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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 243. SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1928. PRICE TEN CENTS
OMANEY OF KETCHIKAN STILL
IN DANGER NEAR RESUR
RECTION CAPE
With her oil pump wrecked be
yond repair, the 75-foot halibut
schooner Omaney of Ketchikan,
C apt. Oswald Olson with a crew of
if) men and 26,000 pounds of hali
but aboard has been drifting more
or less helplessly for the past three
days and nights in the vicinity of
tne famous Portloek halibut banks
while her crew tried to sail her for
Point Clear. Driven off this course
she attempted io make Resurrec
tion Bay and then becoming be
calmed anchored just inside Resur
rection Cape, where today she is
waiting for a tow.
Four members of the crew left
the ship early this morning in a
dory and attempted to sail to Sew
ard for help and were picked up
about 15 miles down the bay by
'.'apt. John Smith of the Eolph No.
2. who was headed out for the hali
but grounds. lie put about and
brought the sailors to town so that
they might wire out for repairs, it
being deemed inadvisable to try to
tow the bigger vessel in with his
small craft.
Arrangements were immediately
attempted to get che schooner
Chase, Capt. Emsweilor, and per
haps the Rolph to go forth at once
to tow the helpless Omaney into
port for fear the calm state of the
weather might change at any time
when she would be in real danger
in her exposed position and entirely
at the m,ercy of the elements. In
the meantime. Capt. Olson, the
chief engineer and lour members
of the crew are staying with the
ship.
The accident to the machinery
occurred down near the point of
the Kcnal Peninsula three days
ago, and since that time with inad
equate sail the sailors tried to jock
ey the vessel into harbor but H
blown in many different directions
until they were linally left without
any wind at all near the mouth of
Resurrection Bay, a circumstance
that must have been more of a
blessing than hard luck, since in a
heavy biow the vessel could not be
nandled readily and might have
piled up on the rocks. At that, if
a blow comes up before her tow
reaches her there is still mane a for
disaster.
SURVEYOR WILL TAKE ABOARD
EQUIPMENT OF EXPLORER
WINTER SEATTLE
KETCHIKAN. Oct., 11</P>—'The,
coast geodetic survey steamer Ex
plorer which worked in suoth
ern Alaskan waters during / the
past summer, developed boiler
trouble in Clarence Straights and
radioed for assistance.
The lighthouse tender Fern
towed the vessel to Ketchikan last
night. Captain Haddy, in charge;
of Alaska work, says the Survey- j
or, Capt. R. R. Lukens, is due
soon from the Westward and will
store all equipment after which
both vessels will proceed to Seat
tle winter quai’ters.
Peach Growers In
Grasp Of The Unfair
j SACRAMENTO, Oct. 10, (TP)—In
! censed by the action of the canners
in the cling peach price fixing dis
pute, State Senator J. M. Inman is
sued a statement of sharp condem
nation declaring that the growers
(were in the grasp of those who
knew not fair dealing.
Inman threatened investigation
cf the activities of the canners lea
rn e by the State Senate.
RUTH FIRST TO GREET SMITH
WHO CONGRATULATED
T1IE LADS
NEW YORK, Oct., 11, (TP)—The
members of the Yankee team ar
rived home last night from St.
Louis where they took the pen
nant. They were escorted to their
hotel, the Biltmore, where they
were met by Governor A1 Smith.
Along the route were cheering
thousands and a crowd of 3,000
met the team at the station. Ruth
was the first to greet the Gover
nor.
Hhe Governor said: “Congratula
tions on those hits. If I could count
on as many votes as you have
kids yelling for you I’d be sure
that I'm going to be elected.”
Ruth responded, “Well, you
have mine, anyway.”
NO FOUNDATION FOR STATE
MENTS THIS NATURE, SAYS
IIENRY ALLEN
WASHINGTON, Oct,, 11, (/P)—
The charge that Herbert Hoover
"Is credited with” owning oil and
mining properties in Colombia
and in Mexico has been vigorously
made, accompanied by a sweeping
denial of the allegation sponsored
by Henry Hansbrough, once Repub
lican Senator from North Dakota
but now a supporter of A1 Smith.
With it he coupled the demand
that Hoover withdrew from the
Presidential campaign and per
mit tire selection of a Republcan
candidate "who cannot be influ
enced in handling our foreign
relations.”
The denial came from Henry
Allen, director of publicity for the
Republican National campaign
Allen sent a telegram to Hans- :
brough asserting there wras no |
foundation for such statements
and declaring that they could
“only be uttered for the purpose
of gaining votes by deliberate
lies."
SMITH CONFERENCE
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct., 11, (/P)—A1
Smith will probably leave here
in a few days to confer with Demo
leaders in New York before board
ing his special train for the camp
aign swings that will keep him on
the road till the Saturday before
the election.
SHIP HAD JUST BEEN REPAIR
ED FOR LEAK; PILOTS
UNINJURED
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Oct.
11, (A5)—The transatlantic plane
Columbia crashed on the West
bury golf course a few minutes
after taking to the air on its pro
jected flight to Rome. Both Rog
er Williams, pilot, and Pietro
Bonelli, navigator, escaped with
out injury.
