COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 37. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5,1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
Prohibition Not
Party Issue 1928
Say Democrats
t SENATOR ROBINSON (DEMOCRAT FROM ARKAN
SAS) RE-ELECTED FLOOR LEADER SEVEN
TIETH CONGRESS—“DUE DIFFERENCES VARI
OUS STATES RESPECTING PROHIBITION CAN
NOT BE MADE PARTY ISSUUE”
WASHINGTON, March 5. (/P)—At a party caucus
held at Robinson; Ark., Democratic Senators unanimously
( decided that prohibition will not be a party issue in the
next campaign. Robinson of Arkansas was unanimously
re-elected floor leader of the seventieth Congress. The
caucus unanimously approved the decision of the Reed
campaign investigating committee to,go forward with
its inquiry despite the failure of the Senate to extend the
committee’s life. Reed (Republican of Pennsylvania),
who led the filibuster against extending the life of the
f committee, said that the committee would meet many le
gal obstacles if it attempted to continue the work.
Robinson outlined the stand on prohibition after the
caucus as follows: “It recognized that differences exist
in various States on political subjects, and these differ
ences respecting prohibition are not tQ be regarded as of
a partisan nature. In the very nature of the question,
it cannot be made a party issue.”
GENERALS GET MEN
1 DRUNK THEN ENLiST
IN NICARAGUAN ARMY
ALL SOLDIERS ON BOTH SIDES
CONSCRIPTED, REPORTS AM
ERICAN PILOT
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NEW YORK, March 5. (IP)—William
S. Broolcs, American pilot in the Nica
raguan air service, sent a dispatch to
the Managua Times saying that nearly
all the soldiers of both sides of the
trouble in Nicaragua are conscripted.
The generals get the men to fight by
getting them drunk and then tell them
how bad the other side is. He saw
the new army composed of men with
out shoes or sandals, others without
trousers and others without shirts.
One wore a bathrobe and bedroom
slippers; another full dress.
'I FOUR MARINES KILLED
LOS ANGELES, March 5. (IP)—'The
Examiner says refugees returning
^.aboard the liner Venezuela from Nica
ragua declared that four American
marines were killed in fighting near
Corinto.
IVORY BUYERS
BERLIN, March 5. (IP)—German
ivory buyers have entered the Lon
don market in competition with buy
ers from the United States. Prior
to the war, the Germans had their
own ivory resources in their colonies.
BIG TEN BILL TEilS
TURN EYES TO DIXIE
CHICAGO, March 5. (/P)—Western
Conference baseball teams soon will
be following the major leaguers
southward on spring -training trips
which have become as repular rou
tine for the professionals. Most Big
Ten teams will head South in early
April’while outdoor practice at horn1
will make its first Southern trip, to
Tennessee, and Wisconsin and Iovn
will go to Mississippi. Only Chicago
.holds out against the spring trip and i
its baseball team goes every two j
years on a tour of Japan.
CALIFORNIAN WINNER
IN COAST CONFERENCE
ENGENE, Or., March 5. (/P)—The
University of California won the coast
conference basket ball championship
by defeating Oregon 33 to21, after win
ning the first game 35 to 29.
EDUCATED FIGHTER
PARIS, March 5. (IP)—A boxer
who, as well as pounding his oppon
ent can thump a piano with the skill
of a virtuoso is somewhat of an an
amoly in present day pugilism. Paul
Lambolez, newest lightweight hope
of Francois Descamps’ string of
fighters can do all of that and swing
a mean paintbrush as well.
TERRIFIC CYCLONE
TOWN OF TAMATAV AND HAR
BOR WRECKED—LOSS IS ESTI
MATED AT FOUR MILLIONS
CAPETOWN, S. A., March 5.(£>)—
A terrific cyclone struck Madagascar
Island Thursday. Five hundred per
sons are reported killed. The town of
Tamatave and harbor were wrecked
and a loss inflicted estimated at $4,.
000,000. The steamers Catina, St.
Anne and Amanda, and the sailing ves
sels Elizabeth and Beritzky were com
pletely demolished. Madagascar Island
is a French colony in the Indian ocean,
off the east coast of Africa. The
island is 230,000 miles square and con
tains 3,500,000 inhabitants. All com
munication was wrecked and the first
word received was today from ships
arriving after the storm.
BIG PIER STATION
TO BE ERECTED 1
ENGLAND IN 1927
WORK TO BEGIN SOON ON PLANT
AT BRIMINGHAM OF 30,000
KILOWATTS CAPACITY
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I LONDON, March 5. {/P)—Work up
!on what is reported in England to be
one of the largest single electrical
contracts ever placed in the United
Kingdom, that for the construction
of Brimingham’s mammoth new pow
er station, is to commence soon, ac
cording ito advices from Consul J. F.
•Jewell, of Brimingham.
T.he new plant is to be one of the
stations under the Government’s
electricity scheme and its initial cost
i will be approximately $7,000,000. The
contract was placed with Interna
tional Combustion, Limited, of Lon
idon.
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The plant’s tubo-alternators, each
of 30,000 kilowatts capacity, and a’l
switch-gear transformers, and motor
generators, as well as the condens
ing equipment will be supplied by
another electrical concern located
in England.
