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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 125.
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SEWARD, ALASP V, MONDAY, May 28, 1928. .
PRICE TEN CENTS
Reports Dirigible
Landed In Alaska
Are Unconfirmed
CALIFORNIA REPORTS MESSAGE FROM ITALIA
SAYING SHIP HAD MET WITH DISASTER;
NOW SIX AND ONE-HALF DAYS OUT; RELIEF
EXPEDITIONS UNDER WAY; ICE BLOCKS
BASE SHIP; PLANE WILL ATTEMPT LOCATE
DIRIGIBLE
j, YORK, May 28. (A3)—The fate of the dirigibl
Itoha is still a mystery as rescue efforts are being rush
ed in Norway and Spitzbergen. Lieut. Holm started fo
Spitzbergen with a hydro airplane to carry on an ai
Xl a Thp ioe)n0uhuYnd n°rtheast coast of the Archi
pelago. The sealer Hobby will carry the plane to Kine-s
bay as soon as possible. ‘ 1 *“*■
QiV)Q^lfU\dsen a”d Oapt. Otto Sverdrup, Polar explorer*
41eKSSS°SS'SePrepari"E “
BID LINDS SEIRCDED
FOIIBINDIT KILLERS
HIVE ESCIPED NET:
LAMAR, Colo., May 28. (£>)—The'
* search for the four bandits who rob-!
bed -the First National Bank and kill-5
ed the president, cashiier and physi
cian, continued in the Bad Lands of
Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma with*
out a definite 'clue. Officers believt
the robbers have escaped the net and
are headed for either the east or west
coasts.
| OSLO, May 28. (JP)—Capt. Georg
Wilkins and Lieut. C. B. Eileson, left'
for Copenhagen in a special airiplane
which Lufthania placed at their dis
posal. They were invited to take part
in the search for the Italia but were*
unable -to do so. They were given aj
■cordial goodbye by Amundsen.
REPORT ERRONEOUS
HEALY, Kas., May 28. {£>)—'The re
. port that the Lamar bank bandits ■
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were cornered in a cabin near here
sent scores of armed men to the spot.
The investigation proved the report
was erroneous.
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SIGNALS WERE HEARD
SAX FRANCISCO, May 28, (£>)- -
Garbled calls in French, Italian and
English were picked up by amateur
radio operators on the racific Coast
and are believed to be distress sig
nals from the Italia. The position of
dirigible was not given although the
message was repeated for two vii
cne*half hours and thought to have
been relayed by the Vhuiivostd*
station wrItich received th original
whisper from the Italia.
' VESSEL SAILS IN QUEST
KINGSBAY, May 28, (£>)—'Tint
Citta di Milano left at 9:30 today
hound Northward to search for
Italia. In navigating the ice drift L
is believed here that the diriglo:.
may have landed, forced down by
ice sheathing the big silk nvnlope
Italians here feel confident *'1^
Italia will return.
AIR ACE TO SEARCH
OSLO, May 28, (jP)—Lieutenant
Lutzow Holm, Norwegian air ac>
Is to leave tomorrow morning ■
Trahkoe, there to embark on »
sealer Hobby for Kingsbay with a
plane. He will fly from Spitzbergen
to the north coast.
The second relief expedition, deti
by Roald Amundsen and Captain
Otto Sverdrup, is still unsettled.
REPORTS UNCONFIRMED
With Capt. Riiler Larson in com
mand the base ship put out from
Kingsbay but was held up by ice floes.
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FOR NEW SCHOOL
CHILDREN NOW BEING TAUGHT
IN OLD STORE; TEACHERS
LIVE IN HUTS
WASHINGTON, May 28, (;p)~The
Federal Bureau of Education is press
ing Congress to provide a pew build
ing for the world’s northermost
school house at Point Barrow which
burned to the ground last winter. j
John J. Tigert, Commissioner of
Education, appeared before the House1
Committee on Education and Labor,
urging them to make an appropria
tion permitting the department to
send building material from Seattle
this summer.
