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* VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 214.
SEWARD, ALASKA, Wednesday, September 13, 1933
PRICE TEN CENTS
TWENTY-NINE
, STATES NOW IN
WET COLUMN
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 13. —A
complete rout of the drys was in
* cheated from the election returns
in three states yesterday. Early
tabulations showed that the voters
of Maryland, Colorado and Minne
sota cast clear majorities in fav
♦ or of repeal.
Baltimore cast 130,000 votes with
a repeal margin of eleven to
1. Other large cities showed almost
equal wet strength. The wet vote
of the metropolitan areas was cut
down considerably by the dry ru
ral votes. Six precincts where the
‘ drys were considered as being the
strongest gave 1.019 votes for re
peal and only 442 against.
A major part of the returns in
w Colorado were in and a lead of at
T least two to one for the repealists
was assured. Early counts, which
lid not include a near complete
rural vote, gave repeal a three to
jne margin.
Minnesota was as dripping wet
as Colorado and Maryland. Com
plete returns for 171 precincts out
of 3,700 gave 35.940 for repeal and
4,430 against.
Twenty-nine states are now in
the wet column and an uninter
rupted wet vote by seven other
states, who will vote by the even
ing of November 7, will mean that
i the necessary 36 ratifying states
nave acted.
Idaho and New Mexico will vote
on September 19. Arizona on Octo
aer 3. North Carolina, Ohio, Pen
nsylvania, and South Carolina will
act on November 7.
All states will have taken for
mal action on ratification by Dec
ember 6 as Conventions have been
called for that date or earlier by
A all states except Arizona. Arizona
lias not set its convention date yet.
STOCK MARKET
OPEN A BRIEF
WHILE TODAY
NEW YORK. Sept. 13. — The
tock market Tuesday was marked
by heavy profit taking and the
stock market closed irregular.
Some 2.300.000 transfers took place.
Dow Jones averages for yester
day were as follows: Industrials
102.84, off .75; Rails 50.83, off .54:
f Utilities 30.000, off .03; and Bonds
39.62, up .15.
December cotton closed at $9.11:
September w heat 83%; domestic
•copper .09; export copper up to .08
from .0795; bar silver 37*/2; pound
sterling $4.5S; Canadian dollar
93%; and lead 4.5.
The Exchange was to remain op
en for only two hours today be
cause of the big N R A parade
:n New York City.
Some of the latest quotations
were Alaska Juneau 28%, Am. Rad.
> 16%; A. T. and T. 131%; Chi. Mil.
<Pfd.) 13%; Gen. Mot. 34%, Ken.
21%, New York Cent. 49%, Para.
Cert. 2, Radio 9%, United Air. 38%,
United States Steel 54%, United
Gas 3%.
SUGAR WORKERS IDLE
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept.
f 12. —Four thousand sugar cane
workers were idle because of a
financial dispute between the re
ceiver for the United Puerto Rico
Sugar Company and the National
City Bank. Newspapers reported
that probably a much larger num
%oer was actually affected.
AVIATOR ARRESTED
MAZATLAN, Sept. 12. —Mack R.
Ayers, 32, American aviator, was
held under arrest by local author
ities pending investigation of the
disappearance of 15,000 peso|s
which was aboard his hydroplane
when he made a forced landing
in the Gulf of California.
‘ SCOTTY’S” WIFE DIES
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13. —Mis.
A. A. Allan, wife of “Scotty” Allan,
famed Alaskan dog musher, pas
sed away here at her home yester
day.
| COAL INDUSTRY
\ MAY BE DIVIDED
CODE PURPOSES
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13,—
The bituminous coal industry may
have to be split up into a number
of divisions before that industry
can be brought under the wings of
the N R A Blue Eagle. This was
the suggestion made at yesterday’s
hearing of the troublesome coal
code.
The conflict between labor and
, coal operators is so strong that a
dividing up of the industry into
| sections was seen as the best pos
! sible way of achieving an early
adoption of the code. The object
ions to the code by the operators
vary according to areas and when
! the division is made when these
i certain reasonable objections can
: be taken care of more advantage
ously.
Administrator Hugh S. Johnson
I said it was not the desire of the
government to impose the code
upon the coal industry.
APPROVE INSURANCE
CHICAGO. Sept. 13. —The Nat
ional Association of American
Bankers yesterday went on record
to approve a proposition to pro
vide insurance on temporary de
posits.
N. R. A. CONTEST
BRINGS RESULTS
MEMPHIS. Tenrk, Sept. 13. Pre
| sident Roosevelt’s NRA movement
is the idea for a contest in a
newspaper here.
Slogans, being made out of
i words beginnig with “N,” “R” and
“A” are pouring so rapidly that
the editor says he is getting “(N)o
1 <R>est <A»nymore.”
| Some of the slogans received
are “National Recovery Assured,”
j ‘ Never Retard Aggressiveness,”
j “New Roosevelt Accomplishment,”
|‘New, Radiant America,” “Never
1 Rust Again,” and “No refusals al
lowed.”
