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The Washington times., 1930-11-21
YOUTH REVEALS
He AND NURN|
GOT DRUNK
Goes to D. C. Police to Tell
Story Of Liquor and Party;
Says He Left Scene Early

The third man sought in the
death of Aarvi Nurmi, 26-year-old
Census Bureau clerk who died
from a bullet wound in his head
Wednesday night, appeared Volun-
tarily at police headquarters to-
day and said he was so drunk at
the time of the shooting that he
doesn't remember anything
about it.
Arthur N. Murphy, 81, of eli
o st. N. W., also employed at
the Census Bureau. told Capt.
Edward j. Kelly that he and
Nurmi had received leave slips
from the Census Bureau Wednes-
day and had gone to Nurmi's
room with a half gallon of liquor.
Can't Remember
He said that at 4 p. m. he
was so drunk that he doesn't
remember anything that hap,
pened after that time until
midnight when he woke up in.
his own room.
Fe als0 told. police, they said,
lgafFnif had threate1ed To-
commit Suicide on several Occas
sions, saying he would Kill him.
self with a .25-caliber pistol that
he owned.
Has Alibi Witnesses
Three taxi drivers who are said
to have driven Murphy around on
the night of the shooting are pre-.
pared to testify that Murphy was
with them part of the evening
and his landbady is said to have
declared that Murphy was in his
room at 10 o'clock.
A member of the homicide
squad will accompany Murphy to
Rockville this afternoon so that
he can tell his story to the Mont
gomery county authorities hand
ling the case.
Held Murdered
Nurmi, who was found dead
after a liquor party with several
companions at his home, 102
Grant Ave-, Takoma Park, was
murdered, according to police.
An autopsy was conducted yes
terday at Rockville by DR.. Will
liam r. Pratt, Montgomery county
coroner, who said that the alb
sence of powder burns on the
mans skin indicated that the
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Mexico City Greets
Ambassador Clark

MEXICO CITY. Nov.I (IN.S)
United States Ambassador j. Reu.
ben Clark, who succeeds Senator.
elect Dwight w. Morrow of New
Jersey, as American envoy to
Mexico, arrived here today to as.
sumo his new duties.
Arriving by train. he was
greeted at the station by a large
group of Americans and Mexican
officials. "
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
NeLImGN Trial Told
ALibi of Defendant

BOSTON, Nov. 81 U.N.S0.
Testimony wing that Moe
Neuman, former Philadelphia
pugilist, was in Melville, NJ. j.,
attending a boxing show on the
night of September 13, 1929, was
introduced today in Suffolk
County Superior Criminal Court
when the defense opened its case.
Neuman is on trial charged
with the Staying of Samuel
Rheinstein, New York furrier and
alleged d white slave racketeer,
who was found dead in the cor
ridor Of a Back Bay hotel on
September 13. 1929.
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
Edison Passes Up Radio
Device Netting Fortune

Thomas A. Edison, Americas
great inventive genius, passed up
a device which has become the
basis of present-day radio loud
speakers and which has pro.
duced hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars in tribute from the in
dustry.
This statement, made in briefs
on file today in the Supreme
Court in two patent cases, was
confirmed by Marcus c. Hop.
kinS, Of Washington, inventor Of
the device.
Attorneys opposing the claims
of Hopkins company in the nigh
court said Edison was not i'm.
pressed with Hopkins idea and
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permitted him to leave his EN-
ploy and take his models with
him.
The Hopkins patent, a conlcal
paper diaphram, was devised LONG
before radio broadcasting was
thought Of, and was intended
for use in monographs and tele
phones. Hopkins said:
"Tt really was q crude be-
ginning at the time 1 was as
sOciated with Mr.. Edison. Mr..
Edison was working on differ.
ent things at the time, but 1
rather attributed his failure to
see the possibilities to the fact
that he didn't hear the thing
as we did"
Mr.. Edison Is slightly deaf.
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
Judge Adopts NeUU
DeDOrtGtiOn Ruling

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Il
0N.SO A new and unique
method of Kidding the country
of foreign-born criminals was be-
gun today by a ruling in the
U. s. District Court here.
Judge Oliver B. Dickinson, in
handing down the decision, ruled
that persons convicted of break
ing and entering" and assault
with intent to kill" can be de-
ported. He ruled these crimes
come under the general term OF
moral turpitude."
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
Madrid Takes Steps
To PreUent RiOtiHtg

