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ALASKA
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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 147.
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SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CUBBY HOLE WAS KNOWN AS
THE MYSTERY ROOM OF
PANTAGES
LOS ANGELES. Oct-. 22, UP)—
An inadvertent slip of the ton
gue by one of the defense’s im
portant witnesses who has been
in Pantages employe for nine
years, disclosed the mezzanine
stairway cubby hole about which
the trial centers, had been known
to the theater magnate’s em
ployees as the “Mystery Room.”
The witness is Mrs. Catherine
Stone, telephone switchboard op
erator. Catching her slip she at
tempted to explain she “Had
heard it called both the mystery
room and the conference room.”
Indication that the room to
which Pantages had the key had
borne this name among the em
ployees, was seized upon by the
prosecution acidly and upon
cross examining the witness As
sistant Prosecutor Stewart, with
a voice which fairly thundered,
hurled questions concerning Mrs.
Stone’s knowledge of the “Mys
tery room.” The defense attor
neys protested vigorously against
the new cognomen insisting the
room had always been known
as a “conference room.”
Mrs. Stone’s testimony por
trayed her knowing virtually
everything in the office and that
she is loyal to her employer and
has an evident dislike for Miss
Pringle whom she described as
• Rough and haughty.”
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OAKLAND. Oct.. 22. 'The
Russian fliers left at 5:50 this
morning for Cheyenne, the next
stop on their flight to New York. |
? dash of 500 yards and quickly
The plane rose gracefully after
a dash of 500 yards and quickly
gained altitude. A. V. Petroff, vice
president of the Amtorg Trading
Corp., of New York, is aboard with
his four countrymen. f
The fliers announced they have
arranged for a change of motors at
Cheyenne if necessary.
GEREEICT SHIP OH II
ME SEEN IN GHEE
KODIAK, Oct., 21, (Special to the
Gateway)—There is a great whale :
or a derelict ship floating in the
waters of the Gulf of Alaska ac
cording to the report of the schoon
er Western which left Sitka early j
this month.
In crossing Portlock Banks they
headed into heavy weather but it 1
did not prevent from sighting a I
hube mass which might have been
either a whale or a hulk awash. J
Without time to investigate more I
closely, they thought it advisable I
on their arrival here to advise j
mariners of what they had seen.
SENDING BODY HOME
JUNEAU, Oct., 22, (/P)—'The
body of Jack Thayer who was
mauled to death by a bear last
week will be taken to the home
of his parents, at Rainier, Ore.,
for burial. Legion Posts will con
duct an escort of the body at the
various transfer stations.
HIS OK
Ml GUI
MORE ERUPTIONS, IT IS
DECLARED
HILO, Hawaii, Oct., 22, (/P)—
Thirty-six earthquakes were felt
on Hawaii Island within one hour
and 40 minutes in the town of
Holualoa, eight miles from the
extinct volcano Haulalai.
The town was severely shaken
at 12:45 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The shocks were at first
heavy then rumbled away and
were the biggest since October
8 when seismic activity, which
continued for almost three
weeks, stopped.
The quakes are declared to be
the forerunner of one or more
eruptions of the island's volca
nos.
DELEGATE RUMOR
Reports received state that when
Judge and Mrs. James Wickersham
were in Olympia the Daily Olym
pian, in referring to their visit, said
the judge “Is being spoken of as
the next delegate to congress from
Alaska”. Whether or not the judge
will throw his hat into the ring
again, after a lapse of 10 years was
not known among the politicians.
BLOODY
BORGER
IS HOPING FOR AN ERA
OB PEACE IJND^R [PRESENT
MARTIAL
L A W
After three years of turbulence, Border, Texas, hopes the martial law in
voked by Gov. Dan Moody (lower righ t) will be the town’s last cleanun.
Above is a view of the oil field in which Borger sprang; below is the main
street of the town shortly after its founding. The latest investigation
grew out of the death of John A. Holmes (left inset). The troops are in
charge of Brig. Gen. Jacob F. Wolters (upper right).
TOM McGANN FOUND DEAD
AT MINE LOCATED IN
BERNERS BAY
JUNEAU, Oct., 22, (/P)—The
mysterious circumstanses sur
rounding the death of Tom Me
Gann, oldtimer, who was found
dead in a mine at Berners Bay,
caused the marshal’s office to un
dertake an investigation.
