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DAILY AND WEEKLY
I MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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VOLUME XV. UMBER 3.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEVEN YOIG
ATHLETES KILLED
COLLISION. 10'
SEVEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS
OF SQUAD OF EIGHT ARE
CRUSHED DEATH
WOOSTER, Ohio, Jan., 4, (/Pi
Helpless, and victims of a speed
ing train which cut through the j
night in a blinding sleet storm j
to crush their buss while they j
laughed and talked over their j
basketball games, seven youths j
are dead and eight other high I
school boys and girls are in the i
hospitals.
The dead boys, all of them!
between 14 and 18 years of age, j
were members of the high school
basketball team of Burbank,
near here, and were on their way ;
home happy over defeating their
old rivals at Big Prairie, another j
nearby village.
When the Pennsylvania rail
road flier struck their buss, their
car was just over a crossing; the ,
crumbled buss was carried down
the track 100 feet and bodies
were strewn for four times that
distance.
The buss driver was overcome
and was unable to give any co
herent explanation of what hap
pened.
COMBATTED REAL WINTRY
W E A THKR CROSSING
GULF OF ALASKA
JUNEAU, Jan., 4, (/P)—Encrust
ed in ice from bow to stern the
S. S. Northwestern arrived last
night from Westward Alaska en
route to Seattle showing evi
dence of the wintry weather in
crossing the Gulf of Alaska.
Among tne passengers is Wm.
Broitch, one of the Canadian
Jets of the Eielson-Borland res
’ ’e expedition. He said the com
pany decided to use Alaska pilots
which is his reason for returning
south.
The Fairchild planes sent up
are excellent. Broatch said; add
ing that he liked the people he
met up north.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 3, (/P)—Sec
retary Wilbur announced that rep
resentatives of the states of Ari
zona, California and Nevada will
again confer on the problem of the
Boulder Dam, probably at Phoenix,
Ariz., on January 6.
After an exchange of messages
with Governors Phillips of Arizona,
Young of California and Balzar of
Nevada, the arrangement of this
final meeting was announced.
It is hoped to avoid legal action
against the Boulder Dam Act, by
Arizona.
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TWO CONVICTS HUNG
FOLSOM STATE PRISON, Cal- !
If., Jan., 4, (/P)—The first two I
of the six convicts sentenced to j
hang for the murder of convict;
George Baker, during the prison1
riot of two years ago, died. Brown
vent to the gallows first followed
by Roy E. Stokes.
KIM FUSE IS
THROWN UPON
MISSING FLIES?:
REPORT OF MUSHER INDI
CATES EIELSON RETURN
ING WHEN VANISHED j
NOME, Jan., 4, (/P)—A dog
musher brought word that he
heard a plane soaring over Pil
grim Springs at midnight of the
day when Eielson and Borland
left Teller for Siberia which is
believed to indicate that Eiel- j
son turned back to Teller in an I
effort to land safely.
Arrangements have been made!
to send a plane over the country I
which is mountainous and scarse- j
ly settled.
While attempting to takeoff I
from Deering Pilot Graham!
wrecked the landing gear a few j
days ago, it was learned yester
day.
Dorbandt will leave as soon
as the weather permits with re
pair parts.
SEATTLE, Jan., 4, (TP)—The S.
S. Alameda, of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 9 o’clock this morning
for Alaska with 115 first class
passengers and 15 third class
on board. Eighteen are for Sew
; aid, as follows:
Blanche Burns, J. B. Wadman,!
Mrs. S. M. Boynton, E. A. Borge,
Walter Holben, Miss R. Dean.
Fred Struthers, E. T. Wolcott,
| Miss J. Gray, E. Dorfner, T. A.
Parsons, H. Roach, Mrs. D. Van
look, E. P. Wills, George Pollard.
Clayton Pollard, Frank Arm
strong.
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NEW YORK, Jan., 4, (/P)—Clare
j Briggs, 54, newspaper cartoonist,
died after a long illness.
I His creations included “When
ia Feller needs a Friend;” “Ain’t1
j it a Grand and Glorious Feeling”;
i “How to start the Day Wrong”;
! “Somebody is always taking the
| Joy Outa Life”; and “Mr. and
: Mrs.”
The celebrated cartoonist was
! born at Reedsburg, Wisconsin,
j in 1875. He leaves a widow and
! three children. He worked on
| St. Louis, Chicago and New York
j newspapers.
JOUST GUARD
JUSTIFIED OPE!
