SEWARD,
ALASKA
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
ward
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
Gateway
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DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 218 SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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JUNEAU, Sept., 18, (/P)—Tom
Wilson. 61, and a prospector, died
in a cabin at Whiting River Sep
tember 5 of heart failure.
WRECKED VESSEL IS .’REV TO
HIGH WINDS; CARGO
BE SALVAGE?*
KODIAK, Sept.. 18 (A- > .
tives along the Aia tea r uniswa
for hundreds of 'nikr, ’ p ardi
down from Cape .ik’argitTK, and
across Shelikofs Straps, jn the!
west shore of Kodi .k Island
are in an expectant mood av it
ing for the wreck d steamer Gol- j
den Forest to break up and scat- ,
ter its rich cargo along the
beach.
The cargo includes phono
graphs, food, blankets and etc.,
valued at more than half a mil
lien dollars.
The ship rests on Cape Ilke
tagitak on two horns of a rock
which pierced her bowels penetrat- ,
ing to the engine room.
The tugboat Salvage King, j
which was with her when she
grounded and later crashed, is
enroute to Seattle and will be;
replaced by the mot nr ship Ex
plorer. Captain Hansen, with a !
guard aboard, are remaining.
Negotiations are pending for
local salvage; meanwhile the na
tives pray for high winds.
BROMLEY READY
TO TEST PLANE
OCEAN FLIT
AVIATOR WILL FLY TO TACO
MA FROM WHERE SEC
OND ATTEMPT MADE
LOS ANGELES. Sept.. 18. (/P)—
Harold Bromle yprepared to test
out his new low wing monoplane
which is identical with the one
he cracked up at Tacoma while
attempting his first takeoff on
his projected flight across the
Pacific Ocean.
Should the preliminary tests
prove satisfactory Bromley will
fly to Muroodry Lake for load
tests and when these are com
pleted he will fly to Tacoma and
prepare for the takeoff as soon
as possible.
The same 425 horsepower mot
er in the original plane powers the
second ship.
GESSEMER. Sept., 18. —
Twenty mill workers who were rid
ing in a truck killed Mrs. Ella May
Wiggins of Gessemer City.
A mob had turned back the truck
and were following it into Gesse
mer City in automobiles when an
rr her machine shot into the road
in front of the truck so suddenly
that the driver could not avert a
crash. The anti-communists came
up and fired into the strikers and
lulled Mrs. Wiggins, the mother of
faur children.
His partner, Tom Donahue, who
was brought here by plane, said
the two men went into new dig
gings September 1. The plane was
in have called for them on the 10th
out low visibility prevented until
yesterday.
The body is 14 miles from the
water over an unmarked trail. No
disposition was made for burial.
COL. Hi
WIFE TAKE-OFF
FLIGHT TO S. II.
IN JOVIAL MOOD AND POSES
FOR PICTURES; STOWS
AWAY DUNNAGE
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y„ Sept.
18. UP)—Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh and Mrs. Lindbergh took
off for Washington on his way
to Miami, Florida from where he
will start on a 20-day tour of
Central and South America.
He flew a six-passenger mono
plane borrowed from Morgan
Belmont.
Washington business, connect
ed with the inauguration of the
new air-mail-line for the Pan
American Airways, will be trans
acted.
The Lindbergs stowed away
two bags, two canteens and sev
eral packages containing food
and emergency equipment and be
fore the takeoff posed for pic
tures.
BRITISH PLANES ROAR IN SCHNEIDER TESTS
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leading entry for the Schneider cup races. Prominent among the pilots
was the British three-man team above. Flight Lieut. I). D’Ary Greig
upper left, Squadron Leader A. H\ Orlebar (upper right), and Flying
Officer R. L. R. Atcherley (below).
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MAIL PILOT IS
BURNED DEATH
MOUNTAIN SI
BURST IN FLAMES AND PILOT
BURNED BEYOND RECOG
NITION
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| BERLIN, Conn., Sept., 18, OP)—
(Pilot Henry Talman, 32, of Ridge
'wood, New Jersey, was killed
j when the transport plane he was
| flying crashed into Mount Lam
| entation and burst into flames.
1 Talman, who was bringing 500
| pounds of mail from Boston,
I stopped at Brainard Field, Hart
j ford, shortly before the crash
| which occurred during fog and
I a rain storm.
