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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 5
SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1929
PRICE TEN GENTS
FAMOUS PROMOTER
G. "TEX" RICKARD
DIES AT MIAMI
JACK DEMPSEY AT BEDSIDE
AS WELL AS OTHER CLOSE !
FRIENDS
MIAMI BEACH, Jan., 7, (A3)—
Death claimed George “Tex” Rick
ard, New York sports promoter,
after complications set in fol
lowing an operation for the re
> moval of his appendix on New
Year’s eve.
Mrs. Rickard, Jack Dempsey,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Field and Dr.
E. H. Adkins were at the bedside
when the maker of champions
died. Rickard came to Miami re
cently to superintend the opening
of the Greyhound race track and
to arrange a heavweight match
between Jack Sharkey and “Young”
Stribling.
He was stricken on Tuesday
when an immediate operation was
ordered. He showed improvement
but on Friday, when he suffered a
relapse, a perotonic infection de
veloped. At 6:30 in the morning
he lapsed into unconsciousness and
never recovered.
MADE BIG STAKE
He was forced into the boxing
game by his hometown pride, in
1*06, and staged the lightweight
championship fight between “Bat
tling” Nelson and Joe Gans at
Oldfield, Nevada. He ran his
ci '70,000, saveSi fi’om
gold mining days in Alaska, up to .
a personal fortune of several mil
]f\ lions.
No man in his Madison Square
Garden was capable to take the
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BE DEBITED NEXT
UNDER PRESENT SYSTEM VOTES
CAST ELECTORAL COLLEGE
FAVORS SOUTH
WASHINGTON, Jan., 7, (A3)—The
forthcoming debate on a Bill pro
tiding for the re-appointment of
Congress to reveal glaring inequali
ties in representation, according to
■t story written by Arthur Sears
Henning for the Chicago Tribun:, is
next rn the program.
Complete returns for the last
Presidential election show 7,000,000
voters were represented by 67 fewer
Congressmen than they were entitl
ed to. while 7,000,000 others were
awarded 67 more Congressmen
man they would have if apportion
ment was really fixed on the popu
>ar vote basis. Under the present
system votes cast in the electoral
college by the Southern States
count for more ballots than those
of the Northern States.
FIFTY MORE PINCHED
NEW YORK, Jan., 7, (A3)—Fifty
alleged criminals were seized by
nolice in another roundup. The
raid followed the suspension of De
tective John Cordes for his failure
to follow rules of procedure in the
arrest of George McManus in con
nection with the murder of Arnold
Rothstein, gambler. *
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CONGRESS IS STIRRED
BY STATEMENT SENATOR
HULL TARIFF REVISION
mhe hanc acnirelldas-CongreOnesr j
WASHINGTON, Jan., 7, (JP)— \
Congress circles were stirred by t !
statement from F.eoresentatlve Co. ;
dell Hull, Democrat, in which he ;
’eciared the Republican proposal to j
revise tariff.' upward must be cou
tered bv a Democratic demand for
lower rates. This request for lower
tariff is out of line with Democratic
print ioles as enunciated by Gover
nor Smith in the recent Presiden
tial race but Mr Hull indicated it is
the Party’s intention to return to
the old tariff policies.
SEVENTY - NINE PASSENGERS
LEAVE FOR ALASKA ON
A. S. S. CO. LINER
SEATTLE, Jan., 7, (£>)—The S.
S. Northwestern of the Alaska
Steamship company, sailed at 10
o’clock Saturday morning for Alas
ka wth 79 passengers.
The Seward list of reservations
included J. L. Friemon, Leo Prag,
Mrs. fcH. E. Brown, Gce-ge Bojan
ick, B. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. M.
V. Latten, Mr. and Mrs. C. Town
send, Wm Coppernoll, A. Bern,
Robert Bern, I. Payton, Mrs. J. J.
Buckley, Irene Sherman, A. R.
Eldridgs, W. V. Dunbar, and one
steerage.
COLD WEATHER AND
STORMS PREVAIL
THROUGHOUT 0. S.
WINTER WEATHER OVER THE
THE COUNTRY EXCEPTING
IN ALASKA
NEW YORK, Jan., 7, (/P)—A cold
wave has affected a large portion
of the country and down in the
Southwest they are digging out of
snow drifts. The Great Lakes re
gion is experiencing sub zero tem
peratures, and gales are hammer
ing the Atlantic seaboard.
