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VOLUME XXIX. Numbers 234-235.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTO
NURSE DENIES
KNOWS REASON
FOR MURDER
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 7, —
The will of Francis J. M. Grace.!
slain retired shipping magnate, was
filed in Superior court. It disposed
of an estate of $150,000.
Miss Catherine Nelson, nurse,
formerly employed by Grace, was
left a bequest, as was K. Okino, a
Japanese houseboy. The will left
Frank J. Grace, Jr., a son, the
choice of $25,000 cash or 200 shares
of stock in the W. R. Grace Co.
The balance of the estate was left
to Grace’s widow.
Miss Frieda W. Weltz, nur^, ac
cused of shooting Grace to death,
said at the time of her arrest that
“Grace and Miss Nelson” would
know her motive. Miss Nelson. urho
was reached when a ship on which j
she was traveling reached the Can- ,
al Zone, denied knowing any reas
on why Miss Weltz would shoot
Grace.
THROWS IIAT IN RING
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Oct. 7. — j
Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the
Senate banking committee, decid
ed to run for district attorney of j
New York county, on the ticket
with Joseph V McKee, indepen-j
dent candidate for mayor. j
OUTLINES TWO
OBJECTIVES FOR j
LIQUOR CONTROL
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, —John D. |
Rockefeller, Jr., outlined lwo prime i
objectives for liquor control:
First—Abolition of lawlessness. Se
cond—Focusing all forces of so
ciety on development of self-con
trol and temperance in the use of
alcoholic beverages.
Any program offered in lieu of
the 18th amendment. Rockefeller
said, must make abolition and law
lessless its chief aim.”
Regarding the second objective,
he said: ‘‘To develop the habit of
temperance individuals must take
up again the slow march of educa
tion. That is the real fundamental
approach to the problem."
Rockefeller's statement was the
foreword of his forthcoming re
port on liquor control made under
his sponsorship by Raymond Fos
dick, attorney: and Albert L. Scott,
engineer.
Screen star, Renee
Adoree, is dead
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 7, —
Renee Adoree, vivacious French
screen star, died in a sanitarium.
Thursdav after a three year bat- j
tie against tuberculosis.
The 31-year old actress fought
bravely to the end. Although for [
weeks her strength had gradually
failed and little hope was held,
for her recovery, her sudden death j
was unexpected. She returned sev- j
eral months ago from Presscott, |
Arizona where she had stayed more I
than two years attempting to throw j
off the disease.
Miss Adoree planned to resume J
her screen career but she was forc
ed to return to the sanitarium at
Sunland, near Hollywood.
DISCUSS SUCCESSOR
CHICAGO. 0"t. 7. —Possibilities
as to the successor of the late Win.
L. “BiH” Veeck, president of the
Chicago Cubs, were to be discussed
today in baseball circles.
TRAINLOAD SUPPLIES
TAMPICO, Mexico, Oct. 7, —Re
lief work progressed rapidly among
storm and flood victims with the
arrival of a trainload of food, med- !
icines, tents and blankets from
Texas. !
REDUCING FARES
CHICAGO, Oct. 7, —Railroad
executives meeting here are mak
ing plans for sharp reductions in
railroad fares as a means of stim
ulating railroad travel. The one
way rate of 3.6 cents per mile will
probably be reduced to 3 cents.'
Roundtrip fares will be 2.5 cents !
per mile, a straight fare of two |
cents may be applied to day coach- j
es.
county Jailor \
FOUND GUILTY \
AIDING ESCAPE
DALLAS. Texas, Oct. 7, —Thom
as L. Manion, former Dallas coun
ty jailor, was found guilty on1
charges of aiding Harvey Bailey,
Urschel kidnapping defendant, in
| his sensational Labor Day jail
break here.
Grover C. Bevell, also charged,
pleaded guilty and testified he and
Manion divided $250 for supplying
the hacksaw blades and revolver
used. He also was found guilty on
all counts.
The Federal court jury deliber
ated only 17 minutes. Judge W. H.
Atwell will pronounce sentence
later with a maximum of seven
years possible. Manion's attorney
announced plans for appeal.
POLA BACK AGAIN
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, —Pola Negri,
film actress, returned from Europe
and expects to start rehearsals in
a few days in a play in which she
will make her American debut.
CROOKED OFFICER
MAUSTON, Wis.. Oct. 7, —Lyall
Wright, sheriff of Juneau county,
was convicted of accessory to the
robbery of the new Lisbon State
bank July 10. Judge E. W. Crosby
sentenced him to 15 to 30 years in
prison.
Decides Never To
Resume Payment
LONDON, Eng., Oct. 7. —Great
Britain has reached a decision
never to resume full payment of her
war debt to the United States, it
has been learned from authoritive
sources.
