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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 272.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
READJUSTMENT IS
ASKED TO ALLEVIATE
FINANCIAL TROUBLES
PRACTICAL FINANCIAL PLAN IS
IMMEDIATE NEED, SAYS
COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26, (/P)—
The Young plan advisory commit
tee at Basil on Wednesday night
called for adjustment of all repar
ations and other war debts in or
der to relieve the troubled situa
tion in world finances.
The committee warned this must
be done immediately if disasters
are to be avoided.
“All 11 of the financial experts
agreed unanimously with the re
port the official advance sum
mary saying that Germany would
be justified in declaring that in
spite of efforts to maintain stabil
ity of her currency she will not be
able, at the end of the year begin
ning July 1931, to transfer the
conditional part of the repara
tions annuities.”
No direct reference was made to
the unconditional reparations an
nuities which the committee had
no power to touch.
The committee recommended in
terested governments get together
and work out a practical financial
agreement in line with their rec
ommendations.
STIMSON APPREHENSIVE
OVER BANDIT 1116
ACTIVITIES OF JAPAN
TOKYO, Dec. 26. UP)—'The Jap
anese reply to the latest diplomatic
communications concerning Chin
Chow will be delivered tomorrow
to the Ambassadors of the United
States, Great Britain and France.:
Secretary of State Stimson, it is
~K vinderstood, frankly expresses ap- j
prehension over the bandit hunting ,
activities.
It Ls understood the statement;
stresses the point that Japan is
making every effort to avoid hos- j
tilities at Chin Chow and still has|
nopes that the lawless elements!
may be removed by some means'
other than force.
TO KEEP HANDS OFF;
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TOKYO, Dec. 26. (/P) — Japanese'
troops widened their drive against*
the Chinese irregulars in Man-1
churia while her new government!
prepared a note to the United
States, England and France which'
asked the three countries named1
to keep their "hands off” the Man- j
ehurian controversey.
United States Ambassador Forbes;
visited with the Japanese Premier|
and the Fremier said that Japan;
must and will continue her drive
in Manchuria until all disorderly '
elements have been driven out of j
the country. The Premier also ex- ;
pressed apprehension over the Chin ;
Chow situation.
PLOT IS DENIED
MOSCOW, Dec. 26. </P)—'This city
was excited over an alleged plot
wherein it was planned to kill
the Japanese Ambassador. Officials
denied that according to their
knowledge no such plot had been
planned.
SWOLLEN BANK ACCOUNTS ARE
EXPOSED THROUGH AN
INVESTIGATION
NEW YORK, Dec., 26, (/P)-With a
brusque gesture, former Judge
Samuel Seabury has draped about
the shoulders of Governor Roose
velt and the District Attorney of
New York direct responsibility for
the removal and criminal prosecu
tion of some of the powerful Tam
many Hall politicians whose swol
len bank accounts have been ex
posed by the Hofstadter Legislative
Committee’s investigation.
The action of the counsel for the
legislative committee came as a
surprise. It took the form of an
announcement that a transcript of
the testimony brought out at the
public hearings would be forwarded
to proper authorities in the case
of Sheriff Thomas Farley of Man
hattan, whose wonderful tin box
yielded him $360,000 in seven years;
City Clerk Michael Cruise, who de
cleared hi3 life wras crystal clear
when he told of banking $142,800
in the last seven years on a total
salary of $63,000; Sheriff James
McQuade, of Brooklyn, who ex
plained that his bank deposits of
more than $500,000 represented
money he had borrowed to fill the
mouths of 34 starving McQuades;
Democratic leader John Theorfel, of
Queens; and many others brought
to light by the Hofstadter Com
mittee.
I
ION OF CHURCHES !
DESIRED If POPE IN
US ENCMl
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VATICAN CITY, Dec. 2G. (ip)—A
call for union between Protestants
and Catholics of the world was is
sued by the Pope in an encyclical
entitled “Lux Veritatis” meaning
light of truth.
It was dated Christmas and com
memorates the 1500th anniversary
of the Council of Ephesus which
condemned the doctrines of Nes
torius, the patriarch of Constanti
nople in inviting different church
es to return to the fold of Home.
