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LUTE DEVELOPMENTS
11 SILVER SITUATION
Following a masterly address
by Senator Burton K. Wheeled
in support of his bill calling for
the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 1G to 1, a senate fi
nance sub-committee was ap
pointed to hold hearings on lhe
measure, Washington press
dispatches report. Chairman
Smoot appointed a committee
composed of Senator Keys, re
publican, chairman; Thomas
republican, and Barkley, dem
ocrat. At last reports the sub
committee was scheduled to
begin hearings with 70 repre
sentatives of the Farmers’ un
ion from nine middle western |
states appearing.
Senator Wheeler declared in
his speech that the gold dollar—
the so-called honest dollar ol
the monometallists of years i
gone by- is today worth $1.50
and the debtor is called upon j
to pay an unearned increment
of 50 cents upon every dollar
he owes. His address occupies |
many pages in the Congress
ional Record and was in many
respects the most informative
statement regarding silver and
present day monetary condit
ions that has so far appeared.
It is far too long to permit re
production in these columns
but interested persons may
read the copy on file in the 1
Herald office.
Pierre Du Pasquier, French
financier representing the]
French parliament, proposed
a world conference to seek an
agreement on bimetallism oi
some other solution of the sil
ver problem at a conference
with Chairman Borah of the
senate foreign relations com
mittee and democratic senators
from western and southern
states. Du Pasquier said he be
lieved the French government
would send representatives to
an international silver confer
ence called by President Hoov
er.
Rehabilitation of silver would
help immeasurably in speeding
return of prosperity, Sir Henri
W. A. Deterding, British oil
magnate, declared recently in
a cablegram to Senator Pitt
man. Nederding’s cable, read
in the senate by Pittman, quot
ed the views of Sir Osborne A.
Smith,, governor of the Imper
ial Bank of India, on the silver
queston as follows:
“Purchasing power can be
stimulated by the rehabilizat
ion of silver through a reason
able stabilization of its value
in relation to gold. If this
could be accomplished I feel
sure the improvement would
be immediate and lasting and
it would not be long before
surplus commodities were ab
sorbed and some measure of
prosperity restored.”
That the question of whether
the United States will not be
ultimately forced to go off the
gold standard is still and im
portant one Outside, is dis
closed in the following editor
ial statement in the February
issue of World’s Work, a very
conservative monthly publicat
ion of the great publishing
firm of Doubleday, Page &
Co.
“Wagers being laid at the
time of writing offer odds of
$ix to five that the United
A PROCLAMATION
February 22, 1932, will be the
two hundredth anniversary of
the birth of George Washing
ton. For more than one hund
, led and fifty years we have en
joyed the benefits of his
! achievements and it is appro
priate that we should observe
I this anniversary by increasing
| our knowledge of his life and
I character. ..We should, by thus
' honoring his memory, acquire
a mere comprehensive under
I standing of the great principles
I on which our institutions are
j founded and be better enabled
j to discharge our obligations as
citizens.
The President of thes United
States has designated the per
iod between February twenty
second and Thanksgiving Day,
Nineteen hundred and thirty
; two, as a time of homage and
respect to the memory of
George Washington. There
fore, I, George A. Parks, Gov
| ernor of Alaska, in conformity
therewith, do hereby invite the
i people of Alaska to participate
j in this anniversary and honor
the memory of Washington by
demonstrating our apprecia
tion for his unselfish devotion
to the service of our country.
Given under my hand and
the Seal of the Territory of
Alaska, in Juneau, the Capitol,
this 18th day of February, in
the year of our Lord One Thou
sand Nine Hundred and Thir
ty-two, and of the indepen
dence of the United States, the
One Hundred Fifty-seventh.
(SEAL) George A. Parks
Governor of Alaska
By the Governor:
Karl Thiele
Secretary of Alaska
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Peace Rail Outlet Move
Postponed Indefinitely
A Radio broadcast from Van
couver Wednesday evening
} carried an announcement ap1
■ patently from official sources
indicating indefinite postpon
mfint of the Peace River rail
! outlet project. The Herald has
! not been able to ascertain the
; full context of the statement,
, owing to poor reception at the
! time, but it appears that ob
j sections to the proposed rail
j construction are based on the
! view that there is not enough
production in the Peace area
to warrant a new outlet for
<ome years and that for the
present traffic to and from
that section can be adequately
handled over existing rail lines.
Present restricted financial
; conditions were also mentioned
as a factor in the decision to
: defer rail construction.
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M. S. Zapora Arrives
The Wills Navigation Comp
any motorship Zapora arrived
j from Seattle shortly before
noon Friday. The vessel car
ried a fair sized batch of local
i cargo, made up mainly of mer
' chandise supplies for the
stores.
, States will be off the gold
| standard within sixty days. To
i anyone familiar wth the facts
it is clear that this view has a
substantial basis. . . .Our
foreign trade is rapidly disap
pearing, and if we insist on adt
hering to the yellow standard
we shall have to adjust our
| entire tariff structure and con
Ifine ourselves t o domestic
trade.”
