TODAY’S WEATHER
Seward 32 above, Tunnel 10.
above, Anchorage 8 above, Curry
, 10 above. Broad Pass 4 below, Hea
ly 3 below, Nenana 4 above, Fair
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SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
* ARGUMENTS MADE;
1 IN FAVORMORE
! LEVEL WAGES
' WASHINGTON, D. C., OCt. 19, —
. Action to limit high salaries of big
business leaders was privately
forecast in official cifcles Wednes
day after the Federal trade corn*
mission announced it had request
ed 2,000 companies to furbish dat&
,j on salaries of their executives and
directors.
The Senate resolution is immed
lately concerned gathering facts,
for Congress but what will be done
with the data remains for Con
gress to decide. There has been
demands from' some meinbers for
redistribution of wealth. So fafi as
the President is concerned, he is
! inclined to go in this direction
kbut he has never definitely dls
"jclosed same. 1 -
1 The Senate resolution ordered
: the Federal reserve board tot ob
. tain ^salary, data pf all members
* of banks and reserve systems and
directed the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation tQ repgrt the
salaries paid in banks which have
I borrowed-from it. It instructed the
Federal Power Commission to. learn
about compensation to public
utility officials.. ;
It argued that it would be help
ful if high salaries were spread
among low wage branches, there
by increasing the purchasing pow
er of the people instead of in
creasing investments and specula
tions.
STOCK MARKET
SHOWS DECLINE
AND WEAKNESS
NEW YORK, Oct. 19, —After
dribbling steadily from opening
of the stock market, prices turned
weak in the afternoon and broke
one to seven points to new lows
on the current declines.
Along with profit taking after
yesterday’s upturn went renewed
liquidation due to the decline in
steel and power production for
the week and a fresh upturn in the
dollar later in the day.
There was little evidence of sup
port until U. S. Steel common
^roke to 38 or more . than three
points under Wednesday’s close.
Some buying developed then and
the market turned steadier later
working up from the lows.
The United States-. Treasury’^
fixed price on gold was $30.33.
Copper has declined to»its lowest
level since May. Domestic copper
was quoted at 7 1-2 cents and cx
pc/t\at .0760., Iyead i§ down to 4.10
and bar silver is at'3^ 3-4. The
Canadian dollar closed* at 97 3-16;
pound sterling at $4.59. Wheat was
quoted atr 76 cents and December
cotton rose from $9.21 to $9.35;
Forest Blaze Now '■
Under Control
MONTEREY County, Calif., Oct.
19, —The forest fire raging in
the Redwood stands of the Mon
terey county lumber company
near Santa Cruz, was brought un
der control yesterday, it was an
nounced from the office of Frank
Thompson, district forester at Palo
k - Alto.
The fire had been raging since
the day before and menaced a
number of homes in addition to
destroying valuable lumber.
SALARY SCHEDULE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19, —
The Federal trade commission an
nounced that it was calling up
2,000 corporations for the salary
schedule of its executives and dir
ectors. The commission sent a
questionnaire to corporations list
ed on the New York stock and
curb exchange.
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“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
BOSTON, Oct/ 19l-4TSie Daily
^ecpi&fei Ja^op]higt/t\d story, said
Ainiee Semple McPftefson Hutton
fititeiidedi iof bring suit for divorce
against hjisband David, evange
list. She ts quoted as saying: “My
evangelistic work is too pressing j
and important for me to spend my
time answering ^David’s triviali
ties.” * /
High Finance Deals
’ Emit Bad Odor
>. NEW yORK, Oct, 19, —The stock
holders of the Chase National
Bank bought and sold $90,000,000
of their bank’s stock In the boom
yeats through a coloration which
th$y, pwi^ed entirely, it was re- i
; vealed at. the Senate banking in
. quiry.
j i*he ’• stockholders created the
i Metropolitan Corporation to con
! duct these transactions in bank
j staples. It did a $900,000,000 busi
! ne$s from 1928 to 1932 inclusive.
Force Compliance
Eagle Provisions
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19. — j
President Roosevelt, on Tuesday, ■
: issued a two-edged ■' executive or- i
i der designed to force compliance j
with Blue Eagle provisions contain- :
l ed in the Presidential agreement.
The order called for a fine of
$500 and six months imprisonment
for any persons falsely represent
ing himself operating under the
agreement or displaying the Blue
Eagle insignia while not comply
ing with its provisions. He author
ized General Johnson to prescribe
j further rules.
NEWS FLASHES
NOT YET, SHE SAYS
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19, —Mrs. i
Hazel Chaney, widow of Lon Chan- |
ey, noted character actor, will not j
marry John Jeshet, the late star’s j
makeup artist, at least not imme
! diately. her attorney announced.
SIGNED ON DOTTED LINE
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19, —Elissa
i Landi, English motion picture act
ress who “walked out” of the Fox
| studio several months ago, was
' signed to a term contract by Col
umbia Pictures.
