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The Washington times., 1930-02-21
SNAPS
WOV|AN'S
NECK

FLORENCE, Ariz., Feb. 81 Il.
N.S).-Eva Duggan, the strap.
ping housekeeper, who killed her
crippled rancher employer, A. j,
Mathis at his Tuscon ranch three
years ago. died like man" on
the gallows here today, the first
woman ever to pay the death pen
atty in Arizona. Death was in,
stantaneous. as the moose tore
her head from her body.
Mrs. DugGan'S iron nerve sup
ported her to the last, lending a
grim calm TO her rugged features
That she could have cheated
the form Of death the law de,
creed was demonstrated early this
morning when she turned over
to her guards a safety razor blade
and a bottle presumed to contain
poison.
Two women were with Mrs
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HUSBAND KILLS
WIFE, LOVER

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 81
GN.SD Surprised in an apart
ment last midnight, an actress
and her musician lover were shot
to death by the woman's husband.
a fruit dealer, in one of the most
melodramatic murders in the an
nails Of Southern California crime.
One woman was Mrs. Vera
Gingell. 36. known on the stage
and screen as Vera Ryan. The
musician was Sigard Biorneby,
36. The husband is Augustus
Gingell, 81, Of Glendale, Calf =,
and formerly of Washington,
D. c.. Gingell is in custody of
police to whom he surrendered
after the shooting.
Suddenly and without warning
Gingell burst into Mrs. Gingell's
apartment, which she had rented
yesterday, and found her there
with Bjorneby.
At guns point the husband
made his wife and the other
man." Scantily attired, stand up
at the foot of the bed.
According to police. Gingell
then acted as court, jury, prose
cutlng attorney and executioner.
He found them guilty of vio-
latlng the marriage code, SEN
fenced them to die and then car
ried out the sentence.
Police said BjorneSby was shot
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The Washington times., 1930-02-21
LEhLBACH DROPS i. S. Retirement Bill
G()(lID
,s''vTS =!

Dash indicator to warn air
plane pilots of treacherous ice
formation on wings developed
by Bureau Of Standards.
M Street bridge over Rock
Greek Valley completed today
and will be formally opened
late in the spring when road
surface will be ready.
New 2-cent stamp to COM
memorate 300th anniversary of
establishment of MaSsachu-
Setts Bay Colony to be issued
as soon as suitable design can
be agreed upon.
Capt. Alfred RawSon McGone.
gal. chief District plumbing in
Spector, feted at dinner by
plumbing industry in honor of
his recent election to national
presidency Of Society of Sani-
tary Engineers.
Investigation into ownership
Of coal deposits to prevent
"monopolistic control" proposed
in resolution introduced by
Representative Schafer tRD Of
Wisconsin.
President Hoover sends tele-
gram to former President Cool
idge asking him, if convenient,
to go to Arizona and dedicate
the Coolidge Dam.
Judge Thomas Day Thaeher,
Of Federal court for Southern
New York district, nominated
by President Hoover to sue.
Ceed Charles Evans Hughes, jr.,
as Solicitor General of Depart
ment of Justice.
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WiLLebrandt Is Fined,
Eludes Cameras

Mrs. Mable Walker Wi1lebrandt
had the last laugh today and 1t
was a good long one. It lasted
for an hour while 10 camera and
newsreel men aided by a score
Of Scurrying reporters surrounded
Police Court to make her escape
impossible after she appeared be-
fore Judge Ralph Given and was
fined $40 for doing a shade under
20 miles an hour in the heart OF
the city.
At 20 minutes after nine Mrs.
Willebrandt pleaded guilty and
paid her fine. At IS minutes Of
10 she was safe In her office in
the Investment Building. Mean.
while photographers waited i'm.
patiently for her to appear. How
she got out Is a mystery. but
she apparently had the co-opera
tion Of the court attaches.
Mrs. Willebrandt, like the
adroit strstsgist she Il, had sur
veysd her ground carefully. Last
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F.. Hoffman, license clerk, her
mother accompanied her to the
license bureau. as consent Of
parents is necessary for anyone
under 81 to obtain a marriage
license.
Shortly after the marriage the
newlyweds were separated when
Sarah was arrested by Sergt. Ed
gar Sims and Policeman Law
renee Padgett. and she will be
sent back here today.
1t was said at the training
school that the girl was commit
ted there through court action
and that she had been aliudged
Ieeble minded. Her marriage does
not affect her status as an in
mate even though the marriage
was legal, the authorities claim,
Eeveral other inmates at the
school, committed through court
action, are married.
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OPPONENTS
FLAYED AS
PAN|CKY

