MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME IV. NUMBER 37.
SEWARD, ALASKA TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CONSTRUCTION ON
LOWELL CHEEK IN
SECONDARY PHASE
PILE DRIVER MOVES IN TO PUT
IN BENTS FOR HEAD OF TIIE
FLUME
With the intake dam at the head
of the project practically complet
ed and with a pile driver moving in
Sunday it can be said that the
work of the Warrack Construction
Co., on the Lowell Creek flood con
trol flume is well under way and
taking form. Although hampered
by high waters the dam work has
gone forward and there is 300,000
feet of lumber staked along the
creek ready for the flume construc
tion which begins at once. One
hundred thousand feet of lumber
arrived on the steamer Yukon Sat
urday from Ketchikan to supple
ment the quarter of a million feet
previously brought in but 50,000
feet were carried down the stream
in the flood and are checked as a
loss, according to J. B. Warrack
who is superintending operations.
The pile driver and a new force
of men will start placing bents at
the intake of the flume. The piles
are being brought down from the
mountainside and will be driven
into the bed of the creek as a bul
wark against which three-inch
planking is to be placed to furnish
a runway for the waters, 13 feet
wide and eight feet high. Army
' engineers say that fhesc dime
sions will carry any possible flood
that may come down from Glacier
Canyon, basing their calculations
on measurements of the stream
flow'.
DEMOTIC MOVE
SCHIST SI SMITH
SOUTHERNS DECLARE QUIT
PARTY IF TAMMANY DOMI
NATES
MEMPHIS, Sept. 13, (£>)— A meet
ing attended by representatives
from 17 States formed the National
Constitutional Democratic Com
mittee, which in a statement de
clared that “we believe in the prin
ciples of the Democratic Party and
it is primarily because of our devo
tion to them that we are determin
ed to do all in our power to take
the Party out of the hands of Tam
many Hall.”
Al Smith Departs
For Tour Western
States, Has Task
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, UP)—Gov- 1
ernor Alfred Smith, Democratic
Presidential nominee, left Sunday
night for a tour of western States
where he is a tenderfoot and un
known to the people except as he is
presented in the newspapers and
by radio.
He is seeking to take from the
Republican Party the Agrarian vote
which has always been theirs. That!
is his task and is not easy as may
seem in reports made to Herbert
Hoover by Speaker Nicholas Long
worth and Senators Nye and Cap
per.
While visiting Mr. Hoover in
Washington these men reported a
strong trend toward a Republican
victory in the West.
Yankees Go On
Baiting Spree
Leading American
NEW YORK, Sept., 18, {/P)—The
Yankees went on a batting spree
and when the smoke of battle had
cleared away they had stepped in
to the lead in the pennant race a
full game ahead of the Athletics
who were idle.
Hoyt pitched his 19th win of the
season against six losses. He allow
ed seven hits. The Yankees pound
ed put four St. Louis pitchers for
16* hits while six errors by the
Browns added to the slaughter.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TELLS
CROWD DEMOCRATS ARE
ALL WRONG
NEWARK, Sept., 13. (/Pi—In the
face of the greatest demonstration
he has witnessed since he was cho
sen to bear the standard of the
Republican Party, Hoover deliver
ed the first stroke in the campaign
to win the East.
After an automobile tour thru
a dozen smaller towns the nomi
nee described the tariff and immi
gration stands of the Democrats
as serious threats against the pro
gram of labor and that the Dem
ocrats tariff and immigration
plans might constitute a barrier
to the onward sweep of progress
made during the past seven and
! one-half years.
Although labor, through collect
| ive bargaining may improve work
: ing conditions and wages, govern
ment aid is necessary. If the coun
try's works should be operated
that a full time job will exist for
I
every man.
GERHARD JOHNSEN GIVEN UN
TIL NEXT JULY TO FINISH
BUILDING
After a protracted session of the
Seward City Council last night dur
ing which four bids were opened
and discussed, the contract for the
building of Sewr^1’"
house was awarded to Gerhard
Tohnsen for $40,200, excluding the
proposed gymnasium but including
the disposal tank and the concrete
walks. However, it was agreed that
the work could be completed by
July 1. 1920. which it was admitttcd
means there will be no new school
house for Seward citizens this year
which had been voted for twice by
overwhelming majority.
Three other bids were submitted
by the Warrack Construction Co.,
of Seattle, ranging thru $47,000,
$4G,G00 and $43,500. specifying
marked changes in tire plans and
in one instance, asking a time limit
to July 15 of next year for the com
pletion of the work. In none of
the bids was the gymnasium in
cluded.
The building contract is to be
drawn up immediately and Mr.
