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The Washington times., 1931-03-26
BRIDE WATCHES.
MATE BURNED
NEW YORK, March 26 GN.sD.

NEW YORK, March 26 GN.S0.
A comely bride of a year was
forced to look on, terror-Stricken
and helpless, early today while
her husband was being tortured
in their $4,000 home by three
dapperly dressed bandits.
Two highly-rouged '"gun molls,"
neither of whom was more than
20, stood by callously.
One directed the torture while
the other supplied cigarettes, the
glowing ends of which were ap-
piled to the husbands feet in an
effort to make him reveal hidden
valuables.
Finally, after SO minutes of the
grim proceedings, the quintet eS
capped, taking with them cloth
ing, jeWelry and cash of a total
value of nearly $4,000.
Edmund I. Bigall, a dentist, %,
and his brunette wife. Julia, 81,
were the luckless couple.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
Germans Say French
Are Shifting Troops
To Her Borders

BERLIN, March 26 1.N.SJ.-
Illustrative of Europe's uneasi-
ness over the AuStro-German
customs agreements and it's pos
sible ramifications. German
newspapers today recorded that
a shifting of French troops
along the eastern border has
been completed.
A few months ago France had
concentrated her forces ,on the
Italian border at the time when
naval rivalry between the two
Mediterranean nations was at
its height.
The German newspapers in.
dicated troop movements on the
French frontier were initiated
as soon as the customs pact be-
came known.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26

A near water faminine, worse
than that of last year, faces many
communities throughout the %
State drought area unless nature
comes to their aid with heavy
downpours of rain.
The drought problem, Federal
experts said today, may be con-
verted from an agricultural prob
lem to one peculiar to cities and
thickly populated communities.
Water-rationing and expansion
of water facilities already have
been invoked in many commun-
tiles to guard against a serious
situation during the coming sum-
mer. j. C. Hoyt, Interior Depart
ment. water expert said:
Ground water usually is
drawn off in the summer and
repIenished in the winter. It
was not replenished during the
past winter.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
ADOPT SAME
RAIL SYSTEM;
POLITICAL
TIE NEXT
WiIheImstrasse Admits That
Eventual 'AnschIuss' Is Aim
of Proposed Customs Pact
International News Service

By International News Service
Developments today in the criti-
cal political situation arising out
of the AuStro-German customs
agreement were as follows:
German Foreign Office
l. spokesman admits that
lnschluss," or political fusion Of
Germany and Austria, is regarded
y Germany as inevitable.
O-Austrian Minister Of Jus.
n tice leaves for Berlin
,OrtIy to negotiate adaptation Of
erman penal, civil, railway and
!ucationaI systems to Austrian
stitutiOns.
O-France begins shifting
- troops from Italian to
,rman border.
4 French official predicts
4 agreement may change
ntire future" of Europe and
Continued on Page 2, Col. n
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
TTACK MOTIVE
SEEN IN DEATH
Of NURSE
Prosecutor Charges Attempt
ed Assault As Youth Gives
Up in New England Killing