In caustic statement Chair
man Lehlbach of the House Civil
Service Committee today an
nounced he would withdraw his
substitute for the Dale civil
service retirement bill and asked
his committee next week to re-
port out the bill as it passed the
Senate.
LehlbaCh said his new measure
had been misrepresented and mis-
understood and that a panic had
seized some of the Federal EN-
ployes. He added that it was
useless to reason with this class,
so he would withdraw his bill
and later on would offer it again
and was confident that event.
ually it would become law.
Representative Lehlbach's state
ment read:
mo one is desirous Of enact
ing retirement legislation at this
session more than I am. It Is
my conviction that the new Lehl-
bach bill, if considered on it's
merits. would have become a law
Just as soon as the Dale bill.
Upon the suggestion Of new
legislation on retirement, a panic
seized some who were interested.
They believed that consideration
Of any retirement legislation other
than the Dale bill in the form it
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LETS
STEP.SON
GOFREE

Harvey Spencer Lowe, 100
block r st. N. W., who was
shot in the shoulder by his It's
year-old StepSon, Harry Vincent
Hazel, a week ago because the
latter found his mother in tears
after an alleged argument, re-
fused to appear at police court
today to prosecute the boy.
Lowe. who has maintained all
along that the shooting was an
accident. was served by Police
man William BuboSky with
papers to appear in court for
Hazel's preliminary hearing but
he ignored them.
Case Is NOlIe Pressed
Assistant United States Attor-
neys Charles Murray and Joha
r. Fitzpatrick, after a conference
with F. Joseph Donohue, attor-
ney for the defense. decided 10
nolle PROSE- the case and MIS-.
Lowe and her son left the court
arm in arm radiantly happy.
L. am so glad that it is all
over. 1t was an unfortunate thing
the whole business, Mrs. Lowe
said. I hope that things will
be all right from now on.
Her son. who does not look his
II years, was rather pale. For
a moment it seemed as il lie
might collapse but he rallied and
explained. II only had a cup Cf
coffee for breakfast
Then he added as he looked
up at The bright sun, I'D like 10
play a lis'le golf today"
Works as Messenger
The boy works as messenger
in the Morris Plan Bank. He
aspires, he says. to be q financial
magnate some day. At present,
he has been too busy working to
study much on the outside. He
attended night school for awhile,
but found the work too much for
him, as he is not robust. He says
he intends, hwever, to continue
his night-School work a little later
on.
Mrs. Lowe, who works as a
model and a saleswoman at a
Connecticut Avenue gown shop
has been forced to give up her
position temporarily to take care
of her 18-month-old baby. AS
soon as the cares I home will
permit. she intends go back to
her old job, she said.
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succeed Commissioner Proctor L.
Dougherty.
This. was indicated by DR.,
George c. Havenner, president of
the federation, who until today
declined to discuss the matter,
in view of the absence of any
formal action by the federation
The refusal of the federation
head to attend the meeting called
by E. j. Murphy, president of
the Washington Board of Trade
to pass a resolution protesting the
naming Of General Crosby, was
taken as an indication that the
civic group would keep out of
the controversy if possible.
Plays Safe Policy
DR.. Havenner today declared
he felt the federation will adopt
the hanos off policy at it's meet
ing March at the District Build
(cSHAiRosd 90 Rsss q. Gel o.
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School to Hold Bride
OF Blind Man

