MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 5.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 7, —
President Hoover, together with
scores of Cabinent and Congress
ional member?, left at midnight,
Friday, in two special trains for
' Northampton, to attend the funer
al of Calvin Coloidge.
The 30tli President of the United
States will rest this afternoon be
side his father in Granite Hills.
His burial, on a cold hillside of
Plymouth. Vt-. where his ancestors
were buried, will be as he wished it,
without undue solemnity and with
out pretense.
The body lay in state this morn
ing from 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock with
a National Guard of Honor on
continuous duty in the simple
town church which lie attended in
life, the Edward Congregational
t Church.
Services were to start at 10:30
this morning with an organ pre
lude. ‘ Going Home.” Dr. Albert J.
Fenner, pastor of the church, was
to deliver the invocation.
The traditional 30 days national
mourning for a deceased President
affects all Federal government of
fices throughout the world. Flags
on land and sea must be kept at
half mast. Military officers must
wear their insignia of mourning.
The body of Colvin Coolidge was
to lie in state for one hour in the
Edward Congregational church to
day.
Congresional leaders and promi
nent men and women from vari
ous cities were en route to North
ampton today to pay last respects
to the former ex-President.
President-elect Roosevelt will be
represented at the funeral by Mrs.
Roosevelt and sons.
ROOF OF ASIA SI
BEEN SCALED B! TRIO
SHANGHAI, Jan. 7. —Announc
ing that they had reached the roof
of Asia and had planted the Chi
nese flag at the highest altitude
ever achieved and had scaled Mt.
Minyakonka for the first time by
human beings, two young Ameri
cans and a Mongolian born Chin
ese, have arrived back in Shang
hai brimming enthusiasm over
their six months exploit in the
fastness of China, more than 2.000
miles west of here.
TOUGH IRISHMEN PUT
UP] GRFIT FIGHT
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 7. —“Buster”
Calms of Chicago lost to Tom Pat
•> rick of Los Angeles Friday night
in the 10-round main event of the
American Legion stadium, by a de
cisive decision.
Paul O’Hara, in the semi-final,
decisioned over Tony O'Dell in a
rour-round bout. Just a couple of
* tough Irishmen.
Patrick, 24 years of age, weighed
182 pounds, and Calms, 23, 177 and
one-half pounds. Patrick’s sizzling
shots in the 8th almost put Calm
out with they conected with the
well known “button.”
DELEGATE “TONY”
Delegate-Elect to Congress A. J.
Dimona, accompanied by Mr. Todd
from Valdez and Mr. Brunelle from
Cordova, arrived today on the SS
Alaska to attend the Democratic
Divisional caucus this evening. As
has been previously announced
other delegates will arrive tonight
from Anchorage.
WOMAN VANISHED
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 7, —Plac
ed aboard a box car by a friend
* who hoped she would be taken to
a hospital when she arrived in
Oakland, Mrs. Blanche Pruitt, 28, of
this city, became the object of an
intensive search today.
VOLCANOES LET GO
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 7, —The
volcanoes Lonquimay, Calbuco and j
Llaima broke into activity yester
day, causing slight earth tremors
and belching flames, smoke, lava
and ashes, accompanied by electri
cal storms. Ashes covered the re
gion for many miles.
SOUTH BEND. Ind., Jan. 7, —
The South Bend News Times said
in a copyrighted story that it had
learned “from an unimpeachable
source” that government operatives
attached to the aviation depart
ment at Washington, have ascer
tained that a gangsters bomb
caused the airplane crash in Kan
sas in 1931 that killed Knute Rock
ne and seven others.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 7, —
Efforts to confirm the gangster
bomb theory were unsuccessful, by
' ether news sources.
It was said a witness in the Leo
Brothers trial was aboard the plane
and it was at this man the plot was
directed. It will be recalled the
plane exploded in midair.
' UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS
' SIMILim TO WORLD WIR
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LONDON. Jan. 7. —The Prince of
Wales, in a speech Friday, assert
1 ed that the unemployment crisis
was “like the World War” and con
stituted a national emergency re
quiring the voluntary service of
i every citizen.
The Prince’s address was the
first of a series to be broadcast
every Friday evening in an effort
to interest the people of Great
Britain in cooperating with the
unemployed by helping organize
and equip recreational and instruc
tional physical training
FORMER ARCH-ENEMIES
making "mm:
BERLIN, Jan. 7, —The newspa
; per Taegliche Rundschau, consid
ered to be a mouthpiece for Chan
cellor von Schleicher, asserted, as
an indubitable fact, that Adolph
: Hitler and former Chancellor von
Fapen, hitherto arch-enemies, met
in Cologne at the home of Baron
| Kurt von Schroeder, a partner in
| the private bank of J. H. Stein.
