MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 189. SEWARD, ALASKA TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
GROWS RAPIDLY
TO THE WESTWARD
DRIVE FOR FUNDS TO MAINTAIN
PERMANENT NURSE PRO
GRESSES NICELY
Officials of the 12th. annual roll
call for the Seward Chapter of the
American Red Cross, who are re
eieving additional reports on the pro
gress of the work in Southwestern
Alaska, are now extremely hopeful
that the object of this drive will be
accomplished. It is its purpose <>
raise a fund sufficient to employ and
pay the traveling expenses of a quali
fied nurse who can devote her time
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to the needs of the small villages on j
the far Western coast line for emer
gencv calls from accident or sickimss :
It is a need long felt, the Red Cross j
says, and the people are responding
generously.
Latest reports received in Seward i
from Port Mailer and Kenai show as
ready a response as the results ob- ;
tained at Unga and Squaw Harborj
and previously printed in the Seward |
a Gateway. Officers of the chapter ex- j
tend to the officers of the Pacific
American Fisheries at Port Moller j
and the Northwestern Fisheries at
Kenai their sincere appreciation of
the cooperation received. ' FT
At Port Moller 100 names were en
rolled at a dollar each as follows:
R. Amundson, Nick Ruljanovich,
Nick Vitalich, Norman C. Maneral,
J. A. Gepperson, J. W. Gepperson, C.
G. Morgan, Carl Jacobsen. Chancy
Beigle, Richard Walker, W. V. White.
Douglas Campbell, B. J. White, Akin
Paulsen, Charlie Franz, C. H. Good
win, Neil Mason, John Ruban, Henry
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Rarbarovich, Jack Vitaljic, George
Kiljota, Gus Johnson, John Stromue,!
iver Grassness, Jack Vitalich, John
Mlandinor, Pete Fronen.ge, John B.
Cudany, Tony Yick, Lee Hing Sick,
Goon Hi, Toy He, Ling Tuck, Do
Fook, William Eng, William E. How,
E. Jorgensen, T. Torlf Hansen, L. H.
White, James McLaughlin, Dr. D.
Campotasso, George Murikani, Earl
J Scott, William Schoning, J. B. Pot
ter, H. L. Nelson, Bruce Pettery, J.
C. Roach, Hurbert Muller, Harry Al
len, George Rodgers, V. A. Stever,
Frank Fransen, Peter Clemens, Olaf
Stangeland, Harry Johnson, Frank
Burk, J. M. Russell, Joseph Stange
land, E. T. Barber, Ole Bergsten, An
tone C. Surjan, Nick Zunich, Jack
Russman, Tony Knikusich, Antone
Chiskob, Nick Repanich, Nick Vital
jic, Frank Zovotovich, Tony Elich, E.
S. Hokland, Carl Hoffman, Edward
Winioth, J. W. Beniger, John Signol,
F. S. Nelson, Pete Bozanich, Peter
Boznich, Antone Borcih, Sam Babiko,
Andrew Kuljis, John Bozanich, Joe j
Valich, John Vosnich, John Gleno- I
bich, Dick Muljat, John Cekalovich,
D. Martinich, Nick Z, Karuza, Steve
Popovich, Peter Xitso, Tony Mardi
rich, Nick Milosevich, Pete Kitch, J.
P. Dragich, Martin Murkovich, Ivan
Repanich, Marion Madolia, Charlie
Orloff and Kuzma Murkovich.
At Kenai 24 names were enrolled,
some of the signers giving more than
.the minimum enrollment fee, as fol
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SLIM OF TEICKEA
LIST WEEK CHICAGO
—
CHICAGO, Aug. 14. (JP)—David
| Shanks, 23, a negro, confessed to the
1 slaying of Miss Jonnie Meta Con.
! stance, school tetchier, who was beat,
i en to death last week. He intended
! only $1.19 resulting from the sale of
! i.o rob the woman h*3 said but got
| the woman’s wrist watdh which led
to his arrest.
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COLUMBIA. Aug. 14. (£>)—-Wet |
and Dry lines were sharply drawn as
Ohioo voters chose party candidates
'in the State’s primary election with !
interest centering on the Republican
Gubernatorial se'ection and the short
term Democratic and Senatorial con.
tests.
Predictions are that the heaviest
vote in many years, possibly reaching
900,000, will be cast. The prohibition
issue is probably tl«3 most pronounc.
ed race between Senator Cyrus Loch;
er and Graham Hunt for the short
t'rm Democratic Senatorial nomina.
■tion. *
Loeher, endorsed by Ohio and the
Saloon League, is expected to draw
a bravy vote from the rural sections
while Hunt, opposed by .the League
for many years, anticipated support
from large cities.
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PASADENA INSTITUTE!
