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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
BEHRENDS TELLS .OF CONDITIONS IN STATES NOW
Trade and Finance Adjust Themselves to Pres
 ent Situation

Trade and finance are adjust ing themselves to present economic conditions, and what changes oc- cur in the future will be gradual, ' was the opinion expressed by B. M. Behrends of this city, pioneer mer- chant and banker of Alaska, who returned home last night on the steamship Yukon from a business trip of six weeks to the States. While away he made his longest visits in Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco, meeting with prominent commercial and financal leaders.
 No Immediate Change
 The impression gained in con- versations with merchants and bankers is that business views the present situation as normal, in the sense that no marked change in the immediate future can be eX- pected. Merchants must purchase stocks on the basis of present sales, and must make their expense of operation correspond with their current income.
 Tn the realm of finance, stocks are being judged on their merits as income producers at the present time and from the viewpoint of investment rather than in spec ulative way Bonds are appraised from the standpoint of security in- stead of interest rate. This condi- tion with reference to stocks and bonds vii continue to obtain, l think. The speculative era for them has passed.
 Hopeful Over Hoover's Plan
 Financial circles are somewhat optimistic over President Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, recently organized with Charles G. Dawes at the head of it; but as a general proposition bankers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
FREE TRADE IS ALL OFF
 IN ENGLAND
House of Commons Passes Ten Per Cent Duty
 Measure

LONDON, Feb. 26.-The swan song of British free trade was sung in the House of Commons last night when it passed by vote of 442 to 62 the bill imposing ten per cent duty on imports into Great Britain, with certain excep- tions.
 The bill will be passed auto matically by the House of Lords by next Monday and then go to the King for Royal consent.
 The bill becomes effective Tues day.
 A number of ships have raced to English ports during the past sev- en days to get their cargoes un- loaded before the new duty takes effect.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
BEZ ARRIVES ON BRIEF
 TRIP; WILL RETURN SOON

Nick Beg, part owner and Gen. eral Manager of Peril Strait Pack ing Company at Todd, and Presi- dent of the Alaska Chichagof Min ing Company that is developing a highly promising lode gold prospect on Chichagof Island, arrived here today from Seattle. He will re- main until early next week, return ing then to his home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
TWO AvIATORS FORGED DO W N,
 FROZEN LAKE
Graham and Mrs. Christof- ferson Located by
 Searching Pilot
HAVE BEEN MISSING
 SINCE FEBRUARY Is
Fuel Supplied to Plane Flight Is Resumed to
 Atlin Yesterday

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 26.- William R. Graham and Mrs. Edna Christofferson, missing since Mon day, February IS, on their hop from Hazelton to Atlin, enroute from the States to the Arctic, arrived at Atlin yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
 Pilot S. E. McMillan wired this Information last night to Major D. R. MacLaren, Assistant c eneral Manager of the Canadian Airways. McNIillan had been sent out from Atlin to search for the missing pair by the Canadian Airways.
 Plane Forced Down
 The Graham plane was forced down on the afternoon of February Is on frozen lake about 40 miles east of Atlin, on account of lack of gasoline.
 Pilot McMillan located the strand ed couple three hours after leaving Atlin yesterday morning Neither Graham nor Mrs. Christofferson were much the worse for their so- journ in the British Columbia wild erness although they had suffered considerably from the cold.
 Fly to Atlin
 After McMillan had refuelled the Graham plane, Graham and Mrs. Christofferson took off from the lake, accompanied by McMillan in his plane, and flew to Atlin.
 Graham and his companion will remain at Atlin for few days be- fore hopping off for Fairbanks, en- route to Nome and the Arctic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
ARE PLEDGED
 FOR HOOVER

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 26.-The Republican State Committee has adopted a resolution recommending the New Jersey delegation to the Republican National Convention be pledged for Hoover.
 The repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment resolution was dis cussed for three hours then the committee members said they would not embarrass the President by repeal plank which was based on the views of the late Senator Morrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
Farm Organizations Urge
 100 Per Cent '. s. Capital
 for NeiU Rural Credit Firms

will submit amendments making it possible for the Secretary of Agri- culture to lend individuals for the purpose of cl eating farm credit organizations the full amount Of capital they will need up to at least S1 900.
 This is in contrast to the pro- posal by Nils A. Olsen, chief of the bureau of agricultural economics. that the revolving fund be 5000, 900 and the Secretary authorized to lend up to 50 per cent of the capital of credit agencies.
 It is the Farm Bureaus position that rural communities most need-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
HOUSE VETS
 NEARING COAL

