The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 2, 1929, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIV., NO. 5141. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1929. 'MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CASHIER MISSING; COASTWISE SEARCH GREAT FUTURE FOR ALASKA IS SAWYER VISION Distinguished Visitor Is Im- pressed With Alaska's Latent Resources “I see a wonderful future for Alaska and for Juneau,” declared Ernest Walker Sawyer, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of In- terior, who arrived here today after covering northern, interior and cen- tral Alaska districts. He said he was simply here gathering informa- tion relative to conditions and matters relating to administration. Mr. Sawyer will be in Juneau until Thursday, leaving then for Seattle. He expressed his delight in the trip and was apparently gratified at the extent he had been able to see the country. Too Mucn ulamour “I came to Alaska expecting to see mountains and glaciers,” said Mr. Sawyer. “The great majority of Americans speak of Alaska with a shivver. The very word Alaska seems to start a New Yorker's teeth chattering and cause him to dig down for his flannel underwear, There has been altogether too much romance and glamour associated with your wonderful country. All the stories tell of hardships and struggles not to gain a living but to keep from freezing or starving to ®eath. Thai sort of propaganda is ‘the bunk.’ It has had a tre- mendous effect against the settle- ment and development of a natural storehouse of untold wealth. Behind those mountains of snow and ice are some of the greatest valleys of the world. Besides the glaciers and between the mountains are minerals. ‘There’s gold in them thar meuntains,’ and what little we know of it i due to the persist- ance and tenaecity of that wonder- ful human called the sourdough. There are only a few of you. Just a handful- as- populations go but oh, what a powerful kick you have. Thirty years or more ago you had the vision of an empire. With the strength and enthusiasm of youth you rushed to the promised land. There were no railroads then and airplanes were undreamed of. For months and years you fought the elements with crude imple- ments. You had the guts to stick. It is the sourdough who deserves the credit for staying on the job while his softer brothers of the States spent their spare moments in developing ping bath tubs and rose-scented toilet paper. Kicks Part of Game “Some of you complain of the lack of support from Washington. Like the Irish who built the Union Pacific line from Omaha to Cali- fornia, you have fought and bled for your country because you loved the work, and the growling against the lack of interest on the part of the Federal government is as na- tural as it is to kick against the grub or mosquito or rain or any other natural condition on any con- struction job. “If everything had been ‘hunky- dory' you wouldn't be proud of your life as a sourdough. Do you think the Jewish cloak merchant and suit manufacturer of New York gets any kick out of the hard- ships he now has as he travels the Sunset Limited to Los Angeles. About all he remembers of the trip is the story of the Irishman and the Scotchman that he heard in the smoker and the way his bridge partner let him down by leading a deuce instead of ten spot. “On the other hand you fellows can tell your stories of real life. Life in the open where a man's & man and the trails are unknown. So I say, _off to the Sour- dough! His and memory will “Now I believe the time has come to change. I see a nmew era where the deors of the ice-box are to be opened and within it I see the cream and cheese of hundreds of dairies, wonderful roasts -of deer and other meats, fresh vegetables, garden peas, fine potatoes and var- jous grain foods, luscious blue ber- ries and other domesticated hy- brids. “The country is ready for it. The Outside world expects it. And soon the products of the Matanuska and Tanana Valleys will be known in Juneau and Seattle, as well as the canned cows and frozen roasts of the Chicago stockyards. “Alaska is no longer a nation without a country. That period is over. The airplane puts Alaska within a few hours of the great cities of the Pacific Coast, and the airplane likewise connects Nome and Fairbanks and Juneau with a link of gas quicker than a rail of * steel. Alaska is the natural re- fueling station for the thousands of airplanes that will shortly be flying from California to China and the Far East. Already Alas- kans are blazing the trails. A few years ago if you expected to go to Neme it required six or eight weeks' time. on my trip. I passed through Ju- neau on my way west on June 12, and I am back here on July 2, and just follow what I've seen. Cordova, Valdez, Seward with its beautiful harbor, several days at railroad