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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 237.
SEWARD ALASKA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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SLEW MAIL TRUCK DRIVER AND
WOUNDED THREE OTHERS.
GET AWAY WITH $160,000
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. (JP)—'The
man hunt, on in the Watchung
mountains for the gangster killers
who killed the driver and wounded
three others in the $160,000 mail rob
bery at Elizabeth was abandoned by
the troops, following evidences that
they had definitely escaped the net.
The hunt has reverted to the clubs
and “speakeasys” of New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. IS. (^P)—United
States officials aided by Federal
agents and 2000 state militia and a
picked police force of New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania are
closing in on Watchung mountains
near Elizabeth, New Jersey where
the notorious gangsters slew a mail
truck driver and wounded three oth
ers in $160,000 dollar mail robbery
^ Friday are believed to be hiding.
Forces armed with grenades and
other war implements have orders to
get them dead or alive. Seriousness
of these and similar recent affairs
caused the cabinet at Washington to
discuss the situation with a view to
using Federal troops to protect mails
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and postal men.
KILLED, EXPLOSION
TRANSPORT CATCHES ON FIRE
WHILE ANCHORED
IN RIVER
SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. (^—Approx
imately 1200 Chinese soldiers per
ished by fire explosions and drown
^ * ing when a troopship took fire at
Kuikiang Kiangsi province, according
to dispatches received today by the
4 Toho News Agency here. The steam
er Kuangyung transporting 1500
' troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forc
es and a full cargo of munitions
caught fire while anchored in the
Yangtse river. -Before the troops
could be taken off in small boats, the
munitions exploded, killing many and
spreading the flames throughout the
, ship.
ORMISTON IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Oct. 18. (IP)—Ketaneth
Ormiston, long sought for figure in
the Aimee McPherson . case in Los,
Angeles is in Chicago, it is said.
F10US HEADMASTER OF
LONDON SCHOOLS, DIES
LONDON, Oct. 19. (IP)—Rev. Dr.
Edwin Abbott, who was the most
famous headmaster the city of Lon
don schools ever had and whose pro
found learning had an almost over
powering influence upon students of
i all ages, died yesterday after having
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been bedridden for seven years. He
•was eighty-eight years old.
KNEELS BESIDE GRIIIE
OF WIFE, SHOOTS SELF
THE DALLAS, Oct. 18 (JP)—3. A.
Yaden, 75, knelt beside his wife’s
grave with a bouquet of flowers and
shot himself with a pistol. He left
a note in which he said. “I own the
lot where my wife Laura Jane lies
and there is room for me beside her.”
TERMITE SALARY OF
SUZ10, NOVEMBER;
BOARD OF REGENTS MEET AND
PASS NUMEROUS
RESOLUTIONS
SEATTLE, Oct. 18. {£>)—'The re
gents adopted a resolution terminat
ing on November 13. Suzzalos inde
finite leave of absence and authoriz
ed president Wordan “to advise any
one of the vacancy in the presidency,
beginning December 1.” Another res
olution instructed the comptrollers
office to pay Suzzalo for October and
November, “but further monthly pay
ments will be withheld pending the
determination of the boards legal
right to make such further payment.”
They passed a resolution that the
new president must lack ambition
for power and glory” other than that
inherent in the position.
Use Recall First Time
SEATTLE, Oct. 18 (£>)—A. S. Ker
ry, chairman of the Hartley recall
organization, announced “citizens for
the first time in the history of the
state are about to use the recall to
determine whether a governor can be
retired from office. The time has
com-: for this action.’’
AUTO PRESIDENT ILL
PARIS, Oct. 18. (JP)—Harry Bas
sett, president of the Buick Motor
Company, was in the American hos
pital today suffering from double
pneumonia.
BIG LUMBER MERGER IS
UNDER m IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (£>)—Lumber
properties valued at three hundred
and fifty milion dollars are involved
in a merger in which practically all
the companies of Oregon, Washing
ton, and southern British Columbia
are reported to be involved. The
merger represents an annual cut of
three billion feet.
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TURNESA DEFEATS SYLVESTER
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. (JP)—Joe!
Turnesa won first annual champion
ship of the Metropolitan section of
professional golfers association de
feating Joe Sylvester 6 and 5.
HARKNESS ESTATE, $8,000,000
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. (^—Probat
ing of the estate of Mrs. Stephen
Harkness, who was one of John D.
Rockefellers early partners, who died
on March 28, showed that the es
tate had reached an unexpectedly
high valuation of $8,000,000.
NEW YORK ABLAZE
AND PARTY ARRIVAL
ROYALTY ARRIVES IN CITY TO
DAY; .WILL VISIT CALIFORNIA
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. {&)—'The city
hall and other buildings are ablaze
with American and Rumanian bunt
ing on the eve of a brilliant welcome
to Queen Marie of Rumania and roy
al party who will disembark from the
S. S. Leviathan at quarantine Mon
day. Amid the roar of guns the par
ty will proceed to the pier and then
by royal auto to the city hall, the
place of official welcome. The city
hall has been decorated within for
the ceremonies in which Mayor Walk
er, representative of the State and
nation and leaders of society and offi
cial notables who will welcome Queen
Marie to the United States.
Aboard the S. S. Leviathan—Queen
Marie, who has recovered from a bad
cold plunged into the steamer’s pool
and swam with the bouyancy of a
young girl, with the Princess Ireana
and Prince Nicholas. The royal par
ty had Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt as a
guest at Commodore Hartley’s table
where they dined.
Aboard the Leviathan-Queen Marie
will keep her original intinerary and
will visit California as planned .
PARIS, Oct. 18. (/P)—Queen Marie
of Roumania announced that she
would not accept the offer of $25,-000
to act in the movies while in America j
but she planned spending several
days in Hollywood as a guest of
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
ford.
