MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 205
SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
LSKEVIEW MIME
BEGINS MILLING
FREE GOLO ORE
BIG VEIN PROVED UP FOR LONG
DISTANCE MAY ALSO CARRY
PLATINUM VALUES
With free gold showing in a vein
that varies from 18 inches to four
and five feet and with a mill ready
for operation, the Lakeview Mining
Co., at Lakeview, Mile 20, on the
Alaska Railroad will soon be creat
ing mining history, according to XV.
F. Mencenbach, superintendent of the
operations who is now in Seward.
“Although I have been working otP
there for the past four years, test,
ing out the ore with a small test
mill, I am not in position to give a
complete report at this time, because
we are waiting for results from the
actual production milling. We know
w; have the gold in much bettar
than paying quantities, but we have
another ore that we suspect strongly
of containing platinum and reports
on which we are awaiting from sev.
era! assayers in Alaska and on Hie
OU'side If the assay reports verify
i
o': convictions you ca,;!.. confidently!
loo’* for a lot of excitement in these !
part.-,” said Mtancenbuch.
There lias often been expressed |
great hopes for the Lakeview dis
trie by prospectors who have looked
over the country, the idea being that
i constitutes a part of a great miner,
ul belt which extends across Kenai
Peninsula with remarkable showings
i:i several places. The operations of
the Lakeview Mining Co., are being
financed by a group of Spokane cap.
italists who ana very optimistic over
tile results achieved and completely
satisfied with prospects for the future
after having investigated their vein
with a drift tunnel for a distance
sufficient to show strong continui'y
and deep-seated character.
S. F. To Hong Kong
Is Flyer*s Plan
SEATTLE, Aug.. 31, (/P)—Lieut.
Lester J. Maitland, army aviator
who first conquered the Pacific in
a flight from the mainland to Haw
aii, is planning an air journey from
San Francisco to Hong Kong early
next year, according to a report.
This hinges, however, upon the- fact
■whether he can obtain the consent of
hU .superior officers. More than 8,000
miles of ocean are to be traversed
in the tentative itinerary mapped
out by Maitland. He expects to fly
from San Francisco to Honolulu and
from there hop to Manila, over 5,300
miles of water.
COSTES COMING
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. (JP)~Capt.
Dieudonne Costes, French army pilot
who recently flew across the Sou*h
AUantic apparently will try to fly
from Paris to New York. A cable
gram from the French Government,
: elayed from Washington to Mitche11
Feld a3ks that arrangements be
made for receiving Coostes.
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TIN PLATE SHIPS?
LONDON, Aug., 31, (/P)—William
B. Leeds announced his intention of
entering the aviation business in the
United Stages. The American anil,
lionaire made his announcement a« [
he landed at Southampton. (
SOVIET RUSSIA
t
BIND TREATY
DISARMAMENT IS THE ONLY |
REAL GUARANTEE AGAINST
FUTURE WARS
Russia made known its intention oT
adhearing to the Kellogg-Briand r»?_
nunciation of war pact and at the
same time linking to the Treaty the
question of disarmament. The Sov.
iet answer says while the pact is
vague and unprovided for disarming
“yet it does impose certain obliga
lions upon countries before the bar
of public opinion and simultaneously
gives tbe Soviet Union a new pos
sibility of submitting to all the signa
tory nations the question of greatest
importance to the cause and to
[preach disarmament which is the one
and only guraantee against war.
Chicago-New York
In Pot And Kettle j
Gunman Controversy
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. (/I5)—Gun i
nVan anti bootleggers have figured in j
a difference as 10 Chicago and New ,
York. The New York World printed !
a cartoon lampooning an offer of a
prize for a posher boosting Chicago’s
! proposed World's Pair in 1933. The
cartoon depicted a gunman leaning
over the dome of an exposition Ini'
in the act of firing a pistol, the
smoke from which for noted the greet
ing “Chicago welcomes you”.
Another showed a “British Empire j
Exhibit” in flames while two gtenl'e
men with sawed off shotguns ex
changed musketry in the foreground.
Over the main hall waved a flag
carrying the words "100 percent
American Thompson Hall.”
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, 5; Cincinnati, 3.
