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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. ,
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 239.
DEAD COMMANDER
TELLS DANGERS
TO AIR CRAFT
AIR BUMPS AND EDDIES CHIEF
DANGERS WITH ELECTRICAL
STORMS NEXT
Place Strains On Structure
Dirigibles Must Follow Definite Track
Which Makes It Possible to
Chart Airways and Currents
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5 (/P)—
Commander Lansdowne wrote to an
aviation manual that “serious air
bumps and eddies are the chief dan
gers to a dirigible with electrical
storms next. They are capable of
putting great stress on the structure
of an airship. They follow very defi
nitely a track which makes it possi
ble to chart dangerous areas. If such
a chart were available it would be
poor airmanship for any1 captain to al
low a thunderstorm to overtake his
ship. Instruments for detecting the
direction of these disturbances would
be of great value, as for a long time
pilots will of necessity be flying over
uncharted or only partly charted re
gions.”
FORMER PIONEER
OF ALASKA DIES
SEATTLE HOME
MRS. SARAH LATIMER, AGED 67,
MRS ROBERT LAVERY OF
FAIRBANKS IS DAUGHTER
SEATTLE, Sept. 5 (/P)— Mrs. Sarah
Latimer. 67, a pioneer of Alaska and
Puget Sound died Wednesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Max Love
of Kirkland near here. The funeral
services will be held here Sunday.
Mrs. Latimer came to Port Town
send in 1888, and was one of the first
'arrivals at the port. She joined the
gold rush, living at Skagway. She
came hack here and then went, to
Fairbanks, remaining until six years
ago. She has a daughter, Mrs. Robert
‘V Lavery, of lUirbanks.
NEW YORK STOCKS
International Harvester, U. S. Steel,
American Can Company, General Rail
way Signal, and Mack Truck were the
chief beneficiaries of the market re
covery gaining from 3 to 13 points.
Total Sales 1,068,100; with call money
at 4 per cent; Cotton, October, high
22.59; low 22.21; close 22.55. Decem
ber high 22.85; low 22.51, close 22.78.
Wheat fluctuated finally coming out
two cents ahead. Corn jumped five
cents a bushel.
MAIL ROBBER ARRESTED
CHCAGO, Sept. 4 (/P)—Joseph P.
Balee, reputed leader of a ring of six
mailrobbers and bond forgers whose
recent operations have netted more
than $200,000 was arrested yesterday
at the request of Los Angeles post
office inspectors.
HOW IS ALASKA;
HOW IS RAILROAD
VICE PRESIDENT REACHES SE
ATTLE LAST NIGHT AND IS
FULL OF QUESTIONS
SEATTLE, Sept. 5 (/P)—Vice-Presi
dent Dawes arrived in Seattle last
night on a short visit. His first words
were: “How is Alaska? What about
the Government railroad? How much
longer will the timber in Washington
last at the rate it is being cut?”
PRODUCTION BITUMINOUS COAL *
STIMULATED BY STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5 (£>).
With the production of bituminous
coal stimulated by the anthracite
strike and reaching new high levels
for the year, reports have reached
here that President Lewis of the Un
ited Mine Workers is turning his ef
forts toward West Virginia with hopes
of unionizing the entire soft coal area.
POSSESCOURING
MOUNTAINS FOR
NEGRO KIDNAPER
KILLED ONE MAN, WOUNDED AN
OTHER AND GRABS YOUNG
GIRL FROM PLAYMATES
MONTCLAIR, N. J., Sept. 5 (/P)—
Policemen and posses of citizens are
scouring the mountainsides near here
in search of a maniac negro who kill
ed one man and seriously wounded
another in an attempt to kidnap the
| small daughter of a wealthy banker,
j then abducted the wrong girl, snatch
ing 6-year-old Mary Daly, daughter
j of a well to do business man, from
j the side of her playments.
j The negro then escaped after shoot
ing John Sandin, a chauffedr, who pur
sued him.
The automobile used by the kid
naper belonded to Raymond Pierce, a
negro, whose body was found stuffed
in a culvert with a bullet wound in
his head.
Tonight Mrs. Bower, wife of the
banker and a neighbor of Daly’s got
a telephone call offering to return her
J niece, who is safe home, for §4,000.
The police believe that the negro in
tended to kidnap the Bower girl.
Ellsworth Has Encounter
with Large Black Bear
On Kenai-Seward Road
Yellowstone of Glacier National
Parks have nothing on the Seward
district, according to Harry Ells
worth, proprietor of the Ellsworth
Taxi Service, for yesterday, while
conveying a load of tourists in from
Kenai lake one of the largest black
bears he has ever seen in this re
gion, stepped out of the brush and
onto the Resurrection bridge, at Mile
13, forcing him to bring the car to
halt,
T he bear was full grown and evi
dently during its years of roaming
around Kenai peninsula area it had
never before seen a car so after per
forming divers calisthenics and nu
merous dances, including the cake
walk for the passengers in the car,
he slowly advanced, sniffing. Fear
ing the large animal was of mischiev
ous inclinations, the engine was
thrown into reverse and as the bear
approached, the car backed away.
