VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 28.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, February 2, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PM EXPLODES
1 HOME FAMILY
IS WIPED OUT
CAN WAS SET BEFORE FIFE
PLACE TO DRY OUT; 10
ARE DEAD
BUCKHANNON. W. Va„ Feb., 2,
i —A can of blasting powder plac
Y ed In the front of an open grate to
* dry, is believed to have been the
cause of 10 persons being burned to
death at midnight.
Their dwelling was razed by the
Wane and practically wiped out the
entire family. The dead are Pete
3imes, his wife and six children; a
married daughter. Mrs. Troy Gib
son and her three-months infant.
Mrs. Gbson’s husband escaped with
severe burns.
As the fire raged firemen stood
helplessly by because no water was
available. The dwelling was located
on the outskirts of the town outside
of the hydrant zone.
Neighbors said the explosion was
preceded by fire. Gibson was una
ble to tell a coherent story.
TUP OF m PHOT
\<> SAILING VESSELS THIS YEAR
FOR ALASKA; STEAMERS
NOW USED
SEATTLE, Feb., 2. (/Pi—For the
first time in the history of Alaska
'almon industry not a single sail
ing vessel will be included in the
salmon fleets heading North this
year from Seattle.
Officials of big packing compan
ies said today that steamships have
replaced the full rigged ships,
harks and schooners which were
once towed to Cape Flattery for the
start for Alaska each spring.
MAIL PLANES TO SET
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb., 2, (IP)—
Eleven air mail pianes operated by
the Varney Air Lines with an east
ern terminus here soon will he
equipped with new ice-warning in
struments to aid pilots in flying
thru cold, wet skies.
Ice is a great hazard to airplanes,
often forcing them down when
heavy coatings form on the wing
and cut down the aerodynamic el
fieienev
AN HONEST CROOK?
ACAPULCO, Guanajuato, Mex
ico, Feb., 2, (A5)—J. Calderon, a
famous local rebel chief, has earn
ed for himself a reputation for
scrupulous honesty. He invariably
returns money obtained from
public offices in the town he raids.
He considers such money “bor
rowed” for the cause.
PREFER RIDING
KOVNO, Lithuania, Feb., 2, (JP)—
Lithuania is having a difficult
time getting men for the armv be
cause everybody wants to be in
the calvary. Lithuania farmer lads
grow up in the saddle, and when
called to the army, take their
horses with them.
HOOVER LANDS SECOND
LARGE SAIL FISH
KEY WEST, Fla., Feb., 2, (Ah—;
President-elect Hoover landed a'
second sail fish, a six-footer weigh- 1
ing 60 pounds. Before this catch
he struggled for 35 minutes with
another sail fish which a shark
shark grabbed just as he was about j
to land it in the boat. “A shark got
him”, Mr. Hoover exclaimed.
I
MOVEMENT MADE
UNITE SO-CALLED i
ANTI-SMITH DEMOCRATS AND j
HOOVER MEN LINE UP IN
VIRGINIA
RICHMOND, Va„ Feb., 2, (A1)—A ■
movement is under way to unite |
the so-called Hoover or anti-1
Smitn Democrats with the Repubii-;
can Party in Virginia, at least foi |
the forthcoming State camnaigii.
Questions are to be aslced three
Democratic leaders by A. J. Dun
ning a “Hoover Democrat” leader
and on answer to there may dc
pend whether the ant-Smithiteo
.vill make a concerted move to join
the Republicans at the anti-Smith
Democratic conference at Lynch
burg, February 5.
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 2 ,(/P)—
The United States is making such
progress in adequately housing its
foreign representatives that near
ly $2,000,000 more than the origi
nal appropriation could be spent
m 1928 were available.
As it is, a deficiency appropria
tion of $700,000 is sought to sup
plement funds set aside for 1929
which amount to $1,300,000. Con
struction of embassies and lega
tions is going ahead under a gen
eral act of 1926.
SUPPORT PRESIDENT’S ATTI
TUDE AGAINST IMMEDIATE
CONSTRUCTION
WASHINGTON, Feb., 2, (/P)_
Democrats in the Senate today fur
nished the support for President
Coolidge’s view against the imme
diate construction of 16 warships.
‘This is undesirable,” Senator Har
rison of Mississippi' who seldom
supports administration policies,
declared, “because the clause re
quiring starting of construction of
warships by July 1931 is unpreced
ented”, and inadvisable.
Other Senators attacked the
clause which Chairman Hale, oi
Naval Committee, and sponsor, de
fended.
TOMORROW AMERICA’S “ACE OF
ACES” WILL BE GEEST OF
PRESIDENT -ELECT
KEY WEST, F!a., Feb., 2, (A>)—
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was a
next door neighbor of President
elect Hoover tod - y while preparing
for his flight Monday to inaugurate
the Pan-American air mail be
tween the United States and Pana
ma.
Col. Lindbergh was quartered on
the Belle Isle estate ox Joseph
Adams and will be Mr. Hoover's
guest tomorrow.
WANT JOIN HUSBANDS
WARSAW, Feb., 2, (/P)—Twelve
thousand Polish wives are waiting
here for visas to join their hus
bands in the United States. The
quota for Poland is only 6,000 a
year.
NEW “BABY BROTHER” OF LINDBERGH S PLANE
New experimental low-wing monoplane developed by the builders
of Colonel Lindbergh’s “Spirit of St. Louis” has been demonstrated
the practibility of several new design features durings its flight tests.
