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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 154.
SEWARD, ALASKA.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1929.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct.. 30. (TP)—
p. Pantages returned to the county j
jail last night after a visit to his :
home where his wife is ill. Panta
ges appeared downcast and said,
“I'm afraid my wife is going to die”.
The hearing of her probation pe- j
tiiion is set for November 8.
Pantages is reported by jail phy
sicians to be suffering from minor
chronic ailments but not serous.
Mrs. Christine Ulrich, a member
of the jury which convicted Pant a- j
ges, was questioned by Fitts con- ,
cerning rumors of irregularities in ]
* the jury room. She said that aftei m
the jury was dismissed, she was the
last of three women jurors to swing
over to the guilty verdict and was j
sworn to affidavits denying any ir
regularities and specifically deny
ing the rumors.
The defense counsel stated he
would base a plea for a new trial on
evidence he had on jury irregulari- j
ties when Pantages appears for
* sentencing Friday.
■ IS ALLEGED j
HE KILLED 65
MOSCOW, Oct., 30, (JP)— Five
men. alleged to be members of a
band responsible for the killing of
65 persons, including six detectives,
have been condemned to death.
The leader of the group said he
had been responsible himself for
the killing of 30 victims. Four mem
bers of the bandit gang are still at
* large while 28 others, including
four women, have been sentenced
to prison terms varying from two to
10 years.
CLEARING FIELD
With clear weather, seven or
A right more days work on the avia
tion field will see the completion
of the work now being done by the
present contractors, Romak and
McKanna, Mr. McKanna stated.
This means that both the north
and south field and the east and
west field will be entirely cleared of
stumps, roots and all surface ob
structions, and the whole “L"
shaped tract will then be ready
lor plowing and grading, for which
it is xpected contracts will b& let
next spring.
That the preliminary work per
formed by Romak and McKanna is
satisfactory has been voiced by
Antone Eide, Alaska road commis
sion superintendent. Mr. Eide has
.^go complimented the contract
us upon their progress made in
spite of the very poor weather that
has prevailed almost constantly
during the last two months. A crew
of eight men, and the tractor and
donkey engine will be employed for
at least another week to finish the
clearing.
RALLIED BRISKLY
NEW YORK, Oct., 30, (/P)—'The
?ave of hysterical selling which
lipped more than 25,000.000,000
t’om quoted values of listed securi
rom quoted values of listed securi
ies, has subsided. Prices rallied
riskly in response to what seemed
strong investment demand.
IAD EIGHT OF 10 ROUNDS; RE
CEIVED BIG OVATION AS HE
LEFT RING
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 30, </P>—
yiickey Walker successfully defend
?d his middleweight crown when
le gave Ace Hudkins, Nebraska
‘wildcat” a terrific punching in 10
rounds of fighting in old-time
form.
The champion not only out
fought the Nebraskan in almost
svery round, but he had the chal
lenger groggy several times. This
is the second meeting of the pair.
Walker having defeated Hudkins
last year at Chicago.
Walker's devastating short lefts
and rights to the jaw had Hudkins
in a bad way in the opening round.
In the sixth the champion clipped
his rugged opponent with a right
to the jaw that had him dazed but
still holding on. Walker had eight
of hte 10 rounds. Walker received
a big ovation as he left the ring.
The S. S. Admiral Rogers, Sewarc
bound, was reported in Cordova at
6. p. m. this evening.
TOOK ACTIVE PART IN LAST
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
FROM PULPIT
CLIFTON SPRINGS. N. Y. Oct. 29
(/P)_Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton,
noted fundamentalist and Baptist
I preacher, died at a sanitarium. He
[was 54 years old. Altho seriously
ill from a nervous breakdown for
the last month, death came unex
pectedly from a heart attack. His
wife was * at his bedside when he
died. He suffered a slight paralytic
! stroke last April.
| Rev. Straton was pastor of the
Cavalry Baptist church in New
York during the last presidential
I campaign and took an active part
against the candidacy for Smith,
and attacking, from the pulbit and
; campaigning against him in the
'south.
| He is survived by his widow and
Tour sons.
ONE MORE TRIP
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Oct., 30, f/P)
—The dirigible Graf Zeppelin will
.make one more trip on November
6 over Frankfort-on-Main, after
which it will be taken out of service
’and thoroughly overhauled.
