MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 180. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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BELIEVED THE REAL CAUSE OF
CIVIL WAR WAS ECONOMIC,
* NORTHERN JEALOUSY
HOUSTON, Aug. 3, (/P)—James
Calvin Foster, 81, elected Comman
Jer-In-Chief of the United Confeder
ate Veterans last year and one of ttie
most colorful figures la the thinning
gray ranks, died here yesterday.
General James Calvin Foster, once
commander-in-chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, gave most of
his life labors to put Confede ate
history in the right light before the
wodd, to “purify it” as he expressed
it.
He was 13 years old when the Ci
vil War began, but he was 16 befme
the authorities would allow him to
enlist and they were doubtful even
Iheu that the -child-soldier could
carry a musket, a cartridge box, and
two regulation army blankets.
^ Foster enlisted at Spartanburg,
South Carolina, July 10, 1864, in
Company A, First South Carolina
Pattalion, which was afterwards con
solidated with the Third South Car
olina Regiment.
PROTECTED RAILROAD
While the Federal General, Willi
am Tecumseh Sherman, was march
S ing from Atlanta to the sea, Foster’s
Unit was assigned to protect *be
railroad from Savannah to Charles
ton. the only supply outlet for Gen
cr.il Robert E. Lee’s army. The Fede
ral batteries continually bombarded
the Confederate line, and when Sher
man captured Columbia, the command
^ fell back to Charleston. This, perhaps,
■was the outstanding engagement in
whmh Foster participated
Foster returned to his home a
month after the war ended. He be
came secretary of the Democratic
club at the age of 20. Those were
' “carpet-bagger days.’’ The South
reeded votes and Foster later said
with a chuckle, “I began to vote
early.”
ELECTED COMMANDER
Foster first engaged in business
in Hivingville, now known as Glen
dale, South Carolina. He drifted to
^ Arkansas and at West Point, Octo
ber 1, 1873, he married Miss Annie
Eu'-hanan Foster, a cousin several
times removed.
General Foster went to Texas in
1886 For 14 years he was cornman
er of the Dick Bowling Camp, United
ronfederatc Veterans at Houston
a id at the Tampa, Fla., reunion of
the veterans in April, 1927, he wa3
elected commander-in-chief.
He was born in Rich Hill, now
known as White&tone, Spartanburg
o<pnty, South Carolina, July 24, 1847.
PARIS, Aug. 2, (;P)—Warelenghta
of 12 to 15 -centimeters, roughly fire
to gfx and a half Inches, hare been
**"*lnced !n the laboratory of M.
Gn^on, a wireless engineer.
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FOOTBALLER KAYOED
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. (/P)—Chuck Wig.
gins, Indianapolis heavyweight, won j
the decision over Les Marriner, Uni. j
versity of Iillinois foofball player,'who;
fought 17 fights undefeated, in 101
rounds.
LEAKAGE SMALL; VESSEL WILl|
GO INTO DRYDOCK AT EITHER
VANCOUVER OR SEATTLE
PETERSBURG, Au|g. 3. (/F)—'The
Oaxaca was successfully repaired and
launched by the Salvage King, as.
sisted by the coast guard cutter Cy.
gan and was towed to thia South end
of Wrangell Narrows for inspection
by divers and t& get up steam.
The Salvage King will start for
down South tomorrow. The Oaxaca
is now partly under its own power
and the leakage is small. It will be
drydocked at Vancouver or in Puget
Sound yards.
* AMONG HIS SOUVENIRS
HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 2, (Jp)—
Seeking a souvenir for his son, a
Connecticut delegate to the demo
cratic national convention at Houston
picked out a bowie knife, only to
find the handle labelled: “Made In
Hartford, Conn.”
SENATOR MC KELLAR IS ALSO
RENOMINATED ON THE DE
CRATIC TICKET
NASHVILLE, Aug. 3, (iP)—Gov
ernor Horton jumped into the lead!
in the contest with Hill McAlister
tor the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination.
A complication of unofficial re
turns from 1914 precincts out of 2,
230 in yesterday’s primary gave Hor
ton 87,944 votes, McAlister 84,703.
