MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 232. SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, SEPT., 26, 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
SEWARD MEMORIAL
PROJECT 11 LIVE
TOPIC IT MEET
MATTER TO BE TAKEN UP
AGAIN WITH EX-GOVERNOR
SULZER FRIEND ALASKA
Reminding Ex-Governor Chariot;
Sulzer of New York of his promise
that he could raise $50,000 for a
Seward Memorial here, the Seward
Chamber of Commerce enthusias
lically takes the project up again
following the visit of Colonel Eric
Fisher Wood, who said he would
submit, plans and designs. The
matter was discussed at the lunch
eon of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce yesterday and will be
pursued energetically for real ac
tion.
Colonel Wood, internationally
known archtect had heard of the
project and just before he sailed
South after his hunting trip looked
over some of the proposed sites for
monument which he said must be
of heroic size in keeping with the
stupendous spirit of Alaska and a
fitting remembrance of the man
who had the courage to claim it for
the United States. He was particu
larly struck with the location in
the northern portion of the city on
a height which furnished a sweep
ing view of Resurrection Bay. He
- said that it should be of some dis
tinctive color to stand out against
the green background of the moun
tain. It should in his opinion, be
big enough to be visible to the eyes
of incoming travelers as the boats
warp to the docks.
The matter had been allowed to
slumber until called to life by Col.
Wood’s visit and was discussed be
fore the Chamber members at
some length by J. H. Flickinger,
member of the original committee.
John Hannon, former city clerk was
also a member of that committee.
A number of governors of the
States and representatives were on
the honorary committee and all
were enthusiastic about the enter
prise. It now seems up to SeXvard
to call on Sulzer to make good on
his promise and it is very likeiy
+hat Col. Wood will take the mat
ter up with him in New York thru
an unselfish and patriotic thought
that he would like to do something
for Alaska and honor Seward at
the same time.
JUNEAU HARBOR WORK
^ WASHINGTON, Sept., 26, (/P)—
The War Department has made an
allotment for improvement of the
Juneau district, rivers and harbors,
amounting to $7,300.
Powder Explosion
Kills Many In
Spanish Morocco
MADRID, Spain, Sept., 26, (/P)—
At least 40 persons are believed
to have been killed and 200 in
jured from an explosion of a pow
der magazine at Fort Cabreriza,
on the outskirts of Melilla, Spanish
Morocco. More than a ton of black
powder was stored in the maga
zine; the fortress was shattered
and many cft the barracks were
completely destroyed.
HERB AND CAL TALK
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, (JP)—
Herbert Hoover had an engage
ment for a second conference with
President Coolidge at the White
House. * ,,
Northcott Charged
Cooking Strange
Food For Chickens
i LOS ANGELES, Sept., 25, (/P)—
; The formula for a mixture of
chicken feed was found on the
ranch where Northcott was accus
ed of murdering boys, and gave
a new and startling theory as to
the disposal of the bodies.
The formula listed so many
parts of bran, wheat, bone, mash
and water, and added was the
gruesome ingredient, “little boys,
two and one-half parts.”
Officers indicated the belief the
feed formula pointed to only one
conclusion.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENER
ERAL GOES AFTER DEMO
CRATIC NOMINEE
LORAINE, O., Sept., 26, (/P)—
Denial of religious motives which
underlayed her recent appeal to
the Ohio Conference of the Metho
dist church to oppose the election
of Governor A1 Smith, embodied
The address of Mrs. Willebrandt in
her reply to criticism voiced by A1
Smith in his Oklahoma City speech
She made the counter charges
: that Smith “has become the great
est force for disregard of pionibi
ition iaws in America today” and as
such “drew” her opposition.
Canadian Officers
To Hold Northcott
On Murder Charge
VANCOUVER, B. C.. Sept., 25, UP)
—Northcott was formally charged
with murder in his cell in the
Oakalla prison, on a warrant is
sued by the Dominion of Canada
upon instructions from United
States authorities at Washington.
