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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 196.
SEWARD, ALASKA,THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
PROSPERITY HINDERED
BY WIRE COTTINB IS
PROTEST OF ERROR HERD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.
—The charges of bad faith and
an unsound policy was raised
against the wage-cutting steel cor
porations by organized labor while
President Herbert Hoover and his
advisers remained silent but ser
iously intent.
William Greene, president of the
Federation of Labor, took the ini
tiative in asserting that the steel
industry ""had broken its two-year
old pledge.
The “Whitehorse” labor leader
quoted a statement made by Julius
Klein, assistant Department of
Commerce secretary, that “there’ll
be hell to pay throughout the
United States in the event of a gen
eral wage reduction.” Greene said
this is a sound and logical conclu
sion and that “no greater blows
than this had yet been struck
against the forces which up to now
had been serving to bring a return
to prosperity.”
FAMILY OF SIX KILLED
VISILIA. Calif., Sept. 24. (/P)—An
entire family of six died when the
“Owl,” bound from Los Angeles to
San Francisco, struck a sedan on a
crossing near Delano. The dead are
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Youngblood,
lying near the scene of the accident
with their four children.
The San Francisco bound Owl,
Southern Pacific flyer, traveling
60 miles an hour, hit their auto
near Radnor in Tulare county.
The family was returning shortly
after midnight from a country
dance when the locomotive struck
the machine, carrying it 100 yards
and scattering the bodies of the oc
cupants, clothing and auto parts
for many feet around.
MWEeiliisi
H ON REEF IN FOE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.., 24, (A>)
—Salvagers were working to pull
the 5,000 ton Norwegian motorship
Bonneville, with its crew of 45
men from a reef off Cfcemainus!
Beach off Vancouver, B. C. It |
crashed in a fog.
It was feared, according to
wireless dispatches to the Marine
Department of the Chamber of
Commerce here, that the Bonne
*r ville’s cargo of 4,300,000 feet of
lumber, destined for Atlantic coast
ports, might have to be jettisoned
to save the ship.
FOREIGNERS SAFE
WASHINGTON, Sept., 24, (JP)—
The State Department was in
formed that Japanese troops have
occupied four towns in addition to
the city of Mukden, Manchuria,
but that all foreigners are safe.
BAER IN EASY FIGHT
OAKLAND, Sept. 24. (/P) — Max
Baer started making a punching
bag out of Jack Vannoy, Los An
geles heavyweight, in the eighth
round of their 10-round bout here.
Referee Toby Irwin stopped the bat
tle to save Vannoy further punish
ment.
COWBOY BOXER LOSES
SEATTLE, Sept. 24. <#>)—Cowboj
Sammy Evans, fighting like he wa*
on a horse, lost every round and
the decision to Freddie Steele, Ta
coma welterweight, in a six-round
bout. Steele dropped Evans for a
six count in the third round but
was unable to put him out because
a bad cut over his left eye was hin
dering his vision.
INSUUR LEGISLATURE
MEMORIALIZE CONGRESS
PHILIPPINE FREEDOM
MANILA, Sept., 24, (A>)—'The In
sular Legislature unanimously
adopted a resolution memorializ
ing Congress for the immediate
independence of the Philippines
and the resolution was given tc
Secretary Hurley for delivery tc
Congress.
President Hoover said “the in
j dependence of America from the
Philippines seems as imperative
as the independence of the Philip
pines from America”
ATTEMPT WRECK TRAIN
j TORONTO, Sept. 24. (JP) — The
tEastbound Vancouver Express of the
| Canadian Pacific Railway narrowly
i escaped being wrecked when it was
'discovered that rail spikes and an
jangle bar had been removed from
I the tracks six miles from Bolton.
! A slow train passed over the faulty
joint and flashed back word to the
Express which was stopped until
the damage could be repaired.
HUGE AIRSHIP AKRON
MIKES FIHST FLIGHT
AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 24. <7P)—
With the name USS Akron inscribed
on its top in a bright scroll, the
newest aviation achievement and
the new pride of the Navy soared
on its maiden flight for three
hours and 47 minutes.
The flight was the first test of
the world’s largest dirigible. The
Akron carried 113 men and sets a
new record in American aviation.
