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VOLUME XX. NUMBER 114. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925. PRICE TEN CENTS.
FANATICS RUN AMUCK
IN SACRAMENTO AND
TERRORIZE RESIDENTS
SAYS ADVENTUROUS STORIES IN
r NEWSPAPERS LED THEM
TO THEIR ACTS.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14.—
i/P)—Two men crying “we tanko
hall,” pointed a rifle at Paul Theri
ault and his wife in their home, east
of Auburn and tied the couple in
their bed and departed in Theriault’s
automobile. The car was wrecked
on the southern edge of Sacramento
and the men disappeared afoot, one
carrying a rifle, in the direction of
Oak Paik, a suburb. They were lat
er seen at Forty-third street and
Third avenue, in the locality where
they disappeared three weeks ago,
after shooting Clyde Nunn, a police
man who was pursuing them after
they had stolen a car and kidnap
ped the driver.
Their next apperance today was
at the State Fairgrounds, nearby
where they knocked Henry Hansen
in the head in front of his' home,
threw him in the tonneau of their
car and drove toward Stockton.
Hansen was ejected in the heart of
Sacramiento.
A Sacramento posse has started
toward Stockton to apprehend the
fanatics.
Hansen’s Car Found.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14.—
Hansen’s automobile was found in
an alley near the police station. It
was learned that another car had
been stolen a half block away.
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Tanko Introduces Himself.
ANBURN, May 14.—(JP)—The men
confronted Therault today eaifly,
when his dog barked and Therault
opened the woodshed door. They
both pointed rifles at Therault and
marched him into the house. One
of the men said “I’m Tank, this is
Hall.”
Tanko read newspaper clippings
about convicts’ adventures and ask
€ied what neighbors thought about
Theraults when they bound him to
his Led. The woman complained that
they were tied so tightly that it stop
ped the circulation. Tanko remark
ed that “that was better than hav
ing a rope around tile neck, like I’ll
get it.”
The marauder leisurely made him
self at home, cooked breakfast and
ate hardy. He took some provisions
and departed in the family automo
bile.
WELL KNOWN ENGLISH
AUTHOR-FARMER DIES
LONDON, May 15.—(jP)—Sir H.
Rider Haggard, well known author
died here today. He had been ill
for about four months. He was
^ known throughout the world as the
maker of fiction, and agricultural ex
perts ranked him higher for practi
cal farming.
MAJOR 2ANNI HAS SLIGHT
MISHAP ON HIS RE-START
■-OSAKA, Japan, May 14.—As Major
Zanni, the Argentine aviator attempt
ed to hop off for Kazumigaura,
whence to progress the restart of
his world flight, his airplane over
turned. Nobody was hurt.
MRS. SHEPHERD GIVEN
“NO BILL” BY JURY
*, IN CHICAGO POISONINGS
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• CHICAGO, 111., May 14.—T h e
grand jury here absolved Mrs. Julie
Shepherd for implication in the re
cent death of William McClintock
and Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock.
It returned a “no bill” in each in
stance. The case of her husband was
jfr* left opened.
NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF DEPOSED CALIPH
This photo shows Caliph Abdul Medjid, his son, Prince Omar Farukh, and
his daughter on the terrace of the Grand Hotel, Territet, Switzerland, after
their departure from Turkey.
FORD WANTS TO
BUY 400 S.B. SHIPS
DETROIT, May 14.—(AP)—Henry
Ford will buy four hundred shipping
board boats if the government will
fix a price, the Detroit Free Press
declared. He would buy them for
junk, but retain ten or twenty for
use in his many industries.
Board Acts Favorable.
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 14.—Inform
ed that Ford would buy the boats
if the prices were right, Chairman
O’Connor of the Shipping Board said
“the price would not stand in the
way if the boats were going into
American hands.”
ASSOCIATED OIL CREW
LEAVE FOR KANATAK
G. L. Jones, manager of the As
sociated Oil company, at Kanatak,
which ceased drilling and went out
side last fall, returned on the Admir
al Evans with a crew of men and
w'ill resume work upon their arrival
at Kanatak. Considerable equipment
is being taken in this year and it
is expected to reach the oil sands be
fore the end of the season.
BUTTE MINER TRAPPED
SINCE MONDAY, CAVE-IN
BUTTE, May 14.—(JP)—Gus. Bol-!
dan, a miner, who has been impris- J
oned since two o’clock Monday af- J
ternoon in a cive-in at the two-hun
dred-foot level in the Colusa mine
is still entombed and nothing has
been learned up until last last night.
