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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 87.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1928.
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GEHPL1E
NEW KOI CITY
CANADIAN REPORT SAYS PLANE
GLYMPSED; MUCH OF ROUTE
IS OFF SHORE, STATED
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NEW YORK, April 13. </P)—-With fuel
for only one hour and a half more at
the most of flying, at three oclock,
Eastern time, the German plane Bre
nnan. -was vmreported on its flight from
* Ireland, beyond the Canadian press
report that it had passed over Nova
Scotia. Much of the route is off shore.
500 MILES FROM NEW YORK
KINGS PORT, Nova Scotia, April
13. (JP)—A plane flying high to the
southwest was sighted over Kingsport
at 10:30 this morning, Atlantic time,
by Capt. Barkhouse of the Canadian
Government steamer Arras. The mark
ings on the plane were undistingish
,<• <*•- . "•
able but it was believed to be the
Breman. Kingsport is 500 miles from
New York.
TAX AN A, April 13. (Jp)—On March
17 Mrs. Jesse M. Howard received the
appointment of United States Com
missioner of the Fort Gibbon pre
cinct, With the office at Tanana two
women are now holding these Import
ant offices in the Fourth Division;
with Miss Heide also Commissioner
at Nenana. »
PRECAUTIONS ADOPTED
' AGAINST SPREAD DISUSE
MANILA, April 13. (/P)—Precau
tions have been adopted by the United
States Health Board here to prevent’
the spread of spinal meningitis, fol
lowing the arrival of thei Naval Trans
port Chaumont, with four cases of the
disease on board. No deaths have
resulted, the authorities announced.
The Chaumont cleared from San Fran
cisco March 13.
PITCHED BUTTLE TWO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. <£>)—
There was a pitched battle between
Mrs. George C. Coheen, wife of a well
known automobile dealer here, and
Mrs. Betty Bauer, a divorcee. Mrs.
Coheen raided the latter’s apartment
at 1531, Francisco Street yesterday.
Mrs. Coheen's mother declared that
Coheen was in Mrs. Bauer’s apart,
ment when her daughter visited.
EXTRA SHIP NEEDED
j SEATTLE, April 13. <£»)—'The Kus
' kokwim Fishing & Transportation Co.,
| submitted the lowest bid for furnish
1 ing an extra ship supplement to the
M. S. Boxer. The Bureau of Educa
tion Department announced the extra;
ship will sail North about May 5.
ICE BLOCKADES
EIDER REACHING
ST. PAUL ISLAND
WILL MAKE ANOTHEHR ATTEMPT
TO PIERCE ICE AS SOON AS IS
POSSIBLE
ST PAUL, April 13. (#>)—'The U. S.'
Bureau of Fisheries ship Eider, after
a vain attempt to run thru the ice
blockade surrounding St. Paul Island,
was forced to return to St. George Is
land.- ‘ • - - !
The Eider is loaded with mail and
provisions for St. Paul Island which
has been ice block el for six months, j
months. - - - j
The Eider was scheduled to pick
up St. Paul persons requiring medical
attention. Another attempt will be
made to pierce the ice as soon! as pos
sible.
DR.WESLEY LOOKING
OYER N. I SITUATION
NEW YORK, April 13. (JP)—'The|
New York Herald Tribune says that
Dr. We-sley is in New York City look-!
ing over the political situation, es-j
pecially in reference to the presiden
tial candidacy of Governor Smith.
The newspaper quotes the Klan lead,
er as blaming the forces of Smith for
the internal dissention in the Klan
such a3 led to court action in Pitta,
burg.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis, 7; Detroit, 2.
Cleveland, 2; Chicago, 1.
Other games postponed on account
of rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh, 0; St.'Louis, 5.
Chicago, 3; Cincinnati, 9.
Other games postponed due to rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco, 3; Missions, 0.
Portland, 3; Oakland, 4.
'Los Angeles, 3; Hollywood, 0.
Seattle, 4. Sacramento, 11.
NEWTON BILL LOSES
WASHINGTON, April 13. {&)—'The
Newton bill to permit the formation of
American buying pools to combat for
eign governmental monopolies on rub
ber was defeated in the House by 1-8-1
against 1-2-0.
NOTIONS IIITED
JOIN FRICE. 0. S.
IN PERCE TREISTY
FOUR GOVERNMENTS TOLD U. S.
BE PLEASED BE INFORMED
OF THEIR VIEWS
WASHINGTON, April 13. {^)—
Great Britain, Germany, Italy and
Japan are invited to join France and
the United States in the negotiation
of a world-wide treaty binding the na
tions not to resort to war with one
another.
The invitation was extended by Sec
retary Kellogg after agreement on pro
cedure with Aristide Briand, Foreign
Minister of France, which is contained
in the note. The four governments
were presented simultaneously at Lon
don Berlin, Rome and Toyko by Am
erican diplomatic representatives.
Kellogg outlined discussions on the
proposal between himself and Briand
and submitted a draft representing in
a general way the form of the treaty.
The United States prepared to
sign. Its language is practically
identical with the treaty proposed by
Briand to the United States last June.
