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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 326.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20,1932.
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Water dripped with rythmic mo
notony as Sherlock Geoduck clung
close to the shadows cl the build
ing waiting.
From time to time the moon
struggled from beneath the racing
cloud racks, as each dumped its j
scant share of moisture and hur- !
ried along to overtake its fellows, j
As these periodical luminations oc- |
curred Sherlock crouched closer to
the building. It was not his inten- |
tion of being observed on this fate- j
ful night. Too much depended upon1
perfect co-ordination of every fac- j
ulty and not the least was that of j
deduction.
This was a different case from ;
anything he had been called upon
to solve. Upon it perhaps meant;
elevation to a district prohi en
forcement berth.
The broadcast to prowler cars of
fered little upon which to proceed.
It merely said a crime was expected
to be committed. It was up to j
Sherlock to reconstruct all of the!
crimes he had heard of. assemble j
the human pawns scurrying like j
ants around a sugar bowl, select]
types capable of committing the1
offense and reduce them by the j
process of elimination until he had i
a perfect case built only await- j
ing his astuteness to put its var
ious angles together.
A student of the famous Le Coq,
his namesake, Sherlock Holmes,
Bath House John and Hinky Dink,
our Sherlock saw instantly that
ordinary methods must be set aside
and the most subtle science of
criminality substituted.
In this he was signally armed.;
Had he not been a pig-sticker in '
a packing house before receiving
absolution as a geoduck!
As he drew his raincoat about;
him in an effort to disguise him
self as a bale of hay, gave himself 1
up to deep thought and cudgeled
his brain for a lead, he heard muf
fled voices approaching. Peering
intently thru the gathering gloom |
he noted three persons.
Here wTas a break! Just the break j
all shrewd detectives believe will
reward them in time. It takes three
to do a first-class crime job. Thus
the labor of ground-sluicing the
populace and panning out the ac
tors in this nocturnal drama was
obviated.
It was now merely a question of
determining the character of crime
a man and two women would be j
likely to commit.
Again the gods favored him. As
the trio passed within earshot one
was heard to remark: “I am very
dry. It’s a pretty moon.”
Geoduck’s well-trained mind told
him this had no reference to the
external physical state, for the
steady drop of rainwater from
the eaves under which he was
crouching had already soaked his
spinal column from his collar but
ton to where he shed his caudal!
appendage.
It was with difficulty he sup
pressed a shout of elation. It was
now a mere matter of anagraming
the sentence.
“Dry.” There are three letters.
“D”—drink; “ry”—take the “e”
from very! There it is: Drink rye ”
“Sherlock, that new roadster is
yours.
“Now let’s continue with the
anagram: Take the ‘s’ from ‘it’s,’
put it before the ‘oo’ in ‘moon,’
transpose the ‘n,’ stick the ‘p’ at
the end—Eureka! “Snoop!”
Geoduck was too seasoned a
sleuth to risk an adventure alone.
Many a bottle of rye had been lost
in a group by the simple process
of passing from one to another.
He must have help.
Disguising himself as a discarded
newspaper he allowed himself to
be tossed by the wind to a tele
phone booth. Again disguising him
self as a whiff of hot air he crept
thru the keyhole and called head
quarters.
A few minutes later he was join
WEATHER MODERATING
SEATTLE, Dec. 20, —Tempera
tures began to rise in Southwest
portions of the country bringing
relief from abnormal cold weather
which, in some instances, register
ed 25 degrees below zero. Rain fell
in California last night, snow and
rain in Idaho and the same in
Washington and Oregon.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 20, — i
President Hoover yesterday asked
Governor Roosevelt to cooperate in
appointing a commission to con
sider revision of war debts in con
junction with disarmament and
world economic problems.
The discussion with European
debtors would begin immediately
to prepare for the World economic
conference. Conferences would be
held separately with each debtor
nation that has paid its December
instalment. Later the commission
would represent the United States
at the world parley.
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II REAL SILL CLUB
OAKLAND, Dec. 19, —Manager
Miller of the “Oaks” who returned
here Saturday from the Eastern
baseball conference, said Oakland
would have a real ball club next
year but said he could not mention
names at this time, much to his re
gret, etc
He said that six major league
clubs have assured him they will
assist him in giving him the best
men possible but before any an
nouncement can be made, trading
between 16 big time teams must be
completed first.
