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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 81 SEWARD, ALASKA,MONDAY, APRIL 25,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Voluntary Military
Rule Now In Effect
Flood Zone South
TWENTY-THREE WOMEN AND CHILDREN SWEPT
TO DEATH AT WINTERVILLE—HERBERT HOOV
ER, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF PRESI
DENT COOLIDGE, AT MEMPHIS—THOUSANDS
STILL REPORTED MAROONED—INHABITANTS
IN DELTA COUNTRY IN PRECARIOUS POSITION
MEMPHIS, April 25. (/P)—As flood waters swept
j over new town and farming commmunities official esti
mates of probable dead reached 200. The fate of many
others in far flung sections was doubtful. Thousands
have been rescued while others are reported still maroon
ed throughout the flooded valley. Fleets of boats contin
ued rescue work.
, ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
SPEAKER IS HISSED
WHEELER “BOOED” WHEN HE
STATED PROHIBITION ACHIEV
ED MAJORITY VOTE
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s NEW YORK, April 25. <;P)—Wayne
WTieeler, secretary of the Anto-Saloon
League, was “booed” and hissed Sat
urday night when he said prohibition
had achieved a majority vote in a de
bate with Clarence Darrow, criminal
attorney. Wheeler was interrupted
by loud cries of “what of soldiers who
were overseas and could not vote?”
Darrow boldly championed the right
to drink in defiance of law' and de
clared the onlv way to be rid of pro
kr
* hibition was through nullification of it.
It is a minority act and legal tyranny
has proved a failure and will not and
has not been enforced.
Wheeler asserted prohibition was
successful despite the wet propaganda
which is conceived and fostered by
liquor interests, and the nation is still
^preponderantly dry.
SJINX FERRY IIGOLDEH
GATE HARBOR IS SUNK
*» _
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25. (JP)—
The auto ferry, Golden City, which
was rammed by the steamer Newport
in San Fransisco bay in, a thick fog
last night, sank this morning. Sixty
passengers and the crew were taken
■off by the Newport, v^hich is known
as the junx ship because of the num
ber of accidents in which it has fig
vnred.
CAPTAIN RESCUES 500
When told that it would be impos
sibe to negotiate a drainage canal to
reach 500 persons marooned on the
levee top at Wayside last night Capt.
Henry Meyer, urged on by the screams
from the levee top, a mile away, pi
loted his steamer, the Wabash, up to
take off the 500. Fears are felt for
the safety of the inhabitants of the
delta country between Greenville and
Vicksburg, who refused to heed the
warnings and leave their homes.
Secretary Hoover arrived as the per
sonal representative of President
Coolidge in flood relief.
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LAUNCH SINKS 18 DIE
CHICAGO, April 25. (£>)—Eighteen
persons were drowned when a Gov
ernment launch which was trans
porting refugees of the flood, was
swamped by the flood which con
tinued to rise all day. The launch’s
name was Pelican.
The estimated dead now number
200 and property loss is put at $30,
000,000 with damage mounting higher
constantly. More than 100,000 per
sons have been made homeless al
ready and the efforts of thousands of
laborers are working night and day
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to repair the gaps in the levees and
is meeting with little success.
Dozens of counties in Missouri
were reported to have been flooded
when Barrier and Scott broke and
permitted water to pour over the
surrounding country.
Later reports from the stricken
district state that over 125,000 per
sons are homeless and it is estimat
ed that over 7,500 square miles of
territory around the Mississippi Riv
er is flooded. Disease is spreading
in the camps along the flooded
areas. Clarencetown, a city of over
j 3,000 population was completely
| washed away, streets, buildings and
| homes are either swept down stream
j or covered with mud and sand.
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GREATEST TENSION EXISTS—MA.
RINES PROTECT AMERICAN
EMPLOYES
SHANGHAI. April 25. (/P)—Fifty ma
rines landed at Hankow when Chinese
pickets attempted to remove three
American employes of the Standard Oil
company and take them to the head
quarters of the General Labor Union.
Foreigners hover about the water
front during the night and the greatest
tension exists. A wireless dispatch
from Hankow says trenches are being
dug on the outskirts of the city and
two Krupp guns have been mounted
on a hill at Wuchang and trained to
ward Hankow.
SHANGHAI & HANKOW. April
25. (/P)—Two score allied battleships
are keeping watch at Hankow where
rioting between the factions Within
the ranks of the Cantonese is giving
grave concern.
HIGH TIDE REACHED
PEKING. April 25. (£>)—'The Na
tionalist tide in China has appeared
to have reached high tide and started
to recede. The anti-foreign senti
ment is cooling and while danger to
foreigners has not yet passed it is not
as serious as it was last week.
LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN
SHANGHAI, April 25. (/P)—General
Chiang Kai Shek, commander of the
i Conservative Cantonese forces, sud
i denly launched a new campaign
! against the Northern forces, throwing
his troops against their defense along
' the Puchow railroad. More than 10.
000 troops are said to be marching on
| Chiang Kiarg in hope of securing a fa
| vorable position for an attack on the
jYangtse keystone position. Reports
from Washington said that the United
j States had not decided on the Chinese
policy and the other powers have is
j sued no statement as to plans. Two
spore allied battleships are keeping
watch at Hankow, where rioting be
tween the factions within the ranks of
the Contonese is giving grave concern.
The anti-foreign agitation is reported
i to have flared up anew. The United
| States marines seized a portion of the
Soviet embassy in an effort to quell
the Red agitations.
i REMAINS TREASURER ALASKA
JUNEAU, April 25. (£>)—The Senate
unanimously confirmed the nomina
tion of Walstein G. Smith for treas
urer of Alaska for the four-year term
He has held the position since it was
created 14 years ago.
Terrible Train Robbery
500 Mexican Bandits
Shoot And Slay 160
ENTIRE FAMILY WIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE AND
SEVERAL SURVIVORS DRIVEN INSANE BY
LOSS OF THEIR DEAR ONES—WORST HOLDUP
IN HISTORY—CIVILIZED WORLD IS STARTLED;
BATTALION OF CAVALRY IMMEDIATELY
TAKES UP PURSUIT OF REBELS
MEXICO CITY, April 25. (/P)—Five hundred Mexi
can bandits swooped down on a railroad train at La
Barca, set fire to the train which was carrying 600 passen
gers and killed 159 of the helpless people. The bandits
ditched the engine and then shot the military guard con
sisting of 50 men and two officers. They then ordered
the passengers back into the train, barred the doors and
drenched the entire train with gasoline and set it on fire.
As the terified women and children sought to make escape
from the flames through windows the bandits shot them
down.
Late reports stated that 159 bodies ■
including that of Refugia Obregon,
daughter of the former President Obre
gon, are on their way to Mexico City.
It is expected that the death list will
number more than 200 when final fig
ures are obtained. The train was
bound from Guadalajara to Mexico
City and was filled with holiday
crowds that had been making .holy
pilgrimages to the outlying districts.
It is known that at least two Ameri
cans were on board the train, but a
full list of the dead was not known.
General Amaro, minister of war, is
hurrying to the scene of the tragedy
with a battalion of cavalry which will
immediately take up pursuit of the
[ rebels.
Continued on Page Four
MEX. GOVERNMENT
SEEKING FOR PRIESTS
IMPLICATED IN PLOT
DESPITE VESTMENTS, DENIALS
OF CATHOLIC AUTHORITIES,
ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE
MEXICO CITY, April 25. (£>)—Hav.
ing deported eight archbishops and
bishops and executed a priest, the gov
ernment is seeking out other priests
alleged to be implicated in revolution
ary movements. Despite vestments
and denials of the Catholic authorities
the government holds priests respon
sible for outbreaks of laymen. It is
the first time in history that the Cath
olic church is without a governing
, body in Mexico.
CAPTURES GOLF TITLE
NEW YORK, Apri 25.(£>)—George
Voight captured the Mason and Dixon
golf championship.
Sm-JUDD TRIAL
BEGINS TODAY NEW
YORK; MEN JURORS
Jl/RORS ALL OVER 30 YEARS OF
AGE; MOST ALL MARRIED
AND FAT
NEW YORK. April 25. (JP)— After
'tedious days of questioning and cross
questioning the last jury was select
ed to hear the trial of Mrs. Ruth
Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, accus
ed of having beaten and strangled £0
death Albert Snyder. Trial will be
gin today. The last juror selected,
Philip McCabe an electrical instruct
or was the 390th tailesman called in
attempt to meet the stern require
ments of three sets of attorneys.
During the day Judge Scudder ex
cused the man originally chosen as
juror number three and his place had
to be filled. It is interesting to
note all jurors are men over 30 and
most are married. They are com
placent in appearance and fat and
i
j unexcitable as a whole.
PASSENGERS IRE KILLED.
PILOT BRDLY INJURED
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j VANCOUVER, Wn.. April 25. (£>)—
t Miss Harriet Franklin of Portland and
i
i Mrs. Zola Schau, aged 21, Portland
i
passengers, were killed and Da,nny
Grecco, pilot, was seriously injured
when a commercial plane crashed on
the railroad tracks near Pearson Field.
The plane went into a spin and hit
nose first on the railroad right of way.
PLAN TO Cl