VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 146.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23,
(;p)—The administration hopes
that strong and concrete results
will come from President Hoover’s
proposal for reduction of world
armaments, despite the French
coldness of reception.
The Hoover administration i s
particularly cheered by the direct
reports of the American repre
sentatives at Geneva which are far
more optimistic in construction on
rthe reaction of European powers,
than was reflected by the first
'news.
• Last reports said that France, of
ficially, is surprisingly friendly to
the measure.
Britain now believes the nations
will get together successfully.
MILITARY ALLIANCE IS
LAUSANNE, June 23, (/Pi—Chan
cellor Franz von Papen of Ger
many proposed a private military
alliance between France and
Germany as a means of meeting
France’s demand for security
Such an alliance would repre
sent the lion and lamb lying down
together in the field of European
military affairs.
He said the best way to solve
the problems which face the dis
armament conference, would be
the adoption of such a suggestion,
because France fears invasion and
Gt:A*<snys security pleas.
MUSSOLINI HAS SOME
LONDON, June 21. — Premier
Mussolini is quoted in an interview
published by the Daily Express as
caustically criticising the United
States and democracy generally
and predicting a long series of po
litical economic and military trou
bles for the world.
The correspondent quotes him as
saying that America has no policy
and bitterly, in a sardonic sugges
tion, said the United States is one
of the lifebelts to which idealists
are clinging for salvation in the
world crisis.
MILES STANDISH PASSES
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 23, (A5)
—Miles Standish, 74, descendant
of Captain Miles Standish. died
here today.
ARRIVE ON MS EIDER
TRIPjlF INSPECTION
On his first inspection of the
year, J. R. Russell, field superin
tendent, United States Bureau of
Fisheries, arrived in Seward on
the fisheries vessel Eider, which
is expected to remain in port for
several days.
Dr. Joseph Craig, head of the U.
S. Bureau of Fisheries laboratories
on the Pacific Coast, is accompa
nying Superintendent Russell, both
of whom registered for the night
at the Van Gilder hotel.
An intensive study will be con
tinued of the habits of salmon and
herring in Alaska. Later the scien
tific investigation department of
the bureau anticipates securing
funds to carry on research work
and to send technologists to Alas
ka for field work.
Dr. Craig is a graduate of Yale.
He was in charge of the work for
the game and fish commission of
California and did scientific work
on the Columbia river before tak
ing charge of the combined govern
ment work for the Pacific coast.
Mr. Russell’s headquartrs are
in Seattle.
PRINCE IS GETTING OLD
LONDON, June 23, (^—Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales, celebrat
ed his 38th birthday yesterday. He
is still the most eligible bachelor
in the world. He decided to take
the day off to read the flood of con
gratulatory messages received from
all corners of the world.
VET ARMY LEADERS
OPPOSE IMENOMEKT
PIW OF BONOS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 23,
—Leaders of the bonus army, en
camped at the Nation’s capitol, do
not favor a proposed amendment
to the Wagner bill which would
provide for the immediate pay
ment of one-half the sum of the
remainder of the bonus which will
be due them in 1945. The leaders
assert that they want all of the
, bonus immediately or none of it
at all.
During the while legislation is
pending civic leaders are doing
everything possible to induce the
army to dissolve and start home.
They have even arranged for spe
cial reduced fares with the rail
roads to take the weary veterans
away to their homes.
So far the army has not made
any attempt to breakup but in
stead, more veterans are said to be
j “hitting the road” enroute here. It
i is believed that the army will
! breakup soon after Congress ad
! journs.
NJSM MENIOOEfi
NOW FINDING HIGH
EXCITEMENT 0011
Meet Earl Rossman, the first mar
to introduce the talkies into Bol
ivia.
Rossman will b e remembered
first as accompanying the Sandy
Smith snow motor caravan which
didn’t carry a van very far toward
Point Barrow, later author of ar
Eskimo yarn about himself and a
little chocolate drop as hero and
heroine; again as companion tc
Matt Nieminen, pilot of the Alas
kan Airways when he made his
memorable flight over McKinley
The story comes thru Robert J
Reeve, veteran pilot with the Pan
American Airways, free lance skim
ming about Central America, and
in Seward last week in expectancy
of hooking up with the eagles oi
the snows.
In his wanderings in search oi
adventure and lucre. Rossman
found himself in Bolivia with a
few thousand feet of motion pic
ture film and unable to impress
the spiggoty mind with its value
for display purposes. Then the Yan
kee genius cropped out.
