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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 116.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURAY, MAY 18, 1929.
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NEXT FLIGHT WILL BE MADE i
TWO WEEKS; OVERHAUL
AIRCRAFT
CUERS, France, May 18, (/P)— i
Dr. Eckener has taken charge of
the mechanical examinations of
the four motors tha failed him
in his attempt to fly to the United
States.
Until Dr. Eckener and other
experts from Freidrichshafen have
given the engines an exhaustive
examination, no report will be
made as to the cause of the fail
ure regardless of rumors.
A new effort to make the flight
will be attempted within the next
two weeks, Eckener announced.
The Graf will not make further
flights until it has been thorough
ly overhauled.
Despite the voiced suspicion
of many persons that sabotage
caused the failure high officials
in the Zeppelin works do not be- i
lieve that anyone had harmed
willfully.
GROCER. POLICE
Glib BESULT f
Ml, iFE KILLED;
—
PEI T Y QUARREL OVER RUB
BISH LEADS TO SHOOT
ING SCRAP
LAKE CITY, Fla-, May 17, f/P)—
N. G. Romey, a grocer, was taken ]
from jail by a mob and lynched. <
The body was found by a farmer <
The man was arrested last night j
after an altercation with police c
during which Chief of Police Bak
er was wounded and Mrs. Romey
killed. Romey’s body, containing
many bullet wounds, was found
s iting upright in a ditch.
The trouble started when he
was told to clean up the rubbish
in the front of his store. He fin- I
ally agreed to take some of the
produce boxes, on the outside of
his store, inside. Shortly after
ward he is said to have called the
police and told them he had re
turned the produce to the outside
of the store and “For him to come j
back and try to make me move it
in again ”
Baker returned to the store and
a quarrel started. Mrs. Romey is
said to have produced a pistol and
fired three shots at Baker one of
which broke his shoulder. Baker
then opened fire on the woman
shooting her five times.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury
was not made public.
CANADA TO PROGEEO
CONFISCATE VESSELS
PRINCE RUPERT, May 18, (/P)_ j
E. F. Jones, city solicitor, has j
been instructed to enter action j
leading to condemnation against
the five United States salmon
trollers seized at Goose Island by
the Canadian patrol boat Malas
pina under violation of the treaty
regulations governing the use of
Canadian harbors by U. S- fish- j
ing craft.
UNION HEAD DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, (/P)—
Everett Anderson, 70, founder of
the Alaska Sailors Union and
later connected with the Ferry
Boatmen’s Union, dropped dead
here last night in the Ferry build
ing. He lived in Berkeley.
AVIATOR KILLED
IN MIG WARFARE
PLANE WAS NOT PROPERLY
PREPARED FOR FLIGHT
IS STATED
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18, (JP)
Lieut. E. L. Meadows of San Diego
was killed and Fred Salter of Los !
Angeles injured when two planes j
in the national army maneuvers ‘
crashed over the residential dis
trict fell in flames. Salter jumped
to safety but suffered from burns
ibout the face.
Crash occured during the biggest j
sham battle ever to have been j
saged in the history of red and
blue mimic armies. One hundred
Red planes were particitpating in
the maneuver when one of the
planes is reported to have struck
the tail of the other thereby caus- '
ng it to catch fire.
The clash was at an altitude
}f 15,000 feet. Another member i
>f this same sham battle. Lt.!
Shultz made a forced landing
Decause his plane was not pro-1
Derly repaired for the flight. He
vas uninjured and plane un
iamaged.
Mi! / BUY AIRSHIP
CLEVELAND, May 16, (iP)—A |
jroposal of New York and Los An
des capitalists to purchase the
>raf Zeppelin and run it between
jOS Angeles and Honolulu will.be
liscussed here.
* PROCLAMATION *j*
❖ To the Citizens of the City
Ijj» of Seward.
X The Common Council hav- X
*j* ing designated the week *:*
commencing May 20, 1929, as j?
? CLEAN UP WEEK. »
X it is therefore with pleasure X
*t* and confidence that I pre- *:*
sent the matter to your at- *!*
tention and with full confi- *|*
X dence ask your hearty co- X
X operation. Let Clean Up X
Week be our slogan for the *:*
week. Ply the rake, shovel »\*
and paint brush. Make our %
X City the pride of our com- *:*
munity and the envy of the
V V
♦** stranger within our gates. ❖
5* The City Council has ijl
*:* pledged itself to support *:*
*\* this civic movement and I •»*
«{* know you will do your part. ♦,*
X LET’S GET BUSY! X
| P. C. McMULLEN £
Mayor of Seward, May 18. ❖
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“ BASEBALL “
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AMERICAN
Boston 5, New York 3
Chicago 6, Detroit 2
St. Louis 7, Cleveland 6
Phillies 4, Washington 1
NATIONAL
Chicago 9, Cincinnat 3
Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 2
New York 9, Boston 5
Brooklyn 14, Phillies 13
COAST
San Francisco 6, L. A. 2
Portland 2, Seattle 0
Sacramento 9, Oakland 1
Missions 12, Hollywood 11
A BUSY CITY
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 17, UP)
—By completing 6,857 houses in
twelve months this city claims a
building record for places less than
1,000,000 inhabitants- The place ;
is booming and hopes to pass the
population of Rio de Janeiro with
in a few years.
