seinen-d Dnily Gateumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20.
NUMBER m>
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
FIFTY DIE WHEN
BUILDING FALLS
PICKWICK (TUB
BOSTON, July 4 (;P)—Fifty known |
dead and many more lives believed to
have been lost is the toll when a \sall
collapsed at the Pickwick Club, a no
ted Chinese resort, the niglit of the
celebration of the eve of independence
cay. Eighteen were rescued from the
ruins, some mangled and bruised and
others at the point of death. Timbers
dangled over the heads of the work
men as they dug in the debris, and
The screams of those caught rang in
the ears of the firemen and physicians
prying into the wreckage.
One man was saved by cutting off
-wo fingers from his left hand, so as
to pull him out of the wreckage. As
-he doctor performed the operation,
-.he man smoked a cigarette and joked
with his rescuers.
The wall fell while a dance selec
tion was playing and hundreds of cou
ples were whirling in a waltz. The
merrymakers had been exploding fire
crackers, and the dancers, who were
:i the large hall on the second floor
_f the club building thought for a mo
zient that a giant firecracker had gone
^ctf, but immediately the wall three
-Toors above caved in on them, allow
ing the floor joist to sag and drop to
The basement beneath. A telephone
operator, who had been listening in
on the dance music, said she heard
s sudden crash as the partitions,
weakened by a fire months ago, fell
n on the dancers.
The ninth death was that of Mrs.
Edith Jordan who talked with her
would-be rescuers while she lay ten
hours gripped beneath the metal
ceiling and steel joists. A funnel and
a rubber tube were used to give her
water. She died as she was removed
at noon from the wreckage, as she
asked about the safety of her hus
hand, who had been rescued early in
he day. She was the last person alive
o be taken from the wreckage.
As dawn came the feverish workers
heard cries comihg from the ruins
There are six of us here,” ‘‘there are
three of us here,” ""‘For God’s sake
get us out.” The workmen were not
permitted to use crowbars for fear oi
njuring those pinned down by the
wreckage, and they carefully jacked
.ip huge timbers and gingerly picked
out bricks and rubbish packed toe
Tightly to allow the use of picks, h
^ tunnel was started into the basemen1
from an adjoining lot, the worker;
coming up under the wreckage.
Searchers counted over 75 hats ane
coats in the ruins. It was estimatec
that 160 couples were dancing at tht
time the building collapsed. Excavat
mg on an adjoining property hat
weakened the wall that fell.
BOSTON, July 6 (£>)—'The deatl
list is now 43 and Fire Chief Senneti
expresses the belief that this will b<
complete.
Forty-Fourth Body, Removed.
BOSTON, July 6 (£>)—'The forty
fourth body was removed from ths
ruins of the Pickwick Club when ths
corpse of Ella Cauley was brough
out, pitifully bruised and torn. In hei
pockets was the money for which sh<
smiled away her life, bandying th<
guests of the club.
Among the bodies removed wers
those of Frank Tillo and Neddo Flan
agan, boxers, that of Polica Inspectoi
Alexander, who was at the club tc
preserve order, and that of a mai
with a picture of his wife over his
heart was found in the arms of an
other woman, both being dead.
Many bottles of liquor were founc
in the ruins, unbroken by the fores
that ended near a half hundred lives
Geddings Farm, near Canterburl
England, reports the birth of a laml
With two heads, eight eyes and tw<
tails, which lived only a few hours.
Banks In Chicago Post
Reward Capture Bandits
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CHICAGO. July 6 (/P)—Over one
hundred banks in Chicago posted a
$2500 reward for every policeman
killing a person engaged in a bank
robbery, and $1000 for information
leading to the arrest and conviction
of such person.
French Adopt Stern
Measures with Riffs
RABAT, Morocco, July 6 (jP)—It was
j stated by French military authorities
I that “they would take stern measures
! with the Riffias tribes, because tribes
I previously friendly had gone over to
! the Krim. The French have removed
; all women and children from Taza.
French Champions Win
Doubles At Wimbleton
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 6 {/?)—
Jean Borotra and Rene La Costa of
France won the doubles championship
of England, defeating Ray Casey of
Indianapoolis, 6-4 and 11-9, and 11-9
and 4-6, and 1-6 and 6-3.
TWO CHILDREN
CARRIED OFF ON
RUNNING BOARD
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SPOKANE, July 6—Reuel Ledoux
and his five-year-old sister Ruth went
! to sleep on the running board of an
j automobile while their uncle, Elmon
I Wood, visited the children’s grand
i mother, Mrs. A. L. Wood yesterday,
i Elman started to his home in Bovill,
l Idaho, and the boy fell off the run
ning board after the machine had gone
a half mile, but was picked up by a
; motorist who took him home. Great
terror was felt when the boy stated
! that he had left his little sister on
j the machine. She was found at a ser
; vice station where an attendant had
dragged her off when she awoke, just
as Elman was leaving, but the atten
dant had been unable to attract El
• man’s attention.
