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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 233.
SEWARD, ALASIL... TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
REND SUSIES
DYING GIRL CRAWLED TC
STAIRWAY WHERE FAM
ILY FOUND HER
SOUTHBEND, Ind., Sept., 16
—Another girl murder as as
txocious and unprovoked and ap
parently as barren of clues a;
, the murder of Marverine Ap
pel aged seven, three week:
ago. transformed Southbend in
to a city of agitated citizenrj
who are calling upon the law foi
a quick arrest and punishment
of the slayers.
So quick and silent was the
horrible murder that three othei
children asleep in the same
room, one of them in them be
side her in the bed, "Were una
ware of it until a few minutes
later when the thumping 'girl’i
body on the stair way w to whicl
the dying girl had crawled
awakened the household.
Two young men who had beer
paying her attention were ques
tioned by the police. No cluej
have developed.
WINSLW, Arizona. Sept. 15. —It
is reported that exploration ' ork is
scheduled to shortly he renewed b>
the Meteor Crater Exploration and
Mining Co. with the idea in view o!
sinking to 1.400 feet and as mujh
farther as necessary.
Shaft sinking was doing very
nicely until about a yAar ago when
a large volume of water was en
countered at around 800 feet, nec
essitating the installation of more
powerful engines and pumping
equipment, A great meteor said tc
f rrned of precious metals is beir g
xoloited in this work.
H TENNIS KING
FOREST HILLS, N. Y., fiept,
5. (fp)—Johnny Doeg of Santa
Monica, Calif., is the new' ten
nis k/jjfig of America. He beat
Prank Shields of New York on
Saturday in the finals of the
national singles.
It was a dramatic match and
ended by the scores 10-8; 1-6;
:- 4; 16-14.
Young Doed eliminated “Big”
Bill Tilden on Friday.
WINS TITLE 3rd TIME
PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 15, (/P)
*- —Sarah Palfrey beat Helen Mar
lowe to wan the National Girls’
Tennis title for the third con
secutive year.
V. S. RIFLES VICTORS
CAMP PERRY, Ohio. Sept, 15,
PP)—The United States rifle
ream defeated England for the
Yard Dewar trophy; score 7,840
v 7,839.
BERMUDA WON
LARCHMONT. N. Y, Sept., 15,
, 4 >'—The Bermuda Six Meter
Yachting Club beat the United
States by 11 and one-quarter
. .pints to nine and one-quarter.
OFFICER RELEASED
! LIMA, Sept., 15, (yP)--Lient.
Comclr. Harold B. Grow of the U.
S. Naval Reserve, held by the Per
uvian authorities since the over
throw of the Leguia government,
was said by the newspapers La
j Prensa to have been released.
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! HIKES SECOND PACE
U. S. S. CANE, off the Amer
! ica Cup Course, Sppt., 16. (JP)—
; i The American yacht won the
second race against the British
; challenger, Shamrock, which
was almost ten minutes behind
the Enterprise which was three
miles in the lead at the end.
Out-maneuvered, the Sham
rock and it’s British tars ap
peared clumsy in comparison to
the fast-stepping Yanks.
SHOULD STAY UP
TREE REST OF HIS DAYS
COER de Laine, Ida., Sept., 15,
(TP)—Elmo Wildox, who skinned up
a pine tree near here 48 days ago
in order to get out of taking a
piano lesson, and then remained
there to escape the consequences,
! apparently is the chief claimant
of the world’s tree setting endur
ance record, although it seems
hardly likely that he will remain
j the champion sitter very long, with
the numerous sitters in forests
and fields.
DOUBLE TAXATION
PARIS, Sept., 15. (TP/ —Franco
American negotiations for a double
taxation treaty weie suspended
temporarily, apparently due to the
lack of a definite French position.
SUPPORT STATE LAWS
CHICAGO, Sept., 15, (TP)— Cook
County Democrats declared for
support of State laws on prohibi
tion and the repeal of the 18th
amendment.
