SEWARD,
ALASKA
Seward
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
Gateway
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 135
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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H. S. Balderston
Elected President
Bank of Seward
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SUCCEEDS THE LATE CHARLES E. BROWN AS
HEAD OF LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION;
HELD POST OF VICE PRESIDENT AND MAN
AGING DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS—MR.
O. ULSHAGEN ELECTED TO POSITION OF
CASHIER.
By reason of the recent death of Chas. E. Brown,
President of the Bank of Seward, election of officers
was held by that financial institution yesterday, Mr. H.
S. Balderston, Vice President and Managing Director,
being elected to succeed Mr. Brown as President.
Mr. Balderston came to Seward in April 1915 to
accept the position of Assistant Cashier of the bank and
in 1917 was appointed Cashier, and in 1922’ to the vice
presidency. Previously to his connection with the Bank
of Seward Mr. Balderston was Cashier and Manager of
the First Bank of Katalla, which bank was liquidated
under his direction in 1914.
BODIES OF DOGS EMBALMED IN
SPICES FOUND IN SEPARATE
CASKET. GIRL’S GRAVE
LOS ANGELES. Oct.. 7. (TP)—No
evidence other than that of natural
death was found in the autopsy
performed on the body of Willa ,
Rhoades, 19-year-old foster daugh- i
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rhoades, j
which was dug from a shallow
grave beneath the beach near the i
home of the latter.
1 The body of Willa, who was des
ignated by Mrs. Rhoades as “Prin
v cess of the Divine Order of the Roy
al Arms of the Great Seal” had
been expected by her to be resur
ected in accordance to the doctrines
of the strange religious cult, was
submitted to the county chemist
for tests to be made to determine
the suspected presence of poison.
Rhoades, who is being held pend
ing further investigation, told the
police that Willa died January, 1,
1925 of diptheria.
The finding of the body is the be
ginning of the unravelling of the
weird rites of the religious cult
which caused the body to be pre
served in ice for more than a year
with the belief that she would be I
resurrected.
In a separate casket in the girl’s
grave were found the bodies of
seven dogs embalmed in spices and
buried at the same tim^,
PRINCESS ILL
BRAMER, Scotland, Oct., 8, (TP)—
The health of Princess Louise, Prin
cess Royal of Great Britain, and
eldest daughter of King George, is
causing considerable concern. She
suffered a gastronomic hemorrage
and her heart is weakened.
ATHLETICS WIN
SEATTLE, Oct., 8, (TP)—Flash,
Athletics win three to one. .
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M. D. LEEHEY, VICE PRES.
As Vice President, succeeding
Mr. Balderston, Mr. Maurice D.
Leehey of Seattle was elected.
Mr. Leehey has been a direct
or of the Bank of Seward since
its organization, in 1905. Although
a resident of Seattle. Mr. Leehey
has been very much identified
with Seward. He has property
interests here; his only son, Don- ;
aid, was appointed to West Point 1
as a resident of Seward, and for j
some 25 years Mr. Leheey has
been associated in many cases
with Attorney L. V. Ray, of this
city. Mr- Leehey has attended to
the corporate business of the
Bank of Seward in Seattle as the
bank is a Washington corporation,
and his election as vice president
will mean the continuation of
his supervision of the bank’s
outside interests.
AN AUTHORITY
Mr. Leehey has made a spe
cialty of Public Lands Law and
Mineral Law and is acknowledged
as the head of his profession in
this special field to which he has
devoted his energies and ability.
He has also devoted a great deal
of his time to the affairs of the
American Mining Congress and
the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, more especially, with those
organizations pertinent to Alaska.
As many will recall, Governor
Riggs elected Mr. Leehey as'
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FLY DISAPPEARS
WASHINGTON, Oct., 8, (/P>—1The
Meditarranean fruit fly which so
seriously damaged the Florida cit- |
rus crop, brought an embargo on
fruit, and this indirectly caused
several bank failures, has entirely
disappeared, expert survey shows.
NEW “RACKET’
NEW YORK Met., 3, i/P)—Opera
tion of new “larket’’ in tax dodg
ing whereby , a estate operators
with proper >..■ >litic 1 connection are
able to escape some $75,000,000 an- j
nually in taxes was charged by I
Fiorello La Guardia, republican
candidate for mayor.
H. S. BALDERS^ON
President of the Bank of Seward
LIQUOR BUYERS
MAY BE [HOLE
10 PROSECUTION
CONGRESS OVERLOOKED A BET
ACCORDING TO ANTI DRY
OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON, Oct., 8. (JP)—
A move to make liquor purchas
ers liable to prosecution as pro
hibition violators, is described by
the association against the pro
hibition amendment, as one which
would nullify the 18th amendment.
