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VOLUME XIV
NUMBER 136.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. OCT. 9, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MYSTERY HI
lOiV DISCOVERED
IN PJNU6ES CASE
new witness brought into
TRIAL YESTERDAY; SAW
ANOTHER WOMAN
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 9, (/Pi
Intimation that the defense in
the Pantages trial has discovered
“A mystery woman” in the case,
spread in the trial as they sought
to break down the corroborative
testimony of Fredeick Wise, a
state witness.
During the attack on Wise’s
mentality, in which he was shown
he was once a phychopatic pa
tient, the defense inquired “Did
you see this woman?” meaning
the one W. L. Gordon brought in
to the case yesterday. Wise an
swered yes and described her as
about 22 or 25 years of age; about
five feet in height, dark curly
hair and that she wore no hat.
That she reached out and touch
ed Miss Pringle during the time
she was trying to get out of Pan
tages office.
Wise stuck to his story which
corroborated Gordon’s testimony.
The defense introduced hospi
tal records to show Wise had
been confined to a mental ward
for observation and that he was
•Mentally sick, bordering on in
sanity but not dangerous.”
Louis Fisher, 16 year-old cow
boy, of Los Angeles, testified to
about the same facts as Gordon
and Wise and identified Pantages
as the man he saw in the little
room fixing his clothing after
hearing a girl scream, and ac
companying Wise to the alleged
scene of the assault.
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CLARKS ATTORNEY PLANS
TO APPEAL THE CASE,
IT IS SAID
SEATTLE, Oct., 8, Mrs.
Kennedy was victorious in the
S50.000 breach of promise suit
brought by Rev. H. H. Clark when
•he defense motion for a nonsuit
was granted and the action dis
missed.
Judge J. T. Ronald said lack of
evidence and the fact that the
plaintiff wrote letters to Miss Kay
Burbeck, Mrs. Kennedy’s compan
ion, telling her of his acquain
tanceship with the evangelist, a
thing she had specifically told
him not to do.
% The reasons for the dismissal
the Judge said was the writing of
the letter which justified Mrs.
Kennedy in not marrying Clark.
Clark’s attorney said he will appeal
the case to the state supreme
court.
LARGEST IN HISTORY
NEW YORK, Oct., 9, (TP)—The
c::y tax department announced
.519.732,561,302 on the assessment
role. Real estate assessments are
5:7.851,721,827 and personal proper
ty tax $1,245,839,475. The total is
the largest in the history of New
Y ork.
AND THEN IT RAINED
| CHICAGO, Oct., 9, (/P)—Rain be
fore night is forecast for today,
the second day of the worlds
j series. The weather is threat- j
j ening and there will probably be !
a light rain this afternoon but j
not enough to postpone the game, i
! FULL TAKEN ILL
YESTERDAY: UNABLE' |
| CONTINUE. COURT!
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CONVICTION MEANS DEATH
WARRANT FOR SICK MAN
PROSECUTOR SAYS
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 9, (/Pi— |
A recess in the trial of Albert
Fall until tomorrow was an
nounced by Justice Hitz who said
i he would have physicians exam
ine Mr. Fall before deciding the
next course.
j The case was halted by the de
fendants illness when he became
sick yesterday and his chief coun
; sel, Frank Hogan, announced his
iclient was unable to continue the
(case. Hogan stated Mr. Fall was
on the verge of bronchial pneu
monia and to continue to appear
in court would jeopardize his life.
Fall appealed in court against
i the advice of his phycisian and
was forced to leave when his tem
! perature went up and he began
j coughing blood.
i Special Prosecutor Roberts said
| the government was not willing
j to continue the case as Fall was in
such poor condition, asserting a
1 conviction would mean a death
warrant for the sick man.
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BURIED IN GROVE
! MARION, N. C., Oct., 9. (/Pi
While 1.200 of their comrades
watched and mourned four textile
strikers, killed by a sheriff and his
deputies in a clash, were buried in
grove of scrub cak. Three more
deputies were arrested in a charge
of murder, making 11 altogether.
III551S TAKE FIRST
SAME, HOLLYWOOD,
i
I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 9, </P)—
i “Dutch” Reuther kept Holly
wood’s nine hits well scattered
and the Missions won the first
game in the Pacific Coast League
playoff. Except for Slade’s cri
cuit clout in the 2nd inning, all
the Mission scores were bunched
in the 3rd and 7th innings; three
I runs were made in each of these
Ion five hits.
■ Hollywood’s tallies were made in
. the 4th and 7th innings. Runs,
hits and errors were, Hollywood,
12, 9 1; Missions 7, 15, 2. Batteries
I were Johns and Hulvey and Sev
lereid, Ruether and Hoffman.
BACK FROM BARROW
SEATTLE, Oct., 9, (/P)—Captain
John Backland arrived with his
schooner, the C. S. Holmes, from
Point Barrow.
PILOT BASEBALL
CHICAGO, Oct., 8. EiP)—Donie
Bush, former manager of the Pitts
burg Pirates, has been chosen to
| pilot the Chicago American League
baseball club next year, the White
iSox management announced.
