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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 220.
SEWARD ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1926.
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BELIEVE REPORTED
STORY OF ESKIMO
Professor marvin most kind
liest, MILDEST, AND BEST
MANNERED MAN HE EVERj
KNEW, STATES EXPLORER
WAS MEMBER PEARY PARTY
Danish Authorities Unable to Prose
cute Kudlooktoo Because Crime
* Committed In ‘No Man’s Land.’
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 28. (/P)—
McMillan the explorer said, “I find it
very hard to believe the reported con
fession of Kudlooktoo,” McMillan was :
a member of the Perry expedition on;
which Prof. Ross Marvin lost his life.!
“All of us who were on the expedition
believed Marvin to have drowned as
Kudlooktoo originally said. The story
seemed to be what naturally might
have happened. There was no bad j
If feeling between Kudlooktoo and In-'
ukitsuk, though they seldom spoke, so
it hardly seems likely that Kudlooktoo
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E. NOME;
TO STOP niULATO
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
LOSING NO TIME
(Special to The Gateway)
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 28. —Thos. A.
Marquam, Independent candidate for
Delegate to Congress left Fairbanks
at S o’clock this morning by airplane
for Nome with Pilot Bennett in the
.Waco plane. He expects to make
stops at Hot Springs, Ruby and Nula
to en route. Under ordinary flying
)t conditions he should make Nome in
six hours actual flying time. A pub
lic meeting is scheduled to be held in
Nome tomorrow. He will probably
leave Nome on Wednesday.
PLEH DISARMAMENT
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GERMANY’S ENTRANCE INTO THE
LEAGUE SHOULD SILENCE
SKEPTICS
GENEVA, Sept. 27. (JP)—Germany’s
entrance into the League of Nations
will forever silence skeptic speakers,
it was declared at the recent session
of the League which adjourned with
out date. “The League of Nations
^will one day be universal,” President
Ninchititch said in prophetic tones
as he banged the final gravel.
The president officer made a final
plea that all nations apply themselves
earnestly to two outstanding tasks of
the League of Nations, namely, the
success of protected International dis
armament conference and proposed
economic conference.
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THEY’LL LOOK DIFFERENT IN SIX MONTHS
At West Point July 1 some 340 new Plebes for the class of 1930 were
admitted. Note the contrast of these rookies and regulars as former were
received. They’ll be much changed by 1930. Military training began immed
iately upon their entrance.
SALVATION ARMY IN
NEED EUNDS; LOCAL
DRIVE TO BEGIN
A. E. RUCKER HEADS LOCAL COM
MITTEE; SEWARD’S QUOTO IS
$300; ADJT. WM. KERR, ALASKA
WORKER FOR MANY YEARS, IS
ASSISTING COMMITTEE
Excepting for the general know
ledge that the! Salvation Army was do
ng great work among the unfortunate
ittle interest was paid to their work
jy the average citizen until reports
>egan to come back from the battle
fields of the World War of the mani
lold work the organization was doing,
rot only back of the lines, but along
he entire thundering front lines. Do
ng a thousand and one things for the
lighting doughbo-ys, things -which the
loughboys will never forget and when
:hey began returning home, many of I
hem battered, bruised and crippled
lor life, they heralded to the world,
ust what the Salvation Army had ac
mmplished “Over There.” And then,
or really the first time, the public at
arge began to realize in a small way
exactly what a Salvation Army work
ir meant.
What was done in the (Treat War, is
ieing done at home today. For the1
ast twenty five years or more in the
rerritory of Alaska, and the Yukon
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EPIDEMIC FEAR DISPELLED
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 28. (£>)—Florida
gained ground today in plans to re
pair the damage done by the West
Indian hurricane as stores and busi
less houses re-opened and fear of an
ipedemic was allayed.
KILLED HUSBAND, IS
EXONERATED, JURY
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iOADED TO KILLING MATE AF- (
TER MANY YEARS OF '
* ABUSE 1
CHICAGO, Sept. 27. (&)—Mrs. Mar- i
uaret Delvearux, who shot and killed s
er husband, then went to the police i
nd declared herself completely hap- i
y, was absolved by the coroners jury i
hen they returned a verdict of justi- t
able homicide. She testified she was t
oaded to the killing by abuse through r
5 years of married life. o
KING APPOINTED PREMIER
OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 28. (/P)—Mac
Kenzie King, Liberal leader was to
day appointed Premier of Canada fol
lowing the resignation of Arthur
Meighan, Conservative. The change
in government is the result of parlia
mentary elections.
SLIDE FILLS SHAFT
IMPRISONS MINERS
BODIES OF THREE ELECTRICIANS
RECOVERED FROM SHAFT
BOTTOM
IRONWOOD, Mich., Sept. 27. (£>)—
Searchers recovered the bodies of
three electricians in the iron mine
cage which hurtled to the shaft bot- >
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tom yesterday. Rescuers are trying
to extricate 43 men imprisoned on
the eighth level by a slide filling the
shaft above the level. Rock is con
tinually dislodging. Vibration from
the falling cage is blamed for the
slide. •
IRONWOOD, Mich., Sept. 2S. (£>).— '
The sight of distressed women and
children drove the weary men’s ef
forts to almost superhuman lengths
in order to reach 43 hien who have
been entombed for three clays in the
iron mine, as a result of a cave-in.
