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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 131
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PROBE PROMISED
•BY DISTRICT tTTY.
COMPANY OFFICIALS ALLEGED
HAVE WITHDRAWN FUNDS FOR
PERSONAL NECESSITIES
LOS ANGELES, Juv. 11 '/O - j
Complete investigation 01 the c.en - j
sational charges against the Rich
field Oil Co., of California, the
Richfield Co., and several officials
of the two organizations was pro
mised by the district attorneys of
fice.
In a long report the State Corp
oration Commissioner set forth that
his investigations have shown an
operating deficit of $54,219,091 and
acts violating the state laws.
The report also directly asserts
that four officials of the corpora
tion, C. M. Fuller, J. H. Talbot. R.
W. McKee and A. M. Kelly made un
authorized withdrawals from the
company for personal use. Stock
in the company was selling for one
and one-eighth.
GOVERNMENT OFFICISL
ACCUSED INSINCERITY
III DRY ENFORCEMENT
NEW YORK, June 13. T/P> — Spe
cific charges against Assistant Se
cretary of the Treasury, Seymour
Lowman, accusing him of insincer
ity in relation to prohibition en
forcement and as a derelict in of
fice have been filed with President
Hooover by Maurice Campbell, form
er prohibition administrator of this
district.
Further. Major Campbell charges,
that Secretary Andrew Mellon of
the Treasury department, has
shielded a government official who
was a derelict in office.
SHIN SALON'S WILL
TRANSFERRER TO WIFE
LOS ANGELES, June 13. (£>) —
The will of Charles H. Crawford,
slain Los Angeles politician was fil
ed for probate and revealed that
five days before he and his asso
ciate were shot and killed, Crawford
had transferred to his wife nearly
one million dollars worth of pro
perty.
COMMITS SUICIDE
BECMISE OF MIES
SEATTLE, June 13. (JP) —Leon
M. Fobes, business man and a form
er West Pointer, died from suicidal
shooting in a downtown hotel Wed
nesday night.
The act is attributed to financial
worries.
The body was found dressed and
lying in a bed with a bullet wound
in the head. The revolver was at
his side. The room had not been
entered for two days.
HALIBUT QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, June 13. (JP) —Halibut
from four vessels totaling 128,000
pounds brought IIV2 *nd five cents
here. In Rupert 1,000 pounds on
the American exchange brought
from four to nine and two-tenths
cent, and on the Canadian ex
change the quoted prices were three
to seven and four-tenths cents.
HNISTIMN CHIEFS
WASHINGTON, June 13. {/?)—
The drive for Hoover’s renomina
tion was launched by administra
tion leaders and is to be carried on
actively at once.
^Tomorrow Hoover starts on a
three day speaking tour into In
diana, Ohio and Illinois. Republi
can managers are interested in a
second term for him and are look
ing forward to addresses in these
states which yielded democratic
gains at the last presidential elec
tion.
Every indication now is that the
Hoover forces are concerned over
expressions of discontent emanat
ing particuarly from the republic
an independent faction.
INTRODUCED AT PALACE
LONDON. June 13. (/P> — About
eight American women were among
the 300 presented to Buckingham
Palace in the third court of the sea
son.
PROMINENT UNCIORKEE
BUSINESS MAN KITS
In Seward today is one of the
“live-wires” of Anchorage but, in
years gone by, a resident and
staunch Seward booster, J. W.
Blase, former transfer man in
the Inlet city. It will be recalled
Mr. Blase made a trip to Eur
ope last year which was greatly
enjoyed but not more so than his
return to the Northland—home,
i Mr. Blase has also been one of
! Anchorage’s leading lodge men,
an energetic worker in both the
Odd Fellows and Elks’ Lodges.
His trip to Seward at the pre
sent time is on a matter of bus
iness and until this is completed
i Is a guest at the Seward Hotel.
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
| PARIS, June 13. (/P) — Paul Dou
I mer, 74 years of age, the oldest man
: ever to have been electd to this
j position, succeeded Doumergue to
i the Presidency of the Third French
: Republic.
| Doumer was escorted by a cavalry
| company and with Premier Laval
; he motored from the Petet Luxum
bourg Palace to the French While
House where a brief ctre'uory was
held.
At the American Fair to be
held in Atlantic City, N. J„ July 16
to August 26, three booths have
been provied for Alaskan exhibits,
according to the Juneau Empire.
ORDER RESTORED
WITHOUT BLOW
SPILLED CONFLICT
COMMUNIST THREW UP WOOD
BARRICADE AND DEFIED
POLICE
ROUBAIX. France, June 13. (JP)
—After holding back the populus
street and night mob of striking
textile workers the communists
withdrew their barricades and or
der was restored without bloodshed.
While celebrating the “victory”
of last night’s battle with the police
the authorities adopted precaution
ary measures against a repetiton
of the riots.
If the rioters assemble today force
will be used to disperse them. The
conflict began when about 1,000
persons formed on the Rue De
Longues Haines and defied the po
1 Tice to disperse them.
| They threw up hasty fortifica
; i ions of wood and pelted the officers
with stones and held them off for
six hours until the latter withdrew.
The police and mounted gen
darmes stormed the barricades re
peatedly but were driven off each
time.
„ r
The official reception to Col.
[Dawson Olmstead, Signal Corps,
j u. S. Army, will be held Monday—
'not Tuesday—at noon in the Sew
:ard Grill, according to announce
ment made by President Leon
! Urbach of the Seward Chamber
of Commerce.
Colonel Olmstead arrives Sun
i day (tomorrow) from Kodiak, on
| the SS Admiral Watson and will
remain here for a few days in
j specting the Seward offices and
i plants. It is believed General Man
ager Otto F. Ohlson, of the Alas
, ka Railroad, will arrive in time
to join in greeting Colonel Olm
stead and escort him over the
system.
