GOLD QUOTATIONS
Yesterday’s gold price as fixed
by the U. S. Treasury, was $31.96.
The London quotation yesterday
was $31.53 an ounce. Today’s price
in the U. S. is $32.12._
TODAY’S WEATHER
Seward 36 above, Tunnel 32
above, Anchorage 20 above, Curry
20 above, Broad Pass 7 below, Hea
ly 5 below, Nenana zero, Fairbanks
zero. _
VOLUME XXIX. Numbers 254-255.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HARRY MILLER
DIES, INJURIES i
AUTO ACCIDENT j
Harry Miller, oldtimer of the!
Moose Pass-Hope districts, died|
this morning from injuries receiv
ed in an automobile accident last
night, according to brief details
reported to the Gateway.
It appears that Mr. Miller, who
has been operating a taxi service
over the Moose Pass highway, was
headed for the Pass last night,
but he was not driving. Coming
down the heavy grade this side of
Mile 14, the car went over the road
plunging down the steep embank- j
ment.
Apparently none of the occu
pants of the car seemed to be
injured excepting Miller and he,
not so bad, for he walked with the
others to Bert Higgins’ cabin.
There, Miller told others that he
was unable to proceed further. He
was conveyed to Moose Pass where
it was planned to bring him to the
Seward General Hospital today, but
death overtook him this morning.
Later information regarding the
regrettable accident is to the ef
fect that besides Harry Miller, Os
car Dahl and Wm. Cardon were;
in the automobile when it plunged
down the steep grade and turned
over; Dahl and Cardon being hurl
ed from the car.
It was also said that the trio
were picked up by another auto-!
mobile and that Mr. Miller died
before reaching Moose Pass sta
tion.
Mr. Miller was bringing Mr. Car
don to the station when the fatal
accident occurred. Mr. Cardon be
ing ill and en route to the Seward
General Hospital.
A speeder, from the section at
the Pass, conveyed Mr. Cardon
to Mile 14. Seward Highway, this
morning, where it was met by Doc'
Ward, taxi-man, who brought the
sick man to Seward.
The last version, and probably
correct, is that the accident oc
curred between four and five
o’clock this morning at approxi
mately Mile 13; that all three were
thrown from the machine and
while all were badly shaken and
scratched, Mr. Miller's chest ap
peared to be crushed.
Notwithstanding his condition.
Mr. Miller climbed back to the
road and he thought he would
go back and get W. Anderson's car
to take them to Moose Pass. An
derson’s car was at Mile 14. a mile
aw^ay. The Anderson car arrived
but Mr. Miller died before they had
progressed far.
Japanese Seeking
a Peace Parley
_ !
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TOKIO. Oct. 31, —Minister of
War Sadao Araki, now in Western
Japan for Army maneuvers, was,
quoted by newspapers as advocat
ing a peace parley and that he
will propose to the cabinet an in-:
ternational conference at Tokyo
for all powers interested in the
Far East. ,
According to his statements the
conference will have the ultimate
result of understanding by the
great powers Japan’s reasons for;
its action in Manchuria and that!
the powers will eventualy recognize!
Manchukuo.
BECOMES A “SEA-DOG”
The newest member of Captain
Heinie Berger’s crew to sign arti
cles is none other than the famous
Clark Andersen, who yesterday
affixed his signature in the book,
as “bosun’s" mate, super-cargo, or
something like that. “Appears to:
me, he’s super-cargo alright.” the
skipper mumbled after taking one
slant at Andresen in his yachting
costume.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, president of
the Healy River Coal Corporation,
is due to arrive in Seward this
evening en route to Cordova where
he is expected to remain for two
or three weeks looking over his in
terests in that city.
W. C. Erwin, general manager
of the Standard Oil Company local
D’ant returned Friday from a brief
business trip to Interior agencies.!
reached compromise
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31, —l
President Roosevelt and the steel;
companies reached a compromise;
agreement for a price of $36,375
a ton for new steel rails. This rep
resented a middle point between
the $35 price demanded by the gov
ernment and the $37.75 offered by
the steel industry.
