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VOLUME XXII NUMBER 191. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BELIEF EXPRESSED DEATH HAST
ENED OVER LOSS OF WIFE
LAST MONTH
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Sept. 6.
(/P)—Wayne Wheeler, general coun
sel of the anti-saloon league of Ameri
* ca and .for many years a leading
propoment for prohibition in the
United States, died suddenly at the
Battle Creek sanitarium. Death was
due to heart disease. Following a
prolonged treatment for kidney trou
ble Wheeler was brought to the Sani
tarium from his suummer home at
Little point, Sable, Mich., last week
for observation. He was accompan
ied by his friend, Dr. Howard Russell,
founder of the league. His condition
was considered serious and an opera
tion was planned but was abandoned
due to his improvement on Sunday.
1 Friends believe death was hastened
by grief over the loss of his wife who
was fatally burned on August 13 when
her clothing caught fire in front of the
Wheeler home.
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RAILROAD LABORER QUARRELS
WITH DIVORCED WIFE THEM
RUNS AMUCK
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 6. (/P)—
An 11-year-old boy lies in the hos
pital, fatally wounded, while his
« mother and sister are dead, victims
of a frenzied father who mowed
them down with a pistol then shot
a friend and blew out his own brains.
Adam Heimbinger, railroad laborer,
after apparently quarreling with his
divorced wife, slew Gertrude, age 7,
then her mother, shot Ernest through
the head, then brought his gun on
his friend James Koloff, before com
mitting suicide. The boy and girl
had been kept in a children’s home
k. here since the divorce. "-r
FOREST FIRE BURNING
FORT SMITH COUNTRY.
’ EXTENDS FOR MILES
FORT SMITH. Sept. 6. (/P)—A for
est fire, burning around Fitzgerald
has come* within a half mile of the
half way mark between the Smith and
Fitzgerald and Ryan Brothers, fur
traders.
Gasoline is being moved on flats,
(sleighs and dog teams to the Smith
buildings, which will be saved unless
the wind changes. The fire extends
15 miles in one direction. The length
of the fire in the other direction is
not known.
FATHER, SONS DROWN
PORT ANGELES, Sept. 6. (^P)—
Henry McKelvey and two sons, Phil
lip and George, -were drowned in the
Strait of Juan de Fuea, off Neah Bay,
late last night when a canoe in which i
they were fishing overturned.
FORMER ALASKAN BURIED
SEATTLE, Sept. 6. (£>)—'The funeral
of John Kane, Seattle merchant and
former Alaskan, will be held Tuesday.
Prior to entering business here Kane
was engaged in mining throughout
the Yukon and Fairbanks districts.
BULLETS, DRUGGED
FROM BLAZING HOME
THREATENED TO KILL HIS WIFE;
WAS FORMER INMATE OF IN
SANE ASYLUM
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 6. (IP)—
Boxy Wesley Cooksey, negro, age 40,;
was riddled with bullets and dragged!
from his burning home after dozens
of tear bombs had been hurled into
■the house. Five policemen, who at
tempted to enter the place after Cook
sey threatened to kill his wife, were
injured, two seriously. Cooksey held
the officers at bay for three hours.
Police set fire to the house in an ef
fort. to drive him out. The negro at
one time was an inmate of an insane
asylum.
MAGNATE ON VACATION
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 6. (IP)—
Jesse L. Lasky, Vice-president and
General Manager of the Famous Play
ers Co., and his son, Jesse Lasky Jr.,
left Vancouver for a two weeks holi
day at Jasper National Park.
GltS DEFENSE WILE
CENTER ON CONTENTION
SEATTLE, Sept. 6. (JP)—According
to yesterday’s report, the Gaines de
fense will be centered on the conten
tion that Sylvia was not murdered
and that the body discovered near
Green Lake was not the daughter, but
was the body of a Portland woman
wiho was slain by persons who had
spirited Sylvia away.
EASTERN WIEJIT POURS
INTO SEATTLE COFFERS
SEATTLE, Sept. 6. (JP)—Wheat
from the farms of Eastern Washing
ton is pouring into Seattle at the
rate of from 50 to 75 carloads each
day and by tomorrow morning more
than a million bushels of the grain,
a new record for this port, will be
stored in the Hanford Street elevator,
rea^y for export.
PARIS, Sept. 6. (JP)—A practical,
miniature, locomotive, six inches
long, but exactly like the standard
engine of the State Railroad, has
been buiilt by a French mechanic,
M. Melcher. He has built the engine
to a scale of l-80th of normal. It
weighs 12 ounces and is made to run.
Much of the work had to be done
under a magnifying class. He work
ed evenings on it for ten years. The
boiler tubes are hardly larger than
coarse hairs.
VICTORIA DISABLED
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BLOWS CYLINDER HEAD; CUTTER
HAIDA ENROUTE FROM HAR
BOR RENDER ASSISTANCE
DUTCH HARBOR, Sept. 6. (/P)—
The S. S. Victoria, of the A. S. S. Co.,
which left Dutch Harbor this morn
ing, is disabled with a blown cylinder
head. The vessel is at Priest Rock,
10 miles from Dutch Harbor. The
coast gruard cutter Haidi is leaving
here 'to go to her assistance.
FISHING Oil COAST
CLOSES DOWN AMID
TREMENDOUS RUN
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MILLIONS OF SALMON HEADING
FOR SPAWNING GROUNDS
PACIFIC COAST
EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 6. (JP)—
In the midst of one of the greatest
runs in years, according to fisher
men, the salmon fishing season in
the Pacific Coast automatically clos
ed last night with millions, of sal
mon reported heading for the spawn
ing grounds. Good catches are said
to be assured for later years, J. O.
