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1 VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 1. SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1929.
PRICE TEN GENTS
THREE MORE BOATS ARE RE
PORTED MISSING IN WAT
ERS THIS AREA
CORDOVA, Jan., 2, (/P)—Anoth -
er near tragedy was written into
the log of the S. S. Starr disaster
when John Nelson escaped death
by seconds when his helmet pull
> , ed off while making a survey of
damage to the vessel which will
be prepared to make a second at
tempt to cross the Gulf of Alaska
in tow of the tug Roosevelt and
convoyed by the cutter Unalga.
With one life boat missing and
a broken deck house the Roose
velt gives mute testimony of its
battle with the seas when steel
cables and 12 inch manila haw
sers snapped like threads.
The customs house reports three
more boats are missing in these :
waters closing a year of probably ;
the most disastrous in the history
for small shipping in the North j
Pacific which has claimed the j
Brunvoll, Imperial, Shasta, Cas-;
cade and the Valor.
NEGRO IS BURIED
ALIVE AT ROME
FOR KILLING MAN
NEGRO ADMITTED TO KILLING
STATE PRISON FARM EM
PLOYEE
ROME, Miss., Jan., 2, (/P)—Chas.
Sheperd, negro, alleged murderer
and abductor, was burned on a
funeral pyre last night after the
body had been mutilated with sev
eral shots in it.
A mob of several hundred plac
ed the negro on a pile of logs,
threw gasoline over him and set it
ablaze.
The negro is said to have admitt
ed killing J. D. Duvall, State pris
on farm employee, and abducting
hla young daughter.
TERMS OF PROTOCOL
MODE PUBLIC: FIVE
NATIONS TO MEET
WASHINGTON, Jan., 2, (/P)—
The agreement of the Bolivia-Par
aguay terms of the protocol for
settlement of their dispute, was
announced last night at the close
of the session of the special com
mittee of the Pan American con
ference. Under the terms of the
protocol representatives from five
nations will meet to adjust the
differences between the two na
tions.
“BIG SIX” WINNERS
DALLAS, Texas, Jan., 2, (A3)—A
picked “Big Six” team defeated the
Southwest conference eleven, 6 to
4.
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AT FLYING SCHOOL
CHICAGO, Jan. 2, (/P)—Carl
Magnus Amundsen, a nephew of
the famous explorer, has been as
signed to the United States Fly
ing school at Chanute Field, Chi
cago. He is the son of Alfred
Amundsen, a brother to Roald.
I. S. AMBASSADOR
BREATHING BECAME DIFFICULT
AFTER IIE HAD DEVELOP
ED A FEVER
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' CLEVELAND, Jan., 2, CP)—My
Iron Herrick, United States Ambass
ador to France, is resting easily
after a sudden turn for the worse
in his illness of the last 10 days
that caused alarm.
Barring complications Herrick
is now in no immediate danger,
his physician said. The sickness is
described as asthmatic influenza. ;
About two weeks ago Herrick
caught a cold which developed in
to a touch of influenza and yester- j
day he was forced to go to bed. j
Early today his breathing became
difficult and he developed a fever.
EUROPE IS PLEASED
PAFIS, Jan., 2, CP'—Europe is
nleased with President Coolidge's
statement consenting to the par
ticipation of two Amevican citizens
in discussions of the experts com
mittee for the purpose of funding
reparations.
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MAS. MU
PLEADS GUILTY
FOUR MURDERS
BLAMES HUSBAND WITH COM
PLICITY; GAVE NO MO- I
TIVE FOR ACT
RIVERSIDE, Cal., Jan., 2, (/P)—
Mrs. Vera Northcott pleaded guilty
to the murder of Walter Colins, in
the Superior court, and was sen
tenced to life imprisonment.
The woman accepted full res
ponsibility for the murder of the
boy. She also accepted full res
ponsibility for the murder of
Louis and Nelson and an uniden
tified Mexican youth.
She blamed her husband, Cyrus
Northcott, and her grandson, San
ford Clark, with complicity. She
gave no motive for her act.
