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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 28. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
TESTS OF WILIS'
' PLANE FAIRBANKS
PERSONNEL OF ARCTIC EXPLOR
ERS ARRIVE IN SEWARD IN
FEBRUARY
^ DETROIT, Jan. 29. (#»)—1The Wil
kins flying gas tank will be shipped
from Detroit Thursday for Seattle.
The plane is expected to reach Fair
banks about the last of February, a
•week after the personnel arrives. The
trip from Fairbanks to Point Barrow,
• which entails a flight over the Brooks
range is expected to give the plane
the hardest test. The final tests here
proved the new earth inductor
compass. Ben Eielson, ace of the
Artie air lanes and pioneer flyer of
Alaska, who will pilot the craft, re
ported that the earth inductor com
pass functioned perfectly. Fuel con-j
sumption tests will be made at Fair-j
banks.
WORST DROUGHT
' MEMORY SO. AFRICA
THREE RIVERS DRY UP ANd|
40,000 CATTLE DIE—NATIVES
FEAR STARVATION
LONDON, Jan. 29. (£>)—. A Johannes
burg, South Africa dispatch to the!
Dqjly Mail says that 40,000 cattle
died as the result of thre^ rivers dry
ing up and the natives are swarming
to the towns fearing starvation in the
worst drought in the memory of res
idents of the Petersburg district of
the Transvaal. Lions, because of the
scarcity, of food, are constantly raid
ing the cattle.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (/P)—The
desirability of building good roads
and further developing agriculture
in the Virgin Islands, America’s re
cently acquired possession in the
Jp Atlantic, is under consideration in
Congress on the basis of a picture
of conditions painted by Captain
Martin E. Trench, U. S. N. retired.
As Governor, Saptain. Trench has
been administrating the affairs of the
island for the last 15 months.
ENCAUSTIC PAINTING
REVIVED FOR MURALS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. (£>)—
One of the first large modern wall
paintings by the encaustic method,
originated by the ancient Greeks has
been completed by Proffessor Ray
Boynton of the University of Califor
nia art department. It is in the din
ing room of the new Mark Hopkins
hotel here.
DONINGTON, England. Jan. 29.{/P)
—Mrs. Lucy Haekforth, age 103,
whose rosy cheeks are almost wrin
kleless, attributes her splendid health
to plain food and quiet mode of liv
ing.
FIREMEN KILLED IN
NEW YORK. FLOORS
BUILDING COLLAPSE
THREE DEAD AND FIVE OTHERS
TRAPPED AND INJURED IN
WRECKAGE
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. (£>)—-The
bodies of three firemen killed last
night in the collapse of three floors
in a fire-swept seven-story loft build
ing were recovered, and five other
firemen of ten caught in the wreckage
on the street floor are in a hospital.
Rev. Alexander McCarty fought his
way through the flaming debris to ad
minister the last rites to Michael An
zelone, fireman, pinned in a mass of
stone and mortar and girders. An
zelone was rescued and is in a hos
pital.
FACTIONS MAY AGREE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (^—Secre
tary Kellogg considers the prospect of
a new treaty conference with the Chi
nese factions is reasonably hopeful.
Indications are that the factions are
approaching an agreement, and will
appoint joint delegations for negotia
tions.
STUDENTS, PRINCIPAL IN
WARFARE AT EUGENE, ORE.
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 29. (/P)—War
fare between students of the Eugene
High school and the principal, J. G.
Swan, flamed anew at assembly yes
terday when a bucket of whitewash
set overhead was tipped over and
drenched the teacher during his morn
j
ing .talk. The teacher and students
have been at outs over a row about
the school football team.
SPEAKER CONSIDERS OFFER
TAMPA, F.la., Jan. 29. (JP)—Tris ,
Speaker promised to sign no other
contract until he considers the offer
to join the Washington American
League Club as center fielder, Clark
Griffith, owner of the Senators, de
clared.
