MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 182.
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SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 7, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
u. s. cm of
COMMERCE GOES
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS FAVOR
ING FOSTERING OF SALMON
INDUSTRY
PASADENA. Dec., 7, (/P)—The
■Western Regional Convention of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce in adjourning yesterday
-*v&<50ptsd a resoultion urging its Na
tional Board of Directors give at
tention to fostering of the salmon
industry.
Tney also passed a resolution fav
oring acceptance of the Jones
White Shipping Bill whereby Alaska
might benefit from the Act which
now prohibits foreign vessels en
r o shipping from one Ameri
can port to another.
Alaska Representatives have con
tended the use of Canadian vessels
should be permitted during the
winter season when few ships reach
Alaska.
Fflussolini Gives Roman
Relic To Hungarians
BU DA JEST, Dec., 6 (/P)— One of
the columns of the famous Roman
Foivm has been re<ented by i'-t
rnier Mussolini to the Hungarian
people. The presentation of the
"aacrrrt relic” took place in Rome i:
presence of the Duce the Hungar
ian Minister and other noted per
sonalities.
The column will constitute the
r front of a monument which the
Hungarian Government is erecting
to the Italian Legion of 1848, and to
its leader, Count Monti, who helped
Hungary in her war of independ
ence.
faie Swimming Squad
Largest In History
NEW HAVEN. Dec., 6, (/P)_Two
hundred and 50 men are out for
the Yale swimming team. It is one
of the largest squads in the history
of the school.
The increased interest is attri
buted to the repeated successes of
the Yale teams coached by Robert
J. Kipputh *
Kipputh, tank coach here for 12
years, has developed teams which
won i 41 of 143 inter-collegiate con
tests, chalking up 57 world’s records
and 04 inter-collegiate records.
Princeton and the Navy have
been the only schools to score vic
tories over Eli swimmers in 11 years.
Chinese Pirates Are
Forced To Move On
FOOCHOW, Dec., 6, (£>)-Pi
raies of t'rf Province of Fukien
have begun moving to other parts
of China since the Provisional Gov
measures for the suppression of
eminent put into effect special
piracy attacks on steamers plying
up and down the coast. Armed
guards have been placed on all ves
sels voyaging between Fukien ports, j
Hongkong and Shanghai and wire- :
' Jess sets installed to send messages j
for help in event of emergency.
GIVEN BACK OLD JOB
SALT LAKE, Dec., 7, (£>)—Wil
iam A. Schnabel of Caldwell, !
Idaho, a former deputy United
States marshal at Sitka, has been
notified of his appointment to
the same post.
! “WALL STREET” OF LONDON IN MODERN DRESS
Modern buildings are replacing historic structures
in Lombard street (above) ,London financial section, and
old banking houses which have stood since the 17th cen
tury are being demolished.
STEAMSHIP AMERICA STANDS
BY WHILE QUINTERO FOUN
DERS
IQUTQUE, Chile, Dec., 7, (A3)—Sev
enteen persons are known to have
drowned when the Chilean steam
ship “Quintero” sank off Punt a P'1
tache near here after a collision
with the steam hip America.
After the crash the America stood
by and rescued the Captain of the
Quintero and most of the crew. The
America officers caid the collision
was violent and that the other boat
sank rapidly.
Australians Complain
Of National Poverty
VIENNA. Dec . 6, (/P>—Australian
|Minister of Finance Kienboeck call
ied Austria the “beggar of Europe”
!’n a recent statement of the coun
try’s financial plight.
The Minister told the Austrian
Chamber of Deputies that 98 pei
jeent of the Austrian people received
pneomes of from $250 to $400 yearly.
He said that the majority were
small wage earners who could not
afford ordinary comforts.
The remaining two percent, he
said lived on incomes ranging from
$2,000 to $3,000. He said there were
no millionaires in the country and
compared this picture with the
United States. »
Paris Passes New York
In Size Subway Jam
PARIS, Dec., 6, (/P)—New York,
which has been bragging about pos
session the greatest subway crowds
in the world, must pass on the
crush championship to Paris, if of
ficial figures published by the Paris
Metro Co., are to be believed.
The Paris Metro lines carry more
than twice as many passengers per
mile as the New York subway.
IS
SEATTLE: IS (SLEEP
SEATTLE, Dec., 7, (A1)—Chris
Sanderson of Petersburg was rob
bed of $360 and his ticket to Pet
ersburg, trunk checks and valua
ble papers, while he slept in the
Fairmont hotel. He had left the
door unlocked.
