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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 8. SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1929 PRICE TEN GENTS
fill STOP FLIGHT !
FOKKER FIRM IN FRANCE TO
MAKE NON STOP FLIGHT
24,000 MILES
WICHITA, Kan., Jan., 10, (JP)—
The most daring project of avia
tion, an attempted non stop flight
around the world which hereto
fore has been regarded beyond
the realm of possbility, appeared
near realization within the pre
sent year.
Fuitbermore, announcements of
the projected flights made here
and in Paris suggested the possi- |
bility of a race to realize the dream
of all endurance distance fliers.
Both flights will be refueling ven- I
tures suggested by the sustained
flight of the Army plane “Ques- \
tion Mark.”
From his sick bed where he is
recovering from a severe illness,
Colonel Goebel, noted distance
and speed pilot, he announced he
intended to be the first to make ]
the effort to circle the globe with
out a stop. He has set a tentative
date in August or September for
the flight which will be from the
West to the East, from Wichita to
Wichita.
Almost simultaneously it was
revealed in Paris that the latest
project oi tjie Fpkk^r . Aviation
firm was a non stop flight in the
same direction from Paris to
Paris, possibly in June, when it is
believed the best weather will be
encountered.
Both projects call for refuelng
planes at intervals along the 24,
COO mile route.
CEMETERY IN N. I
NEW YORK, Jan., 10, With
the last big crowd to bid him
him farewell, George “Tex” Rick
ard has gone to his rest in Wood
lawn cemetery.
For three hours yesterday a
long line of mourners drawn from
every walk of life passed through
Madison Square Garden to pay
last respects and final tribute.
Ten thousand remained for the
funeral.
ELECTS NEW BOARD
SEATTLE, Jan. 10, (/P)—The Yel;
low Cedar Co., a Seattle corporation
operating largely in Alaska, at its
annual meeting elected a new
board of trustees: they were B. A.
Garger, R. J. Logan, H. L. Penney,
C. E. Lawson and John M. Shaw.
GUSTS OF ORATORY
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10, (/P)—'Tne
Kellogg Treaty drifted on the waves
of oratory as the Senate found it
self unable to reach an agreement
on the interpretive resolution on
the Pact while foes of the Treaty
prepared a final drive for such a
resolution.
DESIRE EARLY VOTE
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10, (IP)—
The understanding for an early
vote on the Kellogg anti war
treaty was asked in the Senate by
Senator Moses who led the fight
for an interpretative resolution to
accompany ratification of the pact
EVERYBODY WILL NOW '
GET FLU. PERHIIPS
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10, (Ah-The
Prohibition Bureau announced re
cently that physicians may pre
scribe whiskey in excess of the usual
amount every 10 days during the
influenza epidemic. Doctors form
erly were limited to a pint prescrip- j
Mon.
dead mm
HONORED BY BYRD
CAPE AND HARBOR NAMED
AFTER FLOYD BENNETT
COMMDR. RODGERS
NEW YORK. Jan., 10. (A1)—A
radio message from the Byrd ex
pedition copyrighted by the New
York Times and St. Louis Post Du- j
patch, announces that Byrd has
named the harbor he recently dis
covered in the Bay of Whales in
honor Floyd Bennett and the Cape i
at the entrance in honor of Com- J
mander John Rodgers.
Floyd Bennett, who died of pneu
monia last spring while enroute to j
the relief f the Bremen flyers, j
would have been Byrd’s chief pilot1
if he had lived. He flew with Byrd j
over the North Pole in 1926 and |
only a broken leg prevented him
from accompanying Byrd’s trans
Atlantic flight.
Rodgers commanded the P N 9
which was forced down attempting
to fly from California to Hawaii in
1925 and drifted several days before
rescued. Rodgers was fatally in
jured when his plane fell into the
Delaware River in September 1926.
STUDENTS KILLED
KENOSHA, Wis., Jan., 10, (TP)-Two
eirls and three boys, high school
rnd co’lege students were killed
, her- a train crashed into two auto
-mbiies carrying the young people
to a party. *
ROCKEFELLER iS
OUT TO OUST COT.
STEWART, BOARD
INDICATES DOES NOT SEEK
OTHER CHANGES MANAGE
MENT COMPANY
NEW YORK, Jan., 10, (IP)— John
Rockefeller, Junior, has sent let
ters to stockholders of the Stan
dard Oil Company of Indiana, seek- j
ing to obtain proxies for the annual
meeting of the company in March, \
to oppose the reelection of Col- '
onel Robert Stewart as chairman
of the company.
Mr. Rockefeller indicated lie did
not seek other changes in the
management of the company.
XML BOOTH
ASKED TO RESIGN
WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE
HONORS, DIGNITIES AT
TACHED COUNCILS
SUNBURG ON THE THAMES,
England, Jan., 10, (JP)—The high
council of the Salvation Army
adopted a resolution asking Gen
eral Booth to retire from his posi
tion because of the condition of his
health.