Morris, vice president of the Everett
Packing Company, declared and
while his company’s pack was not
as large as last season’s, it has been
very satisfactory. He said the larg
est catch of the season made since
Sunday was off Tatoosh, at the en
trance to the Strait of Juan de Fuga:
FIGURES ARE GIVEN
EVERETT, Sept. 6. (/P)—1This year’s
pack is about 400,000 cases compared
with 525,000 cases packed last year.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington, 1-nothing; Chicago, 5-6.
Philadelphia, 2-3; St. Louis, 6-3.
Detroit, nothing-10; Cleveland, 7-2.
New York, 11-5; Boston, 12-nothing.
First game 18 innings, second game
called in fifth inning on account of
darkness.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati, 8-4; Pittsburg, 3-6.
St. Louis, 1-2; Chicago, 6-nothing.
Philadelphia, 6-7; Brooklyn, 1-1.
Boston, 6-8; New York, 1-9.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood, 3-6; Missions, 6-5.
Sacramento, nothing-3; Oakland, 2-9.
Seattle, 6; Portland, 3; called end
of fifth on account of rain.
San Francisco, 8-3; Los Angeles, 9
nothing.
UPRISING INDIINS IDE
SUBDUED IND JAILED
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PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 6. (jP)—
Six natives are in custody as a result
of a small uprising among the Indians
in Kitwancool valley, who claim own
ership of land occupied by the whites,
on the strength of a treaty with the
King of England a century ago.
FINE THEATRE OPENS
SEATTLE, Sept. 6. (TP)—The new
million dollar Orpheum Theatre is
open. It is claimed as one of the
finest of its kind in America.
PIE OF DETROIT
IW AT CALCUTTA
GLOBE ENCIRCLING AVIATORS
MAKING GREAT RECORD EAT.
ING UP THE MILES
CALCUTTA, Sept. 6. (TP)—Forging
steadily ahead in 'their endeavor to
break the record for a voyage around
the earth, Brock and Schlee arrived
from Allahabad. They made the
trip in four hours and 40 minutes
and added 485 miles to their log and
put them 8,030 miles from Harbor
Grace.
LEAVE ALLAHABAD
ALLAHABAD, Sept. 6. (TP)—The
Pride of Detroit left at 7 o’clock this
moroning on its 485 mile flight to
Calcutta.
OFFICERS EXPRESS OPINION RED
FERN EITHER LANDED ON
ISLAND, MAINLAND
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6. (IP)—'The
Norwegian steamship Cristian Krohg,
docking here, reported it had sighted
Redfern on August 26 when he was
within 165 miles of the South Ameri
can coast. Redfern circled the ship
for sometime and dropped five notes
three of which sought directions. He
was last seen heading in the direction
of the Venesuelan mainland. Between
him and the mainland there was a
group of islands. Ship officers ex
pressed the opinion Redfern either
landed on one of the islands or reach
ed the mainland.
COUGHING OF CHILD
SAVES FAMILY FROM FIRE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Sept. 6. (IP)
—The coughing of a small child saved
the lives of a family of four when fire
destroyed the home of F. M. Hasha.
Hearing the child coughing, Mrs. Has
ha was aroused and discovered the
house in flames. Shortly after the
members of the family escaped, the
roof crashed.
GOVERNMENT FLORIDA
RUM RUNNERS AT WAR
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. (IP)—It is
revealed that the government and rum
runners are fighting a bitter war
■ in Fiord a. The government contends
that smur^ers do not confine opera
tions to rum alone, but go in for
i smuggling aliens, robbery and other
! crimes.
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CONGRATULATES FEDERATION
OF LABOR ON ACCOMPLISH
MENTS OF PAST YEAR
WAHSINGTON, D. C., Sept. 6. (PP)
—In a Labor Day message to Ameri
can workmen President Green, of
| the American Federation of Labor,
| congratulated them on their accom
plishments of the paist year and urged
in the coming political campaigns
their votes be cast for candidates
who favor the labor cause. Viewing
the labor movement as “gradually
increasing in membership and
strength of purpose” Green urged
continuation of the campaign of the
organization and deplored certain
court decisions in labor cases men
tioning in particular the Supreme
Court’s disposal of the stone cutters
[case, decisions against Boston milk
men and Indianapolis street car men.
Green said he observed “a most
[amazing” change in attitude “of em
ployers as well as financial and com
jmercial interests” toward recogni
tion of labors contention “that high
'wages make for properity.”
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BABE CREEPING UP
NEW YORK, Sept. 6. (IP)—Babe
| Ruth batted out his 42nd home run of
| the season, taking two up on Gehrig,
while his team mates were beating
! St. Louis for the 16th time this season.
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NON-STOP FLIGHT, SPONSORED
BY HEARST; REPRESENTA
TIVE ON BOARD
OLD ORCHARD, Sept. 6. (£>)—'The
plane Old Glory, bound for Rome, took
off from the beach a-t 1:22, eastern
daylight time. The plane carried
three men on a non-stop flight planned
j by J. D. Hill. Won by the toss of a
[coin from the co-pilot, Lloyd Bertraud,
• took his seat at the controls and a few
minutes later Old Glory was a speck
on the harizon. Phil Payne, repre
sentative of the Hearst Newspaper
Syndicate, who is sponsoring the
flight, was the last to enter the plane.
SOUTHERN C0LLEEI1
WINS DIAMOND FIE
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5. (&)—'The
adaptability which made Eddie Mor
gan either a football or a baseball
player %t Tulare University has land
ed him a regular berth in the out
field of the New Orelans Southern
Association Club.
Morgan is one of the outstanding
stars of the league. His record reads
like that of a veteran. In 92 games
he hit for .352, smacking out 91 sin
gles, 17 doubles, eight triples and
eight home runs.