MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 98 SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1933 . . PRICE TEN CENTS
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LONGEST DURATIOK
SITE SEMH
NO MATERIAL DAMAGE REPORT
ED LOCALLY OTHER THAN
STORE STOCKS
At the hour of 4:35 o’clock yes
terday afternoon Mother Earth
* literally got up ,and waltzed in
what was the heaviest and longest
duration earthquakes in memory
of many oldtimers.
One of the most remarkable
features of the quake was the
stealthiness with which it ushered
itself in, which was almost imper
ceptible, and within a few seconds
had reached the zenith of its os
cillations. Unlike preceding earth
f quakes, there was no sudden bump
or lateral motion, but a pendtflic
action ranging from north to
south. This swaying like a pendu
lum continued in full violence for
several seconds, then shaded off
into a gentle motion which con
tinued for more than an hour, fol
lowing throughout the night by
tremors at various intervals. Up to
7 o’clock last night 17 shocks had
been recorded.
FIRST SHOCK ANCHORAGE
Just before the local manifesta
tion, a Signal Corps operator was
taking a message from Anchorage.
Suddenly the Anchorage operator
flashed “Good night! Me for the
street,” and the message ended
abrubtly. Four minutes later, when
the message was resumed the An
chorage operator said his section
of the country had been walking
around as never before.
A checkup indicates no greater
damage than toppling of store
merchandise from shelves, the
stopping of all clocks facing north
and south, and the upsetting of
many nerves.
Mrs. Larry Chilberg owns a rad
io set with an incandescent light
above it. It has been the custom,
when extinquishing it, to unscrew
it. It was extinquished when the
temblor started, but when Mrs.
Chilberg glanced at the light it
suddenly blazed brilliantly, naving
in the jar, formed contact. The
thing was uncanny and she fol
folwed the action of the entire
town in taking to the open.
COMEDY AND TRAGEDY
Over at the railroad depot the
kiddos were doing valiant battle
in a baseball game. The pitcher
had wound up and lifted one leg
when the earth shifted. His in
shoot promised to pass out to sea,
but developed into a wide out
curve whose course promised to
circle and smash him in the back
of the head. As the catcher cast
off his mask in preparation of
pelting his team-mate with ‘darns’’
he was tossed onto his ear.
Up the street two dogs were nos
ing each other trying to decide
whether to flee, fraternize or
fight when the earth movement
tossed one head-on against the
other. Here friendship ceased and
a fight ensued.
In several instances parked cars
facing north and south began to
roll back and forth as on a see
saw.
One lady was observed clinging
to a lamp-post like a drunken man
trying to remain upright.
Main street was black with peo
ple in the twinkling of an e.ye. One
person was heard to remark it
was the first time he had seen the
people together and was astonish
ed at the number.
EARTH WAVES
A radio was toppled to the floor
in the Lake Kenai district where
underground rumblings were dis
tinctly heard.
Here in Seward the ground ac
tually moved in wave-like undu
lations; many folk became dizzy. 1
Reports from up the line said
that telegraph poles were thrown
down in the Kenai Lake area,
where the tremors were almost
continuous, and electric light ser
vice interrupted in Anchorage for
a short time; windows were broken
(Please turn to page 4.)
WESTWARD SHOCK
DUTCH HARBOR, April 27,—A
slight earthquake was felt at 12:20
p. m. in the vicinity of Dutch Har
bor and Unalaska. No damage was
reported.
PESCE TERMS BE
LONDON. April 27.—The London
Daily Express stated it is “able to
reveal” peace terms between Japan
and China that will shortly be
announced. A resume of the
newspapers article follows:
China recognizes the independ
ence of Manchukuo. The Great
Wail will be the boundary line be
tween North China and Manchu
kuo and China will give up Jehol
province. A zcne will be protested
on both sides of the Wall and
Chinese must suppress bandits on
their side.
Chinese immigration into Man
chukuo will be restricted. A recip
rocal trading agreement will be
negotiated between China and
Manchukuo. The Japanese Navy
will protect North China ports,
thus excluding European influence
and laying the foundation as an
Asiatic Monroe doctrine.
POSSIBILITY era
SEMEN BOOSEIIELT
SEN. CUSTER SLISS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—
The possibility of a break “between
President Roosevelt and Senator
Carter Glass, his inaugural rhoice
for Secretary of the Treasury, over
inflation,” enlivened the final drive
to force a vote on the administra
tion's huge inflation bill in the
Senate by nightfall.