Rossman rented his own theatre
and put in the “talkies.” This was
something of an innovation to the
descendants of the Mayos and In
cas. They had heard of such things
among the strange Yankees, but as
yet were from Missouri,
j Rossman had no “mike,” or ap
| paratus for synchronizing conver
sation writh scenic action. He hirec
a Panamaian girl xvith a voice
j ranging from falsetto to basso pro
! fundo.
“Turn the crank, McGinnis!”
As the pictures unreeled the
j voice of the “talkie’’ emanating
! from a point of vantage where the
story could be read on the film
alternately cussed burros, sang
Spanish love notes, scolded little
spiggots, cooed and cajoled, all te
the marvel of the mouth-gapec
audience.
“Asegura, los Americanos e;
grandissimo! ”
“Abajo los Americano! Ab^jo e
Presidente! Alto el revolucion!”
Thus Rossman’s movie was greet
I ed when the screen fell over anc
disclosed his “telkycito” pulling or
a corn-husk cigarette and telling
the Bolivians things they had nev
er heard of before.
Rossman was last heard of en
gaged in an argument respecting
how many girls a man could mak<
love to below the equator and ge
away with it.
WORLD NATIONS HAVE
SAY REGARDING HERB'S
ARMS REDUCTION PLAN
GENEVA, June 23, —The drama
j tic and surprise proposal of Pres
J ident Hoover for reducing the arms
of the entire world was laid before
the Geneva disarmament parley on
Wednesday after it had been ap
proved by the various United States
military officials and members of
the American delegation attending
the conference.
According to the plan the world
nations would reduce armaments
by one-third. Under this plan the
United States naval strength would
be reduced by 350,000 tons, heavy
guns would be limited and bomb
ing planes be forbidden. It also
proposed that aerial bombard
ments and chemical warfare be
prohibited.
The principle nations at the con
ference all were in almost complete
accord with the proposal, with the
exception of France. France want
ed some security organization to
guarantee her security in case she
laid down arms.
Italy accepted the American pro
vision without reservation as did
Russia. Japan said that she want
ed a chance to discuss the matter.
Great Britain was not in exact ac
cord with the plan but seemingly
willing to cooperate in the culmi
nation of such a proposal.
The plan will save world tax pay
I ers billions of dollars yearly, if it
! is adopted, besides minimizing the
: danger of war.
AL SMITH CAREFULLY
AVOIDS PLEDGE LOYALTY
CHICAGO, June 23, —A1 Smith,
| who arrived here Tuesday, has be
! gun his campaign to stop Gover
! nor Franklin Roosevelt from get
ting the presidential nomination of
th Democratic party.
Smith was once more asked if
he would support the party’s nom
inee but the former governor of
New York evaded the question by
saying that this was no time to
talk about that.
In previous campaigns Smith has
| avoided a pledge of party loyalty
: in almost the same manner.
DROUGHT KILLS CATTLE
MEXICO CITY, June 21, (A>)—
A drought has killed 400 cattle
within a week at San Buena Ven
tura and at Villa Aldama, in the
State of Chicuanhua, the Chamber
of Commerce livestock committee
announced today.
SUCK HILLS COLD
BOOM NOW GROWING
DEADWOOD, S. D„ June 23, —
Fred Sargent, president of the
Northwestern railroad, in an ad
, dress in Chicago, says the country
{ is going to see the greatest gold
i mining boom in history, and the
: Black Hills will not only share in
j the boom but a large part of it
will be here.
So great is his confidence in the
Black Hills that he is leaving Chi
cago and coming here to reside, di
viding his time between Deadwood
and Rapid City. He has been visit
ing the Black Hills since 1919.
L AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 2, Cleveland 11.
Phillies 4, Chicago 9.
[ New York 10, St. Louis 17.
l Boston 5, Detroit 6.
; NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 7, Brooklyn 6.
Cincinnati 14, Boston 8.
Chicago 2, Phillies 11.
I St. Louis 1, New York 7.
> PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
t Missions 10, Sacs 6.
Other games, night games.
PRE-CONVENTION TALK
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23,
Supporters of Gov. Franklin Roos
evelt virtually were agreed that
the party platform would include
a plank calling for repeal of the
18th amendment but that the par
ty members would not be pledged
to repeal.
FLAGS ALL NATIONS
BUT BRITAIN UNFURLED
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
DUBLIN, June 23, —In the midst
of the colorful opening of the 31st
international Eucharistic Congress,
flags of all nations, except Great
Britain, were unfurled to the
breeze and representatives of King
George were not in attendance as
they had not been invited.
