t.TOL X NO 8
TAKOTNA-ALASKA. SATUKLAY. MaRUH 8. 1K30
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Communist Outbreaks In |
Various Parts of Country
> _• '' * ;
i 50,800 PARTICIPATE IN. DEMON
SSTRATION IN NEW YORK;
. s.A NUMBER INJURED,
T DISORDERS AT CHICAGO, LON
.DON, DUBLIN, GLASGOW,
MANCHESTER, BERLIN.
...N10W YORK, March 6.-—Disorders
i. masked international unemployment
« day -demonstrations in a number of
• sities.-in the United States and Eu
5 rope, while numerous arrests were
. made. in clashes between communists
t and police.
Fifty, thousand participated in the.
« demonstration in New York, and for
^ half, -an hour there were riotous
. scenes as the police forbade a parade
to the city hall. Reasor Minnor, com
munist. leader, was arrested police
.. men. .and uemonstrators were injured,
.in i Washington policemen used tear
tear gas to dispetse .a demonstration
in front of the White House.
Twelve were injured and seventeen j
arrested in Detroit, while there were
n.any arrests in New England cities,
including Boston, Worcester, New
Britain, Stanford, Providence and
Waterbury.
Mounted polince charged on a
crdwd of fifteen thousand persons in
a public square in Cleveland when the
crowd became disorderly. Several
were hurt. *
Demonstrations were held in other
cities, including Chicago, London,
Glasgow and Manchester. There wqre
severe clashes between communists
and police in Berlin, including one at-1
tempt to loot banks, in which two
communists were killed.
At Seattle.
SEATTLE, March 16.—Twelve ar
rests were made uni one man injured
when police dispersed a crowu of live
hundred who attempted to march on
on the city hall. flv* demonstration
was singed in the locality of Wash
ington and Second avenue.
4U. SS, WILLING TO REDUCE
ITS-SEA ARM BY 200,000 TONS,
aserts secretary, stimson
EON DON, Mar. 6.—Secretary of
.. State. Stin.son of the American dele
„ gatian,- announced to the disarma
{ . ment * conference today that the
United-States is willing, to reduce its
- sea arm by 200,000 tons if the fleets j
* of the other naval powers are also
- reduced.
. U. 8^ DESIRES RIGHT TO
HAVE BIG BATTLESHIP
LONDON.—The first official con
. Urination of the news that the United
. SStates desires the privilege of build-'
ing-another battleship of the type of
v the.Rodney, in connection with the
plan of reducing capital ships and
- fleets ana the establishment of parity
* . between the United States and Great
- Britain, came to the naval conference
today.
The Nelson and the Rodney are,
the. two largest ships in the British
i fleet.- .They have a displacement of
db.uOO tons.
'The American suggestion for build
1 ing .another battleship > in connection
v with the scrapping of others caused
surprise in British circles and did not
meet* with any great degree of ap-,
• .piause.
. Great Britain approved the plan of
scrapping capital < ships so thot the •
two . countries would have 15 each.1
'flhe Uhited States fqels she needs the
rjght’to replace part of the scrapped
> tonnage* with new ships, in order to
- arrive, iafc real parity,, although she
probably* 4’il not build up to it. The
British,.press took the position that
. the ' United States would have superi-.
► drity unaer.-these conditions. • j
BANKHOBBED AS POLICE |
' WERE OUT TO LUNCH
KfclBWOOD i CITY, Calif.—While
the police depatment of San Carlos,
three miles nqjrth-of here, were “out
to lundh'V yesterday, two unmasked
men parked' their automobile in front
> of the ^police station, entered the
Hank of America of California branch
1 bank, overpowered the taller and es
caped with-43,300. The same building
houses the bank, police department
:■ and municipal1 offices.
Teller Horace Laughlin was bound:
' with wirewhd placed in the vault, but
: struggled out and yeUed over the tel
* phegfe for help. I
EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE
KATMAI VOLCANO REGION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6.—An ex
pedition into the Valley of Ten Thou
sand Smokes and the Katmai volcano
region of Alaska the coming summer,
to study closer the great earth
wounds caused by volcanic eruptions,
was announced today by the National
Geographic Society. The party will
be headed by Dr. Robert F. Griggs.
DETROIT GANGSTERS ROB . |
WESTERN UNION OFFICE
- i
DETROIT.—-A well organized gang
Of ten men held up the main office of j
*be Western Union Telegraph Com-'
pany in the center of the tin uncial'
district late Tuesday and escaped
wnh $3,00-) flight men armed with;
revolvers an/ a sub-machine gun
guarded the two entrances to the
building and the two automobiles <n
vl ich they mar's their getaway. The 1
other two armed men entered the!
office, herded the seven eiu <>.,« u.vl j
twenty customers into a corner and
scooped up the money.
A woman customer attempted to
trap the robbers by putting her foot
in the revolving door, but one of the
robbers threatened to *l>low her head;
off," forcing he back.
