MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 3.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1933.
PRICE TEN ( h.\ I.
)' TUSH CHINESE
• SOLDIERS REPORTED TO
HE SEEK KILLED
PEIPING, China. Jan. 5. —Jap
anese troops occupied Chinese ter
ritory outside and inside the great
wall at Shanhaikwan yesterday
after their terrific bombardment
' had left the city in smoking ruins
the previous day.
A report from Tokio said that
1,000 Chinese soldiers had been
killed, an unknown number of
civilians, and a score of Japanese
The Japanese troops gained con
trol of the Mukden-Peiping rail
way and entrance into the rich
province of Jehol. with losses re
ported from official headquarters
as eight dead, including one com
missioned officer, and 13 seriously
wounded.
With a Japanese plane carrier
off the coast, Chinese residents are
* helpless from air attacks. Subju
cation of Northern China by air
craft will meet no resistance for
no aerial defense armament, nor
planes, are in the area.
Tokio has notified the League of
Nations that no international
complications will result providing
they view the situation from the
standpoint of a local seizure.
An attache of the American con
sulate at, Peiping has left for
a the Shanhaikwan battle front for
the purpose of making an inde
pendent investigation.
Washington reports are to the
effect that only a miracle can
avert major warfare in the Orient.
Observers are convinced that
Japan seeks to create a new em
pire similar to Manchukuo, and
that all existing treaties have
been thrown overboard.
Japanese press reports say that
General Nakamura at Tientsin has
delivered a three-fold ultimatum
to Marshal Chang Shuh Liang,
demanding a Chinese apology.
Not to be outdone by the re
mainder of the nation, which is
just now engrossed with the ques
tion of better and more luxurious
« jails, Fairbanks will have about the
most up-to-date gentlemen’s re
tiring club in Alaska, according to
a description of this apparently
most important subdivision of the
new federal building.
Everything will be electrically
operated, with push button con
trol. There is a tumbler or wash
er, an extractor for partially dry
ing the clothes and many other
pieces of equipment A separate
* switchboard for laundry equip
* ment is provided. In the event of
emergency the federal laundry
would be big enough to handle all
the washings in Fairbanks. . . .
There are 10 cells for men and
4 two others for women.
They won’t have much room for
frolicing in their cells. . . In
each cell is a toilet and washbowl.
. . .The cells are made of hea
vy steel bars and entrance to the
corridor is gained only by passing
* thru doors in a steel grill work
/ which extends the length of the
cells.
(Of course visitors must present
their cards thru the butler).
At one end is a padded cell for
ihose not amenable to ordinary
discipline. Soft cushions line the
walls and the floor is covered with
rubber so that anyone confined
there cannot do himself hurt.
(This also deadens the sound of
rolling the bones).
To the east of the cell block
and occupying about a quarter of
the second floor are the dormito
* ries and day room. The dormitory
will be used to house prisoners
where circumstances do not de
mand that they be kept alone and
the day room provides space for
exercise.
(Nothing was said about bath
salts, the golf course on the roof
and lockers for plus-fours and golf
club hods. But as there’s push
HAVE MONEY LEFT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5, -
| The Democratic National Commit
j tee told Congress it had speni
$1,638,177 last year. The report
filed with South Trimple, clerk o:
the House, showed receipts foi
the same period totaled $l,708,50r
leaving a balance of $70,330.
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VIENNA, Jan. 5, —A new scan
| dal threatened to rock the Ruma
j nian royal court with reliable re
ports that the Dowager Queer
Marie has laid bare delicate fam
ily secrets in a “true life” nove!
shortly to be published under hei
own name.
Information received from auth
entic sources indicate that King
Carol, Queen Marie’s son, is mak
ing frantic attempts to suppress
the volume.
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j INDICTMENT DENIED
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 5, -Mo
i tion to quash an indictment as ar
accessory against John J. “Happy’
Halloran, rich lumberman, in the
Ruth Judd “trunk murderess’
case, was denied yesterday bj
Judge Howard K. Speakman.
This action throw's the case intc
open court wuth the prospect thal
Mrs. Judd will take the stand and
tell the whole story of how hei
two best friends, Agnes Leroi anc
Hedw'ig Samuelson, were slain and
their bodies placed in trunks and
shipped to Los Angeles.
THUDS FAMILIES
NEAR STARVATION
SANTIAGO. Chile, Jan. 5, —
Two thousand families living in
the Andes mountains near the
Argentine border are in imminent
danger of starvation, Walter
Buschmann, an engineer, inform
ed President Arturo Allesandri.