Gov. General James McNeill, re
presentative of King George in the
Irish Free State, was one of the
persons on the excluded list be
cause he was said by Irish leaders
to represent an “alien interest.”
Later in the day the Governor
General and Eamon DeValera were
both present at another religious
meeting and dinner, almost equal
ly religious in importance, but the
! two statesmen did not speak to
each other. •
LOST PLACER FOUND
BY INDIAN OF NORTH
ON ATLIN CREEK
SPOKANE, Wash., June 23, —
From Atlin, northern British Col
umbia, comes another of those
periodical reports of the rediscov
ery of “lost mines” of old “sour
doughs” and “desert rats.”
The “lost” mine was discovered
in 1374 by a Victoria man and five
companions, who cleaned up $6,000
of placer gold in two weeks. Then
their food supply ran low, a scur
i vy attacked them, five of the min
i ers perished, and the tragedy im
! parted the name to “Scurvy creek.”
I That for the prologue.
Now the curtain lifts for the
drama of our hour. A half-breed
| Indian, so the story goes, while
I dressing a moose, caught the glit
| ter of sunshine on yellow metal
I and there one has proof as con
| vincing as holy writ. The rich
mine was lost long ago, or report
ed to have been lost; Scurvy creek
is there, and some Indians have
found color in its sands and gravel
M AN Z AXILLA SHAKEN
PASADENA, Calif., June 21. —An
avalanche of rocks that crashed
into the depths of the Acipulcc
trough an immense hole in the bed
of the Pacific Ocean, possibly caus
1 ed the earthquake which shook
i Manzanilla, Mexico, according tc
j D. C. F. Reichter of the Carnegie
j Seismological Laboratory here.
ESCAPES WITH RINGS
LOS ANGELES, June 21. —Aftei
slugging, binding and gagging the
salesman in charge of a jewelrj
office, a shabbily dressed bandit
escaped with eight diamond rings
and uncut gems valued at $10,000
NEW MAP ISSUED
A preliminary topographic map
of the Tonsina district, of Alaska
showing the regional features ol
the land to the north and north
east of Valdez, has just been re
leased by the Alaska branch of the
United States Geological Survey
The map is based upon surveys ol
1912, 1915 and 1931, and was pre
pared under the direction of C. F
Fuechsel and J. W. Bagley, topo
graphic engineers.
WANTS TO COME BACK
Jim Campbell, erstwhile Seward
ite and Signal Corps member whc
left here months ago for Seattle
with his family, is ‘rarin’ to return
according to recent letters receiv
ed by friends. In one of his las1
letters he wrote: “One of these
days you will see a ragged, forlorr
looking gink stepping off a steamei
at Seward. That will be I.”
MEXICAN TIDAL WAVE
CAUSE NUMBER DEATHS:
AND MUCH SUFFERING
MEXICO CITY, June 23, (£>)—
Mexican relief agencies concen
i trated on the task of alleviating
the suffering thousands of people
i n towns along the west coast
which was virtually wiped out yes
terday by a tidal wave which took
two score lives.
An accurate check is not possi
ble at this time because of the dis
organized condition of the terri
tory.
Many lives were lost when the
wave struck hardest at Cuyutlan,
where the death toll is said to be
more than 40; many are also miss
ing and more than 100 injured.
The tidal wave was preceded by
sharp qauke shocks.
Two relief trains left for Cuy
(utlan. The first train evacuated
1,400 from the town.
NEW YORK, June 23, —Much
hallabaloo was made throughout
the sporting world Wednesday fol
lowing the alleged fantastic deci
sion which gave Jack Sharkey the
verdict over Max Schmeling, for
mer heavyweight title holder.
Mayor Jimmy Walker of New
York, in speaking direct to Ger
many, wisecracked that Seabury
! one of the men who is investigating
his office, must have been one of
the judges.
The decision was described as
increditable and a blot on Ameri
can sportsmanship, in most quar
ters.
I-—
NEW WAGE AGREEMENTS
NEW YORK, June 21. —New wage
; agreements calling for a reduction
. of 15 cents for mechanics and 11
| cents for helpers was ratified bj
; various units of the Building trader
Council and the Building trades
I Employers Association.
GOLDEN AGE MINE
m m STRIKE
CHLORIDE, Ariz-, June 2 3, -
One of the most important golc
strikes in northwestern Arizona foi
some months has been reportec
at the Golden Age Mine, 31 mile:
from this town, according to the
local report.
