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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30
TEN YEARS OR so AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
 May 31, 1921

The Premier mine strikers have returned to work on the managers terms with the promise of D. l.. Pitt that there would be no discrimination and that living conditions at the mine would be bettered as soon as possible. With this action the tram workers who were out in sympathy with the mine crew automatically ceas- ed to be on strike.
 The strike lasted three weeks and while the time lost had no particular effect on the mine or mill it could hardly be spared on the tram construct ion, as it will be nip and tuck to complete the contract before the big snow next winter.
 That there has been new deal made on the Big Missouri is now a certainty, but details will probably not be obtainable until the return of Dan Linde- borg. Andy Lindeborg has re- ceived a telegram from Dan that the deal has been put through in New York by Pat Daly and the first payment made.
 That new lead of extremely rich ore has been uncovered on his Fish Creek group is the news brought to town by John Hovland. The new lead, where encountered, is 4 feet wide, with IA inches assaying 300 ounces per ton in silver.
 Bernard M. Stone has been appointed school tax collector for the Hyder district.
 Just before leaving New York Pat Daly bonded the Wood bine group of three claims ad-. joining the Premier to New York capitalists. It is said a substantial cash payment is re- quired in 30 days.
 Joe Grashio, manager of the Hyder baseball team, and Jack Cntten, captain, have been conducting an energetic cam paign for funds to enable the team to appear in a form be- fitting the reputation of the busiest mining camp in the north. A dance held in the old lighthouse Saturday night re- suited in approximately $150 being added to the fund al- ready raised by subscription.
 By a mutual arrangement be- tween Oren F. Hill, postmaster at Hyder, and Will Cameron, Stewart postmaster and GUS toms collector, Hyder mail from the south is to come in hereafter in bond on the Grand Trunk boats until such time as the seamen's strike on the American boats is settled.
 Hyder is making prepara- tions to receive a large dele gation from the Vancouver Board of Trade which left that city yesterday on an excursion up the coast and will arrive at the Stewart wharf June 11th.
 Bob Keith has built a new sidewalk on the First Avenue side of the Alaska Cafe.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

Rastus: Here am a telegram from de boss in Africa. He says he is sending us some lions tails.
 Circus Owners Wife: "Lions' tails, Rastus? What are you talking about?"
 Rastus: Well, read it your self. It says plain, Just cap tured two lions. Sending de- tails by mail"
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

Changes IT Display Advert ispg for weekly
 be presented not later than the Wednesday evening preceding the day of issue Saturday. insertion will delayed until the follow ing week
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

This newspaper is not ed in with stock brokerage firm other establishment interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes formation relative to local min ing development that neved to be in full accord with fact.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

Johnnie was gazing at his one-day-old brother squealing and yelling in his cot. Has he come from Heaven?" inquired Johnnie.
 "Yes dear,' she said faintly,
 "No wonder they put him out"
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30
Just for Fun

Secretary Mellon invites sug- gestions of a new 25-cent piece bearing the head of Washing ton. Why not this line on the reverse side: "I cannot tell a lie; I am worth only IS cents?"
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

The fire loss in the United States during 1880 totaled $465, 100000 which amount is 10 per cent greater than in 1929,
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

A prognosticator says we will have cool summer. Bad news for the fur industry.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30
INTERESTING NOTES

The number of clocks per capita throughout the United States has been more than doubled in the last decade.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

Persistence wins, they say. Yeah, a motorist may knock a locomotive off the track.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30
Historical Dates Next Week

May 30 Brooklyn Bridge
 Opened 1885 June 1 Kentucky be-
 comes State 1792 2 Maine Goes Dry 1857 3 Hobson's Merri-
 mac Exploit 1898 4 Chamberlain to
 Germany 1927 5 U. s. Registration
 Day 1917 6 Nathan Hale
 Born 1758.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

Shorty Contlon's new racing automobile will have 16 cyl finders and will develop 300 horsepower at 5000 revolu- tions.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

So that motorists may sum- mon medical or mechanical aid when needed, Belgium's high ways are to be equipped with roadside telephones.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

It's unfortunate that so many do not find out that they are crazy until they have killed someone.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30
ADVERTISING RATES.

