COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 22. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ON WEDDING DAY C. L. ELROD
FOUND DEAD IN BED—WROTE
GIRL POISONED HIM
MARSHALLTOWN, la., Jan. 22. (/P)
—Baffling circumstances of the death
hy poisoning of Charles L. Elrod, aged
2S, a widower, held the attention of
State investigators today. Elrod was
found dead in his bed the day he was
to receive permission to marry Veda
Bellefeuille, aged 19, who incorporated
love passages from novels in her let
ters to test his love.
Physicians say Elrod was poisoned,
but are unable to discover what kind
of poison was used. The examiners
reported that there was no trace of
poison.
As he was dying, Elrod wrote that
the girl thought he had. been poisoned
and dreamed that she had poisoned
him, but he forgave her. The girl
said she created fictitious rivals and
once Elrod forced a man believed to
be his rival to take a note accepting
a challenge for a duel for the girl’s
hand. She confessed to the fictitious
ness when Elrod awraited his adver
sary’s arrival.
AUSTIN, Texas., Jan. 22. (£>)—'The
defense rested yesterday after the
Rev. Norris tearfully related his
killing of Edward Chipps, under cross
examination. He immediately became
calm and quiet. The prosecution of
fered one rebuttal witness and will
close its case today. The unwritten
law is pleaded in the case of the de
fense.
GOVERNOR RITCHIE
MAY BE CANDIDATE
BALTIMORE, Jan. 22. (^—Gover
nor Ritchie of Maryland was mention
ed as a possible Democratic presiden
tial candidate at a Democratic dinner.
Governor Smith of New York was
hailed as the leading Democrat in the
United States and the best governor
in the country, defending the organ
ization of politicians as good admin
istration.
VICTORIA NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, Jan. 22. (£>)—'The Vic
toria sailed at 9 o’clock this morning
and carried 120 passengers. Seward
passengers included Earl Stevens and
wife, H. P. Karstens, wife and son;
Mrs. A. A. Shonbeck, A. H. McDonald
and wife, J. H. Flickinger, Mrs. J
Shaw, Mrs. D. C. Fairman, Violet M,
Elliot, Marion P. Smith, Chas. Rock
and, Ed Hall, J. H. Wilson and three
steerage.
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Mr. Nagle, member of Alaskan or
chestra at Juneau, and an accom
plished violinist, will play in the
POLICY OF ECONOMY RESULTED
IN GRATIFYING DECREASE IN
COSTS
POLICY HAS BEEN POPULAR
EXPECT TO APPLY TWO HUN
.DRED MILLION DOLLARS ON
PUBLIC DEBT NEXT YEAR
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. (/P)— Repre
I sentative Ogden Mills of New York
selected by the Treasury Department
as the next under-secretary, said:
“While the policy of economy has re
sulted in gratifying decreases in the
cost of government, my observation
leads me to believe that the admin
istrative cost of government has prob
ably reached bedrock. The policy has
been popular, but how long it will re
main so is a question. There is rea
son to anticipate the “application of
$200,000,000 surplus estimated for the
next fiscal year to reduction of the
public debt.” This means a benefit
of all taxpayers and enormous saving
in interest.”
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. (IF)—Charlie
Chaplin, film comedian, whose wife’s
suit for divorce and the tying up of
his fortune caused a nervous break
down, will be unable to leave the
United States until he has paid liens
of between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000
held against him for unpaid income
tax assessments over a period of seven
years. Chaplin agreed to pay the as
sessments after a conference with a
governmet agent who called when it
was reported that Chaplin, a British
subject, was ready to leave for Eng
land. His wife cannot collect, alimony
until the United States claims are set
tled.
LiTA CHAPLIN BROKE
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22. (IP)—Lita
Chaplin’s attorneys appealed to Sec
retary Mellon directly to allow her to
get $14,000 alimony and lawyers’ fees
before the income hearing and said
she was broke.
FI1ES SUIT AGAINST
ALASKA CANNERY Si
SEATTLE, Jan. 22. (IF)—Sivert Lev
esteen, his wife Lena and sons Edwin
and Arthur, sued the operators of the
steamship La Merced for $2,013. They
alleged they were hired in the stew
ard’s department on an Alaskan voy
age and were wrongfully discharged
and put ashore at Seldovia, August 1.
“Jolly Three” orchestra at the pub
lic dance tonight.
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
SEATTLE FURTHER
TAXPAYERS GRANTED PETITION
TO ENTER SUIT IN PAYROLL
COMPLICITY
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. (JP)—The Mu
nicipal railway financial affairs were
| further complicated when “14 taxpay
ers” were granted a petition to enter
the John G. Vnoherberts suit to com
pel the city to meet the payroll be
fore paying the purchase price install
ments. They were granted entrance
of the suit as “a friend of court.” In
1922 they enjoined the city from using
the general fund for railway expenses.
WARRANTS ISSUED
ARREST OF TWELVE
CHARGED ...WITH MURDER MISS
MEANY IN ALL-NI^T SEIGE
MEANY IN ALL-NIGHT SIEGE
OF FARM HOUSE
FLAMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 22. (JP)—
Warrants were issued for 12 State
troopers charging the murder of Miss
Beatrice Meany when two dozen troop
ers laid an all-night siege, on Decem
ber 21 to the farm-house in which
the young woman and her two broth
i ers, Timothy and James, barricaded
themselves in defiance of arrest on
complaint of the Society for the Pre
| vention of Cruelty to Animals. Others
| accused are charged with being acces
sories. Twelve of the troopers admit
ted riddling the house with bullets.
