOLT
PARIS, June 25, (/P)—Le Matin
says the revolt in Siam was caused
by the sweeping economy measures
put into effect by King Prajidhipok
last week which necessitated dis
missal of numerous functionaries
and army officers.
SUM REVOLUTION
LISTED BRIEF SPELL
ONE OFFICER KILLED
BANKOK, Siam, June 25, (JP)— A
sanguinary but brief revolution in
which the chief of staff of the army
was killed because he resisted arrest
occured here. The revolt was led
by the army and navy with the an
nounced object of delivering the
country from government by princ
es. The rebels invaded the palace
and captured members of the royal
I family, cabinet members and other
i officials and imprisoned them in a
i building.
A warship was sent to Hausin
where King Prajadhipok and Queen
Rambai, who visited the United
States some time ago, and ordered
then> brought back to Bankok. The
: people took no part in the move
j ment.
The city is quiet and the King is
expected here soon. Apparently
I the rebels are willing that the King
continue to reign, but not as an ab
solute monarch.
The revolution, led by army and
navy officers demanded the estab
lishment of a constitutional mon
: archy under the King. While the
; royal family, Minister of the Inter
ior and chief of police wereseized
by the insurgents and held at
Throen hall under guard, the only
bloodshed was the shooting of an
j officer who refused to join the re
volutionary movement.
EVA GREEK MINES SHIPS
ANOIHEH SHIPMENT OF
CONCENTRATES SMELTER
Among the outgoing shipments
. aboard the SS Yukon are 30 tons
of concentrates from the Eva Creek
Mining Company property, located
near Ferry on the northern division
of the Alaska Railroad. This is the
fifth shipments of approximately
one carload of concentrates made
since the mine began operation sev
eral months ago.
The concentrates are massive, as
i judged by small quantities which
I escaped the sacks in loading, and
i from visual inspection is material
which should go high in values.
The Eva Creek mines mark a
third important mining develop
j nient in the Railroad Zone, their
; importance in sequence being Wil
, low Creek, with several operating
j ana paying mines and developing
prospects Nuka Bay, with the Bab
cock and Downey success: Alaska
Hills and other prospects now in
course of development.
With steps being taken by Mel
Horner and others to revive prop
erties north of Seward and merely
scratched many years ago, and
which give promise of eventually
I developing into mines, the past year
i and the present summer mark one
I of the most roseate outlooks for
; mining in a decade.
The Eva Creek Mining Company
now is producing an average of 50
tons of ore daily, and is preparing
j to increase the mill capacity to 100
| tons each 24 hours during the pres
. ent summer. The ore is treated by
! ball mill, concentration and the flo
I tation process. According to recent
I announcement it is planned to ef
I feet greater recovery on the concen
[ trating tables and thereby permit
: of handling a larger tonnage than
j can be handled at the present time
j owing to the limited capacity of
the flotation plant.
Recent developments in the mine
have been very favorable reports
General Manager E. A. Austin. He is
assisted by Frank Erno, resident
manager, who has enjoyed extens
ive experience as a gold miner in
the States.
Of the recent developments three
ALEUTIAN LEFT SEATTLE
WITH FAIR LISTING FOR
SEATTLE, Wash., June 25. (>P>—
The SS. Aleutian, of the Alaska
Steamship Company sailed at nine
o’clock this morning for Seward
and wayports carrying 249 passen
gers. Of these passengers 155 were
cabin passengers and 84 were steer
age.
There were 43 Seward passengers
on the liner as it left the Seattle
dock and they included:
Donald McGregor, H. H. Brown
ell, L. N. Burson, W. O. Gardner,
Mrs. J. Hammill and child, Curtis
Y. Kimball, Del Sazel Dueco, Mild
red Sullivan, Frank Gleason, Jack
Dunkle, D. Badger, Wm. Dunkle,
Mrs. H. Allen and daughter, Mrs.
