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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 578.
REWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EASTERN IDEAS
ON RELIGION IU1
PEACE OF EMPIRE
SPEAKERS OPEN MOUTHS BUT
DIDN’T HAVE MUCH TO
SAY
LONDON, Dec., 18. (/P)—Settle
ment of the troublesome quarrel
between the Moslems and Hindus
which has threatened to sause
r, breakdown of the round-table
conversations of India, was fore
shadowed at the brilliant dinner
riven to all delegates by the
British-Indian Union.
Maharjah Gaetwar Baroda in
dicated a special committee will
:•*_ appointed by Premier Ram
say MacDonald to dispose of the
problem During his speech he
said: “There are bound to be
cifferences of opinion but these
matters will be settled by those
:authority.”
Lord Reading, who presided
at the dinner said: “We are go
ng to arrive at something even
Plough it can only be provision
al at this stage but it must de
velop in such a way as to give
satisfaction to the whole of In
i'. a and England.”
WASHINGTON. Dec.. IS
Senator Howell of Nebraska said
ug planned to call a meeting of
'the Alaska Railroad investigating
committee during the Christmas
r .cess of Congress when they will
start drafting the report.
Senator Howell said he had
been working on a tentative draft
■of the report but did not reveal
its contents pending submission
to other members of the com
mittee.
He said the committee has re
commended to Postmaster Gen
* ral Brown the desirability of
operating airplanes from Fair
tanks to outlying points.
STOPS IN NARROWS
UNO DRIFTS ON REEF
JUNEAU, Dec., 18, (/P)—Due to
r*ad shadows the SS Gueen was
stopped yesteday in Whltestone
Narrows to take it’s bearings, the
■vessel eased onto a reef by the
tide.
It backed off five minutes lat
and proceeded to Juneau. The
survey showed that the hull
had not been damaged and the
inspectors exonerated Captain
Nickerson. Very few aboard knew7
f the experience.
CASTLE SAYED
LONDON Dec, 18, T/P)—Durham
Castle, one of Engl aid’s greatest
historical monuments will be
saved from ruin by a $100,000
appropriation from the Pilgrim
Trust fund, it was officially an
nounced.
BUS SKIDS
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec., 18,
(TP)—Nineteen persons were in
jured, two seriously, when a
street car; 45 were on the bus.
icy street and crashed into a
stree- car; 45 were on the bus.
TO UNITE FORCES
TO URIC ACTIO
REPUBLICANS PLAN TO BRING
DROUGHT RILL BACK TO
HOUSE AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, Dec., 18, (TP)—
Senator John Watson, Republi
can floor leader, rallied to the
defense of President Hoover’s
unemployment and relief pro
gram in the Senate after that
body showed hostility to informal
action.
Senator Watson complained
that there had been a breakdown
in the program of cooperation
which had been promised by the
Democrats and insisted the ad
ministration’s relief program was
adequate and that the unem
ployment situation was being
handled comprehensively in the
pending bills.
Senator
ing to Se
R <bt. La Toilette, replv
nator Watson, challeng
ed the c
ile ten ess of the ad
ministration’s plan,
upon the govern no
rn nt the work of
and states by men
al appropriation.,-;.
LrTgOOQ persons
od in 42 cities.
The Republicans
bring the measure
and called
it to supple
tnuric.ioalir-ies
of add: f ion
He claimed
ow plan to
back to the
loor before the week is out for
passage under the drastic "gag”
rule.
■EliiT SMI
FINALLY SUBS
FROM Oil! Mil
ST. ALBANS, Vermont, Dec.. 18.
(>P)—Frank L. Greene, 60, United
States Senator, soldier and edit
or. died after a hernia operation
last Monday.
His recovery seemed certain
until a gradual decline today. He
had been partially paralyzed
since 1924 when he was struck
by a stray bullet in a gun fight
between bootleggers and prohi
bition agents, at Washington.
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PEACE PLEA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (IP) -
| Declaring “Soviet Union is wholly
j absorbed in its task of building up
its national economy” Boris Skvir
| sky, director of Soviet information
bureau appealed for peace and
friendly relations between Russia
I and the United States. Plea was
delivered before a comittee cf in
vestigators of Cummunist act vities
i in America.
BANKER DIES
CHICAGO, Dec., 18, (/Pj_Al
bert Coit, investment banker, 50
years old, died from a heart at
tack. He was a member of the
firm of Baker Fentress & Co
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ROAD COMMISSION
mw cun
BREAKWATER PLAN
CONSIDERATION BEING GIV
EN TO ROCK QUARRY FOR
FI LUNG MATERIAL
Early action on S e w a r d’s
breakwater seems to be in the
: cards, according to official com
munications that have passed
between Seward and Juneau hav
ing to do with preliminary pre
parations and the source of the
| rock from which the breakwater
fill will be made.
It now develop’s that an ex
tension of the present east and
west “Y” of the Alaska Railroad
leading off from the railroad
shops may be continued west
: across Fourth Avenue at C, St.,
and will run to 2nd Ave., thence
swinging to the north along the
base of M • rat non Mountain, all
on city property and necessitat
ing from 1.000 to 1.500 additional
feet of trackage. From the east
ern end of the "Y" tracks will
be built, it is understood to ex
tend to the water’s edge . after
which it is presumed piling will
i fa driven and the tracks built
out over the water from which
he rock cars will be dumped.
That in a general w.;v, it, is said,
is the plan now under consider
ation by the Alaska Road Com
mission.
