Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 584.
REWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930.
PRICE TEN CEN'
IMS SADDENED
ON CRRISTiS DAY
HAIfl TRAGEDIES
SIX KILLED IN ONE FAMILY
WHEN THEIR CAR AND
TRAIN MET
CHICAGO, Dec., 26, (/P)—Lom
3 r a, Wisconsin and Barnum,
were saddened Christmas day
because at Lomira only a mother
and young son remain in the |
Schultz family of eight.
The father. S. G. Schultz, two:
daughters, Esther 13 and Anita
14, the grandparents, Mr and
Mrs. Herman Schultz and Ray
mond, eight, were killed in a
crash of their automobile with
a train as they were enroute to
church.
At Barnum, two automobiles
collided and the gasoline tank
of one. exploding.
The dead are Mable Rundgren,
Mrs. Glenn Harper and Marion
Harper of Duluth; Edith Larsen
of Cloquet, Minn.; Axel Ander
son, driver of the other car, and
his wife were critically injured.
The Andersons were enroute
ome with presents for seven
hildren.
NEWHA7EN. Conn., E-e . 26.
,‘P)—Edward blattory *v iV d in
-T.o the police station claiming
he was the bandit who stole the
payrole from the Arlington
oraneh of the American mills at
Westhaven yesterday when one
of the employes was shot and
Killed and another critically
wounded.
Slattery was penniless when
searched. He told the police that
he had thrown $4,931 in under
growth alongside of a road.
SUGGESTS EMBARGO ,
ON CANADIAN WHEAT
DUE PRICE DECLINE
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26, (/P)—
Chairman Legge of the Farm
hoard suggested a temporary em
bargo on wheat, to the members
•of the Senate agricultural com
mittee.
Legge said this would be “the
most effective method of deal
ing with importations of Cana
dian wheat which is feared if
world prices decline further be
■low domestic levels.
Senator Capper of Kansas said
he “Would be glad to sponsor”
legislation if warranted.
LOST OCCULT POWER
BOMBAY, India. Dec. 26. (JP)—
A coroner’s inquest at Poona, In
dia, revealed the strange story of
how James Brandon, American, so
steeped himself in mysticism and
occult healing that he died of a
broken heart because of the loss
of a pair of spectacles which he
believed gave him occult power.
YACHT NOW FLAGSHIP
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26, (/P)—
The USS Mayflower, presidential
yacht for 27 years, will be re
commissioned as a gunboat and
assigned as a flagship for the
special service squadron in Cen
tral American waters.
VILLAGE IS WIPED
OUT IN ARGENTINE
HOLIDAY EARTHOUAKE
SALTA, Argentine, Dec., 26, (/P)
—Thirty-three are dead and 70
persons were injured in an earth
quake, over the holidays, which
destroyed the small Andean vil
lage of Lapoma.
Survivors said the earthquake
was accompanied by a sound
which commenced like distant
thunder beneath the earth’s sur
face, the crescendo increasing
I until at one time it sounded like
j greatly amplified galloping hors
' es.
| From two huge cracks in the
'earth’s surface oozed hot water
■left by the quake,
pp*y.| nrr n« nm uop
iiiiUii! 11! UN DiII Oil!
j KENJTRA, French M >rocco,
| Dec.. 25, *.-?—The '.squadron of
|Italian seaplanes enroutr from
11 a >v to Rio ' do Janeiro, left for
; Villa Ci meres,, Rio de Oro. the
i next 'stop' down the African
| coast.
The weather is ideal. From the
latter point the planes will fly
to Nolama, Portugese Guinea and
j from there across the Atlantic.
; One of the ships remained be
hind due to engine trouble The
: other 13 headed south with an
escort of French military planes.
BURNS. SIX DIE
1 WHITING, Ind., Dec., 26, {&)—
| Six are dead and fire destroyed
a small boarding house here yes
terday. Only one out of eight es
caped burning.
He jumped from the second
floor; the other, badly burned,
may die. Four were occupying
the first floor and ran to safety.
The dead are Victor Mechevie,
Matt Sititich, Joe Bebek, Tom
Casovich, John and Joe Lucic.
NO PARTICULAR PLANS
FOB THE NEW TEAR
NEW YORK, Dec., 26, (/P)—Avi
ation has come a long way since
a young fellow from Missouri
took off from Roosevelt Field
four years ago next May, and
flew to Paris.
Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh be
lieves that this is seen in speed;
In 1925 a good cruising speed
was 90 miles an hour. Now it is
140.
He said he had no particular
plans for the new year.
HEROISM FAILS
JS FATHER SEES
LOVED ONES DO
FATHER SEES WIFE AND CHILD
PLUNGE INTO ROARING
FIRE, BASEMENT
I SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 26, (AV
lA mother and father gave up
I their lives in vain efforts to save
the lives of their children trap
ped in fires that destroyed their
ranch homes. Four are dead in
the two fires in the two fires one
the two fires one in King
county and the other In Pleas
ant Valley, Solana county.
Two other * persons are in a
serious condition from burns and
smoke fumes. The dead are Mrs.
Grace Smith, 40. of Solano coun
ty who sought to rescue her
daughter, Marian Smith, eight
years of age, trapped when fire
destroyed the Smith home.
Roy Hutchinson, King county,
who saved three lives, perished
in an attempt to save a fourth,
Robert, age 18.
! The injured were Dr. C. W.
I Smith, and Mrs. Bessie Hutchin
son.
Aroused at 4 a. m. by flames.
Dr. Smith and nis' wife found
the whole home . ablaze; from
basement to ’ garrett. Their two
children were asleep In adjoining
'roonisr Galling Pto his ■ wife to
in his anus he. in ■ . his way
to a slespiiig': porch ancT hissed
babe to Mary SehuKn their maid,
who had succeeded' •. t coping.
