MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 169
SEWARD, ALASKA.
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MONDAY, JULY 22, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DOWN ALBERTA
i
CAPTAIN BATTLED WITH BAD
WEATHER; WITHOUT
SLEEP THREE DAYS
EDMONTON, Alberta, July 22.
UP—Additional details on the i
Hoyt misshap have been obtain
ed and show that Hoyt battled
the wind, weather and rain since
last Thursday. He had had prac
tically no sleep and covered al
most 6,000 miles during bad at- j
mospheric conditions.
Water in the gasoline forced
him down. Hoyt lost 12 hours
trying to make up lost time on
his northward flight.
The plane which was a total
loss will be shipped to New York.
About 7:15 last night Hoyt pas
sed Albreda flying westward, at
very low altitude and very fast.
It is beleived he had lost his
bearing and went down in the
wrong valley. He was next re
ported circling in an effort to
find a suitable landing place. The
engine was giving him trouble.
Unable to land he headed east
ward and when he passed Al
breda he skimmed the earth at
about ICO feet- The plan continu
ed on and crashed at Valemount.
IS FORCED DOWN
EDMONTON, Alberta, July 22,
—Captain Hoyt was forced
down at Valemount, B. C., late
yesterday and the airplane is
a total loss. Hoyt was uninjured.
No details were given.
ARRIVES FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, July 22, (/P>—
Capt. Ross W, Hoyt arrived in
Fairbanks Saturday afternoon
in at 2 o’clock from Whitehorse
covering the distance in three
hours and 22 minutes
BACK IN FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, July 22, {&)—
Captain Hoyt landed here at 10:
43 last night.
LANDS WHITEHORSE
WHITEHORSE, Y. T., July 22,
(jp—Captain Hoyt landed here
at 9:15 a- m., yesterday and took
off at 11 expecting to reach Ed
monton last night.
MOBILIZING IN SIBERIA
TOKYO, July 22. (/P)—Russian
troops have crossed the border
into Manchuria and occupied two
sirategetic cities on the Chinese
Eastern Railway, according to a
telegram from Harbin. Great ex
citement prevails in Harbin, where
nearly 40,000 white Russians are 1
quartered. Meanwhile the Rus- i
sian army is reported to be mob- j
iliiing in Siberia.
CONSIDERED CONCILIATORY
TOKYO, July 22. (IP)—Official
Japanese circles were relieved and
greatly gratified at Nanking's
reply to the soviet ultimatum in
a manner that is considered con
ciliatory.
VICTORIA SAILS SOUTH
NOME, July 22, (IP)—'The S. S.
Victoria, of the A. S- S. Co.,
.sailed for Seattle Saturday af
ternoon with 30 passengers and
over a quarter of a million dol
lars in gold bullion; there is
also on board furs valued at
$300,000.
PRESIDENT IF Hi
I,ILLS FOR fills
RISE UPHOLD RIGHTS
PEKING, July 22, (/P)—President
Chiang Kai Shek, called the Chin
ese armies to rise against “Red
Imperialism” and to uphold the
i sovereign rights of China in a
I manifesto issued today.
I He declared the abolition un
iequal in the treaties. The realiza
tion of the National independence
constituted the most important
points in the Chinese revolutionary
| program; that every off icier and
soldier of the National army should
be willing to sacrifice their lives
for their realization.
WASHINGTON, July 22. m —
China and Russia continued war
preparations while the United
States sought to bring about
peace. Secretary Stimson has call
ed to the attention of both the
soveit and Chinese governments
the fact that they are signa
tories of the Kellogg-Anti-War
Treaty in an effort to prevent
open war.
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HITT HOPPED Off
SATURDAY FOR N9
FAIRBANKS, July 22, (/P)—
Captain Hoyt hopped off for
Nome yesterday afternoon and
intends to land and remain in
Nome from 15 minutes to a half
hour returning direct to Fair
bangs for a brief rest.
He planned to take off from
here about 2 o'clock in the
morning and hopes to reach
New York Monday afternoon.
The visibility is low in the
Fairbanks and Nome areas
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THOUSANDS OF
COIICTS IKE
BREAK L
SOLDIERS RUSHED TO PRISON
ARMED WITH RIFLES; TWO
CONVICTS KILLED
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., July 22, (TP)
—More than 15,000 convicts at the
Clinton prison revolted and injured
two guards, burned the carpenter
shop and made an unsuccessful at- j
! tempt to rush over the prison wall.
One hundred and 24 prison offi
cers manned the walls armed with
rifles |and kept the prisoners at
bay. The details are withheld by;
the officials but it was learned that
every available state trooper are on
their way to the prison.
Colonel Madden, eammandant of
the Plattsburg barracks, and act
ing on orders from Washington,
jsent a truck load of soldiers armed
with rifles and bayonets to the
! scene. Two convicts are reported
i to have been killed.
AVIATOR STILL ML
SIT IS Sill BIT
NEW YORK, July 22. (/P)—1 The
Polish Committee in N. Y. re
ceived a message from Major
Kasimir Kukala, Polish trans
! Atlantic flyer at Santa Cruz Is
land of Graclosa in the Azores,
; stating that his companion, Maj.
Ludwig Idzikowski, is still alive,
but burned so badly that no hope
for him is held. Kubala was not
; injured seriously.
