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ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland, April j
7__a mob of 15,000 stormed the
Newfoundland Parliament build
ings, wrecked the government of
fices and besieged police and cab
inet members in the House of As
sembly, threatening to burn the
buildings unless Sir R. A. Squires,
Premier, resigned.
The Premier was roughly hand
led when he left the buildings and j
only the intervention of a priest;
and the leader of the opposition!
saved him from serious harm. It
was reported Squires had resigned
but later this was denied.
Chaotic conditions existed in
government circles. Rioting began
during a debate on a petition pre
sented by the citizens committee
seeking unemployment relief. The
uproar caused the adjournment of
the session.
Squires’ government, formed Oc
tober, 1930, had been in difficulties
for months because of Newfound
land’s great unemployment prob
lem and financial situation.
NEW YORK, April 7.—A sharp
break in utilities arrested moderate
recovery on the exchange and the
whole market declined to new lows
for bear movement. Recovery from
lows occurred before the close.
Insull issues crashed badly. Steel
common broke below 35. General
Motors made a record low for
present shares at 13V2- New York
Central made a recovery at 2458.
American Telephone made a new
low since 1921 at 10558.
Selling gained in momentum
near the close of the day. Oils held
steady. Sales totaled 2.100,000.
KANSAS CITY, April 7.—Sound
and symmetrical, a one-pound baby
boy, believed to be one of the small
est ever born alive, carried forward
a stout fight for life here, and doc
tors gave the tiny boy, less than 15
inches long, his doubled fists about
as large as his six-foot father’s
thumb, an excellent chance to win.
The baby, physicians said, is only
early and undernourished, but he
is fully developed.
BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, April
7.—Business in this city was at a |
standstill Wednesday as a result of j
the disorders in the city. The j
streets continued to be thronged
with people and the police found
they were unable to do anything
with the mob. Only persons ap
pointed by the mob appeared to be
able to sway the people one way or
another.
STUDENT DEMONSTRATION
NEW YORK, April 7. — Four
thousand University of Columbia
students joined in a demonstration'
Wednesday to protest the expulsion !
of a student from the university. |
The police were on the scene but:
they let the students battle it out j
among themselves. Eggs, both rot
ten and otherwise, were in great
demand.
FOOTBALL WORKOUT
PRINCETON, N. J., April 7.—
Princeton’s new football regime
opened as the new head coach,
H’ D. ‘ Fritz” Crisler, and his as
sistants put a squad of 46 men thru
its first workout.
R. Frieling, Lutheran minister,
arrived in Seward on Wednesday’s
train from Anchorage.
Florence L. Nafsted, of Cordova,
Republican candidate for nomina
tion as Representative from the
Third Division, was an arrival in
Seward on the SS Admiral Evans.
NORTHERN LIGHTS
At full capacity, the Juneau
Lumber Mills began operations for
the season April 4. A force of 100
men is employed, and in the distri
bution of jobs, preference was given
residents of that city.
* * * *
Arthur J. Ela, former resident of
Ketchikan, ex-Navy officer and for
mer officer in the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, died in the Navy hos
pital at Bremerton, Wash.
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That rich ground uncovered on
Livengood Creek by Max Miller and
Sam Drakula, covers a considerable
area, is indicated by a letter re
ceived from John Jurich by Nick
Mandich, reports the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
* * * *
A Juneau term of the district
court was to convene April 6.
* * * *
The Superior Court in Seattle
has upheld the provisions of the
will of Charles Schalkenback, Alas
ka trader, which provided $125,000
for an orphan boys’ home in Seat
tle. The other half of the estate
went automatically to the widow
as community property.
* * * *
Percy Hubbard, owner with Art
Hines of the Service Motor Co., at
Fairbanks, and a transport air
plane pilot, has accepted a position
as pilot with the Pacific Interna
tional Airways of Alaska, accord
ing to the Fairbanks News-Miner.
* * * *
John Nelson, aged 72, oldtime Al
askan and for many years a resi
dent of Juneau, died in Juneau
recently from a paralytic stroke.
* * * *
Advices received indicate that a
greater part of the halibut fleet,
bath small and long line boats, are
now tied up in Seattle, Prince Ru
pert, Juneau and Ketchikan. It is
hoped this action will help create
better prices.
* * * *
The merger of the Laurie Bro
thers with the O’Neill Company,
Inc., effective at once, was an
nounced at Cordova by H. I. O’Neill
and S. N. Laurie.
* * * *
Nils Linskog, Alaska pioneer, died
March 19 at the Wrangell General
Hospital from heart disease.
