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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 167.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, DEC. 7, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
00015 OF SENATE
CLOSED TO VAilE
ACCOUNT FIDO
QUESTION OF NEW SENATOR
LEFT IN HANDS GOVER
NOR FISHER
WASHINGTON, Dec., 7, (JP)—
The doors of the Senate were
closed tightly and definitely
against William S. Vare, who for
years has been a power in Penn
sylvania politics when a vote was
returned 58 to 22.
This decided the $785,000 ex
penditure in the Philadelphia pri
mary election in 1926 and charges
of ^ fraud and corruption during
‘ that contest and barred $im
from taking his seat which lie
certified as elected.
The Senate approved the re
solution by Senator Reed, by a
vote of 66 to 15. William B. Wil
son, was his democratic opponent.
The end of the Vare contro
versy left the question of a new
senator which has been turned
over to Governor Fisher, repub
lican, who will make the appoint
* ment.
POSTOFFICE IS
SCENE OF BLfiST
TWO EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED
SIX INJURED; INVESTI
GATION STARTED
PITTSBURG, Dec.. 7. </P)—
Six persons were injured in an
explosion near the scene of the
blast which killed five persons
yesterday at Munhall. a suburb.
None of those hurt are in a crit
ical condition, reported the Home
stead hospital where they were
rushed.
A second explosion occurred as
the postal officials and state and
county officers were preparing
to start a joint investigation ol
the postoffice blast,
l Unofficially, it was said, that
gas leaking from a pipe undei
the postoffice ignited the twc
story frame structure; the ex
plosion also wrecked a street cai
carrying about a score of persons
Three Strikes Are
Approved, Delegatei
CLEVELAND, Dec., 7, (^'—Del
egates to the Internationaf”Ladiej
Garment Workers Union conven
tion voted their approval for thre(
strikes in the industry at Nev
York, Boston and Baltimore, whicl
brings the total number of walk
outs, already sanctioned for Jan
uary, to 17 in five cities. Th(
others are Cleveland and Phila
delphia.
The strikes sanctioned involv<
nearly 100,000 workers. Presiden
sf Green addressed the conventior
and promised to grant the wor
kers support.
The chief mineral wealth of Ve;
mont lies in its granite and marbl
quarries.
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SPECIAL ARMED GUARDS
SHANGHAI, Dec-, 7, (/P)—'The
Nanking railway has placed spe
cial armed guards along their
line as far south as Wusih, 75
miles from Shanghai. Special
guards also have been stationed
along the Shanghai-Hangshow i
railway.
RESCUE PLANES
AT TELLER CRACK
UP ON TAKEOFF
PILOT FROM FAIRBANKS EN- I
ROUTE; CROSSON TO CON
TINUE SOON AS POSSIBLE
NOME, Dec., 7, (/P)—Dorbandt’s ■
plane cracked up and Crosson’s was
slightly damaged when the pilots
attempted to takeoff this morning
; from Teller for North Cape.
The landing field was covered
'with high drifts and with the ex
treme heavy loads of gasoline and
I no wind to help the takeoff, spoiled
; all chances of the rescue plane
: pilots for building a runway on the
snow covered icefield at Grantley
Harbor.
Following repairing of Crosson’s
plane he will leave as soon as pos
jsible. Pilot Matt Niemenen is re
ported enroute from Fairbanks.
Northwestern Sails
For Alaska Ports
| SEATTLE, Dec., 7, (/P)—The S. S.
! Northwestern, of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 9 a. m. carrying 61 passen
gers; eight third class and 10 for
Seward including;
Lois MeGarvey, T. Dickinson, L.
! Johnson, Elsie Leslie, Cecil Leslie,
| Dr. H. G. Abercrombie, James Pet
jerson, Miss E. Meadish, Herbert J.
1 Brown and C. Jensen.
UNDER WAY IN
CHINA PROVINCE
RAIDS UPON CHINESE TOOK
PLACE WEDNESDAY, CEN
TRAL CHINA
. 1
SHANGHAI, Dec., 7, (&)—'The
mutiny Tuesday of several thous
; and Nationalist g overnment
soldiers at Pukow has grown in
to a rebellion in several of the
provinces in central China which
object is to overthrow the gov
' ernment and its president, Chi
ding.
Kuidhashek and other rebels
continue to threaten Canton, the
I chief city in south China. Re
newed raids by Russian troops
are reported to have taken place
. ; Wednesday in Western Manchur
. ! ia. Nanking has been placed un
. der martial law to prevent any
. new war development while the
r : government troops marched to
L Ithe north to meet hte rebel forces
. j numbering 30,000 which is moving
. j upon the capital from its base at
j Penju. 80 miles distant.
i A 30-ounce nugget was part of E,
! Turnquist’s cleanup on Ruby Creek
} in the At1 in, B. C., district recent
ly ly. This is said to be the second
■ !largest nugget ever found on Ruby
1 Creek.
r | A deer invaded ..he farm of the
y jRev. II. L. Carr ne. . . Roanes, Va.
