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SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 9.
CATHOLICS AND
OFFICIALS MIX
21 ARE DEAD
MEXICAN INDIANS TAKE UP ARMS UNDER
RELIGIOUS BANNER AND WIN ENGAGE
MENT-BISHOP ARRESTED ORDERED DEPORT
ED—CORRESPONDENTS PLACED UNDER AR
REST AND HELD SIX HOURS
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12. (/P)—A special dispatch
from Guadalajara State says 21 were killed and ten
■wounded when the Catholics and municipal authorities
of the town of Concula clashed. The mayor and a local
deputy were killed. It is reported the municipal authori
ties attempted to oppose a religious demonstration. Com
mandant Gonzala Escobar, at Torreon, reported that the
Indians have taken up arms under the religious banner
of Orteers Damaso Barraza, Knight of Collac of Colum
bus. The Indians won an engagement. Escobar said he
would restore peace in the State of Durango within 15
days.
1920 POSTAL RATES APPROVED
BY THE POSTOFFICE COMMIT
TEE-SENATE ACTIVE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (£>)—'The
Senate ordered the special election
eommitttee to investigate the election
of Senator Vare of Pennsylvania. The
postoffice committee approved of the
restoration of the 1920 postal rates.
The Senate asked the Treasury for a
full report on the activities and expen
ditures under cover of prohibition
agents.
IS DELIBERATE AFFRONT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (^—Hud
dleston (Democrat of Alabama) said
that the message of President Coolidge
was a deliberate affront to Mexico.
The House foreign affairs committee
voted to consider the message tomor
row.
RAIL MEN TO STRIKE
* * CLEVELAND, Jan. 12. (/P)—1The
Brotherhood of Trainmen and Con
ductors of the southern railroads be
gan taking a strike vote to force wage
increases similar to those accorded
to employes of eastern roads recently.
OPPOSES WRANGELL PROJECT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (JP)—The
Interior Department disapproved of
the improvement of Wrangell horbor.
ONE-THIRD POPULATION
OF 0. S. VOTE IT POLLS
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. (^—Govern
ment in the United States is by a one
third representation, according to a
survey made by John Hays E^mmond,
showing that 40,000,000 failed to vote
in the 1926 elections; this amount be
ing almost twice as large as the num
ber of those who voted.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12. (£>)—Bishop
Pasual Diaz, bishop of Tabasco and
secretary of the Catholic Episcopate,
was arrested and ordered deported.
The police arrested Archbishop Ruiz
y Flozer and four other bishops with
Diaz. It is reported most of the arch
bishops of Mexico are under arrest.
Correspondents of the Associated
Press and United Press seeking infor
mation of the cause of arrests of the
Episcopate were themselves arrest
ed and detained pending investigation
under instructions of the Minister of
the Interior. The correspondents were
released after the American embassy
made representations to the Mexican
foreign office. They were held for six
hours, respectively, without being per
mitted to communicate with anyone
outside of the Episcopate. They suc
ceeded, however, in doing so.
AIMEE TO TOUR U. S.
LON ANGELES, Jan. 12. (£>)—Aimee
McPherson was freed of all charges
and prepared to leave on a nation-wide
evangelical tour.
REPRESENTS ANNUAL PAYMENTS
UNDER DAWES PLAN —- COST
OF MINISTRIES INCREASES
BERLIN, Jan. 12. (IP)—The German
budget for the fiscal year of 1927, be
ginning May 1, is 10,503,000,000 marks,
an increase of 1,500,000,000 according
to a bill presented in the Reichstag.
The sum represents an increase in
annual payments under the Dawes
plan and increased. epenses of minis
tries. Five hundred and twenty-eight
millions of the extraordinary budget
will be met by loan and taxes, and cus
LONDON, Jan. 12. (IP)—The Duke
and Duchess of York left on a 34,000
mile trip to the Antipodes, leaving
their baby daughter, Princess Eliza
beth, with Queen Mary.
REIVE CARGO OE
BOOZE, Sfll BOAT
FORMER CAPTAIN COAST GUARD
VESSELS ADMITS OF WRONG
DOING
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. (£>)— Frank J.
Stuart, government witness in the
conspiracy trial of Frank and Edward
Costello and 16 others, testified that
while commander of coast guard boat
129 removed the cargo of a captured
rum runner Dawn, which would not do
business, sank the boat by shell fire,
landed the cargo and sold it for $3,000,
which was divided among the crew.
U
!EflSES
FIFTY PER CENT BETTER THAN
AUGUST SALE—CROSS FOX
BRINGS $115
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 12. (£>)—Sil
ver fox prices at the Winnipeg fur
auction showed 50 per cent increase
over the August sale. The best silver
cross fox brought S115. Others rang
ed around $22.75. Weasel brot $1.50
to $2.15. Low grade red fox fetched
$2.00; extra large specimens up to
$22.50.
ALASKA MINER PASSES
KINGSBARG, Calif., Jan. 12. (£>)—
John B. Mason, aged 81, an Alaskan
miner, died at his home here. He was
born at Bethel, Maine, in 1845, and
spent 27 years in Alaska. He came
out two years ago. j
POLICE TIGHTEN NET
MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 12. (^—Tight
ening of the police net against rum
runners which is being thrown around
the southern coast by the U. S. coast
guard was further evidenced today
when information was given out at
headquarters of the Gulf division that!
more than 75 patrol boats have been
assigned to Southern waters.