PROVIDENCE, R. l., March 26
GNSO Elliott R. Hathaway,
28-year-old "Play Boy" Of Fall
River, surrendered today to "face
the music" in connection with a
complaint charging him with
Strangling to death his girl
friend" Miss Verna Eloise Rus
sell, 2O-year-old blonde student
nurse, whose body was found on
a lonely road in Tiverton.
Eluding police in an intensive
man-hunt throughout the East
and Canada for 48 hours, Hath
away finally gave himself up in
a hotel in North AttlebOro.
He was rushed across the Mas
sachusetts-Rhode Island State
line, and was brought to the
county courthouse here by motor
car under a heavy escort of State
troopers, and was then taken to
Newport for arraignment on a
first degree murder charge.
HOld.up Story Denied
Attorney General Benjamin M.
McLyman,' to whom Hathaway
surrendered, declined to reveal
Hathaway's story as told by his
lawyer, Samuel I. Jacobs, of Bos
ton.
The attorney general did state,
however, that the story of the
hOldup of Hathaway and his girl
friend by the two men in
Tiverton had been denied.
Miss Russell gave her life to
save her honor, according to At
torney General Benjamin M. Nc
Lyman.
Assault Charge Made
Following the surrender of
Hathaway, the attorney general
announced that the jealousy and
holdup theories had been dis
carded. Mr.. McLyman said:
From all the evidence 1 have
at hand, Hathaway strangled
the girl in an attempt to as
SauIt her.
"The hOldup theory is out.
II have also discarded the
theory of jealousy"
The report of the autopsy by
Medical Examiner DR.. Charles
Bryant showed that microscopic
examination showed that Miss
Russell had not been criminally
assaulted.
A report that young Hathaway
had a secret bride in New York
Continued on Page ;, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
Pat Rooneys Break, Ma' u
And Sons Wife Clash

NEW YORK, March 26.-The
Pat Rooneys, father and son, Sec
ond and third generations of one
of Americas most famous and
best-beloved dancing families,
have split. A couple of kids
Pat III and his young wife,
Doris Dawson-are heartbroken
over it; Pat Rooney himself is
feeling low, and all Broadway is
chipping in to effect a reconcilia-
ton between Irish pride and out
ragged young love.
The fight is not between Pat
and his dad, but between Mrs.
ROOney's love for her son and
jealousy of her young daughter
in.law.
For long time Pats mother,
Mrs. Rooney, who was Marion
Bent, has worn the name of Mrs.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
'H|LD' s .PHOB|A'
Furnishes SIRE

The curious situation Of
judge convicting a defendant un-
der a law which she asserted in
her belief was unconstitutional
occurred in Juvenile Court today
when Judge Kathryn Sellers sus-
pended a five-day jail sentence
on Edgar White. a paperhanger,
of SOL I st. S. E., who had been
found guilty Of violating the COM
pulsory school attendance law.
Mr.. White was charged on De
cember %, 1880, with failing to
keep his 12-year-old child, Earl
Stanley White, in school. The
child had remained away from
school for a 63-day period, accord.
ing to the information.
The father asserted that the
child had a fear of school and
would return home after a few
hours, weeping and hysterical.
Psychiatrists partially confirmed
the claim that the boy was af-
flicted with "phObia" for school,
but their examination was not
completed.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Thomas Gillespie Walsh, on be-
half of the District Government,
and Mr.. Whites counsel, Attorney
John B. Fitzgerald, brought the
case to the District Court of
Appeals.
When the case was called for
trial, Attorney Fitzgerald chal.
lenged the constitutionality of the
act in a motion to dismiss. but
was overruled by Judge Sellers.
(Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
IN NAPLES
ENDS % LIVES

LONDON. March 26 GNSD.
Twenty persons were believed to
have perished today as fire swept
a block of five-story flats in the
city of Naples, Italy, messages
received here said.
All fire brigades in the city
were rushed to prevent the
threatened spread of the blaze.
Occupants of the burning build
ings were saved in many cases
through the heroic efforts of fire
men.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
2 Murders, Thefts
Confessed by Boy, Is

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 26
GN.SJ.-St. Josepb's crime wave
was solved today. Michael Burke,
Is. confessed, the police said, to
two murders, the serious wound
ing of two holdup victims, the
burglary of 100 homes. and as
sorted holdups and auto thefts.
Burke admitted Staying John
Brown, a former constable, De-
cember 90, and John Fischer,
holdup victim, January IL, &C.
Cording to the police.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
SOPHIE SOCKED
AS SNUGGLER

LONDON, March 26 G.N.SO.
Sophie Tucker, internationally
known American vaudeville star,
was fined 5000 in a police court
today on charges of attempted
smuggling.
The actress was alleged to have
tried to bring in three silk dresses
from Paris on March without
paying duty.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
33 Hurt When Train
DerdiLs Trolley Car

