“ TERMINAL FOR THE
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 39.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Coolidge Proposes
In a Special Note
Cut Armaments
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE PRESENTED TO CON
GRESS WITHOUT WARNING IN MIDST OF CON
TROVERSY OVER CONSTRUCTION OF THREE
LIGHT CRUISERS—NOTE SENT TO GREAT BRIT
AIN, FRANCE, ITALY AND JAPAN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (/P)—President Coolidge,
in a note to Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, sug
gesed that treaties cutting down naval armaments be ne
gotiated at a Geneva conference without delay. The pro
posal would extend downward to smaller warships with
the same limitations as those placed on first class vessels.
At the Washington conference a similar proposal failed.
President Coolidge, in a special message to Congress,
said certain powers had laid down far-reaching naval
building programs despite the 1921 agreement on the pro
position. The President evidenced willingness that the
powers work on their own plans concerning air and land
armaments. The message came without warning in the
midst of the controversy over the construction of three
new light cruisers which would be one of the classes limit
ed if the Coolidge proposal is accepted.
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EDWARD W. CHAMBERS, WHILE
TEMPORARILY INSANE, LEAPS
FROM FOURTH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. (IF)—
Edward W. Chambers of Chicago,
vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad, plunged four
stories to his death from a hospital
window, apparently being seized with
temporary insanity. He was one of
the best known railway executives in
the United States. He entered the
hospital ten days ago for a minor op
eration and was making normal pro
gress and convalescing. He jumped
from the bed at 3 o’clock in the morn-!
ing and shoved the nurse out of the
room and locked the door, then leaped
from the window. He was 68 years
old.
FEARS ENTERTAINED III
FRANCE BE DRY YEAR
r
PARIS, Feb. 11. (IP)—The French
man fears it is going to be a very dry
year in France.
The wine crop is short. The pro
duction is off more than one-third.
There are only a hundred bottles for
each man, woman and child in France,
and the Academy of Agriculture is
worrying about where the rest of it
is to come from.
There is no solution of the problem
but restriction, says Prosper Gervais,
an expert, for Italy and Spain like
wise are rather low—in spirits.
POWERS IN RECEPTIVE WOOD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (JP)—
President Coolidge’s proposal for lim
itation of armaments appears to have
found the powers in a receptive mood.
Responsible officials of Great Britain
and Japan are quoted as agreeable to
a discussion. France and Italy are
reserving their decision, but are not
expected to refuse if the other pow
ers accept. No official communica
tion has been received.
HENRY FOHD ENDORSES
COOLIE THIRD TERM
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Feb. ll.(/P)
—Henry Ford is a guest of Thomas
A. Edison, helping celebrate the lat
ter’s 80th birthday. Ford said: “1
would endorse Coolidge for a third
term.” Edison said: “He ought to
be re-eleoted.”
FIRST ARRESTS MADE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (JP)—'The
first arrest has been obtained by the
United States Veterans Bureau in
carrying out previsions of the World
War Adjusted Compensation Act,
which assesses a penalty against any
one convicted of charging fees for
assisting veterans to obtain any of
the benefits accruing under the law.
DEAD BEATS KEEP PACE
LONDON, Feb. 11. (IP)—Dead beats
are keeping pace with the times in
London, says a report of the Trade
Credit Association. There are today
10,000 women dead beats here and
about 52,000 men, an increase of ap
proximately 10 per cent over the re
cords of last year.
MASONIC NOTICE
Special communication Saturday at
1:30. Work in the first degree. All
members requested to attend.
C. E. ORLANDER, W. M.
MARQUAM UNABLE TO APPEAR;
WITNESSES COST GOVERN
MENT $400 A DAY
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 11. (/P)—'The
Beattie trial was postponed until
Monday, when the case will be heard
regardless of the health of Defense
Attornye Marquam. The court in
structed Beattie to procure another
lawyer if Marquam was unable to ap
pear. It was reported that witnesses
alone are costing the government
more than $400 per day. Bennett
wired that he left McGrath yesterday
morning with two of the six defense
witnesses and will relay between
there and Nenana until all are landed
at the rail point.
FAMOUS DOG GAGERS
SEPARATED W SCANT
ALASKAN MUSHER ‘ FOUR MIN
UTES BEHIND FRENCH-CAN
ADIAN CHAMPION
ASHLAND, N. H„ Feb. 11. (/P)—
Less than seven minutes separated
the three leaders in the first leg of
the three-day 33-mile race. Francis
Dupuis, the picturesque veteran racing
trail winner of last year’s interna
tional Derby in Quebec was a scant
four minutes ahead of Sepalla. Du
puis’ time for 36Y2 miles was three
hours and 12 minutes and 45 seconds.
Emil St. Goddard was three minutes
behind Sepalla. Despite the unsea
sonably -warm weather the dogs and
drivers stood the uphill grind well.
The last five miles carried the dogs
through long stretches of slush and
water, turned into sticky paste by
passing cars. Tomorrow’s leg is 52
miles.