ON LAST VOYAGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.. 15,
(TP)—The “Star of Alaska,” one of
the old sailing vessels in the
fleet of the Alaska Packers As
sociation, is being towed by the
steamer Kvichak from Alaska
and upon its arrival here will
be laid up here. The future
packers business in Alaska will
be handled by stea mvessels.
REJECT SCHEME
NEW YORK, Sept., 15, (TP)—The
International Lawyers Association
definitely rejected the scheme for
inclusion of the Kellogg-Briand
proposals in the recodified plan
governing the conduct of nations
on the high seas during war.
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Cities
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BROMLEY MIL
CONTINUE EFFORT
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BROKEN GASOLINE FEED
PIPE FACTOR RETURN
JAPAN BASE
TANABE, Japan, Sept., 16. (/P)
—Still defying the series of
misfortunes preventing him from
flying the Pacific, Bromley told
the Rengo News Agency repor
ter that he would continue in
his efforts to span the Pacific
to Tacoma by airplane.
Bromley said a broken gaso
J line feed-pipe was the decisive
! factor which caused him to turn
j back and added “adverse ele
! ments” contributed.
The broken feed-pipe was first
noticed late Sunday off Karncha
ka Peninsula and gasoline be
gan spraying him, chafing his
face and inflaming his eyes.
Gatty and he alternated at the
controls while suffering great
discomfort.
A physician examined his
eyes but found no permanent
injury.
The plane escaped serious in
jury when it plowed into the
dirt but it will require several
days to dig the plane out.
The fliers estimated that their
gas wmuld have lasted to Dutch
Harbor.
In the San Francisco Dollar
Line radio station a message
was received from the President
Taft saying Bromley would again
attempt the flight just as soon
1 as sufficient supplies of gasoline
are sent.
NEBRASKA PLAIN
GENEVA, Sept, 15. (/P)—Oresta
men believed to have lived in Ne
braska five or ten thousand years
ago are sought by the University
of Nebraska this year.
A university party under the dir
ection of Dr- W. D, Strong, pro
fessor of anthropology, has set out
for eastern and southern Nebras
ka. They are cooperating with the
Smithsonian Institution.
Five hundred years ago canni
balism was practiced near Murry
in Cass county- Split and charred
remains of human bones are found
on dwelling sites there.
Fifteen, feet below the present
surface near Murry an extensive
village site has been revealed by
the cutting of a creek. There are
two sites, one above the other, se
parated by two feet of water borne
clay. Dr. Strong estimates the age
of these villages at about 500 years.
He assigns an age of 5,000 to
10,000 years to a site on the Platte
river near the city of Ashland.
Fossilized bones and crude flint
instruments indicate human habi
tation here.
TOMMY DEFEATS GENE
FLUSHING, N. Y„ Sept., 15, (/Pi
—Tommy Armour of Detroit
dropped a 14-foot putt onto the
36th green to win the Ameri
can professional golfers asso
ciation’s championship from
Gene Sarazen of New York. W.
Hagen, former title holder was
eliminated in the local qualify
ing rounds several weeks ago.
TRY SMUGGLE DRESSES
I NEW YORK, Sept., 15, (A5)—An j
Attempt to smuggle in Parisian
dress creations by removing mod-;
iste’s lables and passing dresses i
off as old ones, cost Mrs. Anna
Scheer and Miss Francis Fenton
j $650 in fines and duties.
1108 OF DETROIT
tSKSJOII RECOUNT
DETROIT, Sept., 16, (/P)—
The inauguration of Mayor-elect
Murphy was delayed for at least
10 days when Mayor Bowles filed
a petition for a recount.
The special mayoralty elect
ion took place last Tuesday.
It is estimated that it will
take at least 10 d^s to make
the recount. The official tabu
lated vote gave Murphy 106,000
thousand and Bowles 92,000.
I ALBANY, N. Y. Sept, 15, (&)■—
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of
New York, mentioned recently as
a possible Demo presidential
candidate for 1932 .announced hu
advocacy of repeal of the
the 13th amendment and the sui»
| situation for the amendment of
la federal statute which wo'nd give
to the individual states the rigl"n of
: control of liquor.
