'AMERICAN WARSHIPS ARE SEARCHING FOR
LIEUTENANT LOCATELLI, ITALIAN AVIATOR
On Board Cruiser Richmond, between Greenland and Iceland,
Friday, August 22._Rear Admiral Thomas Magruder has ordered the
cruisers Raleigh and Richmond, with a number of destroyers to
search the district east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, for Lieutenant
Loeatelli, the Italian aviator, who accompanied the American flyers
on their flight yesterday, but is still missing- It is feared he has
fallen into the sea.
REKKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 21 —
The American round the world fly
ers safely negotiated the longest leg
of their whole journey yesterday
when they landed at Fredericksdal,
on the west coast of Greenland at 6
o’clock. They made 725 miles in 11
v hours . The trip was without incident
other than Lieut. Nelson, was forced
to descend a few minutes at Skeja
fjord. He ascended agpin almost im
mediately after making a few minor
adjustments to his motor.
Lieutenant Smith, the other United
States flyer, and Loeatelli, the Ital
* ian airman, who hooped off at the
same time, proceeded on to Freder
icksdal, arriving safely.
Considerable relief was expressed
by the Navy department over the
safe arrival of the flyers on the most
dangerous leg of their journey. Fred
ericksdal is just west of Cape Fare
^ well on the south-most point of
Greenland. The next leg of the
flight will be across Davis Straits to
Labrador.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18.—
The departure from Reykjavik, Ice
land of American army airplanes
may be delayed indefinitely to await
improved conditions, it was indicated
by a message from Lt. Smith, pres
ent flight commander, received on
Saturday by Patrick, chief air ad
vance guide. The message was dated
the 16th and told of new delays due
to the ice and other circumstances.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19.—
A naval communication late today
received from Lieut. Smith, head ar
my world flight commander at Rey
kjavik, says that his plane had brok
en a spreader and that Lieut. Nel
son’s plane had smashed its propel
ler in an attempt to take off for
Greenland. Smith added that a
spare could be secured from the crui
ser Richmond, and outside of these
slight mishaps everything was all
, right.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 20—
The American round the world fly
ers will be unable to leave Iceland
if.ov at least three days it is said ow
jing to ice conditions, which are the
worst known.
REYKJAVIK, Aug. 21.—The Am
erican round the world flyers, who
have been detained here for the past
two weeks, and Lieut. Locatelli, the
intrepid Italian airman who flew
from Italy here to advance with the
American planes on their homeward
stretch ,hopped off from here at
8:15 o’clock this morning for Fred
ericks Bay, Greenland. The distance
is approximately 865 miles and lies
far across the Danish straits.
The flyers, heading for their chos
en landing place, passed the United
States Cruiser Richmond, the supply
ship which at the time was on pa
trol duty in connection with the
world flight. The ship was about
seventy miles off the coast of Ice
land when the planes passed at 9:35
in the morning.
Lieut. Loeatelli was leading the
* American planes, which were being
piloted by Lieut.-Com. Lowell Smith
and Erik Nelson, by five miles.
The weather was beautiful which
made flying conditions excellent
when the aviators set out for the
far-off south Greenland port.
No reports as yet have been dis
patched concerning their safe arrival.
REKKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 18.—
Lieut. Locatelli, Italian airman, who
reached here yesterday, called on
Lieut. Smith and handed him a let
ter from the American air attache
at the Embassy at Rome. The let
ter was twenty days old . It was to
the effect that the present flight of
the Italian aviator who will convoy
the American flyers to America, as
a preparatory flight in an attempt
to reach the North Pole by plane
next year.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Luis Fir
po, the Argentine heavyweight won
the first round in his legal battle here
this afternoon, when the pugilist,
thru his lawyer, Hyman Bushel, ob
tained a postponement of the hearing
in the perjury case brought against
Firpo. The case was continued un
til September 20, which is nine days
after the date on which Firpo is
sceduled to fight Wills. Firpo ap
peared in person to answer to the
charge of perjury, preferred by Can
®n Chase.
