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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 4. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HAD BEEN TROUBLED WITH IN
INDIGESTION PAST WEEK;
WAS 61 YEARS OLD
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Jan. 6, —
Ex-President Calvin Coolidge, 30th
President of the United States, died
unexpectedly Thursday at 11:50 a.
m.. from heart disease.
Accompanied by his secretary, Mr.
Coolidge returned home from his
offices, where he said he was not
feeling well. It was known that for
the last three weeks he had been
suffering from indigestion, but
there was nothing to indicate any
thing was seriously wrong with his
health,
Harry Ross, his secretary, assist
ed him to his bedroom on the sec
ond floor, then returned downstairs
to await Mrs. Coolidge who was
shopping. Mrs. Coolidge returned
in about 20 minutes when Mr. Ross
informed her of her husband's ill
ness. Mrs. Coolidge immediately
went upstairs to the bedroom and
found her husband beyond aid.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday morning at 10:30 o’clock in
Edward Congregational church,
of which Mr. Coolidge had been a
lifelong member. The body will
then be taken by automobile to
Plymouth for committal services.
He will be placed beside the body
of his father.
WILL ATTEND FUNERAL
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 6.—
President Hoover bowed his head in
grief when told of the death of
Calvin Coolidge. His first act was
to send a special message to the
Senate and House adjourning Con
gress. then arranged to attend the
funeral. Flags throuout the city
were lowered to half-mast.
SON JOHN SHOCKED
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Jan. 6.—
John Coolidge, the only son of the
ex-President, was shocked speech
less when the news of the death
of his father was imparted. He is
employed by the New Haven Rail
way. Accompanied by his wife he
hastened to the side of his mother.
WILL NEVER FORGET HIM
’ NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—President
elect Roosevelt said he was inex
pressedly shocked at the sudden j
death of Calvin Coolidge. '1 shall
never forget his generous message
to me in 1920 when he defeated me
for office,” Mr. Roosevelt said.
DEEPLY' GRIEVED
NEW YORK. Jan. 6.—Alfred E.
Smith, when informed of Mr. Cool- j
idge’s death, was deeply shocked i
and grieved. “I had a strong ad-j
miration for him,” he said.
POPE’S CONDOLENCES
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 6, —The
Pope expressed condolences to the
American people last night over
the loss of a valuable public ser
vant in Calvin Cooldige. He visited
his private chapel today to pray for
the departed and ordered a tele
gram of condolences sent.
TRIBUTES POURING IN
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 6.— !
Tributes from all over the world,
poured into the capital today for I
Calvin Coolidge who yesterday;
morning left the American public j
as suddenly as when he first ap
peared as a national figure. Since
leaving the White House, nearly
four years ago, he had shunned the
public eye.
Thirty days of official mourning
was ordered by President Hoover in
his proclamation Thursday. Suit
able Army and Navy observance at |
the funeral was also ordered.
LARGE PLURALITY
Called to the presidency by the ;
death of Warren G. Harding in
the early hours ofmorninghrdlulu
the early morning hours of August
1923, Calvin Coolidge was a little
more than a year later elected to
the office by a plurality of 7,000,
000.
Under a drive by the Senate that
perhaps was without precedent, re
velations of scandal in the Vete
rans’ Bureau, and in connection
: with the lease of Teapot Dome navy
oil lands and the administration of
1 the Department of Justice. Cool
idge met each situation with a cool
deliberation, taking such action as
in his mind would best conserve
the public interest. He quietly or
dered prosecutions in the oil scan
dal, and altho eventually he sent
: Attorney General Daugherty into
involuntary retirement, he passed
no judgment on the Senate disclos
ures regarding the Department of
Justice, requesting Daugherty’s re
signation on the ground that he
was not competent to pass upon
what documents in his department
! should be submitted to the Senate
investigators.
HIGH INTEGRITY
Ccolidge emerged from the wel
ter of investigations strongly en
trenched in his regard of the peo
i pie. The conviction became gen
eral that Coolidge was a man of
high integrity, insisting steadfastly
on honesty in government.
While prior to his election in his
, own right Coolidge undertook to
; carry forward the policies of the
Harding administration, he center
ed a great part of his own effort
| on the question of economy in gov
ernment. On the tax reduction
bill enacted by Congress he effec
ed many reforms. In carrying out
j his economy program, he vetoed
j the soldiers’ bonus bill and the
postal employees. The bonus bill
measure to increase the pay of
; was passed over his veto and sub
1 sequently the postal pay measure
met his approval after means of
providing the revenue had been in
j corporated.