MADRID, Nov. 81 dN.SJ-A[
though the general strikes which
harrased Spain's leading cities
have melted away, the severn
ment continued today to take pre-
cautionary steps against disorders.
Additional soldiers were brought
into the capital and police forces
were reinforced.
Most workmen in the various
cities have returned to their posts.
Some violence, however, occurred
IN the Barcelona suburbs.
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
HebreIU Medal Is
tn Re GiDen Baker

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 QN.S9
Newton D. Baker, of Cleveland.
Secretary of War in the Wilson
cabinet, will receive the 1890
American Hebrew medal for the
promotion of, better understand
ing between Christians and Jews
in America it was announced TO-
day.
Presentation will be made here
December 9.
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
Gather VIII Not Be
SubpOenGed to Quiz

Police Commissioner Charles D.
Gather, of Baltimore, who has
been invited to appear next week
before the House Committee in
vestigating the activities of Com.
munists in the United States, will
not he subpoenaed if he fails to
appear, Walter L. Reynolds, the
committees investigator, said TO-
day.
Reports reaching the committee
said Commissioner Gather does
not plan to come here because
Communists have not been active
in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
Rep. Fish Sees Hope
Of 4 Per Cent Beer

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Declar.
ing that prohibition is not a
fundamental principle of the Re
publican party, Representative
Hamilton Fish, jr.. advocated
modification of the VolStead law
to permit the sale of per cent
beer. He said he favored also
the inclusion of light wines, but
that a bill providing for beer
alone would stand a better chance
of passage.
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
Mrs. Victor Bruce
Ends FLiaht to Tokyo

TOKYO. Nov. 81 GIN. 81. Com
pleting her long flight by several
stages from England to Japan,
Mrs. Victor Bruce, Of London,
landed her plane safely on Osaka
Airfield today.
Barring a minor misEmpt when
she was forced down 9slstfe Per.
sian hills recently, the flight was
made without difficulhgs
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WIFE IS NEAR
COLLAP AS
TESTIMONY
STARTS
Gamble GIares at Wife; Re-
Iates Briefly Details of Fatal
Shooting of Mrs. Elsie Davis

LA PLATA, Md, Nov. al
Fighting back the tears in her
eyes, q woman sat in the little
courtroom here today and heard
her husband do his best to send
her to the gallows.
And before the day is over, the
woman, Mrs. Lulu Mae Gamble.
mother Of 10 children, will know
her fate, whether she is to go to
the gallows, to prison for life, or
will walk out Of the courtroom a
free woman.
Her defense probably will be
"the unwritten law"
Charged with Murder
The trial Of Mrs. Gamble,
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Elsie Davis on September 10,
sarted here today with three
Judges on the bench and IL men
in the jury box.
The judges are W.. Mitchell
Digges, Joseph G. Mattingly and
william M. Loker, States Attor-
ney 3. J Edelen, Is handling tire
prosecution and he declared he
will ask the death penalty,
The woman's husband, Joseph
Gamble, was the first witness
called by the State. When he
was called to the stand, Judge
Digges informed him that he did
not have to testify. Z.
The judge said:
e'The law cannot compel a
man to testify against his wife.
I want you to understand
clearly that You do not have to
testify unless you want to.
Do you want to take the
Stand?"
Glared at Wife
Gamble, who wore a poorly
fitting suit and a blue shirt with
no necktie, shuffled his feet and
glared at his wife, who was sit
ting few feet away and an
swered:
"Yes, sir, I do"
States Attorney Edelin, then
started the questioning.
'Did you know Elsie Davis?"
eyes, sir. ....-
'Were you with her the night
of September 1872"
Eyes, sir"
"Tell the jury what happened
that night?"
Il brought the lady home.
MY wife. ran out with q gun and
shot her..
"Where had you been?"
Went to Party
'Well, there was q party.
Some of -EIsie's friends had gone
ont on it and she asked me to
take her and try and Overtake
them. We went several places
where she thought they might
have gone, but couldn't find
them. 1t was getting late so
I turned around and took her
home.
"When we got there I stopped
the car. Just then / saw my
wife jump out from the doorway
of the house. She had been
standing in the doorway, 1
think. She rushed up to my side
of the car and screamed an oath.
and shouted, Now I've got you
Then the gun went off in my
face. The burning powder
blinded me and IL burned so that
] thought was shot"
Whose pistol was it?"
"Tt was an old SO calibre
Colt I had around the house.
It wasn't much good, but it
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NOtre Dame Odds Up
OUer Northwestern

CHICAGO, Nov. 81 dN.so.
1Iotre Danes scoring machine
continued to rule a two to one Ia
vorite today to take the measure
of Northwestern at Dyche Stadium
tomorrow afternoon.
Wagers as high as $4,000 were
reported here.
The Washington times., 1930-11-21
FoRDHAM HEAD YOUNG

