MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 125.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1933.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
SEEKERS, JIPMIESE, TO
EXPLOOE OUST FIELDS
HARBIN, Manchuria, May 29, —
Equipped with “shooting irons”
* such as the Klondike never knew,
400 gold seekers are enroute to ex
plore vast gold fields reported
along the tributaries of the Sun
gari and Amur rivers, north of
here.
The men, former Japanese sol
diers, were equipped with artillery
and machine guns. Armored air
planes flew along the route above
V them.
The expedition, financed by the
South Manchurian Railway Com
pany, was to establish base head
quarters at the village of Cham
ussu, then divide into three field
parties.
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MAKE ENCHANTED ISLE
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CHICAGO, May 29. —Thousands!
of children born in an age where
almost anything is considered be
lievable, made Enchanted Island
y ithe focal point Sunday of the Cen
tury of Progress Exposition.
It was the Fair’s first holiday
program and brought out the fact
that the playground, built for chil
dren. is to be one of the most pop
ular places in the Exposition
& which covers 424.32 acres and dis
plays in moving exhibits the his
tory of a world during 100 years
of unprecedented progress.
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CONDUCTING II “If E
EXPERIMENT" DIVORCE
SEATTLE. May 29. —A divorce'
suit was filed here by Mrs. Ivan
M. Linsen who charges her
husband. Dr. Linsen. assistant
physician at the U. S. Indian hos-1
pital at Tacoma, with a “love ex
periment” in which an un-named
, younger woman as the subject.
' * She declared that he told her
“if at the end of six months the
young woman was still as she is
now.” he then intended to marry
her; that he expected Mrs. Linsen J
to obtain a divorce.
Mrs. Linsen has been awarded I
$50 a month temporary alimony.
Mrs. Linsen also accused him|
of frequent infatuations with oth- |
er women.
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MEET FOURTH TIME
HARVARD STADIUM. C a m
bridge, Mas?., May 29, —In a sen
sationally close finish to a feat
marked by two record performanc
es and a double victory for Bill
Bonthron of Princeton in the mid
dle distance races, Southern Cal
ifornia’s Trojans successfully de
fended the I. C. A. A. a: track and
field championships.
Southern California won the
meet for the fourth successive
year, and sixth time altogether, \
with 45 points. Stanford was sec
ond with 42.
Vessels in port today include the
SS Dellwood, USS Discoverer, MS
Mayflower, MS Marian, MS Cap
per.
MORE 90 RESERVATIONS
SEATTLE, May 29, —More than
90 reservations have been made by
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
members for the business and
friendship tour to Alaska which
starts for Seward, June 16,
GOLD CLAUSE EXPECTED
START THRU CONGRESS
TODAY: Will PASS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29,—
President Roosevelt’s plan to can
cel the gold clause in Federal and
private obligations starts through
Congress today with House pass
age virtually assured by the mid
dle of the week.
Debate will begin at noon under
a special rule which allows three
hours of central discussion with a
five minute limitation on each
amendment.
Foes of the joint resolution, on
which a favorable report has been
voted by both House and Senate
committees, already have raised
the cry of “repudiation.” But Dem
ocratic leaders are confident they
can enact the resolution.
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TIGHT GUESTS WERE
FRIGHTENED BT SQUILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29,—
President Roosevelt’s week-end
guests on a yacht trip on the Po
tomac had the fright -of their
lives when a severe squall struck
the Sequoia Saturday night.
The storm attained a velocity
of a near-gale and blow Quan
tico, Virginia, where dinner was
in progress, the little vessel heeled
over so far dinner was suspended.
The President, a good sailor, was
inclined to make light of the
incident but others did not agree
with him.
HUNDRED AND TWENTY
RESGUED FROM VESSEL
HOUGHTON, Mich.. May 29, —
The USS Crawford steamed into
Houghton Sunday after rescuing
120 men and women who had
spent a night of terror aboard the
excursion boat George M. Cox as
it was sinking off windswept Isle
Royale in Lake Superior.
Among the 80 men and 40 worn- ■
en who huddled for hours on the
sinking ship in a belief that they |
were doomed, were five who suf- i
fered injuries.
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PLAIN TALK
GENEVA, May 29, —Japan’s
sensational demand for Naval par
ity with Britain and the United
States was overshadowed by re
ports that President Roosevelt has
threatened to “drop Europe” if the
Disarmament delegates manifest j
anxiety over the possible result of j
a reported trans-Atlantic tele- j
phone conversation between the j
President and Foreign Secretary
Sir John Simon of Great Britain.
