“Center of
Everything”
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 288.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1927.
PRICE TEN CEN'l -
SEARCH FOR CORDOVA BOAT
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FACTS
DEFINITELY KNOWN
CORDOWA, Dec. 30. (JP)—Search
for the missing deisel boat Pioneer
continues unsuccessful under adverse
conditions. The Game Commission
boat was forced to return after battl
ing heavy seas for three days when it
developed engine trouble.
Only two men, Capt. Williams Tay
lor and Harry Hart, engineer, are said
to be on the boat at the time the
Pioneer vanished. If this is true the
insurance will be lost as the company
requires a crew of three.
Today, two skiffs left to patrol the
Copper River flats. Navigation is
extremely hazardous In this region
because of the Ice which rushes down
the Copper River.
The Pioneer has been missing a
fortnight Jt ia unliL.iy that ythe boat
could haaie survived the raging? storms
bnt search is to continue until it is
known defnitiely it has been lost.
HUSBAND CRANKING CAR WHEN
CAR SHOT INTO MOTION DIV
ING OFF REAR BOAT
SEATTLE, Dec. 30. (/P)—Mrs. Kath
erine Manny, wife of Henry Manny,
district governor of the rotary inter
national, was drowned when her au
tomobile plunged of the rear of a
Lake Washington ferry and sank in
45 feet of water.
Manny was cranking the car when
it suddenly shot into motion and dove
off the rear of the boat which was
approaching the landing. Manny
plunged into the chilly water in an
unsuccessful attempt to rescue his j
wife who was trapped in the ^enclosed
machine.
Earl Rosman, photographer and ex
plorer, is coming to Alaska again in
the near future, according to word
received recently from the land of
jazz and what-not.
WAKEFIELD RE-ELECTED
At the annual meeting of the Paci
fic Herring Packers Association, held
in Seattle recently, Lee H. Wakefield,
pioneer Alaskan canneryman, was
re-elected president. Other officials
named were Capt. Elling Arentsen, of
Arentsen & Company, vice president;
W. W. Wilde, of the same firm, sec
retary-treasurer.
ENGINEERS SURVEYING
LOCAL PROPOSED PROJECT
Prelimary work, that of surveying
or cross-sectioning of the proposed
Lowel Creek projeot, began yesterday
with the arrival in Seward of Super
intendent Edmunds and assistant
Spach.
Nothing is known definitely but it
can be assumed the present work
would not be undertaken unless indi
cations for the ultimate construction
of the project was more or less cer
tain, it is said.
SENATOR EDGE ENDORSES
CANDIDACY OF HOOVEfl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. ^—Sena
tor Edge, announcing his candidacy
for delegate at large tjrom New Jersey
to the next Republican convention,
endorsed Secretary of Commerce
Hoover for the Republican nomina
tion.
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STRIKE 16 RICH
VICTOR, COLO.', Dec. 30, (/P)—
At the Portland mine it is reported ,
that tbe ore shooi on me 26th leve1 I
has been opened for a distance of
90 feet. It s 12 feet wide at points.
The ore is of excellent grade and the
management is seeking the exten
sion on the 2700 foot level.
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■S. IS DROPPED
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS WILL
PUSH CONTEMPT OP COURT
PROCEEDINGS
WASHINGTON, Doc. 30. (/P)—The
Grand Jury case against Sinclair,
Burns and associates, growing out of
the Teapot Dome jury tampering
charges, have been allowed to die so
far as District Attorney Gordon is
concerned after he had ^presented a
proce»sio(n of witnesses before the
inquisitorial body after the mistrial.
Gordon said he had prepared no in
dictments against those involved in
I stead he will push the contempt of
court proceedings now pending before
Justice Siddons and stand or fall on
the outcome.
TO WORK IDAHO MINE
SPOKANE. Dec. 30. (/P)—1The Buf-j
I falo-Idaho Mning Company has been ,
incorporated to work a gold proper- j
j Ly near Newsome. Capitalization is |
| $?50,Q00 and incorporators are A. O. J
Cooke, George J. Booker and Ray R. j
Backer, all of Buffalo, N. Y.
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NORTHWESTERN FURS
SELL WEIL SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Dec. 30. {&)—'North-1
western wolf, mink, muskrat, and a
small collection of silver fox, were
offered for special sale at the auction
fur exchange. No Alaskan goods
were offered. The best silver fox
brought $265; mink averaged $12.84
and wolf $13.20.
IS LINDBERGH LANDS
Ilf ST. LOUIS, MEXICO
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30. (JP)—Mrs.
Lindbergh landed this afternoon from
San Antonio after stops at Dallas and
Muskogee, Okla. Adverse weather
reports caused abandonment of plans
to continue to Chicago before dark.
TAKING OFF TOMORROW
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30. (^P)—Because
of adverse weather :he flight of Mrs.
Lindbergh to Detroit, the last leg of!
the return journey, has been post-!
poned until tomorrow.
REMUS IS INSANE
CINCINNATI, Dec. 30. (JP)—Remi
vas found insane in, a decision hand€
down by Judge William Lueders i
the Hamilton county probate court.
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DELAY TAX ACT!
MOVEMENT OPPOSED BY DEMO
CRATS WHO ARRAY FORCES
FOR COUNTER ATTACK
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. (£>)—The
full force of the administration will
be thrown behind a movement to
delay final legislation action on the
tax reduction bill until after March
15 -
The movement will be opposed by
the Democrats who began to array
their forces for a counter attack
taking the stand that postponement
cf action until after March 15 will
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permit Congress to act on a basis of
reasonable certainty as more accur
to information on receipts and ex
penditures will be available
The administration group is ore
pared to put up a stubborn fight to
hold the tax measure in the back
grounr after Congress convenes.
LINDBERGH HODS NEW
RECORD TO HIS LONG
LIST ACHIEVEMENTS
BELIZE, British Honduras, Deo. 30.
(/P)—Colonel Chas. A. Lindbergh land
ed here this morning and added a new
record to his long list of achieve
ments being the first man ever to
bring a land plane down here. The
only other airplanes visiting the city
vrere American seaplanes which
landed in the harbor.
EIGHT SUMMER SAILINGS
ORE ALREADY SOLD OUT
Further indication for a successful
tourist season next summer continue
to arrive from the South.
Word from the Admiral Line is to
the effect eight sailings out of Seat
tle to Alaska have been fully reserv
ed. This is unusual early for steamers
to be sold out, it is said, and shows
that tourist travel will be exception
ally heavy next season.
Most of the parties who have made
the reservations are from the East.
Two entire trips have been sold out
from Chicago, alone.
BOB DONALDSON, JUNEAU
R. S. (Bob) Doifaldson, formerly
with the Healy River Coal company,
but who now makes his headquarters
in Seattle, was a visitor in Juneau
recently. It is said that he has made
no definite business move, as yet,
though he is interested in a numbed
of enterprises.
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