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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 107. SEWARD. ALASKA MONDAY, MAY 7, 1928. PRICE TEN CENTS
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FOUND WRANGELL
SKULL FOUND NEAR WRANGELL
IDENTIFIED BELONGING TO
OLD SKELETON
WRANGELL, May 7,(£>)—'The liead.
less body of Christian Soheffstad,
who has been missing .since 1913,
and which was found in the woods
near here in 1922, is no longer head
less, for a skull has been found in
<the same vicinity which the Smithso
nian institutian says was the head
of a male about 22. Seheffstad was 54.
The skeleton wa moss covered and
a rifle was laying alongside. When
he diesapeared his boat was found on
the beach.
Two searching parties failed at
that time in their search for him and
the jury found no evidence of foul
play. He was the uncle of Mrs. J2r*
nest G. Walker, whose husband was
formerly head of the U. 6. Biolpgical
Survey in Alaska. *
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TOE BOCK HI
EXPECTED TO HOLD
INE
PRESSURE GRADUALLY LESSEN
ING; VALLEY POPULATION
HAVE MOVED OUT
TABLE ROCK, S. C., May 7. (£>)—
Hopes of preventing the Table Roc£
Dam from pouring its 5,000,000 gal
Ions of water in the Saluda river val
ley mounted as the earthen structure
held thru a leak at the base of the
second opening made by engineers.
Pressure is being gradually reliev
ed. The farm population of the valley
imoved out of danger and much house
hold furnishings and livestock taken
to high ground.
FLEE FOR LIVES
• GREENVILLE, S. C., May 7, i&)—
Several thousand persons, residents of
the South Saluda river valey, along
a 50-mile stretch, fled for their lives
as some five-billion gallons of water,
breaking thru the new earth dam at
the Greenville water system, threat
ening their homes and lives.
SEME PLANE DIVES
SEATTLE, May 7. (,/P)—Blown into
a tail spin by the backwash of a lead
ing plane, a commercial plane dived
into the Duwramish river critically
injuring Edwin Kinsey and W. M.
Coleman. In spite of a broken ankle
Lon Brennon, pilot, heroically assist
ed in the rescue of passengers from
drowning.
TO SUPPORT HOOVER
YAKIMA, Wash., May 7, (JP)—Her
bert Hoover obtained the support of
Washington’s 17 delegates when the
State Convention approved him and
instructed the delegation.
AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
TURNS DOWN OFFER TO
BUILD LONG-HOP PLANTS
DETROIT, May 7, (£>)—'The Stin
son Aircraft Corporation has turned
down an order for an airplane for a
.trans-Atlantic fl%bt, from Thea
Rasche, German aviatrix. The check
for $3,700 that she deposited on a
Stinson Detroiter was returned. Of
ficials of the company announced,
-that the order and deposit were re
fused in line with the policy of the
I company which is not building air
planes for ocean hops.
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BIG DREDGE SUNK
STATEN ISLAND;
> FOUR MBI IOST
WORKING DIRECT IN OCEAN
STEAMSHIP LANE; LINER
COLLIDES WITH IT
NEW YORK, May 7. (£>)—'The 2,000
ton Government dredge Navesink,
with a crew of 47 men sank off Clif
ton, Staten Island, after colliding:
i with the Lamport and Hold Line S. S.
Swinburne.
Four men are reported missing; 25
have been taken to the Marine hos
pital; 18 swam ashore.
The dredge was working in a dou
ble channel directly in the ocean
steamship lane. She foundered in 45
feet of water.
OLDTIMER OF ftUSKJI
H. MUfllTH, DIES
PETERSBURG, May 7. (£>)—Harry
Marquith, 71, wais found "near Port
Beauclaire, dead from heart failure.
The body was brought here and bur
ied today. He was born in Holland
and had lived in Alaska 35 years. He
operated a boat service to Dyea dur
ing the Klondike gold rush days.
A BRUTAL ATTACK
SEATTLE, May 7. (/P)—Accused of
a brutal attack on Mrs. Paul Lueka
bee, pretty widow who assert® she
wasi trapped in his room by a ruse, R.
A. Moore, realtor, was arrested in his
fashionable apartment.
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SPEEDY SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON, May 7. (£>)—A
speedy settlement of difficulties of
the McNary-Haugen Bills, as passed
by the Senate and House, is expected
| and the measure will soon go to the
! President.
STANDARD OIL TO
DISPHTCH ENGINEER
SUPERINTEND STURT
After nearly three years in con
struction, at a cost of over $1,000,000,
the huge power plant of the Fair
banks Exploration Company will be
tuned up in a few days for operation,
according to wTord received Saturday
by telephone from Fairbanks by Man
ager Erwin, of the local main plant
of the Standard Oil Company. The
power plant has been built to supply
electric energy for the big dredging
' operations of the F. E. Oo., as. well as
light and power for Fairbanks and
surrounding towms. It will have a to
I s •
: tal of about 3,500 horse-power, con
! stitiiting it one of the biggest power
| establishments of the entire North.
As is the practice of the Standard
Oil Company Which furnishes the
lubricating oil for the big generators,
a mechanical engineer will be dis
patched to Fairbanks to superintend
the starting off of the machinery and
the gradual tuning up until the plant
hs ready to carry its fuli*jpad.
