MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 200.
SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, December 29, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
WILL BUILD STEEL
VESSEL FOR ALASKA
RUN; OPENING BIDS
REPORTED THAT NEW COMPANY
WILL BUILD THREE MORE
FOR SERVICE
SEATTLE, Dec., 29 (A1)—In con
nection with the plans for enlarg
ing the shipping service between
Seattle and Southeastern Alaska,
ihe W. B. Foshay Co., of Minneapo
lis which recently made large in
vestments in the northwest and Al
aska, will build a steel passenerr
raotorship for a subsidiary, Nortn
irsnd Transportation Co.
The ne v ship will cost $350,000
an ' vn. be the i ist steel ship ord
ered for a Seattle line since the
war.
It i« reported three such vessels
will be built ultimately to have ac
commodations for 58 cabin passen
gers. Refrigeration will be provid
ed in all holds so they can transport
fish.
Construction bids v/ill open on
January 5
SEATTLE, Dec., 29, (/P)—The S.
S. Alamfida, of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed for Alaska at 10 o’clock this
morning with 94 passengers.
The Seward listing comprised
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. O’Rourke, V.
Widing, Mrs. D. F. Fenier, Miss F.
Miller, Miss E. Willard, Frank Pal
mer, John Carlson, Jack Smeaton,
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Rust, Mrs. C.
Case and two daughters, Mrs. P.
E. Young, A. T. Moehring, and one
steerage.
FLORIDA BOOMERS
ARE UNDER ARREST
IN MAIL FRAUD CASE
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec., 28,
rJP)—Details of two Federal indict
ments charging five officials of
Daytona Shores. Inc., and four of
ficials of the Doytona-Dayland
Corporation, Florida development
companies, with conspiracy to use
-the mails to defraud in connection ;
with the sale of land in Volusia j
county were made nublic here by i
Francis Poor, Assistant United j
Spates attorney.
The indictment against officials1
of the Daytona Shores Inc., con
tains several counts and names as
defendants John B. Devoney of
Chicago, president; Moses A. Isaacs,
Chicago vice-president; Isaac
Marks, Indianapolis and J. H. Bns
kin, Los Angeles, directors, and I.
J. Reynolds, St. Louis, treasurer and
director. All have been arrested and
have made $2,500 bond, except De
Toney, whose bond was set at $5,000.
Those indicted in connection
with the Daytona-Dayland Corpor
ation included Devoney, Isaacs,
Briskin and one other man whose
name was withheld pending his ar
"*id '"•’•''hnme'it. Bond for
Devoney in this case was set at
$5,000 and for the others at $2,500.
NHL STUMBLES INTO
CHIP1FTER MISS
DIE NEGRO SUSPECTED
PARCHMAN, Miss., Dec., 29, (JP)—
Miss Ruth Duvall, 18, missing since
her lather, J. Duvall was slain at
jthe State prison farm yesterday
! morning, stumbled into the State
nrison camp today.
She was able to mumble only “I
have been wandering in the woods.’
Meanwhile a search continued for
Icharlev Shepherd, a negro trusty,
blamed for the slaying and kidnap
ing of Ruth.
HUDKINS VICTOR
NS WYORK, Dec., 29. (/P)—“Ace ’
Hudkins, Nebraska wildcat, decis
•oned Rene Devots, Belgian middle
weight, in a close spectacular 10
rounder
CROSSES EQUATOR
l . S. S. UTAH. Dec., 29, (A3)—He* -
hert Hoover crossed the Equator
. ester day afternoon enroute north,
220 miles off the Brazilian coast
| during a voilent rain squall.
jCM BURRO!) OF
! STIR MS THE
! ROOSEVFIT.
ASSERTS TOWLINES WERE IN
i POOR SHAPE; WILL NOT
RISK LIVES MEN AGAIN
j CORDOVA, Deo., 29, (A5)—Declar
ing he will not risk his men on the
Gulf of A’aska again unless forced, j
Capt. Albert Barron of the steamer
Starr, blamed laqk of proper towing
equipment on the tugboat Roosevelt'
for the near disaster last Monday.
The Starr is anchored four miles
from here having bepn towed there !
by the cutter Unalga.
He said, “The 'Roosevelt’s towing
lines were rotten and when sne
broke loose from us she wanted to !
quit us cold. I won’t risk my men i
on the Gulf of Alaska again unless :
forced to and I’ll see what the
Board rf Tnquiry says about it.
There isn’t a boat in these waters
that can carry us over the Gulf
in these storms.”
