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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 176.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 29,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EVICTION OF BONUS
SEEKERS PROVES BE
HOME-SIZED TASK
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29, —
The bonus army retreated last
night from the Capitol
The veterans capitulated. They
followed their chief commander
in Southeast Washington at 10:30
o'clock when Federal troops ad
vanced to gas the men out of their
huts and shacks and makeshift
shelters as three other downtown
camps had been gassed and then
razed by fire early in the day.
The Anacostia camp was ablaze.
Taking the veteran leader’s cue,
the army’s evacuation would be
complete, General Douglas Mac
Arthur, army chief of staff, halt
ed the major attack against the
bonus expeditionary forces.
With Secretary of War Hurley,
he went to the White House to re
port to President Hoover. The
President ordered use of the U. S.
Army to clear the veterans’ camps
from government property in the
Capitol, during the afternoon, af
ter the police had been unable to
oust the former soldiers.
One death, a veteran shot thru
the heart by a policeman, resulted
in the clashes between the police j
and the Bonus Army on Pennsyl- J
vanie Avenue, three blocks from
from the Capitol. \
WALKER SAYS CHARGES
ARE ATTEMPT BESMIRCH
EMBITTER DEMO PARTY
ALBANY, N. Y., July 29, —Mayor
James Walker advised Governor
Roosevelt that he has administered
the affairs of New York City with- J
out corruption or official dishon
esty.
In a 20.000 word reply to the
charges filed by Samuel Seabury,
noted Tammany investigator. Wal
ker charged a Republican conspir- .
acy to besmirch his reputation and
embitter the Democratic party,
both state and national.
The mayor accused Seabury of
going beyond the boundaries of an
administration inquiry to operate
a “man hunt,” destroy him politi
cally, and make him the victim of
gossip and slander.
HUES II HE
PARIS, July 2 9, —Abandoning
her six-year feud with the smiling ;
screen star who was once her pro- 1
tege. Mile. Mistinguette, perennial
darling of the Paris music halls, i
stepped in to save the marriage of
Maurice Chevalier and Yvonne
Vallee from distress.
She pleaded with Mile. Vallee to
consent to a reconciliation and
thus bring Chevalier’s divorce pro
ceedings to an end. She urged con
tinuation of their happy marriage,
preference to the new romance
that Mile. Vallee predicted -would |
“bloom and blossom” between them j
after she and Chevalier have been '
divorced.
BONUS ARMY IS STILL
IN A DEFIANT MOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29, —
Although they were without a place
to sleep, or anything to eat, most
of the bonus seekers were still de
fiant against their government last
night.
The radical wing, after being
gassed out of their quarters, called
a meeting for today to make plans
to picket the White House and car
ry on their struggle for the bonus.
When asked where they planned
to spend the night most of them
replied; “We don’t care and we
don’t care.”
CONFER ON MAIL ROUTE
MONTREAL, July 29, (/P)—'Von
Gronau, noted German aviator, is
going to Ottawa to confer with Do
minion authorities as to the pos
sibility of an northern air mail
route from Europe.
NURMI BURRED FROM
PARTICIPATION III THE
COMING 1STH DLYMPIXD
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 29, —
Paavo Nurmi, “phantom Finn,” de
finitely and without appeal, accord
ing to J. Sedstrom, president of the
International Amateur Athletic
Federation, has been barred from
participation in the Olympic Games.
The greatest individual hero
that the Olympiads have ever pro
duced will sit in the stands in sol
itary dejection as the athletes of
all nations speed by in the 10.000
meter and marathon, the twb
events in which he had been en
tered.
This final and unanimous vote
was taken by the executive coun
cil of the I. A. A. F., sitting as a
commission of sevdn with lull
powers and wrote a dismal and un
popular finale to months of con
troversy over the status of Fin
land’s greatest contribution to
athletic history.
SATISFACTION EXPRESSED
SIMPLAUD, India, July 29, —
General satisfaction was expressed
at the announcement of the ap
pointment of the first Indian gov
ernor of the Punjaubs. Khan Se
knger Hyat, senior member of the
Punjaub executive council, was
designated acting governor of the
Punjaub in the absence of Gover
nor De Motmoxency who is in ill
health.
GOVERNMENT TO RUN
MEXICAN RAILROADS
MEXICO CITY, July 29. —Mar
iano Cabrera, under-secretary of
communications, notified South
ern Pacific Railroad that the gov
ernment had named him commis
sioner for the purpose of imme
diately resuming train service un
der government administration
pending solution of the railroad
strike.
