MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seward.,
Alaska
VOLUME) jXXIII. NUMBER 05. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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BACK WEI MOVE
EVERY STATE IN UNION BEHIND
DETERMINATION WIPE OUT
CANCER CONSTITUTION
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SEATTLE, April 23. <#>)—'The As
soci^tion against the Prohibition
Amendment has announced a new and
enlarged board of directors of 70 in
dustrialist professional men and labor
leaders. The personnel represents an
organization employing over 2,000,000
men with assets of about $40,000,000,
000.
Major Henry H. Curran is president
of the enlarged organization.
The Executive Committee is Pierres
Dupont, Benedict Crowell, Charles H.
Sabin, Irenee Dupont, Capt. William
Stayton and Grayson M. P. Murphy.
The statement said “as a cros-s-sec J
tlon of responsible American patriot
ism the personnel of our board of,
directors speaks for itself. Behfndj
the board stand the members of our
association. Every State in the Union;
is behind that increasing determina
tion that the American people must
cut out of the Constitution the “can
cer” that became lodged there when
the Eighteenth Amendment was en
acted.”
STRIKE DIMIMS
STAMPEDE IS REPORT
mi mm
GOODNEWS BAY GOLD, PLATINUM
STRIKE STAKED BY RESI
DENTS FOR SPECULATION
AKIAK, Goodnews Bay, April 23. (JP)
—The gold and platinum strike un
warrantsj a stampede, according to
mining engineer L. H. Kappler, who
investigated and found local enthus-'
iasts staked all the ground for specu-j
lation.
Many claim Kappler’s adverse re-1
port was made to keep outside capital
out of the general opinion stampede
propaganda is to be avoided unltil
prospects are definitely determined, j
Alalir Creek is claimed to be good j
for a dredging proposition. Prospects
of a dredge being installed and put in
operation soon is seen.
FIREMEN SPARE MY TRUCK
CAMBRIDGE, April 23. (JP)— Robert
E. Cuniff struggled with firgmen toj
keep them from chopping up the floor
boards of his truck. He said the fire
w’as out when they arrived. He was
charged with “wilfully obstructing
firemen,” but a grand jury wouldn’t
indict him.
I. O. O. F. TO ENTERTAIN
The local Odd Fellows will entertain
the Rebekah’s at a social Thursday
evening, April 26, in Odd Fellows hall.
30 DIE IN QUAKE
ATHENS, April 23. (JP)—At least 30
persons were killed and heavy damage
occurred when a series of earthquakes
shook Greece for 24 hours.
WENT FORTH AND
WON LIKE A REAL
MAN, MCCONNELL
WILKINS BOUGHT MACHINE WITH
OWN SAVINGS; SPENT LAST
CENT ON EXPEDITION
NEW YORK, April 23. (£>)—Burt
McConnell, a close friend of Capt.
Wilkins, said Wilkins spent his last
cent on the flight just completed and
“Wilkins has done a bigger thing than
people realize. This flight was more
difficult in navigation than any flight
ever made by anybody.
“He has a personality which at
tracts everyone but didn’t <tie up with
anybody but bought the machine with
his own savings and prepared the ex
pedition without fuss and went forth
and won as surely as a real man could
do.”
AIM! IMS
SATURDAY’S GAMES
American
Philadelphia 10, New York 0
Detroit 2, St. Louis 5
Nalional
Cincinnati 0, Chicago 5
New York 8, Boston 3
Coast
Sacramento 5, Los Angeles 6
Hollywood 5, Seattle 3
Oakland 11, San Fntncisco 6
SUNDAY’S GAMES
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento, 12-2; Los Angeles, 9-3.
Oakland, 3-3; San Francisco, 4-4.
Hollywood, 11-1; Seattle, 6-3.
Missions, 7-1; Portland, 9-0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh, 2; Chicago, 3.
Others postponed.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago, 9; Ddtroit, 3.
Boston, 8; Washington, 5.
Cleveland, 2; St. Louis, 1.
SOUTH IS BLAMED
BIO FOREST LOSSES
WASHINGTON, April 23. (/P)—Wil
liam B. Greeley, chief of the United
States forest service, declares the
south is responsible for the burning
yearly of about 20,000,000 acres of
forest and cut-over land, or about
four-fifths of the total forest area
burneid in the United States.
This represents a los£ of money
running into many millions of dol
lars, he sayS, adding that a prosper
ous south must have productive for
est and range lands^ which it cannot
have until burning woodlands is stop
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CAPTAIN WILKINS
STARTING PLACE HAD TO BE AL
TERED; DIFFICULTY IN! TAKE
OFF WITH HEAVY LOAD
SPITZBERGEN, April 23. (JP)—Capt.
Wilkins started from Poir>t Barrow on
April 15th 10 a. m. Alaska time. The
starting* place had to be altered as the
runway proved short for the heavy
loaded machine. The new runway,
covered with loose snow, was trodded
down to a width of five feet so exact
•was steering necessary to avoid a
crash.
Wilkins passed places where Peary
had been and sighted Grant Land.
He passed 300 miles east of the North
Pole.
The weather was fine and little fog j
was encountered throughout the trip.
The plane maintained an altitude of
1000 feet and at Wines ascended to
3,500 to get-above the oUjuda^, Wilkins
sighted no land that had not previous
ly been discovered.
