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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
CONDEMNED TO
DEATH, YOUTH
ESCAPES JAIL
22-Year-0Id Killer FIeeS
From Prison 7 Hours After
He Is Sentenced.

BIZ United Press
SALEM, N. j., Dec. 23.-CharIes
Fithian. %, who effected a daring
and well-planned escape from
Salem county jail here Monday
night. only seven hours after he had
been condemned to die in the cleo
trio chair, was believed secreted to-
day by confederates who helped
him make his getaway.
The condemned youth, who had
been sentenced to die the week of
Feb. 8, in connection with the muir
der of j. William MacCausland in
a holdup, used a revolver, obtained
in some mysterious manner, in his
dash for liberty.
Goes Through Hole in Wall
Fithian had been turned with
other prisoners into the main exer-
else corridor, on which his cell
faces, early Monday night.
He managed to creep around to
the rear of the cell block, where he
squeezed himself through a narrow
space between the back Of the cell
and the wall until he reached a
point behind his own cell.
In the wall about fifteen feet
above the floor was hole made by
another prisoner in an escape at
tempt several months ago.
Using the criss-cross of cell bars
as a ladder, Fithian climbed up,
ripped off a piece Of tin covering
the hole, and climbed through to a
hospital ward for juveniles.
He drew his revolver on four boys,
the only patients in the ward, and
threatened to shoot them if they
made an outcry.
Escapes in Auto
Fithian, a six-footer, then 1eaped
for window high up in the wall,
drew himself up, ripped out two
steel bars and wriggled his body
through. From the window he
climbed up to the roof, few feet
above.
Then he leaped fifteen feet to an
adjoining one-story building and
another jump of ten feet found him
in Broadway, one Of the towns prin-
cipal streets.
Parked nearby was a green Sc
dan with man at the wheel. Fifth
ian got into the car and it was
driven away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
5000 SCIENCE
EXPERTS TO GO
TO CLEVELAND
Fifty Organizations viii
Meet During New
Years Week.

By Science SerUice
CLEVELAND, Dec. 23.-More
than 5000 scientists from all sec
lions of the United States and
Canada will attend meetings Of more
than fifty scientific organizations
to be held here New Years week.
More than a thousand papers will
be read in this years largest meet
ing and millions of words will be
uttered by the scientists in an
nouncing their new researches.
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science is the nu-
cleus for the annual meetings. join
ing with this organization are spe-
cialized societies covering all fields
of science, from anthropology to
zoology.
AIiIlikan to Speak
DR.. Robert A. Millikan, Nobel
prizeman in physics, will deliver the
retiring presidential address of the
American association on atomic
Disintegration and Atomic Synthe-
sis"
A prize of $1,000 for notable
contribution to science will be
awarded to one of the many papers
presented at the meeting.
The future Of man will be pre-
dicted by biologists and anthropol-
ogists. Mathematician will give
thought to economic cycles and
crises as we'll as their theoretical
studies.
Biology Is Subject
Latest battles in mans war upon
the insects will be retold and new
campaigns will be planned. How
better plants and animals can be
secured will be discussed by bio
logists. Engineers will describe
telephones, metals. telescopes and
water problems.
Economic and sociological socie-
ties will hold annual meetings coin
cidently with the biological and
physical science groups. The Ameri-
can Statistical Association, the
American Political Science Associa-
ton, the American Sociological So
.ciety, and the American Economic
Association will bring many socio-
Iogists to Cleveland.
Western Reserve university and
the Case School of Applied Science
will be hosts to the visiting Scien-
fists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
YUGOSLAv KING /
ACTS TO UNITE
CAROL, HELENE
Alexander in Bucharest to
Act as Peacemaker in
Marital TangIe.
BvUaited Press

BIZ United Press
LONDON. Dec. 2s.-King Alex
ander of Yugoslavia was due in
Bucharest today to assume the role
Of peacemaker between King Carol
and his divorced wife, the former
Princess Helene of Greece. accord
ing to a dispatch to the Daily
Herald from Bucharest.
King Alexander is the brother-in-
law Of King Carol. He married
the Rumanian princess, Marie.
The Daily Herald said that
Alexander would at least seek pro-
visions enabling Helene to leave
Rumania with the status of
former queen, and not an outcast.
if he could not reconcile Carol and
his divorced wife.
He was also expected to negotiate
the vexatious question OF an al
lowance for Helene, who is said 10
have very little money in her own
right.
AleXander's role of peacemaker
is likely to be acclaimed in Rumania,
the Daily Herald said. for Helene
is very popular with the Rumanian
people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
1913
Following is the explanation of