The three quarter view (above) shows the plane has neither rudder
fin nor stabilizer, while the front view (below) displays the exceptional
wide landing gear tread.
LAST ADDRESS AAADE
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
t><"r'TT>arnj lake. Fla., Feb., 2,
iff)—President Coolidge delivered
'vhat is probably his last speech as
President dedicating to the Ameri
can people the Singing Tower es
tablished by Edward Bok.
He devoted his address largely to
the exposition of the view Ameri
can people are achieving by a con
stantly growing appreciation of the
beautiful.
REVISED WORDING IN CLAUSE
WOULD GIVE MELLON CON
TROL
WASHINGTON. Feb., 2, (JP)—
Southern Democrats, headed by
Representative Byrne of Tennesee,
initiated a new move to get the
House approval for the $24,000,000
'’Xtra prohibition funds by propos
ing a revision of the prohibition
clause to meet Mellon’s objections.
Tile re vised wording it is claimed,
will allow all dry agencies to use
money in accordance with Jdellon’s
wishes. Meanwhile, the measure
was turned over to the Conference
hi the Senate.
GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb., 2, (JP)
—Scottish thrift is not fiction.
One of every three of the popu
lation has a bankbook, and savings
for 1928 constitute a record, says
the annual report of the Glasgow
Savings Bank. The amount due
depositors is $120,000,000, an in
crease of S4,900,000 last year, while
40,000 "home safes'’—small cash
boxes—are in use.
The number of depositors, the
volume of business transacted,
the balance at depositors credit
and the bank’s reserve each con
stitute a record.
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LONG MOTOR TRIP
MEXICO CITY, Feb., 2, UP)—Af
ter a year and a half of travel,
four motorists have covered the
distance from Rio Janeiro to Mex
ico City. They plan, with a brief
rest, to push on to New York. They
are Alfredo Massi, Jose Baroni,
Fernando Motta and Fred Konauf.
PORTLAND, Feb., X, UP)—Fifty
bright yellow cannaries have been
.• -r, , ^ ,ai CO
cl-inoifiil O’
rr,i,rr'° in t.b° nvci
irir Tsianda. rithev also will aid
in dod roving insert pests.
BERLIN, Feb., 1, (/P)—Germans
vho ■•Tor’k.e’'1- 1 \ .• ml
Association of Avt* ‘s ?vo hence
=orth entitled tc free admission to
ill museums and n”b1icly owned
castles wit.hin the Peich.
HAMPTON, Pa., Feb., 1, UR—
Ppn ’ ’ "■ ,0
disregarded a traffic signal. Polue
Justice Jones called his own cast
in court here, p’eaded guilty anti
imposed a fine and court costs on
himsell
BOTTLE OF Will
THROWS THE HOUSE
INTO 1 HUBBUB
WINK SAID TO CONTAIN 20 PER
CENT OF ALCOHOL; SOME
PEPSIN
WASHINGTON Feb.. 2. </P)—A
bottle cf wine tonic was exhibited
m the floor by Representative Cel
lar, Democrat from New York, anc?
threw the House into a hubbub
over the propriety of the exhibit.
Senator Celler said the tonic was
manufactured in his home town of
Brooklyn and contained 20 per
cent of alcohol. He declared it was
!n fact “Tokay wine with a slight
tinge of pepsin in it."
Representative Green charged
Celler brought the bottle before the
House without letting it be known
that such an act violated the rules.
Representative Lagaurdia point
ed out the tonic was held under a
Government permit. Finally, the
bottle was removed from the table
in front of the Speaker’s rostrum
on instructions from Presiding Of
ficer Ketcham.
Ffiir.-'shar hnc m n r; v use^. but U 5
run<-.-i irrt)"..irtcinf is in the nnn
nfoot.nrn of ■steel b,? the basic onen
nearth process snvs the United
SWe® Bureau of Mines, in the stal
'■tical renort, on production of
fluorspar and orvolite in 1928. It
5° nsec' in the manufacture of
aiiov steel and ferro-alloys bv the
electvif -furnace process, and in
some foundry and other metallur
gical operations.
Fliibispar is used in considerable
quantities in the glass industry
chiefly for the manufacture of opal
or opnlque and colored glass; as an
meredient in enamels for various
purposes: and in the manufacture
of cement, in which it is said that
the addition of fluorspar to the raw
materials permits the lowering of
ihe fusing point, resulting in con
siderabie economy in fuel, as well
as an economy in power, because
the clinker obtained is fragile anc:.
therefore more easily ground.
Fluorspar is the basic material
used in the manufacture of hydro
fluoric acid. It is also said to ue
tsed to facilitate the fusion and
ontacf of ingredients in the man
ufactu.’T of calcium carbide and
cvanamid.
A very small quantity of clea
duorspar crystals is used for opti
cal purposes; fluorspar is useful m
correcting the color and spherical
aberration errors in lenses espec
ially for miscroscopes and small
telescopes.
Copies of the Bureau of Mines
statistical report on “Fluorspar and
Cryolite in 1927”, by Hubert W.
Davis, may be obtained from the
Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Wash
ington, D. C., at a price of 5 cents.
A MONKEY NURSERY
SUKHUM, Russia, Feb., 2, (/P)—
The Moscow Institute has estab
lished a monkey nursery for the
purpose of obtaining animals to
aid In experiments with cancer,
tubercolosis and other diseases.
The present monkey population ia;
42.