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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 124.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DIRIGIBLE STILL UNHEARD FROM UP TO NOON|
TODAY; MANY HOURS OVERDUE, BELIEF EX-j
PRESSED MAY BE FLYING TO SIBERIAN
COAST OWING TO STRONG WINDS; EFFORTS
TO REACH ITALIA BY RADIO PROVE FRUIT
LESS.
AMUNDSEN MAY ® LIEF EXPEDITION
Crew of sixteen on board; if forced down on Arctic
wastes are equipped to fight way back to civilization;
gasoline supply sufficient to 4 o’clock this afternoon;
long silence incomprehensible.
KINGSBAY, May 26. (/P)—Fearful for the safety of
the Italia, out now more than 78 hours, the crew of the
base ship bunkered coal all morning in preparation to sail
ing in search of the missing airship. It is expected the
ship will be ready to start by tonight and will probably
proceed Eastward around South Cape Spitzbergen. .
Wireless operators on the base ship have continued
h ceaselessly in their effort to get in touch with the Italia
but have been unable to make any contact.
SHOT BANK PRESIDENT AND SON
ABDUCTED, KILLED DOCTOR
k AND CASHIER
DIGHTON, Kas., May 26. (£>)—Flee
ing before posses of 200 men. and two
airplanes, the four bandits who killed
A. N. Parrish, bank president, and his
son, John Parrish, in the Lamar hold
up on Wedneday, killed Dr. W. W.
Wineinger of Dighton whom they ab
ducted last night; and it is believed
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they also killed E. N. Kessinger, as
sistant cashier, whom they kidnapped
Keseinger’s body was found on th
roadside near Scott City. Wineinger’
body was between Scott City and Oak
ley. The bandits have machine gun
' and are prepared to fight to the fin
ish.
Wineinger was apparently killed
after he was forced to dress one of
the bandit’s wounds.
SENATE SUSTAINS VETO
WASHINGTON, May 26. (JP)~Th
Senate sustained President Coolidge’s
veto of the Farm Bill killing the meas
ure by a vote of 50 for it’s passage
and 31 against, four less than was re
quired, a two-thirds majority.
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IN AIR FOR WEEKS
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The airship has a reserve radio with
an accumulator which can be used
even though the motors are not oper
ating. This fact served to make the
airship’s long silence incomprehensi
ble.
Taking into consideration the state |
of the weather, continuing winds, led
to the belief the Italia has made for
the Siberian coast after finding ef
forts to reach .Spitzbergen fruitless.
The Italia carried a supply of gaso
line sufficient to last until 4 a. m. to
day but the vessel will be able to keep
in the air for weeks. Should the diri
gible be down on the Arctic wastes
it carries equipment to enable the
crew of 16, including Nobile, to fight
their way toward safety. This equip
ment includes skiis, sledges, Cana
dian snow shoes and sleeping sacks
of reindeer skins.
4MUNDSEN CALLED
....GSYO, May 26. (JP)—Amundsen, it
is reported, has been called into con
ference with Norwegian Government
authorities concerning the possibility
of sending a relief expedition to
search for the Italia. Amundsen, it
is reported, expressed willingness to
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LONDON, May 26, (JP)—Nobile
was unheard from at 4 o’clock th\?
morning. The Italia is thought to be
f?ghting strong winds.
HOUSE PASSES BILL
WASHINGTON, May 26. (/P)—The
i House passed the Swing Johnson
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| Boulder Canyon Dam Bill.
SPIN FWI
SAN PEDRO HAS !
FINE BEAR HUNT
PROMINENT SAN PEDRO RES
IDENt HAS GREAT BEAR
HUNT WESTWARD
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Loud in his praise of his fine big
game hunt to the Westward, and of
the personnel of the Alasllk Guides
W. A. Spickler, of San -Pedro, returned
to Seward last night, aboard the M.
S. Discoverer, Capt. H. Berger.
Mr. Spickler gives the following
interesting and thrilling account of
his adventure:
“We left your fair city (Seward)
on April 3G on the staunch little boat
Discoverer for Kodiak Island; our ob
ject was a brown bear hunt. The trip
was under the supervision of the
Alaska Guides, Inc., who had planned
the trip to the minuteness detail and
spared no expense to make it a suc
cess.
“They furnished A1 Blair, as guide
Earl Olmsted as packer, and Bob
Evans as cook and housekeeper. We
ran into very bad weather on the is
land and from this point of view we
were handicapped; but notwithstand
ing that man Blair stalked enough
bear for me (will not say how many)
so that I got the limit of three; one
of them an eight footer, another a
nine footer and the third one, 10
feet in length. All of them were well
furred and in the pink of condition.
“We found a very young bear cub
that -was almost starved and aban
doned by it’s mother "which was im
mediate^ named Miss Kodiak and
from the time of her appearance in
camp she was the life of the party,
never tiring of play and would fol
low one around like a little dog and
it was with regret that I had to leave
the little beggar.