MUSEUM TO HOUSE RELICS
OF EARLY ALASKAN PEOPLES.'
i iuLADELPHLA.—Relies of peo
ple w~o lived in Alaska thousands of
years ago, differing greatly from the
Eskimos of today, arrived at the Uni-j
versity of Pennsylvania as finds of
its x oint Barrow expt^.jon.
Tne shipments included skeletons,
objects of wood, ivory and whalebone. ‘
It is typical of the Thule culture ox;
East Liberia, said Dr. J. Alden Ma-j
son, curator of e American section
of tne university museum.
Alfred Hopson, director of the ex
pedition, said he found graves con
taining thirty bodies, buried only two
fins, were wrappedifflgk gkq bgkqkk
feet deep. The bodies rested on drift
wood planks. The implements were
found between the heads. The bodies,'
without coffins, were wrapped in an
imal skins, investigation revealed
that houses, unlike -the present-day
igloos, were conitrtcted of whalebone
and driftwobd. 'inept-were rectangu
lar uuahape, auniiarAa the Thule ::’d- •
ture. |
WJ3H. TaftDead
Washington, March 8.—
William Howard Taft, / for
mer Chief Justice df Abe
United ..States Supreme'
Court, died, at 5.:15 o’dcick
this, afternoon.
TARDIEU .AG AIM. HEiVt>S
- FRENCE GOVERNMENT
PARIS,-.March 6.-*-After a Cabinet
crisis of seventeen days Tardieu to
day again held reign <3$ the French
government. His new ministry re
ceived a vote of confidence in the
Chamber, or. .Deputies- last night.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SAN FRANCISCO,. March 6.—One
sailing vessel, the Star of Alaska, is
now loading and probably will sail
for Holland. .On her return here she
will be sent to Alaska, according to
announcement by the Alaska .Packers
Association today.
SEATTLE, Alar*. 6—Matt J..Mc
Eiroy, well known,pioneer, one of the
five surviving factors of the Wash
ington State Construction Company,
and an Alaska operator, died at his
home here last night, aged 22.
MEW HAVEN, Conn,,. March 6.—
Arthur T. Hadley, president emeritus
of Yale University, died .yesterday in
Japan, according to word-received
here today.
PAK1S, Mar. 6.—One ^hundred, .are
dead today fcs the result of floods in
valley towns in Southern and Central
France. • i
SEATTLE, .March 6.—James B.
Howe, one of the ablest lawyers of
the Pacific coast, a pioneer of Seattle,
died today.
EBENHAUSEN, Bavaria, Mar. 6.
- Von Tirpitz, lord : ig i aamtnd of
the German navy during the World
War, died here today.
LONDON, March 6.—Lord Glad
stone, son of the late famous states-;
man W illiam E. Gladstone, died here !
today.
Washington Notes
WASHINGTON^ March J6.—The
bill, to extend lor live years the
period in which World War veterans
may appiy for adjusted compensation,
was passed today by the House had
is now in the hands of me Senate.
WASHINGTON, Mar. :6.—John N.
Willis of Ohio, well known auto mag
nate, was nominated today by Presi
dent Hoover to be ambassador to Po
land.
FLYING SAW SEVERS THE
HEAD OF NEGRO WOMAN
RICHMOND, Va.—James Wood, a
negro, was sawing wood in a vacant
lot Thursday, when the balance wheel
snapped with Hie saw running at
high speed sailed through the air,
clearing a church and two small
houses and plunged through the roof
of the third house, striking Winnie j
Jones, a negro woman, and severing'
her face and half her head from her
shoulders, and Juried itself in the
ground under the floor of the house.
Jack Smeaton, SlePmute merchant,
landed at McGrath Tuesday, coning
over from Anchorage with Pilot
Matt N ieminen. j
John Repo, after a visit of a few
days, here, returned to Ophir today.
Americans
Disarmed
-TIEFCTRE THEY WERE PERMIT-'
T3QBlKm> LAND AIRPLANE AT
.RIMINI ISLAND.
j -
:.£>• IA \11 Ela., Mar. 5.—Seven cus
toms officers and an employee of the
customs service at the marine stor
age base here were disarmed of re
volverax-and machine guns by British
authorities .in Bimini before they
I were Allowed to land an airplane
, there .today in search of eight rum
i boats at the storage last night. The
storage case at Bimini island, is forty
miles from this coast.
THOSE WHO WILL <"CONTEST
IN TERRITORIAL PRIMARIES
JUNEAU. — Tiie Democrats of
Southeastern Alaska will, have a com
| plete ticket in the field for legislative
and Territorial places, the party
pans haying been disclosed in the
tilings made for the April primaries.
There will not he any contest for the
Democratic nominations except for
. the effioe of Territorial highway com
j missioner. William Hesse of Ketchi
kan and Robert J. Sommers of Ju
neau are both out for the Demo
cratic .nomination for that office.
There are several contests on th«F
Republican side. Jlostiraportant to
Southeastern Alaska is. the contest
between-Will. A. Steel and - C. T.
Gardner for-'the First division Senate
nomination. Steel is a candidate to
succeed himself, backed presumably
by the Paul.,faction. Gardner is a
pioneer lumberman of Southeastern
Alaska, and formerly was- chairman
of the Alaska Game Commission.
