Hard Times Masquerade Ball, New Year’s Eve
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXV1I1. NUMBER 321.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MU EMBASSY
I PARIS IS CLOSED
GUARDED FROM IBS
PARIS, Dec. 14, —Overthrow ol
the Herriot government was pre
dicted for today because of strong
anti-payment sentiment againsl
payment of Thursday war debt in
stalment to the United States.
Premier Edouard Herriot, speak
ing from the rostrum in the Cham
ber of Deputies yesterday after
noon, made his second fervent and
“Have we forgotten Americas atti
tude in the war? Did not America
dramatic plea for payment, saying:
swing the scales of victory in our
favor?”
Great mobs roamed the city yes
terday and, at times, marching in
protest to payment, clashed with
police. Trafic was held up and in
,one instance a group of 1.000.000
were placed under arrest. A strong
guard has been placed about the
American Embassy and the Cham
ber of Deputies.
It was reported a committee of
deputies had drafted a resolution
to default the U. S. payment re
gardless of consequences.
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KIDNAPPING PLOT
COLDWATER. Mich., Dec. 14.—
Arrest of a 17-year-old Coldwater
High School youth disclosed that
for a month state and federal de
tectives have been investigating a
threat to kidnap Mrs. Wilbur M.
Brucker, wife of Michigan’s Gover
nor. The boy held is Richard
Oldren.
According to the police, Oldren
confessed writing a letter to the
Governor saying: “We must have
$10,000 or your wife will be kidnap
ped and held for ransom.”
The boy also confessed to sending
extortion letters to two other Mich
igan residents- In each case, po
lice and postal officials believe,
he was actuated only by a romantic
imagination. He is not suspected
of plotting any actual harm to the
recipients of the notes.
II. OF CiU, SETTLES
BERKELEY, Dec. 14,—The Uni
versity of California football squad
settled down to intensive drill to
be prepared for their final game
of the 1932 season Saturday against
the squad from Georgia Tech.
It will be the 12th game of the ;
season for the “Golden Bears”, i
Coach Bill Ingrim anticipates a j
wide open game and plans to
strengthen the forward wall of
the Bears during the week.
The visitors are expected to ar->
rive in San Francisco today.
AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 14.—Humane j
society workers came to the rescue i
of a olack spider that has been j
waging a futile battle to stop time
in its glass-enclosed prison of a
family alarm clock.
Ending the third week of its des
perate struggle against the ma
chine age by attempting to bind to
gether the hands of the clock with
its silken web, the spider is to be
take into the biological laboratory i
at Akron University for one week,
in the interest of science. The fi- i
nal results are awaited with inter-1
est. |
12,000 TO WORK
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 14.—Woi
on new model production by
number of Michigan automobi
plants has resulted in the recallin
of approximately 12,000 worker
Some of these have already begu
work, while many others will re
port during the coming weeek.
ATHLETES 1*0
NEW YORK, Dec. 14,—A list c
I 10 men and women athletes sut
i mitted to the committee awardin
j the James Sullivan mem or i a
; medal for 1932 from an origin*
j field of 150 are:
James A. Bausch, Kansas Cit;
A. C.. Olympic Decathlon chain
| pion; Lieut. George C. Calana, l
S. Navy. Fencing champion; Wil
liam A. Carr, University of Penn
Olympic Javelin and Hurdle
j champion: Ralph Hill, Olympi
Club, S. F„ second in the Olympi
i 5000 meter championship; Ralp
: Metcalfe. Marquette University, S
; Paul, Minn., American 100 and 20
: meter champion; Helen Will
| Moody, University of Calif., Berke
j ley, Women’s Tennis champion
: Leo Sexton, N. Y. A. C., Olympi
Shotput champion; Jack She;
! Lake Placid, Olympic Speed Skat
i ing champion and William Barr
i Wood, former Harvard Universit
j football and star quarterback.
CONDITION UNCHANGED
i NEW YORK. Dec. 14.—The condi
' tion of Charles Bramwell Boot!
only son of General and Mrs. Bram
; well Booth, leaders of the Volun
! teer.s of America, was described a
' unchanged at a New York hospita
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TAKES STEP PROTECT
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 13.—Bro
to a final realization that the Em
pire Conference held at Ottawa ;
; year ago, will have a serious effec
| on Argentine exports to Grea
Britain, important steps are nov
being taken here to protect com
merce and labor.
