MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER Cl.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1929
PRICE TER I'bA i vS
GOVERNMENT OPTOMISTIC RE
BELLION HAS FAILED AND
INSURGENTS SCATTER
MEXICO CITY, March 13, (/P)—
Heavy rebel losses were reported
by the government as powerful
federal and insurgent forces con
tinued to converge on Torreon
the next few days may witness
either one of the biggest battles
in the history of Mexican revol
utions or a speedy disintegration
of the entire revolutionary move
ment.
An army of 22,000 rebels are re
ported to be massing at Torreon
while General Calles is proceeding
northward and 18,000 men under
General Almazan are advancing
from the east to descend upon the
rebel stronghold.
Rebel headquarters anticipated
a decisive battle but the govern
ment is equally optomistic that the
rebellion has failed and the in
surgents would scatter northward
before the federal drive.
Along the border, in the heart of
the rebel country of Sonora, a ser
ious deflection of Yaqui and Mayo
Indian troops hit the insurgents
heavily.
FORMER VICE PI’RCI^RVT AINi)
OTHERS MAY REMAIN SIX
MONTHS
SANTO DOMINGO, March 13,
(/P)—Vice President Dawes, has ac
cepted the invitation of the Santo
Domingo government to establish
a scientific budget system there
similar id the one which he creat
ed for the United States govern
ment according to an announce
ment made here.
He will leave Washington about
March 28 accompanied by the oth
er members of the commission and
it la expected that six months will
toe required to complete the work.
The other members of the com
missi m are Gen. Jaces G. Harbora,
president of the Radio Corporation
of Ame.ica, Senator Wells, a form
er member of the state depart
ment md T. W. Robinson of Chi
cago.
► NATIONAL DRIVE TO
REDUCE FEDERAL TLX
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, VP)
— San Francisco will take part in
the national dnve to obtain by
congressional action, a reduction
in the federal tax on earned in
comes, when Frank R. Havenner,
chairman of the finance commit
tee of the board of supervisors,
will present a resolution, memoriz
ing congress to reduce the tax.
CAPITALIST DIES
ATLANTA, Ga„ March 13, (#>)—
Asa G. Candler,, capitalist and
founder of the Coca Cola company,
died in th<f Wesley memorial hos
pital after a long Illness. He was
78 years old.
DETROIT’S FAMOUS
CASE IS MAZE OF CHARGES
unarges ait nying uacK and forth in ueiroit’s “Wood
case.” Cecil Holt ) upper) alleges that Mrs. Grace M.
Wood (below) plotted to kill her husband, Ralph A.
Wood (upper right). Wood backs him up. Mrs. Wood ac
cuses Wood and Holt of bank robbery.
WAS CENSURED FOR ALLOWING
HIMSELF TO BE RESCUED
BEFORE HIS MEN
LONDON, March 13, (#■)—'The
Exchange Telegraph company said
j_it had been officially announced
j at Rome that General Nobile has
i esigned his rank and office and
| that his resignation has been ac
cepted.
i The official board of inquiry
; into the dirigible Italia disaster,
i which was held last week, placed
: direct biame on General Nobile
; for the loss of the dirigible and
j censured him for allowing him
self to be rescued first.
SUDDEN m PRICE
GASOLINE QUIZZED
LONDON, March 13. {/P)~Gas
oline dealers must report to the
government to explain the reason
for the sudden jump of five cents In
the retail price here. Premier Bald
win said that he will consider tak
ing action against the companies
if the explanation is unsatisfactory.
ANfGOilOTESlLAN
RETIRE FUNDED DEBT
NEW YORK, March 13. (JP)—'The !
directors of the Anaconda Cotw,•;
Mining Co., voted on a plan for a j
capital adjustment, which if et.i i
proved oy the stockholders wil l '
si jt in the retirement of tli • •• •
any , $117 000.000 funded a
The stockholder', would rcer' ,
under :he plan, new stock cqu ■’
‘he amount of the bond reti
meat.
