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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 234.
SEWARD ALASKA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ON DAI ISLAND
FOX FARM, CHI
MICKEL GREGORIOFF TAKEN IN
TO CUSTODY; PASSED THRl
SEWARD ON S. S. ADMIRAI
WATSON EN ROUTE TO VAL
DEZ COURT
TWO MEN HAD QUARRELED
Five People on Island During Nighi
of Killing; Two Men, Two Womer
and Small Boy
On David island, a remote and lit
tie frequented place, about twenty-five
miles from Chignik, is a fox ranch
owned by Ben Bensen. On the nighi
of September 12, 1926, there w'ere but
five people on the island, two men
two women and one small boy. Dur
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EARLY TRIAL SOUGHT
DOHENY-SINCLAIR
GOVERNMENT WILL ASK DE
FENDANTS BE SUMMONED
FOR TRIAL SOON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. (^—Gov
ernments counsel sought for an early
trial this fall for the Doheny-Sinclair
case. The District of Columbia Su
preme court indictments of conspir
f , acy to defraud leases of the Teapot
Dome and Elk Hills, California man
date, wil be rendered on October 21.
Attorney Gordon said the govern
ment will ask that the defendants be
summoned for trial which will be set
soon.
FOll'R AVIATORS KILLED
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13. <£>)—
Three Philadelphia and one New Jer
/ sey aviators were killed when an air
plane fell on a private flying field.
Ifl-PITH IS KILLED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.
A vengeful husband hunting his wife
with a shot gun and pistol, shot and
killed his cousin in whose home she
J was hiding in Richmond, and w'as lat
er killed in a desperate battle with a;
policeman.
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SOUTHERN GOVERNOR DIES
BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 13. (£>)—
Hepry L. Fuqua, governor since May,
1924, died today following a week
of illness. He was intimately known
as “Marse Henry.”
HOLLAND AND DENMARK
’ VISITED n HURRICANE!
ROTTERDAM, Oct. 13. Eigh-j
teen lives are known to have been j
lost in a hurricane which raged over
/Denmark and Holland over the week
end. Heavy damage wTas done espe
cially to shipping and many vessels
wrere in difficulties.
li. OF W. STUDENT IS
METED, SHUEHTEB
f SEATTLE?, Oct. 13. (#)—Walter Al
[ fred, University of Washington stu
dent, was convicted of manslaughter
by a jury which deliberated but 30
minutes. Alfred's machine collided
with the car of V. Kilborn of Everett
on June 1 and Kilborn was killed.
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
ON COAST IRE APPEALED
TO FOR 1 OF DOUGLAS
—
JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS COUNCIL
MEN SEEKING $100,000 FOR
AID REBUILDING HOMES
JUNEAU, Oct. 14. (JF)—'The Doug
las and Juneau City councilmen last j
night appealed to the Chambers of
i Commerce of Seattle, Spokane, Ta
coma, Portland, San Francisco and
Los Angeles for aid in raising $100,
000 to assist in rebuilding 83 homes at
Douglas.
From Douglas the fire spread a hal
mile to Treadwell where it wiped ou
the store, office building and elevei
white residences, household belong
ings in every house being destroyed
or lost. The Juneau Red Cross is
housing the homeless. It is estimated
50 unoccupied residences were de
stroyed.
The Alaska Juneau mine shut down
and sent 200 men to fight the flames
Scores of volunteers from Juneau and
the crew from the cutter "Unalga as
sisted. Fifty men patrolled the
smouldering villages last night to
prevent a fresh outbreak as the heavy
wind continued.
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE
iiLoimis
LONDON, Oct. 13. (/?)—All seas
lead to this country now for the im
perial conference. The great cabinet
of the British Empire which will meet
in the historic cabinet room at Num
ber 10, Downing street on October 19,
prime ministers, delegates from the
dominions, maharajahs, and represen
tatives of the Crown colonies, are con
verging on London, the hub which
unites the spokes of the British Em
pire. tl has been three years since
there was called a meeting of the Em
pires board of directors and many
questions have arisen to crowd that
program.
GONSTANGE TWE
LEAVES NEW HUSBAND
NEW YORK, Oct. 13. (#)—Intimate
friends of Constance Talmadge, mo
tion picture actress said that she has
left her husband Alastaire William
McIntosh. Miss Talmadge, who has
been living at the Hotel Ambassador
left for California. Capt. McIntosh is
said to be returning to England.
E. Rosenberg, superintendent of the
Katmai Packing company at Uzinkie, j
iccompanied by Mrs. Rosenberg, pas
sed thru the city this morning en
■oute to Seattle.
CiPT, KLINGENBERG
ENROLLS SONS IN
LUTHERAN COLLEGE
ARRIVES AT TACOMA WITH 1600
WHITE FOX FURS IN
CARGO
TACOMA, Oct. 14. (/P)—Andrew,
124, and Jorgen, 21, sons of Captain
, Christian Klingenberg of Victoria
land, enrolled in the Lutheran College
at Parkland and began their primary
studies. Captain Klingenberg has liv
ed in the Arctic trading for furs for
30 years and it has always been his
ambition to give his two boys a col
lege education so that they can teach
Victorialand natives. They came on
their father’s trading schooner. The
cargo included 1600 white fox furs. ,
JUDGES VIOLATE LAW
SAYS JUDGE HUNEKE
I
tl
jCRIME INCREASE DUE TO LACK
RESPECT OF UNPOPULAR
SPOKANE, Oct. 14. (IP)—Presiding
Judge Huncke of Spokane of the Su
perior court told churchmen last night
“There are many superior judges and
judges on our Supreme bench who
violate the Eighteenth amendment,”
and that the crime increase is due
partly to lack of popular respect to
unpopular laws.
