MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 107.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY MAY 8, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ATTEMPT IS MADE
TO ASSASSINATE
PREMIER AND WIFE ESCAPED;
ONE AIDE KILLED; TWO
OTHERS INJURED
BERLIN, May 7, (/P)—Official
dispatches received from the Lith
uanean legation, state Madame
Waldemaras was unhurt in the at
tempt to assassinate Premier Aug
ustinus Waldermaras but that his
adjutant, Lieut. Gulinas, was killed
and the aide, Capt. Yerbickas, badly
injured.
The voung adopted son, shot thiu
the body, was operated on during
the night. The attempt to assas
sinate the Premier is interpreted as
a political act and is considered as
the consequence of the severe
measure Waldemaras has taken
against the democratic and labor
elements in Lithuania since De
cember. 1926 when he made himself
virtual dictator.
The attack was made by a party
entering the garden of the theatre
where he was attending a concert.
Three bullets from the assassin’s
gun struck Gudinas. Other reports
said the two attaches shielded tne
Premie* with their own bodies.
Several suspects have been arrest
ed.
NEW YORK, May 8, (TP)—The
Christian and Mission alliance re
ceived word from its mission at
Sungtao Kweichow, China, that
Rev. H. Schwendener of Chicago
had been kidnapped by bandits.
The repori said he and Rev. E. A.
Tiuak of Glendale, Calif., were at
tacked on a road after being beaten
and robbed. Rev. Schwendener was
carried off but Rev. Truak was re
leased. Authorities hope to find
+be missionary. The wives of both
men are living in the United States.
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INTENDED TO COME FROM HID
ING PLACES AFTER PLANE
FAR AWAY FROM SHORE
JUNEAU, May 8, (A5)—Two fail
stowaways were found beneath the
seats of the plane Alaska just be
fore it was scheduled to start for
Cordova.
The young women were covered
with coats and carried lunch and
water They were Mae Pauly, lead
er of the theatre orchestra here
and Lo^aine McLeod, who formerly
lived io Ketchikan.
Thev said they intended to- come
from their hiding places after the
ship was far out on the course.
The plane left shortly before noon
on the six hour flight.
DAWSON ICE MOVING
DAWSON, Y. T., May 8, (/P)—The
i:e broke in the Yukon river in
front of Dawson and moved at 2:33
yesterday afternoon, May 7.
The first prize was divided be
tween Thomas Leach of Dawson
and Grace Stewart of Anchorage.
The approximate amount was $/,
200.
TREBLE SLUM IS
UTEST CHICAGO
MURDER EPISODE
ACE KILLERS ON CAPONE STAFF
KILLED BY BAND OF OTHER
KILLERS
HAMMON, Ind., May 8, UP—A
treble slaying terminated the brief
truce in Chicago gangwar when
three men, identified by newspaper
a^ John Scalisi, Albert Anselmi and
Joe Guinta, were found shot to
death on a rural road.
The forfeit in lives is seen as re
tribution to the foes of the mas
sacre of George “Bugs” Moran and
his seven clansmen in Chicago on
Valentine’s Day.
Scalisi and Anselmi were said to
be henchmen of A1 Capone. Scal
isi had been freed on a $50,000 bond
a week ago pending trial of the
Moran gang of executioners.
Two of the men found were
; heaped in the back of a seat of a
|stolen coupe; the bodies were cov
ered with a blanket and 20 feet
away was found the other; Scalisi
and Anselmi were dread duet kill
ers and were regarded as ace men
on the Capone staff and thrice had
been charged with killing police
men but always escaped sentence.
The contending thought of the
police is that members of a rival
gang was pursuing them. Scalisi
surrendered to the police last week.
The Moran gang suspect was saun
tering to the police station when
he remarked he had just learned
he was one of a dozen wmnted for
i nvestigation.
FRENCH AVIATORS
KILLED: MG FELL
OFF: BOMBING
FIVE DIE; EMPTY PARACHUTE
CAME FLUTTERING DOWN
FROM SKIES
BOURGES, France, May. 7, (/P)—
Five French military aviators were
killed over Avord field when a
bombing plane crashed when a
jwing dropped off.
| After the bodies were taken from
;the plane experts were called to re
move two unexploded bombs in the
wreckage.
Before the crash occurred a
number of bombs were exploded in
practice; :t fell at a terrific speed
and as it was falling a parachute
was detached and witnesses hoped
someone would be saved but the
narachute proved to be empty
It is supposed that the men in
desperate haste detatched it too
soon. The victims were two pilots
and three students.
ms to summits
STEOMEH SOPHIA ORE
AWARDED HAMS
SEATTLE, May 7, ?2h—Damages
to the heirs of 214 of the 398 per
sons who were drowned on the
steamer Sophia, October 25, 1918, to
the amount of $2,095,000 is awarded
in a memorandum and opinion by
the federal court.
