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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 175.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
THURSDAY, JULY 28,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SLIPPED FROM RAFT IN DEEP
WATER—UN ABLE TO SWIM;
BODY IS RECOVERED
Arlow Hagen, aged 16 years, was
drowned in Harriman Lake Wed
nesday at 12:30 o’clock. He slipped
from a raft into deep water, and
being a beginner in swimming,
sank before aid could reach him.
The unfortunate youth was a
sophomore in the Seward High
school and was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nils Hagen, Mr. Hagen being
head of the Seward Fisheries.
Allen Guest, who slipped from the
raft, narrowly escaped with his
life, but managed to make shore,
some distance away.
This is the second drowning in
Harriman Lake within the past two
years. Last summer a local boy,
under 10 years of age, also met
death in the lake when he slipped
from a raft.
Another version of young Hagen’s
death is that while Arlow was pad
dling about on the raft, he fell
and became so badly frightened
that h e almost dragged Allen
into the water from the raft,
from wThich Allan was lending him
a hand.
In either case, the parents and
sister are grief-stricken through
the loss of their splendid boy, who
was so unexpectedly taken from
them, and the friends and associ
ates of Arlow share their grief.
Children on the beach of the
lake were frantic when they per
ceived stark tragedy was being
enacted before their eyes- Never
theless the alarm was given and
citizens plunged into the lake in
search of the body, which was not
found until 10 or 15 minutes later.
By that time Dr. A. D. Haverstock
had arrived on the scene, and to
gether with Elbert Kunz, a former
life-saver on Seattle beaches, and
Dr. Haverstock’s assistant, Harold
Sogn. endeavored to resuscitate the
youth. A heart stimulant was in
jected and oxygen tanks brought
into use. but after hours of labor
ing over the body, it was perceived
that all efforts to revive him were
useless; life had fled.
Besides the mother and father
Arlow is survived by his little sis
ter Lynette. Mr. Hagen is now in
Seattle and the sad word of his
boy’s death was wired to him.
Arlow was well-liked by all those
who came in contact with him both
in work and play. He was keenly
interested in athletics and was a
member of the Seward high school
basketball team. He also represent
ed the high school in various events
at local track meets and was one
of the best pole-vaulters of the city.
In all his athletic achievements
Arlow always upheld the ideals of
good sportsmanship in their en
tirety.
NEW TORPEDO ROCKET
TESTED SUCCESSFULLY
OSNABRUCK, Germany, July 28.
—A successful secret test of a new
torpedo-like rocket was conducted
at Duemner Lake. The rocket, in
vented by a Hanova engineer, Rein
hold Kleig, is eight feet long and
equipped with wings 10 feet wide.
The rocket is shot into the air
and the wings folded up at an al
titude of over 1,000 feet permitting
the rockett to glide to earth.
WOMAN TELLS STORY
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 28, (£>)—
From the lips of an attractive
woman, police heard the charge
that Geo- Templeton begged her to
shield him from the consequences
of his knife assault which sent his
aunt to the grave and his uncle to
the hospital. Claire Burnett de
clared Templeton sought aid as an
alibi witness after stabbing the
Babcocks. Miss Burnett, daughter
of a New York banker, said she was
secretly engaged to Templeton.
EYEING CONFERENCE
OTTAWA, July 28, (/P)—Ameri
can interests are eyeing the Brit
ish Imperial economic conference
closely in an effort to protect trade
adjustments Canada planned in- j
dicating disadvantages which may
effect both countries. At the same
time Britain sought to force Can
ada’s hand to learn what favors
can be expected by offering prefer
ence tariffs to Canada.
BROTHER OF HUTU
JUDD HINTS IT NIT
UHL KILLER GIRLS
LOS ANGELES, July 28,— Hints
that he might name the real killer
of Helen Samuelson and Agnes Ann
Le Roi, trunk murder victims, were
made by Burton McKinnel, brother
of Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted.
McKinnel appeared before Judge
Thurmond Clarke charged with ob
structing traffic while selling books
which he says tell the true story of
Winnie Ruth Judd.
Acting as his own attorney, Mc
Kinnel undertook to question pros
pective jurors who will try him on
the charge.
“If I should produce evidence
that would show that my sister
wasn’t the real killer and show you
i the real killer, would that prejudice
| you against me?”
Clarke interruped his questioning
i and appointed S. W. Thompson as
! attorney to conduct the case.
NEW ALASKA BROADCAST
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 28, (IP)
j —The Radio Commission granted :
permits to P. H. Pigg and S. A. Har- |
vey for a Juneau broadcasting sta- j
: tion with 1210 kilocycles, 100 watt
power and unlimited time.
