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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 223.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EXTWTIGN110 BY
MBS. WINNIE JIIDD:
TO LEWIE FOR ARIZONA
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 27, (IP)—
Plans to contest the extradition
of Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd to Ari
zona have been abandoned by at
torneys and it was announced
that she would start for Phoenix,
probably Wednesday, to stand j
trial for the trunk slaying of Miss:
■ Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes |
Leroi.
The Los Angeles Times, in a,
copyrighted article published a j
signed detailed account by Mrs- j
Winnie Ruth Judd of how she
shot and killed Miss Samuelson I
and Mrs. LeLroi at Phoenix, Ariz., |
on October 17, and sent their bod
ies, one dismembered, to Los An- j
1 geles in two trunks and a suit
case.
The statement, a consecutive
narrative given to her husband,
pleaded self defense after a quar
rel, because Mrs. Judd had intro
fluced J- H. Halloran, wealthy
Phoenix lumberman, to a girl of
whom Miss Samuelson and Mrs. |
Leroi disapproved.
It was denied that Mrs. Judd|
was aided by anyone and the
statement offered the first de
scription of her movements after
the bodies were found at a bag
gage station last Monday, until
she was arrested in Los Angeles
Friday night, suffering from a
bullet wound in the hand.
The confession said she spent
Monday night concealed by cur
tains in the drapery department
of a down-town department store
It tells of suburban wanderings in
her stockings because her shoes
« went to pieces; of hiding in a va
cant cottage at a Pasadena sani
tarium; of writing a letter there
to her husband, which she later
tried to destroy; of her purchase
of a newspaper in which she read
that Dr. Judd had engaged coun
sel for her and was pleading that
she surrender and of telephone
calls which finally led to her de
livery to the authorities.
0 1NNCE OF IMIS
muon’s ist id
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27. (JP)
—Glories of the past and hopes for
the future were entwined in the
^ Navy’s observance of its 106th
birthday.
On the eve of the celebration
President Hoover described that the
‘first necessity of the country was
■she maintenance of a navy so
strong and efficient that no enemy i
could ever attempt an invasion.” [
At the same time he said that
“ours is a force of defense, not of
fense,” and added that armed forces
' must be reduced to the lowest point
as is consistent with the nation’s
security.”
' GENERAL STRIKE
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27. (A*)—A
general strike has been ordered in
a the ranks of all railway workers
for November The strike is be
2ng called by a railroad organiza
w tion here.
REPLY FAVORABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27. (/P)
—The American reply this week
was favorable to the League of Na
tions’ request for participation in
an immediate armament holiday
for one year and the proposed truce
of 52 nations who have been in
vited to join. The request has the
whole-hearted approval of Presi
dent Hoover and Secretary of State
Stimson.
AE CAPONE EXPECTED
A SENTENCE OF NOT
CHICAGO, Oct. 27. (/P)~Elaborat
ing on the almost dramatic scene
of Judge Wilkerson sentencing A1
Capone to li years in the peniten
tiary, with a fine and other costs,
it is stated that the gangster’s to
tal debt to the governmen is there
by raised to $287,449 and much
more in the form of back taxes
will probably be levied against
him before the case is completed
After passing sentence upon Ca
pone, Judge Wilkerson refused to
admit him to bail, pending appeal
and the gangster wras taken to the
local jail until Monday, when his
counsel will file bail application
with the Circuit Court of Appeals.
Previous to his decision against
giving Capone bail, Judge Wilker
son ruled against his application
for stay of sentence. The com
pleteness with which Capone’s legal
moves were swept aside and the
severity of the sentence astonished
a large audience and apparently
shocked the gangster.
Capone tried to smile as the
judge’s verdict was rendered but
he could muster nothing more than
a sickly grin and his tightly clasp
ed fingers twitched spasmodically.
He had hoped for a sentence of not
more than three years.
JUDGE WILKE1S0N IN
LINE FOR PROMOTION
CHICAGO, Oct. 27. (JP) — Illinois
Republican leaders are endeavor
ing to have Judge James Wilkerson,
of the Chicago Federal Court, who
presided at the trial of AI Capone,
seek the gubernatorial nominatioh
of Illinois.