All passengers were kept aboard
when the ship hit Vanderbilt Reef,
north of Juneau in a snowstorm
altho several ships stood by pend
ing the arrival of the sistership.
Taking of the testimony in the
j case required six years.
WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, May 7, (&)—'The Ad
miral Watson, of the P. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 10 av m. this morning and
j carried 129 first class passengers
|arid 59 third class. Four are book
ed for Seward; J. A. Clinton, R.
Dahl, M. McLees and Miss M. Roh
wedder and 17 steerage.
FLIGHT IS MADE
ACROSS GULF TO
GORDOVA. JUNEAU
COPPER CITY TURNS OUT EN
i MASSE FOR ONE GREAT BIG
“WHOOPEE” TIME
CORDOVA, May 8, (/P)—Complet
ing the first trip across the Gulf
of Alaska by air and welding the
last link of the airways extending
i from hte Equator to the Arctic, the
IGorst amphibian plane Alaska
j landed in Cordova bay at 3:01 p. m.
i making a non-stop flight of 45Q
i miles from Juneau in four hours
and 20 minutes.
The landing was perfect despite
a high tide running. The plane
left shortly and landed on Lake
Eyak to obtain better protection.
A base will be established here
and plans indicate the possibility
of a trip across the mountains to
Fairbanks and possibly to Circle
City completing the hop from the
states to the Arctic Circle.
Clayton Scott was the plot, Gor
idon Graham the mechanic, Joseph
Murray, Paul Abbot- and H. W. Mc
Dermott, passengers.
All Cordova is joining in a gigan
tic celebration to mark the arrival
of the first plane.
LOS ANGELES SHOCKED
LOS ANGELES, May 8, UP)—A
slight earthquake was felt in Los
j Angeles and vicinity. No damage
was done however and the seismo
nograph and the California insti
tution of techology did not recoid
a disturbance of any consequence.
Cities 50 miles away did not feel
the tremor.
FORENSIC BALLISTICS AID CHICAGO SLEUTHING
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, corone r of Cook County, Illinois, called upon
fornesic ballistics and a jury o f weal thy men to help him solve the prob
lem of the Chicago gang slayings. Above are Dr. Bundesen and the jurry
watching a reenactment of the gang massacre of February 14.
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POLIOE BFXIEVE COLLEGE STU
DENT IS INSTIGATOR OF
BLACKMAIL NOTE
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., May 7, (&)—
A note threatening R. H. Cochran,
bank president, with death and
kidnapping of his children unless
he deposited $600 at a designated
tree stump, formed the basis of ef
forts of the police to locate the
writer.
1 Reticient to divulge the nature of
the investigation the police inti
mated a college student may have
sent the note and supported the
theory by the fact the writing,
wordine: and puncutation is perfect.
I A special guard has been placed
at Cochran’s home. The money
demanded is for a loan to be paid
with interest. It cautioned the
banker not to make a false move.
A decoy envelope was placed in the
stump filled with papers was re
ported ransacked when the watch
ers absented themselves for a short
time.
HONGKONG, May 8, (/P)—Heavy
fighting is in progress on the rail
way between Canton to Kowloon
between the Kwangsi forces of Gen.
Hsu Kingtong and Cantonese gen
erals.
Service has been suspended. Na
tive newspapers said the Kwansites
captured Shiuhing, west of Canton
and are rapidly advancing toward
Canton with troops retreating be
fore them.
AUTOS CRASH, TWO DIE
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 8, (£>)—
j. hree persons were drowned .when
two automobiles crashed on a via- *
huct over the Mississippi river.
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I! SGHGOL PRESENTING
SPAIIiaiNG COMEDY
11 LIBERTY IONITE
The .Seward public will be given
the .opportunity this evening to
witness the presentation of an ex
ceotionally ; good comedy by a
clever cast composed of members
of the high school. “Adam and
Eva” is the title of the three act
Dlav filled with rapid-fire action
of the sort that promises an even
ing of wholesome entertainment.
I The curtain will rise at 8 o'clock
land, owing to the large advance
ticket sale, the public is urged to
come a few minutes earlier than
usual in order all may be seated
comfortably before the opening
of the performance. A group of
| next year’s “freshies,” appropriate
ly garbed in special costume, will
act as ushers this evening
A full-dress rehearsal was held
last night and not until midnite
j did the youngsters get home.
| This afternoon a matinee will be
j presented for the benefit of the
grammar grade children.
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