H. B. Tickomb, president of the
read, said that the first trains can
resume service within a few hours
if the commissioner desires.
NEW YORK, July 29, —Some un- !
known “armored truck guard” has j
a small fortune—$56,325 in cash—j
simply because he walked into a
bank and asked for it
He walked into the bank just be
fore closing time and announced
he wanted “the money for the U.
S. Trucking Corporation” and the
teller noting the proper uniform
and pistol holster promptly pass
ed the money through the cage j
grilling and received a receipt.
Later it was found that the sig
nature was a fake.
LAST MEMBER NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29, —
President Hoover announced he
appointed Chas. A. Miller of Utica,
N. Y., to the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation and he will be
elected president of the board- The
appointment completes the person
nel of the board now composing
four Democrats and three Repub
licans. Miller succeeds Paul Bes
tor, farm-labor cbmmissioner.
NO OLYMPIC BROADCAST
LOS ANGELES, July 29, —There
will be no direct broadcast of the
Olympic Games, it was announced
by games officials. Numerous re
quests have been made during the
last several days regarding pos
sible broadcasts. Stations will,
however, broadcast results of the
games
GIANT SEAPLANE IT
DISISTTA SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 29, (/P)
—A giant seaplane crashed into
the Coast Guard Cutter Tama
rooa drowning two and injuring
four members of the plane crew,
as 420 army, navy and marine
corps aircraft started a massed
review for the benefit of the Na
tional Editorial Association, in con
vention here.
The seaplane crossed the wake
of a small boat and swung to one
side as it gathered speed for its
take-off. In swinging it struck the
propellor wash of the squadron’s
lead plane. It rose a few feet but
lost speed and ran into the bow of
the cutter.
POLICEMEN 111
BOOK HURLED IT 'EM
MINEOLA, N. Y., July 28, —The
trial of the policemen indicted in
connection with the third degree
slaying of Hyman Stark, who was
arrested for assaulting the moth
er of a detective during a robbery
of her home, is set for August 15.
Several detectives have been re
turned to police duty. Police Judge
Steinbruck signed the warrant, j
four on second degree murder, 7 j
for second degree, one for neglect
or duty and being an accessory to I
a second degree murder, and all
14 for conspiracy to obstruct jus
tice.
MANY KILLED
MONTEVIDEO, Brazil, July 29, —1
It is reported that 120 persons were
killed and many more injured in!
an engagement near this city. The
skirmish occurred Wednesday. '
N Ml MIS SIS
RESULTED IS GUMS
In all likelihod the next session
of the Alaska Legislature will be
asked to enact a law against dry j
drilling in quartz mines.
It has come to light that one or,
more deaths have been traceable1
to pulmonary trouble, ending in,
consumption.
Speaking of the condition, Ben ;
Stewart, chief of the Bureau of
Mines for Alaska, indicated that he j
would approve such a law, calling |
for wet drilling where jack ham- .
mers or machine drills were used. |
In such mines as the Alaska Ju- j
neau, only water lines or wet drill- j
ing is in operation, but in some of
the smaller mines, where machine
drills have been introduced, the
dry holes, are gradually producing
miner’s consumption, caused by the
fine dust, blown by the air operat
ing the drills and being inhaled
by workmen.
It is also reported that many
prospects where long tunnels have
been driven have not formed sy
phon connections with the surface,
by which foul air is withdrawn and
pure air circulated. The result is
that carbon monoxide accumulates
which, coupled with acidic fumes
emanating from powder blasts,
creates a dangerous condition res.- i
pecting health.
The cheapest method of ventilla
tion is by an upraise from tunnel
workings to the surface, with brat
tices or deflections for controlling
the air currents. As an illustration,
should the updraft be too severe,
it has a tendency to draw in the in
tensely cold air, especially in win
ter, subjecting workmen emerging
while in a state of perspiration to
sudden chilling and consequent
colds.
This question 'is fully covered in
coal mines regulations, but has not
been made to fully cover quartz
mines, owing to lack of develop
ment along this line.
Now that the quartz era has
come and with it what promises to
be a spirited era of underground
mining, plans are incubating to ex
tend regulations to cover every
phase of sanitation and safety for
underground workers. *
MAYOR JAMES WALKER
PROTESTS BEEN MADE
‘POLITICAL FOOTBALL’
ALBANY, N. Y., July 29, (/P)—Pro
testing in fiery language that he
had been made a “political football
and a target for hostility and mis
representation,” Mayor James J.