headquarters at Anchorage, a pleasant night in the Curry Ho- tel, several fine views of glorious Mt. McKinley, the Matanuska farms, the Chickaloon coal mines, the river town of Nenana and the birch-lined streets of Fairbanks; the hothouses of the Tanana Val- ley with cantaloupes, melons cus cumbers, and tomatoes, and the wonderful field crops of acres and acres of peas, beets, celery, lettuce, radishes, wheat, oats, barley and potatoes. Gold dredges are inter- esting, pocket mining is excifing but agricultural development is the backbone of every people. Makes Plane Trip “From Fairbanks I flew to the Kuskokwim, landing at MecGrath where two boats a year have so far seemed good service. Mt. McKinley from the west is a different moun- tain from the view that Sydney Laurence gives us. A little more fatherly, not so omnipotent. Then on around Lake Minchumina with myriad smaller sister lakes where we counted many moose, and Major Elliott and I discussed the time when countless beaver farms might dot that virgin area. Then the winding Kuskokwim, navigable for 600 miles or more, yet I had until recently only a vague idea of its location. A few hours in Me- Grath showed me the possibilities of mink farming. Then we passed onward over the energetic diggings of Ophir and Tacotna through an- other lake region. “The wild valley of the Innoko far from the beaten track. Inter- esting? Yes, and also useful and rich in fur farm possibilities. Up and over the mountains and then like the blare of a trumpet, the mighty Yukon River burst before us.. As wide as the Mississippi and twice as deep. Navigable for 2,500 miles, and full of pep and wild life. “This impressed me more than anything in Alaska. A powerful river cruising her way to the ocean and forming a highway to millions of virgin territory. More moun- tains of reindeer moss, ranges for millions of deer, and then we drop- ped in on the interesting Eskimo and Lapps of Unalakleet. This sec- tion is already prosperous. Plenty of fish, big herds of deer and healthy outdoor life. The entire village gathered around our air- plane to sing songs of welcome for our visit. I can still hear their clear, well-trained singing ‘My Counrty 'Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty.’ “Up and onward around the Sound into the Migdnight Sun. At 12 o'clock Old Sol played hide and seek with us behind the mountains, showing his face between crevices and then dodging behind points of rock until just as we hovered over Nome, he turned his trail up- ward with a beautiful silvery sun- rise. Down we zoomed on the housetops of the city and out rushed the ‘motor cars in a wild scramble to be the first to wel- come us at the landing field. Nome Port of Hospitality “Four big planes were on the fleld at Nome and commercial travelers as well as Government agents were making use of this rapid, modern method of trans- portatién, “Times have changed. Nome is now only six or eight hours from Fairbanks and the women of Mc- Grath get their butter and fresh tomatoes in a few hours from Fairbanks, 300 miles away. “The name of Nome is too short. It should be altered to Port. Hos- pitality, jstantly. “Carl Lomen telis me there are now over 1,000,000 reindeer in Al- aska, Nome is the center of this deer industry which will soon pro- duce to Alaska an income -equiva- lent to that of fishing. When we had exhausted the reserve supplies of this far western city we again took to the air, and, heading for Nulato, sighted dozens of herds of |} the famous deer. “On to. Ruby, we crossed the Yukon River 30 times, and we hopped over the Koyukuk River as & schoolboy would a crack in the sidewalk. The landing field on the beautiful hills at Ruby was in perfect condition. The mosquitoes were in force, reminding one of early days on the Missouri River flats at Omaha. “Minor repairs to a tire at Ruby and we were off to Tanana. Again Just reflect a minute ! for there we ate con-|- Ol:ltime Sportsmen ’of North Will Play Games At Sourdough Stampede | Jjack-knife was a fitting tribute to the 6,000-foot view we had of the great Yukon highlands. Who knows but some day Tanana with its strategic location at the junction of these rivers may be the St. Louls of the Yukon. A potlatch at Tan- ana Mission was an interesting di- version, and my admiration of na- tive oratory was distinetly ad- vanced. “A few more hours and several reels and were once more on the wing over the rolling tundra south of the Tanana to Nenana. A ter- rain full of possibilities and futures. ‘The dawn of another day was with us as we circled the green fields of the Fairbanks district. Just a spot of grain in the wide expanse, but enough to entice countless thou- sands to the possibilities of such a locality. On Circle Highway “Major Gillette kindly escorted me over the Circle Highway past the numerous dredges to the