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Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
EAGLE AND WOLVES IN DEADLY COMBAT IN
 BLACK RIVER AREA

What is conceded here to be the fight ever recorded of a trapped eagle repelling an assault made upon it by a pack of hungry wolves was revealed by Elmer Simcoe and Robert Dunn, trappers in the Black River district of western Alaska.
 While making a reconnaissance of their trapline recently, they dis covered the partially devoured re- mains of a trapped fox seized by wolves preying on the fur-bearers in that region.
 Reaching the next trap a short distance beyond, the men were sur prised to find big eagle gripped firmly between the jaws of the steel device.
 The wolves would have eaten the captive bird but true to it's tradi- tional fighting qualities, the war rior bird, especially belligerent when ensnared, was apparently able to protect itself against the attack.
 The tracks of the wolves in the snow showed where they had cir cled the bird for some time before abandoning the onslaught. The broken surface of the snow disclosed where the wolves made repeated attacks on the front and flank of the eagle. Though handi- capped, the fight ended in victory for the king of birds.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
DARROW |s EXPECTED II COMPLETE HIS
 CASE WEDNESDAY

HONOLULU, ArrI 20.-Attorney Clarence Darrow continued TueS- day to build up his defense ot the slayer or slayers in the "honor staying" case in which It. Thomas Massie had testified he had suc- ceeded in getting a confession from nhe Hawaiian, saying that he and his companions were guilty of the attack on Massie's wife. MaSsle the. had testified that his mind went h'0nk until the time he was ccnfrt d at Koko Head by po- liceme
 Darl 0w Tuesday introduced two I Us alienists from the United oUateS-Dr. Thomas OrmiStOn and Edward Huntington Williams-and they both supported DarroW'S de- fenSe by saying the events which occurred were sufficient to bring Massie's mind up to the snapping point.
 When MaSsie heard the confeS- sion of the Hawaiian it was only natural that his mind, already tenSed, should break and result in mental derangement. The alien iSts, introduced by DarroW, have testified in other similar murder trials in the United States, the most famous being the Edward Hickman trial for the murder of Marian Parker and lastly in the Winnie Ruth Judd case at Phoenix
 Darrow questioned Ormiston who was first on the stand, only briefly Tuesday and then turned him over to Prosecutor John Kel- ley
 It was expected that Darrow would complete his case today and it was also expected that Mrs. Ina >lia Massie, wife of Lieutenant Mas sic, would be the last witness to be called.
 Mrs. Massie is an unwilling play CT in the drama of passion and homicide which has shaken Hawaii She is expected to be the last de- fense witness today. A direct story of brutality is anticipated. The case will go to the jury this week
 Despite the efforts of the bellig- erent prosecution, Doctors Ormis- ton and Williams insisted yesterday Lieutenant Massie was insane the moment he faced Kahahawai with a drawn pistol when he heard the young Hawaiian athlete confess.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
SEA BOTTOM DROPS 120 FEET BETWEEN
 SURvEYORs' VISITS

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20. (P)-The greatest sudden sinking of any part of the earth's surface ever known was drop to 120 feet. and it happened under the sea.
 The sudden "drop" was discov- cred by a vessel of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in the Sulu Sea in the Philippine Islands.
 A bank or shoal was found, about two miles long and half a mile wide, at a depth of from eight to 10 fathoms, or 48 to 60 feet.
 Two years later the same shoa1 was resurveyed, and it was found that the central part had sunk to a depth of 120 feet greater than before, although the two ends re- mained the same.
 No such subsistence ever has been recorded on land, even at the epicenter of of the severest earth quakes. The cause of it is un- known, but may have been an un- derSea earthquake.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
WOLVES DESPO|L!NC CAME DISTRICTS IN
 WESTERN ALASKA