It is believed to be the greatest
passenger list of any airship in the
world.
The Akron must be flown a total
of 75 hours before the Navy’s final
acceptance. The ship’s cruising
range is 11,000 miles at 50 knots.
SEKNL MUiCHURIAN
PUCES 11 BOMBED
PEIPING, China, Sept. 23. (£>)—
A Chinese official radio dispatch
from Kirin, Manchuria, says that
city was occupied by Japanese
troops Tuesday. Japanese airplanes
bombed several points in Manchu
ria Monday.
A communique issuer by Man
churia headquarters here says that
among points eported bombed were
Tungliao, Palyuntala, Taonan,
Hsingmintan and Tahussan. The
American consul at Harbin reports
that a passenger train, which left
Harbin for Munchulai to connect
with the trans-Siberian express
was wrecked by explosives near
Irekte. about half wray between the
two places.
Wll GANDHI IS
! TIRING FROM DELAYS
HON CONFERENGI
| LONDON, Sept. 24. «/P)— Mahat
j ma Gandhi protested that the pro
jceedings of the Federal Structure
Committee of the Round Table Con
} ference were leading “practicall;
i nowhere.” The committee, the In
j dian Nationalist leader declared
|has become a “debating society;'
• the deliberations are “intermin
'able.”
Mahatma has sat with his leg.
tucked under him during the ses
sions, listening to much debate anc
! occasionally sipping goat’s mill
| and saying nothing except for on<
, address. A feeling of oppressioi
| has been growing on him from th<
I very beginning and already then
has been talk that he considerec
withdrawing.
The Mahatma asserted at £
meeting that the committee seemec
;to be composed, “not of the choser
;ones of the nations they should b(
representing, but of the chosen one:
of the government.” His seconc
reason for complaint was thai
J "these proceedings seem to me t<
jbe interminable and to be leading
us practically nowhere; if we gc
on at this rate I do not know thai
we shall proceed beyond having dis
cussed threadbare the various point,
i raised.”
His third “gentle humble com
plaint” was against “His Majesty’:
advisors,” who he said failed to laj
their cards on the table and tc
j“give the members of the commit
tee a lead.” He appealed to those
in positions of responsibility to lei
the committee know what thej
would do with India if they were
the arbiters of its destinies. Ther
he said the committee would have
a basis for discussion from which
conversations could continue to a
useful end and a decision.
i After voicing his protest, Gandhi
for the first time, entered the de
bate on the form of the federal
legislature which the committee
had been discussing. He argued
for adult suffrage without qualifi
cations of wealth, class or literary
| “I am not enamored of the doc
trine that the voter must have at
least knowledge of the three ‘R’s,”
:he said. “I want for my people
j knowledge of the three ‘R’s,’ but if
we have to wait until they get it
j before they can be qualified for
voting, we shall have to wait until
the Greek Kalends “forever” and I
am not prepared to wait all that
time.”
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24. (JP)—
Mrs. Jessie Barber, 37, sister of
Hoot Gibson, Western film actor,
said, following her return to her
home, she had been kidnapped at
noon here Thursday in the heart
of the business district and forced
to drink a liquid which benumbed
her senses.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, rain;
doubleheader tomorrow.
Only National games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 3, New York 2.
■ Cleveland 7-6, Detroit 9-2.
Only American games played.
PACIFIC COAST
Oakland 3-7, Seattle 7-2.
Sacramento 10, Portland 14.
Hollywood 1, San Francisco 2.
Missions 2, Los Angeles 3.
j MACANDREW SCORES WIN
] QUINCY, Mass., Sept. 24. <JP)—
j Charlie MacAndrew, of Quincy, won
! the first major golf victory in the
| English open. MacAndrew played
• the 72 holes under par to get a score
of 289. He was one stroke under
Johnny Farrel. Densmore Shute
was third in the play, and Bobby
- j Cruickshank was fourth.
