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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 97.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY. APRIL 29, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
REGION ONCE TRAVERSED BY
ALEXANDER THE GREAT;
ROAD 1700 MILES LONG
AINABULAK, Kazakstan, Soviet
Republic, April 29. (JP)—Over life
less deserts, trackless plains and
peopleless mountain lands once
traversed by Alexander the Great,
Tamerlane Soviets opened its
modem 1,700-mile railroad of its
own construction connecting Ebee
sex with the Central Asia Rail
road of Aris, Uzbeskistan, with
•’lie Great Siberian Railway of
Nevesibirsk.
The railroad cost $100,000,000 to
onstruct and four years to build.
It makes the Republic of Ka
zakstan and that region one of
creat potentiary and economic
significance. This importance lies
in the fact that it will bring great
quantities of Siberian wheat and
zimber to the undeveloped areas
; f Turkistan.
4.
NEW YORK. April 28, (7P)—Mrs
Catherine Barker Spaulding oi
Chicago, divorced wife of Howarc
Spaulding Jr., once known as the
richest girl in the world, was mar
ried to Charles Hickox, insurance
oroker and graduate of Yale, a'
-he home of Mr. and Mrs. Masor
3 Sterling.
Mrs. Spaulding inherited about
$38,000,000 some years ago.
A small reception followed the
, ceremony and the couple preparec
:o leave on their honeymoon wit!
heir destination unknown. Mrs
Spaulding met Hickox last spring
aid their romance quickly de
4 reloped.
\CC U I> NEW LINER
YOKOHAMA. April 29. CP,—Witt
us big plane lashed to the aftei
deck. Van Lear Black, Baltimore
publisher, sailed for San Franciscc
aboard the new Japanese liner Tat
suta Maru. Black, who recently
completed a flight from London tc
Tokio, intends to fly from Sar
Francisco to Baltimore.
VOTED FOR REPEAL
WASHINGTON. April 28. (/P)
The Senate voted for the repea:
of the National Origins plan foi
restriction of immigration whiclr
went into effect last July ovei
President Hoover’s protest. The
amendment to repeal the amend
ment was adopted by a vote ol
39 to 34.
DISCOURAGING RELIGION
LONDON' oril 28, t/P)—The un
official a on of Sir Esmonc
Oveys repc on alleged religious
persecution in Russia, says that
he discovered no case where a
priest or a layman was punished
for practicing religion but he die
fine the Soviet was discouraging
the spread of religion.
■“ Rip Winkles of 1930” Tonight
. Flli GOODNESS SAKE!”
| NEW YORK. April 29. (/Pi —
j Monsieur Jean Patou fears that
| the American women are headed
j toward nose rings or something
such. Leaving for La Belle,
j France, the fashion expert told
how he had been horrified to be
j hold over the brightly painted fin
I ger nails, red, green and other
shades.
! BRGMLEY Will TBt
i PSCIFIC HOP 101
! LOS ANGELES, April 29. (/P)—
Lieut. Harold Bromley, -who ex
| pects to complete a non-stop
| flight from Tacoma, Wash., to
Tokyo, Japan, within a month, ar
! rived here from El Paso, Texas, to
! direct completion of his plane, a
Lockhead. The ship will be ready
; for delivery. Lieut Bromley said,,
1 by May first, and he will test
it at the aircraft factory in Bur
! bank.
'OiVES 5,110 FEET
I ID STILL LUES
I MITCHELL FIELD, April 29. (TP)—
A 5,000 foot dive at an 80 degree
angle with motors wide open, was
made with William Crosswell pilot
ing a Curtiss Wright. He was test
ing a plane being developed for the
navy.
Crosswell with R. E. Johnson took
the plane up 8.000 feet and headed
it downward. At 3.000 feet he
straightened his ship out despite
the terrific speed estimated at
about 50 miles per hour.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES
FRIEND QUEEN, DEAD
LONDON. April 28, (/P) The
Honorable Charlotte Knollys, wo
man of the royal bedchamber for
53 years and confidential friend
of Queen Alexandria, died at the
age of 90.
