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“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Oflice.
Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 18.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932. PRICE TEN CENTS
IS MOTHER OF TWO
COUNTY ATTORNEY IS CHARGED
WITH DILATORY TACTICS
IN PROSECUTION
HONOLULU, Jan. 22. (,P) — This
city was aroused to a fresh man
hunt. by another attack upon a
woman, Mrs. Toka Okazaka, 29, the
mother of two children.
She complained to the police she
was assaulted near the airport by
a man whom she identified through
a photograph as Daniel Lyman, an
escaped Portuguese-Hawaiian mur
derer.
The assault occurred as author
ities were preparing to place be
fore the grand jury evidence in the
lynching of Joseph Kahaliawaii.
County Attorney Gilliland was
accused of dilatory tactics in the
prosecution of defendants in the
lynching case, because he failed to
call upon the Territorial grand jury
,o indict them.
PRACTICE MANEUVERS
BURBANK. Calif.. Jan. 22.<&>—
Fifty Boeing pursuit planes and 10
bombing planes arrived here and
will be stationed at the United Air
port. The planes will be used in
practice maneuvers by the United
States Army.
GOOD SHOWING
NEW YORK. Jan. 22. (<Pj — The ;
Bank of England, which made a
loan of $75,000,000 recently from
the Federal Reserve Board of the
United States, has already repaid
from $55,000,000 to $60,000,000 of
;he sum, it was announced in New
York Thursday.
F». FOSTER FILES
FOR STTORAE! GENE11L
JUNEAU, Jan. 22. (/P) — Frank
Foster, attorney, formerly of Cor
iova but now residing at Juneau,
filed his candidacy for the Repub
ican nomination for attorney gen
eral.
Attorney Foster came to Alaska j
21 years ago; he is a graduate of
Stanford University and has been
elected three times to the Terri
torial House from the Third Di
•rision.
INIS ILF MILLION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jail. 22. [
JP)—President Hoover appealed to
Congress that they act immediately
in the appropriation calling for the ;
sum of $500,000,000 to be used to
start the work of the administra
t ion’s big finance corporation for j
vhich two billion dollars have been
/ sked.
When the appropriation is made,
and it should be made as soon as
possible, the President stressed, the
money will be used immediately to
liquidate frozen securities through
out the country and to help the re
lurn of recovery.
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DEMONSTRATION
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. (IP)—A Com- j
munists’ demonstration in the fi- ;
nancial district for the first time !
since the current depression started |
took place here. A crowd of 1,500
members of the Council of the Un-!
| employed massed in front of the '
stock exchange and the J. P. Mor
gan and Co., dispersing peacefully
later.
1FEHMI IS HELD
TO SE HNINSIESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22, — 1
The Senate rejected by a vote of
55 to 15 the Bingham resolution
inviting referendums by states on j
repeal or modification of prohibi
tion.
The bill, which was held mean- j
ingless, sought to pass the “buck” j
to states which could accomplish i
nothing and it went down to defeat. :
Opponents included a number of
Senators listed as anti-prohibition
ists. Supporters for its resubmis
sion in the Senate generally refus- j
ed it.
It was regarded as a test of the
prohibition issue although it fur
nished the first vote of the session
on any phase of the liquor topic.
BINGHAM BILL UNPASSED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 22. j
(/P)—The Bingham bill which pro
posed a referendum by the various
States on the repeal or modifica- j
tion of the prohibition law failed !
to pass in the Senate Thursday,
only 15 votes being cast in favor
of the measure and 55 against it
because of the wording with which
the majority took exception.
SHIFTING OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 22. j
(A5)—Reorganization of the Immi-!
gration forces in continental Unit- j
ed States and Territories is under !
way.
ASSOCIATION SEEMS TO I
HE ALL EAR-MARKS j
OFM SPORTS!
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. (^—Pres
ent indications are that the Na
tional Boxing Association will give
Max Schmeling but little oppor
tunity to square himself with them
as the title-holder of the world’s
heavyweight championship.