Glass was reported to be plan
ning a speech assailing the admin
istration program. He voted in
the Senate bank and currency
committee against giving the Presi
dent power to change the gold con
tent of the dollar and since then,
has been strangely silent. If he
attacks the President’s program it
will enliven the debate but, it will
not change the result.
FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT
SENATORS VS. YANKS
THREE FINS ARRESTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26,—
Wrathy New York Yankees shut
out the Washington Senators 16 to
0. After police reserves were call
ed to quell a free-for-all fight,
started by players and taken up
by fans, wrhich temporarily halted
the game in the fourth inning.
Three fans Tvere arrested by of
ficers putting down the near riot.
With play resumed, 45 Yankees in
all were marked as having times
at bat. Lou Gehrig hit his fourth
homer. Lazzeri another. Russell
van Atta held Washington to five
hits.
The melee began after Chapman,
Yankee outfielder spiked Myer,
Washington infielder, spiked slid
ing into second- Chapman and
Myer came to blows.
Chapman was ordered to the
clubhouse. Spectators jumped from
the stands. Both Yankees and Sen
ator players figured in the wild
melee.
POWER NEGOTIATE
WASHINGTON, April 27,—Presi
dent Roosevelt will ask for broad
authority to make war debt and
’tariff agreements with other pow
ers, the White Hopse revealed.
While nothing official was forth
coming on the nature of the au
thority to be sought, it was said
in Congressional circles the chief
executive will ask the power to
postpone the debt installments
due June 15.
JUNEAU, April "7,—Representa
tives oi Alaska salmon packers in
Juneau authorized The Empire to
announce the opening on May 1
of employment registration agen
cies at Juneau, Ketchikan and An
chorage to list unemployed for
labor in canneries and the fishing
industry in general, saying:
“We expect in this way to assist
Alaska solve its unemployment
problems”. They added “Only res
ident Alaskans will be listed for
employment and there’s no need
.for any rush from Seattle or other
cities or individuals expecting to
be included on the lists”.
The packers asked the Chamber
of Commerce and all other towns
to cooperate by furnishing lists of
available workers desiring iobs in
canneries and the fisheries.
The Senate passed the Pioneers
Home building commission meas
ure which was revamped to in
clude the highway engineer as
chairman; and treasurer, auditor,
attorney general and commissioner
of education who are authorized
to hold hearings and select the
site for the future home, to em,
ploy an architect to prepare plans
for the building and equip the
new institution as soon as possi
ble for occupancy.
The Senate defeated Nerland’s
bill eliminating 1906 as the quali
fying date for old age allowances
and substituting therefore 25 years
residence qualification, and Tay
lor’s bill establishing certain legal
rights for illegitimate children.
Four new measures were intro
duced in the Senate, three code
amendments and one by Shattuck
giving the board of education ab
solute authority to reorganize the
public school system on modern
economic lines.
The Senate refused to concur in
the House amendments to the beer
bill which now goes to conference.
The House passed 11 minor Sen
ate code repeals and amendments
including a bill to repeal the law
£or preferential vote on the Gov
ernor.
GRAVE FEAR CONFLICT
HARBIN, April 27.—Japan will
be compelled to fulfill her treaty
obligations and assist in defending
Manchukuo if Soviet troops enter
Manchukuo territory, the Japanese
consul general announced. Grave
fears of a conflict between Soviet
Russia and Manchukuo have arisen
owing to a dispute over the Chinese
Eastern Railway.
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IMPROVEMENT SEEN IN
.F.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27—A
definite improvement in business
conditions in San Francisco was
reported by the Research Depart
ment of the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce, with most im
portant fields of activity affected.
Despite the retarding influence
of the bank holiday and closed ex
changes, the report indicated,
March increased over February in
the value of construction permits,
real estate, postal receipts, new in
dustries, employment in the manu
j factoring and building construc
tion industries, wholesale xsales,
carloadings and cargo tonnage
J receipts of fruits, vegetables, dairy
products and livestock.
APPRECIATIVE
NEW YORK April 27,^Just be
fore sailing for England Wednes
day, Premier Ramsay MacDonald
sent the following message to Pres
ident Roosevelt: “I cannot leave
these shores without sending a
message of heartfelt thanks for
the cordial and general hospitality
which you extended to Isbel
and myself and the friendly wel
come which we everywhere receiv
>ed.”