hot springs where the accommodations are reasonable and very beneficial. A week here would put more any- one in excellent condition. It is the famous waters of Bavaria trans- ported and carefully heated in your own back yard. “I started to tell you only the names of the places I have visited in the last 20 days but it is im- possible for me to mention names without saying something about the diversified features of your inter- esting country. Any one of the dozen sights was worth traveling 5,000 miles to see. When it came to leave Fairbanks I thought it was all over, and that the next few days would be only travel days. Instead, I found Richardson High- way traverses the finest scenery of all. Great Tanana “alley “First came the great valley of the Tanana River, where the soil, is ripe and ready to raise almost anything. In the hog section of the Missouri, such land is selling at $100 to $200 an acre, and not a mite better, except Missouri can raise corn where Tanana raises oats. “On south we drove over the great highway which cost the Fed- eral Government $6,000,000. At places we could go 50 miles an hour, but at beauty spots we tar- ried for the view which is ever changing. Lakes, mountains and mining prospeets in endless suc- cession, and then the Gulkana and the Gakona with their hundreds of square miles of clay deposits which some day will be useful. Mt. Wrangell Is Smoking “Mt. Wrangell is smoking and bellowing like a wild bull, anxious to find a chint shop. We passed him with awe and foreboding. Then on to ancient Copper Center with its bottle windows and strange dia- mond willows, down to the beauti- ful lakes of Chitina . “Here my old friend Pred Hansen took me in hand and showed me mountains of copper so far only scratched. Kennecott is but the beginning of operations which years from now will be still developing. The Copper River with its wild rapids and Miles and Childs glac- iers, and the background of moun- tain gorges and hanging glaciers is worthy of any man’s time. When I stop to think of the struggle there, of man against the elements, I certainly hand it to those who yearly throw costly bridges and rallroad tracks across the paths of monsters of ice only to see them swept away llke match sticks. A million dollars a year is spent in the struggle but the money spent does not surprise me nearly so much as the persistence of thosc crusaders who live around with the plledrivers ever ready to renew the attack. 2 Ocean Voyage Pleasant “A pleasant two days on board the hospitable steamship Alaska, down past the majestic St. Elias and the Fairweathers, and here I am back in Juneau. Out only 20 days but they were 20 days of 20 hours each filled ‘with its own particular interest. “Juneau, you are the capital of an area 12 times the size of New which, I believe, America. More be develped. Coal will SEATTLE, July 2—An athletic program is being arranged for August 17 as a feature of the Sowr- dough Stampede. The sports will include soccer, basketball, 1, lacrosse and indoor baseball. ' The players of the famous Nome basketball team of 1910 and the Dawson team of 1912 are now living in the Northwest and they are to be brought here for a game. i Baseball players who formerly lived in Fairbanks and Dawson will play a game. A team of comh_hzd Skagway and Whitehorse players will meet a former Dawson c¢om- bination at soccer. Some of the players who will take part in the various games are Mike Finlaison, Jack Finlaison, Doc. Reid, Bert White, Charles White, “Bil- liard” Douglas, Ben Trenamen, Fred Atwood, Red Wallace, Eddie Hick- ey, Don Johnson, Leo Krause, Ed- die Waddo, Norman Watt, Garnett Watt, Albert Forrest, Paul Capt. Bennett, Ernie Goff, Mutch, Teddy Ferry, Peacock Joe Hancock, Fred Leonard, Alex Stev- ens, Bert Cook, Tommy Atkins and Fred Larsen. The program will close with a la- crosse game with either a traveling team or picked outfit from British Columbia opposing the Seattle All- Stars. be distilled and exported, and can- ned Alaska peas and blueberries will take their places on the table with your steady shipments of sal- mon and halibut, Your fur farms will produce in increasing numbers and your air service will be as common as the bus service in the States. A Wonderful Heritage “You sourdoughs can be proud of your heritage. It is around you that these activitiés must surge and with your help things will Tiove smoothly. ¢ “I see a wonderful future for Alaska and Juneau. Others who are shown through Alaska as I have been will become enthused ;and modern means of communi- cation, and the spirit of your pioneers have made all things pos- sible. “Hats off to the .Sourdoughsik |Goed wishes to all Alaskal” e TAX REDUCTION TALK STARTING Surplus of Government Funds Revives Question —Mellon’s Statement ‘WASHINGTON, July 2.