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SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 1929.
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HAD TELEPHONE THEATRICAL
MAN HE COILD BE OF
ASSISTANCE
4 LOS ANGELES. Oct., 10. (/P)—
The major prosecution surprise
in the testimony by Jay Sheridan,
San Diego resort owner, that Pan
tages attempted to buy perjured
testimony and subsequent de
fense moves against the state
ment. marked a turbulent session
o: the theater magnate’s trial
o:i a statutory charge, when a
surprise witness entered the rooms.
Only Pantages and his attorney
; cognized him. It was brought
‘out that Sheridan knew Pantages
* 13 years ago and he said that on
September 22 “Pantages asked
roe if I would testify that I was
in the stairway room in which
the attack was alleged to have
taken place on August 9 and I said
I would. Pantages told me to say
that I saw a girl’s hand on the
door as I approached the room
arid saw it still there as I left.
“Pantages promised to take
4. care of me financially.” Sheridan
testified he actually was in San
Diego on August 9 and said a wo
man named “Skidds” Pringle with
whom he had remained with
overnight in Tiajuana, Mexico,
was to be identified as Eunice
Pringle, but the defense attorney
dismissed him as a witness when
he informed them he could not
identify definitely as “Skidds”
Pringle a newsoaper photograph
of Eunice Pringle.
The defense attorney launched
a bitter attack on Sheridan’s tes
timony when the man had ad
mitted he had telephoned Panta
, -es that he could be of assistance
:.:d that he needed more than
3200 for expenses making trips
to Los Amgeles to confer with
^ Pantages.
W. C. Hale was the next witness
fcr the state and he corroborated
ti e testimony of W. R. Gordon and
F. T. Wise who yesterday described
the scene in the theater build
ing as the girl ran from the
cubbyhole.
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SEATTLE FLIGHT
SOVIET FLIERS IN HURRY BUT
THOROUGH AND PRE
CISE EVERY DETAIL
CRAIG, Alaska, Oct., 10, UP)—
The work of installing the new
motor in the Russian plane “Land
of Soviet” is progressing slowly
and though the Russians seem
to be in a great hurry, yet they
are thorough and precise in every
detail.
They expect to take-off on Sat
urday for Seattle. The Cutter Cy
gan, with the Soviet first pilot,
Shestakov aboard, came here for
the purpose of having part of the
motor welded and several other
small parts were obtained. They
departed later for Waterfall.
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KODIAK, (Special to the Gate
way) Oct., 9, —A. E. Carr, widely
known mail carrier on the Yu
kon in the early days, was found
dead in the guard room yesterday
He was the first mail carrier out
of Dawson by dog team and is
known all over the Territory.
HEAD ‘‘SNIFFER’’ CALLED TO
WASHINGTON FOR CON
FERENCE
SEATTLE, Oct., 10, (/P)—The
mystery of the recent departure
of William Whitney, assistant
prohibition administrator, for the
Capital, was cleared up when it
became known that an investi- j
gation of dry enforcement and
its shortcomings in Alaska, was
being made by the prohibition
commisioner, James M. Doran.
Whitney is on his way to Wash- I
ington at Doran’s request for a
conference on the Alaska situa- I
tion. Doran said his object was
to get detailed information of
the workings of the federal mach
inery in the Northern territory.
Whitney, prior to his departure,
denied his trip had anything to
do with a general investigation
of these districts or the adminis
trators office, now being made
by the department of justice.
GEOLOGISTS UNABLE EXPLAIN
PHENOMENON: MAY EN
GULF MORE FIELDS
BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct., 10, (/P)
—Loss of hundreds of thousands
of dollars in oil land is threat
ened through an unexplained
sinking of 10 acres of land, near
the Sour Lake oil field, 25 miles
west of here, which created a
deep lake where once stretched
a broad expanse of waving marsh
grass and small trees.
Sides of the pit are crumbling
to fall away and derricks, stor
age tanks are being removed
from the edge of the chasm which
is estimated to be 150 feet deep.
