MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 160.
SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW YORK, July 11, (■#*)—Kid
Chocolate, Cuban negro, added an
other vitory to his long string when
he won the decision over Ignacio
Fernandez of Philadelphia.
This was the first important bat
tle as featherweight for Chocolate
and he had all the best in the 10
round bout.
Fernandez weighed 125 pounds
and Chocolate 123.
OCEAN FLIERS
ARE RECOVERING
FROM LONG HOP
LONG STRIP FABRIC NEEDED
FACED HEAD WINDS ALL
WAY; MOTORS GOOD
ROME, July 11, (A1)—Roger Wil
liams and Lewis Yancy are recov
ered from their fatigue after their
long flight from Santander, §pain,
nnd began a series of official and
social engagements in honor of the
completion of the trip from Old
crehard Me.
They visited the tailor and left
their measurements for several
suits. Thev then lunched at the
home of Alexander Kirk, in charge
D’Affairs at the American Embassy.
After the wild reception in Litto
ro airfield, when the crowd broke
thru the gendarmes and the police
had taken hold of the fliers, the
greetings became more orderly.
The fliers inspected the plane
and found a long strip of fabric
is needed to replace a piece torn
away by the wind enroute to Rome.
The "Pathfinder” faced head winds
all the way and at times stood al
most still. The motors are in good
condition after the flight.
FORFEITED. B. C.
VESSEL SEIZED MAY 18 ON THE
WEST COAST VANCOUVER
ISLAND BY AGENTS
VICTORIA, B. C., July 11, (£>)—
The American salmon trolling boat
No. 557-GA, was condemned, and
w declared forfeited to His Majesty
by Justice Archie Martin, in the
Admiralty court here today.
The vessel will be put up for sale.
The boat was seized May 18th off
Pechena Point, on the west coast
of Vancouver Island by the Cana
dian Government Fisheries Protec -
tion cruiser and was charged with
illegal fishing in British Columbia
waters. The owners entered their
consent to the condemnation order.
Engine trouble caused the Jean
ette, another American vessel seiz
ed in Canadian waters, to seek an
chorage in Goose Harbor, Captain
Olaf Hansen, master of the boat,
told the court. This case is still
undecided.
DEATHS INCREASE
SACRAMENTO, July 10, (A5)—
Liquor deaths in California have
increased steadily since the year
► after the dry law became ef
fective. The alcohol death toll
amounted to 197 for the last
year, the highest since 1918.
| IF ANY TREASURE WAS RECOV
ERED FROM SUNKEN SHIP,*
NO REPORT WAS MADE
JUNEAU, July 10. (TP)—Efforts to
onlvag'' the reputed treasure from
the steamer Islander which went
iown in 1901 and which has been
m progress for nearly two months
I has been discontinued.
How much success rewarded the
efforts is more or less a secret but
,it is indicated no money was found.
Q. H. Finch, with Capt. E. H. Finch,
'Jr., aboard, are taking over the
j divers equipment and have quit the
jsearch.
i If they found any treasure they
I did not report it to the customs
house. Captain Finch declared
they had found nothing and he re
marked his outfit was under con
tract for salvage operations for oO
days. This has expired and he said
there was no use remaining.
On June 25 it was reliably report
ed that Finch had located the purs
;er’s safe and it would be raised
wHhin a few days. Since then
aothing has been heard regarding
the operations.
“RACKET” SCHOOLS
CHICAGO, July 11, (TP)—Exter
mination of “racket” flying schools
is the object of the newly formed
Illinois Aviation society, made up
of aviation enthusiasts in the state.
It is an outgrowth of a series of
conferences held to map plans for
a war on mushroom flying schools
which offer students “nothing but
;a certain opportunity to lose their
j lives.”
COL D. J. QUINLAN IS SPECIAL
CO-ORDINATOR OF THE
UNITED STATES
JUNEAU, July 11. (JP)—Col. D.
J. Quinlan arrived here after
making an Alaska trip as a
special representative of Presi
dent Hoover.
Wells, the capacity special as
sistant chief co-ordinator of the
United States stated that more
efficient business administration
by closer cordination of the work
ing activities of the several bur
eaus in Alaska is the main ad
i ministrative objective,
j The Colonel said that he will
| visit Cordova, Valdez, Seward,
! Anchorage, Fairbanks and Nome.
! That there is a possibility
of having a co-ordinator assig
ned to Alaska with headquarters
at Juneau was also outlined as
a part of the program.