EXPECT MHIT PLANE
TO REMAIN II 1
FOR TWELVE RAYS
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 2, (A>)—The
Army’s tri-motor Fokker endur- j
ance plane “Question Mark” took
the air yesterday morning at 7:42 ,
a. m. in an attempt by means of
refueling to remain aloft until the ,
engine wears out. i
They may stay in the air 12 or (
13 days. Captain Ira Eaker is at :
the controls. <
LITTLE GIRL KILLED
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan., 2, (IP)—
An all night search for June Nel
son, age 12, turned into a hunt
for her slayer when her body was
found in a shallow creek where it
had been thrown from a bridge
She had been brutally attacked
and choked.
MINES OF JUiSKH
PfiODHCE MSI
EQIML LUST IEIS
ALASKA BRANCH OF THE GEO
LOGICAL SURVEY MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT
WASHINGTON, Jan., 2, (fP)—
Alaska mines in 1928 produced
minerals estimated at $14,128,000
as compared to $14,404,000 last
year, reports the Alaska branch of
the Geological Survey, Depart
ment of the Interior.
The total value of the Alaska
mineral output since 1880 is esti
mated at $600,000,000.
The figures from this year in
clude gold $6,775,000; copper $6,
100,000; silver $273,000 and coal
i>624,000.
FEAR COMPLICATIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan., 2, (£>)—Ex
jectations that Mexico will demand
ull use of the Colorado River have
:aused some fear of international
lomplications over the enactment
>f the Boulder Dam Bill. Boulder
Oam will hamper the flow of the
yoiorado kiver.
* RUBBER AND COFFEE INDUSTRIES OF
INTEREST TO HOOVER WHILE IN BRAZIL
The condition of the rubber and coffee industries, of
Brazil were brought to President-elect Hoover’s atten
tion when he stepped off at Rio de Janeiro, the capital,
while on his recent good-will tour. Edwin V. Morgan
(lower right), U. S. Ambassador to Brazil, will be the
Hoover host. Above is a bird’s-eye view of the city, and
(lower lift) the Avenida Rio Branco there.
EMM Fill?
IIS NOT VETOES
SELECTED. HOOVER
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I INDICATED HE HAS NOT MADE
j UP HIS MIND ON CABINET
APPOINTMENTS
U. S. S. UTAH, Jan., 2, (^—The
selection of his Cabinet being the
next important task ahead of him,
Herbert Hoover, President-elect,
i immediately upon his arrival at
Washington, D. C., on Sunday,
i plans to begin a series of confer -
! enees with Republican Party lead
! ers from practically all sections
of the country, on the makeup of
| his executive family.
Hoover will probably invite to
his first conferences those con
gressional leaders who took a lead
ing part in his campaign. Thpse,
undoubtedly, will include Vice
Presidentelect Curtis, Senators
Moses, Borah, Sackett, Speaker
Longworth, and Representatives
Newton, and Fort.
Hoover indicated he has not
made up his mind on Cabinet ap
pointments.
GEORGIA TECH IS
VICTOR OVER THE
CALIFORnilA BEARS
If a
DEFEAT SHATTERED HOPES
OF CALIFORNIA FOR UN
DEFEATED SEASON
PASADINA, Calif., Jan., 2, </P)—
Geargia Tech, Southern confer
ence champions, snatched a spec
tacular game from the California
“Bears” by the score of 8 to 7 be
fore 70,000 people.
Californa scored in a closing ral
ly but Tech gained two points on
a safety when Ray Relgles, Cal
ifornia captain-elect, and center,
scooped a fumble and ran the
wrong way. When within a foot
of his own goal, Benny Lom, a
team-mate, tackled him; on the
next play Loos’ punt from behind
the line blocked California from
recovering giving Tech two.
Tech scored a touchdown in the
third quarter after Mizell dashed
30 yards and Thomason 15. The de
feat shattered the hopes of Cal
ifornia for an undefeated season.
COCKPIT: IS UTTER
ENDURANCE RECORD
MARSHALL, Mo., Jan., 2, (A5)—
Blaine Tuxhorn hopped off In an
open cockpit monoplane this morn
ing in an attempt to establish a
new endurance flight record by re
fueling in the air by means of
using a synchronized catapulting
device.
The ground is covered with snow
and the thermometer is hovering
around five degrees above zero.
The copilot is Leonard Rhlner.
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