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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 33.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1929.
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FORMFR SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY PASSES FROM HEART
ATTACK
DETROIT, Feb., 8. (/P)—Edwin
Den by, former Secretary of the
^Tavy and one of the figures whose
^ political career was abruptly ter
minated by the Teapot Dome scan
dal, died at, his home here this
mornir.a from a heart attack.
While he was in poor heaitu h.
-event weeks the announcement of
his death was a distinct shock to
hs friends here.
Altho lit was virtually compelled
to resign from the Cabinet as the
resui. of the Teapot Dome affair
Mr. Jl enby did not attempt to place
my responsibility, charged to him,
upon the shoulders of anyone else.
Denby arose at 8 o’clock in the
morning but complained of feeling
11. A pnysician v:as summoned but
before he could arrive Denby was
dead
■W%BTATN APPROXIMATELY S1800;
WAVE GTTNS IN FACES OF
five
SEATTLE. Feb. 8, (fP)—Approxi
mately $1,800 was obtained by ban
dits who hold up the Druxmar.
Cigar Store.
Leo Druxman. proprietor, and
four employes, were forced into the
basement by the holdupmen who
v.-fiveo piste's in their faces.
The. bandits then scooped up
-1.500 from the cash drawer and
rifled a nearby hiding place which
contained S300 of a hockey fund.
i Editor's Note1-—The Druxman
i’amiiv were former residents of
Setvavd.
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FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb., 7, (fP)
—A strike of high grade ore has
been made in hte Hazel mine in
Southwest Texas. Chester R. Bun
ker of World Exploration Co., re
ports that the company has struck
> ich ore on the second level in an
area not previously worked. This
ore assays 82 ounces silver and
three percent copper to the ton.
The Riva vein has been followed for
125 feet on the fifth level. The
raise from the sixth level is in the
vein for an additional 85 feet.
PROFESSOR BLOWS GLASS
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PITTSBURGH, Feb.. 8. (JP)—Fred
Wagner blows bubbles for a living—
-but they’re glass bubbles. He is
-aid to be the only professor of
glass blowing in America. At the
University of Pittsburg, Professor
Wagner blows glass for the instruc
tion of chemistry students, who
nope to acquire that art for use in
research.
NOMINATES NEVILLE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb., 8, (/P)
—President Coolidge nominated
Major General Neville, Marine
Corps commandant, succeeding Le
jeune.
DEATH SENTENCE
VERDICT AGAINST
YOUNG NORTH
IvORTHCOTT’S IRON CONTROL
! AMAZES DEPUTIES MASSED
ABOUT HIM
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb., 8, (fP)—
The Riverside jury returned a
verdict of death against Gordon
Stewart Northcott last night after
a deliberation of three hours and
, 15 minutes, with an hour and one
i half of that time, spent at dinner.
The jurymen found Northcott
I guilty as charged in the indict
| ment on all three counts; slaying
of Nelson Winslow and Lewis Wins
; low, and of an unidentified Mex—
I ican youth.
| Judge Freeman asked North
! cott if he wished to poll the jury;
| Northcott rose and in a steady
' voice said: “A poll is entirely un
i necessary, your Honor, but I wish
to thank the jury for the atten
tion it has given me.”
Northcott’s iron control amazed
the deputies who were massed
about him awaiting the expected
“break” but he oriy smiled at then
apparent concern.
The court will set the sentence
at 10 a. m., next Monday.
STORM SWEPT CHANNEL
CALAIS, Feb.. 8, f/P)—People of
Ahe Lo'vlancip of the North, a flit
region north of Calais, fear the
sea tyill break thru their frail dike
I some stormy clay, scatter the sand
| dunes and submerge -■no.ooo acres
of farm land.
Recent storms weakened tire bar
rier and history warn a tlr-.t the* nca
is constantly eating hr! o the coa •
tinent.
LAW MADE ONE WAY FOR OISE
AND ANOTHER FOR ANOTH
ER PFRSON
SEATTLE Feb.. 8, (A3)—Over the
protest ol the Prosecutor Dr. Royai
Tracv was accused of man-slaugh
ter for the death of Ella Fallis a;v
•vas freed or his personal recogni
sance
In goring the State's plea hi a
■S5.000 bond Justice Claypool. o
granting the physician his f' . n
without bond, said be would be
“guilty to moral cowardice” if he
did not do so.
1 Deputy ProseeulA“
tested the court’s action saying “It
certa’rly looks as if the law was
made one way for one person ana
another for another person.”
After commenting upon Tracy
giving Miss FaIIic, aqua ammonia,
which the State contends proved to
he a lethal drink, Defense Attorney
Dore said “The whole thing was
pureiv a mistake made while the
Doctor was doing a kindly and
charitable act with no hope of re
ward.”