Brooklyn, 4; New York, 2.
Philadelphia, 4.1; Boston, 3.4.
St. Louis, 5.6; Pittsburgh, 6.2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit, 2; St. Louis, 5.
Boston, 2; Philadelphia, 3.
PACIFI CCOAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles, 6; Sacramento, 5.
Portland, 7; Hollywood, 5.
Seattle, 10; Missions, 5.
San Francisco, 1; Oakland, 4.
FEVER INCREASEES
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 31. (/P)—
This city’ is in the throes of an epi
demic of' dengue fever, a semi-tropi
cal scourge which has affected 300,
000 residents. Business is practical
ly at a standstill. Streets are de
serted and hospitals are crowded far
beyond capacity.
Six Men Smothered
In British Columbia
Coal Mine Blast
FERNJE, B. C., Aug.. 31, (yp)—
Two hundred miners escaped death
in an explosion which asphyxiated
six men in No. 1, of the East Coal
Creek colliers yesterday.
The explosion occurred as the men
were going off shift and the major
ity of the crew were a few minutes
ahead of the blow.out which filled
the mine with deadly gas from coal
dust.
The six who were caught by the
fumes attempted to escape when the
explosion occured.
Stinnes Heir
Thought Mixed
In Shady Deals
BERLIN, Aitg., 31, (TP)—Hi|go
Stinnes, Jr.t son of the late industri
al baron , is held without bail pend
ing investigation of alleged mal
feanance in certain financial trans.
actions.
Tlie examining judge refused to ad
mit bail because he feared Stinnes
continued liberty might destroy incrim
inating evidence which is said to
have been discovered in his home.
ilifc private secre.tbrj voluntarily
unloaded upon 'his chief all the char
ges which originally were launched
against himself. His action took Stiu
nes by surprise,
Fairchild Plane
Being Shipped To
Treadwell Man
SEATTLE, Aug., 31, (JP)—A four
passnger and pilot Fairchild mono,
plane, collapsible wings, a duplicate
craft of the ship used by Means and
Collyer on their world flight, is
ready to be shipped to Alaska on the
S. S. Admiral Evans.
The plane Is for the secretary and
treasurer of the Alaska Treadwell
Mining company. The plane was.
flown from the factory on Long Is.
land to San Francisco, then up the
coast to a landing on Boeing Field.
Argentiner rides
Nineteen-year-old
Horse 10,000 Miles
WASHINGTON, Aug., 31, (£>)—
, Aime Felix Tschiffelv of Argentino,
completing a 10,000 mile horse back
ride from his country to Washing,
(ton, got lost for the first time when
he entered the Capital’s maze of
criss.cross streets and avenues. The
horseman wound up in Georgetown
and phoned the Argentine Embassy
for help. His record trip was made
to demonstrate the endurance of his
horse, a 19-year old Argentine Creole
thoroughbred.
EVANS DUE TOMORROW
The S. S. Admiral Evans, of the P.
S. S. Co., now to the Westward, will
return to the Port of Seward tomor
row (Sunday) at 4 o’cloclt and, ac
cording to the local office, is sched
uled to depart for the South at 6
o’clock, two hours later.
ALL THE WORLD INVITED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (/P)—In
vitalions to every world power wi*:h
the exception of Russia, to adh'3re to
the Kellogg Treaty for the renuncia
ion of war were 93nt by the State
Department to the respective foi*3i?n
officials.
NOT IIBONI FIDE
CONTEST SUITES
PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT HOOVER
DEFEATED; WITHDRAWS
OWN CANDIDATE
CHICAGO, Sept. 1. (/P)—'The Nat.
ional Prohibition Party defeated the
proposal to support Hoover for Presi
den and withdraw their own candi.
date William F. Varney from the
’residential contest by a vote of four
to three.
The statement was made that the
‘position of the majority was tha*
his election is not a bona fid's con.
est over the prohibition question but
a fair contest between the modifica
tion program of Governor Smith on j
ne side and continued nullification j
1 y the Republican Party on the ot.h. |
er.”
