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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 92.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 7. 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Hudson Maxim, Inventor
Explosives, Dies At
Lake Hopateong, N. J.
WAS STAUNCH ADVOCATE OF PEACEFUL ARBI
TRATION AND CHAMPION OF ALL MANKIND IN
TROUBLE THOUGH INVENTOR OF MORE “CON
CENTRATED DESTRUCTION” THAN ANY OTH
ER MAN IN UNITED STATES
Lake Hopatcong, N. J., May 7. (/P)—Hudson Maxim
died yesterday afternoon from anaemia and stomach
trouble from which he had been suffering for two months.
Hudson Maxim, the inventor of more “concentrated
destruction” in the form of high explosives, smokeless
powder and automobile torpedoes than any other man in
the United States was, nevertheless, a life-long hater of
war a staunch advocate of peaceful arbitration, a cham
pion of all mankind in trouble, and the self-appointed
guardian of a thousand little birds that nested in the great
trees of his palatial estate in New Jersey.
k Two of Maxim’s discoveries iu his
experiments with high explosives
may be said in a large measure to
have revolutionized modern warfare.
They were the first smokeless powder
made in America and the first to be
a^ppted by the United States gpv
ernment; and “raaximite.” the first
high explosive bursting charge ever
successfully employed in armor
piercing projectiles. In addition to
these, he also invented a steam-pro
pelled torpedo and perfected a high
velocity rifle shell with a speed of a
mile a second.
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PARIS. BEN BENSON
SUMMARY OF NUMEROUS LAWS
PASSED IN THE SENATE AND
THE HOUSE
JUNEAU, May 7. (/P)—The Legisla-1
ture passed a total of 82 laws, 49 of
which originated in the House and 33
in the Senate. There were 98 hills in
troduced in the House, of which 33 j
were defeated and three died in the
Senate: seven in the house, without'
being considered, were laid on the ta
ble: three were withdrawn. Out of 70
i
measures in the Senate 33 passed both
branches, 25 were lost, five died in the
House and two in the Senate without
consideration, five were withdrawn.
An agreement was reached on the
Murray compensation bill which in
creases existing schedules about 17
per cent.
Benny Benson, designer of the Terri- j
torial flag, will only get a trip to
Washington to present the design to
the President and the trip is not ex- J
tended to Paris.
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION !
nun she life if uni
ROANOKE. Va„ May 7. UP)—Wal
ter Boothe, a farmer lad who was kept,
alive for more than two weeks by arti- j
ficial respiration died here. His j
friends had to work in relays raising
and lowering his arms to force air into |
his lungs, which collapsed April 21
when he was about to undergo an op- j
eration for a dislocated vertebra.
“SHOOTING” FALLS BANNED
NIAGARA FALLS, May 7. UP)—
City officials here now refuse per
mits for the old time favorite stunt
of “shooting” the falls in a barrel.
RUSSIA PROFFERS
OLIVE INCH TO
FOREIGN POWERS
SO SAYS SOKOLIKOFF AT INTER
NATIONAL ECONOMIC CON- I
FERENCE
GENEVA, May <. (/P)—Russia of
peaceful economic collaboration to
ficially offered the olive branch of
capitalistic countries Grecoire Sokoli
koff told the International Economic!
Conference. The Soviet Union would
welcome an industrial agreement with !
foreign countries and capitalists, and
that there is no reason why the world
could not have pacific competition be-,
tween two economic systems repre
.
sented by the Soviet and other coun
tries.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 5, Boston 3. These were !
the only major league game played, [
all others rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 6, Hollywood 8.
Seattle 4, Missions 3—ten innings.
Los Angeles 9, Oakland 3.
San Francisco 6, Sacramento 8.
flood Iters are
i RETURNING TO MAIN
! STREAMS IN SOUTH
BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE
GREATEST FLOOD IN HISTORY
OF MISSISSIPPI
| '
NEW ORLEANS, May 7. (/P)—With
: 330,000 persons in the north end and
Old Rivers, already either driven from
homes or compelled to seek refuge on
upper floors or the tops of dwellings,
.the beginning of the end of the great
jest flood in the history of the Missis
sippi Valley was felt below the mouths
of rivers between Crescent City and
,the mouth of the Red river. Consist
ent rises are shown indicating that
(the waters which have been running
free over the lowlands are returning
to the main stream.
EVERY PENNY OF TEN
MILLIONS AND MORE
NEEDED SAYS HOOVER
HOOVER SUMMARIZES FLOOD
SITUATION—CREST IS JUST
PASSING VICKSBURG
—
VICKSBURG, Miss., May 7. (/P)—Sec
iretary Hoover, summarizing the lower
Mississippi Valley flood situation, de
clared every penny of $10,000,000 of
the Red Cross fund and as much more
as the American public can give is
needed to care for refugees. Three
hundred thousand people must be
Reared for as the result of devastation
already wrought. The river has al
i ready spread over 3,400 square miles
of Louisiana lowlands, he said, and
he said the crest ofthe flood was just
passing Vicksburg. “There is about
6,000 square miles of Louisiana is still
kept dry by levees, but these levees,
i
upon which thousands of men are
i
working, have not yet felt the full pow
1 er of the flood."
