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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 119.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 21,1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WARNS EDUCATORS NOT TO
OVERLOOK SECONDARY
TRAINNG
ANDOVER, Mass., May 21, (/P)—
Addressing the student body of
Phillips Academy and a large gath
ering of educational authorities rep
resenting universities and schools
throughout the country, President
Coolidge warned against under es
timating the paramount importance
c£ the secondary schools in the
Gaining of men to be law abiding
and God fearing citizens.
Having traveled overnight from
Washington to make the principal
address at the Sesquicentenial ex
ercises of the Academy, President
Coolidge remained at Andover only
for a few hours.
He proceeded after lunch to North
ampton to visit Mrs. Lemira Good
hue, Mrs. Coolidge's mother who has
been dangerously ill’ since December.
While in Andover the President
was made the object of enthusias
tic- atte» tious or the part of the
pebple and huC orities.
GERMAN CITY IS FACED WITH
THE GRIM REALITY OF CHEM
ICAL WARFARE
HAMBURG, G^ymany, May 21. (£>)
—Faced with all the grim reality of
chemical warfare Hamburg is fight
ing a deluge of phosgene gas, war
time poison gas, which began escap
ing from a chemical factory last
night overcoming a large number of
persons.
At noon today 11, most of them
firemen, "were dead, and 90 in the
hospitals.
The entire city is menaced but it
is hoped, that the rain w’hich has set
in, will absorb the fumes.
The gas escaped from a tank in the
chemical factory. Phosgene is no
longer manufactured but there were
quantities of it stored for exportation
to the United States.
TWO SOLDIERS KILLED
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 21. (^P)
—Corporal William L. Williamson,
agdress unknown, was killed last week
in a clash with rebels at Paso Real.
An aviator’s message also said Private
Max Dubois had been wounded and
Capt. Robert S. Hunter, shot, dying
later.
FAVORS HERB HOOVER
BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 21,
(/P)—Eleven uninstructed delegates
Lo the Republican National Conven
tion were elected by the State Con
vention understand they are to work :
lor the renomination of Coolidge |
With Hoover as their second choice.
FAILURE OF NOBILE
SIGHT LENIN LAND
CAUSE OF SURPRISE
AMUNDSEN SAID HE VISITED
LAND, VIA SLEDGES, AND
ERECTED POSTS
OSLO, May 21, (/P)—'The announce
ment that General Nobile had failed
tc sight Lenin Land ig described by
Amundsen as “astonishing”. The
explorerer said he had personally vis
aed Lenin Land with the Maude and
made his way to the island group
with sledges and had signal posts
erected.
He declared the Italia must have
passed the island in the fog. Judging
from the route the Italia took he
said it did not appear to have flown
over a very considerable area al
ready explored. Amundsen said
since the voyage of the Fram the
Polar Sea has fewr riddles to so’ve
in that part of the Arctic.
DEPENDS ON WEATHER
KINGSBAY, May 21. (JP)—Whether
Nobile make his nexft trip to the
North Pole or to Greenland is depend,
ant upon the weather.
ENGINEER WAS BADLY SCALDED
AND TWO WOMEN PASSEN
GERS WERE BRUISED
PITTSBURGH, May 21. (£>)—'The
“Pittsburgh”, crack Pennsylvania fly
er, west bound from New York, was
wrecked at East Johnstown Station
early this morning. The fireman, J.
D. Dreese, was killed; Engineer J. C.
Hooper was1 scalded and two women
passengers were bruised.
I
The locomotive overturned, caused ;
by a derailed freight car across the j
westbound tracks.A Johnstown police!
man saw the danger and tried to flagj
the flyer but was too late.(
SPENT LARGE SUM
WASHINGTON, May 21, (&) —Beit
Tbitjnan Watson, campaign manager
campaign manager, told the Sen&lie
Committe that in his opinion Hoover
spent $100,000 in publicity in adve1*
t’Vrg his Indiana campaign.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINER HAS
MANY ALASKANS ABOARD
SOME TOURISTS »
SEATTLE, May 21, (JP)—‘The S. S.
Aleutian sailed for Alaska Saturday
arith 218 passengers. The Seward
irst class passenger listing com
prised the following:
Mr. Wood, C. F. Lowe, J. S. Page,
Peter Vachon, A. Magneson, Abe
Stern, Miss A. Fallert, Miss E. Fal
lert, Mrs. Anderson, J. V. Brown.
J. McSweeney, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs.
Wilkinson, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Berg
strom, Mrs. Scales, Miss Starr, Mr.
and Mrs. R. Simi, Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
Me Kenzie, Mrs. Mehalick.
Mrs. Caughrean. Miss Kerno, Miss
Fultz, Miss Goodrell, J. F. Davis,
Dr. 'Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs. $. G.
Page, and son; Mrs. Grammar, |. A
Rollaner, J. O. Mides, Miss Softnes^
Mrs." Pinkerton, Mrs. Mayer, Mrs.
Cary, Mrs. Tonseth, C. F. Farrell,
Joe McDonald, Mrs. Menttins and
two children; and 15 steerage.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 2, Chicago 3
Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 3
New York 4, St. Louis 3
Brooklyn 2, Cincinnati 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 0, Philadelphia 2
Cleveland 10, Washington 12
COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 1, Oakland 4
Portland 0, Sacramento 8
Hollywood 0, San Francisco 3
Missions 7, Los Angeles 7; a tie;
game was called in the 13th inning on
account of darkness.
