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Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
WE WANT COAST GUARD CUTTERS

Speaking from hearts whether we repre- sent the people not, we want coast guard cutters handy. Every time the lights of steamship down the bay staggering in against binding storm we glad that they .here' Every time shake friendly hands goodbye and bid Bon Voyage with a catch in threats wonder if they will get there" If anything happens to them between here and South east Alaska, God help them, the Government can't
 We want coast guard protection of the brand Un- ce Sam gives other portions of his country and there isn't any reason why we shouldn't have it. Right at this minute if anything should happen to the West ward mail ship the ss Starr, with all her human freight how could help be gotten to her before the lapse of days? It just couldn't be done and if they were stranded beach they might freeze to death before any helping hand could be extended to them
 Uncle Sam thought enough of this country to buy lt from Russia and trying to develop it If it's worth anything its worth looking after properly
 Sometimes the soul grows weary with much SUD- plication, but, WE WANT COAST GUARD PRO- FICTION!
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
NATURE PRIMEVAL

Fire protection of the forests Did it ever occu. o you what it really and signifies? Did 1t ever dawn uopn Tou thou city dweler and abder in steam heated flats, how precious is this heritage of the for ests that have down thru the years to give US sanctuary snd soace2 Pause upon thy needless way tnd never again drop lighted cigarette or leave an unquenched camp fire
 What backed sorrow would be ours were our forests swept away in unbelievable but always poss- ole confagration. What desolaton; what utter trans formation from glad life to despair! The wild life winch now proceeds upon its free unfettered ways would be gone And those of us who love to stroll in the cool cathedral dmness of forest aises mayhap to press an aching troubled heart agast friendly bole would De bereft indeed for Ito him who in the love of Nature holds communion with her visible forms, she speaks various language"
 Imagine the present gorgeous scenics in the mag nlfcent Moose Pass country and along the railroad oet beng devastated by fire; nothing but black ruins q what were once towering majestic spires!
 Therefore it behooves us to back up every move o1 the forest service in its effort hold down fire hazard The men of the service are doing splendid work Their creed is service the public And we are tne ones who scatter destruction with criminally careless hand and then up pious clamor when the iorest service needs funds to prosecute it's work
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
NEW OFFICERS N ....
 FIRST MEET 0F YEAR

The newly installed officers of the Seward Eastern star Lodge will hold their first meeting on Monday evening January i2.
 The officers who will conduct the lodge affairs for the coming year are as follows.
 Mrs. Josephine Sheldon. . Wor- thy Matron; Leon Urbach, Wor- thy Patron; Hazel Erwin, Asso- ciate Matron; Harold Painter Associate Patron; Marian Pain- ter, Secretary; Viola swetmann, Treasurer; Bessie Malloy Con- d tress; Margarete Lechner Associate due tress; Jean Flynn, Chaplain; Henry Frost. Marshall Margaret Hagen, or- ganist Myrtle Hatten . Aida. Esther Winkler, Ruth Anna Shea, Esther; Ella Amend Mar tha; sigrid Noble, Electa; Mary Novak, Warder; Q. A. Johansen Sentinel.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
BROKE HIS WINDOWS

John Nelson, section foreman at Mile F, was an rate person
 Thureday evening after the ro-
 tary came in. He learned from
 the crew that when the huge
 whirling blow went by his sec-
 ton house the operator neglect ed to switch of the outgo Of heavy snow-couldn't see it, per- haps-and perforce, 1t was hurl- ed against the side Of his house breaking out all the windows. Dang it,' he exclaimed, ~those hogheads ought to know bettern that There ought to be a law against it. Now we'll probably have to shovel our way into the bed room
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS

lnere lnerte, IS probably prouder moment in an edit ors ' ll1e than when some comes along and says we're with you" TT
 Ills old hide begins to wrinkle up with pleasure ana ms peanut heart expands to the size of an acorn ana goes pity pat He is used to getting socks in the neck that word of praise well nigh unbaances his reason ana entirely ruins him for work for the rest of the day. IT, 0A
 That's what happened to Us when We read that sncere letter of appreciation from subscriber IL E Gard Koulette Pennsylvania. The thing that really
 T think l can truthfuly state that The Gatewav has entirely changed everyone's views (ere) concern ing tie climate, etc., of Alaska"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
TIE DEAL IS OFF

