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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 260.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
“ Hot Air ” Asserts
Work Reference To
Changing Terminal
PORTAGE BAY TERMINAL IS MYTH; NO CHANG
ES CONTEMPLATED ON RAILROAD; SMITH
STILL ON THE JOB AND HAS NO INTENTION
OF RESIGNING; NO PERMANENT IMPROVE
MENTS TO BE MADE UNTIL TERRITORY RAIL
ROAD SERVES BEEN DEVELOPED, x
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26. (/P)—Officials of
the Alaska Railroad have nQ intention of abandoning th< j
Seward terminal and there has been no discussion of the
removal of the terminal from Seward to Portage Bay as'
has been nimored, Secretary Hubert Work said.
The Interior Department is not contemplating any
changes in operation of the line and reports the pending
resignation of General Manager Noel Smith as “hot air”.
Smith also denied he contemplated resigning.
Secretary Work said he was “well pleased with every
thing concerning the railroad except the operating in
come” and until the Territory served has been developed
the road will be forced to operate at loss and permanent
improvements held in abeyance.
PARKS PAYS VISIT
MUTE WASH
TO GOVERNOR AIMS
DISCUSSES PULP FACTORIES AND
EMPIRE IN THE MAKING IN
FAR NORTH
DENVER, Nov. 26. (JP)—Alaska, paid ;
an official visit to Colorado when Gov- j
ernor Parks of the far north Territory !
dropped into Governor Adams’ office!
in the State House for a chat about j
weather, crops, and the price of beef. |
Governor Parks told Governor!
Adams about his new empire in the j
making, about the two big pulp fac-!
tories which will be built at Ketchikan
and Juneau ; Adams told Parks about j
Colorado’s prosperity, the creation of (
an osis in Denver county, and incident-j
ly the election of a Harriman White |
as Congressmen.
Governor Parks is visiting his par
ents here, Mr. and Mrs. James Parks,
and expects to leave soon for Wash
ington returning again in time for
Christmas.
SHOW UP IN LUMBER CAMP
CAPETOWN, Africa, Nov. 26. (JP)—
Airplanes and searching parties fail
ed to locate J. D. Harries and tour
ing party of seven, lost in Southwest
Africa, but they have turned up safe
in a lumber camp, after suffering
from lack of food and water.
LIQUOR SMUGGLING
DETROIT, Nov. 26. (/P)—Howard
Kresge, son of the Chain Store head,
and student at the University of
Michigan, was fined $55 for smuggl
ing liquor across the border from
Canada.
NATIVES TAKE TO AIR
RUBY, Alaska., Nov. % (/P)~Noel
Wein, aviator, arrived from Fair
banks in his plane bringing Mrs. Alex
Brown and baby. Mrs. Brown is the
'irsit native in this dictrict to have
taken an air voyage.
WILL DEVOTE LIFE
FORBES ESCORTED TO PRISON
GATE BY DR. COOK; WILL
WRITE A BOOK
LEAVENWORTH, Nov. 26. (/p)—
Charles Forbes, former Director of the
Veterans Bureau, announced his most
important mission in life will be to
"correct the erroneous impression the
public has been given of President
Harding.”
Forbes, who has been released from
prison, was accompanied to the prison
gate by Dr. Frederick Cook, Arctic ex
plorer, who, the former Secretary said,
he will write a book about giving him
the “kind of publicity he deserves for
he is a great man.”
KEEPS ON FIGHTING
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. {JP)~Jack
Dempsey failed in his attempt to
get his suit against Jack Kearns
speeded up. It probably will go over
until next year.
MUST BE HAPPY
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. (^—Law
yers for Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray
are preparing to 'take an appeal
against the death sentence to the
Supreme Court. Meanwhile both pri
soners are in good spirits.
COMMISSIONER OF LIGHTHOUSE
SERVICE RECOMMENDS NEW
ALASKA WORK
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. (/P)—The
expert! Hu re of $8,439,755 for improve
ment anti repairs oi' the Nation a!
light-house service d iving the fiscal j
j years beginning next June, has been
recommended to Secretary of Com
merce Herbert Hoover by George
R. Putnam, Commissioner of Light-1
houses. *•
Included in the estimates is the
i sum of $25,000 for -esitabishing new
I aids to navigation in Alaska. The
; most important item called for the
I expenditure of $1,100,000 for the ccn
; struction or purchase and equipping
i light-ships and light-house tenders
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WEI EXPECTS HOP
HOME TO FAIRBANKS
TODAY; XMAS MAIL
NOVEMBER 15 MAIL FROM THE
STATES ARRIVES FAR NORTH
ERN TOWN
, NOME, Nov. 26. (/P)—PiTot Noel
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Wein expected to hop off today fori
his return trip to Fairbanks 'with!
. three pas-sengers and Christmas mail |
j for the Outside.
Wein arrived on Thanksgiving Day
with three pouches of mail including
Associated Press feature service
sheets. The Nome Nugget got out an
extra page of late news from the
States. Some of the letters from the
States were dated as late as November
15.
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Despite below zero weather here,
35 below at Ruby, the Fairbanks avia
tor expected to have no trouble.
