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CHICAGO, May 27, —The
are open at the Century of
gress Exposition!
The crowning glory of the
dred years it was built to
memorate, welcomes the woi
Erected by the courage of
who could not be daunted ev<
the most terrific economic d
ter in the history of the worl
stands as a reminder of the
that even that abysmal depress
when viewed as a part of a cen
was just a bad half-hour.
The lens of time corrects
perspective. And so this man
promptly at 8:30 o’clock, day]
saving time, the curtain ros<
Measured in dollars the s
has cost, thus far, $37,572,011. '
terday 10,000 workmen were
plying final strokes of brush
hammer. Last night, under fl<
of light, the “cleanup” a
worked, sweeping, mopping, sci
bing and polishing.
STUMER liOII 00
II SEWD WITH
0000 LIST Oil SOU
SEATTLE, Wash., May 27. —1
S. S. Yukon of the A. S. S. (
sailed this morning with the f
lowing Seward passengers:
Dennis Coyle, Mr. and Mrs. ,
seph Parker, Frank Anderson, A
ton Lindstrom, Miss M. M. Brig
Bartley Howard, Todd Speed, j
ton Nordale, Emma Cote, Ge
Miller, Gus Lundberg.
Mrs. Fred E. Clark, Mrs. C. A
derson, Margaret Hamilton, M
H. Edman, Marie Barnum, Haro
I. Stanton, Donald Stanton, Chj
Fancer, L. E. Hinklemen, B. C. L
max, Fritz Arve, Harry Jones. Fr<
G. Nichols, Jr; Phil Wagner, Ji
seph Bowman, W. F. Ahrens. W. i
Keller and nine steerage.
DESMElmT
CHINESE PIRITE
SHANGHAI, May 27, —A tale (
a desperate battle with pirates o
the North China coast was told a
Liuho by the captain of the Chi
nese steamer Kung Chantai, plj
ing between Dairen and Shangha
The ship was towed to Liuni
which lies on the south bank o
te Yangtse river above the famou
Loosung forts. Six members of th
crew were dead and seven weri
gravely wounded by pirate bullets
The vessel, herself, was helpless.
WAITS ON STORM
NEW YORK, May 27, —Advisee
of a snowstorm raging over Cape
Race, N. F., J. j. Mattern aban
doned plans to take-off early to
day on a solo flight around the
world.
SUCCESSFUL DRIVE
Mrs. A. H. Thody, chairman of
the committee of the local Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary which spon
sored Seward’s annual poppy sale
yesterday, and speaking for the
rntire committee, wishes to thank
ill those whose services were so
>ladly offered in making a success
>f this year’s sale; Gilliland Taxi
or their services, the children who
eached every available customer,
he Gateway Publishing Company
or publicity, and the individuals
rho helped in countless small ways.
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DEAD BABY IN DISK TOM
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26
O. Lack, workman in stor
Son’s shipyard, Oakland, f
the body of a three months
baby girl wrapped in a dish t
floating in the Oakland esti
Police were investigating poss
ty of murder.
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GENEVA, May 26—Japan
manded substantial naval pa
with the United States, brarn
the Washington and London ti
ties as “unstable,” and oppoi
their continuance after 1936.
Confronting the general c<
mittee of the Disarmament Conj
ence with a set of proposals,
acceptance of which he decla
“appears necessary to enable J
and adhere to a disarmam
treaty,” Naotake Sato revea
Japan’s naval limitation progn
which would completely overthi
the fiive-five-three ratio establL
ed at Washington and carried
at London.
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WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 26
The Glass banking reform bill, i
suring depositors against loss ai
designed to fortify the bankii
system against future crises, h
neared the end of the legislati’
journey on which it has been bu
feted for more than a month.
Passed late Thursday by tl
Senate and earlier in the week 1
the House, the bill goes to confe:
ence for adjustment of amenc
ments.
2 PEA CENT 0TERIICH
WASHINGTON, D. C., May
Before a congressional comm
investigating the Akron dis£
Representative Delaney, Demi
of New York, said he was infi
ed the Macon is about two per
overweight.
Lieut. C. B. Macguire, aeroli
at the Lakehurst Naval Air
tion, promptly testified that c
weight of a ship is only a m£
of engineering estimate ra
than of structural importance.
SEVENTEEN CO ON
TRIAL, FRIDD CHARCES
LOS ANGELES, May 27, —Call
■ ing of a number of federal wit
nesses was scheduled in the trial
of 17 residents of San Francisco
and Los Angeles charged with
violating mail fraud statutes and
defrauding investors of Italo petro
leum stock.
