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* VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 118.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ACT TO ALASKA
EFFORTS OF PRESIDENT BUN-j
NEL OF COLLEGE MEET
WITH SUCCESS
WASHHINGTON, May 19. (/P)—The
House Agriculture Committee approv
ed of the Vestal Bill to promote ag
ricultural ex peri me Ration work i/n
Alaska.
Dr. E. W. Allen, chief of the Agri
culture Departments office (of Ex
periment Stations, told the Commit
^ -tee there was much need of further
experimental work in Alaska; that
some work already had been done to
ward adaption of plants to climatie
and soil conditions.
He said experiments conducted in
the United States -were of little value
to* the Alaskan farmer and said the
measure would extend to Alaska the
benefits of the Hatch-Adams-Purn ell
Act, and the Smith-Lever Adt, all of
which provides experimental activi
ties in co-operation with colleges in
the work. >
v - £
Mil WOMEN
VOTING GERMANY
SEPARATE BILLOT
EXPECT TO DETERMINE WHETH
ER WOMEN ARE EXERCISING
RIGHT FRANCHISE
BERLIN, May 19. (JP)—The election
y<?i new Reichstag Sunday will bring
an innovation when men and women
will vote on separate ballots. The
plan is to determine whether women
actually exercise their franchise.
If the women vote and not split
their votes they could control the
Government as they have 2,250,000
more votes than the men. Previous
experiments show few women vote
and those were extreme nationalists.
CHINESE COMMANDER
DISMISSED COUNCIL
HELD RESPONSIBLE
SHANGHAI, May 39, (/P)—General
Ho Yao Tsu, Commander of the
Third Nationalist Army, was dis
missed by the Nationalist Govern
ment Council which held him res
ponsible for violations by his troops
of orders of General Chiang Kai
Shcfc, after their entry into Tsinan.
* HAYWOOD DIES
MOSCOW, May 19. {IP)—'“Big Bill”
Haywood, one of the founders of the
I. W. W., died after a lengthy illness.
*
BIG BANK EXPANDS
NEW YORK, May 17. (/p)_The
Manufacturers Trust Company has
acquired the United Capitol and
National Bank, Tru^t Company. By
this merger the resources of the
Manufacturers Bank are expanded to
ah'-ut $275,000,000.
ALASKA 0. OF E.
1 SPECIAL BILL
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE BILL
PRESENTED TO CONGRESS
FOR CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, May 19. (/P)—Car
rying a total of $99,032,000 of which
$2,353,000 will meet “extraordinary”
expenses in connection with the Mar
ine Corps expedition in Nicaragua and
China, the second deficiency appro
priation Bill was presented to Con
gress.
The Bill carried the following items
for AldSska; education of natives $16
000; construction of buildings at
White Mountain and Golovin, $60,000;
legislative expenses, $800.
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INCOME TAX FINES
NEW YORK, May 19, (£>)—-The
United States collected $139,000 in
fines for income tax violations from
theater ticket speculators. Thirteen
«orporations and 11 individuals wrere
sentenced.
PILOT IS ATTICKEO
Of ALLEGED INI
2,000 FEET IN THE AID
PONTIAC, Michigan, May 19, (£>)—
Attacked 2,000 feet in the air by an
alleged maniac with a hammer, Har
ry Anderson, a commercial pilot, af
ter losing conciousness and nose
diving to within 100 feet of the
ground, recovered in time to par
tially right his machine and avert
destruction by crashing into a grove
of trees. Harry Frechette, 28, of De
troit. whom the police believe to be
demented, is charged with attacking
the pilot after employing him to fly
from Roseville to Pontiac.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn, 6; Cincinnati, 7.
Boston, 1; Chicago, 3.
Philadelphia, 4; Pittsburgh, 6.
New York, 10; St, Louis, 6.
American League games postponed.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland, 4; Sacramento, 5.
Seattle, 0; Oakland, 8.
Hollywood, 1; San Francisco, 6.
Missions, 1; Los Angeles, 6.
PH MEN
FROM TIE EAST
ARRIVE SEWARD
PAUL G. REDINGTON, CHIEF OF
U. S. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
TOURING COUNTRY
On a tour of the Territory which
will take him most of the summe”
to cover, Paul G. Redington, Chief
ol the U. S. Biological Survey, ar
rived in Seward today from Juneau
lie was accompanied by H. W. Ter
hune, agent for the Bureau in Alas
ka and Executive Officer of the Alas
ka Game Commission; Harry Pavue
Whitney, of Philadelphia, and John
Skully of Chicago, the latter two, big
game hunters.
They will board the Game Com
mission vessel Seal here and depar*
for western Alaska waters. In this
manner Mr. Redington will cover all
districts as far as Akutan where he
will board the steamer Victoria for
Nome.
