MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 155. SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JULY 5. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LIST HITES FOR
PIONEER ALASKA
LADY. AT SEATTLE
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CAME NORTH DURING GOLD
RUSH DAYS; LIVED IN TER
RITORY 25 YEARS
SEATTLE, July 5, (/P)—The last
rites for Mrs. Anna Nicholson Hall,
pioneer Alaskan, who died Sunday
in Worchester, Mass., will be held
tomorrow in Renton.
Mrs. Hall was born here 67 years
ago and went North with her first
husband during the gold rush days
and lived in Nome and other Alaska
districts for more than a quarter of
a century.
She came out two years ago; she
*s survived by her husband George
Hall, her mother Mrs. Anna Wurst
of Renton and five sisters and two
brothers.
TWO FULL TO DEATH
PARADISE INN, Rainier Nation
al Park, July 5, (/P)—Forrest Great
house, football coach of the Lincoln
high school, Seattle and Edwin
Wetzel, young Milwaukee attorney^
are believed to have been killed
when they fell into a crevasse on
Mt. Rainier.
Four others, badly battered who
had climbed to safety after a fall
are L. H. Brigham of Seattle, Rob
ert Strombel of Tacoma, D Yancy
Bradshaw of Cambridge, Mass., and
E. P. Weatherly of Kansas City.
The men were returning from a
ciimb to the top of the mountain
when the tragedy occurred. One
party fell from exhaustion taking
all down into the crevasse 100 feet
below.
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HOUNDS ANOTHER: IS
CAPTURED, HOSPITAL
SPRINGFIELD, O., July 5, (/P)—
A gunman killed a policeman, se
riously wounded another and was
I wounded himself three times as
he shot his way from a hotel after
police attempted to question him
regarding automobile ownership.
The bandit was captured after
ward as he sought medical treat
ment in a hospital and is under
guard charged with murder. Phy
sicians said he would recover
A woman who occupied a room
with him is held by the police.
LEAPS FROM FALLING
PLANE: IS RESCUED
SAN DIEGO, July 5, (£>)—Leaping
from his plane, when it went into
a tail spin above the ocean off
Point Loma, Lieut. Paul Clyde, a
naval aviator made a successful
parachute landing in the sea.
He was forced to swim for over
three hours before being located
and rescued by parties aboard the
bar^e of Rear Admiral Henry V.
Butler, commanding the aircraft
souadron of the United States bat
tlefleet.
ATTEMPTS DYNAMITE
EXCHANGE DESTROY
SHORTAGE. RECORDS
LOS ANGELES, July 5, (/P)—
The Grain Evchange was damaged
by dynamite which Perry E. Par
son, cashier, admitted he placed
in the hope of destroying records
covering a $1,500 shortage in his
accounts.
The blast caused damage esti
mated at $3,000 but did not oblit
erate the Exchange record. Fur
ther damage was prevented by
office workers who extinguished
a lighted candle in a lavatory
near open gas jets.
GMT ATTEMPT
TO SET NEW MARK
EAIES, DUE MOTOR
MINNEAPOLIS, July 5, (/P)—A
sputtering motor, which gradually
lost its power, brought a dramatic
end to the gallant attempt of Thor
wald Johnson and Owen Hough
land to set a new mark for an en
durance airplane flight after nearly
150 hours of continuous flying.
Three struts, holding what is
known as the “exact valve motion”,
were sheared off in some unex
plained manner, it was discovered
after the ship was inspected by the
aviators.
The mishap, they said, allowed
compression to accumulate in the
cylinders, forcing gasoline back in
to the carburator and gradually
smothering the motor.
SOCIETY WOMEN ARE
KILLED: HIT Of
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5, (/Pi—
Carl Flannigan, 26, former hos
■ pital attendant, whose speeding
auto crashed into a machine car
rying three prominent society
women, killing tow of them and
seriously injuring the other, was
arraigned and held for $5,000
bail on charges of manslaughter
: and driving while drunk .
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ON SECOND LEG
j CHICAGO, July 5„ (/P)—Two
(radio messages told the Chicago
; Thibune that its plane “Untin
Bowler” had taken-off from Remi
lake, Ontario for Great Whale
river, 400 miles north on the sec
ond leg of its projected Berlin
hop. The weather is repored good
PHONE COMMUNICATION
N. J.JUNE: LONDON
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., July 5,
(/P)-*-A telephone conversation be
tween an airplane flying 1000 feet
above Hadley field here was heard
distinctly in London.
