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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 228.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, SEPT., 30, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LID OF SOVIET"
ARRIVES SAFELY
SITKA. 5:48 P. M,
SOS SENT FROM PLANE NEAR
CORDOVA ASKING FOR
BEARING
SEATTLE. Sept., 29, (£>)—'The
Russian plane “Land of Soviet’’
enroute from Seward to Sitka,
sent out an S O S off-shore some
where near Cordova asking for
bearings. The message was re
ceived at the Bremerton Naval
Radio station at 1:45 p. m.
PLANE SIGHTED
FLASH—The plane was sight
ed off Cape Spencer at 4:55 p. m.
headed south.
ARRIVED SAFELY
FLASH—The Russian plane ar
rived at Sitka at 5:48 p. m.
MET HEAVY FOG
The Russians battered their
way through a heavy fog. A big
crowd greeted the fliers; the S
O S message which caused ap
prehension resulted from mis
interpretation of radio messages
sent out while enroute Chief
Filot Shestakox said. They were
merely seeking information as
they were about to change their
course in an effort to dodge the
thick banks of fog.
PLAN ESCORT
Preparations were hastened to
send out a Coast Guard cutter
to the aid of the supposedly
stricken plane but before the
vessel could get underway the
plane was sighted passing Cape
Spencer. Refueling and check-up
of the plane started at once.
The fliers expected to takeoff on
Tuesday for Seattle.
Naval convoy of six planes
will meet them and escort them
to the Seattle field. A reception
:s planned by Russian civic or
gr nizations.
The plane’s pontoons will be
taken off at Seattle and re
placed with wheels for the land
flight to New York.
Hits SOOT
LOGICAL CHOICE
WOULD SERIES
PITCHER BEN FREY KNOCKED
OUT BY A LINE-DRIVE
TO HIS STOMACH
CHICAGO, Sept., 30, <£>)—Chas.
Eoot turned in his 18th victory
and thus became the logical
choice to open the world series
with the Athletics when they
let Cincinnati down with six
hits as Chicago beat the Reds
one to nothing.
Four of the hits were infield
scratches. Roger Hornsby’s 39th
homer of the season came in
the 4th and was the only score
of the game.
Roger also got two singles and
a double to help out his batting
average. Hack Wilson knocked out
Pitcher Ben Frey with a line
drive to the stomach in the 4th
but Frey recovered and pitched
great ball the rest of the way.
PIONEER DEAD
; TAN ANA. Sept.. 30. i/P)—William
Henry Simpson, pioneer and mem
iber of Igloo No. 13, Order of Pion
;eers, died in Tanana Friday. He i
|formally lived in California and;
had heart trouble for several years. I
SEVERE DIMES
1 Mil DIPS
OPEN BUILDINGS
—
|STREETS RIPPED OPEN, BUILD-I
INGS CRACKED; NO LOSS OF
LIFE REPORTED
HILO, Hawaii, Sept., 30, (TP)—
’Having experienced over 200 quakes
in a week, the population awaited
with apprehension the coming of
imore tremors.
The eruption of three volcanoes
as predicted by Dr. Thomas Jnggar
and a series of quakes ended yes
terday. The present week is ex
pected to see re-occurance of more
severe shocks but at longer inter
vals.
The most severe came Sunday
morning and awakened ihe popu
lace. It was felt all over the island,
iStreets were ripped open and build
lings cracked. No loss of life was
reported.
ARRIVES AT CRISTOBAL
CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, Sept.,
30, (,fP)—Two thousand persons
i stood in a driving rain on France
field yesterday to witness the com
pletion of Lindbergh’s flight from
Barranquila Columbia. Colonel
Lindbergh said he expected to re
jmain in the Panama Canal Zone
I for several days.
PLANE SEARCH WITHOUT RE
SULT; CAPT. BERGER’S BOAT
PRESSED INTO SERVICE
ANCHORAGE. Sept.. 30, (/P)—
Hope dwindled yesterday for the
safety of Pilot Russell Merrill’ when
a boat, sent to Tyonek to cooperate
with a plane in the search of Cook
Inlet, returned here.
Captain Ward, of the Alaska
Railroad motorship Alaska, ques
tioned natives at Tyonek and their
stories were at such wide variance
that the belief it now held that
whatever they saw floating was not
Merrill’s plane.
Pilot Crosson, in a, plane, search
ed the Tyonek side of the Inlet
Saturday without success again ac
companied by Mrs. Merrill. He
was out in his plane Sunday
searching the opposite side of the
Inlet shoreline. Further plans are
indefinite.
