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GLUME XIV. NUMBER 231.
SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCT., 3, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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HEART ATTACK TOO MUCH
FOR HIS WEAKENED
PHYSIQUE
BERLIN, Germany, Oct., 3, (/P)
—Former Minister Gustav Strese
mann, died suddenly last night.
The Foreign Minister was one
of the foremost statesmen of
post-war Europe and with Pre
mier Aristide Briand, considered
cne of the most active of World
peace workers.
He was President of the Peo
ple’s Party, a member of the
Reichstag and former Chancellor,
but was more widely known as a
member of the presen+ r'-’ '
He suff^”" ’
ysis shoi
night a. gam
ed a lit length afterward.
Phycisians had hoped that he
might live but a heart attack be
fore dawn was too much for his
frail physique
In the chaotic conditions that
gi.ppea Germany for several years
after the world war, Gustav Strese
mann rose up as an antidote like
oh on troubled waters. “The great
est post-war statesman of Ger
many” was a characterization often
made of him.
It was Sfiesemann who put an
er.d to the Cuno policy by passive
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ITINERARY INCLUDES CERE
MONY AT OHIO RIVER
CANAL
WASHINGTON. Oct., 3. (£>)—
Plans for President Hoover’s pro
posed trip to Detroit, Mich., and
Cincinnati, O., and Louisville, Ky.,
this month are being worked out
at the White House.
Tentative arrangements have
bc«n made, it has been stated at
the White House, for the President
to go to Dtroit on October 20. On
October 21 he will make an address
at the dedication of the Edison
laboratories there.
From Detroit the President, it
was reported, expects to go direct
to Cincinnati, in connection with
a celebration of the completion of
the lock-and-dam system in the
Ohio river from Pittsburgh. Pa., to
Cairo, 111. He is expected to make
wo addresses on the subject of in
land waterways, one at Cincinnati
and one possibly at Louisville from
the boat which he will take at Cin
cinnati. The Presdent will inspect
the locks and dams in the Ohio all
the way from Cincinnati to Louis
\.'.le.
Col. E. W. Starling, of the White
House secret service force, will be
c -spatched to Cincinnati within
the next two or three days to ar
- nge foi the President’s itinerary.
“LAND OF SOVIETS”
SITKA. Oct., 3, (/P)—The Russian
; fliers took-off at 6:42 this morning
Pacific time, for Seattle. They ex
ipect to reach Seattle in nine hours.
Visibility was poor with fog, rain,
; and south winds.
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i HURLING BODIES
ILL DIRECTIONS
THREE INSTANTLY KILLED, AND
FOUR INJURED IN EXPLO
SION; ONE NOT FOUND
BAYFIELD. Wis., Oct., 3, f/P)—
Louis Vrendy, first officer of Jack
json, Mch.; John Espeiwski, second
; officer of Sault St. Marie, Mch. and
Rudolph Potestio, quartermaster of
Detroit, were instantly killed.
eonard Sinda, of Harbor Beach
ch.; John Johnson, of Detroit;
)hus Stora, Detroit and Malcolm
;McCrea*of Duluth, were the sea
imen injured in the explosion on the
| White Bay buoy.
The men were aboard the light
: house tender Marigold, preparing
the buoy for recartridging. With
out warning the explosion hurled
ithe bodies into the air in all direc
tions. Eipeiwski’s body has not
I been found and it is believed he
was blown to pieces.
GOLD MINE FOUND
LIMOGES, France, Oct., 3, (/P;—
IA real gold mine has been found
| near this city. It has a vein two
{feet wide which grows richer as it
descends. Geologists assert much
gold lies in French soil but hitherto
work has been confined to old
Roman mines which yielded only
'about 250 grains, troy weight, to
the ton of ore.
SENATE CROSSES
HOOyER RESPECT
10 TARIFF RATES
BORAH AND NORRIS JOIN DEM
OCRATS IN OVERRIDING
PRESIDENT
i WASHINGTON, Oct,, 3, t/P)—The
(senate ran counter to the wishes of
(President Hoover and adopted by a
: 47 to 42 vote the democratic plan of
I restoring to -ongress the power to
[enact ,-mei • .icy tariff rates now
[enjoyed by Tie executive,
j The proposal is a substitute fori
.that offer d by the finance com
imittee. The republicans would
| change the flexible tariff policy
j adopted by the republicans seven
(years ago to make congress, instead
of the President, the final arbitra
ter of the findings of the tariff
commission.
