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VOLUME XXII NUMBER 161
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Choose Run Again
For President
UNANIMITY OF OPINION AMONG VISITORS A1
SUMMER WHITE,HOUSE AND NATIONAL POLIT
ICAL LEADERS IS THAT PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
WILL NOT STAND IN WAY OF MOVEMENT TC
RENOMINATE HIM—A FEW FRIENDS PREDICT
HE WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE
RAPID CITY, S. D,
statement saying: “I do
in 1928” The statement w;
of paper and handed out by t
niversary of his becoming c
States, without comment.
BY NEW 0FFICIW
REORGANIZATION OF PROHIBI
BIT-ION BUREAU UNDER CIVIL
SERVICE
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. (JP)— Step:
toward the final reorganization of tin
Prohibition Bureau were taken by As
sistant Secretary Lowman 24 hour:
after he formally took the oath of of
fice, with the abolishment of fivt
fixed enforcement zones and the eleva
tion of his immediate assistants tc
higher ranks. The adjustment is sub
ject only to changes which may be ne
cessary when the bureau is put on s
civil service basis as provided by ar
act of the last Congress.
IF HIS CONFERENCE
COLLAPSES BRITAIN
BRITAIN DEMANDS OF WORLD
SUPREMACY PREPOSTEROUS,
SAYS COOLIDGE
RAPID CITY, Aug. 2. (^—Presi
dent Coolidge sounded a solemn warn
ing to Great Britain that she must
break away from her demands to con
trol the sea, so far as the disarmament
conference was concerned, or accept
full responsibility for the collapse of
the Geneva conference. Britain’s de
mands for a cruiser fleet which would
give her world supremacy is regarded
by Coolidge as preposterous, and he
announced that the United States has
no intention of yielding tc it.
ATTENTION
Seward members Nile Temple, A.
A. O. N. M. S., are requested to meet
Alaska Transfer office, Arcade build
ing, Tuesday 7:30 p. m., August 2.
HOBEN.
ug. 2. (/P)—Coolidge issued i
)t choose to run for Presidenl
is typewritten on small pieces
he President on the fourth an
hief executive of the Unitec
RAPID CITY, s. D., Aug. 2. (Jp)
j Coolidge ends four years as presidenl
• to which he succeeded upon the deatl
of President Harding. A year anc
seven months remain in the four-yeai
I term to which Coolidge was elected in
the fall of 1924. In this period will
I be decided whether he will or can
■ succeed himself for another election
I term of four years which would en
. title him to the office of President for
a longer term than has been served
by any other chief excutlve. There is
unanimity of opinion among those
here with the President and among
. national political leaders that Coolidge
5 will not stand in the way of a move
ment to renominate him, but a few
. friends predict that he will not be a
candidate.
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EVANS DUE MIDNIGHT
The S. S. Admiral Evans, of the
P. S. S. Co., is due to arrive in port
this evening from the South at mid
night, according to the local office.
TOBHENTIfll 111 IN
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. (JP)—Torren
tial rain accompanied by lightning, de
luged the entire eastern coast and
wrought havoc in the metropolitan dis
trict. Traffic was tied up in many
places. A barn on the stock farm of
George V. Bailey was struck by light
ning and burned to the ground but 150
horses were saved.
TNLKS PLAIN TO CAROL
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PARIS, Aug. 2. (/P)—You are going
to stay out of Rumania. If you do not
respect your father’s word nor your [
own, we will make you respect it.
That was the message the Rumanian
Legation sent Prince Carol, dashing
his hopes of peacefully regaining the
throne he renounced.
FARRAGUT DUE TONIGHT
The S. S. Admiral Farragut, of the
P. S. S. Co., is scheduled to arrive in
port from the Westward at 10:30
o’clock this evening en route South.
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■ TWO APARTMENT HOUSES, GAS<
LINE STATION AND SIDEWALK
9 DESTROYED
^ KETCHIKAN, Aug. 2. (Jp)—A bo:
• i fire which, children built on the beac
_ | just outside the city limits Sunday
; blamed for a $50,000 blaze which raze
) two apartment houses, a gasoline st
' tion and destroyed 200 feet of boar
^ walk and three automobiles. Sixtee
, families -were burned out and non
: were able to save their personal e
fects. Most of the families were oi
of town. The Boulevard and Fran!
: lin apartments, the latter just con
' pleted, were destroyed.
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GREATEST SECRECY MAINTAlb
ED CONCERNING EXACT NA
TURE OF PROPOSAL
GENEVA, Aug. 2. (/P)—Japan mad
a last ^preme effort to have the tr
partie naval conference succeed afte
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failing in the first attempt. Admira
Saito Viscount Ishii visited Hugh Gil
son, the American delegate, and hand
ed him the text of a compromise prc
ject concerning the cruiser question
It was quite provisional in nature bu
designed to prevent wrecking of th
conference on this outstanding diffi
culty. The greatest secrecy is main
I tained concerning the exact nature o
the proposal. The Japanese later pre
sented the proposal to the British.
NEW YORK SUBWAY
STRIKE IS AVERTEE
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2. (/P)—'Then
will be no subway strike at present
On the eve of the walkout Mayoi
Walker succeeded in establishing z
j truce between the union and the Inter
j boro officials. It was reported thai
the union pledged that the strike
! would be indefinitely postponed.
BASEBALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 6.
Brooklyn 2, Cincinnati 1.
Boston 4, Pittsburg 1—11 innings.
New York 6, St. Louis 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 2, New York 1—called in
sixth on account of rain.
All other games—rain.
SCALPERS JAILED
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. (/P)—Two
theatre ticket sellers were given six
months each, in jail for speculating
in theatre tickets. They • were also
fined $5,000 eaoh.
CAL PANS FOR GOLD
SLATE CREEK, S. D., Aug. 2. (JP)
—President Coolidge has journeyed
into the heart of the hills to fish and
pan gold.
E BOSTON, Aug. 2. (JP)—Governoi
Fuller came early to the Statehoust
to interview the last witnesses anc
work on his decision in the case o
>. Sacco and Vanzetti, radicals undei
sentence of death for a murder com
mitted seven years ago. The Gover
nor’s decision has been promised foi
i- tomorrow.
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ASSERTED TIPPLE FIRED BY
BOMB—NO EXPLOSION WAS
HEARD
DOVER, Ohio, Aug. 2. (/P)—Simul
taneous with the discovery this morn
ing of a burning tipple of the Maple
Leaf mine, near Newport, reports
were received that John Hines, night
I watchman at the mine, shot and in
■ jured officials of the Pocock Mining
Company, owners. It is asserted in
i' vestigation of the tipple showed it was
fired by a bomb, but residents in .the
(Vicinity said they had not heard an
explosion. The Maple ^Lea. nine fig
e ured in yesterday’s fight between non
- union and union sympathizers.
! PART OF TERRITORY
i! SHOULD BE LEASED
i TO CANADA. STATED
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' LARGE CANADIAN COMPANIES
WOULD HELP DEVELOP SKAG
WAY REGION
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VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 2. (/P)—
Sir Hugh Denison, Australian Trade
Commissioner to the United States,
told the Canadian Club that Skagway
and a strip of territory to Whitehorse
; should be internationalized or taken
. under lease by Canada. “Skagw-av,
• which is a neutral port of entry to
northern British Columbia, practically
is a deserted village with port im
provements falling to pieces and hous
es empty.” He said big Canadian com
panies would develop it if it were in
l ternationalized.
1 MAIL PILOT IS I
FORCED DOli; MOTOR
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RENO, Aug. 2. (JP)—H. Ellie, air
mail pilot, made a forced landing 12
miles west of Beowawe, this after
noon after leaving Elko for Reno
with about 1,000 pounds of mail and
one passenger. On reaching Elko by
train last night Ellis said that his
motor refused to function and he was
forced down in the sagebrush but
his craft was undamaged.
MUST BEEN PLUGGED
TACOMA, Aug. 2. (£>)— Kinky
Thomson, the Federal prohibition offi
cer, "who believes in beating up his
prisoners before taking them to jail,
when making an arrest, is resting
easily today, and hopes are held out <
i for his recovery.
RICKARD COMPLETES ARRANGE
MENTS TO STAGE FIGHT IN
SOLDIERS FIELD, CHICAGO
150,800 FINS EXPECTED
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Promoter Has Two-hour Conference
With Tunney—Basis of Gate Split
Is Announced
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. (TP)—Tex Rick
ard will stage the Tunney-Dempsey
fight in Soldiers Field, Chicago, on the
night of September 15. He will pay
5100.000 for the stadium and expects
150.000 fans with a $2,000,000 gate.
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PERCENTAGE ARRANGED
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. (£>)—'Tex
Rickard had a two-hour conference
with Tunney Saturday in which he set
tled arrangements for the Jack Demp
sey-Gene Tunney1 )ght, for Tunney's
heavyweight title. The fight will be
held in Chicago September 15, but of
ficial announcement will be withheld
until August 5. Tunney is to receive
about $750,000 and Dempsey will get
$400,000 it is said. Dempsey has ar
ranged his percentage to a much bet
ter advantage than Tunney did last
year in his Philadelphia fight. It was
said $25 would be the tip price at Sol
diers Field and 150.000 persons will
see the great battle.
INSPECTS STADUIM
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. (£>)—'Tex Rick
ard, promoter of the Dempsey-Tunney
heavyweight fight, set for next Sep
tember, inspected the probable site
for the bout here to day visiting Sol
diers Field and inspecting its stadium
which has a seating capacity of 150,000
persons. Rickard has declared that
this stadium is the only one in Amer
ica that will hold the crowd the fight
is expected to drawn
SEAT SALE ON
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. (/?)—’Tex Rick
ard made a formal announcement to
day that he had nominated Jack
Dempsey as challenger and that Tun
ney had accepted his choice. It is
expected that the fight will take
place at Chicago in the middle of Sep
tember. Already orders have been re
ceived for reserved seats, also many
applications accompanied by blank
checks were received with notations
that purchasers would be willing to
pay as high as $100 per seat.
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2. (JP)—Jack
eDmpsey narrowly escaped injuries
while here when an over-enthusiastic
fan thrust his arm through the win
dow of the closed automobile in
which Dempsey was riding. Flying
jlass just missed the former champion.
SHARKEY IN HOSPITAL
BOSTON, Aug. 2.(^P)—Jack Sharkey
■S in the hospital for treatment for in
;ernal hemorrhages declared to be a
lirect result of a -punch in the groin
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