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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 47. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Seward,
Alaska
“Center of
Everything’
FOR PUIS TESTED
BY COL URIDBERGH
OPERATED MAGNETICALLY WITH
OUT GASOLINE OR OTHER
FUEL
DETROIT, Feb. 27. </P)—The Free
Press said an airplane operated
electric magnetically, without gas
oline or other fuel, has been tested
successfully by Col. Chas. A. Lind
bergh and Major Thomas Lampliier,
Flight Commander of Selfridge Field.!
The motor, the paper said, might
revolutionize the entire scheme of
automotive power and was the inven
tion of Lester J. Hendershot.
Colonel Lindbergh and Major Lam- s
pliier, and D. Barr Peat, of Pitts- i
burgh, business manager of the in-!
vendor, conducted the test, and the!
Free Press reported it “successful in j
every respect.”
The Guggenheim Foundation, for
the promotion of aeronautics, arrang-.
t ed for an immediate demonstration 1
of the motor which is said to be bas
ed on the principle of electric magne
tism as applied to the rotary motion i
of the earth.
The newspaper said: “So far the
experiments madfe have been applied
ouly to airplanes. Later develop
ments are planned. These will extend
the scope of operations to other
fields of locomotion.”
PILOT, PASSENGER
WANTED TO WAVE GREETINGS
TO INCOMING PASSENGERS
ON STEAMER
KFW YORK, FEE 27, (/P) —V
■‘Jig'ht in the freezing cold weather of
last Saturday of a pilot and a pas
senger w'ho wanted to meet a liner
and wave greetings to a woman pas
senger, is believed to have added
iwo more names to the list of fliers
lo>t at sea.
The two missing are Walter Hend
ricks, pilot, and Dave Staggert. They
took off with four hours of gasoline
supply and nothing has been heard
from them since.
A search by air and water forces
failed to bring any trace of them or
the plane. Hendricks fellow aviators
feared the plane, which was not
equipped for landing upon water, was
forced down with a frozen motor.
WATSON DUE WEDNESDAY
The S. S. Admiral Watson of the
f*. *3. S. Co., is due to return to port
trorn \hf> We ittravd Wednesday morn
ing sailing South in the evening.
GICII. S. DIRIGIBLE
FLYING TO HINA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, (£>)—'The
dirigible Los Angeles took off from
Lakehurst at 6:15 o’clock this morn
ing on a training flight to Havana to
demonstrate the useableness of light
er than air craft for commercial pur
poses.
DETAILED CONFESSION IS MADE
BY TWO OF FIVE MEN JAIL
ED YESTERDAY
CHICAGO, Feb. 27, (£>)-■ The pSlice
department has announced the solu
tion of the $133,000 mail and train
robbery with the arrest of five of the
seven bandits and recovery of a large
pari of the stolen money. Twenty
live other suspects have been re
leased upon the investigation prov
ing they had no connection with the
case.
I
The two other bandits are being
sought. There identity is known.;
Deputy 'Commissioner O’Connor [
said a detailed confession has been
made by “Limpy” Charlie Cleaver
and William Donovan, who, the police
say, plotted the robbery with Wil-|
ium Carmody, Angelo Francisco and!
Joseph Lamm, the latter a proprietor
of a pool room where the gang gather
ed.
Nearly $18,000 was recovered from
Cleaver's home. Donovan also con
fessed to two other recent robberies,
one of the Ravenswood National
bank, and the other, of Joseph Fek
ete, a mortgage banker.
Seattle—Donald Hufraan, Peggy
O’Neal, Daniel W. Evans, Mrs. L. L.
Hufman, Jerry Callahan, Mrs. Calla
han, Mrs. Wm. Dout, A. M. Barnes,
Blanche O’Neal, Mike Murphy, James
Murphy, Andy Keough, Jay Kneeland,
Ed. Flemming, F. Obrikot, Jean Eric
son, Arony Ericson, Mrs. Manning,
Mary Ericson, P. A. Marsch, G. A.
Adams, J. G. Cotter, D. H. Graves, A.
Gorchon, T. L. Chidester, Mrs. and
Mrs. Axel Olson, James Shaw, A. W.
Tagert, Chas. F. Tagert, J. H. Rhein
hart, F. Collisard, Robert Z. Howard,
Barton Marsch.
Cordova—G. C. Main, John Coats,
Hans Simenson.
Valdez—J. P. Morgan.
Latouche—Robert Light, Pat Cal
vey, Miss E. Fowler, Miss L. Lorvell,
H. C. Rutherford.
Juneau—Robert Wakelln, Ivan F.
Winson, Hans Koskaro.