WEST nn DIES
TONASKHT, Wash., Dec., 29, UP)
—Henrv Livingstone who claimed to
he 108 years old, died at his home
I here where he had lived 70 years.
He came from Okanogan in 1857
J participating in the Caribou gold
I rush to British Columbia and is
credited with clinching the treaty
with the Okanogan Indians by
jdvnamiting enough fish in the river
feed the whole tribe.
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DENY CHARGES
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 29, (/P)—Tne
Bolivian Legation officially denied
hhe Paraguyan charges that Boliv
jian troops had occupied Fort Van
jeuardb within the last few days
land had advanced 11 miles into
Baroguyan territory
’ GENDARMES WANT ELEGANCE
PARTS, Dec., 29 (/P)—French gen
darmes fear for their elegance. Two
years ago they v/on permission to
have their uniforms cut by a tailor
jof their choice. Now the Govern
ment threatens to revoke the privi
lege.
AMERICA’S LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL PIERCES CASCADE RANGE
a
1. Emit Portnl of Great Northern's new Cascnde
tunnel, 8 miles lu length.
‘J. Mill Greek Vnilejr, 2V4 miles east of the Emit
Portnl, where Hlinft wan sunk 022 feet to point from
which tunneling forces would liore enst and went
to connect with operations from mulu portals.
2. Map and sketch show relative positions of present
Great Northern line which winds up mountain sides
under massive snow-sheds and the new line which
bores straight through mountains at lower elevn
tioni also relative positions of Mill Creek shaft uud
PlonofT tunnel which enabled builders to . .i
world records for speed In tunnel construction.
4. One of eight portable concrete plants which
poured more thnn itunrter million cubic yards of
concrete for lining' rock interior of gigantic bore.
5. Section of two-foot concrete walls which extend
from one portal to the other.
11. I.oading drill holes with power which on Oefob-r
20 blasted first continuous hole tkrou :'i n 'tt !•
Connection between Pioneer ti nnels •■»!!« in "'c ' ay
1 by President Coolldge who tired blast by press.atf
key ut Washington, U. C.
CHEWS HIED Bf
BUIEL. TVLER
ONE MOST DARING, COURAGE
OUS INCIDENTS ANNALS
NORTH PACIFIC
JUNEAU, Dec., 29, (/P)—Capt.
George Tyler, of the United States
Steamboat service, with head
quarters here, returned aboard the
S. S. Northwestern from Sewarcl
where he inspected the S. S. Starr.
He was a witness of. the rescue
work and praised all crews in res
ing the Starr; also, the Roosevelt.
Dr. Charles Bunnell, president of
the Alaska College, a passenger on
the Northwestern, enroute to Wash
ington, D. C., highly praised the
seamanship of the crew of the
schooner Attu. He described the
rescue of the Roosevelt one of the
most daring and courageous inci
dents in marine heroism in the an
nals of the North Pacific.
SPOKANE. Dec., 28. (JP)—Rowland
King mining engineer of Spokane,
returned to this city from an ex
amination of a group of silver-cop
Der properties In the mineral dis
trict in Idaho lying between Home
stead and Huntington. They lie
five miles from Snake River and the
railroad and are well situated on
the steep hillside, where they can
readily be developed by tunnel,
said Mr. King.
“I was impressed by what the
examination showed,” said Mr.
King. ‘‘In the past the properties
have shipped over $100,000 worth of
ore. The values lie in the gray
copper.”
ANCIENT GOTHIC HUINS
REVEALS OLD CITY
BAOKTOHTSAPAT. Crimea, Dec.,
28, (/P)—Far-stretching ruins of a
"reat city of unknown origin have
neon discovered in the valley of
Fski-Kormen. in the very heart of
the Orimr,r,n Peninsula.
The ruins are said to extend more
than two m’les, and consist of high
fortress walls, liund ; of homes
hewed out of rocks and six great
eave temples, embellished with an
cient frescoes. Russian archeolog
ists said the ruins were once the
capital of the Goth’s kingdom,
known in history as the city of
Feodora, founded during the reign
of Justinian the Great.
APPROVE OF WRIT
OLYMPIA, Dec., 29, (A5)—Affirm
ing the Spokane County court the
supreme court approved of the writ
of mandate compelling the Gold
smith Dredging Co., of Spokane,
oneiating b A. ?ska, to give char <
H. Lee. a stockholder access to the
company’s records.
POZZUOLI, Italy, Dec.. 29. (JP)—A
couple here, already the parents of
nine children, have contributed to
the Fascist campaign for “more and
better babies” with new triplets.