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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 256. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CAPTAIN WILIS
EIELSON WILL PILOT EXPLORER
^ OVER ARCTIC WASTE8 FOR
THIRD YEAR
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22. (JP)—Next
spring Captain Wilkins will attempt a
flight over the North Pole with several
—fold scientific objects in view.
Wilkins arrived here yesterday to
supervise the construction of a Lock
head plane he will use in a projected
flight. He said he would attempt to
determine whether there is land be
' tween Point Barrow which will be his
base again, and Spitabergen. Me ais<3
will make meteorological observances
to serve as a foundation for future
long range predictions of weather con
dition as far as 10 years in advance.
Referring to land in the Arctic Cajpt.
“Wilkins said Perry, McMillan and
Steffanson reported sighting land indi
cating the type of clouds but "none
were able, with the old methods of
travel, to follow up the indications.
In an airplane we—my pilot, Lieut.
*
Eielson and I—will be able to cover in
a few hours what took the older ex
plorers years to attempt. If land is
found we will land and take observa
tion before going on. Of course we
will claim it for the United States.”
The ultimate plan of Wilkins is to
Establish a series of meteorological
, stations in the Arctic and Anarctic
regions wrhere air currents bound
north and south can be observed be
sides collecting valuable scientific
Y data. Wilkins believes the expedition
will blaze a trail for a regular air ser
vice over the Arctic ocean.
"The logical air route from America
to Europe is over the Arctic and it is
not only by far the shortest air line
but it is much safer than trans-oceanie
/
* flying; moreover, there is nearly six
months in the year when trans-Arctic
flights can be made entirely by day
light and, very important in regular
flying, the weather conditions are far
more stable as regards to winds and
temperature than farther south.”
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• PARKS CONFERS WITH
OFFICIALS B. OF E.
SEATTLE, Nov. 22. (;P)—Governor
George A. Parks passed thru Seattle
Saturday on his way to Washington,
D. C., for his annual conference with '
Secretary Hubert Work. Governor !
Parks visited with friends here and
conferred with members of the Alaska
Division of the United States Bureau
of Education.
CABINET RESIGNS j
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 22. (JP)—
The cabinet of which Henfy Jasper,1
^ was premier has resigned. P
SCHOOL TEACHER AT
S HILCHIK SHOOTS
: SELF, IN ACCIDENT
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NO BOAT8 AT SELDOVlA WILLING
VENTURE OUT INTO ROUGH
WEATHER
('-Special to The Gateway)
SELDOVIA, Alaska, Nov. 22. —A
distress call was reel red by the Seldo
i
via station from an improvised wire
less station, possibly a spark coil, at
Ninilchik, Alaska, about 40 miles from
Seldovia. The message stated that
medical assistance and a doctor was
needed immediately a school teacher
having shot herself while cleaning her
own guh and Was id & Serious condi
tion.
There are two school teachers at
Ninilchik, Mrs Striker and Miss John
Bessis Howe. The report did not
state which was injured. The mes
sage was signed by Walter Kotoff.
Mr. Lipke, owner of the Seldovia
station has notiifed the commissioner
and doctor at Seldovia of the accident.
There are several boats at Seldovia
but owing to the rough weather at the
present time it would be impossible to
make a landing at Ninilchik. They
will proceed as soon as the weather
clears up.
KLAN SUIT AGAINST PENNSYL
VANIANS ASKED FOR SUM OF
$100,000
PITTSBURG, Nov. 22. (JP)—Counter
actions between the Klan and five
“banished members’* against each
other were thrown out of the Federal
Court.
United States District Judge Thom
son dismissed the Klan suit against
Pennsylvanians and enjoined them
from interfering in the affairs of the
organization and asking for $100,000 .
damages from each count. He like
wise denied application of the “banish
ed members’' injunction to bar the ]
Klan in Pennsylvania and appointment
jf receiver of its properties in the
state.
MORE MONEY FOR COLLEGE 1
CORDOVA, Nov. 22. (JP)—Judge
Iharles Bunnel, president of the Alas
a College, is on his way to Washing
\
on to confer with Congress leaders on
z
he extension of the Hatch-Adaxns- ^
urnell Acts to Alaska. j.<
INFANTRY, TROOPS
I CAVALRY, CONTROL
l COAL MINE AREA
GOVERNOR AbAMS DECLARES
“STATE OF RIOT AND INSUR
RECTION EXISTS**
DENVER, NoV. 83, WP)—The North
'era Colorado coal strike sooe is in
charge of military guard following the
death of five" strikers and injury to
more than a score.
The state resorted to gunfire for the
first time since the I. W. W. strike in
the Colorado coal fields five weeks
ago. Twenty officers fired on the on
rushing strikers * at the Columbine
mine. . -
Five companies of infantry, two
troops of cavalry, two armed tanks
and the medical detachment of the
State guard were on their way to
NorthCfb Colorado within five hours
after the battle, Guard officers will
have complete ciihfge o.f the territory
with the same jurisdiction as if mar
tial law had been declared.
In an executive order, signed by
Governor Adams, he declared a statf
of riot and insurrection existed and
gave Adjutant General Newton full
powers and proceed as he saw fit.
The miners declared no miner was
or is armed and all were going to the
postoffice, situated on the Columbine
property, and blamed “a fool speed
cop” for the shooting.