INNER COMPARTMENTS OF A
PONTOON BRIDGE RECENT
LY PAINTED
BREMEN, Germany, Oct., 9, (/P)
—Four persons were killed and
many injured and glass in all
windows in the vicinity were bro
ken, when the Kaiser bridge
(pontoon) exploded and was
thrown several hundred feet in
the air.
The greater portion of the
bridge fell on the stern of the
motor yacht “City of Bremen”
crushing it.
The inner compartments of the
pontoon had been newly painted
with a paint producing an ex
plosive gas while drying.
Among those killed was a man
who is said to have lit a cigar
and thereby accidently ignited
the gas. A 14 year-old boy was
also killed; his body was recovered
from the river.
FOB SOVIET PUNE
CRAIG, Alaska, Oct., 9, (JP)—
The Coast guard cutter Cygan
j arrived at Waterfall Monday with
| the new motor for the Russian
plane which will immediately be
put in place. The Soviet fliers
i hope to have it bolted down and
tuned up, ready to take-off Fri
day. The Cygan will stand by un
til after the take-off and give
the aviators any assistance nec
essary.
ATHLETICS WIN
SEATTLE, Oct. 9. (/P)— Flash
Athletics win 9 to 3.
STEALS SECURITIES
BOSTON, Oct., 9, m— Carl For
man, under indictment in New York
for theft of $512,000 in securities
from a brokerage house, was ar
rested.
HEADY BUSINESS
GRATIFYING PROGRESS BEEN
MADE, ASSERTS PRESI
DENT HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Oct., 8, (/Pi
President Hoover and Premier
MacDonald returned yesterday
from their mountain retreat and
are ready to push forward plans
for further limitation of naval
armament.
Bright sunshine favored the
party which made only one stop
and that at Culpper where Pres
ident Hoover obtained morning
papers upon which, in big type
on the front pages, he read the
announcement of yesterday that
another naval conference will be
held.
Both joined in a statement
saying gratifying progress has
been made and “We frankly have
reviewed all questions that might
give rise to friction between the
people, progress made and con
tinuance of conversations.”
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FASTER FREIGHT SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Oct., 9, UP)—De
claring faster freight ships would
solve shipping problems of the
world and place industry on a
sound economic basis, Edward Hur
ley of Chicago, war-time shipping
board official, urged an interna
tional meeting of shipping experts
to be held in London to discuss the
question.
FALL TRIAL PROBABLY LAST MOVE IN OIL CASE
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Albert B. Fall (left) who went on trial Monday
on a charge of accepting a $100,000 bribe in connection
with naval oil leases, is in a serious condition from
the standpoint of health; he has been under a phyci
sian's care for many months. Atlee Pomerene (upper
right) is special government prosecutor. Harry M.
Daugherty (lower right) will be a witness.
ATHLETICS TIKE
FiRST GAME OF
110 SERIES
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BATTERIES WERE EHMKE AND
COCHRAN, ROOT, BUSH
TAYLOR, GONZALES
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WRIGLEY FIELD, Chicago, Oct.
8, (/P)—Pitching the first world
series game of his career at the
age of 35, Ehmke battled the
Cubs to a standstill baffling them
i with slow curves as his team
mates gained a one-run lead
off Charley Root through Foxes
homer in the 7th inning which
clinched the game with the two
run spurt off Guy Bush in the
9th.
Ehmke pitched himself out of
three dangerous spots in the
3rd, 7th and 9th innings by
striking out batters in the pinch
es. He fanned Hornsby and Wil
son in succession in the third
with runners on 2nd and 3rd
bases. He struck out the same
pair again in the sixth and also
| fanned the pinch-hitter, “Gabby’’
Hartnett for the third out in the
7th with two men on the bases.
As a climax he miffed oui Tol
son, the last batter in the 9th
after only one Cub had scored
on an error by Dykes and success
ive singles by Stephenson and
Grimm.
When Ehmke bagged his 13th
! strike-out victim he beat the
'mark of 12 knockouts set by Ed
1 Walsh of the White Sox. The
| Cubs were also the victims on
that ocassion, in the 1906 world
series.
Ehmke was hurt in the 9th
but continued to play.
The official attendance was
50,740 and the gate receipts
amounted to $219,738, not far
from the record.
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SCORE AND BATTERIES
CHICAGO, Oct., 8, f/P>—The
Athletics defeated the Cubs by
the score of 3 to 1; the Athletics
got 6 hits and made 1 error. The
Cubs got 8 hits and made 2 er
rors. Batteries were, for the Ath
; letics, Ehmke and Cochran and
'for the Cubs Root and Bush, and
Taylor and Gonzales.
SETS WORLD RECORD
WRIGLEY FIELD, Chicago, Oct.,
8, (>P)—Howard Ehmke, veteran
right-hander of the Athletics,
justifeid his unexpected selec
tion for the opening game of the
11929 World Series, by beating
the Cubs 3 to 1 and smashing all
series records by striking out 13
men before a crowd estimated
at 50,000.
II OF SHEDS '
| SPOKANE, Oct., 9, (/P)_Dr. Mit
chell Langworth, head of the
Shriners Crippled Children’s Hos
pital, and one of the most prom
inent plastic and orthepedic sur
geons in the northwest, succumb
ed to abdominal gunshot wounds
inflicted yesterday by John Salms,
a crazed patient, who then took
his own life.