MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 48.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27.1932.
PRICE TEN CE ' xd
I .AVAL COMPLETES POLICY OF
NEW GOVERNMENT; SEEKS
VOTE CONFIDENCE
PARIS. Feb. 27. — Disagreement
among interested European powers
was believed to have checked the
movement to seek extension of the
Hoover one-year debt holiday end
ing June 20.
The original procedure, credited
„o Great Britain, envisaged a unit
ed appeal by European powers to
;he United States for a moratorium
extension. This would have pro
vided for the postponement of the
Lausanne Reparations Conference
until late this year when French,
German and U. S. elections would
oe concluded.
Premier Laval was believed to
nave presented this proposal to
U. S. Ambassador Walter E. Edge.
Disagreement was understood to
nave arisen from the fact that Brit
ain wants to extend the morator
mm on all German government
debts while the French insist that
it would cover only payments sus
pended by the Hoover holiday plan.
This would not include all the
German government’s obligations.
Laval '.completed his new gov
ernment’s declaration of policy to
oe delivered to the Chamber of
Deputies when the cabinet will seek
a vote of confidence. A majority
of at least 40 votes was believed
assured for the Premier in the
Chamber.
SEATTLE, Feb 27. iTP)—'Thirteen
ives were claimed in landslides and
floods in the southwestern part of
Washington; seven died when a
vail of water 150 feet wide and 15
eet deep crushed Edgewick.
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Moore, Mrs. Elwood Clagett. Mrs.
William Blade and two children,
Rosemary, age 3. and Margaret,
,ige eight months; Mrs. Gust Bai
ler. George Johnson and son Gus
a, age 10.
An avalanche came down near
issaquah Friday.
On the Seattle railroad to Diablo
Dam, four people w'ere caught in
an avalanche Thursday. New slides
and floods threatened as rains con
tinued.
KING ALFONSO PROPOSES
10 RESTORE MONftRCHY
PARIS, Feb. 27. (TP) — Former
:<ing Alfonso of Spain and his un
le, Carlos, the traditional pretend
er to the Spanish throne, patched
ip their differences and called the
people of Spain to overthrow the
new republic and save Spanish
.society.
It is understood Alfonso proposed
:o restore a monarchy form of pro
visional government under a con
stitution. He said the present re
publicans are no more capable of
retaining control than the short
lived republic of 1870.
MILITARY PENAL CODE
BERNE. Feb. 27.—All Swiss citi
zens of military age are strictly
forbidden to join the French For
eign Legion under the provisions
of the new military penal code pro
mulgated recently. Any transgres
sors of this law, if they ever return
some again, become subject to long
prison terms in addition to what
they had to go through in the For
eign Legion.
FLOATING BIG BOND
TOKYO, Feb. 27.—The Japanese
government is getting ready to
float a public war bond issue for
■ the purpose of securing funds to
■ carry out her activities in Shanghai
! and wherever it may be necessary
| for the Japanese forces to operate.
The Japanese Diet will act on this
question immediately so that the
money can be* made available at ■
once.
SILL TO ESTABLISH
SUPREME COURT FOB
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.
(£>)—A Supreme Court in and for
Alaska will be established under a
bLll introduced Friday by Delegate
j James Wickersliam.
The measure would provide that
!any three of the four district
judges, now in the Alaska branch,
I would constitute a quorum for
transacting Supreme Court busi
ness.
The Supreme Court will be em
powered to review district court
decisions and its terms will be held
in Juneau and Fairbanks on the
first Monday in February, June
and October of each year.
I
TIME TO ADOPT OLO
AND SINE PRINCIPLES
OF DEMOCRACY, REED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.
| (/P) — Jim Reed, former Missouri
| Senator, wants -the Democrats to
(have an “American first” platform
and a Presidential candidate rep
i resenting “old fashioned and sound
Democratic principles.”
The veteran, himself a candidate,
| is backed by a solid State delega
I tion which is not naming names of
i candidates, however, not even his
' own.
It is “time for the United States
I to quit acting in the role of the
bountiful brother for the rest of
the world and should insist in the
i inviolability of obligation European
( nations to pay their debts even
[though we may not insist for im
j mediate payment.”
CONFRONTING SENfiTE
OVER TIFF, ill!
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb- 27.
| (fP)—The first signs of a legislative
jam confronted the Senate as ri
vals fought for priority Naval con
struction and Democratic tariff
[bills. A vote is expected soon.
