COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 4.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Women and Children
Instructed to Evacuate
City of Hankow, China
THREE HUNDRED AMERICANS LIVING IN OR
NEAR HANKOW—WUHU, PROVINCE OF AN
MEI, LOOTED BY NORTHERN TROOPS—AMERI
CAN DESTROYER, JOHN D. FORD, ORDERED TO
WUHU
BRITISH DISPATCH THE BATTLESHIPS TO HANKOW
English Colony Invaded by Thousands of Coolies Who Are
Beyond Control—British Armed Forces Retire Fearing
Unable to Hold Mob Without Being Compelled to Open
Fire
HANKOW, Jan. 6. (/P)—The British warships Car
lisle, Vindictive and Wishart have been ordered to Han
fc kow- _
SHANGHAI, Jan. 6. (/P)—It is reported all the wo- '
men and childern of Hankow have been instructed to em- i
bark.
PEKING, Jan. 6. (/P)—Official foreign dispatches
from Hankow, where the British colony is besieged and
which has been invaded by thousands of coolies following
the anti-foreign agitation, show the situation is increas
ingly serious and indicate the natives are beyond control.
The Chinese militarists undertook to maintain order, but
most of the barricades in the concession were destroyed.
The principal foreigner thorofare along the waterfront is
“unsafe for foreigners, and, and the situation is very dis
couraging."
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PRESERVATION LIFE
IN PACIFIC REGION
AIM OF CONFERENCE
HOPE TO SECURE GREATER HAP
PINESS AND HEALTH FOR
PEOPLES OF PACIFIC
MELBOURNE, ustralia, Jan. 5. (/P)
—To determine how to use all knowl
edge for the preservation of life in the
Pacific region is the aim of the Inter
national Pacific Health Conference
which opened here today. Dr. Earl
Page, treasurer of Australia, outlined
the aims of the meeting in his open
be made to secure greater happiness
ing speech and said an attempt would
and health for the peoples of the Pa
cific. The conference is attended by
representatives of Great Britain, New
Zealand, the United States, Fiji and
Solomon Islands, Papau, New Guinea,
Singapore and League of Nations.
ARMY FLIERS CONTINUE FLIGHT
GUATAMALA CITY, Jan. 6. (JP)—
The American army fliers continued
their 20,000 mile South America
journey and hopped off for San Salva
dor. The flight was temporarily
halted when the flagship made a
forced landing soon after the hop-off.
I A German was stabbed within the
concession, a Reuters dispatch said.
At a meeting it was charged that Chi
nese were killed and wounded in yes
terday’s encounter between the gov
ernment and union representatives,
attended avowedly for the purpose of
disarming the British forces and to
seize the concessions. It was re
solved to telegraph over the world the1
denunciation of "British cruelty and:
the wounding of an innocent person.”
SHANGHAI, Jan. 6. (/P)—Dispatches
said the Chinese seized the customs
house, the Municipal Council and dam
aged the British war memorial. Brit
ish armed forces retired, fearing they
were unable to hold the mob without
shooting.
WUHU LOOTED
PEKING, Jan. *. (#>)—An official
Nanking dispatch says that Wuhu,
Anhmei Province, was looted pre
sumably by Northern troops. The
American destroyer John Dr Ford has
been ordered to Wuhu.
AMERICANS NEAR HANKOW
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (JP)—It is
estimated 300 Americans are living in
and near Hankow.
BRITISH DESTROYERS TO EAST
LONDON, Jan. 6, (£>)—'The admi
ralty announced an eight-destroyer
flotilla will be brot to full strength.
The destroyers will possibly be sent to
the East. They are now in service
with the American fleet.
FORD SPIKES RUMOR
PLANNED NEW AUTO
PAST YEAR ENDED WITH SUR
PLUS-DIFFICULT TO FORE
CAST CONDITIONS '
DDETROIT, Jan. 6. (/?)—'"An at
tempt to forecast business prospects
for 1927 must be tempered with the
fact that the year opens with a great
surplus of everything on hand,” Henry
Ford told the Associated Press. Mr.
Ford took this occasion to spike a few
rumors which haye been circulating
around, among them the one to the
effect that he plans production of a
low-priced six-cylinder car, and re
iterated his belief in the economic
value of the five-day week.
TO CELEBRATE PROHIBITION
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 6. (/P)—
The Federal council of the Church
es of Christ in America, has called :
upon the churches of the country to *
set apart Suoday, January 16, to cele
brate the seventh anniversary of pro
hibition. ' •
HUSBAND HELD FOR MURDER.
CHICO, CAL. Jan. 6— Albert Cohn
is being held on charges of murder
following the death of his wife. She
had died of a broken back brought
about, according to the coroner’s jury
by homicidal intent of the husband.
