VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 198.
SEWARD. ALASKA THURSDAY, December 27, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
ENGINEER LONG
FINEST FEAT OF I OCOMOTIVE
ENGINEERING ASSISTANT
MANAGER EVER SAW
SAN BERNARDO, Calif., Dec., 27.
vSb— Presence of mind and the abil
ity of Engineer A. C. Long of Los
Angeles, piloting the “Missionary”,
famous Sante Fe Overland train, is
credited with averting a serious dis
<r aster when the “Missionary” was
derailed at Hesperia, 35 miles north
of here this morning. Only one
person, W. H. Burbage of Winslow,
Ariz., a Sante Fe attorney, was hurt
seriously. He suffered a hip in
jury.
A half-dozen others received phy
sicians’ attention including Mrs. F.
J. Mackie, wife of the assistant gen
eral manager of the road.
The “Missionary” was Chicago
bound from Los Angeles and As
sistant General Manager Mackie
was riding in his private car with
his wife. He declared after the
wreck that Long’s coolness in the
emergency prevented a catastrophe.
“He brought the train to a dead
stop in 15 car lengths,” said Mackie.
Tt was the finest feat of locomotive
engineering I have ever seen.” The
■“Missionary” struck a loose rail
while speeding 60 miles an hour
The fast speed is believed to have
^ved the locomotive from plunging
into a ditch for the locomotive and
baggage cars were over the loose
rail before it was tossed aside send
ing the following sleepers onto the
ties.'
, Seven cars left the track, three
y plunging down a 20-foot embank
ment: and two turned over.
Charges that wreckers tampered
with the right-of-way was made by
Santa Fe officials and a report that
two crowbars and a wrench had
been stolen from the Santa Fe tool
rouse at Hesperia was made to tne
sheriff. Deputy Farley reported he
found spikes pulled from the ties
the length of one rail. Officials
said an angle iron became unbolted.
PROMINENT JUNEAU
RESIDENT IS CALLED
JUNEAU, Dec., 27, (JP)—Harry J.
Raymond, age 57, a resident of Al
aska for 31 years, died from the re
sults of blood poisoning from a
slight injury 10 years ago. He is
survived by his wife.
Mrs Raymond was pi eminent in
local affairs and operated a store
and baths on Baranoff Island in
the early Alaska days. He repre
sented many State firms.
CAFE CHARGE DRIVES
DINNER GUEST CRAZY
PARIS, Dec. 27. (JP)—The high
cost of dining drove Jacques Simon
insane. He had finished a splendid
meal and was indulging in a few
happy moments of meditation when
the waiter presented him his bill.
-/ The first glance appalled him and
the second drove him crazy, with
the result that he had to be taken
to the Lariboisiere Hospital.
College vs Seward Hi Saturday
miCH PULLED
OFF E01UM9I1 spit
ASTORIA, Dec., 27, C/P)—'The S.
S. Florence Luckenbach was pulled
off Chetsoph Spit on the incoming
tide late this morning after a four
hour battle in a 50-mile gale. The
tug Creole and Arrow floated the
vessel and towed it to Astoria. The
steering gear is damaged and it lost
an anchor and 45 fathoms of chain;
t also took some water.
CABINET APPOINTMENTS WILL
BE CONSIDERED DURING
LEADER CONFERENCE
U. S. 8. UTAH, Den., 27. UP)— Her
bert Hoover has arranged a full
program for his week or 10 days
stay in Washington. Upon his ai
rival he proposes to report personal
ly to President Coolidge upon his
tour as he feels the administration
needs the information and impres
sions he gathered.
He also expects to consider Cabi
net appointments and to go over in
auguration plans and confer with
leaders and friends on appoint
ments. .
NEW IPSWICH. N. H„ Dec., 27, UP)
—Fishermen here are not supersti
tious. Fishing parties for horned
pout, conducted at midnight in two
ponds in a cemetery, are not un
common.
8Y1 CARRIES OLD
j Ml TB THE FIB
DEPTHS ANTARCTIC
i
THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM
NFAREST CIVILIZATION.
REPORTS COMMANDER
| NEW YORK, Dec., 27. (/P)—Lieut.
| Commander Byrcl sent the follow
ing message to Secretary Wilbur
| thru the New York Times, St. Louis
Post Dispatch and Associated Press
! Newspapers.
| “We reached today a great mys
terious ice barrier. It presents to
P’s ice cliff higher than the mast
of a ship. On this Christmas Day
lwe are thankful and proud to re
port we have been able to carry the
! American flag several hundred
miles farther South than it has
| ever been and it seems fitting that
an airplane, that instrument of
good a ill shoud reach the farthest
South on Christmas Day.
j “We are 2,400 statue miles from
the nearest human dwelling in the
only area in the world where a ship
can get so far from civilization.
