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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 242.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MEMORIAL TO
LOST AVIATORS
BEEN PROPOSED
IV1EN WHO TRIED TO FLY TO
HONOLULU WILL BE HON
ORED BY ’FRISCANS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 (jp)—
A memorial to the five United States
naval aviators who disappeared Sept
ember 1 in an attempt to fly from
Sail Francisco to Honolulu was pro
posed yesterday yesterday by Marga
ret Mary Morgan, San Francisco su
pervisor. who said that San Francisco
was privileged to have seen these men
before they started their long flight,
and should see that they were prop
erly remembered.
Communists Causing the
Australian Disturbance
MELBOURNE, Aus., Sept. 9 (.-Pi
Attributing the disturbed condition in
Australia to Communist agitation.
Premier Bruce in' a public address to
day denounced the local expounders
-of Bolshevism and asserted he would
^not hesitate to appeal to the people
for a mandate for an action to insure
peace and good government.
YUKON ARRIVES
SEATTLE MONDAY
NIGHT AT ELEVEN
POTENTATE MEIER SAYS THAT
TALK ABANDONING RAIL
ROAD IS PUERILE
SEATTLE, Sept. 9 (/P)—1The steam
ship Yukon, with the Shriner cara
van from Alaska arrived here Mon
day night at 11 o’clock.
Potentate Walter F. Meier of Seat
tle said: “The greatest need of Alas
ka is immigrants. The country has
agricultural possibilities little dream
ed of by those outside. I never saw
finer strawberries than at Valdez, or
better and more succulent vegetables
^ anywhere. This talk of abandoning
the Alaska railroad must not be coun
tenanced for a moment. We must all
combine for a more liberal policy to
ward Alaska and encourage immi
gration to the Territory, which has the
most fruitful possibilities.’’
BABE RUTH REINSTATED
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (TP)—Babe
Ruth was reinstated today by Manager
Huggins but the $5000 fine imposed
for laxity in training was not rescind
ed by the manager.
NO ACTION YET TAKEN
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (/P)—No action
has as yet been taken in the Mitchell
controversy! in which Colonel Mitchell
in a voluminous statement denounced
the army and navy for alleged incom
petence in its conduct of aviation.
WASHINGTON IN THE LEAD
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (>P)—Washing
ton maintains a seven game lead over
the Philadelphia Athletics in the pen
nant race as a resuult of a week’s play
while Pittsburgh increased its lead
over New' York to eight and one-half
games in the National League, thereby
virtually assuring Washington and
Pittsburgh as contestants for the
•world championship series.
NO TRACE OF PLANE
HONOLULU, Sept. 8 (/P)—Search
for the missing seaplane PN-9-1 con
tinues writh no definite clues as to the
•whereabouts of the missing men. Ten
destroyers are taking part in the hunt.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
CONG. LAMPERT
SAYS MITCHELL
INTERVIEW HURT
IF MITCHELL AFFIRMS STATE
MENTS PUBLISHED WILL
BE COURT MARTIALED
OSHKOSH, Wis., Sept. 9 (/P)— Col.
onel Mitchell “has stated truths which
rankle in the minds of the navy and
war departments because they were
not presented according to Hoyle.” as
serted Congressman Lampert, chair
man of the House Committee appoint
ed to investigate the United States
air service, following the publication
of an article by the former brigadier
general denouncing the officials of the
air service as incompetent and negli
gent.
Inspector General Will Investigate
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 9 (#*)—
Col. George Nugent, inspector general,
has been appointed to go to San An
tonio to ask Col. Mitchell if he made
the published statements attributed
to him. If it is decided he has violat
ed the articles of war he will be
court martialed.
DONATES SITE TO
GOVERNMENT FOR
NATIONAL PARK
SHENANDOAH VICTIMS BE RE
REMEMBERED BY ERECTION
OF A MONUMENT
CALDWELL, O., Sept. 9 (/P)—T. A.
Davis, who owrns the farm near Ava,
where the Shenadoah disaster occur
red, w'rote Secretary Wilbur offering
to donate one acre on which the fen
tral cabin of the Shenandoah fell as
a site for a monument of ^ national
park to commemorate the heroes who
; lost their lives at that spot. Fourteen
men died there.
