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The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement of Condition of the
GREAT WESTERN INSURANCE co.

DeS MolneS, Iowa
2015 Grand Ave.
On the 31st Day of December, 1929,
W 6. TALLMAN. President. ..
3. H. GROSS. Secretary.
Amount of capital paid. up -. $3.50 600 90
NET ASSETS OF COMPANY
Cash. in banks. ton interest and
not on interestl .,,.-.. .....$ 1913. go
Real estate unincunhered. ..... 25l ,257.79
' fet vaiGeI M S.esH. ,'".ie1 wa. 7ss 1928. .88
Mortgage loans on real, estate
(free from any prior incum- =.
Accrued SaaneY securities Interest -'' '-'0O
Other securities, policy loans 38,009.8 .85
Premiums and accounts due
and in process of collection 80,945.10
Total net assets 81, SOP 1902. 81
. s.t *~, LIABILITIES
Reserve or amount necessary
to reinSure outstanding rlSks,S 1873, TIC. .85
Losses unadjusted and in Sus-
Bills and uncounts unpaid. ... 275l1.04
Other liabilities OF. the COM
panY ........... ............. 1Iz,o0U.ll
Total liabilities 81, ,127, ,3O2 81
Saplgal zz9e.0o0000 W W
Total ST, ,5O2, 1902 81
Greatest amount in any one risk. SIS 900 90
+Life companies: Maximum risk
written o,o -. 50oo0.99o 0o0 w
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23

TAmount retalned BY Company -. 5,UUU.UU
Z Reinsurance over $1,000.
STATE }OF INDIANA :.
Office of Commissioner of Insurance.
I, the undersigned, Commissioner of In
surance,S of Indiana. hereby certify that
the above is a correct copy of the State
ment of. the Condition of the above men,
toned Company on the 31st day of
statement, and that the said original
statement is now on file in this office.
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto sub
scribe my name and affix my official seal,
this 1st day of April, 1880.
[SeaIJ CLARENCE c. WYSONG,
Commissioner
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement of Condition. Of the ).
FRATERNAL PROTECTIVE INSURANCE
COMPANY ~
bOSIOll MaSeAcluSeJtS.
632 Beacon St. &

b3Z Beacon st.
On the 3lst Day of December. 1929.
HENRY NJ. BILLINGS. President !. p.
CHARLES L. TEBBETS. Secretary.
Amount CT capital paid up 49,. 500 600 90
NET ASSETS OF COMPANY +
Cash in banks ton interest and
not on inteTestf ..s........ Sl24 249 10
Bonds and stocks owned tnsE-.--.
kst valuel .......s.......~ 500 156. 90
Aeccped. securities tinterest and
rents. etc.l Observation-Disclosures. 444.94
Premiums and accounts due and
in process Of collection $780,. &,53
Total net assets ..s.......... $685.. .s39. 81
LIABILITIES III
Reserve or amount necessary to
reinsure outstanding risks. :. SIG. SIC. SO
Losses unadiusted and in
suspense 5S,335. 80
Bills and accounts unpaid. 1888. .27
Estimated taxes estimated exp.
Other liabilities OF the company
invested unpaid claims 49,. 1885. ID
Total liabilities s2l4. .se8. as
Capital ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 160 000. 90
Surplus ...........s.,..s.... ..s-.. S1G. G.44i. .53
Total ....... .S6s2 sss. 81
Greatest amount in any one risk 6.00o. 90
STATE OF INDIANA.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
New YORK. New YorI

q
%Greatest amount allowed by
rules of the company to be
insured in any one city, town
or village ...............
/, FGreatest amount allowed to
be insured in any one block
sLife companies: - Maximum
risk written
Depends so entirely upon circumstances
that no definite answer can be given.
STATE OF INDIANA:
Office OF Commissioner of Insurance,
I. the undersigned. Commissioner of In
surance OF Indiana. hereby certify that
the aDove Is a correct copy of the State
ment of tho Condition of the above men,
toned Company on the 31st day of
December. 1929, as shown by the original
statement. and that the said original
statement Is now on file in this office.
In Testimony Whereof. I hereunto sub
scribe my name and affix my official seal.
this 1St day of April. 1880.
ISeaiI CLARENCE c. wYSONG.
Commissioner.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement of Condition of
THE GRoCERS MUTUAL INSURANCE
CnAJpANV