Elmer Simcce and Robert Dunn, prospectors and trappers in the upper reaches of the Black River country of western Alaska, report that more than 50 wolves in that area are taking a heavy toll ot caribou and valuable fur-bearing animals.
 During the past winter, the wolves preyed heavily upon the thinning ranks of caribou herds. The frightened deer are rapidly deserting the district for haunts less frequented by the predators.
 Comparing the situation with last year, the wolves have more than doubled in numbers during the past few months Many of the predatorS have moved into the Black River region from other sec tions presumably attracted there by the plentiful supply of game which is now becoming depleted by the ravagers.
 After plundering the region, the wolves robbed the meat caches of the two prospectors which were in tended for use during the winter.
 Even the sled dogs had to be taken indoors at night to insure their safety from the hairy raiders.
 Ever marauding in quest of food, the bold animals frequently came within rifle range of the prospect ors' camp. Three of the wolves were killed in the act of pillaging the camp; one of them measured seven feet 10 inches in length.
 Many more wolves could have been shot and trapped if Simcoe and Dunn had made a special ef- fort to get them but prospecting required a major portion of theil time The little trapping that was done by the partners was devoted to foxes which have a greater market value.
 Ten foxes were trapped during the season and three of them were eaten by the hunger-driven wolves
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
BARN -sTORM|NC PILOT
 CRASHES, BELL|NCHAM

BELLINGHAM, Wash, April 20. (Rj-Jack Keefe, g, of Seattle, was electrocuted when he stepped on high tension wires from a plane at the Point Roberts landing field.
 The plane, failing to get up speed to take off, tore down the wires. Three others in the plane were slightly injured.
 E.. T. Milleski, a transforming pilot, had invited Keefe, Marie Walton, 21, and Alvin Springer, 16, of Seattle, for a flight north.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
ROMANCE HAS CONE FROM SAILING, SAYS
 CAPT. JOHN IRVING

There's no romance in sailing any more," said Capt. John Irving, well known veteran Pacific Coast mariner, as he chatted with old cronies on a visit in Seattle. There was sadness in his voice
 Gone are the days of battling with wind and wave in old sailing ships," went on Captain John.
 of course, that is progress, and we'll enough in these busy days of modern living But the romance of sailing is gone-forever."
 Captain John bade official fare yell to the sea several years ago, Interesting himself in mining ac- tivities. But unable to become a first-class landlubber, he visits Seattle frequently from his home in Victoria, B. c.
 Despite his 78 years, he is re- markedly active. Even with his snowy white hair and bushy white mustache, which he says he used to wax into upward points, he passes easily for man in his late fifties. And when he brings his hand up into jaunty Naval sa- lute of farewell, one catches a glimpse of the lad who left his school books many years ago to follow the sea.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
AMERICAN JUDGE ON
 TOUR FQR CHINESE

CHICAGO, April 20.-Judge Paul M. Linebarger of this city, who for some time has been chief legal ad- wiser of the Chinese government at Washington, is continuing his European tour informing those na- tions of the status of the Sino- Japanese situation.
 His most recent visits were III Spain and France and he told of- ficials there that Japan had at tempted to gain control over the destinies of millions of Chinese ln the interior of China through con- trolling the river port and outlet at Shanghai.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
MOTHER OF DEAD
 AVIATOR |s HONORED

SHANGHAI, April 20.- Mrs. D. Short, of Tacoma, arrived here Tuesday from tho United States for the purpose of attending a military funeral which will be given by the Chinese government for her son, Robert, who was killed on February 23 in combat with six Japanese airplanes.
 Mrs. Short was accorded a warm reception by the Chinese and was being escorted through the city by officials of the Chinese govern ment.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
NEW HOLLYWOOD FIND
 KNOWS HER 'P0TAT0Es'

NEW YORK, April 20. (P)-Anla Sten knows only five words in Eng fish. but in three weeks she will be playing opposite Ronald Colman sn a new talkie.
 Darling, sweetheart, I lof you, are the only English words she has learned so far. She explained she figured they would be most in de- mand in Hollywood.
 She is a RuSsian-German ac- tress and Hollywood's latest finds she arrived last week.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
CONSIDERABLE INCREASE ALASKA FUR DISTRICTS
 BUT MARKETS ARE LOW

