VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 122.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY -25, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CAPTAIN SIR WILKINS ENTHU
SIASTIC HOPES TO STAY
WITH BIG DIRIGIBLE
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, May 25,
(JP)—The dirigble Graf Zeppelin
returned from Cuers carring 14 of
the 18 passengers who started on
the second American trip.
In addition it brought seven
French naval officers who were
invited as special guests of Dr.
Eckner to show his appreciation
of the French aid in landing the
machine during emergency
Captain Wilkins was among the
first to alight and was followed
by the French guests. Mrs. Mary
P;erce was the only woman passen
ger.
The 600 mile flight was made
in eight hours and 41 minutes.
Wilkins was enthusiastic over the
ship’s behavior and plans to make
the next trip to the United States
the Zeppelin and hopes to be
a passenger on the round-world
and polar flight.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. May 25
(JP)—Eleven women fliers will take
part in the first trans-continenta]
airplane race- The planes will
leave August 20 and should finisk
five days later at Cleveland.
Among the entries are Amelia
Earhart, Ruth Elder, Lady Heath
Bebe Daniels and Marvel Crosson
Alaskan mail pilot.
The race will be strictly a sole
affair and each entrant will be
forced to service their own ship
over the 2,000 mile course
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif- Maj
25. UP)—Lack of $250 in ready cask
sent Harry Sweet, Hollywood filrr
actor, to jail here on the charge
of reckless driving while drunk.
He was fined that amount anc
when unable to raise the cash im
mediately was obliged to go tc
jail for a short rest. Driving a
large sport Dusenberg special
Sweet seemed to be having the
time of his life cutting all cor
ners at a 65 mile an hour clip.
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FROM FALL: IS iOT
TORTURED IS THOUGHT
UKrAH, Calif., May 25, f/P)_The
death of Katherine Williams, eight
Year old Indian girl here, first at
tributed to tribal torture which
rites were performed by medicine
men, caused government investiga
tions and it was learned she died
from a fall from a hammock.
The lacerations and discolered
body which lead to the belief the
ghl had been tortured, were receiv
ed in the fall death being due to in
ternal injuries, the lacerations
being superficial.
BIG BOUT
NEW YORK, May 25. (/P)—Three
New York promoters are trying
to arrange a title match between
Tommy Loughran, light heavy
; weight champion and James J.
Braddock, New Jersey’s contender
for the crown.
DISTRICT SEATTLE:
CAUSE LARGE LOSS
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS DE
LAYED REACHING \yORK AS
TRAFFIC BLOCKED
SEATTLE, Mayt 25, Fire
swept through the Rialto building,
in the heart of the business sec
tion, with an estimated loss of
$400,000.
The blaze was the most spec
tacular in the downtown district
in several years and all fire ap
paratus in the district was called
to battle the flames which were
finally brought under control soon
after 9 o’clock in the morning
after three hours of burning.
1 Thousands of persons were de
layed in reaching their work as
traffic and street car lines were
completely blocked.
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APPOINTS DEMOCRAT
WASHINGTON D. C., May 25.
(/P)—President Hoover has decided
to reappoint R. K. Smith, a demo
crat of Louisiana to the shipping
board. His name will be sent to
the senate at once.
1.5. IIBHIR
LUTED
BERLIN, May 25, ,(A5)—President
Von Hindenberg and numerous
prominent German officials con
gratulated Joseph Gould Schur
man, the American Ambassador to
that country, on the occasion of
his seventy fifth birthday. The
embassador spent the day at home
and made an address before the
Kant society on the subject of
! “Kant and Peake”, during the
evening.
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| NEW YORK, May 23, (^—“Flash
ing Kid” Chocolate, a colorful negro
bantamweight from Cuba, disposed
of one of the outstanding men in
his division last night by winning a
10-round decision over Fidel Labar
ba of Los Angeles, former flyweight
champion. The decision was boo
ed lustily by a crowd of 18,000.
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ACTRESS RE-MARRYS
LONDON, May 25. (A*)—“ Michael
Strange” the former wife of John
Barrymore, was married to Har
rison Tweed, New York lawyer
hre. There were only a few friends
I of the couple present at the cere
mony. Mrs. Tweed was Blanch
Oelrichs, daughter of Mrs. Chas
Oelrichs. “Michael Strange” is her
pen name.
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HORSE HANGS HIMSELF
I SILVER CITY, Idaho, May 25.
(A5)—A horse accidently hanged
himself when a crust of ice broke
beneath its feet. The animal tried
to reach some dried leaves when
.the thin coating broke and its head
[was caught in a tree croach.
TARIFF REVISION -
BILL UP FOB HE
HOUSE NEXT WEEK
DISPUTE IN THE SENATE OVER
BARRING PRESS IS RIDICUL
ED BY LE FOLLETTE
WASHINGTON, May 25. (IP)—
The republican tariff revision bill
will come to a vote in the House of
Representatives at 3 o’clock on the
afternoon of May 28. An agree
ment to this effect was reached
at a conference of the republican
party House membership.
By a vote of 206 to 24, the re
publican organization bound it
self to a rule limiting the debate
by which party leaders hope to
put through the tariff measure
without raising the issue of rates
on sugar, building materials and
other items upon which certain
blocks have sought to reverse the
conclusions of the Ways and
Means committee.
A special rule adopted will pro
vide that in consideration of the
bill the committee amendments
shall have prior rights. The House
intends to take a recess for two
months when the bill has passed.
The dispute in the senate over
the barring of press representa
tives from the senate floor, be
cause of printing of a roll cal],
in that house continued with
Senator La Follette ridiculing the
action and demanding a probe
among all senators and corres
pondents who ever described the
session.
