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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 228.
SEWARD ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
, YANKEES CAPTURE
FIFTH GAME SCORE
OF THREE.TO 10;
COES TEN IBS
SH ERDEL BLOWS UP IN THE
t TENTH; A SINGLE, TWO WALKS
AND A SINGLE GAVE VICTORY
TO YANKS
NINE HITS OFF PENNOCK
Each Team Make One Error; Paschal
Hitting for Dugan, Slams Out Texas
Leaguer In Ninth Tying the Score
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7. The Yanks
won in ten innings fry the score of
three to two. Hornsby had considered
using Alexander today but decided to
hold him for the sixth game in New
York Saturday. The sky became over
cast in the third inning.
SAINT LOUIS, Oct. 7. (JP)—A re
cord Saint Louis crowd witnesed yes
terday’s game paying 3166,199.
C SPORTSMAN’S PARK, St. Louis,
Oct. 7. (JP)—The clearest and calmest
weather to date greets the opening
of the fifth game. "Lines of fans cir
cled the' park early, leading to the
gates of the unreserved sections and
stands and the seat sale closed before
noon. About 40,000 will see the game.
Ruth came to the park and said “we
have started to hit now and nothing
can stop us.”
The game opened with two south
paws, Bill Sherdel for the Cardinals
and Herb Pennock for the Yankees.
A slight haze appeared as the game
opened but no threat of rain was evi
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FARMERS AND FAMILIES WARN
* ED ESCAPE WITH HOUSE
HOLD EFFECTS
PEORIA, Oct. 7. \(JP)—TJhe levee
below Peoria broke during the night
and 4,400 acres of corn lands lay sub
merged under 18 feet of water. Farm
ers were warned and fled saving much
of their household effects but lost
their livestock and poultry. Five men
in a rowboat capsized and clung to
the top of a barn for four hours be
fore rescued.
COMEDIAN VERY ILL
DETROIT, Oct. 7. (JP)—Frank Tin
ney, famous comedian, is critically ill
here.
, "PEACHES" BROWNING
LEAVES AGED HUBBY
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. (JP)—Peaches
Browning has left her husband for
New Jersey in an imported baby blue
{ limousine with two chauffeurs. She
has been offered $2,000 a week to ap
pear on a Chicago stage.
tit™ dead
ROCKWOOD, Oct. 7. (JP)—The dead
in the gas explosion in the coal mine
yesterday is now reported to be 37.
ROCKWOOD, Oct. 7. (/P)—A rescue
crew said two additional are among
the known dead. Twenty of 28 are
unaccounted.
TO REVEAL SECRET
UNFETTERED BY LABOR ORGAN
IZATIONS; OUTSTRIPS OTHER
LARGE CITIES
DETROIT, Oct. 7. <;P)—Churches
recalled invitations from Federation
leaders to speak Sunday but which
were recinded. Green said this ac
tion was inspired “through the influ
ence of the Chamber of Commerce
and Building and Trades association.”
The Chamber had requested addres
ses “by men who admittedly were
attacking the government. The Amer
ican plan of employment is to be
matched by Detroit speakers who will
show why Detroit has outstripped all
others because the city has been un
fettered by labor organizations.”
BRUTALITY CRH
AGAINST THE STATE
WITNESSES IN HALL-MILLS MUR
DER CASE MAKE OUT
AFFIDAVITS
SOMERVILLE, Oct. 7. (/P)—'The
| methods by which the State re-open
led the Hall-Mills case afteU fout
I years were attacked b£ thd jlefenjlS
yesterday, in affidavits charging brg
| taiity. Two witnessed phargedi that
! they had been intimidated by; brutal
! methods. Willard E. Staub, of New
i Brunswick asserted he was chained
to a bed all night in state police head
quarters at Somercille when he refus
ed to admit that he was at the Phil
lips farm the night of the murder of
Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Elea
nor Mills.
LOS ANGELES WINS
P. COAST PENNANT
EVEN IF LOSE REMAINING
GAMES WILL STILL BE GAME
'AHEAD OF OAKS
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5. (£>)—The
Angels have cinched their seventh
coast pennant game even if they lose
all 14 remaining games and Oakland
wins all, for even so the Angels will
still be a game ahead.
Contractor Gerhard Johnson has
the work of laying a new concrete
sidewalk in front on the newly re
modeled Seward hptel, is well under
way and by evening the job should be
completed.
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COLONEL STEESE AS
DEL. TO CONVENTION
NAMES HEAD OF ALASKA ROAD
COMMISSION DELEGATE NAV
IGATION CONGRESS
uot. ueorge a. jrarits iws auuuuuu
ed the appointment of Col. James G.
Steese, President of the Alaska Road
Commission and district engineer, as
delegate from Alaska to attend the
triennial convention of the Permanent
International association of Naviga
tion congresses to be held in Cairo,
Egypt, next December, according to
the Juneau Empire. This will be the
first time on record that Alaska has
been officially represented at such a
gathering.
j Col. Steese has been a life member
of the Association sinc.e his Panama
j Canal days, the Governor said. As
Alaska’s delegate he will represent at
the Cairo convention more miles of
navigable waters than any other dele
gate present, the Territory having a
26,000 mile coast line. This is almost
one-half greater than that of contin
ental United States.
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The American delegation to the
coming convention will be headed by
Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor, late Chief of
Engineers, who visited Alaska last
year in that capacity. Another mem
ber will be Col. Glen E. Edgerton,
Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road
commission from 1910 to 1915. For
the past two years Col Edgerton has
been Chief Engineer of the Federal
Power Commission.
