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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 165.
SEWARD, ALASKA.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1929.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
EDITOR SELTZER
APPARENTLY WENT A LITTLE
TOO STRONG IN CRITICIZ
ING PUBLIC OFFICIAL
CLEVELAND, July 17, (/P)—Louis
Seltzer, editor of the Cleveland
Press and Cal Matson, chief editor
ial writer, are held for contempt of
court by common pleas. Judge Wal- !
ters sentenced them to serve 30
days in jail and fined them $500 ]
each.
Walters who had the charges'
brought by‘himself as the result of ;
an editorial criticizing his granting
an injunction to racing interests,.
ordered immediate execution of the
sentence and denied a motion to
stay execution, saying there was no
stature to support it.
The injunction granted to opera
tors of the race track, restraining
the sheriff from interfering in the
use of the contribution system of
betting. The editorials in the paper
accused the Jtidge of being the
dupe of racing interests and declar
ed the injunction was “monstrous”
and “quite ridiculous”.
VALPARASIO, Chile, July 17, (JP) \}
—The Chilean transport “Abtac” ^
sank in a storm with a loss of 39 (
r-ien. Only one of the crew escap- ^
<rd. '
A severe storm raged over south
ern and central Chile all day. being
especially severe in Forts of Val- !
paraiso and San Antonio.
* At noon the vessel sent a radio
message for help and several ves- |
sels smarted towards it but the war
ship sank almost at once.
1ST PI5WI1S |
IN NEW YORK CITY: !
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NEW YORK, July 16. (/P) —
Seven deaths and many pros
trations are recorded and the
second severe heat wave of the
summer continues unabated in
the East and mid-west.
The heat increased in inten
sity and deaths attributed dir
ectly to it occurred in New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, Wil-;
minington, Del., and Lynn, Mass.
Seven persons were drowned in j
seeking relief in the water from
the sweltering sun’s rays.
WAS OUTPOINTED
NEW YORK, July 16. (/P) —A1
Singer, Bronx lightweight, out
pointed Carl Duane, Brooklyn vet
eran in a 10-round match at
Starlight Park.
FORTUNE TO CHARITIES
LONDON. July 16, (£>)—'The will
of the late Lord Hevelstoke, shows
he left, most of his $12,000,000 for
tune to employees and charities.
His housekeeper was awarded
$50,000 while life annuties of $650
each went to chauffer, groom and
house maid. Hospitals received
nearly $1,000,000.
THE GOAT
WASHINGTON, July 17, (/P)—
Commenting on the large post of
fice deficit, President Hoover said
those who get benefits of its service
should pay the expenses. It is re
ported rates on newspapers and
periodicals will be raised to meet
the deficit.
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JUNEAU AAINE GO.
UAS PURCHASED
GIN IMMEDIATELY, BIG
COMPANY ANNOUNCES
JUNEAU, July 17, (/P)—1The Alas
ka-Juneau Gold Mining Co., the
largest gold lode mining company
on the Pacific coast announced the
acquisition of the controlling inter
est in the Manville-Goldstein group
of claims on Taku river on which
sensational discoveries are reported
to have been made.
The company will begin develop
ments immediately. Those con
eerned refused to disclose the fig
ures for the transaction but the Ai
aska-Juneau company propose the
expenditure of $200,000 for the im
mediate development of the pro
perty.
RULED BY INSECTS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, i/P)—
A woild ruled by insects, thousands
of years from now is the cheerless
scientific nicture of the future,
painted by Prof. E. O. Essig of the
University of California, in an arti
cle written for the scientific
Monthly, just made public.
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EXPECTS TO MAKE PROJECTED
ROUND-TRIP NOME-—WASH
INGTON, THREE DAYS
NEW YORK, July 17, (/P)—Capt. j
Ross G. Hoyt announced last night j
that he planned to take off from!
Mitchel Field Friday, weather per- :
mitting, in an attempt to fly to
Nome and back within three days.
The projected flight will require
an average speed of 140 miles an
hour. The route will be Minneapo
lis, Edmonton, Whitehorse and
Nome, landing there at 1:20 a. m.
^undav. He plans to stay in Nome
-dx hours then start back over the
same route arriving at Mitchell
Field at 7:06 o’clock Monday morn
ing.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 11; St. Louis 2.
! Chicago 6; Washington 5.
| Philadelphia 7; Cleveland 5.
i Detroit 7; New York 11.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
j Cincinnati 5-7; Brooklyn 3-2.
Philadelphia 6; Chicago 5.
