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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 127.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEPUTIES DRRESTED
FOR SLAYING OF TWO
MEXICAN YOUTHS
ARDMORE, Oklahoma, June 9,
UP)—Murder charges were filed
against Deputies William Guess
and Cecil Crosby for the slaying of
Emilio Cortes Rubio, a distant
relative of the President of Mex
ico, and his chum, Manuel Gom
ez.
The deputies were qi^stioning
the youths. Guess said, when
they drew guns so he shot.
Arms and amunition were found
in the car in which the youths
were traveling to Mexico from
Kansas College.
'TEX' UNO HEH GANG
NOW ON TOE HIGH SENS
HAVRE, France, June 9, (/P)—
With her whole gang intact but
weary and disgusted, “Tex” Guin
an is enroute back to New York
without seeing Paris where she in
tended to transplant her Amer
ican brand of “whoopee.”
H. Arlett, of London, who sug
gested the night club “queen”
marry him so that she could en
ter England, was saddest of those
who bid her farewell.
“Solong, Sucker,” she yelled to
him. Arlett has not enough money
:o get back home.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ June 9.
tP)— Official Washington, mani
festing keen interest, for the most
part endorsed the vigorous pro
gram proposed by William Ran
dolph Hearst for the restoration
f prosperity to the nation.
Mr. Hearst, in a nation-wide
radio address, proposed a $5,000,
000,000 government public works
program.
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NEW DENL^ PAYMENTS
BERLIN, June 9, OP)—With cries
of “Bring back a German plan in
place of the American Young
plan,” ringing in the ears, Chan
cellor Bruening and Foreign Min
ister Curtins, left for London.
They will meet with the Brit
ish Premier to confer n the Ger
man reparation burden.
LOOKS LIKE A DEAL
CHICAGO. June 9, (/P)—Clyde
Beck, utility outfielder, was re
leased by the Cubs to the Cinci- !
nnati Reds. Beck’s release gave i
further rise to reports that a
deal is in the offing between the j
two clubs. Cliff Heathcote was sent!
to the Reds just before the start
of the season.
COMPLETES FLIGHT
LAKEHURST, June 9, (A3)—End
ing a 23-hour flight in which it
passed over New York, Boston,
Baltimore and Washington, the
dirigible Los Angels returned to
its hangar here.
PUPIL KILLED
CLOVIS, N. M., June 9. (VP)—
When a school bus ran nito a
ditch near here, one high school
student was killed and between 20
and 30 others were injured.
TOOK 203 STITCHES
BOSTON, Mass., June 9. OP)—A
total of 203 stitches had to be
taken to close razor slashes suf
fered by Porthos Allen, this being
a new stitch record for the Boston
City Hospital.
OPPOSE CONFERENCE
SALT LAKE CITY, June 9. (/P)—
Senator Reed Smoot, chairman of
the Senate finance committee,
made public a telegram he received
from President Hoover saying in
formal discussions have revealed
I other nations are opposed to hold
ing an international silver con
ference at this time.
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ABANDON GUAM
; ORANGE, Va.. June 9. (VP)—'The
abandonment of the island of
Guam as a naval base was decided
by President Hoover and high
ranking officials at a week-end
economy conference at the Presi
dent’s camp at Rapidan.
FIND LOST NECKLACE
ST. LOUIS, June 9. OP)—A $50,
000 pearl necklace which had been
lost since the winter of 1928-29
was returned to its owner. Mrs.
Warren Chandler, the finder re
ceived a $3,000 reward.
COUNTRY IS GROWING
"WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9.
(VP)—The federal government is
spending five times as much of
the taxpayers' money as it did 15 :
years ago. Statesmen of today j
toss billions about as their prede- j
cessors of the last generations
were wont to toss millions.
5,000,000 BICYCLES IN JAPAN
TOKYO, June 9. (JP)—There are
now more than 5,000,000 bicycles
in this country. They are used
to transport every form of light
cargo from potted plants to live
pigs.
