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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 28.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
i HO CHALLENGES
ATTITUDE AL SMITH
ON DRY QUESTION
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT HOS
TILE TO LAW “ON FACE IS"
ABSURDITY"
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 3, (#>)—
The attitude of Governor A1 Smith
toward prohibition was directly chal
lenged by McAdoo in a speech sound
ing the rallying cry against the elec
tion of any Wet to the Presidency.
Making his first public utterance
oq the subject, since Governor Smith’s
boom began for the Democratic Pres
idential nomination which has reach
, ed the present large proportions, Me
p , Adoo contradicted some of his old
# rivals statements made recently. He
declared “liquor interests" had cap
tured the political power of both New
York and Maryland and argued that
to expect „ prohibition enforcement
from a President hostile to prohibi
tion “upon its face is an absurdity.”
He said the issue is one which must
he fought to conclusion in the cam
paign this year. “The supreme need
of the country is to put law enforce
ment in the White House. The at
tempt is being made to convince the
country that no matter if a Wet is
elected President the Constitution
and laws of the United States will be
enforced.
“This is both unsound and untrue.
The White House, in the hands of
the liquor interests, would be a veri
table Gibralter in offensive operations
and doom of the Eighteeth Amend
ment' will be written boldly upon the
face of the Constitution.”
The former Secretary of the Treas
ury made no reference to his own pol
itical fortunes or to any previous
statement that he will stand aside
this year.
ROUNDHOUSE OF BALTIMORE
OH10 RAILROAD CONTAINED
29 LOCOMOTIVES
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 3. (£>)
—A. roundhouse, in which 29 locomo
tives w’ere standing, q)nd adjoining
machine shops of the Baltimore Ohio
Railroad, were destroyed by fire with
a loss estimated at more than $4,000,
000. ^
All the locomotives were badly dam
aged and it is said the exact loss can
not be determined until they have
been examined.
ITS AN ORDER!
ROME, Feb . 3. (£>)—Announcement
that arrangements have been made
for incorporation of Fascist militia in
the regular army in event of war was
made by Premier Mussolini.
MAY BE TRUTH
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (^—Charg
ing conspiracy between operators and
railroads to cause strikes, Senator
Johnson offered a resolution ih the
House demanding an investigation.
INSANITY, STATED
MEDICAL EXPERTS MONOPOLIZE
MOST OF YESTERDAY’S SES
SION
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3. (/P)—A
smirking grin was flashed by Hick
man upon newspapermen as they en
tered the court.
Dr. R. O. Shelton, former member
of the San Diego county lunacy com
mission, resumed his medical explan
ation which he began yesterday of
the reasons for his opinion the defend
ent suffered from dementia praecox,
“one of the worst types of insanity”.
Most of the day was monopolized
by medical experts.
INVEVSTIGATION TOO LATE
CHICAGO, Feb. 3. (/P)—Authorities
began an investigation of an operation
on Sadie Holland of Detroit to have
her bow legs straightened. Shortly
after the straightening operation it
was necessary to amputate both
limbs.
1
DEMPSEY PUT ON SHELF WHILE
“TEX” WORKS THE PUBLIC
OVER
NEW YORK, Feb. 3. (^—Experts
seem to feel they cannot be blamed
for sprinkling salt and skepticism on
“Tex” Rickard’s idea that Jack Demp
sey has fought his last big fight.
There are various reasons why the
boys believe everything is not exact
ly- as appears on the surface. They
feel, when the proper moment comes,
Dempsey will suddenly decide he is
in shape again and ready for another
$2,000,000 battle with Gene Tunney.
I Just now Rickard is casting about
! for an early summer opponent for
i
j Tunney who wants two title bouts
| this year but so long as Dempsey has
{been looked on as the only outstand
, ing c-ntender it has been difficult to
j work up enthusiasm for any other
I aspirant.
i
; In other words it would be better
i to serve the main purposes of “Bal
I
1 lyhoo” and focus more undivided at
tention on the other contenders, and
1
! shelve Dempsey for the time being,
! or at least until Tunney’s contem
: plated title defense in June.
NOTED ATTORNEY ILL
. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, (£>)—John
T. Williams, noted San Francisco
and former United States Attorney,
is seriously ill.
PURCHASE MUCH
CANNERY OUTFITS
_
'agent coming to united
STATES TO SPEND A MILLION
DOLLARS
SEATTLE, Feb. 3. (/P>—'The Rus
sian Soviet Government, thru their
official company, a Kamchatka Cor
poration, is completing purchases of
a million dollars of cannery equip
ment in the United States. Also a
steamship and a motor schooner.
They are sending Plaun, a Dane, to
| the U. S. It is revealed Plaun was
! associated with the Siberian Fish &
Cold Storage Co., which is represent
ing the official Russian corpration.
S The plans of the Kamchatka Cor
; poration, Plaun is reported to have
< said, is to .include conversion of an
unnamed 42,000 ton steamship to be
purchased here, into a floating crab
cannery to can the giant crabs of the
Okhotsk Sea for sale in New York.
Salmon canneries will be established
I along the Siberian coast to pack
, 200,000 cases of salmon which are ex
| pected to be marketed in London.
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Mr. Ground wog
CODING
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Roscoe'
Misseu^o
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INSURANCE MEN SAY LOSS MAY
MOUNT TO $25,000,000; NO
LIVES LOST
FALL RIVER, Mass., Feb. 3. (/P)—
The Fall River business district lay
in ruins with only a few gaunt walls
standing in an area of five blocks
which were swept by fire last night.
Early today the loss was estimated
by the Mayor and Chief of Police as
between $7,000,000 and $12,000,000.
Insurance men said the loss might
run to $25,000,000.
No loss of life is reported. Several
firemen and others were slightly in
jured l5y falling walls and effects
Jfrom smoke. Two thousand workers
jin offices, banks, hotels and stores
! are without employment.
The flames destroyed three hotels,
,,
six banks, two theatres, a newspaper
: plant and several office and store
buildings.
Firemen from all cities and towns
in the vicinity of Fall River helped in
the first blaze 'which started in what
formerly was No. 1 oil, of the Pocas
set Manufacturing Co. Four units of
this had been abandoned and a tex
tile plant was in progress of demoli
tion. Downtown theatres were filled »
when warning was given to the audi
ences and they filed out without panic.
Guests at hotels, in the path of the
flames, were notified in time to leave
before the fire reached them.
The Western 'Union & Postal lost
its quarters but the Telephone Ex
change was saved. Operators were
ordered out when it appeared the
building would be destroyed.
PROHIBITION ran
TO CONVENT JULY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (£>)—'The
National Committee Prohibition party
issued a call for the party’s National
convention at Chicago on July 10.
Candidates for President and Vice
president will be selected and a plat
form drafted.
MUD AGAIN SMS
DEMPSEY IS THROUGH
MIAMI, Feb. 3, (A5)—“Tex” Rickard
announced here today that Jack Demp
sey has retired and that Gene Tunney
would defend his heavyweight title in
June against the winner of the Shark.
ey-Riskco, Heeney-Delaney elimina
tion contest. •
THE MYSTERY GIRL
Berlin, Feb. 3. (#)—Mrs. Von
Tchaikowsky, mystery girl, believed
to be Anastasia, only living daughter
of the late Czar, is sailing for the f
United States as the guest of Mrs
Leeds, former Grand Duchess Xenia.