MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 203.
SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
1010 PITER
HAS MIRACULOUS
ESCAPEFROM DEATH
CITY TRANSFER HEAD FALLS
OFF GANG PLANK AT CITY
DOCK BREAKS RIBS
Miraculous escape from death w.3
the lot of Harold Painter of the City
T.xjrress when he fell from the gang
pl*tk of the S. S. Admiral Evans a1
Vfie city dock last night. He struck
the heavy timber stringer and sus
lained several broken ribs and otliv
internal injuries but is not believed
to be critical.
This was the accident day at the
dock for earlier in the day Dick
Eiooks, chief of the stevedore force
was caught between a truck and r.
railroad car and suffered a broken
collar bone and possible fracture cf
two ribs.
Brooks was sent, to the Anch
orage hospital this morning where
he will be confined for an indefin.
;e period.
The third accident of the day oc.
curred when a heavy bar o iron fell
upon Ray Bettling, in the engine
room of the Admiral Evans, break
ing his arm. All three men were
treated by Dr. J. A. Baughman. Air.
Painter will undergo an Xray exam
ination as it is feared his hip may
be broken.
Navy Secretary Favors
Bridge San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. (TP)—
Secretary of the Navy Curtis'D. Wil
bur, here with the battle ship fleet,
express ii! sympathy with the Sau
Francisco Bay bridge project. He
declined to .--peak regarding tbs loca
tion of tilt structure. Wilbur spoke
enthusiastically of the necessity cf
speedy construction of the Alameda
Naval Base and announced the Navy,
five year program for the construc
tion of 1,00 planes and two of the
largest dirigibles in the world.
DEMOCRATS GO STRONG
COTJLM.BIA, S. C„ Aug. 30. .{TP)—All
South Carolina Congressmen have
been renominated in the Democratic
primary election just held here. A
number ol' people were barred from
voting because they refused to sub.
scribs to the National ticket permit,
ting casting of ballot. Scores of per
sons in different parts of the State
were denied ballot.
CHAPLIN’S MOTHER DIES
GLENDALE, Calif., Aug. 30. (TP) —
Mrs .Hannah Chaplin, 61, mother of
Charles Spencer Chaplin and Sydney
Chaplin, noted comedians, died at ths
Physicians and Surgeons hospital
here.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30. (TP)—Harry
L. Allison, IS, Chula Vista youth, was
killed almost instantly when a shot
gun inadvertently kicked from an
automobile by a companion, was dis
charged into his abdoman at close
range. This is the fourth such trag
edy here within less than a month
Question Arises
As To Millions
In Republican Fund
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. (TP)—Be
fore going into conference with those
handling party finances, Hubert Work,
head of the Republican Campaign
[Committee reiterates that Republican
campaign finances'run between three
and lour million. His statement is in
answer to declarations by Raskob that
Republcan budget is between six and
eight million.
UNFURL THEIR BANNER
LAUSANNE, Aug. 30. (TP)—Swiss
prohibitionsts have launched a vig
ours campaign against the public con
sumption of spirituous liquors.
Systematic propaganda will be dis
tributed among the working classes
c'ting the benefits of sobriety. In
Lausar.ne and other la'ge cities lec
titres against the use of alchoho! as
a bsaverage will be open to the pub- |
lie.
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GREATLY BENEFITED
PORTLAND, Aug., 30, (TP)—Re.
turning from his Alaskan vacation ;
trip Secretary of Agriculture Jar. i
dine remained in seclusion for a
i
much needed rest. He is greatly ben- i
efited by the Alaska trip, said his !
brother J. T. Jardine.
HIT. MC KlliLET
CLIMB IBMtD
BV POLE CUMBER
POLISH MOUNTAIN CLIMBER IS
SAFE IN FAIRBANKS: BAD
WEATHER MET
FAIRBANKS. Aug., 30, (/P)—Stef
an Jarosz, the Foolish mountain
climber who was recently reported
lost in the Mount. McKinley district,
arrived in Fairbanks Tuesday. The
attempt to climb the peak this sum. 1
mer has been abandoned owing to
the almost continuous round of storms
at the base of the peak.
The mountain has been shrouded
by heavy snow and snowfalls virtual.
Iy the entire time tliat he was in the I
vicinity.
Jarosz, with trapper Leo Koppa, ;
penetrated to the base of the hills
as far as Muldrow glacier before j
abandoning the climb.
He was advised by residents of the j
region that storms prevailed through
out the fall season so will return next
•spring when climatic conditions are
most favorable for the ascent.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3ti. (>P)—Bobby ^
Jones set a new course record o: j
at the ' Chicago Golf Club ih the I
Walker cup practice.
[Mexican Conspirators
In Obregon Killing
Sought In New York
NEW YORK. Aug 30. (/P)—Uniter:
states Commissioners were all issued
warronts for the arrest of six.Mexi
cans believed to be in New York who
are wanted in connection with the as
sassination of President elect Obregon
of Mexico.
ITALY IS NEW AIRLINE
REAOT FOR OPERATION
VENICE, Aug. 30. UP)—An air s?r
ice with stops at Ancona. Bari and
Brinidisi, destined to better commer
cial relations between Italy’s Adriatic
ports, will b? in operation shortly.
