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The Washington times., 1929-12-20
INQUEST IN fire
OPENS TONIGHT

BALTIMORE. Dec. 20. - The
inquest into the death Of -four
women in the fire which de
struHed the Thomas II. O'Connor
Waste Paper Company. building
Monday win be held at $50
O'Clock tonight at the Central Po.
lice station. It win be conducted
by DR.. william T. Riley. coroner,
who said last night he would go
into the matter from top to
bottom
'aThe coroner an the States
Attorneys office have complied
lists Of names which we believe
include everybody who can throw
any Light upon the questions IN.
Tolved, and all Of these persons
are to be summoned" Herbert n.
O'Conor, States Attorney, said.
Announcements Of the findings
Ga the other official investigations
have been withheld pending the
inquest. These investigations have
been conducted by the fire board,
represented by President Charles
"A. Jording and Chief Engineer
August Enrich; Walter @. Ham
anond. engineer Of buildings, and
by O'Conor.
Another study is being made
by the Association uf Fire Under
writers. It was said the organize
zion does not expect to make
public its findings In view Of the
number Of official bodies investi.
eating.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Fur Muffs Coming Back
In Fashion This Winter

PARIS, Dec. 2O.--Fashion ex.
|perts predict that fur muffs will
come back into popularity among
women this winter.
Their belief is so strong that
they are taking the risk Of manu-
featuring muffS in large cuanti.
ties and exclusive furriers IN the
Rue de Ia Paix are showing them
In their windows. They are
dainty and multicolored with q
slightly jazzy effect created by
the mixing Of different colored
LfuLH.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Ancient Chinese Game
Now Played in London

LONDON, Dec. 20.--"Do you
play wei-Chi2" is just now the
reigning question among LOndon's
bright young things.
For WeiChi (propounced way
chee) is the current pastirne
with the city's smart set, which
has gone back to q game at
least 1000 years old in an effort
to find something new.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Supreme Court Bill -.
Now Goes to Hoover

The Senate yesterday passed .
bill carrying an appropriation Of
$o,74O, 900 for the construction OF
4 building to house the United
States Supreme Court. It will be
erected on the square just north
Of the Library Of Congress.
The measure already has
passed the House and now goes
to the White House for President
Hoover's signature.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Gale Takes $1,000 Nets
0f Scottish Fishermen

LONDON, Dec. 90 There prob
ably viii be q shortage Of fish In
England for some time.
Six hundred vessels Of the Scot
tish fishing fleet lost 81 900 fish.
ing nets in 3 gale off the east coast
recently. william Adamson, sec
retary of state for Scotland, said
that 1t would cost $3.50, 900 to re-
place them.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Crepe Blouses,
1895

Why not d silk crepe
blouse2 We have them
In silk crepe and satin
In white. eggAhell, and
tan, the fayorite colors Of
the season. They are
daintily trimmed with
jabota, pIeats, and frills.
sport shopssrend H1Oss
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
New Sweaters,
31.9S

The very thing you
have been looking for for
your sister for her naw
tuck.iYa suit. Novelty
sweaters IN plain or
fancy weave made Of
wool. rayon or zephyr,
with " or Crew neck
lines. They come In black,
navy, brown, tan, green
Or wilma.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
MACHINE GUN
HALTS RUNNER
Coast Guardsmen Chase Rum
Craft Up Miami River;
Crew Quits

MIAMI, Fla, April 15.-(P-
Coast guardsmen who last night
pursued a fleeing rum craft up the
Miami river and startled Riverside
residents with a machine gun bar
rage faced a prospective inquiry to-
day by Commander r. L. Jack OF
the United States coast guard base
at Fort Lauderdale.
Under the fusillade Of tracer"
bullets, several of which struck
buildings ashore and a houseboat
moored at the rivers edge, the crew
Of the liquor laden rum boat aban-
doned the craft, which was cap
tured by the coast guardsmen.
Commander Jack at Fort Lauder
dale announced he would investi-
gate the shooting at a hearing
today and said that if coast guards
men were responsible they will be
punished" The coast guard officer
said he had learned authoritatively
the government craft was a patrol
boat from his base.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
BUYERS K
STARR COUNTY LAND
Especial to TheH erald.)