However, it appears that the poli
ticians are not going to get results
from their attempts as Judge Wil
kerson is being tempted with a pro
motion to the Circuit Court of Ap
peals.
It is known that Wilkerson has
shown a desire to accept this lat
ter position.
ISLAND OF CYPRUS IS
SCENE OF REVOLTING
NICOSIA, Island of Cyprus, Oct.
27. (#>)_Despite the presence of
military, naval and air reinforce
ments and the arrest of a number
of ringleaders, the Island of Cyprus
was still seething with revolt and
fresh outbreaks occurred during the
day.
A crowd of 6,000, attending the
funeral of a youth killed in the
first days of fighting last week, at
tacked police here in the capitol,
hurling stones and shouting male
dictions against their British rulers.
ILLE IE FRIGE IS
| BEEiYEO I FEU HOURS
i BECAUSE OF DICE
NEW YORK, Oct., 27, (TP)—The
liner 111 De France waited at her
pier for five and one-half hours
| while Premier Laval’s daughter
Jose danced with Mayor Jimmy
Walker of New York.
Premier Laval was watching at
the party honoring the natal day
of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
The Premier departed feeling
that France and the United States
understand each other and now
| know better what to expect of
I each other. “Co-operation between
j our countries will be closer since
; our governments have a clearer
! understanding of their respective
common duties”, Laval said as he
sailed for his home across the
Atlantic after a five-day visit in
the United States during which
time he held a number of confer
ences with President Hoover, Sec
retary of State Stimson, Andrew
| Mellon and other public officials
MIMIC BODIES
CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO
UNITED STATES CHIRITY
NEW YORK, Oct., 27. (^—Nine
ty one philanthropic foundations
with capital resources of more
than $800,000,000, made contribu
tions of $52,000,000 during 1930 in
various fields in which they are
active thruout the United States.
The figures largely reflect op
erations of Rockefeller operations
^hich dispersed $26,400,000 and
the Carnegie Institutions who
gave $6,600,000. The Duke en
dowment, Julius Rosenwald Fund
and the Commonwealth Fund
gave $2,000,000or more during the
year.
A survey shows that medicine
and public health was benefited
to the greatest extent, receiving
$18,627,000, while general educa
tion drew $14,171,000. Business,
industry and finance was helped
only to the extent of $770,000.
The survey expressed surprise at
this surprising lack of attention.
BID LUCK SEEMS TO
!
| LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 27. (JP)—
Ruth Nichols, famous aviatrix of
Rye, N. Y., air record holder, ap- 1
pears to be fighting a jinx of bad
luck. After being forced down here
in an attempted non-stop flight
from Oakland, Calif., to New York
City, Miss Nichols, in attempting
to take off from the Bowman air
field here, had the misfortune of
having her plane catch afire.
The aviatrix brought her plane
down to earth again and escaped
without injury but her plane went
up in flames.
It is reported that $14,000 worth
of high-grade concentrates from
the Nabesna mines were shipped
from Chitnia recently for Seattle,
reports the Cordova Times.
RAIN FALLS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 27, MP)—
Softening the earth for fall plow
ing- and a boon to pasturage, a
light general rain-fall drenched
northern and central California,
extending north as far as Eureka,
and east to the Sierra Nevadas
and south over the upper portion
of San Joaquin Valley.
CREW OF RUSSIAN SUB
WAS RESCUED AT SEA
BY GERMAN STEAMER
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Oct. 27.
(/P)—The Finnish radio station at
Viipuri reported that the entire
crew of the unidentified Russian
submarine which sank in the Gulf
of inland after a collison, had been
rescued. The crew is believed to
number 50 men.
Another report from a Soviet ra
dio station, said the German steam
er Grattia, which struck the under
sea craft, and itself was badly dam
aged, had steamed into Leningrad
with the crew of the Russian craft
aboard.