The Seward High school bas- ketball teams will make no trips out oF town this season as long as the present railroad schedule remains III effect. The sclly9l board believes seven to 10 days out ol school is too much, there- fore, the deal is off. ..
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
COMMUNITY CHVrRCH

IU 3. m- Sunday school
 II a- m. Morning service. The theme will be: Wherein the Righteous Prosper"
 7:so P. m, Evening service. Sub lect: "Matchless Love. I, the Church, am Calling You. I am the Best Friend of Mankind no the Man who Prizes Sanity, Peacefullness, Pure minded ness Social Standing, and Long evity, l am a Necessity
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
YE ons,-

Unconfirmed reports have been received at Juneau, says the Em- pire, to the effect T. l. Chides- ter, formerly stationed there as a prohi, and more recently in the same capacity at Ketchikan, is an aspirant for II. s. marshals appointment in the lst division.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10

IL is reported that Ted . Nc Even, former local school in- structor, recently acquired a po- sition as tutor to small num- her of youths, who, on a private yacht, are making tour of the world.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
ELKS no MEET

Elks meeting Monday night at the Bills Club. All Elks' are re- quested to attend.
 H- M. Henrikson, sect.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
WHY AND WHAT FIR

Chatham Strait-Named fol Lord Chatham by Vancouver ir 1794. M.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-10
WHILE THEY LAST

Ciosihg out remaining sizes M sood work shoes at prices from ss.25 to s4.75. Remember old packs can be re-hottomed With either crepe or cIeated bot- toms. ..#
 Seward Tnathnr Twnr.Ire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-04-30
DC. SCIENTISTS
HONORED

Two Washingtonians received
signal honors at the closing meet
ing Of the three-day convention
Of the National Academy of Sci
ences last night.
David White, of the United
States Geological Survey, was
elected vice president while Fred
E White, geophysicist at the
geophySical laboratory, was Sc
lected to serve as home secretary
for the scientists.
William Wallace Campbell, as
tronomer at the Lick Observatory,
California, will serve as president
of the organization for four years.
He succeeds Thomas H. Morgan,
of the California Institute Of
Technology.
Henry Fairfield Osborne, of the
American Museum of Natural His
tory, New York, was awarded the
Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal for
1929 for his monograph, The
Titanotheres of Ancient Wyom-
ing, Dakota and Nebraska"
The Mary Clark Thompson
Medal was awarded Edward OS-
car Ulrich, of the United States
Geological Survey. P. Debye. Of
the University of Leipzig, Ger
many. was elected a foreign asso-
ciate of the academy.
w. B. Cannon of the Harvard
Medical School. and Roger Adams,
of the University of Illinois, were
named as members of the council.
Ten new members we're elected to
the academy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-04-30
Board of Education
Offers 1888 BUdget

Following more than Two
months of preparation, the Board
of Education of the District of
Columbia has transmitted the
school estimates for the 1888
budget to the District Commits
Sioners.
The compilation of estimates
represents the work of the COM
mittee on finance of the board,
headed by Rabbi Abram Simon,
and the administrative officers,
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent of schools; Stephen E. Kramer
first assistant superintendent;
Robert L. Haycock, assistant super
intendent, and Garnet c. Wilkin-
son. first assistant superintendent
in charge of colored schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-04-30
Alexandria Police
Court Has Vacation

For the first time since Alex
andria annexed the town of Po-
tomac and other sections Of Ar
lington and Fairfax counties there
we're no cases in the Alexandria
police court yesterday.
Captain Campbell, of the police
department, stated that he be-
lieved all the law-breakers were
busy listening to the case against
the four policemen in the corpora
ton court all day yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-04-30
Jewish Drive Rally
Scheduled for Today

