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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 148.
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SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CUBBY HOLE WAS A GENERAL
OFFICE TO WHICH ALL
HAD ACCESS
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 23, f/P)—
Passing more than four hours on
the witness stand Alexander Pan
tages, on trial on a criminal as
sault charge, related his version
of the alleged frame-up assertedly
to have been staged by Eunice
Pringle, and denied much of his
own testimony while under cross
examination.
He told Fitts that he had no
private office in his suite to which
hr had the sole key. He denied
tne alleged “mystery room,” so
designated, was “his private of
fice” declaring it to be “a general
ff ice for all employees who had
access to it.”
He said he had not told Miss
Pringle that he had sold his
theaters and therefore could not
book her act because he did “not
let anyone know his private bus
iness”
He said that during the affair
in the room neither he nor Miss
Pringle were on the floor. Fitts
confronted him with the state
ment, he assertedly had made to
two policemen the night when he
was arrested “as telling them she
had disarranged his clothing in
such a manner that as he strugg
led he became entangled and fell
on the floor.” Fitts also quoted
him as saying that he grabbed
her ankle pulling her to the floor
to prevent her from escaping
and exposing the both f them.
When asked if he did not state
in the presence of officers those
Things Pantages declared “I did
not and it is absolutely a false
statement made up by the police
officers.”
Pantages said the Pringle girl
invited herself into his office but
when questioned pointedly ad
mitted he had said “Step right
in.”
V
T. W. Hawkins, head of the
Brown & Hawkins Corp., who re
I turned a few days ago from An
chorage, brought word of the
great progress being made by Mr.
Wiliamson, the prominent fox
raising and breeding authority,
■3Vho has moved his huge ranch
from the Kasilof district to Law
ing, 23 miles from Seward
The place is immense, Mr. Haw
kins said, and must represent an
investment between $50,000 and
360,000. Great pens for the silvers
are going up as fast as they can
be built and a startling array of
wire-fencing encloses all, individ
ualy and collectively.
The Williamson Silver Fox
Ranch is undoubtedly destined to
become on the the greatest show
* places along the Alaska Railroad,
is Mr. Hawkin’s firm conviction,
and reflects much credit upon the
owner.
Charged with breaking into a
house on Willoughby Avenue, Jacob
Williams and William Thomas, In
dians, were arrested at Juneau.
SOVIETS ARE OFF
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct, 23, (A3)
—The Russian plane “Land of
Soviet" left this airport at 8:45
this morning enroute to Chey- !
enne.
SOViET FLIERS TO
c
PLANS
ARE
YET INDEFINITE BUT 1
CONTEMPLATING 1
FLYING HOME >
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SALT LAKE CITY. Oct, 23. (/P)— ;
The Russian plane “Land of So- ,1
viet” landed for its overnight i
stop and was to proceed early i
in tlje morning for Cheyenne. , 1
The possibility that the flight (
may be continued eastward from 1
’ New York was indicated by Shes- 1
takov who said that while plans ;
| after reaching New York were 1
indefinite, an attempt might be
made to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
The fliers stopped here for i
I refuelling instead of continuing
on to Cheyenne because of heavy 3
i head-winds which cut down the
i fuel supply. The new motor sent 11
; to Cheyenne from Oakland is! 1
not expected to be used as the 1
present motor’s were perfect in <
yesterday’s flight.
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TO
FORCES 1 CHINA
NATIONALISTS LINES BROKEN
AND SINCHENG IS CAP
TURED
HANKOW, China, Oct., 23. OP)—
The Nationalists government
forces are reported to have suf
fered a severe setback at the
hands of the Kuominchun, or
the people’s army, which has been
threatening a descent upon Han
kow.
Hankow is quiet but an at
mosphere of uneasiness is ap
parent. National supporters are
confident that the Kuominchun
troops will not reach the city.
The defeat, while reported to j
be a severe one, is not decisive.
