VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 41
SEWARD, ALASKA, MOD DAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929.
PRICE TEE CEiNTh
SENATOR REED SAYS REIGN OF
HYPOCRISY AND FRAUD;
CITIZENS ASLEEP
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, (A3)—
Senator Reed of Missouri loosened
a. torrent of scorn and dirision for
prohibition and its disciples in the
Senate Saturday delivering one of
the few extended speeches of the
session. i
The Missourian, in bowing him
self from the public stage, turned
upon dry advocates with such an i
outburst of fury seldom approach
ed in his turbulent career.
At the request of Senator Borah
the Senate agreed to remove the
debate limit. Whether Borah will
reply to Reed next week was not
disclosed.
Senator Reed contended the
United States was under a “Reign
of hypocrisy, cant, violence, chic
anry, false pretense and fraud,”
and predicted the time will come
when the American people will
awaken to the view that “The pro
hibition law is the worst crime
ever to have been foisted upon
them.”
BEST TO ALLOW REGULATIONS
STAND; MAY MODIFY IN
THE FUTURE
WASHINGTON, Fc-b., 18, (/P)—
Secretary Jardine in answer to a
petition from the citizens of Ko
diak and Afognak group of is
lands, in southwest Alaska, pre
sented to him by the delegate
from Alaska, asking that all pro
tective regulations against Ko
diak brov/n bear be removed, in
formed his caller that the present
regulations permit all Kodiak res- j
idents what they ask and at the
same time preserves the “Wild
life species.”
The citizens of Kodiak, in their
petition, told the secretary that
the big brown bears were a con
stant menace to human life; also
destructive to livestock and agri
culture.
Jardine said there was an open ■
season on bears from September |
1 to June 20th and the present i
regulations allow them to be kill- j
ed whenever threatening livestock j
or humans, or whenever they j
were discovered within a half-mile
of a human habitation.
He said he thought it would be
best to allow the present regula
tions to stand although there
might be a possibility of modifi
cation later.
PROPAGANDIST KILLED
KWAKTOUM, Egypt, Feb., 18,(A3)
—A notorious Egyptian propagan
dist was killed in a battle between
natives and Sudanese regulars nea.’
the Dengkur pyramid.
DENIES ENGAGEMENT
PARIS, Feb., 18, UP)—Miss Mary
Langdon Baker of Chicago, denied
she was about to become engaged j
to Count Margrave Palavincini, j
Hungarian.
BELLE ISLE, Fla., President
elect Hoover returned to his vaca
tion home here Saturday night
from a trip through the Everglades
and will prepare to depart for
Washington. He was almost mobb
ed by an enthusiastic crowd at
Fort Lauderdale where he stopped
for a few minutes.
NUMEROUS ALASKANS ON WAY
HOME AFTER WINTER ON
COLD OUTSIDE
SEATTLE, Feb., 18, </P)—’The S.
S. Northwestern, of the Alaska S.
S. Co., left Seattle on Saturday
morning at 9 o’clock, carrying 179
passengers. The Seward list of
reservations were:
J. C. Larson, S. R. Weissel, R.
Sims, Fritz Wein, Mrs. Jack Me
Fee, W. J. Scott, Chas. Jansen, C.
C. Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Step
uch, E. T. Goode, C. E. Morrow,
Mr. and -Mrs. J. A. Buuchanan,
F. A. Neville, C. E. Alexander, G.
V7. Rathjens, Andrew Anderson,
A. II. Davidson, William -oirnel
kas, Mrs. J. A. Anderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Win. Duncan, Sam Bell, G.
Johnrus, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Schmidt, Glenn Gibbons, ; R. E.
Lee. J. P. Yank and two steerage.
FIGURES REVEAL TERRITORY
HAS GROWN SOMEWHAT
PAST CENTURY
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, (/P>—
Trade between the United States
and its principal territories more
than doubled since 1913, the Unit
ed States Chamber of Commerce
reports.
Exports to Alaska, Phillipines,
Porto Rico and Hawaii, increased ,
150 percent or $162,000,000. while
imports from them increased 200
percent or $248,000;000.
Sales to Alaska tripled since the
beginning of the century and ex
ports show a similar gain.
LUST CHRISTMAS MAIL
M BE DELIVERED
ST. PAUL ISLAND
SEATTLE, Feb., 18, (/Pi —The
Naval contingent on St. Paul Island
government station, in the Bering
Sea. will get their Christmas mail
soon for the cutter Chelan, which
went North to aid the Alloway,
was ordered to take the first mail
shipment since List October.
The cutter Chelan, costing $2,
000,000, picked the mail up at
Dutch Harbor, where boats ar
rive every month during the win
ter, and is proceeding to the is
land at the first opportunity.
CHICAGO, Feb., 18, (/P)—The
State’s Attorney’s office expressed
itself as satisfied that the ‘ Pur- :
pie’’ gang in Detroit had no im
portant part in the gang killing
last week.
At the same time investigators
have given further testimony that
two of the slayers were dressed
as police officers. Deputy State’s
Attorney Stansbury pointed out
there has not been an arrest of a
single suspect.
LITTLE LESSENING IN FRIGII)
WEATHER CONDITIONS ON
CONTINENT
LONDON, Feb., 13, (A>)- A new
blizzard, bringing ice and snow is
whooping down upon Central
Europe from the Siberian Steppes
and tae East, and shortage of coal,
gas, electricity and water devel
op; cl as intense cold, from which
the continent suffered, contin
ued.
There appears to be little les
sening in weather conditions and
the hope arising from slight rises
in temperatures in Germany, were
counteracted with forecasts of
new cold weather.
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BABV IN FOP.
IMPORTANT ARRESTS NEAR,IT
IS SAJI); POLICE ON TRAIL
OF.. GANG
CHICAGO, Feb.. 18, (IP)—Three
“Purple” gangsters of Detroit were
thrice identified through photo
graphs as members of the gang
hunted for the seven murders.
They were spies, the police say,
and were advance men; planted
to observe the men marked for
death. Note of their hours of gath
ering were made so that the ac
tual killers would know when and
how to strike.
Two women and a man, living
across the street from the garage
where the gang massacre took
place, made the identification
from a score of photographers and
they picked the three which they
said were the men who rented
rooms overlooking the garage.
The rooms were occupied dur
ing the days immediately preced
ing the assassinations. Harry and
Phi! Keywell, brothers, and Ed
die Fletcher, were the three whose
pictures were identified. Follow
indentification the police an
nounced the trail of the gang was
growing hot and important ar
rests are near.
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BLY COMPLETE DESTRUC
TION OF VESSEL
DUTCH HARBOR, Feb., 18, (IP)—
On the wreck strewn and rocky
northeastern shore of Ugamak
Island and at the entrance to Un
imak Pass, the freighter Alloway
finnaly reached the end of a
ghost cruise.
The coast guard Chelan found
the Alloway piled on the beach
under a 1,000 cliff after searching
in the fog for 36 hours.
The decks of the Alloway are
awash and cargo is breaking out
from the holds and floating in the
breakers about the ship. The en
tire hull is full of water and the
ship is a total loss. Salvage is im
possible. The next easterly gale
will probably complete the des
truction of the vessel.
LOST IK THE FOG
SEATTLE, Feb., 18, (A5)—The
phantom scrap of metal—the Al
loway—was, at last reports, being
pursued in a blind chase through
an Aleutian fog, by the coast
guard cutter Chelan.
If the Chelan finds her quar
ry she may sink her with her
five-inch guns. A message to the
Associated Press from Captain
Throckmorton said: “Men behav
ed well.’’