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VOLUMK 1!>, NUMBER 240.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
ZR-3 ON WAY TO
AMERICA WITH CREW
AND 4 PASSENGERS
. FRJEDRICMHAVEN, Oct. 12—Dr.
^ Hugh Eckener, Zeppelin director in
charge of the ZK-o, l^vnvlrg weather
••eporfs indicating the North Atlantic
uus clearing announced that the start
of the flight would be made Sunday.
“The weather mao promises cool
weather,” said Dr. Eckener, before the
st.. j i of the flight, “.:m( wt thmk we
the hoodoo be ate r at last. If all
£fis well we will br in New York on
'V’ooaay.”
The airship will cross the occupied
region of Belgium ,Holland, the Eng
lish channel, Land’s End, England, and
thence across the sea shaping a route
according to weather reports received.
FRE.DERICHSH AVEN, Germany,
Oct. 13—The huge German built diri
gible ZR-3, constructed for America,
was yesterday hauled from its hangar
anil at the first flush of dawn in the
eastern sky, lifted its huge bulk grace
fully into the morning air, and headed
westward on its non-stop flight across
the Atlantic, arriving in the United
States Tuesday or Wednesday.
The only passengers carried by the
dirigible with the exception of its
crow, are Capt. George W. Steele, Lt.
Commander J. H. Kelein, and Major
i Frank Kennedy, American naval men
who accepted the ship for the United
States.
At an early hour this morning the
airship was well out over the Atlantic,
having covered 1000 miles of her long
journey from Germany to Lakehurst,
New Jersey. At noon today the
Azores were reached, a wireless mes
sage being sent down by the captain
of the shiip that the machinery was
functioning perfectly and that the big
aircraft was handling perfectly .
Passing out over the Bay of Biscay
last night ,the officers and crew sent
their last off-shore message to their
families and friends in Germany. Dr.
Eckener reported favorable wind and
^auspicious weather generally.
A few hours before the start for
America, police arrested a Westphal
ian student armed with a carbine who
had entered the hangar to kill Dr. K.
E. Eckener, a director of the Zeppe
lin works and pilot of the airship, as
a protest against its sale to the Amer
ican navy.
Storm Reported
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oet. 13.—
A moderate storm in mid-Atlantic
was reported in the path of the ZR-3
by naval ship? on observation duty in
connection with the trans-Atlantic
flight. The latest report was relayed
by the Cruiser Milwaukee.
Making Good Time
HORTA, Azores, Monday, Oct. 13.
—The dirigible ZR-3 passed Fayal at
two-thirty this afternoon, on her way
to the United States. She was making
good speed.
AVILL INVESTIGATE
SEDITION CHARGES
AGAINST EDITOR
LONDON, Oct. 13.—England’s first
labor government practically ended
when the House carried by a vote of
364 to 198, the motion to demand a
selection committee to investigate the
action of Attorney General Hastings,
for withdrawing prosecution in the
case of Communist Editor James R.
Campbell, of the Worker’s Weekly,
charging him with inciting His maj
esty’s forces to sedition.
The government asks the king to
dissolve parliament tomorrow. The
House met for what every member
believed to be a fatal sitting. A high
and nervous tension prevailed, the
prime minister found himself under
obligation to mak personal apology,
the House having recently uninten
tionally mistaken his views in con
nection with the Campbell case “in
,%te heat of a justifiable temper and
in resentment of some gross imputa
tions made.”
PRESIDENT URGES
LOYALTY TO VETS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13.—
f^vesident Coolidge in a letter to Frank
J. Irwin, National Commander of the
American Legion, urges a liberal pub
lic response to the disabled veterans’
appeal in their annual for-get-me-not
observance to be held November 8th.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
AMERICA’S Nc,V»^oi' AIR LINER, THE NEW ZR-3.
The ZR-3, new American dirig’ible which is now on its way across the Atlantic to America by way of the
Azores. The photograph was taken during a trial flight before being fit'.ed up for its trans-Atlantic trip. The
super-zep will be used as a passenger liner and has luxuriously fitted cabins.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
ENJOYED WORLD SERIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—
President Coolidge returning to the
White House issued a statement say- j
ing, “I don’t recollect a more excit-j
ing series than that one just fin- j
ished here. That the championship
was won in the twelfth inning shows ,
how evenly the teams were matched.
I have only the heartiest praise to
bestow on the individual players of
both teams, and naturally, living in
Washington, I am pleased to see
Johnson finish the game and make a i
hit in the last inning which helped to i
win the pennant. Bveryone was,
pleased to see him come back and
close the last game. The three con
tests I witnessed maintained a high
degree of skill and every evidence of
high class sportsmanship brings to
every observer a finer example of the
true sport.”