RECORD LIST OF
OFFICE SEEKERS
With 20 republicans and 37
democrats seeking nomination
j for Territorial offices, the
i forthcoming primary election
i promises to be oneof the most
! warmly contested in Territorial
; history. Juneau papers report
i that the filings constitute a
| record and show the hunger
: that exists for office.
Those whose names will be
' on the official ballots will in
j elude the following:
Delegate to Congress
James Wickersham, R.
I George B. Grigsby, D.
| A. H. Zeigler, D.
| Anthony J. Diamond, D.
Territorial Auditor
! Cash Cole, Ind. R.
, Percy G. Charles, R.
! H. I. Lucas, R.
I Frank A. Boyle, D.
Attorney General
Frank H. Foster, R.
John Rustgard, R.
Janies S. Truitt, D.
Highway Engineer
! Wiliam E. Hesse, D.
E. F. Wann, R.
Commissioner of Education
: W. K. Keller, R.
Anthony E. Karnes, D.
National Committeeman
Edward Rasmussen, R.
1 John T. White, R.
j John W. Frame, D.
i J. J. Connors, D.
| R. E. Hardcastle, D.
Delegates to Natl. Convention
Karl Thiele, R.
| J. II. Daves, R.
E. S. Hungerford, R.
; Will H. Chase, R.
T. A. Wakefield, D.
j Eugene Wacker, D.
; M. M. Heath, I).
John B. Rice, I).
I. T. Moran, D.
John W. Troy, D.
W. B. Kirk, D.
Harry F. Morton, D.
T. H. Deal. I).
A. A. Shonbeck, D.
| John Walmer, D.
Alternates to Natl. Convetion
I Albert White, R.
Arch. MacDonald. D.
Allan Shattuck, D.
Simon Hellenthal, D.
' C. J. Todd, D.
P. C. Mullen, D.
Divisional Senators
I J. E. Johnson, R. Ketchikan
N. R. Walker, D., Ketchikan
Divisional Representatives
Grover C. Winn, R., Juneau
H. II. Kubley, R., Ketchikan
H. P. Hanson, R., Ketchikan
F.J. Baronovich, D., Ketchikan
Joe Green, D., Hyder
j Claude Helgesen, D., Juneau
Thos. B. Judson, D., Juneau
J. W. Kehoe, D., Ketchikan
E. L. Sampson, D., Ketchikan
R. J. Peratovich, D., Klawock
Fred A. Sorri, D., Juneau.
Albert Wile, D., Juneau.
! Wrangell reports indicate
jthat Dr. Ralph N. Scruby, dent
ist, had filed there for repub
lican nomination for the House.
Scruby is an old Alaskan and
is serving his second term as
president of the Wrangell
Chamber of Commerce.
Kate Ryan Passes
Miss Kate Ryan, widely
; known Stewart resident,
| passed away in Vancouver this
morning, according to advices
; received in Stewart.
JURY FINDS WOLFLE
GUILTY ON 4 COUNTS
Trial of the Wolfle case was
concluded in the Superior court
in Seattle last Saturday and re
sulted in a jury verdict declar
ing Wolfle guilty on four of
the several counts of fraudu
lent use of the mails charged
by the government. Announce
ment of the jury’s findings was
received in radio broadcasts
from Seattle Wednesday even
ing.
Sentence of Wolfle was de
ferred by the court until March
8, the reports said.
Wolfle was charged with us
ing the mails in a fraudulent
manner in connection with his
promotion of the local Cantu
property.
Local Man Is Candidate
Joseph K. Green, pioneer lo
cal resident and mining man,
is a candidate for the demo
cratic nomination for division
al representative in the next
Territorial legislature, it be
came known here this week
with the arrival from Juneau
of complete lists of the declar
; ations of candidacy filed with
j the clerk of the district court.
Questioned regarding his
candidacy, Mr. Green informed
: the Herald that his name had
been filed by John Ronan in
connection with the democrat
ic divisional ticket and that he
had just learned of it himself.
He intends to make the race,
however, and will anounce his
platform shortly.
There are eight other candi
dates seeking the democratic
nomination for legslature, so
Mr. Green will have lots of
company in the contest.
Whether he wins or loses, he
will have the distinction of be
ing the first Hyder candidate
for legislative honors.
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Bob. McChesney Passes
Robert J. McChesney.one of
the best known early-day Alas
an printers and newspaper
men. passed away in Seattle a
few days ago after a short ill
ness. Bob, as he was known
to all, formerly owned and
published the Fairbanks Daily
News and also was associated
with Alaskan publications at
Cordova, and Valdez. At the
time of his demise he was man
ager of the Alaska Printing
Company in Seattle. He was 60
years of age.
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Plane Brings Passenger
Completing a hurried trip
'to Ketchikan and Junean, D.
L. Pitt, manager of the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company,ar
i l ived Sunday trom KetcniKan
on the Ketchikan Airways sea
I plane Noilhbird, piloted by M.
i W. Sasseen.
