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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Pope Asks for Prayers To Stop Prosecution on
 Religious Lines, Russia

VATICAN CITY, Italy, Feb. 1o.- The Pope, in an open letter to Cardinal PompiH deplores religi- ous prosecution in Russia and asks that prayers throughout the world for cessation of such prosecution, be said.
 The letter stated that since nj reign he had multiplied efforts to stop the terrible persecution and asked the governments at the Ge- neva Conyerence to reach an agree ment for combined representation to Russia. The request was de- nied.
 Respect for conscience and hb- erty to worship would have been safeguarded if the different gov eynments respected the laws of God" the Pope said in his letter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
NEW CHICAGO FINANCE PLAN
 NOW PROPOSED
Purchase of City's Entire Block of Tax War
 rants Is Probable

CHICAGO, Ill. Feb. 10.-Another plan to put money in Chicago's noneyless pockets has been made by Herbert c. Heller, New York in- vestment banker. He said he is interested in purchasing the tax warrants to help handle the city's financial difficulties.
 Heller, after a long conference with City Comptroller Georg e Schmidt, said he would present a definite proposition relative to the purchase of the citys entire block of $27,OOO,0O0 of the 1880 tax an- ticipation warrants. Such sale is declared legal by the Corporation Counsel to the highest bidder even thought it did not net par"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Business Men of Chicago
 10 Purge City Of Crime;
 Vigilantes Are Organised

CHICAGO, III, Feb. 1O.-Legiti- mate business men of Chicago have risen in their wrath and set their cap for 3 city purged of hoodlumsr leeches, robbers, killers and other dress of the human stream.
 We know there are tremendous influences we'll have to overcome, but they'll have to give way" was the defy hurled by Col. Robert Ran dolph, President Of the Association of Commerce.
 Already vigilante committee has been formed with six men in addition to Col Randolph.
 After the vigilante committee re- ports, the full weight of money and influence of the Association of Com nerce and other civic bodies will be thrown into the fight.
 Tie yigilante committee is ex-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
EXPLORER IS MISSING
Anxiety Is Felt Ouer
 Wilkins; Not Reported
 For Nearly T,Uo Weeks

ADELAIDE. South Australia, Feb i0.-Il view og the anxiety caused by the silsnae Of Sir Hubert Wl- kins, unroportad since January 28, letter has been made public by his brother, written to him py Wilkins from Montevldeo, Uruguay as follows:
 You may not near from me for I2 months. IT nothing is heard after year, you will know that I am lost and it will be too late Q send rescue party.
 T have fine fellows with ne. I have 3 good mechanic and a good plane.
 Tn event Of our plane coming down, we are carrying everything for safety and will attempt to re- turn overland.
 T want you to use your influence and discourage sending out a res cue party, if we are reported lost. would not like anybody to come out and risk their lives"
 The Wilkins party is somewhere in the great area of broken ice south of Melville. The base vessel Of the Wilkins-Hearst Expedition is at Deception Islands. The Scores by, bearing the explorer, airpla2e and pilot, is headed for Point Whens, from where the flight to the Polar Gap was to be attempted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
MAIL RIFLED;
 STOLEN SUMS
 ARE REPORTED
Registry Clerk in Seattle Post Office Arrested
 Alaskan Suffers

SEATTLE Feb. 10.-Eugh E. Will Hams, registry clerk at the Seattle Terminal Post Office, is charged with the theft of about $500 from registered letters in the United States mails He is at liberty on $2.000 bond.
 Williams is specifically charged with the theft of $500 from let ter addressed to R. c. Mitchell, Chicken, Alaska.
 Virtually all cases. of lost regis tered mail was in envelopes ad- dressed to out of the way places in Alaska
 Postal Inspectors said m ny weeks, sometimes months, passed before any complaints were made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
JAPANAROUSED
 OVER AMERICAN
 NAVY PROPOSAL.
Bitterness and Resentment Are Shown Gamer
 Counsel Prevails

