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“CENTER of
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Seward
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COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 213.
SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
soil PUNE IS
ABOUT READY TO
HOP FOB SEWARD
PONTOONS IN PERFECT WORK
ING CONDITION; FLIERS
CONFIDENT
NIKOLAVEVSK ON THE AMUR,
Siberia, Sept* 12, (/P)—Equipped
with pontoons for the flight to
the United States, the plane
‘Land of Soviets” landed here.
The next stop of the Soviet
constructed plane is Petropavlovsk.
Kamchatka. The pilot. Shestokov,
said the floats worked perfectly
giving the four fliers confidence
on the forth-coming long flight
from Kamchatka to Seward and
Si:ka.
HFLD POSTS UNTIL WHAT HE
JUDGED RIGHT MEN WERE
FOUND FOR THEM
ROME. Sept., 12, (JP)—Benito
Mussolini relinquished seven of
the eight cabinet posts held but
remains premier and minister.
A royal degree announcing this
action reported replacement of
two other ministers, those of
public economy and national
instruction. The move comprised
the most sweeping reforms in
the Fascist government since
its inception.
It is said that Mussolini held
the eight of the 13 posts in the
Italian cabinet so long in order
determine the responsibilities
of the various departments and
has relinquished them when he
found the right type of men to
fill the posts.
COLD EXPORTS
OF PAST MONTH
BREAK RECORDS
Gold and silver shipped from
Alaska last month had a declar
ed valuation of $800,415, .accord
ing to official figures made pub
lic by the Juneau Empire. Of
this sum $787,134 was in gold
and $13,281 was silver.
This is the highest amount
for any similar month during the
past six years, Customs house re
cords show. In August, 1928, gold
shipments were worth $739,293
silver $27,716. ;
There has been a steady growth
in August shipments since 1924
when for the month the total
pold was $287 000 being $327,000
in 1925. $662,000 in 1926, and
$512,000 in 1927.
The increase noted, it was said,
ere almost entirely due to the pro
duction boost in the Alaskan Ju
neau Gold Mining Cmpany’s lo
cal mine, and from operations
of the Fairbanks Exploration
Company in the low grade placer ,
areas adjacent to Fairbanks.
OFFICIALS DEFAY THE
COlI'S STATEMENTS
SACRAMENTO, Sept., 12, (/P)—
Following a two-hour conference
Governor Young, Warden of the
court, Smith of Folson prison, and
Charles Neumiller, president of the
state prison board, issued state
ments denying charges that an at
tempt had been made in the prison
to “Do away” with “Count”. Albert
Sichofsky.
The officials accounted for his
money received and expended by
them.
MARTIN DUNPHY SEEKS $22,
000 DAMAGES: SUIT
FILED SEATTLE
SEATTLE Sept. 11. (/P)—Refusal
of the captain of the fishing ves
sel “Electra” while in Alaskan
waters last April to put into Ket
chikan so that Martin Dunphy,
fisherman, who accidently stab
bed himself in the eye, could ob
tain medical treatment, resulted
in Dunphy’s filing suit for $22,
000 damages against the vessel’s
owners in the Superior Court.
Dunphy said the captain dis
posed of his fish at Prince Rupert
and returned midway, to get him
whose eye was then infected
and had to be removed.
SOUTH, II A. M. SAT.
Hereafter, as has been an
nounced. Alaska Steamship Co.,
steamers are scheduled to leave
the Port of Seward, southbound,
every Saturday morning at 11
o’clock. It is thought owing to the
I falling off of cargo due to river
navigation closing, that incom
ing steamers will arrive in ample
time to maintain this schedule
i thru fall and winter months.
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TROOPS SETTLE
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EMPLOYES RAILWAY RETURN
TO POSTS AFTER BREAK IN
COMMUNICATIONS,
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept. 12,
(rP)—Russian and Chinese troops,
after an outbreak of fighting in the :
vicinity of Pogranichnaya over the
week-end, apparently settled down
to patrolling the frontier within
their respective lines as they have
been doing for hte past two
months.
The Manchurian government
announced that the fighting which
has been in progress on both east
ern frontier points, ceased. Fight
ing in the vicinity of Manchuria at
the Western terminus of the Chin
ese Eastern Railway, seemed to be
indecisive and unimportant.
Employes of the Railway return
ed to their posts after a total break
in communications for several
days.
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NUKJt BAY MI1S MAN
ILL SACK, SHIP QBE
Anxious to get back to his gold
quartz property at Nuka Bay,
where, during the coming season,
he intends driving a tunnel to the
further depth of 75 to 100 feet, G.
