MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 184. SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
‘ HURRICANE RAGES
FLORIDA COAST
HUNDREDS MILES
STEAMER LOST; FREIGHT TRAIN
MISSING; TOWNS PLUNGED
r INTO DARKNESS
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, August 8
(/P)—The East coast from above
West Palm Beach to Melbourne, a
100-mile stretch, was battered by a
tropical hurricane which distressed
shipping and isolated towns and brot
considerable damage to property.
Anxiety was expressed for a time
over the whereabouts of the palatial
i Havana Special of the Florida East
Coast Railroad but which finally ar_
rived five hours overdue at Miami.
It’s route lay thru thfa storm area.
The S. S. Lempira, a Honduras ves.
sel, SO miles off the -coast, was lost.
Several life boats from this v»asisel
are reported making little headway
/in the gale.
A missing flight train has) not been
heard from since it left Fort Pierce
^ which town was among those isolated
and unheard from. The 60.mile wind
swi-^pt Palm beaches plunging towns
info darkness.
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. FOUi i LAWN
CHICAGO SUBURB
BEATEN AND ATTACKED; WAS
RETURNING HOME FROM
LIBRARY
^ CHICAGO, Aug. 8, (JP)—The bo ly
o: Jennie Constance, 42, head of the
English department of the Bradley
Polytechnical Institute, Peoria, P!i
no is. was found on the front lawn c.1
an Evanston residence.
She had been beaten to death and
I attacked. A blood stained iron pipe
was found near wnere the body lay
beiiind a hedge from the home in
which she had been rooming for th
summer/
Stains along the sidewralk indicated
to the police she had been struck as
she walked in front of the house. H°r
clothes were nearly torn from t^e
body which was found by a milk
man The woman w*as returning from
a library when attacked.
GULF INJUNCTION
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8, (IP)- -
Philadelphia courts will issue an in
junction against the Public Links
Championship Golf Tournament on
the complaint of two negro players
who said they' were- excluded because
of their color.
HIGH COST OF CRIME
NEW YORK, Aug?. 8. (#)—The cosl
•o€ crime to the Ignited States in a
skagle yoar ia $13,0100,000, the ub_
"mittee of Baume Crime Commia.
stoo reported.
TWIN tSIRL WRITERS ON JOURNALISTIC JOB
Helen (left) and Olive Parish, twin reporters on the
Atlanta, Ga., Constitution staff, look and write alike.
They “cover” assignments together and collaborate in
writing the stories. '
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS TO
BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY
DEFENDER HIMSELF
—
ALBANY, August 8, (/P)—Demand,
ing proof of the charges and the right
to reply, Governor Alfred Smith took
-Revei'end John Roach Straton to
task for' his pulpit declaration in the
Calvalry Baptist Church, in New York
on Sunday, that he (Smith) “as a
public man is the deadliest foe in
America to the force of moral pro.
I gress and true political wisdom.”
In a caustic letter Governor Smitn
requested ,in the spirit of fair play,
that he be invited to the clergyman’s
1 church and be given an opportunity
! to be heard. *
, He promised to answer any ques
tion Straton might put to him regard
ing his public cabeer in New York.
Straton announced he would accept
the challenge. Smith suggested a
large auditonium. Straton will debate
Smith in a series of speeches.
GRS BOMBS ARE USED
TO ROB ARMORED GAB
ST PAUL, Aug. S, (£>)—Four ban
dits held up the armored money car
and hurled gas bombs into the in
terior disabling the guards and es
caped with $20,000. The holdup oc
cured about a mile from the ci+y
limits where the car was operated
by a private detective agency carry
ing payrolls for packing plants.
MISSED DEATH
ROME, August 8, (JP)—Death from
the Italian submarine was finally s^t
at 27 by a count of the bodies. Eour
men had stayed ashore thereby miss,
ing the hand of death. -
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SIR WILKINS IS IN
SEATTLE RELATIVE
j WILL HOP OVER SOUTH POLE
| IN DECEMBER ACCORDING TO
PRESENT PLANS
SEATTLE, Aug. 8, (/P)—Captain
Wilkins arrived from San Francisco
ibv airplane to confer with officials
'of the Boeing Airplane Company r,c
llative to equipment for his South
Polar flight.
