VOLUME XIV- NUMBER 115.
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
F
FOR SEVERITY-FIVE
MISSING. HOSPITAL
C LINIC WILL BE REBUILT; TO
TAL LOSS NOW ESTIMATAED
AT $750,000
CLEVELAND, May 17, (/P)—The
Clinic where 125 persons lost their
lives, todate, will be rebuilt under
ulans formed by 35 prominent cit
izens. Dr. George Crile will be di
rector and head of the new insti
tution.
The loss by explosion and fire was
set at *750.000 consisting mostly of
medical records.
It is feared all those who will die
from the poison fumes have not yet
been taken ill. Three firemen and
three policemen who aided in the
rescue work were taken to hospitals
last night when suddenly stricken
from Ihe effects of the gas. Otheis
are renorted to have taken to bed
at their homes.
Physicians said the next 24 hours
is exnected to be a crisis and grave
concern is felt for those injured.
The search has started for 75
•missing” patients who had ap
) ointments for examinations at the
clinic The names will be given out
so if they were in or near the build
ing at the time of the blast they
may report for gas examination.
' officials laid all blame to spontan
i cus combustion in the X-ray room.
HIT? ROW IS
STILL UP IN THE 1
URGES ARE RILED
DISMISSAL OF FACULTY WIIL
LIKELY INJURE STANDING
OF THE COLLEGE
* BUFFALO. May 17, (TP)—Con
tcndiner factions in the Des Moines
university row are more widely di
vided than at any time since the
not by students and which was fol
lowed by temporary closing of the
institution.
Dean C. Calloway, of the phar
macy department, and representa
tive students and faculty, got the
floor after a hot fight and charged
Dr. T. T. Shields, president of the
board of trustees, with “Steam rol
ler tactics”. Calloway said Shields
and his secretary, Edith M. Reb
man, had interferred with the fac
ulty in performance of their duty j
at the university.
f Calloway was interrupted fre-?
quently but managed to get intoj
the record his belief that the dis- |
missal of the faculty will likely in
jure the standing of the college and
its credits.
no NEW WITNESSES
POISON HUSBAND CASE
SONORA, Calif., May 16, i/P)—
The names of two new witnesses 1
for the prosecution irt the case of '
Eva Rablen, in jail here on a charge
of poisoning her husband, were an- 1
nounced by District Attorney C. H. ;
Grayston.
One is Frank Shell, a rancher,
who said he found the poison coffee
cup from which Carroll Rablen
drank before he died; the other J
is Riley Gilkey, a garage man, who j
said he handed the cup to the doc- j
tor for an investigation just as j
Rablen expired. 1
MISSING INTERIOR
! AIRMAN WALKS INTO
BETTIES MINING GAMP
SEATTLE, May 17, (£>)—Ralph
Wien, veteran Alaska airplane pilot
who was missing for several days,
walked into the Betties mining
community from the Endicott
mountain range Thursday night
carrying mail destined for the dis
trict.
j A brief message was received >by
|a. R. Jackson of Nome, now staying
jhere, said Wien was forced down
'netween Betties and Wiseman and
the plane damaged beyond repairs.
He was unhurt it is believed. He
left Fairbanks on May 10 to deliver
mail to Endicott mountain camps.
GENERAL MOTORS ENTER
THE AVIATION FIELD
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NEW YORK, May’17, (>P)—Mak
ing the third large automobile com
pany to enter the airplane field
Genera] Motors announced the
purchase of 400.000 shares or a 40
percent interest in the Fokker Air
craft Co. Ford and Packard motors
and other concerns are interested
in aircraft.
STRIKERS ON TRIAL
IT ELIZABETHAN |
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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 17. j
up)—Two reports of destruction of
property by union strikers was
made to Sheriff Moreland as the
+,,ails of 86 strikers of the Ameri
can & Bemberg and the American
% Glanzstoff mills on charges of
conspiracy and to commit murder
were resumed.
Joe Glyndstaff reported the!
grist mill had been dynamited and
Sam Hall said an automobile was,
burned.
