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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 111.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1929.
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ALLEGED VICTIM
TRIED TO ESTABLISH DUNE A V
AND GIRL PLANNED BLACK
MAIL PANTAGES
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 18, (A3)—The
defense rocked the trial of Panta
ges with the court testimony of the
doctor that the examination he
made at the request of the state
produced no evidence of a criminal
attack on the theatre man’s alleged
victim, Eunice Pringle.
Dr. Peter Sunden was brought
ir.to the proceedings while a storm
was raging over the testimony of
Leo Zlaket, groceryman. Sunden
said that on August 13 he was in
structed by Fitts to examine Miss
Pringle four days after the alleged
attack. He said he found no indi
ct. ions of an attack.
Zlaket, who testified to a conftr
er.ce with Pantagt-s before the trial
said he saw Nicholas Deneav. play
wright. many times at Miss Prin
gle’s home in the garden and grove.
The defense had tried to establish
that Deneav and the grl planned
to clack mail Pantages and when
asked how he knew it was Duneav,
Zlaket said, ‘’Well, I iiad my own
opinion1'. Later he amplified the
reply by saying, “Pantages told me
it was Deneav.” He also admitted
he had talked with Pantages at the
theatre man’s home after the alleg
ed attack.
GOLDEN SEE OF
THOUSANDS OF SPECIMENS OF
IVORY, BONE IMPLEMENTS
AND ANCIENT MATERIAL
Y
WASHINGTON, Oct., 17, (JP)-An
*• oiher chapter in the present day
knowledge of the golden age of Es
kimo culture more than 1,000 years
(id buS' just newly discovered, has
been added by Henry Collins, jun
f r Smithsonian scientist on his
return from a five-month’s ex
ploration in the northern part of
Alaska.
Buried in artificial mesa and re
} lose built up 20 feet in the centur
ies the existance of the thriving
village on the southeast end of St. i
Lawrence Island was found rich
material of the most ancient and
highly developed Eskimo culture
known. Thousands of specimens of
ivory and bone implements, wea
pons, ornaments, pottery, wooden
artifacts were also found.
42 INDICTMENTS
DETROIT, Oct., 18, (JP)—.Fed
eral indictments against 42 men,
said to have been involved in
two huge liquor syndicates out
of New York, Detroit and Chicago,
were returned by the grand jury.
Fifteen of the alleged conspirat
ors have already been arraigned.
Capt. Heinie Berger, owner
and master of the M. S. Discov
erer, arrived in port early this
morning from Cook Inlet.
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CHIEF SPOKESMAN
WASHINGTON, Otc., 18, (/P)—
'Secretary Stimson who took a lead
ing part in the recent Anglo-Ameri
jcan naval discussion, has been
chosen by President Hoover to act
as chief American spokesman when
negotiations reach fruition at the
coming London conference. He
may be the only delegate appointed.
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REFORMED SALOON KEEPER
AND GAMBLER HITS A
NEW TRAIL
SEATTLE, Oct., 18. (/P)—T. G.
Wilson, one of Alaska’s pictur
esque saloon keepers and gam
blers in the early gold rush daye,
is alleged to have reformed and
has decided to hit the trail of
temperance under his own aus
pices.
He is to preach a temperence
sermon at the Bothell Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday.
For 30 years before prohibi
tion hit the Territory he joined
every stampede and was the
first to open a bar and gambling
hall in Nome.
Since leaving Alaska, several
years ago, he has been operating
a so-called soft drink place near
Snoqualimie Falls- He is alleged
to have quit drinking with the
advent of prohibition.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ OcL, 18. </Pi
- Fran’: Slavin, professional pugi
list, for 20 years, died at the age of
67.
He met Jim Smith. British cham
pion, I eter Jackson and Jake Kill
killain in San Francisco and when
the news of the gold strike in the
Klondike came, wrent to the Yukon
where he remained for many years.
He enlisted in the Western Scots
in 1915 at th age of 54 and fought
in the trenches. He later settled in
Victoria.
TRIBESMEN ID,
KILL FRENCH TRODPS
ORAN, Morocco, Oct., 18, (/P»—
Moorish tribesmen made another
raid upon French troops on the
south slopes of the Atlas moun
tains cutting up a column of the
French Foreign Legion. Fifty of
the Legionaires and native sol
diers w-ere killed and 21 wounded.
The tribesmen left many dead
on the field. Another column of
the I eeion came up in time to
beat off the Moors who descend
ed fr'im the region of Taflilelt,
Morocco
MILFORD, Conn., Oct., 18, <JP)—
John and James Mulligan, six and
seven years old respectively, con
fessed to having murdered three
y ear-cad Albert McKean whose
mutilated body was found near My
role beach last August.
WANTS WORK JUDGE D BY MER
ITS ALONE; WILL LEAVE IM
MEDIATELY
CHICAGO, Oct., 18, m— Laura
Harding, 22, and $7,000,000 heiress
daughter of the late J. Horace
Harding, New York banker, quit
the stage because the public found
out who she was. She had had a
,three-day debut and a $40 a week
role when her identity was wired.
