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SEWARD, WHERE LAND, SKY
AND WATER MEET
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 560.
REWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
r
TEN MILLION DOLLAR TUNNEL
NEARING COMPLETION
COLLAPSES
TOKYO, Nov., 26. (£>)—Houses
destroyed in the earthquake yes
terday totaled approximately
645. About 499 buildings were ser- j
iously damaged and 79 others
were burned.
Two hundred and twenty
three are known to be dead in
the Izu district.
The governor reported 27 had
died in the Hakonee district.
Figures for towns in the district
•-.f Niravama were 74; Kanami
28, Shusenji 15. Kawanishi 15,
Kitakan 18. Nakkakano 15. The
figures from other towns are in
complete.
Few non-Japanese residents are
o-elieved to have been in these
jtsts as no foreign or American
casualties have been reported.
Four laborers are known to
nave died when the famous Tan
na tunnel, between Atami and
Mairusa, collapsed. The tunnel
was nearing c ompletion after 10
v ?rs work at a cost of $10,000,
500.
LANGLIOS DIES
FAIRBANKS, Nov, 26, (A5)— ‘
Harvey Langlois died last night'
from a bullet wound in the:
neck received 48 hours before
when he was alleged to have
been shot by a neighbor. John |
Armstead, alleged to have been;
insane, who then turned the gun
upon himself and died.
NO IBEUS CORPUS
FOO IS MALCONTENT
OF WASHINGTON FAIN
OLYMPIA, Nov., 26, (/P)—The
Washington Supreme court held
that the Walla Walla superior i
court lacked jurisdiction in the \
habeas corpus proceedings brot
to free Ruth Garrison. Seattle
wife poisoner, from the State
penitentiary.
The Walla Walla court ruled ;
that she was sane at the King
county hearing.
Prosecutor Colvin appealed the
ruilng which was reversed yes
terday, on the grounds the pro
ceedings should have been brot
in King county from where she
was sentenced.
ST* hh -DISARMING
GENEVA, Nov. 25. (/P> —The pro
posal to limit and reduce as far
as possible the rising cost of land
and sea armaments was adopted
by the preparatory disarmament
commission by a vote of 19 to 2.
C * ' • the United States and Japan
o ''and the budgetary control of
arms.
ONE PRISONER ACQUITTED ON
SIMILAR CHARGE THREE
YEARS AGO
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 26, m
—Thomas E. Boyle, a former Cal
ifornia convict, admitted to po
lice last night that he had plac- I
ed in the “trunk bomb” contain
ing 200 sticks of dynamite, the
explosive. The trunk was sent
to the Associated Press office at
Spokane.
He charged Henry Wilse, who
is under arrest, with connection
in the attempted bombing saying
he hired him to transport and
plant the explosive.
The announcement) of the ar
rest of Boyles and subsequent
confession, was made after Boyle
had been closely questioned all
afternoon behind closed doors in
Brady’s office.
Boyles said he had discon
nect id the wires attached to the
electric battery before shipping
the bomb from Seattle.
Jn 1927 Wilse
the charge of attempting to
bomb the Spokane newspaper of
fice.
United States has ben an negotia
tions with Fern for tin? reopeniip
of American mines. Labor ri' ' r
which two American.' were k-1’.
resulted in closing of the min*: -
TRY PREVENT EXECUTION
BRUSSELS, Nov. 25. (/P) —Hugh
Gibson, now American ambassa
dor to Belgium joined the Marquis
of Villalobar, Spanish ambassador '
to Belgium during the war in try- j
ing to prevent the execution of
Edith Cavell, nurse, by Germans,
according to the Marquis’ diary. !
SITKA HUNTING PARTY j
CLING TO ROCKS FOB I
FOUTY-EIGHT BOORS
JUNEAU, Nov., 26. </P)—After
clinging for 48 hours on surf
washed rocks, Theodore Kettle
son, superintendent of the Alas
ka Pioneers’ Home; Dr. J. Hog
ins, dentist; Alfred Tilson, bus
iness man; and Hugo Freder
ickson, boat owner, all of Sitka,
were rescued, bruised and ex
hausted, on Sunday.
The passing motorship, Este
beth, saved them. They were ta
ken to Sitka direct.
Members of the party were in
a power launch returning from
a him-ing trip when their craft
was overtaken by a gale and
smashed against the rocks on
the 1-"c* y coast 11 hours away
-from S'tka..
NOT SO BAD
BALTIMORE, Nov. 25. </P'* —
Although the credit business of
the United States amounts to 20
billions annually losses on bed
debts total only s;x tenths of ore
per cent a conference of retail
men was told.
STRANGE CREATURE
OF TIE ICE MAY
COME TO SEWARD
ATTEMPT BE MADE TO BRING
PREHISTORIC MONSTER
TO SEWARD PLANT
JUNEAU, Nov., 26, (A3)—Region
al Forester Chas. Fiory has in
structed W. J. McDonald, super
visor of the Chugach Nation- ’u'
Forest, to proceed at once \aj
Glacier Island, in Prince William
Sound and near Valdez, to in
vestigate the finding of the
queer, lizard-like animal 42 feet
long which has been encased in
ice for thousands of years and
finally swept down to the beach
where the salt waves released it
from its icy prison.
McDonald has been instructed
to take charge of the strange
creature which is described to
be in perfect condition with a
heavy coat of red fur. If possi
ble, McDonald is to transport
the animal to Seward where it
may be .ent in cold storage until
seme final means of preserving
it can be arrived at, or until
proper scientific inquiry can be
made.
Inquiry at the local cold stor
age plant of the San Juan Fish
in*''’; & Packing Company, dis
clcau.' tCe fact that altho Mana
ger Curlies Jansen has just left
for his Seattle headquarters, it
is possible to steam up the equip
men, s rod prepare a cold recep
ti o for the strange vi itor. pro
viding it can be brought here.
Encased in ice, as it is des
cribed in the dispatches, bring
ing the animal here should prove
no great task as it could be tow
"Their Annual Stunt"
TOKYO, Nov., 26, UP)— More
than 25G persons are known to
nave perished today when an
earthquake of more than 30 min
ates duration spread death and
destruction across the northern
portion of Izu Peninsula.
The area is about 125 miles
southwest of Tokyo. Estimates
place the number of injured as
'd/rh as 700 while the property
throughout the entire district
was damaged heavily.
CAUFOM COUCH
SEES HANDWRITING
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov., 25, m
—C. M. “Nibs” Price resigned as
head football and basketball
coach of the University of Cal
ifornia and the student body ex
ecutive committee accepted his
resignation with regrets.
Price explained that it was
The “Only way out to prevent
dissession which was bound tc
follow owing to the present un
successful season.”
They voted to pay next year’s
salary, which terminates his con
tract.
Spain secures part of its highway
revenue from fees for roadside
signs
ed.
President Chas. E. Bunnell, of
; the Alaska College is expected
to arrive here Friday from Fair
banks to act as representative of
j the American Museum of Nat
ural History.
There is no ground for the ru
mor that the cold storage com
pany would cut it up for bait.
UNITED STATES GETS
TASTE IKEHI
duhib
SEATTLE, Nov., 25, (£>)—Win
ter sent a cold wave screaming
toward the Atlantic seaboard and
■ also another one across the Unit
i ed States sweeping the Middle
j Northwest; striking Minnesota,
j Wisconsin, Northern * Michigan
1 and hitting North Dakota.
Chicago is again expecting
be struck late today.
Atlanta, Georgia reported a
cold wind striking the city with
tfce mercury the lowest for years;
at times the temperature dropp
ed below freezing.
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—Thanksgiving Eve Ball Tonight—