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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 65.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 20,1933.
PRI(^E TEN CENTS
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA STANDING
BY BUT UNABLE ASSIST BE
CAUSE WEATHER
SEATTLE, March 20,—The Jap
anese freighter Canadian Seigneur,
which sent SOS messages from the
western tip of the Aleution Is
lands which signals falied, has not
been heard from directly since
early in the morning.
The SS. Empress of Russia ra
dioed it was standing by but was
unable to give any assistance due
to heavy weather. The vessel pre
viously sent a repo.t that murky
weather made it impossible to ex
actly locate the Canadian Siegneur
and its crew of 25 Japanese.
The vessel was 400 feet long and
had more than a 5,000 ton cargo
of lumber from Grays Harbor
aboard. It was from British Co
lumbia and bound for Japan. The
Canadian Seigneur was formerly
owned by the Canadian National
Lines.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 20.—
The Japanese owned Steamship
Canadian Seigneur, last night was
in distress off the Western Aleu
tian Islands, messages intercepted
here by Mackey radio said. She
carried a crew of 40.
The Japanese liner Oregon Maru
and the Canadian Pacific liner
Empress of Russia were reported
proceeding to the Canadian Seig
neurs aid. Radio reports said tne
vessel’s cargo had shifted.
Other ships radioed the Seig
neurs’ radio signals were growing
fainter.
AID IMPOSSIBLE
SEATTLE, March 20,—Her cargo
shifted, the steel freighter Cana
dian Seigneur, which left Grays
Harbor March 2, called desperately
for aid Sunday, in the stormy seas
off the western tip of the Aleutian
Islands while the Canadian Pacif
ic liner Empress of Russia was
hove to in the vicinity but unable
to render aid because of dark and
stormy weather.
JUNEAU ,Marrh 20.—With but
one dissenting vote cast by Hess of
Fairbanks, the Senate Saturday
passes the Hellerich repeal of the
Alaska Bone Dry Law which now
goes to the Governor for his Sig
nature. The bill will require a test
in court to determine validity to
tax.
Bills which made their appear
ance in the House wrere as follows:
One by Nordale to bfoaden the
scope of school tax to include all
persons over the age of 18 except
persons in military and navai ser
vice, paupers or those dependent
on the Territory and requiring an
affidavit from any one claiming
exemption and it removed the
present age limit of 50 years.
Another bill by Taylor, increases
licenses for non-resident seiners
and gill-netters from $10 to $25
and fixes a fee of $50 for Irollero
to replace the $250 fee declared in
valid by courts.
ROME, March 20.—Premier Mus
solini oi Italy, in the role of a
Napoleon of Peace, Sunday, secur
ed British agreement to a “Musso
lini plan” to preserve and control
European peace for at least five
years and to prevent the spread of
Russian Communism into Europe.
With the “compromise disarma
ment plan” of Prime Minister Mac
Donald of Great Britain oefore
him. II Duce submitted his own
political supplement establishing
Britain, Italy, France and Ger
many as the “Dictators of peaceful
Europe”.
HEADS GRAND IGLOO
JUNEAU, March 20,—Alfred Lo
men was elected president of the
Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of
Alaska. The pioneers will meet at
i Anchorage next year.
I
SIND OR ACID DELIBERATELY
POURED INTO TURBINE,
SOVIETS CHARGE
LONDON, March 20, —The cor
respondent for Reuters-British
News Agency at Riga reported that
the retaining of the employees cf
the Metropolitan Electrical Com
pany was understood to be closely
connected with the building of the
$1,000,000 dam, which was an
I pounced completed last May.
Metropolitan Vickers supplied
the steel for the great turbo-elec
tros intended to supply power
throughout Russia. Six were to
have been in operation by tne end
of last year.
Russian authorities now charge
1 that the blades of the turbines
‘have corroded; that this occurred,
not naturally but maliciously, the
assertion being made that since
the blades were made of the finest
quality of rust-proof steel, sand or
acid must have been poured into
the turbine to cause the alleged
1 corrosion.
The Russians charge that em
| ployees of the Metropolitan Vick
j ers. who supervised construction
' of the turbines, are guilty of sab
otage in behalf of counter-revolu
tionary organizations.
PRESIDENT’S BOOK MONDAY
NEW YORK. March 20, —After a
: delav of foar days, occasioned by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt s
insistence upon making last-rmn
i ute corrections, the President’s new
book "Looking Forward,” will ap
pear Monday. It is a revised col
lection of his addresses and pre
viously published article^.