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 Notice of Forfeiture, single claims, IA ssues 500 Notice of Forfeiture, addito nal claims, each S2.50
 Applications for Patent, 10 issues per line .... 50 Other legal advertising not pecified, per line .15 Unless otherwise agreed all advertising pay able in advance at specified rates.
 Note-Extra charge will be made when compos- tion is required
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

The Santa Monica, Calif., municipal band plays approx imately $500 musical numbers annually in 598 concerts.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-30

An old-time shoemaker com plains that hides are not prop erly tanned these days. But his loss is little Willie's gain.
 Mose-Dis var flyin' business is a mighty ol venture.
 How do you make that out, Nose?
 Mose-'Cause I heah dat pas tor say in chuch las Sunday dat Esau sold his heirship to Jacob.
 He had just stolen a hurried kiss.
 Don't you know any better than that?" she demanded in- dignantly.
 "Sure!" he replied. "But they take more time"
 ""That's a good looking car. Whats the most you ever got out of it?"
 Eight times a mile"
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

Philip K. Stumm, alias Robert
Dixon, today confessed his part
in the plot to loot the District
government disburSing office of
a $4,000 payroll.
Stumm told detectives that he
was willing to take what was
coming to him" and would go
into court and plead guilty.
He laid the blame for the plot
on Arthur A. Fisher, 24-year-old
clerk in the District Auditors
office.
Fisher, who was arrested with
Stumm last night. has refused to
talk about the case to detectives.
Fisher Bought Meals
Stumm's confession said that
he came to Washington two
weeks ago. He was broke when
he met Fisher and asked him for
the price of a meal. Fisher took
him to a restaurant and they
ate.
AS they talked, Stumm told
Fisher he had travelled widely.
Fisher told him that he also
wanted to travel and that he
knew where to get 100000 when
the time came.
He said that when he found
the right man." he would get
the money.
He also told Stumm to keep
in touch with him.
Several days later, Stumm met
with "Jack." Jack is Jack Tray.
nor, who first notified police of
the plot.
Gunner" In Case
He and Jack went to Fishers
apartment and discussed the
robbery.
Fisher said he had been plan
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The Washington times., 1931-04-16
DODGES
QUESTIONS
CHARLES

Despite the fact that testimony
given by him in a bankruptcy ex-
animation could not be used
against him in subsequent hear
ings, Edmund D. Rheem, vice
president of Swartzell, Rheem
and Hensey, defunct mortgage
banking house, refused to an
sWer several questions at this
mornings examination on the
ground that they tended to in
criminate him.
Thte queries prOpOunded by
Attorney E. Hilton Jackson, who
represents a number of creditors,
apparently were put to establish
possible cOlluSiOn between the
firm and the New York Title and
Mortgage Company in a trans
action involving the exchange
and sale of the ShOreham Build
ing last July.
Had Special Account
Photostatic copies of checks
and bank and firm records record
ing the deal we're presented and
Rheem admitted that a special
account had been opened at the
Riggs National Bank by the
SWartzell, Rheem and Hensey
Company to swing the deal
Opening and closing of this &C
count was completed in two days
time.
On either July 16 or II, 1880,
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The Washington times., 1931-04-16

NEW YORK, April 16.-There
are star cities after star cities in
space.
One of these star cities is our
own Galactic system. The Milky
Way is its rim.
In this city is the suns family.
And our earth is a humble men,
ber of this family.
Certain stars are known as the
variable stars, because their light
changes. Sometimes they shine
brightly. Other times dimly.
These stars of changing light
enable astronomers to measure
the distance of star cities and
their size.
Such was the picture Of the
sky presented by DR.. Henrietta
H. Swope today. She spoke on
the Variable Stars and the Milky
Way.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Earth Only a Tiny Tenant
In UniuerSe of Stars

Miss Swope showed how she
had discovered several hundred
of the variable stars. Her chief,
DR.. Harlow Shapely, director OF
Harvard College Observatory, has
mapped out the entire sky. That
is, he has made a census of the
star cities in space.
A star differs from a planet.
It may be a sun. like our sun.
Most stars radiate the same
amount of light all the time.
But the variable stars, particu-
Iarly Cepheids, turn continually
from bright to faint and back
again.
There are more than 100000
100000 stars of suns in this bun
shaped system. The whole sys-
tenn or universe rotates around a
centre once in 300,OO0000 years,
The center of the system is in
the star-cluster Saggitarius.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Mistaken for Thief,
Florists BOu Shot

CHICAGO, April 16 Q.N.SO-
Shot when he was mistaken for
thief in Chicago's ""gold
coast" district, William Kalch-
brenner, IA, florists delivery boy,
was reported dying today. He
was shot last night by Harry
Steingley, a chauffeur, as he
was delivering a corsage to Mrs.
A. K. Selz, wife of a shoe COM
pany executive.
AS William walked up a dark
alley to the Selz apartment a
youth snatched woman's purse.
She screamed. Steingley looked
out, gun in hand, and seeing a
figure, fired. The florists
boy fell.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
JOE THE BOSS
PUT ON SPOT

