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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 183. • SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1927
PRICE TEN CENTS
STINSON DETROITER TAKES All
IN EFFORT SET NEW MARK
CIRCLE GLOBE
HARBOR GRACE, Aug. 27. (£»)
The monoplane Pride of Detroi
hopped for Croydon, England, at 5:1
this morning.
The Stinson Detroiter, which car
ries William Brock as pilot, and Ed
ward Schlee, Detroit business man
is off on the first leg of an attemp
to set a new record for a trip aroum
the world. Arriving yesterday fron
Oldorc-hard, Maine, the plane was re
fueled and made ready for its star
and to take advantage of the splendic
weather which has attended th<
flight thus far. Not a cloud is in tht
sky.
The record of 2S days, 14 hour*
and 34 minutes for globe circling
was set last year by Edward ’ tv
and Lilton Wells. They u. .
and trains as well as airplanes. Th<
distance to Harbor Grace, Croydon
London, is 2,350 miles. The fliers
slept well for seven hours and are ir
excellent condition.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
MATSON LINER WILL STOP 70C
MILES OFF COAST WHERE
SERVICES BE HELD
SAN FRANCICO, Aug. S27. (JP)—
The citizens of this city plan memor
ial services at sea for the six men
and one woman missing in connec
tion with the Dole flight and have
made plans to have the -Matson liner
Maoi halt 700 miles west of
Francisco on September 16th on the
voyage to Hawaii while flowers be
cast upon the waters. During the of
fering prayed and singing of an
thems by the clergy and passengers
aboard will take place.
NEW DRASTIC ORDERS
BEING PROMULGATED
REGULATION SUN
HEN'RY O’MALLEY AND DR. GIL.
BERT ENROUTE WASHING
TON; STUDY SITUATION
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 27. (^—Em
phasizing the necessity of reducing
the amount of salmon fishing and
gear in Alaska waters, U. S. Fisher
ies Commissioner Henry O’Malley,
left yesterday on the Fisheries boat
Brant for Seattle enroute to Wash
ington, D. C., accompanied iby Dr. C.
H. Gilbert, special investigator. Stud
ies will be made with the view to
wards promulgating new and more
drastic orders and regulating gear
next year. All salmon fishing in this
district, except by trollers, has been
prohibited until next year.
NANKING CAPTURED
| PEKING, Aug. 27. f/P)—The cap
ture of Nanking, the former seat ol
| the Nationalist regime under Kai
Shek, is claimed for General Sun
Chuan 'Fangs’ Shantungese army.
FOR
ENTIRE FAMILY OF
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REV. FATHER HOTOVITZKY WILL
ASSIST NEW YORK NATURAL.
ISTS ON HUNT
. SEATTLE, Aug. 27. (JP)—Van
'iCampen Heilner, well known natural
ist of Newr York, leaves Seattle to
morrow in quest cxf a whole family of
kodiak bears which have been prom
ised to the American Museum of
Natural History. Heilner has enlist
ed the aid of an old friend, formerly
of New Jersey, but for some years a
’ resident of Alaska, Rev. Father
1) Itri Hotovitzky, pastor of the
sian Greek Orthodox church, at
ii e Bilokoski settlement on the
Aleutian Islands. Heilner plans to
spend three months in Alaska.
| NEW YORKERS SOUTHBOUND
Among the prominent Eastern peo
ple to arrive in Seward yesterday
from the Interior were Dr. and Mrs.
F. R. Oastler, of New York City, who,
since last June, have been roaming
around this district of the Territory
I! enjoying themselves and viewing Al
ii aska as it should be done, leisurely.
PUBLISHER OF "WHIZ
BANG" IS NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, Aug. 27. (Jp)—On his
| first trip to Alaska, Capt. William H.
j Fawcett, publisher of a number of
j periodicals and magazines, sailed on
|the steamship Aleutian., accompanied
I by Frank Pierce, Seattle novelist.
The Minnesota publisher is a noted
! sportsman and is anxious to add a
.hide of an Alaskan brown bear to his
trophy room.
