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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
*■ VOLUME XX. NUMBER 296.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Seattle Has Big Blaze Saturday
Epidemic of Measles Hits St. Michael
Block Automobile
District Destroyed
SPECTACULAR FIRE IN HEART OF AUTOMOBILE
DISTRICT IN SEATTLE, DOES TWO MILLION
DOLLAR DAMAGE—SEVENTY-FIVE CARS OF
TIRES LC' «Y FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY—
OVR AGENCY SUFFERS LOSSES
SEAi ’LE, Nov. 2. (/P)—One of the most spec
tacular fires Seattle has ever witnessed swept a block
of the automobile agency district, threatening auto row,
destroying accessories, salesrooms, service stations
and garages. The flames were brought under con
trol after two million dollars damages were done.
An overheated heater in the basement of the Mil
ler, Norton Sales Company, is believed to have been
the origin of the fire, which spread rapidly to the Wil
lys-Overland agency and Firestone Tire Co. Firemen
were unable to stem the blaze due to low water pres
sure, until virtually an entire block of buildings had
been gutted. The firestone damage is estimated, ac
cording to C. S. Scatterday, office manager, at more
than a million dollars, as seventy-five carloads of tires
burned. The Miller, Norton loss was placed at half
a million dollars, and the Willys-Overland loss at
three hundred thousand dollars, with a building loss
of a hundred thousand and other losses placed from
one thousand to thirty-two thousand dollars.
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The fire was Seattle’s most costly in a number of
years as it burned the buildings in the heart of the au
to district. Numerous explosions from burning oil
and gasoline scattered the fire and within ten minutes
after breaking out the fire was scattered all over. The
losses are fairly well covered with insurance Two
firemen were slightly hurt during the blaze.
DEEDS OF HEROISM
IN NOME DISTRICT
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Tom Peterson Battles Gales From
Teler to Nome to Save Life of
V Aged Woman
NOME, Vov. 2. (/P)—Deeds of hero
ism to save ,the life of a woman at Tel
ler, one hundred miles from Nome
are credited to the record of Tom Pet
erson of that place, who braved the
tempestoiis icy seas in his small gas
launch to accomplish an errand of
mercy. . Peterson arrived at Nome for
a doctor, who wa^ unable to go on ac
count of critical cases there. Peter
son returned with instructions and
medicine, within a few hours of his
arrival here, bravely facing the ter
rors of the Arctic ocean.
Tom Brooks a miner of the Koug
arok section was found dead in his
cabin when his partner returned af
ter a long mush to get relief. Brooks
was unconscious when the man left
for aid.
MAX UNDER SUICIDES
PARIS, Nov. 1. (£>)—Mav Linder,
French agent for Charlie Chaplin and
wife, opened the veins in his arms,
drank a narcotic and died.
AVIATOR KILLED WHEN
WING OF PLANE BREAKS
INDEPENDENCE, Nov. 1. (£>)—Paul
Gibson and Harold H. Caulkins, avia
tor, were killed when the wing of the
airplane in which they were riding,
broke off at an elevation of five thous
and feet. Gibson had been deaf and
dumb since birth and went up in an
effort to cure his deafness.
ITALIAN DEBT COMMISSION
ARRIVES IN THE STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 1. (JP)—
The Italian debt commission arrived
here yesterday and will prepare for
a settlement.
CORDOVA LAWYER
FILLS POSITION
DIST. ATTORNEY
Frank Foster, well known Cordova
lawyer was appointed yesterday to
the position of District Attorney, re
cently vacated by the resignation of
Sherman Duggan, who departed for
the states on a recent boat. The ap
pointment was made by Judge E. E.
Ritchie.
GREATEST STRIKE
! HISTORY CANADA
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VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 2 (JP)—One
of the greaest gold strikes in the
history of the Lillooet. B. C., district,
is reported here today. Two prospec
tors said they found and traced a
ledge of free milling ore 15 feet wide
for over 3.000 feet. The ledge has a
depth of 35 feet. A number of miners
are rushing to the district.
CHALLENGE RIGHT SEIZE SHIP
VICTORIA, Nov. 1. (/P)—The pres
ent owners of the Vilhjalmar, Steffan
son’s old exploration ship Ououkanish,
have announced they intend to chal
lenge the right of Canada to seize the
ship on the charges of rum running.
The authorities allege, the Ououkanish
which was built for Arctic service in
Seattle many years ago, got a thous
and cases of liquor from the power
schooner Liro Deagua. Both vessels
are ordered forfeited.
SHOT IN JAW BY BOYS
SEATTLE, Oct. 31. (/P)—L. E. Mor
ris was shot in the jaw when a bullet
pierced the window of the street car
in which he was riding. Dominick,
Tony and Nick Mastro, brothers, ad
mitted the shooting and said they were
hunting for birds when fhey fired the
shot, and upon hearing the glass in the
car break, ran, leaving their gun be
hind. Deputies found the gun and
traced the boys. Morris is in a criti
cal condition.
FOOTBALL GAMES
CAUSE 2 DEATHS
BETHLEHEM, Penn., Nov. 2 (JP)—
Charles Pryor, Lehigh University
quarterback, who was injured in a foot
ball game October IS, died today.