Seppala was the first* musher to
start the second lap. Dupuis cut out
one of his seven dogs because of trou
ble just after the start.
LONDON, Feb. 11. (/P)—(^British
war widows grabbed off 4,500 bache
lors for husbands during 1926.
Pensions and allowances being paid
to the close of 1926, totalled 794,400
and included 154,000 war widows, 25,
600 officers, 1,114 nurses, 563,000 chil
dren.
The government expenditure last
year was 66,916,268 pounds. The
Pensions Ministry supplied 10,000
men with artificial legs, 1,160 arms,
881 eyes and 18,388 pairs of surgical
boots during the year.
MEETING OF PIONEERS
The Pioneers will meet this evening
at 8 o’clock.
COOLIE SIGNS DILL
FOR ALASKA MANAGERS
WASHINGGTON, Feb. 11. (£>)—
President Coolidge signed the
bill authorizing the Secretaries of
the Interior, Agriculture and Com
merce to appoint representatives
to reside in Alaska and handle de
partmental business.
UNCOVERED CLOSE TO
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE
HEADLESS BODY OF WOMAN
FOUND IN COVE NEAR GIRLS’
COLLEGE—17 MISSING
SOUTH BEND, Wn., Feb. 11. (£>)—
Officers investigating the gruesome
murder of two men yesterday found
a woman’s headless body in a tiny,
cove of the St. Poe river on the
grounds of St. Mary’s College for
Girls. The arms and shoulders and
parts of the trunk were missing. Both
legs were broken at the hips and bent
back, the heels touching the thighs
and tied with a cord.
Seventeen women are reported miss
ing from South Bend within the last
nine months. The wom&n found
might have been killed four months
ago. She wras about 30 years of age.
S. S. ALAMEDA DUE TO
ARRIVE IN PORT 1 A. M,
The S. S. Alameda of the A. S. S.
Co. will arrive in port shortly after
midnight tonight or at 1 a. m., ac
cording to the local office. The steam
ship will discharge a total of 353 tons
of general cargo, of which 32 tons is
billed to railroad points, 42 tons for
I local merchants and 281 tons for the
[Alaskan Railroad.
PLANS FORMING FOR
1928 WINTER SPORTS
BE HELD ST. MORITZ
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. (/?)—Already
plans are actively forming for the
Olympic winter sports of 1928 which
which will be held at St. Moritz. The
entries for the international hockey
tournament on ice include Canada,
which was the victor at the Olympic
winter games at Chamonix in 1924,
the United States, Belgium, England,
Czechoslovaka, Sweden, Switzerland,
France, Germany Austria, Italy, Span
and Poland. It is probable that Jap
an, Holland, Rumania, Finland, Lith
uania, Denmark and norway will also
participate. The winter Olympic
games will be held in the month of
February under the auspices of the
Swiss Federal Council. The special
commissioner of the International
Olympic Committee will be Baron G.
deBlonay Grandson.
SUPREME COURT IS
ASKED TO DEFINE
ALASKA DRY LAW
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WANTS
KNOW IF SEARCH PROVISIONS
AND CODE AVAILABLE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (IP)—The
Department of Justice has asked the
Supreme court to decide whether the
search warrant provisions of the
Alaska bone dry law and the Alaska
code are available to the government
in enforcing prohibition in the Terri
tory. The Alaska law' makes no dis
tinction between warrants for public
or private buildings. Evidence seized
under an Alaskan warrant in the case
of Berkeness of Fairbanks, was ex
cluded because the warrant did not
specify that the building was Berke
ness dwelling.
WORK ON FAMOUS U. S. FRIGATE
BEGINNING; FUNDS RAISED
BY CHILDREN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (/P)—De
finite action has been taken towards
starting the work necessary to re
store the IT. S. Frigate “Constitution”,
the cost of which is to be defrayed
by penny contributions made by the
school children of this country. With
in the past few days, requisitions
have been approved for a large
quantity of live oak knees, white oak
for keel construction, and long leaf
yellow pine for beams. The pur
chase of this material, at an estim
ated cost of $95,000 will be made im
mediately by the Navy Yard, Boston,
in order that it may be cut before
the sap begins to raise and permit
of w'ork being started this spring or
summer.
VETERANS’ DISBURSEMENTS
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. (JP)—A total
of $14,961,873.54 was disbursed by the
United States Veterans’ Bureau dur
ing the month of December for death
and disability compensations to ser
vice Veterans, wiiile $14,484,869.85
represented insurance disbursements
during the same month.
HEAVY CRAMP, DENE
TUNNEYJSEATTLE
ALMOST MISSES THEATRICAL
ENGAGEMENT — BECAME AB
SORBED IN MUSIC
SEATTLE, Feb. 11. (JP)—Real evi
dence of Tiinney’s interest in the arts »
were given last night after the heavy- -
weight champion nearly stopped the
show by failing to appear as sched
uled on a vaudeville program. The
theatre management started a search
for Tunney and found him at a sym
phony orchestra concert. He explain
ed that he became so absorbed in the
music that the theatre engagement
completely slipped his mind.