FIRE UPfl! CRUFT
MELLON SAYS GUARDSMEN
COULD DO NO LESS; THREE
MEN WERE KILLED
WASHINGTON, Jan,, 4, (JP)-~
Secretary Mellon asserted that the
mast guard had done nothing
jnjustified and unauthorized, un
ier the law, by firing on the al- !
:eged liquor smuggler “Black- j
luck” resulting in three deaths.
“They gave warning but the I
Doat endeavored to escape and j
>o the coast guardsmen could do;
10 less than what they did.”
Mellon said ne iavored the j
transfer of the entire prohibition J
unit from the Treasury Depart-1
ment to the Department of Jus
tice in the interests of better
cooperation. It is revealed that
he had his own investigation of
the episode.
FAIRBANKS, Jan., 4, (A3)—
A low ceiling and a light snow
rail, with similar conditions along
the route to Nome, is delaying
the reilief expedition.
Later, more optomistic weather
reports revived hope of the pos
sibility to hop as far as Nulato.
The planes were put up for a
further test at 9 o'clock while
snow was falling. If the snowfall
bn aks the planes will takeoff
immediately.
SENDING NEW PLANE
FAIRBANKS, Jan., 4, (/P)— j
Major Deckard said that a new;
Fairchild plane will be shipped j
from the factory immediately to!
replace the one cracked yester-!
day. A steady, feathery snowfall;
continued throughout the day j
improving toward Nome.
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PATROLMEN AND EXTRA
FIRE GAURDS ON DUTY
THRUOUT NIGHT
JUNEAU, Jan., 4, (JP)—With a
temperature of six above zero
and a wind of 30 to 60 miles
an hour, Gastineau Channel
points are experiencing a winter
with forecast of temperature
which may go down to three
or four degrees above zero.
Last night was the coldest in
two years. Considerable minor
damage occurred to business
houses and industrial plants.
Plate glass windows were
smashed and roofs were partially
torn off. Firemen, patrolmen and
extra guards were posted about
the city last night to prevent
fires.
LOMSKI DEFEATED
NEW YORK. Jan., 4, (A*)—
Maxey Rosenbloom played a
leather overture, in ragtime tem
po, on the head and body of
Leo Lomski, of Aberdeen, Wash.,
to win the 10-round “rubber”
battle of light heavyweights in
an easy fashion. There were no
knockdowns.
YOUTH ONLY 18 YEARS OLD
IS BUILDER OF AIRPLANES
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Ward (Scrap) Braley (above), shown with his first
plane, is only 18 years old hut is a pilot and has built 4
planes. His latest creation (below) is named like the
rest, “The Beezle Bug.”
[US FLAME
CAPITOL WINS
CAUSED BY EITHER COMBUS
TION OR BY SOMEONE
SMOKING
WASHINGTON, Jan., 4, (/P)—
rongues of red flame leaped thru
he roof of the southwest wing
)f the capitol last night and
icked the side of the huge white
lome but left only a small black
ened spot on the side of the
building.
It is estimated that the loss
will amount to $3,000. The blaze
ariginated in a room occupied
by Carl Moberly, artist, who has
decorated many of the long halls
In both the Senate and White
House wings. He was found un
conscious in the room.
The fire was under control in
10 minutes. Moberly, when ques
tioned by David S. Lynn, capitol
architect, threw little light upon
the origin of the blaze. He ap
peared nervous; he told Lynn
he seldom used cigarettes but
smoked a pipe occasionally.
Lynn said he learned the alarm
was turned in by a man named
Hall who was in Moberiy’s studio
before the fire originated. Hall
will probably be questioned.
“It has settled down to one of
two things; either it was caused
by spontaneous combustion or
from someone smoking,” Lynn
said.
PRESIDENT PERSONALLY AC
QUAINTED WITH PRIN
CESS MARIE JOSE
WASHINGTON, Jan., 4, (/P)—
A distinctly American gift has
been forwarded by President and
Mrs. Hoover to their friend, the
Princess Marie Josie of Belgium,
who is to marry Prince Humbert
of Italy.
Ten Alaska sealskins have been
forwarded to the Princess with
whom the President is personally
acquainted as he was associated
with her, also members of her
family, during his relief work
in Belgium during the World
War.
The skins, which are of a new
shade of brown, are very rare
(and were sent without having
been made up with a message
saying the Princess could have
whatever sne wanted made out
of them.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
Chas. H. Flory, coordinator of
various Alaska bureaus and spe
cial Alaska representative of the
Department of the Interior, re
turnd last evening from an of
ficial visit to Anchorage. Mr.
Flory is a guest at the Van Gil
der hotel.