The association has given the i
German boxer from 10 days to two
weeks to arrange for a fight to de
fend his crown and unless some
definite conclusion as to the stag- '
ing of a fight is arranged at that
time, it is the intetnion of the box
ing association to declare Schmel
ing’s claims to the championship
as void.
The National Boxing Association
then plans a boxing tournament j
in which 20 of the United States’ ’
Leading heavies and boxers will
compete for the right to meet a;
foreign challenger to contest for1
the world’s title.
Organization of a Merchants’ 1
Retail Credit Association was per- "
fected recently at Anchorage, re- ]
ports The Times. i
MUD HERMIT TRAPPER
BEING BESIEGED 3!
SQUAD MOITIES
ATTEMPTS TO DISLODGE MAN
FROM CABIN SO FAR HAVE
BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL
AKLAVIK, Can., Jan. 22. (/P>—
Mushing through the twilight of the
Arctic’s six months winter night, a
squad of red coated mounted police
men was believed on the trail for
a third attempt to dislodge a mad
hermit trapper from his isolated
Rat River cabin.
Twice the trapper, who is well
supplied with ammunition and ri
fles and pistols, has withstood the
attack of police. Bombs and rifle
fire failed to dislodge the hermit,
who found safety in a tunnel be
neath his cabin when a bomb ex
ploded and broke in the door.
He returned to his loop holes a
few inches above the ground in time
to stave off another advance by
the eight troopers. A guard was
left near the cabin to prevent John
son’s escape and the constable re
turned here to prepare for another
Invasion of the hermit's territory.
Heavily armed and with supplies
for a long campaign, the mounties
were to set up a base at the mouth
of the Rat River, 20 miles below
Johnson’s cabin, from where they
planned to besiege the mad trap
per’s hut until taken.
KFQD, Anchorage broadcasting
station, recently received a request
from A. B. Allard, superintendent
of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police at Dawson, to warn trappers
and others residing in the northern
Yukon and Old Crow districts to be
on the lookout for Alfred Johnson,
who was then thought to be men - :
tally deranged.
The message to the radio station
further stated that “Constable Al
fred King, of the R. C. M. P., was j
shot and seriously wounded by
Johnson at the latter’s cabin De- i
cember 31.” Johnson is believed j
to have come from the Yukon.
TEXAS LONGHORNS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jail. 22.
{&)—The practically extinct long- j
horn steers of Texas may, in the;
near future, again be roaming the
ranges. Twenty-nine of the long
horn cattle have been imported
from South Africa.
ALASKA SALVAGE SUIT
UNDEBWIIYJN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 22, —Federal
Judge Jeremiah Neterer took un
ler advisement the claims of five
fishing vessel crews $54,000 sal
vage against the SS Northwestern
vhich lost her rudder in Cross Sd.,
\laska, November 1, 1930.
The defense submitted motion
lictures taken by a member of the
3S Northwestern crew, in resisting
;he salvage claims.
THREATEN NUDE MARCH
BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 22. (A3)
-The unemployed women of Bris
bane have threatened that unless
The State Minister of Labor and
fndustry agrees to discuss their
>roblems, they will march through
he streets of the city nude.
BANDITS BOARD VESSEL
HANKOW, China, Jan. 22. (IP)—
Chinese bandits boarded a Stand
ard Oil Company launch 130 miles
: above Hankow, in the Yangtze
; River, but were driven off by the
American gunboat Oahu. The brig
ands attacked the boat in mid
stream, captured it and held four
of its crew for ransom. They had
begun to loot the vessel when the
Oahu appeared.
OSSINING, N. Y., Jan. 22. (#)—
Francis “Two Gun” Crowley, 20
year-old desperado, was electrocut
ed in Sing Sing prison Thursday
night for the murder last May of
Frederick Hersch, Nassau County
policeman.
He was pronounced dead at 11:07
p. iv... five minutes after entering
the death chamber. Outwardly, he
was composed.