GARROTED
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VERNON, Calif., April 27,—Two
men, identified from fingerprints
as bootleggers, were found garrot
ed in a refuse dump near here.
They apparently had been “tak
j en for a ride” by rival liquor rackr
| eteers shortly after midnight. The
| men were identified as Earl With
! row, 24. and George H. Walter, 33,
j an ex-convict from San Guentin.
; Hemp ropes had been pulled tight
! abort their necks.
j CHICAGO, April 27, —Women
I school teachers were knocked
! down by blows from riot sticks,
| others fainted and were trampled,
| plate glass windows were smash
i ed here as 3.039 unpaid, destitute
| men and women teachers engaged
1 in a hand to hand battle with po
licemen, also unpaid, in the of
fices of the Chicago Title & Trust
Co.
Shouting ''Don’t turn yellow”
and “we want Davis.” the peda
gogues stormed through the of
fices seeking entrance to the quar
ters of General Abel Davis, chair
man of the company board.
Policemen and bank guards were
scratched and battered as the
teachers vainly sought a hearing
from General Davis on the freeing
of some $30,000,000 in tax money
reported held in escrow.
JM PLANS SEIZE
CHINESE EHSTEBN NT.
NEWEST OF flUMOOS
MOSCOW, April 27— A disnatch
from Khabarovsk was received
quoting “Competent sources” said
Japanese circles in Manchuria,
acting with approval of the Japan
ese Kwantung army headquarters,
had adopted a plan to seize the
Chinese Eastern Railway from
Soviet Russia.
This would be accomplished “un
der the^ protest of transferring this
road to Manchukuo”, the dispatch
said, and would be “a grave viola
tion of the Peiping-Mukden treat
ies, providing for the construction
and operation of the road.”
TO HOSPITAL
SALINAS, Calif., April 27,—A
collision between an automobile
and a truck sent Federal Judge A.
F. St. Sure of San Francisco, his
wife and another couple, to a hos
pital here.
Mrs. St. Sure was the most seri
ously injured of the four, suffer
ing deep cuts on the scalp and it
was feared her skull might have
been fractured. Judge St Sure was
not hurt badly.
HARBIN, April 27.—An official
communique stated General Ho
Ying Ching was in possession of
information indicating an armed
conflict between Japanese and So
viet troops was expected momen
tarily.
The Japanese army, the commu
nique said, had transported a full
division and a large quantity of
ammunition to Northern Man
churia, while Saviet military com
manders have mobilized 12 divi
sions and 300 airplanes at Vladi
vostok, Chita and Kharbarovsk.
EXCEPTIONAL HONOR
WASHINGTON D. C. April 27,—
Mrs. Florence Kahn, San Francisco
Congresswoman, attended the
White House dinner to ex-Premier
Edouard Herriot last night. The
San Franciscan is the only Repub
lican member of the House to have
been invited, outside of Rep. Bert
rand Snell, minority leader. The
honor is an exceptional one.
FLIRTS WITH PRISON
SONORA, Calif., April 26,—F. O.
Humsten can eat his cake and
have it. He sold a $350 camera
to Henry W. Ruoff, druggist, then
borrowed the same camera and is
alleged to have sold it again.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, —
Demonstrators who roared, “We
want Tom Mooney,’’ caused con
tinuance to May 22 of his second
trial for murder in the 1926 pre
paredness day bombing.
While mounted police were driv
ing the yelling, banner-waving
crowd of 500 to 600 persons away
from the Hall of justice, Sunerior
Court Judge Louis H. Ward or
dered the delay.
“Even a formal trial cannot pro
ceed as long as such demonstra
tions continue,” said the judge.
“Friends of Mooney preclude giv
ing him justice. This case cannot
I be determined by the yells and
j shouts of a mob, and as long as
j this continues I will not bring him
fi'om prison.”
PLANS PAWN FAMOUS
HOPE DIAMONO FOR
MUCH-NEEOED FUNDS
WASHINGTON, D. D., April 26,—
Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean reveal
ed that she is pawning the famous
Hope diamond, which has been re
puted thru the years to bring trag
edy to all who possess it.
Mrs. McLean said she had asked
for an appraisal on the famous
stone after she had been unsuc
cessful in efforts to raise money
cn her extensive real estates hold
ings.
Mrs. McLean was in Baltimore,
where her 14-year-old son wras op
erated on for appendicitis. She
said she hoped to obtain $250,000
from the 44 1-2 carat diamond and
other jewels, in order to save her
paper, The Washington Post, for
.her children.