SNDAY'S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis, 3; New1 York, 9.
Cleveland, 4; Washington, 3.
Chicago, 1; Detroit, 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 5-1; St. Louis, 3-2.
Boston, 4; Chicago, 3.
Pittsburgh, 2; Cincinnati, 3.
Philadelphia, 4; Brooklyn, 11.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywodd, 3-2; Portland, 2-3.
San Francisco, 11-16; Seattle, 3-7.
Sacramento, 3-7; Oakland, 2-4.
Missions, 11-4; Los Angeles, 2-0.
MORE FOR AL SMITH
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May
21, (IP)—The Democrats elected a un
instructed delegatin of 12. Most of
the delegates will vote for Smith al
though his supports lost the pre
convention move for instructions.
CAL VETOES BILL
WASHINGTON, May 21, (/?)
President Coolidge vetoed the Bill
o appropriate $3,500,000 for roads in ;
the public domain on Indian reser
vations.
WINNER CAME FROM BEHIND
TO WIN PRIZE PURSE OF
$50,000
LOUIVILLE, Kentucky, May 21, (dp)
—“Reigh Count”, heavily played fav-j
orite, von the 54th Kentucky Derby;
with a $50,000 prize, while 80,000
watched “Misstep” come in second
and, “Toro” third.
The race was run over the quarter,
mile route, in a drizzling downpour
of rain. The track was sloppy with
imud making the going slow.
The race was run in two-minutes
and 10, two-fifths seconds. The win
ner is owned by Mrs. John D. Hertz
of Chicago; the horse came from be
hind the field on the home-stretch j
flashing across the tape by a three
lenght lead.
FIGHT CALLED OFF
NEW YORK, May 21, (#)—The j
Maiidell Me T«arnin fight has been in
definitely postponed by “Tex” P:2k
aid owing to bad weather.
THREE VICTORIES
JAPANESE WOMEN AND CHILD
REN LEAVING WAR.TORN
AREA FORi LEGATION
PEKING, May 21. (£>)—Manchurian
aJhmies headquarters attainted thjree
victories over the Nationalist in Chi
hli Province, south of Peking.
Despite the Japanese situation in
ternecine warfare raged unabatedly.
Meanwhile Japanese landed 400 sold
iers to agument the Legation guard.
Japanese women and children are
leaving the war-tom area and hun
dreds of refugees are housed in the
Legation grounds.
JAPAN EARTH SHOCKS
TOKYO, May 21. (/P)—A sharp
earthquake at 1:30 a. m. cracked walls
and drove the panic-stricken populace
from their homes. No casualties have
been reported. Minor shocks contin
ued throughout the day.
SANBERG NOMINATED
VTASCLNGTDN, May 21, (/P)—Pres
ident Coolidge nominated Samuel
Sandberg of California as a member
cp the United States Shipping Board,
to succeed Commissioner Teller.
SKXIETY 15 FELT
US T8 SAFETY 8F
FOX FILM PiTX
CAPTAIN JACK ROBERTSON AND
PARTY MISSING NOW FOR
OVER ONE WEEK
FAIRBANKS, May 21, (jP)—Anxiety
is fel-t for the safety of the Fox Film
Corporation which left Fairbanks last
Sunday, a week ago, for Point Bar
row.
The expedition was last reported
out of Wiseman enroute North. The
two planes were piloted by Noel
Wein and Russell S. Merrill and car
ried Captain Jack Robertson and L.
Virgil Hart, directors, and Charles
G. Clarke, cameraman, and a capacity
load of freight.
Hart had intended to return here
in three days with the planes to pick
up Ewing Scott and Ray Wise, the
remaining members of the party.
It is believed the flight to Barrow
was successful but the planes may
have been held there by unfavorable
weather. The planes carried provis
ions for two weeks.
TERRIBLE MINE
DISASTER MATHER, •
IN PENNSYLVANIA
KNOWN DkEATH LIST REACHES
46; 211 MINERS ENTOMBED
EXPLOSION SATURDAY
MATHER, Pa., May 21. (£>>—1The
known death toll of the Mather mine
disaster reached when rescue
workers brought seven additional
bodies to the surface; 152 others, en
tombed* by the blast, are being sought
by rescue workers. Lillie hope is
held that they will be rescued alive.
The explosion on Saturday trapped
211 miners and only ILt were rescued.
The coroner’s jury, comprising six
men, augmented by inspectors' of the
State Bureau of Mines, has been or
dered to delve into the cause of the
disaster. Relatives, while not dis
eyed and hopeful while they waited
for word of their loved ones.
HOP-OFF NEW YORK
PICTOU, Nova Scotia, May 21, (JP)
—Tha Bremen was so gravely damag
ed in an attempted takeoff that it
precludes all hope of completing the
flight to New York. The two army
amphibians, which hoped to escort
I her on her last leg, started back to
the United State^. Fred Melchealr,
| pilot, who attempted to fly the Bre
men, sent word it will be shipped by
a steamer. Melchoir was unhurt.