' The test, the first of its kind in
history, was made possible by the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., and demonstrated by Interna
jtional News Service.
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JENSEN FAILS AGAIN
ROOSEVELT FIELD, July 5, (/P)—
Martin Jensen landed his plane,
“The Three Musketeers” at 6:07
eastern daylight time, abandoning
an attempt to set a new endurance
refueling flight record because of
lack of fuel. They had been in the
air for 71 hours.
ISLE MOVES
CHS1EL BUOY
S. S. TUPPER ARRIVES SEATTLE
FROM KUSKOKWIM; OFF
AGAIN AUGUST 1
SEATTLE, July 5, (/P)—Bringing
a weird tale of a beluga whale
towing a buoy set to mark
shoals on the Kuskokwim, Capt.
Charles S Carlson, of the W. M.
Tupper, arrived here. He said the
beluga became entangled in one
of the chanel buoys and dragged it
to the location of another where
it was shot.
The whale was taken by a
pilot boat to Quinhagak village
where it was to be barba
cued fo a tribal celebration. Capt.
Carlson exhibited pictures to prov£
his story.
The S. S. Tupper will leave Aug
ust 1 for Unimak Island where the
Shishaldin volcano has been belch
ing fire and smoke into the
heavens.
The speed craze has grasped the
Indians along the Kuskokwim river
districts Captain Carlson said and'
he will take back with him a large
number of outboard racing motor
boats. One a 40-foot motor and
sailer and a number of Columbia
river fishing boats.
The ancient Aaiak has now been
relegated to the junk heap. The
vessel will also cari^school books,
flour, radio sets, canned goods and
a conglomeration of other freight
for the isolated sections of Alaska.
The passenger list will consist of
government school teachers, mis
sionaries and traders. On the re
iturn trip the Tupper will bring
[down 35 reindeer for use in Santa
jClaus’ teams at Christmas time;
also gold bullion, furs and fish. The
vessel will go to Kuskokwim, via
Sand Point and Unga.
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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 9; Washington 7.
New York 6; Boston 5.
| Cleveland 3; Chicago 6.
St. Louis 8; Detroit 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 11; Boston 3.
Pittsburgh 13; St. Louis 2.
j Chicago 7; Cincinnati 5. •
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 6; Missions 4.
Los Angeles 9; Portland 6.
Hollywood 9; Sacramento 4.
San Francisco 6; Seattle 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4-0; New York 3-8.
Pittsburgh 8-8: St. Louis 4-2.
Cincinnati 9-5; Chicago 8-10.
Philadelphia 14-3; Brooklyn 12-5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 8-8; Boston 1-1.
Chicago 9-5; Cleveland 2-12
j New York 8-14; Washington 4-4.
St. Louis 12-7; Detroit 6-6.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 6-3; Sacramento 6-0.
First game called by agreement
in the 10th inning.
Missions 4-3; Oakland 3-5.
Los Angeles 13-9: Portland 5-2.
San Francisco 9-22; Seattle 5-10.
CABINET TO RESIGN
TOKYO, July 5, (JP)—Resignation
of the Tanaka cabinet was foreseen
;with the announcement of Premier
Tanaka that he will yi^ld his pos^
I Manchurian affairs and the Kel
logg pact ratification are blamed
for the threatened collapse of the
'government.
ALASKA RAILROAD
: NOME, July 5, (£>)—'The Cutter:
Northland departed for St. Mich-;
I ael Wednesday morning at 8
o’clock and expected to return
| here for the Fourth of July.
The Cutter Haida sailed in the
early morning for Dutch Harbor
via St- Lawrence Island.
A. A. Bennett arrived at 1. a- m.
1 yesteday, picked up Colonel Ohl
son, general manager of the Alas
ka Railroad, who came down the
• river enroute to Nome where he
I expected to arrive today. He plans
ito leave for Fairbanks.
! SEATTLE, July 5, UP)—Harrison
Bf Martin, attorney for the Federal
Trade Commission in Chicago, is
;the latest to send word that he in
tends to be present at the “Sour
;doughs’ Stampede” and will ar
rive here August 6th.