* * * *
Richard R. Hanson, commonly
known as “Red,” who last fall
placed mink on Warren Island, has
been missing for some time, reports
the Petersburg Press. Theo. Lan
sing reported that they had been
lying in front of his camp and that
there seemed to be no signs of life
about.
* * * *
A resolution petitioning Congress
to place a duty on pulp and news
print was approved at the regular
meeting of the Ketchikan Cham
ber of Commerce.
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The body of Birger Carlson, old
timer of the Chatanika district,
was found on the railroad right
of-way about half a mile from
Olnes toward Chatanika by Gus
Franz, according to the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
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The eruption of Mt. Shishadin
apparently has interfered recently
with reception at False Pass but,
nevertheless, Joseph E. Nasenius
and friends listen in every night
with great pleasure to K F Q D.
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Southeast Alaska’s deer have
wintered through in fairly good
shape, losses have not been higher
than the average and the deer
crop this year bids fair to be un
usually heavy.
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Cold storage holdings of fish, ac
cording to the latest bulletin issued
by the United States Bureau of
Fisheries, showed a total of 50,660,
850 pounds as compared with 50,
580,040 for the same period during
the previous year.
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Plans are now being made to
mine and mill a large body of good
ore from levels below the present
main haulage level of the Alaska
Juneau mine, it was revealed in the
annual report of the company’s
president, Frederick W. Bradley,
made last month to the stock
holders.
M LEAGUE MS
WALLOP AT HOOVER
CHARGING NEGLECT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7. (JP)
—New and sweeping denunciation
of President Hoover’s Naval policy
was issued by the Navy League.
The President is charged with
neglect of the Navy and wrongly
parading of armaments as the
“scape goat” for increased taxa
tion.
The League said Hoover has done
“virtually nothing” to replace ves
sels “while Europe smolders and
Asia is ablaze. The President in
sists America cannot afford even
to start building up to treaty
terms.”
The charges were issued over
President William Gardiner’s sig
nature.
CIVIL WAR RUMORS
SHANGHAI, April 7. (A1)—Rumors
of an impending civil war centered
about the report that General Han
Fu-Chu, one of the northern lead
ers, desired independence for Shan
I tung and has thrown down the
! gage of battle to the government
! at Nanking. Meanwhile, the peace
conference here makes little, if any,
progress.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 6. Oakland 4.
Missions 2. Sacramento 4.
Portland 7. Los Angeles 4.
NIP AND TUCK CONTEST
LOS ANGELES, April 7. f/P)—
Portland evened the opening series
i with Los Angeles Wednesday by
hammering out a 7 to 4 victory in
a nip and tuck contest. Bob John
; son, of the Portland team, made
i a homerun in the second inning.
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SEALS GET SECOND WIN
SAN FRANCISCO. April 7. (JP)—
! The Seals, in the first night game
! this season, pounded their second
! victory over the Seattle Indians
j here Wednesday night, winning 8
; to 0.
SENTENCED SEVEN YEARS
JUNEAU, April 7. (JP)—A sentence
of seven years in the McNeil Island
penitentiary was imposed Wednes
day on Walter Gamble who pleaded
guilty recently to the charge of
manslaughter in stabbing H. C.
Lyle Davis to death last December.
He was sentenced by Judge Hard
ing.
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NEWFOUNDLAND TROUBLES
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, April
6.—A furious crowd of people Tues
day stormed the administration as
sembly building demanding the
resignation of Premier Richard
Squires. Premier Squires at first
took refuge behind a guard of po
licemen but as the crowd continued
their demands, he finally consent
ed to hand in his resignation. The
| crowd was estimated at about 10,
000 persons.
* * * *
TOOK SEAT AWAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6. (JP)
— A Democratic House majority
voted to oust Republican Peter C.
Granata of Illinois and give his
seat to Democrat Stanley H. Kunz.
j It was almost a straight ballot on
party lines.
NEW YORK STOCKS
NEW YORK, April 7. — Latest
quotations: DuPont 41%; Interna
tional Tel. & Tel. 47/8; Montgomery
i Ward 6%; Radio 5%; American
Can 53 y2; Bethlehem Steel 15%;
Chrysler 10; General Motors 13%;
Kennecott Copper 6%; Sears Roe
buck 25%; Standard Oil of Calif.
22%; U. S. Steel 34%; Anaconda
4%; General Electric 15; Standard
Oil of N. J. 26%.
“We especially enjoy the news
but the rest of the programs are
equally fine,” writes a radio recep
tion far at Port Moller to K F Q D.
HUSH ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT THE
M'S CAPITOL
(By W.A.S.)
