^>nimri* Daily (gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 193.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WEI miTION
STURTS PME THE It
NEW IMEHENT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug., 18,
*(£>)—The association against the
prohibition amendment, naming
Henry S. Curran who assumes the
vice chairmanship of the board of
directors, and Pierre S. Dupont, as
chairman of the executive com
mittee, made the announcement
in which was said “a somewhat dif
ferent character of work confronts
the association.
“Active steps toward organiza
tion will be required in a number
of states to bring about prompt
ratification of a new amendment
which Congress will submit to the
House to meet the needs and char
acter of guidance in addition to
that so successful in the past.”
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FHEED MURDER GHMGE
MIAMI, Aug., 18, —A wild dem
onstration greeted the jury’s ver
dict of acquitting Captain William
Lancaster, British aviator, who had
been accused of slaying Hayden
Clarke, a successful rival for the
hand of Mrs. Jesse Keith-Miller,
Australian aviatrix.
For a while the courtroom dem
onstration threatened to go beyond
control but court officials finally
quieted the throng who had gath
ered to hear the trial. The jury de
liberated four hours and 48 min
utes before returning the verdict.
The jury brought in its verdict
late Wednesday and Captain Lan
-caster. freed from prison, said that
his first move would be to try and
find a job.
. The trial brought out the secret
love in the lives of Captain Lan
caster. Author Clarke and Mrs. Jes
sie M. Keith-Miller.
Mrs- Keith-Miller appeared hap
-py over the verdict which returns
her lover to her arms.
GENEVA, Aug., 18, (/Pj—Bishop
Cannon, who helped carry Southern
states for Herbert Hoover in 1928,
assailed the President’s prohibition
stand.
- He set forth the President’s ac
ceptance speech as “a surrender to
speakeasys, bootleggers and nulli
fiers of the Constitution.”
He criticized President Hoover
for not demanding more money
from Congress for enforcement of
prohibition and asserted that as aj
result of the acceptance speech, I
Hoover may lose electorial votes in
several states.
WILL FIT ICE SLUSH
NEW YORK. Aug., 18. —The ad
visability of another slash in the
wages of railroad employees was
discussed by railway executives at
a closely guarded meeting in the
'Bankers Club.
Wall Street gave two distinct ex
planations for the indefinite out
come of the executive meeting;
'the threat of William Green, pres
ident of the American Federation
of Labor, that any further cut in
.railway labor pay would be bitter
ly fought by organized labor.
REELECTED PRESIDENT
SEATTLE, Aug., 18, —Mrs. Ella
Alexander Boole was elected presi
dent of the National Women’s
-Christian Temperance Union by an
overwhelming vote at Wednesday’s
session of the convention. Mrs.
Boole has been president of the or
*ganization since 125 and at one
time was president o fthe world or
ganization of W. C. T. U.
GOOD INDICATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug., 18, —
The Department of Commerce on
Wednesday announced a favorable
trade balance of $28,000,000 for the
United States during the month of
July. This represents the difference
between exports and imports.
ram cm
MUCH PBOPERTT LOSS
OKLiOMl COUNTIES
ENID, Okla., Aug., 18, —Heavy
rainfall caused streams through
this section to become raging tor
rents Wednesday and an area said
to include five counties and an
area of 5,000 square miles in ex
tent, has been inundated by the
high waters.
More than 50 persons have been
placed in hospitals because of the
shock from exposure to the raw
elements while at least two deaths
have been reported. The property
damage will run over $1,000,000 and
hundreds of people have been driv
en from their homes.
The rainfall recorded in some of
the places went as high as eleven
inches while other places through
out the region reported rainfall of
well over six inches. An eight foot
deep and 10 foot wide stream, with
in a few hours Wednesday, became
a swollen torrent extending over
an area of more than two miles in
width.
The South Fork of the Arkansas
river ran over its banks and inun
dated hundreds of miles- Highways
and railroad traffic was paralyzed.
The high waters had started to
recede Wednesday night but only
a trail of devastation was left in
its wake. Wheat crops, expected to
carry the people through the win
ter. were swept away and many
head of livestock perished and even
were swept down the river.
The Red Cross has been asked
to aid the stricken refugees.
AIRPLANE SURVEY STRIKE
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug., 18, (£>)
—Governor Emmerson ordered of
ficers of the National guard to
make an airplane survey of the
Taylorville coal strike situation af
ter learning that 1,100 miners vot
ed to strike. Sheriff Wieneke said
the situation was critical. Infantry
units have been ordered to stand
by until the survey is completed.
