SEWARD,
ALASKA
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“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
Seward
Gateway
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 212.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RIGGER BETTER JAILS
With the approach of winter
comes thoughts (to some) of jail.
We don’t know how they feel
about the local bastile but ac
cording to Kodiaker arrivals last
week, they are highly disgusted
with jail conditions over there.
The bone of contention is that
if so many arrests are to be
made, Kodiak should have a big
ger and better jail, and one with
out an open sewer running right
under the kitchen and a hen
house under the sleeping quar
ters.
The boys are looking ahead and
anticipate a tough winter but
do not propose to board there
without some degree of comfort
and sanitation. Besides, they say,
the government owes it to the
people.
The majority incarcerated are
not real malefactors, but only a
few- occasional drunks who have
tried to forget for a few moments
the terrible prohibition law and
the stuff they are compelled to
‘•goozle” as a result of it.
They must live for months in
cramped quarters, on poor food
and under unsanitary conditions
while their health is endangered
and their worldly affairs go to
p:.
NEED FOR A LEADER
A prominent local citizen yes
terday made the suggestion that
on account of so many expenses
c ufronting the city at ths pres
ent moment and the need of a
gymnasium for the children is
paramount, why not the Volun
teer Fire Department, the Mason
i Shrine, Odd Fellows, the Elks,
c. one of the many other lodges,
t ri-ie ahold of the problem and
shove it over.
Vo better community enter
e' could be accomplished that
wring the children a place in
v vh to romp, play games ana
k ve fun. Plenty of support and
'.novation will be forthcoming.
'1 it requires is for some one
: get behind it and see it thru.
C A LIF O RNIA INCLUDED
'■Vinter appears to have arriv
e:’ the Rocky Mountain dis
trict. say the dispatches, which
again reminds us this Alaska of
cars—wahrm. sunshiney and end
V:ss beautiful days—known in
Ir.e states the “cruel, cruel fro
zen North,” has got 'em all skinn
ed. at that. It takes sqme people
a lnog time to realize Alaskans
sie living in the best country in
■t. e world, bar none.
Judging from the way styles
have been running the past few
years that Doukhobor sect chas
ing around naked at Nelson, B. B., j
are not so much in advance of
the present day trend as one,
wauld think.
Now that the rainy season is j
here lets not forget the beauti- (
- days of the past summer.
Drink is no worse than other
things; use it right and it doesn't
hurt you.
The editor washes to thank the
party who sent down that box of
his “weakness”, Chancellor ci~ j
gars. Evidently some editorial
must have hit 'em right where 1
they lived. >
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 6; Cleveland 5.
Detroit 8-9; New York 4-10.
St. Louis 6-1; Boston 1-0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 7; New York 5.
Pittsburgh 7; Brooklyn 6.
COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 3; Portland 2.
Missions 13; Hollywood 3.
Sacramento 7; Seattle 4.
San Francisco 7; Los Angeles 4.
WAGGONER CLAIMS CARRIED
OUT PLANS ALONE IN EF
FORT SAVE DEPOSITORS
NEW YORK. Sept., 11, (/P)—Chas.
Tuttle. United States Attorney,
wired the police at Newcastle, Wyo.,
to hold Charles D. Waggoner, pres
ident of the Bank of Telluride,
Colo., for federal authorities.
Cool and collected Waggoner was
arrested yesterday at a tourist
camp and made no effort to deny
his identity. He was sought in
connection wbth manipulations
whereby he obtained $500,000 from
six Denver banks.
Tuttle said the evidence showed
Waggoner had violated both fed
eral banking laws and the postal
regulations. A grand jury investi
gation is proceeding on the theory
Waggoner had confederates in the
scheme but this is denied by Wag
goner who claimed he carried out
the plans alone in an effort to pro
tect the depostors of the Telluride
bank.
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ANCHORAGE CANNERYMAN HAS
| NERVOUS BREAKDOWN;
SHOOTS SELF IN HEAD
I SEATTLE, Sept,, 11, (/P)~Joseph
A. Magill, Anchorage canneryman,
I died last night after shooting him
self thru the head while his wife
was out of the room for a few min
utes. Friends said a nervous break
down, following a busy packing
season, was responsible for the act.
| The Magills arrived here 10 days
ago from Alaska. Altho the shoot
ing occurred at 10:30 a. m. police
were not informed until 3 p. m.
Mrs. Magill is said to be in a
state of collapse. The coroner’s
deputies planned to investigate the
death.