Ketchikan—R. Packebush.
NO TRACE FOUND OF HARRY
BROOKS, PILOT: PLANE
BADLY DAMAGED
SEBASTIAN, Florida, Feb. 27, (£>)—
The Ford filivver plane which dis
sapeared into the Atlantic Saturday
night off Melbourne, was washed
ashore ^near here this morning.
No trace of the body of Harry
Brooks, pilot, has been found. The
plane was badly damaged; one wing
had been entirely ten off by waves
and the other wing was stripped.
Propelled was broken and the fuse
lage wrecked.
The plane was brought to Seb-is- j
tian. The search for Brook’s body is
being continued with the aid of air |
planes.
BOYISH FIGURES
NEW YORK, Feb. 27. (/P)—The
craze for boyish figures is the prin- j
cipal cause of consumption in women
between the ages of 16 and 32, Dr.
George Nelback, secretary of the Nat
ional Tuberculosis Association said in
announcing the Eaton wide campaign i
against disease.
my. PAUL DISCUSSES
FISHERIES, GOOLID9E
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (/P)-Wm.
L. Paul, Alaskan lawyer, discussed
fishing regulations in Alaskan waters
with President Coolidge, on Saturday.
He declared the time limit of Alaskan
fishing was unduly restricted and
suggested an additional 10 days for
the natives.
VILHJUn STEFANSSON
ENTERS N. y. HOSPITAL
i
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, (£■)—VilhjaJ-j
mur Stefansson was admitted to a
hospital today for diagnosis of an ail
ment of a minor nature superinduced j
by a too persistent diet of fish which j
has been his principal means of sus-j
teuance on Arctic expeditions.
DISSAPROVES PROJECTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, {JP)—!
Major General Jadwin has disap-1
proved of improvements to Po't:
Frederick and Williams Henry Bay, j
in Alaska.
SIGN NEW TREATIES
PARIS, Feb. 27. (>P)—France signed
new commercial accords with Belgium
and Geripany and ratified accords
signed during the last few months
with Switzerland, Italy and Germany.
Dave Banks (left) of the New York Celtics is only five feet, three
inches tall and the smallest player in professional basketball, but he has
averaged eight points a game in comparison with two and two-thirds
for the pro game’s tallest player. Milas Shoun (right), seven feet, two
inch center of the Chicago Bruins.
SENATE REPASSED SUPPLY BILL
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR
The Senate, after having passed the
bill carrying appropriations for the
Department of the Interior, February
4, recalled that measure February 8
in order to talk over one item, the ap
| propriations relating to the Alaskan
railroad.
Senator Howell (Rep), of Nebraska,
proposed two amendments to that item
and their introduction precipitated a
; debate that consumed some three
■ hours before they were finally reject
i ed and the bill repassed and sent on
| its legislative course. One of the
! amendments proposed by Senator
j Howell was rejected on a ion
'55 to 17; the other was defeated by a
! vive voce vote, and the bill was re
! passed the same way.
| The purpose of the Howell amend
j ments, their sponsor declared, was to
| prohibit expenditure of any of the
| funds on one 39 mile stretch of nar
I row gauge road beginning at Fair
i
! banks and the other prohibited use of
the money on that part of the line
running from Seward to Anchorage.
He insisted that the lines in question
were not paying their way, that they
never would pay and that it was a
bad precedent for Congress to contin
ue making appropriations for a pro
perty that consistently had been run
ning at a deficit.
Senator Willis (Rep.), of Ohio, as
well as several other Senators, entered
objection to the program suggested
by Senator Howell, the Ohio Senator
asserting that Senator Howell was
starting a campaign of abandoment.
Senator Willis declared a vital public
policy was involved and Senator
Smoot (Rep.), of Utah, said the Sen
ate, if it was proposed, should not do
so until it had given the matter thor
ough consideration.
It was Senator Howell’s contention,
that there was little possibility that
development of Alaska ever would
reach the stage where the road was
necessary and informed the Senate*
with reference to the Fairbanks ex
tension that “the Government had
bought a defunct, broken down piece
of property which had been unloaded
by the United States Smelting, Refin
ing and Mining Co., because the pro
perty was always run at a loss.” He
declared that no one excepting “the
United States Government would buy
such a piece of junk.” and insisted
that the Senate take a position with
respect to “continuing operation of the
road for the benefit of this rich cor
poration.”
Senator Willis, renewing his argu
ment that a Federal policy was involv
ed, told the Senate that the figures
showed a gradual reduction in the de
ficit of the road. He recounted infor
mation which he said he gained dur
ing a visit to Alaska in the last six
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