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COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1927.
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 30.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Military Operations
On Large Scale By
Warlords Of China
FOREIGN MINISTER IN NOTE TO BRITISH LEGA
TION ASKS IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF
TROOPS—EMPHASIZES SPIRIT OF CHINESE
PEOPLE HOSTILE TO BRITISH MILITARY MOVE
MENTS.
PEKING, Feb. 1. (/P)—Foreign Minister Yoo of the
Northern government, in a note to the British legation,
protested the dispatching of forces to Shanghai and
asked “the immediate withdrawal of troops so nothing
untoward may happen to mar the friendly relations of
the two nations. It cannot be overemphasized that the
national spirit of the Chinese people has been developed,
and a military movement on the part of the British gov
ernment is liable to lead to serious misunderstandings.”
- . .. ■ - ■ --M “The nresenr.e of a Jarere number of
WILEY WITHDRAWS
PUNS FOR NEW SWIM
LONG BEACH CHAMABER OF COM
% MERCE PLANS INSTITUTING
SIMILAR RACE
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 1. (JP)—
William Wrigley withdrew his offer
of $15,000 to the first woman to swim
the Catalina channel. His reason for
doing so is the fact that the Long
Beach Chamber of Commerce, through
David Flemming, is planning insti
tuting a like race, and he did not wish
to intrude. He stated that the last
race cost him $75,000.
MEDICAL STUDENT SUICIDES
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 1. (JP)—Cas
sels W. Noe, medical student at the
University of Wisconsin, left a note
explaining that he sought the meaning
of life after death and then shot and
killed himself.
“BABE” RUTH MOVIE STAR
HOLLWOOD, Feb. 1. (JP)—‘Babe”
Rtuh l\as signed with the First Na
tional Film Corporation for a motion
picture in wThich he will co-star with
Anne Q. Nilsen.
' HUGE SUM HD FOR
1PLM LIGHTHOUSES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (JP)—In the
Annual appropriation bills reported to
the Housfe were the following items;
For manufacture of helium for dirig
ibles, $1,630,000; for improvements at
McNeil’s Island penitentiary, $403,000,
and $5,360,000 for commercial avia
tion, principally for the erecting of
suitable lighthouses .along the dif
ferent air routes.
OPEN DRIVE ON MEASURE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (/^—Op
ponents of the Hull anti-branch bank
amendment, sponsored by Chicago
baukers, are expected to open a drive
on their measure which will end in
its rejection, and permit an agree
ment with the Senate ending the
year’s deadlock.
foreign troops might lead to unfor
seen complications for which the Chi
nese government could not be held re
sponsible." Sending troops “cannot
but be deemed the most extraordinary
action.”
LARGE SCALE OPERATIONS
PEKING, Feb. 1. (/P)—'The latest
moves of the Northern warlords in
dicate military operations on a large
scale will soon be directed against
the Cantonese with Hankow as the
objective. Large forces of Manchu
rians moved into Honan Province.
Wu Pei-Fu welcomed them. He had
hitherto opposed their coming. He
telegraphed that he is ready to attack
Hankow.
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INVITED VIEW SELF
BUCHAREST, Feb. 1. (JP)—Queen
Mary has been invited to attend a
showing of motion pictures of her trip
through the United States.
25,000 MINERS OUT OF
I WORK IN PENNSYLVANIA
SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 1. (^—Thir
teen colleries of the Hudson Coal com
pany in Luzerne and Lackawanna
counties closed down indefinitely be
cause of an overstocked anthracite
market, throwing 25,000 miners out
of work.
PLANE PLUNGES 1,000 FEET
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 1. (JP)—Paul
C. Vernier, aged 27, a commercial
flier, was killed and H. M. Theilen
gerdes, aged 27, a student driver, was
badly injured here today, when an air
plane in which they were riding
plunged 1,000 feet to barth.
AIR MAIL CONTRACTS FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (/P)—A
spirited fight is on among the Na
tional, Colonion and Columbia air
lines for mail carrying between New
York and Chicago.
WILL NOT BE TRIED
ROME, Feb. 1. (JP)—Nina Gibson,
eccentric Irish noblewoman, who at
tempted to kill Mussolini, will prob
ably not be tried, It was announced.
THE BARS 54 MS
KILLED MAN IN DEFENSE OF WO
MAN IN DANCE HALL—WAS
HUNG TO TREE
FON DU LAC, Wis., Feb. 1. (JP)—
Bill Maxwell, a^ed 80, oldest convict
in the world »\ast night of old
age. He had 5« the penitentiary
54 years. He was sentencen to life
imprisonment for killing a man in de
fense of a woman in a dance hall.
The dancers strung him up to a tree.
The sheriff arrived and cut him down.
He frequently refused to accept a
parole.
REFUSES TO CONFIRM
FINDING OF FARCE SUM
BELLINGHAM, Wn., Feb. 1. (IP)—
The attorneys of Mrs. George Scol
lard, the “Hetty Green of LaSalle
street, Chicago,” today refused to con
firm or deny reports that a guard in
Bellingham had found $10,900 in a
trunk in the home of William Car
penter. The guard refused to make any
comment.
CHASES BURGLAR UNDRESSED
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 1. (IP)—
Barefoot and in his underwear, Mr.
Charles pursued a burglar but lost
him after a chase of several blocks
on account of cold feet. He woke up
to find the man ransacking his room,
but scared him away before anything
was taken.
ENGINEER ON M. S. LIT
MAINE DEAD, EXPLOSION
SEATTLE, Feb. 1. (IP)—Ernest M.
Whalley, chief engineer on the M. S.
