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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 179.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TO REBUILD STORY
HALLS-NIILLS DEATH
UNDER APPLE TREE
STATE OFFICIALS AND POLICE
TO REQUESTION ALL CON
.4 CERNED IN CASE; INCLUDE
TROLLEY CAR OPERATORS
ONE WOMAN HEARD SHOTS
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Accountants Investigating Bank Ac
count of Mrs. Hall, Widow of Slayed
Minister; Wealth Impeded Justice
SOMERVILLE. Aug. 10. (£>)—'The
state and police have decided to re
build the story of the deaths of Hall
and Mills. The first persons at the
spot will be requestioned, including
the trolley car operators who took
Mrs. Mills to the park; two women
who saw her alig-ht; Edward Stryker
and niece, Mrs. Grace Edwards, living
near the Phillips farm where the
bodies were found and Mrs. A. C.
Frawley who heard the shots.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 10. (Jp)—
Accountants investigating the ban ac
count of Mrs. Hall on charges her
wealth impeded justice in the first
Hall-Mills slaying inquiry, Peter Tum
ulty, gardener and chauffeur for the
Hall family, testified he bought his
present home, near Mrs. Hall’s from
the proceeds of the sale of two small
pieces of property owned prior to
1922.
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GASBOAT HAZEL CHARTERED
Captain Berger, of the gasboat Haz
el. departed yesterday for'Prince Wil
liam Sound. On board the staundli
little craft is a government fishery
official who is making a personal in
spection of that area. The charter is
for ten days.
SECOND OF FLETTNEfi
IS NOISELESS IN OPERATION;
PASSES TEST IN GERMAN
WATERS
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. (/P)—'The se
cond of Anton Flettner’s vessels with
out sails, the rotorship Baracasa, has
passed a successful test in German
waters it is reported to F, O. Hull
hoft, Flettner’s American representa
tive. The Baracasa has three rotors
which develop 12,000 horsepower, are
noiseless in operation and revolve at
a speed of 150 revolutions per minute.
The rotor introduced by Flettner in
1924, is a cylindrical stack which
utilizes the air currents and vacuums
formed by its rotation as its means
of producing power.' The Baden, his
first rotorship, came to New York last
may.
BOSTON.—Sixteen passengers and
a crew of fifty men today were strand
ed aboard the shipping steamer Gov
ernor John Lind, which ran aground
during a fog on Hedge Fence Shoals.
The vessel was en route from Porto
Rico to Boston.
The power boat Rolfe No. 1, Capt.
Pete Sather arrived in port last even
ing fflbm the Nuka bay quartz district.
CARPENTERS BEATEN IN S. F.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 (;P) —
Two more American carpenters
were attacked and beaten here yes
terday in another outbreak of the
violence that has featured the smould
ering labor war between Union men
and the San Francisco Industrial As
sociation.
WERE THOT TO BE
GOVERNMENT MEN
PERSONS ARRESTED IN CALLES
MURDER PLOT RELEASED UN
DER BAIL EXCEPT ONE
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10. (/P)—1The
department of agriculture has been
advised that the engineers Raymoun
do Violante and Jose Almeida who
were stabbed and killed in Acambaro
state, Juana Juato, last Monday, were
believed to have been killed because .
they were suspected to be government ;
religious agents. Two Protestant j
churches held the usual services un- j
disturbed. 'The Catholic church j
crowds were not unusual. The per- j
sons arrested in connection with the
Calles death plot have been released
on thousand pesos bail, except Dolores
ILemus, who has been unable to raise
i bail.
i
EH CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE CLOSED
_
UNITED STATES CHAMBER OFFI
CIALS SURPRISED ACTION
CONSTANTINOPLE
I CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 9 (£>)—
Dispatches from Angora Turkish
capitol says the government has ord
i ered the closing of all foreign cham
'bers of commerce in the country. The
I
order is said to be directed particu
larly at the American, British, and
Italian chambers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (^P)—Offi
| cials of the United States Chamber of
Commerce expressed surprise today
over the reported closing at Constan
tinople as no recent events indicated
any situation that would prompt such
a step.
