MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 3. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928. ' PRICE TEN CENTS
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•Fins CAPITOl
CAMPAIGN OF PHRASE MAKING
PRO AND CON, REGARDING
LATIN AMERICA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (£>)—'Witl
the situation in Nicaragua describe<
at the Navy Department as unchang
ed from recent days apparent quiet
ness, battle words in Congress ore:
American policies in Central America
displaced actual fighting between th<
marines and General Sandino’s forces
Determined to carry thru its pro
gram of eliminating Sandino from the
picture the navy went about the worl
of preparing 1,000 additional men tc
send southward. Meanwhile the cam
ipaign of phrase making on Capito
Hill in defense and denunciation o1
presence of American forces in Latir
America promises to furnish atimulai
for many oratorical forays during th<
present session of Congress, and per
haps other sessions.
Apparently there is no inclinatiot
on the part of Administration oficiali
to reply to criticisms directed at then
for adherence to plans outlined it
Nicaragua. *
TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM
SANTE FE, New Mexico, Jan. 5. (JP]
—Bronson Cutting, Republican pub
lisher, was appointed by Governor R
C. Dillon to complete the unexpirec
term of the late U. S. Senator A. A
Jones who died recently.
SEARCH FOR THE "
M
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. (JP)—Due t<
the absence of new clues, on the Cray
son plane “Dawn” search has virtu
ally been abandoned. All efforts to
locate the plane has been unsuccess
ful and the search by the dirigible
Los Angeles and a cruiser proved
futile.
POLICE ENDEAVORING
THIRD KILLING, HICKMAN
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5. (£>)—Police
are trying to pin a third murder on
William Hickman, confessed murder
er of Marian Parker. They have
started inquiry into the cause of the
suicide of Abner Driskell, step-grand
father of Webly Hunt, one of Hick
man’s accomplices.
TO WAR ON GANGSTERS
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. (A5)—Silas H.
Strawn, president of the American Bar
Association, told bankers, lawyers and
business men gathered at a dinner
that war on Chicago's gangsters is
to be undertaken on a wide scale.
SEWARD COUPLE WED
Anchorage, Jan. 5, (Special to the
✓Gateway). Miss Mary McConnell and
Leonard Hopkins, of Seward, were
united in marriage today by Fathei
Markham. The happy and popular
; young couple are on a honeymoon
■ journey to Curry, returning to Sew
ard Saturday.
Mitt
: AND SELF WHILE
: MOTHER AT CLUB
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■ GRANDMOTHER DOES AWAY
WITH BABIES; NO REASON
ASSIGNED FOR ACT
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 5. (£>)—'Twc
► children, ages one and five years old
■ were drowned by their grandmother
who also drowned herself in a bath
' tub in their home in a prominent rest
dence district.
» The victims were Dorothy and
' Helen Shonle, and Mrs. Ella Shonle
■ The tragedy was enacted while the
mother of the Shonle girls was at a
club meeting.
1 Police and physicians, working
• pulmotors for more than an hour, at
tempted to revive the victims. No
reason has been assigned for .the act.
LINE UP WITH REST
PARIS, Jan. 5. (/P)—WTiile Foreign
Minister Briand hopes that the New
Year will bring the United States
into the line up of nations seeking to
outlaw war, Secretary of State Kel
logue addressed the suggestion to
' France that Briand’s no war princi
' pie be embodied in preamble 'to re
' newed arbitration treaty. The Unit
ed States, he indicated, is willing to
enter into a seperate agreement on
that subject which, however, shall
. not only be made with the French' but
I with all other nations.
ESTATE IS DISPOSED
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. (IP)—Estate
valued at about $1,000,000 is disposed
of in a will by Mrs. Ellen Duryea,
widow fo the race horse breeder, Har
manus Duryea. Family members are
the principal legatees.
LOTS OF H TITLES
SLATED FOR ENGLAND
LONDON, Jan. 5.. (/P)—Three peer
ages, five baronages and 50 knights
were announced on the Royal New
Year list. New peers are Sir Fred
erick J. B. Lusard, former Governor
General of Nigeria, Lieut. Col. Geo.
Graham Gibbs and Sir Gerald Strick
land, prime minister to Malta.
CAPTAIN GLASSCOCK
HAS DIFFICULTY
VETERAN SKIPPER CHARGED
STRIKING WOMAN WITH FIST
ON HIGH SEAS
SEATTLE, Jan. 5. (JP)—An angry
woman, two parrots, and altercation
aboard the steamship Alameda, re
sulted in Captain C. A. Glasscock,
veteran Seattle skiipper, being in the
hands of the federal department of
Justice agents on the charge of as
sault on the high seas.
Mrs. L. A. Peterson, who was a pas
senger on the S. S. Alameda, Seward
to Seattle, charges the mariner mali
ciously struck her with his fists and
injured her on December 22.
TELLS DIFFERENT STORY
Captain Glasscock, who has been
on the Seattle-Alaska run for 27 years
has a different story saying “she in
sisted keeping her two parrots in her
stateroom against the law and com
pany rules. We took the birds and
put them in cornfor quarters and
kept them warm but on the second
day out Mm. Ffeterson seized her
pets and took them back to her state
room and refused to give them up.
Accompanied by the first officer I
informed her the rules must be ob
served and the parrots returned to
their special quarters. Then .she
started in; first, she planted her foot
in my stomach, then clawed my face.
I had to protect myself and grabbed
her arms but I never did strike her.