New York 0; St. Louis 5.
Boston 4; Pittsburgh 1.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 5; Los Angeles 1.
Portland 3; Hollywood 0.
San Francisco 6; Sacramento 2.
Missions 9; Seattle 5.
ALASKA AUTHOR
SEATTLE, July 17, (JP)—Mrs. Bar- I
rett Willoughby, Alaska writer, left!
battle Sunday morning aboard the
steamer Yukon. She is bound for
Southeastern and Southwestern Al
aska in search of material for a
novel she will write. She is accom
oanied by her mother.
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VICTORIA, July 17, (/P)—The U. j
S. fishing vessels “We” and “Jean
ette” were ordered to be released
by Justice Martin of the Admiralty
; court.
i At the close of arguments involv- !
ling the vessels “Mamie”, “Tacora”,
; Jeanette” and “We”, all four craft
iwere adjudged by the court to have
proven a reasonable excuse for
>V,eir presence in Canadian waters'
land Goose harbor last May when
I they were seized bv the fishery pro- ;
Section steamer “Malaspina”.
i The “Mamie” and “Tacora” were i
released yesterday. A hearing on
uue case of the “Mary C. Fisher”
j proceeded today with the Crown;
;evidcroe already in.
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TORCH MURDERER
TOULON, July 16, (JP)—Laura j
[Weaver, first woman torch murder- ;
jpr. declared she slew Wilmer Kitsel- i
I man, her common law husband, be
cause he threatened to reveal they
; were not married.
MAPLE LEAF FURNISHES IDEA FOR NEW PLANE
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Russell Jamieson (left) has invented a two-evUnder
aviation motor which is without valves and has only
four moving parts. Two inventors at San Antonio, Tex.,
were so inspired by the maple leaf and the rain drop to
produce the machine at the right. Belov/ is the $500 bi
plane constructed by Monte C. Opesa of Bremerton, Wn.,
who learned his aviation from books.
POLITE NOTE-CALLS UPON THE
CHINESE TO FREE ALL
SOVIET PRISONERS
MOSCOW, July 17. (/P) — The
tussian government percipited
t crisis in their relations with
he Chinese Nationalist govern
nent by addressing the Manch
urian government and Nanking
in ultimatum, giving the Chinese
,hree days to assent to a confer -
mce for regulating the conflict
over the Chinese Eastern railroad
recently seized by Manchurian
mthorities.
President Chiang Kai Shek of
:he Nationalist government and
’oreign minister immediately de
parted for Nanking to meet the
oriss.
The note, although in polite
terms, calls upon the Chinese to
free immediatly all soviet pris
oners and suggests that the Chin
resulting from the friction of these
ese weigh the-serious consequences
proposals. The note concluded by
saying Soviet Russia will wait
three days for a reply and if
none is received will be compel
led to resort to other means to de
fend the Soviet union’s legal rights.
SEATTLE, July 17, (JP)—'The Ad
miral Evans of the P. S. S. Co., sail
ed at 10 a. m. today carrying 68
passengers. There are 14 for Seward
as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. George Kammerer,
Hilda Ward, Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Fredo, Reuben Katz, Charles B.
Rogers, Dr. R. F. Swartz, Virginia
Kammerer, Joe Wersterberg, Wm.
R. Low, H. H. Vingerthuein, Miss
Helen Smith, Miss Agnes Monnelly
and eight steerage.
FEBEll COIL SILL
WITCHED Bl BUSH
WASHINGTON, July 16. (JP)—
‘Uncle Sam’s coal bill, almost the
; size of a generous war debt, is
protected by scientific studies of
| the bureau of mines.
] Fuel is analyzed and equipment
inspected in each government
owned heating plant by experts
| of the district fuel survey, a sec
tion of the federal bureau, to in
j sure efficiency and economy.
Plants range in size from those
capable of heating a small apart
Iment to that of the capitol, which
could furnish light, heat, and
power to a city of more than
50,000 persons.
WILL BE FREED OF ICE
SEATTLE, July 18, UP)-Word re
keo/ed here said that the trading
Ivessel Elisif, off North Cape, Siber
ia, will be freed of ice with the ar
rival of the schooner Nanuk, which
; left Seattle last month.
ANOTHER MILLION
CHICAGO, July 16. (/P)—William
j Wrigley, Jr., is so determined
I that his Cubs win the National
| League penant this year, that
rhe placed another $1,000,000 at
jthe disposal of Manager Joe Mc
Carthy for new talent