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Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10
COLONEL OHLsON's PHOTO
 APPEARS SEATTLE TIMES

Gazing out from a page of a re- cent edition of the Seattle Times was an excellent likeness of Col 'onel Otto F. Ohlson, general man. ager of the Alaska Railroad, who is now in Washington, D. 0.
 The Colonel looked alright and must have been feeling pretty good after his voyage down from the North for the Chiefs map" beamed like Cape St. Elias lighthouse on a dark night.
 In the interview, he predicted the International Highway would be a reality, giving due praise to Major Malcolm Elliott, of the Alaska Road Commission, and to E. W. Sawyer, member of the Commission. The Alaska Railroad is establishing it. self on a paying basis, he said, and will purchase a new Baldwin loco motive in the East.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10
NEW YORK NUDTSTS

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (P-Seven men and IT women were arrested in 2 Manhattan bath house be- cause they wore no clothing and improper bathing attire. When ar rested they said that they belonged to the American League of Physical Culture and that members of that league were associated and paid regular initiation and monthly dues.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10
SPECIAL COURT TERM
 BE CALLED JANUARY 4

The calling of special term of the District Court to convene in the Federal courtroom at Seward, Alaska. on January 4, 1882, does not necessarily mean that Judge Hill will be here at that time.
 The calling of special terms at the begin ing of the calendar year in each c the towns of the Third Division where terms of court are usually held is a custom adopted by Judge Hill for the purpose of uniformity and to keep alive the term of court in each locality in order that court business may be transacted without delay and as the occasion arises.
 The plan adopted by Judge Hill meets the approval of the members of the bar and also the general public
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10
WEDELL M|LL.TRy LOWER
 DOOL|TTLE's AIR RECORD

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 10. (P)- James Wedell, until recently but an obscure flyer but who has made a comet-like ascent into the lime light, has announced that he will attempt to better the trans-con- tinental flight record now held by Major Jimmie Doolittle.
 Wedell said that he expected to fly at an average speed of 25O miles per hour. He expects to take off from Los Angeles and will make a stop at Pueblo and at another city enroute East. He expects to make the tranS-continental hop in 10 hours.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10
MODIFY OR REPEAL

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. g. (P) With a vote on prohibition likely an action that would echo into the Presidential election, the eve of the 18th Amendment is in a frenzy of last minute maneuvering as op- ponents of prohibition prepared to deluge Congress with bills to mod ify or repeal it. Defendants of the law rallied their forces, confident of victory.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10
LEGAL NOTICE
IN ADMIRALTY No. S-3I2.
NOTICE OF ARREST

NOTICE OF ARREST In the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Third Division. GILBERT M. CHAMBERS, doing business under the style and des- ignation of Chambers and Col we'll, Libelant,
 VS.
 THE AMERICAN OIL SCREW BLANCHE" t224785), her en- zines, tackle, apparel and furni- ture, Respondent.
 FISHING VESSEL OWNERS MA RINE WAYS, INC, corporation, Intervening Libelant. United States of America, Territory of Alaska, ss Third Division.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all whom it may concern that have created the American Oil Screw BLANCHE, her engines, tack le, apparel and furniture upon the Intervening Libel filed herein by Fishing Vessel Owners Marine Ways, Inc, a corporation, in 8 cause of contract, civil and maritime, amounting to Six Hundred Fifty six Dollars ($656.0O). Process re- trrnable and cause heard In the courtroom of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Di- vision, at Valdez, Alaska, on De- cember 19, 1881, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day and all persons interested must ap- pear at said time and place or de- fault and condemnation will be or dered.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 9th day of December, 1881.
 H. P. SULLIVAN,
 United States Marshal. DONOHOE & DIMOND, ProctorS for Fishing Vessel Owners Marine Ways, Inc, Intervening Lib elant. Address: Valdez, Alaska. Publish Dec. 10 and II, 1881.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10

Charles Sheldon and Earl Mount yesterday called on local business houses in canvas for donations to the annual Firemen's mask ball to be held on New Years Eve.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10

Marshal Dan Ross, who returned from the States on the SS Victoria after mission for the Department of Justice, is completing the final stage of his trip on the SS Starr, Leaving on that vessel last evening Tor his home at Unalaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

