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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 162.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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■ STRANDED ON
ARCTIC ICE FLOES
MAN WHO SPOTTED THE ITALIA
WALKING PARTY IS FORCED
* DOWN BY FOG
MOSCOW, July 13. (/P)—.'I'.other
Ironical twist was given to tlie Nobile
party rescue with the news that Chu.
khnovikv and his four companions
were stranded near North*east Land
after discovering the walking party
and giving directions for their rescue.
Fog has kept Chukhnovsky fr'om to.
turning to the Krassin and he radioed
he was forced to land a mile South,
west of Cape Platen.
Hte has two( weeks supplies of foods,
weapons and ammunition. The under
carriage of the machine was damaged
and he a shod that assistance be sent
to him. « ■
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS BY
MYSTERIOUS ASSAILANTS
AFTER AUTO CHASE
NEW YORK, July 12. (#*)—'Frank
Yale, known also as “Franky” Yale,
was shot and killed by four unknown
assailants who persued him thru a
quiet residential section of Brooklyn
in an automobile.
Yale, who was known as the
“Beau Brummell” of the underworld,
was found by the police in his luxuri.
ous motor car, which had run amuck
after the driver was killed.
Detectives asserted that Yale was
slain in revenge for the murder of
Big Tom Murphy, th Chicago labor
leader boss whose life was sniffed out
v
* a few days ago. Murphy, who was
also wealthy made his money thru his
rule over the labor unions, "while
Yale was interested in strike break,
ing and the police saw in this the
clash in personalities which led to the
fatal “duel.” The automobile in which
ihe murderers were riding bore an
Illinois license plate.
Yale was a friend of “Scarface” A1
Capone, the notorious Chicago gang,
ster and "was well known in the Chi.
cago underworld, where he was in
close touch with the bootleggers.
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POWERFUL FINLAND STATION
WASHINGTON, July 13. (£>)—'The
Dahtis broadcasting station, said to
have one of the most powerful trans.
^ mittens in Europe, has just been open,
ed in Finland, George L. Tolman, vice
consul at Helsingfors, reports to the
Department of Commerce. Equipr
ment of this station was furished at
a cost of $200,000.
NORRIS REFUSES
WASHINGTON, July 13. (JP)—Nor.
ris announced lie will head no Third
l
. Party movement in connection with
his nomination on the Farmer.Labor
Ticket.
PLANK WANTS TO OUTLAW WAR,
FINE, IMPRISONMENT, BEVER.
AGES IN HOMES
CHICAGO, July 13. {^—William F.
Varney, of Rockville Center, N. Y.,
was nominated to the Presidency of
I the Prohibition Party by 6G votes.
Hoover received 43, A1 Smith receiv.
I ed two votes.
The last (precipitated a one man
i parade when Clinton N. Howard, of
: Rochester, N. Y„ shoute^ “This is a
bqrtesque”. He was forced to sit
I down after a storm of protests.
James A. Edgerton, of Alexandria,
Va., was nominated for Vice.Presi.
| dent. The platform demands reen.
actment of the former law and pro.
, viding fine and imprisonment for
i making alcoholic beverage^ in the
home?; also planks on relief of labor,
j conservation of natural resources,
separation from church and State'and
outlawry of war.
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PITTSBURG MAN IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, MEX. July 12 (ff) —
George H Theiss, president of the
Minerva Mining company, Astientos
Aguasalientes, is here from Pittsburg,
Pa., on a visit to the company’s pro.
I pertfcs.
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DIET LOSES FIVE
POUNDS DM TRAINING
ID ADDS IDE SIM!
SPECTACULAR, N. Y., July 1?,. (/p
| .Oenerous doses of freh milk- keei
| Champion Gene Tunnoy from training
! down too fine for the defense of title
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against Tom Heeney, July 2G.
| Although the champion still has twc
; >M?eks work he is just -short of the
i peak of condition and weights 191
pounds. Affter a hard workout he is
; always five pounds lighter than the
i exact weight he intends to carry inte
' the ring when he faces Heeney.
| Tunney restores five pounds he
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loses in ring every day by drink.
' ing three pints of milk. Tunn'ey ex
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•pleaded as follows his Wtiortpodox
training methods that “strength anf
power is nothing more than nervous
energy and there an? four ways o:
; expending it. worry, brain work, phy.
: sical effort and digestion.”
BEENE! nUC DDT
SLADE POWERFDt. I ITS
FAIR HAVEN, N. J., July 13. (jp)—
If Tom Heeney fails to deteat Tunnej
it won’t be because he is not used tc
ring conditions. Tom starts tonight tc
get used to conditions he will encoun.
ter in the New York Stadium by per.
forming daily and boxing at nigh
under the glare of powerful lights.