At the same time it was made
clear that in his retirement he
would retain the title of General
and continue to enjoy the honor
and diginities attached to it.
The council adjourned until
Saturday to give the seven mem
bers appointed to deliver the res
olution and opportunity to visit
him.
DEAN OF COP! OOFS
CHICAGO, Jan., 10, (/P)—Jas.
Durkin, gray haired dean of the
copy boys of the Chicago Tribune j
end friend to diplomats, newspaper j
men, kings princes and big busineoj
men all over the world, is dead. lie
died suddenly from heart failure
while returning from work.
BiliMSE"
PIUMMED f¥S
MEXICAN DOCUMENTS REVEAL
AND REVIVE FORMER
CHARGES
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10. (JP)~In
a spirit of indignation the Senate
received the report from one of its
committees branding as false the
newly discovered documents pur
porting to show Senator Borah and
Norris received $100,000 each from
the Soviet Government.
The documents constituted a new
set of papers which the committee
has been investigating secretly for
the past year. These were disclosed
as part of the Mexican documents
printed in Hearst papers one year
ago and which the committee held
as false. ~ *
The report of the Russian papers
to the Senate revived the discussion
of the Mexican documents bringing
a demand on the floor from Senator
Heflin that the Investigating Com
mittee indict Hearst for publication
of these papers. Heflin’s demand
was blocked on a motion by Reed to
discharge the committee from
further work. .
C1RDINAE PROTESTS
NEW YORK, Jan., 10, (JP)—Cardi
nal Hayes protested against sciei
ists assertion that humanity needs
a change in its conception of God.
The Cardinal said such a statemen;
fs shocking to Christians.
MO BANDITS SHOT
ATTEMPT HOLDUP
SEATTLE OFFICE
DYING BANDIT ANSWERS WITH
“YOE’D BE SURPRISED";
GUNS BLAZED
SEATTLE. Jan., 10. (/P)—1Two
aandits were shot and fatally
wounded and Thomas C. Barto,
iresidcnt of the Barto Co., was
dightlv wounded in an attempt co
loldup the company’s office in the
inanekil district yesterday after
loon. Both bandits cAed in the
aospital shortly after the holdup,
me was identified by the police as
Robert Byrne, 31.
James Dodson, clerk, received a
gainful wound when he was struck
with the butt of a pistol by one of
he bandit* arid nearly unconscious
From the blow he grabbed a pis
:ol from the cashier’s drawer and
Fired two shots at his attacker kill
ing him.
The bandits were foiled in then
holdup attempt by the quick wit
tedness of two women customers
who were in the room when the
aoldup occured. Barto was waiting
on a customer when the men enter
ed menacing the customers and
Barton with pistors. The bandits
commanded “Stick ’em up” and one
if the men dropped over the rail
ng into the cashier’s cage attack
ing Dobson as he did so.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Martha Gannon
and Mrs. Robe* s, '>«r*
customers, slipped out of the build
ing and Mrs. Gannon telephoned
to the police while Mrs. Simpson
went to the street to call Policeman
Peterson who, rushing into the
building opened fire which was
also returned. Peterson was then
ioined by two more policemen.
Barto then shot the second ban -
dit who was trying to hide behind
a desk. One bandit, who regained
consciousness for a moment, an
swered all questions with “You’d be
surprised.”
BOULDER DAM WOULD HARNESS VAST RESOURCES
Boulder Dam, the construction of which has been authorized by
Congress, would put a halter op the tumbling and destructive Colorado
river. The dam will be a concrete wall, 500 feet high, located at Black
Canyon (as in sketch above). It would impound 26,000,000 acre feet of
water and store 20,000,000 acre feet. Senator Hiram Johnson (inset) of
California has been chief champion of the legislation.
NEW YORK. Jan., 10. UP)—The
Rockefeller foundation and Laura
Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Or
ganization thru which John D.
Rickefeller devotes a large portion
of his share to betterment of man
kind. were merged into one organi
zation with assets of $174,546,806.
ELKS GAlHEHiNG IS
INITIATE NOVICES
A delegation of Anchorage Elks,
including the degree team, will ar
rive in Seward tomorrow night
and on Saturday night a few lo
cal aspirants to the Elk kingdom
will trod the “baby” Elk paths in
to the inner mysteries of the Order.
The Anchorage Elks will form
the advance guard for with the ar
rival of the S. S. Northwestern in
port from the South, it is expected
many more Elks will disembark.
In the main these will largely com
prise the Ketchikan Elks bowling
team who will continue on to An
chorage for matches. Elks from
Juneau and Cordova are also ex
pected to arrive on the steamer.
~ th» initiation ceremonies
are over Saturday night all will at
tend the public dance in Odd Fel
lows hall.
On Sunday the Elks will be ban
queted in the Seward Grill.