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TAKOTNA ALASKA SATURDAY. APRIL 22 15)33
PRICE 25 CEXTf:
United States Slides
Off Gold Standard
'NEW YORK.—J. P. Morgan, rare
ly interviewed or quoted, was on pub
lic record today as indorsing Presi
dent Roosevelt’s action in suspending
gold exports. He .said: “I welcome
the reported action of the President
. and the Secretary of the Treasury in
plac.r.g an embargo on gold exports.
It had become evident that the ecort
to maintain the exchange value of the
dollar at premium, as against depre
< eiated foreign currencies, was giving
. a deflationary effect upon already se
verely deflated American prices and
wages and unemployment.”
WASHINGTON.—The war debt
issue has been .driven into the back
ground hy President Roosevelt’s dra
matic stroke effectively removing the
United States from the gold stand
ard. By the same token, diplomat
ically speaking, British Prime Minis
ter Ramsey MacDonald, now en route
to Washington, has suffered the loss
of most of his baggage in mid-Atlan
tic. When he sailed for this country
last Saturday aboard the Berengaria,
Premier MacDonald’s luggage was
atuffed with bargaining points for use
in securing drastic war debts revision
for Europe. The dollars disparity
with the pound as world trade advan
tage due to depreciated sterling, and
American desire to have Britain re
turn to the gold standard, were
items among the baggage.
ABOARD S. S. ILE DE FRANCE.
—Abandonment of the gold standard
by the United States makes former
Premier Edouard Herriot’s mission
to Washington infinitely more com
plicated, he indicated today.
Mr. Herriot conferred for hours
with Charles B. Rist, under governor
of the Bank of France, who is accom
panying him. They agreed the im
portance of their mission had been
reduced to an informative capacity,
and that it would be impossible to ac
complish any concrete results, such
as tari or debt agreements.
SOVIET GGOVERNMENT AC
CUSED OF FRAMING TESTI
MONY AGAINST 6 BRITONS
MOSCOW.—The Soviet Govern
ment was accused of framing evi
dence against six Englishmen charg
ed with capital offenses, when their
trial was resumed today.
Allan Monkhouse, chief of the Met
ropolitan Vickers Company in Russia
and one of the accused men, precipi
tated the trial’s most dramatic mo
ment a fe wminutes after court re
convened. After listening to the evi
dence of Leonid A. Suckhorfchkin
and other Soviet citizens he said: “It
is perfectly clear to me that the case
is a frame-up against the Metropol
itan Vickers Company. It is based on
the evidence of terrorized prisoners.”
THE MUKLUK TRAIL
WASHINGTON, April 3.—Seward j
Day—March 30th—was another Alas-;
ka Day at the Capital. In commem
oration of the 66th anniversary of the
purchase of Alaska, the Delegate
from Alaska asked leove of the House
of Representatives to address it for
ten minutes, which was granted. The
scheduled ten-minute talk, at the re
quest of different members, stretched
out into nearly an hour and developed
into a discussion of the economic
problems confronting Alaska. Mr.
Dimond was frequently interrupted
-by members who wanted information i
on the Territory. At one point of the
address the Delegate was asked, point i
blank, by Congressman Rankin, of j
Mississippi, if he were satisfied with i
the adimnistrafion of Mr. O’Malley,
and his prompt response was, “No, I
am not.1”
Numerous inquiries, both from
members of Congress and others in
the audience, for information regard
ing the Territory have been coming
into the Dt legate’s office since the
speech was made.
In the afternoon on Seward’s Day
the Senate confirmed the nomination
of John W. Troy as Governor of i,
Alaska. A.fico, dof telegrams from !
Alaska and many points in the States
poured into';fche Delegate’s office for
Mr. Troy, congratulating him on his '
appointment.
In the evening of March 30th Mr.
Dimond was interviewed by Lowell
Thomas over-ihe National Broadcast
ing Company’^ .chain. The interview
was brief, bufc-HMwsy letters have al
ready reached the* Delegate’s office 1
asking for information about the Ter- -
ritory. A number of friends of the,
Delegate, located at direrent points;
in the States, who heard him on the
Thomas hour, have also written.
Governor Troy and the Delegate
were received by the President or
March 28. The President is much in
terested in the Territory and its prob
lems, and invited the Delegate to call
again for a further discussion .of
Alaska’s needs.
Governor Troy has been busy call
ing on Cabinet officers who} tyave
charge of Alaskan matters. The last
few days he has been getting ac
quainted with burea uan ddepartment
heads, and is now getting repdy to
leave for the North.
The Delegate introduced several
bills during the past two weeks and
is no wworking on others. Among
the bills already introduced is one
repealing the Alaska bone dry law.
This bill not only repeas the dry aw,
but seeks to amend the Organic Act
to permit the Aaska Legisature to
regulate the sale and manjafaeture of
intoxicating liquors in the event of
the repeal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. In the interim the bill confers
jurisdiction upon United States com
missioners in Alaska tp try-cases un
ier the national prohibiten pet.
