Seward,
Alaska
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 51.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
“Center of
Everything’
JODIES TWO BOYS
FOUND IN GAIL
POLICE PUZZLED OVER DISCOV
ERY; NO CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN REPORTED MISSING
INDIAN HARBOR, Ind., Mar. 2. (jP)
—Bound tightly by a heavy wire and
fished from the muddy Indiana Harbor
Canal within eight days of each other,
the bodies of two well dressed boys
lay unclaimed in the morgue as police
puzzled over the manner of their
deaths.
They are convinced the two had
been slain and the police suggested
the boys had been attacked by a mor
on, bound and tossed into the water,
or their parents or guardians, tiring
of the responsibilities of parenthood
or desiring to gain an inheritance,
tossed the boys into the muddy wat
ers.
No report of missing children has
been made in this vicinity. The boys
look alike and are believed to have
been brothers.
MARSHAL A. DIE/
OF ITALY PASSES
AWAY INFLUENZA
ROME, Italy, March 2, (/P)J—-Mar
shal Armando Diaz, Commander of the
Italian Armies during the World War,
died late yesterday. He was stricken
•with infulenza a few days ago; this
was complicated with pneumonia.
He was 67 year old. When Field
Marshal Earl Haig, of Great Britain,
died recently, Marshal Diaz exclaimed,
£9 “weII> he was the first of us to go.
Who will be next?” Today, of the four
Allied Commanders, only Marshal
Foch of France and General Persh
ing are alive.
OBJECT FLOATING
IN WATER THOUGHT
f
AIRPLANE CIRCLED VICINITY
BUT FIND NO SIGN OF BODY
HARRY BROOKS
MELBOURNE, Fla., Mar. 2. (,/P)—A
dark object floating in the pcean too
far out to be identified but bearing the
general appearance of a body was
sighted by a rescue party searching
the shore line near Indian River Inlet,
south of here, for a trace of the body
of Harry Brooks, missing Ford “fliv
ver" plane pilot.
Unable to put out to sea because
there was no boat available, members
of the party summoned an airplane,
which circled the vicinity a short
time later without locating the object.
A SYMBOL OF LOYALTY
GUAM, Mar. 2. (/p)—As a symbol of
their loyalty to the United States, the !
Charmorrios, natives of Guam, ’‘Kill'
| present a ship’s bell to the new gun
boat Guam, at present patrolling the
Yangtze River in China.
RECOMMENDED FOR
ILLEGAL OPERATION
DR. A. RONGETT CONTENDS GIRLj
HAD PREVIOUSLY UNDER- !
GONE OPERATION
I * -_
CHICAGO, Mar. 2. (/P)—The judg- j
i ment of 11 married men and a widow-j
| er started Dr. Amante Rongett on his!
! way to the electric chair for the mur-'
der of a 19 year old girl by an illegal!
| operation.
The penalty is said to be the most I
i severe ever recommended for a crimi- ^
j nal operation and Rongett was dazed
when the verdict was read.
He is charged with murdering Miss
Loretta Enders who was brought, to
.the hospital in a state of approaching
!
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
NEW YORK, Mar. 2. (/P)—Colonel
Lindbergh arrived from Boston with
three passengers. He is scheduled to
attend the conference of the Daniel
Guggenheim Foundation for promotion
of aeronautics.
NEW ZEALANDER WINS HANDILY
FROM THE FRENCH-CANA
DlAN SHARPSHOOTER
NEW YORK, Mar. 2. (JF)—'The
heavyweight ambition of Jack Delaney
i crumbled once again this time before
| the bull like attack of the iron jawed
I battler from New Zealand, Tom Hee
ney, before a crowd of 18,000 who paid
a total of $175,000 to see the heavy
weight elimination finals.
Heeney carried of the decision over
the erstwhile French-Canadian sharp
shooter in 15 mauling and bruising
rounds.
WASHINGTON, March 2, (jp)—The
House Naval Committee refused to
follow the Navy Department recom
mendation and voted to authorize an
the appropriation of only $14,800,000
for moderazation of two battleships
instead of $34,070,000 as requested
FLYING BOATS ARRIVE
SINGAPORE, Straits Settlements,
Mar. 2. (/P)—Four British flying boats
which are on an Empire cruise of
25.000 miles, arrived at the air base at
Port Swettenham, completing the first
10.000 miles of their long flight with
out a mishap.
ITTY. W. L. PAUL
TAKES BUREAUS
IN ALASKA. TASK
CRITICIZES BUREAU OF EDUCA
TION FOR PROVIDING MORE
SCHOOLS IN SOUTH
WASHINGTON, March 2, (/P)—Wm. |
L. Paul, member of the Alaska legis
lature and editor of the Alaska Fish
erman, declared a good way to help
develop Alaska would be to allow the
fish trap operators to remain in the
present state of chaos.