A rally of workers in the 500.
900 United Jewish Campaign will
be held today at the Jewish Com
munity Center. Team captains
will report progress in the drive
for Eastern European Jewry and
Palestine.
Among the larger contributions
announced yesterday at headquar-
tiers were the following: Wash
ington Times Company, $3.50;
Washington Post, $3.50; Mark
Goldman, 500; Isidore Kahn,
SIS; DR.. Louis Cohen, $50.
Donations Of $25 each were re-
ceived from Dr.. Elias Yanofsky,
Benjamin Dobkin and louis A.
Pinck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-04-30
$1O7,153 in Damages
SOUQht in Land Suit

Two suits, each for $107, 153.0S,
we're filed against the county com
missioners for Montgomery
county by Anna Bartsch Dunno
yesterday in the Circuit Court for
Montgomery county at Rock
vile, Md.
The plaintiff charged the com
missioners with takin possession
of her land without condemna-
ton proceedings.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
BRIDGEENEMIES
FINGER SWORDS

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 QN.S0.-
Feeling between the Lenz and Cul
bertson schools of bridge prevailed
with undiminished fervor today.
Ely Culbertson, exponent of the
"approach-forcing" system, stoutly
maintained that with sensible"
bidding, Sidney Lenz would have
scored 5.000-point advantage in
stead of the LIS points he rolled
up in the first evenings play here
last night.
Culbertson paid generous tribute
to his wife, Mrs. Josephine Cul
bertson, for her expert play in the
opening rubbers, saying:
"She alone of the four e us
played perfect bridge"
Sidney Lenz was outspokenly
critical of the bidding tactics of
the Culnertsons. He said:
"In the second hand par
ticularIy when the CulbertsOns'
were set four diamonds, they
had a lay-dOwn bid in hearts,
but Ely insisted upon keeping
the bidding open in keeping
with his system. 1 could
easily have doubled his bid
of five diamonds. They prob
ably would then have gone into
hearts. 1 preferred to sit back
and see him take the penalty"
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
Mrs. Culbertson Heroine
OF hdecisiue Match
DIR. EVAN KANE

bridge experts who thronged the
corridors of Culbertson's Hotel,
where the opening match was
held, was that the first nights
play vindicated the superiority
of neither system-the approach
forcing" method originated and
favored by Culbertson or the
"1-2-3" system created by Lenz.
Mrs. CuIbertsOn Heroine
Mrs. Culbertson was the hero
inc of the evening.
Players and officials alike con-
ceded that she alone of the four
who sat around the historic card
table did full justice to the game
of bridge.
Strangely enough, she was the
most nervous of all before play
got under way,
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
INDIANS HONOR
WALKER TODAY

EN- ROUTE TO NEW YORK
WITH MAYOR WALKER, Dec.
8 G.N.SO.-"Chief Big Heart" is
the title to be conferred on
Mayor James j. Walker when he
arrives at Albuquerque, N. M,
late today.
Representatives of 26 New
Mexico Indian tribes will be on
hand to welcome Walker.
The mayor will stop over an
hour and 10 minutes in Albu-
querque before continuing his
journey toward New York, where
he is due next Friday.
Walker crossed the continent
tc make plea before the
governor of California for a
pardon for Tom Mooney.
The mayors physical condition
continues to be such as to force
him to take the utmost care of
himself. His blood pressure is
considerably below normal.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
WIFE DIVORCES
NONTA BELL

RENO, Dec. 8.-Testifying here
in her suit for divorce from Monta
Bell, well-known movie director,
Mrs. Lucille Marie Bell, charged
him with extrme cruelty and said
she followed him to New York on
several occasions to persuade him
to again live with her. She was
granted divorce.
Bell was born in Southeast
Washington and was formerly
managing editor of the Washing
ton Herald, when the paper was
located on Eleventh Street. He at,
tracted the attention of Charlie
Chaplin, when he wrote the story
of the comedians first return to
Europe,
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
BY JOSEPHINE
CULBERTSON
Worlds Greatest Woman Bridge Player
Copyright 1881. by International
News SerViCe)

