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SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1931..
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 211.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PLENTY OF GAIDU1TES
RACINE. Wis., Oct. 13. (/P)—The |
first Wisconsin district is selecting j
a successor to the late Henry Allen
Cooper.
A Communist rally at Monument
Square in behalf of their party
candidate, John Sikat, ended a riot j
involving more than a score of po
lice and about 300 civilians.
Eight men and one woman were j
arrested for disorderly conduct. •
Other candidates to succeed the
; ate Cooper are Thomas Amlie, Pro
gressive Republican; C. J-. Bouma,
Socialist; George Herzog, Inde
pendent Democrat; and Henry
Tubbs. Independent Prohibitionist.
RESTORE GOLD STANDARD
WASHINGTON, Oct- 13, (/P)—
TP)—The United States and France,
in the meeting of Premier Pierre
Uaval of France and President
Herbert Hoover, are to seek a col
laboration in seeking to restore the
gold standard in Europe. With
France and the United States hold
ng more than three-fourths of the
world’s present gold supply, it is
thought by their united efforts,
they can swing the countries back
to the gold standard, especially
England, after which the others
will readily fall in line.
LEI6UE COUNCIL HEIRS
SINO-JHESE TILES
GENEVA, Oct. 13. (/P) — The
league of Nations Council con- !
vened in an extraordinary session
:o consider the Sino-Japanese con
* tUct in Manchuria.
The Council listened to a state- j
ment from Dr. Sze, Chinese dele
cate.
Later the Council adjourned un
til the afternoon when they are to
hear Kenkec.hi Yoshizawa, the Jap
anese delegate. Sze denounced Ja
pan’s “violence and military ag
gression.” He demanded the League
of Nations to direct the immediate
withdrawal of Japanese from Man
churia.
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SHIP HIM ORE
HO AT $8,000
TON THOM CINU
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Out of the mysterious North
comes the report of the first ship
ment of radium ore from the Great
Bear lake discoveries beyond Fort
Smith Northwest Territory. The
shipment consists of 20 tons, some
of it running as high as $8,000 to
the ton in value.
It came down by the historic
river route to Waterways, Alta, j
from which point it was sent on the j
v railroad to Spokane, says the Den
%er Mining Record.
Mining parties in the Great Bear
region are preparing to come out by
airplane when winter closes down.
Only caretakers will be left.
Looking ahead to next season,
large supplies of gasoline, oil and
V food are being cached at strategic
points and will serve when plane©
carry men and machinery into the
y, north in M!arch next year.
MANY DROWNED
TOKYO. Oct. 13. (/P)—More than
200 persons were believed drowned
at the Mive prefecture and Osak
Mainichi, it is said, when a swollen
river broke an embankment and
flooded a number of villages.
NEW YORK, Oct., 13, (/P)~ A
round-the-world flight by ~ Hugh
Herndon and Clyde Pangborn il
lustrates how fickle fortune plays
“hob” with the best laid plans.
Gatty and Post circled the globe
in eight days, 15 hours and 51
minutes. Of that total four days,
10 hours and eight minutes was
the time actually spent in the air
At first glance the Herndon and
Pangborn figures seem to indicate
tht they never had a chance to
break the record but allowing
them a generous 30 hours for a
flight from Wanatchee to New
York, their flying time would be
seven days, 22 horns and 53 min
utes, or 17 hours faster than the
time made by Post and Gatty.
WASHINGTON, J). C., Oct, 13.
(^—Leading offenders on the gov
ernment’s docket of misbehaving
fliers are violators of acrobatic pro
visions of the air commerce regu
lations.
During the second quarter of
1931, there were 65 violations of
the acrobatic rules followed in
number by 44 offenses against the
low flying clause.
Three hundred and 10 violations
were dealt with during the period,
three fewer than the preceding
quarter. Fines were assessed to
the sum of $600 while some fliers
were meted out reprimands, sus
pensions, and revocations or de
nials of licenses.