Thirteen wells are shut down
and one derrick, a boiler and six
tanks have been engulfed.
Geologists are unable to ac
count for the phenomenon and
fear is expressed that the earth
will settle further and engulf ad
jacent valuable fields.
TABOO AIR CIRCUSES
PARIS, Oct., 10, i>P)—Air circuses
have been placed on the taboo list
by M. Laurent-Eynac, minister for
aviation. One plane over one field
at one time is the new rule, which
resulted from a collision in the air
between two stunt planes over the
Clarmont-Farrond field. Both pi
lots were killed and many specta
tors endangered.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 10, (JP)
—The San Francisco Missions
defeated the Hollywood Stars by
the score of 8 to 6 taking the
lead , by two games to nothing,
in the Coast League series.
The short score was Hollywood.
6, 12, 1; Missions 8, 14, 1. The
batters were Wetzel and Sever
i ied, Cole and Baldwin.
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RAIN TOMORROW WORST POS
SIBLE THING, AVER RA
BID FANS
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| PHILADELPHIA, Oct-, 10, (/Pi
Baseball fans, who have been on
1 the verge of going into ecstasies
over the double victory of the
Athletics, found something to
worry about for the weather
man has predicted rain for to
morrow, the first game of the ser
ies here.
This is the worst thing which
! could possibly happen on Friday,
in the opinion of 40,000 rabid
fans who have waited for 15
years to see world series games.
With the jubilant Athletics en
route from Chicago ticket specu
lators boosted prices quoting
|three game (pair) tickets from
'$90 to $100.
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HIS FAVORITE STAR'
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IS TENTH STRAIGHT VICTORY
FOR THE ATHLETICS:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WRIGLEY FIELD, Chicago, Oct.
9, UP)—With the big bats of A1
Simmons and Jimmy Foxx beat
ing a tattoo against the fences,
the Athletics crushed the Cubs
by a 9 to 3 score for a second
straight victory and the 10th in
a row for the American League
in the world series competition.
The Athletics increased their
margin at the expense of Carlson
in the 7th when Foxx scored on
a single, Miller’s sacrifice and
Dykes hit to left field.
They added two more in the 8th
when, with two out, Cochrane
walked, and Simmons hit a
homerun; Foxx followed with a
i double down left field in line
with 3rd base and was his third
i hit of the game. The hit was
wasted, however, when Grove
I struck out pinch-hitter Gonzal
| ez and McMillan in succession.
The Cubs equalled their own
I inglorious record of the day be
i fore when 13 strikeout victims
'were mowed down; of these Earn
shaw had seven and Grove six.
1 The short score of the Athletics
was nine runs, 12 hits and no
errors: Cubs, three runs, 11 hits
and one error. Batteries were
Earnshaw, Grove and Cochrane
for the Athletics and Malone,
Blake, Carlson, Nehf and Taylor.
[HOPE IS GIVEN UP
FCU FISHE
SCHOONER TYEE
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EVIDENCE INDICATE MEN LEFT
BOAT IN A HURRY, LIVED
IN KETCHIKAN
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KETCHIKAN, Oct., 10, (JP)—
j With the ending of an intensive
[search for Captain Levi Mathison,
Tom Venes, Ronnai Hoel and
Christ DIockstad, of the halibut
schooner Tyee, all hope has been'
given up.
The Tyee was found adrift on
September 28, near Baranoff Is
land, with a jagged hole in the
rear of the pilot house showing
above water and with lights on,
indicating the men had left the
boat in a hurry.
All were residents of Ketchikan.
WHeeONER PLEADS
GUILTY DEFR1UD CHARGE
NEW YORK, Oct., 10, (A1)—
Charles Waggoner pleaded guilty
to using the mails to defraud in
a scheme to swindle six new York
banks of $500,000.
United States Attorney Tuttle
told the court the plea was made
without prearrangement and mov
3d for imposition of sentence im
mediately. Waggoner’s move took
;he prosecution by surprise.