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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 84.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928.
PRICE TEN CEN
DETECTIVE SQUADS RUSHED TO
PRECINCTS WHEN REPORTED
BOXES STUFFED
jf CHICAGO, April 10. (.P)—One shoot
ing, several kidnappings, sluggers, bal
lot box stuffing and minor disorder,
was reported in lesss than two hours
after the polls opened in Chicago’s
hottest and most vituperative primary
campaign.
The sun shone bright as more than
1,000,000 voters started to the polls.
R. H. Taylor, committeeman from the
Deneen precinct,' was kidnapped by
severa men who forced him into an au
tomobile as he was delivering ballots;
ft. they beat him severely then shoved
him out into the street.
Squads of detectives were rushed to
several preceicts shortly after the
polls opened on the reports that elec
tion officials were permitting stuffing
of the ballot boxes.
A negro was shot and two kidnapped
during the election disputes in the
negro district The most trouble was
reported from the 20th ward where
hoodlums were reported chasing vot
ers away from the polls.
WHEN ORDERED TO STICK UP
HANDS DREW OWN GUN AND
FIRED ON BANDIT
SAN DIEGO, April 10. (IP)—Two
youthful bandits were slain by their
intended victim, a police officer. The
dead were identified as Marshell E.
Rn&ell of Anaheim and Grant Dixon
of Fullerton.
The officer whose bullet ended their
lives is Sergeant Oscar Freeman of
the San Diego police department.
Freeman was alighting from his car
when an automobile drove up and the
driver ordered him to stick 'em up.
Freeman instead of complying with
the order drew his own revolver and
shot the bandit. The second robber
leaped and started to run from the
automobile but another shot from
Freeman’s gun brought him down.
Both men were dead when they were
taken to the emergency hospital.
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TREATY IMPROBABLE
WASHINGTON, April 10. (IP)—The
agreement between world powers over
the Americans reservations on entry
into the world court is declared “al
together improbable” by Chairman
Borah of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
POWER SHUT-OFF NOTICE
Electric power will be shut off to
morrow afternoon (Wednesday) fron:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
S. L. & P. Co.
AGED MISSIONARY
FATHER CATALDO
DIES PENDLETON
FOUNDED GONZAGA; MISSIONARY
AMONG INDIANS OF WEST FOR
MANY YEARS
PENDLETON, Ore., April 10. {&)—
Father Joseph M. Cataldo, S. J., aged
91, founder of Gonzaga University in
Spokane, died in the hospital here.
Father Caltado, for 60 years, was a
missionary among the Indians of the
West and was Superior of Missions in
Montana, Idaho, Washington and Al
aska.
He was born in Italy and came to
the United States 60 years ago in ill
health after his life had been dispared
of in Europe. He had dedicated his
life to the work of the Society of Jesus
some 15 years before coming to Amer
ica.
Last December, on the 26th, he cele
brated his 75th anniversary as a mem
ber of the Order. Funeral services
will be held Thursday with burial in
Mount Saint Michael cemetery near
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Spokane.
BAD SITUATION
WASHINGTON, April 10. (^—Pres
ident Coolidge is of the opinion the
situation affecting the Mississippi
flood control is becoming impossbly
bad in Congress.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
OPEIUS WASHINGTON
VS BOSTON TEAMS
PRESIDENT COOLIDGB WILL TOSS
BALL; CABINET OFFICERS,
OFFICIALS ATTEND
WASHINGTON, April 10.
Opening the American League a day
ahead of other entries Washington
and Boston play today -with President
Coolidge in the grandstand. President
Coolidge will do the usual tossing of j
the ball onto the field aiming it at >
Clarence Owens, umpire.
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Vice-President Dawes, Speaker of|
the House Longworth and members j
of the Cabinet as well as other offi-i
cials are expected to be among the |
spectators for part of the game at
least.
Hollywood, 1; Oakland, 6. This was
the only game scheduled.
GOVERNMENT OPENS
THE SINCLAIR TEAPOT
DOME OIL SC11
CONSPIRACY FIRST SAW LIGHT
OF DAY AT RANCH OF ALBERT
FALL, SAID
WASHINGTON, April 10. (^*)—The
charge that Sinclair, lessee of .the Tea
i
pot Dome, gave Fall §293,000 in four
payments "under circumstances of
I aeorecy and suspicion" was made by
| Owen J. Roberts in outlining the Gov.
