COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 51. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
CANTONESE CAPTURE SHANGHAI
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Shantungese Flee City
Without Fighting; U. S.
* Narines Are Landed
VICTORIOUS ARMY ENTERS—MUNICIPAL COUN
CIL DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY EXISTS;
DISORDERS INTENSIFIED BY ORDERS CALL
ING FOR GENERAL STRIKE TO CELEBATE THE
CITY’S FALL—BRITISH SOLDIER SHOT
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SHANGHAI, MARCH 21. (/P)—The Cantonese en
tered the native quarter of Shanghai. The native city
was taken this morning without fighting as the Shantung
ese fled when the Cantonese entered. The Municipal
Council declared a state of emergency, and armed parties
including 1,500 American marines landed to defend the
foreign city from the possibility of serious disorders. The
^ situation was intensified by the calling a general strike to
■ ceieorate me city s ian.
I American marines are patrolling the
northern and western mill districts of
the foreign settlements where trouble
is most likely to* break out. The na
tive districts of Nantao and Chepei
saw incessant machine gun fire with
the occasional boom of artillery. All
barriers between the native and the
foreign cities are closed and heavily
guarded. One of the British Punjab
soldiers was killed and twro wounded
by gunmen firing from the border of
the settlement. The troubles in the
native settlements are blamed largely
upon the Cantonese plain clothes men,
who attacked the police stations, cap
turing several and burning one.
SOLDIERS BEGIN LOOTING
SHANGHAI, March 21. (JP)—Chaos
reigns in Shanghai tonight. Rioters
ran loose in the native quarters. A
band of Chinese Northern troops broke
into the foreign settlement and began
looting. Four British soldiers in an
armored car, which came to assist the
police, were wounded by machine gun
fire which rained continually on the
car. Armed men forced the workers
to leave a British-owned cigarette
factory across the river from the In
ternational settlement.
DIVORCE LAW AMENDMENT
RENO, Nev., March 21. (JP)—An
amendment to the Nevada divorce law
making the residence required three
months instead of six months was
passed by the Nevada Legislature in
its closing hours today and the bill
was signed by Governor Bilzar.
WEEPAH STAMPEDERS
FIGHTING ELEMENTS
SPECIAL STAGE LINES TO OPER
ATE ON SCHEDULE FROM SE
ATTLE TO NEVADA
TONOPAH, Nev., March 21. (/P)—
Two extremes of the nation met at,
Weepah when gold miners from Nome
and Miami met. The Alaskan con
fessed he had^been in a dozen booms
without saving a dollar and the Flori
da man said he had made money in
an Arizona boom which he put into
a Florida ranch and unloaded during
the price peak. Tonopah is filling up
writh beggars, men wiio spent their
last cent to get here and found noth
ing. Cold weather and high winds
prevail. Surveyors and their assist
ants are unable to stretch a tape in
the wind. Local stores sold out their
supply of blankets, comforters and
pillows. Special stage lines are
scheduled to run from Seattle to
Tonopah.
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILES NORTHWEST OF THE
STARTING POINT
MANAOS, Brazil, March 21. (£>)—
De Pinedo, the Italian aviator, thought
lost in the tropical jungles of West
ern Brazil, landed late this afternoon
at Guajara Mirim, about 650 miles <
|northwest of the place from which
he started Thursday, and about the <
same distance southwest of Manaos. i
Only the bare announcement of his ar- ;
rival was received and the hopes that i
he will continue to Manaos immedi- 1
ately.
I
nr FORD WINS FIRST
ROUND BOTTLE DOLLARS
DETROIT, March 21. (JP)—Henry
Ford won the first round in the million
iollar lible suit against him by Aaron
3apiro, Chicago attorney, when Fed
eral Judge Raymond refused to allow 1
;he plaintiff ito open his complaint *
Lgainst the auto king. Sapiro sought
;o include Ford’s alleged reputed at
acks against Sapiro in the allega* q
ions. ]
ANCHORAGE AVIATOR
YOUNG FOUND ALIVE
INDIAN SETTLEHN1
ENGINE TROUBLE FORCED HIN
TO LAND—STUMBLED INTO
INTO NATIVE VILLAGE
M’GRATH, March 21. (/P)— Edwarc
Young, aviator, was found alive anc
well at an indian settlement on the
Kuskokwim river. Engine trouble
forced him to land within 75 mile:
of his destination. Seeking sheltei
in sparse timber he succeeded in start
ing a fire, despite the 60-mile gale
Realizing that the 40 degrees belov
zero weather would kill him if he did
not obtain food, Young stumbled
through the snowstorm and found the
government mail trail. He found £
nearby Indian village and the natives
sheltered and fed him, and gave hin
medical care. With the aid of the In
dians Young returned to the plane
and repaired it. He expects to re
mme his journey to ’'f"thel soon.
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!T OF U. 5.
CONGRESSMAN CLAUDE" HUDS
PETH (DEMOCRAT OF TEXAS)
VOICES SUGGESTION
EL PASO, Texas, March 21. (IP)—
The possibility that Governor Dar
Moody may become a Democratic pres
idential candidate was voiced by Con
gressman Claude Hudspeth of Texas
today before the Texas and Southwest
ern Cattle Raisers association in con
vention here. The congressman de
clared that Eastern politicians now
are seriously considering the young
Texan in this light.
