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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 249.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
RECOMMENDS OPEN SEASON ON
FUR BEARERS TO HELP
NEEDY TRAPPER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.
,zp)__oovernor George A. Parks, of
the Territory of Alaska, made his
annual report to the Secretary of
the Interior.
Among other things the report
contained recommendations for the
reopening of the Yukon River to
permit commercial fishing; the re
peal of existing restrictions limit
ing the number of locations and
placer claims. He also recommend
ed that an open season be set on
all fur-bearers to relieve the trap
pers who may be in need as the
result of low prices paid for furs
and because of scarcity of certain
fur-bearers.
He recommended the construc
tion of not less than 10 schools
each year and to provide sufficient
educational equipment for schools.
The appointment of a medical di
rector, Governor Parks said, places
ihe Health Service in Alaska on a
oetter operating basis and he rec-1
ommended the building of addi-i
tional hospitals.
Emergency funds for the relief
of destitution among natives was
also recommended as was the dis
continuance of district offices of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
the appointment of inspectors in
their stead.
Governor Parks . approved the!
reindeer council’s plan for the su- j
pervision of the Northland’s rein-.
deer industry.
Parks gave his approval of the
Alaska Road Commission’s tenta
tive 10-year improvement program
and the improvement of various
harbors and rivers, better charting
of Glacier Bay and other inlets,
changing the boundaries of Mount
McKinley National Park to con
form to the Park s natural bound
aries.
An increase of $1,500,000 in Alas- j
ka gold production with the total;
production reaching the figure of j
$8,476,000 was reported. Fifty per;
cent of this gold came from the
placers. The copper price declines
resulted in the production of only
$4,244,600 compared to $7,130,000 in
1921.
OUTLOOK UH1EIT
IS FMBLE KT PRESENT
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KANSAS CITY, Nov. 28. (/P)_The
outlook for American wheat is fav
orable at the present time, Arthur
Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture,
said. He refused to predict the
course of the grain markets but
insisted world conditions look good
at present.
His remarks accompanied an-;
other rise in Chicago wheat prices j
vhich carried them more than two
cents above the previous close.
The deer hunting season in
Southeastern Alaska came to an
end on November 15, according to
ihe Juneau Empire. The season
opened August 15.
NOME’S FIRST MAYOR I)ftES
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va.,
Nov. 28. (£>) — Richard Stanley
Ryan, 71 years of age, a native of
Ireland, and the first mayor of
Nome, Alaska, and the first Terri
torial Representative to Congress
from Alaska, died at hte home of
his brother-in-law, J. J. Hover
male.
! SEATTLE, Nov. 28. (>P)—Colonel!
j Otto F. Ohlson left here for Wash- j
! ington, D. C., last night saying that'
, he was convinced that the Alaska j
| Railroad is gradually “rounding in- ;
| to money.”
He predicted that a Seattle to
I Fairbanks highway would be a real- ■
I ity within five years.
| Colonel Ohlson said that “we are i
' going to buy a new locomotive on!
; this trip East for next winter. We j
I are going to replace the wooden
j bridges across Cantwell and across -
i the East Fork of the Chulitna
| River with steel bridges. The for- j
! mer bridge will cost $112,000 and i
| the latter $70,000.”
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SENATOR JOINSON SArS
HOOVER'S WITHDRAWAL
HD PLEASE DIP.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 28. (^ — Presi
dent Hoover would win the undying
gratitude of the rank and file of
the Republican party if he would
follow the precedent set by former
President Calvin Coolidge and
withdraw from the ranks of Pres
idential candidates in 1932, accord
ing to Senator H. Johnson, a Re
publican who is opposed to the
President.
Senator Johnson’s statement was
regarded as “a left wing revolt in
the Republican party.” Regarding
the possibility of he himself becom
ing a candidate for President, Sen
ator Johnson said: “If I am a can
didate, I will let everybody know
about it.”
SET SEAT PRICES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.
(&)—Seats at the Army-Navy foot
ball game to be played for the ben
efit of unemployment relief funds
at Yankee Stadium in New York
on December 12 were fixed at $5
and $10. It is anticipated about
$400,000 will be realized from the
game.
