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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 197- SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23. 1929. PRICE TEN CENTS
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IN OPEN LETTER
PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL
CALLS FELLOWMAN LIAR,
CURSE, HUMANITY
NEW YORK, Aug., 23, (A5)—As
serting that Christianity, as in
terpreted by Bishop T. Manning
of the Episcopal diocese of New
York was a lie and a curse to
humanity, Rev. James Emphring
ham asked the Bishop, in an open
letter made public today, to re
lieve him of Holy orders which he
had resigned and renounced.
Dr. Emphringham, who is the
national secretary of the church
temperance society, said he had
lost his faith 15 years ago and
saw no possibility of regaining it.
Among other things in which he
criticized the Bishop severely, was
his stand against divorce and re
marriage.
Rev. Emphringham was himself
recently divorced and is married
again.
Copies of the letter were sent
to New York from California
where Empringham said he went
to live on account of serious heart
disease and not as the published
statement which charged him with
avoiding payment of rent.
The premises were rented for
his health by the education society
and later were closed by the board,
upon which he moved away. He
resigned several years ago from
the pastorage at St. Paul’s, Syra
cuse, and went into temperance
work becoming, in time, an oppo
nent to prohibition.
He said the charges that he
had practiced medicine without a
license were untrue and fostered
by discharged employes.
In a postcript he asserted that
blackmailers had demanded money
from him.
MILITARY OPERATIONS
ON MNJOR SCALE TAKE
PLACE SIBERIA BOBBER
* LONDON, Aug., 23, 1929, (#>)—
The first military operations on
a major scale along the Manchur
* ian Siberian border where the
armies of Soviet Russia and the
Chinese have been facing each
other for several weeks, were re
ported from Mukden and pur
ported to be based on an official
announcement that an army of
10,000 Russians equipped with 30
field guns and many machine
guns, were said to have penetrat
ed Western Manchuria, both to
the north and to the south of
Manchuli.
LEAVE RHINELAND
THE HAGUE, Aug., 23, (IP)— An
authoritative announcement was
made that British soldiers will be
gin leaving the Rhineland on Sep- ,
tember 1.
TWO YEAR SEARCH
MEXICO CITY, Aug., 23, (IP)—
Juan Salazar, serving a 10-year
sentence for murder, was freed
when- his brother Antonion captur
ed the real slayer after a search
lasting two years.
JUNEAU, Aug., 23, (^—Colonel
Conrad H. Mann, president of the
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce,
was a guest Thursday at a lunch
eon of the local chamber. He said
that Alaska’s chief need is air
transportation. He was enroute to
Seward but was unable to secure
southbound steamer accommoda
tions so stopped off here.
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, MOSCOW, Aug., 23, (/P)—Semyoe
Shestakov, Russian aviator who
crashed near Siberia in an at
tempted Moscow to New York
flight* left Thursday in a new at
tempt to reach America.
Several stops have been planned
the first at Khasnoyarsk, 2,000
miles away.
The new plane, called "Land of
Soviets”, has two engines of 1200
h. p. and is similar to the one
wrecked in the first attempt. The
aviator said that if the flight is
successful it is proposed to estab
lish in 1931 an air line between
Russia and the American coast as
continuation of trans-Siberian ser
vice.
Shestakov will follow his original
route.
CIGARETTE STARTS BLAZE IN
COCKPIT BLANCHE NOYLES
PLANE
FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug., 23, (TP)
—Heading into a southeast wind
enroute to the first refueling stop
at Tulsa, Okla., the women’s air
derbyists took-off on the continua
tion race to Cleveland.
All the fliers were weary when
they ended the long flight yester
day which took them over 10,000
miles.
Blanche Noyes was forced to land
at the foot of a mountain when she
discovered a lighted cigarette had
set fire to the cockpit of the plane.
She extinguished the flame and
took-off in the mesquite, damaging
the landing gear.
Three others, Edith Foltz, Mar
garet Perry and Florence Branes
also had minor mishaps which de
layed them in reaching the Fort
Worth control point.
REVOLVING FUND
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 23, (TP)
—To stabilize the raisin and the
fresh grape industry of Cali
fornia, the federal farm board
announced a loan of $9,000,000
for the season of 1929. This was
the cheering message received in
this city and it marks the first
important advance made from
the farm relief involving fund.
TARIFF BATTLE PORTENDS
VIOLENT SENATE SESSION
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Stormy nays over the tariff face the senate which reconvened
August 19 with Senator Borah of Idaho (left) leading the belligerent
republican independents, Senator Smoot of Utah (right) heading the
republican regulars, and Senator Harrison of Mississippi in the fore
front of the democrats.