' DIKE COLLECTOR
:l TOOT TOONS CHILD
H DISCORDED OOLL
BUFFALO Sept., 24, (fP)—A gar
bage collector here, in. making
his rounds, picked up a large card
board box and made it ready for
disposal
When he was about ready to
! dump the box, he" happened to
open it and saw within a young
child with curly hair. The gar
' bage collector at first thought it
to be a discarded doll, but then
| he heard the child cry for its
’ mother. The collector retraced
[ his route and found out where
. j the baby belonged.
\ It was discovered that the baby
j had been put into the large box
i i by a playmate, and soon after its
, i nearly ill-fated adventure, it was
. safe with it’s mother.
CYCLONE DAMAGE
. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 24. (A*)— j
, Sixty houses have been destroyed
j by a cyclone at Loreto, Lower Cali
fornia, according to dispatches re
ceived here. No casualties were re
ported.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
j WISHES HOSTILITIES STOP
j — |
, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24. |
(/P)—The weight of the American j
government was thrown against
I any further hostilities in China
and Secretary Stimson urged a ces- |
isation of fighting between the Chi
|nese and Japanese. Stimson asked
‘the withdrawal “from the present
situation and danger.”
The government’s action was
made known in a note to the League
| of Nations, expressing sympathy in
iits stand on the Manchurian sit
uation.
DEMPSEY WINS FIRST
' ROUND DIVOHGE BUTTLE
|
--
RENO, Sept., 23, (#*)—Jack Dem
psey won the first round of his
divorce battle with Estelle Taylor
and under the laws of Nevada is
once more a sinlge man.
Testimony that his actress wife
, had refused to assist in establish
! ing a home as he had wanted
! her to do, won the decision for
I the former heavyweight champ
I ion.
! Judge Thomas F- Moran grant
ed him the decree after a com
| partively lengthy hearing from
i which the press had been exclud
I ed
--
E. M- Polley, Territorial tax col
lector, was an arrival on last
night’s mixed train from the In
terior. Mr. Polley is registered at
the Van Gilder hotel.
AMU LEGION SEEKS
CHANGE PROHIBITION LAIN
THROUGH REFERENDUM
DETROIT, Sept. 24. (/P)—'The Am
erican Legion is to ask Congress to
submit for repeal or modification
the prohibition laws to the States
with a request that each State sub
mit the issue to its voters.
This was decided by a vote of
1,008 to 394 and came after a de
bate by advocates of the resolu
tion who denounced prohibition and
asked the Legion to assume the
leadership in a fight to seek a
change through a referendum.
The opposition argues that the
Legion should not take a stand on
the subject. Commander O'Neill
expressed “grave doubt” as to the
desirability of the Legion taking
up the subject.
IH CHIT ARCTIC ICE
POINT BARROW, Sept., 24, (JP)
—Reports from the motorship
Baychino, indicated that it may
be necessary for the vessel to win
ter 40 miles south of Barrow.
The ship had gone only 10 miles
when it ran into newly frozen
four-inch ice and it was fighting
thru this which delayed progress
until the wind changed to the
southwest, bringing the pack of
big ice in
RACE CALLED OFF
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 24.
(A3)—Tile third heat of the Presi
dent’s Gold Cup race on the Po
tomac was called off after William
Freitage, veteran Philadelphia
speedboat pilot, was thrown out
and drowned when his craft, the
Miss Philadelphia, overturned in the
second heat.
WORLD-SEEING ESKIMOS
HIVE DIFFICULTY. STATES
MARYSVILLE, Sept., 24, (JP)—
After asking aid from a local re
lief society three Eskimos are
making their way back to the
frozen North as fast as they can
travel.
Nine months ago, five of them
set out to see some of the world,
two of them died from the heat
in St. Paul, Minn., according to
Charles Matthews, 28, who called
on Mrs. Dennis McAuliffo for
food. He wanted raw meat and
raw potatoes, saying he and his
two companions could not eat
cooked food
The Eskimos were scantily at
tired because of the heat.
RED ARMY MOBILIZES
MOSCOW, Sept., 24, (JP)—Battal
ions of the Red Army were re
ported to be mobilizing along the
Siberian-Manchurian frontier. Al
though the mobilization was re
ported to be in line with the usual
Nation-wide autumn manuvers,
it is known that Moscow is wait
ing the results of the China-Jap
anese affair.
A mixed train arrived last night
from the Interior.