SEW AR
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 189.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
a great success
SFLENDID REPRESENTATI O N
OF SEWARD CITIZENS
GREET SALONS
Seward was especially honor
ed last evening in that, at the
brief time at their disposal, an
opportunity was afforded where
by they were able to personally
meet and hear the individual mem
bers of the Congressional party
which returned from the Inter
ior about 6 o'clok' and departed
for Seattle at 9.
The ocassion was the supper
which began at 6:30 lasting to
8:30 o'clock, followed by a talk
from each of the four members
of the Agricultural Sub-Com
mittee on Appropriations, L. J.
Dickenson of Iowa, chairman;
J. W. Summers of Washington,
John N. Sandlin of Louisiana,
and James P. Buchanan of Tex
as.
Long before the presiding of
ficer, Leon Urbach, president of
the Chamber of Commerce call
ed first upon Mayor P. C. Me
Mullen for the opening speech,
every chair in the capacious ban
quet room of the Seward Grill
had been filled; it was without
any question one of the foremost
gatherings of local citizens in
many years. And the Congress
ional party appreciated to the
highest degree this evident tes
timony of sincere appreciation.
MAYOR FIRST SPEAKER
Mayor McMullen stated it gave
him much pleasure to welcome
the members of Congress to Sew
ard, not only welcoming them,
in behalf of the citizens of
this city but for the personal
delight it has given him.
“I have been a resident of
Alaska for 20 years,” he said,
“part of which time was spent •
in Nome but for the most part, i
here in Seward. And I am not
only proud of Alaska but par
ticularly so of Seward. You have
been in the hands of Colonel
Ohlson, general manager of our
railroad, for the past week. We |
ah are confident he is the man
an Empire builder- who is go
ing to make the railroad. His
first move, as you know, is that
of obtaining settlers. Again, as
the official representative of the
town, I welcome you and hope
we have made a good impression
with you as a progressive Alas
ka town. I thank you.”
SUPT. HATTEN
“I suspect,” stated Superinten
dent Hatten of the Jesse Lee
Home, who next responded with
a few remarks at the request of j
the presiding officer, “that Mr. j
Urbach called on me on account!
of the Home, the largest family
in Seward. We also are proud of
Alaska and of Seward. Though
not having been in the Terri- |
tory but one-fourth of the time j
the Mayor has, during those five J
years we have learned to appreciate
the country very much.
“Our interest is centered to
our boys and girls, particularly
the native children: we have 123
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LARGE ESTATE
NEW YORK, Aug., 14, (/P)—'The
will of Marquise Charlotte Eliza
beth De Sirs of Paris shows specific
bequests of more than $3,000,000.
A total amount of her estate was
not revealed but it is believed to be
much larger.
THREE MEMBERS
FAMILY KILLED
GRIM TALE OF DEATH WHEN
JURY RETURNS VERDICT;
MURDERER UNKNOWN
LONDON, Aug., 14, (A5)—A person
with diabolical propensity for put
ting arsenic into other peoples food
is at large in England. Victims to
date as. far as is known at present
are three members of a family
named Sidney.
Another chapter in the grim tale
of deaths by poison was written
when a coroner’s jury returned a
verdict of murder against the per
son or persons unknown, in the
case of Edmund Creighton Duff,
retired Nigerian official. Duff was
a son-in-law of Mrs. Violet Sidney,
who was declared to have died last
March, of acute arsenic poisoning,
without evidence to show M death
was murder or suicide.
The third victim is Miss Vera
Sidney. Two other members of the
family have been closely question
ed without revealing a clew as to
the identity of the insiduous crimi
nal.
HEAVY RAINS
PEKIN, Aug., 14, (/P)—Pekin is
nearly isolated as a result of heavy
rains and floods which have halt
ed traffic on the Mukden and Sui
yuan railway.
SIGNED UP
PARIS, Aug., 13, (/P)—Adolph
Menjou has been signed by French
film producers to do a series of
talking pictures. He will speak
French in his new roles.
COMBAT WITH MOTOR
LONDON, Aug., 13, (/P>—1The
Southern Railway is, starting a
special freight service with which
jthey intend to combat the motor
[transport competition.
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S10 PER CAPITA
OTTAWA, Ont., AAug. 13, (/Pi
Liquor sales in 1928 thru the Pro
vincial Government Commissions
totalled $107,684,384 or about $10
per capita for all Canada,
WON FINALS
NEW YORK. Aug. 14, i.4P)—Miss
Helen Wills and Miss Edith Cross
won the finals in the Madison Club
invitation doubles defeating Miss
Betty Nuthall and Mrs. M. H. Wat
son of Great Britaip 6-3, 6-0.