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YOUNG HOOVER RECOVERS j
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 8, (JP)— j
Herbert Hoover, Jr., son of the pre- ;
sident, returned to his father’s
home in Palo Alto, completely re
covered from a tuberculosis attack
which kept him in the Carolinas
all winter. He and his family will
remain in Palo Alto throughout the
summer.
LIQUOR PRICE UP
TORONTO, June 8, (&)—'The
price of liquor in Ontario is going
up. The liquor control board an
nounced a new price list would be
furnshed liquor vendors. The price
scale will be slightly higher for
all spirits, although the price of |
beer will be reduced a bit. Empty
beer bottles, however, will be;
worthless. j
DUST RIVALS DROUGHT
CHICAGO, June 8, (fP)—Drought
which is as severe as that ex
perienced in many sections of the
United States last year. Reports
from a survey completed by a
Chicago grain market said dust
storms in parts of Saskatchewan
were worse since that region was
settled 25 years ago.
SUMMONS CIVIL
SUIT IS sn
col ilium
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i STILL UNDECIDED AS TO THE
COURSE FOR FLIGHT TO
THE ORIENT
NEW YORK, June 9, {&)—Col.
Chas. A. Lindbergh was served a
summons in a civil suit as he was
taking off o'n a test flight yester
day.
The suit was initiated by a
clipping bureau. Friends said that
Lindbergh gave the bureau a
check for clippings of his Atlan
tic flight which were to be del
ivered to his mother. When the
check was used up the bureau
continued to send clippings.
A mechanic knocked down the
process server with a blow to the
jaw when he bragged about how
easy it was to serve the Colonel.
Lindbergh is pleased with the
performance of his plane which
is now equipped with pontoons.
He lost only 10 miles per hour in
speed so equipped.
He is still undecided as to which
route he will take in flying to
the Orient. - 5 . .
NEW SIGNAL CORPS
CHIEF ARRIVES IN
THE CITY TOME
Col. Dawson Olmstead, who was
recently assigned to duty with
the Washington Alaska Military
Cable and Telegraph System as
Officer in Charge, will arrive in
Seward today from the South on
the SS Admiral Watson, according
to the local report.
It is expected Colonel Olmstead
will continue on to Kodiak, return
ing to Seward Sunday enroute to
the Interior. Upon his return
from the Westward a brief visit
will be made here.
This is Colonel Olmstead’s first
trip North and his inspection of
the entire Signal Corps communi
cations system in the Territory
will call for airplane travel in the
Interior.
He is an experienced Signal
Corps officer, having served 20
of his 25 years Army duty in that
branch of the service. He was
commissioned from West Point in
1906 to the Cavalry, later trans
ferred to Field Artillery, and in
1911 to the Signal Corps. He is al
so a graduate of the Army Signal
Corps School.
Colonel Olmstead has accepted i
an invitation extended by the ■
Seward Chamber of Commerce to
attend a banquet in his honor
upon his return from Kodiak.
UNBEARABLE DEBT
BERLIN, June 9. (£>)—The Ger
man government decreeing new
taxes totaling approximately $400,
000,000 upon its people, described
the act as one last effort and as
serted the financial position of the
country calls imperatively for al
leviation of the unbearable repara
tions obligations.
Piano music can be made visi
ble by an instrument which op
erates from the keyboard to trans
form sound waves into color tones.
BARNUM WAS RIGHT
1 SAN FRANCISCO, June 9. (£>)—
| Rival factions in the gasoline war
got together and agreed in a raise
in the price of gasoline to reach
16c and 18c by June 15.
TO LEAVE FOR EUROPE
j WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9.
i (JP)—Secretary of State Stimson
will go to Europe this month for
a series of conferences with the
Premiers of the leading powers on
the forthcoming armaments con
ference.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED .
LOS ANGELES, June 9. (JP)—A
j resolution asking the U. S. Con
Igress to impose a tariff of $1.50 a
j barrel on crude oil imports, and
jWiging Oil productions states to
i pass applicable legislation for the
! proposed tariff, was adopted by
the oil states advisory committee.