The purpose of the conference
i was “to consider the possibilities of
; attempting once more to make
} Hitler Chancellor.”
IS
j TIENTSIN, Jan. 7, —Continuous
I movement of Cihnese troops to
I ward Shanhaikwan was reported
j by the news service Nippon Dempo
and was regarded as further evi
| dence that the Chinese may at
| tempt to regain the city nowr occu
. pied by the Japanese.
It is estimated there about 6,000
j Japanese soldiers in the Shanhai
j kwan area.
Because of lack of pay, it is re
J ported certain Chinese troops are
becoming surly.
PROMINENT VISITOR
j Seward citizens have the oppor
j tunity today to meet one of Cor
| dova’s prominent citizens, M. E. S.
| Brunelle, who is the Copper City’s
Democratic committeeman to the
j local divisional caucus. Mr. Brun
i elle is District Deputy Grand Ex
alted Puler, B. P. O. E., and. after
completing local business, will con
tinue on to Anchorage to say “Hel
lo Bill!? Mr. Brunelle is secretary
to General Manager F. A. Hanson
of the C. R. & N. w. RR.
Returning from Washington, D.
C., where he has been during the
past three weeks on business per
taining to the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines. Dr.
Chai'les E. Bunnell, President of the
College, arrived in Seward today.
Dr. Bunnell states that delegate
Wickersham has introduced a Bill
in Congress extending to Alaska
the Adams, Purnell and Capper
Ketchum Acts, the same being Fed
eral Acts in aid of land-grant
colleges. On account of the rush
of business the chances are that a
consideration of this Bill will not
be reached during the short session.
The Hatch Act, an agricultural
experiment station act, providing
$15,000.00 annually, and the Smith
Lever Act providing $10,000.00 an
nually for cooperative extension
work in agriculture were extended
to Alaska two years ago.
Mr. Carl Franklin, University of
Washington graduate, has been ap
pointed by President Bunnell to fill
th vacancy caused by the death of
Ruth Moodey, formerly professor
of accounting and instructor in
stenography and typewriting.
John F. Baldwin of Pittsburg, Pa.,
arrived on the SS. Alaska enroute
north to enroll at the Alaska Agri
cultural College and School of
Mines for the second semester.
Mr. Baldwin attended both the
University of Montana and the
Colorado School of Mines a year
| each. He plans to finish his minig
engineering course where an op
portunity is afforded to combine
theorethical study with practical
experience.
THE STOCK MARKET
1 NEW YORK. Jan. 7.—A spurt on
coverings sent prices up one to
three points on Fridays’ market,
] and bonds closed satisfactorily.
Rail shares were in best demand,
! steel was the laggard and indus
j trials were in general demand. .
A total of 1.400.000 shares sold.
The New York stock exchange
and the mining exchange closed
today in respect to the late Calvin
l Coolidge.
The wheat market at Chicago
gained 1 7-8c a bushel; corn, oats
and provisions gained. Egg quota
tions wrere: large 31c per dozen,
medium 30c, small 27c.
Al. Chem. 87%, Amer. Can 59%,
Amer. Smelt. 13%, Amer. Fone 107
%, Amer. Tob. 66%, Auburn 53%,
Baldwin 5%, Balt. & O. 9%, Beth.
Steel 15%, Cal. Pkg. 10%, Can. Pa.
14%, Case 45%, Chrysler 16%, Con.
Gas 17%, Dupont 39%, Eastman
56%, Gen. Elec. 16, Gen. Foods 27,
Gen. Motors 13%, Goodrich 6%,
Goodyear 16%, Int. Tel. 7%, Loews
20%, Monty Ward 14%, Dairy Prod.
17%, Pac. Gas 30%, Penn. RR 16%,
; Pulman 21, Radio 53%, Radio Keith
! 3%, Simmons 7%, Std. Oil, Calif.
25%, Un. Carbide 27%, Un. Pacif.
! 741/4, Steel 29%, Steel pfd. 62%,
: West U. 29%, Westinghouse 30%,
: Woolworth 35%, Wor. Pump 15.
CLAIMS SPEED RECORD
! OROVILLE,Calif., Jan. 5, (A3)—
! Sixteen year old Helen Melo be
lieves she is the world’s unofficial
fastest typist. In a test at her
school she averaged 154 words pei
j minute for one hour.
FIRE WAS ACCIDENTAL
| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, —Th
| MacBeth apartments fire, in whicl
I four persons were killed, was of ac
! cidental origin and there was nc
[ ‘‘foul play,” Fire Marshal Frank P
t Kelly said yesterday, completing a
i lengthy investigation.
