Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 234.
SEWARD, ALASK. . WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EVERETT HOLDUP
LARGEST DHLS
FAKE HOLDUP CALL DREW PO
LICE FLYING SQUADRON
AWAY FROM SCENE
EVERETT, Sept. 16. (*•' The
Northwest police joined m a search
for six bandit, live of which who
are described as wearing- mechan
ics overalls and the oinei wearing
a brown checkered suit.
- The bandits, yesterday, held up
the Citizens Security bana ana es
caped with $44,231, said to be the
largest cash loot in the crime an
nals of the Northwest in recent
years.
The bandits fled in a la. go
car after completing the holdup.
One bandit stood outside and
threatened scores of persons with a
submachine gun and four entered
the bank and lined up about 40
employes and patrons against the
wall. Another bandit remained in
the car. They all wore masks.
A fake call by a woman a
few minutes before the d!ff ap
peared at bank drawing police
flying squadron to outskirts of
the city.
FULL SETTLEMENT
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida,
Sept. 16 UP)—Lucy Cotten Thomas,
former actress and widely known
beauty, and a widow of the late Ed
ward Russel Thomas, a New York
millionaire, was awarded $1,099,000
in ful settlement of her claims and
dower rights against the estate of
the former sportsman and owner
o: the old New York Morning Tele
graph.
m PLRTIH6 TEN
LOS ANGELES, Sept, 16 *JP) —
Milton Sills, 48, popular motion
r-cture actor, dropped dead from
heart attack while playing tennis
vith his wife and sfln at their
suburban home.
Mrs. Sills said he appeared en
• rely well at the beginning of the'
mes and when he dropped un
: nscious he failed to revive.
Milton Sills was educated at
the University of Chicago and later
was professor of mathematics at
the Chicago University. He was a
rr.atinee idol of Broadway 20 years
EgO.
SAFETY OF FLYING
TO 8F INCREASED
WASHINGTON, Sept., 17. UP)—
Another effort to increase the
.safety of flying was made by
the Commerce Department with
’ne issuance of new regulations
raveming the use of radio equip
ment on licensed airplanes.
The regulations, effective on
January 1, requires that radio
-raipment will have to meet
Commerce regulations.
ARMY MANEUVERS
PARIS, Sept., 17. (/p)—The
most elaborate French army
maneuvers since the World War
t ore concluded on the Franco
• Arman frontier when 50.000
• tad troops nad 300 airplanes
rticipated in the big review.
BROMLEY MINS
STTEIfT El? PSGIFIC
OMINATO. Sept. 16. (£*)—Brom
ley has abandoned any further at
tempts to fly this year but said
that he hoped to obtain backing
for a trans-Pacific effort in 1931.
The replacement of the damaged
parts of his plane will require a
month, Bromley said. When the
plane is conditioned it will then be
too late to attempt a flight this
season.
Bromley plans to store his plane
in Yokohoma during the winter.
PRESENT ghkmpions |
GFF1GIM.LY 1. K’l. BY !
OMAHA, Sept. 16. (>P)— All the
present champions of the various
prizefight divisions were recogniz
ed by the National Boxing Associa
tion Delegation’s annual conven
tion here.
Schmelling was recognized as the
king of them all, Stribling as No.
2, Camera, the big Venitian, next,
and Sharkey in fourth place.
Singer is the lightweight cham
pion.
Camera was given a clean bill of
health and all suspension which
had been issued against him were
overthrown- Camera challenged
‘the world for a championship bout.
He put up $2,500 to back his chal
lenge.
AMERICAN VESSEL WINS
UNDATED, Sept. 16. {/P>—'The U
S. S. Kane took third place. Am
erica’s cup race was postponed un
til tomorrow on acount of fog. Lip
ton plans to install a new sailing
motor in nis vessel, the Shamrock
V.
ABANDON PROJECT
JUNEAU, Sept., 17, UP)—Wiley
brothers, divers from .Olympia,
have abandoned their tfork on
j the wrecked steamer Islander
near here. Recently they recov
i ered a small quantity of gold
lost with passengers.