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe It or Not" which
appeared in Mondays Times:
Don RObledo Won at the Odds
of 3,O37 to IA new record for
long odds was established when
Don Robledo. mounted by Bill
Tingle, won the race at the XII
angwan race track, Shanghai,
China, on June IL, 1929, paying
the sensational dividend of $15,-
1870 for a S. ticket on the win
ner-at odds of 3,037 to 1.
Only one lucky ticket was sold,
and the purchasers collection of
that large amount caused a wild
commotion among the race-goers.
Don Robledo, leading all the way,
won by one and a half lengths.
See: China Press Of Shang-
hal" June II, 1929.
An Apple Bigger Than a Pump
kin-This great apple was raised
ON the Oregon State college farm
at Corvallis, Ore. 1880. 1t is Of
the Spokane Beauty variety, and
weighed two and one-fourth
pounds. The abnormal growth of
the apple can not be explained by
the horticultural specialists of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
VATICAN, LITHUANIA
BREAK SEEMS LIKELY
Bishops and Priests Fight Move for
Legal Civil Marriages.

Bishops and Priests Fight Move for
Legal Civil Marriages.
BIZ United Press
KOVNO, Dec. 23.-The Lithu-
anian governments intention to
introduce civil marriage as legal
appeared to be leading toward a
rupture of diplomatic relations be-
tween Lithuania and the Vatican
today.
The break appeared imminent as
bishops planned to ban the gov
ernmental party, and priests urged
Catholics to resist the governments
plans.
The papal nuncio Monsignor
Bartoloni, has ceased seeing Foreign
Minister DR.. D. Zanunius either Off
cially or socially.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23

college, as 1T was given no special
treatment and several boxes of
normal apples were produced on
the same tree.
Wednesday: "a conversation in
two letters"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
BOY HURT BY AUTO
Youth, 8, in Hospital After
Being Struck by Car.

William Howe Jr., s, of 661 South
New Jersey street, was in city hos
pital today with head injuries sus-
tanned when he was struck by an
automobile driven by Lon Bolding,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Rotarians Book Ocean Passage

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Members
of the transportation committee of
Rotary International have made
steamship bookings for 1000 Rotar-
ians and their families for the 1881
world convention in Vienna next
wear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Truck Injuries Pedestrian

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 23.-Henry
Shaul, SO. was seriously injured
when he was struck by furniture
truck driven by Emmerson Ottinger.
The elderly mana left leg was
crushed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
CUT CATAL0G PRICES
Montgomery Ward SIashes Range
From 10 to 25 Per Cent.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Price cuts
ranging from 10 to 25 per cent will
be listed in the mid-winter catalog
Of Montgomery, Ward & Co., it was
announced today.
The reductions cover ap-
proximately 1000 items. The COM
pany announced the budget pay
ment plan would be operative on the
purchase of all goods except
groceries
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
PRIVATE CAP |TAL
 MAY BUILD HIGHWAY

r If the governments of the United States and Canada are unable to devise a workable plan for the financing of the proposed extension of the in- ternational highway through British Columbia into Alaska, private capital is ready and willing to carry the project to completion, Samuel Hill, noted good roads enthusiast, said in an address before members of the State Highway Patrol at Olympia, Wn., a few days ago.
 MT. Hill predicted that highway from the heart of Mexico to the interior of Alas ka will be a reality in five years. A group of Eastern capitalists are prepared to spend up to $20,000,000 on the construction of the road into Alaska and a tentative organ ization has already b n formed an d h e capital pledged, Hill said. The group proposes to construct the road in return for concession rights for resorts along the highway, but the builders propose to turn the road over to the public after the investment has been returned in the form of profits from the concessions.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
Reapportionment of Seats
 In Congress Announced

President Hoover announced last week that reapportion- ment of the House of Repre- sentatives under the 1880 cen sus will give California 9 more seats, Michigan four more, and Texas an additional 3. Cong- ressional action will also give Connecticut l, Florida 1, New Jersey 2, New York 2, North Carolina 1, Ohio 2, and WasE.- ington l additional seats. The following states lose one each: Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minne- sota, Mississippi, Nebraske N Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tenn essee, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
Will Display Alaska
 Minerals At Paris Fair

An opportunity for securing some splendid advertising for the mineral resources of the Hyder district is presented in telegraphic advices received few days ago by Governor George A. Parks from the De- partment of the Interior an- nouncing that a n extensive col lection of Alaska minerals will be featured in the American exhibit at the Overseas Colon- al Exposition at Paris, France, next April.
 In his telegram to the govern or, Secretary Wilbur, head of she interior department, said the Alaska mineral exhibit would embrace specimens oi gold, silver, copper, coal, anti mony, arsenic, asbestos, chrom- te, garnet, gypsum, jade, led, limestone, marble, nickel, pet oleum, platinum, quicksilver, .ulphur, tungsten and zinc.
 The exhibit will also include 5otem poles, and other exam oles of native handicraft. The exhibit should reach Washing ton by February 1, and trans oortation charges to Paris and back to Alaska will be paid by he Exposition Commission.
 In the view of the Herald, the Hyder Chamber of Commerce
 hould take imemdiate steps to communicate with the govern or with a view to having a dis play of Hyder ores included in the exhibit.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
DEMOCRATS WCTORS
 IN FIRST DIVISION