ALASKA DELEGATES LEAVE
j WRANGELL, Aug. 27. </P)—Six
men and four women sailed enroute
to Paris to attend the American Le
gion convention. The Wrangell dele
gation was larger than any other
1 Alaskan town.
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FOOTBALL CANDIDATE
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BERKLEY. Calif., Aug. 27. (/P)—i
Feeling that his talent is unneeded !
in the Olympic discus and shot, !
Elmer Gerkin 1827 Bear track cap
tain has thrown his 220 pounds of
manhood and six feet two inches of
stature to the support of the Califor
nia football team. Gvki nis a cand
idate for tockle on the College team.
ACRES LAID IN WASTE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27. '/P)—Des
pite the efforts of 800 county and
federal workers, the brush and forest
fires which started Sunday on the
ridge north of San Gus still are rag
ling unchecked. Today more than
10,000 acres have been laid waste by
the flames burning a 16 mile front.
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SOVIET COMMITTEE INSPECTS
SIBERIAN COAST; PLANNING
INNOVATIONS
NOME, Aug. 27. (J-P)—The Soviet
committee of the north have been in
specting the Siberian coast and are
! planning many innovations, Captain
Olaf Swenson, of the trading ship
jNanook, reported. A school will be
built at Lawrence Bay, near East
Cape, where all Eskimos and Rus
! sians will be taken from their par
ents and educated and .fed in one big
institution. The large Russian steam
er Kolyma made the perilous pas
sage to Lea River and unloaded a
big cargo of supplies. The ice pre
vented the vessel reaching Wrangell
Island but two hydroplanes were as
sembled aboard the vessel at East
Cape and flew to the island. The
aviators reported the Soviet colony
is thriving. The Soviets are not ex
pecting to reap big returns from fur
pelts on the island but are planning
to make it the feeding and breeding
grounds for all kinds of fur bearing
animals.
BOMS THM INTO
' SEVEN IE INJURED
POLICE BELIEVED OUTRAGE IS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ANTI
FACISTS
NICE. France, Aug. ?7. (/P)—Seven
persons were injured and one fatally
by explosion of a bomb thrown from
the railroad track into the open air
dancing establishment of Juan Les
pins near here. The bomb fell be
tween dances otherwise more would
have been hurt. The dancers fled
precipitately leaving all their effects
behind. The police believe the out
rage is attributable to anti-fascists.
BASEBALL SCORES
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle, 2; San Francisco, 5.
Hollywood, 6; Oakland, 5.
Portland, 1; Sacramento 3.
Missions, 9-2; Los Angeles, 4-3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh, 4; Boston, 6.
Cincinnati, 3; Brooklyn, 4.
Chicago, Philadelphia, St Louis,
New York, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston, 1; Chicago, 9.
Washington, 7; Cleveland, 8.
Philadelphia, 7; St Louis, nothing.
New York, 8; Detroit, 6.
. TOO OLD TO FIGHT
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. (£>)—Jack
Britton, 41, former welterweight
champion of the world, has lost his
boxing license in New York State
and will not be permitted to return
to the ring against George Levine
here next Monday because he is too
old to fight.
MADE SECRET GETAWAY
CURTIS FIELD, Aug. 27. (£>)—Phfi
Wood, Detroit merchant, and pilo
Duke Schubler, made a secret geta
way for Selfridge Field, Michigan
on their way to Winslow, Ontario
whence they plan to fly, as soon a;
the weather permits, for Windsor
England.
GEORGIA FLIER HOPPED OFF
THURSDAY FOR BRAZIL; NO
WO^D SINCE
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I PERNAMUCO, Brazil, Aug. 27. (/P]
!—-Up until 8 o’clock this mornina
news was still lacking as to the pro
gress of Redfern.
TO SEND THREE PLANES
MIAMI, Aug. 27. (^P)—Preparations
are being made by Edward Niramier,
head pilot of the Biscay.ne fliers,
leading commercial aviation unit of
three waters, to send three saplaaes
to th Bahamas as far as Turks Is
land in search for the Port Bruns
wick monoplane piloted by Redfern
who left Thursday for Brazil.
