MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 142.
SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THE MEN LUST
IN COLLAPSE OF
DETAILS LACKING AS TO AC
CIDENT LAST NIGHT ON
HEALY RIVER SPUR
Three lives are reported to have
been lost nast evening in the
Kealy River when high waters
rrSed away two 80 foot steel
on the bridge across the
on the Healy River coal
mine sy ' h bridge is seen
from r ine. Charles Sea
ler resident of Se
. ^ported to have been
one oi the men lost; the names
o? the other * two have not yet
been ascertained.
Until the bridge is repaired, it
is pointed out that the coal sup
ply to the Fairbanks Exploration
Company in Fairbanks, is cut
off. The bents went down at 6:15
last night, the local report stated.
Traffic on the main-line is not
affected: General Manager Ohl
s:n of the Alaska Railroad is en
route to the scene. Regarding the
report that the Healy River coal
rune is on fire it is said that
small fires, occasionally occur
and it is not thought the fire
referred to at this time is a ser
ious one.
LATER—
Later reports indicate the other
two men who were drowmed
were Carl Spats, who also was
very well known in Seward hav
ing been employed here for a
a number of years, and Dick
Conway of whom nothing is
known at this time.
It is said Conway had just re
turned to work from the hospi
tal; all were members of a
bridge crew.
Whether or not one or two
spans went out, is unverified but
owing to the action and sweep
of the Nenana River at that
point, it is thought the west
pier gave way.
SEARCH LIEIIS ME
HELP 10 RACERS
ABOARD SNOHOMISH, June 19,
UP)—Rolling in Queen Charlotte
Sound California’s entry “Marlin”
came in close on the scheduled log.
Search lighting, in every cove as
they came up Johnstone Straits,
gave assurance to all the entries
ahead of the Snohomish. Monday
was a rough day but all the skip
pers came thru fine.
PARIS, June 18. (JP)—The min
istry of war confirmed reports
5rom Rabat, Morocco that 13
French soldiers had been killed
and 10 wounded in an ambush of
r French reconnoitering expedi
tion at the foot of the Atlas
mountains by tribesmen. Eighty
three soldiers are missing, among
Them a Colonel, five Captains and
non-commissioned men consisting
of 5 Senegalise infantry and Mor
rocans mounted on camelss.
TO T
SEATTLE June 19, (JP)—'The S. S.
\dmira1 Watson, of the P. S. S. Co.,
mailed at 20 a. m. today and carried
87 first class passengers and 75
|third class; 13 for Seward as fol
lows: Mildred Cousins, Jack Cous
ins, Mrs. F. L. Cousins, Mrs. A. F.
Davis. Hedley Davis, Jean Davis. J.
W. Dill, E. F. Schreiber, Barton
Stanton. Miss Virginia Park, W. E.
Butler, Miss Clara Elbeis and two
third class.
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FEAR EXPRESSED
| TOWN WIPED OUT
1 EARTHQUAKE. I. Z.
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SEVERE TREMORS FELT IN TWO
COUNTRIES; ROADS BLOCK
ED; VISIBILITY POOR
WELLINGTON. New Zealand,
June 19, (/P)—Severe earthquakes
were felt in Murchison and Takaka
countries both of which were hard
-hit tremors by tremors earlier in
the week.
Anxiety is felt for the town of
Lyell containing 2,000 inhabitants
which is reported to be greatly
damaged and from which no news
'has been received,
j Airplanes tried in vain to sight
t-ie town but are hampered by poor
' visibility and all roads are blocked.
There are rumors that Lyell has
been destroyed but these are dis
credited.
The Westport postmaster re
ported minor earthquakes and four
I severe shocks in which the post of
fice was further damaged.
STORMBOUND
SEATTLE, June 19, (/P)—It is re
ported that Raymond Haines is
istormbound near Alert Bay
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HAINES SIGHTED, ALL O K
PRINCE RUPERT, June 19, (A3)—
Raymond Haines, attempting a
voyage from Juneau to Seattle in a
15-foot open outboard powered
motor boat, was reported sighted in
Chatham Sound near here Satur
day. The boat at that time ap
peared to be in good condition
and everything going well.
FIRE CONTINUES
SANTA FE SPRINGS, June 19,
(/P)_With six oil well derricks
already smouldering and five
others blazing like gigantic torches
against an inky sky, another fire
threatened to destroy a large
part of this rich petroleum pro
ducing district. Twenty derricks
are directly in the path of the ad
vanced conflagation.
FINED §19,400
NEW YORK, 'June 19, (£>)— Mrs.
Fetor Orr Munn, daughter of the
late Rodman Wanamaker, was
fined 100 percent on $1,200 worth of
wearing apparel which she had
failed to declare properly on enter
ing th<* United States from Europe.
