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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 64.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 5,1927.
U. S, BLUEJACKETS
■DUG STEAMER
USE MACHINE GUNS
EVACUATION FROM NORTHERN
CAPITAL CONTINUES—LABOR
SAME
♦ SHANGHAI, April 5. (/P)—Further ;
disorders -and spread of the area af-,
dieted and controlled by the Nation
alists mark the developments in the'
anti-foreign situation. American blue- j
jackets charged with guarding the |
steamer China, opened fire with ma- j
cine guns upon coolies who attempt-,
ed to capture the craft, wounding four, j
The Cantonese are pressing northward
toward Peking, and evacuation of wo-1
men and children from the Northern
capital continues. Americans are;
leaving Canton. The labor situation
at Shanghai remains disturbed.
MINING DEVELOPMENT MAYO,
RICHMOND. TOURIST TRAVEL
REASONS ASSIGNED
VICTORIA. B. C., Apri 5. (/P)—'The
Dominino Public Works Department
announces plans to improve naviga
tion on the upper Yukon and Stev
^ rivers. Increased traffic because
of mining developments around Mayo
and Richmond and growing tourist
travel are assigned as reasons for the
proposed improvement. The first step
is the removal of the Rock Rent rap
ids where the steamer Dawson was
wrecked last fall.
ACTRESS GETS $15,500
LONDON. April 4. (/P)—Fay Marbe,
American actress, was awarded $15,
g|00 in combined breach of contract
and defamation of character suit
against Daly’s theatre. She wras hired
and paid for playing in drama but was
not permitted to act the role.
OUT OF KUSKOHM
(Special to the Gateway)
ANCHORAGE, April 5.—Pilot Ed
jYoung with plane No. 1 of the Anchor
age Air Transport service, who was
forced down 60 miles north of Akiak
^llarch 10, has arrived with the plane
at Akiak. He will proceed to Bethel
for fuel and will return to Anchorage
via McGrath as soon as weather per
mits.
SHO DISCLOSES PON
DETROIT, April 5. (/P)—<Under
cross examination of Senator Re2d,
cohnsel for Ford in the $1,000,000
suit against him, Aaron Sapiro dm •
closed a plan to organize all the
y farmers of the world into single see
ing groups to control prices of basic
farm products. He said internation
al control of wheat was his first aim.
BEATS WIFE TO DEATH
NEW YORK, April 5. (/P)—Edward
Demarse, aged 58, confessed he beat
his wife Helen, aged 60, to death be
cause he wanted a few hundred dol
lars he believed she had in her stock
ing. He. found no money. They had
been married 20 years.
THOUSANDS SPECIAL
POLICE SQUABS ABE
GUARDING THE POLLS'
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NEGRO VOTERS PANIC STRICKEN j
WHEN GUNMEN FIRE INTO
POLLS
CHICAGO, April 5. (/P)—A most ex
traordinary campaign entered stage
with 5,000 policemen, special machine
gun squads and armed plain clothes
men guarding the polls.
William Diver (Democrat) bases
his re-election on the plea of his mu
nicipal Tecord. William Hale Thomp
son, former cowboy and Mayor, adopt
ed the slogan “America first.” He at
tacked the League of Nations draft
and prohibition, and told King George
to keep out of Chicago affairs. The
third candidate, Dr. John Robertson,
former health commissioner under
Thompson, has only a bare chance of
winning.
Two Democratic headquarters were
bombed by a man riding in an auto
mobile.
Vincent Drucci, a gangster, was shot
1 and killed by a policeman during an
argument while drunk and being
: taken to jail. Two Superior court
i judges refused to issue warrants for
the arrest of the policeman.
I Negro voters were panic stricken
when gunmen in roadsters fired into
: a polling place. No one was injured,
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mn MAIL PILOT IS BEEN
MISSING SINGE SUNDAY
FRESNO, Calif., April 5. (£>)—No
i trace has been found of Eddie Neher,
pilot of an air mail plane, and A. Shal
ler, who has been missing since Sun
day morning. The belief is expressed
j that the plane either unwittingly flew
! out to sea or else was forced into the
!
! mountains and wrecked or forced
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| down.
FL000 FAMILY ANSWERS
SUIT OF MRS. GAVIN
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. (#>)—
The Flood family yesterday answer,
ed the suit of Mrs. Constance May
Gavin who claims she is a daughter
of the late James L. Flood and entit
led to a share in his $7,000,000 estate.
In spite of the enormous amount of
evidence offered by Miss Gavin the
claim will be contested by the Flood
family.
NOTED EDITOR DEAD
WASHINGTON. April 5. (IP)—Perry
S. Heath, newspaper editor and form
er assistant postmaster is dead. He
was one of the founders of the
^Gridiron Club.
AWAITING FAVORABLE CONDI
TIONS TO BRING ESKIMO TO
MEDICAL AID
(Special to tlie Gateway)
ANCHORAGE, April 5—The Anch
orage Air Transport plane No. 2, pi
loted by R. H. Merrill with Alonzo
Cope as mechanic, and which left
here at 9:15 yesterday morning, ar
rived at Nome seven and one-half
hours letar. The last miles of the
journey was made in a heavy snow
storm. Merrill is awaiting favorable
weather conditions to make the hop to
Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island to take
Sepelluss, Eskimo, manager of the Co
operative Store company, to Nome for
medical treatment.
BUD A PEST, April 4. (/P)--The po
; lice here are searching for the writer
I of an anonymous letter describing a
j suicide club, supposedly of worldwide
: fame. The letter was obviously writ
ten by a woman of education who
stated she had become a member of
the club by accident. Meetings of the
club are held twice a week in vari
ous centres. Lectures and discourses
extolling the virtues of suicide are
; presented in a very elaborate fashion
that is having an alarming influence
on the weaker minded, she «aid.
