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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 272.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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SENATE. HOUSE SPEED
UP; SHOW DOOR VARE
MJSCELLANNY BILL APPROPRL
ATI ON OF $200,000,000 PASS
EO HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (JP)—'The
Senate and House have speeded the
machinery of the government in both
* ends of the capital and are moving
expeditiously. The Senate showed
the door to Vare by a vote of 56 to
30.
Vare will not become a Senator un.
less he can present a convincing case
before chairman Reed of the slush
committee.
The Senate has created a new com
mittee to investigate reports on the
Caltes Government which is said tc
•have 'had authorized payments tc
some of those already in the Senate
The House passed a $200,000,000 bill
carrying miscellanny appropriations
and still had time to debate the big
tax reduction bill.
Many of the new bills and resolu
tions were dumped into the House
and Senate hoppers. One resolutior
about Admiral Macgruder proposing
inquiry into the Alacgruder reflectior
on the present day organization o
navy and gun elevation, an item ir
the House appropriation bill, was ap
proved with the provision it will no
violate the arms conference treaty
Vare’s oath was denied until tin
committee report after further inves
tigation upon the charges ot frau<
both in the primary and genera
election.
PEACE AGREEMENT
LITHUANIA PREMIER LOOK!
POLISH LEADER IN THE EYE
AND SAYS “PEACE”
GENEVA, Dec. 10. (/P)—Peace o
war was the question Premier Pil
sudski of Poland asked Premier Wal
demares of Lithuania at the secre
session council of the League o
Nations at which an agreement “ii
principle” was reached on the Polisl
—Li thuanian con t roversy.
Wlhldemares looked the Polls]
leader in the eye and answered “i
is peace.” Then the two statesmei
undertook certain reciprocal engage
ments to guarantee peaceful settle
ment of the controversy which caus
ed tension not only in the Balth
States but all over Europe.
WINTER RESORT HATS
PARIS, Dec. 10. (/P)—The favorit<
sport hat for winter resort wear hail
a swathed 'band of crepe de chin<
around the crovrn and a moderat<
turn-down brim.
SACCO DEFEATED
I BOSTON, Dec. 10. (JP)—Sammy
! Mandell, Chicago lightweight champ
ion, won an easy decision over Jim
my Sacco, of Boston, in 10 rounds.
THREE STEAMERS IN PORT
With the arrival of the S. S. Lakina,
iof the A. S. S. Co., in <port early this
morning the seaiport of Seward again
took on the appearance of New York
The arrival of the Lakina brought the
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number of ocean-going craft up to
ithree big ones including the S. S.
Alaska and the S. S. Oduna. As usual,
when more than two steamers are at
the dock, one of them had to hit it for
the tall timbers until the Lakina dis
charged her cargo.
DONALDSON MISSING
SINCE LEFT SEWARD
NOT A WORD HEARD
SEATTLE, Dec. 10. (^—Efforts
are being made to locate the motor
ship Donaldson of the Arctic Trans
portation Co., which has not been
heard from since she sailed from
Seward for ^Seattle on November 26.
Enroute from Nome the vessel was
forced to ppt into Dutch Harbor to
repair a leak. She carried both pas
sengers and freight.
PROTECT CHORUS GIRLS
PARIS, Dec. 10. (JP)—A bureau for
the “protection of chorus girls” has
been created by Perfect of Police
Chiappe. M. Priolet, Police Commis
siary for the Montmartre district,
heads the bureau.
TWILIGHT FIRE ALARM
A small blaze, occuring in the kit
chen to the rear of the U. S. Signal
Corps headquarters office, was quick
ly extinquished last evening about 6
o’clock when the fire department, and
members of the corps, arrived on the
scene. The actual damage amounted
to approximately $50, It is said, but
this sum may run up to $200 by the
time painting and other work is done.
Morrissey Radio Operator Gets 310 Stations
In Hitherto Unexplored Arctic Regions
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From South Africa, New
Zealand and Other Far
Distant Points While in
Fox Eacin With Putnam*
Eafhn Island Expeditien.
Used Dry Batteries.
HAT is believed to be a rec
ord for long distance recep
tion in tlie Arctic Circle
was made public today by j
Edward Manley, radio op
erator of the Morrissey, who has
just returned from a five months’
trip with the Putham-Baffin Land
Expedition.
From the northern extremity of
the expedition’s itinerary, in wild
Fox Basin, a total of 310 stations
were “copied” by Manley, using a
three tube dry batteiy powered
short wave receiver of the regen
erative type.
Relying solely on this three tube
set and its dry batteries for
power, the Morrissey operator
pulled in 294 stations from the
United States on the 40 meter wave
length and 85 on 20 meters. A to
tal of 21 foreign countries were also
in communication in this manner
with the party in Fox Basin. They
included eight Canadian stations,
one in Greenland, two in South
America, one each in South Afri
ca and New Zealand, three Belgian,
two French, one in Porto Rico and
two in Labrador.
