SEWARD,
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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 181.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TONG WAR BREAKS OUT A
NEW; CHINATOWN STREETS
DESERTED; TENSE SPIRIT
CHICAGO, Aug. 5. (/P) —Tong
guns blazed in Chicago Sunday
and the echo was heard in the
Chinese section all over the Unit
ed States and brought out ap
prehensive police details attempt
ing to stop the dread fued
Chicago’s Chinatown was in a
confusion when Hip Sing Tong
man Yee Sun was shot and kil
led on a crowded street and again
in the night when Yar Leong
Wond was shot and probably fa
tally wounded.
The police were informed that
that Wond was a member of the
Leong Tong gang and working
on the theory that his shoot
ing was a retaliation of the slay
ing of Sun. Police in other cities
report the streets of Chinatown
are deserted and a tense and
uneasy spirit prevailed.
Two shots were fired at a
Chinese in Boston. Scores of plain
clothesmen are stationed in the
Chinese section and sightseers
si* being kept out- Police find
no reason for the Chcago slay
ing.
At Newark, New Jersey, Louis
Ga Fung, died today from bul
let wounds, the victim of a Tong
war, police said. Loy Song, a
member of the Hip Sing Tong,
is held in a charge of murder.
Authorities there advanced the
theory the outbreak may have
arisen as the result of the opium
trade conflict
Opium valued at $50,000, was
seized and 47 Chinese arrested in
a raid in the city's Chinatown
Saturday.
AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR DE
CREASING SIZE, PROLONG
LIFE BATTLESHIPS
LONDON, Aug., 5, (JP)—Prime
Minister MacDonald and Ambassa
dor Charles Dawes, acting respect
ively for Great Britain and the
United States, have reached a ten
tative agreement with regard to
naval disarmament, the London
Evening Standard announces. Brit
ish authorities were inclined to
minimize the report, altho it is
known that diplomatic conversa
tions have been progressing rapid
ly.
According to the Standard the
agreement provides for the restric
tion of battleship programs {and
decreasing the size of future battle
ships and the prolongation of the
life of the present battleships and
cessation of construction of sub
marines.
LEADER DIES
LONDON, Aug., 5, (A5)—Dam(
Millicent Fawcett, leader of the
suffragist movement, died here
yesterday.
1
HE LOCAL ViSITORS
I Dr. Henry Landes, dean of the
| faculty and head of the depart
ment of Geology of the Univer
sity of Washington, and his wife,
Mrs. Bertha Landes, the distin
guished former Mayor of Seat
tle, are among the round-trip
passengers on the S. S. Yukon.
Accompanying Dean Landes are
22 young geologists, pupils in his
department, who are taking notes
on the formations of the coast
range of mountains and study
ing the actions of glaciers.
Dr. and Mrs. Landes are be
ing entertained in Seward by
many of their friends from the
Outside, which included a motor
trip to Lake Kenai.
HIE? PM HD
WORK BE SPEEDED UP:
EM MPHIM
WASHINGTON, Aug? 5. UP) —
Secretary Wilbur today author
■ ized additional work this sea
son on the McKinley Park road,
thereby assuring completion of
the road in two years.
The road runs a distance of
j 73 miles. The additional work
provides $60,000 for opening up
the stocking the supply basis be
fore winter so that spring con
struction may be started as soon
as the Northern winter breaks.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PER
SONS WATCHED LEVIATHAN
OF THE AIR
| LAKEHURST, N. J., Aug., 5, (/P)
|—The Graf Zeppelin landed on ;
| American soil completing the third j
crossing of the Atlantic within a j
year. Last October the dirigible!
completed the first round trip from
Friedrichshafen to the Navy Reser
vation in the United States; then
; returned.
At 5:55 yesterday afternoon a
i speck was sighted 14 miles away by
Coxswain William Bishop, lookout
man for the “Los Angeles”. One
half hour later the huge silver bag
poked its shining nose into the sun
set over the field maneuvering a
salute to the cheering crowd.
One hundred thousand persons
| watched the Zeppelin as it disap
peared over northward and cruised
over New York City' before return
ing to the reservation where it
dropped its landing ropes at 8:48
,p. m. The huge naval hangar will
it departs. The landing was accom
plished in 95 hours and 19 minutes
from the time it left its base 4,175
miles away; the speed averaged
about 54 miles an hour.
SENT CALL FOR MEET
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (JP)—
Chairman Work sent out a call
for a meeting of the Republican
National Committee in Washing
ton on September 9.
home of the Zeppelin until
WOMEN’S TROUSER FAD
| ENCOURAGE COTTON MEN
Co* ion manufactures trace the evolution of the women’s trouser
trend from “the bloomer girl of 1894” (inset) on her bicycle in NeW
York- .At the left are shown quilted beach pajamas; at the right,
j beach overalls.
BUREAU EDUCATION
GIF, OF 0. S. L
ARRIVES IN CITY
Among the distinquished Amer
icans in Seward today is Dr.
