HOLZWORTH TRIED
REPRESENT ALASKA
DEMOS AT KANSAS
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 5. —Am
erican Young Democrats met in
Kansas City Saturday in their
first conference since the Demo
cratic administration was placed in
power. The only scheduled ad
dress was made by James Roose
velt, son of Franklin Delano Roose
velt.
Young Roosevelt told the young
Democrats that they, the young
men and women, must prepare for
a future leadership.“Many will be
called upon to become leaders but
few will be chosen,’ he said, and
although “few will be called many
should be ready.’’
The conference was enlivened
by the failure of some delegates
to secure recognition. John Holz
worth remained away from the
convention hall when it was as
certained that he was not an Al
askan democrat but was really a
New York republican.
The convention elected officials
who will direct the activities of
the organization. C. Woodworth
was chosen president and James
Roosevelt, despite his objections to
reelection, was again chosen secre
tary.
SLEEP MALADY
SAID TO BE A
VIRUS DISEASE
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 5. —The sleep
ing sickness continued to spread I
in St. Louis with 10 more deaths
being reported during the 24 hours
prior to last night' and with 30
new cases reported. The total num
ber of persons who have died from j
the disease in St. Louis is 72 and
a total of 482 cases has been treat
ed.
New isolation wards have been!
opened up in the hospitals as more
than 20 patients are still confined.
The persons dying from the dis
ease lately have mostly been of an
^ average age of 65 years. Ten per-.
sons who died Sunday averaged 71
years of age. Ninety per cent of
the victims who have died have
been over 10 years of age.
Some progress has been made by I
science in combatting the disease
in that they now have something 1
to work on. The sleeping sickness
germ was discovered the other day!
by Dr. M. Smith. The disease has :
also been described as a virus
disease but, as yet, the virus lias
not been isolated.
CUBAN OFFICERS
ARE DISPLACED
HAVANA, Cuba. Sept. 5. —Non
commissioned officers and enlist
ed men of the army and navy took
command of the military and naval
forces Monday night displacing all
other officers.
The revolt was headed by Ser- J
gant Batista who said he wouldn’t j
relinquish control until a truly'
*■ revolutionary government was es- j
tablished in Cuba.
He said that the troubles arose 1
over proposed paycuts and the dis- j
satisfaction of soldiers with the col- i
onels previously in command.
VACATION OVER
WASHINGTON Sept. 5 —Presi- j
dent Roosevelt was to end his sea- j
going vacation today at Quantico, j
Virginia, and return to the White j
House to resume his labors n dis
puted N. R. A. codes and other
recovery measures. Yesterday the
President fished for tuna.
NO COMMITTMENT
I SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5. — De- i
puty Federal Recovery Act Admin- j
istrator George Creel would not
c o m m i 11 himself, he told Gov.
Rolph, in that he favored a Cali- ;
fornia Embargo on products of j
Henry Ford because of Fords’ re- l
fusal to sign the N. R. A. auto code.!
TERRIFIC STORM
SWEEPS ACROSS \
SOUTH STATES
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept.
5. —The hurricane which blew up
from the Carribean swept through
the area between here and Mel
bourne and continued on into the i
Gulf of Mexico, spreading damage
over a wide area.
The wind at times reached a ve
locity of 80 miles per hour and was !
of so much force that citrus, or
ange and other trees were uproot- j
ed. Communication lines were torn j
down and the damage total is un- 1
learned. A train was reported de- :
railed at Seasbury, but not official
word has come through.
t Fort Pierce the damage was I
estimated at S200.000.
Soon after the hurricane had
spent part of its force at Florida !
it struck Texas. Corpus Christi and ,
Brownsville were among the first I
cities to report on the force of the j
hurricane. Citizens of these two
communities were forewarned of j
the disturbance and they had their j
doers and windows barred. Red ,
Cross workers have been sent into j
the storm swept areas to carry on :
relief work.
LAM SON WILL TAKE
STAND DEFENSE
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 5. — A
theory that Allene Lamson died
accidentally will be the defense of
David A. Lamson, her husband, on j
trial on charges of murdering her,!
his attorney said today.
Allan Lindsey, his attorney, an
nounced that Lamson will take the ,
stand in his own defense. His'
testimony, in part, will concern I
a 10-inch piece of pipe that the
state claimed was used to shatter
Mrs. Lamson’s head, his attorney
said.
WALLOONS ARE
STILL IN AIR
GLENVIEW. 111., Sept. 5. —Soar
ing toward the wilds of Canada
with a bravado born of the sky it
self. the world’s crack balloonists
raced today for fame and the Gor
don Bennett trophy.