The Pope cited history to show
that the Catholic church always
had been the central authority and
it can be recalled that after the
bitter controversey of Ehpesus “in
that most grave extremity” the
entire Christian hierarchy recog
nized the supreme authority of the
Bishop of Rome.
AMERICAN CAPTURED
FUNCHOW, China, Dec. 26. (&)—
An American missionary stationed
at this place is said to have been
captured by a man in uniform.
OUTFITS IN CACHE CHEEK DIS- j
TRICT REPORTED HAD
VARIED SUCCESS
Eleven outfits operated on Cache ;
creek and tributaries during the
past summer, most of which
emerged in the profit column, ac
cording to Albert Murray, who
with Charlie Harper, is in Seward
enroute to California to spend aj
vacation.
Messrs. Murray and Harper are
operating the Jim Murray holdings
under lease. The property consists
of 12 miles of side pay on Cache
creek and Nugget creek, where Jim
Murray operated for a number of
years before the dredge passed be
yond the mouth of Nugget, per-,
mitting him to work the lower;
end of the creek. It was near this;
point on Cache that Charlie and
Albert took a cleanup of such di
mensions to justify Albert’s fath- j
er, Jim Murray, to cut the royalty j
$1,000 as his part of the expense
of moving the hydraulic outfit.
Speaking of the season's oper
ations, the lessees said: “It was en
tirely satisfactory.”
It is known that in several suc
cessive seasons before retiring from
a fortune, Jim Murray took from
$20,000 to $25,000 annually from
the ground. Subsequent operations
showed the pay streak to be still
in evidence and that Harper and
Murray, lessees, are hi the money.
Among other successful opera
tors is Matt Hamburger and Mike
Trapke who are leasing on Dollar
creek. It is reported that they av
eraged something like $16 per day
per man.
Five young men leasing on Falls
creek failed to get into the money,
while carrying a load of 25 per
cent royalty.
Other successful operators on
Cache and tributaries are:
Joe Krummanaker on Chechako;
creek with hydraulic.
Al Wolfe, operating hydraulic on;
Thunder creek.
Toska, operating hydraulic on
Cache.
Hans Ericson, hydraulic, Cache.
Ole Dahl, hydraulic on Nugget.
Fred Diesel on Cache. Reiiy and
Hammersley on Alice Gulch.
George Anderson on Nugget.
All outfits had varying success
but the Falls creek outfit, who met
the experience of many others in
the spotted ground on that creek,
which has not paid anything of
consequence for several seasons.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE
REACH AGREEMENT
PARIS, Dec. 26. (JP)—With France
and Great Britain in a tentative
agreement, an exchange of views
is taking place among the govern
ments signatory to the Young plan
relative to the international repa
rations conference at The Hague
on January 18.
France is awaiting the reaction
of other countries which is expect
ed to be favorable, before further
announcement.
SEATTLE TRAFFIC DEATHS
SEATTLE, Dec., 26, (jP)—The pre
sent year’s traffic deaths reached
92 with the deaths of J. H. Temple
ton, prominent attorney and!
grandson of Ira Meeker, and Mrs.!
Robert Norrie, both of whom were!
struck by automobiles.
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PEPPER' MARTIN
SINGLED OUT AS
CARDINAL BASEMAN GIVEN A|
CLEAR MAJORITY OVER
ALL CANDIDATES
NEW YORK, Dec., 26, (/P)—1To
John “Pepper” Martin belongs the;
distinction of turning in the out-j
standing individual achievement in j
sports for the year of 1931, accord- j
ing to an overwhelming opinion by
American sports writers and edi- j
tors. I
Pepper Martin was singled out as i
individual star by 68 out of a total
of 112 exports. This is slightly
more than 50 per cent which gives
him a clear majority over all other
candidates combined. Helene Mad
ison of Seattle was placed sixth in
the list with three supporting her.
