MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 203.
SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GO HAY
WIRE AT ONCE AND DEATH
STALKS ABROAD
SEATTLE, Sept. 10, (JP)—A suicidal
wave Saturday night claimed six lives
Pour men killed themselves supposed
ly ot' despondency over ill health. One
woman was kiled by her husband be.
fore he took his own life and another
woman committed suicide reputedly j
because of separation from her hus
band.
The dead are E. C. Kiley G3. publish-1
er of a suburban newspaper; George ;
Periam, 54. mechanic; James Barbour 1
37, boiler.maker; Mrs. Alma Hen
drickson 30, housewife; Ernest Wil
son 48, retired army sergeant; Mrs.!
Frances Wilson 30, housewife.
While terror stricken neighbors i
watched helplessly, Wilson shot his
wife as she fled screaming from
home. A moment later he turned the
pistol upon himself.
Periam swallowed poisAu; K’elev
shot himself with a new pistol which
he told his wife was “just a new toy”
After complaining of sickneess Bar
bour, who was half disabled for sev.
era! years, was found lying in a bath- j
tub with his toe pressed against the
trigger of a shotgun. His body was
half blow* apart". T.i ’ Hendrickson
swallowed poison after being separat- :
ed from her husband.
REPUBLIC! PARTY j
FOR WORLD PEACE i
WASHINGTON, Sept., 10, (/Pi—
Hoover took the first shot at the *
Democrats declaring the signing of
the KiellpyZ'jBriaxl treaty coupled
with tiie Naval limitations treaty
and the Dawes settlement, consti.
tilted a complete answer to the state
ments of the Democratic platform
and that their administration had
contributed but little to world peace.
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BETHEL, Sept., 10, (/P)—A heavy
wind and rainstorm o£» the the past
few days forced the Steamer Wil
liam Tapper to anchor off Quinha
gak during the course of the storm.
It is reported the vessel lost an an
chor.
Reindeer men are concerned over
the safety of over 250 head of rein
deer aboard the ship which are con.
signed to Seattle. The animals are
in charge of Fred Stoyke.
POLA BETTER
PARIS, Sept. 10. (/P)—Pola Negri
is considered out of danger afQer
her accident. She will not be dis.
figured it is said.
Soaring Ambitions
Cause Tragic End
Hopeful Youngster
DENVER, Sept. 10, (/P)—Cherished
ambitions to become an aviator end
ed in an untimely death of 14-year,
o-ld Cecil Wright when a plane owned
by Robert McGowman and in which
the boy was taking his first ride,
crashed in an orchard and burst into
flames. McGowman escaped with
^'ni'ous injuries, |)ut the boy wap
burnt to death before aid could pull
him from the white hot caldron of
the gasoline soaked fuelage.
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GEN. MGR. OTTO F. OHLSON BE
GINING DEPOT REMOVAL
IMMEDIATELY
Making a personal inspection of
the new depot 'site adjoining Arcade
Park, General Manager Otto F.
Olilson, of the Alaska Railroad, out.
lined to two of his superintendents
the preliminary steps in the removal
of the present depot to the new site
which work is to begin immediately.
!»*, Ohbson, who karriv*d Yu The ciiy
Friday night, left for Anchorage Sat
urday morning.
As has been stated before the rail, j
road track will be elevated at least i
three feet to a level with Third St.;
there will be a large fill made to.
wards the beach for it is proposed to j
shove the double track out eight feet, j
GO ravel is to be used on the new site i
and not muck or mud, and, according 1
to the blue.print and specifications, j
a great deal of attention and care is I
to be devoted to making the depot
and surroundings to harmonize with '
the beautiful park adjoining.
It is also 'said that C. M. Bros ins,
owner of tile triangular corner at the
street intersection fronting the depot,
plans to tear down the small corner
building in order to enhance the new
depot site. Other buildings in the
same locality will be painted and in
general, dolled up, to conform har
moniously with the new business sec.
tion.
Just what plan Mr. Ohlso has for
dock approaches, if any, is not known
but as lie previously said a concrete |
walk will be laid down from Fourth |
'street to the depot. The coal bunkers j
have been removed and though the '
matter of removing the 'big Brown & i
Hawkin’s warehouse has not yet been !
definitely settled, Mr. Ohlson feels
confident the railroad and Mr. Haw
kins will reach an amicable agree,
ment. In the meantime the prelimin
ary work will get under way.
Mr. Holmes, bridge and building
superintendent, and Mr. Colwell,
road master of t he Southern Division,
conferred with their chief over the
plans and upon his departure, left
with him to further discuss the pro.
ject with him.
POWER NOTICE
If the weather permits electric pow
er will be shut off tomorrow morning
(Tuesday) from 9 to 11 o’clock.
S. L. & P. CO.
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STEP E0B1RII 1
IBTE FOR BIGGER
BETTEB SGHDOL
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Voting on Seward's $50,000
school bond issue opened
briskly this morning at eight
o’clock and has been continu.
ing all day with indications
that the vote will be a com.
plete expression of the desires
of the whole city.
