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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 199.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926.
PRICE TEN GENTS
Commander Nobile Will Lead Italian
Air Expedition Between Alaska and
the North Pole-Be Exploration Trip
DIRIGIBLE LARGER THAN NORGE NOW UNDER
CONSTRUCTION, SECOND SECRET EXPEDITION
IS ANNOUNCED—NOBILE IS RETURNING TO
UNITED STATES TO ACT IN ADVISARY CAPA
CITY AERONAUTICAL WORK
ROME, Sept. 2. (/P)—Commander Nobile announced
he would lead an Italian dirigible exploration expedition
between Alaska and the North Pole. The dirigible will
be larger than the Norge and is being built in Italy. It will
also be utilized on another expedition of which the destin
ation is a secret. The new dirigible will be ready by the
end of the year.
Nobile declared that with Mussolini’s permission he
would leave Italy October 21 for America to accept the in
vitation of the United States to act in an advisary capa
city in aeronautical work. He will later fill a similar post
for Japan, it is said. Premier Mussolini conceived the se
cond project, the plans for which will be divulged after
the polar flights and which the general is Said to have
planned wThile at Teller.
GERMANY MEETS 54
PER CENT PAYMENT
TO UNITED STITES
ONE-THIRD OF GOODS DELIVER
ED WAS COAL; MUCH
CASH
BERLIN, Sept. 2. (JP)—Germany
met nearly 54 per cent of her repara
tion payments the second year of op
eration of the Dawes plan ending
Tuesday by means in part of deliver
ies of materials. S. Parker Gilbert,
agent general for reparations pay
ments, reported the payments made
amounted to §290,600,000 in cash. The
deliveries amounted to $156,31S,000,
and a third of the good delivered was
coal. .
FOX, Mil INCREASE
IN YUKON VALLEY
VETERAN SEATTLE FUR BUYER,
T. H. BURMAN, NOW AT
CORDOVA
CORDOVA, Sept. 2. (/P)—'Thomas H.
Burman, veteran Seattle furbuyer, re
turning from the Interior reported
fox and mink are more plentiful in
the Yukon valley than they have been
for 20 years but muskrats! have declin
ed. Burman saw caribou so plentiful
near Circle city that natives were un
able to kill them from cabins.
WANT KINDERGARTEN CLASS
There are at least twenty children
of kindergarten school age in the city,
it is said, the mothers of whom great
ly wish, could begin schooling. This
matter Is quite important, The Gate
. way Is informed, and some means
should be taken to provide such
schooling.
RAILROAD WORK HALTED
Arrivals in Seward report that ex
tra work along the Alaska Railroad
line has come to a halt and that no
more men are being employed but
many being discharged. Ordinarily
the summer’s railroad wrork has ended
not earlier than October 1.
GENERAL TEH OF
COURT IT VALDEZ
BEGINNING OCT 4
Naturalization cases and other mat
ters occupied the court’s attention
yesterday before Judge E. E. Ritchie
and wound up the brief local court
session. This morning the judge,
Clerk of the Court Wm| H. Whittle
sey, and Assistant District U. S. At
torney Ellis departed for Anchorage
where a few routine court matters
will be disposed of. District Attorney
Coppernoll, who contemplated going
along with the court party, left for his
Valdez office last evening on the S.
S. Admiral Evans.
It is reported the next general term
of the district court will be held at
Valdez beginning October 4. A court
order to this effect will undoubtedly
be published shortly.
STEM STIRB TO SAIN
MIL! BIT FOB HERRING
The S. S. Starr, Captain O. A. Johan
sen, of the S. J. F. & P. Co., departed
for Sawmill bay today for a load ot
barreled herring. From the bay Capi
tain Johansen will proceed to Knight’s
Island to pick up the barge Lawrence,
loaded with ties and lumber, for tow
ing to this port, returning sometime
Saturday.
EIGHT KILLED IN QUAKE
LIBSON, Sept. 2. (/P)—Eight were
killed and 200 injured In the earth
quake at Fayal, Azores Islands yes
terday.
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
MAY SEEK FEDERAL
CLERGYMAN, EDITOR AND PRO
HIBITION AGENT MAY
BE TRIED
SEATTLE, Sept. 2. (/P)—There is a
possibility of a murder trial of the
clergyman, editor and three federal
prohibition agents with state officials
as prosecutors and the United States
attorneys in defense. The release of
the men by federal order took the case
out of the Fderal court.
It is expected that the deputy prose
cutor of Pierce county will seek aj
Federal Grand Jury Indictment. The!
United States attorneys announced
that they would then appear for the
defendants.
OFFICERS RUNNING AT LARGE
SEATTLE, Sept. 2. (£>)—After the
Seattle Federal Court ordered the
three prohibition agents and preacher
released on their personal recogni
zance, Prosecutor Selden announced
that the murder charges will be pres
sed. Federal Court action necessi
tates the prosecutor going before the
Federal Grand Jury with evidence
seeking an indictment. Selden said,
“We find these Federal men running
at large around the state shooting
men and destroying property in the
belief they are not answerable to the
laws of the state.”