START BOOM TOO QUICK
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. (£>)—Friends
of Governor A1 Smith said his boom
for President had been started too
soon, and they are trying to chill it off.
AUTHORITIES STRIKE BLOW
AT SMUGGLER GANGS
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. (£>)—Customs
authorities struck a blow at organ
ized gem smuggling by arresting
Franz Pielemans, a Dutch seaman, as
he left the pier after shipping on a
Red Star liner. Diamonds valued at
$125,000 were seized on Pieleman. The
seizure was held secret for 24 hours,
in a futile effort to locate the con
signee.
TWO RECEIVERS
PENDING OUTCOME OF DIVORCE
SUIT LEITA CLAIMS $10,000,000
IS COMMUNITY PROPERTY
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12. (^—Su
perior Judge Walton J. Wood appoint
i ed two receivers to handle the proper
i
ties of Charlie Chaplin pending the
outcome of the divorce suit filed by
his wife, Letia. W. I. Gilbert and
Herman Spitzell, receivers, were re
quired to post $200,000 bonds each.
Gilbert was chief counsel for Aimee
McPherosn in her preliminary hear
ing, and also personal attorney forj
Rudolph Valentino. The receivership!
applies to both community and sepa
rate property of the Chaplin estate,.
The former is valued at $10,000,000
and the latter at $6,000,000.
S10,000,000 COMMUNITY PROPERTY
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12. (^—Char
lie Chaplin’s estate is valued at $16,
000,000. His wife Leita claims $10,
000,000 is community property.
DETECTIVES MOVE IN
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12. (/^—De
tectives, under the receivers’ orders,!
moved in on the Chaplins’ Beverly |
Hills home and ordered that nothing;
be removed. Others took over the j
studio. Virtually no picture-making
paraphernalia "was found.
BANDITS MASSACRE
THOUSANDS IN CM
SURROUNDED VILLAGE — RESI
DENTS FIGHT MARAUDERS
WHO LATER PLY TORCH
LONDON, Jan. 12. (TP)—A Reuters
dispatch from Peking said a Shantung
message announced that bandits mas
sacred a thousand residents to warn
the residents of Wang-hi-Pam.
Wang-chih-Pao villagers fought the
bandits, who awaited reinforcements,
after which they surrouided the vil
lage slaughtering its inhabitants. Chil
dren were literally pulled to pieces.
EUROPE'S MYSTERY MAN
ILL AT MONTE CARLO
PARIS, Jan. 12. (£>)— Sir Basil
Zaharof, man of mystery and one of
the world’s richest men, is suffering
the supreme suffering of the gour
met. He is living on a diet. Sir Ba
sil, who has been seriously ill, is slow
ly recuperating at Monte Carlo. Doc
tors have forbidden him to eat any of
the famous dishes which graced his
table.
BOOZE DEATHS TOTAL 65
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. (JP)—Three
more deaths at Bellevue hospital
brot the holiday poison liquor death
total up to 65.
SENATOR COUZEN ALLEGED TO
HAVE OWNED 89,500,000 IN
HOLDINGS SOLD TO FORD
DETROIT, Jan. 12. (JP)—A tale of
the manner in which Henry Ford ran
a $28,000 investment into over a billion
dollars is involved in the government
tax suit against nine of the original
stockholders. The suit opened here
today in which the government seeks
to collect over $30,000,000 reputed to
be unpaid taxes, from the defendants,
who sold their holdings to Henry Ford
in 1919. The charges are undervalu
ation. The government collected $20,
000,000 income taxes, which is claimed
should have been $50,000,000. The
principal defendant is Senator James
Couzen. It is alleged he owned $9,500,
000. His original investment was
$2,500. He sold the shares for over
$28,000,000 after collecting $10,000,000
dividends.
PEOPLE OF 111 VICTIMS
EXCESSIVE COST
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 12. (;P)—
Declaring that “our people have been
victims long enough in the excessive
cost of gasoline,” Govem'or Autstin
Peay, in delivering his message to the
Tennessee Legislature, recommended
the creation of a proper agency with
power and authority to approve or re
fuse and gauge charges in the price
of gasoline and to regulate its cost and
distribution.
TAKE DEATH OATH
ROME, Jan. 12. (IP)—Representa
tives of the Satholics of Mexico took
an oath in the presence of the Pope to
resisit until death in defense of their
faith.
PRINCE IF SWEDEN IN
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. (IP)—A Prince
who would rather hunt lions than be
ope is visiting New York, the fourth
member of royalty to visit this country
in the last year. Prince William of
Sweden is here as a private citizen.
His welcome was probably the most
informal ever accorded a member of
a reigning European family.
DENY MUTILATING DRIVER
CHICAGO, Jan. 12 . (£>)— Nathan
Leopold and Richard Loeb, youthful
thrill slayers, denied on the stand in
a mutilation suit trial that they mu
tilated a taxi chauffeur before they
killed Bobby Franks.
SAME AS IMPERIAL REGIME
BERLIN, Jan. 12. (IP)—A bill await
ing action provides for an amendment
to the Constitution allowing the pre
sentation of medals and titles as in the
lays of the Imperial regime.