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26.- The House Vets are within grasp ing distance of forcing a vote for the State control of liquor amend ment. A petition with 108 names has been signed to force the vot- ing, leaving only 37 signatures nec- essary. Fifty-seven Democrats and 51 Republicans have signed the petition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
SNOW SLIDE
 BURIES FOUR
 WORKING MEN
Avalanche Comes Down Along Railroad Res
 cue Party Digging

MOUNT VERNON, Washington Feb. 26.-One hundred men today resumed the attack on snow slide along the Seattle Railroad to the power plant on Skagit River to rescue or recover bodies of four men caught in an avalanche of snow yesterday.
 The men entombed by the snow slide are:
 Harold Brown, aged 27, mar ried, Carl Nelson, aged 27, Melvin J. Sherwood, aged 37, and Gus Ryan, aged 62.
 Sam Opray and Leo Prabucki were rescued late yesterday after noon after having been buried for several hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
KARL THEILE TO LEAVE
 TOMORROW FOR SEATTLE

Enroute to Seattle on a business trip, Karl Theile, Secretary of AL aska and owner of the Diamond K. Packing Company, will leave tomorrow morning on the steam ship Princess Norah. He will be absent about two weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
10 PERSONS
 LOSE LIVES

CALCUTTA, Feb. 26. = Seventy persons are believed to have been drowned as the result of the cap- sizing of a motor launch in the Hocghly River. Thirty persons were rescued. The launch was carrying workers to a factory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
aid down in search for it.

laid down in search for it.
 Tales of the valley of gold were first recorded by the Russian gov- ernment which formerly occupied Alaska. Indians arrived at the capital Sitka, with pockets and pouches bulging with gold mug gets and flakes,
 The Indians spent freely and boasted of having an unlimited supply at their source. The Rus sian traders got it away from tha Indians fast by selling them trin- kets. The Indians would disappear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
SEARCH FOR SHIP

SEATTLE, Feb 26.-A ghostly treasure ship squeezed between great hummocks of ice is the lure that has drawn a woman and a man on a 2,500 mile flight over tundra and mountain to the tWi- light of the Arctic.
 The danger of forced landings on mountainside of jagged ice blocks; the belief of some men familiar with the Arctic ice pack that the vessel is at the bottom of the ocean; the assertions of the ships owners that furs on board are
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
RETURNS TO
 ANCHORAGE FROM SOUTH

B. H. Barndollar, chief of the Accounting Department of the AL aska Railroad, visited here today while the Yukon was in port. He is enroute to his headquarters in Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
5 KILLED IN SLIDE

SEATTLE, Feb. 26. - An earth slide killed George Johnson and his four sons when it carried their home down the hillside near Is- saquah early this morning.
 The bodies of two of the boys have been recovered and workmen are continuing a search for the others.
 Hundreds of tons of earth lock ed and then closed around the house early today The slide was caused by rains and mild weather.
 Numerous other slides are re- ported in the foothills and along rivers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
COMMERCE VALUED A BILLION

PHILADELPHIA = The water borne commerce of the port of Philadelphia is estimated to com prise about 30 million tons an- nually with value exceeding one billion dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
NEW BATTLE IS UNDERWAY
 AT KIANCWAN
Artillery, Machine Gun and Rifle Fire Employ
 ed Tn Fighting
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
 VICTORIES TODAY
Chinese Report Short of Ammunition = Gen.
 Chang on Way

SHANGHAI, Feb 26 = A fierce battle in which artillery. machine gun and rifle fire is employed rag ed today at Kiangwan.
 Both sides claimed the advantage in the days fighting.
 The Chinese late yesterday suc- ceeded in busting the Japanese and continued gains today.
 The Japanese claim they have again surrounded Kiangwan but military observers are inclined to doubt these claims.
 The Chinese reported the head quarters at Hangchow, 100 miles southwest, have been bombed.
 The Chinese are reported getting short of ammunition but from re- liable sources it is said, however that General Chiang Kai Shek is enroute from Nanking with rein forcements and ammunition.
 Reports from Tokyo said a full Army Corp vii be here soon. Two divisions are now enroute and others are preparing to follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
PoWERs MAKE DEMANDS

