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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 226. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1927. • PRICE TEN CENTS
TWO GIRLS SHOTTO
DEATH IN AUTOMOBILE
' DRIVER KILLS SELF
BODIES PUSHED FROM CAR THAT
CONTINUED FOR BLOCK SKID. *
DING INTO CURB
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. {&)—Two 19
year old girls were shot to death then
thrown from an automobile which
sped a block farther before skidding
to a stop against the curb with the
driver, Wilfred Winters, age 22, dead
at the wheel.
The girls were Catherine Stadler,
and her chum Margaret Martin thigh
School graduates of last year. The
neighborhood was aroused at 1 ft. m.
by the crack of pistols and saw the
bodies of the girls pushed from the car
which then zigzagged ahead and
struck the curb bounding back. Win
ter’s had been casually attentive to
Miss Martin for several months; he
had been in poor health. The Martin
girl’s mother said she believed Winter
had killed Margaret because she re
fused to marry him and in a moment
of anger shot the Stabler girl then
himself.
DIRECTOR 1TI1L
1 TRISPORT CO.
PLANE CRASHES TO GROUND
WHILE ENROUTE FROM DE
TROIT TO MADISON, WIS
DECATUR, Indiana, Oct. 17, (/P)—
Harold Emmons, director of the Nat
ional Air Transport Co., and formei
president of the National Bureau ol
Aeronatutics, was seriously injured
and Lieut. J. G. Hopkins, of Selfridge
Field, Mich., cut and bruised, when
the airplane Hopkins was piloting
crashed to the ground at Berne neai
Decatur. Emmons received a com
pound fracture of the left leg, a hrok
en nose, and bruises. Both were
taken to the Decatur hospital. Thej
were en route from Madison, Wis.
when the accident happened.
260 GALLONS GASOLINE DUMP.
ED INTO A HR OWING TO DIF
FICLTY FLYING
OLD ORCHARD, Oct. 17. (^)—Less
than 15 minutes after the plane
“Dawn” took-off hopefully for Copen
hagen it was back again the result
of improper balance when in the air.
The plane was nose heavy and the
pilot Wilmer Stultz said it was im
possible to keep her up. Navigator
Brice Goldsborough pulled a wire
which dumped 260 gallons of gas, al
most a third of the load, into the
air. The plane will be refueled and
rebalanced for another attempt to
morrow.
VETERAN PITCHER
WALTER JOHNSON
IS THROUGH GAME
FAMOUS PITCHER CELEBRAtED
THIS YEAR 20th ANNIVERS
ARY MAJOR LEAGUE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. {^..-Wal
ter Johnson, veteran pitcher of the
(Washington team, resigned from the
I team. President Griffith accepted the
! resignation of Johnson, who celebrat
ed his 20th anniversary as a major
League pitcher this year. He will be
given an unconditional release at his
own request also from waivers ob
tained-from other clubs league, nn
lfke other ©tars of baseball, who
reached the heights of stardom only
to pass their reclining years in the
uniform of a major leaguer, Johnson
decided to quit and go into business
at a time when he thinks he still has
a few victories left in his arm.
FOOTBALL SCORES
Washington, 32; (Montana, 0.
Idaho, 40; Whitman, 0.
California, 16; Oregon, 0.
Washington State, 13; Gonzago 0.
Yale, 19; Brown, 0.
Princeton, 13; Washington & Lee 0.
Northwestern, 19; Ohio, 13.
Pennstate, 20; Pennsylvanio 0.
Nortre Dame, 19; Navy, 6.
.Michigan, 14; Wisconsin, d.
Minnesota, 14; Indianana, 14.
Iowa State, 12; Illinois, 12.
Chicago, 7; Purdue, 6.
Harvard, 14; Holy Cross, 6.
Army 27; Davis & Elkins, 6.
Colgate, 13; Columbia, 7.
Sanford, 13; So. California, 13.
DELEGATE CAMPAIGN
EXPENDITURES 1926
BEING INVESTIGATED
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEK
TO ASCERTAIN IF CORRUPT
PRACTICE ACT VIOLATED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. (^—Ex
penditures in the 1926 campaign in
Alaska for the election of a Congres
sional delegate is being investigated
by the Department of Justice. At
the Department it is said that Hugh
J. Wade, one of its investigators in
Alaska, is investigating complaints
that the corrupt practice act was vio
lated during the campaign particular
ly in connection with newspaper ad
vertising. W'hile no definite an
nouncement is made it is understood
one of the complaints was made by
Thomas Marquam who charged Dan
Sutherland spent more than $5,000 al
lowed under the law. In discussing
the case Sutherland said " he heard
that the Department was making an
investigation but did not know the
nature of the inquiry. He said “I
spent more than I should have but
I kept within the law.”