CHE KIANG FORCES
SURRENDER TODAY
SHANGHAI, Oct. 13.—The Che Ki
ang forces defending Shanghai against
the attacks of the invading Kiang Su
armies surrendered today and an ar
mistice was sigreci between the oppos
ing forces. Evfcry unit of the foreign
defense forces in flanghai including
the marines ’an'cl horn the Ur ted
States warships in -,v* harbor, is mob
ilizing along the boundaries of tin for
eign settlcme* * to epel any effo~. of
the Kiang Su forces to enter it.
UNCLE JOE CANNON ATTACKS
CAMPAIGN OF LAFOLLETTE
HOOPSTON, 111., Oct. 13.—Uncle
Joe Cannon, after nearly two years,
of private life, last night addressed j
the business men’s club hex-e at their!
meeting. He vigorously attacked La j
Follette and said:
“Men who have been elected as re
publicans and Democi-ats and then 1
have turned around and raised the1
devil with those who put them in of
fice, have little regard for rules or
conduct.”
LENROOT PANS LA FOLLETTE
BELOIT, Wis., Oct. 13.—Senator
Leni'oot in the first address he has;
made in the present campaign, at
tacked the La Fllette ticket as one
of the most dangerous ever placed
before the people of the States.
He said it was composed ol radicals
and ultra radicals and meant the de
structions of the Constitution if the
ticket is elected.
SATURDAY FOOTBALL GAMES
Football scores for 11th—Chicago 19
Brown 7; Michigan 7, Mich. Aggies 0;
Vanderbilt, 13, Marines 13; University
of Calif. 28, Pomona, 0; Idaho 40,
Montana 13; Citadel 7, Oglethorpe 10;
Depauw 27, Hanover 7; South Caro
lina 10, North Carolina 0; Indiana 14,
Louisiana 10; Illinois 40, Butler 10;
West. Va., 7, Pittsburg 14; Penn.
State 26, Gettysburg 0; Northwestern
42, Cincinnati 0; Notre Dame 34, Wa
bash 0; Stanford 7, Olympic College
Club 0; University of Southern Calif.
29, Arizona 0; Williams 14, Cornell 7.
ANATOLE FRANCE, FRENCH
AUTHOR AND PUBLICIST
PASSES AWAY AT TOURS
TOURS, Oct. 13.—Anatole France
one of the greatest French modern
authors died here today following a
long illness.
Jacques Anatole Thibault Franee
was born in Paris, April 16, 1844. He
was an officer of the Legion of Honor
at the time of his death and a membei
of the French academy. He was the
author of many books and papers.
SENATOR WHEELER BUSY
KNOCKING ALASKA R. R.
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 13.—Sena
tor Wheeler, Saturday night, made
an impassioned speech reviewing the
Alaska railroad agreements, and the
Massachusetts banking transactions
Mr. Wheeler was outspoken' in his
remarks against the railway, declar
ing that it was being used to further
the interests of the Alaska Steam
ship company, and that the latter
had been paid huge sums to trails
port freight by water from Seward
to Anchorage, instead of it beinj;
hauled over the railway line.
Mrs. Wheeler also delivered an ad
dress urging the support of LaFol
lette.
COOLIDGE ADDRESSES
RADIO CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13.—
President Coolidge addressed the Ra
dio conference and callers at the
White House, saying the “Govern
nrent must keep control of the air
and protect right fo citizens for un
limitless communication by radio.’’
BORAH CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Senator
Borah canceled his speaking engage
ments today in behalf of the Repub
lican ticket, to devote his time to
the investigation by the Senate com
mittee of charges of a huge slush
fund being raised by the Republicans.
LaFollette made the charges.
* Viator Borah today before deput
ing from Chhagc to Washington, call
ed a meeting of the senate committee
of that city to investigate the charges
that a great sum of money was being
used in the Republican presidential
campaign. Campaign Chairman But
ler was ordered to submit figures as to
his expenditures.
COURT STILL IN SESSION
Word received from Cordova is to
the effect that the court term start
ing October 1 is still in session and
may last another week. The case
of Charles H. Scheffler, former post
master of Cordova, for alleged parti
cipation in the robbery committed
several months ago, will be tried this
week.
DAVIS GETS RECKLESS
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 13.—John W.
Davis, democratic nominee for the
presidency today stated that four more
years of Republican misgovernment
would prepare the way for a revolution
in America.
SHENANDOAH REACHES
CALIFORNIA SUNDAY
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13.—The dirigi
ble Shenandoah, flying from Lake
hurst, N. J., to Seattle, arrived here
at 11 o’clock last night. The huge
airship made a mile a minute during
the last 100 miles of her fight.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13.—The dirigible
Shenandoah will be refueled and pro
visioned Monday and is scheduled to
sail tomorrow for Camp Lewis. Lieut.
