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La gaceta., 1934-09-10

New York, Sept. 10.-Con Ell
transcurso natural del tempo Sc
van conociendo nuev9s Y tragi-
COS detalleS del incendio del va
cor MORO Castle. Oticialmente
la Ward Line anuncia la perdi-
da de 164 vidas, de un total de
553 personals entire pasaeros y
tripulantes. Entire les que Sc a
hogarGn o perecieron en- Ell IN
cendio aparecen los n7mbres de
algunOs miembroS de famllias
cubanas muy conocidas, entire
ellos la esposa e hijos del Dr.
Braulio Saenz, medico con eX-
tnsas relaciones socialeS Y pro-
fesionales. Los supervivienteS
seg1n les libras de la companla
naviera suman 389.
Despues de titanicos esfuer e.
EOS realizados por los tripulan-
ties y por los obreros de la Mer,
ritt-Chapman-Scott Corpora
ton, entidad que Sc hizo cargo
del salvamento del buque, este
pudo ser embarancado en- la pla
va de Asbury Park, en- la costa
de New Jersey. Ell cadaver del
captain Robert R. Wilmott, que
falleciera de IN ataque al cora
z6n en- la noche del %yiernes, no
ha pcdido ser encontrado, a pc
sar de los esfuerZos ~realizado3
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
LA TRACEDIA DEL MORO CASTLE
Mas de 1874 personals perdieronn la vida en- ell
incendio de la hermosa nave

Per ell primer Official W. +.
Warns y la tripulaci6n a sus Or
denes. Ell captain Davis, Que re-
presenta a la cOmpania y Sc ha
hecho cargo del Salvamento, d.
da que la nave puede ser pueS-
Ia a flote nueVamente, Y en- este
case seria desmantelada en- Ell
mismQ sitio donde Sc encuentra.
De las investigacioneS pra1ti-
cadaS aparece que los pasajeros
no pudieron hacer uso de los be
ties salvavidas porque las llamas
Y el hume cortaron ell tas0 ha =
Ella las cubiertas, aumentand3
asi ell numero de victlmaS. F.
official, que Sc hiZo ear
20 del buQue al fallecer ell CAPT
AN Wilmott, deSembarc0 aver
Ell New York acompanado de
los ID oficiales y marineros qu'
10 SecundarOn en- Su labor he
r6ica de c9ntener ell panico de
los pasajercs y tripulantes y or
ganizar ell salvamento en- los pri
meros INSTANCES de la catastroI
fe. Warns Y sus braves compa-
neros fueron traidOs a puerto
por ell guardacostas Tampa, bu-
que que desde los primeros mo-
ment9s acudi6 en- auXilio del Mo
rro Castle. Las declaraciones de
oficiales y pasajeros no Sc han
hecho pdblicas todavia.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
LAS MEDIDAS CONTRA Ell


Habana, Sept. 10.-Una de
las medidas que Sc tomaran en-
contra del terrorismo sera des-
tituir a los jueces que no hagan
cumplir extrictamente las leyes
cor los individuos acusados.
Al efecto sera suspendida Ia
ley que establece la inamovili-
dad de los funcionarios del po-
der judicial.
En- ese sentido hizo manifes-
I scicnes el sabado, ell Sr. Raul
de Cardenas, Secretario de JUS
ticia.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
REALIZABAN ACTOS DE


Barcelona, sep. l0.-Bajo Il
acusaci6n de realizar actos DE-
sabotaje han sido procesados
Antonio SAM Palau, Ricard
Galleta Martin y Domingo A
paricio MiIIa tres obrer9s.
Los criminales utilizaron las
pistolas cue llevaban cruzan-
dose mas de 80 disparos.
A uno de los detenidos, SAM
Palau, Sc lie encontr6 una PTS
tCla francesa en- 40 balas.
Bcmbas que los anarquista.
habian puesto Sc rec,gicron
por la poIicia en- la ba"riada de
Pueblo Nuevo. Una de elias pa
recia 4 pinto de exrlotar
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

