MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 247.
SEWARD ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
• OREGON PROBE OPENS
SIMPSON TESTIFIES
COM, SENT FUNDS
STATES FORMER SECRETARY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN
FORMED HIM
PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (IP)—McNary
opened the Oregon campaign expen
diture probe. Major William Simp
son of Salem, secretary of Oregon
war veterans aid commission and a
Democrat testified Walter Hayes of
Washington, District of Columbia and
private secretary to President Roose
velt came to Oregon to help Stan
ford and told him “the parent com
pany of Philadelphia of the Portland
Electric Power company sent $35,000
to Franklin Griffith, president of the
company who paid it to the Portland
Oregonian for the purpose of defeat
ing Bob Stanfield” and said he did not
want to trust the information to the
wires or in a letter.
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ENGLISH FIRMS CONSOLIDATE;
COMBINATION MAY TOTAL
$500,000,000
LONDON, Oct. 28. (£>)—'What will
^ probably be the largest industrial
combine ever arranged in Great Bri
tain is now in progress of formation.
The firms concerned are the Brunner '
Mond company, the Nobile Industries,
The British Dyestuff corporation and
the United Alkali company. The com
bined capital issues of the combine
total between §200,000,000 and §250,- j
000,000 dollars but eventually may i
involve nearly §500,000,00 of chemical j
dyestuffs explosive and allied indus-1
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tries affected.by the plan. Six Max
Muspratt chairmen of the United Al
kali company say the reason for the i
combination is to enable Great Bri-j
d tain’s chemical and allied industries j
to stand up against the world.
SEATTLE, Oct. 28. (JP)—'The re
gents, at the conclusion of a two
day session, announced their program
increased pay of the faculty, a substan
tial number of new instructors, com
mencement of building construction
and on curtailment of university de
partments.
FIRST DEATH OCCURS
AT JESSE LEE HOME
Ethel Adeuseck died three o’clock
Sunday, Oct. 24, at the Jesse Lee
Home. Miss Thornton, the home
nurse, gave Ethel the best of atten
tion till she passed away. The girl
died of tuberculosis. Rev. C. T. Pat
* ten delivered the) funeral sermon Mon- <
day at two thirty Oct. 25. She was :
buried directly after the sermon.
WOMEN “SIN" IF TIKE
BUSINESS TO SERIOUS
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. (£>)—'The
tendency of women in business to
take themselves too seriously is a sin
in the eyes of the executive secre
tary of some 47,000 women who be
long to the Federation of Business
and Professional Women's clubs.
“Women cannot close the office
door and forget business when they
go home,” said this executive, Miss
Emma Dot Partridge.
WISELY FALLS TO
DEATH AT STANLEY
MEMBER OF CAPTAIN WILKIN’S
PARTY IN SEWARD DUR
' ING SUMMER
SEATTLE, Oct. 28. (£»)—The Seat
tle Post-Intelligencer reported cadet
Charles M. Wisely, 28, of the Army
Air service, fell to his death in an
airplane at Camp Stanley, Texas.
Wisely, a staff sergeant, purchased
his discharge to accompany Wilkins!
and re-entered the army upon his re- j
turn south. He was appointed a fly- j
ing cadet 'and ordered to train for j
a regular army commission. During j
the war he was a lieutenant in the in
fantry. He was unmarried and his
home was in Cleveland.
MEASURE DESIGNED TO
PERMIT RE-ELECTION
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RATIFY
AMENDMENT AFTER HASTY
DEBATE
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28. (£>)—With
out waiting for the Federal senates’
ratification to the constitution amend- j
ment, making a former president |
eligible for another term, the chain-1
ber of deputies at Coahulia, Colima;
and Tabawco ratified the amendment j
after a hasty debate, announced Sin
aola Durango. The legislators prom
ised the adoption providing the Fed
eral chamber of deputies passes the1
measure which is designed to permit
Obregon to; seek re-election in 1928.