The “Boeing Company has furnish
ed me with two special pontoons for
!one of mv machines and am looking
I
'over the equipment. I plan leaving
the Pacific coast for New York Au-„
:gust 21 and start from New Yo'’k
; for the South Pole September 22.
My present plans contemplate a lion
over the.Pole in December.”
RESOURCES NATIONAL
RANKS LARGEST HISTORY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, (/P)—The
resources of the National Banks in
the U. S., Alaska and Hawaii aie
more than $28,500,000,000 the largest
in the history of the National banking
system, Comptroller ^>f Currency Mc
Intosh announced.
iTiyisili
DEAD FROM PRISON
NAVAL MIRACLE PERFORMED IN
RAISING SUBMARINE SHORT
IN SPACE OF TIME
ROME, August 8, (/P)—The Italian
submarine No. F 14, with its crew of
fll m'en, dead from poisonous gasses,
was brought to the surface of the
Adriatic 34 hours hours after the col.
i lision.
The weary salvagers, who perform,
led the almost impossible naval mir
iacle of retrieving the submersible at
131 feet, peered hopefully as hey
I opened he hatches onlv to find them
■ *- ■
[selves gazing into the tomb of thei
eomrades.
| They had been forewarned of the
j tragedy during the afternoon when
j the telegraph signals ceased.
ELEPHANT AND UNSET
NEW YORK, aug. S. (^P.—W i‘ Ii |
(deep regret the management an-1
nouneed that the New York to Wash-j
ington race between a donkey and j
an elephant has been postponed un~
i til August 15. It will start from the1
| Times Square. The American Legion
is sponsoring the race. J. B. Martel,
republican, and Frank A. Russo,Dem
ocrat, ana to ride the appropriate
mounts.
EYE OF RADIO SEES BY SUN WITH PHOTOCELL
A new photoelectric cell more sensitive than here to
fore developed, has brought the television camera into the
sunlight. Previously strong artificial lights were neces
sary to illuminate an object. The photograph shows the
improved transmitter, with its three foot scanning disc,
which; was used in the first demonstrations with new cell.
DEMO MOIL
COMMITTEEMI fi,
SUDDEN DEATH OF LEADER IS A
IPREPARABLE LOSS TO THE
PARTY
CHICAGO, August 8, {IF)—George
Brennan, Democratic National Com.,
mitteeman and master mind of the
Illinois democracy, died at 8:10 this
morning following a coma of several
hours during which his sturdy consti
tution alone warded off the end 'Which
seemed inevitable since yesterday.
Brennan ■was stricken more than a
week ago with an infection of a tooth,
septic poisoning, which developed fol.
lowing an operation for the removal
of two teeth.
He was one of the strongest support
erg of A1 Smith, both four years ago
and again this year and had been a
bulwark of the Illinois for many
years. For eight years his was the
guiding hand in Illinois democracy.
His passing on th'3 eve of another
Presidential election is regarded as
an almost irreparable loss to his par
ty associates. . *
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STREAK OLYMPICS
PENNSYLVANIA CREW DEFEAT.
ED ITALIANS AND ALSO TO
FACE ENGLAND
SLOTEN, Aug. 8, (/P)—California
won from Canada in the semi-finals
of the Olympic competition. The
eight oared crews gained the' right
to meet England too for the champ
ionship, on Friday. The .Englis:
crews are a strong aggregation. The
Thames Rowing Club went into the
finals by drawing.
Bye Ken Myers of Philadelphia,
won the semi-finals from Gunther, of
Holland, in the single sculls and will
meet Bob Pearce, of Australia, for
the title.
The Pennsylvania Barge Club of
four .without a coxswain, defeated
the Italians and will meet England
in the Friday finals.
ARGUMENT ON TARIFF
WILL BE MAJOR ISSUE
LONDON, Aug. 8. (#>)—William
Ilicks, Home Secretary, and other
ministers who have been openly ad
vocating “protection” as an election,
slogan for4 the conservative party,
were rebuked by Stanely Baldwin,
Prime Minister, a a session of the
cabinet. The argument on the tariff
waged strong during the meeting and
will be a major issue in the coming
elections, said 3 report. ,