McGann left Tuesday in his
own boat, with George Stevens,
who was to beeme watchman at
the Berners Bay mine.
Indians, visiting the mine on
Friday, reported they had found
the body of McGann but no trace
of Stevens. Officers believe that
Stevens probably started back
for Juneau and may be storm
bound in some inlet.
PRESIDENT DEDICATES
OHIO DIVER MONUMENT
CINCINNATI, Oct., 22, (^—Pres
ident Hoover arrived at 9 a. m. to
unveil and dedicate the “Ohio River
Monument” and commemorate tne
completion of the Ohio River can
alization system.
A presidential salute of 21 guns
special train arrived. Governors
from three states, William Conley,
of West Virginia, Flern Sampson, of
Kentucky and Myers Cooper, of
Ohio, greeted the President.
NEW FISHING SPOT
KODIAK, Oct., 21, (Special to the
Gateway)—Among a host of visi
tors to this port during the past
week was Captain John Johnson of
Juneau with his halibut schooner
the Ei Dorado. He had some minor
repairs and after taking on supplies
put off for a new point on the
banks.
CHARGED WITH PROMOTING
COUNTER REVOLUTION
RED ARMY
MOSCOW, Oct., 22, (JP)— Five
former Generals of the Imperial
army named Mikhailov, Vysso
chansjy, Dymman, Bekhanov and
Schulga, were executed by a fir
ing squad.
They were charged with pro
moting a counter revolution
movement whose chief aim was
to weaken the Red army and
pave the way for foreign inter
vention.
A number of other defendants
will be sent to concentration
camps for varying periods at hard
labor. It is charged that those
of Soviet Russia had maintained
an elaborate espionage system.
HOOPSTERS LOOK GOOD
It is expected that there will be
more interest in basketball in Cor
dova this year than for many sea
sons past, and htat the high school
ouintet will have a hard race for
the penant. The Elks are expected
to introduce their reliable regular
but have raw material which looks
promising.
EDISON NEAR TO BREAKING
POINT SEVERAL TIMES
DURING CEREMONY
DEARBORN, Oct.. 22, (/Pi-Hav
ing put behind him one of the
most thrilling days in his long
life, Thomas A. Edison, is rest
ing at his country home and
Ford is preparing to return to
his home. When he leaves he will
carry with him the memory of
a wonderful tribute voiced, not
only in behalf of nations, but
by President Hoover as well as
from others from the far corners
of the earth.
Tt was a tribute paid in the pre
sence of some 600 notable guests
who had been invited by Ford
to join in honoring Edison’s Fifth
Anniversity of the ncadescant light.
It had its general setting an
early American village which
Ford had constructed to Edison
who was given the seat of honor
at the speaker’s table, despite
the presence of the President of
the United States.
It was an honor rarely ac
corded a citizen- It was an hour
of extreme happiness and it re
quired all the stamina of Edison
to stand up in the flood-light of
his own making and in the pre
sence of President Hoover and
others, to acknowledge the tri
bute. Several times during the
brief acknowledgment, Mr. Edison
came near to the break point.
PIONEER T1 MARCUS
M
-.—
Another well known oldtimer of
I the North responded to the “Last
Call” this morning when Tim
Marcum, of McGrath, passed
away. He was found dead in his
bed at 7:45 this morning and, ap
parently, old age was the cause,
though in years he was not so
very old his age being giving as
i 58.
J He was a pioneer of Alaska
jand will find a last resting place
in the local plot of the Seward
Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska.
In earlier years it is said he
had been a mariner on Prince
William Sound but the later
years, and up to a few months
ago, were spent in the McGrath
district. In August of this year
his health became serious and
he journeyed to the Fairbanks
hospital where he remained for
about two weeks- He then went
to Anchorage where, after a
brief stay, he came to Seward
with the intention of continuing
on to the Pioneers’ Home at Sit
ka. But his strength failed him.
Little could be ascertained to
day with regards to relatives.
The body is lying in the Seward
Undertaking Parlor.
CHEAP NITRATES SOUGHT
WASHINGTON, Oct., 21, (/P)—
Promotion of a chemical industry
j until Spain would produce nitrates
|as cheaply as Germany is contem
plated by the “Council of Energy”
a Spanish government body, ac
cording to consular advices to the
department of commerce.