URGES INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.
(A*)—Reed Smoot,* chairman for the,
finance committee and administra
tion spokesman on revenue legis
lation, urged a substantial increase
in income taxes and imposition of
a selective sales tax as a means
of meeting the government’s grow
ing deficit burdens.
RULED OFF TRACK;
BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 28. (£>)
The Racing Committee ruled seven
men and three horses off Maryland
race tracks for participating in a
so-called “Shem” ringer case in
which a horse entered under the
name of Shem, after an unusually
poor showing in previous races,
won the race paying nearly six to
one.
BYFIITSEIITTLE;
I
i BLAZE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE
ORIGINATED BECAUSE
SHORT CIRCUIT
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| SEATTLE, Nov. 28. (/P)—The SS'
I Alamecla, of the Alaska Steamship
| Company, was threatened with de- \
! struction this morning by fire!
i breaking out at 4 o’clock.
I Blazing from stem to stern, the
| Alameda was towed to Elliott Bay.
| The crew had been removed and no
> one is believed to have been in
I jured.
The fire was discovered while
the Alameda was at Pier 2, soon
after her 'arrival from Alaska. Af-'j
| ter the fire had raged for about
j two hours the vessel seemed doom- j
| ed and was beached at Harbor Is- j
| land.
| The Alameda’s superstructure
j was completely burned.
Two sailors were asleep in the
! $600,000 ship as the blaze got un
j derway but they were rescued by
| firemen. The fire apparently was
i caused by a short circuit in the J
ship’s electrical system. The loss!
is covered by insurant
r Fire boats (at 10 o'clock Seward
Time) were still pouring water on
the hull.
j The blaze reached 415 tons of
j copper ore which the vessel car-;
I ried in her hold.
The SS Victoria will sail for Al- j
| aska instead of the SS Alameda j
j Tuesday.
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CUNT COBH SCORES !
KNOCKOUT OVER CAMPOLO i
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j NEW YORK, Nov. 28. <yP)—Primo
! Camera, Italiarf giant, who was re
; cently taken to the cleaners by Jack
I Sharkey, knocked out Victorio Cam
' polo, South American heavyweight,
j in a bout here last night,
j The knockout occurred in the
| second round of a scheduled 15- j
■ round battle of the giant heavy
! weights.
A volley of lefts and rights to
| the head floored Campolo once in
the second round before Primo fin
ished him with another volley later
in the same round.
Camera weighed in at 226Yz and
Campolo at 224Yz pounds. The gate
receipts were small.
IKE STOCK MKT
SEATTLE, Nov. 28. Yester
day’s quotations on the stock mar
ket:
Alaska Juneau ..13%
American Can .69 %
Borden .45*4
Canada Dry.16%
General Motors .24%
International Nickle Can.8%
International Tel. & Tel.10%
Kennecott Copper.13
Radio . 8%
Reynolds Tobacco (b) .35%
Richfield Oil . %
Standard Oil of Calif.30%
Standard Oil of N. J.32%
Standard Oil of N. Y..12%
Union Oil of Calif.15%
U. S. Steel...55
Cities Service .. 6% :
Durant Motors . 1
RETURN TO THEATRE WORK
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28. (A*)—
Alexander Pantages, millionaire
theatie magnate, acquitted by a
| jury of criminal charges brought
' against him, has announced that
• he will return to his theatrical ac
: tivities. It is thought that he will
! resume his vaudeville circuits to
I the same as it was three years ago.
DISARMAMENT BEET
IN PIS BREAKS IIP
IN CONFUSION AKD RIOT
PARIS, Nov. 28. (/P)—A meeting
of the International Disarmament
organization broke up in a riot here
and there are a number of bruised
heads about the city as a result of
the turmoil.
