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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 166. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1928.. PRICE TEN CENTS
Stringent Measures
Curbing Disorders
Throughout Mexico
ASSASSIN APPROACHED OBREGON WITH A
BUNDLE OF SKETCHES AMONG WHICH WAS
CONCEALED A REVOLVER—BADLY BEATEN
BY MADDENED FRIENDS OF PRESIDENT
ELECT BUT RESCUED BY POLICE AND RUSH
ED TO JAIL WHERE HE CONFESSED; MOTIVE
UNKNOWN; OBIJEGON’S BODY LIES IN STATE
IN THE GREAT SALON OF THE NATIONAL
PALACE
MEXICO CITY, July 18. (/P>—The assassination of
President Elect Obregon caused stringent measures to
day to curb disorder and full censorship is in the force.
Police and soldiers patrolled streets in the capital and all
roads surrounding the countryside and the Army is pre
pared for any emergency All troops have been ordered
to their barracks and are held in readiness.
OTHER KILLINGS UNTRUE
There are innumerable rumors of
uprisings and other killings but all of
these proved untrue. Intense excite
ment prevailed everywhere and pres
ident Calles is surrounded by a
strong guard.
All saloons and theaters are clo rJl
Many of those kn«»v n to have b?e :
opposed to Obregon have fled from
Mexico City bef.te the fury of ht:
friends and suppliers which has
thus far been kev n bounds by the
police.
Obregon’s body rested in aate
in the great salon of the National
Talace which he expected to occu
py for the second time, in December,
surrounded by a guard of honor.
ASSASSIN WAS ARTIST
Obregon was slain by a man who
approached him under the guise oi
an artist showing Obregon cartoons
he had drawn of a dinner. He Lred
six bullets into the General from a
gun which was concealed among tm;
^ketches. The assassin was baddy
beaten by the maddened friends h
Obregon but was rescued by the
pc-lice who rushed him to jail where
he confessed to the crime. ,
Altho his motive is unknown the
assassin gave only the name of Juan.
Tc is reported he has been referred
to as Juan Escapulario.
Escapulario, in Spanish, means
‘scapula’ a religious emblem and is
a term of dirision used by the anti
Catholics in Mexico.
DEATH STRUCK TWICE
OAKLAND, July 18. {£>)—Death
struck twice at Harry Benton. He
toppled from a stool in, an Oakland
lunch room and [received a severe
gash in th>3 head. When he was being
rushed to the hospital the car which
was carrying him struck another
machine and Benton was instantly
VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN
FRANKFORT, Ky. JuIylT. (TP) —
For seven years James E. Hudsen,
negro, has served without pay as
assistant chaplain at the Kentucky
reformatory Now Hudson, who runs
'a restaurant during the week, seek?
! to be chaplain. He has missed but
| fh e Sunday? in seven years.
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THEY DENIES HE
INTENDS TO RETIRE
AFTER NEXT BOUT
CHAP/iPION IS CONCENTRATING
ON HIS FAMOUS LEFT JAB
TO GOOD AFFECT
SPECULATOR, N. Y., July IS (/T)
- Gene Tunney again denied his in -
tention ol' quitting the ring alter Cue
Ueeney bout. When informed that
Rickard was credited with the state
J men' the champion planned to retire
he stated; “That would be ridicul
ous! Where can I earn more than ir
tlie ring?”
T. W. Donahue,- president, of the
National Boxing Association, afte
watching Tunney box his sparriue
! partner said Tunney has improved
ever a year ago.
The champion concentrated on the
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left jab he used against Dempsey and
only once was in trouble but count
e^ed instantly.
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A DEFY TO BOREAS
BAR HARBOR, Me., July 18. (jpy
j Twenty-six marble fireplaces, all im
' ported from France and England, an
in the Wingwood House, new man
son here of the Edward T. Stotes
bury of Philadelphia, in the base
ment. are five air furnaces, and eac>
j room is electricaly heated. -
ID! OF MAN F0I1
ON BANK OF YUKON
TANANA, July 18. (/P)—1This body
of a man has been found on the bank
of the Yukon River 17 miles above
Tanana. The verdict of the coroner’s
jury was that L. Weinart was acci
dently drowned JunJ3 21. The body
was buried "where it was found.
R ERICKSON
|« unjn
FOR RiOIITl
HELENA, July 18. (/P)—Latest re.
turns in yesterday’s .primary showed
Governor Erickson 13 votes in the
lead over Roy Ayers for the Demo,
cratic Gubernatorial nomination. The
figures represent 343 of this State’s
1,490 precincts.
For the Republican nomination foi
United States Senator, J. M. Dizon is
steadily increasing his lead over C. H
Williams and Charles Juttner. Sena,
tor Wheeler had a big lead over San
- Stewart for the Democratic nomina.
■ tion. In the four.cornered Gubar na
L torial race among the Republicans
• Wellington Rankin held a 3,000 lead
Congressman Evans is well in
• lead over his< opponents for the Demo
t cratic nomination in the First Di.s
trict.
LONDON GIRL PICKS IRISH SEA SWIM TO
PROVE DISPUTED CHANNEL CLAIMS
M ERCEDES GLEITZE
Possessed of a desire to pioneer in an indurance swim
Miss Mercedes Gleitze, London typist, has set as her goal
a 66-mile splash across the Irish Sea this summer. Fur
ther inspiration came in the denial of official recognition
of her English Channel swim last October in which she
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IF K K K’S ARE AGAINST SMITH
SENATOR COLLINS WISHES
THERE WERE MILLIONS
DALLAS, July 17. (/P)—V. A. Col.
| lins, former State Senator and presL
! dent of the rally of the anti.Smith
I Democrat, urged 'every Democrat in
Texas vote for Hoover for President
and repudiate the “powers of iniqui
ty”.
Collins declared “any man who
would strike down the 18th Amend,
ment would strike down Section
three, Article six, in the Constitution,
pertaining to religious freedom.”
About 350 persons weha present
when the rally convened. Collins' pre.
dieted Smith would carry a few conn,
ties In Texas and h«3 promised Hoo.
ver a 10,000 majority in/ Dallas county.
He said “I don’t know much about
th»e Klu Klux Klan organization in
Texas but if they were oppoed to
Smmith I wish there were 10,000,000
of them iin the State.
H*3 reiterated the fact tha organ,
ization is onlyin forming a Statewide
campaign.
“We are not promoting any candidate
for any State office.”
PUNCHES BOUND OFF HEAVY.
WEIGHT LIKE RUBBER BALLS;
ON EDGE
FAIRHAVEN, July IS. (/p)—In a
scorching sun Tom Heeney launched
in intensive training drive for the
championship and traded punches
with his new partners, James J. Brad,
dock and James J. Lawless.
He worked impressively with Brad,
dock, a fast and cagey boxer, jarring
him with a left hook to the body and
a right cross to thie jaw.
Braddock’s punches bounded off like
a rubber ball. Heeney’s handlers said
he is becoming cranky and irritable, a
sure sign a fighter is getting on edge.
[LSIUM IS FIFTH
NATION ACCEPT PACT
WASHINGTON, July 18. (JP)—Bel.
giuim is the fifth of 14 nations invited
by -the United States to participate in
the conclusion of the miltilatteral
treaty for the renunciation of war and
has been informed of the Kellogg