HOSTILE CONGRESS
Facing from the outset a Con
gress plainly hostile, Coolidge en
countered the most serious diffi
culties in putting thru any of the
major proposals on his legislative
program.
The chief executive, moreover,
found little material support forth
coming from the constituted lead
ers of the party in the two houses
prior to his nomination at Cleve
1 land in June. 1924. Here congres
sional leaders who had dominated
party affairs for so many years be
came mere cogs in the party ma
chinery.
Coolidge had as his running mate
Charles G. Dawes and was opposed
by John W. Davis as the Democrat
ic nominee, and Senator Lafollette,
running as an Independent.
Calvin Coolidge was born on July
4, 1872, in Plymouth, a country vil
lage in the Vermont hills, the son
of John C. and Victoria Moors Coo
lidge. He was descended from
John and Mary Coolidge, who had
settled in Watertown, Mass., about
1630, and his ancestry ran thru a
long line of farmers who lived in
• Massachusetts until his great-great
grandfather moved into Vermont..
; There the Coolidge family tilled the
[ soil, raised cattle and were among
; the persons of influence in their j
! community.
SELF-RELIANT
Cooledge’s father was the village
j storekeeper as well as a farmer,
1 and so the son had a double train
j iug under his father’s care, plow
| m§ and digging in the fields and
j selling and figuring behind the
| counter. There he developed in him
j the industry, frugality and self
reliance which shaped the course
of his life. His mother died when
he was 13 and four years later he
lost his only sister, but a warm
bond of sympathy developed be
tween him and his stepmother.
Between “chores” on the farm
; and in the store, the future Presi
1 dent attended the ungraded school
! at Plymouth, a single room with a
wood stove. Afterward he attend
ed the Blacky River Academy at
Ludlow and the academy at St.
Johnsburg before going to Amherst
College. I
PRACTICAL CREED
During his senior year, in open
competition with students of ali;
American colleges, he won the first
prize, a gold medal, for the besti
essay on the cause of the Revolu-j
tionary War. He graduated in 1895
with the degree of A. B. He moved
across the Connecticut river to the
town of Northampton, Mass., and
found a position in the law office of
Hammond and Field. Within 20
months he was admitted to the bar.
He served successively in the coun
cil, city solicitor and city clerk. A
year after his marriage he was
elected to the Legislature. He was
then elected to the Massachusetts
Senate, and became its president.
His creed was: “Do the day’s work”
and “be brief.”
Coolidge was elected lieutenant
governor three times in succession,
then governor.
Then came the police strike in
Boston. He ended it abruptly by!
the use of the National Guard: was
re-elected on a platform of “lawj
and order.”
His outstanding contribution to
the nation was the reinstatement
of confidence in the institutions of
the nation by expression of honesty
and sincerity in his position as the
chief executive of the nation.
i CHINESE GOVERNMENT i
1 DEMANDS THAT JAPAN
TROOPS WITHDRAW
NANKING. China, Jan. 6, —The
national government served upon
the Japanese minister yesterday a
demand that Japanese troops be
withdrawn from Shanhaikwan;
that the officers who directed the
! attack on that city be punished,
and that the Japanese government
| take precautions to prevent a re
currence of such attacks as that
which resulted in the capture of
Shanhaikwan.
The Chinese authorities also in
formed the minister that the gov
ernment wlil reserve the right to
claim indemnity for losses in the J
| three-day bombardment.
EVACUATE HOMES
WALLACE, Idaho, Jan. 6.—Thaw
ing weather in Mammoth Canyon
with danger of further slides which
yesterday claimed several lives and
injured seven persons, drove dwell
ers in the canyon from their homes.
PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 6, —E- J.
Dixon, general manager of the Pa
cific cooperative poultry producers,
died here yesterday from influenza.
He was 46 year old and had been
manager of the poultry and egg
association since 1923. Within that
period he brought the organization
to the front ranks of cooperative
circles and was known throughout
the nation.
PASSING Oh CALVIN COOLIDGE
fh- passing of Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth President
of the United States, removes from the theatre of Amer
ican politics another of the sturdy oaks representative of
the genesis and culture of America.