SEITORUL RACE
INDICATIONS POINT TO DEFEAT
OF SENATOR DIAL AND ED
GAR A. BROWN
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 2. (£>)—
From present indications Senator Elli
son D. Smith, Democrat, of South
Carolina, one of the senators who vot
ed for America’s participation in the
World Court, defeated former Sena
tor Nathaniel B. Dial and Edgar A.
Brown, severe critic of the Court. In
the Democratic “run-off” primary re
turns from 1254 out of 1383 precincts
give Smith 61,185 votes, Brown 54,
233 and Dial 29,734.
HURLS NATIONWIDE DEFI
MOBILE, Sept. 2. (^—Challenging
Gertrude Ederle and others, Bill Jack
son of Flomaton, accepted an offer
to compete in a race around Manhat
tan Island for a $25,000 stake.
DEMPSEY ADDS A POUND
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 2. (£>)—Jack
Dempsey’s left eye is black but he is
'taking a vacation anyway. He disclaim
ed knowing who did it. He has ad
ded one pound of weight, now weigh
ing 196 pounds.
MSSooAt'CD P2BS?
VANCE C. K^CORMICK.
LIEUT. 60V. YOUNG
LEADS RICHARDS!
IN CALIFORNIA PREC.
SENATOR SHORTRIDGE TWO TO
ONE AHEAD OF CLARKE,
COURT OPPONENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. (£>)—
Lieut. Got. C. C. Young led Governor
Richardson in the primary for Repub
lican nomination for governor. Re
turns from 3650 of 8,274 precincts
gave Young 126,983, Richardson 113,
972, Rex Goodcell 4,566, R. F. Mc
Clellan 1992, W. D. Mitchell 1,025,
Mayor Thomas, wet candidate , 910,
Senator Shortridge, Coolidge Republi
can, has lead of 2 to 1 over Robert M.
Clarke, opponent of world court.
FLOATING cm
SALMON LING TIKES
ON ALASKA COIL
The floating cannery Salmon King,
Capt. Harry W. Crosby, arrived in
port this morning at 2 o’clock from
Chignik for a load of coal. The ves
sel departed some hours later for Se
attle.
The vessel has the last of the sea
son’s pack on board, over 7,000 cases
of salmon, the captain reports, and
the remainder of the cannery crew,
45 men. The season’s pask was ap
proximated at around 22,000 cases,
which was not as large as the com
pany had anticipated owing to the
lack of fish in the particular localities
they happened to be in. The Alaska
Transfer is coaling the ship, 250 tons
of Premier coal being supplied.
snore SCHEDULE TO
NUKI BIT CHANGED
Captain Pete Sather, skipper of the
Rolfe No. 1, departed for Nukai bay to
day with Frank Case on board and a
blacksmith for the Nuka Bay mines
company. Captain Sather announces
his departure today marks the inaug
eration of the winter service- to the
bay for two trips a month will be made
henceforth instead of three. The new
schedule calls for leaving Seward on
the 15th and 30th of every month.
MEMBERS OF FACULTY FOR COM
ING SEASON ARRIVED ON RE
CENT TRIP VESSELS FROM
THE SOUTH
OPERATED BY THE B. OF E.
Buildings Modern; Children Taught
Manual Arts; Bristol Bay Location
[ Is Ideal
I With four new staff members arriv
ing on the Starr, the personnel of the
Dillingham orphanage and hospital is
about up to strength necessary for op
eration during the coming, winter
j Those already in Dillingham were Su
j perintendent Beck, Dr. and Mrs. Fire
stone and Principal Breckenstaff. A
| new matron will arrive on the Sep
j tember mail boat.
The new arrivals are J. T. Savage,
hospital assistant, Mr. Savage, nurse,
Mrs. R. D. McConnell, cook, and Miss
j Cleopatra Campbell, teacher. Mr. and
Mrs. Savage come highly recommend
jed from California and will undoubt
edly be a valuable addition to the hos
pital corps. Mrs. McConnel has been
successfully managing a hotel in west
ern Washington. Miss Campbell taught
last jeiii ill iueuauM.ua auu is kuowu*
in Seward having spent two weeks
! here last summer with Mrs. L. V. Ray.
There are 90 children in the orphan
age at the present and 11 patients in
the hospital. Both units were estab
lished by the Bureau of Education in
1919 during the influenza epidemic and
has become more important each year.
Buildings and equipment are modern,
including a gymnasium and manual
training shop. The girls are taught
dressmaking, cooking, and household
management while the boys are given
general shop work in addition to the
regular academic work. The hospital
can accommodate patients and in
cludes a scientifically equipped operat
ing room. Bristol bay is fortunate in
having an organization such as this
and the Bureau of Education deserves
the highest praise for carrying on
this work.
STRIKERS BUTTLE
lONflL
FIVE ARE SHOT IN FIGHT FOR
POSSESSION OF
BRIDGE
MANVILLE, Rhode Island, Sept. 2.
(£>)—A mob of 1800 strikers from the
Manville Jenckers company armed
with stones and clubs battled with
the National Guard, state police and
deputy sheriffs who guarded the mill.
Five were shot and others hurt in the
battle for possession of the bridge
between the mill and city.
ALASKA AT CORDOVA
The S. S. Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co.,
was due to arrive at Cordova at noon
today, according to the local cable
office.
Don’t overlook the Liberty The.
ater fer tonight