Plunging back into the blazing
bedroom ' he headed for his wife
in his daughter’s room but by
that time the entire place was a
mass of flames and choking
| smoke from a large quantity of
| paint stored in the basement.
I Forced to the floor to escape
suffocation. Dr. Smith crawled to
|the door of the daughter’s room
| where he could hear his wife
i calling for him but before he
could push in the door and thru
the flames the floor collapsed
and mother and child were hurl
ed into the roaring basement.
Almost overcome by the in
tnse heat and stifling smoke, Dr.
Smith fought his way back to
the sleeping porch and leaped
to safety as the wall of the build
ing began to fall,
i Because of the heat and lack
of water it was impossible to put
out the fire although neighbors
for miles around hastened to the
rescue.
Late yesterday the bodies of
the mother and daughter were
found burned beyond recogni
tion in a corner of the ash-filied
baseirtbnt.
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ITALY HAS DEFICIT
ROME, Dec. 26. (A5)—Treasury
statement gives the deficit of It
aly for the first five months of
the fiscal year as $43,700,000. The
| cabinet met and decided to reduce
1 ministerial expenditures for the
current and next fiscal year by
$15,000,000. Tliis will relive the bud
get of about $35,000,000 for the re
maining six months owing to slash
| ed salaries of government em
ployes.
GERMAN CREDIT
BERLIN, Dec. 26- (JP)—Credits
totaling about $6,000,000 were giv
en Berlin by a group of German
banks to relieve the sorely pressed
municipal government financs. A
similar loan is to be extended by
ia consortium of foreign banks.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec., 26, (/Pi
Kin Hubbard, age 62, humorist
and creator of “Abe Martin” died
suddenly from heart disease.
He leaves a widow, a son and
| daughter a brother and a sister
to survive him.
He came to Indianapolis when
i a young man and entered news
paper work- He created “Abe
Martin” in 1904 a mythical per
I sonage with his habitat in the
hills of Brown county.
Hubbard was born at Belle
I fontaine, Ohio. He was a close
friend of Will Rogers and Chic
(Sales.
, CHICAGO, Dec,, 26, <VP.-The Ar
lington park management is con
templating setting the added purse
! of the Arlington classic next
: summer at 6100.000.
This venr Gallant Fox won the
race, which netted the winner $64.
750.
NO DANGER SEEN
PARIS, Dec. 28. CP)-Dr. Boidn,
after visiting Raymond Poincare,
j ailing French statesman, said the
improvement in his condition con
tinued. He is no longer held to oe
in danger.
SPRING STILES IT
! OF LINGERIE COLLARS
PARIS, Dec., 26, (TP)—Advance
| notices of spring’s styles, hint
ed at in mid-winter additions to
style collections, indicate a furore
of lingerie collars and sleeve
touches.
Cushion lace, both white and
colored, is seen at one Important
house, used as edging for slightly
starched linen collars and jabots.
TREATY RESPONSIBLE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. (A3) —
The Versailles Treaty was charged
with being largely responsible for
the current economic crisis by
Chairman McFaddon of House
Banking and Currency Comittee,
who said the pact gives rise to ec
onomic experts and involved the
; United States in the affairs of
other nations.
ADVANCED CAUSE
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. (/P)—Form
er Judge Ben Lindsey defended
his record as judge and citizen
and advanced the cause of com
panionate marriage as a great pro
| gressive social idea which will re
i cognize that “marriage is made for
man.” He attacked Bishop Wil
liam Manning as a reactionary
among clericals.
nines of
DEATHS OCCUR
OMISTI
TWO-THIRDS DUE TO POl
ONED LIQUOR, REVEALS
CHECK-UP
NEW YORK, Dec., 26, UP,
Two hundred or more deat
marred Christmas joy and ac
d$nts took a heavy toll fr<
coast to coast.
There wfere accidents frc
fires, by water—drownings—a
j hunting as wrell as poisoned li
! uor. automobiles and trains.
Automobiles running on sli
pery roads was one of the grea
est causes for destruction b
poisoned liquor apparently to
I the greatest harvest- In New Yo
City it was claimed bet we
five and 10 died from drinkii
poisoned liquor.
Three drowned in Californ
' when a launch capsized.
A total of 35 were killed on t;
Pacific Coast ancl as many mo
I injured.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26, UP>
Wets in Congress are set kin
. re-districting in every State al
; fectcd by the new' apportion
ment.
i Representative Cochran of Mis
souri said he would discuss th
matter on the floor of the Hons
.soon after Congress reassembles.
Congressman Sproul, militan
Dry from Kansas, said the Dryf
(were asleep when the reappor
lion ment bill was passed as th
| amendment could have been ef
| fected to provide enumeratioi
| on the basis of citizenship.
i _ _
11DISGQUNT SITE
RESTORE CONFIDENCE
NEW YORK, Dec., 26, (JP)—
The rediscount rate of two per
cent is the lowest in the history
of the Federal reserve system as
well as the lowest in the world;
it is now in effect.
The New York Federal Reserve
Bank is of the opinion it was the
most constructive move possible
and would renew faith abroad as
to the strength of the New York
money market.
ANOTHER DIVORCE
CHICAGO, Dec- 26. (JP)—Mrs.
Mabel Lee £hurch Van Alstyne
obtained divorce from Egbert Van
Alstyne, famous composer on th?
grounds of desertion.
U. S. MINISTER DIES
THE HAGUE, Dec- 26. (JP)—Ger
rit John Diekma, American min
ister to the Netherlands, died fol
lowing a serious operation per
formed last week. Death was due
directly to pneumonia. Minister
Diekma had been stationed at the
Hague only about a year, and was
extremely popular.