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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 262. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ROOSEVELT CANCELLED
SPEECH AT NEW YORK
STATE CONVENTION
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, —Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
nominee for president who has
just completed a tour of the na
tion, disappointed the Democratic
state convention by canceling his
address. He turned a deaf ear to
the entreaties of party members i
to speak and refused to comment
as to sudden decision.
John Boyd Thatcher, II, whose
family once owned a large portion
of New York, was endorsed as the!
party’s gubernatorial choice. Mr.|
Thatcher has long been a Tamma
ny Upstate leader and a former
ally of AI Smith.
The Roosevelt-Garner ticket was
unanimously endorsed.
HOOVER LEAVES CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 4 —
President Hoover embarked on a
special train Monday for Detroit,
the heart of the corn belt, where
he intends to intends to set the
voters of that district right on a
number of questions, mainly, that
of farm relief and loans, topics
on which Demo Candidate F. D.
Roosevelt dwelled upon to a con
siderable extent.
A decided swing to the Democra
tic side of the ledger has been not
ed throughout the region but it is
Hoover’s intention to change that.
HEARST OPERATED ON
CLEVELAND. Oct. 4, —William
Randolph Hearst underwent a
minor operation yesterday. His
condition is not serious.
TO CHEATER EXTENT
In the recent flood in the Kenne
cott region, which washed out all
bridges on the C. R. & N. W. R. R.,
and destroyed telephone lines, the
amateur raodio station of A1 Do
menico, K7BLI, was the only means
of communication for the six weeks
during which other commfrmica
tion was at a standstill.
Stepping into the breach left
when wire communication failed,
Domenico established schedules
with other amateur stations in the
United States and with K7PQ,
Richard Fox, in Ketchikan. Com
mercial messages arriving in Ket
chikan for Kennecott were di
verted there to arr ateur radio
channels. Likewise, commercial
messages starting at Kennecott
first were sent through Domenico’s
amateur station and then switched
to the Signal Corps radio in Ket
chikan.
Residents of the Kennecott camp
who ordinarily ask “What good is
it, anyway?” now realize one of the
values of amateur radio.
550,000 PER YEAR
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, —Manager
McCarthy of the New York “Yan
kees” was signed up yesterday for
three years at an annual salary of
$50,000.
FIGHTING TO LIVE
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 4, —In a
Beverly Hill home, a battle for her
life is being fought by Belle Ben- j
nett, movie star, who is critically j
MAJOR VANISHED
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4, —Major
Oliver M. Ladd left his home here
on Friday to have some repairs
made to his automobile. He has not
yet returned home, reported Mrs.
Ladd to police, and she fears he
is the victim of foul play.
OGDEN NILS CM
POWERFUL ADDRESS
DIKED! ASSOCIATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 4, —In a
powerful address last night, before
the American Bankers Association
in convention here, Ogden Mills,
Secretary of the Treasury, tore
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s utterances,
on his recent nation-wide speaking
tour, to pieces, backing up his
statements with what he termed
were the facts in the case, winding
up his long speech by exemplifying
President Herbert Hoover, whose
stewardship of the United States
during the depression, will be en
scribed upon the pages of history.
Loud and prolonged bursts of ap
plause greeted his various state
ments, and at the conclusion, the
hall rocked with cheers for Hoover.
Mr. Mills assailed the Democratic
nominee’s tour as a “Polyanna
campaign”; htat all of his speech
es were honeyed phrases; nothing
to offend anyone. He also described
Franklin Roosevelt as a “philoso
pher of despair”, alleging Mr.
Roosevelt had asserted in one of
his numerous speeches, that Amer
ica had reached the end of pro
gress.
VICTORIA, B. C„ Oct. 3, —As a
result of a 30 per cent increase in
the price of whale oil within the
past two months, the whaling' in
dustry may see a revival, William
Schupp, president of the Ameri
can Whaling Company, and Con
solidated Whaling Corporation,
said.
The rise in the price of whale
oil, Mr. Schupp said, came from a
shortage of tallow, cottonseed and
other vegetable oils. If the short
age is maintained he believes it
would mean resumption of the
whaling industry on the Pacific
Coast. The whaling fleet here has
been inactive for the past year.
