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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 45. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PERCY C. CHARLES
ELECTED PRESIDENT
T. W. HAWKINS ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT OF PIONEERS
OF ALASKA
JUNEAU, March 2, (£>)—'The
Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of
Alaska elected Percy.. G. Charles
of Ketchikan as Grand President,
succeeding Cal M. Brosius of
Seward
George McQuarrie of Fair
banks, and T. W. Hawkins of
Seward were elected first and
second vice presidents.
George Love of Valdez was
reelected secretary.
John Reck of Juneau, treasur
er.
Dr. W. H. Chase of Cordova,
■an.
_iev C. E. Rice of Juneau,
»n.
A. Groves of Fairbanks,
nt-at-Arms.
* Grand Igloo will meet in
nks on March 22, 1932.
Pioneers passed a resolu
r calling for an organization
>;is and daughters, of white
'ntage, born in Alaska, and
,• 16 years of age.
1 NEWSPAPER DEN.
MS PM, NEW YORK
NEW YORK, March 2, (/P)—
The 48 page New York World
Telegram appeared, as the re
sult of a consolidation as the re
sult of a consolidation of the
evening, morning and Sunday
World's which was sold by the
brothers. Ralph and Joseph, Jr ,
and Herbert Pulitzer to the
Scripps Howard Syndicate.
The purchase price is estimat
ed at $5,000,000 the biggest news
paper transaction todate.
GENERAL WEATHER
FORECAST FOB MARCH
4th to 7th—Mild and pleasant
period, especially in the south;
the month beginning in the pro
verbial lamb-like manner, oply
Jocal storms on the 7th.
8th to 11th—Mild storm per
iod, accompanied by high winds.
11th to 14th—Much warmer
and showers or rains on the 14.
15th to 18th — Soliterraneous
storm period with furious winds
in the far north and west.
18th to 21st—Milder but still
unsettled.
22nd to 25 th—General “Line
Storm” period, and characterized
by the sudden changes which are
so productive of dangerous bod
ily ailments
25th to 28th—Much coldeT, but
generally fair.
28th to 31st—Fair except at the
close of the month when heavy)
storms will set in.
Precipitation below normal and
temperature above.
The state minerologist estimat
ed California’s output for 1930
to have been $347,797,000.
FIRST HOMESTEADER
JjUNEAU, Mar., 2, (TP)—'Tom j
Knudson, who died Friday and
whose funeral will be held Wed
nesday, is believed to be the first
man to have homesteaded in Alas
ka on what is now known as the
Glacier Highway near here.
ITALY AGREES TO
NAVAL LIMITATION
OF LONDON HOTY
UNITED STATES AND JAPAN BE
ASKED TO CONCUR
NEW LIMITATIONS
I
PARIS, Mar. 2. (TP)—Agreements
on the limitation of naval arma
ments involving the modification of
1 the Loncton treaty were concluded
| by France, Italy and Great Britain.
| The text of the treaty is to be
cabled to Washington and Tokyo
I with the recommendation that they
' be approved.
Foreign Minister Briand approv
ed the proposition brought from
Rome by Arthur Henderson, British
Foreign minister, where Italy had
agreed.
Briand said that the details of
j the treaty would be published in
all countries involved, probably by
Wednesday. The treaty is reported
to involve further reductions than
j those called for in the London ag
| reement and reductions which the
United States and Japan will b?
asked to concur.
SENATE PRESIDENT
I JUNEAU, Mar., 2, (TP)—In the
Senate caucus, Luther Hess of
Fairbanks was agreed upon as
president and Judge Arthur W.
Fox of Juneau, as secretary.
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SPPUCITS III
. LIST WEEK'S USES
SEEKI1G VET LOANS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. (&) —
I Striving mightily to meet and
i please all the needy in double quick
! time while protecting the treasury
' from undue strain the Veterans’
j Bureau officials settled down to
j meet the crest of the wave of loan
; seeking veterans.
They looked for the peak this
week. The number of applicants is
dwarfing the lines which formed
Friday and Saturday. .*
Officials are as yet unable to
measure the demand for money but
they figure that the minimum will
run to $250,000,000 and the maxi
mum to about $1,000,700,000 which
they hoped to avoid.
“CHOICE LIQUOR” RING
NEW YORK, Mar. 2. (Jp) —A gi
gantic bootlegging ring, handling
only choice prescription liquors for
connoisseurs, tottered on the brink
of destruction, as 100 department
of justice agents, under the super
vision of Horace J. Simmons, chief
agent, set out to arrest 1,000 physi
cians and dentists and 500 drug
gists, who have conspired with the
syndicate to divert bonded liquor
into bootleg channels.
TEN TN0USMI9
VETS ME EXPECTED
TO BORROW MONET
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WASHINGTON, March 2, (/P)—
Ten thousand war ; veterans thru
| out the United States are expect
ed to borrow $3,000,000 today
against their adjusted compen
sation certificates.
H. W. Brening, chief finance
officer, estimates' this week the
rate of the loans will increase
to $25,000 daily And continue at
that rate through this month,
then drop to $500 daily.
Brening estimated more than
$400,000 was borrowed after the
passage of the bill Friday, over
i the veto of President Hoover.
THE "RED LIUC"
ADMITTED INTIMACY WITH
I ARTIST-HUSBAND OF
MURDERED WOMAN
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 2, </P)
—Lila Jimerson, the Indian wom
an who has been tried twice for
the murder of Clotilde Marchand,
a year ago, was acquitted by a
Supreme court jury.
The verdict was brought in af
i ter the jury had been locked up
J overnight. *
The State contended that the
woman who was knowm as the
“Red Lilac” in the Cayuga tribe.
| instigated the murder of Mrs.
