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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 63.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1929.
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REBELS CLAIMED TO HAVE IN
FLICTED HEAVY FEDER
AL CASUALTIES
MEXICO CITY, March 18, (A3)—
Stiff rebel opposition and heavj
fighting is in prospect as powerful
federal armies converged from four
■directions on the insurgent strong
hold in Torreon.
General Calles, federal comman
der in chief, notified the govern
ment that he was maching to at
tack Torreon in force and expect
ed to occupy the city by Tuesday
night.
General Escobar, insurgent lead
er, is showing no disposition to re
peat, however, and instead report
ed a victory in the first skirmish
with the advancing federals.
Taking the initiative the rebels
attacked two federal columns at
San Pedro yesterday and claimed
to have inflicted heavy casualties
and taken numerous prisoners.
Several thousand men took part
in the engagement; 200 were re
ported to have been killed. The
rebels claim 1,200 were killed.
EMBASSY LIQUOR
BROUGHT TO HERD
LOAD IS SEIZED
VIOLATION OF DRY LAW WAS
ONLY TECHNICAL, SAYS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON, March 18. (A3)—
The problem of “Embassy liquor”
has been brought to a head by a
■ruck load of 60 cases of whiskies
and other intoxicants consigned
to the Siamese legation.
The whole matter of rights oi
foreign diplomats with respect to
liquor importation and transpor
tation in a dry country is involv
ed. The diplomatic corps generally
resents the action of the police.
One prominent diplomat said he
mtended, to ask the state depart
ment officials the next time
he intended to get a shipment of
liquor saying its desire should be
made known.
Although the seizure reflected
on the decision of someone to
launch a drive against embassy
liquor it was decided violation of
-he dry law was only a technical
one and charges'against the dri
ver and loader aboard the truck
will probably never -be heard. The
bureau denied it’s agents were in
volved in the case.
DOLLING UP NOW TABOO
JUGOSLAVIA SCHOOLS
BELGRADE. Jugoslavia, March
18, (A3)—Declaring Jugoslavia’s
girls devote more time to educa
tion and sports than beautifying
thenn elves. Premier Zivkovitch
decreed that school authorities
must refuse admission to girls us
ing lipstick and powder and wear
ing short skirts and silk stockings, j
ENRAGED, KILLS SELF
LOS ANGELES, March 18, <7P)_
An enraged man killed himself at
i a dance after wounding his sweet
j heart and another in a fight, in
which the lives of a score of guests
'were endangered. Witnesses said
the man and girl had been quar
: reiing and the man suddenly open
i ed fire.
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jURGENT CALLS FOR TYPHOID
SERUM; SUPPLIES SENT
IMMEDIAETLY
I
! MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 18,
! UP)—Governor Bibbs asked the
| American Red Cross to care for
| the afflicted refugess in the Ala
bama flood area, last night,
i Twenty-five thousand dollars
is needed for relief work now;
\ nurses and doctors from national
[headquarters are arriving in the
[stricken districts where disease is
feared.
Urgent calls have been received
from Garland, Ala., for typhoid
serum and the Governor has
sent supplies. Communication lines
are down and doctors may be cut
off from the town.
SCHOOL GIRL PROVES
! TUFT ERRED IN OATH
NEW YORK, March 18, (fP)—
Helen Terwilliger, 13-year-old
j school girl, was proven right in
Iner assertion that Chief Justice;
I Taft erred in administrating the
I Presidential oath to Mr. Hoover.
The movietone showed Mr. Taft
used the words “preserve, main
tain and defend” instead of “pie- !
serve yroteet and defend”.
run TO SEWARD WILE BE MADE
SLOWLY; BREAKING IN |
NEW ENGINES
SEATTLE, Mar- h 17, (Special to
the Gateway)—Alter trying to get
underway for the last two weeks
but held back by extensive alter
ations in improvements on his
craft, Capt. Heinie Berger, owner !
of the M. S. Discoverer, was sched- j
uled to leave Seattle today for!
Juneau and Seward.
Captain Berger has a full load '
of cargo on board consigned to
regular ports on his Westward run
out of Seward. He states he does ;
not expect to make much head- !
way on the voyage north as the i
new engine must be run slowly un- ,
til well broken in.
PASSENGER CATCHES
ALEUTIAN I PLANE!