Hope Abandoned.
BUTTE, Mont., May 14.—(/P)—All
hope in rescuing the entombed mi
ner, Boldan has been abandoned, it
was reported here this afternoon.
DEMOCRATIC SHIPPING BOARD
MAN GETS REAPPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.—
(/P)—President Coolidge has decid
ed to reappoint B. E. Haney of Port
land, democrat, to the United States
Shipping Board. Haney accepted.
STUDENT BODY LECTURES
SEATTLE, Wn., May 14.—(/P)—
The students of the Husky School
of Mines, in lectures here yes
terday was to the recently formed
Seattle Mining club on the efforts
to solve problems. Maurice Leehey,
chairman, announced that the pro
gram next week would touch on the
prospector in which he will give ut
most encouragement.
The Bank of Seward will be open
at the usual hours, from 10 to 3,
banker Harry Balderston having re
turned from Anchorage where he has
been attending the details of the re
cent merger of the two banks there.
MACMILLAN TO START JUNE 20
iANGUSTA, Me., May 14.—(£>)—
MacMillan will sail on his North
Pole expedition from Wiscasset, Me.,
June 20, Governor Brewster was in
formed. Two airplanes were taken
on at Boston, and a third will fly
to Wiscasset to meet the party.
Mission Board Returns
From Anchorage Visit
Mrs. W. H. C. Goode, secretary of
education of the Methodist Episco
pal church, accompanied by Mrs. J.
Luther Taylor, national reconling sec
retary of the organization, return
ed on last night’s train from Anch
orage where they went to look over
the sites offered for the Jesse Lee
Home.
Rev. R. V. B. and Mrs. Dunlap, ac
companied the ladies pointing out
the sight to them. It is understood
a very enjoyable trip was had. The
ladies today are investigating the
site here, and there is a probability
that some decision will be reach
ed soon.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
CASE OF DR. FOSDICK
AGAIN TO BE ARGUED
BY PRESBYTERIANS
COLUMBUS, O., May 14.—(/P)—The
case of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdiek,
Baptist minister, who recently vacat
ed the pulpit of the First Presbyteri
an church of New York City at the
request of the Presbyterian General
Assembly, again will be the center
of controversy when the assembly
convenes for its 137th annual ses
sion here the week beginning May
21.
The Fosdiek dispute arose at last
rear’s session over the question of
his orthodoxy. His opponents suc
ceeded in getting the assembly to
vote for the termination of his re
lationship with the Presbyterian
church. Immediate action, however,
was not taken by the New York
presbytery and it was this delay
that is expected to bring comment
by a faction of the assembly headed
by Dr. Walter D. Buchanan, pastor
of Broadway Presbyterian church, in
New York.
Dr. Buchanan and his associates
also will bring other cases against
the New York presbytery, it is an
nounced here, charging that it has
licensed- young ministers to preach
who do not believe in the Virgin
Birth, the miracles of Christ, and
other fundamentals of the New Tes
tament. These cases will be tried
in executive session by the judicial
commission, a separate body which
sits apart from the general assem
bly. If the assembly does not ac
CHICAGO JUDGE BLAMES
18 AMENDMENT F 0 R
THE DOWNFALL OF MAN
BELIEVES COUNTRY SHOULD BE
A SAHARA OR PRODUCE
REGULAR WHISKY.
CHICAGO, 111., May 14.—Judge Jo
seph David, of the Superior Court
here, in an address last night attri
buted -that more crime came from
the Eighteent/h Amendment than
from any other cause, and said “that
every day, men come to trial before
me and other judges and confess
their downfall directlly due to the
vile stuff, which, in this prohibition
era, superseded whiskey in the. good
old days. These men would never
have gone wrong either. This coun
try should be made a Sahara, where
none can get a drink regardless of
wealth or station, or be made a place
where any one desiring it may get
his little drink of decent liquor.’’
Floods Reported On
Richardson Highway
Fairbanks papers report heavy
floods on the Richardson Highway,
the Tanana river being on a ramp
age. At Munson’s roadhouse, which
was burned some weeks ago, the
lumber and supplies for the new
building being constructed by Geo.
Hillier were washed into the river
and lost. It is now impossible to
travel the road farther than to Mile 18
from the Fairbanks end, as there is
two feet of water on the road and
culverts and bridges washed out. At
Salchaket there is a large ice jam
and for a mile each side of the
bridge it is only possible to travel
in a boat. As soon as the water
drops repairs wlil be made.
