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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 226.
SEWARD ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
.CARDINALS BUNK
YANKEES 4 TO 0;
GAME IS HALTED
DOWNPOUD 111
r ST. LOUIS PARK FACILITIES IN
ADEQUATE FOR HUGE CROWD
OF OVER 35,000 SEEKING AD
MITTANCE
ST. LOUIS WINS HANDILY
Batteries were Shawkey, Thomas
f and Severeid; Haines and O’Farrell
By Carl S. Brandebury
(Special Associated Press
Correspondent)
SPORTSMAN’S PARK, St. Louis,
(/P)—Rain began to fall at 12:20
o’clock and a great cheer went up
when it ceased and the sun appeared
at 12:45. Workmen dashed out rap
idly and took up the tarpaulin. The
seating capacity for 38,000 is far un
der demand.
^ ' First Inning
Yanks up—Haines used a fast ball
close to the batter. Hafey got Combs
fly after misjudging it in the sun.
Koenig fanned; Haines used a rosin
bag. Mingled cheers and boos greet
ed Ruth who laughed as Haines fed
him a slow ball. Ruth out on a roller
to Hornsby to Bottomley. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
Cardinals up—Douthit high flied to
Meusel; South worth singled sharply
to center on the first ball pitched;
» Hornsby received an ovation. He
lined out to Lazzeri; Bottomley out,
Lazzeri to Gehrig. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
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Second Inning
Yankees up—Meusel flied to South
worth; Gehrig flied to Hafey; Lazzeri
fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Cardinals up—Bell fanned and Ha- j
fey doubled; O’Farrell out on a roller,;
Lazzeri to Gehrig; Hafey went to
jthird; Thevenow lined out to Combs, j
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Third Inning
Yanks up—Dugan singled over The-;
venow’s head; Severeid sacrificed out, j
Hafey to Bottomley; Ruether fouled!
out to O’Farrell; Combs walked; Koe-;
nig out on a grounder to Bottomley
unassisted. No runs, no hits, no er
rors.
Cardinals up—Haines sacrificed on
a hit to first; Douthit walked; Shaw
key warming up; South worth sacri
ficed to Ruether to Gehrig, Haines go
ing to third and Douthit to second;
Hornsby fanned out to Severeid. The
crowd groaned as Bottomley lined out
to Combs. No runs, one hit, no er
rors.
Fourth Inning
- Yankees up — Clouding showers
threatened; Ruth singled; Meusel out,
Maines to Bottomley, Ruth going to
second. Rain started. The umpires
gathered in the center of the field and
^ called time. Ground keepers rushed
upon the field with the tarpaulin and
the players scurried to the dugouts.
Score 0 to 0.
Torrents fell and the infield was a
quagmire before the tarpaulin was un
rolled. It looked like a brief shower
4 with skies brightening a bit and
thunder rolled. The sun broke thru
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WILLIAM H. TAFT STRICKEN WITH ILLNESS
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William Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the 'United States and former
President, is resting at his summer home at Murray bay, Quebec^ following
a severe heart attack which seized him last month, and from whleh, for a
time, it was feared he would not recover. Justice Taft has been in poor
health for two years, and. for this reason was not able to preside at the June
session of the Supreme Court. Photo shows Chief Justice Taft.
AMU, BRITISH
FUGS LOWERED
WRANGELL ISLAND
REDS RAISE OWN BANNER; RUS
SIAN IMMIGRANTS PLACED
ON LAND
TOKYO, Oct. 5. (/P)—A dispatch to
the newspaper Nichi, from Hakodate,
Japan, said the Russian volunteer
fleet associations ship Stavopol arriv
ed from Wrangell island where they
removed American and British flags
| and raised their red banner. Fifty
| Russian immigrants have been placed
on the island. A thorough exploration
by airplane of the island was made
j and it was found %the vegetation is
scarce but there are a number of fur
(bearing animals including bear and
i fox. It is reported the area of the
j island is 2,925 square miles.
“LITTLE BILL” NOT INTERESTED
IN JOINING PROFESSIONAL
RANKS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5. (^—Wil
liam M. Johnson of San Francico, Na
tional singles champion from 1915 to
1919, declined $50,000 to turn profes
sioal under promoter Pyle. “Little
Bill” has been one of America’s most
colorful tennis figure for the last 13
years. However, he said, he believed
professional tennis has a place in
world sports.
HAS MIND OF HER OWN
MADRID, Oct. 5. (IP)—Princess Bea
trice of Spain is reported as planning
to pick her own husband.
MSEBHI RESITS
COAST—
Mission 3, 1; San Francisco 1, 1.
Oakland 10, 3; San Francisco 1, 1.
Sacramento 5, 7; Los Angeles 8, 3.
Hollywood 0 1; Seattle 2, 2.
TEAM STANDINGS
COAST—
Los Angeles _116 73 .641
Oakland _101 88 .534
Missions _ 96 88 .522
Sacramento - 92 94 .495
Portland _ 92 95 .492
Hollywood _ 88 99 .471
Seattle _86 101 .460
San Francisco - 7S 111 .413
MILLIONS OF CASES
MORE SALMON ARE
PACKED IN 1926
BUREAU OF FISHERIES PUBLISH
LIST OF OFFICIAL
FIGURES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. (£>)—'The
Bureau of Fisheries reported a count
of 761,000 seals from Alaskan islands,
a 38,000 increase’ over last year. There
has been a steady increase since the
International agreement. The sum of
6,307,000 cases of salmon was packed
up to August 25, as against 4,450,000
for the same period in 1925.