Senator Norris, at the anti-in -
[junction meeting, is steering the
i committee and called a session for
Monday to decide the issue.
The Democrats want to revsie the
tariff. The Navy backers want to
i take up the measure to build the
i Navy to treaty limits.
Despite assurances of ample time
l for tljis, thfre are misgivins at
I the growing pile of controversial
I bills.
PERSHING ILL
i WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.—
! General John J. Pershing was taken
to the Walter Reed hospital here
! Friday. It is understood that there
I is nothing serious about Pershing’s
condition but that he is suffering
from a case of layngitis or a cold.
NEAT NET PROFIT
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, —Chrysler
I Corporation earned a net profit of
! $1,468,000 in the year ending De
! cember 31 as against $234,000 in
the preceding year, the corpora
tion’s preliminary report said. Di
rectors also declared the regular
| quarterly dividend of 25 c on the
; capital stock for the first quar
ter of 1932.
ALASKA ITEMS OF
NTEBEST fiT TIE
NATHTI'S CAPITOL
(By W.A.S.)
The bill introduced in the House
by Delegate Wickersham to repeal
the Alaska Bone Dry Law, which
conflicts wtih the Volstead Act,
was given its second hearing be
fore the Committee on Territories
on February 2. A few days ago
previous, the attorney for Bishop i
Cannon prepared a statement and:
had it filed with the committee,
giving his objections to the bill of
repeal. These were replied to in
detail by the Delegate at the meet
ing, which was also attended by
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the
National Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union, and who spoke in
opposition to the bill, as did also
the attorney, requiring further ex
planation and argument by the
Delegate. As some of the members
of the committee could not be pres
ent at the next meeting on Feb
ruary 9, it was decided to author
ize the chairman to call a special
meeting at an opportune time,
when a vote would be taken on ap
proval or disapproval of the bill.
* * * *
There has been considerable con
troversy over the office of post
master at Fairbanks during the
past year, but the general desire
for the reinstatement of Wilkie T.
Pinkerton has been so convincing
that the Department has decided
to send his name to the Senate for
confirmation, with the next batch
of postmasters.
* * # *
Ernest Walker Sawder, represent
ing the Interior Department, has
about completed arrangement with
the University Travel Association,
for the Floating University Around
the World Cruise to include Alaska
in their next tour. The sailing of
| nearly 500 graduates and under
! graduates, accompanied by many
professors, will be from New York
| in December, 1932. The following
June the party will reach Dutch
Harbor from Japan, and then go on
: to Seward, to take a short trip over
! the railroad to Anchorage, and re
| turning, depart for Cordova, Sitka,
! Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and
Seattle. Mr. Sawyer has also just
received word from the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce that
: their Trade Excursion to Alaska
| this summer would be limited to
120 persons, and it is expected that
practically every local firm inter
ested in the development of trade
relations between San Francisco
and Alaska will be represented. The
party will depart on July 28 and
return to the California city on
August 20. Leaving Seattle, the
party will travel on a steamer of
the Alaska Steamship Company to
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Cor
dova, Valdez and Seward. At the
later city, they will board the Al
aska Railroad for an eight-day trip
through the Interior, with stops at
Anchorage, Curry, Mt. McKinley
National Park and Fairbanks. From
there they uTill proceed by auto
mobile over the Richardson High
way to Chitina, with a side trip
over the Copper River & North
western Railway to the Kennecott
Copper Mines and return by rail
to Cordova, where the steamer will
again be boarded for the Outside.
«• * * *
Attending the Seventh Women’s
Patriotic Conference on National
Defense, which ended in Washing
ton on February 3, was Mrs. An
drew Johnson of Petersburg, rep
resenting the American Legion
Auxiliary, and the only delegate
present from Alaska.
* * * *
The Delegate expects to introduce
a bill in Congress to extend the
provisions of the Retirement Act
of May 22, 1920, as amended, to
employees of the Alaska Railroad,
who are citizens of the United
States, and whose employment has
not been intermittent nor of un
certain duration. The bill would
FREIGHT RATES, OPPORTUNI
TIES FOR EMPLOYMENT,
LIVING COSTS
The following is a brief outline
of the beef, dairy cattle and sheep
possibilities on Kodiak Island, as
compiled by the Kodiak Chamber
of Commerce. Other items of int
erest are also mentioned:
Concerning stock raising on Ko
diak Island, the U. S. experiment
station, which was operated there
for about 20 years, was, in the
economy program of 1930, closed.
