COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 10.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TWO BOYS WEARIED
OF LIFE SUIK
WORLD IN MUDDLE
COLLEGE YOUTHS IN FAR RE
MOVED CITIES REASON THEM
SELVES TO DEATH
One Wrote “I Have Experienced Ev
erything, I Shall Try Death,”
Then Ended It All
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (£>)—Wearied
of life, and tired by the similarity of
experience, Rigby Wile, 16-year-old
son of Ira Wile, noted child psychi
atrist of New York, and Joseph Moore
a 21-year-old sophomore at the Uni
versity of Washington, committed sui
cide in the far removed cities. Both
boys had calmly reasoned themselves
into death in the same day.
Young Wile, having decided at the
age of 14, that life was meaningless
spent the following twTo years trying
to understand the philosophies at the
University, which only seemed tc
make the muddle worse. Saying
“Everything is dark and worthless,’
he fired a shot into his brain.
Moore was the son of a wealthy
physician, of Guanajuato, Mexico,-~-J4e
had run the gauntlet of human ex
periences and apparently found r
without recompense. Satiated witt
the world, he wrote, “I have experi
enced everything life has to offer,
shall try death.”
SICK OF HIS JOB—PLANS FOR
GETTING WHAT HE HAS
BEEN
CHICAGO, Jan. 13. (/P)—Disguste(
with hangings, Harry Sta*iton, for 2!
years builder of scaffolds at the coun
ty jail, resigned yesterday, after th<
65th gallows he erected took the live:
of two men. When the trap sprunj
on James Grigus and Thomas Me
"Wane, murderers, yesterday, it faile(
to break their necks and they stran
gled to death. “I don’t like the job
I’m sick of it. I am 60 years old, an<
I am going to quit, and forget wha
I have been,” Stanton said.
FORMER RUBBER OFFICISL
SUED ON FRAUD CHARG!
AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 13.(^)—F. A
Seikerling, former president of tb
Goodyear Rubber company, was suei
for $1,301,416 in an action chargini
him with fraudulent misappropriate]
of company funds. The company i
now in control of Wall street bank
ers, since its reorganization.
AUTO THIEVES BREAK RECORL
CHICAGO, Jan. 13. (JP) — Aut<
thieves in Chicago broke the recor<
in 1926 by stealing 12,521 cars, valuec
at $9,500,00.
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CIVIC CLUB PLANS
ATTEMPT PROHIBIT
“IT’S TERRIBLE, TOO TERRIBLE
FOR WORDS,” CHARLIE’S
FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT
SEATTLE, Jan. 13. </P)—'The mayor,
Mrs. Landis, made the announcement
| that the Seattle Board of Censors
1 would decide whether CJhaplin pic
tures would be barred. She request
ed that the board investigate Lita’s
charges.
CHAPLIN’S STATEMENT
i CHICAGO, Jan. 13. (JP)—Chaplin’s
first public comment on the divorce
suit was “It is terrible, too terrible
for words.”
WANT PICTURES BARRED
OTTAWA, 111., Jan. 13. (£>)—’The
LaSalle county League of Women
Voters asked movie theatre owners
not to show Chaplin pictures until
the divorce case is settled.
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HAYS HAS NOTHING TO SAY
! NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 13. (JP)—Will
Hays said: “I am not the arbiter ol
the morals ofthe film industry’s 50,
000 people.” He declared it “quite
probable I will never have anything
..to. SfrKJiUthg Chaplin-case.”
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PLAYERS EXONERATED
IN BASEBALL SCANDAL
j“NO GAMES SLOUGHED 1917 UN
LESS BY RISBERG OR GAN
DIL” IT IS STATED
, CHICAGO, aJn. 13. (£>)—Baseball
Commissioner Landis exonerated al'
players involved in the reputed buy
ing of games by the White Sox frorr
the Detroit Tigers. Landis ruled
that the fund raised to pay Detroh
because she defeated Boston. Th(
commissioner declared no games hac
* been sloughed in 1917, unless bj
; “Swede” Risberg and “Chick” Gandil
accusers of the "White Sox.
1BOUT F0RSE1RD
; UNTIL JANUARY 11
1 SEATTLE OFFICES ADVISE S. S
b ALAMEDA SAILS FOR NORTH
NEXT SATURDAY
According to a change in plans, th<
S. S. Alameda, which was supposed t<
' have left Seattle for Juneau to trans
- fer passengers, mail- and cargo fron
the S. S. Northwestern’for Southwest
• ern Alaska, the Seattle office of th<
^ Alaska Steamship company advisef
i the local office this morning that th<
l Alameda will not leave Seattle fo:
1 Seward until Saturday. There wil
s be no steamer arrive in Seward unti
- a week from next Saturday, Januar:
22. The passengers from the North
western are all registered in Juneai
> hotels, where they will await the ar
rival of the Alameda.
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BRAWLEY, Calif., Jan. 13.(^P)
Sharp earthquakes rocked the city a
3 o’clock this morning.
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REBEL TROOPS ARE
KILLED; FEDERALS
CAPTURE COCULflj
UPRISINGS SPORADIC AND UN
CONNECTED, REPORTS UNDER
SECRETARY OF WAR
Arms and Ammunition Imported
From New Orleans for Mexi
can Rebels
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13. (yP)—Spe
cial messages from Guadalajara say
that 26 rebels were killed when Fed
eral troops captured Cocula, Aranded
and Tototlan, all military headquar
ters taken by revolutionists a few
days ago. General Miguel Pina, Un
der Secretary of War, declared the
uprisings are sporadic and not con
nected.
