“Center of
Everything”
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 165.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT MEXICO ASSASSINATED
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE; WORE SC THAN
IN FORMER YEARS
MOSCOW, Julv 17. (>p)—New Rus.
sia plans for a search for Amundsen
and his party are developing as the
icebreaker Krassin is slowly pounding
its way toward Ad want Bay for fuel
and the Maligin is fighting a heavy
storm while hunting for Amundsen.
Professor Vise, who will head the
Maligin expedition, declared lte felt
^ all speculations concerning the pro.
bable location of Amundsen were
guess work and suggests airplanes to
flyout from the Krassin and the Mai.
igin.
Soviet scientific circles are optimis.
tlcl regarding Amundsen’s chances' and
point out the meteorological condi.
tions and the ice this season are far
more favorable than is usual the case
at this season of the yaar.
CANNOT LOOK FORWARD WITH!
ASSURANCE TO ABSENCE OF
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
NEW YORK July 17. (/P)—Believing
that on the basis of the history of dis.
eas»3 they cannot look forward with
any degree of assurance to absenceJ
of outbreaks of Infantile (paralysis j
during this summer and fall, doctors!
and reoarch men throughout the coun.
try are organizing for a concerted at.
tack on the epidemic that may devel.
op.
Every possible piocaution is being
Jaken to protect the public from
ravages of the disease. Doctors bo.
lieve the advances which medicine
has made in tk«3i knowledge of infantle
paralysis in recent years should di
minish the anxiety which its pres,
enco always occasions.
RUNNER STILL AMATEUR
f
NEW YORK, July 17. <£>)—Charlesj
W. Paddock, famous sprinter of Cali.;
fornia, was exonerated of charges of
professionalism and is free ito com.
pete at Amsterdam next month as a
memhor of the United State Olympic
Team, it was announced from the
American Athletic Union headquar.
►
ters.
J BANDITS SURRENDERING
;
j WASHINGTON, July 16. (/P)—The
Navy Department has beon notified
that 31 Nicaraguan outlaws surrender,
ed within the past week at Ocotol,
j Trinidad and Somoto making a total
i of 217 since July 7.
KELLOGG'S TOIL
! SPPRILO Of THREE
EUROPEAN NATIONS
WASHINGTON, July 17. (/P)—Kel
logg’s proposed treaty for renuncia.
| tion of war bore the approval of Ger,
| many. France and Italy to aid to the
gratification of Washington officials.
Word is at hand that Great Britian
is ready to approve the treaty and!
might dispatch a note to that, effect
sometime this week. Spain, too, is
said to look favorably upon Hie Ameri.
*
can proposal.
SUPPLIES NAMES •
MIAMI, July 17. 4JP)—“Scarface” A1
| Capone, Chicago gangster, has fur.1
! nished the county solicitor with the
| names of three men sought by New
i York police for the anurd'sr of Frank
Yale, leader of the Brooklyn under.!
world. >
FORMER PREMIER
PUSSES 85 YEARS
FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES WAS
OUTSTANDING POLITICAL
CHARACTER COUNTRY
—
CAEAOUR Italy July 17. (£>)—
| Former Premier Giovanni Giolitti 85,
di*3d following a long illness from
uremic poisoning.
For nearly four decades he was one
of the outstanding political figures in
Italy. During his active years he
wielded power a little less than the
Dictator and served as Premier five
times. • 1
He was involved in numerous politi.
cal governmental controversies and
was once tried on charges to abuse
his power as Minister but was cleared.
There never was any question as to
his personal honesty.
DOWN BUT NOT OUT
HOLLYWOOD, July 17. (/P)—Jack
Pickford, motion picture actor and
brother of Mary Pickford, who has
been confined at a hospital here fol
lowing a heart attack, has improved
considerably and probably will be sent
to his home in a few days.
Obregon Shot Five
Times Through
Attending
MEXICO CITY, July 17. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)— ‘
GENERAL ALVARO OBREGON, PRESIDENT
ELECT OF MEXICO. WAS ASSASSINATED WHILE
ATTENDING A BANQUET AT A RESTAURANT IN
SAN ANGEL, 12 MILES SOUTH OF MEXICO CITY,
SHORTLY AFTER 2 O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.
THE ASSASSIN, WHO WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY
IDENTIFIED, WAS ARRESTED.
OBREGON WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES THROUGH
THE BODY.
UEENET CUTTING OUT
. TRAINING NT NIGHT
FAIRHAVEN, July 17. (£>)—'There
will be no more training for Tom
Heeney in th'3 cool of the evening for
he has decided to abandon night
work.outs* because he likes to go to
bed early. He weights abut 203
pounds. He is starting Wednesday to
gradually reduce to 196.
CONGRATULATIONS/
you HAVE BEEN '
IN THE sUNCUf
SAMMING BUSINESS
FOR 15?, YEARS
NOW AN D YOU’RE
LOO king YOU NGER
EVERY YEAR
WILL MINE COAL
AT WAIIMICHT
FOB STATIONS
BUREAU OF EDUCATION VESSEL
BOXER SAILS TOMORROW;
SECOND TRIP NORTH
SEATTLE, July 17. (TP)—The B. of
E. vessel Boxer will levae Wednesday
on its second trip since the opening
of navigation in the Bering Sea.
A new fuel supply for stations will
be maintained by the Bureau of Edu.
cation in far Northern Alaska and the
vessel will take an experienced coal
miner an,d supplies for immecjfiate
development of a coal vein at Wain,
wright, 75 miles from Point Barrow.
This is expected to cut the cost of
coal for the many stations from $40 to
$10 a ton.
REPORT OF HIKER'S
RESCUE OISCREGITEO
MOSCOW, July 17. (JP)—'The re.
port was received at Stockholm yes.
terday that Amundsen and his five
companions were picked up by the
icebreaker Miligan was discredited
here. The Maligin has been hamper,
ed by fog and ice in its search for the
missing mfn. Today, she reported
her position but sent no .word as to
sighting any survivors.
GIVE HIM WINGS
NEW YORK, July 17. (TP)—Accom.
panied by a policeman, John S. Sum.
mer, secretary of the Society for th»a
Suppression of Vice, “raided” a Fifth
Avenue playhouse, confiscated a col.
lection of nude paintings, and servtsd
the manager -with a summons to ap.
pear in court.