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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 135. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VANDERBILT HAD
GOOD IDEA BUI
CHEED MIND
SCION OF WEALTH INCENSED
AT WIFE’S ESCORT, NEW
YORK ARTIST
RENO, Nev., June 18, (>P;—Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., had “noth
ing to say” concerning reports that
he went gunning for Peter Arno.
New York cartoonist, in true West
ern fashioned.
But he changed his mind before
reaching the Arno residence and
returned to his own home.
The rift took place over alleged
attentions paid to his. wife by
Arno. The trouble between the
two men was confirmed by Po
lice Chief Kirkley who told the
Press that Arno had asked for
protection from Vanderbilt saying
he had threatened to do him
"bodily harm” but made no men
tion of any attempt by Vander
bilt to shoot him.
Vanderbilt's attorney said his
client was incensed when he saw
Arno take his wife home, got a
gun and started for the Arno
home but half-way there came to
his senses and returned. The gun
was unloaded.
MOTHER OF FI
8ERTEN TO OUTH
LOS ANGELES, June 18, (£>)—
Mrs. Grace Duncan, 25, of Glen
dale, mother of five children, was
beaten to death with a pistol butt
in a down-town hotel room.
Detective Lieutenant Edward No
\ !an, 35, is held as her slayer.
The killing followed a jealous
outbreak in which Dolan floored
R. V. Williams, New York sales
man, who had a “party” in his
room.
FIJI CENSORS MOVIES
MANILA, June 18. (&)—■In thi
iji Islands moving pictures show
ing bedroom scenes, burglaries anc
the firing of a gun directly at a
person are censored by the police
department.
DARING AVIATRIX
NEW YORK, June 18, (>P)—
Ruth Nichols announced she will
take off at noon on the first leg
of a solo flight to France. She
will continue on tomorrow to
Harbor Grace and await favorable
weather.
DEATH PENALTY WINS
F
E
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.
(/P)—In company, she believes,
with many many women of the
country. Mary Roberts Rinehart,
widely known author and writer
of detective fiction, is abandoning
her scruples against capital pun
ishment.
The country-wide prevalence of
crimes committed in cold blooded,
calculating fashion for profit is
responsible. She believes punish
ment to fit the crime is the only
way to remedy the present situa
tion.
In the quiet of her tree shaded
work room in her spacious, cream
colored house on one of the capi
tal’s fashionable thoroughfares, she
talked thoughtfully of the trage
dies being enacted from Los An
geles to New York. Her Queen
Anne desk was in order. Her day’s
work finished.
“Only by the fear of punishment
is society protected against the
criminal; by swift and sure retri
bution.” she said.
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HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, June 18, (£>)—Halibut
totaling 58,700 pounds sold for 5c
and 117/8C per pound.
JURY III PMCE5
SAN DIEGO, June 18, (JP)~ j
The jury trying Alexander Pan
tages and three others took the
case Wednesday at noon. Today
they returned to court and an
'■ nounced they were “quite in the
dark” being without a copy of the
1 court’s “very complicated” i n
structions. A copy was given them,
i Little indication is seen when
a verdict will be reached.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOUR PARTY
The City of Seward greets you, and welcomes
you to this, the “Gateway” of Alaska. We are al
ways pleased to have substantial business people
visit Alaska, even though your time here restricts
your examination to the “once-over.” Distance may
lend enchantment, but it also fosters erroneous
conceptions of a country and its inhabitants there
fore, we are very glad indeed that you have come
to see us.
No doubt your present excursion to our coun
try was primarily in pursuit of pleasure, and we
hope that your expectations may be fully realized,
but also we strongly urge that you will earnestly
endeavor to learn of the true conditions in this
great Territory, and get at least an insight of the
many handicaps and difficulties that beset our pro
gress commercially, to the end that you may help
us by your influence in Washington and elsewhere.
We are especially delighted to extend a hand
to so influential an organization as the Los Ange
les Chamber of Commerce. Alaskans have watched
the growth of your great city, not with envy, but
in happiness that the growth of the southwest sec
tion of the United States has been forging ahead by
leaps and bounds to its present magnificent pro
portions.
From the time you sailed tnrougn naming
Entrance into our bay you must have appreciated
the exquisite setting of this sea port, which is the
terminal of the 570 mile government railroad that
taps the heart of our great Alaska. Seward citi
zens are sorry that you are not allowed a longer
time in our beautiful town, for there is much to be
seen and learned here that you can get at no other
place. The tributary fishing, mining, forests, agri
culture and big game fields offer many opportuni
ties for investment and development and we hope
that your visit here may lead to much interest, and
possibly to business connection with our people.
Our citizens will try to greet you personally
and would like to add to your pleasure, but if we do
not have the opportunity we hope* you will feel that
our greeting and welcome is, nevertheless, heart
felt and sincere.
Don Carlos Brownell, Mayor.
THROUGH JULY 1
WASHINGTON, June 18, UP)—
A victory for the Wickersham Com
mission, in its race to complete the
most extensive crime survey ever
undertaken, was forecast from
within the membership. Reports
on eight major issues are expected
to be in President Hoover’s hands
by July 1st when the commission
dissolves. __
GREAT PLANE TAKES WING
NATAL, June 18, The great
German airship DOX took off foi
fcathia on the first lap of a flight
to Rio de Janeiro, and was sight
ed over Pernambuco, 75 mile*
away, soon after. Six hundrec
miles of the flight has been cov
ered.
ZERO HOUR FOR HUGH
LIQUOR INDUSTRY NEAR,
OEMS WOODCOCK
WASHINGTON, June 18, (/P)—
Zero hour for the biggest sus
tained offensive in prohibition
history against leaders in illicit
liquor industry, is set for July 15
by officials.
Adiminstrator Woodcock said a
i corps of 350 agents will be con
centrated in a dozen cities from,
coast to coast.
An intensive two weeks training
course was added to the 1,50D
present at, the school; the force
was instructed to concentrate on
a large scale on commercial vio
j la tors.
DICTATOR'S END IN
PORTUGAL PROBABLY
DUE NEXT YEAR
LISBON, June 18. (/P>—The Por
tuguese military dictatorship of
Gen. Oscar Carmona may become
history in 1932.
Such a transition of the govern
ment to a constitutional regime
was promised by President Car
mona himself in a speech to the
troops, and by several cabinet
i ministers on recent occasions.
General Carmona said he knew
the dictatorship could not main
tain itself indefinitely by bayonets
and that the time rapidly was ap
proaching when the government
would peacefully hand over its re
sponsibilities to a constitutional
regime.
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MiSM CUE ILL
BE HIM) OCT. 31
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I SEATTLE, June 18. (/P)—The Sig
jnal Corps cable-laying ship Dell
wood left for Cook Inlet with 80
Filipino cable hands to complete
installation of the new improved
radio station there.,
The Dellwood will lay over at
Ketchikan for three months before
returning October -. The cable will
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