“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully he Appointed to any Territorial Office.’’
__ —Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 17.
PEI EARTHQUAKE
CAUSED STREETS
ROLL LIFE WAVES
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND
SEVERAL INJURED BY THE
CRUMBLING HOUSES
LIMA, Peru, Jan. 21. (,/P)—Inhab
itants of Lima, Callao and the sur
rounding area were recovering
from a night of terror Wednesday
caused by an earthquake which
ripped up streets and buildings and
resulted in at least one death and
serious injury to several others.
One person was killed in a crumb
ing house. The shock was the
most severe felt for a long time in
the Huacho Huarez area.
The earthquake was preceded by
a hollow underground rumbling,
and when the shock came it caused
walls to crack, cornices to fall and
roofs to crumble. The streets rolled
as if in waves. The streets were
filled with careening cars but the
drivers were able to maintain con
trol of their autos despite the un
steadiness of the pavements.
The lights went out and the
darkness was filled by the hysteri
cal screams of thousands of per
sons who fled in panic from their
homes, churches and theatres into
the streets.
AERLAL TOUR
NEW YORK. Jan. 21 -(/Pi—Arthur
Loew, theatrical magnate, and O.
P. Graff, New York business man,
took off from Roosevelt Field on a
six weeks’ aerial tour of Central
and South America. They will be
joined at El Paso, Texas, by' Hal
Roach, motion picture director.
SS MEETINGS ME
BOMBAY, Jan. 21. {&)—Markets
and exchanges closed after 16 days
of protest against the government’s
measures to suppress the National
ist merchants’ organizations and
called a mass meeting which is ex- ;
pected to be attended by 100,000
persons.
The purpose of the meeting is to j
protest against restrictive ordi-1
nances and Gandhi’s arrest.
Statistics give some idea of the
ooycott’s effect on British business
and showed that Japan was fast
replacing England in the cloth
market. Despite increased duties
of October, the cloth imports to
taled nearly 15,000,000 yards and
came from Japan. Less than 3,- |
000,000 yards v/ere purchased fromj
England.
LICENSE FOR SPEAKEASIES
PATTERSON, N. J., Jan. 21. (/P)—
As New Jersey has no State dry
law this city is considering the
charging of a license fee from all
< speakeasies.
INCREASE TAXES
ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 21. (/Pi
Governor Franklin Roosevelt pro
posed in his annual budget mes
sage that State income tax, gaso- j
line tax and stock transfer tax be j
doubled and tax on heavy vehicles
oe tripled to erase the deficit of |
$124,418,729.
AMERICAN HELD
SHANGHAI, Jan. 21. (/P)—Chin
| ese bandits are reported to be hold
I ing Charles Baker, retired United
I States Army officer, for $200,000
| ransom, it is revealed. The Amer
| ican consul has asked Chinese au
j thorities to effect Baker’s release.
It is said five bandits spirited him
| away to a bandit hangout. The
bandits threaten to kill Baker un
| less the ransom money is forth
| coming.
HALTED YESTERDAY THRU
BURSTS OF ORATORY
HONOLULU, Jan. 20. (JP) — The
Hawaiian Legislature’s considera
tion on emergency measures, which
have been proposed to make the
city safe for women, was halted yes
terday as both chambers of the law
making body engaged in an erator
ial aenounciation of the publicity
which has been given to the Hono
lulu affair and point out that con
ditions likened to the Hawaiian
situation exist within the United
States in Kentucky.
The resolution adopted by the
: Kentucky general assembly which
; was denounced by the Territorial
Legislature Gf Hawaii memorialized
President President Hoover to use
the power vested in him as Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army and
Navy to demand the conviction of
the five Hawaiians alleged to have
attacked the wife of Lt. Thomas
Massle and to effect the immediate
release of Mrs. Grace Fortescue,
Lieut, Massie and two Navy men
who were held there on charges
of murdering a Hawaiian.