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MAKING CONCRETE CULVERTS
Fifteen miles of concrete culverts,
'is part of the new work being car
ried on in the Alaska Railroad shops,
following the policy of building for
permanency. The culverts, when
completed, will be used entirely on
bridge fills, Seward arrvals report.
In size the culverts average from
three to five feet in diameter and
about four feet in length.
Ml IMPRISONED IN WELL
BROUGHT SURFACE ALIVE
W|ORCHESTER, Mass., Aug. 27.
(J-P)—Fred Lenau, imprisoned since
6:30 Thursday night in a 40 foot well
by a cavein, was brought to the sur
face alive at midnight. Lenau had
no broken bones and his general con
diton was good. His left arm, leg
and chest were bruised.
ELK FOR ALASKA
PORT ANGELES, Aug. 27. (£>)—
Five Olympic elk, from the wild Holi
country, have been shipped to Alas
ka by Charles E. Bryan, deputy game
warden. Bryan says he believes the
elk will do well on the Alaska coast.
WILL ENTER AIR RACE
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27. (JP)—Leaving
for New York today, J. F. Wallace,
chief engineer of the Cleveland Man
ufacturing Company plans to enter
his newly purchased Ryan monoplane
in the coming National air race from
New York to Spokane, Wash.
11 FISHERMEN DROWN
MONTIVEDIO, Uruguay, Aug. 27.
(£>)—Eleven fishermen are believed
to have drowned when their small
launch capsized in a sudden storm
which overcame them off this port
yesterday.
Reverend Kent, who arrived in
Seward yesterday, will hold Holy
Communion, Episcopal church, tomor
row morning at 11:30 o'clock.
. JO! VENTERS
in SEATTLE AFTER
FIVE YEARS ARCTIC
PASSED THROUGH SEWARD LAST
SUMMER; KNOCKOUTS ESKI
MO CHIEFTAIN
j SEATTLE, Aug. 27. (TP)—After five
years doctoring Eskimo in isolated
villages north of the Arctic Circle,
Dr. John Venters, returned to Seat
j tie. Typical of his experiences he
said it was exactly two years ago
•when he was to Allakaket to inves
tigate a mysterious malady which
was killing the natives. He learned
lit was ptmonaine poisoning from eat
ing spoiled caribou meat. After
knocking out qne of the sub-chief
tains who objected to his method he
burned all the caches and stopped
the death scourge.
BELIEVED R EC FERN PASSED
OVER JUNGLES SAFELY;
NEWS TRAVELS SLOWLY
NEW YORK. Aug. 27. (/P)—The
world waited in vain today for word
‘concerning Redfern and from the
Pride of Detroit. However, it is
quite probable that Redfern passed
over the jungles safely but unar
rived at his destination. Word trav
eds slowly in the outlying portions
of Brazil.
The Pride of Detroit will not pass
over land until it reaches Ireland.
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SAVE LIS OF DUCKS
WASHINGAON, Aug. 27. (JP)—
“Lost in the shuffle”, last session, a
bill by Senator Lawrence C. Phipps,
I Colorado, for an appropriation of
'$350,000 to build a dam across Bear
, River, in Utah, is expected to reap
|pear when Congress is convened.
“The dam would keep thousands of
acres of Bear River marshland, fav
orite haunt of w^ld ducks, filled with
fresh water,” asserts federal game
wardens.
“In recent years the stagnated
pools have been killing great flocks
of game birds. There seems to be
an alkali poison in the water, and
after a few minutes .feeding the
ducks become paralyzed. Too weak
I to extricate themselves, hundreds
perish when caught in underbrush
and swamp growth.”
MAINE HUNTING
AUGUSTA, Me., Aug. 27. (JP)— Re
sports received at the Department of
| Inland Fisheries and Game from
: 1,917 licensed guides, show they have
been. employed 66,666 and one-half
residents and 8,985 non-residents of
Maine, of whom 3,552 were hunters.
The guides reported that their par
ties killed 1,787 deer and 25 bear.
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