C. W. Stone, Joseph E. Murray, Mrs.
j J. Knox, Mr. and Mrs. John Dool
I ing, Mrs. R. Loudermilk and two
daughters, Mrs. C. M. Gladden, A.
F. Hoffman, Mrs. R. Sawser, Mrs. E.
Bisbee, Eunice Brown, Rolla Chris
i tensen, B. Kennedy, Helen Lentz,
i Elizabeth Koening, Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Meyer, Elizabeth Knees, Jen
nie Clausen, Mrs. F. Gurensky, Rev.
I E. E. Reisner, Ive Nelson, Mrs. Don
1 easier, Miss Betty Gross, Mrs. A.
i Sand, Wm McArthur, and eight
j steerage.
TilW IS SHY ABOUT
SUPPORTING ROOSEVELT
CHICAGO, June 25.—Tammany
apparently ditched Franklin D
Roosevelt as hints arose that a
i third party might come from the
I bitter fight now raging in the De
: mocratic convention ranks.
John F. Curry, Tammany leader,
gave every sign of having cast his
lot against Roosevelt when he an
nounced he would fight abolition
of the two-thirds rule, a fight
Roosevelt hopes to win. Meantime,
from the outside, Governor William
“Alfafa Bill” Murray, came a
denunciation of the abrogation
idea, coupled with a suggestion that
this fight would cut the party in
two, and possibly lead to the estab
lishment of a third party.
AiELUSTiPLESi
TAKING HIND POLITICS
LOS ANGELES. June 25.—Agents
i of te Angelus Temple, of which
| Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
j is evangelist, were directly charged
with “approaching the judiciary
with demands for cash in return
1 for political support.”
In a speech by Superior Judge
Frank C. Collier, Thursday night
before the Los Angeles Bar Associ
ation he declared that Municipal
Judge Thomas Ambrose had been
accosted by A. J. Sherer, an agent
for the Temple, with an appeal for
a cash contribution to the Temple’s
unemployed relief fund. In return,
Sherer promised the use of the
Temple radio and frequent mention
of Judge Ambrose’s candidacy for
re-election. Judge Collier charged.
REVIVE FREEDOM PLEA
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., June 25.—
When Clara Phillips, the Los Ange
I les hammer murderess, observes her
l 34th birthday in San Quentin prison
she will receive a gift from the state
prison authorities. The gift will be
a formal permission to renew her
plea for freeedom.
raises driven from the lower or
working tunnel located ore at a
lower horizon than "was expected.
Mr. Austin reports that the ore
body as disclosed from early devel
opment wTork is quite irregular as
regards the horizontal plane, and
commercial ore may be found at
lower levels than was previously
hoped for.
A cross-cut run to intercept the
old Moore shaft cut a body of ore
assaying $10 to the ton.
It is expected that five carloads of
concentrates weekly will soon be
the average production.
POLICE INTERFERENCE
RELIEF ACTION MEET
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25. —W.
Z. Foster, Communist candidate for
president will lead a Los Angeles de
monstration on June 28th protest
ing tactics of the police ‘Red Squad’
there, he told the Press.
“Wounding of Basil Dell by a po
liceman, and the beating Piid ar
rest of six others at a raided meet
ing of unemployed men was an out
rage,” Foster declared. He char
acterized the raid as “A murderous
attempt to prevent effective relief
action” Foster said that plans
were being made for one of the
largest profit meeting ever held in
Los Angeles. Police orders not to
meet will be ignored if they are
issued, he added.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA
SAID BEiN AGREEMENT
LONDON, June 25, —Great Brit
ain and the United States have
reached an unwritten “gentleman’s
agreement” on reparations and dis
armament, it was said on reliable
' authority today.
The understanding is that both
will follow the same disarmament
policy and both are agreed that
reparations must cease,
j The agreement is effective only
I in the event of failure of the Lau
i sanne and Geneva conferences.