Especial to TheH erald.)
ROMA, April 15.-As an evidence
that irrigation is an assured fact
for Starr county, real estate men
report the sale of several hundred
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

AUSTIN. April 15.-Oil and wa
ter, which don't mix, may be inter
mingled by the legislature which
meets in special session a week
hence.
Oil and gas are sure to occupy
time Of the session. There is prom
Use that water will be an important
factor in the session also, based on
unfinished bills of the regular ses-
sion, and the recent promise of Sen.
Walter G. Woodward for a lively
scrap over water policy.
Water will not be discussed In
any relation to dry laws of prohi-
bition, nor in the aspect of a chaser;
but on the broad issue of public
policy relating to irrigation and
flood control.
Senator woodward recently, in a
speech, challenged the policy of the
state water board in the issuance
Of permits for hydroelectric devel-
opment, and insisting that priority
be given to irrigation projects. A
similar water prioritieS" plan
sponsored by West Texas people
failed to reach final action in the
regular session, and conceivably may
be submitted when the solonS come
back nine days hence.
There's another set Of water bills
too, those of Representative Leon
ard Tillotson of Sealy, which may
be pressed for action. They con-
centrate all the various legal forms
of water Improvement and water
control statutes into one general
law. According to MIR. TillotSon,
they put the state where an attempt
made to bring it Is years ago
with much confusing legislation and
litigation in between.
The legislature failed to confer
authority on the railroad commits
sion to regulate oil proration. Since
then. the United States government
has held that proration cannot be
arranged by agreement Of the OBJ
orators. Therefore the need for
regulatory action at the special seS-
sion will come up in a more impor-
tant farm.
For the great section Of Texas
arid by climate as well as other
wise, water mingles into politics as
easily as its substitutes do through
the rest Of the country.
Senator Woodwerd's recent speech
in which he questioned policies of
the water board, indicated that his
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
Special Session May
Mix Oil and Water
In Lively Battles

fight for definite laws regulating
priority Of claims on the water Of
streams will be pushed forward at
this special session. The Browns
wood irrigation fight out of which
this new aggression had its start,
was a live and wriggiing political
question for nearly two years.
Brownwood secured a promise from
the state of part of the water its
irrigation district asked for, but not
all. The district was told that part
of its claims were excessive. Some
body even whispered they were pre-
p~osterous." Just at that time, the
insult power interests were active
in sponsoring a series Of ~hydroelec-
trio dams in the Colorado river IN
Travis and Burnet counties. This
company offered to compromise by
yielding part of the water the dam
committees had been authorized to
store up yearly. This never was
formally accepted, and the state wa
ter board has neither increased the
allotment for the Brentwood irriga-
ton district, o modified the Gen.
tran Texas permits to the Syndicate
Power company, otherwise the
Alexander interests" with which
the insult people formerly were CO.
operating.
Gasoline taxes will be one OF. the
very sharply contested issues OF the
special session. Oil proration, fur
Their laws affecting university oil
production and leasing Of lands for
its exploitation may be before the
session. The land and the air were
partly disposed of in the regular
session, when the dry crack"
stream-bed land bill Of Senator
Small was passed owe by Governor
Moody's vote, and the measure reg
ulating air traffic was passed and
approved.
The sky Is left, and the state de-
partment is ready and prepared to
push it's blue sky" bill before the
special session.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
SOLONS FACINC
FARM QUESTION
Garner Assumes Minority
Leadership AS 68 New
Members Take Oath