Commander Lansdowne, captain of
the ship* said that it would sail over
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland
and Seattle in its flight north.
He stated that the cruise of the
ship from the Atlantic coast was one
of the most severe tests to which it
could be placed, and that the flight of
the ZR-3 across the Atlantic would be
easy compared to the flight of the
Shenandoah across the Rocky moun
i tains.
WORLD WAR VETERAN
DYNAMITES HIS WIFE
[ KELSO, Wash., Oct. 13.—Rudolph
Otto, a veteran of the world war, who
1 was charged with having slain his
! wife, Sybil, 15, by blowing her up
with, dynamite last July, at his ranch
home near here, was found guilty by
a jury and sentenced to life impris
! onment. He denied the murder stat
j ing that the dynamite exploded ;pre
| maturely while the couple were blast
j ing stumps.
KENTUCKY HORSE AGAIN
DEFEATS FRENCH CHAMP
LATONIA, Ky., Oct. 13.—The great
American racer Sarazen, bred in the
bluegrass fields of Kentucky, and
owned by Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, de
feated the French, champion Epinard!
in the last of three match races for |
the world championship Saturday. The ;
ra- e was a mile and a quarter and the 1
time was two minuirs and 4-5 seconds. |
Whiskbroom, who hoi D the world’s!
record 'cr distance was a close sec- j
4 w;<h Mad! third. Zev and
Wi-e Counsed;.*- did not start in the
i race
Sa-wzen" was s / 1 by Phil Chinnas
jwhec two yea”1 <.id for $35,000, and;
has ch-aned up several hundred times !
| tlop '-um in r“••m* races. Saturday’s;
' ( iir. e was for $30,000
GHANDI FASTING
LONDON, Oct. 13.—Dispatches
from Calcutta state that Ghandi is
very weak following a 21-day fast,
as penance for Hindu Moslem riot
ing.
AMERICAN LEGION MEETING
There will be a meeting of the Sew
ard Post at 8 o’clock p. m. at the Fire
Hall tomorrow evening. Important
business. All Legion members urged
to attend.
LIEUT. MARTIN DEAD
NEWPORT NEWS, Oct. 13.—Lieut.
Bruce Martin died today as a result
of an explosion on Langley Field
when a bomb carried by an Army
blin\p prematurely exploded.
HALF A MILLION DOLLAR
SEIZURE OF BOOZE IS
MADE AT SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13—
Half a million dollars worth of
booze was captured yesterday by
the coast guard cutter Shawnee,
ofT the Farallone iilands, which
towed the British steamer Quad
ra into port at midnight. The
seizure was one of the largest yet
made and the vessel was one of
the mother ships which left Van
couver twenty days ago loaded
with 22,000 cases of champagne
and Scotch whiskey.
CMP LEWIS MURDER
CASE COMES TO END
TACOMA Oct. 13.—Roland H. Poth
ier, accused of the murder of Major
A. F. Kronkhite at Camp Lewis, Oct.
25, 1918, was acquitted today by a
jury. The case had attracted na
tion-wide notoriety as the parents of
Kronkhite had insisted that he was
murdered instead of being killed acci
dentally, during target practice, as t
was claimed by the authorities.
Pothier had been accused of confes
sing the murder to secret service op-1
eratives, but on the trial repudiated
his confession.
It was charged that Capt. Robert
Rosenthal had instigated Pothier to
shoot Kronkhite, but the charges were
not substantiated at the trial. The
indictment was dismissed today'.
WEEKS ASKS MILLIONS
FOR ARMY AVIATION
_
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13.—
Secretary of War Weeks today an
nounced that he had asked for an ap
propriation of $23,000,000 to be used
in Army aviation next year. He said
this sum would be devoted to the
purchase of new craft and equipment.
DAVIS DOESN’T BELIEVE
IN GETTING PERSONAL
BUFFALO, Oct. 13.—John W. pa
vis, in addressing a political meet
ing said if the campaign takes the
form of comparisons of personalities,
it shall not be my choosing and I
shall not permit myself to attack the
personal and private character of
any of the candidates.
IT. S. WILL RAISE BIG
SUM FOR GERMAN LOAN
LONDON, Oct. 13.—Of the huge
loan arranged for Germany under the
Dawes plan, one hundred and ten mil
lions is to be raised by the United
States. The bonds will be dated Oct.
15, 1924, and will mature in twenty
five years, bearing seven per cent in
terest.
They will be offered to investors at
92 houses, yielding approximately 7%
to maturity. The terms of the issue
in various markets are identical.
WELL FIXED FOR WIVES
MAN JAILED FOR BIGAMY
SEATTLE, Oct. 11.—Confessing he
had two wives, one a music teach
er and the other a stenographer,
Fred Melvey was sentenced this af-1
ternooon to serve three years in the
penitentiary for bigamy.