LAUREL, Md, Feb. 2l.-DeSpite
her marriage in Alexandria. Va,
to Hubert p. Lunsford, 21-year
old blind man, Sarah Ramsay
IS, cannot leave the District
Training School for Girls, authori-
ties at the school said today.
The girl, who escaped from
school, was married in Alexan,
dria Wednesday by the Rev.
George J. Hooker, of the Metho-
dist Church. According to Elliott
The Washington times., 1930-02-21
Mrs. Agnes Early Hurt
When Autos Collide

When the car in which she
was passenger collided with a
second automobile and overturned,
Mrs. Agnes Early. %, of the 1890
block Thirty-sixth st. N. W., Suf-
fered decorations, and bruises last
night.
Police reported that Mrs. Early
was motoring with her husband,
Walter Early. when a collision
occurred between the Early Car
and a car operated by Price
Marsh. 40, of the 200 block of
East Capitol st.
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HOSPITAL CALM
DESPITE FIRE

BALTIMORE, Feb. 21 1.N.SO
A panic was averted and 25
women patients were removed
from the fourth floor ward of
University Hospital today when
fire broke out soon after break
fast.
Fireman entered the hospital
quietly and with extraordinary
precautions not to arouse the
fears of the women patients.
The patients were moved to the
hospital operating room until fire
men located and overcame the
blaze.
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Woman Wins $4,000
For Arm Lost in Crash

CAMDEN, N. J., Feb. 21
0N.SO.-Mrs. Mary S. Johnson
of Chicago, was awarded $4,000
for the loss of her left arm in a
collision between an interstate
bus and a truck, by Jury in the
circuit court. She had asked foI
l970.OO0.
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night after court was closed for
the day she made a secret visit
there and after a half hour con.
ference with Judge Ralph Given
left in her car.
This morning. acting according
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Duggan in the death cell. Ad-
dressing them, she asked:
Well. what do you think
about it? Would you wait for
the rope?"
Thereupon Mrs. Duggan deliv-
cred the bottle and the razor
blade.
Mrs. Duggan was awake all
night. She appeared to the so
newspaper men who called at her
cell to be standing up very we'll.
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Citizen GrouptoDodge
Fight on Crosby

The Federation Of Citizens AS,
sociations will keep hands off in
the matter of the appointment OF
Mai. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby to
The Washington times., 1930-02-21
BOY WHO SHOT STEP.DAD GOES FREE[TT7T1T1
EXCLUSIVE NEWS SERVICE

The Washington Times is the only afternoon
paper in this city publishing the news dispatches
of international News Service and Universal Service
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
WRANGELL PIONEERS MOVE TO INCREASE PENSION

The members of Wrangell Igloo No. 21, Pioneers of Alaska, at the first meeting of the season last Monday night, discussed the mat ter of pensions for aged Alaskans, and endorsed the following resolu- tion:
 Be It Resolved, by Igloo No. 21, Pioneers of Alaska, Wrangell, Al askak: That every effort be made to encourage the election of rep resentatives and senators who are pledged to work and vote for grant ing old age pensions of at least sS5 a month, and that in every town committee of three citizens, none of whom shall be in the employ of the Territory, shall be appointed to investigate the needs of each applicant for a pension, and report the same to the proper authorities of the Territory.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
M. $. NOrthland To Carry First Class Mail
G. H. BACH N. T. c. AGENT. SAYS BOAT WILL CARRY THE MAIL FREE IF POST OFFICE REFUSES CONTRACT