—Although tax reduction talk followed the rev- elation of $185,000,000 government funds surplus, officials are silent on the subject. Secretary of Treasury Mellon said the question of tax reduction had not been consideréd and he re- fused to amplify his statement. ———ere———— FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOHN EMIL RAISIO, SUNDAY | Funeral services for John Emil Raisio, who died at 8t. Ann's Hos- pital Friday evening from intestin- al poisoning, were held in the Res- urrection Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Harry R. Allen officiating. Miss Svea Lindstrom sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” accompanied by Miss Helen Torkelson. Mr. Raislo was born in Alvvus, Finland, on December 1, 1885, and came to Juneau about 13 years ago. He was married here in 1917 and moved with his wife to Tenakee where they lived for 11 years, Besides his wife and six-year old gon, Edward, Mr. Raisio is survived by his father, two brothers and three sisters, who live in Finland, and a brother residing in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. - e,—— DR. AND MRS. JAMES SENDER ARE STAYING IN JUNEAU Dr. James Sender; who was con- nected with the Knox Brothers in Ketchikan for one and a half years in charge of the Optical Depart- ment, and now has an office in Se- attle ,arrived in Juneau this week accompanied by Mrs. Sender. They. are staying at the Gastineau Hotel while in Juneau. Professional visits have been made by Dr. Sender to all Alaskan towns from Ketchikan fo Pairbanks and he is optician in charge for the Kennecott Copper Corporation. 0 Feats of Memorizing Are Unsound, Declares Teacher ATLANTA, July 2—The practice of having high school students memorize long foreign language vo- cabularies, literary masterpieces and dates was termed an unsound fancy before the National Education as- sociation here today. “No other section of the Ameri- can public school system is so thor- oughly befogged with attractive fan- cles which are untrue as is sec- ondary education,” said Dr. M. R. Trabue, professor of education and director of the bureau of education- al research at the University of North Carolina. He asserted that if the facts were scientifically determined it would be found that such memorization, “the usual goal in high school in- struction,” actually unfits yong people for successful living. “The inconsistencies in high school education,” he said, “can be laid to the door of another stupid fancy: that the demands of mod- ern life could be met by exactly the |same attitudes, habits and skills as were required for life in the !middle ages.” MOTOR STALLS; CRASH FOLLOWS Attempt of Nomis and Mor- rison for Record Ends Disastrously LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 2— ‘The endurance flight record at- itempt of Leo Nomis and Maurice ! Morrison ended after 42 hours and five minutes aloft when the motor stalled and the plane crashed at the edge of the airport. The two fliers and plane were slightly damaged. The pair said they would start oti,a new attempt as soon as'the |plane is repaired, probably within three or four days. The cause of the stalling of the motor has not been determined. Rabbit's Foot Too Late Fog around the airport is blamed for the crash which came a few minutes after a rabbit's foot, con- sidred a good luck talisman of the Question Mark’s endurance flight and cross country record flights of Capt. Hawks, had been transferred to the plane. The rabbit's foot arrived by special delivery from Capt. Hawks, in New York, early today. CABINET OF JAPAN QUITS Government of Premier Tanaka Resigns—DBrief Statement Made TOKYO, Japan, July 2—The Gov- ernment of Premier Baron Tanaka has resigned in the Cabinet crisis| } | | REWARDS FOR MAJOR FRANCO, 3 COMPANIONS :Spanish Fliers on Attempt- ed Ocean Hop to Be Given Spanish Cross MADRID, Spain, July 2—Major ‘Ramon Franco, celebrated Spanish aviator, and his three companion; | rescued by the British aircraft car- rier Eagle and on their way to Gi- braltar aboard her, are to be awarc- ed the Spanish Cross for valor, the highest decoration the nation can give. Primo de Rivera has ordered the fliers to remain until Wednesday at Algeciras, Spanish City across the Bay of Gibraltar, from the British fortress. The aviators will then arrive here on Thursday for rounds of festivities awaiting them. Major Franco and companions started for New York City on June 21 in a Dornier-Wahl monoplane ,with two Hispano-Suito motors. | They dropped from sight until res- jcued last week, after missing for "A week, by the Eagle. Major Fran- co's companions are Major Ruoz de Alda, navigator; Major Emilia Gallanza, pilot, and Senior Madari- |aca, mechanic. \ QUIET HEROISM ! GIBRALTAR, July 2—Bearing @ story of quiet heroism and patience in the face of death, Major Franco ;and his three companions today landed from the Eagle, safe and able