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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 150.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1929.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct., 25. (/P)—
♦ As the Pantages trial neared the
end it was upset for the second
time by the illness of Mrs. Lotta
Steiner, juror, which forced early
a Ijournment until tomorrow.
Testimony taking was completed
c. ring the forenoon session at
which time Assistant Prosecutor
Robert Stewart plunged into the
slate’s first closing argument.
He was followed by Jerry Geis
ltr with the opening summing up
oi the defense. Joseph Ford con
tinued the defense argument.
Ford’s plea for acquittal of Pan
tages was interrupted by Mrs.
Steiner’s request for a halt as
she believed a night’s rest would
prepare her in strength to con
tinue tomorrow.
Judge Fricke expected the argu
ments would be completer and
the case go to the jury by to
morrow' night. Stew'art demanded
the verdict carrying. t *r y'
^ sentence under the law w'hich
requires the jury to set sentence.
In case of a verdict of guilt the
sentence may be for one year in
the county jail or from one to 50
years in the penitentiary.
Geisler pounced upon the state
testimony and also Mis Pringle’s
testimony saying “It is all too
apparant the inconsistencies
shown by these. Where were her
hands when she alleged she was
fighting Pantages. The defen
dant, it was shown by the evi
dence, had net suffered a single
scratch. What is the answer to
that?”
EACH TRIP TO SIBERIA WILL
NECESSITATE FLIGHT OF
2,000 MILES
FAIRBANKS, Oct., 25, (/P)—De
clared to be the largest air
transportation contract ever tak
en in Alaska the Alaskan Air
ways entered into an agreement
with the Swenson Fur Trading
Corporation to bring 15 passen
gers and six tons of fur from
Cape North, Siberia, here.
The planes will make about 15
trips flying over Bering Straits
following the coast line for hun
dreds of miles each round-trip.
It is estimated each one of thee
trips will be 2,000 miles. Colonel
Ben Eielson will fly one plane
and Pilot Frank Dorbandt, the
other. Eielson leaves Saturday for
4>Spme where he will join Dor
bandt.
DAWES ON DELEGATION
WASHINGTON, Oct., 25, (IP)—
Dawes, ambassador to England, is
named on the delegation to repre
, sent the United States in the com
ing London arms conference.
BIRTH CONTRO
WASHINGTON, Oct., 2o, —
Birth control Is declared the most
practical means of race betterment
by special commission of the uni
versal church which reported re
commendations urging tb » immed
iate repeal of national t* ' d state
laws interfering with cription
of contraception by ph.j, ans and
establishing of clinics ^ distribu
tion of contraception advice.
OPERATED FROM t 4 S UN
RED GUISE OF ELI
GIOUS SEC*
ROSTOVONDON, Ussr, Oct., 25.
(TP)—Fourteen Russia ncluding
two former high off in the
frmy and three prop^.y owners,
were executed o>-> charges of
maintaining an armed monarch
ail counter revolutionary organ
ization in underground quarters
in the North Cauca'^s mountains.
A large number o. others, iden
tified with the organisation, have
been sent to concenti.vtion camps
under sentences' of &aid labor
from five to 10 years.
Individual peasants who were
drawn into the circle through ig
norance were eliminated. Author
ities said the members formed
themselves into a militant Czar
ist organization which operated
under the guise of a religious
sect and purchased arms and
stored ammunition sent by em
misaries and propagandists, and
that Black Sea towns had agitat
ed against the Red army and the
Soviet economic and political
plans.
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
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mu r-iiuitutipma “Athletics” who defeated the Chicago “Cubs.’
CHICAGO, Oct., 25, (/P>—'The
Soviet fliers arrived at the Cur
! tis airport at 3 o'clock after a .
I nonstop flight from North Platte, i
Nebraska, and were greeted by j
| a huge crowd including 300 hun
; dred civic leaders, army men and
1 aviation enthusiasts.
The fliers were driven through
Chicago but the formal greeting
of the city will be extended them
tomorrow at a luncheon in their
. honor. The Russians expect to take
! off Monday for New York.
WON VICTORY
WASHINGTON, Oct., 25, f/P)—
The farmers won the victory in the
tariff bill when the senate voted
to raise rates on cases in which
I they are deeply interested in.
