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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 61. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1928. PRICE TEN CENTS
EDWARDS ELECTED MAYOR of SEATTLE
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Mrs. Landes Loses
By Majority 19,000
100,000 Go Polls
RECORD VOTE SET AT-POLLS—MAJORITY SUR
PASSED EXPECTATIONS OF EDWARDS MAN
AGERS—PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING EX
PENDITURES IN EDWARDS PRIMARY CAM
PAIGN-WILL MAKE TRIP EAST STUDYING
MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND IN IN
TEREST BRING NEW INDUSTRIES SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, March 14. (/P)—Frank Edwards was
elected Mayor of Seattle over Mrs. Landes, present may
or, by a majority of 19,000 votes. Final unofficial returns
gave Edwards 59,330 and Landes 39.889 votes.
G. 0. P. UP 11
TROUBLES SUSPENSE
ON THE INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. (/P)—Fa.i
tira o: P;evident Ccolidge to amplify
hi.3 “Do not choose” statement, is
aaving undesirable effect upon the.
Kepublic.tr campaign, politicians say
They are in doubt as to whether or
not Ccolidge has definitely elimina.
id 1 i.mself from the 1928 race (its
pile repeated assurances.
The G O. P. troubles are increased
by the fact that although there are
1< state primaries, they are unlikeij
o provide a clear idea of the re
lative strength of candidates, since
Secretary Hoover will be entered i*u
* rlv seven. Therefore with Presi
• ' Coolidge entering the final year
presidential encumbency, suspense
<.f the Republican campaign is still
clouded
LINDBERGH TO ENTER
HOSPITAL RECUPERATE
CEASELESS STRAIN
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. (/P)~
Worn out from tire cdaseless strain
of - flying and public functions, Colo
nel Charles Lindbergh is to enter
John’s University Hospital, for rest
cure, it was reported. The report
that he will seek the seclusion of the
noted hospital to recuperate Lis
strength, came after he had astound
^ ed the Capitol by making a round
trip flight between here and Sco'tt
Field, St. Louis in less than 24 hours.
PRINCE NEDS CASH
BERLIN, March 14. (£*)—Former
Crown Prince of Germany, is offering
tils large estate at Oels, for sale. It
i3 said he is in serious need of cash.
TAKES EARLY LEAD
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SEATTLE, Mar. 14. (JP)—Edward’s
I took a commanding lead in mayoralty
| race in the early returns. One-third
i of the returns gave Edwards 17,519
| and the woman mayor, Mrs. Landes,
! 11,544.
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BROWN JOINS EDWARDS
I SEATLE, March 14. (£>)—Mayor
! elect Edwards who takes office in
■June, won after intense campaigning
j which brought nearly 100,000 to the
| polls setting a new record in Seattle’s
I municipal elections.
| A majority of 19,000 votes for Ed
j wards surpassed the expectations of
! his own managers. The close of the
I campaign was marked by former May
or brown jo'ining the ranks of the new
mayor.
The King county prosecutor has be
gun an investigation into the expendi
tures of the Edwards primary cam
paign when one of his managers re
puted acknowledged more money was
| spent than $15,000.
It wms reported in an official state
ment that Edwards announced will
leave on tour of the east with the dou
ble purpose of studying municipal ad
ministrations in other cities and bring
ing new industries to Seattle.
Erckson, Case and Blaine were re
elected Councilmen.
OWE KLIN IS NO
MODE SAYS OFFICIAL
CHICAGO, Mar. 14. (#>)— Samuel
Bemenderfer, former officer of Klu
Klux Klan, in deposition to the at
torney general of Indiana, declared ]
Delaware county Klan number four,
dropped from the parent organiza
Lion when it discovered practically
all state officers were controlled by
the Roman Catholic political machine
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS TO EF.
FECT DRONE OF PLANE
HEARD THIS A. M.
NEW YORK, March 14. (£>)—Capt.
■
Hinchleffe’s plane, in which he left
Cranwell, Eng., yesterday presumably
with Elsie Mackay for America, was
unreported this forenoon although if
all had gone well it should have been
off the Nova Scotia coast 30 hours
after it was sighted by a ship 175
miles of England.
DRONE OF PLANE HEARD
ST. JOHNS, March 14. (/P)—Uncon
firmed reports received from several
residents of Brigus was to the effect
they had heard the drone of an air
plane between G and 7 o’clock this
morning.
FI B!G PACKING
ANNUAL HEGIRA TO ALASKA BE.
GINS; PAYROLL WILL AMOUNT
TO $6,000,000
SEATTLE, March 14. (#>)— Puget
Sound’s great annual hegira to Alaska
whereby some 6,000 men, cannery
workers, fishermen and boat hands,
will spend several weeks in the North
and accumulate a payroll of approxi
mately $5,000,000, is underway with
five big packing concerns, which
make Seattle their headquarters, an
nouncing sailiing dates.