Announcing that the Northland Transportation Company. operating the motorships Norco and North land, is in business to serve the Alaskan public, G. H. Bach, travel ing agent for the line, stated that the company would carry first class mail free if the post office depart ment refuses to grant a contract.
 We are in business to serve AL aska," Mir. Bach said last Sunday while he was waiting to take pas sage on the Northland, and if the post office department fails to grant mail contract we will carry first class mail from Seattle to Juneau and wayports without charge, pro viding the mail is given to us."
 The Northland and Noreo are scheduled to sail on alternate Mon days from Seattle, arriving in Wrangell on Wednesday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
SOphOmOreS Initiate Freshman Class
GREEN HATS TO BE THE BADGE OF SERvITUDE; GOOD VOICES ARE ACQUIRED BY FRESHIES

Does a house burn up or down? Logic has nothing to do with the question, of course; it is merely something fon a freshman to med itate over while he waits for evil days to pass. His period of servi- tude to the sophomores at Wran- gell High began yesterday and will continue throughout the week.
 Cherry Sorset, Buddy Ukas, Jack Urata, Lloyd Goodrich, Billie Fer guson. Glenora Waters and Ada Lewis are among the unfortunates. Yesterday afternoon the Sophs took cognizance of a new class entering Wrangell Hi and proceeded to whip them into line. They were order ed to whistle the Prisoner Song and sing Baby Face before the assem- bled Sophs. Then green hats were handed out with instructions to wear them the rest of the week, and to remember, above all things, that when a junior or senior ap- breaches them and breathes the magic word button they must drop whatever they have in their hands and place both hands on their cap.
 This afternoon the Freshies re- cited nursery rhymes and debated whether a house burns up or down.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
Six Wrangell Elks Added to Alaska Herd Saturday
OVER SEVENTY MEMBERS AT INITIATION; KETCHIKAN AND PETERSBURG CROWD HERE

More than seventy Elks from various lodges of Alaska were pres ent at the initiation of six Wran- gell men who took the obligation of Elkdom last Saturday night in Redmens' hall. Ketchikan sent IS members, together with their la dies, on the motorship Eskimo, and the airplanes of the Pioneer Air ways brought others. A number of Elks from Petersburg came over early in the day aboard gasboats.
 The members initiated were Frank Barnes, A. B. Anderson, Geo. Gunderson, l. c. Bjorge, Charles Moore, and Charles Williamson. Lodge officers in attendance were Exalted Ruler George S. Talbot, Esteemed Leading Knight Walter Hitchcock, Esteemed Loyal Knight Fred J. Chapman, Esteemed Lee turing Knight Robert W. Young, Treasurer Arthur Bryant, Esquire J. R. Roady and Past Exalted Rul- CTS J. R. Hickman and E. L. Samp- son.
 Mayor N. R. Walker of Ketchf- kan, who holds membership No. 1 in that lodge, and J. R. Heckman were the speakers for the occasion. The Wrangell Bills Club held a reception in their clubrooms after the initiation, and a dance follow ed.
 The school gymnasium, where the dance was held was decorated with gay autumn leaves and the purple and white colors of the Elks. The orchestra was compos- ed of Walter Bidwell, Fred Cho- quette and L. Bradley.
 A number of Elks who had en- gagged passage from Ketchikan on the plane Sea Pigeon were unable to attend the ceremony, due to the poor visibility near Wrangell, and the failure of the plane to reach here Pilot Jerry Smith re- ported a dense fogbank oven the town, and he decided not to take the hazard of landing. He return ed to Ketchikan, arriving there in darkness.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
Hazel B. No. 3 Down From Last Trip of Season
MUSH ICE ON UPPER RIVER; SNOW AT BARLEY CACHE AND THE SCUD