In commenting on an article writ-,
ten for a magazine by former del
egate James Wickersham suggesting
a law placing a time limit on trap op
erators to replace the present gentle
men’s agreement and system, Paul
pointed out this problem concerns
trap fisherman primarily and would
have no effect on those using mova- [
ble gear but that his objection would
be merely for political reasons.
Paul added he hoped the Bureau of
Fisheries would agree to a plan defin
ing fishermen into these two classes
that of extending the time allowed
movable gear men 10 days after the
close of the season for traps.
He perpared a plan in detail and
submitted it to President Coolidge.,
He also criticized the failure of the j
Bureau of Education to include in
the appropriation bill for funds for
two school buildings in Sautheastern
Alaska and additional medical facil
ities for certain villages. He said he i
,*aid he would seek to have these
measures incorporated in the defe
ciency bill
RELIEF FOR MINERS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. {IP)—The
sxecutive council of the American
Federation of Labor appealed to mem
bers of the organization for money,
clothing, food and supplies for the
striking mine workers of western
Pennsylvania.
COHOW MARKET !
MAT BE NEXT TO !
CERTAIN LARGE COTTON INTER.
ESTS CHARGED WITH MANIP
ULATING STOCKS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. (/P)—A
ihorough investigation of conditions
alleged to prevail on the cotton mar
ket was asked of a House judiciary
committee by Representative Rankin,
Democrat, of Mississippi, as it took
under consideration his bill to permit
confiscation of property used in any
conspiracy to manipulate prices.
Mr. Rankin charged certain large
cotton interests had manipulated the*
cotton market by concentrating large
quantities of the staple in New York
warehouses.
CGNViGTED SLUTER OF
WIDOW SENTENCED LIFEj
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 2. {IP)—Dr.i
Charles F. McMillan, convicted slayer
of Mrs. Amelia Appleby, wealthy wid
ow whose business interests he man
aged, was sentenced to life imprison
ment in Folsom penitentiary with the j
court’s recommendation that he be
made ineligible for parole.
!
Secretly constructed in 60 days in an endeavor to bring back to
America the world’s airplane duration record now being held by Ger
many, the Fairchild-Caminez cabin monoplane received its first test re
cently at Roosevelt Field, piloted by Robert Simon, test pilot for the
Fairchild Aviation Corporation, builders of the plane. The new entrant in
the endurance contest is powered with a Fairchild-Carfiinez 135 h. p. air
cooled engine, which has no crankshaft or gears, and is noted' for its low
fuel consumption. It is expected that this plane will be able to stay in
the air for 65 hours. Photo shows the plane with both its wings folded.
m ELDER IN BED
WITH SEVERE COLD
FOLLOWING PARTY
.INDBERGH’S ATTORNEY FUR
NISHES ENTERTAINMENT FOR
NOTED FLIERS
NEW YORK, Mar. 2. (/P)—The New
York Daily News says that Ruth Elder
s confined to her appartment with a
severe cold contracted at a party giv
sn for her and Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh Sunday night.
The party, which was giveji by
Colonel Henry Breckinridge, Lind
bergh’s attorney, finally ended up at
:he home of Mary Eaton, well known
Broadway actress, where the great
White Way’s best entertainers made
things cheery for the two famous fli
ers, the News says.
HAYS TESTIFYING
BEFORE SENATE OIL
COMMITTEE PROSE
BIG DIFFERENCE IN TESTIMONY
OF TODAY AND THAT IN 1924,
STATED
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. (IP)—Will
Hays, former Postmaster General of
the U. S., testified before the Senate
Oil Committee that Sinclair handed
him a total of §260,000 in Liberty
bonds for use by the Republican Nat
ional Committee.
This was after the oil operator had
leased Teapot Dome. Of this amount
§160,000 was actually used to help ex
tinguish the deficit resulting from the
1920 Presidentiol campaign which
Hays directed as chairman of the Nat
ional Committee. The remaining §100,
000 was returned to the wealthy" oil
Dperator.
When testifying before the same
Committee in 1924 the former Cabinet
cfficer placed Sinclair’s contribution
it §75,000. He explained this was all
he was asked about at that time and
lid not volunteer the information
about the other because the plan had
been to return all of it to Sinclair.
COBB SIGNS TO PLAY
WITH ATHLETICS AGAIN
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 2. (/P)—Ty
Cobb signed a contract to play with
the Philadelphia Athletic again this
season, Manager Mack announced in
i telegram from the Athletic training
camp at Fort Myers, Fla.
MOTHER IS IMPROVING
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Mar. 2. (£>)
Mrs. Lemira Goodnoe, mother of
Mrs. Coolidge, is resting quite and
comfortable after a good night. She
has been ill two months with influen
za.