MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 114. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BODY OF KOVIN FOUND; BE
LIEF EXPRESSED THAT
CARPE ALSO DEAD
FAIRBANKS. May 16. (/P)—For
the first time since the late Arch
deacon Hudson-Stuck and his par
ty made the ascent 20 years ago,
man has succeeded in reaching Mt.
McKinley’s highest peak.
The Liek-Lindley expedition re
turned to the park boundary from
the East Fork of the Toklat and
telephoned the news of the expe
dition’s success.
The party ascended the south or
higher peak and then went on to
the north peak being the first ex
pedition to climb both peaks. They
left a tube containing the names
of the party and notes of the trip,
in a sheltered spot below the sum
mit of the south peak.
The descent was very hazard
ous and was marked by tragedy;
the finding of the body of Theo
dore Kovin of New Jersey, who was
a member of the Allen Carpe ex
pedition which recently flew to
Muidrow glacier to ascend the
mountain and study cosmic rays.
Kovin apparently had fallen in
to a crevasse but had climbed out
again despite serious injuries, dy
ing from exposure. Carpe apparent
ly met the same fate and his body
is probably lodged in a crevasse
He was never seen.
The party tried to take Kovin’s
body out but abandoned the at
tempt after Ranger Grant Pearson
fell 40 feet and was painfully in
jured. He was rescued low
er down on the peak where they
met E. P. Beckwith and Percy Ol
ton. Jr.
Private advices said that Beck
with was ill with high fever. Nick
olas Spacceveckia left the party
to request an airplane to come for
him and is now four days over
due.
A plane is to be dispatched from
here today if a place can be found
where it can take off on skiis which
is necessary in order to land on the
glacier.
WASHINGTON, May 16.—F.
Scott McBride accused anti-prohi
bition leads of “political fraud” in
their campaign to insert planks
for resubmission of the eighteenth
amendment in state party plat
forms.
McBride’s comments were re
garded as significant because last
month several members of Presi
dent Hoover’s cabinet, leaders of i
the Republican party, have come to
favor resubmission. Resubmission
will not involve a vote on the
eighteenth amendment, but would
be a referendum on an amendment
to the eighteenth amendment
proposing some form of modifica
tion.
Henry Curran, president of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment, predicted the setting
up of 48 systems of liquor control,
one for each state, which would be
under way soon.
MOVEMENTS UNCERTAIN
SUNNYVILLE, Calif., May 16.—
Future movements of the giant di
rigible, the Navy airship Akron, 1
are as yet uncertain, but it is gen- !
erally believed that the liner of the |
skies will go south and join with i
the Pacific fleet to participate in
the fleet maneuvers within the;
next couple of days. Throngs of
people visited the dirigible at its {
Pacific coast base here Sunday to,
get a close-up view of the airship. 1
| DRIVEN FROM COUNTRY
j NEW YORK, May 16, (/F)—It is
! reported here that Col. and Mrs. C
I A. Lindbergh will sail for Europe
June 4 where a chateau has al
ready been placed at their dispo
sal. There, Mrs. Lindbergh will
await the coming of her second
child. They do not expect to ever
return to Hopewell to live.
CUT. MOT. DOLLAR
SHIPPING MAGNATE
ONE OF WORLD’S MOST NOTED
OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERS
OF VESSELS
SAN RAFAEL, Calif May 16, (/P)
—Captain Robert Dollar died at
1:10 this morning at his home. He
became ill with a cold two weeks
ago which developed iinto bran
chial pneumonia.
Mrs. Dollar and three sons, Har
old, Stanley and Melville, and their
wives and children, were present,
when the noted ship owner died.
Captain Dollar began his nauti
cal career when he was six years
old by launching a washtub on the
Forth and Clyde canal in Scotland. <
Little did he suspect when he was :
soundly thrashed by his father for j
his episode that he was then des- j
tined to become one of the lar- !
gest individual ship owners in the
world.
In addition to controlling coast
wise ocean travel along the Pacific
| states, his steamships were the on
ly American passenger vessels run
ning to the Orient. He also had an
important interest in passenger and
freight steamship lines to Alaska.
Among his lumbering interests
was the lumber settlement of Dol
larton on Burard Island, six miles
from Vancouver, B. C., where he
built a model community.
er John N. Garner, at a press con- j
ference here Saturday, assailed j
President Hoover in stinging terms, |
saying that he is keeping the peo- j
ole of the nation in a very uncer
tain state of mind as to the fu- I
ture- Garner said that Hoover had !
done more to freeze public confi- j
dence through the issuance of his
statements that any other factor.
