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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 269. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1927.
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNOUN.
CES DISCOVERY OF NEW RIV
ER, CHANK8CHAMNA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. <£>)—The
Interior Department announces the
completion of the Alaskan Geological
Survey covering a tract o f 2,000
square miles in the Alaska range and
adjacent country west of Cook Inlet,
around Mt. Spurr, hitherto, a blank
area on the maps.
The exploration was one of a* ser
i ie-a of requiring 30 years and the
party consisted of S. R. Capps, geo
logist in charge, R. H. Sargent, top
(Continued on Page Three.)
NO ONE SHOULD BE LED TO
SUPPOSE HE HAS MODIFIED
AUGUST ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (JP)—Iu a
I-ostscript prepared for speech -before
the republican national committee
President Coolidge said “to give time
and mature deliberation to what I
stated to the country on- August 2,
when I said I did not choose to run
for president in 192s My statement
stands and no one should be led to
~uppose I modified it. I trust my de
cision will be respected. I have been
eliminated and the party has been
and should vigorously continue the
serious task of selecting another can
didate from among the numbers of
distinguished men.*’
I
EIGHT PERSONS OIE
BOARDING HOUSE EIRE
WILLIAWSTOWN, W. Va., Dec. 7.
(TP)—Eight persons died in a lire
which destroyed a boarding house,
~ix of whom, came to testify in the
murder trial of Elijah Wellman and
three sons. The fire originated in
he hallway between two sections of
the rooming house at fi o’clock this
morning and spread so rapidly the
eight were trapped
NEW ROADS FOR HUNGARY
BUDAPEST, Dec. 7. (£>)—Hungary
has begun a Six-year program of road
building to American specifications
and using American road machinery.
Main highways will be modernized
by surfacing with bitumen, concrete
or tar asphalt. Parliament will be
asked to tax automobile; to meet th-i
expense.
MOTHER FOUND DEAD
IN SNOW GHITINA HEAD
NEARLY BLOWN OFF
CORDOVA, Dee. 7. (JP)—The body
of Mrs. L. A. Dyer, mother of two
babies and wife of the owner and
bookkeeper in the Chitina Cash
Store, was found lying in blood
stained enow by a native near Chit
ina up the Copper River valley.
A revolver was found nearby. * The
head was nearly (blown off. It is be.
lieved the woman ^bot herself Sun
day night during a fit of despondent
cy. Leaving a neighbor’s house in the
afternoon she had said “if anything
happens to me take care of my child
ren.”
PIOSHSIOHAL TOEITT
SIGNED BE mil AND
FRANCE. PROTECTION
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PARIS. Dec. 7. (JP)—France and It
aly took an Important step when they
they signed a provisional agreement
' for friendly agreement. Foreign Min
ister Briand of France and Count
Manzoni, Italian Ambassador, signed
the treaty.
This act will regulate economic,
financial and commercial relations.
The treaty specifically protects the
Nationals of each power while so
journing in the other but it is hoped
it will lead to permanent agreement.
KETCHIKAN, Defc. 7. (/P)—After
living Eve days, helplessly paralyzed,
or unable to prepare Food or buikl
fa lire during the cold weather, Capt.
II. J. Hanson, age 72, a veteran min
er and prospector, died yesterday
shortly after he was brought to the
hospital from Point Niblic. He had
been in the Territory for more than
30 years without a trip to the Out
side.
MAUDE ADIS WANTED
GIVE PART TO ANOTHER
NEW YORK, Dec.7. (fl*)—Maude
Adams, who won her greatest fame
as “Babbie” in “The Little Minister,”
| tried to give the role to another ac
| tress when it was offered to .her
i •
This revelation was made in a j
| magazine article by Sir James Bar-:
' rie, author of the play.
MILLIONS DEFICIT
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 7. (JP)—A de
ficit of almost §24,000,000 faces Mex
ico in 1927 official statements of the
Finance Minister disclosed. The loss
requires retrenchment in 1928, the
Minister said. *
WILLIS THROWS HAT
TWO AVOWED REPUBLICAN CAN
DIDATES NOW IN THE FIELD;
SENATOR? OW*TIS *
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WASHINGTON* Dec. 7. Sena
tor Willis of Ohio tossed his hat into
the presidental ring Immediately aft- j
er President Coolidge told the repub
lican national committeemen he had j
“eliminated’' himself from the 1928
presidental situation.
"Numerous friends of mine in Ohio j
and some other states and Alaska i
have been good enough to mention
j my name in connection^ with the re
publican nomination for presidency,”
Willis said in a formal statement,
“and if the republicans^ of Ohio feel
I can creditably represent them as
their candidate in the forthcoming
national convention I shall feel it a
great honor to do so.”
This puts two avowed candidates
in the field both members of the Sen
ate the other being Senator Curtis of
Kansas, and republican floor leader.