The British government has in
structed its debt negotiator, now
in the United States, that she is
willing to either pay off the war |
debt i»i a iu ' • _,Oid payment of
not more than a million pounds
(about $474,000.0°''i o1" greatly re
ed part payments. Tt said Brit
ain is anxious thr t Roosevelt con
sent to a lump sum payment of
80,000,000 pounds.
WOKE ‘EM UP
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. Oct. 7,j
An earthquake shock of short dur-;
ation but of sufficient intensity to
awaken residents, was felt here
at 2:45 a. m. No damage was re- |
ported.
A grand jury term of court is
scheduled to convene at Valdez
October 24. It is reported few crim- I
inal cases are on the calendar.
Union Officials j
Are Censoredj
WASHINGTON. D C . Oct. 7. — j
Half a dozen delegates blocked in- j
troduction of a resolution at the
'American Federation of Labor con- i
vention indorsing efforts of coal j
mine strikers and censuring Union j
officials who asked them to return |
to wo»-k without guarantees and j
that their requests have been ful
filled. 4
Because of convention rules the
resolution required unanimous ap- j
proval. j
Wm. H. Whittlesey
Passed Away Today
In Seattle Home
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A telegram from Seattle today
I brought word of the death there
i at 10 a. m. of Wm. H. Whittlesey,
! pioneer of Seward and prominent
j attorney, who several weeks ago
| left for his son’s home in Seattle
I where he passed away,
j Judge Whittlesey, a graduate of
! Princeton, had been in ill health
' for the last four years and upon
leaving Seward recently for Seat
j tie, his health was worse than at
! any time; in his 70’s, little hope tor
his recovery was held by his host j
( of friends and acquaintances.
A staunch lifetime member of >
the Democratic party, Judge Whit- i
tlesey was the divisional party
choice for United States District
Attorney, Fourth Division, but his
advanced age and health did not
make acceptance possible. For j
many years past he had held the
local office of deputy clerk of the i
court and, during his long and in- i
teresting public career, held var-1
ious high positions.
The passing of the respected i
citizen of Seward and member of j
the Alaska Bar, will be keenly feit.!
especially by those who came in
contact with the kindly and gra
cious gentleman who spent the best j
years of his life pioneering the j
Northland.
Fuller details from Seattle can be
expected in a few days.
DEAD, MISSING
DISASTROUS FIRE \
ESTIMATED 75
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 7, —Tlie
dead and missing in Griffith Park’s
disastrous brush fire was placed
at 75 as an official inquiry board j
determined that ill-advised back- i
firing was responsible for the holo
caust.
The county welfare department
checking lists of charity reliefj
workers, said many of the charred
blackened bodies had been identi
fied; 4 others were unidentified. !
and 48 workmen were missing and j
unaccounted. All the victims were'
unemployed who were given 10 j
days work a month at $2.40 daily
to build roads.
CALLS CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 7. - j
President Roosevelt, concerned J
over the long suspension of work j
in the soft coal fields, issued a call!
after a conference with General
Johnson, Recovery administrator, j
and Governor Pinchot of Pennsyl- j
vania for a meeting today.
THE STOCK MARKET
—
NEW YORK CITY. Oct. 7. —The j
stock market turned dull and irre- j
gular with the rails and utilities
showing an easier tone, while the ;
pivotal industrials and specialties!
continued steady.
Failure of the list to resume the;
rally following the previous day’s !
interruption brought some selling ;
but this was comparatively well j
taken.
The cotton market dipped more
than 25 cents a bale and wheat lost
about one-half cent a bushel. Fur
ther pressure was brought to bear
on the utilities.
Dow Jones averages: 30 indus- j
trials at 97.54, off .51; 20 rails 41.59, j
off .52; 20 utilities 25.65, off .53; !
40 bonds 84.08, up .2.
Wheat closed at 85 1-2; cotton
dropped to $9.38; domestic!
copper 9; export copper .082; bar
silver 39 5-8; pound sterling $4.- 1
74 1-2.
The Canadian dollar is quoted
at near par at 98 1-16.
SS YUKON ENROUTE
SEATTLE, Oct. 7, —The SS Yu
kon left today for Alaska with the
following passengers for Seward:
Mrs. H. L. Reed, Mrs. Oscar John
son, E. H. Maple, F. E. Bolton, Pet
er Narvaez, J. M. Blake, Mrs. Lee
Ryan, Evelyn Struye, Mrs. V. H.
DeBolt and son Robert; Mrs. W.*M.
Smith and infant; Agnes Brother
ton, Virginia McDonald, Chester
Milligan. L. M. Johnson, G. Ban
nister.
‘F. d: assumes
TASK TO EASE
COAL TROUBLES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 7, — j
President Roosevelt has personally
begun work to untangle the trou- j
blesome coal situation and at a
meeting yesterday decided that he j
would meet with industrial leaders
today and try to get their cooper- i
ation in a solution to the difficul- :
ties.