END IS NEAR
! LONDON, Aug., 13, ,<7P)—More
than 230,000 cotton striker* have
: authorized their rep/esentatiV^r-to
! confer with employees on wage re
duction and the enci: of the strike
■is believed near. I
PEACEFUL METHOD
ROME, Aug., 13, (/P)—Premier
(Mussolini has issued a pronounce
ment amounting to a prohibition
of dueling among army officers. He
has outlined a more peaceful meth
od of settling affairs of honor.
TIME HAS COME
PARIS, Aug., 13, (/P)—Chemical
experts of the United States and
officials of the American chemical
industry have decided the time has
come for expansion of their trade
thruout Europe.
CHARGES CRUELTY
CHICAGO, Aug., 13, (/P)—James
Stanley 'Joyce, Chicago lumberman
and third millionaire husband of
Mrs. Peggy Joyce, the actress, is
being sued for divorce by his wife,
the former Mrs. R. N. Vail, who
charges cruelty.
SAKS mm CAN
NOT SURVIVE ANY
ALLIED CONTROL
COULD NOT SURVIVE ACCEPT
ANCE OF CONTROL AFTER
TROOPS WITHDRAW
THE HAGUE, Aug., 13, (JP)—'The
German Minister of Occupied Re
gions, Wirth, at a meeting of the
I Diplomatic Commission, assumed
a position almost as determined
as that of Snowden of England, in
the economic commission, when he
| declared the Reich government
jcannot accept any new form of a
;Control Commission, following eva
cuation of Allied troops, other than
jthat provided in the Locarno treaty
[or by the League.
| In vain did Mr. Briand of France
[try to oersuade the Reich delegate
[of France’s good intentions. The
I German made it plain, his govern
ment could not survive acceptance
I of the Allied Commission’s control
■over the Rhineland, once the troops
were withdrawn.
Mr. Wirth’s decision caused sus
pension of the commission’s activi
ties pending outside settlement.
FOREST FIRES
TORONTO, Ont., Aug., 14, (/P)—
The menace of forest fires which
has existed for the past month con
tinues along the entire Canadian
border.
Unrly Pacer, Tamed, Wins $25,000 Purse
Thi§ is Counterpart, the pacer that was too fractious for hisi
owners. Dr. D. H. M. Parshall bought him for $1,035, taught him
some track manners and won $25,000 with the American pacing derby.
PLANE COVERED 3726 MILES IN
36 FLYING HOURS TO TIME
FORCED LANDING
MOSCOW, Aug., 14, (/P)—The Tass
News Agency reported that the
Russian military plane “Land of
Soviet”, attempting a flight from
Moscow to New York via Alaska,
was forced down in an unhabited
region 170 miles from Irkutsk, Sibe
ria. x
The plane left Krasnoysrsk on
Sunday afternoon. Steps were tak
en with Pilot Semyon Shetavok to
determine whether, he required as
sistance to enable him to continue
the flight.
The first reports did not indicate
whether the plane was damaged up
to the time of the forced landing.
The plane has covered 3726 miles in
36 flying hours.
FISH CUB TM
Pill HGEUSs 5 0 S
SIM WkS IGHORED
PORT ANGELES, Aug., 14, UP)—
;The fish carrier “Senorita” of Ta
icoma, with Captain Bob Gleason
land crew of three men and a cargo
of 22,000 salmon, was towed here
Tuseday by the troller “Yvella”
| which responded to distress signals
'after half a dozen other vessels had
passed without answering the sig
nals.
The “Senorita” sprung a leak
Saturday while on her run from
Neah Bay to Everett. The plight
increased when the engines stalled.
It is believed it will be possible for
the boat to proceed to Tacoma
within a day or two when repairs
will be made.
ARMY OF MEN STILL
FIGHTING FIS IN
LIKE PLAGUE REGION
SPOKANE, Aug., 14, (TP)—A fatig
ued army of men are still fighting
doggedly to check the flames of the
Lake Plague forest fire.
Thirty thousand acres in Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana have
been burned over, destroying many
millions of feet of timber.
As fast as recruits are to be found
they are added to the 1,000 fighters
now on the scene. Continued lack
of rain and low humidity is making
the season one of the most danger
ous in the history of these states.
TEAR BOMBS
CHICAGO, Aug., 13, (TP)—A sup
posed madman who ran amuck was
surrounded by a score of county
I police under orders to shoot to kill.
| He took refuge in a county forest
preserve when routed from his
home with tear and stinch bombs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 13, (TP)—
Warrants have been issued for the
arrest of five deer hunters in con
nection with the Pachico Pass for
est fire. State and county officials
joined in the vigorous search for
the origin of the fires.