PH LIST RESPECTS TO
PROMINENT CITIZEN
CORDOVA, Aug. 10, (IP)— The
George S. Hazelet funeral Sunday was
the most impressive here in twenty
years. Business was suspended Tues
day while prominent business men ac
companied the coffin to the dock. The
body is being sent to Seattle for bur
ROME.—Morris Gest, noted Ameri
can theatrical producer, has pur
chased the play “The False Coin"
from Maxim Gorky. The play was
purchased for and will be produced by
David Belasco.
^BERLIN.—A provisional Franco
German trade agreement, to be in ef
fect for six months was signed by
representatives of both nations.
TOO DANGEROUS FOR
AIMEE TO MAKE TRIP
SHACK WHERE ED
SHACK WHERE EVANGELIST WAS
CONFINED REPORTED BE
LOCATED
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. The
Angelus Temple directors voted
against Aimee McPherson to return to
Douglas, Arizona, to see the shack
which has been reported found. They
said it was dangerous because of re
ligious controversy. Aimee’s mother
made no comment. J. W. Arthur,
chairman of the board of directors
said: “Sister McPherson has been un
der a hard strain since her escape
from her abductors. The heat and
general weather conditions would only
add hardships to the trip.”
VESSEL WILL MAKE ONE MORE
ROUND TRIP TO BRISTOL
BAY DISTRICT
In former years the present trip of
the S. S. Starr, Captain O. A. Johan
sen, would have been the last voyage
of the season to Bristol bay points
but this year the season extended one
month, untii September, when an ex
tra trip will be made by the vessel.
The Starr was scheduled to depart
this morning at S o’clock but after
waiting until 8:45 a. m. for the mail
from off the S. S. Admiral Watson,
departed without it. A full general
cargo of merchandise and supplies for
herring plants is on board, and one of
the largest number of reservations of
the season. Numbered ahtong the
passenger listing are Bureau of Edu
cation school teachers who are re
turning to the various communities to
prepare for the opening of the school
term, next month.
The reservations included:
Akutan—Miss KatherineG. Kane.
Nushagak—Mrs. A. Wickstrom, An
ton Eide.
Perry—Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Moe and
two children.
Dillingham—Mr. and Mrs. Savage
and son, Miss Panga McConnell, Rob
ert C. Kallenberg.
Uyak—Mr. and Mrs. Page and baby.
Sand Point—Miss Slinor S. Jones.
Unalaska—Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Gardner.
Naknek — Mrs. S. Paulson and
daughter.
Seldovia—Monroe, John Bailey, Fin
layson, Easton.
Round Trip—T. A. Marquam, Ted
McEwan.
Karluk—B. B. Mozee.
BASEBALL RESULTS
NATIONAL—
Cincinnati 4, 10; Philadelphia 7, 5.
St. Louis 0, Boston 5.
Chicago 3, New York 4.
Pittsburgh 9, Brooklyn 3.
AMERICAN—
Washington 5, Cleveland 7.
Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1.
New York 9, Detroit 8.
Boston 7, St. Louis 5.
JACOBS ARRIVES TANANA
TANANA, Aug. 10. (IP)—The steam
er General Jacobs arrived from Nena
na Saturday with 12 passengers for
Nome and way ports. Among these
were included Mrs. Arnold, nurse for
the Nulato hospital and Turner Kot
lik, a trader.
TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS
LAKE ERIE; REPORTED
TWO SWEPT TO S E A
BUFFALO, Aug. 10. (IP)—A tidal
wave swept the south shore of Lake
Erie yesterday from which ten per
sons were drowned. Heinie Carstens
swam into deep water and brought
a girl ashore, swam back and was
not seen again until his body was
washed in.
MONHEGANISLE, Maine, Aug. 10.
(IP)—Two children were drowned yes
,
terday from a gigantic wave. Jacque
line Barstow, age 11, was swept from
her feet and Edward Vaughan of
Southbridge, Mass., her playmate who
went to her rescue was caught in the
undertow which swept both to sea.
