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VOLUME XX. NUMBER 279.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PITTSBURGH TIES
WASH. SENATORS
IN TODAY’S GAME
FORBES FIELD, Oct. 13. (£>)—The
1 Senator scored another in the sec
ond inning when Bluege forced Judge
who had singled and Peck doubled,
scoring Bluege. Lee Meadows who
pitched the first game for the Pir
ates was operated on his shoulder
from muscle ailment last night.
Meadows was in uniform today but
out of the series definitely.
Goslin, the third man up in the
' first inning, with two outs, homered.
Pittsburgh made nothing in their
half.
The infield had been covered by a
huge canvas and "was in good con;
dition, but the outfield was soggy.
Batteries for today’s" game was
Ferguson and Severeid; Kremer and
Smith.
, Pittsburgh tied the score, two each
in the third when Moore walked, and
Carey safe at first on fielder’s choice
when Peck failed to get Moore at
second base. Cuyler sacrificed and
Moore scored, while Bluege threw
out to Barnhart Carey scored on
Traynor’s single. The crowd Booed
Rice, the Washington right-fielder ev
v try time he went to the plate be
cause he questioned a catch in Wash- ‘
jngton when some one said Rice j
dropped the ball.
Pittsburgh was forced into the lead ;
in the fifth when Moore hit a homer.
Barnhart hit a double in the same
inning which nearly cleared the fence
for a homer. Pitchers struck out j
several int his inning.
' The score for Washington was 2 [
and Pittsburgh 3 in the seventh. Kre
mer was pitching a wonderful ball,
mixing speedy ones and curves. His
* :urves were perfectly controlled. Lei
nold went to bat -when Ferguson’s
turn came in the eighth.
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FORBES FIELD, Pittsburgh, Oct. j
33. (IP)—Ballou went in the box in!
the eight and in the ninth, after Gos-1
lin flied to Moore, Joe Harris dou- j
bled a deep center, hitting the bar
rier in the deepest corner of the 1
outfield. Judge flied to Wright, and <
Treynor threw out to Bluege.
Washington—2 runs, 6 hits, 2 er- i
^rors.
Pittsburgh—3 runs, 7 hits, 1 error. |<
MUST STAND TRIAL FOR
MURDER OF CHAUFFEUR
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NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 13. (/?)—Har-1 i
rison Neol, escaped insane asylum pa-1 ]
lient and self confessed murderer and | ]
kidnapper, must stand trial for the 1
slaying of Ray Pierce, mulatto chauf- i
feur, whom he killed to obtain an au- <
tomobile with which to kidnap and j
, murder little Mary Daly, near Mont-j
clair, N. J.
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SEARCH LIGHT FAILED TO WORKi<
BOSTON, Oct. 13. (£>)—'The search j
light of the Steamer City of Rime fail- i
ed to work in emergency when the ‘ i
coastal liner crashed into the submar- (
ine S-51 resulting in the sinking of i
the sub and the loss of the lives of!
the crew.
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HEAVY SNOW IN WYOMING 1
DENVER, Col., Oct. 13. (JP)—Heavy c
snow and rain storms tied up train 1
traffic in Wyoming and Colorado. A c
locomotive plunged through a bridge i
as the result of its being weakened by t
the downpours. Two trainmen were c
seriously injured.
GRANTED PAROLE
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 13. (£>)—Mrs. I
May Murdock, convicted in the Super- \
jor court in Butte County near here in c
1923 on a manslaughter charge for the t
killing of her husband has been grant- \
fd, a parole according to Thomas Can- s
non, member of the state board of j
prison directors. ,, i
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DEATH HITS WIFE OF
BAKELITE DIRECTOR
MONTECLAIRE, Oct. 13. (/p)—
Death came to the wife of the million
aire director of the Bakelite corpora
tion today as she was riding with her
husband to deliver some flowers to
a paralyzed gardner, who was a for
mer employee.
TAKES POISON BECAUSE
CONVICTED OF CRIME
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13. (JP)—Agnes E.
Keller fought madly in an attempt to
prevent doctors from rendering first
aid after she had made an attempt to
kill herself with poison.
She had been convicted in the super
ior court on a charge of grand larceny
and said that she wanted to die so her
baby would not know of it.
STOOL PIGEONS PROTECTED
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 13. (TP)—Stool
pigeons will be protected by the Unit
States courts, commissioner R. L. Ed
wards ruled here today in refusing to
make public to the defendant in a li
quor case, the name of the man used
to get the information upon which the
search warrant was obtained.
BIULD HANGER TO !
HOUSE DIRIGIBLE
AT SPITZBERGEN
TWENTY FIVE PERSONS SENT TO
PREPARE FOR COMING TRW3
OVER THE POLE
OSLO, Oct. 13. (j^P)—Twenty-five per
sons are leaving for Spitzbergen next
Wednesday to build a hanger for Am
undsen’s Italian dirigible, which will
atempt the pole flight. The Norwe
gian aeronautical society announced
the expedition will cost three hundred
thousand dollars.
