VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 183. SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, December 8, 1928.
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PRICE TEN GENTS
OCCIDENT TO CAPTAIN MAY
TEELAND PUT DAMPER ON
THE GAME
Two more games were annexed by
Seward basketball fives last night
when the Seward High school girls
defeated the quintette from the in
let City High school, 8 to 2, and the
second boys team took a fast setto
from the snappy aggregation placed
cn the floor by the Jesse Lee Home.
Determined to even up the series,
t7n Anchorage girls, keyed to fight
ing pir.ch by Coach Wright showeu
a burst of speed But one of then'
strongest players, MayTeeland, suf
fered a dislocated elbow a minute
after play began which retired her
for the balance of the series. To
say that her ma^es were not effect
ed by the nainful mishap to their
Captain and the serious crippling
of the team caused by the accident,
would be altogether unfair, but the
tame little player, her face writhing
in agony as Dr Hyatt reset the dis
located ligaments, paused to send
back a message to her pals to “gc
in and win for Anchorage.” Thus
inspired. Anchorage held Seward s
scoring after that to two field bas
kets and two converted fouls.
OPENING LINEUP
Coach Wright’s opening lineup
tras. Davis center; Reno and Staser
forwards; Teeland and Nichols,
guards; while Prof Bath sent in
Leslie, center; Lars on and McIn
tosh, forwards; Neville and Laugh
Tin, guards; who played the game
thru without substitution. The
game started at 9:10 with Neimee
and Galloway again acting as refer
ees. Leslie outstretched Davis for
the tin-off. As the ball rolled away
from Reno and Larsson, Leslie re
covered it and made a neat shot
thru Reward’s hoop for the forst
basket. On the next play Anchor
e tool: the ball to their end on
me nice passing but Rena missed
• ■ u"’' O i Ancnorace’s
",d. all emoting to toss in from the
sidelines near the scorers, got her
feet foaled with the exira ball that
projected out from under the scor
er.- table and ith on her arm. dis
locating the elbow. Time was call
ed while the player was removed to
a residence and doctors summoned
Coacn Wright returned to tire floor
a few minutes later and turned the
team over to Francis Nichols and
r,hen directed her attention to the
injured player.
MAKE LONE CAGE
Staser wes switched to Teeland f
guard position and Johansen called
in to play forward for Staser. Mc
Intosh made a basket on a pass
from Lar'-'son giving Seward fou>
counters for the first quarter. Thf
only scoring in the second quartei
was another basket for Seward vir
7 ars^on to McIntosh again and £
conversion by Larsson after bein£
fouled by Reno. Reno was verj
much in the game though off he;
shooting. Nichols steadied her teau
in the second half, allowing Sewan
only a conversion by McIntosh ii
the third quarter, while Reno drop
ped one thru in the fourth for tw.
tallies for Anchorage.
Much credit is due Nichols. Davi
and Staser for consistent counter
ing, and to Reno and Johansen
fast little forwards who just didn’
find the hoop.
Nothing definite as to the proba
ble time of arrival of the S. S. Star
from the Westward, has been re
ceived.
French Executioner
Gets Raise In Pay
PARIS, Dec., 8, (JP)—Anatole
Deibler, executioner of France, has
had his pay raised to $60 a month.
He was getting only $38.
That is his fixed retainer. He is
paid in addition a certain sum,
never made public, each time he
lets fail the heavy sharp triangulai
blade of the guillotine on a con
demned man”s or woman’s neck. He
has long pleaded poverty and asked
for more money, but he stills owns
I a Paris building that helps keep the
wolf from the door.
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DOHENY DIVESTING HIMSELF
OF EXTENSIVE PETRO
LEUM HOLDINGS
NEW YORK, Dec., 8, (/P)—Edward
L. Doheny, who amassed a for
tune in oil after an accidental
“strike” while prospecting in Cal
ifornia 37 years ago, has taken
final steps to quit the industry.
The New York banking houses
| of Blyth, Witter & Company and
| J. & W. Seligman & Company
; have virtually completed arrange
; ments for the acquisition of near
I ly all the oil producing proper -
. ties in California owned by the
j Petroleum Cecurities Company,
which is controlled by Mr. Dohenj
and his family and is valued bj
I the banking group at $43,000,000
The pending sale is the latesi
of three by which Mr. Doheny
| who is 73 years old, is divestmt
himself of his extensive petroleun
i holdings. In 1925 he cold contro
i of his Mexican properties to thi
I Standard Oil Onmr> mv of Indian0
while last May he sold the mar
| keting end of his California prop
j erties and some producing field
! to the Richfield Oil Company o
j California.
FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVES THE 1
CAPITOL ITS ANNUAL BATH
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Photo shows firemen washing the
-eason’s dust off the Naticral Capi
ito! with a powerful stream of water.
BYRD’S EXPEDITION TD avt.