The Hazel B. No. 8, Capt. Hill Harrington, arrived at o'clock this morning on her last trip of the season with the following passen- gers from. Telegraph Creek:
 William Blackstock, Cecil Poli, A. H. Bryant, R. A. Morrison, A R. Olsen, V. H. Fisk, Brando Ros- sini, T. E.. Hankin, Jean Wilson H. T. Moody, MT. and Mrs. P. H. Smith, Mrs. A. Gibson. MT. and Mrs. J. B. Blick, J. H. Searfoss, R. Wicklund, R. w. Armstrong, Louis Irvine, Fred Amundson, Jack For man, Frank Gagner, John Grant. From Grand Rapids-R. D. Brunn. Jack Steel, Don Buckman.
 Capt Harrington reports cold weather on the upper river. Mush ice was running from several oi the tributaries and rim ice was forming along the shores of the main river. Fresh snow covered the country around Barley Cache and the Scud.
 W. R. Overend, Canadian GUS toms officer at Boundary, and Stan ley Jekill, prospector. followed th' Hazel B. down from the boundary in their own boat. Their clothing caked with ice, bore evidence oi the biting wind on the "desert.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
Coronation Island Trolling Boats In For Repair
FISHERMEN TELL OF WILD NIGHT IN AATS BAY WHEN NOODLES LAID MASTS FLAT ON THE WATER

As an aftermath of the storm that struck southeast Alaska Sep tember 26, setting a dozen or so boats on the beach at Coronation Island, the trollers Adena, Kate, Ellen and Minx arrived in Wrangell last week and were hauled up on the ways of the Anderson Brothers Boat Shop for overhauling.
 The Adena, Capt. Fred Johnson, had ten of her blanks stove in when she went aground. Johnson reports that the storm struck with out warning, at night Several yes sels managed to run ion the open sea before their anchors began to drag, while others lacking the pow CT to buck the wind and waves, kept their engines going and put out extra ground tacklke.
 The Adena, Kate and Ellen were lashed together for mutual protec- tion, but their anchor lines fouled and they were compelled to cast loose. The Kate, Capt. L. E. John son. lost an anchor but suffered little damage otherwise. The FL len. Capt. Nels Rognan. also pull ed through with slight damage.
 Jumps to Safety
 The Mynx, Capt. Hans Alderman, went aground after one anchor line parted. Alderman cut the other line and allowed the boat to wash ashore. Watching his chance he vaulted ashore on his pike pole. The bottom of the boat was badly chewed up from grounding on boulders, but he managed to float her the next day. He lost his an- chors, wheel and rudden
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
Three Killed in Crash
 of Plane At KOtzebue
FATHERS DILLON AND WALSH AND PILOT RALPH WIEN ARE DEAD IN SMASH-UP OF CATH 0LIC MISSION PLANE

Three persons lost their lives last Sunday at Kotzebue in the most disastrous aerial tragedy in the his tory of Alaskan aviation when the Catholic missionary plane, the Mar quette Missionary, crashed on the frozen tundra here, carrying three to their deaths.
 The dead are: Father Philip l. Delon, superior general of Alaska Father Walsh, missionary at Kotze- bue; and Ralph Wien, pilot, broth CT of Noel Wien pioneer pilot of the Interior.
 The plane in which they were travelling was presented to the Jes- uit Missions in Alaska by a New Yorker last summer, and was re- gently put into service in northern Alaska, operating out of Holy Cross unden the direction of Father De- lon.
 According to an Associated Press dispatch from Kotzebue received by the Juneau Empire, Wien was mak- ing a test flight of the plane. The regular pilot, Brother Feltes, was not on board.
 The crash came at 3:45 in the afternoon while Wien was circling the field. Spectators said the mo- tor seemed to stall and the ship dived to the ground, burying the nose of the plane in the frozen earth and killing all three persons instantly.
 It is thought that Pilot Wien had been engaged to assist Pilot Feltes in operating the plane. Wien was familiar with weather and other conditions on Seward Peninsula.
 Brother Feljes flew the Mar quette Missionary from New York to Seattle hast summer, being ship ped from Seattle to Seward. It was assembled at Fairbanks and flown from there to Holy Cross.
 Father Delon was veteran in the Jesuit missionary service in the Territory and had been superior General for the past seven years, with headquarters at Holy Cross Father Walsh came to Alaska two years ago from San Francisco and had been stationed at Kotzebue since that time.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
WRANGELL SEARCH PARTY OUT FOR LOST HUNTER