Springfield, Ohio.
Grocers Mutual Bldg, 120-24 w. High st.
On the 31st Day Of December, 1929.
E g. ASHLEY, President.
49,. NET ASSETS OF COMPANY
Cash in banks ION interest and
not on INTEREST," ............$ 30,81905
Real. estate unincumbered ..Y. $4,000 90
vaiuer ..e...,.. -. ............. ' lac, ,381 s7
rents, etc.S ' .:........... 1854 26
in process Of collection -. 1s, 1898 "a
losses ...........~...... 49, ~ 15675
Total net assets y: .......... $248, ,62o 81
LIABILITIES
reinsure outstanding risks .$137, ,72s.22
Losses unadjusted and in sus-
Other H'J liabilities Of the. company 4'SSSS9
Total liabilities .............. .$i58, ,s48 o9
Surplus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 95,27788
Total ........ ......... ...... ;$248, ,62o.97
Greatest amount in any one risk
Greatest amount allowed BY rules
OF the company TO be insured
in one city, town or village. No Ruling
Greatest, amount allowed to be-
i insured a in any any one block ..No Ruling
Office, OF Commissioner of Insurance.
surance of Indiana hereby certify that
menJ Of the Condition of the above men
toned Company on the 31st day of
December, 1929, as shown by the original
statement is now on file in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof hereunto sub
scribe my name and affix my official seal,
IseaIl CLARENCE C. wYsoNG.
Commissioner.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement Of Condition. Of. the
FIRST NATIONAL MUTUAL FIRE ms CO.
Bloomington. Illinois.
lfi-i13 E. Monroe st.

FIRST NATIONAL MUTUAL FIRE ms CO.
Bloomington. Illinois.
lii-its {. Monroe st.
On the sIst Day of December. 1923.
II. P. GARDNER President.
l. r. JAMES, Secretary.
Amount Of capital paid up Mutual
EET ASSETS or COMPANY
Cash in banks ION Interest and 40 .,
preiSs nS1 IN 'nssres esrss5 but not s58s e
Accounts otherwise secured. 54.S4
Total net assets s.........s2l. 1918
LIABILITIES
Reserve or amount necessary to
Losses unadjasted and and in Suspense s.5s49S
Other liabilities OF the company 3'327.3S
Total liabilities accommodation .o1e a
ouLp4us .s..--..s -. -.'..+...... 8, l44.5S
Greatest amount in any one risk:75 ;$ 5Sd %
Farm S Snifss Business and village dwellings
limited IN .accordance with line and
reinsurance facilitiesl. -
%Createst amount allowed by
rules Of the company TO be
insured IN any one city. town
'Greatest amount allowed to be-
insured in any one block -.
Life panies:-Maximunl risk
STATE OF INDIANA:
Office Of Commissioner Of Insurance,
1, the undersigned, Commissioner Of In
surance of Indiana, hereby certify that
@ of the s G6Ss Spy of he q above men
toned Company. on the 31st day of
December. 1929, as, shown by the original
statement. and that the said original
statement is now on file in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof, / hereunto sub
scribe my name and affix my official seal.
iseail CLARENCE c.. wYsoNG.
-..-.a..- Eommissio oner.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23


Office Of Commissioner Of Insurance.
I. the undersigned. Commissioner Of In
surance Of Indiana. hereby certify that
the above Is a correct copy Of the State-
ment OF the Condition Of the above mem
toned Company on the 31st day OF
December 1929 as shown By the original
statement. and that the said original
statement Is now on file In this Office
IN Testimony Whereof I hereunto SUBJ
scribe my name and affIx fnv Official seal.
this lat day Of April. 1880.
SfSezfI CLAnEHCE c. WYGONo. "
Ccmmtssioncf.e
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement of Condition of the
GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY co.
New York City
1 Liberty Street


