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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 545.
SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1930.
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CANADIAN CONTROL SYSTEM
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 7, </P)—
Moving toward the completion
of the report on prohibition and
law enforcement, the commission:
appointed by President Hoover
last year is now engaged in a
study of liquor conditions.
Besides considering a mass of
documentary evidence the Com
mission began hearing witnesses.
The first was John Morehead,
minister from Sweden who gave
p views regarding operation in Swe
den; the Bratt system of control.
The appearance of Morehead
caused a flurry until it was re
vealed that Canadian control
¥ system and others will be inves- :
tigated.
There is more speculation con- i
tiected with the sudden recall of
Woodcock who was about to sail
for Honolulu.
The Justice department refus
er to comment on the subject ex
cepting to say he had been re
called owing to his talk about
the budget and also, ah answer
to some question Hoover had
:ed
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NEW YORK, Nov., 6. IP)—
A mother and daughter, family
t f a reputed one time millionaire
Cuban planter, have lived for
five years in utter seclusion in
mid-town. New York, They are
Sonora Michaill Romero and her
20 year-old daughter who. since
her father died five years ago,
has seen only her mother, the
hotel manager and one other
man.
No other hotel employee has
ever gone further than a small
reception room.
It is believed that the mother
and daughter do not leave their
home because of a belief that the
father might return for a spirit
visit in their absence.
FOWL
SHOOTERS TO PAUSE
NEW YORK, Nov., 7, UP)—
That the nation’s supply of
water fowl, particularly wild
ducks and geese, is in grave dan
ger of depletion unless the com
ing shooting season is substan
tially reduced, was the declara
tion of Dr. Gilbert T. Pierson,
president of the national asso
ciation of Audobon Societies.
Dr. Pierson is chairman of the
national committee on wild life
legislation and also a member
of the secretary of agriculture
advw-ory board on the migratory
bird treaty act and an ardent
hunter himself.
TERRITORIAL TOTAL
Grigsby . 4704
Wickersham 4631
Cole .*. 4646
Gaffney . 4309
Smith 5040
Hardcastle . 3180
Hesse . 4393
Ulmer 3333
Karnes . 4461
Keller . 4153
3rd DIVISION
Bragaw 945
Brosius . 1694
Murray . 1594
McCutcheon 1533
Roach . 1451
Foster . 1423
LIBOR pm LOSING
LI IN OGIIl
LONDON, Nov., 7, (/P)—Labor’s
heavy reverse in the municipal
elections in England and Wales
last week after seven years of
continuous gains, has come as
a rude shock to Premier Mac
Donald and his colleagues and
the party organization.
It was believed that with the
labor government in office many
more municipal council seats
would be added to the 700 gained
in the last few years.
PRESENTS MEDAL
ROME, Nov., 6, (hb—Cyril Cle
ments of St. Louis, Mo., cousin
of Mark Twain and president
of the Mark Twain Society of
Webster Groves, Mo., presented
Premier Mussolini with a gold
medal from the society inscribed
“Mussolini, Great Educator.”
LOS ANGELES, Nov., 7, (TP)—
Police are investigating a bomb
l thrown against Trinity Metho
| dist Church South, of which the
; Rev. Robert P. Shuler is the pas
i tor.
j The bomb was thrown from a
1 fast moving car, police asserted,
t It was the second which has
I been planted in an apparent at
I tempt to halt radio broad-sides
of the Reverend who is noted
| for his fiery addresses over the
| radio.
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SHERIFF KILLED
} SALINAS, Nov. 6. (/P) — Deputy
j Sheriff Edward M. Stevens of
| Los Angeles was found shot to
death in his automobile near
j here- After an investigation it
I was believed he had been taken
! for a ride (put on the spot),
j The theory of suicide was ad
vanced at first.
OUTGOERS CROWDING
With first class accomodations
for only 30 and reservations
practically taken up, it appears
likely that there will be a num
; her who will have to ’travel steer
age if they go out on the SS Ad
miral Farragut when she sails
tonight at 9:30. The train from
the Interior due here at 6:30 p.
m. is bringing about 50 passen
gers. They will only have three
1 hours in this fair city.
MINE EXPLOSION
TIES HEAVY TOLL
ATTEMPT BEING MADE FOR THE
IDENTIFICATION OF THE
MINE DISASTER
MILLFIELD, Ohio, Nov. 6. (/P) —
Seventy six dead were taken from
a mine here this morning follow
ing a nexplosion and fire which
wrecked the underground workings
here late yesterday.
Fear is held that the total might
be increased because of the serious
condition of the 18 escaped men
as they were brought to the sur
face late last night after spending
several hours in the gas filled pit
with dampened cloths over thei:
mouths.
The bodies of the dead were plac
ed in an improvised morgue where
efforts are being made for the
identification of the bodies which
were discolored ana burned. It ap
peared that the men died from the
gas
HAVANA, Nov., 6, ■(/?)—A gal
lant rescue attempt in an unusu
al accident had a result in the
death of two United States, dip
lomats and the wife of one of
them in the storm tossed waters
of Matanzas Bay.
