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COAST TERMINAL OF THE
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DAILY AND WEEKLY
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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 198.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. 1929.
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FIRE
KALISPELL, Mont., Aug., 24 (IP)
—Most of the buildings in Apgar.
just north of Belton, and several
houses at Corsam and Lake Five, a
few miles southwest of Belton, were
destroyed Friday by flames from
the Half Moon forest fire.
Reports received from the Great
Northern station said that no loss
of life has been reported. Seventy
five thousand acres are ablaze,
which previously had threatened
Belton from which residents were
removed and rushed northwaid to
the mountain tops.
Along the east side of Lake Mc
Donald and near Lewis hotel in
Glacier National Park the flames
have covered the Epworth League
camp ground and the Lake McDon
ald camp, also the government
camp site.
More men are needed for ithe
crew of 250 now fighting the fire
which was rushed t-o the blaze Fri
day.
WOMEN ADDING TO
INFLUENCE IN III
GERMAN POLITICS
BERLIN, Aug., 24. (/P)— Germany
may be a “man’s country” but for
all that, women are taking an in
creasing part in the legislative
business of the various German
states. Of the Reichstag’s 490 mem
bers. 32 are women and 20 of these
are social democrats.
Even a greater proportion of wo
men sit in the Prussian Diet. Of
its 450 deputies, 42 are of the fair
sex, and again 20 of these are social
democrats.
In the other states, Eve is less in
evidence among the solons. In
Bavaria only five of the 130 mem
bers of the Diet are women. In
Baden they number seven out of 72,
in Wurtemberg htere are only three
women parliamentarians in a house
of 80, and in Saxony, five of 96
deputies are women.
PARIS, Aug., 24, (/P)—A story
that French five sou pieces, worth
about one cent, contained platinum
got into newspapers here and caus
ed an immediate shrinkage in the
circulation of those coins.
The story was that the govern
ment, fearing that French stocks of
platinum would fall into German
hands in the early days of the war,
hid the precious metal by mixing it
with the nickel in the five sou
pieces.
The government said there was
as much truth in the report as in
the story that Lincoln pennies in
America had great value if certain
initials were on litem. But many
Frenchmen are playing safe and
hoarding all the five sou coins they
can garner.
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JEWS M JEfiliSSLEM
LONDON, Aug., 24, (/P)—Jer
usalem dispatches to the Mail de
scribed the city as an arid camp
j because of Moslems attacking the
| Jews.
| It is reported that a crowd broke
i into one Jewish house and killed
i five persons. Armored cars are
patroling the streets and special
police were enrolled to stop the dis
turbances, which , the report said,
began after morning prayers.
STEAMER ALASKA
NORTHBOUND WITH
A FAIR LISTING
ONE HUNDRED AND 32 PASSEN
GERS ON BOARD; 32 FOR
SEWARD
SEATTLE, Aug., 24, (£>)—'The S. S.
Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed at
9 a. m. this morning, carrying 132
passengers; nine steerage and 32
for Seward as follows:
Miss M. L. Satwell, Miss J. Aiken,
Bertha Walker, Irene Sargent, Mrs.
L. D. Lehman, William Dickson, D.
S. McDonald, Mary Ball, Louise
Sears, Manuel Mello, Myrtle Brice,
C. J. Thompson, Mrs. E. Kremmer,
Mrs. A. H. Walker, Dick Knudson,
Robert Showel and Albert Wile.
J. King, Miss S. Elarth, Mrs. K.
Faust, George H. Parker, Mr. and
Mrs. M. Robe, Dorothy Hill, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Moran, Alma Huckur,
Mrs. L. M. Cremens, Miss A. Hewell,
I Roy Noyes, Mrs. G. jA. Cox and
'daughter and one steerage.
STILL IN THE LEAD
! WHICHATA, Kas., Aug., 24, (/P)—
Led by Blanche Noyes, the contest
ants in the women’s air derby sent
their planes into a cloudy sky to
iwards St. Louis and Illinois.
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ABUNDANT WATER POWER IN
LAKE; SUFFICIENT OPERATE
LARGE PLANT
JUNEAU, Aug., 23, (/P)—Engin
eers for the Cameron paper and
pulp interests left today by plane
for a lake recently discoverd by
Navy air mappers in Taku Inlet.
They will make a survey which is
expected to change all the plans of
paper companies in this section.
The Navy mappers located the
lake when the plane made a land
ing. The lake has never been shown
on any map. Abundant water pow
er, sufficient to operate a large
plant, is believed obtainable.
Commander A. W. Radfords who
discovered the lake, named it Doro
thy in honor of his wife.
! SENATE ACTIVITIES CHARAC
TERIZED BY SOLDIER
LEGISLATION
PHILADELPHIA Aug., 24, </P)
j Senator Lawrence Tyson, Demo
crat from Tenesee, aged 68, died in
Manresa sanitarium following a
relapse from a nervous disorder.