MEETING CALLED FOR
CASCADE TUNNEL PROJECT
SEATTLE, Oct. 13. (IP)—Judge Aus
:in Griffiths called a statewide meet
ng of the Cascade Tunnel association
)ii November 7th to prepare a request
o be placed before the legislature
commission experts. The meeting
vill be called upon to determine the lo
cation of the proposed bore.
GOVERNORS TO MEET
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 13. (£>)—'The
governors of Colorado,and New Mex
co, and possibly Utah, will appear in
ierson before the Federal Trade Com
nission at Washington to protest in
lehalf of their states against the grant
ing of a permit for the construction
>f the proposed Diamond Creek pro
ect of the Colorado river.
QUIET RESTORED HOLLYWOOD
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 13. (IP)—
Juiet wras believed to have been re
itored tonight in Hollywood, a suberb
s’here two persons were killed and a
ace riot threatened for a time. A
leputy sheriff was shot and a negro
nan and woman killed.
FRESHMEN GIVEN MUD BATH
STANFORD, Oct. 13. (IP)—'Three
mndred members of the Freshman
lass were doused in a three-foot mud
lole before the Sophomores could
laim a victory in the annual Sopho
nore-freshman mud fight. It was es
imated that one hundred second year
lassmen were given a mud bath.
TWO AVIATORS MEET DEATH
LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 13.(£>)— ,
n an attempt to loop the loop in a ,
fhipstall, one of the most dangerous ]
f aviation feats, caused the death of ]
wo men here yesterday. The pilot ,
trenched the control stick from the (
ocket during the performance. The ]
lane fell 2250 feet and crashed, kill- j
ag the men instantly. ,
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GOVERNMENT
FAILS TO OPEN
TRADE CASES
NARCOTIC AGENTS HAVE NO RITE
SEARCH RESIDENCES WITH
OUT A WARRANT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13. (jp)
—The government failed in the Su
preme Court to reopen the trade asso
ciation cases. The court ruled that
federal agents operating under the
Harrison Narcotic act, have no right
to search residences without a war
rant, except where arrests actually
have been made. The court also held
the six Indian nations were subject to
trial under police jurisdiction of the
states where the reservations were.
The government had attacked the
maple flooring, and cement manufac
turers associations’ methods of collect
ing and exchanging trade information.
NORA BAYES SELLS JEWELS
NEW YORK, Oct. 13. (/P)—Because
of her recent experiences in recent
holdups, Nora Bayes, noted singer has
sold all her jewels.
RUM FOR CHRISTMAS
SAN DIEGO Oct. 13. (£>)-—Rum ships
are lying outside of Point Loma wait
ing an opportunity to land their car
goes prior to Thanksgiving and to
Christmas.
VANCOUVER PROPERTY SOLD
VICTORIA, Oct. 13. (JP)— Harry M.
Keith, Henry Price and William Zigel
of New York are the successful bid
ders for the property and equipment
of the Tidewater Copper Company, at
Sidney Inlet, Vancouver Island, the
sum being $75,000.
BROWN DEPOSED
FROM MINISTRY
EPISCOPAL CH.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13. (/P)— Rt.
Rev. William Montgomery Brown of
Galion, Ohio, former Bishop of Arkan
sas, has been “deposed from the sac
red ministry,” by the triennial conven
tion of the Episcopal church.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13. (JP)—‘The
name of William Montgomery Brown
has been ordered removed from the
House of Bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, according to Ethel
hert Talbot, presiding Bishop. Brown
obtained a court order requiring the
House Bishops to appear and show au
thority for the action.
INDIANA SENATOR IS ILL
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 13. (/P)—Sam
uel Ralston, Indiana' senator is suffer
ing from a kidney ailment, phich is
proving difficult to treat, according to
a physician’s statement. Ralston has
been ill since March.
APPROVES APPOINTMENT
WASH. Oct. 13. (£>)—Secretary An
Irews has approved of the appoint
ment of E. O. Bergfie to be deputy ad
ministrator of Alaska.
FRENCH STRIKERS
AND POLICE CLASH
PARIS, Oct. 13. (JP)—Two persons
ire dead and thirty wounded as the re
mit of a fight yesterday between po
ice and strikers. A general strike has
)een inaugurated by communists, 70
)f them being arrested including Jac
lues Dorriot, Communist deputy, who
las been sentenced to thirteen months
or inciting French soldiers to diso
>edience.
MOTION PICTURE MAN
SUICIDES ON EVE WEDDING
CHICAGO. Oct. 13. (JP)—Wililam
Hersberg, for many years identified
with Chicago Motion picture enterpris
es, ended his life today, on the eve of
his wedding.
BALOONISTS IN SEVERE STORM
TOLEDO, Oct. 13. (/P)—Exhausted
and made ill by a perilous all-night
battle with a terrible rain, thunder
and wind storm, and violent seas that
sw’ept Lake Erie, two Detroit baloon
ists were sighted and rescued, two
miles northwest of Middle Sisters Is
land by the freighter A. M. Byers.
BONES OF YOUNG WOMAN
DUG UP FROM UNDER TREE
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NEW YORK, Oct. 13. (/P)—The bone
of a young woman were dug up from
under the roots of a tree near eighth
avenue and 36th street yesterday. The
.woman must have been unclothed ex
cept for a pair of slippers which were
found.