There has been a noticeable increase
in the number of suicides here re
cently the police declared. A fanatic
hypnotic mind is thought to be at
work and the police are seeking this
! leader.
DOES SONG AND DANCE STUNT
AMIDST SPECIAL SCENERY;
SUCH IS FAME?
NEW YORK, April 5. (^—“Peach
es” Heeman Browning whose wealthy
middle-aged husband, Edward Brown
ing recently obtained a seperation
has become a vaudeville headliner,
having signed a contract for $10,000.
She signed up with Arnold Stolz the
producer, to appear in Vaudeville and
picture theatres. Her tour will take
her as far west as Chicago and in
each theatre she will be on the stage
20 minutes. Special scenery is being
made for her. She will do a song
and dance, and a dancing team will
also perform.
WRIGLEY MUST PAY
CHICAGO, Aprol 4. (JP)—The high
court has ruled that William Wrig
ley must pay to Larson (^P) Company
$1,348,000 for patent infringement.
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MAN DELL-FIELDS DRAW
LOS ANGELES, April 5. (^—Sam
my Mandell, lightweight champion,
and Jackie Fields, the coast flash,
fought 12 fast rounds in a no decision
battle. The bout appeared to be a
draw in the opinion of newspaper men.
MOST ALL BANDITS WHO KID
NAPPED AND MURDERED WIL
KINS CAPTURED
MEXICO CITY, April 5. (/P)—1The
Guadplajara police captured most of
the bandits who kidnapped and mur
dered Wijkins. Three members of
the bandits are reported to have con
fessed. Becoming enraged because
Federal troops wrere being sent in
close pursuit the bandits are said to
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have killed Wilkins. Wilkins’ ten
: year-old son who was kidnapped with
his father, was released to demand a
ransom for the release of his father.
The men identified Mariano Calzada
as the leader of the kidnappers, and
information given is expected to lead
to the arrest of others. The Mexican
authorities said the kidnapping and
slaying was part of a plat against the
government’s estranged relations with
the United States.
FACE FIRING SQUUAD
MEXICO CITY, April 5.(/P)—Tried
by summary court martial for kid
napping and murdering Wilkins, sev
en men were shot by a firing squad
at Guadalajara.
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FORD COMPANY QUITS
SELLING FOODSTUFFS
DETROIT, April 5. (/P)—Officials of
the Ford Motor company and the Re
tail Grocers association reached an
agreement whereby the Ford organ
ization discontinues the sale of food
stuffs and merchandise to the public.
I Representatives of teh association as
sailed Ford’s (practice as a scheme to
drive the small dealer out of business.
PUCK CALLIIHAN IS
DROWNED OFF FISK OOIT
JNEAU, April 5. (JP)—It is reported
'that Patrick Callahan, was drowned
when the Canadian halihuter Caltu
ish grounded at Cape Fairweather in
a heavy snowstorm. The remainder
of the crew of 11 are safe at Yakutat.
The Caltuish was destroyed.
PROPRIETOR OF BOOT
FARM IS SENTENCED
—
LOS ANGELES, April 5. (/P)— Mrs.
Minnie Fess Hines the convicted
proprietor of a baby farm here was
sentenced from one to 14 years in
the state prison here yesterday. The
baby farm charges were dismissed
when she pleaded guilty to passing
a worthless check for $150.
ALL FIVE HAVE BROAD EXPERI
ENCE DOMESTIC, INTERNA
TIONAL AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, April 4. (^—Pres
ident Coolidge emphasized the im
portance of American participation in
the international economic conference
to be held at Geneva by appointing
five men of outstanding prominence
as the American delegation. The men
named are Henry Robinson of Los An
geles, who served on the Dawes com
mission; Norman H. Davis of New
York, former assistant Secretary of
the Treasury; John W. Oleary of Chi
cago, president ofthe United States
Chamber of Commerce; Alonzo E.
Taylor, of Stanford University, and Dr.
Julius Kline of the Commerce Bu
reau. All five have broad experience
in Domestic and international af
fairs.
PRINCE CAROL CONFERS WITH
FIVE RUMANIANS IN PARIS
OVER THRONE
PARIS, April 5. (/P)—Interest in the
Balkan political situation centered
around Prince Carol of Rumania, who
left his Neiully residence yesterday
for an unknown place. He returned
| this morning and arranged to confer
with five Rumanians. It is thought
; the conference pertains to his return.
; to Rumania and the possible ascendan
cy of the throne.
FORMER ALASKAN DIES
ARLINGTON, Wn., April 5. (£>)—
Dan B. Patterson, former resident of
j Nome, Anchorage and Hyder, where
he was associated with Chas. C. Her
|ron died, He has a brother, W. Pat
j terson, at Nome.
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I Dan Patterson was among the'best
known residents of the Cook Inlet
country, where he was engaged in va
rious businesses, including associa
tion with Charlie Herron in the
Katchemac Boy saltery. He was for
a time owner and operated the gas
boat Grizzly, in the Kodiak Island
section. He left A(nchorage a few
years ago for the States, where lie
had lived until his death.
BRIDE OF THE WEEKS
IS ITTira BY THUG
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. (/P)—
"Beaten and attacked by a thug, Mrs.
Mareitta Bloss. bride of but three
weeks, was found in a dazed condi
tion early this morning. She told of
a stranger following her as she was
returning home from a bridge party '
at a friends home. The fiend ap
parently dodged around and waylay
ed her in a dark alley, in which the
assault was committed.