'and killed a sheep.
SIT TO BEATS
$34,000 STOLEN
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN NEAR
SCENE OF HOLDUP AND
HEARD SHOT
PHILADELPHIA, Dec., 7, (/P)—
Cameron Cook, messenger for the
Bank of the Philadelphia Trust
Company, was shot to death by
three men who seized his bank
bag, containing $34,000 in cash
and checks.
The bandits escaped. Cook, who
was about 50 years old, stepped
out of the branch postoffice in
the northern part of the city
when a man leaped from an
automobile and pressed a revol
ver against him and seized the
bag.
Two other men remained in the
car. The robber, who held the
pistol, threw the bag into the.
rear of the car and as he started
to climb in, Cook tried to seize
him. The robber backed away
and fired one shot and Cook fell
with a bullet through his head.
The scene of the shooting was
across the street from > a public
school and hundreds of children
heard the shot. The bandit then
jumped into the car and the men
drove away and were soon lost
in the traffic.
DECLARE MARTIAL LAW
SHANGHAI, Dec, 7, </P)—'The
Chinese commission for defense
declared martial law in the Chi
nese portions of Shanghai.
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incubator when not attending* the Kansas State Agi icui
dural college.
HOPES HAGEN CRASH
LOS ANGELES, Dec., 7, (JP)—
The championship hopes of Wal
ter Hagen crashed when golf
doms wanderer bowed to Leo Die
ger, the defending title-holder,
three and two, in the semi-finals
of the National professional gol
fers association tournament.
BODIES OF MAN,
WOMAN FOUND BY
HUSBAND, PLANT
TOY MANTTFAC'TTT¥?J?,R AND EM
PLOYEE STTiOiDED, SAY
POLICE
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. Dec., 7,
j7P)—The bodies of George Ofc
| stot, a toy manufacturer, and
Mrs. Rose McCntcheon, were
found in Otstot’s factory, by Wal
ter McCutcheon, the husband of
1 the dead woman, after he had
j missed her and entered the fact
1 ory where he smelled escaping
'[ gas.
; He peered into one of the of
' fices, he said, and saw Ostot and
his wife stretched out on the
floor among toys which were
scattered about.
i His wife had been shot three
times and Ostot once through the
temple. Police said that in his
hand w^as gripped a pistol, and
that there were powder burns on
his fingers which lead to the theory
of murder and suicide.
ARMY PLANES COMING
| WASHINGTON, Dec., 7, (/P)—
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
suggested to the War Department
that htey take active step3 for an
I Army expedition to rescue Colonel
'Eielson and his mechanic Borland
PATRICK J. HURLEY
SUCCEEDS GOOD
115 SECT. OF M
WON DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
CROSS DURING WORLD
WAR
WASHINGTON, Dec., 7, (/P)—
Patrick J. Hurley, of Oklahoma,
i has been selected by President
| Hoover, to succeed the late Mr.
Good, Secretary of War.
Mr. Hurley has been serving as
acting secretary having taken
over the duties of the War de
jpartment upon the death of Good,
i Prior to that time he was an as
sistant secretary.
| Hurley is a lawyer by profession
| and is one of the men the Pres
| ident drew from * the South for
important posts after his election.
He is just under 50 years of age,
: and was a colonel in the reserve
1 corps during the World War at
j which time he won the distin
guished service cross for volun
j teer reconnaisance while under
heavy fire in France,
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MARINES BLOCK
ATTEMPT LOOT
AUXCAVE CITY
FIRING ONE MACHINE GUN, SIX
AUTOMATIC RIFLES; NONE
OF MARINES INJURED
1
PORT AU PRINCE, Dec., 7, OP)—
A body of 1.500 men attempted to
•invade the city of Auxcaves armed
with machetes, clubs and stones
| and clashed with a marine patrol.
| Five of the invaders were killed
and 20 wounded. The invading
band came from the outlying sec
tion and met the marine patrol of
20 men, under the command of
Capt. Roy Swink, national guard,
j For an hour the party was held
by the soldiers whom they sur
rounded. They fired three volleys
overhead; they then opened effect
ive firing with one machine gun
and six automatic rifles. None of
the defenders were injured.
Reports from Auxcaves said the
city was quiet and members of the
band all dispersed. Officials report
ed that in their judgement the
marines saved the city from loot
ing.
Alaska Is Third In
Smallet Numbers
Arrests Past Year
WASHINGTON, Dec., 7, (/P)—Fed
eral prohibition officers arrested
66,195 persons during the fiscal year
which ended last June 30, and as
sisted in the arrest of 11,156 more
by state officers.
New York led in arrests with 8,
265; New Hampshire was the small
est with 17; Kansas next with 31
Sand Alaska 191.
The population of St. Lawrence
I Island is estimated at between
j 500 and 600 Eskimos and the two
| white teachers and their fam
i ilies.
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