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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 132.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHAOTIC PHISOi
THIRTEEN DEAD
GUARDS MURDERED IN COLD
BLOOD: CONVICTS SEIZE
PRISON ARSENAL
CANNON CITY, Col., Oct., 4,
(JP)—A definite end to the pro
longed chaotic prison break
in the Colorado State Peniten
tiary came as dawn broke over
the mutiny racked institution
and the besieged convicts, more
than 150 in numbers, walked
from the cell house in an orderly
fashion with their hands over
their heads.
The exodus of the convicts was
followed by the receipt of news
that the ringleaders rebellion,
which took the lives of 13 and
serious wounding of five, had
shot themselves early in the
morning without opposition.
Guards swarmed into the en
closure, and surrounded the con
victs.
One guard, who had been held
a prisoner, said Danny Daniels,
Major Davis and “Red” Riley, the
three known instigators of the
plot, committed suicide. The end
came after a day and night of
furious fighting during which
^ guards were held hostage by the
prisoners and were then mur
dered when the demands to War
den Crawford for safe conduct
from the prison was refused.
FEATURES MUTILATED
During the riot, dynamite, bar
rages of machine gun and rifle
bullets and tear gas bombs, fail
to vanquish the entrenched pris
oners.
Guards, entering the prison,
found the bodies of the ringlead
ers who had been dead for about
two hours; it had previously
been noted that the rebellion had
died down about two hours be
fore the prisoners marched from
their stronghold.
Fifteen feet inside the prison
lay the body of a dead guard
f murdered by Daniels and nearby
lay Daniels, known as the exe
cutioner of three defenseless
guards. It was evident that the
other ringleaders had killed them
selves; their features were muti
lated.
Rioting broke out at noon, ap
parently at a prearranged sig
nal, when James Purdue struck
a guard with a chair over
the head; 900 prisoners then
broke loose and seized the arse
nal, kidnapped the guards and
set fire which swept the chapel,
mess hall and two cell houses.
Abe Wiggins, a guard, was mur
dered in cold blood. “Wiggins,
have you said your prayers?” ask
ed Daniels. “Yes. Where do you
want me to stand?” replied Wig
gins. “Right where you are,” an
swered Daniels who then shot
Wiggins through the head. Turn
ing to John Shea, another guard,
Daniels said; “Shea, you have
been a pretty good sport, take
Wiggins outside.” As Shea left
with the body he heard Daniels
order Marvin Duncan, guard, to
say his prayers.
PAINTINGS STOLEN
LEIPZIG, Oct., 3, (/P)—Several
paintings, including the works of
Rubens, Feuerbach and Tischbein
and valued at $12,000, were stolen
from a local art gallery.
FAIL TO ARRIVE
SEATTLE, Oct., 4, (A5)—The
j Russian fliers in the plane “Land
j of Soviet” failed to arrive here.
PROMINENT BANKER OF NEW
YORK HAS BEEN STRAND
ED FOR DAYS
JUNEAU, Oct., 4. (/P)—After be
ing marooned in the remote
game fields of the Rainy Pass
district for more than two weeks,
James A. Stillman, New York
banker, is expected to arrive in
Anchorage tonight, advices re
ceived here by Governor Parks
revealed.
The governor said that Stillman
was taken to the headwaters of the
Skwentna river by seaplane for
hunting, and that the plane which
was to have returned with Pilot
Russell Merrill, has been missing
for 17 days.
Stillman was thus left strand
ed but a plane from Fairbanks
dropped him a note asking him
land his party to move down the
| river where a boat would pick
: them up as the plane, lacking
pontoons, was unable to land.
IMIIS SEARCHING
FOII RUSSIAN PLANE
SEATTLE, Oct., 4, —The coast
guard cutters Cygan and Unaiga, in
Alaska have been ordered to search
i for the missing Russian fliers,
which have not arrived here after
leaving Sitka yesterday.
The cutter Haida in Seattle was
ordered to sail northward to search
for the men. Officers believe the
plane alighted either off British
! Columbia of in southeastern Alaska
I rather than continue against the
'headwinds.
PUNE DUE ARRIVE
HERE TODAV. NOME
NOME ,Oct., 4, (/P)—With Dr.
R E. Smith of Kotzebue, who is
in a critical condition, as a pas
senger, Pilot Frank Dorbandt, of
the Alaska Airways, will takeoff
for Seward today, Dr. Smith is
being taken to Seattle for medical
treatment. The doctor’s wife is also
making the flight.
