VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 133. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GOV. ROOSEVELT IS
CHOICE OF FLOW
MISSISSIPPI DEMOS
(By Associated Press)
Florida and Mississippi demo
crats apparently have climbed up
on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt
bandwagon to raise his instruct
ed, pledged and claimed total to
528 of the 770 convention votes
necessary to give him the nomin
ation as the choice of his party.
The above total is exclusive of
the 109 disputed vote of Pennsyl
vania and New York.
Additional delegates will be sel
ected in Virginia Thursday.
In the Idaho primary Friday the
republicans centered their principle
activity on the proposed prohibi
tion plank but the final decision
will be left to the convention.
Additional republican delegates
are being chosen in Indiana today.
President Hoover already has
more than the majority needed.
The Mississippi delegation will
go to the convention unpledged
but favoring Gov. Roosevelt. Roose- j
velt has a big lead over “Alfalfa
Bill” Murray in the Florida pri- j
mary.
de mm sees Ten i
IKE UNITED HMD
DUBLIN, June 8, (/P>—The pos
sibility of a new Anglo-Irish treaty
to iron out differences over the
Irish oath of allegiance to King
George were mentioned among the
many rumors which are circulating
as to the outcome of a conference
between President Eamon de Val
era, of the Irish Free State, and
pro-British cabinet ministers.
Rumors said President de Valera
had intimated a desire to amend |
the present treaty and had declar- j
ed his willingness to make some;
sacrifices to obtain the incorpora- I
tion of northern Ireland in the
Free State.
This incorporation would result
in a united Ireland.
Nothing definitely, however, is
known as to pending treaties and
results of the conferences.
MAY IMPOSE DICTATORSHIP
BERLIN, Germany, June 8. i/P>
—Reports that Chancellor von Pa
pen, new government leader, is
planning to use an emergency art
icle of the German constitution
to declare a dictatorship in the
state of Prussia persisted. Although
the reports were denied in official
circles it is revealed that the plan
was to set up a dictatorship if the
present deadlock in the Prussian
diet continues. The Prussian diet
is deadlocked over the selection of
a new premier.
SEARCH FOR BODIES
CLEVELAND, June 8. <7P> —Fire
men are still searching for bodies
in the blackened tons of steel and
brick which is all that remains of
the Ellington, downtown apart
ments- The apartments were des
troyed by fire and eight persons
are known to have perished in the
conflagration.
ABANDON HOPE
LONDON, June 8, —Aviators here
virtually have abandoned hope for
Stanislaus Hausner the American
aviator missing on a solo flight
from New York to Warsaw.
NEW YORK, June 8. —Buyers
were very wary on the stock ex
change Tuesday on the stock ex
run of generally cheerful news
shares lost from fractions to two
points because of the trad e’r s
apathy. Some of the latest quota
tions were American Can Co. 37*4;
Amer. Tel. and Tel. 85%; Gen. Elec.
103; Gen. Mots. 92; Int. Tel. & Tel.
36; Kelvinator 34; Mack trucks 12;
Monty-Ward 51; Nat Pow. and Lgt.
86; North Amer. 174; Radio Corpn.
37; Stand. Oil, N. J., 23%; Trans
America 26; Un. Aircraft 75; Un.
Corp. 47; U. S. Steel 27%; Weesting
E. & M. 20%.
STOCK MARKET POOLS A CRIME .
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8 —|
Legislation to make short selling i
and participation in stock market j
pools a crime was advocated in;
the Senate by Wheeler, Democrat!
of Montana.
PRICE WET CHOP BOOSTED
OT ROCKEFELLER SEIKO
NEW YORK, June 8. —Wall
Street read the prohibition state
ment by John D. Rockerfeller, Jr.,
and moderately boosted the wet
group of stocks on the New York
Stock Exchange.
Gains ranging from few cents to
about $2.00 resulted from what ap
appeared to be professional prefer
ence behind such shares as Nation
al distillery products, corn pro
ducts, refining ovens, Illinois glass, ■
grown cork, seal and U. S. indus
trial alcohol.
REPAIRING DAMAGE
EUREKA, Calif., June 8, —The
citizens of this and neighboring
towns set about repairing the pro-'
perty damage inflicted by the
earthquake which killed a woman j
and injured her husband. Most ]
of the damage was confined toj
shattered windows, and crumbling
chimney bricks in water and sew
age systems and partial disruption j
of communication lines. Highway
pavement was cracked open in sev
eral places.
