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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 251.
SEWARD ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALCOHOLISM CAUSES
INCREASE OF DEATHS
ACCORDING RECORDS
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER AC
COUNTABLE SAYS INSUR
ANCE COMPANY
NEW YORK. Nov. 2. (/P)—Deaths
from alcoholism during the first nine
months of 1926 was approximately
14 per cent as compared with the
same period of last year. Among the
**more than seventeen million indus
trial policy holders of the Metropoli
tan life insurance company, the death
rate was three and three-tenths per
hundred thousand and for the same
period last year it was two and nine
tenths. The company reported cirr
hosis of the liver, closely associated
■with alcoholism, has accounted for a
rate of six and six-tenths per hundred
thousand which is slightly below that
# for the same period last year, but a
little higher than for the same period
of 1924, which was six and three
tenths.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Nelson, resi
dents of Fairbanks for 20 years, pas
sed thru Seward on their way to the
States where they propose remaining.
TROOPS DISPERSE
GENERAL AND SIX REBELS ARE
4 l KILLED BY SOLDIERS IN
MOUNTAINS
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 2. (£>)—'The
Presidential office announced Fed
eral troops on Saturday exterminat
ed the band of fanatics headed by
General Dolores Rodolfo Gallegos
who fled accompanied by a priest.
4, General Ramierz and six rebels be
longing to the gang, were killed in
the Alcocer mountains and the re
mainder dispersed.
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SPANISH DICTATOR SUMS
IP LEAGUE withhii
MADRID, Nov. 2. (£>)—Spain is to(
big to be little and too little to* be
big. That is the laconic summing ui
by General Primo de Rivera, Spain’s
dictator of the reasons -why Spair
has withdrawn from the League o
Nations and why the league refusec
her demands for a permanent seat or
the League council.
landslide predicted s. e. a.
JUNEAU, Nov. 2. (/P)—Indications
here and at Ketchikan point to s
landslide for Marquam. Ketchikar
parties wired $3,000 to Juneau to be
on Marquam to win but thus fai
there are no takers.
WATSON DUE, IN MORNING
The S. S. Admiral Watson, lef
Cordova at 7:30 o’clock this morn
ing, according to the latest repor
from the vessel. It is expected th<
vessel will arrive in port early tomor
roW morning.
MISS MARY GARDEN HANDS
ROUQUET TO GENE TINNEY
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. (/P)—“Mary
is having her little joke,” said Gene
Tunney, world’s heavyweight champ
yesterday, concerning the statement
which was attributed recently to
Miss Mary Garden, grand opera
star. Miss Garden, returning from
Europe, told reporters that she
would like nothing better than to be
engaged to “that big, handsome,
blond boy, who knocked out Jack
Dempsey.”
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‘ANOTHER BATCH DOCUMENTS
DISAPPEAR IN AIM EE’S
CASE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2. (IP)—'The
sixth batch of documents connected
with the Aimee McPherson case dis
appeared when the collection of ex
hibits and negatives of papers used
in the hearing were burned at the
time in a hotographic room which
origin of the fire is unknown.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2. (£>)—'The
Los Angeles Examiner said Mrs.
Ruth Ormiston will divorce Kenneth
early in January on the grounds ol
desertion. She did not mention
Aimee. She will then go to Sydney,
I Australia.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2. (/P)— Dis
trict Attorney Asa Keys today has in
his possession two additional letters
| which he declares Aimee McPhersor
' wrote to Kenneth Ormiston, missing
radio operator while he was in hid
ing in New York and local officers
were scouting the country for him, i'
'was announced at Keyes office today
SHOOTS SLEEPING WIFE,
THEN ENOS 01LIFI
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I REDDING, Calif., Nov. 2. (/P)—Af
Iter nearly 20 years of married lif<
during which the world saw him onl;
Jas a successful business man and i
j devoted husband and father, Claudi
V. Enslow last night shot and killet
1 his sleeping wife and then ended hi:
1 own life with a bullet frofri the sami
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gun.