CQQLIDGE THINKS MILLER
FIST SERVICES; RESIGNS
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. (/P)—A letter
signed by President Coolidge, a reply
ot Miller’s resignation, was read in
court. It expressed his thanks for
“All you’ve done,” and for “Efficient
! services.’
OPENING OF THE
SOCIAL SEASON
Bridge and whist card
party to be held at Odd
Fellows hall, October 7,
Thursday evening at 8:30
o'clock. Lunch will b e
served. The public is cor
dially invited. Admission
60c. 2t
JOKES CRUIZES
BULLITT’S ACTIONS
I OF PAST 2D YEARS
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JOHN MARSHALL, RELATIVE OF
! BULLITT’S, WOULD NOT AP
! • PROVE OF HIM
SEATTLE, Oct. 5. (P) — Senator
| Jones wrote Bullitt “You may be a
! descendant of John Marshall" but he
never would have approved the meth
jods you have followed in each cam
campaign of the last 28 years you had
a democratic opponent. Every one of
them has been a man of honor and
carried the campaign to a high plane
and principle, but you bring a cam
paign down to a low plane by mis
representation and' falsehood.”
STAGES PAGEANT IN TEMPLE;
DESCRIBES OWN CRUCIFI
CATION
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5. (JP)—Aimee
McPherson continued her radio attack
|On Prosecuting Attorney Keyes un
hampered on Sunday and portrayed
| herself a martyr in “the march of the
martyrs.” During a pageant at the
temple in the afternoon she stood in
front of a cross and described her own
crucifixion saying “suppose some one
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I was preaching the gospel, what can
(the devil do about it today. Will he
crucify the pastor? No! Well, he
can slap her in jail only you have to
get a pretext and so they are trying
to make it hold water but I dont’
think they will.”
SPANISH OFFICERS
ENGINEER OFFICERS JOIN AR
TILLERY MEN IN
PROTEST
LONDON, Oct. 5. (JP)—'The Daily
Mail Biarritz correspondent learns
that further trouble is breaking be
tween Primo de Rivera and army of
ficers and it is reported engineer offi
cer have joined the artillery in de
manding the retirement of Rivera and
that state way again be proclaimed.
— CARDINALS ARE FAVORITES
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. (JP).—Odds of
six to five that the Cardinals will
take the series. It is also reported
the Cardinals are favored with the
same odds to win today.
HUNDREDS KILLED
CHINESE BUTTLE;
SOUtHERN TROOPS KILL 500 NOR
THERN SOLDIERS FROM BE
SIEGED CITY OF WUCHANGIN
BANDITS SIEZE MISSIONARIES
Soldiers Slaying Thousands and Pil
laging City of Nanchang; Sun
Chuan Fang is Overlord
HANKOW, Oct. 5. (JP)—Southern
troops killed 500 Northerner soldiers
who attempted a sortie from the be
sieged Wuchangin in an attempt to
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I recapture Pagoda hill. The Norther
ners attempted to return to the city
and found the gates closed and troops
within Wuchang holding the desper
ate civilians and starving Cantonese
as embargo. Bandits attacked a par
ty of missionaries going to stations
in Hunan and captured two women
iand one man. The Americans had
hired soldiers who fled when the ban
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dits appeared. Nanchang telegrams,
dated September 26 said, Sun Chuan .
Fang is the overlord of five eastern
provinces and ruler of Kiangsi, con
trolled Nanchang where soldiers are
slaying thousands and pillaging the
city.
ENGLAND IN BAD WAY
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. {£>)—Dean
Inge, in a new book, paints a gloomy
picture of England’s future. He fears
Britain faces a decline as a world
| power and that she may lose her
(colonies, including Canada, by vari
ous motives.
MABpUAM BACK IN
FAIRBANKS, NOME
TALKS AT MOSES POINT, NULATO
RUBY, HOT SPRINGS, ON
RETURN FLIGHT
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 5. (/P)—Thomas
A. Marquam, candidate for delegate to
congress, returned to Fairbanks at 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon from Nome
in a plane piloted by aviator Bennett.
On the return trip stops were made
at Moses Point, Nulato, Ruby and Hot
Springs. Mr. Marquam is confident of
carrying all places visited. He will
speak in Fairbanks this week and
then proceed to the coast.
CYCLONE STRIKES ITALY
LONDON, Oct. 5. (/P) — Cycfonic
tempests which in the past week have
wrought havoc in various parts of the
world, yesterday struck the city of
Brindisi on the eastern coast of Italy.
THREE DIE IN FLOODS •
KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 5. (jP)—Three
died in a flood which swept out from
Southern Kansas into Oklahoma yes
terday. A railroad foreman was
drowned in attempting to save a
bridge and one died of fright. Thou
sands fled from their homes and traf
fic was halted. - -f