Complete returns from the First Division show that the Democratic party received ma jorties in five races,a plural ity in a sixth, and the Repub- lican candidates were given majorities in four contests on- ly, according to the Juneau Empire.
 These returns are semi-ot- ficial, being taken from the re- ports received at the office of the United States District Court from election boards of the several precincts in the Division.
 The successful candidates in the Division were: Geo. B.. Grigsby,for Delegate to Con- gress ;Wm. A. Hesse, for highway engineer; A. J. Karnes, for commissioner of education; Allen Shattuck, for Senator; and Frank A. Boyle and A. H. Ziegler for Representatives. Republicans carrying the Division were: w. c. Smith, for treasurer; Cash Cole, for auditor; Grover c. Vim and J. E. Johnson: for Representatives.
 MT. Smith boiled the larg- est vote of any candidate, g. 886. Mr.Cole was second with 2,742, and MT. Grigsby third with 2,636 votes
 Mr.Ziegler led in the House contests, getting 2,462 votes. Johnson third, and MT. Boyle fourth. MT. Judson, Democrat was runner up, followed by w. L. Paul, and E. L. Sampson and w. P. Scott, who tied with 2,071,and P. Mccormack, who ran Independent, was last.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
American International. ...
 Highway Commission is
Now Completed

Now Completed
 A Washington, D. C., news report last week announced hat Herbert D. Rice, of De- rtoit, Treasurer of the National )utomobile Chamber of Com nerce, has been appointed by he Interior Departmene as chairman of the American commission created by Cong ress to investigate the feasibil- ity of highway between the United States, through British Columbia to the Yukon and Alaska. The other members of he commission are Ernest Walker Sawyer and Major Malcolm Elliott.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
Make Test of Alaska Product

Gre of the Apollo and Pop off properties on Popoff island near Seward,is reported to be we'll adapted to oil Notation process. The two properties samples were tested by the Federal Mining and Smelling company assayers, it is report ed. It is expected that a small crew will exploit base ore at both properties this winter. Both mines are situ- ated adjacent to open harbors and may be served the year around by steamships.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
Government Inspector Lauds
 New Alaska Capitol Building

"Alaska's new capitol build ing is one of the finest govern ment structures of it's size in the United States" in the per sonal and official opinion of Everett J. Quinn, mechanical engineer of the U. s. Treasury Department, who visited Jun eau recently to inspect the new capitol before it's completion.
 It is MT. Quinn's duty to in- spect every federal building in course of erection just before they are finished.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
Prosperity Mine Makes
 Splendid Showing for Year

The report of the Premier Gold Mining Company cover ing operations on the Prosper ity group during October re- veals that the property is mak- ing a splendid record despite the present marked deprecia- ion of silver values and the fact that silver constitut 's
 most of the mineral values con- tained in the Prosperity ore. Acording to the statement,
 ore extracted and shipped dur ing the month amounted to 14S2 tons, which yielded
 gross shelter return of SAG, ,15C
 and a net profit of $20,248 aft
 CT deduction of mining, trans portation and smelting charg-
 es, or an average of slightly
 over $13.66 per ton of ore shipped.>
 Net earnings of the mine dur
 ing the twelve months of con:
 mercial operation under Pre-
 mier control are reported to, have totalled $193,470. This represents average monthly
 net earnings of slightly more than $16,122. Under the more favorable silver market of a year ago this would have been
 practically doubled.
 Alaska Logging Industry Slightly Under Par-1930 While there has been no se- rious depression in the lumber business of the Tongass Forest District, the cut of timber this year was slightly under the D. year average and there was
 some curtailment of logging operations, according to a re-
 cent statement by R. A. Zeller,
 Forest Supervisor.
 MT. Zeller, said that the out look for next year also looks promising for the loggers. AL ready some applications have been received for timber for
 logs for fish traps, but no new applications for saw timber are
 expected for some time to come, as cutting is still in prog
 ress on several tracts under contract.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
Winter Beat Schedule