SEATTLE GIBE IS
STABBED Ilf FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, (/P)—
Lilia Caudill, 22. of Seattle, was
'stabbed and seriously wounded on
;the liner Ruth Alexander, which ar
rived here. Frank Lagone, 40, a
| steel worker of Seattle, said to be a
i jealous suiter, stabbed her and then
jumped overboard. Two of the
! ship’s boats were unable to rescue
Lagone or recover his body.
SWIFT CURRENT HAD THROWN
BODY OVER ROCK IN
RIVER 15 FEET OUT
With the arrival last night of
the party from Russian River
bringing the remains of Ralph
| A- Miller with them, the complete
details were received as to the
! tragedy enacted on the river on
; Tuesday when the young Signal
! Corps member slipped from a
| small cliff and plunged to his
I death in the swirling waters of
| the swollen torrent
When news of the accident
was first received by Capt. Rob’t
B. Woolverton, head of the Signal
Corps, he instructed his men al
ready on the river to make an
! unceasing and diligent search
| for the body as it wds thought
! that difficulty might be en
countered in its recovery. But
jwith the coming of daylight, yes
1 terday morning the searchers
| soon located the body of Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller and Mr.
and Mrs. Geyer left the camp at
turning and when, aboutBishop’s
about 8 pm., their intent being
to fish along the river; about
10:30 they were returning and
' when about 100 yards beyond the
falls, Mr. Miller slipped from the
small cliff. As he fell the three
* spectators heard him gasp in
articulately and Mrs. Miller made
a grab at him but so sudden was
the fall'that she was just a mo
ment too late and her husband
I plunged over and down into the
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the annual Jamboree in England in August which will mark the 21st
anniversary of scouting as established by Sir Robert Baden-Powell
(upper right). Scouts, embarking above, will be directed in camp by
groups of leaders fro mmany countries^ (below). James E. West (left)
is director of American scouts
501m IN SFJTTLE
SEATTLE, July 11, {IP)—Girls,
over 16, and born in the North, are
being sought as selections for “Miss
Alaska” and “Miss Yukon” to ride
in floats for the “Sourdough Stam
pede” here next August.
In order to create as realistic at
mosphere as possible, roulette
wheels, the clink of glasses and the
shuffle of calked boots will be
heard, and bar room girls will again
be seen.
swift, swirling current; three times
they saw him go under in the
whirling stream then, over the
falls, which was the last glimpse
obtained. The horror stricken eye
witnesses were absolutely help
less to render aid in any manner
and Miller could not swim a
| stroke, it was said.
The falls were about 30 feet
i below the cliff. Sergeant Geyer
immediately ’ ran down stream,
overtaking Mr. Woodbury'i an
other Signal Corps member, but
nothing could be seen of Miller
Woodbury then took the women
; back to camp, Sergeant Geyer
I continuing a lone search for his
friend. Woodbury, Bishop, Steven
.son, Cotter, Deal and Mrs. Senft
were soon at the scene but about
; midnight were forced to cease
i searching the banks of the river
; owing to the darkness
J In the meantime Mrs. Senft
i and Mrs. Stevenson, both on
i
horses had left for Cooper’s land
ing for the purpose of sending
word to Captain Woolverton.
The men again began their
search about 3 p.m. yesterday
morning—daybreak— and about
4 o’clock found the body at a
distance of 1,000 feet down the
stream from where he had fal
len in.
The body was wedged over a
rock, face down, about 15 feet
i
j from the bank jmd at a point
I where the river split- At 7 o’clock
Harry Brown and Charles Lean,
who were at the mouth of the
river were notified that the
body had been recovered, and
they made the trip up to the
camp to procure ropes, chain
and blankets. At 9:15 the body
was ashore.
Mr- Miller’s watch had stop
ped at 10:30. The body was
then tenderly wrapped in blank
ets and with the aid of horses
taken to Cooper’s Landing, then
by boat up Lake Kenai to the
end of the Seward-Kenai high
way where Lieutenant Hunsick
er, who had taken charge upon
his arrival at the lower end of
the lake, had automobiles wait
ing.
The body is now lying in state
awaiting shipment to Vancouver,
Wash., where the young man's,
as well as Mrs. Miller’s family,
resides. The bereaved widow and
small son will accompany the
body home, leaving here either
on the S. S. Alaska or the
steamer following .
A beautiful casket, over which
the Stars and Stripes have been
draped, containing the departed,
now lies in the local mortuary
and will be given an impressive
military escort to the Seward
Dock at the time of transferr
ing to a Southbound steamer.
Mrs. Miller, grieving terribly
over the loss of her loved one,
wants to go home as quckley as
possible and arrangements were
| completed this morning for her
and her son’s departure Satur
day on the S- S. Alaska.