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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 222
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
INST? FLEA MAY BE
PLEA AT DEFENSE TIL
OF MBS. RUTH JUDD
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26. (/P)—As
evidence began to pile up to attack
the story of self-defence as related
by Mrs. Ruth Winnie Judd in the
slaying of Hedvig Samuelson and
Mrs. Agnes Leroi, indications are
now that insanity may be the basis
for her plea at a trial.
Her husband gave what author
ities considered an intimation in
change of plans for legal defense
when he said that “her mind is
wandering. She seemed to think
that she was in her hospital room
all last night.”
In jail, Mrs. Judd was denied all
visitors but her hubsand and her
attorneys.
Plans are under way to expedite
ner to Arizona. County Attorney
Andrews of Phoenix said that a
letter allegedly written by Mrs.
Judd before she surrendered to her
husband, revealed a quarrel over
a man as a motive for the slaying.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26. (JP> —
Chief developments in the Los An
geles-Phoenix trunk murders were
the reported disappearances of five
prosecution witnesses from Phoe
nix. The witnesses were business
men of that city and they had been
expected to play an important part
f m testifying at an inquiry to be
held soon.
Meanwhile, at Los Angeles, Mrs.
H-uth Winnie Judd, who surrendered
:o officers Friday after a five-day
-search, was on the verge of a com
plete nervous breakdown.
An extra-ordinary confession in
he form of a note addressed to Dr.
Judd, in care of Dr. Moore, was
iound in a downtown store. It had
been written four days before the
surrender of Mrs. Judd and is be
lieved it will throw a new light on
l the reason for the murder.
Jealousy of Hedvig Samuelson is
intimated as the compelling motive
tor the murder.
ITU NICHOLS THUS IN
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct., 26, (IP)
—Miss Ruth Nichols, holder of
most of the women’s records in
aviation achievements, failed in
her attempt to make a non-stop
flight across the continent of the
United States with New York as
her final stopping place. She was
forced down here after flying for
14 hours.
Miss Nichols did, however, set
a new long distance flight for wo
men
Ketchikan friends were inter
ested to learn of the marriage of
Miss Dorothy Willard, daughter of
\ Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Willard, to Mr*
Ralph Wilcoxen of Seattle, which
took place at Ketchikan recently,
r says the Chronicle.
SUB AND STEAMER COLLIDE
i LONDON, Oct. 2(3. (A3)—Fifty lives
! are reported lost in a collision be
i tween a Russian submarine and
an English steamer. The announce
ment did not give any details.
! FIRMER BECAME INSINE;
| KILLED FIVE RELflTIVES
WAGNER, S. C., Oct. 26. (/P)—
I George Jackson, 40 years of age, a
farmer here, apparently became in
sane Saturday as he sat at a gath
ering of relatives at his uncle’s
home and scattered the group with
suddenly uttered • oaths and then
killed five of them.
! Jackson then went to a neighbor
ing home of his cousin and fatally
wounded him. He was armed with !
: a pistol and shotgun and fled into j
! the thick woods with an 11-year-old
; daughter Lulu.
i A posse.was immediately organ
ized and are searching the woods I
! for the murderer with bloodhounds.!
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CAPONE STUNNED
CHICAGO, Oct., 26, (£>)—When
I Judge Wilkerson, of the Chicago
| Federal Court, sentenced A1 Ca
pone to 11 years in the peniten
itiary and to pay a fine of $50,000
and prosecution costs, the “Hood
lum King” and his followers were
scunned. The gangster king did
not make any comment and will
bC4in his sentence at Leavenworth
in u short time.
JAPANESE TROOPS MOVE
DEEPED INTO 1NG11
ID CHINESE TERRITORY
TOKYO. Oct. 26. OP)—The gov
ernment has issued a statement
saying that in view of the League
of Nations Council’s failure to ob
tain an unanimous vote on a reso
lution calling for an evacuation by
Japanese troops from Manchuria by
November 16 that the action was
not binding in any way whatsoever
and that the attitude taken by!
Japan at the time of the outbreak !
of trouble in Manchuria has re-!
mained unaltered.
Following reported attacks by
Chinese bandits, Japanese troops ■
advanced deeper into the Chinese
territory in Manchuria with a view
to protect the railway. The troop
movements started Sunday.
