MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 158.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WESTWARD AREAS
PAUL G. REDINGTON STATES CON
SERVATION, COOPERATION
MUST OBTAIN
“We had a most interesting anc
profitable trip since we left Seward
on May 19, aboard the Game Com.
mission vessel Seal, visiting Afognak
Kodiak Island, the various points
along the South sid»3 of the Alaska
peninsula, the Shumagin Islands and
touching Unimak, Akutan, Unalaska,
Umnak and Bogoslof Islands.’' Paul
G. Redington, Chief of the U. S. Bio.
logical Survey, is the speaker and
prior to his departure yesterday for
the Interior granted the Gateway the
following clear.cut and intensely in.
teiesting interview of his seven.
* weeks voyage to the Westward game
areas. “We were fortunate,” he con.
finued, “in having good weather
most of the time and this permitted
us to keep to our prearranged sched.
COUNTRY LINKED BOATS
“The trip brought to us an appre.
ciation of the relation of water trans.
portation to the business and life in!
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this far.flung territory; in sewn, i
weeks travel' we received two con.
signments of mail from home. I noted
on the approach of the mail* boat the
eager anticipation of those awaiting
her, and their joy when news from
home was placed in their hands. The
development of this part of the coun.
try is literally tied in with boat ser.
vice,, and as this improves, so will the
country prosper.
RADIO IS A GODSEND
“Appreciating the remoteness of
this region.the uncertainty of sched.
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tiled travel due to stormy weather,
the long wait between mail cfipisign.
ments, I can well conclude that one
impatient to transact business with ’
promptitude, must completely change
his state of mind.
“Radio news, quick transmission
of messages, is a Godsend to the
people of the territory, and has un.
f questionably facilitated commerce
and trade.
“The steady work which is going on
to chart the difficult waters of South,
western Alaska and the Aleutians, is
to be commended. There is much
yet to do in this respect and it would
be a splendid thing if more resources
were available to make more safe
the way of the mariner.
SEVEN BEAR TAKEN
“We had a remarkable chance on
Kodiak Island to study the ways of
the Alaska brown bear; seven were
taken by membars of our party, four
for the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia, and one each as a
Personal trophy by Messrs. Whitney,
Scully and myself.
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CHANNEL SEARCH FAILS
CALAIS, July 9. (/P)—A search of
jthe English Channel by tugboats failed
j to locate Lowenstein’s body. France
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j considers the matter closed. Memor
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j ial ervices am scheduled for Wednes.
day in Brussels.
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WAS REVOLUTIONARY LEADER;
* OFFICIALS MAINTAIN GREAT
SECRECY OVER AFFAIR
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_j SODIA, July 9. (#>)—General Proto.
I groherov, chief of the Macedonian re.
. volutionary organization, was killed
?jon a busy sti'eet yesterday^, by three
• assassins who escaped in the confus.
I ion.
J Officials ar‘3 maintaining the
! greatest secrecy over the affair. The
. General has been out of the •public eye
recently but waas active behind the
scones in the Balkan States.
He was Minister of Provisions in
the Bulgarian Cabinet during war.
time, and took the revolution cause
last yoar and presided over the Revo,
lutionist Assemble.
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STEWART'S TRIAL SET
WASHINGTON, July 9. (£>)—Co],
Robert Stewart of the Standard O'l
Company of Indiana, will go on triil
for perjury October 8. The charges
giew out of Stewart’s testimony at
the Teapot Dome Oil hearings.
COSTLY HANGINGS
BEAUVIAS, France, July 9, (£>)—
Hand woven tapetry of the national
manufactory brings $600 to $1,300 a
foot. Each worker produces but two
or three square feet yearly.
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■REDS LIVES
LOST ON TRISPORT
CJPT1 SUICIDES:
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EXACT NUMBER DEAD IS NOT
KNOWN: SHIP CRASHED ON
ROCKS FRIDAY NIGHT
| SANTIAGO, Chile, July 9. (/P)—Up.
wards of 300 lives Were lost in the
| sinking of the Army transport Anga.
; | mos which crashed on the rocks at
! Punta. Chimpel, near Lebu, South of
; the Chilian coast Friday night.
The exaot number may namain' un.
j known as the vessel made stops en.
route and changed its passenger list
Four survivors found tell a terrible
tale of a three hour struggle for life
pnaservers, places in boats and hand,
holds on floating wheckage.
The ship lost its rudder and Capt.
Ismael Suarex, who was unable to
prevent the catastrophe, suicided on
the bridge. Eighty bodies drifted to
the beaches wear Coronel. A public
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funeral will be held Tuesday for the
victims.
