MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 59 SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 11. 1929
PRICE TEN CENTS
ONE REBEL COMMANDER ASKS
FOR TERMS IF HE SURREN
DERS; FACES BRICK WALL
MEXICO CITY. March 11. fIP)—
The opening of the second week of
> ne Mexican revolution found the
eiverrment and rebels converging
. acidly with likelihood of a decis- I
ivc clash in the region of Torreon I
where 0<sn. Escobar is conccntrat- !
mg heavy rebel forces.
Chief Calles of the federal arm
ies is 'cading a body of picked men
estimated at 18 000 and are pro
eedine northward along the na
tional railway toward Torreon.
Canitas, an important railway
junction, was held by the rebels
■for a short time but fell before the
advancing advancing federals
without bloodshed when more
than 1.000 men surrendered.
While the federals are proceed- :
ing northward thru the Zacatecas j
the lebels are developing an im-:
portanl movement along the west
coast in Sinaloa under the com- i
mand of Gen. Curz with Mazatlan j
ns the immediate goal. Should
Muzat’an fall to the insurrection
ests the way wili be open thru to
Nayar't and Guadalajara to Mexi
co Cl tv itself. This would inable
the rebels to outflank Calics and
endangering his forces from a
r- ar attack.
Gen. Aguirre, rebel leader in
k tJcf*r Cruz who was decisively dc
■k : eg ted last week, asked f «■ ic vv>
oi sui render. He was informed
unconditional surrender was the
, ;y terms he could get. Govern
ment vessels arc guarding against
his escape by the sea and in ah
likelihood the government wul
take strong measures with rebel
leaders it is indicated here, where
court martial and executions are
xpected to close the uprising.
-ANK IF APPROVED, WILL HAN
DLE ALL REPARATIONS AC
COUNTS, DEBTS
PARIS, March 11, (A5)— When
Owen D. Young, submits to the
committee of experts a revised draft
for discussion of a plan for the cre
► • at ion of an international bank to
handle the reparations debt. It is
possible that he will propose some
thing that may* prove as far reach
ing in the economic world as league
of nations is politically.
The bank is being organized
specifically to handle reparations
accounts but fianciers say that it
may live on as the greatest unit of
the international financial a n d
economic interest. The bank if ap
proved will handle all reparations
accounts and finance the commer
cialization of debts through the
floating of bond issues.
^ ARE RECOGNIZED
WASHINGTON. March 11, (/Pi—
The Republican National Commit
tee announced A. E. Lathrop of
Fairbanks and Mrs. Forest J. Hunt
of Ketchikan have been recognized
as national committeeman and
committee woman of Alaska.
SEATTLE. March 11, VP)—The
•notorsliip W. B. Foshay which will
be pu! into service by the North
land 'Transportation Co., in South
eastern Alaska is expected to b1'
ecmpMed early in August.
It is costing $400,000 and will
accomodate GO first class passen
gers. Cargo space for 1,000 tons
and refrigerator space for 32,000
cubic feet.
TWO MORE LONG TRIPS OVER
THE ARCTIC OCEAN MAY
BE MADE
NOME, March 11, (IP)— Pilot
Noel Wien returned to Nome from
Siberia at 6 p. m., Friday.
The plane carried a cargo of fur
valued at $150,000 mostly white
fox. The plane was supposed to
hop off for Fairbanks Sunday to
make connections with the train
for Seward and steamer from Sew
ard for Seattle.
The plane v- as unable to to take
all the furs offered and two other
long flights over the Arctic Ocean
is planned to take the fur out.
NEW YORK. March 11, UP)—
The famous Roosevelt flying field
has inen purchased by a syn
dicate headed by Seth Low, noted
war flier, and who is now a mem
ber of a large Wall street brok*
erage firm, and will be develop
d into the finest and best equip
ped airport in America, according
: to an anouheement given out
here.
PEPRESENT \TTVE MeCOFMACK
DESCRIBED THE CLAUSE AS
UN - AMERICAN
WASHINGTON, March 11,
Declaring it is not mandatory for
President Hoover to proclaim on
April 1st the immigration quotas
under the National origins clause,
Representative McCormack. Demo
crat from Massachusetts, urged him
not to make the proclamation.
The President would proclaim
the emotas of immigrants on the
basis of two percent of foreign born
who were in this country when the
1300 census was taken and became
effective July 1.
McCormack describes the Nation
| U origins clause as “Un-American. ’
I
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nv yobk power, rr .ye no-*:
OESERMINED IF REVENG:-'.