Y va que estamos a gusto Ell
ell empeno de servir a ~nuestra>
sociedades, vamos a proponer
que por el Centre Asturiano, e
Centre Espanol, Los Leales y
ell Circulo, 81 fuese possible, Sc
adquiera la finca La Columna
que esta a punto de perder, POI
falta de dinero, la agrupaci0l
que lleva csc nombre.
La agrupaci6n La Columna
estuvo realizando milagros pa
ra mantener la prOpiedad de
|esa finca, que habfa dicho rega-
larfa al Circulo Cubano, pero Ia
suerte lie volvi6 la espalda y su
presidente esta enfermo desde
hace varios meses.
va que la finca no podra He
gar a las manos del Circulo, por
la escasez de trabajo y otraS
|causas por 10 menos que pase a
poder de las ~sociedadeS "lati-
mas" que arriba menciOnamos,
Tenemos la creencia de que
LA Columna" cedera los dere,
chos por ella adquiridos, 81 sc
habla con Antonio Mesa, Fran
co y otras personals.
La compra para esas ST ieda-
des no seria dificil.
Organizando conjuntamente
una fiesta Sc podria sacar ell di
nero para cubrir 10 que en- la
finca Sc adeuda.
Tienen la palabra Luisito La
pei, Ramon Fernandez Rey, Je
sus Fernandez, Jose Colmena-
res, Baldomerc Fernandez, Sc
bastian Casal, Armando Rodri-
guez, Manuel Fernandez Rubio,
Jose Gutierrez, Jose Vazquez y
las personals de buena inten-
ci6n.
Este peri6dico ofrece su mo-
desto concursO.
En- la finca pudieran dar sus
.fiestas esas sociedades y las sec
clones que de elias dependen.
Quedan abiertas estas column
mas para los que deseen Opinar.
Lo que no puede negarse es
que las s~ociedades han menes-
ter de un terreno adecuado pa
ra sus fiestas y que la Column
ma, con muy POGO esfuerzo,
puede convertirse en- un sitio
ideal.
Tn tema de importancia pa
ra c~onsiderar en- la fiesta astu-
riana del domingo.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
La s%ltuacion del Cabmete Sampler
es extremadamente dificil
Mitin de protesta de los terratenientes catalanes

Madrid, seY. 10.-LOS aeon
tecimientos de los primeros dias
de eSta semana decidiran 81 eI
gobiernp de Samper co%ntinuara
EN- pOder haSta que ell parlamen
to VUelVe a reunirSe, en- ell mes
de octubre.
Las regiones catalina y vas
ca han desafiado al gobierno
central y presto al gobierno en-
una pt sicion ext r1madamente
dificil.
A pesar dc los avisos del mi
nistro de la gobernaci6n, ell
500 de los alcaldes y funcio-
%narios municipales en- las pro-
vincias vaScas han renunciadO
EN- conjunto como protesta con-
ira el bando de Madrid en- con-
ira de las elecciones que ALI re
cientemente Sc efectuar)n.
Cerca de $4,000 terratenicn-
ties, miembros del Institute de
San Ieidro, estaban c~0nVocados
para aver con el fin de profess
tar contra Ct gobierno regiona~
.lista de Catalina en- la contro-
~versia sobre la ley de cuItivos,
va docIarada Unconstitutional
per ell Tribunal de GarantiaS.
Acci0n Popular Cat6lica, el
mas fgcrtc partido en- las Cor
teS ,simpatiZa con las quejas DE-
los terratenicntcs catalanes,
sostenicndo que 81 gobierno de
Samper ha fracasado en- la Ia
rea de proteEcr esos interescs,
mientras la GeneraIidad man
tiene su apoyo a los Iabradores.
lose Maria Gil Robes, jefe
del partido Cat6lico, tendra que
decir 81 continia apoyando al
gobierno de Sampler, en- un dis
curse que pronunciara en- Cova-
donga.
Los socialistas y siodicaIis-
tas han calificado la reunion de
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
A LA DINAMITA
DE LA COMPANIA DE
CEMENTO.

