VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 85.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HOPEWELL, N. J- April 12.—No
news apparently has stirred the
American and world public so
much as the shocking develop
ments relating to the double- j
crossing of Charles Lindbergh by
the abductors of his child.
In spite of this brutal trickery,
Lindbergh has offered additional
ransom for the return of the child.
The only clue in the case Mon
day occurred at Greenwich, Conn.,
where a woman presented a $20
* bill to a storekeeper who sought to
identify whether or not it was one
of the bills paid to the abductors
by Lindbergh. The storekeeper be
gan checking up on the serial num
ber on the bill when the woman
seized the bill and fled.
The woman was driven to the
store in a green sedan and also left j
in this car which was driven by a
chauffeur.
When the proprietress of the
bakery suu^J note, she ex
claimed: “Why, that’s one of the
Lindbergh bills!” The woman who
had presented the bill immediately
snatched the bill from the bakery j
proprietress and ran out of the j
bakery and into the green sedan j
in which she was driven away.
A newspaper list of the bills paid
to the kidnappers by Colonel Lind
bergh as ransom money wras pasted
beside the counter in the bakery,
so the proprietress, apparently was
familiar with the currency shown
her.
, FORMAL WARNING SENT
TO PRESIDENT DE VALERA
LONDON, April 12. — President
Eamonn de Valera, of the Irish
Free State, who vigorously restated
• the position of Ireland with regard
to paying land annuities and the
oath of allegiance, Monday was
formally notified by the British
government that the land grant
annuities must be paid in accord
ance with the treaty between Eng
land and the Irish Free State.
The note also announced that
the British government would not
accept any renunciation of the
oath of allegiance to their King.
Observers said that the note was
written in language of unmistak
able terms.
HONOLULU, April 12. (JP) — An
effort to picture what happened
behind the drawn blinds of the
home of Mrs. Grace Fortescue on
the morning of January 8 when
Kahahawai was lynched, will be
undertaken by the prosecution to-1
day.
Yesterday witnesses linked Mrs.
Fortescue and the three Naval men
with abduction and the automobile
which was stopped by police while
speeding on Koko Head with the
body which apparently was to have 1
been thrown to the sharks.
Prosecutor Kelly intended to
show the killing took place in the
Fortescue home.
SOUTHERN mm
FLARE INTO ACTION
SANTIAGO, April 12. (/P)—Chile,
Central Cordillera and the Andes
snapped into activity Monday set
ting off her several volcanoes
which are belching fire and ashes
and a darkening mantle is over
panic-stricken cities.
A drift of gray powder enveloped
even Buenos Aires in Argentina,
500 miles eastward. The peaks ac
tive were Tinguiririca, Quisapu,
Descabezado and Maulino. Several
earthquakes were reported on the
southern tip of the continent but
none destroying.
DEMOS IN HI OF I
‘SGNK THE RICH' TAXES
_ WASHINGTON. D. C., April 11, - j
"jcrats Thursday virtu- |
aii> ted on a “soak the rich” j
tax policy. This will include a I
drive to kill the manufacturers’
sales tax and an attempt to boost
the income tax rates. The Demo
crats started formulating their tax
program at a conference called by
Minority Leader Robinson of Ark
ansas. No definite party commit
ments were made but Robinson, on
behalf of the conference, announc
ed that the question of the manu
facturers’ sales tax was not brought
up.
BEOEL MOVEMENT IS
UNDEHWNT IN ECUNDOR
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Apr. 11, -
Government forces were attempt
ing to put down a rebel movement
on land and sea Thursday night.
One rebel ship, the gunboat Cot
paxi, failed in an attempt to storm
a fortress in Guyaquil gulf, and de
parted with the rebel leader Ilde
fonso Mendoze. Dispatches from
Cfcpto said the revolution had
broken out there, but was suppress
ed by police and soldiers. The
government of President Moreno
faced unrest because of economic
conditions and criticism of the
government’s financial policy.
TKIVl r EiKAT(J IvE. tAlKtMta
SEATTLE, April 12.—Some of the
extremes in temperatures recorded
for Monday were: Seattle 63-45;
Portland 74-50; Denver 66-32; Chi
cago 52-42; New York 50-38; New
Orleans 68-52; Los Angeles 86-52;
Ketchikan 44-38; Juneau 48-34.
HAVE POOLED STRENGTH
WASHINGTON, D. C-, April 12.—
Indications here were that Demo
cratic leaders were pooling their
strength in an effort to block the
passage of the soldiers cash bonus
bill.