. Combining a background rooted in the soil from
: which he sprung, a discerning and cultured mind, stimu
lated by wholesome environment, embodying honesty,
integrity and sympathy in their relation to dealings with
! his fellow man, he was almost the last of the type of el
der statesmen expressive of the group which supplied the
architecture and craftsmanship of the great democracy
that was before materialism polluted it.
As the nation drifts farther and farther away from
these ideals its course becomes more confusing and cha
otic as the present instance of depression and uncer
tainty illustrates.
the career of Mr. Coolidge in the White House re
veals nothing of the spectacular. Rather it revealed the
value of a man committed to fixed ideals of government
and impervious to the assaults of the horde of political
vultures which had swept Warren G. Harding into his
grave.
Possibly no man, unless it is the present President
elect, Franklin I). Roosevelt, has in recent times been more
l expressive of the ethos of America, in the adherence to
traditional principles of democratic government and pre
cepte of Anglo-Saxon ideals.
# If Calvin Coolidge contributed nothing else, his life
revives the symbolical ideal for youth, and inspiration to
picking up the thread leading back to the goal of national
greatness as expressed in the constructive minds of those
geniuses whose services were inspirational rather than
material in their relation to government.
PARIS, France, Jan. 6, —Specta
tors at public entertainments and
at theaters have a legal right to
demonstrate their disapproval by
whistling and shouting, according
to judgement just rendered by the
civil tribunal of Stetienne, near
Lyons.
The case was one of a spectator
who having loudly protested
against the quality of the motion
picture performance, was refused
admission to another show by the
proprietor of the cinema on the
grounds that his behavior interfer
ed with the performances.
CONFER WITH STIMSON
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 6, —
President-Elect Roosevelt has re
quested Secretary of State Stim
son to confer with hi n on interna
tional affairs; the request has been
granted subject to the call of Mi'.
Roosevelt.
WIFE OF Lilt COIffll
UNITE, IS CULLED
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 6,
—Mrs. Carrie Guggenheim of New
York, widow of the copper mag
nate, died at her residence here
yesterday from a heart attack.
Mrs. Guggenheim, who had liv
ed here since her husband died in
Southampton, England, eight years
ago, had been ill for about five
months Three daughters survive.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6, —
The arrest of Hans von Bulow of
Chicago and associates for coun
terfeiting hundred dollar federal
; reserve bank notes abroad, will
probably lead to the destruction
: of one of the most powerful rings
known in counterfeiting history,
Chief W. H. Moran of the Secret
Service said.
Van Bulow was arrested Tuesday
charged with passing $30,000 worth
of spurious currency. He is a Ger
; man world war ace.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Stocks rose
one to two points on yesterday’s
market. Grain closed higher and
silver was strong. Cotton, however,
lost 50 cents a bale. The day’s
turnover was 1,140,000 shares.
Al. Chem. 86, Amer. Can 58%,
Amer. Smelt, 13%, Amer. Fone
10714, Amer. Tobac. 60, Auburn
53%, Baldwin 5%, Balto & O. 9%,
Beth. Steel 15%, Cal. Pack. 9%,
Can. Pa. 14%, Case 44%, Chrysler
16%, Con. Gas 60%, Dupont 38%,
Eastman 56%, Gen. Elec. 15%, Gen.
Foods 26%, Gen. Motors 13%,
Goodrich 5%, Goodyear 15%, Int.
Tel. 7%, Monty Ward 13%, Dairy
Products 17%, Pac. Gas 30%, Penn
RR 15%, Pullman 19%, Radio 5%,
Radio Keith 3%, Simons 7%, So.
Pa. 16%, Stand. Cal. 25. Un. Car
bide 26%, Un. Pa. 73, Steel 29%,
Steel, pfd. 63, West. Un. 28%. West
inghouse 30%, Woolworth 36%,
Wor. Pump 14%.
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SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 6, —
By unanimous vote the Illinois
Senate has adopted a resolution
indorsing the “Buy American” cam
paign launched by William Ran
| dolph Hearst and his newspapers to
! promote employment and to aid
| American business.
The Senate also urged all citizens
of the state to buy only American
made products.
Introduced by State Senator Ar
thur Huesbesch of Brookfield, the
resolution was one of the first acts
i of the upper branch of the new
i general assembly.