BANDIT KILLED
FLINT, Mich., Oct. 4, —A bandit
was killed and others injured after
a 30 mile auto chase from a small
town where they committed four
holdups. The men were surrounded
near a school house here and bul
lets flew near children, fortunate
ly without injury to any or to by
standers.
BURNED TO DEATH
OCEANSIDE, Calif., Oct. 3, —R.
S.y, aviator, was burned to death
Sunday when a plane in which he
was flying with a student pilot
who was at the controls, burst into
flames in mid-air and crashed
near here. A. B. Swinney, the stu
dent pilot, escaped from the plane
m a parachute. His condition is
believed serious.
PLEASURE SPOTS RAIDED
HOLLYWOOD, Oct., 4, —Three
pleasure resorts were raided here
which resulted in the arrest of six
persons and a small confiscation of
choice liquors.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
KANSAS CITY, Oct., 4,—Seventy
five “speakeasies” were raided here
in the last three days with the net
result of three arrests and seizure
of three quarts of alleged liquor.
KENA! LAKE VESSEL
RAN ON ROCKS WHEN
SKIPPER SLEPT AT POST
“’Twas one dark night on Lac
St. Pere,
And de wood scow Julie Plant
bus’ up
One arpent from de shore.”
Thus sang the poet Drummond
of a French Canadian tragedy.
But transpose the scene to Ke
nai Lake, at about the hour of 7
p. m. Sunday evening last, and
substitute Harold Sogn’s outboard
motorboat for the “Julie.”
The “crimp” having collected a
piratical crew, got them aboard
and stowed in the foc’sle, Captain
Sogn took the wheel, ordered haw
'sers cast off at Cooper’s Landing
and pointed the nose of his rakish
craft for Porcupine Island.
“Better catch a few hours sleep,”
said the captain to Chief Navi
gating Officer Bob Hall, “it looks
like we might run into a bit of nas
ty weather after we clear Porcu
pine Narrows.”
Among the “old salts” stowed
in the foc’sle were Roger Paul,
Clarke Andersen, Warren Neil and
Walter Corliss.
Stopping at the galley to whee
dle a cookie from “Stews and
Burns,” the navigator entered his
stateroom, laid his sextant on the
table and turned in with the re
mainder of the crew.
The engine purring like a kitten,
and the boat carrying a “bone in
its mouth,” the lighthouses and
visible landmarks began to drop
! astern. Whether it was the drone
of the engine, or the influence of
the gentle undulations of the boat
“deponent sayeth not,” but Bo’sn’s
Mate, Clarke Andresen caries on
the story as follows:
By the time Mountain Climber
cabin was left astern the night
settled down like Erebus when the
power plant is out of commission.
From the foc’sle came the sten
torian snoring of a crew who had
spent the night before doing the
opera and night clubs of Cooper’s
Landing.
Whether it was while pondering
a deftly intricate problem of
whether to tunnel or open-cut a
fat man to pick up the lead to his
appendix, or the drone of the en
gine, matters are rather obscure.
Captain Sogn fell asleep at the
wheel.
He was brought out of his dreams
along with the crew, when his ship
piled up on the rocky shore of the
long point below the 18-mile land
ing.
The impact sent the skipper
from his cabin up front on top of
the sleeping crew, which came for
ward on their food caches, backs,
head and foot foremost like a dish
of scrambled eggs.
“Sound the S OS!” shouted the
skipper, trying to extricate Bob
Hall’s hind leg from the precincts
of his midrift.
“Women and children first!”
shouted Hall, “I didn’t do it.”
“Life preservers!” yelled Roger
Paul.
“Sound the bilge well!” ordered
Walter Corliss, “I think she’s .sink
ing by the stern.”
“Look out! the mountain’s com
ing back at us astarboard!” warn
ed Warren Neil.
“Splice the main brace! Life
boat crews stand by!” arose above
the din of the craft’s groaning
while the rocks gnawed at her vit
als. It was Clarke Andresen’s voice
from somewhere up front where he
had skated on his face.
