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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 229.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SOJILLED SELF
DECLARATIONS INNOCENCE ANI
STANDING IN COMMUNITY
INFLUENCED POSSE
LEMARS, Iowa, Oct., 1, (/P)—Foj
three hours yesterday Rev. Re?
Frolkey forgot he was an ordainec
minister of the gospel and forgol
his respected position as a land
owner and citizen, fastened a black
mask on his face, shoved a pisto!
into his pocket and robbed the
Bank of Sioux City, Iowa, then with
arrest near he killed himself.
The robbery is the more mysteri
ous because Frolkey’s wife is re
puted to be one of the wealthiest
women in this section of Iowa.
Just before he shot himself on a
farm of his wife, he gave $360 to P
Dickman, a tenant, with the ex
planation What it was money ob
tained from a robbery.
License plates on a car turned tc
the suspicion of Frolkey. Persons
who saw tpe holdup traced the
plates. Members of the posse ques
tioned him but his declarations oi
innocence and his standing in the
c mmunity. influenced them not tc
arrest him. Frolkey then went tc
Dickman. gave him the money and
then shot himself with the same
gun he had used earlier in the rob
bery.
MILE RIVER JOB
LN-KINKING OF RIVER WILL
COST S9,000,000; RAILROADS
WILL PAY S7,000,000
CHICAGO, Sept. 30. UP)—Eugene
S. Taylor, manager of the Chicago
plan commission, says that the new
Chicago river channel will facili
tate navigation and permit con
solidation of passenger and freight
terminals.
The second major operation on
the Chicago river, straightening
the channel, is nearing completion.
The first changed the flow to pre
vent its carrying sewage into Lake
Michigan.
By winter the dirty little stream,
winding lazily thru the heart of
Chicago, will have a new bed 200
feet wide and a mile long. Taking
the kink out of the stream also in
volves the removal of a square mile
of closely interlaced railways.
Almost as difficult a task was the
trading of land so that the rail
roads whose yards were taken over
for the channel would have the
same amount of new land formed
by filling in the old channel.
The unkinking work . will cost
S9.000,000 of which the railroads
will pay §7,000,000.
LOOKS TOWARD 100
JOPLIN, Mo., Oct., 1, (IP)—Col. A.
J. P. Barnes, 86-year-old civil war
veteran, has set his goal at 100
years. He is doorkeeper of the
state house of representatives and
works regularly here when not at
the capital.
BAND OF WHITE
i RUSSIANS WIPES OUT
r j MOSCOW, Oct., 1, (/P)—Wiping
jout a b&nd of 50 white Russians
iwho invaded Soviet territory along
i the western Manchurian border
is reported here today. The band
i is said to have invaded the region
|of Domossovo, 25 miles north .of '
• Nerchinsk under the protection of
: Chinese fire.
Red Army units immediately or- I
ganized a counter action, it is re- !
(ported, wiping out the band.
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ijffll TIES
LIFE OF i. I,
nisi n. y.
DIED FIVE MINUTES AFTER
BEING SHOT WITHOUT RE
GAINING CONSCIOUSNESS
HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland,
Oct., 1, <7P)—Authorities, with noth
ing more tangible than a discarded
pistol to work on , are searching for
the assassin, who last night killed
A. A. Morrison of New York, a
|Pinkerton detective assigned to the
i Havre de Grace race track, while
■he was homeward bound thru the
| darkened street.
Witnesses said that Morrison was
; accosted by a man who said, “Now
| I’ve got you’’, and fired six shots
i in the body of Morrison. Morrison
idied five minutes after the shoot
ing without regaining conscious
ness. The pistol was found later
in a clump of bushes where it had
been thrown by the killer.
IJUYE5 MIS
ECEDEiCE
OFFICIAL HOSTESS
NEW ARRANGEMENT NOT PER
MANENT; DAUGHTER TO AC
COMPANY PREMIER
WASHINGTON, Sept., 30, (/P)—
Vice-president Curtis waived the
rights of precedence for his sister
Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann, as official
hostess at the state dinner to be
held at the White House in honor
of Premier MacDonald.
Secretary Stimson, in announc
ing the action, »said that Curtis
graciously waived the rights in
favor of Lady Isabella Howard, the
wife of the British Ambassador who
will be ranking British lady at the
dinner.