Senator Tyson was awarded the
Distinquished Service Medal for
l exceptionally meritorious service
during the "World war; he was al
! so in the Spanish-American war.
His last five years in the senate
.were characterized by his interest
in soldier legislation.
Portable Eskimo School Is Taken By MacMillan
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Com. Donald B. MacMillan, who is taking a knock down school
for Eskimos to Labrador.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 5; New York 0.
Boston 8; Cleveland 5.
Washington 1; Detroit 0.
Chicago 3; Philadelphia 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 5; St. Louis 2.
Chicago 6; Philadelphia i.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 2; Seattle 1.
Missions 5; Sacramento 1.
Portland 8; San Francisco 2.
Hollywood 7; Oakland 5.
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OTHER PURPORTED ENGAGE
MENTS ABSOLUTELY FALSE;
THIS TIME REAL THING
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 24, (A5)—
The Examiner copyrighted an arti
cle which said that Ruth Elder,
first woman to fly the Atlantic
ocean, and an entrant in the Santa
Monica-Cleveland air derby, is en
gaged to wed Walter Camp, Jr.,
president of Inspiration Pictures.
He is enroute from New York to
make arrangements for the wed
ding which is to be held soon after
the end of the air derby.
This will be the second marriage
for both Miss Elder, who was di
vorced from Lyle Womach who said
aviation took too much of his wife’s
time and for Camp who was re
cently divorced.
Miss Elder at Wichita, Kas., con
firmed the story saying, “Yes it’s
true. I wish you to say this for me
that the three or four other pur
ported announcements that I was
engaged are absolutely false, but
this time its the real thing.”
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T10 WIFE, NO. 4,
JOINS UNO IN FIE
TOKIO, Aug., 24, (/P)—Beppu, a
famous hot springs resort in the
southern island of Kyushu, reports
the following “social note.”
Madame Chang Tsung-Chang
number four, has arrived here to
join her husband, the former war
lord of Shantung, now a refugee
and exile from his native land.
She is the third of the harem to
reach Japan, numbers three and
six having come a month ago when
their lord and master first found
refuge at Beppu. Mesdames Chang
Tsung-Chang of various other
numbers,, ranging up to 28, are
scattered around North China and
Manchuria.
SCHILLER SAFE
WINNIPEG, Aug. 23, (/P)—C. A.
Schiller, Canadian ' aviator and
prospecting party who were sup
posed to have been missing in
the Canandian forests two weeks,
are reported, well and safe.
3 O’CLOCK CLOSING LAW
NEW YORK, Aug., 24, (/P)-Three
weeks of consistant raiding by New
York police has resulted in enforc
ing the 5 o’clock closing law among
night clubs and speakeasies.
FLAMES HUNDREDS OF FEET
INTO AIR: TRAFFIC WAS
TIED UP
SPOKANE, Aug., 24, (JP)—A mass
of glowing embers and damages
p-timated from $350,000 to $500,
-00 is all that remained of a
dozen dwelling houses, an apart
ment, a sanitarium, a storage
| fuel yard, and the McGoldrick
I Lumber company, when fire
j started last night in a lumber
pile.
The fire was soon whipped in
to a conflagration by the gale-like
wind and every piece of fire
fighting equipment in the city,
but five—these ' held for emer
gency—was called out.
One fireman was hurt serious
ly; patients in the sanitarium
were removed as soon as the fire
threatened and none were hurt.
Flames leaped hundreds of feet
into the air and attracted thous
ands of cars tying up traffic.
STRONG BREEZE IS
ASSISTING ZEPPELIN
ON PACIFIC FLIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 24, (£>)—
| A spanking breeze from the south
jwest aided the Graf Zeppelin and
drove the gigantic air liner at high
|speed toward the American coast.
The ship was making about 80 miles
an hour as it approached the In
ternational line.
As flying conditions changed the
Graf veered northward in order to
follow the easily located steamship
lane. Radio reports at 4 a. m.
Pacific standard time located the
ship at 43 point 50 north; 174 point
18 east.
MAKING HEADWAY
MOSCOW, Aug., 24, (JP)—'The air
plane “Land of Soviets” piloted by
Shestakov, landed at Eurgan, Si
beria.
WOMEN DETECTIVES
FAVORED IN LONDON
LONDON, Aug., 24, (/P)—1The lady
detective is coming into her own in
London society, whose season is
annually growing more elaborate.
More costly plate is ' used, more
jewels are in evidence and there
are more gate-crashers.
London hostesses have found
that the best safeguard to their
functions is not a large flat-footed
man, but a chicly-gowned woman
who can mingle with the guests
and arouse no undue, suspicion.
FARMER DEPORTED
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (A5)—John
Donaldson Ross, a Scott, who
made his mark as a farmer in
Montana, but who also entered
the United States lliegally six
years ago, was deported with his
family to Scotland.