SEWARD,
ALASKA
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 194.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20. 1929
PRICE TEN CENTS
OF SJ. YUKON
E101ITE SEWARD
PALATIAN LINER SAILED FROM
SEATTLE FOR ALASKA ON
SATURDAY
SEATTLE. Aug., 20, UP)—'The S.
S. Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at 9 a. m. Saturday carrying 147
passengers and 10 steerage. There
are 53 passengers for Seward as
follows:
Capt. John O’Brien, L. J. Till, T.
D. Snowden, Robert Snowden. Hal
Howard, Miss E. Patterson, A. J.
Erstad, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Baldwin,
Rev. A. Eline, F. S. Mathew, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack McCord, E. W.
Mudge. L. S. Mudge, Irene Hodge,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Maxe and
daughter, Fred Kenneke. R. Bayer.
Otto Miller. Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Becker, Freda Sorenson. Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Wendler. Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Moore. Henry H. Chapman,
Jane McElrow, Margaret Wilcox, H.
F. Murphy, Miss F. Ellsworth, Mrs.
J. D. Jones, Mary Benjamin, Geo. F.
^ Neal, C. A. Murphy.
Miss M. Banks, Eva Randall, May
C. Snyder, Major J. Boyd, Miss A.
Kadiand, J. S. Willis, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Brinkerhoff* Mr.' and Mrs. A.
T. Schanffler, Loraine Bell, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Meighan and daughter,
and one steerage.
UHT-KHT MflSHI
PHILADELPHIA, Aug., 20, 7Pi—
Mickey Walker, hard fighting mid
dleweight champion, stepped into
the light-heavyweight division
again last night and won the de
rision over Leo Lomski of Aberdeen
Wash., “The Assassin,” in a fur
ious 10-round battle before about
25.000 fans in the Municipal sta
dium.
DENIED NEW TRIAL
COLUMBUS. O . Aug., 20. (/Pi—Dr.
Snook was sentenced to be electro
cuted November 29. for the murder
of Theora Hix, by Judge Henry
Scarlett, after denying a motion for
a new trial.
WOULD BREAK RECORD
¥ BREMEN, Aug., 20, UP)—Corne
lius Edward, German pilot, took-off
at 5:06 a. m. in an 800-pound baby
plane in an attempt to break the
world record for distance flying.
HURLED TO EARTH
OAKLAND, Aug., 20, UP)—Hurled
to earth when the experimental
plane he was testing is believed
to hav droppd a wing, G. Volney
Chadwick, Oakland aviator, was in
stantly killed.
FAVOR LONG HAIR
VIENNA, Aug., 19, (IP)—Vienna’s
hair dressers, thru the Austrian
Coiffeurs Association, have ad
dressed an appeal to the Interna
;ional Hairdressers’ Congress ask
ing that body to rescue a declara
tion in favor of long hair for wo
men. Shaving feminine necks has
become a lucrative business here,
end the local barbers fear it will be
wiped out by the new style edict.
BURNED ALIVE
NEW YORK, Aug., 20. (JP)—
Police are baffled in their ef
I forts to capture the four men
who burned another man alive
in a costly automobile on the
city dump in Newark, New Jer
I sey. Even the identity of the
; victim is a mystery.
REMAINING ENTRANTS TOOK
OFF ON THIRD LAP FLIGHT
TO CLEVELAND
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug., 20, (/P)—
The body of Miss Marvel Crosson,
San Diego flier entrant in the wo
men’s air derby, was found six
miles north of Wellton, Ariz., some
distance from the wrecked plane.
The parachute released but failed
to open.
Searching parties which found
the body said that apparently trou
ble had developed and Miss Crosson
had jumped in an attempt to save
her life they also told that proba
she met instant death after her
fall. ‘ Around her was draped the
parachute. The plane was also
badly damaged.
Eye witnesses to the crash in the
mountainous regions yesterday,
said that the plane had gone into
a tail spin, diving eastward from
an elevation of 1,000 feet.
Saddened by the tragedy, the 15
remaining entrants took-off from
Phoenix to Douglas on the third
lap of the flight to Cleveland.
KILLS YOUNGER BROTHER
NEW Y($RK, Aug., 20, (JP)—An
aged and broken-hearted mother
accused one son of killing his
younger brother, as a result of ad
missions made by Mrs. Mary Lieb
trau, 70. The oldest son, Frank
Liebtrau, 37, was in a cell accused
of slaying Albert, 30.
TWO OTHERS, SCALING MOUNT
SHUKSAN, WERE FROZEN;
MAY LIVE
I SEATTLE, Aug., 20, (/P)—Miss
Thelma Martin Seattle library as
sistant and K. Furuya, a Japanese
on the North American Times of
Portland, were froze to death Sun
day on Mt. Shuksan near Mt. Baker
in the Bellingham district, in a
'blizzard.
Two others, of the party of four,
| Miss Ells McDonald and Herman
jWunderling, both of Seattle, were
[also badly frozen.
Details of the mishap are meagre.
The bodies of the dead and the two
: survivors were brought to com
parative safety and will be brought
in today it is believed.