SPOKESMAN OF EUROPE
WASHINGTON, Sept., 17., (/P)
Replying to the statement of Sen
ator Barkley that England be
forced to ask for debt reduction
because of the high American tar
iff. Senator Hatfield declared that
Mr. Barkley is the spokesman of
European politicians and interna
tional bankers.
LIQUIDATE STOCKS
; PARIS, Sept, 17, (£>)-With Ger
many, France, Belgium and Lux
embourg, four members of the
European Steel Cartel, reported
scrambling for orders to liquidate
their stocks.
HIGHER TARIFFS
OTTAWA, Sept,, 17, (/P)—The
Canadian Parliament convened in
a special session to deal with un
employment. Premier R. B Ben
nett was expected to advocate
higher tariffs as a solution.
FACING RUIN
LONDON, Sept., 17, (IP)—With
the decline of rubber prices to
three and 13 sixpence per pound,
the British industry became in
tensely alarmed. Many firms are
facing ruin.
SEATTLE, Sept- 16. (/P)—Corwin
on the stand again, testified at in
tervals and said that he had no
investment in the Grays Harbor
radio station and that he ran it
because Hubbard feared the notor
iety of Hubbard’s connection in
the Olmsted liquor conspiracy
would affect the business of the
station.
Corwin specifiliay denied all of
the government’s charges against
Daniel Dunning, dry agent, who
told of duties in connection with
the trapping of the Olmsted li
quor ring members. The dry agent
said that he was told to do every
thing possible in order to capture
the bootlegers. He admitted at the
cross examination that he was told
not to make any arrests but merely
to report violations explaining as
his reasons why he could not make
arrests because he was working as
an undercover agent.
N ATI ANAL LEAGUE—
Pittsburgh 1, New York 6. New
York broke its five-game losing
streak. Terry hit four times in five
times up—a triple, a double, and
two singles.
Chicago 11. 6; Philadelphia 12, 4.
Odoul’s homer in the ninth with
one out and the score 11 to 11 de
cided the first game- Wilson made
his 50th homer in the second game.
Heathcombe hcmered twice in the
two games. English and Klien hit
one homer each
Cincinnati 5, Brooklyn 13. Brook
lyn is now a full game ahead of the
idle St. Louis. Heilman and Hue
sel homered for Cincinnati and the
sluggers, Herman and Bissonette,
hit one each for Brooklyn.
AMERICAN LEAGUE—
Washington 14, Chicago 9. Lyons
was giVen ragged support. Corin
hit a homer.
New York 5. Detroit 3. New Ydi'k
won on Horrel’s one bad inning—
the second. New York scored four
runs in that inning and made the
other in the ninth.
Boston 1, 1 ;St. Louis 3, 0. The
second game was played o,n ex
tra inning. Blue’s wild throw lost
the game for St. Louis.
BOMBAY, India, Sept. 16. (#>)—
The government’s weekly com
munique regarding the Indian sit
uation up to September 6th was
made public. It deals largely with
the breakdown of negotiations for
the cessation of civil resist
ances campaign between the peace
makers Sir Sapru and Javaliar and
the Congress leaders including the
Mahatma, himself.
The situation in Bombay is re
ported growing steadily worse com
mercially with more than 45,000,
000 now out of work and with no
prospect of resumption.
It is regarded as possible that
the conclusion of the parleys may
give a slight impetus to the civil
disobedience movement.
CHICAGO, Sept., 17, (/P>—A
bomb was thrown in answer to
the latest mobilization of Chi
cago's forces to war against the
big new beer combination, which
exploded at the rear of a Lor
raine Beauty Shop.
Windows were shattered and
a shed near the shop was de
molished. It was the third
bombing in the last week.
WEAK OPPOSITION
TO REAPPOINTMENT
ONOOGE LOIN
NOME ,Sept., 17, (/P)—An in
vestigation is expected over the
controversy of the candidacy of
Judge G. C. Lomen for reap
pointment as Federal Judge of
this district, with the arrival of
i Charles P Sisson, Assistant U.
