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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 113. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928. PRICE TEN CENTS
MANY LISTED ON FAST LINER
FOR THE PORT OF SEWARD
AND INTERIOR
SEATTLE, May 14, (/P)—'The S. S.
Alaska, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
left Seattle Saturday morning at 9
o'clock for Alaska carrying 278 pass
engers. The Seward listing compris
ed Charles Jubbenhorst, Marien Ber
ry, R. R. Reed, Captain Carey, Cap
tain Peterso, W. F. Hoelscher Mrs.
4. Lukens.
J. S. Jefenrey, Mrs. Stern, Sam
Dubin, Mr. and Mrs. A. Monson and
son, Maud Ackridge, Andrew Drag
ieh, R. Moore, F. E. Stanley, C. G.
Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. A. Darling, Hel
en Cact, Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Brigh, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Morris.
A Slater, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Rado
vich, W. F. Hiatt, D. A. Walker, H.
Bugro, Mr. and Mrs. Reenstrom and
daughter, Mias Brown, K. a. Chis
holm, J. L. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Miller, Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Declien
f v
Mrs. Ellis, George McKean, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Leonard, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Does, Mrs. Anderson, Leslie
Clugh, Mrs. Halley W. R. Edwards,
Oscar Gray, one Oriental, C. J. O'Dor.
mot, L. Nelson. Stanley Rys, and 42
steerage.
FOUR WOMEN KILLED
LAUNDRY EXPLOSION
^ KOKOMO, Indiana, May 14, (JP)—
Four women were killed, s,ix persons
seriously injured and 15 suffered
sitiock and bruises in an explosion
in a flan work steam laundry. The
women were working on the mangle
when the blast occured. The one
story brick building was wrecked.
ITALIA NOW WHITING
WEATHER START AGAIN
KINGSBAY, May 14. (/P)—'The diri
gible Italia will make another flight
%iio the Polar regions as soon as good
weather prevails. The crew are work
ing day and night filling up the craft
with gas and benz^fce. Wet snow cov
ered the Italia but th sun came out
today drying it up.
ABSENCE DISTURBANCES
BERL.IX, May 14, (JP)—Germany
is facing elections with an absence
cf disturbances which has marvel
Jh „
^previous campaigns. Bremen’s mon
archist flag has become the issue in
the campaign but the Republicans
are expected to remain in power.
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ARCTIC EXPEDITION
SAILING FALSE PASS
BELLINGHAM, May 14. (P)—Mem- j
bers of the Stoll-McCracken expetli- j
i tion to Siberia and the Arctic will
I saili for False Pass on the Pacific
American Fisheries steamship Red
wood tomorrow afternoon.
It is understood the party will in
clude Charles H. Stoll and Mrs. Stoll
who are expected to arrive here from
the East three hours before sailing.
CAPTAIN JACK ROBERTSON, VET
ERAN MOVIE MAN, HEADS
ARCTIC PARTY
i
WISEMAN, May 14. </P)—Aviators
Wien of Fairbanks and Merrill of An
chorage arrived at Wiseman at noon
fcoday and in two hour$ departed for
Point Barrow with a moving picture
.
| company.
The planes will be engaged for the
balance of the week transporting the
party to Point Barrow. The weather
has been stormy the past week but
is perfect now.
LEAGUE STANDING
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet.
Cincinnati .IS 11 621
New York _ 13 9 591
Chicago . 17 12 586
Pittsburgh ...... 13 12 520
St. Louis . 16 12 571
Brooklyn . 12 13 480
Boston .. „ 9 15 375
Philadelphia . 5 19 208
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet.
New York . 19 5 792
Philadelphia . 13 7 650
Cleveland . 18 10 643
St. Louis ..4 14 15 483
Washington . 10 14 417
Detroit . 12 19 387
Boston _ 9 15 375
Chicago . 9 19 321
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet.
Sacramento .. 26 16 619
Hollywood ... 28 14 667 |
San Francisco . 24 15 571 i
Los Angeles .. 22 ,20 524
Mission . 18 22 450
Oakland . ... 17 23 439 j
Portland . 18 23 439
Seattle . 13 28 317
FAIL TO REACH PISTOU
HALIFAX, May 14. (£>)—The two
United States army planes enroute to
Labrador to assist the Bremen land
ed at the mainland, 50 miles short of
Pictou, the destination.
LOU BEFORE
COMMITTEE SITS
. SPENT SUM
GREATER PORTION OF FUND
CONTRIBUTED BY TWO OLD
TIME FRIENDS
WASHINGTON, May 14. Gov.
Lowden told the Senajte Campaign
Committee about $60,000 has been
spent furthering his candidacy for the
Presidential nomination.
He said the receipts totalled $64,
700. His personal books showed he
had contributed $12,600 to advance his
own cause although it was said Clar
ence Buck, his campaign manager, in
formed them the contribution was
really $15,000.
He declared the discrepancy^will be
straightened out when he could exam
ine the accounts. The greater part
of fthe fund was contributed by two
old friends Omer Custer of Galesburg,
111., and Robert Clark of Los Angeles.