PASS RESOLUTION
TRENTON. N. J., Jan. 1.2 (/P)—
The Republican majority in New
Jersey’s Legislature passed a joint
resolution asking Congress to call
a constitutional convention to con
sider the repeal of the 18th Amend
ment,
MUHARAJAH'S WIFE WILL
VISIT SESTTIE BRIEFLY
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. (IP) — Nancy j
Ann Miller, the Seattle and former
Alaska girl who created a sensa
tion a number of months ago by
her marriage to the wealthy Maha
rajah of Indore, arrived in New
York Tuesday enroute to Seattle
where she has been called on ac
count of the illness of her grand- |
father, Louis Schafer, who is ill in !
Seattle. •
She is accompanied by a retinue j
of 12 servants. She plans to remain
in Seattle for a period of two weeks
and will then rejoin her husband
at Cairo, Egypt.
SUCCEEDS ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.
(A5)—James R. Berverly, of Texas,
will succeed Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., as Governor-General of Porto
Rico, it was announced Wednesday.
Thodore Roosevelt was recently ap
pointed to succeed Governor-Gen
eral Dwight Davis in the Philip- j
pines because of the latter’s resig- !
nation.
DELEGATES LEAVE
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (IP)—United
States delegates to tire Geneva
Arms Conference left on the liner
President Harding yesterday.
Fin CRISIS
MED THROUGH
! BANKERS DEMAND THAT CITY
ECONOMIZE TO ENHANCE
MARKET ABILITY
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. UP)—A loan
, of $12,500,000 enabled this city to
meet the $27,000,000 in short term
! obligations and staved off for the
moment a crisis of its financial
problem.
The loan was advanced by one
i of the groups of banks with which
i city officials have been negotiating
for a larger sum. The loan runs
only until February 1 and carries
six per cent interest, the highest
rate ever paid by the city and the
| highest that can be demanded un
' dcr the law.
The name of the bank making
i the loan was withheld.
The city’s plight was brought
; about w h e n the administration
sought to market short term secur
: ities to meet the $120,000,000 in ob
ligations due before May 1, when
the tax collections begin. Bankers
demanded that the city economize
and thus enhance the market abil
ity of its paper. They denied that
their action wras an effort to force
the abandonment of the five-cent
transit fare policy.
DUBLIN, Jan. 21. (/P)—Ireland is
having the worst floods in 30 years
because of uninterrupted rains
, which have inundated thousands
of acres of farm land and forced
many families out of their homes.
The River Shannon, in the Ban
agher area, is higher than during
the serious floods of last fall and j
for 20 miles along its banks the j
land is under water. Other floods j
are reported in County Derry, North !
Mayo and in the counties of Cork.!
Limerick and Kerry.
TRIAL OF RAILROAD j
WORKERS UfERMfj
—
MOSCOW, Jan. 21. (A*)—The trial
of 11 transport workers, for the
railroad wreck at Kosino in which
69 persons were killed and 130
others injured on January 2, has
commenced.
First details of the catastrophe
were published with an announce
ment that officials would be tried
with responsibility for the wreck.
Workers are alleged to have failed
to warn oncoming trains that the
tracks were blocked, causing three
successive collisions.
All trains involved were crowded
with commutors enroute to Moscow.
The government has authorized
the death penalty for all persons
guilty of causing railroad accidents.
OUTCOME UNFAVORABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.
(A5)—Admiral William Pratt, high
est ranking Naval officer, express
ed the belief before the House Na
val Affairs Committee that the
coming Geneva Armaments Con
ferences will not reach a favorable
outcome.
RESIGNING APRIL 18
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (TP)—James
A. Farrell, president of the United
States Steel Corporation, an
nounced he was resigning as presi- S
dent April 18. Farrell said the
board of directors had been noti
fied of his intention and 'had
agreed . Farrell, whose resignation
will terminate 21 years as presi- j
dent, cited long service and the age j
of 69 in his announcement.
VOTERS WILL DECIDE !
