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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 125.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1929.
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MRS. WOODRUFF AND MRS. DE
VINNY GUESTS OF HONOR
LUNCHEON RECEPTION
Adreasing a large gathering of
Seward business men and women
at the weekly meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce, yesterday, which
occasion had been previously de
signed as Ladies Day, in their hon
or, Mrs. May Leonard Woodruff and
* Mrs. V. F. DeVinny. survey commit
tee for the Woman’s Home Missions
Society, conveyed with the fullest
note of sincerity the profound
greetings of the society’s board of
?5 trustees and the appreciation of
the organization as a whole to the
people of Seward. Alaska whose co
ooerat.ion and assistance they said,
has been invaluable factors in es
* tablisbing and maintaining the
Jesse Lee Home at Seward.
Leon Urbach, president of the
Chamber of Commerce introduced
The guests of honor and asked the
ladies in turn to speak on the func
tions of the noble society responsi
* ble for the inaugeration of the in
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EDWARD GALLAGHER WAS IN
SANITARIUM SINCE FEBRU
ARY, MENTAL DISORDER
NEW YORK, May 29, (JP)—Ed
,4, ward Gallagher , member of the
famous team of Gallagher and
Shean is dead. Penniless and par
alyzed Gallagher entered a sanitai
. ii'.m for a mental disorder in Feb
ruary after an unsuccessful at
x mpf to stage a comeback.
Gallagher and Shean shot to
f me in 1920 but when Ziegfield re
fused to pay them $1,500 a week in
1925 they quickly dropped from
sight.
His first wife Helen, a night club
hostess paid his hospital expenses
and was at the bedside when he
died.
, HLASKA GIRL FLIER
TIT ESTABLISHED
NEW ALTITUDE MARK
LOS ANGELES, May 29, UP)—Miss
* Marvel Crosson, San Diego and Al
aska woman flier, apparently es
tablished a new altitude record
when she drove a Ryan monoplane
un 24,000 feet.
"fhe altimeter was sealed before
the start and will be sent to the
^ Bureau of Standards at Washing
ton for calibration.
Official recognition of the feat is
withheld until the record has been
checked. Miss Crosson is a sister
of Jop Crosson, associate of Sir
Hubert Wilkins in Alaskan and
Antarctic flights.
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LET ’EM REST!
NEW YORK, May 29, UP)—Colon
md Mrs. Lindbergh, who eluded re
norters and photographers, are en
joying a hard won privacy. Inves
tigation by brigades of newspaper
men entirely failed to reveal their
wheieabouts.
FOREST FIS JUPSN
TOKJO, May 29, (/P)—At least 25
persons were killed and scores in- I
jured in forest fires in the Tome
take region in southern Saghalien I
Esutori.
A village containing 700 homes
was wiped out and eight bodies re- j
covered. In another village seven ;
dead were found and it is feared i
other localities suffered. The fires
are burning still and communica
tion has been disrupted.
FELLOW WORKER !
FULLS TO DEATH
—
CAUGHT AS HE FELL IN SHAFT
HELD FIVE MINUTES; DIS
CUSSED LIFE, DEATH
GLOBE, Ariz., May 29, (JP)—Arth
ur Oates, injured and helpless in
the arms of a fellow worker, dis
cussed the possibilities of life and
death for five minutes then plung
ed 1,000 feet to the bottom of the
old Dominion mine shaft. He was
dead when picked up.
Oates was the shaft repair boss
and was fixing timbers on the 700
hoot level, with Charles Reed, when
i timber struck Oates on the head.
| As he fell Reed caught him and
held him for five minutes during
which time the men conversed;
Oates explaining he already was se
riously injured and urging his
companion not to endanger his life.
Reed held him until his strength
failed, however.
TRUCK DRIVER IS
SHUT AND KILLED
I 18 DF STRIKERS
PETERSBURG. May 28. OP)—
Michael Rockford. 24, a truck driver
was killed as the result of a clash
between deputy sheriffs and a
crowd which attacked the milk
wagon of a company involved in a
labor dispute.
A score of men stopped the truck
and dragged Rockford from the
seat. Deputies, who had been guard
ing the trucks for more than a week
since the trouble started, ordered
the crowd to disperse. The crowd
i stoned the deputies causing one
deputy to fire into the crowd killing
Rockford. Twelve arrests were
made.
