MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 250.
SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
APPRECIATES BUSINESS MEN
CALLING AT HOOVER OF
FICES IN WN.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 18, Speak
ing to members of the Hoover-/
Curtis national export committee,
Hoover said it was of “Extreme
importance that men who have
their eyes fixed on the ball of
America’s future and should get
into this campaign to see that
the public mind is corrected.”
There are many issues and j
movements that “Have nothing j
to do, fundamentally, with the j
prosperity and progress of the
country,’ he added and said he
“Appreciated very much your
coming here and offers of sup
port.”
The Nominee said in greeting
the business men who called at
Hoover’s headquarters, “You all
know how I felt during the years
that the one of the prime factors
in the stability of American bus
iness and continuation of emplo
ment, has been expansion of the
foreign trade and in our endeavors
to build up this expansion I think
we have built up something else
that perhaps is equally important.
For the first time that I know of
in the history of the government
the government has been placed
on a basis of cooperation rather
than on a basis of compulsion. I
think the results are shown in
our trade every day.”
THREATENED SURPLUS IS A
CHALLENGE WHICH WILL
; BE ACCEPTED
CHICAGO, Oct., 19, (/^—Direc
tor of the Budget Herbert Lord,
said the government faces a $100,
000,000 deficit by June 1 and “We
are concerned but not discourag
ed.”
The treasury had a prospective
surplus of $252,000,000 for June
but the surplus “Melted away as
a result of new legislation and re
vision of the tax laws. Today the
threatened surplus is a challenge
and we accept the challenge. We
are going to see that not one dol
lar of federal money is spent on
a doubtful mission and we are
fighting as we never fought before
for a balance in the budget.”
Might Have Landed :
On Isolated Island
Only Hope For Flyer
LONDON, Oct., 19, (/P)—Only a
bare hope is held for Commander
MacDonald as the night passed
without a sign of his plane. The
last word was when he was sight
ed by a Dutch steamer 700 miles
out of Harbor Grace on Wednes
day night. The only hope that re
mains is that he landed on some
isolated island or near a ship with
out radio.
Anti Salooner Gets
Governor s Pardon
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct., 19, (>T*)—
Governor Jackson issued a pardon
for Dr. E. Shumaker, superinten
dent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon
League, who today was taken to
the State penal farm to begin ser
ving a 60-day sentence for con
, tempt of the Indiana Supreme
j Court.
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IS SERVING SENTENCE AT DOL
LAR DAILY IN PROTEST
ANTI-ATHEISM LAWS
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct.,
! 13, UP)—Charles Smith, New York,
1 president of the American Associ
ation for the advancement of Ath
eism, was jailed for activities
against the proposed anti-evolu
tion law and fined $25 for distri
buting pamphlets and posters and
! provoking a breach of peace.
He was not allowed to testify in
J his own behalf for he refused
i to take the customary oath. Ho is
i serving out his sentence at the rate
'of $1.00 daily in protest of the
| anti-Athiesm laws which he said
| denies Atheists a citizen’s rights.
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LOTS OF NERVE
PARIS, Oct., 18, (/P)—A thief who
robbed Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt in
Paris, confronted his victim again
lately and bitterly reproached her
for misrepresenting the value of
her jewels. A ring she claimed was
worth 1.000.000 francs, he could
icnly get 12,000 francs lor he said.
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1 GRABS STICK' IN
i TERROR CRASH1G
! SHIP 10 GROUi
i EIGHT MEN WERE IN PLANE |
WHEN PASSENGER CAUS
ED SHIP TO CRASH
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ATLANTIC CITY, Oct., 19, (/P)—
I A frightened passenger who gripp
ed the controls of an airplane in
| which prominent bankers were
i making a sight-seeing trip over
: the city, is believed to have been
i responsible for the crash of the!
| plane and death of one of the !
j occupants and serious injury to!
J the ethers.
W. Octave Chanute, Denver In- j
I vestment banker, died two hours |
! after the accident. Chanute and
j four other passengers were del-1
| egates to the annual convention
of investment bankers association
; here.