Martin’s Plane Found
On Small Hill In
Port Moller District
BELLINGHAM, Aug. 1^—“Will
iam Sullivan may call the sloping
ground where my plane crashed a
foothill, but I consider it a moun
1 tain,” declared Major Martin here,
when informed of the Port Moller
dispatches last night. “He is wrong
when he says the Flag plane, Seat
tle, could have,, avoided the foothills
and mountain one mile away by fly
ing 150 feet higher,” said the Major,
“and at the time of the crash, on
April 30, the staff sergeant, Alva A.
Harvey and myself, were ten thous
and feet above the foothill and 1,500
feet from the top of the mountain
where we landed.”
LA FOLLETTE’S BEST TURN
WOULD THROW ELECTION
TO DECISION OF H. OF R.
QUINCY, 111., Aug. 21.—Wm. J.
Bryan, discussing important move
ments in regards to the coming elec
tion said that the best LaFollette
could do would be to throw the elec
! tion into the House of Representa
tives where the decision would make
a victory for the Democrats certain.
Radicals May Get
Control Congress
Says Noted Writer
SEATTLE, Aug. IS.—The Seattle
Times’ correspondent, Jermane, tele
graphed the Times today that the
outlook so far as the next congress
is concerned is not good, La Follette
radicals holding the balance of pow
er in both houses of the present con
gress and they seem certain to hold
it in the next Senate, with the chance
that the Senate may have more
Democratic than Republican votes.
ARGENTINE WORLD FLYER
MEETS WITH ACCIDENT
WHILE STARTING FLIGHT
HAXDI, French Indo China, Aug.
20.—Major Fedro Zanni, Argentina
round the world flyer, met with an
accident today while attempting a
take-off on hi* way to Canton, when
his plane overturned. The flyer es
caped uninjured but his plane was to
tally wrecked. He will remain here
until another plane can be shipped
him.
HANDI, Aug. 20.—Major Zanni
decided to carry on despite his ill
fortune which befell today when his
plane was wrecked by turning over
as he attempted to take-off for Can
ton. Altho confined to his bed yes
terday with a fever, Zanni planned
the flight, and has ordered a relief
plane sent him from Yokohama. The
new machine will be a hydroplane,
so he will start from Haipong when
it arrives in about three weeks time.
American warships have offered
their services in hastening the arriv
al of the new machine and it may be
brought over on the deck of a cruis
er.
Chautauquans Warned
of Approaching Alliance
by Four Great Powers
CHAUTAUQUA ,N. Y., Aug. 22—
Warning of an international combin
ation by the four great powers of
Germany, Russia, China and Japan
was expressed today by Major Gen
eral A. D. James Harbord, former
deputy chief of staff, U .S. A., in
an address before the institute on In
ternational Relations for the Christ
ian point of view he urged adequate
armament, international co-opera
tion for the limitation of competitive
arming, and declared that Russia and
Germany would not remain content
to be excluded from the Far East,
and added that our unhappy manner
of doing things had lost us the
warm friendship of the Japanese as
well as the greater part of Asia.
CAN USE A FEW MORE CUS
TOMERS AT THE 0. K .BARBER
SHOP.
GRAND JURY RETURNS
• CHARGE OF MURDER
AGAINST KID M’COY
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16.—Mrs.
Morse came to her death from a bul
let fired by the hand of a person to
this jury unknown,” was the verdict
of the coroner’s jury late this after
noon. Kid McCoy will be charged
with having murdered the woman...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19.—McCoy’s
friends said that McCoy pleads in
sanity and declares that he was
crazed with grief and drink. Right
after the finding of the body of Mrs.
Moels, he ,McCoy was discovered in
the Westlake residential shopping
disti'ict. He had invaded Mrs. Moels’
antique shop with a revolver and
held up the patrons ,wounding W. G.
Ross, a chance arrival. He then
went next door and slightly wounded
Sam S'.hepp and his wife, who had
sought to recone.’ie Moots and n s
former wife. McC y was captured
as he was running across Westlake
park. He spoke incoherently but ap
peared dapper and confident today.