CHARLOTTE, N. c., March 26
GNSD. - Thirty three persons
were injured, four seriously, when
a crowded street car was struck
and knocked from the track ky
a passenger train at a downtown
street crossing here, today.
Nine of the injured were white
persons.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
Michigan Anxious
To Get Hands on Burke

BENTON HARBOR, Mich,
March 26 Q.N.SO The State of
Michigan will make every effort
to reclaim Fred Burke, notorious
alleged killer, who was reported
captured in st. Joseph, Mo-, to-
day.
This was the statement by Pros
ecutor w. M. Cunningham when
informed of the gangster's cap
ture.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
Prince Gives Cross
To President VarqaS

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 26
G.N.SD The Prince Of Wales
today bestowed the High Cross of
the British Empire upon Pro
visional President Getulio Vargas
and Secretary of State Mello
Franco.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26

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Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

The best ice yet! Horuck's Danish Ice Cream Candy Ca,ragr. agent.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20
AMERICAN A|RWAYs
 ADOPT NEW INSIGNIA

A new insignia has been adopt ed by the American Airways, op- erating branch of the Aviation Corporation, for all it's planes.
 The insignia shows an eagle outstretched over the top of the world. It is in flag red, bonnet blue and white, with the letters A A across the design, reports the Fairbanks News-Miner.
 "The insignia could not have been better one from our stand point" said General Manager Ar thur w. Johnson of the Fairbanks company, the eagle is an Alaska bird and we are certainly on top of the world"
 It is to be painted on both sides of every plane and will be IS inches high. Smaller ones will be distributed to passengers as baggage Stickers.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20
l.EGAl. NOI|CE
RECEIVERS SALE Seward Lumber Corporation

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the in. dersgned Elwyn Swetmann as receiver of the Seward Lumber Corporation c0rrora- ton formerly engaged in the saw r-il busi- ness in Seward. Alaska, pursuant to an or der dated April 10, 1881, of and by direction of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division. will sell at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best hid der, as is and where is certain personal pro. perty of the Seward Lumber Corporation situated for the most part in Seward, Alaska and generally hereinafter described A com plete and itemized list and schedule of all of said property by those interested may be ob tained from the receiver. and full details, description, and location of all property thus to be sold may be obtained from the receiver at and before the sale, and all of such pro- perty is subject to inspection and before the date of said sale. The sale is to be held on Wednesday. the 20 day of May. 1881, com mencing at the hour of 10 A. M. and will be held at the site of the mill property Of the Seward Lumber Corporation at Seward Alaska. Should such sale be not completed on the goth day of May. 1881. then the same will be continued and be carried to the fol- lowing day. to-wit. the 2lst day of May. l93l. and may be adjourned from the saw mill site of said Lumber Company to any other place in said Seward where the offered property is now stored: Terms cash. as is and where ,s The following is general description of the property to be sold:
 Lot Number One: Consisting of camp uten- sils and equipment. cooking utensils. lanterns Iron ana wood cots with springs, one Lang range.
 Lot Number Two: Consisting of shaft box es, shaft collars. saw rings. saw teeth. me. chanical oilers. beting, steam guages. blocks. chain. axes. shovels augers. peavies. cant hooks crosscut saws. pike poles. and other small tools.
 Lot Number Three: Consisting of mach,n. cry and equipment such as one 2 HIP. gas donkey engine. steam donkey engine, one number two saw mill with fittings, shafts. puleys. idler. fly wheel. saw table. mil carriages, circular saws with inserted teeth. and cutoff saws with solid teeth including a lot of new fire brick.
 Lot Number Four: lumber and logs con sisting of boom sticks and boom chains, logs in runway, manufactured lumber in plat forms covered with 2-inch planking on six by six posts. at the saw mill site.
 Lot Number Five: Machinery and equip ment partly damaged by fire, consisting of two horizontal boilers bedded in brick and lined with fire brick. shaf+~ one planer one edger, one blower, one stationery steam zine, pulleys, shafting and boxes. located at saw mill site.
 Lot Number Six: Consisting of one mill building. cook house. and bunk house. constructed. located and situated at Days Harbor. Alaska.
 Dated, Seward. Alaska. April 2ath. 1881
 ELWYN SWETMANN,
 Receiver, Seward Lumber Corporation.
 corporation.
 April A. Aayl. 8. l5. is. tR)
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20
TWENTY YOUNG LADIES 0F SEWARD ID ASSIST
 POPPY SALE, FRIDAY