Ellsworth was backing at the rate of
about six knots when the bear heard
the call of the wild, and called it a
day, much to the gratification of the
occupants of the car, for not a gun
was on the ground, neither was their
anything resembling a pick handle.
To meet a bear on this road is be
gining to be a pleasureable annoy
ing occurrence, so hereafter, Mr. Ells
worth contemplates carrying a few
ripe bananas.
MIX AND WIFE SEPARATE '
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (/P)—Tom
Mix, motion picture star and his wife
formerly Miss Victoria Ford, have
separated as a sequel to their “love
at first sight” romance. They have a
daughter, Thomasina, five years old.
MONDAY A HOLIDAY
The bank, the postoffice and many
stores will close Monday, the occasion
being a holiday. Customers should
govern themselves accordingly.
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RADIO OPERATOR
ST. AUGUSTINE
PUZZLES NAVY
PICKS UP MESSAGE PURPORTING
TO BE FROM WARSHAP 400
MILES OFF HONOLULU
Says Plane Is Picked Up
All On Board Safe According to Mes
sage Received by Florida Ama
teur—Navy Is Skeptical
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Sept.
5—The St. Aaugustine Record in
a prominent headline today stated
that a radio operator here talked
with a warship 400 miles off the
samoan islands. The warship said
the missing seaplane PN-9, No. 1,
had been found with all aboard
safe.
Navy Department Is Skeptical
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5 (£>)—
Naaval officials here placed little cre
dence in a message purported to have
been received by an amateur radio
operator at St. Augustine, Florida,
from the warshap Litchfield, about 400
miles south of Samoa, that the sea
plane PB-9, No. 1, had been found.
The Litchfield is with the Pacific fleet
steaming from Samoa to Hawaii. Na
val officials said they had been una
ble to reach the vessel on account of
static, and were unable to understand
how a St. Aaugustine operator could
The Navy department said the plane
must have been in the Ivicinity of
Hawaii, while the Litchfield was many
hundred miles from there.
Sampan Towing Patrol Plane
HONOLULU, Sept, p (£>)—It was
discovered that a sampan which was
towing a plane that was thought to be
the PN-9, Number 1, gave rise to the
rumor that thfi missing machine had
been found. It was a patrol machine
in distress, which had been sent out
from Pearl Harbor.
Hopes for Ultimate Rescue
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5 (/P)—
Capt. Moses, commanding the Hawa
iian flight reports that an analysis of
the situation gives “reason to hope for
the recovery today of the PN-9, No.
1 and its crew.”
It is assumed by the department
} that the finding of flares Thursday
night by the Whippoorwill and studies
of the currents since form the basis
of his reasoning.
TURKISH ATTACK ON BRITAIN
IS SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
GENEVA, Sept. 4 (,£*)—The Turkish
attack on Great Britain, alleging that
British airplanes and warships have
engaged in demonstrations against
Turkish territory, marked the opening
of the discussion of the Mosul ques
tion before the League of Nations
Council. Council will decide whether
Mosul will go to Britain or Turkey.
41 WARSHIPS MUSTER IN AFRICA
PARIS, Sept. 4 (/P)—Moroccan ad
vices tell of French and Spanish war
ships 41 in number mustering for a
combined attack on the Chechaouen
area where the Riffians have been ac
tive for a week.
WILL TAKE COMMAND IN CHINA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4 (#>)—
Rear Admiral Henry H. Hough, direc
tor of the Naval Intelligence Bureau,
leaves today to take command of the
Yangtze River Patrol in China, suc
ceeding Admiral C. B. McVey, jr., who
will b§ assigned later.
Bank-Postoffice Closed
Monday being a National holiday,
Labor Day, the Seward bank and
postoffice will be closed all day.
OLDEST PARTNER OF J. P.
MORGAN DEAD OF EMBOLISM
LOCUST VALLEY, L. I., Sept. 4
(/P)—Edward R. Stetinus, oldest part
ner of J. P. Morgan and former secre
tary of war and adviser of General
Pershing in France, died at his home
here of cerebral embolism, at the age
of 61 years. Death followed a linger
ing illness acquired following an in
testinal operation in 1923.
GOVERNORPARRS
IN SEWARD FIRST
OFFICIAL VISIT
MAKING OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
COAST AND INTERIOR; TO
GO OUT ON YUKON.
George A. Parks, governor of Al
aska, arrived in Seward this morn- j
ing on his first official visit since
taking the oath of office, two months
ago. Governor Praks had expected
to visit this district of the Territory
a little earlier but owing to the ne
cessity of completing the Governor’s
Annual Report on the Territory,
which must be at Washington, D. C.
by September 15, time did not per
mit.
