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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 138.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1929.
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JUDGE TAKES WITNESS FROM
HANDS PROSECUTOR AND
QUESTIONS
LOS ANGELES. Oct., 11, (/P)—
The first inkling to Alexander Pan
* tage’s own version as to what
happened on the afternoon of
August 9th came from the lios i
of his employee, William Jobel
r.an, publicity manager for Pan
tages at the time of the alleged
attack on Eunice Pringle.
Jobelman said he had talked
to Mr. Pantages on August 10th
about the alleged attack and ask
ed him if he could be of any
help regarding what occurred in
the little room.
He said that Pantages replied.
“I was going downstairs to see
you on some business and Miss
Pringle was coming down behind
me. I found your door locked;
she wanted to talk to me so I
stepped into the little room. She
made a fuss almost immediately
and began screaming.”
The witness said that he asked
what he should tell the district
attorney, and Pantages repeated
4 the story. Presiding Judge Fricke,
who took the witness out of
Prosecutor Fitts hands, then be
gan questioning him.
Jobelman said he and Pantages
had various conversations thru
out the day. When asked if Pan
tages had not instructed him to
give certain testimony Jobelman
said no. He is the second witness
to testify that Pantages at
tempted to have him relate a1
false sory of the affair and also
admitted Pantages asked him to
say he was in the little room at
the time of the alleged attack. ,
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IF STANDS TRIAL WILL EN
DANGER THE LIFE OF
DEFENDANT
WASHINGTON, Oct., 11, (/P)— |
The trial of Albert B. Fall on the ;
charge of accepting a bribe of j
$100,000 from E. L. Doheny, which
began under Justice Hitz, will be »
declared a mistrial or temporary ,
recess, the Judge stated, until j
monday at the latest.
This action followed the re
ports of physicians, appointed by
the court, who said Mr. Fall was
suffering from bronchial pneumo
nia and to stand trial would en
danger his life
The defense counsel asked for a
recess to give Fall a chance for
vindication.
GROSS INCOME S78,300,000
STOCKHOLM, Oct., 10, (/P)—An
nual figures on the Swedish mer
er-ntile fleet shows a gross increase
of $78,300,000, of which 85.6 percent
was earned in foreign trade. The
fleet consists of 2,503 vessels totall
ing 1,571,000 tons, the capacity
being 250,000 tons more than in
1913.
BUDD REELECTED
ST. PAUL, Oct., 11, UP)—With
Hill’s resignation accepted, Ralph
Budd was reelected president, at
the annual meeting of the Board
of Directors, of the Great North
JOIN GRAF ZEP
ADDED ASSURANCES GERMAN
DIRIGIBLE MAKE ARCTIC
FLIGHT, SPRING
SEATTLE, Oct., 10, (/P)—Assur
ances that plans are progressing
for an Arctic flight with the Graf
Zeppelin, was received by C. D.
Garfield, secretary of the Alaska
committee, Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, from Ernest Walker
Sawyer, executive assistant to the
Secretary to the Interior.
Sawyer informed Garfield that
15 European scientists are inter
ested in the proposed flight next
year over the North Pole, from
Fairbanks, and will meet in
Fredrichshafen. Germany, to dis
cuss the various scientific in
struments in the dirigible.
THE CUBS WON
PHILADELPHIA. Oct., 11, UP)—
FLASH—The Cubs won today's
world series game from the Ath
letics by the score of 3 to 1
SHORT SCORE, BATTERIES
PHILADELPHIA, Oct., 11, UP)—
The short score in today’s world
series game between Chicago and
Philadelphia, which was won by
the “Cubs” w’as; Chicago 3. 6. 1:
Athletics—1, 9, 1. Batteries were
Bush and Taylor and Earnshaw
and Cochrane.
\ IS CALLED 3FF
FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL
REASONS STATED WHY
DEAL IS OFF
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
October, 11, UP)— Dr. Eckener and
| the entire crew of the Graf Zep
i pelin, with the exception of Com
mander Ernest Lehmann, refused
| to participate in the proposed
; North Pole flight next year for
i financial and technical reasons.
The refusal was made known
by a list Dr. Eckener circulated
among the crew asking for a
i positive or negative statement
from each.
| Last September it was an
! nounced a flight was scheduled
' for April or May of next year
and would include stops at Trom
soe and Fairbanks.
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ItiPT. jl i tirar
; 8E B1IEHT 0L1PII
OLYMPIA, Oct., 10, (/?)—The
body of Capt. John J. Gilbert
who died in Washington, D. C
last Tuesday, will be buried here
next Tuesday beside those of his
wife and infant daughter.