U. S, WORLD WAR VET
PARIS, Dec. 20, —An attack by
a group of French anti-war debt
demonstrators on Daniel Mahoney,
San Francisco war veteran, was
: revealed yesterday in a report re
; ceived by the United States em
| bassy.
The attack occurred last Tues
day while the Chamber of Depu
! ties was debating on the war debt
issues.
WILL BE GIVEN GUSH
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Dec. 20, —
Speaker John Garner planned an
immediate resolution in the House
for appropriating $15,000 each to
the families of two Mexican youths
shot near Ardmore, Oklahoma by
a deputy sheriff.
One of the young men, Manuel
J Ortiz Rubio, was the nephew of
former President Rubio of Mexico.
ed by a trusty lieutenant. Wasting
no time they fell in behind their
quarry. The chase was a long one,
| what with the lifting of the clouds
| and the appearance of a brilliant
j moon, which lighted the chaste
mountains like the alter candles
caressing bride’s robes.
The quarry twice circled a busi
ness block closely followed by Geo
duck and his trusted lieutenant.
Unconsciously they led him by a
restaurant, where the odor of ham
burger and cnions almost prompted
him to drop the chase.
“They’ll have to run to cover
eventually/' he soliloquized.
“Yes, you bet,” answered his aid.
And they did.
“We’ve had a fine stroll,” remark
ed one of the ladies. “I'm so tired
. I’ll sleep like a baby. Good night-”
! And with that they separated,
each to enter their homes.
| “Curses!” wailed Geoduck un
I der his breath. “If we’d only been
■ triplets! Here is the perfect crime!”
SINCE ENG Of 1930
BERLIN, Dec. 20, —Union wages
in Germany, according to a survey
of the Institute for business cycle
research, have defined since the
end of 1930 when they were at their
peak, by about 20 per cent.
The actual reduction of wages
has, however, been even larger as
bonuses for supplementary piece
work and other bonuses have been
cut more drastically.
The average bonus has declined
within this period in the iron and
steel industries by 38 per cent.
Within the last month the de
cline of wages has been gardually
slowing down.
CAPTURED SPEED EVENT
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 20. —Ernie
Triplett of this city won the Ascot
speedway auto race here Saturday.
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S EMBASSIES
CUT: ISO ElllliOBS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 19, —
While there has been a cut of 25
per cent in the salaries of foreign
diplomats and members of embas
sies in the last two years, there has'
been no reduction in quantity of
liquor purchased by the embassies.
Booze in United States embassies
is bubbling over with cheer each
day because of the lower prices of
the liquid. It is estimated that in
the last two years the prevailing
| prices have been reduced 50 per
| cent.
“NUT” IS HELD
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, —Albert
Holland, accused of writing formal
love letters to Bebe Daniels, screen
actress, demanding she acknow
ledge him as her husband, is be
ing held awaiting return to the in
sane hospital from which he escap
ed several months ago.
GAINSBURO, Mich., Dec. 20, —
; A speeding Michigan-Central pas
j senger train struck an automobile
I near here killing a 22 months old
! baby and seriously injuring it’s
j father and mother.
The baby was killed instantly,
John Derala, 45, the father, and
Josephine, 47, the mother, were
taken to a Lansing hospital.
A daughter, Sophie, 16, driving
the car, was uninjured.
MOTHER TO PRISON
HUNTINGTON, W. V., Dec. 20, —
A mother of 12 children, and two
farm youths, were sentenced- to
life imprisonment for slaying the
woman’s husband. They are Mrs.
Camma Johnson, 54; llebus Escue,
18; and Darius Adkins, 19
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THE LAST SONG
NEW YORK, Dec. 20, —Clarence
Eugene Whitehill, 61, American
baritone with the Metropolitan
Opera Company, died in his sleep
after singing at a benefit for the
unemployed.
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PASSED THE CRISIS
NEW YORK, Dec. 20, —Ethel
Barrymore, stage and screen star
who has been seriously ill, passed
the crisis Sunday and is now on
the road to recovery though it will
be many months before she will
appear on the stage again.
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TWO NEGROES SHOT
TALLAHASSEE, Ala., Dec. 20, —
i Two negroes were reported shot to
] death after a gun battle near here
in which four county officers were
wounded by a group of approxi
mately 100 negroes.
THE STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Dec- 20, —U. S. Steel
was thrown on yesterday’s market
pulling other stocks down, but the
bond market remained firm.