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 QN.S) .
The Rev. Aloysius j. Hogan, S. j.,
will be formally installed as. presi-
dent Of Fordham University to-
day. He is 38, one of the youngest
university presidents.
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UnderhiU Better
After OnerntiOn

Representative Charles L. On.
derhill Of Massachusetts is re-
covering from gall bladder oper-
alton at the Naval Hospital Tues
day.
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Bowie Results :

FIRST RACE-sappAie Sky. $3.50, $3.50, $3.50; Sweet
Call, $3.50. $3.50; Salisbury, $3.50.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
PATROL OF FISHERIES
 IS INITIATED
Government Adopts Air plane to Patrol 5. E.
 Alaska Fish Areas

Fishery patrol is made efficient, speedy and with ease when the air plane is brought into that service, said Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Asst. Agent United States Bureau of Fisheries, who covered all of South east Alaska, except Yakutat, Sun day in the seaplane Sitka, pilot Lieut.. Gene Meyring.
 The inspection proved to be en- tirely satisfactory and in the fu- ture the weekly patrol of this dis trict will be made by plane" he said. Sundays patrol was the first of it's kind ever undertaken from the air by the Bureau of Fisheries.
 Capt. O'Connor flew over every trap in Southeast Alaska, and over the mouth of every salmon stream. Not single violation of the Sum- day closing law was observed. At one point, there was some question about a fish trap, and landing was made for closer inspection which revealed the trap to be prop erly closed.
 Capt. O'Connor was highly pleas ed with the success of the patrol. He was able to cover a district that would have required several boats and wardens to inspect over the week end, and make his in spection more thoroughly than would have been possible by boat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
'OUEEN BRINGS
 CAPITOL TILES
Admiral Liner Arrives Here at s A. M. and De-
 parts at l P. M.

With a cabin passenger list con- taining 59 names, the steamship Queen from Seattle and wayports made fast to the pier here of the Pacific Steamship Company at 8 o'clock this morning. She depart ed for Skagway and Sitka at o'clock this afternoon. Ten of her passengers disembarked at Juneau. Among them were:
 MT. and Mrs. A. R. Sherar and baby, Mrs J. L. Erwin, A. c. Black, M. c. Churchill, B. H. Suggs and Harry Eimondsen.
 In the Queens cargo were tiles for the Capitol building and coal for the Pacific Coast Coal Company here.
 When the Queen left here for Sitka and Skagway, she had as passengers from Juneau: Shirley Pannell, Myrtle Smith, w. H. Gar nett, c. L. Scott, and J. H. Vincent for Skagway; Joseph Vanetta, Mrs. vanetta, Ben c. Delzelle and Sam Baker for Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
GREATEST FISH RUN ON RECORD
 BL0CKSPLAkTS
Icy Strait Plants Blocked for Ten Days, Peak
 in Cross Sound

The greatest run or salmon in many years continues in rhe Icy Strait district. and good runs are in progress in other Southeast Alaska districts. it was made known today by Capt. NJ J Oeonnor, Assistant Agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. Advices received by him from Commissioner Henry OMalley, at Cordova last Saturday. said a good run was on in Prince William Sound.
 Icy Strait canneries have been blocked with fish for the past ten days. said Capt. O'Connor. The largest run is now in Cross Sound and the peak is expected to reach Point Adolphus on the north end Of Chichagof Island about July 3l.
 Reports from Ketchikan today said the run in the southern area is very good. Good runs are re- ported from the west coast and , Chatham Strait. Fish are just be- ginning to show up in Frederick Sound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
WOMAN SKIPPER Fl Q W RS AS SHE FISHES
Many Boats Arrive Over Sunday with Cargoes
 of Salmon