QUEEN MARIE IN MONTREAL
MONTREAL, Oct. 28. (JP)—Queen
Marie arived from Toronto and re
ceived a tremendous ovation.
NOW COMES MU
FOR CIMPMEN QUIZ
PHOENIX, Oct. 28. (JP)—Charging
that the sum of $100,000 was “being
thrown into Arizona in the last days
of the campaign in an effort to con
trol the state election, part of it thru
a New Mexico bank, and sent from
Eastern copper interests, Senator
Cameron, Republican incumbent, tele
graphed Reed urging an immediate
senatorial investigation.
Chas. Cadwallader, game warden,
leparted for his Inlet office this morn
ing following a few days In this vicin
ity checking up on several matters.
MERL liVOY ON S. S.
Tim, PT. HOLM
EIH ROUTE TO SOUTH
A. S. S. CO. VESSEL AT WHALING
STATION TAKING ON THOUS
AND BARRELS OF OIL
REINDEERS FOR CHRISTMAS
Leonard Seppella on Board with For
ty Siberian Dogs on Way to East-'
ern Races j
PORT HOLBRON, Alaska. (Special
to The Gateway)—Oct. 28. —The j
steamer Tanana, Capt. Klein, after
loading one thousand barrels of whale
oil at Port Holbron, departs for Se
attle. On board there is 150 Santa
CJaus reindeer which are being ship
ped out by the Bureau of Education
and Lomen brothers of Nome. Leon
ard Seppella, noted Alaskan dog
musher and racer is aboard with forty J
of the first Siberian dogs that ever
left Alaska. They are being taken'
out for the Eastern dog races. Merl
Lavoy, Fox film photographer is en
i
route to Hollywood, California with;
Arthur Keogh of Nenana and twelve j
dogs, to use in the studio end of the
filming of “Frozen Justice.” Mr. La
voy expects to return to Seward in
the spring and sends his regards to
his Seward friends.
W. J. McDonald, supervisor, Chu-i
gach National Forest, who has been j
making a brief trip of inspection j
thru this district of the forest, left
this morning at 6 o’clock on board
the forestry vesesl Chugach for his
headquarters at Cordova.
HILHOID EMPLOYEES |
MSI HOtD MUHICIP1L j
OFFICES, NEW ORDER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. (/P)— An
executive order permits employes of \
the Alaska railroad to hold munici-j
pal offices if they do not interfere'
with government work. The order i
was issued, on the recommendation of
Hubert Work, secretary of the Inter
ior and Noel W. Smith, general mana
ger, Alaska railroad.
CANIDS PLACES EMBARGO
ON G1ME MEAT EXPORTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. (/P)—L. W.
Meekins, American Trade Commis
sioner at Ontario, has informed the
Department of Commerce that an or
der, in council of August 19, publish
ed in the Canada Gazette for Septem
ber 18, prohibits the exportation from
the northwest territories of Canada,
except under permit from the minis
ter or his authorized representative,
of the skins of any caribou or the
meat of any game. This action, it
was stated, was taken in order to con
serve supplies of clothing and food
for the natives of the Northwest terri
tories.
Mr. Rupert, Alaska salesman for
the Ball Brand rubber company, left
today for the Interior.
II HIES EXCHANGE
SONS FOR EDUCATION
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 28. (£>)—Two
families, one in Minneapolis and the
other in Vienna, Austria, have “ex
changed” sons for a year to further
their educational advantages.
Dr. Frank S. Bissell’s 18-yearlold
son has gone to Vienna to live with
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Schuller there
and attend the University of Vienna,
while Franz Schuller, 19 ( has come to
live with the Bissells here, and at
tend the University of Minnesota.