It is reported that thousands of
bandits, many of whom are alleged 1
to be masquerading as Chinese
troops, attacked stations near
Chenchintun Friday and Saturday.
FOOTBALL FINALS |!
Baltimore 6, Villanova 61. jJ
Iowa 0, Minnesota 34.
Drake 0, Fordham 46.
Michigan 35, Illinois 0.
Indiana 32, Chicago 6.
Rutgers 0, Holy Cross 27. 1
Kansas 0, Nebraska 6.
Vanderbilt 0, Georgia 9.
Washington 0, Stanford 0. {
Oregon Normal 0, Oregon S. 37.
Wash. State Col. 13, Montana 0.
South. California 6, California 0. ^
Army 6, Yale 6. *
Wisconsin 13, Pennsylvania 27. <
Northwestern 10, Ohio State 0.
Navy 15, Princeton 0.
Texas 7, Harvard 35. *
Purdue 13, Carnegie Tech. 6. 1
Notre Dame 25, Pittsburgh 12. i
North Dakota 0, Oregon U. 0. I
WASHINGTON, Oct., 26, (&)—
Groundwork for a sweeping re
adjustment of German repara
tions and alien war debt pay
ments to the United States has
been laid at the conferences
which "were concluded here Sun
day between President Herbert
Hoover and Premier Pierre Laval
of France.
Germany is expected shortly to
take the initiative by asking re
lief from its enormous reparations
burden and France is exnected to
co-operate in re-examining Ger
many’s ability to pay; and r*fV
conditions are considered inevita
ble.
The United States is ready in
turn to do its share as a contri
bution to the world stability with
regard to the payment of war
debts as owed by the allies to this
country, the same as nayment
reparations owed by Germany to
its allies.
The discussions between Presi
dent Hoover ‘ and Premier Laval.
also produced an agreement for
Franco-American unity of action
to protect fully their present
monetary systems based on the
gold standard and thus increase
the stability of international ex
change and unlock, for the bene
fit of the world’s recovery, every
possibl ereservoir of frozen assets.
ACTRESS IS SUED FOR DIVORCE
RENO, Oct. 26. (JP)—Pauline Lord !
actress and star of many stage pro- i
ductions, including Strange Inter- j
lude was sued for divorce here
by Owen B. Winters nationally
known advertising man. Winters
complaint charged cruelty on the
part of his wife had seriously in
jured his health.
After a lingering illness caused
by infirmities, death beckoned
rhomas Rogers, of Afognak, at
the Seward General Hospital Sat
urday. Mr. Rogers, who was in
terested in mining at Afognak,
sras 81 years of age and had been
confined in the hospital for some
time.
The body of Mr. Rogers is in
die Seward Undertaking Parlors
md will be laid to rest in the
Seward City Cemetary Thursday
iftemoon at 2 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. George James
lave returned to Seward from
,heir Lake Kenai Lodge.
Halloween is not very far off
October 31 is the day.
Tomorrow, October 27, is Navy
Day in honor of the 73 anniver
iary of the birth of the late Theo
lore Roosevelt.
The SS. Alameda, of the Alaska
Steamship Co., is due in port early
omorrow morning, according to
pord received by The Gateway
►efore going to press.
MOKE FUNDS FOR FESTIVAL
| PASADENA, Cal., Oct. 26. (JF)—
! The city council of Pasadena ha*
! increased the budget for the an
nual Tournament of Roses January
1, 1932, to $37,500. The extra amount
will be spent in carrying out the
Olympic idea.
II. S. SKIP INTERCEPTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 26. (JP)—
The United States Army transport
Grant is reported to have inter
cepted an SOS from the Japanese
freighter Yoro Maru saying that
that vessel was caught in a typhoon
in Latitude 27 North and Longitude
i 40 East, 300 miles south of Yoko
| hama.
Further attempts made by the
transport Grant to establish com
munication with the freighter were
futile. The Grant is bound for
San Francisco via Honolulu.
REVIEW RIG FINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28. (/P)
|—A $60,000 fine assessed Henry M.
! Blackmer for refusing to testify in
j the Teapot Dome oil cases will be
i reviewed by the Supreme Court.