Eruptions of volcanoes in that
district during the past six months
i covered grazing lands with ashes
| to such a depth that cattle are
dying, he said.
m mesteiT
PASSING SPURIOUS BILLS
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, —Secret
Service agents on the trail of an
international counterfeiting ring
| held a prisoner described as En
rique von Buelow, a German world
war ace, on a charge of delivering
$30,000 worth of spurious United
States currency to Montreal
States currency to Montreal,
it was said.
NATIONAL GUARD ON JOB
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 5, —
National guardsmen were ordered
into the Christian county scene
of mine strife in which two per
sons have been killed and 14
wounded since Tuesday night.
TWO MEN HELD
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, —Two
men were held in jail on charges
of attempted robbery and extor
tion after one of them went to the
home of Alexander Pantages and
told the multi-millionaire theater
magnate of a plot to rob him of
$50,000.
COAL MINE WARFARE
TAYLORVILLE, 111., Jan. 5. —
Warfare between rival mine un
ions broke out anew yesterday
with the shooting of two coal
miners and bombing of the home
of a third.
BANK ROBBED
PHILOMATH, Neb., Jan. 5. —
Four men robbed the Philomath
State Bank of $1,500 and escaped.
button and bell-hop service these
things may be ordered).
PIU QUESTION
IT PREMIER COAL
MINE. AQJUSTED
SPLIT-CHECK SYSTEM WILL
PERMIT CONTINUATION
OF OPERATION
Facing the alternative of sus
pending operations ol the Premier
! coal mine, on Moose creek, Mata
nuska coal fields, because of finan
cial difficulties, the management
has adopted the split-check sys
tem, according to reports brought
’ to Seward from Anchorage.
Under the new arrangements,
which enables the mine to contin
ue on its contracts with the Alas
ka Railroad, it is said that the
question of the wage payroll has
been adjusted by the miners op
erating on a stated wage basis
j and a division of all profits on a
50-50 basis
Undei a recent ruling by Wash
ington to the effect that the man
agement of the railroad is per
mitted to apportion the coal ton
nage required by the railroad be
tween the operating mines, instead
of by competitive bids for the full
1 supply, the Premier is said to have
, received a contract for 900 tons
per month or about 30 tons per
day.
It is reported that the question
of wages threatened to cause em
barrassment when the California
backers of the organization which
absorbed the Bartley Howard in
terests in the Premier declined to
advance further moneys for its
! operation and ordered the superin
tendent to shut down and aban
don the mine.
This decision, it is said, was ar
rived at after tragedy attendant
upon the depression in the States,
had taken its toll of of the mem
i bers of the organization of capi
talists.
It is said that the Premier had
] succeeded in creating markets ad
ditional to the railroad coal con
tract, including supplying a good
ly tonnage to Cordova and other
coastal points
The agreement of the miners
and other employees to adopt the
split-check system guarantees the
I continued operation of the mine,
| and offers opportunity for all em
i ployees to secure more than wages,
contingent upon production and
markets.
The Premier, from its inception,
has had a checkered and stormy
history.
The lease, secured from the Fed
eral government, was first ob
tained by Bruno Augustino, who
entered into a working agreement
with four others—coal miners—for
its operation. These became in
volved in disputes which led to
successive receiverships.
Here entered intervenors seek
ing to recover debts alleged to be
owing.
Augostino, facing the alternative
• of being compelled to surrender]
j his lease because of non-perform
ance of covenants with the gov
ernment, then sold his rights to
Bartley Howard and associates.
Then Augustino reconsidered his
action and declined to accep'. he
escrow payment deposited by ,ne
Howard interests to bind the sale
of the lease.
The court finally awarded the
j property to Howard.
Howard underbid the Evan Jones
company on a large contract to
supply the railroad with coal, and
the latter mine suspended opera
tions, devoting the interim to de
velopment work.
Acting for intervenors, attorneys
attacked the Howard contract on
the grounds of non-performance,
taking the matter to the Secre
tary of the Interior.
A decision rendered by the Sec
retary stated in effect “that the
i litigants had a right to proceed
i against the lease no matter in
whose hands it reposed.”
Thus w'hat had been a question
of litigation between two parties
| became tri-party in effect, with
; the owners of the coal land—the
Federal government—holding the j
power to arbitrate the entire ques- j
tion.