The Governor will remain in Sew
ard until Monday morning departing
then for Anchorage where he will
confer with Noel W. Smith, general
manager of the Alaska Railroad, on
matters of an official nature. His;
present itinerary calls for leaving
the Cook Inlet metropolis on Thurs
day, arriving in Fairbanks the follow
ing evening. He plans to return to
the coast via the Richardson High
way, thence south from Cordova to
the capital city, on the steamer Yu
kon, two weeks from this date.
Of importance to the citizens of
Alaska, the Governor stated, is the
announcement of the Pacific North
west Commercial and Industrial Ex
position, representing the states of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana, which will be held at Madison
Square Garden, New York, early next
spring, and to which the Territory of
Alaska has been extended an invita
tion to be represented with exhibits
from the Territory. Governor Parks
believes this will be a wonderful op
portunity lor Alaska to obtain nation
al publicity and to that end the vari
ous Chambers of Commerces, civic
organizations and the citizens as a
whole, should unite and cooperate.
Further particulars, -with regard to
the Exposition, will be published in
Tuesday’s issue of the Seward Gate
way.
Governor Parks is a guest at the
Hotel Sexton during his brief stay in
Seward.
RUTH WANTS TO GO TO WORK
BUT MANAGER SAYS NOT
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (/P)—“Babe”
| Ruth telephoned Manager Huggins
yesterday asking when he should go
! to work. Huggins replied, “I am not
ready to talk to you, and when I want
you I will call for you.'”
BASEBALL
Coast *
Vernon 4, Sacramento 2.
Seattle 5, Los Angeles 2.
Portland 1, San Francisco 4.
‘"'Oakland 2, Salt Lake 10.
National
Philadelphia 5, New York 6.
Chicago 1, Cincinnati 2.
Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 9.
Brooklyn-Boston rain.
Americans
Washington 9, Boston 3.
H. P. Sullivan, U. S. marshal, re
turned to his Valdez home on the
steamer Northwestern. He has been
in the States on official business.
MITCHELLSCORCES
AIR PERSONNEL
FOR ACCIDENT
SALS POLICIES ARE DIRECTED BY
OFFICIALS WHO KNOW
NOTHING OF FLYING
Airmen Used As Pawns
Accidents Result of Incompetency and
Criminal Negligence and Not
From Fault of Machines
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5 (/P) —
Predicting his arrest Monday for his
remarks, Brigadier Wm. Mitchell, for
mer chief of the Army Air service, is
sued the following statement: “After
mature deliberation and sufficient
time since the terrible accident to our
Naval aircraft to ascertain what hap
pened to cause these accidents, I de
sire to state that they are a direct
result of incompetency and criminal
negligence and the almost treasonable
administration of our nation?' efense
by the War and Navv d( ^ments,
whose po’ Red by non
flying of nothing about
flying, i f the airmen
are used merely <*o ,.,wns in their
hands.”
TEACHERS ARRIVE
NORTHWESTERN
READY FOR DUTY
SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER 8—
TEACHERS LEAVE FOR MANY
INTERIOR POINTS
Among thei school teachers for Sew
ard, Anchorage, Fairbanks and other
points in the Interior, and faculty
members of the Alaska College at
Fairbanks, who arrived this morning
from the south on the steamer North
western were Miss Muriel Anderson,
for Anchorage; Anita Graybill, Lat
in and history teacher for Anchorage.
Miss Graybill received her A. M. de
gree at the University of Washing
ton this summer; Ruth Glasier, An
chorage, English teacher who has
been teaching previously at Anchor
age for the last two years; Lillian
Ford, Anchorage, grade teacher; Anna
Mans, grade teacher for Anchorage.
For Seward Miss Minnie Rousch
land Miss Elsie Hoffman.
For Fairbanks, Ruth Edwards, Flo
j rence Hylen who has taught in the
Interior city for the past two years;
Katherine Driscoll, high school tea
cher of French and English; Miss G.
A. Hammers, grade teacher who for
merly taught in Fairbanks for one
year; Doris Roeder, a graduate from
the Washington State College; Mrs.
A. Bixby, kindegarten teacher who
has taught there for two years past;
Norman Putnam, high school teacher
of Science and Mathematics, also
jfrom the Washington State College;
Martha Park and Lydia Jacobson, pro
fessor of Home Economics and in
structor in same, both of w'hom are
from the University of Iow'a; and whc
will teach at the Alaska College; Les
lie A. Marchand, professor of French
and English, who has previously
taught for two years at the Alaska
College. This • summer Prof. Mar
chand has been teaching the English
department at the University of Wash
ington.
Miss Emmy Lou Hengst, from Los
Angeles, will teach school at the Ta
nana school.
WORKER BURIED ALIVE
VALLEJO, Sept. 4 (/P)—Seventy
five men worked furiously last night
in an effort to save a workman who
was buried alive in a cave-in at the
site of the Vallejo’s water project’s
dam in Gordon valley.