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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 102. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 9,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
1 Jllll UNDER
iUITIIIL liW tCCOUNT
MHin EUCTION
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 9, VP) \
—Martial law is in effect in Tla
Juana; circulars have been dis
tributed by malcontents calling
for street demonstratons tonight
in opposition to Miguel Anegl
Menendez, the city’s new mayor.
The tense situation has been
increased with the death of Roque
Sabina Quijano, the mayor’s sec
retary who was shot last night
when the mayor’s party was as
saulted. He died today from ab
domen wounds which was pierced
by eight bullets.
Labormen contend the mayor
became excited during the assault
and drew a gun. He was speaking
at a labor meeting when Quijano
was shot.
AWE nil IS
STORM - BOUND ON
NHI60 ISLE, KRRIIES
NAIBO ISLAND OF ITURUP,
Kuriles, May 9. (IP)—The Japanese
flier Seiji Yoshihara descended in
the bay here this morning after
flying about 135 miles from Ne
muro, Japan, on another leg of
his flight to America.
He had intended to fly to Mu
roton Bay when he took off from
Nemuro but stopped here on ac
count of snow storms raging in
the Kuriles and farther north.
SON AT BEDSIDE
SAN RAFAEL, May 9. (IP)—Capt.
Robert Dollar’s temperature is now
104 and physicians have increased
their watch. His son, Melville of
Vancouver, arrived at the bedside.
SCIENTIST SINKING
PASADENA, Calif., May 9. (IP)—
Dr. Albert Michelson, who meas
ured the speed of light and made
possible the measurement of dis
tances of stars, hovered on the!
verge of death. Physicians said
there was no hope and life was
but a matter of hours for the 78
year-old famous scientist, who is
stricken with paralysis.
MAY LIVE FEW DAYS
PASADENA, Calif., May 9. (IP)—
The condition of Dr. Michelson is
unchanged and attendants said he
may live a few days longer.
HISTORIAN DIES
LONDON, May 9. (/P)—Sir Charles
Lucas, noted historian, former as
sistant under Secretary of State
in the Colonial Office, died at the
age of 77.
ISSUES RESTRAINING ORDER
CHICAGO, HI., May 9. (/P)—The
United States district court issued
a restraining order temporarily
enjoining the State Commrece
Commission from enforcing its
new rail grain rate on 72 Western
railroads beginning June 1.
Mrs. C. H. Wilcox, wife of Editor
Wilcox of the Valdez Miner, ar
rived on the S3 Alaska, having
been drawn as a petit juror.
SLOUGH ICE GOES OUT
FAIRBANKS. May 9. W)—'With
water at an extremely low stage
the Chena River breakup occurred
at 4:24 P. M. Friday. The Tanana
River breakup at Nenana usually
follows from a few hours to two
days.
BUTE OF SUTTEE
CIPimiST HUE MILLION
_ _ i
SEATTLE, May 9, (JP)—The will
of Thomas Stimson, Seattle cap-1
italist who was killed in an air
plane crash April 26, was admit
ted for probate for disposal of his
share of community property.
The estate is estimated at more
than half a million dollars.
Half will be set aside as a trust
to be administered by his widow
and brother, for the benefit of
the couple’s four children.
VESSELS COLLIDE
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 9.
(/?)—The German steamer Ess
trom collided in the Baltic with
the British steamer Pacific which
was badly damaged. The Pacific
crew took to boats and picked up
by the Esstrom which took the
Pacific in tow and proceeded *to
Kiel. No reports of lives lost. -
NATIONAL
St. Louis at Pittsburgh; wet
grounds.
Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 3.
Only games.
AMERICAN
Boston 8, Cleveland 4.
Philadelphia at St. Louis; rain.
New York at Chicago; rain.
Detroit 3, Washington 2; ten in
nings.
COAST
Seattle 14, Portland 8.
San Francisco 6, Hollywood 12.
Los Angeles 2. Missions 12.
Sacramento 11, Oakland 10; 11
innings.
HALIBUT PRICES
SEATTLE, May 9. —Two ves
sels with 17,000 pounds of halibut
‘sold their cargo for 8c and 13c
At Prince Rupert 137,000 pounds
of American fish sold for 5c and 9c
and Canadian for 5c and 8c.