On the 31st Day of December, 1929.
JESSE S. PHILLIPS. President.
G. F. MICHELBACHER, Secretary.
Amount of capital paid up. 81 500 10000
NET ASSETS OF COMPANY
dSa not o. on Inter INTEREST," ST. ......$ ''e. 4O9, ,57s 50
0GaS Fet Taiue5 1G 5'0cAs o~iieo '-.'" 90
AIvaIsu rents etc., etc1 4.ie' - ''...9. ~ 54.s26s8
other hers securities. cash in Office 10000
Reinsurance recoverable . 10,251 06
sHd r q GsosstiOn i q
Total net assets ......... SO, ,783, 1866 SO
LIABILITIES
Reserve or amount necessary
to reinsure outstanding risks.$2 y, 431 ,93l .16
Losses due and unpaid. ...... 3,482 ,152 90
Dense ".-a.o'oe ................. " $4,000 on
Bills and accounts unpaid - $500 90
Voluntary contingent reserve. $50, 600. 90
pany ~ ............... 41o,37O.Oo
Total liabilities .. Sc. .667, ,953 .16
Capital Observation-Disclosures. 800 900 90
Surplus Observation-Disclosures. 1.615, PIP. CT
Total ...................$9, 50, ,783, 1888
Office of Commissioner of Insurance.
,urance of Indiana, hereby certify that
the above, is g corisct copy OF the State
toned Company on the 31st day OF
December, 1929; as shown by the original
statement is now on file in this office
In Testimony Whereof, hereunto sub
scribe my name and affiX my official seal,
this 1st day of April, 1880. ~,
CNN~N CC1
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement of Condition of the
GLENS FALLS INSURANCE co.
Glens Falls. N. Y.
Corner Bay and Glen SITS.

On the 3lst Day of December, 1929.
F.. M. SMALLEY, President.
H, w eCOWLES, Secretary.
Amount OF capital paid up. .S5 00o, ,o00. 90
NET ASSETS OF COMPANY
and not ,i on interest ....s s.172. .2o7. GA
Real estate unincunfbered =. sos, ,411.16
ket yaluel ..@..".........: , 1s,77o,o5s.55
incumbTance, ~ '.4......,!.. e',1 D''0 ss.4s2o7
by pledged bonds ''G $500. $500 515, 500 90
Deposited various und. boards 10,100.O0
losses -: :...........ts'. H W ~ 81,258,35
and in process of col
lection ..................,. 1'slO ,23O.59
Total net assets ...$2s. 429. 1856 is,
LIABILITIES
Reserve or. amount necessary g.
risks ...................$ 8,218, ,s67. Al
Losses due and unpaid ...... I64 $500
Losses adjusted and not due AZ, ,O8O 65
Losses unadjusted and in
Bills and accounts unpaid. 900. 600. 90.
Other liabilities of the COM
pdny .........s,s........ Z,uS1,O10.1U
Total liabilities .......... .$l2, ,so7, $50. .12
Capital ,.................s.. ), ,o00, 600 90
Surplus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6.12I,446.e4
p q - = -
Total a..........:...........$2s 1928, 429 ,s96l6
Greatest, amount in any one "A. s.!.,
rlSk s.A...,...L 400 900 .00
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement of Condition of the
FIDELITY-PHENExF FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY '.
. New YORK, New York
:. 2 90 Mai cInn, No

e'4 New York, New York.
,. 80 Maiden Lane.
, On the 31St Day of December, 1929.
PAUL l.. HAID, President.
VIM. E. LAhdM. JR., Secretary
Amount Of capital paid up ;. .$13.7g7, ,716.8
NET ASSETS OF COMPANY
Cash in banks ton interest
: and not on INTEREST," ;,:|t.$ 2,232. 1903. 70
Real estate unincunbered ~; 1,7S6, ATS. .7s
market valuel .:.;.,E;t: 1905. 9.s17.la
Mortgage loans on real estate
lfree from any prior incum-
brance) * ............. 5000. .00'
and rents. etc;l 1880. 246.78t.7l
office .::.....,......:...:..s. 100000
and in process of collection. 2.520, ,270. SO
bills receivable ........:... s85.S42.25
Total net assets .$86. .168. .951.12
LIABILITIES
Reserve or amount necessary
risks 81: .s22;Q52s42.2 .2l
pense ................. ..'. - 49, 1851, $40. 40
Bills and accounts unpaid. q, 10000
Other liabilities of the COM ~
pany -. .'......,...... 9,344,296.81
Total liabilities -, ........ .$3&91o, ,3oe. 81
Capital .... .......... ,........ 1879, 1858
Surplus ..,............ 81, 7,460,924.7S
Total Observation-Disclosures. $s6, 6,16S 951.12
risk. met -, =. 3 ,... 100000.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement Of Condition Of the
THE FIRE REINSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK

