MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 6. SEWARD, ALASKA TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ALL MEMBERS OF CREW LOST
FROM ONE TO FIVE POUNDS
EACH
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT OF
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 8, (A>)—The
Army plane “Question Mark”
,'andcrl perfectly at 2:07 yester
fternoon after a record smash
ing flight of 150 hours, 40 minutes
and 15 seconds. It had been in the
air for six nights and seven days
following the take-olf on New
Year's morning.
The end of one of the greatest
flights of in aviation history came j
after the crew of five weary men
fought constantly against increas- j
ing motor trouble.
Lieutenant Quesada explained:
“Just as I left the controls at 1
o'clock in the afternoon and Cap
tain Eaker took over, the left mo
tor died. We sent Sergeant Home ^
out on the catwalk but his weight
was too heavy; we knew then the ;
flight was over and we dropped |
the gas the minute we had tak- |
en it.
“This was not our first trouble
for on Saturday night we thought
it was all over. All three engines
lost power on account of fouled
spark plugs. We< were already to
end the flight then but finally
cleaned that up.”
Four army surgeons, examining
■he crew, reported all were in ex
cellent physical condition except
fatigue, each lost from one to
five pounds in weight.
SECOND PAY OF CONFERENCES
BRING SENATORS TO HOOV
ER HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON. Jan., 8, UP)—Be
ginning his second day of confer -
nrces President-elect Hoover chat
ted over the breakfast table for
more than an hour with Senator
Borah. tike other callers Borah
: ■■■ liuitcd to report on any views of
Hoover or detail the conversation
if is understood the discussion
rciiided a thorough analysis of the
Legislative situation and problems
oiifrontins' the new administra
.-j}.
Jjp’he day soon found other Sena
‘^i proceeding to the Hoover head
quarters including Senator Watson
and Hale.
Reports are already going the
i ry.'nas that no statement need be
locked for from Hoover no prblem?
before this session of Congress par
ticularly on farm relief.
GRANTED RESPITE
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan., 8, (IP)—Dr.
F. S Shumaker, superintendent of
the Indiana Anti-Saloon League,
was granted further respite-from
prison when the judge terminated
\hqj hearing on his writ of habeas
i'us without a decision.
PLAY AUTHOR DIES
LONDON, Jan., 8, (JP)—Henry
Arthur Jones, author of 70 pro
duced plays, died at his home
here last night from lung conges
tion. He was 77 years of age and
had been writing on social ques
tions, rather than for the theater,
in late years.
SERVED AS SURGEON DURING
THE SPANISH AMERICAN
WAR
SEATTLE, Jan., 8, (JP)—Dr. John
Venters, noted physician and sur
geon of Seattle and Alaska, died
Sunday from pneumonia. The fun
eral will be held tomorrow.
Dr. Venters distinguished him
self in 1924 when he flew 1,100
miles by plane over the Arctic.
wastes to put down an epidemic
sweeping through villages on the
upper Koyukuk River.
With him, when he died, were
his widow, Mrs. Nina Venters, the ,
first woman to fly from the Arc- |
tic Circle to Fairbanks, and the
son, James, 15. Another son, j
George, is on his way home from j
the Orient. I
Dr. Venters was 55 years old and
had served as a surgeon during the
Spanish American war. In 1918 he
went to Alaska to take charge of;
the Akiak government hospital; in !
1924 he assumed charge of the Nu- j
latto hospital and also served at
Noorvick when the natives up the
Kokukuk were stricken and dying
by the scores from eating infected
caribou meat. It was then that he
flew to their assistance and end
ed the epidemic.
ONLY FRIENDS AND NEWSPAP
ERMEN PERMITTED TO EN
TER APPROACHES
NEW YORK, Jan., 8, (A3)—The
train bearing the body of George
"Tex” Rickard reached New York
this morning and thousands jam
med in and about the station as
the train arrived, but only friends
and newspapermen were permitt
ed to enter the approaches to the
train.
Most of the members of the
Board of Directors of Madison
Square Garden, led by Colonel
Hammong, new acting general
manager, were at the depot to
arrange for the transfer of the
body, as well as to meet Mrs. Rick
ard and Jack Dempsey. Mrs. Rick
ard is in a near state of collapse.
The body of the promoter is en
cased in a $15,000 bronze casket
and covered with an immense
floral gift of Dempsey.