R. Skinner, prominent in mining
here, arrived from the North and
is purchasing supplies and equip
ment here preparatory to leaving
for hte scene of his mining proper
ty several miles below Babcock and
Downey.
After successful completion of
work outlined above, Mr. Skinner
intends to sack and ship his ore via
Seward to the states.
Ore values increased as greater
depth is gained. Recently assay of
ore from the present level was
$38.90 in gold and silver.
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I BASEBALL I
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 2; Chicago 5.
Brooklyn 2; Cincinnati 4.
New York 10; Pittsburgh 5.
Boston 4-1; St. Louis 11-7.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 4; Philadelphia 7.
Detroit 7; Boston 8.
St. Louis 5; New York 0.
Cleveland 2; Washington 5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 4; Hollywood 12.
Los Angeles 7; San Francisco 6.
Portland 10; Oakland 2.
Seattle 13; Sacramento 6.
J, CUDAHY. DIES
IN 1 INSTITUTE
WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WHEN
ARRIVED AT KEELY-CURE
INSTITUTE
CHICAGO, Sept., 12, (/P)—1Thru
issuance of a burial permit the
death, at Dwight, Illinois, of John
R. Cudahy, son of the late John
| Cudahy, pioneer meat packer, be
came known.
Cudahy died at the home of
| Andrew Mickelson, a barber,
; whose home was taken two weeks
ago by two men who remained
with him.
Death is attributed to myocar
ditis. Cudahy was seriously ill
when he arrived at the Mickel
son home used as a boarding
home for patients of the Keeley
cure institute.
REDONDO IN MORNING
The S. S. Redondo, of the Alas
! ka Steamship Company, is ex
pected to arrive in port tomor
row morning from the Westward.
Upon discharging coal at the San
Juan dock the Redondo will sail
for Seattle having completed its
summer service in these waters.
Frightening or shooting of game
from an airplane is forbidden in
California by statute.
GRIM SOLDIER PRISON AWAITS U. S. CONVICTS !
i
rlhe United States army disciplinary barracks at
Ft. Leavenworth, Kas., taken over by the department
of justice for the overflow from the United States civil
penitentiary at Leavenworth.
HLASKA AVIATOR
1K1 ECONOMY
FLIGHT TO EAST
RESCUED LOST FOX FILM MEN
YEAR AGO; GREAT FAVOR
ITE WITH NATIVES
POINT BARROW, Sept., 12, (/P)—
Matt Niemann of Superior, Wis.,
sent word that he is making an
economy flight here from Superior
on October 1, via Mayo City on the
Yukon.
He is the aviator who rescued the
lost Fox Film party a year ago last
spring, bringing Robertson and
Clary here jammed in the front of
the cockpit in a state of complete
exhaustion.
Niemann is a great favorite with
the natives who shouted “Tignook
kirook”, meaning flying one is
coming, when they heard of the
flight.
LOCAL COMMODITIES SHIPPED
! OUT LAST MONTH HAVE
VALUE OF $19,562,229
Alaskan commodities shipped
to the states during the month
of August had a declared value
of $19,562,229, according to the
monthly statement of commerce
published in the Juneau Empire.
{This was $5,562 131 in excess of
I the value of shipments for the
jsame month in 1928.
There was an abnormal gain
in the value of the products of
fisheries and decrease in copper
ore for the month. The products
of the fisheries industry for the
month were worth $18,835,088.
SALMON BIGGEST FACTOR
This was largely made up of
salmon, fresh, canned and mild
cured. The canned salmon ship
ments alone amounted to $12,012,
931, a gain of $5,933,019 over the
salmon was placed at $336,539
'a gain of $170,741 over August
last year. Fresh salmon was
valued at $48,391. Halibut ship
ments were worth $76 654 a gain
of more than $50,000 for the
month. Herring lost over $80,
i 000, dropping from $103,427 last
year to $19,180 last month.
Copper also showed a sharp de
cline in value of shipments, last
month the total being $367,184
as compared to $695,770 last year.
DATE is CHANGED
Because business men and
| women generally are not able to
§et away from their duties around
ithe first of the month, the dates
|of the Annual Department Con
tention to be held in Juneau this
: fall have been changed from
October 1, 2 and 3rd to Septem
: ber 24, 25 and 26th.
, tm
The fleecy white clouds of “fire
weed ’ seeds that are being wafted
j by the breeze in Seward is another
indication that fall is here. It
won’t be long before the first
shroud of snowy whiteness on the
peaks around Seward will be her
jalded.