NEW YORK, April 16 0NSD.
A violent gang war was pre-
dicted in New York today as the
aftermath Of the killing of Giu-
scnpe Masseria, known as "Joe,
thc EoGS." He was said by po-
lice to bn an ally of AL Capone
and wo"';c1 with the Chicago
gang lee dc" in tl'o ljcuNr busi-
ness, racketcc" n" an6 o2!nH;;0G.
MasSeria was shot to death in
a COney Island restaurant ny two
we'll dressed young men who
calmly walked into the cafe and
began shooting. They fired 20
shots and five struck MasSeria-
all in the back. He was found
dead near an overturned card
table.
ArmOred Car Found
An armored steel car, equipped
with bullet proof glass an inch
thick. in which Joe, the Boss
was said to have travelled to pro
tect him from many enemies,
was found near the scene of the
shooting.
Police said they believed three
| CT the Masseria gang, who had
been with their chief in the cafe,
might have hired the two young
men to kill Masseria.
Joe, the Boss was free under
$45, 900 bail as a material wit
ress in the killing of two men
slain in a feud over a police
racket, authorities revealed. He
had been arrested often on sus-
picion of burglary and of ex-
tortion and once served a term
in Sing Sing for burglary. He
was arrested twice for homicide
and was questioned after frankie
Vale and Frank Marlowe, two
liquor racketeers, were slain.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Army AUOts Funds
For improvements

Allotment for the improvement
of Humboldt harbor and bay
Calf, amounting to $4,000, was
authorized today by Secretary of
War Hurley, who also authorized
the expenditure of $41,OOO tor
river and harbor operations at
Honolulu Harbor and $4,000 for
dredging Of Bronx River, New
York.
For construction work at
Plattsburgh Barracks, N. Y,
$4,000 and for work at Fort
Niagara. N. Y, $4,000 was
authorized.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
REBEL RAIDERS
SLAY SEVERAL
IN NICARAGUA
Marines Pursue Party With
Planes; Americans Killed
After They Were Captured

NEW ORLEANS, La, April 16
G.N.SD. - Several persons were
killed today in a clash between
rebels and United States Marines
at Cape Gracias a Dios, Mica.
ragua, according to a radiogram
received by the Tropical Radio
Company here from Puerto
Cabezas.
The insurgents raided the set
tlement, applied torches to a
number Of buildings, and killed
several persons. Marines in air
planes pursued and routed the
rebels and killed a number Of
them.
1t was not stated in the mes
sage whether the persons killed
by the rebels we're Americans.
COLON, Panama, April 16
S0.-Reports that Cape
Gracias a Dios, a Nicaraguan sea-
port near the Honduran border,
had been captured by insurgent
forces we're denied here today
by United States Navy officials.
The tropical Radio Company
was working uninterruptedly with
its station in the town, and has
received no reports of disturb
anceS.
1t was learned today that the
U. S. S. Sacramento was dis
patched northward under emerg-
ency orders last night, presum-
ably to Puerto Cabezas, where
the situation remains threatening.
Navy officials refused to dis
close the Sacramento's destina-
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The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Foreign Attaches Bid
To Army MdneuUers

Secretary of War Hurley has
given permission to military at
taches of foreign nations here to
witness the manuevers at Fort
Benning, Ca, April 20 and 81,
according to a War Department
announcement today.
Authorization was given to Col.
Francisco Aguilar, of the Mexi-
can embassy; Col. Shohei Washizu,
of the Japanese embassy: Col.
Maurice F. Day, of the British
embassy; Lieut.. Col. Marco Pen
naroli, of the italian embassy;
Lieut.. Col. Ricardo Miro, of the
Argentine embassy. and Major
Joaquin Planell, of the Spanish
embassy.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Statement of Aide
Denies King Alfonso
Gave Up His Throne