The desk srgant said that at 3 o’
o’clock the morning after the mur
der, McCoy appeared at the Holly
wood station and asked to see pa
trolman Puissinger, who had been
called from a dinner party, wdiere
McCoy and Mrs. Moels had gone un
invited. He was informed that Puis
singer wTas out and McCoy remark
ed: “He will consider himself lucky
when he reads the papers.” The po
lice say that Mrs. Moels was going
to return to her husband and that
MsCoy was mad with pealousy. Mc
Coy said: “I was going to kill my
self, but forgot.”
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.—A coun
ty grand jury late today handed down
an indictment against Kid McCoy,
charging him with the murder of
Mrs. Moels. Another count charges
assault and robbery in connection
with McCoy’s hold-up of the West
Seventh street antique shop, Wednes
day. While this hold-up was in pro
gress McCoy s!|->t and seriously
wounded W. G. Ross, an eastern mil
lionaire, a customer of the place, and
the proprietor and xiis wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Schaupp, all of whom are re
covering in a local hospital.
SEATTLE MAYOR
URGE MUNICIPAL
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
SEATTLE, Aug. 18.—In a letter
addressed to the city council on Sat
urday .Mayor Edwin Brown urges
that body to confer with the corpora
tion council on steps necessary for
acquiring or building a municipal
telephone system.
SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—Wm. Hick
man Moore, chairman of the fran
chise committee selected by the Seat
tle city council, began to draft a res
olution instructing the board of pub
lic works to remove all equipment of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company from the city’s streets. The
resolution will be introduced at the
council meeting on Monday.
Nome Mining Operator
Loses Suit Brought to
Recover Mining Interest
OLYMPIA, Wn., Aug. 22.—Be
cause he delayed 18 years in ascer
taining the value of a rich claim on
No. 1 below discovery, on Little
Creek, in the Nome district, J. E.
Teeter, former Nome mining' man is
denied a one-third interest sought by
him in the claim.
The Supreme Court decision hand
ed down yesterday affirms the de
cision of the King County courts,
and dismissed the case.
Teeter in waiting eighteen years to
advance his claim and begin suit for
recovery, was advancing a cause
which was stale ,the court pointed
out.
SALMON ARE TAGGED
TO DETERMINE LIVES
WHEN SPAWN IS LEFT
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 19.—The
movements of salmon of various spe
cies from the North Pacific ocean
to their spawning grounds in the
southeastern Alaska district will be
charted this summer for the first
time in history, according to Assist
ant Fisheries Agent E. M. Ball.
Five thousand salmon will be tag
ged, released and a reward of 50
cents each offered for their return
with the informatio nof how, when
and where captured.
The reward is a big one for fish
ermen who are accustomed to obtain
only 25 cents for a large salmon at
fishing ports. Even a lower scale is
offered by canneries.
New Fall Suit. Samples at Urbach’s.
FORMER ALASKAN IS
KILLED IN SAN JOSE
Van Dyke Hubbard was shot and
killed recently in San Jose, Califor
nia, while attempting to arrest a ne
gro who was attempting to abduct a
negress from her home, 'accoi'ding to
a private letter reaching Valdez,
says the Valdez Miner.
The negro ran amuck with a gun,
and forced the woman to leave her
home to go with him. to his. While
he was forcing her down the street
her husband phoned to police head
quarters. Hubbard, who was chief
of detectives, took Policeman Murphy
with him, jumped on a car and drove
to the scene of the abduction. They
overtook the pair and Hubbard,
jumped from the car, stepped up be
hind the negro and told him he was
under arrest. As the negro turned
he shot Hubbard through the stom
ach and then started to run. Hub
bard shot as he was falling, but only
succeeded in hict'ng his assailant in
the arm. Policeman Murphy pur
sued the murderer and emptied his
revolver into has body. Hubbard \va«
immediate rushed to a hospital, but,
died within an hour. The negro liv
ed for several hours.
Van Dyke Hubbard, or “Dyke,” as
he was farm ally known, was well
known in Vai e/. He was the young
er brother of Charles Hubba-i, th®
discoverer of the Hubba>*d-Elliott
copper properties on Elliott creek.
He spent the seasons of 1905 and
1906 on Elliott Creek, at which time
he was just out of his teens. On his
return to the Stages he made his
home in San Jose, and joined the po
lice force there. He was soon promot
ed to the plain-clothes squad and la
ter was rr.adt chief. He leaves a
wife and four children.
