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DAILY AND WEEKLY
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 173.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
11
II
1 JEHUS OF IOSI
AIRMEN, mil
PLIES READY OOP
NO NEWS FROM NANUK; RESCUE
PLANES NOT EQUIPPED FOR
TRIP; PILOTS WILLING
NOME, Dec., 14, (JP)—Pilot Matt
Niemenen and Mechanic Cope, who
arrived yesterday from Anchorage
in a Standard open cockpit plane,
were delayed by no visibility and
the same weather is prevailing at
Teller.
Weather reports from the ship
Nanuk is not promising xor the air
service as a 25-mile northwest wind
js blowing and the sky is overcast
with the temperature below zero.
The temperature here and at
Teller is 13 above zero. All are
hoping for cold, clear weather for
successful trips to Siberia.
The piolts realize they have not
proper planes or equipment for the
trip but are willing and anxious to
do their bit to rescue Eielson and
Borland.
Of the five planes, only one is a
Stinson, the only cabin plane avail
able.
There is no news from the Nanuk
regarding Eielson and Borland.
ran of
OFFICIAL ASKED
iran IT
IS UNFIT FOR OFFICE SAYS
WELFARE LEAGUE IN
STATEMENT
AUBURN, N. Y., Dec., 14, <£>)—
The demands of th£ directors of
the National Society of Penal
Institutions, asking for the im
mediate resignation of Dr, Ray
mond Kieb, state commissioner,
as a correction for Wednesday’s
riot, overshadowed the state’s
investigation of the riot.
The society passed a resolu
tion declaring Kieg as “unfit”
for the office he occupies.
Warden Jennings issued a state
4 ment in defense of the Mutual
Welfare League, which launched
the betterment organization in
the country’s prisons, and in his
eulogy on the conduct of his
guards and revealed that more
than 30 priscnres had been re
leasd from their cells by the
rioters but declined to partici
pate in the revolt.
RESOLUTION APPROVED
WASHINGTON, Dec., 14, (/P)—'The
house foreign affairs committee ap
proved the Porter resolution to au
thorize President Hoover to appoint
a commission to inquire into the
Haitian situation.
SPECIAL ITEM IN BILL
WASHINGTON, Dec., 14, (JP)—
The agricultural bill was report
td to the House by the appro
priation committee and carried
$85,000 for agriculture experiment i
station in Alaska.
DENIES HE’S FLAPPERS’ IDOL
se to sunrise
to meet the demands of the moving picture public.
SHMDI INDUSTRY
NEVER E BEQI
ME PROSPEROUS
SEATTLE, Dec,, 14, (AP)—The sal
mon industry has “never been in a
more prosperous condition”, J. P.
McGovern, retiring president of the
Pacific Canned Salmon Brokers As
sociation said in reporting the firjal
statistics of the 1929 season.
The total pack of Alaska, Puget
Sound and Columbia River was
6.000. 000 cases and valued at $50,
009.000. The major portion has al
ready been sold at profitable pric
es and the market is free of can
cellation, he stated.
BUTTLED STORM
NEW YORK, Dec., 14, (AP)—>The
steamship Bremen, the fastest
ocean liner, is in port after a battle
with an Atlantic storm which de
layed her nearly three days and re
sulted in the injuries of 10 passen
gers.
The proportions of the hurricane
which the Bremen fought on her
way from Bremen and Cherbourg
with 1,800 passengers, is indicated
in the reduction of her speed as the
voyage required seven days to make
the trip when the customary time
is four days.
Twice, during the voyage, the
ship hove to; huge waves, which
reached a velocity of 120 miles an
hour, tossed the ship so that she
rolled 18 degrees. One time, in the
rolling, it flung passengers about j
which resulted in the injuries. J
fflT IS QUESTIONED
ABOUT WIFE'S DEATH
MEMPHIS. Dec., 14, (/P)—Police
inspector Griffith announced he
| will question Horace C. Clutts, rail
road freight agent, in connection
| with the deaht of his 23-year-old
wife whose body he identified.
