MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 35.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1929.
PRICE TEA CENTS
Ml H1III OF
ULDWA1 UNKNOWN
IMS ADVICES
CAPTAIN REFUSES TO ABAN
DON HIS SHIP: VESSEL IN
NO DANGER
SEATTLE, Feb., 11, (A3)—With the
their lives entrusted to the strength
WbC the hull which is destined to be
■ scrapped if it ever reaches Japan,
34 officers and men aboard the
disabled vessel Alloway are wal
lwing in a 90-mile gale while res
cue craft look on helplessly.
The exact plight of the steamer
is unknown here today as the ra
dio brought no word since late
yesterday.
The steamship Bronnoy, which
yesterday gave up the attempt to
tow the Alloway when the help
less craft became unmanageable,
presumably, is still standing by.
The Montauk, another rescue
ship, is assumed to have reached
the Alloway whose signals were
so weak they could scarcely be
heard at Dutch Harbor.
It is assumed, in the absence of
messages, that little change has
taken place in the condition of
the ship. Early yesterday the Bron
l’.oy was unaware of the Alloway’s
distress but subsequently put back
and took her in tow. After labor
ing several hours against the tos
ing seas the Master of the Bron
l.oy found the task impossible. He
■offered to take the men off but
'P<!-iptair. Throckmorton refused to
abandon slip.
The message said the Alloway
was in no immediate danger but
was being driven by the powerful
wind toward the rocks on Unalas
ka Island. If rescue ships are able
"o take her in tow they will prob
ably attempt to take her into
shelter in Unimak Pass where she
can ride at anchor until the gale
subsides.
She will then be towed to Dutch
Harbor for repairs. Her boilers are
reported to be priming badly and
file fuel pump has stopped entire
Her boilers are filled with sea
water as the ship is nearly out of
fresh water.
iflfOS SMS
CHICAGO, Feb., 11, (A>)—Sears,
Roebuck and company plans to
open 20 new large retail depart
ment stores and 150 smaller stores
during the year of 1929.
R. E. Wood, president of the
company, announced this at a
meeting of executives.
TRUCKER. Calif., Feb., 11, (A>)—
Ten thousand saw Fred Priirv, of
Nevada and California win the
,irst lap of the annual Sierra dog
^ di iby ove’ a 32-mile course in tv o
^rourj, 45 minutes and 31 seconds.
F Scottv Allan, founder of the Al
sku sweepstakes was second; his
(ir.ic was two hours, 57 minutes ana
33 seconds. Roy Stover of Idaho
was tnird in thr’e hv.irs, two min - ‘
ntes. Eleven participated in the.
race.
TUG ORDERED RETURN
TO FOOT AFTER POT
TO SEA, NORTHBOUND
i VICTORIA, B. C., Feb., 11, </P)_
The tug Salvage King left Victor
ia Saturday to aid the freighter
Alloway off the coast of Dutch
Harbor, but was ordered back af
ter rounding Race Rocks.
She had made preparations for
being a long time at sea and had
| stores aboard to last 40 days. It is
| understood she was ordered to re
turn after advices had been re
! ceived from Seattle to the local
| office.
Ur POUNDED
i B( BRICK OFF
! COIST OF Ml
HOODOO SEEMS TO BE ATTACH
ED TO TANKER: ENGINES
ARE REPAIRED
SEATTLE, Feb., 11, (/P)—Pound
ed by a southwest hurricane the
steamship Alloway again was in
distress Saturday night 120 miles
southeast from Dutch Harbor.
Radio messages here said that
the Alloway was disabled Friday
but her engines had been repair
ed and she was proceeding under
her own steam when she again
became helpless.
The steamship Montauk, 130
miles from the Alloway, was rush
ing to her assistance and was due
to reach her at noon Sunday.
Today, Monday, the new coast
guard cutter Chelan will leave
Seattle to aid the Alloway.
It the Montauk reaches the Al
loway she will attempt to tow her
to Dutch Harbor. Her radio is too
weak for communication direct
here and word as to her plight
I was received here through the
Montauk and Dutch Harbor.
BILL INTRODUCED
! VALIDATE ALASKA
| MINERAL CLAIMS
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED ACRES
IN NOME DISTRICT, UNDER
MEASURE
_
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WASHINGTON, Feb., 11, (/P)—
Valdation by the Secretary of the
Interior of several mineral entries
is asked in a bill introduced by
the Alaska delegate.
The entries include a Willow
Creek fraction, a placer mine on
Boulder Creek, a silver fraction on
a Dry Creek mine, Franklin Gulch
placer claim, Franklin Gulch, all
of the latter in the Nome district
and totaling about 45 acres now
held by the Hammond Consolidat
ed Incorporated.
The entries of Andrew Ander
son for the Maude fraction placer
claim and Snake River placer, and
of the Buford fraction placer
claims, totalling 31 acres in the
Cape Nome district, would be val
idated under the same measure.
