MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 172.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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POPULAR HEAD OF SIGNAL CORPS
SYSTEM MADE MEMBER OR.
GANI2ATI0N TO 1950
Ry far the mst auspicious occasion!
in manny (months at Seward Chamber
of Commerce meetings took place-yes.
terday when Capt. Ralph R. Guthrie,
attending the gathering for the las't
time, was presented with a splendid!
hand.carved ivory cribbage board, a$!
a token of the esteem from th'e citi.i
zens of the city. And at the samel
time Captaiin Guthrie wag handed ai
lonely ivory jewel box for Mrs. Guth.l
rie.
MAKE PRESENTATION
Most of the members having for<
knowledge of the presentation, mad*
it a point to be'on hand, and befon
the luncheon was fairly underway, ex
tra lengths were add'ed to the banouet
ing table. Every chair was occupied
President Leon Urbach soon swepl
routine business aside3, then biiefl\
stated this would be^thc^la^t bueetfhp
‘our good friend Captain. Guthrie will
l)e with us. And it gives me gr*?at
pleasure In behalf of the members
of 'this organization, 'to present you.
Captain -Guthrie, with a membership
card dated from 1928 to 1950.
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MOTOR DIFFICULTIES IS GIVEN
AS REASON; LA FREGATE IS
NOT AT HORTA
PARIS, July 25. I/P)— France will
abandon, for the present at least, the
joint Navy and Department of Cera,
mere© attempt to .span tbe Atlantic,
Cast to West, by plane according to
a semi.offieia! announcement.
Lieut. Paulin Paris, "who reached
Horta in the plane La Fregate, has
been recalled and lie is to return to
France. The flight was interrupted
by motor difficulties, is the reason
given for the abandonment of the
flight. It is probable the flight will be
attempted later.
BROKERS ARE FOUND
NEW YORK, July 24, (/P)—Two j
New York brokers James Goodwin i
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Hall and Enos Curtin, lost in an air- i
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plane while flying over the wilds of
northern Quebec a few days ago,
were found near Lake David 150
miles north of Oskelaneo by a - res
cue airplane.
WATTER NOTICE
Water will be shut off at 12 o’- <
clock tonight on Fourth Avenue !
irom Adams to the railroad, includ- 1
ing the Van Gilder hotel. (
MOSCOW, July 25. (/I3)—The Soviet
rescue commission ordered the ice!
breaker Sedov, in the Arctic, to ex.
plore ,the region around Franz Joseph
Land and to push in a Northwesterly
direction in search of Amundsen. The
Sedov is equipped with an airplane.
-COMPLETED TRAINING LAST
EVENING WITH FOUR ROUNDS
WITH PARTNERS
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j SPECULATOR, N. Y., Juy 25. (#)-_!
Radiating confidence*and good nature,
Gene Tunney wound up his training;
! with a hard workout. * *i
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Por the first time Gene finished
j draining for a major bout without suf
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| fenng some annnoying injurv. Ho ;§
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‘in perfect physical shone and mehfaL
' ly at the peak. He boxed four rounds,
■ with hfs mates.
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THAW DISGUSTED
I L w 5 ORK, July 24,-Harry
K. Thaw came back to New York
i thoroughly convinced that England is j
; ?oin,g to the dogs, because he was “
jnot permitted to land' when he ar- h
| rived at Southampton aboard the 11
| “Aquitania” early in June. He blam- C
ed his disbarment on England’s 11'
fear o.f Bolshevism, j p
I ICE IN ARCTIC
! FORCES VESSELS
j BACK TO BURROW
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STEAMER BAYCHIMO AND ROY.
AL NORTHWEST BOAT TO RE. j
MOTE POSTS
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POINT BARROW, July 25. (/P)
Forced back to Point Barrow by th
impenetrable ice to tbe Eastward tli
steamship Baycliimo and the Roya
Northwest Police boat Stroch, are an
chored awaiting another opportunit;
to press on to 'tli'a remote settlement:
'along Arctic Alaska and Canadian:
coast.
The Baychimo arrived Sunday
Northerly winds forced the ice in.
shore after openings had been formed
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 5; Boston, 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis, 2; Brooklyn, 1.
Pittsburgh, 3; New York, C.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco, 5; Sacramento, 8.
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Cincinnati, 5; Philadelphia, 1«- ,
Los Angeles. 0; Oakland, 2.
Seattle, 3; Hollywood, 15.
Portland, 4; Missions, 7.
"WHAT, AGAIN!”
WASHINGTON, July 24, (#>)_!