JAPAN SEIZED WITH
BUBONIC PLAGUE, SAID
! TOKIO, May 29, i/P)—An out
break of bubonic plague in Osaka
and outlying districts has caused
postponement of the projected
journev of Emperor Hirohito to the
industrial cities of the west. He was
| to have left this week but the date
of departure has now been set for
the first week of June.
BRITAIN IS CHAMP
BERLIN, May 28, (/P)—Percy Ai
liss, British professional golfer, won
;fhe Germany open championship
jover Wannsee course with 225 for
72 holes. Horton Smith was second
with 287; Johnny Farrell was third
with 289 while Walter Hagen was
fourth with 290.
J. H. FLICKINGER ADDRESSES
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TUESDAY LUNCHEON
A vivid account of the sinking of
the S. S. Aleutian in Uyak Bay and
the escapement of 155 of the 156
persons aboard the ill-fated liner
when it struck a hidden rock off
Amook Island Sunday morning, was
given by J. H. Flickinger, Seward
agent for the A. S. S. Co., address
ing the Seward Chamber of Com
merce at the weekly luncheon of
the organization yesterday.
Sincere in his praise for the most
efficient manner in which Captain
Nord and his officers and crew re
moved everyone from the vessel
which plunged to the bottom of the
sea in less than 10 minutes after
crashing, Mr. Flickinger, after pay
ing tribute also to the employes of
the Alaska Packers Association at
the Larsons Bay canery who assist
ed materially in the rescue work
and rendered every possible aid in
restoring the spirits and comfort of
the shipwrecked members, turned
to Captain R. R. Lukens, master of
the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
vessel, also present at the meeting,
and with moist eyes and a broken
voice thanked the Captain, in the
name of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
and the doomed vessel’s, survivors,
for having speedily responded to
their distress call, and rescuing
the entire party from the waters
beaches and open life boats, and
landing them all safelv in Seward.
GRAFFIC ACCOUNT
“Accompanied by my wife,” said
Mr. Flickinger, “I'took the Aleutian
lout of Seward, Friday night, after
| midnight intending to make the
round trip to the Westward canner
ies and return to Seward Sunday
nite or early Monday. The Aleutian
was carrying freight and cannery
crews for various ports in the dis
trict, includii g Uvak, Uganik, Lar
sons Bay and Zacker Bay, also
about 10 tons of freight for the
schooner Esther, which was to be
met in Uyak Bay, at the far end of
Amook Island.
“Everything had been going well.
I had been up several times Satur
day night, as the ship made stops
at the canneries, and at 4:30 a. m.
Sunday morning I dressed fully
I After the ship departed from Zack
ier Bay I decided to lie down for a
Tittle more sleep, only removing
|nart of my clothing. Just about
j 30 minutes after leaving Zacker
Bay the crash came, and the ship
immediately took a list to port.
TAKE TO BOATS
“My wife and I were in bed
at once. Because of the great list
it was impossible to finish dressing
in the stateroom and we grabbed
what clothes we could and made
our way out on deck. We could vfeel
I the vessel sinking, andl became
concerned only with the safety of
my wife and myself. A partially
clad steward passed us, rousing
everyone who wasn’t already up.
Captain Nord was giving sharp or
ders to the sailors and directing the
lowering of the life boats.
“We made for a boat that was al
ready being lowered, about 30 feet
away from, us, on the starboard side
but by the time we reached the rail
the boat was within 10 feet of the
sea and the occupants pushing with
all their strength keeping the life
boat from the ship. It didn’t seem
necessary to lower very many of
the Aleutian’s life boats; but the
one below us looked crowded al
ready. As the stern began to rise
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SENTENCE METED OUT
PAINTSVILLE, Ky, May 28. (/P)
—A motion for a new trial was!
formally presented to Judge J. W. j
conusel representing the six-year j
old Carl Newton Mahan, found1
guilty of the murder of his eight
year old playmate and sentenced
to serve 15 years in a penal
instution for criminals. The sen
tence has aroused a storm of indig
nation thruout the country.