Roosevelt Expects
No Retaliation
Great Britain
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 31. —
President Roosevelt expectantly
awaited British assurances that
his approaching operations on
European markets would not
arouse retaliatory measures and
fire a starting gun of a ruinous
race to depreciate currencies.
The British government thought
the President’s plan for raising
prices here by steadying the dol
lar abroad was purely a matter
of domestic policy dictated by con
ditions within the country.
The new high price paid for gold
under the monetary program is
booming the mining industry in
gold producing states and Alaska (
but Bureau of Mines officials arej
not "sure domestic production will |
increase to pre-war levels because;
of scarcity of the mineral, if noth-;
1 ing else.
Kehoe Conducted
Grand Jury Term
With Dispatch
By special correspondent
VALDEZ, Alaska, October 28. —:
United States Attorney J. W. Ke-1
hoe, conducting his first Grand
Jury term, received many compli-|
ments on the excellent manner in j
which he guided that body thru
their deliberations, enabling its
members to conclude their work
i and return to their homes in re
cord time.
Iii the case of United States vs.
■ Joe Schneller. a True Bill was re
turned charging burglary, larceny.
i and arson, alleged to have been j
committed near Kenai.
A Not True Bill was returned in j
the case of United States vs. GuSj
Gross, involving a manslaughter J
charge at Unga.
In the United States vs. Mar- j
cello Tuason. arising at Kenai, thei
defendant was indicted on a stat-^
utory charge.
In the United States vs. Thom- j
■ as Olsen, involving a charge of ar- j
son alleged to have been commit-j
ted near Anchorage, a Not Truej
Bill was returned.
A True Bill was returned in the'
case of United States vs. Floyd
Reno, Elmer Brown and Elmer
Hedberg, charging burglary and
larceny.
m United States vs. Harry Olson,
a True Bill was returned on a sta
tutory charge.
Farm Bulletins
Ready for Public
Three new bulletins of the Alas
ka Agricultural Experiment Sta
tions have been received by the
Gateway; circulars No. 4. 5 and 11.
Bulletin No. 4 is titled “Field
Crops for Interior Alaska” and
was compiled by F. L. Higgins,
agronomist, Matanuska.
Circular No. 5 is entitled “Feed
ing Dairy Cows in the Matanuska
Region Alaska,” by W. T. White,
animal husbandman, Matanuska
station.
No. 11 is a treatise on “Forage
Crops in the Matanuska Region,
Alaska, written by H. W. Alberts,
director.
Any of these bulletins may be
obtained at 5c each, Superinten
dent of Documents. Washington,
D. C.
i A number of handsome travel
ing salesmen are in Seward today
j calling on the trade, most of them
! dropping in from the bleak hinter
land.
j Vida Deigh. office manager of
’ the ' Anchorage Daily Times, and
| Miss Helen Welch, accomplished
| pianist of the Railroad City, are
t local visitors.
FORMULAS FOR
RECOGNITION ARE
ABOUT COMPLETE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 81, —
Virtual completion of the formula
for President Roosevelt’s recogni
tion discussions with Soviet Com
missar Litvinoff, who is nop: in
Paris en route here, was revealed
altho exact course to be followed is
guarded; no secret is made of the
fact there has been a final round
up of data for the conversations.
Both the President and Secre
tary Hull are silent on the Litvi
noff assertion. As far as Litvinoff is
concerned, the matter can be set
tled in half an hour.
It is known that President Roos- j
evelt planned the conversations
would take considerably longer for
| what he termed a move to explore
all questions outstanding between
the two countries.
The Chief Executive will hit the
high spots and leave details to his
assistants. Secretary Hull, who
postponed his South American
trip, will have this work in hand.
The conferences begin the first of
next week.
Retailers Code
Now In Effect
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31. —
As the great master code for the
retail trade went into effect thru
out the nation, the retail code
| authorities headed by Hugh S.
Johnson, Recovery administrator,
; set to work determining the
| amount that merchants must set
above cost in all future prices of
goods.