As a safeguard against the gen
eral revision, it would limit con
gressional action to the rate or
rates dealt with in commission re
ports and upsetting the republican
administration. In the first major
test on the tariff bill in the senate,
a combination of democrats, repub
licans and independents, which in
fighting the measure, showed it
had voted to write its own bill if
coalition remains intact.
Senator Borah of Idaho and Sen
ator Norris of Nebraska and 13 re
publcians joined the 34 democrats
in overriding the President.
SEVERE PENALTIES
BERLIN, Oct., 3, (/P)—Seeking
more severe penalties for acts of
cruelty against animals, the Ger
man S. P. C. A., has asked the
Reichstag to enact a law providing
six months imprisonment for ex
ceptional and wilful cases.
MOTHER OF NOVELIST DEAD |
ST. LOUIS, Oct., 3, (/?)—Mrs.
Rose Hurst, mother of Annie Hurst,
novelist, died in her home. She
suffered from pleurisy and recently I
came here with her daughter. Her j
husband Jacques Danielson, a pian
ist, is expected to arrived tomorrow.
IMPOSSIBLE APPROVE NEW AIR
MAIL ROUTES; ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON, Oct., 3, qP)— Ap
proval of new air routes has been :
suspended pending an official audit'
of operating revenues and expenses
in connection with air mail, it was
stated orally by the post office de
partment.
Preliminary estimates being com
piled from a cost ascertainment
study of operating the air mail ser
vice indicate clearly, it was stated, i
that it will be impossible to approve
new routes until after June 30, 1930. j
Congress, when it meets in regular j
session next December, must pro- i
vide additional funds to expand ;
the service in the fiscal year end- j
ing June 30, 1931, to make this pos
sible.
APPLICATIONS PENDING
The post, office department, thru
the special interdepartmental com- j
mittee on civil airways, has re
ceived numerous applications for
new air mail routes. These have
not been acted on, as the commit
tee is waiting the outcome of an
air mail contractors’ conference, to
be held at the post office depart
ment this week. At this conference
j the department will attempt to
equalize the rates of pay for’those
now transporting air mail.
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The Ford airport at Dearborn, Miehagan, suburb of Detroit- which
will again be the starting and finishishing point for the National air Tour.
Map shows route. Capt. Ray Collins (right) is manager and Capt. Frank
Hawrks (left) referee of the event.
5SSGCI5TE OF OIL
Ml. H. M, 05!.
RELEASED. PRISON
3NLY REGRET IS THAT IT
WAS* NOT SINCLAIR IN
STEAD OF HIM
WASHINGTON, Oct., 3, (ff)—
Harry Mason Day, associate of
Harry Sinclair, in the interna
tional oil activities, is a free
man for the first time in near
ly four months.
Still professing innocence of
any wrong doing in connection
with shadowing jurors during the
FallSinclair conspiracy trial Day
Jtepped nonchalantly across the
threshold of the jail, 25 minutes
after the expiration of his sen
tence at midnight, last night.
“I’m glad to be out; who would’
nt be but my only regret is that
it is not Sinclair instead of me
who is leaving tonight.”
Sinclair is serving a six months’
sentence. Day bid his associate
goodbye and one by one his fel
low prisoners with whom he work
ed.
The white-collar section of the
jail who waited up to say good
bye advanced to shake hands
and for each one Day had a ser
ies of remarks—jocular—tc\ make
and slapped them on the back.
They cheered lustily as he start
ed for the door.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn at New York postponed
on account of rain.
Chicago 7; Cincinnati 4.
These were the only games.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington at Philadelphia
postponed on account of rain.
These were the only games schedul
ed.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 9; Hollywood 15.
Seattle 4; Missions 7.
Los Angeles 10; Oakland 2.
San Francisco 9; Sacramento 3.
COPPER MINE IN
CALIFORNIA IS A
STEADY SUPPER
REDDING, Calif., Oct., 3, (/P)—A
15th carload of ore, consigned to
the Tacoma smelter, has left the
Greenhorn Mountain Copper mine,
being operated by the Greenhorn
Mining Co., Albert Hanford, mana
ger.
The old workings have been
cleaned out and retimbered and
large tonnages of ore are being
blocked out between the third and
fourth levels. A new opening is
being made to the surface.
STATUE FOUND
MOSCOW, Oct., 3, (/P)—A statue
of Pygmalion and Galatea, attri
buted to the French sculptor Fal
conet who lived in the 18th century,
has been found in the reserve stock
of the Museum of Ikons and Paint
ings. Falconet came to Russia in
1766 and remained 20 years. One of
his works is the famous copper
equestrian statue of Peter the Great
in Leningrad.