Another bill introduced -preventts
die seizure of boats add fishing gear
intil and unless the owner oryoperaor
s convicted of a violation Of\th£ fish
eries laws. Still another repeals the
ict of Congress apprqvcdt August 1,
1912, referring to placefniining claims
n Alaska, and declares that the igen
-ral mining laws of the United States
nsofar as they apply to placer <min
ng claims are extended to and de
(Continued ou Page ,3.)
HEIDELBERG STUDENTS
FIGHT PUBLIC * STUDENT
DUEL, FIRST. IN, 550 YEARS
HEIDELBERG, Ge^piany.^-Heidel
i berg students fought Wednesday
j night the first public student dpel in
the 550 years’ history of: this oldest
German university. State authorities,
the record of the university, numer
ous professors and members of stu
dent organizations In full , regalia
were spectators. Af5tei;..the.'dijel*stu
dents wired pledges of allegiance to
Chancellor Adolph Hitler* who re
cntly lifted the., ban .on students'
duels.
Anchorage
Earthquake
PLATE GLASS WINDOWS PROK
EN, CHIMNEYS TUMBLE, AND
BLE, AND OTHE RPAMAGE.
ANCHORAGE.—One of. the sever
est earthquakes in history shook this
city and vicinity April 26, at 4:37 p
m. The. shock did,-considerable*dam
age by breaking plate glass windows
in store buildings, shaking dowr
stock fro mshelves, .and tumbling
| down several brick v chimneys
throughout the town. The members
i of the volunteer firp department have
; been patrolling the city, warning res
| idents against fire,
j The intensity, of the shock can be
| realized by the fact that bo' cars,or
the Alaska Railroad wer rolled back
and forth on the rails. One car tas
rolled onto the,. Caijrvad. crossing-; at
the yards, blocking traffic until it was
removed by hand. »' Communicatior
was crippled along the -line-' of. the
railroad, and some of. the smaller „set
| tlement* have .not. .been heard fron
I at this time.
Fairbanks reports by radio that t
shock, but not of such violent nature
was felt there, doing no. apparent
damage.
Seward reports shocks of about the
same intensity as that felt at An
chorage.
Pilots ,Neese spid Moore on theii
return trip from the Kuskokwin
werei forced to land at Fairwell lake
in the Rainy Pass region, on accounl
of adverse weather conditions. While
their ships were sitting on the lake
: the shock was felt with considerable
violence there. At first the pilots
someone was playing a joke on them
j by rocking their ships, but upon in
I vestigating discovered it to be ar
earthquake. The duration of the
shock felt in Anchorage was aboui
twelve minutes.
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! HARRY PRATT FOR JUDGE,
joe McDonald marshal
Harry Pratt, Fairbanks attorney,
will be named judge of the district
court for the Fourth division, while
Joe McDonald will be named U. S,
Marshal for this division, according
to a radio report received here a few
nights ago.
Carl Olsen, well known Ophirite,
was among recent visitors here for s
couple of days.
Waino Puntila, following a town
visit of a couple »f days, returned to
Little creek on Wednesday.
Bill Goss, after a town visit of
several days, returned to his head
quarters on Thursday.
Henry Martella and John H. Peter
son were among the week’s visitors.
Items of Importance '
In Recent News Eveitfs
MOSCOW.—rLeo Karakban, assist
ant foreign commissar, has protested
xerhally to the Japanese embassy
against ^anti-soviet episodes in Man
churia, -despite repeated Japanese as
surances .that Soviet .interests would
be protected, it .was announced today.
In an extremely sharp tone, Mr. Kar
akhan demanded an immediate reply.
SAN DIEGO.—A cane hanging on
the liner Admiral Farrague when it
docked .here today pointed to the
place from which Edward Cameron.
60, of Butte, Mont., apparently leaped
to death between Los . Angeles and
San Diego. In Mr. Cameron’s cabin
a note read: “I carry with irae a
heavy bag of lead shot. Draw youi
own conclusions.”
SACRAMENTO.*--Arthr Lawrence
grand theft .prisoner, escaped from
Deputy Sheriff Maclnnes, Los An
geles, .early today, as he was being
'returned to Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Declaring '.it
is Tom Mooney’s eonstituticua! righl
to be tried, or. a remaining murder in
dictment far the preparedness daj
bombing, $pp<?rior> ; Judge Louis H
Ward today dismissed, the. plea oi
John O’Gara,,former .assistant dis
trict ,attorney, to call off the coming
triaL
LIMA, Ohio—Easter eggs wen
credited today v. i. av ‘-ac. iife o:
^0-months-old tar. 1 > aftei
the babyaccicio:.. ’ -/ -v-cuowed poi
son tablets. I i’bi'ya c.ans said tht
eggs, epten just prior to the time thi
child took the poison, served, as w
antidote.