Habana, Sept. 10.-Seis in
dividuos bien armados asalta-
ron y maniataron al serene de
la fabrica de cemento Ell Mo-
rro, llevandose 500 libras de
dinamita.
Ell atraco Sc verified en- ell
pueblo del Mariel.
Los criminales no han podido
ser apresados.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
CON UN HURACAk
Ell COLON.

Habana, Sept. l0.-Arrib6 el
sabado a esta capital el vapor
Crist6bal Colon, demorado va
rios dias a cauSa del NAL item
pO.
Traio a su bordo dos poll
zontes, uno de ellos una mujer.
FL captain declare que la de-
mora Sc debia a haber capeado
81 buque la tormenta, no que
riendo el poner en- peligro ma
yor la vida de los pasajeros.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

bado al Presidente Mendieta,
discutiendo algunos puntos del
tratado commercial con los Es-
tados Unidos.
A los periodistas dijo ell Sc
cretario que del lunes al martes
.haria declaraciones,
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
CUBA AL Ola
ULTlMAS NOTICIAS

I Hah9na. sen. l0.-ASpSina-
re- 81 sabado = Urbanc Diaz
rico yecno dc Sa.urana, HI.
amos le hjcieron a1guuus 0i,aa.
o de revolver. hirjendalo ora.
vamentp
La asam5lea eStudjantil del
s3hato arrob6 INA mc,ion. 4,
L,eayigudo Aware, p;d:pudo Al
poh;erno 81 rpstabIecimfpnto 4,
las r9rantias ranstitucion3les
oup So rrm3Ian las srntenpias
ir,Duestas = los marhadistas
nua So castipuo a los .asasinos
Cp I,o Fernandez estudjantp
del Semiuario Consular y dc 81
! primo. Y oue So decomjspn los
5ienes dc los macbad;stas
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po,rio ooo,n.5 ,n outnaa
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La gaceta., 1934-09-10
D PRESIDENTE DE
LA ASAMBLEA DE LA LIGA

Ginebra, Sept. 1O.-La A
samblea de la Liga de Nacio-
mes, en- su primera session, eligio
presidente a Richard Sander,
de Suecia.
Sander representa- a su pals
en- la Liga desde ell ano 1929.
Ha sido ministro de hacien-
da, concrete y relaciones ex-
teriores.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

TALES del testimonio del CAPT
tan.
Coincidiendo con las pala-
bras del captain lego la noti-
Ga de q una terrible explo-
sion ocurrio hoy en- ell Moro
Castle, impidiendo que una es-
cuadrilla de salvamento subiera
a su bordc. Dos cadaveres mas
fueron encontrados en- la pla-
va. Los bomberos trataban de
meter u mangueras en- el cas-
co, cuando Sc sintio una ex-
plosion
Tres cadaveres arrastrados a
la playa por las olas, Sc reco-
gieron aver.
De las victimas llevadas al
campamento militar de Grit, en-
New Jersey, u no han podido
ser identif.cadas todavia.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

Con la chaveta afilada, bien
afilada, Luieito Lopez, Baldo-
nero Fernandez y Jesus Fer
nandez nos dijeron aver, en- la
casa de salad Covadonga, que
trataran de surerar la marca y
poner una nueva ~"vitola', en-
la fies.7 ampestre del domin-
60. en- L. 09lumna".
Tengo preparada la tripa y
La capa, nos dijo Baldomero, y
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
EN- OVIEDO

Madrid, sep. 10 La agita-
ion es grande en- Oviedo, don
de aver pronunciara an discur-
50 de tono reaccionario ell di-
putado Gil Robes, jefe de la
.Ceda.
Gil Robes habl6 con motive
del aniyersario de Covadonga,
criticando indirectamente al
gobierno de Samper.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
M~ALTRATADO
Y ROBADO

Barcelona, sep. 10.-Est6bar
Poblet, cobrador de la fabrica
de A. Padr6, en- Tarragona, st
vic atacado p9r tres individuCs
que lie pegaron en- la cabeza, cor
unas piedras, arrebatandole el
dinero que llevaba.
Los atracadores emprendie-
ron la fuga, llevandose 1000
pesetas. Est6ban tuvo que ser
recluido en- ell hospital.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
Ell TEMPO