I
MELLON STILL INSISTS
HE IS NOT DESIGNING
I
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 28, —
Ambassador Andrew W. Mellon, on
Wednesday, conferred with Presi
dent Hoover at the White House
but again it was denied that the
aged statesman and financier con
templated resigning. Previous to
his conference with the President, j
Mellon had a discussion with of-!
ficials of the State and Treasury j
departments.
Mellon will remain in Washing- |
ton for the rest of the week and
will then go to his home in Pitts- i
burgh. From there it is his inten
tion to return to London.
POSTOFFICES OBSERVED
150 YEARS PROGRESS
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 28.—
San Diego’s postoffice in common
I with others thruout tthe country
| observed Postoffice Day Tuesday
marking a century and a half of
| progress in the delivery of mail.
The first mail to San Diego
j under United States jurisdiction
was carried by a soldier of Gen
eral Kearney’s army. He left here
April 10, 1847, and arrived in San
j Francisco 13 days later.
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VANCOUVER, B. C., July 28, (/P)
—To relieve suffering and pressure
on relief funds, Dominion, Provinc
ial and n^unicipal authorities in
British Columbia are co-operating
in an effort to return unemployed
married men to small farms.
A plan has been worked out to
turn over to unemployed married
men who have had farm experi
ence approximately 5,000 small
parcels of land near Vancouver
which have come into the posses
sion of the Province thru tax sales.
FAVORABLY IMPRESSED
PARIS, July 28, —Czechoslovakia
is favorably impressed by recent
negotiations of confidence between
France and Great Britain.
• • CURRENT BREVITIES • •
AMELIA FORCED DOWN
TAFT, Calif-, July 28, —Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam, famed
aviatrix, was forced down here on
Wednesday because o f difficulty
with the oil pressure apparatus on
her engine. She continued by auto
to Los Angeles wh#re she is sched
uled to receive the Distinquished
Flying Cross from Vice-President
Charles Curtis.
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TO TAKE BODY EAST
HOLLYWOOD, July 28, —Billie
Burke, widow of the late Florenz
Ziegfield, Wednesday was back be
fore the camera in the RKO studio.
When her work is completed she in
tends to take the body of her hus
band back to New York for inter
ment. The body now lies in a vault.
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WILL EXPLORE RUINS
MEXICO, July 28, —An expedi
tion headed by Lawrence Griswold,
Harvard University archeologist,
will explore the Mayan ruins in
Yukatan, it was understood here.
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KILLED AT REVIVAL
SOMERSET, Ky., July 28, (/P)—
Two men were killed when a revi
val meeting of the Quinton Baptist
church was disrupted by a gun bat
tle; three others Were wounded.
Officers went to the church to ar
rest Dick East who created the
disturbance. Deputy Marshal John
son and Tom East were killed.
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TERRIFIC DOWNPOUR
PIEPING, July 28, —It is esti
mated that several million tons of
i water fell on Pieping in 15 minutes
| during a terrific downpour flooding
! streets knee-deep and disrupting
the water supply. Many buildings
I were washed away in low-lying
! districts of the city.
SHOTS EXCHANGED
TOKYO, Japan, July 28, —Shots
j were exchanged between Soviet
| and Japanese coast guard vessels
I off the coast of Kamchatka, ac
| cording to a message from Japa
; nese government officials in Hok
kaido Province. Several shots were
fired and three Japanese were
| wounded.
COLOMBIA WILL PAY
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 28, —
! Colombia wrill continue payments
j of her foreign debts as long as
| they can be made without disrupt
; ing the country’s financial life,
Minister of Finance Estaban Jera
I mello stated in his report to con
: gress. The country will remain on
I the gold standard.
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PURCHASES WINE
NEW YORK, July 28, —The head
of one of New York’s largest wine
| distributors in the pre-Volstead
age, has just returned here from
France where he purchased one
million gallons of wine for 1933 del
ivery. The official says he is but
waiting for the dry laws to be
! thrown into the discard before he
again resumes business.
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LAND SET ASIDE FOR GUNNERY
HONEY LAKE, Calif., July 28,OP)
—Approximately 648 square miles
of land near here have been set
aside as an army airplane bomb
ing and machine gunnery practice
area. All of the public land has
been withdrawn from settlement
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ASSUMES NEW POST
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28, —
Ex-Senator A. Pomerne will as
sume his new post as head of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion next week, according to word
made known in this city.