Only four of the original seven
entrants in the premiere balloon
competition remained aloft.
One balloon, German entrant,
collapsed while being filled with
gas for the race and two others
descended Sunday.
I- A.’S BIRTIIDAY
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5. — Los
Angeles observed its 152nd birth
day yesterday. Los Angelites revel
in figures to show the progress of
their city and state that whereas
the city was worth a negligible
sum 152 years ago that the ap
praised valuation of that city now I
amounts to some $3,000,000,000 plus '
an additional $2,000,000,000 for the
surrounding county.
Two tank cars of gasoline (cap
acity 6,000 gallons each), were re
cently sent from the local head
quarters Standard Oil Plant to
the Interior. One of the cars went
to the Alaska Road Commission at
Wasilla and the other went to Mc
Kinley Park.
JENNIE PAULSON
PASSED AWAY'
EARLY SUNDAY
After being stricken with cere
bral hemorrhage several weeks ago,
death came at 12:15 a. m. Sunday
to relieve ■ the suffering of Mrs.
Jennie Paulson, who was born in
Green Bay, Wisconsin, 57 years ago.
Mrs. Paulson was brought to the
Seward General Hospital on Sep
tember 1 in an unconscious con
dition and little hope was held
for her recovery.
During her lifetime Mrs. Paul
son was an unusually public spirit
ed woman. At one time she served
as a member of the Seward City
Council, and carried out her du
ties unflinchingly as male council- ;
men. Mi’s. Paulson took an ac- j
tive part in elections, .both muni
cipal and territorial, and for the!
last few years has been the Terri
torial school tax collector for Sew
ard.
Mrs. Paulson came to Alaska
about the year of 1910. She was
employed as storekeeper for a
Southeastern Alaska cannery for
many years and later came to Sew
ard where she lived for many years.!
Mrs. Paulson married soon after
her arrival in Alaska and a daugh
ter was born to them. The daugh
ter is now happily married and ■
lives in Michigan. Mr. Paulson
passed away several years ago.
In addition to the daughter to
mourn Mrs. Paulson’s passing, two
sisters in Chicago, and a brother
in Portland survive her.
Mrs. Paulson was a member of
of the local I. O. O. F. Rebekah
Lodge and it is expected that
funeral arrangements will be made
through this organization. R e 1 a -
tives have been notified of Mrs. j
Paulson’s passing and all details!
on funeral arrangements are be- i
ing held up pending word from \
them.
Mrs. F. B. Quinn, daughter o
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Leslie of Sew
ard, and who is visiting with he:
sister, Mrs. George Colwell, at An
chorage, will arrive in Seward thi:
tvek. Mrs. Quinn expects to leave
soon for Seattle.
BASEBALL SCORES
(Saturday’s games)
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 4 .Oakland 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 5, Boston 3.
Pittsburgh 4, St, Louis 1.
Chicago 5, Cincinnati 0.
Philadelphia 2. Brooklyn 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 3-8, Philadelphia 7
4.
New York 2, Boston 1.
St. Louis 7, Detroit 1.
Cleveland 12, Chicago 4.
(Sunday’s Games)
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 6-8, Seattle 5-3.
Oakland 1-9, Missions 3-5.
Sacramento 3-2, Hollywood 4-7.
Los Angeles 13-5, Portland 5-4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2, Washington 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 3, Chicago 1.
New York 4, Boston 4, game cal
led.
(Monday’s Game)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 2-0, Cleveland 3-2.
Others rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 4-2, Chicago 6-5.
Cincinnati 0, Pittsburgh 1.
Others rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 5-0, Seattle 9-3.
Sacramento 3-2, Hollywood 2-3.
Oakland 16-5, Missions 6-1.
Los Angeles 12-1, Portland 2-5.
THREATENED BY FLAMES
MONTEREO, Sept. 5. —Members
'of the Civilian Conservation Corps
!boys were called upon to aid resi
dents of this Summer resort colony j
battle flames which resulted from j
a gasoline tank explosion. The i
flames were brought under control '
after considerable property dam
age.
i
GOV. ROLP HILL
WITH PNEUMONIA |
FRISCO HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. —Ser- j
iously ill from a congestion of the 1
lungs, Gov. James J. Rolph’s con- j
/dition, at St. Francis Hospital, was i
still critical, although his temper- !
ature had dropped from 103.5 to j
101 degrees yesterday, according to '
his physicians, Dr. Harold Frazer j
and Dr. John Gallwey.
Governor Rolph is 65 years of
age and Dr. Frazer said that “Any '
such illness is serious in a man of
the Governor’s age.”