SEATTLE, March 18, (JP)—When !
the Steamer Aleutian sailed last:
night for Alaska one passenger
was missing but he took a flying |
boat and caught the liner near
Port Townsend after waiting for •
more than three hours. Charles S. !
Dagy, of the Northwest Electric j
company used the plane which!
was piloted by Percy Barnes.
MAKES SETTLEMENT
NEW YORK, March 18, (JP)—
O. Frank Woodward, food manu
facturer, who is suing his wife ,
for divorce on the grounds of mis
conduct, has made a financial I
settlement with his wife outside1
of court. More than SI.000,000 is ;
said to be involved.
FIRST RECEPTION
WASHINGTON, March 18, (/Pi —
The fir t social function in the
White House since the inaugura
tion of President Hoover was given
!li a blaze of gold braid and
brightly colored epaulet plumed
bats. It was the formal reception
the diplomat corps.
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SOB BIST
RETAIL PRICES DUE TO DOU
BLE WITHIN THE WEEK,
BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE
NEW YORK, March 18, (/P)—
At least 500 speak-easies and four
veil known night clubs have been
losed in greater New York since
uhe Jones law went into effect with
ive years prison penalty for pro
libition violations, the police an
ounced.
Liquor prices have gone sky
high. Ssotch whiskey, which sold
at $60 a case, is now quoted at $90.
Bootleggers say the wholesalers
ire charging $120 a case for rye
that formerly brought only $75 a
case. Retail prices will be doubled
within a week, it is predicted.
POINT BARROW. March 18, (/Pi
—This town is deprived of all
medical aid as Dr. A. W. Newhall
plans to fly to Fairbanks on ac- ;
count of critical heart trouble and
pneumonia.
Aviator Noel Wien was expected
to arrive here yesterday. He is the !
same pilot who took an active part
in the search for the lost Fox film .
men last spring. Dr. Newhall has
spent 30 years in the missionary
medical service in Alaska.
ALASKA’S BIG GAME BECKONS BIG GAME HI'NTERS FROM ALL
Ts OF THE GLOBE
Caribous, bear and moose
pictures trophies from last season’s hunt.
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LOOTING REPORTED AT ELBA:
AREA IS PLACED UNDER
MARTIAL LAW
ATLANTA, March 18, (£>)—'The
known deaths from the floods in
Alabama, Georgia and Florida
has reached 20 with the fear ex
pressed that additional fatuities
will be disclosed by the receding
waters.
Sixteen are dead in Alabama,
three in Georgia and one in Flor
ida. Elba had the greatest toll
where 10 were listed.
Meanwhile, army relief workers,
the Red Cross, Alabama guards
men and many private citizens
have concentrated their efforts to
holding down disease. Sixteen
pneumonia case are reported at
the Elba refugee camp and meas
les and small-pox have been not
ed. The food situation is acute.
Army airplanes have dropped
tons of food and clothing and other
supplies to the thousands of mar
ooned persons. Looting is report
ed from Elba and Geneva and
brought a declaration of martial
law by Colonel Persons of the
Alabama national guard.
RADIO CORPORATION AGAIN IN
THE SPOTLIGHT AS WELL
MANY OTHERS
NEW YORK. March 18, {/P)—
Under the leadership of copper
stocks the entire market moved
to higher ground despite heavy
profit taking which developed in
;he second hour.
The trading assumed the great
:r portion of the total sales amount
ng to about 2.500,000 shares ana
public confidence had apparently
peen restored by the credit devel
opment among the coppers.
The coppers were Anaconda,
lalumet, Arizona, Kennecott,
Ireene, Canada and Chile. The
ast four were supported the best
,nd their gains ranged from three
0 seven points.
The radio corporation, old and
ew, again was in the spotlight,
hse, Threshing, Goodyear rubber
nd Standard Oil of Calif, were
1 extraordinary demand.
SERIES OF BASTIONS
ON THREE FRONTIERS
PARIS, March 18, (TP)—France is
t putting all of her eggs in one
ace basket. Despite the Locarno
iaty and the Kellogg pact the
encli are report ed to be build
? a modern “Hindenburg line”
lich will be the nearest ap
pach to the ancient Chinese wall
; seen. It is said this wall of
ts, or a series' of bastions, will
verse. the Belgian, German and
lian frontiers.