The line will operate bi-weekly to te
gin with and as soon as the demand
is felt tiiiare will be daily departures.
SEARCH HAMPERED
ROME, Aug., 30. i/P)—Fog and
snow, old enemies in the search for
survivors, are again hampering ves
sels and aviators who are combing
the district East o; Northeast Land,
for the Italian members of the diri
gible Italia. French and Norwegian
rescuers are searching for Amund.
sen.
King Cotton Now Holds Forth in Chicago
I
Wk. MEADOWS,
COTTON KEGiSTHAK,
CHICAGO BOARD Of
tra oa'
For half a century Chicago ..
been the central world grain mar. c
Now it gives promise of becom. ...
the major cotton market. Growth c:
the Chicago cotton market, ou th.
Chicago Board of Trade, has been one
of the commercial phenomena of the
past year. Volume of business has
Increased nearly 800 per cent. Here
are the reasons.
Cotton growing has shifted west
ward. Houston and Galveston now
form the biggest spot cotton ship
ping point In the world. Convinced
that New York was out of line of the
normal cotton movement, Chicago,
In co-operation with the southwest,
created the new market with a con
tract that smashed tradition and gave
the cotton trade, from producer to
consumer, precisely what was wanted.
Delivery on Chicago contract la made
cc4vc:l.' ; - • ..
Dions j'.x.-is. o. — .J;
mg a super*or spi.3 '
livered. Shipside costs arc low un
warehouse space is adequate.
But that isn't all. Chicago shat
tered more traditions by establishing
a 50-bale contract unit that could
be used by the producer, the small
shipper and others tor hedging. Then
It established staple premiums, fol
lowed by other constructive changes
that delighted the trade. And the
Chicago cotton market continues to
grow. Business pours In from all
parts of this country and Europe. It
.J £ OW.XMAN
1 . •: , Cr. i'CA&O
■ - , • - • ~<Y i
. ..c- tv onomically
... .,i „he opinion ol W.
1 thief of the Tex
, ’Ji\ ... o. the U. 8. Department
Ajn ... .' who is now Cotton I
registrar cl the Chicago market.
James E. Bennett, head of the large
Chicago commission house, with a
patchwork of private wires extending
into the southwest, as well as to all
other sections, declares the market
has forged a new commercial link be
tween Chicago and the southwest.
Cotton orders sent to Chicago houses
are promptly executed In a broad, I
liquid market where, according to
cotton economists, prices represent <
world value* of this world commodity. j
NEW YORK GIRL
TAKES BIG PRIZE
WRIGGLY SWIM
GERTRUDE EDERLE BEATEN AT
THE FINISH WHEN WIN.
NER SPURTED PAST
TORONTO, Aug., 30, (/P)—Led by
Ethel Hertle, 20. New York, Amer.
ican swimmers captured five money
winning places in the lOsmile Wrig.
ley swim for women in the Canadian
National exibition. leading practical,
ly all the way.
Miss Hertle swam the distance
in five hours, 34 minutes and 36 sec.
onds, to win the 510,000 prize from
Olive Gatterman, 16, of Seattle, who
took the $3,000 prize: her time was
five hoours, 37 minutes and 42 sec
onds.
The two leaders were nearly a mile
ahead of their nearest rivals, Ruth
Tower of Denver, Jane Thoms of
Terre Haute, and Anna Denoit of
Westfield, Mass.
The big surprise of the race came
when Miss Benoit spurted at the fin.
ish to shut out Gertrude Ederle, the
first woman to swim the English
Channel, out of the money.
Host Of Women
Plunge Into Long
Swim For $15,060
TORONTO, Aug. 30. f/P)—Fifty
women swimmers plunged into Lake
Ontario at 10 o’clock v?sterday morn
ii'K on t!ie third Wrigley Marathon
swim for the championship of the
world. Thousands were massed along
the waterfront as girl natators started
Id mile grind for prizes totalling
£15,000. At the end of the first two
and one half miles Miss Ethel Hertle
of Now York was leading the field
will a relentless crawl stroke. One
hundred yards behind Olive Catter
dam of Seattle was second with a lead
of 100 yards over Ruth Tower of Den
ver. Gertrude Ederle English Chan,
tie] champion was fourth and 50 yards
behind the leaders.
DEFINES RULING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. (/P)—Mrs.
Willebrant says the prohibition law
c.ntemplates padlocking only that
portion of a home in which liquor
actuahy iias been sold.
OBSERVES BIRTHDATE
LITTLE ROCK, Aug. 30. (^—Al
mira! S. S. Robinson observed his 53
b: Lb lay with his family and a few
Mends.
FINANCIAL CAMPAIGNER
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. (JP)—Pnasi
lent Larboard of the Radio Corpora
;ion will get leave to aid Hoover in
lis financial campaign in New York.
FOLLOWERS MASSACARED
SOFIA, Aug. 30. (JP)—The 15 fol
owers of th*3 murdered General Pro
ogheroff were massacred by Michtil
iff members of Macedonian revoiu
ionary organization.