Gov. Rolph was ordered to the
hospital Saturday night after he
had attended the opening of the
California Fair. It is thought the
Governor caught a cold which re-1
suited in congestion to set in one
lung. Doctors expect that the cri
sis will be passed in five to eight
days.
PIRATES CLOSING UP
PITTSBURGH. Sept. 5. — The
Pirates eased up to within seven
and one-half games of the New
York Giants Monday as they pre
pared for a five game series open
ing here with the League leaders
today.
HITLER CHEERED
BY NAZI TROOPS
NUREMBURG, Germany, Sept. 5.
— Chancellor Adolf Hitler closed j
his fourth and last day of the j
tremendous fourth biennial Nazi;
party convention with a stirring j
appeal to the massed thousands!
to go over the country spreading!
the gospel of unity behind the Na- j
zi regime, and peace in the world, j
The Chancellor, his voice shak-;
ing with the power of his shouted i
utterances and with the emotion j
of his dddress flung the challenge
for the nation's downfall to lead- j
ers after the war was lost, and j
called on the people to support,
him in his program of rebuilding ;
the national spirit.
NO STOCK QUOTATTIONS
NEW YORK, Sept. 5. —As has
been the custom for several weeks
the stock market remained closed
Saturday and did not open for
business Labor Day. The pound
sterling was last quoted at $4.54%
and the Canadian Dollar at 95%. >
SUPPORTING AUSTRIA
PARIS, Sept. 5. —The French
foreign office announced its ap
proval of the Austrian’s govern
ment to train 8,000 reserves to!
bring about an end of the terror- •
ist campaign which is being wag- j
ed against the Austrian govern- j
ment by Nazi influenced factions.!
WILL RECOVER
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 5. — Mrs.
Eric von Stroheim, wife of the not
ed film director, and who was
severally burned in a beauty par-1
lor accident, will recover, it was
declared by physicians. Mrs. Stro
heim was having her hair treated
at the parlor when the explosion
occurred and flames threatened
to envelope her. She was immed
iately taken to a hospital and the
burns treated.
WOMAN ENTRANT
IN TROPHY RACE
KILLED IN CRASH
CHICAGO, Sept. 5. — Florence
Klingersmith, daring woman flier
of Minneapolis, met Iher death
while flying 200 miles per hour
Monday as she competed in the
$10,000 Phillips trophy race of the
International Air races here.
Miss Klingersmith showed in
trepid skill as she swung her air
plane closely aroung the pylons
marking the course and outclassed
men competitors. She had com
pleted seven laps when she ripped
the tail fabric off her plane. The
plane plunged down and plowed in -
to the ground killing Miss Klinger -
smith instantly. When her body
was pulled from the wreckage it
was learned that the girl had at -
tempted a last minute effort to
save her life through the use of
her parachute. The chute appar
ently had become foiled.
Miss Klingersmith last year won
the Amelia Earhart flying trophy.
She was the first woman to ever
enter the tropy race of the Inter
national Air races and was widety
known as a stunt and endurance
flier.
James R. Wedell, Louisiana pilot,
won the race flying at a speed of
305.35 miles per hour. The time
was not official as timing instru
ments have to be checked. It is
certain that Wedell broke his re
cord established Sunday of 294
miles per hour.
WOOD WINS
SPEED TROPHY
FOR THE U. S.
MARINE CITY, Michigan, Sept
5. —Gar Wood, veteran speed boat
racer and builder kept the Harms -
worth plaque, which is symbolic of
the world’s speedboat champion
ship in America for at least an
other year when he defeated Hu
bert Scott Paine, British challen
ger in the two heats—one on Sat
urday and the other Monday.
In the first heat Gar Wood drove
^is powerful, mahogany hulled Miss
America X to a crushing defeat
over the Briton's diminutive Miss
Briton III. Wood took a runaway
victory in the first heat by taking
the lead from the start and making
the British craft follow in his
wash throughout the entire race
Wood covered the 35-mile statute
mile course at an average speed
of 82.4 miles per hour. The race
was described as one of Gar’s most
decisive victories. Third' entry in
the first heat was destroyed by
flames just at the start.
In the second heat, run Mon
day, Paine made a better showing
but Wood won by the close margin
of 22.3 seconds.
N. R. A. DEADLINE
BE IGNORED
MARQUETTE, Mich., Sept 5 _.
Henry Ford plans to ignore the
National Recovery Act when the
deadline for his signing the auto
mobile code is reached today it
tvas declared in reliable quarters.
It was added that Mr. Ford
would allow the deadline to pass
without notice and make no ex
planation of his failure to sign
the code. He must sign by mid
night tonight if he is to signify
his voluntary compliance with the
terms of the automobile code.