VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 244. SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
MUMMIES OFFER
MORRISSEY WILL PROCEED TO
NEW YORK VIA PANAMA
CANAL
PRINCE RUPERT, Oct., 11, (IP)—
Four mummified bodies is another
proof that an ancient race inhab
ited the Aleutian Islands and the
Bering Sea by the Stoll-McCrack
en expedition.
Eskimo legends of an old civil
ization was confirmed by discov
eries of the expedition. Although
many relics and trophies are on
board the Morrissey, the four
mummies and other vestiges of
ancient people are valued as the
highest for the bodies were among
five found near the summit of a
mountain on one of the Aleutians.
FIND SARCOPHAGUS
When members of the expedition
sighted a portion of what proved
to be a sarcophagus opening and
which was uncovered after con
s'derah'ie excavation five mum
mies, all in a good state of preser
vation but of an undetermined
age, were found.
The tomb was divided into two
compartments. The- body of - one,
believed to have been the chief
of the tribe, lay in one compart
ment. It was clothed in otter and
other valuable skins, then wrapp
ed with many yards of straw mat
ting. A native said it would take
several weavers months to make
one of the matings similar to
those found in the inner layers
of the covering in a perfect state
of preservation but the outer lay
ers appeared to have been affected
oy moisture.
WERE PRESERVED
The mummies had apparently
been treated with some sort of a
preservative; in the same com
partment were the bodies of two
children similarly wrapped. In
the other portion of the tomb
were the bodies of a man and a
woman wrapped only in matting.
Fastened to the man’s body were
spears, arrows and other imple
ments of a hunter. With the wo
man’s body were needles and many
pieces of animal skin sewing mat
terial.
TOOK ’EM WITH IIIM
Eskimo legends say that, when
a great chief died his seamstress
and the most valiant hunter were
killed and buried with him.
The mummies will be taken to
New York to determine their age. i
The Morrissey went within 401
miles of Point Barrow but the sea
was then flocked with ice fields;
ice also stopped the vessel when
it was four miles from Wrangell
Island.
Edward Weyer and several mem
bers of the party were marooned
10 days on Diomede Island when
they were cut off by ice from the
ship. They managed to find a lane
some distance away and from there
made the ship. The Morrissey will
proceed to New York via the Pan
ama Canal. It will leave here on
Saturday.
MRS. A. STETSON DEAD
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct., 12, (/P)
—Mrs. Augusta Stetson, at one
time leader of the Christain Sci
ence Church, died here at the age
of 87. She had been ill for 10 weeks.
Prayers Be Offered
Up For Campaign
CHICAGO, Oct. 12, (A5)—With riv
al candidates making the atmos
phere blue by virtue of charges and
counter accuations in Chicago s
Fizzling political campaign. Pray
ers for Divine Guidance to aid vot
ers in ‘’effecting Chicago’s salva
tion will go up from 1,000 churches
next Sunday.
Girl And Aviator
Instantly Killed
In Plane Tumble
MILWAUKEE, Oct., 12, (/P)—Miss
Rose Horwitz, 29, Milwaukee at
torney and once Democratic can
didate to .Congress, and Charles
Hall, a flying company operator,
were killed when Hall lost control
of his plane plunging 3,000 feet.
Both were thrown clear as the
plane fell.
Taught 60 Years
Never Used Whip
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 12, (/P)
—A successful school teached for
CO years without resorting to the
whip to enforce discipline is the re
cord of Miss Gussie Woodruff, who
recently passed her 84th birthday
anniversary and her 58th as head
of a private elementary grade
school.
SIR HALL CAINE ILL
GREEBA CASTLE, Isle Of Man,
Oct. 12, (A3)—-Sir Hall Caine, noted
English novelist is ill with a severe
bronchial trouble.
OFF HER COURSE
GIANT DIRIGIBLE FAR SOUTH
OF USUAL SOUTHERN SHIP
ROUTE
UNDATED, UP)—The Zeppelin
is fighting headwinds and dodg
ing stronger ones to the North to
day and is far South of her sched
uled course, bound for the United
States by way of Bermuda.
The dirigible passed over Fun
chal Island, off Maderia, at 8:30
Eastern time. So strong were the
head-winds encountered yesterday
over Southern Europe that it was
thought the airship could not
reach Lakenurst, New Jersey, until
6 o’clock Monday morning.
After 100 hours in the air, with
the detours already taken, the Zep
pelin is 1,000 miles out of its way
and is far to the south of the
usual southern I'bute by way of
the Azores. The course from Mad
eria will carry her south of the
Azores in a long arc passing Ber
muda.
PASSES AZORES
LONDON, Oct., 12, UP)—It is re
ported the German Graf Zeppe
lin has passed the Azores.
