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Pres. Roosevelt Angered By Criticism
BIGGEST RAIN SINCE 1932 IN DUST SECTIONS
Compromise May
Be Made Against
The Harrison Bill
SENATE PLUNGES INTO
BONUS ISSUE WITH
THREE BILLS UP
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, May 2—Plunging
into the bonus issue after breaking
a deadlock over the anti-lynching
bill, the senate found that an effort
was under way to change the Harri
son bonus compromise, so that it
would pay five percent on the bonds
to be exchanged for the certificates,
instead of four percent.
The Patman and Vinson bills will
also be offered in the senate as a
substitute for the Harrison bill.
Under the Harrison bill the veter
an who borrowed one-half on his
thousand-dollar certificate would
receive about one hundred and eigh
-y dollars at this time.
Three Detained In
Charge Espionage
EX-U. S. NAVY LIEUT
ENANT IS DETAINED
FORMOSA, JAPAN
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, May 2—A ketch named
the “Flying Dutchman,” and three
men who were described as a retir
ed U. S. Navy Lieutenant, a German
and a Russian, were reported detain
ed at Formosa, under suspicion of
espionage.
The vessel left Shanghai early in
April obstensibly to seek buried
treasure in the south seas. It was
commanded by W. S. Gates, of Lan
caster, Pennsylvania, an ex-navy
lieutenant.
Brigands Attack
Train Kill Five
Injure Fourteen
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, May 1— Reports from
Kirin Manchoukuo, said that a hun
dred Chinese brigands attacked a
passenger train, slaying five of the
train guards and injuring fourteen
passengers.
The report also stated that a doz
en passengers were carried off as
hostages. The bandits left 13 of
their number dead, behind, after
Japanese troops arrived and drove
the brigands away.
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PRES. ROOSEVELT AND j
U S CHAMBER NOW IN
FIGHT OVER NEW DEAL
Harriman Brings Down President’s
Wrath Because Criticism New Deal
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, May 2—Amid signs of hostility be
tween President Roosevelt and the United States Chamber
of Commerce, Secretary of State Cordell Hull went before
the business men’s convention to attack what he called the
“unscrupulous resistance'’ to the Roosevelt program of low
ering tariffs in negotiating for reciprocal trade treaties.
He criticized those business interest which he said would
bring pressure to bear in “the fear that they may be depriv
ed of even a small part of the artificial advantage given them
by an overindulgent government.”
The President was reported to be angry over the sharp
assaults which convention speakers launched against New
Deal measures. He plans to omit the message to the Cham
ber’s annual dinner tonight, although the customary invita
tion was extended.
ATTU ISLAND IS A LONESOME
WIND-SWEPT SPOT WHERE THE
POOREST PEOPLE WORLD LIVE
Inhabitants Are Among The Poor
est of Aleut Tribes—Live On
Birds’ Eggs and Sea Food
Attu Island, one of the Aleutian
group, is the farthest west of any
land on the American continent and
the first settlement established by
the Russians when they sailed in
1747 from the Commodore Islands
on the coast of Kamchatka, was es
tablished at this desolate God-For
Saken wind-swept spot. Nevodchi
kof, a trader and navigator of note,
landed here during that year and
established a trading post and small
settlement. At that time the adjoin
ing island of Agatoo was also inhab
ited by the Aleuts, but today the
only settlement is one of about 100
lonely souls at the head of he land
locked harbor of Chichagoff.
These Aleuts are, perhaps, pecu
niarily, the poorest people on earth.
The sea otter, which at one time fur
nished them with unlimited wealth
and barter from the Russians and
upon which they depended for their
clothing, food and luxuries, were kill
ed off by merciless hunters, until to
day perhaps 18 or 20 skins comprise
the total number caught, and which
are disposed of surreptitiously, as
the law prohibits the taking of this
fast vanishing fur-bearer for a per
iod of years. Officers on the revenue
cutters informed the writer that the
sea otter are rapidly increasing and
that within a few more years an op
en season may be obtained, but at
present the only furs which may be
sold legally are those obtained from
animals which have drifted in from
sea, wounded or dead.
Though the volume of trade with
the whites is limited, nature supplies
these hardy natives with an abun
dance of sea food, such as cod, hali
but mackeral, clams and other mol
lusks and drift wood from Japan,
the Philippines, and an island to the
far south which floats in upon the
Japan current which sets in upon
these barren shores, tempering the
climate to a remarkable degree and
providing the wood for fuel and
building.
Millions of salmon also pass these
islands yearly, and the natives are
very expert in netting them and pre
serving them for food.
The women and children gather
great stores of eggs of aquatic birds
that breed along the cliffs and the
rockly shores, and for many years
the most provident of the islanders
have caught young wild geese alive
and by clipping their wings hav.'
domesticated large flocks of them.
The present hunting grounds of the
natives extend over outlying rocks j
and reefs some distance to the east
ward and southward, but in spite
of all disadvantages and discomforts
the islanders are strongly attached
to their birthplace and have de
clined many offers by captains of
trading vessels to remove them to
more favorable locations.
