SEWARD,
ALASKA
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
Seward
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
Gateway
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 146.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TWO MEN WERE CRUISING TIM
BER WHEN SUDDENLY CAME
UPON BIG BEAR
JUNEAU, Oct., 21, (/Pi— Jack
Thayer, with the U. S. Forest Ser
vice since 1925, died at Eliza Har
bor from wounds inflicted by an
enormous brown bear which at
tacked him near the beach Wed- j
nesday afternoon dying that night.
The body reached here, accompan
ied by his assistant, Fred Herring.
Thayer and Herring were tim
ber cruising when they came sud
denly on the bear. Herring was
unarmed and climbed a tree but
Jack wounded the bear with rifle
shot.
Herring later found Jack with his
left side, head and neck torn, the
stomach open and the flesh on the
back of his legs stripped. The arms
and hands were pierced by the
bear’s teeth.
Thayer was 33 years of age and j
his oarents reside at Rainier, Ore. i
Ke was a World War veteran.
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FALL WALKS UNAIDED TO HIS
SEAT IN COURT ROOM:
IS STRONGER
WASHINGTON, Oct., 21, (/P)— |
Final arguments in the bribery I
trial of Fall started when Pom- -
rene. special government coun- j
sel, told the jury they must de- !
:ermine whether the $100,000 I
obtained by Fall from Doheny,
was a loan or not.
Fall, who arrived a few minutes j
before court opened, walked into!
the room to his chair. For the j
last week he had been wheeled
:o his place in an invalid chair.
He was supported by attendants
but appeared stronger that at
The start of the trial.
, MPT, H. D. HINCKLEY
MOBILE, Alabama, Oct., 21, </P)
—Captain H. D. Hinckley, com
* mander of the coast guard cut
ler Ponchartrain, with Mobile
as his base, has been appointed
division commander for the j
coast guard at Seattle.
, Addison, now stationed in Alas- j
ka, will succeed him. Comman- j
der Addison began his naval '
service in 1900 as a cadet en- j
sign; in 1903 he was promoted
I to the grade of Junior Lieut
enant; in 1904, lieutenant; in j
1909 lieut. comdr.; and in 1920,
commander.
Hunters returning from the Ke- j
nai peninsula country claim they j
saw numerous eviden c e s o f i
wolves.
LONGEST DEATH FALL
NEW YORK, Oct., 21, (/P)—'The
body of a man, crushed lifeless,
1 crashed to the pavement on Wall
Street in front of a 61 story
bank building, 725 feet high. Po
lice believed the man fell from
the top of the building and if
this is true it is the longest
death fall ever recorded here.
BOILING WATER EXTINGUISH
ED GAS FLAME DURING
THE NIGHT
NEW YORK, Oct., 21, (TP)—A
pan of water over an extinquished
gas jet on a kitchen stove caus
ed the deaths of a father and
six children; three daughters
and three sons, as they slept in
their apartment.
Walter Cavanaugh, 42. a private
chauffer, failed to report for
work at the garage kept by his
employer and a car called at the
apartment house to see if he had
over-slept.
A neighbor investigated and
found Cavanaugh and the child
dren dead. The children were
Ethen, 17; Catherine 15; Rose 13;
Thomas 11; George 9; Walter Jr.
8. Their mother died seven years
ago. The only surviving member
of the family is a daughter,
Mary, 20, who lived away from
home.
The Seward City Council will
meet this evening at 8 o'clock in
the council chambers, in its sec
ond regular meeting of the month.
WOOD BURNING LOCOMOTIVE
TAKES PARTY TO HISTOR
ICAL VILLAGE
DETROIT. Oct.. 21, (A*)—Com
ing to join in paying tribute to
Thos. A. Edison, President Hoover
arrived at Dearborn at 9:28 in
a drizzle of rain which began be
fore dawn and continued thru
out the day.
The Presidential party was
transferred from the Capital
special train to a train of the
style of 1879 drown by a wood
burning locomotive.
Aboard this train the President
was taken to the historical vil
lage to be greeted at the quaint
old station by Mr. Edison and
Henry Ford and their parties.
ITALY WILL CELEBRATE
GOLDEN LICIT JUBILEE
—
WASHINGTON, Oct., 21, (/P)—!
Italy will join America in paying
tribute to Thomas A. Edison on the
50th anniversary of the invention '
of incandescent lamp when Milan |
begins a celebration October 21.
There will be a week of feting,
ending on October 28 with the ob- !
servance of the seventh anniver
sary of the advent of the fascist
party, known as the “march on
Rome.”
FAILED OPEN PARACHUTE
BELLINGHAM, Oct, 21, (JP)—
i Ed Mills was killed when he be
came frightened as he started
; a parachute jump and failed to
open the chute as he plunged to
death.
DAUGHTER SAID FATHER’S
LIFE HAD BEEN THREAT
ENED
SEATTLE, Oct., 21, (JP)—Fatally j
wounded in a revolver duel with 1
two armed bandits, August Cir
olins died last night in the City i
hospital two hours after the j
shooting affray.
Gilbert Showalter, 38, bandit
suspect, was critically wounded, j
Before he died Cirolins said two
men held him up near a parked
automobile and told him to get
into it. When he refused one
shot him but he grabbed the re
volver and shot in return.
Showalter was found a block
and one-half from the scene. An i
element of mystery entered the
case when two revolvers were
found at the place. The man’s
daughter said her father carried
a pistol as the result of a death
threat by an enemy.
Arrivals from the Kenai pen- j
insula country report that the i
snow is unusually deep through
out the entire region, in some '
places being 18 inches deep while
in the hills there are drifts as
deep as four or five feet.
SEVERAL OTHER DEFENSE
WITNESSES TO APPEAR
AT REBUTTAL
LOS ANGELES, Oct, 21, UP)—
That Alexander Pantages might
take the witness stand late to
day was indicated by the defense
atorneys following a conference
at which it was decided to short
en the case as much as possible.
The several other witnesses re
maining to be heard will be brief
in their testimony. Pantages is
expected to be the last witness
for the defense after which the
state will put a number of
rebuttal witnesses on the stand.
The case is expected to reach
the jury by Thursday night.
The Friday’s testimony for the
theater man was said to be the
most vital link in their chain
of evidence in combatting the
alleged attack story of Miss Prin
gle. Pantages is expected to con
tradict her testimony in every
detail to build up the defense
contention of a “frame-up” and
conspiracy.
SELECTION OF OTHER MEM
BERS DEFERRED TEM
PORARILY
WASHINGTON. Oct.. 21. (/P)—
I Secretary Stimson announced, in
behalf of President Hoover, that
Senators Reed of Pennsylvania,
; and Robinson, have accepted posts
as members of the American del
egation to the London arms par
ley in January.
The Secretary said that Borah
had been asked to serve but he
found it impossible to accept.
It is possible, the Secretary
added, that the selection of the
other five or six members of the
American delegation will be de
ferred until the compromise sit
uation is more general known
sciiiet pune m
OAKLAND: GREETED Of
GREAT DECEPTION
OAKLAND, Oct-, 21, (JP)—1The
I Russian plane “Land of Soviet”
; spiralded down to a perfect
landing at 3:10 Saturday af
| ternoon from Vancouver, Wash.,
500 miles away.
The plane landed amid the
I cheers of thousands and hyms
; of Russian choirs, and shouts
| in Russian “Long live the Soviet
! fliers!” Crowds rushed the plane
i and attendants said they had
; seen nothing like it since Lind
! bergh’s first visit following the
Paris flight.
The S. S. Alaska is off the
i Alaska run until February 15.