This was the view set forth
in a statement by Henry Curran,
president of the association, com
menting on the bill introduced
by Senator Sheppard, democrat
from Texas, who declared buy
ers of liquor were equally as
guilty with the manufacturers or
sellers.
“Congress left it out of the
18th amendment deliberately and
Congress cannot put it into the
Volstead act now without nulli
fying he amendment on which
the Volstead act is based.”
Curran said Sheppard stated the
proposal was left out because it
was believed if it existed it could
not have passed with such a
clause.
A recent Philadelphia court
decision held that a liquor buyer
could not be punished; this
makes introduction of a bill which
will be acted upon in December,
if advisable, Sheppard said.
A PERFECT DAY
CHICAGO, Oct., 8, MP)_Perfect
baseball weather is promised for
the opening game of the world
series but cloudy on the second.
A bright sun greeted the bleacher
ites and 60 degrees is forecast by
game time and no wind.
CALL ISSUED
WASHINGTON, Oct., 8, (/P)—
The Comptroller of Currency has
issued a call for condition of
National Banks at the close of
business Friday, October 4.
ALBERT FULL. ON
TRIM. OIL SCANDAL
I IN POOR HEALTH
PLEADED NOT GUILTY; VEN
IRE GRADUALLY FILLING
THE JURY BOX
WASHINGTON, Oct., 8, f/P)—
Although his attorney announced
i that the health of Albert Fall
would not permit him to stand
trial, the former Secretary of
the Interior appeared in court
to answer to the charges of
bribery growing out of the Elk
Hills naval oil reserve.
Mr. Fall was helped to his seat
by members of his family and his
physician. The family and his
Fall had been advised not to ap
pear in court but refused to obey.
Shortly after the trial opened up
Justice Hitz over-ruled the mo
tion to dismiss the bribery indict
ment on the ground hat it con
stituted a double jeopardy. Fall
pleaded not guilty and the Judge
than began to fill the jury box
from the venire.
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MEMBERS WILL MEET
i CHICAGO, Oct., 8, (TP)—Members
of the federal farm board will meet
with grain growers to discuss the
changes in the proposed $20,000,000
farmers national grain marketing
■corporation.
TAKES OATH
WASHINGTON. Oct., 8, OP)—
Major Clarence Young took oath as
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics. He succeeds Sec
retary McCracken.
MISS PRINGLE ON STAND FOR
TWO DAYS RELATING
SORDID DETAILS
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 8, <7P)—
Eunice Pringle’s testimony, also
a vigorous assault upon it, was
completed after the girl had en
dured two days on the witness
stand as the state’s first to be
called in the Alexander Pantages
alleged assault charge.
The first eye witness of tfr s
serted attack, W. L. Gold s
tified in corroboration le
girl’s accusations, and a °r
a grilling by Pantages /s
when the court adjourne~.
Miss Pringle was clad in v.
scarlet assemble the same as she
wore at the time of the alleged
attack and in which she paraded
before the jury.
Golden said he was first attract
ed to a “Little cubby hole” by
a woman’s screams. He said he
saw a girl’s hand protruding from
| the door and tiiat there was a
big commotion inside. He pushed
on the door slowly and saw a
man’s hand holding the girl’s leg.
He pushed the door farther open
and out came Eunice Pringle
screaming and crying hysterical
ly, her hair down and dress torn
and disarrayed.
He was asked what the words
were he heard and Golden said,
“Miss Pringle was screaming for
help to ‘save me!' ‘He’s ruining
me!’ and that Pantages was tell
ing the girl to keep quite and to
close the door.”
When cross-questioned about
| the length of time he remained at
he door of the alleged attack
; room he replied, “This all happen
ed so quickly and so great
| was the excitement that I can’t
! say whether it was one and three
-quarters or one and seven-eigths
i minutes.”
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iPE 15 REVIVED
AT JliCHUSE DUE
TO LOCAL REPORT
ANCHORAGE, Oct., 8, (/P)—Hope
was renewed here that Pilot Mer
rill is still alive as Mrs. Henry
Leirer, wife of the dairyman near
Seward, corroborated the report of
Captain Emsweiler of the motor
ship Chase who saw flares Friday
morning. She said she saw them
from the dairy indicating they
had been sent up from land.
As no boat is available at Seward
to make a search an appeal was
(made to Governor Parks to send
| the cutter Unalga to assist in the
search on the theory of distress
was apparent and assistance need
ed.
Planes here are all without
pontoons. The cutter could explore
i the shore lines, ,it is felt here and
; the government should give as
sistance in view of the fact Mer
rill was a former naval officer..
Pilot Joe Crosson and Gus Gel
les flew to the Skwentna river and
landed. They visited Banker Still
man of New York who will arrive
here Tuesday by boat..