Temperature maxima, 81
grades; minima, ".
Pron6stico para el Martey
Ciel2 en- parte nublado, con llu
Was y truenos por la tarde,
La luna saldra a las 1885 A
M. y Sc pondra a las rs P. NJ
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
~CONSULTADO
POR Ell GABINETE

Habana, Sept. 10.-Una nu-
merosa Comisi6n de la Union
Nacionalista conferenci6 el sa-
badO con ell Presidente Men1ie-
ia. La entrevista dur6 bora y
media y los delegados salieron
satisfechos.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

+ Madrid, sep. l0.-Graves
das6rdenes politic1s Ocurrie-
ron aver, muriendo z personals
" pasando de 90 ell numero de
heridos.
La huelga general revoIucio-
maria no lego a cr"istalizar cen
la fuerza que Sc esperaba. ~"-
cias a las medidas que tomara
ell ministro de la goberna2i6n,
La gaceta., 1934-09-10
TORRIENTE HARA DECLA.
RACIONES.

Habana, Sept. 10.-El DR..
Cosme de la Torriente, Secre-
tario de Estado, visit6 Ell sa-
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

Los pasajeros entregqron
ro arta al captain elogiando
So paricia.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

Con la nueva acera del sa-
natorio astur, regalada por ID
Agrupacion De Casados, los jar
dimes parecen mas bellos.
Y cuando la Gale quede com,
~pletamente limpia, Ell ell dia de
hoy, la Covadonga habra termi,
nado su "toilette"...
Ahora bien, ell Centre tendra
que cuidar de la limpieza en- e
.tramo de Gale que lie corresp1n-
de, porque ell ayuntamiento no
'parece que barre con la necesa-
ria frecrencia.
La gaceta., 1934-09-10

acabo de pasar de los 800 I'll
ckets" de almu,rzo.
La chaveta c rita de manera
perfecta Y lie dare les cortes a
la capa ,en la perilla, de modo
que no Sc vean las vueltaS-ma-
nlfesto Luisito.
Y yo tengo las manos como
la soda" Y la tripa no Sc rotor
cera, nj la capa tendra arrugas
-agreg6 JESUS.
Todo este quiere decir que los
asturianos pondran una nreva
marca 81 ell tempo les favore-
ce ell venidero domingo.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

and within a short time the entire
tract will have been leveled, seeded
to grass. graves marked, paths con-
structed between the rows of graves
and many other improvements have
been made.
About $500 has been spent on
the improvement. By an agreement
made with Mr.. Walters it will be
possible to keep the cemetery in
good condition at minimum of ex-
pense. He has agreed to keep the
grass cut in the entire tract and
to care for the graves at cost
of SO per year for the four-graye
lots and $3.50 for single lots.
There are an undue number of
graves of persons who have no one
to look after them. Some were &C
tive members of the community
while they lived here. others were
comparative strangers when death
came to them at Wrangell. But no
matter what their circumstances
in life. the dead are entitled to some
consideration. When the care of
their last resting place is not
matter of concern to any one per
son, then it becomes the concern
of the community and in recognition
of this fact the town council re-
Gently appropriated $3.50 for the
cemetery improvement. This will
take care of the community's share
for the coming year and with the
cooperation of lot owners the ceme-
terry will be maintained in we'll
kept condition.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15
RELIEF HAS COST GOVT
OVER TWO BILLION DOLLARS

WASHINGTON, D. c., June -
Direct unemployment relief will
have cost the government more than
. billion dollars by August 1. relief
officials said here today. and pre-
dicted that another billion would
be added within a year
The total expended so far does
not include the many millions spent
by the AAA for foodstuffs turned
over to the Federal Surplus Relief
corporation for distribution to the
needy unemployed.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

