MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 233.
SEWARD ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1926.
PKICE TEN CENTS
CHICAGO GANGLAND FEUD FLARES
MACHINE 6UNS SPRAY VICTIMS
ON STREETS; ATTORNEY IS SHOT
W. W. O’BRIEN CRITICALLY SHOT AS HE STEPS
FROM STREET CAR—LEGAL DOCUMENT MORE
THAN AN INCH THICK HALTS BULLET WHICH
IS FOUND IN POCKET
| TWO IRE KILLED AND OTHERS IDE WODNDED ON STREET
Machine Guns and Rifles Fired from Apartment, Window
and Automobile—When Shooting Ended Avenue Re
* sembled Slaughter House
W. W. O’Brien, former assistant United States attor
ney and famous criminal lawyer, was critically shot by
two notorious gangsters who killed two other men and
wounded others, when Chicago’s gangland feud which
has flared intermittently for two years blazed afresh.
Operating a machine gun fro ma second story window
in an apartment building, one party of gangsters sprayed
their victims on the street with lead while a second party
in an automobile fired simultaneously with rifles and ma
chine guns.
Imre AIR station '
LOSS AT PENSXCOIA
ESTIMATED MILLION
FORTY-SEVEN PLANES DESTROY
ED IN FLORIDA HURRICANE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (^—De
tailed reports of hurricane damage at
the Navy’s Pioneer Air station at Pen
sacola, Florida, shows that 47 of the
220 planes there were destroyed, eight
building wrecked beyond repair, and
runways, railway tracks and piers
were badly damaged. The wind rose
to 128 miles an hour and was accom
panied by an inundation of water, the
tide sweeping 8.54 feet above the
mean hgih level. Preliminary estim
ate of damage was one million dol
lars. Most of the destroyed planes
^were obsolete.
Reconstruction work on a scale that
yvill give better security against fu
ture storms have been discussed. A
review of the history of the station is
sued by the department holds out lit
tle hope that it can be rendered storm
proof. There is no project {or moving
that station, since weather conditions
and other necessary natural features
- afford great advantages for aviation
•work. The average number of days
on which flights are possible is 239
a year.
LAMBS AND SHEEP
PRICES SOAR!
BROAD DEMAND FOR FAT LAMBS
CREATES HIGH RECORD
IN GAIN
KANSAS, Oct. 13. {]?)—Receipts of
S3,000 sheep and lambs on the Kan
sas City livestock market this week
set a high record for the year, the bu
reau of the Department of Agricul
ture announced today. Despite the
liberal receipts there was a broad de
I When the slaughter ended two lay
in the blood spattered street, one
dead, the other dying. Another craw
led to the curb and collapsed. Two
others limped away to the Holy Name
Cathedral. The Holy See of Cardinal
Mundelin in front of which the shoot
ing occurred was raked with bulletts
from the machine gun which were
latfer found in a nearby alley. One of
the dead was Earl Welsh, a gunman,
who had been associated with Dion
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ST. LOUIS WENT WILD
WHEN WON PENNANT
TERRIFIC DIN ALL LAST SUNDAY
NIGHT IN CELEBRATION
VICTORY
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13. (/P)—The pent
up feeling of a city which had waited
forty years for a world’s baseball
'championship broke out in a wild
j
jdemonstration when the Cardinals
| won the deciding game of the series
| in New York. The downtown streets,
'usually virtually deserted on Sunday
were jammed with automobiles filled
iwith noise making fans. Whistles,
! automobile horns, and all other con
ceivable noise making devices were
brought into play. Dishpans, wash
tubs and stove pipes were tied to the
rear of cabs and caused a terrific din
as they bounced over the pavement.
SISLER IS 'CANNED*
ST LOUIS, Oct. 13. (£>)—George Sis
ler was let out as boss of the St. Louis
Browns yesterday.. His successor
was not named.
YAQUI, FEDERALS, CLASH AGAIN
NOGALES, Oct. 13. (jP)—Reports
declare that two hundred Yaqui In
dians and eighty Federal troops have
been killed in a battle in Sonora.
mand for fat lambs and prices scored
gains of one dollar and a quarter to
one and a half over the previous
week. Closing prices were at the high
point for the week with best Western
lambs reaching §14.10.
SUITES FEW FACTS
LOW PEAK IN UNITED STATES
ARMY FORCES NOW BEEN
- REACHED
(PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13. (Jp)—
Gen. John J. Pershing broke the sil
ence he has maintained for more
than a year today by giving a warn
ing last night that “the army has
been reduced to a point below which
we cannot go without most serious
results,” he said speaking before the
military order of the World War. The
commander of the American Expedi
tionary force told his onetime soldiers
that the world is not yet free from
jealously and that the situation at
[home now and in the future demands
| the maintenance of a highly develop
ed nucleus for National defence.
CAR TAKES TO DITCH TO AVOID
CRASH WITH ANOTHER
MOTOR
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 13. {JP)—U.
jS. Senator James E. Watson was -in
jured painfully when his automobile
took to the ditch to save a crash with
another car. The senior Indiana sena
tor suffered a scalp wound, bruises
about the body and face, a sprained
wrist and ankle. The accident occur
red near Westfield just north of In
dianapolis. After receiving treatment
there where it took ten stitches to
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close the scalp wound, Senator Wat
son was taken in an ambulance to
the Methodist hospital here w'here he
probably will be required to remain
a week.