Walker demanded of Governor F.
D. Roosevelt complete exoneration
of the charges against him on
which his removal is sought.
This is his reply in the case brot
against him by Samuel Seabury,
counsel for the Republican con
trolled State legislature committee
appointed to investigate the sen
sational allegations of corruption
in New York City.
The Mayor’s answer and the
Governor’s action is held as of na
tional significance because the case
had been injected into the politi
cal campaign. Roosevelt will pro
bably take whatever action i s
planned under consideration in the
near future.
Walker, in his 20,COO word docu
ment, charged that the entire city
inquiry was motivated by the Re
publican party and charged that
the object of the drive against him
was to blacken the reputation of
city administration, thus diverting
i public attention from those res
[ ponsible for the “dreadful condi
tion of affairs throughout the na
i tion.”
GERMAN CABINET IS
BEHIND ARMS PLAN
BERLIN, July 29, (JP)—Every man
in the German cabinet is behind
General Von Schleichers threat to
arm Germany despite the Ver
sailles treaty, Foreign Minister Von
Neurath told Francois Poncet, the
French ambassador.
This mood represents the entire
German nation. The statement was
in reply to the French protest to
General Schleicher’s radio address
calling upon Europe to disarm or
that Germany would reorganize its
1 defense to secure -stability and
equality.
FELL OR THROWN
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 28.—D.
J. Costello, attached to the naval
air station, was injured when he
either fell or was thrown from the
fourth story window of the Army
and Navy Y. M. C. A.
POTATO TAX
LONDON, July 28. — Foreign
grown potatoes imported into
Great Britain will be subject to a
duty of one pound sterling per ton
by provisions of a treasury order
issued under the abnormal import
ation act.
HEH! HEH! HEH!
PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 28.—
Pittsburgh postal employees—2,000
of them—heaved a sigh of remorse.
They were holding a patriotic cele
bration and each had a flag for his
lapel and everything was planned
to boost America when it was dis
covered that the American flags
were made in Japan.
BASEBALL RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 10, Cleveland 1.
St. Louis 6, Washington 4.
Detroit 4, Phillies 2.
Boston 2, Chicago 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 10-9, New York 7-1.
Brooklyn 9-6, St. Louis 6-8.
Chicago 4, Boston 1.
Cincinnati 7, Phillies 4.
PACIFIC COAST
San Francisco 17, Sacs 3.
Hollywood 15, Seattle 4.
* * * *
DROVE HOME NINE
CLEVELAND, July 29, (/P)—The
“crippled” Babe Ruth drove in sev
en runs and a double as the New
York Yankees defeated the Indians
19 to 1. Earl Averill’s 24th homer
was the only run off Charley Ruff
ing.
BENEFITS SEATTLE
I SEATTLE, July 29, —More than
$500,000 will be in circulation
Seattle when the Libby, McNeil
Libby Company pays off its Bris
tol Bay cannery workers, it was
announced here.
SrS'
PARAGUAY SAID TO
BE CONSCRIPTING IIAEN,
RESERVE OFFICERS
ASUCION, Paraguay, July 29, —
Reports circulated in usually re
liable sources said Paraguayan re
serve officers and certain classes
of conscripts had been called to
the colors. The government denied
the reports.
Paraguay recently has been in
volved in a serious conflict with
Bolivia over the Gran Chaco fron
tier and there have been many
public demonstrations in Bolivia
calling for war.
The reports said there was no
general mobilization in Paraguay
as yet. The reserves also have not
been ordered to the Chaco area
where several frontier clashes oc
curred in recent weeks but are be
ing given a period of training.
President Jose P. Guggiaria de
rided rumors of a general mobiliza
tion preparatory to open warfare
against Bolivia in the Chaco ter
ritory.
Cheered by thousands, a troop
train left La Paz a few days ago
“for the Bolivian interior,” within
12 hours of a reported Paraguayan
attack on the Bolivian fort, Mar
iscal, in the Chaco territory.
A communique said 500 Para
guans had surrounded the fort on
July 16 and that the Bolivians had
poured artillery fire into the ad
vancing ranks “stopping their ad
vance and causing heavy losses ”
It added “our troops valiantly for
a day and one-half repulsed the
enemy.”
