MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME IV. NUMBER 4'2i
SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
DAYS OF W
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ALL OF SEWARD AROUSED FO«v
OCCASION AND SURROUND
ING COUNTRY COMING
WRh the climbing interest ar
oused in the “Queen of Seward”
contest to be decided tonight at the
“Days of Forty-Nine” celebration
at the Seward Athletic Club, it ap
pears, according to the manage
ment, that it will take over 3,500
votes to decide the winner, accord
ing to tabulaton of returns last
night. It is also apparent that the
countryside has been aroused and
that the Last-Minute Men are
coming in from along the line of
the Alaska Ralroad. The committee
on arrangements reports that .num
erous inquiries have come in by
phone as to the progress of the
contest and concerning other fea
tures of the blowout tonight which
promises to be one of the best of
historical gala occasions of the
city. Anchorage citizens have been
asking for word and some of them
are expected to be here.
The stage is well set. The dance
floor has been greased, the bar is
up; the roulette, faro, chuck-a
luck and crap tables are read;' for
the gamesters. The bartender will
wear a clean white linen coat and
the music will be a revelation. The
committee has continually sounded
the note that the guests should
come in costumes as near ap
proaching the days of ’49 as possi
ble. People carrying guns are ask
ed to have them loaded with blanks
because shooting out the lights is
expensive and liable to damage the
building.
In the voting contest, votes will
be received at the regular polling
places until 9 o'clock tonight. The
ballots will then be tallied at the
hall and the voting will be carried
on there until 11 o’clock, when the
winner will be announced.
STILL
LINGERS Wl
tie mm
NEW YORK, Sept., 22, (IP)— Mary
Josephine Lauder, Gene Tunney’s
fiance, sailed for Naples today
with her mother and friends.
She said she would marry Tunney
in Italy. She added “Maybe its
romance.” A1 Jolson and his bride,
the former Rubyy Keller, musical
comedy star, " also sailed on the
liner Olympic for a honeymoon
trip to Paris and London.
HIT IN THE BACK
NEW YORK, Cty, Sept. 22, (IP)—
A grand jury investigation of the
Albany Baseball Pool was opened
with the presentation of Clarence
Barnes of Boston as a witness.
Barnes charged Governor A1 Smith
with failure to suppress the lottery
out of which conductors are said
to have made many thousands of
dollars.
Grigsby To Tell
Nome Voters All
Alaska Problems
NOME, Sept., 22, (JP)—George
Grigsby, Democratic nominee foi
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
accompanied by Mrs. Grigsby
arrived at Nome yesterday from
Fairbanks. He will make an open
ing speech—his first in the pre
ent campaign—here on Monday
He departs for Fairbanks Tues
day.
UNUSUAL EARTHQUAKE DIS
TURBANCE RECORDED IN
EAST CUT UNFELT HERE
WASHINGTON Sept. 22. </Pi—Ar
earthquake described as very lieavj
i was recorded at Georgetown Uni
versity. It began at 2:51 o’clock ir
the morning and lasted four hours
The maximum intensity beginning
at 3:33 and continued 20 minute:
nicn ..tv an usual occurrence.
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NEW YORK, Sept., 22, (,P)_Ar
earthquake, apparently very sev
ere, was recorded at Fordhan
I University. Officials computed th<
shock as off the Alaska coast.
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FOREST FIS MCE
PERSONS INJURED IN PATH OF
FLAMES AND TOWNS ARE
THREATENED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22, (^>—
Caused largely bv extreme dryness
of the country, at least 12 fires are
sweeping thru timber and brush
lands in California, razing vegeta
tion over an area estimated 100,000
acres and injuring eight persons
caught in the path of the flames.
Three fires are burning in South
ern California and nine in North
ern California. Tire most serious
damage is believed to have been
suffered at Magalia near Chico
where three fires are reported to
be advancing on to the town.
The forest ranger station, the
Southern Pacific station and a
number of homes on the outskirts
of the town have been razed and
little hope is held that the town
could be saved.
Twenty-five hundred, men are
fighting the blaze on all fronts.
OR ADMITS IT
PHILADELPHIA Sept. 221 id'/—A
man describing himself as Frank
Mooney admitted he has written
four letters in which he threatened
the life of John Raskob. chairman
of the Democrate National Com
mittee. The man is being held on
$10,000 bal.