Beef and dairy cattle have been
successfully raised on Kodiak Is
land, also sheep. There are several
small ranches now with an aggre
gate of probably 300 head of cattle
and 1,000 of sheep. The climate is
such that stock can graze most of
the year, and some years with
“open” winters, very little feeding
has to be done. Bulletins have been
issued by the Department of Agri
culture on this subject.
Freight rates from Seattle to Ko
diak on live stock, as quoted by the
Pacific Steamship Company, with
head office in Seattle, are: Horses
and cattle, $32 per head; calves, six
to 12 months, $9.50 per head; sheep,
$5 per head. Some small addition
al charges are made for stalls and
feed enroute, depending on the
number of head, etc.
Cattle shipped up from the Out
side will thrive there. The winters
rarely see zero weather and the av
erage winter snow-fall is not heavy,
although the present season, the
weather has been colder and there
; has been moreisnow than for 12
years. But, at that, the thermome
ter at Kodiak has not fallen below
2 below zero.
Opportunities for employment
i during the summer months are
limited to work in the fisheries.
This consists of work in salmon
canneries, of which there are a
number on the island; fishing for
salmon; work on boats and pile
drivers used in the fisheries; dig
jging clams for the clam canneries,
and work in the herring salteries.
; Owing to the existing depression,
some of these establishments have
curtailed their operations, but it is
felt this is cnly a temporary con
dition
It is almost safe to say that two
men owning their house or cabin,
cutting and using wood for fuel,
can get along very wrell on $700 a
year. This is calculated on the
basis of $500 for supplies during the
period when they are not working
for w’ages where food is furnished,
plus $100 each for clothing and
such. This is being done there
now'.
provide that all laborers, mechan
ics and trainmen would be eligible
at 65 and others at 70 years of age,
provided they had rendered 15
years of service. The age division
of 449 employees on the roll on
November 30, 1931, and also 42
train and enginemen on leave,
would be as follows: Under 20
years of age, 3; 20 to 29 years, 44;
30 to 39, 100; 40 to 49, 180; 50 to
59; 115; 60 to 69, 43; 70 to 79, 5;
80 to 89, 1.
Delegate Wickersham is sending
to all the Masonic lodges in Alaska
pictures of George Washington in
Masonic regalia. To all the libra
ries in the Territory he is sending
a chart reproduced in colors, of
flags used during the American
Revolution, under the title of
“Flags of American Liberty.”
■»■ * * *
Walter Schaffer, who w'as assist
ant to James A. Smiser, United
States Attorney at Juneau in 1921,
and who has been in the service of
the United States Shipping Board,
located at New York, recently re
signed his position and is now in
the general practice of law in the
city of Washington.
WORE COTTON DRESS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 27.—
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the
chief executive, Friday made her
appearance in a cotton dress- Some
persons immediately declared that |
this was Mrs. Hoover’s idea of
starting a boycott on Japanese silk'
among American women, but Mrs. j
Hoover’s secretary emphatically
denied that this was the case.
JAPAN HAS MM
FURTHER MASSING OF
TROOPS FOR SERVICE
TOKYO, Feb. 27.-Japan shortly
will have an army at Shanghai big
; enough to conquer central and
| northern China. The Nipponese
I military department has ordered
I that three other divisions be mob
ilized as soon as possible and these
forces will, in all probability, be
sent to Shanghai immediately.
When these additional forces
are sent to Shanghai, Japan will
have between 70,000 and 80,000
j soldiers operating in that area be
sides hundreds of reservists.
Japan has five divisions of sol
diers in Manchuria at present and
it is said there are five more divi
sions at Tientsin.
JAPANESE CLAIMS OF
VICTORY INACCURATE
SAYS CORRESPONDENT
; SHANGHAI, Feb. 27. (/Pj—Despite
| the claims of Japanese that they
I had captured Kiangwan, the be
' leaguered town is still held by
; Chinese. The Japs had launched
■ a heavy battle and claimed they
j took the town after reinforcements
; arrived and the fall of the Whang
] poo River area was achieved.
| An Associated Press correspond
| ent said despite these claims a tour
-of the teri’itory showed otherwise;
j the Japs claimed Miao Chung Chen
! but said no Japs were within a mile
' of that area, besides the lines are
in ruins. He said in traversing the
area, the found the Japanese
.claims were mostly groundless; that
the Chinese are holding their own.
j It was quiet Friday except for a
i few bursts of artillery occasionally.