Large numbers of sea lions and
seals are killed annually in the vi- |
cinity of Attu, and nearly every bit!
of .these huge animals are put to
some use. Of the skins they make
boat covers and boots, and also use
them for covering their houses or
barabaras. The intestines are rr,jde
into waterproof garments, the large
intestines making the kamelinka,
most popular of native garments re
sembling a coat or a jacket. The
sinews are used for thread while
20 Thousand Are
Out Work Due
To Auto Strikes
MEDIATORS WORKING ON
AUTO STRIKE MORE
20,000 ARE IDLE
(Ry The Associated Press)
DETROIT May 1—Twenty thous
and workers in the automobile in
dustry are now experiencing anoth
er period of forced idleness, through
a series of strikes and shutdowns in
the General Motors and subsidiary
plants.
They are waiting the outcome of
scheduled peace conferences be
tween the American Federation of
Labor and the government media
tors.
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the meat is said to be very palatable
and nutritious. The tu.sks are earv
; ed into ornamental .shapes and ;old
[to traders or sold in their raw state
to cannerymen and seamen going to
their village.
Though poor, these people are in
many respects superior to those of
other parts of the Aleutian penin
sula. The chief of the village of To
yon acts in the capacity of trader,
advisor, leader in the chase, and
leader in the councils of his tribe,
as well as taking the lead in the
simple but beautiful services of the
Russian church, which is the main
religion of most of the far westward
natives.
Naturally the consumption of
Hour, tea, sugar, woolen and cotton
goods is limited to the causes above
referred to and for clothing they
rely upon their primitive1 methods
of their forefathers, making their
garments of furs or birdskins, and
when they can get it, cotton cloths
from the traders.
On account of the scarcity of the
sea otters once their chief source
of wealth, the natives have turned
their attention to the raising and
propogation of the blue fox, and of
these they kill about 500 annually,
with every prospect of increasing
the supply. Did they get a reason
able and fair price for these skins
they would be comparatively rich,
but the traders take advantage of
their needs and give them but a
Dart of their actual worth, it is al
leged. The island itself supplies not
one thing save an abundance of ber
ries in season principally the sal
mon berry and Empe trum Nigrern.
The grasses found on Attu Island
grow with exceptional excellence, as
high as the waist of the average
adult, and are soft and silky, and
are used in the manufacture of mats
rugs, ropes, screens, etc. adding
much to their domestic comfort.
They also weave or plait a great
many handsome specimens of grass
work in the shape of baskets, the At
tu basket being recognized as the
acme of the art, and highly prized
by collectors. The art has nearly
been lost, the younger generations
turning their efforts to others things
not requiring the patience and skill
that goes into the making of these
receptacles.
At one time under the Russian
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RUN OUT SUE IT RAIN
DRESSED ONLY NIGHT
CLOTHES—DUST AREAS
Falls In Dust Areas
Since June Of 1932—People Hopeful
(By The Associated Press')
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 2—Rain splashed into the
dust bowl of the southwest and central states last night.
Residents dashed from their beds into the streets in their
night-clothes to welcome the moisture which poured down
for more than two hours.
Last night’s downpour revived hope throughout the en
tire area. This is the first rain of any amount since Jan
uary, and was the heaviest since June i932.
The rain was quite general. In Dalhart, Texas, efforts
to bring rain by explosions failed. It is to be tried again
tonight. Residents are forming a “Last Man Club” to see
who the last, man to leave the district will be.
Arrest Anarchists
In Havana And
Investigation Due
SIX ARE ARRESTED IN
HAVANA SUSPECTED
AS ANARCHISTS
(By The Associated Press)
HAVANA, May 2— Simultaneously
with the arrest of six suspected an
archists, the police here, expressed
the opinion that there was a possi
bility of a connection between the
existence of anarchists groups here
and the disasters which befell ships
sailing to and from Havana.
Authorities declined to identify
the ship or ships to which they re
ferred. An investigation is being
arranged.
Sixteen Children
Killed By Quake
In Kars District
QUAKE NEAR ARMENIA
KILLS SIXTEEN AND
20 ARE MISSING
(By The Associated Press)
ISTANBUL, May 2—Sixteen child
ren are dead and twenty persons
are missing after a violent quake
which took place yesterday in the
Kars district, near Soviet Armenia.
Fifty or more persons were seri
ously injured and heavy damage re
sulted throughout occupied districts
in the mountainous regions.
Britain To Accept
(ihallan«;e Made
Germany In Arms
J
BRITISH GOVERMENT TO
RACE GERMANY IN
ARMS SUPREMACY
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, May 2nd—The British
government today decided to ac
cept Germany's challenge to an arm
ament race.
At the same time, the cabinet de
cided on a new effort to win the
Reich's cooperation in a general se
curity system based on disarmament
Premier Ramsay MacDonald an
nounced that Great Britain’s pro
gram in the air would be greatly
accelerated and expanded.
U. S. Fleet Due To
Go In Frisco Bay
FLEET TO GO INTO SAN
FRANCISCO BAY TODAY
(Bv The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2—Part
of the U. S. Grand Fleet are sup
posed to enter San Francisco Bay
today, as part of the maneuvers now
taking place.
LIQUOR PRICES CUT
(By The Associated Press)
WARSAW, May 2—The Polish li
quor monopoly has cut prices of all
spirits by 20 per cent in the hope of
increasing consumption.
Industrial Workers Of Alaska—Meets May 2—8 P. M.
TONIGHT-NEVADA HALL-ALL WAGE EARNERS URGED TO ATTEND