The former goldfish schooner. Arc
tic trader and rum boat Old Maid
II soon viii return to the scene Of
her early ventures when she makes
a trade trip to the Aleutians and
Bering sea points as trading YES
sci. She was sold in Vancouver last
week and is being outfitted in Sc
attic for the trade. The ship was
originally the Boring sea codfishing
schooner Maid of Orleans and was
sold to Captain K. Klingenberg
about 10 years ago for Arctic trade.
The Hudson's Bay company bought
his trade routes and vessel in 1927
and it later passed into the hands of
rum runners.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

ritorial legislature in a memorial
to Congress urged an appropriation
for re-establishing musk-oxen in Al
aska. Under the active leadership
of Senator Peter Norbeck, of South
Dakota. and Representative c. C.
Dickinson, of Iowa, an appropria-
ton was made. and the Bureau OF
Biological Survey undertook the
task.
Thirty four young musk-oxen
were transplanted from Northeast
ern Greenland to the Territory in
the summer and fall of 1880. These
were captured by a Norwegian col
lector, and after trans-shipment in
Norway travelled on an ocean liner
TO New York. Following a 30-day
quarantine period. the animals
were taken by rail to Seattle.
thence by ship to Seward. Alaska.
and again by rail to the reindeer
experiment station maintained by
the Biological Survey near Fair
banks. They were subsequently
placed on a suitable range. and al
though there have been a few cas-
ualties, the herd has prospered
Now that the imported animals
have matured and are reproduc-
ing, Biological Survey officials ex-
press the hope that the purpose OF
the transplanting will be complete
~ realized.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15
FIRST MUSKOXEN
BORN IN ALASKA

For the first time in a century
there are newborn musk-oxen in
Alaska. according to a report to
the Bureau of Biological Survey. U.
S. Department of Agriculture. Two
young animals were born April %
in the herd transplanted to the
Territory in 1880.
Musk-oxen, according to state
ments by natives. practically disap-
peared from Alaska about 100 years
ago, and there seem to be no au-
thentic records of their existence
in the Territory from then until the
fall of 1880. In April 1927. the Ter
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15
THE SILENT CITY

The improvement OF the cemetery
grounds at Wrangell is a good ex-
ample of what may be accomplished
with but little money expended
when a few citizens make a deter
mined effort that a bad condition
shall be changed.
A year ago the Wrangell Cham
Der of Commerce appointed a COM
mittee to confer with the Redmen's
Lodge which owns the cemetery
tract and work out a plan of i'm
proving the tract A number of lot
owners have always kept up the
graves of the members of their
family who have passed on. but
under the conditions. no matter how
much individual effort was made.
the graves of loved ones were sur
rounded by a tangle of weeds and
neglect.
Under the leadership of ". c.
Waters and F. G. Hanford from the
chamber of commerce and L. NJ.
Churchill of the Redmenis lodge the
cemetery is no longer a reproach to
the community; but conforms to
the natural beauty IN which it is
situated.
W. ]. Waters, who was a land
scape gardener before coming to
Alaska, has had charge of the work
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15
DRUNK DRIVERS HELD CAUSE
INCREASE AUTO DEATH TOLL

SACRA MENTO - intoxicated
drivers were held to major blame
for an alarming increase in the
death and accident toll on Califor-
mia highways during the first three
months of 1884.
Highway crashes claimed the
lives of 607 persons during this
period, an increase of 126, or 26
percent, over the same period last
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

Several large Prince Rupert hall
but boats unloaded fish at Ketchi-
kan this week being unable to sell
at Prince Rupert owing to the gen
eral strike now in force in that
city. The boats reported that there
were over 10000 pounds of fish
on the floor of the Cold Storage
there which the plant was unable
to care for as all its men were out
on strike.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

Captain Darlington of Vancou-
yer came north to salvage the
freight of the liner Mariposa which
went on the rocks or Strait Island
off Point Baker on Nov. II, 1917.
The vessels cargo consisted in part
of 1900 tons of very high grade
copper ore. the most of which was
in sacks; 5000 cases of salmon, So
boxes of fresh halibut and consid-
cradle miscellaneous cargo. The
value was estimated between $780,
600 and 100000.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

year. In addition, 1852 were in
jured. a 7S2 increase, or s percent
An analysis disclosed a % per-
cent increase in the number of
drivers reported to have been drink
ing and involved in accidents.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

service of his country, during which
time he has gone through many
hardships. He has been wounded
and in the hospital several times
from sickness. Mr. Nussbaumer was
a resident of Wrangell for eight
years prior to his enlistment and
no man in Wrangell had more
friends than he. A composite of all
the nice things that have been said
to him since his return would pro-
baby read something like this:
Most joyfully do we welcome you
back. May the days as we'll as the
years ahead of you ever keep fresh
in your memory the appreciation
and pride which mere words alone
cannot express"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