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EVACUATE ISLAND
) * SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, — Ol
; ders for the Army to evacuate Al
i catr^z Island within 90 days to
; permit the Department of Justice
I to use it as America’s Devil Is
land prison ( forj ^ajigster^^and
racketeers.,v^re ^rec^iyed ^ere by
General Matlin 'Craig./ j
WILL use power
Washington, d. c., oct. 19, —
j Secretary of .Interior Ickes moved
to protect the newly erected price
structure, lh j thVoll industry, an
nouncing he would use full powers
beginning November to prevent
inter-state shipment Of oil pro
duced in excess of Federal’allot
ments.
NO BEAR BOUNTY
BANGOR, Maine, Oct. 19, /—The
last legislature declared the bear
to be a game animal and for two
years no bounty will be paid. Al
most as if they knew they were no
longer “outlaws,” the big grizzlies
are again invading Maine woods,
returning from Canada, according
to veteran huntsmen.
j, PRACTICAL GIFT
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 19, —
Charles Edison, president of the
Thomas A. Edison industries and
vice president of the New Jersey
Recovery Board, distributed checks
for $5 to each of his 3,000 em
ployees. The campaign is the sec
ond great step towards “buying
something you need.”
KENAI VALLEY
POTENTIAL SOURCE
■ FOOD SUPPLY
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OPPORTUNITY FOR SETTLERS
ENGAGED DJ AGRICULTUR
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Given road faciiities and en*
couragement: under the buy ’ at
home rule, that portion of the Ke~
nai Valley, embracing Lake Kehai
country extending to seven miles
below Cooper Landing, will become
the source of food supply for a
large pprtion of Southwestern
Alaska. \
Tests with grain show that oats,
wheat and barley may be matured
as far west as Skilak lake, where
H. A. Anderson has matured splen
did crops of wheat, and where he
is just now introducing white leg
horn chickens, from Howard Long’s
big poultry ranch at Longview, at
the head of Kenai lake. Mr. Long
is now running 400 birds, and has
made possible fresh Alaska e^gs at
a price but five cents above* the
outside importations.
Among opportunities awaiting
settlers given to agriculture will be
small bands of sheep. These can
be .ranged on a quarter section
without the necessity of intruding
on the forestry domain.
The entire Kenai lake and val
ley country is similar to the Col
umbia in British Columbia. There
the settlers ranged from 50 to 100
sheep, growing their clover and
timothy for winter feeding, and
using the shedp to browse off the
underbrush; on land being prepar
ed for cropping. Marty families
were able to support themselves
on 50 sheep, what with the sale of
mutton in nearby markets and the
utilization of wool for knitting
socks, sweaters, etc.
Following on the heels of sheep
came dairy cows and butter mak
ing, another source of steady in
come for those waiting for a crop
to mature.
GRAZING PERMITS REFUSED
Recently two settlers from Wy
oming applied for grazing permits
in the vicinity of Skilak lake. They
were refused on the grounds that
it would interfere with big game
hunting. >
Contrarily, the Columbia valley
is one of the best big g£tme sec
tions of Canada. Moose ’range in
the valleys with the cattle and
horses, mountain sheep and goat
range the uplands, along with the
white-tail and black-tail deer and
woodland caribou. Valleys leading
off the main Columbia and Koote
nay are prolific with black and
grizzly bear and mountain lion.
TO protect sheep and other live
! stock a bounty is placed on moun
i tain lion. . •
In addition to big game the
country abounds in fur, including
coyote, on which there is alsb a
bounty.
In the Kenai Valley during the
past summer, a horse1 owned by
Frank Towle, big game guide and
resident of Cooper Landing, was
observed herding with a moose
cow and calf in perfect harmony.
Wherever trees are removed the
red top grass grows with great fe
cundity on a soil heavily enriched
by cottonwood and birch leaf-fail.
There is an abundance of good
timber for building houses, fences
and necessary structures for the
care of livestock. Climatic condi
tions are such that the season of
winter feeding is reduced by at
! least three months.
The greatest obstacle to the con
' version of the upper valley, where
there would be no interference
with game, is the absence of con
necting roads, giving an outlet to
the railroad the year round.
As a summer resort the Kenai
area cannot be surpassed any
where in the nation. The pretty
hemes already established bespeak
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BEGIN INVESTlGilib?/
LOS ANQELES, Oct. 17, —The
cdunty ferand jury! was / ready to 1
begin its investigation • into; the,|
death of Mrs. Raol Roulien, young |
wife °f a South American motion
tJfctdre director, who Was killed by
an aytomobile driven by -^bhri
ttustoh, playwright l and son o£
WaUcr Huston, the actor.; c
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Fabulous Sums
PaiiM Banker
' WASHINGTON, D. C.; Oct. 19, —
Fabulous payments to Albert H.
Wiggtn when he Was chairman of (
the Chase National Bank and his
retirement with a $100,000 annual j
pension, were written on the pub- j
lie record of the Senate stock,
market investigation,
FerdJhahd FecOi*a,£dmnlittee ih
vestigator, showed that during
part of; the time when Wi^gin.was-j
collecting his bonuses of more .than'[
$100,000/in addition to his salary
of around $200,000 a year, the bank
was suffering severe losses.