DISMANTLING SHENANDOAH
CALDWELL, O.. Sept. 8 (/P)—Work
of dismantling a part of the Slienan
i doah’s wreckage which the govern
ment wants for use in studying the
weaknesses of the structure, continue
today with the salvaged parts being
crated and shipped to Lakehurst base.
BODIES OF MAN AND WOMAN
| FOUNp IN CLUB HOUSE
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8 (/P)—The bul
let riddled bodies of an unidentified
man and woman were found today on
a bed in a three room club house near
Lake Hill, St. Louis Co. The man,
who was about 28 years of age, had
been shot five times in the breast, and
once in the hand. The woman who
was about 23 years old was shot in
the chest and neck.
OLD STILL DISCOVERED
JACUMBA, Calif., Sept. 8 (/P)—
What is believed to be one of the pio
neer distilleries of the Volstead era
was discovered yesterday by H. O.
Burton on the ranch of his son, about
three miles west of Jacumba.
STRIKERS USING DYNAMITE
McAllister, okia., sept. 8 (/p)—
The fan house of mine number 12,
owned by the Rock Island Mining Co.,
at Harrison, was dynamited last night
according to word received here by
Sheriff Will Anderson.
STOCK EXCHANGE OPENS
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (£>)—'The stock
1 exchange opened last Saturday as usu
al, as the result of a vote by the
Board overruling the desires of its
members requesting a special holiday
on the Saturday prior to Labor Day.
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COPVMICHT KtVSTOMC VIEW CO. HEW VQAK
SWIMMING TEAM FOR OLYMPIC GAMES..
The Olympic girls swimming team w<hich left New York on the S.S.
America. ...Left to right, standing, Helen Wainwright, Doris O’Mara, M.
Scheurich, E. Colenan, E. Epstein, coach; E. Lackie, F. Shroth, Sybil
Bauer. Seated, Gertrude Ederle, Agnes Geraghty, Helen Meany, Carol
Fletcher, Aileen Aiggin, Alma Mann, Mariechen, Weliselau.
FORD COMPANY
WILL BID ON AIR
MAIL CONTRACT
ANNOUNCES THAT It’ WILL CON
VEY MAILS WITHOUT COST
TO THE GOVERNMENT
DETROIT, Sept. 9 The Ford
Company, which has its own airplane
freight service between Detroit and
Chicago announced today that it would
enter a bid for a United States con
tract to carry mail between the two
cities at no cost to the government.
Bids for eight newr air mail routes will
be opened Sept. 15.
AVIATOR MERRILL
GOES TO ISLAND
RECOVER MOTOR
CAPTAIN SATHER RETURNS FROM
NUKA BAY WITH TviETSSRS.
SHEPPARD AND BURMAN
Aviator R. H. Merrill, whose plane
was wrecked last Friday on Chugaeli
leaves port today on the gas boat
Rolfe I., Capt. Pete Sather, where he
will load on his seaplane motor and
hull bringing them to Seward.
Otis Harrington, treasurer of the
Alaska Hills Mines Corporation, at
Nuka Bay, who has been in town for
several days on company business,
will be a passenger on the boat as far
as the bay.
Mr. Henrikson, millman for the
company, will also be a returning pas
senger on the Rolfe. Mr. Henrikson
has been in Seward since the first of
the month visiting his family who re
side on a homestead a short distance
out of town.
On the return trip to Seward from
Nuka Bay Captain Sather announces
he will bring back the entire Alaska
Road Commission crew, about nine
men, together *\vith the camp outfit
and road equipment. Capt. Sather ar
rived in port last night from the bay
writh two passengers on board, J. G.
Sheppard, geological survey man, who
has J)een making an official examina
tion of the region; and Alex Burman,
who has been spending the season at
the bay developing his quartz claims.
Irene Fowler, 15-year-old girl of
Engin, 111., confessed to several
burglaries, but was released upon
promise of her parents to make her
reform.
Gross Receipts from
Alaska-Juneau Increase
NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (/P)—Gross re
ceipts from the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company increased to $202,000
compared to $157,000 for the same
month last year. The net receipts
after interest and other charges were
deducted was $11,250.
