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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XX111. NUMBER 24. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1928 ' PRICE TEN CENTS
SUGGESTS TWIT U.S.
COMPLETE UNION BETWEEN U. S.
AND CANADA ULTIMATELY
INEVITABLE
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 30. (/P)—The
Chronicle sent the following telegram
to the speaker of the British Colum
bia Parliament; “Anent the motion
of H. F. Kergin, liberal member that
the Province of British Columbia ask
tjie Dominion to open negotiations
with the United States with the view
to Canada’s acquiring the so-called
“panhandle" 0f Alaska, we, although
as yet not officially represented in
your august assembly, respectfully
submit to its consideration a substi
tute motion to the effect that steps be
taken toward a complete union of all
of Canada and the United States.
“We are geographically, racially
and temperamentally one people; let
u» go all the way toward a complete
union which in the course of human
events is ultimately inevitable.”
HEADQUURTERS OF
SOR/IB THROWERS IS
CHICAGO POLICE MAKE NUMER
OUS RAIDS AND ARREST 68;
BOMBING
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CHICAGO, Jan. 30. (/P)—Following
threats that Major Thompson’s home
will be bombed, police raided the al
leged headquarters of a bomb throw
tog: syndicate arresting 13 men. Five
others, unnder suspicion as bombers,
were taken in other raids while about
&*) racketeers were jailed on general
principals.
A quantity of material for bomb
'manufacturing was found at the Cedar j
hotel where four men and a woman
were arrested. Soon after the first
arrest the prosecutor announced a
Grand Jury investigation will be
opened to inquire into the rtecent
bombing of Chicago political leaders.
THANKS ARE EXTENDED
The entertainment committee of j
the S. A. C. "wish to thank the Jolly j
FVyur orchestra for the lovely music j
furnished, gratis, at the Benefit
dance Saturday nght; Mr. Anderson
and Mr. Struve for the use of the
hall, and all those who purchased
tickets and turned out to help the
worthy cause along. The music was
excellent and all present appeared to
have a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M Abbott return
ed to Seward yesterday after being
marooned in the city of destiny for
a camber of days due to the snow
■slide on the road.
DEMPSEY’S EYES
DONE BACK ON HIM
MUSE QUIT HIND
“TEX" RICKARD ANNOUNCED RE.
PORT OF RETIREMENT IS THE
“BUNK”
CICAGO, Jan. 30. (£>)—'The Herald
Examiner in a copyrighted article
said Jack Dempsey has been forbid
den by his physician to ever enter a
ring again.
The newspaper said this informa
tion was contained in a message from
Miami Beach, Fla., and that Dempsey
had notified “Tex” Rickard on the
decision. The Dempsey elegram in.
formed Rickard that his eyes had
gone back on him.
REPORT IS DENIED
MIAMI, BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30. (/P)—.
Denying reports that Dempsey has
announced his retirement from the
ring Rickard said “its the old story,'
there's nothing to it.”
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WILLI1M KOTTIUlllf 1,
D1IHSQN OLDTIMEI, FOUND
FROZEN CIRCLE Till
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CIRCLE, Jan. 30, (/P)— William
Kottilaimen, aged 74-years, for the
last 15-years a resident of Dawson,
froze to death Friday night on the
trail between Circle and Hot Springs.
It is reported the Oldtimer had
planned “mushing” to Dawson, 300
miles away.
Deputy U. S. Marshal MacLean left
Circle city Saturday, by dog-team, to
bring the body here.
Homer W. Jewell, game warden,
arrived in town yesterday from the
Westward.
BETRAYED TRUST OF
SIRL ACQUAINTANCE
YOUNG Ml JAILED
HARRY HARPER ARRESTED IN
SEATTLE; SAID OBTAINED
MONEY FALSELY
SEATTLE, JaJn. 30. (^—Alleged j
to have betrayed the trust of a girl
acquaintance by the forging of a let
ter she commited to him and thus ob
taining money under false pretences,
Harry Harper, aged 26, has been ar
rested with Miss Ray Gould, who is |
alleged to have assisted him in dup
ing the victim, Sophie Isaakson. Miss j
Isaakson had intrusted a letter to,
Harper, the police say, to her sweet- \
heart, Walter Thompson, of Juneau. |
Instead of mailing the letter, which
requested Thompson for a loan of
§50, Harper is charged with opening
the missive and rewriting it, copying
the girl’s handwriting, and is said to
| have annexed the request for the Ju-j
jneau man to send a money order by
I telegraph.
t This accomplished, Harper engag
ed IVJiss Gould to pose as Miss Isaak
j son. He assumed the role of the lat
! ter’s brother. The $50 was given to
‘Miss Gould; but the scheme miscar
ried when Miss Isaakson wrote ask
ing why the financial help was not
forthcming from the Alaskan. Mr.
Thompson immediately communicated
with the Postal Telegraph company
and in the investigation which fol
lowed the arrest of the two came
about.
COMBS SOUTHBOUND
Clyde Combs, fox rancher near
Portlock, arrived on the Starr yes
; day from Seldovia, Mr. Combs is
: eu'-oiite to the family home in Lang
| Icy, Wash.., where, one-year ago, his
mother passed away Following a
visit with his father he returns to
[Alaska within the next two months.