BAKERSFIELD.—A “tak” ol forn
kittens belonging to J- W. Reed wa:
revealed here. One kitten had a nor
mal tail, one had a-one-inch tail, an*
the other two had no tails at all.
LOS ANGELES.—Iris Ja^quelin*
Taylor sliould be lucky at diet . -'Shi
was born on the 11th fyopr Utl
aay of the 11th month apd.;i?.the lltl
living grandchild in her family
CALCUTTA.—The .AUrIndia lib
eral conference adopted a resolutioi
today demanding release of Mahatmi
Ghandi and all other political prison
era. Another resolution advise*
Gandhi national congress .to give uj
its civil disobedience .ampaign. A.
resolution introduced by Srinivai
Sastris, demanding \ a nationalists
army and withdrawal of Britisl
troops within 20 yeai;s, also was ap
proved.
FLORENCE, Ariz.—Winnie Rutl
Judd, condemned murderess, recently
tried to kill her .mother, it was testi
fied at today’s session of the sanity
hearing by which, Mrs. Judd hopes
to escape the gallows. The testimony
was given fay fcht mdther, Mrs. Carrii
McKinnell, who was called to th*
stand in thp.cdaspers.te last-minut*
effort to prevent Mrs. Judd fron
hanging Friday for the Slaying o:
Agnes Ann Lei oi,
WASHINGTON—-The House todaj
a pproved . technical alterations in th*
articles. gf *inpeaehm«at against Fed
eraUadgt* BftOjid Lcmderback of Sai
Francisco, now before the Senate
The changes elaborated certaii
charges, as explained by the Judge’)
cpunseL
WASHINGTON.—The tame is near
when President Roosevelt may reveal
whether he is merely a £air+weather
leader or is ready to roll .up his
sleeves and strike with .bare .fists for
the revolutionary program which he
believes necessary.to conquer depres
sion. Far the first isixv.weeks ihe had
the gallery and the players all with
him. They spurred on his fast-mov
ing program. But those • days are
numbered.
PLEI'IN.G.—Japanese airplanes to
day dropped five bombs, near Amer
ican Methodist Mission property at
Changli, the Cbangli railroad statist
master reported to Pieping head
quarters.
SAN FRANCISCO—Complaints rf
pains in the lungs hy William E.
Estes, Salinas mountain .slayer, were
solved Wednesday at San Quentin by
Dr. L. L. Stanley in an operation
that produced a rubber drain tube
eight inches long .and three .eighths
of an inch in diameter The convict
said the tube had been in. his lung 1?
years, since he bad a-pleura*) opera
tion .performed in.Kentucky Appar
I ently it had been forgotten.
. FLORENCE, . Ariz..—Dr. Joseph
Catton, famed San Francisco alienist,
gave. unexpected .aid‘to Winnie Ruth
Judd at the condemned woman’s san
ity hearing today.
The physiatrist, called as a State
1 witness, told the .jury that will send
. Mrs. Judd to a state asylum or to thft
gallows that, in his opihioti,(she was
1 *60 per.i cent, insane.” He- .qualified
j this,, however, hy •* suit ing that she
I suered mainly from “neurosis of the
.! condemned,” and that “her .condition
,1 probably. would become .ameliorated
1 if she was granieda commutation of
II sentence.”
SAN FRANCISCO.—Stabbing her
fingers with red-hot needles to force
her to unclench her 'hands, three ruf
fians tortured and robbed Mrs. Ber
nice Feeney, 40, escaping with five
thousand dollars in jewels. Her wire
haired terrier, Jerry, .attacked th*
torture robbers until one of there,
kicked and cued it into a carrner of
the car. Mrs. Feeney was taken to
Mills Memorial Hospital in a serious
condition from her injuries aftcl
shock.
■! CHICAGO.—Storms, ranging irons
' tornadoes, accompanied >.,by* -■clotod
‘ j bursts and hail to sandstorms swept
1 i Oklahoma the past 12 houis,;rt»usinc
' | a number of deaths -antUaige prop
j erty damage,
ij CHICAGO—Nattygold braids -werr
ordered today foif Chicago police who
• will be on duty at’^tiie Century of
rI Progress Expositor..1 Officers of the
i rank of lieutenant: and higher wih
’ wear the straps >nn .da mohair brail!
! 1 about their caps.
s SAN FEANCISCO—:San Francisco
i isn’t getting S, per cent beer. The
’ average of alcoholic contents is 15
per cent, «ar i nearly ene-sixth under
the maximum, allowed by law. This
r was the naport made today by Dr.
> J. C. Geigelf, health director, to A.
■ J. Clea^v,, ; city > administrator atici
l member; at the beverage eotmaission.
. Therefore, said Dr. Geiger, the citi
i j zenry of-San Francisco is buying beer
; j allegedly of 5 per cent volume bs&
which is averaging 15 per cent laafc