Finally I told her if she didn’t quiet
down I would put her in irons. She
did not quiet down and I sent for
irons but when they arrived I found
the keys 'had been lost and had to
send them back.’’
HEARING IS SET
Preliminary hearing on the crimi
nal complaint against the Captain will
be held on January 20 when the S. S.
Alameda returns to Seattle on her
next run from Seward.
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U. S. EXPORTS INCREASE
i WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Ex
|-ports from United States in 1927 ex
ceeded $4,925,000 for increase of 18
percent in volume and 2 1-2 -percent
in value, Julius Kleign repoTt said.
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REDUCES DISCOUNT RATE
PARIS, Jan. 5. (JP)—The Bank of
France reduced its discount rate from
five to four (percent. Reduction was
due principally to abundance of money
in market caused by large purchases
of foreign exchange.
QUAKE ROCKS JAPAN
TOKIO, Jan. 5. i/P)—Tokio experi
enced its second sharp earthquake in
two days but little lamage was done.
Houses were shaken and a few orna
ments were smashed.
Frank Case, well known local res
ident, departed for Hoose Pass today.
POSTMASTERS NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (JP)—Post
masters nominated Included Henry
S. Sogn of Anchorage and Stephen
Birch of Kennecott.
ALAMEDA OFF FOR
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ASSISTANT TO GENERAL MANA
| GER SMITH, OF A. R. R., AND
WIFE, RETURNING
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SEATTLE, Jan. 5. (/P)—1The S. S.
i . .
Alameda, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at 9 o’clock this morning carrying
141 passengers. Seward reservations
include Mr. and Mrs. R. Hoelke, J. A.
Dollar, H. E. Bowman, Milo Kelly,
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Raynor, M.r and
Mrs. Norman Lack, Rex Swartz, Miss
Elliott, E. A. Rasmussen, A. C. Graun
stadt, E. R. Burns, C. L. Schlvekkery,
B. C. Berry, John Odegard, Peter
Hansen, H. Hassel, R. H. Stevenson
and baby, Miss Hopper, Mrs. Bernard,
Mrs. Knowell, H. B. Knabb, A1 John
son, Joe Thompson, Lewis Wilson,
J. A. McDonald and three steerage.
NEW LEVEL IS SET
HOME EXCESS
OF SI.000.000
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. {&)—'The
number of Americans with personal
incomes in excess of $1,000,000 reach
ed new high level of 228 in calendar
year of 1926 an increase of 21 over
the previous year, according to pre
liminary statistics made public by
the internal revenue bureau. These
were incomes received in 1926 on
which taxes were paid in 1927. The
number of persons receiving more
than $5,00,000 jumped to 14 from 7 in
the previous year. Survey by the Unit
ed atStes Labor Department showed
business will reach new high levels
in 1928 and industry is not halting be
cause of the presidential election.
POINCARE IS ILL
PARIS, Jan. 5. (/P)—Premier Poin
care has been confined indoors for
two days because of cold. Doctors
said it is not serious.
ENGtAND AREAS STILL
SUFFERING FROM STORM
LONDON, Jan. 5. (^P)—While the
work of clearing away snow slush and
sleet which for a week has made
England's roads impassable is pro
ceeding rapidly in London, the re
mainder of the country is still ham
pered by seas pf mud and water.
THREE BODIES ARE
RECOVERED FROM
SUNKEN SUBMARINE
DIVERS ENTER HULL; GALE
HALTS FURTHER OPERA
TIONS TEMPORARILY
PROVINCETOWN, Jan. 5. The
sunken submarine S-4 yielded the
bodies of three men of the crew of 40
who lost their lives when the sub
marine was rammed and sunk 18 days
ago. Divers, entering the hull in the
afternoon, carried the bjodies from
the engine room and ocean bottom.
No attempts were made at identifica
tion at the time.
IDENTIFY BODIES
WASHINGTON, JaJn. 5. (£>)—'The
bodies of three men were taken out
of the submarine S-4 and identified
by finger prints as Lieut. Commander
R. K. Jones, Lieut. Joseph McGinley
and chief machinist’s mate, Aron
Albert Hodges.
Jones was the commander of the
vessel. A gale forced suspension of
diving operations today.
CHINESE OFFICIALS RESIGN
SHANGHAI, Jan. 5. (/P)—Foreign
Minister of Nanking government,
Dr. C. C. Wu, and Finance Minister
Sin Fo resigned .positions Thursday.
Dr. Wu said he resigned because he
could accomplish nothing.
HONDURANS REGRET TO TO
SEE LINDBERGH DEPART
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 5.
(/P)—Hondurans regretted Col. Chas.
A. Lindbergh’s “marvel child” had to
leave them. A commission represent
ing each of the 17 departments in
Honduras paid Col. Lindbergh final
tribute.
The flyer’s route today of 150
miles led from Tegucigalpa to Man
agua, Nicaragua.
EVIOENGE IN DELAYING
AGENTS GASES IS SEEN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (£>)—Evi
dence of general delay in punishing
delinquent prohibition agents is seen
in bringing to trial of three prohibi
tion agents next January 30th for
the killing of C. V. Gundlach, a Mary
land farmer, five months ago.
LAW REVISION PASSED
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5. (^—Presi
dent Calles proposals calling for re
vision of oil laws making them agree
able to American (petroleum compan
ies were passed by the Mexican sen
ate.
Reverend W. R. Macpherson, left
for Anchorage this morning wheare
he will conduct Evangelistic services
lie is returning to Seward Saturday.