ITALIAN HEAVY
BEAT CHICAGO’S
‘TUFFY’GRIFFITHS
BOSTON, Sept. 12. —The Boston
heavyweight picture, v^hich has
faded badly since the death of
Ernie Shaaf and the passage of
Jack Sharkey from the champion
ship ranks, may get some needed
retouching from Tony Shucco, the
North-end Italian youngster.
Tony surprised his home town
admirers by knocking out “Tuffy”
Griffiths, experienced Chicago bat
tler, in the fourth round of the
•scheduled 10-rodnder at Mechan
' ic3’ Building where the curtain
! was rung up on Boston’s indoor
: boxing season.
MINIMUM PAY OF
$7.50 SUGGESTED
j HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Sept. 13,—
| Minimum pay of $7.50 a day for
| extra players in the movies was
' recommended to N R A officials at
. Washington by a committee of the
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts
& Sciences.
A rate of $15 per day was rec
ommended for “Class A people”
w'ho must maintain stylish clothes
and it was further recommended
that relatives of movie officials
not be employed as extras.
QVANDARYOVER
EXPORT OF GOLD
\ STILL EXISTS
(By Bob Bartlett)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. — The
Alaska Delegate’s office has been
swamped with questions from* Al
laska about the new Treasury re
gulations regarding the exporta
: tion of gold.
A couple of weeks ago the Trea
sury announced that unsmelted
ore, concentrates, precipitates and
unretorted amalgams might be ex
ported.
It had been stated by Delegate
I Dimond that no definitions of those
, terms had been made, and it was
very difficult to tell just how far
the new ruling goes. That state
ment still holds good.
No exact information is obtain- I
able from the Treasury. It has j
been hinted here that the courts
may possibly be called upon to es- j
tablish definitions.
It may be said that several of
the larger mining companies have
asked the Treasury to make the
situation clearer. Those companies. ;
with representatives in direct con- |
tact with Washington officialdom, j
are apparently in the dark no less ;
than the isolated Alaska miner. j
If definitions commonly employ- j
ed in the mining industry were i
used, it would seem that about the j
only gold not exportable would be j
that obtained from smelting pro
cess. However, the question is
whether such definitions are to be
made.
It was learned here that the ’
Canadian cabinet can be expected
to issue an order allowing impor
tation of gold ores, etc., mined in
the United States, which means ■
American miners will be able to
obtain the going world price for
their products. Of course if that
ruling is made American produc
ers can ship ore to Canada for
smelting: That would seem to be
discriminatory against the Ameri
can smelters and subject to cor
rection.
As the situation now stands, it
would appear that a dredge op
erator who puts the mercury, sand
and gold through a retorting pro
cess to refine the gold to a more ;
or less pure state could not then !
export it because it would be a re- '
; torted amalgam.
But the individual or company
operating a quartz mine where the
ore was free milling could not
ship out the concentrates for ex
port without question.
That, again would seem to be I
unjust discrimination.
In view of that this question was
put to a responsible Treasury of
| ficial on behalf of the Delegate:
Would not the word concentrates
be applicable to sand quicksilver
and gold, or sand and gold, ob
tained as a result of placer op
eration fully as much as to con
centrates derived from processing
free milling ore?
The official declined to com
mit himself officially, but he did
say he saw no reason why the
above construction should not be
good.
If that interpretation is followed,
then, the placer operator could
place himself in the highly fav
orable position of exporter merely
by shipping the clean-up as taken >
from the boxes without separating
the gold from the sand or quick
| silver.
Because of the present uncer
tainity, it is advised, if some clar
ification is not made within a
short time, that Alaska miners ap
ply to the- Collector of Customs
for exact rulngs. In that event the
Treasury Department would pro
bably have to make exact defini
tions, something which it appears
loath to do now. Its present atti
tude is taken, not because it wishes
to raise uncertainties, but be
cause it wishes to test each step
DEPARTMENT DENIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13,—
A London report that the United
States and Japan would invite Eng
land to join a conference to re
vise the London and Washington
Naval agreements officially, was
denied by the State department.
JAMES CUSICK OF
LATOUCHE DIED
EARLY TODAY
The Grim Reaper visited Seward
again to enfold in its shroud an
other highly respected oldtime re
sident of this Division when James
Cusick, 65 years old, of Latouche,
died at 6:10 a. m. today from
heart disease. He was taken ill
Sunday. Mr. Cusick was rushed
to Seward, and to the Seward Gen
eral Hospital, on board the M. S.
St. Anthony.
Born at Edwards, 111., on June
11, 1868, Mr. Cusick came to the
North country many years ago and
thereafter made Alaska his per
manent home. A man of enviable
reputation, he had long been an
exceptionally prominent worker in
civic and territorial affairs. In 1928
Mr. Cusick was the Democratic
party choice for Representative
from this, the Third Division, to
the Alaska House of Representives.