His funeral was the largest ever
known in San Jose ,the Masonic lodge
of which he was a member, taking
charge of the services. The church
of which the abducted woman was a
member, sent a beautiful floral tri
bute. A collection for the widow and
children, started by the public, had
netted at the time the letter was
written over >3,000. It will probably
reach several thousand dollars mere,
as the brave officer who sacrificed
his life in the execution of his duty
was a universal favorite.
COFRT PROCEEDINGS
Several naturalization cases came
up this morning. D. George Collias,
Car Uohanssen and John Colbert,
were given citizenship papers.
Johannes Andreas Beck was grant
ed a divorce from Bessie Marie
Beck.
In the case of S. M. Graff vs. the
Town of Seward the court granted
the plaintiff a temporary injunction
restraining the town officials from
interfering with Mr. Graff in the op
eration of the local light plant. A. J.
Dimond appeared for Mr. Graff and
Attorneys Ray and Ilurker for de
fendants. A bond of $3000 was post
ed.
In the matter o fthe dissolution of
the Seward Arctic Brotherhood, an
association, dissolution was granted.
hTe court will be occupied in the
Hubbard case the remainder of the
day and probably tomorrow.
In the case of the Trustees of the
New School of Applied Christian
Psychology of California ,for an in
terest in the Primrose mine, ys. C
B. Hubbard, Ora Hubbard and John
Weise, plaintiff concluded its case
and defendant moved that case be
dismissed, which was denied by the
court and the case adjourned until
Monday.
Chas. Fisher applied *for naturali
zation papers.
PARTY HAS HARD TRIP
Maurice A. Gale ,of the firm of
Felder and Gale, wTho recently went
thru Seward on his way to Tocotna,
has installed the first motion picture
machine seen on the river, and will
show Paramount pictures. Mr. Gale
and Mr. J. W. Felder, who accom
panied him, had a hard trip home.*
At the Portage they found Grass
lake frozen over, and the boat and
one thousand pounds of luggage had
to be dragged across the lake, tak
ing the greater part of a day. Their
boat leaked badly and the party al
most swamped.
An appeal has been received at the
Governor’s office, at Juneau, for in
formation in regard to Gust Lind
berg, who left Seattle for Alaska in
May, 1906. He was born in Sweden
forty years ago, is about five f6et
nine inches tall, and of light com
plerion. Any information in regard
to Mr. Lindberg should be sent to
the governor's office, Juneau, when
it will be immediately transmitted to
the father of Mr. Lindberg, who is
anxious to know any facts concern
ing his son.
Many hunting parties are plan
ning leaving for the hills next week
the bird season coming in September
1. The hills are reported to be full
of ptarmigan.
GOOD LOOKING PROPERTIES
IN THE NUKA BAY DISTRICT
Frank Kempfer, of the Seward
Real Estate company, returned last
night from the Nuka bay district,
where he went to investigate a num
ber of mining properties. He was
delighted with the outlook and state?
that a number of fine properties are
to be found, with money in sight.
The Alaska Hills Mining Co-, is
sinking a shaft and meeting a mill.
Their ore is high grade, similar t<
ore in the Cliff mine near Valdez.
Burman and Car’.-cTi have two
fine leads, eight feet in width with
liberal showing of o gold. Ther
are working on che ground and have
a good concentrating ot shipping pro
ject.
Frank Lang has a good free gold
p’opertv on ticcv.atei. He recently
shipped 50 sacks of Ingh grade ore L;.
the Tacoma smelter.
Bob Hatcher has a large ledge a
tide water, and fp.s a number of men
on the ground tuuiii£ in a camp,
and has a very fine ; operty.
Numerous big dykes are to bn
found cutting throuph the country
and the work done up :o the pre=
ent time miira'es J-.ai some good
pay:ng mines will be, developed in
the district. Many prospectors are
in the hills, \lout fj» nen workin
in the district. r * - riuntry is
large one and heavy laden with min
erals.
GATEWAY CHRISTMAS CARDS
September first, The Gateway will
have one of the finest lines of Christ
mas cards, ever brought to Seward.
