MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Center of
Everytiming ”
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 132.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6,
1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Extreme Hardships
Suffered In Arctic
Fox Film Expedition
MERRILL FOUND 30 MILES FROM POINT BARROW
ALONE AND SNOWBLIND; CAPTAIN ROBERT
SON, MERRILL AND CLARK IN HOSPITAL AT
BARROW; RADIOMAN REPORTS CAN RE
CEIVE BUT CANNOT SEND; SEWARD SIGNAL
CORPS STATION HEARD AT BARROW; FAIR
BANKS AVIATOR READY TO TAKE AIR AFTER
THREE MISSING PLANES WHEN WORD FROM
THEM RECEIVED.
Fairbanks, June 6. (/P)—Fragmentary details of th<
extreme hardships suffered from the Fox Film Expedi
tion have finally been received. Merrill Clark and Rnh
erteon are all recovering at a makeshift hospitl at Bar
being1f°oreededo\vtner ? wheV«y walked 100 miles after
to Barrow although w/down.^ Were able to COntinU£
two conducted unsuccessful searches fm
ed hvTh^m°fS frT uhom tbey seParated when block
milesyshort^^irWo£tive1X:edb0thplaneS d°Wn 1QD
SOUTHERN TROOPS ORE
ENTERING PEKING CITT
BRIDGE IS BLOWN UP
SHANGHAI, June 6. (JP)—Japanese
reports from Peking said Southern
traps have entered Peking and con
sisted of the vanguard of General
Ten Hsui Lings Shansi. The Army
railroad bridge at Tangtsun was'
blown up holding up the withdrawal!
of two Manchurian Army Corps t0!
Mukden. j
SLIDE FORMS DIM
TOWN IS FLOODED
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BIG PINE, Calif., June 6, (Jp)—a
landslide, which formed a dam on
Big Pine Creek at Sage Flat, eight
miles above here, broke annd a torrentj
of water flooded the main street ofj
Big Piine a foot deep. One man and1
a boy are missing.
ANCHORAGEITE SUICIDES
SEATTLE, June 6. (jP)—'The body;
of a man was found in Woodland Park*
with his throat slashed. He has been1
identified as Michael Duncan, 37, who
recently arrived from Anchoorage in
ill health.
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COOLIDGE BE RE-ELECTED
WASHINGTON, June 5. (/p)_Presi
dent Coolidge will be re-nomina-ted
and i eelected unless he makes a
positive statement to prevent the r
Kansas City convention from draft- £
inir him, Representative Williams -»> t
Illinois declared.
I W ien and Hart landed on a lake
I covered ^ith deep snow on the next
day. Wien and Heart searched for
their companions unsuccessfully al
‘ though they traveled 2,200 miles in
25 flying hours.
| Searchers. traveling by dog team,
found Russell Merrill about 30 miles
from Barrow.
MERRILL SNOWBLIND
After Nieminen and Heyser arrived
on May 25, four days later, NeLminen
picked up Robertson and Clark at
about the same* place Merrill was
found. (Merrill was temporarily snow
blind and Clark had broken down ten
dons; Robertson was suffering from
frost bitten toes, fingers and stomach
trouble. All are expected to recover
in a few days when Merrill and Wien
expect to get the other plane and fly
It'to Fairbanks. ,
KOTZEBUE WIRELESS
Hart in a message to Ewing Scottj
Fox Filmer here, said, they can re-1
ce-ive radio but cannot send. They
heard W U W, Seward; KBL Nome;
and W V G Washington.
The messages were taken to Kotze
bue by Pilot Nieminen and Radioman
Heyser who arrived there on Monday.
Pilot Bennett and Girard were ready '
to hop-off when word of their safety
was received.
FINDS NOT A TRACE
OSLO, June 6. (£>)—Advices said'
Lieut. Holm made one flight in search j
3f the Italia but found nothing.
READY TO HOP-OFF
TREPASSEY, June 6. <yp)_Last’
ninute preparations for the “Friend-!
ihip” flight across the Atlantic are
teing made and only a strong wind1
delayed the start.
DESTROYERS WILL
CRUISE TO Mil
HOED m
LOCAL REPORT IS THAT CRUll
ERS WILL TOUCH AT PORT OF
SEWARD
SEATTLE, June 6. (/P)—Six de
troyers from the FirsT Battalion Nav<
Reserve will sail about July 8 frot
Neah Bay for Alaska on a summe
cruise and including a full prograi
of naval maneuvers, short range ba
tie practice and signal drill.
The deshroyers are -the Williai
Jones, Zeilin, J. F. Burns, Paul Hamil
ton, Somers and the Percival.