BOY STARTS FIRE
ARIZONA FOREST
IN SEEKING AID
FIRES PISTOL IN BRUSH HEAP TO
SUMMON HELP AND CAUSES
DISASTROUS BLAZF
TUCSON, Ari., Sept. 9 (Jp)—Sol Fir
min, 17, of New York city, got lost in
Pima canyon near here yesterday, and
shot his pistol into a heap of tinder
In the brush, intending to start a sig
nal fire for rescue. He succeeded. The
fire burned so fiercely that Sol was
forced to take to his heels, and the
flames spread over a wide area of
country. Two hundred acres of brush
land were burned over, and it took
18 forest rangers to suppress the con
flagration.
WILL INVESTIGATE MOTION
PICTURE INDUSTRY SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8 (#*)—
A special investigation of the United
States motion picture industry by the
Department of Justice to determine
whether its combines violate the anti
trust laws is nearing completion it
was announced.
SEAMEN’S STRIKE SPREADS
LONDON, Sept. 8 (/P)—1The British
seamen’s strike failed to stop the sail
ing of the liner Majestic for New York
today, but has spread to the channel
boats and in Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa.
RIO GRANDE ON RAMPAGE
EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 8 (£>)—'The
flood waters of the Rio Grande river
which burst through the levees on the
autskirts of El Paso today drove 500
families from their homes and caused
lanaages estimated at $400,000.
PRUDENTIAL PRESIDENT DEAD
EAST ORANGE, N. J., Sept. (£>)—
Wilbur S. Johnson, president of the
Prudential Life Insurance Company of
America, died at his home here last
light, aged 69.
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MISSING PARTS OF
BODY OF NURSE
FOUND MARSH
PORTIONS OF BODY SCATTERED
OVER WIDE SECTION OF
ISOLATED DISTRICT
OAKLAND, Sept. 9 (/P)—Nearly all
the missing members of the sawed-up
skeleton of Bessie Loren, the missing
Oakland nurse, except the hands and
feet were found yesterday in the grass
marshes on Bay Farm island. A
man's hunting cap, surgeon’s rubber,
tubing, trousers and coat were found
nearby.
A portion of a human lung with a
section of the windpipe was turned
over to the county officials.
Dr. O. D. Hamlin is reconstructing
the skeleton. As nearly every bone
recovered was sawed into fragments,
it makes the reconstruction a tedious
and careful job.
| There is now no doubt in the minds
of the officers that a criminal opera
tion was performed on the girl, caus
ing her death, following which the
operating surgeon dismembered the
body and carried it to the lonely
marsh where it was scattered about
over an area of a mile or so.
VETERANS BUREAU
RETURNS BIG SUM
TO THE TREASURY
HALF A BILLION DOLLARS SAVED
BY CAREFUL MANAGEMENT
OF BUREAU HEADS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9 (£>) —
By cutting expenses and careful man
agement the Veterans’ Bureau today
returned to the Treasury department
| §69,701,000 out of an appropriation of
S481,957,89S for- the fiscal year end
ing June 30. In previous years it re
quired nearly a half billion dollars
to meet the expenses of this bureau.
This saving was made despite an in
crease in compensations.
BALTIMORE WETTEST CITY
BALTIMORE. Md.. Sept. 9 (JP)—
j Characterizing Baltimore as one of
: the wettest of cities and assailing Gov.
Ritchie as a hard drinker, Henry O.
Robinson, prohibition agent, has sent
in his resignation to Commissioner
Blair.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS SESSION
GENEVA, Sept. 8 (jP)—1The 35th
council session of the League of Na
tions opened with a short public ses
sion at which the African slave trade,
opium traffic and aid for countries
stricken by catastrophes were dis
cussed. •
Edward Howe, a cripple with only
one leg, rescued 10-year-old Robert
Casey from drowning in Lake Mich
igan at Chicago.
A girl sat beside Anthony Len
don as he went tb sleep on a park
bench at LaJunta, Colo., and when
he woke up his watch and pocket
book were gone; also the gril.
The Brasilian ambassador to Italy
was arrested by a detective in Rome
who mistook him for -a criminal
and the government apologized.
Just before he was to have been
married, V. Leszewski, of Gary, Ind.„
-was shot and killed by an unidenti
fied woman.
The fad of wearing wooden rings
has been taken up In Paris by those
who desire to always be able to
“touch wood” for luck.