Radio Helped Cut Huge Area Off
Baffin Island Maps
In addition to copying the sig
nals from the 310 stations, the ra
dio apparatus of the Putnam Expe
dition proved invaluable in the par
ty’s exploration in surrounding wa
ters. Operated by Monroe Barnard,
son of George ’urey Barnard, the
sculptor, a long wave receiver
using both “B” and “A” dry bat
teries, was taken by a number of
the party on their 400-mile trip in
the Morrissey's whale-boat. Pro
ceeding eastward 100 .miles and
northward 100 mile&..add. thence re?
Upper Left: The Morrissey in a precarious condition. Upper F^ght:
Eskimo baby snapped by the party. Lower: Edward Manley.
turning to the ship, the whale-boat
succeeded in actually cutting a huge
area off the map of Baffin Island.
The receiver was used for check
ing the chronometers, the exact
time signals as received by the ra
dio set being used to compute the
difference in *time between the
Greenwich Meridian and their own
location.
To this fact was largely due the
ability of the party to compute dis
tances so accurately that their final
measurements showed Baffin Island
to be 5,000 square miles less in
area than the preceding expedi
tion’s map showed it to be.
Included in the whale-boat party
were George Palmer Putnam, his
son David, young Barnard, George
Weymouth, John A. Pope, Lawrence
A. Gould and the Eskimo Avalisha.
Mr. Manley pointed out that
these radio operations were car
ried on at a point nearer to the
Magnetic Pole than had ever be
fore been done. For this reason,
he said, it is of interest to note
that the further away that the sta
tions which were received were lo
cated the more clearly they came
through. Very little static was en
countered, far less than at any oth
er place known.
Magnetic Pole Is Static-less
Radio Paradise
In fact, said Manley, had it not
been for the Northern Lights, dis
tant Fox Basin could be regarded
as the radio operators’ static-less
paradise. Appearance of the North
ern Lights, which were only spo
radic, simply blanketed all signals.
Otherwise reception results were
clear and unimpeded.
His radio power equipment on
which he achieved his record
“copy” of 310 stations consisted, of
three layer-built type 45 volt dry
“B” batteries on the shor]; wave
receiver and dry cells and 22.5 volt
vertical “B” batteries on the long
wave receiver.
Mr. Manley regarded, the cleav
age of the 5,000 square mile, south
west corner from Luke Fox’s crude
map, as the principal achievement
of the expedition. He said that »
number of seals, polar bears, ducks,
blue geese and caribou were bagged
by the1 partyV litintert,
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NEW MEASURE CONTAINS CON
TROVERSIAL EQUALIZATION
FEE PROVISION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. OP)—'The
McNary-Haugen ‘bill vetoed by Presi
dent Coolidge in the last session, of
Congress started on its way thru the
new Congress in a slightly modified
form when Senator McNary put the
bill in the hopper.
The new measure contains the con
tidvcrc’'a! equalization fee provision
objected to by President Coolidge as
unconstitutional as a means of rais
ing funds to meet the cost of nmr
i keting surplus crops and an equali
i zation foe. However, they now may
| be invoked only after cooperative
! marketing associations with the aid
i of government funds found them
j selves unable to handle the surplus
j and the fees then would be appliable
i to all commodities when required in
stead of only in part.
PEOPLE; ALASKANS
DNE HUNDRED AND tlGMT PAS
SENGERS COMING HOME FOR
THE HOLIDAYS
SEATTLE, Dec. 10. (/P)—The S. S.
Northwestern, of the A. S S. Co.,
sailed at 9 o’clock this morning and
carried 108 passengers. The Sew
ard reservations comprise: L. H.
Kappler, Fred Fairman, Edna Cote.
J. F. Lawson, Mrs. Bowman, Mrs.
McKern, Miss McGrav^y, Mr. and
Mrs. Eddy Davis, Helen Ashcroft Wm.
Stoddard, Jennie Gray, F. S. Gordon.
C. A. Pollard, Oscar Anderson, Myr
tle Peterson, Maxine Sheldon, Fran
ces Sheldon, Mrs. Ray and son and
Mrs. Reid. Captain Peterson and
wife and two steerage.
I TECHNICAL KAHOE
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FORMER CHAMP STAGGERING ON
HEELS WHEN REFEREE
STOPPED SLAUGHTER
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (/P)—Jack De
lany, prospective opponent for Tun
ney's crown scored a technical knock
out over Paul Berlenback in the six
th round of a scheduled 10 rounder.
Berlenbach was knocked down four
times by right smashes to the jaw
and he was weaving on 'his heels
and staggering .backwards when the
referee stopped the uneven fight.