I ACTIVITIES FALL BELOW TO
TALS LAST YEAR, SAYS SEC
RETARY MELLON
j WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (/^—Al
though business showed a recession
during the last year it is approach
{ iiig normal expectancy with sound
underlying fundamentals, Secretary
Mellon told Congress in his annual
report. lie declared business activi
ty which began in the spring will
tall below .the totals of last year as
a result of recession of business “now
being conducted on a basis that con
forms more nearly to normal ex
pectancy as judged from the regular
rate of the country that prevailed on i
j an average for some years.”
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WILLIE 8EKCK DENIES j
IS PISH TO KILLING
NEW YORK, Dec. 7. (/P)—Willis
Beach denied from the witness stand
that he had participated in the killing
! of Dr. W’illiam Lilleendohl for the
murder of whom he is n trial togeth
i
er with Mrs. Margaret Lilleendahl.
Beach said on the day of the murder
he did not see Mrs. Lileendalil at any-!
time. !
WIFE OF JUDGE DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. (/P)—
Mrs. Mary Ewing Waste, wife of
Chief Justice Waste, of the Califor
nia Supreme Court, died here v
WAY IN SOVIET RUSSIA
L
BELGRADE, Dec. 7. (£>)—Open re
bellion against the government has
broken out in the Southern regions
of Soviet Russia.
The rebellion is among government
troops consisting of five regiments
led by General Potenkof, former aide
of the deposed Soviet leader, Trots,
ky.
The Moscow Commissioner at
Odessa was decapitated and hi3
head paraded through the streets by;
the rebels.
Ifi-gh officials of Odessa are said to
be in sympathy with the movement.
NEW YORK SCIENTIST
DEFENDS COMPANIONATE
MARRIAGES, DIVORCES
NEW YORK, Dec. 7. (/P)—Bertrand
Russell, scientist, defended compan
ionate marriages and divorce by mut
ual agreement where there were ho
children.
He said much of the opposition
to these ceremonies comes from sex
starved moralists who have had un_
satisfactory sexual relations them
selves.
unfit JEWELRY THEFT
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. t/P)—-The
| theft of jewelry valued at more than
! l'200,O0Q from Bernard Renfelt of
New York City, a consignment from
a jeweler in a downtown Los Ange
les hotel last Friday, was disclosed
; by the police for the first time.
Authorities withheld publicity be
! cause they believed they had several
; clues which might result in the cap
ture of them. However, it is said,
| no arrest is imminent.
GERMANY ASKS ALLIED
HOOPS BE REMOVED
I
GENEVA, Dec. 7. (iP)—-Germany :
made her first move for the revis
ion of the Versailles Peace Treaty j
which brought to an end the World j
War.
She asked that ail the Allied troops
be removed from the Rhineland.
They now number about 50,000. The
total evacuation is not due until 1935.
SHIFTING CARGO
DUTCH HARBOR, Dec. 7. (#»)—
The hatches of the steamer Lawrence
were opened and the cargo of oil,
intended for Japan, is being trans
ferred to the Captol and will be land
ed at Vancouver, B. C
AIMS, PUNS. FUTURE
ADMINISTRATION IS
SET FORTH C00LID9E
NO THREAT OF AGGRESSION
SHOULD BE SEEN IN BUILO.
ING UP THE NAVY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. (^—With
out mentioning his own connection
with the approaching political cam
paign President Coolidge laid down a
set of political principles for the re
publican national committee and re
cited at length the aims of the ad
ministraton and plans for the future.
Those who expected Coolidge, to am
plify the statement "he did not
choose to run” were disappointed.
Speaking in the east room of the
White House Coolidge reateratfed hlk
belief in a high protective tariff,
freedom of private iuterest from gov
ernment interferences, in operation
of industry, agriculture and business
pursuit in general and the necessity
of economy, in reduction of the nat
ional debt.
“We wish our banking institutions
-to be strong...nmj profitable in order
that they may serve the needs of the
nation and we believe they should as
sist other people in supplying credit
requirements. We d onot think this
should be done by sacrificing any
other desirable domestic interest and
we could not look with favor upon
putting jeopardy in our industry or
agriculture to serve the needs of for
eign debtors.”
Building up the American navy,
Coolidge said “was imperative but. in
this endeavor no one ne^d see the
threat of aggression. While we be
lieve this country is committed to a
policy of naval armament limitation,”
•he declared that “unless I misread
the convictions of my countrymen we
likewise will be determined to enter
no covenant that assigns to the Unit
ed States any secondary place among
naval powers of the world.”
Coolidge declared “agriculture, as
a whole, is in better circumstances
than some other division of indus
try.”
SUED
EMPLOYE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 7. (£>)—
The Alaska Packers Association is
sued for $100,000 by Wayne A. Ran
gila who alleged he was permanently
injured last June while working for
the association in Bristol Bay. He
charged the acident was due to de
fective machinery and equipment
used In unloading ballast from the
Association’s ship Arctic.
POSTMASTER NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. (£>)— Pots
master nominations sent in to the
Senate included James H. Anderson
of Nome.