LARGER ITALIAN PAPERS
ROME. Oct. 12, UP)—Italian news
papers will no longer be limited to
eight pages, states a recent official
decree.
Corinth Shaken
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By Seveie Quake
ATHENS, Greece, Oct., 12, (/P)—
The city of Corinth was shaker
by a* severe quake causing pan
ic among the population. An offi
cial of the Welfare Ministry wa:
killed by falling brick. Lessei
shocks continued during the af
ternoon.
College Student
Lnk*eroic Rescue
From Poison Gat
VILLANOVA, Penn., Oct., 12, i/P
—Undaunted by the cries of on
lookers warning him of poisonous
fumes from a manhole, Eddie Foy
college student, plunged into the
manhole and rescued two work
men who were overcome by fumes
He himself, the° w> . >vercome
but was pul'd up by :: re which
he had fastened to his body. A1
three will recover d 'c ; said.
Parachute Jumper
Falls Freni Trapeze
SUPERIOR, Nebr., Oct., 12, UP)
An undentified man was killet
instantly when he dropr.r 1 .. .1 QP'
feet from a trapeze bar of a para
chute with ■which he had jumpec
from a balloon at an exhibition
The chute made a perfect opening
but the jerk sent the men hurt
ling to earth.
Sleep Will Be Greatest Comfort to Byrd Expedition
rue first Mxrr/tea&es eve ft
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“40 Winks” Must Come in Per
petual Daylight.
NEW YORK.—The Byrd Expedition
will arrive at the Antarctic Circle to
lace a day tour months long only to
he followed by a night six months
long. It will be no mean novelty to
sleep In perpetual daylight to many
ot the men. Habitually retiring
throughout their lives under the
cover ot darkness, members of this
gallant crew will find themselves
faced with a condition nowhere else
to be found except at the North pole.
With his characteristic explicitness
and remarkably eound Judgment
Commander Byrd went Into the mat
ter of sleep and beds like an Adjutant
in the course ot barrack inspection.
He is known as a staunch advocate of
sound slumber. "We will rely tre
mendously on sleep for the quick re
cuperation ot physical weariness and
exhaustion," said Commander Byrd.
"Sleep has no parallel In the world
tor curing mental, physical or moral
ills."
So, for the first time in history an
adventurous expedition has set sail to
sleep not on hard bunks and under
horsehair blankets, but in the down
iest. warmest and coziest mattresses
the fUmmona Bed Company could
produce. Above is shown one of the
sleeping quarters aboard the "City ot
Hew York” wherein have been Install
ed the mattresses recommended by
the Simmons people, famed for
studies into the more scientific
phases ol sleep.
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PITCHER HITS UMPIRE WITH
BASEBALL; CARRIED FROM
THE FIELD
SACREMENTO, Oct., 12, UP)—
In a game rivalling in -tenseness
the world series and punctuated
with one of the wildest innings
; Sacremento fans ever witnessed,
the Senators defeated the Seals
eight to seven in the coast cham
pionship playoff.
Six runs were scored by the Sen
ators in the fourth inning; the
police fo^ce was called onto the
field; Manager Williams was oust
ed from the field and Umpire Hen
ry Fanning was carried off.
The fireworks started when
Manager Williams of San Fran
cisco disputed the umpire’s deci
sion and was ordered off the field.
The bases were loaded and Row
wer cleared them with a homer,
whereupon, Pitcher Jacobs of the
Seals hurled the ball, ostensibly
1 to the catcher, hiting Umpire Fan
ning below the knee and he had
to be carried from the field.
Harry Williams, the league pres
ident, announced after the game
tnat Jacobs would be fined.
POLICE DEcif
! BASSETT KILLING
i BEEN CONFESSED
STATEMENT MADE IN PRESENCE
OF WITNESSES DECLARES
PROSECUTOR
SEATTLE, Oct., 12, (/Pj—What
he interpreted as a partial admis
sion by Mrs. Mary French that
her son Mayer killed James Bas
sett, was revealed by Prosecutor
Colville.
“If we plead guilty and tell you
all about it, how we did it and
where the body is, will you be len
ient with my son?” Colvin quot
ed her as asking this question
which he declared wras made in
the presence of Detective Chief
Tennant and Detective Captain
Kent.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 12, Mi
llie way has been apparently
cleared for the triumphal return
to Washington of Walter John
son, not as a pitcher, but as man
ager of the team for which he
toiled for 20 years.
President Griffith announced
he will sign Johnson on the dott
I ed line providing the Newark club
will let him go.
The Newark Club advised Griff
ith they would not stand in the
way. Johnson will replace “Buc
ky” Harris who recently was re
lieved of command.