MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 181. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1928. PRICE TEN CENTS
WIRELESS FROM STEAMER DE.
SCRIBES PLANE ENCIRCLING
VESSEL WITHOUT SIGNAL
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LONDON, Aug. 4. (/P)—This possi.
bility that the Polish Trans.Atlantic
plane, which started for the United j
State®, has swung around and is reJ
turning to Europe, was suggested by
a message from the British steamer
Amakura.
A wirelessi said: “At 5 a. m., Green.
wicih.Meridian time, an airplane ap
proached from the Westward, encir. i
clad the hip at a distance of half.a.
mile and at a height of 500 feet, then
disappeared Northward fliyng very
fast without sending any signals.”
.So far as' is known there were no
airplanes in that region except the
Pitendski Polish plane which carried
no wireless.
If any messages received should
turn, out to have been garbled and the
plane is continuing its voyage to the
^ United States the machine should
strike thte North American coast about
dusk.
YACHT BRINGS ONE BODY KET
CHIKAN; OTHER UNRECOVER.
ED; WORKING IN TRAP
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KETCHIKAN, Aug. 4. (/P)—H.
Lien'?-*, superintendent of the Water,
fall tannery of the Nakat Packing
Corporation, and Rasmus Larsen, ©m.
ployee, were drowned wh'en a skiff
overturned in Santa Cruz Bay while
working on a trap.
The yacht Tuckahde brought Lienes’
body hehe which will pobably be
sent to his hom© in Seattle for burial.
Th© widow and son will accompany
the* body.
Larsen’s body has thus far been un.
recovered.
MODS m MINE
' SOLD TO NEVy YORKER
PAXiLON, Nev., Aug. 4, (/P)—
June* T. Johnson, Jr., a prominent
muieralogical and geological engineer
from New York, has taken a 60-day
option on the mining claim known
as the Yankee Girl. Mr. Johnson has
spent some time with E. L. Connell
who has been doing work around t^e
Otd Spanish Mine at La Plata and
has secured a 60-day option on the
property with terms of $100,000 to
he paid for the property, and $30,000
wtrich is to >be paid at the end of
m days. This option includes the
Old. Spanish mine which has gained
si-h wide publicity all over the
owir, try.
CRUISER WITHDRAWN
0L30, Aug. 4, (/P)—The Norwegian
cruiser Tordenskjeld has been with
drawn from the search for Amund
sen the French admiral, in command
of the squadron for his country,
agreeing the cruiser was no longer
needed.
GOVERNOR IRION
CONCEDED VICTOR
OVER MCALISTER
SENATOR McKELLAR WON HAN.
DILY FOR RENOMINATION
FROM REP. GARRETT
NASHVILLE, Aug. 4. {£>)—Gover.
nor Horton held a lead of nearly 3,000
over Hill McAlister for the Democrat,
ic Gubernatoorial nomination as un_
official returns are 'practically com.
plete. McAlister’s headquarters do
not concede Horton’s nomination
at all but 186 precincts gave Horton
92,209 and MCAlister 89,334 votes.
Senator McKellar won handily for
renomination in the Democratic pri.
mary from Represeitative Garrett.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis, 5; Boston, 1.
Pittsburgh, 14; Phiadelphia, 6.
| Cincinnati, 5; New York, 7 .
Chicago, 8; Brooklyn, 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston, 3; Chicago ^ 1.
New York, 0; St. Louis, 8.
Philadelphia, 5; Cleveland, 9.
Washington, 9; Detroit, 3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland, 6; Sacramento, 5.
Los Angeles, 5; San Francisco, S.
Seattle, 1; Portland, 3.
Missions, 5; Hollywood, 2.
NEVADA PROSPECTOR
SELLS PRPOPERTY FOB
$200,000. SALT LAKE
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FALLON, Nev., Aug. 4. (/P)—
J. P Buzanes, for 20 years a prospec
tor and developer of mining property
in eastern Churchill and adjacent
districts, recently sold his mining
property 80 miles east of Fallon,
and three miles from the Lincoln
Highway, to Salt Lake people who
are developing the property under
the name of Magna Gold Mines com
pany of Nevada.
This company installed a small pi
lot mill which was put in operation
in May and it is said to be giving
very satisfactory results. They are
sinking a two-compartment shaft
and have a ledge 20 feet wide. On
the 100 foot level they crosscut and
the ore assayed $16 clear acron
the 20 feet. On the 150 level the as
say averaged $27, while on the 200
level the ledge widened to 40 feet
and the assays increased to $42 per
ton.