Hollywood Thrilled
Over Possible Duel
In Dear Old Paris
HOLLYWOOD, Aug., 31, (/P)—
For a few hours Hollywood was all
a iwitter. Jaime del Rio, one time
husband of the beautiful Dolores,
was going to fight a duel in Paris
with Edwin Carewe, the film director.
Swords and pistols for two, with
perhaps the lovely Dolores as a hys.
terical spectator. Then came another
cable from Paris denying the whole
thing and completely ruining the day
for the gossips of filmland.
“The most absurb thing I have
I ever heard,’’ said Carewe. “The sug.
gestion is ridiculous,” said del Rio.
CAL TO ECONOMIZE
SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. 31. (tf») -
Faced with an estimated Treasury
deficit of $94,000,000 at the end of
the current fiscal year. President
Coolidge will take stringent meas
ures to rduce Government expendi
tures during the remainder of his
administration even further than
tl*ey have already been.
Tow Boat Turns
Turtle On Ohio
ALIQUIPPA, Penn., Aug., 31, (JP)—
Three persons are missing, believed
to have drowned, and 20 others,
members of the crew of the towboat
Aliquippa were rescued.
LATER: All have been rescued
from the Aliquippa, the towboat
which overturned in the Ohio river.
Officials of the company are at a
loss to account for the turtleling of
the boat.
S. S. ALASKA III
WITH CNDERIBLE
PASSENGER LIST
BIG BOAT ARRIVES WITH OVER
500 TONS FREIGHT WILL BE
HERE UNTIL SUNDAY
Leaving Seattle on August 25 tha
S. S. Alaska, carrying about 150 pas.
rengers lor Seward and way ports,
arrived at this port yesterday after,
noon about 3:30, and will lay over
here until Sunday. She brought over
500 tons of general cargo for Sewa>-1
and Interior points. Among other
pieces of freight is a huge tractor
shovel which will be used by the
VVarrack Construction Co., on its
Lowisll Creek flume contract. Among
the passengers listed for Seward
were:
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Thomas, Camille
McGowan, Mr. and Mrs. James C.
Ryan, Mrs. (1, Henley, Jean Henley,
E. J. Button, Master Bateman, Madge
G. McRae, Helen M. Anderson, Maj.
orie Reynolds, Mrs. Eva Elliott, Mas.
tar Elliott, Florence Schneider, Mr.
and Mrs. Bateman, Mrs. H. Johnson,
Myrtle Brue, Mrs. H. I. Sawyer, Miss
M. Jones, F. I.. Groth, Virginia Bar.
nett, Donald Barnett, Mrs. E. W.
Barnett, MytfU? >'elson, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Burgess, Master Burgess, Mrs.
Anna .lessen, Myrtle Skullernd, Ben.
lah Graham, Mrs. B. F. Weybrecht,
Mary K. Dawson, Esther Mueller, W.
Ervin, S. Hornyak, Elsie Weltz, Mrs.
O. E. inglis, Katherine Middleman,
Mrs. H. L. Dout, Hannah Mellum
T. Donald, G. C. Walters, T. Paro and
W. Markem and three steerage
ROUND TRIPPERS
. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Swearington,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wreden, F. Martin,
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Morrissey.
LOCALS—C. M. Warner, Mrs. J.
Imlach, E. M. Polley, J. G. Watts,
Mrs. J. Hepburn Capt. and Mrs. R. B.
Woolverton, J. Judoff, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney
Laurence, D. Rose, Geo Bail'ey and
Major D. H. Gillette.
Amundsen Plane
Report Unfounded
OSLO, Aug., 31, (JP)—Reports that
the '.wreckage of the airplane be.
lieved to be the Latham seaplane of
of Rene Guilbaud and Amundsen had
been washed ashore on the North
Norway coast, appear to be entirely
unfounded, according to a later re
port.
The Oceanographic dicredited the
possibility of such wreckage being
the Latham plane, holding that the
drift of the gulf stream would have
carried the plane in an “entirely diff.
erent direction.
HEARS MEDICINE TALK
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (/P)— Di
verting his attention for the moment
to smoothing out internal tangles
that nave arisen in the Republican
organization during his six w<3eks ah
sence from Washington, Herbert
Hoover deferred until later his con
templated study of the Eastern polit
ical situation.