Libby Maine, operated by Libby, Mc
Neil & Libby, was killed shortly after
noon today when a compressed air line
aboard the ship exploded while the
craft was moored in Lake Union.
SEPALLA PRESENTED WITH DER
BY CUP—WEATHER HALTS
SECOND HEAT
POLAND SPRINGS, Me., Feb. 1. (ff)
Leonard Sepalla was presented with
the New England Dog Derby cup. The
second heat was cancelled owing to
two days of warm weather and rain.
Sepalla covered the 25-mile course
with precarious ice footing. Sepalla
won the first heat, Arthur victor last
year, second, and Walter Channing
of Boston third.
THOUGHT PISTOL EMPTY
KENUSM, Wis., Feb. 1. (£>)—Ediia
Wade, aged 17, shot and killed her
mother when she discharged a pistol
she though was empty.
FOUR MEN ENTOMBED
MADISONVILLE, Ky., Feb. 1. (JP)—
Four men were entombed behind a
fall of slate in the Ilsen Coal compa
ny’s mine, near Dawson Springs.
LATEST WOMAN’S HEADGEAR
PARIS, Jan. 31. (JP)—The latest
in women's headgear, shown by Re
boux the establishment, is a tight
fltting skull cap, with dove-tailed
I points requiring a close shingle.
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SIX BODIES RECOVERED
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 1. (JP)—Six
bodies were recovered from the ruins
of a two-story brick building which
was destroyed by fire this afternoon
following two explosions.
TROOPERS BACK ON JOB
I
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 1. (JP)—
Twelve troopers, charged with the
murder of Miss ^Beatrice Meany, were
returned to duty after posting $5,000
bail each.
EXPLAINS HIS ATTITUDE
LONDON, Feb. 1. (JP)—Bernard
Shaw, in explaining his attitude du
ring the World war, said that Britain
had been arming since 1906.
BREWER LEAVES BIG LEGACY
NEW YARK, Feb. 1. (JP)— George
Ehret, famous brewer, just deceased,
left a $25,000,000 estate to his chil
dren, except for a dozen small char
itable bequests.
HEIR TO JAPAN’S THRONE
TOKIO, Jan. 31. (/P)—The Empress
Nagako soon will present the Em
peror and the nation with an heir to
the throne, according to information
of an informal announcement by the
royal household.
ATTACKED, KILLS MAN
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1. (£>)—
Sobbing hysterically that he tried to
attack her, May Golden tonight con
fessed to the police that she shot and
killed A. C. Joslin, aged 45, a furniture
dealer, in a room adjoining his store.
TUNNEY AGREES WITH DEMPSEY
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. (£>)— Gene Tun
ney,- heavyweight champion, has
agreed with Jack Dempsey that the
former champion should not be com
pelled to go thru the ilimination tour
nament for the right to a title bout.
SEATTLE BOY TO WEST POINT
SEATTLE, Feb. 1. (/P)—President
Coolidge appointed Harold Gregory,
whose father is professor of military
tactics at the University of Washing
ton, to the West Point Military Acade
my. He is 19 years old and a senior
at the Roosevelt High School.
WIFE OF PUBLISHER DIES
LONDON, Feb. 1. (IP)—Mrs. John
Lane, the widow of the former pub
lisher, died here today aged 74. She
was the daughter of Julius Eichberg
of the Boston public schools, and the
director of the Boston Conservatory
of Music.
MRS. YOUNG EXPECTED TO AR
RIVE IN LOS ANGELES TO RE
SIDE WITH FAMOUS SON
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. (£>)—George
Young, the only entrant to swim the
Catalina channel, announced that his
mother wired that she will arrive in
Los Angeles soon and on that date he
will present the $25,000 check to her,
which is now in a safe deposit vault.
He will not make any plans for the
future, as to movie contracts and
other enterprises, until he consults his
mother, although he hopes to return to
school, having just finished his gram
mar school education.
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DEUNEY. AND MALONEY
TO BAHLE IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (/P)—'The New
■ York State Athletic Commission has
officially approved the proposed match
between Jack Dempsey, world’s light
heavyweight champion, and Jim Ma
loney of Boston. Delaney and Malo
ney will meet at Madison Square Gar
den on February 18, in what wTill be
the first important contest, to elimi
nate contenders for Gene Tunney’s
title.
REFUSES LEAVE ABSENCE
TO MAJOR C. 0. HODGES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (£>)—'The
War Department officials have decided
not to grant an application by Major
Campbell B. Hodges, commandant of
cadets at West Point, for leave of ab
sence from the Army to become
president of the Louisiana State Uni
versity.
lIVESlfilY
ON Min WOE
WM. COFFEY NOT INTERESTED
IN DETAILS—WANTS TO GET
TO PRISON OR ASYLUM
*_
LANCASTER, Wis., Feb. 1. (£>)—
William Coffey was formally accused
of murdering his second wife, Hattie
Hales Coffey, near Platteville, on Oc
tober 9. The forgery charge on which
he was arrested was dismissed. He
said he would waive a preliminary
hearing and was not interested in de
tails. He wants to get into prison or
an asylum quickly. His wife has filed
suit for divorce.
GIVES CROSS-OCEAN INTERVIEW
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (JP)—Prince
William of Sweden gave the first
trans-Atlantic interview by telephone
to the Swedish newspapermen in Lon
don.
PARIS, Feb. 1. (/P)—The “wicked
est” Theatre in Paris, The Folies
Bergere, has juet become one c be
mpst philanthropic institutions oi
France. A new rental contract mak
es the show that appeals to the eye
the chief support of the blind.