THE
MIAMI BEACH F-b.. 7. iPl-’j;..
batFe over a referee is nil fore
in the Strifcbiing-Shr. ' r.'.mps,
Pa -Stribling, fatlicr • ••' the fight
er, bciieve? the South v. • siightec
v. th" list of pos-iblo rohrees sub
mitted names no one r.'om belo..
the Moson-Dixon line.
Bcrrpsey will sitoiuoi to assis
*hc men in select ng a third man
I Sharkey maintained h s ha t
training pace.
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ST. I OUT". F. I ’ - Fir..
r^dio dc lei h tc > tee in t
;bogus radio log bath. : a piomot
'or disappeared after ! .ding theh
ads. The book never v issued.
COLLEGE HUNT CLUB
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va„ Feb., |
S. UP) —What is believed to be the j
first all-college hunt club in the j
United States has been organized ;
at the University of Virginia.
MILLIONS SWEPT
AWAY ON MARKET
DECLINES RANGED FROM THREE
TO 35 PER SHARE, BLOCKS
EXCHANGED
NEW YORK, Feb., 8, (JP)—'Two
million dollars in “values were
wiped away in the sweeping reac
tion of the Stock Exchange fol
lowing the Federal Reserve Board’s
ultimation on speculative gam
bling or credit, which must be res
trained.”
The Bank of England yesterday
raised the rediscount rate from
four and one-half percent to five
percent.
The Bearishness declines ranged
from three to 35 per share as blocks
of five to 25,000 shares were dump
ed on the market.
The Governors of the Exchange
voted to close the market on Sat
urday.
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and one of tv figgest in the world
T1. f.Son will t><
nearly three tin',23 that of the big
r>( id ■••! e il Germ y, mow
linn : t 1 f the Soeiol.
f~er ol Fernae and $25,000.00!
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LEADING LIGHTS IN STANDARD OIL ROYS
The annual meeting of the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana will see a hard fight March 7 when John D. Rock
efeller, jr., (right) will battle to oust Col. Robert W.
Stewart (center) from the chairmanship of the company.
John D. Rockefeller, sr., (left) is reported to be backing
his son.
COMPLETE LIST OF
OMSI81 MBS
OF LEGISUTUBE
OFFICIAL LIST OF MEMBERS
OF THE ALASKA LEGISLA
TURE FOR 1929
JUNEAU, (Special to the Gate—
way) Feb., 8, —The following is
the official list of members of Sen
ators and Representatives to the
Alaska Legislature for 1929:
First Division—Senators: W. A.
Steel, Charles Benjamin. Repre
sentatives: P. C. McCormick, Allen
Shattuck, Grover C. Winn and A.
H. Zeigler.
Secand Division— Senators:
Richard N. Sundquist and James
Anderson. -Representatives: Clar
ence J. Woofter, Henry Burgh, Al
! fred Lomen and Andy Nylen.
Third Division—Senators Arthur
Frame and A. J. Dimond. Repre
sentatives: J. H. Murray, Frank H.
Foster, E. R. Tarwater and H. H,
McCutcheon.
Fourth Division—Senators John
H. Dunn and L. C. Hess. Represen
tatives Walter Fisher, Harry Don
nelly, Joe McDonald and R. C.
Rothenberg.
ITEM INCLUDES EXAMINATION
SCORES OF STREAMS; ONE
IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 8, (£>)
—The last major administration
measure was disposed of yester
day when the House approved the
Senate amendments to the war
i ship bill.
The measure now goes to Pres
, ident Coolidge for his signature.
1 The House then took up the
Nov?.! appropriation Fill while the
■ Senate worked on tire War De
partment supply bill which in
cludes the item authorizing the
Secretary of War to make prelim
inary examinations on a score of
streams, under the flood control
act of 1917: one of t’e^ese rivers is
the Salmon river in Alaska.
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CRIPPLE CREEK, Fob., 7, (TP'i—A
strike of unusual richness, altho ib
is expected not to develop into an
'ore body of large size, has been
made by the Queen Exploration
Co., at its fifth level on what is be
lieved to be the junction of its No.
9 vein with a cross fraction in the
Comanche Plume section. Samples
from the strike, according to re
ports, run as high as 149 ounces of
'gold with grab samples showing
about $50 a ton.
TRUE NORDIC SCHOOL
I AUGUSTA. Ga, Feb., 8, (/Pi
Sticklers for preserving the pure
i Anglo-Saxon strain find a spur to
their ambitions in the D'Antignac
rammer school here. All of the
’400 pupils bear Anglo-Saxon names
land a high percentage of them arfit
of the purest Nordic type.