To point near Mile 10, on the Seward-Kenai Lake Highway, driv- ing is as good as On the local streets. In case of necessity, one could drive all the way to the lake but it is not advisable owing to tie-hauling activities on that end.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10

Mrs. George Jenkins and daugh- terS Florence and Henrietta, of An chorage, were outgoing passengers on the SS Victoria for a visit to the States MT. Jenkins is a con- ductor on the Alaska Railroad.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10

w. A. Vinal, U, s. Commissioner at Seldovia who has been in the States for a brief period and who returned to Seward on the SS Vic- toria, left for Seldovia on the SS Starr.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10

The Seward Chamber of Com merce met at it's regular weekly meeting today at noon in the Elec- tric Bakery and Grill.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10

Miss Dorothy Zimmerman, of An chorage, was an outgoing passen- ger on the SS Vivtoria yesterday.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-10

Try our Seattle Ice Cream Fresh on every boat at SYLVIA'S
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

Senator Marcus A. Coolidge, the
new Democrat Senator from
Massachusetts,, today made a first
hand study of unemployment con-
ditions in the National Capital
under a Republican administra-
tion. He finds conditions here
pretty bad"
The new Senator has just been
installed in a suite of offices at
the Senate Office Building and
he found he needed some clerical
help. So he inserted an advertise
ment in a local newspaper for a
stenographer for temporary work.
The advertisement directed ap-
plicants to apply at the office at
10 o'clock this morning. Before
Q O'Clock more than so applicants
stood in line outside the Senator'S
door and during the r1crning
more than 100 men and women
applied for the position.
Senator Coolidge, after inter
viewing so many high class men
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
SIMMONS SUED.
OVER REALTY

Former Senator Furnifold M.
Simmons of North CarOlina was
named defendant in . suit filed
in the Prince Georges county
circuit court today by Hugo o.
Lehman, 4O7 Seventh st. N. W.,
who seeks to recover $447, which.
he allages,, he paid the Senator
in q real estate transaction.
Mr.. Lehman says that on June
10 he purchased at auction IL
lots belonging to MIR. Simmons.
The property is in u subdivision
near Muirkirk, Md, and was
bought for $1,9O8. Under the
terms of sale, the plaintiff was
required to pay $477 at the time
of the purchase, and former
Senator Simmons was to deliver
deeds to the property within a
month in exchange for mortgages
to secure the remainder.
The suit, filed by Attorney
Howard Campbell, alleged that
the former Senator, who now
resides at New Bern, N. c.. failed
to deliver the deeds.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
JURY RESUMES
PITTS INQUIRY

The Grand jury today resumed
its investigation of an alleged con-
spiracy to falsify evidence on the
part of G. Byran Pitts and 9TH
ers associated with him, arising
out of the recent trial of the
former head of the Smith Com
pany.
Early last month the Grand
Jury commenced it's investigation
of reports that Pitts and others
had returned false statements
and certificates which were used
by him in his defense. The in
quiry was halted by the Limerick
investigation. =:
Today Miss Helen Schneider,
who for five years was Pitts sec
retary, appeared before the Grand
Jury, and she is believed to have
testified regarding the prepara-
ton of the alleged false certifi-
Gates. The certificates have al
ready been introduced into the
Grand Jury evidence by Frank E.
Cunningham, clerk of the District
Supreme Court.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
WOMAN, AFIRE,
DIES IN LEAP

NEW YORK, March 10 U.N.S).
With her nightgown ablaze and
flames cutting off her escape
down a stairway, Mrs. Dora
Abrams, 40, leaped to her death
today from the second story win"
dow of her home in Woodhaven.
Queens.
Her daughter, Anna, II, fearful
of following her mother in the
plunge, remained behind and
later was found suffOcated with
her body charred.
Two other members of the fam.
lily, the father, David, SO, and
Ruth, 18, also took the leap. Both
were seriously burned, but will
recover.
A spectacular rescue brought
the remaining member, Milton.
Is, to safety. The boy, afraid to
jump, stood crying for help in o
window.
Charles Giarratone, II. lifted .
ladder to the side Of the house,
but it came short of the window.
The boy mounted to the top rung
and while he clung to the window
sill, Milton slid down over his
back to the ladder and gained the
ground,
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
LEADERS
ACCEPT BID
TOPAR[EY
TO Push Economic Issues;
Sponsors Are Disappointed
At Democrats AIoofneSs