HAS WHEEL CHAIR
WASHINGTON. April 29. (TPt—
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, whose back
was painfully wrenched in a fal1
nearly two weeks ago, now has a
wheel chair to enable her to move
about the White House without ag
gravating the injury.
> 2000 IN RIOT
CALCUTTA, April 28. (TP)— An
' other clash between the police and
»i natives in which one man was
1' killed and three others hurt, is re
| ported in advices from Niela. More
Than 2,000 persons were engaged
! in the riot.
SIX ARE KILLED
1 CALCUTTA, April 29. (/Pi—Gov
ernment activities in the Indian
situation still centered on pur
1 suit of the insurgent group that
raided the police arsenal of Chit
tagong Saturday and killed six
policemen. Troops and auxiliaries
j are searching for the raiders but
; as yet have not captured them..
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
MIAMI, April 28, (/Pi—A1 Capone,
, gangster, won a permanent injunc
tion preventing Florida sheriffs
from ejecting him from the state
but he now faces a court fight
against the states’s attempt to pad
ilock his $140,000 estate.
I
LIGHTS TURNED ON IN SAN
FRANCISCO; SOME COOL
NESS OBSERVED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, (/P)
—A rare phenomenon, a total
eclipse of the sun, was witnessed
off a narrow path across North
I western states of the United States..
! It is thought to have brought to
' astronomers new information re
garding the chief source of sun
: light energy.
The path was narrow and rela
tively short and a slight dark
ness and coolness resulted in the
3.000 foot-wide path,
i In San Francisco lights were
| required indoors. As to the scien
| tific aspects of the eclipse, reports
| from Camptonville and other
j points where astronomers and
| photographers gathered, all were
; optimistic. The totality was about
I one and three-fifths seconds; the
'elapsed time, two hours and 50
; minutes.
STIMSON RECEIVES WIRELESS
MESSAGE OF CONGRATULA
TIONS, PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. April 29. </P)—
Ambassador Dwight Morrow, as
Senator from New Jersey, will take
over the main burden in the fight
for ratification of the London Nav
al Treaty, it has been learned,
i Mr. Morrow is to be appointed
Senator, taking the place now held
by David Baird, immediately upon
his return to the United States and
will be sitting in the Upper House
when the battle to ratify the treaty
is begun.
Meanwhile, Senator Hiram John
son, ranking Republican of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee. outlined a series of six points
upon which he wishes to be satis
fied before taking a definite stand
He expressed no hostility to the
treaty but indicated he will demand
an explanation as to whether or
not the pact provides a navy ade
quate for defense of our country.
He also desires satisfaction on oth
er controversial points.
i Dispatches from the S. S. L°via
jthan said that Secretary of State
Stimson received a wireless mes
sage from President Hoover con
gratulating him on his achieve
ments at London.
WORE QUEEN S PEARLS
| LONDON. April 28. (£>)—'The girl
iwho wore Queen Mary’s pearls is
,a bride. Miss Doris Jack, artists
daughter, now Mrs. Victor White
1 head, posed with the gems for her
father so he could paint details in
a portrait he had made of Queen
Mary.
i Oscar Vogel of Anchorage has
purchased the Lee W. Hartley in
: terest in the Edward Gustan can
nery on Cook Inlet.
THREE DAY HOP
WESTFIELD, N. J., April 29. (/Ps
—Frank Goldsborough, 19. son of
Bruce Goldsborough, lost in an
attempted trans-Atlantic flight in
the plane Dawn, took off at 5:40
a. m. on the first leg of a flight
to Los Angeles. He plans to
make the trip in three days with
a stop at Wheeling, W. Va., Indi
' anapolis and St. Louis.
SIXTEEN POLICEMEN
INJURED, SALT IT
1 CALCUTTA, April 29, (JP)—A re
! port received said that 16 police
jmen were injured at Neela where
salt was being manufactured when
a crowd of 2,000 persons pelted
them with stones.
