MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 175.
SEWARD, ALASKA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
FI IMF BfflTISH
SHIPPING MARINE
MUSI BE SAVED
AMERICAN COURT CF INQUIRY
DOES NOT FOLLOW LINES
ACCEPTABLE
LONDON, Nov., 16, (/P)—1The
Morning Post, a conservative pap
er, in an editorial on the S. S.
Vestrls said “In view of the pecu- j
liar circumstances surrounding
the sinking of the Vestris it is in- ;
evitable that there should be an j
American inquiry as the vessel
was engaged in the American
coastal trade and sailing under
American regulations, but as she
was a British ship, we think that
La the interests of both justice
y.nd the British Merchant Marine,
there should also be an inquiry j
under the British Board of Trade.
“The fair name of British ship
ping cannot be left in foreign
lands as the case of the S. S. Ti- j
tanic showed the American Court,
of Inquiry does not follow along |
the lines acceptable to this count
ry.”
Proposal To Sell
Government’s Road
In Canada Is Made
EDMONTON, Alta., Nov., 16, </P)— J
Proposal to sell the Alberta Govern- j
ment’s Northern Railroad lines to
the Canadian Pacific Railway for
approximately $26,000,000 ii hailed
in Western Canada as forecasting
more adequate development of
‘'Canada’s Last West.” The Ed- j
monton, Dunvegan & British Co- ;
lumbia and the Central Canadian j
tines tap the agricultural Peace j
River country, while the Alberta &
Great Waterways Railway runs to
McMurray on the Athabaska River.
Goth are bringing in many settlers.
Persistence Gets
Reward In Texas
HOUSTON, Tex., Nov., 16,
Barbers Hill, Chambers county, one
rtf the oldest known salt domes in
the Gulf coast and one of the least
Illustrious ones in so far as its past
record is concerned, has at last as
sumed the appearance of a worth
while oil field, a 500 barrel well, tne
largest in all its history, having
been completed Mere early this
week.
The new producer is on the '
Northeast flang of the dome in the j
W. C. Smith, et, al, four-acre tract,
ft o-ime in flowing at the rate of
4500 to 5000 barrels per day.
SiHii,Tinvr, TO WORRY OVER
MEMPHIS, Nov., 17, (/P)—A cavity
m a tooth may be as small as one
fifth the size of the tooth brush
bristle and still hold 8,400,000,000
germs, dentists at a recent clinical
meeting here were told. Clean sur
faces of teeth never (decay, the den
tist speaking said.
WIND SLED FOR MAIL
BA1TDETTE, Minn., Nov., 16, OP)—
Mail and freight and occasionally
passengers will be whirled across
the frozen Lake of the Woods this
vear to the Northwest Angle coun
try by an airplane motor. Harry
Mitchell, the contractor, is build
fng the sled.
FREIGHTER SINKS
TOKYO. Nov., 16, (£>)—'The Jap
anese freighter Nagasaki Maru was
reported sunk off the coast of Sag
halicn yesterday after a collision
with the Shinsei Maru. Only tne
Captain and two officers were sav
ed.
M ASKIN' NOW PLANS TO PUB
LISH A BOOK; WILL ALSO BE
IN MOVIES
SEATTLF. Nov., 16, (/P)—Sqotty
Allen, dog teom driver, is here from
Nome again wii.li 16 dogs expecting
to go to Idaho for a little mushing
before the movie camera.
If his team is in good condition
he may enter the Sweepstakes Der
by at Truckee, Calif. on Eebi our .
10 and during the same month at
the Ashton. Idaho races. He says
he probably will take paic in the
filming of Barrett Willoughby’s new
book “The Trail Eater”.
He p ans to write a book himself
saying “My book will be largely au
tograph-leal dealing with certain
happenings in the North- country.
My publishers are calling for copy
now” The;, are G. P. Putman &
Sons of New York.
