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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 5. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Territory On Verge
Big Step Forward
THIRTY YEARS SINCE GREAT GOLD RUSH DAYS
ALASKA AGAIN ON THRESHOLD OF PER
MANENT PROSPERITY AND GROWTH—AR
RIVAL OF 1928 IS SIGNAL FOR LONGEST STEP
IN THE HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY, AC
CORDING TO SEATTLE POST INTELLIGEN
CER, IN FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL
HEW TONNAGE RECORDS PREDICTED OVER RAILROAD
Activities all over the Territory on the upward trend—
dredging companies plan 1928 operations on more
extensive scale—idle properties to be rehabilitated—
—Siberia called the twin of Alaska.
SEATTLE, Jan. 7. (/P)—The Seattle Post Intelligen
cer carried the fololwing front page editorial; “Alaska
is America's greatest storehouse; the treasure chest of
the North struck her quick youthful stride in 1898. In
1928, 80 years later, she will take her longest step in the
measured pace of maturity under American ownership.
“Alaska shipped out $366,000,000 in gold bulk thru
Seattle this year.,The starting of operations by the Fair
banks Exploration Co., which spent $2,000,000 in equip
ment for preparation for dredging in the Fairbanks dis
trict and another big dredging company in the Nome
district, will increase operations in 1928.
THAMES OVERFLOWS
OIKS 111 LOii
TWENTY DROWNED
MOST DEVASTATING FLOOD IN
HISTORY MODERN LONDON;
ABNORMAL TIDE
LONDON, Jan. 7. (JP)—Overwhelm
ed with startling suddenness 20 per
sons were drowned in. a London area
early today when the most devastat
ing flood in the history of modern
London swept the Thames River over
its banks.
The flood water poured over the j
river banks in several places when an
abnormal tide, whipped by a heavy
gale, met the flood waters pouring
down from the interior. The rush
of water was so sudden hundreds of
persons sloping in basement rooms
were driven from their beds and at
least 20 were trapped with the possi
bility there would be further victims.
As the tidie went out the Thames
returned to normal but fearing a re
currence of the disaster on the next
tide engineers worked frantically to
build temporary barricades at places
where the embankment collapsed.
NEW AREA OPENING
“The Hot Springs area will be the
scene of additional and initial activi
ties of a strong concern; mining gen
erally, other than for gold, is looking
up. Juneau will handle 12,000 tons
of ore daily as several idle properties
will be rehabilitated and placed in
production.
COMING UP
“Two great pulp paper companies
have oentracted with the government
to erect mills in Southeastern Alaska
each to cost §10,000,000 or $12,000,000
with a daily output of 500 tons.
“Outfiting these mills and handling
the tonnage, by the law of geography j
and economics, must benefit Seattle!
greatly.
WONDERFUL GROWTH
“To date Alaska has sent out $110,
000,000 in furs. Until recently these1
but four years ago the Seattle Fur
Exchange organized with virtually no
business but in 1927 it handled $4,-|
000,000 worth of furs, a substantial in
crease.
“It is certain that in 1928 despite
additional conservation, and measures,
fish products from Alaska will be
about normal.
NEW TONNAGE MARKS
"It is confidently believed by those
who ought to know that new tonnage
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REMUS IN ASYLUM
LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 7. i(£>)—Remus
entered the State hospital for the in
sane upon arrival of commitment
papers from Cincinnati.
BODIES FOUR MORE
MEMBERS OF CREW
FOUND UNDER HEAVY TARPAUL
IN; TRYING TO KEEP WARM
WHEN DEATH ARRIVED
PROVINCETOWN,~ Jan. 7. (£>)—The;
bodies of four more members of the
crew of the submarine S-4 have been
taken from the engine room compart,
ment of the sunken ship by divers.
The two bodies were found hidden
beneath a tarpaulin close to where
one of the three bodies were recover-*'
ed last Wednesday. They discovered
the other two nearby'and divers ex
pressed the belief the four men were
lying together on the floor under a
heavy canvas in an effort to keep
warm when death overtook them.
DEMOCRATIC MEET
IN SEWARD TO UST
BUT DRIEF PERIOD
DELEGATES FROM SOUTHEAST.
ERN ALASKA PLANNING RE
TURN ON SAME BOAT
JUNEAU, Jail. 7. (JP)—The meeting
of the Democratic Territorial conven-j
tion at Seward has been postponed'
from January 16 to the 20th. It is'
planned to have the convention meet!
upon the day of arrival there of the j
delegates from Southeastern Alaska,!
finish the same day, and return home
on the same steamer.