Rurdened under heavy individual dehts because of the general stag nation of the fur market during the past two years, yet hoping against hope for an early upward trend of prices, hundreds of AL aska trappers in a territory unri- valed for it's great variety of fur bearing species face another of the endless circles of paradox in which Alaska is entangled.
 H. W. Terhune, executive officer of the Alaska Game Commission, who recently completed a survey of Alaska'S interior game fields as far north as Fairbanks, reports though there has apparently been some increase in fur-bearing ani- malls throughout the Territory dur ing the past year; the fur take for the current season probably will be somewhat smaller than normal.
 There has been a considerable increase in grouse, ptarmigan, rab- bits, rodents and other small ami mai life that constitutes food sup ply for the fur-bearers but these i favorable conditions h a ve been more than offset by unfavorable | weather conditions. Extreme tenn peratures prevailing over vast sec tions of Alaska and an abnormally heavy snowfall this year combined to handicap the trappers and les ! sened the fur catch materially. The take will not reach the expected i proportions, Mr. Terhune said. This 1 is not due to any shortage of ami mals but to the heavy snow that made trapping difficult.
 The records of the Alaska Game Commission disclose over 4,O00 licensed trappers in the Territory not including perhaps 5000 unli- censed Indians and Eskimos
 At the present time Alaska is producing annually more than 450,000 raw pelts, valued normally at $3,0O0,O0O, not including fur seal pelts from the Pribilof Islands in the Boring. Sea.
 The total annual production of Alaska fur approximates $4,000,000.
 Practically the entire Territory, which comprises an area of 590, 1884 square miles, greater in extent than 12 States the size of New York, is still in a natural state of wilder ness so far as wild life is con- cerned.
 Thousands of moose roam over the silent depths of Alaska. Cari- bou by the hundreds of thousands graze on the highlands like herds of bison on the western plains a century ago. White mountain sheep in large bands live on the high mountain ranges and wild goats frequent the wind swept ridges of the coast and interior ranges. Polar bear, walrus, sea otter, fur seal and sea lion thrive along the Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay and the Arctic coast. Brown, black, grizzly and glacier bears inhabit the wilderness sanctuary of Alaska. Beaver, land otter, mink, muskrat, blue, black, red and white fox are generally distributed over the whole region; lynx, wolverine, marten and er- mine abound in their natural state in the North and are common throughout all Alaska with more than 200 species of birds and hun dreds of thousands of reindeer.
 Alaska has enough available fur within its borders to make every resident Alaskan independent but the complex nature of bureaucratic control of the Territory and the prevailing economic situation make it extremely difficult for Alaska $ trappers to meet these unusual conditions.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. P)- The body of John T. c. Coleman, 59, accompanied by the widow and son, arrived from Los Angeles for burial. He died yesterday. MT. Coleman was wealthy realtor and a former Alaska prospector and newspaper man in Mexico.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.- Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Tuesday made an ap- peal to the women of the United States for aid in finding the Lind bergh baby and to aid in making and keeping the home secure from violences of this order in the fu- ture.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
SIX WEEKS EARLY

There is no good reason why ev- cry auto owner in town shouldn't have their car out on the road. The road to Woodrow is open for traf- fic fully six weeks earlier than last year. Aside from one or two deep ruts or bumps and one short stretch of snow banked alongside the road, driving is perfect.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
DOC" GOT WET

NEW YORK, April 20. (P)-Doc- tor Condon's boat capsized at the dock when he was returning from rowing in Pelham Bay. He got a ducking but said he got message from the Lindbergh baby kidnap- pers.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
FAST WORK

KANSAS CITY, April 2O.-Police here arrested three men and re- covered $5,COO of total loot of $7,OOO taken from a bank here only a half hour previous. The robbery occurred Tuesday.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
RAILROAD REOPENS

CORDOVA, April 20. P-The Copper River and Northwestern Railway reopened with the first train leaving for Chitina, Mccarthy and Kennecott. It took only AS hours to clear the tracks.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
MAY PLANT TREES

If the wish of Councilman Gus Manthey is carried out, trees will soon be planted around the Sew ard school. He has taken the sub ject up with others and it may be that Arbor Day will see the incep- tion of this long-needed beautifi- cation.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

Jesse Lee Home athletes, garbed in one-piece bathing suits boys, not girls-are in training on the Woodrow road for the annual Mar athon Mountain race July 4.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

NEW YORK, April 20.-Residents of this city and in other parts of the country who are adopting day. light saving time, now that sum- mer is here, will shove their clocks ahead one hour beginning next Sunday.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