He was later seen flying as if
in distress over Berlin. When he
went into the mountain he had
cut a pathway 150 feet long and
50 feet wide through the trees.
The open cockpit of the plane
| burst in flames after crashing
j and Talman was burned beyond
| recognition. The plane and all
the mail was destroyed.
THOS. I. EDISON
IMPROVES III RUHR
WEST ORANGE. Sept., 18, (/P)—
The condition of Thomas A. Ed
ison, who has been ill at his horrn
for more than a month, has
improved to such an extenl
that he was able to attend s
celebration in his honor a1
Dearborn, Mish. His son Charle:
said Henry Ford planned anothei
celebration on October 21 fov
the electrical wizard, the golder
anniversary of his invention o:
the incandescent lamp.
soil PLANE Kin
OOP FOR ALASKA
NIKOLAYEVSK, ON AMUR, Si
beria, Sept., 18, (TP)—The Russian
plane landed safely at Petropavlo
jvsk, the principal town of the
Kamchatka peninsula, after a
flight over the Sea of Okhotsk.
;They will now fly from Kamchatka
jacross the Pacific to Alaska.
TORRENTS POUR THRU THE
MOUNTAINOUS SECTIONS
HALTED TRAINS
JACUMBA, Calif., Sept., 18, (JP)
i—A rain storm of cloudburst pro
portions washed out sections of
the San Diego and Arizona rail
way and officials said service
will be delayed 12 hours more,
i Communication lines were also
hit by the storm which struck
with great suddeness and pour
ed torrents of water thru the
mountain section. Another train
bound for Calexico is marooned
1 here; it was due there tomorrow
! morning.
The storm forced a plane down
with possible fatal injuries to
' Russell Hall, of Glendale, Calif.
; He is in the hospital with a
1 fractured skull. A passenger,
.Ioffe Lavin, of Tiajuana, a cus
; toms official, was not hurt so
> seriously.
N. Y. TEMPERATURE
NEW YORK. Sept., 18. (/P)—Mini
mum temperature 65; maximum 72.
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H. C. (MELON
GENERAL MANAGER
ALASKA S. 5. CO
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NEW HEAD ARRIVES SEATTLE
SEPT. 25 TO ASSUME
NEW DUTIES
SEATTLE, Sept., 18, (/P)—H. C.
Cantelow, shipping executive of
San Francisco and regarded as
one of the foremost American
traffic experts, has been appoint
ed general manager of the Alas
ka Steamship Company with of
fices in Seattle, effective Friday
I September 20.
The appointment was announc
ed by E. T. Stannard, vice pres
ident.
Mr. Cantelow will be in charge
of all traffic operations of the
company’s fleet of 16 vessels. He
| has held executive positions with
the old Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, the Pacific Steamship
I Company, operating the Admiral
Line, the Kosmos Line and the
Luckenbach Steamship Company.
At present he is a member of
the firm of H. C. Cantelow &
Son which firm has been agent
for the Alaska Steamship Co.,
in San Francisco, and which also
has been the receiver for Cal
ifornia and Eastern Steamship
companies. Cantelow" will arrive
in Seattle September 35 to start
upon his new duties.
ALASKA RESIDENTS
ASK 10 REGISTER
I BEFORE LEAVING
RESIDENTS LEAVING BEFORE
OCTOBER 1 SHOULD REG
ISTER FIRST
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JUNEAU, Sept. 18 (Special tc
the Gateway)—Census enumera
tion in Alaska will begin Oct. 1,
according to announcement by
Governor Geo. A. Parks,, and it
is of the greatest importance
‘that every resident shall be count
ed.
The people of the Territory of
Alaska should give every assis
tance possible as it is hoped to
j obtain as perfect a count as pos
sible.
W. J. McDonald is chief enu
merator for the Third division.
Residents leaving before Oc
tober 1 should register with him
or the local enumerator.
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| DENY 1M1 DRUNK
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LOS ANGELES, Sept., 17, (IP)—
| A Hollywood doctor and his nurse
jcame to the assistance of Mrs. Lois
jPantages, standing trial on a
charge of second degree murder as
|the result of an automobile crash.
Dr. C. A. MacDonald and his as
sistant, Mrs. Edna Taylor, who
jtreated Mrs. Pantages after the
[crash, emphatically denied that the
woman had been drinking.