WASHINGTON, May 16, (/P)— |
Commissioner Moore of the gen- \
eral land office reported to Sec- j
retary Wilbur that since Presient
Hoover’s oil conservation prograrm j
was announced two months ago, I
5,528 applications for permits j,
have been rejected and 2,128 per
mits already issued have been <
cancelled. i
LICENSE RENEWED
WASHINGTON, May 17, (A5)—The
Radio Commission today granted
Karl Hansen, operating station
KPR at Port Alexander, a renewal
of license on frequencies 180, 246,
411„ 500 kilocycles.
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SPIES KILL YOUTH
BLUE ISLAND, West Va., May i7,
MPi—Mistaken for a bootlegger, J.
W. Kendrick, 17-year-old student,
was fatally shot and wounded by 1
prohibition officers near Abbing- '
ton, Va. He died in a hospital at !<
Abbington. h
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CONSTANCE THIRD i
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 17, >
(/P)—With but comparatively few ji
frierrds present, Constance Tal- j?
madge, former screen star, and j
Townsend Netcher, wealthy Chica
go merchant, were married here. It :1
was Miss Talmadge’s third venture [t
and Netcher’s second. j
MARTIAL LAW IS
ASKED TO ODELL
TEH. STRIKERS
WATER MAIN IS DYNAMITED;
TRUCKS HAUL WATER 11
MILES TO CITY
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 17,
(A>)—on information that the water ;
main had been dynamited the
sheriff asked the adjutant general j
to declare martial law but this was ;
refused until the situation becomes
more strained.
The city has been without water
for some time and trucks have been
sent 11 miles away for a limited
supply for drinking purposes.
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THREE THEORIES
ADVICED AWFUL
HOSPITAL EIRE
NUMBER OF DEAD NEARING 150
MARK; MOSTLY CITIZENS
OF CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND, May 17, (JP)—'The
anxious brownish gas which de- 1
'asU.i the clinic hospital and drop
ped doctors, nurses and patients in
cieii tracks as they fought to es- j
.ape. continued its work driving the 1
death oil toward the 150 mark. #
The two terrific explosions and
f’re fallowed the ignition of X-ray
films did not do the damage as did
r,he poisonous fumes which acted
upon the blood of the victims thru
jet the night resulting in an hourly
n crease of deaths the greatest
number, 120, residents of this city.
Investigations by Governor Coop
\ Coroner Pease and City Manager
tfopkirs are under way in an effort
; / solve the tragedy.
Three theories have been ad
vanced as to the cause of the fire, j
Some one might have been burning
rubbish in the furnace 16 feet from
ike vault containing the films. A
spark. blown thru the furnace door
:o the second, is one theory. A
steamfitter working in the base- ;
ment and using a blowtorch was!
the theory most frequently advanc- j
ed.
The suggestion that crossed wires
Ti the X-ray apparatus provided J
the spark was given but the man
vno holds this secret is in a criti- ;
:al condition and unable to talk.
Dr. Jack Swafford, X-ray physi- j
nan, is said to have leaped from
;he window of the X-ray room and
vas found sitting on the ground in
i dazed condition.
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W ZEPPELIN
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FREJDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
day 17, (#*)—The dirigible Graf
r<eppelin, which left here yesterdav.
leveloped motor trouble and was
eturning to the home port late last (
evening. T
The previous definite report was j5
eceived here regarding the dirigi- j*
>le Graf Zeppelin was when it l1
>assed over Barcelona at 2:35 p. m. r
1:35 eastern standard time. p
At that time it had been in the
iir for more than eight hours and
lad covered 650 miles and main
ainine-a good average of 70 miles r
.n hour.
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CAPONE ID CLINE
CHACACO GIGMEfl,
IN PRISON CELLS
PHILADELPHIA', May 17, (/Pi
Less than 12 hours after his arrest
as he was leaving a motion picture
theatre. A1 Capone, Chicago gang
Mcr, was indicted by the county
orand iury on the charge of carry
ing a concealed and deadly weapon.'
^rank Cline, his bodyguard, was
with him.
As soon as the pair arrived yes
terday at Atlantic City, they were
arrested and did not resist. They!
were kept in jail all night when j
unable to raise 35,000 bail demand- !
p't. They were then tried and sen
tenced to one year in prison.
soNmilinD
$25,101 BIG JEWELS
NEW YORK, May 17, (/P)—With
a handbag containing $25,000 in
gems, Mrs. Oscar D. Malo of Den
ver, stood on the promenade deck
waving to friends on the peer as
the Majestic docked. Her son, j
Jackie, rushed forward to wave also
and in doing so knocked the bag ’
containing the gems into the water.