Oldtime Alaskan
Dies At Seattle
SEATTLE, Oct. 19, —Funeral
services for Robert A. Carroll, 72,
will be held Friday morning in the
Church ;of Immaculate Conception.,
Mr. Carroll,. an oldtime Alaskan,
was stricken at his desk Tuesday
in the office of the Santa Ana'
Steamship Company, of which he
I was, treasurer and office manager, j
I He took part in the Klondike gold 1
rush and later was an egent for
the Alaska Steamship Company at
Nome; later, he was with the White!
Pass-Yukon route. !
Mr. Carroll is survived by the
widow, three nephews and a niece,
all residing in Seattle.
NEWS FLASHES
“STOP-LOSS” PROVISION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19, —
Approval of the NRA retail code
embracing the 10 percent cost
“stop-loss” provision, was asked of
President Roosevelt by the major
retail associations of the nation, i
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EXPECT MARTIAL LAW
; VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 19, —The
official government gazette front
paged an intimation that a declar
ation of martial law was expected
soon. Banner lines read: “Restor
ation of the Death Penalty” but
'the paper indirectly approached
the subject of martial law by
! pointing out that “there is an over
whelming popular demand for V16
restoration of the death penalty.”
CHIEF ARMY ENGINEERS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 19, —
President Roosevelt appointed Col.
Edward M. Markham, 55, as: Chief
of Army Engineers to succeed Maj
or General Lytle Brown whose tour
of duty expired September 30.
NEGRO LYNCHED
PRINCESS ANNE, Maryland, Oct.
19, —tA mob of more than 1,000
men broke into Somerset county
jail last night, dragged Geo. Arm
wood, a negro, accused of as
saulting an aged white woman,
from his cell and lynched him. Af
ter the hanging the body was cut,
down and dragged about the main
streets of the town by the shouting,
cursing crowd.
BLANKETED WITH SNOW
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Oct. 19,—
Southern Alberta is blanketed with
heavy snows; 12 to 18 inches arej
reported from the Crows Nest area.
STATESMAN’S SERVICE HELD
VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 19, —
S Funeral services were held Wed
! nesday for Dr. Inazo Nitobe, Jap
anese statesman, who died Sunday,
i His ashes will be sent to Japan.
GOVERNOR SEEKS
ADMINISTRATION
aidformining
' IjENVEK, C0I9.; Oct''iK -AW
t6 jfl States ahd Alaska in obtain
ing federal ’ recognition; <^f- imppr
tdncd, including metal mining anti
otherprojects, from the National
recovery program of public work},
is sought by Governor Johnson. \
•. He wired the gdvernors of-the 11
States and Alaska to call the ad
ministration’s attention to the val
ue of financing aid to legitimate
mining enterprises from the stand
point of general recovery and em
ployment, ‘
Washington reported that the
public works administration wa&
not favorably inclined toward re
cognition qf . metal mining projects
in the recovery setup.
HAVANA StoW jz&mVQ
HAVANA; Oct. 19; —A bomb did
damage to the San Rafael Street
show windows 6f. thp Woolwortli
store which hqs been closo4 as a
result of a strike. (
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/ CONDITlbN IMPROVES
NORFOLK, Va„ Opt. .19, —The
condition of Rear Admiral Byrd,
confined to his room at the frlontf
icello hotel by an attack of laryn
gitis, was described by Dr, Guy
Shirley, attending physiciatn, as
considerably improved. :o.t
SPEEDY TRAINS
WILL OPERATE
ACROSS BRIDGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, —
High speed aluminum trains run
ning over an elevated road from
a central terminal near Third and
Market streets will operate over
the $72,000,000 San Francisco-Oak
land Bay bridge, according to
plans revealed. ;
The plan contemplates high
speed aluminum alloy articulated
lightweight noise insulated cars
to operate on a third rail double
track line.
The bridge trains will be con
structed for an operating speed up
to 60 miles an hour as compared
to .the 30 miles an hour speed con
templated in the original Hoover
Young commission study of the
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Trouble Mounts
little Chancello,
Disarmament at a glance—DisP
; armament delegates, now on a 10b
day recess at Geneva, designing tp
allow governments plan ways anjl
means to meet the situation growj
ing out of Germany’s withdrawal
and later expression of willingness
to rejoin the conference but n^t
in Geneva. i
Trouble piled high around the
head of little Engelbert Dollfus|,
Austria’s chancellor, when alleged
j Nazi plots against his government
j were aired. ' ■» j'
DISCREDITED RUMORS
BERLIN, Oct. 19, —Discrediting
rumors that Germany was ready
to swing about and re-enter the
League of Nations, Chancellor Hit
ler served notice on the world that
the Reich will participate in no
further negotiations until she is
“treated as an equal.”
LONG DOG TEAM RIDE
THE PAS, Manitoba, Oct. 19, r—
Prom Northern Manitoba to Chi
cago and return by dog team, is
the accomplishment of Harry We
berg and his daughter, Loreen.
They left here five months ago
driving four dogs and a cart. They
returned with only three dogs but
driving the same vehicle in which
they set out for the Century of
Progress Exposition.