MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 183.
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SEWARD, ALASKA TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
GREW ITALIAN SUB
TRAPPED COLLIDED
WITH DESTROYER
TWENTY MEN IN UNDERSEA VES.
* SEL; RESCUE APPRATUS AT
HAND; SOME ALIVE
HOME, Aug. 7. {iP)—At least 20 men
ar© believed 'to be trappad In the Ital.
ian submarrine No. F.14 which col.
lided with the destroyer Giuseppe
Missouri during fleet attack maneu.
vers and which sank in 131 feet in th»a
Adriatic.
The crew carried on a communiea.
* tion with the fleet above which indi.
cubed at least some of them were
alive. Rescue apparatus Is at hand
and dt is hoped fresh air can be pump, j
ed into the submarin/e. A salvage
crew is working.
STEEL CABLE ATTACHED HULL;
SUBMARINE TELEPHONE
MAINTAINS CONNECTION
ROME, Aug. 7. (/P)—Rekcue work.
%
* or,s were laboring all night to bring
aid to the crew and succeeded in at.
tacking a pipe line to the crippled j
Italian submarine No. F.14 which was
sunk in the Adriatic and in order to
supply air to the 31 'Imprisoned men.
Divers also were able to tie a steel
cab’? to the hull. The work of at.
* tacking the pipe line and cable was
accomplished only with great difficul.
ty because of unfavorable weather;
conditions.
The crew of the 'ship is known to be
still alive after its collision yesterday
with the destroyer Giuseppi Missoni.
’ Communication was maintained with
th^, rescuers by the imprisoned men
by means of a submarine telephone.
Inspection showed the submarine
had been struck by tbs destroyer near
the sfl[ern. R\\scuersl lire Tracing
against time in their efforts to re.
flood, the ubmarine since it is* feared
/k her watertight compartments might
give’ way at any moment.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 4; Chicago, 5, 15 innings.
Philadelphia, 5; Detriot, 8.
Washington, 4.11; Cleveland, 7.2.
NATIONAL LEAGE
Rost-on, 4; St. Louis, 9.
Chicago, 7.1; Philadelphia, 8.5.
POWER NOTICE
Providing the weather is dry to.
morrow (Wednesday) electric i>ower
rwiCi be shut off in the moxhing be.
tweaa the hours of 9 and 12 o’cock.
S. L. & P. CO.
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APPROVES MERGER
BUFFALO, Aug. 7. (£>)—Stockholm
<3rs in the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co.,
approve of the plans for reorganiza.
tion of the company in which the
Studebaker Corporation will have a
substantial interest.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. (£>)—Gang,
land demanded and received the price
for liquor theft when Gattano Rinetti
was shot to death by four men who'
stood guard by his bedside and kilted
him with hi3 own shotgun.
The shot from one or both of the
two shells that killed him also wound,
ed his wife. The story or how Gate,
tano ecaped three months ago from
death and how since he had been liv.
ing in constant fear of his life and
how the gunmen pronounced and exe.
cutod sentence for what they said
was hijacking, wa& told by on© of the
*'itnesF0es of the affair.
Mrs. Marie Binetti, a relative who
lived with this couple, said that the
men, wearing police badges, entered
tl$e house alter midnight. Owe of
them woke her and pressed af revolver
to her head warning her to kdep
silent. In the adjoining room the other
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three picked up Rinetti’s shotgun and
killed him. The man had no police
record and had been in the country
five years.
LA BLACA CATCHES FIRE IN
PUGET SOUND NARROWS
NEAR TACOMA
TACOMA, Aug. 7. (JP)—An »2xplo_
sion rocked the city when 'the powder
boat La Blaca was destroyed' in Puget
Sound Narrows. Windows in all part®
of the city wei*3 shattered and tele,
phono service disrupted.
The explosion was heard in Seattle.
Fire broke out and when the crew of
two men, Capt. N*ails Christensen and
son Nelsj saw fighting the flames was
hopeless they jumped into the water
and warn ashore and fled as 12 tons
of blasting powder exploded.
CALIFORNIA CREW IS
WINNER THIRD TIME
SLOTEN, Holland, Aug. 7. j[>P)—Thej
California eight man crew added Italy
to its list of beaten opponent by de_
Seating the Italians in the last quarter
of tlje final round in the'Olympic race.
