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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 161.
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LIES IN STATE OF COMA AND
DEATH IS BELIEVED TO BE
NEAR
JUNEAU, July 12. (/P) — Fred
Harrison who was appointed in
5 1921 by Presdent Harding as the
district attorney of the Second
Division with headquarters at
^ Nome and who resigned several
weeks ago following a stroke of
paralysis was taken to Fairbanks
by plane; then to Juneau, enroute
to the Pioneers Home, lies in a
state of coma at the local hos
pital and is sinking.
Death is beleved to be near.
Harrison was born in San Fran
cisco in 1869 and first came to
Alaska in 1898. He has only been
out of the country but one since
he is practically totally para
lyzed.
SEVEN TROUGHS '
TUNNEL HUS HIT
LOVELOCK, Nev., July 11, (/P)—
William Cavanaugh, who has been
driving a tunnel on property near
that owned by the Seven Troughs
Gold Mines Company, made a
strike on the ground a few days
ago which is accounted one of the
cur in this area. The ore body is
most substantial of any to oc
declared to be of a width of two
feet with an average value in gold
cf $50- A streak of eight inches
i * is said to carry more than $200
in gold.
DOUGLAS. Isle of Man. July 12
UP)—A new admiral for the Mam
1 erring fleet, an admiral who wil
draw only $25 a year, has beer
named by the lieutenant governoi
of this island dominion.
It is a small fleet now, but hal:
a century ago Peel harbor wa;
packed so close with the herring
vessels that a man could walk tin
length avnd breadth of the por
from deck to deck. The herriin
admiral’s duties are to guide tin
fleet to the fishing grounds and t(
signal the raising and lowering o
the nets.
CARDIFF, Wales, July 11, </P)~
For the first time in four years th
quarterly audit of the South Wale
coal industry has shown a profit.
As against a loss of 11 cents a toi
for the last quarter of 1928 and «
loss of 32 cents a ton for the firs
quarter of 1P28, the audit this tim
shows a profit of four and one-hal
cents a ton, or a total of $495,000.
The output of coal for the firs
three months of 1929, the repor
states, was 10,628,408 tons, or al
most 1,000,00 tons more than durinj
t,he previous quarter. The tota
wages paid increased from $21,456,'
S00 to $23,485,000.
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CHS itSOH IS
IPPOINTFD TO eOll
WASHINGTON, July 12, (/P)—
Charles Wilson, former New York
commissioner of agriculture, has
oeen appointed on the federal farm
hoard There is one vacancy now
! remaining and President Hoover is
looking for a wheat industry as
j spokesman for the place. The ap
pointment is expected next week
!after the first meeting of the board
which is scheduled for Monday.
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01 BALTIC COAST
MANY INTERESTING PIECES OF
M'fNEY AND IMPLEMENTS
ARE FOUND
ST ALP, Gennany, July 12, (/P)—
The almost legendary Pomerania
township of Lonzke, which disap
peared centuries ago under the
j rands of a “wandering dune”, is
coming to light again.
Lonzke was • a thriving fishing
pert on the Baltic coast early in
the 16th century, but was slowly in
vaded by a moving mass of sand
known as the Lonzker dune. Finally
deserted by its inhabitants, it was
completely engulfed and no visible
trace of it remained. This hap
pened about 400 years ago.
; Lately, the dune in its further
°lacier-like progress began to yield
up parts of the old site. The Kaiser
Friedrich Museum in Berlin then
set to work to explore this “Pomer
anian Pompeii” and many interest
ing ancient implements were found.
Pieces of money of King Sigis
mund 1 of Poland, Albrecht of
Brandenburg and Frederick of Sax
ony were unearthed, dating be
| tween 1498 and 1532, but one new
i Moldavian coin bore the latest
date 1540. This is therefore believ
ed to be about the time when the
, Dst inhabitants, according to leg
end, fled from a terrific sandstorm.
Efforts have been made for years
to anchor the Lonzker dune by
planting vegetation, but to .no,
. avail The dune, which is 170 feet
: high and about a mile square, pro
l coeds on its way relentlessly.
1828 MOTOR El OUTPUT
1 DETROIT. July 11, (/PI—More
J itaxicabs were manufactured in
) American automobile plants the
i last .five months than in the entire
year of 1928,.
More than 9,000 of them were
I turned out in January, February,
(March, April and May. compared
_ | with 6.713 in J928.
Automobile production including
{trucks and taxicabs, continues to
! run approximately 45 percent
ahead of last year, indicating a 1929
^output of 6,000,000 vehicles.
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PREPARE FOR BATTLE
WASHINGTON, July 12. (/P)—
Democrats and radical republicans
in the senate are preparing to fight
against a plan to give President
Hoover the right to appoint the
tariff board without regard to poli
cies.
BIG GRAPE PRODUCTION
r LAKELAND, Fla., July 12, (/P)—
1; Grape production in Lake and
- Orange counties this year is esli
(mated at 600 tons.
USUI SKIN UK
IS ILL JH OF
LSSI M HI S. L
JUNEAU. July 12, UP)—Fourteen
canneries from Kake to Yakutat in
southeastern Alaska area have
(packed approximately 90.000 cases
of salmon up to last Saturday night
according to reports received at the
fisheries bureau. This is well ahead
af the pack for 1927 on the same
date but less than that of 1928.