DARROW ILL
CHICAGO. June 8, —Attorney
Clarence Darrow was seriously ill
in his South Side home. He was
stricken with indigestion and
physicians ordered he have com
plete quiet and forcing the attor
ney to cancel his court appear
ances.
IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT
NEW YORK, June 8. — Arthur
Curtis James, banker and capital
! ist announced that he was in com
| plete agreement with the stand for
! prohibition repeal announced by
| John D- Rockerfeller, Jr.
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• • ALASKA AT THE CAPITOL • •
In these hectic days of retrench
ment in the House of Congress the
treatment of the War Department
appropriation bill last week illus
trates how the ruthless slashing is
done. The bill as finally passed
and sent to the Senate carries a
grand total in appropriations of
$329,775,237. This is a reduction
of $52,997,998 compared with the
1932 appropriations, and less by
$13,588,525 then was recommended
by the Fudget Bureau. To this
depreciation Alaska contributed
over $450,000, in the appropriation
for the Alaska Road Commisssion,
which was $800,000 in 1932. For
1933 the Budget recommended
| $650,310, but the appropriation
committee reporting the bill cut
the figures to $354,310, which was
finally adopted by the House.
! When the item was to be con
I sidered Delegate Wickersham mov
i ed to amend and increase the ap
! propriation to $650,310, making a
| lengthy talk on behalf of the ne
cessity for the increased sum. When
; the amendment was put it was de
feated bv a vote of 25 ayees and 43
nays. Mr. McDuffie, of Alabama,
; Chairman of the Economy Com
: mitee, then sought to entirely el
iminate the appropriation for the
Alaska Road Commission. He moved
as an amendment the elimination
of the entire paragraph providing
for the appropriation. After de
bate the amendment was defeated
by the close vote of 50 ayes and 56
nays.
Delegate Wickersham had print
ed in the Congressional Record a
lengthy statistical record showing
the trade value of Alaska to the
United States and in the debate
figures from his statement were
frequently quoted by the several
speakers and which undoubtedly
was a vital force in the defeat of
the amendment. However, the fact
did not convince Chairman Mc
Duffie, who, among other things,
declared: “The idea of maintain
ing 3,100 miles of highways in Alas
ka for the use of less than 60,000
people is perfectly preposterous to
me. * * No loss will occur to the
people of Alaska if we strike this
item out, and I submit again that
it should be stricken from this bill.”
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On May 19 two Alaska bills were
{ favorably decided on by the House
j Committee on Public Lands. One
! provides for the conveyance by the
United States of the old court house
lot in Nome to the city of Nome,
to be used for street purposes. The
bill had the aproval of the Attor
ney General. The other bill grants
a patent in fee to the Yakutat and
Southern Railway for about 65
acres of land at Yakutat upon pay
ment therefor of $2.50 per acre and
the relinquishment of its grant for
terminal grounds on Monti Bay.
The bill had the approval of the
Departments of Interior and Agri
culture. The company agrees to
lease to the village of Yakutat the
land occupied by its power and
light plant for 10 years, at a nom
inal rental of $5 per year.
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| The House Joint Resolution that
provides for the suspension of an
nual assessment work on mining
claims held by location in the
United States and Alaska, for the
fiscal year ending July 1, 1932, pas
sed the House on May 11. It was
later considered by the Senate
Committee on Mines and Mining
and on May 16 it was decided by
unanimous vote to favorably re
port. the resolution. The propon
ents of the measure feel that it
will become a law before Congress
adjourns, in which event assess
ment work in Alaska for one year
will be suspended.
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On May 16 several Alas kans
were among those who attended
the funeral in Washington of the
mother of Mrs. R. E. Robertson, of
Juneau, and Miss Margaret Greene,
of this city, with whom her mother
lived. Some years ago Miss Greene
resided at Juneau and was librar
ian at the public library.
FRISCO CITY OFFICIAL
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—With j
Frank J. Egan, erstwhile public de- j
fender still missing after his pro
mised surrender, Mayor J. N. Ros
si threatened a sweeping investiga- j
tion of the police department un- j
less Egan is immediately arrested j
for the murder of Mrs. Jessie S. j
Hughes.
Rossi’s statement, in which he
promised drastic action if any de- j
reliction of duty is disclosed, was j
interpreted as a forerunner of a J
police shakeup.
Meanwhile, the police disclosed
that Verne Doran, who confessed
that he and Albert Tinnin killed
Mrs. Hughes at Egan’s instigation,
would be allowed to ask the trial
court to inflict only the penalty I
for manslaughter in exchange for
the confession.