The victory was- the third straight for;
California having also beaten Belgium
and Denmark. The crew won by four
lengths.
GUARANTEE OF PEACE
LONDON, Aug. 7. (JP)—Confidence!
that Secretary Kellogg’s pact to out.
law war will be an important guaran.
tee of peace was< expresssed by King
George in a speech before Parliament.
STRIBLING WINS BOUT
WILMINGTON, N. C., Aug. 7. (#>)—
W. L. “Young” Stribling, light heavy,
weight of Georgia, knocked out Jack
Ryan of Philadelphia in the second
round of a JO.round bout.
EIEL1U DECIDES
TO JOIN WILKINS
SOUTH POLE FLIGHT
DETROIT PLANS FOR PACIFIC
FLIGHT U. S. TO JAPAN FAILS
TO MATURE
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Aug. 7. (£>)
—Lieut. Ben Eielson agreed to accom.1
pany Capt. Sir G»3org© H. Wilkins on
the latter’s proposed South Pole
flight. The announcement that he
bad sent a message of acceptance to
Wilkins in Lost Angeles was made by
Eielson.
While he is here as thie guest of
honor a banquet has been arranged by
local service clubs-. lEtelson had been
withholding his decision pending ne.
gotiations with Detroit interests' rela.
tive to a flight over the Pacific to
Tokvto. He ^aid Vrjn djecifeion was
made upon the receipt of a message
from Edsel Ford that a delay was
being experienced with preliminary
plans for the Pacific flight.
JARD1NE LEAVES SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 7. (#>)—Secretary
of Agriculture Jardine arrived in Seat,
tl© and will leave for Alas'ka today on
a ,10 day cruise for the. regaining of
his health and to get a first glimpse
of th*3 Territory.
THE GUILTY PARTY
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YOUP£ THE GUVTHAT
CAUSES THOSE
BUMPS ON ME
ALLATIME
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CROSS-CURRENT AIR
SHIDI VALDEZ PUNE
CRASH LAST WEEK
Additional details of the recent
wrecking of the plane “Spirit of Val
dez” in the Copper River District,
was brought to Seward on the Yukon
from Cordova, also a number of
photographs which show the plane
completely smashed up, resting on
what appears to be an out-thrust Oi
brush into the river, with it's tail
hanging over the water. Still another
' €,s'",'s a portion of the fusilage
and engine in what appears to be a
small stream alongside the main
body of water. However, it is said,
some portions of the plane may be
salvaged.
After leaving Fairbanks Pilot Owen
Meals, with Mrs. Staats and photo
grapher Steward as passengers, at
tained an altitude of approximately
JO.MO feet. All ihe way to Kulko**.
Pilot Meals bucked a strong head
wind and upon nearing Kulkona, on
account of his gas running low, he
began looking for a place to laid,
and picked out an oat field far below.
In circling over the field and cross
ing the river to get a landing pos:
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tion, an opposing currant of air
'struck him, throwing the plane info
a tail-spin.
When he finally righted the ma
chine he was so near the ground
r-o opportunity to
make any other landing but a pan
cake. The fact that Pilot, Meals miss
ed the river and was just able to
|alight on the shore reflects greatly
;to his skill in the emergency,
j Upon the departure of the steamer
Yukon from Cordova, the condition
of Mrs. Staats was far from hopeful,
ifor both of her legs were broken
and her spine injured. Both of Stew
ard's ankles were broken as well as
a few ribs; and his face was badly
bruised and cut. Mr. Meals was
severely shocked and cut about the
face and has been complaining sine-.
of pains in his back.
Not from a slant point of charity,
but as the aviation enterprise was
| sponsored and encouraged by the
people of Valdez, it is reported the
people of that community have rais
ed $3,000 to help defray hosipital ex
penses. They feel, it is said, that
it is up to them to do their part in
seeing the unfortunates through in
the first attempted long flight of
the plane. It is also said that Cordova
and Latouche will likely fall in line
and swell the fund to a considerable
size.
10TES FLORIDA Tfiffl
PUPITER, Fla., Aug. 7. (JP)—A 61.
mile an hour wind accompanied by a
heavy rain struck this little east coast
city but no damage has yet been re.
ported. Radio operators at the Naval
Station communicated with Nassau,
in the Bahamas, where this tropica!
storm struck yesterday and reported
the 'wind there had abated.