Senator McKellar was renominated
on the Democratic ticket and indi
cations are that all three Congres
sional incumbents who had contests,
are victorious.
MPT COURTNEY AND
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. (/P)**Gapta}n
Frank Courtney and his three com.
panions have been located by the
steamer Minnewaka in the flying boat
which thtay attempted a flight form
Azores to Newfoundland. A wireless,
message announced another air trag.
edy had bden averted.
WASHINGTON SCHOOLS INCORPORATE STUDY OF FISHERIES
Seattle high school boys learn from Charles R. Pol
lock, Washington State supervisor of fisheries (above),
the life history of salmon. Similar instruction is to be
made a part of all public school work irt the State. Below
employes at the Kalama hatchery are placing female
salmon on racks to obtain eggs which will be placed in
State hatcheries.
PLANE DAMAGED
MADRID, Aug. 3. (/P)—Ca'pt. Ro.mon
Francos’ hydroplane, the Numanica,
vras damaged badly and a renewal of
ihe flight will be delayed until some,
timta in September.
CAPT. J. BACKLAND
VETERAN OF ARCTIC
ON LAST HOE
WAS PRESIDENT OF THE MID
NIGHT SUN TRADING CO.; SON
SUCCEEDED HIM
SEATTLE, Aug. 3. (fp)— Capt. John
Backland, 60, one of the 'most colorful
figures of the Northern seas, died at
his home hens after an illness of sev.
eral months.
His son, Capt. John Backland, Jr.,
is now in the Arctic ocean sailing the
his father commanded for many years
-the trading schooner C. S. Holmes
which on its annual voyage to the
Arctic.
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His last voyage was last year. He
was president of the Midnight Sun
Tradiing Company. ,
KILLED BY BICYCLE
EAST STANWOOD, Wn., Aug. 2.
(iP)—Olaf Lien, 64 years old, of East
Stanwood, received injuries from
which he died and Haakon Stone, 14
years old, incurred serious injuries,
when a bicycle, ridden by young Stonie
nan into Lien at the bottoom of a hill.
[REPUBLICAN PEEK
i BOLTS ID ENLISTS
U1ER SMITH FLAG
FARM QUESTION RESPONSIBLE;
SMITH WANTS TO CONSULT
WITH FRANK O. LOWDEN
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. (/P)—Governor
A1 Smith gained an ally from the corn
belt in George N. Peek, of, Illinois and
champion of th'3 McNary.Haugen Bill.
Peek announced he bolted from the
Republican Party to enlist under the
Smith banner after he and Smith dis_
cussed the farm question. Smith re_
affirmed his intention of calling on
the best minds for advice in shaping
the Farm Relief program and men.
tioned Frank O. Lowden of Illinois as
one of the Republicans he would like
to consult.
Peek was chairman of the commit,
tee in 1922, of the North Central
States agricultural conference.
POLISH KNIGHTS ;
OF THE 1 SPEED
FOR SHORES OF U. S.
DARING AVIATORS HOPE TO BE
FIRST TO MAKE PARIS-NEW
YORK NONSTOP FLIGHT
LEBOURGET, France, Aug. 4, (/P)
—Two Polish “knights of the air”
sped westward at dawn hoping to
make the first nonstop Paris to New
York flight. Majors Louis Idzikowski
and Kazimir Kubala, of the Polish
Air Service, hopped off at 5:46 a. m.,
Paris time, in a plane christened
“Marszalek Pilsudski” in honor of
the Polish dictator.
They expect to reach New York
Saturday afternoon. They will fly
via Newfoundland. The direct sinj'e
motored plane weighed eight ton;
the weather was fair.
UNITED STATES THUS FAR HAS
LARGE LEAD OVER ALL NAT
TIONS IN TOTAL EVENTS
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 3, (£>)—Ray
Barbuti brought to the United Sta
tes the first running track victory
by winning the 400 meter race, Wil
lis Ritola of Finland won the 5,000
meter running title.
In the only other event today I<eo
Lermond, American, finished fourth.
America has 140 points; Finland
is second with €4 and Britten Iv
third with 40. <