A hasty survey disclosed that
Skipper Sogn had failed to see the
mountain as it came across his
bows and not permitting him time
to roll the wheel hard to starboard
and allow it to pass.
While the reports of the under
writers and marine inpectors has
not been given out, it is rumored
that Skipper Sogn’s papers have)
been suspended for the remainder
of the season.
The only damage reported by the
crew was a gnawed and battered
propeller and a broken shear pin,
and a rude interruption of a well
earned nap after a day of such de
lights as only Lake Kenai can offer
to the lover of the great outdoors.
THE STOCK MARKET
NE WYORK, Oct., 4, —Trading
dwindled to 1,000,000 shares Mon- j
day, largely, it was believed, be- j
cause of the request of receivership!
of the Nickel Plate Railway. Wheat j
sagged, then recouped; cotton held;
an even tone.
Alaska Juneau 10Vi, Kennecott;
13%, Premier, no sale.
RETURN TO NEW TOOK
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, —The “Fly- j
ing” Hutchinson family returned;
to America yesterday from Europe'
where death nearly overtook them;
during an attempt to cross the
Atlantic in an amphibian plane.
The family said they were thrill
ed with their flight and, contrary
to press reports, said they were not.
in danger at anytime. The chil-i
dren, they added, are more fright
ened at New York traffic.
ST. LOUIS BASEBALL
MONTREAL, Oct., 4, —The St.
Louis Cradinals, the 1930 cham
pions, may be playing for Montreal
next season, according to the local
report. But the president of the
league issued a flat denial to the
rumor.
However, it has been learned that
Canadian sporting interests ap
proached the league in the matter
of transferring the franchise. Dur
ing the season just closed the team
lost money.
Along with the persistent rumors
is another, that John McGraw is
severing all connections with the
New York team and will assume
the management of the Montreal
club.
MISTRIAL DAVIS CASE
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, —Because of
improper action on the part of two
jurors in the James J. Davis case,
Harry Moore and Abe Winetrube,
the case was termed a mistrial and
date for a new trial set for next
Monday. The defense will seek
postponement until after the No
vember elections in which Senator
Davis is a candidate.
WARM WINTER QUARTERS
SEATTLE, Oct., 4, —Mayor John
Dore announced that the unem
ployed men of this city will at least
have warm quarters this winter.
On October 10 the city will throw
open a building on Occidental Ave.,
which was recently acquired, for
the housing of a large number of
unemployed.
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FOOLISH TO SPEAK NOW
PARIS, Oct., 4, —The “Play-boy” |
of New York, the former mayor, j
Jimmy Walker, upon his arrival
here from Gibralter to board the
SS. Europa for New York, said it
would be foolish for him, at this
time, to announce his candidacy
for renomination, in that he is not
familiar with developments since I
his departure. “But no one”, he I
said, “can make New York a vil
lage”. Apparently he was taking
a “shot” at his successor, Joseph
McKee.
REACTION IS MILD
GENEVA, Oct. 4, —The reaction
in Japan of all parties, even that
of the military, is extremely mild,
following publication of the Lytton
commission report on the Man
churian situation.
The USS Surveyor, of the U. S.
Coast & Geodetic Survey, which
has been working around the south
end of Kodiak Island this season,
has laid up her launches, the Hel
ianthus and Wildcat, and is about
ready to proceed southward.
She arrived in the bay today for
fuel oil and supplies. Later she
will pick up a sounding line
southwest of Kodiak Island and
proceed across the Gulf of Alaska
to Dixon Entrance.
The Surveyor, in company with
the Discoverer and Westdahl, is
assigned further work in the vicin
ity of Ketchikan en route to Seat
tle. The area to be surveyed is
around Duke Island and Mary Is
land, and is calculated, weather
permitting, to require several
weeks’ time.
It is reported that the Surveyor
will return to this section of Alas
ka next season to continue her
survey work.
Caught in the spell of the coun
try might describe the decision of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Glynn, two
years in Alaska out of Chicago, and
who have settled on Kenai River.
Mr. Glynn, still below his 30s, has
staked a sizable area of placer near
the end of the Chugach National
Forest road, constructed from
Cooper’s Landing, to a point about
seven miles down the river and
destined to eventually connect with
Seldovia and the Cook Inlet coun
try.