The rescuers are sinking three shafts
of S00 feet to the eighth level where j
it is assumed the men are trapped.!
It is expected one of the shafts will!
reach this level tonight.
BODIES LEFT SUSPENDED FROM
TREES AS WARNING TO
OTHER BANDITS
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 27. (£>)—'The
execution of six men is officially an
lounced here as a result of the mur
ler last week of Jacob Rosenthal, an
American business man kidnapped by
>andits and stabbed when authorities
ittempted to rescue him by pretend
ng to pay ten thousand dollars ran
ome immediately following the kill
ng of Rosenthal the government dis
latched troops to pursue the bandits
n addition to shooting a number of
hem. Six bandits were hanged and
heir bodies left suspended from trees
ear the roadside as ' warning to
thers. • * "■?
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FOX ISLAND KILLING
A native called “One Eyed Mike’’ is
in custody at Kodiak charged, it is
reported, with killing his partner,
another native, on a fox island. No
definite particulars have been receiv
ed about the affair.
MILLION WOMEN TO
FIGHT WET FORCES
SPEAKERS DISCLOSE
WOMEN’S * CHRISTIAN TEMPER
ANCE UNION IN ANNUAL
CONVENTION
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28. {£>)—'The
Womens’ Christian Temperance union
(plans an army of one million to com
bat the Wet forces, speakers at the
52nd annual convention disclosed.
The workers will “blast with figures
and facts” the wet publicity in the
West showing prohibition is a failure.
Mrs. Frances S. Parks, National sec
retary said 600,000 members have en-j
rolled for the campaign. Mrs. Ellis A. |
Boole, president, sounded the battle j
cry against “the most insidious propa
ganda movement in the history of the 1
United States” and declared the as-!
sociation against prohibition amend
ment which backed the movement is
aiming through wide publicity to
create dissatisfaction with the law!
hoping to gain action looking toward
repeal.
OF CANADA RESIGNS
M’KENZIE KING, FORMER PRE
MIER, SUMMONED TO GOV
ERNMENT HOUSE
OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept.- 27. (J-P)
—Premier Meighens, leader of the
Conservative government, resigned
following the election of September!
14, and MacKenzie King, former pre
mier and Liberal leader was summon-!
ed to the Government house. Meighen
said he will retire from parliament j
leadership of the Conservatives at the
conference on October 11.
CONSTRUCTS NEW DOCK
The company at Portlock has finish
ed the construction of a new steam
ship dock, extending 200 feet out
from the cold storage plant with 21
feet of depth of water at low tide,
also a modern herring saltery 26 by
SO feet. During the last week several
hundred barrels of herring were pack
?d at the plant.
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>ERFORMER HANGING FROM A
ROPE LANDED ON WING OF
ANOTHER PLANE "
EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Sept. 28.
a3)—George Ashby attempted tra- 8
>eze work on a rope ladder, hanging t
rom a plane, but was numbed by cold 1
nd slipped. As he hung from a loop *
t the ladder's end, Lester Kirk, ano- *
ber pilot, jockeyed his plane beneath ^
tshby four times before landing the h
nconscious man on a wing.
ROOSEVELT MAKES
KEYNOTE SPEECH
)UJOiENTION •
CHARGES REPUBLICANS LACK
VISION IN DEALING WITH
PROBLEMS
SYRACUSE, Sept. 28. (^—Charg
ing Republican leaders with “lack of
I vision in dealing with problems of
I the past and present,” Franklin D.
; Roosevelt, chairman of the New York
Democratic convention, predicted in
his keynote speech “deflection of 100,
000 normally Republican votes” at
the November election as a protest
against the present leadership. Roose
velt scored “the public turpitude” of
Coolidge, Harding and Senator Wads
worth. He declared “the responsi
bility of enforcing prohibition rested
on the Republican administration and
they had neither the courage to en
force it nor the brains to properly
amend it. They have given us boot
leggers in place of saloon keepers and
the gunman in place of the barman.”
NEW YORK, Sept. 27. (£>)—'The Re
publican State convention which will
meet Monday, will choose Ogden L.
Mills or Col. William J. Donovan as
candidate for governfiv leaders indi
cated after President Butler of Colum
bia had again refused to run.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. (/P).—Frank
lin W. Christman, independent Re
publican United States senatorial
candidate, in the interests of party
harmony if Senator James W. Wads
worth would, when the convention
opens.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. (£>).—The
Republican convention nominated
Ogden L. Mills, New York City for
governor. »
SYRACUSE, Sept. 28. (£*).—The
democrats unanimously renominated
Al. Smith as their standard bearer
for another term.
WITNESSES TRIED
DENIES LIVED WITH ORMISTON
AT CARMEL COTTAGE—BRANDS
STORIES RIDICULOUS; SIX PER
SONS TESTIFY SHE DID
DRMISTON IS NOW IN CANADA
^hole Thing is Huge Plot, Wires
Ormiston, Which Prosecuting At
torney Either Fell For Or is a Party
To.
LOS ANGELES, Sept . 28. (£>)—
Just like so many nice little doggies,
re these Carmel witneses, who are
rained to jump through hoops and
hey had five months in which to train
hem.” Aimee said after six persons
sstified she lived with Ormiston at
!amel. “They talked as if they were
ypnotized so ridiculous were the
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