The police fired on them with
buckshot and injured three persons
who were sent to the hospital later.
Another demonstrator was found
dead on the ground where the dis
turbance occurred.
LIEPSIG, Germany, April 29. UP)
—Hard-handed police measures
were in force again to prevent
outbreak of communist rioting
which last week cost the lives of
three people and brought injur
ies to others. A check-up showed
two police and one communist
dead, four communists in hospi
tals. three policemen seriously in
jured and six others injured only
slightly.
YACHT MADE READY
LONDON, April 28, </P)— King
George has ordered the royal
steam yacht Victoria and Albert
be commissioned May 8th so he
may attend the various regattas.
TOO MANY DRINKS
LONDON, April 28. i7P>—“I never
refused so much drink in my life.”
was the comment of Frank Salis
bury. protrait painter upon his re
turn from America.
DENIES HE PROPOSED
NEW YORK, April 28, (TP)-—'Wil
liam Willock, junior heir to mil
lions, replied to the $250,000
breach of bromise suit being brot
by Catherine McCormick, maid in
his home. He denied that he had
proposed to her.
TWO GOT SHOT
SIMLA, India, April 29. </P)—
i Two European employees of the
Imperial bank of India were shot
to death by a native non-com
missioned officer at an outpost
near Ahyber pass. A native sol
! dier also was killed by the same
man, who was later killed by a
guard. Medical examinations dis
: closed that the man wa suffer
ABSTAIN FROM TAXING
WASHINGTON, April 28, (JP)—
Negotiations will be started look
ing toward an agreement whereby
I the French government will ab
stain from taxing indirectly
i French subsidiaries of American
; companies. The extra territorial
I tax is 18 percent.
LAST MEMBERS OF RUSSIAN
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
LEAVE THE STAVROPOL
S. S. NANUK, North Cape, Si
beria, April 29. (/P)—Carrying a
. valuable cargo of furs destined
j to the United States two Fair
childs, piloted by Crosson and
Robbins, expected to leave yester
i day for Teller.
Crosson and Robbins arrived
Sunday afterday an over-night
stop at an isolated lagoon east
f of here where they picked up one
Fairchild plane which was left
there in a damaged condition
. more than two months ago dur
ing the Eielson-Borland search.
Hutchinson repaired the landing
■ gear of the plane, which was then
flown by Robbins.
Pilot Gladysh, Russian, left the
S. S. Stavropol, ice-bound, with
the last two members of the Mos
cow scientific expedition. They
were to fly to St. Lawrence Bay,
then to Vladivostok and overland
to Msocow.
BILL HERS FREES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29. A
—“The Literary Digest loves to
straw vote on subjects that every
body is arguing over. Here is
one that is creating more dust
than the one they are voting
on now. I propose to start a
straw vote at once on the follow
ing: Will people vote on prohi
bition at the polls, where they
have to sign their names, the
same as they do in a straw
vote. Please vote either yes or
no. You see the Digest put in
a middle vote, the modification
plan. Now the wets and drys.
claiming that vote, may get
started straw voting on my plan
Yours, Will Rogers."
HOOVER’S BROTHER VISITS
WASHINGTON. April 29. <T>—
Theodore J. Hoover, dean of the
engineering school at Stanford
university and only brother of
President Hoover, left here, with
his wife for California after a
visit with the national fiist fam
ily.
RESENTS STATEMENTS
I SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, (IP)
i—In a special article, appearing
j in the Hearts newspapers, Ramond
I Poincare, war-time president of
France, takes issue with state
; ments made by Clemenceau, crit
I icizing General Foch's handling of
the Allied armies,
DROPS DAMAGE SUIT
NEW YORK, April 28, (/P>—Mich
ael Rosenberg, Frenchman who
brought a $500,000 damage suit
against Mrs. Doris Mercer Kresge,
divorced wife of a millionaire whom
he loved and lost, has decided to
drop the suit and is sailing for
France.