MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 204
SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1928
PRICE TEN GENTS
NO ACTION TAKEN
BY COUNCIL ON THE
SCHOOL OFFERS
B!DS SUBMITTED FOUND TOO
HIGH FOR $50,000 BOND ISSUE
VOTED BY TOWN
Seward now has $50,000 available,
ready to be spent but does not know
what to do with it. Bids are fcofore
the Common Council but they are al
most $10,000 too strong', and there
seems no possibility of accepting any
one of th'sm. In the meantime, the
building committee t>f the Council is
hurriedly going over the plans in an
effort to “cut the cloth” to the sizta
of the appropriation, in the hope that
a new school house can still be
achieved before the close of the pres
ent school year. Their revised speci
fications will be submitted to an ad
journed meeting of the Council to.
morrow night and it is possible that
isome concrete suggestion or plan will
be adopted which will permit early
inception of .building operations.
However, it is pretty generally ad
mitted by the Councilmen themselves
that new plans entirely will have to
be issued because the proposed plans
apparently will not permit of the
construction of the school and gym.
'-I «pnv> n * n rtf ‘ '' n»’ 0 C fl
I
to say nothing of furnishing and
eejuiping the school building and
gymn asium.
At last night’s meeting ot the j
Council t*.‘-u e were lour urns suom.u |
ted but one of them was only a bid i
tor the excavation of the basement, i
Tiie Robinson Construction Co., of'
Sea. * had submitted a ou „ !
specified that it was only open for 10
days and the time had expired before
the bid actually was opened. They
offered to build the school house for
$51,000, would take care of the ad
denda alterations for $S00, would do
the excavating for $1500 and would
build the gymnasium for $7,000 or a
total of $60,300.
Gerhard Johnsen ami Gust A. Pet.
erson, local eoutfactors bid $47,800
including: the disposal tank but ex
cluding the gymnasium.
The Warrack Construction Co., of
Seattle offered to construct the main
building for $48,700, the gymnasium
for $7,000, the disposal tank for $280 1
and -would do this concrete walks at
25 cents per square foot. M .B. Mai. j
loy made an offer of $1.25 per cubic
yard for the excavation.
The Council had puaviou'sly can
vassed the votes and officially certi
fied that the City of Seward had
okeyted the bond issue by the 65 per
cent required. In fact it was an
overwhelming vote of 20 to one for
*’.<3 bonds. It was then resolved that
the Council should accept the offer
of the Bank of Seward to take the i
bonds, that offer permitting an im- !
mediate credit of $15,000 for the- j
preliminary work. )
It was then that the bids were
opened and the big snag was struck.
I>eep disappointment reigned as
every Councilman had ardently de
sired that such bids might have beer,
received as would permit the immed
iate letting of the contract and the
beginning of construction work. It
row becomes evident that the plans
call for more than the money availa.
bio "will permit wherefore it becomes
mceesary, says Mayor Ray to cut
the plans down to within the limits
of the appropriation, allowing not
more than $40,000 for the school
building and gymnasium and $10,000
for equipment.
TO DEFEAT LEPROSY
MANILA, Sept., 11, (/P)—Announce
ment is made here that the Rock
efeller interests had 'Subscribed the
sum of $100,000 to the Leonard
Wood fund for the eradication of
leprosy.
mum hke
MAINE III REES
REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE MAINE
SWEEPS WM. GARDINER IN,
TO GOVERNOR CHAIR
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept., 12, (ff>)
—By the largest majority ever given
a gubernatorial candidate in the
State of Maine, William Gardiner,
Republican, was swept into office
over his Democratic opponent Ed
ward Moran.
Virtually, the complete returns
gave Gardiner a lead of more than
79,000.
Senator Frederick Hale, seeking
a, third term, was elected over Her- [
bert Holmes, Democrat, by a major. I
ity almost as large as Gardiner’s. ;
The sweeping victory exceeded that of ;
tiie previous high majority by more ;
than 14.000, in 1920.
The Republican majority was 05.
000 in (he Presidential election of
1924. Coolidge carried the State then j
by a plurality of 96.476, Thr Reptib
lican victory was decisive in every
contest the Party’s congressional can.
didates winning by even greater maj
orities than the gubernatoriail can
didate.
WESTERN SHIES
EVIDENCE SPATHY
A GENERAL APATHY IS NOTED
IN THREE WESTERN STATE
ELECTIONS
SEATTLE, Sept., 12, (/P)—The
primaries electorate of three far
W/ejfei’n and Southwestern States
was charged with the selection of
National States candidates at the
primary elections. While the choice
of Republican candidates of the
fourth State was left to the nom
inating convention Colorado, Wash,
ington and Arizona held wide pri
maries.
Delegates to the New Mexico
Republican convention gathered at
Albuquerque.
The Washington primary where
the contests were many and the cam
paigns spirited held chief interest
with a genera] apathy evidenced in
other elections because of the lack
of contests and outstanding issues.
In Washington the selection of
party nominees for United States
Senator, five Representatives, a
Governor and eight other elective
offices was expected to draw a heavy
vote from the 520.000 registered
voters.
BIEGE MOLESKIN HAT
PARIS, Sept.. 10. (ip)— Beige Mole
dun is used by a large house for a
iat for early fall. It is turned tit)
iff tlie face and is trimmed with in
nuistatior.- of the fur.
