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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 194. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DRY OFFICIAL WAS
HOUNDED, HARASSED.
ALSO HAMSTRUNG
PROHIBITION IS A RESERVOIR i
FOR HENCHMEN OF POLITI
CIANS, SAYS MILLS
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (^—Writing
in the September issue of Collier's
Weekly, Chester P. Mills, former ad
ministrator of the Second Federal Dis
trict, declared he was induced into the
service on the assurance politics
would play no part in enforcement
but he was hounded by government
and bootleggers spies, harassed by
politicians so frequently, and warned
from Washington to “go easy” with
politicians, that he found himself
hamstrung and ^finally driven out of
office. “I am convinced if I had avoid
ed irritating the politicians and con
fined my efforts to mopping up
streamlets of booze and beer instead
of damming and destroying the sourc
es of supply, we would have been un
disturbed. Prohibition, as at present
operated, is a party spoils system, and
three-quarters of the 2,500 dry agents
are ward helpers and sycophants
named by politicians and politicians j
whether professionally wet or pro
fessionally dry. They want prohibi
tion because they regard prohibition
reservoir of jobs for their henchmen
ts they regard postmasterships, a
and of favors for friends.”
as they regard postmasterships, a
reservoir of jobs for their henchmen
POLICE AND BANDITS
BUTTLE. SMALL TOWN
MONROE, Sept. 9. (&)—At least
one bandit is believed to have been
shot on the main street of Monroe,
early yesterday morning, in a battle
between three bandits and a posse,
headed by Marshal Frank Hogle, of
Sultan. The bandits had been fol
lowed from Sultan where they had
robbed the Fay Baker Clothing Store.
N. f. TO FRISCO 1
lilL EXPRESS STARTS
I
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. (/P)—The
Air Express, from San Francisco to
New York will start functioning today
and .merchandise of all sorts will be
carried in the giant planes employed
by the company. The minimum
charge for any shipment is $2.00 and
the maximum weight allowed on any
one shipment is 200 pound's.
WILL ROGERS EXPLAINS
WHY SUBSTITUTE USEff
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9. (£>)—Will I
Rogers hastened to explain why a city!
bred cowboy rode a horse as his snb-;
stitute in a picture now being filmed. |
It was an order from the doctors be
cause of his abdominal operation, and j
not fear, that kept him off the steed, j
he said.
JIMMY LEAVES BERLIN
BERLIN, Sept. 9. (/P)—Mayor Walk- j
er left Berlin with its political trou
bles, for Baden Baden, after praising
the city for its beauty of architecture
and planning.
DYPTHERM III NOME
MIKES APPEARANCE
NOME, Sept. 9. (/P)—Dyptheria
again made its presence in Nome yes
terday when Norvin Lewis, Jr., was
examined by Dr. Welch who adminis
trated an antitoxin serum to the
youngster whicM was of the same sup
ply brought to Nome during the epi
demic.
TOTAL REPARATION
PAYMENTS PAIO FOR
THIRD TEAR TO 0. S.
INCREASED IMPORTS AND TOUR-|
1ST TRAVEL ACCOUNTS FOR
PROSPERITY
BERLIN, Sept. 9. (£>)—Parker Gil
bert, agent general lor reparation pay
ments, under the Dawes plan, an
nounced that 'with the payment Thurs- j
day of 55,000,000 gold marks, by thei
!
German Railway Company, Germany |
has completed payments for the third j
year amounting to 1,500,000,000 marks,;
except for the balance of 20,000,0001
due on account of transport, Septem
ber 15th. Increased imports and tour
ist travel has accounted for greater
German prosperity. News published
in German papers show that German
domestic and foreign loans have been
greatly reduced during the fiscal year.
Foreign loans have been cut to 1,000,
000,000 marks and domestic loans |
were chopped to about 70 per cent. j
Reparations due during the succeed
ing year amount to 1,250,000,000
marks. Total reparations paid to the
Allies for the last three years amount
ed ot nearly $1,000,000,000.
PRIDE OF DETROIT
BROCK AND SCHLEE TAKE OFF
TONIGHT ON NEXT LEG HOP
ROUND-WORLD
HONGKONG, Sept. 9. (£>)—The
globe trotting monoplane Pride of
Detroit made ready for the next leg
of its flight this evening while Brock
and Schlee told of their adventure
flying the 1,000 miles from Rangoon,
Burma to Hanos, French Indo-Ohina,
thence to Hongkong , surprising the
world which had been on the verge
of listing them among the missing.