NEW YORK, Oct., 4, (/P)—Prem
ier Ramsay MacDonald, enroute to
Washington, arrived and was en
thusiastically acclaimed as he
landed. The visitor felt the first
warmth of the reception at the
quarantine station shortly^after he
arrived on the Berengaria, which,
was escorted by the cruiseds Mem
phis and Trenton.
The welcoming committee board
ed the liner and greeted him offi
cially. Preliminaries over, Prem
ier MacDonald and his daughter
Isabel, and members t>f the party
boarded the tug Macon.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 2; St. Louis 3.
Detroit 1; Chicago 3.
These were the only games played.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 8; Cincinnati 1.
New York at Philadelphia post
poned on account of wet grounds
These were the only games played.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 1; Oakland 2.
Portland 9; Hollywood 5.
San Francisco 6; Sacramento 1.
Seattle 1; Missions 13.
NEW SOLO RECORD
LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct., 4,
(TP)—Vern Speich, Santa Ana
flier, set a new solo endurance
non-refueling record flight. His
official time in the air was an
nounced as 38 hours and 48 sec
onds
KILLS. INJURES
OF UNION KNOWS OF
TROUBLE prompt
^ EXPLOSION
MARION, Ind., Oct., 4, (/P)—
William Dean and Charles Humes
both of Marion were killed and
Adbey Dickens of Marion suffered
broken ribs and possible internal
injuries jin an explosion that
wrecked the rear of the Labor
Temple where a labor meeting
was in progress.
Twenty others, of the glass
workers union, escaped injury; 10
were precipitated into the base
ment- The police believe the ex
plosion was caused by a bomb.
Alvin Barrett, president of the
union, said he knew of no trou
ble which might have prompted
any cause for the explosion.
flGTBESS DIPPED DEAD
IN DOCTOR'S OFFICE
| NEW YORK, Oct., 4, (/PL—
Jeanne Eagles, actress, dropped
dead last night in a sanitarium
on Park Avenue. She had won
acclaim on the stage as “Sadie
Thompson” in “Rain.’'
Accompanied by a- nurse the
actress entered the offices of the
sanitarium and was about to
take off her coat when she went
into convulsions. She was dead
when the doctor examined her.
She was 35 years of age.
WOMEN CARRY BOOKS ON HEADS TO MASTER CHARM IN \\ ALIv
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A umcago “charm school teaches grace in walking by having the stu
dents walk with books on their heads (left.) In the other picture the pro
per length of the skirt is being determined.
ILEX PiTIGES
GIRL’S APPEARANCE IS POST
PONED UNTIL TOMORROW
MORNING
LOS ANGELES. Oct., 4, (7P)—
Mrs. Irene Pringle, one of the
State's chief witnesses, substan
tiated many of the state’s con
tentions and withstood a gruell
ing cross examination when she
appeared as the first witness for
the prosecution in the Pant,ages
trial which charges Pantages with
a statutory offense against Mrs.
i Pringle’s daughter, Eunice.
Mrs. Pringle testified that Eun
ice was born on March 5, 1912
|substantiating the state’s conten
tion that Pantages’ accuser is a
| minor. Mrs. Pringle then described
j the bruises and marks she found on
| her daughter on the night of
August 9, a few hours after the
alleged attack.
Five minutes before court ad
journed the prosecutor called
! Miss Pringle to the stand. The
court suggested that the girl’s
! appearance be postponed until
j this morning. ^
District Attorney Fitts said Miss
jTillie Husso, an usherette at the
Pantages theater, would testify
; tomorrow to the effect that the
theater operator ordered her to
“fabricate” a story to the district
attorney.
I
KODIAK. Oct., 4, (Special to the
: Gateway)—The fur fever is spread
ing in the Kodiak district following
I the advent of the big Alaska Fur
| Corporation project just getting
underway on Long Island near here
One of the latest converts to the
game is Dr. L. Pryer of Kodiak, who
is trying his hand at mink raising,
having constructed pens on his
property at the rear of his home
| and office building.
The new fur farmer received a
shipment of six pair of mink on the
last boat and has them already in
stalled in their new home. They
arrived in good condition and it is
believed htey will thrive here as the
climatic conditions are pronounced
favorable by those who understand
the game.
SALIDA, Colo., Oct., 3, (/Pi—Un
limited deposits of the finest de
corative marbles yet uncovered and
showing a wider variety than has
heretofore been offered by the com
bined output of the quaxries of the
remainder of the world, have just
been discovered near Salicia.
Ledges that appear to be nules
in extent, and assuring unnumber
ed millions of tons of every con
ceivable coloring and patterns,
have been traced out and sampled
The presentation of these samples
has caused a sensation among the
building interests.