Chief Officer Of
Vestris Vanishes
NEW YORK, Nov., 16, (A*)—
United States Attorney Tuttle an
nounced that Chief Officer Frank
Johnson of the lost steamer Ves
tris, checked out of his hotel al
most immediately after being
brought here on the rescue ship
and all efforts to locate him have
failed.
SIX SURVIVORS, .ILL i’ftSSEN
GERS ON ILL-FATED VESSEL,
ARE QUESTIONED
NEW YORK, Nov., 16, (/P)—Con
tinue -ia the investigation of the
sinking of the S. S. Vestris and loss
of 111 lives United States Attorney
Tuttle had under subpoena the
wireless correspondence between
Capt. Carey and the boat’s owners,
the Lamport and Holt Line. This
action v/as taken to determine whe
ther before he broadcast his SOS
Capt. Carey had notified the New
YorK office, of the owners danger
ous list of the ship and if they ord
ered him to proceed.
Six survivors, all passengers, were
oucstioned at the first day. of the
hearing. Among their charges were
that of general incompetence and
lack of dicipline among officers and
crew, that two filled boat loads
were left hanging in the daviis and
carried down with the ship: that
no orders wire issued to don life
belts' rhat no competent offi'ers
were assigned to the lifeboats and
that some of the lifeboats were im
proper equipped and leaked Iikc
sieves at every seam; that in some
cases the launching tackle was o it
of commission and that rescuing
steamers passed several lifeboats
whose occupants were unable to
signal because of defective flares.
Officers Employees
May Purchase Stock
NEW YORK, Nov., 16, (^—Offi
cers and employees will be allowed
to purchase Graybar Electric Com
pany’s stock, doing an annual busi
ness of $74,000,000 yearly, Edgar
Bloom, president of the Western
Electric Co., which owns the Gray
bar Co., announced.
ANCIENT PIRATE GOLD QUEST OF
EXPLORERS IN OLD MANX CASTLE
Treasure which legends holds has been buried in old Peel
Castle (above), Isle of Man, since the days of Orry, the
Icelandic pirate-monarch, some seven centuries ago, is
soon to be sought by an expedition organized under the
auspices of the British and Isle of Man governments.
GRIM SEARCH ENDS
NORFOLK, Nov., 16, (/P)—A grin:
search for bodies from* the S. S.
Vestris ended last night when the
coast guard cutters 'Manning” and
‘ Massoutin” were ordered to dis
continue the hunt and return to
Norfolk.
CJT3
DIVER REPORTS SEEING 1VHA f
HE THOUGHT WERE BODIES
OF TWO MEN
VICTORIA. Nov., 16. (/?)—'The
victims of a relentless sea the Seat
tle speed boat “Mercades”, carrying,
nerlians, her crew of two. lies 50
feet below the surface of Arbutus
Bay near here A diver of the Is
land Tug & Barge Co., reported he
saw an object on the fore part of
ship which appeared to be the hud
dled bodies of two men. Waves ana
strong currents prevented him
boarding the sunken croft.
The ship may be raised in o few
days. The craft was first sighted
on the morning of November 9th by
the Montreal Ma.ru; her decks were
awash and the only sign of life
aboard was a string of towels or
clothing in the wheelhouse.
Robbers Shoot It out
With Armed Citizens
marietta, okia., Nov., i6. (/p)—
Defeated in their attempt to rob
the First National Bank by a band
if 50 men, two robbers shot it out
with armed citizens, one falling
mortaUy wounded and the other
slightly wounded by buck shot but
will recover The loot of $10,000
which the robbers carried in a-sack
was recovered.
Texas Well Blows
In Panhandle Field
AMARILLA, Tex., Nov., 16, (JP)—
Flowing at the rate of 200 barrels
an hour before being pinched in,
Texas Company's Saunders No. 6,
Lefors area, Gray ounty, blew in for
one of the largest wells in the
Southeastern Panhandle field.
The well, its flow restricted to
await connections, made during 16,
hours a total of 1,800 barrels, ac-.
cording to reports here. Total |
depth is 2,655 feetwiththe bit~ two
feet in granite wash. The oil, as
vet untested, is of high gravity. Lo
cation is in section 4, block 1, A. C.