399 DEAD FROM QUAKES
ERIVAN, Armenia, May 9. (A*)—
Official figures on casualties of
the recent Armenian earthquakes
placed the dead at 399 and in
jured at 7,420.
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A LOT OF TRUTH
NEW YORK, May 9. (jp)—Gang
ster Crowley asked authorities “To
get it over with quick. What’s
the use of foolin’ around with a
trial; all that is bunk. If I’m go
ing to bum, it might as well be
right away,” he said.
10,000 SEE BATTLE
NEW YORK, May 9. (/P>—Nearly
10,000 spectators watched officers
battle for an hour with machine
guns and tear gas bombs and
eventually capture Frankis “Two
Gun” Crowley, youthful desperado,
and Rudolph Durlniger, reported
confessed slayer.
ALASKA WITH 139
SMALL UST ON BOARD A. S. S.
CO. LINER EXROUTE TO
SEWARD
SEATTLE, May 9. (/P)—The SS
Yukon sailed at 9 a. m. and car
ried 199 passengers, 52 for Seward,
as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carroll, Mrs.
M. N. Corthell and son, O. Jensen,
Mrs. W. Sprout and baby, L. D.
Marsh, H. L. Reed, Capt. A. E.
Lahtrop, Miss M Dickey, R. Frit
sche, M- H. Loveridge, Mrs. Eva
Nelson, Mrs. E. B. Heath, Mabel
N. Briggs, H. W. Shepard, N. D.
Shepard, Mike Weaver, Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Henderson, Lillian An
derson
Miss Lita Masses, Geo. Kelev,
Elmer Enterline, Herman Umlauf,
Ted Olson, Martin Claich, Edward
Olson, Fred Olson, S. O. Crowe,
Joe Prarie, Carl Olson, Dick Mut
cheroan, Fred Wilhelme, Mrs. S. E.
Head and two children, Wm. M.
Regan, Dick Douglas, Kenneth
Christhol m,Elsie Duncombe, W.
C. Smith, Mrs.. Elf Christiansen,
Mrs. E. E. Johns, J. T. McCrea,
Christ Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Leonard, Mrs. H. G. Savage H. R.
Smtih, Thomas Thorson, G. A.
Hendrickson and 40 steerage.
SHIPPING IN NEW
BY I DENSE FOG
NEW YORK, May 9. (/P)—A heavy
fog over the harbor paralyzed
shipping and caused minor col
lision between the liners Conti
: Bianca Mano and the Eastern
Prince in Ambrose Channel.
The Eastern Prince radioed that
l its bridge superstructure was dam
aged but was proceeding to South
; America. The Conti was not dam
aged.
The SS Majestic, with 539 pas
sengers, was held from sailing at
midnight.
Cutters and police launches are
searching Norton’s Point for a
vessel blowing distress signals;
when they reached the spot the
siren stopped and no vessel was
found.
Ferry schedules were also dis
rupted.
OIL cun H
SOUTH OF MTTEIUS
NEW YORK, May 9. (JP)—A dis
tress call from the oil carrier Ruth
Kellogg, which reported she was
on fire 250 miles south of Hat
teras, silenced local broadcasting
stations from 6:24 p. m. until 6:46
p. m.
Later messages said the tanker
John D. Archbold was standing
by the Ruth Kellogg, which pro
ceeded or( its way after the flames
had been extinguished.
Mrs. J. H. Romig, wife of Dr.
Romig, residents of Seward for
many years, is here for jury duty.
, YACHT IS STUCK
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., May 9.
(JP) — The yacht Ribonite is
aground and efforts of tugs to
pull the yacht off Friday night
were unsuccessful. A further ef
fort will be made Saturday.
TIGHT MITE HERE
HIT EE 5. E. MiSKI
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C,. May 8,
(/P)—The yacht Riobonita, owned
| by Melville Dollar of Vancouver,
struck a reef off Grindstone Pt.,
after leaving here by way of Met
lakatla.
The yacht left Vancouver last
Sunday for the Alaska Peninsula
for a five months hunting trip.