President Roosevelt asked Chas. i
M. Schwab. Nathan L. Miller, for- !
mer Governor of New York and
present president of the American ;
Iron and Steel Institute, and My- I
ron Taylor, to discuss the problem i
with him today.
Governor Pinchot flew to Wash- j
ington for yesterday’s conference, j
The strike conditions are des- :
cribed as unchanged. A railroad i
train was halted by picketing min- j
ers near Brownsville, Pa.
DECLINED HIGH OFFICE
MADRID, Spain, Oct. 7, —San
chez Roman A. Welka declined the
office of Premier of Spain because
he said: “I encountered too many
difficulties to enable me to form a
government.” Roman had been de
signated by President Alcaa Zam
ora to organize a coalition cabi
net to succeed that of Alejandro
Lerroux.
New Social Plan
Is Being Evolved
BERLIN, Oct. 7, —The Prussian
ministry cf justice issued a mem- j
orandum suggesting a provision j
that licensed doctors be immune I
from prosecution for killing per- j
sons suffering from an incurable
disease.
The memorandum stipulated the j
advisability of putting such a per- j
son out of his misery, should first j
be certified however, to two official 1
state physicians. Furthermore, the j
act mut be demanded by the af- !
flicted person and members of the i
family.
TWO KILLED
HEMET, Calif., Oct. 7, —Two
persons were killed and three bad
ly injured in the crash of a private
plane 18 miles from here. The dead
were reported to be Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Wagoman of San Diego. The
injured two men and a woman j
were brought to a local hospital J
but their condition was such their j
names could not be ascertained, j
Young Alaskan
Fell From Hotelj
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SEATTLE, Oct. 7, —John Gard- j
ner, 22, an Alaskan, fell from his
hotel room Thursday but escaped
with a broken left wrist, a head
bruise and contusion of his left
hip.
Gardner registered at the hotel
September 15; he was accompanied !
to Seattle by his sister, Anna Marie
Gardner, who continued on to
California for a visit.
Police have not determined if
the fall was accidental or not, al
though the window sill showed
signs of an attempt to prevent the
fall. Gardner is being held for ob
servation.
GIANTS TOOK
TODAY'S GAME
WORLD SERIES
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The New York Giants won to
day’s game from the Washington
Senators, 4-3, after 10 innings of
a hard fought game, thereby an
nexing the coveted 1933 crown of
champions of the world.
Friday’s Game
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 7, —
The New York Giants won yes
| terday’s world series game from
j the Washington Senators by the
! score of 2-1; ll innings.
The Giants had two games un
; der their belt and the Senators
one, when they met for Friday’s
tussle. Hubbel, star pitcher for the
Giants, was on the mound and
Weaver chucked ‘em for the Sena
tors.
Both teams remained scoreless
; fcr the first six innings. In the 7th
Bill Terry, manager and first base
: man of the Giants, smacked out a
i homerun. The Senators evened the
i score the last of the 7th. The game
; progressed with neither side being
i able to score until the 11th. Ther.
. the Giants succeeded in getting a
j man across the home plate and the
i Senators were unable to beat or tie
i the score. *
DIED OF BURNS
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Oct. 7, —C. R
| Johnson, El Paso water service in
j spector for the Southern Pacific,
i died of burns suffered v/hen he ac
j cidently plunged headlong into a
j sump of boiling water at the road
| house here.
FORMER GOVERNOR
HAWAII DIES FROM
HEART AILMENT, 63
HONOLULU, Oct., 7, —A heart
I ailment caused the death of Wal
lace Rider Farrington, 63. publisher
of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and
former Governor of Hawaii,
i Farrington was appoined gov
| °rnor of the Territory in 1921. He
; served two terms and was suc
| ceeded by Governor Lawrence
: Judd, the preset incumbent.
A native of Orono, Maine, Far
j rington began his newspaper car
! eer as a newspaper reporter in
i Bangor. In 1894 he became publish
i er of the Hawaiian Gazette here
| and later publisher of the Star
: Bulletin.
| He was married to Catherine Mc
i Alpine Crane of San Francisco in
! 1896. The widow, their son and two
daughters survive.
Seven Wives Plan
Organize a Club
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7, —For
mer wives of Albert p. Heise, 65,
j are considering forming a “Lun
! cheon Club,” wife No. 6 said yes
terday during wife No. 7’s effort to
obtain temporary alimony pending
a separation suit.
No. 7, Mrs. Eleanor Heise, claim
ed she had been decieved into be
lieving she was wdfe No. 3.
Names of the wives, mentioned
in the suit, included Jane Doe.
Alice, Helen, Margaret, Elizabeth,
Lorita and Eleanor.
PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK
LONDON, Eng., Oct. 7, —Colonel
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh won
a game of hide and seek with per
sons who wanted to know where
they were staying and how long
they intended to remain. Some
newspapers speculated on various
rumors and others respecting the
travelers desire for privacy merely
printed photographs of their arri
val at Southampton from Stavan
ger, Norway.