Three lives have been lost on
the East coast through the sinking
of small craft. The gales drove a
steamer and a barge ashore; the
three dead being members of the
fishng boat Henrietta. They were
lost when the craft sank off Long
Beach. A fourth member of the
crew saved himself bv swimming
in the icy waters four hours before
he reached shore.
The steamer Herman Frasch
was driven ashore off Newport,
Rhode Island, in a blizzard.
In the Southwest the storms
have thus far taken a toll of 11
lives. Trains are delayed and com
munication is interrupted in Ne
braska and in the Dakotas where
temperatures dropped to 10 below.
WOMAN MUST PAY
CHICAGO. Jan., 7. (A*)—Madame
Irene Pavloska, soprano of the Chi
cago Civic Opera Co., was married
to Dr. Elias Mesirow after she sign
ed a contract guaranteeing five
years alimony to Dr. Mesidow’s
former wife who secured her di
vorce recently.
MIGHT HAVE LIVED
NEW YORK CITY, Jan., 7, {JP>—
If Rickard had not feared the
surgeons knife more than he did
appendicitis he might have been
alive today. He suffered attacks
from time to time for 12 years,
dreading an operation.
He avoided it by frequent appli
cations of ice packs durng each
attack until finally surgery was
necessary.
He used to say: “They’ll never
get me with their bowies. They
can shoot me but not cut me.”
THESIS I Mi
PROSPERITY DRAWS
REPLY TO GILBERT
MR. GILBERT’S REPORT WAS
OVER EMPHASIZED; WAS
PLEASANT FLATTERY
BERLIN, Jan., 8. (,?>)—1The voice
of Wilhelmstrass was heard con
cerning S. Parker Gilbert’s New
Year thesis on German prosperity.
Whi'e direct quotation is forbid
den, the German leader in dictating
Foreign policy made it clear there
is little or no likelyhood that the
German Government will decline to
«end its delegates to the Conference
of Experts which is to finally decide
what reparations payments are to
be It is the official opinion in
Germany that the report of Mr. Gil
bert was over emohasized and that
his statement could be partially
attributed to pleasant flattery.
HAS PASSED ALL PREVIOUS RE
CORDS NOW EXISTING
AIR MACHINES
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 7, (IP)—
Man and machine are still pitted
against gravity as the Army plane
“Question Mark" entered it’s sev
enth day of flight this morning.
There are no more records left
for it to break and it flew accord
ing to the watchword “Sail on and
on,” apparantly in perfect condi
tion.
The plane ended it's 144 hour
of flight at 7:26. Observers report
ed it consumed a minimum of gas
oline during the night indicating
the motors are performng at
best. This is said to mean the time
when the plane gives way is remote.
Reports on the condition of the
five men were that they are as
fit as the plane and they declared
the longer they remained up the
better they liked it.
All memories of the trying week,
■which they contended against a
[missing spark plug, the difficulty
of refueling situations, and lack ol
sleep, seems to have vanished.
The plane continues to hover
close to the home port in order to
keep the records it has made for
it must land at the scene of the
take-off in order to make the re
cords official.
Long ago it passed all previous
endurance records of heavier than
air machines having cut through
the air longer than even the lon
gest dirigible tour. The plane, on
Sunday night, doubled the previous
i record set by airplanes.
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PORT THAN CZAR: EXPERT
CAVALRYMAN
ANTIBES, France, Jan., 7, (VP)—
Grand Duke Nicholas, contender
to the Russian throne, last held by
his second cousin, died during a
: howling snowstorm which must
: have reminded him of his home
land, from pneumonia, at the age
of 72 years.
Since the death of Czar Nich
; olas, the Duke was held next in
line, should the Bolshivist reign
crumple. As Commander in Chief
| of the Russian armies in the world
war the Duke is reported to have
had greater popular support than
the Czar himself. During the Rus
so-Japanese war he served in Man
churia and was commonly ac
knowledged as the finest cavalry
expert in Europe He organized the
army to a high plane of efficiency.
WILL TRY AGAIN
PHILADELPHIA, Jan., 7, (VP)—
Parker Cramer and Bert Haskell
plan to make another attempt,
next summer, to fly from Rock
ford, 111., to Sweden.
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