One wheel and at least one
wing strut was broken and the
ship suffered general strains as
it tipped up on one v/ing point
but did not turn over. The Col
umbia took off at 11:55 with great
difficulty because of the excess
ive weight of its fuel load and
when it did get into the air it was
unable to gain altitude and strug
gled over a space between Roose
velt Field and Curtis Field, then
began to settle steadily to earth.
Fearing a possible upset with
resulting fire, Bonelli kicked the
dump valve to lighten the ship
Lut it had just been repaired for a
leak and would not work.
Williams made a forced landing
on the golf links adjoining Cur
tis Field close beside a sand-trap
hemmed in by bunkers. The plane
plunged and rolled on a soft turn
to the left when a wheel snapped
off.
BITTER DAILY FEUDS
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct., 11, (/P)—
Bitter feuds among opposing fac
tions of the Macedonian revolution
ists are becoming fiercer and as
sassinations are daily occurences.
A message from Kustenjil states
that 23 men were hanged in a wood
near there by a rival group.
FORMER PROSPECTOR (
Ketchikan Mother
Seeks Son Seattle
j SEATTLE, Oct., 11-(/P)—An
: xiety over her missing son brought
Mrs. Dick Harris to Seattle from
Ketchikan. He is Tom Harris, 22,
who has not been heard from
since he left the North for Seat
| ue two months ago. The mother
has appealed to the Salvation Ar
my to aid searching for him.
SCORE PRIVATE SHIPS JOIN
IN GREAT FAREWELL TO
BYRD’S VESSEL
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 11, (/P)—
While bands played and cheer
ing thousands shouted Godspeed,
the whaling ship C. A. Larsen
pushed away from the flag-drap
ed dock at San Pedro and began
a journey that will take Lieut.
Byrd into the Antarctic.
Byrd arrived at the ship at 4
o'clock, accompanied by his wife
who remained seated in their
automobile while her husband
went aboard ship.
The Coast Guard Cutter Vaugh
an, bearing city officials and civ
ic leaders, plowed along as escort
and in the wake came a score ox
private ships with waving flags
and screaming whistles and all the
harbor craft joined in farewell.
!IE DID NOT i'ALL
LONDON. Oct., 11, (/P)— Prince
of Wales and the Duke of Glouces
ter took part in a race meeting at
Nairobi. Africa. The Prince of
Wales rode in three races finishing
-ccond in competition for the Duke
of York’s plate.
>WNS GERMAN YACHT
Stripped of the splendor that accompanied it thru
an eventful career during which it frequently entertain
ed royalty, the former German yacht now called the
“Mohab” (below), has been purchased by Capt. Charles ,
Dickson, a former Alaskan who spent 15 years in the
Northern gold fields but of more recent date, of Cal-!
ifornia. Many of the Oldtimers in Seward recall Captain ;
Dickson well. TTe was said to be a gentleman and a j
scho^r and had a host of good friends up here. 'i
PEOPLE NOW ENLIGHTENED
WILL NOT GO TO WAR AS
BLINDLY AS BEFORE
SAN ANTONIO, Oct., 10, OP,—
A promise that the administration
does not contemplate any weaken
ing of the National defense be
cause of the recently signed Kel
logg treaties, was given the Amer
ican Legion by Secretary of War
Davis in an address in which he
praised the purpose and states
manship of the documents.
He said; “As Secretary of War
I know the great value of the sup
port which has been given by the
American Legion to our National
defense and in the desire for peace
you nevertheless realized we must
not jeoparidize our heritage of
liberty during our Search for a
panacea for war; therefore you
will wish to know that your efforts
have b"en misdirected.
“The government does not in
tend there should be any weak
ening in National defense as a
result of these treaties."
Davis described the treaties as
“Preliminary treatment for an
age-old cancer,” and pointed out
that whereas the ruler was once
ao.'iOiULi- biiv Ijwv* * . * c . —
mander-in-chief of the army,
alone; and that oeople are now en
lightened and will not go to war as
blindly as they once did.
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AMONG PASSENGERS ON BOARD
IS ONE WOMAN. ENGLISH
SOCIETY; WRITER
UNDATED, i/P)—Bound for the
United States from Germany the
first commercial trans-Atlantic
voyage of the giant Graf Zeppe
lin, is sailing steadily over France
today and is expected to reach
the United States Sunday morn
ing.
The dirigible carried 20 passen
gers and a crew of 43. American
Commder. Charles Rosendahl and
Frederick Gilfillan. There was one
woman \ passenger. Lady Grace
Drummond Hay, English society
woman writer.
The ship left Friedrichshaven
at 8 o’clock this morning, German
ime: five hours later it was re
ported to be nearing Lyons and
rpeeding along at 50 miles an hour.
The Zeppelin’s course was not
announced before the start Dr.
Eckener leaving that decision un
til well on her voyage. Her course,
however, would indicate she is
taking the southerly route.
NATIVES GO WILD
LONDON, Oct., 11, (TP)—Prince
if Wales received a wild welcome
from chief tans of East Africa who
put on their most colorful regalia
md staged furious native dances to
:how how flattered they were by
he visit of Britain’s heir to the
hrone.