DON’T LIKE WORK
MODESTO, Calf., May 29, —
Judge Dan E. Gilroy gave three
men their choice of paying $25/
spending 12 and one-half days cut
ting wood, or in jail. They took the
jail term.
BEATING THE DEPRESSION
CORNING, Calif., May 29, —
A quail on the ranch of E. V. Fer
nald has made its nest by Fer
nald’s line of turkey coops and
each day hops off the nest to be
fed with the turkeys.
FUTURE CABINET STATUS
OF SECRETARY WflODIN
ALL-ABSORBING TOPIC
WASHINGTON, D. C„ 29—Sec
retary William H. Woodin’? future
cabinet status as a result of the
revelations in the Morgan inquiry
was the all-absorbing topic Sun
day as he and the President con
cluded a two-day conference on
board the Yacht Sequoia.
Neither the President nor the
dimiuntive Treasury head have
responded publicly to the demands
in Congress that Woodin resign
because of the “cut rate” stock
favonfc he received, along with
manajpother notables, from J. P.
Morgan & Company in 1929.
RAY OF SUNSHINE IS
SEEN AT GENEVA AFTER
JAPANESE DEMANDS
GENEVA. May 29, —Joseph Paul j
Boncour, French foreign minister,!
offered before the disarmament j
conference to abandon the French
demand for internationalization of
civil aviation provided the com
mission could effect an automatic
and oermanent workable super- j
vision of civil airplanes
He said France would accept, in
addition^ reduction in military air
strength, both as to quantity and
quality of planes.
The United States is firmly op
posed to creating any exceptions
against the complete abolition of
air bombing, Ambassador Hugh R.
Wilson announced.
Boncour’s offer, qualified as it
was, was a ray of sunshine after
the gloom engendered by Japan’s
demands for abandonment of the
present Naval ratios that restrict
her to three tons of airplanes for
each five tons owned by Great
Britain and the United States.
CONFOUNDED CRITICS
NEW YORK, May 29, —“Babe”;
Ruth confounded critics Sunday j
by smashing out three homers in!
a doubleheader against the Chi-1
cago White Sox. Fifty thousand j
fans saw him do his stuff. “Babes”
three circuit clouts gave him nine
thus far for this season and tied
with Lou Gehrig.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 1, 7, New York 2, 9.
Cleveland 2, 11, Boston 5, 2.
St. Louis 5, Detroit 3.
Philadelphia 4. Washington 7. !
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 4, 0, Cincinnati 2, 4. j
Boston 1, 2, Chicago 5, 3
New York 4, Brooklyn 5.
Philadelphia 7, 3, St. Louis 8, 5. (
PACIFIC COAST
L. A. 1, 4, Seattle 0, 8.
Sacs 4. 3, Hollywood 3, 4.
3. F. 10, 3, Portland 2. 1.
Oaks 6. 3, Missions 16. 4.
IZAAK WALTONS
John H. Johnson, official of the
P. E. Harris Co., Marcus Noltner,
| retired business man of Portland
and Seattle, and Mr. Collins, visit
ors in port while the SS Dellwood
is in port, spent Sunday trying
their luck in nearby fishing
streams and lakes. The Izaak Wal
tons had fair success.
The SS. Curacoa, of the A. S. S.
Co., will sail from Seattle June
15 for Southeastern Alaska inclu
ding Seward carrying explosives
and general cargo.
NEED 1,000 PLANES
RIVERSIDE, May 29, —The Unit
ed States Army air corps needs
1,000 planes to bring it up to the
standard for an adequate national
defense. It needs pursuit planes
capable of 300 miles an hour, de
clare Army Air Corps officials.
DAUGHTER Of JUDGE
KIDNAPPED SATURDAY
RELEASED FOR S38.00Q
KANSAS CITY, May 29, —Miss
Mary McElroy, 25, daughter of
Judge H. F. McElroy, city mana
ger of Kansas City, was released
unharmed after payment of $30,
000 ransom to kidnappers who
held her captive for nearly 29
hours.