SURGEON LOCAL TBOOP!
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Dr. J. A. Baughman has receivec
his appointment as contract surged
i for United States Troops, Seward
l 1 and already has begun to functioi
l as such. He has been many year
; a local physician and the reason fo
* his appointment, as stated by Cap
tain Guthrie, is that he is particular
ly well versed in the treatment o
women and children, quite a num
; ber of which are at the radio sta
■ tion headquarters. Hospitalization
; as formerly, will be at the railroat
> hospital, Anchorage, due to the re
■ tention of Captain Haverstock _ o
the medical corps.
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NOTHING Cl HAPPEN
TO MUSSOLINI UNTIL
SENDS BOLOGNA FASCIST CHIEF
BULLET PIERCED CORDON
ON BREAST
FORRI, Italy, Nov. 2. (TP)—Premier
Mussolini messaged Leandro Arpin
ati, Bologna Fascist chief, “nothing
can happen to me before my task is
done. I wish to renew my sentiments,
my joy and commendation for the un
forgettable manifestation yesterday
by the fascism of Bologna which has
been known always for the height of
its tradiaions and the gloriousness of
the work it accomplished. I shall
never forget the spectacle at the sta
dium. There was never, I believe, in
the history of Italy, more perfect ad
hesion between the regim# and the
people and there never was a more
formidable gathering of people in
arms. I received an inspiration of
the infinite from the multitude of the
criminal episode at the last minute
which could not obscure the glory of
that marvelous day. I am sending
you a cordon of Saint Maurice, pierc
ed by the projectile. You will con
serve it among the souvenirs of Bolog
na fascism.” Mussolini wore a cor
don breast.
THE SUTHERLAND-WICKERSHAM
STATEMENT LOSES THEM
MANY VOTES
; KETCHIKAN, Nov. 2. (TP)—Suther
; lan, the other night, filled the Coli
seum theater fairly, full but for his
meeting last night Marquam had 900
in attendance in the Coliseum and 400
in the Dream theater and crowds
. were being turned away from both,
' unable to find room. It looks like a
tremendous landslide for Marquam.
due to the fact that Sutherland and
Wiekersham announced at their meet
5 ing the other night that Paul, the In
dian lawyer, would be the successor
1 to Sutherland. This statement creat
? ed much unfriendly feeling to them
and things now look better than ever
5 before for Marquam.
LATE political flashes
BOSTON, Nov. 2. (TP)—Mashpee, on
Cape Cod, was the first town to re
port in today’s election. The town
cast over ten times as many dtepub
lican votes as Democratic.
1 PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 2. (TP)
1 —Arthur R. Gould of Presqueisle, ap
• parently wron the Republican nomina
1 tion for United States senator in the
3 Primary to select a candidate to fill
r the unexpired term of the late Sena
' tor Bert M. Fernald. Governor Per
' cival P. Baxter of Portland opposed
C Gould.
HERRIN, Nov. 2. (TP)—Armed de
, putys and policemen guarded each of
l the four voting booths. Early ballot
- ing was quiet and orderly. Local In
C terest centered about the sheriff and
United States senator.
QUEEN MARIE EN ROUTE
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS
NORTH BAT#' COUNTRY, Canada,
Nov. 2. (IP)—Knitting happily beside
her children Princess Ileana and
Prince Nicho’as, Queen Marie of Ru
mania, aboard her palatial special
train today passed through 500 miles
of wild uninhabited Canadian terri
tory, the last of the unchartered
North country. Her majesty is due
in St. Paul, Minnesota at 3:30 tomor
row morning.
