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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 251. , SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1927
PRICE TEN CENTS
0. C. BROWN, KODIAK
ALLEGED TO HAVE THROWN
“MULE” INTO BAY; HOUSE
PROVED BE DISTILLERY
KODIAK, Nov. 16. (JF)~On the 10th
of November O. C. Brown was seen
coming from his residence toward the1
dock carrying a gunny sack. U. S.
Deputy Marshal Boyer overtook him
and when about 30 feet from him on
the dock ordered him to stop. Brown
refused to do so and started to run to
ward the bay. The marshal fired a
shot over his head to stop him but
Brown paid no attention to this and
made a dash and threw the gunny
sack and contents into the bay.
Boyer marked the spot it entered
the water and obtained a grappling
hook and within 15 minutes had raised
the sack and contents consisting of
five full pant bottles of moonshine
whiskey. He was arrested, waived ex
amination and was held to answer,
b.:sds being fixed in the sum of $2,000
Yesterday, upon a search warrant
being issued by Commissioner Stowe,
his residence was searched and a
large quantity of beer, whiskey and ap
paratus used in the bootlegging of
same, and drinking glasses of all kinds
were siezed and another warrant for
Brown’s arrest has been issued.
TEN CITIES ASPIRE
AS NEXT LOCATION
SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO
AMONG THOSE WANTING RE
PUBLICAN RALLY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (£>)—'The
location of hte next Republican Nation
al Convention lies among 10 cities in
the west, middlewest and one in the
east, before filing time for filing peti
tions will have expired.
The cities which indicated they
were seeking the convention are
Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver,
Kansas City, Minneapolis, Omaha,
Philadelphia, Seattle, San Antonio and
San Francisco.
WEALTHY SO FIGHT STARTS
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. (£>)—Following
an unexpected revelation .that Simon
O’Donnell, late business agent of the
Chicago Trades Union, left ‘$1,200,000
to his widow, his brothers and sis
ters filed suit to obtain part of the es
tate.
FIVE OFFICIALS HELD
MADRID, Nov. 16. (£>)—Five offi
cials of the Spanish court have been
held on suspicion of being connected
with the theft of decorations belong
ing to King Alphonso while the King
was visiting Naples.
“SPUG” MYERS LOSES
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. (£>)—Sammy
Mandell, world’s lightweight champ
ion, won a verdict over “Spug” Myers,
of Pocatello, Idaho, in a 10 round bout.
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
COES TO WASHINGTON
ACCOMPANIED, FLOUT
JUNEAU, Nov. 16. Governor
George A. Parks left last night aboard
the S. S. Yukon for Seattle enroute to
Washington where one of his import,
ant duties will be to determine a pro
gram of co-ordination of the Depart
ments of Commerce, Interior and Ag
riculture in Alaska.
District Forester Charles Flory ac
companied Governor Parks east. The
Governor will first visit his parents in
Denver.
mcintosh and hinkler soar.
ING FROM ENGLAND TO INDIA
4,000 MILES
UP AVON, England, Nov. 16. (&)—
Speeding eastward over a sea of
mountains and desert cities two Brit
ish airmen, Captain R. H. McIntosh
and Bert Hinkler, are attempting to
achieve the first non-stop flight to
India.
They are flying the Princess Xenia
the same piane which made an un
successful effort to span the Atlantic.
McIntosh hopes to establish a new
non-stop long distance record replac
ing the one made by Chamberlain and
Levine.
The -distance between England and
Karschi, India is more than 4,000
miles, 100 more than the Chamberlain
record. The flyers left shortly after
1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
STAND DN BEER TAX
APPLAUDED BY STATBON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (^—Repre
sentative Dyers stand for tax on beer
was applauded by Statron of the As
sociated against prohibition. Statron
advanced the claim that It costs $9,
000,000,000 to administer prohibition if
graft is included in the calculations.
TRUST FUND, GIFT
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (/P)—Pa
Roger’s wedding gift to his daughter
Millicent Rogers, former Countess
Salm, who was wed recently to Ar
tura Ramos, Argentinian, was a trust
fund for half a million dollors. Of
this the young heiress will receive
only the interest, which is $30,000
annually.
HEARINGS UNDER WAY
TO SETTLE DISPUTE
A. R. R. AND UNION
RAILROAD MEMBERS
TWO FOREMEN ON ALASKA RAIL
ROAD WERE FIRED ACCOUNT
UNION ACTIVITIES
FUST OF MMf CISES UP
UNION EXECUTIVES MADE UN.
SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO ALASKA
LAST SUMMER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (^—Sec
retary Hubert Work of the Depart
ment of the Interior began the first
of a series of hearings to adjust the
dispute between Noel Smith, general
manager of the Alaska Railroad and
Labor Union officials over the dis
missal of two foremen reputedly for
participation in Union activities.
Attending the hearing were Mr.
Smith, Marion P. Reynolds of Seattle,
vice-president of the Order of Railroad
Conductors; Fred W. Lewis of St.
Louis, vice-president of the Brother
hood of Firemen and Enginemen, and
Joseph Gartland, Interior Department
investigator.
Reynolds and Lewis recently re
turned from Alaska after an unsuc
ceessful attempt to adjust the matter
with railroad officials.