The young police killer, who
“hated cops” displayed none of the
braggadocio which c h aracterized
his criminal career. He was led to
the execution chamber by Chap
lain Rev. Father John P. McCaf
frey.
NOT BE REPRESENTED
LONDON. Jan. 22. (/P)—The Brit
ish India office announced that
the National Congress party lead
ers, in revolt against Britain, would
not be represented on the three
Round Table Committees which re
sume work shortly to complete a
new constitution. All other native
factions are represented.
FER GOODNESS SAKE
SEATTLE, Jan. 22. (/P)—'Vic Mey
ers, mayoralty candidate of Seat
tle, at a bun throwing banquet in
the Olympic Hotel, said he believed
small saloons in Seattle would pay.
GERMANY WILL AGREE
TO ASK EXTENSION IF
PRESENT MORATORIUM
BERLIN, Jan. 22. VP,—The United
Press was informed that the Gor
man government w’ill agree to a six
months prolongation of the pres
ent moratorium instead of imme
diate cancellation.
The government’s attitude was
learned after comment abroad in
dicated that France definitely re
jected the German declaration of
inability to pay debts and that j
Italy indicated support of repara
tions cessation, while Great Brit
ain was not unfriendly to the Ger
man position.
Germany would prefer immediate
cancellation at the Lausanne Con
ference but is ready to arrange a
compromise providing for a six
months extension and fixing pay
ments at a half billion marks an
nually, or about $125,000,000.
EX-QUEEN OF GREECE DIES
FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, Jan. 22.
(JP) — Former Queen Sophie of
Greece, sister of former Kaiser
Wilhelm of Germany, died here fol
lowing an abdominal opration. She
was 61 years of age.
PROBERS Illy PROVE
com LOAN.
: OIL CONCESSION
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MELLON FAMILY OWNS HUGS
OIL HOLDINGS IN
COLOMBIA
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.
' —A determined effort to prove
| the connection between a $20,000,
J COO loan to Colombia and the rich
Earco oil concession owned by the
Mellon family in that country, wa.j
i made by Senator Hiram Johnson
of California.
I Assistant Secretary of State
■ Francis White refused to submit to
the committee, for public record, a
telegram to the State Department
! from the United States Minister to
Colombia, concerning the Barco
concession.
White’s offer to show tiie telegram
confidentially was rejected by Sen
ator Johnson, who said: “I ask fo;
this dispatch regarding the con
cession owned by the Mellons. It
is my iea that there is no commun
ication from our Minister to the
Department of State concerning a
private concession to the Mellon
; family that must be kept secret.”
j Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
Mellon has also been under fire
i before the House Judiciary Com
mittee Representative Wright Pat
man, a Democrat from Texas, spoil -
soring a resolution to impeach
1 Mellon, read a letter from a resi
; dent cf Colombia Jcharging that
i Mellon advised President Friqueo
| laya of Colombia that Colombia’s
j credit position would be strength
' ened if disputes regarding oil con -
cessions were liquidated.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 22
UP)—Assistant Attorney Seth Rich
ardson, of Iowa, was ordered by
Attorney General Mitchell to make
an investigation of the lawlessness
in Hawaii ordered by the Senate.
Attorney Richardson will leave
for the Hawaiian Islands imme
diately with orders “to get at the
real facts.” He will investigate ev
ery phase of law enforcement in
SPANISH JESUIT ORDER
IS in TO DISSOLVE
MADRID, Spain, Jan. 22. (IP)—A
decree dissolving the Jesuit order
in Spain and the home of its found
er, Saint Ignatius Loyola, was sign
ed by President Alcala Zamora and
the decree now awaits only official
publication to make it effective.
The decree calls for confiscation
orders of property estimated to be
worth $30,000,000. Many Jesuits,
who have been expecting the de
cree, have made arrangements to
leave Spain for other lands where
they can carry on their religious
work.
Mrs. Elvida Larson and Carl I.
Anderson, Fairbanks couple, were
recently married at Anchorage, re
ports The Times.