VOLUME XX111. NUMBER 45
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FiBST CAIERY BOUT
[EAVES BELLIHAAA
iBCH 1. WESTWARD
STEAMER REDWOOD, WITH 100
WORKERS, CARGO, SUPPLIES,
FOR P. A. F. CO.
BELLINGHAM, Feb. 24. (/P)—The
Pacific American Fisheries will oper
ate eight canneries and employ app
roximately 1,500 men in Alaska this
season with a payroll of about $700,
000 for labor and $850,000 for supples.
The company operated seven plants
last year. The first vessel of the sea
son to leave for the North will be the
Redwood which sails Saturday for
Squaw Harbor and King Cove -with
100 workers, cargo and supplies. A
total of 200 more will leave for those
canneries on March 1, on the S. S.
Catherine D.
Vice President Archie W. Shiels
made the above announcement. It has
not yet been determined whether to
operate the Annette Island plant this
year but in all likelyhood it will be.
Among the known canneries to be'
active this year are the following:
Port Moller, Ikatan, King Cove, Squaw
Harbor, Unakimk, Excursion, and
probably one on Bering River.
The Astoria and Puget Sound Can
ning company will operate; its Excur
sion Island cannery and will send its
first crew North about March 15.
COMMITTEE TURNS THUMBS
DOWN ON SUBMARINES
' UNANIMOUSLY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, (ff)
Slashing Secretary of the Navy Wi!- i
bur’s recommendations for 71 wa--j
'hips, the House Naval CommiUejj
authorized the construction of 1G
ohips, one of them to be an aircraft j
carr‘'T and th~ rerrir.der cruisers ?' j
1 Y'OG ion
The Committee also turned thumbs
down on the construction of new sub
marines. This action was .taken at .i
protracted executive session descnb
ed by Chairman Butler as "practical
ly unanimous” and in line with the
original American proposal to the un
cuccessful Geneva Arms Conference.
. Chairman Butler estimated the
Committee’s program will cost $274,
000,0000 as compared with $740,000,
for the administration’s plans.
FAIRBANKS -vs- SEWARD TONIGHT
PASSENGER TRAIN TONITE
A passenger train l'rom the Inte
i‘ i' will arrive in Seward this even
ing at 7 o’clock, according to 4he
local railroad office. It is likewise an
nounced a passenger train will deoar
tomorrow morning for the Iu'erior
wh’ch will be the last passenger out
rn'ii at least rexl Wednesday.
I FIRST OPERATION OF UNIVERSAL
MANHOOD SUFFERAGE LAW
IS GIVEN
TOKYO, Feb. 24. Election re
turns from all Japan is complete with
the exception of one prefecture and;
showed the first operation of univer-!
sal manhood sufferage law will be
given Seivukai or the Government
party by the narrow margin of 10
i seats over chief opposition of the Min-‘
! seite.
The balance of power rests with
I neither two; this leaves the parties'
with but 15 'Independents and eight
j
| proletarians who Avon seats. These
constitute a bloc in the Diet capable
of swinging poAver to either party.
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“The Battle Opens”
PRIVATELY OWNED
LIQUOR IS SAFE
CliRCU IT COURT ESTABLISHES
PRINCIPAL LIQUOR SEIZED
NO WARRANT, BE RETURNED
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24. (Jp)—
Privately-owned liquor, unless there
is evidence of sale, found and confis
cated without a search warrant, must
bo returned to the owner and ought
not be destroyed.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals established these principles
in commenting on a liquor case.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. (JP)—Offi
cial announcement is made that the
klan has discarded the mask part of
its official regalia. In a copyrighted
statement issued at the organization’s
headquarters it is asserted that “on
every klavem throughout the nation
, , i
klansmen are to discard the mask.
ft was made clear the order has no
political ambitions for itself or for its
members.”
HALIBUT, SIX AND TEN
JUNEAU, Feb. 24, (£>)—More th id
100,000 pounds of halibut, the first to
arrive from the banks, was shipped
south from Juneau on the S. S. Yuk
on. Halibut prices he>e are six and
ten.
THllfiKUE
OF HAN 1 SHARK
YOUNG WOMAN, ATTEMPTING
PERSONAL RESCUE, HAS
CLOTHES TORN OFF
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. (/P)—1The liner
California arrived in port and officers
related the thrilling rescue, near Ham
ilton, Bermuda, of a woman who had
been swept overboard, during a rough
Cc'a, into the shark infested sea.
The .waters from a high wave car
ried the woman overboard clinging to
a rail which broke from the ship. She
clung to the gate for one-half an hour,
during the difficult rescue among the
rock strewn waters.
Four were in'jured effecting the res
cue and an unindentified young worn-:
an had her clothing torn off when
restrained from attempting a person
al rescue.
LIVELY BIDDING
SEATTLE FUR SALE
AUCTION SALE WAS MOST HEAV
ILY ATTENDED ON RECORD
SEATTLE FIRM
SEATTLE, Feb. 24. (/P)—Lively
bidding on a collection of 8,500 mink
i «*
skins and 6,500 red fox occupied the
entire session of the opening day of
the Seattle Auction Fur Sale. It was
the most heavily attended sale on^ re
cord by this firm.
The entire mink offering sold on
an verage of $17.75. The best south
eastern Alaska coasts brought $25;
ihe average collections of this qual
ity brought from $1§ 10 $17. The best
lots of interiors sold for $35.50.
Red fox likewise was virtually a1!
sold at an average of $41 while the
best lots brought $60 with a fair aver
age for the interiors, or from $42 to
$48.
BE A CALAMITY
|HOOVER ADDRESSES SENATE
COMMERCE COMMITTEE ON
FLOOD SITUATION
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WASHINGTON, Feb 24, (/P)—The
failure oi' Congress to provide the
Mississippi with Hood control at this
session would “be a calamity not on
ly to the people in the flood territory
but to the country as a whole” Sec
retary of Commerce Herbert Hoover
declared before the Senate Commerce
Committee.
He said “the economic loss is not
borne solely by direct victims in that
area, but by every citizen in the
Nation lost something from the re
duced purchasing power due to the
destruction of the valley and loss of
several millions of acres of crops.
This deprived the American people
of just that much which might have
been consumed or exported.”
WILL BE APPROVED
PARIS, Feb. 24. (JP)—A cinama
scheme limiting foreign film distribu
tion in France will be approved by the
Council of ministers and made effec
tive.
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BANK FLURRY HALTED
. MIAMI, Feb. 24. QP)—Miami’s finan
cial flurry which caused three banks
to close appeared to have been check
ed and banking officials said condi
tions will be normal when operations