Making off from Rangoon early
Thursday they headed for either Bang
kok or Hanos. When the time for
reaching Bangkok had passed and no
word received from them fear was ex
pressed they were lost for they were
flying along the fringe of a monsoon
area. Upon their arrival here they
related how they reached Bangkok,
passed over the city, and reeled off
hundreds of miles over jungles. They j
were delayed at Hanos by a monsoon j
but left there Friday morning and
made the 600 mile hop in the face of j
strong headwind^..
PRIZE MONEY FOR HOF
IS WITHDRAWN,. BOSTON
BOSTON, Sept. 9. (/P)—Withdrawal
of the Boston Airport trans-Atl^itic
flight purse for the current year be
cause of unseasonable •weather was
announced by the trustees. The purse
was $25,000 would have gone to the
flyer first to land in Boston from the j
other side.
The Guiding Hand
LINER CRUISES LARGE
AREA FINDS NO TRACE
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. -(AP)—The
liner Carmania reported to Conard of
ficers she was proceeding 200 miles
over the estimated course of the plane
Old Glory but & vigilant lookout failed
to discover any trace of the lost mono
plane or its crew.
CARIBOU HERDS INTERIOR
DESTROY COMMICM
OF AliSKA RAILROAD
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 9. (/P)—Migrat-!
ing caribou crowding through a can-.
yon destroyed wires and tripods of the ^
Alaska Railroad cutting off communi
cation to Fairbanks. Lineman, mak- j
ing repairs, were forced to work at in- \
tervalsi between the appearance of
stampedes of a large herd forced into
the canyon writh oncoming thousands
behind.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle, 2; Oakland, 4.
Los Angeles, 7; Missions, 7.
San Francisco, nothing; Portland 8.
Hollywood, 2; Sacramento, 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, 11; St. Louis, 7.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago, 4; Washnigton, 3.
Cleveland, 8; Boston, 10.
St. Louis, 1; New York, 2.
Detroit, 1; Philadelphia, 9.
NOME; CARGO LOST
CHIEF ENGINEER ON M. S. CAR
PENTER NARROWLY AVERTS
DROWNING
NOME, Sept. 9. (£>)—'With a 28 mile
gale and surf raging last night an
Eskimo named Perry lost his life and
James Bayne, chief engineer of the
M. S. Carpenter, narrowly escaped
drowning when a launch filled with
water in the breakers. The barge,
which was being towed from the Car
penter to Snake river harbor, became
unmanageble and drifted on to the
beach where most of the freight was
destroyed. Bayne and his Eskimo
helper, after losing the barge, endeav
ored to get back aboard the Carpenter
but when they reached the side of
the ship the rope broke and before
they could swing the launch around
it began to fill with water. The coast
guard crew went to their rescue with
a small power launch self bailer but
found it impossible to tow the launch
filled with water. The coast guard
finally picked up Bayne, and the Es
kimo out of the surf. Bayne was a
good swimmer otherwise he would
have drowned. The Eskimo evidently
became frightened or cramped.
LEVIATHAN'S LISTING
EXCELLS ALASKA BOUTS
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (/P)—'The
steamer Leviathan, of the United
States lines, left Southampton Eng.,
Wednesday with a record passenger
list. There were 2742 passengers
aboard the giant liner, which is the
iai L uumuu
the American Immigration Laws be
came so drastic.
MR KICKS SKIS
INCOME FLUCT0ITE5
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (IP)—Mrs.
Harry Leon Wilson, Wife of the 'author,
was granted an interlocutory decree
of divorce yesterday, on the charges
of desertion and failure to provide.
Their property settlement is yet to
be fought out as Mrs. Wilson is de
manding $5,000 per month, while the
author asserts that his earnings fluct
uate from $15,000 to $96,000 per year.
TO PROTECT BEAVERS
ALMA-ATA, Kasakstn, Sept. 9.(£>)—
—A settlement of beavers is reported
jin the Atabassar district, the first
jever heard of in that region. Local
j authorities are taking measures ‘ to
organize a special zone for them in
order to protect them from being
j killed by wandering Mongol tribes.
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MAGAZINE FOR ROYALTY
TOKYO, Sep.t 9. (IP)—The Brim,
cesses and princesses of Japan, an
exclusive set upon whom the com
mon people look as of divine origin,
have taken up journalism. They will
publish a monthly magazine, contain
ing poems and stories of travel and
history—but It will be only for the
royal families. -
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