ILLINOIS MINE TROUBLES
RESULTS IN TWO OUTHS
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug., 18, —
At least two deaths was the result
of Wednesday’s strife between un
ion coal miners who were picketed
around the various mines in this
district and the non-union adher
ants.
The deaths resulted when an at- j
tempt was made to pass union j
pickets only to be asked to turn j
back; when they failed to heed this,
warning they were shot down. The
dead were said “officially” to have!
met death when they charged a)
guard.
SEATTLE POTLACH
SEATTLE, Aug., 18, —This city i
is planning to revive its annual
Potlach celebration or Mardi Gras
events at a ceremony which is to
be held within the next several
days. The Potlach was last held in
1814. i
MATCH ARRANGED
NEW YORK, Aug., 18, —Benny
Leonard, veteran of the prize ring
who is making a good show for a
comeback, has been matched to
fight Jimmy McLarnin at Madison
Square Garden on October 3. The
announcement was made by Gar
den officials.
A HEALTHY TREND
NEW YORK, Aug., 18, —Stocks,
wheat and cotton closed at figures
somewhat lower than Tuesday’s
high quotations but bonds were up
somewhat when the market closed
Wednesday. The advance in bonds
was taken to indicate better busi
ness.
RESULT H moms
BERLIN, Aug. 17—With a man
made thunderbolt of 2,500 volts Dr.
Fritz Lange and Dr. Arno Brasch.
Germany’s famous atom splitters,
revealed they had performed the
sensational feat of releasing ener
gy equivalent to 15,000,000 volts by
splitting an atom of lead.
This remarkable feat, accom
plished for the first time in the
history of science, has again turn
ed the eyes of the scientific world
to the extraordinary research work
of Lange and Brasch.
The two German scientists now
have succeeded in splitting nearly
the entire periodic table of chem
ical elements of this table of ele
ments. Silver has the atomic num
ber of 47, platinum 78, gold 79.
Lang and Brasch passed by plati
num and gold directly to lead, and
they are now approaching the task
of splitting an atom of radium,
which has the atomic number of
88. The two Germans split the lead
atom and transformed it into heli
um and hydrogen, both gases.
HTDER MEN THOUGHT
PEHISHEO, SEN-SLED
KETCHIKAN, Aug., 18, (JP)—The
Coast Guard Cutter Alert reported
that the seasled in which Oren
Hill, Hyder business man, and Tom
Walters left Hyder Sunday for
Portland Canal, had been found
overturned 20 miles from Hyder.
Captain Nelson feared that both
men had been drowned. The Ket
chikan airways plane started at
once to search for the men who
have been unreported since their
departure.
HOOVER COMPLETES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug., 18, —
Tanned and rested, President Her
bert Hoover returned to the White
House Wednesday evening after a
fishing trip down at the lower end
of the Potomac river and in Ches
apeake Bay. The President was ac
companied by a few personnal
friends w'ho made the fishing trip
with him and together they went
to the White House where they had
dinner. It is understood that the
Chief Executive plans to go to his
Rapidan river outing camp within
the next several days for a more ex
teded stay.
HEMM HITES
SPREAD TERROR TOWNS
GRANITE, Okla., August 18, —
A score of desperate convicts ter
rorized southwestern Oklahoma
towns in a mad dash for free
dom from a reformatory here. Ter
ror stricken motorists appealed to
peace officers for protection against
the fugitives who stalked the high
ways, commandeering automobiles
and invading homes in their flight.
Two motorists were wounded by
convicts within a few hours after
the sensational break last night.
Motorists were kidnaped. Others
were fired upon. Cars were stolen.
Four of the 28 fugitives had been
captured and returned t o their
cells.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 8, Detroit 3.
Phillies 11, Cleveland 0.
Boston 7, St. Louis 3.
Washington 4, Chicago 2.
PACIFIC COAST
Los Angeles 3, Missions 2.
San Francisco 11, Hollywood 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3, Boston 2.
Pittsburgh 1, Brooklyn 4.
New York 8, Cincinnati 0.