NEW YORK, Dec. 8
QN.S.).-The story of the
last one of the three rubbers
played. last night at the first
session of the Culbertson-
LEM match is typical of our
uphill struggle against tre-
mendous odds.
I did not fear at the beginning
or throughout the contract bridge
match being played by my hus-
band, Ely Culbertson, and me, as
partners, against Sidney S. Len1
and Oswald Jacoby any superior
ity of system in bidding, and I
have played bridge long enough
to know that aces and kings and
favorable distributions of cards
have a. way of evening up.
Aces, Kings Lacking
Last night, however, we we're
assailed on every hand by q
steady barrage of honor tricks.
ACCS d1lu hlIlSS WcI6 S1IlSu4dAAS ~
lacking in our hands, as a sta
tistiCal study of the cards re-
veals, but our opponents were
blessed by the Goddess of Luck
with hands both rich in honor
tricks and distribution as we'll
Hence, after two rubbers had
gone to our opponents. giving
them a net lead of 1920 points,
we faced the last rubber of the
evening, grimly fighting against
odds. ....
In the very first hand of this
rubber my partner and I were
confronted with a choice between
accepting a penalty or permitting
the making of a grand slam.
We accepted a penalty of 1000
points and hereby defeated a lay
down small slam, worth about
1900 points. and a grand slam,
which, if bid, would have netted
about 1900 to our opponents.
Another hand gave us a part
CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
BUS
DUE.

After a five-year> struggle the
buses will be taken off King
Street in Alexandria and routed
over side streets. For the past
five years there has been a de-
mand that the busses be rerouted
because of the narrowness of the
street, but merchants backed the
bus line and kept the busses on
the main street.
City council has ordered Carl
Budwesky, city attorney, to pre-
pare a new city ordinance rerout-
ing the buses over Cameron and
Prince Streets. The new ordi-
nance will be presented at the
meeting Thursday so that 1t may
be passed in time for it to become
effective January /.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
TOLD
Of CHEST COST

Elwood Street, Director of the
Community Chest, addressed
members of the speakers bureau
on the subject of overhead and
what part of the Chest funds go
for overhead, at a meeting of
the Speech Clinic at the Y.W.C.A.
last night.
Mr.. Street pointed out that the
salaries of visiting nurses, matrons
and nurses of orphanages, etc,
cost considerable. but without
which service the orphanages
could not operate.
Last nights meeting was an
other drill down." the groups
forming two sides, asking ques-
tions of each other.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
By J. c. OESTREICHER

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 G.N.SD .
One up for sidney Lenz!
The eagerly-awaited contract
bridge tournament between Lenz
and Ely Culbertson, with inter
national recognition of card mas
terry at stake, was on it's way to-
day.
Ably partnered by Oswald
Jacoby, one of the -Four Horse
men" who have terrorized bridge
tournaments from one end of the
country to the other, Lenz emerged
victor in the opening round of
play here last night, winning by a
net total of Ills points over Cul-
bertson and his wife, Josephine.
Neither Vindicated
The consensus among the
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
n Nudists Obliged
To Don Clothes
For Court y

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 Q.N.SO.
New York's first discovered
nudist cult was raided today.
In a Garden Of Eden" in a
midtown gymnasium, police
arrested z women and II men
who appeared in the Adam and
Eve. fashion--except for the
fig leaves-on charges Of viOlat-
ing a moral statute.
All we're obliged to don their
clothes before they we're taken
before Magistrate Clapp who
held in SIS bail each for hearing.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
5-YeQr Auto Tags
Would Save 100000

