.§>i'utarii Batly (Satnuay
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV NUMBER 128.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1929.
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CIVIL. CRIMINAL
CALENDAR LOCAL
TERM OF COURT
PETIT JURY CALLED TO RE
PORT FOR DUTY NEXT
MONDAY
With the heaviest court calen
dar in many years and in which
are contained cases in some in
stances years old, the first term
of the District Court, grand and
petit jury, to convene in four
years was called to order at 10
o’clock this morning by Judge E.
Coke Hill
The first order of business was
that of completion and empanel
ing the grand jury which re
quired the entire forenoon. The
petit jury will assemble next
Monday morning; 100 petit jury
men were drawn.
Following calling the roll call
of the grand jury and swearing
them in hte court begins to grind
out exparty matters and natur
alization hearings. These will un
doubtedly occupy the attention
oi the court from early morning
to late at night throughout the
entire week.
CIVIL CALENDAR
The Town of Seward, Alaska, a
Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff,
vs. Samuel M. Graff, defendant.
James Newman, plaintiff, vs
L W.- Bishop, defendant. Order
o? reference accounting. The
plaintiff is represented by L. V.
Ray and the defendant by W. D.
Coppernoll.
(Continued on Pace Two)
BUNK HOUSES
DESTROYED IN
JUNEAU BLAZE
CANNERY BUILDINGS SAVED
OWING TO LACK OF HIGH
WIND: FIVE BURNED
JUNEAU, June 3, (JP)—Fire of un
known origin starting Saturday at
midnight destroyed two large Ori
ental bunk houses of the Pacific
American Salmon Corporation at
Funter Bay.
Many Indian homes were also
burned. The absence of a high
wind prevented the flames from
sweeping the cannery buildings
which were not damaged.
The Orientals fought the fire and
raved much personal belongings.
One Oriental was badly burned and
was brought here on the motorship
Virginia. Four were rushed to the
hospital for treatment.
CHICAGO HOODLUMS
TORTURE DRUGGIST
MS WRONG VICTIM
CHICAGO, June 3, (IP)—A gang
of hoodlums mistook Mathew Zim
merman, druggest, for another man
and sought to wring information
with regards to a still of which he
knew nothing.
Thev held Zimmercan five days,
cut his body with glass and burned
him in many places with cigarettes
before they finally discovered he
was the wrong man. They then
took him from the shack and
damped him from an auto blind
folded; he almost rolled into a river.
CHEERS GREET CREW
SEATTLE, June 3, (/P)—Cheers of
thankful mothers, wives and sweet
hearts greeted the 112 survivors of
the S. S. Aleutian when they arriv
ed aboard the Admiral Evans.
WALRUS HUNTERS
ENROUTE SEWARD
SIBERIAN-ARCTIC
{WILL SAIL FOR THE NORTH ON
THE NEXT VOYAGE OF S. S.
ALASKA
SEATTLE, June 3, (JP)—Bound for
Nome to begin a walrus hunting
cruise which will take them to
Wrangell Island in the Siberian
Arctic, Bruce Thorne of Chicago
!and George Coe Graves, 2nd, of
New York City will sail from Seat
! tie on June 9th on the steamer Al
jaska.
The men are members of the zoo
logical expedition of the Field Mus
eum of National History and will go
^to Seward then over the govern
ment railroad to Fairbanks and by
airplane from Fairbanks to Nome
where they will join the power
schooner Dorothy which will sail
from Seattle June 15.
A crew of nine men including the
1 wireless operator will be on the
Dorothy which, will arrive at Nome
about July 1 and will sail a few days
later for the Siberian Arctic. The
| purpose of the expedition is to ob
i tain a walrus to be used in an elab
orate seascaped halibut group for
the museum.
UNITY PERIOD SPLIT
PEKING, June 3, (^—Declara
tion of war by General Fan Yuh
sian against the nationalist govern
ment is believed to herald the split
ting apart of the Chinese nations
after a brief period of unity.
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NORMAL REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, June 3, (JP)—The
possibility of President Hoover fail
ing to carry out the “15 cruiser”
building program is seen in Secre
tary of State Stimson’s statement
showing that the President aims to
!bring about a normal reduction for
economic reasons.
'EXPERTS HEIST
AGREE SERIN
DEBTS MUDDLE
LIFTING OF LIEN ON GERMAA
RAILWAYS: REIMBURSE
BELGIUM, MARKS
PARIS, June 3, (/P)—The commit
tee .01 experts on reparations came
within a hair’s-breadth of finally
settling of the German debts mud
dle when the creditor and Allied
delegates agreed upon two out of
three remaining problems.
One problem still to be untangled
is whether the Germans are to pay
the last 21 annuities under the
Young plan, which provides that
the profits derived from the so
called international bank shall be
| used for this purpose. With the
j slate cleared except for this one
detail. Dr. Schact left for Versailles.
Questions settled were the lifting
of the lien on German railways, the
decision that reimbursements of
Belgium for wartime marks shall
be left to the two nations to nego
tiate, and the agreement that the
Allies shall allow Germany to sus
pend internal payment in marks if
a financial crisis should arise.
