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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 120.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, May 22, 1928.
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FRANK T. JOHNS, SOCIALIST
JUMPS INTO RIVER AFTER
SMALL BOY; BOTH DIE
BEND, Oregon, May 22, (JP)—
Frank T. Johns, candidate for the
United States Presidency on the
Socialist-Labor party ticket, was
drowned Sunday night when he at
tempted to save the life of a boy
who fell into the Deschutes River
while fishing.
Johns had just completed an ad
dress at a political meeting in Drake
Park when he saw Jack Rhodes, 12
plrnge into the swift water. Johns
leaped into the waters and reached
the boy but the battle against th<
current proved futile for as they
neared the bank, Johns tried to
shove the boy ahead but the boy
sank.
J^l ns himself, was exhausted, and
was carried down .the stream. The
boy's body was recovered but search
ers have thus far failed to recover
the heroic Johns.
Fill LOIN ACT
MAH BE EXTENDED
TD THE TERRITORY
CHAIRMAN McFADDEN’S BILL
PERMITS ESTABLISHMENT
BRANCH BANK LOANS
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WASHINGTON, May 22. (#>)—The
proposal to etxend provisions of the
Federal Farm Loan Act to Alaska was
made in a Bill by Chairman McFad
den, of the House Banking Committee.
The measure will permit the estab.
lishment of branch banks in Alaska
providing for loans made to any one
borrower from branch banks these to
be limited $25,000 and are not to he
made for a period longer than 20
years.
NOME ROADSTEAD 15
OPEN TO VESSELS
SEATTLE, May 22. i(/P)—Nome’s:
roadstead is free of ice and ships
from Seattle had no difficulty in land
ing passengers anj freight. A mes
sage was received by the coast guard
that* the Ice went out at 11 o’clock
Saturday morning and is moving rap
idly west.
JACOBS AT TANANA
TANANA, May 22. (JP)—Summer
travel on the Tanana river began with
the arrival of the Government boat
Jacobs.
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
NEW YORK, May 22. {£>)—'The al
leged rendezvous between Alfredc
Calles and Jorn Coolidge, sons of the
Mexican and American Presidents re.
pectively, was dissolved when young
Calles sailed suddenly for home.
PHOSGENE GAS IN
HAMBURG DISPELLED
PEOPLE. STOCK, DIE
CROPS DESTROYED; LEAGUE OF
NATIONS CIRCLES ABUZZ
OVER KNOWLEDGE
HAMBURG, May 22. (JP)—'The cloud
of phosgene gas which hung over
Hamburg and claimed 11 lives has
been dissipjjted but still linigered.
More than 200 people are in the hos
! pitals.
Authorities believe many of those
will die since the gas sometimes is
not fatal until a week after. An in
haled half gram of a cubic meter is
sufficient to cause dearth which comes
after horrible suffering.
Cattle lay dead in fields and chick
ens, ducks, farmyard dogs and cats
in the streets, were mute evidence
of the terrible death which crept thru
•the sleeping city.
Trees, grass and growing crops
shriveled. The disclosure that dead
ly gas was stored in Germany set the
League of Nations circles abuzz. Ger.
I many, under the Treaty of Versaillees
is forbidden to use, manufacture, im
port or store, asphyxiating {poison
gasses. ■*#
ME STATES
COMMITTEE SEEK TO FIND OUT
HOW MUCH MONEY EXPEND.
EO BY CANDIDATES
WASHINGTON, May 22. {^—Un
able to obtain all the information it
seeks from witnessed called to Wash
ington the Senate Presidential Cam
paign Investigating Committee decid
ed to go to Ohio and Indiana and per
haps to West Virginia.
In Ohio the Committee will seek to
ascertain the expenditures by district
and county committees, whiie the pri
mary purpose of the trip to Indiana
will be to find out how much money
was spent in Allen coiinty where
separate organizations were set up in
behalf of Senator Watson.
SURVEY BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON, May 22. (£>)—
Flood Control surveys on 15 rivers
would be authorized under the Reid
Bill, "was passed by the House and
sent to the Senate. The rivers in
clude Salmon river in Alaska.
illlll MEXICO DELEGATES
WILL WOflK FOR Sill
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; PORTALES, New Mexico, May 21,
J (j'P)—The Democrats instructed their
I six delegates <to work for Smith un
til the delegates think they should
vote otherwise.
The minority move for straight
Smith instructions failed. The final
vote was practically unanimous the
delegations being also against the
“present high taxes.”
REBELS MISTREAT WIFE
AMERICAN, mm
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 21,
(JP)—A rebel band terribly mistreated
the wife of an American named Mil
ler a* their plantation on the river
Coco near the East coast, in revere,
nr information he had given the
Marines as to the whereabouts of
tvf bandit holdout, delayed dispatch
e> disclosed.
WOMEN ATTACK DRY
LAW-TRAGIC EPISODE
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NEW YORK, May 21, (£>)—Park
Avenue witnessed an attack on pro
hibition when at the home of Mrs.
Roberts Weeks Kelley, and Miss
Elizabeth Marbury, called enforce
ment cf the Volstead Act 'a grotee
j Q’ie and tragic episode. They were
speaking before an essembly of min
isters, attorneys, physicians and other
business men.
