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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 239. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 1927.
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GRUESOME MYSTERY !
DISCOVERED AT SEA
BY CAPTAIN LINER i
JAPANESE FISHING SMACK PICK
ED UP OFF WASHINGTON
COSAT; TWO DEAD MEN
SE1ATTLE, Nov. 1. (/P)—A grue- ,
some -sea mystery was unfolded with }
.the arrival of th<T liner S. S. Marga- (
ret Dollar which picked up, off the {
Washington coast, an 85-foot Jaya- (
nese fishing smack which had ap- (
parently drifted more than 3,000
miles across the Pacific with the ■
lifeless bodies of two of its crew I
as the only cargo. They were ap- ‘
parently the only survivors of a crew
of more than 12, in the opinion of
Captain H. T. Payne, of the Marga- j
ret, and what happened to the others
may remain a mystery forever.
Captain Payne believes they leaped
overboard when food and water sup
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plies were exhausted. The discovery
of a pile of bones on the derelict;
craft added further horror to the j
mystery. Whether they are human
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had not been determined by the Mar- {
garet crew. The Captain said ‘‘we
found little on the drifting vessel
save clothing for more than half a
dozen men. I am familiar with this
type jof fishing vessels used on the
Japanese coast and there is no doubt
in my mind that the boat drifted
across the Pacific.
“The boat was equipped with a gas
oline engine in addition to the hemp
canvas bamboo sails. My opinion is;
that the two men aboard had been
dead for at least a month. I should
judge it took more than 100 days
for the vessel to drift across the
ocean. Empty water casks and food I
larders would indicate the boat was
caught in a storm or a calm and that
most of the crew ended their lives
or succumbed to a worse fate.”
RETRIEVES ANCIENT MUG
YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 1. (^P)—His
old shaving mug, bearing his name
and a picture of the red barn he once
operated here, was recently found
by Fred Brooker of Vancouver. Re
turning after 30 years, Brooker went
into his favorite shop and saw the
mug on the shelf.
INCREASE DRY FLEET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (Jf)—The
goverment’s dry fleet will he increas
ed from five to eight planes, say re
ports today from the front.
WANTS TO RESIGN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (/P)—My
ron T. Herrick, United States Am
bassador to France, who is 73 and
has recently undergone two opera
tions, desires to resign as , soon as
President Coolidge can appoint a
successor.
BIG LITIGATION FAILS
After 16 years of litigation the Ci
ty of Chicago failed to recover $10,
000,000 refunds, from the Peoples
Gas Company on the grounds the
rates were unfair.
$300 MONTHLY ALIMONY
MOSCOW, Nov. 1. (jT*)—“Feodor
halipin, opera singer, applied lor di
orce with offer to pay $300 monthly
limony.
NTEHIDR TEACHER SUPS
ON WALK, BREAKS LEO
RUBY, Alaska, Nov. 1. (JP)—Mrs.
trie Franzen, Bureau of Education
ichool teacher at Kokrines, fell on
l slippery sidewalk outside the
ichool and broke a leg. Dr. Forrest
rave her medical attention. She
erved in France with the Red Cross
luring the war.
’OSSIE MISTRIAL
NOW LOOMS TEAPOT
TRIAL. INDICATED
30VERNMENT ATTORNEYS TO
PRESENT SOMETHING OF
“GRAVE CONCERN” STATED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (^—In
formation pointing to a possible mis
trial in the Teapot Dome case was
taken under advisement by Justice
Hiddons, after a secret conference
with attorneys for the defendants.
Government representatives told
the court they had something to pre
sent which gave the prosecution
“grave concern.” They did not dis
close the exact nature of the infor
mation, but it was indicated it in
volved one or more jurors.
CHLOROFORMEO BY
INTIMATE FRIEND
IN HEBJPf WENT
SAYS FRIEND WALKED IN WHILE
DRESSING; BEAT, CHOKED
HEIR, CLEANED UP
SEATTLE, Nov. 1. (^—Chloro
formed after a fierce struggle in her
apartment by a man Bhe had known
as an intimate friend, Mrs. R. J. Re
ney, awoke to find she had been
robbed of her automobile, a diamond
ring and money.