The codes chief feature, the ban
on “loss leader” sales, both in the
general merchandise and retail
drug trades, is expected to revol
utionize modern sales practices.
U. S. Will Bay
Gold Foreign Mart;
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31, —!
President Roosevelt decided Sun-"
day night to extend the price lift- i
ing gold campaign to a world basis
through early purchases of the
precious metal on foreign markets, j
In going into the international'
gold market, apparently the Presi-j
dent’s intention is to assure great
er control over the monetary sit-,
uation and stimulate commodity'
prices, thereby bringing nearer his |
goal of managed currency.
Details of the purchase plan,
which has been worked out, have:
been kept secret.
Sitka Merchant
Died Suddenly,
| JUNEAU, Oct. 31, —James B.
j McGrath, 70 years old and a pio
■ neer of Alaska, died at Sitka sud
! denly last Friday from a cause un
revealed. The body was brought
here for interment.
Mr. McGrath was recently ap
pointed by Gov. John W. Troy as
a trustee of the Pioneer Home. He
was made secretary of the Board
and last Thursday was appointed
U. S. Commissioner. He conducted
a mercantile business at Sitka.
Master Blamed for
Stranding of Vessel
Capt. Joseph Ramsauer, master
| of the Alaska Stamship Comp
i any’s liner, SS Aleutian, was held
! responsible for the wreck of the
i vessel at Point Jorgens, north end
! of Vancouver Island, at 6:30 p. m.
| August 24, in a decision made pub- '
! lie at Seattle by United States
Steamboat Inspectors Daniel B.
; Hutchings and William Campbell.
The vessel went ashore in heavy
j fog while bound from Seattle for
j Alaska ports.
I On a charge of inattention to
• duty, Captain Ramsauer’s license
! was suspended for 15 days.
The inspectors found that the
; Aleutian’s master “negleced to
| take ,$0pndings and to stop his
j ship when he did not hear the
whistling buoy at Vancouver Rock.
■ The wreck of the Aleutian was
Captain Ramsauer’s first accident.
NEWS FLASHES
SOCIALIST CHAIRMAN
CHldAGO, Oct. 31, —Leo Krzyc
ki of Milwaukee was unanimously
elected chairman of the Socialist
Party of America, succeeding the
late Morris Hillquist of New York.
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HEART BROKEN, SUICIDED
TACOMA. Wash., - Oct. 31„
I Heart broken over the recent
I death of her fiancee, pretty Ruth
Little, 20, commited suicide by
shooting herself in the heart with!
a shotgun. Casey Sparks died in
a logging accident two months
ago; they were to have been mar
ried December 23, on her birthday.
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NOW IN PARIS
PARIS, Oct. 31, —Abruptly bring
ing to an end the mystery which
had surrounded his movements for
hours, Maxim Litvinoff, Russian
foreign commissar, arrived here
yesterday en route to the United
States.
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TABLET MARKS THE SPOT
PARIS, Oct. 31, —Colonel Chas.
A. Lindbergh revisited with Mrs.
Lindbergh the scene of his first
| taste of world fame. They motored
i to LeBourget where the “Lone
j Eagle” showed Mrs. Lindbergh the
| tablet marking the spot where he
; landed six years ago completing
i • his historic flight, amidst a throng
, of admiring Frenchmen.
.
THE SECRET IS OUT
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. Oct. 31, —
Belief that Lupe Velez, red-haired
Mexican film actress had married
| Johnny Weissmuller, swimmer
j and actor, at Las Vegas, Nevada on
• October 8, was confirmed by Miss
, Velez who said that Justice of the
' Peace Frank M. Ryan performed
, the ceremony at 4 a. m.
j J!C * ¥ *
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
LWO, Poland, Oct. 31. —The;
emex*gency court sentenced Nicho-;
las Lemyk, an 18-year old Ukra-j
nian youth, to life imprisonment1
for the killing of a Soviet legation
employee October 21. In view of
Lemyk’s age the court said it would
not impose the customary death
penalty.