The case, being tried in the
court of United States District
Judge George Cosgrave, involves
a purported $10,000,000 loss to in
vestors thiough taking of secret
profits by the defendants.
DREDGING PROJECTS OKAYED
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.—
Two dredging projects, both con
nected with the Port San Jose
development, were recommended
by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of
army engineers, at an estimated
cost of $560,000.
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ON THE TWO MUCH
TO FEEL 'EM
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NEW YORK, May 27, —Th
usual spectacle of a boxing pi
ter actually testing the war
one of his fighters, will be of
today when Jack Dempsey c
into the ring with Max Scl
ing to box one roupd or less
the German.
The old “Manassa Mauler,”
at the doddering age of 38, is
iting both of the principals o
scheduled heavyweight figl:
the Yankee Stadium June 8 tc
how they are coming alor
their training making his
stop at Schmeling’s camp at :
’Swannanoa.
He will box Max Baer, the
ifornian, at Atlantic City.
ORTS ATTEMPTING
TO BLOCK THE VOTE 01
REPENT HOME
I SAN FRANCISCO. May 27, -
! an attempt to block a vote of
|r j people on repeal of the 1
.J- j amendment at the special Cali!
u | nia election June 27, a delegat
i of four Drys from Los Angeles
—! ed a petition in the State Supre
n-1 Court here.
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as
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f
le
>y
The petition asks that Regist
William H. Kerr of Los Ang(
County be compelled to remi
from the special election bal
the names on both the Wet a
Dry tickets for the State conve
tion on repeal.
DAVIS REFUSES TO RESIG?
GENEVA, May 26.—Norman E
j vis. United States chief delegate
the Disarmament Conference, dc
j n°t intend to resign under fi
though for months he has want
r to retire, it was learned when
reply was sought to senatorial a
tacks on him in connection wi
the revelation that he owed mon
- to J. P. Morgan & Co. '
* -----—
,| IS DOING WELL
t POONA, India, May 27, —Wil
- but 72 hours of his 21 day fa
; against “untouchability” yet to 1
passed, Mahatma Gandhi w i
, pronounced ‘‘extraordinarily wel
by his doctors while his followej
awaited impatiently for the ordes
! to end.
J- O. Sandwick, fisherman fron
Seattle, was able to return on th<
S. S. Aleutian, having no lastinj
ill effects of his recent accident.
* * * *
John Melberg of McGrath, whc
arrived by plane from Anchorage
with a broken ankle, is doing.fine
* * * *
Mrs. Ida Lahti is in the Seward
General Hospital under Dr. Haver
stock’s care. She came by plane
from Anchorage Thursday.
* * * *
L. A. Gossage is undergoing an
appendix operation by Dr. A. D.
Haverstock at the Hospital.
* * * *
Albert Colberg is able to be up
and around. He made a fine re
covery after his operation.
* * * *
Mrs. Merrill Coon is also impro
ving rapidly.
* * * *
Hj aimer Johnson from Seldovia
underwent an operation last Wed-1
lesday and is doing well.
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400 THOUGHT BURNE
TOYOHARA, Saghalin,
May 26.—More than 400 p
are feared dead in a raging
fire that has devastated thi
anese island since Wednesdi
The populace offered pray*
rain as the only effectual
of checking the destructive f
now
vis
t his
t in
i see
g in
first
Lake
COMPLETE SCmiC
OF ECONOMY OCT,
OEMONOEO, VET C
Cal
NT
SAN FRANCISCO, May
Complete scrapping of Pre
Roosevelt’s “economy act,”
cut $450,000,000 from veterans
pensation, was demanded h<
William Conley, National con
der in chief of the disabled
ans of the World War.
“Unless complete cahcellat
the act is effected and it is
rebuilt after consultation of
gressional committees with 1
an representatives, local ta
ers throughout the country
have 300,000 more depen
thrust into their breadlines,”
ley stated.
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the;
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or
SD-JIPIIIESE TfltICE
SIGNED IT 11
ion
fil
me
SHANGHAI, May 27, —D
f strict censorship and officia:
j nials due to fear of the
rar
les
>ve
ot,
nd
n
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at
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re, I
edj
a:
t-i
th
quences, there appeared no
that a provisional Chinese-Ji
ese truce was signed at Mij
The document was brief, pr
ing only for the cessation of
tilities through fixing of a
to which Chinese forces a
withdraw, leaving details to b
ranged at formal armistice i
tiations to be held shortly.