KASrUTIJN’S SF1KIT K1SES AuAIJN IJ\ LAWSUIT
Suit for $1,000,000 damages against the Grand Duke
Dmitri Pavlovich (upper right) and Felix Yussoupoff
(lower daughter of the Black Monk, Rasputin,
(upper left). The Prince admitted killing the man who
dominated the Czarist court, with the aid of the Grand
Duke, in a nook called “Rasputin.”
Cardinals Battle
Valiantly For The
National Leadership
ST. LOUIS, Sept., 12, The St.
play, Critz to Kelley, was nipped in
the Cincinnati Reds winning by the
score of six to three. Concentrated
hitting gained them the victory and
allowing the victors to cling to with
in two and one.half games for the
league leadership.
High got a homer: Bottomley and
Frisch got three baggers; a double
jlay, Critz to Kelley, was nipped in
the Card rally in the sixth inning.
SPLIT VIOLENTLY
ON SMITH ISSUE
—
| “GOODBYE TAMMANY'” SHOUT
VEXED AND BOLTING DEM,
OCRATS
DALLAS, Sept., 12, (#>)— T|he
State Democratic convention was j
■split wide open five minutes after it '
had convened and anti-Smith forces j
quit the hall retiring to the Agricul. j
tural building to hold a convention of J
their own.
The Democratic hall was' in a tur
moil for several minutes and one fist
fight broke out before the opponent? ,
of Smith left the hall. -
The split occured when Richard j
Flemming, retiring secretary of the j
State executive committee read a i
report in which he requested that
the anti.Smith delegates from Dallas. '
Tarrant, Harris, Bosque. Palo, Pin
to and Stephen counties be left off
the convention roster.
Former Governor Colqquitt of Dal.
las sprang to his feet shouting “let
all good Democrats retire.!” Imme
diately there was wild confusion
throughout the auditorium and anti.
Smithies arose in a body and held
aloft banners some of which read,
“all women are for Hoover”: "eight
cocktails daily with Al,” “a full din
ner.pail” with Hoover.
The bolting delegates then start
ed for the exits and amid the tur.
moil as they filed out shouted back
“goodbye Tammany.” They were an
wered with a roar “get out you Rep.
ublicans.”
DEATH III PLUNGE
FIRST FATAL AVIATION ACCI
DENT OCCURS IN ALASKA
ANOTHER INJURED
FAIRBANKS, Sept., 12. (j*P)—Dan .
Forth died of injuries suffered in an j
airplane crash Monday. He failed to
rega'n his senses.
Gt neral hemorrhages and internal I
Injuries caused the death. Gillum,
also fn the plane, received a broken
hand, a sprained ankle and back in.
juries; his condition fs not serious.
The death was the first fatal one
in the history' of aviation in Interior
Alaska. i
STRIKE AVERTED i
WASHINGTON, Sept., 10, (#>)—The <
United States Mediation Board an- c
lounced the settlement of a threat, i
jned strike of Western Railroad men. j
HARTLEY RENOMINATED FOP.
GOVERNOR BUT HIS SLATE
IS SHOT TO PIECES
SEATTLE, Sept., 12, (^P)—Hartley
emerged victorious in the State pri
mary returns. Half the precincts
secerned to indicate the Hartley slate
with one exception had been rejected.
Mrs. Corliss Preston apparently
had been approved and, with one ex
Ilullitt had a large lead in the Dem
ocratic primary and it was expected
by political obervers he will be Hart
ley’s opponent at the general election
In the Congressional race in the
Third district, Representative John
son was trailing Homer Bone for
the Republican nomination.
Mrs Corliss Preston apparently
is destined to suffer defeat at the
hands of X. D. Shavalter for sup
erintendent of public instruction.
Charles Hinton. assistant State
::»?asurer who was trailing Sam
Rathbun, a Hartley candidate, crept
into the lead.
Other State officers, I. Grant, Hin
kle Clark, V. Savage, C. \V. Clans,
yen and John H. Dunbar, are all
leading their Hartley selected op
ponents.
John A. GeRatly is in the lead
avisr Republican candidates for the
Lieutenant Governor’s job. Harry M.
Westfall had a small lead over
Mrs. Bedle Reeves for the Demo,
r-ratic nomination.
Hartley’s lead for the Governorship
Errew steadily from the first when
in half the vote he had a lead of
13,000 over French, his chief op
ponent. Judge Kenneth Macintosh
polled a heavy vote to lead the Scan
orial race.
Miles Poindexter, atteempting a
political comeback after his defeat,
or reelection six years ago, was sec
>nd: Austin Griffiths, third; C. C.
Dill, Democrat incumbent, was re.
nominated in the First district.
Representative John F. Miller.
Republican, had an easy victory
>.nd Lindley H. Hadley. Republican.
Second, district, also was named
igain.
John Summers, Fourth district.
Republican, was renamed; Sam Hill.
Democrat, was renominated in tlv?
Fifth district and will have Tom
Forkery as his opponent in Novem
ber
Peace, Amity And
Music Restored To
Chicago Theatres
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, (JP)—MoviAs
n 250 outlying theatres flickered to
nusic of jazz and sentimental bal
ads played by peaceful and satisfied
nusu ians, whose Labor Hay walkout
was terminated with an agreement
hat loth the exhibitors and tha musi
:lans hailed as a great victory.
Terrific Storm
Sweeps Unalaska
UNALASKA, Sept., 12, (JP)—With
l low barometer registered a terrific
tale raged over this territory las*
light and the schooner 1^ Merced.
>f the herring fleet, is now high and
!ry on the beach. No immediate da&v
ge occured but several small build,
ngs along the beach were flattened.