GANGSTERS IK SEI
WILL
SAN PEDRO, July 29,—A theo
| ry of gang reprisals is expressed
■ by authorities as they renewed in
vestigations into the burning of
the gambling barge off-shore and
the murder of a gambler on anoth
er ship.
The police Supposition is sup
ported by a statement from the
owners of the destroyed barge, the
Johanna Smith, in which they said
the fire started simultaneously at
three separate places.
NEW JERSEY FATHER
KEPT DAUGHTER CHAINED
! CAMDEN, N. J., July 29, —
Charges of torture and child slav
ery was placed on the records of
the police court in the case of
Lena Persiana, a thin, under-nour
ished 12 year-old girl whose legs
were scarred by chains.
Her father, Anthony Persiana,
admitted he bound the child’s legs
with a chain, closed with a pad
lock, so she wouldn’t run away. He
also admitted forcing her to make
lamp shades which he sold.
HOLLYWOOD SKUNK
LOS ANGELES, July 28.—'Three
policemen answered a call in the
Hollywood hills concerning a com
plaint about a skunk. Officers W
F. Willis elected to shoot, but the
skunk got the drop on him and
with fellow Officers W. C. Cox and
H. W. Alquist they retreated in bad
odor, disorder and disarray. Later
they rallied their forces and dis
patched the skunk.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
t SEATTLE, July 29, —Tempera
ture extremes recorded for Thurs
day were: Seattle 67.56, Chicago
88,66, Los Angeles 80,60, New Or
leans 92.80, New York 86.68, Port
land 72.58, San Francisco 68.54,
Spokane 86.68, Juneau 64.50, Ket
chikan 64.56.
‘UISERISM' no
TO DEVELOP THE DEAL
MANHOOD OF GERMANY
KOESNIGSBERG, Germany, July
29, —Alfred Hugenberg, former
councilman under the old mon
archy and leader now of the Na
tionalist party, informed the elec
torate in a snapping speech that
“Kaiserism” made “safe guaranty
for a clean, strong, righteous
state.”
I In a voice which made the mic
rophone vibrate he asserted that
the real German manhood never
will be developed until universal
military training is back again.
“Compulsory military training
always has been the sternest and
the best school for the German
man,” declared Hugenberg. Ger
man youth demands leadership and
discipline. Thanks to “our nation
alistic movement there have arisen
again the moral forces which are
willing to create the Germany of
tomorrow from the wreckage of to
day. Let us see to it that this re
awakened spirit will not be des
troyed by materialism, pacifism
and godlessness.”
mn CO-ED MH
LAKE CITY, Minn., July 29, —
A red-headed University of Min
nesota coed found shot to death in
a parked automobile near Zumbro
river was identified as Agnes Ste
vens, 21, daugter of a Boston ban
ker.
A 31-caliber revolver found in
the girl’s hand had been fired
twice. The coed was the third girl
found dead on the banks of the
Zumbra river in 24 hours.
Authorities are not over-looking
the possibility that she was mur
dered and her assailant had plant
ed the gun.
MISSING HEIR FOUND
! LONG BEACH. Calif., July 29, —
Allan Bradford Monks, long-miss
ing heir to a Boston fortune rated
at $2,000,000, was found in a dazed
condition from sleeping sickness by
police who sought him on a fugi
tive warrant. Monks’ Japanese
I chaffeur unwittingly led to the
capture by informing friends of
I Monks that he needed money.
DUBLIN, July 2 9, —The Irish
Free State emergency duties
against British goods is now in ef
fect.
The measure gives the govern
ment access to high customs dut
ies on the huge British imports,
in retaliation for the United King
dom duties on Irish goods which
were declared after the Free State
had refused to pay the land an
nuities which the British govern
ment claims is due the exchequer.
TWO CHICAGO HOODLUMS
KILLED GINS FASHION
SHAWANO, Wis., July 29, —Two
Chicago gangsters, one believed to
have been a survivor of the St.
Valentine Day massacre and the
other a power in a Chicago gang
sters teamsters union, were put to
death near here in gang fashion.
They were cut down by machine
gun and sawed-off shot-gun fire
as they stepped from the door of
a roadhouse five miles from this
city.
SEEK MONEY FOR ISSUE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, —
The formal application that the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion purchase the $75,000,000 bond
issue required to construct the
San Fransico-Oakland Bay bridge
was made by the State toll bridge
authorities.