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MAJOR CRUIKSHANK, PILOT, AND
ONE PASSENGER IN PLANE;
LITTLE GAS
JUNEAU, Nov. 26. (/P)—Word has
Ibeen received by the Juneau Empire
from Skagway that the plane “Queen
of the Yukon”, piloted by Major
Cruikshank the Canadian aviator'and
carrying one passenger, is overdue
at Mayo, Yukon Territory, from White
horse. i ;r
The iplane left Whitehorse on Thurs
day for Mayo, 300 miles northeast and
has not been seen since. Gasoline for;
five hours is said to have been carried.
FORMER DIRECTOR OF
VETS BUREAU RELEASED
LEAVENWORTH, Nov. 26.
Forbes, former director of the United
States Veterans Bureau, completed
serving a two year term in the Federal
penintentlary and was released at mid
night. He \^s met by his friend
John Rogers. They left immediately
for St. Louis.
HER, RECEPTION
FOR MAJOR ELLIOTT;
SUCCESSOR STEESE
NEW PRESIDENT OF ALASKA
ROAD COMMISSION MAKING
FIRST VISIT SEWARD
Unexpectedly, Major Malcolm Elli
ott, Engineer Corps, U. S. S., tinder
assignment in Alaska as President
of the Board of Road Commissioners,
and successor to Colonel James G.
Steese, arrived in Seward today front
his Juneau headquarters. Major El
liott is making a fast trip through
the Territory to obtain a personal
view of 'the country—his first—prior
to his departure for Washington, D.
C., about December 15, to appear be
fore Congressional committees in
connection with hearings on Alaskan
estimates for road work and other j
activities coming under his juris
diction.
He will leave Seward in the morn
ing for Anchorage where, following,
a few hours conference, he will con
tinue on to the Fairbanks office. It
is planned to reach Seward again
next Saturday evening embarking on
the S. S. Alemeda for Juneau.
Honoring his first visit to Seward
the Chamber of Commerce is giving
a dinner reception at 5 o’clock this |
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afternoon at the Seward Grill to
which, not only the members of the
organization are invited, but all citi
zens of the city and visitors.
Accompanying Major Elliott is
Major D. H. Gillette, engineer officer,
who held the Presidency of the Com
mission since the retirement of Colo
nel Steese. Other prominent visitors j
and officials will be guests at the
dinner.
During his stay in the city Major
Elliott is a guest at tile Van Gilder
hotel.
. WALKER BEATS PAUL
CHICAGO, Nov. 26. (Jp)—Mickey
Walker, world’s middleweight champ
ion, won a 10 round decisioin over
Paul Berlinbaeh, former light heavy
weight champion.
BIG GAME TOMORROW
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26. (£>)—
With the Army and Navy battling
for supremacy in the East Universi
ty of Southern California vs. Notre
Dame at Chicago, and St. Mary vs.
Santa Clara here, 'the football fans
will have a day of feasts today.
NEW REGULATIONS BE
ISSUED ON DECEMBER
10 AT WASHINGTON
FEATURE OF NEW ORDERS BE
CLOSING ALL BAYS, PASSAGES
IN THE SOUTH
SEATTLE, Nov. 26. {#)—Drastie
regulations are designed to avert the
threatened extinction of salmon in
Southeastern Alaska, is announced by
Henry O’Malley, U. S. Commissioner
of Fisheries. The feature of the new
regulation orders the closing of all
bays, estuaries and passages in South
eastern Alaska, abolishing fish traps
«
in addition.
The regulations will be officially an
nounced from Washington on Decem
ber 10. In effect they will include a
reduction, in length and depth of purse
seines; the maximum length will b?
reduced from 2&0 to 200 fathoms w'hile
the depth now is 300. Three and one
half inch meshes will be reduced to
two and one-half.
The spring opening date before
which all salmon fishing will be pro
hibited will also be set by the United
States Bureau of Fisheries which re
tains its authority and may at any
time immediate order cessation of fish
ing in any area.
O’Malley announced a new regula
; tions meeting is to be held in South
j eastern Alaska by a group of Associa
tions of Pacific Fisheries.
I MADE NO ATTEMPT TO RESCUE
TEACHER WHO FELL OFF
YACHT LAST SUMMER
SEATTLE, Nov. 26. (A5)—A directed
verdict freed F. Creigh Nelson, weal
thy Seattle clubman and Captain.
Amory Bell, skipper of Nelson’s yacht,
the “Ouriel” who were tried on a
manslaughter charge on account of the
death of Violet Payne, music and
dance teacher, drowned last summer
whe nshe fell into Lake Union while
leaving a party aboard the yacht.
In directing a verdict of not guilty
the court held the two men were not
j legally bound in an attempt to rescue
her.
COLLEGE BREWS BEER
OXFORD, England, Nov. 26. (/P)—
“A plate of beer, please,” is the way
the undergraduates of Queen’s Col
lege order their home brew. A "plat©
of home brew” is a pint, or a little
more. Queen's is the last of the Ox
ford colleges to brew its own beer.
Fred Hunt, veteran “blower,” has*
just retired at 68, but he passed on;
to his successor the secrets of brew
ing.