MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 178.
• SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ENROUTE 0. S, 1.
ESTIMATES WILL TAKE ABOUT
85 HOURS TO MAKE 4,000
MILES TO N. Y.
FRIEDRICKSHAFEN, Aug., 1, (/P)
—This afternoon the Graf Zeppelin
was well towards the Mediterran
ean. The dirigible is carrying seven
Americans and Sir Hubert Wilkins
among the 18 passengers.
4, It proceeded steadily but cau
tiously thru the difficult mountain
ous regions between Basel, Switz
erland and Lyons, France this
morning. Shortly after noon while
flying over southern France and 90
miles from the mouth of the Rhone
the Zeppelin met head winds
everywhere; making an average
speed of less than 50 miles an
hour.
Before departure, Eckner esti
mated. because of the weather, that
it would take between 80 and 85
hours to reach New York. Eighty
hours would bring them in New
York at 6. m. Sunday.
The plans are to go southwest
ward along the Mediterranean
coast from Gibraltar and travel
slightly north to the Azores, vary
ing the route according to the
weather. The total distance is
about 4.000. miles.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug., 1, (/PI—
Jose De Silva, small town merchant
on a visit here, paid $1,140 for a
srreet car, bought from a hotel ac
quaintance who claimed to be own
er of the trolly lines.
Jose boarded his new tram, and
watched the fares being taken in
with great satisfaction. It was
with great difficulty that the offi
cials at the terminal could convince
him that the trolley car really be
longed to the city.
FIGHT PREDICTED
WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (i^P)—
President Hoover’s expression of
his intention to delay construction
of 15 battle cruisers until June 30,
1931, brought out a statement from ,
Senator Hale, chairman of the Sen
ate Naval committee, questioning
the President’s right in such an ac
tion. A fight between the Presi- j
dent and congress was predicted.
DID NOT KEEP PROMISE
NEW YORK, Aug., 1, (/P)-Miss j
Sarah Geisenfeld, Chicago steno- j
grapher, filed suit for $4,900
against Samuel Boggs, manufac
turer, charging he failed in his
promise to mary her.
COMPANIES CLOSED
NEW YORK, Aug., 1, (A5)—The
Hobart Trust Co., and two Jersey
securities companies have been!
closed by order of the New Jersey I
State Department of Banking Jz
Insurance. It is claimed that their |
capital has been impaired.
IS DIVORCED
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. (Jf>)—O.
Francis Woodard, manufacturer
of food products and who made
millions in the sale of jello, has
obtained a divorce from his wife,
his attorneys announced. The de
cree is said to have been issued
in Mexico.
| SEATTLE, Aug.. 1, (IP)—John F. |
iA. Strong, former governor of Alas
ka and pioneer publisher, was bur
lied here Wednesday. The services
were conducted by the Scottist Rite
, Masons. Strong had been spending
the summer in Seattle with his
wife. He died suddenly Saturday
evening of a heart attack.
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ABOARD Tl ZEPPELIN
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Aug., 1, (/P)
—Today the Graf Zeppelin took- !
off in a flight to the United States
at 3:29 a. m. The ship got away a
minute ahead of schedule.
As the ship dragged from the I
hangar a stowaway was seen to
jump to a beam at the top of the
Zeppelin and disappear thru the
ventilators and disappear into the
interior of the ship. The crew
quickly found him but the Zeppelin
didn't halt to eject him and sail
ed with the stowaway aboard.
PLYMOUTH, Eng., Aug., 1, (ZP)—;
Today the North German Lloyd
Liner Bremen arrived at 2:25 a. m..
making her maiden trip eastward
across the Atlantic in four days and
14 hours 30 minutes; thus clipping
five hours and 25 minutes from the
record from Ambrose Light to Ply
mouth.
On the westward voyage the j
Bremen broke the record by eight j
hours and 42 minutes. Each former ;
record was held by the Cunnard j
Liner Mauretania.
SERIES OF REDUCTIONS ARE
VOTED BY HOUSE; MUCH
SECRECY
WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (JP)—
The first open break in the wall of
secrecy surrounding the tariff rate
deliberations of the senate finance
committee and the republicans was
disclosed in a series of reduction
schedules voted by the house.
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Lumber, shingles, logs, autom
biles and other commodities will be
affected by the decisions.
Shingles and logs went back to
the free list; lumber also went to
the free list except for 15 percent
duty for maple flooring which is
designed to meet the 25 percent tax
imposed by Canada.
Senator Couzens gave notice that
be no longer would be bound by
:he secrecy agreement, explaining
that many of their preceding de-!
visions had leaked out to lobbyists:
which resulted in frequent de
mands for reconsideration.
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l BASEBALL “i
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 7-3; Chicago 1-6.