FIVE INJURED IN TRAIN CRASH
UMYRNA, Ga. Five persons were
injured and three carloads of horses
killed or crippled . when two trains
| on the Nashville Chatanooga and St.
Louis railroad collided here today.
11EAR WEATHER
GREETSPLAYERS
AT SIXTH GAME
PLAYERS SHARE IN RECEIPTS OF
FIRST FOUR GAMES ONLY—
JOHNSON STIFFENED UP
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 13. (£>)—Clear
weather and moderately warm weath
er greeted the players and onlookers
who are assembling for the'sixth game
of the series.
Johnson, veteran pitcher of the Sen
ators, said he would be ready for work
tomorrow, if the seventh game was
necessary, which will be played at
Pittsburg providing the Pirates win
today’s battle.
The total receipts for the first five
games are S811,644, with the total at
tendance placed at 196,524. The play
ers share in the receipts of the first
four games only; $339,644, each club
taking $175,126.
WEEKS RESIGNS
POST BECAUSE
OF ILL HEALTH
DWIGHT F. DAVIS, ALREADY AP
POINTER TO FILL POST AS
WAR SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13. (£>)
—John W. Weeks has resigned as U.
S. Secretary of War, because of ill
health. Dwight F. Davis, of Missouri,
has been appointed to succeed Weeks,
as Davis has been acting head since
spring.
Weeks said he needed a long rest.
Coolidge acceeCled with great regret.
Davis is a lawyer and business man
47-years-old, the youngest member of
the cabinet, and served with the Nat
ional Guard reserve corps. He is the
doner of the Davis Cup tennis trophy.
FIVE DEATHS FROM CHOLERA
MANILA, Oct. 13. (i*P)—Five deaths
with eleven new cases of cholera, are
reported during the past forty-eight
hours.
CHILD BORN WITH TWO HEADS
LONDON, Oct. 13. (Jp)—A child was
born today at Bedlington, North Um
berland, with two perfect heads. The
eyes, mouth, ears and nose, are all
similar, the rest of the body Jbeing
guile normal.
HEAVY RAIN STORM
CORDOVA TOPPLES
HOUSE DOWN A HILL
BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW HOME OF
COPPER CITY BUTCHER LIES
WRECKAGE IN STREET.
RAILROAD YARDS WASHED OUT
Family Eating Lunch When Crash
Came—Lady Occupant Injured;
Other Serious Damage.
CORDOVA, Oct. 12. •—Water is
' running a foot deep on C Street. Twen
ty-three and seven-tenths inches of
of rain have fallen here since October
1, and two and one-half inches fell in
eight hours during the night.
While F. D. Peterson, local butcher
| and his wife were eating lunch their
three thousand dollar modern bunga
low on the hillside near the Ocean
dock was1 carried to the bottom of the
hill by a huge slide and completely
demolished it. The house fell more
than one hundred feet and smashed
in the street blocking traffic to the
dock for a considerable length of time.
Mrs. Peterson was slightly hurt in
the crash, and Mr. Peterson escaped
injury.
An unoccupied cabin, belonging to
James Dinneen was carried from the
hillside and wrecked in the street be
low.
The Copper River and Northwestern
train didn’t leave this morning as the
banks are completely washed away in
the North end of the yards.
Fear More Landslides.
Cordova, Oct. 13. (/p)—Four and one
quarter inches of rain fell yesterday
and families are leaving hill side cab
ins fearing further landslides.
The old reservoir here overflowed
and a stream is running through the
street six inches deep. Water is at
a depth of one foot in most of the
principal buildings in town.
No train were able to leave Cordova
today as a result of the heavy rains.
PATRICK OPPOSED
TO ANY TRANSFER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 15. (/P)
—Major General Patrick, Army Air
Chief, opposed before the air board,
Chairman Madden’s proposal to trans
fer all aircraft experimental work from
the army to private enterprise.
Patrick took exception to Madden's
testimony that “millions were squan
dered,” by the army in "reckless ex
penditure” of funds for experimental
work. Patrick said much experiment
al work was necessary to show what
could-be done.
CROWLEY RUNS FLEET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. .13. (£>)—
The fleet corporation was guided today
for the first time by its new president
Elmer E. Crowley, who succeeded L.
C. Palmer, removed by the Shipping
Board.
MICHIGAN CITIES SUFFER
FROM SEVERE STORMS
A storm which plunged Detroit and
other Michigan cities into darkness
for more than an hour yesterday, cost
the lives of four and in^tred twelve
others.
TRAIN KILLS TWO TROOPERS
GENEVA, N. Y., Oct. 13. —Two
state troopers were killed and a third
seriously injured when their auto was
hit by the Black Diamond Express on
the Lehigh Valley railroad near here.
The engine and eight coaches left the
:rack and plowed along the ties for sev
eral hundred yards, ending tilted pre
cariously over a long embankment in
to the Senega Canal. The train was
traveling between eighty and ninety
miles an hour.
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