MARSEILLES, France, April
16 G.N.SO.-Alfonso XIII, forced
to leave Spain on proclamation
of a republic, landed at Mar
seilles from the Spanish cruiser
Principe Alfonso at $50 a. m.
today.
Accompanied by the Infante
Don Alfonso of Bourbon Orleans,
the Duke of Miranda, and a
small party, the last of the Bour-
bon rulers motored quickly to the
Hotel Denoailles here, prepara-
tory to continuing his trip to
England.
He left by train for Paris at
1908 p. m. to rej0in Queen
Victoria and the rest of his fam
lily.
The exiled monarch is due in
Paris at 11:18 tonight. A huge
crowd outside the hotel where
he rested after his arrival here
cheered him as he started for
the station.
Alfonso smiled broadly and
DOTTED his hat. He was given
another ovation as the train
pulled out of the terminal.
Abdication Is Denied
The Infante Don Juan, third
son of the King, remains at Gil
braltar.
The exiled Spanish monarch
refused to make statement, but
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The Washington times., 1931-04-16
SHAKEUP DUE
ASECONOMY,
EFFICIENCY
MEASURE
Pensions, National Homes
and Ex.serviCe Branches to
Be More Closely Co-ordinated

Sweeping reorganization of al
bureaus dealing with the care OF
veterans of all wars, which will
result in an annual saving Of at
least 100000 in administrative
expenses of those bureaus, will re
suit from plans now being per
fected in the office of the Vet,
erans' Administration, it was
learned today.
Since the savings will come en-
tirely from administrative ex'
penses and since these expenses
in large measure are made
up of salaries, it is believed that
there will be a tremendous up
heaval of personnel of the bu-
reauS, particularly in the Wash
ingtOn offices.
Bureaus Affected
The bureaus affected are the
Veterans Bureau, the Bureau Of
Pensions, and the Bureau-of Ma,
tional Homes, all now under the
direction of Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, administrator of veterans
affairs.
Plans for the reorganization
Of the bureaus are being pre-
pared in the office of the
administrator, under direct
supervision of ]. O'Connor
Roberts, his special assistant.
A special force under Major
Roberts, it was learned, has been
at work on plans for revision of
the organization for some time
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The Washington times., 1931-04-16
y. S. Claims Custody
Of DriUer as Thief

James Lowery, colored, of Ra,
leigh, N. c., who has been held
by the Alexandria police since a
car he was driving collided with
the car of William Owens OF
Alexandria, was turned over to
the Department of Justice today
for violating the national auto,
mobile act.
He admitted stealing the car
and SIS from Raleigh.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
sos Men and Women
Go Bathing in Nude
In Berlin Pool

BERLIN, April Is GN.SO.
The Halzansee Swimming Basin,
favorite recreation center of
Berlin, went Adam and Eve
today as SOB members of the
Reich League for Free Body
Culture gave an exhibition of
their nudist methods for the
benefit of the press.
The affair was known as a
"sportfest" and differed from
most swimming meets in that
none of the contestant, either
men or women, wore clothes.
The exhibition was designed
to demonstrate the harmless
ness and advantages" of nudism.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
.O|L MEN BLOCK
BIGGER OUTPUT
Photo by International

ST. LOUIS, April 16 Q.N.S)-
The Oil States advisory commit
tee, composed of ten men repre-
senting ten oil producing States,
today had recommended there be
no increase in the cuddent allow
able schedules of crude oil pro-
duction for the six months period
ending October l.
The committee, meeting here
to work out a program to stabilize
the oil industry, made its recon-
mendations to the governors OF
the ten States represented.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Boat With 4 Aboard
MiSSina s DQuS

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April
16 Q.N.SD.-No trace had been
found today Of the launch
Amazon which has been missing
since April 8 with it's four
occupants.
Those aboard the craft were
Mrs. Evelyn Belsey, Ventura; her
daughter, Una. assistant bacter-
iologiSt of Ventura county; the
latters fiance, Blair Johnston,
Long Beach, and an unidentified
seaman.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
PAYROLL THEFT
PLOT Barred
BY STUMN
Syracuse Man Confesses His
Part In Plan; Blame Put
on Fisher, Auditors Clerk
Robbery Planned
For Wrong Date

If the attempted $13O,OOO
payroll robbery had been sue
ceSsful as Arthur Fisher had
planned for May 80, he and
his accOmpliceS would have
received nothing for their eff
forts.
District officials today
pointed out that the thirtieth
is a legal holiday and that
the payroll would have been
made up in advance and the
employees paid on the
twenty-ninth.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
AIDE DENIES
ALFONSO HAS
ADVOCATED
Statement Declares Monarch
Merely "Suspended Rule"
to Prevent Civil Warfare