Mingled with the odor of fish was the perfume of ferns and wild flower plants, as the Ina J., moored beside the wharf of the Juneau Cold Storage Company this morn ing to unload $500 pounds of sal mon. Abaft the mast of the staunch little vessel was a gallon, galvanized bucket filled to it's brim with fra grant green growths garnered by Mrs. Ina Jackson, owner of the boat. She holds shippers papers and explained the craft and it's crew of three on the recent, suc- cessful voyage. The cargo was for the New England Fish Company.
 The T3768, Capt. James Young, brought 6,0OO pounds of salmon for Melchoir, Armstrong, Dessau and Company, and the Elfin, Capt. Er- nest Swanson, had 4,600 pounds of salmon for the Marlyn Fish Com pany.
 Eight other boats unloaded sal mon here late Saturday and dur ing yesterday. All the fish of these craft was for the Atlantic and Pa cific Packing Company. Names, cap- tains and cargoes of seven of these boats follow:
 T37, Andrew Palmer, 800 pounds 1 T4451, Ole olsen, 100; T1464 Charles Nelson, TOO; Erma, Ed Doyle, 3,700; T39, Emil Lang, 1,700i Anna H., Martin Hoist, Jr., 10000 Hyperion, Oscar Oberg, 7,500.
 Eric Larson, troller, also brought i salmon, 500 pounds, to the Atlantic and Pacific.
 Forty-eight boxes of frozen sal mon were sent on the steamship l Alameda by the Juneau Cold Stor' age Company to the San Juan Fisf Company at Seattle.
 More than I,5000 persons are en gagged in commercial fishing il
 North Carolina.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
 IS GIVEN TONIGHT

Tonight at o'clock in the Scot tish Rite Temple, a free lecture on Christian Science will be given under the auspices of the First Church of Juneau to which the public is cordially invited to at tend
 The lecturer is Albert F. Gilmore, Member of the Board of Lecture ship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. He arrived in Ju- neau yesterday morning aboard the steamer Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
Heat in Washington
 Drives Many to Parks

WASHINGTON, D. O., July 28.- Heat here Saturday night drove many persons to the parks and electric fans were droning in houses and apartments. &
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28

A workshop to restore disabled persons to usefulness is to become a clinic adjunct of the Northwest ern university medical school.
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States Bureau of Fisheries, was brought here yesterday by plane from Olive Cove where he is con- ducting a series of studies of the pink salmon runs. Two canneriesi Hood Bay Packing Company, and the Pyramid Packing Company at Sitka, reported fish taken from their traps in inside waters with food in their stomachs.
 Normally the salmon feeds only at sea. After reaching the inner waters, which contain a good DOT ton of fresh water, it is not GUS tomary for them to eat, Dr. Davld- son explained.
 The occurrence of food in thelr stomachs was so unusual that the two plants noting this feature thought it worthwhile to report to the. bureau. They will ship some oi the fish here for Dr. Davidson to examine their stomachs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
BUREAU TO EXAMINE SALMON FEEDING IN
 LOCAL FISH TRAPS

To investigate reports of salmon feeding in fish traps, Dr. Fred A. Davidson, biologist of the United
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
O'MALLEY ENROUTE TO- SITKA FROM CORONA

Henry O'Malley, United States Commissioner of Fisheries, left Cor dova Saturday evening on the pa- trol boat Brant for Sitka and should arrive there tonight, accord ing to advices received at local headquarters of the Bureau of Fisheries. He will come here from Sitka. a
 The Commissioner has been in specting fisheries in Bristol Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak, Cook In- let, Prince William Sound and Cop per River areas.
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More than I,5000 persons are en- gagged in commercial fishing in North Carolina.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
ARMY MEN IN JAPAN

NANKING.- Thirty Chinese army officers, all graduates of military academies in this country, have been sent to Japan to take ad- vanced courses in military sciences for year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-28
Sails Alone in
 Sloop from Spain For North An,erica

CADIZ, Spain, July 28.-Dr. Francisco CabaIlero sailed from here yesterday, alone in a small sloop, for North Ameri- ca. He expects to complete the trip in 40 days. He is taking a large greyhound with him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
SOUNDINCS ARE MADE, so. DOCK
Little Change in Depth of Water Is Reported by
 Robert Keeny

Soundings taken by Robert Keeny near the spot where the Standard Oil Company's dock col- lapsed Wednesday night revealed little change in the depth of water. MT. Keeny started sounding im- mediately in front of the ware house at IT foot high tide and got 40 feet of water. He sounded again 60 feet further out into the channel and got 73 feet on the north side and 62 feet on the south side. Again moving 60 feet out he got 88 feet. The last soundings were taken near the face of the former dock and showed 100 and 120 feet of water.
 The extent of the loss sustained by the company is not yet known, but the greater part of the drum and case goods have been salvaged. i The gasboat Nora and a number
 of skiffs are still pursuing this work.
 i w. J. Ryan, construction fore
 man from Ketchikan, is expected
 on the Northwestern tomorrow and
 MT. Barnes, District Engineer for the Standard Oil Company is sail
 ing from Seattle on January g. Temporary offices of the com
 pany have been established in the tGoldstein Building this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
FIR ST DIVISION
 CENSUS NEARING
 COMPLETIONN0W
Last Opportunity Given to Those Who May Not
 Be Enumerated