William John Cooper, United
States Commissioner of Educa
tion, Interior Department, who,
accompanied by Mrs. Cooper and
their three children, are arrivals
from the Interior, enroute to
Seattle.
Prior to his departure to Alas
ka from Seattle, Dr. Cooper was
heard over KOMO, Seattle, in
which radio talk he mentioned
some of his ideas and plans rela
tive to Alaska, and also stated
in what way he intended to car
ry them out.
While in Southeastern Alaska
Dr. Cooper will discuss problems
with Governor Parks and, it is
said, make a survey with the
idea of selecting a site for a new
industrial school.
m oFFinisL,
si pm, is
BRIEF VISIT®
E. T. Stannard, vice-president
! and general manager of the Alas
ka Steamship Company and Ken
necott Copper Corporation, Mrs.
| Stannard, W. B. Sprague, pur
j chasing agent for the two com
panies, were among the prom
' inent arrivals in Seward Saturday
from the Interior.
F. A. Hansen, manager of the
i Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, preceeded Mr. Stannard
! and Mr. Sprague the day pre
I vious
The party motored over the
Richardson Highway from Chit
ina to Fairbanks in Mr. Han
sen’s auto which will be shipped
back to Cordova from Seward.
Enroute to Seward a stop was
made at McKinel National Park
the side trip int^ the Park being
enjoyed immensely.
I Regarding the S. S. Mexico
which has been purchased foi
Alaska service, it is stated the
vessel will probably make its
first run to the North next April
The ship will, in all likelihood
be rechristened the Aleutian and
will be. the largest and most
palatial steamer on the run. It
is 40 feet longer than either the
Yukon or Alaska. The Mexico
| will arrive in Seattle about Sep
! tember 20 from the Atlantic
I coast.
..
AS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5- (/P) —
Formal announcement was made
here as to the appointment ol
John W. Garret, Baltimore bank
er, as Ambassador to Italy.
The new Ambassador - already
has had 20 years service with
the diplomatic corps, having been
Minister to Venezuela, Argentina
and the Netherlands.
LARGE LISTING
EMBARK STEAMER
ALASKA. NORTH
72 PASSENGERS ROOKED FOR
SEWARD; SHRINERS ALSO
ON BOARD
SEATTLE, Aug., 5, (£>)—'The S. S.
Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed at
9 p. m. Sunday and carried 204 pas
sengers; ^3 steerage. The 72 pas
sengers for Seward are as follows
W. A. Nelson, H. Whitney, E. N.
Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Nehas Os
ner, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Eastman,
Mrs. H. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Askius, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Lazier,
Charles M. Havre, Mrs. Alice Dan
cer and three children, Alfred Ryan
T. A. Rodigkeit, E. G. Haylman, R.
O. Williamson, Geraldine Eastman,
Maude Jackson, Miss M. Waller.
Mrs. F. Higgins and Mrs. A. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Borch, Mr.
Rice, Charges A. Anderson, A. R.
Anderson, Joe Klyman, Mrs. M.
Wagner, Miss E. Dhadwick, Mrs.
Ada Morrison, Mrs. Laura Johnson,
,Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McFadden, Mrs.
M. Williams, Miss E. Weaver, Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Still, Matilda Alley,
Arthur Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. C. 3.
Sheller, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Furmare
and two sons.
Dr. W. K. Murphy, Mrs. D. O.
Kennedy, F. Turner, Ludwig Lars
son, Mrs. B. Davis, Miss G. McDon
ald, Leo Seidenverg, Alfred Matson,
Maris Phelps, George Brannern, L.
F. Maxwell, W. H. Phillips, Mrs.
Charles Hubbard, Mrs. D. J. Fair
born, J. C. Hepfinger, Marie Ben
zik, Mrs. P. Dallasto, M. T. Howard,
Gus. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. A. An
derson and daughter and three
steerage.
! CONDITIONS M.
\ PRESENTED. SOVIET
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IMMEDIATE CONFERENCE FOR
NEGOTIATION QUESTIONS
OUT OF CONFLICT
MOSCOW, Aug., 5, (/P)—The Sov
iet Union government, taking its
first public notice of official efforts
to reach a peaceable settlement of
the Chinese Eastern Railway con
troversy with China, announced
i three drastic conditions as a solu
tion of the problem raised by the
Chinese seizure of the railroad.
These conditions were liberation
of the Soviet workers and civil ser
vice men held in Manchuria, ap
pointed by the Soviet government
of both manager and assistant
manager of the disputed railroad,
and a conference to be called im
mediately for negotiation of ques
tions arising out of the conflict.
Dispatches from Nanking indi
cated that the Chinese will refuse
these conditions.
ORGANIZER DEAD
| DENVER, Aug., 5, (JP)—Otto Floto,
66, a nationally known sports
writer, is dead. He promoted num
erous enterprises in the west and
;rganlzed the Floto dog and pony
1 how out of which grew the Sells
Floto Circus. As a friend of Jack
j cearns he encouraged the stare
of Jack Dempsey. A widow survives.