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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 86.
SEWABD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1928.
PRICE TEN CEN'i
Aspirations of Two
Nations for Flying
__Honors Marks Hop
TOOK OFF THIS MORNING AT 5:38 O’CLOCK—DUE
TO ARRIVE IN NEW YORK TOMORROW (FRI
DAY)—WEATHER CONDITIONS IDEAL— TER
ROR STRUCK SPECTATORS WHEN PLANE
FAILED LEAVE RUNWAY DARTING THRU
HOLE IN CEMENT WALL THEN ARISING—
—COAST GUARDS REPORT BREMAN GOING
STRONG WELL OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC
BALDONNEL, Airdrome, Irish Free State, April 12.
(JP)—The German plane Breman hopped off for New
York at 5:38 this morning (Thursday).
BALDONNEL, Airdrome,“Irish Free State, April 12.
S (/P)—Bearing the aspirations of two nations for trans
j Atlantic flying honors the monoplane Breman sped west
I ward on what is hoped to be the first spanning of the
! Atlantic ocean, from East to West, by an airplane.
Terror struck the spectators as they
matched the heavily laden plane speed
! along the runway on its first takeoff
I when it failed to rise and then shot
I thru an opening in a cement voall to
I take the air.
! If successful the flight is expected
to terminate in New York tomorrow.
Two hours after the start Falway
coast guards saw the Bremen going
| strong well out over the Atlantic.
At the controls were Captain Koehl,
Germany war flyer, Colonel James
, Fitzmaurice, Commandant of the Irish
Free State air force, who will alternate
at the controls at four hour intervals.
Behind them sat Baron Hunefehl.
Weather conditions were ideal.
PREDICTS STRONG WINDS
WASHINGTON. April 12. (£>)—On
the basis of the present forecast the
German plane Breman is due to buck
unfavorable weather on the western
side of the Atlantic for a strong wind
is reported by the Weather Bureau,
massing northeast from New England
"- ward Newfoundland, where it is
peeled to assume large proportions
tonight. The Breman is due at New
foundland at 8 o’clock tomorrow morn
ing, eastern time. It is considered
likely the Breman will buck strong
winds continuously after passing mid
Atlantic.
DR. VIOL DIES
NEW YORK, April 12, (£>)—Dr.
Chas. Viol, famous for his experiments
in search of cancer cure, died of can
cer.
SMALL NUMBER OF
ATTENDANCE FALLS 30,000 UN
DER THAT OF LAST YEAR;
COLD WEATHER
NEW YORK, April 12. The
smallest attendance in six years mark,
©d the opening of the Major League
baseball season. Unusually cold weath
er, especially in hte East, cut heavily
into the attendance figures which to
talled 198,000 for the eight games
compared with pre-game predictions
of 250,000. This is nearly 30,000 short
of last year’s opening day when only
seven games were played.
The biggest crowd of the* day, 40,
000 turned out in Detroit to see the
Browns whip the Tigers at the polo
grounds; 35,000 saw the Giants
trounce the Braves.
Other American League gate totals
were Chicago 30.000; Philadelphia
20,000; Boston 10,000.' In the Nation
al, Cincinnati 30,000; St. Louis 21,000;
Brooklyn 12,000.
TALE OF TERRIFIC
STORM GIANT WAVES
SWEPT BERING SEA
TWO CYLINDERS BROKE DOWN
, ON THE ISKUM DURING RE
CENT HEAVY WEATHER
UN ALASKA, April 12. (/P)—With
tie motorship Iskum and the gasboat
Vis, No. 2, reports were brought here
of a terrific storm which swept Bering
' Sea recently.
While anchored at Atka, 300 miles
west, the Vis -was dragged on the
rocks, by the sudden change of weath
er and sank up to the pilot house.
Fourteen days later the craft was
taken off and with two men busy at
the pumps brought her to port.
The Iskum brought stories of giant
swells from 40 to 60 feet high. Two
of her cylinders broke down when she
was forced to keep full power during
the heavy weather.
—
BARBERS, BEWARE!
LOS ANGELES, April 12. (£>)—Six
barbers were found guilty in the Muni
cipal Court here for failing to steril
ize their instruments, and were sent
enced to five days each in the city
jail. They were arrested by members
of the Health Department.
LISTEN TO JACK
NEW YORK, April 12. (/P)—Jack
Dempsey, arriving here today, declar
ed he would not fight again for $50,
000,000.