INGRAM IS PESSIMISTIC
ABOUT FOOTBALL RULES
PHILADELPHIA, March 21. (/?)—
Navy Bill Ingram is a bite pessimis
tic about changes in football rules
from the way the committee is work
nig he said, in a speach last night,
"In ten or 15 years there will be no
football merely baseball in pink
tights.” He predicted that the next
rears army and navy game would
be at Franklin Field, Philadelphia.
GAS PRICES SLASHED
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. (&)—
jasoline prices were slashed two
rents throughout the State.
SAN DIEGO, March 21.(£>)—Julian
referred 8 3-8, common 15-8, Bank of
taly, 677, Catipital 28 7-8.
WIFE CONFESSES JUDD KILLED
HUSBAND SO SHE COULD MAR
RY ANOTHER MAN
j NEW YORK, March 21. (£>)—Mrs.
; Snyder told the police that Henry
1, Judd, who was jailed at Syracuse,
i murdered her husband so she might
1 marry Gray. Mrs. Snyder said Judd
! was hidden in her home; when Snyder
returned he beat him to death, then
wrapped wire around his neck and
later tied Mrs. Snyder to make it look
like robbery.
Albert Snyder, aged 45, art editor
of Motor Boating, was found strangled
, to death with picture wire at his
home in Queen’s Village and his wife
Ruth bound and gagged, but unhurt.
, A nine-year-old daughter, Lorraine,
hearing her mother faintly thumping
on the girl’s bedrom door, discovered
■ the crime. There were no marks
' on any of the doors or "windows to in
dicate entrance to the house had been
forced. The house was ransacked
from roof to cellar.
Mrs. Snyder told the police cloth
ing and jewelry had been taken. The
missing articles were discovered hid
den in a bedroom. A bottle of liquor
| from which one drink had been poured
■ was found on the dining room table.
Near it was a dollar bill. Mrs. Sny
|der told the police that neither the
! liquor or money was there when the
| couple retired. The police are certain
that the crime was one of revenge.
Mrs. Snyder told the police they ar
rived from home from a party early
in the morning. As she was retiring
a big, powerful man seized her. She
| fainted and awoke gagged' and bound.
F
FUfil
ROY AND RAY DAUTREMONT AR
RESTS EXPECTED TO TAKE
PLACE MOMENTARILY
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. (£>)—
Inspector Carlquist of the Pacific
Northwest said he was confident the
evidence is conclusive although cir
cumstantial against Dautremont, who
was brought from the Philippines, to
stand trial for mail robbery. Early
apprehension of Roy and Ray
Dautremont, brothers of the prisoner,
is expected. The 23-year-old youth,
brought from the Philippine Islands,
where he was serving as a private in
the army, was transferred from the
transport Thomas to Alcatraz Island
prison of the United States army.
PRESENT SUPPLY HALIBUT BE
ING MAINTAINED BY RESORT
ING TO FAR DISTANT BANKS
VICTORIA, B. C., March 21. (JP)—
John P. Babcock, chairman of the In
ternational Fisheries Commission, an
nounced that while the commission
has not yet determined the best meth
od of conserving the halibut resources
of British Columbia and Alaska it had
established beyond all question alarm
ing depletion of halibut. “The pres
ent supply of halibut is being main
tained by resorting to far distant fish
ing banks and by more intensive fish
ing of depleted banks and the use of
smaller hooks. An outstanding fea
ture of the commission’s work, which
was halted by the wreck of the schoon
er Scandia, is the establishment of
the fact that the depletion is threat
layiig plans to proceed with the work
on which it may base regulations to
preserve the industry.
OLD FRONTIER IS
OOLO MAD; VALDEZ
COUPLE AT STRIKE
WILDCAT REPORTS CONTINUE
REVEAL NEW STRIKES; CARS
REPLACE BURROS
TONOPAH, Nev., March 21. (£>)—
The new west is threatened with a
siege of gold madness along a 1,000
mile stretch of the old frontier from
Phoenix Ariz., to northern California
with Weepah Nev. as its center as
wildcat reports of more rich strikes
continue to spread. The longest dis
tance stampeder arrived this after
noon with his wife from Valdez
Alaska. After getting his bearings
the couple bought a book of locations
cranked up their flivver and were
off for the gold field at Weepah.
Motors are rolling into Arizona and
the dim trails and desert stretches
where once the bearded prospector
and his patient burro plodded are
filled now with rushing motor cars
of a new day. All roads lead to
Winkelman where the rich gold
3trike was reported yesterday.
EARTHQUAKE REGISTERED
WASHNGTON, March 21. (/P)—A
3evere earthquake was recorded, cen
terirfg 4,800 miles from Washington.
ALFONSO HAS GRIPPE
MADRID, March 21. (IP)—The at
tack of grippe, from which King Al
lonso has been suffering, is running its
lormal course, says an official com*
nnnique. He passed a comfortable
light