Col. Carl Ben Eielson started
Saturday in his plane but engine
Trouble forced him to return here.
The motorship Discoverer arrived
from lower Inlet points Saturday.
; Captain Berger saw something
| which might have been a plane or
a boat on the beach well down the
Inlet. Berger sailed again Sunday
to make a diligent watch for the
plane.
WINS FIRST GAME SEASON
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 30, (/P>—
St. Mary’s College opened the sea
son by defeating the West Coast
Army 11, 28 to 0. The college had
a fast, shifty backfield.
THIRD DAUGHTER BORN
TOKYO, Sept., 30, (/P)—The Em
press Nagako gave birth to a
daughter. This is the third daugh
ter to come to the Imperial house
hold. One, Princess Schigeko, was
boru December 6, 1925. Another girl
born two years later died last year.
! DIES I! JM
SOMETIMES CALLED THE MUS
SOLINI OF JAPAN HAD A
STORMY CAREER
TOKYO, Sept., 30, (/Pi—Baron
Gichi Tanaka, 66, distinguished j
soldier and leader of the Seiyukai I
party, died suddenly from a violent j
heart attack.
The man, who was sometimesI
called Mussolini of Japan, because j
! of his determined methods, died i
under circumstances which recall
the career of former President
Harding.
I The country is excited over reve
lations of official corruption which
(promise to make Tanaka premier.
The dark chapter in the political
j history of Japan is generally ad
imitted to have been betrayed by
subordinates.
DIES FROM INJURIES
CLEVELAND, Sept., 30, (/P)—Wal
ter C. White, 58, president of the
White Motor Co., died of injuries
jhe received in the collision of his
car with another while driving
from his home to his office. He
!suffered internal injuries.
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FADS ARE SCORNED IN FAVOR OF TYPICAL OLD STYLE
LIFE IN THE UNION OF YOUNG NEW ENGLANDERS
John Coolidge (left) and Miss Florence Trumbell (right) who were
wed September 23 in the Congrega tional church (above) at Plainville,
Conn. Miss Esther Trumbull (lower center) and Miss Dorothy Clark (low
er right) are cousins of Mrs. Collidge and were bridal attendants.
MARTIAL LAW IS
BOSSES, TEXAS
UNTIL AREA IS CLEARED OF
LAWLESSNESS MARTIAL
LAW REMAINS
BORGER, Texas, Sept., 30, </P)
—Brigadier General Jacob Wol
ters, who headed the train-load
of State troops from Fort Worth,
officially declared martial law
one minute after he had alighted
from the train.
He read the proclamation to
Governor Moody and said mar
tial law would be declared in
affect at 3:30 p. m. September
28.
The General carried two pro
clamations from the State exe
cutive, Governor Moody, and
said all officers were suspended
except the mayor, city attorney,
the commissioner and justice of
the peace.
He pointed out that the law
lessness that existed in Borger
necessitated this drastic move.
Eighty-four soldiers, of the Tex
as National Guard, arrived with
14 officers.
The proclamations ordered all
Texas Rangers and their Cap
tains to report immediately. The
state troops will remain in Bor
ger, Hutchinson County, until
that area is cleared of lawless
ness, Moody declared.
Three Texas Rangers, headed
by Sergeant Sheatley, left for
Stinnett on an unexplained mis
sion connected with the general
county cleanup.
Current reports presaged sup
planting county government with
martial law.
EDITOR’S NOTE—Martial law
! is government by arbitrary
military power, superceding mun
icipal, or State law. when the
State is imperilled from without
or within and the regular ad
ministration is unequal to the
task of securing general safety.
Martial law is declared to en
force extra-ordinary measures.
It is not a law, as commonly un
derstood, but an abrogation of
law, having no legislative sanc
tion. The U. S. Supreme Court
has held that a State legislature
may proclaim its existence
should the safety of the public
demand it. The Constitution
tacitly permits its proclamation
in the clause providing that
privileges of the writ of habeas
corpus should not be suspended,
except when necessary in the
case of rebellion and invasion.
FACULTY MEMBER OF
URBANA FOUND DEAR
URBANA, Sept., 30, UP)—Profes
sor George A. Goodenough, 61, Uni
versity of Illinois chairman for the
western conference faculty com
mittee of athletics and head of the
Big Ten eligibility board, was found
dead in his home.
Death was due to heart disease.
The professor of therodynamics
was well known in engineering cir
cles.