: FORMER GOVERNOR OF
! NEW JERSEY, STOKES,
BEFORE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, June 6. {^—Ed
ward Stokes, former Governor of New
Jersey and runner-up at the Republi
can Senatorial primary in 'that State,
told Senatr Reed, of the Campaign
Funds Committee, that his campaign
cost $14,600 of which be contributed
$3,300.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco, a; Seattle, 4, 10 in
nings. j
Sacramento, 3; Missions, 5. ,
Oakland, 2; Hollywood, 3, 11 in
nings.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington, 4; St. Louis, 1.
Ail other major games postponed
on account of rain.
DISTRESS SIGH IS
FUSE ALARM RUSSIA
I | MOSCOW, June 6. (/P)—The elation
| in Moscow caused by the growing be.
; lief the Italia had come down in Franz
j. Josef Land gave way to vague doubts
i when at least one distress message
j thought to have been picked up In
i
j Siberia, turned out to be a false alarm.
Murmansk mistook radio instructions
tI sent from Moscow concerning plans
n for a search.
i
KANSAS CITY, June 5. (/P)—The
Hoover forces continued to hold the
whip hand at the Republican National
Committee in seating as four Conven
■ | Won Delegates-At-Large from Louis
iana. The slate sponsored by Emile
| Kuntz, National Committeeman and
| avowed upporter of Hoover. Yes
terday the Committee made it a clean
! sweep for Hoover in the< contests from
Florida and Kentucky which included
11 delegates,
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SUE OF FISSURED
DELEGATES HERB GROWS
KANSAS CITY, June 6. (Jp)—An
other run of victories for Herbert
Hoover in the. contests decided by the
National Committee increased his
string of assured delegates by 22. His
supporters held the whip hand and
added 10 votes in Louisiana, 12 in
Mississippi, but lost two doubtful
Louisiana delegates.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE RECEIVES FIRST “BUDDY”
POPPY FOR 1928
President Coolidge received the first “Buddy” poppy at the White
House from Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly, Acting National Chaplain
of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The*“Buddy”
Poppy is one of those made by disabled veterai$B in hospitals. Mrs.
Baylyjost a son, Lieut. L. H. Bayly, in France during the World War.
The President was also presented with a living poppy which was
brought specially from Belleau Wood, France.
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THE PACIFIC FLIGHT
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Sj “WE WOULD HAVE BEEN COLD
MEAT BUT FOR LYON”, SAYS
t kingsford smith
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s, SUVA, June G. (&)—'The Southern
Cross will hop-off at 7 o’clock tonight,
Pacific Coast time, from the beach at
Naselai, 16 miles from here, on the
11.750 mile flight to Brisbane.
Kingsford Smith said the beach was
j “equal to the best runway in the
world”. Ulm at a banquet said, “we
[ would have been cold meat but for the
aid of Lyon and Wefner. Imagine
j the roar planes 600 horsepower motors
1 in the plane's small cabin. We were
deafened with the roar yet trying to
send and receive radio messages, 100
percent efficient, at a distance of 4,000
miles away.
“Warner possessed no mean skill
and was full of courage night before
last in the middle of the Pacific. The
fates were not with us and we struck
bad weather. The wild flying, dodg
ing storm clouds and turning right
angles and the navigator’s skin was
shown when after all these quick
movements throughout the night he
could still plot out position when we
came out of the mess and say; 'here
boys, here's where you are.’ That we
came thru was not luck but due to
his skill.”
LESS Til HOUfl SIIS
i SUPPLY ms LEFT I
1 TANKS SOUTHERN CROSS
i
SUVA, June 6. (£>)—Although their
contracts have expired the American
members of the Southern Cross crew
will continue to Australia. They will
be carried the rest of the way in rec
ognition of their services and courage.
The inspection showed the plane had
only 30 gallons of gasoline left when
it arrived. This was insufficient for
an hour’s flight.
WATSON NORTHBOUND
WITH FAIR LISTING
SEATTLE, June 6. (#>)—'Tie Ad
air.f.l Watson of the P. S. S. Co., sail
<1 at 10 o’lcock this morning for Alas
a carrying 186 passengers. The Sew.
rd listing is comprised of the fol
3wing: Mr. afrd Mrs. Charles W.
rown and daughter, Carl Hanson, W.
T- Wither, Mrs. W. N. Baker, Mrs. C.
. Salter and three sons, Mr. and Mrs.
Tr s- Clink, Marvin Smith, Louis
hambers, Joseph Wicks, J. S. How.
d, Mrs. Bessie Jones, and two steer
:e.