VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 153.
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JULY 2. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ATTORNEY FRED HARRISON EN
ROUTE TO FAIRBANKS VIA
AIRPLANE
NOME. July 2, (A5)—The coast
guard cutter Haida with Steamboat
Inspectors White, Craft and Thraile
arrived in the roadstead Sunday
from Dutch Harbor and after an
^ inspection of vessels the inspectors
will lpave for St. Michael-and Yu
kon River points.
The motorship Paterson, of the
Northern Whaling & Trading Co.,
C’apt. C. T. Pederson of Oakland,
returned Sunday night from a
trading trip to Diomedes Islands
and expects to leave for Point Bai
-’••>w and way points this afternoon
tc be gone all summer. The com
pany trades for raw furs, whale oil,
bene, ivory and curios.
Roy C. Lyle, prohibition adminis
trator of Washington, Oregon and
Alaska, arrived from Fairbanks by
a Wien Alaska Airways plane Sat
urday and left on the return trip
tc Fairbanks Monday.
District Attorney Fred Harrison,
resigned on account of disability
and paralysis, was also a passenger
H on the plane enroute to the Pion
eers’ Home at Sitka.
J. Hart of Juneau is enroute to
Nome to take over the office of
District Attorney for the Secpnd
Division and is expected 13 arrive
in Nome by plane July 6.
BATTLE 15 STILL
CONGRESS IIA S ADJOURNED
( BUT VERBAL SESSIONS
CONTINUE ON
WASHINGTON. July 2. (JP)—The j
kittle between the adherents and !
opponents of high tariff sched- ,
ides nroposed in the Hawley bill1
for revision of the rates began be- i
fore the subcommittee of the sen- j
r*e finance, with former Secretary!
of Agriculture William Jardine. the !
principal defender of higher duty j
on beet sugar.
It was the first day of the fight j
► on sugar tariff and it was a lively !
session while it lasted. Mr. Jardine
pointed out that a, special session of
congress had been called to relieve
the sugar beet farmers who were
now sending payments to govern
ment for reclamation projects.
Rates on wool, boots, shoes, hides,
and leather were also hotly con
fected. Woolen manufacturers op
posed the proposed installation of
scouring and testing plants at New
York, Philadelphia and Boston, de
claring they will clog the tariff ma
chinery in those parts of the coun
try. Boot and shoe makers plead
ed for higher rates on hides, leath- |
er *ind shoes, claiming aid means'
life for the dying inustry.
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SNATCHED FROM SEA BY A
SLIGHT MARGIN; PLENTY
OF FOOD AND WATER
GIBRALTER, July 2. (/P) —
Bearing a story of quiet heroism
land patience in the face of death,
: Mayor Franco and his three com
I panions on the ill-stared trans
| Atlantic flight attempt, landed
| from the S. S Eagle safe and
! still able to laugh, and with
! plans for a new flight.
Thousands lined the streets and
; cheered the daring men; traffic
‘ was stalled and newspaper men
were forced to fight every step
! of their way throught the streets.
With their arrival was learned
by what a slight margin they
| were snatched from the sea. They
iused the last flare when the wel
come lights of the Eagle were
!seen- Thy suffered only from the
'heat and anxiety for their res
1 cue during the time they were
lost and had plenty of food left.
They used water from the radia
tor some of which was left when
they were rescued.
RABBIT’S FOOT. THE “QUESTION
MAUK” TALISMAN, ARRIVED
TOO LATE
LOS ANGELES. July 2, (/?)—The
endurance flight record attempt of
Leo Nomis and Maurice Morrison
ended after 42 hours and five min
utes aloft when their motor stalled
jand the plane crashed to the edge
I of the airport the plane being
; slightly damaged.
1 The pair said they would start
ja new attempt as soon as the plane
was repaired probably in three or
tour days. The motor stalling cause
is undetermined but the fog around
ihe air port is blamed for the crash.
I The crash came a few minutes
iafter a rabbit foot, considered the
good luck talisman on the “Ques
tion Mark” endurance flight and
cross country record flights of
Captain Hawks, had been transfer
red to the plane. The rabbit’s foot
Captain Hawks from New York
arrived by special delivery from
early today.
N. Y. CLIMATE
NEW YORK, July 2. (/P)—An
other heat wave struck here. The
i maximum temperature was 81.
BELLANCA MONOPLANE BUILT
FOR NEW YORK-ROME
HOP, BE PURCHASED
SEATTLE, July 2. (£>)— The
Seattle Aeria of the fraternal
Order of Eagles announced plans
for a flight of a giant plane in
, August from Tokyo across 4,500
miles of the Pacific ocean to
Seattle.
i The plane will be piloted by
Jerry J. Smith, aviation instruc
i tor during the World War, with
(John R. Allen as navigator. Both
! men are operators of Boeing com
mercial planes.
The Eagles, headed by Eddie
| Sheehan, president of the fra
ternity, is seeking to raise $25,
000 to purchase a Bellanca mono
plane constructed for the New
York to Rome hop and is now
stored in New York.
! So certain are the Eagles that
the venture will be financed that
Smith will leave within 10 days
to pilot the plane here from New
York.
WASHINGTON EAGERLY AWAIT S MacDONALD VISIT '
yrrrr
Sir Esme Howard (inset) and La ay Isabella Howard (right) probab
ly will be hosts to Prime Minister Ra msey MacDonald (below) of Eng
land if the latter makes his Americ an visit. It is regarded as likely that
Mr. MacDonald will stay at a pre tentious country estate (above) in
nearby Maryland which the ambassador has leased for the summer. The
drawing rooom (below, left) mirrors the magnificence of the place .
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OLDTIME ATHLETES OF THE
NORTH WILL TAKE ON
SEATTLE ALL-STARS
SEATTLE, July 2. (JP)—An ath
letic program is being arranged
for August 17 as a feature of the
Sourdough Stampede. The sports
will include soccer, basketball,
baseball, lacrosse, and indoor
baseball and players from the
famous Nome basketball team of
1910 and the Dawson team of 1912
who are now living in the North
west, will be brought here for a
game of baseball
Players who formerly lived in
Fairbanks and Dawson will play
a game team combined of former
Skagway and Whitehorse players
and meet the former Dawson
combination at soccer.
Some of the players who will
take part in the various games
are Mike Finlaison, Jack Fin
laison, “Doc’’ Reid, Bert White,
Charles White, “Billiard” Doug
las, Ben Trenamen, Fred Atwood,
Red Wallace, Eddie Hickey, Don
Johnson, Leo Krause, Eddie Wad
doo, Norman Watt, Garnett Watt,
Albert Forest, Paul Forest, “Cap’
’ Bennett, Ernie Goff, Percy Mutch,
Teddy Ferry, “Peacock” Joe Han
cock, Fred Leonard, Alex Stevens,
Bert Cook, Tomn^y Atkins and
Fred Larsen.
The program will close with a
lacrosse game with either a travel
ing team of a picked outfit
from British Columbia opposing
the Seattle All-Stars.
MINISTER VIGOROUSLY DE
FENDED GOVERNMENTS
POLICY ON PACT
BERLIN, July 2. (/P)—No con
fidence motion against Doctor G.
Stressemann, the German foreign
minister who was introduced in
the Reichstag by the Nationalist
party. The ouster move followed
a speech before the legislative
body in which the minister vigor
ously defended the governments
policy with reference to the Re
parations plan.
Doctor Stressemann declared
the new Owen Young plan re
presented a definite improvement
over the Dawes plan from view
point of the burden on the Ger
man people.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 11; St. Louis 11. Game
t called to allow St- Louis to catch
a train.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 3; Boston 2.
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