WILL OBSERVE CUSTOM
MARION. O., Oct. 31. —President
Roosevelt informed the Boy Scout
organization of the Harding area
that he would observe a White
House custom of sending a wreath
to be placed on the tomb of the
late President Warren G. Harding
on the anniversary of his birth.
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MANY HOMELESS
LIMA, Peru, Oct. 31, —Many per
sons were made homeless and
scores of farm buildings were des-;
troyed in Carabaya province by an
earthquake, the strongest of sev
eral felt in Southeastern Peru in
the last several days.
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.... PLAN NEW SERVICE
PARIS, Oct. 31, —Jean Mermozj
and Rene Couzinet, who flew the
South Atlantic ocean to South
America and back last spring, plan
a series of such flights in connec
tion with study of organization of
an air mail service, the newspaper
Jour announced.
* * * *
THEORY IS WRONG
JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 31, —Gov
ernor Sennett Conners’ official ac
tion was all that was awaited by
10 convicts at the Parchman State]
prison to go free. These selected j
huskies, volunteers in tests to de
termine whether encephalitis, or
sleeping sickness, is transmitted by
the mosquito, bore physical proof
that the theory is wrong.
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Football Scores
U. of S. Cal. 6. U. of Cal. 3.
; Oregon State 2, Wash. State 0.
! Washington 6, Stanford 0.
j Idaho 12, Montana 6.
Oregon U. 7, U. C. L. A. 0.
| Holy Cross 19, Brown 7.
; Colorado 33. Penn State 7.
Dartmouth 7, Havard 7.
Army 21, Yale 0.
I Carnegie Tech 0, Wm. and Jeff. 0.
Navy 13, Penn 0.
I Wm. and Mary 12, Georgtown 6.
| George 25, New York 0.
Fordham 2. Alabama 0.
Minn. 19, Iowa 7.
FRANCE MAY PAY
PARIS, Oct. 31, —The govern-1
ment of Premier Albert Sarraut, it!
was learned in official quarters,
intends to default on the Ameri
can war debt installment due De
cember 15, as did Premier Edouard
Daladier, June 15. Washington,
however, reports that France ap
parently has had a change of heart
and has denied she intends to de
faolt. This is taken to indicate
that at least part of her debt in
I stallment will be paid.
Abductors Forced
Victim to Open
Safe In Plaid
MARSHALL, Mich., Oct. 31, —
The sheriff reported that Louis
Brooks, millionaire manufacturer,
reported to have been kidnapped
by two men and a woman, was
found at his farm near here.
Brooks declined to discuss his
i disappearance until he had talked
with his lawyer. He was formerly
the mayor of Marshall.
Marshall told the police that he
had been beaten, then released by
kidnappers who made him open
; his safe in the manufacturing
plant, which they looted. His face;
is badly bruised.
He did not reveal the amount of i
money taken from the safe but it:
is believed only a small sum was
stolen. Brooks, who is 46 years
of age, said he was forced to ac
company the robbers in his car af
I ter opening the safe to his country
j place.
Silver Miner Is
Going South to
Visit Family
i
Dan Glass is his name and while
he hails from Olympia and has a
family and* home there, Alaska'is'
in his blood. Such being the case,
who knows what will happen?
A Spanish-American and World
War veteran, a professional glass
blower, geologist and mining en-|
gineer, boiler-maker, lime and
cement expert, and general con
struction engineer, Dan has prob
ably had a diversified experience
which few can equal. He is onp of
1 the most interesting of men to
have poured gems of knowledge
into the •‘pearl-like'’ ears of the
i editor, in many moons.
During the past summer Dan
! has been carrying forward devel
| opment work on a silver property
near Ferry, and is now on his way
home to say hello to the Missus
j and big son, then on his way again
to the New York offices of his as
| sociates.
This part of the .Northern Em
pire is new to Dan but not so the •
Southeastern portion. There he
roamed for many years. He is:
very much impressed with this
part of Alaska and anticipates an
early return from the East.
ATHLETE IN BAD
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 31, —
Lieut. John H. Murrell, whose foot- i
ball playing at West Point gained j
him All American distinction, will
seek bail in a hearing before the
United States Commissioner here
Wednesday on a charge of attack
ing Miss Blanche Ralls, 25, after :
a roadhouse party, October 21.