He says it w*as caused during a
friendly scuffle.
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DENIES SEEKING DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6. (IP)—Chas.
Chaplin, film comedian, yesterday de
nied any move of his to obtain a di
vorce from his young wife, Leita
Grey Chaplin.
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 6. (#>)—A
school boy, aged 13, came home yes
terday and made a noose from a piece
of clothesline, tied it about his neck
and with one end secured to a rafter
on the porch lifted his knees and
hung that way until he died. The
only reason assigned to his suicide
by his parents is that he was chided
for being behind in arithmetic.
PITCH EXPOLDES IN
HOLD FRENCH BAQUE
TWO DEAD, THREE MISSING AND
THIRTY-FIVE ARE REPORTED
INJURED
BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 .(j-P)—Two are
dead .three are missing and 35 injured
from am explosion of pitch which
filled the hold of the French barque
Richelieu last night. Without warn
ing, a few minutes after the workmen
left the hold the pitch exploded. The
vessel lay alongside of a pier, and
flames enveloped nearby works. The
ship blazed for six hours and then
sunk.
Narines Occupy Managua
To Protect Am. Legation
And All Foreign Interests
PRESIDENT DIAZ DECLARES ARRIVAL WAS
TIMELY AND SAVED COUNTRY FROM ANAR
CHY—PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS ADVANC
ING IN NICARAGUA—FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE ASKS KELLOGG TO EXPLAIN
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 6. (/P)United States
marines occupied Managua Wednesday for the first time
since August, 1925. The marines, 560 strong, landed
from the U. S. S. Galveston at Corinto, proceeding to Ma
nagua to guard the United States Legation. Officials of
the Diaz government stated their arrival was timely and
saved the country from anarchy, remarking that Nicara
gua had enjoyed the greatest prosperity and progress in
the 13 years since the marines were stationed here.
ASKS KELLOGG TO EXPLAIN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (^—An
nouncing that marines were ordered
to land, the State Department dis
closed thaLThe British and Italian di
plomats requested protection from the
Senate. The foreign relations com
mittee invited Secretary Kellogg to ex
plain the military activities.
FINANCIAL AND HOTEL DIS
TRICTS OF SAN FRANCISCO
ARE JOLTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. (£>)—A
spark from one of the moving electri
cally driven elevators in the Crocker
First National Bank building, on Sat
urday night, touched off approximate
ly 5,000 cubic feet of gas which had
escaped from a loose pipe connection
and resulted in an explosion that
rocked the financial and hotel dis
tricts and injured six people. The
damage to property is estimated at
$100,000.
GERMANS ATTACK FRENCHMEN.
MAYENCE, Germany. Jan. 6.—Two
French soldiers were attacked and
beaten by a group of seven Germans
as they left the garrison chapel after
attending a midnight mass. The au
thorities said the Germans were in
toxicated.
FIGHT FOR UNBOUNDED
LIBERTY SI OF OVER
CAPETOWN, S. A., Jan. 5.—Ad
dressing a large meeting at the Paarl
today Premier Hertzog, who ret imed
a few days ago from Great Britain,
where he had attended the Imperial
conference, said the struggle for un
bounded liberty for South Africa as a
people was over. Nobody need bother
in the future about South Africa's
breaking away from the British Em
pire.
SANDIT ACTIVITIES INCREASING;
FEDERAL TROOPS CHASE REV
OLUTIONISTS
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6. (/P)—Federal
troops in half a dozen sections of Mex
ico are chasing revolutionists, and
bandit activities have greatly increas
ed during the past few days without
apparent co-ordination. The bands
number between 20 and 200 men each.
Troops have been ordered to extermi
nate them. Forty rebels captured a
small garrison at Parras De la Fuente,
State of Coahila, but the Federals
soon routed them. Rebels attempted
a revolt at Milpa, it is reported, but
were surrounded. The dispatches said
the band forced priests to make revo
lutionary speeches.
CONGRATULATE CALLES
MEXICO CITY, Jan.6. 6 (^—Uni
versity students of Guatamala sent a
message of congratulations to Presi
dent Calles for “championing Latin
America against the advances of the
Saxon imperialists.” The Mexican
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
support© d Calles “in the international
crisis with the United States.”
WILL ENFORCE RIGHTS
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6. (^—Presi
dent Calles instructed the Depart
ment of Industry and Commerce to
furnish the Attorney General with the
names of the individual companies
who have applied for ratification of
their rights under the petroleum land
laws, so he can take action. Calles
indicated the government intends to
enforce forfeiture of rights of foreign
concerns who are not complying with
the new laws.
Everybody welcome at the Girls’
Basketball Bake Sale, Saturday, the
8th, at McMullen’s grocery.