The four governments were told the
United States "would be pleased to be
informed as promptly as may be con
venient whether they are in a position
to give favorable consideration to the
conculston of the treaty. - And if not
what specific modifications in tjhe
text is necessary to make it accepta
ble.”
GOVERNMENT BLOCKED; COURT
TAKES RECESS, ADJOURNS
OVER WEEK-END
WASHINGTON, April 13. </P)—
Blocked temporarily from going into
two lines of evidence it offered the
government the tentatively rested its
case against Sinclair. The evidence
which Owen Roberts wanted put into
the record concerned the $25,000 Sin
clair handed to Fall for a trip to Rus
sia.
Sinclair’s counsel objected and Jus
tice Bailey took the question, under
advisement and adjourned over the
week-end.
Ooincident with the adjournment
court bribery charges against E. L.
Doheny, Jr., who carried $00,000 in a
little black bag to Fall, were dropped
on motion of the government.
TOURISTS INJURED
DUBLIN, April 13. (;p)-—Several
American tourists were injured when
100 tons of rubbish and boulders slid
down the side of Monterrigal just as
they were nearing the summit.
1,200 BLUE FOX PELTS
l
DUTCH HARBOR, April 13. (/P)—
Twelve hundred blue fox pelts have
I
been taken off Aleutian Island farms
l this year. A check just completed
showed this is unquestionably the(
high mark in a blue fox catch on
these island reservations.
FARM-RELIEF BILL
PASSED BY SE1TE
SENT TO HOUSE
REGARDED AS DOUBTFUL THAT
TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FIN.
ALLY BE OBTAINED
WASHINGTON, April 13. {&)—'The
McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill, car
rying features which caused President
Coolidge to veto it last year, was pass
ed by the Senate and sent to the
House which is also expected to dis
approve it soon. The vote was 53 to
23 compared to 47 to 39 at the last
session.
With this is more than two-thirds
majority, which will be required to
override the veto, it is regarded as
doubtful that with the full member
ship present a two-thirds majority will
be obtained.
RADIOS FOR HELP
OFF POINT MONTH
OAKLAND, April 13, (£>)—Drifting
helplessly, and in immediate danger
of being pounded on the rocky shores,
the McCormick lumber freighter Wal
lingford, of Oakland, radioed for as
sistance. The position of the ship
was given as off Point Montara on
the California coast. The tugs. Sea
Lion and Cares© were rushed to the
location.
PROTESTS RECEIVED
FROM AUTO OWNERS
WASHINGTON, April 13. • (^—Pro
tests' from automobile owners against
the retention of the three per cent
automobile tax stirred a sharp row
in the Senate finance committee. Se
nator Reed, Republican from: Penn
sylvania, declared the Ford Motor Co.
is collecting *25,000.000 annually in
imaginary freight on its cars, charg
ing full freight, while many of its
cars were assembled in scattered
plants near the scene of the sale.
FRENCH FLIERS HOP OFF
HANOI, French Indo China, April
13. (/P)—Dieudonne, Costes and Joseph
Lebrix, French flyers, hopped off at
seven a. m. for Calcutta, India. They
expect to reach there this evening.
After eating they will take on more
^<asoline and continue immediately to
Delhi and Karachi.
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RETURNS VERDICT
ST. FRANCIS DAM
ERROR JUDGMENT CHARACTER
FOUNDATION AND POLICY OF
PUBLIC SAFETY
LOS ANGELES, April 13. (JP)—A
coroner’s jury, Investigating the
deaths of the St. Francis dam victims,
returned a verdict stating the victims
came to their deaths from the break
ing of the dam which was due to de
fective foundations.
The jury recommended criminal ac
tion be taken. Two errors constitut
ed the cause of the collapse of the
reservoir arch, the verdict states. One
of these, the engineers error in judg
ment in determining the character of
the foundation and decided upon the
type of dam to be built there; the oth
er error was in regard to the funda
mental policy concerning public safe
ty.
IIMPORTUNT RULE MADE
NAViemiON OF SHIPS
WASHINGTON, April 13. (/P)~An.
important rule in the navigation of
ships was laid by- the Supreme Court
which decreed that vessels having
the right of way are not required to
change their course to prevent col
j lision. The decision went against
I the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
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FRENCH NAVY WILL
FLY PLANE NEW YORK
LEBOURGET, April 13. (£>}—Lieut.
Michael Detroyat, who hopes to make
the first attempt in a Paris to New
York flight this season, made a 700
mile test in a plane similar to Lind
bergh’s “Spirit of St. Louis”.
It is understood that the French
Navy will also dispatch a monoplane
New York-ward shortly. They will
land on Azores and fly past Bermuda
landing if necessary.
IffllME PAPERS ME
FOUND BY U. S. MARINES
MANAGUA, April 13. (/P}—'Tie Ma
rine headquarters here have what Is
considered valuable information. Mat
ters of the disposition of the rebel
forces, letters which had passed be
tween the leaders of General Augus
tino Sandino's rebel army, were found
in a house in the mountains.
BRINGS LOAD FURS
TANANA, April 13. (Jp)—George
Light, with a load of furs from the
trading post Hughes on the Koynkuk,
arrived at Tanana on his annual
spring trip. He left for the post
Thursday.