ANOTHER CHILD
HOME, May 24 (/P)—Donna
Rachele Mussolini has moved with
her children to her home near Forli
tn anticipation of the birth of a
fitth child. Premier Mussolini keeps
in constant touch with his wife oy
telephone.
1 TOKIO, May 25. \/P)—Twelve
persons perished and great dam
age was done to property and
crops when torrential rains swept
the prefecture of Furushima.
[ Five thousand houses were in
undated, 38 bridges destroyed and
railways damaged. The material
losses is estimated at $2,200,000.
Seventeen fishing smacks are re
ported missing.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 6; Chicago 5; 21 innings.
Boston 5: New York 0.
St. Louis 5; Cleveland 0.
Philadelphia 10; Washington 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 5: St. Louis 4.
Brooklyn 3; Philadelphia 2.
New York 7; Boston 3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco 7; Seattle 1.
Portland 7; Los Angeles 5.
Sacramento 15; Hollywood 0.
Missions 9; Oakland 6.
OBTAINS DEGREE
ROME, May 25, (/P)—Madame
Louise Tetrazzini, famous operatic
singer, obtained a separation decree
from Julio Vernati on the grounds
of incompatibility.
DESERT SUBMERGED
1 BAGDAD, May 25, (A5)—Floods
!in the Tigris and Euphrates Val
leys have created great inland seas
which has severed all services a
round Bagdad, ,to Basra railroad
points and imposes great loss upon
farmers. A large part of the destrt
has been submerged.
TWO CRIMINALS
MSI ESCAPE
INVESTIGATION IS NOW UN
DERWAY DETERMINE WHENCE
CAME ASSISTANCE
rULoOM PENITENTIARY, Calif.
May 2b.{JP)—Two desperate crim
inals almost gained their long
planned and carefully executed
freedom, by sawing their way out
of an abandoned sewer. They were
missed from the count in the line
up and guards captured them
just as they emerged into the
sunlight.
One was Theadore “Creepy” Wil
son, former pal of Joe Tanko, ban
dit, killed by the San Francisco
no; ice three years ago and the other
was Frank Miller. Authorities have
begun investigation to determine
wnat help they had from the out
ride.
PRINCE LIKES PLANES
I LONDON, May , '25, (/P)—‘The
Prince of Wales'took another of his
row irequent airplane trips fyling
from London suburbs to Notting
ham to preside at a luncheon of
Lhe Nottingham agriculture show.
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j WASHINGTON, May 25. UP)—
The row of the senate over the
secret vote on the confirmation oi
Irviing Lenroot as a federal judge
broke out again here in renewed
energy. Senator La Follette, re
publican leader of Wisconsin, de
fied the senate to expell him
even though he would tell of how
he voted on the nominations in
the executive sessions. A news
paperman was denied the privi
lage of the floor because he is
said to have given out the vote
TEDBY ROOSEVELT
ACCEPTS H POST
SHANGHAI, China, May 25. (JP)
—Theodore Roosevelt will accept
the governorship of Porto Rico,
I offered him by President Hoover,
Kermit Roosevelt, his brother an
nounced here. He said that Theo
dore nad remained behind in the
interior of Asia for another month
of hunting where they have been
vacationing for several weeks
HONOR PRESIDENT
PARIS, May 25, (/P)—Distinguish
ed Belgians, French and Ameri
cans assembled here and honored
Herbert Hoover, President of the
United States for the good work he
did in Belgium and France when he
was the food administrator during
the war.
WASHINGTON, May 24, (/P)—The
Cloverdale Mines Co., applied to the
Federal Power Commission for a
I license for power developments on
.Lake Creek, Custer county, Colo.,
'for use in its mining operations.
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TWO PLANES BEEN AT OLD OR
CHARD FOR PAST FEW DAYS
WAITING TO HOP OFF
OLD ORCHARD, Maine, May 26.
The French monoplane Bernard
191, which lande dhere two' days
ago after a flight from Roosevelt
field in New York, having been
i flown at the rate of 140 miles an
hour with three passengers on
board, negotiated the distance
of a little over 300 miles in two
hours and 20 minutes.
The big yellow craft is expected
to get away on a non stop flight
across the Atlantic to LeBourget
as soon as the weather will per
mit. When that good weather does
come around it will probably mean
a trans-Atlantic race because of
the Bellanca machine with Roger
Q. Williams and Captain Lewis
Yancey as her crew, who are also
ready at Old Orchard beach pre
pared to hop for Rome at the
first sign of a chance to get away.
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SIB STUBENTS
STS6E NEB RIOTS:
ISSS ODOROUS ECCS
—
; SYDNEY,, Australia, May 25, (/P)
—Feeling ran high in Sydney
against university students who
caused a near riot by a student
“rag” last evening. The students
visited the Tivoli theater in a body
pelted the performers with rot
ten fruit and eggs, howled down
the vice chancellor of the Univ
ersity and threw firecrackers at
the president of the undergrad
uates association who tried to re
store some kind of order out of
chaos. Pandemonium reigned su
preme for several hours.
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. May 25. (/P)
—A boy, only six years old was
found guilty of murdering his
playmate, eight years old, and was
sentenced by the jury to serve
jin the reformatory until he is 21
years old.
He is Carl Newton Mahal; his
victim was Cecil Van Hoose. The
'jury deliberated for 30 minutes.
The boys are said to have quar
reled ever a piece of scrap iron; the
weapon was a double barreled shot
gun.
HIGH SCHOOL PROF
III IHjCJ" PUBLIC
: CHICO, Cal. May25- </P)—The
resignation of Paul E. Paulsen,
head of the science department of
the Chico high school here, was
demanded because of his alleged
athesistic teachings in the class
rooms. He has been there for six
years and will demand a hearing,
and said he would not resign.
Paulsen is a church member of
good standing according to all
reports.