ATTENTION OF COOLIDGE CALL
ED TO GRAVE SITUATION
CREATED BY JAPAN
SHANGHAI, May 14. (Jp)—'The
Chinese-Japanese crisis was formal!}
brought to the attention of the Unitec
States Government by the National
ist Government Council of China.
No specific request for interven
tion was contained in the cable sen1
ito President Cool id ge by the National
ists. but his attention was called tc
the recent clash and altitude.
The United States was -asked
“about this grave situation created b>
Japan.”
SEATTLE, May 14. (/P)—Police be
gan operating on the theory that the
bandit slayer of Patrolman Fred Ivey
was wounded in the duel with the of
ficer, and drowned in Lake Union
after escaping from the scene of the
tragedy. The lake is to be dragged
DRY AlimiS
TO CONFER IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 14. (TP)—Five pho
hibijtion administrations are to gather
forces in the western half of the
states and meet in secret conference
here to perfect plans for tightening
up enforcement. A possible west side
crusade is seen.
DANVILLE, Pa., May 14. (JP)—Mrs.
Agnes Sayres of Ketchikan suffered
a broken back yesterday when a tire
blew out on an automobile and over
turned near here. Physicians held
little hope for recovery.
Miss Eleanor Borden, 20, and Geo.
Welsh, Jr., 20, received cuts and
bruises. Two others were unhurt.
RAGING AUTOS HIT
TRAIN TWO FAMILIES
DIE IN WRECK
SIX IN ONE FAMILY KILLED AND
FATHER AND SON IN OTHER
CAR DEAD
ERIE, Pa., May 14. (Jp)~A baby is
the sole surviving member of a family
of seven, and a father and son of an
other family are also dead, the result
of two automobiles crashing into a
(train.
Five others were injured, one proba
bly fatally. The tragedy resulted in
an impromptu race between the two
automobiles.
BASEBALL GAMES
SATURDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN
Detroit 7, New York 8
Chicago 9, Washington 6
St. Louis 2, Boston 15
Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1
COAST
Seattle 5, Hollywood 2
San Francisco 1, 2, Oakland 2; 4;
the first w-ent 12 innings.
Los Angeles 4, Sacramento 2: 11
innings.
Portland 9, Missions 3
NATIONAL
Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 3
Boston 3, St. Louis1 5
New York 2, Chicago 4
Broklyn 4, Pittsburgh 5
SUNDAY’S GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York, 5; Chicago, 6.
Boston, 6; St. Louis, 5.
Philadelphia, 4; Cincinnati, 11.
Pittsburgh, 5: Brooklyn. S.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington, 10; Chicago, 3.
Detroit, 2- New York, 7.
Pirladelphiia, 0; Cleveland, 2.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood, 7-5; Seattle, 0-4.
Los Angeles, 3-5; Sacramento, 1-7.
San Francisco, 3-8; Oakland, 4-11.
Portland, 3-1; Missions, 2-3.
MEXICO CITY, May 14, (#>)—D. W.
Morrow% TJ. S. Consul, is convales
cing from an attack of influenza
at a nearby health resort.
PRISONER SAYS
POISONED YOUNG
0110 YOUTH
ELDER SISTER ROLLED HIM SO
TOOK REVENGE ON HER
YOUNGER SISTER
LOS ANGELES May 14, (£>)—
James Hooven, 27, alia-s James Wil
liam Huff, serving a six months term
for petty theft, told jailer Prank De
War that his conscience was “driving
me crazy" and confessed to the slay
ings of 17 year old Ruth Little of
Summitville, Indiana, and an 18 year
old married youth, James Leo Carroll
of Los Angeles,
Hooven last month attempted to
! commit suicide in his jail cell. In the
! coroner’s report on the death of Car
1 roll was found written down, as “eith
| er suicidal or accidental.”
I Hooven said he had been engaged
! to Blanche Little, the elder sister of
i the slain girl and shortly after his
discharge from the Army in 1919, he
said his fiance rolled him for all the
money he had, 51,500 and then fled
with another man.
Unable to extract vengeance from
her, he said, he killed her youngest
sister by poisening her soup “then
I watched her die.” He said he killed
Carroll the same way because Car
roll had a lot of insurance “he conld
, not touch.”
VETCH RACE DRIVER
DAVE LEWIS, SUICIDES
LOS ANGELES, May 14. (/P>—Dave
Lewis, veteran race driver, commited
sui^de with a pistol when a brus>
fire near his cabin at San Francisco
quito, flamed beyond control. He was?
clearing brush when the fire started.
Officers blamed his “nerves were shot
to pieces.” The fire was extinguished
wfth little effort later.
SACRAMENTO EIRE IS
FOUND DEAD ON SHIP
GLASGOW, May 14. (TP)—Miss
Eloise Gundrum of Sacramento was
I found dead in a cabin aboard the S.
S. Calendonia upon its arrival follow*
ing a four months world cruise. She
apparently had been strangled by a
rope placed to aid persons rising from
|
i berths.
I _ __
POSTPONED FOR A DAY
| WASHINGTON, May 14, </P)—'The
hearing on Col. Robt. W. Stewart’s
If lea to dismiss an indictment charg
ing him with contempt for refusing
to answer questions concerning Tea
pot Dome matters, has been, post
poned until tomorrow.