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 26.-Ameri- can, British, French and Italian Ambassadors called at the Foreign Office today and presented notes from their governments that the Japanese do their utmost to keep military operations out of the In- ternational Settlement at Shanghai.
 The Ambassadors called separate ly and presented their memoran- dunn, which while not identical, al though similar, are understood to express appreciation if Japan will keep the International Settlement clear of fighting.
 It is understood the Ambassadors also asked that warships of the Japanese be moved so Chinese shells will not endanger foreign land. troops outside the Interna~ tional Settlement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
CLOSING PRICES, TO-DAY

NEW YORK, Feb. 26-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14, American Can 66A, Anaconda 9ss, Bethlehem Steel 219s, Wright 1A, Fox Films 3a4, General Motors 21as, h. ternational Harvester 23a4, Kenne- colt g, Packard Motors 37s, United States Steel ATS, Bunker Hill, no sale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
STOCK PRICES
 FAIL TO GET
 INTO ADVANCE
Session Is Extremely Dull with Less than Mil
 lion Turnover

NEW YORK, Feb 26.-The Stock Market tried to edge higher today but advances around one point were largely eliminated. There was some selling in the last hour and few shares closed about one point lower. The turnover was less than 1.000,- 900 shares.
 American Telephone and Tele- graph, United States Steel and American Can lost around one point today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-26
RECAPTURE OF RUSSIA SEEMS
 TO BE SCHEME
Demand M ade for Troop Trains Arouses Much
 Apprehension
RUSSIA SEES PLAN
 FOR NEW CONFLICT
Moscow Asks for Full In. formation New
 Alliance Reported

MOSCOW, Feb. 26.-The Soviet Government has demanded an ex- planation following the request from the Japanese for troop trains on the Chinese Eastern Railway charg- ing that in reality the troops are expected to be sent to the Soviet border"
 The Soviet Government said the request has been made under a pretext of defending the lives of Japanese at Pogranichni."
 The Soviet statement said the Japanese have "be-leagued" White Russians in Manchuria and the Jap anese are protecting the activities of the White Russians as plans are made to recapture Russia.
 WHITE RUSSIANS RECRUITED
 MUKDEN, Feb. 26.-A Manchur- ian group of 150 White Russians has been recruited as train guards on the Feng Tein Shanhaikwan Railroad and this is considered here as the probable source of advices that the Japanese are re- cruiting White Russians to aid in the reported invasion of Siberia. The Japanese said the reports are fantastic.
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Evening star., 1932-01-31

throat Reggie was staring at huge bulk
that swung in the stair well. He recolled a
step crouching and his eyes narrowed. His
first thought was that the bulk intended to
spring at him. The reporter took long
breath and exhaled noisily. man was hang
ing in front of him. Bound at ankles, knees
and wrists, corpse dangled from rope that
ran up a heavy plank which had been
thrown across the railing running around
three sides at the top of the stair well The
plank had been so placed, forward on the
railing, that the victim swung clear of all the
steps as he hung there
Looks like a job was Reggies verdict of
finality. Gngerly. he slid past the gruesome
thing and up the steps behind it,
Cant have been here long" he muttered.
The body was still warm. Then his rowing eye
noticed there was sling under the arms of
the dead man, and this had long trail to 1t.
From the manner in which he had been trussed
and roped, it was impossible for the case to be
suicide.
DROWLINCi around upstairs he found an
| empty bottle and two glasses. They were
at opposite sides of table and the quart, from
the smell, had been recently filled with moon
shine. On the floor, back of an upturned
chair the reporter found a sock and, in a
corner, a dented piece of soap. 1t was clear
that combined, they had been very effective
blackjack.
After scrutinizing everything, he returned to
the lower floor and called Slosser. While wait
ing for the policeman to come, Reggie ferreted
around outside with his fashlight in regular
Old Hawkshaw fashion, but found nothing. 1t
was too dry for footprints. Nothing seemed to
have been disturbed.
Then Slosser came with two officers and they
lowered the dead man to the floor. His be-
longings were undsturbed. There a little
money in the pockets and his watch was
running. Empty pay envelopes were made to
Patrick Clancy. Had they been planted there
for a purpose? Slosser was sure this was
Clancy Reggie was not
"If had butted in half an hour earlier"
began Reggie.
you'd have caught them together and
this would not have happened" concluded
Slosser grimly
II can't understand why the guy who did
it went to all this trouble" puzzled the
reporter.
somebody who knew Clancy, friend,
whom Clancy did not fear, did the trick"
came from the chief.
"All this tying planning, hauling must have
Evening star., 1932-01-31