Johnsen has agreed to begin work
at once on the foundation. The
Council will meet again next Mon
day to close and sign the necessary
papers.
r other Gf Eugenic
Baby Thought Found
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. (/Pi—Mrs.
Grace Burnham, mother of the
“eugenic baby” was named co-rc
rpondent in a counter suit for di
vorce filed by Sifera Medvedoff
against Mark Medevdoff. 23 year
old Russian giant who claims to be
the father of the Burnham child.
WANTS CHILDREN
DETRIOT, Sept. 18. t7P)— Mrs.
Hugh Dillman started proceedings
to have herself appointed guard
ian for the two children of her
son, Horace Dodge.
Cards Still Hold
I
Lead In National
*
League Struggle
PHILADELPHIA, Sept., 13, UP)—
A homer by Bottomley, his 20th
for the season, gave St. Louis a 5
to two victory over the Philies
enabling the Cardinals to retain
a two-game lead in the National
League pennant race. The battle
stood two all in the seventh in
ning when Bottomley got his hom
er with two men on bases.
STILL COUNTING
\ UP DEATH TOTAL
OF HURRICANE
j
FLORIDA SECTIONS MAY RIVAL
OTHER STORM DISASTERS
WHEN ACCOUNTS IN
I
I
MIAMI, Sept. 18, UP) -Sweening
| across Florida the hurricane added
38 known dead. The heavy toil
! which claimed the West Indies and
porto Rico with an estimated death
toll of 1.000 and 300 known dead,
'had the highest, fatalities in the
West Indies although proportion
| ally the French dependency of
Guadeloupe, with 235 known dead
jancl 300 estimated dead, was the
hardest hit.
Army transports are on their way
to San Juan with food. A naval
I vessel is being loaded in New York
with additional supplies for the is
land.
Twenty-four are dead in the
Lake Okeechobee region and 14
elsewhere mostly in the Palm
Beach area of Florida with 140 in
jured in the West Palm Beach hos
pital and hotels.
Two National guard units have
been ordered to Okeechobee City.
West Palm Beach is under military
rule to facilitate relief. Relief
trains are moving Northward into
West Palm Beach from Miami and
Southward from Daytona Beach
with doctors, nurses and supplies.
The storm is centering over the
Georgia and Florida line and mov
ing Northeastward.
SENSATIONS piling up in
! NORTHCOTT MYSTERY IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18, UP)—
| Talking like a streak and piling
j sensation on sensation, Cyrus
jNorthcott added another murder to
| the four which his son, Gordon
jNorthcott is already accused of
having been involved,
i He directed officers in a new
search for graves on his Riverside
farm for three suspected victims
Riverside authorities said that a
I murder charge will be filed against
Gordon and his mother, Mrs. Louise
i Northcott.
j The new slaying, according to
| the father was in a miner’s cabin
ion the desert several miles from
the murder farm and in it young
jNorthcott was said to have been
aided by a miner. The father said
his son and the Vniner were living
in a cabin when the miner’s parfc
• ner arrived and argued on prfits
land the partner was killed by the
'other two.
Northcott painted his son as an
“ape man” over whom only his in
dulgent mother had any control.
Officers digging on the farm yes
terday uncovered half a dozen
bones still,’hiked by flesh and toe
1 nails believed frm the foot of a 10
{year old boy.
! Mother and son are believed to
be in Canada.
SALE DOOMS CHICA-..,;5S OLDTIME MANSION
A hotel is to replace the austere mansion in Chicago
where the late Mrs. Potter Palmer reigned for years as
the city’s social dictator. On Lake Shore drive apart
ments already have elbowed it into insignificance.
Kidnappers Hold
Canadian Brewer
For Large Sum
DETROIT, Sept., 18, (JP)—Samuel
Low, president of the Carling
Brewing company, of London. On
tario, has been kidnapped and
held for a $35,000 ransom, is be
came known today, coincident
with an unsuccessful attempt by
the police to trap the extortion
ists.
The ruse failed, when a taxicab
driver accepted a dummy package
given as the ransom, escaped the
detectives.
Eastern Railroad
Issues Decree So
Women Are Fired
NEW YORK, Sept. 18, .tP)—News
papers say hundreds of married
Women employed by the Long Is
lantl Railroad have received notice
terminating their employment alt
er December 31.
The classes of employes hardest
hit include station agents, steno
.ray hers, clerks, bookkeepers, and
typi. ts. It is understood the order
will not effect widows or women
whose husbands were disabled in
the service of the company.
No Bail Allowed
In Kodiak Killing
KODIAK, Sept., 18, —In the
Commissioner’s court today Karl
Armstrong was held to answer
for the shooting of Eric Dahlberg
oqa pun mg i am uo ^oqs oq uioij.u
died the following day. A request
by Armstrong’s attorney, John F.
Coffey, was refused by the court.