The girl was returned to her home
unhurt.
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SECRETARY WORK
VISITING SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 6 (/P)—Secretary
Hubert Work, of the Department ol
Interior is here to meet Governor R
Hartley before night on the Kittitas
1 reclamation project which is now ir
' impasse. He visited the offices of the
Alaska Railroad and Alaska Bureau oi
Education, and stated that most 61
his time here would be given to con
ferences with Alaskans on departmen
tal business. He will leave for the
! East after the chamber of commerce
! dinner tonight.
Seattle Man Burns In
Trying to Rescue Wife
SEATTLE, July 6 (/P)—Receiving
1 fatal burns when he entered his blaz
» ing home to rescue his wife whom he
l thought was inside, John Young, s
i salesman, died here today. Young
• who was roused from sleep by the
smoke and flames, awakened his wife
l and took his three children ouside, re
! turning to get his wife who was ill
. Not finding her, he returned agair
and searching through the rooms. The
: fire cut off his escape and he leaped
> from, a window. His wife had got ou1
> unaided and went and sat on a porcl
nearby.
COOLIDGE SPEECH
AT CAMBRIDGE
IS CRITICIZED
LONDON, July 6 (IP)—The Daily
News criticized the utterances of
President Coolidge at Cambridge Fri
day concerning the security pact be
tween the nations of the world, declar
ing that such speeches would do Eu
rope much harm and no good to the
United States. The paper continued:
“The implication of this and similar
speeches appears to be that the love
of peace is almost an exclusively
American virtue, and that the enmi- •
ties distracting Europe have their j
roots in a savage passion for war in
itself. It is implicated that these
enmities arrive from jealous fears
from which America is free. If she is
free from such jealousies, it is simply 1
through historical and geographical
accidents, and not from any virtue
possessed by its rulers.”
Tunney Knocks Out
Italian Jack Herman
KANSAS CITY, July 6 (IP)—Gene
Tunney, American lightweight cham
pion, knocked out “Italian Jack” Her
man of New York in the second round
of a ten round bout. This was Tun
ney’s first engagement since he defeat
ed Tommy Gibbons.
Six Persons Drown
In Wyoming Town
ROCK SPRINGS, W.vo., July 6
Six persons were drowned in a flood
here Saturday, the result of a cloud
burst at Hay Junction, north of here.
The victims were occupants of an au
tomile. a man, three children and two
women.
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ALASKA BRINGS
200 PASSENGERS
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I SEATTLE, July 6 (JP)—The steam
i ship Alaska sailed at 9 o'clock Satur
! day morning carrying 200 passengers.
I Owing to the holiday the steamship
! offices were closed after the sailing.
Those for Seward were: Robert Pat
terson, Tom Patterson, William Pat
terson, A. Talbot, John Stinson, Hal
sey Barker, Mrs. M. Barker. Mrs. G.
Barker, Mrs. A. Talcott, Mrs. L. L.
Barker, Mrs. P. Patterson, J. H. Lew
is, Roy Sorenson and wife, Miss L.
Sullivan, Mrs. K. Sopponfeld, D. H.
Lingle and wife, Katherine Edwards,
Leona Lingle, C. D, Garfield and wife,
E. J. Ard and wife, Edna Ard, E. T.
McNally, C. Rhodes, H. J. McCracken
and wife, Helen Young, Olive Haeff
ner, T. B. Hatton and wife, Mrs. E. L.
Merrifield, Mrs. Robert Burdette, G.
W. Ziebold and wife, Mrs. W. H.
Kern, Richard Kern, W. E. Coman and
wife, C. Y. Yearger and wife, H, J.
Sheerer and wife, C. O. Thompson,
Chas. E. Bunnell, M. E. Mooney and
wife, L. F. Powers, W. E. Mellard, J.
H. Roberts and wife, J. E. Hunter,
Miss J. Reilly, Miss E. Roberts, J. L.
t Carroll and wife, Mrs. Louise Eng
' strom, Mrs. S. M. Graff, Mrs. J. H.
Hayden, Loretta Hart, Ethel Waring,
B. W. Marsh, Miss L. Haggerty and
seven steerage.
Thirty Die In Spain
When Buildings Burn
BOGOTA, July 6 (£>)—Thirty bodies
were reported found after fire Satur
day had swept the city of Manizeles,
110 miles northwest of here, destroy
ing 32 acres of buildings in the heart
of the city. The damage is estimated
at $20,000,000,000.
Slight Shocks Felt At
Santa Barbara Saturday
SANTA BARBARA. Cal., July 6 (£>).
A slight shock was felt at 11:13 this
morning followed by six others. En
gineers found the total damage was
$6,032,000,000. They reported that the
old Franciscan mission, the city’s most
famous structure, would be safe when
extensive repairs are made.
Defense Day Program At
Juneau Most Enthusiastic
JUNEAU, July 6 (/P)—The most en
thusiastic Defense Day program was
held here Saturday when Governor
Parks reveiwed Companies E and F,
Seventh Infantry, from Chilkoot Bar
racks, under command of Major F. M.