DENALI IN PORT
The SS Denali, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, which left
Seattle October 3, arrived in port
Monday evening with a cargo of
10 all-steel coal cars for the Alaska
Railroad, 16 tons of dynamite for
Suntrana, 1 one of dynamite and
400 pounds of blasting caps for
Anchorage. The Denali was forced
to move from the Seward dock and
anchor out because of the storm
which raged. The vessel pulled
away from the dock just after 7
o’clock this morning and before all
the steel coal cars had been un
loaded. The vessel also carries 69
tons of gas and oil for the Stand
ard Oil Company.
NO MEETING TODAY
There was no meeting of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce this
noon as the meeting hour has been
changed from Tuesday noon to
Thursday noon. This change was
necessitated because of the winter
schedule that steamers from the
South are maintaining and which
brings them into port here on Tues
day, which would interfere with the
attendance of the meetings.
IS
SAYS [
LONDON. Oct. 12. (£>)—'The gold
standard is responsible for the
world depression, according to Sir
Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, head of the
British Tobacco Trust Sir Hugo
declared that unless something is
done to re-establish silver, the!
western nations face bankruptcy. j
He urged the calling of a silver
conference to restore the pur
chasing power of the eastern na- .
tions.
“The western nations, by only
their short-sighted policy, have j
allowed silver to fall to such a j
price that eastern nations can no
longer buy from us.
“In other words, by our own ac
tions, we have lost three-fifths of
our customers. Unless western na
tions do something quickly to re
cover their eastern customers, we
are on the road to bankruptcy”,1
he stated
Economists of Europe, striving
to solve the causes of the depres
sion which has pushed Germany
and Great Britain to the brink of
financial disaster, are returning
to the silver question. In urging
Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald to
call a silver conference. Sir Hugo
said:
“Great Britain is faced with a
budget deficiency of $600,000,000,
which is a sum more than the
entire production of gold in one
year. Great Britain is suffering
severely from the results of the
world depression. What has caus
ed it?
“Three-fifths of the world po
pulation have silver as the basis
of value; two-fifths have gold
“It is computed that the three
fifths had a hoarded wealth of
$7,000,000,000 in 1926 and today
it is worth only $1,900,000. or
much less than half.
“The three-fifths have had
their wealth so much reduced
that they can no longer buy from
the two-fifths, and therefore our
trade with the three-fifths is
being reduced to the vanishing
point.
“Let us now face these facts.;
Let us deal with the silver ques- ■
tion, and put silver back to a fair
price. It can be done ”
EARLY DAY WESTERNER
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
AUBURN, Wash., Oct, 13. UP)—
Aaron S. Neely, 82 years of age,
and one of the last of the emi
grants to cross the Cascade moun
tains with Ezra Meeker in 1855,
died here.
He lived in Seattle during the
famous battle of Seattle in 1856.
He is survived by two sons and two
daughters who are living in the
United States.
The SS Alaska is scheduled to
sail for the South tomorrow at 11
a. m. Passengers aboard at 9 a. m.
LEGION AUXILIARY
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet at 8 o’clock tomorrow
(Wednesday) night in the Legion
hall. Everyone is requested to be
in attendance as election of offi
cers will be held.
BROTHER DROWNED
Ingwald Jacobsen, local resident
for many years, received a sad tel
egram today telling of the acci
dental drowning of his brother Al
vin, at International Falls, Minn.
Mr. Jacobsen’s brother served in
France as an officer of the U. S.
Army. He was captured and held
a prisoner in Berlin until the Ar
mistice was signed. Alvin was a
first class machinist by trade.
EVANS LEAVES SEATTLE
ENROUTE TO SEWARO
SEATTLE, Oct. 13. (/P)—1The SS
Admiral Evans sailed this morning
at 10 o’clock for Seward and way
ports. The Evans carried 49 pas
sengers, five of whom were steerage.
Seven passengers were booked
for Seward and included Mrs. J. C.
Allen, Mrs. W. R. Golden, Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Barnhill and two child
ren, Miss H. S. Taplin, Kent M.
Ring. There was also one steer
age passenger.
The SS Alaska, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, tied up at the
local wharf just before noon today.