taken time" The reporter was thinking aloud.
Whoever did it, knew he had all night for
the job. Nobody comes out here, after dark.
But bang or two with one Of these wrencheS,
or a marline spike, would have done the work
and saved all this elaborate horror The killer
must have been crazy drunk, or dope" The
chief scratched his chin in perplexity. The
way get it is this Some bird, whom Clancy
knew, brought this booze. When he got the
watchman drunk, he knocked him out with
the soap in the sock. Then he tied him up,
put that plank the well just in the right
place, got rope round Clancy's neck and,
with that towline under his arms. pulled
Clancy to the edge of the stairs and pushed
him clear, to swing
He must have had nerve to go downstairs,
past the dying man, after he swung him
clear" thought Reggie.
He might have gone downstairs before he
hauled him into the we'll The towline's long
enough" ended the chief. I'D better call the
coroner I've got other things to do
With a big canvas they covered the dead
man the floor.
You ran into story, after ALL" grinned
the chief at Reggie, "and one I didn't know
had broken. You're a hoodoo but some good
reporter How'd ye know hell would break
loose in Planeport? And what do you know
about this Clancy, anyway?"
IF he's the Clancy I mean he's got a wife
in Heidelberg Heights
Un nun! L MAKE IlLS DlIu, lOW. uStu
to pound a beat on the Heights years ago"
The old officer, feet apart, hands on hips,
arms akimbo cap tilted back on his head,
continued
IF it's the same, he some man in his
time Always fought laughing. Never started
scrap but finished in a hundred-best man.
I begin to remember"
Jog up what you call brains" interjected
Reggie. II want to know"
Because he was Irish, the Dutchmen on
the Heights did not like him. The girls did.
Fine figure of man, with laugh as big as
he was himself in those days"
"If your mind dent clog you'll get clue
yet" chaffed Reggie. TRY hard to think"
This Clancy I'm talking of was after Just
one girl. She was picture, too. All the young
Dutch bloods were trailing her. But this bird,
if it's the same was a sooner. There before
the ruck They did everything to him, trying
to keep him off the Heights and away from
her Took the nut eff his buggy wheel, SOS
his horse ran of with him and her. But he
could manage wild horses with one hand. Cut
his traces and left him stuck with his girl
Evening star., 1932-01-31

HE leaned against the window panes
staring vacantly at the continuous
driz2le. It's mournfulness seemed to
have seeped into her being. AS her
daughter came into the room, MIS-.
Clancy dropped to the puttering' the
Evening star., 1932-07-29
Veteran Pays Tribute
To Gen. ClassfOrC'
tn the Editor CT The Sta.

10 the Editor CI lHt Ot~''
While showing some friends from New
JERSEY the buildings which the bonus
men were holding against orders Thurs
day, l happened to be 10 fest away
from the hut where Gen. Glassford
stood. ducking bricks, stones and clubs.
and if any che of the stones thrown
had hit him, it no doubt would have
killed him. But he stood back of that hut
and made efforts by sticking his head out
between the throwing of stones to stop
the mob. While five other policemen
were fighting for their lives, Glassford,
with nothing but his voice, stood and
faced this angry mob, who were out to
kill. He managed to stop this killing
mob. Had it not been for G'assford
many would have been killed, because
the mob had beaten and forced back
the police and had a start, and any
one in its way would have been struck
down and killed
AS a disabled American veteran in
good standing at Madison, N. j.. and
one who favors the full payment of
the bonus, I cannot but express my
deep feeling for Gen. GlaSsford for
stopping single-handed the first riot
ing and facing a mob who were crying
Let's kill them" Three thousand
angry men at once took up this cry, and
five policemen fell after using means to
protect themselves, but Glassford stood
his ground and faced these men and
turned their minds from killing to eat
ing. No wonder men follow such lead
erS. My hat is of to Glassford.
No decoration is too good for what
he did single-handed-the saving of life
and property from an angry mob of
5000 out to kill. JACK LINDERMAN.
Evening star., 1932-07-29
Sympathy for Federal
Workers Is DeplOred
To the Editor of The Star:

Won't you please stop printing all
this pitying pabulum about the poor
Government workers? It is positively
sickening Other workers have had
their wages cut to the bone and because
these SNUG citizens have had small
cut they howl as if they were the only
ones that had suffered at all. Other
workers have been lucky to retain half
Of their former salaries and the job it
self, but though the Government
workers have their jobs, in the main,
and suffer only slight reduction they
are prosecuted and singled out for
punishment" It's the worst of pifIie!
I've seen many of these people at work
and I'll tell you this: Plenty Of them
don't earn half they are paid for I
worked in the 1880 census and while
our section chiefs were driving US tenn
porary clerks to attain a top speed, the
permanent clerks about took things
easy. A little work, long rests, leaning
back in chairs in the rest rooms, little
more work, then go homel Many Of
them married, with husbands earning
good salaries, admittedly working for
luxuries that even their husbands good
salaries could not compass. These
things in the shape of separate cars, fur
coats, diamonds, solid silver sets, etc.
Thus they manage that many families
draw from $4,000 to S25000 from the
Government for very little work Of
doubtful value, while many others who
are Just as capable Of filling those po-
sitions as they are unemployed.
If such things have to go on, at least
please stop feeling sorry for them!
CORA j. GITCHELL.
Evening star., 1932-07-29

wholly free Of blemish. 1t has been
marked by some mistakes. But Uncle
Sam has carved no Manchoukuo out of
the heart of Mexico. Nicaragua or
a Haiti. and set up no Latin American
Mr.. Pu-Yi as president" or ordered
American troops to make war on
bandits" who dare to resent the sepa-
ration Of a territory holding thirty mil
lion people from their cotntry's sover-
cign domain.
If the successive actions of the
United States in Central America and
the adjacent Caribbean had f1outed
world rights and world covenants as
Japan has done since the inception Of
the Manchurian adventure last Sep
tember, it should expect and deserve the
condemnation of the world. That it
has never experienced it, as Japan did,
is a circumstance of itself that diS-
poses of DR.. Nitobes theory that the
United States taught his people the
art of turning international treaties
into scraps of paper.
Evening star., 1932-07-29

agent, that Sherwood's accounts were
not his own accounts and that he had no
beneficial interest in them, and under
these circumstances" he says, 'it is abb
surd to expect me to say anything about
them" He sweeps aside the suggestion
that he prcfted by the enterprise Of
taxicab and bus promoters who benz
flied by actions of the municipal or
ganization. Finally, he says:
Since the day of my birth I have
lived my life in the open. Whatever
shortcomings 1 have are known to
every one-but disloyalty to rny native
city, official dishonesty or corruption
form no part of these shortcomings. 1t
Is sound American doctrine that the
Will OF the people as expressed by their
votes Is not TO be brushed aside to
satisfy prejudice, craving for pub
hcity or personal dislike of political
compliments. Executive action for the
removal of an elective public official
must rest upon a solid foundation Of
evidence, conclusive in nature-and un-
tainted in source. The record submit
ted by the compliments completely
fails to meet these requirements.
1t was Gov. Roosevelt's hope that
the Walker case" would be disposed
of early. 1t was indeed his desire to
meet and discharge the responsibility
Of decision before the nominating con-
vention at Chicago. 1t is now the be-
lief that he will not be through with
it before the 18th or Goth Of August,
which viii bring it well into the middle
of the campaign. The mayor has made
an undeniably strong response to the
charges, has put up a shrewd and ca
pable defense. The Governor may find
in that defense grounds for dismissal
Of the charges, which politically will
be in harmony with the apparently re-
stored good feeling between Albany and
Tammany Hall. But there is wider
field of possible rcpcrcussion than that
which lies below the Bronx and that
field is well filled with people who may
not be persuaded by the mayors 10000
words of his innocence of the charges
which he now faces.