One entry of Fred M. Johnson
for Wonder Beach placer claim,
containing seven acres in the Nome
district, would also be validated.
MADRID, Feb., 11, (/Pi—Three of
ficers of the army troops at Cuidad
have been condemned to death
for their part in the revolt and up
n mg of the troops.
It was ordered that in spite of
the hurried dispatch of loyal
troops to Valencia where the re
volt had its inception and the ar
rest of General Cabanolas, the Pre
mier has not yet stamped out the
danger.
Ruth Haviland, pretty 20-year-old aviatrix, is hostess
at the Fairfax airport, Kansas City.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb., 11, (/P)—
A report from Alan Rowe, director
of the University of Pennsylvania
expedition to Palestine to the ef
fect a great stepped alter, at which
the Canaanites worshiped their
god Wekal nearly 3,500 years ago,
has been found in Beisan, was
made public.
Many other objects of great
archeological value were also
found.
lIWllfTO
IMS1TE THE
PORTES GU TOOK THE ASSAS
SINS ATTEMPT LIGHTLY, IS
SAID
MEXICO CITY. Feb.. 11. (/Pi—
President Pnrtcs Gil narrowly es
caped the fate of President tibre
gon when a bridge, over which the
Presidential train was passing, was
'-’ynarriied killing a fireman and
derailing the engine and two
coacne* No one else was injuven
Tlv? President took the assa.s i ;■
'{.tempt lightly.
Me» nvl h . t ire ■ i ' killed i x
25 in; ired and go arrested dun.:'
depionriraflans at the funeral of
Jose De L .-on Toral, Obrogon’s as
sassin
A hundred-thousand pemms lin
ed the streets to the graveyaid
shouting "Vva Toral!” They threw,
flowers on the casket as it passed.
Several thousand police and sold
ers were stationed along the rout..
WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR
OTHERS BUT DOES NOT
KNOW WHO FIRED
BUTTE, Mont., Feb., 11, i/P)—
James McCourt, 22 years old, al
leged leader of the bandit gang
that shot and killed Patrolman
Sherard of Seattle last summer,
is held here for coastal officers.
When arrested he gave his name
as John Regan but later admitted
his real identity.
He said he was drunk during
the shooting and remembered
none of the details; those which
he did recall were hazy. He said
he was accompanied by four
others but did not know who had
fired the fatal shot.
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AT JAPANESE FOP®
TOKYO, Feb., 11, (/P)—The fun- '
:ral of Prince Kimi, father of Em- i
iress Moaka, was held with great ,
)omp and ceremony and the re- * (
nains interned in the Imperial ]
family cemetery, just outside of :
rokyo. The funeral march was <
>roadcast throughout the nation, j
BILL HAS BEEN REWRITTEN TO
CLARIFY THE SEVERAL
PROVISIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb., 11,
i VP)—The Houston bill to permit
professional boxing in Alaska and
Hawaii, was signed Saturday by
President Coolidge.
The bill is described by Sen
j ator Steiwer of Oregon, chairman,
of the Senate sub committee, as
a step tending to “Enlarge the
measure of self government in
the Territories.''
Alaska and Hawaii now have a
lesser amount of self-government
i than the people of Porto Rico and
! in the Philippines, the committee
report said, and the measure will
permit boxing matches of 10
; rounds duration except on Sun
days.
Contestants must be 18 years
of age or over and be examined
an hour before a fight. The bill
originally passed the House and
then sent to the Senate who re
ferred Jit to the judiciary commit
tee whch rewrote it to clarify sev
eral of the provisions.
HARD CASH IS PAID FOR FOL
LOWING DISPATCH FROM
SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Feb., 11, (TP)—After
traveling via airplanes, trains and
steamships three Alaskans, A. J.
Lornen, of the Lomen Reindeer
Corporation; G. R. Jackson, pres
ident of the Miners, Merchants
bank at Nome, and T. A. Peterson,
of the Teller Commercial Compa
ny, arrived here Saturday on the
S. S. Northwestern.
The trio made the trip from
Nome to Fairbanks in eight and
one-half hours, thence from Fair
banks to Seward on the govern
ment train embarking at the latter
city —Seward, the coast terminal
on the steamer.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, Republican.
Alaska, also arrived on the vessel.
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb., 11,
TP)—Governor R. C. Dillon of New
Mexico invited Arizona, Nevada
and California to come to Santa
Fe in an attempt to settle their
Boulder Dam differences. He al
so urged Colorado, Utah and Wy
unng to sit in on the conference
is observers.
IS CONGRATULATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 11,
TP)—Capt. George Fried, comman
ler of the Steamship America and
lero of the rescue of the crew of
he Italian tanker Florida, was
ongratulated in person by Pres
dent Coolidge.