1 Major Kimberling, assistant superin
tendent of State police, arranged to
j surrender the accused men. He said
he will insist that the State assign an
assistant to the Attorney General as
a defense witness. The coroner’s
jury, after a four1 days hearing labeled
the act as an “unwarranted, trocious
and unlawful attack.”
NO REASON FOR ARBITRATION;
DIRECT REPUDIATION OF
KELLOGG AGREEMENT
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (JP)—Pres
i ident Coolidge, in a White House
I statement, refused to consider an ar
bitration parley with Mexico over the
anti-alien oil and land law dispute.
He declared that if the American
people understood the government is
contending for United States property
rights, and Mexico for taking them
away, there wouldn’t be any demand
for arbitration. The statement, strong
in tone, was a direct repudiation of
the agreement of Secretary Kellogg
a few days ago, and of the resolution
calling for arbitration just adopted
by the Senate foreign relations com
^mittee.
COMPLICATED, SUI
Rioting Breaks
Out Shanghai
None Killed
CONDUCTORS AND MOTORMEN STAGE PARADE;
DEMONSTRATION CELEBRATED WORKERS’
VICTORY. ENDING WEEK’S LABOR TROUBLES
MIDDLESEX REGIMENT ID CMERDINS STAND BY
Increasing Gravity Spreading in Anti-foreign Movement;
American Minister Stopped by Cablegram in Korea;
Ordered Back to Peking
SHANGHAI, Jan. 22. (/P)—Rioting broke out in
Shanghai, the principal refuge of foreigners, during the
parade of conductors and motormen of the municipal
tramway company last night. The international police
stopped the riots with only a score of injuries to the de
monstrators and a few bruises to the police. The melee
was staged on the Hanking road, Shanghai's Broadway,
in the hearts of the city, during the rush hour. The police
used their batons freely, but not firearms. The workers
threw a barrage of bricks and stones. The parade was
staged to celebrate victory after a two-day strike ending
a week of labor troubles. There was a tense undercur
rent apparently the result of agitators' activities.
LONDON, Jan. 22. (£>)—The First
battalion, Middlesex regiment, and
the Camerons at Catterrick camp are
ordered to stand by in readiness to
proceed to China. All ranks are re
called from leave. A Hankow corre
spondent of the Evening News cabled:
“The British in Hankow are reopening
business Monday.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (£>)—'The
increasing gravity of the spreading
anti-foreign movement in China was
reflected in the disclosure by Ameri
can Minister MacMurray who has been
stopped by a cablegram while en route
to Washington and ordered back to
Peking and by hte announcement that
| United States marines at Guam have
been ordered to the Philippines to be
nearer the zone or disorder.
President Coolidge feels that the de
velopments of the last few weeks
! make doubtful that the central govern
ment at Peking will be able to exer
cise any authority whatever toward
the protection of foreigners. With so
many Chinese political factions con
icontending for individual power, the
! Washington government has difficulty
! in discerning where to place the cen
tral government in the present con
fused situation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (^—Re
ports received from Shanghai and oth
er Chinese cities indicated that the
situation in China is rapidly growing
worse in spite of ultimatums deliv
ered by America, Britain and other
countries that any harm to foreigners
at the hands of the Chinese would re
. suit in aggressive action as a means
i of protecting their citizens. The situ
ation as reported by the American
Consul is gravest since the Boxer
rebellion, and dispatches stated that
Americans and British are in immedi
ate danger at the hands of mobs
which are terrorizing the foreign dis
tricts. Marjnes and warships sta
tioned at Guam and other points were
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FIDEL LA BARBA OF LOS ANGE
LES HANDS OUT BAD LICKING
TO SCOTCHMAN
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. (JP)—Fidel La
Barba of Los Angeles established an
undisputed hold on the world’s fly
weight championship wrhen he bat
tered and flailed Elky Clark, the Eu
ropean titleholder into defeat at Madi
son Square Garden. The American
! outclassed his rival from start to
finish, scoring five knockdowns. The
Scotchman constantly saved himself
^ when on the verge of a sudden finish
i by his gameness and defensive in
| stinct, which saved the stoop-should
ered invader from a knockout. He
[faced a steady hail of hooks, jabs and
, uppercuts from all directions thruout
12 rounds. The bell apparently saved
Clark from a knockout in the third
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round.
SIGNAL MAN HONORED
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (JP)—Dele
I gate Sutherland nominated Wayne O.
■ Galloway of Seward first alternate
from Alaska for! a West Point appoint
ment.
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held in readiness- to sail at a mo
' ment’s , notice. President Coolidge
issued a statement that the United
States will protect American citizens
to the utmost and will abide by trea
ties with other countries having
spheres of influence in China. Ad
miral Williams, at Shanghai, reported
heavy evacuation of foreigners and
received orders to undertake whole
sale evacuation of the remaining Am
I ericans at short notice. . i