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KANSAS CITY, March 13, (Av>—
A warning against the “radio
racketers” has been sounded here.
A m'n nosin'* a’ nn emolovee of
an electric company removed a
radio from S. J. Hern’s home,
alter explaining to Mrs. Hern that
the set should be returned for re
pairs When it was not returned,
nolice issued a fiat against similar
imposters.
STARS TO TRY MAJOR GRADE AGAIN
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WELLS
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TH' BOX. THIS
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in uneatable in the minors, these two pitchers
re beck a^ain to overcome that something that has kept
J em out of the big leagues.
CAPMEL, Calif., March 13, (/P)—
Choosing to die rather than give
up her 11-year-old daughter, the
mother, Mrs. Earbara Srnartt, 35,
shot the child then ended her
own life when the child was about
to leave for Los Angeles with her
-'r-mother.
The child had been allowed to
choose whether to stay with her
r other or go to Los Angeles to
the father. She decided to go with
the foster mother.
WORE DOCUMENTS ARE S^EZED
IN RERUN: FORGED BY
BOLSHEVIK
BERLIN. March 12. (JP)—Sensa
-iona' documents dealing with An
astases, daughter cf the late Czar
el Rus ia, who is now a guest of
” Trs. M. B. Leeds, of New York
City, have been discovered among
, ne forged Bolshevik! documents
; which were seized by the Berlin
I police.
I The papers, which it is believed
will go a long way towards clear
ing lip the mystery of the young
women, who claims to be the
youngest daughter of the late
Czar, are in the handwriting of
Oiloff one of the two Bolsheviki
l vno were arrested and who is said
I to have been a former official in
I the Char’s secretarial office.
ffn K-S ’•-V' sr \ ;• nL'.STS WERE
THE WORK or BOMBERS;
SlT*ECJs i'O.l MEN
ST. TOSFPH, Mo., March 13. (JP\
-Thiee persons were killed and
nine others, mostly children, weie
mjuror in two mysterious explo
sions which wrecked two buildings.
The firs’ blast at 1 a. m. demol
. lied a two-story brick bunding:
.he second two hours later wreck
er! a building two blocks away.
The dead are Mrs. Mary Lew, 65;
Charles Donald Nolan, 10 and
Oorothv Glongner. age nine.
One of the wrecked buildings
housed a grocery store with a
rooming house above. The second
wilding was a residence.
Police expressed the belief the
blasts were set off by bombers and
they are seeking two men seen
leaving the scene of hte first ex
plosion shortly before it occurred.
WILL ADHERE TO
DEFINITION CLASSIFIES SVIK
ITDOUS I,IOrO;>S: IS DECID
ED l PON
GENEVA, March 13, (A3)—Dr.
Gustav Stresmann, hte foreign
minister of Germany, informed
the council of the League of Na
tions at the present gathering and
session, that his country would ad
here (o the Geneva protocol pro
hibition the employment of poison
gas and bacteria in wartime.
Th° League committee decided
upon a definition classifying spir
itous Kpuors. it said fi
which contained up to 20 degrees
it alcohol, may be classed as wine,
but wnen it passed above 20 de
crees it bec.airu' iiquor.
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THEATERS TO CRAIN
. NEW YORK, March 13, (/P>—
William Fox, who acquired control
oi' Loews Incorporated and became
lie dominent figure in the amuse
ment Held last week, added the
113 theatres, owned by Walter
Ktade, chain to the 800 which he
a.'teaay operates, according to an
anne-uncement issued by the Fox
inicre-'.s.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
BROKEN TOR GAMES
LONDON, March 12, (/P)—Ground
fecor i was broken for attendance
it the English cup tie betwe » ,
'''•tor Villa and Arsenal at Brim
InghAir. when 73.000 passed thru
r-he turnstiles. Astor Villa won
1 to a. Four cun tie games d’mw
a crowd of 227.593 and 50.000
watcl ed the Scottish cup tie be
tween Rangers and Dundee. Ports
mouth defeated West Ham 3 to 2.
Blackburn and Bolton were tied.