REPORT DENIED
I LONDON, June 25, (/Pj—Official
circles denied the report that Brit
! ain and the United States hac
1 reached a “gentleman’s agreement’
on incidental reparations disarma
ment policies.
BRITISH AND ARGENTINE
! GOLFER'S LEAD GDNTES1
FLUSHING, N. Y.. June 25.
Phil Perkins, former British ama
teur champion, and Jose Jurado ol
Argentina, tied for the lead in the
l second round of the United States
open golf championship.
Both players had aggregates ol
145. Olin Dutra, giant Californian
< who led the field with a first round
i score of 69, swiped badly on the in
i coming nine holes, scoring at 77 foi
the round and an aggregate of 146
Dutra attracted most of the after
1 noon gallery, but couldn’t stand the
pressure.
SARAZEN IS WINNER
FLUSHING, New York, June 25
| (A1)—In one of the most spectacu
| lar golf finishes of all times Gene
j Sarazen today added the United
j States Open Golf Championship
to his newly acquired British Crown
He smashed all records for todays
match by shooting the last round in
i a brilliant 66, which is four under
: par. His total was 286 for the 72
j holes Sarazen beat Phil Perkins and
j Bobby Cruickshank by three
! strokes.
REITERATE DEMAND
SAN DIEGO, June 25, (/P>— Dis
abled veterans closed their conven
tion here reiterating their demand
on Congress for immediate full
cash payment of the bonus.
FIGHT MANAGER WILL
MAKE NO MORE FUSS
NEW YORK, June 25.—Fearful
that further controversy over the
Sharkey-Schmeling decision may
hurt the boxing game in New York
State, Joe Jacobs, Schmeling’s
manager announced he would
‘Make no further fuss over it” and
wrould consider the incident closed.
“As far as further comment or
action on my part is concerned, the
matter is settled,” Jacobs explained.
| “I will make no charge at the Box
I ing Commission’s meeting and I
don’t think anvbody else will.”
A NEW ONE
LAUSANNE, June 25, (^—Ger
many was asked to consider a “de
pression moratorium” which would
suspend inter-European debts and
reparations payments until the end
of the depression.
DEIEHMINED CAAAPAION
BEGUN SEND VETERANS
BACK TO THEIR HOMES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25. —
Police leaders of the bonus expe
ditionary force reached a state
ment with the opening of deter
mined campaign to evacuate the
thousand of world war veterans to
their home.
Brig. Pelman Glassford, Chief of
Police, in a personal appeal to the
bonus seekers to leave the Capital
“warned them they must vacate
their government building bar
racks soon and told them bluntly
they were coming to a time when
they would have to go hungry if
they insisted on remaining here.
He told them also of panhand
ling by veterans. Both shopkeepers
and private citizens have com
plained that groups of the veterans
are soliciting food, clothing and
money. In isolated instances it is
complained veterans have taken
food from stores or made threats
to householders.
Far from bringing any encourag
ing reply, Glassford’s statement
drew from Walter W. Waters, Na
tional Commander of the bonus
army the retort. “We will stay here
till we starve or get our bonus. We
j might as well starve here as at
; home.”
! GflUT GOLD HUNT
BRINGS HEIfliQOMS
TO BONO OF ITIll
ROME. June 23, (/?>—A gold hunl
unprecedented in many years h
going on in Italy.
It seeks not so much hidden
treasure as forgotten treasure.
In consequence old gold watches
bracelets, earrings, battered coins
chains and brooches have come tc
light from musty cases.
All are flowing in a strean'
, to the Bank of Italy.
This government bank is offer
ing the high rate of $300 a pounc
for the precious metal. All the golc
received will be added to Italy’s re
serve backing up her currency
She now has a 40 per cent cover
age.
NATION'S DESTITUTE BE
AID BY RELIEF BILL
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 25. —
Jobs for the unemployed and
money to aid the nation’s desti
tute moved nearer udien the Sen
ate passed the $2,300,000,000 Wag
ner Relief Bill without record vote.