NFW FOSS FOR JONNARD
MILWAUKEE. Dec., 7. (JP)—Claud
“Bubber” Jonnard, sold by Milwau
kee, American Association, to the
St. Louis Browns, has a new “boss’
—Mrs. Jonnard. He married Miss
Marie Mohr of Minneapolis.
SENEML STRENGTH OF
KINS IS Him
I
r.ONDON Dec.. 7. (.Pi—1The King’s
power of resistance are serving him
well in the battle with his severe
and presistent illness which is still
causing anxiety to his subjects and
countless well wishers throughout
the world. Today’s bulletin said he
had a restful sleep and that his
general strength was maintained.
RECORD PASSENGER FLIGHT
ST. PAUL, Dec.. 7, (/Pi— St. Paul
to Chicago and return in five hours
and 32 minutes elapsed time—that
is the record for travel between Lie
two cities recently set by a 14 pas
senger tri-motored passenger plane.
The average speed on the flight was
132 miles an hour, while the run
ning time of the fastest trains on
the round trip is 24 hours.
i, fe*
IES II
SEATTLE Deo.. 7, 'Pi—Robert S.
iFeagles son of the late Rev. Robert
S. readies, died in his home here
i yesterday. Feagles participated in
the Klondike rush in 1893 ana since
Chen has been connected in mining
lactivities in the Northwest and Al
j aska. Two brothers and six sisters
survive him.
Emerald Isle Plans
To Restore Forest
DUBLIN, Dec., 7, (JP)—Ireland has
be' n largely denuded of its trees,
and the Free State Government is
interesting itself seriously in the
question of re-afforestation. This
year it is planting 7,000,000 trees,
roughly. 2.000 to an acre, in several
counties, and its record of planting
already reaches a total of 27,000.000
trees, ail planted since 1922.
THREE RUTHS IN CONGRESS
All three of the new women representatives in Con
gress are experienced in politics. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen
(upper left), democrat, Florida, and Mrs. Ruth Hanna
Me Cormick )right), republican, Illinois, learned from
their noted fathers, William Jennings Bryan and Mark
Hanna. Mrs. Ruth Pratt (lower left), republican. New
York, gained her experience as an alderman in New York
City’s so-called “silk stocking” district.
MARYLAND DUE LAND TODAY IN
| BOLIVIA; LATER CROSSING
THE COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, Dec., 7, (/^—Stat
ic is holding up detailed advices
from the warship Maryland which
\s enroute to Antofagasta, Chile,
with President-elect Hoover. Offi
cials of Bolivia were to be received
aboard the Maryland at that port
foday. Before the vessel continues
,on its “Good Will” voyage to Val
p araiso, thence to Santiago, where
they will journey by railroad from
Santiago across the Andes to
Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
When they reach the Atlantic
they will tai-ce quarters on the bat
fleshin Utah for the return trip to
* he United States by way of Rio De
Janeiro.
NEW AIR LINE
CHICAGO, Dec., 7, t/P)—Detroit
and Chicago have been linked with
daily round trip air passenger ser
vice on a new line established by
the Stout Air Service. The flight is
made in 12 passenger monoplanes
in two hours and 30 minutes.
«. J. FEIRSUN
nun, oe
BALTIMORE, Dec., 7, (^—Ed
ward J. Pearson, recently retired
oresident of the New York New
Haver. & Hartford Railroad, died
| here in a hospital. Pearson resign -
led because of ill health and had
been at the hospital since October
23. Death was due to cerebral
hemorrage.
i'Five-&-Teri’ Scheme
Applied To Groceries
CHICAGO, Dorn, 6, (YP)—The five
arc!-10 idea, which made fortunes
for a few men, has put on the gro
ce s apron
In the Chicago metropolitan area
there now are ‘ five and ten” gro
ceries—nothing more than a dime.
The commodities generally are can
ned goods. Shelves contain an al
phabet of foodstuffs, from anchov
ies to zweiback
Eggs, priced by the .dozen, are
available at five cents each. A lew
slices of bacon may be had in 10
cent packages. Even butter sells
for a dime, lire special appeal ol
‘he unique grocery is to families of
of two persons.
Russia Will Be Host
To Chess Champions
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MOSCOW, Dec., 7, (^P)—Soviet
! Russia will invite most of the great
! masters of the game to come to
[Moscow next year for an Interna
tional tournament. When the
'championships wer eheld in Buenos
| Avres last spring, the results were
followed here with much the same
enthusiasm that crowds in America
how in plav-bv-play reports of
world series games.
17.582 DEAF PITPII S
WASHINGTON, Dec., 7, (/P)—
There are 17.582 pupils enrolled in
schools for the deaf in the United
States, the Bureau of Education
savs. Of the puoils 13,762 are being
taught lip reading.