WASHINGTON, April 15.-tP)N
In fulfillment Of one Of the pre-
election promises of Herbert Hoov-
er, the seventy-first congress was
called to meet in extraordinary ses-
sion today to find the ~long-sought
road to a solution Of the farm ques-
ton.
Although its program had been
tentatively set to include farm re-
lief, tariff revision, reapportion-
ment OF the house, and a measure
setting a date for beginning q Gen.
sus, no one would venture a predic-
ton as to the life of the session.
Only organizing faced the house
today, while the senate was ready
for business Immediately, as this
work was taken care Of in the brief
session held early in March to con-
firm the Hoover cabinet.
Other than meeting and adj
~iourning the senate had little be-
fore it as the message of President
Hoover will not be transmitted to
the capitol by special messenger I'M
til tomorrow. In the house, how
yer. sixty-eight new members were
called to take the oath in the house
along with those reelected last Mo-
vember. OF the new Corners, one,
Oscar de Priest of Chicago, is the
first negro elected to congress in
% years.
At the other side of the capitol
nine new senators, already sworn
in, were on the senate roll. At the
time of their induction into office
more than a month ago, the senate
also swore in Charles Curtis of
Kansas as vice president Of the
United States.
Over in the house, Nicholas Long
worth looked toward a start on his
third term as speaker, while Tilson
Of Connecticut, was back as floor
leader Of the majority. Garner, of
Texas, veteran Of fourteen terms,
assumed the minority leadership
left vacant by Finis j. Garrett of
Tennessee, now a federal judge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
OSTEOPATHIC BODY
MEETS AT SAN BENITO
Especial to The Herald.)

SAN BENITO, April 15.-The reg
ular monthly meeting of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley Osteopathic as
ISOLATION was held here with DR..
and Mrs. M. C. Burrows at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel Sunday.
Two new members, Drs. Mabel Mar
tin Gwillim of Weslaco and Lloyd
Davis Of McAllen, were admitted to
the association. DR.. Davis will be
associated with his father and
mother, Drs. w. E. and liza A. Davis,
in their new 17-room osteopathic
sanitarium and hospital in McAllen.
DR.. Burrus lectured on colon and
bowel disorders, illustrating with x
ray pictures. ..
The may meeting will be held
with DR.. Amorette Bledsoe IN
Brownsville, the exact date to be
announced later.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
ROMA MAN RUN OVER BY
TRUCK WILL RECOVER
Especial to The Herald.

Especial to The Herald.
ROMA, April 15.-Auto accidents
are becoming about as frequent
here as they are in the buster Sec
lions Of the Valley. Some two
weeks ago j. M. Rodriguez, a mer-
chant Of Mier, Mexico, while en-
route to Roma from Rio Grande
City with a truck load of ice, fell
off the drivers seat under the
wheels and was killed instantly. He
was buried at Rio Grande City.
Last Sunday night, the Herrera
family, four in number, suffered
broken ribs and arms, the accident
occurring near the same spot where
Rodriguez was killed. Thursday aft
ernoon in attempting to crank a
truck in his garage here Leon Con-
zalez was run over and seriously in
jured about the head and body.
The truck started while he was
stopped over in front Of it and be-
fore he could recover himself he
was knocked down and two wheels
passed over his body. He will re-
cover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
AVIATOR KILLED IN
JUMP

str. LOUIS, April 15.-(PeThe
body of Lieutenant Shapley Gray Of
the Missouri national guard was
found today in a field near Gumbo.
The lieutenant had jumped from
his plane when its motor stalled
yesterday. The f1ier's parachute was
found intact strapped to his body
with the release cord still in his
pocket.
Captain William B. Winner, pilot.
also leaped from the plane but
made a safe parachute landing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

First figure lowest temperature
last night; second. highest tempera-
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m; fourth, rainfall past "a
hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
SUMMARY

The weather was fair to clear
practically throughout the Rocky
mountain region and the Plains
states including Texas at the morn
ing observation, but cloudy and un-
settled over the balance Of the
country. Moderate to excessive
rains occurred in the southeastern,
eastern, and far northwestern
states within the last "a hours.
Temperatures continue near the
seasonal average practically
throughout the country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

acres OF lands under the proposed
district and say that inquiries are
coming in every day for more land.
Lands In Starr county, under the
proposed ditch, are scarce and
there is a strong demand for any
that is for sale. Work on he ditch
continues undated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
RAIL LINE SOUGHT

WASHINGTON, April I5.-(H1-
0ermission to construct go miles OF
line from Dalhart, Dallam county,
TO Prlngle, Hutchinson county, n
Texas, was sought otday from the
Interstate Commerce commission
by the Chicago, Rock Island and
Gulf Railway company, a subsidi-
airy of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
FOREIGNERS FIRED
UPON IN N