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RETURN TO CHINA
SAN FRANCISCO. July 22, UP)—;
Ying Kao, suspected vice consul in
San Francisco, his young wife, and
Suen Foon, for 17 years chancellor
to the Chinese consul general here,
and charged with ccpmlicity in the
attempt to smuggle opium worth
I $600,000 into this port in the bag
igage of Mrs. Kao, will be returned
ito China for prosecution.
OHIOAN PARKS CARS ON ENDLESS
j. — CHAIN IN TOWER “GARAGE”
1
A tower parking device invented by J. E. Morton
| of Sandusky, Ohio, handles cars on an endless chain. .
RUSSIAN HOPS
NANKING. July 22, (/P)—Marshal
Chang Hsueh Liang, Manchurian
war lord, reported direct to the
Nationalists government that the
Soviet forces opened an attack on
the Chinese at 8 o’clock yesterday
along the Suifenho river on the
eastern border of Manchuria.
Chang reported the Chinese re
mained on the defensive. The
Russians are equiped with poi
son gas and 32 machine guns
NEW YORK, July 22, (/P)—
Pittsburgh regained first place
in the National race by winning
the second game from the
Giants while Chicago was losing
to Brooklyn.
The victory gave Pittsburgh
an even break in the four-game
! series- They won the game in
the fifth inning when they
bunched five hits off Benton and
a muff by Leach which brought
in four runs.
LITTLE POSSIBILITY OF REDUC
TION EXCEPT ARMY; HAS
HOPES, HOWEVER
WASHINGTON, July 22, (IP)—
That the cost of the government,
and the cost especially of main
taining the army and navy, public
works, and postal service, is mount
ing fairly rapidly was brought out
in a statement issued by President
Hoover.
The requirements of these four
branches of government maintain
ance is rising from $70,000,000 in
1928 to an estimated expenditure
of $1,148,000,000 in 1933.
The President showed that there
is little probability of reduction in
[these fields except the army, un
less an international agreement to
limit the navy is reached. He
hopes for a great reduction in the
national debt, however.
RECOVERING FAST
HORTA, Azores, July 22. (£>)— j
Major Kasimir Kubala, injured |
Polish trans-Atlantic flyer is re- |
covering rapidly from the injuries
j he received when the plane in
which he and his companion were
occupants crashed.
TRIAL WEDNESDAY
New York, July 22. (A3)—The
four partners of Clarke Brothers,
defunct banking firm, were ar
raigned on state charges of ac
ception of deposits when they
knew that the firm must fail. The
trial was set for Wednesday, five
days before they face a federal
court on mail fraud charges.
FAILS IN FLIGHT RECORD
HOUSTON, July 22. (/P)—The
Houston “Billion Dollar City,” at
| tempting a new endurance re
| fueling flight record, landed in a
i field southeast of the Houston
Airport. The plane had been in
jthe air less than 20 hours.
STEW ALASKA
SAILS F
HAS FAIR LISTING
FEW SEWARD RESIDENTS ARE
NOTED ABOARD FAST A. S.
S. CO., LINER ALASKA
SEATTLE, July 22. (IP)— The
S. S- Alaska of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 9 a.m. Sunday carrying
178 passengers and 12 steerage.
There were 68 passengers for
Seward and included the fol
lowing :
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Laborson
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. S.
L. Smedley. Mrs. H. Madsen, W.
Fox, A. Nyberg, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Cooper, John S. Cooper, Elize
beth Cooper, Wm. B. Cooper, C.
Brown, Miss D. Pearsall, Mrs. G.
Tonseth, Geo. Valear, F. C- Wise
Man, Mrs. D. E. Brown and two
children.
G. L. Bontecan, Miss E. Heber
den, Mrs. and Dr. Colchette, Miss
F. Hessey, Miss I. Worley, Mrs
H. A. Howe, C- Bothell, H. Court
land, E. Brandall, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Bennett, Mr and Mrs. D
L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Sapp, Sg. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. F. Town and child. Miss
Havens, Mrs- Alice Wells, Mrs. S.
L. Colwell, Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Harmegnies, Mrs. and Dr. S. K.
Kross, Mrs. J- Wicham and son.
Miss C. Wingfield, Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Barters, Judge A. C. Clink,
| F- W. McDermott, Mr. and Mrs.
John G. I-Iackstaff and daught
er, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. N. E. Tone, Fred C. Lang,
Dr- and Mrs. Wm. J. Long, Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Fahler and four
steerage.
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LONDON, July 22. (/^—War
like movements on both sides of
the Manchurian-Siberian border
followed the receipt of the soviet
| ultimatum by the Nanking
government. Dispatches from To
kyo declared that the Chinese
I apparently will ignore the ulti
j matum. Both nations are mobil
izing troops.
| Harbin dispatches to the Pap
anese news agency at Rengo, in
! Tokyo, reveal reports of a dem
i onstration in Vladivostok against
| the Chinese Consulat there.
TEMPORARY REPLY
NANKING, July 22. (JP)—The
Chinese Nationalistic government
has sent a temporary reply to
soviet Russia’s ultimatum grow
ing out of the Manchurian seiz
ure of the Chinese Eastern Rail
way. The message, a conciliatory
note, was rushed to comply with
the time limit set by the soviet,
is understood to be only a tem
porary stay to avoid a break
until a full reply is sent to the
long ultimatum is sent later.
PROTESTS ARE NUMEROUS
MOSCOW, July 22. (JP)—Mos
5 cow is ringing with popular pro
tests and demonstrations against
the Chinese government, despite
the announcement of what is con
| sidered a conciliatory temporary
j communique from the Nanking
) government.