The Nationalists lines were brok
en and Sinchen captured and
in northern Honan the National- |
ists were driven back 100 miles j
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct- 23
:(/P)—An International Academy of
Criminology will be opened soon in
;Vienna. Its founding was decided
upon at the recent Congress of
Criminal research held here under
the presidency of Profssor Bischoff
of Lausanne University.
| The secretary of the Academy,
upon whom the task of its organi
zation will devolve, is Professor
Siegfried Tuerkel, chief of the
| Criminal Institute of the Vienna
‘police.
NHAYER FAILS TO STOP BEAR’S
CHARGE—TIME FOR ONLY
ONE HURRIED SHOT
(Juneau Empire)
The Alaska brown bear added
mother victim to its list Wednes
lay when Jack Thayer, Junior
porester, United States Forest Ser
vice, died near Eliza Harbor, from ;'
vounds inflicted by an enoumous j
>ear. He was attacked about two i
md one-half miles from the beach i
it 2 p. m., and died at 10 o’clock j
hat evening.
Thayer was accompanied by his
issistant Fred Herring. Only the i1
ormer was armed. He had a .303 i
:aliber rifle in his hand and had
,ime for but one shot, apparently ;
vounding the animal. Herring, un- i
irmed, succeeded in climbing a
,ree and escaped.
IS TERRIBLY MAULED
Thayer and Herring were cruis
ng pulp timber. They were emerg
ng from a muskeg swamp and as
diey approached a thicket at its
?dge, a big dark brown bear crash
ed thru the brush not more than 15
)r 20 feet distant. It was in a vici
)us mood and launched its attack.
Herring, in the rear, turned and
fled for a tree, as he was without
my weapons of any kind. Thayer,
m experienced woodsman and
aunter, fired one time. The bullet
ipparently took effect but it failed
:o stop the maddened brute. It
bawled loudly two or three times as
it crashed into Thayer.
Herring from his perch in the
tree, could not see clearly what
followed owing to the heavy brush
that intervened. However, he could
hear the sounds of the bear growl
ing and mauling and see the strug
gle dimly. When the animal left
Thayer, Herring hurried to his side.
RETAINS CONSCIOUSNESS
Thayer was still conscious when
his companion reached him. He
murmured, “Save yourself, Fred,”
and almost immediately lapsed into
unconsciousness. He was terribly
lacerated both from claws and
teeth. The left side of his head and
neck were fearfully torn. His stom
ach was torn open, the flesh on the
back of his legs was stripped off,
and his back, hands and arms were
pierced many times by the bear’s
teeth which apparently had both
mauled and chewed his victim.
Herring made Thayer as comfor
table as possible. He then set off
for the Weepoose, the camp tender
in use. There he and Captain C. C.
Collen, third member of the cruis
ing party, loaded themselves with
blankets, a lantern, flour to close
the gaping wounds, and other first
aid dressings and hurried back to
the scene of attack.
It was almost dark by the time !
they arrived and it was with some j
difficulty Thayer was located. He
had regained consciousness and
was able to talk a little. But he was
very weak from loss of blood and
the beating he had received. A1
stretcher was made out of poles and
a blanket and Thayer was wrapped
in blankets to keep him warm.
Everything possible was done to
ease his pain.
He was too badly hurt-to be mov
ed and at 10 o'clock he died. Thurs
day morning Herring and Collen
started out with the body to the
anchorage of the Weepoose. They
made about a half mile and were
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BOATHOUSE COLLAPSED
DETROIT, Oct., 23, (TP)—The
irst fatillity from the lake storm
vas reported in the death of
vlrs. Frances Bryan, 43, when her
louseboat n Lake St. Clair col
apsed.
HRMAIL SERVICE HALTED AND
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
CRIPPLED
CHICAGO, Oct., 23, UP)—'The
worst lake storm of the year is
shooting high waves against the
shorelines of Illinois, Wisconsin
md Indiana, and sweeping east
ward choked Chicago with cold,
raw snpw.
Sea-walls crumbled and base
ments flooded as well as filling
the boulevards with torrents.
The property damage has been
estimated at $300,000 at Michi
gan City, Indiana, while in the
Lake Superior, Huron and Ontar
io districts, shipping fought the
angry waves. Airmail service has
been halted and land and water
transportation facilities have been
seriously crippled.