METEROLOGISTS TO COOPERATE
WITH EXPLORER PAVING 1
WAY CHAIN STATIONS
PASADENA, Aug. 14. (/P)—World I
wide with weather forecastings long
in advance will be 'the ultimate re. !
suits of the Arctic and Antarctic ex. I
ploratibn.s of Capt. Sir Hubert Wil.1
i kins, he was told by leading scien. j
| hf.sits >'f the Souothern Tecihnolog'y j
! molting in his honor.
Robert Milliken, president of the
Cialltfo^nfa ln.Jtitu'oo (of TtechaiDlfegfc’,'
dedlaiod science will watch the plan,
ned flight of Wilkins to the South
Polar regions vviith intense intenost.
He pointed out “our local climate
diended largely on the ocean and air
currents having the P;V.or tregioqs
as their source and said cold blasts
from the Poles striking tt.e warm
regions near the Equator, we no re.
I subsequent atmospheric conditions’’.
In cooperation with meterologists.
the Polar adventurers will pave the \
way for a, chain of weather stations
surrounding each of the Poles.
DRAWN AND PEAKED
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NEW YORK, Aug. 14. (TP)—‘‘Big |
Rill” Tilden arrived from Europe and
declared he wild not turn professional
no matter what happens to charges
pending against him before the Unit,
ed States Lawn Tennis Association.
!
Tilden appeared thin and drawn pro.
badly as the result, of the hard tussle
against the 'French players.
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mini, NEW YORK LINER
SCORES OF PASSENGERS
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 14. (/P)—1The
Mumson Liner Munamar, with two.
score passengers out of Miami and
Nasaus for New York, is still aground
off “Hote.in.Wall,” Great Abaca,
Bahamas, this morning.
The Bahama Government tug Lady
j Cordeaux is attempting to free the
steamer which wont aground Sunday.
Slight seas are running but with no
immediate danger threatening, a
radio messago said.
RAILROADERS OF
WEST M STRIKE
WAGE DISPUTE
EAST AND SOUTH SETTLED DIF.
FERENCES BY ARBITRATION;
EIGHT ROADS INVOLVED
CLEVELAND, Aug. 14. (/P)—Sec.
tional meetings have been called to
; destribute strilae ballots to approxi.
matedy 70,000 employees of western
! railroads.
Wage disputes between roads and
the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen
; and the Order of Railway Conductors,
precipitated faction on abtojujt 'eight
1 raildoads owing to approximately 98
percent milage west of Chicago.
An involved wage differences has
been settled by arbitration in the
East and South.
'Do You KnowThis Bird?
/THIS 16
A lor
HANDIER THAN
THE OLO,
\W/YY
fHlS NEW INVENTION
>F A SMALL ADJUSTMENT
ON THE ORDINARY
TOURING CAR WOULD
MAKE POSSIBLE THE
Gathering of flowers
AND BRANCHES IN THE
COUNTRY without the
INCONVENIENCE OF
LEAVING ONES—SEA:
FOURTH TROPICAL
STORM GATHERING
FLORIDA COAST
TIDAL WATER SWEEPS INTO
FORT MEYER; FLOOD CONDI.
TIONS CONTINUING
JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 14}. (/?)—
‘The fourth tropical storm within a
week is gathering force in th© Car.
ibean as at swept toward Cuba whiile
Florida peninsula grappled with de
struction and gangers ^eft in ithe
wake cf its predessors.
The west coast and state is recov.
ering from the effects of the gale
which swept Northward last night.
Tho fate of two more vessels, whose
distress flares were sighted at Pet
ersburg, has not been determined.
Temporary flood conditions contin.
ued along the coast as rivers bore the
burden of torrential rains which ac.
companied yesterday’s storm.
A tidal water swept into Fort Mey
ers to a depth of three feet and sev
eral towns were in darkness during
night.
REAL REPUBLICAN FIGHT WILL
CENTER SOUTHERN STATES
DECLARES WORK
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14. (£>)—
A declaredized campaign for the
election of Hubert Hoover emphasiz.
ing the responsibility of organization
in each state was decided at a meet.
j ing of the Republican lead'sr from
all sections.
Chairman work in a statement said
the real fight would be waged in the
Southern States where the Hoover
sentiment is cutting into the Demo,
cratic organization. Carl P. Ccillins,
Texas representative of the anti.
Smith Democrats declared this sen
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timent there was against Smith.
Governor John S. Fisher of Penn,
sylvanjia said Hoover will get the
greatest popular vote ever given a
Dreidential camdidate in Pennsylva.
nia.
Senator Mojses declared the tte.
mendous Republican reserves in the
East which can be called, “Damo.
orats kpow they must carry, five of
the Eastern States which Governor
'Smith is calling debatable ground.
We intend to remove those States
irom the debatabl codumn.”
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland, 2; Boston, 6.
Detroit, 1; Philadelphia, 7.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn, 1; Pittsburgh, 6.
BIG CONFERENCE
CHICAGO, Aug. 14, (/P)—President
Cooiidge will confer with Brigadier
General H. M. Lord regarding the
financial program for the fiscal year
1530.