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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 192.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1926.
PRICE TEN GENTS
HUGE MINING ENTERPRISE QUIETLY
, UNDERWAY 150 MILES EROM SEATTLE
TO START PRODUCING IN TWO YEARS
$1,200,000 EXPENDED IN PAST
YEAR DEVELOPMENT WORK
TUNNEL DRIVEN SEVEN MILES
UNDER RED MOUNTAIN AT A
* DEPTH OF 1,200 FEET—ORE AS
SAY 790 GOLD, SILVER, COPPER
_SEATTLE MINING CLUB DELE
GATION MAKE VISIT
SEATTLE,-Aug. 24. (/P)— James Me
^ Laughlin, vice president and general
manager of tlie Royal Development
company, invited a delegation from
the Seattle mining club to visit the
workings of the property. The visit
revealed that secret operations cost
ing $1,200,000 has been expended dur
ing nine years. The property is within
150 miles of Seattle and near Lake
Chelan. The company is now opening
an ore body, 267 feet wide at the 300
foot level and is now tunneling seven
miles through the center of Red
Mountain at a depth of 1200 feet. The
assay reported 790, containing copper,
silver and gold. All the stockholders
are New Yorkers and the financing
has been done on the interest of
bonds sold. The company expects to
* complete the tunnel within two years,
at which time they will begin to pro
duce. The Royal Development com
pany is the outgrowth of tl\e Chelan
mining company. James Naughten, a
f Butte mining engineer is on the
ground. He is president and superin
tendent of the company.
Garfield Inspects Property
SEATTLE, Aug. 24. (£>)—Charles D.
Garfield, secretary of the Seattle min
ing club, said the Royal Development
company had proved an ore body in
the Lake Chelan district 267 feet
wide at the 300 foot level and the
company’s seven mile tunnel now und
er construction is said to be the long
est in the world.
VALENTINO IS IN ILL
HEALTH SIX WEEKS A90
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. (£>)—It is re
vealed that the condition from which
Rudolph Valentino died evidenced it
self six weeks ago when an attending
physician said the actor com
plained of stomach trouble. It is be
lieved this was in fact the first ap
pearance of the gastric ulcer which
caused his collapse eight days ago.
ONTARIO LAW PREVENTS
BISHOP OFFICIATING
MONTREAL, Aug. 24. (£>)—'The
Bishop of London, on his arrival hero,
expressed amazement that Ontario
law prevents him from officiating at
marriage ceremonies. He is still hop
ing to overcome the difficulty.
MISSION ACE IS SOLD
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. (£>)—
Bert Cole, the pitching ace of the
Mission Club of the Pacific Coast
League was sold yesterday to the
Chicago “White SoxV” He will report
next spring.
MOVIE STUDIO DESTROYED
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25. (£>)—'The
Century comedy movie studio was
destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss Is
' estimated at $400,000. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
THIS CRUSH DUNG
RUSH HOUR 19 HURT
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JERSEY CITY, Aug. 24. (^—Dur
ing the rush hour yesterday a com
muter’s train from Spring Valley col
lided with an outgoing train at the
Erie terminal, Jersey City. Nineteen
persons were injured, three of them
seriously.
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NEGRO ARRESTED AFTER MANY
MONTHS SECRET INVES
TIGATION
SEATTLE, Aug. 25. (£>)—'The Paci
fic Northwest narcotic ring which has
occupied the attentions of a corps of
secret investigators for months is de
clared to have been broken up with
the arrest of Ed Smith, alias Ed Blue,
31, a negro.
Narcotic Chief Williamson said his
associates had previously caught
Smith in Tacoma. “Seattle is freer
of narcotics than at any previous
time,” it was stated here today by
government officials.
TWO MEXICAN WOMEN
JAILED TOR SEDITION
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 24. (JP)—'Two
young Mexican society women were
arrested yesterday in Puebla, charged
with sedition, in connection with dis
tributing pamphlets opposing the
government’s religious laws.
Services in Catholic churches yes
terday as for the last two Sundays,
were conducted by laymen instead of
by priests.