A permanent organization to
battle for enactment of liberal leg
islation in future sessions Of Con-
gress will be formed at the ma
tional conference of progressives.
meeting here tomorrow and
Thursday, 1t was announced to
day by its managers.
The group of Senate insurgents,
Republican and Democrat. who
sponsored the conference. were
enthusiastic over the prospects
when 122 nationally prominent
educators, economists, publicists
and labor and farm leaders &C
cepted their invitations.
Democrats Are Aloof
mere was some Disappointment
today, however, over the fact that
3 number Of progressive Senators
and REPRESENTATIVES 1 o T a o ~
SOutherla Desnccrat IS Who have
been expected to support the
conference, were planning to give
IL q wide BERTH"
Their attitude was revealed py
Senator Harris CD OF Georgia
IA this terse comment: ,@
'T'm sorry, bat cannot. at
tend the conference. That Is.
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
COTTON 'SDEATH
IMMINENT

BALTIMORE, March 10 G.N.S)
The death of Joseph P. Cotton,
undersecretary of state, is i'm.
minent, DR.. w. E. Dandy, said
today. He suffered relapse yes
terday and Immediately began to
sink. DR.. Dandy said:
"Mr. COttOn'S death is only q
question of hours. He is at
Johns Hopkins Hospital"
StimSOn Pays Call
Learning that Mr.. Cotton's cori-
dition was grave, Secretary Of
state Stimson hurried to his bed
side last night, returning to Wash
ington at a late hour,
Undersecretary Cotton, directed
i'll for several months from an IN
fectiOn Of the spinal cord, which
has checkmated all the efforts OF
specialists to stop its spread. He
has undergone two operations, the
second one effeCting the removal
of his right eye, about q month
ago.
;, Wife, Daughter at Bedside
Mrs. Cotton and her daughter
Miss Isabel Cotton, were at the
hospital last night when Secre
tary StimSon arrived. Mr.. Cotton'S
lay partner, George S. Franklin
Of New York, also was called tc
Baltimore.
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
EAKER HEADED
+. EAST ON HOP

LONG BEACH, Calf, March
10 dN.s0.-Capt. Ira c. Eaker,
noted Army pilot hopped off from
the Municipal Airport today at
2:13 a. m. (Pacific Coast time)
for a 2,4OO-mile nonstop flight to
New York city.
Before getting into his special
plane, Captain Eaker announced
he was not trying to break the
transcontinental record held by
Capt. Frank Hawks, but that the
flight was one of a series Of
tests to determine the mobility
of Army air transports in. sus-
tanned flight across the country.
The route he will follow will
take him over Wichita, Kan.
and Dayton, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
CRUEL
TO HER, WIFE
DECLARES
Museum Curator Sued Again
For Divorce; Looked Upon
Her as Biological Specimen

DR.. Paul Bartsch, curator at the
National Museum, today was sued
for limited divorce on grounds OF
extreme mental and physical cru
city by his wife, Mrs. Signe G..
BartSch, of the Lee House. The
couple were married June 81,
1902, and became engaged in do
nestle litigation in 1929, but were
reconciled.
Attorneys Lambert, Yeatman &
Garfield filed the bill for Mrs.
Bartsch, who informs the court
that her husband has pursued a
course of cruelty toward her since
1910, but she endured it in silence
because of her love for their SON.
Locked Out. She Says
She declares that when she re
turned to their home at 145e
Belmont st. N. W., on November
TO- 1929, she found herself locked
out Of the house and was com
PEELED to seek refuge with friends
In her former petition for divorce
she charged that her husband
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
4 on Gasoline Tug
Lost in Lake Gale

CHARLEVOIX, Mich, March 10
G..SD-Alarm was expressed here
today over the safety of the gaso-
line tug, ''Ethel S." with a crew
of four, which has been missing
since, wednesday, when it put out
into Lake Michigan.
The craft carries only a small
amount of fuel and food. Harbor
officials fear it would be impos-
sible for the boat to weather the
storm which has been sweeping
the lake.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Of RIVAL
WORRIES ONLY
CHILDREN
UnWritten Law Probable Plea
Of Conductor Who Slew
Man He Caught With Wife