Simultaneously Stimson an
nounced that MacDonald had ask
ed that his daughter Isabel, who
will accompany him, be unregard
ed officially at ceremonial func
tions while here.
Secretary Stimson said the Gann
arrangement was not permanent.
Ml OF CROPS
tone ons smi
WASHINGTON, Oct., 1, (£>)—The
Department of Agriculture in the
October report said the total yield
of crops this year will probably be
six percent below the 10 year aver
age because of the severe drough
this summer.
Altho the September rains broke
the dry spell in the Pacific north
west the situation is still serious
and ranchers had difficulty in pre
paring land for winter wheat. The
'•o.getaKlo crops were also affected.
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DISTRESS SIGHS
FROM TUG SUIT
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: MIAMI, Oct., 1, (/P)—Distress
signals from the tug boat Bafshe
| with 22 men aboard and towing the
oil tanker Tiolene from Smith Bluff
j Texas to Tampa, were picked up by
the Tropical Radio station.
Immediate assistance is required.
The position was given as 50 miles
west of Vedarrkey. The coast guard
boat Tellapoosa has been dispatch
ed and is expected to reach the tug
tomorrow.
BULK OF INCOME
TJX III MSTiU
GOMES FROM RICH
SYDNEY, Australia, Oct., 1, (/P)—
So widely distributed is the wealth
of Australia that only 35,000 per
sons are taxed on incomes of $3,750
or more.
For several years there has been
on foot a movement from the high
er to the lower grades of taxable in
come. Comparing the year 1926-27
with the year 1025-26 the greatest
diminution of taxable income was
in the grade $25,000 and more. It
amounted to 26.7 percent. The
other grades in which considerable
decrease occurred were $6,250 to
^7.500 F21.7 nercent) and $20,000 to
*25,000 04.3 percent). •
BAY FERRIES POPULAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 1, (/P)—
Auto ferry traffic across San Fran
cisco bay has trebled in the last
five years until now approximately
14,725 cars are transported daily.
The annual figure is placed at 5,
376,000.
AS COOLIDGE LEADS THE QUIET LIFE—SAYS FUTURE IS PAST
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The Coolidges leave their North ampton home t oexercise their dogs
(upper left). The former president’s activities now swing chiefly between
that home (lower left) and his office indicated by the arrow (upper right)
At the lower right is Mr. Coolidge, p rivate citizen, at his desk.
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SHOCKS LASTED HOUR AND A
HALF; EVERYTHING BADLY
SHAKEN, NO DAMAGE
HILO, Hawaii, Oct., 1, (/p;_Seis
mic activity which has rocked the
island of Hawaii for the past 12
days and is declared to be the fore
runner of eruptions of one or more
of the island’s volcanoes, shifted
to the western slope where 480
quakes have been recorded in the
past 24 hours.
At Holualoa between Hualalai
and the volcano Mauna Loa, the
heaviest trembler was felt since the
activity began on September 19.
Shocks starting just before noon
asted an hour and a half and
everything in the district was badly
shaken but no great damage has
been reported.
GAUGE PRODUCTION
GUUNT AGAIN
IANS AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON, Oct., 1, {/?)—For
the second time the government
has made a momentous appeal to
American farmers to go cautiously
in planning a new crop. A year ago
it was potatoes; this year it is
of wheat in world markets in the
wheat.
In view of the general tendency
for expansion of acreage in the
principal exporting countries, says
the department of agriculture, it
seems very doubtful whether prices
of wheat in world markts in the
next few years will average much
above the levels of the last six years
unless unfavorable conditions result
in a series of unusually low yields.
BARRON, Wis., Oct., 1, A
mother and her eight-months-old
baby began serving a 30-day sen
tence in the county jail because the
mother, Mrs. Pat Pitcher was una
ble to pay a $75 fine for the viola
tion of the local prohibition ordi
nance.
UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO
STARTS FOOTBALL TEAM
SAN ANTONIO, Oct., 1, (/P)—The
University of Mexico, which only
recently was inoculated with the
football germ, may produce some
stellar teams within a few years.
Reginald Root, former Yale star,
admittedly faces a big task in drill
ing his pupils in gridiron funda
mentals. Yet he will find them apt
athletes, as coaches of prep school
ll’s in San Antonio will testify.