She asserted Fred Carroll called
an hour earlier for an appointment
to drive her to the doctor. She was
dressing in the bathroom whdh he
entered and choked her. Mrs. Reney
and her husband run a hotel in Ju
neau where she met 'Carroll. She
came to Seattle a month ago for
medical attention.
SEE IT THROUGH
ROME, Nov. 1, (JP)—Premier Mus
solini in a proclamation observing
fifth anniversary of Fascism, pointed
out the great accomplishments Ita’y
has made since he took ahold and
told the "Black-shirts” to "see it
through.
MORE REBELS BITE DUST
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 1. (/P)—It is
reported 15 rebels were killed near
Oriental, State of Puebla, after the
rebels had attacked a train on the
Inter-ocean Railway, according to a
traveller reaching here today.
YUKON FROZEN OVER
TAN AN A, Nov. 1. (/P)—The Yukon
river froze solid at Tanana Sunday
at 7:25 o’clock in the night.
COLO STRIKE REPORTED
AT ACUTE FORK, OPUIR
RUBY, Alaska, Nov. 1. (£*)—'Tom
Hughes, old timer, arrived over the
trail from Tacotna, and reported Pad
dy Sheehan of Ophir, made a gold
strike at Agate Fork. Several min- 1
ers from Cripple left for the scene <
of the reported strike.
FOR ELEVEN YEARS SMITH RE-'
PRESENTED LATE TAMMANY
LEADER CHARLES MURPHY
NEW YORK Nov. 1. (ff)— Governor j
A1 Smith was characterized as "the
tell wether of the Tammany Flock”
by Theodore Roosevelt in an acl-,
dress amplifying his keynote speech ■
at the Republican State Convention j
in Rochester.
He charged Governor Smith pre
sented Charles Murphy, late Tam- J
many chief, in the assembly for 11 |
years and summarized other charges
which he said led to but one conclu
sion that Smith was a* Tammany
man and there was no such thing
as a new Tamipany.
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ACTION RESTORES WRIT DE
MANDING THAT BANK AC
COUNTS BE DISCLOSED
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1. (/P)—
rhe United States Circuit Court of
Appeals reversed the action of the
ower court in Alaska in the case
>f the Territory against the Bank of
Fairbanks, sustaining the demurrer
n the lower court and entered a
mdgment of dismission.
The alternative writ directed to
iefendant requiring it to disclose to
:he Attorney-General of the Terri
:ory, certain dead accounts in course
)f the investigation he is making to
letermine whether they had escheat
ed to the Territory.
The action by the Circuit Court
here restores the writ demanding
that accounts be disclosed and clears
the way for completion of litigation.
HUGE FIRE Si BE
RESULT HALLOWE'EN
LOSS. TREMENDOUS
POLICE SAY BOYS HAD BEEN
SEEN NEAR TANKS SHOOT
ING FIRECRACKERS
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Nov. 1.
(/P)—Fire which police said they be
lieved to be the result of boys Hal
lowe'en pranks, destroyed three
tanks containing a total of 150,000
gallons of gasoline and several
buildings at the storage yard of the
Pure Oil Company.
A' series of explosions, which shook
the neighborhood, marked the pro
gress of the fire as it spread from
one tank to another. The damage
is estimated at more than $200,000.
Police reported a group of boys
had been seen shooting firecrackers
in the vicinity of the oil company
property shortly before the fire
started and said arfspark from one of
the firecrackers might have reached
the oil.
MILK AND GROW THIN
ATLANTA, Nov. 1. (&)—A tip to
the woman who would reduce! Two
years ago Mrs. W. C. English weigh
ed 300 pounds. Today she says she
clicks the scales at 150. Here’s how
she did it: Eliminated sugar, salt
and starch-^and milked five cows
every morning!
MRS. MARSHALL FIELD ILL
PARIS, Nov. (^>)—Mrs. Marshall
Field of Chicago is seriouly ill in her
hotel. Her condition is so serious
that she may not be moved and it is
said she could not stand the trip
back to the United States.