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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 99
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY 6
MONTHS; SECRECY IS THE
PASS-WORD
WASHINGTON, April 29, (A1)—*
The Washington Post said today
that six internationally known
aviators are preparing to begin
a nonstop flight around the world
from New York on the first clear
cay in September.
The names of three are Lieut.
Albert Hulse, former airmail army
pilot; Capt. Harry Lyon, junior
navigator on the trans-Pacific
flight made by the Southern Cross
and Lieut. L. T. O’Connell, radio
officer at Lakehurst.
The commander will be a flier
with over 5,000 hours air credit.
The make of the plane to be
k used is unknown but is described
as being partly of metal and
partly of linen, and will be pow
ered with five motors and equipp
e dto take on fuel enroute.
Twenty-two stations will be
established over the route and in
case of emergency two or five en
gines will be held in reserve which
will be sufficient to bring the ship
thru if the others fail. The fuel
tanks will have a capacity of
1.S00 gallons.
The route will be New York to
Boston, Nova Scotia, Glasgow, and
after the trans-Atlantic flight
the route lies toward Siberia, to
Nome, south into the states and
over the northern route to New
York.
Engine trouble, if any, is not
expected until at least Nome is
reached. They will fly at alti
tudes between 14,000 to 20,000
feet with a cruising speed of 130
^ miles an hour.
The cost of the plane is said
to be $385,000 and more than
£500,000 has already been sub
scribed. Formal announcement of
the name of the plane ai*d other
details are expected within the
next several weeks. Preparations
are reported to be well under
v; ay—at least six months— and
i ll that time everything has been
closely guarded.
CONFESSES KILLED
MAN SELF DEFENSE
POLICE DOUBT STORY
LOS ANGELES, April 29, (&)—
John L. Howard confessed to the
killing of Victor A. Cooley, his
employer, of Pasadena, who died
last Saturday four days after be
ing attacked.
Howard said Cooley threatened
to discharge him on account of
too much drinking and hr*1
struck him with a hammer. Alter
Howard struck Cooley with the
tool, Howard said he thot Cool
ey was going for a gun. Police
doubt the explanation and will
question Mrs. Cooley as to her part
in the killing, if any. Howard will
be charged with first degree mur
der.
FOR COMPANY’S SAKE
LOS ANGELES, April 29, {JP)—A
letter left by Joseph W. Walt re
veals that he shot himself to give
his company $500„000 life insur
ance.
PERISHED EXPLOSION
ON THE HIGH SEAS
MANILA, April 29, (/P)—Seven
teen members of the crew of the
inter-island steamer Viking are
reported missing and apparantly
perished in an explosion of the
vessel’s carg of gasoline * after it
had caught fire, midway between
the islands of Masbate and Cebu.
The ship was a total loss and
; the steamer Delhi rescued 20
'others and other ships in the vi
city failed to find the remainder.
The skipper was among those lost.
Several of the crew saved were
j badly injured.
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IFOUGHT BATTLE
SliLEHAIEB WITH
FIVE BAHTS
| WHEN SMOKE BATTLE HAD
CLEARED BANDITS WERE
UNDER COVER
CHICAGO, April 29, (Jf)—Van
Jackson proved himself a hero
when he fought a standing battle
singlehanded, with four men and
a woman, who looted his office of
1 $18,000.
When the smoke of the battle
cleared and police arrived on the
scene, Jackson was lying in the
room seriously wounded, his gun
covering the leader of the bandits,
Clydde Mackim, who had been
slightly hurt.
Marion Courtney, woman com
panion of the four bandits, was
found painfully injured in the rear
alleyway after she had leaped thru
a first-story window in an effort to
I escape. The remaining trio have
not yet been located. Jackson’s
wounds may prove fatal.
MADE BY AMERICA
01DISA1AUT
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BRITAIN WELCOMES THE NEW
BASIS, PREMIER BALDWIN
INDICATES
LONDON, April 29. (/P)—Premier
'Baldwin in behalf of the British
government gave a sweeping en
dorsement to Ambassador Gib
son’s disarmament proposals.
! Addressing a great audience of
5,000 at Bristol, and 500,000 more
who heard his remarks by re
jlay, the Prime Minister announced
'that England agreed whole-heart
edly with the United State in that
inaval reduction should be applied
to every class of vessel.
Mr. Baldwin did not commit
his government on the details of
the American plan but left no
doubt that Britain welcomes the
new basis not merely for limitation
but for thhe reduction of naval
: armament.
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TROOPS ARE ROUTED
I CHEFOO, China April 29, (£>)—
I Marshal Chang , and his troops,
having been routed by nationalist
soldiers, are now headed for Japan
after two months complete sway
in Cliefoo.
CHARRED BODY OF
I WOMAN IS FOONO
NEW YORK WOOOS
I EXCONVICT ARRESTED SAID TO
HAVE CONFESSED: WANT
ED MONEY, SAID
NEW YORK, Ap#!l 29, (/P)—Po
lice sought to identify the badly
|.charred body of a woman in the
{first step to solve the third torch
slaying in the last 14 months.
The body was found Saturday
in a clump of woods; the victim
was about 20 and the autopsy in
dicated she had been strangled
before burned.