Indications are favorable for a
large pack of pinks this year as
this season, the present cycle, is
two-year fish.
DIRECTOR ARRESTED
| BARTOW, Fla., July 12, (IP)—
: Tohn L. Fouts, president and direc
tor of four central Florida banks,
jail of which failed on May 15th last,
was arrested today charged with
having violated the State banking
laws. It is charged that he bor
rowed funds from the bank without
the sanction of the other directors.
Will FLIERS
ENROUTE TO PUBIS
ROME, July 12, UP)—Lewis Yancy
end Roger Williams, accompanied
by Italian officials, inspected the
‘Pathfinder” with a view to making
a flight to Paris shortly for a re
union of the Old Orchard Club.
The Americans want to keep
i their promise t^ the Franch f>ers,
lAssolent, Lefervrc and Lotti to
! have a reunion at Montmarte if
I both succeeded in crossing the
j ocean
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
! Boston 15; Detroit 8.
Washington 9; Cleveland 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
l • Pittsburgh 6; Philadelphia 2.
Cincinnati 8; Boston 0.
-i Chicago 8-12; New York 3-16.
St. Louis 6; Brooklyn 3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 7: Portland 4.
Hollywood 10; Seattle 4.
San Francisco 7; Oakland 5.
Sacramento 10; Los Angeles 9.;
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JUNEAU, July 12, (/p)_Jefferson
Myers commissioner of the U. S.
{shipping board will deliver a brief
{address to the people of Alaska
{here August 25th. He is on the
[steamer Doiothy Alexander which
| mils from Seattle about August 20.
His visit to Alaska must be brief
because of the necessity of being
{in Washington early in September.
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OLD PROSPECTOR
! LiDED Iff JAIL
| BORIS GOLD
ALASKAN RUNS AFOUL LAW
IN SEATTLE. PANS THREE
OUNCES OF METAL
SEATTLE, July 12. (/P)—“There
are strange things, ‘neath the
Arctic sun, by men who moil
for gold ...” So wrote the poet.
But in the county jail at Seat
I tie, Emmett T. Eckel has done
something strange enough to
equal any of the deeds about
counted in song and story about
the frozen North and its men.
For Eckel has panned gold in
his cell.
i Eckel, as he tells it is a vic
tim of his enemies. A prospect
or in Alaska, he returned to
Seattle, telling of a strike—a
rich one—that he had discover
ed and worked in the frozen
North.
;
But Emmett didn’t know the
law—there were legal entangle
ments somewhere, and the first
thing he knew he was occupy
ing a cell in the Seattle jail and
wondering about it all
i Eckel didn’t enter the jial
I empty-handed, however . With
him he carried a sack with what
looked like ordinary dirt. The
superintendent, an old sourdough
himself, managed the rest. He
allowed Eckel to pan it in his
cell, with the result that three
ounces of gold came to light.
He says the dirt came from his
Alaska property ""om which his
' enemies are trying to dispossess
him.
TROTZKY MYSTERY SHIFTS TO HIS WIFE
I Mm. Leon Trotzky, shown with her husband and
j son, now is the mysterious member of the exiled boJ
‘•shevist family .
GALA FIRE RESCUE SCENE IS
TURNED INTO HORRIFYING
DEATH TRAP
DILLINGHAM, Eng. July 12.
(/P)—While laughing thousands
watched what they thought to
be a part of a fire fighting show,
11 boy naval cadet firemen were
ourned to death and six seriously
Injured and taken to St. Barthol
omews hospital.
To aid in the fete given was
a special constructed madel
house designed to be the scene
of a gala fire brigade rescue scene
but became, instead, a horrify
ing death trap to the boys who
so eagerly had taken part in the
! festival.
The youngsters were dressed
in clown suits and when they
made frantic efforts to escape
they brought only great applause
from the audience who thought
it was but a part of the show.
In five minutes the flames de
frayed the oil soaked canvas and
all that was left was the charred
bodies of the youths and the gaunt
skeleton model house.
I The frantic parents gathered
in the mortuary seeking their
sons’ bodies. Only five of the
dead have been identified.
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JERUSALEM, July 12, (/PI—The
Palestine government has just is
sued to the Ziomist executive here
2.400 immigration certificates for
use up to September 30. This is
four times as many as were issued
in the previous six months.
To all intents and purposes the
aertificates will be used to bring in
1 Jewish workers. For the preceding
six months onlv 600 certificates
were granted. For the current
period 2,800 certificates had been
|applied for by the Zionist executive
and the labor federation had asked
'for 4.000.
■5 PUS III
mi TO PREMIER
LONDON, July 12. (^P)—Ambas
sador Dawes paid another visit
■ to Premier MacDonald in the
House of Commons. His subject
I for the conference was unstated
jbut it is presumed that it will
be a resumption of the prelimin
ary conversations on the naval
question.
FISHERMEN PRESENT
PUNE, GOVERNMENT
STAMBOUL, July 12. (£>) —
The fishermen’s association whose
| members work in the Black
Sea, the Bosphorus and the Sea
| of Marmora, presented the Turk
jish government with a plane to
add to the country’s air force.
The government in gratitude has
named the machine “Fishermen
'of Stamboul.”