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 1O.-Bit- tcrnsss and resentment, mingled with calner counsel, marked Japan's reaction on the American Naval limitation proposal as the points were made clear.
 Divergent expressions were heard in official circles but the unani- nous opinion is that the proposal in it's present form is not accept able to Japan.
 While a few editors indulged in anti-American blasts. from other quarters came advise to wait and see what the Americans real in tentions are, then seek an early op- portunity for a dignified restate- ment of Japan's case.
 Almost universal disappointment is expressed in Americas first defi- mite statement which apparently and entirely ignores all of the Japanese pleas for larger ratios made during the past six months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Antarctic WhaIer ReGdy to Go to Relief ot Byrd

OSLO, Feb. 10.-The Nor Ncgian whaler Loss Haven" Q expresses willingness to try
 e to go to the relief of Rear
 Admiral Richard E. Byrds
 Expedition providing it is guaranteed against economic . loss, the managing director , of the company owning the { whaler, said today. However no whaler will be l, sent into the ice pack in the ( Antarctic until a report has ( 0 been received from the Ex- ( g petitions own vessel, the ( D City of New York, which is { trying to reach Little Amer ( g ica, Byrd's base. { n a a q
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
BALKY ENGINE
 FORCES PILOT
 EROSION BACK
Flight to Scene of Wrecked Plane Delayed An
 other Start Today

SCHOONER NANUK, In Arctic Siberia, Feb. 10.-Pilot Joe Cros- son is scheduled for flight today to the scene of the wrecked Eiel- son plan
 Crosson took off Sunday but re- turned shortly On account of en- zine troubles.
 NORTH CAPE, Via Point Bar row, Feb 10-The Soviet bunker airpIane took off from North Cape on Saturday morning with two sick women, man, child and in- fant for St. Lawrence Bay. The weather was perfect. All those aboard the plane were formerly marooned on the Stavropol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Tco Pliers Killed
 In Crash; /; Reported
 Pilot Vas Stunting

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Edwin Ma gruder, aged 26, commercial pilot, and Richard H. Gillette, of the same age, were killed Sunday after noon when their plane crashed on Long Island.
 The bodies were badly burned.
 Witnesses said the pilot was stunting.
 Magruder was a resident of San Diego, Cal, and one of the best known flying salesmen of the coun- try. He made several tours across the country in demonstration oi his ships.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Woman and Daughter Found aUith Fractured
 Skulls; Man Suicides

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 10.-Clar- ence Trefry, of Maiden, auto re- pairman, whose wife and four year old daughter were found by neighbors in their home with frac- tured skulls, walked into a sport ing goods store, chose a rifle and fitted a bullet to it. As the clerk turned his back, Trefry shot him self to death.
 Mrs. Trefry and her daughter are in a hospital Little hope is held out for the girl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
RUM RUNNERS USE
 WOMAN AS SHIELD
 IND MAKE ESCAPE

FL PASO, Texas, Feb. l0.-Three rum runners, using a woman as a shield. delayed a Border Patrolman from returning fire long enough to make their escape across the Rio Grande. last Saturday night.
 The woman and also supply of liquor, was captured.
 One of the smugglers was wound- cd in the skirmish
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Parachute Fails to
 Open :Jumper Drops
 5000 Feet; Is Killed

ROANOKE, Virginia, Feb. 10- After announcing to a crowd of 3,o0O persons that he intended a long drop before pulling the rip cord Raymond Ross, aged 25, pro fessicnal parachute jumper, fell B. 00o feet to his death at the air port here yesterday afternoon.
 The parachute did not open al though the rip cord was pulled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
RUM RING IS UNEARTHED BY
 FEDERAL MEN
Operations Prevail from Atlantic to the Pa
 cific Coast
SPURIOUS HOOTCH" IS FLOODED ON COUNTRY
Alcohol Is Extracted from Hair Tonics, Perfumes
 and Other Articles

