VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 110.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 11. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FIRST AERIAL WEDDING THIS
KIND IN THE WORLD, IT
IS THOUGHT
CORDOVA, May 11, (/P)—Miss
Henrietta Brown, the youngest
daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Brown
Stewart, noted Alaskan photogra
pher and a resident of this city,
of Philadelphia, and Howard W.
were united in marriage yesterday
afternoon while roaring through
the air at the rate of two miles
a minute in the Gorst amphibian
plane in which Clayton Scott pio
neered an air trail over the gulf
of Alaska this week.
The wedding is believed to be
the first aerial, and in all likelihiid
the first in the world where every
detail was performed in the air.
U. S. Commissioner E. P. Har
wood issued the license to the
couple, in the plane, in which
also were Miss Marie Faucher,
bridesmaid; Mrs. Ida Stewart,
the mother of the bridegroom;
Mrs. George Dooley, Miss Dorothy
Aalbu and Miss Phyllis Buchanan.
GOVERNOR PUS
PULLS FIST ONE:
GOVERNOR EXPLAINS HIS ACT
ING UPON BILL BE CON
FUSING PROBLEMS
JUNEAU, May 11, (JP)—Because
Govenor Parks did not approve
and failed to sign the Murray
bill relating to an expression' of
popular will on the repeal of the
Alaska bone dry law, the voters
of the Territory cannot register
their desires at the next general
election in November, 1930.
The pocket veto of the governor
was explained by him that he thot
the effect of the measure would
have been unfortunate, leading to
the wet and dry fight, coming at
a time when President Ploover is
in the act of appointing a com
mission to study enforcement
problems.
PROPERTY DAMAGE ESTIMATED
AT $250,000; THREE MEN
REPORTED LOST
TOPEKA, Kan. May 11. (/P)—j
Heavy rains which soaked the
state sent streams on the rampage.<
Lime Creek left its banks and;
caused property damage estimated
at $250,000. Three Mexican lab
orers are reported missing.
The flood waters washed 100
building foundations out- The
downpour lasted three hours and
was almost like a cloudburst.
Waters of the Salina are run
ning waist deep in the city of
Gypsum. The creeks are continuing
to rise. I
Class of ‘29
THE GRADUATES OF THE SEW
ARD HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS ‘29
The largest class of graduates
from a Seward accredited school
ERNESTINE C. JESSEN
Valedictorian
FRANCIS LESLIE
LOUISE SLATER
HOWARD HAYES
Salutatorian
CECILE LESLIE
Graduates Receive
Diplomas; Largest
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY MARKED FINALS OF
SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 1929; LARGE
ATTENDANCE AT COMMENCEMENT PRO
GRAM; ATTORNEY RAY MAKES ADDRESS.
"With the curtain ringing clown on very highly cred
itable graduating exercises by the class of ’29, Seward
High School, the finals of this institution have written
another bright page in the history of the school and with
the closing of the term five young ladies and young men
now launch out upon another period of their voyage on
the sea of active life, or to seek higher training in the
Alaska college and elsewhere.
It was the largest graduation
class from an accredited Seward
High School and it was with more
than ordinary pride Sup’t. E. J
Bath, class sponsor, presented the
students to the large attendance
in Odd Fellows hall last evening
where the exercises were held.
The girl graduates, Ernestine C.
Jessen, valedictorian; Louise Sla
tor and Cecile Leslie, looked ex
quisite and very charming, becom
ingly dressed in their beautiful
graduation dresses, each carrying
a pretty bouquet; while the young
man graduate, Francis Leslie, ap
peared very handsome and manly.
Howard Hayes, the salutatorian,
left the city some weeks ago and
therefore was absent at the exer
cese of last evening.
“Kamenoi Ostrow,” by Ruben
stein, a piano solo by Mrs. Francis
Groth, was the opening number
on the program, which was follow
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I BASEBALL
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AMERICAN
St. Louis 4, Boston 3
New York 10, Detroit 5
Washington 4, Chicago 2
Cleveland 9, Phillies 6
NATIONAL
Pittsburgh 13, Phillies 9
Chicago 11, New York 4
Cincinnati 5, Boston 3
St. Louis 4, Brooklyn 0
SEATTLE
Seattle 5, San Francisco 2
Hollywood 10, Oakland 3
Los Angeles 4, Portland 3
Missions 9, Sacramento 3
MATADOR OIL CO.
