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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER-130.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DARING AVIATORS ON SECON
HOP FROM OAKLAND TO AUS
TRALIA
BARKING SANDS, Island of Haul,1
Hawaii, June 4. (#>)—-The monoplane'
Southern Cross took-off at 5:20 oclock
this morning, 7:50 a. m. coast time,
bound for Suva, Fiji Islands, on the
second leg of a flight from Oakland
to Sydney.
The plane is in constant radio com
munication with shore stations and is
following the radio beacon. At 1 p.
m. Pacific time, the plane wa-s nearly
700 miles on its way.
ONLY TWO POSSIBLE EMERGENCY
LANDING FIELDS; PHOENIX
HONOLULU, June 4. {/P)—Tb
Southern Cross is holding a stead
course toward the Fiji Islands. Thr
the night the radio told of the prt
gress, speed, altitude, trifling genera
tor trouble, banked storm clouds am
a periodical cough in the starboar<
motor.
The course is plotted over a wast<
of water thinly dotted with corn
atolls with only two possible emer
gency landing places, both specks o:
land in the Phoenix Group, midw'a]
between Hawaii and Suva.
The aviators wirelessed they wen
continually logging flight details ant
expected kto arrive at Suva in 36 hours
flying time. Shortly before midnighl
they wirelessed “We are now dodging
about to miss some heavy storm
clouds at an altitude of 4,000 feet and
are still gaining altitude. It looks
pretty stormy here but what a beauti
ful sight the different formations of
clouds.’’ They flew thru Tain squalls
at intervals in the afternoon.
ARE GOING STRONG
FANNING ISLAND, June 4. (Jp)~
The Southern Cross radioed all was
-well and going strong and that they
would land at Suva this afternoon,
Coast time.
DODGING STORM CLOUDS
HONOLULU, June 4. (jp)—Some
times tfyihg in circles dodging storm
clouds while soaring 8,500 feet ove^
the South Pacific, the Southern Cross
was endeavoring at 9:50 Coast time
to reach Suva, 750 miles away.
ACCEPTS PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON. June 4 (^—Can
ada has accepted Kellogg’s proposal
.'or'outlawing war.
THE LONE FLYER
ELPASO, June 4. (£>)—Col. Charles
j A. Lindbergh arrived unexpectedly
; from San Diego. No crowds were on
| hand. He -took.off an hour later for
1 an unannounced destination but struck
| a thunder storm and turned back to
L
stay over night.
POUT flF'SEMTLE
WALTER P. TYMES, "ENROUTE
EAST FOR OPERATION, PASS*
ES AWAY
SEATTLE, June 4. (^P)—Death won
a race with the steamship Aleutian
i •
; Saturday when Walter P. Tymes of
J Fairbanks died as the steamer was
entering Seattle harbor.
; Tyme was accompanied by his wrke,
j Lenora and was on his way to Roch
! ester, Minn., for an operation. He
! had been ill sometime. Tyme was a
member of Tanana Lodge No. 162,
Free Accepted Masons and a member
of "Fairbanks Lodge No. 1392 of the
L. O. O. M. Funeral arrangements
axe pending.
SPORADIC FIGHTS CONTINUE
HUNDREDS DEAD, AND MANY
PRISONERS
► CANTON, June 4. (Jp)—Four-bur
dred Communists were killed and 4C
captured in Lingshui, Island of Ha
( nan, on May 30 in a clash with Goi
ernment troops, said advices reachin
here.
Hostilities between the Governmer
troops and the Communists has hee:
sporadic. Recently kroo^ps attack e<
Communists after purposely permit
ting them to enter the city.
!
NHEEUfli MUST
PENSON OLD RETAINER
LEIPZIG, June 4. (/?)—'The Federal
Supreme Court rejected the appeal of
Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia,
cousin of tie former Kaiser and re
puted one of the wealthiest Hohen
zollerns, for exemption from paying
his former court functionary, H. Wille
a monthly pension of 130 marks
(about $33) as awarded by the lower
courts.
WATER NOTICE
Water will be shut of tomorrow af
ternoon at 2 o’clock on 1st, 2nd, and
3rd. Avenues between Adams and Jef
ferson 'streets.
SATURDAY'S GAMES
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE •
Sacramento, 9; Hollywood, 6.
Oakland, 7; Missions, 8, 10 innings
San Francisco, 1-8; Portland, 8-1
at second half of the seventh inning
Los Angeles, 2; Seattle, 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 5; Detroit, 2,
Philadelphia, 3; Chicago, 2.
Boston, 0; Cleveland, 6.
Washington, 2; St. Louis, 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn, 6; New York, 4, 10 in
nings.
Chicago, 10; Pittsburgh, 6.
St. Louis, 13; Philadelphia, 12.
Cincinnati, 20; Boston, 12.
SUNDAY'S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh,, 9; Brooklyn, 7.
Chicago,5; New York, 10.
Other games not schedlued.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington, St. Louis, postponed ei
account of rain.
Boston, 4; Cleveland, 2.
Philadelphia, 5; Chicago, 6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle, 7-6; Los Angeles, 2*3. >
Oakland, 8-6; Missions, 4-2.
San Francisco, 9-4; Portland, 7-0.
Sacramento, 3-2; Hollywood, 1-3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Club
San Francisco ......
Sacramento _
Hollywood —..
Los Angeles _.
Oakland _
Missions .-.