SCOUTS HOLD REGULAR
SESSION IN S. A. C. GYM
NEXT FRIDAY
| As considerable protest has been
' registered against the proposed
change in the Seward Athletic club
program,* Vhereby the scouts would
be given other hours in the club gym,
and Friday assigned as a general bas
ketball night, the program committee
i advises that no change will be made
| for the present. Next Friday evening
1 will belong to the scouts. Permanent
j disposition of the evening * will be
; made as soon as most agreeable ar
rangements can be made.
DOESN'T HE MUCH WHEN
IE DIES; IS TO SOMETIME
j CHICAGO, Oct. 13. (£>)—Concerning
the decision expected tomorrow from
the Illinois Supreme court whether he
will hang Friday or not, Russell Scott
said “I don’t care much for I musti
die sometime.”
SPRINGFIELD, Oct. 14. (IP)—'The |
Supreme court granted an .appeal to !
Russell Scott who was sentenced to
hang on Friday.
BASEBALL RESULTS
i
Seattle 11, San Francisco 10.
Hollywood 6, Oakland 3.
Portland 8, Los Angeles 15.
Mission 4, Sacramento 2. (Ten in-1
nings.)
’ HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., Oct. 13. (JP)
—Herb Bell, a negro, was lynched by
I a mob who took him from the Dover,
i Tennessee jail and hanged him to a
1 limb and then shot him full of holes.
He was held for the slaying of Rufus
Joyner, last Sunday.
DEPUTIZED RESIDENTS SHOOT
| SIX TRUSTEES TO SUPPRESS
UPRISING
I MEDIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 14. (>p)
|—The mutiny of 106 prisoners in the;
Delaware county jail was subdued
'when police and deputized residents
shot six trusties. The released pri
soners had knocked off locks with'
i iron bars. The prisoners, including
a dozen women, attempted to destroy |
the interior of the jail and started I
fires. They said their reason was oni
account of the reduction in the food ’
supply. j
-I KILLS SON AND SELF
t! BERKELEY, Oct. 13. (#>)—Victor
1 W. Hartley prominent insurance and
> real estate man of this city shot and
’ killed his 15-year-old son and then
; committed suicide yesterday.
> , m ,
J. A. Conran, bookkeeper at Uzin
kie, is a passenger on the Watson en
route to Seattle.
I
Ten thousand letters were recently
mailed South from the local postoffice
setting a new record for one day’s
business. The letters were shipped
to the postmaster from the East with
j instructions to stamp and mail back
I to the States. The idea is that the
Eastern firm is putting over a big
I North Pole advertising stunt in con
nection with Christmas. The adver
tising department slipped up, how
jever, on the fact that Alaska is not at
the other end of the globe, therefor,
(the letters will reach individuals long
j before Thanksgiving, instead of
i Christmas.
VESSEL SIS, COLUMBIA
RIVER; HR SHE DON'T!
j ASTORIA, Oregon, Oct. 13. (£>)—
| Leaking badly through her seams, the
| schooner Wellesly ran into Columbia
| river yesterday and sank in the chan
nel off Point Adams. Her deck load
I of lumber prevented her from going
| to the bottom and she will be towed
! in.
Capt. J. A. Rasmussen, superinten
dent of the Libby, McNeil & Libby
plant at Seldovia, is numbered among
the well known canne'ry men on the
Admiral Watson on his way to the
States for the winter.
MEN mol S. F.
STREETS AS INK
CRIMES CONTINUE
BANDITS LURE DECORATOR
FROM HOME, HELD HIM UP
ON THE STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. (£>)—
While a thousand armed men patrol
led the streets marauders who had
slain four since Saturday robbed Mon
rie Moore, decorator. Last night he
was lured from home by a false tele
phone call and as the car drew along *
the sidewalk two armed men robbed
him of 5250. The third bandit remain
ed in the car. Police are under the
opinion the desperadoes have fled the
city.
PLAN STABILIZATION AND
AGREEMENTS; RETURNING TO
GOLD STANDARD BASIS
BRUSSELS, Oct. 14. (£>)—After
visiting Governor Moreau at the
Bank of France in Paris, Governor
Franck, of the National bank of Bel
jgium, said “We are now in a posi
tion to stabilize currency. I explain
led to Governor Moreau our plans for
I stabilization and agreements affected
| with banks and the issue to countries
jwhich returned to the gold standard
basis.”
CARDINAL HAYES IN S. F.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. (/P)—
Cardinal Hayes of New York today
i was welcomed to San Francisco as
guest of Archbishop Edward O’Hanna
jfor the city’s sesqui-centennial cele
bration.
PHILADELPHIA PUTS
HOST TO LEGIOliflES
I
| PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13. (£>)—'The
jdty which played host to hundreds of
i organizations during the summer
opened wide its gates to American
legionaires, numbering 100,000, to the
eigth annual Legion campaign which
, opens Monday and lasts for a week.
THE SECOND A. E. F.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14. (£>)—’The
American Legion has decided to hold
its 1927 convention in Paris. The
pilgramage will be called the Second
A. E. F.
GRAFT SCALE PAID TO
OFFICERS IS REVEALED
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. (JP)—A graft
scale for members of the Chicago
police department paid monthly by
liquor gangsters quoted Patrolmen at
fifteen dollars, and high officials re
ceived as high as $1000. Evidence in
the hands of Federal officials reveals,
according to the Chicago Herald and
Examiner.
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