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 10.-Today's Chicago Herald Examiner declared that the biggest liquor conspiracy in the history of Prohibition En- forcement" has been uncovered by Federal Agents.
 More than 150 persons are in- volved in a ring operating from coast to coast, the Herald-E -Examin- er says.
 The headquarters are in Chicago.
 The ring has made millions of dollars and flooded the United States with millions of gallons of spurious hootch" the newspaper says.
 Discovers Formula The Herald Examiner says the circumstances reported are that A. Sebren, a chemist, came to this country from France to make per- f,Ime. He failed in 1923 and it is
 hartly after that time that se is credited with the aiscoysry < formula for extracting essential oIiS from hair tonics, perfumes and such articles of trade as contain alcohol
 Shortly afterwards, the A. Sebren Company opened and then other companies came into existence.
 Hair Tonics Used
 Hair tonics were sold to drug gists and resold to bootleggers who, equipped with the knowledge of extracting the alcohol, were able to manufacture liquor. Agents traced the diversion of 6,000,000 gallons in New York and Chicago, representing a business of $50,000,000 at $10 per gallon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - Pro- hibition headquarters said an in- vestigation of the Chicago rum ring has been in progress for several months. No names have been pub lished of those involved until the Chicago Grand Jury meets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
COMPANY
 TO MAKE FERTILIZER

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 10.- Consolidated Mining and Smelling Co., Canada, has started a con- struction program for manufacture of chemical fertilizers which will eventually involve expenditure of upward of s8,O0O,O0o and take two years to complete.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS
. Q . . . . e Q

NEW YORK, Feb. 10. = Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 8&, American Ice 36, Anaconda 78, Bethlehem Steel 99ss, Central Alloys 31%, General Motors 435s, Gold Dust 46@, Granby SITS. Grigs- by Grunow 15h, Kennecott sos National Acme 24h, Packard 164 Radio 42Is, National Brands 289s Standard Oil of California 59as, Standard Oil of New Jersey 629s, U. s. Steel 181tk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10

Fl Paso officers drove the smugg- lers into the river where the wo- man was caught. A patrolman then opened fire and one of the men was wounded. His two companions dragged him to the Mexican side.
 The woman gave her name as Luz Rodriguez. She was turned over to the Immigration authorities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
TrU0 Passengers Are
 Killed mhen French
 AirpIane Takes DiUe

HARDEN, Kent, England. Feb. l0.-Two passengers, including one woman, were killed, when a French Air Union plane diYed to the ground and caught fire this morning.
 One passenger named Curzon, was slightly injured, also Pilot Nevot and a mechanician and steward.
 The two passengers m eetin g ieath are believed to be English.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
NEW YORK STATE
 COSTS MUCH MONEY

ALBANY, N. r., rso. lo- New York state budget calls for expen- allure of S311 .198, ,75O in fiscal year beginning July l, 1850, increase of SAG, 1884 $50 over previous record breaking total of s264, 834,l0O ap- propriated last winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
FILLED IN ELECTIONS

BUCHAREST, Rumania, Feb. b The newspaper Universal says nine persons were killed and 59 hurt in the district elections throughout the country. Communal elections began Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Taft SIent We'll Last
 Night, Attendants Say

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10-Attend- ants at William Howard Taft's home said he passed a very good night" and slept well.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
ANSWER TO CHALLENGE

fEIFf5 " LTC IU VH1LLENJE
 CHICAGO, H., Feb. 10. = Two more were killed as the Police Del pertinent answered the business mems challenge by launching the most militant campaign against crime in the history of the city
 Those killed were Herbert Gers. aged 19, and Anthony Kilburg, aged 20, shot by party of negroes after a dispute over the right of way on highway. The killers escaped in car.
 The Police, up to Sunday night had rounded up 9l7 suspected hood lums in a general drive,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10

pected to report February q.
 Business men have promised that definite and determined action will follow the report.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-10
Jersey Slayer Gets 25-Year Term

Mrs. Gladys May Parks, convicted of
 murder in second degree 2 and man. slaughter in the death Of her two wards Dorothy and Timothy Rog-
 CTS, was
 sentenced to twenty-five wears on the murder count ] and ten years for nanslaugh ter, in Camden.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
BY JAMES STOKLEY.