1 ernment’s case against the wealthy
oil operator who ia accused of con
spiracy to defraud the Government.
, The first payment, Roberts said, was
made with $233,000 in Liberty bonds;
•the second in $10,000 in cash; the
third a $25,000 cash payment and the
fourth in $25,000 in Liberty bonds.
Roberts said the Government will
further show the conspiracy was first
hatched at Fall’s New Mexico ranch
when the Cabinet officer and Counsel
J. W. Zevely, laid plans for getting
control of the oil reserve.
PRESIDENT TIKES'
CONGRESS TOM
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BELIEVES NOTHING HAS OCCUR
RED MAKE FEE CONFORM TO
HIS EXPRESSED IDEAS
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! WASHINGTON, April 10. UP)—Pres
ident Coolidge believes nothing has oc
curred to make the equalization fee in
the McNary.Haugen bill to conform
j to his ideas on constitutionality.
In the President’s judgment the bill,
as now drafted, contains a large num
ber of provisions which he found nec
essary to criticise in his veto of the
eqalization fee, which was chief among
theee.
I He is very anxious, however, that
Congress take some kind of a positive
action for farm relief along the lines
he maintained in his message to Con
gress and in public address.
PROHIBITION OFFICERS
MUST MAKE REPORTS
WASHINGTON, April 10. (£>)—'The
Supreme Court held that Federal pro
hibition officers must report to the
United States Attorneys all alleged
violations of the National Prohibition
law coming to their knowledge for
prosecution of the accused.
APPROVES TITLE MATCH
NEW YORK, April 10. (£>)—The
New York Athletic Commission an
nounced they would approve of the
Tunney-Heeney match just as soon as
the contracts will have been placed
before it by Tex Rickard.
REVOLT, DRY LAW
| PARIS, April 10. (;P)—Statements ir
'■ the newspaper Gaulois says Finland
has followed the example of Denmark
| and Norway in revolting against dis
| asterous result of prohibition.
WEALTHY CHICAGO HOTEL OWN
ER RESCUED FROM COTTAGE
GREUSOME TALE TERRORS
CHICAGO, April 10. (/P)—A whole
sale kidnapping plot involving the pay
ment of ransoms totalling more than
$1,000,000 wa3 uncovered in Chicago
when confessions were obtained from
i the three men arested in connection
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with the abduction of Thomas Gaynor,
wealthy hotel owner and auto dealer.
Definite plans for kidnapping more
than a score of wealthy Chicagoans
were confessed to by the three men.
Gaynor was rescued from a cottage at
! Crystal Lake, 40 miles northwest of
j here. He told a greusome thle of the
I terrors he had suffered at the hands
I of his captors. Chicago police are ex
pecting the arrest of four more mem
bers of the abduction ring.
EXCLUDE COMMODITIES
WASHINGTON, April 10. i&)—All
perishable commodities, fruits and
vegetables particularly, will be ex
cluded from provisions in the McNary
Haugen bill under the amendment ac
; cepted by the Senate without a record
I vote.
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WORSHIP ISM
MISSING FOR MANY
DAYS TO WESTWARD
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BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND CUT
TER VESSELS ORDERED TO
SEARCH FOR BOAT
SEATTLE, April 10. (£>)—Unheard
from since March 5, hte motorship
Iskum, of Seattle, with four Seattle
men and probably a number of Aleu
tian natives aboard, will be sought for
in the Bering Sea by United States
Fisheries and coast guard vessels.
Radio messages from Unalaska said
the craft had touched at Atka, 35 days
ago before siling westward, to pick
up employes of fur ranches in the iso
lated islands in Bering Sea.
The Iskum is owned by the Kanaga
Ranching Co., of Seattle and com
manded by Captain Harold Bowman,
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president of the company. The ehtp
should have called at Dutch Harbor
and False Pass nearly three weeks ago
before proceeding to Seattle,
The M. S. Eider, fisheries boat, has
been ordered to sail from Dutch Har
bor to search for the vessel. The cut
ters “Haida” and “Unalga” will join
in the search after sailing from Seat
tle April 15 if no trace is found.
Heavy stomis are reported to have
been raging in Bering Sea. The own
ers feel the craft will weather the se
| vere weather but think engine trouble
might have delayed her as the power
I plant has been giving trouble.
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDI
DATE FOR 1928? WALTER F. GEORGE