TEN CHINESE PLANES
DESTROYED BY JAP
AIRPLANE ATTACKS
SHANGHAI, Feb. 27.—The Jap
anese forces here have begun pre
parations for a renewal of a general
offensive against the Chinese and
j especially in the Kiangwan area
■ which they have tried hard to take.
The westward drive of the Jap
anese did not result in any gains
I Friday and the only Japanese suc
cess that day appeared to be the
! destroying of 10 Chinese airplanes
| at one of the Chinese airdromes.
I The Japanese rained the airdrome
;with their heavy 250-pound bombs
; and claimed that they had scored
' hits.
The Chinese airmen also contin
I ued !to maneuver their bombing
I planes over strategic Japanese lo
cations and drop bombs but it ap
pears that they were not so for
tunate in striking any major ob
ject but it kept the Japanese ground
forces wary.
I NO NEUTRALITY BROKEN
TOKYO, Feb. 27. — Japan has
i made another reply to the Stimson
note, which intimated that Japan
had violated her neutrality of
Shanghai and China, in which she
stated in terms to the effect that
because no war had been declared
i by either China or Japan that
! there was no neutrality to violate.
R.S DESTROYER :
READY ID STEJf
FDR GOST# RIGS
REVOLUTION STARTED DAY AF
TER ELECTION, ONE WEEK
AGO
SAN JOSE, Casta Rica, Feb. 27,
—Government forces opened bom
bardment with light artillery and
rifles on Belle Vista barracks, held
for two days by the revolutionists.
Several were killed in the first
outburst of fire. Later, machine
guns were turned on the barracks
which are opposite *ne United
States legation. Here, officials had
to evacuate because of the fierce -
ness of the gun-fire and fighting.
The rebels captured, a convent,
50 yards from the fort, where the
government trocp are entrenched
and loyah^ - counter-attacked.
It is estimated 600 rebels were
in the 1 i acks when the figh ing
began. -
The T S. destroyer Phillip was
reportet reafcly to leave Balboa for
Costa Rtoa with 45 marines of
necessar/ to protect Americans.
The revolution started a week
ago, next Monday, the day after
the Sunahy election in which Man
uel Que^gda, former Minister t o
Washing on, was defeated by Ri -
cardo Ji/mnez. Followers of Ques
ada led ie uprising.
BII . BEFORE HOUSE
WASHL GTON, D. C., Feb. 27 —
President1 Hoover stated Friday
evening that he would sign the
j Glass-Steagall bill, which provides
for the expansion of cred't.
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OF JIPK5F GOODS
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SHANGHAI, Feb. 27. (7P> Neither
side gained a decisi,r victory but
the armies are ta. ng nositioa.s
where a truce will be more accept
able than the five-ooint peace plan
submitted by the powers.
Japan has reinforcements en
roiite to Shanghai but ' j to
quit if it can “hold honcr.”
Experts say a victo* *t Slwig
hai will not end the txycott even
if the Chinese government ordered
it for the Chinese people will only
disobey the order.
Japan contends the boycott will
only be ended whpn the Chinese
people are ready to buy Japaneoe
( goods.
HUMS OF FUSE j
OlVORCFS DISCOVERED
1 NEW YORK, Feb. 27, —Assistant
! District Attorney Martin Littleton
announced the discovery of a di
vorce mill, operated by Attorney
Johnstoneham, through which
thousands of fraudulent divorces
have been obtained.
Johnstoneham’s minimum price.
Littleton said was $175 with week
ly installme^' payments as low as
j $5.
| If a client brought in another
i customer, he received a $25 rebate
'If he or she obtained eight custo
i mers. the client received divorce
! free.
Forty divorce clients were walt
zing in Johnstoneham’s office when
the police arrested him.
RIVER BOAT TO SAIL MAY 31
! SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — The first
I transportation down the Yukon
River will be made by the sailing
of the river steamer Yukon from
Whitehorse on May 31. Perishable
goods for that region will be ship
ped from Seattle May 17 on the SS
Rogers.
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