The District government would
save $60,000 annually if 1t
adopted a system of automobile
license tags which would remain
in force three or five years, Will
liam A. Van Duzer, Director of
Traffic, declared last night in ad-
dressing the Forest Hills Citizens
Association.
The Director urged members
Of the association to make prompt
application for titles for their
cars, without which it would be
impossible to get 1882 tags.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
Communism Menace,
LOchWitzku Tonic

Major Alex M. Lochwitzky, for
mer Russian nobleman, will speak
on THE Menace of Communism"
at a meeting of the Sixteenth
Street Heights Citizens Associa-
ton tonight at g o'clock. The
meeting will be held at the North
minister Chapel, Alaska Avenue
and Kalmia Road Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
Red Triangle Club
Plans Smile Hike

A three-mile hike through Mont
rose Park, Lovers Lane, Rock
Creek and the Geological Park
will be held by the Red Triangle
Outing Club Of Washington Sun
day. The mixers will meet at
Twenty-eighth and P SITS. N. w.
A party will be given later at the
Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation. GA e st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
DANCLE DEATH
STRAP BEFORE
BLUEBEARD
important Letters Procured
From Wife by Reporters
From Hearst Papers


ROOM, CLARKSBURG, w.
Va, Dec. 8 (I.N.S.).-The let
ter written by Harry Powers
from Jail to his wife and
sister-in-law instructing them
what to testify at his murder
trial today was introduced by
the prosecution at the trial
of the West Virginia blue
beard for the Staying of Mrs.
Dorothy Lemke.
The letter was secured by the
International News Service cor.
respondent and Ed Freeman
Baltimore News reporter, from
Mrs. Luella Powers and turned
over to Detective Carl Southern.
It is considered by the prosecu-
ton one of the most important
pieces of evidence against the de-
fendant.
Reporters Named
Detective Southern, from the
witness stand, testified that he
visited Mrs. Powers grocery
store with two newspaper men.
He named the latter as David
p. Sentner, of International
News Service, and Ed Freeman, OF
the Baltimore News.
On September Z, after Powers
had been in prison for some
weeks, the two newspaper men
went to interview Mrs. Powers
and her sister, Eva Bell Strother.
Detective Southern arrived during
the interview.
Writing Recognized
The mail man delivered
score or more of letters to the
woman during the conversation.
The newspaper men noticed
that one of the women separated
q certain letter from. the batch
and slid it under a can on the
counter.
The reporters recognized the
handwriting on the letter as
being that of Powers.
DR.. Leroy Goff, coroner, the
first State witness called today,
identified the burlap bag and
strap as having been found on
the Lemke body. Said the coroner:
"The strap was tight around
the neck of Mrs, Lemke."
Powers. wearing a blue serge
suit and tortoise-shell glasses,
looked brazenly at the strangling
exhibit as it was dangled before
his eyes.
Then he began swinging ner
vously in his swivel chair.
The dangling strap perhaps
suggested the pendulum Of
hangman's moose.
Detective Testifies
The next witness was Carl
Southern, city detective.
Southern related how the Park
Ridge, Ill, police had requested
the arrest of Powers, alias Cor
nelius Pierson, in connection with
the disappearance of Mrs. Eicher
and her trio of youngsters.
The detective told of how the
bank book of Mrs. Lemke was
found in Clarsgburg by a, tele-
phone company employe.
Southern said he communica-
ted with Worcester, Mass, police,
who revealed that Mrs. Lemke
had left Northboro with Powers.
j. e. Moran, express agent at
Fairmount, w. Va, testified that
he received two trunks from
Northboro, Mass, which he turned
over to Powers. The trunks were
identified as belonging to Mrs.
Lemke.
Tells of Laying Sewer
j. E. Smith, who was ordered
by Powers to build his slaughter
house" garage, said Powers was
with me almost every minute
while I was building it,"
"There was a subterranean
chamber. There were no lights
in the cellar but he had me
put in gas pipes. A heavy pad
. lock was ordered for the inside
of the door,"
Smith said he had been told
to lay out a sewer trench SO feet
long. It was in the latter that
the bodies of the two women and
their children were found.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
| { NJ FAVORED
BY ALL HANDS,
HER VIEW
JaCoby "Handed Us" Last
Rubber, She Asserts;,
Cites MLadY Luck"