Arriving in Wrangell Sunday on his boat the silon, Albert Lauth, a fisrerman, reported to the U. S. Commissioner, L. B. Chisholm, that his partner, Andrew Anderson, al- so known as Andy Murphy, had gone hunting near Kindergarten Bay Thursday, Oct. 8, and had not returned to his boat Saturday.
 The commissioner authorized a search party composed of Jack Pratt, Fred Choquette and Charles Bell, who left here Sunday after noon to search. Word was sent to brother of the missing man, at Ketchikan. and the broadcasting station there has sent out word
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
Game Commission May Assign
 Trapping Areas
REGULATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVED SATISFACTORY IN B. c. MAY BE ADOPTED AT NEXT MEETING

During his recent visit to Prince Rupert and Vancouver, H. W. Ter hume, executive officer of the Alas ka Game Commission, conferred with game officials of British Co., lumbia relative to the success of assigning permanent trapping grounds to tappers, and found that such regulations are approved by government and trappers alike, Regulations similar to those of the neighboring province will be dis cussed by the Alaska Game Com mission at the next meeting, which is scheduled to take place in Ju- neau November 19.
 Curb Teaching
 In an interview published by the Juneau Empire Terhune said: T am confident that we can break up the activities of poachers who, taking advantage of natural condi- tions, have been able to operate quite extensively in some districts despite our most strenuous efforts to break up illegal trapping.
 
 Due to the inroads on beaver, it is not possible for the commis- sion to open the season on them in southeast Alaska at the same time 1t will be thrown open in a limited way in other sections of the Territory in the mean future. '
 To Use Airplanes
 -a In- ACr the patrol of southeast Alaska by the Alaska Game Commission is predicted for next year, Terhune said. The successful use of a plane recently in the southern end of the district, in which a long-standing violation of the Alaska game laws was broken up, has convinced the Commission of the pacticability of aerial patrols.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16
Democrats Fire First Gun of Political Battle Here
GAFFNEY FOR AUDITOR AND SAMPSON FOR LOWER HOUSE HERE IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR CANDIDACIES

Tom Gaffney of Nome, veteran of the first Alaska legislature, and E. L. Sampson of Ketchikan, arriv- ed in Wrangell last wek to make medicine" among the voters. Both are running on the Democrat tick ct, Gaffney for territorial auditor, and Sampson for representative.
 Gaffney, who was a member of the first Alaska legislature. solicits patronage on his past record In an interview with The Sentinel he made the following claims for him. self:
 '1 introduced and fought aggres- sively a bill for the eight-hour day in underground workings. The public health doctor now stationed at Morningside was my idea, also
 The Grand Igloo of Pioneers, in their meeting at Ketchikan, passed a resolution thanking me for my efforts to protect the welfare of the Alaskan insane
 1T favor a full form of territon- ial government for Alaska, with full control and management of our fisheries and other natural resoure- es.
 Sampson is employed as account ant for the Ketchikan Lumber Mills. He makes his debut in ter politics this year and pledg- es himself to work for better trans portation facilities, recognition by the federal government of Alaska's favorable trade balance, and hopes to accomplish his ends through awakening in the people of Alaska a spirit of "social consciousness"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-16

St. Philips Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. G. s. Chapin next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
 Mrs. Josephine Mason is pas senger to Seattle on the Yukon to visit her son Eugene, and Mrs. Ma son, in Seattle, Before returning to Wrangell in the spring she will visit MT. and Mrs. Cochran in Van- couver,
 J. M. Jackson, for many years a miner on Clearwater River in the Cassiar, arrived on the last trip of the Hazel B. No. 3, enroute to Cali fornia for the winter,
 MT. and Mrs. Jack Gucker ar rived from Juneau on the Yukon to enjoy white goose hunt on the Stikine flats.