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From Nome the party wiH work
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back up the Yukon River, probably
using airplanes to visit remote areas,
and cover as much of Interior Alas
ka as is possible. Mr. Redington ex
pects to complete his survey by
August- or the forepart of that month
MISS SIGRID MESS
BEING SOLE GRftDUtTE
Miss Sigrid Rosness, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Rosness, has the
distinction of being the only member
of the Senior Class .this year. Those
who enter school next fall will find
her presence in the assembly room
missing since on May 25 she will re
ceive her high school diploma signi
fying that the high school course of
study has been completed. It is
somewhat of importance to know that
the high school course was completed
in three years. Her entire education
fia® been received |n the Seward
Public Schools and the type.of -work
she has done has been very commend
able.
During 1922-23 a visit was made to
Norway which has no doubt added
immensely to her present education.
An active part has been taken dn
school activities she being vice-pres
ident of the Torch Society, Associated
Editor of the Polly, a member of the
basketball team ajnd Vice-fpresddent
of the Junior Class, thereby showing
her ability as a leader in student af
fairs.
Miss Rosness is contemplating at
tending Bellingham Normal for two
years and then teach, later attending
the University of .Washington for fur
ther training..
Seward High is proud of this year’s
graduate and wish her the best of
success dn her chosen.profession.
AGAINST HARD LIQUOR
WASHINGTON, May 18. (^—Pro
tests over -the shooting by the Ameri
can Coast Guard gave rise to a heat
ed debate between Senators Bruce and
Black. Senator Bruce attacked pro
hibition and Congressman that vote
dry and drink wet.
SMITH CONTINUES
LEAD IN OU ON
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
HOOVER SOLE REPUBLICAN HAS
35,419; SEVEN WRITE IN LOW
DEN'S NAME
PORTLAND, May 19. </P)—A1 Smith
continued to lead Oregn, for the Dem
ocratic Presidential nomination pre
ference, as the returns werd! tabulated
with 600’ out of 1,842 precincts.
The complete count for Smith was
6,045; Walsh 3,904 and Reed 2,233.
Walsh’s name remained on the bal
lot after his withdrawal.
With 712 tabulated for Hoover
OFFICER IS KILLED
WASHINGTON, May 19, (/P)—
Lieutenant Frederick Buse, flight of
ficer of Anacostia, was killed when
his plane crashed while he was test
ing a new type of controls.
LONDON, May 19, (JF)—Sinclair
Lewis, American novelist whose wife
recently was granted a divorce at
Reno, married Dorothy 'ffiompson,
American newspaper wooman. -Af»Ang
those present at the receptio!f wl^e
Rebeccca West, Anita Loos, Lord
Thompson, Lord and lady Cunning
ham
DIRIGIBLE ITALIA BEING THOR
OUGHLY OVERHAULED AT
KINGSBAY BASE
KINGSBAY, May 19. (/P)—Nobile is
going ahead with his plans for his
Pole flgiht in four days. The Italia
is being thoroughly overhauled. Be
side-: the North Pole fligtut another
is projected to Greenland and Mac
kenzie river.
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Scientists were prevented from
observing if new land lay beneath
them during the last flight because
of fog. Some birds were seen in the
vicinity of Lenin Land. Fog prevent
ed the observation which would have!
established whether the poorly au
thentic'Giles Land existed.
NORRIS PROPOSAL AMENDMENT
WILL PROBABLY BE DISPOS
ED OF TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, May 19. ■(£>)-—'With
jifst half of the Senators voting the
Senate amended the Tax Reduction
Bill providing ^for opening of all in
come tax returns to public inspection.
The volte was 27 to 19.
This surprise action reversed the
Congressional decision of two years
ago. The Norris proposal and amend
ment was passed, ab the end of a long
day of debate. Some said an attempt
to dispose of the Bill will be made to
morrow.
FIVE ARE INDICTED
NEW YORK, May 18. <^»)—Five
former leaders of the Prohibition Ad
ministration in Buffalo were indicted
with 33 others on a charge of conspi
racy to violate the prohibition law.
ATTEMPT BE MADE
BY KARSTENS TO
IN INTEREST OF SCIENCE; PEAK
MAY BE COLDEST SPOT IN
THE WORLD
WASHINGTON, May 19. (#)—The
Department of the Interior announced
Harry Karstens, Superintendent of
McKinley Paffc, will attempt to climb
the mountain this summer in the in
terest of science to determine wheth
er the peak is the coldest spot on
earth.
Karstens plans to recover a record
ing thermometer he left on a previous
ascent with a party of three in 1913.
FISHING PARTY DROWN
BOSTON, May 19, (/p)—Ten mem
bers of a fishing party were drowned
when their motor boat sprang a leak
while traversing a small lake near
Rockwood, Maine. Due to the cold
ness of the water no* one was able
to swim ashore.
TODAY'S WEATHER
Station Barometer Temperature
Tanana 29.60 46
©ether 29.28 44
Eagle 29.76 42
Ft. Yukon 29.82 42
Nome 29.58 48
NO ONE RESPONSIBLE
TSINTAO, China, May 19, (£>)-—
The Japanese authorities here say
there is no immediate prospect of
negotiations with the Chinese for
they know of no responsible Chinese
authority with whom a settlement
can be discussed.