Later word says Frank J. Egan,
[indicted for murder and a
; fugitive from justice walked into
the Golden Gate Park Police Sta
tion and surrendered. Less than
three hours later he had become
a prisoner of county jail No. 1,
clad in blue denim shirt and
overalls and occupying a cell with
bad check passers. Egan had been
missing sixty hours since a Grand
Jury voted to indict him for mur
der. Police had no idea where he
was until he gave himself up.
POLICEMAN WARNED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8 —
Pelham D. Glassford, Supt. of Po
lice has been warned by Police
Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby,
that his continued efforts to shel
ter and feed the bonus marchers
might lead to his peremptory dis
missal by the White House. This
notice is said anthoritatively
followed criticism made to the Dis
trict of Columbia commissioners
by members of Congress and Sev
eral government officials.
CONFERENCE OH
Slie IS NEEDED.
SUES COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8, —
The House coinage committee hasi
agreed unanimously to recommend j
the President Hoover call an inter
national conference to discuss sil- i
ved and monetary exchanges.
The resolution suggests that the
pieeting discuss “adjustment of na
tional currencies to the gold stand
f^rd,” methods of correcting the
dislocation of international trade
and international exchange, a re
evaluation of silver wherever it is
used as money or in monetary re
serves; raising commodity prices
to levels “sufficiently high to res
tore normal bases of economic re
lations.”
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TEAR GAS BOMBS USED
DETROIT, June 8. —Police used
tear gas bombs and nightsticks to
day to disperse a crowd of more
than two hundred men who at
tempted to storm the employment
office of the Briggs Body Company.
Two policemen were struck and
by stones.
ASSURES PASSAGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8,—
The House voted to consider the
Garner relief program under dras
tic procedure that virtually assures
its passage in a short time.
FOR COOPERATION
NEW YORK, June 8, —Col. Chas.
A. Lindbergh, visited police com
missioner Mulrooney, at the latters
office to thank him and other
men of the Department for their
cooperation in the investigation of
the kidnapping and murder of the
Lindbergh baby.
Lindbergh has resumed work
as technical director of the Trans
continental & Western Airways
Inc., and the Pan-American Air
1 ways offices which he had not
j visited since ,‘tl^e kidnapping on
! March first.
WILL IS FILED
| CHICAGO. June 8. —The will of
Edward F. Swift chairman of the
board of Swift and Co., was filed
and directs that approximately a
million and a quarter of his five
million dollar estate shall go to
charity. Swift died after a fall
| from his apartment May 28th.
FOUR KILLED
CALCUTTA, India, June 8. —
i Four were killed and scores injured
i in an outbreak of Hindu Moslem
j rioting of Jessore outside of Cal
! cutta.
KING RETRENCHES
LONDON, June 8. —The royal
i family of England is still watching
! its expenses. The king was un
i derstocd to have adopted a new
economy program for his farm.
Recently he relinquished his Flem
i is'n farm and disposed of the cat
tle and implements.
i ;
CARGO OF LIQUOR SEIZED
SAN FRANCISCO. June 8, —
Heavily laden with valuable cargo
of liquor the Motorship Chesapeake
was seized off Point Arguello and
was being towed into San Pedro
| Harbor by the Coast Guard Cutter
Bonham. The crew of six put up
no resistance according to word of
! the capture flashed to the coast
1 guard here.
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LEAD GOLF QUEST
SANDWICH, England, June 8, —
Tompny Armour, Detroit’s defend
ing champion and MacDonald
Smith, with a brace of 146’s, lead
j the American Contingent in their
| quest for the Bitish open golf
| championship. One hundred and
11 starters qualified and 57 con
tinued to play for the remaining
72 holes.
TO NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY
LONDON, June 8.—J. H. Thomas]
dominion’s secretary, informed the
House of Commons Monday thatj
he and Lord Hailsham, secretary of
state and for war, were going to
Dublin to negotiate the Irish dis
pute directly with President Eam
on de Valera.
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SPY REARRESTED |
NEW YORK, June 8, —A man,
known to police as Fritz Duqueshe
charged with being an Interna
tional adventurer and war spy was
released from jail on a writ of
habeas corpus and immediately
rearrested as an escaped prisoner.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 1, Chicago 0.
New York 9, Detroit 2
Boston at St. Louis, called.
Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 4.
Cincinnati 3, New York 4.
Chicago 2, Brooklyn 9.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 7, Missions 4.
Seattle 5, Portland 2.