Besides a number of passengers,
from Seattle and way ports, the
vessel was to discharge 50 tons of
general freight for local merchants
including 13 tons of feed. Eight
tons were to be taken off for trans
fer to the SS Starr and 249 tons for
shipment to railroad points.
CRASH-PROOF FUEL TUNKS
SOUGHT FOR PUNE SAFETY
WASHINGTON, Oct., 13, (/P)—
Crash-proof fuel tanks for air-1
planes are being sought by sci
entists of the Bureau of Stand
ards.
Experiments are being made j
with a tank lining of synthetic;
material resembling rubber but
insoluble in gasoline or oil. The |
material is elastic and strong.
Development of tanks which j
will not burst and deluge an air- *
plane with fuel in case of crash, j
is the goal.
ANCHORAGE FIRE
An early morning blaze, which j
had gained much headway before j
an alarm was turned in, called the j
Anchorage city and railroad fire
departments to the A. T. Martin j
cottage last week. The house was!
enveloped in flames when the fire
fighters arrived on the scene, the
entire neighborhood being aglow,
with seeming small hope of saving j
the structure. But within a re
markably short time after the de
partments got into action, the
flames were driven back into the
building and speedily extinguished..
The interior was quite badly burned !
but it is understood the loss isj
covered by insurance. The walls!
and the roof suffered very little1
damage, says The Times.
1
The Alaska College teaching fac- j
ulty now numbers 19, according to |
the Farthest North Collegian. Due
to the record enrollment this year
it was found necessary to add an
other member.
Ice was flowing on the Tanana
River, according to a message
published in a recent issue of the
Fairbanks News-Miner.
SHAHKEY PUTS CAINERI
BUT BT HERVYWEIGHT
SCENE; WINS DECISION
NEW YORK, Oct. 13. (/P)—Shar
key smashed out a 15-round deci
sion over Primo Camera, the “giant
Venetian,” before 30,000 chilled fans
in the final outdoor heavyweight
show of the season. Camera was
floored for the count of nine in the
fourth round and was on the verge
of a knockout in the final bell. This
was the first battle in which Car
nera had ever been floored since
he entered the prize ring.
It was one of the greatest 15
round duels fight fans have seen
since the last Gene Tunney-Jack
Dempsey fight storm scenes in
Chicago.
Sharkey plastered the giant with
every bit of fistic punishment one
man can inflict on another and
thus blasting the myth of Camera
out of the heavyweight lists.
Sharkey is again the grim merci
less warrior of the days when his
name was the most feared of all
heavyweights. It he had not been
over-cautious and willing to hack
in with his snarling superiority at
the fading bulk of the man moun
tain, Sharkey could have knocked
him out in any of a half dozen
rounds.
AVIATORS WILL FLV TO
NEW YORK EASY STAGES
SEATTLE, Oct. 13. (/P)—The mon
oplane used by Clyde Pangborn
and Hugh Herndon, Jr., to hurdle
the Pacific Ocean from Samushiro
Beach to Wenatchee was pro
nounced as being fit for another
air adventure at the Boeing Air
works here. The plane was taken
there by the two aviators for re
conditioning after they landed at
Wenatchee without wheels.
It is the intention of the fliers
to fly to New York City, making
the hop in a number of short hops
and continuing along by easy
stages.
S. E. ALASKA VESSEL
RESCUES BOAT CREW
SEATTLE, Oct. 13. <JP) — The
Coast Guard office here received a
message from the SS Prince Ru
pert that that vessel rescued four
men, the crew of the gas boat Car
olen, of Ketchikan, four miles
southeast of Cape Mudge, in the
steamer channel off Vancouver
Island.
The Carolen was towed to Quatr
hiasld Cove and the men landed at
Campbell River.
The Carolen was bound for An
acortes.
Miss Evelyp Nilsen, sister of Nor
man and Vivian Nilsen, local high
school students, who has spent a
few months in Cordova, was among
the arrivals on the SS Alaska.
Plenty of drift logs and wood is
being heaped up on the beaches
by the present high tides and local
residents can easily look forward
to a good supply of winter fuel.