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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 209. SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
BIG REPUBLICAN
VOTE BROUGHT OUT
RETURNS TOO MEAGER DECIDE
WHO ARE WINNERS, DEMO
OR REPUBLICANS
DETROIT. Sept. G, (/P)—Governor
Fred Green, Republican, was renom
inated. State primary returns from
1927 out of 3,184 precincts gave Green
260,532 against 102,902 for George
Welsh, former Lieutenant Governor
Luren Dickenson, incumbent, led
for Lieutenant Governor with 133,466
votes against 93,494 for Fred Wood
worth.
In the Democratic contest Frank
Sawyer led Theodore Elderdink;
5,652 against 3,395.
Repreentativisi Janies McLaughlin
John Ketchma, Grant Hudson and
Clarence McLeod, all Republicans
in whose district a contest develop,
ed, were renominated.
Representative Robert Clancy and
John Sosnow-ske, -former Congress
man, were making a close race in
the first district for Republican hon
ors.
Where the Democrats were enter,
ed more than one candidate for Con
gre-ss the returns were too meagei
for definite indication as to the win
ner.
RANKS AL SMITH
II RUGGED HONESTY
WITH ABE LINCOU
SENATOR WHEELER MONTANA
SAYS DEMOCRATS MARCH
FORWARD VICTORY
HELENA, Mont, Sept., 6, (/Pi
Sharp criticism of the Republican
administration coupled with the de
claration that victory for the Dam
ocratic ticket in November was nev
er more certain, was made in an ad
dross by Safhator Wheeler before
the Democrat State Convention.
He declared “we are marching
forward in perfect harmony; with
a united front we are advancing tc
victory.” Governor Smith was des.
cribed by the Senator as a “man oi
the common people whose rugged
honesty and steady rise from an
obscure birth, amid the liuimblest
walks of life, rank him as another
Lincoln.”
Thot To Have Fought
Seas Hours After
Falling Overboard
ROME. Sept. 6, (>P)—Tlva loss of
Miss Louise Moore of New York who
fell overboard from the motorship
Augustus while enroutia from Genoa
to Naples had an unexpected sequel
wtoan the captain of a merchant ves
sel the Capo.Nord, arriving at Genoa,
reported having sighted what was be
lieved to Da a woman swimming al.
most 17 hours later, although he
stopped the ship and threw over life
baits and madia a three hour search,
nothing further was seen again.
UNEASY RESTS HEAD, ETC
BELGRADE, Sept 6, (ff)—Two Al
banians were arnasted on the suspi.
cion of an intention to assassinate
Ahmed Zogu of Albania.
Out 199 Swimmers
None Make Goal
In Frigid Waters
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i TORNTO, Sept., G, (/P)—The frigid
| waters of Ontario swept clean 199
j swimmers last night when George
Michel of France came in. the sole
! survivor of a 15-imile marathon race.
He was hauled out after going 12
miles in 11 hours and 12 minutes.
I His inability to finish lost him S25,
000. Vieroetter quit at the 11 mile
mark.
Cl LDMEN. THE
BEIHR Ml. TO
NOMEITE BETROTHED TO THE
DAUGHTER OF AUTHOR OF
VOLSTEAD ACT
SEATTLE, Sept., G, (/P)—A special
dispach to the Times from Washing
II. C. says that Miss Laura Vc.
stead, daughter of the author of the
! Volstead Act, will soon marry Carl
! Lomen of Nome and make their home
I in Nome.
Miss Volstead at one time had pol.
I itical aspirations to run for Congress
i from her father’s district in Minneso.
j ta oppossing Representative O. .1.
Scale who defeated her father five
i years ago.
During her father’s term in Con
j gress Miss Voltead acted as his sec.
; retary and at the ame time took a
coure in law. She no doubt is pre
. paring for an active public career
| as she has taken little part in the of
i ficial society.
DUTCH COMING IN
THE HAGUE, Sept., G, (/P)—1The
Netherlands Government has inform
ed Washington that it is preparing
the necessary legal measures to ena.
ble this Dutch Government to adhere
to the Kellogg-Brland Pact.
JUDGE TRANSFER
WILL DELAY COURT
THIRD DISTRICT JUDGE GOES TO
JUNEAU; CLEGG MAY POSSI
BLY COME HERE
With the question coming up of
I the settlement of Seward’s delinquent
tax roll which must be reviewd and
jsigned by the U. S. District Judge of
!the District, it now developes that
ithere has been a switching around
that may delay holding of any court
here until near the end of the year.
This lias been brought about by an
order of the Department of Justice
ordering Judge E. Coke Hill of the
Third District from his headquarters
|in Valdez to Juneau, where a vacan.
jc-y still exists because of the death
of Judge Reed, and where no appoint
jment has been made. This was
doubtless done upon the recommen.