BISHOP'S STITEMENT
MIS-INTERPRETED, SAID
NEW /YORK, Aug. 25. (JP)—Bishop
Leonard, saying this recent statement
was generally mis-interpreted de
clared he was not inspired by bigotry,
but he felt that kissing the Papal
ring acknowledged the supremacy of
the Church over State and therefore
no man who kissed such a ring could
be elected President of the United
States.
QUAKE ROCKS ENGLAND
LONDON, Aug. 25. (JP)—Central
England and Wales were rocked by
an earthquake yesterday. Homes
were shaken and partly damaged, and
the population panic-stricken. No
deaths have been reported.
EXCEEDS ‘BABE’ RUTH
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. (£>)—Lou
Gehrin, the New York Yankee’s first
baseman from Columbia university,
possesses a home run record that
Babe Ruth has missed this season
—two in one game off the great Wal
ter Johnson. •
IDA REPORTS ON
DOGQSEOF ERUPTION
NEW DEPOSIT OF ISO
CORDOVA, Aug. 25. (£>)—'The coast
guard Haida reported the spit of Bogo
slof extended itself northward practi
cally closing with Fire island and
from a distance it appeared to have
formed a lake on the island covered
with what appeared to be a new de
posit of volcanic ash. No volcanic
activity was seen except a little
steam issuing from three places.
WILL RELEASE PRISONERS
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2 . (£>)—'The
attorney general announced as no
grounds for formal charges against
the fifty arrested for revolutionary
conspiracy they will be released.
TOURISTS PROTESTING
EVE-LESS DEED PIREORS
VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 24. (£>)—
Tourists from the United States who
were not informed that Vancouver
would have Eve-less beer parlors
starting on Monday are protesting
loudly and long because women are
not admitted.
Seward—J. T. Hansen, Miss Jean
Ironside, A. J. Dimond, Miss Lu Rene
Roop, Lt. Homer W. Jones, E. S.
Evans, J. L. Freeman, and eight steer
age.
Seldovia—Rudolph Bye, C. P. Urfer,
H.* C. Dunlap.
Kodiak—Mrs. E. C. Simmons and
baby, Sam Shucklin, Mrs. C. E. Weis
singer and two children, C. Pajoman,
E. Hemrich, Chas. Barg, J. W. Walker,
and one steerage.
Shearwater bay—Knute Thevik.
Uzinki—Mrs. M. J. Wyly.
Round trip tourists—L. E. Evans,
Mrs. L. E. Evans, Jack Klapproth,
Mrs. Essie Davis, Thane Davis, Mrs.
F. Buchanan, Mrs. Maud May, M. Rit
tenhouse, Mrs. M. Rittenhouse, Mrs.
F. Foster, Marian Foster, Betty Fos
ter. *
Local reservations westbound:
Alitak—Miss Suzanne Eamon, Miss
K. Fawcett, Aleda L. Berg.
Kodiak— L. E. Haufman, M. Deran
off.
Uzinki—Mrs. M. Reranoff.
Uganik—T. Carlson.
Seldovia—Mr. and Mrs. Bert Green,
T. P. Graham.
DARWIN WAS CORRECT
ITHICA, N. Y., Aug. 25, (IP)—Chas.
Darwin was right in his theory as to
the origin of species insofar as the
intrinsic variability of plants is con
cerned in their evolution, the Inter
national Congress of Plan Sciences
was informed yesterday.
Among the visitors in Seward this
week is M. Buoye, of the Educators
Association of New York city.
Mr. Buoye says that after beholding
our most magnificent scenery he con
not help but think of William H.
Seward’s remark after the purchase
of Alaska when he said, “The Pacific
ocean, it’s shores, it’s islands, and
those vast regions beyond, will some
day become the world’s great here
after.”
While Mr. Buoye is admiring our
beautiful scenery he is also distribut
ing “The Volume Library” a work of
paramount importance and service for
every home and individual in America.
INVESTIGATION DROPPED „
SEATTLE, Aug. 25. (£>)—'The Glan
ville investigation was dropped after
the death note was found to be in
Glanville’s handwriting.