FIXES AERIAL; ARRESTED
PARIS, April 23. (/P)—It is not safe
in France to creep out on to the roof
of a tenement house at night to fix an
aerial. A radio enthusiast who tried
it was arrested as a burglar and had
great difficulty in proving that he
merely wanted to fix up hi3 aerial
without telling the janitor.
Tea no, o. s. i.
MIAMI BEACH, Aprl 23. (/P)—Phil
Wood and Duks Schiller who abandon
ed their attempted trans-Atlantic
flight from Windsor, Canada to Wind
sor, Eng., last summer, will try a
Westward flight from Ireland to Am
erica nexit July, Wood announced.
RELIEF PLANE ARRIVES
SEVEN ISLANDS, Quebec, April 23.
(/P)—The Ford relief plane arrived at
Greenly Island. Piloted by Fitzmau
rice and Nealchen. Bennte is in the
hospital.
PROJECTED FLIGHT
M1GTIC WASTE
NEXT FOR WILKINS
POSSIBILITY OF RACE BETWEEN
BYRD AND WILKINS SEEN IN
SAN FRANCISCO STATEMENT
LOS ANGELES, April 23. (#>)—'The
Examiner says, in. a copyrighted story
quoting J. K. Uorthrop, designer of
the Wilkins plane, tthat Capt. Wilkins
will be in Los Angeles in four or five
weeks ready to fly over uncharted An.
Arctic wastes.
“Wilkins wants to learn if there
is an unbroken continental chain at
the South Pole. He told me he was
eager to find if there is land in the re
gion which so far has defied all ex
plorers.” It is possible a race may
take place between Byrd and Wilkins.
FI PIH SIRE
HI E0I1L ILL STREET
NEW YORK, April 23, (£>)—Wall
Street expect3, as a consequence o‘
t^e stock market’s four-week speci
Irtive splurge, a 5,000,000-share d
on the Stock Exchange.
The long-sought 4,000,000 share day
has become an old story. There have
t jan at least four of them, and now
exchange of 5,000,000 shares in one
day is the next objective. And with
virtually the entire civilized world
grpped by speculative fever, then
are those who believe the dawn of
the new “big day” is not far distal
PRIMARY
ELECTION TOMORROW
The most prized possession of the American citizen
is his right to go to the polls on election day, to vote as his
conscience may dictate, without fear of results.
Here is the opportunity for the voters of Alaska to
assert their prerogative as to their choice of men whom
shall set in the Territorial legislature and guide.the des
tiny of this great Territory for the next few’ years.
If conditions in Alaska today, and in the past do not
meet with your approval, tomorrow will be your oppor
tunity to change conditions. You, who send these men to
the legislature, to Washington and to the National Con
ventions, are wholly responsible.
Locally, Seward is on the very threshold of such
general prosperity as never before. As Major General
Edgar Jadwin recently said, “Seward is destined to be
come one of the largest cities in Alaska.” This statement
followed his approval of the local shelter harbor for small
boats.
So let every qualified voter go to the polls tomorrow
and cast his or her ballot If you do not, don’t criticize the
actions of those who are sent to these high offices in the
halls of our legislature. It is your duty as a citizen to vote.
GREATEST PEI
GAS RAN LOW FORCED DESCEND
ON DEAD MAN’S ISLAND ONE
HOUR FROM SPITZBERGEN
NEW YORK, April 23. (£>)—'The
Times, in a copyrighted article today,
describes the Wilkins Polar flight eos
ditons ended under the greatest peril.
The takeoff from Point Barrow, des
pite the help of a large band of volun
teer snow shovelers from the Eskimos,
thrice failed before the heavily loaded
plane could be raised the skiis break
ing each time.
Finally on Sunday, April 15, the
start was made in good weather with
excellent visibility for 500 miles which
changed to even gray cloud banks. No
sign of land was seen and it was too
dangerous to land for soundings.
Nine hundred miles from the turbu
lent ocean and the plane rocked peri
lously. They were forced to land on
an island when the gas began running
low. The storm got worse and they
were forced to stay on Dead Man’s Is
land for five days during the worst
kind of Arctic weather.
Capt. Wilkins experienced rising
with difficulty but the plane complet
ed l.he remainder of the flight within
an hour.
11D-W1LD HOP
WILL HAVE SS5E
H UiiSKH
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JULIO RUIZ DE ALDA LEAVES
SEVILLE AUGUST 1 FOR BUE
NOS AIRES, NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 23. (/P)—Julio
Ruiz de Alda, co-pilot of the “Ne Plus
Ultra” which in 1926 was the first
plane to make the 10,000 mile flight
from Seville to Buenos Aires, is lit
New York today to make preparations
for a round-the-world flight.
He will establish a base near Unal.
aska. Alda plans to leave Seville Aug
ust 1.
m TEXfij BRGTlbhS
METHODIST PASTORS
SAN ANGELO, Tex., April 23. (£>)
—All of the Bcircu-s brothers—four of
them—are in ministry of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, South.
Two of their sisters are the wives
of Methoiciiist preachers.
All of the Bare us brothers have
pastorates in Texas. The Rev. J. Sam
Barcus is at Georgetown; the Rev. J.
M. Barcus and the Rev, Tom Barcus
are in Waco, and the Rev, Ed. R. Bar
cus has a church at Denton.