(dation of William D. Mitchell, solici
tor of the United States, who recent
ly looked over the judgeship question
as applied to the First District and
who is now hunting to the Westward.
!
; This will delay the calling of the
regular grand jury at Valdez and will
|also delay any term of court here,
unless in the meantime, the Depart,
iment may be induced to clean up the
local cadendar by .calling Judge Cecil
Diegg of Fairbanks. An effort is
being made i!1 this direction it is
understood.
Other changes in this official posi.
i lions in the Third Judicial District
| as reported from Valdez are that
W. D. Coppernoll has unsigned from
|the position of District Attorney, to
be succeeded by Warren M. Cuddy.
.Cuddy has been clerk of the court
I for a number of years, and is suc
! needed by George L. Love, who was
jan assistant clerk in addition to
|being a prominent business man of
j Valdez.
| It is possible to settle the Steward
.tax list by sending it to Juneau or
I holding it here for the possible ar.
i rival of Judge Clegg.
Al Smith Carries
Fight Into West
Another 10 Days
ALBANY, Sept., G, (/P)—Governor
Al Smith will carry the Presidential
■campaign into the West during the
week of September 16 with three
speeches in Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Colorado. His first address will be at
Omaha on September 18, the second
at Oklahoma City on September 20,
and the third in Denver on the 22nd.
SUBJECT OF RHINELAND EVAC
UATION MAY COME UP AT
CONFERENCE
GENEVA, Sept., G, (/P)—Briand
and Mueller, of Germany, held an
informal conversation on promotion
and understanding of their relations
leaving untouched the question of the
Rhineland evacuation.
Briand informed his caller that
France could not embark on a dis
cussion of the question without the
presence of her allies. Great Britain
and Belgium.
Later, he told the press, that the
; conversation was not of the charac
er to be discussed excepting that it
; dealt with the Larcano pact and re.
I lations to the two Nations.
It is indicated that Briand may re
| turn the visit soon. With delegates
to the League the assembly display
ed unrest tnd felt the problems of
reparations and evacuation might be
linked.
.
ROOSEVELT OPTIMISTIC
NEW YORK, Sept. 5, (,/P)—Franklin
D. Roosevelt has published an analy
sis of the presidential outlook in
which he gave a slight edge to Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith.
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NEW TEACHERS ON
WAY
TO ARCTIC EXILE
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The cutter Boxer,(right) Captain Whitlam, is now
in the Arctic having taken 15 new teachers to the Alaskan
school service of the United States Bureau of Education.
During the past year Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Wolfe
(lower left) were the only white persons in an isolated
Esk' .o village where they taught. Above is shown a
group of Eskimo children at tooth brush drill.
HOOVER’S DRIVE ACROSS THE
CONTINENT WILL START
NEXT MONTH
WASHINGTON, Sept., G, (&)—
Hoover’s New York address on Oc
tober 17 will be the fourth and last
he will make in the East and South
for soon after he will begin his final
campaign drive with a swing across
California, his home State, in time
vote on November G.
His invasion of the South will be
made early in October witn a speech
aL Elizabethton, Tenn., on the Gth,
at the Industrial Exposition. Either
immediately before or after this trip
he will go to Boston to speak in the
State where Republicans are center,
ing a great deal of effort.
While Hoover has decided upon
the theme of only his Newark, N. .1.
talk on September 17, it is expected
that in none of the four speeches
will he discuss prohibition. He feels
his position in fav„or of the Eight
eenth Amendment and enforcement
of dry laws, is well known.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILL
ED IN PLUNGE DOWN DEEP
EMBANKMENT
COLUMBIA, S. C. Sept., 6, (^)—
Engineer D. B. Poore and fireman
W. F. Rataree were killed and pilot
J. F. Glenn is missing, as a result
of a passenger train plunging down
a 30-foot embankment.
Relief crews reached the scene
with difficulty and reported a few
passengers were slightly injured. All
were marooned throughout the night.
The mail clerk and baggage mas.
ter were seriously injured in the wash
out which caused the wreck. The
wrecker and crews were unable to
reach the wreckage because of the
long stretch of torn track. Three
passenger coaches, occupied by 20
passengers, remained upright while
the baggage and mail car overturned.
Kansan Leads On
First Leg Air Race
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept., 6, ftP)—
Earl Rowland, of Wichita, Kansas,
piloting a Cessna monoplane in the
Class A cross continental air race,
was first to reach Columbus from
Rooevelt Field, New York. Thirty,
seven planes started.
Oppose Sale Of
Government Ships
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, (^—Oppo
sition to the proposed sale by the
Government of the ships of the Unit
ed Slate lines and the American Mer
chant Line took definite form when
Senator D. U. FJatcher issued a plea
•hat tine sale be halted. The two
leets are up for auction including
:he liner Leviathan.