TO FLY AROUND WORLD
NEW YORK, June 7. —Bennett j
Griffin and James Mattern were at I
Floyd Bennett airport here today
preparing their red and blue mono
plane for an attempt to beat the
Post and Gatty around the'world
record. The two fliers announced
they expect to start their flight
within a week. They arrived here,
from Chicago Sunday.
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STUDENTS RAISE GAME
SONOMA, Cal., June 8. (/P>—Pens
of pheasants are being raised for
liberations as game by agricultural
classes in some of the high schools
of Sonoma county.
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HORSE SHOE POPULAR
SEATTLE, June 8. (£*)— Horse
shoe courts costing $2,700 were
opened here with a tournament,
w’hich drew players from all sec
tions of Washington and Oregon.
WHY FRANCE LACKS GAME
PARIS. June 8. (/P)—Despite com
plaints that game is scarce i n
France. 1.600.000 persons have tak
en out gun licenses, the fees total
| ing $15,000,000. Concerns supplying
i hunters estimate their business at
I $58,000,000 annually.
* * * *
TO CLEAR BONUS MARCHERS
WASHINGTON, June 8. —Speak
er Garner threatened to clear the
house galleries of several hundred
bonus marchers when they broke
into thunderous applause during
consideration of a bill for exclu
sion of alien communists.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club. Pet.
j New York .696
I Washington ...1.583
Detroit .578
j Philadelphia .563
St. Louis .457
Cleveland .551
Chicago .356
Boston .200 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club. Pet.
Chicago .596
Boston .591
Pittsburgh . 512
Cincinnati .561
Brooklyn .557
St- Louis .489
Philadelphia .449
New York .432
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Club.
Hollywood
Portland .
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland .
Sacramento ...
Seattle -
Missions .
Pet.
.600
..600
.548
..549
..469
..446
.431
.369
DEMO ‘DARK HORSE'
DELIVERS ADDRESS ID
NOIRE DAME GRADUATES
SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 7. —
America’s democratic form of gov
ernment has failed so utterly in
lifting the depression that voters
may have to give the president
much wider powers of leadership
than he now has, Owen D. Young,
told graduates of Notre Dame in an
address Monday.
Owen D. Young delivered the
commencement address and polit
ical observers scanned for some
indication of his “dark horse” pos
sibilities as a presidential candi
date.
Young said the college graduates
really were fortunate to be enter
ing the business world during this
time of depression. “If you can sur
| vive the initial shock you will
I have before you the most favoring
circumstances for service present
ed to young men of any time,” he
said.
WIFE IDE HUBBY
SLEEP Will IDE OOP
CHICAGO, June 8.1t took some
years for Jacob Metenko to realize
that his wife Anna, really did not
care for his company, the husband
told Judge Harry B. Miller in a di
vorce hearing.
Matenko said his wife made him
sleep with the police dog in the
basement of their home for three
years. At the end of that time he
decided she loved him no longer.
The court granted him a divorce
| on grounds of cruelty.
GARNER PLAN APPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8,—
Quickly over riding a Republican
, attempt to obtain sanction of
i President Hoover’s relief program
the democratic house has approv
j ed the $2,300,000.09 Garner plan
for helping the unemployed.
SCREEN SUSS LOSE
RICHES RANK FAILURE
HOLLYWOOD, June 8. —Scores
| of screen stars, including Greta
Garbo, Will Rogers, Harold Lloyd
and Jean Harlow were hit hard by
the closing of the First National
Bank of Eeverly Hills, it was re
i ported here.
The Los Angeles Record said
that it learned through associates
of Miss Garbo that the Swedish
star had about $1,000,000 in that
bank.
Miss Harlow, the screen’s plat
! inum blonde, admitted to the Unit
j ed Press she had all her cash in
| the institution when it halted
business on the order of the di
1 rectors.
PARIS, June 8. —The 29 nations
Socialist congress convened. The
outcome of the Congress, which
continues until the new parliament
opens Tuesday, may decide wheth
er Edouard Herriot’s radical So
j cialist party will join with the So
j cialists in forming a left wing
cabinet or will turn to the right
center for support.
The radical Socialist party is
split and this party is now fac
ing a bitter controversy, and the
outcome hinges on the question of
policy in regard to disarmament
and finance.
SITUATION GRAVE
ROME, June 8—Premier Musso
lini considers the economic situa
tion in Austria so grave that he
has taken steps to bring about an
immediate meeting of British,
French and German financial ex
perts with the financial commis
sion of the League of Nations.