MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV NUMBER 20.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, January 24, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
JTTLE WITH SEUS
CREW OF FLORIDA NEAR COL
LAPSE WHEN RESCUED:
STRIPPED TO WAIST
NEW YORK, Jan., 24, UP)—'Tri
umph tor the second time in a
battle with the sea, Capt. George
Fried, of the Liner America, head
ed toward port with the rescued
crew of the S. S. Florida.
Captain Freid’s message stated
"We have rescued the full crew of |
the S. S. Florida, a total of 30 and
two chief officers with Manning in
charge. During the westerly gale
all life boats were lost: details
later.”
To t'he United States lines, last
night, essentials of the happy end
ing of the near grim tragedy and
drama on the wintry Atlantic
which began when the S. S. Amer
ica began a 350 mile race with
death. arrived. The message
j__• •• ",-r communication
sent by Captain Freid three years
ago when he told of the rescue of
the British freighter Antinme.
The other vessel in distress in
fire same vicinity apparantly sur
mounted her difficulties when the
America radioed the Dannedaikes
cr-jw had rigged, a jury rudder and
v,l * seeking slknei at
The America’s feat in locating
the S. S. Florida was emphasized
by the fact that two other ships
nearer at hand had been unable
to locate her and were forced to
abandon search.
The New York American, in a
copyright dispatch from the Amer
ica, said the crew of the Florida
were near a state of collapse when ,
rescued. This message said ‘‘They
were in a weak condition and
many were stripped to the waist;
that their clothing was badly torn
and that the injured were hoisted
aboard by a breeches rig. All were
very tired and near collapse.”
The message added the S. S.
Florida was been abandoned.
GALES, BLIZZARDS
EUROPE PAST m
LONDON. Jan.. 24. (/P)—Gales
md blizzards which swept over
Europe in the last week resulted in
the deaths of 15 persons. Most of
the victims were sailors drowned at
sea. The storm was wide-spread.
Paris, Berlin and even Rome Re
porting heavy snowfalls. Sweden
Norway and other countries to the
north experienced low tempera
tures and even heavier falls of
snow. Only Britain escaped lightly.
AMERICAN CALLED
TO ASSIST CHINA
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 24, (jT*)—
Summoned by the Chinese Govern
ment to aid that country in the
formation of a program of finan
cial construction, Dr. E. W. Kem
meter, international authority and
professor at Princeton, will saa
from here for Hong Kong accom
panied by 17 associates who will
aid him in the work.
IE OF PROPER!?
BUDAPEST. Hungary, Jan., 21,
/P)—The sale of Count Michael
Carolvis’ property which was con
iscatod bv the Government l'J
'ears ago, has netted approximate
y $7,000,000, of which 60 percent is
,o be retained by the government
vhile 40 percent goes to the
fount’s relatives.
FORTY LIVES ARE
LOST CHINA SEAS
CREW, ADRIFT IN OPEN BOAT,
TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
TAKEN SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, Jan., 24, (/P)—For
ty lives were lost in the sinking of
the Chinese steamer Hong Chong,
the former German ship Sanda
kan, it was learned today when 20
survivors arrived here.
The vessel was enroute from
Thingtao to Shanghai with coal
and sprang a leak during a gale
when 100-miles from this port last
Monday.
The Chief Officer and 19 mem
bers of the crew drifted about in
an open ubat for two uajrS wiui
out food. They were picked up by
a junk and brought here.
SPEEDERS ARRESTED
NEW YORK, Jan., 24. OP)—
Eleven auto speeders including
Dewey Auerbach, wealthy candy
manufacturer, were sent to jail in
a new police war to curb speed
maniacs.
HENRY BJLKERT IS VICTIM OF
FANATIC; CRANE AND SON
MAKE ESCAPE
CAIRO, Jan., 24, UP)—Reports
here tell a tale of how Henry
Silkert. an American missionary
'"as ^lain by Wahabi tribesmen
who had ambushed the machine of
Charles Crane, former American
Ambassador to China, in which he
was traveling. The diplomat, as
well as his son J. C Crane and
Charles Johnson, his valet, who
were following him in another ma
chine, escaped death by outdis
tancing their assailants in a wild
flight across the desert. Twelve
horsemen pursued the machines I
for miles before abandoning the
l pursuit.
| The American partv was on its
way from here to Koweit. Near
the Irak border the tribesmen, hid
'den in the scrub, opened fire on the
'cars. Rilkert, v/ho was a native of |
; Kalamazoo. Mich., was struck in
j-.he shoulder and spinal cord and
^died almost instantly. None of the:
I others of the party were injured.
I The Wahabi's are a tribe of fierce
Arabian religous fanatics who have
neen causing trouble in the north
ern pert of Nejd, making raids on
Transjordania to the west of Irak
+o t.he northeast for years,
H is believed the outbreak will
mad to a measure for settling the
long pending border dispute and
more effectually safeguarding the
frontier.