Worried apparently only over
the welfare of his four children,
Hurtha Ira Dulaney, street car
conductor, was held at the Ninth
precinct station house today,
charged with the murder of VIII
liam Huff, rs, of Hume Spring, Va.
Dulaney shot Huff last night in
the Dulaney home at 1917 H st.
N. E. when he returned home and
found Huff i'm Mrs. Dulaney's
room. ...
Defense Unwritten Law
Dulaney conferred today with
his attorney, James O'Shea. While
Mr.. O'Shea refused to comment
on what Dulaney told him, it is
believed that the defense in the
case viii be the unwritten law.
It was learned that Huff had
been visiting MRS, Dulaney in
her husbands absence for several
weeks prior to last nights trag'
edy, police said.
Dulaney appeared to be IN good
spirits. at the police station and
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
D. c. Gas DEAL
UNDERPROBE

The announcement that the
newly named Washington and
Suburban Companies, which con-
troll the Washington Gas Light,
the Georgetown Gas Light and
the Alexandria Gas Companies,
intends to invest in the New
York and Richmond Gas Com
pany, of New York, will be in
vestigated by District officials.
The Washington and Suburban
Companies came into being yes
terday, and as officials Of the
local gas companies explained, is
merely the remaining of the Sea-
board Investment Trust Com
pany, which was the holding
company that bought control OF
the Washington and Georgetown
companies more than a year ago.
In connection with the renam-
ing of the company, the officials
announced the issuance of a $6,'
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
PoliceLead '7iptoeSearch
For 100 Sticks of TINT

them along picket fences, and
toss them around carelessly With
out so much as a single success
full boom.
Even so, police say, there is
enough dynamite lying around
the district to alter considerably
the topography of Randolph
Heights.
Practically all of the dynamite
remained INDICATED when police
and the young perpetrators Of
the prank, the Oldest just IL, be-
gan their wary search for the
missing explosives.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
TEARS DIM EYES
At ORGY TRIAL !.

VALPARAISO, Ind, March 10
VIN.sJ.-Attorneys fought their
final battle of words today be-
fore the jury which will pass
Judgment on Virgil Kirkland, 20
former high school athlete, &C
cused of attacking and murder.
ing his sweetheart, Arlene braves,
at d Gary gin orgy, November 80
- Jury Gets Case Today
The case was to be in the
hands of the jury before night
fa1l.
Caroline braves, sister of the
dead girl. collapsed and had to
be carried from Judge Crumpack-
er's courtroom by her brother,
Edward, when Assistant PrOsecu-
tor Edmund Freund cited the a.
leged cruelty Of the defense In
diSinterring Arlene's body, for a
new pOst-mOrtem.
Kirkland'S mother gave a cry
and buried her head in her huS-
bands shoulder when Frellpd as
serted:
Even o wolf wouldn't be 50
low as to invite others to at
tack Q helpless girl"
Elmer braves, the dead girls
father, sat with his head in his
hands during Freund's entire ad'
dress. E.
Calls Girl Innocent
Freund drew tears from some
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
BACK BROKEN
BY PLUNGE,
BUT SHE
LIVES
Physicians Hold Out No Hope
For Her; Death Note in Hand
Gives Reason as III Health

Mrs. Clara p. Rice, %, of 313S
o st. N. W., shortly after noon
today leaped from the Million
Dollar Bridge on Connecticut
Avenue.
She was taken to Emergency
Hospital in an unconscious condi.
ton with a broken back and
internal injuries.
Physicians said that she could
live only a short time.
Mrs. Rice had been In bad
health for some time, and it be.
Iieved that this prompted her act.
A woman who refused to give
police her name saw her walk ON
the bridge from the north sides
and after going q short distance,
Jump to the rail and throw her.
self off.
The woman who saw her
screamed and attracted several
persons who were passing at the
time.
The spot where Mrs. Rice
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The Washington times., 1931-03-10
LlOyds to Christen.
Son and DQuqhte1

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, March 10
Q.N.SO.-A double christening is
expected to take place in the
home of Harold Lloyd within 10
days.
This will occur just as soon as
Harold, jr.. is able to leave his
incubator. The other principal in
the ceremony will be Marjorie
Elizabeth Lloyd, adopted daughter
of the actor and his wife.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
London Man Hanged
For Burning Tramp

