MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 234.
SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, SEPT., 29, 1928
PRICE TEN GENT'
MS MUCH ra
LDBE WITH RECDRD
NOTED AUTHOR LEAVES FOR
NEW YORK, AFTER FIVE
MONTHS IN TERRITORY
The finest moose head that has
nome off the Kenai Peninsula in 20
years is the verdict of the guides
who helped bring in the trophy
bagged by Robert Frothingham or
New York on their return from the
Kenai Lake region. Mr. and Mrs
Frothingham will depart on tne S.
S. Aleutian when she sails. The
author and lecturer has spent five
} months in Alaska this time aiu'
ulans to return next spring. His
early plans when he arrived in May
were entirely upset and he w.:fd
his wife to join him here us too
many important matters had erne
ip and he could 'not leave. In
other words, he got such an exhili
rating taste of the country, he says,
that he decided to let busings take
care of itself in New York for a
while. In the meantime he has
been shooting on the Alaska Penin
sula, at Chickaloon and on the last
Irip down Kenai Lake and Skilak.
WANTS WILDS
“The wilds of Alaska for me,'’
said Frothingham who has explor
ed a large part of the world. I
would rather be out in the hills
than anywhere I can think of Its 20
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NO USEFUL SERVICE WOULD BE
SERVED BY ACCEPTING
TERMS OF NOTE
wAoHiJNCi i. uiN, sept., (/ri—
Blunt rejection of the Franco
Eritish Naval agreement was sent
to London and Paris by the United
States government. The note to
the two powers was made public
by the State Department which
says; “The government of the
United States feels no useful pur
pose would be served by accepting
as a basis for discussion the Fran
co-British proposal.
“America has no objection to any
agreement between France and
England which those countries
think, will be to their advantage
and in the interest of limitation of
armaments. But naturally we
could not consent to such an
agreement should it be applied to
the United States.”
Specifically, the American ob
jection is based on the contention
that it would restrict only types
of ships “peculiarly suited to the
needs of the United States,” and
leave unlimited combat ships, of
the greatest value to any nation
having widely distributed fueling
bases or a great merchant marine
tonnage.
THIS GETTING SERIOUS
ROME, Sept. 29, (/P)—A dispatch
to "11 Messagerro” from Sorrento
says that the civil marriage of
Gene Tunney and Mary Josephine
Lauder, of Grennwich, Conn., will
take place in Sorrento at the ho
tel, "The House of Tasso” where
the famous poet who wrote “Jer-!
usalem” was born.
French Feather
In Fast Comeback
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, (JP)—Andre
jRoutis, fiery Frenchman, won the
featherweight championship of the
! world from Tony Canzonieri in a
i slashing 15 rounds at Madison
Square Garden. Hopelessly out
classed m the first half of the fight
Routis came back in a whirlwind
j fashion to outpunch the champion
and take the title amid a scene of
wild enthusiasm.
POSSIBLE TIEIIP
1 If UHL AS
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1IGM
ST. LOUIS TEAM PERHAPS AN
OTHER CONTENDER FOR
WORLD FAME
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j ST. Louis, Sept. 29, (/P)—The Car
dinals clinched at least a tie in the
• N atonal pennant race by defeating
the Braves 10 to 3 in 15 innings
j after the Cubs won from the
Giants. This combination of events
increased the Cardinals lead over
The Giants to two games with only
two remaining.
ODD FELLOWS WELCOME VISITOE
| J. P. Burson, Grand Master of the Independent Order of
| Odd Fellows of Washington and Alaska, now in Seward.
J. P. Burson, Grand Master of'
the Independent Order of Odd Fel
i F>ws of Washington and Alaska :
v’ho is making an official visit to
the lodges of the Territory was met
by a delegaton of local Odd Fellows
when he stepped rrom the S. S.
Aleutian last night.
i
His intinerary wll Lake him to all
the lodges in the Territory with the
(possible excepton of Nome which
[his time will not permit him to vis- ‘
it. He is being piloted thru the
Territory by D. H. Williams, real
estate broker of Anchorage ^who
lias been an Odd Fellow for 31 j
3, ears. j
Grand Master Burson lives at
Tekoa, Wn. He is an attorney by |
profession and he is also president |
of the First National Bank of Te- j
koa. He made his influence felt in ;
Odd Fellowship, when as committee |
! member he assisted in establishing
; 1 he Odd Fellows’ home at Walla
I Walla on a sound working basis.
The home there, a magnificent
structure valued at :!'320,000 is doing
a wonderful work for the order ac
cording to the report of Odd Fel
lows.
A large delegation of Anchorage
citizens including the drill team
arp scheduled to be here for the
initiatory degree exei'cises at 8
o’clock tonight to be followed by an
address on “Odd Fellowship” by
Grand Master Burson.
Tomorrow night at 6:30 o’clock
'there will be a banquet at the Sew
ard Grill to be followed by a joint
meeting of Rebekahs and OddFel
lows and invited friends at the hall
and an address by Mr. Burson. A
card party will follow.