WASHINGTON, July 9. (£>)—Her.
bert Hoover will be formally notified
of his nomination at Stanford Univer
sity, on August 11. Republican Cam.
paign plans are concentrating on the
East and it appears likely Hoover
will return to Washington in the fall
to be near his headquarters in the
final drive.
RAILROADER DIES
DENNIS, Mass., July 9. (JP)—How.
ard Elliott, former president of the
Northern Pacific, died of heart dis.i
ease yesterday.
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INVENT FUELLESS PLANE THAT FLIES LIKE BIRD
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In an effort to invent a plane which a pension can attach to his
shoulders and fly with wings on the principal of flapping wings like
that of a bird, Peter N. Karabatsos of Oak Park, 111., claims he has
■perfected a new fueless machine which he claims will travel at a
speed of 60„miles an hour. Each wing measures seven feet eight in_
ches by 23 inches and will take the rhythmic motion as the flapping
of birds wings. Hq says he will rise from the ground and be able to<
remain stationary without any trouble. A specially built anddesigned
motor weighing together about 50 pounds will be added to the body
of the subject.
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WESTERN THEATRICAL MAN
FAKED OUT.OF.TOWN TRIP;
WIFE HAD CALLER
DENVER, July 9. <7P)—Herbert H.
Powell, 19, was shot and kilted by A.
E. Dickson, western theatrical man,
when he found Powell eypd Mrs. Dick.
son together at the Dickson home.
Dickson told the police he staged
a faked out.of.town trip and returned
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home in two hours and found Powell
in his home. Powell argued and a
fight followed. They grappled for a
revolver during the scuffle. Dickson
shooting twice. Powell was instantly
killed. -
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AMERICAN TELEPHONE COMPANY
AND RADIO CORPORATION TO
JOIN HANDS
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NEW YORK, July 9. (J-P)—It was re.
ported in Wall Street, that the Ameri.
can Telephone & Telegraph Co., and
the Radio Corporation of America plan
to link up the important cities of the
United States with a new system of
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wireless telephoone and telegraph ser.
vice, now being perfected by Signor
Marconi.
The new' service will be based on the
beam system', invented by Marconi and!
now being used in radio communica.j
tion. Apparatus has been ordered!
which will operate up to 1,000 tele.,
phones on one wave lengthy
This system can be operated much!
cheaper than the present telephone!
system, and will eliminate the danger;
rf interlruped communication. It is!
expected to be in operation within
one year.
H?l WS IS BEST
STOCKHOLM, July 99. (£>)—Lieut.
Lundborg visited the base ship and
discussed plans to rescue the' Italia
members. He said airplanes offered
the best method and that he was i
against any attempt to reach land in f
a rubber boat. He said it would be t
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better to wait until the weather would ^
permit flying. c
ATTORNEYS UNDECIDED WHETH
ER WILL APPEAL THE WAR.
TIME CASE
j SEATTLE, July D. (/p)—A decision
in equity awarding the United States
Government a judgment of $1;327,780
against Skinner and Eddy, wartime
ship builders, was‘handed down by
Federal Judge Neterer.
The claims of ttoe Government ajid
counter claims of the ship building
corporation has been in litigation al_
■most a decade. The amount of the
aw'dfrd is ^omewihat, J»3ss than the
amount granted the Government by
Harold Preston, Master in Chancery,
from whose decisiion the ship builders
appealed.
Preston awarded the Government
$1,401,000. The Government original.
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ly sued Skinner and Eddy -for $9,300,.
000 alleging overpayment on wartime
ship building contracts. Counter claims
totalling $4,791,000 were brought in
suit by the ship builders asking rep_
aration for cancellation of contracts
at the close of the war and other caus.
es.
Attorneys are not prepared to say
at this time whether the decision will
be appealed.
PUNE DROPS LIFE
PRESERVER SAVE
DROWNING Ml
CAUGHT IN TREACHEROUS CUR,
RENTS IS SAVED BY QUICK
WORK AVIATORS
LONG BEACH Wn., July 9. (JP)—A
life preserver, dropped by the pilot of
an airplane who had seen his plight;
in the surf,/saved the life of Clarence
Whaton, of Independence, Mo., wh*6n
he was caught by treacherous cur.
rents, offshore. .
Friends tried in vain to reach the
drowning man from the shore. Two
aviators, Derock and Monroe, seeing
the struggling man, dropped him a
life preserver which Wheaton grasped
and held until reached by a boat. He
was exhausted when rescuel but was
"evived by artificial respiration.
SEARCH FOR EXPLORER
KINGSBAY, July 9. (JP)—'The Nor.
wegiaji cruiser Tordenskjold, which is
searching for Amundsen, teft to ex.
plore the icefield between the 73 De.
?T€»3 and the great ic barrier. The
search will be continued until July 21.