More than 20 young women Of Seward will assist in the Memorial poppy sale of the American Legion Auxiliary, Friday, May p, accord ing to Mrs. T. P. Lorang, general chairman of the sale. The corps of workers who will offer the bright red peoples to the people of Seward to be worn in honor of the World War dead has been completely or ganized by Mrs. Lorang and will be ready to go on the streets with the flowers early on the morning of poppy day Every worker will be volunteer. donating her services to help make Poppy Day a success.
 "A vast amount of devoted eff fort is necessary to make the poppy sale a succeSs,' said Mrs. LOrang. 'The sale is a big project which re- quires thorough organization and enthusiastic workers. The Auxiliary is deeply grateful to the persons who are giving their time and en- ergy to this work
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20
ALASKA TRADE VOLUME
 IN APRIL AT LOW EBB

Alaska'S outgoing trade for April aggregated $1,317,526, more than one-third of which was gold and silver, according to the monthly statement of commerce made pub lie in the Juneau Empire by J. C.. Mcbride, Collector of Customs. It was one of the smallest totals for that month on record.
 All commodities were at low ebb. Copper, usually a leading unit at this time of year dropped to fourth place, with gold, canned salmon and halibut leading it.
 Gold shipments had a value of $463,511; canned salmon $221,1 ,122; fresh halibut $197,137; and copper $195,76
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

List your labor wants with us: will endeayor to secrre for you the help desired. Phone Adams l2s or call at the NJ " Club. Seward Alaska
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

Haas Candy-Fresh shipment on every boat. The Alaska Shop
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

Seattle Ice Cream anu Fresp candies at Sylvia's
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

There were eight members in the 1881 graduating class of the Cordova high school according to the Cordova Times. The members of the class were Marian Foster, Gretchen De Leo, Millicent Clem- ence, Edna Shepard, Jane Birg- field, Philip Lydick, Leo Laurie, and Jack Downing.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20
FUNDS AVAILABLE

Funds have been made available by the Territorial Legislature for a resumption of work on the An chorage-Eklutna highway project and upwards of $7,5OO will be ex- pended during the present season, according to the Anchorage Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

With an increase of 12 per cent enrolment, the Ketchikan school budget for the year 1931-32 calls for an per cent increase in funds, as submitted to the city council recently, says The Chronicle.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20
DO YOU
 SUFFER WITH

So easy to get quick relief and pre- vent an attack in the future. Avoid 1 bromides and dope. They relieve quick i ly but affect the heart and arc veryt dangerous. They arc depressing and l only give temporary relief, the cause l of the headache still remains within. 1
 The sane and harmless way. First l correct the cause, sweeten the sour and acid stomach, relieve the intes- tines of the dccayed and poisonous food matter, gently stimulate the liver. start the bile flowing and the bowels pass of the waste matter which causes your headache. Ask your druggist for red pkg. of Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

Phone for Horiuck's Danish Ice Cream and will deliver. Candy Cottage.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-20

IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED HORLUCk'S DANISH ICE CREAM YOU HAVE MISSED SOMETHING GOOD. Sold only at the Candy Cottage.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Mrs. George SeiboId
Plans Trip to France