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SAILORS FORCED TO ABANDON
SHIP WHEN FLAMES GET
TO IIOT
CORDOVA, Sept., 29, (/P)—John
Hartleroax, engineer; Louis An
derson and Arthur Anderson, a
deckhand, who escaped in a skiff
1 from the burning Sea Food can
nery tender Ikaros, yesterday,
were picked up by fishermen and
brought to safety.
The crew reported they had
fought desperately to save the ship
j but were overpowered by the
flames. Just after they had aban
doned the vessel they said 600
1 gallons of gasoline aboard the ves
! sel exploded.
I The plight of the Ikaros was first
i learned yesterday when Barney
Hansen sighted the burning ship
and attempted to get aboard but
was unable because of the heat.
The boat and scow- were valued
at $35,000 and were completely
j destroyed.
Power Commission
Issue Formal 0. K.
On Eklutna Project \
WASHINGTON, Sept., 28, (JP)—;
The Federal Power Commission
has granted a permit to Frank I.
Reed for a proposed power devel
opment of the Eklutna river.
A diversion dam, about three
miles above the mouth of the riv
er with an initial instalment about
2,600 h. p., and a transmission
line to Anchorage, is planned.
BELIEF CHICAGO
INVESTIGATORS
WHOLESALE DETENTION OF
YOUNGSTERS FOR RAN
SOIVIE IS INDICATED
CHICAGO, Sept., 29, CP)—A be
lief that 10 Chicago youngsters
are being held on a farm where
10-year old Billy Ranieri was im
! prisoned for two weeks for ran
! som, was expressed by State At
torneys. Samuel Hoffman, as
sistant State’s attorney, disclosed
that the Raineiri boy, released a
week ago, told of 10 other chil
dren who were staying at the
farm because their parents were
away on a vacation.
The investigation that followed
the boy’s abduction revealed a
I well organized kidnapping and
blackmailing ring that has already
been operating among Chicago
Italians. Two Sicilians are under
indictment.
Mr. Hoffman said the parents
I of the children probably are act
ing as did the Ranieri family, try
ing to negotiate with the ring.
I
| CAN’T LOSE THE BUNTING AF
TER THROWING TIGERS
FOR A GOAL
DETROIT. Sept. 29, </£)—'The
Yankees clinched their sixth Amer
ican pennant and the third in suc
cession by ref eating the Tigers 11
to six. The Athletics won over
Chicago but the Yankees retained
a two and one-half game lead with
‘ only two more scheduled for each
c jntendcr.
Pipgras pitched the Yanks to vic
tory the Yanks pounded Gibson
Stoner, Smith and Page; Ruth hit
his r.2rd in the eight inning scoring
Iroenig. Only a landslide could
j give Babe” enough homers in the :
i-emaining two games to equal his
recc'd of CO last year.
Ol'EN WINDOWS
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NEW YORK, Sept. 29, (/Pi—Begin
1 ning Monday, one day after day
j light savings ends, taxicab windows
must be larger, so large that the
police outside can see what is going
on inside. Curtains are forbidden
but there is no law against petting.
The police think the new regula
tions will prevent crime.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE HOT
LY REPUDIATES LETTER
WOMAN PUBLISHED
WASHINGTON, Sept., 29. (&)—
Hoover flatly repudiated the let
ter published in the Wahington
Post as having been sent out by
Mrs. Willie Caldwell, Republican
Committeewoman of the State of
Virginia, which said, “We must
save the United States from being
Romanized.”
The Post says the letter bears
the stamped signature of Mrs.
Caldwell and by long ditance phone
Mrs. Caldwell admitted sending
the letter but did not think she
had said anything about Roman
ization and explained that her sec
retary may have used the phrase
ology.
The Post says the letter was
made public by Mrs. Clara Lyons,
precinct campaign appointee. The
Post quoted Mrs. Caldwell as say
ing only two or three copies of
the letter were distributed.
Hoover said “whether this letter
is authentic or a forgery it does
violence to every instinct I pos
sess and I resent and repudiate
it. Such an attitude is entirely op
posed to every principle of the
Republican Party.”
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TREASURER OF CHURCH AC
COUNTS ' WAIVES EXTRADI
TION UNITED STATES
I
j WINNIPEG, Sept. 29. (/P)—'Trail
ed about Winnipeg for the past
three days Clinton S. Carnes, miss
ing treasurer of the Home Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist Con
jvention, Atlanta, Ga., was arrested.
Immediately after he was captur
ed Carnes announced he would
'waive extradition. When he disap
peared from Atlanta a month ago
I Carnes is reported to have had a
; shortage of about $1,000,000 in his
accounts. According to the police,
he came to Winnipeg and planned
j entering the breakfast food busi
ness. Before the Mission Board a
decade ago he was an expert ac
countant.
Russians Will Pension
Poor Peasants Over 65
MOSCOW, Sept., 28, (/Pi—The
Soviet Government approved a law
■ ranting pensions to peasants of
both sexes 65 years old or more,
who are unable to support them
selves. The pensions continue for
life and are in addition to aid re
ceived from other sources.
GAMBLING GRAFT
CHICAGO, Sept. 29, (A1)—True
bills, naming nine persons in con
nection with South side gambling
graft protection and election fraud,
were returned by the Grand Jury
after four hours consideration of
evidence, it was reported.