MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 262.
SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, NOV. 2. 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
AS GO TO POLLS
ON EVE OF ELECTION POLITICAL
FORECAST STILL AT SEA
SAYS WRITER
By Bryon Frice
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, (TP)—'The
Presidential 'campaign is ending
as it began with mighty currents
of emotion at war beneath trou
bled surfaces and to the many
millions of American’s at Tues
day’s election will become more
than a choice of men and par
ties.
Throughout the country new
and surprising forces are on the
march toward the ballot box; the
story spirit of the times has found
expression in the
STIRRING OF RELIGIOUS
groups, confusion of class im
pulses in party organizations and
the return of the old time fervor
of the political crusader tossed on
these swift running currents.
Political issues are in strange
disarray in the closing days of
the campaign. Weeks of debate
produced no agreement as to the
paramount considerations that are
to be resolved by the voter.
EACH SIDE DENIES
the other has defined its position
clearly and e?.ch de/ties the ex
istence of issues thrust forward
by the other. Farm relief, prohi
bition and all the others have
been jumbled together in a tan
gle of argument.
One thing is fully apparent and
that is that this campaign has
been one of National self-exami
nation.
NOT FOR MANY YEARS
have the Parties gone over the
country talking so little of for
eign affairs and so much on home
affairs. Introspection turned the
light of public discussion on such
domestic questions as prohibition,
agriculture, immigration, water
power, and general'business stab
ility.
What sort of a balance the vot
ers will strike on Tuesday, wheth
er it will be in favor of Hoover or
Smith, still rests on the replies
to the set of complicated ques
tions. How great a defection there
will be on the religious issue, how
will Smith’s gains among the Re
publican wets compare to his
losses among the Democratic
drys, what part the farm vote in
Republican States can be divert
ed to Smith by those farm lead
ers who bolted Hoover and will
the Republican prosperity argu
ment be effective in holding those
Republicans who might be inclin
ed to go to Smith on other is
sues, what weight will attach to
the personal records and person
alities of the Nominess them
selves, and in conclusion, what
will the new voters do, particular
ly, what will the million of new
women voters do, are paramount
questions at this time.
Judge A. F. Stowe, U. S. Commis
sioner at Kodiak is on his way to
attend court at Valdez, then
he yill take a trip Outside. He has
Jimmy Ritchie in charge, orphan
and mentally deficient boy who will
be placed in the care of the Board
of Childrens’ Guardians at Seattle.
AIR MAIL CONTRACT LET
WASHINGTON, / Nov., 1, (JP)—
A contract for carrying the mails
from Miami to Nassau and the
Bahamas, was awarded to the
i Pan American Airways by Acting
Postmaster General Glover.
TRIUMPH MEANS MOKE THAN
VICTORY OF ONE INDIVID
UAL, SAYS HERB
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 2, (/P)—Hoo
ver pointed out today to the un
paralled registration for the elec
tion as “Expressive of the serious
ness of the issue and earnestness
of conviction with which our peo
ple are meeting them.
“This is evidence of unprecedent
ed interest in the future of the Re
public and must be gratifying to
every one who has its welfare at
heart. It means more than a
triumph for our party over anoth
er: more than a victory of one
individual as against another;
it means in the end a triumph
of that overlasting principal of
self government upon which Amer
ica has grown to leadership of the
world.”
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 2. UP)—
An election bet of substantial pi 6
portions was reported to have been
handled here bv a local betting
handled he’e by a local betting
commissioner. A group of San
Francisco bankers and financiers
are reported to hove pooled $525,000
that Herbert Hoover will be the
next president of the United States.
The smaller sum representing
the hopes of Smith sympathizers
amounts to $175,000. <
I
! PLANE OVERTURNED TWICE
LANDING IN SOFT SPOT
ALL INJURED
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov., i, (/P)
—The cool headedness on the part
of Alfred Bonds, aviator, when his
wheels attached to the plane,
crumbled, saved his life and those
of his two passengers.
Bonds was about to land at the
local airport when his attention
was attracted by the widely wav
j ing spectators. Climbing to 3,000
i feet he climbed out on the wing
J and discovered the landing gear
j was wrecked.
After vainly trying to repair the
' damage he located a soft spot
near the -.field so gliding to earth
he landed the plane overturning
twice injuring all the men.
Doctors said all will recover.
Ul.l
HtflDLY OH LOlffiLL
From .indications yesterday, the
Fourth Avenue bridge over Lowell
Creek will be restored to traffic to
day and work will start immediate
ly to tear out the temporary bridge
at Third Avenue for the installa
tion of the permanent structure,
under the contracts taken over by
the Warrack Construction Co.,
which is building the Lowell Creek
flood control flume.
