MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 175.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, JULY 29, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SUDDENLY STRICKEN WITH A
HEART ATTACK SEATTLE
SATURDAY
SEATTLE. July 29, (^P)-Mohn
F. A. Strong, 69 years of age, and
Governor of Alaska from 1913 to
1918. died here Saturday night
suddenly from a • heart attack.
Mr. Strong, with little suc
cess, tried mining in the Klon
dike but returned to newspaper
work joining the staff of the
Dawson News. He founded and
edited many papers in Alaska
for 15 years starting the Nome
Nugget, Nome News, the Juneau
Empire and the Katalla Herald
For a time he was the editor of
the Skagway News.
Mrs. Strong was ever by her
husband’s side helping him set
type, run presses or folding pa
pars.
Mr. Strong was a charter mem
ber of No. 1 organization, Pio
neers of Alaska at Nome; he
was Past Arctic Chief of the
Nome Camp of the Arctic Broth
erhood. a member of the Anvil
Ledge, No. 140 F. & A. M., Nome,
Alaska consitory at Juneau and
Nile Temple Shrine of Seattle
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed
He was stricken when he re
turned to his hotel after visit
ing friends in company with Mrs.
Strong. He had been in ill health
fer about a year.
Mr. Strong was appointed Gov
ernor of Alaska by President Wil
son when he was editor of the
Nome Nugget. Since 1918 he
had been wintering in California
and summering in Washington.
Ke was born in Kentucky and
came to Puget Sound in 1883.
At one time he was editor of
of the Fairhaven Herald; later, of
the Tacoma Ledger and was
once on the staff of the old Seat
tle Telegraph.
He married Anna Hall in Seat
tle in 1896 by whom he is sur
vived. He resigned from the Led
ger to join the Klondike gold
rush on which stampede Mrs.
Strong accompanied him.
FIRE LOSS TO PRISON IS ES- ]
TIMATED AT APPROX
IMATELY $250,000
AUBURN, New York, July 29,
{JP)—Following the example set
by fellow convicts at Clinton
prison, Dannemora, last Monday,
over 1,700 inmates of Auburn
State Prispn staged a riot batt- j
ling for more than five hours j
and using rifles, pistol and fire!
in a desperate attempt to escape, j
Two convicts were killed and!
four guards shot, one seriously, i
Four convicts are believed to1
have escaped. The fire loss is I
estimated at approximately $250, j
000.
Ten large ships are taking tour- j
ists on around the world cruises j
this year. ’ ii
ST. LOUIS
HS 400 HOURS 1
ST. LOUIS. July 29, (/P)—O’Brien
and Jackson are nearing the 400
hour mark aloft in the “St. Louis
Robin”. At 9:17 this morning they
'had completed 386 hours in the air
and exceeded the record of the
| “Angeleno” by 140 hours.
The joint earnings of the fliers
is accumulating at the rate of $116
an hour and now amounts to $16,
000.
EIUII1CE PLWIE
CO-PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED;
LOST ALTITUDE WHEN HE
DROPPED NOTE
MINNEAPOLIS, July 29, (TP)—The
endurance monoplane Minnesota
crashed at the airport killing Capt
ain Crichton and perhaps fatally
injured co-pilot Haugland. The
fliers were in their seventh day in
the air and had passed the 154-hour
mark.
The tragic ending came suddenly
as Captain Crichton, at the con
trols, endeavored to regain altitude
after he had swooped low over the
airport to drop a note saying all
was well.
Haughland was sleeping on an
improvised bed atop the gas tank
in the fuselage and was lifted un
conscious from the plane.
Crichton was dead when the crew
reached the plane a few minutes
aftfer it fell. Observers said the
plajie apparently lost too much
spefed by dropping over the airport.
BRIAND IS PREMIER
PARIS, July 29, (TP)—Briand will
retain intact the Cabinet of Poin
care except Poincare v/ho will not
be included. Briand will hold the
post pf Premier and the Portfolio
of Foreign Affairs. President Dou
mergu ? concurred in the decision.
:s YUKO
uie sm
B LIST ABOARD
NUMBER OF ALASKA CITIZENS
NOTED AMONG THE LIST OF
RESERVATIONS
SEATTLE, July 29, (/P)—The S. S.
Yukon of the A. S. S. Co., sailed at
9 a. m. Sunday and carried 179 first
class passengers and 10 steerage;
53 are booked for Seward. There
are also 55 round-trip passengers
(on board. The list for Seward is;
■Mrs. E. Porter and baby; Mrs. F. C.
'Miller, Anton Lind, Miss Helen Wil
lis, Helen Stafford, Mrs. Roy Post,
Mrs. G. E. Sorrels, K. P. Lind, Miss
H. Clark, Mrs. P. B. Tebbutt, Mrs.
!e. A. Williams, Mrs. J. Schneider,
I Andrew Miller, T. Finger. Carl An
Iderson, J. Sanders, Mrs. Wilkins and
• Mrs. E. J. Sharpens.
! Mr. and Mrs. L. Grinnell and
baby, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Smith,
Mildred Tironson, Mr. and Mrs. G.
D. Morse, Mrs. Annie Trennis, Mrs.
Isabel Wilkenson, Judge A. J. Galen
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smith and Ed
.Krose.
I Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Michael, Mrs.
Krodecker, W. R. Rectar, Mrs. L. B.
Dunall, Albert Duvall, F. A. Nichols,
Esther Nichols, Eunice Nichols,
Miss Edith Horll, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry B. Lewis, Mrs. M. L. Dobbins,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pond, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. N. Hubbard. Mrs. A.