The authorities asked that he be
held pending an extradition war
rant which cited the youth was
wanted for a murder at Riverside,
Calif., but did not name the vic
tims.
Deplores Lack Of
Prospectors Thru
Alaska Mountains
CORDOVA, Sept., 25, (^—De
claring he had never seen Alaska
with so few prospectors in the
field, Fred Moffit, field man of
the United States Geological Sur
vey, arrived here after a summer
making mineral maps of the Nizi
na country.
He deplored the lack of men of
the type who built the Pacific
Coast to its present place and
dominance.
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FIRST DEGREE MURDER
HONOLULU, vSept., 25, (yP)_The
Grand Jury returned a first de
gree murder indictment against
Myles Outaka Fukunaga who was
formally charged with the kid
napping and murdering of Gill
Jamieson, son of the Honolulu
banker last Tueday.
SMITH SMOKES THE PIPE OF
PEACE WITH REDSKINS
CHEEKS DAUBED
HELENA, Sept., 26, {/P)—Gov. All
Smith faced a score of Indians at i
a fair and one Sioux, from Fort j
Benton, stepped forward and ad- :
dressed the Govenor; “We have j
been told that Hoover, as Secre- i
tary of Commerce, is personally I
responsible for the reprehensible1
condition of the fishing industry
in Alaska over the repeated pro
tests of Alaska Indians; that their
very existence has been threaten
ed and that he coldly turne dthese
Indians down and granted a fish
ing monoply to non-resident can
ners of Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco.
“Can we expect different treat
ment? In the United States you
Sachem of a great organization
named after a noble aborigne i
chief Tammany. He was good to j
our people; you are good to yours.” I
After the speech Governor Smith
w as presented with an Indian bon
net, a pouch and pipe and his j
cheeks wrere daubed with orange
colored powder.
OLDTIME RESIDENT SLIPS AND
FALLS FROM BOAT INTO
JUNEAU WATERS
JUNEAU, Sept., 26, (/Pi— Carl G.
! Newquist, for 14 years a resident
of Ketchikan where he wras iden
tified with H. E. Thompson in a 1
mild cure company, was drowned
Sunday night when he slipped and j
fell from the fishing boat Windsor.
He fell between the boat and the
float w'hich was being towed off
Point Adolphus, in Icy Straits.
The body was reoevered in less j
than 10 minutes and artificial;
respiration maintained for two
hours without success. It is believ- ;
ed the resultant bruises suffered!
when falling were actually responsi
ble for death.
• He leaves a widow, two sons and
daughter. The body will be sent to
Kechikan for burial.
Victoria Carries
Over Half Million
Gold From Nome
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NOME, Sept., 26, (/P)—The S. S.
Victoria sailed this morning en
route to Seattle, via Akutan Har
bor, and carried 80 passengers and
over $500,000 in gold bullion. Rein
deer meat and 110 tons of salt
herring is also in her holds.
CHEAP ENUFF
i SHANGHAI, Sept. 26, (^—Mar
riageable girls of the famine area
along the Chile border in Shansi i
are being sold as a means of reliev- :
ing the distress in thousands of <
homes, according to Earl Baker of •
New York. Some girls are bringing 1
as much as $200 in gold. ]
Northcotl Woman To
Be Released, If Clues
Are Not Tied Up
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RAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 25, MP)— j
Investigators armed with picks and
-hovels left for the desert to search
for the graves of two boys whom
oolice believe were killed on the
Xforthcott ranch at Riverside.
Police are also searching to find
\n unknown girl who is reported to
iave disappeared from the ranch.
Calgary, Alberta police threaten
,o release Mrs. Northeott unless
hey receive instructions from Cal
r'ornia authorities.
®n axe discovered on the Northeott
property has been found with blood
:tains.