Specimens from the mine indi
cate a gold value of $120 to $53(
per ton, it wras said. The mine i:
located in the Weaver'mining dis
I trict, in the River range.
Prospectors have been busy ir
| district for some time, and the
j strike is expected to encourage de
| velopment of placer possibilities
I there.
Preparations are being made foi
intensive work on the Golden Age
strike, it was announced.
PILOT MILL HIVED
AT LOCAL DIRPORT TDDIIT
Bringing another load of pas
sengers from Anchorage, Pilot Os
car Winchell, of the McGee Air
ways, landed on the local airporl
this morning. It was anticipated
a return flight might be made late
today providing two more passen
gers could be booked.
Pilot Winchell announced that he
would be here on the fourth ol
July and would devote the entire
day carrying local folks on shorl
or long sight-seeing flights. Hop:
i of 30 minutes duration will be made
, at the low price of $5 per load o:
, three, or $15. He will soar over the
mountains and glaciers or any par
; ticular designated spot if the time
> limit permits. In fact, “I want te
. give Seward people want the:
■ want, and to that end will devote
the entire day to them.”
EDITORIAL
SEWARD’S “HOLE CARD”
A sage coined the phrase: “It is
darkest before dawn ”
It might be said that the pre
sent is the darkest hour Seward has
experienced, yet the darkness is
nothing to be afraid of, for it is
a mere shadow compared to the
sombre clounds which hover over
the remainder of the nation. The
immediate depression may be liken
ed to a transitory period between
the dark hour just before dawn and
the bursting forth of a brilliant
horizon blazing with promises.
This promise is the Nuka Bay
mining field. Considered in its
geological structure, vein place
ment and the light of such remark
able discoveries as that made in the
Babcock and Downey mine, the
continuation of rich shoots in the
Alaska Hills and other prospects,
together with the discovery of rich
float in regions wherein a pick has
never been sunk, Nuka Bay is des
tined to take its place among the
treasure spots of Alaska.
To the layman rock formation
means nothing; he can only see
quartz containing virgin gold, all
of which he can understand. To
the miner the structural nature of
•the country rock, the manner in
which the veins are laid down and
the visibility evidence of gold spells
j quality, quantity and permanency,
j Nuka Bay is made up of a series
of contracts and fissures. Its pri
mary acidic rocks are the diorites
and granites. It is where these
rocks have intruded the stratified
structure such as slates that the
greater enrichment has taken place.
In addition, the country has been
subjected to a series of dike re
! placements. These dikes also being
i acidic, have exerted their influence
1 upon the adjoining rocks and pro
duced their share of ore place
ments.
Such a region cannot escape be
coming important contributors to
the gold wealth of the nation. It
is only a matter of preliminary
capital with which to conduct ex
ploration to make of Nuka Bay a
permanent, rich gold camp.
While others are speculating on
what may come out of the grab
bag respecting our future progress,
all attention should be concentrated
upon hastening the day when the
Nuka Bay payrolls will be floating
into Seward. No other agency could
■ bring a more permanent and en
during prosperity. Time being the
. essence of the hour, any aid which
may be given to the energetic pros
. pector would be money well inves
ted.
; Other regions have recognized
, this fact respecting their own en
virons and instead of waiting for
, others to initiate the rejuvenation
, of mining are doing it themselves.
. When it comes to developing and
. operating mines, the occasions
where men of small means have
been able to accomplish this are
, the exception. All that Seward can
hope to do is to assist in the initial
; development, and bring its com
mercial powers to bear in attracting
. j the man with means to carry out
, I the second phase of the work.
Nuka Bay is Seward’s hole card,
i as Willow Creek is the salvation of
Anchorage. It took 15 years for
Anchorage to recognize that its
stability rested upon its mines.
1 Will Seward procrastinate, and
at a time when the world is gold
hungry?
RESPONDING WELL
Carl Martin, Jr., young son of
- Mr. and Mrs. Carl Martin of An
chorage, who was seriously injured
| by dynamite Tuesday at Anchor
age—not Hope or Moose Pass as
reported yesterday—is responding#
s rapidly to doctor’s treatment. The
' i escape from death was a narrow
1 one but it is learned, via KFQD,
; that the lad will probably be al
i right in a few weeks. Carl was
> burned by the powder about the
face and hands.
COMPETITION HURTS
> LONDON, June 22, —Four great
> railway companies of England have
r been in conference for many days
> discussing the seriousness of auto
truck competition.