HELENWILL5 PLAYS
TENNIS BETTER EIIEI
AUTEUIL, May 21. (/P)—Helen
Wills played in top form, at tennis in
a friendly mixed doubles with her
partner Francis Hunter before 5,000
spectators. Miss Wills has gained in
a variety of plays and experts predict
she will easily take the French
championship.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston, 8-2; New York, 4-3.
Washington, 3-1; Philadelphia, 4-2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, 7; St. Louis, 8.
Pittsburgh, 3-6; Cincinnati, 4-3.
- PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions, 3; Los Angeles, 0.
TWO TO BITE THE DUST
BERLIN, May 22. ^)-Two mem
bers of the Reichbaneo Red and Black
and Gld, militant organization, were
killed in a fray between political an
tagonists at Hamburg.
KILLED GIRL USHER
CHICAGO, Md(y 22. </P)—Stanley
Thomson, 18 years old, confessed lie
shot and killed Pearl Eggleston, 17
year old movie theatre usher.
MARRIED AGAIN, EH?
NEW YORK, May 22. (/P)—Former
Mrs. Henry Colgate, divorced wife of
the millionaire soap (manufacturer,
has been married to Byron Dexter,
Princeton poet.
A GREAT ROUT
PACIFIC COAST BOY DRAWS PLAU
DITS OF 20,000 FANS FOR HIS
COURAGE
NEW YORK, May 22. Sammy
Mandell, dapper, clean-cut lightweight
champion, successfully warded off the
challenge of Jimmy McLarnin, Pacific
Coast game little Irisfimati, $n 15
rounds.
For the entire bout the champion
slashed and tore at the little chal
lenger but could not put him to the
floor. Throughout the latter half of
the fight McLarnin’s left eye closed
and his nose was bleeding aaid his
other eye was half ahut but he carried
the fight to the champion every
inch of the way and drewr the plaudits
of more than 20,000 fans throughout
for his bulldog courage and fighting
heart.
TAX REDUCTION
BILL IS SLASHED
AT LAST MINUTE
REPUBLICANS SUCCEEDED IN
ELIMINATING $205,000,000 AFT
ER BATTLE
WASHINGTON, May 22. (£>)—'The
Tax Reduction Bill was passed by the
Senate without a record vote. The
measure provides a total slash of
$205,000,000. fn tjhe last desperate
lasit minute drive the Republicans
succeeded in eliminating this amount
from the Bill.
The only important provision won
by the Democrats during the long tax
contest was the proposal for a grad
uated scale of lower rates on corpora
tions with incomes of $15,000 and less.
This action was won on a tie vote
after two roll calls with Dawes de
ciding the issue. Ttye elimination
of the graduated scale provision clip
ped $24,000,000 from the total reduc
tion provided by Chairman Smoote of
the Senate Finance Commit'ee.
He immediately asked the Senate
to seek conferecne with the House
which voted a §290,000,000 reduction.!
The request was granted. Several
days are expected to be consumed in)
an effort to obtain a compromise.
ALASKA BOXING BILL
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WASHINGTON, May 22. {&)—'Thej
Houston Bill to permit 10-round box
ing in Alaska passed the House and
was sent to the Senate.
RESCUED MATHER
II; 8? DEAD
RESCUERS HOPES SPURRED THAT
OTHERS MAY BE RESCUED;
MAN WAS CRAWLING
MATHER, Pa., May 22. •(£>)—'The
re of a living man from the death
r’ ..ather mine rendered the hope
that some of the 130 missing would
be rescued.
Imprisoned for more than 60 hours
Frank Krubik was found alive and
brought to the surface and rushed to
I-the hospital. His condition is good
! in view of his harrowing experience
j and rescue after practically all hope
had been abandoned.
The rescue spurred the rescuers to
renew work when they found Krubik
I on his hands! and knee^ crawling
! among bodies strewn nearby and
mumbling. It Is believed the deadly
: afterdamp affected the man’s throat
causing him to think he was being
! strangled
j Some bodies near Krubik were
burned and mangled. This led the
rescuers to believe Krubik had crawl
j ed from some other section of the
mine and spurred their efforts to ex
plore the far recesses of the workings.
Seven additional bodies were
brought out of the mine this morning
making the total of known dead 67.
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60 BODIES RECOVERED
MATHER, Penn., May 22, (TP)—
; Sixty bodies had been recovered by
noon yesterday.
ALASKA INSANE BILL
WASHINGTON, May 22. (TP)—The
Johnson Bill to provide for care of
criminal insane from Alaska at St
Elizabeths hospitial in Washington,
D. C., instead of in Oregon, was| pass
ed by the House and sefnt to the Sen
ate.
WHILE FUEL DINES
JEWELS IRE STOLEN
NEW YORK, May 21, '(TP)—Jewel
ry, valued at $20,000, was stolen from
the home of Sir Ashley Sparks of
Long Island. The jewels are believed
to have been taken by a man who
climbed in through a window while
the family dined.
SPIANARDS IN LEAD
BERLIN, May 22. (TP)—Flawuer and
Morales won the doubles for the Span
ish team in the Davis Cup display
against the Germans. The score stands
two matches to one in favor of the
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TRIAL UNDER WAY
MOSCOW, May 22. (TP)—The trial
of 50 Russians and three Germans,
charged with trying to destroy Rus
sa’s coal industry in the Dometz coal
basin, was begun before the Supreme
Court.