VI NEW 1Ohh
New York N. Z.
IS John Street.
On the 3lsC Dav Of December. 1929.
B. II. CARVALHO. President.
w. !. LANGLER. Secretary.
Amount OF capital paid up.... SOC, 10000
NET ASSETS OF cOMPAKlR
Cash in banks ION interest and
not on INTEREST," ............S 31T.5l8.6j f.
ket y9iaei J. ..t.........'., Ia a.s5s.ss7ss
Accrued securities interest and
rents. etc.l .........+-..-... 22,694.63
Premiums and accounts due
and in process Of collection. 244.672.23
Total net assets .$4.544.sis.65
LIABILITIES
Reserve or amount necessary
to reinsure outstanding risks s2.254, 1850
Losses due and unpaid ..-.. 900, $500
Bills and accounts unpaid. 36.000.00
Other liabilities Of the CON-
pany -..s-.--......-.... 20 UoO.U0
Total liabilities ......-...S S2,9fs. .464.e0
Gdpltai +-.-.+.- +.-...s....s...s.. 4l1sDVO.V1
ouIpiub ..-.--s.. .f.....-...... ls1l4-o4S-Co
Total .......................s ,544. .sIs.6s
Greatest amount in any one risk 35.0O0.00
A.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-23
Statement of Condition of the
THE FRANKLIN LIFE INSURANCE


Springfield, Illinois.
8I2 S. Sixth Street.
On the 31st Day of December, 1929.
H M MERRIAM, President.
WILL TAYLOR, Secretary.
Amount Of capital paid up $3.50. 10000
NET ASSETS OF COMPANY
Cash in banks ton interest
and not on INTEREST," .......$ 649, 863.92
Real estate unincumbered -. 906, ,704.67
Bonds and stocks owned
(market valuel ............ 1855, 4,5l5.75
Mortgage loans on real estate
free from any prior in
cumbrance) ................ 18 8,322, ,752. .95
Accrued securities interest
and rents, etc. ............ 659924.21
Premium loans .............. 5,772 178.l5
Premium notes .............. 279 935.84
Premiums and accounts due
and in process of collection 49,, 1921
Accounts otherwise secured. 10S,3O4. .45
Total net assets ......... .$2S, ,s4S, ,1O2 Os
LIABILITIES
Reserve or amount necessary
to reinsure outstanding risks $25, ,939 673 90
Losses adjusted and not due 1l,101.8 80
Losses unadjusted and in suS-
penSe ................ oUzlz.9U
Bills and accounts unpaid. .. 62,4o3.5 81
other liabilities of the COM
pany .................... 1854 564. .01
Total liabilities e.......... .$27, ,64s, Ola. SO
Capital Observation-Disclosures. ESQ 000. 90
Surplus ...................... 1850, ,087. 20
Total $28, GAS, ,102. .08
Amount retained by company $50, 10000
NINA ~ ~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
GREAT SPEED BY AIR CRAFT
 IS PREDICTED
Planes Will Be Shot Into Sky by New Rocket
 Motor, Is Claim

BERLIN, April 19.-Dr. Paul Heylandt, one of Germany's lead ing authorities. on the application of liquid gases for industrial pur- poses. predicts that the time is not far off when airplanes will be shot thousands of feet into the sky by a new rocket motor and can reach the United States from Europe within six to eight hours.
 He says so high will be the speed, between 300 and 500 miles an hour, of rocket propelled planes. that the motors can be turned off over New foundland and the pilot can glide his plane the remainder of the way to New York City
 Dr. Heylandt holds 500 patents in all parts of the world on process es of his apparatus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
FOUR BURNED
 TO DEATH IN
 PLANE CRASH
Craft Hits High Tension Wire and then Bursts
 Into Flames

JERSEY CITY, April 19.-Count Henri de Lay Vaulx, President of the Federation Aeronautique Inter nationale, of Paris; Mrs Marie Will Hams, of Providence, R. l.; A. V. Conklin, of New York, and John Salway, aged 37 years, the pilot, of Albany, were electricuted late yesterday afternoon when plane struck a high tension wire, crashed and was burned while enroute from Albany, New York, to Newark, New Jersey.
 Harry Lehman, a witness, said the pilot was evidently searching for a landing place in the rain and heavy mist
 The flames died out after con- suming the fuselage.
 The bodies were found in the wreckage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
By ANDRUE BIRDING GA. P. Staff Writer