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 24, (AJ)—
Canada and the United States
have agreed upon a code to govern
the exchange of amateur radio
communications across the border.
DR. CHAS. E. BUNNELL
"BB'WMMaWl
Dr. Chas. E. Bunnell, president of the United States government
agricultural college and school of mines, located near Fairbanks, Alas
ka, leaving Seattle for Chicago o nboard the North Coast Limited train
Df the Northern Pacific Railway. Dr. Bunnell is now at Washington, j
D. C., where he is to report on the past year’s activity at the Alaska !
College and also in connection with the Hatch-Purnell Act for the ex- '
tension of additional appropriations for the “Farthest North” institu- ,
;ion, as well as to make recommendations for the coming year. ,
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jail., 24, (/?)
-Charges of impeachment were!
rought against Governor Henry
ohnston and his immediate sus
ension was requested by the Okla
oma House of Representatives,
’he charges range from violation i
f the Constitution to moral turpi- I
ude. |
ELEVEN LIVES CLAIMED RE
SULT SEVERE COLD IN THE
MIDDLEWEST
CHICAGO, Jan., 24, (/P)—Warm
aortheast winds which will blow
iway the severe cold that cost the
[ives of 11 in the Middlewest, was
today’s promise to the storm-bound
states suffering the worst rigors
af winters.
The absence of snow here
was in contrast to the intense cold
and heavy snow that paralyyzed
traffic in many parts of Michigan,
Minnesota and in Wisconsin.
Trains were delayed and high
ways blocked and the storm ap
proached blizzard proportions in
Michigan where the cold account
ed for four deaths.
The two deaths here were at
tributed to the weather.
IS NO CASE FOR PRIVATE OR
UNOFFICIAL ACTION, MAC
DONALD STATES
NEW YORK, Jan., 24, (/P)—An
! appeal for active efforts by the
| governments of the United States
and Great Britain to remove the
"Sulky suspicion” which has crept
, into the relations between the two
| countries, was made by Ramsay
! MacDonald, former British labor
Premier, in an article appearing
: in "The Nation.”
MacDonald said "This is no case
for private and unofficial action
and conferences of both Govern-'
ments must act for both countries.
They ought to appoint five or six 1
of their most outstanding men as
representatives of the whole na- i
tion and drag out from obscure
corners the sulky suspicions of I
things which has made these diffi
culties between us. Let us know
them and perhaps fresh air will
clean out the minds of them.”
IMPEACHMENT ACTION
IS BEING WITHHELD
SACRAMENTO, Jan.. 24, (£>)—
Withholding action on requests for
mmediate impeachment of Super
or Judge Carlos Hardy of Los An
geles in connection with the Aimee
McPherson case, the assembly or
lered a thorough investigation to
letermine whether the jurists con
tact warrants such procedure.
DEFICIENCY MEASURE IS AP
PROVED BY THE SENATE:
GOES CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan., 24,
(/P)—The Senate voted to hold a
public hearing by the committee
of the Treasury Department on
tax refund cases involving sums
above $10,000 as a provision in
the first deficiency supply bill
which carries $75,000,000 for tax
refunds.
The Senate then approved of the
deficiency measure which besides
the money for tax refunds carries
$24,000,000 for the President’s use
in prohibition enforcement.
The House already passed the
supply bill but since they had
not considered the prohibition item
nor the tax revision and other
revisions bill, it now goes to con
ference for adjustment of differ
ences.
ELEN SELLING AS LOW AS 15
KENT'S PER GALLON AND UP
TO 21 CENTS A GALLON
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 24, (A5)—
After several weeks of promiscuous
cutting' of prices, with each side
trying to starve out the other, San
Francisco’s gas war will probably
come to an end. Several independ
ent dealers and graage men have
agreed to arbitrate with the view
to bringing all those who have been
on the battle front to an accepta
ole compromise and a stabilized
nrice on gasoline which has been
selling from as low as 15 cents per
gallon up to 21 cents.
CONSPIRACY CHARGES AGAINST
■TEXAS” GUINAN AND
OTHERS DISMISSED
NE'.V YORK. Jan.. 24, (A5)—The
Federal Government has abandon
r;d the prosecution of liquor con
'piracy cases against “Texas” Gui
nan, “Helen Morgan and 29 others
who were arrested in a prohibition
“nforcement drive to dry up
Broadway last summer. In inform
ing the court of the decision to
withdraw charges, the prosecutor
idmitted that “It. is axiomatic that
ihe community will get just sue i
aw enforcement as it wants.”
Three cases growing out of the
fry raids have already resulted in
requitals. Nuisance charges against
iefendants will be pressed, it was
mnounced
CROOK ROUNDUP
CHICAGO, Jan., 14 (JP)—A totai
if 3,094 criminal suspects were un
ler arrest as a result of the first 24
lours of a big crook roundup by
,he police