MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME NUMBER 205.
SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BEING.
SPENT IN NEW CONSTRUC
TION AND REPAIR
Fall building activities in Seward
are at a peak .right now, according to
local building material men, speak
ing volumes for Scwaru prosperity
and ifiiih of the citizens in the city’s
I'utii e. The total building program
runs into many thousands of dollars,
including mw construction and re-I
fhabilition of existing structures.1
However, there still exists a housing;
shortage, a condition that perhaps!
will not. be remedied until next
season, when it is deemed probable
that a number of new' bungalows will
be built for sale or rent.
Among the important new works
now going forward is the new' roof j
and upr ‘ ory remodeling of the
Bank of rd bui ' w'hich will j
add grea a ap, ace of that i
structure
The show room addition to the
plant of the Seward Machine Shop
i.o being rapidly completed under the
t.irection of diaries Leehror, pro
prietor and should be ready for oc
cupancy end display of the new model
Fords by the end of the month.
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HARTLEY STILL IN LEAH AS
POPULAR CHOICE GOVER.
NOR WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, Sept.. 13 <;P)—Returns
from 538 precincts out of 627 in the
Third district gave Senator John
son a lead of 1.598 over Homer
Bone. Johnson had fallen several
thousand vo'ies behind in the early
returns but votes from flip rural
districts wiped out the lead Bone
had piled up.
In Pierce County other contests
remained the same.
The vote for Governor from 1.745
•precincts was H'artlejy 110,065 ami
Preneh 93,195.
Hipkgra&e Rogk
For T reatment
At Outside Plants
Together with the high grade con
centrate of the Alaska Treadwell
mine at Mayo in the Yukon Territory
which went out on the S. S. Aleutian
to the tune of 10 carloads, there were
shipments of high grade ore from
the Kenai Peninsula which will give
smelter testimony to he excellence o*
mines in this vicinity.
One hundred and 20 sacks of gold
highgrade were shipped from the
Bameniberg mine at Girdwotod, being
selected ore from a high grade vein
that will supply funds for a mill that
is to b© installed on the property.
From Mile 16 on the Alaska Rail,
road came a partial shipment of high
grade gold ore from the Drier proper,
ty to be supplanted by further ship
ments this fall before a mill can be
installed on the ground.
Railroad heads
and Labor Chiefs
Holding Paw Wow
CHICAGO, Sept., IS, (JP)—The Fed.
eral Board of Mediation, which will
attempt to settle the wage dispute
between trainmen and conductor's
and 55 railroads, met with Union
leaders again.
They adjourned today without
reaching an agreement. By a recent
vote 70,000 conductors and trainmen
are understood to have favored a
general strike.
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REVISION PLANS MAY PERMi'i
EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
After hasty revision of the plan.;
Per the new scnool house for which
?50,000 has been votial by the City
of Seward, it is rumored that a new
and concrete proposition is to be p.e
rented to the City Council tonight
that may result in early operations on
♦ ve new structure. It is said that
*'.-c city’ present demands are being
’ ' provisions being made for future
. •• r Mt, yrier
eouip.ment within the funds available.
An adjourned meeting of *’i . Ci'.v
Council will take up the knotty prob
lem again this evening, the concensus
as far as all councilman and citizens
being hat a new school shall he pro
vided at once. Certain discrepancies
between the desires of the city and
the means of accomplishing them are
being ironed out, it is said, to the end
that a real creditable structure will
result.
GOVERNOR GOES BACK BUT DOES
NOT TAKE ALL HIS FRIENDS
• WITH w I P.1
SEATTLE, Sept. 13, (JP)—Senator
Johnson’s renomination is artparently
assured with Hi precincts, ail siiDnosed
rtrong.holds o!' the Senator unreportcd.
Johnson had HS. 107 and Ilomer Bono
Vancouver, Columbia, the Walla
Walla Bulletin and the Seattle Times,
announced editorially that they back,
ed Scott. Bullitt, Democrat, I'or Gover
nor.
Hartley's slate of candidates for ad.
ministrative ;K>sts was ‘shattered
when the public renominated Attor
ney General Dunbar, Secretary Hinkle,
Land Commissioner Savidge, Auditor
Clausen, all of whom Hartley had been
fighting. The proponents of the Gov
ernor were more successful in dis
placing veterans in both the House
and Senate. The changes will prob
ably give Hartley undisputed control
of tie House and will si re ugh ten his'
hold in the Senaie
Trans-ocean Female
■toss-country
>.§ ANGELES, Sept.. 13, (Ip)—
Amelia Barnart i.- reported as hav.