These cards will have appropriate
Christmas sentiment and name of
sender printed in neat type, but no
cards will be sold unless printed, as
we are not dealing in stationary in
competition with stores of the town.
If you desire a printed card in
prices ranging from six to $300.00
per thousand, look our samples
over. Delivery guaranteed by De
cember first. Cards come 25 in box
with outer and inner envelope, and
are classy and distinctive. No nicer
way can be found than sending
Christmas cards. Place your orders
directly after September 1, so we
will have time to print same. No
number less than box of 25 sold.
VAN GUNDY OPERATED ON;
LOCAL ANESTHETIC USED
-#
E. Van Gundy, assistant general
manager of the Alaska Railroad un
derwent an operation the other in the
Fairbanks hospital for appendicitis.
Local anesthetic was administered to
him by Drs. Haverstock of the An
chorage army post and Romig, the
latter, physician for the Alaska Rail
road with headquarters in Fairbanks.
During the process of removing the
troublesome member, Mr. Van Gun
dy smoked liesurely as tho nothing
was happening. He is speedily re
covering.
Robert Siefert, an oldtimer from
the lower Kenai lake district, arrived
in town on last night’s train and
shaking hands with his many friends
here.
PETERSON JAILED AGAIN
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
TAXI DRIVER CHARGED WITH
BEATING UP OLI) MAN OLD
ENOUGH TO BE FATHER
(Anchorage Times.)
Clarence Peterson, driver of the
Paige Taxi in Anchorage was arrest
ed Friday night by Deputy Marshal
Harry I. Staser, charged with as
sault upon Dad Rogers , an oldtim
er of 70 years of age. Peterson was
arrested upon a warrant sworn to
by Dad Rogers. Peterson, a husky
young man of 30 years, is said lo
have set-u;pon the older man, in a ca
bin near Eighth and C streets about
8:30 the night of August 14.
Rogers was severely cut about the
mouth as a result of Peterson’s
blows and immediately swore out a
warrant for his arrest. Peterson
i could not be found by the officers un
til late Friday night when he was Vip
prehended and brought to the federal
jail. Peterson argued strenuously
with the officers at the jail and in
the ensuing melee, Deputy Marshal
Staser received a broken'right hand.
It is reported that this is not the
first time that Peterson has assaulted
people unable to withstand his at
tack. According to reports Peterson
set upon Chas. Wagner, crippled ex
service man and driver for the Owl
Taxi ,about two weeks ago and
knocked him down and kicked him.
Wagner was unable to defend him
self properly as he is crippled from a
sawmill accident of over a year ago,
, in which he lost his leg. Wagner is
! at present wearing an artificial leg.
Peterson was also out on bonds
i from an appeal from the city magis
i trate Fred Spach, in which case he
had been given the limit for reckless
and careless driving. This arrest fol
lowed a complaint by Fred Parsons.
Another case for reckless driving
against Peterson was dismissed
pending the outcome of the first
i charge.
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! BERN1E STONE FINDS
YUKON CAMP ACTIVE
_
Bernard M. Stone, pioneer North
; ern journalist, and Mrs. Stone, re
turned to Anchorage the other day.
They took a trip down the Yukon as
far as Holy Cross and were delight
ed with the scenery.
MAKING LARGE CATCH
The whaling station at Akutan is
taking many whales, according to dis
patches received recently. While a
I majority ai*e humpbacks still they
i run about $2100 each and are said to
i be in prime condition.
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PLYMOUTH, Aug. 19.—President
Coolidge set out today to establish
himself as a real dirt farmer, a hay
field was his setting, with two hand
made wooden rakes which furnished
plenty inspiration. Aside from hay
raking, the President’s vacation to
I day in the hills of Vermont was with
out particular incident.
Standard Six
In the homes—on the streets
—in stores and offices every
body is talking about the
new Buick Six—the Six that
sets a new standard of qual
ity and price. Throngs of
people are streaming into
Buick salesrooms to see it.
See it for Ourself
ELLSWORTH’S
Buick Sales & Service
When* better automobiles'‘are built, Buick will build ithem