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BACK TO HYDE PARK
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Jan. 7. —
President-Elect Roosevelt returned
I Friday to the seclusion of his home
here, where he planned, over the
j week-end, to outline further gen
] eral programs for economic stab
j ilitation.
ENGAGEMENT A MISTAKE
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 7, —
James A. Bausch, Olympic decath
lon champion, and Mildred Harris
Chaplin, termed their reported en
gagement “all a mistake.”
ALL EXCHANGES CLOSE
NEW YORK Jan. 7, —Stock ex
changes throughout the country
were closed today out of respect
for Ex-President Caivin Coolidge.
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AIRMAIL DELAYED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.—air
mail schedules were delayed three
to seven hours Friday on account
of dense foes.
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FLOOD OF COUNTERFEITS
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.—Five
men were arrested, accused of
flooding Southern California with
spurious 50c pieces.
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A“PORK-BARRELER”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—
Fire from an unknown source de
stroyed the framework of the new
postoffice building.
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MALICIOUS!
PARIS, Jan. 7.—Former Premier
Herriot of France attacked the
i widespread anti-French propagan
da in the United States, declaring
it to be “unjust and malicious ”
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RUSSIAN NEW YEAR
MOSCOW. Jan. 7.—Soviet citizens
; celebrated the Russian New Year
Friday. No services were observed
nor was the occasion marked by
, any outward disturbance.
' HOOVER PARTY EN ROUTE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—
President Hoover and members of
his party left at midnight last night
for Northampton, Mass., to attend
the funeral of Calvin Coolidge.
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HOSTILITIES CONTINUE
SHANGHAI, Jan. 7, —Hostilities,
which began again Thursday on
both sides of a river near the cities
of Shanhaikwan and Shinwangtao,
continued yesterday.
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RECONVENE MONDAY
i WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 7, —
' Congress, which adjourned Thurs
day in respect to the memory* of
Calvin Coolidge, reconvenes noon
Monday.
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BLAMES U. S. ELECTIONS
PARIS, Jan. 7, —Edouard Herriot,
overthrown Premier for insisting
on the December 15 French debt
payment to the United States,
blamed the debt crisis on delay due
to the American elections.
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DEMPSEY ON TOUR
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Jack Demp
sey is leaving for Chicago to com
plete a vaudeville contract which
was signed before he emerged as
i promoter of the Schmeling-Baer
fight.
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THORNHILL NAMED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, —By
action of the Stanford University
board of athletic control, which
held a three-hour session, Claude
E. “Tiny” Thornhill held forma]
"ecommendation for the appoint
i nent as head football coach at
Stanford.
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AMICABLE AGAIN
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 7, —
toscoe Ates, screen actor, stutter
d his way back into the affections
f his wife yesterday after they
ad been reported on the verge of
separation. Ates declared they
ave patched up their differences
nd everything was amicable
igain.
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ERNIE SCIIAFF VICTOR
' NEW YORK, Jan. 7, —Ernie
Schaff, the pride and joy of Bos
ton, emerged victorious over S. Per
ado last night in Madison Square
i Garden, when he scored a techni
| cal knockout in the sixth round.
The victory puts Schaff in line for
a chance at Jack Sharkey, world
i heavyweight title holder.
PROHIBITION IS DEAD
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 7, —Prohibi
tion is “as dead as a dodo,” the
Living Church Episcopal Weekly
said in an editorial yesterday in re
fusing to endorse the conference
of Protestant clergymen in Wash
ington to devise ways- and means
of defeating the repeal of the 18th
amendment.
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ITALIAN ARRESTED IN
EXTORTIONIST PLOT
OF DOLLAR FAMILY
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, —J.
Harold Dollar, vice president of
the Dollar Lines, broke his three
day silence and admitted that he
appealed to police to protect his
family, principally his mother,
from bomb threats of extortionists
who demanded $5,000.
An Italian was arrested yesterday
when he picked up a package at
a point designated by the extor
tionists and which was supposed to
have contained $5,000. But police
believe the man picked up the
package thinking he had found
! something, and is in no way con
j nected with the gang. However, he
i will be held in custody.
Guards have been patrolling the
; homes of the Dollars for three days.