LARGE SHOES CIUSE
ARREST. BREAKING
INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND SMUG.
GLING RING BROKEN UP IN
NEW YORK
/
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (/P)—A small
man with-extraordinarily large shoes
was immediately responsible for the
smashing of probably t!;2 largest dia
mond smuggling ring foimed in re
cent years. Following the arrest of
Florent Lamot, electrician on board
an ocean liner, because his large
shoes aroused suspicion, United
States federal agents found that his
footwear contained $100,000 worth of
diamonds. Close questioning drew
from the man information which led
to the arrest of four men and one
woman. They are Julius Adler, Leon
Schols, Abraham Frank, Charles
Goldberg and Mrs. Rieka Lammel.
All six were arrested in court and
later released under heavy bail. Dis
trict attorney said the smugglers il
licitly brought into the United States
in the last six months $1,000,000 and
more in diamonds.
$10,000 COFFIN
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (^—Florence
Mills, negress stage star, was buried
in the Woodlawn cemetery. The
dancer was laid away in a $10,000 cof
fin and 5,000 attended the funeral.
SIQUE PASSENGER
ON ADMIRAL WATSON
THOUGHT SUICIDE
JUNEAU, Noy. 16. (/P)—A steerage
passenger named J. L. Allen is be
lieved to have jumped overboard from
the S. S. Admiral Watson enroute to
Ketchikan. His personal effects yield
side Cape Spencer. On Saturday night
he complained of heart trouble and
asked when the vessel would reach
Ketchikan, is personal effects yield
ed $2,000 in bonds and a little cash.
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ISLAND TO WESTWARD
MOVING SOUTHEAST
• ' * *
MAIDEN VOYAGE U. S. S. CUTTER
NORTHLAND TO FAR NORTH
PROVED SUCCESSFUL
SEATTLE, Nov. 16. (JP)—Bogoslof
Island has moved four miles south and
one mile east of its charted position
Commander James F. Hottel of the
coast guard cutter Northland reported
after careful astronomical observa
I tions,
I “I founa conditions radically chang
I ed since the coast guard vessel visited
i the island in 1907. Between Castle
; Rock and Grewing there exists no
: channey today and a new peak has ris
jen 175 feet above the sea from 1000
fathoms of water.” The Northland’s
!
maiden voyage north proved success
ful.
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DEMOCRATS IN FIRST
!' DIVISION TO CONVENE
JUNEAU, Nov. 16. (^P)—A call for
the First Division Democratic Conven
tion to be held in Ketchikan on De
cember 15 has been issued. The con
vention will discuss for nomination a
full legislative ticket and select dele,
gates to send to the Territorial Con
vention at Seward beginning January
16.
GREETED WITH TEA
LONDON, Nov. 16. (£>)—An army
of 400 unemployed enroute to London
prepared to storm the halls of Parlia
ment with oratory arrived in Bristol
after a walk of IS miles and were
served tea^
INTERNATIONAL RING
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. {IP)—Agents
said that those arrested were local
operatives of the international ring
headquarters of which was uncovered
at Antwerp several weeks ago.
OLD mi BELIEF
i PROBLEM 15 STILL
UP IN THE AIR
CONGRESS CONVENES IN THREE
WEEKS; COOLIDGE HAS NOT
COMPLETED STUDY
i WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. {IP)—With
the convening of Congress only three
weeks away the administration is
bending all efforts to meet the four
year old! farm relief problem but by no
indications as vet has President Cool
dige committed any particular plan.
Two facts emerged from the con
flict of generalities namely that the
President is unalterably opposed to
ithe equalization fee of the type em
bodied in the vetoed McNary Haugen
bill; that the administration ds prepar
ed to resist any attempt to revise the
tariff structure by those who contend
that this will bring relief to. the farm
er.
It has been learned that President
Coolidge has not completed a study
of the farm question but he is keeping
in touch with the leaders of Congress
who are .working out the bill
WAITING FOR SIGNATURES
1 WASHINGTON, Nov! 16. (£>)—'The
United States is expected to sign the
Import and Export treaty ratified at
Geneva by 19 other powers.
KNOWN DEATH TOLL
; MOUNTS STEADILY
I TANK EXPLOSION
THIRTY-TWO EMPLOYES OF POT'
TERY PLANT ARE STILL UN
ACCOUNTED FOR
PITTSBURG, Nov. 16. (£>)—1The
known death toll from the gas tank ex
plosion has reached 26 with the find
ing of four bodies last night and the
death of one man in a hospital.
Among the twisted steel and heaped
up bricks of a pottery plant workmen
are- looking for more bodies for offi
cials of the company said 32 employee
are unaccounted for. The work of
probing the debris is made difficult by
flood water in the cellar of the plant.
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16. (^—Jac
queline Logan, picture actress, is the
latest of the Hollywood colony strick
en with influenza, Bebe Daniels and
Helene Costello are also ill with the
same malady.
REED’S VIEW WET-DRY ISSUE
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (^—Sena
tor Reed of Missouri, said he does
not think that the wet -dry issue
will be of primary importance in the
1928 campaign and, he did not fire
the first gun in his presidential cam
paign.