ITALIAN AND LOS ANGELES AD
MIRERS GATHERING FUNDS
FOR MONUMENT
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. (^—Valen
tino wanted to die young. Crowds ]
blocked traffic around the undertak-j
ing parlor. Funeral plans are await-,
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ing the arrival of his brother from
Italy. Italian and Los Angeles admir
ers are gathering funds to erect a
monument. Assistant District Attor
ney Pecora stated his office has re
ceived no definite information about
the reports that Valentino was poison
ed.
TRUCK IS SEIZED BT
JUSTICE OFFICIALS
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25. (^—De
partment of Justice agents seized a
truck -said to be part of the equip
ment of the Mexican revolutionary
movement for which General Enrique
Estrada was put under arrest.
It is declared the hooded truck was
fitted with seats in it with more than
a hundred pipe fittings which offi
cials believe were destined to be made
into bombs.
GREECE AND RUMANIA
MAY SIEN PEACE PACT
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ATHENS, Aug. 24. (JP)—A friend
ship pact between Greece and Ru
mania, similar to the one just signed
between Greece and Jugo-Slavia, is
j in prospect for the furtherance of
peace in the Balkans, it was stated
authoritatively here yesterday.
‘FER GOSH SAKE’
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 25. (JP)—
To show his utter contempt for Fri
day the thirteenth superstition, Otto
Hoover, employe of the local aviation
company, leaped from an airplane in
a parachute with a black cat.strapped
to his back. He landed safely in a
cemetery.
GIANT BIPLANE S35
GIVEN TEST FLIGHT
MPT. RENE FONCK
CARRYING 12,000 POUNDS TRANS
ATLANTIC AIRCRAFT MAKES A
SUCCESSFUL 32 MINUTE CRUISE
THROTTLE DOWN TO 90 MILES
Is Not First Attempt Made to Hop
Across to Paris From New York;
Venture Made Sixteen Years Ago.
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. Aug. 24.
(/P)—The giant biplane S35 made a
32 minute test flight and carried
12,000 pounds, ha<lf of the weight
necessary on the proposed New York
to Paris flight next month, by Capt.
Rene Fonck, French war ace and Igor
Sikorsky. The throttled engines made
90 miles an hour and rose to a height
of 5,500 feet.
Captain Jfxmck’s flight from New
York to Paris follows earlier attempts
to span the Atlantic by airplane or
dirigible, some successful, others not.
Sixteen years ago, in October, 1910,
Walter Wellman, a newspaper man of
Atlantic City, attempted a newspaper
financed transatlantic flight in the
non-rigid dirigible “America,” the
largest non-rigid airship ever con
structed. The crew of five included
Jack Irwin as first flying radio opera
tor, who also is in charge of radio of
Fonck’s flight. The “America’s”
course was to have followed the line
of the coast up to Newfoundland, and
then cross the ocean to Ireland. But
fog, engine breakdowns and a storm
off Cape Cod on the second night out,
combined to bring down the “Amer
ica.”
After drifting south until they were
1,000 miles out at sea off Cape Hatter
as, the members of the crew were
picked up by the mail steamer
“Trent.” They had been seventy-two
hours in the air.
Two years later, on July 2, 1912, the
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LIST SUNG NENANA
The White Pass and Yukon Trans
portation company advise that they
will not have a barge on their last
trip from Nenana. This will necessi
tate that all explosives, oil and gaso
line must be in Nenana not later thai^
September 6, so that it can be hand
led on the trip leaving Nenana Sep
tember 7.
ENDS LONG JOURNEY
SYRIA TO ALASKA
F. M. Potts, graduate of the U. of
Illinois, ’22, who has been teaching in
Syria, Asia Minor, for three years, ac
companied by Mrs. Potts and baby,
passed thru Seward the first of the
week en route to Fairbanks/ where
Professor Potts will assume his dut
ies as professor of business adminis
tration, Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Mines. Prof, and Mrs.
Potts were guests at the Overland
hotel during their brief stay in the
pity.
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