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FINES RESCINDED
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 28, —
Fines which exceeded $1,000,000 le
vied on foreign oil companies op
erating in Brazil for asserted vio
lations of the revenue stamp law,
were rescinded by the supreme
court.
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AIR MILES FLOWN
NEW YORK, July 28, —A total
of 19,535,759 miles were flown by
schedule air lines during the first
five months of 1932, a gain of 14,
331,534 miles in the corresponding
period of 1931, according to the
Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce.
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RICHARDS ELIMINATED
CHICAGO, July 28, —Roman Na
juch, German southpaw, eliminat
ed Vincent Richards of New York
in the national professional cham
pionships, 7-5, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. William
T. Tilden II, and Bruce Barnes, of
Texas, won their opening doubles
match by defeating Robert Mur
ray of New York and Edward
Faulkner of Philadelphia, 6-2, 6-3,
6-2.
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MARKET IMPROVES
NEW YORK, July 28.—The stock
market surged up to the best level
in two months in the most active
buying since early June. Advances
ranged from one to four points in!
i many leaders.
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GOING INTO MOVIES
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Roy
i Robertson, crippled leader of the
| insurgent faction ofthe bonus army,
! is going into the movies, he an
i nounced.
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PROHIBITIVE DUTIES
DUBLIN, Ireland, July 28—Al
most prohibitive duties against
importations from Great Britain
were set forth when the Free
State published its list of articles
embraced in the special tariff bill
possed by the Dail.
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GERMANY IS WILLLING
LONDON, July 28. — Germany
noitfied the British government
that it is willing when the occasion
arises to adhere to the consultat
ive pact recently negotiated by.
Great Britain and France.
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MARRIED MEN HELD
ROCHESTER, Minn., July 28, —1
The death of two young farm girls
whose scantily clad bodies were
found in the Zumbo river, brought
the arrest of two married men, said
police, to admit escorting them.
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AUTHOR IS ILL
PARIS, July 28, —Sir James Bar
rie, famous English author, is con
fined to bed by bronchial trouble,
• the press was informed.
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SCOUTS ON REVIEW
BUCHAREST, July 28, —Crown
Prince Michael marched in review
with the Boy Scouts from all parts
j of the nation while King Carol and
! the Premier and cabinet stood in
the reviewing stand. The nation
wide scout jamboree was held at
Camp Sibeau.
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WERE INSULTED
GENEVA, July 28, —Italians
withdrew from the Inter-parlia
mentary union conference because
of alleged insults which a French
delegate offered to the Italian gov
ernment system.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 2-12, New York 1-10
Phillies 13-4, Detroit 8-0
Boston 15, Chicago 5
Washington 9, St. Louis 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 2-1, Chicago 1-4
Pittsburg 9-4*..New York 8-2
Cincinnati 4, Phillies 3
Brooklyn 5, St. Louis 4
PACIFIC COAST
Sacramento 9, San Francisco 5
Los Angeles 8, Oakland 1
NEW ‘TWO-BIT’ PIECES
. BE ISSUED AUGUST 1
WASHINGTON, July 28, —Coin
collectors who pay a premium for
the new George Washington quar
ter, which makes its appearance on
August 1, will be indulging in an
unnecessary and unwarranted ex
pense.
While the new pieces constitute
a memorial to Washington in con
nection with the observance of the
Bicentenial celebration, they are
in no sense commemorative or med
als, but will supersede the 25-cent
piece in use up to date.
PREMIER PROTESTS
PARIS, July 28, (/P)—Premier
Herriot filed a protest with the
German ambassador against the
radio address of General Von
Schleger who threatened to enlarge
and strengthen the German mili
tary unless other nations scaled
down. The address was called a
tactless and inopportune address
in view that Germany signed the
Lausanne agreement to accept the
Anglo-French consultive pact.
STOCKHOLDERS RIGHFIELO
OIL COMM WON'T BE
NBLE RECOVER NNYTHING
LOS ANGELES, July 28, (/P)—An
offer equivalent to $22,862,000 for
the assets of the Richfield Oil Com
pany, made by Harry F. Sinclair’s
Consolidated Oil Corporation, was
accepted by a committee represent
ing Richfield bondholders, Pan
American bondholders and unse
cured Richfield creditors.
The Los Angeles Examiner said
one of the legal members of the
committee explained that the deal
leaves no hope for Richfield stock
holders to recover anything, since
it calls for a sale of the mortgaged
assets and a settlement of claims
of unsecured creditors.
He also said bondholders and
creditors who have deposited their
I paper with their committees have
thereby time in which to reject as
individuals any offer accepted by
the committee.