LEAVES $500,000 ESTATE
CHICAGO, April 12. (/P)—'The will
of James Heyworth, former member
of the Shipping Board, disposes of
a $500,000 estate.
iP OF TIE STATE
WRITE GOVERNOR SMALL OFF
THE BOOK; DASH SENATOR
IAL HOPES F. L. SMITH
CHICAGO, April 12. (/P)—Illinois
voters, at the State-wide primary elec
tion Tuesday, wrote Governor Small
off the books as their political favor
and dashed the hopes of Frank L.
Smith to the Senate.
They tore the Republican leadership
from Mayor Thompson by defeating
his choice for State Attorney, Robert
Crowe, erven though Thompson himself
was not a candidate for any post more
important than a committeeman in
his home ward seemed to have lost
solace even in that slight victory.
Louis Lincoln Emerson, Secretary
of State, swept, unexpectedly and by
a large majority, over Small for Gov
ernor.
juage Jonn a. swanson apparently
■won the nomination for States Attor
ney. Attorney General Oscar Carl-1
strom was successful fn his renomina
tion.
SEAMAN ASKS FOR
1104,800 F00 FULL
DOWN HATCHWAY
CLAIMS A. S. S. CO., NEGLIGENT
IN PERMITTING HATCH ON
DERBLAY BE OPEN
SEATTLE, April 12. (JP)—Claiming
the Alaska Steamship Company was
negligent in permitting the hatch of
the freighter Derhlay to be open and
permitting grease to collect on the
passageway, Berg Antonsen, seaman,
filed suit for $104,800 in the Federal
Court.
Damages are asked for injuries sus
tained when he fell thru the hatch on
the ship on which he was employed
when it docked at Long View on Jan
uary 21. " ■»'!=■*
KLAK MEMBERS SUIT
1101 OUT COURT
! FIVE MEMBERS SOUGHT RECEIV.
ERSHIP ASCERTAIN WHAT BE
COME OF •15,000,000
*•<1 ' . -V \"
PITTSBURGH, ApBl 12. (/P)—The
suit of five former members of the
Klan to restrain the order from oper
ating in Penn., -was thrown out in
the Federal Court by Judge Tlromp
’ son who ruled he was without juris
diction and it was a question for the
state to settle. ' *
The decision made a clean sweep of
the counter action brought by the five
members who sought a receivership
for the Klan in Pennsylvania. They
asked for an accounting of some $15,
000,000 said to have been colected by
the order in this state.
The original suit, brought, by the
Klan to restrain the five members
from interfering with it and asking
$100,000 damages, w*as not affected by
the opinion.
“TWAS FALSE”
WASHINGTON, April 12, (£>)—
Senator Walsh said he is not out to
“get Smith” in the Presidential race.
Hi9 candidacy is based upon political
corruption issue, he indicated.
BOMB EXPLOSION
TRADE EXPOSITION
TAKES LIVES 14
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL IN AT
TENDANCE; 40 PERSONS ARE
REPORTED INJURED
MILAN, Italy, April 12. (fP)—A
bomb explosion, shortly before King
Victor Emmanuel inaugurated the
Milan fair, killed 14 and injured 40.
Despite the explosion the King took
part in the ceremony and went thru
the exhibits. The activities of the1
fair, the annual trade exhibition, con. ■
tinued without a change.
WILKINS REPORTED
HEARD SEATTLE BK
IS POSITIVE WAS WILKINS HE
HEARD; NO COMPLETE MES
SAGE RECEIVED
SEATTLE, April 12. (£>)—'The belie!
Wilkins and Eielson. have hopped-ofl
for Spitzbergen, or are ready to hop,
was expressed here by E. R. Stevens,
amateur radio operator, who heard
Wilkins’ wireless signals Monday
night.
Stevens said “I am po%itive it was
Wilkins” explaining he was •well ac
quainted with both. “Wilkins seemed
to be testing his set and w-as calling
SARD, San Francisco. No complete
I sign?Is were transmitted and be gave
I
no in'n-T‘v on.
| Steve! - id the signals we~e t>-o.
bably it from the plane wad; it
was in the air.
An I itarod amateur told Stevens
weather conditions were improved in
the Interior and were probably simi
larly improved at Point Barrow.
BRINGS HOME THE BACON
BALTIMORE, April 12, (£>)—*^’Corp
oral,” owned by R. iA Freeman, gal
loped away with the $1200 Aspirant
Stakes, feature race at Bowie Track.
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