SEPALLA IS LEADING IN
STATE OE MAINE DACE
PORTLAND SPRING, Maine, 'Jan.
29. (/p)—Leonard Sepalla, driving a
team of veteran Siberian dogs, bead
ed by Togo, the famous derby lead
er, finished ahead in he first day leg
of the annual dog race under the aus
pices of the New England Dog Club.
Sepalla’s time for 2E miles was two
hours and 11 minutes.
ARKANSAS ACRES INUNDATED
LLITTL ROCK, Ark., Jan. 29. (IP)—
Three hundred persons are homeless
and 40,000 acres are inundated as the
result of three breaks in the Little
Red river levees. The los| to live
stock is heavy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (IP)—'The
emergency marine battalion of San
Diego was increased to a total of
1,133 men, and is being held for pos
sible service in China. *
GOV. PARKS SAYS
EXPECTS ESTABLISH
• PAPER MILL SOON
—
CONTRACT MAY BE REVISED TO
PERMIT MORE PLANT DEVEL
OPMENT
SEATTLE, Jan. 29. (/P)—Governor[
Parks declared: “The contract un-;
der which we expect to establish pa
per pulp manufacturing in Alaska very
soon is now being revised to allow
more for plant development and per
mit faster cutting so that the plant
may have greater capacity. Adver
tisements are now running for two
pulp projects at Speil River and
Thorn Arm. Five hydro-electric ap
plications in connection with them are
before the Federal Power Commis
sion.
“We expect the House to act soon
on the grazing bill the Senate passed
at the last session. The reindeer
business is becoming very important
in Alaska. TJhis bill permits rein
deer herd owners to be assigned to
definite parts of the range to prevent
overgrazing.”
WALL STREET ACTIVE
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. (JP)—Stock
Exchange bear traders sustained loss
es which may reach millions in what
appears was a corner in common and
preferred stock of the Wheeling and
Lake Erie railroad.
BATTLE-SCARRED
CROWD ROARS ENCOURAGEMENT
AS VETERAN UPSETS ALL
RING “DOPE”
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. (JP)—Mike
| McTigue, battle-scarred veteran of
many years campaigning in the ring,
knocked out Paul Berlinbach in one of
the most dramatic upsets of ring
“dope” seen in many years, while a
crowd of 18,000 fans roared encour
*
agement. McTigue stopped his rival
in the fourth of a 12-round battle
with a two-fisted attack that swept
all before it.» The knockout was tech
nical because the referee stepped in
ment as he sagged to the floor for the
to save Berlinbach further punish
third time in a round, but to all in
tents and purposes Paul was out
'
cold, hanging on merely through game
ness. McTigue outfought alid out
punched Berlinbach from the start.
TROOPS PARADE STREETS
HONGKONG, Jan. 29. (JP)—Headed
by military and naval bands, naval de
tachments from British warships and
the volunteer corps in full strength
paraded through the Chinese quarters.
ORDER SEIZURE BALLOTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (;p)—1The
Senate committee has jordered the
seizure of the ballots cast in Pitts
burg and Allegheny counties in the
Vare and Wilson election.
CHARGES 1 EAST
PERMITTED THE TRANSFER OF
OF TRUCKLOAD OF BEER AT
$2.00 PER BARREL
CHICAGO, Jan. 29. (j?3)—Mayor
Elias Wilson of Summit confessed,
involving himself and numerous oth
er officials in a shipment of illegal
beer from a Pennsylvania brewery to
Chicago gangsters. A suburban chief
of police is involved in the shipments
trucked from Summit to Chicago. The
Joe Saltis gang paid $2.00 a barrel
for trucking money, which was divid
ed between the mayor and other of
ficials. Robert F. Adams, reputed op
erator of an illicit brewery at Scran
ton, Pa., was arrested. It is said
Cleveland Saltis contracted for the
output.