NORTHWESTERN SIS
WITH Sill LISTING
SEATTLE. Jan. 7. — The SS
Northwestern shrdlu rdlore
ship Company, sailed from Seat
tle this morning for Alaska with
; the following list of Seward reser
vations:
Robert Wakelin, T. P. Weather
! well, Clarence Marsh, D. L- Green
j Nels Johnson, Mrs. Jack Fulton
James Burns, J. L. Jean, S. B. Mar
shall, Iris Bunce, Jane Bunce, Mrs
R. Bunce, Miss D. Caraway, W. S
Christenson, John Lardon, Rich
ard Watton, and M. Milnerirch.
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BURNING COIL VEIN
Mil lilTlifl!
DURANGO Colo., Jan. 7.—Th(
moving mountain of Carbon has c
i rival v/hich promises to excel the
| work of moving 250 feet southeast
which Carbon mountain has don-:
i during the last two weeks.
The rival is Conway mountain
which has just passed 200 feet anc
I continues to move inches each day
Scientists attribute the phenonv
| ena to a burning coal vein.
| SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 7. —
j All state employees would be plac
I ed on a 30-hour week under the
j terms of a bill introduced in the |
! legislature yesterday by Senator
! Jerrold L. Sewell, of Roseville.
This measure also would provide j
| that the rate paid for state workers;
should not exceed the general pre- j
vailing rate paid for similar work
in private concerns.
DEMO “WHEEL-HORSE”
E. McPhee, one of the wheel hors
es of the Anchorage Democratic
Club and for years a prominent
business man of the that city, is a
brief visitor in the city and while
here will attend the divisional
caucus of the Demo party which is
to be held tonight in the Arcade
Club rooms following the arrival
of the train from the Interior.
SOLD HIS GOLD TEETH
TOKIO, Jan. 7—I, Atimato, unem
ployed for more than a year, has
i but one gold tooth left. A year
ago he was proud of a perfect set of
gold crowns. Since then he has
been selling his crowns, one at a
time.
' PUGER STRIKE IDE
The history of every great plac
er strike in the Klondike and Alas
ka has been one of accidental dis
covery.
And so perhaps the accidental
discovery of rich placer gravels at
Snow river, 14 miles from Seward,
may develop into one of stampede
proportions.
James, digging a hole for a trap,
noticed several glittering pieces of
rock. Upon his arrival in town he
asked for opinion on what he thot
was iron or copper nuggets. But
they were gold nuggets, one piece
being valued at $1.30 and another
more than $5!
Since the strike several acquain
tances of James were let into the
secret and claipis staked. James,
himself, staked two, at discovery.
The exact location is said to be
on the north tributary of the south
fork of Snow river; locally, the
, creek is known to many as Giacier
creek, which is about one mile in
length and near a glacier. Pay was
! found in shallow gravel wash, three
to six inches thick. The stream is
warm and does not freeze or over
: flow, and indications of gas and
oil seepages are in ample evidence.
The same district was staked in
I the early days of the old Alaska
i Central but operations were never
! caried on because of the difficulty
j in geting down to bedrock because
1 of water.
James came from Boise, Idaho
I about two years ago, going to Ko
! diak where he trapped. About three
months ago he arrived here with
; his wife and ran a trap line in the
: Snow river district
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LENINGRAD. Jan. 7, — Zoolo
■ gists from the Soviet Academy of
Science have explored the Arctic
. graveyard of a herd of gigantic
!: prehistoric mammals along the
11 shores of a bay and have identified
’ I the monsters tentatively.
They are believed to have lived
: thousands of years ago. Another
expedition and study will be made
, this year.
SIX WIDOWS FORMER
PRESIDENTS LIVING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7, —
Although the death of Calvin
Coolidge removed the last former
President, six widows of Chief Ex
ecutives are living.
They are the widows of Presi
dents Harrison, Cleveland, Roose
velt, Taft, Wilson and Coolidge.
Only one former first lady, the
widow of President Cleveland, re
married. In 1912 she became Mrs.
Thomas Jexpreson, Jr. She lives
with her husband, professor of
archeology at Prince University, in
Princeton. N. J.
HOUSES COLLAPSED
ATHENS. Greece, Jan. 7, —Strong
! earth shocks in the region of Volo.
' in the valley of the gulf of Volo,
caused the cracking or collapse of
many houses Friday. The popula
tion was panic stricken. The first
reports did not estimate the num
ber of casualties.
FUNERAL SERVICE SUNDAY
BEVERLY HILLS. Calif.. Jan. 7.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day for Mrs. Carrie Guggenheim,
74, widow of Isaac Guggenheim,
| New York multi millionaire mining
! magnate, who died Thursday at
| her home here from a sudden
| heart attack.
W- E. Hand, expert taxidermist,
fdr many years with Jonas Bros,
of Denver, has opened a taxider
my establishment in Anchorage.
; PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT I. 0. 0. F. HALL