PICCARD RETURNS TO
EARTH, STRATOSPHERE
ENDOLA, Italy, Aug., 18, (/P)—
Professor Piccard and his assis
tant returned to earth after a 12
hour excursion into the stratos
phere. His descent was gradual and
required about two hours. The en
tire population of this small Ital
ian village, numbering about 2,500
people, watched the aluminum ball
attached to a balloon descend. As
the learned scientist crawled out
of the globe, he smilingly remark
ed, “That was a profitable trip.”
It is presumed he learned more
about the cosmic ray which holds
the clue as to whether the universe
is running down or is destined to
live forever. Measuring cosmic rays
was the main objective of the dar
ing trip.
JHASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT THE
NATION'S CAPITAL
An inquirer asks of a Washing
ton evening newspaper, “How wide
is Bering Strait between Alaska and
Siberia? Does it freeze over in the
winter?” The following reply was
forthcoming: “It is about 35 miles
wide and does freeze over in the
winter.”
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The Telephone Bond and Share
Co., of Ketchikan, has made appli
cation to the Federal Radio Com
mission for modification of con
struction permit for extension of
; completion date to Aug. 17, 1933.
The station is K7XD. Joseph T.
Bauer, six miles south of Chichagof,
KWW, has applied for a renewal of
point-to-point license for 178KC.,
150w., and also for renewal of coast
al telegraph license for a frequency
not to exceed 1.5Kc., 150w.
Among the major nominations
which remained in Senatorial com
mittee when Congress adjourned,
and in which Alaska is concerned
is that of Judge Kenneth Macin
tosh of Seattle, to membership in
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, Ninth Circuit, to succeed
the late Frank H. Rudkin. This
nomination has been held up for
five months. The Ninth Circuit
includes the States of Washington,
Oregon, California, Nevada, Ari
zona, Idaho, Montana and the
Territories of Alaska and Hawaii.
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In the allotment of $45,315,392
for river and harbor improvements
thruout the country, under provi
sions of the Army appropriation
Act, $16,500 is named for improve
| ment of Nome harbor. There is
still an unalloted balance of $17,
684,608, to be alloted later when
bids for contemplated work shall
have been received.
When the Garner relief bill was
introduce in the House it contain
ed two appropriations for building'
projects in Alaska - - Anchorage
and Ketchikan, and for a number
of river and harbor projects in Al
aska. It also contained appropri
ations for innumerable building
projects i n every Congressional
district in the United States. As a
result many of the residents en
tered their protests against these
public buildings, claiming that the
rented buildings answered every
purpose with a great saving to the
government. This gave rise to the
charge of “pork” appropriations and
the various building and river and
when the bill went to the Senate
harbors projects all over the United
States were cut out and the revised
bill was treated like the state of
New York and all other states, with
the general understanding that the
Alaska items and all other merit
orious items would be included in
the general public buildings and
and rivers and harbors bills and
passed at the December Session of
Congress. This explanation seems
necessary to set right some critics
in Alaska who pretend to think
that the Territory was discrimin
ated against, which is an absolutely
erroneous thought.
DENIES RUMOR
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug., 18, —Mayor
James J. Walker, of New York, who
is facing ouster charges here, de
nies reports that he intended to re
sign from his position and seek
vindication at the polls.
DULL MOMENTS TABOO
AT WALKER'S OUSTER
TRIAL IN ALBANY
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug., 18, —In a
blaze of anger caused by the un
responsiveness of Mayor James J.
Walker of New York City, in his
trial before Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt on ouster charges, the
Governor concluded his direct ex
amination of evidence Wednesday
afternoon.
Walker repeatedly sputtered and
refused to make answers to the
Governor’s questions during the *
hearing and the Governor got all
heated up, pounded his desk and
demanded that the dapper Mayor
answer him.
During the session the Governor
probed deeply into Walker’s con
nection with his reputed financial
agent, Russel Sherwood, whose pre
sent whereabouts are unknown. As
sertedly “bad busines!” deals be
tween Mayor Walker and his bro
ther, Dr. William Walker, were also
scrutinized by the Governor.
At one time during the proceed
ings the Governor threatened to
to have Counsel J Curtin re
moved from the courtroom when
he charged that the Governor fav
ored the Seabury side of the case.
The sessions were to be continued
again today, Friday and possib’y
continuing over to next week.