SCOTTISH HITT COURT
IB MU MEWS
WASHINGTON, OCT., 23, UP)—1
A Knight Commander court of
honor was elected by the supreme j
council of the Scottish Rite Ma
sons, southern jurisdiction, and
includes Alaska, as follows; Math
ew Olney Carlson, Fairbanks; ,
James Simpson MacKinnon, Ju
neau; Frederick Nelson, Peters
burg h; Griffith Nordling, Juneau;
Ernest Peterson, Ketchikan; Ed
win Sutton, Juneau.
A piece of airplane fabric picked
up on the beach near Tyonek on
Cok Inlet was yesterday identified
in Anchorage as part of the stabil
izer of Russell Merrill’s plane.
Tyonek, 40 miles south of Anch
orage is the spot from where Mer
rill was last seen heading his heav
ily loaded plane across Cook’s Inlet.
The cloth was viewed by an Anch
orage seamstress who recognized
hand stitching done on it by her
self at Merrill’s requset several
weeks ago.
Hope that Merrill is still alive
has scarcely waned in Anchorage,
his home-town, where the past
achievements of the gritty Alaska
flier are well known. It is believed
the finding of the fabric may indi
cate that part of his rudder or
stabilizer broke away, forcing him
to land in a remote section; mean
while. Colonel Eielson, co-flier with
Sir Hubert Wilkins in the histori
cal flight from Point Barrow Alas
ka to Spitzbergen via the North
Pole, head of the Alaska A rways
Corp., by whom Merrill wa » em
ployed, is continuing the relentless
search that was started five weeks
ago. Eielson has been keeping Joe
Crosson, noted flier, on the search
daily.
NOTHING KNOWN OF PLANS
UNTIL 10 MINUTES AFTER
HE HAD SOARED AWAY
HARBOR GRACE. Newfoundland,
Dct., 23, (TP)—Almost as casually as
though he was starting on a horse
back ride over one of his western
ranges, Urban F. Diteman, cattle
man from Billings, Mont., climbed
into his monoplane ‘ The Golden
Bind” at this port and took-off for
London.
There was no advance announce
ment but 10 minutes later as offi
cials at the airport read the note he
had left behind.
The plane soared out over the
foggy Newfoundland coast and dis
appeared. Nobody save Diteman
knew where he was going and when
he zoomed into the air from the
airport the rest of the world only
found out a few mintes later when
airport officials read the note,
what his destination \Vks.
Diteman carried only 165 gallons
of gasoline but as his plane uses
little gas it is believed he will have
sufficient fuel to carry him to his
destination barring accident?
Weather conditions over the ocean
are reported as fairly favorable.
Diteman was born at Yakima,
Wash., 32 years ago and left for
Montana 10 years ago. His par
ents live at Portland, Ore.
ENCOUNTERED ONE OF WORST
STORMS EXPERIENCED
IN OCTOBER
WITH PRESIDENT HOOVER’S
FLOTILLA ON THE OHIO, Oct.,
23, (A3)—New pages of a colorful
story have been woven around
the Ohio River through the past
century and one-half, as President
Hoover passed westward from
Cincinnati to Louisville at the
head of a pageant of steamers,
tugs, barges, yachts and patrol
boats.
The event was in celebration of
the harnessing of the stream to
man’s modern needs.
' The Executive pressed on to
Louisville on a voyage in which
he encountered one of the worst
October storms ever experienced
in that section for many years.
Equipped with a patent bow
which easily split the water, his
j steamer, the “Green Briar,” buck
I ed head-waves with ease as com
pared to the snub-nosed craft
; that came behind. His steamer
rode the blow well while anchor
ed for the night.
WESTWARD AIRMAIL
Arthur H. Mellick, successor to
A. Grasvold, general merchandise,
Sand Point, and who passed thru
; Seward the other day enroute to
Seattle, is contemplating the
inauguration of an aerial mail ser
vice to adjoining islands ip the vi
cinity of Sand Point. He now serves
ithat area with mail by gasboat.