Parrish George Valaer and two
I steerage.
1 PILOT Hllflf IS
nun TAKEOFF
TACOMA, July 29. (/P)—Aviator
Bromley was slightly hurt when
his plane crashed while racing
down a runway Saturday morn
ing. He was rushed to the Ta
coma hospital. The right wing
smashed when the plane ground
looped after it ran off the run
way 150 feet from the starting
point.
LABRADOR FOLKS GROOMED — —
FOR COMING OF INDUSTRY
f r
A hospital (above), shown in its bleak setting at Indian Harbor,
Labrador, represents part of the work destined to prepare Labrador I
or its place as a “land of the future.” An active worker to that end I
s Sir Wilfred Grenfell, shown below with two young Labradorites. 1
BOOST TBf!B LEM
CHICAGO, July 29, (IP)—'The
Chicago Nationals boosted theii
:lead over Pittsburgh to two and
■one-half games by beating Phil
adelphia for the seventh straight
victory.
Guy Bush let Philladelphia
down with six hits, one a homei
by Hurst. It was Bush’s 14th vic
tory of the season keeping him
, at the top of the league
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AGAIN FEW WEEKS
SPRAY FROM VENTS IN TANKS
BLINDED PILOT WHO LOST
CONTROL FOR MOMENT
TACOMA, July 29, (JP)—Aviator
Bromley’s attempted Tacoma—
Tokio flight ended in disaster early
Sunday when his monoplane, “City
of Tacoma”, was wrecked at the
take-off.
Undaunted Bromley is going
ahead with plans for a second at
tempt within 60 days. The mono
plane whirled into a ground loop
after the pilot had been blinded by
gas issuing from vents in the tanks,
The orange plane had gone less
than 1,500 feet down the oiled run
way when it veered sharply into
the soft dirt to the left and tore off
the right wheel and the landing
gear was demolished and the right
wing stuck its nose into dirt.
Examination by experts showed
the giant motor was not seriously
damaged. Gasoline sprayed back
from the vents in the tanks and the
windshield and as Bromley stuck
his head outside the windshield his
goggles became clouded. Jerking
off his goggles he got the spray in
eyes blinding him and causing him
to lose control of the ship.
Twenty thousand people witness
ed the crash; Bromley was not in
jured.
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SATURDAYS GAMES
NATIONAL
Chicago 6, 10 Phillies 1, 7
New York 5, St. Louis 3
Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn 3
Boston 10, 2 Pittsburg 3, 5
AMERICAN
Cleveland 5, Washington 3
New York 5, St. Louis 3
Boston 4, Detroit 0
Phillies 8, Chicago 1
COAST
Portland 4, 0, Missions 1, 2
Sacs 12, Los Angeles 3
Hollywood 16, 6 Seattle 0, 5
Oakland 3 San Francisco 2
NATIONAL
Phillies 2, Chicago 7
Brooklyn 3, 5, Cincinnati 4, 7
New York 10, St. Louis 5
AMERICAN
Cleveland 9, Washington 6
St. Louis 6, New York 7
Detroit 5, Boston 3
COAST
Hollywood 6, 12, Seattle 5, 5
Missions 9, 2, Portland 4, 3
Sacramento 5, 6, L. A.. 3, 2
Oakland 14, 2, S. F. 6, 3
It is proposed to enclose a new
railroad across the Sahara desert
in a steel tube to keep out drifting
sand.
BOTH NATIONS ENTHUSIASTIC
! IN APPROVAL NEW STEPS
TOWARD DISARMAMENT
1 WASHINGTON, July 29, (/P)—
i The agreement of Great Britain
;and the United States upon the
• principal of Naval parity and
equality in fighting strength was
described by Secretary Stimson as
jan immense and tremendous step
; towards Naval reduction and an
action which eliminates all thought
of war between the two Nations.
The State Department pointed
out that parity in fighting strength
, would prevent the two Nations
, from going into a competitive
building program and added that
in assuming parity the countries
! looked not to conflict but preven
tion of conflict.
Neither President Hoover or
Premier McDonald of Great Brit
ain are expected to be subjected to
criticism for their action in reduc
ing armaments. Senators are dis
jcussing the President’s unusual de
cision but they are net expected to
challenge him.
In England, T emier McDonald’s
position is stroll because of Amer
ica’s cruiser building reduct? on, in
answer to his generous deUiy in
British Naval construction. The
press -of both countries i& enthus
iastic in. its , approval
step towards disarmament.
MILITARY ACTIVITIES WILL BE
INVESTIGATED NEXT,
VIEW, REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, July 29. (/P)_
j President Hoover returned from
|the Virginia fishing preserve
where he conferred over the
week-end with high officials of
the War Department on a pro
gram for the reduction of the
cost of arm maintainance.
Considerable time was devoted
to a general survey of the entire
army situation and personnel of
a commission of army officers
who will be appointed to investi
gate all military activities with
the view of expenditure reduc
tion.
For the first time since President
Hoover made trips to camps two
women were in the party.
OCEAN FLIERS RETURN
NEW YORK, July 29, (A3)—
Roger Williams and Lewis Yan
cey, transAtlantic fliers, arrived
aboard the S. S. Republic with
their plane crated on the deck
Despite the fact it was Sunday
the fliers were given a rousing
welcome and were greeted by
public officials.
FILES FOR DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, July 29, (/P)—
Mrs. Grace Bryan Hargreaves,
daughter of the late William Jen
nings Bryan, filed suit for divorce
and custody of their four children.
She charges her husband, a Bever
ley Hills banker, with cruelty and
incompatibility.