HONOLULU OFFERS FOSDICK
TO HEAD UNION CHURCH
HONOLULU, T. H„ Oct. 13.—A ra
diogram hsa been sent to Doctor
Fosdick, who resigned last Monday j
as the First Presbyterian Church
head, in New York, asking him to
consider the all Central Union church
here in regard to taking over its
leadership. *
WILL INVESTIGATE FUND
WASHINGTON, .D. C., Oct, 13.—
An immediate meeting of the Senate
campaign contributions committee has
been demanded by James M. Good, ore
convention manager for Coolidge in
the west, to investigate the Lafollette
charges of a slush fund being collect- j
ed by Republicans to purchase doubt
ful states. The demand was made
by Good after a visit by Colidge.
ELECTION WILL BE BITTER
LONDON, Oct. 13.—According to
press comments from politicians the
coming political campaign in England
will be one of the bitterest ever held.
APPLE CROP SHORT
SPOKANE, Oct. 13.—Estimates of
the 1924 apple crop for Washington
show that it is only 49 per cent of
normal.
MASSIVE CEREMONIES
IN PROGRESS DURING
SEATTLE-ALASKA FAIR
SEATTLE, Oct. 13.—Commemora
tive ot the Fifty-seventh Anniversary
of the purchase of Alaska, the second
Annual Alaska Fair opened today
under the auspices of the Young
Men's Business Club. Fruits and
flowers, vegetables and grain, with
some of them growing inside the
Arctic circle are the headliners in
a cast for the big show. Besides the
products of the farms and gardens,
lair exhibits include a wonderful col
lection of precious metals and miner
als that make Alaska a veritable
treasure house; a large and varied
fisheries exhibition, and will mention
a big assemblage of Alaska curious
and manufactured products.
The exposition is being held in the
White-Henry Building and special
programs of entertainment will be
put on every day. Noons and every
evening, during the fair, it will be
featured by talks on Alaska, its past,
present and future, by Alaskans.
Exercises at Seward Monument in
Volunteer Park where the Governor
will be orator of the day.
RECEIPTS FOR WORLD
SERIES OVER MILLION
MAKING NEW RECORD
WASHINGTON, I). C„ Oct. 13.—
A new record for world receipts for
the seven games was established, be
ing $1,093,404, which exceeded last
year’s receipts by $38,389. An atten
dance of 283,695 was short by 17,
735 of the attendance last year, at
the series played between the Giants
and the Yanks. The Senators, twen
ty-six players in all, will divide
$148,991.63 and the Giants will divide
between the same number of players,
$93,327.75. The Giants batted 261 and
fielded 980. The Senators batted 246
and fielded 96 4. Terry of the Giants
was the leading hitter with an aver
age of 429 for the five games he
played; Judge batted 385. For the
seven games, Goslin batted three
home runs, which tied Ruth's Record
for last year, and was the leading
slugger for the Senators, and reached
a total of twenty-one bases on elev
en hits. Harris was second.
RADIO CONFERENCE
SHOWS DEVELOPMENT
WASH:NOTON, D. C., Oct. 13.—
Out of the tangle of technical and ad
ministrative detail of the National
Radio conference now being whipped
into concrete form by federal experts
today, has come the ground work of
unhampered development of this util
ity that the public may reap the bene
fit of scientific progiess for next year.
This was the judgment of government
officials including Secretary Hoover,
government official.', scientists and
newspaper publishers.
LESS TALK ON SCANDAL;
PRESENT THE EVIDENCE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 13.—
Atornev General Stone declared if
Ban Johnson has evidence of viola
tions of federal laws in connection
with the recent alleged baseball
bribery charges, he should present it
to the authorities, and not intimate
matter of such force to newspapers.
SPANISH TROOPS CALLED
TO COLORS FOR MOROCCO
MADRID,Oct. 13.—The under sec
retary of war announces that 85,000
men have been called to the colors be
cause of the Moroccan campaign .
SATURDAY’S BALL GAMES
Pacific Coast League—Los Angeles
11-4, Portland 6-6, (doubleheader call
ed in the sixth on account of dark
ness), Sacramento 6, Vernon 1, Salt
Lake 4, Oakland 13, Frisco 0-5, Seat
tle 2-6.
RADIO WEEK, NOV. 24.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—Plans for
in international radio week, begin
ring Nov. 24th to the 30th are in
progress. The American veterans’
veeks and transmissions between Eu
ropean and American stations will be
sought, it was announced at the ra
dio conference being held here now.
PARIS, Oct, 13.—Le Matin says it
is understood in Paris that negotia
tions are under way for a French gov
ernment loan in the United States.