LOCAL STEAMSHIP AGENT IN
FORMED OF SPECIAL SHIP
MENT OF OIL
A possible round-the-world fly
ing trip which has picked Seward
is a landing place before the hop
tcross the Pacific is indicated in a
letter just received by Wayne Blue
of the Pacific Steamship Co., from
Vancouver, B. C. The letter states
that a case of special lubricating
oil is in transit to this city to be
held in readiness for Mr. Stork.
“We understand that Mr. Stork
is flying around the world,” says
George L. Courtney, general agent,
in his letter. “We will appreciate
any assistance you may give him in
arranging delivery of this ship
ment. It has been cleared thru
the U. S. Customs in Seattle.”
RED HAZE GIVES i
BASIS OF WESTERN j
EARTH
STEAMSHIP MEN TELL OF PE
CULIAR SKIES GLIMPSED
TO WESTWARD
KETCHIKAN, Sept., 26, (/P)— j
The appearance here of a peculiar |
smoke has led to the belief that a j
volcanic eruption may have caus- i
ed the earth shocks recorded at
Eastern and Western points in the
United States early last Saturday.
The disturbance was etimated
as having centered off the Alas
kan coast and since Sunday the
sun has been obscured somewhat I
and has had the appearance of a j
red ball of fire; and the moon at j
times also has ben partially obs- j
cured by a reddish have.
Captain Pitcher of the Prince of
Wales and Captain Nord of the S.
S. Aleutian, are certain the red- j
dish veil resulted from volcanic
dist’wbance and expressed sur
prise no renorts had been received
of an eruption.
INVITE FORD
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Sept. 26,
/P)—The Chamber of Commerce
ndustry and Agriculture of Leon, a
:ity of 45,000 inhabitants, has sent
in invitation to Henry Ford to es
ablish rubber plantations on a
arge scale in Nicaragua.
LEOPOLD AND LOEB ELIGIBLE
FOR PAROLE IN SIX MORE
YEARS, STATED
CHICAGO, Sept., 26, (A3)—Ail
error in justice under which Rich
ard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr.,
were sent to the Joliet peniten
iary hour years ago, makes the slay
ers of Bobbie Franks, eligible for
parole in six more years.
Hinton Ciabaugh, Chairman Gf
the State Board of Pardons and
Paroles, said he spoke of them as
“sons of wealth who were the pam
pered pets in Joliet.”
These men are each' under life
sentence for murder and 99 years
for kidnapping and are building
up “fine records,” Ciabaugh said,
with the view of seeking parole
when, because of the error, they
will become eligible.
“One is private secretary to the
first warden,” the other is private
secretary to the Protestant Chap
lain.
Leopold is generally believed to
have been the brains of the pris
on outbreak a few months ago
which cost, so far, several innocent
lives and in the resultant hanging
of three men.”
Missing Canadian
Flyers Reported
Safe North Wilds
EDMONTON, Canada. Sept., 26.
f/P)—Major Godfrey and three com
panions all of the Royal Canadian
Air Force, missing since September
16 were found at Carjagou where
their seaplane was forced down
and wrecked. Godfrey w>as bruised
but the others were uninjured. The
fliers were completing a round-trip
from Ottawa to Vancouver when
they crashed.
Fur Cargo Ship
Has Difficulties
VICTORIA, B. C. Sept., 25, (&)—
While proceding from Point Bar
row to Seattle, the schooner Holmes
piloted by Captain Backland, ran
ashore on Church Island Sunday
during a southwestern gale. A tug
pulled the ship off and towed it
to Esquimault w'here it was found
the keel and possibly other parts
were damaged. The schooner is
said to have a valuable cargo of
furs.
EMILIO GILL TO
MEXICO CITY, Sept., 26, (JP)—
Emilio Portes Gill wss elected Pres
ident of Mexico by a joint session
of the Senate and Chamber Dep
uties and Congress ordered a pop
ular election of a President for
the third Sunday in November,
1929. Gill will take over the office
on December 1 bn the expiration
of the term of President Calles, in
the place of General Obregon who
was assassinated in July.