The passing of Mr. Cusick takes
another loyal, and able Alaskan
from the Territory and his death
will come as a distinct shock to
his friends throughout Alaska,
and whom are legion.
Funeral arrangements will pro
bably be announced Thursday.
MILD INFLATION
IS PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. —Pre
sident Roosevelt was called upon
yesterday to approve a program of
rational inflation, voiced by Sen
ator Harrison of Mississippi.
In advocating this mild infla
tionary program Senator Harrison
said that commodity prices must
be increased to aid the credit
structure of the United States. The
NR A campaign has made it nec
essary that easy crfcdit facilities
be available to Blue Eagle firms.
FIREMEN’S MEETING
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SEWARD VOLUNTEER FIRE DE
PARTMENT AT 8 O'CLOCK TO
NIGHT.
W. R. Shellhorn, Sec.
carefully and view each operation
with the idea of the good of the
entire nation in mind.
Editor’s Note— New regulations
were isuued by the Treasury De
partment about a week ago stat
ing that consignments of newly
mined gold intended for sale or
export must contain at least two
ounces of refined gold and at least
two parts of gold in five by assay.
Gold will be receivable in form
of bars, buttons, retort sponge,
lumps, grains or dust in the native
state free from earth or stone, or
nearly so.
All consignments must be accom
panied by affidavits showing the
source of the gold and the time
when mined. Pei-sons delivering
gold must must keep an accurate
record of all gold mined or ac
quired, and these reports must be
available for examination by
Treasury representatives for at
least a year after the consignment
is delivered.
The manager of the Tacoma
Smelter recently announced that
his company will pay ore or bullion
producers an advance of $20.67
an ounce and upon settlement will
make a later payment of the dif
ference between the first payment
and the price obtained in the
world market.
CUBA EXPECTS
COUP D'ETAT
BY OFFICERS
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 13, —Fears
that the former officers of the Cub
an Army, who are at odds with the
present revolutionary government,
■ might seek political support and
attempt to overthrow Dr. Grau San
Martin from his presidential pos
ition were expressed here.
The Cuban commanders have re -
fused to recognize the San Martin
regime and failed to take cogni
zance of the ultimatum that they
return immediately to their army
posts or be classed as deserters.
The officers are making their
headquarters at the Nationale Ho
tel. The hotel continues to be sur
rounded by enlisted men, who help -
ed put San Martin at the helm of
Cuba, and they are keeping a vigi
lant eye on proceedings.
Vehicles and persons going to the
Hotel Nationale are carefully
searched for rifles and machine
guns but otherwise no action has
been taken against the rebellious
officers.
FOLLOWERS INCITED
BERLIN, Sept. 13, —Steps are
being taken by the Hitler govern
ment to bring pressure to bear
upon Communists who incite loyal
Hitlerites to mistreat and kill for
eigners. Communists are said to
have been the leaders of recent
plots against foreigners and the
government has condemned these
provoking agents.
LARGEST CLIP OF
WOOL ALEUTIANS
SENT PORTLAND
Completing a long journey by
boat and rail, the first portion of
the large wool dip raised on the
Aleutian Islands by the Aleutian
Livestock company has been re
ceived by the Pacific Wool Grow
ers, northwestern wool co-opera
tive, of Portland, which has been
handling this clip for several
years. The clip will total approxi
mately 100.000 pounds and is the
largest individual clip handled by
the co-operative.
Carlyle C. Eubank, of Ogden
manager of the Aleutian com
pany, was in Portland inspecting
the wool as it arrived and con
ferred with R. A. Ward, manager
of the Pacific Wool Growlers, con
cerning sales and handling me
thods.
The wool was shipped from Un
imak and Chernofski, two settle
ments on the Aleutian islands, by
the SS. Starr to Dutch Harbor
From there it was transferred tc
an Alaska Steamship company
$>oat for shipment to Seattle. It
was hauled by rail from Seattle to
Portland.
The wool is of very good quality
this year, co-operative officials
say, and is expected to bring a
good price. Some of the fleeces
will be shown at the Pacific Inter
show by the Pacific Wool Growers
national wool show, w h ic h is
sponsored each Fall at the stock
show by the Pacific Wool Growers.
SHAW GETS JOB
DUBLIN, Sept. 12. —George Ber
nard Shaw has been elected pre
sident of the Irish Academy of Let
ters and W. B. Yeats vice-presi
dent. The academy proposes to
offer two prizes annually for the
best Irish works in poetry, drama
and prose.
“SHOOT” AUTO CRASHES
GRAVESEND Eng. Sept. 13. —
Local police carry small cameras
so that officers may “shoot”
photographic records to supple
ment their inquiries and own ob
servations about road accidents.