DIES ELECTRIC CHAIR
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Jan. 6, —In
Rockview penitentiary from which
, he was released several years ago
| as a model prisoner, Joseph Hu
I dock, 24. died in the electric chair
i for the torch murder of Stanley
i E. Yurich.
Hudock was convicted of snoot
■ ing Yurich May 15, 1932 as the lat
| ter was helping him to start a
; stalled automobile. Hudock drench
ed Yuroch’s body with gasoline and
, set fire to it.
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REPEAL APPROVED BY
SENATE SUB-COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 6, —
Chairman Blaine’s Senate judiciary
sub committee approved repeal of
the 18th amendment with protec
tion for dry states and prohibition
of the saloon.
The repealer would be submitted
to state legislatures.
Mr. Blaine said no formal vote j
was taken on the repeal resolution
but that he considered the com-;
mittee’s action as “a favorable re-1
port for repeal.”
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THE GAS ROUTE
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 6.—Ernest,
Fawcett, son of the late banker,
committed suicide via the gas route.
HEADS THE “OAKS”
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 6-—A. R.
Miller has been re-elected presi
dent of the Oakland Baseball Asso
ciation.
MAKING PILGRIMAGE
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—Amie I
Semple McPherson Hutton, evan
gelist, on the arm of her chauffeur,
appeared and applied for a pass
port to visit the Holy Land. Hus
band David will not accompany
her on the pilgrimage, it was said.
OFFICIAL ILL
CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 6, —
The Hon. H. S. Gullett, minister of
trade, may be forced to resign due
to heart trouble, he informed the
Prime Minister yesterday.
RHR LOBO PLEDGES
SELF TO GOVERNMENT
PEIFING, China, Jan. 6, —Jap
anese airplanes flew over Cheng
I tehfu, capital of Jehol province,
I yesterday while Chinese troops
driven out of Shanhaikwan dug in
on the Jehol border to fight off a
Japanese advance.
One of the most formidable arm
ies in the Orient was assured the
Chinese Marshal Chang Hsueh
liang, a most powerful war lord,
who has placed himself at the
command of General Chiang Kai
Shek, Generalissimo of Chinese
armies, for dealing with Japanese.
The troops of Nippon apparently
are preparing for a long stay in
Shanhaikwan while diplomats dis
i cus the latest developments in the
Far East.
Refugees related harrowing tales
of the Japanese bombardment and
of the bodies of the dead which lay
in great heaps throughout the city.
It is estimated 100.000 refugees
flocked southward from the strick
en battle zone.
| Unauthentic reports of Japanese
casualties placed the figure at 94
killed, including four officers.
No peace negotiations have been
initiated, it was said.
I
I
The first group of divisional del
I igates to the Democrat convention
1 which will be held Saturday even
ing, arrived Friday from Anchor
age, headed by Senator-Elect Jas.
Campbell. J. J. Courtney, and R. C.
Albritton. Mrs. Campbell accom
panied the Senator.
A. A. Shonbeck, divisional chair -
I man, will arrive Saturday evening
from Anchorage, accompanied by
Mrs. Shonbeck, and Divisional Sec
retary H. F. Morton.
Delegate-Elect to Congress A. J
Dimond. and delegates from Valdez
and Cordova, are expected to ar
rive tomorrow morning on the SS
Alaska.
P. C. McMullen, chairman of the
Sewrard Democratic Club, Mrs.
Martine Johansen, committeewom
an; and J. S. Hofman, secretary,
are local delegates.
The principle purpose of this
meeting, it is said, will be to sel
| ect and nominate members of the
i Third Division Democratic party
; for divisional and territorial offices.
The convention will be called to
order by General Chairman Shon
beck at 8 p. m., Saturday,, in the
Arcade Club Rooms.
MAKE PUBLIC FELL SICK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6. —
Drastic new government economies
were recommended by the Senate
appropriations committee as Con
gressional Democratic leaders met
last night in New York in a signi
ficant conference with President
Elect-Roosevelt.
Budget balancing, farm relief,
unemployment and economies in
government establishments were
dsicussed as well as plan to save
$30,000,000 through pay cut exten
sions.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6, —Cap
tured after a chase and firing of
several shots, the asserted rum
running speedboat Mizpah and two
prisoners were brought to Govern
ment Island yesterday by the Coast
Guard cutter Lexington with 10
cases of alleged liquor.
The seizure took place off Cap
itola in Monterey bay near Santa
Cruz.