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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 554.
SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FRANCE HAS BIGGEST AND
BEST ARMY IN WORLD,
ASSERTS SOVIET
MOSCOW, Nov., 18, (A3)—Gov
ernment inspired Soviet press
launched a bitter attack on
Poincare and “French imperial
ism.”
The attack apparently is the
aftermath of indictments of 8
alleged counter revolutionist
publications covering “confess
ions” and negotiations of Poin
care, Briand and other Europ
ean figures for foreign interven
tion.
The Soviet semi-official Izves
tia said that “France is bound
by military agreement with Po
land and Roumania; that the
agreement is directed against
Germany and the Soviet.
“Does France wish to deny
that the French general staff
didn’t work out plans for war
against the Soviet, with Poland
and Roumania?”
The Pravda press said: “This
hyena which sleeps and dreams
of armed intervention flooding
towns and viragos of the Soviet
with blood, dares to accuse the
Soviet prosecutor invo * - • him
an- indictments ns a me .'-a o?
; an da and saving a - bid
had been made for German
becking; that Poincare vus a
•Sliylcck with France bathing in
gold and that she has the bin -
gest and best army in the world
standing by to take “its pound
of flesh” from Germany in mak
ing Germans pay indemnities.
FOB LAST
LESS THAN
PREVIOUS YEAR
Alaskan products shipped to the
States last month had a declared
value of $2,849,784, which, with
United States goods returned and
foreign products, made the gross
uutbound trade for the month
worth $3,336,341.
The value of local products was
$492,819 less than for October of
last year. Loss in canned salmon
accounted for the drop.
Copper showed a gain of $64,000.
Livestock increased from $8,000 to
$50,000 mainly in foxes. Canned
salmon declined $470,615- Fish oil
and fish meal dropped $263,444.
REELECTED PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (/F) —
Wm. P. Merrill of New York was
re-elected president of the World
Alliance for International Friend
ship.
CARRY OUT OBLIGATIONS
LONDON, Nov. 19. (/P)— The Brit
ish government is ready to carry
out its obligations under the League
mandate to both sections of the
Palestine population Premier Mac
Donald informed the House of Com
mons. He intimated, however, the
White paper might be modified.
FARRAGUT ENROUTE
SEATTLE, Nov., 19, (/P)—The
SS Admiral Farragut, of the P.
S. S. Co., sailed for Alaska today
at 10 with 58 passengers, one
reservation booked direct to Sew
ard, J. Austin.
AGAIN SPEEDS TO
DISABLED VESSEL
SWEDISH VESSEL IS TAKING
WATER; PUMPS REPORT
ED UNRELIABLE
WASHINGTON, Nov., 19, (A3)—
Radio messages said that Capt.
George Fried, hero of two ocean
rescues, took the SS America off
its course again to speed to the
rescue of the Swedish freighter
Ovidia which is said to be in a
sinking condition 400 miles south
east of Cape Race.
Captain Fried is expected to
! reach the Ovidia, of 1898 tons
j and which was bound from New
I port News to Saint Nazaire,
| France, this afternoon.
The SS America’s position was
j given as 4510 north longitude,
S 49 west, about 200 miles from the
; stricken vessel.
Captain Carl sen. of the Ovidia,
I wirelessed, “We are taking water
i in hold number 2 r.ud have a.
| hpnw list We are do’iip our best
to keep afloat but the pumps
are unreliable.”
In January, 1929, Captain Fried
: rescued 25 from the British
tramp Antince during a storm in
the North Atlantic. He recievod
the Navy cross for his heroism.
In 1929 he rescued 32 marines
! from the SS Florida in mid
Atlantic.
NO PRIVATE SYSTEM
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. (/P)—A deci
sion which, if sustained in the high
er courts, will wipe out all of New
York City’s privately owned bus
systems was handed down by the
Supreme Court. The decision for
bade the city to spend any more
funds in supervising or maintain
ing the 400 busses affected .
VIENNA, Nov. 19. (A5) — Results
of the Austrian general elections
up to a late hour indicated that
the Socialist pary had maintain
ed is position and that the at
tempt of Heimwehr to obtain
control through Parliamentary
majority had failed
Two central parties comprising
the so-called Schober bloc had ap
parantly gained two mandates.
Heimwehr candidates in the dis
ricts where they ran were unsup
ported by the Christian Socialists
and failed to succeed obtaining
a single mandate and Prince Star
liemberg, their leader, failed to
elect his candidates in his native
province of Upper Austria.
The position of the government
t is essentially left as befjpre the
election.
THESE STURDT INTERS
1ST HE HO
FiOHS ‘MOOSE MILK’
PHILLIPSBURGH, Mont. Nov.
igf —Three hunters, a little worse
for liquor, went into the hills to
hunt deer.
Finally they sighted four cows
in a farmer’s pasture. The cows
had horns.
“They look like deer,” said one.
‘They must be deer,” hiccoughed
another.
“They are deer,” opined the
third. “They have horns. Shoot
’em.”
All four of the cows were drop
ped. the carcasses hung on trees
to drain. The farmer, attracted by
the shooting investigated- He
found one of the hunters walking
down the road. The man confided
they had “just killed four big
bucks.”
SP1SH imiiL
MS COKTIIE
SEVILLE, Spain, Nov., 19, OP)
—A general strike has been call
ed and disorders followed im
mediately when strikers and po
lice clashed. Two wore wounded.
The strikers visited the shops
and factories and dragged out
work]
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w;:.ieh were
conductor.
The strike was i 'ax d d and
apparently is in m ' v hi
earlier strikes at .1 a id, B..r
celonia and Valent la.