"Mavbe the sign on the dollar
will be changed from In God We
Trust to Under New Manage
ment. Toledo Blade. And there
doesn't seem to be anything more to
say.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

Mr. and Mrs T. J. Case were
hosts at a dance Tuesday in Red
mems Hall in honor of their son
Oscar and n. Nussbaumer and all
other returned soldiers and sailors
of Wrangell. Music was by the
North Star orchestra and by Fred
Choquette accompanied by Miss
Ruth Lindman. A buffet supper was
served upstairs in the hall.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15
Is YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

E. P. Walker of the U. S. Bureau
of Fisheries has received orders to
transfer the Fisheries headquarters
from Wrangell to Juneau on July l.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

An official report of the Liberty
bonds. war savings stamps, thrift
stamps and Victory bonds bought
by the pupils of the Wrangell
school, show $3.50 by the Primary
room. $199O.25 by the Intermedi-
ate room, $1S8650 by the grammar
room and s6O5 by high school
room, total of s4921.75 for the
school.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

Gov Thomas Riggs has notified
the Fourth of July program com
mittee that he accepts with plea
sure the invitation extended to him
to deliver the address in Wrangell
on the Fourth.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

Councilman Thomas Dalgity is in
receipt of a letter from a Seattle
man inquiring what he thought of
the opportunity for a jitney bus in
Wrangell as a business proposition.
Mr.. Dalgity replied that the people
of Wrangell would welcome a jit-
ney and no doubt have a lot of fun
out of it but that he relt some hest
tation in recommending it as a pay
ing proposition. tWrangell had but
mile of road at that time
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

N. Nussbaumer has returned from
spending Is months overseas in the
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

Mrs. F. S. Barnes and small son
and daughter arrived on the Jeffer-
son to spend the summer at the
Lake Bay eannery.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

Word has been received that the
judiciary department has allowed
$4,000 for new courthouse and
Jail in Wrangell replacing the one
now in use which was built over
so years ago.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1934-06-15

W. ]. Waters, who was a land
scape gardener before coming to
Alaska, has had charge of the work
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-25
MAN HELD IN
TEXAS DEATH
Admits Child Slain to Get
Insurance; Story Is
Unconfirmed

HOUSTON, Texas, July 25.-
(UP).-Elijah Stuart, %, con
fessed to- police last night that M
killed his five-year-old daughter
Dortha, to get money to supper
her twin sister.
Her body was found in stag
nant Cypress creek, near here. al
ter a wide search. Stuart previ
ously had reported her kidnapped
Dortha was curly-haired ano
blue-eyed. Her mother died sew
eral years ago.
Police learned Stuart took out
a S4OO insurance policy on Dor
tha's life less than a month ago
The policy, covering only the life
of the one twin, was received by
the father yesterday.
Confronted with these facts
Stuart broke down.
Stuart said he drove his sleep.
ing child to Cypress creek Mon.
day night and held her head un-
der the water 'tuntil she didn't
move any more"
"I was in such circumstances
that 1 thought I would be doing
the best thing by killing her," he
said.
Stuart's story did not coincide
with findings of Herbert Page
county health officer, who con.
Quoted an autopsy. Page salo
there was no water in the child's
lungs or stomach, that she evil
IDENTIFY died from caustic poison
Her lips were burned. =,
Stuart previously had told po
lice that Dortha was taken from
his parked automobile Monday
night while he was in a hamburg
err stand. He reported her disap.
pearance to police Immediately.
Search eliminated yesterday
when w. G. Krimmel, Sc, a game
warden, found her body. The child
apparently had been thrown about
Is feet from a bridge over the
creek, Krimmel said.
Stuart, a former Henrietta,
Okla, farmer, came to Houston
three months ago with his moth
erless daughters. He was employ.
ed in the Harris county relief
commissary.