The Department of the Interior
has a request before Congress for
the continuance of the use of the
MS Boxer. If this request is grant
ed and Congress provides the funds
to operate the Boxer, it will be
used by the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs in increasing the medical re
lief work among the native vil
lages in Southeastern Alaska, in
cluding Sitka, and in transporting
to the Juneau Native Hospital such
natives as need hospital care.
* * * *
The Washington office of the
Vermont Marble Company states
that the specifications for the new
Federal building at Fairbanks re
quire considerable “Tokeen” mar
ble. As a consequence, the opera
tions at Tokeen, near Wrangell,
which have been idle for the past
two years, are about to resume op
erations with a crew of 75 men at
the quarries.
* * # *
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
has submitted to the chairman of
the Appropriaitons Committee that
economies in Federal .adminisrta
tion can be brought about by the
placing of health, education and
conservation under assistant secre
taries. In this connection will be
i submitted a chart showing the
'complicated Federal administration
in Alaska. It was pointed out that
unification of control, and espec
ially a single all-embracing bud
get would effect great economy in
the Territory.
The bill introduced by Delegate
Wickersham to grant the Terri
j torial Legislature power to manage
; the fisheries, the game, fur-bearing
and other wild animals, was re
ferred by the Committee on Terri
tories to the Department of the
Interior. An adverse report wajs
made by Secretary Wilbur, whc
writes to the committee as follows:
“I transmit herewith a copy ol
| a letter from the Hon. George A
Parks. Governor of the Territory oi
1 Alaska, to whom the bill wras re
| ferred by me for report as to the
| nevessity for, as well as the advis
! ability of, the enactment of the
j legislation contemplated in the bill
i It will be seen therefrom that he
| regards the present policy of the
| government in the controlling oi
the fisheries and wild life as ade
quate and satisfactory, and that
the Territory is not financially able
to assume the burden which would
be imposed on it under the bill- 1
concur in the conclusions of the
Governor in this matter, and rec
ommend that the bill be not giver
favorable consideration.”
In his conclusions, the Governoi
states that “under the policies thal
are in effect the fisheries are be
ing protected and the depleted
areas restored to normal produc
tion.” To do this work, the ap
propriations made and expended bj
the government for the past three
years, have been as follows: 1929
$418,456; 1930, $414,061; 1931, $457,
838. The Governor adds that the
average yearly revenue derived bj
the Territory from all sources ovei
the past five years averages about
$1,000,000 yearly, and then states:
“Revenues are decreasing instead
of increasing and there must be ar
increase in taxes next year to meet
essential demands. During 1929
| and 1930 the fisheries produced
76.93 per cent of the revenue, and
• obviously, it is impossible to fur
jther burden them to provide any
where the sum necessary to main
tain an organization such as is now
administering the fisheries. Ob
viously, the Territory is not finan
cially able to assume the burden
that would be imposed by the bill.
The situation with regard to the
game is much the same. Approxi
mately $100,000 is expended each
year by the Biological Survey for
warden service and predatory ani
mal control. The combined service
is now costing approximately $550,
000 per year, and even though it
could be had for half the sum, the
STRONGHOLD CAPTURED
HARBIN, Manchuria, April 7.—
Fancheng, one of the most import
ant strongholds of Chinese gueril
las in the Harbin district, was cap
tured by Japanese troops. The
Japanese said 200 Chinese were
killed and the rest of the guerilla
forces were driven out.
BklLRORDS FUNDS TO BE
SLUSHED FROM BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7. (&)
—Acting under the Senate resolu
tion, the Senate Appropriations
Committee Wednesday slashed the
Interior Department supply bill
from $57,000,000 to $45,000,000.
The slash included a proposed
cut of $75,000 from the Alaska Rail
road and reducing education funds
for Alaska natives from $690,000 to
$650,000.
BABY SAFE AND WELL
HOPEWELL, N. J., April 7. (A*)—
Word that Lindbergh’s baby is safe
and well was announced at Norfolk
by John H. Curtis after a four day’s
mysterious absence. He says he
was in contact with the kidnappers
and also saw Lindbergh. He regrets
he is unable to say more but said
the information he gave the Lind
berghs “greatly relieved the Col
onel.”
SOUTH Ml RIDER
BE SENT TO OLTMPI
DURBAN. South Africa, April 7
—Daniel J. Joubert, one of the
world's outstanding sprinters, has
been chosen a member of the South
African track team to compete in
the Olympic Games at .Los An
geles this summer,
i Joubert was clocked at nine and
! two-fifths seconds for the 100 yards
| last April, tying the record held by
Eddie Tolen of the United States,
but the mark was not allowed be
cause the track had a drop of 11
inches from the start to the finish
line.