SUB SINKS; FIVE DEAD
LONDON, Aug. 10. (IP)—Five are re
ported to have been killed when the
submarine H. 29, undergoing repairs, :
sank in the Devenport basin.
WILL CONSIDER NEW
DESIGNS FOR FLAG
BRITISH TRANSVAAL PARLIA
MENT WANT FLAG OF THEIR
OWN
JOHANNESBURG, S. A., Aug. 10.
(/P)—The government has no intention
cf backing down on the flag ques
tion, not withstanding that it with
drew its bill providing for a National
flag after considerable opposition at
the last session of the South African
Parliament, declared Hon. Daniel
minister of Interior in a speech at
Germiston, Transvaal yesterday. Dr.
Malan said n commission would be ap
pointed to consider new designs for
the proposed National flag, which will
replace the British flag now floating
over the government buildings/
5 S ALASKA WILL UNLOAD
oiltn 41 TONS SEWARD
A fair size general cargo is being
brought to Seward for discharge on
the S. S. Alaska, announces the local
office of the company. The vessel
carries 51 tons for local business
houses, 463 tons for points along the
Alaska railroad, and 37 tons for trans
fer to the S. S. Redondo for West
ward herring plants and merchants.
Tonight is ladies night at the S. A.
C. It is also the men’s night at Lake
Harriman and a silent call has gone
forth for recruitf to show up this even
ing and wield a shovel.
HOPE TO EFFECT RESCUE
SALEM, Ky. Aug. 10 (iP)—Expected
to determine at sundown if life yet re
mains in the five trapped miners.
WAS FOND OF WIFE
ENLISTED MIN SO
PLANNED KILL HIM
PLANNED FOR HUSBAND STAND
ON ZINC PLATE WHEN TURN
ED ON SWITCH
BREMERTON, Aug. 10. (£>)—'W. G.
Walker, foreman for the Power com
pany today was charged with attempt
ed murder after he admitted a fond
ness for Mr3. John Tennyson, wife of
an enlisted man attached to the Navy
yard.
Mrs. Tennyson declared it had been
arranged that Tennyson coming home
from lodge Tuesday night should die
by standing on a zinc plate as h'e
turned on the electric lights in his
home. The woman declared she had
known of Walker’s plan to do this but
had not agreed.' The apparatus was
found which was designed to be at
tached to the light line and which was
to furnish the voltage for the murder.
The zinc plate was to have been placed
so that Tennyson would have to stand
on it when switching on the lights.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME OF
DOCUMENTED VESSEL
Permission having been obtained
from the Commissioner of Navigation,
the name of the gas boat Peerless, of
ficial number 223063, has been chang
ed to Astrid. 4t
FIVE MEN TRAPPED IN MINE
SALEM, Ky., August 10. (/P)—Ef
forts are continuing to rescue the five
men trapped Thursday in the slide at
the Zinc and Spar mine.
S. S, N0RL1 HITS
BOOKS AT PT. REYES
STEAMER BOUND FOR PUGET
SOUND STRIKES ROCKS
CALIFORNIA COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 (£>)—'The
, Steamer Norlina. which was bound for
Puget Sound Ports yesterday after
noon went on the rocks forty five
miles north of Point Reyes on the
Coast of California. The steamer had
eleven feet of water in her forward
hold at the last report. The Norlina is
of forty five hundred tons register and
is owned by the Garland Steamship
Corporation. Two tugs are standing
by the disabled vessel • although her
crew of thirty five are in no immed
iate danger.
BRINGS IN RAW GOLD
John Rice, of the' Alaska Hills
Mines Corporation, Nuka bay, arrived
in port last evening brining approx
imately fifteen pounds of gold. A
rough estimate places the value of the
shipmeht at about $3,500.
Don’t overlook the Liberty The
ater for tonight.
WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE
Water will be shut off on Fourth
and Fifth avenues this evening at
10 o’clock for a period of 20 min
utes. /
S. W. & P. Co.