Among the improvements plan ned for the Seward school grounds is a fence, or railing, along the Fourth Avenue side to keep the children from playing in the street where danger from traffic con- Stantly exists.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
DISPOSE OF BINGHAM BILL

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.- The Senate Manufacturers Com mittee tossed out the Bingham bill in which it was proposed to legal ize four per cent beer in vote taken Tuesday.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

The total production of Alaska fish, furs and minerals exported to the United States since 1867 amounts to $1,762, ,968, ,496.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
BASEBALL SCORES
AMERICAN @

AMERICAN St. Louis 0, Detroit 8. Cleveland 4, Chicago 2. Washington ', Philadelphia 4. New York 5-6, Boston 6-3.
 NATIONAL Boston 8, New York '; 13 innings Philadelphia 10, Brooklyn 2. No other games scheduled.
 PACIFIC COAST Hollywood 5, Seattle 1. Portland ', Missions 3.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

The regular weekly mixed train Anchorage, Girdwood, Tunnel and all points North will arrive in Seward this evening.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

;, A freight train pulled into the local yards Tuesday evening about mile long consisting of cars of coal for local and Westward con- sumption.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

The Little Theatre Club of Sew ard held it's regular monthly meet ting Tuesday evening.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20

mand.
 The Department of Agriculture will supply expert advice on ex- tracting oil and market oppor- tunitieS.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-20
DECISION THURSDAY SACRAMENTO, April 2O.-Gov

SACICItNIE1V 1O, 1P1H IT 1U.-O0VC1 nor James J. Rolph Tuesday reit- erated his statement that he would announce his decision on Thomas J. Mooney's pardon application Thursday.
Evening star., 1932-07-24
The "Glorifer. "

Florenz Ziegfeld. to whom had been
given the name of "glorifier of the
American girl" has died at Hollywood
after a brief illness. His death brings
up the question of how much of value
he contributed to the American stage
and public entertainment. He certainly
amused many thousands, perhaps mil
lions, with his shows, and disguised many
more He was a shrewd guesser of pub
lie taste; that is. to the taste of the
public that pays literally for diversion
without particular regard for quality.
He knew what enough of the people
wanted to pack his houses and bring
him in rich rewards. His so-called
glorification of the American girl was
simply the use of feminine beauty as
a lure to the box office. Harking back
to the days of the BLACK Crook" days
which, with all the seeming disregard OF
the then established proprieties, were
still marked by fairly complete clothing
of the figure, however close-fitting. he
ventured into the field of nudity as a
feature Of his shows. And once start
ing. he had to 60 ahead. It is to his
Evening star., 1932-07-24
Home Modernizing
Is Proceeding Apace
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

AS result of cooperation between
the building trades and the Home
Modernizing Committee-one of the
permanent committees now attached to
the Department of Commerce, growing
out of the Presidents Conference on
Home Building and Home Ownership
s45 600, 900 has been subscribed in 162
cities since January l for property re-
pair and improvement, according to
this weeks report by the committee.
These .modernizing campaigns are
proceeding even during the Summer
months. They have been most nu-
merous in the thickly populated dis
tricts of the East and Middle West
Individual cities in the Southwest have
reported highly successful results and
large amounts of money expended. In
addition to the cities reporting there
are 60 others Cd which no financial
statements have yet been available, but
in which work is going on. Then
there are more than so other cities in
which activities are just started.
Most major activities are reported
from Illinois, which now has IL cam
paigns either just completed or ac-
lively in progress. Six of the cities
where these campaigns have been the
most successful have recorded financial
pledges for home improvement aggre-
eating more than $2.0O0,Oo0. varying
from 100000 in city of $4,000 popu-
lation to S500000 in city Of $4,000.
Michigan. Ohio, Pennsylvania. New
York and New Jersey reported nearly
as many campaigns as Illinois. Ten
campaigns are on in New York in six
cities, with total amount pledged Of
Evening star., 1932-07-24