NEW PRICE WAR
NEW YORK. Sept-, 15, UP)—'The
price of gasoline in the metropol
tan area was reduced two cents by
the Standard Oil Co., of New York
land all other big oil concerns fol
lowed its lead in a new price war.
COPPER IMPORTS
j Imports of copper in unmanu
factured lor minto the United
States in July totaled 25,985 tons,
against 27,890 in June and 22.294 in
May, the American bureau of metal
statistics reports
ANGLO IRAK TREATY
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept., 15, (/P)
—Thirteen persons were reported
to have been killed and 35 injured
in a riot -outside the government
offices at Sulaiment Iak. Rioting
I was caused by the Kurds’ dissatis
faction with the new Anglo Irak
treaty.
TO SOUTH AFRICA
LONDON, Sept., 15, (/P)—Ralph
Totten, first American minister to
South Africa, presented his cre
; dentials to the Eearl of Athlone,
I Governor-General.
FOUR KILLED
GEORGETOWN. Texas, Sept., i
15, (JP)—Four were killed and a
fifth is believed to be fatally
injured when a Missouri-Kansas,
Texas passenger train struck a
: light sedan on a grade crossing.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cousins and
1 two small children were killed
! and another boy injured.
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GOV. FAVORS REPEAL
WASHINGTON, Sept., 15. (/P>—
■New ferment was poured into the
cauldron of prohibition debate by
the results of primaries in 10 states
during the past few days. The
anti-prohibition cause received an j
encouraging impluse also from
Governor Roosevelt of New York, j
who after a two year silence on the
question, came out favoring repeal
of the 18th amendment with sub- |
stitution of a statute granting each!
state control of intoxicating liquor. •
PALMER WILL BRING OXEN
TO SEWARD ENROUTE
FAIRBANKS
NEW YORK, Sept., 16, (JF>~
A herd of 34 young mask oxen
shipped from Greenland via
Norway, under direction of the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, arrived on the SS Bergen -
sfjord on their way to Alaska to
replenish their kind.
E. A. Preble, of the Bureau of
Biological Survey, Washington,
D. C., brought the animals over.
L. J. Palmer, chief of the
bureau’s reindeer experiment
station near Fairbanks, met the
ship. After a short quarantine
theanimals will be sent to Fair
banks by way of Seattle and
Seward in care of Palmer.
The animals will be kept in
| a large enclosure similar to
' their natural range, for study.
GRAFT. C0HPTI1
ALLEGED UNCOVERED
AGAINST G. 0. P'S.
NEW YORK, Sept., 15, (TP)—An
other angle to many new charges
of graft and corruption against
Tammany officials was uncovered
when U. S. Attorney Charles Tuttle
forwarded to special deputy Attor
ney General Todd, data indicating
that Martin Healy was to receive
$200 per month from the American
Book Co,, for selling bocks in the
New York public schools.
Healy was at the time employed
by the Board of Education and a
Tamany district leader. Healy has
been involved in the Ewald case,
arising out of his alleged failure
to pay proper income taxes
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PURSE Of $88,510
NEW YORK, Sept., 15, (TP)—
George Widener’s “Jamestown’’
won the 41st running of the
Futurity classic and $99,600 and
thereby clinched the 1932 year
old title.
“Jamestown” beat “Equipoise.”
his arch rival, of the Harry
Whitney Payne stable, which
horse came in a nose short.
WILL POKE FUN —
LIVERPOOL, (N. Y.) TELEGRAM
—Big town editors who poke fun
at country papers may try to laugh
this one off: The Press and Record
er Post, a weekly newspaper of
Dickinson, N. D., was rcently sold
or $107,000
CAREENING MOT OKI' ’YCLE
NOGALES, Mexico, Sept. 15. (TP)
-A careening motorcycle threw Its
rider during a race he! :1 her-' and
of the spectators who watched the
race were three—a woman, and a
father and his son. Five other per
sons were injured.
ALLEGED DAUGHTER
WASHINGTON, Sept., 15, (TP) -
Permission was granted Anas
tria Trchachwiky, alelged daugh
ter of the late Czar Nicholas, to
remain in the United States for
another year.