SANTA FE, May 10, (/P)—The
Matador test in De Baca county
is having casing trouble at 580 j
feet depth. • <
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HOTEL REGISTER MAY IDEN*—
TIFY THE DEAD; CAUSE
IS UNKNOWN
AMARILLO, Texas, May 11, (/P)—
Five men and a woman are be
lieved to be fatally injured and
a score more guests hurt when
fire destroyed the Tourist hotel.
Four bodies were burned be
yond recognition; they were
found on the third floor by fire
men. Another was killed when
he jumped from the same floor.
None of the dead have been
identified. Mrs. Birdie Rhodes,
; owner, was seriously hurt when
she jumped to safety. The hotel
register was saved and from this
it may be able to identify the
dead.
The Tourist hotel was one of
the oldest structures in the city.
The cause of the blaze is unde
terminend.
SOUTH THIS FULL
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WASHINGTON, May 11, (JP)— j
President Hoover contemplates a
tour of the south and hopes the
legislative program will be suffi
ciently cleared to make way for
his extensive tour this fall. The i
trip will be separate from the one'
to the West Indies in an effort to I
roud out the ‘‘Good-will” tour of
the Latin American republics.
MANY ALASKANS RETURNING
NORTHERN HOMES FROM
WINTER IN STATES
I SEATTLE, May 11, (£>)_The S.
S. Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co-, sail
ed for Alaska at 9 a. m. today
with 144 first class passengers and
87 third class. There are 63 res
ervations for Seward including
the following:
Chris Mosgard, Ruth Manny,
Mrs. M. ^Clinton, J. W. Galloway,
erson, Mrs. B. Zeiker, Mr. and Mrs.
S. Warburton, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
B. White, Sam Siiben, G. Aarons,
Mrs. Sid Paulson, D. A- Bryant,
Vern Gysert, Mr. and Mrs S. Ho
well, M. Pylie, Mrs. Mary Feig, F.
A. Peterson, J. D. Whitney, Mrs.
K Anderson, Marie Anderson, J.
Metz, Mr. and Mrs. R. Issacson,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Windist, Mr- and
Mrs. J. A. Wellon, Mrs. O. Shuros
and baby, Mrs- L. S. Raynor, Mrs.
A. Back, Margaret Sund, Mrs. W.
A. Curtis, Victoria Williams, J. A.
Christofferson, A. R. McIntosh H.
C. Helling, Wallace Chesney, Frank
Nordstrom.
P. J. Hurley, H. F- Landes, P. L.
Quinn, Chas. Kuisisto, Ed Yag
asson, Joe Kelly, Henry Heberg,
Leo Erickson, Tom Kavao, Mrs. J.
L. Weaver, S. Rys, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Forsgren, Mrs. H. A. Faro,
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Geo. Long, Harry Anderson, Er
nest Lundstrom, C- D. Spuigin, C.
J. Carrol, Leona J. Beryei, and 23
| steerage.
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TIRIONS, Italy, May 11, (/P)—
Mrs. Gene Tunney, formerly Miss
Polly Lauder, has undergone an
operation for the removal of an
old undiscovered appendix ab
icess and is reported to be doing
well. So serious was her condition
Ithat it is felt her life was saved
only by the prompt intervention
of two German specialists who op
erated.
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FLIES LITTLE
(MCE SAVE IT
PUMPS USELESS, BATTERIES
OUT OF COMMISSION AND
VOLUMES SMOKE
SEATTLE, May 11, (#)—Fire
starting in the engine room of
the disabled wooden motorship
Boobyalla, at Discovery Island in
the Strait of Juan de Fuca, will
probably wipe out the old craft.
The crew of 30 are fighting the
flames but making little headway.
The Princess Kathleen is standing
by to take off the crew in case of
necessity.
The cutters Haida and Snoho
mish are enroute to the scene
and the tugboat Goliath has gone
to its assistance* The machinery
on the motorship is out of com
mission as are also all pumps and
batteries. A large volume of smoke
is pouring from the engine room.