EFF you happen to be some 40 miles
north of San Francisco ON the morn
ing of Monday, April %, you may
see several Army airplanes circlng
round, expectanty waiting for some
thing to happen.
But probably you will not be paying much
attention to the airplanes, for something else
will be happening in the sky.
Perhaps you have a smoked glass a bit
Of exposed Photographic film through which
you can safely look at the sun. Instead of
appearing like a round, bright Disc usual, it
seems to have a piece bitten out of the western
side
The airplanes continue their waiting; the bite
in the sun grows bigger. Finally the sun has
almost completely vanished its light is strangely
reduced and of an unnatural yellow color The
airplanes now seem ready for action. They fly
of TO the northeast and soon have vanished
from sight. But the sun now seems to be in
serious way. Only a thin crescent remains.
Then this disappears. The sun has turned into
a jet-black disc; around it is a glowing ring
and outside this are wings of pearly whiteness.
But no sooner have you had time to exclaim
in wonder at the spectacle than it disappears.
Had you taken glance to the east you would
have seen two bright planets Venus and Mer-
curry On the western side of the dark disc
thin silver Of brilliant sunlight returns. This
silver enlarges into crescent and the entire
sun gradually reappears.
OUCH, in brief, some of the things that
may be seen by an observer Of the next total
eclipse of the sun, visible April % along a mar
row strip crossing California, Nevada, Oregon,
Idaho and part of Montana. Astronomers scat
tered along this path viii make the best of the
second or so of totally, recording it photo
graphically for future study by still and movie
cameras and spectroscopes. The Army Air
Service has given the of several airplanes,
in which Hamilton M. Jeffers, from the Lick
Observatory, and other astronomers will try
to make the best of a high altitude and a
RAPIDLY moving observatory.
Not for years has such an eclipse as this
occurred. It is of the peculiar type known as a
central eclipse and ordinarily would not attract
astronomers to observe it. So short is it at
best that many of the ordinary eclipse
observations will be impossible. But this one
is considerate enough to occur in a very
venient place. Astronomers frequently chase
an eclipse half way around the world.
Last May several American parties journeyed
70 Sumatra and the Philippines for one.
Already the Naval Observatory is planning for
trip this Fall to a remote isle in the South
Pacific for the same purpose Many an eclipse
expedition has been made by the Lick OBJ
servatory, on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose,
Calf. to distant lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

globe Of the sun is hidden; the pearly corona,
and perhaps some high, scarlet "prominenceS,"
shine above the black disc of the moon. Then,
and then only, can many important astronomi-
cal observations be made.
The sun is about 865 900 miles In diameter
and the moon only 1900 miles, so its shadow is
quite different from those generally cast by
terrestrial lights. When you stand In a dark
room with a candle in your hand, your shadow
east on the wall behind is much larger than
you. The farther you go from the wall the
larger becomes the shadow. This is because
the source Of the light is much smaller than
your body. The sun, however, is much larger
than the moon and SO the shadow Is smaller
than the moon itself. The farther from the
moon the smaller is the shadow until finally it
ends in point
The shadow from its tip to the moon is about
100000 miles long, and it happens that this Is
also the approximate distance between the moon
and the earth. Both the length of the shadow
and the distance between earth and moon vary
somewhat, so sometimes when the earth,
sun and moon are in line the shadow reaches
all the way, while at other times the tip misses
the earth. When it reaches all the way the
result is total eclipse. When the shadow does
not reach. person in the path sees the moon
smaller than the sun, so that ring of sun
surrounds the black moon. This is called an
annular eclipse.
The eclipse this month is both annular and
total. This seems paradox, but is not, because
the eclipse Is not annular and total at the same
time. Where it begins, out IN the middle Of
the Pacific Ocean, the tip of the shadow does
not touch the surface Of the ocean. Out there
an observer would see the ring annulus, Of
sunlight. But as the shadow moves eastward
the earth, being spherical, buIges out to meet it.
The tip comes nearer and nearer to the surface
and just OF the coast of California touches
earth From then on the eclipse is total and
comes to land In Marin County, just north Of
San Francisco: continues nOrtheastward, cross
ing California, Nevada, the southeastern corner
Of OregoRe Idaho and part Of Montana. About
80 miles TO the east Of Butte the tip leaves the
earth again and the total eclipse comes to an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