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FOR OVERHAULING
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 9. (£>)—
:The giant German seaplane DO-X
will remain at Natal, Brazil, at
least three weeks for overhauling
before proceeding here, it was of
ficially announced.
KILL 1,547 SQUIRRELS
AMBER, Wash., June 9. (IP)—The
annual squirrel-tail May day party
was won by the Amber grange.
During the past killing contest,
sponsored by state sportsmen as
sociations, this group destroyed
1,547 ground squirrels.
HAS THREE PLANS
GENEVA, June 8, (IP)— At the
International Narcotic Conference
of the League of Nations dissolved
into a committee now has three
plans for the regulation of narco
tics. The British Quota, the Blanco
Crane and the American Importa
tion Limitation plan are the plans
under consideration.
THEN COMES WAR
ROME, June 9. {IP)—'The Cath
olic action society was described
in a radio broadcast purporting to
give the Italian side of the gov
ernment’s controversey with Pope
Pius XI as a strong organization
takinng orders from a foregin
power.
TARIFF WOULD BE BAD
WASHINGTON, June 8, (/P)—
The effect of higher tariff rates
if put into effect in Canada
will be to imperil $25,000,000 of
American exports into the Dom
inion of Canada, Dr. J. Klein, as
ssitant secretary of commerce said.
LINER BREAKS UP
LOS ANGELES, June 8, (A*)—
The wrecked Los Angeles Steam
ship Company (liner Harvard,
socurged by wind and sea off
Point Arguello, began breaking up
and her condition became so haz
radous that Captain L. B. Hill
senger, her master and three mem
bers of her crew were transferred
to the Coast Guard cutter Ta
maroa.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, June 9, (IP)—Halibut
from five vessels totaling 52,500
pounds, sold for 5c to 121/2c. At
Prince Rupert, B. C., 62,000 pounds
sold for 4c to 10 and one-tenth
cents. ■ rjuti
SEATTLE WATERFRONT
DAMAGED BT FIDE:
LOSS ABOUT $509,801
SEATTLE, June 8, (/P)—A three
alarm fire, fanned by strong wind,
licked through half a dozen build
ings at the lower end of Seattle’s
waterfront causing damage which
is estimated will amount to from
$250,000 to $500,000.
The fire was brought under
control at 4:30 in the morning af
ter raging two hours. The wind
saved the tank farm of the Asso
ciated Oil Company a few yards
from the fire which covered about
one block.
COLONEL HEMPHILL
OEMS ON JUNE 31
SEATTLE, June 8, (/P)—Clos
ing a military career of 31 years
Col. J. E. Hemphill of the Ninth
Corps Area and a signal officer
who was well known in the Paci
fic Northwest and Alaska is to
be retired from actual service on
June 30.
Col. Hemphill was in charge of
the Signal Corps communication
system in Alaska from 1902 to
1908.
RENO, Nev., June 9. (IP)—Five
firemen were injured and scores
of men and women fled from
gambling tables when an explosion
rocked the gambling district.
Fire, which followed, threatened
the district with destruction and
routed hundreds of occupants from
hotels bordering the district.
TONS OF ROCKS FULL,
FINE IN KILLED
PHILADELPHIA, June 9. (/Pi
Five men working in caisson holes
70 feet below the street level were
killed in a cave-in and a police
man was injured fatally when a
patrol wagon enroute to the scene
crashed into a truck.
Five other workmen were injured
and 40 others endangered as tons
of rock and debris fell into the pit.
, A GOOD EXAMPLE
CHICAGO, June 9, {IP)—In or
der to combat its big power crim
inals, Chicago authorities have
announced they will create it's
own Scotland Yard patterned af
ter the famous British organiza
tion.
POLAND GETS U. S. MONEY
WARSAW, June 9. (IP)—'The Unit
ed States led in foreign capital in
vestments in Poland at the end of
1930. France and Germany were
second and third in the light of
statistics just released.
TAKING CANADA’S CENSUS
OTTAWA, June 9. (IP)—Canadian
census-taking, employing 15,000
enumerators, started June 1. City
dwellers will be asked 40 questions
,nd farmers 254.