MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 12.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEARCH IS CUDU!
FOB ALLEGED ‘OTHER'
WOMAN. MURDER CASE
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 16.—Search
for another woman in the life of
Gerald Allen Craig, aged 39, World
War hero, and former University
of Southern California football
star, was launched as detectives
grilled Craig in an effort to force
him to admit he plotted to have his
wife Elsie, murdered by a hired
gunman.
Craig was held in jail on suspi
cion of attempted murder. Police
declared they learned the motive
was Craig's alleged desire to get
control of S90.000 in community
property, but they sought another
woman mentioned by Mrs. Craig
in an effort to determine if
the husband planned the deed be
cause of a secret love affair.
Detective Lieutenant T. R. Ryan
said he had posed as "Buckeye
Bryan of Toledo. Ohio, and tha^
Craig had offered him S300 to mur
der Mrs. Ciaig. and had given him
a key to the Craig apartment, with
instructions where to find a heav
ily-taped steel bar and an auto
matic gun.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 16.—
In a few years airplanes will be
flying from New York to Paris
through the stratosphere 5 miles
above the earth, making the cross
ing in six hours, according to Pro
fessor Piccard. Swiss scientist.
A passenger would find himself
speeding along at 500 miles an
hour "in a dark blue sky” because,
as there is only l-10th of the at
mosphere up there, there Ls con
sequently only one-tenth as much
light, the Scientist said.
After development of a “strato
plane." Professor Piccard predicted
long distance travel by rocket as
eventually “inevitable.”
HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Jan. 16. —
President-Elect Roosevelt and Wil
liam Gibbs McAdco, the man who
stampeded the Chicago convention
for him. went into conference
Sunday night for what friends be
lieved was the first step toward
unification'of the Democratic and
Republican Progressive forces of
California.
The two men were in conference
for hours in the seclusion of the
Krum Elbow valley home of Mr.
Rossevelt.
COMMISSI CROWNS
NEW YORK. Jan. 16, —Ben Jeby
of New York, established himself
in the eyes of the state boxing
commission, as middleweight title
holder of the world, when he scor
ed a technical knockout over Frank
Battaglia of Winnipeg in the 12th
round of a scheduled 15-round
bount in Madison Square Garden
Referee Jack Britton, former
welterweight champion, stopped
the bout to save Battaglia from
further punishment.
KRUEGER BLED AMERICA
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 16. —
Assets of the crumbling Ivar Kreu
ger enterprises were depicted be
fore the Senate stock market in
vestigating committee as having
“progressively syphoned money
into Sweden” while liabilities were
dumped into America.
BASKETBALL
ANCHORAGE ARMY vs. SEWARD “PONIES”
ANCHORAGE CITY vs. SEWARD HIGH GIRLS
ADMISSION 50 CENTS
THURSDAY
RAILROADS PAY DIVIDENDS
NEW YORK. Jan. 16,- The Union
Pacific Railroad and the South
ern Pacific Railroad each received
$4,800,000 in regular dividends
from the Pacific Fruit Express
Company, a gain of $1,000,000 from
the $3,600,000 received in 1931.
SHITE IS PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 16.—
j A gag rule bearing the necessary
I signatures for a move to choke of!
j the Long-Wheeler-Thomas filibus
| ter against the Glass banking bill
i was in the hands of Democratic
Senate leaders today, but they
doubted the wisdom of applying it.
They have been warned by Re
' publicans that the two-thirds vote
to make it effective would not be
forthcoming.
Democratic leadership is strong
ly divided over resort to this dras
; tic remedy, although the prelimi
; nary move of getting the 16 signa
I tures indicated how the young
! sters’ rebellion has upset them
! and cast a shadow over the Roose
velt administration.
PLAYERS WANT STINER
CORVALLIS. Ore., Jan. 16. —
, Many varsity and freshmen foot
ball players at Oregon State have
signed petitions asking that Lon
Stiner, assistant coach, be made
head coach, to succeed Paul Schls
sler, resigned.
HOOVER TIKES FIGHT
BINS! PHILIPPINE
I1EPENBCE, PUBLIC
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 16 —
President Hoover, threatened with
j a signal defeat in Congress, carried
to the public his fight against the
; Philippine independence bill.