ARKANSAS LEVEE BREAKS
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark-, May 18,
t/P)—The Holly Bend levee in the
Arkansas river broke and approx
imately 1,500 acres of land has
been flooded. The break was
caused by a heavy rain and wind
storm.
FORTY-NINE PASSENGERS ON
BOARD FOR SEWARD; MOST
FOR THE INTERIOR
SEATTLE, May 18. (£>)—'The S.
S. Aleutian, of the A. S. S. Co.
sailed for Alaska at 9 o’clock
this morning with 160 first class
passengers and 202 third class.
There are 49 reservations for
Seward, as follows:
A- F. McDonald, R. J. Deleo,
Chas. E. Bunnel, J. H. Gunnes,
G. H. Russell, Mrs. DeVinney, Mrs.
M. R. Woodruff, Gus Rosen, J.
Mahalaik, Mrs. R. Bock, Miss M.
E- Beck, Mrs. M. E. Collins, Capt.
E. G. Rowden. ,
Col. and Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. G
Reed, Mrs. R. C. Wood, Jane
Wood, Mrs. W. D. Metzdorf and
baby, C. E- Fleming, Esther Nel
son, Mr. and Mrs. Bowditch, Mrs.
A. M. McDonald, Allan McDonald.
Mrs. J. 0‘Brian, P. J. Murray,
T. E. Sribner, Louise Slagel, Mrs
F. Hoffman, Charlotte Slagel, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Johnson, J. H.
George, Mr. and Mrs. H. W- Mer
hun C, M. Hanson, Leiut. and Mrs.
Hunsicker and daughter, O. Olson,
Alice Bayer, one Oriental, .Jose
phine Sommers, Paul Kamoff, H
Ethelington, H. A. Davis, Harry
Larson, Alex Cooney ^and 17 steer
age.
The cannery tender Shelikof of
the Booth Fisheries arrived in
port during the night.
SINCLAIR’S WORKHOUSE IS ALE THAT NAME IMPLIES
ABOVE—Dining hall of the District of Columbia workhouse at Occo
quan, Va., whre Harry F. Sinclair will eat for three months. Hard labor is
the rule at Occoquan, and the brick plant, below, is one of the places pri
soners spend their time.
GENERAL WALK-OUT DUE TO
IRREGULAR PAY DAYS
IN PLACER CAMP
DAWSON, Y. T., May 18, </P)—
A general strike and walk-out of
the employees of the Burrall &
Baird Ltd., and associated com
panies, operating the largest
placer leases in the world, has oc
curred because the men are dis
atisfied with the irregular pay
days and demand payment when
due them.
It is believed the company will
adjust the matter speedily for
the stoppage comes at a crucial
time as considerable repairs to
the equipment is under way in
order to take full advantage of
the short season for mining oper
ations.
The company uses dredges.
OVER EXERTED SELF: BURIAL
WILL BE MADE SEATTLE
CEMETERY
KETCHIKAN, May 18, (*>)—
Richard P. Walsh, pioneer can
neryman and for many years
owner of Ward’s Cove Packing
company here, died in sleep last
night aboard the cannery tender
“Ward’s Cove,” on which he was
returning from a three-day trip
to the fish traps.
Physicians siad Walsh had
over-exerted himself and died
from dialation of the heart.
He was 50 years old and is
survived by his widow who will
accompany the body south on the
Admiral Rogers tomorrow for
burial in Seattle.
bum s rail is i is
SENT TO WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, May 18, (JP)—John
Eastman, master of the seized
patrol boat Tecora, said carbon
monoxide gas poisoning caused
him to put into Goose Island. He
asserted the other boats seized
had good reason also to put into
the harbor. Captain Eastman’s
protest will be sent to Washing
ton.
PUNE FROM AUSKA
ARRIVES AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 18, (JP)—A plane
with Pilot Anscell and passengers
Larry Parks, Raymond Haines
and an unnamed woman, also
August Bushmann and a two
months old bear cub, a mascot,
arrived at 8:20 last night. Haines
is a former Juneau reporter and
is making final arrangements for
the motorboat race from Olympia
to Juneau.