MOTHER OF MR
BSE. DIES
ILL THREE YEARS
DAUGHTER HAD SPENT TWO >
HOURS DAILY AT BED
SIDE OF PARENT
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Oct., j
25, </PT—Mrs. Lemira Goodhue,
78, mother of Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge, died at Cooley-Dickinson 1
hospital during the night.
Mrs. Goodhue had been a pa
tient in the hospital since De
cember 11, 1927, when she suf
fered an attack of influenza from
which she later rallied. A re
lapse, due to infirmities of old
age, followed with several sinking j
spells two of which brought Mrs. I
Coolidge from the White House. ■
Since her return to Northamp
ton, Mrs. Coolidge has passed
two hours daily with her mother j
and was at her bedside when !
death came.
Mr. Coolidge was also a fre- |
quent visitor at the hospital.
WHF1 EYE KEPI
ON ILL STREET B!
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, Oct., 25, (A5)—
Official Washington kept a watch
ful eye upon Wall Street a;id ex
pressed an optimistic, unofficial
opinion, that the disastrous slump
in security prices need have no
depressing effect upon general
business in the nation.
This view was advanced in num
erous quarters and that the stock
market break is in no way a re
flection in any business factor in
the world.
The latter, at present, is on
such sound economic basis there
should be no fear of a general
depression.
FORM NEW GOVERNMENT
PARIS, Oct., 25, (/P)—Edwouard
Daladier, radical leader, his ac- j
cepted President Dougmergu 's’ in- j
vitation to form a new gover nnent j
to succeed that of Briand w 10 re-;
signed Tuesday. He told the Presi- ;
dent that he would try and get a |
cabinet together. Altho h:» had;
served in the cabinet for a number i
of years he had never been pr jmier. j
BRITISH HEIR’S NEW PILOT
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WITH
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HARD TESTS
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E. H. Fielden (left) is personal pilot for the Prince
of Wales. Below, the arrow indicates the prince enter
ing the cockpit of a plane.
IS FIRST PERSON CONNECTED
WITH LEASES TO BE CON
VICTED
WASHINGTON, Oct., 25, UP)—
Fall was found guilty of accepting
? 100,000 bribe from Doheny for the
lease of the Elk Hills, Calif., Naval
Oil Reserve. The jury recommend
ed to the court that the former in
terior secretary be shown mercy.
Eight men and four women com
posed the jury which convicted the
68-year-old man, now broken in
health, of guilt in this connection
while serving as secretary in the
Harding Cabinet.
The verdict was handed down
nearly eight years after Fall re
ceived the money from Doheny, as
a friend from prospecting days
when they and the west were young.
This case is the first criminal
action won by the government in
those growing out of the celebrated
senate oil investigation. The gov
ernment recovered the leases, but
Fall, branded by the Supreme court
as “A faithless public servant” was
the first person connected with the
leases to be convicted.
As the verdict was rendered, Fall
slumped back in his chair while
Mrs. Fall and daughter, Mrs. C. C.
Chase, leaned forward in their seats
and wept. The defense counsel
served notice for a motion for a
new trial.
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CRUSHING BLOW DEALT TO
LEADING STOCK MARKETS
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
NEW YORK, Oct., 25, (JP)—The
most terrifying panic in selling
since the war scare in 1924 dealt a
crushing blow to leading stock
markets thruout the country and
was checked only by prompt reas
surances from America’s leading
bankers.
All records for wild, frenzied
trading was broken and while
prices rallied substantially during
the afternoon from the lowest lev
els the day closing pries for most of
the leading stocks disclosed severe
dclines.
The New York stock exchange es
timated 13,000,000 shares,Jiad been
traded; the previous record turn
over had been 8,250,000.
COWBOY IIUTDH IS
CHEN UP FOB LOST
NEW YORK, Oct., 25, (TP)—1The
name of Urban F. Diteman, Jr., js
generally believed to be added to
the roll of those who tried to fly
across the Atlantic and failed.
All but the most hopeful are con
vinced that his venturesome pro
ject ended in a forced landing at
sea. He has not be?n seen since he
started on the flight.