When confidence is on the up
swing, Garner said, Hoover usually
issues a double-barreled statement
which immediately starts the con- i
fidence movement on a downward j
swing.
Garner said that if President
Hoover would refrain from making j
statements for a period of a couple j
of months that the nation would 1
see a definite improvement in eco- |
nomic conditions.
m BEING SCOURED
LOCATE BABY KILLERS
HOPEWELL, N. J„ May 16, (£>)—
The law flung a lariat of ships on
to the sea to snare the Lindbergh
baby killers. Coast Guard craft
swept the waters unceasingly in
search of their quarry, a fishing
schooner aboard which authori
ties believe are the men who know
the solution of the kidnaping and
murder.
No word from the search parties
at sea has been heard and no re
port will be made until definite
word from a certain source is made.
It is impossible for the schooner
to reach any part of the Atlantic
coast without being discovered.
To increase its forest area, the
Irish Free State has voted a subsidy
to persons who re-forest five or
more acres of land.
SS ALASKA ENROOTE
TO SEWARD FRQAA
SEATTLE; FAIR LIST
SEATTLE, May 16, (#>)—'The SS
Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
from Seattle Saturday at 9 a. m.,
with 174 passengers of which 31
are booked for Seward:
Mrs. Harry Cribb, S. L. Godfrey, ,
Mrs. Godfrey, John Myhalcik, Mrs.
H. Synthioton, Capt. A. E. Lath
rop, Mirian L. Dickie, H. W.. Stew
art, R. L. Frost, Mrs. Frost and son;
Mrs. John L. George.
E. O. Ouellet, Emma Cole, Paul
F. Joyre, Mrs. P. J Gordon, W. C.
Barnhill, Billy Buchanan, Allen E.
Horning, Miss Billy Wough, Frank
B. Curran, C. A. Olson, Joseph S.
O'Leary, J. W. Gurtler, Joseph j
Bell, Joe Beaudreau, R. A. Felte, j
John McCarthy.
Joseph Campbell, 60, Metlakahtla I
Indian, died last week at Juneau j
from a blood clot on the brain.
WORLD WIDE BREVITIES
MODERN OLD GAL
LOS ANGELES. May 16, —Mrs. [
Marguerite Hayes may be old in
years but she has young ideas. The
96 year-old lady of this city was
seen in a beauty parlor Saturday:
obtaining a permanent wave.
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VOTED DRY
SEATTLE, Wn., May 16.—Re
versing its stand of two years ago,
the Republican state convention
voted dry because of the sudden
reawakening of a bitter feud be
tween Seattle and Tacoma that
had nothing to do with the prohi
bition question.
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FOR EXPOSITION
SEATTLE, May 16, —The State!
Chambers of Commerces expect to j
obtain $30,000 from a state cam- j
paign for the purpose of arrang- j
ing an exhibit at the Chicago Fair.!
GUARDS ARE ARMED
FLORENCE, Ariz., May 16.—
Prison guards here were armed
with machine guns Sunday as word
was received that a jail delivery
was to be attempted by a number
of gangsters. It was not revealed
whom the ganbsters hoped to lib
erate from the penitentiary.
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DISORDERS IN BOMBAY
BOMEAY, India, May 16. —
Troops were called out here Sunday
to quell disturbances among the j
native population. There were
.several persons seriously wounded.
AGED LADY KILLED
LOS ANGELES, May 16. —Mrs. |
A. B. Cummings, aged 86, living on j
the outskirts of this city, was rob
bed and then murdered. No clues I
have yet been found as to the iden- ;
tity of the killers.
DEMAND BEER
LOS ANGELES, May 16. —A pros- j
parity parade Saturday turned out I
to be a parade demanding beer as
well as unemployment relief. The
streets were lined by thousands of
people who cheered the marchers.
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MAY ABANDON GOLD
LIMA, Peru, May 16. — Reports
were current here of Peru’s inten
tion to go off the gold standard
It was said that it would be only
for a short time, however.
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WHAT! AGAIN?