New York Man Dead
GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y„ Nov. 2 (JP).
Clark N. Earl, of Cheerry Valley high
school football player, died here to
day from injuries received in a game
played a week ago.
TWO MEET DEATH
KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 1. (£>)—C.
Smith was accidentally shot in the
back of the head by Ted McAboy while
the two were hunting quail. I. Sund,
an employee of the power company
was drowned in Link river when the
frail canvas boat in which he was
hunting ducks, capsized. He was un
able to swim and the boys on the
shore were unable to help him.
SEATTLE JAIL BREAKERS
ARRESTED LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (#>)—'Two
men arrested last night in the act of
breaking into a store were identified
as Joe Ward and Alvah Kilbourn who
broke jail in Seattle, September 15.
MITCHELL ASKS THAT THAT
HIGH OFFICIALS BE PRESENT
WASHINGTON, D. (j., Nov. 2 (JP)—
Col. Mitchell asked that Secretary of
War Davis, Secretary of the Navy <
Wilbur, and Private Secretary to Mr.
Coolidge, Wilbur Sanders, be sub
poenaed. He said nothing about the
president being summoned.
NOME MAKING READY FOR BUSY
SUMMER; BUILD AVIATION FIELD
Epidemic of Measles Breaks Out in St. Michael, with 20
Cases Reported to Date, and all Schools Closed.
Nome Preparing for Summer Activities
NOME, Nov. 2. (IP)—An epidemic of measles has
broken out at St. Michael, twenty cases being reported.
The school has been closed, but as yet no one has been
placed under quarantine, according to information re
ceived by Dr. Rex Swartz, territorial health officer here.
Nome turned out en masse Sunday to dedicate the new
airplane landing field constructed with federal and terri
torial funds. A regulation sized field has been cleared,
where, in a short time it was explained, aviators and diri
gibles from all parts of the world, will soon take advan
tage, as it is now recognized as a stragetical airbase for
trans-ocean flights. The government will build a moor
ing mast and hangers, designed to care for winter and
summer airplane service, next summer.
Nomeites are looking forward to the arrival of Am
undsen's dirigible next spring, also to the arrival of the
Fairbanks plane service.
Nome's output of gold to date is over a million, the
dredges still operating, cleanups from which will probably
reach a total of a million and a half dollars, providing soft
weather continues.
FOOTBALL
U. of W. Freshmen 12, University
of Oregon Freshmen 7.
U. of W. Freshmen 21, University
of British Columbia 0.
U. of W. 23, W. S. C. 0.
O. A. C. 27, Montana 7.
Haskell Indians 10, Gonzaga 9.
U. of C. 27, Pomona College 0.
Occidental College 13, Whittier 0.
Stanford 35, Oregon 13.
Whitman 20, Willamette 13.
St. Mary’s 28, U. C. S. B. 0.
U. W. Super Varsity 3, Bellingham
Normal 0.
Franklin Field, Philadelphia—Illi
nois 24, Pennsylvania 2. “Red”
Grange ran all through the Quakers,
besides receiving the ball in a triple
pass after which he raced 15 yards to
a touchdown.
Newhaven—Yale 28, Army 7.
Syracuse—Pennsylvania State 0,
Syracuse 7.
Princeton—Swathmore 7, Princeton
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Providence—Dartmouth 14, Brown 0.
Lincoln—Oklahoma 0, Nebraska 12.
Ann Arbor—Michigan 54, Navy 0.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2 (/P)—En
nis Pritchard, an employe of Roberts
store, confessed that he planned the
robbery at which a $900 payroll was
stolen. He named Myrtle Edwards as
an accomplice. The pair were arrest
ed and the money recovered.
RECEPTION PLANNED FOR
REV. THOS. P. GRAHAM
The Ladies’ Aid is planning a re
jeption for Rev. Thomas P. Graham, to
ae; held next Friday night at 8 o’clock
n the Methodist church. A program
s being prepared by the ladies and
;he general public is invited to attend.
RUSSIA TAKING
CAREOFORPHAN
. BOYS AND GIRLS
Children Placed in Homes of Peasants
Who Are Allowed Compensation
for Their Care
MOSCOW, Nov. 1. (JP)-—Russian, in
an effort to take care of homeless
street waifs, is placing two orphans in
each peasant home, allowing a com
pensation for their support of from
fifty to one hundred rubles monthly
for each child, or a small grant of
land.
Vagrancy is one of the sorest prob
lems in Russia, great hordes of home
less boys and girls have swollen the
ranks of vagrants in the Russian cit
ies until they have become a positive
menace to society. Big cities are in
fested with ragged, hungry and half
naked urchins, who slec*p on the
streets.
GARFIELD WILL REPRESENT
ALASKA AT EXPOSITION
SEATTLE, Nov. 1. (JP)—Charles D.
Garfield will represent Governor Geo.
Parks at the Portland conference Wed
nesday of the officers and directors of
the Pacific Northwest Commercial and
Industrial exposition to be held in N.
N. next May. Parks had planned to
attend the conference but found he
was unable to make the trip. Parks
has announced Garfield will be asked
to accept the vice-presidency of the
exposition for Alaska.
Jack Hirshey, Hope mining man,
left for Seattle on the Yukon.