Ahead of Helene Madison in the
athletic acliievement list were1
Francis Ouimet, National Amateur!
golf champion, 11 votes; Ellsworth
Vines, tennis champion, 10 votes;
Lefty Grove, six votes; Billy Burke,
National Open golf champion with
four votes.
FOUR ARRESTED IN j
MISSOURI CONNECTION
DECENT KIDNAPPING
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26. {/P>—
Four of nine persons alleged to
have been connected with the kid
napping of Mrs. Nell Donnelly,
wealthy head of a Missouri dress
manufacturing company, who was
kidnapped recently along with her
Negro chauffeur and held for $75,
000 ransom, but who were both sub
sequently released, have been ar
rested.
Mrs. Ethel DepewT, said to be at
the head of the plot to kidnap Mrs.
Donnelly, was arrested in Blooms
burg, Pa. Mrs. Depew was a for
mer nurse of Mrs. Donnelly. Mrs.
Depew’s husband if also being
sought in Eastern Canada. Two
others have been arrested in Kan
sas City.
Mrs. Depew and her husband
made a hasty departure from Kan
sas City immediately following the
release of Mrs. Donnelly, and this,
together with her previous connec
tion as a nurse for the Donnellys,
threw suspicion on them.
INVESTIGATE SALESMAN
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. (fP)—A stock
salesman, who “worked” wealthy
and socially prominent prospects on
behalf of Town Topics, so-called so
ciety journal, carried cards which
were supposed to furnish interest
ing insight into the private lives of
those visited, Paul McCauley, assist
ant Attorney General, declared. The
Attorney General’s office is investi
gating the methods used by stock
salesmen.
HISTORIC TUG 1ST
ROOSEVELT WAS IN
DISTRESS. STORM
USED BY PERRY ON NORTH
POLE EXPEDITION SOME
YEARS AGO
SEATTLE, Dec., 26, (/P)—The his
toric tug Roosevelt, used by Ad -
miral Perry on the expedition
when he discovered the North Pole
apparently is in dire distress with
11 men aboard. Last word from
the Roosevelt was “For God’s sake
hurry.”
The message was heard last
Wednesday night and it is feared
that the tug may be lost on the
storm-tossed seas of southern Van -
couver Island. Coast Guard cut
ters are patrolling the waters but
have not found the Roosevelt; it
became severed from the sailing
schooner Commodore, which the
Roosevelt was towing to Seattle.
The Commodore, winner of the
sailing race from Honolulu to Pu
get Sound became severed from
the Roosevelt tw'ice but they wTere
unable to get a line aboard the
third time.
The Roosevelt, previous to the
last word from her, reported she
“was flooded and not a chance for
us.”
The Commodore ran up its sails
and stood out at sea and thus
avoided the storm which the tug
encountered. When last heard the
Commodore was safe at a place 38
miles off the coast of British Col
umbia. #
VESSEL STILL MISSING
PORT ANGELES, Wash., Dec., 26,
(.S3)—The tug Roosevelt escaped the
fury of the storm and reached
shelter at Neah Bay safely. No fur
ther word has been received from
the Commodore. Several boats are
searching for her.
TWO MED HOLDUP DRUG
STORE IH SEATTLE: ONE
WOUNDED, DYING LATER
SEATTLE, Dec., 26, (/P)—One of
the two men 'who held up a drug
store here Wednesday night was
killed after he had ordered Mrs.
Elmer J. Knauss away from the
store’s cash register and when
Knauss, who was in the back of
the store, began firing at the rob
bers at they left with $100.
The robber was wounded low in
the body but he staggered after
his companion to a car outside.
The car was wrecked a short dis
tance from the store and the sec
ond robber took the money and
left the wounded one in the car
where he was found. The wounded
robber was rushed to a hospital
at once but died on the way there.
ADVANCE HALTED
MUKDEN, Dec. 26. (/P)—The Jap
anese advance on Chin Chow ap
peared to have been halted once
more. Various sources said most
of the detachments of the army of
occupation which were driving to
wards that city in a campaign
against Chinese irregulars have
been withdrawn to the south rail
way zone. Thus, a major conflict
is averted for the present.
. Basketball-High School vs. City Monday