Seward,
Alaska
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 91. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1928.
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LIGHTING SYSTEM ON PLANE
FAILED; FLEW BLIND THU.
OUT THE NIGHT
t NEW YORK, April 18. <#)—Frag
mentary details from the frozen north
"were pieced together and revealed a
dramatic story of the Bremen success
fully groping blind thru a fog and bliz.
zard for the continent of its destina
tion.
The auspicious start developed at
the end into a battle with the elements
as the fliers were some 400 miles off
their course due partly to failure of
the plane’s lighting system. For
hours the flight was blind and at one
^ time the plane was but 50 feet from
the water.
A strange river was seen, then a
mountain, and at last they sighted
what appeared to be a sailing steamer.
It proved, however, to be the light
house on Greenly Island.
A blizzard swept the ocean all night |
and their lighting system failed. Lni
the darkness the fliers were- unable to
read the inset'ruments Here, Captain
Koehl’s long experience in night fly.
ing, stood them in good stead. Day
break gave them an opportunity to
correct their direction.
Finally in dispair, after fighting the
fog and storms, they landed but did
know where. The plane broke thru
the ice on the lake bending the metal
propellor and breaking the axle and
landing gear.
GUM MODIFIES
DEMAND ON HOUSE |
. FEOOD CONTROL BIEL
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WASHINGTON, April 18. (£>)—Pre-;
sident Coolidge has modified his de-!
mands upon the House, for changes
in the pending Jones-Reid Mississippi
Flood Control Bill. In their efforts
► to reach a cmpromise, they will fore-:
stall a veto. He has dropped his in-!
sistence that States furnish the flood.!
ways, but insists, instead, that they
furnish the levee rights of way, it was
learned, after he held a. breakfast con
ference at tfye White House, with
Republican House leaders.
The President sent word to the
Capitol, however, that he will veto
the measure, unless it is changed to
meet his modified views and Repub.
lican leaders, who saw him, reported
prgress in their compromise move. j
LINDBERGH IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, April 18. (£>)—Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh landed at the
Lambert, St. Louis field, last night
after making a non-stop flight from
Wichita, Kas. His two companions '
were Harry Knight $nd Harold Bixbv
of St. Louis.
I NO LICHI iiRUISERS
fill; ORDERED TO CHINA
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1 WASHINGTON, April 18. (£>)—'The
Navy Department, yesterday, ordered
the light cruisers Trenton and Mil
waukee to proceed to China, on the
completion of fleet maneuvers at Ha
waii, about June 16, but to provide
for an earlier departure, “if an emer
gency arises in China/’
CROSS COUNTRY RACERS
DEVELOPING BUSTERS.
PAYNE STILL LEADING
OKLAHOMA, April 18. </P)—Jaded
by their first night in a White Light
Town, since jogging out into the sage
brush and cactus, shortly after leav
ing the trim streets of Los Angeles,
the four score runners and walkers in
the Los Angeles to New York Mara
thon ruefully cocked speculative eyes
at stubborn blisters and gingerly
stretchad tired muscles this morning
contemplating the 50 mile grind to
"Chandler; Oklahoma the next over
night stop. Andrew Payne of Okla
homa is still in the lead.
BISHOP DICKEY DIES
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 18. ^/P)—
Bishop James Edward Dickey, of the
Me^hdist Episcopal Church of the
South, died at the hospital here fol
lowing an illness^ which extended thru
several weeks.
SKIPPER OF SPEED BOAT CUCKOO
SPENT THREE YEARS ALASKA
THEN RETURNS
SEATTLE, April 18. (JP)~After al
most three years during which time
his case was set for trial and then
stricken so many times he finally be
came weary of waiting and left for
Alaska, Darwin Hoel appeared in the
Federal Court and pleaded guilty U>
conspiracy to importing liquor in 1925.
Hoel was skipper of the speed boat
Cuckoo and was arrested by the Coast
I Guard for possession of liquor and in.
j dieted. The case was delayed time
| and agalm.
He appeared and changed his plea
from not guilty to guilty and drew a
$250 fine and 60 days In Jail.
‘iisIef jack bits
YEAR SELLING LIQUOR
TANANA, April 18. {&)—Jack D.
Burchard, known as “Whiskey” Jack
along the Yukon, was sentenced to a
year in the federal jail having pleaded
guilty to selling liquor of his own
manufacture to Indians. V
SPECIAL UNIT ASKED ’
PREVENT SMUGGLING
WASHINGTON, April 18. (^—Pre
sident Coolidge recommended to Con
gress that a special unit of expert in
vestigators be created in the Cus
toms Service, for the prevention of
diamond smuggling. The proposal,
which was approved by the Bureau of
the Budget, called for an estimated
expenditure of $103,720.
BRIGHT LIGHTS ON
NEW ORLEANS, April 18. (/P)—
When the airplanes start speeding
over the New York-New Orleans air
mail route, on May first, big indus
dustries and sweethearts, both of
whom require fast mail service, will
not be the only beneficiaries. Farms,
over which planes will race at 90
miles an hour through the night, will
be as bright as any City street. Some
of the farms will have electric lights
for the barns and houses for the first
time.
Eventually, 2,000,000-candle power,
24-inch revolving search-lights will be
provided, every 10 miles, from Wash
ington to the Mexican border, where-'
ever mail plane fliers will be required
to fly at night, according to plans be
ing completed.
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"On Our Pork Bene
9EP
A S?.- .r i 'y
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HUE EPOCH
HOP SISTERSHIP
OF THE BREMEN
FITZMAURICE AND SCHILLER
SPEND NIGHT CLARKE CITY
ACCOUNT STORM
QUEBEC, April 18. (JP)~The Ger.
man-Irish flying triumvirateu planned
a rendevous here for continuance of
the flight to New York in planes of
the sister ship of the Bremen, the
F-13.
Under these plans the Bremen will
be left on Greenly Island for a while.
Schiller, who brought Fitzmaurice out,
volunteered to go back after them
when he learned the Germans wish to
leave the F_30 at Montreal where it
was flown from New York ready to
take the Bremen crew to the city they
set as a goal.
Fitzmaurice and Schiller spent the
night at Clarke City, Quebec, where
they were forced down by the storm.
SI1S AUDIO WHS
IDE INCREASING THE
VIOLENCE OF STORMS
NEW YORK, April 18. <>P}—Radio
waves are increasing the violence of
storms on land and tsea, is the opin
ion of Captain W. H. Parker of the
White Star liner, Homeric, which ar
rived in port 24 hours late after
a buffeting from 40 foot waves, which
broke three windows on the promen
ade deck. “The atmosphere of the
world,” he continued, "has been so
disturbed and upset by wireless elec
trical waves, that clouds have been
precipitated as rain, with resulting
strong winds.” He declared that
there was no precedent for the con
tinued storms of the ocean, the snows
in Egypt, and the cold along the Riv
eria.
SURVEY SHIP SURVEYOR
SIS SEWARD THURSDAY
SEATTLE, April 18. (£>)—'The Coast
Juard Geodetic Survey Ship Surveyor
will leave Thursday for Seward equip
ped with a new radio acoustic device
which enables soundings to be taken
luring the night when visibility is im
>ared. 3**
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HOLDERS BANK STOCK
ASKED TURN THEM IN
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. (jiP)—
Phe officials of the Bank of Italy is
uedsued a statement requesting the
lolders of the Bank of America stocks
o turn them in before April 20 so
hey can participate in the proposed
dan whereby they will receive four
hares of the new issue for one share
f the old.