The polls at the City Hall
will be open until 7 o’clock to.
night, and if you have not vot.
ed yet, pause not upon the
order of your going but hie
yourself to the polls and cast
a vote for a bigger and better
school.
It is the ardent desire of the i
City Government and the
fathers and mothers of Seward
that the vote this time be made
unanimous to express approval
of a crowning ambition that
Seward has long cherished,—a
fine, modern school building
commensurate with the needs
of a modern. growing city
whose younger generation wild
be proud to call home.
Million Dollar
Tunnel Planned
San Diego Bay
SAX DIEGO, Sept. 10, (jpf— Fast
transportation between San Diego
and Coronado beach by means of a
bo:i3 beneath the bay connecting
Fifth Street in Sail Diego with Olor
ietta Houlevard at Second Avenue
in Coronado, costing more than
SI,000,000 is promised by San Francis
co capitalists according to plans for
twin tubes which have been shown to
the city and harbor officials of San
Diego and Coronado.
Seattle Policeman
Shot Thru Neck
May Still Recover
SEATTLE Sept., 10, (JP)—Patrol,
man L. Tracy, was accidently shot
'n the neck as he dressed for duty at
Police Headquarters, is still in a crit
ical condition at the City Hospital.
He was partially paralyzed, surgeons
said, but improvement was noted in |
his condition during the day. Hone
is held for his recovery.
NEW BUSINESS AND PLANS TO
PUT RAILROAD ON SELF
SUPPORTING BASIS
In the opinion of Otto F. Ohlson,
General Manager of the Alaska Rail
road, he feels quite confident that
within a period of a few short years,
the system will be self-supporting.
This statement was imade to the Gate-!
way Saturday prior to his departure
for his Anchorage office and follow. I
ing His first trip ovoj- the line since \
he assumed management last month.'
The road is in fair shape,” Mr.
Oh! on s.1d,-"bu! theft? is vital need
of much work all along the line but
in this regard this work must proceed
within the bounds of the annual ap
propriation Congress grants.
"Last year the deficit on the rail,
road was reduced to under a million,
the first time this has happened since
the road was constructed, and I am
fuly convinced that with the influx
of new business, sure to come, and
with the plan of operation I have in
mind, the deficit will shrink to such
an extent that the Alaska Rail.!
road will be self.sustaining.”
LOS ANGELES EXCHANGE ON OLD AVENUE
The old Spanish "Street of Springtime” is now plain
Spring street, center of Los Angeles’ financial district.
The second tall building on the left is the Los Angeles
Stock Exchange. Inset shows John Earl Jardine, the pres- ;
ident.
ACCIDENTS OCCUR IN ALL PARTS
OF UNITED STATES WITH
MANY INJURIES
NEW YORK, Sept. 10, (/P)—Ten
men ware killed and live' seriously
injured in aviation accidents in wide,
ly scattered sections of the United
States Sunday. None of the accidents
however in connection with the cross
country air races.
Dorwin Leighty and Robert Burns,
high school students of Otterbein,
Ind., were killed when their plane
crashed while making :: landing. »Pil_
ot Burgett was injured. Harold 'Ben.
nant and Frank Kuehn were killed
when the wings of their plane buckled
in Souix Falls on a test flight.
Lieut. Joseph Soper was killed
when his plane failed to come out of
a nose dive and plunged into Lake
Erie during an aerial exhibition.
Charles Gilhausen was killed in a
crash at Des Moines, Iowa. Jack
McElveen fell to his death at Florence
S. C., '.-hen the strap of his parachute
brokt a^ he dived from a plane. Alden
Baker and pilot Henry Krause, me
chanic, were killed as 'heir plane
, Angles. Br
others were injured in accidents
CHATTANOOGA, Sept., 10, (£>)—
Hoover’s utterances' on prohibition
were fired upon by Senator Robinson
who declared the Republican nom.
inee could have “readily relieved the
subject of any amiguity by a frank
'statement as had been made by Gov.
A1 Smith.
NEW PILOTS STEP OUT
INTO LEAD IN GREAT
YUMA. Ariz, Sept. 10, (/P)—Tex
Rankin of Portland, led the Class A
air races out of Yuma for San Iliego.
OKLAHOMA, Sept. 10. (VP)—E. E.
Ballough beaded 16 Class B fliers out
of Oklahoma for El Paso while R. W.
Cantwell led Class C pilots after two
hours delay caused by bad weather.
Phn To List All
N. Y. Speakeasies
NEW YORK, Sept. 8. (,P)—A sur
rey of all the thousands of speak,
jasies in Greater New York, ordered
ly Mayor Walker, is underway. Pol.
ce Commisioner Warren, who is
lirecting it, also will supply the
mayor with records of arrests made
md the difficulties of police enforce,
nent of the Volstead act.
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