FOLLOWING is the description, by
Josephine CulbertSon, tDite of Ely
CuIbertSon and tDith him originator
of the GpproGchtorcing contract
bridge system, of the first nights
play in the Lenz-CulbertSon
tournament, noW under wGy In
NetD York. Mr.. and Mrs. Culbert-
son are opposing Sidney Lenz
and OStUdld Jdcoby.
Weekly herald., 1931-04-12
BETTRrN EVER

Filot Harold Gillian has taken off and landed So many times in m3st of the last few weeks that his muck lncks vore out. IS they were good muck lucks he did not want to give thom the air, So he took them to Mrs Susie Kingoo one of the natives to havo her put them in. shApe for hdm 50 that he could still use them. He had never heard Of Susie but when he vas informed of her he took them to her Susie is q aister to Harry King. Mrs King did and 6xcop ti 1- al good job on tho nn7ck l7cks end in appro ci iation ho said "Thoy fool botter and look better" than thoy did When thoy were now." susio is tho wife of Ed Charlie.
Weekly herald., 1931-04-12
ITS TOUGH FOR THE ALL SKIN -ITH OT1n 4 EOOD GTIM

ITS TOUGH FOR TEE ALASKAN NTH
 OUT t GOOD GUN
 EVon on the bost of authori ty Uo orc told that there are sti Il F To- nty of cyotes along tho raj lroGd . But this timo they were on tho Nor - tn ond of tho Raj 1road. -4 fow Sun days back one of tho old timers va s hocdod for Chi tina re turning fir pm Konno co tt ho end his comp2ni ons $ a7 Q cyote Turning along the trGcks s He roachon in his coat to get afgun but no gun thBre. Uo1l now vo guoss he will never @" "anyEhoro -- vi thout some kind of g1n.
Weekly herald., 1931-04-12

OLD TIMER RETr7RNES TO CHIT1NA
 Mir. Pote Kennedy arrived from Q six month trip out side. He has been living in cordova several ye- ars. Fourteen years ago To end his wife man the Commer ciel Totel here She is pleasantly located at Ever ett VII. Irving Kennedy wife and. VT. old daughter live in Everett. He is making good on the police force there.
Weekly herald., 1931-04-12
SIX W,t.P Pf,AN

SIX Y2IP P1'AN
 The Herald has received info rma- tion from Gn e77tho retive sourco t. het th8 Konno colt Mino will be Wo- rked o77t in six years 2nd the Cop- per River 6 Northte stern Rai 1Eay will be cIosod doun. Residence of tho Copper River Valley should mako plans and inipr ovmonts in occordanc ith this. The safe thing to do is to figure on getting what thoy can in the next six months.
Weekly herald., 1931-04-12

Mir. Fox of Copper, Center, Sold lTr. Tibbs the fox farmer, 4 foxy car,
 To drivo bo tween his t2un house, Ind his fox rc.nch.
Weekly herald., 1931-04-12
SMALLY1S SET UP BEUTY SHOP

sMALLY1s SET UP BEUGY SHOP
 Mrs. Lee Sma11y has opened0 up Beuty Parlor in the Tibbs b717 Hiding She stri kes as, real 1.-Two husno ss person and knows erobu snoss. pho Is prepared to give TIP to the min uto attention to all. Open do1y except Sunday tt lO:OO A. M.
 Marc waving for mon women and and children.
Weekly herald., 1931-04-12

SEAL, M4-RTIN IND BEAVER MT. end Mrs. Hoc1y won't Out the tro il as far G.s Sa1ina. They went to SC al martin and beavers for the trapp CTS. Each trapper is alo71d to havg1 skins of eGch kind.