Blackmer, wealthy Colorado oil
man, was wanted as a witness in
the trials of Harry F. Sinclair and
Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of
the Interior. He persistently re
fused to return to this country from
Paris.
HEAD OF ASSOCIATION
AND FORMED EXtCUTIVE
CONVICTED AT TRIAL
SEATTLE, Oct., 26, (£>)—Adolph
! Linden, head of the Puget Sound
Savings & Loan Association,
I which failed here a few months
ago. and E. W. Campbell, former
executive of the organization were
convicted on grand larceny charg
es Saturday night by the grand
jury.
As a result of the convictions
Linden and Campbell are now
faced with maximum sentences
of 60 years in prison.
The verdict was reached after
57 hours of deliberation. C. G.
Nelson, the remaining defendant
was acquitted. The trio was ac
cused of embezzling $126,000 and
they appealed their case
JIMMY DOOLITTLE LEAVES
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26. (^—Ma
jor Jimmy Doolittle, who has been
hanging up a number of new rec
ords recently, hopped off at day
break from here with St. Louis as
his destination.
Major Doolittle had been delayed
here awaiting new parts for his
engine when he burned out a cyl-j
inder on his last record smashing
flight. Doolittle’s most recent
achievement is the three capitol
flight from Ottawa, Canada, to
Washington, D. C., and Mexico
City, of the Republic of Mexico.
He made this last flight in 12 hours
and 36 minutes.
Henry Kolkman, resident of the
Pioneers’ Home at Sitka for less
than a year, died there recently,
reports the Fairbanks News-Miner.
!
PASSES IN WISCONSIN
I EAGLE RIVER, Wis., Oct. 26. (fF)
i —Baseball’s old Roman, Charles A.
j Comiskey, 73 years of age, and
! owner of the Chicago Whitesox of
! the American League, who had
! been failing in health for several
| months, and who rallied when his
J club won the city series against
i the Chicago Cubs, but shortly after
; began slowly sinking toward death,
' died here.
| From a plumber’s apprentice to
j one of the wealthiest and most
| famous men in the baseball world,
i epitomizes the career of Charles
1 Albert Comiskey.
Universally known as the “Old
Roman,” he was the only ball play
er who rose from the ranks to sole
ownership of a major league club,
including both players and grounds.
Charles Albert Comiskey was the
third child in a family of eight.
His father, John Comiskey, was
born in Crosserlough, County Caven,
Ireland. He brought the family to
America in 1843 and 10 years later
■ Charles was born in Chicago, Aug
j ust 15, 1858. The elder Comiskey
^entered politics and for 11 years
served as alderman, representing
! what then was the most densely
I populated Irish ward in the city.
j On instructions from his father,
Charles was apprenticed to a
| plumber; a position not altogether
to the youth’s liking. All his spare
I time the lay played ball on vacant
; lots and frequently it was necessary
| for his mother to find excuses for
| him when he failed to appear at
| the plumbing establishment. It re
| quired only a little plumbing work,
; however, to convince young Comis
key that his was another field, and
in 1876, at the age of 17, he joined
■ the Milwaukee baseball club as a
j third baseman. His salary was $60
: a month.
j After playing on different teams
and holding various positions, Co
miskey met Byron Bancroft John
son, then engaged in newspaper
work in Chicago.
j Comiskey and Johnson saw the
financial possibilities of another
major league and thus became the
chief factors in the expansion of the
old Western League into the Am
erican League. Comiskey’s White
Sox invaded Chicago, his birth
place, then exclusive National
League territory, and in 1900 and
1901 won the American League
pennants, thus giving Chicago its
first championship team since 1886
when Adrian “Cap” Anson’s club
captured its final National League
trophy.
Under the direction of Comiskey,
the White Sox, as his club came
to be known, enjoyed great popu
larity. The team often was a lead
ing contender in the league race
and in 1906 won both the league
pennant and the world’s champion
ship, defeating the Chicago Nation
als, four games to two. The White
Sox won the American League pen
nant again in 1917 and defeated
the New York Giants for the world
title. The worlds series which was
lost' by the White Sox, was the one
in 1919.
Soon after his connection with
the White Sox, Comiskey became
president and sole owner of the
club, and his popularity gave it a
large following.
Mr. Comiskey married Miss Nan
Kelly, of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1882,
and two children, one since dead,
resulted from the union.