to laugh and with plans for a new flight. Thousands lined the streets and cheered them and traffic was stall- ed. | Newspapermen, who fought every bit of the way to get near the |tliers to obtain information, learn- ed by what a slight margin the fliers ayere spatched from the sea. The fliesk-hnd used their last flare {when the welcome lights of the Eagle were seen. The men suf- i fered only from the heat and anxi- tety during the time they were lost. They had plenty of food and used water from the radiator, some of 'which was left when they were rescued. LOVES ANOTHER; WANTS DIVORGE Wife of Wellknown Play- ! wright Sues—Agree- ment at Wedding RENO, Nevada, July 2—Eugene O'Nelll, one of the most modern playwrights is sued for divorce by | his second wife, Mrs. Agnes Boulton ' O'Neill, who has béen' married twice before. The case has not been set for ,trial. The complaint was ordered sealed by Mrs. O'Neill's request. It is reported that Mr. and Mrs precipitated by the investigation O'Nelll agreed at the time of their in the assassination in Manchuria wedding that either could seek last year of Marshal Chang Tso freedom anytime in case of loving. Lin, Chinese military oppositionist. The resignation of the Cabinet members were submitted to the Emperor who called Yugo Hama- gucki, Liberal leader, to form al Cabinet. Baron Tanaka issued a statement saying: “I deeply regret that a cer- tain incident occurring outside of the Empire is wrongly used as 8 political instrument.” Wendell and Reinhart Take Air in Attempt To Break One Record LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 2.— L. W. Wendell and L. B. Reinhart hopped off in a Buhal biplane at 7:29:30 o'clock this morning in an effort to better the refueling record of an endurance flight. —————— NORTHERN TRADING BOAT MAKES CRUE NOME, Alaska, July 2. — The motorship Paterson, of the North- ern Whaling and Trading Com- pany, Capt. C. T. Pederson, of Oak- land, has returned from a trading trip to the Diomedes Islands and expects to leave today for Point and way ports to be gone all summer. L0 B BN . . WEATHER FORECAST . —_ another, BOY SCOUT FROM SKAGWAY TO TAKE TRIP TO ENGLAND Lewis Dahl, 14-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. P. I. Dahl, of Skag- way, is a passenger aboard the Princess Alice for Spokane, Wash. He is a First Class Boy Scout and was notified last Sunday that he had been selected from Alaska to go on a trip to Europe with Scouts from all States in the Union. After a week's encampment at Spokane, the Washington boys of which Dahl will be a member, will go to Mon- treal where they will embark on the liner Duchess 0f York for Eng- land. There will be 1,500 Boy Scouts in all. They will also visit Germany, France, Switzerland and Belgium. s e AT ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL Mrs. L. G. Karsten, who has been seriously ill in the hospital for sev- eral days, is reported to be slight- ly improved today. Mike Zuroff, who underwent a minor operation on June 26, left the hospital this morning. Mrs. E. K. Tobin and her young son, born June 25, left the hospital for their home yesterday morning. Miss Esther Kaser, who under- ® Probably showers tonight ® and Wednesday; gentle var- ® iable winds. 800000000000 went an operation for the removal of her appendix last Saturday, is recuperating nicely, according to her physician, New Trial for. Armstrong Denied By Court, Seward (Special from Gateway) SEWARD, Alaska, July 2—A mo- tion for a new trial for Karl Arm- strong has been denied and he probably will be sentenced within the next few days. Armstrong, old time peace officer of the Third Division, was recently convicted of manslaughter by a jury at the term of court here for the killing of Eric Dahlberg at Kodiak on Sep- tember 13, 1928. He is said to have shot and killed Dahlberg because of the latter's attentions to Mrs. Armstrong from whom Armstrong was estranged. LABOR STATES POLICIES FOR GREAT BRITAIN New Administration Em- barks Upon Government —XKing Is Absent LONDON, July 2. — Great Bri- tain's new Labor Government foi- mally embarged its Administration with the opening of the sixth in the reign of King George with the presentation of a speech from the Throne in which the Labor policies were outlined. The scene in the Upper House, where the speech was read by Lord Chancellor Sankey, in front of the empty throne, was one of the quiet- est and simpliest in years. It was the first time since 1890 that Par- liament opened without a SBovereign being present. The policies of the Administra- tion were outlined and included disarmament discussions, investiga- tion of the liquor question and a movement looking toward changes in the electoral. system.. e - DEATH FROM NEW CAUSES CHICAGO, Ill, July 2.