At the time of the Ottawa con
ference, opinion was almost unani
mous here that nothing detrimen
tal to Argentina would be enterec
into by England.
ARCHERS GET DEER PRESERVI
BLANEY, Mich., Dec. 14. (/Pj
Modern Robin Hoods have a 6,000
acre forest preserve set aside foi
their exclusive use here, where thej
can hunt deer with the bow anc
arrow. Huntsmen with guns an
not. permitted to roam the range.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14—Tong
leaders have turned their differ
ences over to the Chinese Peace
Society for arbitration and have
given assurance that there will be
no war, Inspector John Manion,
head of the Chinatown Detail an
nounced, on his arrival here from
New York with Lu Mong June, ac
cused of the murder of Wong Woe
Lip.
A dispute over Lip’s death in
demnity is the cause of the pres
ent trouble.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14,—Mrs. W
A. Broussiard was killed on a nea'r
by highway when her car was lifted
up by a sudden gust of wind, push
ed thru a fence and' over a cliff.
Mrs. Broussiard was the wife of a
well known California landscape
artist.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
IS EIGER SEEKER
S.
n
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec- 14,—Pres
ident-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt’
friendliness and conversational fa
cility often present a problem t<
Guernsey T. Cross, James Mahone;
and others of his secretarial stafl
Frequently, the secretaries fin<
themselves with an outer office o
visitors on their hands and Mr
Roosevelt talking 20 minutes witl
1 an individual alloted five.
The President-Elect is an cage
| seeker of information and, if th
casual visitor is well acquainte<
with some one subject that has in
j trigued Mr. Roosevelt’s fancy bu
which he has been uable to pur
sue, that visitor will likely remaii
much longer than the secretaries
intend.
There is no formality about i
s j visit with Mr. Roosevelt. If hi:
c hours at the state capital ar<
c crowded, he likely will invite th<
^ caller to have dinner at the man
- sion, or drop in after dinner or sec
g f him at breakfast.
s I Once or twice a week, the Ex
_ ecutive Mansion household attend
. the movies in an improvised thea
c ter on an upper floor of the ole
house.
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Mr. Roosevelt and his guest.
y lv'ay have important matters tc
y discuss; there may be appeals tc
save men from the electric chan
to be decided before the next day:
or there may be impending impor
tant conferences with party lead
' ers or legislators—but all these an
pushed aside for the session at the
movies.
s' The Roosevelts and their guests
j occupy the front seats in the the
" j ater- and the servants and othei
attendants sit behind them.
The show over. Mr. Roosevelt
goes back to his tasks, and all
I other subjects are sidetracked foi
the business at hand.
HUNDREDS DEPORTED
t | HALIFAX, N. S. Dec. 13,—Hun
-1 dreds of aliens including several
i j Communists, rounded up from all
t J parts of Canada, were deported bj
t ] the Government on several liners
JI sailing for Europe.
ALBANY, N. J., Dec. 14, —Two
large barges, estimated to be valued
at $30,000 each, with 100.000 gallons
of alcohol on board, were seized
yesterday by prohibition agents.
The cargo was undoubtedly for
the holiday trade. The tugboat
Evelyn, valued at about $50,000,
which was towing the barges, was
also seized.
Agents said that the alcohol had
been discharged from the Belgium
“mothership” lying about 20 miles
off shore.
SAME PROTECTION
PARIS, Dec. 14,—French wines
will be admitted to the United
States with the same legal protec
tion accorded American wine's, as
soon as legalization is given, the
committee on laws and arbitration
of the American Chamber of Com
merce in France, said yesterday.
DENVER, Colo., Dec., 14, —Sugar
beet growers will receive checks ■
jm Thursday for their November
crops, totaling $1,423,580 making a 1
total of $11,392,956 for the entire
season.
The Wyoming sugar beet crop
totaled $1,982,000; Nebraska $8,
330.000 and Montana $1,801,000. 1
SOUTH WHIPPED NORTH
BALTIMORE, Dec. 13,—South
I defeaied North, 7 to 6, in the first
I J annual North-South game here.
