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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 149.
SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WOULD BE ASSASSIN SEIZED
BY ATTACHE OF EMBAS
SY PARTY
BRUSSELS, Oct.. 24, (,/PT—1The
Crown Prince of Italy, Humber,
..ffianced husband of Princess
Marie Jose, narrowly escaped
death at the hands of an assail
ant who fired a shot at the royal
visitor as the Prince was placing
wreath upon the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier.
Quick work on the part of one
of the attaches in the Italian
embassy’s party who knocked
down the man’s arm and seized
the gun and over-powered him.
is believed to have saved the
Prince’s life.
The would-be-assassin, who on
ly escaped lynching through the
protection of the police, later
informed the authorities that
he was an Italian named Enrico
Dirosa and said he only intended
to fire in the air as a protest
against the young prince whose
engagement to the Belgian Prin
cess was formally announced to
day.
One of the calmest during the
entire exciting affair was the
prince who continued with the
wreath placing ceremony while
the bands played Italian anthems.
Later, returning to the Italian
embasy where he is stopping, he
appeared to have entirely forgot
ten the attempt to kill him. Des
pite the stringent precautions
taken by the police to prevent
any unpleasant incident at the
ceremony, Dirosa succeeded in
making his way to a point near
the prince’s car firing the shot
when he was about 15 yards away.
The man’s revolver was found to
contain several unused cartridges.
’ SORT PLIERS IT
CHID RECEPTION SO
REFUSED TO POST
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, Oct.,
24, (/P)—The Russian plane “Land
of Soviet" arrived here at about
i 5 o‘clock yesterday afternon for
an overnight stop. Thirty citizens
greeted the fliers who experienced
rough going from Salt Lake City.
No reception committee of the
Chamber of Commerce were on
hand and no preparations of any
kind greeted the Russians. The
fliers said they would pass the
night there but refused to pose
for a camerman.
JOE BECKETT BIST
ON AUTOBIOGRAPHY
LONDON, Oct., 23, (/P)—Joe Bec
kett, the former heavyweight
champion of Great Britain, is writ
ing his autobiography.
Having spent about as much time
on the canvas as he did on nis feet
in the ring, Joe should have some
thing to write about.
POSED AS SON
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct., 24, (IP) I
—A youth who posed as Allen Hoo
ver, son of President Hoover and
wired the White House for funds, j
has been jailed here and is being \
held for investigation.
PRINGLE GIRL DENIES PAN- |
TAGES TESTIMONY WITH
OUT FALTERING
LOS ANGELES. Oct., 24, (IP)— |
Eunice Pringle threw a blan- j
ket of denial on the contradictory
testimony of defense witnesses as |
she appeared for the second time
in the Pantages trial.
Without faltering she assailed
the sensational version which j
Pantages had cast about her story
and when she had finished the
defense excused her from the
witness stand without a solitary
attempt to smash her denials.
She denied that Nick Duneav
had been at her home 50 to 75
times and that she told him Pan- i
tages would be sorry if he failed
to book her act; that Pantages
had told her that her act was too
vulgar and suggestive and that
he could not use it; that she was
in his office 10 to 12 times; that
she had pulled out his necktie
and disarranged his clothing or
that she had answered one of his
questions by saying “You know
what I want ”
PLANE WRECKAGE PICKED UP
BELIEVED TO BE FROM
DITEMAN’S MACHINE
HARBOR GRACE, Newfound- j
land, Oct., 24, (/P)—A radio mes
sage from the S. S. Kyle was pick
ed up by the Marconi station,
from the Sycthis, that another j
ship of unknown name had dis
covered airplane wreckage color- j
ed black and orange.
COLORS ARE SIMILAR
NEW YORK, Oct-, 24, (^P>—
The little plane in which Diteman
essayed to cross the Atlantic from
Harbor Grace to London had a
black fuselage and the wings were
painted orange. Diteman has not
arrived at London.
NEW IK GETS FIS!
FHEM EJ.SE IS CEEEBT
TONOPAH, Nev., Oct., 23, (/P)
One of the paradoxes of the desert
is a new industry established at the
new naval ammunition depot at
Hawthorne, 100 miles from here,
where fish by the carload are ship
ped to New York City.
The particular species consists of
monster carp that have thrived
with immunity in the waters of
Walker lake, a brackish formation
30 mlies long never touched by
white fishermen.
FELL 209 FEET
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 24, (/P)—
Fred McKinley, an aviator, plung
ed into San Francisco Bay during
an air race. He fell only 200 feet
and escaped with minor injuries.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
PORT OF SPAIN ISLAND TRIN
ADAD, Oct., 24, (/P)—A severe
earthquake was felt h<*re, which
laasted several seconds and caused
considerable alarm.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS EN
GAGED IN BATTLE: RE
INFORCEMENTS DUE
HANKOW, Oct., 24, UP)—'With
the opposing forces, estimated to
be more than 300,000 engaged in
a struggle for supremacy of Cen
tral China, the Nationalist gov
ernment armies seemed to have
the advantage in the fighting
against rebellious troops of Mar
shall Feng Yudash Hsiang, lead
er of the Kuominchun, or the
people’s army.
The nationalist forces recap
tured Yencheng city, in the Ho
nan province, driving the Kuom
inchun troops 35 miles north
ward to Hsuchow.
Reinforcements are reported to
be coming from Loyang to aid
the revolters in the' attempt to
sweep aside • the troops of Pres
ident Chiang Kaidashhshek and
roll southward to reach the Yanz
tse river at Hankow.
"BUSINESS SEEMS TO BE GOOD
FIFTY WORKERS NARROWLY
AVERT DEATH: BUILDING
WRECKED
HOLLYWOOD, Oct., 24, (A5)—
A explosion and fire which wreck
1 ed the laboratory of the Consoli
dated Film Industries, passed mir
aculously by 50 men and women
workers in the building with a
toll of one death.
The confusion was great
1 as the panic stricken film wor
j kers rushed from the structure
| as detonations shook it and flames
shot skyward. Police and fire
i department officials at first be
leived all had been lost.
Albert Lund was found uncons
! sious near the film polishing
j machine at which he had been
working by firemen who pene
, trated the ruined building as soon
as the flames had been quenched.
He died in the ambulance enroute
to the hospital.
Two women workers, who ran
as the first flash of flame spread
through the building, said they
saw the first explosion occur in
a pile of chemicals near one of
the polishing machines in the
assembly room.
PLOT TO WRECK
HOOVER'S TRAIN
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SEDAN REMOVED FROM RAILS
FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO
ARRIVAL OF SPECIAL
I --
NEW ALBANY, Ind., Oct., 24,
(/P)—An alleged plot which jyould
have involved Hoover’s special
train in a wreck with a heavy
sedan, five miles north of here,
was thwarted by three men who
removed the obstruction from the
Baltimore and Ohio tracks a few
minutes before the train ar
rived.
The train was halted for 18
minutes while secret service men
and railroad detectives started
an investigation which resulted,
several hours later ,in the ar
rest of two negroes who confess
ed to officers to have placed the
automobile on the tracks. The
plot was to collect damages for
its destruction. The car was trac
ed to Charles W. Burdock, 19,
and Young E. Wright, 43, both
negroes.
TOWN OF 1.890 SOTS
TARKIO, Mo., Oct., 23, (/P)-Wlio
would imagine that a town of 1,800
would buy a community plane so
its merchants,- farmers and clerks
might learn to fly?
Tarkio has done just that. Nearly
a score of its business men are
studying aviation. Their flying club
has bought a biplane and hired a
pilot teacher.