—Chloride gas escaping from electrical re- frigerators are blamed by officials for the deaths of 15 persons and believed to have caused a dozen more deaths in the last few months. In some cases, fumes are said to have been the cause of deaths and in other cases methyl chloride set- tling in food is said to be the cause of other fatilities. Gas is being substituted for elec- trical refrigerators because of low- er construction cost. One manu- facturer sald an ordinance will be sought giving the authorities con- | trol over use of gases in refrigera- tors, either eliminating them or re- quiring blending of other gases so leaks may be detected either by color, or odor of escaping gas. —— - — te000ccs0cssoee TODAY'S STOCK o QUOTATIONS ® ®e00cccevreseoe NEW YORK, July 2.—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is today quoted at 5%, American Smelting 111%, American Tobacco A 170%, Tobacco B 170%, Bethlehem Steel 113%, Continental Motors 15%, Cudahy 52%, International Paper A 20%, Paper B 17%, Mathieson Alkali 56%, Standard Oil of California 74, Stewart-Warner 73%, U. 8. Steel 196%, Missouri 967%, Texas Corpora- tion 62%, Atlantic Refining 74%. AT THE HOTELS Alaskan Joe Harris, Seattle; Joe Burlo- vich, Admiralty Coal Company; B. L. Jelich, Funter; Jack J. Lee and Mrs. Lee, Warm Springs; James R. Sharp, Warm Springs; J. Mec- Donald, Prince Rupert; Edward T. Cox; V. V. Smith, Juneau; A. J. Frederick, Casey, O.; Jacob Stref, Casey, O.; Carl Abrahamson; Fred Adgren. I Gastinean J. W. Gragin, Tenakee; C. H. Wiley, Juneau; E. H. Wiley, Ju- neau; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jensen; V. D. Harrison, Seattle; Mabel Koe- nigs, Sitka; Dr. J. Sender and Mrs Sender, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. Eiler Hanson, Sitka; L. M. Carrigan, Ju- neau; J. M. Bovee, Seattle. Zynda Chester Roys, Moline, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. William S. Cooper, Min- neapolis, Minn.; PFrances E. An- drews, Minneapolis, Minn.; Marion J. Ellis, Tacoma, Wash.; the Misses SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS IS CHARGE MADE County Treasurer’s Office Cashier Mysteriously Drops from Sight CHECK OF BOOKS ' $20,000 MISSING | s ed Embezzler Goes to cattle with Wife then He Disappears BELLINGHAM, Wash.,, July 2— A coastwise search has been launch- ed for Ed Melhart, cashier of the County Treasurer’s office, and son- |in-law of County Treasurer Frank Wilson. Melhart is accused of embezzling over $20,000 of the county’s funds, money from tax receipts supposedly to have been taken in Mareh when more than $100,000 were collected. Melhart, as cashier, took in most of the amount. Melhart was first under suspicion on June 25 when Wilson was told by P. T. Snyder, a clerk in the office, that he had seen Melhart remove sheets from the collection register. When quetsioned, Melhart sald the sheets were around the office somewhere. That night he left for Seattle with his wife. He parked his car and asked his wife to wait. Melhart has not been seen since. The shortage was found yester- day when the State Examiner checked the books. The loss may be larger than the amount stated. EAGLES PLAN OCEAN FLIGHT NEXT AUGUST Seattle Fraternal Organiza- tion Announces Plans for Pacific Hop SEATTLE, July 2—The Seattle Aerie, PFraternal Order of Eagles, announces plans for a flight of a gla.nt plane in August from Tokyo across 4,500 miles of the Pacific ocean to Seattle. 7 The plane will be piloted by Jer- ry J. Smith, aviation instructor of the World War, with John R. Al- len, navigator. Both fliers are operators of Boe- ing commercial planes. The Eagles, headed by Eddie Sheehan, president of the fraternity, are seeking to raise $25,000 to pur- chase the Bellanca monoplane con- structed for the New York to Rome flight and now stored in New York. So certain are the Eagles that the venture will be financed that Smith will leave within 10 days to pilot the plane here from New York. Lyle Visits Nome and Returns to Fairbanks NOME, Alaska, July 2—Roy C. Lyle, Prohibition Administrator of Washington, Oregon and Alaska, arrived Saturday from Fairbanks by a plane of the Alaska Airways and left on his return trip Mon- i day. Fred Harrison, of Nome, Resigns ;Bound For Pioneers’ Home NOME, Alaska, July 2.—District Attorney Fred Harrison has resign- ed on account of disability as a result of paralysis. He left Mon- day by plane for Fairbanks en- route to the Pioneers' Home at Sitka. J. H. Hart, of Juneau, is now enroute here to take over the office. He is expected to arrive here on July 6 from Fairbanks, coming from there by plane. —— e Government Lets Contracts For Airplanes WASHINGTON, July 2.— Contracts for the construc- tion of 152 airplanes and 168 motors at a total cost of $4,- 172,000 have been let by the Government. The contracts are divided C. and E. Walters, and Warren S. Harding, Juneau. among a number of firms. * S0 s0s 000 I EEE R E NN N}