TRIPOLI, April 19.-The example of the United States after the Rev. oultionary and Civil Wars in mak- ing land grants to discharged sol diers, is to be followed by the Ital- ians in their newly conquered Af- rican territory of zezzan, south oi here
 Just as the Revolutionary vet erans built up the states west ot the Alleghenies and the Northern troops developed the states west ot the Missouri, so the Italians hope that their veterans will create an agricultural domain out of a pre- viously unproductive region.
 It is all part of the Italian policy to parallel the French at- tempts at creating a colonial em- pire tributary to the southern coast of the Mediterranean, a rivalry which had many an echo in the discussions of the Mediterranean
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
Last of B, Drinks Bottle of Vine as
 Toast to Comrades

ATWATER, Minn., April 19.- One of the two remaining members of the Last Mans Club of Civil War Veterans, Peter Hall, aged 91, is dead.
 Charles Lockwood Chamberlin, oi South Dakota, aged 89, is the only surviving member of the gallant band of B" Company and he drank bottle of old Burgundy wine as a toast to his dead comrades.
 The club was organized in Still water, Minnesota, by 33 survivors of the company in 1886.
 The bottle of wine was bought then and it was agreed that the last survivor would drink it and toast his comrades.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
Scientific Garden CrOlus
 Tomato Suns Soil or Rain

about the size of a full-grown stem. Sprouts peered through the tops, with roots dangling below the cork.
 Two-quart jars containing a so- lution of calcium nitrate, magne- sium sulphate, and momopotas- sium phosphate, the approximate food eaten by the plants from the soil, next became their home. The roots drank the solution which gave them constant and plentiful diet without depending upon na- ture's vagaries.
 The vessels were constantly TO- tated on revolving platforms in a chamber with reflecting walls to give all parts of the plant uniform radiation by ordinary light. The same experiment. will be repeated soon with different combinations of light.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
ITALIAN SWORDS
 BECOME FLOWS
 N NORTH AFRICA

question in connection with the five power naval conference in London.
 f Marshal Peter Badoglio, Governor of Tripoli and leader, together with the Duke of Apulia, of the Ital- ian troops which completed the conquest of Fezzan, is responsible for the project.
 T do not intend" he explained, that my soldiers shall only carry war into this country. When every soldier who wishes to settle down has become a householder on the lands which he helped to conquer, then the most beautiful operation of the campaign will have been completed"
 Marshal Badoglio has already be- gun the work of habituating his soldiery to the soil The troops in their rest periods have planted 150,- 900 trees.
 The men who will benefit by the Marshars project are in a large
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
HARRY STERLING IS
 CHEVROLET OWNER

One of the 1930 Chevrolet sedans of the Connors Motor Company was sold yesterday to Harry Sperl- ing of the U. s. Forest Service of flee.
 This model is with the full-sized body by Fisher, and seats five pas sengers. The right front seat folds forward to give easy access to the rear. The drivers seat is adjust able, so that it may be moved for ward or back to provide a com fortable driving position for any, one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
JILTED GIRL BRINGS SUIT
 FOR S250,0O0
Domestic Sues Son of Steel M a gn te - Has
 Married Another
Associated Press Photo

NEW YORK, April 19.-An heir to $250000 who married one of his parents maid servants. has been sued for the same amount in the State Supreme Court because he did not marry another former do- nestle
 The plaintiff, Miss Catherine Mc- Cormach, charges that William Willock, jr., of Syosset, New York, son of the steel magnate, promised last August to marry her within a reasonable time" Thereupon, she says in her complaint, she told friends, and spent a lot of time and money on her trousseau, only to be disappointed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
OVER HUNDRED
 PERISH WHEN
 CHURCH BURNS
Men, Women and Children Are Victims Were
 Attending Service
ONLY FOUR ARE KNOWN
 TO HAVE MADE ESCAPE
Congregation Massed Be- hind Doors Which
 Opened Inward