■.xi-j. made .a forced lauding while en
rol’:e to I.os Angeles to attend the
National air races. Miss Earhart
v, :i - uninjured and the plane un
th raaged The landing was made in
a plowed field.
Coolidge Gnce More
Becomes Loquatious
WASHINGTON, Sept., 13. (/P)—
Hoover and Coolidge neviewed the
pro-gr; ?8 of the Republican cam
paign in a conference in the White
houfta but. the meeting failed to pro
duce any announcement on the part of
Coolidge or what part he will play
in the Presidential fight.
STEWARD IS IMPRISONED BY
TWISTED GIRDERS: SHIP.
MATES RETURN RESCUE
SOUTHPORT. North Carolina. Sept.
13. (/p)—The charred hulk of the tan
ker Shreveport at anchorage off Fly.
ing Pan Shoals .boro mnte evidence
of another sea tragedy with five sea
men dead.
,'vn unexplained explosion, which tore
away the bridge deck, midship hous
ing. also 'enveloped the vessel in rag.
ine flames.
Four members of the crew were in
jured and 23 other survivors were
brought to Southport by the Steamer
I Aide to a.
The Shiovt s; or st. war* rag im.
' prison. 1 in uis quarters by twisted
steel and his cries attracted tit*? at
tention ■ >: o her men as they were
pushing away i.i two liil? boats. They
returned and rescued t ue stc v. a.'d thru
a port hole.
The crew rowed for 15 minutes in
the ov -.-loaded boats before they were
rescued.
The cause of the explosion is un.
known for the ship was sailing in bal
ast from Philadelphia.
Longfellow House Doomed By i regress
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The need of a growing city for a school site is to re
sult in the destruction of the Longieiiow House (above)
. f i i -rnr_ _i.u„ :_:_i -
oiut in tilt: ucoti uttiun v/x uiv -*-*'-'**&-*-\ ~ . ~ /
at Pittsfield, Mass., wnere the poet was inspired to write
“The Old Clock on the Stairs.” It is proposed that the new
structure ne named “Longfellow school. ”and that the
structure ne named “Longfellow school, ”and that the
original stairs (right) be preserved therein.
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WIDELY SE PE RATED AREAS GIVE
WIDE DIVERGENCE OF POL.
1TICAL OPINION
j MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept., 13,
(j*P)—Political tradition was broken
, in Vermont’s primary yesterday by
winning of renomination bv Repub
licans of Governor Weeks who be.
| came the first Governor of the State
to be nominated for the second term
in single biennial elections.
lie also broke the unwritten law
that a Governor should be chosen
alternately from the East and West
sides of the Green mountains.
With 12 small towns missing out
of the 248 cities and towns in the
State, the vote foi< Weeks was 84,171:
Mayor Edwards DeVitt of Montpelier
17,993. There was no other contest
on either ticket. The Democratic
riominoe for Governor is Harry
Shutleff. Senator Green was renom
inated by the Republicans. His op.
■ ponent will be Fred Martin.
DELAWARE G. O. P. WIN
DOVER, Delaware, Sept.. 21. (/P)—
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PhtHifs $&ttlvi0
For leadership
American League
i NEW YORK, Sept. 13, (/P)—The
; Philadelphia and Yank battle moved
through eight innings as the pitchers
struggle between Tloyae and Emike
was waged.
The winning blow was Bishop's
homer in the ninth frame with two
out and none on the bases, the homer
went over Ruth’s head into the right
field seats and broke the three to
three tie. The Mackmen still have a
chance, to win the pennant.
Cards Still March
On Trail To Glory
ST. LOUIS, Sept., 13 (.P)—Despite
the fact that the Cards were out hit
seven to five they have increased
their National lead three games by
beating the Reds two to one.
A walk and a single also a sacrifice,
all in the first inning, gave the Reds
their only score. The Cards got their
two in the fourth inning on a walk,
two singles and a stolen base.
Saw Great Herds
of Caribou: Rifle
Brings Down One
Having witnessed the annual car.
ibou trek and in addition bagging
a big. fine specimen for herself, Mrs.
P. C. McMullen, her father Mr. S. T.
Kelsey, and daughter Jane, return
ed h< me last evening from Fairbanks.
Dave Runyon, manager for the
Waechter Brothers Packing Co, in
Fairbanks, took the folks 30 miles
out on the new Circle Highway where
they were afforded an excellnt view
of the vast horde of animals and
also where Mrs. McMullen took a
crack at a flock of them and brought
one to the dust. The meat is being
shipped to the Jesse Lee Home.