Unintelligible wireless signals
from Soviet stations located at fort
resses and on warships interfered
with reception by Finnish stations
and made it impossible to obtain
accurate details of the wreck.
Finnish radid experts expressed
the opinion that these signals were
being sent deliberately to prevent
news of the sinking from reaching
the outside world.
GRANDI COMING
ROME, Oct. 27. (£>)—'The visit of
Premier Laval to the United States
for a conference with President
Hoover may yield some concrete
results but this will have no effect
on the forthcoming visit of Italian
Minister Dino Grandi to the Unit
ed States next month.
BRITISH MS WILL GO
TO TIE POLLS TODAY
LONDON, Oct., 27, (/P)—British
politicians ..brought a three-week’s
election campaign to a conclusion
yesterday with the National Gov
ernment confident of victory.
The people are to go to the polls
today to cast the votes which will
probably decide whether or not
Great Britain will have a high
tariff. A large number of politi
cal observers believe that the
conservatives will wield sufficient
power in the new government to
make a protectionist tariff policy
certain.
ENGLISH GO TO POLLS
LONDON, Oct., 27, (#)—Thirty
million British voters entered the
election polls today and wrote a
perscription for the land’s finan
cial ills. The concensus of politi
cal observers was that the Nation
al Government would win by a i
majority of up to 200, in the
House of Commons, which will be
ample to satisfy Premier Ramsey
McDonald’s “Doctor’s Mandate”
request
The Bergman Hotel, Juneau
rooming house, has been sold by
J. G. Green to N. G- Nelson, Jun
eau property owner, according to
Stroller’s Weekly. The transfer is
to take place November 1.
JAPAN DOESN’T REGARD
LEAGUE OF NATION'S
FORMULA AS BINDING
TOKYO, Oct. 27. (/P)—With her
grip extended from Manchuria to
Mongolia, Japan has advised the
capitals of the world that she does
not consider the League of Nations’
formula for settlement of the Sino
Japanese dispute, calling for eva~
cuation by Japanese troops by No
vember 16, as binding.
Official circles welcomed in prin
ciple the suggestion of Doctor Alfred
Sze, Chinese spokesman, to make
Foreign Minister Briand of France,
chairman of a League of Nations’
committee to negotiate for an ar
bitration treaty between Japan and
China.
It was added, however, there
is not much of a point to negotiat
ing new treaties “until China shows
a readiness to abide by existing
ones.”
HI FOOTBALL PLAYED
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct., 27,
(/P)—Cadet Richard B. Sheridan
21 years of age, and a star end on
the Army 11, whose neck was
broken Saturday in the game be
tween Army and Yale, died here
yesterday.
Physicians gave little hope for
his recovery and he was placed in
a respirator Monday after an
emergency operation has been
made in which surgeons were
guided by X-Ray photographs
The fourth cervical vertebra was
fractured and a twisting of the
neck partly obstructed breathing.
Sheridan died without gaining
consciousness and he was un
aware that his mother, and bro
ther Gerald had arrived at his
bedside from his homejin Green
ville, South Carolina.
RELIGION WILL ITTI
PENCE THRUOUT WORLD
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 27. ^—At
tainment of universal peace thru
a return by the nations of the
earth to fundamental religious con
cepts was visualized by Vice Presi
dent Curtis in an address before
the Sixth Conference of Methodism.
Curtis said there was a “desper
ate urge and need for the nations
to get back humbly” to the spirit
of “love thy neighbor as theyself”
and to create a sentiment of good
will and forbearance leading to a
fixed policy of arbitration of inter
national differences.
BAD TRAFFIC JAM
NEW YORK, Oct. 27. (ZP)—The
worst traffic jam in the history of
New York City was witnessed at the
opening of the new gigantic George
Washington bridge to the public.
It was estimated that between 60,
000 and 70,000 automobiles made
the crossing during the day and
thousands of persons went across
on foot.
Gasoline tax returns indicate
that each motorist in the United
States used an average of 594 gal
lons of gasoline in 1930.