CRIME WAVE SPREADS
YOUTHFUL GUNMEN ARE AR
RESTED AT SPARKS, NEVADA;
ONE WOUNDED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18. (&)—
The wave of crime beginning with the
j San Francisco carnival of murder
and robbery in which bandits murder
ed five persons and wounded eleven
has spread up and down the coast.
Yesterday two masked bandits held
up the Liberty bank at Crescent city
and escaped with $12,000. Two oth
ers were being hunted in Fresno
county for attacking and robbing an
aged grocer and a third pair of youth
ful gunmen were paptured after one
was wounded in a fight with officers
at Spark, Nevada.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18. (Jp)—
Two bandit gangs operating in Cali
fornia are still at large and also two
desperadoes who robbed a Crescent
City bank of $12,000,000 in Palto Alto
where there has been an epidemic of
housebreakings. The police chief is
sued an ultimatum asking for co-oper
ation of citizens to run down the
thugs.
SWIMMER VANISHES
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18. (£*)—
Richard Lane, 24 disappeared during
an ocean swim at the beach.
NOTED PHIUMOPI5T
PROPOSES ABOLISH SLUMS
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (JP)—August
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Heckseher, noted philanthropist, has
proposed a plan for abolishing New
York’s slums at a cost of $5,000,000,
half of which is to be given by
the state and city and the other half
by himself and other wealthy men.
TWO MILLION DOLLAR
DIAMOND IS STOLEN;
MM OTHER JEWELS
FOOTPRINTS REVEAL FOUR ROB
BERS IN GANG IN RAID ON
FAMOUS CHATEAU
CHANTILLY, France., Oct. 18. (£*)
—Jewels valued at approximately $2,
700,000 were stolen last night by burg
lers who robbed the famous Chateau
of the Due Dumale, maintained as a
national museum. The famous “Rose
Diamond,” known as the “Grande
Conde” valued at about two million
dollars w'as the most precious of the
treasures stolen. Thieves scaled high
walls with the aid of two ladders,
crossed the moat and climbed to the
room of gems. Other objects taken
include twro diamond studded dag
gers, a cross of the Legion of Honor
whidh Napoleon gave General Ay
mard in 1809, several bracelets, one
bearing a portrait of the Queen of
Belgian by a famous artist, another
bearing a cameo of Frances I, emper
or of Austria. The Rose diamond is
heart-shaped, almost an inch long and
more than a half an inch wide. Foot
prints revealed that there were four
robbers.
FIVE FIREMEN BURNED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. (JP)—
Five firemen were burned in a fire
which did $100,000 damage when a
cotton cargo on the Montreal Maru
broke into flames last night and for
a time threatened to destroy the
ship.
SENATOR BORAH REFUSES
SUPPORT WADSWORTH
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. (#)—Sen
ator Borah of Idaho is understood to
have definitely refused the republi
can plan that he support Senator
Wadsworth of New York for re-elec
tion, because of New Yorkers, votes
of Newberry, oil scandals and other
issues.
‘ MARINES ASSIGNED TO P. O.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. (JP)—As a
result of recent mail robberies, Mar
ines will be assigned at once to Rail
way terminals. Postal cars and mail
trucks transporting valuable regis
tered mail.
TARIFF REDUCTION MISTAKE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. (/P)—
Frank Lowden of Illinois who has
opposed present administration pro
posals issued a statement in behalf
of Republican senatorial candidacies,
saying it would be a mistake to ac
cept Demcratic measures of farm
relief, such as a reduction of tariff.
LARGEST AUDIENCE
EVER ASSEMBLED
PUBLIC RECEPTION ACCORDED
DELEGATE CANDIDATE
AT CORDOVA
CORDOVA, Oct. 18 (Jp)—Greeted by
the largest audience ever assembled in
the Empress Theatre, Thos. A. Mar
quam, candidate for delegate to con
gress, on Thursday night opened his
campaign here. He outlined his legis
lative program and spoke at length
on things he hoped to accomplish if
elected and declared that he will be
elected. He answered the scurrilous
personal attacks on him and poured a
convincing indictment of Sutherland
by documentary evidence for the ad
verse publicity Alaska has received
during the past year. At the close of
his speech, Mr. Marquam was given
a public reception at the American
Legion hall. It is generally conceded
he made many votes here. K. G. Rob
inson, presided at the meeting with a
dozen representative citizens occupy
ing seats on the stage. Upon the can
didate’s arrival here from Valdez, he
was met at the dock by a committee
of 40, including many women. Mr.
Marquam talks at McCarthy tonight,
then goes to Kennecott and Chitina
tomorrow. He leaves here Monday for
Juneau.
THE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
STEAMER GUIDE LOST
IN A STORM
QUEBEC, Oct. IS. (£>)—Eleven per.
sons including one woman, lost their
lives when the freight and passenger
steamer Guide sank in heavy weath
er last night near Godbout on the
northern shore of the St. Lawrence
river about 200 miles below the City
of Quebec. Five men who were
aboard the steamship were saved.
News of the disaster was received
here today by the North Shore Trad
ing Co., owners of the vessel.
MONTREAL, Oct. 18. (£>)—Eleven
men were drowned when the steamer
Guide sank near Quebec today.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
MOSCOW, Oct. 18. (JP)—Fourteen
alleged counter-revolutionists charged
with conspiracy to bring about the
restoration of the Grand Duke Nich
olas went on trial.
WOMAN’S DRUM LUDS TO
FINDING JIMiKELETONS
WELLS, Nevada, Oct. 18. (£>)—'The
skeletons of three human beings and
several horses have been found near
here. The discovery was made thru
a dream of a woman who had a vis
ion that a gold mjne would be dis
covered in a canyon and that the re
mains of men and horses would also
be found there. ?