Magill, 49, ran away from home
in Tacoma when he was 18 and
made the trip thru Chilicoot Pass
to Dawson at the start of the gold
rush returning to Seattle a year
later with $110,000, S. M. Brackett,
his attorney said.
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WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Sept., 11. (/P>—'The S.
S. Admiral Watson, of the P. S. S.
Co., sailed at 10 a. m. and carried
38 passengers, twro for Seward; J. C.
Phillips and Musk Mors.
The art of mining comprehends
the getting from the earth all
useful minerals.
$20,628 FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. (/P;—
More than $1,600,000 is due from
30 states and Alaska from the
Federal government as their
share of receipts from National
Forests within their borders for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
SPEEDWAY W
f
I HURLS THRU AIR AT SPEED
BETTER THAN 351 MILES
PER HOUR
I
CALSHOT, Eng., Sept., 11, (#>)—
Riding a silver blue Rolls-Royce
! upermarine seaplane, Squadron
Leader A. H. Orlebar raced down |
the marked course of three kilome-1
ters yesterday to break all speed;
records and set a new mark of 368.8 '
miles per hour. The average speed
for the four dashes over the course j
.was 351.8 miles per hour or 23.31
miles better than the new record 1
.set Saturday by Flying Officer R. L.
R. Atchelley in the same plane.
Orlebar said he could have done '
better but the visibility was ham- i
pered by his flying speed.
NEVADA PROMOTER DIES
TONOPAH, Nev., Sept. 11. t/P) 1
—Milt:'ii M. Green, organizer of
the ( iiiford Bellehelen Mines Co.
died recently at his former home
In Sail Antonio, Texas.
ALL METAL “FLYING TOMATO CAN”
SETS NEW STYLE FOR DIRIGIBLES
The design of the navy’s new dirigible ZMC—2
(^hove) contrasts greatly’with that of the Graf Zep—
pdin (lower left). The control room of the ship is flank
ed by two Whirlwind motors, one of which is shown at
lower right. Capt. W. E. Kepner (upper right, army
dirigible pilot, has taken the ZMC-2 on a successful test.
1 COiT CLAIMS
LOST II FORTUNE
WHILE 1 JSIL
[ •_
A CAREFUL RECHECK OF ALL
RECORDS FAIL SHOW
ASSERTIONS TRUE
NEW YORK Sept, 11. UP)—
Count Albert Sichofsky, Polish ad
venturer, on Tuesday, obtained
a writ of habeas corpus return
able September 17, in an effort
to get released from Ellis Island
where he is being held for de
portation.
He wants to go back to Calif
ornia to prosecute claims totaling
more than $200,000 which he
charged he was deprived while
under investigation and in prison
there for the last nine years ser
ving a sentence for embezzle
ment.
He made sensational charges
against the district attorney and
sheriff’s office of Los Angeles
and againt one whm he described
as “Mr. Cannon, warden of Folsom
Prison.”
The Count is described by his
attorney as an internationally
known gambler. An alleged plot
to kill Siehofsky in Folson prison
for his money was related in
Sacramento, California by James
J. Smith, former warden of the
prison, who said a prison em
ploye attempted to get fhe Count
to sign a v/ill in his favor which
plan Smith said, he frustrated
being advised in advance by an
anonymous letter left on his d^sk.
Officials of the district at
torney’s office in Los Angeles
said a comprehensive check of
all records show little ground
for the assertion of the Count
that his fortune had disappeared
without his knowledge.
TEN PER CENT GAIN NOTED
BY COLLECTOR POE FOR
WASHINGTON ALASKA
TACOMA, Sept. 11. OP)—Bums
Poe, collector of internal revenue
j said the districts of Washington
|and Alaska were morfe prosperous
than the neighboring states in
the United States generally, Tues
day, when reviewing taxes collect
ed by his office during the fis
cal year ending June 30.
Collections for this year were
$14,178,000 as compared to $12,
889,000 last year.
This district as a whole mount'
ed 10 per cent as compared to
the last five per cent increase,
; Good conditions in business, Poe
| said, was reponsible for the in
I crease over the whole of the
j United States.
Alaska. Poe said, increas
| only about five per cent over
| last year.
MOSCOW HAS HUGE BAKERY
| MOSCOW, Sept, 11, (/P)—Moscow
has the larges; bakery in Europe.
Recently opened, this new plant
bakes 200 tons, of bread a day and
its equipment is the last word in
I technique.