WOMEN ORGANIZE
FOB py WE TO
CHANGE DRY LAW
—
BELIEVE PROHIBITION LAW
VIOLATES FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPAL NATION
CHICAGO, May 29, (/P)—Mrs..
Charles H. Sabin, formerly a mem
ber of the republican national com
mittee of New York state, announc
ed the temporary formation of a
woman’s organization designed to
work for a change in the national
prohibition laws.
The statement said that to ac- |
complish this purpose the organi
zation would deal with facts, not
fancies, and added “We believe the
prohibition law violates the funda
mental principles of our govern
ment” and that women should
pledge themselves to give their ut
; termost aid in a sane solution of
the problem.
TO RESUME UK
JUNE 10 ON TIFF,
| ANNOUNCES SMOOT
j WASHINGTON, May 29, (/P)—
!Chairman Smoot announced the
! senate finance committee will
start hearings on the house
I tariff bill about June 10 when
j it will receive testimony from
'persons who did not appear be
| fore the house ways and means
| conynittee.
Smoot said the committee is
[willing to allow democratic mem
I bers of the committee to parti
cipate in the gearings. The house
I passed the tariff measure yester
iday.
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ALOMA, Tenn., May 29, (A3)—A
mob of nearly 100 men entered Uk
county jail and removed Joe Boxly,
19 year old negro accused of attack
ing the wife of the justice of the
peace and hanged him to a tree
four miles from town.
He was taken from jail about 4
o’clock in the morning; the body
was found shortly afterwards. A i
cardboard near the body read “Let
this — hang here; 4 p. m. Tuesday.”
LARGE SUM STILL DUE
WASHINGTON, May 28. (JP)—
Ambassador Claudel informed the
| the state department that the
| Poincare government has hopes
to secure ratification of agree
i ment for funding the war pact.
There is $400,000,000 still due to
| the United States from France
on account of the world war
‘ supplies. j
BILL SIM BY
GOVERNOR REPEALS
STATE DRY ACT
VOTERS OF WISCONSIN WANT
CHANGE ENFORCEMENT OF
PROHIBITION ACT
MADISON, Wis., May 29, (A3)—
Governor Kohler signed a bill re
pealing the state prohibition en
forcement act obeying the peoples’
mandate who, in the spring elec
tion voted nearly a 150,000 majority
for the repeal of the bill which
passed the assembly a month ago
and the senate two weeks ago.
Attempts to block its passage
failed in both houses. The entire
liquor enforcement in Wisconsin is
now in the hands of federal agents
local and state officers having no
authoi ity.
Governor Kohler’s statement said
‘The 18th amendment provided
that congress and several states
shall have concurrent power to en
force this article by appropriate
legislation.”
M1ILS TYPHOON
DEATH TOLL BOW
TWELVE
PHILIPPINE RED CROS^i IS IN
CHARGE OF WORK; $500 AU
THORIZED FOR RELIEF
MANILA. May 29, (/P)—The death
toll from Friday’s typhoon in south
ern Levte province, is reported 112
as communications into the section
\s reestablished.
First reports said but 12 were
killed. Several towns are still iso
lated and the death list may grow.
The Philippine Red Cross is in
charge of the work and the execu
tive bureau is authorized to spend
1,000 pesos ($500) relief work.
Six villages in the Leyte province
were destroyed and inundated by
continuous rain. The heaviest life
loss occurred in the Cogod and An
tiguo vicinity.
NINE KILLED IN
MINE EXPLOSION
YOLANDE, Ala., May 28, (/P)—
Nine men were killed and two otn
ers severely burned in an explosion
1000 feet below the surface in the
Connersville mine. Inspectors re
ported the blast was caused by an
overcharge of dynamite. The bodies
were recovered after the rescuers
fought flames thruout the night
that enveloped the workings. A
12th member of the mine crew
crawled from the shaft uninjured.
The dead included seven white and
+wo negroes; all were killed instant
ly. When word of the explosion
reached town hundreds of persons
gathered about the shaft.
A FRIGID RECEPTION
WASHINGTON, May 28, (A5)—
Suggestions advanced by Sir Esme
Howard, dean of the diplomatic
corps and British ambassador that
foreign embassies would agree to
waive their rights to have intoxi
cating beverages was met by a fri
gid reception from other foreign
representatives.