NEW AMPHIBIAN PLANES FOR U. S. BATTLESHIPS
One of the new Loening air-cooled amphibian planes which have
been ordered by the . S. Navy to replace the water-cooled types now
used on battleships of the fleet. The planes carry a crew of three, are
equipped with machine guns and bombs, can fly at a speed of 125 miles
an hour and have a cruising range of 650 miles. They are powered with
a 420-horsepower, Wasp air-cooled engine, weigh 3,250 pounds and car
ry a normal load of 1,500 pounds and will take off from water in 12 sec
onds. Photo shows one of the new planes in flight.
AIRPLANE FISHING
IN ALASKA 1928
SITKA PLANE WILL SCAN 8EA
FOR SCHOOLS OF SALMON
SEATTLE MAN PILOT
SEATTLE, Jan. 30. (JP)— Fishing
by airplane will be tried in Alaskan
waters next summer by the Baranof
Mild Cure Company of Seattle, an
nounces officers of the company.
Operating from a base at Sitka the
plane will scan the waters for schools
of salmon which are easily seen from
a moderate height and report the lo
cation and direction to the comp
any’s trolling fleet. For this purpose
the company has ordered a small
Alexander Eaglerock plane which will
i be delivered in March.
C. J. Hornberger, of Seattle, will
be the pilot. Operators of the plant
will be in close touch with big runs
of salmon as they come from the
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! ocean into the fresh water spawing
grounds.
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Two popular residents of Anchor
age became as one yesterday morn
ing when Ilda Horn Warton and Guy
F. Cameron were joined in wedlock;
in the parsonage of the Presbyterian j
church at Anchorage. Today they are j
in Seward spending their honeymoon, j
The bride has been teaching the j
fifth grade class in the Anchorage j
school since the beginning of the 1
present, term. For the last three
! years she has been in the States but
previous to that she taught school at
Cordova and at Sitka for a year at
each place. Mrs. Cameron is a grad
uate of Colorado State Teachers Col
A
lege and a post graduate of the Uni
versity of California, Los. Angeles.
Her former home was in Aakron, Col.
Mr. Cameron is no stranger in
Seward for he has been a resident
of these parts since 1903, at Valdez
and Anchorage. He is one of the best
bn own photographers in the Terri
tory which business he has been en.
gaged in during the greater portion
of. the years spent in Alaska.
The newlyweds, guests at the Sew
ard hotel, plan to return to their
home in Anchorage on Thursday.
Together with their many friends
The Gateway wishes to take this op
portunity of congratulating the-hap
py couple.
TODAY'S WEATHER
Mile 29, 15 below zero.
Mile 45, 20 below.
Mile 40, 20 below.
Mile 12, zero.
Mile 7, zero.
Mile 52, 16 above.
Seward, 38 above.
Attention is called to the wide dif
ference in temperatures at Seward,
Tunnel and at Mile 29.
LOSES ONE HOUR WHEN LOST IN
FOG CROSSING THE PERILOUS
MOUNTAINS
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 30. (IP)
—'Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, after a
flight over the perilous mountains and
losing his way in a fog, but despite all
[ obstacles, reached his goal safely ar
riving at Maracay, 50 miles west of
■here, 10 hours after he had started
‘ from Bogota.
Colonel Lindbergh’s first act was to
^apologize to President Gomez for hav
ing kept him waiting. The anxious
: crowd awaited his arrival two hours.
| The flight covered a distance of 650
miles.
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LOST FOR ONE HOUR
j MARACAY, Venzuela, Jan. 30. (IP)—
j After being lost in a fog off the Ven
! zuelan coast for one hour Colonel
| Lindbergh arrived from Mogota,
; Colombia, at 6 o’clock last night/'
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EARL DOUGLAS HUG
BRITISH ClIiER
SINCE WAR DEVOTED MAJOR
PART TIME TO DISABLED
i ** SOLDIERS, FAMILIES
LONDON, Jan. 30. (ff)—Earl Doug
las Haig, age 66, who, as Commander
in Chief of the British Armies in
France and Belgium and who con
tributed in a large share to the Allied
success in 1918, died unexpectedly
from heart disease shortly after mid
night.
Commander Haig’s name was link
ed with Marshal Foch and General
Pershing in the victory over the Ger
mans. Since the war Commander
Haig devoted much of his time to
organizing relief for disabled sold
iers and their families.
He was on the point of retiring
when he collapsed while sitting on
the edge of his bed. The end came
shortly afterward.
STEP-PLATE IS LOST
Solomon Urie, genial member of
»hc lucal Signal Corps, is gri ming to
i vy for be it known the handsome
young man went over a bump while
cruisinv about yesterday in his Rolls
Rcyce one of the step-plates flew off.
then he has not slept a wink.
Tbe finder of the step can do him a
great favor by informing him where v
te may call for it.
S. A. C. MEET TONITE
There will be a specal meeting of
the S. A. C. this evening at 8 o’clock,
in the gymnasium, to which a’! mem
bers are urged to attend.