Fifteen delegates from Southeastern ■
Alaska will probably attend including
eight from Juneau.
LOVE LETTERS, DAUGHTER
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. '(£>)—A series
of love letters written in the death
house of Sing Sing is to be Ruth Sny
der’s heritage to her nine year old
daughter Lorraine. Each birthday
for years to come after Mrs. Snyder
and Henry Judd Gray die in the elec*
trie chair on January 12th for the
murder of the former’s husband, Lor
raine will receive a missive of -coun
sel and cheer from her mother. .; ,
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AIRPLANE ENGINE
PERFECTED DIESEL
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ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE SUREST
STEPS TOWARD HUGE AIR
LINES, SAY ENGINEERS
NEWY ORK, Jan. 7. (£>)—'The an
nouncement by Dr. Elemer A. Sperrv
that he has perfected an airplane en
gine on the diesel principle is hailed
in aironautical circles as a victory for
American research.
Dr. Sperry, inventor of the gyro-j
i
scope compass, said within a year hej
expected to have a motor of 1000 h. p.,j
weighing two pounds per h. p., and
consuming crude oil instead of gaso
line.
With a higher power development
per gallon at one-fifth the fuel cost
the adoption of the diesel engine to
aircraft is considered one of the sur
est steps to huge airliners. It has
been the most outstanding problem of
aeronauticia! engineering throughout
the world.
NEWS IS OLD
JUNEAU, Jan. 7. (#»)—Gene Miller,'
associated with a motion picture con
cern in Hollywood, is Southbound on
the S. S. Alaska. He has devoted
four years to building an Alaska
Travelog.
SOCIETY BUD MAKES
DEBUTE IN ORIGINAL
FASHION NEW YORK
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AFRICAN JUNGLES DUPLICATED
CRYSTAL ROOM RITZ-CARL
TON HOTEL
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. (&)—Miss ,
Anne Storrs, daughter of Mrs. Frank
Storrs, made her debut at the Ritz
Carlton hotel in an accented manner
but amid striking original surround
ings of African jungles. Real and ,
stuffed monkeys swung thru real (
jungle or struck fanciful poses in fol- (
iage. Pineapples, cocoanuts and oth
er tropical fruits clung high in the (
branches of tall trees that studded ,
the crystal room where the guests ]
assembled. It was unusual and was (
a highly successful debut. (
BRITAIN IS ALARMED
LONDON, Jan. 7. (JP)—Great Brit
ain is alarmed over the jump in the 1
number of divorces. Cheapening of ]
divorce suits in . the courts is given <
as one of the ..causes. . _ |l
KILLS BROTHERS, SELF
DELANO^ Calif., Jan. 7. (/P)—Ap.
parently insane after months of
brooding, Albert Villard, 50, went on
a rampage, killed his three brothers
an<l then turned the gun on himself.
HAD CROWN WITHIN
GRASP FIRST ROUND
LEO LOMSKI COMES WITHIN ACE
OF TAKING LOUGHRAN’S LIGHT
HEAVY TITLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. (JP)—Tommy
Lough ran, light heavyweight champ
ion, came back after suffering two
knockdowns in the first round, to
whip Leo Lomski, of Aberdeen, Wash.,
challenger, in a 15 round battle for
:he title.
Twice, in the first round, terrific
right hand smashes by the Pacific
coast boy floored the champion al
nost before the match got well under
,Vay. Loughran fought back gamely
to the last round and battled defen
sively until, the half way point. He
;hen conquered his second challenger
within a month by stirring a rally
hru the final rounds.
CEASELESS GUARD
OVER HICKMAN; TWO
THIS ARE FEARED
flkSIDE FROM OWN ATTEMPTS AT
SU1SIDE OTHER PRISONERS
MAY ATTACK
I OS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (JP)—
Ceaseless vigilance is being main
lined over William Edward Hick
nan in his cell in the county jail,
riiat vigilance will not be relaxed
or an instant while the confessed
ddnapper and murderer of 12 year
>ld Marian Parker is confined there.
Fail officials fear two things; one is
attempts at suicide by the prisoner,
he other is attempts at violence on
,he part of other jail inmates.
Hickman faces another grilling to
letermine if he is involved in the
nurder of a 75 year old man whose
)cdy was found last September in a
litch along the main highway near
Cotton Falls, Kas.
TAKE OVER COMPANY
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. (£>)—Arthur
(V. Milburn, president of the Bordon
dilk Co., notified stockholders hia
•ompany had taken the J. M. Horton
ce Cream Co. January 1, 1928.