Cincinnati 2; New York 1.
Philadelphia 6; Pittsburgh 2.
St. Louis 5-2; Brooklyn 2-8.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 5; Washington 1.
Boston 4-2; Cleveland 0-6.
New York 16^ Chicgao 2.
Philadelphia 10; Detroit 1.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 7; Hollywood 5.
Portland 2; Seattle 1.
Missions 7; Los Angeles 1.
Oakland 7; Sacramento 5.
WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (JP)—
President Hoover appointed John
W. Garrett, Baltimore banker and
former diplomat ambassador to j
Italy. Garrett succeeds Henry P.1
Fletcher who resigned. Garrett’s i
name has been presented to the
Italian government and a reply as
to acceptability is now awaited.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 1, (/P)—
Further charges were made that
City Treasurer John H. Thieller, l
kept an employee on his payroll
since April altho she did not do any
work in the office.
The clerk in question, Mrs.
Charles Dorman, said she acted as.
Thieller’s confidential secretary
and Mr. Richardson, a bank and
bond clerk, who resigned recently, I
said she served as Thieller’s nurse
during his illness.
FARM BELIEF ACT
BOOSTS FARMER’S !
BORROWING POII!
WASHINGTON Aug.. 1, (/P)—By
virtue of the farm relief act the
producer of an agricultural com
modity can get 20 percent more of
the value of his crop when he turns;
it over to the co-operative thru
which he sells.
Heretofore a co-operattive has
been able to borrow from federal
intermediate banks only' 60 to 65
percent of the value of the commo
dity it acquires. Thus a farmer j
selling wheat when the market was
$1 a bushel was paid 60 to 65 cents '
Dii the dollar. (
WASHINGTON SOCIAL SET POPULARIZES HORSE
has become one of the popular diversions in Washington]
society. The debs even play polo (above). Mrs. David S. Ingalls
(lower right), wife of the new assistant secretary of the navy for aero
nautics, is an enthusiastic horsewoman. So is Evelyn Walker (lower
left), prominent in the capitol’s smart circles.
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SEIZURE CONSISTED OF DIS
MISSAL OF RUSSIAN EM
PLOYEES
WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (£>)_The
Soviet government has declined an
offer by France to mediate in the
Manchurian conflict, according to
advices from Moscow. The an
nouncement was made thru the of
ficial Tass News Agency and the
dispatch said the Soviet attitude is
based on the refusal of the Chinese
authorities to restore status on the
Chinese Eastern Railway in Man
churia as demanded in the recent
Soviet note.
In the meanwhile, Secretary of
State Stimson was advised by Am
bassador Claudel of France that he
had been informed that the Soviets
would abide by the Kellogg pact for
renunciation of war if possible. The
Chinese minister also informed the
state department that his govern
ment intended to abide by the pact.
The Chinese envoy told Mr. Stim
son that the reported seizure of the
Chinese Eastern Railway actually
consisted of dismissal of the Rus
sian employees.
IMS IS PIKE
TOUR CITIES WITH
THE ME "ROBIN"
CHICAGO. Aug., 1, (/P)—Dale
Fackson and Forrest O’Brien pilots
of the “St. Louis Robin,” endur
ance fliers, will start on a tour
to various citys begining Friday
using the famous “Robbin ”
They will be acc ompanied
)y a refueling ship piloted by Maj
>r Wassal. P. C. Chaffee and Maj
>r Robertson of the Curtiss-Rob
;rtson Airplane Manufacturing
I Corporation, will accompany the
, fliers in his own plane,
j Jackson and O’Brien and the
^others will leave Friday morning
for Chicago then go to Detroit and
j continue on an unannounced
: itinerary from there.
CLOSE TO SI.000,000,000
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (/P)—A mer
ger of the Standard Oil of In
i' dian and its partly owned sub
j sidiary, the Pan-American Pet
roleum, involving securities close
i to $1,000,000,00 was officialy an
nounced.
13 INDICTMENTS
NEW YORK, Aug., 1, (/P)—Seven
additional indictments against the
four partners of Clarke Bros., own
ers of the private bank which re
cently failed for $5,000,000 were re
turned by the grand jury. This
brings the total indictments up to
13.
PREVENT DUPLICATION
WASHINGTON, Aug., 1, (/P)_The
merger of small cocperatives so
as to prevent duplication in termi
nals and warehouse facilities must
be accomplished before loans will
;be granted by the federal farm
board, under its latest policy.
PAPAL SECRETARY
BUDAPEST, Aug., 1, (TP)—It is re
| ported in ecclesiastical cir^es that
i Cardinal Prince Primate Justinian
jSeredy of this country is slated to
succeed Cardinal Gasparri as Papal
secretary of state when the latter
retires shortly.