The total amount involved might
run much higher than $22,862,000
as the offer included up to five
million dollars to satisfy dissenters
to the" reorganization plan.
TO EUROPE FOB BEST
CHICAGO, July 28, —Anton J.
Cermack, mayor of Chicago, sailed
Wednesday for Europe on a six- ’
weeks trip for the benefit of his1
health. The mayor has been ill for,
several weeks and physicians have ;
ordered a complete rest.
Before he left Mayor Cermack
succeeded in loosening the purse
strings held by Chicago bankers'
w’ith the result that some of the
outstanding backpay owing school
teachers and other city employees,
will be paid in part during his ab
sence.
The mayor returns by Labor Day
to take part in the coming presi
dential election campaign.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
FIGHT AMONG SELVES
GENEVA, July 28, —The Inter- j
parliamentary union meeting a t
which a number of delegates staged
a free-for-all between French and
Italians, convened in a building
not owned by the League of Na
tions.
Its members were informed af
ter the disturbance that until the
dispute is settled they cannot meet
again in the League building. The
police were called in to restore or
der.
MCO-HCMI
man is sought
PARIS, July 28, —Ambassador
Walter E. Edge returned to his
post from a visit to the United
States ready to push negotiations
for a Franco-American commercial
treaty favorable to American ex
porters.
Harvey Bunday, financial expert
of the State department, arrived
with the ambassador. It was under
stood he would gather data to be
used in the program of the world
economic conference in London.
HISTORIC STONE IN CRYPT
ST. LOUIS, July 28, —An alter
stone used as early as 1675 in
France, is in the crypt of St. Fran
cis Xavier’s church here.
PEACE-TIME EOT
BE FOUGHT OBTAIN
GOVERNMENT ECONOMY
NEW YORK, July 28, (JP)—A
peace-time army of 20,000,000 cit
izens to wage a nation-wide war
on governmental extravagance i
being recruited by the newly o?
ganized National Economic Leagr
.With an advisory council of six
America’s foremost men and the
endorsement of both President
Hoover and Governor Roosevelt,
the League’s plans for a national
aviation tour was drawn up under
the direction of Rear Admiral
Byrd.
Byrd announced plans for the
tour to begin from Boston in about
three weeks. He said he would visit
27 states in a tri-motor plane, the
same plane he intends to use in his
next Antarctic expedition.
In order to assume command of
the movement, the famous explor
er has postponed his second expe
dition to the South Pole, planned
for this Autumn.
The first specific item of the
group is to eliminate a $450,000,000
annual payment made by the Fed
eral government to non-disabled
veterans of the Spanish-American
and World Wars.
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I LEADER BONUS ARMY
SAYS VETERANS WILL
LEAVE CAPITOL CITY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28, —
Commander W. W. Waters, head
of the Bonus Army at the Capitol,
Wednesday backed down on his
stand that he intended to keep
his men in that city until the bonus
was paid in full.
Waters’ decision to retreat from
the Capitol came as President
Hoover took his first official notice
of their presence by calling a con
ference at the White House. The
; conferees decided that they should
j not permit organized groups to
I come to the Capitol and attempt
| to flaunt their demands as the
bonus army is and has been doing.
It was decided that the police
would be called upon to evict the
bonus seekers and in the event
they could not do so so they would
summon the militia.
Waters said that his men wrould
begin withdrawing today and would
return to their homes.
CLERGYMAN'S HUT
SHOT OFF: 111
HIM MOVE AWAY
HORNELL, Ky., July 28.—A bul
let hole thru a clergyman’s hat
adds another chapter to the story
of an old isolated hilltop house.
Several other tenants have fled the
dwelling in terror of what State
troopers call a phantom rifleman.
Lieut. Gerald Vaine of the State
police says the rifleman, who has
never been seen, apparently wants
to keep the house unoccupied for
some unknown reason.
Rev. Herman Lee Henderson
took it a short time ago as a sum
mer home. In a mote he found
on the well outside the house and
weighted down by a rifle bullet of
large calibre the clergyman was
warned to keep away’ from “the
well.” As he read the message
which carried a threat of death, a
bullet lifted his hat from his head.
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THREE KILLED
SEATTLE, July 28, (JP)—Jean
Rose Wilson, Ida May Wilson and
Fred Pearson were killed when
Pearson failed to stop his coupe be
fore driving onto the arterial high
way near Isaquah. The car crashed
into an embankment.
HATCHET WOMAN DIES
Breslau, July 28, -Selma Schnap
ka, the woman who once tried to
kill the German Kaiser by hurling a
hatchet at him, died in an insane
asylum at the age of 75.