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BT FIHE ON TEST M
CHERBOURG, France, Jan. 5, -
The $18,000,000 French luxury linei
Atlantique was destroyed by fire
yesterday with a probable loss ol
30 to 40 of her crew. No passen
j gers v/ere aboard, the vessel hav
I ing been on a reconditioning run
preparatory to resuming service tc
South America.
Of the 225 aboard, 195 were tak
en to this port and Brest by four
rescue ships. Capt. Rene Schoofs
of the SS Atlantique, was among
the 32 survivors brought here on
; the Dutch freighter Achilles.
He informed the press: “I be
i lieve 30 to 40 men were asphyxiat
| ed or burned to death; one of the
i lifeboat’s ropes broke and the boat
I fell into the water and some of
those in it may have drowned.”
The liner, France’s second larg
’ est, was considered a total loss.
SENATE CHAMBERS
DOCKED AS EUROPEAN
NATIONS DENOUNCED
\ WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5, —
Denunciation of France, Belgium
and other European countries that
defaulted their December debt in
stalments, rocked the Senate yes
terday. ■
Demands were made that the
United States should not furthei
negotiate with such countries in
any manner whatsoever until thej
‘‘pay up.” Every big gun in the
‘ Senate, including Borah of Idahc
i and Johnson of California, unlim
! bered their oratorical artillery and
| shot salvos of ‘‘big berthas” intc
j the ranks of those holding con
I cilliatory views on the subject.
GREAT DEEP WATER
PROJECT COMPLETED
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STOCKTON, Calif., Jan. 5, —
| Stockton’s $20,000,000 deep water
| project will be opened Friday and
the first regular coastwise ship
service will be inaugurated not
later than January 15.
Announcement to this effect
came from the office of Colonel
B. C. Allen, port director.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5, —
The government has made defi
nite progress during the past year
in its efforts to develop a treat
ment which will aid and possibly
“cure” narcotic drug addicts.
Doctors of the United States
Public Health Service, are working
on several different treatments in
the worlds largest narcotic labora
tory established in the Leaven
worth, Kansas state prison an
nex.
Officials are reluctant to discuss
the various treatments or results
already achieved.
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WORLD COLD MINES
10 SPEED NEW WORK
A great opportunity undoubted
ly is presented today for external
investment in the gold industry,
the only field of primary produc
tion offering prospect of big profit,
an unlimited market and an as
sured future.
Week by week we get increasing
evidence of growing activity and
fresh finds in all parts of the
world, but until the possibility is
evident that capital capable of
bringing important mines to a pro
ductive stage is available, such
activity has little prospect of ma
terializing into important results,
says the London Mining Journal.
CHANGES NAME AGAIN
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 5, —Indi
cations accumulated that Joan
Blondell, blond screen actress, and
George Barnes, motion picture
camera man, were married here
j shortly after noon yesterday under
j their real names, Rose Blondell
1 and Scott Barnes.
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SHORTAGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5, —
Charles D. Boyer, cashier of the
Federal American National Bank,
and former president of the Amer
ican Institute of Banking, has
confessed to a shortage of $100,
000 in his accounts, the bank an
nounced today.
The loss grew out of stock mar
ket gambling.
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| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. —
Dirt began to fly yesterday morn
ing in actual construction of the
big Golden Gate bridge, at Lime
Point, on the Marion side.
Big steam shovels began eating
| into the earth to make holes as
| large as a 12-storv apartment
I house for the huge concrete
blocks that will the bridge cables
to bedrock.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, —Timidity,
which characterized the inaugural
of the new financial year on the
various markets, disappeared yes
terday under a sudden burst of
benefitting stock, bond and com
modity advance.
A soaring grain market and a
strong bond, stocks and commod
ity markets featured yesterday’s
activities; the sudden upward
trend is unexplained.
Steel common, railway and to
bacco shares all gained from one
to three points; wheat, corn, oats
| and provisions gained two to 20
I points. Ccttn jumped up more
than $1 a bale.
! The day’s turnover was 1,090,000
| shares, more than twice of that
of the preceding day.
Quotations on eggs, cheese and
: butter: Large eggs 30 c per doz
en; medium 29c, small 24c per
i dozen. Butter 23c per pound and
| cheese 12c a pound.
Am. Can 57%, Am. Smelt. 13%,
| Am. Tob. 59%, Auburn 53%, Bald
! win Loco. 5, Beth. Steel 16, Cal.
Pkg. 10%, Can. Pa. 14%, Crysler
17%, Con. Gas 61, Dupont 39%,
Eastman 57, Gen. Elec. 15%, Gen.
