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Volume xxiii. numbe
SCIHR MOeRISEY
EIIROUTE FORM N. Y.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, (£>)—The
schooner Effie M. Morrisey sailed for
Seward and the Aleutian Islands from
which points scientists will seek for
traces of men who are believed to
have crossed Bering Strait to become'
the first inhabitants of North Amer-1
ica.
The little vessel, a veteran of many
scientific expeditions in the Far
North, is headed for Seattle on the ,
first leg of a cruise which is being
made under the auspices of the Amer.;
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lean Museum of Natural History. Only '
a small crew is on board for the trip
to Seattle.
The scientists will board the vessel
at Prince Rupett which will leave
there in April. The discovery of en
tombed mummies in the Aleutian Is
lands gave new impetus to the search
for traces of men who are believed to
have crossed over from Siberia.
H
suit
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. (JP)— Hick,
man definitely announced liis inten
of turning state’s evidence against
Welby Hunt when the pair appear
Wednesday before Superior Judge
Hardy to answer the charge of mur
dering C. Thoms.
Hickman said “He had a lot of fun
testifying against me. Watch him
when I take the stand agafnst him.”
Hunt had testified Hickman was sane.
Hickman has no hope of escape from
the gallows and said “You seen how
cool and collected I can remain under
stress; I am going to shotv you a man
who can mount the steps of the gal
iow3 with the same calm demeanor.'1
IMlrtilDE I
TWO MEN ORE INJURED:
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Two men were slightly injured j
s' Mile 58 today when the freight:
train, which left Seward this morn-1
lug collide with a rotary. Two oa-1
booses on the rear of the rotary!
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were burned to the ground. The pas j
monger trail, following the freight, j
will proceed to Anchorage upon the
debris being pleared from the track. I
The report to The Gateway said j
the srorm which prevailed in Seward j
this morning turned into the fury!
o.T a blinding blizzard in the vicinity
cf the wreck with the visibility so
btd the road could not bo seen a foot
ahead of the engines
Pete McMahon, brakeman, was oue
of the injured but the other’s name, a
hostler asleep in a caboose, is un
known at this time.
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SEWARD, ALi
GERMAN AVIATOR IS
ENROUTE TO ALASKA
CALCUTTA, India, P’eb. 13. (£>)—
Lieut. Otto Koennecke, the German
aviator, who is flying to the United
States, via Alaska, arrived from Eta
way. Koennecke has met many set
backs thus far. Last November he
was forced down near Etawah by a
storm when the tail of his plane broke.
It was necessary to dismantle it and
take it to Etwah for repairs.
HAVE FORMER JUNEAU POSTOF
FICE CLERK IN CUSTODY;
81,500 WAS STOLEN
SEATTLE. Feb. 13, {IP)—'Two Unit
ed States deputy marshals from New
York are passengers on the S. S. Yuk
on bound for Alaska with a prisoner,
David Geneder, who was arrested re- j
eently on Governor’s Island, where’ he
was in the way of becoming a pri
vate in the United States Army.
This is the longest trip ever taken
by New York marshals, it is said. The
prisoner is wanted in connection with
a S1.500 embezzlement from the Jun
eau postoffice where he was a clerk.
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SINCE STARTED ON j
LONG HOP ST. LIS
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HAVANA. Feb. 13. (/P)—Colonel
Lindbergh took off for St. Louis but
had not been reported seen anywhere.
More than enough time has passed for
him to be beyond the half-way point.
Eight‘hours after the take off he
should have been over Jackson, ]Vliss.,
all coastal towns reported fog and low
visibility. Fliers saw in this a .rea
son for Lindbergh’s progress not being
visible from the ground. The weath
er bureau ordered . sljorm warnings
displayed on j.he Gulf coast.
FORMED SECRETARY MR
BAER LEADING CHOICE
PROGRESSIVE DEMOS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (^—New
ton D. Baker, Secretary of War under
President' Wilson, is boomed by Edwin
T. Meredith of Iowa as one of the
leading choices^of “the^Dry Progres
sive Democrats” for the Presidential
nomination.
'lSKA, MONDAY, FEBRUi
1? MOVE UK
FROM PRESENT SITE
SAFEGUARD, STORMS
ARMY ENGINEER SUGGESTS TO
MOVE TOWN AWAY FROM THE
WATER, STORM MENACE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, </p)~One
way to prevent the town of Afognak,
west of Seward, from being flooded is
to move it away from the watery and
this method has been recommended to
Congress by Major Jadwin, U. S. Ar
my engineer, who wants to solve the
vexing problem faced by Afognak.
General Jadwin adviser the House
Committee that Afognak has not
commerce enough to justify the large
expenditure necessary for a seawall
but that the entire community could
be moved for $50,000.
The village is only five-feet above
sea-level at extreme high water and
is frequently inundated by storms.
SECOND EXPLOSION
WHITMAN, Eng., Feb. 13. (/P)—A
terrific explosion in the Haig mine pit
was the scene of another disastrous
explosion which killed 13 of a party of
21 which were exploring the works for
the first time since a similar disaster
closed it in December.