NEXT DOOR TO THEATER WHERE
RECENT INDEPENDENT RALLY
WAS HELD
JUNEAU, Oct. 28. (£>)—An explo
sion last night wrecked the American
bakery and damaged an adjoining]
jewelry store blowing articles across
i
the street. Particles from the floor
of concrete was blown through the i
roof of the bakery. The explosive was
placed under the floor on top of a
sill investigators say. No clew or
the known motive has been unearthed, i
The building was on the waterfront,'
next to the theatre where an Indepen-!
dent political rally was staged Mon-'
day night.
Mi. TIGER BATTLE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AT
TACKED AT HOUSTON,
TEXAS
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28. (/P)—A
tiger attacked C. A. Wilson, superin
tendent of the parks at Minot, North
Dakota, who was on an inspection tour.
Hans Nagle, superintendent of the zoo,
shot and killed the tiger while Wil
son and the tiger were in a death
struggle. Twenty-nine stitches were
taken on Wilsons body anf face.
DEMmiON AGAINST
MARRIED WOMEN WORKERS
MUNICH, JDct. 28. (jP)—A mighty
demonstration against the employ
ment of married women in factories
marked the 25th anniversary of the
Central League of Christian Textile
Workers in Germany.
It was agreed that with many men
needing work, it was unfair competi
tion to engage married women in fac
tories, as the majority of these wo
men were being fairly well taken care
of by their husbands and in many in
stances took up factory work merely
to earn a certain amount of pocket
money for unnecessary luxuries.
L. F. Hebert, able representative of
the Schwabacher Hardware company
of Seattle, pioneer wholesale house,
was among those who clambered from
off the Interior train last evening. Mr.
Hebert’s first words to Joe Badger
were “Had a wonderful trip.”
MARQUAM CITIES
TO PILE OP VOTES; ST
■CELL ME
SPOKE LAST EVENING AT DOUG
LAS; KETCHIKAN TOMOR
ROW NIGHT
JUNEAU, Oct. 28. (A5)—Thos A.
Marquam, Independent candidate for
delegate to congress, concluded his
speaking engagements in the north
end of the first division Tuesday night
with a great address at Douglas
which has always been a Sutherland
stronghold. Hiss arraignment of Su
therland as a defamer of the Terri
tory was roundly applauded and he
has an excellent chance of carrying
both Douglas and Treadwell as the
result of his speech. He was sched
uled to speak at Petersburg Wednes
day, Wrangell tonight and at Ketchi
kan Friday.
MINE PRODUCTION IN
THE EAST INCREASES
ELEVEN PER CENT
QUANTITY OF ORE TREATED IN
CREASES SIXTEEN PER
CENT PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. (JR)—'The
department of commerce announced
the East last year mined $22,068,
792, an increase of 11 per cent over
the preceding year. The gold pro
duction was $40,612; silver, $73,322;
copper, S2,957,016; lead, $465,798;
zinc, $18,531,644. The quantity of ore
treated increased 16 per cent.
WANTED EXPOSE 0. S.
TRAITORS:IS JAILED
FORMER INMATE OF ASYLUM AT
TEMPTS THREE TIMES GAIN
ADMISSION GOVERNOR
OLYMPIA, Oct. 28. (/P)—Oscar Nil
sen was arrested yesterday when he
tried for the third time to see Gov
ernor Hartley to get the governor’s
aid in “exposing traitors in the United
States.” He admitted he had been
confined in a hospital for the insane
at Sedro-Wooley. Once, when he call
ed at the home of the governor, he
was kicked out.
JONES SPENT BUI I2AA
WHICH WAS LISTED
SEATTLE, Oct. 28. (£>)—At the
closing session Jonesc testified he
spent $200 which was listed. Cus
toms Collector Hartson and United
States marshal Benn of Seattle were
the only contributors except the Re
publican state committee. #
Another sample of the clever and
artistic sign work of Aaron Ericson,
local painter and paper hanger, is
the Panhandle sign lust hung up. Jdr.
Ericson uses an entirely new style
of lettering in this, his latest sign
job, and it is quite pleasing.
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