COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 61. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
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DESPERADOES SLAY
DEPUTY SHERIFFS
ON LONELY ROAD
HUGH WALKER AND ED BAILEY
ARRESTED — DEPUTIES HAD
NOT FIRED
BERGER, Texas, April 1. (£>)—'Two
deputy sheriffs were slain by despera
does on a lonely road early this
itaorning. The men were found near
their automobile. Pistols lay at their
sides. The police arrested Hugh
Walker and Ed Bailey, who had been
at liberty on, bonds in connection with
the killing of Coke Buchanan, a
policeman. The officers believe the
desperadoes followed the deputies and
Tfired the shots when the officers alight
ed, being suspicious of the presence of
their pursuers. The deputies had not
fired.
BUCHAREST, April 1. (IP)— King
(Inland's condition has taken a
turn for the worse. It is unofficially
reported that his death is imminent.
Dr. Sluvs, who recently treated Ferdi
nand with radium, has been recalled
to Bucharest.
BANDITS MURDER MAN
SAN DIEGO, April 1. (JP)—Police
deiectives and patrolmen are comb
ing the city today for three bandits
^rlio murdered August Richter early
this morning when Richter attempt
ed to protect a woman companion.
BODY OF LIEUTENANT JOHN W.
BENTON ARRIVES AT PRESI
DIO
\ SAN FRANCISCO, April 1. (£>)—
Military and civilian groups united
here today as the body of Lieutenant
kohn W. Benton, army good will fly
er who was killed in an Argentine
crash, arrives at *the Presidio. The
wife and two children of Lieut. Ben
ton have remained in San Francisco
since he had started on his flight.
CONVICTED OF MURDER
EUGENE, Ore., April 1. (£>)—Albert
Brownlee wras convicted of murdering
Estton Hooker. The verdict carries
the death penalty. Hooker was pos
senian chasing Brownlee for robbery
when Brownlee shot him.
[ DETROIT, April 1. (/P)— Behind the
carefully guarded portals of his great
Dearborn estate Henry Ford lay abed
beginning a long period of absolute
rest which the doctors said would -
fully restore his health. With his
back and chest splinted. Ford is un
able to be comfortable unless pros
trate. It was learned that Ford re
turned home by ambulance last night
because of his chafing under hospital
restrictions.
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SEVERE STORM HOLDS
MISTOPJT KOTZEBUE
FAIRBANKS. April 1. (/P)—Joe
Crosson, pilot of the super swallow
plane, en route to Fairbanks from
Point Barrow, where he went as a
member of the Wilkins polar expedi
tion. is held at Kotzebue by a severe i
storm. The Fairbanks Airplane Cor
poration advised that Crosson is ex
pected to return directly to Fairbanks
instead of going to Savoonga for a
sick man.
SUFFERED TROPICAL DISEASE
SO MEDICAL MEN COULD
STUDY
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1. (JP)—
The soldier who risked his life to
work out a remedy for Dengue
fever, a tropical disease responsible
for most of the illness among the
troops stationed in the Philippines
has been given an honorable dis
charge from the army. He is Ken
neth Watkins, who for four months
suffered the disease in order for
medical authorities to discover the
correct remedy for its cure and pre
vention.
CAPTAIN GRAY REACHES
HEIGHT OF !0,51BFEET
ST LOUIS, Mo., April 1. (/P)—Re
vised calibrations of the instruments
used by Capt. Hawthorne Gray of
Scott Field. 111., in his balloon flight
of March 9th, reveal that he had
reached a height of 28,510 feet,
breaking bv a wide margin the Amer
ican record of 15,995 feet, set by
Clifford Harman in 1909.
(Juneau Empire)
Carrying appropriation items ag
gregating $166,850, the biennial sup
ply bill for the Alaska Agricultlral
College and School of Mines was in
troduced by Representative Ross, it
was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means of which he is
chairman.
This is approximately equal to the
amount appropriated by the 1925
Legislature. The current bill pro
vides for construction of a dormitory
for women students, for extension
courses, an agricultural project and
the normal cost of maintainance and
operation for the biennium.
Discuss Fish Bill
After Bill No. 14, repealing acts
under which the present Alaska Fish
Commission operates, had passed its
second reading this morning, the
House took up for consideration in
Committee of the Whole Bill No. 15.
which seeks to provide for an elec
tive commission. No definite action
had been taken on any of the amend
ments suggested when the House
recessed at noon.