WAS THE MOTIVE
i NEW YORK, March 11,
fhonus i Fattyl V/uish, gunman
WBd bodyguard for Arnold Roth
; stein, underworld' gv.inb’.er, was shot
; and killed while playing cards in
the fashionable Miami Biltmore
hotel at Carol Gables. Florida, by a
man, who is as yet unidentified.
The New York police could not
; determine ii Walsh had been mur
dered in revenge for the slaying of
Rothstein, last November or was
the victim of a feud between rival
gangsters of New York gunmen.
The local authorities said that
Walsh was not considered as a sus
pect in the killing of Rothstein.
HAAiBERG. Germany, March ri
(■?)—"he old wooden vessel, the
Knut Skaloren which was formei
v a transport ship for Roald
Amundsen, was destroyed by fire
"•farted when it grounded in Es
tuary Elbe on Saturday. The crew
was saved but the ship and cargo
lest.
MURIEL VANDERBILT
CHURCH IS GRANTED DI
VORCE AT NEWPORT
NEWPORT. Catch 11. (IP)—Mrs.
.Muriel Vanderbilt Churcii, was
.•{ranted a divorce from Frederick
'Cameron Church Jr., on the
j'’rounds of neglect, to provide.
: The divorce was uncontested al
hough Mi. Church had counsul in
\ourl, Mrs. Church testified that
her husband had failed to support
.ter almost from th? day of their
.carnage in July 1925.
Mrs William K. Vanderbilt
•no*hr- of the bride and Mrs. Earl*
Smith, sister, corroborated tin
olainiitf’s statement, that Mr
church did not provide.
WASHINGTON. March 11. <ff>—
After a long distance telephone
conversation with President Porte:
Gil, Ambassador Manuel C. Tellez,
'of Mexico reported to the Ante
department, that the rcbm’.iou:
forces in his country now hold
centre! only in the states of Vera
Cruz Sonora and to some extent
in Chihuahua.
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■ IABC-FST NUMBER PASSENGERS
ENKOTITK NOTITH; 6? FOR
PORT OF SEWARD
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; SEATTLE, March 11. (JP)—‘The
;S S. Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co.,
[railed at 9 o’clock Saturday mom
my for Alaska wiht 2G0 passengers,
|f’2 for Seward, as follows:
A. S Swingess. Frances Stinson.
H. E. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Mich
ael Beegler, O. Hanston, Wm. Gei
i.v, C A. Sheldon, C. O. Sonstadt,
| J. R. Nixon, R. Richardson, A.
’ Vansantern. William Rush, John
Berg, Henry Gertz, A. Murphy, L.
V. Ely L. E. Ely, P. F. Kruger, G.
I. Walters, Oscar Anderson, John
O’Brien. J. E. Blair, W. Christian
,-cn, E. S. Peterson.
R. T Bas,shown. Mrs. L. Olson,
Miss D. King. M>ss T. Avonoff, W.
J. Nieni, Roy Ely, Mrs. G. B. Ely.
' ,. Lockes, R. J. Sumrny, Mr. and
’ yfrs. E S. Hammer, A. Bourdeaux,
I Mrs. H. Lemont, Mr. and Mrs. H.
i. IvI'icolm and daughter, Hany
. Leonard, H. Madson, Dr. and Mrs.
, ll Sutherland, Mrs. L. V. Ray and
:nn, a. R. Thompson. Mildred
Vest. Mrs. E. Mortall, J. M. Feme.
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NEW YORK. March 11, </P)—
' Narcotics, worth more than $1,000,
000 at the prices which addicts
. pay, were seized as they were be
ing shipped by express to distrib
1 utors in the south and west.
According to the press, four
men who are reported to be pro
fessional bodyguards to gang
! sters, have been arrested and on
them were found papers indicat
ing that Arnold Rothstein. slum
gambler and reputed backer of an
international dope ring, had done
business with them.
HOOVER PROMISE
0. S, PARTICIPATE
! WILL BE FULFILLED
GENEVA, March 11, (•?)—Steps
trwards the realization of the
■'romi.se made in President Hoov
i'-r s inaugural address, that a way
|-uist and will be found for the
American participation in the
pacific settlement of international
controversies are being taken by
I'ilihu Root, the American delegate
to the world court conferences.
He conferred with Foreign Min
ister Friana. of France, and out
lined in an unofficial fashion his
plans for taking some of the sting
out of the America’s fifth reserva
tion to world court participation.
The plan is supposed to have the
support of the important section
of congress, as well as that of
President Hoover and Foreign Sec
retary Stimson.