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CONFERENCE CONVENES
GENEVA, April 12.—The United
States delegates appeared before
the League Disarmament Confer
ence Monday, after the resumption
of meetings following the Easter
holidays. U. S. delegates advanced
concrete proposals for the limita
tion of land arms and the prohibi
tion of deadly gases.
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ALASKA SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12.
(JP)—Delegate Wickersham intro
duced a bill to provide a Supreme
Court for Alaska which would be
made up of the four district judges
and be required to sit at Juneau
90 days after approval by Congress
and thereafter alternately at Fair
banks and Juneau on the first
Mondays in February, June and
October.
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SEARCH UNDERWAY
SEATTLE, April 12.—Search for
the three convicts, who, under the
leadership of Chester Buckwitz, a
former Seattle high school track
star, escaped from the Monroe
State Reformatory, extended from
British Columbia to Oregon with
no further trace reported of the
trio up until last evening. They
have not been seen since they left
the automobile which they com
mandeered.
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trial continues
HONOLULU, April 12.—The trial
of Mrs. Grace Fortescue and her
three co-defendants was resumed
Monday with Presecutor John C.
Kelly reconstructing the details of
the case which cost the life of a
half-caste Hawaiian youth. The
prosecutor charged premeditated
murder and testimony was intro
duced describing the condition of
the body when found, the nature
and cause of death, etc. Clarence
Darrow did not take up any time
in Monday’s proceedings.
BIG POOL FINISHED
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 11, —The
large swimming pool built especially
lor the Olympic Games was com
pleted Thursday. There is room
for 10,000 spectators; 7,000 reser
vations have already been made.
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WOUNDED MAN DIES
PARIS, Apr. 11, —Geo. Hamman
of Greenville, Ohio, died. He had
been in the American hospital suf
fering from a bullet wound since
last week. He said he received the
wound by accident. He was em
ployed by the United States Steam- J
ship line in Paris.
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PRISONERS FIGHT TO DEATH
PITTSBURG, April 11, —Two
men were stabbed to death and a
third critically wounded as they
struggled yesterday before 15 fel- ;
low prisoners in the Western peni- j
tentiary. The affray resulted |
from a long feud between the pris
oners.
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GASOLINE FROM COTTONSEED !
NEW ORLEANS, Apr. 11, -Making
high grade gasoline, instead of sal_
ad oil, out of cottonseed is chem
istry’s latest addition to the list of
potential motor fuel supplies. The
process for converting cottonseed
oil into an anti-knock gasoline was
described to the American Chem
ical Society by Dr. Gustax Egloff'
of Chicago.
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PAGE DR. TRUE WILSON
DETROIT, Mich., Apr. IT, —The
Humane Society officials are trap- !
ping Detroit’s unwanted pigeons
by getting them drunk. Dr. W. J. |
Korshaw, secretary of the Michi
gan Humans' Society, exposed the j
plot yesterday. “We’re feeding I
them a mixture of grain soaked in
the best government alcohol,” he
said. “They eat and stagger into
one of our nets.” The City Council
recently ordered the pigeons off
the streets.
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RUSSIA ORDERS MACHINERY j
MOSCOW, April 11, —A commis- I
sion of the Chelia Binsk tractor j
factory has been authorized to1
place orders for machinery and
equipment totaling two and a half
million dollars, it was disclosed
yesterday. The commission reach
ed New York March 24. While the
sum is relatively small, it is re
garded as significant indication of
a Saviet willingness to do business
with the United States again if
reasonable credit terms are avail
able.
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VJI %-J MJJLJ
| SEATTLE, April 11, -Never again
I sighed Allen Buren, college youth,
after snapping out of the after
affects of a quart of “moon.” Allen
was found with his skull fractured,
beside the bodies of three dead
companions. The driver had run i
into a telephone post. The party i
became intoxicated at a public
dance. Allen suffered a fractured
skull.
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IN JAIL AGAIN
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 11, -Eugene
Belmore was all smiles Friday when
he won a divorce decree from his
better half. But, the moment he
stepped out into the free and brac
ing air, two gentlemen of the mar
| shal’s office, gently tapped him on
the shoulder and said; “Come hith
er.” Seems as how the lad jumped
bail on a charge two years ago.
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MEN KILL GENERAL
SHANGHAI, April 11. — Japanese
informants report that General |
Tsing Tao, one of the chief Chinese ;
generals in charge of the 19th!
Route Army, was killed by his own i
men. No confirmation of the re- I
port has been made.
TO HUNT BEAR
Chas. P. Powers and L. A. Cor
nelius, bankers of Grand Rapids,
Mich., were aboard the SS Admiral
Watson in port today and are en
route to Kodiak Island where they
! hope to secure three Kodiak bears.