Airplane Racers
Continue To Cut
Western Breezes
FORT WORTH, Sept., 22, (IP)—
Winging their way across West
Texas against head-winds of 40
mile velocity, pilots in the Los An
geles to Cincinnati race, landed
here. They were paced by Robert j
Dake of Pittsburgh from El Paso; I
Theodore Kenyon was second. The
prizes are $20,000.
against the Athletics increased
when the Mackmen saw their star j
pitcher Grove defeated in Detroit j
for the eight reverse this season,j
while the Yanks defeated the j
White Cox. The champions thus |
increased their lead to two games
over Philadelphia.
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NEW YORK, Sept., 22, (TP)—The
league situation remained about
the same with the Cardinals and !
Giants idle bjit the Cubs lost j
ground thru defeat by Brooklyn.'
MANCHURIA SEETHS
SHANGAI Sept. 22. t/P)—A poorly !
disguised plot to overthrow the 1
Regime in Manchuria by the murd- i
er of high Officials, was frustrated '
thru the arrest of ten perons who |
were accused of leading the con- !
spiracy.
lNiht» IjNyi'lTLIl'lUtfN MAK1VS) A1JVAJNCE ii\ t'AKE
Women convicted of federal offenses now have their own insti
tution. just completed at Alder ion, IV. Va. The 500 women housed in it
•under the direction of Dr. Mary B. Harris (left), may choose courses
v r-.Yh will fit them for worthwhile life, and their surroundings are
freer and more colorin' than when they were confined in prisons
built for men. Above is one of the dormitories, in the center a cottage
kitchen, and below a general view of the institution’s buildings.
ILK1 SAILS
NEWS HUNGRY LADY WANTS TO
GET IN ON NEWS AS EX
PLORER STARTS NORTH
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, OP)--When
Sir George H. Wilkins is in the
Antarctic on aerial exploits, one of
the most interested in his expedi
ion will be Miss Suzanne Bennett,
actress who on the eve of sailing
announced they were engaged.
Wilkins refused to discuss the
matter. He is b.
liner “Southern Cross” for Monte
video, Uraguay, whence he will go
on a whaling ship to Deception Is
land the base for his exploring
flights
“Yes its true”, said the girl when
asked concerning rumors of their
engagement. “We have been en
gaged for a couple of days”. She
said no date had bees* set and re
fused to discuss details of her
meeting with the Arctic explorer.
She is a slender brunette who had
lead runs with a Broadway play
which recently closet^
The Wilkins nlamMsd*; Antarctic
flights are said to be-th’e 'most haz
ardous and difficult "ever undertak
en. He must depend on some whal
er in -Ross Sea to pick him up at
the end of his flight along Grab -
Land and Southern ice barrier. Bo
will be accompanied by Ben Eielson
and Joseph Crossen.
Aleutian Sails
With Number Of
Seward Sailors
SEATTLE, Sept., 22. (/P)—The S.
S. Aleutian, of the Alaska Steam
ship Co., left Seattle this morning
at 10 o’clock, for Alaska with 71
passengers on board. The Seward
list comprised:
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Skriven, E. A.
Shonaker, E. C. Oldfin, Mrs. Geo.
Bigelow, W. T. Morgan, Alvin T.
T. Rowe, M. Manterola, O. B. Millet,
L. P. Harmon, Mr. and Mrs F. A.
Sanborn, Capt. and Mrs W. H. Faw
cett, A. J. Arrivee, Muriel Marsh,
Mrs J. A. Marsh, Mrs J. C. Kinne
and daughter, H. E. Brown, Mrs C.
F. Peterson, Mrs E. B. Endicott, Mrs
G. Roberts,and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs F. C. Leech, and one steerage.
No Hurry American
Participation Naval
Accord Agreement
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22, UP)—
The State Department announced
that Great Britain has not asked
for e hurried American reply on
the Franco-British Naval accord.
The answer probably will not be
dispatched until President Cool
'dge returns from Vermont.
President Coolidge and Mrs.
Coolidge reached the land of their
romance Thursday They spent the
night at the Coolidge ancestral
borne in Plymouth Notch, Vermont,
after paying a visit to Burlington
the scene of their courtship ana
marriage.
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