Auburn stock staged a bull rally
which ran it up to 53 1-4.
At Kansas City the hog market
was hammered down 10 cents a
hundred-weight.
Stan. Oil of Cal. 24, Un. Carbide
25 3-4, Un. Oil Calif. 10, Un. Pac.
71 1-8. Steel 28 7-8. Steel pfd. 57 5-8.
WU tel. 30, Westinghouse 27. 1-2,
Caterpillar 6 7-8, Hon. Oil 7 1-2,
Haw\ Com. Sug. 26 1-2.
Total shares 920,000.
English sterling 3.32.
URGE FLOCK OF
A flock of 60 mallard ducks was
observed gathered about the Sew
ard dock Sunday afternoon and
probably quadruple this number
were observed scattered about at
various points in the upper bay. j
This confirms the statement of j
hunters and others that the Alas-!
ka Mallard is not a migratory bird j
and therefore should not come
within the meaning of the migra- 1
i tory bird act.
In addition to mallards severel
other varieites, resembling squab
and black duck were observed at
many places.
It required several years to con- |
vince the Alaska Game Commis-1
sion that some modification in the
j open season was justified, princi
; pally because the time allotment
often permitted shooting the birds,
was mature and the clospre date
' prevented many portions of the
Territory having a chance for
shooting the best varieties.
Those familiar with the States
know that such a thing as free
shooting of wild fowl is practically
! a thing of the past save where
lakes and marshes occur on large
areas of prairie land. For the most
part all hunting is confined to pri
vate preserves maintained for sport.
In all likelihood a survey of the
many bays and inlets along the
Alaskan coast from Kodiak to
i Ketchikan will reveal equal if not
j superior numbers of wild fowl
i which never leave Alaska.
The fact that so many may be
' found in waters like Resurrection
Bay indicates that the tendency is
I to conserve rather than decimate
! the fowl.
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INDIANS OF ALASKA
WELL TAKEN CARE OF
FOR COMING YFAR
[
According to reports from Wash
ington Alaska will receive practi
cally the same sum for the Office
of Indian Affairs as was given last
year if recommendations of the
j Bureau of Budget are accepted by
; Congress.
The fund for education next year
v/as cut $28,200 under this year's;
medical relief work lost $200, and
further allotment of $25,000 for
clinical surveys was recommended.
The budget allowed for the In
dian service’s general health and
education program a total of $12,
724,935 of $25,000,000 asked for the
entire service. The education fund
includes $621,000 for the Alaska,
division; the health program asks
for $25,000 for clinical surveys of
Indian diseases and conditions, and
$281,000 for medical relief among
Indians and Eskimos in Alaska,
j For this year the Alaska Divi
| sion was allotted $650,000 for edu
cation and a total of $281,000 for
medical relief work.
Today the moon changed and
brought a flurry of snow; tomor
i row, Wednesday, is the shortest
day in the year.
WAS INVESTIGATED
NEW YORK, Dec. 20, —William
Stoltz, 35 years of age and of Swed
ish descent, was taken into custody
Sunday for investigation in con
nection with the Lindbergh baby
kidnapping and killing. He was re
leased after one hour but, author
ities said, is being watched.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. — Normal
sight for 40 per cent of the persons
now classed as blind, was the Xmas
gift to humanity of Dr. William
Feinbloom, chief or the optometric
staff of West Side Hospital, New
York City.
Dr. Feinbloom’s achievement, the
fruit of seven years experiment, is
a new type of telescopic lens for
glasses which he described before
the American Academy of Opto
metry.
MONEY IN SIGHT
CHICAGO, Dec. 20, —School tea
chers, firemen, policemen and
other city employes, have been pro
mised two weeks pay before Xmas
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METAL IS SILVER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—
Remonetization of silver was put
forward last week as the first
problem of the new Democratic ad
ministration by Senator Wheeler of
! Montana, one of the pre-conven
! tion advocates of Governor Roose
: velt.
. Wheeler, who attended a Warm
Springs conference with the Pres
| ident-elect, asserted that farm re
j lief without prior consideration of
; the monetary question, would be fu
! tile.
SOCIALIST LEADER DIES
BERLIN, Dec. 20, —Eduard Bern
stein, 83, a leader of the Socialist
party, died here.