! Captain Gilbert is rememberec
as the surveyor of the coast lines
I of Oregon, Washington and Alas
j ka many years ago.
I
WEATHER FORECAST
PHILADELPHIA, Oct., 1, UP)
A fair October afternoon with in
| creasing cloudiness, is the weath
i er forecast for the third Work
! series baseball game
SOAKED 15 YEARS
i NEW YORK, Oct., 11, (/P)—Wag
I goner was sentenced to 15 years
! in the federal penitentiary. He j
: plead guilty the other day to
!u e of the mails in an attempt
to defraud New York banks of
$500,000.
U. S. GOVERNMENT ANNOUNC
ES ACCEPTANCE INVITA
TION, PARTICIPATE
_
! WASHINGTON, Oct., 10, (/P)— j
Concluding his visit which is ex
pected to affect the destiny of I
I nations, Premier MacDonald, of 1
England, left Washington for
I New York.
j Secretary of State Stimson, and
other high officials, were at the
station to bid him farewell. Miss
| Ishbell stood back, on the plat
form, while British Embassy of
ficials denied the rumor she had
! visited a night club last night.
Premier MacDonald, in parting
with Secretary Stimson said, “I
j only wish I could stay longer.”
I Coinciding with his departure
, 1 the American government for
mally announced it had accepted
the invitation of Great Britain
’ to participate in the Five-Power
naval limitations pact. Stimson
made the announcement after re
turning from the station.
NOT OFFICIALLY DEAD
j KOENIGSBERG, Oct., 10, (ZP)—
The district court here has sum
moned Walter Rintner, born Febru
lary 26, 1805, to show cause by next
- February why he should not be of
- ficially declared dead. As a matter
• i of fact he died 50 years ago but the
l | court found that the demise had
‘never been recorded.
LONG AND BRILLIANT SOCIAL EASON YEAR
AHEAD OF GAY SETS IN WASHINGTON. D. C.
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With a gay season in prospect, Mrs. Herbert Hoover (left) is one of
the busiest hostesses in Washington. Miss Caroline Eoebling (center) is
one of the prominent debutantes in the Capital. Princes” Elizabeth de
Eigne (right) is the daughter of the ambassador from Belgium, in whose
home many of Washington’s most brilliant affairs are held.
LINDBERGH 10
BRIDE RETURNED
Mill. YESTERDAY
DISCOVERS MORE UNKNOWN
RUINS ON ISLAND OF
COZUMEL
MIAMI, Fla., Oct., 11, f/P)—Col.
and Mrs. Chas. A. Lindbergh are
back in the states after com
pleting an aerial survev and ex
ploration of ruins of ancient May
an villages in Central America
whose crumbling walls and tot
tering buildings probably never
before had been seen by a white
man.
Leaving Miami 20 days ago on
what started out to be an air
mail trail, Col. Lindbergh, accom
panied by his bride, carried out
a 9.000 mile survey flight.
The party landed last night af
ter a flight from Cozumel Island
after locating unknown ruins.
HOLLYWOOD STARS
TIE THIRD Dili
OF CD15T SERIES
TEAMS PLAY IN LOS ANGELES
TODAY; CARLYLE HAD
REAT DAY AT BAT
| SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 11, (£>)
—The Hollywood “Stars” came
back yesterday with a bang and
trounced the San Francisco “Mis
sions” in the third game of the
championship play-off for the Pa
cific Coast League pennant
Led by Carlyle, center fielder,
whose four hits included two hom
I ers, one triple and a single, the
| “Stars” pounded Pillettet and
Kruze for 16 hits.
Carlyles batting was only a
{little more spectacular than that
j of Frank Shellenbach’s v/ho hit
| a homer and singled twice to
drive in three runs.
The teams will play in Los An
geles Friday. The short scores
I were. Hollywood 11 hits, 16 runs
land no errors. Missions, five hits,
! 12 runs and one error. The bat
jteries were Shellenbach and Bass
jler, Pillette, Krause and Hoffman.
-— . . .—
! ADMIRAL WATSON ALSO
WATCHED COASTLINE
JUNEAU, Oct., 1, (^—Gover
nor Parks announced he had
| authorized investigation of flares
near Seward behoving they may
have been those of the missing
flyer .Russell Merrill. Parks auth
orized a boat to leave Latouche
and search the district. The Ad
miral Watson was also instruct
ed to keep a look-out. Parks was
ialso appealed to send the Cutter
; Unalga but decided to start the
! investigation on the report im
i mediately with a boat from the
j Westward to handle it.
ALL-BRITISH AIR SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Oct., 9. <VP)—An
all-British air service between Can
jada and South America is being
[considered.