She picked up the telephone and
[expressed her displeasure to the
press agent, whom she supposed
had given her away and announced
that she would not appear in the
cast tonight. She also said she
would return to New York. “I don’t
want publicity and intend to leave
immediately. I want my work
judged by merits alone and simply
will not have people come and stare
at me because they have found out
who I am.” she told a caller.
WHAT'S DIFFERENCE?
WASHINGTON, Otc,# 13, (/P>—
Commissioner Cooper of the Bu
reau of Education in his report' to
Secretary Wilbur recommended
that effective November 1st the
Governor of Alaska be given re
sponsibility of supervising reindeer
in the Territory.
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DIED FROM BURNS
SEATTLE Oct., 18, (TP)— The
death of John Miller, aged 59,
a rail worker, brought the death
toll of the Portland hotel fire to
nine. Miller was severely burned.
COMPLETES FLIGHT
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Oct., 13.
| (TP)—The Graf Zeppelin landed
; shortly after 9 o’clock, completing
| a 48 V2 hour, flight over the Balkans,
Austria an —Silesia. ■
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MANAGER SHAWKEY
NEW YORK, Oct., 18. (/Pi—Bob
! Sliawkey, ex-sailor pitcher un
| conditionally released two years
| ago, has been named manager
of the Yankees to succeed Hug
gins.
THIRTY-TWO RAIDS ARE MADE
AND 32 ARRESTED ON AT
LANTIC COAST
NEW YORK, Oct., 18, UP)—
A fortified arsenal equipped with
emplacements for its battery of
machine guns and used as the
headquarters for a million dollar
rum smuggling syndicate, is in
the hands of federal agents af
ter a surprise attack on the syn
dicate extending along the At
lantic coast from here to Atlan
tic City.
One mile from the armed base
the syndicate’s operations at High
lands, New Jersey, the raiders
captured a hidden radio station
from which orders in code were
sent to a fleet of liquor ships
and speed boats operated by the
syndicate.
A force of 130 treasury agents,
deputy U. S. marshals and state
neously and made 32 raids and
arrested 32 and seized quanti
ties of imported liquor.
UNUSUAL “MERGER” OF BROTHERS
BEHIND FILM STUDIO’S SUCCESS
A “brother act/’ performed in the business offices
of a picture making' company in Hollywood has led to
its growth from an original capital of $6,000 to a point
where $100,000 recently was spent for one stage. Left
to right: A1 Christie; Mrs. Mary Christie, their mother,
and Charles Christie.
OFFICIAL FORESEES RAPID DE
VELOPMENT PLANE SPEED
AND SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Oct., 18. (JPi
Dcvelopment of air transoorta
tion so that passengers will be
able to fly from coast to coast
within 24 hours in safety and
comfort was predicted by Col.
Harry H. Blee, chief of the divi
sion of airports and aeronautical
information, Department of Com
merce.
Coupled with the development
of large high-speed transport
planes is the development of ra
dio range beacons which enable
the pilot to keep the plane on its
course, and of radio marker bea
cons which give pilots accurate
information as to exact positions
on his route.
Airplane manufacturers are
achieving a steady increase in
the cruising speed of their trans
ports, he said. Speed, safety and
reliability are being combined in
deluxe passenger services which
will offer every comfort and
convenience.
Rapid development of air ex
press service throughout the
country is foreseen by Colonel
Blee. He stated that in the near
future air express operations us
ing from 5,000 to 10.000 pounds
will operate on high-speed scheds
ules at rates profitable both to
operating companies and to the
shipper.
GUILTY 8F MIHI
IIHTE GF UK
—
KALAMAZOO, Oct., 18, (/P)—A
(jury of 11 men and one woman
found Mrs. Pearl Burgess, 52, guilty
of the murder of Mrs. Etta Fair
child, 76, an inmate of the Old Lad
iies Home, whom Mrs. Burgess and
her husband Eugene, admitted
beating to death because “She
was a witch and had killed 100
people just by wishing them dead.”
The verdict carries a life sentence
for Mrs. Burgess, a sanity point on
which the jurors reported they
found difficulty in reaching an
agreement.
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GETS $2,000 REPARATION
GREENWICH, Conn., Oct., 18, (>P)
—Dr. Orvlle E. McKim has received
a check for $2,000 from the Ger
man government in reparation for
his experiences during the world
war. Dr. McKim was a passenger
on the steamer Georgic, which was
torpedoed off the French coast in
1915. He was held prisoner for
several months by the Germans.
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FOUR PLANES MISSING
| VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct., 17,UP)
|—One of five airplanes reported
missing in a search for the lost
McAlpine prospecting party, was
accounted for upon the return of
“Punch” Dickens, Western Airways
pilot, to Fort Smith, Alberta. He
;had been missing for five days. An
xiety is felt for the other four miss
ling planes.