The census enumeration of the First Judicial District of Alaska is practically completed according 10 information given out by Charles E. Naghel, Supervisor of Census for Alaska.
 It is of much importance to the Territory of Alaska and every com munity therein that the enumera- tion be full and complete. The enumerators have endeavored to interview every resident, but it is probable that some persons have not been included in the census, due to temporary absence from their usual places of abode when the enumerators called.
 Any person who has doubt as to their having been enumerated is requested to fill out the coupon be- low and mail it to the Supervisor of Census at Juneau, Alaska,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
INQUIRY COMES
 TO QUICK END
 IN WASHINGTON
Federal Trade Commission Probe of Public Utili-
 ties Has Closed

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. The Federal Trade Commissions inquiry into publicity activities of public utilities ended with Commissioner Mccullough declining to accept documetary detailed evidence pre- sented by power companies in an effort to show their propaganda against Government ownership was issued as a defensive measure.
 Bernard F. Weadock, counsel for public utilities. and Commissioner Mccullough clashed frequently when Weadock attempted to place in the records 96 exhibits which he said showed the extent pro- ponents of Government ownership had gone in circulating propa- ganda.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
ARREST WOMEN
 C0MMUNISTSIN NEW YORK CITY
Twenty-eight Taken in Charge by Police-Dis-
 orderly Conduct

NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Jan 18-Twenty-eight Communists pa rading in protest against the Fifth Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, at Washington, were ar rested last night and charged with disorderly conduct.
 Women formed two abreast in the street and carried banners with Communistic inscriptions A crowd gathered and began to jeer the women. The Police hur- ried to the scene, broke up the demonstration and made arrests. Half dozen women escaped.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
SHRINE DANCE IS
 ENJOYABLE AFFAIR

Another of the delightful dances sponsored by the Juneau Shrine Club was given in the Scottish Rite Temple last night, beginning at 9:30 and lasting until l2:30 o'clock. About 50 couples at- tended the formal affair. Any number of beautiful creations were to be seen in the ensemble of the women.
 Punch and cake was served in the banquet room at 11:30 o'clock and guests who had not had the pleas ure of visiting the Temple were con ducted through its many attractive rooms.
 Another of the Shrine dances < set for Washington's Birthday, Feb ruary g.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF, OTHERS
 FOUND GUILTY
Fifteen Are Convicted on Charges of Conspiracy
 Violate Liquor Laws
CALUMET DISTRICT
 IS SCENE OF ACTION
Government Cleaning Out Certain Vice District in
 Mop Up Program

HAMMOND. Ind, Jan. 18.--May- or Raleigh Hale, Chief of Police James Began and 13 others of East Chicago, including one woman, were convicted in the Federal District Court last night on charges of conspiracy to violate the Prohibi- tion law.
 The convictions represented an- other chapter of the Governments extensive campaign to clean out what is charged as widespread vio- lations of the liquor laws in the Calumet district which includes the Indiana cities of Gary, East Chi cago. mond, Whiting and Crown Point.
 Gambling and other forms of vice, under protection of officials, resulted from the liquor law viola tions, the Government charged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
MARTHA SOCIETY TO
 GIVE PUBLIC DINNER

At a well attended meeting of the Martha Society of the Presby- terian church yesterday afternoon it was decided to give a dinner to which the public generally will be invited. The event will be on Thursday, January 30, in the church parlors and serving will start at 5:30 o'clock and continue to 7:30 o'clock
 For the Martha Society to an- nounce dinner is all that is need ed by the famous Martha cooks to insure good attendance, know ing the menu will be one fully satisfying.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
DEATH RATHER THAN DUNGEON
"Squealer" Asks Appeal to Be Cancelled, Sentence
 Take Course

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 18.- Eugene Crosby, fifth of six Fol som Prison convicts sentenced to hang for the 1927 Thanksgiving Day riots, died on the gallows dur ing the night at the same time that Albert Stewart, "squealer," whose testimony sent his five com panions to the scaffold, pleaded for the courts to end the "wracking Of suspense" he suffers.
 Stewart has an appeal pending before the State Supreme Court and is biding his time in dun geon pending the hearings He asks the appeal to be cancelled ana sentence take it's course.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18
i,,0TICE

During my absence from Juneau for about one month my office will be open for the payment of accounts and other business or information, etc. Dr. L. P. Dawes will attend to my practice during my absence.
 --adv. DR. w. w. COUNCIL.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-18

Pete Treirschildt of Sitka, old time Alaskan who is in charge Of the National Monument Park at Sitka, is a southbound passenger on the steamer Queen. He is on his way to Seattle.