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I OLYMPIA, June 3, (/P)—A pre
vious engagement has forced Gov
ernor Hartley to decline the invita
tion from the Juneau Yacht Club
; to compete with Governor Parks
i who will be aboard the gasboat Jazz
in the Capitol to Capitol race. Gov
ernor Hartley thanked the club for
the invitation and expressed his re
igrets he was unable to accept.
j “FER GOODNES SAKE!
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 3, (JP)-~
A sort of luxury tax on bachelors
and spinsters is proposed in a bill
introduced in the Oklahoma legis
lature here. The age limits are be
tween 30 and 65.
200 ARE POISONED
MUSKOGEE, Okla., June 3, OP)—!
iTwo hundred persons were ill from
ptomaine poisoning, five serious, I
j following a box supper for firemen
and their wives, attending a state
firemen’s convention here.
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PLANES WILL BE USED FOR EX
PLORING HERSCHEL ISLE,
CORONATION GULF
SEATTLE, June 3, (/Pi—Captain
Charles Klingerberg, veteran Arc
tic trader and a party of 20 men,
will leave Vancouver this summer
for Coronation Gulf, in the Cana
dian Arctic.
' The expedition is being organized
by Col. James Cornwall. Vancouver
mining man, who will prospect in
the Canadian Arctic for gold and
other minerals.
Cornwall and some of the party
will sail from Vancouver on the
Hudson Bay Co., Trading steamer
Baychimo due here June 22 from
, London. The ship will go as far as
Herschel Island where Cornwall
I will be met by Klingenberg and his
men.
• Klingenberg and his party will
go to Edmonton then to Athabasca
Landing, Fort McMurray and down
the Mackenzie river to the Arctic
ocean.
Airplanes will be used in explor
ing the Coronation Gulf region. O’1.;
and gas is now being planted at
various points on the Gulf and on
WON LARGE SUIT
CHICAGO, June 3, f/P)—Foster
Cusach, son of late Thomas Cusach,
; founder of sign advertising, won a
$265,000 suit against other heirs of
a $3,000,000 estate.
1,000 KILLED
| JERUSALEM, June 3, Pi—More
than 1000 were reported killed in a
battle between two Nejd tribes
i southeast of El Sarar in central
Arabia, advices said.
MORROW ISLAND OFFERS SOLITUDE FOR TWO
View of the Morrow summer estate at North Haven,
Me., where Col. Chas A. Lindbergh and his bride were
married. This should be an excellent place to settle down
and escape from prying reporters, etc
two big puis
jit old
BOTH CAME TO GRIEF: ONE
IN AIR AND OTHER ON
THE BEACH
OLD ORCHARD, Me., June 3, OP) *
-The airplanes “Green Flash” and
“Yellow Bird” are lying on the
rands of the beach here instead of
winging their way across the At
lantic as intended.
Both machines were *' forced to
nirn back after taking off. The
French and American crews were
highly chagrined because of the
mishaps which delayed their start.
The “Green Flash”, the Ameri
can plane, which is being piloted
by Roger Williams and Capt. Lewis
Yancy, broke a wheel in attempt
ing to takeoff. The machine rose
•a few feet and then sank into the
jroft sand.
Armeno Lotti and his French
‘companions managed to lift their
plane into the air, with a heavy
oad of fuel but were forced to re
turn to anchor here when the vi
brations of their powerful motors
burst the fuel tanks,
i The weather bureau reported
conditions unfavorable for an im
mediate flight. Unless there is a
1 change, the trips will be postponed
.until later.
SE1TE, HOUSE
I
E
SPEAKER LONGWORTH STRONG
ADVOCATE FOR LONG
VACATION
WASHINGTON, Juno 3, (IP)—A
settlement between conferees of
t e se nate and house on the farm
iK'Iif ';■;]] was reached and there is
a strong possibility of the passage
of the bill favored by President
Hoover some time this week. Sen
ate conferees agreed at last to
strike out the debenture clause vot
ed out of the measure.
Another long and stubborn fight
i ended when the senate by 57 to 26
! passed a combination bill authoriz
ing the 1930 census and providing
for reapportionment of the house
of representatives. President Hoo
ver is reported opposed to the three
months recess of congress unless
senate fixes date for passage of
the tariff bill before adjournment
is taken. The house speaker, Long
worth is also asking some conces
sion for a long vacation.
UNES STOPPED FOD
HOUR KETCH TO
REFUEL SMALL BOUT
KETCHIKAN, June 3, (JP)—Ray
mond Haines stopped for an hour
here Sunday to refuel his outboard
motorboat in which he is racing
to Seattle from Juneau. He covered
the 250 mile stretch from Juneau
here in 16 hours and 26 minutes in
cluding the one hour to refuel.
Petersburg—Haines left here at
7:30 in the morning for Seattle
where he expected to arrive early
Monday night. It was easy keeping
awake last night but he looks for
ward to a hard job the remainder
of the way.