Martin went to Nome on the first
trip of the S. S. Victoria into the
! gold rush camp in 1900 and spent
'his second season there in 1904 and
was assistant U. S. attorney in Val
dez in 1908 and 1909.
I [ML ANALYSIS
. REVEALS PILOT DRUNK
MEINEOLA, N. Y„ July 5, ’(/P)—
Dr. Alexander Goettler reported
{that he has made a chemical an
alysis of the vital organs of Wilmer
Stultz flyer, who was killed with
two passengers Monday.
The doctor found “That the man
I was very drunk at the time of his
death”. The findings were made
by an order from the coroner who
;nvestigated the deaths. Dr. Goet
rier also fund a large amount of al
cohol in the stomach and brain of
Stultz.
FIREWORKS EXPLODE
OMAHA, July 5, (/P)—An explos
sk<n of fireworks took the lives of
two men and dest/oyed the stock
in the building of Brinn & Jensen
Co., a wholesale store. The dead
are Harry H. Jones, vice president,
and Myron Jensen, son of J. P.
Jensen, president of the company.
The loss in stock and the building
is estimated at more than $100,000.
HELEN WILLS AGAIN
ASSERTS SUPREMACY
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 5, (&)—
Helen Wills reasserted her supre
macy over the world’s women ten
nis players by defeating Helen
Jacobs of California in a final Brit
ish womens singles championship.
The scores were 6-1 and 6-2.
The victory was easily won and
gives Miss Wills the title for the
third straight year. A few days
ago Miss Wills won the French
championship for the second
straight time.
CHICAGO, July 5, (JP)—Edith
Mason, diva of the Chicago Opera,
'filed suit for divorce against Gior
gio Polacco, director of the com
pany, charging him with cruelty.
PUCES Oil NEW
COMMITTEE MADE
FOR FARM HEAOS
WASHINGTON, July 5, (/P)—*Two
more branches of agriculture, fruit
growing and dairying, were given
recognition by President Hoover in
selecting the personnel of the new
ly created federal farm board.
A place on the board, to which
will be entrusted the task of carry
ing out the provisions of the ad
ministration of the farm relief law,
was offered to W. S. Moscrip, sec
retary-treasurer of the Twin City
Milk Producers Association of St.
Paul and Charles O’Teague of the
California Citrus League. A defin
ite arrangement with them has not
been reached yet, however, and It
was reported from Los Angeles that
Mr. O’Teague would probably de
cline the appointment because of
the pressure of business affairs.
NATIVES HE ALASKA
LEARNING EAST, SAVS
REGENT VISITOR HERE
SEATTLE. July 5, T/P)—The na
tives of Alaska are fast learning
the ways of the white man, even to
religion, but much missionary work
still remains to be done in the
opinion of Mrs.* May Leonard
Woodruff, secretary of the Metho
dist Womans Home Missionary So
ciety who arrived here after five
weeks in the Territory.
Mrs Woodruff was accompanied
north by Mrs. D. F. Devinny of St.
Paul, who is trustee of the mission
ary society. The women surveyed
the Methodist childrens’ home in
Seward. Work -is being done by
I the hospital mission at Nome.
The women will recommend the
missionary • board to build more
i missions in Alaska.
PLANE EXPLODED:
FIVE KILLED AND
LINDAU, Germany, July 5, (JP)—
Five passengers were killed and two
iwere seriously injured when a new
I plane, the “D-16”, exploded and fell
jinto Lake Constance.
The catastrophe happened just
as the machine was about to alight
on the lake, being only a few feet
above the surface at the time the
sharp explosion took place. The
plane turned over and sank. There
were seven persons aboard the ma
chine; five passengers, a pilot and
a navigation officer.
FAST FLYING 1ST
GOOD SPORT, HAWKS
NEW YORK, July 5, OP)—Flying
to Los Angeles and back in less
time than any other person has
covered the distance is just a good
bit of sport to Capt. Frank H.
Hawks.
When he hopped from one coast
city to the other in a single jump
of 2800 miles in 19 hours, 10 min
utes and 32 seconds and then came
home in nearly 2 hours less, it was
merely discharging his duties as
aviation director of a large oil com
p any, he explained.