Gov. Parks said he was informed
that Col. Steese has been appointed
by General Taylor to be secretary ol
the American delegation. The resi
dent secretary, Maj. D. I. Sultan ol
the board of engineers for rivers and
harbors, with headquarters in Wash
ington, D. C., will not be able to at
tend.
Mir Diet Mi u
BIRTHDAY SUITS IF
BERLIN, Oct. 7. (£>)—'The culture
of the nude or in other words exercise
in the open by men and women ir
their birthday suits have received the
official sanction of the authorities ir
a rural section near Berlin as Ion?
as the culture is carried on behinc
fences high enough to prevent pas
serbys from looking at them; was rul
ed further that if persons insisted or
looking despite the fence it was theii
own fault and they couldn’t object.
TODAY’S BASEBALL BETTING
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. (£>)—Odds ol
five to four that the Yankees will win
today and 10 to nine that they take the
series, also odds of 12 to 5 the Yanks
do not take the next two games and 1€
to 5 the Cardinals do not, are being
offered today.
MIND IS MADE UP
PERUGIA, Oct. 7. (JP)—Premier Mus
solini said the Fascists constitute a
new genius of civilization and “nc
one in the world can make me deviate
from my path.”
OPENING OF THE
SOCIAL SEASON
Bridge and whist card
party to be held at Odd
Fellows hall, October 7,
Thursday evening at 8:30
o'clock. Lunch will b e
served. The public is cor
dially invited. Admission
50c.
ALLEGED BRIBE SHID
BEEN USED CAMPAIGN
SMITH LEFT ESTATE OF LESS
THAN $200,000; LIBERTY
BONDS FOUND
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. (/P) — Mai
Daugherty “was as close to his broth
er as a brother could be” he testified.
Harry’s alleged share of the bribe help
ed to make up the Republican cam
paign fund deficit and said “it was a
cdhtihuous campaign fund from the
time my brother first started to nom
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lihate Harding.” The defense rested
and the jury excused Daugherty. Mil
ler did not take the stand. Mai said
Liberty bonds were found in Smith’s
accounts after his snicide. Smith’s
estate was less than $200,000.
NEARLY MILLION IN
i GOLD ON S.S. TOPPER
TWO HUNDRED LIVE REINDEER
BE USED FOR ADVERTISING
DEER MEAT
SEATTLE, Oct. S. (/P)—More than
. 200 live reindeer are to*be used this
| Christmas in advertising reindeer
meat throughout the United States,
then afterwards presented to parks
j and zoos. The deer arrived on the
j steamship W. M.'Tupper from Bethel,
j The vesel’s cargo included three quar
ters of a million in gold.
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HUE STORY FALSE
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7. (£>)—The
Aimee McPherson kidnapping story
was branded false from the witness
stand yesterday by Assistant District
Attorney Ryan who has been one of
the chief investigators of the alleged
hoax plot. Ryan also charged that
evidence in form of grocery slips
found at the Carmel cottage where
Aimee is alleged to have spent ten
days with Ormiston, the former radio
aide, are in Aimee’s handwriting.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7. (£>)—'The
Times said they had a penciled draft
of Mrs. Sielaff’s “Miss X” confession
and declared it to be in Aimee*s hand
writing. The draft was found in the
Sielaff safety box. The district at
torney’s office said Minnie dictated it.
It is reported Aimee attempted to re
gain the clothing vforn by Douglas.
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CIVILIZATION NOT RUINING AL
ASKAN NATIVES, ASSERTS
B. OF E. CHIEF
ANCHORAGE, Oct. 7. —Jonathan
Wagner, head of the Alaska Bureau of
Education department, arrived from
Point Barrow yesterday and challeng
ed the statement of Dr. Anna Kears
ley, former Wrangell physician, that
civilization was ruining Alaska na
tives. Wagner said “the Alaska na
tive is an aducabie individual. The
governments of Canada and Denmark
have declared the work the United
States is. doing since the eighties is
one of the greatest achievements in
American history.” He referred to
the natives of Saint Lawrence who
have their own broadcasting station
and to Metiakatla where they have
built a $40,000 hydroelectric plant;
also to the Eklutna native industrial
school which is making good pro
gress.
MANY MEN ARRESTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7. (#)—
Thirty-two men were arrested and
charged with conspiracy to do bodily
harm as a result of rioting in local
Carpenter’s strike.
ALAMEDA DUE TOMORROW
The S. S. Alameda was scheduled to
arrive at Cordova at 2 o’clock this
afternoon. According to this report
the vessel should arrive in port early
tomorrow evening.
TO RECALL HARTLEY
—
REGENTS HAVE AS SUZZALLO’S
SUCCESSOR EDUCATOR OF
NATIONAL STANDING
SEATTLE, Oct. 7. (/P)—The regents
have an “educator of national stand
ing” in mind as Suzzallo’s successor.
Secretary Paul H. Johns of Tacoma,
announced# a movement to impeach
and recall Hartley has appeared. A. S.
Kerry, Seattle capitalist, is heading
a group organizing against Hartley
and declared “we intend to devise a
statewide plan of action. I have no
doubt ff Hartley’s recall is put up to
a vote in Seattle 90 per cent of the -
citizens vote will oust him. The Al
umni association declared the removal
of Suzzallo again forcibly calls to the
attention of the people, the state and
nation wide fact that Hartley is at
tempting to make a political football
of the state’s educational institu
tions.”
GRAND JURY URGES NEED
MORE POLICEMEN IN. SF.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7. (£>)—
Charging that for six months San
Francisco has been suffering from
lack of law ahd order, the Grand Jury
urged an Increase in the police fdrce.