POLICE ENGAGE KILLER IN GUN
BATTLE IN FASHIONABLE
APARTMENT
DETROIT, Nov. 2. (IP)—William
Olsen, reputed bank robber, shot and
killed Jimmy Cunnifee, notorious kil
ler bandit. Olsen was later killed
by the police. It is reported that
Cunniffee and Olsen fought over the
division of spoils. Olsen engaged
the police in a gun battle when he
entered a fashionable apartment
house where shooting occurred.
ELECTION RETURNS THEATER
Election returns will be shown at
the Liberty theater this evening, ac
cording to present arrangements
made by Manager Boehm with The
Gateway. The returns will not be
complete but should embrace the
greater portion of this and the Fourth
division.
PREPARING PLANS TUNNEL
MOUNTAIN, ITALY, SICILY
ROME, Italy, Nov. 2. (IP)—A group
I of industrial commissioners and ex
perts have gathered to prepare plans
i to connect Italy and Sicily by a tun
nel beneath the surface of the moun
1 tains. The tunnel will go thru a
1 rocky formation and grologists have
'expressed the opinion that this for
> mation would be so compact as to
1 be earthquake proof.
W. A. C. MEETING
The W. A. C. will meet in regular
business session this evening at 7:30
o’clock. At 6:30 the basketball girls
will practice and after the business
meeting, baseball will be in order.
INDICATIONS POINT TO
BIG LOCAL VOTE TODAY
Indications at 2 o’clock this after
noon all pointed towa’rds a big local
vote being cast, for at that hour 170
had voted and other citizens were
coming in quite steadily.
To R. F. Tillman, well known tin
smith and plumber, goes the honor of
casting the first vote. Atj the close of
the first hour, at 9 o’clock, 22 had
voted.
Ten tons of concentrates from the
Alaska Minerals company at Hope
was shipped to Tacoma on the S. S.
Alameda.
THIRD ATTEMPT IS
MOB STABS, BEAT AND THEN
CHOKE TO DEATH, 18 YEAR OLD
YOUTH WHO FIRED ON MUSSO
LINI AS HE STEPPED FROM
AUTO
MUSSOLINI WAS UNINJURED
Bullet Penetrates Both Sides of Coat;
Crowd Cheers Premier Who Seem
ed to Be Undisturbed from Aatack
BOLOGNA, Italy, Nov. 2. (£>)—
The 18-year-old youth who attempt
ed to shoot Premier Mussolini was
stabbed, beaten and choked to death
by a mob. Mussolini was uninjured
but a bullet ripped both sides of his
coat. The youth fired as the Pre
mier came from his automobile from
the stadium where he attended the
congress of advancement of science
and as he prepared to shoot again
the mob seized and killed him. They
dragged hi3 body thru a screaming
mass of humanity which stabbed the
body fourteen times. The crowd
cheered Mussolini as he went to the
railroad station from where he de
parted for Forli, his home town, ac
companied by his family. Mussolini
was undisturbed.
SPARK IGNITES WELL, AND
TANK EXPLODES; OUT OF
CONTROL
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 2. (/P)—
At least two men were burned to
death, and ten injured who are now
in a local hospital, and damage re
ported to exceed $500,000 was caus
ed by a fire which swept the Sour
Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of
here. The fire was started by a fric
tion spark in a well. The spark
spread over the field when an oil
tank exploded and raged out of con
trol for hours. Lack of equipment
proved a very serious handicap to
fire fighters.
HUGE AIRPLANE BUILT
BY U. S. ARMY COUPS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. (IP) — A
huge airplane, capable of flight from
New York to London or from San
Francisco to Honolulu was recent
ly completed for the U. S. Army
corps. The machine has an unusual
carrying^ capacity of nine thousand
pounds, has a span of eighty-five
feet and carry fuel sufficient for a
24 hour run.
DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION
CORDOVA, Nov. 2. (£>)—The steam
er Robert Dollar, reported it passed
a log, dangerous to navigation, being
40 feet long and three feet in dia
meter in latitude 50.29, longitude 170.*
57 west on November first.
Don’t miss the show tonight.