CLEVELAND, O., May 16, —Pola i
Negri, film actress, revealed here ;
that she would marry either in i
July or August and that the pros- '
pective husband was an American- ]
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400 REBELS KILLED
TOKIO, May 16, —Four hundred
Manchurian rebels were reported
killed in two dispatches in patties
with Japanese troops in northern ;
Manchuria, said the Rengo News <
agency. Seven of the rebels were ]
White Russians. J
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HAILSTONES KILLED 13
ALLAHABAD, India, May 16, — i
A fall of hailstones, some as large s
as nine inches in diameter, killed
13 persons and injured 120 in sur
rounding villages, according to of
ficial messages. r
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DANCER VANISHED <
JOLIET, 111., May 16, —Police 3
searched for a clue to the strange <
disappearance of Leychester Lane,
New York dancer. Authorities fear 1
she has been kidnaped. <
DISORDERS CONTINUE
BOMBAY, India, May 16, —Dis
orders occurred here Sunday and
continued for several hours- Many
arrests were made.
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OUT OF WORK, SUICIDES
SEATTLE, May 16, —Edwin J.
Sullivan, a steel worker, was seen
on the streets of West Seattle with j
a gun clutched in his hand. Police
gave chase but before catching up j
with him he turned the gun loose !
on himself. He was despondent be
cause of being out of work.
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LEAD POISONING FATAL
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 16.—
Lead poisoning, said to have result
ed from an attempt to syphon ethyl
gasoline from the tank of his auto
mobile, proved fatal to Lieutenant
Aaron Eldridge, retired naval ofi
cer, living at La Mesa.
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OIL TANKS BURN
MEXICO CITY, May 16. —Sev
enteen oil tanks at Tampico were
destroyed by fire Saturday after
noon. Over 500,000,000 barrels of
ail were lost in the conflagration, j
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SHOW PLACE BURNS
LAKEWOOD, N. Y„ May 16, —
The country home of Jay Gould
here, one of the show places of
the country, burned to the ground.
The loss is estimated at $250,000.
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CONFIDENT FULL PARDON
LOS ANGELES, May 16, —Lieut,
and Mrs. Massie were in this city
yesterday, enroute East. The Lieut
enant may await orders from the
Navy here. He is confident all of
participants, Mrs. Fortescue, the
two navy men and himself, will re
ceive full pardons.
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PLANS SOLO FLIGHT
LONDON, May 16, —James Mol
iison, noted flier, will attempt a
solo flight to New York and return
from Ireland, according to a local;
paper.
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GAMBLING DIVE RAIDED
NEW YORK, May 16, —Police
raided an elaborate 21-room Park
\venue apartment, seized gambling
equipment worth $10,000 and ar
rested three men; 50 guests went
'ree.
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CHILE MAY BUY REINDEER
PUERTO MONTT, Chile, May 16,
JP)—The government is considering
i suggestion that Chile’s cold lands
n the southern islands be stocked
vith reindeer, thus introducing a
Drofitable industry into those bar- ;
-en places.
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CONTESTANTS ARRIVE
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 16, —
rhe first Olympic Games contest
tnts to arrive in Los Angeles trav- .
:lled in the hold of the N. Y. K. ,
iner Toba Maru and were trans- ,
erred from the ship to the dock
da a swing. They were 11 highly ;
irained horses from Japan and <
vill compete in the events at the ,
james.
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SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ]
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16,— ,
rhe Senate foreign relations com- ]
nittee voted 11 to 10 that the Unit- •
;d States should not join the
/Vorld Court except with acknowl
‘dgement of other court members ,
that no decision affecting the (
Jnited States be made without the j
;onsent of this government.
DOCTOR SENTENCED
SEATTLE, May 16, (/P)—Dr. Me
Keown and Leslie Barrett, 19, con
victed of slaying their mothers
two months ago, were sentenced
McKeown got 12 to 25 years and
Barrett five to 20 years. He asked
the Judge for leniency. McKeown
stood silent but his wife ran to him
exclaiming “My God! Is there nc
justice?”
SIX NUDISTS KILLED
AND SCORES INJURED
VIENNA DANCE HALL
VIENNA, May 16, —Apparently
British Columbia is not the only
place which has to contend with
the so-called nudist cults. Six per
sons were killed here Saturday and
a score of others injured when po
lice raided a dancing tavern on
the outskirts of this city.
A nudist cult which has styled
themselves as the “Innocents” weus
conducting rituals of their cult and
dancing when the police came. The
police ordered the nudists to cease
their rituals and don clothes.
When the nudists refused to dc
so and after all other methods had
proved unsuccessful the police were
forced to take extraordinary mea
sures and fired into the hundreds oi
dancers which shooting resulted in
the deaths and injuries.