COTESCI, Rumania, April 19. - Between 100 and 150 men, wOm e n and children, trapped by a fire in an an- cient church during the Good F d a y vigil, perished last night while priests vainly strOve to save them but were helpless against the frenzied rush of the congregation to flee from the roaring flames.
 The church was a wooden structure more than 100 years old.
 Priests remained at their posts and blessed the victims as they died.
 Only four of the congrega- ton are known to have es- capped.
 The doors of the church opened inward and prevented egress when the crowd mass ed behind them, and they were left to the mercy of the flames wkich spread with great rapidity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Sci- ence, science, quite exact, how does your garden grow?
 The answer is without soil or rain and, literally a fat, red to- mato is picked from the air.
 Smithsonian institution has done this very thing Tomato plants grown under artificial light, dirt less and rainless, have burgeoned delectably. Scientists see in the experiment, perhaps glimpse of the synthetic agriculture of dis tant future, when the farmer never will shake his head at natures ca prices.
 Tomato plants were matched in an incubator. After the seeds be- gan to take root, they were placed in cork stoppers. pierced by holes
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
INATIONALISTS MAKE ATTACK
Charge Police Armory and Several Defenders Kill
 ed-Drastic Action

CALCUTTA. April 19.-A group of 100 Indian Nationalists attacked the Police Armory at Chittangong and killed six defenders, including the sergeant major.
 A detachment of the Eastern Frontier Rifles has been ordered to Chittangong to handle the situa- tion.
 Strong guards have been estab- lished at all gun shops in Calcutta and armcred cars of the police have taken up strategic positions.
 The headquarters of the Allied Indian National Congress Commit tee has been raided and seventeen persons arrested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
A PASSENGERS ABOARD ALASKA
 FOR THIS PORT

SEATTLE, April 19. = Steamer Alaska sailed at g o'clock this morning for Alaska ports with 189 first class passengers and 109 steer age aboard. The following passen- gers are booked for Juneau:
 I. c. Anderson, Charles H. F'lory, Jack White, Cecil Powers, James Xidah, w. Dodson, A. Graham, E. c. Pickett, F. L. Pittman, R. H. Brown, B. R. Brown, A. B. Kinney, Lem Lynds, Einar Lykke, Luther Suby, wife and two babies, Miss E. Johnson, Mrs. R. Effstrom, Miss E Thomas, John Ross, Alex Rosie end A. Bray.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
JUDGE PARKER
 IS TO APPEAR

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Judge John J. Parker, of the Fourth Fed eral District, with his headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina, has informed Senator Overman that he will be glad to come before the Senate Judiciary Committee and answer protests against his nomi- nation to the United States Su- preme Court. The offer was vol untary and Judge Parker will probably appear a week from next Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
CONFESSES
 TO MURDER

ST. LOUIS. April 19.-The St Louis Post-Dispatch says today in a story from Bentonville, Arkansas Dr. A. J. Bass has confessed he shot and killed William Pearman, his friend, on March 26, in a plot to collect $2oO,0Oo insurance held on Pearman's life under the name oi William Folta.
 Dr. Bass, in his confession, said he was forced to commit the crime by three St. Louis gunmen. The body was later disposed of.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
Alibi Is Offered
 On Murder Charge

WASHINGTON, April. 19.-Julien Gallagher and Marvin Sisson, of Warsaw, Virginia, are held by the police in connection with the mur- der of Mary Baker, government em- ploye week ago. Sisson has of- fered a complete alibi," Common wealth Attorney Groth said, but is being detained while the story IS being checked up.
 The police said they learned that Gallagher and Sisson made an overnight trip to Baltimore on March 22 in company with the girl and another woman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
SWIMMING SEASON
 IS STARTED HERE

Summer would seem to be ap- preaching Ion horseback" judging from reports which came in yester- day of activities in the great out of-doors.
 Of particular interest was the ex- pertinent of Frank Richards and Clyde Bowen, who ushered in the swimming season by diving off the cannery dock into Aux Bay. The water, they said, was little chilly but otherwise fine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-19
Duchess, Who Attempted
 Suicide, Is Under Parole

LONDON, April 19.-The Duchess of Reinster, footlight favorite, has been bound over for two years on her personal recognizance, after her recent conviction of attempting to commit suicide. Friends said they will take her and not only look after her but nurse her back to health and strength.