APPROVE KELLOGG'S NOTE
TOKIO, Jab. 29. (JP)—The vernacu
lar newspapers intimate that there is
an' undercurrent anti-British feeling
as the result of the movement of
troops to.China. Simultaneously they
indicate approval of Secretary of State
Kellogg’s Chinese note.
TIME MARKS NUMBER
CHANGES 0. S. CAVALRY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (£>)—'Times
have changed in the cavalry. There
are now 25 full-blooded Sioux Indians
in the First squadron of the Fourth
cavalry at Fort Meade, S. D. They
are described in an official note as
very promising young soldiers. The
post to which they are assigned, in
the older days operated against the
Indians.
ARMY ADVANCED SHANGHAI
LONDON, Jan. 29. (/P)—A Shanghai
Daily Express dispatch reports the
plans of the Cantonese army have
been suddenly changed, indicating the
abandonment of the intention to ad
vance on Shanghai.
CO-OP. SAVES OREGON
AGGIE STUDENTS MONEY
VORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 29. (£>)—
Co-operative buying is practiced by
51 fraternities and sororities on the
Oregon Agricultural College campus
with a membership of 1,400 students.
The Co-operative Manager’s as
sociation,’the only organization of its
kind on the Pacific coast and one of
the few in the United States, handles
the buying and selling of supplies
and the members receive refunds ofj
all profits made through discounts
and quality purchases. It did a busi
ness of nearly $175,000 for the col
lege year of 1925-1926.
U. S. CRUISERS LEAVE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (£>)—'Three
American cruisers have been ordered
to Honolulu for possible use in China.
BRITISH ISLES IE
SWEPT BY STORM;
300 HURT GUIGOW
HOUSES COLLAPSE, CARS OVER
TURNED, WRECKAGE HURLED
THROUGH AIR
GLASGOW, Scotland, Jan. 29. (/P)—
Nineteen persons were killed in Scot
land yesterday by a windstorm, nine
of which were killed and 300 injured
in Glasgow alone. The winds are mod
erating.
SWEEPS BRITISH ISLES
LONDON, Jan. 29. (A5)—Wind swept
all of the British Isles leaving heavy
damage in its wake. Houses col
lapsed, street cars were overturned
and wreckage hurled through the air.
Chimneys were topped and trees up
rooted, while London was kept awake
during the night by crashing windows,
! while rain poured in torrents. A stee
plejack was blown from the 100-foot
! tower at St. Helen.
HARTLEY REJECTED
FOUR RECESS APPOINTEES CON
FIRMED AT OLYMPIA BY THE
LEGISLATURE
OLYMPIA, Jan. 29. (JF)—'The Sen
ate rejected six and confirmed four of
Governor Hartley’s recess appoint
ments. It rejected that of Roscoe
Balcli, J. M. Perry Paul Johns, Sidney
Levis and A. H. B. Jordan, university
regents; Richard Munter Cheney,
Board of Trustees, and confirmed J.
l
D. Farrell, regent; Mrs. Jay Fancy and
Charles Lund, trustees; A. R. Gard
ner, director of efficiency.
HFTEfl TOURING II. S,
BEBRLIN, Jan. 29. (IP)—Two con
cert tours through the United States
have convinced Bronislaw Huberman,
j Polish, violinist, that the only> salva
tion for Europe lies in the creation
of a Pan-European federation.
“You may wonder how a musician
and artist can have the nerve to dab
ble in world politics,” he said. “Well,
look at the mess which the profes
sional diplomats and politicians have
made. When I see this record of
failure, I am less diffident about an
artist’s ability to help save civiliza
tion.
COBB TO PLAY AGAIN
ATLANTAA, Jan. 29. (£»)—'Ty Cobb
announced definitely his return to
baseball this year so that he will not
have played his last game under a
cloud. , t
WOMEN NIBBLE TOO MUCH
LONDON, Jan. 29. (/P)—Women
about the house are always uibbling:
at something and therefore eat too
much, says Dr. James Fenton, medi
cal .officer of health for Kensington.