“This hunt was new and novel to
me; most places they bring in their
trophies by pack horse but here the
packer would tie the pelt and skull,
about 100 pounds, on a pack-board
and carry it on his back some five or
six miles or whatever the distance
happened to be from camp.
“Bob Evans used the Welsh battle
cry to awaken us for breakfast which
was around 4 a. m. and to me it
sounded like ‘Ru luff! Ru luff!’ with
the accent on the ‘Ro!’ Olmsted
claimed if one could stand this ordeal
and not get nervous he need not be
afraid of any brownie that ever roam
ed the gray hills of old Kodiak.
“The last bear, a fine specimen,
after being severely wounded gave us
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GOVERNOR PARKS
ENROUTE INTERIOR
Gov. George A. Parks of Alaska ar
rived in Seward today from his Ju- |
neau office enroute to the Interior’
where, for the next few weeks, he
will be engaged in making surveys
of proposed landing fields for planes.
Governor Parks was the guest of
honor at a luncheon given at noon
»a the S-eward Grill by the Seward
Chamber of Commerce.
He departs for Fairbanks Monday.
TEACHER BATTLES
TUNDRA FIRE SAVES
ESKIMO VILLAGE
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NATIVES ON TRAP LINES WHEN
BLAZE THREATENED DES- j
TRUCTION HOMES
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AKIAK, May 26. (£>)•—Fighting a
blaze with nothing but a wet blanket,
Ellis May Deter, teaaher in the Eski.
mo village of Quithluk, saved the til
lage.
Deter was alone a3 all the natives
i had gone to trap beaver when the
tundra fire threatened the 22 native
cabins.
With flames at the sides of the
i cabins Deter kept the fire under con
, trol until he became exhausted. Na
tives arriving opportunely extinguish
ed the blaze. Many acres of tundra
was burned off but the natives saved
hundreds of acres of reindeer grazing
land.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston, 1; Brooklyn, 4.
Cincinnati, 2; St. Louis, 0.
Chicago, 10; Pittsburgh, 3.
Philadelphia, 3; New York, 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York. 4.9: Philadelphia, 2-2.
De roit, 0; Chicago, 1.
Washington, 0: Boston, 5.
St. Louis. 4; Cleveland, 8:
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland, 7; Sacramento, 4.
Missions, if; San Francisco, 6.
Portland, 2; Seattle, 6.
Hollywood, 0; Los Angeles, 4.
PHILADELPHIA, May 26.
“Babe” Ruth hit his 15th and 16th
homer of the seasom in the double
! header. Gehrig hit his eight homer
Jin the first game.
OF RESERVATIONS
ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINER EN •
ROUTE NORTH TODAY
MANY ALASKANS
SEATTLE, May 26, (JF)—The 8. S.
\nkon, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed for
Alaska this morning carrying 332
reservation?. The Seward listing is
follows:
C. O. Bishop, G. Fitzgerald, S. H.
Gay.ps, Mrs. Reeve, L. White, A J.
White, Mrs Drawseth, Miss E. Long,
Mis? F. Long, Miss S. Long, Miss
Lybbon, Minnie Berg, Mrs. McDonald.
C. Grannucci and wife, Mr. and 34*3.
II. F Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. D. Len
ox.
R. A. Landstrom, J. P. Norris,
Mrs. J. H. Flickenger, Mrs. Lorwick,
Mrs. Govin, Alice Griffith, Mf3. Tay
jlar, Mrs. Shanley, Mr. and Mr9. J. G.
! To$d, Mr. and Mrs. A Erickson, Mrs.
j Alberecht. L. W. Baker, H. J. Clark,
Mr. and Mrs. D. Me Kinnon, and Miss
Me Kinnon, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. La .
hurs, J. Kozikowsky, H. M. Ackley, F.
Wanderson, V. L. Grundy, Miss Cote.
A. L. Hackney, T. H. Parker, Mrs.
Cage, and W. Crossman.
W. Crawford, Mrs. Bortz, M. W.
Staton, Mr. andMrs. J. Carstens, G.
Anderson, E. P. Zeigler, W, Spurr.
Sylvia Erickson, N. Smith, Miss Till
man, Miss White, A. L. Cleff, Mrs.
Marier and two daughters, Mrs. Net
son, Mrs. Lean and three children,
Mrs. Alexson, Mrs. Tamura, and el3*
ven steerage.
MUSCLE SHOALS BILL
IS GIVEN IPPHOl
WASHINGTON, May 26. <£>)—The
Muscle Shoals Bill will be given final
Congressional approval when the
House agreed on the conference re
port after the Senate agreed to report
it after an all night session.
The measure will provide for Gov
ernment operation for production of
nitrate and power. Some opponents
predicted President Coolidge will veto
the Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 26. (£>)—'The
conference report on the compromise
Tax Reduction Bill was adopted by
the Senate after the provision for
public inspection of income it ax re
turns be eliminated. The House will
consider it next. ,