CALDWELL, N. J.. March 20.—
! Bishop James Cannon, in an ad
i dress at the Caldwell Presbyterian
! Church Sunday, said that it is a
I horrible situation to see the Presi
j dene of the United States calling
; noon Congress for beer legislation.
1 ‘He described the President’s
] conduct as a backward step and
unconstitutional. Appealing for
\ funds to support an anti-saloon
i league, the. Bishop said. “We are
not licked yet”
,
ms IN OHIO VOLLEY
CINCINNATI, O.. March 20,—’The
worst flood in many years has oc
curred in the Ohio River valley
from Virginia to Indiana; four
I deaths have been recorded, thous
jands of acres have been inundat
ed and numerous towns and vil
lages along the river flooded.
People are abandoning homes
for higher ground. The Weather
Bureau reported the flood will
reach its peak Thursday; the river
is rising steadily, although less
| rapidly.
II10 FLOOD STSGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20,
1 A rise in the Ohio River that pro
bably will flood parts of Cincin
: nati, Evansville, Ind., and Parkers
burg, West Va.. and adjacent lo
: calities, was predicted today by
! the U. S- Weather Bureau.
Heavy rainfall has swollen the
i river to its highest stage since
1927, the Bureau reported. On the
basis of reports up to 7 a. m. to
day, a rise of 11 or 12 feet above
j flood stage was forecast at Cin
j cinnati and 10 feet at Evansville
' and five feet at Parkersburg.
DELEGATES WALK
OUT OF LEAGUE
REPORT UPHOLDS COLOMBIA’S
RIGHT TO OCCUPY LETI
CIA CORRIDOR
GENEVA, March 20, —The Peru
vian delegation, headed by Garcia
Calderon, walked out of the coun
cil of the League of Nations Sat
urday after that body adopted a
report on the Leticia dispute bet
ween Colombia and Peru ,which
was unsatisfactory to Peru.
However, Calderon informed the
press “this does not mean Peru’s
withdrawal from the League.’’ He
told the council that “sooner or
later you will examine the moral
aspects of this problem- That is
the only way a satisfactory solu
tion can be found.”
The report upholds Colombia’s
right to occupy the Leticia corri
dor on the Amazon river, which
was seized from her by Peruvian
irregulars last September and re
commends immediate withdrawal
of Peruvian troops from the area.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20.
—Critics of President Roosevelt’s
experimental farm relief measure
wheeled up their heavy artillery
and prepared to open fire on the
measure today.
Indications were that Chairman
Jones of the House Agriculture
committee would introduce the
bill in the exact form in which it
was written by Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace and his advisers.
Then the amending will Start.
DROWNS FAMILY
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20, —
The bodies of a father and four
children were found in an automo
bile submerged in the waters of
Cuyahoga river, near here. Au
thorities expressed the belief the
man deliberately drowned himself
and his children by driving into
the river.
LONDON, March 20.—Peaceable
revision of the Treaty of Versailles
before it is abrogated by force,
was regarded by some leaders here
as possibly the only alternative to
war in Europe.
The proposals by Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald at Geneva
and Rome, apparently have had
little or no effect in lessening the
tension among the British press
and people.
STKTESIN TOOK TIME
OFF TO VISIT TOE POPE
VATICAN CITY, March 20, —
Prime Minister J. Ramsay Mac
Donald and Sir John Simon, Brit
ish foreign secretary, took time
away from their duties as states
men here Sunday to visit Pope
Pius XI at the Vatican.
The Pope received the British
leaders at 6.30 p. m- and they
chatted for 35 minutes after which
the ministers visited Cardinal Pa
celli, the Papal secretary of state.
THEATERS CLOSED
CLEVELAND, O., March 20, —
With one exception, Cleveland’s
theaters were closed Saturday and
their owners insisted they would
remain closed until employees ac
cept a 25 per cent wage reduction.
A burlesque house remained
open playing to record crowds.
AMERICANS FLEEING
BERLIN, March 20, — Panic
stricken by the arrest of six Brit
ish subjects in Moscow on charges
of sabotage, many Americans fled
from Russia Saturday. Early arri
vals in Berlin included 17 Ameri
can engineers of the General Elec
tric Company there.
INTO RECEIVERSHIP
I FRANKFORT. Ky., March 20, — j
The Equitable Life & Casualty In-!
surance Company of Louisville was
placed in receivership Saturday.