The yacht was chartered by
Charles Deganahl of New York; a
number of friends were on board.
The captain took the course in
side the beacon, it is said. The
damage is unknown.
TOO HEAVY A LOAD
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 9. (/P)—!
The National Telegraph announced j
a message from the German plane
DO-X said she had tried to take |
off near Bolama, Portuguese Gui
nea, at 4 o’clock this morning but
was unable because of a heavy
load. I
TELEGRAPH
14 DEAD FROM FIRES
TOKYO, May 9. (£>) — Fourteen
Japanese are dead as a result of
a series of fires. Thirty hotels
were wiped out in the Ishikawa
prefecture.
PAINLESS DEATH
CHICAGO, May 9. (/?)—'The II
! linois Homeopathic Association, in
a resolution, advocated a painless
death sleep administered to im
beciles and victims of incurable
diseases.
EXPECT ANOTHER REVOLT
MONTIVEDIO, Uraguay, May 9.
(/P)—The political situation in Ar
gentine is bordering on another
revolution according to tourists ar
riving here. Strict censorship has
been established on newspapers
and telegraph lines.
PROBING RACE RACKET
NEW YORK, May 9. (JP)—Police
are investigating gigantic sweep
stake rackets in which swindlers
promise prizes of $500,000 and
adorn their propaganda literature
with photographs of forged checks
on the National City Banks here.
APPEALS MADE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9. (&)
—Frank appeals mounting to al
most demands for downward revi
sion of American tariffs and for
reopening the problem of German
reparations were made at the In
ternational Chamber of Commerce.
' NO NEED FOR AID
MOSCOW ,May 9, </P)—The Sov
iet here has banned the aid of
the American Red Cross to victims
of the severe earthquake in South
ern Russia. They are well taken
care of by Russians, a bulletin
stated.
SEIT1LE FIRM LOW
BIDDER III WRINKLL
■US PROJECT
JUNEAU, May 9. (/P)—The en
gineering board opened bids to
day for removal of 30,000 cubic
yards in Wrangell Narrows show
ing the Puget Sound Bridge and
Dredging Co. of Seattle was the
low bidder at 87M>c with an al
ternate bid of 78c if permitted to
take equipment from the Thomas
Basin project.
Bids were forwarded to Wash
ington.
Sawyer Reynolds Co. of Juneau
submitted the low bid of $27,590
for building a road 1.85 miles
long at Yakutat.
The same firm was low in build
ing the Kake road of 6.08 miles
with a bid of $13318.
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BRITISH IMUT
TURKS ms BERG;
IS GIVEN DECISION
NEW YORK, May 9. (/P)—“Kid"
Berg, British lightweight, came
back last night to whip Tony Her
rera of El Paso, Texas, Mexican
puncher, in the main event of a
10-round bout in Madison Square
Garden.
A crowd of 12,000 saw the battle
and booed the decision lustily re
gardless that Berg gained the
unanimous decision of the referee
and two judges.
Herrera put up a colorful fight
which won the crowd. Berg weighed
137"4 and Herrera 138V2.
MORE TROUBLE LOOMS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9. (/P)
>—President Hoover intended to
deal with facts, not fish, at the
rapidly arranged conferences with
! Secretary Hurley and heads of
various of the branches of the
War Department and special at
tention will be given to non-mil
itary activities of the department.
CONTRACT IS
SIGHED BE NATIONS
BRUSSELS, May 9. (JP) — Seven
great sugar exporting countries of
the world signed the Chadboume
International sugar contract.
They hope to assure producers
of fair profits and guard consum
ers against unduly high prices.
The plan calls for rigid restric
tion in exportation by signatory
national in scope which will re
sult in increase in the price of
sugar to such a point which would
make export profitable.
• PIPE LINE IS DOWN
Frank and Charlie Jacobson,
pioneer placer operators of Moose
Pass, have completed laying their
pipe line preparatory to the com
mencing of the season’s work on
their ground on Lynx creek. The
Jacobson brothers' activities on
Lynx presages a renewal of inter
est in that section. Thousands of
dollars in placer gold is the record
of that area. ij|