MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 67
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE SPEN1
DAY VISITING THE ALASKA
JUNEAU MINE
JUNEAU, March 22, (Special tc
the Gateway!—Regulation of air
craft is provided ror in a measure
introduced yesterday by Senatoi
Dimond which extends to Alaska
and adopts and makes applicable
the policy and principles and prac
tices of the United States air com
merce act of 1926.
The measure provides and gives
power to the treasurer to issue
such regulations as are necessary
in conforming with the federal
law and air commerce regula
tions and air traffic rules.
All aircraft, except government
flying in Alaska, will be required tc
be licensed and pilots must have
licensee fees as prescribed and
which are $50 for examination and
tests of applicants for an airman’s
licensi fees as prescribed anc
and inspection of aircraft; and $5
for issuance of certificate of reg
istration for every aircraft.
Senator Dimond also introduced
a measure authorizing commiss
ioners to take charge of the es
tates of deceased persons prior tc
administration where no relative
heir, devisee or other interested
person is present to take charge
of the estate.
He also introduced a measure
repealing the provision requir
ing the giving of bonds for appeal
of costs in criminal actions from
the justice courts and a bill rela
tive to the descent and distribu
tion of property on death giving
one-half to the husband or wife
and half to the children.
The senate passed the school
refund bill as amended establish
ing schools of two classes and the
bill appropriating $5,000 for the re
habilitation of the telephone line
between Tatiana and Unalakleet.
The house members spent the
day visiting the Alaska Juneau
gold mine.
WAROUERADED AS A MAN FOU
YEARS AN?) MARRIED AN
OTHER WOMAN
LONDON, March 21, (IP)—A love
•..rageriv was the fundamental mo
tive for the sensational exploit oi
Valeria Smith, who for five years
masqueraded as a man and mar
ried another woman, she admits ir
an article.
“Captain Barker”, as she was
known, married an Australian
officer but fell in love with a pri
vate. They ran away together but
he deserted her and to support her
'on she assumed the guise of a
man, she said.
RIANS TOUR EUROPE
WASHINGTON March 22, (A')—
Secretary of State Kellogg an
, nounccd he was planning a tour of
Europe as soon as he retired from
office.
ABANDONS FLIGHT
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. March 22
\'.fP)—Capt.. Ira Ceaker arrived here
from Guatemala city. He aban- ;
I doned his attempt to make a dawn ;
to dusk flight to Panama from
Brownsville, Tex., and will leave
or the Canal Zone.
PLANE WAS LICENSED TO CAR
UV 14; AND 15 WERE ON
BOARD
NEW YORK, March 22. (/P)—Lou 1
Foote pilot of the ill-fated Ford
plane which crashed on Newark
airport in New Jersey, told how
one of his three motors failed i
while the heavily loaded plane was
proceeding at. an altitude of 1,000
iaet. forcing to make a descent
hat resulted in disaster. Foote!
\* as injured. He was the only,
sutvv r of the tragedy.
Fourteen passengers either weit
instantl.v killed or died in the hos- j
nital. Five separate investigations!
are being made. City officials of!
Newark at. an informal hearing
.ear.) officials of the Colonial Air
ways testify that every precaution
had been taken for safety. Feder
al authorities wi’l make their own
inquiries.
It hac been established that the
plane was licensed to carry only
14 persons altho at the time of
the accident 15 persons were on
board.
B AKER AWARD D. S. M.
WASHINGTON. March 21, (;P)—
Newton D. Baker, secretary of war
under the late President Wilson
was awarded a Distinguished Ser
vice Medal in recognition of his
,-ervic- s.
TUI* PUT
T8IBIITE TO FOSS,
ONLY MEN WOUNDED WORLD
WAR ADMITTED TO VIEW
THE BODY
PARIS, March 22, (/P)—Mourning
thousands again paid tribute to \
the memory of Marshal Ferdinand
Foch as the nation prepared to
pay him the highest honors, one
suggestion being he be interred
beside the body of France’s un
known soldier.
While hundreds of mourners
line the sidewalks near his home, ,
hundreds more, at the rate of 30
a minute, passed into the court
yard and signed their names on
Hack-bordered registers placed on
tables there.