WHETHER HUEY P. LONE
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21. —Both;
friends and enemies of Governor ;
Long said it will be up to the voters ;
of Louisiana’s democratic primary
whether there will be one clean
cut issue to whether he will turn |
over to his opponents, or propo- |
nents, the reins of state govern- 1
ment.
He will relinquish these when he 1
leaves to take his seat in the Sen- '
ate tills spring.
Five men sought to succeed him j
for the democratic nomination
Earl Long, a brother of the gov- |
ernor, is running on a straight an- !
ti-administration ticket and has!
bitterly criticized his brother..
VESUVIUS AROUSED
NAPLES. Jan. 21. (A3) — Inhabi
tants of Naples were aroused from
their beds by a light earthquake
and loud explosive noises from Mt.
Vesuvius. The volcano is the most
restless and disastrous in history.
Buildings near the mountain
“danced” but no report were re
ceived of property damage or loss
of life.
CRITIC PASSES
LONDON, Jan. 21. (/P) — Bishop!
Charles Gore, 78, who attracted j
world-wide attention by his crit- i
icisms of biblical stories, died after !
an attack of influenza and pleurisy.
TOKYO, Jan. 21. (/P)—'The Jap
anese parliament was dissolved by
an Imperial decree to make way
for the general elections.
The order was promulgated after
the government outlined policies
reiterating that Japan has no ter
ritorial ambitions in Manchuria
and criticized the Wakatsuki cab
inet for removing gold embargo.
They said the present inustry is
witnessing a revival since they re
placed it.
MIEN VOYAGE MS
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. (£>) — The
maiden voyage of the government
motorship North Star, launched
here Monday, will begin some time
in April.
The tentative ports of call will
be the settlements in Goodnews 1
Bay, Bristol Bay and Kuskokwim
River. She replaces tfye veteran :
MS Boxer as a government supply
ship in the Alaskan service.
MURRAY WAS COY REGARDING
STRONGLY INDICATED
CANDIDACY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.
(/P)—Governor William Murray, of
Oklahoma, knocked down most of
the Democratic possibilities in a
nrers conference but was coy re
garding his own strongly indicated
candidacy.
The rustic looking Oklahoman,
who hitch-hiked his way to victory
pve’* eight rivals and received the
largest majority ever given a Gov
ernor of Oklahoma, dismissed three
of the Democratic party’s leading
Presidential hopes as follows:
“Newton Baker, of Ohio, is a
great scholar, sound on some inter -
nal matters but a baby in foreign
policy, particularly because of the.
advocacy of the United States’
membership in the League of Na
tions.
“Governor Franklin Roosevelt, o:
New York, dees not quite measure
up to the standard required foe
this .year's candidate; namely, on
who will not ‘blow with the wind’
but who will.
“Owen Young is not even think
able as he heads a great monopoly.”
Murray refused to comment fur
ther on the political situation. He
is here to address the Anti-Saloon
League Convention and to testify
before the House Ways and Means
Committee on the question of State
bank .stock taxes.
AliSKA AVIATOR IS
ABOUT REACT SEAHGH
FOB WIG VESSEL
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. (/P)—Pilot W
B. Graham, Alaska commercial av
iator, is overhauling his plane and
otherwise completing plans to sal
vage the fur cargo on the Hudson.
Bay trading ship Baychimo, miss
ing in the icepack somewhere north
of Nome.
While the cargo is estimated as
worth $1,500,000, some persons and
company officials at Winnipeg
Wednesday said its worth is not
more than $30,000.
Under the maritime law anyone
finding the ship, if unmanned,
could claim the cargo of the vessel,
(Note: Interior reports say that
the schooner Baychimo, missing
for a brief time after a heavy ice
movement, was located several
weeks ago and its position at the
present time is known.)
BASEBALL DEAL
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (IP)—It is
announced in baseball circles here
that the New York Yankees have
completed the purchase of Jesse
Kill, Hollywood outfielder.
TRAIN HELD UP
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. (£>)—Two rob
bers held up a commutation train,
terrorized passengers and took
£6,000 in checks and cash from Miss
Marcella Bergman, a bank mes
senger.
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