Elec. 15%, Gen. Foods 26%, Gen.
Motors 14%, Goodrich 4%, Good
year 15%, Int. Tel. 7%, Loews 21%,
Mont. Ward 13%, Pac. Gas. 31, Pa.
RR. 15%, Pulman 19%, Radio 5%,
Radio Keith 3%, So. Pa. 17%,
Std. Oil Cal. 25, Un. Carbide 26%,
Un. Oil Cal. 11%, Un. Pa. 73%.
English sterling 333%.
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SHE LOVED HUSBAND
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Jan. 5, —
| Grief over the death of her hus
band led Mrs- Julian Carper, 24,
widow of Frank Carper, 32, coxs
wain on the U. S. S. Texas, to end!
her life with gas.
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SHIPPING SPEED CAR
LONDON, Jan. 5, —Sir Malcolm
Campbell, holder of the world’s
automobile speed record of 253.96
miles an hour, announced that he
would ship his rebuilt racing ma
chine “Bluebird” t o Daytona
Beach, Fla., January 18, for an at
tempt to lower his mark.
TABLET TO ROOSEVELT
LANGRES, France, Jan. 3, (/P)—
Citizens of Langres, who have
pleasant recollections of President
elect Roosevelt, who stayed here
during the war, would like to put
up-a tablet to commemorate his
visit. Their idea is to affix a mar
ble slab on the house where Roose
velt resided.
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Dr. J. A. Baughman, who pract
iced medicine for 25 years in Sew
ard, has opened offices in Juneau.
FOUR KILLED 10
FUMES SWEPT FOOD
STORK APARTMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5, —A
$100,000 fire killed two women and
i two men and injured many others
j yesterday when flames of myster
ious origin swept the MacBeth
! apartments at 765 Geary Street,
leaving the interior of the four
j story building a charred ruin.
Reports that shots and sounds
of a violent quarrel preceded the
fire from the region of Miss Ger
trude Hillman’s rooms, where the
blaze was thought to have started,
caused the police to seek the girl
for questioning. She disappeared
following the preliminary ques
tioning in which she denied res
ponsibility for the blaze.
An autopsy was ordered last nite
of the fcur bodies, the report of
a violent quarrel preceding the
fire giving rise to the belief that
foul play may have occurred. This
prompted the coroner’s action.
' LEMARs, la., Jan. 5, —A crowd
of 500 angry farmers man-hand
led an insurance company attor
| ney on the courthouse steps yes
. terday when he sought to fore
1 close a farm mortgage,
j They then assembled all the
| lawyers in town and obtained their
i promises not to bring foreclosure
actions before February 13.
T. Martin was the attorney and
J. Johnson, the farmer whose land
I was to be foreclosed. Valued at
$33,000 it was said the attorney
had made a bid of $3,000.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 5, —Re
ward of $500 for the recovery of
j the body of Lee Schlesinger was
offered yesterday by his father, B.
F. Schlesinger of San Francisco.
Lee Schlesinger. phominent
Portland businessman and sports
man, was believed drowned in the
Columbia river at Vancouver. Wn„
last wTeek.
SHIER CONFERS
WITH B. G. OFFICIAL
ON ROAD TO ALASKA
Ernest W. Sawyer, executive as
sistant to Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur.
S secretary of the interior, was in
Victoria recently, to confer with
George Napier of the Provincial
Department of Works on plans
for the often discussed 2,225-mile
motor road from Blaine to Fair
banks, opening up isolated areas
throughout British Columbia. Yu
kon Territory and Alaska.
This is the first move in the
matter on the part of the Interior
Department since it took over op
eration and maintenance of Alas
ka roads and trails from _the War
Department early this year.
He was in Seattle later to confer
with Jacob R. Ummel, purchasing
agent and office manager for the
Alaska Railroad, and with Foster
L. McGovern of “he Chamber of
Commerce Alaska Bureau.
POPE HAS HOPE
ROME, Jan. 5, —Pope Pius XI
has reason to hope “that 1933 will
be a much better year than 1932,’’
the Pope said yesterday in an ad
dress before the Roman nobility.
RIDICULOUS!
PARIS, Jan. 5, —Friends of
Mme. Magda Lupescu, with whom
King Carol of Rumania once liv
ed in exile, insist that Madame is
living quietly in Bucharest. Re
ports from Warsaw that she had
been murdered in the King’s pre
sence by a young army officer,
were branded as ridiculous.