CAPT. HAWKES INJURED
WORCESTER, Mass., April 7. MP)
—Captain Frank Hawkes was crit
ically injured when his plane
crashed in an attempted take-off.
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COUNT DIES
VIENNA, April 7. — Count Czer
nin, last foreign minister of the
Austro-Hungarian empire, died of
heart failure here.
* * # *
PETERSBURG ELECTION
PETERSBURG, Alaska, April 7.—
Earl Locken was elected mayor at
Tuesday’s elections receiving 229
votes. Earl Ohmer failed to secure
reelection with 149.
* * * *
FINLAND CELEBRATES
HELSINGFORS, Finland, April
7.—Hilarious celebrations in cities
throughout Finland marked the end
of prohibition yesterday. Finland
has been dry since 1919.
* * * *
FREE STATE’S REPLY
DUBLIN, Ire., April 7.—The Free
State’s reply to Great Britain on
the oath to the Crown and land
annuities was mailed to London,
i It insisted on abolition of the oath.
TO EXAMINE STOMACH
MENLO PARK, Calif., April 7.—
The Australian wonder horse, Phar
Lap, who died unexpectedly, will
be mounted and returned to Aus
tralia to be used as a model for a
statue which is to be erected in the
famous horse’s honor. To discredit
rumors that the horse was poisoned
the owners have announced that
they are having the contents of
the horse’s stomach analyzed.
Territory could not finance the or
ganization.”
The Governor further adds that
“it is not advisable to place the
burden on the Territory until such
time as it is shown that it is fi
nancially able to provide adequate
safeguards to replace those now
functioning.”
CHUMS OF ISLUIO
INDEPENDENCE PREDICT
WILL ■ FREEDOM
WASHINGTON, D- C., AprU 7.—
Champions of Philippine inde
pendence confidently predicted
that Congress would grant free
dom to the islands despite President
Hoover’s opposition.
The 306 to 49 majority by which
the House passed the Hare inde
pendence bill caused Senator
Hawes, a leading advocate of Phil
ippine freedom, to predict that a
similar measure would be passed
by the Senate with “not more than
10 votes against it.”
A two-thirds vote of both houses
is sufficient for passage over the
President’s veto, considered certain
when Hoover gets the independ
ence bill.
LINDBERGH'S ESTATE
HOPEWELL, N. J-, April 7.—A
furious brush fire that swept over
the hillside for a distance of three
quarters of a mile burned to within
25 feet of the Charles A. Lindbergh
homeland brought most of the oc
cupants into the open to fight it.
The Hopewell fire department
and State troopers were trying to
halt the flames when Colonel Lind
bergh, Miss Elizabeth Morrow and
! Betty Gow came out of the house
| with brooms and shovels to lend a
hand.
Anchorage arrivals say that the
Emard Packing Company of that
city will operate on about the same
scale as previously, according to an
announcement by Harry J. Emard,
who, with Mrs. Emard, has just re
turned from the States. The ex
i tent of operation will depend large
ly lv on the number of fish, it was
• said; the more fish being brought
to the plant the larger the pack
will be.
The cannery employed about 100
persons in its plant last year. Op
erations on the part of other Cook
i Inlet canneries will be curtailed
somewhat with the Farwest almost
sure of not operating their Anchor
age plant if they can handle the
Cook Inlet pack elsewhere.
The Toman plant at Anchorage
will, in all likelihood, remain idle
again this year, but it is said that
the Toman interests plan on doing
some fishing. At Kenai, only the
Libby plant will operate, the Far
west having decided that they will
not operate their Kenai plant this
year.
NANCY NEARS HOME
BOMBAY, April 7. (A5)—The for
mer Nancy Ann Miller, daughter of
the late Jack Miller, Alaska pros
pector, arrived with her husband,
the Ex-Maharaja, enroute to their
palace at Indore.
DR. CHASE IS MAYOR
CORDOVA, April 7. (/P)—Dr. Will
H. Chase was elected Mayor for the
fifth consecutive term. Councilmen
elected were Carl Edmond. Ralph
! Rhoades, Roy Badden and V. G.
Vance; city treasurer, Merle F.
Thomas.
COLLEGE UP TO DATE
NEW YORK, April 7.—The one
day strike of Columbia University
students over expulsion of Reed
Harris, student paper editor, de
veloped into fierce struggles in
which tear gas, fire engines, water
and paint were used as weapons.
Several women students were hurt
in one skirmish.
OWN ARMY IN FIELD
WASHINGTON, D- C., April 7.—
Reports from the American Lega
tion at Managua indicated that
Nicaragua’s own Marine trained
Army will be ready to maintain
order when the Marines withdraw
in January.