Developments today in connec-
ton with the establishment Of a
Republic in Spain follow:
I King Alfonso XIII, who
IL left Spain on the cruiser
Principe Alfonso, landed this
morning at Marseilles, France,
and left later by train for Paris.
. Early this morning Queen
Ao Victoria, accompanied by
all her five children except the
Infante Don Juan, who is in Gil
braltar, arrived by train in Paris,
where she was given a great vel
come by monarchiSts.
. After joining his family
y. in Paris, King Alfonso will
take them to England, where they
will live in temporary exile.
A King Alfonso made it
Il" plain that he did not ad-
dicate nor surrender any of his
rights, but merely suspended his
royal prerogatives until conditions
become settled. His retirement
was solely to avert civil war. He
confidently expects to return as
ruler of Spain and merely awaits
the call of his people, which he
believes ultimately will come.
z Martial law has been pro-
Oo claimed at Seville, where
rioting between Republicans and
Communists has been intense.
The Communists regard the new
Republican government as too
conservative.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Notorious Criminal
Is Beheaded in China

SHANGHAI, April 16 QN.SD =.
The notorious Chekiang outlaw
Hautiew-Yung, was beheaded at
a public execution today, along
with his brother and
aide-de-camp.
Charged with responsibility for
1000 capital crimes, the bandit
leader met death scornfully.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Philadelphia Bank
Is Ordered Closed

P ELP HIA. April 16
GN.SD.-The Security Title and
Trust Company here closed its
doors today.
The closing was due to the or,
ders of DR.. William D. Gordon,
State secretary of banking, who
took over the property and af,
fairs of the bank.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Times Baseball
Party Saturday at
Griffith Stadium

The Times Junior Base
ball Association invites every
boy in Washington to at
tend the mammoth baseball
party Saturday morning at
Griffith Stadium.
The boys will meet the
players of both the Athletics
and Senators.
Boys desiring tickets may
obtain them at Room 4O8,
Hearst Building, 1919 H
st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Belgian Prince Begins
Second Day in ". Y.

NEW YORK, April 16 G.N.SO.
Prince Charles of Belgium, Sec
ond son of the Belgian King, who
is visiting America incognito, plan
ned another day of sightseeing in
New York today.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Japanese Aviator
Will Fly to Alaska

YOKOHAMA, April 16 G.N.S).
Planning to span the Pacific
Ocean in easy stages, Seiji Yoshi-
hara, Japanese aviator, will hop
off from Japan for Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, on May 6, it was an
nounced here today.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Belgian Ruler Goes
To Visit Ex-Queen

BRUSSELS, April 16 Q.N.SJ.
Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians
left for Paris at noon today to
pay her respects to former Queen
Victoria of Spain.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Civil War Veteran, 86,
Proud Father of Boy

GREENVIEW, ILL.,, April 16 Il.
N.SD youngest son Of a
Civil War veteran was living here
today. He is the second son Of
Edward A. Proist, 86, one of the
four surviving veterans in Menard
county.
Three years ago Proist's first
son claimed the honor.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Fridays not much change In
temperature; gentle variable winds. TemPera-
ture yesterday-highest 67J lowest, 4s.
FYu Weather Report on Page
The Washington Times IL the only afternoon in
this city publishing the dispatches Of Inter.
national News Service and Universal Service.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

Developments today in connec
ton with the establishment Of a
Republic in Spain follow:
The Washington times., 1931-06-05

Many of the 2S0,00O scales used
by postoffices over the country
have been found in a survey to be
inaccurate, with uncounted losses
to both the public and the Gov
ernment in wrong postal charges
resulting, according to r. S.
Regar, administrative assistant to
the Postmaster General.
AS a result, said Mr.. Regar in
a paper prepared for the ma
tiOnal conference on weights
and measures here, the Post
office Department is now train
ing force of so men, who will
visit American postOffices and
adjust scales ranging from deli
cate single-letter balances to
huge platform scales which
weigh sacks of publications.
Previously, the department has
had only seven men to irs7pect
The Washington times., 1931-06-05
Huge Losses Annually Due
To Faulty Postal Scales

scales in the 48 States, but Mr..
Regar said the number of com.
plants of inaccuracy and varia-
ton in different offices forced
this new step. The present scale
rectifying program of the depart
ment will cover a four-year period,
and all the inaccurate scales
which hitherto have caused mail
users to pay 4 cents for 2-cent
letter, or vice versa. will be re-
moved.
The Washington times., 1931-06-05
NAMED TO PRISON BOARD

PHILADELPHIA, June 5.-Al-
Bert j. Crawford, cashier of the
FIRST National Bank of Darby,
mas been appointed to the Della
ware county prison board.