NEW YORK, Aug., 23, (JP)— Eight
members of the Graf Zeppelin’s
crew, now in Japan awaiting favor
able weather to sail, will leave the
dirigible on its arrival in Los An
geles and will cross to New York by
planes and train because it was de
cided that the eastern passage over
the Rocky mountains required a
flight at such an altitude that a de
creased load is advisable, Henry W.
Conner, Eastern traffic manager of
the Trans-Continental Air Trans
port anounced.
EVIDENCE SUBMITTED PROVES
LIQUOR PREVALENT AMONG
ALL CLASSES
WASHINGTON AugT 23, UP)—
Picturing a distinct and steady
rise in American liquor consump
tion and intemperance since pro
hibition went into effect, an as
sociation against the prohibition
amendment made public the re
sults of a year’s survey, conducted
by John Gebhart, the director of
its research department. The re
port contains information indica
tive of increased alcoholic insani- j
ty, more patients suffering from
acute alcoholism, more arrests
for drunkenness and a curve on
deaths plotted to show rate for
entire country has risen to pre-;
war levels. Evidence is presented
to show that liquor is as prevalent
among the laboring class as well j
as the richer classes. With the re- j
port of the anti-prohibition as-1
sociation came a revelation thru
the correspondence of Dr. James
Doran, the prohibition commis-:
sioner to Senator Watson, that j
grain alcohol can not be derived
from coal and petroleum revo
lutionary industrial accomplish
ment.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 10; New York 0.
Chicago 4; Philadelphia 3.
Washington 6; Detroit 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 16; Philadelphia 7.
St. Louis 5; Boston 4.
Brooklyn 13; Cincinnati 9.
Pittsburgh 6; New York 2.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 14; Oakland 13.
Missions 6; Sacramento 3.
Portland 10; Pittsburgh 3.
San Francisco 8-9; Los Angeles
7-1.
SEASON OPENS UP l
LONDON, Aug. 23, (JP)—The r
grouse season opens in Scotland!
Monday with hundreds of Ameri- 1
cans among those out with dog 1
and gun. Increase in the number <
of Americans has boosted rental <
of Highlands and country houses, <
some which rent for the season ;
at about fifteen hundred dollars. 1
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PACIFIC TO SEATTLE
GIANT DIRIGIBLE TO FOLLOW
COURSE SOUTH OF ALEU
TIAN ISLANDS
KASFMIKAURA, Japan, Aug., 23,
W3)—The globe encircling Graf
Zeppelin left today, a day and a
half behind schedule. She took the
air for her projected 5470 mile
journey to Los Angeles at 3:13 this
afternoon, which is 1:13 a. m. Fri
day by Eastern Standard time.
There are 60 persons aboard; 41
in the crew and 19 passengers. Dr.
Eckener expected to cover the 5400
miles in 100 hours, bringing the
Graf into Los Angeles at sundown
on Monday.
The course will lay south of the
Aleutian Islands to Seattle, thence
down the coast to Los Angeles, but"'
Dr. Eckener stid the iptinerary de
pended on the weather.
The first radio contact will be es
tablished by the Standard oil tank
er Astral, which is reported to be
300 miles east of Tokio. Many
steamships along the route are ex
pected to pick up signals as well as
Alaska and Pacific radio stations.
Weather reports will be wireless
ed to the Graf from San Francisco
which will indicate if unfavorable
weather conditions develop over
the proposed route.
T
IT BUTE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, (JP)—
Athough traders on. stock market
have apparently recovered from
the first shock caused by an in
crease in the rediscount rate of
the Federal Reserve Bank for
New York, developments of the
last few days in the credit sit
uation indicates that Congress will
formally investigate the policies
of the Federal Reserve Boatd at
their winter session.
The fact that Sir Montague
Norman, governor of the Bank of
England had conferred with high
officials of the Reserve Board just
prior to the recent rediscount rate
increase, has turned the attention
of Congressmen to the possibility
that European financiers may be
influencing the Board decisions.
PANTAGES UP FOR
TRIAL SUPERIOR COURT
LOS ANGELES, SEPT, 23
LOS ANGELES, Aug., 23, \(£>)—
\lexander Pantages will appear for
;rial in the Superior court Septem
Der 23rd on charges of assault in
;he case of Eunice Pringle.
A plea of not guilty was entered
}y the theatre owner yesterday
vhen arraigned. Mrs. Pantages was
jrdered to stand trial September 3,
m chargs growing out of the death
)f Joe Rokumoto in an automobile
iccident when it was claimed that
tfrs. Pantages was intoxicated.