I Marchand so as to be more free
| to carry on an admitted intimacy
! with Henry Marchand, the artist
i husband.
The defense contended that
Lila knew nothing of the crime
but that others had motives,
equally as strong, desiring the
death of Mrs. Marchand.
WHISTLE BRINGS SHOT
VIAREGGIO, Italy, Mar., 2, (/P)
—Gino Benedetti, 23, liked to
whistle and imitated the song
of birds so well that he was shot
twice by Matrigali di Leonida as
the latter was hunting. The
whistler went to a hospital and
the hunter to jail.
NEW PROVISIONAL
LIMA, Mar. 2. (/P)—Ricardo Le
oncio, chief justice of the supreme
court, was chosen provisional pre
sident of Peru after the resigna
tion of Luis M. Sanchez Cerro.
The resignation was forced by
the navy which held up troop ships
sent to attack the rebels and the
resignation climaxed several weeks
of revolt of several military garri
sons which disapproved of his me
thods of conducting the junta est
ablished by another revolution of
last August.
A pueblo containing 500 rooms
is now included in the Aztec
ruins national monument in New
Mexico.
DRY SPELL NEARS RECORD
PENDELTON, Ore., Mar., 2, (/P)
—National foresters estimate by
tree rings that the present dry
spell in eastern Oregon, now 13
years in length, is the longest
since 1848 and equals all such
cycles except one in the last 300
years.
REDUCED CITY SPENDING RE
FLECTS LOWER FARM
PRODUCE PRICES
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. (A*) —
The business horizon is clearing,
finds Julius H. Barnes. Things are
getting better and signs are op
timistic. Such is the report of the
chairman of President Hoover’s
| national business surv'ey conference
i for the midwinter season not only
! in the United States but abroad
I as well the clouds of depression are
| seen to be pushed back by the light
; of confidence and energy.
Bright spots he reported were,
| “the recurring demonstration in in
dustry is generally attained after
the adjustment of stock production
and marketing in which even a
moderate expansion in demand will
have immediate results. Evidence of
this is seen in the reduced city
spending which reflects into lower
farm prices for products in which
there is no apparent depressing
surplus such as in most dairy pro
j ducts is a clear indication. The voi
! ume of savings in various forms is
\ large and is still mounting.”
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REPUL OF m 11
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
BEFORE LEOISUITURE
| JUNEAU, Mar., 2, (/P)—The Al
! aska Legislature convenes today
with every member present.
Economy will be the watchword;
this is indicated by the various
members who are satisfied that
the revenues are sufficient to care
for all the necessities.
It is believed there is no disposi
tion to increase existing schedules
of taxation.
The important measure restor
ing the commissioner of education
to an appointive basis, repeal of
the dry law and the direct primary
law, are items to be taken up.
Frank Foster of Cordova will
likely be speaker of the House and
Lawrence Kerr, chief clerk.
15 FAILED TO QUALIFY
WASHINGTON, Mar-, 2, (£>)—
One of the 15 survivors of the bat
tleship “Maine” disaster, has fail
ed to qualify for a Spanish-Ameri
can War Pension. John Biffron,
of Brooklyn, served only 53 days
and not the 90 required by law.
IDAHO BILL PASSED
BOISE, Mar., 2, (JP)—The Idaho
senate passed a bill modifying the
Idaho prohibition law to permit
physicians the issuing of prescrip
tions for liquor. The vote was 23
to 20.
ALASKA DELEGATE
STILL CKIN6
AS LEAVES OFFICE
WITH ALMOST LAST GASP
ANOTHER BROADSIDE IS
HURLED, LOMENS
WASHINGTON, March 2, (/P)—
The Alaska delegate charged, be
fore Secretary Wilbur’s reindeer
committee, that the setting aside
of Nunivak Island and adjacent
islands by the Biological Survey
as wild life reservations, gav<#
the Lomen Reindeer Corporation
a monopoly
The delegate declared the Lo
men company extorted the nat
ives through a trading station
while, the government kept other
traders from operating on the
islands.
Paul Redington, chief of the
! Biological Survey, appeared be
I fore the committee which is
I seeking a way to end the dis
j putes between the Indian, Es
kimo and white herd owners.
Redington declared that breed
ing experiments are being con
ducted on the islands and when
these end, the bureau will pro
bably have no reason to prohibit
the establishment of additional
trading stations.
DROUTH UNCOVERS
ANCIENT 11101 CANOE
PANA, 111., Mar. 2, (JP)—'The
Kashkashia river, at its lowest
level in many years as a result
of drought, has given up an an
cient Indian canoe, made from
the trunk of a tree.
Thirty feet long and two feet
wide, it was found protruding
from the river bed by a trapper.
In the bottom of the canoe
were found two holes such as
customarily were made by In
dians to sink their craft and pre
vent other tribes from using
them.
RECIND DECISION
SAN DIEGO, Mar. 2. (/P) —Rock
well Field will continue as a base
for army air activities as a result
of an agreement by President Hoo
ver and the War Departments to
recind decision which would have
transferred the local personnel and
equipment to Martin County, near
San Francisco.
TRY THROTTLE GAS WELL
WEWOKA, Oklahoma, Mar. 2. (/P>
—With flames roaring over their
heads and which are hurled high
into the air under pressure of 80,
000,000 cubic feet of gas per day,
workers of the Deep Rock Oil
Corporation are setting about the
hazardous task of throttling a gas
well, burning a mile from the city
limits.
EXCLUSIVE CLUBS RAIDED
PHILADELPHIA, Mar., 2, (/P)—
Police raided the old exclusive
‘Blue Stocking’ Philadelphia club
a$nd reported they had obtained
200 bottles of liquor. Wealthy
manufacturers club was similarly
raided and 255 bottles of choice
wines and other liquors were con
fiscated.