ARCTIC SUFFERED a OSS OF
MANY DOGS
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V A NCOUVER, Dec., 8, (JP)—A
7.000 mile dash from Dunedin, New
|Zealand to the Yukon to obtain 40
huskies to replace the 37 dogs of
|the Byd Antractic expedition who
died, is being made by Bill Riley,
; dog driver, who arrived here today
aboard the Aorangt -
Contaminated water is believed
to hr.vc caused ihe deaths of t he.
dog . Four other drivers a - it*
the expedition in which there were
mad and had to be killed; three o,
’ a litter cl five were drowned ter
’ a seaman unknowing of the stork.
1 visit. flo If I : mother’;
* while washing a deck.
VICTORIA DUE 1 A. M.
- The Steamer Victoria, of the A. £
5 S. Co., is expected to arrive in per
f from the South at 1 o'clock in tli
morning, according to late advices
South African Gem
Area Is Prosperous
CAPKTWON, South Africa, Dec.,
7, (/P)—The government estimates
that the Namnnualand diamond
field at Alexander Bay will yield ap
nroximately $80,000,000 in dia
monds. Thus far stones worth be
tween 823,000,000 and $27,000,000
have been obtained.
To allay fears of diamond owners
and dealers, it is authoritatively
stated that the Government will
not put stones upon the market in
quantities likely to disturb prices.
DAUGHTER WAS AROUSED SAW
BURGLARS FLEE, CALLED
FOR HELP
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EATON, Ohio., Dec., 8, (/P)—Mrs.
Lora Silver, 58, was killed and her
husband. Dr. Horatio Silver, 55, a
prominent physician here, was
wounded fatally by two burglars
who entered their home early
this morning.
Mrs Silver was killed instantly
the bullet piercing her heart while
her husband was shot in the abdo
men. Five hours later, in the Dr.
D Dayton hospital, an operation
is to be performed in an effort to
save his life.
Hearing a noise down stairs Mrs.
Silver went to investigate; her
husband followed when he heard
shots. He was recently appointed
; state finance director. The bur
lars ransacked the home before
detected but the exact amount ol
Ir .v obtained could not be deter
mined.
Anna Mery •"•'ilver, their 13 yeai
t eltl dr.iightor, v / ■ aroused by tin
3 . Lot.:, saw the burglars, then call
. ed for help.
FUTURE BENEFITS SEEN IN NAVY EXPEDITION
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The naval submarine S-21 (above) is proceeding
down the Atlantic coast and into the Gulf and Caribbean
waters with an international group of scientists aboard
to measure the variations in gravity at frequent intervals
along the route, a task wicli eventually may lead to much
knowledge of great value to man. The scientific work is
being directed by Dr. F. A. Vening Meinesz of Holland
(left), inventor of the pendulum device (right) which is
being used.
RECORD OF WORDS
ID 1 SCTIflS
1PRONI DEDilE
INDICATIONS MOVE UNDERWAY
ATTACKING TREATY WITH
FRANCE
WASHINGTON. Dec.. 8. I/P)—A
prohibition debate which filled the
record with words but brought no
results furnished a diversion for
Congress gallery spectators during
the day while the Senate continued
a long debate over the Boulder
Dam.
After the House had engaged in
the annual fight over the prohibi
tion enforcement the item of the
Treasury and Post office appropria
tions Bill was finally passed.
Thi> Bill, for about a. billion dol
’ars included the prohibition en
forcement item of $13,500,000 was
the ffrst major accomplishment of
the session.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee heard Kellogg explain
4he treaty negotiated with Paris re
nouncing war. Although the Sec
retary held that the document
would not affect the Monroe Doc
trine there were indications that a
move might be made attacking the
reservation specifying the Doctrine
not be weakened.
TAX REFUND IS
LOSES TO GOVERNMENT WILE
RUN INTO HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS
WASHINGTON,’ Dec., 8, (/P)—A
tax refund of $939,833 will be given
by the Treasury to Senator Couzens
a from whom it had sought to col
lect an additional assessment on.
$10,000,000.
The refund follows failure of the
Government’s attempt of three
years ago to levy additional asses
ments amounting to almost $33,
000,000 against the original hold
ers of the Ford Motor Company
stock.
Couzens was the principal de
fendant. He said, in connection
i with the refund, “This is a concrete
i piece of evidence of the misman
j agement of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue under the greatest Secre
tary of the Treasury since Hamil
ton’s time. If Congress will be able
to compute the entire losses to the
Government under such manage
ment it will be found to run into
the hundreds of millions.”
Couzens still has a pending reso
lution proposing that the Senate
ask for Mellon’s resignation.
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WHEAT KING DEAD
CHICAGO, Dec., 8, (JP)—James
A. Patten, famed “Wheat King” of
the Chicago Board of Trade, died
at his home here at the age of 76.
The millionaire had been ill only
a short time. Double pneumonia
'caused his death.
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BATTLESHIP ARRIVES
NEW YORK, Dec-, 8, (£>)—'The
American Cable Company received
| advices from Antofagasta, Chile,
saying the Battleship Maryland
arrived at that port with Herbert
Hoover this morning.