Alaska Steamship
Redwood Libeled j
Contending that his fishing ves- |
sel, Sunde, was rammed by the SS
| Redwood in Grenville Channel,
| British Columbia, Capt. Egill Erik
| sen of Seattle had attorney How
j gird C. Cosgrove file a libel in Fed
: eral court asking $24,119 from the
I Pacific American Fisheries of Bel
| lingham, owners of the Redwood,
j Captain Eriksen said officers of
| the Redwood towed his vessel af
ter the collision, but failed to stop
I at the nearest port and as a re
sult the Sunde filled and sank.
She was carrying a $4,000 fish car
go.
In his libel, Captain Eriksen set
! forth that the Redwood’s Captain
! was not on the bridge at the time;
] that the pilot in charge was partly
deaf and the Redwood was steam
ing at excessive speed in heavy fog.
VALUE OF POUND
OTHER MONIES,
MAY INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31, —
While the Capital awaited word
from London, President Roosevelt’s
advisors proceeded with prepara
tions for making the first pur -
chase of foreign gold, hoping the
transactions will begin Wednesday.
With gold purchases abroad, new
complications enter the situation.
The gold must be paid for in
pounds at London, guilders at Am
sterdam and francs at Paris.
The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation must buy at foreign
exchange and sell at dollars for
pounds, guilders and francs by
constantly offering dollars, conse
quently increasing their supply
on the foreign exchange market.
Many economists agree that,
lacking resistance from European
capitals, the administration could
force the dollar value of a pound
constantly upward by depreciating
the dollar in relation to the pound.
President Roosevelt apparently
has assured England that he con -
templated no such extremes; that
the prime purpose is to increase
gold abroad, as well as here, for its
buying effect upon commodity
prices, such as the fluctuations
as have characterized the dollar
and pound relationship during the
last few months.
The price of $32.12 per ounce for
newly mined gold was set today by
the Treasury Department, an aci
vance of 16 cents over yesterday
price. This advance was made des -
pite the drop of IV2 cents on the
London exchange.
LARGE TONNAGE ON
THE STEAMER YUKO>
Big tonnage continues to arrive
from the. States. The SS Yukor:
will msc'ftkrge 468 tons of whicb
48 tons is for Seward proper.
The railroad shipments comprise
in part three carloads of flour
feed and hay for Anchorage; anc
99 tons of lumber for the Alaska
Railroad; 33 tons of lumber fo»
Fairbanks; 67 tons of dredge buck
ets and lips, 19 tons of reinforcing
steel for Fairbanks; one. autc
truck for Willow station.
Powers May Be
Jolted to Actior
GENEVA, Oct. 31, —Hope tha
the departure of Norman Davi
may jolt European powers into
doing something positive on Dis
armament, was expressed in Arm
circles.
He announced he would go t«
Washington for a consultatioi
with President Roosevelt and th
State Department. It was sai<
that the United States does no
wish to be used to bring pressur
by one group of powers agains
another, in the present crisis.
Six Are Rescued
By Gaardsmei
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31, —Ex
hausted and wet after a night c
horror on a wind-lashed bay, si
San Francisco men and wome
were rescued from the strande
cruiser Mardee near Vallejo an
brought ashore to Mare Island b
Coast Guardsmen.
Those saved were John C. Net
daer, managing director of the Sa
Francisco bowling club; Mrs. Net
i daer. John Hagamen and his so
and Miss Bernice Jordon.
: Graf Zeppelin Well
| Over the Atlanti
NEW YORK, Oct. 31, —The Grz
Zeppelin, homeward-bound ov»
the Atlantic after her visit to tl
Century of Progress Exposition i
Chicago, reported her position i
10 p. m., E*. S. T. last night, to tl
Radio Marine Corporation, as la
itude 39.38 mirth, longitude 44.:
west which wbuld place her aboi
2,000 miles east of New York.
No word had been received froi
the dirigible this afternoon.