Maddox. Reports indicate that many
thousands in southeastern Alaska
signed the Defense Day roster.
Banks Will Have Report
Condition Business June 30
WASHINGTON. D. C., July 6 (£>)—
A call for a statement of financial
conditions for a period ending June
30 was issued today by the comptrol
ler.
THIEVES LOOT
STRONG ROOM
SAINT PETERS
ROME, July 6 (/P)—Cardinal Merry
Del Val, arch priest of St. Peter’s
cathedral, estimated that the haul of
i loot Friday night, when thieves en
! tered the treasury room through the
| ceiling at over one million lire. He
I stated that many of the objects taken
; cannot be replaced, and that articles
! still more precious eluded attention,
though nearby.
The Pope is taking a keen interest
in the investigation of the crime which
the Italian government promises to
press hard. The audacity of the act
has created intense indignation tliru
out the country.
BAPTISTS FORM
RUMP CONVENTION
SEATTLE, July 6 (JP)—The Baptist
I bolters who formed a rump conven
' tion met last night in the First Pres
byterian church of this city. Dr. Mark
Allison Matthews, it pastor, in a short
speech to the insurgents said: “Youi
fight is my fight, and the nickname oi
‘Baptist’ is my nickname of ‘Presby
terian.’ but our surname is a mem
bership in the body of Christ. The
battle is on and will not cease until
Christ comes again.”
Matthew's announced his intention
to lead in organizing a Presbyterian
union like that of the Baptist union
and wrar against new ideas in theology
biology and geology. He told the vis
itors that his congregation had the
“greatest session of 72 consecrated
fundamentalist elders, and not one has
the slightest tinge of modernism. Ii
he had his place would be filled at
the next meeting.”
His audience of 800, mostly Bap
tists, broken into a tumult of enthu
siastic applause.
Matthew's predicted that the con
servatives of the two denominations
would be united behind the “w'hite
horse o£ the scriptures," hut he ex
plained that he meant on the final
day.
Dr. J. Frank Norris, a Fort Worth
Baptist, declared that the fundamen
talists in his church would not secede
but would attempt to expel the mod
ernists.
GORDON BETTLES
MAKES STRIKE
CINNABAR ORE
SEATTLE. July 6 (/P)—Gordon Bet
ties, for whonl the town of Betties, in
Alaska was named, has made a strike
of cinnabar, probably the greatest in
the world’s history, Capt. Wallace
Langley, master of the Santa Ana,
said today. The strike is 200 miles
from Bethel and about four miles from
the Kuskokwim river, on a trail mak
ing it easy to take out the ore and
transport it to the river to' be loaded
on boats. Five leads were uncovered
and traced for a distance of six miles.
The cinnabar assayed 25 per cent in
pure quicksilver.
“There are good prospects for a
heavy yield of gold in the Kusko
kwim district this year,’’ Langley said.
Conger Freed for Killing
Man Who Wrecked Home
TACOMA. July 6 (/P)— George S.
Conger was acquitted today of the
murder of Robert. S. Heale, May 3.
Conger’s plea was that Heale had
wrecked his home and caused his wife
to seek a divorce from him. Two bal
lots were taken the first being 11 to
1 for; acquittal. The jury was out but
three hours. -»
Three Die In Yakima
As Result of Quarrel
HOQUIAM, Wn„ July 6 (£>)—Carl
Casey, an lima mechanic, is dead, his
brother John is in the hospital, fatally
wounded, and James Walters, a Yaki
ma paperhanger is dying in the hospi
tal here as a result of a shooting af
fray which Walters said was started
over a quarrel between the three
men.
Lightning Strikes Tree;
Three Persons Dead
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa.. July 5 (£>)
Three persons were killed by light
ning and two were seriously injured
when a tree under which they took
shelter during a storm, was struck by
lightning.
Auto Driver Killed
While Mother Watches
RIVERSIDE, Calif.. July 6 (JP)— As
his mother and two sisters watched
the race, Leo Arijalva, a Los Ange
les racing driver, was killed when his
machine skidded in a fence and tore
a portion of the railing off. A sliver
pierced his chest.
MARINES WITHDRAWN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jnly 6 (£>)—
' A definite withdrawal of United States
marines from Nicaragua to take place
the first week in August has been de
cided upon by the administration.
Atronomers Make Report
On the Salmon Situation
At a recent meeting in Portland,
Oregon, of the Pacific Division of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, when astrono
. mers from four of the most recent data
on Mars, the following report was
. turned in.
Temperature is the factor that
guides the red salmon up branching
. streams and rivers on its annual jour
ney to spawn. The fish through gen
erations, has learned to select the
colder branch at a river junction, Dr.
Henry B. Ward told the zoologists,
, and finally deposits its eggs in spring
. fed areas of lakes that are not likely
to freeze and destroy their young.