The measure provides $300,000.
000 for loans to states for immedi
: ate and direct relief. A $500,000.
j 000 expansion of the borrowing
power of the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation to finance self
liquidating construction and a $500,
000,000 bond issue to finance al
ready authorized public works. It
now goes to conference with the
House for adjustment of differ
ences with the two billion dollar
Garner Relief Bill, passed by the
House and rejected by a Senate
committee because of President
Hoover’s objections to the “pork
barrel” features of the measure.
LOAN OVER-SUBSCRIBED
MOSCOW, June 25, —The popula
tion of Moscow has exceeded its
quota in the new internal loan by
subscribing 455,000,000 rubles in the
first five days. Other centers were
expected to follow Moscow’s exam
ple. The loan ostensibly is volun
tary. Actually everyone is said to
be obliged to buy stock. It is re
ported that some factories voted to
subscribe a month’s wages.
MORATORIUM PROPOSED
INTER-EUROPEAN DEBTS
TILL CONDITIONS BETTER
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 25,
—Great Britain, France and Italy
agreed in principle that the Hoov
er Debts Moratorium should be ap
plied to inter-European debts and
reparations until the return of re
latively normal economic conditions
throughout the world.
The three-power accord was
reached shortly after the Premiers
of Britain and France had made
known a tentative agreement on
four questions of principle in the
reparations settlement, including a *
decision that Germany cannot pay
now or during the period of recov
ery from the world crisis. At the
opening of the Lausanne Confer
ence the delegations had suspended
European debt and reparations
payment for “The period of the
conference.”
“Now, on the basis of the Anglo
French accord, and the sentiment
j in favor of abandoning all Europ
I ean debt payments during the per
i iod of economic recovery the French
| will begin negotiations with the
I German delegates. The accords
i reached, however, do not definitely
i end differences of opinion between
i France, demanding payments by
l Germany some time in the future,
| and Britain favoring complete can
: cellation.
HOSPITAL RAIDED
j MUKDEN, Manchuria, June 25.—
I Three Japanese soldiers, patients in
■ a military hospital at Tangkantze
I Hot Springs, south of here, were
killed and one was wounded when
; 60 Chinese rebels made a raid on
: the hospital. Japanese soldiers
routed and pursued the Chinese.
Dispatches from Tsitsihar say cav
alry units from Japan plan a cam
paign to exterminate Geenral Mah
Chan Shan’s forces.
LOS ANGELES. June 25. —Ro
mantic secrets that lost none of
their torridness in the telling were
revealed to a superior court jury by
young Myrtle Helen St. Pierre as
she testified in the $200,000 breach
of promise suit against David L
Hutton whom she alleges so far for
got his vows as to elope with Aimee
Semple McPherson.
In a' courtroom cleared of specta
tors the pretty Pasadena girl told
the jury of her complete surrender
to the impetuous love-making of the
choir-master who is now the hus
band of Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton. ,-He told me I must prove
my love.” she said after she had
fainted in the midst of her testi
mony and caused the courtroom to
be emptied of its capacity audience
of sensation seekers. ‘‘Then he
took me by the hand and led me to
my boudoir.”
NEW YORK. June 25.—The New
j York Athletic Commission suspend
! ed indefinitely John Jacobs, mana
j ger of Max Schmeling, and his sec
I ond because of his conduct after
| Tuesday night’s bout with Jack
Sharkey.
Schmeling was not affected by
the ruling.
The Commission’s action resulted
j from Jacobs’ charges that some
body “had been robbed of the title”
and that the Commission had ap
pointed “Gunboat” Smith as re
feree two weeks before the fight in
stead of at the ring side.
About one hundred thousand dol
lars in gold bullion was shipped to
Seattle on the first sailing of the
steamer Victoria, which cleared
from Nome Wednesday.