ElEMTE SILVER 1110
PIPER, COLD STINDI
?y
j WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2
The Administration moved to
vate silver and paper mone:
the same legal standing as gol
A bill was sent to Congress
the Treasury and was started
its way toward passage in t
House and Senate. It is desig
to authorize the use of legal t
der money in fulfillment of ex
ing and future contracts, pri\
and international.
TBIT Mill RESIG
>( WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27,
[ Capitol Hill echoed with a deman
that Secretary of Treasury W. I
' Woodin resign, as word continue
to be circulated that the musicall
inclined head of the Treasury wa
on all five lists of “friends” whor
J. P. Morgan & Co. invited to bu;
| securities at bargain prices,
j Mr. Woodin was on both list
I disclosed thus far in the Senab
investigation of the House of Mor
j gan.
PAY UP FIRST SAYS F. D.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.
The White House formally con
firmed the statement made to the
French Chamber of Deputies bj
Edouard Herriot that President
Roosevelt is insisting on the pay
ment of the defaulted December 15
instalment of war debts before
considering further debt relief for
France.
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Japan,
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forest
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ty.
?rs for
means
lames.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 27,
i The stock market pushed rapi
; lnt0 new high ground for the y
when it became known in Wa
| ington that the Administrat
had decided to ask for repeal
the gold standard act.
Gold mining shares were whi
ed up rapidly to the highest prii
on record. Homestake Mines ms
an all-time record high of 216 7
up 18 3-8 points, from the previc
closing.
On the San Francisco stock e
change, Alaska Juneau scored
new high at 9 3-4, up 4 7-8 poin
The local exchanges report
the heaviest trading ift years. T
boom here continued after t]
New York close and U. S. Ste
rose to 52 3-4.
pay
will
lents
2on
URGE NUMBER OF
RESERVATIONS SOOTH
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Departing at 9 p. m. Iasi nigh
the steamer Aleutian, of the A. i
S. Co., had on board for Seattl
and other southern points:
Seattle—Paul Nickeferoff, Mr,
B. Torgerson, Florence Scheidei
Leonora Cowden, Mr. and Mr;
Leroy J. Maas, Mrs. P. N. Andersor
Carl Johnson, Bertha M. Strykej
Jettice McLane, Jimmy D. Peter
son, Jos. H. Fox, Tom Hall. Haroli
W. Snell, Mrs. T. C. Price, L. E
Bennett, Nell Travis, C. Hammer
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schmidt, Iver B. Nilson, C. L. Me
Donald, F. A. McCloud, Mrs. Thos
Peterkin, Ed Phillips, Mrs- J. H
Crawford, Mrs. Bertha Meier, Mrs
Kenneth Laughlin, J. Laughlin, J
Glickman, Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
Johnson, Betty Johnson, Irene
Hodges, Inez Hodges, O. M. Me
Millern, A. P. Leach, G. L. Cham
berlaine, H. E. Moorse, Mrs. H. E.
Moore, Laura Lee, Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Ross, Joda Clyman, Thelma
Hunt.
Juneau—Victor Lundell, M. O.
Sharp, E. H. Clifford, Harry Knud
son, Chas. Loftus. J. B. Loftus, Mrs.
Mrs. Loftus, Olaf Noring, Ford
Story.
Cordova—B. F. Kellogg, Harry
Reed.
Ketchikan—J. w. Gucker. S. O.
Sandwick.
Valdez—Jan Belvin.
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NAVY SECOND TO NONE
NEWPORT, R. I., May 26.—The
United States navy will return to
its rightful place as second to
none, “when the country recovers
economically,” Henry L. Roosevelt,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
predicted in addressing the gradu
ating class of the Naval War Col
lege.
MUCK COMING TO SURFACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.—
A stormy and spectacular session
among members of the Senate
banking and currency sub-com
mittee terminated the hearing at
Washington and disclosed that J.
Pierpont Morgan & Co. made colos
sal profits out of their virtual
strangle-hold of the public utility
industry.
ANOTHER TRUCE REPORTED
TOKIO, May 26.—Chinese and
Japanese representatives have
reached a verbal truce to end the
fight in the Peiping region and
will meet Monday at a place not
yet selected to conclude an arm
istice, a spokesman for the Japan
ese government said.