WM be observer from oIott. Hamilton
III. letters will fly for the Lick Observe
cory during the coming eclipse.
THIS eclipse, like all those Of the sun, will
IN happen when the moon passes between the
earth and sun. Every % days the moon makes
. circuit Of the earth and all the time its
shadow extends out for several hundred thou
sand miles behind it. Every time 1t is new the
moon Is between the sun and earth, but usually
the shadow misses us.
When conditions are just right however. the
zip Of the shadow sweeps across the earths
surface. TO . person in this shadow the inner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

end. From then on the annulus is seen again
along path crossing Montana, Southern SaS-
katchewan, Manitoba passing over the southern
tip of Lake Winnepegosis then Lake Winnipeg,
over the northern corner of Ontario, Hudson
Bay, Northern Quebec, Labrador, then out into
the Atlantic Ocean, ending several hundred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

VII watch from the desert. AHeghenys
DR.. II. ID. Curtis chose Western Nevada.
SIS seconds after it began, 10000 miles away,
and having made q speed record which even
the fastest airplanes cannot approach-3S miles
a minute.
BECAUSE the shadow just barely reaches the
earths surface, it is very small at best, and
the path OF tOtality is very narTOw-only about
half mile wide, instead Of the width Of .
hundred or more miles that astronomers FIRE.
quently enjoy. 1t viii also be very brief. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

~ you happen to be some 40 miles
north of San Francisco ON the morn
ing of Monday, April %, you may
see several Army airplanes circling
round, expectantIy waiting for Seme-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-26
PRESS PRESIDENT
WANYSPROYECTIO
Morris Proposes Committee to
Keep Watch on lnimical
Legislation

Grand Forks, N. D.. Jan. 25.-lP)-
Appointment of q. committee to pro-
tect and advance the interests Of
newspaper publishers In North Da-
kota when enactment Of legislation
affecting the industry is attempted
was recommended at the state press
association convention here today by
II. ]. Morris, jamestown publisher
and association president.
At almost every legislative session
changes are sought In laws that
would affect the newspaper puplisher
and he has no one on hand to put up
the other side Of the argument, Nor
ris said. Often legislation enacted
to compel legal publican on certain
matters Is repealed, thus destroying
Q public safeguard and q source Of
revenue to the newspaper industry,
he said.
Morris pointed out the need Of fur
ther legalized publication, as for in
stance after q primary election where
q summary instead Of an abstract Of
vote cast Is published. THE candl-
date for office and all his friends,
which. multiplied by ell offices and
all friends equals everybody, know
that the abstract would be worth its
cost Of publication for the story 1t
would tell In regards TO the forthcom-
ing fall election" he said. Another
item is that Of publishing personal
property assessments In newspapers
nearest or In the subdivision. This
publication would work wonders to-
ward more equitable assessment,
and would be. as proven in other
q good collection medium"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-26
WARDEPARTIIDT
SEEKING MOTHERS
F0ROpERSEAS1BHP
Legion Asked = AssIst n O..
tanning Names ~ En-
gibls Cod ekars

Fargo. N. -, Jan. 3s.-k statewide
appeal 70 American Leg1un posta aux
Hilary units and others 70 repoet q
the War department the names ana
addresses g eold star mothegs and
widows IN th6ir. communities who aro
eligible 70 mako the ptISr4nn9e %
France, = being made ~ tn 0Spart.
ment headquarters q tn Iegjon.
Jack Wf1liaInsy adjutant, has "a.
nounced.
Congress has provided, Adjutant
Williams rid. tAnt the pileriimaees
shall 10 made " small groups dur1ne
the period nom May I. lSso. - octo-
Der 81, 1914. Each group VIII 10 n
Europe two Week. Cabin Class ~.
commodations will b arranged "a the
shir1.
etepmothers, O. mothers through
adoption. and any woman who held
the .ploce o. . mother tO-a deceased
member Of the military OF navsa:
forces for one year pr1or 70 the dato
he entered the war Win be entitled TO
journey to the Veterans grave In
Europe, provided abe has never made
the pilgrimage Only . widow who
has not remarked VIII 'be eligtble. 70
visit the grave pf her husband ahcoad
on the government sexpouse.
Names Of those eligible should be
sent to Major General B. !. Cheat
ham, quartermaster corps, War de-
partment, Warrington, p. q, Adju-
tant williams explained. Tho full
name Of the son Or husband, the
branch In which be served and the
cemetery In which he u buried should
be given.
Tho secretary Of war viii prescribe
regulations, the TINA Tor each pill
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-26
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