Miss McElroy, a prominent fig
ure in Kansas City society, was,
abducted shortly before noon Sat-j
urday by two armed men who
forced the housekeeper at the Me
Elroy home to admit them. They
compelled the girl, who was taking
a bath, to dress and accompany
them. i
DH UNO NIGHT PATROL
III PEIPING STREETS
PEIPING, May 29, —Fears that,
the bloody, costly fighting of
Shanghai might be reenacted here,
rose in the minds of foreign mili
tary authorities when the Japan
ese commandant announced that
hereafter day and night patrols
of Japanese troops would move
through the city.
Such patrols, the commandant
said, were necessary to protect
Japanese subjects because of the5
situation arising from an attack
by unidentified Chinese several
days ago on a'Japanese sentry.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 29,— !
Bill Denver, driver, of Audiobun,
Pa., and Bob Hearst, mechanic, of j
Indianapolis, were killed yesterday
when their car cracked up as they;
were preparing to make a qualify
ing run for the 500 mile race on
Tuesday.
Some 15,000 persons were in the
speedway grandstand when Den
ver lost- control of his car on the
northeast turn.
THEY CALL THIS SPORT
BOSTON, May 29, —Joe Savoldi,
former Notre Dame football star,
drop-kicked Nick Lutze of Los!
Angeles right out of the Boston
Gardens feature wrestling match.
After swapping holds with his riv
al for half an hour, Savoldi leap- j
ed high and drove his feet into
Lutze's chest. He then fell on him
and pinned his shoulders in 31.19.
INSANE KIDNAPPER
BARNSTABLE. Mass., May 29 —
, Kenneth Buck, 28, held on charges
| of kidnapping and extortion in
connection with the kidnapping of
Margaret Peggy McMath, 10, from
Harwich Center grammar school on
May 2, was transferred to Bridge
water hospital for the criminal in
sane after he became violent in
his cell Sunday.
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CLOSING TOMORROW
| The majority of local business
| houses will be closed at least a
half-day tomorrow, Memorial Day,
while others, including the Bank
i of Seward and certain government
1 offices, will be closed all day.
NEVADA GOES DOWN
LINE IN SOLID BLOCK
REPEAL AMENDMENT
RENO, Nev., May 29, —Nevada,
whose citizens call their state the
wettest in the Union, yesterday
; had named 670 delegates pledged
to commit the State for repeal of
J the 18th amendment.
In 153 precincts not one dry
candidate was selected. In 241 pre
cincts, only one dry candidate waa
nominated.
She was Mrs. C. C. Taylor, of
Sparks; receiving but one vote she
was defeated. A State convention
on September 5 will formally com
mit Nevada to repeal.
CUD IN FEMININE
CM FORMER OFFICER
SUICIDED 8? HINGING
SAN PEDRO, Calif., May 29, —
Clad in feminine garb, with his
face rouged -and mascaraed, the
body of Arthur K. Van de Mark,
brawney former Whittier motor
cycle officer, was found hanging in
a tower of a boathouse here.
Police said Van de Mark had
strangled himself with a dog collar
noose, but they were unable to de
termine the cause of his act.
Van de Mark was employed at
the boathouse. In his room below
the death chamber were found
many articles of women’s cloth
ing. He left the Whittier force
in 1929.
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“FIGHTING BOB
WON FEATURE RACE
WASHINGTON PARK
j CHICAGO, June 29, —“Fighting
J Bob,” two-year old son of “Boot
| to Boot,” outclassed his field to
■ win the fourth and featured event
j at the Washington Park course by
| four lentghs,
“Double-Nugget” beat “Little
I Joyce” for second place. “Fighting
Bob” overtook “Double Nugget” at
the half-pole and ran off into a
long lead.
Showing a decided liking for the
muddy course, the winner drew
away from the contenders with
each stride and was under the
wire with slight restraint.
OF FEDERAL JUDGES
j HARRISBURG, Pa., May 29, —
| A non-partisan demand, by Gov.
I Gifford Pinchot, Republican, and
the State Democratic chairman
that jurists in Pennsylvania courts
resign their positions because their
names appeared on J. P. Morgan’s
‘'‘preferred list” stock purchasers,
rocked Pennsylvania.
The Governor called on Justices
William I. Schaffer and John W.
Kephart to resign from the State
Supreme Court, declaring that he
‘‘would remove them at once” had
he the power.
PROMISES ARRESTS
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 29, —
Promising additional arresst if ‘ op
tion betting continues” at the San
Diego Kennel Club’s dog races, Dis
trict Attorney Tom Whelan order
ed 60 dogs impounded as evidence
in connection with the arrests of
19 men on book-making and gam
bling charges.