I Clutts is being brought here by
[Arkansas authorities but is not un
der arrest.
DIXIE BACK SCORES 36 TOUCHDOWNS
Down in Dixie they call this chap “Touchdown” j
Townsend. Playing on the Glenmore, La., high school!
team this fall, Townsend tallied 36 touchdowns.
JIMMY ME L91IN
UK OVER GOLDSTEIN
i
! NEW YORK, Dec., 14, (/Pi—Jimmy
i
McLarnin, Vancouver socker, scor
ied a sensational two-knockout over
Rudy Goldstein, hero of New York’s
ghetty. In the duel of the welter
weight sluggers that packed the
Garden, Goldstein took a full count
flat his back, after 52 seconds in the
second round; he was knocked
down twice previously.
VALUE OF MINING INCREASED
MORE THAN $900,000 OVER
PRECEDING YEAR
WASHINGTON, Dec., 14, (JP)—
Final tabulation of the Geological
Survey of the mineral production
in Alaska during 1923 showed a
total value of $14,061,000 making an
aggregate total, since mining began
in the Territory of approximately
$600,000,000. The value of gold in
1928 was $6,345,000; copper $965,000;
silver $266,000; coal $662,000.
The value of all mining increased
more than $900,000 over the pre
ceding year but copper value de
creased $1,285,000.
The increased gold production
was due to placer and lode mines,
the placer yielding $35,000 and the
lode $555,000.
SEVEN VOLCiOES
ILEIITI1 ISLANDS
ISLAND AND COAST CONTOURS
BEING ALTERED; VOLCANOS
UNUSUALLY ACTIVE
! DUTCH HARBOR, Dec., 14, (/P)—
The steamer Starr, on its Christ
mas voyage Westward, reported
| seven volcanoes, one in the eastern
portion of the Aleutian Islands, the
southern coast of the Alaska Pen
insula, again sprouting flames and
I spreading a dense sulphur smoke.
! It is the first general outburst in
| that region since 1927 and it is be
lieved by marine men to indicate
| that the island and coast contours
are again being altered.
The Star crew said the volcanos
'Katami, Pavlof, Mageik, Kagamil,
iAkutan, Chiginagak and Shishaldin
|were unusually active.
—.. — —
m OESIIES
i PdOTECTIfii Foe
! LNES. raOPEBIY
SENDS NOTE TO RUSSIA DE
MANDING SAFETY OF CIT
IZENS MANCHURIA
TOKYO, Dec., 14, f/P)—Demands
that Russia provide more ade
quate assurance in safeguarding
the lives and property of Japan
ese in Northwestern Manchuria,
were contained in a note from
the Japanese government to the
Russian foreign office, delivered
thru the Japanese embassy at Mos
cow.
Besides demanding details con
cerning the safety of her Nation
als, the Japanese government
called attention to the fact that
the Russian ambassador at To
kyo had informed the Japanese
government that Soviet troops had
withdrawn from all Chinese ter
ritory. It intimated this was in
variance with the facts since a
considerable portion of Chinese
territory, in west of the Khin
gan mountains, is now under
Russian occupation.
STEAMER AEAMEDA
SAILS FOR THE NORTH
WITH 100 ON S9AR0
SEATTLE, Dec., 14, (/P)—The S. S.
Alameda sailed at 9 a. m. and car
ried 100 passengers and two steer
age; 23 for Seward which are:
J. H. Justice, C. Rose, Mildred
Reeder, Mrs. E. Palmer, A. Erickson.
Jack Weilund, Mrs. N. Smith, Ann
Martin, Irene Bennett, Mrs. H. C.
Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Clark,
Mrs. E. Langhlen, Mrs. T. Neville,
Miss C. Neville, Mrs. C. O. Thatcher,
Mrs. D. Neville, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Allman and daughter, J. E. John
son, George L. Shepherd and one
steerage.
Anchorage vs Seward Girls Monday
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