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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 90. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928.
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BANDIT. ESCAPES
JAMES J. JEFFRIES, FORMER
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION,
AMONG THOSE ROBBED
CHICAGO, April 17. (JP)—A man
wearing a blue poka dot mask held up
Id passengers in the observation car
of the Overland Limited as it pulled
out of Chicago last night and escaped
with cash and jewelery valued at $5
000.
Among those robbed was W. H.
Crocker, president of the Crocker Nat
ional Bank of San Francisco and Re
publican National Committeeman of
California. He lost $600. The holdup
was quickly accomplished and the
robber was gone before the alarm
spread.
Flashing a revolver on occupants
of the car, whom he herded to the
rear platform, the robber passed rap
idly from one to another taking their
wallets, purses, rings and other jew
-elry while the train was travelling at
4!nmiles an hour. The robber then
polled the emergency cord, automati
cally setting the break, and dropped
off into the darkness.
The victims ran into the pullman
cars ahead crying holdup. Mall and
express guards hearing the cries selz
ed their machine guns and revolvers
expecting the robber to attack. Most
of the passengers in the pullman cars
were unaware of the robbery until
it was over. Among the passengers
was James J. Jefferies, former heavy,
weight champion.
GOUGE MODIFIES
DEMANDS FOB CHANGES
FLOOD CONTROL BILL
WASHINGTON, April 17. (/P}~
President Coolidge has modified his
demands upon the House, for changes
in the pending Jones-Reid Mississ
ippi Flood Control Bill.
In their efforts to reach a compro
mise, they ■will forestall a veto. He
has dropped his insistance that the
States furnish the floodways ,but in
sists, instead, that they furnish the
levee rights of -way, it vras learned,
after he held a breakfast conference
at the White House, -with Republican
House leaders.
The President sent word to the
Capitol, however, that he will veto the
measure, unless it is changed to meet
• his modified views and Republican
leaders, reported progress in their
compromise move.
LINE GETS NEW HEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. (Jp)—E.
A. Winkler, of New York, took charge
of the local passenger office of the
Hamburg American Line, succeeding
Theodore H. Jacobs, who resigned.
NO TRIAL FLIGHTS ,
l
STOLP, Germany, April 17. (IP)—
Confident that the Italia will be able
to withstand the rigors of the project
ed Arctic flight Commander Nobile
i
announced no trial flights are planned |
for the dirigible before the start for
-
Kings Bay.
TREMENDOUS GROWTH
WATER DEPARTMENT
L. A. WAS PROBLEM
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COMMISSIONER of reclamation
TURNS IN REPORT ON ST.
FRANCIS DAM DISASTER
WASHINGTON, April 17, {£>)—'The
collapse of the St. Francis dam is
attributed to a defective foundation,
is contained in a report by Dr. El-'
wood Mead, Commissioner of Recla-i
- • • ■ I
mation.
Dr. Mead headed a committee of
engineers which investigated the dis
aster at the request of the Los Ange
les City Council. In connection with
his report Dr. Meade said the disas
tar was not the result of carelessness
or of criminal negligence but “it arose,
in a large measure, out of the extra
ordinary obstacles which confronted
the Water Department of Los Angei.
es in keeping pace with the needs of
the City's tremendous growth.”
BASEBALL GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis, 0; Chicago, 7.
New York 7; Boston, 2.
Cleveland, 5; Detroit, 4.
Washington, 5; Philadelphia, 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, 6; St. Louis, 3.
Philadelphia, 7; New York, 5.
Pittsburgh, 8; Cincinnati, 1.
Boston, 3; Brooklyn, 2.
GERMAN IWMTORS ON
WAY FROM ISLAND, N. Y.
' OTTAWA, April 17. (IF)—A message
from Quebec reported the crew of the
Bremen are on their way from Green
ly Island to Murray Bay in Schiller
and Cuisinier's piaffe.
ENROUTE MURRAY BAY
MONTREAL, April 17. {^—Wire
less operators in touch with Greenly
Island reported they have been told
that the Bremen could not be repair
ed on the island and said the German
aviators will fly to Murray Bay in the
relief plahe then continue on to New
York in a plane now in Montreal.
BILL PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, April 17. (£>)—1The
Alaska delegate bill to permit the an
nual payment of $100 for each placer
mining claim into the Alaska Road
Fund as an additional method of high
way assessment was passed by the
House and sent to the Senate.