In the afternoon only men who
were wounded in the world war,
and widows of men who had died I
under the colors, were admitted to 1
view the body lying amidst burning :
candles in a plain oaken coffin
such as a soldier with simple tastes
would choose.
“Whitehorse Eagle,” aged Amer- ;
ican Indian chief, was among the
visitors.
SEVENTH VICTIM DIES
SEATTLE, March 22, LP)—Th”
seventh victim of spinal meningitis
o die here in the last two weeks i
succumbed to this disease in the
city hospital. This was one of the
cases taken off the President
Madison when it, docked here from
the Orient. Other Filipinos who
bed of the disease came on the j
hner President Lincoln two week.)'
ago.
37 STILL MISSING
PARNASSUS, Penn., aMrch 22
TP)—Spurred on by the rescue o.
i miner who had been entombec
24 hours, rescue crews are push
ng their way into the explosioi
urea of the wrecked Kinloch miii<
in an effort to reach the 37 stil
unaccounted for. The list of deac
last night stood at 26.
AREAS TO BE MAPPED ALL !>
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
NATIONAL FOREST
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 22, UP
—Bound for an extensive surve;
trip, an Alaska expedition is fitt
ing out at the North Island nava
lir station and will start early ii
May to be gone until October.
Lieutenant Commander A. W
Bradford will head the part;
which will ha^e its principle basi
at Thane, near Juneau.
The steamer Gannett will operati
.rom the base with a coveret
barge equipped with nhotographii
’drk rooms. The Gannett wil
leave on May 15
The party expects to be read;
to start operations on May 25. Tin
number of planes to be used ii
the work will be three all amphi
bians. These and the barge wil
be picked up at Bremerton by tin
Gannett.
The party will remain in south
eastern Alaska as long as weathei
conditions will permit. The area
to be mapped comprises the Ton
gass forest and takes in Chicago®
Baranoff, Kuiu islands and part
of the mainland.
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DRUNKEN PROJECTION OPERA
TOR IS BLAMEI) FOR TER
RIBLE LOSS LIFE
MOSCOW, Russia. March 22, (/P;
—Fire in a wooden moving picture
theater building, with only one
exit, caused the deaths of 114
men, women and children in the
village of Igolkino, Vladmiir pro
i vince, 400 kilometers northeast of
Moscow.
The film caught fire and the
blaze spread rapidly through the
frail structure.
Eleven were severely injured and
.vx o'l ors but slightly. The sum of
1 1,500 rubles has been apprcpriat
■ ed by the state executive to the
• bereathed families.
■ The official commission began
i an investigation of the cause and
later reported the fire was caused
• by carelessness of the drunken
’ projection operator.
• Fire companies were powerless
to stop the fire as the building
• was nearly destroyed when they
1 arrived.
I
MEXICO CITY. March 2,2 UP)—
The American embassy was in
formed by private sources that an
American mining man. T. C. Car
nahan. was kidnapped at Lancira
mine near the town of Sen Benito.
At the same time the bandits car
led off a Mexican mine official.
O.ioto; Olvej's and presumably are
noldire the two men lor ransom.
MANCHESTER. Ena.. March 22.
' Pi—‘World trade is in the shadow
;Rf the worst financial disaster in
history’. such was the gloomy pro
: pbecy of Sir George Parish, promi
nent British economist before a
meeting of the international free
trade bureau. “We are drinking
and making merry on the verge of
; 1 crisis.” said Sir George, “for to
morrow we die.”
I WASHINGTON, March 22, CP)_
jA rate agreement among 21 ship
ping lines covering movements of
rreignt between the United States
j ind United Kingdom ports was
| approved bv the shipping board
jlere. Under the agreement the
I carriers are to maintain a con
ference which will govern the
j charging of a reasonable mini
mum rate.
I.OXDON HEAT WAVE
| LONDON. March 21, (A5)—With
'Ce not yet. melted from the lakes
j open which Londoners were skat
ing lest week the city sweltered
order a near heat wave with the
ih clinometer hovering around 95
i degrees. It was 67 in the shade.