Mr. Pitt left here for Ketchi
kan by plane some days ago to
appear as a witness in the
district court at Ketchikan and
I
later visited Juneau.
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Mrs. M. Savovich and child
ren left on the Zapora for Jun
eau to join Mr. Savovich, who
has been in that section for
some time.
Bat.get Call For Lowered
Alaska Appropriations
The Interior Department sup
ply bill was reported in the
House January 25, by the Dem
ocratic Appropriatons com
mittee. For the fiscal year
j ending June 30, 1932, the de
partment has $69,342,606. The
budget estimate for the year
ending June 30, 1933, wai
$56,705,352. But the committ
ee has scaled this amount
down to $50,431,432. Alaska
i has been treated as follows:
j Governor’s salary last year
! $7,000, increased by legal en
jactment to $10,000. Secretary
of the Territory, salary $3,800
increased to $5,600; contin
gent expenses for Governor’s
and Secretary’s office $14,300,
increased to $17,500; Legislat
ive expenses, as usual, $46,
j 000; reindeer activities, $26,
i 900 this year, increased to
$34,300; care of insane from
$152,000 increased lo $158,
000; suppression of liquor
traffic among Indians, from
$16,200 decreased to $12,000;
Alaska Railroad, from $1,000,
1 000 to this year to $500,000,
in addition to allotment re
ceived by the railroad during
the next fiscal year. For the ed
ucation of Alaska natives the
committee recommends $690,
000, which is $109,000 less
than the current amount. For
medical relief in Alaska there
is recommen d e d $281,800.
which is $37,200 less than the
current figure. For Mekinley
National Park administration
and maintenance the present
sum of $195,00 has been in
creased by the committee to
$225,100. The usual provis
ion is made for Geological
; surveys and Land Office ex
j penses. The Secretary of the
Interior sought to have the
committee consent to giving
the Alaska Railroad authority
by the inclusion of the follow
ing words: “Operation and j
maintenance of agricultural
i experiment stations heretofore
operated by the Department
of Agriculture on the line of
! the railroad,” but this was re
! fused,
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First Avenue Structure
Succumbs to Snow
An unoccuped frame struct
ure on First Avenue near the
wireless station succumb e d
I Sunday to the weight of recent
heavy snows and insecure
foundations and toppled over
onto the tide flat with a mighty
crash. The structure was of
early day vintage and known
as the Reid building. It was
! situated almost directly oppo
site the old Harry Hogan shack
j which tumbled over early last
month. The structure was un
occupied.
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Patriotic Service
1 A special Patriotic service
1 will be held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church Sunday even
ing commencing at 7:30 p. m.
An earnest invitation is extend
ed to each one to join in the
service. If you like to sing,
here is an opportunity of help
ing. There will be special mus
ic as well as the familiar songs.
Mrs. Cross will be the speak
er.
BIG SLUMP IN
ALASKA EXPORTS
Shipments of merchandise
from Alaska to the United
States in January were the low
in value in many years, with a
total of only $339,013.
Virtually every commodity
shown in the monthly state
ment of Collector of Customs
J. C. McBride displays a
marked recession from normal
monthly figures and the total
value represented for the
month was nearly fifty per
lower than those for Decem
ber and more than a half mil
lion dollars lower than for De
cember 1930. Fish shipments
aggregated $185,645 in value;
furs and fur-skins totaled $52,
195, and copper and lead ship
ments amounted to $71,602.
Following is the list:
Animals . $ 300
Fish: fresh and froz
en (except shell-fish)
r» rv r» o
iianuui .
Salmon . 25,989
All other . 342
Canned (except shell
fish)
Salmon . 100,161
Cured or preserved,
(except shell-fish)
Cod .. 1,160
Herring. 9.448
Salmon . 50..
Shell-fish:
Clams . 2,207
Crabs . 642
Shrimps . 5,546
Furs and fur-skins
Blue fox . 25,0-1
Silver or black fox .. 6,220
Red fox. 1,165
Mink .‘. 14,668
Muskrat . 431
Beaver. 310
All other . 3,861
Manufactured furs .. 800
Ore, matte, regulus :
Copper . 65,341
Lead . 6,261
Trophies, specimens .. 875
All other articles. 2,150
Total value products
of Alaska . 3313,067
Products of United
States returned. 25,946
Total value of ship
ments of mdise.
$339,013
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Wills Company Plannng
Increased Alaska Service
The Alaska business of the
Wills Navigation Com"'-’
operating the motorship 1.,.
pora, has developed to such an
extent that it is expected an
additional ship will be placed
an the run in March, making
weekly sailings from Seattle
according to a statement pub
lished in one of the Seattle
newspapers.
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Early Reopening of
Hospital Contemplated
Efforts to reopen the Stewar
hospital at the earliest possibl.
date will be made by the hos
pital board, it was decided at
a board meeting held in Stew
art last week. Their efforts in
this direction should refe;'
possible locpl
institution ;
rict’s greatest necessities.