SHANGHAI, April 15.-(P-A
telegram from Chanteh, in north
east Human, today said foreigners
there had been under fire for six
days; that the Asiatic Petroleum
company's agency was wrecked.
and the Catholic mission looted.
The latest information here, how
ever, was the soldiery concerned
had departed and that foreigners
were / mo further danger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
LILIES NAMED AUDITOR
FOR HIDALGO COUNTY

EDINBURG. April 15.-(P-O. r.
Lilies has been named auditor Of
Hidalgo county following the resig-
nation Of l.. E. Thinker.
MI. Tinker announced his re-
firement from the position was to
enable him to devote more time to
his private affairs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
GUNBOAT IS
FIRED UPON
Three British Sailors Wound
ed By Shots From Bank
OF Chinese River

WANGHAT, April 15.-R-A
Telegram from Ichang, Hupeh prov
lnce. said three British sailors were
wounded when a British gunboat
was fired upon from the banks of
the Yangtze Kiang near that city.
The Asiatic company'S English
manager, Gabb, was captured by
the Chinese, and wounded in the
thigh He was stripped and tied to a
post where he remained for IS hours
without food, finally escaping to a
mission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
NOBLEMAN OVERDUE
IN DEAD SEA CRUISE

LONDON, April 15.-(P-A Jew
ish telegraph agency dispatch from
Jerusalem today said a party con-
tanning, among others, a son and
daughter-in-law of Sir Herbert
Samuel, former high commissioner
in Palestine were two days overue
On their return from a cruise Of the
Dead sea.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
MAN FINED 81, COSTS
IN PEACE

Opening the criminal docket of
the county court before Judge. John
I. Kleiber, Manuel Flores Sanchez
was found guilty of disturbing the
.peace and was fined $40 and costs
of court which amounted to $31.40.
Sanchez, the evidence showed,
had disturbed the peace at a dance.
! The case came up on an appeal
fro ma justice Of the peace verdict.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20
.NORWAY' WHALING CRAFT WILL U9E
 ELECTRIC HARPOOv
WHALE INSTANTLY ELECTRO- CUTED WHEN HIT BY HAR-
 POON

OSLO Sept, 20, [P,-The what ing industry of Norway has sue lcumbed to modernization and be- come electrified
 Holm Hansen, a Norwegian civil engineer, has developed method Iof electrifying the harpoon which IS expected to reduce the cost of whaling in addition to sparing the animal much of the torture that has marked the catch before.
 On board the whaler an electric power plant is built, producing al- terating current of low tension. One pole of the generator is con- nected with the harpoon and it's Insulated cable, the other with the ships side.
 When the harpoon is launched from the gun, the electric circuit is automatically closed, and when the spear hits the whale the animal is instantly electrocuted. The mus .cular spaSm prevents the air from being gloWn from the lungs. caus- ing the body to float while it is lowed to the cookery or ashore. It is estimated that the new pro- cess will double the catch of the ordinary whaler.
 The present harpoon method was invented 50 years ago by Sven Foyn. IIg entails a serious struggle for many hours after the harpoon has landed. Then when the whale is IeXhausted and dies, it sinks, mak- ing it difficult task to get the weght of 20 to 40 tons up from the depths by derrick.
 Most of the Norwegian whalers operate in Antarctic waters, where the season will soon open. This year 8,400 men will make up the crew both in the field and in the land stations, twice as many as were in the business two years ago.
 Thirty cookeries on vessels are being fitted out, huge floating ylants of 15O00 and 10000 tons with the most up-to-date machinery to make use of every part of the catch the whale flesh. bones and fat.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20
.BREECHEs BAR GIRLS
 FROM COLOGNE CHURCH

COLOGNE, Sept, 20, (Py--When Ia hundred American girl students, .on learning bent, but clad in riding brooches, essayed to enter Cologne Cathedral they were met by stern refusal.
 But not for nothing did Americas $ pioneer grandmothers leave a heri- tage of resourcefulneSs. After visits to the marts of trade, back came the hundred. About tncir natty booted ankles billowed yolun1inous peasants skirts, newly purchased Sesames to the dim Gothic aisles.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20

LEDGERS 3OJrNALS, INDEX ED FILES ETC. SchalIercr'S Alas ka Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20
GALLOWAY
OUTBOUND