BERLI, Nov- 19. (/P)—The spokes
man for the Reichstag Foreign Re
lations committee emphatically
denied the preparation of a record
of Germany’s reparation payments
to former enemy countries means
an attempt is to be made to evade
further payments as reported.
The compilation of the record is
merely routine step due to ex
piration of the present Reichstag
and the coming of the new body it
was explained.
SHORT TERM NOTES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (JF) —
Continuing the current finan
ing of the Treasury Department
through the issuance of short
term notes Secretary Mellon call
ed for tenders 125 billion dollars,
91 day bills. Interest rates will be
about one and one half per cent.
MORE DEMOCRATIC
LONDON, Nov. 19. (A3)—With
every indication of concord Gen
eral Edward Higgins opened the
world conference of commission
ers of the Salvation Army which
will consider the best means of re
vising the constitution of the or
ganization to effect a more demo
cratic method of rule.
REJECT CANADIAN OFFER
LONDON, Nov. 19. (A3)—The Brit
ish government definitely rejected
:he Canadian offer of reciprocal
empire tariff preferences advanced
by Prime Minister Bennett at the
Imperial Conference.
CfilPTlBir :
FOGS BUT BOUTS
BEACHED SAFELY
CAPTAIN AND FEW MEMBERS
OF CREW STUCK TO THE
SHIP
LISBON, Portugal, Nov., 19, (A3)
—Riding in thick barriers of fog,
lifeboats carrying 550 passengers
and crew from the British SS
Highland are at sea and hope
to reach shore safely.
The steamer went aground on
the black cliffs of Berlengas, off
Portugal, this morning. The only
casualty was a Spanish emigrant
who fell in the sea and was ser
iously injured.
The Highland is owned by the
Nelson Navigation Company and
was en route from London to
Buenos ’Aii'es.” TlTe' ve?::el Is '1 COD'D
tons and was built last year.
Her holds are foocled and the
vessel was sinking when the or
der was given to take to the life
boats.
Inter: All boats reached shore
safely. Efforts to float the High
land were unsuccessful. The skip
new stuck with the ship until
11 hone was abandoned.
CONSTTTTJTIONAL RIGHTS
PIC DE JANEIRO, Nov. 19. (JP)—
The new provisional government of
iPazii issued a decree dissolving
Fede and Elate Cougre ; ;S and
suspending conctitnticnal rights.
AIRED BY LIBERALS
LONDON. Nov. 19. (JP)— Aid from
the Liberals again enabled the
MacDonald government to escape
defeat in the House of Commons
when a majority of the Liberals
refrained from voting to permit the
passage of the school age bill.
INI ROUND TABLE
CONFAB UNDER If
LONDON, Nov. 19. (JP) — The
long awaited Round Table Confer
ence on India wil get under way
in the Royal Gallery of the House
of Lords with King George deliv
ering the opening speech.
Immediately after the King re
tires it is planned to have Pre
mier J- R. MacDonald elected pre
sident of the Conference.
Srinevasa Sastri, representing the
Hindus of India and M. A. Jinnah,
representnig the Moslems will al
so make speeches. After this formal
session 80 or more candidates will
adjourn to St. James to start
deliberations which are expected
to last well into the New Year.
LIBERAL PARTY WHIP
LONDON, Nov. 19. (JP)—Sir Archi
bald Sinclair was named chief LL
beral party whip to succeed Ro
bert Hutchison who resigned.
SM1MIY TO
PASSING BUCK IS
GENEVA PASTIME
PROPOSAL FAILS TO SATISFY
FEW OF THE SMALLER
POWERS
GENEVA, Nov., 18, (/P)—The
preparatory disarmament com
mittee adopted the first article
of the naval armament section
drafted at the convention pro
viding for total limitations and
reduction of tonnage.
The commission is proceeding
to seek agreement on the next
two articles which provide limit
ation categories and the right to
transfer percentage of tonnage
from one category to another.
The provisions parallel the
London treaty.
The Russian delegation suc
ceeded in getting insertion of a
provision for reduction of the
Well’s limitation.
Maxim Litvinoff found him
: (if with a majority for the first
tim° s:nce the session opened.
nitisot Tiritwh. of the French
-delegation, joined in agreeing
to the Soviet proposal but was
unable to agree how to satisfy
; smaller powers.
The commission entrusted the
' problem for study to a cemmit
I toe comprising Russia, Japan,
■ Sweden* Spain and Greece.
j NEW YORK, Nov. 19. —Drunks
I plain and drunks fancy, drunks
I stewed, boiled and hard-boiled,
drunks exhilerated, intoxicated,
inebriated and piflicated, drunks
; who drive and even drunks who
; fly, have been served across court
benches in a dry and immediate
past-. But probably for the first
time a docket of the country has
carried a charge aimed at drunk
| en hunters.
Two hunters have been convict
ed in Michigan under what is po
pularly known at the ‘drunken
hunter law, says the reports
received by officials of the Ameri
can Game Protective Asociation.
This law, enacted by the 1929 Le
gistlature, was said to be a part
of a general movement among the
game commissioners and sports
men’s organizations to impress the
necessity of more careful hunting
under modern conditions.
Two hunters of Saginaw pleaded
guilty to ‘carrying firearms while
under the influence of liquor’. They
were each fined $10 and court costs,
and their shotguns confiscated.
NEW CRUISER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (/P) -
The Navy Department gave every
indication that it was about to ac
ceed to the request of Northern
California that a new cruiser to
be built in the Mare Island Naval
Yard be named San Francisco when
it became known that orders had
been isued to find a new name for
the present San Francisco.