<C. W. Davies, now at the Kennecolt
Copper mine, out of Cordova, will be
summoned immediately for this work,
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j Mr. Erwin states. The fact that the
! power plant is being made ready, in
i dicates that the first two dredges
J sent in last trinter have been assem
. bled and wdll soon be digging at the
j gravels.
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SUNDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston, 0; Detroit, 8.
New York, 4; Chicago, 2.
St. Louis, 7; Washington, 6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
! Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 5.
Brooklyn, 2; St. Louis,
New York, 3; Cincinnati, 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle, 5-1; Portland, 6-4L
! Los Angeles, 8-3; Missions, 5.2.
Oakland, 2-7; Sacramento, 5-2; sec.
ond game 22 innings.
San Francisco, 3-0; Hollywood, 4-1
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Saturday’s Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 0, New York 7 \
Detriot 5, Philadelphia 6
Cleveland 5, Boston 4
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St. Louis 5, Washington 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 2, Pittsberg 6
Philadelphia 1, Chicago 5
' Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 2
New York 3, Cincinnati 11
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 10, Oakland 5
Los Angeles 6, Missions 1
San Francisco 4, Hollywood 7
I Seattle 1, Portland 9
HOOVER FAVORITE
I DALLAS, Texas, May 7, (£>)—
Prectyct convention's voted over
whelmingly for Herbert Hoover. The
reports showed 26 delegates; every
one to a iman, was for Hoover_...
TSNANfllCEBOES
OUT FAIRBANKS AND
' LATDUGHE WIN POOL
FAIRBANKS, May, 7. (/P)—The
breakup of the Tanana river at Nena.
na occurred at 4:25 yesterday after
noon. The ice pool sweepstakes, over
$60,000, the largest in its history, wild
be divided among I. B. Wickstrom of
Fairbanks, Mrs. E. Lasher and V.
Borg or Berg, both of Latouche.
IDGE FEELS^k^REEM^TV £
WILL BE REACHED
WASHINGTON, May 7. <£>)—Aftei
a conference of more than an haul
with President Coolidge and Senate
and House conferees on the Mississ
ippi Flood Control Bill, it was said
substantial progress toward agree,
ment had been made.
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Senator Jones of Washington said
there will be another meeting of com
tferees. This means the conference
report, heretofore made by the sub
committee of the House and Seriate
will probably be withdrawn so that
the conferees can work out a bill
which will meet the President's sug
gestion*.
., The White House reported Presi
dent Coolidge feels an agreement will
be reached.
ORIENT IS WONDERING
WHAT JAPAN WIEE DO
PEKING. Mav 7. Rifles at Tsi
j nan were silent and the whole Orient
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isi wondering what Japan will do.
The Japanese Diet, in extraordinary
•session at Toky'o, is considering its
relations with China. The Japanese
|.Consul at Tsinan sent word of 14
cruel deat'.s and that mutilated bod
ies of women are being found. It is
believed 100 Japanese citizens were
i killed in the recent incident.
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CIG CAUSE OF DEATH
| SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, (£>)—
' A pre-breakfast smoke in wrhich Ter
ry Briley indulged while lying in
bed, cost him his life. Briley dozed
while smoking and the cigarett, ig
nited his mattress. He died of suf
1 location in the dense smoke.
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EACH MADE TARGET OF GOOD
NATURE REMARKS BY COM
MITTEE. HA! HA!
WASHINGTON, May 7. ^—Presi
dential candidates rubbed shoulders
with one another as the new Senate
Campaign Funds Committee set out
i to develop facts concerning the fi
! nanclng of the 1928 political battle.
One by one the candidates showed
i up in the committee room each being
made the target of good natured jok
ing remarks by members of the com
mittee especially when a candidate
happened to be a member of the Sen
ate Committee.
It was proposed to make an impar
tial investigation at this time. Early
arrivals^ were Curtis, Goff, Gilbert,
Hitchcock and Norris.
JAPANESE WARSHIPS DISTRIBU
TED IN CHINESE WATERS;
MORE TROOPS SENT
PEKING, May 7. (/P)—Japanese
! warships are distributed throughout
Chinese waters and additional troops
are on the way to reinforce their em
battled comrades at Tsinan, as Chin
! ese observed, “humiliation day.”
The 13th anniversary of Japan’s ul
' tLmatum of 21 demands took on a
I more somber and threatening aspect
! than ever before. Annually the day
’ has been the occasion of anti-Japan
ese demonstration.
The massacre and fighting at Tsi
nan brought about the greatest Cbino
Japanese crisis since 1915. On ac
count of the demands it is feared
that in Nationalist territory at least
race hatred might flare and be the
spark to set a train of powder off.
All Japanese women have been taken
1 aboard ships on the Yangtse river.
NOBILE COMPLETES
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT
KINGSBAY, Spitzbergen, May 7.
(/P)—General Umerto Nobile landed
the dirigible Italia here at 1 p. m. suc
cessfully completing the flight from
Yadsoe, Norway.
Bad weather was encountered after
he left Vadsoe and until 8:31 last
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night head winds and snow fall was
constant. The dirigible was in wire
less communication at all times with
the Citta Demilano, mothership of the
dirigible.