It is the intention of the bankers
to secure these bears and take
them to the States for the World’s
Fair which is to be held in Chicago
next year. The hunters will spend
several weeks on Kodiak Island.
WOULD RESIGN
HONOLULU, April 11, —Reports
were published here today that
Govvernor Lawrence M. Judd of
Hawaii would resign and would be
come manager of the Hugh Parker
stock ranch, largest in the islands.
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DENIES REPORT
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 11, — Aimee
Semple MacPherson Hutton denied
reports today that she was nego
tiating to sell Angelus Temple Home
of her four-square gospel.
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LOOKING FOR WIFE
EVANSTON, 111., Apr. 11, -Justice
of the Peace Samuel Harrison, who
announced he was looking for a
wife on his 79th birthday, had 112
proposals by letter and a dozen
phone calls to help him select a
second mate.
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mysterious WAR MACHINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11, -
Lester P. Barlow, inventor of the
depth bomb, Thursday offered the
government a mysterious war ma
chine which he claims will destroy
cities or armies 1,000 miles away.
He made the offer in a personal
visit to President Hoover. He is
willing to waive any personal profit.
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HAVE BUDGET TROUBLES ALSO
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Apr. 1, —
The government, in assembly here
Friday, decided to double income
taxes and to reduce the salaries of
government officials in order to
balance the budget.
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PERHAPS ALL SUMMER
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11. -
Expressions were voiced Friday by
salons that the new tax bill may
keep congress in session all sum
mer.
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THE DOPESTERS DOPING
NEW YORK, April 11, —A poll
taken by 67 baseball writers picked
St. Louis, first; New York, second,
and Chicago, third, in the National
League race; Philadelphia, first;
New York, second, and Washing
ton, third, in the American League.
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KIDNAPPED CHILDREN BEG
BUENOS AIRES April. 11 (ff) —
The use of children by beggars has
been stopped by police because of
the discovery that kidnappers were
stealing children and leasing them
to mendicants at a daily rate.
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NEW METAL FOUND
SACRAMENTO, Cal. April. 11 (ff)
The discovery of a new metal
known as Sanbornite brought the
number of metals found in Calif
ornia to 35.
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BERLIN RECORDS LOW CRIME
BERLIN April. 11 (/P) — Crime’s
low mark was reached here when
couterfeiters starting putting out
fake four pfenning pieces, each
coin being worth approximately
one cent.
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HOLLAND RECEIVES JESUITS
ALBEEK, Holland, Apr. 11, (/P)—
This peaceful Dutch town, near
Valkenburg, has become the home
of 100 Jesuits exiled from Spain.
They are living in a dormitory at
the Jesuit college of St. Ignatius.
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STREAMS TO BE STOCKED
WASHINGTON April. 11 (/P) _
Distribution of approximately 85
000.000 trout and 5,000,000 bass in
streams throughout the country
will be undertaken by the bureau
of fisheries in the season beginning
April 1.
CANADA HAS 670 FLIERS
OTTAW April 11 (JP) —A count of
licensed pilots in Canada at the end
of the January, 1932, showed that
there were 6 7 0 certified fliers
There were also 335 air engineers
and a total of 364 aircraft regis
tered.
•$£ % •3£
POOR MAN WINS
OLYMPIA, Wash., Apr. 11, —The
State Supreme Court handed down
a decision that the City of Seattle
must pay Marian Foster the sum
of $2,044. Foster, a legionnaire, was
laid off as a street car conductor
and another man put in his place.
He will now get paid for enjoying
a nice, long vacation.
TRANSFER OF ROAD
ACTIVITIES PLANNED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12.
(/P) — Legislation permitting the
transfer of activities of the Alaska
Road Commission from the War to
the Interior Department is being
prepared by the Interior Depart
ment in line with general consoli
dation plans.
Secretary Hurley asked if such a
transfer would be legal under an
executive order and Attorney Gen
eral Mitchell replied legislation is
required.
SEEKSMEBlfET
USE OF PRUNING KNIFE
MANILA, P. I., Apr. 11, —Gov.
General Theodore Roosevelt, who
recently arrived to take over his
new duties as head of the island
government, Friday made use of
the pruning knife in an attempt to
balance the budget.
He first cut the salaries of gov
ernment officials 10 per cent; asked
that civil service jobs which were
vacant and which were not neces
sary remain unfilled.
He also asked that persons whose
salaries are determined by Con
gress to voluntarily accept
wage cuts to the extent of 10 per
cent- Roosevelt cut his own salary
by $1,800.
The local cable office talked with
the SS Starr by air about noon to
day and the craft reported every
thing “jake,” thus setting quiet
rumors which made the rounds
early this morning.