Only a two-thirds vote of the
Senate is now required to make
the measure a law.
The House over-rode the Pres
; ident’s veto Friday.
The White House made public
• letters from secretaries Stimson.
! Hurley. Chapin and Hyde, all crit
; ical of the pending bill which ap
parently guided him in his veto of
j the bill.
TRYING THEIR BEST
TO SAVE RUTH'S NECK
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 16.—An
application for commutation of her
sentence to life imprisonment was
filed by counsel for Winnie Ruth
Judd with the Arizona board of
pardons and paroles. She is con
demned to hang at the state pris
on February 17 for the murder of
I Agnes Anne Leroi.
; The petition will ask either a
I pardon of her death sentence, or
| sentence for second degree mur
der. or manslaughter wuth clem
; ency.
s censorship™
ON 0. S, PERIODICALS
—
i HAVANA, Cuba. Jan. 16. —Rigid
j censorship on all United States
! newspapers and magazines pre
vented appearance of reports of
i the attack yesterday in the United
States Congress on the Havana
government. But this did not pre
: vent the news spreading quickly of
the resolution charging Cubn has
been governed by a dictatorship
•of fear, force and violence.” in
troduced in Congress by Repre
i sentative Fish.
OPERATOR OF “DEATH
FARM" AWAITS THE
VERDICT OF JURORS
MADERA. Calif.. Jan. 16.—The
case of Mrs. Margaret H. Brown
ing. Chowchilla Club leader, charg
ed with having performed an ille
gal operation on Miss Emily Caton
of Merced, went to a jury of 10
men and two women at 2:45 d. m
and at 5 p. m. the jury was still
deadlocked with no indication of a
verdict.
District Attorney Mason Bailey
asked the jury to find Mrs. Brown
ing guilty, saying there could be no
doubt she had illegally operated
not only on Miss Caton but upon
several other girls and w7omen
Defense Attorney William F. Con
ley contended that the state had
failed to prove its case. The Chow
chilla Club woman, who is alleged
to have conducted a “death farm.”
still has another indictment hang
ing over her. a murder charge re
sulting from the death of Mrsi
Ruth Ostergaard of El Cerrito, al
leged victim of an unlawful oper
ation.
POPE PROCLAIMED
EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE
YEAR fOR CENTENARY
VATICAN CITY, Italy, Jan. 16, —
Pope Pius 11 in ceremonies made
impressive by the tolling of bells
and all the solemn pageantry of
the Catholic church, yesterday pro
claimed a general extraordinary
' jubilee year in honor of the 19th
, centenary of the death of Christ.
The proclamation, in the form
of a Papal bulletin, was read by
Monsignor Giuseppe Wilpert. dean
of the Apostolic protonotaries at.
11:10 a m. from the portico of
Saint Peters cathedral as all the
church bells in Rome pealed thru
| the city with impressive clamor.
MOSCOW, U. S. S. R„ Jan. 16. —
Authorities estimated 800,000 per
sons in Moscow would be expelled
from the city and forced to take
up residence elsewhere under the
new passport decree requiring ev
ery citizen to have a passport
showing his occupation and giving
an account of his work.
The exodus already has begun,
hundreds of persons seeing no way
to prevent expulsion when the
time comes and preferring to de
part of their own volition.
RATHER A LATE CHARGE
!
ANN ARBOR. Mich., Jan. 16, —
Japanese swimmers who won five
or six races in the 1932 Olympic
I Games were ‘hoped” with oxygen,
Matt Mann, coach of the Univer
sity of Michigan swimming teams,
l charged here.
I SNOWBRLl MISTAKEN
! FOB II “POP FLY”
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SAN MARTIN, Calif.. Jan. 16. —
j spectator tied up a baseball game
between San Martin and Cottage
i Grove wThen he tossed a snowball
into the infield.
( San Martin was trailing, 1 to 3.
j when a- San Martin batter sent up
! a pop fly. At the same time a
! snowball was hurled from the
stands and instead of catching the
j baseball, the infielder snagged the
! snowball. Two men scored.