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FOUND PSLESTINE
JERUSALEM, May 17, (/P)— Ex- ;
tensive remains of the early bronze
isje, dating from 3.000 to 3,500 B. C.,
has been discovered by Prof. Wil
liam F. Bade, dean of the Pacific
School of Religion at Berkerley,
^alif. The discovery, which fur
aishes important data on the cus
toms and character of the inhabi- j
bants of Palestine, was made be
aeath the floor of a limestone cave j
buried since the days of the Hebrew
arophet Amos, about 750 B. C.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 5; New York 4.
St. I.ouis 10; Pittsburgh 9.
Philadelphia 7; Brooklyn 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 1; Cleveland 0.
Detroit 4; Chicago 3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollvwood 6; Missions 1.
Oakland 9; Sacramento 2.
San Francisco 12; Los Angeles 6.
Portland 10; Seattle 7.
GAVE HIS LIFE .
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, (JP)—
jouis P. Matli, 22, gave his life in a
leroic and successful attempt to
ave Miss Katherine Daily and Wil- j
iam Tobin from drowning in San
i’rancisco bay. After rescuing them J
ip sank back into the water from 1
xhaustion. The body was recov
red a few hours later.
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CLASHES RENEWING (
ATHENS. Greece, May 16, (JP)— I
Hashes between communists and r
tolice. which broke out again, re- t
ulted in the injuries of several of
icers. Many communists were ar
ested and at police headquarters
/ere disarmed of knives ond revol- c
■ers. lx
FAMOUS SINGER DIES ic
BERLIN, May 17, (JP)—Lillie Leh- l
nann famous opera singer, died f
tere at the age of 81. jv
INROADS OF GAS CLAIMING
VICTIMS HOURLY: DROP
ING DEAD SUDDENLY
CLEVELAND, May 17, (JP)—Physi
cians said there is little hope for
the scores under treatment from
gas and burns which has attacked
their blood and is slowly eating
away the corpuscles.
The victims, compared to gas
^ases of the war, will withstand the
inroads of the gas for a few days
then will drop dead.
Some of the survivors were pa
tients. doctors, nurses, firemen, po
lice and citizens. Volunteers work
ed to save many of the dead with
administrations of oxygen and
blood transfusions but these failed
to save any. The lives of many,
who were near the blast and got
iust a whiff of the poison gas, were
rushed away and congratulated
themselves they had escaped but
these also dropped dead a few
hours after as the gas ate its way
into their systems.
Three hundred persons were in
the building at the time of the dis
aster. The fire door in the X-iay
room was found to have been left
wen which released the column of
mustard cofored gas from the burn
pd film and which penetrated to
every crevice in the building.
The loss to the building, despite
the number of dead, will not be
over S^O.OGO.
DEAD HIT FOUND
ALIVE 10 HEARTY
DOWN ON TOT INI
HAMILTON, O., May 17, (£>)—
Evan ‘Pickering, 24, recorded as
onrned to death in a prison brick
olant fire last October 7th, was
captured on a farm just outside the
hty limits.
He confessed that he and two
)ther prisoners deliberately set fire
jO the prison, causing the death of
14 men. Pickering told police he
Delieved the state’s estimate of the
:leath toll wrong, claiming five
prisoners had escaped with himself.
ARRESTED TENNESSEE
ELIZABETHTOWN, Term. May
16. </P)—Disorders in connection
vith the strike of several thousand
extile workers here reached a
:limax with the arrest of more
;han 300 strikers on the charges
>f threatening employees trying
o work in two affected, plants,
is a result of this the talk of
nartial law was heard.
REFUSE TO FIGHT
SHANGHAI, May 17, OP)-Reports
caching this city say leaders of the
Cantonese have gone over to the
Cwangse military clique and are
efusing to fight. The fall of Can
on is expected.
FALSEFIED LOG
LONDON, May 17, (JP)—Stephen
loutham, who until January of this
ear was the first officer of the ill
ated passenger carrier “Vestris”
harged that it was the practice to
Dad ships with apparent disregard
or safety and stability and that it
ras part of his job to falsefy log.