The winter schedule of the C.. V. R. steamers is now in effect md there will be but one sail ng week between Stewart and Vancouver. The Prince George will arrive each Thurs. day morning at ' a. m. ard cave at II a. m. The vessa! will arrive at Vancouver at1 : 90 a. m. on the Saturday after eaving here.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29

 this month indicates that work was resumed in this area re- gently with the driving of an uprise from the 636 level, as mentioned in the cable, and has resulted in picking up the ore body again at a point 18 feet above the floor of 636 drift.
 References to the extent of the ore body and values en- countered contained in the var ions reports indicate that it is both extensive and valuable.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29

we'll informed on the situation in China say that there is nc revolution there, It is purely political or economic fighting and placing of the nationals government on a sound finan- cial basis would undoubtedly restore peace. As for the sold- iers who make up the armi B of the war lords, they are fighting for food and would gladly go peacefully back to work if they were given an op- portunity.
 "This is not" he asserted, 7" a silver problem, except in- cidentally. It affects the wei fare of the entire world"
 The Senator declared that when the price of silver sud- denly dropped to the lowest level in history, the blow did not fall on the silver men alone. The buying power of half the population of the world was cut in half, and wheat, lumber, automobiles and other com modities were as disastrously affected as silver.
 "The debasement of the met al," he continued," meant that the large silver-using countries of the world could not have credit, as they could not agree to repay loans at the prevail ing price of silver. They might borrow with silver at 35 cents an ounce, and be compelled to pay back with silver worth on- ly 30 cents an ounce. The re- suit, of course, was a tremend- ous falling off in exports to these countries. And that, in my opinion, is the reason for our economic plight toady.
 President Hoover, in his able speech before the bank ers' convention at Cleveland, stated that the world is suffer- ing from over-production. I think the conditions would be more accurately stated had he declared that the world is suf- fering from underconsumpt- ion, a condition that can be largely remedied through the restoration of the value of sil- yer.
 And silver has never had it's true commodity value. Legis- lative pressure has always been exerted against it. But it is my belief that if we can re- habilitate China by loaning her silver, the price of the metal will be stabilized at around a dollar, instead of fluctuating from 30 to 68 cents"
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
BURKE REPORTED FOUND

The plane of Capt. Burke and also the long missing pilot and his, two companions, were located this week by planes in the Atline country, accord ing to word received in Stewart. The men were safe and the plane was un- damaged after being forced down by shortage of gas, the reports indicated,
 The search for Pilot Renahan is con tinuing but without result.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29

R. E. Mccarthy, a sailor from the cutter Cygan, was fined S1O in the Commissioners court this morning for violation of the Bone Dry law.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
CHAMBER COMMERCE MEETING

The Hyder Chamber of Commerce will elect officers for the ensuing year at a meeting of that body in Chamber of Commerce Hall next Tuesday even ;ng, December 2. All members are re quested to be present.
Hyder weekly herald., 1930-11-29
SILVER LOAN WOULD
 RELIEVE DEPRESSION

III q recent puDllc address III his home state, outlined the proposals that will be embod- jed in the report of the Senate subcommittee of the Senate committee on foreign relations relative to the proposed silver loan to China, according to press reports. After announc- ing that his committee would propose an international loan to China of several hundred million ounces of silver, the Utah senator pointed out that the plan contemplates that the silver so loaned would be measured in ounces and that the interest a n d principal would be repaid in ounces. As to the size of pool necessary he mentioned $200,000,00O or several hundred million oun- ces of silver. He urged this plan in preference to the call ing of an international silver conference, on the ground that the loan would immediately relieve the prevailing industri- al stagnation period, while an international conference would mean long delay in any posi- tive action. He flatly accused Great Britain of bringing about the collapse of the silver mark ct by placing India on a gold basis, but pointed out that should Great Britain enter such a loan program as he proposed she could not consistently con- tinue to debase silver in India.
 Senator Pittman advocated, first, that congress adopt a res- olution advising the president to negotiate a treaty with China, Great Britain, France and Japan, looking to the pac- ification of China and the stim- ulation of peaceful industry in that vast country; second, that these powers, other than Chi ma, then form a pool of silver to be made available to the Chinese nationalist govern ment for use in building roads, establishing industries and for such other purposes as are ap- proved by a joint commission of the members of the pool.
 Witnesses who testified be- fore our committee" he said, " are unanimously agreed that such a program would meet with the approval of the Chin csc nationalist government, the war lords and the people of China. The plan contemplates, of course, that the four war lords of China who now con- trol large armies and and vast areas, would be brought into the nationalist government to participate in its administrat- ion. Such justification of China, in the opinion of those compe- tent to advise, would immedi- ately substitute industrial ac- tivity among the 450,000,000 inhabitants of China for mur- derous war, anarchy, famine and death.
 ''It is positively contended by such witnesses that our com- merce of China would be in- creased tenfold, and that they could almost immediately con- sume all of our surpluses of wheat, greatly reduce our sur pluses of of automobiles, lum- Der and manufactured goods and furnish, a deman dior more silver than the mines of the world could supply. People