The total payment therefore was
$10,400
FOUR QUALIFIED
NEW YORK, uJne 18, f/P)—Long
island golfers,* George Voigt, Eddie
Briggs Eddie Held and Maurice
S McCarthy, qualified for the open
| title in a sectional round played at
Salisbury. Jess Sweeteer, former
■British champion along with Cyril
:Walkey failed to make hte grade.
CHARGES MADE
| WASHINGTON, June 18. (/P)—
Names of 18 professions were list
ed as having received sums from
; the National Electric Light As
isociation in a report to the Feder
al Trade Commission. The in
i vestigation aims to ascertain
whether or not propaganda is be
ing spread thruout the country by
' the association.
GUTTERS Hi OTIS
CRUFT REQUESTED
TO 1 IN SEMI
JUNEAU, June 19, (£>)—Collector
of Customs, J. C. McBride, today re
quested the coast guard cutter
Cvgan. now stationed at Ketchikan, j
to leave on a search for Raymond
Haines. The radios also sent the j
cutter Snohomish, conveying the j
yachts in the Oylmpia-Juneau race, j
to keep a lookout.
Deputy collector of customs at
Ketchikan was requested to ask all
craft clearing from there for Prince
Rupert and other ports south to aid ,
in the search.
AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS
WILL MAKE TRIAL FLIGHT
ON JUNE 30
MOSCOW, June 19, UP)—Plans
for a return trip of a plane making
a protected hop from Moscow to
New York, via Alaska, have not yet
been formed, M. Baranov, head of
the Soviet Military Civil Aviation
said, but if conditions are favorable
they may attempt a trans-Atlantic
flight from New York to Moscow.
The plane will be equipped with
German motors though the plane
,’tself will be built in Russia. *
American correspondents are to
be taKen on a trial flight over Mos
cow on June 30.
CLEANING UP STAGE
CHICAGO, June 18. (A5)—Police
here have launched a campaign
to “Clean-Up” the stage. ‘‘Frankie
and Johnnie’’ has been ordered
to close and “Harlem” was ad
judged to ‘‘Spicy.”
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TENNIS FACE’’ NEW MENANCE TO GIRL STARS
BETTY NUTHALL
EDITH CROSS fs
>TIlf n n K ■■ wil1 get y°u! These poses of Pretty Betty
inii.hall and Edith Cross m actnon and repose indicate its effect. '
UNUSUAL STEPS
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SPECIAL EFFORT BEING MADE
TO ATTRACT VACATIONISTS
i-'O A L- S.k
WASHINGTON, June 19, ^—Al
askan business conditions after sev
eral years of semi-depression are
beginning to show rcovry and the
federal government, as owners of
the principal railroad and most of
the land in the Territory, is taking
unusual steps to forward the pro
gress of the Alaska Railroad this
'/ear, not only actively advertising
for tourist trade but has established
an immigration service to encour
age some agricultural settlement.
It is the hope to carry between
7.000 and 10.000 tourists over the
line this season, said G. C. Dickens,
general freight and passenger
agent.
The government is making spec
ial efforts to draw attention to gov
ernment employes to the vacation
possibilities in Alaska and are op
erating some special expeditions.
All expenses of transportation from
eastern states to Alaska and over
the Alaska Railroad with 14 days
on the steamers, cost only about
3549 and this trip is proving very
attractive, Dickens said.
The stop at the government
hotel, halfway between Seward and
Fairbanks, breaks the journey nice
ly making up for'nle lack of sleep
ers on the Alaskan road.
Business progress has been gpod
lately in the Territory but the rail
road hasn’t yet met operating ex
penses but the last reported deficit
was -$840,000 compared to $900,000
in the previous report.
SILCHAR, West Equatorial Africa
June 19, (/P)—Hundreds of people
are reported killed thruout the dis
trict as the result of unprecedented
Hoods after the heavy monsoon
rains. Ninety percent of the cattle
>n the region are destroyed and half
the houses are washed away. Sil
char is under water except for the
cantonment where 15,00 persons
| have taken refuge.
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SUGGESTS DEPENDENTS
BE Pi $25,000
i WASHINGTON, June 18. W—
Declaring the “Government is re
sponsible for the activities of its
agents,, Mrs. Florence Kahn, con
gresswoman from San Francisco
introduced a bill in the House
directing the Treasury to pay $25,
000 to dependents of every per
json wantonly billed by any pro
hibition agent not acting in self
I defense.
CAPT. JOHNSON RESCUED
i CAPE LOOKOUT, Ore., June 19,
\!JP)—Capt. Louis Johnson, skipper
| of the Laurel, left the ship to the
sea. He was taken off by the coast
! guard power boat. Captain John
json awaited the beat eagerly as it
drew up and climbed on the boom
I ^nd slid down into the launch. The
: rescue took less than five minutes
altho the seas were rough.