Mrs. George Seibold. of Wash
ington. organizer of the Gold
Star Mothers, becomes eligible
this summer for the first time
to join other members Of her
organization in a governmental
pilgrimage to the soldiers
graves in France.
Her son, Lieut.. George Vaughn
Seibold, was killed in a fight
with German planes. His rest
ing place is unknown, and only
mothers whose sons graves
were marked have been en-.
titled heretofore to make the
trip.
This rule has now been
amended. and Mrs. Seibold will
visit the cemetery in England
where Cher sons name is
carved p q marble pillar.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Capital Girl to be
Married In
New York

Only members of the two
families witnessed the marriage
in New York on Tuesday of
Miss Elizabeth Montgomery,
daughter of Col. Robert H.
Montgomery, Of Washington
and New York and Mrs. E.
Shaw Montgomery, to Frank
Wollencott Barnes, United
States vice consul in Bucharest,
which took place at the Lom-
bardy, where the brides mother
has an apartment. -
The Rev. E.. c.. Carter, as
Sistant to DR.. Harry Emerson
Fosdick at the Riverside Church,
officiated, and small break
fast followed. Miss Montgom-
cry and Mr.. Barnes were unat-
tended.
Attended Spence SchOl
The bride attended the Mt.
Vernon Seminary in Washing
ton and the Spence School.
Mr.. Barnes, the son Of Mrs.
William G.. Barnes and the late
Mr.. Barnes of Helena, Ark, is
a descendant of Gen. Zachary
Taylor. He attended the Uni
versity of California and was
graduated from the Ecole Libre
des Sciences Politques and the
University Of Paris, where for
two years he was associate lee
turer of English.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Mrs. Cecil Will
Drop Society
For Her,Art

Art proving a greater attrac-
ton than society, Mrs. John
Frances Amherst Cecil, the
former Cornelia Vanderbilt,
will relinquish the pleasures Of
Mayfair this summer, and in
stead of going to London or her
beautiful estate, Biltmore House,
at Biltmore, N. c., will remain
in New York at the studio
apartment recently leased by
the Cecils at II Gramercy Park.
Closes House Here
Mrs. Cecil's house in Wash
ington will remain closed for
the summer. Very much in
earnest about the development
of her artistic talent, Mrs. Cecil
is planning to devote herself in
the future to her art and Soci-
ETY., that glamorous circle in
which, as the daughter of the
late George Vanderbilt and Of
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, she is
by inheritance a leader, will be
forsaken for her brushes and
paint.
Mr.. Cecil in New York
Mr.. Cecil is now with his wife
in New York, but plans return
ing in the near future to Bilt-
more House, where Mrs. Cecil
will join him and their two
young sons for brief visits. The
youngest lad, William Amherst
Cecil, is now 2 years Of age and
the youthful heir of the manor
(and, incidentally, the enor-
nous fortune inherited' by his
mother). George Henry Van
derbilt Cecil is S.
X y 4
Opens Summer Cottage
Nine. Charlambos Simopoulos,
wife of the Greek minister, ar
rived in Newport to open Cliff
Lawn, the cottage leased as a
legation for the season.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Army Girl Plans
June Bridal at
CorozaI,C.Z.

Col. and Mrs. Alexander H.
Jones, of Corozal, Canal Zone,
have announced the engage
ment and approaching mar
riage of their daughter, Miss
Mary Louise Jones, to Lieut..
Frank K. A. Purcell, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank K. A.
Purcell of East Orange, N. j.
Miss Jones attended school in
Corozal. Lieutenant Purcell
was graduated from the United
States Military Academy at
West Point in 1928, and later
received a civil engineering de-
gree from Cornell University.
He is now with the Eleventh
Engineers, U. s. A, in Corozal.
The wedding will take place
there on June %, James F. x.
O'Brien of Newark, N. j.. who
will be best man for Lieuten-
ant Purcell, will sail for Corozal,
on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Dinner Party Is
Staged For
Graduate