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LEGAL BEER JUNE 9
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 20,
—West Virgina legalized 3.5 per
cent beer Saturday, effective on
June 9. i
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ON THE WAY
OLYMPIA, \yn- March 20,—Gov- j
ernor Martin signed the measure
setting up machinery for the State I
convention to act on the proposed ■
repeal of the 18th amendment. |
ANOTHER STRONG QUAKE
LOS ANGELES, March 20, —An
earthquake, the strongest within j
36 hours shook a limited area in1
Southern California Saturday af
ternoon. Damage was negligible.
* * * *
UNCOMPLETED HISTORY
MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 20, — j
A history of Indian wars in which!
he had fought lay unfinished in
the hotel quarters of Brigadier
General Charles King, 88, who died
from the shock of a fall over a rug-;
* * * *
DEADLINE EXTENDED
CHICAGO March 20, —The dead
line for turning in hoarded gold
has been extended indefinitely,!
the Federal Reserve Bank of Chi
cago was notified by Washington
authorities
* * * *
200 KILLED
MUKDEN, March 20, -Two
hundred alleged Communist ban
dits were killed by the Japanese
garrison stationed in the Hailung
district, according to reports Te- j
ceived here.
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RUINS TOPPLED.
ATHENS, Greece, March 20, —,
Strong earth shocks shook the
Chalkideki Peninsula in Northern
Greece Sunday sending the popu
lace into the open in terror. The
last standing ruins were toppled.
ESC APE WITH THOUSANDS
LOS ANGELES, March 20,—Two
armed bandits held up a bank at
Downey and Firestone Avenues,
and escaped in an automobile with
between seven and eight thousand
dollars, in cash.
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' ACTOR PASSES
ORANGE, N. J., March 20.—Jef
ferson Beangeliss, 74, the actor
who suffered paralysis for more
than a year, died here. His fun
eral will be held Wednesday. He is
survived by a widow and son.
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NOW .ABLE TO SEE
SEATTLE, March 20,—Mrs. Pete
Sara, who, with her husband, es- j
tablished one of the first reindeer
herds in Alaska, is now able to see
after cataracts were removed from
her eyes. Her trip here is her first
in 24 years. i
ROBBERS STICK UP BANK
LOS ANGELES, March 20, —Two
men today forced L. R. Hauge,
manager of the Angeles Mesa
branch of the Security First Na
tional Bank, to open a safe and
then escaped with a sum estimated
at $10,000.
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BOXER IS FINED
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, —
Jimmy Dundee, an outstanding
boxer of several years ago, was
fined $250 by Federal Judge A. F.
V. Sure for possession of liquor.
Dundee was arrested several weeks
ago in Oakland.
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STORM WARNINGS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20,
—Northeast storm warnings were
ordered hoisted from Delaware
breakwater to Nantucket, Mass.
The Weather Bureau said a dis
turbance of considerable intensity
over Southern Illinois in conjunc
tion with high pressure areas over
New England, nrobably would
| cause a storm of gale force.
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| CHOPPED WOMAN FOUND
CINCINNATI, O., March 20,—
! The body of a woman, chopped
into 14 nieces, was found in a
motor «^r here and shortly after
ward her husband committed sui
cide after battling officers. Police
said the couple was identified as
Charles D. Evans, 50, a butcher,
j and Ellen J. Davis, 42, of Indian
: apolis.
SHOCKS CONTINUE
LOS ANGELES, March 20,—One
more shock in a long series of
quakes was recorded this after
noon in the Los Angeles area.
There was no damage although it
was clearly felt.
With contracts for the delivery
of 250,000 tons of Alaska coal to
San Prancisco intemsts, provided
the Matanuska coal fields are pre
pared to fill such an order, U. G.
Crocker, Anchorage merchant and
one who has always been num
bered among the progressive spir
its of Western Central Alasxa, ar
rived in Seward Saturday on the
SS. Northwestern.
Mr. Crocker has spent several
weeks in San Francisco and Los
Angeles, during which time he in
terviewed capitalists and present
ed a close-up of what Alaska had
to offer in trade and investment.
“Everywhere I wrent,” said Mr.
Crocker, “I found the business and
financial men in a very receptive
state of mind and eager to learn
of opportunities for investment
and trade. Especially was this
true in San Francisco, where I ef
fected tentative contracts for ap
proximately a quarter of a million
tons of Matanuska coal.
California is deeply interested
in the possibilities of building up a
strong trade connection with Alas
ka, and the business men seem
willing to make their bid through
investing in Alaskan resources.
“It is now only a question of se
curing the tonnage required. This
coal would be consumed in Cali
fornia. and in the Hawaiian Isl
ands.