Dow Galloway, prominent in local lodge affairs, member of the U. s. Signal Corp and one of the city's foremost athletes, goes to the States Saturday, his first va cation in years. MT. Galloway ex- poets to be absent several weeks and will spend most of the time with his mother at Walla Walla, his hometown. Short trips will be made in eastern Washington and Oregon before rteurning to bis adopted land Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20
1 [ [ AL N01lCE [
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, SEWARD PRECINCT, AT SEWARD
 IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF KARL WILLIAM SPATH, DECEASED.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NO. -

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has been by said court .ppointed Administrator of the es- ate of KARL WILLIAM .SPATH, deceased. and to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said decedent, to exhib- them with the necessary vOuch- CTS, within six months after the irst publication of this notice. to the said administrator at his place of business with c. M Brosius in the Town of Seward, Alaska, the same being the place for transac- tion of the Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska July 18th 1929.
 JOHN PAULSTEINER,
 Administrator. Date first publication July IS, 1929. Date last publication September 13, 1929.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20
NEW VIENNA STADIUM
 HAS 50,g00 CAPACITY

VIENNA, Sept, 19 (P)-A man. mouth stadium capable of accom- modating 5O,OOO spectators is to be erected in Vienna by the spring of 1881.
 It is hoped that at some time in the future the Olympic games will be held here.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20

Hear the new Brunswick records. Carolina Moon and Wear a Hat with Silver Linning, at SCHAL- LERER'S ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20

From the City of Destiny, An chorage, comes the rumor that the hams" and "hammitso are rehearsing daily for another production and if it can be done, presentation will be made in Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20
FOR SALE, FOR SALE!

The John Gilpatrick quartz claims in the Moose Pass district. Four claims. Quick sale wanted. Enquire of Mrs. Gilpatrick' for details
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20

Don't fail tu lly our brick ice cream. It's the only kind for parties. Candy Cottage.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20

PURE UNADULTEEATEn ICE 'REAM 50 .. PINT S1.OO A QUART. SchalIerers Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-20

V. Q. Green, deputy marshal at Wiseman, is census enumera- " tor of all he surveys.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-31
BANDIT R0BS MAN, ASSAULTS WOMAN
California Girl, Kidnapped by
 Robber, Later Freed

Oakland. Cal, Dee. 3l tp-Cracc Willett. 19 year old girl who was abducted by an armed man as she sat in an automobile last night with her escort. Glen W. Grover, return- ed to her home early today after having been released.
 Miss Willett said her abductor, after driving off with her in Growers automobile. transferred her to his own car and then drove 10 another part of the city. where he overpow- cred and criminally attacked her.
 "rhe girl said she pleaded with l'im at length to free her and he then drove about town. finally re- leasing her several blocks from her home. She said she could nos dos- Clibe the man as he broke the dash board lights in Growers car in or der to prevent her from seeing his face.
 A general police hunt for Miss Willett vas begun when Grover, a dental technician, reported that the girl had been Kidnapped by an arm cd man who robbed him of a small amount of money and bis automo. bIle.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-31
Mortimer Woods

Funeral services for Mortimer Woods, 74 years of age, Of 5G Wal lace street, who died Sunday at his home after three weeks illness, were held this morning at o'clock at St. Joseph's church.
 His nephew. Rev. Michael Reagan or New London was the celebrant of solemn high mass of requiem, Rev. J. C. Brennan of Kensington vas deacon. and Rev. John J.-keane was sub deacon.
 Organist Frank Sullivan played "Sanctus' by Goeschs as the casket was borne into the church. At the offertory Mrs. Irene George O'Brien sang Abbe dc Doss's Ave Maria. :" "Benedictus' from St. Cecilia's mass was played by Organist Sullivan at the communion and at the conclu- sion of the mass Mrs. O'Brien sang Beautiful Land On High" As the casket was borne from the church Organist Sullivan played Flee As a Bird"
 The pail bearers were Edward Moore, James Woods, Timothy Woods. William Woods. Edward Hennessey and John Hennescey. The flower bearers were Hilary Woods, Robert Moore. grandsons.
 Rev, Father Reagan and Rev, John F. Donohue conducted the committal services at the grave in St. Mary's cemetery.