President Callhs issued a statement
accusing the Mexican Catholic Epis
copate of responsibility for the recent
uprisings under the banner of “Long
! Live Christ, the King.” He says the
rebels are acting under specific Epis
copate instructions. Orders have
been issued to punish the guilty cler
gymen energetically. , ^
Pedro Zepeda, agent for Sacasa,
declared the Nicaraguan Liberals im
ported arms from New Orleans under
special United States Department of
State permits. Rifles and machine
guns were bought from American
firms. Zepeda claims he has evidence
to show that the Braghman Lumber
company, operating in the Liberal
controlled zone, voluntarily aided the
Liberals. Sacasa will not appeal to
the United States for protection.
HASSELL UNMOVED WHEN HEARS
VERDICT—WILL DIE AT FAR
WELL
FARWELL, Texas, Jan. 13.(^>)—
Hassell was convicted of slaying liis
stepson, Aldon Hassell. The prisoner
was unmoved by the verdict read this
morning. The jury deliberated less
than two hours. Hassell confessed to
the slaying of nine persons, including
his wife and children. He was sen
tenced to death at Farwell prison.
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SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Jan. 13. (/P)
—A daring plan for a prison outbreak,
which would have freed Ernest Booth,
bank robber, and Big Bill O’Connor,
was foiled yesterday. Booth is in a
hospital with both legs broken as the
outcome of a fall, and O’Connor is
held in solitary confinement.
ROME, Jan. 13. (£>)—Bachelors of
• Italy will be taxed $7,000,000 in order
t to support the maternity institutions
of that country.
Business Man
Kills Three In
Jefferson City
ACCOSTS CRIPPLED WOMAN AND WIDOWED
DAUGHTER SUDDENLY SHOOTING THEM—OF
FICERS LAY SIEGE TO HOME FOR EIGHT HOURS
UNSUCCESSFULLY USING MACHINE GUNS AU
TOMATIC RIFLES AND TEAR BOMBS
JEFFEFRSON CITY, Tenn., Jan 13. (/P)W. B. John
son, prominent business man, late yesterday shot and
killed three persons, barricaded himself in his home and
defied a posse during an eight-hour siege. He was
wounded in a gun fight with a dozen officers who dyna
mited their way into the house. Johnson yesterday ac
costed Mrs. Josie B Howard, a cripple, and her daughter,
Mrs. Josie Howard Bishop, aged 25, a widow and an old
acquaintance. An argument ensued and Johnson sudden
ly shot, mortally wounding both women.
He fled to his home nearby. A
crowd gathered and Johnson appeared
on a balcony and fired two revolvers
into the crowd, killing Dibrell Hicks,
a college football player. Deputy
sheriffs used machine guns, automatic
rifles and tear bombs ineffectively. |
It was learned that he knew the
younger woman before she was mar
ried. He had previously purchased a
large amount of ammunition and food
supplies.
No cause for the shooting of the
two women has been disclosed.
DROPS LEGAL BUTTLE
JOHN D ROCKEFELLER ASKS
DAUGHTER TO DESIST TO
PLEASE HIM
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (&)—Mrs.
Edith Rockefeller McCormick, di
vorced wife of Harold McCormick,
abandoned her legal fight for $7,500’
000 stock dividends in order to please
her father, John D. Rockefeller, Sr.,
it was announced by her attorneys.
MMrs. McCormick had insisted that
the funds involved, which were a part
of the Rockefeller Trust fund for
heirs of Mrs. McCormick and her hus
band, Harold McCormick, be regard
ed as income and not principal.
NIGHT LIFE STOP
NEW YEAR TO BE ONE OF IN
TENSE LABOR AND LITTLE
PLAY
ROME, Jan. 13. (JP)—Premier Mus
solini’s determination to make 1927
a year of intense labor, with play re
duced to a minimum, got off to a fly
ing start when Rome’s New Year
celebrations were cut short at the
height of gaiety. Scarcely had the
New Year ben ushered in at the cab
arets, night clubs, and other haunts
of public, merriment, when the prefect
ordered that the music cease and en
trance be refused at 2 o’clock.
COURT DISCONTINUES
MAN CONVICTED LAST WEEK AL
READY GRANTED FULL PAR
DON BY GOVERNOR
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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 13. (£>)—With
Governor Ferguson’s clemency procla
mations reaching 3,177, a new Texas
record, one county court discontinued
the criminal calendar until the expi
ration of Mrs. Furguson’s term Tues
day. The San Antonio District At
torner showed that a man convicted
last week had already been granted
full pardon. Meanwhile the State
Legislature is considering a bill to
repeal the measure enacted two years
ago, granting amnesty to James Fer
guson, impeached in 1917,. The re
storation of his political rights was
one of the first acts of his wife.
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 13. (JP)—Carl
Carlson, prominent #fisherman, was
burned to death while tarring the
seams in a hatch at the dock. He
died five hours later. Simon Han
sen, an employe, was badly burned.
It is possible his arm will have to be
amputated. He will recover.
MANY FROZEN TO DEATH
IN RUSS ROAO AREA
BATUM, Georgia Soviet, Jan. 13. (/P)
—It is reported that many were froz
en to death in the bitterest cold fol
lowing an unprecedented snowfall
which blanketed the Trans-Caucasia
railroads, demoralized shipping and
imperiled livestock. All crops were
destroyed.
BREAKS BOTH LEGS
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 13< (/P)—While
engaged in lassoing a wild steer, Ros3
Smith, former rodeo champ, was un
horsed and broks both legs.