Tnat we are safely here is due to
nrovidence and to my loyal and
stout hearted shipmates who work
ed together unselfishly as a unit.
It will probably be some days before
| we can get ashore on account of
the ice and that will be in Bay of
I Whales.”
S3Q0- FOR STOLEN CHICKtfNa
WHITWELL, Tenn., Dec., 27, (l?)
—James Stevenson, farmer, discov
ered a coopful of fowls he had pre
pared for market had disappeared.
But in his path lay a pocketbook
containing $300 for which he found
no claimant.
JIIIHIl BUSINESS Mill
JUNEAU, Dec., 27, (/P)—R. P. Nel
son, 67. owner of a stationery store
here, also the Nelson Water System,
died yesterday in Los Angeles of
nneumonia following the flu.
He went south two months ago
following a paralytic attack. He
will be buried in San Francisco. He
resided in Juneau continuously
since 1887.
W?FE HAD A HUSBAND AND WAS
UNDIVORCED: TWO BOYS
WERE HF, RNEPIIEWS
SEATTT.E, Dec., 27, (/P)—Royal
|a>id Hutchingson filed suit for an
jnulment of marriage- from his com
mon-law wife, Esther Hutchingson,
also known as Esther Pollard.
Huc.chin'rson wants the custody
of their two children, one three and
the other 18 months old.
He recites tl*e pair entered mar
tial relations at Ketchikan in No
vember 1924, and eight months lat
er discovered his wife had a hus
band from whom she was undivorc
°d: the two boys, she said, were her
I nephew’s sons.
GREATEST FIGURES IN AVIATION HONOR WRIGHTS
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Two memorials marking the scene of Wright’s first experiments
with airplanes at Kitty Hawk, N. C., was the center of a celebration
there on December 17 upon the 25th anniversary of the Orville
Wright’s first flight. The tablet (upper right), erected by the National
Aeronautic association upon a huge granite boulder, marks the spot
from which the first plane took-off, while a cornerstone was laid on
top of Kill Devil Hill (lower right) for the national government’s mem
orial to the Wright’s. John F. Victory (inset) planned the official Kit
ty Hawk pilgrimage in whcih hundreds of men prominent in aviation
history took part.
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IO*BDTNG PROPENSITIES OF
INDIA IS BLOW TO GOLD
STANDARD OF WORLD
WASHINGTON Dec., 27. (TP)_
Five bullion dollars’ worth of gold
and silver treasure is sequested In
India in temple decorations, jewel
ed ornaments and bars of bullion,
ogether v/ith the bangles, anklets,
necklaces and American “eagles ’
with which millions of women array
hemselves, according to the new
.tudy of th elegendary “wealth of
he Indies” submitted to the United
States Department of Commerce.
“Frozen Wealth”, the Govern
ment economists call this treasure,
for it is used and distributed in
such forms that it yields not a pen
ny of return to its owners nor a dol
lar of credit to carry on the world's
commerce.
With a lofty indifference to inter •■%»>
national money markets and the
needs of trade, India sprinkles gold
dust over the food served at extrav
agant banquets. Immense quanti
ties of gold and silver are used to
array brides for their marriage
ceremonies, and in a multitude of
other forms of decoration.
Gold is believed, moreover, to
have an occult power of healing the
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'"lie nati',f'.^hg/mico.'^^” safry
the Government study, “and medi
cines containing gold are favored,
for many diseases.”
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DAY OF REST IS
MED FOR CAL
OK ISW ESTATE
HOST, HOWARD COFFIN. WILL
ESCORT HIM TO NUMEROUS
POINTS OF INTEREST
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SAPELO ISLAND, Ga„ Dec., 2T,
W—After a fatiguing journey of
nearly 24 hours between Washing
ton and Sapelo Island a day of rest
has been arranged for President
Coolidge by his host Howard Coffin.
Numerous trips to points of his
toric interest in the adjacent coun
try is in prospect for the Chief Exe
cutive. However, and before long,
he hopes to indulge in his favorite
recreations, shooting and fishing on
^he amply stocked estates of Coffin.
nun hi ms
BUCK MILLIONS III
TIM MONEY MII. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 27, (A*)—
The Treasury’s annual list of tax
refunds covering the fiscal year
ending last June 30 when $142,393,
567 in illegally and erroneously col
lected taxes were returned to 16©,
501 individuals and corporations,
made its appearance at the Capitol.
Ten refunds amounted to more
than $1,000,000 with the R. J. Rey
nolds Tobacco Co., of Winston, Sal
em, North Carolina, receiving the
largest amount $6,213,898.