STEAMSHIP REPORTS SIGHTING
BYPLANE 300 MILES NORTH
OF THE ARCHIPELAGO
LONDON, Aug. 4. (/P)—Reported
sighted 220 miles north of th>3 Azores'
at 9:40 last night, the Polish plane
is believed to be coming rapidly with,
in striking distance to the shores of
the United States.
Weather conditions are more fa.
vorable than at th»3 start. After leav.
ing the French coast the fliers had
planned to cross over the Azores head,
ing toward Halifax or Bermuda de.
pending on the weather.
They were not sighted over the
Azores but a byplane, believed to be
this Polish machine, was seen by the
steamship Aztec 220 miles north of
the Archipelago. The ship reported
“all seemed well.”
POWER NOTICE
If the weather is dry Monday, elec,
trie power will be hut ^ff between
the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock.
S. L. & P. Co.
WILL INTERN SUSPECTS
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Aug. 4. (JP)
—The Government has decided to in.
tern all suspected Bulgarians in an
effort to prevent further attacks upon
Jugoslav officials.
CALIFORNIA CREW WINS
SLOTEN, Holland, Aug. 4. (£>)—'The
Californiia crew came thru in th'3
second trial heat in Olympic rowing
defeating Denmark by three lengths.;
ITALIA SURVIVORS
BELIEVE PARTY SIX
ID OTHERS ALIVE
URGE QUICK RESUMPTION OF
SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN’
OTHER MEMBERS ITALIA
MILAN, Aug. 4, (JP)—Mussolini's
newspaper published an article say
ing the survivors of the dirigble
Italia are unanimous in believing the
six members of the expedition car
ried away with the balloon part of
the airship are alive.
Sole element of doubt is whether
the fire seen by the Nobile party
occured after the balloon and men
were able to land; they also believe
the Amundsen rescue expedition is
alive and urge quick resumption of
the search.
THE LOST IS FOUND
GOLDBORD, N. C., Aug. 4. (yP)—
A year ago Roy Wilson lost three
dollar bills while plowing. Replowing
the same field this spring he turned
them up again, and a bank traded
the weatherbeaten currency for new
bills.
SOLID GOLD PLUMBING ADORNS MOST COSTLY
MANSION IN ENGLAND
Finer in many ways than even Windsor Castle, home
of the British King and Queen which stands nearby, is
“The Willows’* (above), English mansiion of Sir Dhunjib
hoy and Lady Bomanji (inset). Its owner is a wealthy
Bombay merchant. Even the washbasins (left) are of
marble, with hydrants of solid gold.
IS NOW SORRY HE SHOT PRESI
DENT ELECT BECAUSE HAS
LEARNED MORE ABOUT HIM
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4. (JP)—'The
winning smite of General Obregon fell
just short of staying the shots which
ended his life, assassin Jose Deleon
Tpral admitted. Tortal said, asl {he
handed the General a slip of paiper on
which he had drawn a cartoon Obre_
gon turned to 'him with a smile, kindly^
and friendly. Toral made known he
felt a flash of uncertainty. He then
remembered the General said he was
doing what he considered God's (work.
When asked if he?wajs sorry Toral
said; “Yes, sorry for not having
thought about the matter and for not
having learned before what I know
now about ttte General.”
LETTER TO BISHOPS
IN GHIN1 MODE PUBLIC
RECALLS FIST'bLiT
ROME, Aug. 4. (#*)—A letter from
the Pope to Roman Catholic Bishops
in China was made public and is gen.
•erally regarded as a tacit recognition
of the Nationalist Chinese Gorern.
ment.
The Pontiff recalls the past glory of
China and recognizes its right to nat.
ional independence. The Pontiff em_
phasized that he has always treated
China on a footing of equality.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 4. (/P)—Finland
added another to her list of Olympic
Running victories when Loukola won
the 3,000 meters; Nurmi was second;
Rumola quit.
The totals showed America 142,
Finland 83; Sweden and Great Brit
ain are tied at 40.
BRING FAME 10 TOWN
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 4, (/P)—Sun.
ator Joseph T. Robinson, democratic
vice-presidential candidate, was born
in Lonoke many years ago, but Lon
oke has another famous son.
Edward Barton Hamm, member of
the American Olympic team, recog
nized throughout the world as the
greatest straightway leaper of all
times, was born in Lonoke t/wenty
two years ago.
NATIVE OF ILLINOIS
GALESBURG, 111., Aug. 4. (£>)—
John Bruner, University of Southern
California athletic star. Is a grad
uate of the local high school.