In addition to the five, which in
clude the Northwestern Fisheries, op
erating 11 canneries; Libby McNeill
& Libby, operating 10; the Alaska
Consolidated, seven; the Nakat Pack
ing Corporation, six; and Skinner &
Eddy, four; many small companies,
operating one or more canneries, will
use regular liners.
BICYCLE RACE
NEW YORK, March 14. (#►)—JLe.
tourner, Brocardo, Belloni, Beckman
and Georgetti and Debates are leading
by one lap in a six day bicycle race at
the end of the fourth day.
ELECTED MEMBERS BOARD j
.
TANANA, March 14. {JP)—Dr. E. W.
White, superintendent of the United
States hospital for Indians, Mrs. Etta
Jones, and Mrs. Laura E. Dwyer, have
been elected members of the School
Board for the ensuing year. ; I
WATSON SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, March 14. (£>)—'The Ad
miral Watson, of the P. S. S. Co., sail
ed at 10 o’clock this morning carrying
182 passengers. The Seward listing
is small consisting of Oscar Benning
er and two steerage.
BODIES RECOVERED FROM
dim boost Toms m
NEWHALL, Calif., March 14. <£>)—
the list of bodies recovered in various
towns throughout the flood area and
posted at the sheriff’s sub-station
showed a total of 248. An exact check
has not been made owing to charotic
conditions. Duplications probably oc
j curred in some places and omissions
! at others.
[MIL'ST. GODDARD
WINS FIRST DAY'S RACE
THE PAS, Mark . *'-yr,V IT.
(ff>)—Emil St. Stoddard won the first
! day’3 race of The Pas Dog Derby fin
. ishing the 40 miles in three hours, 41
| minutes and 35 seconds which was
five minutes, 50 seconds slower than
his time last year.
Brydges was second in three hours,
48 minutes and 35 seconds; Harry 01
ensky was third, seven minutes behind
Brydges.
TANANA FENNEL CLUB
SETS RAGE BATES
TANANA, March 14. (£►)—The Ken
nel Club set the date for the annual
dog derby, March 17 and IS. Three
races are scheduled; one for men and
one for women and one for children
races over the Yukon River. Cash
prizes will be awarded.
LEWIS ON STAND
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. (&)—John
Lewis, president of the United States
Mine Workers Union continued as a
witness in the Senate Coal probe by
declaring the Pittsburgh Coal Co., is
controlled by Secretary of Treasury
Mellon and charged that the company
was the first to break the Jacksonville
wage agreement.
AIRMAN IS KILLED
NEW YORK, March 14. (#>)—James
Mulchay, former member of the Brit
ish Royal Corps, was killed when a
commercial airplane he was piloting
dived 400 feet onto Curtis Field.
SEMI-FINALS WON
MIAMI, March 14. (JP)—.Misses Glen
na Collett, Maudeen Orcutt and Vir
ginia Nan Wie won their way into the
semi-finals of Women’s Florida East
Coast Golf championship. Miss Vir
ginia Wilson is remaining contestant
BOARD S. S. YUKON
F. E. CO., HEAD OFFICIAL CALLED
TO BEDSIDE OF HIS WIFE IN
BERMUDA
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FAIRBANKS, March 14. </P)—Call
ed to the bedside of his wife who is
seriously ill in Bermuda, Nel W. Rice,
president of the Fairbanks Exploration
Co., and first vice-president of the
United States Smeltering, Refining &
Mining Co., of Boston, took an air
plane here at 5:40 a. m. yesterday for
Cordova where the S. S. Yukon, which
turned back, will await him.
A. A. Bennett of Bennett Rodebaugh
Co., is piloting a Swallow plane and in
tends to make a non-stop flight, land
ing on Eyak lake near Cordova.
This is the first flight from this base
to Cordova.
The flight was tak«3lr in the face of
I hazardous weather as a clouded,
; murky day here protends difficult
1 navigating in high altitudes of ver
! tually 400 miles of unbroken moun
| tainous country.
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FORCED TO RETURN
FAIRBANKS, March 14. (TP)—N. W.
; Rice and Pilot Bennett returned here
when blocked from further flight by
I snow' and wind in the vicinity of Mt.
j Hayes where they battled for an hour
in the hope of breaking thru to hte
; *oast. t
MUSCLE SHOALS
BE OPERATED BY
U. S. GOVERNMENT
WALL BE OPERATED AS FERTILI
ZER AND POWER PRODUC
TION PLANT
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. (JR)—'The
Senate adopted and sent to the House
the Norris resolution providing for
government operation of Muscle
Shoals as a nitrate plant in time of
war and as a fertilizer factory and
power production plant in time of
peace.
The resolution was adopted by a
vote of 48 to 25. The vote came after
nearly three weeks of debate. Party
lines were disregarded.
CHALLENGES AUTHORITY
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. (^—Sen
ator Norris challenged the President’s
authority to supervise Nicaraguan,
elections. He addressed the Foreign
Relations Committee, demanding to
know if he has right to challenge the
President.