Davis Runyan, head of the
Waechter Brothers interest a1
‘ Fairbanks, arrived in the city Sat
! urday on business matters con
i cerned with the local market.
PASSAGE OF 31 PER
CENT BEER BILL IS
FORESEEN Of BREWERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
Beer that will quench the thirst of
pre-prohibition drinkers was fore
seen by brewers despite a Senate
committee’s recommendation to
limit alcoholic content to 3-05 per
cent by volume. The bill also was
invested to include port and ale
not exceeding 3.05 per cent.
Men whose names have long
been linked with beer manufacture
looked with some disproval on the
committee’s proposal, but agreed
that if enacted it would not ma
terially alter their plans for im
mediate production.
Milwaukee brewers agreed they
could make “good palatable beer
with 3.05 per cent alcoholic con
tent” they said. The alcoholic
strength of pre-prohibition beer
was between 3.2 and 3 8 per cent.
COMMITTEE STRIKES “PAY”
SACRAMENTO. Calif.. Jan. 16.—
Reports of a S100.000 split from the
$1,000,000 appropriation made by
the Legislature two years ago to
indemnify state farmers for de
struction of tubercular cattle were
brought to the attention of the
| special Senate committee in vest i
i gating charges of graft against the
Rolph administration
BUS! LINES UP
WITH CHIN. DEIST
TOKIO. Japan, Jan. 16. —Japan,
victorious in its Manchurian mili
i tary adventures, has been bested
in a series of diplomatic maneuv
ers that may effect Far Eastern
history, many observers believe.
A year ago it was revealed that
Soviet Russia had proposed a mut
ual non-aggression treaty with
- Japan. Kaleidoscope changes in
the Far-Eastern setup have occur
red during these 12 months.
Troops of Nippon moved in Man
churia. The Soviets busily manu
factured war materials. Suave dip
! lornats carried on negotiations
that suddenly found Russia and
China resuming relations and
Moscow apparently casting her in
fluence definitely against Japan.
SLIGHT 1P1IHT
LOS ANGELES, fan. 16.—Still
unconscious much of the time Ai
; mee Semple McPherson Hutton
was showing “very slight improve
ment, ’ Dr. L C. Audrian said yes
I terday. He doubted that she w'ould
I be able to participate in any bed
j side court hearings for some time
Such a hearing was suggested b>
; Judge Marshall McComb. Roj
Stewart is suing Aimee for $24,000
MAC'S BOOK TOLD SECRETS
LONDON. Jan. 16.—Comptor
| MacKenzie, British novelist anc
playwright, pleaded guilty to a
| charge of violation of the officia
j secrets act in connection with his
! book, “Greek Memories,” published
1 last year, which was alleged tc
I have revealed official informatior
j McKenzie had obtained as an offi
; cer of the Royal Marines during
! the Dardanelles campaign.
ROLPH CHARGES FRAUD
SACRAMENTO, Calif.. Jan. 16.
Governor Rolph charged that tin
stenographer’s transcript of th<
j testimony at the Inman investiga
tion of the Governor's adminis
| tration was not being correct!;
| transcribed, and announced tha
he would have his own steno
! grapher at future hearings so tha
i correct transcripts might be had.
JACK PICKFORD FUNERAL
I HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 16. —Fu
j neral services for Jack Pickford.
; brother of Mary Pickford and a
! former film star himself before his
' death in Paris, will be held this
: afternoon from the Little Church
1 of the Flowers.
PRESENT HAS NOT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
Another sail fishing expedition,
this time off Panama, is in pros
i pect for President Hoover after
: leaving the White House March 4.
Although final plans are in abey
ance, he has been considering re
turning to his Palo Alto. Calif..
! home by way of the Panama Canal,
which he has never seen.
Should the trip be taken, he
would stop off in the southern
waters off the canal coast to angle
for even bigger sail fish than he.
caught recently off Florida.
| What Hoover will do after reach
ing Palo Alto, his aides said, he
himself has not decided- It ap
peared fairly certain, however, that
he would spend some time in
I whipping into shape the vast num
ber of documents collected bv him
during his long public career.