SECOND FAILURE
NEW YORK, Oct., 30, (/P)—The
second failure in the recent beai
market took place when the New
York Curb Exchange firm of Lyncl
& Co., was suspended because it
was unable to meet obligations.
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SERIOUSLY ILL
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (/P)—Dr. ,
John Roach, pastor of the Calvary
Baptist church and prominent fun
damentalist, is seriously ill.
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WISCONSIN S
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WAS HOSPITAL SHIP DURING
AVAR NOW PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT CARRIER
KENOSHA. Oct., 29, (/P)—The
veteran lake steamer Wisconsin j
which sank off Kenosha shore in a
jstorm with her captain. Also f:om :
|three to six men who are missing j
■are believed to have gone down j
with the ship.
Three score persons were taken
off by lifeguards. Eight life rafts !
and one of the six life boats were
still on board when the stern of the
{ship was seen to sink. Two or three
!passengers were saved; the others
were members of the crew.
There was 15 feet of water in the
vessel when the last person rescued
left his shipmates clinging to life
rafts.
I The Wisconsin was the only ves
' sel to ride out in the gale of a week
!ago. No women were aboard; the
ship cabin maid having missed the
boat. The Wisconsin was used as a
i hospital ship during the war after
jwhich she was converted for com
! bination passenger and i. eight ser
vice plying regularly, at the time
' of the wreck, between Milwaukee
and Chicago.
The 15 men who clung to the life
raft as it sank, were rescued by a
! ug boat.
ENGLISH HANDLE GOLD MILLIONS
AS CASUALLY AS LOAD OF BACON
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Ceremony attends the “protecting” of the bank of England by
a eompanv of Scot guards (above), but an unarmed bobby watches!
the casual moving of unboxed bags of gold from the mint to the*
bunk in a wagon (right below). In contrast, with hands on pistols,
guards in an American armored car (left', below) watch steel caces
of currency leaving the bureau of engraving and printing, Wash
ington.
BODIES BURNED BEYOND REC
OGNITION; PLANE ON AERI
AL SURVEY
EUGENE, Ore., Oct., 29, UP)—
Lieut. W. B. Clark, Captain F. O.
Mercer and Edith Rose, all mem
bers of the Shield-Clark Flying
Service of a Portland aerial map
ping firm, were killed when their
plane crashed into a tree while at
tempting a landing in a field near
Walker.
The bodies were burned beyond
recognition and were only identi
fied from papers carried by the
plane which was bound from Port
land to Kalamath Falls on an aerial
survey.
Lieut. Clark was at the controls;
Miss Rose, a recent graduate from
a flying school, was co-pilot and
Captain Mercer had the cameras. A
farmer said the engine quit then
started again. They died when the
plane crashed into a tree and burst
into flames.
NEW YORK, Oct., 30, (JP)—The
‘“World” said that while losses were
big, stock market operators had
reported winnings as high as 50,
000,000 but not one winner could be
found.
The losses of 50,000,000 were at
tributed to Arthur W. Cutten, of
j Chicago, who a few 'years ago
switched his interest from the Chi
jcago grain market to Wall street
I where he is reputed to have amass
ed a fortune of 5100,000,000.
The Fisher brothers of Detroit are
reputed to have suffered losses of
several hundred million.
The S. S. Starr of the San Juan
Fishing & Packing Co., arrived in
Seattle yesterday. According to
present plans the vessel will leave
there for Seward on Novmber 10.
HALF OF FOX STOCK
m BEEN MOVED
Half of the line-stock at the
new location of the Williamson
Silver Black Fox Ranch, at Law
ing, are now safely housed, re
ports Mr. Williamson, one of the
leading authorities on fox in the
Territory.4
These represent about 60 fox
and Williamson is now down at
his former location, at Kusilof,
after the remainder and also for
more of the freight.
Mrs. Williamson is moving/ to
Lawing and will be delighted to
welcome her many friends there
at any time they happened to be
out that way. #
Wire shipments to the farm
have greatly delayed Mr. William
son and as a result the foxes are
still in small enclosures. How
ever, in a couple of weeks they
will all be in large pens.