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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 144.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
INVESTIGATION OF STORY UN
DER WAY SOME TIME,IT
WAS KNOWN HERE
CORDOVA. Nov., 11, (/P)—A
wierd story of three killings was j
told Saturday by Robert Davis, i
Umatilla indian, who is being '
held in the federal prison at i
Valdez awaiting indictment by
the grand jury.
He was brought 1,000 miles
from Kanatak where he surren
dered to a government school
teacher.
Davis said he had killed one
trapper for an axe and traps,
and another for a boat, after
his victim had given him shel
ter for the night and rowed him
across the lake to save a long
walk.
He then killed a half-breed
indian named Williams after a j
quarrel while on his way to Kan- ,
v atak.
Davis changed his story some- !
what when a search failed to re- j
veal the bodies of the trappers |
but is held, however, for further ;
.investigation.
The attorney general said an j
investigation revealed Davis had |
served terms in a California re- |
fcrmatory and in the Washington
penitentiary for larceny, and j
in San Quentin for attempted j
murder. He had also been sen- j
tenced to Folsom, Calif., for rob- i
bery.
ROBBERY PLANNED AND EXE
CUTED BY FIVE BANDITS
ASSISTED BY BLONDE
CHICAGO, Nov., 11, </P)-Mrs. Ar
thur W. Cutten and Mrs. Alfred T.
Martin, wives of multi-millionaire
stock grain operators, were robbed
of money and jewels in a bold gold
coast holdup.
The police were told that Mrs.
Cutten lost “a very valuable” neck
lace of matched pearls. The value
of the necklace was not given. Mrs.
Martin also lost a necklace, but its
value was not reported.
The robbery was evidently plan
ned and executed by five bandits,
assisted by a blonde young woman.
After leaving the theatre they were
attending, another car drew along
side about a block from their desti
nation and forced the car into the
curb. The chauffeur was ordered
from the car. Two robbers entered
Mrs. Cutten’s car, ordered the wo
men to be quiet, took the jewels
and escaped.
MI1ES SENTENCED
. ONE TO FIFTY YEARS
LOS ANGELES, Nov., 11, (/p)—
Alexander Pantages was sen
tenced to San Quentin peniten
tiary to a term of one to 50
years by Superior Judge Fricke.
The court denied all motions
for a new trial. Arrest of the
judgement was refused but per
mission was filed for applica
tion for probation. The defense
attorneys made oral notice of
an appeal.
COLUMN OF GAS LEAPED 100
FEET IN THE AIR; WALLS
CRUMBLED
ELYRIA, Ohio, Nov., 11, f/P)—
Five men were killed and four
men and three women probably
fatally injured in a gas explo
sion which ripped off walls in
the Times Springs Company.
A flaming column of gas spurt
ed more than 100 feet into the
air and walls of the plant crumb
led like paper when a workman
entered the gas-filled room of
the building and struck a match
to light a cigarette.
The identified dead are: John
Raple, 38; Louis Butcher, 40;
and Mike Swetz, 50.
The detonation was heard for
several miles and rocked build
ings within a mile radius. All
surrounding structures were splin
tered by flying bricks and tim
bers.
10 Gi FUS AREftS.
DECLARE EXPERTS
—
SO-CALLED EXPERTS DECIDE
ANOTHER YEAR’S STUDY
IS REQUIRED
| JUNEAU, Nov., 11, (/P)-The Alas
ka Game Commission, holding its
6th annual meeting here, will
make no changes for the year,
at any rate, of the several fur
districts in the Territory.
Realignment in districts is
needed but must be studied for
| another year in the interest of
conservation of migratory birds.
' The commission will recommend
to *the Secretary of Agriculture
that the maximum possession of
all species of ducks, geese and
brants be cut to 50 birds at any
one time from 75.
This reduction is deemed advi
sable by the seeming low number
I of migratory birds observed at
the breeding grounds of the In
ferior; also, farther north. South
east Alaska seems to be the only
area in which migratory birds
are holding their own during re
cent years.