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“I DUNNO ,” SAYS ANDY
LONDON, Jan. 16.—Conversa
tions with administration leaders
at Washington gave him the im
[ pression that no one is really in a
position to know what would hap
pen in the war debts controversy,
Andrew W. Mellon. United States
Ambassador, said.
CHINESE GUERILLAS
BLOCK THE JAPANESE
ADVANCE IN JEHOL
PEIPING, China, Jan. 16. —
In a series of dashing raids hard
riding Chinese guerilla forces har
i assed the Japanese and Manchu
kuo troops along the Jehol border
over the week-end and checked
! their advance on Chengtefu. cap
| ital of the province.
' The guerillas, mounted on hardy
little Mongolian ponies, kept the
! Japanese supply trains and field
detachments engaged in tactics
similar to the American militia
warfare in the Civil war. These
tactics were successful in keeping
the Japanese from pushing on to
ward their goal.
LONDON, Jan. 16. —Deaths from
the influenza epidemic in the
British Isles increased at an alarm
; ing rate in the past week, accord
i ing to statistics made public ves
i terday.
Health authorities estimated 681
J persons had died in the week of
I influenza, more than double the
| week previous.
j Reports showed 303 died the
i week prior to that and 120 the
| week before that and 88 four
| weeks before.
EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE
IS SWEEPING FRANCE
PARIS, Jan. 16. —The grippe or
- influenza epidemic sweeping Park
- has spread to the Navy, reports
; from Toulon said last night
More than 200 cases were report
■ ed aboard the battleships Park
< and Jean Bart, and scores of vic
t tims were reported on other ship::
- in the Mediterranean squadron.
t In many cases all leaves for en
listed men were cancelled.
HINGE THOUGHT
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Jan. 16.—
President-elect Roosevelt settled
back for a week-end rest at Krum
Elbow, his country heme, with his
schedule of appointments confined
to one Sunday night with William
Gibbs McAdoo of California.
The meeting with Senator-elect
McAdoo will be the first since the
fall campaign when Mr. Roosevelt
toured California on his 9.000-mile
swing to the west coast.
Friends expected him to discuss
patronage and proposed revenue
measures with the man w-ho start
ed the stampede for him in the
Chicago convention.
In the next few days the Presi
dent-elect was expected to work
on plans for a complete study of
the fabric of Federal government
which he wall make in the “little
White House” at Warm Springs,
Ga. Mr. Roosevelt probably will
base his decision regarding an ex
tra session of Congress upon the
report of party leaders whom he
is to meet Thursday in Washington.
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JAPAN ELECTRIFIED
B! REPORT OF CHINS
SOI! (1USSIS PACT
SHANGHAI, Jan. 16.—Persistent
rumors that China has signed a
: non-aggression pact with Soviet
1 Russia in which both signatories
promise mutual defense against
invasion of their territory by any
i foreign power, electrified Japanese
circles here.
The rumor could not be con
firmed, but Japanese sources stated
the reports emanated from Nan
king, seat of the Chinese Nation
, alist government, and leaked out
' through an “official indiscretion”
denied by China.
Chinese officials here denied that
such a pact has been signed.
ASSERTS JAP CON
LONDON. Jan- 16. —On the eve
Ox the League of Nation’s final at
tempt today to settle the Chine3e
Japanese controversy over Man
1 churia. the Japanese consulate
general here issued a statement
• accusing the Chinese of causing
the Shanhaikwan incident to
arouse sympathy.
The statement said the Chinese
I forced Japan to occupy Shanhai
kwan and that the Japanese were
strengthening their garrison there
fearing further trouble.
SEAWARD AS COAST
WARSAW. Poland, Jan. 16. (£>)—
■ The limit of the Polish territorial
waters in the Baltic has been push
ed from the usual three-mile limit
to six miles out.
This is expected to aid the war
against smugglers who have been
j infesting the coast. At the same
i time it may keep some foreign eyes
I from casting too inquisitive a
i glance at the shore.
F Maneuvers of the Soviet fleet a
few weeks ago. on the three-mile
•: line, caused some indignation in
Poland.
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SEVEN INDICTED
NEW YORK. Jan. 18. —A Fed
1 eral grand jury investigating al
leged violations of the election
1 laws of this city in the November
elections, indicted seven persons.