“I expect a number of business
men to visit us this spring to make
a survey of investment and trade
opportunities and believe someth
ing of a tangible nature will re
sult therefrom.”
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. —
The former President and Mrs.
Herbert Hoover will return to their
Palo Alto home Monday, it was
learned last night.
Mrs. Hoover will arrive from
Pasadena at the same time her
husband arrived from Chicago.
Servants have completed work on
preparing the Hoover home for oc
cupancy.
SOVIETS BECOME “LIPPY”
MOSCOW, March 20, -The Sovi
et government has served notice
on “imperialistic neighbors” that it
is prepared to repulse any military
attack and is convinced that Rus
sia would win if forced into a war.
The warning was seen as directed
against Japan. Tokio refused to
sign a non-aggression pact with
Russia.
MEW SHOWER
KILLED 1SIKS. C.
SPARTANBERG, S. C., March 20.
—Two persons were killed and
many injured in what is described
as a shower of meteorites.
During the thunderstorm, ac
companied by heavy rains and
hail, residents of widely separated
points testified to a blinding light
which was followed by a downpour
of sharp pieces of meteorites some
of which weighed as much as a one
cent piece.
EARLY THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20,
—Congressional leaders promised
Saturday to pass the beer and
wine bill early this week and to
follow it with a capital license sys
tem designed as a model for othed
communities whic hdesire to per
mit sale of legalized beverages.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20,
—President Roosevelt was under
stood to have taken under active
consideration the question of rec
ognition of Soviet Russia. Con
gressional sources informed the
press they believed some decision
might be made within a fortnight.
NEITHER ITALY NOR ENGLAND*
HAVE MILITARY ALLIANCE
OTHER NATIONS
ROME, March 20, —Italy agreed
with England Saturday night on a
general five-year arms reduction
plan designed to avert Eurooean
war ahd collapse of the World
Arms conference.
Premier Mussolini accepted “in
principle” the British plan which
was presented last Thursday at Ge
neva by Premier Ramsay MacDon
ald, although he made several re
servations.
Acceptance came at a signifi
cant Saturday night conference
wth MacDonald and his foreign
secretary, Sir John Simon. They
made a dramatic airplane flight
to Rome to confer with Mussolini
on the threatening crisis.
MacDonald’s plan would limit
navies, armies, air forces, tanks
and other weapons. It would pro
vide a holiday in capital ships
construction and set definite fig
ures for strength of continental
European armies, including 200.000
men for Germany.
Mussolini may ask an increase
in the 50,000 colonial troops al
loted Italy under the plan but he
accepted 200,000 troops in Italy
proper.
The outstanding point of the.
conference was the disclosure that
Mussolini had emphatically in
formed MacDonald that Italy had
no military alliances with anyone
and was pleased to hear that En
gland had none, likewise.
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ELEGTHIC Cm IT Sfl
EdRLV HGUR IS MORN
RAIFORD. Fla., March 20,—Gui
seppe Zangara, assassin of Mayor
Anton -J. Cprmak, died in the elec
tric chair in the State prison today
at 9 a- m.
Zangara was not notified until
late last night and his only re
quest was for a chicken dinner
which was granted.
He talked little and then only
to Prison Superintendent L. F.
Chapman. The State turned down
hundreds of requests to witness
the execution of the man who
wanted to kill President Roosevelt.
Physicians performed an autopsy
on Zangara’s body and found the
assassin’s brain perfectly normal.
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SEATTLE Wash., March 20, —
The SS Admiral Evans, of the> Pa
cific Steamship Lines, Ltd-, sailed
for Alaska Saturday with the fol
lowing passenger reservation for
Seward:
Mrs. Mayme Esmond, Bernard
Smith, F. Sharp, Miss Sylvia Sand
beck, W. Boyle, T. Estabrook, F.
Murphy, Ray Arald, Ed Main, Ol
enn Wachab, Louis Huber, Alex
Evensen, R. Peterson, Carl Rosen
and Robert Howard.
An exceptionally interesting ser
ies of variety acts will be presented,
to the public this evening in the
Seward school assembly by the
Little Theatre Club. A nominal ad
mission fee will be charged in an
effort to raise sufficient money to
pay off long-standing obligations,
which, while not so large, never
theless are long overdue.
Two weeks of attentive study and
training has brought the vaudeville
numbers up to a high degree of
skill and it is surprising at the
amount of real and heretofor un
known talent which has been
found. The program will be found
in another column of this issue.
-VARIETY SHOW TONIGHT, AT SCHOOL