It is expressly urged that all
members of the Chamber of Com
merce attend the reception and
luncheon in the Colonel’s honor
and upon his first visit here.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 1, Boston 3.
Cevcland 1, Washington 7.
Chicago 2, New York 11.
St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 0.
Philadelphia 4, Chicago 7.
New York 8, Pittsburgh 2.
Boston 7, St. Louis 5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 0, Oakland 4.
Seattle 4, Hollywood 0.
Los Angeles 5, Sacramento 1.
Portland 12, Missions 9. Game
went 10 innings.
John Barrymore, stage and
screen star, is among the visitors
to Southeastern Alaska this sea
son, traveling on his yacht.
TWENTY GRAND WINNER
BELFONT PARK, June 13. (/P) —
Twenty Grand, winner of the Ken
tucky derby, clinched the three
year-old American turf champion
ship by his winning the Belmont
Stakes by 10 lengths. Sun Meadow
was second and Jamestown third.
A new record of two minutes, 29
and three-fifths seconds was set
for the mile and a half run.
ALLEGED CRIMINAL
SHOWS TWO-FINGERED
HAND: FREED PRISON
LONDON, June 13. (ff) — E. Gu
erin, aged 71, about whose crimin
al escapades scores of legends ex
ist is a free man.
He was released from jail because
he showed a hand with only two
fingers on it, whereas the man
passing bad checks for which he
was convicted had a normal hand,
Guerin’s most notorious escapade
was his escape from the French
penal colony on Devil Island where
he had been sentenced for lif6 for
robbery. England refused to let
extradite him .
STRIKERS SHOT
tPITTSBURGH. June 13. (IP) —
Two strikers were shot and several
state troops were injured when a
mine owner was pulled from his
horse and pummeled by strike de
monstrators in a series of growing
riots in the coal regions around
Pittsburgh.
B. OF P. ROAD MEN
OPEN LOCAL IISIA1
The Seward-Kenai Lake High
way is open!
BUT!
Autoists are cautioned attempting
to go through for a couple oi
days because the travel is heavy
Resident Engineer Ingram oi
the Bureau of Public Roads, and
Foreman Frost ploughed though
Friday, shoveled snow, and re
moved fallen trees and logs from
the road, an emerging finally or
the shores of beautiful Lake Ke
nai without much effort.
Mr. Ingram said the going will
be rather difficult immediate!}
but that cars can go through il
they travel slowly and carefully.
FI LOST INI
OF KLONDIKE OH!
SEATTLE, June 13. (JP)—The ap
parent finding of a lost paystreak ir
the big salmon country of the Yu
kon and which was the scene o:
a stampede 30 years ago is reportec
today in a wire from H. Wheeler
president of the White Pass-Yukor
route from Whitehorse.
Wheeler’s message said Tom Yur
ruish had taken out $2,000 in golc
in two days sluicing last Fall.
Yurruish i3 reported to hav<
suiced out $4,000 in a few days.
Ernie Kirkpatrick, well knowr
Channel resident, for years in th<
Juneau area, died in Seattle re
cently, according to the Juneai
Empire.
BODMER EMER6ES
VIOEOR OPEN OOLF
MUTCHES. FRANCE
I FAVORITES GO DOWN IN THIRD
| ROUND OF BRITISH WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY /
—
j DEAUVILLE. France, June 12. (JP)
| —For the third time in five years A.
'Boomer, English born professional
at a French club won the open golf
championship of France. His score
for 72 holes was 291.
P. Alliss, another Britisher who
, is following his profession in Berlin,
i was second, and only one stroke be
! hind the winner.
j Boomer shot par shattering 67
j to win the title.
| At Portomarnock, Ireland, two
j heavy favorites went down in the
• third round of the match pay in the
| British Women’s championship
| when Maureen Orcutt of New Jer
sey and Diana Fishwick were de
feated by Elsie Borlett and D„
Pimm respectively.
Two other favorites M. Gourlay
jand E. Wilson won their matches
i easily.
i -.- ■ ~
NIONOPUNt SRINSS
FOUR TO THE CITE:
MODE RECORD FLIGHT
; One of the fast monoplanes of
the Pacific International Airways
of Alaska, Inc., soared to Seward
yesterday from Anchorage bring
ing Pilot and Mrs. Alonzo Cope,
Pilot and Mrs. Barnhill and Louise
Boudreau.
Some months ago Mrs. Cope ar
rived here to learn Mr. Cope was
in Siberia; yesterday she left him!
Left for Seattle owing to the ill
ness of her mother. At Juneau she
will board a plane and make a,
direct flight to Seattle in order
to get to the bedside of her dear
; mother without delay,
j With the others aboard, to- ,
gether with Mrs. Harold Sogn,
! wife of the Seward General Hos
pital technician, the plane took
off early today for the return hop.
Pilot Barnhill, prior to bringing
his craft to rest upon the placid
, bosoih of Resurrection Bay, had
gone to Cordova, picked up pas
sengers there, flying them to
Fairbanks, thence to Anchorage
for yesterday’s load, arriving here
hours ahead of the steamer sail
i ing.
i In other words, the P. I. A. ‘Ace’
covered a lot of territory in re
ord time.
I
SILO AElHETIZIOi
i WASHINGTON, June 13, (JP) —
Senator King urged a world wide
re-monetization of silver as the
1 means of alleviating the economic
depression.
1 The Senator emphasized the fact
that the United States was in a
position to “lead in formulating
i the executing of a policy that would
i restore silver to its proper station
■ and thus relieve the world of many
i economic woes which now press on
it.”