In the boiler house, five of the
largest water-tube boilers yet con
structed in England are to be install
ed. each having an evaporative cap
acity of 200,000 pounds per hour.
The initial capacity of the station
will be 210,000 kilowatts.
The specifications of the plant
have been prepared by the city elec
trical engineer of Brimingham, who
is said to be the first Britist munici
pal engineer to adopt pulverized fuel
for firing in Great Britain on any
extensive scale.
SPANISH SHIP BURNS
NEW YORK, March 5. (IP)—The en
tire crew of the Spanish steamer Cabo
Hattfas, afire 135 miles from New
York, were picked up by the Spanish
steamer Cabo Torre*.
LARGE NUMBER BOOKED THRU
TO SEWARD—WELL KNOWN
ALASKAN RETURNING
SEATTLE, March 5. {£>)—'The S. S.
Alaska sailed at 9 o’clock this morning
and carried 341 passengers. Among
those booked for Seward are: Ben
and two daughters; Marie Hopkins,
McGibony and wife, Mrs. M. Coleman,
George W. Albrecht and wife, T. Mc
Govern, Dave Patterson, F. L. Knight,
A. B. Cummings, Mrs. M. McMichael
Mrs. Pauline Crane, Fred Wright and
son, Carl Carlson, George. Thomas, A.
Hanot, Fred Perry, S. Asp, Mrs. L.
Winton, Mrs. Charles Lynn and daugh
ter, Joe Dalton, James N. Dea, S. L.
Godfrey, A. M. Johnson, Wm. Corning,
Mrs. Frances Snyder. Mrs. J. Mc
Cutchin, Ed Inhalm, ’ Mrs. B. Little,
Thomas Hale, G. Neilson an\* wife,
Mrs. M. Brown and three children, M.
A. Irmischer, B. Neilson, V. Eng
bloom, H. Levrick, B. Gjerde, George
Smith, A. Levrick, E. Bae, B. Stock
man, E. T. Sullivan and wife, W. G.
Perry, wife and daughter, Olaf Galei
don, J. D. Lavelle, wife and two chil
dren, Edward Pryser and brother,
Charles Axelson, Tom Larson, and 19
steerage.
BODY URUGUAYAN
AVIATOR REPORTED
FOUND CAPE JUBI
ATTEMPTED REACH CANARY ISL
ANDS WHEN HOPPED OFF
FROM CASA BLANCA
AGADIR, March 5. (£>)—The report
ed finding of the body of Major Larre
Borges, near Cape Jubi indicated that
he had attempted to reach the Canary
islands when he left Casa .Blanca
Wednesday. Cape Jubi is near the
Canary Islands. He was accompanied
by his brother Raoul Larre-Borges,
radio operator; Capt Jose Ibarra, sec
ond pilot, and Jose Figoll, mechani
cian. He had planned to hop to the
Brazilian coast ^nd terminate his
flight at Montevideo, Uruguay.
AGADIR, Morocco, March 5. (^P)—It
is reported the body of Major Tadeo
Larre-Borges, the Uruguayan aviator,
missing since Wednesday, was found
shortly after the seaplane' in which he
planned to hop across the Atlantic
was found in the ocean off the cape.
GAME COMMISSION
‘ MODS CONTRACT
FOR ANOTHER BOAT
TWO CANNERY VESSELS BEING
CONSTRUCTED FOR NEW ENG
LAND FISH COMAUNY
SEATTLE, March 5. (/P)—1The Alas
ka Gam© Commission has awarded a
contract for a 43-foot tunnel-stern
river boat to Schertzer Brothers. The
vessel will cost §5,000 and be equip
ped with a 50-horse power engine,
and will maintain a speed of 11 miles.
Sleeping accommodations have been
provided for five persons. The Bal
lard Marine company is building two
cannery tenders, each 72 feet long,
for the New England Fish company.
AMERICAN MARIES
60 INTO ACTION
AGAINST CHINESE
SQUAD CHINESE SOLDIERS SEIZE
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
LAUNCH
SHANGHAI, March 5. (IP)—Ameri
can marines went into action for the
; first time when a squad of Chinese
soldiers took a Standard Oil company
launch and started down-stream. An
American naval officer was notified
, and 60 marines were sent in pursuit.
,They overtook the Chinese after a
five-mile chase and recovered the boat
without firing, although the Chinese
were armed.
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ENGLISH RICE STAKES
NEW YORK, March 5. (5s)—Stephen
j Sanford, American race horse owner,
| is making a determined effort 'to win
Uhe English steeplechase of the year,
the Grand National, March 28. He
is said to haave secured the services
of Jack Anthony, probably the best
steeplechase jockey in the United
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Kingdom, to ride one of his four
horses entered for the event, Bright
Boy, Marsin, Blancona and Mount
Etna. Anthony has ridden the win
ner of the Grand National on three
occasions. Sanford has won it once
with Sergeant Murphy. Last year it
was won by A. C. Schwartz with
Jack Horner, purchased a fortnight
j before the race.
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ENGLISH ANKLE BEST
LONDON, March 5. (JP)—There is
no ankle in the world to beat (the
ankle of the English girl, says A. J.
Manning, R. A., the protrait painter,
who is in great demand as a judge
at ankle shows which just now are
the fad here and there about the
country.