The pile driver has moved rapid
ly down the creek and the flume
building are tagging along putting
the timbers in place cn the piles.
Without hindrance from toe
weather, the flume should be com
pleted within the next two or three
weeks whereupon Seward may rest
content from danger of future
floods in the opinion of the engin
eers and builders.
ALASKA NOON TOMORROW
Latest reports from the S. S. Al
aska from Seattle are to the effect
jthat she will reach port at noon
tomorrow, according to the local
offices of the Alaska Steamship Co.
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BODIES OF MOTHER ANI) THE
DAUGHTER COULD BE SEEN
THRU THE FLAMES
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 2, (JP)
—An axe murderer wiped out the
family of C. J. Berlala and made
his escape. His identity is un
known. The dwelling was set on
fire after Bertola, a retired gro
cer, and other victims were home
and apparantly in bed.
The victims were Mr. and Mrs.
Bertola, daughter Camille and
two boys. With the exception of
the father the bodies were burn
ed; Bertola's body was found ly
ing in the yard with an axe wound
in the head.
The bodies of the mother and
daughter could be seen through
the flames before the building
was consumed. It is said the sher
iff and officers have left Santa
Rosa in search of a suspect said
to be a former sweetheart of Cam
ille.
QUEEN BEES FLY HIGH
CHICAGO, Nov., 2. (A5)—Queen
bees travel in style befitting their
royalty. Twenty-five of them went
by airmail from Modena, Calif., to
Bakersfield at a cost of $10.40, and
eight others used the airmail from
Jessop, Ga., to Hope, Idaho.
FIX DOCK APPROACH
Material was being moved to the
south waterfront today to raise the
city dock approach in keeping with
the new level of the tracks of the
Alaska Railroad tracks fronting the
city.
The halibut schooner Alton,
Captain Cornelius, was among
the arrivals last night to ship its
cargo to Seattle.
OUTLOOK DARK IN THE BOXING WORLD FOR WINTER
ABOVE
SHARKEV
| LEFT
: GODFREY
m
tCFT
pfSTRlBLING - L0U3HRAN.
Blight on the cauliflower has developed into a maligant growth
threatens the game, especially as it affects Tex Rickard. Sharkey and
Godfrey are two of the blighted battlers. Among the others unavailable
for one reason or another, are Walker, Loughran, Paulino and Stribling.
LOS IGELES STILL
GIVES OFF STENCH
Ml POLITICS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARG
ED WITH MISCONDUCT OF
HIS OFFICE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1, (TP)—The
Los Angeles Examine!' says that a
number of persons in addition to
District U. S. Attorney Asa Keyes,
are named in indictments issued
by the County Grand Jury which
filed accusations of “Willful, cor
ruption, and misconduct in of
fice.”
These charges were directed at
Keyes and other individuals who
are unnamed. Among the others
reported indicted and all of whom
are mentioned in the formal ac
cusations, are Jacob Barman, A.
I. Lasker, Ben and David Get
zoff, Ed Rosenberg, Jack Rosen
berg.
ALTHOUGH THE SHERIFF’S
office remained silent it is believ
ed that between 10 and 15 indict
ments were returned. All of the
men named figure prominently in
the Grand Jury’s charges which
grew out of the collapse of the
Julian Petroleum Corporation and
the trial of its promoters.
Berman and the two Rosen
berg's were connected with the
corporation. The Getzoffs are
charged with conspiring with
Keyes to extort money from crim
inal offenders and Lasker is
alleged to have given money to
Keyes and the two Getzoffs for his
freedom. ♦
Keyes directed the prosecuuon
of the trial of the Julian promo
ters.
LITERARY DIGEST POLL INDI
, CATES ANOTHER REPUBLI
CAN LANDSLIDE
Seattle, Special to the Gateway,
Nov. 2, —The final tabulation of
the Literary Digest straw ballot
with 2,767,262 votes cast gives
Hoover 63 and two-tenths per
cent and Smith 35 and seven
tenths per cent, or 1,755,084 votes
for Hoover and 987,795 for Smith.
The minor candidates received
the remainder.
HOOVER LEADS IN
42 States; Smith lead in Georgia,
Louisiana, South Carolina and
Mississippi with Alabama and
Arkansas nearly even.
Hoover is leading in New York
State by 218,820 votes with Smith
polling 185,659.
THE TOTALS INCLUDE
New York City, A1 147,070; Herb
158,0064^ Philadelphia, Hoover
609,704; Smith 701,810. Chicago,
Hoover 909,916; Smith 701,810.
Washington State, Hoover 204,
191; Smith 980, 021.
For the purpose of shipping
a cargo of halibut to Seattle Capt.
Pete Jacobsen of the halibut boat
Paragon, steamed into the Port
of Seward during the shades of
night.
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