A milk bottle, traces of kerosene,
and a towel saturated with the
liquid, were found, the towel be
ing about her head. A handker
chief, with a kerosene odor, was
found in a nearby square. Her
dress, which had been taken off,
was under her body.
The dental work will probably
be the only clue to work on. The
I other two murders, one of which
is still unsolved, were that of
! the blazing body of Margaret
Brown, found in February, 1928,
| and whose slayer was never cap
tured. The body of Mrs. Mildred
Mowrey’s was found a year later;
in this case Colin Campbell Close,
an exconvict, was arrested and
is said to have confessed to the
killing in order to obtain money.
SATURDAY’S fiAMES
NATIONAL
Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 7
Boston 5, New York 4
; Philadelphia 8, Brooklyn 3
Cincinnati 7,3, St. Louis 2, 7
AMERICAN
Chicago 7, Cleveland 1
New York 9, Philadephia 7
Detroit 10, St. Louis 1
Washington 3, Boston 2
COAST
Oakland 6, Sacramento 1
I Portland 4, Seattle 3
j Hollywood 6, San Francisco 1
Missions 6, Los Angeles 3
EXPELLS OWN SSON
| GOLDDEN,, Colo., April 29, (ZP)—
-President M. F. Coolbaugh of the
J Colorado Scholl of Mines an
nounced the expulsion of his own
■son for “drinking and exceedingly
| disorderly conduct”.
Hi 11 SHOUT
AS PLANT PLUNGES
TAHTH: THREE CLAD
j LOS ANGELES, April 29, (JP)—
i Laughing and shouting three men
rode to death in an airplane which
{burst into flames as soon as it
j hit the ground, William Oviatt, 22,
{a licensed pilot and owner of the
plane, which also carried Ray
Scott and Mack Fluker, both 25,
was charred beyond recognition,
i The plane went into a tail spin
several hundred feet above the
ground, righted, then nosed to
earth at full speed.
JUDGE HARDY IS
ACQUITTED OF ALL
I SACRAMENTO, April 29, (ZP)—
The senate acquitted Judge Carlos
i Hardy from all charges and mis
demeanors in Office with regard
to his activities in behalf of Aimee
McPherson, evangelist.
Judge Hardy had been charged
with practicing law while holding
his present position and with re
ceiving a check for $25,000; and,
on two counts, with obstructing
justice.
Spectators were stopped from ap
plauding the verdict. The trial
opened April 8 and consumed 11
days of actual trial.
PLANS IK GREETED
WITH GREAT PLEASURE
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PARIS, April 29. (ZP)—Ambassa
dor Gibson’s plans were greeted
with great pleasure because it is
1 believed that the United S cates
would not have enunciated them
without having first decided to
change its policies, upon which
other conferences had failed.
Indeed it is said that Foreign
Minister Briand is utging a gen
jerl disarmament for 1930 because
! of the new hope aroused by A
I merica’s new offer.
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HOUSE REBUKED FOR APPLAUD
ING DRY AGENTS PRACT
ICE USING GUNS
j WASHINGTON, April 29. (A>>—
•Both the senate and house were
'Stirred by an intense debate which
| flew, especially in the lower cham
!ber where present methods of dry
j enforcement were attacked and
befuddled. Trouble began when
applause followed Representative
Holloday’s tale of how a bootleg
ger was killed by a policeman in
Illinois.
Rep. Holloday, who is an ardent
dry from that state, defended the
shooting as a part of the officer’s
right in enforcing the law. Im
; mediately Representatives La Gu
|ardia and Black of New York took
; the floor and warmly rebuked
j the house for “most outrageous”
j conduct in applauding Mr. Hollo
day and sponsored dry agents
practice of using guns liberally
in trying to enforce the new law.
j Partisan politics took the senate
I stage when Senator Watson,
he will soon move to strike out
! republican floor leader, announced
i from the farm relief bill the ex
port debenture clause which is
objectionable to President Hoo
, ver. Senator Robinson, democrat,
| twitted Mr. Watson and Senator
fMcNary for their desertion of
principle of equalization which
jthey were for.
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UNITED STATES IS PROCEEDING
WITH ITS PLAN TO CON
STRUCT CRUISERS
WASHINGTON, April 29, (/P)—
Following is a short summary of
j today’s news in government cir
cles:
The house ended a general de
bate on its farm bill.
President Hoover appointed Law
rence M. Judd as governor of Ha
waii to succeed Governor Wallace
R. Farrington who wishes to retire.
The senate started consideration
of its farm bill which contains
the debenture plan.
The senate immigration com
mittee indefinitely postponed
action on bills for the repeal of
the national origins provisions of
the immigration act. Elihu Root
described the formula recently
worked out at Geneva for Amer
ican entry to the World Court to
President Hoover and Secretary
Stimson.
Any hope for an early confer
ence of the powers for the regu
lation of naval armaments was
dispelled in official circles here
today. The United States will
proceed with its plan to build
15 cruisers.
TRIAL TRIP MADE
BERLIN, April 29, (/P)—The giant
Graf Zeppelin landed at its hangar
at Fredrichshafen after a 57
hour run over southwestern
seven hour run over Southwestern
Europe and the Medeterranean
and Northern Africa.