LONDON, March 10 QN.SO.
Alfred Arthur Rouse, travelling
salesman, was hanged at Bedford
Jail today for the murder OF an
unknown man last November.
The mans body was found in
Rouse's burned automobile near
Northampton. The salesman
maintained to the last that the
man, a tramp he picked up on
the road, had been the victim OF a
fire accident.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

ST. PAUL, March 10 Q.N.S0.
Tiptoeing gingerly down streets
and alleys, prodding fearfully
among shrubbery and brush,
squads of st. Paul police and erst-
while youthful pranksterS today
combed the district around st.
GATHERINGS College for nearly 100.
sticks of dynamite which the boys
admitted they had scattered all
over the neighborhood."
The dynamite was taken from
a Storehouse of the college. and
the boys, unaware of its fearful
potency, proceeded to hurl the
sticks at walls and trees, rattle
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Dry La1O ViOLGtOr, ~,
Starts Prison Term

COLDWATER, Mich, March 10
Q.N.SO.-A 72-year-old man, r.
C. Gilert, of Union City, today
was taken to Jackson State Peni-
tentiary to begin a Six-month to
one-year prison term for admitted
violation of the prohibition laws.
Gilbert pleaded guilty to the
liquor charges.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Justice Holmes Held
The Ideal Scholar

PRINCETON, N. j., March 10
G.N.SO.-ASsociate Justice Holmes
of the Supreme Court sis an ex'
ample of the ideal scholar" &C.
cording to United States Senator
Dwight w. Morrow.
He paid tribute to Justice
Holmes here last night at din
ner Of Princeton Chapter, Phi
Beta Kappa. Morrow was ac-
companied here by his son-in-law,
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
$4,000 in Whisky
Seized in NelU York

NEW YORK, March 10 GN.S0.
Uncut" Canadian whisky, valued
at $4,000, was held by Depart
ment of Justice raiders today.
They seized the liquor in a
warehouse. The raiders found
80 5O-gallon barrels and IL 15-gal-
lon barrels, all filled with liquor,
in addition to a machine for di-
1uting whisky in the warehouse.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Rockefeller Gifts
To JObLess SI,55O.OOO

NEW YORK. March 10 1N.SJ. j..
Gifts of John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
to aid unemployment today stood
at $l,S5O.OOO. His contribution of
$4,000 to aid the campaign to
provide wages for joblesS single
women was announced by Mrs.
August Belmont, committee chair
man.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
COsgraUe Will Talk
To u. s. OUer Radio

DUBLIN. March 10 QN.s).
President Cosgrave, of the Irish
Free State, will broadcast a 15-
minute address to the United
States on st. Patrick's Day,
March IT. .'.
He will begin his speech at
1890 p. M, Eastern standard
time.
The Washington times., 1931-03-10
Sen.. Coolidge Studies Idle
AS 100. Apply to His Ad

and women workers, concluded
that their unemployment was due
largely to the heavy shake-Ep IN
Congressional delegations
The Washington times., 1931-03-10

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21

cents; six months, 95 cents, against
81 oil
Hershey Chocolate June quarter COM
mon share earnings. S238. against
S207; six months. 1854. against 81 60
Island Creek Coal common share
earnings, six months ended June 80,
S1.2l. against S173
Libbey- s-Ford-Expected to re-
port small profit for second quarter;
operations of recently acquired plant
at maximum, plate glass plants about
60 per cent of capacity, while window,
sheet and picture glass divisions were
at about SO per cent of capacity.
MallinsOn Oh. r. e. Co, Inc.-EX
pected to report deficit for first half;
operations of one plant at 100 per cent,
with another at so per cent and two
closed: cash on July Is about S600,000;
notes payable were less than S650,000
compared with S1,300000 on December
81, 1880
Minneapolis : Honeywell Regulator
Deficit six months ended June 30,
Sl84,l67, against net income Sl7,041,
equal to $114 a preferred share
New York, Chicago & ST. Louis Rail-
road-June quarter preferred share
earnings, 81 Al against 03; six months,
2.88, against S179.
Texas Gulf Sulphur-June quarter
common share EARNINGS, 76 cents,
against LA; six months, 173 against
$293.