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STENOG AND INDIAN
PRINCE MAY MARRY
ROME. Dec. 20, —A romance be
tween an Indian Prince and ship’s
! stenographer is to result in their
! marriage, it is announced.
Lah Vlaska, born at Polo, accord
; ing to her sister, met the Mahara
! jah of Bikaner, aboard the steamer
| on which she was employed as a
! private secretary. They are expect
ed to be married shortly.
BIG ORDER FOR ENGLAND
LONDON, Dec. 20, —Soviet Rus
sia has ordered 26 locomotives for
use in steel works and motor trans
port orders for 25,000 tons of steel
plates, the largest order placed in
England in many months.
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CRAIG WOOD WON
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 20, —
Craig Wood of New York won the
$4,000 local golf national qualifying
match with a score of 278; he was
four strokes ahead of his nearest
rival.
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SUSPECTS ARRESTED
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 20, —Five
suspects in the two bank robberies
and killings of last week were ar
rested Sunday. Their names were
not divulged.
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DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED
HUESTON, Tex., Dec. 20, —Dep
uties have identified the body of
a man found near here last week
as Frank Bell of San Antonio, who
was sought in connection with a
recent bank robbery and murder.
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200 FREE MEN
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 20, —Jail
and penitentiary doors swung open
I yesterday for almost 200 violators
i of the Wright liquor act which was
: repealed at the November election
1 and effective Monday.
FREE FOR ILL DEBATES
ON COLLIER BEER FOR
REVENUE BIEE BEGINS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 20, —
With partv lines split for a free
fo? all th'aate c:i the Collier beer
fo.’ revenue ’ 1. action starts to
day in the Hr. use.
Though a Lar ' 'jc of amend
ments designed t) hamstring the
legislation will h: offered, anti
prohibition forces said last night
they were in control and the bill
would be passed Wednesday.
The mai nbattle was expected
to come over an amendment to re
duce the alcoholic content to 2.75
per cent by weight; the Collier bill
provides for 3.2 per cent.
DENVER, Dec. 19, —Blue eyes,
but blue eyes without a glimmer of
life, joyousness, vampishment, or
what have you, were sold to the
highest bidder here Saturday.
The blue eyes were glass, a box
of them having been found and
turned in to the police custodian
who holds periodic auctions.
Also, a beautiful set of false teeth
were on the block for sale to the
highest bidder. One customer was
of the opinion the owner had ab
: sented-minedly put the teeth in his
! back pocket, sat down and the
I teeth bit him, whereupon he had
j thrown them away.
FAMOUS SPOT 11
SITKA TRANSFERRED TO
THE TOWN. PROPER
Transfer of “Castle Hill,” famous
, in Alaska history, from the Fed
! eral government to the town of Sit
I ka last week was announced at na
! tional headquarters of the United
i States Forest Service.
I “Castle Hill” is the site of the
i original castle of Count Alexander
Baranoff, Governor of Russian
' America. On it, also, the formal
transfer of Alaska from Russian
to American sovereignty took place
55 years ago. A monument was
: erected several years ago marking
; the spot where the flagpole stood
j from which the Stars and Stripes
1 were hoisted in place of the Rus
| sian flag.
The Baranoff castle was destroy
1 ed by fire late in the ’90s, and a few
years later the United States
erected a building on the same site
for headquarters of government
experiment stations in Alaska.
This was abandoned 18 months ago
and boarded up. It wrill be taken
( over by Sitka and used by it as a
j town hall and civic center.
SAME AS IN ALASKA
LONDON, Dec. 20, —While cables
told of severe weather in the Unit
ed States, this country was ex
periencing the warmest December
in seven years, especially in the
South where an average tempera
ture was 57 degrees above.
MIX IS THROUGH
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20, —Tom
Mix, movie star, is working on his
last picture. He resigns from Uni
versal following completion of the
present vehicle and said he wras
j retiring from filmdom. After a long
! rest at his Beverly Hills home Mrs.
Mix and himself will make a leis
urely tour of the world, he said.
POISONED BY LEAD
CHICAGO, Dec. 20, —Frank Nit
ti, cousin and gunman of A1
Capone, wras shot in a gun battle
in a skyscraper just outside the
loop yesterday. He was reported to
be dying. Nitti fought it out with
a police squad which raided his
offices in the Wacker La Salle
building.
Hard Times Masquerade Ball, New Year’s Eve