PROMINENT SHIPBUILDER
DIES RESULT OF INJURY
NEW YORK, May 16, (/P)-Wm
Henry Todd, who began his career
as a rivet heater and came to be
one of the country’s most promi
nent ship builders, died from a
skull fracture, the result of a fall
down a 14-foot flight of stairs in
his Brooklyn home.
Mr. Todd, who was 64 years oi
age, had been ill for several months.
HOPEWELL. N. J„ May 16. The
clergy throughout the nation of
fered up memorial services Sunday
to the Lindbergh baby.
The search for the murderers of
the child is being prosecuted with
full vigor.
Coast Guard cutters on the At
lantic coast are stopping every ves
sel, large and small, in the hope
seme clue may be found.
Colonel Lindbergh, himself, is ac
tive in the man-hunt. Mrs. Lind
bergh is bearing up strongly.
DEFRAUDED HOUSEWIVES
CHICAGO, May 16, —A criminal
court jury found State Senator
Daniel Serritella and arry Hoch
tein guilty of conspiracy to defraud
housewives of $54,000,000. They
tvere charged with conniving with
grocers and butchers to short
veight food in retail stores.
KILLED IN PLfiNE CRASH
COTTONWOOD, Arizona, May 16,
—W. A. Clark, 30, son of the West
;rn copper magnate and grandson
>f the late Senator Clark of Mon
tana, and Jack Lynch of Los An
geles, former copilot of Colonel
3. A. Lindbergh, were killed Sun
lay when their plane crashed in
;he foothills north of Clemenceau.
Lynch was instructing Clark in
jlind flying when the accident oc
;urred. The plane fell 2,000 feet and
anded on its nose. It is not known
vhich one was at the controls.
The first bill for the construction
)f a railroad in Alaska was intro
iuced February 15, 1877, by Roscoe
JJonklin. All other claimants of the
lonor are only step-fathers.
MEMBERS OF “YOUNG ARMY
AND NAVY OFFICERS AS
SOCIATION” SURRENDER
TOKYO, May 16, (JP)—Premier
Suyoshi Inukai died shortly after
midnight from bullet wounds in
flicted by assassin members of a
group of military terrorists who
are responsible for a series of bomb
ings.
At the moment the Premier was
attacked bombs exploded in the
I office of the metropolitan police,
I in the Bank of Japan and at the
j headquarters of Seiyuki, or govern
j ment party, as well as at the home
i of the lord keeper of the privy seal.
The outrages took place simul
| taneously, at 5:30 p. m. No serious
j damage was done to these places.
The outburst of terrorism climaxed
a long series of political crimes in
cluding an attack upon the life of
1 the Emperor.
Eighteen men, five Navy lieut
, enants in uniform, and other for
mer army cadets, also in uniform,
[ surrendered to the police.
A handbill, signed “Young Army
and Navy officers association” con
| demned the present state of poli
! tical parties and conduct of the
| diplomacy of the government and
the policy of the economic and ed
, ucation fields.
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POSTMASTER IN BAD
KETCHIKAN, May 16, —Rob’t.
Como, former postmaster at Hyda
berg, was brought to Ketchikan
and lodged in the federal jail with
out bond. He is charged with em
bezzlement and misappropriation
of postal funds.
TOKYO, Japan, May 16—Sun
day was a day of political terror
in this city as thousands of people
revolted against the government
for the way it has handled Japan’s
I end of the Manchurian conflict.
The furious mob stormed the gov
i ernmental buildings and besides
badly injuring a number of offi
cials, they killed Premier Innuki.
The revolt was instituted by a
group of facists, who are seeking
to form a dictatorship to rule Jap
an instead of the present govern
j ment, which they claim is too mil
itaristic in its aims.
The Japanese cabinet met late
in the day and elected a temporary
premier to succeed Innuki. Inci
dentally, it is expected tha the en
tire cabinet will resign soon.
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BUILT l!T MURDER PI SEE
HOPEWELL, N. JM May 16, —A
wall of concrete several feet in
height has been erected around
the brush-covered spot where the
Lindebergh baby was found to
keep away the curious. The police
desire to keep the ground there un
molested as they hope that in this
way they may stumble on to some
meagre clue which otherwise would
be destroyed. Guards have been
stationed at the concrete wall to
keep people out.
It was revealed here Saturday
that a metal scoop, apparently a
broken shovel, had been found and
that it was being sent to the po
lice laboratory to determine wheth
er it would give any clue as to its
users. It is thought that the
scoop was used by the baby’s kill
ers to scoop out the small grave
wherein the child was found.
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