W. vr. Smith, incumbent, and Frank
L. knight of Anchorage are the Re
publican candidates for the nomina
tion of territorial treasurer; Leo W. •
breuer, incumbent, and W. K. Keller
of Juneau seek the Republican nom
ination for commissioner of educa
tion; Cash Cole, incumbent, will be
opposed in the primary -^by Elmer
Reed of Juneau fqr the Republican
nomination .for., auditor, and James
Wicker sham, and-Joton. JtHstpiid will
divide the primary vote for., delegate .
to Congress on the ..Republican side.
Keller had intended to enter the race
later as an independent candidate,
but changed his plans at the last .
minute.
Tne Democrats wno win enter xne
primaries are .as follows; Delegate
to Congress, George B. Grigsby, of
Ketchikan; auditor, Thomas Gaffney
of Nome; commissioner of .education, 1
Anthony E. Karnes of Ketchikan;
highway engineer, R. J. Sommers of -
Juneau and William Hesse of Ketehi- •
kan; treasurer, Charles E. Hardcastle
of Ketchikan; Senator, Allen Shat
tuck of Juneau; representatives,
Frank Boyle, T. B. Judson of Juneau,
and A. H. .Zieglre, E. L. Sampson of
Ketchikan.
The Republicans seeking nomina
tion are: Delegate to Congress,
James Wickersham and John Rush
gard of Juneau; auditor, Cash Cole,
Elmer Reed, of Juneau; commiss
sioner of education, Leo W. Breuer
of Cordova and W. K. Keller of Ju
neau; highway engineer, Joe Ulmer
of Fairbanks; treasurer, W. G. Smith
of Juneau and Frank L. Knight, of’
Anchorage; senator, Will A. Steel
and S. T. Gardner of Juneau; repre
sentatives,' tGrover.’ C. ’ Winn, Roy .
Nolan, Waiter JE» Scott of Junonn,
and IVAk JftoCaxmack of Wr aagnU. j
Embezzled
$529,000
’FRISCO BANK OF ITALY LOSS!
THRU SEVERAL'CLERKS AND
STOCK BROKERAGE JtlRM.
SAN FRANCISCO, 'Marct >}, —
N. Keystone, president of the San
Francisco Stock Exchange, Douglas
C. Alerander, Cape clubman, Ray. 3.
Rons iter, prominent city official, and
four employee nd clerks, ware in
dieted by the federal grand jury last
night, charged with • having embez
zled $529,000 from the Bank 0? Italy.
It is alleged that the clerks are em
ployees of the Bank of Italy and th*
brokerage firm of Leira, .Keystone A
Co. were playing the stock market
with funds -t mhezzlad .from the <Bank
of Italy, and that (Keystone, Alexan
der and Rossiker knew the money
was stolen.
SEVEN DESPERATE CUNKEN
GRABBED 131 CRIME BRIJtS
CHifGAGO—Seven "big shot” -gang
sters wKt found ^behind drawn car
tains in a-room in whieh not long ago
two others'Wire murdered .They are
held icr the -grand jgfyras^unmen.
Altogether -‘tne policfc-navo taken
426 prisoners* bringing the "crime
drive” totalda fir* Mays to more than
2<*0Q.
are tu uowineu orqiaon, njm
and BernanR; «nd "Three-Fingered”
Jack White, once-convicted murderer.
George *edl>a»kei!l'*nown aa a labor
terrorist an* once-charged -with mur
der, Alike Wuirk, Edward Sirncy had
John U’Connor.
Myles O’Donnell fainted when * •
flashlight picture was .takes. He ex
plained that he thought, be was shot
CANADIAN vWOUNDED IN
JLIftUQlt CLASH, DETROIT
DETROIT.-.-Arthur La Kramboiee,,
a ^twi, was wounded on
the Detroit river by bullets whiehr be
■aid,-were fired by two United -Stetw
border,psctrol inspectors while he was
onihe‘Canadian tide af the river
Customs officers said, they received- no
reports of.any shooting-on the tiret,
-although agents are operating in the
region of-hoed er cities. The atfthori
tiea aaid ...j;y were unable to And that
Jm hTcipfririrr was ever coaneceefi
crikn rum-running activities.
La x ramhoise said be 'wm‘ shot
while "f**1-”1 gf or his home across tin
ice after having .assisted/a'friend in
reefing a sled load of liquor caught
in the ice. He had driven out on the
ice in .his automobile and had started
hack and was forced to continue afoot
when the ice gave way and the car
sank into the river.
The man’s twq scalp wounds are
said to be of a minor nature.
Mail -Carrier Charlie Kosig, with
the inbound mail, arrived Tuesday,
continuing «n his way on Wednesday
Accompanying him ’this' trip are his
two daughters, Hiss Hattie and Miss
Helena whc^ are making-the round
trip.
Victor Martin, Of utghiaafi Park,
11L, a member of a fur house-located
in that city, was a Thursday arrival,
fir. Marun is combining business
with plfann, In seeing Alaska in *
trip whtafc Wilt take -him awfem*'
bethel ant return to Fairbanks
a* .