winter¥ts
EAST SECTION
NEW YORK, Nov . 13.—Winter
hit the Eastern Seaboard today
from Maine to Florida. Freezing
temperatures are reported. There
are heavy frosts in southern sec
tions. Snow and rain is falling. j
QUICK ARREST
MADE, KIDNAP,
MURDER CASE
Negro Confesses Shooting
California University
Student
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 13.—
Less than 24 hours after Law
rence Leonard Lyons, aged 30,
Yale graduate and medical stu
dent at the University of Califor
nia. was shot to death, the police
said his alleged kidnaper. Russ
Griffin, aged nineteen, confessed to
the shooting.
Griffin said he shot Lyons dur
ing an argument and in self-de
fense.
The police said they have other
evidence to indicate that Griffin
and William Smith, another negro,
kidnapped Lyons, drove him to the
Little Harlem section where they
planned to rob him. Lyons was
slain when he resisted robbery.
Oysters—Race Suicide
MARENNES, Prance.—The suc
culent green oysters for which this
region is famous are threatened
with extinction. There are as many,
as eve- n the beds, which extend
over 20 miles, but for some mys
terious reason the oysters have
stoppe d spawning.
Mass Flight of Army Planes
to Alaska Gets Attention of
President; How About Hunting
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Col. R. II. Arnold who led ten
Army airplanes to Alaska and return last summer, reported to
President Roosevelt that the mass flight proved the feasibility
of connecting the Territory by air.
CoL Arnold said the President showed great Interest In the
development of airways to Alaska.
The President also wanted to know about hunting in Alaska
and Col. Arnold assured him it was good.
FISH TREATY
PROPOSED BY
GOV. MARTIN
Would Embrace Salmon
Runs in Washington, B.