Dempsey is much affected by
his friend’s death, also by present
scenes, and is disinclined to talk
at any length. Nevertheless, he
made it clear he has not made any
decision about retirement from
the ring and declared he had no
intenton of trying to fill Rick- '
ard’s shoes at the Garden. ,
-He explained his interest was
in the promotion of the Shaitrey
Stribling fight.
IIAGEN WINS $5,000
LONG BEACH. Jan., 8, UP)—
Gcoree Von Elm, amateur, cracked
on the last two rounds and Walter
Hagen .professional, won the $b,ui/
hong React open golf championship
with a score of 276.
DRY MAN IN DUTCH
NEW YORK. Jan., 8, </P)—Prohibi
lion Administrator Maurice Camp
bell has been cited to appear in
court to show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt of
court for his refusal to restore al
ehol permits.
HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE
FIRM YEARS: ALL RELAT
ED OFFICIALS
NFW YORK, Jan., 8, (A5)—Three
young men, all of them about 30
and bearing names linked with
greatness in banking finance, were
made partners in the firm of J. P.
Morgan & Compositions which it is
supposed generally yield a yearly
income of about $1,000,000.
They are Henry Sturgis Morgan,
son o* J. P. Morgan. Thomas Stil
well Lamont. son of Thomas W. La
mont. and Henry Pomeror Davison,
son of the late Henry P .Davison.
All three young men have been
working for the company for some
years Thomas Newhall and Edward
Hopminson, members of the Phila
delphia branch of the company
were also admitted in the partner
ship in New York, London and
Paris.
BRAINS WASTED
NEW YORK, Jan., 8, (A5)—The
production of men with greater
brains is wasteful because there are
scarcely enough positions for the
bes tmines now, Dr. Alfred Lotka
told the American Association for
‘he advancement of sciencce.
FLORIDA MANSION OFFERED TO HOOVER PARTY
The winter home of J. C. Penney, White Plains, N. Y.,
millionaire, at Belle Isle, Fla. (above), has been placed at
thedisposal of Prsident- elect Hoover for his Florida stay.
Below is an interior view of one of the rooms.
R.B.
GAVE LARGE SUMS TO EDUCA
TIONAL AND CHARITABLE
INSTITUTIONS
NEW YORK, Jan., 8, (/Pj—Ben
jamin N. Duke, tobacco manufac
turer, died here this morning af
ter a lengthy illness.
Ke was one of three sons of
Washington Duke who helped ex
tend his father’s inconspicuous
business to such proportions that
it made the family name known
throughout the world.
After the death of the father
and under the firm name of Duke
Brothers, the business grew to
giant proportions until 1390 when
it was merged with The American
Tobacco Company. Benjamin serv
ed as treasurer and director un
til the dissolution of the company
by the United States Supreme
Court in 1911.
Eight years ago Mr. Duke’s
wealth was estimated at around
$60,000,000. He was born at Orange
(now Durham) County, North Car
olina, April 27, 1855.
Mr. Duke branched out into
railroad, banking, cotton and
other industrial enterprises a no
during his later years devoted
much of his time to New York
real estate and banking. He own
ed a handsome residence in up
per Fifth Avenue, New. York, as
well as a palatial estate at Dur
ham, N. C., in addition to having
had at various times homes in
London, Paris and Florida.
Like his brother James, Benja
min gave large sums to education
al and charitable institutions. His
gifts to Trinity College, now Duke
University, at Durham, N. C., and
Guilford College, are said to have
exceeded $1,000,000. He never
would permit a list of his bene
factions to be made public.
PETITION WOULD GIVE SPE
CIAL GRAND JURY UNLIM
ITED POWER
CHICAGO. Jan., 8, OP)—^his city
probably will witness the greatest
graft investigation in ts history if
the court grants State Attorney
Swanson's plea for a special grand
jury. Judging from the petition,
the jury would have almost unlim
jted scope—delving perhaps—into
City Kali affairs. Sanitary district
and Police Department, and taking
un charges of graft in the Board of
Education while inquiring also into
the protection of vice, gambling and
bootlegging. Federal Prosecutor
Tohnson has promised to aid Swan
son.
LONDON, Jan., 8, (A3)—Opening
of the Dutch Art Exhibition at Bur
lington House gave London its rich
est art feast within living memory
George Bernard Shaw was one c£
the earliest visitors to the galleries.
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