I
SENT TO TIE PEN
MRS. ELLA O’BRIEN, AGED 54, SEN
TENCED FOR RUNNING BOOT
LEGGING JOINT
SEATTLE, May 7. (JP)— Mrs. Ella
O’Brien, aged 54, lifelong resident of
Seattle and Alaska, has started for the
State’s prison at Walla Walla to serve j
a year to 13 months on a charge of j
running a bootlegging joint. She and j
her husband, John O’Brien, aged 64,
were tried and convicted last minth.
O’Brien started his sentence two
weeks ago. O’Brien is a veteran Alas
ka prospector.
S fl
Ky WiruPfdinni4 Static
M ¥ IT IvlivI iMiCtHI* uLUlJD
Treasury Payments
, FUNDS FOR GOVERNOR’S AND TERRITORIAL SEC
1 RETARY’S OFFICES AND LEGISLATIVE EX
PENSES HELD TO BE ULTRA VIRES AND VOID;
JUDGE REED ISSUES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
i WHY INJUNCTION SHOULD BE ISSUUED MAY
11 AT 2 P. M.
JUNEAU, May 7. (/P)—Like a bolt out of a clear sky
James Wickersham for himself and all other taxpayers
similarly situated as plaintiff filed an injunction awainst
Walstein G. Smith, Territorial Treasurer, asking that he
* be restrained from payment from Territorial funds of
$17,690 for the Governor’s office.
I The injunction also calls for reJ
straining the payment of $21,700 for
; the office of the Territorial Secretary
and for legislative expenses involv
ing the compillation and printing of
the journals. The complaint declares
that the act of the Legislature in mak
ing appropriations is ultra vires and
void and not within legislative pow
ers. Judge T. M. Reed issued an or
der to show cause why the injunction
should not be issued at 2 o’clock
Mayl 1.
TWO-STORY CONCRETE
TAXICAB BUILDING IS
WRECKED; SEVEN DIE
I
TWO GIRL STENOGRAPHERS AND
FIVE MEN ARE CRUSHED
UNDER BUILDING
NEW YORK, May 7. (/P)— Efforts
are being made to ascertain the cause
of an explosion that wrecked the Yel
low Taxicab company’s two-story con
crete building killing two girl steno
I
graphers and five men yesterday.
Hundreds of persons rushed from the
shaking nearby houses and stores.!
Blocks of concrete and timbers were
; torn from the walls and doors by the
crash. At least 25 persons were
plunged through the wreckage of the
first floor into the basement. The
seven killed were crushed, or drowned
in the basement which was filled
with water from a bursted main. The
probability of strangers being in the
building caused continuance of the
I search for bodies.
WOMEN’S CYCLOPEDIA WRITTEN
PARIS, May 7. (/P)—An encyclo-!
pedia of feminine evolution has been I
, written here. It is called “The Wo-1
i
man’s Notebook.” I
FAMILY IS SILENT
ARCADE, N. Y„ May 7. (/P)—A
woman of this town, who traveled
widely before her marriage 22 years
ago and speaks five languages, has
never been from home since.
TESTIMONY ILL IN
SNYDER-GRAY. CASE
TO JURY ON MONODY
THIRD WEEK OF TRIAL ENDS;
MRS. SNYDER DID NOT TAKE
STAND AGAIN
NEW YORK. Moy 7. (JP)—'The jury
, will get the Snyder case Monday. The
testimony was concluded yesterday at
the closing session of the trial’s third
'week, and an adjournment vras taken
until Monday. Mrs. Snyder, contrary
to expectations, did not take the stand
in re-direct examination.
The last witness completed his tes
timony on the stand and the court
room was cleared of the mob of curi
osity seekers until Monday, when the
attorneys for Mrs. Snyder and Henry
Judd Gray and the State will stand be
fore the jury in orational outbursts
while they plead their respective
causes.
Cross-examination of Gray was tak
en up again by Mrs. Snyder’s counsel
and the State’s attorney. Through
out Gray stuck to his story like a
leech, kept Mrs. Snyder always at the
scene of murder and probably slipped
the hangsmen’s noose around his own
as well as her neck. No motive could
be dragged from him other than the
strange sex attraction of Mrs. Snyder *
held over him. In theend Mrs. Sny
der’s lawyer desisted without having
materially weakened the case against
his client. Examination was free of
colorful testimony which predominat
ed in previous questioning. Mrs. Sny
der’s counsel carefully avoided those
things which might affect his client
adversely.
ALASKA WRESTLER WINS
DETROIT, May 7. (/P)— Jack Sher
rawr, Alaskan heavyweight wrestler,
defeated William Demethral of Chica
go in two falls out of three.