BUSINESS IMPROVES
5 NEW YORK, Dec. 14, —Brad
. street reported building permits
) j for November totalled 29,301.000 as
; against 26,000,000 for the same
.; period last year.
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f JUDGE KILLED
. j PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 14,—Judge
i Edward Flannigan of Van Horn,
Tex., was instantly killed here yes
; terday when he was pinned be
? neath an overturned car.
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BIG VESSEL CHARTERED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14,—It is
• reported that a seven-deck British
I vessel has been chartered for
> coastwise service on the Pacific
seaboard. Details are lacking.
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PORTFOLIO RUMOR
II WASHINGTON, Dec. 14,—Sena
! tor Hiram Johnson was unofficial
ly mentioned yesterday as being
! offered the portfolio of Secretary
I of the Interior in the Roosevelt
Cabinet.
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PERSONAL FIGHT?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, —The
. year old feeling of animosity
| held by Representative McFadden
( of Pennsylvania for President Hoo
. ver burst into flame again when
the solon attempted to impeach the
President on charges of high crime
and misdemeanor. The astounded
Congressmen voted down the bill
’! almost unanimously.
DETAILS SENT STAGG
STOCKTON, Calif., Dec. 14,—De
tails, as was asked by Football
Coach Alonzo Stagg of Chicago,
have been sent by the College of
Pacific, where Stagg may accept a
position. The alumni and civic
bodies are cooperating with the
college in acquiring the services of
the famous coach.
TODAY IS THE DAY
SACRAMENTO. Dec. 14, —Two
hundred diplomas will be given to
prisoners today by Gov. James j
Rolfe, Jr., all violators of the
j Wright liquor act which was wiped
off the statute books today. The
diplomas are Executive pardons
and the Governor said the 200
should have them framed.
ESCORTED TO BORDER
DOORN, Holland, Dec. 14,—The 1
men alleged to have planned to as- j
sassinate former Kaiser, were es-!
corted to the Holland border yes
terday and turned over to German
authorities.
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ARREST EXHIBITOR
PORTLAND, Dec. 14,—The Board
i Moving Picture supervisors are
: seeking the arrest of a local mov- I
I in§' picture house manager who ex
1 hibited a picture of “Fatty” Arbuc
| kle after being warned not to do so.
A State law prohibits showing pic
tures of anyone convicted of a
; crime which Arbuckle was many
I years ago. 1
FIGHT INDICATED
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, —A hot
fight is indicated over whether or
not major league baseball games
will be broadcast riext season. Na
tional and American League offi- ■
cials are not in harmony on the j
subject and it is thought it will be !
hotly argued here this week.
POCKET BILLIARDS
NEW YORK, Dec. 14,—Four play- j
ers were tied for first place as the
world’s pocket billiard champion
ship swung into the second week
yesterday. The leaders are Ralph j
Greenleaf, New York, defending!
champion, James Caras, of Wil
mington, Del., Pasquales Natalie,
of Chicago, and Erwin Rudolph, of
Cleveland.
THE “BIRD” WOMAN
LONDON, Dec. 14,—Amy Molli
j son, queen of British aviatrixes
j was winging her way over the coas
! of West French Africa late yester
day, according to advices receivec
; here. The aviatrix is attempting
j to lower her record between Cap<
i Town and London.
SEATTLE, Dec. 14, —Premature
winter blasts loosened their grip
somewhat over North America
Wednesday, but rising temperatur
es propably mean more snow, es
pecially thruout the Mid-west anc
Southwest portion of the contin
ent.
In California a heavy frost out
I side of Los Angeles astonished res
idents while another snow fall set
1 tied over Imperial Valley for tht
second time in history. Abatemenl
j of storms in Northern Arizona brol
relief to the Indian population
The San Francisco Bay region reg
istered a maximum of 46 degree*
above and a minimum of 32.
The mercury dropped to 24 belov
. zero in parts of Nebraska; about
| three above in Chicago; fair but
; colder in Idaho, Nevada, Washing
ton and Oregon. Thruout the Rockj
Mountains and Oklahoma, mildei
temperatures were forecast. Six in
ches of snow still remain in Chi
cago after a week of blizzard-like
weather.