The victims were John Lil
dostson Waimvright, p r o minent
clubman of New- York, Philadel
phia and Washington, and Unit
ed States Consul at Matanzas;
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Jack
son, of Madison, Illinois.
Jackson was American Consul
at Havana. A strong gust of wind
blew Mrs. Jackson off her bal
! ance while the party was stand
| ing on a cliff. She fell into the
1 sea and her husband jumped in
after her. As they struggled in
! the heavy seas, Wainwright
| plunged in.
Sydney Gest, a vice consul in
| Havana, followed W a inwright.
| Gest’s wife, watching from the
I cliff, held a long pole down to
j the waters edge which Gest, less
j spent than the others, managed
i to grasp. He was saved.
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Paris, Nov. 7, i/P.-The Ameri
can visitor who was barred from
i the Versailles Palace because he ar
rived too late was revealed to be
I John D. Rockefeller Jr. who has al
ready given $1,500,000 for restora
tion of the Palace. Mr. Rockefeller
made no protest nor did he idenii
' fy himself.
m IP OF BIG
■HI IS DEL.™
AMSTERDAM, Nov., 7, UP)— j
The German airplane D O X
made a brief flight and is pre
paring to leave Saturday for
Southampton enroute to New
York via the Azores.
The D O X will remain in En- j
gland two days then proceed
to Havre and Lisbon.
The only expected change de- !
laying these plans is weather
conditions.
W VOTES STILL
TO BUORD FSOM
CORDOVA, Nov. 7, UP)—Com-1
pared to the vote of two years
ago the Cordova Times says
there are still 2,500 votes unre
ported with 1,000 in the 1st. Di
vision and the rest scattered
thru the Territory.
The Times also says the polit
cal battle in Alaska is one of
personalities rather than issues
and has resulted in an unpre
cedented splitting of party lines
to the detriment of the Repub
lican party.
VESTAL ELECTED
MUNCIE, Indiana, Nov., 7. b'P)
—Congressman Vestal was elect
ed over Ball, Democrat. A re
check gave him nine ahead. This
makes the next congress 217 Re
publicans and Democrats, the
217, and one Farmer-Lab
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.. 6, UP)
\ —Thomas J. Mooney through
| his attorneys filed a petition
i with the governor for a person
i al appearance before the gover
! nor’s advisory board,
i The petition said he would
| deny all complicity in the pre
j paredness day bombing and ask
i ed opportunity for Mooney to
j deny certain allegations made by
I him in the supreme court hear
! ing.
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QUIETLY INTO OFFICE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov- 7. (/Pi —
With a brief and simple cere
i mony a short, thick set man
| took over the provisional presi
1 dency of Brazil.
Doctor Getulio Vargas was
generalissimo of the revolution
! ary movement which changed
I the government of Brazil in
; three weeks time.
He wore none of the trappings
of the military, only a plain af
! ternoon suit. As the time for the
ceremony approached Senor Var
gas descended from his third
| floor apartments in the Catette
I palace and entered the recep
| t.ion room on the second story
I where there were assembled the
I military Junta and a few spec
1 tutors.
UP101EU
IS CITY PROBLEM
GOVERNORS II
OFFICIALS ARRIVF AT GREAT
DECISION, AND AGREE,
STRANGE TO SAY
WASHINGTON, Nov., 7, (/?)—
A long-distance telephone call
was enlisted by Wood in his
fight to relieve unemployment.
He talked to 44 governors, or
representatives of governors, yes
terday and said they verified
the belief unemployment was
a city problem.
Two more regional heads were
appointed, William Phillips of
Boston, former Canadian minis
ter. who will be in charge of
New England; and Captain J.
F. Lucey, Dallas, who will take
charge of the southwest.
Lewis Brown, president of
J ohns-Mansville Company, heads
the group correlating 'employ
ment and work in large indus
tries.
NEW YORK, Nov., 7, (/P)—Maj
or* Philip Wat:on, well known
flier and, aviation :: .struetor, and
Ju us Nestor, a student flier,
were killed when their plane
plunged to earth from a height
of only .150 f :l. on the Cold
Stream Country Club golf links
near the Mitchell flying field.
Observers snkl hat the motor
of the machine seemed to fail
at a considerable height and the
plane swerved toward the fly
ing field When a short distance
from their objective, the craft
seemed to strike rough air cur
rents and fell like a stone,
throwing both men to the ground
and killing them instantly.
GIL SPRSY OVER RIVER
CAUSES FIRE STREAM
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov., 7, (/P)
—The wild Morgan Petroleum
Stout (gusher rampant in the
Oklahoma City oil field since
last week and threatening the
city hourly with danger of fire,
has been shut in.
Simultaneously there came re
ports that oil on the Canadian
river had caught fire seven
miles downstream from the well.
The river is coated with crude
oil from the wild well and runs
toward the northeast. The oil
has been traced 15 miles down
stream; vast clouds of smoke
arose from the stream and - sev
eral companies of firemen were
rushing to the scene. %
It was the second threat of
fire to the city for a grass
, fire from refuse pits caused an
| alarm but was extinguished be
' fore any great damage occurred.
The city of New York has pur
I chased $297,000 worth of radium
! for hospital use.