OPENING DEBATE
FLOOD CONTROL,
CHAIRMAN REID
IF CONGRESS FAILS TO ENACT
LEGISLATION PREVENT RE
- CURRENCE, UNTHINKABLE
WASHINGTON, April 17. (£>)—
Opening the debate on the House floor
the Jones Senate Flood Control Bill,
Chairman Reid, of the Flood Control
Committee, declared it to be unthink
able if*Congress failed to enact legis
lation to prevent a recurrence of an
other disaster of the Mississippi River.
The measure was described by Reid
as "the best attainable at the presept
time.”
Fill BLOC FIGHT
UNDERWAY CONGRESS
V-*<T • F
SENATOR SHIPSTEAO LAUNCHES
FORTH WITH MEASURE FOR
INCREASED DUTIES
WASHINGTON, April 17: {#>)—The
jthtcftened Farm Bloc fight fora tar
iff "rider” to tax the* reduction bill
• r I - '.’»■> '
was launched by Senator- Shipstead,
i farmer and labor leader of Minnesota,
with the introduction of a. measure
proposing an increase in duties on
various farm products.
Senator Shipstead drafted the bill
i a.s an amendment to the Revenue Bill
as was assured of support from some
of the western Republican ranks,
j The rider has also been promised
I some measure of consideration by Re
publican leaders if attached to the
Revenue bill tariff. The rider may
force the vote which earlier this sea
; son turned aside overwhelmingly the
; resolution adopted by the Senate pro.
| posing immediate downward revision
of tariffs rates.
MILLIONS SET ASIDE
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS
WASHINGTON, April 17. (£>)—Mil
lions of dollars was set aside by Major
General Jadwin, chief of Army Engin
eers, for rivers and harbors improve
ments during the year beginning July
1. The allotments include Nome har
bor, §17,000 and Wrangell Narrows
$20,000.
CALIFORNIA SHOCKED
REDINGTON, Calif., April 17. (ff)—
Four distinct earthquakes, centering
in a general Lassen Peak area, was
felt in Northern California Sunday
night. Monday morning the tremors
were especially strong in the East
mountain district.
WATER NOTICE
Water will be shut off North on
Third avenue from Adams and al'ey,
between Third and Second Streets,
and part of Washington, from Fourth
to Second streets, at 12 o’clock to
night (midnight).
NOME CELEBRATES
AIRMAIL SUBSIDY
$10100 FOR RACES
ARRIVAL OF AVIATOIR NOEL
WEIN STARTS BALL ROLLING
IN GALA WEEK-END
NOME, April 17, (£>)—Celebrating
the first annual air mail subsidy
trips was the high spot on yester
day’s program.
’The arrival of Noel Wein from
Fairbanks with airmail marked a gala
week-end which started Saturday, in
cluding a carnival, and brughfc the
purse for the All-Alaska Dog Derby
next year, up to $10,000.
y The Nome Kennel €lub pageant in
the afternoon brought out 100 dog
drawn Goats representing all stages
of frontier life. The teams wetb fhom
one to 15 dogs and carried little tots
in floats representing all forms of
conveyances from a skin boat to an
airplane.
Next year’s dog race will be the
greatest staged with the cream of
Alaskan, Canada and States drivers
competing.
LEEDS, England, April 16. (JP)—
Leeds holds an annual rhubarb expo
sition. This year there were 185 ex
I hibits. This region exports tons of
the plant to all parts of Britain.
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OFF FOR ALEUTIANS
FOR MUMMIES OLDER
Till ICIH EGYPT
SCHOONER MORRISSEY LEAVES
SEATTLE TODAY FOR WEST
WARD ALASKA, ARCTIC
SEATTLE, April 17, (£>)—Enroute
to Alaska and Siberia in an attempt
to discover traces of the remains of
the first men believed to have cross
ed from Asia and inhabited North
America, the British schooner Bffie
M. Morrissey, operating in behalf of
the American Museum of . Natural
History, arrived in Seattle from New
York.
The cruise is officially known as
the Stoll- McCracken Siberian Arc
tic expedition and i3 financed by Char
les H. Stoll of New York, lawyer and
big game hunter.
The Aleutian Islands will bo the
scene of operations where an arch
eological research will be made in an
effort to discover entombed mum
mies which are said to be older than
those preserved in the pyramids of
Egypt.
After a cruise along the Aleutians
the Morrissey will go to Arctic Siber
ia where a search will be made ter
new and strange mammals for the
American Museum.
Scientists of the expedition will be
picked up at Prince Rupert. They are
now enroute from New York. The
Morrissey will leave Seattle tomor
row morning under the command of
Capt. Robert Bartlett.
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