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ACCOUNTS LOOKED INTO
SEWARD. Oct. 17. (JP)—Hugh J.
jWade investigated newspaper adver
tising accounts in Fairbanks, Anchor
lage and Seward.
SELDOVIAN DIESv
SELDOVIA, Oct. 17. (JP)—Anton
Johanson, oldtime resident and former
„ merchant of Seldovia, died here last
night. He was engaged in business
in Seldovia for many years and was
well knowui also in Seward and Anch
orage.
Ifflim ELDER SHOWED
MUCH COURAGE IN
STORM RECENT HOP
!
CLIMBED OUT ON WING SPEED
ING PLANE TO EFFECT BAL
ANCE IN SLEET STORM
HORTA, Azores, Oct. 17. (JP)—Ruth
Elder had her courage tested fully
before coining down alongside the S,
!S. Barendrecht when it became nec
essary, because of a heavy sleet that
froze as it fell on the airplane, to
throw some of the gasoline over
board. This was done in turn by
Ruth and pilot George Haldeman;
once it was necessary for Ruth to
crawl ot)t on the wing of the plane to
effect a balance and this she did
without a sign of wavering. The
sleet, until the plane was lightened,
^threatened to force it down and add
ed to the danger of a lowered oil
pressure because of a broken feed
pipe.
AGED INDIAN, CHILDREN
MAKE ANCHORAGE SAFELY
!
! ANCHORAGE, Oct. 17. (£>)— After
battling a terrific storm in the lowei
,Cook Inlet for three days an aged
Indian named Pedro, accompanied by
three small children, arrived in a
rowboat which had been propelled
with a seat torn from ithe tiny craft
when the oars were washed over
biard. A United States Bureau ol
Education 'boat had been scouring the
Inlet for trace of the missing Indian
and children.
TOUCH NOT \
A SINGLE
Sough
koacoi
GANG CHIEFTAIN IS
I SHOT 1 CHICAGO
, WALL OF SILENCE
FIVE GUNMEN AMBUSH "LITTLE
AUGGIE" AND BODYGUARD
IN CROWDED STREET
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. {^—Con
fronted by a wall of alienee surround
lag -the gang warfare on lower East
Side police are seeking for the per
petrators of the murder of Jacob Or
gen, gang chieftain, known as "Little
Auggie”, who was ambushed and
slain by five gunmen fn Delacey St.
Jack Diamond,. Orgen’s bodyguard, Is
iin a critical condition with two bul
j let wounds but he refused to tell the
'detectives who shot .him ahd his
! chief as they strolled along a crowd
led street Saturday .night.
Police could find no one among the
throngs that swarmed the pushcart
lined tbroughfare who recognized the
killers, three of whom, trailed their
jquarry afoot while .two operated a
getaway car. Despite this reticence
'detectives knew Orgen’s death was
due to activities of ^the organized
j“kid dropper” gang which still exists
although Louis Kushner, a member of
the "Little Auggie” gang, slew its
leader four years ago.
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ALASKA'S HEW FLAG
BE RAISED SEATTLE
FRIDAY AT BANQUET
SEATTLE LAWYER AND ALASKA
HISTORICAL STUDENT, EDW.
W. ALLEN, SPEAKER
SEATTLE, Oct. 17. (JP)— AlaksaLs
new flag, designed by Benny Benson,
Seward school boy, will be raised on
ja 12 foot standard in the Chamber of
Commerce banquet hall on Friday as
[the feature of Alaska Day obser
vance. Edward W. Allen, Seattle
lawyer and a student of Alaska his
tory, will be the principal speaker.
The program will be in charge of the
Young Men’s Business Club which
wffl make its third excursion north
next summer.
BIPLANE WANDA FALLS
CAPTAIN GILES HURT
ELKO, Nevada, Oct. 17. {JP)—The
biplane Wanda, piloted by Captain
Frederick Giles, crashed after resum
ing a flight from Detroit to New Zea
land. Giles was slightly injured
when he jumped 20 feet to the
ground. The plane headed into a
deep ditoh. Giles declared the plane
was not badly damaged buit is unde
cided what he will do next.
EXPERIMENTAL PLANE
CRASHES, FIVE DEAD
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 17. (£>)—Five
persons were killed when an experi
mental plane owned by a San Anton
io man, crashed near Stimsou Field.
Observers said the plane was flying
at an altitude of 200 feet when the
motor apparently went dead and the
plane crashed.