The children are now being taught
in an old store building while the tea
chers live in huts. Some material is
already enroute to Barrow while nav
igation is open.
BODY LITTLE GIRL
SALEM, Ohio, May 28. (#>)—'The
partly clothed body of Beatrice Ros
enbaum, 10 year old, who disappeared
from her Youngstown home two weeks
ago, was found in a ravine near here
apparently the victim of an assault by
her kidnapper. The child’s neck was
broken.
STILL IN SESSION
WASINGTON, May 28. (£>)—'The
Senate defeated the motion to adjourn
Congress tomorrow.
I
N ITEMS REPORTED
WASHINGTON, May 28. (JP)—‘The
Rivers and Harbors Bill, authorizing
the expenditure of $48,500,000 was ap
proved by the House Rivers and Har-|
bors Committee.
The Bill includes the following Al-j
aska items: $17,000 for Port Alexan
der, $85,000 for a harbor of refuge
for small boats in. Resurrection Bay,
Seward;'and $272,000 for the Ketchi
kan harbor.
NUPTIALS WILL BE PERFORMED
FOLLOWING ENDING G. O. P.
CONVENTION
JUNEAU, May 28, (#>)—James
Wickersham and Mrs. Grace E. Bish
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op, both of Juneau, are to be mar-;
ried in Seattle after the Republican
National Convention. Announcement,
was made Saturday night as Judge
Wickersham boarded the Admiral
Rogers for Seattle.
Mrs. Bishop expects to sail for the
States shortly.
Judge Wickersham came to Alaska
as A Federal judge in 1909. Mrs.
Bishop has been active in school af
fairs in Juneau for a number of
years.
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GERMANS DRIVE MOTOR ON ROCKET PRINCIPLE
MUNICH, Germany, — A voyage to the moon may soon be a
reality, according to the inventors of a new machine, a combination
of automobile and airplane, which is driven by applying the (principle
of using the recoil from explosive, known as the rocket system. In
recent tests the car attained a speed of 60 miles an hour eight se
conds after the start. Photo shows Opel Car at Munich where it was
tested.
SQUADS OF POLICE
SEARCHING CITY
BANDIT KILLERS
HUNDREDS OF ARMED MEN ARE
SEARCHING FOR KILLERS
OF OFFICIALS
DENVER, May 28, (/P)—Squads of
Denver policemen and detectives are
searching the City Park district where
a Denver patrolman exchanged shots
with men in a mud spattered auto
mobile but failed to find any clew as
to the whereabouts of the machine.
The police are inclined to the be
lief that the car did not carry Lamar
and the killer bandits and expressed
the opinion that the car carried boot
leggers.
Hundreds of armed men are search
ing for the bank teller. There has
been many reports that the teller’s
body had been found but so far they
are untrue.
The bandit killers murdered two
bank officials and a physician and
kidnapped the teller.
TWO MEN IRE SHOT
NORTON, Kas., May 28. (^—Mis
taken for members of the bandit gang
twjo men were shot and seriously
wounded by sheriffs when a farmer
boy told officers two men had tried
to hold him up. The officers saw
shadowy forms on the road and start
shooting at L. L. Robinson and Carl
T. Peterson, former sheriff, wounding
them before they were recognized.
MRS.KNAPP FOUND
GUILTY NEW YORK
ALBANY, New York, May 28s {1P)—
The jury, on Saturday night, con
victed Mrs. Florence S. Knappr for
mer Secretary of New York State, of
mi?/ijpproprU^tion of State census
funds.
Justice Callaghan said he would
postpone sentence until she was
physically able to withstand A'he pris
on term. Under the law* the maximum
sentence is from five to 10 years.
TO VISIT ALASKA PORTS
WASHINGTON, May 28, (£>)—'The
British Ambassador has informed
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government officials that the British
cruiser Durban will visit Alaskan
ports during June and July.