H. B. survey.
STAGE DIRECTOR AT 11
WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE,
O., Nov., 17, (JP) -Emerson Ludwick,
aged 11, staged a play, directed it
and did most of the acting, includ
ing the dancing. He teaches danc
ing and the cast was his class.
TOY AUTO HELPS JUDGE
KANSAS CITY, Nov., 17, (JP)—
Toy automobiles
Gardner in polce court for reenact
ing motor accident scenes involved
in cases he tries.
MACHINE GUNS CRIME CURB
CINCINNATI .Nov., 17. (JP) -
Deputy sheriffs of Hamilton county
probably will become machine gun
ners. William M Anderson, eherilf,
thinks they will aid his crime wa.- i
fare and will ask that they be add- i
3d to the men’s equipment.
REFUSES TO LFAVE
LONDON, Nov., 16, (/P)—Replying
to the suggestion made by Dear
Inge that he be transferred, Right
Reverend Winnington Ingraham "
declared, “I shall not leav'e Lon
don.”
IN SMITHY 59 YEARS
KEENE, N. H.. Nov., 16, (A5)—In
1869 Frank H. Bardbury was initi
ated into the art of Blacksmithing
in Streeter, 111., when he was as
signed to fit a pair of shoes to a
white mule. He has recently retir
ed here after 59 years at his trade.
COWBELLS ANCIENT
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, Nov.,
16. (fi>)—owbells dating back to tne
17th Century, handed down from
generation to generation in the
farmer’s family, may he found on
some of the stock in this country.
A RICH GAMBLER
NEW YORK, Nov., 16, (IP)—Arnold
Rothstein, murdered gambler, was
buried at a solemn cemetary in the
presence of 200 freinds. He leaves
real estate holdings in Manhatten
worth $3,713,000.
SAD NEWS!
NEWARK, N. J., Nov., 16, (/P)—
Thirteen men were arrested and
nine automobiles and 306 cases of
liquors worth $100,000 were seized
in a raid executed on a New
Brunswick dock.
DECLARED NULL, VOID
NEW YORK, Nov., 16, (£>)—'The
insurance policies, totalling $95,000
on the life of A’^ert^Snyder, mur
dered by his wife, Ruth and her
sweetheart, Henry Judd Grey, were
declared null and void, by the (su
preme Court
SUIT IS DROPPED
NEW YORK, Nov., 16, (/P)—The
Floranada Club bankruptcy suit,
involving James Cromwell, Mrs. E.
Stokesbury and Mrs. Horace Dodge,
was dropped by the referee when
Benjamin Hoffman, who instituted
the action, declined to press his
claim.
WINS OPEN GOLF TITLE
OKLAHOFA, Nov., 16, (£>)_Nor
thon Smith, youthful Missourian
professional, won the annual Okla
homa City open golf championship
with 288 for 72 holes. Ed Dudley,
of Los Angeles, with 289 was second
and Tommy Armour third with 292.
A FOG STORY
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Nov., 17,
6P)—Fog was so dense here one
night, that Samuel Calrk, leaving
his house, could not find his way
back When the fog lifted, there
were five automobiles in his yard.
The drivers had become lost and
had wandered into the premises.
HISTORICAL LEGACY
WASHINGTON. Nov., 16, (/P) ~
Letters purported to have been
written by George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and Benedict
Arnold a reamong documents and
papers bequeathed by Mrs. Carrie
Morgan Reitsch, who died here re
cently, to her son, William Duane
Morgan of New York.
PROTECTION FOR POSTMAN
MOSOW Nov., 17, (/P)—Residents
if Moscow who own dogs can no
onger expect to have letters deliv
ered at ther doors unless they keep
heir pets leased. Some time ago
he postoffice supplied ail letter
arriers with whips to protect
hemselves, but this proved insui
icient as^safeguard.