BUTTERFLY CONS. MINES
I OPHIR, SOLO., July 12. (JP)
William Coleman is now buisn? •
| manager in charge of operations ol
j the Butterfly Consolidated Mines. Ex
Le» sive operations are now unin *
way. Leo Grinnell, former supern
tendent, no longer holds that pos
ition.
! FIRST ESKIMO CLASS TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
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Roger Menadelock and Josephine Kalarak (left) and
Isaac and Jennie Newlin (right) 'are the first Eskimo
graduates. They received diplomas from the United
States government’s industrial school at White Moun
tain, Alaska. Radio carried the commencement address
from Seattle.
DISCOVERER DELAYED
i S EL DO VI A, July 13. (Special to
i
•The Gateway)—The M. S. Discoverer,
' Cant. H* Bergter, has been in Port
Graham with engine trouble for the
last two days but expects to start, for
j Seward soon.
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ANTI.ITALIAN FEELING IN TYROL
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REACHING FEVER HEAT SAYS
REPORT
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•! VIENNA, July 13. (JP)—Dr, Iganz
! Seipel, Chancellor of Austria, is oc.
I cupying a shaky post as the result of
; anti.Italian feelings in Tyrol. He is
unabl*3 to satisfy mayors of South Ty_
rol towns who are protesting the in.
' scription on the Italian war monument
I dedicated to King Victor Emmanuel,
at Bolzano.
He also told Protestants he could do
nothing respecting the action of Italy
[•closing th'a frontier against Austrians
for six days. The mayors expressed
( indignation Saying Seipel has sur.
! rendered against “Mussolini’s unsat.
iable ambitions.”
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit, 4; New York, 2.
Cleveland, 2; Washington, 1.
St. Louis, 3; Boston, 1.
Chicago, 4.2; Philadelphia, 3.5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York, 1; St. Louis, 11.
Brooklyn, 0; Cincinnati, 0, called at
end of eight inning on account of
rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
i Sacramento, 2; San Francisco, 1.
Holly woo r, 5; Seattle, 2.
Oakland, 2; Los Angeles, 8.
Missions, 12; Portland, 2.
FORI TOWNSEND SI
SETS ONER W
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PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., July
13, (JP)—Construction work on the j
big Quilcer.e river dam, five miles 1
above Rr’nbow Ranger station m ;
Mount Walker, for the city’s n ate' |
supply, has begun.
Contractor James Coyne, is row
constructing the 30-mile main line
A 20,000,000 gallon flow will be brot
to the city for paper manufacturing
•tnd domestic uses.
REFUGEES RESCUED
ROME, July 13. (#»)—The steamer
Krassin rescued the Vigieri group of
Nobile refugees at 9. p. m.
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| ICEBREAKER STEAMER KRASSIN
RESCUES FIVE MORE MEM.
BERS DIRIGIBLE CREW
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| MOSCOW, July 13. —(Copyrigliled
; by the Associated Press)—Spurring
| on relentlessly in what appears to be
| a winning fight against the Arctic'the
powerful icebreaker Krassin rescued
five more of the Italia crew and is
pounding away to make further res.
cues.
STRANDED 48 DAYS
Just a few hours after the brilliant
| rescue of Mariano and Zappi, th'3
Krassin crashed thru to reach the
I Viglieri group which for 43 days had
j been stranded near Foyn Island. With
sevtui of the 16 men of the Italia safe,
j ly aboard the Krassin immediately
j turned its attention picking up res.
j cue groups which had become strand.
|'3d and to keep a sharp lockout for
the Amundsen party.
WERE GONDOLA CREW
I The Viglieri group rescued yester.
day was made up of Lieut. Viglferi,
Proffessor F. Behounek, Giuseppi Bio.
gi, Filippo Troiano and Nat ale Cecci.
oni. These fiv»3 were in the gondola
of the Italia when it crashed.
SIGHTED WRECKED PLANE
A full report of the rescue was j<3.
ceived from Proffessor Samoilovitch.
leader of the Russian fescue expedi.
tion, and said “Within three miles
from the Viglieri group the Krassin
sighted th‘3 remnants of an airplane.
It was the abandoned Swedish ma_
chine and from the red tent smokts
signals responded to the deafening
siren blasts which were continually
sounded from the Krassin.
OUTSTRETCHED ARMS
“The boat then drew up clo£»e along,
side the ice field which was harbor,
ing the victims. I climbed down the
trap ladder and found myself in th'3
outstretched * arms of the rescued men
who kissed me and wept tears of joy.
They- said they had! pinned all hope on
on the Kras sin but did not expect us
so soon. All of those rescued and
f3ken aboard ware well save Ceccioni
who hag, a broken leg but his condi.
tion is not serious.”
AFTER ANOTHER GROUP
Ungrave Samoilovitch said the crew
loaded the plane aboard. First it is
the intention of the ship/ to proceed to
Foyn Island where several persons
wer4 sighted who hav<3 not yet been
identified. These men signalled to
the Krassip and the Krassin signall.
ed back she would pick them up later.