Seattle _.1...
Portland ....
W.
. 38
. 37
36
. 34
. 30
29
. 24
26
L.
26
27
28
30
34
34
38
38
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club W. L.
New York .. 36.
Cleveland .™ 24
St. Louis . 22
Boston - 16
Detroit __ 19
Chicago .. 17
Washington _ 14
8
22
23
23
28
28
27
Pci,
59
578
563
53
46
460
38
406
Pet.
81
522
489
410
404
378
341
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club W. L. \
Cincinnati . 32 17
New York . 26
Brooklyn . 23
Chicago - _.27
Pittsburga - 20
Boston _ 16
Philadelphia _ 7
St. Louis . 27
16
22
21
25
25
33
19
Pc*
65
61
511
563
44
390
175
587
CHINESE PIRATE ACTIVE
HONGKONG, June 4. (ff)—Chines
pirates again are becoming active.
Advices from Canton said that the
steamer Socony, belonging to the
Standard Oil Transportation Com
pany, was looted of 3,000 cases of
kerosene in the Shuntack district.
The Shiliu militia took up the case.
ANOTHER MESSAGE?
MOSCQW,. June 4. (/P)—A radit
j amateur at Voznesensk reported j
j message “Italia, Nobiles, O. S. Franj
i •
Josef.” The Soviet Rescuer Commis
sion believes the Ithlia is down in
Franz Josef Iiand.
KETCHIKAN ATTORNEY HAS
PRACTICED LAW IN ALASKA
TEN YEARS
/KETCHIKAN, June 4. In a
message to President Coolidge the
Ketchikan Bar Association urged jthe
nomination of Lester O. Gdre as Fed.
eral Judge for the First Alaska Divi
sion.
The endorsement ef Gore of Ketchi
kan came after the Senate rejected
the nomination of Edgar Adams of
Oregon. Gore has practiced law in
the Territory for 10 years and once
served as Assistant District Attorney
in the. First Division.
TWO YEARS DICTATORSHIP GIV
EN P; TO RETIRE IN THE CITY !
OF PEKING
PEKING, June 4. (/P)—The flag: over
the empty Presidential Palace here,
the North China Republic banner, wa
hauled down when Ohang Tso Lin
gave up his two years Dictatorship and
left for Muyden.
Enroute the train was bombed
and Chang slightly wounded. Several
followers were killed and wounded.
Ununiformed Chinese threw bombs j
in a running fight but the train broke*
thru carrying the Manchurian War
Lord to retirement. The City of Pe
king awaited t£e conquorer’s coming
calmly.
SUBS ORDERED ON DRY-DOCK
NEW LONDON, Conn., June 4. (/P)
The submarines S 12 and S 18.
which \ve”e in a collision at the sub
marine brse here, were ordered pu+
on the marine railway to ascertain
the extent of the damage.
101 IN LIQUOR CONSPIRACY
CHICAGO, Jim 3 A (fP)—The FMer
r.l Grand Jury indicted 101 inhabi- .
I ants, including the president, of a ;
yillage of Melrose Park, in an al- ,
cohol conspiracy. It is alleged that <
they used 11,000,000 pounds of c^rn ]
sugar in a year in their operations j
md netted $5,000,000.
FLIGHT BE TRIED
WOMAN RELIEF PILOT WILL AC
COMPANY PLANE NOW IN
NEWFOUNDLAND
TRIPASSEY, Newfoundland, June
, 4, (/P)—The plane Friendship, groom
1 ed for a trans-Atlantic flight, landed
H
i here this afternoon and left for Hali-v
fax where the flight was from Boston
was interrupted by a fog yesterday.
The plane is piloted by Wilmer Stultz,
wiith Miss A. M. Barhart, a woman
relief pilot, and Lew Gordon, mechan
ic. They expect to leave soon on a
possible Atlantic flight.
SEARCH FOR ITALIA
IS IIU FULL SWING
EXPEDITIONS ENROUTE VARIOUS
PARTS ICE'LOCKED, BARREN
LANDS
KINGSBAY, June 4. <;p)—The
search for the Italia is in full swing
after a week of preparation. Thfe
iee cutter Braganza is plowing thru
the icy waters off Northern Spitsber
gen with search, parties of Italian Al
pinists who are ready to diem bark at
strategical points to seek the Italia,
The sealer Hobby arrived at Kings
bay carrying Lieut. Holm, Norwegian
flier, and a naval monoplane, from
which he will survey t£e Polar Sea.
The Branganza is enroute to Rein
deer Land; put a search party ashore
at Cape Verezen Hoek, which is mid
way between Moffen Island and the
Strait of Hinlopen. The party made
a rapid survey then continued their
journey.
MORROW’S LIMY ON
OIL EXCEEDS MEXICO'S
MEXICO CITY, June 4. (^—Proba
bly the world’s largest library dealing
with Mexican oil and land laws in
in the United States Embassy here by
their every aspect has been assembled
Ambassador Morrow. It is said that
not even any department of the Mexi
can Government, no Washington de
partment, no oil or land company has
so comprehensive a library upon these
subjects.
EXPLORER IS DEAD
STOCKHOLM, Norway, June 4,(jP)
—Professor Otto Nordenskjoeld, 59,
noted Arctic and Antarctic explorer,
and a professor in the University of
Jotherberg, died after an accident.
3e was the leader of various sclenti
•ic explorations in Alaska and the
Sfukon.