DrES HEART ATTACK
I CLEVELAND, Aug., 20, (/Pi
Henry S. Pickands, one cf the na
tion’s outstanding leaders in the
iiron, steel and coal industry, died
[suddenly from a heart attack while
in his offices here.
DAMAGE—SI,500,000
TORONTO, Aug., 19, (/P)—A
heavy wind, rain and hail storm
swept the province of Ontario
damaging crops to the extent of
approximately $1,500,000.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 3: Chicago 2.
Washington 5; Cleveland 3.
Philadelphia 8; St. Louis 2.
Boston 3-2; Detroit 2-6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE *
Philadelphia 7-8; Pittsburgh 6-5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 3; Seattle 1; second
game forfeited to Portland 9 to 0.
RENDER ASSISTANCE
WASHINGTON, Aug., 20, (/P)—
I The coast guard cutter Chelan ar
i rived today at Attu Island in the
(Aleutians to stand by and render!
| assistance to the Graf Zeppelin j
I when the later resumes her flight
| from Tokio, if aid should be neces- |
Isary.
MUSS AVIATORS
NEAR 0. S. COAST
ATLANTIC FLIGHT
NO INDICATIONS OF TROUBLE
REPORTED; DESTINATION
IN U. S. UNKNOWN
HO.RTA, Azores, Aug., 20, (/P)—
Having passed the Azores from Lis
bon enroute to America, the two
Swiss aviators are believed to be
near the North American coast if
all is going well.
Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher
passed the village of Praia, about
70 miles north of Korta yesterday
and continued in a northerly^direc
tion, apparently heading for the
northeastern Atlantic seaboard.
There are no indications of any
trouble and the aviators are mak
ing a speed of about 90 miles per
hour. It is unknown whether they
are heading directly for New York j
or Halifax where they might refuel.
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CMOETMP, JIM
JUNEAU. Aug., 20, (A3)—Jack Cal
vin and his wife, Caremel, from
California, arrived here in a can
oe making the trip from Tacoma
to Juneau in 52 days and enjoyed
every minute of it.. They covered
34 miles during one day when the
tide and wind were fair. Only
once were they held up by serious
weather; this was for five days
at Nanaimo.
C eremonies To Mark Opening Of Giant Bridge
South and east joined hands in observing the opening of the $6,
000,000 bridge across the Copper river August 8, completing the last
link in the ocean highway route from New England to the south.
Mayor Thomas Storey, (left) aided in sponsoring the bridge opening.
John P. Grace (right) former mayor, was master of cermonies.
FIRST BLOW SEVERED JUGLAR
VEIN; DIED ENROTJTE TO
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 20, UP)—
Miss Egie Ashmum, 35, and execu
tive secretary of the San Francisco
Chapter of the Red Cross, was
stabbed to death in a busy street
here late Monday. Her slayer, David
W. Licarrago, 34, and world war
veteran, was a recent mental case
in the citp jail and is charged with
the murder.
Miss Ashmum was accosted by a
man as she left her offices, eye wit
nesses told the police. The man
demanded to know when he would
receive his compensation. “In due
course of time”, she is said to have
old him. Unmindful of the hur
rying throngs of persons leaving
office buildings, Licarrago, drew a
long knife and leaped at Miss Ash
mum. The first blow severed her
juglar vein.
Eye witnesses seized her assail
ant as he attempted to get free. Al
tho an ambulanc was hastily sum-'
rnoned, Miss Ashmum died enroute
to the emergency hospital.
AMERICAN SHYLOCK
WASHINGTON, Aug., 20. (JP)—
A popular Europeon picture is
that of the American as a sort
of economic Shylock, seizing
everything within reach, was re
futed by Assistant Secretary of
Commerce Klein, who in making
a speech recalled the generous
actions of Jeremiah Smith in re
turning to Hungary $100,000 he
had earned as an administrator.
I
SAN ANTONIO, Aug., 19, -TP)—
"i Cadet S. W. Boetig, St. Paul stu
| dent pilot at Kelly Field, was hurl
* ed into space more than 1,000 feet
< above the ground while traveling
more than 100 miles an hour; but
saved himself by opening his para
chute.
He was performing a barrel roll
in a fast peursit plane when his
! safety belt either became unfasten
! ed or broke. His plane was wrecked
: two miles away from where he
i landed.
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BURNED TO DEATH
TACOMA, Aug., 20, (^P)—Billy
McVee, Hoquiam fighter and also
known as “Kid Ritchey”, was burn
ed to death when a fire destroyed
the Toledo Town jail in South Che
halis. MeVee was to have appear
ed on the Sooker program but was
; jailed on a charge of being drunk.
Tt is unknown how the fire started.
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WANTS AUTO ROAD
| PRAGUE, Aug., 19, wP)— The
Czechoslovakian government is go
ling to ask parliament to finance an
automobile road piercing the Car
| pathians and giving freer access
to Poland. The latter country will
bear part of the cost but most of
jthe highway, which must traverse
many narrow gorges, will be in Cze
| choslovakian territory.