S. Attorney General. ^
| His findings will be laid be
fore President Hoover and the
Attorney General when he re
turns.
The opposition to Judge Lo
men is based on the fact that
he is the father of the Lomen
! brothers, pioneers in the rein
deer meat packing industry, who
are involed in a dispute over
control of reindeer herds.
MINISTER RESIGNED
WASHINGTON, Sept., 17., OP)
Unofficial reports have reached
the White House that Leland Har
rison, Minister to Uruguay, has re
signed. The official declaration
must come thru the State Depart
ment since Mr. Harrison is under
them.
DENY CHARGES
WASHINGTON, Sept., 17.. JJP)
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Seymour Lowman and Vice
j President Curtis denied charges
by Maurice Campbell, former pro
hibition administrator, that they
interfered with the enforcement of
the dry law in New York.
- «—
| LOSING MONEY SINCE 1923
NEW YORK, Sept., 17, OP)—
! Stockholders of Kelly Springfield
' Tire Co., filed a petition for an
, order to show cause why a receiv
er should not be appointed for the
company. The petitioners charge
the company has been losing
money since 1923.
FOUND DEAD IN BED
BUDAPEST, Sept., 17, OP)-Dr.
Joseph Vaa, acting Premier of
Hungary, was found dead in bed.
He succumbed to heart failure
during the night without being
able to rouse assistance.
IMPORT REINDEER
DULUTH, Minn. Sept. 17. OP) —
A herd of 10 reindeer from Finland
wil be brought to Minnesota this
fall and, sent to the Arrowhead re
gion near the Superior national
park. They will be trained drive
and will be exhibited in teams dur
ing September.
MILLIONS FOR ROADS '
DES MOINES, Sept- 17. OP) —
Iowa spent $43,151,910.62 for pri
mary road improvement during the
year ending June, 1930.
SILVER SUPPLIED TO CHINA
j BE EXPENDED INTERIOR
ON ROADS
! LAS VEGAS, Nev., Sept.,. 17, -
U. S. Senator Key Pittman is
working at present on a plan for
aiding the silver industry through
rehabilitation of China. The Sena
tor, as a member of the sub-com
jmittee of the senate foreign rela
tions committee of the senate that
jwas named to sutdy this problem,
has worked out a plan for the esta
blishment of a joint commission in
cluding representatives of Great
States, to suppily the surplus silver
they do not need to the National
government of China, which all
| hree nations have recognized
China has always been on a sil
ver coinage basis, and under this
plan, would be restored to solvency,
the practice of dumping excess sil
ver on the world market stopped,
and a great step take nin revivinw
world exports to China. The Sena
tor believes that by curing that, a
great step forward will have been
taken in returning the world to a
higher place of business.
The silver supplied the Cinese
National government, under this
plan, would be expended to the ap
proval of the joint commission, and
| would be directed mainly to the in
terior of China, building the roads
needed to stimulate the develop
ment of the nation, and would not
be returned to compete with the
silver markets of the world, he
points out.
OTTAWA, Sept. 16. (/P)—Canada’s
gold production in 1929 again es
tablished a record total of 1,928,033
fine ounces of gold worth at the
present current rate $39,861,663.
Ontario, alone, producedf 1,
622,267 ounces.
* RETURNS TO
P.STLE IS FUSE
Paris, Sept., 17, (/P)— Anna
Gould has returned to Pink
Gamble Castle built for her a
quarter of a century ago by
| Boni de Castillane, then her
I husband.
! Her re-occupancy of the fa
mous castle has caused no stir
! among society which remembers
nothing of her romance with
Boni.
REFUSES TO CONFIRM
00 DENY REPORTS
LONDON, Sept., 17, (/P)-The
Home Office refused either to
confirm or deny reports that King
George has asked the government
if there is need for special legisla
tion to. clear up the succession to
the throne
The question concerns Princess
Elizabeth and her baby sister who
are in direct line for succession
after the Prince of Wales and
their own father.