The provisions, of the measure, Mr.
Lomen pointed, out from the floor,
are loosely drawn and unde;' them
enormous expenditures of Territorial
funds might be made as no check is
provided. The proposed commission
is given power to approve of its own
expenditures. The House resumed
its consideration of the measure when
it was expected other amendments
would be offered.
House Bill No. 13, which seeks the
repeal of the Act of 1917, the origi
nal fish commission statute, was
slated to come up for final action
later. If it passes, No. 14, will pro
bably be passed also. Without the i
1917 Act, the law passed in 1919, the
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CRASHES THROUGH TOP OF
SEDAN INJURING FIVE OCCU
PANTS
PORTLAND, Ore., April 1. (JP)—A |
horse owned by a * dairy company j
here, broke from his halter. this |
morning and dashed down the street |
and jumped on top of a sedan auto
mobile. The horse smashed thru the
top injuring the five occupants in
cluding a seven months old child.
The horse was shot after it had brok
en a leg. '
NEW BOXING BILL
SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 1. (£>)— j
Control of boxing matches in Cali-!
fornia would be placed in hands of!
the State Legislature by a constitu-j
tional amendment which today pass
ed the Assembly by a vote of 62 to
22, and was sent to the Senate for
final action.
Operations Nine
States Cease Plan
Kansas Conference
OPERATORS CLAIM CANNOT PAY WAGES AND
SURVIVE NON-UNION COMPETITION—MINERS
SAY CANNOT LIVE ON PROPOSED WAGE CUT;
SMALL PERCENTAGE MINES CONTINUE WORK
CHICAGO, April 1. (/P)—The coal mining industry in
the Southwestern and Central competitive fields entered
a curious phase wihch neither the strike no lockout which
is forcing nearly 200,000 miners to idleness. Some mines
had agreements renewed but only a small percentage are
continuing under these scattered temporary arrange
ments. The area includes Western Pen isylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Ilinois, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Iowa.
Operators say they cannot pay the*
wages and survive the non-union com
petition. The miners say they cannot
live with the cut. The miners and op
erators of Ohio suggested conferences
today, and the southwestern repre
sentatives are meeting at Kansas City.
The strike is the result of failure of
the operators and miners to reach, an
agreement at Miami, Fla., to supplant
the one expiring March 31. The old
agreement, signed three years ago,
has not been satisfactory to the op
erators. They say they cannot con
tinue to pay §7.50 per day. This, it is
claimed, averages §2 per day higher
than the wages now paid in the non
union fields of Kentucky, Virginia and
West Virginia, and the union mines of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania insist they cannot com
pete on this basis. The union miners
maintain that the situation in the soft
coal region cannot be relieved by cut
ting wages and that the workers can
not adjust their standard of living to
the non-union wage. .
The stock of coal in the hands of
the public increased 12,000,000 tons
between October 1 and January 1,
which leaves the coal consumers in
a relatively easy position.
HEAVY QUAKE IN JAPAN
LONDON, April 1. (/P)—-An Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Tokio
says a heavy earthquake throughout
Western Japan was reported at 6
o’clock this morning. The shake
caused a panic in the district affected.
SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT
CHICAGO, April 1. (£>)—Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller McCormick told an audi
ence of 500 women that they should
strike out for themselves in the fields
of business, showing that they were
capable of originality in thought
and industry.
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150.000 MINERS IDLE
AS RESULT TERMINATION
OF ANNUAL AGREEMENT
CHICAGO, April 1. (,-P)—Union
officials declare that some small
coal mines will continue operations
after the expiration of the Jack
sonville agreement at midnight be
cause of new agreements signed
while the operators, of all associ
ated mines in Iowa, Illinois will
close, making 150,000 moners idle.
BELIEF EXPRESSED BRITISH
WILL SEND ULTIMATUM TO
CANTONESE
LONDON, April 1. (/P)—The Daily
Mail said the Cabinet held an emerg
ency meeting last night and as a re
sult something in the nature of an ul
timatum will be sent to the Cantonese
government demanding reparations
for the slaying of British subjects.
The paper said the government is pre
pared to take the strongest measures
to secure retribution.
RAILROADS REORGANIZED -
MILWAUKEE, April 1. (^—Coin
cident with the filing of articles of in
corporation of the reorganized Chica
go, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad
it became known that the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Pacific made
the announcement of the selection of
John J. Me Cloy of New York as presi
dent of the temporary organization.
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