GRAIN DEALER DIES
CHICAGO, April 12. (A>)-^Joseph
Leiter, 63, famous grain dealer,
died here yesterday.
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BASEBALL CLASSIC
WASHINGTON, D. C-, April 12.
(/P)—Baseball put on one of its
finest shows in an extra inning
pitchers’ battle Monday before the
nation’s Chief Executive and the
First Lady. Washington finally
won the 10-inning battle 1-0 from
Boston. Alvin Crowder was the
winning pitcher and Danny Mac
Fayden the loser.
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IN HANDS OF REBELS
HARBIN, Manchuria, April 12.—
Almost the entire eastern end of
the Chinese Eastern Railway fell
into the hands of Manchuria rebels
Monday when Japanese, who have
been holding that section of the
line, withdrew.
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MAKES SUGGESTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12.
OP) — Ambassador Hugh Gibson,
American delegate to the Disarma
ment Conference at Geneva, pro
posed abolition of tanks, heavy
mobile guns and gases in warfare.
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TENNIS STARS BATTLE
PINEHURST, N. C„ April 12. (A5)
—Eight national tennis stars are
entered in the United North and
South Tennis championships being
held here. They are headed by
Ellsworth Vines, national cham
pion.
HOLDINGS WERE GREATER
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12.
(A3)—The Senate Banking Commit
tee made public figures furnished
by Ricahrd Whitney, president of
the New York Stock Exchange,
showing the short holdings of U. S.
Steel on April 6 were 361,698 shares
greater than in any other stock.
Short holdings of General Motors
were 263,905 shares.
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RED CROSS MAKES REQUEST
The local Red Cross chapter has
received requests for clothes to aid
destitute families within its juris
diction and to supply these, the of
ficials have asked that any one who
has any extra or old clothing to
turn them in to the local chapter
so that these needs can be taken
care of.
THIS DETECTIVE SHOULD
BE REWARDED WITH
II LEATHER MEDAL
SEATTLE, April 11. — Twelve
years is a long time for a sleuth
to remain on the trail of a stolen
article but that is just what R. J.
Mahoney did.
Twelve years ago S. D. Howell,
a Seattle merchant called Mahoney
and reported that a salesman
whom he had refused a position
in his establishment, had taken
two vacuum cleaners out and never
brought them back. Mahoney then
started a search but was not re
warded by any immediate results.
The other day at an auction sale
he saw a vacuum cleaner. He pull
ed out a memorandum book and
looked at the numbers of the va
cuum cleaners stolen 12 years ago
and found that one of the numbers
corresponded with that on the
cleaner being auctioned.
Mahoney found that the woman
offering the cleaner for sale had
purchased it from a salesman at a
low price some years before. Ma
| honey was given the cleaner and
he took it back to its rightful own
er. He is still on the trail of the
salesman.
MANCHURIA DOESN’T NEED
BE DEEMED BY U. S.
TOKYO, April 12.—In an article
published in a leading newspaper
of this city, one of the chief gen
erals of the Japanese staff reveals
further facts about the government
of regime. In addition to Henry
PuYi, who occupies the position as
head of the Manchurian govern
; ment and his staff, there is the
| General Affairs Bureau, upon
I whom rests the final decision in
! everything. This bureau is made
! up entirely of Japanese.
| To the question as to whether or
j not the new state of Manchuria
! would make any special effort to
| secure recognition from world
powers, the general continued by
j saying that the way Russia had
gotten by without American recog
nition was ample evidence that
recognition from other big nations
was not necessary.
HEUHT ITCH
BE STM IN JUNE
NEW YORK, April 12.—Workmen
Monday broke ground for the new
sports arena which the Madison
Square Garden Corporation is con
structing to seat the huge crowd
which is expected to witness the
Jack Sharkey and Max Schmeling
heavyweight title match June 16.
The arena will be bigger than
the Yale Bowl and will seat be
tween 80,000 and 85,000 people.
The arena is being built near
Jersey City and after its comple
tion, it will probably be used for
the staging of football games as
well as prize fights.
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! TELLS FUM TRUTH
CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 12. (JP)
—The refusal of the United States
to establish normal relations with
Soviet Russia, in the opinion of
Robert S. Alter, vice president of
the American Tool Works here, Is
shortsighted and without political
or economic justification.
It is costing American manufac
j turers millions annually, he said,
adding to unemployment, a present
to Europe in competing with pro
fitable orders which should come
to the U. S
It is making an enemy of a pow
erful people who want to be friends
of America.
SCRAPPING TANKS
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 12. (#>)—
The Brazilian army is to abandon
its Tank Corps. A dozen tanks of
French make, purchased 10 years
l ago, are to be scrapped.