-Swell show at Liberty tonite.
WATSON DUE IN MORNING
The S. S. Admiral Watson, of the
P. S. S. Co., was scheduled to depart
from Seldovia at 2 o’clock this after
non for Seward, according to the lo
cal radio station. At this rate the
vessel is not expected to arrive in
port until early tomorrow morning.
pints wine to
WELCOME AMERICAN
LEGION IN 1927
WHAT U. S. SOLDIERS DID FOR
FRANCE WILL NEVER BE 1
FORGOTTEN
PARIS, Oct. 13. (JP)—'The American
Legionaires may be assured of the
most heartfelt welcome when they
come to Paris for their convention in
1927,, Albert Schraut, Minister of the
Interior told Hilton U. Brown of the
Indianapolis news who called to dis
tiuss^ the proposed visit of the Ameri
can legion to France next year.
“What the American soldier did for
us,” Scraut added, “has not been for
gotten and can never be forgotten.
The French will be glad to meet
them.” He also said that reports of
desecration of the tombs of Ameri
can soldiers in France were abomin
able fables without doubt the inven
tions of hostile propagandists.
DIRIGIBLE SERVICE TO
HONOLULU IS RUMORED
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 13. (^—Regu
lar dirigible service between San
Francisco and Honolulu was hinted
by Secretary of Navy Wilbur yester
day. .' * \
DREADNAUGHT TIES UP
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. (/P)—
For the first time in the history of
j San Francisco, a navy dreadnaught
will tie up at the wharf. It will be
the U. S. S. Colorado which will moor
'to Dock 33 during navy week.
SHARKEY, HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER,
WINS HANDILY FROM HARRY WILIS;
CLEVER COLORED PUGILIST, THIRTY-SIX YEARS
OLD, COMES TO THE TURNING OF THE ROAD
IN QUEST OF CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS—WAS
BADLY BEATEN MAN, SHARKEY TAKING PRAC
TICALLY EVERY ROUND THOUGH FAILED TO
FLOOR WILLS
BROOKLYN, Oct. 13. (/P)—Harry Wills came unex
pectedly to the turning of the road in his long pursuit for
heavyweight pugilistic honors after years of absence
from the ring during which he pounded in vain on the
throne room of Jack Dempsey. The 36-year-old negro
was disqualified in the 13th round of a 15 round match
with Jack Sharkey of Boston, for using a back hand blow.
wills was a hoplessly bpaten man
at the end. Though he conceded 26
and one-half pounds to the negro,
Sharkey carried the battle to Wills
from the outset, outspeeding, outbox
ing and outpunching him in nearly
every round.
Over 45,000 witnessed the bout.
From the fourth round Wills battled
defensively, hanging on desperately
under fire of Sharkey’s battering
blows. Referee Patsy Haley, repeat
edly warned the negro for unfair tac
tics. Sharkey failed to floor Wills
but staggered him several times with
over-hand rights to the head. Wills’
left eye was nearly closed. A deep
gash bled profusely over his right
eye and he was cut about the nose
and mouth.
SECRET PACT ALLEGED MADE IN
LONDON BETWEEN ITALY
AND GREECE
LONDON, Oct. 13. (JP)—'The Daily
Express in a front page article today
intimates that Italy is preparing for
war -against Turkey. The article de
clares that Premier Mussolini is plan
ning with the co-operation of Greece
to secure for Italy a zone of influence
around Adalia, Asia, which was prom
ised Italy in 1915, by a secret pact in
London between Russia, France,
Great Britain and Italy and which the
Bolshevik’s disclosed in 1917.
Turkey says the newspaper is
aware of the plan that Italy maintains
four army corps permanently mobiliz
ed. Mussolini believes the methods
he has devised cannot fail, if put into
operation. Greece would attack Tur
key through Thrace while the Italians
attacked her in the South. Greece’s
reward would be the re-possession of
Smyrna territory. Tumanish neutral
ity was secure by a promise of sup
port regarding Bass-Arabia.
WAS CAUSE OF THE ORMISTON'S
SEPARATION, IT IS
STATED v
, LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13. (^—Dir
ect from the accusers lips, Aimee Mc
Pherson yesterday heard herself
branded as originator of the “Miss X”
hoax by Mrs. Wisemann Seilaff, who
declares she was hired by the Evange
list to pose as the woman who was at
the Carmel cottage with Kenneth Or
miston, former Temple radio aide in
stead of Mrs. McPherson. Besides
this a new development was reached
when it was proved that at least one
separation of the Ormiston’s was laid
directly to Aimee when Mrs. Ormiston
overheard telephone conversation be
tween her husband and Aimee.
QUEEN MARIE SAILS
PARIS, Oct. 13. (^p)—Queen Marie
of Rumania will sail today for her
visit to the United States.
DOUBT IS EXPRESSED
RE-TRY BRIBE CASE
DAUGHERTY DISAPPOINTED BE
CAUSE JURY FAILED
RENDER ACQUITTAL
NEW YORK, Oct. 13. (IP)—Doubt
was expressed whether Daugherty
and Miller will be retried. Daugherty
said “I’m disappointed that there was
not an acquittal. I expected it and
deserved it.” Steuter said the rea
sons Daugherty was not acquitted
were Buckner’s masterly presentation
of the destruction of the old ledger
sheets of the Midland National hank
and Daugherty’s failure to take the
witness stand.