Rum Row” of the Atlantic Coast;
ns been effectually broken up do *
> strict patrol established by the
oast Guard, Dr. James H. Doran,!
<e United States Commissioner of I
rchibiiion said.
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS SET OUT TO FIND ICE EQUATORIAL AFRICA
tA . w. ~ ___!
In '.tropicaa Africa a party of five Americans and one Englishman] ifh.
tend to study it‘3 and snow fields, bag rare animals and collect other facten.
fific data. The members are (above, left to right) Owen J. Grom me; Dr.
S. A.Barrett, director of the Milwaukee public museum, the leader; Caveth
Well, British explonsr; Irving Perkin; (lower left) Osborn Goodrich, and
(lower right) John Cudahy. The map shows the area of 'exploration.
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Fragment of me
! IF SEES FRENCHMEN
I COPENHAGEN, July 25. (,/P)—A
11 agiinent of a airplane wreckage 'With
a silver bronze colored fabric attach,
ed was picked up off the Jutland
coast. I(t is the belief that the wreck,
age on-ay possibly be a -part of the
Xunigesser.Ooli plane lost last year.
The wreckage was sent to Paris for
identification.
j WILL NOT TAKE LONG TO LEARN
TUNNEY’S STYLE THEN WILL
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GO AFTER HIM
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FAIRHAVEN, July 25. (JP)—Tom
Hecney wound up his training express.1
ing supreme confidence in winning
and “if beaten will hav<3 no alibis to'*.
cffer. I am in marvelous condition1
and it will iJ&t take me long to learn ,
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how Tunney plans'to Tgfht, perhaps’,
in the first round, then I will go after!<
him. i ’
“He says he is going to knock me' ]
out. Maybe I will^stop him.”
SEATTLE, July 25.' (#>)—Jerry Cal.
lahan, age 71, a veteran sourdough
who was married in Alaska eight
months ago and who left his bride here
at home declaring his intention of re.
turning to the Northland, has disap.
pea red and the police have bean re.
quested to hunt for him.
'QUEEN WILL 10T IE
PBESEliT IT GAMES
BERLIN, July 24, (/P)—Queen Wil !
helmena of Holland will not attend j
the forthcoming Olympic contests ac
| cording to dispatches from Amste
| dam. Calvinist congregations of the
| country are being exorted by some
of their leaders to avoid attendance
uncn an exhibition which they des
cribe as a “carnival of the flesh.*’
OMAHA, July 25, (£>)—The second
day of the national convention found
the proposed Bull Moose or Pro
gressive Party still unorganized. The
keynote speech has not been given
nor the platform voted upon; neither
has there been any indication whom
the presidential nominee will be.
THREE PROSTRATIONS REPORT
ED; HORSES DROP DEAD
EASTERN WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, July 25, (/P)— But
slight relief from at scorching hea
Avave under which the city has
sAveltered the past three days is
promised to the Pacific Northwest
today.
Although the mercury broke many
records in Eastern Washington and
Idaho yesterday only three prostra
tions have been reported. A number
of 'horses dropped dead in Odessa,
Washington,during harvesting oper
ations, while work in other sections
were suspended..
Dozen Western Washington forest
fires gained headAA'ay with the burn
ing weather but none are eating into
valuable timber.
Hottest weather recorded, 112 in
-he shade, at Lewiston, Idaho, which
sroke all records sincp the weather
jureau was established here 28 years
igo. Other temperatures * included
Spokane, 104, Wenatchee 106, Walla
Valla 110, Yakimo 108. Seattle 89.
?brtland 98, and Vancouver, B. r. 82.
HOP POSTPONED
ROCKFORD, ill., July 2r- (dP)—
’he “Greater Rockford’’ rarsatlan
ic flight has
etter weather.
postponed until
PREMIER OF EEVPT
IS ASSASSINATED
LONDON, July 25, (£>)—Rumors
of the assassination of Mohammed
Pasha Mahmoud, premier of Egypt,
remained unsubstantiated today. A
dispatch from Jerusalem yesterday
said; “An unconfirmed rumor from
Jafa says Mahmoud was assass
inated.”
OTTAWA, July 25, (/P)—-Three
men and many horses were killed
when a Canadian Pacific special
in, carrying the 22ndi Regiment,
Iided with a freight 60 miles
st of here. The Twenty Second
a permanent regiment and was
ng to its annual training
I FIGHT STARTS AT 6 P. M.
The Tunney-Heeney prize fight
tomorrow starts at 6 p. m. Pacific
Coast time, according to a dispatch
received hy the Gateway late this
afternoon. At that rate the first re
turns on the main event should start
coming in shortly Rafter 4 o’clock.