JUNEAU, Oct,. 19, (/P)—The ac
tion of naming highways in Alaska
after officers connected with the
road system follows their efforts
in great advances they have made
along this line
Gen James Gordon Steese
after whom the Fairbanks-Circle
highway has been named, since
his retirement from the presiden
cy of the Alaska Road Commission
' a year ago, has been general man
! ager of the South American Gulf
; Oil company, in Colombia, South
J America.
Wrangell Narrows
Traffic Wide Open
JUNEAU, Oct., 19, UP)—All re
strictions on traffic through Wran
gell Narrows have been removed
by the War department and the re
marking of the channel has been
completed, according to announce- ,
ment by Malcolm Elliott, district
engineer, Board of Kivers and Har
bors.
ZEPPELIN IMP !
WILL CRUISE OVER !
pmjFcomy!
EKENER DEPARTS TOMORROW
FOR AKRON, OHIO. INSPECT
GOODYEAR PLANT
WASHINGTON, Oct., 19, (A5)—j
The official welcome of the Nation
al Capital was extended to Dr. i
Ekener and his four companions
on the dirigible Graf Zeppelin.
They were the guests of Pres
ident and Mrs. Coolidge at break
fast.
Plans call for Dr. Ekener to de- ;
part tomorrow for Akron, Ohio,
the home of the Goodyear Zeppe
lin company; from there he will
go to Chicago and return to Lake
hurst by Tuesday for a Zeppelin
cruise with Henry Ford a possible
passenger.
POWER NOTICE
On Sunday power will be shut
off from S:00 a. m. till 5 p. m. while
changes are being made in the pipe
line on account of the flume cross
ing.
S. L. &. P. CO.
Ill MG
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WALKS TO SCAFFOLD UNAID
ED; WHITE FACED; TRAP
SPRUNG 10:13 A. M.
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Oct., 39,
(A5)—Hickman was hung at 10:13
this morning for the murder of
Marian Parker. “The Fox", who
boastfully called himself by that
name, walked to the trap, white
faced, but with little other out
ward appearance of emotion, con
sistent to the last breath with the
attitude displayed since he was
arrested last December.
Up the 13 steps he went pro
ceeded by Rev. William Fleming,
the priest under whose spiritual
guidance he turned from fatalism
to Christianity in the shadow of
the noose.
His arms were strapped on
either side and behind him march
ed the guard. In a semi-circle
were some 200 persons who saw
him die.
Tonights My Night With Baby"
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DRIFTS HEPLESSLY FOR TIEN
HOURS AND THEN ESCAPES
GREAT STORM
■
After being buffeted by wit.j-s
and tide rips for 10 hours as she
drifted helplessly in the channel
between Pearl Island and the
mainland of the south Kenai pen
! insula, the Motorship Discoverer
[with Capt. Heinie Berger and tv.o
I members of the crew and five
passengers, including two women
and a baby, managed to make
Portlock harbor Sunday morning,
and then escaped disaster again
Tuesday night as she was being
towed into Nuka Bay just before
the most terrific “southeaster”
of years hit the coast.
Just as local government author
ities had about decided to send a
relief ship to search for the Dis
coverer, which was five days over
due from Seldovia to Seward, she
was towed into port last night at
9:30 o’clock by the Northwestern
11, of the Kenai River Packing Co.,
under the command of Captain
Hanson, better known as “Hard
Luck” Hanson. She had broken
her tail shaft coupling, and bent
the tail shaft and the propellor
as the result of a collision with a
big channel bouy when caught in
a bad blow and the tide rips at
Pearl Island.
The beleaguered ship was clear
ly in the most dangerous position
but by a fortunate circumstance
the winds and the tide offset each
other to hold her in the channel
Iwith less than a mile on either
side where the angry waves tore
at the ragged coast.
About three o’clock Sunday
morning, Captain Berger manag
ed to hold her with an anchor
and as the winds calmed dowp, he
dispatched a member of the mew
in a dory to Pox Island where
Clyde Coombs and James Colliaa
have fox farms and power dories.
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