GENERAL AT ODDS ~
MW COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27,—
Maj. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur army
chief of staff, was reported by
members of the House Military
committee to be at odds with the
Administration over proposed
drastic economies in army officer
personnel.
General MacArthur appeared at
secret hearings before the commit
tee. He was summoned to testify
and was reported to have made
clear that he was not a “volun
teer” witness.
CALGARY DISORDER
CALGARY, Alberta, April 27,—A
detatchment of Royal Canadian
mounted police reached this city
to enforce order following a riot
by unemployed men and women.
In Edmonton an emergency meet
ing of the Provincial Cabinet was
held to consider means of handling
the outbreak.
FRUITFUL MEETING,
SAYS MAC DONALD
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27,—
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon
ald of Great Britain, just before
leaving Washington yesterday,
said his conversations with Presi
dent Roosevelt had been fruitful
to an extent he had hardly imag
ined would be possible.
Emphasizing that the United
States was not being brought into
any alliance, he nevertheless said
a basis for substantial achievement
at the world economic conference
had been laid.
UNIQUE GLIDER FLIGHT
LOS ANGELES April 27, —Rich
ard Devine, glider, plans a flight
from the top of Pike’s Peak, he an
nounced.
RECESS TO MAY 12
SACRAMENTO, April 27, —The
State Senate agreed to the resolu
tion by the assembly that tne leg
islature recess May 12 instead of
May 5.
PALACE WAS DAMAGED
LONDON, April 27, —King Car
ol’s palace in Bucharest, Rumania,
was seriously damaged by fire, a
dispatch to the Daily Mail report
ed.
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DAYLIGHT SAVING
SEATTLE, April 27.—A daylight
saving ordinance, which would be
come effective May 7. if passed, was
before the City Council, with a
public hearing scheduled for Fri
day.
JIG-SAW FIEND HAPPY
KANSAS CITY, April 27, —Seme
jig-saw fiend should be having the
time of his life today. Blanche
Bullock, a sales agent, reported her
automobile had been broken into
and 144 of the puzzles stolen.
FATHER FACES LIFE
LOS ANGELES, April 27, —John
Roberts, 73, businessman of this
city, faced life imprisonment for
the murder of his son, Earle, fol
lowing a decision by the District,
court of appeals.
EAST AND WEST
PARIS, April 27.—Close relations
between France and Japan were
placed in jeopardy by Far Eastern
developments which, at the same
time, tend to strengthen Franco
Russian friendship.
SEEK A WAY
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 27 —
Federal authorities settled down to
the task of finding a way to get
C. C. Julian, fugitive oil promoter,
located in Shanghai, back to Ok
lahoma to face prosecution on
mail fraud charges.
DYNAMITE BOMBS
HAVANA, Cuba, April 27, —Po
lice found two 19 pound dynamite
bombs on the roof of a grocery
store. Wires from the bombs were
traced over nearby roofs to the
home of Miguel Balmaseda, a ser
geant in the secret service.
WANTED SELL WIFE
MILWAUKEE, Wise., April 27, —
Mrs. Josephine Pesuz charged, in
suing her husband for divorce,
that he tried to sell her for $100,
I 000 to another man but that the
j deal “fell through”' because the
j other man would offer only $7,000.
DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
t ROME, Italy, April 27. —The
death toll in Sunday’s earthquake
on the Island of Kos reached 119
as workmen began searching the
ruins of hundreds of buildings.
Over 600 were injured in Kos and
neighboring islands.
CLOSED DOORS
TOKYO, April 27.—Possibility
that the open trade door of Man
chukuo may be closed to nations
refusing to recognize the Manchu
kuoan government was seen fol
lowing contradictory statements
on the commercial future of the
Far East.
FOUND DEAD
FRESNO, Calif., April 27,—Whit
ney C. Williams, prominent Fresno
businessman, was found dead In
his gas-filled automobile at his
home here. Police said Mr. Wil
liams had been despondent for
some time over ill health. He
leaves his widow and a son, Earl,
who found him dead.
UP TO PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27,—
President Roosevelt was given
broad authority to remonetize sil
ver at any ratio to gold he deems
necessary, in an amendment to
the reflation bill adopted by the
Senate. The vote was 41 to 26.
Leaders predicted the entire bill
passage by tonight.