Several officials were among those
killed; eight dazed and partly gassed
workmen escaped. The gas forced
the rescuers to give up and again seal
the pit.
Thirty-nine‘were killed in an explo
sion in the same pit in 1922 and four
killed last December. The party was
searching for an unrecovered body of
the last explosion.
ARRANGEMENTS IDE
FOII LAUNCHING PULP
INDUSTRY ALASKA
SEATTLE, Feb. 13. (^—Arrange
ments for launching the $22,000,000
pulp and paper developments of Zel
Ierbach and Cameron, Chandler inter
est in Alaska this spring, the Chamber
of Commerce announced. R. A. Kin
sey of San Francisco, will be supervi
sion engineer for both the hyrdo
electric projects.
FAIRBANKS BUSINESS MAN
Andrew Norland, prominent bus
iness man of Fairbanks, operating
a large mercantile business,Js among
tbe local arrivals enroute to the Out
side on a business trip.
LRY 13, 1928.
ALBERTA SEP, PIS
IE RACED IN TIE
CALGARY, Feb. 13. (^P)—A ship
ment of eight sheep and two rams will
leave Stettler on Thursday for Seattle,
| thence to Seward and the Aleutian Is
| lands.
The animals are for J. NolteTa far
! mer in that district. This shipment is
j the first ever to be sent to the Aleut
! Ians. Nolte owns land in the islands
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and is firmly convinced that region is
extremely well suited for raising of
! sheep.
AIRSHIP ITALIA WILL TAKE OFF
FOR ARCTIC SOMETIME IN
APRIL
STOLP, Germany, Feb. 13, (/P)—
General Umberto Nobile, Italian dir
igible expert, arrived to inspect the
: proposed starting place, at Seddin, for
the projected Polar flight in x\pril.
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The Seddin airdome, near Stolp, was
. the Naval airship center during the
j war. General Nobile has been purchas
ing scientific instruments in Berlin
recently and also consulted with of
ficials of the Potsdam observatory on
meteorological aspects of the flight.
General Nobile will use the airship
Italia for the flight.
| TIMMINS, Ontario, Feb. 13. (JP)—
i The work of bringing the bodies of the
▼ictims from the burning Hollinger
gold mine continued with all hope
abandoned that any of the missing
will be found alive. Twenty-five bod
ies have been brought to the surface
and 14 others have been located.
Twelve imprisoned miners were rescu
ed.
ALASKA DUE MIDNIGHT
The local office of the Alaska Steam
ship company advises the S. S. Alas
ka which left for Port Holbron on
Saturday night, will Teturn to port
12 o’clock tonight envoute South.
It is said that the Alaska will remain
in port all day tomorrow as the large
tonnage of pipe is yet to be dis
charged.
VANCE MC DOI^LP HERE
One of Fairbank’s leading business
men is a visitor jn the city today
Vance McDonald while awaiting the
departure of the S. S. Alaska for the
South.
PRICE
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RACE DERBY WON BY
ALASKA MUSHER CROSSES LINE
ALONE; NO OTHER RACERS
IN SIGHT
WOLFEBORO, New England, Feb.
13, (JP)—Leonard Seppala, Alaska dog
musher, was an easy winner of the
second day's run of the New England
dog rac«.
His time for the 34-mile race from
Laconia was run in three-hours, 40
minutes and 20 seconds. When he
pulled in none of the others were in
sight.
Brydges was second, time four
hours, two-minutes and 15 ^seconds.
St. Goddard was thir^l, time four-hours
six-minutes and 23 seconds.
For the two days run Seppala was
first, St. Goddard second, and Brydges
third.
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GIVEN HOOVERITES
TO BUCK FAVORITE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (^—Sec
retary of Commerce Herbert Hoover
gave formal permission to his Ohio
supporters to enter his name in the
Ohio primary and becoming an avow
ed Presidential oandidate.
In a letter to Thad Brown, chairman
of Ohio Hooverltes, the Secretary de
| dared himself bound “to carry for
ward the principals of the Republican
! party and great objectives of Cool
idge’s policie*.”
I It is indicated he intends to refrain
from personal preconvention cam
paigning and intends to retain the
Commerce Department post.
BICE, WEED INDICTED
CONNECTION SALE STOCK
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (yP)—George
Graham Rice, financial writer and
editor; Walter Harvey Weed, geolo
gist and Walter Yorsten, mining man
of Boise, Idaho, were indicted by the
federal grand jury here on two mail
fraud charges in connection with the
sale of stock in the Idaho Copper Co.
Cary Nixon of Biose, Idaho, has
been removed as receiver for the
Idaho Copper Co., by order ®f District
Judge Varian of Weiser, and Edward
Snow of Boise named as hos success
or. The charge was made after east
ern stockholders protested that Nixon
kad represented one faction of the
eompany against another.
STARR OUT TOMORROW
The S. S. Starr, Captain Ck A.
Johanson, departs for the Westward
k morrow evening, according to the
report this afternoon.