Additional snow was predicted
for Kansas City today. Wheat crops
thruout this area have sustained
considerable damage.
OAKLAND, Dec. 13,—A1 K. Scar
borough, a non-Union taxi driver,
drove his executioners to the spot
they had selected for his slaying,
police said last night.
They held Raymond Drake, also
known as O'Hara, for questioning.
Scarborough was shot to death at
an isolated street in the city. He
was to have been the principal wit
ness at the trial of Drake on charg
es that he and two accomplices
beat Scarborough and drove his
cab into Lake Merritt.
FIFTEEN CASES COLD
CHERBOURG, France, Dec. 13,—
The first big shipment of French
gold to the United States since the
flow of this metal started to France
last year, is aboard a westbound
liner.
It consisted of 15 cases valued
at $3,000,000, consigned by French
banks to American banks. It was
made. possible by the increased
value of the dollar, which makes it
profitable to use geld for dollar
transactions.
* BUSY ATHLETES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14,—Head
ed by Coach Bill Spaulding, 38 foot
ball players of the U of C., at Los
Angeles, are enroute for Gaines
ville, Fla., where they are to meet
the U. of Florida “Gators” in an
intersectional game next Saturday.
TRADE SHIP POPULAR
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec- 14.—
Ihe Pacific coast trade ship, Point
Ancha, carrying chamber of com
merce representatives of West coast
cities, and exhibitors of products
from California, Oregon and Wash
ington, left yesterday after a three
day visit here. Hundreds of Ja
maicans crowded aboard the ship
die first few hours she was in port.
IdLlERE SPECTSTDR
FLOURISHES REMR
: REEORE COHSRESSMEH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14,—Digni
fied House members dived under
desks or high-tailed it for exits
I yesterday afternoon when a man
identified as Martin Kammerer of
| Pennsylvania, a spectator in the
; gallery, rose up from his seat with
j a revolver clutched in his hand,
! demanding the right to make a 20
; minute speech,
j The demand came during a tire
1 some reading of a treasury report
when a page in the gallery shout
ed: “Look out for the man with a
, gun!” Guards overpowered him
wihtcut resistance and Kammerer
was led away under arrest.
He said: “I only wanted to make
| an address and a fellow needs a
; gun these days to do that”.
It was later reported that two
; sticks of dynamite had been found
.; in his Pennsylvania home: a suffi
; cient quantity to have killed or in
! jured every person in the House,
j had Kammerer chose to have set
;! them off.
LONDON, Dec. 14,—Washington’s
i acceptance of the last British note
on the war debt payment to which
were attached reservations, was
1 hailed as the ending of exchange
of notes on the subject.
Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Eng
land and Italy are expected to meet
the American payment tomorrow
while France’s attitude is still un
known. Italy and France have al
ready arranged for the transfer of
gold but Belgium again notified
Washington they would be unable
to meet their $2,125,000 obligation
Thursday. Washington notified
Belgium she refuses. to postpone
j payment.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 13.—
Efforts to recover $5,000,000, in gold
i from a sunken Russian warship
which has lain in the sea since
| 1719, off the Finnish Archipelago,
! probably will be resumed shortly,
| the Press learned yesterday.
Count Wachmeister of the Swed
: ish Navy, has returned from Fin
land. where he conferred with the
Curator of the Helsingfors Museum
concerning location of the sunken
vessel.
ILLEGAL SPEECH
MADRAS, India, Dec. 13, —Mrs.
Margaret Cousins, an Irish woman
who recently returned from a lec
ture tour of the United States, was
sentenced to a year’s imprisonment
charged with illegal speech mak
ing. She had worked for India in
dependence for 17 years.
CHICAGO. Dec. 13.—The depres
sion has driven “Al” Capone’s old
beer syndicate out of business, it
was learned.
When Capone was king of the
old gang, it made $16,000,000 a
year. The “syndicate's trucks no
longer rumble thru streets here
The combine, broken by prosecu
tion and hard timees and with Ca
pone in prison, found it could not
make both ends meet any longer.
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8 p.m.