INFLUENZA AT KENAI
A1 Hardy, local ga)me warden re
ports an epidemic of influenza at
Kenai, several deaths having occur
red there. Nearly all the Cook In
let towns have been affected by the
recurrence of this disease, but not to
virulent as in former years.
cept the fundings of the commission,
then the case at issue will be tried
before the assembly.
The first test of the strength of
the fundamentalists and the liberals
will come on the election of a mod
erator at the opening session. The
fundamentalists won last year, elect
ing as moderator Dr. Clarence Edw.
Macartney, pastor of Arch Street
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia.
Dr. Macartney -was credited with be
ing mainly responsible for the bring
ing to a head of the charges against
the New York presbytery centering
around Dr. Fosdick.
The fundamentalists this year are
expected to support Dr. Lapsley A.
McAfee of Berkeley, Cal. William
Jennings Bryan, representing the
Florida presbytery, could have the
nomination for moderator on behalf
of the fundamentalists, but refuses
to stand for the office representing
a diyided church, according to the
view here. Another likely candi
date for moderator is Dr. William O.
Thompson of Columbus, president of
Ohio State university. He has been
for 25 years in this office.
The Presbyterian General Assem
bly will be officially attended by 1,
000 ne-wly elected commissioners
from the 299 presbyteries thruout the
United States and by board secretar
ies and other officials totaling near
ly 2,000.
Annual reports will be submitted
■by all the boards and agencies. A
special cohimittee headed by Dr. Jo
seph A. Vance of Detroit, Mich., will
present a report for a plan systemiz
ing the finances of the denomination
into one unified method in the inter
ests of economy arid efficiency.
FRENCH CLEANING UP
STRIFE IN MOROCCO;
MANY REPORTED DEAD
I RECAPTURE RIFLES GERMANS
•SEIZED A DECADE AGO—
ESTABLISH BASE
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RABAT, Morocco, May 14.—(/P)—
The French yesterday cleaned Krim’a
1 Riffians out of this region and have
| established a position on Bibane
! Heights. They have relieved all but
two of the surrounding outposts,
leaving a great number dead on the
field of battle. The French reported
the capture of large quantities of
arms and ammunition, including many
Mausers and French rifles, that the
Germans captured at Maubeuge, a
decade ago.
LEAVE CHINA ALONE,
DECLARES FORMER MINISTER
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.—
(/P)—China’s destiny lies in her own
hands, opinioned Dr. Jacob Gould
Schurman, former American 'minister
at Peking, who is en route to his
new post in Berlin. Intervention of
accidental governments will not bring
about unity in that strong central
government, he declared.
Proposed 6,000 Mile Road
Through the Heart Siberia
LONDON, May 14.—(/P)—Christian
Rakovsky, Russian envoy here, told
Sir Charles Stewart, chairman of the
Anglo-Russian Conciliation Associa
tion of details of 8he Soviet gov
I eminent to construct a trans-Siberian
I railway, paralleling the existing one.
j The proposed route will traverse six
thousand miles of unexploited area,
and enter into an immensely rick
land of gold, platinum, timber, furs,
mammoth ivory and fisheries.
He suggested that England furn
ish the machinery or the project.
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SEWARD SHOULD GO AFTER
A NEW AVIATION FIELD
_ With airplane traffic fast becom
ing a factor in Territorial develop
ment, Sew'ard should apply for a
Territorial aviation field, the late
legislature making it possible to di
vert territorial funds for this pur
pose. With hundreds of passengers
arriving in Seward each week, and
with the many camps near here, a
field would bring considerable trav
el, many interior passengers coming
here by plane if a suitable landing
place was made.
With the numerous lakes in this
vicinity including Bear Lake, Kenar,
Skilak, Kasilof and hundreds of oth
ers it would be an ideal way for
hunting parties to travel to the in
terior for moose. A two-passenger
hydroplane could make some money
through the summer season in this
vicinity and one undoubtedly will
be installed before the season ends.
Robert Summers, Territorial high
way engineer will arrive in Seward
on one of the next trains from the
interior leaving soon to inspect the
Nuka Bay road proposition.
Yesterday's Baseball
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 6, Portland 7.
Sacramento 3, San Francisco 5.
Vernon-Seattle, rain.
Salt Lake 2, Los Angeles 3.
National League.
Brooklyn 9, St. Louis S.
Boston 4, Pittsburgh 5.
Philadelphia 6, Chicago 5.
New York 3, Cincinnati 0.
American League.
Chicago 4, New York 0.
Cleveland 6, Boston 4.
St. Louis 1, Washington 8.
Detroit 1, Philadelphia 3.