NEVADA BUR1RD
LOS ANGELES. Nov., 11, iff)—
The second string football team
of Southern California which
gave way at times to third string
men, and then the first aggre
j gation, buried Nevada under a 66
to 0 score before 15,000 fans.
START OF A FORTUNE
The boundless fortune oT the
Guggenheim family had its begin
jning in a supposedly played-out
(mine in California gulch at Lead
[ville, Colo.
; OLD HOT BBUTSLLY
BESTED TO DEATH
BREMERTON, Nov., 11, (/P)—
j Brutally beaten to death the
body of Mrs. Mary Wager, 70,
| was found by neighbors in her
isolated ranch-house about 15
miles north of here,
j The body was unclothed lying
! half in and half out of the bed
i which was covered with blood.
The house bore evidence of a
terrific struggle. The woman
was a semi-invalid and a county
I ward.
JURY DEADLOCKED
AMASSED FORTUNE IN ALAS
KA IMPORTING SILK:
SOLD TAMALES
AMARILLO, Texas, Nov., 11, (/P)
—The $50,000 breach of promise
suit of Miss Imogene Smith, lo
| cal stenographer, against Habib
Kahn, said to be a member of
the Afghan royal family, was
' dismissed today.
The recent trial resulted in a
deadlocked jury.
Kahn is said to have amassed
a fortune as a silk importer in
j Alaska during the gold rush and
later as a hot tamale vender
! here. He is now in his native
| country.
NE WYORK, Nov., 11, (/P)—The
Ford Motor Co., announced a re
Jduction of from $15 to $200 in pric
jes of it’s cars as a "Means of help
jing the country.”
FEA
rS OF HUGE AIRSHIPS SPUR CAPITAL TO
INSTITUTE PASSENGER LINES OVER THE SEAS
r
An artist’s conception of trans-o ceanic travel of the future, with a
floating seadrome anchored in mid-ocean for the service of dirigibles and
airplanes.
WIFE CONFESSES
i
I
INFORMED POLICE SHE THOT
SPOUSE CHASING WITH
ANOTHER WOMAN
WENATCHEE, Wn., Nov., 11, (/P)
—Mrs. Varna D. Woodal con
fessed to the police that she
beat her husband, Walter R.
Woodall, 55, to death on Thurs
day with an automobile jack.
Confronted by a newspaper
picture of her husband, herself
and children, Mrs. Woodall is
said to have broken down after
“seeing the pictures and all that
I know is that I did it,” she is
quoted as saying.
Her confession exonerated her
son Burnice, 19, who also had
been held in jail.
The woman told the police that
she believed her husband was
going with another woman be
cause he was not giving her
enough money to live on. Offi
cers said she followed him out
at 5 o'clock in the morning to
the w'oodshed where she hit him
over the back of the head with
the car jack; also on the side
; of his head. She then went back
into the house and came back
with with a heavy hammer with
which she struck hi magain.
: ‘ She then awakened her son
and sent him out to find his
father.
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PLANTED BOMB ON PROMISE OF
' BEING “WELL PAID”; HE RE
CEIVED NOTHING
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BELLAIRE, O., Nov., 11, (TP)-A
statement by Mrs. George Monroe,
resident of a mining section near
here, claiming that her dead broth
er was responsible for the 1916 pre
paredness day bombing in San
Francisco, instead of Tom Mooney,
was given to the authorities.
Mrs. Monroe said that Lewis -
Smith, her brother, in a deathbed
statement at Cleveland seven years
ago “confessed” he had planted the
bomb which took the lives of 10
persons marching in the parade.
Her declaration was in a letter from
Frank O. Stevens, inmate of Dayton
National Military Home to Senator
Schall of Minnesota.
Smith’s widow is still living in
Cleveland Mrs. Monroe said, and
agreed to Stevens story. Smith said
George planted the explosion on
the promise of being “well paid”
but Smith had said, however, that
he had received nothing. She said
she had not pressed her brother for
further details as she did not wish
to become involved in the case.
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