Although no othi confirma ■
ti a can be obtai’ it is H ho!
probable, that most of ''the 'work
wil- be handled by '.the Alb ska
.'Railroad! since it already has the
equipment and the men availa
ble for such operations.
In a general way. the program
: calls for a dike to extend out in
j to the bay to the east: ■ about a
'quarter of a mile. The original
appropriation of $45,000 will take
care of this work. A similar sum
j of money will be necessary, it is
understood to take care of the
deepening of the harbor within
the breakwater where small boats
j can anchor.
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Am. Can. —. Ill
Ban Corporation 23-24
Cities . 15%
Cons. Gas ... 82V4
Miilerback . 43$
Durant . 1%
Motors . 34
Goldman 6*4
| Int- Tel. 22%
j Kennecott . . 2214
Lehigh 4*4
| Radio . 13
. Richfield . .... 4%
(Stand. N. J. .. .. 46%
j Carbide 56*4
Steal . 139*4
Union, Cal. 21%
THROUGH WITH OPERA
NEW YORK, Dec 17. f/P) —
j Madame Amelita G-alli Curci. not -
| ed singer, arrived here aboard the
i steamship Mauretania. She an
I nounced that she is through with
j the opera forever, declaring that
concert tour to be more enjoyable
$46,000,000 JOB
CHICAGO, Dec., 18, (£>)—'The
City council passed an ordinance
appropriating $46,000,000 for a
subway to be constructed be
neath State street. Property own
ers along the street have prom
ised to fight the project.
M CHIEF JUMPS
RIGHT 01 It OF
.ME DECISION
DIRECTOR COMMANDS FORCES
CARRY ON UNTIL THE
BITTER END
1 WASHINGTON. Dec., 18, (IP)—
The Department of Justice acted
quickly to block the latest threat
to its prohibition machinery and
i announced it would take “imme
diate appeal” directly to the Su
jpr.me court from the New Jer
seey decision which held that
: the 18th amendment was invalid.
Prohibition Director Woodcock
: telegraphed the command for his
; New Jersey forces “to carry on.”
■ Two brother jurists of Federal
Judge Clrak. author of the deci
sion, refused to follow the prece
dent set.
KILLS IITS PARENTS
NASHVILLE. Indiana, Dec., 18,
i.P)—In a sudden’ attack of in
sanity. Paul Brown. 28 year-old
electrician, killed his parents and
severely wounded several neigh
bors. Hr disappeared after setting
fire to the house and it is thot
h may, have perished in the
fire.
PARIS. Dec., 18. (VP)—One min
| ister and two under-secretaries
of the state resigned from the
Steeg cabinet today just before
lit went before the deputies on
I its initial declaration of policy.
Minister Robert Thoumyre,
who held the portofilo, was the
first to go; others were Rene Co
ty, under-secretary of state for
the interior; Camille Cautru, un
der-secretary of agriculture
Steeg continued his plans of
taking the cabinet before the
deputies.
WARNING LETTER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (/P) -
; Warning that any ,plan to pay
World War veterans 25 per cent
| cash on their compensation bonus
checks will result in a higher tax
rate was contained in a letter writ
| ten by Secretary of Treasury An
drew Mellon, to Representative II.
I Fish, who is sponsoring the bill to
effect such payment.
WrH BE DEPORTED
; CHICAGO. Dec., 18. (VP)—Tony
| Voipe. ranked second to Al'Cap
ione among Chicago’s public ene
i mies, was arrested bv itnmigra
I tion bureau agents who served a
warrant issued by the Secretary
of Labor. Voipe will be deported
I to Italy within two weeks, it is
said.
GMf ABLE
10 PAY DECLARES
FINANCE CHIEF
BREAKDOWN O F FINANCIAL
REFORMS WILL PREVENT
PAYMENT
—
BERLIN, Dec., 18, (/P)—A bomb
shell was exploded under Ger
many’s move for a moratorium
or reparations through publica
tion of an alleged private docu
ment of Hermann Dietrich, the
finance minister.
The paper expressed the pri
vate opinion that under ordinary
circumstances, Germany will
be able to make her reparations
payments to the Allies as ar
ranged under the Young olan.
This opinion is in direct con
tradiction of recent utterances by
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening
and other German cabinet offi
cers who have indicated they
will be forced to seek suspension
of payments within the year.
Herr Dietrich, according to the
paper published, believes that
only a breakdown of German
; financial reforms will prevent
fulfillment of reparations obiig
t ions.
j GUATEMALA CITY., Dec.. 18
Guatemala had its third govern
ment within a week after an
hour’s fighting in streets here
Tuesday in which 57 were killed
and wcun d and a new presi
dent, C n al Manuel Orellana,
succeeded in downing Baudilio
Palma who was serving until
President Lazaro Chacon recov
ered from illness.
Palma was substituting for
Chacon and the military elements
! became dissatisfied.
The country is now peaceful
and it is believed normalcy has
| been restored*
SPAIN 31 ILL UNULK
foreign legion patrolled the nor
thern cities where strikes con
tinued.
It is unknown how long martial
law will continue although the
governmeent insists danger all
over Spain is still unsettled.
Business is bad but authorities
are confident the worst is over.
PARENTS GET CFSTODY
NEW YORK. Dec 17 (/F)—After
six months litigation over the cus
tody of a boy violinist prodigee of
Ruggiero and Girogiorricci, a court
rendered its final decision giving
him permanently to the parents;
Mr. and Mrs. Pietro Ricci of River
j side Drive. Miss Elizabeth Lackey,
the boy’s teacher, fought the par
ents for custody.