credit that ultimately, when his ex-
ample had been followed and his daring
exceeded by other producers until the
entertainment stage had become utterly
scandalous, he repented his innovation
and once said: IT am ashamed to be in
the revue business with all this going
on" But there was money in 1t, money
in great sums.
Ziegfeld did everything with sweep
ing gesture of disregard for cost. His
showmanship was shrewd. He accom-
panied the feminine spectacles that
constituted the major attraction Of his
productions with much that was beau
tiful and intrinsically entertaining. His
revues were always colorful, and though
the music that accompanied them was
often the veriest trash, it had trick OF
appeal that through repetition gave his
creations a cumulative advertising force.
"Broadway's" comment upon his
death it is reported, was Isn't 1t too
bad he had to die broke" for the i'm
preston prevails although Ziegfeld had
reaped millions of dollars, he had spent
them in his ventures, many Of which
were failures. This was the fate OF
Oscar Hammerstein, whose career as an
impresario was succession OF failures
and successes, of daring excursions into
forbidden realms, Of brief splendid su-
premacy and Of ultimate impoverish-
ment In a few years Ziegfeld will be
recalled simply as one who made record
of many productions, costing enormous
sums, yielding rich rewards that were
quickly absorbed by non-successes. one
who pandered to a meretricious taste
and in the end left nothing Of sub
stance as a contribution to the art OF
entertainment.
Evening star., 1932-07-24
Arctic Alphabetic Hazards.

These who are watching the flight of
Capt Wolfgang Won Gronau from Ger
many to Chicago over the Arctic route
will be relieved when he gets out of
Iceland and Greenland into the land
of spellable and pronounceable names
His first landing was at the Icelandic
settlement of Seydisfjoerdur He might
have reached Djupifogr, or, perhaps,
Eyjafjialla, but now that he Is or was
at Seydisfjoerdur. there IS sense Of
relief that the case was no worse His
next stop Is to be Reykjavik, on the
west coast Of the island. 1t is to be
hoped that he will not be borne North
by some freak of the wind or of his own
plotting and reach Isafjardardjup, which
would be quite too bad. From Reykjavik,
if he reaches that point. he will cross
the Denmark strait to Greenland. If
he passes Tasiusarsik or KangerdMg-
suak, on the east coast he may make
Aputajuytsok or farther northward
Niakungunak, on the west coast. From
then on his course will be fairly easy
so far as following 1t intelligibIy is con-
cerned. West of the Davis Strait there
are fewer alphabetie hazards. The geo.
graphical nomenclature on the CONT
nent is moderate and reasonable. par
ticularly along the coast. However,
Won Gronau might possibly be carried
into the interior to reach Petitsikapau
Lake or even Apiskigamish Lake. They
both lie more or less on the line from
final objective. Those points passed,
there are no particular troubles ahead.
Evening star., 1932-07-24
Mail Economies.

When the addition Of a penny to the
first-class postal rate was proposed as
a means of increasing the Federal
revenues the Post Office authorities
estimated that first-class mail volume
would shrink about eight per cent. If
reports of the volume of business done
in New York since the 9Th Of July,
when the new rate went into effect, are
typical of general conditions, this was
an underestimate of nearly twenty-five
per cent The average days mailing in
Manhattan and the Bronx during the
past three weeks of the new rate has
fallen from more than 5000, 900 letters
to less than 4,5OO 900. The net increase
in the postal revenue from this volume
Of mail has been about fifteen per cent
The postmaster at New York at
tributes the greater part Of the loss in
volume in first-class mail to q practice
that has been adopted by large cor
porations of having bills and adver-
tising circulars Distributed by their own
employees by hand instead Of through
the mails. The postmaster believes,
however, that while this practice has
given employment to number Of men
who otherwise would have been drop
ped from the pay rolls Of the corpora
tions, this service will eventually be
turned back to the post office for eco
nomic reasons.
Another factor in the decline of first
class mails has been the abandonment
of the personal letter form of adver-
tising by the department stores and
stock brokerage houses, which have re-
verted to printed circulars carried under
third-class rates, this class having in
creased considerably in volume,
The one-cent addition to the first
class postal charge is a matter of small!
moment to the individual user of the
the expense account Of large establish
ments which send out thousandS of
letters each month. 1t may be that the
economies that are practiced to avoid
this additional outlay will appreciably
reduce the additional revenue expected
from the change of postal rates. But
the habit OF mail Use is so strong and
the service Is so dependable and
efficient that it is to be expected that
after a brief period of belt Tightening on
the part of the larger mail users the old
stablished practice will be resumed.