A number of foreign speakers,
including former Ambassador
Houghton, to the United States,
were howled down and fists flew
on several occasions. The meeting
was open to the public and they
soon took advantage of the situa
tion. The police were unable to
quell the mob and the meeting j
turned out to be a first class riot
and broke up in wild confusion. |
The turmoil and trouble started'
when Senator Borah’s speech,!
which he broadcast, was translated. ■
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TO HOVE PISSED GR1SIS
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 28. (/P)—The |
condition of Tom Mix, seriously ill |
in a hospital here, was thought to j
have passed the crisis last night j
and his condition was somewhat
better.
Mix probably owes his life to the
rushing of 50 cubic centimeters of
bacteriophage, a precious combina- i
tion designed to combat gangrenej
infection, which was rushed to the j
Hollywood hospital from Redwood
City by airplane. The need forj
bacteriophage arose following the j
emergency operation on the screen
star in a Hollywood hospital.
The combination is made in only'
one place in the State, the Stanford j
Bacteriological Laboratory at Palo
Alto. Sealed in airtight vials, the
precious solution was put aboard a
plane at Palo Alto and hurried to
Redwood City. There a Varney
plane picked up the tubes and took
them to Hollywood.
PERSHING* ILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.
(;P)—General John J. Pershing, re-!
tired, now 71, has been confined to
bed in the Walter Reed Hospital
with a severe cold but is making
good progress and is expected to
leave the institution in two days,!
it was said at his office. [
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SEEKS DIVORCE
LONDON, Nov. 28. {&)—'The Duke
of Manchester announced he will
soon sail for Cuba where he will |
seek divorce from his American j
wife, former Helen Zimmerman, an j
heiress, on grounds of desertion.
He intends to marry an English
woman as soon as the decree is
granted but her identity could not
be learned.
The rumor that an airplane vis
ited Seward at an early hour this
morning appears to be unfounded.
STOPPED IN ITS
CHINESE STUDENTS STAGE A
FURTHER AGITATION FOR
WAR AGAINST JAPAN
(By Associated Press)
At Nanking anti-Japanese agita
tion by students in which the Chin
ese officials condemned for their
'‘weak-kneed” policies toward Ja
pan increased and caused officials
to view the situation with concern.
The students demanded that
China undertake active warfare
against Japan. The Foreign Min
ister of the Canton government
charged Nanking authorities’ fail
ure to resist Japan’s activities in
Manchuria with the urn'ill' ”'3S
to fix the responsibility . ie
events there on Chang Hsueh Li
ang, deposed governor, and other
military leaders.
The Tokyo war office said that
reinforcements are being sent to
Tientsin where fighting is report
ed to be in progress. Reports said
that 18 foreigners, including Amer
icans were killed there yesterday
are not believed at Peiping.
United States legation dispatches
to Shanghai from Harbin said that
fighting had begun in the Heilung
Kiang province, north of Tsitsihar.
The backward march of the pow
erful Japanese army, which yester
day ' began to advance on Chin
Chow, was reported as having be
gun at Mukden. The Japanese
army’s advance was stopped by a
government order after it had got
under way, southward.
FOUND DEAD
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. (^—Rob
ert Ames, film figure and noted
stage actor, was found dead in his
Park Avenue hotel suite. Death
is said to have been due to an in
ternal hemorrhage resulting from a
kidney ailment. The police have
an autopsy as they intend to in
vestigate the death.
CANADA SATISFIED
QUEBEC, Nov. 28. (£>)—Canada is
satisfied with the sales tax now in
operation, Mayor Henry Lavigneur
of Quebec told 75 members of the
United States Congress here.
SHOULD USE CREDITOH
POWER PRESERVE PEICE
j BOSTON, Nov. 28. </P)—The Unit
ed States should use its power as a
creditor nation to preserve world
peace, Newton, Baker, former Sec
! retary of War, asserted in a speech
i before the Boston Chamber of
Commerce.
He said {America should use
I economic sanctions against an ag
'gressor in war and he also advo
cated permitting Europe to pay its
, wartime debts through the ex
change of goods.
STILL MAROONED
GALLUP, N. M., Nov. 28. (^—Be
tween 300 and 400 Indians of the
Navajos and Seunis are still miss
ing with the known death list in
creased by two which raises the
total to nine. Efforts are still be
ing made to rescue the group of
Indians who are marooned by snow;
drifts.