BOARDMAN IMPROVES
SPRINGFIELD, II., Aug., 18, —
Russel Boardman, famed member
of the Boardman and Polanda
flight team, who was injured in a
plane crackup here, was reported
by physicians as showing consider
able improvement Wednesday even
ing and there are now hopes
for his recovery. Boardman was
training for the air races to be held
next month in Cleveland when the
accident occurred
BRITISH FLIER MS
OFF OVER MIG
PORTMA-RNOCK, Irish Free
State, Aug., 18, (/P)—J. A- Mollison,
noted British distance flier, took
off for a trans-Atlantic flight to
the United States.
He planned first to stop at Har
bor Grace, Newfoundland for re
fueling; thence to Roosevelt Field
where he will make a quick turn
about and fly stright back to Croy
don, England.
If Mollison succeeds he will be j
the first flyer to solo East to West
crossing the North Atlantic in a
light airplane. Mollison is the hus
band of Amy Johnson, famous Eng
lish aviatrix.
DONATE “PINEAPPLES”
DRESDEN, Aug. 17.—Two men on
motorcycles bombed the building
occupied by the local Communist
secretariat, and tossed a bomb into
a group of pedestrians in front of
the building, then bombed several
homes of prominent Socialists and
Communists. One person was in
jured.
BUY YOUR “NIGHTIES”
IS PART OF ADMISSION
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TO SWEDISH NIGHTCLUB
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 17—Night
clubs where patrons will have
to purchase a bit of lacy under
wear, a necktie or a pair of
gloves so as to gain admission
is the latest suggestion by law
yers who are fighting a new
early closing law. A lawyer
suggests that each night club
be equipped with a small store
since there is no law against
[ dancing all night.
CALIFORNIA VETERANS
DO NOT FAVOR STATE
PAYMENT CERTIFICATES
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug., 18, —
California veterans have refused to
accept the plan cf Governor Jas.
J. Rolph, Jr., whereby the State of
California would pay off the sol
diers’ bonus certificates in lieu of
the Federal government’s inability
to pay them before the time when
they become mature.
The decision reached by the
veterans was that it would be too
much of a burden upon the tax
payers of California to have all the
funds withdrawn from the treas
ury and have this money outstand
ing for so long a period.
The California veterans, how
ever, reiterated their stand that
the Federal government should
pay them off immediately
CURTIS BE OFFIGMLLY
TOLD iim TOUT
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug., 18, —Vice
President Charles Curtis was to be
officially notified today of his nom
ination as the Republican party’s
standard bearer’s running mate in
the November general election.
Mr. Curtis was to be officially in
formed of the honor by Senator
L. Dickenson, keynote speaker of
the Chicago convention.
The ceremony was to take place
on the C: pitol steps.
TRUCKLOADS GUARDED
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug., 18, —
Truckloads of farm produce, in
cluding meats, butter, eggs, etc.,
were taken into this city in armed
and well guarded trucks Wednes
day as the farmers nearby contin
ued to strike. The guards were ne
cessary because of the fact that
the striking farmers have threat
ened to dump any produce taken
into the city.
SHUTOSPHEDE ASCENT
BEGUN Bf PBGF, PUD
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug., 18, —
Prof. August Piccard, the scientist
who has ascended a distance esti
mated at 10 miles above the earth’s
surface, has soared aloft once more
in an attempt to go still higher in
his quest of scientific knowledge
of the earth’s stratosphere.
Professor Piccard went up at 5:05
a. m., Zurich time today, or 5:05 a.
m. Wednesday, United States time.
Thirty mechanics were on the
field to help get the huge ball
shaped balloon well started on its
way into the heavens, and perhaps,
eternity for the daring scientist
and his assistcft.
PICCARD BALLOON DRIFTS
TOWARD SUNN) ITALY
DUBENDORT. Switzerland, Aug..
18, (/P)—Auguste Piccard, who es
tablished the world’s altitude rec
ord rising to 16,500 meters, more
than 10 miles above the earth in an
aluminum and airtight ball attach
ed to a stratosphere balloon, head
ed in a southerly course when re
leased Wednesday morning.
The direction of the balloon was
toward Italy. Messages from the
scientists said that both the pro
fessor and his assistant, Max Cos
yn, were well, but cold.
SAYS DIARY SHOWS GUILT
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 17.—Captain
William Lancaster’s diary, in which
he wrote of his desperate love for
Mrs. Jessie Keith-Miller, was
branded by the State as evidence of
his guilt of the murder of Haden
Clarke, his successful rival for the
love of the Australian aviatrix.
j Mrs. Ida Hyde Clarke, mother of
| the dead youth, was in court for
the first time since the trial began.