Mrs. Nellie Gregory, Of Chi
cago, entertained a company at
dinner at the Shoreham Hotel
last evening in compliment to
her son, DR.. Don j. Gregory,
who has just received his doc
tors degree from Catholic Uni
versity.
The guests, Mr.. and Mrs. D. j.
McNulty, at whose home Mrs.
Gregory is now a visitor, and
their daughter and son, Miss
Helen McNulty and DR.. R. j.
McNulty; Mrs. Edward Mullen
and her daughters, Miss Helen
Mullen and Miss Kitty Muller;
Timothy Sullivan and his
daughter, Miss Helen Sullivan,
and Mrs. Philip Sullivan, all Of
South Amboy, N. j.; the Rev.
Nicholas Finn, Of st. Paul,
Mimi; the Rev. John Nc
Cauley, of Chicago: Mrs. John
Coan, Miss Frances Dunn and
Miss Bessie Conway.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Mrs. Duncan Elliott
Returning With Son

Mrs. Duncan Elliott, wife of
the military attache at the
American Embassy in Istanbul,
will return to the United States
in the late summer from the
Near East, accompanied by her
son, Duncan Elliott, jr., whom
she will place in a school near
Washington preparatory for the
Naval Academy.
1T will be Mrs. Elliott'S first
visit to this country since the
appointment of Major Elliott
to Istanbul. While here she win
be the guest of her sister, Miss
Emma Perley Lincoln. Miss Lin
coin will leave Washington June
20 for Los Angeles as one of
the representatives of the BIZ
centennial Commission at tie
National Education Association
convention there the first week
in July. En- route home, Miss
Lincoln will visit her family
Ia Minneapolis.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Three Sisters
Attendants
for Bride

Her three sisters will be the
bridal attendants Of Miss Julia
Hanna Porter daughter Of the
Interstate Commerce CommiS-
sioner and Mrs. Claude Rod
man Porter, whose marriage to
George Richard HiSe, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George e. HiSe,
of Des Moines, Iowa, will take
place on June 80 at the New
York Avenue Pre- eSbyterian
Church. the Rev. DR.. Joseph r.
Sizoo officiating.
Miss Martha Louise Porter is
to be maid of honor and the
Misses Dorothy and Mary Char
lotte Porter bridesmaids. Don
aid w. Hise, brother of the
bridegroom, is to be best man
and the ushers will be George
B. Porter, brother of the bride;
Rollin A. Hunter, Washington;
Howard Eckerman, a cousin of
the bride, Davenport, Iowa; j.
Dudley Weible, Des .MoineS;
NICSSOIl ". OdNlo, ELIl1duClR1l1dJ
and Samuel B. Duckworth,
New York.
Will Go Abroad
The President Harding Of the
United States Lines, sailing on
Saturday, will have as passen-
gers Miss Elinor r. Thomson
and Miss Nellie L. Greenleaf,
Of Washington.
X -
Guests at ShOreham
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mono
CHAN, of Cleveland, are now
guests at the Shoreham Hotel
for a few days. They are ac-
companied by their daughter,
Miss Margaret Monaghan.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Glover,
of Lake Bluff, ILL.,, are at the
Shoreham Hotel with their two
little girls, Margaret and Ruth.
The family will remain in
Washington for several days.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
OCETy NEWS VIEWS AND GOSSIP IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Townsends to Leave
For Schroon Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Town
send will leave the end of the
week for their summer camp at
Schroon Lake in the Adiron-
dacks. The camp is located
near the Oscar Seagle Music
Colony, and Mrs. Townsend will
have ample opportunity for
hearing the performances Of
many new prima donnas Of the
future.
Mrs. Townsend recently re-
ceived an interesting message
from London, saying that King
George and Queen Mary, &C
companied by the former King
of Spain and the Duke and
Duchess of York, occupied the
royal box at the opera when
they heard Rosa Ponselle for
the first time. last week.