Mr. Glynn is a cabinet maker,
and will employ his skill in erect
ing a rustic log home, clear land
for gardening and incidentally con
tinue his labors of the past sum
mer, of washing gold from the bars
and alluvial which borders the
river.
With the aid of a crude Long
Tom, Mr. Glynn has been gradually
accumulating a sizable poke of
dust, sufficient to meet his needs.
Like the true frontiersman, he pro
poses living off the soil and forest.
And like the true frontiersman, he
is always ready to set the table for
the wayfarer and give him a hear
ty welcome.
Mr. Glynn is now engaged in
construction of a box amalgamat
ing apparatus for the capture of
the fine gold which is characteris
tic of the river bars. The amalga
mator, known as the Hungarian
riffle, carrying an /undercurrent,
while precipitating the dust, will
occupy a position near the end of
his pole riffles.
Since the gold begins at grass
roots, and bed-rock is an unknown
depth, it si planned to use an auto
matic gate or splasher to ground
sluce down several feet and shovel
in the concentrate, after drying;
the thus created bedrock of packed
boulders. There are few places
where colors do not reward the
pan.
Some day capital will recognize
the possibilities of this prolific
gold-bearing region and it will be
come one of the big producers of
Alaska.
MILLION DOLUM LOSS
SUSTn CLOUDBURST
MOONTRINOUS REGION
TEHACHAPI, Calif., Oct. 4, —
Tractors were brought into play
Monday in an attempt to uncover
at least 20 bodies in this small
community which was devastated
by a cloudburst and flood. Many of
the dead, who number about 46,
are unidentified.
One thousand men are as work
cleaning up the debris and search
ing for the dead as it is feared a
number of transients also lost
their lives in the 40-foot wall of
water which unexpectedly swept
down the gully to engulf all.
Damage to the railroad is esti
mated at $1,000,000 and it will re
quire months of labor to restore
tracks, bridges and roadways for
traffic.
STEERS LUNCHED OFF
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Oct. 4,
Six steers from the far and wooly
West, threw consternation into a
number of residents here yester
day. Kicking out a few slats in the
box car, the steers stampeded
down “Main Street” while pedes
trians, frightened by the strange
appearing -“critters,” scampered to
safety zones. The steers, after
a sight-seeing tour, then began to
lunch off flower gardens. About
this time they were rounded up.
BANK ROBBED OF $5,000
CAMP POINT. 111., Oct. 4, —A
lone bandit walked into the local
bank, stuck the nose of a “gat”
under the nose of Cashier Earl
Pierce demanding him to hand
over the loose change. He walked
away with approximately $5,000,
and is still at liberty.
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IVIES OF WHALING
TAKEN PORT HOBRON AREA
A photographic party from the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios i n
California has been working in
the vicinity of Afognak and Ko
diak Islands during the past two
weeks, obtaining film for a picture
as yet unnamed. The whaler Mor
an, which has been running out
of Port Hobron whaling station,
has been chartered for the work.
The party consisted of Chief
Photographer Clark and Dick Ros
son, who expect to return to their
headquarters, Olympic Hotel, Seat
tle, on the next Admiral liner.
Over 15,000 feet of film were ex
posed during the week, of work on
the Moran.
RATS
WASHINGTON, Oct., 4, —The
Biological Survey is out to kill sev
eral million rats thruout the more
populated farming districts of the
country. Poison will be distributed
and it is estimated the drive to
exterminate the rodents will cost
$30,000 but over $1,000,000 will be
saved, figuring on the basis of $40
per farm.
A TERRIBLE SENTENCE
SALINA, Calif., Oct. 4, —A1 Mey
ers, 32, a garbage collector, was
sentenced to one to *14 years for
stealing a kiss from a 19-year old
girl.
SATURDAY FOOTBALL
The University of Southern Cal
ifornia plays Oregon Saturday at
Los Angeles. Notre Dame plays the
Haskill Indians Saturday at South
Bend.
Big Dance Tonight in I. 0. 0. F. Hall