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PLOT KILL CALLES
ADMIT GUILT, ACCORDING TO
CHIEF OF POLICE GENERAL i
CRUZ OF MEXICO CITY vj]
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 22. (JP)—Gener
s
al Roberto Cruz, chief of police, issued
an official statement declaring three
prominent members of the league for
the defense of a religious liberty or- C
?anization opposed the new religious C
Law and were the actual intellectual
eaders in the recent plot to assassin- *
ite General Obregon.
They have been arrested and con- *
‘essed to their guilt. The men are r
laiis Segura Vilchis, engineer; Miguel
^guitin, Pro Juanez Catholic priest, °
md his brother Humberto Juarez. is
In a statement General Cruz says;
filchis assumed the entire responsi
>ility for the plot but police believe he|
s shielding accomplices.
WOLVERINES FOR ZOO
CORDOVA, Nov. 22. (JP)~Five wol
erine, destined for the Washington
oo, are on their way to Seattle aboard
le steamer Alaska. Dr. W. H. Chase
i the doner.
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CASE CALLED DFF
ENDSJJON-SUIT
ONLY ALTERNATIVE WOULO'
HAVE BEEN MISTRIAL, 8TATE8 j
JUDGE RUNYON
NEWARK, N. J., Nor. 22. (ff)—Plain
tiffs charges of attempted tampering
with justice on the part of Jack Demp
sey and Tex Rickard brought to an
end and to Jack Kearns his effort to
secure the sum of $33,333.33 in a court
action against Dempsey.
Both sides agreed ending the case
by a voluntary non-suit after Judge
Runyon told the defense the only al
ternative would be mistrial on all
charges of the “influence” made by
Arthur Sager, chief counsel for Kearns.
Sager complained the three day ad
journment last week was granted be
cause Dempsey’s chief council Driscoll,
faked sickness ad that Dempsey would
have time to stump the State creating
public sentiment ror himself and that
the “simister shadow of Rickard,
Dempsey’s spiritual adviser, might be
cast over the court.’*
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OFF FOB BOiLULU
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IF FORCED DOWN 36 A doNNEft;
HAS NO RAFT, LIFE BELT, RA
DIO, PARACHUTE
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. (£>)— J
Uapt. Frederick Giles hopped off at 1
':24 o’clock this morning in a second 1
ittempt to lfy to Honolulu on the first I
eg of a projected flight to New Zea
and. c
Hatless, without googles or helmet, y
,nd dressed in a light business suit, ^
Files donned only a life belt as added c
rappings for’the 2,400 mile flight. He
arried no radio, no life raft, no para- I
hute or no sextant being unable to I
se a navigation instrument. Giles
rusted a good bit to luck and his
bility to guess the amount of drift in
he time 'honored method of dead i
sckoning.
;n
He will fly over a trackless waste
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f water which already has claimed ^
3ven fliers who attempted the feat *
At 7:50 a. m. he was sighted over
|n
le Farallons islands, 30 miles out. ^
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JUNEAU IS SHOCKED ri
JUNEAU, Nov. 22. (IP)—A severe
irthquake shook Juneau for 15 sec-:
ids at 6:15 o'clock and awakened the!
ajority of residents. Many objects le
are moved about. Sitka reported the £
rongest shock recorded since Octo- ^
-r 24.
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DWELLINGS CAiOT
BE SEARCHED MERE
POSSESSION LIQUOR
ALASKANS SHOULD ENJOY |$UAL
PRIVILEGES OTHER OitllENS
OF U. 8. A.
WASHINGTON, Nor. 22. UP)—In rf*,
claring that private dwellings in Alas
ka and other Territory tinder the Juris
diction of the United States could not
be searched on the mere charge of pos
session of liquor and in holding the
search seizure provision of the Alaska
Bone Dry law had, been superceded by
the National Prohibition Act, the Su
preme Court stated the National Pro
hibition Act had imposed a limitation
on the right to search a private dwell
ing which applied to Alaska equally
with other portions of the United
States.
The opinion was by Justice McRey
nolds in the case against Ole Berkness.
“Notwithstanding the known difficul
ties attending en'torccinent of prohibi
tion Congress was careful.” the opin
ion said, “to declare in the National
Prohibition Act that the mere posses
sion of liquor in one’s home—shall not
be unlawful and forbid procurement of
evidence thru warrants directing a
search of dwellings strickly private
not alleged to be used in unlawful
sale”.
Referring to the contention that
both the Bone Dry and the National
Prohibition laws are in effect in Alas
ka the court stated the “emphatic
declaration that no private dwelling
be searched except under special cir
cumstances is disclosed in the general
)olicy to protect the home against in
fusion thru the use of search war
‘ants. Certainly, there is no adequate
eason suggested for withholding from
hose who reside in Alaska the safe
guards deemed essential in all other
i'erritory subjects to and in the juris
diction of the United States. The pro
ision ‘of the earlier special Bone Dtry
Let is hostile to the latter declaration
f Congress and must give way.”
MIL CHHB INTERIOR
IS SEVERELY INJURED
RUBY, Nov. 22. (^P)—Jack Carey,
tail carrier on the Tanana-Ruby route
as severely injured by a fall under
ie sled which was carrying 90#
Tunds of mail when his 18 dog team
tn away. Clarey was found an hour
ter unconscious by Little Joe, a na
ve trapper, who took him to Kok~
ues. The Ruby doctor attended him.
NATIVE GETS A YEAR
RUBY, Nov. 22. (£>)—Shel Wettack *
it Sunday for Fairbanks taking John,
>ming, a native, to serve a year Jn.
e Federal jail lor assault and bat
ry.